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PORTLAND OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920
DEFENSEOFIJJiSfSsE
IVi'ARTHUR PUT ON
WILSON IGNORED IN
TRAINING BILL CAUCUS
PROFESSOR STABS
FATHER OF PUPIL
RIOTERS FALL AS
HOSPITAL INMATES
ARE ROUTED BY FIRE
MEN ORDERED OUT
ABSOLVES LEGION
'REBELLION MARKS BEGINNING
! OF MOVEMENT, SAYS REPORT.
HOUSE DE3IOCRATS PUT FIGHT ! DODSOX MAY DIE OF WOCXDS
BLAZE AT ROSEBURG IXSTITl'
TION EXCITING ONE.
. , ON PARTISANSHIP BASIS.
INFLICTED BY DICKINSON.
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RAILROAD
BLACKLIST
IN 10
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Chamber of Commerce Is
Blamed for Clash.
VANDERVEER STARTLES COURT
Death Weapons on Exhibit at
Montesano Trial.
11 MEN CALLED MARTYBS
First Items of Evidence and Test!
uiony by Prosecution Call
Forth Early Answer.
BY BEN HIT. LAMPS! AX.
MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. J. In
the trial of the murder case against
the 11 I. W. W. defendants, charged
with the murder of Warren O. Grimm,
who fell In the Contralia Armistice
day attack, the prosecution introduced
today the first items of evidence and
testimony upon which the state bases
Its case and will ask for conviction.
Hiflcs, pistols 2nd revolvers, the
same which the defense admits were
the property of the defendants and
which the state contends arc the
weapons that slew four veterans in
the patriotic parade, were marked as
exhibits and identified this afternoon,
when Sheriff John Berry of Lewis
county took the stand.
Some of the weapons were new and
bright. Others were brown with use
and age, the blue rubbed from their
barrels and the varnish from their
stocks such guns as woodsmen have
cacried for years.
Defendants Stare nt Exhibit.
The 11 defendants sat and stared at
the exhibits, as they passed from the
witness stand to the keeping of the
clerk. And they laughed when the
unskilled hands of counsel fumbled
with the mechanisms.
The taking of testimony followed
an opening statement for the defense,
made by George F. Vanderveer,
I. W. W. counsel, when court met in
morningscssHon. The privilege of the
defense to speak at that time, rather
than to await the formal opening of
its case, was seized upon in order that
reply might be given to the opening
statements of prosecution,
Vanderveer's statement for the de
fendants was a spirited plea of the
right of self-defense, combined with
an exposition of the aims and prin
ciples of the I. W. W., as interpreted
by the attorney and the declaration
that the Ccntralia radicals fired only
when their hall was attacked and
when official protection had been de
nied them.
Defease Blames Chamber.
"I exonerate now, and forever after,
the American Legion, as an organiza
tion, from any responsibility," was
one startling statement. He charged,
with vehemence, that the Centralia
chamber of commerce fomented the
class strife that led to the Armistice
day affair, and plotted to "run the
I. W. VT. out of town." Knowledge
of this plot was common, he declared,
as it was with this knowledge that
the defendants first appealed to the
authorities and then armed them
selves. He closed with a declaration that,
regardless of the verdict of today, the
men who are now standing trial will
be hailed as martyrs within ten years,
nd as "true Americans."
Against the claim of the defense,
made in the opening statement, that
shots were fired fram the Avalon hotel
or the Arnold lodging house, the testi
mony of the first two witnesses sum
moned by the state wasjn exact con
tradiction. Fx pert Engineer Testifies.
Edward C. Dohm. etate field engi
neer, expert In map making, and for
two years a member of General
Pershing's staff overseas, testified
that he had visited Tower avenue,
Centralia; had inspected bullet holes
In buildings there, and calculated with
but possibility of slight error the ex
act location from which the bullets
were fired.
Dohm testified that bullet holes in
the co-operative store and other
buildings on the west side of Tower
avenue by the angle of entrance
showed that shots were fired from
the Avalon hotel, from the Arnold
lodging house and from Seminary
hill. Other bullet marks indicated
firing from the direction of the I. W.
W. hall. On cross-examination the
defense was unable to shake his tes
timony. '
"Do you contend." queried Vande
veer, "that you can establish the de
gree of Incidence of bullets that came
from the hill within four or five de
grees T'
Other Testimony Similar.
"I can," was the answer; "within
one or two degrees."
The testimony of Sidney Gallagher,
city engineer of Centralia and second
witness to be called, was similar. He
testified that he had placed a pencil
in the bullethole to determine the
angle; had placed a level along the
pencil and had worked out the posi
tion from which the shots were fired.
He was shown a photograph of the
Avalon hotel by W. H-, Abel, special
state counsel. "Would you say, then,
that the shot was fired from one of
those three windows?" asked Abel, re
ferring to one particular bullet hole.
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'Outpost of Mikado's Forces. In
Xorthern Corea Loses 30 0
Killed in Attack.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 9. An active
rebellion In Corea against Japanese
rule, fostered by the Russian bolshe
viki and characterized as "the be
ginning of a tremendous affair," is
in progress, according to official dis
patches received today. A recent
clash between 2000 - Coreans, armed
mainly by the bolsheviki, and a Jap
anese army post in northern Corea,
the message said, had resulted in the'
defeat of the Japanese, 300 of whom
were killed' and the remainder routed.
The Coreans moved into the terri
tory from Kirin, Manchuria. Other
clashes with the small Japanese gar
risons have occurred, the Japanese
having been outnumbered and over
whelmed in nearly every case.
News of the fighting did not come
as a surprise here, as dispatches have
indicated for some time that the rev
olutionary spirit was spreading In
Corea, stimulated by activities of the
bolsheviki. There are in addition
many Chinese brigands in the Man
churian and Siberian border regions
with whom the bolsheviki organiza
tions in Siberia have shown signs of
combining for the invasion of Corea.
WOMAN DIES IN FIRE
Kcbekali Official Dead and 32
Others Hurt In Apartments.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. Mrs. Ma
rie Donoho, 60, secretary of the Re
bekah lodge assembly, was burned
to death and 32 others received burns
and other injuries in a fire which de
stroyed the Berkshire apartments
here early today. The origin was un
known, being variously ascribed to
crossed wires, spontaneous combus
tion and incendiarism. Two explo
sions .in the upper stories of the five
story structure at the height of the
fire cannot be explained, the authori
ties said. The loss was estimated at
$100,000.
Lodgers trapped by the fire rushed
to windows, where they were rescued
by firemen and policemen. The list
of injured included nine firemen. He
roic efforts on the part of the firemen
and policemen were said to have kept
down the list of dead and injured.
MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTER
Sirs. E. M. Favre, Despondent.
0lans Suicide but Loses Courage.
NEW YORK, Fob. 9 Mrs. Emily
May Favre, a young widow, was found
by the police today sitting In her
apartment beside the body of her 12-year-old
daughter, Margaret, who had
been killed by a revolver.
The police reported that, the
mother shot the child Saturday in
period of despondency, intending to
kill herself, but lost, her courage.
When charged with homicide, Mrs.
Favre confessed shooting' her daugh-
er, claiming that financial worries
had temporarily unbalanced her mind.
according to the police. She was held
without bail.
BIRDS' SHUN DESCHUTES
Lack of Juniper Berries for Feed
Said to Be Reason.
BEND, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Be
cause no ripe Juniper berries are on
he trees, no robins, bluebirds or
other birds are wintering in Des
chutes county this year. This is the
explanation given by old-timers, who
noted in 1918 that no berries were
forming, and predicted at that time a
bird exodus for this winter. ,
The juniper berry, which ordinarily
s the chief article of, diet for thou
sands of the hardier birds during the
wintor months, takes a year in ma
turing. '
ELECTION DATE DECIDED
Attorney-General Issues Ruliug of
Interest to Oregon Cities.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
City officials should be elected on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, the date of the regular
general election in Oregon, according
to a legal opinion given by Attorney
General Brown today. The opinion
was requested by Martin White, dis
trict attorney of Columbia county.
Although Mr. White's letter made
particular reference to St. Helens, the
opinion applies to all incorporated
towns and cities of the state.
THIEVES FIRE P0ST0FFICE
Blaze Discovered in Time to Pre
vent Destruction of Building. '
ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
After robbing the Peel poBtoffice
last night the 'thieves set fire to the
building. The fire was discovered in
time to prevent destruction of the ,
building, and investigation disclosed
that the office had been robbed.
A brief survey of the situation
showed that the robbers succeeded In
getting only about 10 and a few
articles.
HOST TO LINCOLN DIES
Former Washington Hotelman !
Passes at Relolt, Aged 101.
BELOIT, Wis.. Feb. 9. George Dyer,
101 years old, died today.
He was a log driver in Connecticut
lumber camps when young and later
was proprietor of a hotel in Washing
ton, where be had as visitors 1 resi
dent Lincoln, President Garfield. Gen
ual Sherman and General Grant.
Oregon Representative Is
Marked for Defeat.
ANTI-STRIKE SPEECH BLAMED
Webster of Washington Is
Also Slated for Discard.
OTHER SOLONS NAMED
Northerner's Fearless Attitude on
. Union Legislation Causes Hos
tility of Federation.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 9. Union labor's list of
members of congress who are to be
opposed for re-election is partly made
up. Two representatives from the
northwest states are in the proscribed
class to stay, and two are there ten
tatively. ' '
The two members marked for at
tack are J. Stanley Webster of Wash
ington and Clifton N. McArthur of
Oregon, neither of whom will be at
all surprised. Both have anticipated
it. The two tentatively banned to the
twilight zone are Representatives
Linn Hadley of Washington and Bur
ton L. French of Idaho.
In Representative Webster's case
his fearless attitude on labor legis
lation In the railroad bill is' respon
sible for organized labor's hostility.
Each Bill Stand Irritates.
Judge Webster won the displeasure
of the labor leaders early in the hear-
ings on the Esch railroad bill before
the house interstate and foreign com
merce committee, of which he is a
member.
The antipathy toward him Is in a
degree personal because of the sever
ity of the'eross-examination to which
he subjected Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor; also Secretary Frank Morrison
and Glenn E. Dumb, the latter being
the inventor of the Plumb plan of
tri-partite control of railroads.
Then his anti-strike amendment,
for which he made a fight In commit
tee and also on the floor of the house,
angered the labor leaders further to
the point where they admit they would
rather "get him" than any other man
in congress. Aside from his position
on anti-strike legislation, labor ap
parently finds little fault, but they
deem that to be sufficient.
Mc Arthur's Speech Arouses,
In the case of Representative Mc
Arthur the opposition appears to rest
almost solely on his speech in favor
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Vote of 106 to 17 Is Cast in Favor
of Taking Stand in Spite of
President's Request.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. House
democrats in caucus tonight rejected
President Wilson's advice and went
on record by a vote of 106 to 17 as
opposed to universal military training.
The president, in letters to democratic
leaders earlier in the day, had asked
that action be withheld so the party's
stand might be left to its national
convention.
The rejection of the president's ap
peal was double in Its scope, for be
fore declaring against military train
ing the caucus rejected, 88 to 37, i
proposal that all action' on the ques
tion be deferred "at this time." This
vote, cast on the motion of Repre
sentatlve Doremus, Michigan, came
after a three-hour discussion behind
closed doors,' and Immediately after
ward on the straight-out question
universal training advocates dwin
dled to 17.
Training; Bill Opposed.
"It is the sense of this caucus," de
clared the resolution adopted by the
democrats, "that no measure should
be passed by this congress providing
for universal compulsory military
service -or training."
Though not binding on they demo
cratic membership of the house, the
caucus decision was interpreted by
Representative Caldwell of New York,
who leid the fight against the caucus'
action, as precluding the posslDUlty
of universal training being incorpor
ated in the army reorganization bill
that will soon be brought before con
gress. In a formal statement after
the conference, he said:
"Unless there- is considerable
change in sentiment on the demo
cratic side of the house, it is quite
apparent there are not enough re
publicans who favor universal train
ing to include it in the reorganization
bill."
Plan Is to Be Pressed.
Nevertheless, it is anticipated that
both house and senate will have to
vote on the universal training pro
posal, for it is included in the serrate
bill and Representative Kahn, re
publican, California, chairman of the
house military commute, which is
framin gthe house bill, reiterated to
night his intention of pressing adop
tion of the plan.
President Wilson " in his letter,
which was presented at the caucus
after bel.ig , made public during the
day, declared any action that would
make the prop.osal a party issue
would" be "unfortunate," urging that
action be foregone until the party's
convention" in June.
The president's letter follows:
"I am told that a caucus of the
democratic members of the house of
representatives has been called to
consider pending military legislation.
and the suggestion has b,ecn made
that a resolution be adopted commit
ting the democratic membership of
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Trouble at Wlnlock, Or., Alleged to
Have Arisen Over Whipping
of Little Girl.
FOSSIL, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Ed
Dodson, 40 years old was stabbed
three times by Professor H. E. Dick
icson of the Winlock, Wheeler coun
ty,' public schools, last Thursday. He
is in a critical condition and may
not recover, according to physicians.
Professor Dickinson, arrested follow
ing the stabbing on a charge af as
sault with a dangerous weapon, was
bound over to the grand jury, and
is at liberty on $1000 bonds.
According to neighbors, the trou
bles between the two men began
several weeks ago, when, it is said,
Professor Dickinson punched the 8-
year-old daughter of Dodson by
whipping her with a strap until her
body was bruised. Mr. Dodson was
not at home at the time, according
to the story, but upon his return went
to the home of Professor Dickinson,)
but was denied an interview.
On Thursday, it is said, the two
men met for the first time since the
alleged beating of the Dodson girl.
Both were in the Winlock postoffice.
and witnesses declare that Dickin
son had opened his pocketknife and
placed it in his pocket When Dod
son approached and asked an ex
planation concerning the reported
whipping of his daughter, Dickinson
did not answer, say witnesses, but
drew his knife and stabbed, Dodson
n the abdomen. Dodson, who is said
to have been unarmed, ran, and Dick
inson is alleged to have followed him.
stabbing him twice in the back.
Dr. Ford of Fossil was called, but
was delayed in reaching Dodson, as
Winlock is 20 miles from Fossil and
the .roads are practically impassable
at this season. He found Dodson in
critical condition and believes his
chances for recovery are slight.
Professor Dickinson was arrested
at once and is to appear before the
grand jury in May.
WRECK IS BREAKING UP
Fishermen Hover Around Princess
Anne to' Get Her Cargo.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Cracked and
storm-battered from stem to stern.
almost broken in two amidships, the
Old Dominion -liner Princess Anne,
abondoned except for her two first
officers, was being slowly submerged
the seas tonight as she lay strand
ed on the sand shoals off Rockaway.
Unless favorable weather prevails,
shipping officials declare there Is lit
tle hope of saving any part of her
cargo.
The railroad administration has dis
patched a vessel to stand guard over
the abandoned steamship and prevent
the pillaging of the cargo. Tonight
a fleet of fishing boats was near the
ship, their owners apparently waiting
for the" seas to wash adrift the valu
able cases of cotton goods which are
still below decks. The steamship and
cargo are valued at $1,000,000.
ANYWHERE ANY MORE.
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Four Dead; 15 Wounded
in Lexington, Ky.
CITY IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Crowd Storms Courthouse to
Get Negro Convict.
CHILD MURDER CONFESSED
Throng Rent on Lynching Black Is
Halted by Militiamen and
Hail of Bullets Follows.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Feb. 9. Martial
law prevails here tonight Six hun
dred federal and state troops are pa
trolling the streets to prevent fur
ther rioting, which during the day
exacted a toll of four dead and 15
wounded.
The city was quiet but authorities
fear a recurrence of violence. Five
hundred additional United States
troops from Camp Taylor will arrive
tomorrow.
Lexington and all of Fayette county
were placed under martial law by
Brigadier-General F. C. Marshall upon
his arrival from Camp Taylor with
300 troops of the first division.
Rioting began this morning when
a mob bent on lynching William
Lockett, a negro, who confessed to
the murder last week of a 10-year-old
girl, Geneva Hardmcn, was fired upon
with rifles and machine guns by state
militiamen as the mob was storming
the county courthouse to get theH
negro during his trial.
Rnsh Follows Conviction.
The attempt to lynch Lockett was
made just after he had confessed to
the murder and as the jury found him
guilty of murder in the first degree.
He was sentenced to die in the elec
tric chair March 11.
The shooting temporarily dispersed
the mob and gave the authorities time
in which to rush Lockett to a secret
place of safety.
t Fearing an attack upon the hand
ful of national guardsmen on duty,
the authorities appealed to Governor
Morrow for assistance. . As a result
300 troops, members of the 26th and
28th Infantry, arrived at 3 o'clock on
a special train from Camp Taylor.
The federal troops immediately be
gan the work of patrolling the
streets to keep crowds from congre
gating. ,
Farmers Are Infuriated.
Lockett, arrested last Tuesday night
and held in the state penitentiary at
Frankfort for safekeeping, was in
dicted late last week and was brought
here on a special train this morning
for trial. He was heavily guarded.
Hundreds of farmers from the sur
rounding country arrived to attend
the trial, and sullenly watched th
prisoner as lie was marched from
the train to the courthouse between
lines of stato troopers. When the
trial opened the courtroom war
crowded. . Everyone was searched for
firearms before being admitted. Hun
dreds gathered In the street.
The cry "let's get him" from a
brawny farmer on the outskirts of th
crowd turned the crowd into a mob!
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Duuuuijj. owiujcra itnu police aroppcu I
back into close formation and trained!
their eruns on the mob. which nevf r I
hesitated.
Warning la Diarrgarded.
Adjutant-General Dewecse, In com
mand of the militiamen, shouted a
final warning to the crowd, and then
fired a revolver into the air. It was
the signal for the troops to fire.
Soldiers and police fired point
blank into the crowd, and a nearby
machine. gun rattlecf. From the win
dows of the courtroom above another
hail of bullets spattered down on the
asphalt street.
Four men fell at the first volley.
The mob, which had purged half
way up the steps, pressed back and
broke. Quick action on the part of the
authorities got the negro out of the
building.
Lockett's arrest, indictment, trial
and sentence sets a new record for
rapidity in Kentucky. He was ar
rested last Tuesday night, indicted
Friday and was tried, found guilty
and sentenced in a few minutes today.
Under his sentence he will die in the
electric chair March 11.
Little carl's Body Found
The little Hardman girl's body was
found, mutilated, in a cornfield last
TuaoHav morninp sonn after nhA rinrl
left her home for school. The head J
had been crushed In with a stone and
her body partially covered up with
cornstalks.
Those killed in the clash were: B.
F. Carrier and L. M. King, both of
Lexington, and John Thomas and Will
iam Effington, both of Versailles.
Among those .wounded were: J. W.
Stansell, W. J. Rees, Otis Sharp, Em
mett Dozier, Irwin G. Wynn, Emmett
Danziger, Fred Sowders, H. C. Weath
ers, lrs. E. T. Cross, James Massev
gall and J. M. Rogers..
Foiled in its first attempt to get the
prisoner, the mob broke up Into small
groups which paid hurried visits to all
the pawnshops and hardware stores
in quest of firearms. In some stores
as many as 60 or 60. re vol vers and
guns were seized.
Groups of men congregated on the
streets and sought to learn the where
abouts of Lockett. The word that
regular army troops were coming
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Patients All Carried to Places of
Safety and No Serious Harm
From Exposure Expected.
ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Fire broke out in the roof of Mercy
hospital at 5 o'clock thla afternoon
and before the department could get
the blaxe under control the upper part
of the building, a three-story frame
structure, was practically destroyed
When the alarm was turned in
great many citizens hastened across
the river, to assist In removing pa
tients. of which there were 75 or 80
in the building, and in a comparative
ly short time had carried cveryono to
a placo of safety.
Homes in the west side district were
thrown open to the patients and In
this way none was exposed to any
rreat hardship. The afternoon was
bright and warm and, although the
air was cooling materially as evening
came, it is believed that no serious re
suits will come from the exposure,
although there were several Influenza
cases in the contagion ward.
Some apprehension is felt for thb
welfare of two or three patients who
were operated upon recently and for
one maternity case.
The roof of the building was prac
tically destroyed and, while the fire
did not get to the wards on the lower
floors, water completed the havoc and
furnishings are almost ruined.
GAMBLING -HOUSE BURNS
Tlircc Shot in Hush for Money in
Mexican's Owl Theater.
.CALEXICO, Cel., Feb. 9. Fire to
night destroyed the Owl theater In
Mexlcali, across the Mexican border,
operated as a gambling house, and
several smaller buildings. In a scram
ble for money on the gambling tables
participated in by scores of the sev
eral hundred men and women in the
place when the alarm was sounded,
three Mexicans were shot by a Mex
ican policeman.
One was reported seriously wound
ed. A chest of silver, weighing ap
proximately 700 pounds, was removed
but the remaining contents, includ
ing much more money, were con
sumed. The loss was estimated at
from fl"5,000 to IJaO.OOO. For a time
the fire threatened the entire town.
NEW JERSEY , RATIFIES
Wumun Suffrage Amendment Is
Approved by Slate.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 10. The
woman suffrage amendment was rati
fied by the New Jersey assembly
early this morning by a vote of 34
to 24.
This completed ratification by the
state, as the measure passed the sen
ate last week. New Jersey Is the 29th
state to ratify suffrage.
SUFFRAGISTS MEET SOON
National Convention lo Open In
Chicago Tliurcdu).
CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Muff ragisla from
all parts of the country began ur
riving in Chicago today for the na
tioual convention which opens
week's srsion Thursday.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weathrr.
YESTKR PAT'S Maximum tcmprraturf.
drffrrea; minimum, ui iicurcra.
' i-!.,,.
K(.d, lrIld rorrins agalmt J.panr.o out-
post, rase 1.
UnltfU Stat-i less huted by Germans than
'he alilrs. ic
National.
mimes trimly from
Scnam
commit it
piffeonholr. Pag J.
Dlrector-icnftral la expected lo rf'iK' de
nianda of railroad workers. I'asr 4.
Petition askine pardon for lr. Koul Pre
eontcd to I'resident Wlicon. Vugo 4.
l)onirlr.
Rehrearntatlve Mr-Arthur la blacklisted b
labor, l'aec 1
JJcnhrrry wltnfsa t'stlfla to demand for
"barrel ot tiion"y. . i nr i
Astoria attacks report of examiner In rat
i-aae. I'hro o.
ITardlne Irada Wood In fight over Mis
souri. Page
U. 8. rirrult court of appeals affirms Henry
Albera sentence. i-e. ,i.
Orders for strike of "oo.ooo railroad work.
era February 17 issued. 1'age 1.
Democrats In caucus on- universal military
training Ignore Wllson'a advice. J'aga 1.
Rioters In Kantucky town drop when ma-
chlnn guns play. Tage 1.
Irish beauty sues American millionaire for
tseo.UOO, alleging broken faith, l'age 6.
Pacific KrtrthweJt.
Professor stabs father of girl lie whipped.
Pag 1.
lt v, w. defense in Montesano trial ab
solves legion as organization. Page 1.
Inmates of Koseburg hospital r routed
by fire. Page 1.
Sport
Light-hcavyweightl ready for Mllwaukie
bout. Page 12.
'Tubby" Spencer done as Salt Lake back
stop, rage
1""" brmt B
Many changes made in baseball by na
tional committee. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Pacific coast oil production not equal to
demands. Page 18.
Chicago corn slumps with ea-itern outlet
cut off. Page 19.
Easing of money checks decline In stocks.
Page 10.
Daniels pleads for greater commercial
marine. Page 18.
Steamer Olympla ' to go on The Dalles
route. Page Is.
Two big steamers to load flour here.
l'age 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
M. II. Houser declares all profits and more.
too, were devoted to war Industries.
Page 7.
Man H. get" 1 years in prison for
wronging daughter. Page 11.
Murder victim may be that of Krnest
Deschamps, wealthy farmer. Page 11.
Only $41,725 left In city's emergency fund. I
nse I the electrical workers go out the ef-
TTraPrnu;neW,r'h- " , t ect on the maintenance of the ay.
Kose society choose. June 21 and S3 for ' ven tially would force th. to
utdgor eilubit. Page . become, idle, it wan uU4.
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February 17 Day Sel for
Nation-Wide Strike.
WAGE INCREASE DEMANDED
Unions Despair of Action by
Director-General.
INJUNCTIONS NOT FEARED
Workers In-Osi Wage Controversy
Should He Settled Before
Roads Are Turned Over.
Dh'TKulT. Mich., Feb. . Orders
directing 310,000 member of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes and Kiillway Shop
Laborers to suspend work at 7 A. M.
Tuesday, February 17, were going
out tonight to the Various locals.
Decision to order the men out was
announced by Allen K Barker, grand
president, following a meeting today
of the general chairmen. The strike
can be averted only If the railroad
administration before Saturday grants
wage Increases demanded last sum
mer. Mr. Barker said tonight.
"The orders have gone out." he de
clared, "and we would rruiilre two or
rthrce days to cancel them."
I nlform Itate Also Asked.
The strike, in addition to wage In
creases requested last summer, ia to
secure a uniform rate from coant to
coast. It would affect storehouse em
ployes, stationary firemen, stationary
engineers, steel bridgeworkers. cinder
pit men and oilers, as well as other
members.
A committee of ten left tonight for
Washington. Tho committee will re
main there until the tlmo set for the
strike. It has full authority to enter
into negotiations with tho director
general, Mr. Barker said. With th
departure of the committee tlia con
ference here came to an end.
The wuge demands of the men aer
age 40 per cent, Mr. Barker said.
adding:
"There arc more than 100.000 of our
members who receive less than $.1 a
day. More than 100,000 mechanics
consisting of enrpenters, masons and
painters, are receiving tin average of
.'.r cents an hour, which as about one
half the wage received by the same
clutm of labor In the building trades.'
Mrlke tall Kiplalnral.
Ill explaining the decision lo call
a Mrikc, Mr. llurkcr said:
"Tho railroads are so n lo be re
turned to private ownership and we
feel lhat this wage controversy, which
Is with the federal railroad adminis
tration, should be adjusted before they
arc released. Our represents tlves
have been In conference with the ill-rertor-genera
I for ten iajs. lie has
not promised anything nnd we do not
thelleve lie in Rd"g to do so. We de
cided to Issue the sirlke call befnr
the railroad administration he.uld
have opportunity lo pass the burden
to the private owners of the lines.
"The public should know that thla
strike-Is not something that has been
decided upon precipitately, but dates
bark to last July. Wage demands
were presented lo tho railroad ad
ministration at that time and the
brotherhood membership authorized a
strike to enforce them.
I.lvlna l ull Milt I .
"We hrld the striko in abeyance,
however, upon President Wilson's re
quest tharsjhe be permitted an oppor
tunity to bring about a reduction In
living costs. Ho asked fur a 'reason
able time,' which he fixed at 0 to 00
days. Wc have waited six months
and there ha been no reduction In
the cost of living.
No federal Injunction will itop us
and we will spend the Inst dollar the
organization has lo win the strike,"
Mr. Barker said, In announcing the
strike decision. "Our funds may be
tied up so that we cannot use them
within 48 hours." he added, "but lhat
won't break the strike.
We have been told that the public.
the press and railway officials will
bo with us, but whether they are or
not, maintenance .of way' will pay
no more attention to Mr. lilnes until
our demands; are met."
Crossing watchmen, Mr. Barker
said, should answer the strike call.
If cities and towns, however, want to
put men on to replace them, tke
brotherhood, he said, will not Inter
fere.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. The elec
trical workers of the I'aclfle Tele
phone & Telegraph company In Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Washington, Nevada
and Idaho have voted to strike unless
negotiations for an increase of $1 a
day now being conducted with the
company are successful, executive of
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Worker! announced here .
today. The strike vote wag 13(S to
150, it was announced.
The conferences have been pro
gressing for a week and one more la
planned. If thla la unsuccessful the
men will go out, it was announced.
Between 6000 and 7000 of the com
pany's girl telephone operators on
the coast have voted to press de.
munds for wage Increases ranging
from $2 to $4 a day. It was announced
The operators have made no provl-
lon for a (rke. It was said, but If