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VOL. 1 IX. XO. 18,159. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FKBUUAKY 4, 1919. PR ICE FIVE CENTS. 1 HOPE HELD OF MTU STRIKE RAYMOND MILL BURNS; LOSS TOTALS $300,000 BLAZE, STARTED AT DYNAMO, SPREADS RAPIDLY. SEATTLE INDUSTRY FACES PARALYSIS TRAITOROUS CRITICISM OF U.S. IS DENOUNCED rOWERFTL MOVE TO UPSET GOVERNMENT DESCRIED. PUBLICITY SEEKERS ELECTION PROPOSED U.S.HESITATESTO ACT AS MANDATORY FOR RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE TO PICK PLANS SOUGHT IX MEASURE. Seattle Organized Labor Is Fully Determined. THURSDAY TO SEE WALKOUT Metal Trades Council Begins , State-Wide Campaign. TACOMA PROMISES TO JOIN o Reply Received From Officers of International Streetcar Men and Typographical Unions. SEATTLE. Feb. 3. All immediate hope of averting a city-wide strike of the majority of 152 labor organizations, involving: the greater part of 70,000 "workers, Thursday morning1 at 10 o'clock, was abandoned late today, when Attorney George Donworth, chairman of a citizens" industrial re lations committee, announced that the committee had discontinued its media tion sessions. The committee, he said, could not see that it could bo of further assist ance in averting a strike. The general sympathetic strike has been called in support of 25,000 strik ing metal trades workmen, who left the shipyards and contract shops here January 21 after their demands for higher pay than that given in the Micy Federal wage adjustment award had been refused. Other Developments Today. Other strike developments today in clude: Campaign begun by the Metal Trades Council for a state-wide strike and a walkout of ship metal workers throughout the country; refusal of the longshoremen's union to obey an or der of International President T. V. O'Connor instructing the union not to strike; A. E. Miller, chairman of the conference strike committee of the Metal Trades Council, called to ex plain the strike situation to the Min isterial Federation. Tomorrow ship jard owners will appear before .(ho Ministerial Federation. According to a statement from strike headquarters, strike leaders asserted they had been advised that the Los Angeles Metal Trades Council would lake up the local recommendation for a Nation-wide strike at its next meet ins. A Reply From International Unions. No reply has been received as yet from international officers of the fttreetcar men's union and the Typo graphical Union as to whether sanc tion will be granted for the unions to join, the sympathetic strike. Telephone operators will take a referendum vote on the strike question tomorrow even ing. According to a statement issued to night by tho strike conference com mittee, plans have been perfected for eidlng the police force in policing the city. Union men are warned to be off the streets at 8 o'clock at night. City firemen are sked to remain at their work. A committee on health and san itation will be named to assist the city health department when necessary. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 3. A general strike at Tacoma will occur at 10 A. M., Thursday, February 6, if at all, the Central Labor Council at a special meeting today, advancing tho proposed hour from Tuesday to conform with action taken, by the labor unions at Seattle. Light and Water Promised. Tn a statement tonight the City Com mission of Light and Water declared that present plans contemplate that pa trons of the city's power plant would continue to receive light and power, no matter what conditions develop Thurs day, and that water would also be fur nished without interruption. The Tacoma Gas Company has also made public announcement that there will be continuous gas service, strike or no strike. The latest referendum vote to be re ported is that of the cpoJoi and waiters. it being announced tonight that that union has completed voting and is strong against a walkout. Other unions are still voting. Gas workers, includ ing both union and non-union men have taken a vote for their own guid ance and but three out of nearly 50 workers voted to join a general strike. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) No change in the local shipyard situation occurred over Sunday. Meet ings were held Saturday night, but no announcement of any definite accom plishment was given out by either eide, OLTMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe'cial.) --By a majority of 22, Olympia ship yard unions decided against a strike here in conjunction with Seattle and Tacoma unions February 6. The Olym pia yards employ about 400 men on wood ships for Government contract, working under Federal supervision. AFRICAN FARMERS TO JOIN Co-operative Association for Benefit of Producers Plannei. FLOEMFONTEIN, Feb. 3. (Via Montreal). A congress of representa tives of all the provinces in tho Union of South Africa has decided to establish the Federated Farmers' Co-operative Association of South Africa. The object of the association is to ex port produce and import supplies on a iiirgc scale. Dry Kilns and Lumber Shelves Saved ; Most of Loss Covered by Insurance. It AT MO NT), Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) The mill of -the Raymond Lumber Company was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The fire originated in the vicinity of the dynamo and is be lieved to have been caused by a short circuit. Owing to the absence of wind the dry kilns and lumber shelves were saved by hard work of the fire de partment. The mill was one of the largest on this harbor and employed 150 to 175 hands. Its capacity was 150,000 feet daily. The loss is not less than J300, 000, and may le in excess of that amount. It was largely covered by insurance. The fire spread rapidly, and the whole structure was ablaze before the alarm could be given. The mill tally books, and even the personal effects of the engineer, could not be saved. In all probably tho mill will be re built, as the company owns largo bodies of timber in this county and is well equipped for logging operations. A force of men is already at work clearing away the debris. Charles L. Lewis, principal stock holder in tho company, which controls two mills on the harbor, was manager of the Raymond mill. TEUTON MERGER PROMISED German-Austria May Be Part of New Republic. VIENNA, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 1. During a manifestation here today in favor of a unio.i of German-Austria to Germany, Otto Eauer, the Foreign Min ister, said that tne German government had invited German-Austria to send a plenipotentiary to a new commission being formed in Germany to replace the old federal council. Minister Bauer concluded : "In a short time German-Austria will form a part of the great German re public." LIFE IN MOSCOW FRIGHTFUL Friccs Arc High and Typhus Canses Many Deaths. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 3. (Ilavas.) Conditions of living in Moscow are de scribed as frightful by French refugees who have arrived here. A cup of milk there costs 15 rubles and a pound of bread 2i -j-ubles. Typhus is causing a great number of deaths and the gates to the ceme teries are crowded with people desir ing to bury their relatives. The dead are covered with a paper shroud ow ing to the lack of coffins. BRIDE GETS DEATH NEWS Lieutenant Who Married La Grande Girl Sailed for- Italy. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) Madeline Bollons, a bride of a few weeks, is now a widow. The young woman, daughter of the O.-W. R. & N. superintendent, is a'popular member of La Grande's younger set. She was arried a few weeks ago at Seattle to Lieutenant Warwick Williams. On January 10 he sailed for Italy on the West Mahomet and today word comes from Gibraltar that he is dead. No particulars were given. REDS BUSY IN TURKESTAN Serious Conditions Reported In In terior of Country. CONSTANTINOPLE, via Montreal, Sunday. Feb. 2. Disturbed conditions are reported in Turkestan, where Bol shevist activity is prevalent and where some 40,000 German and Austrian ex prisoners remain. The Russian Black Sea ports are safe owing to the presence of allied warships, but communications between ports and the interior country are ren dered difficult by the Bolshevists. FULL WAR RECORD SOUGHT Representative Hawley Asks for Complete Showing. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A bill re quiring the Adjutant General of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to furnish the Adjutant' General of each state with the names and records of men from that state who served in the Army and Navy, during the war, -was introduced in the House today by Rep resentative Hawley of Oregon and re ferred to the military affairs commit tee. TROOP MEMORIAL PLANNED Red Cross to Erect Monument on Island of Islay. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The Ameri can Red Cross announced today an ap propriation of $30,828 for the erection and maintenance of a monument on the Island of Islay, Scotland, where are buried 179 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the trans ports Tuscania and Otranto. BREST, FRANCE, MAIL PORT War Department Announces Plan to Speed Service. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Brest, France, has been added to the mail ports for the American expeditionary forces. The War Department announced to day that this was expected to increase the spede of the westbound mail service. Citizens Awake to Grave Menace of Strike. PEOPLE BEGIN TO ASK WV Commercial Activities of Port Will Be Demoralized. LABOR PLANS TO RULE Trouble Ahead Foreseen, Violence Is Feared and Sonic Will Have Hard Time Getitng- Food. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Seattle tonignt faces the dread pros pect of a general strike that threatens to tie up every important industry in the city, demoralize its commercial ac tivities and interfere seriously with tho most ordinary domestic and personal routine of its citizens. The strike order is effective at 10 o'clock next Thursday morning and nothing but a peremptory order from the Central Labor Council or uncompro mising concessions on the part of the employing shipbuilders, against whom the original strike was directed, can prevent it, and anyone familiar with the past record of the Seattle Central Labor Council knows how slim are the chances for interference from that source. People Begin to Ask Whyf The shipbuilders say they cannot negotiate with the strikers at all un less the men first go back to work on the same scale of wages that was paid at the time they quit two weeks ago. Tho reply of the shipyard workers, with whom are allied the employes of scores of foundries, machine shops and olher industries not directly connected with the shipyards nearly 30,000 in number altogether is the general strike. 'Why a general strike?" tho people of Seattle are beginning to' ask. Why must the street car operators, the milk wagon drivers, the cooks, bakers, wait ers, telephone girls and retail clerks quit work if tho shipyard operators and their employes are unable to agree on a scale of wages? How is that going to help the riveter or the boilermaker at Skinner-Eddy's or at Duthie's to get the money to which he says he is entitled? Labor Plana to Hale. "Well, it is going to show that labor is able to demand what it wants, and get what it demands," to use the blunt words of one of the strike leaders: and he is considered one of the more conseivative element, at that. Were it not for the wholesale In- (Concluded on Pape 3. Column 3.) NOT Scr ,5 Thomas Warns of Men Who d Soviets of Russia Under Guise of Free Speech. c V WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Criticising C neeting here yesterday at which the usslan soviet government was praised, senator Thomas, of Colorado, Demo crat, declared in the Senate today that a powerful organization, which ho did not name, was constantly at work to overthrow tho American Gov ernment. The Senator said a member of the Mouse was "conspicuous" at tho meeting, but - that Senate rules' pro hibited him from naming him. Representative Mason, of Illinois, ad dressed the gathering, urging return of American troops from Russia, and Representatives Gordon, of Ohio, and Dillon, of South Dakota, also were present. Declaring that he wished to protest against such meetings, especially in the Nation's capital. Senator Thomas said such assemblies were held under the guise of free speech and advocate what Is really treason. "I want to warn the people of this country," continued the Senator, "that a powerful organization is always ac tive to overthrow the Government and erect a government of anarchists, thieves and scoundrels. . "Now in tho Nation's capital this monster raises its head, utters its trea son and counsels overthrow of the Government." MULTNOMAH BILL PASSED Senate Acts Favorably on Judges' Salary Increase. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) With but six opposing votes the Multnomah delegation's bill Increasing the salaries of the six Cir cuit Judges of Multnomah County from $4000 to 15000 a year passed in the Senate today on third reading. Senator Farrell, of Multnomah, tho only member from Portland In the Senate who opposed the Increase, led the attack against tho bill. He ex pressed the belief that the voters of Multnomah County would defeat it If It were referred to them for a decision. FEATURES OP" OREGON LEG. ISLATlltE YESTERDAY, 9enate. Sentiment of Senate shown to lys against consolidation. Hill to inrrcaw salaries "OT Multnomah County Circuit Judges to $5000 a year passes in Senate with six opposing votes. Tiounr. One hundred and one bills in troduced on last day before com mittee passes on new bills. Votes to increase school super intendent's ealary from $3000 to J3600, tho first salary bill for state officials to come up. Bill introduced for special elec tion October 14, 1913, to pass on legislative measures. SO GOLDARNED EASY AS IT LOOKED. ASSAILED IN HOUSE Petty Politics Charged in Highway Programme. LIVELY CLASHES DEYELOP Attempt to Smother Road Bill Alleged by Mr. Schuebel. SENATOR THOMAS SCORED Senator Xorhlad Accuses Mr. Thomas of Causing Delay When Latter Objects to 'Rushing' Bond Bill. STATE CATITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) "There is a lot of petty politics to Eeo who will get the most publicity on the road programme," charged Representative Kubli. on the floor In debate today. "Let the road committee settle a lot of these mat ters," he advised. That Mr. Kubli wasVight is admitted by disinterested legislators. Before he made the accusation there had been a row In the Senate sub-committee on roads between Senators Norblad and Thomas and In the House an acrimoni ous debate descending to personalities was launched by Mr. Schuebel. replied to by Mr. Dennis and participated in by several others. What Is considered the first line-up on tho road programme came during the forenoon session on a recommenda tion to commit House bill 26 to the committee on roads and highways. This is a bill authorizing the County Courts to bid on highway work, allowing force account and dealing with the payment for royalties on patented pavement. Committee la Scored. Mr. Schuebel charged the committee with trying to smother his bill, assert ing that if the committee did not now have enough information to decide on his bill, then the committee was not competent to make a road programme. Any one, charged Mr. Schuebel. who does, not favor his .bill, does not want fair and straight competition and wintt the Warren Construction Company. Mr. Dennis had asked for further time for the committee, explaining that while the committee favors counties bidding and is friendly to force ac count, the committee does not want to jeopardize the road programme by Injecting the patent paving fight Into It. If the author would consent to sep arating the bill, then a report from tho committee would bo quickly forth coming. Mr. Richardson, a member of the committee, declared the committee Is holding open sessions. Mr. Smith, of Baker, favored recommitment, so the (t'nnrludcd on Page 6. Column 1.) I! Representative Sheldon Introduces Bill to Refer Final Choice to I Vote of People. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Settlement of the recon struction problem by the people and through a special committee of 13 members to select from numerous plans for reconstruction whica have come in from every side. Is the plan contained in a bill Introduced by Representative Sheldon tqday. As a companion bill provision Is made In another measure providing for a special election to bo held October 14. 1919. at which time whatever legis lation has como from the hands of the reconstruction commission and what other legislation is referred to the peo ple by the legislative assembly will be passed upon by the electorate. The reconstruction commission, pro vided by the Sheldon bill. Includes seven members to bo selected by the Governor as representative of the citl renship of the state at large, and the other eight members are to be ap pointed by tho Governor from names submitted to him by the following or ganizations: State Federation of Ijibor, Oregon Chamber of Commerce, State Grange. Woman's Legislative Council. State Bankers' Association, Farmers' Union. Irrigation Congress and Bureau of Mines. This commission would be given $5000 with which to pay the expense of its investigations of the bill and the sponsors believe that such a commis sion can prepare a comprehensive and workable programme, which would have the additional sanction of the people at a comparatively early date. The special election bill carries an appropriation of $13,000 to pay for the expense of such election. OWN DEATH NOTICE READ Slayton Soldier Returns Same Day Ho Is Reported Killed. ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) In tho same official list In which it cor rected its erroneou; announcement of the death In France of Lieutenant W. Robert McMurray, the War Department announced that Paul I!. IJielrok. of Stayton, had been killed 'n action. On that day the young man arrived in Albany on his way home for a vieit. It Is true I'ietrok was severely wounded and lost part of an i'rm in action. But he recovered and was sent home among the wounded an reached home just in time to read of his re ported death. SUFFRAGE VOTE SOUGHT Senate Resolution to Receive Cun-f-ldcrat ion Monday. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Managers of the Senate woman suffrage resolution today decided to call up the measure next Monday and, if possible, obtain a final vote. Tho result, they stated, would be very close. TABRIZ, PERSIA, STRICKEN Famine and Typhus Reported to Be Raging in City. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Famine and typhus are sweeping Tabriz. Persia, ac cording to advices today to the State Department. Gordon Paddock, the American Con sul at Tabriz, has been made chairman of a relisf committee. :j INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS i The Weather. YEPTERPAT'F Maximum temperature. 4S decrees: minimum, 3J degrees. TODAY'S Rain: moderate to fresh south easterly winds. Wmr. Official casualty list, race 11. Foreign. British Industrial unrest spreads to London. Page Socialists of 12 countries at Berne for con ference, page 1. United States delegates hesitate to art as mandatory for Turkish provinces. Page 1. No bargaining; with Bolshevik!, says Admiral Kolehak. Page 2. National. Senator Thomas warns against traitorous criticism of United States. Page 1. Uncle Fam urged to pocket billion loss on wheat. Puge 4. Reorganization of Nation's Navy announced. Page Tomewt ic Hallway problem explained by Director-General Hlpes. Page ;l. I.egfr,li.tureft. Publicity seekers assailed In House. Page 1 Kiection proposed for reconstruction. Page 1. Governor Ulster names two advisers. Page 3. Sill to merge Portland and Multnomah County is presented. Page C. Bond issue for new public buildings urged, page 6. Pacific Northwest. Raymond mill burns: loss Is $oi0.onn. Paso 1. No hope now held for averting Seattle strike. Page 1. Seattle industry faces paralysis. Page 1. Oregon city boys on torpedoed steamer. Page 5. Sports, Coast Lcarue season to open April S and close, October o. Page J-. Fulton's story not taken seriously by fight followers. Page 1Z. New rame and fish code introduced in House. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Apple prices advance as shipping season closes. Page 19. Argentine restrictions strengthen Chicago corn market. Page 19. Motor stocks strong feature of Wall-street market. Page IP. Columbia yard to resume work on two steel ships. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Government witnesses declared to have ru-ckleri Mr. Albcrs into - expressing pro German sentiments. Page JO. Royal welcome awaits 6ith Artiliery. Page 9 Campaicn to capture National Shrine scsion for Portland opens today. Pago L'u. Applicants listed for high-salaried petitions. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Pags 19. Powers Want America to Guide Turkish Provinces. REPLY TO REQUEST IS AWAITED Some Delegates Think Europe Should Boss Own Affairs. DOMINIONS GET FREE HAND Britain to Allow Self-Governing Ic- pendeneies to Act as Separate Na tions in Society of Nation?. PATHS. Feb. 3. (By tho Associated Press.) No answer has been returned by the American peace delegates to what is said to re an almost unanimous desire of the other powers that tho United States undertake to act as man datory for Armenia and tho other sev ered provinces of Turkcv. Some of the "American delegates say they are disposed to resist this de velopment of the plan for mandatories, holding that it is tiie business of Eu rope to look after the Europeans and, the people of the Near East. Dominion to Act Separately. The much-discussed question wheth er British dominions shall have sep arate representation as national units in a society ot nations. Is understood to have been settled favorably as far as Great Britain Is concerned. It in said complete agreement has been reached that self-governing dominions have the same status as any other na tion. The final decision rests with tho peace conference, but representatives of the dominions expect no objections there, as Great Britain is supporting them. Premier Venizelos, of Greece;, was before the supreme council of tho peace conference this morning and made a statement on the claims of Greece. tlreeh trlalm I.arare. Premier Venizelos will continue hia presentation of the case of Greece at tomorrow morning's session. Tho Czecho-Slovak delegates will again bo heard at tomorrow's session. It waa a nnounced. The Greek claims embrace. Northern F.piruK, Thrace down the Dardanelles. Including Constantinople and the sea front along Western Asia-Minor with Smyrna as Its commercial and geo graphical center. L Venizelos maintained that the Greek race largely predominated in these regions. Tho Premier suggested that Con stantinople might be internationalized under the protection of the Society of Nations, which should select the Gov ernor. Rxbert Lansing, the American Sec retary of State. was unanimously elected president of the committee on responsibility for the war, which held its first meeting today at the Foreign, Ofrice. Penalties Deemed 'ersssry. In proposing Secretary Lansing's name Captain Andre Tardieu, tho French member of the committee, said It was necessary to impose penalties upon the authors of tho aggressions which had brought death to millions. Louis L. Klotz. French Minister of Finance, was elected president of tho peace conference committee on repara tion. In the briefest speech yet de livered during the conference, M. Klots invited the members to get to work. "Thank you," said M. Klotz. "Let us get to work for Justice. That is our programme." William M. Hughes. Australian Pre mier, and M. Vandenheuvel, of Belgium, were elected vice-presidents. Another meeting of the committee was called for tomorrow to complete organization. Wednesday morning tho committee will begin discussing the general principles of reparation. President Wilson presided at the opening meeting of the league of na tions commission, wnlcii was held In Colonel House's apartments this after noon and lasted from 2 to 5 o'clock. Special interest attached to the meet ing owing to the feeling that the ac tion of the council oa the matter of the former German colonies required tt early presentation of a definite plan on the constitution of tho league. There were present, for the United States, President Wilson. Mr. House and Mr. Miller, technical expert: for Great Bri tan.. Lord Robert Cecil and General Smuts: for France, Leon Bourgeois and Ferdinand Larnaude; for Italy, Premier Orlando; for Japan. Barott Chinda. as well as delegates from Belgium. Ser bia. Brazil, Portugal and China. President Wilson greeted the mem bers and took a leading part in thc discussion. This was no longer general. ' but specific, as the meeting had before it the printed text of the agreed plan for the formation of the league. Tho text was. in English, as had been de cided upon at a recent meeting between President Wilson. Lord Robert Cecil. General Smuts and Premier Orlando. Kali Dlsrassloa Deferred. As some of the members of the com mission do not speak English, it was determined to defer full discussion un til the French text could be presented, when the debate will proceed, article by article. This will probably be tomor row night. Although the agreed" text seeks to tConcluucd on Page U. Coiumn 2.) i