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TilE MOUXIXG OREGONLVX, -FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1919. L plan in the change of time during the summer months, was made by the city council yesterday, when an ordinance introduced by City Commissioner Bige low was passed to third reading. It will come before the council for final approval February 26. No ' opposition appeared against the ordinance after Commissioner Bigelow explained that the government planned on daylight saving again this year, and this or dinance made it possible for Portland to adopt the national plan. lender the ordinance the official time of the city will be advanced one hour beginning at 2 A. M. March 30 and con tinuing until 2 A. M. October 26, this year, the same plan to be in effect each year. GERMANS HALT DRIVE AGIST POLISH FOES ONLY TWO MORE DAYS IN WHICH TO SEE TVHS GRANP, SATISFYING, Ui' 4 J X AUtil i iuun.-v.u.iiu Progress Made in Outlining Proposed Regulations. Berlin Papers Report Offen sive Is Suspended. WORKERS' UPLIFT SOUGHT B0LSHEVIK FORCES ACTIVE WALLA WALLA JUDGE DIES J. A. TAYLOR, PIONEER. OF ORE. GOX, PASSES AWAY. Cniforrmty of Rights of Workmen Employed Abroad Provided Un der Troposcd British. Draft. Premier Paderewski Alarmed Over Situation In Fosen; Siege Is Declared at Hamburg. IHIE Ti l LEGISLATION RIMED PARIS, Feb. 13. The peace confer ence commission on international labor legislation examined today the articles dealing with the procedure of the pro posed international conference body. In this process it reached article 17 of the draft, according to an official an nouncement made this afternoon. The commission, the announcement said, has decided to Issue a journal dealing with the problems of interna tional industry and employment. The commission yesterday agreed to accept article 4 of the British draft of measures to settle the future status of international labor. This marks the safe passing of an obstacle which the labor leaders expected would provoke a. bitter contest for the reason that it is the most radical of the projects or ganized labor is seeking to graft upon the constitution of the society of na tions. Independent Action Allowed. This article provides that at the pro posed international labor conference the representatives of the governments, the employers and working people shall be entitled to speak and vote independ ently, without regard to the views ex pressed by the other representatives of their nation and to have power to draw tip conventions binding on the nations represented. The rapid progress made tipon the remainder of the British draft, into which will be incorporated certain fea tures of the French labor plan, appears to warrant the belief that the essen tial aims of the delegates of both na tions will be accepted in their entirety by the commission, although final ac tion by the peace conference ia not pre dicted. The British dftift covers a wide field, including the following provisions: Uniformity of the rights of workmen employed abroad. their protection against loss when in a foreign country through the lapse of state insurance, against sickness, old age, accident, un employment and similar causes; pre vention of unemployment through the adoption by the different governments of a policy of distribution of orders for public works so as to keep the de mand for labor at an approximately uniform level. Employment to Be Supervised. The relief of the unemployed through system of registration and co-operation between employers in different lines of industry to meet foreign labor demands. Opportunity to unemployed young workers for the continuance of their education at established centers. A system of inspection of factories nnd workshops to insure the execution of labor laws. The protection of children. Vouths and women, with educational oppor tunities for the children and the regu lation of night work for the youths. 'tlx? limitation of the working shift for young persons to half that of adults, with no overtime or. night work. The recognition of the rights' of workmen to combine and the right to peaceful picketing. The recognition of the right of work luff men to combine politically, and the right of trades unions to partici pate in politics. , Working. hours to be fixed by law in each state, with an international stand ard as the minimum. The regulation of work in small workshops or sweat shops to be at tended to by each state, in view of the difficulty of settling this problem by international legislation. TVnse Standards Seed Fixing. An international code regulating labor conditions in the mercantile ma rine under every flag, to be worked out by a special maritime commission of the league of nations in continuous ees jsion, to take up new points. It seems to be agreed that wholly different wage and money standards of the east and west demand definite fix ing. As to the right of workmen to com bine, the British view is that this at least should be insisted ' upon by the working classes, although it is now denied by the employers. The measure of pensions, insurance nnd the regulation of the work of chil dren, it is also contended, ought to apply to native Asiatic labor. The British plan also contemplates the creation of a permanent committee to fix minimum wages according to the conditions in the various regions and to make a special study of native labor problems. It is proposed to include Injthe league of notions plan the constitution of an international parliament committee composed of delegates from the exist ing national parliaments to suggest labor legislation to the society of na tions. The abolition of military train ing in schools and the international ex change of university students is pro posed. The French proposals include the re cruiting of labor through national em ployment bureaus, prohibiting of the labor of children under 14 years, the prohibition of night work by women and a maximum eight-hour working day in factories where the furnaces are always lighted. DAYLIGHT SAVING AGAIN UP City Council to Act on Ordinance Complying With Federal Plan. Provision for daylight saving in Portland, to comply with the federal WATER SUIT VOTE CALLED Klamath Irrigation District May Op pose Link Ttiver Dam. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Feb. 13.t (Special.) Whether the Klamath irri gation district which has been reor ganized from the old water-users as sociation, will join with the former body in a further attempt to block the proposed dam across the head of Link river by the California-Oregon Power company by a suit to test the legality of the contract between the power com pany and the United States reclamation service, is a matter which will be "put up to the individuals in a straw vote which is to be completed by March 1. A suit to test this legality was insti tuted by the old organization, but not decided. George W. Offield of Merrill has been re-elected president of the association. Member of Legislature In Early Says Came to This Section in October, 1852. "WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.) Judge John A. Taylor, aged 93,a pioneer of the northwest, having crossed the plains behind an ox team In 1S52, died here yesterday. He was a native of New Tork. where he was born September 12, 1825. Judge Taylor was a pioneer member of both the Oregon, and Washington legislatures. He landed In Portland in October, 1852, after a six months' journey across the plains, enduring many hardships. His first year in Oregon was nearly as bad, as he often told of the short ra tions on which he existed. He took up a donation claim on the banks of the Tualatin river, ten miles from Portland, and later built a macadamized road from Portland to Dayton, a distance of 17 miles, and installed a ferry across the river. He afterwards built a toll bridge to take the place of the ferry. He was elected from Tamhill county on the republican ticket to the Oregon legislature, and when the state of Washington was a territory he was elected on the republican ticket to rep resent Walla Walla county at Olympia. He served as judge of the municipal court in Walla Walla for 12 years, and had more than a county-wide reputa tion as a settler of disputes. He leaves the following children: Frank Taylor, of Whitebird.. Tdaho; Mrs. Ella Mead, Tacoma; Mrs. Jennie Wann, of Walla Walla, and J. E. Tay lor, of Emmett, Idaho. He had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Wann. SOVIET FORMED AT YAKIMA Soldiers and Sailors' Council Re ported Organized. YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 13. A soldiers' and sailors' council was organized here this morning in the labor temple. Alexander Mackel, former Butte attor ney and Seattle shipyard worker, issued the call tor the meeting, apparently sponsored by organized labor. Mackel proposed that only persons willing to join be allowed in the room, and the selection of a doortender to bar all persons not in sympathy with the council from future meetings. He claimed 60 members, but refused to make the names public Ira Green, lj. b. A. private, was elected chairman. Yakima already has a general organ ization of war veterans in the Yakima Service club. REDS CULTIVATING POLES BolshcTikl Atow Friendly Interest in Sew Republic. LONDON, Feb. 13. A Russian wire less message received here today says that M. Tchitcherin, the bolshevik foreign finister, replying to the pro posal of Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish premier, to send Polish delegates to Moscow to discuss urgent questions, says the soviet government ardently desires peaceful relations with the Polish republic and guarantees an un hindered journey to Moscow for the delegates. The dispatch adds that the soviet government is carefully guarding Pol ish national treasures, including works of art of incalculable value, in order to return them to the Poles. Women Urge Release of Prisoners. BERXE, Feb. 12. An international women's conference, at which delegates from the entente countries and the cen tral powers were represented, today adopted a resolution demanding that all war prisoners and interned per sons be released. It was decided by the conference to send a delegation to President Wilson ,to promise him sup port for his peace programme and also to request the elimination of militar istic tendencies in school instruction. Prlneville Couple Is Wed. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) A romance which began before the war ended happily nere tnis after noon when Miss Elva Opal Trent be came the bride of Oscar A. Prose, who was recently discharged at Camp Lewis. The ceremony was performed at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. W. H. 1L Forsyth. Both of the young people are residents of Prineville, where they will make their home. Road Appropriation Sought. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. An ex ecutive committee representing civic. commercial, agricultural and other or ganizations throughout California, an nounced tonight it will recommend to the present legislature that a bond issue of $35,015,000 be placed before the people to complete the present highway system and to construct sev enteen proposed new highway projects throughout the entire state. ZURICH. Feb. 13. (Havas.) The German offensive against the Poles has been suspended, according to Ber lin newspapers. WARSAW, Feb. 13. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Bolshevik forces have occupied Zeliv, between Bailystok and Brest-Litovsk. They have attempted to advance through the Polish lines, using, uniforms of the Polish officers, but those who tried this failed and 100 have been brought to Warsaw in motor trucks. The bolsheviki forces are es timated to number between two and twenty divisions, but it Is believed the actual figures will show that the latter estimate is nearer correct. General Bartelmys is attempting to arrange an armistice between the Ukrainians and Poles. The former are willing to negotiate provided they are given the Drohobycz oil fields, pend ing decision by the peace conference. Premier Paderewxkl Alarmed. Premier Paderewski i3 alarmed over the German situation in Posen. He said to the Associated Press: "The Germans are counting on the United States and foreign press to spread the impression that the Poles are Incapable of self-government." Refugees bringing in Russian rubles find tht the value of their money is very low and the exchange rate has dropped 20 per cent. BASEL, Feb. 13. Karl Radek, the .Russian bolshevik emissary, who h&s been accused by the German authori ties of being an instigator of numerous radical outbreaks in Germany, has been discovered and arrested by the Berlin police, according to a Berlin dispatch today. His whereabouts had been a niysstery for some time. Slese lleclared at Mum burg. A state of siege has been declared at Hamburg, Germany, until the people of tat city have surrendered .ill arms in their possession. Patrols demand ing the arms are taking action against those who resist. Gustav Noske. min ister in charge of military affairs in the Ebert cabinet, has telegraphed to the president of the soldiers' council at Hamburg saying that ho will not take military measures against that city as the soldiers' and workmen's council is restoring order. PUBLIC TO HEAR SPEAKERS SEATING ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOB LEAGUE CONGRESS. Red Cross May Bar Teutons. -GENEVA. Feb. 13. The movement to exclude the central powers from the international Red Cross was debated at a meeting of the organization held here today. President Ador of Swit zerland was chairman of the meeting. which was attended by delegations from allied countries which preferred charges of violations of Red Cross Edward A. I'llcne, Director of XT. S. Chamber of Commerce, to Talk at Luncheon. Formal announcement as to the seating privileges at the Auditorium Sunday evening, Monday and Monday evening, when the northwestern con gress for a league of nations will be addressed by ex-President Taft, ex Ambassador Morganthau and other na tional leaders of the league of nations movement, was made yesterday by Henry L. Corbett, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who will pre side at the congress. "The number of seats necessary for the registered delegates will be re served for them up to 7:45 o'clock, both Sunday and Monday evenings," said Mr. Corbett. "After 7:45 the reserved seat, together with all others, will be thrown open to the general public. No admis sion fee will be charged anyone." The public will bo admitted to the Monday morning and afternoon ses sions. While the Multnomah hotel has been Belected as convention headquarters for Mr. Taft and his party, other hotels are expected to be well filled with delegates. Secretary Stahl having an nounced yesterday that the registration of delegates from northern Idaho, Ore gon and Washington is approaching the 1000 mark. A big staff of clerks and typists under the direction of Miss Getta Wasserman is busy tabulating the re turn of delegates' credentials. Frederick W. Goodrich will give organ recitals beginning at 7:30 each evening. Edward A. Filene. director of the Lnited States chamber of commerce will bo the chief speaker at an adver tising and editorial luncheon under the auspices of the better business bureau of the Portland Ad club.' Reservations are in -charge of W. S. Kirkpatrick chairman of a special committee of the club, and L. R. Bailey, chairman of the better business bureau. ATTORNEY DEMANDS 9258 LAWYER WHO WON NOTED WILL, CONTEST BRINGS SUIT. Charles J. Ferguson of Klamath Falls Goes Into Court for Fee in $100,000 Estate Litigation. Charles J. Ferguson, one of the lead ing attorneys of Klamath Falls, filed suit in the circuit court yesterday for a fee of $9250 for services rendered i the noted Melhase will case, in which he broke a purported will involving a 100.000 estate and was sustained in the supreme court of Oregon. The action was filed against Hen rietta F. Melhase, widow. At the death of her husband, brothers secured keys to hts sale deposit box and opened it. They offered a will dated in 1908, de priving the widow of most of her hus band's property. She engaged Attor ney Ferguson to fight for her rights and he brought action in the probate court with a contention that there was a later will, dated 1910, leaving most of the property to the wife, which dis appeared from the safe deposit box. The suit was lost in the probate court but won in appeal to the circuit court Valentine Day Is Here Do you send your wife a Valentine every year? Why not get an order for her new spring suit or dress at Cherry s? 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