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THE 3I0RNIXG OEEGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1919.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
LAB
Covenant Accepted by Vote of
29,750 to 420.
ALIEN WORKERS PROTESTED
federation Votes to Cancel Before
July 1 So-Called Baker-Gom.
Thurston county today dismissed the
suit of the Willapa Power company to
restrain the public service 'commission
and to recover 13000 damares and $1000
attorney's fee from the Willapa Elec-
, trie company. Action against the pub
lic service commission was undertaken
to prevent the commission enforcing an
order issued in "March rescinding; an
order fixing" rates for both companies
In South Bend and Raymond the pre
ceding- rtovemaer.
The commission rescinded the later
order on a holding; that neither com'
pany had observed it. and the purpose
of ending a rate war had failed. Judge
Wright held that the complaining; com
pany was given 30 days by statute in
which to complain against the rate
and defaulted in that respect. Assist
ant Attorney-General H. H. Cleland,
legal adviser for the commission, ad
mitted the commission's second order
to be void, but the court did not rule
on this point.
Civil action Is expected to follow be
tween the rival companies in Pacific
county.
STRIKERS PLEAD FOR
pers Agreement of 1917.
WQIIA BAPTISTS MEET
ATLANTIC CITY, X. J.. June 10.
Organised labor today Indorsed the
league of nations covenant and the
labor provisions It contains, which, ac
cording to a cable message from Pres
ident Wilson, have been weakened, at'
though not materially.
In giving Us approval by a vote of
19.750 against 420, the reconstruction
convention of the American Federation
of Labor made it clear that "nothing
In the indorsement can be construed
as dnvinr fh rirht nf Belf.HeTArmfnn.
lion and freedom to Ireland as recor-I EUGENE, Or., June 30 (Special.)
nised by this convention." An amend- Tho annual convention of the Umpqua
ment containing the Irish provision Baptist association convened in Eugene
was adopted unanimously. I thla forenoon and will continue In ses-
The president's cable in replr to one mion nt11 Sunday evening. Delegate!
sent him by Samuel Uompers, president to the "umber of about 60 represent the
REV. E. T. SMITH IS ELECTED
MODERATOR AT ECGEXE.
Association Sessions Will Continue
t'ntil Sunday; Programme Is
Heard by Many,
of the federation,, asking Information
about changes reported in press dis
patches, follows:
"Your message came while I was in
Belgium and reached me too late to
make full reply, but as I Indicated in
an earlier message, while the labor pro
visions are somewhat weakened. It Is
the opinion of friends of labor and my
own opinion that they are not mate
rially weakened and that they will con
titute a most serviceable magna
charts. Will cable labor provisions.
14 churches in the counties of 'Lane,
Douglas and Coos. Moat of them ar
rived today and others will be here to
morrow. O. P. Co-show, of Roseburg,
is moderator of the association and
Rev. T. S. Mosher is clerk and treas
urer.
At this morning's session Dr. James
w. Ford, of Eugene, delivered the ad
dress of welcome in behalf of the local
church and Rev. E. H. Hayden re
sponded. Reports of committees and
other business of the convention filled
but fear It will be too late for the con- ut th J1rmlnder of the forenoon aes-
vention."
Mr. Oompers' message to -the pres
ident said In part
"Upon my advice the executive coun
cil of the American Federation of La'
bor has recommended to the f edera
tion now in -convention the Indorse
ment of the league of nations. Includ
ing the labor provisions.
"Reports published here indicate that
the labor provisions have been so
changed and weakened as to practically
Binary tneir effectiveness.'
Soon after . the report Was Intro
duced an amendment was offered to
the effect that "nothing in the In
riorscment of the league of nations
rovenant can be construed as denying
inc ireeoom or Ireland.
By unanimous vote the convention
decided to cancel before July 1 the so
railed Baker-Qompera . agreement of
June 19. 1917, which provided that
there should be no general strike dur
ing the period of the war.
Various resolutions designed to en
courage the building of more houses
were adopted? Another measure pro
tested: against the employment of alien
laborers, especially Mexican, on build
ings being erected at Fort Bliss, Ter,
and other places by the quartermaster
corps of the army. Another protested
against the importation of
slon and further reports and business
occupied the time this afternoon. The
annual sermon was delivered tonight by
Rev. T. S. Mosher.
Kev. E. T. Smith, of Junction City,
was elected moderator and Dr. J. W.
Ford, of Eugene, clerk- and treasurer.
Rev. T. S. Mosher, of Powers, was elect
ed as assistant clerk for thia session,
this afternoon. -
YAKIMA POWER DEAL MADE
Pacific Power to Take Current
J'rom Transmission Line at Llnd
YAKIMA, Wash., June 10. (Special.
Announcement, - was - made here
Wednesday' that the Pacific Power &
Light company had closed & deal' with
the Montana Power company, by which
the former will tie into the big trans
mission line of the Montana company
at Lind, and on Sunday next begin
taking power from It.
The transmission line .of the Mon
tana company extends from near Bill
ings to Seattle, and Is one of the long
est and heaviest in the northwest.
carrying a 110,000-volt current. For
the uses of the Pacific Power & Light
company this current will be -stepped
Mexican down to 66,000 volts.
labor Into sugar-beet raising - states.
Another denounced . "the injustice and
error of exempting musicians from the
alien contract labor law." .
The convention rejected a proposal
that organised labor favor extension Of
the civil service to all emnloves and
officers of the federal government un-1 Strawberry Harvest at Dallas Ends.
rter the rank of officers, on the ground
mat aucn a system would lead to
The connection will practically dou
ble the capacity of the P. P. & L.
company for power. It is expected
that the consumption during the
height of the Irrigation season will
reach 20,000 horsepower.
transfer 'Trom a republican to i
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WILLIAM SHORT HEADS LABOR
Conservative Element Triumphs in
Federation Election,
BELAJNGH AM. . Wash.. June SO.
imam Short or Seattle was over
whelmingly re-elected president late
today of the Washington Htate Federa
tion of Labor, in convention here. His
victory waa conceded to be the crown-
-I. k. . 1 . .
elernVnt" over the ,,ed rldicals'and' all pocket
anti-Uompers faction. Mur!? ,?.uant'tie" f. Si0".
Short's majority was 16 Totes out of
DALLAS, Or, June 20. (Special.)
The strawberry harvest will close to
morrow, according to Robert Fisher,
Dallas strawberry grower, who has had
large crop this year. The yield, he
said, was not as large as usual this
year. Mr. Fisher saia mat witn a lew
rains the latter part or the summer
he will be able to pick the second crop
of berries sometime during the month
of September.
Beaverton Store Looted. i
BEAVERTON, Or, June 20. (Spe
cial.) Thieves entered the store of the
Cady-Pegg company here last night.
rifled the tills ana roDDea ine store oi
GOVERflEllIT INQUIRY
Probe of Phone Company's
Fund Source Desired.
BIG SUMS REPORTED USED
Some Concessions Said to Have Been
Offered Unions as Basis for
Peace Negotiations. '
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. Wash
ington was appealed to today- by offi
cials of striking telephone operators
and linemen's unions In California and
Nevada to Investigate the source of
funds which, according to their charges.
are being used by the Pacific Telephone
Telegraph company to break the
strike. Union leaders reported that
men were being recruited here to take
the places of striking girls and that
large sums were being spent for sup
plies.
The telephone company ' maintained
silence regarding the situation.
Before continuing a conference with
the telephone officials today to present
new set of demands, union officials
announced that an ultimatum was being
framed, which If presented, would cut
off negotiations after tomorrow and re
sult in locals in Oregon and Washing
ton being called out-
Some Concessions Offered.
Telephone company officials were said
by the union leaders to have given an
attentive ear to their demands and to
have offered concessions which would
be made a basis for negotiations if the
strikers returned.
Today's conference was again con
tinued after the workers had presented
their demands, D. P. Fullerton, the con
feree of the company, announcing that
he wouVi call the session again as soon
as he had digested the demands and
submitted them to other authorities
authorised to act. It was indicated
that this conference would take place
tomorrow. ,
Worthy Horsman, Seattle, and C. W.
Hurd, Portland, were added today to
the committee named by the unions
esterday to negotiate with the com-:
pany. I
Service Still Crippled. j
Admission that they" were winning no
new members to their ranks from the
WeBtern Union company, but that the
company was badly crippled on account
of other strikes, was made by officials
of the striking telegraphers' union
here today. The Postal Telegraph
company . continued to admit crippled
ervice, but the Western Union said its
situation had not been changed mate
rially. But few telegraphers in that
company belong to the union, accord
ing to the company.
CHICAGO, June 29. The commercial
telegraphers' strike, according to
statement from strike headquarters
here today, will continue as long as
the "Wilson administration stands on
record as denying us the right which
President Wilson says all workers are
entitled to.
Strikers Claim Gains.
The statement charged that the tele
graph companies attempted to take ad
vantage "of our awaiting action by
the American Federation of La Dor re
circulating false reports about deser
tions from our ranks and that the
strike would soon be over."
"After first declaring no one had
struck," the statement continues, "now
they are offering fancy inducements for
strikers to return. As a matter of fact.
the gains have been all on our side."
The statement was made that the
number of telephone workers on strike
was increasing steadily and would so
continue.
Commercial companies said that con
ditions here were unchanged and that
business was normal.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 20. Con
ferences to be held within the next
few days with officials of the Pacific
Telephone company at San Francisco
by representatives of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will
decide the question of calling a general
strike on mionday of electrical workers
throughout the Pacific coast district.
which Includes five states, according
to a statement made today by Secre
tary Charles P. Ford of the electrical
workers union.
WORKERS ASKED TO REVOLT
Red Pamphlets Placed Before Leg'
islative Committee.
NEW YORK, June 20. Pamphlets
written by Nikolai Lenine and Leon
Trotzky, in which direct appeals wore
made to American workers to rise up
and take things in their own hands,
were included in a mass of documents
and papers seised at the Russian Boviet
bureau here' which were introduced as
evidence yesterday at the hearing of the
legislative committee investigating ooi
shevlsm in this state. The names of
many prominent American radicals fig
ure in the correspondence.
One document made public was
a mailing list of 500 names, which in
eluded Leonard Abbott, Dr. George W.
Klrchwey, Fola La Follette, Amos
Pinchot, Scott :Nearing, Colonel Ray
mond Robins, Paul V. Kelogg and Louis
Lochner.
RAID UNCOVERS BREWERY
Yakima Officers Confiscate 5 00
Bottles of Liquid.
YAKIMA, Wash., June 20". The sher
iff's office today was stacked with be
tween 400 and 500 bottles of "near
beer," and Logan Wharton was under
arrest as a result of a raid made
upon an improvised brewery recently
established by Wharton in the southern
part of the city.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
722 cast. Tom Russell. Tacoma, sup
ported by the so-called radical labor
wing; declined to accent nomination.
and his candidate. F. K. Clifford, of the
Tacoma shipyard laborers, was noml
Bated In flm stead.
clothing. F. W. Cady. president of the
firm, estimates the loss at about izou.
Entrance was gained through a
window.
S. K. green stamps for cm fa.
Holman. Fuel Co.. Main 151. A 135.
Rlockwoed. short slabwood. Rook
After a bluer fight- the convention 1 tnrlnii and Utah coal: sawdust. Ad.
wirciea one oi live promotion resolu
tions offered and adopted It. The res
olutlon severely castigates Samuel
Oompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, for his stand
against complete national prohibition
Following this the convention In
structed Its secretary to send a tele
gram to the American Federation of
Labor convention at Atlantic City con
demning the "officials of the American
Federation of Labor for their support
or the liquor traffic" and also con
demning the trip made by delegates
from Atlantic City to Washington In a
"boose special" to conduct a protest
demonstration in front of the national
capitoL ...
The telegram declares that Wash
ington organised labor "stands em
phatically for national prohibtion.
The fight In the convention was
clearly between supporters of Uompers
policies and those against Gompers.
Financial support of the Tacoma Sol
diers' and Sailors' council. In Its con
test with the city government of Ta
coma over the sale of tags, was voted
this morning.
C. R. Cotterell, a granger of Seattle,
reported to the convention that food
for the British Columbia strikers should
be assembled in Bellingham and at his
request the federation agreed to see
that a carload of supplies reached the
"proper destination."
At tonight's session the radical ele
ment scored a victory when they elected
L. W. Buck of Seattle secretary-treasurer
over Charles Terry Taylor, in
cumbent Taylor was defeated by 11
votes. Spokane was selected for next
year's convention.
UNUSUAL REUNION IS HELD
Mrs. Mary Cram of Hood River
Greets Her Large Family.
HOOD RIVER. Or June 10. (Spe
cial.) A remarkable family reunion
was held the past several days at the
home of Mrs. Mary Ann Cram and her
son. Frank A. Cram, a local merchant.
Mrs. Cram, now Si years ef age, is
the mother of six sons, all prominent
In northwestern business life, and four
laughters. With the exception of a
sinrle daughter, all of the children
were here to greet their mother.
Nine grandchildren and one great
granddaughter, little Miss Jeanne
"ram. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Cram of Gateway, were present.
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