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THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1918.
SENATE ADOPTS
fill POWER BILL
Unanimous Approval Recorded
for Measure Drafting All
l . Men From 18 to 45.
WORK OR FIGHT' MODIFIED
Conference Sessions Between Two
Houses Will Mart Next Step
of Legislation of Great Iiu
Tx portance to War.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. The man
power bill bringing within the Army
draft all men from IS to 45 years old,
was passed late today by the Senate,
with a modified "work or fight" clause.
All efforts to change the age limits
or to direct separate classification or
youths under 21 failed, and the measure
now goes to conference between the
House and Senate with no difference
of serious controversy, except the
"work or fight" provision.
The Senate was recorded unanimous
ly for the bill. Senator Gore, of Okla
homa, who cast the only negative vote
on the roll call, withdrew It and was
excused from voting. There were 75
affirmative votes.
The final vote In the Senate was re
corded amid unchecked applause from
the galleries. It la expected the mea
sure will add 13.000.000 men to the
Nation's military strength and provide
the Army that will enable the allies
to defeat Germany next year.
Speedy Agreement Likely.
In conference the differences in the
drafts of the bill as passed today by
the Senate and as enacted Saturday by
the House by a vote of 326 to 2 are ex
pected to be compromised speedily, and
the bill in Its final form transmitted to
President Wilson for his signature late
this week.
Preparations being made by General
Crowder are expected to Insure the
registration of all men within the ages
of 18 and II and 31 and io within
week or ten days after the President
s Iehs the bill.
The Senate adopted nearly all of the
provisions desired by the administra
tion. Including the one giving the
President authority to establish orders
of call.
President Wilson Is expected to fol
low the plans of the War Department
which provide for the calling of youths
cf IS after the other classes, and the
educating of such boys while in train
ing and prior to their being sent over
seas. "Work or Fight" Clause Changed.
Controversy which has engrossed the
Senate since the bill's consideration
was begun last Thursday, today cen
tered in a spirited struggle over the
sentiment against calling youths under
:i and on the "work or fight" amend
ment. Before adopting by a vote of 40 to 29
the "work or fight" amendment pro
viding for draft of men exempted for
industrial and other reasons who do
not continue at work, a proviso was
added that in case of strikes, penalties
of the "work or fight" rules shall not
apply If the men submit their disputes
to the war labor board and continue
their labor.
This limitation, offered by Senator
Cummins, of Iowa, was incorporated,
73 to 0.
Before taking the vote on final pas
sage, the Senate in crushing the op
position to service of youths under 21
twice bowled over an amendment by
Senator Poindexter. of Washington, to
make the minimum draft limit 19 in
stead of IS years first by a vote of
i to 14 and again 52 to 21.
Senate Conferee Named.
A proposal by Senator Kirby, of
Arkansas, to make 20 the minimum age
was rejected. 60 to 12. while that of
Senaton Vardaman, of Mississippi, to
retain the present 21-year minimum
was decisively defeated without 'a roll
call. Senator Chamberlain, chairman, and
Hitchcock and Warren, of the military
committee, late today were named Sen
ate conferees on the bill. The House
conferees are scheduled to be named to
morrow and work on compromising the
differences will begin late tomorrow or
Thursday.
Besides the "work or fight" amend
raent. the final fate of which generally
is regarded in doubt because of House
opposition and lack of Administration
support, the Senate wrote in an amend
ment by Senator Penrose, of Pennsyl
vania. Republican, providing that draft
boards shall determine questions of
deferred classification without requlr
ins registrants to claim exemption or
deferred classification.
fourth liberty loan campaign in Ore
gon and urging co-operation from first
to last, have been issued by Milton A.
Miller, chairman of the sub-committee
on such officials and Edgar B. Piper,
general chairman of the committee of
speakers. The letter is as follows:
The fourth liberty loan campaign will
open formmlly throughout the country on
September 2H. but a preliminary educational
campaign will be undertaken in Oregon
commencing on September 15. for which
purpose organisation la now being perfected.
The country will be called upon to sub
scribe 18.OO0.OO0.0O0. of which Oregon's al
lotment will be approximately 140.000,000.
Every Citizen Must Support.
In order that Oregon may meet this hugs
demand upon Its resources, every cltlsen of
the state must be enlisted In the united
and undivided support of the loan and be
thoroughly aroused to the necessity of re
sponding promptly to the demands which
loyalty and patriotism place upon him.
The citizens of Oregon have resolutely
met every duty and obligation Incident to
the war and have placed their state amongst
those which rank foremost In duty well per
formed. We expect that this standard will
be maintained ia the fourth liberty loan
campaign.
First Over the Top.
Ton are, therefore, urged to give this
cause your earnest attention and to assist
In every possible way the movement to put
Oregon first over the top.
Our boys on the western front have their
faces toward Berlin there can be no back
ward step. We are determined that the
struggle for democracy and universal peace
throughout the world shall not be In vain.
Let us at home do our full duty.
45 TEACHERS
LIST OF TRANSFERS AND ASSIGN-
MEATS COMPLETED.
Superintendent Grout Announces Larg
est Group of Transitions in City
Schools In Several Tears.
A list of the transfers of old members
of the teaching force of Portland city
schools and assignments of new mem
bers has been complied in the office of
Superintendent Grout and includes 89
names. Forty-five of this number are
old teachers, forming the largest group
of transfers made in the schools in
several years. The list follows:
Alice Abel. Clinton Kelly: Harriet Aber-
crombie. Mount Tabor; Kdltb Anderson. Sun-
nyslde; Hilma Anderson, lenta; .mma ap-
plcgaf. Thompson; Alva Austin. Portsmouth;
lncy Baker, Kenton; Myrtle Baker. Aimna
Homestead; Ella Bar bo. Alblna Homestead;
Frances Barnes. Kenton: Sue Berg. East;
Mildred Broua. Clencoe; Gertrude Buehler,
Kast; Clayton Burrow. Couch; Lulu G.
Champion. Thompson; Isabel Chalmers,
Clinton Kelly: Nola Coad. Thompson; Kath
erlne L. Corrucclnl. Sellwood; Helen K.
Crane. Capitol Hill: Nellie C. Crout. Buck
man; Edna tavls. Buckmin; Grace B Daw
son. North: Edith O. Dlllard. Llewellyn;
Lillian Downing. Gregory Heights: Frances
Estes. Portsmouth; Mrs. E- G. Forrester.
Wood mere; Florence Fink. Shattuck; Doro
thy Foster. Woodstock: Lora Foster. Ockley
Green: Pansy Full, Ladd ; Helen Calbreath,
Montavllla; Ruth Ghormley. Portsmouth;
Vlnsen Gorman. Fernwood; Alice D. Grant,
Vernon; Claire Pratt ,Grout. Creston: Lois
Haettel. Kerns; Olga Halllngby. Kerns;
Mary Bel Hancock. Kennedy; Ethelwyn
Hart. Irvlngton: Helen B. Hawley. Rich
mond; Jennie E. Hays, Alblna Homestead
Julia Hedlund. East: Grace Henderson. Rose
City Park: Edna Lelper Hill. Central; Mary
Hi,!. Brooklyn: Louise Ingram. Buckman
Bertha G. Irwin. Ockley Green: Elsie
Isaacson. Woodlawn: Violet Johnson, Ar
leta: E. May Jones. Terwtillger: Marie X.
Jones, Rose City Park; Julia M. Kimball,
Stephens; Jennie H. Lancaster, Mt. Tabor;
Buna McCoy. Stephens: Blanche Macaulay,
Chapman; Pauline Esther Merrill. Shaver
Kathleen Molan, Sellwood; Kathleen Mount,
Woodstock: Marie Myers. Kenton: Kuth
Nunn. Llnnton; Ruth E. Nvitrom. Terwllll
ger: Pauline Paulsen. Woodstock; Mary
Peery. Mt. Tabor; Jessie C Peterson. Davis
Elizabeth Pollock. Frazer Home: Elsie Quill
lam, Ladd; Margaret Randle. Kennedy; Vera
Redman, Irvlngton; Emma Reuter, Arleta
Lilli fcchmldli. Buck-nan; Evelyn Sega
Central: Gertrude Rockwell. Sharpe. North
Ethel Sherwood. Eliot; Roxana Shroyer,
Glencoe; Lyle Turner. Clinton Kelly; OUv
Valck. Highland: Anne Vannet, Sellwood
Edlna H. Venator. Fulton Park: Laura M.
Walte. Couch: Evelyn Wetland. Llnnton
Ada Werner. Thompson; Edith Wllber, Sha
ver: Mrs. Edna Wilklni, Beaumont; Edith
Williams. Central; Grace Williams. Glen
coe: Holen Wlllett. Capitol Hill; sue Wilson,
Ladd; Carol urtenberger, Hawthorne
Amis O. Young. Rose City Park.
EAST WILL HAVE
0T B S
DAYS
Garfield Calls on Public to Re
frain From Using Gaso
line Every Sunday.
ESSENTIAL LINES EXEMPT
Xew Regulation Not Effective West
of Mississippi River; Step Is
Taken to' Avert Threat
ened Shortage.
ALIEN-BORN NOT EXEMPT
DRAFTED V.V1LLI3SO TO FIGHT
WILL BE l.NTERXED.
Men Who Have Received First Nat
nra Illation Papers and Sworn
Allegiance, Owe Service to Flag;.
VIEWS OF SENATORS DIFFER
Chamberlain and McXary Not In Ac
cord on Amendments.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
Ington. Aug;. 27. In the final voting In
the Senate today on amendments to
the draft bill as reported by the Sen
ate military affairs committee Senators
Chamberlain and McNary did not often
agree.
On the proposed amendment by Sen
ator Kirby to make the draft limits
from 20 to 45 Senator Chamberlain
voted "no" and Senator McNary "yes
On the McKellar motion to eliminate
the provision that persons having de
ferred classification shall lose such de
ferred status if they quit work Sen
ator Chamberlain voted "no" and Sen
ator McXary "yes."
On the Cummins amendment to pro
vide that men in deferred classifica
tion may strike and not lose their de
ferred classification provided that they
continue work and submit their dif
ferences to the board of arbitration,
Senator Chamberlain voted "no" and
Senator McXary "yes.
LOAN LETTERS ARE ISSUED
Campaign Appeals Through Slate
Impress Jfeed for Every Effort.
. Circular letters to all Federal, state
end county official, announcing the
1 something tJT
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CAMP LEWIS. Wash.. Aug;. 27.
Drafted men from , the West who seek
exemption from Army duty because of
relatives fighting in the armies of Ger
many or Austria, or because they were
born In those countries, must either re
main in the American Army or be in
terned, according to recommendations
Major C C. Cresson. Judge advocate of
the 13th Division, will make to the
commanders of these men.
"Men come to me asking- exemption
because they were born In enemy conn-
tries," said Major Cresson today. "If
they persist in their claims they should
be Interned, and I shall recommend
their commanders take action to that
end.
"All these men have at least received
their first naturalization papers and
have sworn allegiance to this country.
If they do not remain In the Army they
never can become American citizens,
according to the rulings of United
States courts."
SHIPYARD MEN STRIKE
SEVERAL HT.VDRED WORKERS OCT
TO ENFORCE DEMAADS.
Sommarstrom Employes Require Part
Owner's Job aa Foreman Be
Given Union Man.
ST. HELEN'S. Or, Aug. 27. Several
hundred employes at the Sommars
trom shipyard went on a strike this
morning to enforce their demand that
Hugo Sommarstrom, foreman of Job
No. 8, which is a Government contract.
be supplanted with a union man.
Sommarstrom, who Is a part owner
In the yard, was put In charge of the
work a few weeks ago. which was un
satisfactory to the union, who Bent
protest to Washington. Sommarstrom
was taken off the Job, but yesterday
was again in charge and when he was
not removed the men walked out.
Two Government officials happened
to drop in at the yard and advised the
men to return to work pending a set
tlement of the matter and a majority
of them went back to work at 1 o'clock
this afternoon.
Miss Xealeigh's Relatives Sought.
Relatives of Florence Kealelgh, 21
years old. who says that she lives at
Glad-tone Park, are asked to com
municate with the Woman's Protective
Division at the City . Jail. Miss
Nealelgb. who Is said to be temporarily
deranged, was taken under the protec
tion - of the Woman s Division last
night.
In the Ilrst German drive on the
western front the British W. M. C A.
ost all its equipment and huts It oper
ated for the Portuguese troops.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. The Fuel
Administration today called on the pub
lic in states east of the Mississippi
river to cease me using of all classes
of automobiles, with a few exceptions,
motorcycles, and motor boats on Sun
days until further notice as a gasoline
conservation measure.
Only voluntary compliance with the
letter anad spirit of the request will
prevent the Issuance of a mandatory
order prohibiting the use of gas on
Sundays, it was declared at the fuel
administration.
Automobiles for hire are included in
the curtailment programme.
Some Exceptions Made,
Motor vehicles to which the restric
tions do not apply were announced as
follows:
Tractors and motor trucks employed
In actual transportation of freight.
vehicles of physicians, used in ner-
formance of professional duties.
Ambulance!, fire apparatus, police
patrol wagons, undertakers' wagons.
and conveyances used for funerals.
Railway equipment using gasoline.
Kepair outfits employed by telephone
and public service companies.
Motor vehicles on errands of neces
sity in rural communities where trans
portation by steam or electricity is not
available.
Fuel Shortage Threatened.
The action was taken by the fuel
administration, it was said, to meet a
threatened shortage of gasoline for
shipment overseas, created by increased
domestic demands and extensive mili
tary operations in France.
"The United States fuel administra
tion considers it necessary that a
limited conservation of gasoline be un
dertaken, in the states east of the Mis
sissippi river Jn view of the increasing
demand for gasoline for war purposes
and the paramount obligation of meet
ing promptly and fully all overseas re
quirements," said a statement issued
jointly by Administrator Garfield and
Mark Requa, director of the oil division
of the fuel administration.
"An appeal is made, therefore, to the
people of the United States east of the
Mississippi river to exercise rigid econ
omy in the consumption of gasoline
during the next few weeks as a neces
sary and practical act of patriotism.
War Necessities to Be Met.
"War necessities are being and will
continue to be promptly and fully met.
but this is the period of the year when
consumption of gasoline is at its high
est and the increased domestic demands,
together with the extensive military
operations in France, have rendered
necessary, for a limited period, the
adoption of safeguards against possible
shortage.
"In v'ew of the difficulty. If not the
impossibility, of differentiating be
tween the various uses to which auto
mobiles are applied, the United Suites
Fuel Administration believes that the
greatest measure of economy can be
effected with the least interference
with the business of the country
through the discontinuance of the use James F. Rice in the South Carolina
of all classes of motor vehicles, motor Democratic primary today. Early this
who was slightly wounded, was able to
retain command of the troops, although
he had to be assisted from place to
place.
Machine Gun Set Up.
Reports that-machlne guns were
brought into action by the American
troops were denied, although a machine
gun was set up in an office facing
Mexico.
No one seemed to know exactly what
happened after the first shot was fired.
An American sentry was seen to enter
an office on International avenue with
his arm dangling at his side with
bullet wound through his ' shoulder,
Soon after the firing became general
and the crowd which rushed to the
Custom-House when the first shots
were fired sought shelter behind build
ings. Everyone was ordered off the
streets by th military.
Reports that Juan G. Cabral, leader
of a rebel band which has been oper
ating south of the border, had ap
proached within 14 miles of. Nogales,
was camped at Maytorena ranch and
that the shooting In Nogales was pre
liminary to an attack on the town by
his band, could not be confirmed.
Like the main street of a moving
pictur frontier town, International
avenue, where the fighting started, zig
zags its way along the international
boundary line between Mexico and the
United States and forms the main bus!
ness street of towns In the two re
publics.
Concrete monuments marking the
border stand at intervals like giant
fingers and a barbed wire fence which
was erected by the Mexican officials to
prevent evasions of the customs and
immigration laws adds a militant touch
to the picture.
Boundary Closely Patrolled.
American sentries patrol the
boundary night and day while Mexican
sentries in their slate colored uniforms,
patrol the opposite side of the wide
business street. Customs guards and
patrol squads have their stations at
the American and Mexican Custom
Houses which face each other across
the street.
Nogales, Ariz., Is a progressive Ari
zona border town with modern houses,
two and three-story business buildings
on International avenue and residence
streets lined with palm and umbrella
trees.
Nogales. Sonora, the Mexican town
is a typical Mexican border town with
square adobe houses resembling cubes
of native brown sugar.
There are several large buildings on
the Mexican side of the boundary and
church surrounded by a little plaza
after the fashion of all Mexican towns
on the Mexican border.
Former Battles . Recalled.
Nogales, Sonora, has been the scene
of a number of border battles, ine
Diaz federal troops were defeated and
forced to cross the border and sur
renden to American troops. They were
commanded by Colonel Emilio Koster-
litzky. a Polish officer In the Mex
ican federal army.
A clash between American troops
and Mexican rebels also took place
there during the Villa-Carranza fight
ing. The Carranza troops were fired
upon by mistake when it was thought
they were Villa followers attempting
to- raid the American side of the bor
der. The beautiful residence of Ignacio
Bonillas, Ambassador to Washington,
is within sight of the international
line, Nogales being his home.
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 27. A telephone
message from Nogales at 10:lo o clock
tonight said the Twin Cities were quiet,
a truce having been agreed upon until
7 o'clock in the morning.
At a conference tonight between A.
J. Abasola, commanding the Nogales.
Sonora. garrison, and Lieutenant-Colo
nel Herman, together with Collector of
the Port Charles Hardy and prominent
American and Mexican civilians, com
mandante Abasola expressed regret
the outbreak, and declared It was due
to ill-feeling between Mexican and
American customs guards. He said
there was no hostility among the Mexi
can federal soldiers toward the Ameri
can forces.
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boats and motorcycles on Sundays.
The United States Fuel Administra
tion, therefore, requests that in the
section of the United States east of the
Mississippi River there shall be a dis
continuance of use of the vehicles
above specified, including all such as
are operated for hire, on each Sunday
hereafter, until notification that the
need for suqh discontinuance has
ceased."
Further Conservation Urged.
After listing the exceptions to the re
quest, the statement makes an appeal
to the patriotic men and women of
America, east of the Mississippi River,
to undertake voluntarily, additional
conservation In the operating of their
own automobiles, wherever possible.
WALTER PAGE RESIGNS
AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN
IX ILL HEALTH.
President, at Urgent Request of Diplo
mat. Decides to Relieve Him
of Farther Duties.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Due to con-
tlnued ill health, Walter Hines Page,
Ambassador of the United States to
Great Britain, has offered ills resigna
tion to President Wilson. While no
official announcement was forthcom
ing today, it was learned in official
circles that the President, at the urg
ent request of the Ambassador, has
decided to accept the resignation.
When Mr. Page assumed office he
was entirely without diplomatic ex
perience. He bad been engaged in
literary work and In the publishing
business. Diplomatic issues of Impor
tance left by the preceding adminis
tion fell to him and without hesitation
these were dealt with in a manner so
tactful and decided as to leave no
ground for dissatisfaction.
under the stress of great tasks oc
casioned by the war the health of Mr.
Page, never very robust, showed signs
of impairment, and nearly a year ago
he sought to resign his office, but
was prevailed upon to continue.
U. S. BOYS FALL IN MEXICO
(Continued From First Page.)
by the Mexicans, a parley followed,
but the sniping continued until after
o'clock.
Bullets fell in Nogales and civilians
were ordered to remain indoors and
without the zone of fire. Adobe
houses, because their walls cannot be
pierced by high-power bullets, were
especially popular and many families
spent the night in these buildings
with friends.
As soon as the firing became general
calls were sent to Douglas, Ariz., Fort
Huachuca and outpost points. These
are cavalry posts and the reinforce
ments were expected to start tonight,
making the trip overland.
Many persons from surrounding towns
and cities rushed to Nogales to assist
the citlsen s and soldiers, expecting a
general engagement. .
Tonight Lileutenant-Colonel Herman,
morning Mr. Dial had a majority of
approximately 10,000 over both his op
ponents and a lead of nearly 14,000 over
Blease.
Interest centered in this fight, owing
to a letter from President Wilson to a
South Carolina newspaper man, char
acterizing Blease as unfriendly to the
Administration.
For the short term In the Senate
Christie Benet, incumbent, William H.
Pollock and Thomas H. Peebles were
running so closely that second pri
mary will probably be necessary.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Represen
tative Frank P. Woods, of Iowa, who
recently failed of renominatlon to Con
gress, tendered to the Republican con
gressional committee tonight his res
ignation as chairman of that organ
ization.
Mr. Wood announced his reasons in a
letter submitted to the meeting, saying
he resigned in the interest of harmony
and unity in the committee,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Major
James Rolph, of San Francisco, was
leading by small margins both the Re
publican and Democratic primaries for
nomination for Governor on the face of
incomplete and indecisive returns late
tonight. Out of 6303 precincts in the
state, complete counts were available
from only 122. Rolph s vote for the
Republican nomination from these pre
cincts was 1796 against 1773 for Gov
ernor William D. Stephens, the nearest
of seven opponents.
In the same precincts Rolph was
leading Francis J. Heney for the Dera
ocratic nomination 584 to 442. Thomas
Lee Woolwine, the third candidate, had
181 votes.
G. O. P. SAYS AVAR PARAMOUNT
Missouri Republicans Urge Prompt
Action on Prohibition.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 27. The Republican
state convention tonight adopted a
platform urging prompt action by the
members of the Legislature upon the
amendment to the Federal constitution
with regard to prohibition, their action
to be taken in accordance with the
wishes of their constituents and having
in mind -the paramount issue of the
war; an amendment to the Federal or
state constitution extending the right
of franchise to women, and the repeal
of the zone system of postage.
JEFFERSON CTTY, Mo.. Aug. 27.
With the adoption of a "wln-the-war"
platform, which indorsed the Admin
istration of President Wilson and Gov.
ernor Gardner, advocated submission
to the people of the woman's suffrage
amendment and urged the State Legis
lature to take early action on the Fed
eral prohibition amendment, the
Democrats of Missouri tonight closed
an all-day session of their state con
vention. The prohibition plank was
adopted with little opposition.
COLUMBUS, 0..Aug. 27. Ohio Re
publicans meeting in platform conven
tion here this afternoon were greeted
with patriotic addresses by United
States Senator Warren G. Harding, Na
tional Committee Chairman William H.
Hays and former Governor Frank B.
Willis, the Gubernatorial nominee, and
also heard Mr. Willis demand that a
plank indorsing the Federal prohibition
amendment and the state-wide prohi
bition proposal be Inserted in the party
platform.
ALL DIREFULLY UNHAPPY
REPLY OF LORD CECIL.
OVER
Reventlow Laments That It Is Heavy
Blow for German Advocates of
Peace by Understanding.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 27. The reply
of Lord Robert Cecil, British Under
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, made on
August 23 to , the address before the
German Society two. days earlier, of
Dr. W. N. Solf, the German Colonial
Secretary and the speech of Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican
leader of the Senate, continue to be
commented upon by the Berlin press
along the eame lines that Germany
now must stand or fall, fighting.
Theodore Wolff, writing in the Ber
lln Tae-eblatt. says:
"We are confronted with the tragic,
inescapable necessity of holding out
with auiet determination until Lord
Robert Cecil's love of peace shall dis
nlav itself more prayerfully."
The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin asks
"Where is that peaceful spirit of
President Wilson, who once declared
there must be neither conquerors nor
conauered?"
Count Reventlow. writing in tne
Tages Zeitung. sees in the reception o
Dr. Solf's speech by the entente coun
tries justification of the Pan-German
views and he says it is a heavy blow
for the German advocates of peace by
understanding.
"It is possible that this reception or
Dr. Solf's sneech will form a wnoie
some lesson for German cherishers of
illusions." he adds.
The Norddeutsch Allgemeine Zeitung
savs Lord Cecil's speech should dis
illusionize those Germane who did not
realize that words and phrases about
high Ideals only resulted in making
the enemy doubt the strength and will
of the Germans."
negotiated to postpone the effective
date of absolute prohibition from Jan
uary 1, 1919, as proposed in the pend
ing bill, until July 1, next.
Wine interests are expected to make
a final fight to postpone operation of
the measure. At a hearing today be
fore the Senate agriculture committee
representatives of California grape
growers asked for postponement of the
prohibition effective date until Julj
1, 1920.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 27. It is understood that
a gentleman's agreement was reached
in the Senate today by which a vote
will probably be taken without roll
call tomorrow passing a measure for
war-time prohibition, effective June 30.
1919.
This is a compromise between the
wets and drys.
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FINDS DEBT NOT CONTRACTED.
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Wrongly Termed Debtor Has First to
Secure Intervention of District
Attorney's Office.
To be subjected to the annoyance and
embarrassment of having his wages
attached for a bill he had never con
tracted caused Elmer Jacobsen, an em
ploye of the Columbia Engineering
Works, to appeal to the District Attor
ney's office "yesterday for protection
from the Fidelity Law and Adjustment
Company, which it is claimed had start
ed a District Court suit without mak
ing any investigation of the case.
Deputy District Attorney Hammers
ley urged an immediate investigation
and demanded or A. c penny, manager
of the collection agency, that the suit
be withdrawn at once.
Officials of the concern said they
thought" at first that the claim was
proper, althougn aamitting tney naa
failed to make a close investigation.
Their failure to do so, however, caused
Jacobsen no little embarrassment, as
attachment papers were served on his
employers while he was at work.
The collection concern naa made jac
obsen defendant In a suit to recover
S22 alleged to be due a grocer at
Springfield, Or. Jacobsen had never
been there In his lire. The company
promised the District Attorney's office
that the suit would be withdrawn im
mediately.
DRY OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
Senate Will Consider and May Vote
Ttoday on Prohibition 3Ieasure.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. With a
general, informal . understanding to
provide for Nation-wide "bone-dry"
prohibition beginning July 1, 1919, and
continuing during the war, the Senate
tomorrow will resume consideration of
the prohibition measure which has
been pending for many months.
Leaders of wet and dry factions an
nounced late today that sentiment was
general ' ia support of compromise
Schillings, of the Minidoka project, will
be transferred here.
STAGE EMPLOYES MEET
Consultation, at Request of Mana
gers, Takes Place Over Wage Scale.
The Stage Employees Association of
Portland met at the Goodnough build
ing late last night to consider a com
munication from the theater managers
of Portland requesting. It Is stated, a
reconsideration of the new wage scale
adopted by the stage employees for the
coming season.
No statement was made previous to
the meeting regarding probable action
on the communication. It was believed,
however, that the stage employees
would make little or no concessions to
the managers.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS HOPE TO
GET PAY FOR LOCKOUT.
Blanks Will Be Mailed From Chicago
on Which to Compute Time Lost
Daring Enforced Vacation.
Instructions have been received by
the local offices of the Western Union,
direct from Washington, to return to
employment all telegraph workers who
apply for reinstatement, thus terminat
ing the recent controversy anent the
lock-out of numbers -of operators.
By union officials the decision
taken as a complete vindication of their
position, and these declare that the
order restores them to their former
positions in the employment of the
company, with the right to display the
union button.
Various of the locked-out employes
are already at work again, and num
bers are expected to return at once.
It is indicated that claims will be
made for back wages during the period
of idleness, but that the company's
position is that the workers are not
entitled to such payment.
"Blank forms for the use of locked-
out telegraphers in the computing of
back time due them," eald C. H. Pres
ton, secretary of the local unit of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America, "will be mailed from Chica
go, and little delay is expected in get
ting this back time. Any discrimina
tion against these employes Is to be
reported to Washington, as requested."
H. D. NEWELL TO GO EAST
Manager of Umatilla Project Trans
ferred to Better Position.
HERMISTON, Or.. Aug. 27. (Special.)
H. D. Newell, manager of the Uma
tilla project, has been transferred East
to a more Important position in public
drainage work. He has been with the
Reclamation Service here 15 years and
project manager 11 years. Mr. Newell
is a man of great efficiency and stands
high in the Reclamation Service and
has shown great ability as manager of
this project from the time water was
first turned Into the canals to the pres
ent stage of high development. Who
his successor is to be has not been an
nounced but it is rumored that A. E.
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