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TIIE 3IORNING OREGONTAX. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919.
PORTLAND M ROUTE
OF WORLD AIR DERBY
Commission of Pathfinders
Inspects Landing Field.
DERBY CHAIRMAN NAMED
Bernard L. Metzger to Make Ap
VlDtmcnt of Referees Assigned
to Local Station.
when planes and dirigibles soar up
ward to girdle the globe by an air
route, in the first race of sucn magni
tude ever attempted, Portland will
have a prominent place on the
itinerary which crosses seas and
continents as the test of man's final
supremacy of the most unstable
element.
Such was the message brought to
the city yesterday by the special com
mission of organization, representing
the first aerial derby around the
world, Comprised of prominent pa
trons of aviation, and accompanied
by officials of the Aero club and
Aerial League of America. The party
of pathfinders for the epochal race
reached Portland yesterday afternoon,
inspected Broomfield field, at East
moreland, and addressed officials and
members of the Aero club of Oregon,
at a special meeting held last night
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Late last night the commission left
for Seattle, where a conference will
be held today. At the invitation of
Commodore Louis E. Beaumont, presi
dent; Bernard L. Metzger, president
of the Aero club of Oregon, accom
panied the party and will return to
Portland today. Mr. Metzger has been
timed as aerial derby chairman for
Portalnd, and will have in his province
the appointment of the several ref
erees that will be named for the local
station.
Mayor Meet Party.
Members of the official party are
Comraodor Louis D. Beaumont, presi
dent of the commission; Major Charles
J. Glidden, executive secretary; Ben
jamin Hlllman, member of the com
mission; Alan R. Hawley, president
of the Aero Club of America; Henry
Woodhouse, vice-president of the
Aerial League of America; Sidney B.
Veit, honorary secretary, foreign
service, Aero-Club of America, Paris:
Harmon S. ' August, member of the
Aero Club of America; Lieutenant
Colonel S. Herbert Mapes, deputy
chief, aerial police of New York; Cap
tain Mark Ovenden, New York aerial
police and special transcontinental
representative for the commission.
The commissionei s and their party
were met at Union station, as they
alighted from (heir special car "Phila
delphia." by Mayor Baker, Bernard L.
Metzger, president of the Aero Club
of Oregon; I. L. Riggs, representing
the Chamber of Commerce, and
others of the reception committee.
They were taken at ence to Broom
field field, the Eastmoreland landing
station, which will form an integral
of the aerial derby.
"You have told us that this is
a fourth-class field," remarked Secre
tary Veit of the Aero Club of Amer
ica. "It is far better than that. It
is qualified to rate as second-class,
at the least, and is admirable in many
ways."
Proposed Route Covered.
The commissioners left New York
on October 10 to cover the projected
American route, to inspect landing
fields and to secure the co-operation
of local clubs and committees. Be
fore they have finished their Journey,
which circles the globe on the course
that the derby will take, they will
have traveled a distance of 32,000
miles.
The aerial derby, explained mem
bers of the commission, will be a
touring contest in which any per
son may participate. They estimate
that at least 100 American entrants
will compete with airmen of other
nations for the $1,000,000 in cash
prizes that are contemplated. On the
return of the commission from its
world tour, with the data collected,
the rules and regulations will be for
mulated and announced. The con
testants may start from any point
where there are referees, but they
must girdle the globe to the point of
Btarting.
In the green room of the Chamber
of Commerce last night, when Mayor
Baker had greeted the visitors in the
name of Portland, and had touched
upo nthe splendid magnitude of the
task they represent, members of the
, commission spoke briefly of the world
aerial derby and its purpose.
Oregon President Speaks.
That the chief purpose of the world
race is to open the air-lanes, was the
declaration of Alan R. Hawley, pres
ident of the Aero Club of Oregon, who
has a place In the lteinerary. Mr.
Hawley called present-day progress
to witness tha aviation is far beyond
the experimental and hazardous, cit
ing the fact that 50 air routes are
already established and in use
throughout the country. Factories
have orders for thousands of planes,
for sport and business transportation,
eaid Mr. Hawley. He added that an
airplane service from Key West to
Havana, on regular schedule, will
eoon be In operation.
Major Charles J. Glidden, executive
secretary of the commission, a pioneer
in the automobile field and a famous
balloonist of 20 years ago, declared
tli at Portland is fixed upon the airway
map of the world. He characterized
Broomfield field as admirable and
urged upon Oregon patrons of avia
tion the necessity for supporting the
aerial derby project in every way.
"The one great purpose of the aerial
derby around the world is to open the
world's airways," said Commodore
Louis D. Beaumont, president of the
commission. "It will be an historic
event which will rank in importance
with the discovery of America, the
completion of the Panama canal and
the marvelous flights across the At
lantic. Mall Lines to Come.
"Today your participation in this
event will give your city world-wide
prominence; in the near future it will
bring aerial mail lines and these will
be followed by aerial commerce and
other important developments which
will be valuable assets to your city."
At the close of the session Presi
dent Metzger of the Aero Club of Ore
gon, and Milton R. Klepper, past
president, gave assurance in brief
talks that hearty support of the local
organization will be unhesitatingly
given to the aerial world derby. Mr.
Klepper discussed in general the de
velopment of aeronautics in Oregon.
Distinctly the stellar sartorial fig
lire of the party is Lieutenant-Colonel
6. Herbert Mapes, deputy chief of the
New York aerial police an ex-officer
in the army air service. Clad in
dark blue uniform of military cut,
with the emblems of his service.
Colonel Mapes looks fit to tackle the
burliest air pirate that ever twhirled
a propeller.
Mayor Baker and Colonel Mapes
discussed at length the organization
and working methods of the New
York sky squad and at the request of
the mayor data was supplied in com
prehensive form by Colonel Mapes.
Pilots Are Experienced.
"The flying departcent Is composed
of two groups, a land plane and a
water-plane group," said Colonel
Mapes. "Each pilot is an experienced
aviator, usually an ex-army or navy
flier. The organization has been
laid out along exact lines and each
man has been chosen for his position
because of special fitness and train
ing." Returning from Seattle this after
noon the commission will pass
through Portland to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, where similar meet
ings will be held. On November 3 the
party will sail from San Francisco on
the steamship. Siberia for the pats
finding tour around the world.
SLEEPER'S PANTS BURN
Portland Man at Bend Drops Light
ed Cigarette Onto Chair.
BEND, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) A
lighted cigarette dropped from the
fingers of Ray N. Arthur of Portland
as he dozed in a chair in the Wright
hotel here this morning ignited the
upholstered chair seat and then the
seat of Arthur's trousers.
A. F. Jackson, the hotel clerk, en
tering the lobby, smelled smoke, lo
cated the fire, shook the still slumber-
WORLD AERIAL DERBY COMMISSION AND LOCAL ENTHUSIASTS WHO WELCOMED THE PATHFINDERS TO PORTLAND.
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Left to right Captain Mark Ovenden, New lork aerial'poliees Harmon S. Aukuii, Aero llun of America) Sidney Veit, honorary aerrrtary foreign
service committer, Aero Clan of America, In l'arla; Commodore Loulu D. Beaumont, president aerial derby commlMlon; I. I. KIkks. loral committee of
vrelcome; Alan-R. Hawley, president Aero Clnb of America; Major Charles J. Ulldden, executive secretary aerial derby commissions Hcnjamln Hlllman.
member aerial derby commission t Mayor Baker, who headed delcicatlon of greeting! lleutrnant-C'olonel S. Herbert Mapes. deputy chief w York
aerial police! Henry Woodhouse, vice-president Aerial League of Americas L. M. Hickham. treasurer Aero Club of Oregon ; Bernard L- Httiger,
president. Aero Club of Oregon Jack Frost, chairman educational committee Aero Club of Oregon.
ing Arthur to wakefulness and aided
him to extinguish the flames.
Suffering from minor burns and the
loss of the greater part of his trous
ers, Arthur left the hotel in search
of a clothing store, a coat draped
about the lower part of his person.
KAISERs HOLDS INTRIGUES
Former Crown Prince Also Deals
With German Royalists.
LONDON, Oct. 23. The former Ger
man emperor and the former crown
prince are concerned in the intrigues
of the German royalists, the political
correspondent of the Daily Mail as
serts. "The ex-emperor," says the writer,
"is far from leading a life of detach
ment from German- affairs. He re
cently has seen a number of mys
terious visitors from Germany and is
receiving many telegrams. He is con
stantly in communication with some
place in Germany by telephone, a pri
vate line having been attached to his
residence across the frontier. These
communications are with German roy
alists. HOGS SLUMP IN CHICAGO
Prices Tumble as Result of Un
usually Heavy Marketing.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. Shrinkage in
the value of hogs went to an extreme
degree today at the stockyards here.
Notwithstanding that prices declined
in some cases yesterday as much as
II a hundredweight, the market this
morning ruled in general 75 cents to
fl still lower.
For the first time in a long while
sales were made below $12 a hun
dredweight. Sales were made at
$11.50. .
Unusually heavy marketing of hogs
recently to avoid high cost of feed
is the chief reason assigned for the
demoralization of values.
Hun Wireless Gets Report.
LONDON. A German wireless diS'
patch received here reported an out'
break in Egypt and a revolt of the
Egyptian population, without distinc
tion or class. At the Egyptian de
partment of the foreign office it was
stated that, so far as known here.
Egypt is quiet. General Sir H. H.
Allenby, who was sent to Egypt to
take command of the troops during
the nationalist outbreaks last spring,
now is in London.
Bellinger Trial Today.
Ralph Bellinger will be tried in the
federal court this morning. He was
apprehended by William Bryon of the
department of justice, while in the
act of altering the registration on a
liberty loan bond. Investigation de
veloped that the bond was stolen from
the Mount Angel bank, but Bellinger
says it was given to mm by & couple
oi Greeks.
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SYRIA IS SCENE OF
RELIGIOUS CLASHES
Writer Blames Europe
Political Intrigues.
for
INTOLERANCE IS RIFE
Big Outbreak Among Divers Sects
Ever-Present Danger Killings
of Frequent Occurrence.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
(Copyright by the New York Herald Com
pany. All rights reserved.)
SYRIA. The expected has hap
pened. Religious and racial strife
has followed the efforts of European
powers to utilize local sects and
creeds In its old. old game of intrigue.
Druzes and Maronites have been
fighting. There have been killings
on both sides. Signs point to a re
newal of the old feud which 50 years
ago resulted in the massacre of
Maronites by Druzes and intervention
by the powers.
A few dozen or a few thousand per
sons slain does not cut very much
figure nowadays. Armed conflicts and
consequent deaths do not arouse the
Interest they once did, even in this
part of the world where violence has
been habitual. So there Is no in
trinsic importance in the news that
Maronites have killed , Druzes and
that, in reprisal, Druzes have killed
Maronites. This latest development
is merely the proverbial straw which
tells the direction of the wind. That
wind, which is called religious war,
may easily turn into a devastating
cyclone, bringing disaster to the
world.
Land of Strange Rellgrlona.
Syria, the land in which Christian
ity arose, is today the home of many
faiths, ranging from peoples whose
religion is little- more than ancient
Canaanitish paganism, with a veneer
of Mohammedanism, to the modern
Bahaists, whose founder, Baha Ullah,
lived here, where bis son. Abbas Ef
fendi, the present, head of the cult,
still makes his home. This article
would be long and dull were it to
attempt to catalogue all the faiths
at present existing in Syria, with
their variants ,and subdivisions.
Of Christians there are many kinds,
although the Protestants are few and
comparatively recent. In the gen
eral discussion of religious rivalry
and religion is commonly considered
out here in terms of rivalry! the
Protestants are not reckoned with.
Of paramount interest at the moment
are the Maronites, who are the active
partisans of the French although all
the branches of what is called in the
east the Latin church. Including the
Greek Catholic, the. Syrian Catholic,
the Chaldean and the missionary
orders, such as the Franciscans, the
Jesuits, the Carmelites, and others,
also adhere to the French cause.
These Maronites entered into union
ith Rome as a result of the cru
sades. They possess special privi
leges, such as the right of the clergy
to marry and the use of the Syriac
language in the mass. They are the
dominant Christians of the Lebanon
and have shown a sturdy spirit in re
sisting the Moslems and the Druzes.
Their massacre in I860 by the
Druzes, after they had been dis
armed by the Turklsn government,
led France, the custodian of Roman
Catholic interests in foreign lands, to
intervene, and the result was the
creation of the semi-Independent
Lebanon district, with a Christian
governor, under the protection of the
powers. This illustrates the historic
dependence of Latin Christians in
Syria upon France and their present
support of her claims.
Mystery Religion Here.
An average American has to rub his
eyes in bewilderment when he first
looks upon the religious situation in
Syria. Back home the three major
groups known to him were Protes
tants. Catholics and Jews. Here he
finds the line-up to be: First, Chris
tians against Moslems, and next.
Greek Orthodox against Latin Chris
tians. That is easily understood. Rut
when the hardy traveler begins to
tabulate the religions which are not
Christian at all, nor yet Moslem or
Jewish, he finds himself in a world
that seems unreal.
Here are mystry cults, which have
kept their doctrines and practices se
cret for centuries, though their mid
night rites by moonlight read like
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cheap fiction. Not one American In'
a hundred has so much as heard the
names of these faiths. What reader
of these lines knows aught of the
Yezidis. or devil worshipers? Or of
the star worshiping Sabeans, from
whom the Magi came to Bethlehem?
Or of the Druxes, with their ritual
and inner circles and secret signs that
outrival the most intricate lodge?
Because they seem to have opened
the ball cut here, which bids fair to
become a wake, the Druzes are of
present interest to the average man.
They hold esoteric doctrines that
would make a Christian Scientist or
a Theosophist envious, while they
fight with a. merry efficiency that
would turn an Irishman green. Deep
in the coves of the mountains and in
their underground basalt cities In the
Havran they maintain their secret
rites, known only to the initiated.
Their asceticism is manifested in the
fact that even in the tobacco using
orient their initiates do not smoke.
A virile, good looking, hospitable race,
the Druzes have kept their faith and
their identity since the tenth century.
They look to the east, presumably
China whence, so says their creed,
will one day issue a vast army of
transmigrated. Druze souls, with
Caliph Hakim, the founder of the
Druzes, at their head to overcome
all enemies, establish a vast empire
and convert the world to the Druze
religion.
Meantime the Druzes, who are a
warlike people, have kept their hand
in for the great conquest by more
than a little fighting. In politics they
are partisans of Great Britain and de
cidedly anti-Turkish. It is as easy to
get up a row between a Maronite and
a Druze as between a Sinn Feiner
and an Orangeman on the anniversary
of the Battle of the Boyne. That Is
what is happening just now in this
new outbreak.
However enlightened and progres
sive and tolerant the gentlemen in
frock coats at the Paris conference
may be, the "practical" men of their
respective constituencies seem not
averse to following the pre-war prac
tice of playing upon the local passions
and prejudices of people for the pro
motion of their own purposes. Re
ligion is the dominant Interest of the
east; therefore, the politicians sent
out here by the powers employ reli
gion. Russia won her way by the
use of the Greek ortnoaox cnurcn;
Great Britain is the protector of Mos
lems; France stands sponsor for all
Catholics. So it is primarily through
the agency of the Latins that France
is operating her propaganda in Syria.
Inevitably and quite naturally any
oriental religious group grows
"cocky" and assertive when it feels
behind it the strong arms of the
dominant political power. That is
why the Turkish Moslems slew Ar-
enlans with impunity. It explains
the arrogance and occasional vio
lence of the Armenians now in French
uniform. Also it is the key to the
recent provocative activities of the
Greek Christians in constatinopie ana
to the way the Maronites in Syria are
behaving.
Matches Near Powder.
Life is rather "jumpy" hereabouts
because of this. There is no telling
when a big outbreak will occur. Pow
der magazines are everywhere and
matches are being thrown about pro
miscuously. Thus, on last Easter, the
Maronites of Beirut in French auto
mobiles took their procession Into the
Moslem quarter of the city and openly
leered at the Moslems ana tauntea
them with the fact that now the
Christians are on top. Only the coun
sels of wiser Moslems prevented an
immediate outbreak.
This fomenting of religious strife
In the Lebanon is an affront to civili
zation. It runs directly counter to tne
Fnlrlt of the times. Elsewhere toler
ance is the mood of the hour. In
Kevnt the Moslems and Christians are
fraternizing: so also in southern and
eastern Syria. In India Moslems and
Hindus are getting together. There
are signs that in the near east and
middle east, regions torn wiin diuou
rdieinua strife for ages, a new era
la dawning. For the great powers of
Europe deliberately to foment anew
these old antipatnies is recreancy
m H the world's ideal of peace and
nmo-raas That the stage is being
t nw in Syria for bitter religious
wars is the fault of Europe ana not
of Asia. -
FARES AT COST ADOPTED
Elastic Six Per Cent Plan Rejected
at Denver Election.
DENVER, Colo.. Oct. 22. Indica.
tions early tonight were that the
service-at-cost solution of the street
railway problem had been adopted at
a special city election today. Scat
tered returns showed majorities
against the elastic 6-cent fare plan
advocated by the Denver Tramway
company.
Tramway employes had threatened
to strike for Increased wages if the
voters decided to revert to the old
5-cent fare ordinance.
FARMER HARD HIT
BY
Senator Capper Expounds Ills
of Food Producers.
U. S. ACTION INEFFECTIVE
Lifting of Embargo on Foreign
Shipments of Wheat Suggested
as Relief Measure.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The farm
ers' side of the high cost of living
question was presented to the senate
today by Senator Capper, republican,
of Kansas, who declared that, while
farmers are selling their products at
a loss In declining markets, the con
sumers are paying rising prices.
Faulty distribution was blamed
largely for this "remarkable spec
tacle," and the senator urged a num
ber of remedies to increase produc
tion. He deplored the numerous in
dustrial strikes and the small repre
se.ntation given agriculture in the in
dustrial conference.
In our efforts to get rid of the
high cost of living disease." said Mr.
Capper, "I fear we are in great dan
ger of dying of the remedy. As 1
result of Washington's effort to re
duce high prices by breaking down
entirely the cost of food, we have the
remarkable spectacle of a rise of one
per cent in the cost of living, coinci
dent with market drops that are put
ting livestock raisers out of business
and causing serious losses to other
producers.
Farmers Suffer Losses.
Illustrating the anomalous situ
ation of farmers and consumers. Sen
ator Capper said farmers are selling
their wheat at a loss, adding:
"It takes four and a half bushels o
wheat to make a barrel of flour. The
wheat raiser gets about J8.37 for the
wheat, the miller J12.70, the baker
$58.70 and the hotel keeper here in
Washington, as it is doled out in thin
slices. $587."
- The government, through the grain
corporation, Senator Capper said
profited $23,000,000 at the expense of
farmers last year, the farmers selling
from 20 to 70 cents less than the
guaranteed price.
"Tho situation or tne iivestocK
farmer Is even more deplorable," he
id. "Farmers are selling their
grain-fed beeves and hogs for less
than it costs to produce them, but the
consumer finds little or no change in
the price of meat.
"While everything a farmer must
buy demands the high dollar, the price
of his commodities' the cheapest in
the market, is held down by a foreign
embargo and a government guarantee,
Country Faces Crisis.
"Without visibly helping the con
sumer we have brought about a crisi
in our most fundamental and vita
industry by forcing the producer to
accept prices at which he cannot con
tinue to produce, while he and th
consumer are compelled to pay price
at which they are forced to curtail the
home demand."
Citing losses sustained by agrlcul
tural producers. Senator Capper said
the recent decline in livestock price
had cost producers $80,000,000. Live
stock growers, he said, do not con
trol the markets, and, like other agri
cultural producers, must accept prices
fixed by others.
Farm wages have doubled, land
values have risen enormously an
everything the farmer buys, he said
has risen from 50 to 300 per cent.
Among the remedies suggested b
Senator Capper were cessation of "fed
eral government propaganda which
tends to bear down the prices of farm
products."
"Executive departments," he said
"should seek wider markets for th
farmer by lifting the embargo
wheat and wheat' flour to Europe, by
extending credits to European gov
ernments and by lowering ocean
freight rates."
Legislation to free the livestock
producers of alleged control of the
markets by the packers also was
urged by Senator Capper, who sug
gested establishment of co-operative
farm Belling agencies.
Manufacturing Census to Start,
WASHINGTON. A statistical pic
ture of manufacturing in the United
SOU
PR CES
States will be obtained by 1500 spe
cial agents of the census bureau, who
will begin collection -of information
January 2. when the decennial popu
lation count is started. The manu
facturing census, however, is sep
arate. The last one was made for
1914. It showed factories under nor
mal conditions for seven months,
after which the world war was in
progress, and a temporary industrial
depression occurred. The coming
census, which will cover the year
1919. will show factories in the tran
sition from a war to a peace-time
basis. It is estimated it will find
there are approximately 300.000 man
ufacturing plants, employing be
tween .9,000.000 and 10.000.000 per
sons, and having an annual output
valued at from forty to fifty billions.
After 1920 manufacturing censuses
are to be made biennially. They will
show wages, costs, value and nature
of output, and other detailed facts.
MISSION LEADERS NAMED
APTIST STATE CONVENTION
COMIUES WORK.
Speakers Discuss Various Features
of Wort in. Oregon Programme
for Today Announced.
Election of officers by the state
women's missionary society and con
sideration oX reports on work being
carried on throughout Oregon occu
pied the second day's session yester-
ay of the Oregon Baptists state con
ventlon. The convention, which is
eing. held In the East Side Baptist
church, will close tomorrow night.
Women chosen to conduct mission
ary work in the state the coming
ear are Mrs. O. C. Wright, president:
Mrs. F. K. A. Smith, vice-president;
Mrs. V. E. Scotton, recording secre
tary: Mrs. Thomas Broomfield. corre
spnoding secretary: Mrs. Gustave
ohnson, treasurer; Mrs. John Graves,
auditor, and Miss Elizabeth Merrill,
state director of the world-wide guild.
All officers except Miss Merrill, who
s from Albany, are residents of Port
land.
Christian Americanization was the
keynote at the annual banquet at-
ended by 250 members of the state
missionary society and 57 members of
the guild last evening. Speakers at
the banquet were Miss Helen TJern-
und. for Scandinavia: Mrs. F. Stephen
Cereghino, representing Italy; Miss
Lydia May. representing Teutonic
peoples, and Mrs. Herbert Low, ori-
ntal races.
Jesse P. Andcrson. captain of the
Life Line, the Baptist gospel boat
which operates In the Coos bay coun-
ry. reported on bis work. Reports
rom the state an a whole showed that
$50.000 more than twice as much
money as was raised last irar has
been pledged to further Baptist in
terests throughout Oregon.
NORTHERHTEXAS FLOODED
DWELLERS ON LOWLANDS ARE
FORCED TO LEAVE HOMES.
Crops In Many Sections Da ma so J
and Several Washouts on Rail
roads Reported.
DALLAS. Tex.. Oct. 22. Flood con
ditions were prevalent over a large
portion of north Texas tonight as a
result of heavy rains during the last
48 hours, and which continued in
some sections tonight. Considerable
crop damage was reported and dwell
ers in the lowlands of the northern
reaches of the Trinity river were
seeking safety on higher ground. Sev
eral railroad washouts were reported.
Whether there will be a serious
flood in he Trinity and Brazos rivers
depends on the amount of rainfall
during the next 24 hours, according to
the Dallas weather bureau which pre
dicted a etage of 33 to 36 feet In the
Trinity at Dallas by Thursday night.
Flood stage at Dallas is 25 feet,
which stage already had been passed
tonight. At Waco the Brazos river
registered a four-foot rise during. the
day, which added to serious condi
tions already existing along that
swollen waterway.
STRIKERS MORE HOPEFUL
ACTIONS AT CONFERENCE EN
COURAGES WORKERS.
All Labor Will Approve Gonipers'
Withdrawal From Meeting,
Declares Eitzpatrick.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. Oct. 22. The
withdrawal of the labor group from
the Industrial conference today
greatly strengthens the steel strike
and makes the workers realize that it
is a fight to the finish with "Gary
ism," said Johon Fitzpatrick, chair
man of the strikers' national commit
tee, on his arrival from Washington
tonight.
A distinguished group of labor lead
ers, with every desire to reach ad
justments with representatives of
capital and the public "have been
forced to realize that capital will con
cede nothing in the interest of Indus
trial peace," said Mr. Fitzpatrick.
"Capital has thrown down the gaunt
let, Mr. CJompers has accepted the
challenge. Al labor will approve, ap
plaud and support this stand."
HOPPE LEADS CUE MEN
CHAMPION DEFEATS SUTTOX
IN THIRD BRACKET.
Morningstar and Schaefer Follow
With Two Wins Cochran and
Yamada Iireuk Even.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22. Willie Hoppe
still leads the players who are com
peting for the 18.2 balk-line cham
pionship in the national tournament
here. Ho defeated George Sutton In
tonight's game, the 11th of the tourn
ament, by 400 to 298, in five innings.
This is the third winning bracket for
Hcppe, who has won all his games
so far. '
Morningstar and Schaefer have won
two and - lost one game each, while
Sutton has won two and lost two.
Cochian and Yamada have each won
a single game and lost two and Sios
son has been defeated in all three of
the starts he has made.
Score of tonight's match:
Hoppe, K0. 110. 1. 100. 91. Total 400
average bo.
Sutton. L'3. 2. 2. 148. 123. Total 293
average fiO 3-5.
The schedule for tomorrow follows:
Slosson vs. Schaefer; Morningstar vs.
Sutton: Cochran vs. Yamada; Hoppe
vs. Morningstar.
MlrJERS
THREATEN
TO BOLT SESSION
Secretary of Labor Proposes
Increase in Wages.
OPERATORS MAY ACCEPT
Workers on Verge of Withdrawing
When Conference Is Deadlocked;
Sleeting Is Stormy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. While com
mittees representing miners and op
erators, meeting in a final effort to
avert the strike of 500,000 soft coal
miners set for November 1, were on
the verge tonight of parting company
for good. Secretary of Labor Wilson
held them together, overnight at least,
with a wage increase proposal that
ignored union demands for a 30-hour
week.
There was every assurance that the
operators would accept it and every
indication that the miners would re
ject it.
When the joint conference adjourned
until 2 P. M. tomorrow, it was with
the understanding that the t5j;o groups
would meet then and make formal
answer to the proposal. Refusal of
the miners to accept will bring the
conierence to a close and force gov
ernment officials to resort to other
means to prevent the closing of the
mines.
Rise to Cover Costs Proposed.
Secretary Wilson's offer set forth
the case as follows:
"That wages be increased at the
expiration of the present contract in
an amount equal to the differences
between increases in wages received
by mine workers since July. 1914,
and the increase in the cost of living
since that date.
"That the increase be effective
from the termination of the present
agreement until March 31. 1920.
"That on these conditions the strike
order be withdrawn and that the min
ers continue to work on these terms;
that negotiations be entered into at
the usual time for making the new
.scale effective after March 31. 1920."
Knd of Contract Disputed.
The silence that prevailed during
rne reading of the terms on which
-Mr. Wnson hoped to settle the strike
was rudely broken by a quick demand
from John J. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, that
the secretary explain what he meant
in the opening paragraph of his state
ment concerning "expiration of the
present contract."
The secretary, bearing in mind that
this was one of the principal issues in
dispute, said it would be a matter for
negotiation. The miners have con
tended that the war-time wage agree
ment under which they have been
working ended with the armistice,
while operators argue that It will hold
until peace is formally declared by
ratification of the treaty.
Until the secretary, acting Inde
pendently as a government mediator.
came forward with his proposal, the
conference was deadlocked, with each
firoup eager to get away, but Just as
eager to escape the charge that it was
responsible for breaking off negotia
tions. Taking in the situation and
still hopeful that his efforts might
succeed. Mr. Wilson suggested that
the miners retire while hjc conferred
with the operators.
Operators Refuse "M)-Hour Week.
Later in the day the miners re
turned for a separate meeting with
the secretary, and they in turn were
joined by the operators.
The attitude of the two groups
again was outlined in detail, the min
ers announcing that the strike order
would not be withdrawn until the
operators had agreed to a new con
tract, the real basis of which was the
30-hour working week. The operators
again informed the secretary that un
der no conditions would they arbitrate
on the basis of the 30-hour week, and
if that was included in any proposal
put before the Joint session they
would withdraw.
Proceedings Are Stormy.
At times during the day the pro
ceedings were stormy. There was an
exciting moment when President
Lewis crossed swords with Secretary
Uson over remarks attributed to
the latter by Senator Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey, In an address in the
senate Tuesday. Senator Frelinghuy
sen was quoted as saying that Mr.
Wilson told the senate Interstate com
merce committee that demands of the
mine workers were impossible and
the miners wanted an explanation.
Mr. Wilson explained cheerfully.
saying he was talking in a private
meeting and th.it he had said demands
of both miners and operators were
in-possible. The statement by the
secretary was satisfactory to the
miners' delegation, and later in the
day, in a statement to newspaper men.
Lewis sharply attacked Senator Fre
Ur.ghuysen "for deliberate misrepre-st-r.
tation of the facts."
DEAL FDR RED SOX ON
SYNDICATE SEEKS TO BUY OUT
11. II. ERAZEE.
llo.-ton Magnate Admits Offer Has
Been Made; Congressman Fig
ures in Transaction.
BOSTON. Oct. 22. Purchase of the
Boston American league baseball clue,
by a local syndicate, which, if suc
cessful, would elect Representative
Uallivan. president of the club, has
been proposed to President Harry H.
Fraxee. the present principal owner.
Representative Gallivan announced
today.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22. President
Harry H. Fraree, of the Boston Amer
ican League club, denied today that
he was considering the sale of the
club to a Boston syndicate.
"I have received an offer from Con
gressman James A. Gallivan. who is
a close personal friend of mine." said
Fraxee, "and I am not negotiating
for the sale of the club with anyone."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Represen
tative Gallivan of Massachusetts
would not name today "Boston
friends" whom, he said, were seeking
to purchase the Boston American
League baseball club.
"Boston friends of mine, who, by
the way. are not In politics, he said,
"asked Harry Fraxee for his price
on the Red Sox some time ago. They
did not meet his price, but instead
made an offer. That's the case, as
I know it. If they bought the club I
was to be elected president, but I
have heard nothing about the deal,
for the last three or four weeks."
Eddie Mahan at Harvard.
CAA1BRIDGE. Mass., Oct. 22. Ed-
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EVANS
ANNOUNCES LINEUP
Stanford Coach Names Men Who
AVill Battle Aggies.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. Oct.
22. Coach livans, of the Stanford
varsity, announced today the follow
ing squad to be taken to Corvallis,
Or., for the conference game with
Oregon Agricultural college Sat
urday. Left end. K. Shlaudeman: left
tackle, Curtice; left guard, Bihlman;
center, Righter; right guard, Caughey;
right tackle. Flowers; right end. Pe
louxe; quarter. Holt; left halfback,
CanAbell; right halfback. Bonney;
fullback, Templeton; substitutes, Tall
ette. Betts, Levy, Pershing, Butt and
Wa rk.
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