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VOL. LYJTI. XO. 18,138. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PEACE CONFERENCE
PLANS TAKE SHAPE
REDS TAKE VILNA AND
MASSACRE. CIVILIANS
BOLSITEVIK ARMV REPORTED
VICTOR OVER POLES.
RED CONTINGENT IN
Naming of French Delega
tion Helps Situation.
INFORMAL TALKS CONTINUE
Five Great Powers to Guide
and Control Deliberations.
Militia Forced From City bj Sereral
Thousand Reds; Germans Rob
Retreating Soldiers.
WARSAW, Jan. 8. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Vllna has fallen Into the
hands of the Bolshevik army, several
thousand strong;, which drove out the
Polish militia. A massacre of civilians
began at once, partly because the Poles
had offered resistance and had arrested
or shot the members of the local Bol
shevik committees.
The Polish troops, who had no can
non and only a few cartridges per
rifle and were under command of Gen
eral Veltko. retreated to Lanovarova.
where they were disarmed by the Ger
mans and sent to Bialystok. There
BERLIN ISH0UT5
0'I Casualty Report.'
CMill N4TinW5 RPT VDIPF they were robbed by the Germans and
'""-were started off for Polish territory.
Xeadlng; Powers Will Initiate and
Direct Affairs, bat Will Permit
Others to Express Views.
PARIS. Jan. . (By the Associated
Praia.) Announcement of the French
delegation to the peace congress. In ad
dltion to bringing a distinguished ar
ray of French statesmen Into tha arena
of the peace congress, has begun to
rive deflnltenesa to the delegations of lean be formed
Lemburg. where the Poles are. defend
Ins; themselves against the Ruthentana,
appears safe for the time being.
The political situation at Warsaw
Is stationary. As a result of Interviews
whlcheIgnace Jan Paderewskl has had
with General Pilsudskl, Paderewskl has
agreed to form a new cabinet, provided
the Socialists In the Ministry withdraw
from their predominating position. Gen
eral Pilsudskl expressed himself as not
wishing to use his authority to force
the withdrawal of these Socialists.
Paderewskl Is working hard and
making appeals to patriotism. He de
clares that he himself is willing to sac
rifice every ambition if only a cabinet
hlch the allies can
Government Troops Hold
Public Buildings.
SPARTACANS BADLY BEATEN
Thousands of Soldiers Re
ported Entering Capital.
SIEGE PROCLAMATION OUT
the great powers, of which the Ameri
can deleration has been by Itself op to
the present time. It la expected that
the British. Italian and Japansse dele
rations soon will be announced offl
dally.
The leadlnr figures, like Premier
Lloyd George and 'Foreign Secretary
Balfour, for Oreat Britain; Premier Or
Undo and Foreign Minister Sonnino,
for Italy, and Viscount Chlnda and Am
bassador Mateai, for Japan, already are
known, although not officially ap
pointed, but the designation of a full
list will bring Into being the real di
recting force of the congress, consist
ing of 25 members representing the
five great powers of the world.
Great Powers to Direct.
It will be this supreme council of
the great powers that will guide and
shape the deliberations and results of
the entire congress, and while all the
otheia powers later will have a full
hearing and a voice. It will be the great
powers which will Initiate and direct
the general conduct of affairs.
The personnel of the French delega
tion la recognised as exceptionally
strong, combining tha political, diplo
matic, financial, economic and military
sagacity of France.
Official announceme t was made to
day that the Council of Ministers had
approved the nominations as the
French representatives In the peace
congress of the following
Georges Clemenceaa. the Premier;
Stephen Plchon, Foreign Minister;
Louis Luclen Klotx. Finance Minister;
Andre Tardleu. French High Commis
sioner to the United States: Jules Cam
bon, ex-Ambassador at Berlin; Paul
Dutasta. French Ambassador to Swlts
rland. will be secretary of the French
delegation.
Marshal Foch. It Is announced, will
naturally be a member of the peace
congress aa the commander in chief of
the allied armies. The technical rep
resentatives of the French government
probably will include Leon Bourgeois,
authority on the subject of a Society
of Nations.
Cassava's Appointment Pleases.
The appointment of Jules Cambon is
particularly gratifying to the American
delegation owing to his Intimate knowl
edge of and sympathy with American
affairs resulting from his long service
as French Ambassador In Washington.
M. Cambon, with Foreign Minister
Plchon. will represent the diplomatic
Strength of the delegation. Louis Klotx,
besides being Minister of Justice, is
recognised as tha financial leader of
the French parliament. Captain Tardleu
furnishes the economic authority and
La familiar with both French and
American economic conditions.
A French protocol proposing the
exact procedure of the congress, was
submitted to the American delegations
at about the same time that the French
delegates were named. It Is now being
' studied and It Is noted by the Ameri
can delegates that a number of their
suggestions have taken form In the
French programme.
Progress la Recorded.
The protocol deals with the organlza
tlon of the congress, the representation
of the great and small powers and the
general order of procedure. It will not
become effective until paased upon by
resident Wilson and the Premiers of
France. Great Britain and Italy, who
constitute a sort of executive council
wnicn laier win grow into a supreme
council of the great powers when the
full delegations are appointed.
i ii wiiiutKN loaif snowed a
growing driving power. In addition
to the conferences that President Wil
son had with Premier Orlando and For
eign Minister Sonnino and others. Pre
mier nsmtnccau spent some time at
American headquarters and was fol
lowed there later by Premier Venlzelos,
of Greece. Premier Venlselos has pre
sented a written memorandum of Greek
aspirations and Is supplementing It
with vigorous personal representation.
leirw la Stndled.
At the same time Secretary Lansing.
Colonel House and Lord Robert Cecil
con tin a e to discuss the league of na
tions. The conferences are said to- be
rapidly giving precise form to the proj
ect. While the delay In the arrival In
Paris of Premier Lloyd George might
postpone the gathering of President
Wilson and of the entente powers for
the opening aessinn of the inter-allied
recognise and extend aid.
General Pilsudskl and other leaders
are being told very plainly that the
allies will help only when Poland Is
Internally united.
DOGS BARRED FROM PRISON
4 0 Canines Doomed to Go Febru
ary 1, Says Warden.
SALEM. Or... Jan.- . (Special.) No
tice was served by Warden Stephens
today on 40 dogs which have occupied
well-fed places In the life at the State
Penitentiary that they must vacate by
Feburary 1, or dire things will happen
to them.
The dogs are all the property of
various Inmates at the prison, some
Joining their masters at the time they
started their Involuntary aojourn at
the Institution and some being picked
un later. All of the dogs, however, fell
to Warden Stephens as a heritage from
a former administration and have
gained their sustenance from the prison
commissary.
"Commitments to the prison do not
provide for prisoners bringing along
their families or their dogs,' said the
warden today.
CANADIAN 'RED SENTENCED
Former Toronto Policeman Gets
Penitentiary Term.
TORONTO. Ont, Jan. 9. Three years'
Imprisonment in Kingston, Ont-, pen!
tentlary and a fine of $500 was the sen
tence imposed today on Charles Wat
son, a former city policeman, convicted
yesterday of having objectionable lit
erature in his possession. The liters
ture Included a pamphlet entitled "The
Red Terror." with which Toronto and
other Ontario cities was recently
flooded.
This circular. Issued by a "Provis
ional Soldiers' and Workmen's Commit
tee of Canada," urged returning sol
diers and workers to take charge of all
affairs of government and industry.
Manifesto Issued by Premier Ebert
Says Fight Mast Go on Cntil
Order Is Re-established.
COPEXHACEV, J mm. . Serlesa
Spartaess riots are going oa at Dres-
sra, Brvaswlrk, Daaaeldorf. Eases sad
Dortmund, aceordlag to the M antra
eorrespoadeat of the Polltlkem. Sev
eral tewas la the Ruhr district are la
the hands of the Spsrtscaas.
(Conclude ea Fags 3. Column .)
12 TRANSPORTS FITTED UP
Freight Steamship Taken to Bring
Boys Home.
NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Twelve former
freight steamships of the American'
Hawaiian and Luckenbach lines have
been taken over and equipped as trans
ports, with a combined troop-carrying
capacity of 19,000 to 20.000 men. by the
United States Army Transport Service,
it was announced here today.
Before the war the vessels were In
the South American and Panama Canal
trade, and during the conflict they
were used as cargo carriers.
GERMAN DELIVERIES SLOW
War Material Turned Over Far
Short of Requirements.
LONDON, Jan. 9. Germany has fallen
behind in the last month in turning
over material required by the terms of
the armistice. A checking to date
shows a shortage of S85 heavy guns,
7900 machine guns. 1000 trench mor
tars. (00 airplanes, 4T3C engines, 5000
lorries and 130,000 railroad cars.
INDIA FAVORS AUTONOMY
Special Electorates for Europeans
Opposed at Delhi Congress.
LONDON, via Montreal. Jan. 8. At
the Nationalist Congress, being held at
Delhi. India, say reports, a resolution
was adopted favoring full provincial
autonomy and against special elector
ates for Europeans. The congress
passed formal resolutions of loyalty to
the crown.
WIDOW, MAY GET PENSION
Bill Introduced In Congress In Be
half of Mrs. Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Payment by
the Government of a pension of 95000 a
year to Mrs. Edith Carow Roosevelt,
widow of Colonel Roosevelt, was pro
posed today by a bill Introduced by
Representative GaUivan, of Massachu
setts. '
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 9. Government
troops have occupied all the public
buildings In Berlin and thousands of
government troops are still entering
the capital.
The Berlin correspondent of the Ber
llngske Tidende, who sends this Infor
mation, declares that the Spartacans
have been beaten and that quiet was
partly restored today.
Spartacan forces and government
Iroops clashed this week at the Bran
denburg gate, where Unter den Linden
terminates at the Tiergarten. Machine
guns were used in the fighting. The
correspondent saw three victims of the
firing carried across the Pariser Platx,
in front of the gate. One was appar
ently dead.
Reds Enter . Wllhelmstrasse.
At i:45 o'clock the Spartacans en
tered Wllhelmstrasse. the government
stronghold, from Unter den Linden,
crying: "Down with Ebert and Schiede
mann!" A mere handful of government troops,
probably not 'more than 20, backed up
slowly for 100 yards and then fired into
the air. The Spartacans turned and
fled and In a few minutes had disap
peared. The streets around the Pariser Platx
were blocked by curios crowds. Many i
bullets whistled through the streets,
but apparently there was little dam
age. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 9. A state of
siege has been proclaimed in Berlin,
according to a late dispatch from that
HINGTON. Jan. 9. Casualty
lists today contain 746 names, 80
.led, 103 died of wounds, nine of ac
cident (one aviator), 168 of disease,
323 wounded severely, four undeter
mined, one slightly and 49 missing.
Following Is the summary of casual
ties to date:
Deaths '
Killed in action..
Lat at .ea im
Died of wound. 11,860
Died of dlteue 17,354
Died of accident and
other cause. ........ 2,297
Total deaths S0.415
Wounded .' 128,225
Missing and prisoners., la.jsi
Reported. Today. Total.
.. 28.508 89 28.M7
396
11,963
17.522
2.306
103
16$
369
3Z8
49
60.7S4
128.553
1U.334
STRIKE IN GOTHAM
PUTS HUNGER NEAR
Walkout of Marine Work
ers Stops Traffic.
ALLIES MAY DESTROY
DARDANELLES FORTS
ULTIMATUM IS SENT TO TURK
ISH GOVERNMENT.
OREGON
MOVES TO
Total casualties 207.925 748 208,671
OREGON.
Died of wound
Churchmaker, Oscar Day, Sh.rldan, Or.
v ounded severely
Muller. Walter W.. Dallas, Or.
Partln, Wm. E.. New Pin. Creek, Or.
Hendrlrkson. Henry, 864 East Davis St.
Portland. Or.
. Wounded, undetermined tDrevkku.lv ro
ported missing)
birort. James B., 25 Portland boulevard,
t-ortiana, or.
Mlmlns In mrtion
Cocker-line, Conrad C, Estacada, Or.
Fisher, Ernest W Eugene, Or.
WASHINGTON.
Killed in action
Lee. Jefferson. Seattle. Wash.
Died of wounds-
Crumb, Artie G..i Kelso, Wash.
Died of disease
Peterson. Alfred H. (Cpl.). Seattle, Wash.
Fader. William L.. Mount Vernon, Wash.
Duckett, L. C, Riverside. Wulu
Korussos. 8. A.. Seattle. W.h.
Wult, W. M., Rldgefield, Wash.
Wounded severely
MrPherson. John J. (Cpl.). Colby, Wash.
Ellme.. Philip, Spokane. Wash.
Schmelxer. Charles Fred, Pomeroy, Wash.
Kins. Roy J.. Seattle. Wash.
Elliott. William C, Elliott. Wash.
v ounded severely, previously reported
mbislng
Bubhln.. Walter S. (Cpl.). Ferndale. Wash.
Killed (previously reported miwirri
Krtstoferson, Alfred (Sgt-. Seattle, Wash.
Honndcd, undetermined, previously re
ported missing
Carter, Robert M., Bremerton. Wash.
Riddle, Newton B.. Lynden, Wash.
Riser. Lloyd W., Puyallup, Wash.
Returned to duty, previously .reported
missing
Cole. Arlourrh E., Olympla, Wash.
Eckroat, Charles I... Bremerton, Wash.
Wounded alien tly, previously reported
missing
Duane, Victor, Oak Harbor, Wash.
Missing In action
Goody, Harold E., Spokane, Waah.
RAILROADS MUST RUSH FOOD
Crisis Is Expected Within 48
Hours, Says Railroad Man.
AGREEMENT RUMOR DENIED
Immediate Surrender of Garrison at
Medina Demanded Moslems
Inclined to Temporize.
LONDON; Jan. 9. The allies have
notified Turkey that unless the Turk
ish force at Medina lays down its
arms immediately the forts at the Dar
danelles will be destroyed.
The Turks have shown an unwilling
ness to surrender in accordance with
the armistice terms, but all the garri
sons except that at Medina, which is
the largest in Arabia, laid down their
arms through peaceful persuasion.
Fakhri Pasha, Turkish commander
at Medina, offered one excuse after
another until the allies were forced
to send an ultimatum to the Turkish
government.
PROTEGTSOLDIERS
State's Future Topic of Re
construction Meeting.
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION URGED
Three Causes Contribute
Unemployment Problem.
to
Shipment of Supplies by Hallways
Over Kound-Abuot Koutes Is
Being Considered.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.)
IDAHO.
Died of wounds
Glenn, R. O., Parma, Ida.
Died of disease
Call. F. J., Soda Springs. Ida.
Echlenzel, L. A., Po.t Falls, Idaho.
Wounded severely
Carnahan, Marion C, Malta, Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Died of wounds
May. Victor (Lt.). Auburn, Ala.
Carlisle, M. E., Loretto, Ala.
Died of disease
Boyd, Ludle. Mllstead, Ala.
Died from wounds (previously missing)
Colwell, Alvin, HuntsvlUe, Ala.
. , ARKANSAS.
Died of wounds
Coulsnn. Charlie, Tomberllna. Ark.
McCalllster, J. R Heber Springs, Ark.
Guess, J. S.. Wholan Springs, Ark.
Died of disease
Hall. Fiiziell (Ci'l.). Olyphant. Ark.
Tartar. R. A., Washington, Ark.
Woundod severely (previously reported
died of disease
James, John, Umar, Ark.
CALIFORNIA.
Killed In action
Russell, Samuel, Oakland, CaL
O'Dello, Mich.le. Ke.wlck, CaJ.
Jacqu.met, Ieon Auguat, San Francisco.
Died off wounds
Partridge, J. C, Oakland. CaL -Hoban,
Michael. Santa Barbara, CaL
Died o d I Meae
Gardner, R. M., Oakland, CaL
gangster, G. E., Santa Barbara, CaL
Hamel, H. P., Los Angeles, CaL
Seymour, G. O., Santa Barbara, Cal.
COLORADO.
Died of wounds
Bu.hnell, Th.o. K. tLt.), Denver.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Unless rail
roads can bring- food into New York
by round-about routes, the hunger
point may be reached withl n48 hours
and the lives of thousands imperiled as
the result of the marine workers'
strike, which tied up virtually all traf
fic in th eharbor today, according to a
statement tonight from the office of
A- H. Smith, regional railroad director.
At the end of the first day of the
strike, the New York Boat Owners'
Association announced tonight that
the men had signed an agreement for
the appointment of a conciliation board
to arbitrate all differences. This an
nouncement brought prompt denial
from the strike committee, which
termed it "an owners' welfare propo
sition."
In this connection, William A. Maher,
vice-president of the Marine Workers'
Affiliation, issued a statement assert
ing that all settlement propositions
submitted . to representatives of the
men will be considered by the general
strike committee at a meeting called
for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. For
that reason, he said, the strike could
not possibly be called off until that
hour.
CONCILIATION BOARD WANTED
MONEY AND PAPERS LOST
Chilean Reports $425 and Valuable
Documents Missing.
Somewhere between the Portland
Hotel and the Union Depot, yesterday,
James J. Philemon, who has just re
ceived his honorable discharge from,
the American Army, lost $425 in cash'
and some valuable papers-
Philemon is a native of Chile. He
served in the Chilean army for two and
a half years. He came to the United
States four months ago and enlisted
with the StudentAr my Training
Corps at Oregon Agricultural College.
vv hen he lost the money yesterday.
al Ithat he had, he was on his way to
Chicago to attend an aviation and en
gineering school. Anyone who has any
information concerning the lost prop
erty is requested to notify Jhe adver
tising manager of The Oregon ian.
SHIP NEED IS EMPHASIZED
Increased Development and Contin
nous Operation of Mills Held Es
sential to State's Interests.
(Concluded on Page 17.)
Announcement Made That Agree
ment Is Signed.
The first step toward the settle
workers, which began this morning
and virtually paralyzed traffic in
New York harbor, was announced
tonight after the feigning of an agree-
rrent for the appointment of the New
York Harbor Conciliation Board, which
will arbitrate differences between the
boat owners and their employes.
The board will be composed of 20
men, 10 of whom will represent the
employers and 10 employes. It will be
vested with power to fix wages and
HUNS KILL GREEK OFFICERS
Execution Follows Refusal to Obey
Orders of Royalist Heads.
SALONIKI. Jan. 8. Three Greek of
ficers, detained at the prison camp at
Goerlitz, Germany, were killed by the
Germans, according to official informa
tion 'received here, because they re
fused to execute orders issued by the
league of royalist officers.
Thirty-three other Greek officers are
still detained in the prison, which, the
Greek authorities here say, is a viola
tion of the armistice.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.)
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ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED
$65,00t,000 Notes and Bonds Sold
by Telephone and Telegraph Co.
NEW YORK. Jan. 9. The banking;
syndicate which today offered at pub
lic sale 140,000,000 of American Tele
phone & Telegraph Company five-year
S per oent notes and $25,000,000 of New
York Telephone 30-year sinking fund
6 per cent debenture bonds, announced
the closing of the books this afternoon
with a heavy oversubf.criptlon.
LEAGUE TOPIC OF SESSION
Allied Associations to Hold Joint
Meeting in Paris.
PARIS, Jan. 9. Associations formed
in various allied countries to study the
programme of a league of nations will
hold a joint meeting in Paris on Janu
ary 26, the Temps says.
Lord Robert Cecil will represent
Great Britain at the meeting and Leon
Bourgeois will represent France.
As the pivotal subject, the returning
soldier and his prospect of employment
occupied the attention of the Oregon
State Reconstruction Convention, as
sembled yesterday at the opening of the
three-day session now in progress at
the Auditorium, called by proclamation
of Governor Wlthycombe and Mayor
Baker for the consideration of the un
employment problem.
Out of the many tributes to the boys
who fought America's fight stood the
unanimous conviction of every speaker
and delegate that, whatever else may
be to the fore, there is no duty greater
or more pressing than that of recog
nizing and fulfilling the right of every
returned soldier to Immediate employ
ment. Though the general problem of un
employment loomed large, speakers
agreed that priority belongs to the vet
eran, but were confident that the solu
tion for the one would solve the di
lemma of the other.
Employment Guarantee I'rged.
Demand that the Nation, which sum
moned them to arms, restore them ta
employment and give guarantees that
will adequately protect the many thou
sands of prospectively jobless American
ex-soldiers, was voiced early in the
forenoon session and found frequent
repetition.
Great Britain, Canada and Australia
already have made such provisions and
the suggestion that America might well
follow suit was forcefully voiced.
Among suggestions aimed to meet
the general problem of unemployment,
which was predicted to grow greater
with every returning troopship, were
the following:
Restoration of the wooden shipbuild
ing Industry by the formation of a pub
licly subscribed corporation of patri
otic citizens.
Industrial Expansion Snargested.
Construction of a triple system of
military highways for the Pacific
Coast defense.
Rebuilding of worn-out trackage,
car-j and equipment, by the Federal
Railroad Administration, as a means of
running the lumber industry at high
gear.
Immediate extension of the foreign
market for lumber, for similar reasons.
Broadening of the Oregon develop
ment programme. In every respect.
Construction of a complete state
highway system.
The economic affinity of the lumber
J industry and the need for increased
IWDFY OF TnriAY'Q MnfOl8hipplnB act'e wa logically set
IIHUCA Ur I UUAI J AltWbl forth by F. C. Knapp, president of the
(Oregon Wood Shipbuilding Association,
whose plans for the financing of a shlp
a I building corporation by public sub
scription met, with such indorsement
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Mamimum temperature
degrees; minimum, 34 degrees. '
TODAY'S Rain; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Bolshevik! take Vllna. Page 1.
Allies threaten to destroy forts at Darda-! vestigate
"cue. rdge x. '
Spartacans In Berlin routed by government
troops. Page 1.
Peace conference plans take shape. Page 1.
. troops ana strikers encage in
Restoration of
Pago 2.
Hapsburg dynasty falls.
dia
today in
National.
Three plans offered to solve railway prob
lem. Page 7.
Policy of Shipping .Board scored. Page B.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
Allies friendly to Russian people, says Sen
ator Hitchcock. Page 4.
Members of Congress cannot procure
charge of soldiers. Page 24.
Domestic
Republican party leaders meet
Chicago. Page 3.
Marine workers' strike brings New York close
to hunger. Page 1.
Armistice results In military unrest. Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Idaho Legislature considers red flag measure
Page 4.
Sport.
Boxing popular if conducted rightly. Page 16.
Transportation Dig problem to league
Page 16.
Special gun-club event announced for Jan
uary in. r'age id.
Commercial and Marine.
Food needs of Europe this year are great.
All restrictions on Imports of foreign corn
are removea. r'age zz.
Public Interest lacking In Wall-street mar-
aet. r'age za.
Half mile of new track to be built at St
jonns aocK. fage zz.
Portland and Vicinity.
Bill framed for bureau of markets. Page 17.
Oregon moves to protect soldiers. Page 1
King Albert honors "Wild West" Division.
Page 8.
Campaign against Influenza started. Page IS.
Legislation gossip gives way to 'flu."
Page 14.
Llard letters are identified by state. Page 14.
D. Vincent elected vice-president and
manager of Portland Trust Company.
Page 24.
William M. Lad d retires from presidency of
bank. Page z4.
Labor opposed to Yank intervention. Page 9.
Oregon irrigation congress in session.
Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 23.
that a motion was passed authorizing
the appointment of a committee to in-
the proposal and to draft
resolutions concerning it.
Need of Ships Emphasised.
Based upon the recent statement of
Pacific Northwest lumbermen, that this
district may be called upon to provide
an annual cut of 6,000.000,000 feet, Mr.
Knapp argued that fully one-half of
this output must be carried to market
by water, requiring an approximate
fleet of 400 vessels.
"Why shouldn't the people of Oregon
undertake to build," asked the speaker,
"on their own account, some of the
ships they are going to need? Suppose,
as a basis to start from, that we build
40 ships instead of 400. We could
easily have 40 ships ready for use In
six months. Assigning crews of 200
workers to each ship, this would give
employment to 8000 men. Ship timbers
from 12 mills, averaging 250 men to
each mill, would Involve the employ
ment of 3000 more. Allied industries
would require another 4000. Logging
and other operations would employ an
additional 2000 men. The building of
40 ships would provide for the employ-
R. L. Corbert Gives Welcome.
To build such a fleet would Involve
the expenditure of about 120,000,000,
said Mr. Knapp, who suggested that
$10,000,000 be raised by popular sub
scription, in stock of small denomina
tions, the property to be bonded for the
remaining $10,000,000, providing every
citizen of Oregon with opportunity to
participate in the development of the
state and the solution of the employ
ment problem.
As chairman of the convention. Mayor
Baker introduced H. L. Corbett, presi
dent of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, who delivered the address of
welcome to the delegates, pledging the
vigorous and undeviating support of
the business men of the city. Mr. Cor
bett advised that the convention might
well consider steps to aid in the re
sumptifS of wooden shipbuilding, set-
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