TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY; - MAT 8, 1918. ;
S EDITION
MEASURE
READY FOR WILSON
President's Signature Alone
Required to Make "Bill
C Law of Nation.'.
SOCIALISTS . TAKE NOTICE
Saltans I Kaerotlve Committee Ad
mit I'owrr of Xnr Legislation
. and Declare Free Speech
Ha Been Abrogated.
WASHINGTON. May Final legis
lative action wu taken today a the
edition b!U glvtnr the Ooverument
broad n powers to punish disloyal
acta and utlerancea.
Adopting a conference report already
approved by the Senate, the IIouss sent
to the iTesldent for hla signature in
measure which haa been before Con-
(mi for weeks, assailed as a menace
to free speech and championed aa ea
aentlat to order 'at home during the
war.
The President la expected to alga the
bill promptly.
Penalties of yeare Imprlaonment
or a fine of I14.000. or both, are pro
vided In the bill for those convicted of
ntterlna- or printing seditious, aonsiv,
profane, scurrilous, eontemptuotia or
abusive language about the United
States or the Government or the form
ef government or the f lac and for those
who are convicted of favoring uerroaoy
r her alllea In the present war.
iMdra Opp ea Report.
t. H.h.r waa nothlnr like ao ex
fnded aa In the Senate, and. while
soma opposition developed there, only
Representative Lonaon. or :-rw
the Socialist, voted against the con
tfrnj raoort on the final teat.
Representatives Lundeen. of Minne
sota. Ilepubllcan. ana t-nurtu. m
r tnnrn r voted preeent.
-When a rrouD of conscienceless
mplorers refuae to recognize the ftght
- .hi. to sriinti. they will have
.us the I. W. W " Represen
.... i..Hnn uM. I believe the
J. W. W. la the working oat of the law
of compensation."
The mall cenaorahlp section reads ai
follow:
The" romet.r-G.nral may. open evi
tfaare tnfctory te him that any peraea
er eencern la asm the m!I In vlolatlen
f the proTlalen ef thi aot. Ina'roet the
ptm'r l n poatoffle at which mail
la r.vd aIJrsei t eu-h aeraoa or
concern to rnurn te the patmater at the
efflce at which ther were erisinally mallei.
a:l letter or ther msttrr eo a11rsd with
the worr!. -Vll te Ihl addreee ende
Itv.reri uD'Ur plonaa act." plainly wrlt
t.a er amped aeni the tall thereof,
and all u- h letter or other matter, eo
returae! In h poatmast.r. hal) be hy
them rt uml to the amdera thereof under
aaeh rculeMoaa aa lb Poatmaatar-Oeaoral
away prroerl&e.
Fila Ren to lie Pemlafced.
Penaltle under the bill would apply
to thoae who make falsa report or
statements with Intent to Interfere
with the operation or auccea of the
military or naval force or the tnlteo
fitatee or to promote the aucces of Ita
eneratea or say or do anything; witn in
tent to nbe'niet the aale of Government
securities ilurtng the war.
They would apply to thoee who at
tempt to Incite Inaubordlnatlon or mu
tiny o refusal of duty In the military
or naval forcee or retard recruiting, or
to thoae who apeak, write or publish
auiv language aaalnat the uniform
of the soldier or sailor or the flag, or
the Constitution.
brought suit for divorce against Delia
Chapman San ford.
The complaint aays tha couple were
married In Klamath Falla on April 31.
and that the bride, who la a mere child,
waa coerced Into the marriage against
her will by her mother. Mrs. Kdith Friel.
Shortly after the marriage, plaintiff
says he realised the mistake.
Stanford asked the court for a di
vorce and praya that his wife's maid
en name of Delia Chapman be restored.
Ethel M. Nash, of this county, baa
brought suit for divorce from her hus
band. Clean Nash, a convict In the
State Penitentiary of North Dakota. The
couple were married at Billings. Mont..
October it. 11. On December 10 of
the same year the defendant commit
ted murder by killing Clarence Hick a.
In Kidder County. North Dakota, waa
convicted and aentenced to life Imprla
onment. Mr. Nash asks for a decree of di
vorce d return of her maiden name,
Ethel May Battye.
EXTRADITION IS REFUSED
GOVERNOR DECUXEI TO. FORCE
GIRL WirE TO STAXD TRIAL.
Roaa Vessel Balks at Retarwlag to Call
twrada to Hwaaaad, Vho Alleges
be "tele Hla Revolver.
SALEM. Or.. May 7. (Special.) Six
teen-year-old Rosa de Marco will not
bo returned to California to face a Jury
on a grand larceny charge preferred by
her husband. U. Mextel. This waa de
cided ,by Governor Wlthycambe today
when he declined to honor the requl
sltlon of Governor Stephens, of tiiat
state, asking for her return. Hoas real
name Is Rosa Mezsel. but shV refuses
to accept It. aa she declare she was
forced Into a mau-iage with Meszel.
She told the Governcs her story to
day, how her father iH mother bad
separated and her mother had mar
ried again, and she was living happily
with her mother and stepfather when
her father Importuned her to come to
California. Mis said he told her he
would send tier through business col
lege and gratify her ambition to become
a stenographer.
when she arrived In California she
found her father was a laborer, and
after ha had sent her to business col
lege for two months he told her she
waa too expensive to ears for and he
advised her to marry Mezsel. aa he said
Meszel would take care of them both
and make a home for the father.
I hadn't been married long when I
found out I had made a horrible mis
take." she said.
Roaa left Mezzel'a borne while he was
away and started for Salem. She slipped
Mezzel's revolver Into her sultomse, un
thlnklngly. she stated. Mezzel followed
her to Slsson. where he begged her to
return, but aba told him ahe didn't love
him and never could, and he returned
to Vallejo.
Mezzel swore out a warrant charging
her with grand larceny by taking the
revolver, two silk shirts and several
collars and a gold wrist watch, all to
tha value of $70. She declared that the
wrist watch waa bought for her by
Mezzel's coualn as a wedding present.
I won't go hack, she declared. "I
would rather live In bell than with
hlrn."
Rosa's mother lives In Salem and
she saya that ahe will remain here with
her mother.
CHICAGO. May 7. The power of the
sew esplonsce act Is recognized In a
formal atatement made here .today by
tha cx'cutive committee of the a
tlonal oci:llt party.
The committee held a special meeting
to consider a referendum on repudiating
the pacifist St. l.ouls platform. The
committee, which had legal advice, held
that members who advocated retention
of the . Lou i platform would be
liable to prosecution under the a aw law,
and the committee derided that It had
neither the legal nor the moral right
to lead members Into such trouble.
Control, by enacting the law. In the
view cf the committee, haa "abrogated
free pecb.
It waa decided to hold a meeting of
party leadera here Auaut 10 to lay
plans for the t'cna-rraaional campaign.
FIGHTING 'COPPER' BACKED
Oregon City Tavpayer Commend
Officer Who Clean I'p Ta outer.
Onrcox riTT. Or. May 7. (Spe
cial Approximately 100 Oregon City
taxpayer forwartrd a letter today to
t Governor Wtthyoombe. coramendlne In
very plain lansuasre the assault of Po
liceman tidward Surfua upon Frank
Neldn and Tom McGraw last Friday
TO or ril nf
Surfri. It is said, has been putting
tip with the taunts of Neldon for some
time, and finally took off his star and
tackled the gansj. Two bear mute evi
dence of hi fighting ability and a
third. It I said, escaped by running
away. Surf us pleaded gulity of as
sault today and wa fined IS.
The taxpeyerV letter sent today asks
that no action be taken against Surfus.
. the trouble with Neldon was pro
voked, and the awauli waa what any
patriotic citizen would have done.
CLARKE GETS 2 STARS
HIDOKFI ELD LEAD WITH HIGHEST
rr.RCE.VTACE OVER dlOT.t
Here Are Summer Clothes
for the Younger Men
That Look Right-
Wear Right
Cost Right
$15 to $40
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LOCAL BOYS QUALIFY
Many Oregon Names on List
of Training Camp Graduates.
FORMER PORTLANDERS WIN
Robert Glse, John B. Clarke and
Winford H. Crandall Among
Those Who Are Xamed as
Prospective Sd Lieutenants.
Mart a Baak Ratlread .abeerlprJaa ef
I.1M.SO Credited t Vaaeesm.
nhlpwwvkers Are Liberal.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 1. (Spe
cial) Complete figures of the results
of the third liberty loan In Clarke
County how that the county will re
ceive two stars for Its honor flag.
Clarke County's quota was $270,009.
with a grand total of $700,400 sub
scribed. Following shows ths quotas of the
different cities together with the
amounta subscribed:
Battle Ground $5000. $11,600; Camaa
$:t.000. $40,100: I. Center $I00. $20,100:
Ridaefleld $7700. 134.000: Vancouver
$1.S00. $S01 40: Washongal $13,600
$33,100: Tacolt $9600. $14.(00. Total
subscription. $700,400. with ll sub
scribers. Subscribers In Camas and Bat.
tie Gronnd were not reported.
Fred W. Tempes. dty chairman of the
drive, was notified today that tha North
Bank Road quota of $3 000 has been
credited to Vancouver. Th subscription
of the fi. XI. titandifer Construction Cor
poration employee waa $317,000.
Kidgef laid, with a quota of $7700. won
the banner for the greatest oversub
scrlptlon. Ita subscription totaling $34,
00.
JITNEY BONDING UPHELD
Superior Court 'llolde Chehalis City
Ordinance Is Valid.
EUGENE STRONG FOR NAVY
Forty -Three I-ane County Men Hn-
llt In Seven Day. .
" ECGEXE, Or. May 7. I Special.)
The epectai United Mates Navy recruit
tng mission closed ita office In Kujsene
tonight with a record of 41 enlistments
lit seven days. The mission will go to
Marsbfield. tomorrow, where It will re
main four days before going to Corval
tts for a similar campaign.
Fred Kerr, of Lebanon, enlisted to
day, lie attended school at the Oregon
Agricultural College four years and is
ne ef the rartnera In tha Sears ft Kerr
Company dm est ore at Lebanon.
Thurston V. Ijiraway. Herbert Hay
wiod. ilgtarr Foulka. Merle W. Moore
and tVrtrand Wood, vtudenta at the
I nlverslty of Oregon, also enrolled to
day. ;ors' Jackson, of Wendling. was
another volunteer.
CHEHALfS. Wash.. May 7. (See
ciaL) That the Chehalls city commls
sloa'a ordinance regulating Jitney traf
fic, passerl In February, Is valid and
that the jitney drivers must provide
bonds If they wish to operate their
cars on National avenue In this city.
Is the derision of Judge VT. A. Rey
nolds, of the Lewie County Superior
Court. The Jitneys Drivers" Cnlori.
through A. B. Balrd. enjoined enforce-
ment and pending court hearing the
jitney have been allowed to operate.
Judge Reynolds upholds the city's
ordinance, which requires a $3500 bond
for. the privilege of operating over
National avenue. Chehalis. which Is
part of the Pacific Highway between
Chehalls and Centralis, and maintains
that the city has a right to pass laws
saying on what streets commercial
I automobiles may er may not operate.
CHILD WIFE IS DEPENDENT
;ranl Pss Man Ak Separation
From li-Vear-Old Iirlde.
CANTS PAPA Or. May T. Alleg
ing that his li-jear-cld wife waa co
erced Into marrying htm by her mother
and that she was too young to under
stand th full meaning of the marriage
BOYS START FOREST FIRE
Spokane Suburbanites Excited Wlien
Canipflre Spreads to Woods.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 7. (Special.)
A playhouse in the woods, kids and
matches resulted In a forest fire which
brought excitement and variation to
the peaceful neighborhood bordering
on the pine forest In Boulevard Tark
Addition.
It all started with a number of small
boy building a campflre. The high
wind threw sparks Into tha surround
In; forest and In a few mlnutea a
roaring fire was advancing toward
nearby houses. -
Residents called th firs department
and fire fighters and women of the
neirhborhood with shovels and wet
a-ark helped tn beat out the flames
and cleared fire traila through the
woods.
IRD OP TIIAMt.. '
We desire to thank our friends for
their klndnees and words of aympathy
durtnaT tha slcknes. death and burial
of a loving husband and father, and
also for the many beautiful floral
tributes. MB?. FARAH L. HEFNER.
HARRT J. HFPNER.
FRED I HEPNEH.
A4t, CUaRI.h.3 Q. HiU'CB,
WASHINGTON. May 7. The longest
Hat of officers' training camp grad
uates vet srlven out came from the Ad-
jutant-Cenerai today when the names
of men who qualified as prospective
Second Lieutenants at Camp Stanley.
Leon Springs, Tex., were announced.
Many of the men were from lnter
mountaln territory and the Pacific
elope as follows:
la fan try.
Clarke. John B . Portland. Or.
Crandall. Winford II., Portland. Or.
Dobolt. Benjamin H.. Vancouver, Wash,
bonoahoe. trad W.. 8eattl.
Dumui. Byron L, Casper, Wye.
Ui. Robert C. Portland. Or.
Hathaway. William C. Friend. Or.
Olaon, Erneat A.. Malo. Wash.
Ostan. Charles J.. Jleppner. Or.
Oswald. Charlea I Oakvllle. Wash.
Bliackeltord. Robert II., Bealtl. Wash.
Held Artillery.
Balrd. Alva C. Stvnvlll. Mont.
Barrtnaton. Edward J.. Spokane. Wash.
Barteau. Harry C Anaconda. Mont
fcattln. Harry W., BilUns. Mont.
Holt. Andrew B., Anaconda. Mont.
McCoy, Edward, Seward. AlukL
HcKlm. J sines. Puyaliup. Wash.
Ready. Frank C. Coaur d'Alaoa. Idaho.
Kondihalsr, Harold.-Anchors.. Alaska.
Woodcock. Albert C. Maupln. Or.
Woodro. Waiter 11.. Leavenworth. Wash.
Tlntit. Homer C. Casper. Wye.
Cavalry.
AnderseVi. Clinton, Creat Falls. Moat.
Bowea. Ralph. Roslyn, Wash.
Johnson. William U. Calexico. Cat.
Thompson. Lester K . Tacuma. Wash. .
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Three of the men. mentioned In the
list are former residents of Portland.
Robert C. Glse was at one tlms an
employe of John Roebllng ac Sons, In
the Board of Trade building. He at
tended the first officers' training camp
at the Presidio, but returned without
a commission to Portland. About De
cember S3 he left for the south again,
where he attended and graduated from
the New Mexico Military Academy.
Mr. Glee came to tnls , city from
Omaha. Neb, and while here lived at
the Campbell-Hilt Hotel, at Twenty
third and Hoyt atreeta. He was one of
the men chosen from the academy to
attend tha officers training camp at,
Leon Springe. j
No relatives or friend of either John
B. Clarke or Winford H.- Crandall can
be found In this city.
the accidental discharge , of a rifle.
She was visiting ber sister, Mrs. Roy
I. Wnlttaker. near Buhl, 30 miles west
of here, and went with her brother-
in-law to the field. While walking
across a field alone, she evidently
caught the gun trigger In the weeds
or her clothes, accldently discharging
It. She was found soon after by her
brother-in-law. The bullet had gone
through her chin, throat and lodged In
ber brain. She died soon after being
taken to the Buhl hospital.
She was the fiancee of Henry P.
Howe, well-known young man of this
city, now with the Aviation Corps In
Omaha.
CHEHALIS TO CURB I. W. W.
Proposed Ordinance Will Make All
Radical Operations Illegal.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. May 7. (Spe
cial.) The Chehalls City Commission
has Introduced and will pass at Its next
meeting a strong ordinance to curb the
I. W. W. menace and its various opera
tions. Sabotage, syndicalism and other
doctrines taught will be included In the
provisions of the ordinance Introduced.
An ordinance forbidding storing of
quantities of explosives In the city haa
been passed and none can now be stored
Inside the city or within 50 rods outside
the city limits. Considerable street
improvement and sidewalk work is to
bo done this Summer of a permanent
nature, ordinances and resolutions for
that purpose being now under way.
Ogden Fire Does $750,000 Damage.
OGDEN. Utah. May 7. A fire this
morning destroyed the power station
and carbarns of the Bamberger Elec
tric Railroad, caruiing a loss estimated
at 1730.000. Eleven large Interurban
motor cars and two electric locomo
tive were destroyed.
IDAHO MEN ARE APPOINTED
Governor Names AY". H. Thorpe to
Succeed. Lcroy.TJones.
BOISE, Idaho, May 7. ((Special.)
The appointment, of W. H. Thorpe as
chief deputy fish and game warden to
succeed Leroy C. Jones, who has been
appointed United States Marshal, was
announced today by Governor Alexan
der. United States Marshal Jones an
nounces the appointment of C. B.
Mosher, of Idaho City, chief deputy;
Mark. Howe, deputy for North Idaho;
George Ish, for Southern Idaho.
Governor Alexander also appointed
Evan Evans, of Grangerville, to suc
ceed himself as a memben of the State
Board of Education, of which he "Is
chairman.
F. L. Davis, of Sugar City: Edwin G.
Wllspn, of Twin Falls, and James
Munro, of Caldwell, were appointed
members of the State Board of Ac
countants. 7
SECRETARY JWcADOO IS ILL
DlrectorvGeneral of Railroads De
velops Case of Tonsilitis. 1
WASHINGTON, May 7. Secretary
McAdoo developed a case of tonsilitis
today and was compelled to do his work
at home.
Mr. McAdoo has been working over
time since long before the third liberty
loan drive started and has not been
keeping In the best possible condition
physically.
Whitman President Bars Wheat.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 7.
(Special.) President S. B. L. Penrose,
DOUBLE CABLE BASE
Times
These are the only tires
with the Double-Cable -Base.
It keeps the toe of the
bead from tube-pinching;
pi events rim-cutting and
blow-outs just above the
rim and keeps the tire from
blowing off.
The Federal Rubber Company of Illinois
Factories, Cudahy, Wis.
The walls of Federal1
tires do not break. The.
low, flexible heels yield
with every motion, elimi
nating undue strain. Get
Federal tires and sav
money.
Ask Tour Dealer
Oregon Vulcanizing Co.
Distributor
333-335 BURNSIDE ST.
Portland, Oregon.
that he and his family have decided to
have no more wheat flour in the house
.it .V.- .,rl has
suggested the forming of an "informal
but resolute league ior victory mrousn
saving wheat."
Colver Chairman Trade Commission.
WASHINGTON', May 7. William B.
Colver today became chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission, succeeding
William J. Harris. John F. Fort was
made vice-chairman.
Deep-Sea Diver Commended.
WASHINGTON'. May 7. Frank A. An
derson, a diver at the New York Navy
yard, was commended by the Navy De
partment today for special services in
recovering a loaded depth charge, sev
eral large projectiles and a number of
cartridge cases lost overboard.
Scotts Mills Raises $5400.
SCOTTS MILLS. Or.. May 7. (Special.)
Although Scotts Mills had no quota
assigned for the last liberty loan drive
$6400 were raised in that city and vi
cinity. . The success of the drive was
due to a good, active committee com
prising A. L. Brougher, C. A. Addleman,
K. W. Coulson, Hugh ' Magee. J. B.
Fisher, C. A. Dunnigan, John Plas and
Frank A. Hettwer.
TWIN FALLS NURSE SHOT
MIm Morriiette Dies When Rifle Is
Accidentally Discharged. .
. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Mir 1. (Spe
cial.) Miss Judith Morrisette, aged 20.
a nurse In training In a local hospital
for the last two years. Is dead from
Number 115 on Ballot
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JOS.W.BEVERIDGE
RfcTl BLICATf CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY CLERK
FOR RE-ELECTIOX
(Paid Adv.)
Let's Get at the Facts
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No. 7Wliy a Six-Cent Fare iir Portland?
(Continued)
While our employes were doing all they could to
help us secure increased revenue with which to
meet their demands for increased wages and the
eight-hour day, they felt that they must secure
immediate action on their demands, no rnatter
what happened to our application for relief.
Openly and willingly, as was the case in all
other phases of the 6-cent fare case, our officials
agreed to submit the demands of the men to a
board of arbitration. Three men of irreproach
able character and sound business judgment were
selected to pass on the mien's demands.
They went into the matter with utmost thor
oughness and, after lengthy deliberation, decided
that our employes were entitled to the relief de
manded, and granted them a scale of wages run
ning from 38 cents an hour for beginners up to 45
cents an hour for all men who had had two years'
service; time and a half for overtime was granted,
which, for the two-year men, meant a wage of
67 cents an hour for all continuous service after
eight hours and 30 minutes.
The basic eight-hour day was also granted.
As we have stated before, this award of the
board of arbitration entailed an annual increase in
onr expenses of $600,000. .
And there was not a single dollar to be derived
from our operating revenues with which to meet
this enormous additional yearly outlay for labor
alone. And you must also bear in mind that every
other essential cost factor entering into the pro
duction of our streetcar service was adding great
ly to our already heavy financial burdens.
clearly stated that our company must have added
revenue to pay the wages granted the men and
establish the eight-hour day, but it was wholly
beyond the province of the board of arbitration to
afford us any relief. They could merely comment
upon the facts and suggest methods of securing
financial assistance.
In other words, the arbitrators told us to pay
the men the equivalent of $600,000 more a year,
but expressly found that we could not maintain
the new wage scale unless streetcar fares were
increased.
It is perfectly obvious to any clear-thinking per
son that the only way we could get this extra
$600,000 or any portion of it would be through
securing increased revenues, a pitiless impairment
of service, heavy increased traffic or by borrow
ing money.
The public would not stand for reduction in
service; that was clear. It was equally clear that
no public utility could borrow money for such a
purpose as that, and while there was some hope
of future increase in volume of traffic, this was
not even sufficient to keep stride with the con
stantly piling up costs of operation.
That left only one recourse open to our Com
pany, if we were to be saved from financial and
physical ruin of our property.
We resorted to that recourse by appealing once
more to the Public Service Commission for per
mission to increase our fares.
The board of arbitration took official cogniz- It was plainly that or bankruptcy with hopeless
ance of this grave situation in its. award and crippling of service.
(Paid Adverrlaeaaeat.)
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY.
joponslblUty, 30. toanford. ag at, has
106.2