THE JIOBSIXG OHEGOXIAX, SATUItDAT, FEBR17ABY 23, 1918.
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Plight of Many Public Service
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STREET RAILWAYS IN NEED
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Secretary McAdoo Calls President's
Attention to Grave Conditions
Existing and Execntlve Crf
Action for Relief.
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ot Railroads, of ths MrisniDtu of ths I t
situation, confronting maar of ths pub
lic terries corporations of tbs country.
whoso financial stability Is threatened
by raotintiaa costs of operation, it Is
bellsTed Till result In arantlna- ths re
lief demanded by thsso utilities I
throorh an adjustment of ths rates
now allowed for serrleo by public irr
Iro commissions and other bodies
c haraed with their regulation in ths
various stales.
As tha result of correspondence ba
twesa Secretary McAdoo and tha Presi
dent, based on memoranda furnished
by a committee reprssentlna the public
utility Interests, ths Federal Railroad
Administration Is expected to take a
hand In rerulatlns: ths rates and
charcrs to be mads by ftrert railway.
lifht. heat and power companies I
throughout the United states, and. pos
sibly, finance betterments and exten
sions of utility corporations wheal
those Improvements may be deemed
necessary part of the Nation's equip
ment for the war.
la submitting the plan. Secretary Mc
Adoo sent the following letter to the
President:
"I beg to hand yoo herewith several
memoranda and letters relating to I
street rallwsy and other local public I
utilities furnishing light, heat and
power, which I hare been ashed to I
bring to your attention by a committee I
representing public utility Interests.
Apprehension la Ceaerai.
These papers Indicate the existence
of genuine apprehension regsrdtng ths
adequacy, under present conditions, of
the services and rates of local public
utilities. The view is expressed thst
Increased wages and the hlch cost of
essential materials and supplies havs
affected them as they have affected
everybody ele. and that united effort
will be necessary In order to meet alike
the public requirement for service and
the corporate financial ntlt upon
which that service depends.
"As Secretary of ths Treasury. I
must tske official notice of these mat
ters. It I obvious that every part of
our industrial and economic life should
be maintained at Its maximum strength
la order that each may contribute la
the fullest measure to the vigorous
prosecution of the war. Our local pub
lic utilities must not' be permitted to
become weakened. The transportation
of workers to and from our vital in
dustries and the health and comfort
of our rltlxens in their homes are de
pendent upon them, and the necessary
power to drive many of our war In
dustries and many other industries es
sential to the war Is produced by them.
Aatherltie Boeaetlases) !.
"It may be that here and there, be
cause of the prominence given to less
Important Interests Immediately at
hand, state and local authorities do
not always appreciate the close con
nection between the soundness and e f -ficlenry
of these local utilities and the
National strsngth and vigor and do
not resort with sufficient promptness
to the call for remedial measures- InlUpPflp
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diamonds in his off eye, which blinded him
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LABOR FOOLS HUNS
such casea I a.n confident that all such
state and local authorities will respond
promptly to the National needs when
the matter Is fairly and properly
brought before them.
"Our public service utilities are
closely connected with and are an es
sential part of our preparations for and
successful prosecution of the war. and
the unfavorable tendencies which the
accompanying papers reveal may most
effectively be checked, wherever they
may be found to exist, and the needed
relief obtained only by prompt action
on the part of the respective local
authorities.
"I earnestly hope that yoo may .feel
Justified In expressing the conviction
that the vital part which the public
utilities companies represent In the life
and war-making energy of the Nation
ought to receive fair and Just recogni
tion by state and local authorities."
President Frwea Actio.
President Wilson gave his approval
to the plan and wrote Secretary Mc
Adoo In part as follows:
"1 hope that state and local authori
ties, where they have not already done
so. wliL wben the facta are properly
laid before them, respond properly to
the necessities of the situation.
"I shall be glad to havs you com
municate with the- local authorities
whenever the Information In your pos
session suggests that such a course Is
desirable and In the National Interest.'
It Is not expected In any quarter that
It will be the policy of the Govern
ment to lend money to any public serv
ice corporation to make up operating
deficits. Instead, the President trrges
ths regulating bodies to adjust ths
rates of the existing utilities to meet
the Increased cost of operation and then.
If the utility needs additional capital
for Investment not to pay operating
losses, but to be used for Increasing Its
facilities the President believes the
United States may properly loan money
for the purpose of Increasing facllitlea
tieveeaasi mt Mnat Bo Shows.
Nslther Is It believed that it will be
the policy of the United States to lend
money to any utility unless It can first
be shown that the borrowing utility
will be able to earn Interest on the new
money loaned by the Government. If
any utility la unable to earn a return
upon what It already baa Invested be
cause of Insufficient rates. It would not
be good business for the Government
to extend financial aid.
"Our hope.' said Franklin T. Griffith,
president of the Portland Railway.
LJxht a: power Company, yeeterday.
la that we may be placed in such a po
sition by the regulating bodies In Ore-
gen aa to enable us to make an appli
cation to the Government for assist
ance with some prospect of securing It
Put we cannot expect to secure this
aid unless we can make a satisfactory
showing to the Government that Its
loan would be safe."
Betterments contemplated this year
by the Portland Railway. Light Pow.
er Company Involve the expenditure of
about f l.ooe.eOO. But tha company rec
ognises the fact that It will be In no
position to apply to ths Railroad Ad
ministration for these necessary funds
until Its rates have been so adjustsd
that It can meet actual operating ex
pense Instead of operating at a loss. In
the absence of being able to make such
a showing to the Government. It is
conceded that any application for finan
cial aid from the Government for In
vestment In a utility which, under
present operation and existing condi
tions was showing a deficit, would re
cslra aBl cooaldeiAUoo. ,
Germans Expected Workers in
U. S. to "Fall" for Lies.
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TOIL AT HOME
Secretary of Navy Daniels DHIvcrs
Stirring Add reus at American
Alliance for I-abor and
Democracy Meeting.
NEW TORK. Feb. !!. The bitterest
disappointment of the war for the
Prussians has been the shattering of
the "fatuous belter that the labor of
the United States could bs stampeded
by "Insiduous propaganda." Secretary
of tha Navy Daniels declared In an ad
dress here tonight.
Speaking with Samuel Gompers at a
patriotic mass meeting arranged by the
American Alliance for I-abor and Ie
mocracy. Mr. Daniels predicted that
labor will not swerve from the patriotic
Ideals which actuated It thus far and
that when the war Is over it will have
won Its own fight as welL
"I make no appeal to labor
class" he said, "but speak to men of
labor organisations because they
a mighty force In our National life.
Indeed, the day for appeal to any red-
blooded American has passed.
"It la a time rather for thanks to
those who are engaged heart and soul
and to point out not why they should
serve, but how and where they can
make their effort tell most for vic
tory.
"We have been warned by Great
Britain not to follow . its mistake of
sending Its munition workers and ship
builders to the field, but to counsel
them that the Nation needs them most
to fashion munitions and io hasten the
production of ships.
AH la Patriot CI
I pay tribute alike to the men who.
In the biting cold. have. driven rivets
In hurrying .needed ships., along with
the men who. knee deep In mud in
France., withstand onslaughts of the
Huns.vnd the men .of the Navy giving
(heir lives to abate the submarine
menace. They are all serving their
country and entitled to Its gratitude.
"The need of the hour Is ships. The
hammer that strikes a rivet Is every
whit as effective as ths machine gun
on the flrtrtg line. Our soldiers must
go across the sea. supplies must go
with them, and to those nations fight
ing side by side with us against the
imperial German government must be
sent the food that la absolutely vital
to the maintenance of their military
strength.
"Every man who fires one shot at the
enemy when he might use a machine
gun. every man who falls to be on the
filing line when the need Is sorest
and every man who drives one rivet
when he might drive two is a Benedict
Arnold In his heart and soul, for slack
ing, delaying and sullen indifference
Is a treachery which may cost the life
of our brothers and our sons.
Herolaan Haa Cltaar at Home.
"In a factory where guns are molded
snd munitions made. In the shops where
clothes are cut and shaped. In the for
ests wher stands tha virgin timber for
our ships and airplanes there as well
as la France are the battlefields where
the workers of America must prove
themselves heroes or stand shamed be
fore the world as traitors.
"L-et no man forget that he must live
himiolXwhat &a &va
with the children who will question
him in future years and how will he
answer himself, how will he answer his
sons, if he can only confess negleut and
cowardice In an hour of trial?
"Never before In the history of hu
man struggle have the reactions of war
been guarded against so carefully as in
this dnv. when America flahts for her
life. There Is not a single body with I
any executive power that does not
have upon It a representative of labor,
sitting side by side with the represen
tative of the employers and have equal
voice In all those decisions that are
concerned with the human element In
industry.
"In the next few days the first of a
series of historic meetings will be held
in the office of the Secretary of Labor
at Washington. Five representatives of
the great employing interests and five
representatives of the workers of Amer
ica will meet In an honest effort to
agree on principles and policies which
shall govern relations between em
ployers and workers during the war. in
an effort to set down a programme that
shall safeguard every right and defend
every duty.
MISSING WOMAN FOUND
MRS. H ATT IE LOFFLER VISITING
KAR OREGON CITY.
Spy Campaign Defeated.
"The real hope of the Prussians that
America would never be effective in
this war lay In Its fatuous belief that
labor could be so Irritated by Insidious
propaganda, so misled by hired agita
tors, as to insure nation-wide strikes,
almost upon the declaration of war.
"Far bitterer than the failure of the
submarine to sweep the seas has been
the German spy system to tie this great
republic hand and foot for stampeding
labor, organlxed and unorganized, into
something very nearly approaching a
social revolution.
"Labor will continue Its same wise
policy, and when this war is over it
will have won Its own fight as well.
No hidebound capitalist of that type
which Is so rapidly disappearing in
this enlightened time, who made the
name 'capitalist' something of a re
proach, will dare then to rise and se
riously announce his belief that labor
should be suppressed with an Iron
hand. He will have no standing In the
court of last resort public opinion.
For capital and labor are beginning
to understand each other and are find
ing each other not one tithe as bad as
they have been painted.
" V e are getting together, and when
we get together and the last mutual
misunderstandings and suspicious are
cleared away, not all the power of the
German army, not all the thunder of
ahe German guns, can shake the tri
umphant progress of real democracy
throughout the whole world."
SOOe Pledge Co-ope ratios.
Resolutions were adopted by the 2000
union men present pledging co-operation
In war work.
We once more declare our steadfast
loyalty to' America's enlightened cause,"
said the resolutions. "We recognize in
this great struggle a war that Is essen-
ally labor's war a war of the useful
people of the world against the airents
and institutions of tyranny and oppres
sion, arid that we are resolved to re-
ain with this struggle to its vie
torlous conclusion."
Determination of the American labor
movement to have no dealings with
enemy nations aa long aa they remain
autocratic waa warmly commended.
A message of greeting was sent to
the first contingent of American
wounded to arrive here from France.
GREAT LEADER EULOGIZED
Wltliout Washington. Rabbi Aviso
Says Republic Might Have Failed.
Hue hud at Camp Lewis, 1 Institute
Search Mrs. Loffler Says She Is
Seeking Divorce.
In Jail under a charge of vagrancy. A
motion was lost to have this apply to
retired farmers.
Kltzville is the center of a German
American farm community of wealth
and aets the pace for' wages and conditions.
election in California," said Heney's telegram.
OREGON CITY. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Very much alive and well, Mrs. Hattie
Loffler, formerly of Tacoma, for whom
a search was instituted in Oregon City
Thursday, appeared early Friday morn
ing.
Urgent advices from the Tacoma Red
Cross to the effect that Mrs. Loffler,
the wife of Sergeant Fred Loffler, of
Company F, 14th Infantry, Camp Lewis,
was seriously ill in or near Oregon
City, led to immediate steps on the part
of the local civilian relief committee.
Mrs. Loffler, who has' been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Walker,
on Molalla avenue, read the story of
her mysterious illness at the breakfast
table this morning and immediately
came to the city to quiet any alarms
concerning her fate.
According to Mrs. Loffler, a divorce
suit Is pending between herself and
her husband, and she said that Ser
geant Loffler waa well aware of the
fact that she . has been visiting her
parents here.
Mrs. Loffler had been an employe of
the Rhodes department store in Taco
ma until recently. She and Mr. Loffler
were married in July of last year. The
husband has been in the regular Army
for about four years.
Mrs. Loffler said that recently her
husband was here and tried to get
her to return to Tacoma and fix up
their domestic troubles. This she re
fused to do. v e"
FARM WAGE SET AT $60
Rilzvllle District Farmers Make
Plans for Coming: Season.
RITZVILLE, Wash., Feb. 22. (Spe
cial.) About 60 farmers met today to
discuss wages for the coming season.
Mr. Scott, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, presented the
matter from a Government standpoint.
It was decided that the current wage
should be $60 a month.
It was unanimously decided that
idlers should ba looked after this sea
son and if men appeared in town and
remained any length of time without
working they would be reported to the
Sheriff and police officers and it is
the plan to arrest them and put them
WORLD DEMOCRACY TALKED
Effect Of War on Governments Dis
cussed tot Library.
World democracy as it is. being de
veloped by the war was discussed by
speakers before the Alliance for Labor
and Democracy at the Central Library
last night.
The labor party of England, declared
Dr. Joseph K. Hart, after predicting
control of the political situation by this
party after the next elections, has
evolved a programme which embodies
the real alms of democracy.
E. J. Stack, secretary of tha State
Federation of Labor, declared that
there Is In this country a commercial
"autocracy" which is "not surpassed
by the military autocracy of G-er
many."
"In our own state," hes aid, "the In-
d s trial Welfare Commission wants to
raise wages of women workers 90 cents
a week to beat the high cost of living.
UNIFORM CAUSES ARREST
Son. of San Francisco Importer Is
Held for Impersonating Officer.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 22. Charged
with impersonating an Army officer,
David H. Upright. 26 years old, son of
the junior member of the firm of Caro
& Upright, importers and Jobbers', San
Francisco, was arrested late today by
Federal officials at a leading hotel.
Upright, the officers said, was wearing
the uniform of a trsi j.ieuienant oi
infantry, although he said he was act
ing as a salesman for his father's firm.
Several trunks containing samples
were found in his room.
Upright, according to tne . orncers,
won a First Lieutenant's commission at
the Presidio training camp, but was
discharged from service at Camp Lewis,
Tacoma, a few weeks ago on account
of physical disability. He is said to
have arrived fsom San Francisco
Wednesday.
Heney Will Run for Governor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. Definite
confirmation of his purpose to run fo
Governor of California was sent by
Francis J. Heney today in a telegram
from Chicago. "It is my intention to
seek the Democratic nomination for
Governor at the next ensuing primary
Canadian, Educator Honored.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22. The de
gree of doctor of laws was conferred
upon Sir Robert A. Falconer, president
of the University of Toronto, Canada
by the University of Pennsylvania at
the annual University day exercises of
the institution today.
A noble mind and a spotless charac
ter was George Washington of Fair
fax "
With this eu!ogy Rabbi Jonah B.
Wise, at Temple Beth Israel last night,
praised the leader whose birthday was
observed the country over.
Without George Washington the
great work of beginning a republic
night Asvc bws .baaa oonaugimatfld.'
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It is the best croup medicine I know, of,"
writes Mrs. Oran A. Swaidner, Roanoke,
Ind.
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