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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1918, 5 GOMPERS OFFERS 7-HOUR DAY PLAN Labor Leader, in Address to Miners, Proposes New War-Time Measure. M. S. OFFICIALS PRAISED Shortening of Work Period Put For ward as Preferable to Suspen sion of Industrial Activities by Fuel Administration. TNT5IAVAPOUS. Ind.. Jan. !J. After a spirited contest the proposition to gle all districts in the cost Industry of the country representation In confer nres where a basic agreement I made, or a policy formulated that I applicable to other districts, was de feated In the convention of the United Mine Workers today by a vote of 958 to 554. The proposition had been before the convention for three days and was op posed by district and international of fleers as a menace to the life of the orcanlution. The fight was resumed today after Famuel Gompers. of the American Fed eration of Labor, had made a speech In which be suggested a universal seven- hour day during the war to conserve fuel. Instead of the present plan of having Idle Mondays. Mr. Gompers soeecb to the miners was regarded as labor's message to the country on the action of the Fuel Ad ministration. rte prefaced bis declaration for a seven-hour day with a defense of those In high Governmental station who may have made mistakes. riw ea Declared Patriotic. They are prompted, he said, by the patriotic purpose to win the war. To expect the great transition from peace to war to be made without mistakes, he said, was asking the Impossible. Con tinuing. Mr. Gompers said: "The order Issued a few dsys ago I regard as an absolute necesalty. The jam had occurred and was Increasing, and something hsd to be done to relieve the situation. If the Ice king has in terfered there ran be no help for that. "I think there Is one mistake In the making, and I trust It will be ch.tnged or modified. I refer to the closing of the Industrial and commercial plants of our country one additional day each week. I think It Is a mistake to have a whole day. such as Mondsy. Idle, and Involving from Saturday afternoon un til Tuesday morning. I believe If the order were changed so that Instead of there being ten. nine or eight hours as a day's work, the same power would proclaim a universal seven-hour dsy during the war, better results would follow. "We would have practically the ssme results In the conservation of fuel and all other needful commodities. It would not do violence to the history, the t d i lions, the work and the practical operation of Industry and commerce. Middle Cewrae Resaalaa. Mr. Gompers said there can be no neutrality In this war. "loo have got to be either for autocracy or democ racy, he declared. Labor must make vie tory sure for democracy, but he sound ed the warning that labor would not surrender the stsndards of life except to save the Republic; that no sacrifices would be made solely to fill the pockets of the rich with large profits. He said there was one organisation that had so conducted Itself that It was nv without power to make a showing. much less a fight. While Mr. Gompers did not name the organization, dele gates said he plainly meant the Indus trial Workers of the World. Lays I lHy Presalaed. From the convention hall of the miners Mr. Gompers went to the Plate Tapltol. where he spoke at the meeting of the Indiana State Council of De fense. After listening to speeches on the Mooney case In ?an Francisco by Ed ward D. Nolan, one of the defendants, snd Edwin V. McKenzte. an attorney. the convention adopted a resolution pledging the moral and financial sup port of the organization to the defense of those Involved. The resolution also requested that President Wilson Intervene to prevent a gross miscarriage of Justice. cent of the total number of railway employes. " These figures, the report says, ap ply to railroads having an annual oper ating revenue of f 1,000,000 or more. "In road service actual experience has shown a much less marked change In operation, but considering the re peated statement of representatives of the railroads tat train operation would not be affected by the eight hour law. the replies of the carriers were somewhat surprising In revealing hundreds of Instances of an actual shortening of the hours of road em ployes." Pointing out that the speed basis of the actual eight-hour day Is ap proximately 12V4 miles an hour, the report concludes: A railroad cannot speed up all the freight trains to 1IH miles an hour. Including delays, by any universal method. But by close attention to the DR. RrSfiKLI. R. OWK!l!l, OF KlYMOXD. WASH. REPORT CD AMOMi DRAD IX AMERICAN E.VI'KDI TIO.M1RV FORCES. BELCH AS i IIHI HILL INDEPENDENCE Reply to Pope Calls for Abso lute Political, Economic and Territorial Rights. PROPOSAL LONG STUDIED King Albert Sends Word to Vati can That His Country AVill Abide by Decision to Act Only With Its Allies. Rasaell R. O-eeaa. Word has been received by Lester H. Owens, a freshman stu dent at North Pacific College of Dentistry, of the death "some where In France" of his brother. Dr. Russell R. Owens, of Ray mond. Wash, a graduate from the college In the 1917 class and a member of the Delta big-ma Delta fraternity. Dr. Owens was a private in Company B. IClst Infantry. Dean Miller says Dr. Owens was an excellent student snd one of the youngest members of the 117 class. After graduation- he successfully passed the Washing ton State Board examinations and opened an office at Ray mond. Wash., where his mother, Mrs. Mary L. Owens, now resides. 8-HOUR COMMISSION REPORTS Recommendations Withheld in Find' ings of Board. WASHINGTON'. Jan. St. The eight- hour-day commission, headed by Major-General Goethals, today made its report of conditions It found to hsve b-en brought about by operation of the Adamson law ea it affects the railroads of the Nation. No recommen dations were offered in the report. which declares that abnormal traffic conditions of 1917 made accurate com parison of conditions Impossible. e find. the report continued. "that the railroads In actual practice have applied the eight-hour day as a basts for reckoning compensation of the following employes: Englnemen. firemen, conductors, assistant conduc tors, baggagemen, brakemen and flag men In road and yard service and gen eral hostlers. The average number of these em- plnres W J. 373. which Is 17.37 per Chronic Indigestion May Cause Cancer slew to Relieve a ad Prevent. Chronic Indigestion, dyspepsia or gastritis en account of the constant Irritation Is very likely to lesd to stomach ulcers : which ae- cording te a leading authority may ultimate ly lead te canrer Itself. It la therefore evi dent that Indigestion far from being a sim ple er trivial ailment la something which should be treated with a great seriousness that every effort should be made to prevent the development of those ulcers which so often lead lo such serious consequences. The surest wsy te do this. Is to neutralise ex cess acid and stop food fermentation two things that keep the stomach constantly in a painfully Inflamed and distended condition and for this purpose there Is nothing quite so positive- snd Instant In Its action as a teaspooafal of Bl-nesta taken In half a glass of hot water Immediately after eating er whenever paia Is fell. Bl-nesla which Is also obtainable of druggists In the form of 8 grain tablets two of which are equsl to a spoonful of the powder Instsntly neutralise the acid, stops the fermentation and forms a protective coating over the Inflamed atom. s-h lining thus promoting painless normal dtgstloo and giving nature a chance to re pair Che damage done. These reasons to gether with the fact that Bl-nesla almost invariable relieves the most Intense dys peptic pains In two or three mlautes ex p.alna why It Is now so wld(y ud by phvmrtdna anl In hneplra's Inetead of dan gerous paia asadsaliig uxuas. A4r. roblem of reducing delays and with ufflclent Incentive the conditions as to hours of work, road train service can be Improved to local conditions.' LABOR TROCBLES REPORTED Strikes in Argentina Paralyze Ship ping at Buenos Aires. BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 23 There are more or less serious labor disturbances throughout the country. The shipping In the port has nearly been paralysed as the result of a strike. A general strike on the Central Cordoba railway Is threatened. Bands of the workmen who hsve already gone out have burned 45 carloads of wood which It was In tended to use as fuel. Labor Standards Board Dissolved. WASHINGTON. Jan. 53. Dissolution of the board of control for labor stsnd ards. created to keep army clothing contracts away from plants employing sweatshop methods, was announced today by Secretary Baker with the ex planatlon that the primary purpose of the board had been accomplished and hereafter lta duties could be performed by the quartermaster generals office- Some of the activities of the board have been the subject of controversy In the congressional war inquiries be cause certain fir .is fsiled to get con tracts. The board's rulings have stood, however, and Its dissolution is said to be only a part of the department's gen erst policy to bring Its work directly under the military establishment. STATE TOLD MOT TO PAY Nature of Contract Makes Payment of Amounts Unnecessary. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Attorney General Brown today advised Secretary of 8tate Oleott. not to pay a claim If $71. 2 submitted by the Warren Construction Conpany, for pay ment of premiums on a surety bond for faithful performance of a contract and also for premiums on accident In surance policies taken out by the com psny to protect men working for the concern on 'orce account highway work. The Attorney General holds that the State Is not liable for the payment of these two accounts because of the na ture of the contract entered Into be tween the company and the State. WOMAN IS GOOD SHOT Mrs. Wilma CronnVe Shows Police men How to Use Revolvers. Mrs. Wilms Pearl Crounse Is A "lion ess in police circles today, for yester day afternoon she descended Into ths basement at the central station. slammed away with a revolver at 10 yards and hit the target 10 times with 10 shots. Mrs. Crounse made a record of (3 out of a possible 100. thereby placing her In the class with the best 10 shots among the officers and men of the bu reau. This. too. was her first trial with a revolver, although she la a good shot with a rifle. Lumber Company Managers to Meet, GATEWAT, Or Jan. 24. (Special.) Tura-t-Lum Lumber Company manag ers and their wlvas from the different points in Central Oregon are leaving this morning for Walla Walla. Wash-, to attend the annual meet of the com pany, which occurs from the 26th to the 27th Inclusive. Shipyard Employe Arrested. Thomas Dove, a shipyard employe, was arrested at the Union Station last night by Patrolman Staton and charged with violating the prohibition law. The police say Love was carrying a suitcase containing 13 quarts of wrlsky. Y. M. C. A. Engineer Loses Fingers. Frank Senwlch. engineer at the T. M. C. A., sustained the loss of two of his fingers on the left hand last night when he wss csught by a planer In the Y. M. C. A. building. He was taken to lbs Good Samaritan kotfilUJ. l. HAVRE, Jan. 23. The Belgian gov ernment's terms of peace so far as they concern Belgium herself, set forth In her reply to Pope Benedict's peace note, made public today, are In substance ab solute political, economic and territorial independence. King Albert in inclosing his reply, wrote a personal letter to the Pope, which has Just been published. The letter follows: "Very Holy Father: I have taken note, with lively sympathy snd Inter est, of the message Your Holiness was good enough to send to the heads of the belligerent countries the first of August and hsve hastened to submit to my government which has studied It with most serious and deferential tt tention. The result of that study has been recorded. In a note which I am happy to communicate to Your Holl ness. Rad te Evils Desired. In associating myself with the wishes of the Holy See that a Just and durable peace may promptly put an end to the evils from which humanity ana particularly the Belgian people, so rudely tried, are suffering. I beg your hollnews to believe In my filial and re spectful attachment. (Signed. ) - Aijtsr.n. i . The letter was dated December 27 1917. The note of the Belgian government mm v "The royal government, as eoon as It received the message of Your Holiness m iha heads of the belligerents, nas- tened to reply that It would study with the greatest deference the propositions the document exposed in such elevating language. At the same time it flesirea panicu larly to express Its lively and profound gratitude for the particular Interest the Holy Father manifested in the Belgian nation and of which the document was new and precious proof. Reparatloa Held Vital. At the outset of his message the Holy Father took pslns to declare he had forced himself to maintain per fect Impartiality toward all the bellig erents, which renders more significant he judgment of His Holiness when ne concluded In favor of the total evacua- lon of Belgium and the re-establlsh- ment of Its full independence, and also recognised the right of Belgium for reparation for damages and the cost of the war. Already in his consistorlal allocu tion of January 22. 1915, the Holy Father had proclaimed before the world that he reproved Injustice and he condescended to give the Belgian government the assurance that In for mulating that reprobation it was the Invasion of Belgium he had directly In view. The honest people of all countries will rejoice with the Belgian govern ment fhat the Injustice of which Bel gium was the victim and the necessity for reparation have been proclaimed and that the highest moral authority of Christendom remains watchful midst be passion snd conflicts of men. Allies to Be Considered. At the beginning of September the royal government Informed his holiness hat It must reserve decision regarding Its action on the propositions contained n the message until the powers at war with Belgium had clearly made known heir war aims. It added that In any case Belgium would make no pro nouncement on general peace condl- tiona and the reorganization of ln- ernational relations except in full ac cord with the powers guaranteeing Its ndependence that have done honor to their obligations toward her and whose arms fight with hers for the cause of right. "Nothing has modified the situation that existed at the moment the royal government made known that point of view to his holiness. However. Bel- glum seizes eagerly the occasion fur nished It by his Holiness to repeat be fore the civilized world what It wrote early a year ago to President Wilson: 'Before the Germat ultimatum Bel gium aspired only to live on good erms with all its neighbors. She practiced with scrupulous loyalty to ward each of them the duties imposed by this neutrality. How was she recompensed by Ger many for the confidence she showed in err if there Is a country that has the right to say it took up arms to defend lta existence It assuredly Is Bel- glum. She desires passionately that an end be brought to the unheard suffer- ngs of Its population, but she would ave kept only a peace that would as sure her at the same time equitable reparation and security snd guarantees for tho future.' Demands Set Forth. The integrity of Belgium, the terri tory of the mother country and coU onles. political, economic and military ndependence without condition or re striction, reparation for damage suf fered and the guarantees against a renewal of the agirres-sion of 1914 such remain the Indispensable condl- lons of a Just peace so far as concerns Belgium. Any settlement that would not recognize them would shake the very foundations of Justice, since it ould for evermore be established that might and the violation of right reates a claim for Its author and may become a source of profit. Since the Royal Government a year go formulated its conditions. It per- its Itself to recall that the Reichstag voted resolutions called peace resolu- ons. the chancellor and ministers of foreign affairs have followed each other In the German empire and more recently in the central empires, and have published notes replying to the message of his Holiness, but never a word hss been pronounced and never a line written clearly recognizing the in disputable rights of Belgium that his Holiness has not ceased to recognize and proclaim." the Council by Mrs. II. B. Chalfant to the effect that men laying off are paid full salary, with the understanding that the money ao received be paid over to men engaged to work in their places while they are off. It Is said that Mr. Chalfant, who was discharged recently, received a check for the full amount of his salary, whereas he had laid off two days and another man, a city employe, had taken his place. Mrs. Chalfant. who repre sented her husband before the Council yesterday, said that her husband was instructed to pay the two days' pay over to the substitute. It was said that this nlan enabled an evasion of the provision of the city charter against a man being on the city payroll twice at the same time. City Commissioner Mann reported that the transactions are being investigated and a report will be made to the Coun ciL Hundreds of pairs of men's and women's good shoes are selling below values. Buy now. TEAM WORK IS URGED CO-OPERATIO-f PLEA AT IMPLE MENT DEALERS' CO-rVEHTIOJT. Bee R. Vardaman, Milton A. Miller, Commissioner Blgelew and Frank B. White Among Speakers- Co-operation between merchants and between dealers and consumers was urged by all the speakers at-.yester day's session in the Imperial Hotel of the twelfth annual convention of the Oregon Retail Hardware and Imple ment Dealers' Association. Ben R. Vardaman, In the morning session, dwelt upon the necessity or this co-operation, and emphasized the importance of Increasing efficiency by perfecting organization. Any better ment of living conditions in the com unity, he pointed out, is a direct bene fit to all the business oi the com munity. Milton A. Miller, Collector of Inter nal Revenue, gave a patriotic address on "Our Country at War," and R. T. Jacob, also of the Internal Revenue De partment, discussed and explained the Federal Income and war tax laws. At the opening of the afternoon ses sion Commissioner Blgelow told what has been done in Portland in the way of fire prevention in the past three years, urging that the same results can be accomplished In any city or town In Oregon by means of Inspection. The saving In fire loss since fire prevention started In 1915. said Mr. Blgelow. has paid two and one-half times the total cost of maintaining the Fire Bureau. The per capita loss, he said, has been reduced from J6.8 to 93 cents per year. Frank B. White gave a "chalk taiK on the subject of "Holding the Trade in the Local Trade Center." He built his lecture around 13 topics, which he urged his hearers to remember and put In practice. His topics were: 'The Value of Time," "The Success of Perse verance," 'The Pleasure of Work." The Dignity of Simplicity," "Worth of Character," "The Power of Kindness," The Influence of Example, The Ob ligation of Duty," "The Wisdom of Economy," 'The Virtue of Patience," The Joy of Originating," and 'The Im provement of Talent." This morning's session Includes ad dresses by A. G. Clark, manager of the Home Industry League of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and G. Clifford Barlow, president of the Oregon Retail Merchants Association. In the afternoon session Ben R. Var daman will discuss salesmanship, and J. C. H. Reynolds, of Spokane, will speak. The convention will end to morrow night at a dinner and Jinks tendered to visitors by Portland jobbers. 0KER PALACES EXPOSED San Francisco Woman Tells of Re sorts Where Women. Are Welcome. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. (Special. 1 Startling disclosures of all-night poker palaces frequented by women made by Mrs. Lillian S. Dwyer, wife of V. F. Dwyer, a picture frame r, testi fying today before Superior Judge Nourse in the divorce action brought by her husband. The husband charged that his wife frequently remained away from home 11 night, leaving him either to cook his own meals or go to a restaurant Mrs. Dwyer began a cross action, al leging that her husband taught her how to play poker for money. It was during the midst of this testimony that Mrs. Dwyer disclosed the existence of the gambling places where she played until the "wee small hours." One of the resorts, she said, was conducted by Mrs. Ware and has frequently been raided., by the police. Another, she testified, is conducted fc- a Mrs. Wal ters In the rear of a store. The hus band charged that she squandered his salary and incurred debts because of her fondness for poker. DEFENSE PLAN APPROVED Representative McArthur Has Con ference With Colonel Roosevelt. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 23. Representative Mc Arthur today had a half-hour confer ence with Colonel Roosevelt discussing with him military defense in general, and the necessity for additional de fense of the Pacific Coast In particular. The Colonel said Congress should lose no time In providing adequate de fense for all Important harbors on the Pacific Coast, and very firmly approved of Mr. McArthur's plan of getting the Coast delegates together to work for the establishment of naval bases In all their states. Colonel Roosevelt also said the time had come when a substantial fleet should be permanently stationed on the West Coast. Great Shoe Sale Men of Portland are finding out that it pays them big to come.to this store for footwear of reliable quality. There has been intensified activity in the men's de partment since the first day of this sale. Come and take advantage with others of the many reductions on good shoes. n MEN'S FINE LACE SHOES, in beautiful cocoa brown or black calf leather, with Neolin or leather soles; a wonderful shoe value at the very special price of $6.95 Special Sale of Fine Shoes for Women Beautiful, stylish Shoes in Laird, Schober & Co.'s make some with long black domino calf vamps and gray buck tops others with cocoa brown calf vamps and tops in sand, ivory or taupe buck. Every width from AAA to D, and every size from 2Ms to 9. Won derful values in regular $12.00 and $12.50 Shoes for dQ QC only Ja7.0 Many Lines of Men's and Women's Shoes at Similar Reductions 129 Tenth Street ROSENTHAL'S Sole Portland Agents Hanan Shoes Bet. Washington and Alder REPUBLICANS LINING UP MEMBER) OF CONGRESSIONAL, committee: are named. Efforts to Be Made In Various Dis tricts to Gain Control of Hense at Elections la November. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Republican Senators and Representatives in joint conference tonight named the members ofi the Republican Congressional committee. Nominations for membership from some states, including tnose witnout Republican representation in Con gress, were not ready tonight and tney will be passed upon later by the com mltitee itself. The members selected Include: California, Representative Julius Kahn; Colorado, Representative Charles B. Timberlake; Idaho, Representative Addison T. Smith; Montana, Miss Jean nette Rankin; Nevada, Representative E. Roberts; Oregon, Representative Nicholas J. Sinnott: Washington, Rep resentative Lindley H. Hadley, and Wyoming, Representative Frank W. Mondell. These individuals will direct the campaign activities in all the Con gressional districts in an effort to secure the political control of the House at the polls next November. There will be a fight for the chairman ship when the committee holds its first meeting. Representative Woods, of Iowa, who is a candidate for re-election. Is opposed by Representative Madden, of Illinois. GOVERNOR VISITS CAMPS Minnesota Executive finds Condi tions Entirely Satisfactory. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Governor J. A. A. Burnqulst, of Minnesota, head ing a party of officials from that state who are visiting Army training camps throughout the country, left tonight for the north, where he and his compan ions will inspect Camp Lewis at Amerl Ican Lake, near Tacoma, Wash. Among the camps visited by Gover nor Burnqulst was Camp Cody, near Deminar, N. M., where, he naid, approxi mately 12,000 Mtnnesotans are quar tered. Governor Burnqulst tonight said he had found conditions at Fort Winfield Scott and the Presidio here entirely satisfactory. Poker Game Raided. A poker game was raided by Police men Martin Spaugh and Cameron last night at 225 First street. C. L. Ward was booked at police headquarters as the proprietor of the place, along with a dozen visitors. A ml V PENCILS THE standard by which all pencils are judged. 17 black degrees and 2 copy ing all perfect! jKiLnJN American Lead Pencil Co., N. T. 9wa INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED Payroll Irregularities at Ball Ran to Be looked Into. Apparent irregularities in the han dling of payrolls at the Bull Run head works of the Water Bureau were or dered Investigated yesterday by the TAC0MA PASTOR TO LEAVE Rev. Delmer II. Trimble Will Go to Champaign, III. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.) Announcement was made today that Rev. Delmer H. Trimble, pastor of the First Methodist Church, is soon to leave his pastorate In Tacoma to go to the First Methodist Church In Cham paign, 111. Rev. Mr. Trimble is ex changing places with Dr. R. H. Schuett, now pastor of the First Methodist Church In Champaign, who will come to Tacoma. Rev. Mr. Trimble was formerly pas tor of the First Methodist Church of Portland, and the First Methodist Church of Eugene. He came to Tacoma from Portland, exchanging pulpits with Rev. Thomas Lane. "LOVE FEAST" IS TONIGHT 1 City. Couacii. CojsnUiaU were made to leuafi Urn i promiiad, oc ionifUt, Admission to Old Methodist Church Custom Is by Ticket Only. There will be an old-fashioned Meth odist "love feast" at the First Method ist Church tonight, starting at 7:45 o'clock. Admission will be by ticket only, the tickets being handed out by the pastor. Dr. Joshua Stansfleld! The custom is a half century old in the Methodist Church and an Inter DOES YOUR CAR CRANK HARD these cold mornings? ARE YOU DRAINING YOUR BAT TERIES trying to get your starter to turn her over? DOES YOUR MOTOR OIL CON GEAL and fail to feed properly for the first 15 to 30 minutes while warm ing up? This is due to the use of a poor cold test oil which con geals or thickens up and does not flow freely in cold weather, making the motor stiff and causing undue wear through faulty lubrication. To overcome these troubles and get correct winter lubri cation you must use an oil that flows freely at zero tem perature a zero cold test oil Mi IrvC J) 1U The Standard Oil for Motor Cars ZEROLENE, on account of its fluidity at zero temperature, keeps your motor flexible and easy to turn over in the coldest weather. Eliminates the sluggish action, lack of lubrication, and conse quent wear on bearings and cylinders while your motor is warming up. 1 It's a real zero cold test oil correctly refined from Califor nia asphalt-base crude. Drain your crank-case and fill with ZEROLENE, then note the easier cranking and quicker acceleration that you obtain. Dealers Everywhere and at our Service Stations STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) FORD OAfVNFRS- oes yur il congeal between the clutch liA-jrViJ . pjateSj making your motor extremely hard to crank, and causing your car to creep as if high gear were partially en gaged? Drain your crank-case and fill up with ZEROLENJ2 LIGHT and you can absolutely remedy this. Ttfrrmirr, nrxrt in 11 a