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14 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1910. L EAGUE OF HATIIINS WILL SOON BE FACT Ratification by Four Powers Soon Expected. survive: A. B. Root Jr., of Portland, Or.; Mrs. Vinie C. Russell of National, Wash.: Mrs. Tenie Dunham of Port land, Or., and Sarah Root of Tacoma. Rev. B. "W. Rinehart conducted the funeral from the Kelso Methodist I church. Mrs. Root united with the Methodist church when she was 18 years of age and lived a devoted Christian life that will long b re membered by her children and close friends. WILSON WILL ISSUE CALL JDHND. JR. PLEADS FOR LABOR RIGHTS Recognition as Men" Is Held Workers' Aim. Saar Basin Matter First to Come Before Council Big German. Bond Issue Required. WASHINGTON,' Oct. 16. While no official declaration can be made in advance of the action of the senate on the treaty of "Versailles, it was learned unofficially today that plans were being laid for bringing the league of nations into existence al most immediately upon the publica tion in Paris of the ratification of the treaty by Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany, which will be put into force. Although the United States cannot participate in the initial stages of the league's work, it is understood that the decision has been reached to have President Wilson issue a call for the first meeting of the council of the league within the 15-day period pro vided in the treaty for the appoint ment by the council of three members of the commission which is to deter mine the boundary of the Saar basin. Article 5 of the covenant provides that decisions of the council "shall require the agreement of all the mem bers of the league represented at the meeting," and it is held here that this does not specifically require the at tendance of an American member to legalize such decisions. U. S. Participation Necrjr. No less than 15 commissions created by the peace treaty appear to require Americain participation and certain plebiscites confirming, title to various disputed territories also are to be con ducted under a Joint international control. The present view of the offi cials here, however, is that repre sentatives of Great Britain, France, Italy and possibly Japan, whose rati fication of the treaty is expected daily. will function in these matters without any challenge of the legality of the proceedings on account of the aDsence of the American representatives. Plans for the inauguration of the league were discussed by Colonel E. M. House during his recent stay in England, and he is understood to have pursued the work as far as he felt warranted in advance of the action of the senate on the treaty. It also is understood that quarters for the league secretariat in Geneva tenta tively have been obtained, and while in London Colonel House is believed to have arranged with the representa tives of other nations a tentative programme for the first meeting. Call May bine Soon. If Colonel House's health permits he is expected in Washington per haps next week, and it will then be in order to frame the call for the first meeting of the council of the league. which President Wilson's physicians are exDected to permit him to sign In the view of officials here this first meeting of the council must ar range for the appointment of the various commissions and the plebiscite described in the treaty, but aside from that its proceedings are expected to be rather limited. Later on, if this initial stage is safely passed, and the senate shall have consented to the ratification of the treaty, tfre presi dent will issue a call for the first meeting of the assembly of the league, which will be in Washington some time early next year. I Germans Must Issue Bonds. Directly the peace treaty comes into force through exchange of ratifica tion by three of the allied and associ ated "powers and Germany, many of its clauses will become effective. Chief among these is that requiring Germany to issue 100,000,000,000 marks for bonds for the reparation of devastated territories. Ratification of Great Britain. France, Italy and Germany was ex pected to be completed this week by the deposit of the proces verbal at Paris, but it was announced yester day that this final act to bring the treaty into force had been postponed. No explanation, was given. Other provisions of the treaty which will become effective immedi ately with the deposit of the proces verbal require: Destruction of unfinished German surface warships. Disarmament of auxiliary ehips of war, four of which are in neutral ports and now in charge of German caretakers. Much to Be Delivered. Delivery of all German military and naval aviation material, including dirigibles, except 100 unarmed sea planes to be retained as a part of the German mine-sweeping force. Destruction of the armament of all military forces situated within 50 kilometers from the German coast. Notification of the number, caliber and types of guns forming the arma ment of the land and sea fortresses which Germany is allowed to keep. Immediate dissolution of military and quasi-military organizations, as sociations or clubs in upper Silesia and the establishment of an interna tional committee in upper Silesia and an inter-allied military occupation of the country. That no armed forces be maintained or collected and no fortifications con structed on the left bank of the Rhine within a distance of 50 kilometers east of the river. Records to Be Restored. The handing over by the German government of the archives, regis tered plans of the properties ceded to Belgium by the treaty and the res titution of the documents of which the Germans took possession during their occupation. Immediate return of the archives registered plans, etc., which concern Alsace-Lorraine. Mrs. Esther Ramsdell Tindolph, who had been critically ill for the past five weeks, died yesterday morning at St. Vincent's hospital as the result of a severe operation. Mrs. Tindolph was born at Scituate, T? T Ti.no 1 C r: 4 Hn- na.fr tor. years she had been a resident of Port-BARGAINING QUESTION UP iiuu, wncre Bile maae ncr ngme wiin her only son, Allen G. Tindolph. Of late she had resided at the Campbell hotel, Twenty-third and Hoyt streets. Besides her son, Mrs. Tindolph is survived by her brothers, George and Charles Ramsdell, now residing in the east. She was a sister of the late Horace D; Ramsdell of this city. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian church this after noon at 2 o'clock. From there a pri vate service will be held at the Port land crematorium. Threat Is Made to "Withdraw From Conference Adjournment Pre vents Vote on Question. , (Continued From First Pe. TYPHUS SWEEPS SIBERIA THOUSANDS OF NEW CASES BREAKING OUT DAILY. Mortality Among Children, Already 3 0 Per Cent, Is Reported to Be Increasing:. OMSK, Tuesday, Sept. 30. Siberia is threatened with one of history's greatest typhus epidemics, according to reports received here from Colonel Rudolph Balling Teuster, ex-director of St. Luke's hospital, Tokio, but now a member of the American Red Cross, who, with a party of the Red Cross, has been in western Siberia for six months. The cases of typhus among Siberian troops since January 1, ac cording to Dr. Teuster, have aggre gated 120,000 and since July 1. 40,000. New cases now number thousands daily. All the resources of the disinfection hospitals are overwhelmed and the fever is rapidly spreading among the healthy soldiers and the civil popula tions of western and middle Siberia. By mid-winter, the epidemic is ex pected to reach enormous proportions. Near Omsk, according to Dr. Teus ter, 30,000 persons are actually with out shelter. Winter is approaching and thousands of them are digging holes in the ground in order to escape freezing to death. Sanitary conditions are described as frightful. "Unless the American Red Cross can furnish relief," says Dr. Teuster, "the death toll this winter will be far greater than ever before in Si beria. The Russian Red Cross est! mates the mortality among children at 30 per cent and says it is increas ing." The American Red Cross is operat ing a fully equipped hospital train in handling wounded direct from the front and special cars are being sent from the front to distribute medicines and instruments direct to the field hospitals. WOMEN DOCTORS RETURN Portland Physicians Are Decorated for Efficient Services. In a letter received in Portland yesterday from William R. Strand borg comes the news that two of Portland's women physicians, Dr. Mary McLachlan and Dr. Mary Evans, have returned from overseas and will reach Oregon within the next few days. Both of these Portlanders were among the 18 women physicians dec orated by the French government for their work in the American Women s Medical association in France and Si beria. Mr. - Strandborg met them while he was calling at the offices of the American Women s Medical asso ciation, of which another Portland woman. Dr. Esther Lovejoy, is acting president. Dr. Lovejoy contemplates making a lecture tour of the United States in the interests of the Ameri can Red Cross, which will bring her to Portland this Winer. Obituary. Accident Brings Damage Suit. Damages of $7500 for the death of John Saastamoinen under the wheels of an automobile truck op erated by Edward Ziegler and Marion Crow, on June 10, -1919, are asked in a suit filed in the circuit court yes terday by Helmi Saastamoinen, ad ministratrix of her husband's estate. The deceased was riding a bicycle when run down by the truck at Wabash avenue and Willamette boule vard. S. & H. green stamps for cash, Hol- man Fuel company. Main 353, A 33o3. Blockwood, 4 feet or short slabwood. Utah and Rok Springs coal; sawdust. Adv. 1'ORTI.AND FIRST CAL COMEDY TO SEE Ml S IX STOCK. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth D. Taylor, an early pioneer of the state, died at the home of her son, James Taylor, yesterday at the age of 84 years. Mrs. Taylor crossed the plains with her parents in 1853, six years later than her husband's family. She and William Taylor were married in Lane county in 1856. Mr. Taylor died a week ago. Their living children are John T. Taylor, North Fork; James J. Taylor, Eugene; Mary C. Hale. Elmira; Finis O. Taylor, Deadwood; Virginia L. Duck worth, Eugene; Florence J. Cook, Gold Hill; Charles W. Taylor, Eugene, and Nancy A. Harpole, Junction City. KELSO. Wash., Oct. 16. (Special.) Mrs. A. B. Root, 90 years of age and a resident of Ostrander for 31 years, died Sunday at the home of her daughter at National, - Wash. Mrs. Root was born in Germany and came to this country in 1840. She married A. B. Kcot in 1845. Four children f "i Jg"' i J J v . l X L ssk 'f i ' 5V ' W y Eva Olivotti In "Have a Heart." The pleasing musical comedy, "Have a Heart," which is the attraction at the Alcazar theater this week, is a late release for stock use and was played here a few months ago at the Heilig theater. Portland has the dis tinction of being the first city in this country to present this up-to-the-minute musical play in stock, and there are still two companies touring the east in "Have a Heart." The tuneful refrain, "You Said Something." sung by Eva Olivotti and Lee Daly, receives encore after encore; so catchy is this number that the audience hum and whistle it as they leave the theater. The scenery and costumes are unusually pretty and the entire production has an air of class. The last performance will be Sunday night, . . Surely the men and women of this great country will stand together as unselfishly in solving this great in dustrial problem as they did in deal ing with the problems of the war if only right is made clear and the way to a solution pointed out. The solution of the industrial problem can be brought about only by the introduction of a new spirit into the relationshiD between the parties to industry a spirit of jus tice, or orotnernood. A man who recently spent some months studying the industrial prob lem ana wno came into contact with thousands of workmen came to the conclusion that not wages but recog nition as men was what the workers really sought. What joy can there be in life, what interest can man take In his work, what enthusiasm can be expected to develop on behalf of bis employer, when he is regarded as a number on a payroll, a cog in a wheel, a mere 'handr Who would not earn estly seek to gain recognition of his manhood and the right to be heard and treated as a human being, and not as a machine? Principle la Sought. For this conference to undertika to agree on the details of plans and metnoas is apt to lead to endless con- tmVAOV Wit Vln .I . . " " vuusirucLivB result, i. Can We not. hnw.VPr nnitA (n Vi I adoption of the principle of represen tation and the agreement to make ev ery effort to secure the indorsement and acceptance of this principle by all cnamoers of commerce, industrial and commercial bodies and all organiza tions of labor? The assurance thus given of a closer relation between the parties to industry would further Justice, promote good will and help to Driage tne gulf .between capital and labor." Mr. Rockefeller was Jointed by H. B. Endicott, a shoe manufacturer, and a member of the public group who spoke, he said, as "one of the largest employers in the country and the largest employer of labor in his line In the world." Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News shipbuilding company, speaking "as a manager who stands between capital and workers," insist ed that there should be no cleavage between men all of whom are Ameri cans and most of whom begin their careers by working with their own hands." He defended the sincerity of the employers in attempting to solve In dustrial problems. Declaration la Presented. The declaration .of the "right of wage earners" to "bargain collective ly," and to "be represented by repre sentatives of their own choosing,' was presented to the National In dustrial conference today by Thomas L. Chadbourne, chairman of the com mittee of 15. The declaration follows: "The right of wage earners to or ganize in trade and labor unions, to bargain collectively and to be repre sented by representatives of their own choosing in negotiations and ad justments with employers in respect to wages, hours of labor and rela tions and conditions of employment is recognized. lnis must not be understood as limiting the right of any wage earner to refrain from joining any organiza tion or to deal directly with his em ployer if he so chooses." The first move of the capital group was an attempt to block presentation of the declaration of the conference. but this failed. Chairman Lane ruled that the question was one for indi vidual and not group voting and the public and labor groups voted to re ceive the declaration. Labor ThrVatena Withdrawal. Replying to Mr. Fish's demand made that the resolution be referred back to the general committee, W. D. Ma li on, of the labor group, intimated that the labor delegates would no longer participate in the sessions should such action be taken. 'There is no use to send this reso lution back to the committee," he said. "This conference must face and decide this vital issue now." "When this conference repeatedly sidestepped tne resolution for arbl tration of the steel strike, labor agreed to turn to a consideration of the vital poin of all issues, the right of collective bargaining. The commit tee of 15, which represents all three groups of this conference, has framed a resolution outlining the views of the committee on that subject for the consideration of the delegates. All factions in the committee of 15 helped to draw, that resolution. Labor an nounces now that further delay is useless." Morrison la Applauded. The first applause heard in the con ference since its inception greeted the declaration of Frank Morrison, act ing chairman of the labor delegation that "the conspirators aiming at the ruin of trade unionism should embody their proposition in a programme placed before this conference, is evi dence of their blindness to the spirit today animating the masses of Amer ica, a blindness of pride that goe before a fall, blindness o the deter mination of public opinion that th economic autocrat, the multimillion aire, the contaminator of American through foreign colonization in in dustrial centers, shall meet his Just doom of extinction." "Among the 12 principles proposed by the capital group to the industrial conference, continued Morrison, 1: one which, declaring that 'there should be no interference with th open shop," concludes, 'no employer should be required to deal with men or groups of men who are not his employes or chosen by and from among them. The principle here enun ciated violates established and pre- iling customs In industry In the 41 Commercial and Savings Accounts Solicited Interest from Oct. 1st Paid on All Regular Savings Accounts Opened Friday and Saturday of This Week Because of the misunder standing as to our opening date we will extend the privilege as stated above. Open Saturday afternoon and evening. "The Open Door Bank" 4 Paid on Regular Savlnca Account 3 Paid on Special Saving's Aeeonnta Subject to Cheek, J of ' Q3s Better Values Here Are Some "Better Values" That You'll Call "Sensational" 200 Trimmed Hats Only a personal inspec tion can make you ap preciate how wonderful and stylish they are. Velvets, Zibeline and Panne hats. Sailors, Turbans, Chin Chins and soft brimmed hats. civilized world. In practice it would result in the economic slavery of the ndustrial wage earners of this coun- ry." Groap Connclouaneaa Hit. The British industrial conference had recognized the principle of col lective bargaining, Morrison told the conference. A protest against manifestations of gr4up consciousness," which would block action by the conference, was made by John Spargo, public repre sentative. Turning toward the employers" group, he said: "It is a short-signted policy on tne part of capital if you persist in your opposition to this eminently reason able proposition." Charles Edward Russell of New York, a member of the public group, declared that both labor and capital had demonstrated a new spirit since the beginning of the conference. Representatives of capital and labor alike are Americans," he said. 'and both realize that upon the results of this conference depends the fate of the United States for months and perhaps years." Capital conferees voiced their dis satisfaction with Secretary Lane's ruling yesterday against the group method of voting on the question of postponing action on the steel strike resolution, declaring that an indi vidual vote was unfair, because the employers group numbered only 17 members, compared with 19 in the labor group and 25 in the public group. lief from the sugar shortage in the near future. One of the larger stores of the city was unable to provide any sugar for its customers and others were selling in small quantities only. Sugar Still Scarce in Yakima. LABOR PROTECTS WELLS Tacoma and Seattle Leaders to Learn Prison Conditions. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 18. (Special.) Tacoma and Seattle labor commit tees again will visit McNeil's Island to investigate conditions under which Hulet M. Wells lives while in the fed eral penitentiary. He is serving sentence for obstructing the draft and is regarded as a political prisoner by the radical group in labor. Resolutions were passed by the Ta coma Labor council flaying the grand jury which said that Wells was being humanely treated. A "whitewashing grand jury, it was called. The labor men added that Wells has been better treated R nra th Invstliritt nn wan imprisoned in a dungeon because he was unable to cut wood eight hours a day with other prisoners. Medical Freshmen Elect "Wilson. OREGON CITT, Or.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) Kent Wilson, son of Sheriff and Mrs. W. J. Wilson of this city, has been elected president of the freshman class of the Oregon Medi cal college in Portland. He is one of the popular young men attend ing the college who has returned from overseas. He joined a hospital corps YAKIMA. Wash., Oct. 16. Sje- while at Camp Lewis in 1917 and was I among the first of the Oregon boys to arrive In Franrs. clal.) Dealers here have been notl fied that there Is no prospect of re V'li'i a i- - I liiJl W- Jmk I hi fjf& exercise she needs - why not a tnapese in zne oniee ? Why not helpful exercise rather than an excess of tiresome, tedious motions ? But, who ever heard of a stenographer taking a job for the exercise she can get out of it? It isn't the function of a busi ness office to develop methods of exercise. Still, the injurious practice of reading notes at the side is still in vogue by our best stenographers. Thousands of motions are made per day that actually lower the Ehysical powers without giving anything ealthf ul in return. 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