2 THE MORXING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919. PUBLIC ONLY LEFT IN COiElffiE Withdrawal of Labor Is Fol lowed by Employers. PRESIDENT MAKES APPEAL Remaining "Body Considers Plans to Bring Capital and Workers . Into Accord. WASHINGTON.-Oct. 23. Out of th national industrial conference which besan its sessions here 13 days ago with representatives of labor, em ployer and the -public in attendance, there remained tonight only the dele Kates appointed by President Wilson to act for the public. Meeting today after the withdrawal late yesterday of the labor delegates, the employer and public groups heard throuph Secretary Lane, the confer ence chairman, a message -from Pres ident Wilson requesting the public delegates to carry on the work for which the body was called the establishment, of a new relationship between capital and labor. Chairman - Lane after laying the president's wishes before the two groups, declared the conference ad journed. The employers' representa tives, after issuing a statement in which they pointed out three distinct (rains from the controversy over col lective bargaining, dissolved as a group and dispersed to their homes. Course Is Debated. The course which the public dele gates will pursue was far from clear tonight. After spending more than four hours in executive session, the major portion of the time being de voted to discussions of various inter pretations of Mr. Wilson's message, the public conferees were not In agreement as to the president's in tentions and were still undecided whether they should merely make recommendations as to the organiza tion of a new conference or should undertake the mission of the original 'body. In official circles" it was said that the latter course was the one the president had in mind and hope was expressed that the public delegates in reality'in themselves representing all three-groups-would be able to formu late a programme acceptable to both capital and labor. Secretary Wilson told conferees that the- president would nominate further representa tives, should it be deemed advisable, and suggested that industrial experts be called in case the group decided to make extended investigations. Meeting Today Set. Some public delegates maintained that their duty .was only to report what had been done up to the tims labor withdrew and then await the further pleasure of the president, v hile others insisted that they were called upon to proceed with the pro gramme outlined in the original call. Conferees .willing to continue as a new conference objected to being con sidered as the "leftovers" from the old groups.' As" the debate waxed acri monious an attempt was made to ob tain a recess -of two weeks but the motion was defeated by a close vote and lt w;dclded to meet tomorrow. Meantime, a. committee of which John-- !.--Rockefeller -Jr.-is chairman , and John Spargo, Ida, Tarbell, Thomas IX Jones and Edward M. Burgess are members, will prepare a recommenda- tron ;as to tht group's future action.. President Wilson on being informed "early in the day ot labor's withdraw al" dictated from his. sickbed a mes sage to Chairman Lane. Later in the day Mr. Lane appeared before the public group and read the message in the form of a memoran dum, but declined to make it public. Before the conference adjourned the employers' representatives expressed their willingness to remain, although realizing that without the labor del egates little could be achieved. In their' statement the employers declared that "collective bargaining, an accepted and desirable policy in industry, had been' brought more prominently before the country," "with the realization that the term must be- understood as having vari ous applications under different con ditions. Collective bargaining is in terpreted by labor in only one way." the statement said and that is as "organizing and bargaining through trade and labor unions." On the other hand, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement explaining the stand of the labor group, de clared that "it is worse than useless to sit In conference" with employers unless they agree to a declaration of the right of workers to organize without discrimination. Asserting that the labor delegates are not "jumping jacks" and would not reverse their decision, Mr. Gompers said that he had been instructed ore- vious to yesterday's meeting by the. labor group, including both the rep resentatives of the American Federa tion of Labor and the railroad broth- erhoods, to announce ' their with drawal in case the collective-bargaining declaration was defeated. When the declaration was finally rejected yesterday, he said, there was nothing left except withdrawal. . In declaring the conference ad journed. Chairman Lane said that the going out of the labor -group had chnaged the nature of the -conference. "Therefore," he added, "it is the president's desire that I should ex press to the gentlemen of the em ployers' group, who . have expressed their willingness to stay his desire that the nature of the conference itself should, because of the change of conditions, be changed, and that the work should be carried out by the public group inasmuch as the bur-, den of these quarrels that exist in industry falls ultimately upon the public. And so, gentlemen, the pub lic group will be asked to make a re-: port and give advice and suggestions as to the industrial policy of this country." Three Gains Seen. ' The .employers' group , of the con ference tonijrht issued the following statement:. "The adjournment, of the national industrial conference as originally constituted brings up sharply the question of whether weeks of contro versy over one phase only of Indus trial relations leaves the situation without a single gain. The employers' group, soberly reviewing the work of the conference, discovers . three defin ite gains: "First It has teen demonstrated that failure is inevitable where pre liminary organization of the elements composing such a conference is absent and where no preparation is made for the orderly presentation of a pro gramme which shall Include all of the known factors upon which industrial relations are based. "Second Collective bargaining, an accepted and .desirable policy in in dustry, has been brought more promi nently before the country and will Influence a sincere effort on the part of innumerable manufacturers to find an acceptable medium through which this collective relationship may be se cured and maintained In the industrial establishment. "Third Collective bargaining as a policy or principle cannot safely be used,4n the broad and general sense with which the public has been ac customed to express it, but must be defined clearly as to Its applicability to the varying conditions of industry and the varying relations that exist between wage-earner and the em ployer. Dual Responsibility Weeded. "Fundamental to the whole ques tion of collective bargaining Is the responsibility of those who bargain, and this is directed quite as much at the employer as at the wage earner or the organization of which the wage earner Is a member. Only where there is a definite dual responsibility, lived up to as scrupulously as is re quired in other contractural relations, can collective bargaining in any form or under any interpretation be suc cessful. "Then it must be remembered that the industrial life of the country, in its employment relations, divides defi nitely among . certain lines. No one will deny the right of the individual wage earner and his employer to ne gotiate terms of employment for Iru dustrlal relations acceptable to both, but aside from this there is the deal ing' between employer and his em ployes by means of the shop Indus- SE NATE COMMUTE E APPROVES INQUIRY Senator Watson's Resolution Is' Ordered Reported. LOBBYING CHARGE DENIED Trade Commission's Criticism of Indiana Senator Declared. Un fair by Senator Gronna. y WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Senator Watson's resolution. proposing Inves tigation of the alleged employment oy socialists ana raaicais Dy tne leaerai trade commission in its Investigation of the meat packers was ordered fav- issue, the commission ought to as sist In demonstrating the truth or falsity of the charges that it has employed socialists and anarchists. The true vindication of the commis sion is to try these charges. If true, no amount of mud slinging will over come them." OREGON CITY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Margaret E. Harrington Sur vived by Daughter. OREGON CITY", Or., Oct. 2S. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Margaret Ellen Harring ton, familiarly known among her many friends and acquaintances as "Aunt Maggie," died , at her home In this city at Pleasant avenue today, after an Illness of several months from cancer of the stomach, i Margaret -Harrington's - maiden name was Margaret Ellen Stornier, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac tJtormer. She was born In Iewa September 7, 1849. At Springwater her father filed on a homestead ana there Martraret was married to Al bert Harrington at the age of 15 years. After her marriage she moved with her husband to Highland. Clack amas ' county, -where she made her home until 15 years ago, when she moved to Oregon City, where she had Since lived. Mrs. Harrington is survived by a CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON TRIES TO AVERT COAL STRIKE. f -M 4 "V X ' : UIULl Copyright by Underwood. Thomas F. Brewster, president of Coal Operators' association left) Secretary of Labor Wilson (center) and John I,. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, conferring In Washington in effort to avert threat enel coal strike. trial council, dealing through a' trade or labor union, and all of these meth ods are' acknowledged and practiced by employers. ."It may he charged that the em ployers' group, in defeating the Gom pers resolution, denied the right of organization and of collective bar gaining. But the conference learned definitely that the right of organiza tion and collective bargaining are in terpreted by the labor group in one way . and one way only, organizing and .bargaining thiough trade and labor unions. It would be unfair to make rs njf pronouncement - on these two . important principles which would convey as the belief of this conference such an interpretation. . Dinrble Meaning Carried. "The .purpose of the resolution through, cunning phrases coined to carry. double meaning .vas to commit the conference to support the only brand of collective bargaining ever offered by the group presenting it and the employers were bound to re fcist to th end. "The employers' group could not deny the right that it so freely and fully conceded In its own substitute resolution which the conference de feated and it stands today with the adjournment of the conference upon the record of its substitute and its interpretation, confident that - the sober judgment of the American peo ple will come to understand that the position taken was In the defense of the open shop, an American institu tion that shall not be undermined and destroyed by any organized combina tion seeking to threaten its life. "We are leaving upon the record of the conference this declaration of true American principles and upon this declaration the employers' group and the employers of the nation will stand in fair dealing with the wage earner through the critical days of readjustment Just ahead." PEORIA, III., Oct. 23. Following the withdrawal of the labor group from the industrial conference at Washington, the Illinois Federation of Labor in convention this morning au thorized the sending of a message to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and to Tflembers of the -executive council. urging the immediate issuance of a call for a special .convention of the American Federation of Labor in Washington. representatives of the railroad bro therhoods he invited to participate, the cbject of the -meeting to be the "per fecting of an offensive and defensive alliance . of the international unions of the United States and Canada and the railway brotherhoods more effectively to fight out the life and death struggles of the Workers now in .progress and impending." The mes sage assails the "steel trust." for methods used in the' present' strike and says "too long has labor per mitted these tyrants ' fo keep the workers on the defensive." . The meeting also asks that' Included in the call as one of the objects of the 1-ropoded meeting be "the levying of an assessment upon every org.-in.ized worker in the United States and Can ada of rot less than ore-fourth of his r.et earnings and vpon every officer of organized labor not less than 50 per cent of his salary until tne ob jects, of this drive be accomplished." orably reported today by the senate expenditures committee. Senator Watson in the senate late today made an emphatic denial of charges against him in the statement issued yesterday by the commission. The Indiana senator also declared as false the statement of the commission yesterday that he was friendly to the packers and accused the commission of bringing up old and dlsproven charges. Watson Is Defended. Chalrma Gronna of the senate agri cultural committee, which Is Investi gating the packers, and Senator Townsend. republican of Michigan, came to Mr. Watson's support, the for mer declaring "unfair the criticism of the senator in the commission's statement. In examining the packers' correspondence files Senator Gronna, said nowhere was It shown that Mr. Watson had done anything "favoring the packers or in any way reflecting upon him." In reply to the commission's refer ence to the lobbying charges, made in 1909 in the Mulhall ca.e. the Indi ana senator said they were ten years old and had been made over and over again in state and national political campaigns, each time with the result that he was elected. "The senate committee which in vestigated these charges," said Mr. Watson, "never even made a report. while the two house committee reports exonerated me. Regarding the commission's state ment that correspondence between Wilson & Co. representatives and John Eversman showed "interest" by Senator Watson in packers affairs, Mr. Watson said that he voted in com mittee and the senate, and spoke against the. railroad rate legislation asked by the packers. ... Assistance. Is Asked. Reiterating demands for investiga tion of his charges that socialists and anarchists have been employed by the committee,. Senator Watson contin ued: -. - "No senator making, sucb charges in good, faith ought to. be "hounded, I made no charges against the com mission, but against certain employes specifically named so that --ail the great body of faithful . employes of the commission -would not be under suspicion. "Instead of trying to obscure the daughter. Mrs. J. M. Heckart of this city; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Katie Harrington; two grandchildren, Mor ris and Alethe Harrington of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Adeline Pooler of S;ilem, Mrs. Sol Anderson of Salem and Mrs Minnie Kandel of Estacada, and two brothers, Jeff'Stormer of Waldo Hills, Or., and John Stormer of Estacada. RESERVATION LIST GROWS Contlnu-d Krom First Paj?e. " the overseas possessions of Germany to which Germany renounce "her rights and - titles' to the K principal allied and associated powers under articles 119 to 127. inclusive." The fourth reservation was author ised on motion of Senator Shields, democrat. Tennessee, who said the suggestion had been made to him by Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri, who is not a member of the committee. By vote of 10 to 5, with Senators lie Cumber and Smith, democrat, Arisona. absent, the committee instructed its chairman to draft a reservation "to conserve the national honor and vital interests of the United States" in language similar to that used In the Root treaties. It also was decided to innorporate In the reservation adopted yesterday regarding national jurisdiction of do mestic questions, a provision retain ing national supervision over "th suppression of the traffic In women and children and In opium and other dangerous drus;s." During the day in the senate a plea was made by Senator Johnson for h'.s voting equalization amendment and it was opposed by Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin, Colt of Rhode Island, Edge of New Jersey and McCumber of North Dakota, all republicans. PACT DISTORTED, .SAYS OWEN Covenant Falsified by Critics, De clares Oklahoma Senator. NEW YORK, Oct !3. The league of nations covenant has been "so dis torted and falsified" by its critics that "some good citizens have been induced to distrust it." Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma declared here tonight in an address at a banquet given by the league of nations association. Although the language of the cove nant "was not perfectly drawn. Mr. Owen said. It "proposes to promote international co-operation and the maintenance of " Justice and good understanding between countries. He . asserted it was the "greatest International document ever drawn. BODY TO ARRIVE TODAY Widow Survives Lieutenant Bert Strong, Who Dted at Mare Island The body of Lieutenant Bert L. Strong of Portland will arrive tn this city from Mare Island this morning according to advices received here. Lieutenant Strong, who -was a senior lieutenant in the navy, died suddenly at Mare Island Tuesday. We was years of age. Lieutenant Strong was a graduate of the University of Oregon medical school and spent three years at the University of Oregon. He had been a resident of Portland for about ten years. He leaves a widow, formerly Miss Ruth Turner of Portland; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Strong. 686 East Fifteenth street North; two sisters. Miss Blanche Strong and Mrs. J. R. St. John, and a brother," Walter Strong. Funeral announcements will be made later. Oar Store Opens at 9 A. M. Junction City to Form Post. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 23. (Special.) Junction City will soon have a post of the American Legion. W. B Follett. state chairman of the organization, and Major W. L. Copper noil of this city plan to go there Saturday night to perfect the or ganization of the post. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN GAME PRESERVE IS URGED F. - W. Brown Favors Mt. Pitt Dis trict for New Refuge- Place. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 23. (Special.) r-V- M. Brown, chief deputy state game warden or Portiana, who re turned yesterday from deer hunting in the Mount Pitt district, said today that he would recommend that a game preserve of at least 10,000 acres be made in that district. Mr. Brown will suggest to State Game Warden Shoemaker that Imme diate steps be taken to secure such a reserve by co-operation with the gov ernment forestry officials in Wash ington. "No better natural breeding place for game exists in the state," said Mr. Brown. S. & H. green stamps for cash, Hol man Fuel company. Main 353. A 3353. Blockwood. 4 feet or short slabwood. Utah and Rock Springs coal; sawdust. A1V. ' "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be genuine' must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an unbroken Bayer package which con tains proper directions to safely re lieve Headache. Toothache. Earache, Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tabiats cost but a few cents at druc stores lariter packages also. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicvlicacid. Adv. nations or the treaty to be authorized to perform any act for or on behalf of the United States thereunder, and no citizen of the United States shall be selected or appointed as a member of said commissions. committees. courts, councils or conferences except with the approval of the congress of the United States." "Nothing in articles 29S. 297 or in any of the annexes thereto or in any other articles, section or annex of the treaty of peace with Germany, Fhall, as agalcst citizens of the United States be taken to mean any confir mation, ratification or approval of any act otherwise illegal or in con travention of the rights of citizens of the United States. "The United States declines to ac cept any interest as trustee or in her own right or any responsibility for the government or disposition of RASCALS Biliousness, Headache. Cokls. 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