THE MOItXIXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAT 23, 1919 3 REGULATION URGED E mm Tribunal Provided to Hear All , Controversies. HIGH COSTS TO CONTINUE Mere Return of Wires Xot Expected to Solve Vexatious Problems Facing tho Companies. "WASHINGTON. May 22. Recom mendations of the -wire control board that legislation returning the telephone and telegraph system of the country to private ownership provide co-ordinated opera-tion of the various systems and fixing of rates by the interstate com merce commission were forwarded to day by Postmaster-General Burleson to the house postoffice committee. The wire board's recommendations also include creation of a tribunal to hear all controversies between em ployers and employes and that changes in wage schedules shall not become ef fective until submitted to the Inter state Commerce commission so that corresponding changes may be made in rates. High Costa to Continue. . . Mere return of the wires to their owners will not solve vexatious prob lems confronting the companies. Mr. Burleson said in his letter to Repre sentative Moon of Tennessee, trans mitting the recommendation. Extraor dinary costs of operation and mainte nance, "fastened upon them as a result ..of war," the postmaster-general said, "will continue for some time after con trol passes from the government." "Because of these extraordinary changes in the operating conditions of these properties," the letter continued, "a serious responsibility rests upon the government to adopt every means pos sible consistent with sound policy to protect the public and enable owners to operate their properties. Regulatory Policy I rged. "The members of the board are unanimously of the opinion that in order to provide the most efficient -wire service the various service systems should be co-ordinated as to operation. This does not require monopoly of own ership but is necessary so there can be a consistent and harmonious regula tory policy. Through this means only can the attempts at wasteful compe tition and the economic loss occasioned by duplications of plant and force be avoided. "It is believed that this is desirable and can be reached by amending the law so as to provide, subject to the ap proval of the interstate commerce com mission that any telegraph and tele phone company doing- . an interstate business may purchase the property of any other telegraph or telephone, or consolidate frith any other company, or pool traffic, under provisions which will protect the public. Commission to Fix Rates. "Hence, it is believed that the law should be so amended as to empower the interstate commerce commission to fix rates for telegraph and telephone companies subject to provisions of the act and that any company whose lines are located entirely within a state but which transacts direct interstate busi ness should be made subject to the act." The commission's use of its rate- making power, the letter said, would ensure the companies sufficient reve nue to yield a reasonable return on the value of property and also to give proper service. Dealing with management problems. illr. Burleson said that the board was convinced that "a tribunal should be provided upon which the public, the employee, the managerial force and capital shall be fairly represented, and before which all parties may be heard, to that prompt redress may be had for just grievances." Changes in wage scales, it also was suggested, should be reviewed by the interstate commerce commission in or der that rate alterations may be made simultaneously with effective date of the new wage changes. W. H. Knox, representing the national foreign trade council; J. R. Howard of the federated farm bureau of Iowa; D. O. Thompson. Illinois Agricultural asso ciation: N. M. Leach, Mississippi Val ley association; H. C. Cantelow, Puget Sound Managers and Operators' asso ciation, and W. F. Sullivan, Ship Own ers' Association of the Pacific coast. "Government supervision of the mer-1 chant marine should be limited to the fixing of maximum freight rates," Mr. Knox asserted. Mr. Howard said that his organiza tion opposed ownership if it was to be judged by operation of the railroad; under government control, a sentiment in which Mr. Thompson concurred. Immediate institution of private own ership was opposed by Mr. Leach, who said the government should retain con trol until the merchant marine was established firmly and new trade routes worked out. "Thorough revision of the maritime laws is necessary to equalize foreign competition," Mr. Cantelow asserted. "We are not ready to purchase govern ment ships or make long-term charters until shown that the risks involved are much less than at present." Japanese Competition Dwelt I'pon. Japanese competition especially was dwelt upon by Mr. Cantelow. and he urged a study of the rapid growth of the Japanese merchant marine In re cent years. He said the establishment of bunkering facilities and a free zone at Manila was needed to meet the com petition of the British at Hongkong and of the Japanese at Kobe. Opposition to Mr. Hurley's plan for sale of government-built shins to pri vate interests was expressed by F. C. Marsh, speakings for the National Farm ers' council. The conference, which will last three days, will discuss reconstruction poli cies at length. BOLSHEVIKI RETREAT NT I RUSSIA Allies Capture Several Towns and Many Prisoners. ENEMY CASUALTIES HEAVY DALLAS SCENTS OIL BOOM Polk County Hears 3racbJncry Is on Way to Start Wells. DALLAS. Or.. May 22. (Specials- According to advices received from Sen ator Charles McNary at Washington, the United States government is . con sidering sending out experts to Polk county and other places in the state to explore the oil fields which are sup posed to be located here. Mr. McNary, in a letter to the Dallas Commercial club, asks for all informa tion possible on the extent of the pros pecting carried on. in this vicinity by oil companies about eight years 'ago, and this data has been prepared a"nd sent to Washington. It has also been stated by competent authority that ma chinery for drilling oil wells already has been ordered from the east and that upon its arrival work will be im mediately taken up in this county, where several hundred acres of land have already been leased for pros pecting purposes. In the well drilled on. the Whiteaker place, east of Dallas, eeveral years ago, a considerable amount of oil was obtained and It has always been the opinion of the promoters that the drill er spoiled the well by driving the drill too far down. Gas was obtained in large quantities in the same hole. LANE TO BE REPRESENTED Floats for Tara-des in Portland Hose Festival Promised. EUGENE, Or, May 22. (Special.) Lane county will have two floats in the parade at the Portland Rose Fes tival instead of one. as originally planned, it was announced tonight. This county's part in the great war will be shown in the victory parade, with appropriate figures and decora tions, and representation in the civic parade will be made also, but details of the latter have not yet been worked out. A selection from a large number of plans submitted for the floats will be made by the committee immediately and cash prizes will be given to the persons submitting the best. HIGHWAY DELEGATES MEET Convention of Evergreen Associa tion at Tacoma Draws Many. TACOMA, May 22. Delegates from all points in the northwest, including Brit ish Columbia, will meet here tomorrow for the annual convention of the Ever green National Highway association. Arrangements will be completed at the convention for the tour of the Ever green officials in connection with the trip planned by the state highway com mission and the Rotary clubs of the northwest' along the Pacific coast and as far east as Salt Lake City in June. Delegates from practically all com mercial clubs and Rotary clubs in the state are also expected to attend. MARINE PLANS DISCUSSED ConMnuc From First Pase.) action may be taken at the convention in June, due to war experience, which will lead to that conclusion." Private ownership was advocated by PEPTiRON IS GOOD This Real Iron Tonic Combines Merit, Economy and "Pep." Made from a formula that uses iron in most digestible form, pepsin and gentian, great stomach tonics, nux and celery, the best vegetable remedies for the nerves, and also manganese and other valuable nutrients there's no question of the value of Peptiron as a blood builder and strengthener. The larger size of Peptiron contains enough for a full month's treatment, while other so-called iron preparations contain only one-half or less. The "pep" or promptness with which Peptiron does its work is noted by everyone who takes it. 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Rent increases in New York since 1316 have averaged 21 per cent, according to Tenement House Commissioner Mann, who told the state joint legislative commitee in vestigating housing conditions here to day that he knew of no profiteering among landlords and that the highest advance brought to his attention was 31 per cent. Mr. Mann believed erection of 2500 new apartments would meet the demand here. Russian Troops Take Town of Po- vienetz Esthonians Push Closer to Petrojrrad. LONDON, May 22. The allies on the north Russian front have carried out a successful turning movement against the main bolshevik position, forcing the enemy to retreat southward, according to a north Russian official communica tion received here this evening. Several-towns were captured and many prisoners taken and the enemy also suffered heavy casualties. The communication says the turning movement was carried out May 20, north of Medvyejyagora, six miles south of Lumbushkl on the' railway and that the enemy was expelled from his position and is in full retreat. The towns of Lumbushku, Ostreche and Kolodari were taken. ARCHANGEL, May 20. (By the As sociated Press.) -Russian troops co operating with the allied force on the Murmansk front, captured the town of Povienetz, at the head of Lake Onega on Saturday. Moscow negrlment Surrenders. The capture of Povienetz opens the upper part of Lake Onega to allied craft. Before leaving the town the bolsheviki removed all males more than 14 years of age. On the Vaga river front today a Rus. slan patrol of 100 men broke through the bolshevik outpost line at Malo Berenik, killing 22 of the enemy and capturing 71 with no loss to them selves. OMSK, May 19. The tenth Moscow regiment, a part of the bolshevik army, has surrendered with its arms to the Kolchak government. The regiment went to the front under protest, but as soon as it reached the firing line the soldiers killed their officers and went over to the Siberian army. LONDON. May 22. A bolshevik wire less message from Pctrograd today denied reports that Riga and Dvinsk had been captured by anti-bolshevik forces. The Lettish information bureau In Copenhagen announced Monday that luga bad been occupied by Lettish troops. Nothing was said of Dvinsk, which is on the Lettish front. STOCKHOLM, May 21. The Estho nians, in their campaign against the bolsheviki, are pushing closer to Petro grad, according- to an Esthonlan offi cial statement received here today. This states that the Esthonians, "near Gatschina have captured the railway station of Vruga, with 700 prisoners." Bolsheviki Shoot Down Women. Gatschina is 35 miles directly south of Fetrograd. OMSK, May 13. (Russian Telegraph Agency.) Before their flight from Sarapul, southwest of Perm, the bol sheviki committed great excesses. shooting down the wives of officers and soldiers in the army of the Omsk government. Almost every night, it is reported. entire" blocks in the central part of Moscow are surrounded by detachments of bolsheviki and men, women and children of the intelligent classes are arrested and carried away. PARIS. May 22. (By the Associated Press.) President Wilson was expect ed to issue a statement on the Polish- Ukrainian hostilities today. RED OFFENSIVE PROGRESSES Bolsheviki Reported Making Head' way Against Roumanians. VIENNA, May 21. (By the Associ ated Press.) The bolshevik offensive against the Roumanians in Bessarabia is progressing, according to repors from Ukrainian sources, because of in ability of the Ukrainians to cut in be hind the bolsheviki in the direction of Kiev. General Petlura is said to be helpless because he has been deprived of the support of 50,000 west Ukrainian troops who are fighting unsuccessfully against the Poles. The advices say that the situation is considered serious for the Roumanians because they may also soon be attacked Dy the Hungarian communists. The position of the Ukrainians, it is said, is still more serious and the troops of the Moscow government are ap proaching I'etlirras base at Tarnopol. HUN SIGNATURE IS FIRST Continued From First Pace.) COMPANIES ASK HEARING Cable Interests Object to Dismissal of Burleson Suits. i WASHINGTON. May 22. The su preme court was asked in memoranda filed today by the Commercial and the Commercial Pacific Cables companies to decide upon their merits the suits brought by the companies to enjoin the postmaster-general from seizing their properties under the presidential proc lamation of last November. The companies requested that the actions" be not dismissed because the cable properties have been turned back to private control. PEACE AT LEAVENWORTH Order Restored at Army Barracks Following Outbreak of Rioting. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., May 22. The United States army disciplinary bar racks at Fort Leavenworth is back to normal today after the disturbance late yesterday, in which one prisoner was shot through the leg and several guards were hurt. Colonel Sedgwick Rice, com mandant of the institution, declaTed. The disturbance is said to have taken place when a prisoner struck a guard. A general flght ensued. BAN ON TALK IS LIFTED (Continued From First Pasre. the allies. Efforts continue to induce the United States to take over the mandatory for Constantinople, but no disposition has appeared among the American delegation to accept it. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Phone Main 7070, A 6095. ated governments, for instance, so far as concerns the restoration of private property, the search for persons who have disappeared and the care to be taken of graves. The German peace delegation presumes that, for ques tions such as these, complete reciprocity may be required for general reasons of humanity. Immediate Action Desired. "Because of the great technical dif ficulty of repatriating prisoners of war and interned civilians, especially in view of the shortage of tonnage and the lack of coal, the greatest import ance should be attached to finding a solution of all preliminary questions before the dispatch of the repatriated prisoners and interned civilians actual ly begins. For that reason the Ger man peace delegation proposes that the commission should start its delibera tions forthwith separately from all other questions. "The explanation of this proposal lies, first, in the fact that there are thousands of German prisoners of war and interned civilians in overseas coun tries, but the German delegation is likewise thinking of the Germans who are in Siberia, and whose dispatch seems to be a question not only of special urgency, but of extraordinary difficulty. Internal Policy Considered. "The German delegation for reasons of internal policy regards it of the utmost importance that the German prisoners of war and interned civilians should be returned to their homes in as normal a condition as possible, in order that they might there be brought back a rapidly as possible into th economic life of the country. That only appears possible, the precise set tlement of transport problems apart if everything possible is done to im prove the mental and physical state of those who are 'returning home. "Having regard to the present situ ation in respect of economic existence in Germany, it must be admitted that Germany is unable to do with her own resources everything required in order to secure that end. This refers espe cially to food and clothing: therefore, the German delegation thinks it desir able that the deliberations of the com mission should likewise include an ex amination of the question of the man ner in wtiich the allied and associated governments might assist Germany in the solution of these problems. Clotaiajc Question Raised. "The question arises, for instance, of supplying against repayment complete sets of clothing, underclothing and civilian clothing and footwear for the prisoners before their dispatch. "I avail myself, etc.. "BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU." Text of the reply approved by the council of the principal allied and asso ciated powers to the letter from Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau. dated May 19. 1919: "Paris. May 22, 1919. Sir: The rep resentatives of the allied and associ ated powers have given consideration to the repatriation of the German pris oners of war. In reply, they wish to state that they cannot agree that pris oners of war and civilian prisoners who have been gull yof crimes or penal of fenses should be released. These crimes and penal offenses have been comr-iited1 on allied soil and have been dealt with by the legally, constituted authorities. wimouc reference xo me iact mac me wrongdoer was a German rather than an allied citizen. Murder by German Cited. Tor instance, a certain German prisoner broke at night into the house of a farmer, on whose estate he was set to work, and murdered the farmer and his wife in cold blood with a bill-hook. For this double murder the said prisoner was sentenced to death on June 11. 1918, by a regularly con stituted courtsmartiaL Under the Berne convention, however, the exe cution of the sentence is suspended until peace is signed. Justice would certainly not be satisfied, if as a con sequence of the treaty, this murderer was repatriated. For these reasons the allied and associated powers cannot agrre to al ter the provisions of the draft treaty In respect of prisoners of war who have been g-uilty of crimes or penal offenses. - Alleviation Hardly Possible. "In regard to the second question. the German peace delegation makes no specific suggestions as to the al leviation which they would propose for the peace and their repatriation. The allied and associated powers are not aware , of what alleviation it is possible to make, seeing that they have scrupulously endeavored to ob serve both the laws of war and the I dictates of humanity in the treatment I which they have given to prisoners ot war, and that, as provided in the last section of article 218, it is essential that prisoners of war and interned civilians should remain subject to dis cipline and control pending their repatriation, in the interests of all concerned. "The German peace delegation may rest assured that it is the intention ot the allied and associated government? to treat their prisoners of war durins the period between the signing of the peace and their repatriation with full consideration of their feelngs and needs. Property Rights Recognized. "The restitution of personal property to prisoners of war constitutes a legal right which the allied and associated powers have every intention of re specting. As regards information about the missing, the allied and associated powers have always endeavored to sup ply the German' government with all information in their possession -on this subject, and they will certainly con tinue to do so after peace is signed. Concerning the care of graves, they would point out that articles 225 and 226 would appear to assure to the Ger man people that the graves of their fellow citizens shall be respected and properly maintained and that so far as Is practicable under clause 225 the bodies of their soldiers and eailors may be transferred to their own country. Reciprocity Claim Denied.' "In regard to the German request fot complete reciprocity, the representa tives of the allied and associated pow ers have to state that they feel it nec essary to include article 222, in view of the treatment which their own na tionals have received while interned in Germany during the war. As there was no parallel between the treatment which was accorded to prisoners of war by the German government on the one side, and the allied and associated powers on the other, no claim for reci procity in this respect can arise. "In regard to the third question, the representatives of the allied and asso ciated powers are ready to do every thing possible to repatriate German prisoners of war and interned civilians, properly fed and in good condition, after the conclusion of peace. They regret, -however, that the present de mands on them for the territories re cently liberated from the German yoke, as well as from their own nationals. will probably make it impossible for them to supply the prisoners of war with clothing, etc.. for which the Ger man delegation asks. Germans Mast First Sign. "Finally, in regard to the appoint ment of a commission to deal with the repatriation of prisoners. o war, the representatives of the allied and associ ated powers- will be glad to set up such commissions immediately upon the signing of the treaty of peace. They regret, however, that they do not see are notified, of the intention of the plenipotentiaries of the German em pire to sign peace. "I avail myself, etc., etc. (Signed)- "G. CLEMENCEAU.' OH Admen Plan for Convention. SAN FRANCISCO. May 22. The San Francisco Advertising club is busy to day on plans for the delegation which it will name to attend the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's convention next month in Portland. The club was ad dressed yesterday by Sydney B. Vin cent, chief of the news service depart ment of the Portland Chamber of Com merce. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Phone Main 7070. A 6095. wWFssi"sssl , There Is One Safe Place to Buy Your Piano Get our selling plan. 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