3 of the company by the strikers. The previous wage was 48 cents an bour and a reduction announced by the company yesterday was to 34 cents an hour. The strike vote was 968 to 2. ; Company officials concede that the new wage scale is insufficient, but de clare the reduction was the only alter native to a receivership. They declare the company haa not paid dividends lifetime Aluminum Ware Attractively Priced! Seven-cup Percolators; special. . . .$1.79 Colanders; special .'...$1.59 Fruit Funnels; special 27 Tea Kettles; special $2.79 Cast Fry Pans; special; .$2.79 Crockery & Glassware For Little Money! Stone Tea Pots 45, 70?," $1.23 Syrup Mugs; special. ..350 Glass Cream Pitchers. ...... .350, 400 Ten-piece Casserole Sets.' .$1.29 f for several years. At a meeting today 23 linemen and sub-station operators voted to strike In sympathy with the trainmen. Labor Official Who Predicts Coercion of Employes to Buy The company Inserted advertisements Plan Will Fail Is Hooted. Liberty Bonds Opposed. lo local and out-of-town newspaper for strikebreakers. Efforts of the tramway company to restore partial service precipitated the first hints of violence. Two cars, SUMMER NEEDS AT PRICES THAT SAVE YOU MONEY! CANADIAN IDEA ADOPTED which the company was attempting to WITNESS BACKS ASSERTION run with non-union crews, were seized by crowds of strikers and driven back to their respective barns. THE MORNTXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919. W BIG INT MEET H1DICULES OPPONENTS GILBERT ADMITS WAR PAMPHLET WRITINGS First, Second and Alder Streets i . i Leaders mt, Butte Labor Convention bay MoTcmnt Will Spread . Throughout Cnitcd States. BCTTE. Mont.. July . With the se- Irrtton of Crtat Falls as the city for the next convention which will be held about August IS, and with organiza tion of the "one big union of wage workers" completed. Butte's labor con vention ended here today. Before ad journment a, resolution was adopted demanding that the government with draw troops from Russia and asking recomltion by the Inited States of the aoviet government of Russia William Houston, organiser of the United Mine Workera of America, ad dressed the deleirates after the chair man had read a. letter from Kngene V. Debs Indorsing him. Houston was hooted when he declared general atrlkea and general unions a failure .-nd declared that no funds raised by the I'nit.d Mine Workera could be di verted to the use of the "one big union." and asked that any member ot the United Mine Workera who should bo given membership in the "one big union" be advised that he would be automatically dropped from the mem bership rolla of the United Mine worn era. Delegates Moody Mlitrs. Tha attendance at today's cession was a little lighter than cterday. when about SO delegates were seated. The delegates represented unions in Rutte. Great Falls. Livingston. Miles 'ity and Lewlstrwn. Points In Oregon Idaho. Washington and Arisona were also represented by a few delegates. Most el the men seated In the con vention wer metal or coal miners. The L W. W. was represented by a committee, and members of the or ganization took a prominent part In the sessions. 1. W. W. organisers from utside of this state also were present. Among the leaders In the movement here are Canadians more or less promt nently Identified with the "one big union" organization of Canada. Joe Knight, a member of the carpenters' union at Winnipeg, took a leading part in the convention and advocated the adoption of the Winnipeg plan. C. W. tellers ot Washington and Arizona, who aaid he was an I. W. V., and C. P. Gateman of Kdmonton, Alberta, were also anion's the leaders. Canadian Plaa Adopted. The "one big union." convention was Called by the metal mine workers' union No. 1 of America of Butte, an independ ent organization of which Tom Camp bell is the head. The sessions began Sunday. The constitution of the Canadian "one big union" convention with Its pream ble was adopted almost word for word, the principal change being in the amount of pay provided for members of the executive committee. The "one big union" as outlined In the meeting here provides a plan for collective bargaining, the demands of one labor group to be supported by every other and the general strike to i-onstitute a weapon to force com pliance on the part of the employers. The preamble begins with these words: Orgaalaatloa Held Hope. "Modern Industrial society is divided Into two classes those who possess and to not produce, and those who produce and do not possess. Reference is then made to the "class struggle in which It is declared there can be no compromise and which can be won by the workers only through organization. Throughout all of the session of tne convention antagonism wae expressed toward the American federation, som or the speakers denouncing that or ganixation in the most spirited terms. The leaders express satisfaction over The work of the convention and sa that they believe that It Is the begin ning of a movement that is destined to prcad throughout the United Slates. 100 POLICEMEN WANTED CHIEF J O H X S O X OUTLINES XEEDS 'TO MAYOR. Additions to Force and Xcw Equip ment Held Necessary to Protect . Outlying Districts. The police bureau needs 100 addi tional men and much new equipment to enable it to handle Its work prop erly, according to a letter Chief of Po- ice Johnson has written to Mayor Bak er and the city council. The chief says hat the shortest beat In the city Is IS blocks in size, while many are greatly larger. Chief Johnson says the force has not been enlarged with the growth of the ity during the war and is now much smaller than the force maintained by most cities of equal size. He finds that Portland has 113 less policemen than Seattle. less than one-third as many as San Francisco and less than half as many as Los Angeles or Cincinnati. "A family in Lenta Is entitled to the same protection as a family in the Nob Hill district." says the letter. "Portland has 66 square miles of territory within Its corporate limits. The river splits it In two. which means, in fact, two cities. The outlying districts, some of which contain banks which must be policed, have grown, and more men are necessary to cover them. 'Wealth Coined From Blood of Sol diers,' ex-Organizer of Jion-Par-tisan League Tells Jury. ENFORCEMENT ACT CALLED BITTER FIGHT LOOMING OVER PROHIBITION MEASURE. Debate Expected to End Thursday, With Final Vote Set for Latter Part of Week. WASHINGTON. July S.By a vote of 35 to 5?. the house today adopted resolution providing for Immediate consideration of prontbition enforce ment legislation as recommended by the Judiciary committee, and limiting general debate to 12 hours. The resolution was adopted after sharp debate. House leaders expect that a vote on the bill will be reached either Friday or Saturday after a bit ter fi;rht. General debate probably will end Thursday, and then the meas ure will be taken for amendment. There was every indication that op ponents of prohibition would exhaust every effort to delay passage of th measure. Because of the tactics of op ponents, some members said it was doubtful whether a vote would be taken this week. EUGENE HAS BIG FIRE LOSS OF PLANING MILL AND HOMES PIT AT SSO.OOO. flarar. Believed to Have Been Caused by Hot Box. Are Fought With Difficulty. UGEVE, Or.. July $ Special i Fire today dcMroyrd the South Wit Uirette planing mill and four old reel dences in the southern part of thi fity. causing a loss of J?.000 to IJ3.00O. The planing mill, which w-aa built '2 years ao. waa om-nrd by the Booth- eily Lumber company, which took it oer nine ears ago. The fire started hrnrath the working floor of the mill, rreeumably from a hot box. and spread rapidly that the vorkmen were un able lo get even their coats. Two men were forced to dash -through a curtain ef fUmea to reach safety. They were ro: injured. In a very few minutes the whole building was a mass of flames and the city firemen, unable to check them, devoted their attention to saving nearby residences. It is not known whether or not the hmes destroyed were Insured. The firemen with difficulty prevented the nre rrom spreading to the high school and a number of costly residences on College hil!. STRIKE 1208 FIPLOYES PROTEST DICTION IN WAGES. RE- Company Officials Say New Scale Only Alternative to Receivership. Car Service Para!) zed. DENVER. Colo. July t. Street car service in Denver was paralysed today by a strike of 1109 trainmen and shop men of the Denver Tramway company. The strike was authorized at a meet ing of union employes after midnight and became effective at 4 o'clock, fol lowing announcement ot a reduction of wages. Tramway officials said an effort would b made to operate cars with non-union labor. Early this morning the tienp was complete, officials ot the company admitting that none but mail cars and a milk train waa run nittg. Several large employers used trucks to bring their employes to work. A maximum wage of 70 cents an hour and recognition of the union was Incorporated in demands to be made R0TARIANS'WIVES GUESTS Annual Social Event Is Held at Hotel Benson. Hotarians of Portland dined at the Hotel Benson last evening, when the occasion of their meeting was that of "ladles' night," an annual social event at which the guests of honor ane the wives of members of the civic organi zation. Fully -00 members and guests were present at the banquet, which was spread in the crystal dining room. Reports from delegates to the recent national convention of Rotary clubs, with an address by Kstes Snedecor, sec ond vice-president of the Internationa association, in which he discussed his recent trip abroad, formed the speak ing portion of the -programme. Vocal and instrumental music entertained th club during dinner. JACKSON. Minn.. July S. President A. C. Townley, of the Non-Partisan league, was not called as a witness today. Townley and Joseph Gilbert, a former league organizer, are being tried on a charge of having conspired to teaah disloyalty during the war. Gilbert took the stand for cross-examination this morning. His direct examination was completed Just before court adjourned yesterday. Gilbert testified upon cross-examina tion by Prosecuting Attorney E. H. Nicholas that he had been editor of several newspapers before he came to the Non-Partisan league. His last po sition before joining the league staff was editor of the Seattle Herald. Was that a socialist organ?" asked Nicholas. Writings Arc Admitted. I would not call it a socialist organ. Half the socialists there were opposed to it." replied Gilbert. With regard to the league's war pro gramme, the witness testified that he wrote portions of the pamphlet. "Did you write this?" the prosecuting attorney asked, " 'we are unalterably opposed to permitting stockholders of private corporations to reap enormous profits while at the same time a species of coercion is exercised toward already poorly paid employes of both sexes in urging them to purchase government bonds to help finance the war?"' Gilbert Backs Statement. "Yes," replied the witness, "and I believe It." "You wanted to tell the people this too, to conscript men and exempt the bloodstained wealth coined from the sufferings of humanity ia repugnant to the-spirit of America and contrary to the ideals of democracy?' "It certainly is." 'You wanted the people to under stand that wealth was being coined from the blood of our soldiers?" 'That's what It says." replied Gilbert, referring to the war pamphlet. USE OF LIQUORS PERMITTED Nebraska Allows Beverage if Pur- ' chased Before Law Effective. LINCOLN, Neb.. July S. The moder ate use of liquor as a beverage by householders in Nebraska, if'purchased before the prohibition law went into effect, is legal, according to adecision handed down by the Nebraska supreme court today. Men Strike for Closed Shop. CHICAGO. July S. Employes of the Corn Products Refining company at Argo. Ill, went on a strike today, de manding a closed shop. The men have an eight-hour day and received an in crease in wages July 1. Officials of the plant at Argo declared that not more than one-half of the 2000 men employed left their posts and that the plant was etui in partial operation. They dented a report that the work men at other Illinois plants of the com pany had gone bn a strike. WINDS CHECK CROP RUST No Material Damage in Red River Valley, Is Report. FARGO. N. D.. July X. No material damage has been done to crops in the Rd river valley and probably will not occur from tne prevalence or black rust in the valley, according to Dean 11. K. Bolley of the Norm Dakota Agricultural college. "All of these dry winds of the past few days have tended toward the hastening of crop formation and to ward the checking of the rust," Dean Bolley said today. CLEVELAND CARMEN WIN Increase of IS Cents an Hour Puts End to Strike. CLEVELAND. July . The strike of Sno union street car men which has tied up traffic here since Sunday ended ast night, when President John J. tUan- ey of the Cleveland Railway company accepted Mayor Harry L. Davis propo sal to arbitrate the company's demand for an Increase In the dividend rate from per cent to 7 per cent. The men s demands for a 13-cent-an- hour increase in wages were granted. Car service will be rrsumed today. SENATE READY FOR WILSON Tnttmi'-ji Vrom First Pg- Kelso Cheese Factory Ready. KELSO, Wash.. July 8. (Special.) Th Kelso cheese factory, with E. K. sswein as proprietor, is ready to op rate. Sir. Esswein comes here from Woodland. He purchased a building on Oaf and Fifth streets and has com pletely remodeled it. The vats and other equipment have been installed and Mr. Esswein has notified dairymen to start delivering milk. Hood River to Have Park. - TIOOD RIVER, Or.. July S. (Spe ciai While the auditing committee has not finished with its work, it has been ascertained that well over $1000 was cleared by the Hood River com mercial club from concessions at the Fourth of July celebration and the city is assured a purchase prioe for a three acre tract. Just west of town, which will be used for an automobile park. Extra Sugar Dividend Declared. NEW TORK, July 8. The American Sugar Refining company today declared an extra dividend of of 1 per cent on its common stock, together with usual quarterly disbursements of li per cent each on common and preferred shares. A simi.ar extra common divi dend was declared three months ago. French Permit Imports. PARIS. July 8. (Havaa.) Decrees suppressing almost entirely prohibi tions against 'mports into France were signed by President Polncare today after a meeting of the cabinet to dis cuss the question of the high cost of living. The prohibitions will apply to only about a dozen articles. Summer Hats for Men Genuine Panamas Only $5 Genuine Toyos Only $3.50 Dress Straws $3 and $2.50 Values, Special Cleanup 50c Silk Poplin Si the Yard We show this popular material in 36-inch width; the colors are peach, red, navy, pink, bronze, brown, gray, yellow, tan, light blue, white and burgundy. Take advantage. GROCERIES M. J. B. Rice; 5-Ib. sack..4O0 Pineapple; No. 2 can. . . .250 CRISCQ 3-1 b. earn . 6-lb. can. . a-lb. can. . S1.15 . 2.20 New Percale 33c the Yard A good heavy material, 36 inches wide. We show it in light, dark and in plaids. ' Women's and Chil dren's Middys $1.49 Choose from white galatea or fine twill; collars and cuffs in either light -or dark blue. Bathing Suits for Men $1.50 to $5.50 Men's Sport Shirts In all the newest summer novelties $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 Vacation Specials Gillette Razor Blade 1 don. tor SI as Gillette Razors, special now for S4.69 Wire Camp Stores! 25c. 35c1 One. a;al. Water Bags for. .65c? Get yonr hunting- and fishing; license In oar fishing tackle de partment. - - Envelope Chemises Only $1.19 Daintily made of fine nainsook; lace and embroidery trimmed. UNION SUITS FOR MEN Athletic 850 Balbriggan $1.25 Staple Cigars at Bargain Prices White OwlasSS in box SI. 75 Owla; 50 In box 3.00 Little Bobble, 50 box.. 2.85 Little Rol-Tsni 50 box 2.85 Sam'l I. Davis 1886 rea-nlar S6 special. . 5.00 Van Dyck. staple; box. o.oO Van Pyck victory! box 4.25 Children's Muslin Gowns 79c, 89c In'ages 4 to 14 years; good muslins, embroidery and lace trimmed. Towel Specials Huck Towels..... 220, 250, 350 Bath Towels 250, 350, 490 Low Footwear Whatever we offer in footwear, you may depend upon it, we sell it for less. To buy here is to save. White "Mary Jane" Tennis Pumps With Rubber Soles Children's, 8 to 10 '2 . . . ,85d Misses', 12 to 2 98d Women's, 3 to 8 9Sd Children's Brown "Muleskin" Barefoot SANDALS 75 Worth twice the price. They have soft uppers, leather soles. We show them in sizes from 6 to 11. T SECOXD GUARD COMPANY IS IN CLUDED AMOXG ARRIVALS. Xew Tork and Charleston Greet Big Batches or Soldiers Returned From Overseas. XEW TORK. July 8. The transport George Washington, arriving today from Brest, brought "08 officers and 2286 troops. Included in this number were 116 officers. 224 enlisted men and S6 civilians composing the Second Guard company of the peace commis sion and the presidential party. Other units aboard were the 6ud, 64th, 65th. 69th and 70th companies (trans portation corps), 463d aero squadron. 48th administration company, 302d and 338d butchery company. 45th and 115th camp hospitals, 307th and 506th laundry units, 3d sanitary squad, 9th salvage sound. 309th and 324th supply com panies, 318th sales commissary unit, the 1240th and 1275th onto casual com panies and the 2d casual company (dis trict of Paris). One hundred and fifty convalescent soldiers from the 344th Brest detach ment were also aboard. The transport Muskatlne from fct Nazaire also arrived here, having been diverted from Charleston, S. C. CHARLESTON. S. C July 8. The transport General Goethals arrived to day from St. Nazaine, France. with 1416 officers and men. units on hoard included 260th, 806th. 807th and 809th companies, transportation corps, 426th and 627th motor transport companies and sanitary squads 15 and 69. RISH REPUBLIC MAY RISE (Conrlnufd From first Page.) rentiests have been made that the tires lent veto this measure, but apparently no one tn Wasr.inirtOTi knows the prcs- derts mind on this subject. J I ia understood the president hoped ' corfer t mcrrtw with members of he senate foreign relations committee nd leading administration officials. Acting Secretary of State Folk will probably discuss with Mr. Wilson the proposal that he go to Paris to take he place ot Secretary Lancing at the peae conference. Tne itinerary of the presidents swing around the circle" still is un-ettled. The president s speech will bi sent to the printing office tomorrow. Chehalis Band Leader Resigns. CHEHALIS. Wash., July f. (Spe cial.) G. L Thacker, Chehalis. attor- ey, who for the past six years haa led he Chehalis concert band, haa an nounced his voluntary retirement. Mr. Thacker will take an active hand in elptng' to maintain the organization which will now be under the director- hip of J. B. Seavey. Chehalis Jeweler. who has had it years' experience as a band p.layer. Contest for Justice Lively. SOUTH BEXD, Wash., July g.(Spe- cial.) A lively contest will be waged this week before the board of county commissioners between the friends of Mike Crowley and J. T. Dorriere to se cure for their respective candidates the position of justice of the peace of the Raymond precinct. The office is a sal. aried one and pays Jl-00 a year. Portland Couple to Wed. - CHEHALIS. Wash., July 8. (Spe cial, i jiarriage licenses were granted to Charles H. Harlan and Mary Angle. both of Tacoma. Wash.; Edward Miller of Seattle and Miss- Lenora E. Yeager of Centralis; C. Lloyd and Inez Nash, Portland, Or. Pershing to Visit London. PARIS, July 8. General Pershing will accompany a detachment of 3200 Ameri can troops who will go to London to take part in the Victory celebration there July 19. The visit of the soldiers to London may be prolonged until July 26. French Killed at Finmc. ROME. Monifay. July 7. About a dozen men. mostly French colonial sol diers, were killed at Flume during the recent disorders there in which allied forces and Italians participated. Burleson Denies Resignation. WASHINGTON. July 8. Postmaster- General Burleson today declared there was no lounaAuvn iui rcpuria ini uei had sent his resignation to President I Wilson, ; J British prime minister thereupon ex pressed a desire to meet us in con ference, and. pending the fixing of a date for this conference, gave us diplo matic passports to visit Ireland, ex pressing a desire that we should visit all portions of that country. Including Belfast. "We went to Ireland and thus were ablo to give to President Wilson, the American commission and to the world a true, unvarnished story of English atrocities' and military misrule in Ire land. We compelled the castle author ities in Dublin and finally the whole English and Irish press to take up and discuss openly the scandal of military occupation and oppression. "We compelled them to admit that the1 right of trial by jury, the right of habeas corpus and all the other safe guards usually thrown around a people in civilized countries had been over thrown in Ireland, and that British domination was sustained only by the presence of an enormous army of oc cupation equipped with all the murder ous weapons of actual modern warfare. League Membership Wanted. "We have plainly shown to the Amer ican commissioners that Ireland is. not in the position of seeking favors from England, but is in the position of de manding from the world's conference recognition as a de facto and de jure government, and as having the right to- become a member of he league of nations. "We are confident of the outcome. Eighty per cent of the people of Ire land 'demand a republic and are en deavoring to function as a republic, and its people will not be content with anything but a republic. "The English government now stands at the bar in the court of public opin ion and before many months must with draw its army of occupation and allow the Irish nation to govern the Irish people or be convicted of tyrannical misgovernment such as does not exist elsewhere in Europe or America." Lloyd George's Words nefuted. Mr. Walsh asserted that despite Mr. Lloyd George's declaration that Eng land does not seek a yard of territory since the war England has not only suppressed the movement for a free Ireland but "has seized vast territory' in Egypt, German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, German Samoan Islands, Naura, the Bismarck archipel ago. German islands of the Solomon group and the German portion of New Guinea." "The strategic advantage won by England through the seizure of this territory," he said, "Is the rape of Egypt and the transfer to England of Turkey s power in relation to the Suez canal gives her political control over every drop of salt water in the world and makes not only the Mediterranean but all the seas mere British lakes. England Considered Dominant. "England likewise is dominant in the control of the league of nations. Sir Eric Drummond being given the sec retariat, he is now perfecting his or ganization in the shadow of Westmin ster hall in London. "This secretariat control is second only to its acquisitions of territorial riches. European statesmen agreed that the secretary of the league of nations will be a more powerful factor in hold ing England's imperialistic gains and further her aggressions than would be the control of a clear majority of rep resentatives in that body of which England alone has five to America's one." HIGHAYMEN NOT FOUND Phil Metschan Jr. Works Despite Injuries Suffered in Battle. Phil Metschan Jr., proprietor of the Imperial hotel, was able to attend to business affairs yesterday, despite his battle with two highwaymen at East Water and Belmont streets Monday night. The robbers beat him into sub mission when he resisted. The highwaymen jumped on the run- nine board of the automobile with drawn revolvers and ordrered Mr. Metschan to throw up his hands. In stead of obeying, he struck one of the men. The other man struck back with his revolver, cutting Mr. Metschan's face. After they had subdued him. they took him to a dark spot and robbed him of cash and papers. Police had found no trace or tne highwaymen yesterday. Mr. Metschan could give only a meager description of his assailants. LEPER'S CASE IS DELAYED Departure of Oriental Awaits De cision asto Status. Louie Pby, Chinaman, who was in terned April 20 at the county hospital suffering from leprosy, may have to be kept here for some time before he can be sent to a leper colony as the re sult of complications which have arisen as to his status. The oriental came to Portland April 19 and reported at the police emergency hospital suffering from a "burn." He was taken to the county hospital and there Dr. Thomas Wynn Watts di agnosed the case as leprosy. County officials immediately took the case up with the state health department to have the man sent to a leper colony. Dr. David Roberg. stata health of ficer, immediately informed the health authorities at Washington. In answer, he was advised that it would be neces sary to take the matter up with the Chinese government. Tou will enjoy Closset & Devers, i cup of Kuraya tea. Portland. Adv. Phone your wants ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070. A 6095. 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