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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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