THE 3IORMXG OREGOmX, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1919.
WAGE LIFT IN COAST
(Special.) James Simons, who died at
Ashland, was buried in the Masonic
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M. Simons was a former resident of
Brownsville, having been in business
TO ORGANIZE LEAGUE
here, for about ten years. Mr. Simons
was 68 yearn old. He is survived by his
wife and one son. Amos Simons, who
lives in Brownsville.
DRAIN. Or.. March 25. (Special.)
The funeral of Miss Eloda Mary Kent,
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs "W. W.
Kent, was held here yesterday. She
u-bb flft vnra nlri nH nn. of the Six
ftew Working Agreement Now
Body Will Be Strictly Non-Par
Being Formulated.
tisan in Politics.
graduates of the 1918 claes of the Drain
high school. She attended the summer
normal at Monmouth and was teaching
her first school in Multnomah county,
ti.p H.jti occurred last Friday at the
NO REDUCTIONS EXPECTED
LIBERTY , NOT RESTRICTED
Good Samaritan''' hospital In Portland
after an Illness of ten days. She is sur
vived by her parents and two sisters,
who at present reside in Portland.
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VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 25.
(Special.) Mrs. Eleanor T. Martyn,
Chief Difficulty in Conference at
Washington Appears to Be
V. Over Working Conditions.
Resolution Proposing Body Adopted
NEW SHOW TODAY-FOUR DAYS!!!
at American Woman-Suffrage
Mubilce Convention.
wife of David L. Martyn, died at her
home last night. 306 West Fifteenth
street, after several weeks' Illness,
WOMEN VOTERS PLAw
US UNLIKELY
aged 61. She had not been In good
WASHINGTON. March 25. No wage
Increases will be provided in the new
working agreement, to become effec
tive Next month, between I'acific coast
hipbuilders and the union metal trades
workers: it was announced today by
-ecretary Berres of the metal trades
department of the American Federa
tion of Labor. s
The announcement followed a long
executive session of Pacific coast dele-
K.ites with officials of the emergency
jleet corporation, incuiriing inrector
Cenerul i'ioi and I C Marshall, hcad-
it!K the industrial relations group of
the corporation.
Mr. Tiex pointed out that efforts
w ere made to' adjust shipbuilding con
tracts with a view to lowering costs.
It was said rfcat he did not speak ot
high wages, but delegates were certain
that wage reductions were not con
templated. Rate Hqaallzatloa Soacbt.
Tiie labor delegates said their wage,
requests were largely for an equaliza
tion of rates prevailing at various
points along the coast. The conference
seemingly accepted the declaration that
!io wage increase was to be had. but the
delegates insisted that a new award
t-hould stipulate working conditions.
Their plan for agreement calls for a
conciliatory board to settle labor dis
putes and also for provisions regarding
v.-orking conditions. They also insist
that members of the local unions, as
well as international officers, shall be
xnmbTs of the board.
The shipyard owners propose that the
Few agreement shall be confined to
the establishment of a board which
itould fix wages and working condi
tions. Mr. Piex pointed out that machinery
lor adjustments would be necessary
after .March 31, when the ship labor ad
justment board of the fleet corpora
lion would cease its activities. Present
wages of the I'acific coast workers were
lixed by this board, but the effect of
its decisions will end with its ceasing
to function.
AcreemtRt Plaan Forming.
No action has yet been taken on the
proposal that the existing award be
continued in effect for six months.
Sub-committees were appointed to
iay by both the men and the ship
builders to draft provisions coverin
the various points of the proposed
agreement which are in dispute.
health for five years. boe :s sur
vived by three daughters. Mrs. h.d
ward L. Mains of Grand View, Wash.,
and Misses Ethel and Nora Martyn
at home.
Funeral services were held this after
noon. Uev. W. Le Roy Zabel, pastor of
the First Congregational cnurch. of
ficiating. Interment wu in the. Park
Hill cemetery. i
Mr. Martyn, the widowed husband.
Is an inventor, having to his credit
several labor-saving devices used in
ship construction.
The funeral services .of the lats
Father Charles Crespeau, who died
suddenly Monday, will be held at St.
Louis. Or., tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. Father Crespeau had been in
charge of the Catholic parisii at St
.ouis for the past few years and was
well known in religious circles of Ore
gon. Archbishop Christie will be pres
ent at the funeral.
WASHINGTON. March 25. George
Fort, assistant treasurer of the United
States, died today of heart failure, fol
lowing a recent attack of Influenza.
He had been connected with the treas
ury department for. 20 years.
SKILLED LABOR IN DEMAND
SHORTAGE OF SAWMILL WORK
ERS IX IMiAND EMPIRE.
Office Position With Sawmill Com
pany Open for Crippled Soldier.
Good Wages Are Offered.
Portland employers and rcpresenta
tlvcs of labor bodies were much inter
ted In the Washington dispatch, pince
no prlvnte advices had been receive
here indicating what was bftnit don
beyond a meysafce received last week
from Judge McBride, examiner for ih
northwest, who is at Washington, t
;ne effect that the wajre .scale would
extended to October 1 and that
loard of 10. representing the plants and
workers equally, would succeed th
Xacy board on the I'acific coast.
Srale .t Satisfactory.
Am to the matter of wage increases.
labor leaders say their chief concern is
10 obtain a better scale for some
the men now paid less than $5 a day.
There are some working condit ions
tny hope to improve and in the main
it is the impression here that the chie
oiffirulty tn reaching an agreement
lies In working conditions and the de
-iBion as to a board to handle the coast
situation.
Labor bodies are repre.ented there
oy President Jensen and Secretary
haw of the Tortland .Metal Trades
ounrl, S. 1 1. Strubble of the boiler-
makers' union and Phil Pollock of the
inolders' union. J. R. Bowled, presi
dent of the Northwest IStrei company,
is the. only employer attending the con
ierenr from this district.
Obituary.
KrGKXE. Or., March 23. (Special.)
Andrew Holland, for many years
resident of Kuene died of paralysis at
bis home in Kucene last niirht, aged 59.
Besides his widow. Mr. Holland is sur
vived by six sons, Arthur 1 1. Holland
of Washington. P. C; John L. Holland
nd Klmcr K. Holland, discharged from
The marines; Alfred W. Holland. Louis
Holland and George W. Hoiiand of
Kagene. The daughter, Mabel, is at
home.
BROW NSVTTJ-K. Or, March C"
INCREASE BABY'S STRENGTH
Everybody loves a baby and
everybody wants a baby abun
dantly robust. There are many
young children to whom
SCOTTS
EMULSION
given in small portions at intervals during
each day, would be an important factor
in overcoming malnutrition and starting
tbem well on the road to robust
ness. Every drop of SCOtt'S
is pure, rich nourishment, the
kind that baild strength and
promote healthy growth.
Children Thrtvo on Scott'
Scott Bone. Bloomficld. N. J. 18-15
SPOKANE. "Wash- March 23. (Spe
cial.) There is a shortage already of
experienced sawmill workers in the In
land Kmpire. The employment office
operated by the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen could place a
number of preen chainmen at 14 per
day; steam setters at 62 cents per
hour, carriage riders, H and up; edge
men 14.85 to 5 and lath mill men at
S3. 75 .to 14.
"We could also place in an office
position with a sawmill company a
crippled soldier," said Captain E. D.
Birkholz, of the federal employment
company. A man with a leg or an arm
gone could hold the position.
There is a marked shorts ire of the
skilled workers in the sawmill business
and It strikes me that perhaps many of
such men on leaving the sawmills when
they shl down in the fall, took other
positions, in which they are remaining."
CHURCH TOJEXCEED QUOTA
Presbyterian "ew l'.ra. Campaign Is
Successful at Eugene.
Kt'GEXE. Or.. March 23. (Special.)
That the Central Presbyterian church
of Kugene will exceed its quota for the
new era movement by $500 is the belief
of Dr. A. K. Caswell, chairman of the
committee in charge of the movement
for the Presbyterian churches in the
Willamette valley. The quota of the
Central church of this city is $2215 and
a large part of the sum was subscribed
Sunday.
Qr. Caswell says that reports from
other leading churches of the valley
indicate that their quotas will be
ST. LOUIS, .March 25. A league of
women voters urgea oy jnrs. vnno
Chapman Catt. president of the Na
tfcnal American Woman Suffrage as
sociation. and recommended Dy me ei
AfntivA council will, come before tn
annual convention tomorrow for final
action, its supporters tonight declaring
there would be scarcely any opposition,
These recommendations were taken up
lute this afternoon, but a final vote
was nostooned until tomorrow.
That the league is to be non-partisan
is assured by the adoption oi anotne
recommendation which embodied.
resolution defining non-partisan and
in which it was stated that national
association "shall not affiliate with any
political party nor indorse the platform
of any party nor support or oppose
any political candidates unless sucn
action shall be recommended by the
board of directors."
Liberty ot Reiitrlcted.
The resolution, however, does not
limit the liberty of action of any mem
ber or officer of the association to
join or serve the party of her choice
in any capacity as an individual.
"When the recommendation that the
association "continue to support and
endorse the federal amendment which
has been pending before congress for
40 years" came up for discussion. Miss
Laura M. Clay, a delegate from Ken
tucky, objected. She proposed that
certain sections be amended with par
ticular reference to those part3 that
would permit enfranchisement of negro
women of the south.
Centennial Meeting; Approved.
"With three delegates votii e nega
tively, the convention voted to sup
port the amendment in the original
form, but the congressional committee
was authorized to formulate changes
in the wording. This is said to be
the first time in 40 years that the
amendment did not receive complete
endorsement.
All other recommendations were
adopted, including one providing for
the next convention to be held n
February, 1920. in the nature of a cen
tennial celebration of the birthday of
busan B. Anthony.
"Women of the 2"6 states that have
been granted the vote adopted a reso
lution urging the Missouri state legis
lature to pass senate bill No. 1, which
grants suffrage to women in Missouri.
Wm PLEADS FOR BOYS
REPRESENTATIVE S.WS JOBS
AWAITIXG OREGON" TROOPS
Telegram Sent Asking Immediate
Discharge of Soldiers Needed
in Farm "Work.
SALEM, Or.. March 23. (Special.)
Representative W. C. Hawley .has
opened an office at room 231 Hubbard
building for the time he will be in
Oregon prior to the convening of a
special session of congress which he
expects may be called during the month
of May, and will keep the same open
for the transaction of public business
from 9 A. M. until 5 P. M.
He will be out over the district in
specting the needs of the various lo
calities most of the time while in Ore-
rlsed. Corvallis reported yesterday gon. Today he sent the following tele
that it would raise its quota of $6000
btfore the campaign is finished.
WEATHER IMPROVES ROADS
Thoroughfares in Albany District in
Good Condition.
ALBANY. Or. March 25. (Special.)
After a few days of warm weather, the
roads in this section of the state are
thoroughly drv and, generally speak
ing, are in splendid condition. People
who have driven about the country the
past few days have been surpprised at
the rapidity of the change from mud
dy. sloppy roads to good, solid thor
oughfares.
Somo of the roads are rough, but in
most districts the road patrolmen are
now at work with drags or scrapers
and most of the roads of this vicinity
will bo in good condition soon.
IETTER DEAL IS DEMANDED
alley Dealers Threaten to Abandon
School-Book Trade.
S.VLEM. Or.. March 25. (Special.)
Willamette valley book dealers at
meeting in Salem this week voted to
refuse to handle school books on the
present 12f-t per cent basis. They will
demand a 20 per cent commission from
school book publishers from now on.
The dealers declared that unless this
ncrcased commission is allowed they
will refuse to handle school books at
II. making it necessary for the pub
ishers to find another method of sup
lying textbooks to pupils of the
schools in the Willamette valley.
Three Times a Week
For Three Weeks
After the long winter months, too
much rich food and too little exercise,
practically everone fels the neces
sity for a good Spring Tonic and Blood
Purifier. The very best .ring medi
cine you can tak is the king of tonic
laxatives
CELERY KING
Three times a weik for three wci-ks.
brew m cup of this purely vegetable
laxative tea and drink it Just before
retiring. Gently, yet effectively, it will
drive out all Impurities and not o:-.ly
make you feel better, but look betfr,
right away, riving you a sweet breath,
dear ekln and a healthy appetite.
HOME-MADE BEER IS SEIZED
Police at Marshficld Arrest Two, But
Pines Are Suspended.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. March 25. (Spe
cial.) After a lull In the bootlegging
business due to the high cost of liquor
and the dangers of delivery, the Marsh
field police have commenced a cam
paign against the manufacture of
home-brewed beer. C. E. Melrose, a
cook. Is the second to be arrested. The
officer seized the beer. The arrest
ed man said no more than the permit
ted amount of alcohol was in the beer.
Kecorder J. W. Butler Is dealing len
iently with first offenders. Two fines
of $10 each were suspended.
Whisky Improperly Placed.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 23.
Specie L) Lem Thomlinson has been
m rested for having a quart of whisky
in his barber shop and will be given a
hearing soon before W. S. T. Derr,
jiiftlce of the peace. Under the law a
person may have whisky or other in
toxicating liquor in his home, but not
at his place of business.
Seasoned aiattwuoe ana mslda wool
erteo stamps, for cash. lioUnsa Vuel
Co, Mala $. t$$S-AdT,
gram to the secretary of war
"Some 500 troops of the 63d infantry,
11th division, now held at East Poto
mac park, are young men, residents of
Oregon. Many of them are from farms.
I find great demand for their assist
ance here on the farms. The others
who came from the towns have jobs
awaiting them in practically every-instance.
I most earnestly urge that
these men be discharged from the
army, that they may return to the
useful and necessary occupation of
farming and other work while the op
portunity of employment is open to
them. Will you please advise me when
these man will be discharged?
"W. C. HAWLEY, M. C
MEDALS WILL BE AWARDED
Liberty Loan Workers Will Be Hon
ored for Sen" Ices.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 25.
(Special.) All persons who assisted in
the past four liberty loan drives will
be given liberty medals by the treas
ury department of the government, ac
cording to information just received
by Mrs. A. L. Miller, chairman of the
minute-women of Clarke county.
These medals wilt be made of bronze
and brass from German cannon cap
tured by Americans on French soil and
the government IS having 2.000,000
struck off. All of the captains In the
county are requested by Mrs. Miller
to submit the names of those entitled
to these medals and these names will
be forwarded to the state headquar
ters as soon as possible.
AUTO PLUNGES INTO WATER
Young Men Rescue Harold Hill, of
Eugene, Early in Morning.
EUGENE. Or., March 25. (Special.)
Harold Hill, son of W. J. Hill, merchant
of this city, was seriously injured and
was almost drowned when his father's
car, which he was driving home at 1
o'clock Monday morning, plunged into
the millrace.
The machine crashed through a light
fence and turned over on its side in
seven feet of water. The driver was
badly cut about the head and on one
hand from the glass of the windshield,
which wae shattered. He was in the
car beneath the surface of th3 water
when two young men who happened
along at that time rescued hint.
Hill was unconscious several hours.
The machine was wrecked.
WOODSON SC0GGIN COMING
Member of Famous Lost Battalion
Due Here Saturday.
"Woodson Scoggin, understood to be
one of two men or me northwest wno
were members of the famous "lost bat
talion" and have returned home, will
sneak before the women's liberty loan
committee of Oregon at its final ses
sion Satuovlay. Assurance that Mr.
Suoggin will be present was received
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And Our $50,000 Ogan JZ
t wnaliin mm iinniMitiiiisiiMiiiiiinniu.iMiii tr n
In a telegram frdm him yesterday from
Fossil, Or.
The luncheon session, at which Colo
nel John L. May, commander of the
162d infantry so long as it existed, will
also be a speaker, Is to be held at 12:30
P. M. Saturday at the Portland hotel.
Interested citizens Tiave opportunity to
attend provided they make reservations
in advance by telephoning Main 7151
or Marshall 1400.
Knights Templars Compete for Cnp.
SPOKANE, March 25. The annual
inspection of Cataract Commandery,
Knights Templar, will be held tonight
in competition for the grand command
ery silver cup. The local commandery
has won the cup in state competition
five consecutive years.
Lawyers Admitted to Practice.
SALEM. Or.. March' 25. (Special.)
The supreme court today granted sii"
attorneys permission to practice before
the courts of this state. They are
Charles M. Stevens, Eugene; Joseph M.
Hawkins. Albany; W. H. Cannon, Med
ford; B. F. Piatt, Medford; A. E. "Wool-
pert, Hood River, and L. R. E. Keeley,
Portland.
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Klamath Lake Ice Going.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., March 25.
(Special.) The ice on Upper Klamath
lake is now nearly gone, and it is ex
pected that the regular daily boat Berv
ice to the upper lake points will be re-
sumed about April 1. Boats now are
running up with mail twice a week and
special trips are made when there
call for them.
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