TTIE MORNING ORECONIAN, TITURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919. M'ARTHUH TO LEAD LOWER RATES FIGHT surance commissioner of the state of Washington; Jay Stevens, in charge of the fire prevention bureau of the Pacific, and Horace Sykes, special In vestigator for the state fire marshal's office, and showing of moving-picture films depicting fire hazards and their costly results, featured the fire prevention campaign In Salem today. This morning the film was shown in a local theater and was witnessed by state officials, business men and other persons interested in the con servation of property. During the day the men in charge of the cam paign visited the several schools of the city and six addresses were de livered before the pupils. Tonight the film was again shown in the auditorium of the Congrega tional church, with a large crowd in attendance. EMPLOYES FIRM FOR HIGHER RAIL WAGES Dobbs Congressional Delegation to Present Demands. Men Serve Notice Fight to Finish Is Programme. Clear Beaver STEEL CHARGES OPPOSED FIREMEN STATE TERMS Hats PICKERS' HEARING TODAY Western Shipyards Willing to Pay St'i Cents Per .Hundred; Fu ture of Industry Considered. Washington Fears Repetition of Summer Crisis Hines Silent on Official Attitude. UNFAIR COXTROL OP OTHER FOODSTUFFS CHARGED. Charles C. Hart Is In charre of The Oregonian News Bureau at Washington. His address is at SJ'J Riggs building.) OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Washing-ton, Oct.- 22. Representative. Mc Arthur of Oregon was chosen today at a meeting of the Pasific coast con gressional delegation as a member of a committee which will call on Traffic director Chambers of the railroad ad ministration Friday morning to urge a reduction in freight rates on steel from the Pittsburg district to the shipyards of the Pacific coast. Other members of the committee are Rep resentatives Miller of Washington and Elston and Nolan of California. Representatives of the Pacific coast shipbuilders attending today's "con ference said that while the rate on steel had increased from 65 cents, the rate before the war, to $1.25 a hundred pounds, the west coast yards were willing to pay a. rate of 81 ,i cents a hundred pounds and this is the rate which will be asked of the railroad administration. The present rate of $1.25 a hundred pounds, it was de clared, is prohibitive and will crush .the shipbuilding industry on the Pa '"cific coast. It will be shown that the reduction asked would amount to a saving of $3.48 cents a ton on every ship constructed on the west coast. : It was decided also that the Pacific coast delegation could organize to op pose the provision in the Esch railroad bill, giving the interstate commerce commission power to .fix rates on water-borne commerce between ports, and a committee composed entirely of California members of congress was appointed to lead this, fight. Eastern Oregon's lumber business has gone tip with such a leap in the last few months as to catch the rail road administration unawares. it was admitted today when Rep resentative Sinnott presented a petition from Charles T. Early of Portland for more cars. Such an active movement of lumber never has been known before, the railroad ad ministration said, which accounts for the unpreparedness for the heavy shipments. It was said, however, that cars will be provided immediately. Cars will be rushed to Oregon from all directions and 1100 empty coal cars will be turned over to the lumber shippers at an early date for shipping lumber. Reduced rates on stock feed from Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Okla homa to all points on the Oregon Short line have been ordered by the railroad administration, Senator Mc Nary telegraphs to R. N. Stanfield today. Eastern Oregon livestock men had asked for some concessions in rates on feed to help carry their stock v over the winter. - Appointment or a postmaster- at Bend, Or., within a short time is prom ised by the postoffice department, the explanation being that action awaits the report on a personal investigation Just recently made. Major Frederick W. Rase of Port land, has been retained in the service and ordered to Fort Bennings, Ga., for duty. Herman Cluchie of Kelso, Wash., disappeared after his discharge from company G, 20th infantry, at Camp Dodge, la., April 18, this year, and the war department is unable to as certain his whereabouts, according to a communication from the adjutant-general to Representative Al bert Johnson. On his discharge the soldier gave Kelso as his future ad dress, but his mother writes that she has not heard from him since last March. MEDFORD REQUEST DENIED Army Planes Unavailable for Lib erty Celebration. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Oct. 22. Medford. Or.. was denied a squadron of airplanes for the liberty celebration, which opens there on November 11, by the war department today. Senator McNary had asked that six planes be sent to Medford. The planes . were refused under an order issued in September that no more machines shall be detailed on exhibition trips on account of the curtailment in the service made necessary by the de creased army appropriations and the need for all available airplanes on the .Mexican border. Complaint of Grocers on Advan tage Held by Use of Refriger ator Cars to Be Heard. CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-' The complaint of the National Wholesale Grocers' ssociation against Walter D. Mines, director-general of railroadr and each f the railroad systems individually. hearings on which are to begin here today, before Chairman Clyde B. Aitchison of the Interstate commerce commission, is a case in which every mportant wholesale grocery concern. packing company and railroad in the United States appears either as a plaintiff, defendant or intervenor.' The basis of the complaint is a charge that the packers, through heir control of the refrigerator cars and other equipment, have been able to obtain rate discrimination and traffic favors from the railroad com panies and a consequent unfair ad vantage in the marketing of foodstuffs. The grocers do not ask the inter state commerce commission to deprive he packers of their refrigerator cars but demand the abolition of all al leged discrimination ' in service and rates to the packers. It is alleged the packers already exercise a dominating contrsl over the butter, egg and cheese markets, and are rapidly acquiring - a large share of the general wholesale gro cery business. MEN HELD AS ROBBERS Iowa Bank Looted, but Police Re cover $8000. SIOUX CITY. Ia., Oct. 22. A band of men alleged to have robbed the bank at Westfield, la, this morning was captured at noon by Sioux City police. The men had $8000 loot in an automobile, the police said. The officers were coming toward the city when they saw a motor car containing: the alleged robbers. The police stopped their car on a bridge, blocking the rijrht of way, and lev eled rifles at the approaching party, members of which brought their ma chine to a stop and surrendered with- -out resistance. ARIZONA WON'T CONVENE Governor Declines to Call Suffrage Ratification Session. PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 22. Governor Campbell announced today he had telegraphed Governor Stephens o California he would not call a spe cial session of the legislature thi fall to consider ratification of the federal constitutional amendirfcn granting suffrage to women. This telegram was in answer to one from Governor Stephens inquiring i Governor Campbell would call a spe cial session if governors of certain other western slates would agree to do so. ' EXPORT COMPANY FORMED Articles of Incorporation of Astoria Concern Filed. 3ALEM. Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) Conducting a wholesale and retail grocery business, .trading in exports and imports, engaging in packing fish and meats and operating wharves, warehouses and elevators, are the purposes of the Ross, Higgins, Mason, Ehrman company, which filed articles of incorporation here today. The capital stock, of. the. corporation is $300,000 and head offices will be main tained at Astoria. The incorporators are J. T. Ross. William Heller Ehr man and E. Ehrman. . . Wakefield Music company, of Port land, has filed application with the state corporation commissioner 'to change the name of the concern to the "Cremona Phonograph company." Notice of increase in the capital stock from $25,000 to $75,000 also has been filed. Supplementary' articles have been filed with the state corporation com missioner asking permission to change the name of.JSarle F. Heym, Inc., of Portland, to the Lester-Heym com pany. LLEWELLYN GETS MEDAL Former Washington Adjutant-Gen eral Decorated at Camp Lewis. TACOMA, "Wash.. Oct. 22. Sur rounded by army officers on duty at headquarters, Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Llewellyn yesterday was present ed with a distinguished service medal at Camp Lewis. Colonel Llewellyn was recently dis charged from the national army upon return from overseas. He is now a member of the state industrial insur ance commission at Olympia, Wash., and is a former adjutant-general of the national guard of Washington. The presentation at his own request was an informal one, but the medal was presented by Major-General John F. Morrison, commanding general of the camp. APPLES PLEASE MARINES Hood River Man Back From Guam Says Slates Are Appreciative. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Joe Wheeler Winchell, son of V. Winchell, east side orchardist, has arrived from Guam, where he has been stationed for nearly two years with the United btates marines. The young man is now at Mare Island, Cal. In a letter to his father Mr. Win chell states that the routine of island life was broken on receipt of ap ples sent out at intervals from home. 'My comrades," he says, "declare that those fine apples will cause them ever to hold Hood River in fond re membrance. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. Railroad employes are prepared for a finish fight. with the railroad administration for increased wages, time and a half overtime and improved working con ditions before the government sur renders the roads to private control. Unmistakable notice to this effect has been served by Timothy Shea of the firemen, appearing before the board of railway wage sand working conditions. "If our demands for a living wage should not be met when the time ap proaches for turning back the rail roads to their prlcate owners." Mr. Shea said in testimony which became public tonight, "we shall demand as a condition precedent to the change, the realization of the fundamental right of labor, the living wage, the eight-hour day on all federal-controlled roads, time and one-half for Overtime and other principles to which the government pledged itself during the war, which now have been made a part of the treaty of peace and which so far the railroad admin istration has neVer fulfilled." ' Shea Serves Notice. While Mr. Shea was appearing on behalf of the firemen only, it has been recognized generally that wage in creases for any one class of railroad employes meant an advance for all to maintain equality between the workers. Mr. Shea said he anticipat ed that the failure of the govern ment's efforts to reduce the cost of living, which he frankly expected, would make necessary advances in pay for all workers and predicted that by November 1 the wage board would be forced to consider "further requests for general increases" from railroad employes. Thus it is the view here that the government will be face to face with in a few weeks with virtually the same labor crisis which arose during the summer. President Wilson then denied the request of the shopmen for a general increase in pay on the ground that the "vicious circle" of rising wages and mounting prices had to come to an end and that the coun try should be given a fair chance at reconstruction after the war. Hlnea Silent on Situation. How" Director-General Hlnes pro poses to meet the situation has not been divulged. It is considered cer tain, however, that if any wage in creases ar given. President Wilson first will be consulted. Railroad administration officials declare the relations with the union men have never been so good as at present and in pointing to the last report of the labor department, show ing a decrease of 15 per cent in living costs in August, intimate that the pending crisis will be solved in part by natural economic forces, plus At torney-General Palmer's efforts to take the inflation out of prices. PASTOR BUILDS OWN HOME Hood River Man Solves Labor Problem by Using His Hands. HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) J. B. Lister, former pastor of the Valley Christian church, has taken heroic but certain methods to solve the local housing problem. CaUed on to leave the home he and his wife are now occupying and with no other available dwellings in sight, Mr. Lister purchased alot. Thereon he is now building a two-room cot tage. Scarcity and high wages of carpenT ters is not worrying Mr. Lister any. Armed with handsaw, square and hammer, he is raising the new borne himself. SALEM SEES FIRE FILM Address by State Officials Feature Prevention Campaign. SALEM. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) Addresses by J. H. Shivesly, ex-in- UMATILLA FARMER DIES C. H. Rosenberg Settler in Oregon for 4 0 Vears PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Claud Henry Rosenberg, 61, one of the county's wealthiest wheat farmers, died at his home here last nisht. He had been ill but a week. Mr. Rosenberg came to Umatilla county in 1878 and began farming near Fulton station, where the'home ranch is now located. At his death his possessions in wheat land aggre gated 1300 acres, most of it in this county. Mrs. Rosenberg and five children survive him. As Influenza. Is an exSRcerated form of Grin. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets should be taken In larger doses man is prescribed for ordi nary ClriD. A srood tlan Is not to wa.lt until you are sick, but PREVENT IT by t skins l LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets in I time. Adv. i- S12,353ALL0WANGEASKED NEEDS OF CITY PLANNING ' COMMISSION URGED. Cbnncil Opposition to Payment of $500 Month to Consultant Said n to Be Developing. - Request for an allowance in the city budget for $12,353.52 was made yesterday for continuation of the work of the city planning commis sion. The request was made by J. P. Newell, president of the commission The request was referred to City Com missioner Pier for investigation and report at the annual budget meeting. The request includes an appropria tion of $6000 for the salary of Charles H. Cheney, consultant to the com mission. For the salary of an as sistant city planner $2700 a year Is requested and the council also, is asked to provide $1380 as salary for a stenographer. The remainder of the estimated expenses of conducting the work of the commission would be for supplies. $2273.52 being requested for this item. Hints that opposition in the coun cil was developing against the pay ment of $500 a month to the consult ant have been heard in the city hall. Mr. Cheney is under contract to the city until January 1. Under this con tract he is required to give two weeks of his time each month to the work of the commission. The balance of his time is spent in other cities where he is engaged in similar work. "The request of the city planning commission," said Major Baker, "will be handled in the usual manner. No action will be taken on the subject until the budget and the request are considered on their merits. "As far as I am personally con-' cerned. and I believe each member of the council concurs, I will not vote for an appropriation of any kind. unless I feel confident that the city Is getting its money's worth and the project is necessary. Because we may have the money to spend will not influence me. It would not be Why Aren't You Taking Ntii ol a. wtsV. t. or. 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MONCTON, N. B., Oct. 22. Werner Horn claimed Immunity before a magistrate today ' from punishment by Canada for dynamiting the inter national bridge at St. Croix. N. B. Having served a sentence in the United States for illegally transport ing dynamite, he asserted that the blowing up of the bridge was an act of war for which the German gov ernment was responsible, as he was an officer of the German army. "I admit everything," he said, "but in the enemy land X am acting as a German officer under protection of the German flag with the arms of a German regiment. On the American side I am responsible for transporting unlawfully dynamite and I am pun ished for this, but on the Canadian side my government was responsible it was in war time." ASPIRIN IS SAFE . WHEN GENUINE Take tablets Without Fear If They Are Marked With the "Bayer Cross." 88 CARS HELD AT DOCK Release of Carriers Advised as Move to Relieve Shortage. SALEM,- Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) The release of 88 cars, held up for more than a week at the St. Johns terminal in Portland, would do much toward relieving the present shortage of rail carriers in Oregon, according to information given out at the of fices of the public service commission today. The cars contained export ship ments, according to the commission ers. They arrived in Portland from the east but the boat which was to carry the cargo abroad had not yet reached port. This condition caused a delay -in unloading and releasing the cars. Corn. Show Committee Named. . EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) The western Oregon corn show will be held in Eugene again this year. according to a decision of promoters of the exhibition, and E. C. Simmons, president of the Kugene chamber of If you want the 'true, world-famou Aspirin, as prescribed by physician for over eighteen years, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.' 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