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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATUEDAT, XOYEMBEIt 17. 1917. PORTLAND UNIONS ACCEPT HEW PLAN T I 1 ! f in I I A ,cieuincai workers ana uper 1 !!. x. e r i aiurs vuie 10 oena Dele gates to Conference. UNIONS TO REMAIN FIRM Delegates Declare They "Will Insist on Original Demands Unless Same Are Revoked by Vote of the Coast Locals. . A" special meeting of the Electrical Workers', and Operators' Unions was held" at headquarters hall last night, at which the recommendation of the Northern - EHstrict Council of the or ganization, at Seattle, were read and accepted. These were that delegates be sent to San Francisco to lay the case or the strikers' of the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company before becretary of Labor Wilson's commis sion, as per his request. Fred L. Gifford, president of the TClectrlcal Workers, upon authorization by the joint locals concerned, ap pointed W. S. Junkins, who has been Bitting with the Northwest Council in . its sessions at Tacoma and Seattle, and nr II.. 1 1 , . . ; . . iuiu, 1 1 ii ims ueen cnairman 01 the press, committee of the two Port land locals. They will leave for San Francisco on the Shasta Limited this afternoon, bearing instructions limiting "cir uvuunfl 10 tne presentation 01 their unipns' case to the commission. Recognition la Demanded. They have no power to accept any compromise and! are ordered to demand recognition of the operators' organiza tion or the commandeering of the com pany's plants before the strikers of the Korthwest will return, to work. "'Inasmuch as we struck on order of ' the- Coast locals, only after a referen dum vote, we shall stand pat on that unless the demands set forth by us are It-ranted or are revoked by referendum Coast vote," said Mr. Hurd, after the meeting-. "Mr. Junkins and I shall lay the cae of our locals before the com mission headed by Secretary Wilson, holding to the original demands of th Coast locals. The Northwest locals jiavw ueoii i isiji iruiu ine start ,on mis cept anything short of the original de mands without a legal order from the Coast unions or the commandeering of the company's plants." , Material in Readiness. .AsKed how I,ong- it would take to lay the case before the commission, Mr. Hurd said, "I dom't expect to be in Sau xrancisco over iu nours. Hundreds of ' electrical workers and operators attended the meeting, which ereeted President Gifford's appoint ments with cheers. Mr. Giford named W. D. Quinn, who has been chairman of the joint strike committee here, to take Mr. Junkin place on the District Council at Seattle while Mr. Junkins is absent in the south, and F. P. Walbom, to conduct the work vacated temporarily by Mr. .. It is probable that all of the- North west delegates, including those from eeattie, tacoma, njverett, Aberdeen and others, will travel to San Francisco on the same train. They have their ma terial all in readiness to present to the commission, having prepared it for the purpose of presenting it here, as they had expected the commission to coma .north soon. SETTLEMENT IS PREDICTED federal Mediator Pleased With At- SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. Belief that definite adjustment of the pres ent controversy between the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company and its organized operators and workers is only a matter of hours, was expressed by those interested in the mediation negotiations after the receipt late today of a telegram from the Northwest con ference, announcing that it would send representatives to participate in a con ference with the Federal Mediation Commission. Workers and operators throughout the Pacific Northwest, until the end of a special session today, had refused to participate in the conference here be tween labor representatives and Secre tary ,of Labor William B. Wilson's Mediation Commission. The telegram stating that the Northwest conference would recede from its earlier stand and send representatives to this city by Sunday night is said to have removed the only stumbling block between a settlement of the issues between the gwuMiiniiiiNiiituiiuitiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiuiiiiwiti TILL the evidence piles up m iavor 01 a growing Portland. Real estate is rt.iv I rental houses are more difficult I to secure than in years, a great- er Volume of labor is employed I than ever before, and every day 1 other evidence rises up to greet 1 the casual observer. J. E. Keilue, of Apartment 2, Belle Court, ja not selling or I renting houses, or yet hiring I ship builders, but he can add a I little testimony to the records. 1 Last Wednesday and Thurs- I day Mr. Keilus turned to his old I 1 iriena, Mr. want Ad Mr. Ore- gonian Want Ad, to be precise 1 with a request to dispose of fur- 1 niture in' a three-room apart- ment at the Belle Court. 1 Here's the list of prospects Mr. Want Ad cent around to Mr. . I Keilus: 25 calls Wednesday and I 1 Thursday, 14 calls on Friday, 14 1 I cans on aaturaay. Many of S I them newcomers settling in - I I Portland. - 1 I Mr. Keilus has more money f I and less furniture he sold 1 every piece in the apartment 1 and, what is more, he has more confidence in his own judgment and more in the salesmanship I ability of Mr. Oregonian Want I I Ad. ... . He is only one of many who I have discovered, and profited by I the discovery, that a huge buy- ing and selling public may be I 1 reached through that great Hu- I man Interest or Clearing-House 1 1 section of The Oregonian de- I voted to the Want Ad. I 1 i ,utm NimnnmwiifmmmimmwmiHiiiiiHiinnmtimrmniimimniHii mmm; teleDh One COmnnnv n n it snnrnrlmatnlv 5000 of its organ ilea employes. Tha action of the .Northwest work ers and operators is believed to be due to the efforts of the personal represen tative of Governor Ernest Lister, of Washington, now in this city. In acknovledrin? th. rint icregram irom the .northwest, the com mission expresses its annrpriatinn nf the workers' and operators' willingness to appear oeiare the commission, and intimates that the solution of the pres ent atiiicuiiy is in signt. "JEFF" HAYES DEAD IN EAST Telegrapher, Long Resident in Port, land, Liver in Chicago Lately. News reached Portland yesterday of the death 10 days ago. Jn Chicago of John W. Hayes, better known as "Jeff" Hayes, one of the most widelv-known telegraphers in the country, and for many years a resident of Portland. In me early 80s Mr. Haves served as man ager of the Western Union Telegrapn office in this city and in 1890 became manager for the Postal Telegraph Com pany, also in this city. Four years later ne Became totally blind. corn in Cleveland. O.. Mr. Havt-n early learned telegraphy and followed tne Key in different Eastern cities until iBo. wnen he located at St. Louis. Mo wnere he rounded and nubllshad thJ .electric, a publication devotmi t th. interest or telegraphers. Later Mr- Hayes constructed several telegraDh lines in Nevada and Californi fk where he was also interested in mlnin.g in the early days. He located in Portland bout 1884. During his life M r h.v published a number of books, in which he wrote of his varied experiences as telegrapher and the different sections of, the United States to which his pro- iciuq canea mm. BOYS EARN SUBSCRIPTIONS Employment Bureau Finds Work, for School Children. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 16. Sne- cial.) The boys at the Washington State School for the Deaf are not slack ers in any sense of the word. Last Spring a number of them attempted to enlist in the Army, in vain. The boys, in the Y. M. C. A drlva have collected 240 and they do not get out of school until 4 P. M. and return at 6:30 P. M., so have little time, hut they are hard workers and persistent. Jne boys in Clarke Countv havi pledged more than $1000 in this cam paign and they earn the money by working. Professor C. W. Shumway. City Superintendent of Schools has formed an employment bureau, and if anyone wants any kind of work done, he can get a boy to do it by tele phoning Mr. Shumway. CHAPLAIN, PLANS TO RETIRE Major S. S. Snlllger, 181st Infantry, Not Robust. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 16. (Special.) Major S. S. Sulliger. of Tacoma. chaplain of the 161st Infantry at Camp Mills, MIneola, N. Y., formerly the Sec ond Washington Infantry, is sched uled to appear before a medical board with a view to his retirement, as he has found that his health is not suf ficiently robust to stand the rigors of army life. , Major Sulliger was formerly auDer- ntendent of the Tacoma district of the Mgthodist Church. PORTLAND WOMEN SPEED UP KNITTING Mothers Indignant Over What They Term Unwarranted Criticism by Daniels. HUGE OUTPUT IS NEEDED Red Cross Officials, Sorely Pressed by Demands for Knitted Goods, Tell Workers Not to Mind Sec- .. retary of Navy's Statements PERSONALJIENTION. ' Robert E, TunstalL of Kalama. is at the Perkins. E. D. Thompson and V. C Powers are at the Perkins. Harold W. Frink. of Dallas. Is at the Perkins. W. Twohy. of the firm of Twohv Bros., is at the Multnomah. . Mrs. C. H. Walter, of Marshfleld. Is at the Multnomah. S. a. Young, of Salem, is at the Mult nomah. Mrs. Anna J. English and daughter. of Trinidad. Colo, are at the Portland. R. H. Musser, of Caldwell, . Idhao. is at the Portland. J. W. Bradbury, of Wallace. Idaho, ia at the Portland, s L. J. Ruef. of Spokane, is at the Portland. H. Somenburg, of Spokane, is at the Ritz. Alfred Klamp, of Algene, la., is at the Ritz. D. D. Bothnick, of Lyle, is at the Cor nelius. W. O. Dayton and Mrs. Dayton, of Goldendale, are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ross, of Dufur. are at the Cornelius. Miss E. Patteson of Baker, is at the Cornelius. ' Mrs. and Mrs. G. C. Johnson.' of Ocean Park, Wash., are at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vary, of Puyallup. are at the Seward. R. F. Scharf, of Salem, is at the Sew ard. F. T. Marion, ot Astoria, Is at the Seward. W. F. Ebert and family, of Webster. S. IX, are at the Eaton. W. B. Hardenbreck, of Douglas. Wyo.. is at the Eaton. A. T. Hayes and Mrs. Hayes are at the Eaton. Misses Teresa and Belle Hamilton are at the Eaton. G. W. Hubbs, J. T. Hoblitt and J. W. Hyett, of Silverton, are at the Oregon. C. G. Silver, of Morrow, is at the Im perial. R. B. Magruder, of Clatskanie, is at the Imperial. F. O. Stafford, of the New York Cen tral Railroad, is at the Multnomah from Chicago. D. C. Carrington, of Astoria, is at the Imperial. , J. S. Wynton, of Seattle, is at the Nortonia. N. E. Ryan and Mrs. Ryan, of Taco ma, are at the Nortonia. J. N. Starln, of Los Angeles, is at the Nortonia. C. J. McGough, of St. Paul, is at the Nortonia. ; F. B. Leslie, ofWlllamina, is at the Carlton. Mrs. E. H. Taylor, of Corvallis, is at the Carlton. Rev. C. C. Sanders, of Seattle, is at the Carlton. T. Nelson, of Astoria, is at the Carl ton. Robert Moorehouse and family, of La Grande, are at the Palace. R. M. Winans. of Hood River, is at the Palace. Ben Bingham, of Prince Rupert. B. C-, is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Zimmer, of Kelso, are at the Washington. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stephenson, of Boston, are at the Washington. B. E. Nicholas, of Marshfleld, is mf. the Imperial. Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Bradshaw, of itoseourg, are at the Oregon Eli W. Ellis, of Rainier, is at the Oregon. Mrs. A. B. Kelsey, of Salem, is at the Oregon. F. L. Jewett. of Umatilla, is at the Oregon. - Read Th Oregonian classified ads. i he answer Portland women gave yesterday to Secretary Daniels" criti cism of the'ir knitting for soldiers was an unprecedented run on local depart ment stores for fresh supplies of yarn. The production of sweaters, sox and wristlets, excellently designed to fend the cold from soldiers and sailors, will go on with renewed vim. I am confident that the criticism offered by the Secretary of the Navy nas only resulted in a stimulation of knitting," was the pleased statement made yesterday by I. Lowengart. man ager of the Red Cross workroom. In answer to their reauest for offi cial enlightenment, local Red Cross of ficials yesterday received advices from Red Cross headquarters at Washington urging them to carry on the work, as it is considered to be indispensable to the service, and has never equaled the demands for home-knitted wear made by officers and men of tne American forces. Calls for Sweater Infilled. The telegram received by Miss Alice Strong, executive secretary of the Port land chapter, from C. D. Gibson, general manager of the American Red Cross, is roiiowa: We are unable to meet all of the demands made upon us by the officers and men of camps and cantonments of sweaters and other knitted goods. We are telegraphing tonight all of our di vision managers, urging them to in crease the production of these articles to meet this necessity. We have Just purchased 500,000 sweaters in the open mantel in addition to those which are being made by members of our chap ters. Our French commission is call ing for 1,000,000 sweaters, but we are unable to supply them on account of our boys at home." Daniels' Criticism Stirs. Quite like thrusting a stick Into a hive of busy, contented bees, was the result of the dispatch from Washing ton wherein Secretary Daniels- was quoted as referring slightingly to the knitting of wear for the soldiers and sailors. The first official reply to inquiries from the local Red Cross chapter was contained in the Associated Press dis patch from Washington, when the American Red Cross answered that "it is imperative that the work go on." The reply through the Associated Press was made in the interest of wide publi city, 'at the request of the Portland chapter. When the knitting unit of the First Presbyterian Church met yesterday, its members, none too calm themselves, found their president, Mrs. E. C. Michener. glowing with indignation. In a brief talk, with Secretary Daniels as the target, she voiced the general opinion of Portland women. "I have been at the boiling point all day," declared Mrs. Michener. "since reading .of what Secretary Daniels' termed a 'debauch of knitting.' I feel shame that we have such a Secretary of the Navy and I hold that he owes an apology to the mothers of America. Mra. Michener Flaya Secretary. ""None know better than we how sorely the garments we knit are needed. From every point of the compass our boys are asking for more of them. This unit was organized to meet that demand. It represents the unselfish service of its members and the term that Secretary Daniels has applied ,to our work is offensive in the extreme and utterly unwarranted. I should like to have the chance To tell him what I think about his criticism." The knitting unit adjourned to call upon I. Lowengart, in charge of the work for the Portland chapter. He ad vised them that they knit garments for troops now in the Pacific North west, that the entire output of America is needed without delay in Europe. And he asked them to be charitable with Secretary Daniels in their estimate of his indiscreet remark. "You know how it is with men," said Mrs. Michener In comment. "They do not speak freely with regard to officials, particularly at such a time. We feel no such restrictions. I'd like to repeat every word, I have Bald to Mr. Daniels in person." FIRST TAX LIST MADE 120,900 TO BE RAISED BY CHUTES COUNTY. DES- Valuation of State's Youngest Sub division Estimated at More Than 95,500,000. BEND, Or.. Nov. 16. (Special.) The first Deschutes County assessment "roll to be made has been prepared by the County Court of the state's youngest county and is now being published pre paratory to levying the first county tax in December. The total to be raised for the general fund., according to the budget, is $133,900, and as receipts of $13,000 are expected, the total to be raised by direct taxation is $120,900. The State Tax Commission has not yet reported the valuation of the public utilities, so that the total county valua tion is not known, but it is expected to be more than $5,500,000. Of the budget items the largest is $29,000 for roads. Other large items are $4000 for a county jail and $5000 for road machinery. For war board ex pense, an unusual item, $1500 is included. Mystery of Blonde Lady and Cabbage Puzzles. Problem Presented for Sleuths by Classified Advertisement. LONE and lovely it lay fn the 'rare fied sunshine of Nob Hill a cab bage fit for song, glowingly green, fluted of leaf, solid as honeymoon bis cuits. Well chosen, indeed. Is the past tense, for the splendid vegetable la no longer numbered among the glories 6f Nob Hill. Hidden in the "lost and found" column of The Oregonian is a single four-line item for guilty eyes to read. Which Introduces the pujeHni' ease of "the green cabbage and the blonde lady." Here ' in the classified advertise ments, for the thousand and ninety ninth time, is found such -stuff as fic tion is . woven from, and Sherlock Holmes pitted his agile intelligence against. Picture it for yourself. ' There lay the cabbage, rotund with promise of sauerkraut and wraithly redolent of prospective corned beef on Monday. A prize worth the taking, as any Japa nese in the public market will inform you if you try to buy one with a lean purse. And the daughters of Eve are frail. Meandering up Nob Hill comes the lady of the blonde hair. The sunlight strikes an echo from it. Idly she paces among the fallen leaves. Yet there Is a purpose, well concealed, says Sher lock, in the sang froid with which she draws near the cabbage. She stoops, as to pluck a flower. The cabbage is gone! Cabbaged, as one might say In. idiom. She folds it in her arms and flees. The little dog, with a brown tip to his tail, yaps the alarm. . A. glint of golden hair, flight-loosened, a flash of glorious green vegetable. So faded the pride of Nob Hill. You might have found this story for yourself. It was all in the "lost and found" column, tabiolded into four lines of space. There may be a sequel. The blonde lady is known. "Return the cabbage and avoid prosecution" is the threat and promise of the ad. Will someone summon one of those braided and buttoned, purple and gold youths In uniform? Thank you. lioy, page Mr. Holmes. PORTFOLIOS GIVEN TO SEVEN IN CLES1BKCBAV CABINET. New Ministry Represents Concentra tion of Republican Groups, With Two Who Are Detached. PARIS, Nov. 16. Georges Clemenceau, who is forming a Cabinet in succession to' that headed by Professor Painleve, expects to present the complete Min istry to President Poincare this after noon. The new Ministry thus far Is constructed ss follows: v Premier and Minister of War. Georges Clemenceau. s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Stephen Pichon. Minister of Justice. Louis NaiL Minister of Interior, Jules Pam. Minister of Finance, Louis Klotz. Minister of Marine, Georges Ley- gues. Minister of Commerce. Etienne Clem ent!. Minister of Public Works. Albert Clavlelle. Minister of Munitions. Louis Lou. cheur. Minister of Instruction. Louis Tjif- ferre. Minister of Colonies, Henry Simon. The 'Ministers of agriculture, lahor and provisions have not yet been announced. The new Cabinet wfth four or five Senators, 15 Deputies and two who do not belong to Parliament, represents a concentration of the Republican groups. me conservatives. Royalists and Socialists. The Radicals predomi nate with teven portfolios. The Radi cals of the Left have five, the Re publicans of the Left five, the Republican-Socialists three, the T'nlxn nt Republicans and Radical Socialists two, while two do not belong to any group! PICIIOX BEST KNOWN ABROAD Member of Kew Frencli Cabinet "Prominent in Supporting Allies. Of the men chosen hv r rt - as his associates in the new ministry, Stephen Pichon, is. perhaps, the best known abroad. He has long been promi nent in pudiic lire, having held a num ber of portfolios. He figured con spicuously In the Moroccan affair and in nut was maae .foreign Minister in the Cabinet HleotAri hv i ceau at that time via io a m v. n. the Senate and a Radical Republican and during the war has consistently championed the cause of the entente. ui-kii'K vigorous conduct or military af fairs and closer co-operation of the allies. Louis Nail is a Radical Republican. He was Secretary of State for the Merchantile Marine in the Briand Cab inet. Jules Pams is a rich manufacturer. He was Minister of Agriculture In the Monls Cabinet.' At the time of the last presidential election, he was the candidate of the radical left and was the only formidable competitor of M. Poincare. Louis Klotz, Etienne Clem entel. Albert Claivelle and Louis Lou cheur held the same portfolios in the Painleve Cabinet as those to which M. Clemenceau has appointed them. M. Klotz is a member of the Union of Republicans and Radical Socialists. M. Clementel belongs to the Radical Left. M. ClaveiUe is a railroad expert. Georges Leygues is attached to the Republicans of the left. He is presi dent of tha foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies and in 190 was appointed Minister of Colonies. ! f - ' ' ) I i l i.i i I a.m. i i I ' ' . m r V ?;V intoxicatimo biI JJZr . 111 i 1111 hi nm iaJ ii ii fiisi.n. wwuiiiiim min a-t ..-. .... . .-an.. '.., :vi .- , , , . jri An Invigorating, Foamy, Amber Beverage with Real Hop Flavor Quenches the Thirst and Steadies the Nerves For Sale Everywhere k UNITED STATES BEVERAGE COMPANY CHICAGO WADHAMS & CO., PORTLAND, OREGON J 14 1. W. W. IN CAMP Military Police Arrest Disloyal Workers at Lewis. SOLDIERS TURN DETECTIVE Treason and Sedition Cliarges Are Lodged Against Men Who Sought to Influence Fellow-Laborers to Hamper Construction Work. TACOMA. Nov. 16. (Special.) Work ing on the Government reservation un der the guise of employes of the Hurley Mason Co., 14 alleged Industrial Work ers of the World were last night rounded up by the military police and are held in custody pending a trial which promises to be one of the most sensational yet held Camr Lewis, should a military hearing be held there. Officers and non-commissioned men. working quietly in disguise among the alleged malcontents, have accumulated a mass of evidence and seditious liter ature. The suspects are held at camp under military guard. Police are withholding the names of the prisoners. Literature, written in German and English. promoting a propaganda of treason and sedition. Quantities of which have for weeks past been found in various parts of the camp grounds, was confiscated by the military police when the bankhouse van entered. The 14 I. W. W. submitted to arrest last night without a struggle or physi cal demonstration, the police say, and made no complaint when the charges of sedition and treason were placed against them. Weeks of surveillance In which vis Its by stealth were made to the bunk houses, where 00 or more workmen slept, and covert remarks of an in flammable and seditious nature were overheard, resulted in the raid by the police. Officers of the military police force, disguised as civilian workmen, were night and day among the suspects and heard enough of the conversation and scheming of the men to warrant the firs move in what is promised .to be a vigorous prosecution of the ele ment seeking to embarrass the Govern ment at Camp Lewis. From evidence gathered It was gleaned, the officers bkv. thnt the prime object of the I. W. W. caught in the dragnet last night Is to sow the seed of dissatisfaction among the workmen in camp, thus hampering the construction work, .and to extend their nefarious scheme to the men in uni form. The letters written in German have been turned over for translation. It is the opinion of the military police heads, however, that these letters con vey the same information as the pamphlets written in Knglish. YANKEE SLACKER REBUKED Canadian Judge Kxenipts American Across Border. TORONTO, Ont.. Nov. 16. Although It is not necessary for citizens of the Cnlted States to register under the Cnnadian military service act, those war. who do register can claim exemption on the ground of their American citi zenship. This was made clear today when a young American resident here was granted exemption by Judge Den ton's tribunal today. "You ought to he man enough to go home and fight for your own country," Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, the military representative, told him. Rend Is Xcaring Goal. BEND. Or., Nov. 16. (Special.) Bend's total subscription to the Y. M. C A. fund is $2670, according to an an nouncement made by Chairman Foley today. Redmond eurscriptions are ex pected to complete the county quota of 13000. American food prices have advanced 42 per cent since the beginning of the liipliif v '' '-f'-'K-i i-.C :,.. m;yyyy,m y'-i ... .. . f.;- ' . 4 7 7. -" 7 f ;. -7 -."! .. ..;:., t ,.:ia..i .r.xj...lrJL.,n .. -hka.if..:L tr . I... i. X. .at mt . n.f ., Young Men! 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