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THE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2. 1019. MDIGALS BEATEN AT -LABOR ELECTIOfl entire strength at this meeting in order to stave off defeat and they will never again be able to procure as heavy a representation as they did tonight," the radicals explained. "The radical ele ment, however, never quits. "They will keep right on with their propaganda and efforts to revolutionize this council, and within the next few weeks we will gain the controlling hand despite the election of the con servative ticket." Both Harry Anderson and "W. E. Kim sey, newly-elected president and vice president, said they would continue with the same policies as in the past. They anticipated no trouble because of the rift caused by the determined ef fort of the "reds" to gain control of the organization. WOMAN-APPEALS FOR FREEDOM OF IRELAND starts TODAY; r i t i LATEST NEWS PICTURES CouRcil Conservatives Win Sweeping Victory.. America Would Rebel, Avers Friends' Vice-President. I BaaLMWtil 1 AFhCRSON IS PRESIDENT GREAT BRITAIN CRITICISED BENSON HOTEL SALE MADE EX-GOVERXOR OF XORTH DA KOTA TO BE NEW OWNER. XesoIuUon Condemning Editorial in Labor Press Tabled Ses sion Is Dramatic. Mrs. Mary F. McWhorter of Chicago Says America Does Xot Real ize Dangers Faced. 6 S . j PEOPLES If MJIW V" l II J w inamm, in n i a.. miw" - -, ,- '' ' "v Leclsive defeat of the movement to place the "red" faction in control of the Central Labor council was admin istered Thursday night when the con servative ticket, headed by Harry An derson for president, won a sweeping victory in the semi-annual election of the council. The official tabulation of votes, which was completed at 1 o'clock in the morning, gave Anderson 156 votes as against 93 for C. A. Strickland, can didate of the radical forces. All other candidates of the conserva tive ticket won by as large or even greater majorities or pluralities. W. H. Kimsey, conservative candidate for the vice-presidency, defeated Joe Thornton, radical candidate, 153 to 90. C. S. Hartwig, with 196 votes, J. S. Haughey, with 130 votes, and H. K. Kidney, with 174 votes, were elected trustees. Charles Saunders and I. M. Hayes, radicals, lost. Steam Roller In Applied. Frank Hannan, conservative, was elected as a member of the executive board of control, and E. H. Pickard, conservative, was elected reading clerk. K. J. Stack, conservative, was elected secretary-treasurer without op position, as was C. C. Hoffman, con servative, candidate for warden. The session was not without its dra matic moments, although the expected verbal combat between the rival fac tions failed to materialize. The con servatives, with President Anderson in the chair, applied the steam roller ef fectively and nipped in the bud every effort of the "red" forces to start trouble. Radical' Efforts Fall. Repeated efforts officially to de nounce and condemn C. M. Rynerson, editor of the Oregon Labor Press, for the publication of editorials attacking the "red" element among the labor unions, likewise met with instant failure. The first resolution of condemnation, which was received from the metal trades council, was tabled by a vote of i 100 to 82, although the radicals made a determined but ineffectual effort to fight the issue on the floor of the rouncil. No sooner, had this resolution been disposed of when another of simi- ; lar import was received from the ship wright's union, but this also was ta bled by a vote of 98 to 77. It was during the spirited deba-3 on this latter resolution that D. Vincent, delegate from the molders union, be- j gan to curse those who opposed him. i No sooner had the words escaped his lips than cries of "Throw- him out" rang from every part of the hall. In a moment delegates rushed at him and carried him bodily from the hall. The meeting was at once in an uproar. From one corner of the room came a motion to bar him from or ganized labor for all time. Motion fol lowed motion in quick order. Even the radicals, to which faction Vincent be longs, refused to come to his aid as a result of his language in a meeting sprinkled with women delegates. After the various motions, amend ments and amendments to amendments finally were analyzed, the president an nounced that the council had voted to bur Vincent from meetings of the coun cil for six months and that even at ihe expiration of that time he must apologize to the council before bgng seated as a delegate. Radical Removed From Room. "William Williams, another of the "red" faction, also was taken from the room because of language which was offensive to the council. Williams, it was said, went to ihe meeting so in toxicated ho had to he assisted to the front of the hall to cust his ballot. His fellow union members said he had also 4-reated a disturbance at a meeting of his own union an hour before the coun cil meeting and had been knocked down by one of his union brothers. The "red" faction introduced a reso lution changing the constitution to provide that all officers should serve for one year instead of six months. They had presented this resolution confident that their ticket would win over the conservatives, but when they (h w defeat staring them in the face t hey acquiesced in a motion to delay action on the resolution until next Thursday night. Recall of Officers Asked. The resolution called for the recall of all officers of the council. Another resolution, providing for the firect removal of Kditor Rynerson of the Labor Press, was not placed before the council for action. President Ander son ruling, after it had been read, that it was a matter for the board of con trol and not for Cne council as a body. All other unii matters which were laid over from last Thursday night failed to come 1ip for consideration last night, as the &ssing on credentials and the voting of delegates continued until the regular hojr of closing the meeting. 10:45. Efforts to prolong the meeting were voted down, but the room re mnined crowdea with labor delegates until early this morning in order to har the rerul or the vote. j. A. Strickland, defeated red can didate1, issued a short statement. which he said he would continue to work for the best interests of the coun cil in spite of his defeat. He said he was a revolutionist and that he would continue with his revolutionary propa ganda. He predicted the spirited elec tion contest would result in good for the council. Other radicals, however, were not so charitable and the boast was made by some of their number tit Mr. Anderson would be compelled to resign the presi dency within two months. "The conservatives m visterert their Rights Are Exercised and Property Will Be Taken Over by Rep resentative of Purchaser. Transfer of the Benson hotel, under terms of an option obtained about July 15 by ex-Governor L. B. Hanna of Fargo, D., was effected yesterday, according to Percy Smith, manager of the big hostelry. The hotel was taken over by the firm of Keller & Boyd, who represent Mr. Hanna and are associated with him, according to Mr. Smith. Neither of these men are here, but arrangements have been made by correspondence for exercise of the option and the. taking over of the hotel. Manager Smith has received full in structions for taking over the property from the Benson Hotel company. Ar- rangements had even extended so far. he stated, as to include the turning over to him of funds for operation of the hotel until the new proprietors ar rive on the scene. It is expected that Mr. Keller or Mr. Boyd, possibly both. will reach Portland in about two weeks. These men have charge of large h(.els in Fargo and Mandan, N. D., where they are jointly interested with Mr. Hanna. From indirect sources it was learned at the time the option was taken on the Benson that the price was stipulated at $900,000. The hostelry cost approx imately $400,000 more than this when constructed, it is said. Mr. Hanna, who was formerly gov ernor of North Dakota, and for one or two terms was a representative from that state, is already a heavy taxpayer in Oregon, though the fact is not gen erally known. As his chief interest he is principal owner of the Benson Log ging company, which he purchased from S. Benson a few years ago. Mr. Smith has represented Mr. Ben son in conduct of the hotel for about four yeavs and has been active manager for one year. MRS. FISHER GETS CARE Hospitality Extended to Wife of Al leged Agitator. Although police arrested James Fisher, alleged "red" agitator, and drove him from the city, they extended all pos sible hospitality to his wife, who ar rived here from Butte, Mont., in finan cial difficulties Thursday. Mrs. Fisher started for Portland as soon as she earned of- her husband's arrest and before she had received funds which her husband sent her' before he went to Seattle. Mrs. Fisher asked Captain Inskeep for advice when she was unable to find her husband. Leaders of the radical element were too busy with election of officers at the central labor council give her assistance, so police ar ranged a room for her at headquarters. Fisher left Portland Wednesday after Municipal Judge Rossman had given him the alternative of going or serving a jail sentence. v "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be gen uine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an un broken Bayer package which contains proper directions to safely relieve Head- ache. Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia. Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of 11 tablets cost but a few cents at drue stores larger packages also. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture 6t Monoacetlcacidester of eaUcyllcaeio. -ait. H0T0S ARE FIRE EVIDENCE Destruction of Planes Testified to by Overseas Soldier. DENVER, Aug. 1. To substantiate charges made in New York yesterday that millions of dollars' worth of air planes were burned under orders of American m ilitary officers in France Private C. .11. Johnson of Denver, re cent I y returned from the air service overseas, exhibited a large number of pictures, which he says he took with a camera, of planes being destroyed at Komorantin, France. The burning of airplanes was a daily occurrence in Romorantin," he said. "I helped heap airplane parts upon the piles, which would oftentimes be 20 feet high. The soldiers called the planes to be burned 'liberty bonds and the flaes 'liberty bond fires. All parts ex cept the motors were burr.ed.' Johnson said he secured So pictures, MUTE BEGGAR ARRESTED lover Latourell, 18, Is Held Charge of Vagrancy. Two federal officials arrested Lover Latourell, 18. on a charge of vagrancy Thursday night after he showed them a paper begging assistance because he was deaf and dumb. The operatives turned the prisoner over to the police. Ralph Davis. 225 west Park street. reported to police that a wallet con taining three dollars had been stolen from his locker at the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic club. Fatrolmen Nelson and Traver arrested Joe Mulke, 6ft, a mechanic, and charged him with violat ing the prohibition law. The police seized two pints of alcohol as evidence. EX-JUDGE WOODWARD DIES Pioneer Lawyer Is Survived by Fonr Children. John H. Woodward. S3, ex-judge of Multnomah county court,' and a pioneer lawyer in the state, died Thursday night at the home of his daughter. Mrs. M. "V. Bracons. He came to Oregon about 43 years ago. Judge Woodward was born in Hector, X. Y.. and studied law In that state. He Is survived by four children, Lewis V. Woodward, Mrs. C. H. Noble and Mrs. Bracons, all of Portland, and Mrs. F. H. Hopkins of Central Point, Or. She wore a picturesque and colorful badge ot trl-colored ribbon, a strip of green and a strip of orange connected with a strip of snowy white. Mrs. Mary F. McWhorter of Chicago, a rep resentative of the Irish question, stood before a large audience at Lincoln high school Thursday night and pointed to the badge as a symbol of Ireland today. "The green Is for Catholic Ireland," she said. "The orange is for Protestant Ireland, connected and knitted to gether by the white of Christian char ity, of nationalism, of liberty and free dom for Ireland, a common good. It gives the lie direct to England's propa ganda that religious differences make Ireland unfit to glvern herself. There can be no world peace until Ireland is given her freedom from England. President Wllxon Quoted. "One of the principles for which the United States went to war was to se cure what our president has so aptly put as 'self-determination for all peo ple, justice and liberty for every na tion." Even Ireland, surrounded by a high and supposedly impenetrable guerdon of English martial law, heard the promise, and the principle of it warmed her anew and bade her take fresh courage. "Since the signing of the armistice dozens of little nations, never before heard of, have been given their inde pendence and are to be allowed to gov ern themselves. .But the question of Irish freedom was never at any time discussed at the peace conference in Paris. Mothers Give Views. We have paid our debt to whoever we owed it to, and a sad, sad price it was. I spent 14 months visiting and talking with mothers, women to whom the boy fighting in Flanders field was in her thoughts, the boy she had rocked the cradle but yesterday. Irish- American mothers they were, and thousands of American boys of Irish descent were given to back up Presi dent Wilson's mandate that self-determination for il nations was to be won. The mothers would tell me of their boys gone to fight for France, or for England and Belgium, and America and ail of us, and then they'd whisper to me, 'Do you tnlnk they 11 free Ire land, too?' We who know Ireland's history and are of her blood have suffered. There has been 750 years of torture with many hours of dark despair. Ire land has for two years now been under English military rule. martial law Ireland. Human nature Is, after all. human nature. 'I wonder what a free-born American would do if he were put in slavery under martial law. by a country that ignored you. save to drain your re sources, l ou d rebel. There would be an uprising and yet if any Irish patriots goaded past human endurance by the English military rule, should rebel, the English would use it merely as another proof that we are not capable of man aging our own affairs. They would arrest the offender, possibly adjudge him Insane and imprison him or else turn machine guns on the uprisers and execute them in the name of law and order." Amrrlra Declared la Danger. Mrs. McWhorter is an American citi zen. She pleaded lor an understand ing of "Ireland's aspirations," which was the subject of her address. I really feel that America is In greater danger than Ireland." she said. for Ireland is awake. a bhe knows what she wants and win never give up until rhe gets it. But America Is not awake to her dangers. She is slumbering, while hT own interests are being made subservient to inter ests on the other side of the Atlantic." In Mrs. McWhorter's opinion It spoke splendidly for innate gallantry of Ire land's men that when the republic was declared women were automatically granted equal rights with the men of the country. "In America," she said smilingly, "we have had to fight for suffrage bit by bit, and have it given grudgingly in some cases and in others not at all. In the 35 years I have been an American women have been working to attain suffrage here In America. Ireland gave It to her women the min ute she established a. republic and It Is on those same women th-t recognition of the Irish republic will greatly de pend. Irish Kace Deemrd In Slavery. "I believe in women. I believe that they vote thinkingly for projects and people, not because of partisanship, but because of principle." Mrs. McWhorter said that "the Irish race is the only white race in slavery in the world today." She paid tribute to the faith of Catholics and Protestants alike in Ireland, which, she said, is a praying nation, a country of saints and national devotion. "Seven hundred and fifty years of English persecution has not dimmed that faith, nor shaken Ireland's sons and daughters in their struggle for liberty." She brought a personal message from Eamonn de Valera, a message of op timism and encouragement in construc tive measures for spreading authentic information on Ireland's aspirations. Mrs. McWhorter occasioned great hilarity in discussing politics when she said " used to be a democrat," and then proceeded to tell why she Isn't one now and said she'd just as soon tell Mr. Wilson why if he expressed de sire to know her reasons. Mrs. McWhorter, who is the national vice-president of the Friends of.- Irish Freedom - and chief executive of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America and Canada, is mn eloquent speaker of charming presence. V. . . 7i v . . ..... ' -f f I U Vi T TT T IT 17 A OTT TL7 WILLIAMS 9 els Mesf TAKEN FROM THE FAMOUS NOVEL BY ilson j j A BIG STAR u v ,-i .-.-- . .rnw. , x r - , - , W OOOFOW IN A BIG STORY- -BY A BIG AUTHOR Extra. "The Jazz Monkey" FEATTHKG Joe Martin THE ALMOST-BCMAN MOVKET STAR. The management mlarantrrs this ttt be ane of the cleverest entertainments ever ffere4 to the people of Portland. Nogi as a token of respect on the occa sion of the surrender of Port Arthur In January, 1805. died the other day. "Longevity's" mane has been . sent to the Nogi shrino. at Momoyama. SMALLPOX FIGHT BEGINS State Health Office Moves to Reduce Danger la Berry Fields. Orders were Issued Thursday t'o the United States employment service by State Health Officer Itoberg requiring all persons sent to Washington county berry fields and orchards first to re port to Dr. L. W. Hyde, Washincton county health officer, before being per mitted to pick berries. These orders came as a result of the prevalence of smallpox in Washington county. Investigation by the state board of health has disclosed that the smallpox epidemic in that county was caused largely by a number ot persons who went there from Portland while still In the first stages of the disease. The health board has also Issued in structions to Washington county health officials requiring that better sanitary conditions be-maintained in the camps of berry pickers. BRIDGE SMOKERS ARRESTED Carelessness 'With Lighted Cigars or Cigarettes Charged Against Xine. TClne men were arrested Thursday night on charges of throwing lighted cigarettes or cigars on the bridges over the Willamette river. All were released on their own recognizance. Those arrested were: El C. remke, eleotrician: Joe Calcalgno. farmer; J. Clark, teamster; T. J. Hood, truck driver: J. Burnett, salesman: J. Pal mer, junk dealer: W. E. White, ac countant; J. R. Dorsey and B. George. King Assents to Treaty. LONDON", Aug. 1. Royal assent was yesterday given to the German peace treaty and to the Anglo-French treaty, wuich thus became law. BUTCHERS TO QUIT MONDAY Spokane Arbiters Agree on Honrs bat Fall on Wage Minimum. SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 1. A strike of union meatcutters and butcher workers employed in local markets was called for next Monday, at the close of a conference of union repre sentatives yesterday with a committee representing the butchers of the city. Demands of the union covering hours of work were granted at the conference today, but the employers refused to agree to a minimum wage of tSS a week and to the employment of union market managers. Their counter proposal for a $30 minimum was re jected and the strike was called. Famous Horse "Longevity" Die?. TOKIO. The famous horse, "long evity," which was presented by the Russian General Stoessel to General EXCESSIVE ACIDITY is at the bottom of most digestive ills. Rl-MOISS FOR INDIGESTION afford pleasing and prompt relief from the distress of acid dyspepsia. HADE BT SCOTT & BOWKE XAKEKS OF SCOTTS EMULSION IRON WORKS REORGANIZED Willamette Company Incorporates as Realty Concern. Reports that the affairs of the Wil lamette Iron & Steel works have been reorganized and that certain stock holders have acquired the stock of oth ers interested were confirmed Thursday by Morton H. Insley, secretary of the old company. A new company has been formed, according to articles of In corporation filed In tho office of the secretary of state In Salem, to be known as "The Willamette Iron & Steel Works Realty company." It Is incorporated for $.100,000 and Its ostensible purpose la to enrage In a general real estate business about the plant. Officers of the company are relnctant to discuss the reorganization, and say that a further announcement will be made In a few days, when final details of the arrangements have been com pleted. FOSSIL CHOOSES TEACHERS School Board Grants S10 Monthly Wage Increase. FOSSIL. Or, Aug. 1. (Special.) The Fossil high school teachers have not yet been elected. The teachers for the grades are: Primary and second. Miss Flo Gillian, Fossil; third and fourth, Mrs. Fred Welch. Fossil; fifth and sixth. Miss Tjiura Simmons, Fossil, and seventh and eighth. Miss Clara. Luther, Albany. At a recent meeting of the school board an increase of 10 monthly was decided on for each teacher. Plans are under, way for an organization of a parent-teacher association. BOY ACCUSEDOF FORGERY Check for $22.50 Is Laid to Juvenile) Arrested at Boring. OREGON CITY. Aug. 1. (Special. V Vernon Frost, a Juvenile, vu arrested Thursday by Sheriff Wilson at Boring on a charge of passing a forged chock for J22.50. Phone your want ads to Th Orajro nlan. Phone Main 7070. A 09S. Itching Rashes Soothed 1 1 With Cuticura AH Jiugwtott Samp 2S, OfntnMnt SS A G9, Talron M. Snpl. fart fr ryf "CWer, Di pi. 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