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THE MOKXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917.
SHIP CONFERENCES
El TO NO AVAIL
Employers and Employes Are
Deadlocked and Strike
Will Continue.
FEDERAL ACTION AWAITED
Prospects Arc That Xow No Settle
ment of" Differences Will Be
Readied Until Government
Mediators Arrive Here.
Conferences between committees of
employers and representatives of the
strikers in the shipbuilding difficulties
w hich have tied up the yards in Port
land and vicinity for more than three
weeks came to a close last night with
out accomplishing an end of the trou
ble. Apparently the matter will have
to be settled by the Federal Labor Ad
justment Hoard, soon due here.
The employes committee submitted
no reply to the upfrestion of G. Y.
J-tarry. Federal mediator, that the
strike be settled on the basis of the
an Francisco wag: scale, which in the
Hay City sent 30.000 men back to work.
This proposal, save for a few minor
points, simply to make the Portland
scale uniform, was accepted by the em
ployers' committee, but' was ignored
and therefore rejected in fact by the
b rikers representatives.
Mr. Harry- also recommended a re
turn to work without further demanding-
the "closed" shop, for which the
men have been holding out, but the
strikers committee also ignored that
poi nt, making: no reply to it.
The conference last night resulted
in the committee of the employers de
clining: to meet with the unions in
mass meeting unless the strikers rep
resentatives in conference would tell
the mass meeting the same things they
have admitted to the committee meet
ings that the strike was without their
consent and over their protests. The
members of the strikers committee re
fused to do- this, oaylng: "We would
be a beautiful bunch of pikers to do
that the men would accuse us of sell
ing out."
Employer Make Reply.
At a meeting held previously the
e t rikers representatives had made
verbal request that the employers meet
with them in mass meeting of the
union men on strike and set forth their
position toward the men. Yesterday
this request was submitted in writing,
and last night the employers replied to
it, as Indicated.
In reply to the written request of
the strikers committee, the employers'
committee last night submitted the fol
lowing: Messrs. C. M. Bottomley, William Mac
kenzie. C. E. Kidd. A. F. Palmer and R. A.
Mr Inn is. Employes Committee. Gentlemen :
We have your written request that the em
ploying shipbuilders join you. in holding a
mass meeting of the striking employes in
the Public Auditorium, to be addressed by
the employers and by representatives of the
striking employes. This is the same pro
posal which you made us on last Saturday.
At that time we inquired of you if you
could give us the assurance that at such a
meeting you would make to the striking em
ployes an honest and unbiased statement
of ysur own views that this strike is un
justifiable and unpatriotic, and you will re
call that you all refused to make this state
ment, although assuring us that this was
yonr convictions.
The minutes of the conference before Mr.
Harry, the federal mediator, show the fol
lowing: "A member of the employers' committee
aid, 'Mr. Palmer stated that this strike
was called without his consent and against
his protests and that he talked to the men
and urged them not to strike, and I inquired
of the other members of the employes com
mittee if that statement was true as to
them, and Mr. Mackenzie stated: "We have
told you that over and over again." WJM
these members of the employes committee
pledge to us that at that meeting they will
say that same thing to the men in mass
meeting ?"
A member of the employes committee
replied: 'We would be a beautiful bunch of
pikers to do that. I would refuse to be put
in such a position. You would not do this
if . you were in our place. The men would
accuse us of sejltng out.'
In view of this attitude of the members
of the employes' committee, who refuse to
statee to the men their own view that this
strike is unustif iable, it is not reasonable
to expect that a mass meeting would ac
complish any useful purpose. You can eas
ily place all the facts before the employes
and when they are In full possession of the
facts, we recommend, to you that a secret
ballot, which will register every man's
honest convictions, be substituted for your
proposal of a mass meeting.
Yours truly,
ERIC V. HAUSBR.
Chairman Employers Committee.
Two Withdraw From Conference.
At the meeting last night the em
ployers committee received from the
Northwest Steel Company, by J. R.
Bowles, president, and the Columbia
River Shipbuilding Corporation, by
A. F. Smith, president, a letter, with
drawing from the conferences. They
informed the committee that they will
continue to operate "open shops and
will submit their cases to the Adjust
ment Board. Their letter was as fol
lows: Your committee has been acting under
appointment of the various employing ship
builders in Portland and vicinity. Including
the undersigned Xort hve-t Ptel Company
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and Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, for che past ten days, and during: that
time .your committee has held numerous
conferences with a committee representing
the employes. Various propositions have
been submitted by your committee to the
employes' committee looking; to an adjust
ment of the existing strike, among others
a proposition to submit to the Federal Ad
justment Board all matters of difference,
and. further, to take up with the commit
tee of the employes any matters not de
termined by the Adjustment Board.
All of the propositions of your committee
have been rejected by the employes' com
mittee, and it is apparent- that no results
can be accomplished. The undersigned, as
you know, have already put in effect the
same scale of wages as that upon which
the San Francisco strike was adjusted, with
even a higher wage scale for common la
bor. Under the circumstances it seems to
us that no good can be accomplished by
continuing the conferences between your
committee and that of the employes' com
mittee. We therefore request you to convey our
position in the matter to the employs' com-
Ittee. and we now witnaraw trom you ttte
authority heretofore conferred upon your
committee as our representatives, appreciat
ing your good offices in the matter.
immediately upon the arrival of the Fed
eral Adjustment Board in Portland, which
is now holding hearings in Seattle, we will
lay our case before that board. You may
assure the employes' committee that we will
continue, as in the past, to maintain an
open shop.
Details Are Given Out.
Publicity was also given last night
to details of the meeting of the com
mittee of the employers and repre
sentatives of the strikers which was
held Saturday night. At that session,
as was reported Sunday morning, the
emolovers submitted a written reply to
a compromise agreement presented to
the conference by Mr. Harry, ine em
ployers agreed to accept me can r i-n-
mca terms of settlement, in some in-
5-tances allowing higher wages than
prevail in San Francisco, including $3
a day for common labor. It was stipu
lated that this agreement would pre
vail pending any terms reached by the
Federal adjustment board.
When this report of the employers
committee was received by Mr. Harry
he asked the labor representatives if
they had any reply to Mr. Harry s pro
posal. Mr. Bottomley replied:
"We brought this matter betore our
body this afternoon, and it was decided
in that body to suggest that a mass
meeting be held in the Auditorium on
Monday evening, and that the confer
ence committee be invited to a seat on
the platform, and that the employers'
committee be permitted to tell the men
themselves exactly what they had to
offer them, and that we conduct the
meeting and. if satisfactory to the em
ployers' committee, that they pay half
the expense of renting the Auditorium
and that we pay the other half, or that
we pay the bill, and that we put this
matter right before the men and let
them decide the matter. We do this
because we have been informed- by
some of the employers that the men
want to go back to work, and we feel
that this is the right way, to go before
them in public, find out If they want
to go back to work or not."
Vote In Suggested.
Mr. Mackenzie then took up the dis
cussion as follows;
"The employes' committee are Invited
to go before this mass meeting and
state their case to the men who are
on strike, union and non-union. The
union men will be admitted to the
Auditorium by their cards. It has been
variously reported that the labor lead
ers brought on this strike. We have
stated that the men themselves voted
to go on strike. We want the employ
ers to state their case to the men and
let the men by vote in mass meeting
decide whether they will go back to
work or not. We will give you em
ployers a square deal. You may have
representatives at the door to see that
only the striking employes are ad
mitted. We just want the men on
strike at that meeting."
Mr. Kerr, representing the employers.
then asked if the employes' committee
wouia consent to a secret oaiiot Deing ,
taken on the question of going back to
work. Mr. Mackenzie replied that this
was a matter for the men themselves
to decide. Mr. Mackenzie and other
members of his committee contended
that it would be impracticable to take
a secret ballot in the mass meeting. A
secret ballot, they explained, would
have to be taken by the various local
unions, and this, they added, would
take considerable time. Mr. Mackenzie
desired to know why Mr. Kerr wanted
a secret ballot taken.
"Because 1 have been creditably in
formed that in bringing about this
strike the men were told it was a strike
for higher wages, and the public was
told, after the strike was called, that
it was a strike for the closed shop.
Further, I have been creditably in
formed that the ship carpenters, by a
very large majority, are opposed to the
strike and are anxious to go back to
work, and I am not sufficiently fa
miliar with the matter to state the
methods of organization and control
in the unions, but it does seem to me
a very strange situation In the United
States of America, if there is an or
ganization so constituted that if a body
of men as large and intelligent as the
ship carpenters, desiring to work in
the construction of ships for the United
States Government, by means of the
application of rules of government or
control exercised over them by the
members of other organizations, or by
the five gentlemen who represent this
committee, or by the other leaders of
union organization who have said that
they have no authority to eign any
agreement for the adjustment of this
strike except the so-called metal
trades' council agreement, which con
templates a closed shop and prohibits
an employer from engaging any man.
be he ever so honest, ever so faithful
and ever so efficient, if he is not a
member of the union, that such a sit
uation can prevent the ship carpen
ters from going back to work if that
is their desire and Inclination."
M Said to Be Free to Work.
The following discussion then fol
lows in the minutes of the session:
Mr. Bottomley Mr. Kerr is entirely
wrong in stating that the organization
will not permit the men to go to work.
The men are perfectly free to go to
work and not belong to the union. All
men are free to go to work, but the
organized men will not work with
them. Now, Mr. Beebe, I would like
to have you answer the question
whether it was the money paid to the
men that was the first issue or the
closed shop. I refer to the day just
prior to the time you wrote off that
telegram. There were three conditions:
Closed shop first; unfair work was
second, and wages third.
Mr. Beebe hen I wrote off a tele
gram? What do you mean by that?
Mr. Bottomley When Mr. Piatt, your
attorney, was with you helping you
prepare the telegram.
Mr. Beebe The telegram to which
you refer was to whom?
Mr. Bottomley I understood at the
time that it was to the Labor Adjust
ment Board or to the Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
Mr. Beebe: I addressed a telegram
to Captain Blaine after my conference
with you and I told him what you told
me after the strike was called. You
stated to me the three conditions in
the order of their importance for which
the men were striking, as the closed
shop, the right to declare unfair ma
terial emanating from an open shop
and, incidentally, the question of
wages. That was told me after the
strike was called.
Mr. Bottomley: We were there prior
to the strike.
Mr. Beebe: Tou mean you were there
a few minutes prior to the strike.
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STRIKES MAY KEEP
SHIP WORK EAST
Government Believed Likely to
Deny Coast Plants New
Contracts.
DELAY PROVES COSTLY
Shipping: Board Officials Give Seri
ous Consideration to Scheme of
Conscripting Labor to Com
plete Ship Programme.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU", Wash
ington, Oct. 8. It is not" going too far
to say that the shipbuilding industry
of the Pacific Coast today is hanging
in the balance; its future depends upon
the settlement of pending disputes as
to wages and as to hours of work, but
principally wages.
A settlement of this dispute to the
satisfaction of the Shipping Board will
mean further award of ship contracts
to Pacific Coast yards; failure to ad
Just old differences, or failure to ad
just them to the satisfaction of the
Board, will mean that few. and prob
ably no more contracts will be given
the yards on the Pacific Coast, notwith
standing the crying need for "ships,
and still more ships."
Since the West Coast shipbuilding
Industry was torn asunder by the con
troversy that arose between the ship
builders and their workmen, no new
contracts have been awarded to Pa
cific Coast yards. There are many con
tracts pending: many have been ad
vanced to a point where they could be
closed in a very short time. But the
Shipping Board is not going to sign up
more contracts with those yards unless
it has assurance in advance that the
ships, once undertaken, will be com
pleted, and completed at a price which
the Board regards as reasonable.
Wage Dispute DnngreroiiM.
The dispute over wages is fraught
with danger, not alone to the ship
yards, but to the men employed in those
yards, and one thing is regarded as
certain if the wage scale ultimately
adopted on the Pacific Coast greatly
exceeds the scale of wages prevailing
in yards along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts and is such as to render the
cost of building ships on the Pacific
Coast prohibitive, the Government will
concentrate its shipbuilding in the
yards of the East and abandon the Pa
cific Coast after vessels now under
way have been completed.
There is always the alternative by
which the Government can, if so dis
posed, commandeer the shipyards of
the Pacific Coast, fix a wage scale
which it deems fair and reasonable,
and thereafter go forward with work
on ships which are now under way.
But the Government, or rather the
Shipping Board, does not want to com
mandeer the yards, and the Federation
of Labor, which has taken a deep in
terest in the wage dispute, does not
want the Government to commandeer
the yards.
Wages Might Be Lowered.
Enough is known of the attitude of
the Shipping Board to state authori
tatively that the Government, in the
event it commandeers the shipyards of
the Pacific Coast, will not adopt the
Skinner & Eddy wage scale, which
caused most of the dissension in Seat
tle. Portland and San Francisco. The
Shipping Board regards that wage scale
as excessively high, although it has
never said so officially. Once the ship
yards pass to Government control a
wage scale less than that paid by
Skinner & Eddy, and near, if not equiv
alent to the scale prevailing at the
Puget Sound Navy-yard, would be es
tablished. But there is another angle to the
question. Serious consideration has
been given by Shipping Board officials
to the scheme of commandeering ship
yard labor, or conscripting such labor
on a plan similar to the conscripting
of men for military service. Thus far
it has not been thought necessary to
resort to this means of solving the
labor problem, but it is a problem that
has not escaped the study of officials
charged with providing the Nation with
ships.
Under this plan, if it should have to
be enforced, American citizens compe
tent to work in shipyards, both wood
and steel yards, would be enrolled and
their services commanded by the Gov
ernment at wages which the Govern
ment would fix. Resistance to such
conscription would be on a par with
resistance to the military draft.
All this would take legislation,' but if
shipbuilding is not resumed on the Pa
cific Coast by the time Congress re
convenes in December, and if it should
then appear that the shipbuilders and
their men can come to no agreement.
Congress may be asked to deal with
the situation.
REMOVAL OF TROOPS HALTED
Strike Situation In Astoria Ship and
. Lumber Yards Improves.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.)
How long the troops, which have been
guarding the shipyards and mills in
Astoria for several days will remain
is a question. Orders were issued for
themto leave tonight, but this after
noon those orders were countermanded
temporarily. In the meantime strike
conditions are slowly improving, al
though a large number of the men are
still out. The McEachern yard had 220
men at work today, 65 arriving Sun
day from Eastern Washington.
Four more men resumed work at the
Wilson yards today, and the sawmills
are running practically full handed.
NATIONAL ENTITY IS AIM
(Continued From First Page.)
president of the National committee of
Patriotic and Defense . Societies, and
William H. Ingersoll. of the National
Association of Advertising Clubs.
Principles Are Declared.
The conference adopted the follow
ing declaration of principles:
"In an hour when our Nation is
fighting for the principles upon which
it was founded, in an hour when free
institutions and the hopes of humanity
are at stake, we hold it the duty of
every American to take his place on the
Bring line of public opinion.
"It is not a time for old prejudices
or academic discussion as to past dif
ferences. Those who are not now for
America are against America.
'"Our cause is Just. We took up the
sword only when international law and
ancient rights were set at naught and
when our forbearance had been ex
hausted by persistent deception and
broken pledges.
"Our alms are explicit, our purposes
unsoiled by any selfishness. We de
fend the sanctities of life, the funda
mental decencies of civilization. We
fight for a Just and durable peace and
that the rule of reason shall be re
stored to the community of nations.
In this crisis the unity of the Ameri
can people must not be impaired by the
voices of dissension or sedition.
"Agitation for a premature peace is
seditious when its object is to weaken
the determination of America to see
the war through to a conclusive vindi
cation of the principles for which we
have taken arms.
"The war we are waging is a war
against war. and its sacrifices must not
be nullified by any truce or armistice
that means no more than a breathing
spell for the enemy.
"While this war lasts the cause of
the allies is our cause, their defeat our
defeat, and concert of action and unity
in spirit between them and us is essen
tial to final victory. We, therefore,
deprecate the exaggerating of old Na
tional prejudices often stimulated by
German propaganda and nothing is
more important than the clear under
standing that those who in this crisis
attack our present allies, attack Amer
ica. "We believe that this is the critical
and fateful hour for America and civili
zation. To lose now is to lose for
many generations. The peril is great
and requires our highest endeavors.
"We not only accept but heartily
approve the decision reached by the
President and Congress of the United
States, to declare war against the com
mon enemy of the free nations, and as
loyal citizens of the United States we
pledge to the President and the Gov
ernment our undivided support to the
very end."
VETERANS DECRY EATON
UWTOJI CAMP AT KVCiENK DE
MANDS PROFESSOR'S RECALL,
Removal From Faculty and From Leg
inlarure Irged for Attendance
at Peace Meeting.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.)
General Lawjon Camp, United Spanish
American War Veterans, tonight unani
mously adopted resolutions demanding
the recall of Allen H. Eaton as a mem
ber of the State Legislature from Lane
County and his removal as a member
of the faculty of the University of
Oregon because of his participation in
the People's Council for Democracy and
Terms of Peace. The resolutions, in
part, are as follows:
"Resolved, That the necessary legal
steps be at once taken to start a recall
election for the purpose of removing
said Allen Eaton as a member of the
Legislature: and that a demand be
made upon the proper authorities to re
move him as a member of the faculty
of the university; and that if the hoard
of regents or the president does not
remove him, then we demand an in
vestigation of all the facts for the pur
pose of determining why they do not
remove him; be it further
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any person being at the head of any
educational institution or on the
faculty who indorses the conduct of
Allen Eaton and his connection with
the said society; and, be it further
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any other person being on the faculty
of any college or holding any office
or position of trust who belongs to, or
is connected with, or believes in the
principles of that certain society
known as the People's Council for
Democracy and Terms of Peace."
NAVY SEEKS MACHINISTS
THREE TYPES OF EXPERIENCED
MEN ARE IS DEMAND.
Services Wanted Wltb Quartermaster
on Land Repairing Airplanes and
In Motorboat Section.
The United States Navy is on the
lookout for capable young men between
the ages or 21 and 35 years for enlist
ment under the ratings of landsmen
for quartermaster (aviation), lands
men for machinist's mate (aviation)
and landsmen for machinist's mate
(motorboat). Applicants for enlistment
under these ratings should apply at
the Navy recruiting station. Dekum
building. Third and Washington streets.
fort land.
Following are the qualifications men
should have for enlistment under the
foregoing ratings:
Landsmen for machinist's mate (mo
tion) These men should have had ex
perience In either cabinet work for the
repairing of pontoons, or experience in
fabric work for the repairing of wings,
etc. They are to be given no promise
of actual flying, but are to be drilled
in forming crews In handling and re
pairing aircraft. Some may be given
flying, but the primary idea is handling
and repairing.
Landsmen for machinist's mate
(aviation) These men should be skilled
mechanics with gas-engine experience;
they will be transferred to Pensacola
to be drilled in forming crews in han
dling and repairing aircraft.
Lansmen for machinist's mate (mo
torboat) These men should have expe
rience in the operation and repair of
gas engines. They are intended pri
marily for duty on submarine chasers.
ACCIDENTS ARE COSTLY
TOTAL OF 6905 CASES HANDLED BY
ACCIDENT COMMISSION.
Report Just Issued Shows Year's
Awards of Industrial Body Amount
ed to 9435,019.34.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.) The
annual report of the Industrial Acci
dent Commission for the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1916, has just been com
pleted by the Commission to be sent
to the printer. This report contains
statistical data relative to the work
of the Commission, and has been de
layed largely because of the necessity
for the Commission to standardize Its
system of records in accord with rec
ommendations made by the National
conference of commissioners held some
months ago.
The report shows that for S905 cases
during the fiscal year the awards
amounted to $435,019.34, and medical
cost 883,180.09. Average wage paid to
those covered by the compensation act
during that period was $2.58 for 4274
cases suffering temporary total dis
ability; $2.90 for 203 suffering perma
nent partial disability, and- $2.59 for
4477 suffering in all non-fatal cases.
An interesting portion of the report
Is a statement showing the number of
accidents for the average ages of em
ployes. These follow: 15 to 19. 270: 20
to 24. 750; 25 to 29. 827; 30 to 34. 761;
35 to 39. 610; 40 to 44. 454; 45 to 49.
345; 50 to 54, 253; 55 to 59, 138; 60 to
64, 76; 65 to 69. 29; 70 to 74, 8; 75 years
and over, 1; age not stated, 10.
Lottery Game Raided by Police.
Fred Frank, John Starr and a
Chinese giving the name of Mo Chu,
were arrested in a raid on a lottery
game at 350 Couch street last "night
by Patrolmen Burkhart and Spaugh.
Mo Chu was able to furnish the cus
tomary $50 bail, while Frank and
Starr were forced to remain in the
City Jail for the night.
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Always S. & H. Stamp First Three Floorsi
$300,000 IS AVAILABLE
SCHOOL, BOARD WILL. INVEST IN
LIBERTY BONDS.
Molting Fund of 2 18,000 and Insurance
Reserve of SS,0OO to Go Into
National Loan.
The Portland school district will
raise the liberty loan flag; by a jolt of
$302,150. Action to this effect, it is
indicated, will be taken at a meeting
of the School Board, committee of the
whole, Thursday evening.
The plan, which C. A. Miller, man
ager of the Oregon campaign, declares
to be unprecedented, was evolved by
Director E. A. Sommer yesterday, who
at once communicated it to Directors
Smith, Pike and Drake, all of whom are
heartily In accord. Director Plummer
is absent from the city on a food con
servation mission, but it Is felt that the
project will have his approval. The
majority of the Board already has In
dorsed the plan.
The district will, after taking action.
at once invest its spare funds In liberty
bonds. Portland teachers, numbering
1140. will be invited to share in the In
vestment. Banks which advance money
for the purchase of liberty bonds
charge 5 per cent. The Board probably
will allow a year's time for payment,
charging 4 per cent, which the bonds
draw.
In the sinking fund Is $216,651. to
take up bonds issued by the district
which are not due for several years.
The district carries its own Insurance,
and has a present fund for this pur
pose of $85,493. Approximately $302,
150, now drawing only 2 per cent, will
be available.
fair chances for recovery. His right
hand was lacerated and some of the
shot entered his right breast.
ASK FOR and GET
CALL TO COLORS DELAYED
Thomas Simmons, of Devils Lake,
Reaches Toledo Two Days Late.
TOLEDO, Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.)
Thomas Simmons, of Devils Lake, who
failed to appear to answer the selective
draft call, arrived here Thursday from
Tillamook County, where he had been
working in a logging camp. He said
he had not received the notice in time
to comply with the call.
Grover O. Davis, of Tidewater, who
accompanied the last squad from Lin
coln County to the camp in Washing
ton, has returned to his home. His
plea for exemption was granted.
Willie Graves, of Elk City, left for
Portland recently to enlist in the Navy.
OFFICERS PRAISE 0. A. C.
General Murray and Colonel Rotvell
Iiike Military Work.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Oct. 8. (Special.) General Murray,
commanding officer of the Western De
partment of the Army, and Colonel W.
M. Rowell, in charge of the reserve of
ficers' training camp at the Presidio,
San Francisco, have complimented the
work of the college military depart
ment. In an interview with W. A. Jen
sen, executive secretary of the college.
both officers spoke favorably of the
work of the O. A. C. men who attended
the training camp. General Murray as
sured Mr. Jensen that he would, if pos
sible, make a personal visit to the col
lege this year or would send a repre
sentative.
Mr. Jensen and his bride visited San
Francisco en route from Chicago, where
their wedding took place last month.
224 CASES ARE ON DOCKET
Of Supreme Court Hearings, 111
Are From Multnomah.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) Out
of 224 cases on the October docket of
the Supreme Court 112, or just half of
the number, are from Multnomah
County, according to a summary pre
pared by Judge J. C. Moreland, Clerk
of the Court, today.
The cases are segregated as follows
from the various counties:
Multnomah County. 112: Marion. 18; Linn,
12; Lane. 11; Coos. 8; Clackamas, 8; Tilla
mook. 7; Clatsop. 6: Douglas, 6; Columbia,
4; Hood River, 4; Polk, 4: Crook, 3: Wasco,
3; Yamhill. 3; Washington. 3: Benton. 2;
Jefferson, 2; Lake, 2: Jackson. 1; Josephine.
1: Klamath. 1; Lincoln. 1; one original pro
ceeding. 1; total, 2i4. None from Curry
County.
FRUIT AT COST GOES FAST
Medford Apples and Pears Sold by
Progressive Business Men's Club.
A carload of pears and apples from
Medford was easily disposed of yester
day by volunteer salesmen. The Pro
gresslve Business Men's Club sponsored
the sale.
-The sale was an experiment conduct
ed by the club through the co-opera
tion of Rogue River growers seeking
an outlet for fruit rejected from the
strictly first-class assortments.
The fruit was sold at cost.
Charles W. Ertz, chairman; O. H.
Schwertman, W. L. Finley, E. D. Rip
ley, Pat Kneeland. J. R. St. John, C
Chapin and Frank McCrillis composed
the sales committee.
Wounded Hunter May Recover.
SALEM, Or, Oct. 8. (Special) George
Elliott, a young man of this city, who
accidentally shot himself yesterday
while pheasant hunting several miles
from here, is at a local hospital with
LABOR WILL BACK NATION
Governor AVithycombe Will Give
Talk at Willamette University.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.) Gov
ernor Wlthycombe, C. . O. Young, or
ganizer of the American Federation of
Labor, and Postmaster Huckestein, of
Salem, will address a meeting at Wil
lamette University chapel tomorrow
night, at which a movement will be
launched to further declare labor's de
termination to back the country in the
war and to further announce what
labor wishes to gain from the struggle.
Defense Council Members Resign.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. Reports of
wholesale resignations of members of
the council's committees were declared
IHior.ick's
The Original
Raited EVIilk
Substitutes Cost YOU Sama Frico.
untrue today by Director Gifford.
Twenty-two of the 350 members, he
said, have resigned, but most of thes
still are serving as advisors, as their
resignations have not been accepted.
MANY STUDENTS REGISTER
Women's Dormitories at Agricultur
al College Crowded to Capacity.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Oct. 8. (Special.)
Women's dormitories at the O. A. C.
were filled to capacity yesterday, the
first day of registration, and requests
for accommodations from- more than 50
girls are yet to be taken care, of by
the faculty. This is the largest over
flow if women students on record at
the college for years.
It is probable that two of the local
sororities, Beta Tau Beta and Delta
Alpha, will bo transferred into the
chapter houses to make room for the
other students.
Ambassador Morris Seattle Guest.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 8. Roland S.
Morris, of Philadelphia, the new Amer
ican Ambassador to Japan, was the
guest of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce this evening at a banquet. Mr.
Morris is a native of this state, having
been born at Olympia. the capital.
There's only one
real way to fight'
'"AcidrMouth"
See your dentisftwicea year'and
brush your teeth twice daily with
the dentifrice that actually counter
acts "Acid-Mouth.
TOOTH PASTE
Pebeco" does counteract "Acid
Mouth" it was made to do that
Pebeco was also made to make
teeth clean and white. It's a real
dentifrice not a confection
And yet Pebeco Tooth Paste is
extremely pleasant to the taste both
while you are using it and for a long
time afterward.
Pebeco is sold by druggists everywhere
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