PRICE FIVE CENTS
lrOL. TjVIII. NO. 18.400
Entered at Portland (Oregcon)
f'of tof r'ice as Second -C : a Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, . SATURDAY, NOVKMRKR 15, 1919.
WASHINGTON TO MAP
OUT FIGHT ON 1. W. W.
PROSECUTORS OF THREE BIG
GEST COUNTIES TO CONFER.
STREET-CUR MEN
GET PAY INCREASE
WORKER AT CHEHALIS
WOUNDED BY SENTRY
CEPJTRRLIA BURIES
2 OF HEROIC DEAD
SCORES OF SUSPECTS
IN CENTRAhIA JAIL
ARMED ROBBERS LOOT
SECRETARY WILSON
Dnni onnM nr tinnn
I UULIIUUIII Ul
FOR RED INVASION
CHKIIAMS MAX I UN ORES F1VK
COMMANDS TO HALT.
HUNT FOR SLAYER OF 1VAHREX
THREE MASKED MEN HOLD UP
GRIMM VIGOROUS.
PATRONS AND OWNER.
POKANE
ARMNG
CHAMPIONS PUBLIC
W. W. Reported to Be
Descending on City.
WO COMPANIES MOBILIZED
Officers of Legion Post
Threatened by Letter.
AILS ARE FILLING UP
derails Being Sworn In as Dep
uties in Case City Becomes
Flooded With Radicals.'
SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 14. With
ational guardsmen under arms at the I
tate armory here and more than 100
nembers of the American Legion
worn in as special officers, officials
fere were in readiness tonight for a
eported invasion of Industrial Work
rs of the World from rorhwestern
tates into this city.
At a late hour tonight only two
trrests of I. W. W. had been made by
he police since evening, and an en
ire absence of I. W. W. activity here
(was reported by the officers. Incom-
ng trains, upon which reports re
ceived by officers of the American
-eg ion said were numbers of alleged
p. W. W.. were being watched, but
ith scant results.
Reports Bear Out Movement.
Reports to the Associated Press to
night from Northern Idaho and Mon
tana failed to bear out the informa
tion of American Legion officers that
an I. W. W. movement to this city
was in progress.
According to J. B. Clark, one of the
r3 men convicted, an appeal is to be
taken to the superior court, where
the defendants expect to have an at
torney to defend them. Ttvo of the
defendants were found not guilty and
dismissed, and one was discharged at
the request of the prosecuting attor
ney.
Coming on the heels of the receipt
at the local headquarters of the Amer
ican Legion earlier today of a letter
which bore the purported name of
an I. W. W. official and threatening
by name nine officers and members
of the local legion post, the reported
invasion caused city, county and state
peace officers to prepare to arrest as
rapidly as they arrived here, all sus
pected members of the I. W. "W.
Legion to He Armed.
Arrangements for obtaining arms
and ammunition for the American
Legion members sworn in were being
made, and it was stated that the
special officers would be held in
readiness for service in case the in
vasion materialized. At the same
time Major Thomas G. Aston, "com
mander of the third battalion of the
Washington national guard, called
out the two local national guard com
panies for possible riot duty.
Fifty-three alleged industrial -work
ers arrested in raids here yesterday
were convicted in police cburt today
on city charges of criminal syndical
ism. Each was sentenced to 30 days
in jail and fined $100. They appeared
without attorneys and conducted a
'silent defense."
Sam Crane, among those arrested,
and formerly an attorney of this city
was held for federal authorities.
t'rane is said by the police to be
Canadian citizen.
Preparations were being made for
carrying for 170 others in the county
jail, and if that proved inadequate, in
ythe state armory or perhaps in the
yard of the county jail.
I. W. AV. Officers Disappear.
Police were unsuccessful today
efforts to round up officers of the
I. W. W. here, and said apparently
they had left the city. They did take
in custody C. K. Quasi, alleged to b
a member, and announced that they
had discovered evidence of a start
here toward the organization of Ger
man soviet.
"Workers meetings" called for Sat
urday and Sunday night at Turne
hall were forbidden by the police, and
trustees of the German Turnverein,
owners of the buildings, were advised
that they would .face criminal prose
cution if further meetings of I. W.-W.
or alleged radicals were permitted
there.
The letter received today through
the mail by the American Legion,
mentions by name nine officers and
other prominent members of the local
post, and w.arns that unless they "dis
continue to create hatred against the
I .W. W. of Spokane that they will
fellow in the footsteps of the marked
ones at Centralia." "We have them
marked all over the country." it de
clared. "We got the Centralia bunch
and the following men will get theirs
unless you instruct them to lay off."
Letter Writer Inknonn.
Possibility that the letter was a
hoax was suggested tonight' by the
statement of officers that no such
official as "managing secretary" is
known to exist in the I. W. W., and
that local 1. W. W. organizations are
not known as "chapters" by which
term reference was made in the let
ter to the Spokane local.
' Reports given Commissioner Tils
ley of the municipal department of
public safety. Chief of Police Weir,
Sheriff Keid and others, at a con
ference late this afternoon, indicated
that perhaps 1000 members of the
(Cuucluiitu ou i?anti 0. Culumu 2.)
1(1 liodl'rcy, Trusted Employe ' of
Mill, Is Innocent Victim Cau
tion by (Guards Unheeded.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Ed Godfrey, an employe of the
Chehalis Mill company in the south
end of the city, was s'not in the upper
left shoulder at 3 o'clock this morning
by one of the armed military sentries
on duty on lower Chehalis avenue.
The sentry, with others, was guard-
ng the various approaches to the
Lewis county jail where a number of
I. W. W. implicated in the murder at
Centralia Tuesday are confined.
Godfrey had been working till late
in the night and was on his way up
town. When he approached Main
street, it was said that Godfrey was
hailed by the sentries who advised
him fully as to how he could get up
Chehalis avenue safely. The man was
especially cautioned that when chal
lenged he should stop. However, a
short distance further along when
challenged even to the number of
five times, Godfrey failed to halt. Two
shots were fired in the air before the
third, which wounded him, was used
to eniorce tne command, ile js at a
local hospital.
Legion Pays Tribute to
Victims of Reds.
SENTRIES PATROL STREETS
Chaplain Exhorts Providence
to Condemn Murderers.
CITY SAD BUT RESOLUTE
$2000 IN SHOE SOUGHT
Money Thrown Into Coos River
During Houseclcaning.
MARSHFIELD, Or.iv'ov. 14. (Spe
cial.) W. "L. Mast, professional diver
of Bandon, is scouring the bottom of
Coos river at the Henry Higgins ranch
on the north fork, to secure $2000 in
gold coin and currency which was
accidentally thrown into the river by
Mr. Higgins' brother during a house
cleaning.
The money had been cached in the
house for some time and its last secret
hiding place was an old shoe. With
the rest of the rubbish, James Hig
gins dumped the heavily laden shoe
into the river.
Diver Mast was engaged for the
work at a price of $200. He has been
searching for1 two days and the money
has not been recovered.
YV. Y. Prisoners Forced to lig
Grave for Self-Boasted Partic
iflaiit in Attack on Parade.
J. V. Chandler, Proprietor of Hall
at Third and Alder Streets,
Loses Cash and Diamonds.
Thousands Stand in Silence as
Lieutenant Grimm and Dale
Hubbard Are Laid to Rest.
BT BEX HL'R LAMPMAN.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) In a hall draped with the trap
pings of former festival, but with the
colors of America standing at guard.
Centralia and the American Legion of
Washington paid tribute and bade
farewell today to four very gallant
gentlemen who served their country
overseas, and whose return after bat
tle, was met with the bullets of the
L W. W. and death in the Armistice
day celebration and tragedy of last
Tuesday.
While the members of the American
Legion from every point in Washing
ton and the citizens of Centralia
marched through the streets to the
great, bare auditorium, white, raf
tered and spacious, wherein the 'cas
kets were draped with the flag, other
ex-service men kept watch and ward
COYOTES RAIDING HERDS
Ranchers Near Dufur Make Ap
peal to County Agent.
THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Dufur citizens are becoming
aroused by incursions of blood-thirsty
coyotes into herds of sheep and pigs
and flocks of chickens. County Agent
Fluharty has received an appeal to
help ranchers in the vicinity of Du
fur. The coyotes are reported unusual
ly ravenous this year.
If necessary, the appeal declares, a
petition with the signatures of every
farmer in the vicinity will be pre
sented asking for a government trap
per. Residents will give board and
odging to any official government
trapper who may be selected.
VICTORY MEDAL APPROVED
Secretary Raker Accepts New York
Sculptor's Design.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The de
sign for the "Victory Medal," to be
given to every American who took
part in the world war, was approved
today by Secretary Baker. James E.
Frazier, a New York sculptor, de
signed the medal, which will be of
bronze, about. the size of a silver dollar.
On the one side will be a figure of
Victory with the inscription "The
Great War for Civilization," and on
the reverse side the names of the
allied and associated powers.
on the streets of the city and on the
hills which surround it. lest lurking
radicals re-enact the treacherous at
tack that brought sorrow to the city
and served to kindle the nation
against its inward enemies.
' Funeral Dram Thousand.
The tour to whom in memory com
rades and citizens turned yesterday
as to a pledge that the flag shall re
main unsullied and that 1. W.. W.iam
and its kindred brood . must be
stamped out were Lieutenant Warren
O. Grimm. Dale Hubbard. Arthur R.
McElfresh and Ben Casagranda. The
first two were laid to rest in Moun
tain View cemetery this afternoon at
the conclusion of the legion's memo
rial service. The' latter will have pri
vate funerals and be buried tomorrow.
The strangest funeral that the
TJnited States has ever witnessed and
by far the most significant was th
ceremony that drew the thousands to
this city, and that parked the streets
about the auditorium with masses of
silent, uncovered people this after
noon at 3 o'clock, when the funeral
cortege of Lieutenant Grimm wound
from the Presbyterian church to the
great hall, that the body of the town's
favorite son might lie in state beside
those of his three murdered com'
rades.
City Sad but Resolute.
For the streets wore the appearance
of an armed city, grim and saddened
but resolute to stand the test and an
swer any call. Along the line of
march were sentries with loaded ri
fles. They paced their beats about
By BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
CENTRALIA. Wash., ; Nov. 14.
(Special.) Crusading against the
"wobblies" in Lewis county may soon
come to a close for lack bf suspects.
The dragnet that has compassed the
county and swept every hamlet and
lumber cam"p has . dumped its scores
into the little Centralia jail, crowd
ing the bull pen and giving every cell
pair or more of occupants.
And the efficacy of the widespread
search for members of the radical
clan at whose doors is laid the mur
der of four service men on Armistice
day is exemplified in the complaint
filed tonight against nine men now
in custody, admitted members of the
L W. W. and one now at large. The
charge is murder in the first degree.
Grimm's Slayer Eagerly Sought.
As for the missing tenth target of
the complaint, Bert Bland, the cap
ture of none of the alleged perpe
trators of the Armistice day outrage
would bring more sincere satisfaction
to the searchers. It was Bert Bland,
according to information in the
hands of the Centralia Legion, who
fired the shot that felled Lieutenant
Warren Grimm, veteran of overseas
service, noted collegiate athlete and
one of Centralia's favorite sons. If
Bland is taken, as the authorities be
lieve he will be, it is almost a fore
gone conclusion that he will not be
jailed in Centralia. With the public
temper cooled to the hardness of
chilled steel content now to wait for
the process of punishment by law.
it is believed not improbable that
word of Bland's arrest would kindle
anew the mob spirit.
Descriptions Sent Broadcast.
Like many of the "wobblies" Bland
is still in his youth, not more than
22 or 23 years of age. Descriptions of
him have' been sent broadcast, in the
hope that the fleeing I. W. W. may
be apprehended. He is five feet four
inches in height, weighs 145 pounds,
has sandy, bushy hair, slightly curled,
ruddy of face, and probably bears
the marks of a recent attack of
barber's itch. He usually wears, a
box-backed brown suit with wide
bottomed trousers and square toed
shoes.
Many of the suspects seized by the
Legion and by the special police are
found to have I. W. W. membership
cards and pistols in their possession.
But the authorities, while they have
made the most minute quest for mem
bers of the radical organization since
the Tuesday tragedy are convinced
that the majority of these are small
fish and scarcely worth the netting.
save as a precaution during the period
immediately following the shooting.
Lejrlon After 1'artlripants. ,
"We are about through with the
small fellows." said Captain Lloyd
Dysart, in charge of American Legion
policing activities. "From now on we
will center our energies upon appre
hending the. several remaining 1. W.
W. whom we have reason to believe
were participants ia tha Armistice
dy murder."
The case against the men now held
on the charge of murder is considered
to be completely upheld by the sworn
confession of one of their own num
ber, whose name the authorities de
clined to reveal. In this confession,
made early this morning, the 1. W.
W. related his participation in the
shooting and implicated several oth
ers. While the search is on for these.
Three masked and armed highway
men held up the Idle Hour poolroom,
near Third and Alder streets, in the
heart of the downtown district, at 11
o'clock last night, obtaining more
than S4000 worth of cash and dia
monds, besides watches and other ar
tides.
The robbers fired one shot to In
timidate their victims. They spent
about 25 minutes ransacking the
premises, and escaped before the po
lice were notified. Five men were
robbed.
Mrs. J. C. Campbell. 1102 East
Twenty-fourth street North, was held
up near her home by a boy about 18
years old, who refused to take 25
cents, all the money she. had. A
youth answering the same descrip
tion held up Herbert Erlckson, 265
Going street, at Killingsworth and
Williams avenue early this morning.
nd robbed him of $140.
J. W. Chandler, proprietor of the
hall, listed his losses an follows: $1100
cash, diamond ring. $2000. and a dia
mond stickpin, $900. Others robbed
were: Daniel Foley, soft drink mixer.
$60: Mike Gilhooley, Berkshire hotel,
$100 and watch, and James Craft, a
cook from Arlington, Or., $4. The rob
bers forced Mr. Chandler to open the
safe, taking what money was inside,
besides a watch, a revolver and an
automatic pistol which had been left
there by patrons of the hall.
The robbers entered the hall by
the stairway from Third street. Two
(Concluded on Page 6. Column 3.)
Miners and Operators Are
Told to Get Together.
BOTH ARE TAKEN TO TASK
Labor Leader Makes Good
Impression.
Campaign for Suppression of Sedi
tious Publications Also Will
Be Outlined.
CONCILIATORY TALKS MADE
Conference Is Informed That Na-
tlon Expects Settlement or '
IMfficulties.
OREGON'IAX NEWS ritt?k in
Washington. Nov. 14 Willie, n
Wilson, who started in life as a coal
cl' Jncl rr years was secretary
of the United Mine Workers, as sec
retary of the United States depart
ment of labor stood up fearlessly as
the advocate rf ty, ..v..: .j ,
- . f it , n. iouay wnen
the conference of miners and opera
tors convened to negotiate a new
working agreement.
He did not shrink from tlUitr
plainly to the representatives of his
own former nmniHn
were masked with white handker
chiefs tied across their faces, while
the third wore a black handkerchief
tied in a similar manner.
Mr. Chandler, Foley and "Myster
ious" Billy Smith, ex-prize-fighter.
were sitting opposite from the door
by which the robbers entered. Two
highwaymen walked over to the group
and covered them with revolvers,
while the third remained on guard
at the head of the stairs leading to
the street.
One of the men. a tall, athletic fel
low weighing about 170 pounds,
ordered the victims to line up in front
of the bar. They complied. To en
pedite their movements one of the
robbers fired a shot.
Mr. Chandler's ring and stickpin
first attracted attention. One of the
robbers pulled the tiepln roughly from
Mr. Chandler's throat.
"Pull off that ring," ordered the
spokesman for the robbers.
"I don't know if it'll come off.
demurred the owner, toying with the
jewel.
"All right, I'll shoot it off," threat
ened the robber,
Mr. Chandler got the ring off with
out further delay. Another robber,
short, heavily built man also weigh
ing about 170 pounds, searched the
victims' pockets.
Then . the spokesman ordered Mr
Chandler to open the safe and hand
over all the valuables. There was
about $50 in silver and bills, besides
the watches and firearms, in the safe.
The robbers also took some receipted
bills and other papers, which Mr.
Chandler finally persuaded them to
restore on the ground that they were
of no use to the robbers. The greater
part of the money was In the till.
The robbers asked Smith regarding
his health, but did not search him or
take anything from him. They ap
parently were local men, and well
acquainted with their victims.
Meantime Messrs. Gilhooley and
(Concluded on Page 5, Column X.)
Mine Workers, pointing out their mis-
lancs with the same candor that he
emphasized the faults of the.
tors. During all of his speech, which i
was almost as unassailable in it
torical effect as in its logic, John L.
Lewis, president nf t, it-,.j .
Workers, sitting in the front row
just in front of the center of the plat-
form. never once looked the Sni.r
directly in the eye.
Lewl Seems Indifferent.
Lewis' entire attitude was r.n r.t
indifference during Secretary Vin
son's remarks, but the attitude bf
William Green, secretary-treasurer of
the Urited Mine Workers, was en
tirely different. He gave Secretarv
Wilson the most respectful attention
and betrayed by his countenance no
personal annoyance that things have
not been going as well for the miners
of late as he might have wished.
After presenting the plan by which
no wouiu nave the operators and the
miners get together. Secretary Wil
son. addressing himself to the miners
and speaking with the deepest earn
estness, said:
" ls nut tair to say to you in the
beginning- of this conference thrt
au-nour weeK in the present in
dustrial condition of the country is
impossible. 1 realize that miners
seldom have the privilege of 30 hours'
worK during the week throughout
the year. Their time Is broken and
if i" . i . . .. 1. 1 . n ,
-i me 1 1 1 .i -v i m i u in ju nours
it means very much less. You have
to reckon with breakdowns and acci
dents and the seasonal demands for
coal."
He said that to reduce the work
ing day would only force the opera
tors to employ more men in order to
keep up the output necessary to se
cure adequate allotment of cars and
the miners would not benefit in tho
end.
"No one knows the effect of the
six-hour day," ne continued.
"In these times when we have not
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 14. Prose
cuting attorneys of Kins, Pierce and
Spokane counties will meet Sunday,
If possible in Tacoma, to determine
upon the lines of a campaign for the
suppression of seditious publications
in these three most populous com
munities of the state and also to de
vise methods of a more vigorous at
tack on the I. W. W reds and other
radicals. Prosecuting Attorney Fred
C. Brown announced today.
As an emphasis to his general call
to all prosecutors, sheriffs and police
officers of the counties and cities of
the state. Governor Hart has directly
addressed Mr. Brown, Prosecuting
Attorney W. D. Askren of Pierce
county, and Prosecuting Attorney J.
B. Lindsley of Spokane county, urg
ing them to suppress treasonable pub
lications. The governor's communi
cation to Prosecutor Brown, received
today, is as follows:
"In addition to the suggestions
contaiiled in the enclosed letter will
you please make through investiga
tion and endeavor to get necessary
evidence to justify an action for the
suppression of any seditious publi
cations now being issued in your
county.
"Just advised that the United
States authorities : ave taken action
against Union Record. There are
one or two smaller ones."
Prosecutor Brown upon receipt of
the governor's letter at once tele
phoned Prosecuting Attorney -sk-ren,
who said he would communicate
with Prosecutor Lindsley in Spokane.
"'We are trying to get together as
soon as possible and we will have
conference in Tacoma Sunday if
Mr. Lindsley can get over," said Mr.
Brown. "If not then, we will meet
on Monday."
Arbitration Board Sees
Scale Signed.
WAGE DATES FROM OCTOBER
62 Cents Instead of 56 to Be
Basis of Agreement.
PROBE IS EXHAUSTIVE
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Column 4.
WOMEN "BREAK" STRIKE
Dow ii With Agitators" Cry
mule Workers In Mexico.
LAREDO, Tex.. Nov. . 14. Women
employes in a factory at Cordoba,
Mexican state of Vera Cruz. have
'broken the strike in that place, " ac
cording to word received here today
VV ith the slogan, "Down with agi
tators, the women have returned to
work and are urging "all workmen
of good faith" to do likewise.
HARRELD'S MAJORITY 708
Aiitl-Leauc Republican Replaces
Weaver, Oklahoma Democrat.
OKLAHOMA CITV. Nov. 13. J, W.
Harreld, republican nominee and anti
league of nations candidate. was
elected to congress over Claude
Weaver, democrat, by a majority of
708 votes in last Saturday's election,
according to official returns.
Harreld received 11,782 votes and
Weaver 11,074.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column. 1.)
BUDAPEST IS EVACUATED
Rumanian Troops Begin With
drawal From Capital..
BUDAPEST, via Basle, Nov. 14.
(By the Associated Press.) The Rou
manian troops began evacuating Bud
apest this morning, the national army
holding the bridgehead as they left.
Pest had been evacuated by 10
o'clock and the national army was
occupying it.
STEEL WORKERS GET 'FLU'
Disease Appear. Among Men Liv
ing in Mills.
TOUXGSTOWN, O., Nov. 14. Span
ish influenza has broken out among
workmen living in steel mills here
on account of the steel strike, accord
lug IU aunuuill.CIIICIll .1. V Ull S LO W U I ,
hospital officials today, who said ' f
that six cases had been taken to the '
hospital from the Ohio works of the 1
Carnegie Steel company, and three
from the Brier Hill Steel company.
Several hundred men have been liv
ing in each plant during the eight
weeks of the strike.
LUMBER PLANT BURNED
Willamette Box & Lumber Com
pany Reported Destroyed.
Fire of an unknown origin at an
early hour this morning destroyed
the plant of the Willamette Bo &
Lumber company at Linnton, and at
2:30 A. M. was said to be threatening
adjacent lumber plants and build
ings. The alarm came into fire de
partment headquarters shortly after
1 A. M.
No estimate of the loss was ob
tainable. -
FROZEN BODIES FOUND
Austrian Battery, Buried In Snow,
Uncovered by St. Bernard Dogs.
USNKVA, Nov. 13. The frozen bod
ies of several Austrian artillerymen,
perfectly preserved, have been dis
covered by St. Bernard dogs in an
Alpine trench, near the summit of
Stelvio Pass, about 10,000 feet above
sea level.
It is believed that a whole battery
was buried in the deep snow. Search
ing putties uncovered seven bodies.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Award Is Finally Made After I.onj
Hearings, but Spirit or Both
Sides Is ?lighly Commended.
By a unanimous decision of the
board of arbitration considering a
scale of wages for the car men and
other classified street railway em
ployes of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company, a schedule was
yesterday signed for the period from
October 1, 1919, to April 30, 1920.
Wages of platform men are raised
from a maximum of 5t cents an hour
I to a maximum of 62 cents an hour and
that of other classified employes to a
scale corresponding with that figure
approximately.
The arbitrators were Otto Hartwig,
appointed to represent the employes;
F. C. Knapp, appointed to represent
the company, by whom Ira F. Powers
was selected as the third member and
designated as chairman of the board
of arbitration.
Award Kffrctive From October.
It was created by a written agree
ment signed by the officials of the
company and of local division No.
757 of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Klectric Railway Km
ployes of America. The board was
authorized to establish wages for all
employes embraced in the existing
wage agreement between -the parties,
and it was further agreed that the
award of the board shall become ef
fective as of October 1. last, and shall
continue until April 30, 1U20, and
thereafter subject to reopening of
wage scales at intervals of six months
commencing May 1, 1D20.
The board of arbitration made ex
haustive investigations, holding a.
number of sessions, at which testi
mony was introduced, affording ample
opportunity to the employes and rep
resentatives of the company lo pre
sent orally and in writing full state
ments of facts which they felt had
bearing on the question of wage ad
justments. Spirit Fouad lrtfilf ylnts.
In concluding the task lust night
the members of the board expressed
their graitf icatiou that most cordial
relations exist between the employes
and officials of the corporation, and
commended the spirit in which the
parties to the- controversy had pre
sented their testimony.
"It was a gratifying circumstance,"
says the report, "that substantially no
dispute or difference occurred with
respect to any question of fact, both
parties in practically every instance
being in agreement as to the correct
ness of the figures submitted."
The schedule showing the present
wages and scale of the award for
platform men, applying alike to con
ductors and motorinen. is as follows:
public,
railway
w. w.
The Vatlir.
VKSTKKDA V'S Maximum temperature,
r7 deKrees: minimum. 4"J ueKrees.
TODAY'S Kain; moderate to fresh south
erly galea.
1'oreilrn.
Pun-'ierman students prevent Hindenburs
from being questioned by government,
rase 4.
Bolshevlki capture Yamburg. Pase 2.
Lady Astorcloses campaign. Page 8.
Iinnirntic.
War-time prohibition Is uphold. Pase 4.
Miners demand for .'VU-hour week and 6U
per cent increase denied. Page 3.
Machine for industrial Justice advocated.
Page 1.
Secretary Wilson champions
Pase 1.
Strike penalty clause cut out of
bill. Pase 2.
Los Angeles ex-soldiers wreck I.
hall. Page .
l'aclflc North west.
Secretary of state prepares certificates
for 1020 elections. Page i.
.Murder is charged to ten at Centralia.
Page 6.
Spokane is armlnrc asainst threatened
1. V. V. invasion. Page 1.
Centralia buries Lieutenant Warren Grimm
and Dale Hubbard, victims of reds.
Page 1.
Scores of suspects in Centralia jail.
Page 1- .
Washington plans fight on I. W. w.
Page 1.
Sentry wounds Chehalis laborer. Page 1.
Sports.
Honolulu sporting editor takes fllnp at
Tuke Kahanamoku. noted swimmer.
. Page J 3.
Oregon works out for battle with Aggies.
Page J 4.
Hill Military academy beats Franklin
high. 6 to 0. Page 13.
Coach Hunt of V. of W. expects hard game
with Cougar eleven. Page 14.
Vale has hard job ahead to beat Prince
ton at football. Page 14
Portland and Vicinity.
In.ome tax change sought by builders of
northwest. Page 17.
Northwest fteel plant to close January 1
untii conditions improve. Pase 16.
Mary Roelfs' estate goes
- Page S.
Deport alien I. W. W., Mr.
Page 12.
Gatens holds police union
affair. Page 13.
Masked robbers loot poolroom
Page 1.
Stock show deficit quickly reduced at
business men's luncheon. Page lti.
Sum of 13n.ono Is trimmed from city
budget. Page 5.
Streetcar men get pay Increases. Page 1.
Soldiers remove flag of Le Valera. Iaie 1.
Prlulois' au decided, i'aa 12.
to 242 heirs.
Heames urges,
is city's own
of 14000.
Present rate
per hour. Award
Firt three months .H
Next nine months '4 .
Alter one year
One-man car operators, b cents an hour
Extra1 nieuf'a month JU0.00 UOO.OO
In the schedule for classified em
ployes, including blacksmiths, car
penters, machinists, painters, em
ployes in the truck, air and other de
partments and in the car barns, in
cluding laborers, there is a general
advance in wages of from three to
four and five cents an hour over tho
former agreement. This also applies
to the interurban track force, bridge
and building force, interurban sta
tion agents and employes and teller
at the barns.
Advances Are "Reviewed,
in the statement appended to the
wage schedule the board of arbitra
tion reviewed the history of the ad
vances, modification of hours of work
and conditions from 1914 to date, and
in detail since June .1. 191", prior to
which date the company voluntarily
increased the rates 3 cents an hour to
a maximum of 31 cents. In October.
1917, a Doard of arbitration made an
adjustment of the period of service
and prescribed a scale for the first
year of 38 cents, for the second year
of 40 cents, and for the third year of
43 cents per hour. This award was
followed in January. 1918, by the
6-cent fare order of the public service
commission. It was under the above
award that the hours of service per
day were reduced to eight.
In October, 191S, the war labor
board fixed the scale of 4t cents an
hour for the first three months. 48
cents for the next nine months and
thereafter 50 cents an hour. In Au
gust, 1919, the war labor board or
dered an increase of 6 cents an hour
for each period, retroactive to June
25, 1919. The arbitratioit board finds
that on account of the fact that most
of the platform men had been in the
company's employ for more than one
year, this award produced an average
wage of 55.4 cents an hour.
By the award of the present arbi
tration the increase granted to plat-
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