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- t.j . ' . - . ' VOL. LIX NO. 18,513 Entered it Portland (Oregon) Potofflce as F'cond-Class Matter. PORTLAND OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920 26 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS . v RED ARTILLERY IS ASSAILING WESEL RETIRING SERGEANT REVIEWS REGIMENT 100 HOLDS LEAD GASOLINE TAX NETS $390,912.22 IN YEAR WILSON THIRD-TERM CAMPAIGN STARTED SUPPORT INDISCRIMINATELY 1 r- V EX-PRINCE CONFIDENT OF THRONE'S RETURN T SOUTH DAKOTA a ' HIGH HOXOR PAID EX -MEMBER AUGUST, 1919, WITH $47,477.73, . ' IS BAXXER MOXTH. ".'.-' WILHELM MARES HORSESHOES AXD DREAMS. . Br FIRST LXFAXTRY. . INVITED BY TARIFF L-EAGCE. VAIE1EEH AIMS TO IMPEACH STAR I. W. W. Accuser Accused of Cross Testimony. ML i -a : ' 1 Pressure Against German Town Increasing. REICHSWEHR FORCE HOPEFUL Krupps Making Ammunition , for Soviet Contingent: REVOLT FAST EXTENDING Order Reported to Be Emerging Out of Chaos In tbe Industrial Centers of Saxony. ' COELE.VZ, March 25. (By the As ' aociated Press.) Wesel was tieing bombarded today by artillery. The reichswehr troops were reported to be confident of holding- out there, ' although the red pressure against the ' own was declared to be Increasing. 'i Dinslaken is in the hands of the ' reds. The red line extends from Friedrichsfeld, nine kilometers north '. of Dinslaken. through Dorsten, in the direction of Munster. j The Krupp works at Essen are re- ported to be manufacturing ammunl f tion for the reds. The military situation In the Ruhr j region is said to be favorable to the ; reds. Additional government troops ! are arriving north of Coesfield. i Itevolt la Kxtrndlng. , In Thuringia the revolt is extend- Ing to the Harz mountains. 1 ' WESEL, Rhenish Prussia, March 23. (By the Associated Press.) The ' fighting at Wescl, which ended at 10 i o'clock last night, began again this i morning at 10 o'clock and lasted Tor n hour and a half. Both forces then took a' long and comfortable lunch eon and hostilities were renewed at 2 o'clock. They were virtually finished St 4:30. Traffic across the Rhine is still at a standstill because the workmen last right directed their fire toward the eastern end of the bridge at Wesel and continued today their intermittent shelling and also covered the exposed highway and tbe small city bridges leading Into the town. At the first German outpoat it was possible today between shell bursts to mount the heights and watch from the city the shelling of the workmen's new position and the repeated ad vance of the government armored train as the workmen were cleared. The city is quiet. Business is nor mal and there is plenty of food. The military authorities have placed a censorship on the telegraph and telephone lines and the correspondent had to cross to the Belgian side of the Rhine in order to telegraph. i GOTHA. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. March ; 24. (By the Associated Press.) Or- der is slowly emerging out of the con- fusion and chaos of the last 10 days 4 in the industrial centers of Saxony. The workmen are capitulating and 'calling off the strike and the military are taking over control of the cities. The strikers, who for several days held the upper hand in Gotha, laid down their arms today. The garri son of 60 men who were driven out of the city last week will return to- ' morrow. -j Fighting has been going on here 1 continuously since March 17. It is ? estimated that 90 persons were killed kand several hundredwounded. Eighty J workers were buried today. Labor's Protest Heard. A wall in the room of a leading hotel where the Associated Press cor respondent is writing this dispatch, was pierced by bullets from the daily fusillade. Tbe story of the happen ings here, typical of the clashes in many places in Germany, makes an interesting chapter in the history of labor's protest against Dr. Wolfgang Kapp's attempt to establish a reac tionary government. When the news of the military coup at Berlin was received the. workmen here, as elsewhere, imnTediately ctruck. Statements from both sides substantially agree that this is what then happened: The workmen offered to co-operate with the police to guard the city and posted notices that looters would be shot. They then consulted the major commanding the garrison. He declared that the sol diers would support Kapp and pro claimed martial law. He sent to Erfurt, a few miles distant, where 2000 troops were stationed, for rein forcements. Worker Resort to Arms. The workmen from the munition plants in tbe outskirts began to con verge on Gotha, having seized quan tities of arms and several armored cars. The forces engaged in fighting after the workmen had killed two soldiers who interfered with a boy tearing down the martial law procla mation. The workmen lacked organization, but were strong enough to expel the small garrison. According to one leader they realised that they would be unable- to resist successfully a massed attack by the soldiers coming from Erfurt and yielded in order to avoid further bloodshed. Their opponents admit that the or men did not attempt to Inter- rcre with the municipal authorities , t establish a government. There Is .'J no talk whatever of a soviet, al- Coaeludcd, oa Fag 2. Coiuma 14 Thomas H. Smith Stands Between Major-General and Colonel During Ceremony. SEATTLE,- Wash., Marcli 25. (Spe cial.) Eyes right, the First infantry, the oldest regiment in the United States army, was passing in review before a distinguished personage, "Eyes right," came sharply from the mouth of regimental commander, who was colonel and chlef-of-staff of the American expeditionary forces in Siberia. Besides the distinguished personage on one side stood the major-general commanding Camp Lewis. On the other side stood a colonel, a brigadier-general during the great war. his breast displaying no less than four decorations won during that war. The distinguished personage was Sergeant Thomas H. Smith, retiring from the United States army after 30 years of service, 12 years f which he has put in with the same first regiment. The occasion the spectacle of a non-commissioned officer reviewing his regiment while high commissioned officers and men alike saluted him was the discharge of this distin guished sergeant. It happened at Camp Lewis this afternoon. Before the review the First In fantry was drawn up on the parade ground in. a long line under Captain Oliver P. Robinson, who has been tem porary commander tf the regiment. Sergeant Smith took his place In front of the regiment and alongside of Major-General John F. Morrison, com- i mander of Camp Lewis, and Colonel B. A. Poore, new commander of the First Infantry. General Morrison handed the vet eran sergeant his discharge papers. congratulating him on his long serv ice and praising his efficiency. Colo nel Poore also congratulated Sergeant Smith, as they stood in front of the regiment. The regiment then presented arms, General Morrison, Colonel Poore and Sergeant Smith took up their, posi tlons, and the First infantry, under Captain Robinson, passed before them in review. As a parting word. Sergeant Smith declared that the army offers a won derful opportunity foday for the young man. DEATH FRUIT IS TRACED AH Fatal Olives May Come From One Orchard, Says Expert. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 25. (Special.) One orchard near Orland, Cal., may have furnished all the olives alleged to have . caused num erous deaths from botulitis during therecent outbreak In the middle west, says Dr. J. G. Geiger of Wash ington, D. C, United States health bureau expert. Dr. Geiger is here investigating the deaths of 13 hens which ate some canned beans thrown out by Mrs. Swan Johnson because of suspicious appearance. The deadly olives were of the 1917 pack, said Dr. Geiger, and he feels sure he has traced them all to one source. He said the ranch was owned by a San Francisco man, but did not reveal his name. The public health service is work ing night and day, he said, to de termine ' the cause and remedy for botull'tis. but efforts so far have met small success. Personally he is work ing on an entirely new theory that hogs are carriers of the disease, he has established-,a number of facts in support of his conclusion and expects to have proof to convince the medical world before his Pacific coast trip closes. D. A. DAVIS, 19, DROWNED Dockhand Falls Overboard From Coquille River Boat Near Ba,ndon. BANDON. Or., March 25. (Special.) D. A. Davis, 19 years old, employed as a deck hand on the steamer Dis patch,' was drowned in the Coquille river this morning. He was loading cans of milk onto the boat at Wal strom landing when he fell overboard. He made no outcry and was not missed by his fellow workmen until he had floated 100 feet down stream when one of the men saw him go down. His parents reside at Denver, Colo. He was formerly a member of the Bandon Coast Guard. The body has not been recovered. SQUADRON LEAVES HARBOR Warships to Take Part in Hawaiian Mission Centennial. ' ' SAN DIEGO. 'Cal., March" 25. Headed by the v armored cruiser Brooklyn, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry Wiley, commander of the Pa cific destroyer squadron, 29 warships steamed out of the harbor this morn ing for Honolulu. The warships are going to Honolulu to participate in the Hawaiian mis sion centennial. It is expected the trip will be completed in about eight days. COOS BAY REPORTS SNOW First Fall or Season Melts on Touching Ground. MARSHFIELD, Or.. March .25. (Special.) Snow flurries prevailed on Coos bay during the fore part of the I day, but It did not last long, melting almost as fast as it fell. This is the first snow storm of the winter, al though there had been much colder weather. It is reported the mountains received a heavier-fall and snow can he seen on several ranges back. from the bay. - ' General's Margin 3661 as Count Nears End. 322 PRECINCTS STILL OUT First Democratic Returns Show Small Vote. GERARD IS FAVORED Republicans in Four-Fifths State Give Senatorial Nomina ' tion to Xorbeck. of KTOrrv; FALLS. S. D.. March With 322 scattered and mostly 'iso ted precincts unreported, returns rom Tuesday's primary election as tabu lated tonight yielded the following vote for candidates for republican presidential indorsement: Wood 29,362, Lowden 25,701, John son 23,594. Senator Miles Poindexter, an inde pendent candidate, received a small vote. His incomplete tot&l was slightly less than 1000. Three-fourths of the precincts to report are on the prairies or in the bad lands west of the Missouri river. The total republican vote of the miss ing precincts at the 1916 election when women did not vote was about 4500. First Democratic Returns In. Democratic returns became avail able today for the first time. Scat tering reports on presidential indorse ment showed a very small vote' and majorities of -"from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1 were reported for James W. Gerard'of Xew York over James O. Monroe of Maywood, 111. In this county Gerard received 266 votes and Mr n roe 64. The county's republican vote was slightly more than 9000. Davison county (Mitchell) gave Gerard 146 votes and Monroe 12. The republican vote was 2600. Returns from four-fifths of the state for the republican senatorial nomination gave Xorbeck 28,164, Ha ney 22,138. For governor, McMaster received 27.856 and Richards 18,371. Representative - Charles Christopher son of Sioux Falls, republican, was re-nominated. W. C. Cook, Sioux Falls publisher, was re-elected re publican, national committeeman. N - Plurality Decides Delegates. Under me Richards primary law party candidates for presidential in dorsement receiving pluralities shall be supported by the ten delegates to the national conventions for at least three ballots. Sixty of 64 counties were heard (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) I , . v , , ........ :.i Receipts Credited to State High way Commission to Be Expend ed on Road Work, ' SALEM, Or., March 25. (Special.? The law enacted at the 1919 session of the legislature providing for a tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and cent a gallon on diBtillate sold in Oregon has returned to the state up to March 1, 1920, proceeds totaling 90,912.22, according to a report pre pared today by Sam A. Kozer, assist ant secretary of state. The law went into operation on February 26, 1919. This money, which is sent to the secretary of state monthly by the dis tributors, is turned over to the state treasurer and later credited to the highway fund. It Is then available for road construction and improve ments under the direction of the state highway commission. The lowest receipts for any month since the law became effective was in February, 1919, when the tax totaled $1072.92. The largest sum was de rived last August, the total being 7,477.73. : F. S. CROSBY, ALBANY. DIES Eventful Life of Pioneer of 1849 ' Ends at Home. ALBANY, Or., March 25. (Special.) F. S. Crosby, Oregon pioneer of 1849 end respected resident of Albany con tinuouoly for the past 10 years, died at his home here this afternoon aged almost 92 years. He was born at Cambridge, N. Y., and spent the earlier years of his life in that state. He served throughout the Mexican war, participating in many engagements. When he crossed the plains to Oregon in 1849 he located at - Oregon City. Later he resided for several years in Portland and then in southern Oregon. He came to Albany in 1880, and had lived here ever since. He was a member of the Oddfellows for almost half a century. Mr. Crosby is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Maude Bartlage of Hood River. ALIENS ORDERED FREED) Camp for Interned Men in Utah to Be Abolished. SALT LAKE CITY, ' March 23. Orders for the abolishment of the prison camp for Interned enemy aliens at Fort Douglas were received today by the local department of justice bureau from Washington, D.sC. Within a week it Is expected the men still held will have been freed". WAREHOUSE IS BURNED Fire Destroys Supply of Grain, ' Shellac and Tobacco. MONTREAL, March 25. Fire early today destroyed immense -quantities of grain, shellac and tobacco in the Molson brewery warehouse, which was burned to the ground. The damage was estimated at $1,000,000. A COUPLE WITHOUT TICKETS. Charles C. Hughes Seeks Both Mor al and Financial Aid From Any ' one and Everyone. i OREGONIAJT NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 25. (Special.) TheJ first organized effort to run Wood row Wilson for a third term in the White House made its appearance In Washington today In the form of a volley of circular letters, personally signed by Charles C. Hughes of the American Tariff Reform league, New York. In the couse of his letter, Mr. Hughes exposes a multiplicity of irons in the blazing embers, some of which call for money subscriptions from all those who are ready to risk some thing on his ability to do large things. But his principal interest at heart is the renosnlnatioir-of both wrison and Marshall as the democratic standard bearers this year. Assuming to speak for the American Tariff Reform league, he says: ' . "The league favors the drafting of Wilson and Marshall for re-election arid will support candidates for the house of representatives at Washing ton that are Indorsed by the regular democratic state organisations throughout the country. j The American Tariff Reform league made two surveys . of the United States during the past year. The latest survey showed more thaji 10,000,000 voters, Yegardless of party, were in favor of drafting Wilson and Marshall for re-election. The latest survey shows that the anti-American and reaction-ery elements are opposed to Wilson and Marshall, this opposi tion being based on Wilson's 100 per cent Americanism and on' his record as the most progressive leader in the world. The paramount 1920 issue is 'Wilson and loyalty.' The league (meaning the American Tariff Re form league) holds that the 'great and solemn referendum' on the issues raised by the treaty will show that the country Is overwhelmingly in favor of the league of nations on Wilsonian lines." The letter was sent indiscrimin ately to democrats and republicans in Washington. The enthusiastic tar iff reformer tells how he served as chairman of his league in four cam paigns in the interest of democratic success, and says that the league's policy Is to engage in no further tariff legislation except "such as meets with the approval of President Wilson." Hughes is an ambitious individual, because he desires some personal as sistance as well as unanimous consent for the nomination and re-election of Wilson and Marshall. He Is launch ing a publication designed to pro mote the objects of the Wilsonian league of nations and he has no hes itancy in asking of those addressed, without regard to whether they are democrats or republicans, to chip in and help him. He says: "Subscription and advertising con tract blanks are Inclosed herewith. Please fill in those you approve and return in addressed envelope en closed." This letter, coining from such a well-known trade organization as the American Tariff Reform league. (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) ATTORNEYS CLASH IN COURT Defense Charges A. E. Alien ' With Contradictions. PREVIOUS TRIAL IS BASIS Purported Transcript From Syn dicalist Case at Montesano Produced by Attorney. Foundation for impeachment on testimony of A. E. Allen, ex-I. W. W. and star witness for the prosecution In the trial of Joe Laundy for viola tion of the criminal syndicalism act, was laid by Attorney George F. Van derveer yesterday when he produced what purported to be the transcript of testimony at a recent syndicalist trial at Montesano, Wash., at which Allen, according to this record, made state ments on the witness stand in direct contradiction to assertions in the Portland case. In Portland Allen has testified to selling and distributing upward of 4000 I. W. W. books and pamphlets while connected with tHe central propaganda committee at Seattle dur ing 1919. At Montesano, according to the transcript, . he testified that he had sold none and carried none with him except the constitution and pre amble and a copy of "The Red Dawn" which had been handed him. Impeachment la Threatened. Vanderveer intimated last night that he had two witnesses speeding to Portland from Seattle who would be present to testify today In impeach ment of Allen. One of them may be Ralph S. Pierce, I. W. W. counsel at Montesano in the trial of 11 men con victed of syndicalism. One of the most Important lines in the case of the prosecution rests on certain I. W. W. literature placed in evidence through testimony of Alien, who said it was circulated freely In Seattle in 1919, over Vanderveer's challenge to prove that any had been circulated of that nature since 1917. If Allen's credibility is destroyed these inflammatory publications ma? be removed from evidence, confining the state's case to the more mild brand of reading unearthed in the I. W. W. hall in Portland. In the transcript Allen was report ed as identifying books now in evi dence in the local case as literature he had seen and read but not as ma terial he had sold or distributed. 'I'eatimony Is Recalled. "You didn't carry the literature J" he was asked. "Nothing, only the constitution and preamble." was the reported reply. "You didn't have it in yoar room?" "One time when I got hold of any literature they handed me copies. 1 think it was 'The Red Dawn.'" In his Portland testimony Allen told of getting thousands of pam phlets- from the central propaganda committee in Seattle with orders to sell or give them away during month of active work last fall. Vanderveer and Keefe Clash. Verbal flashes showered the court room when Vanderveer clashed with P. F. Keefe, sergeant of police in Se attle for ten years. Whether the enmity dated back to the days when Vanderveer was district attorney of Kings county was not disclosed, but there was no love lost between the pair yesterday. , Sergeant Keefe had testified to fill ing two patrol wagons with literature taken from the I. W. W. hall, 93 Co lumbia street, Seattle, during a raid and to confiscating eight packages of literature found in Vanderveer's Se attle home. "Your method is to take In I. W. W. members wherever you find them, and also any ofthelr property that you desire, is it not?" demanded Van derveer. "I'd have taken you along that day if you had been home!" snapped back the witness. "Do you always carry warrants for , men arrested in raias ana searcn war rants allowing you 'to go through ' their personal property?" pursued the attorney. ! "Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't." 1 Qarttioa Is Rated Oat. "Did you ever read the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Washingte-n, or the declaration of Independence?" Inter polated the lawyer. His question was ruled out as irrelevant. It was duriifg this cross-examina tion that a grin from District-Attorney Evins brought forth an explosion from Vanderveer, who asked the court ' to -vtule against the "smiles and i smirks" of the district attorney as j improper. "I would asK tne court not to ruie against smirking in the courtroom, for I do not wish to deprive counsel of his favorite habit," retorted Evans, before the court ordered both to forego personalities. Fear that a shipworker busy above him on the framework of a hull would carry out his threat to drop a chunk df steel on his head If he did not Join the I. W. W. caused Allen to enroll with the reds, he told Vanderveer in ACoaciudod on Fags U, Coiuaio LI Present Conditions Viewed as Merely Transitory in Return of Country to .Old Regime. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) PARIS, March 25. (Special cable.) Former Crown Prince Wilhejtn. tele graphing to the world from his island exile in Wlerlngen, in reply to a mes sage asking for his views on the crisis In Germany, exoresse regrets that he la unable to say anything. Like his father, the former Crown Prince Is known to vIbtv the present condi tions as transitory. His exile of one year and a half has not changed his opinion, according to those who have conversed with him, that the German people are not ready to align them selves among the democracies. He Is said to believe that after the troubles through whlrh they are pass ing, they will decide it to be to their advantage to revert to monarchy, at the same time saying he is not Inter ested in the prospect that he may or may not wear a crown. He has not lost hope, however, , of returning to Berlin, and he has in formed friends he would be content to occupy a minor post in the foreign office or In any other department in which he might serve his country. His time seems to be occupied in his present surroundings, where he Is making horseshoes for the village blacksmith, palntinw. reading and writing additions to his memoirs. It is understood he is still keenly Interested In Russian affairs as it always has been his conviction that Russia should be made to pay for the war, his Idea being that all the bel ligerents should combine to develop Russian resources, thereby helping Russia and themselves. DIVER, OFF ROCKS, SINKS I Another Effort Will Be Made to Save Submarine II-1. LOS ANGKLKS. Cal., Marc!. 25. The submarine H-l, which was wrecked on the shoals off Santa Margarita Island, Lower California, two weeks ago, was pulled off the rocks today by the U. S. S. Vestal, re- nair shiD. only to sink 45 minutes later in 50 feet of water, according to wireless messages received today at the submarine base at Los Angeles harbor. It was reported that the hull of the H-l was leaking and that divers would attempt to patch It. Then the water In the hold would be pumped out and efforts made to float the craft and bring It to Los Angeles harbor. Heavy seas were running when tbe craft was pulled off the shoals today. SEATTLE -HARVARD SIGN Washington to Debate Eastern ' Team in Boston. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., March 25. The Harvard debating team has accepted a challenge of the University of Washington to debate in Boston some time during May, It was announced tonight. The subject has not been de termined. Harvard recently declined an invi tation to meet the University of Washington and Leland Stanford uni versity in a triangular debate on the Pacific coast. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. VKSTERDAY'S Maximum fmperature. 44 degrees; minimum, tlo degrees. TODAY'Ji Haln; southwestern winds. Forelau. Red artillery reported to be bombarding German town of Wesel. Pge 1. French statesman makes attack on Lloyd Ueorge and Britluli policy, fags 8. . Crown prince dreams of a monarchic Ger many. Page 1. Russian red army is largest In world. Page t. National. Wilson third-term campaign started by Charles C. Hughes ot Tariff Keform league. Page 1. Danleis blamed for navy shorts c of men at outbreak of war. Page 2 Domestic. General Wood holds lead in South Dakota. Paie 1. Governor Lowden first choice of Missouri republicans lor presioency. i a Father, deciding death preferable to a crace. shoots son. Page 7. T. W. 1-a.wjion arrested In Boston for silver stock deals. Page z. Pacific Northwest. Union County Ad club favors mitlage tax. Pare . Washington supremo court approves school land-trade wun government. ,- w. Gasoline tax neu state M0,12 IT In year. Page 1. Thomas H. Smith, retiring sergeant, hon ored by regimental review. Page 1. Newport's first military organization Is worn In. Page s. mh .nrher near Salem Is shot; aasai.ani escapes, page - Sport. Franklin beats Benson, tying Washington for acholartlc honors. Page IT. ThrHy-eight rounds of milling on tonight's fight cara. rage i. Beaver squad ao coio weamrr w'i under L4euienani aiaisei. Commercial and Marine. Grain bags advance with Improved coast eras prospects- r " Corn weak at Chicago on talk of restric tions or traaing. rase -j- Stock market rallies irom weancuaj. slump, pagers. STtinooo harbor development Bono Issue bold Dy uouinuMiuu ivi dUa,iV2. Page 26. r-ortUnd and Vicinity. Arbitration declared only way out or Portland mil controversy, w as i. Vanderveer plans te Impeacn state s star witness agalnat 1. vv. w. age u United States feel 1. 400.000 children is Poland dally, page 14. Swan leland project to bo viewed by com mittee of l o toaay. rage o. Position of traffic manager for port cre ated ana it. - i. tiuason oeieciea. Page 2. Tipsy revel of swine reveals big still at Bull Run. rage 13. Eleven-year-old girl tells of suicide hoax. Page 18, - . PUT OP TO MAYOR Arbitration Is Declared Only Way Out. SITUATION GRAVE, SAY ALL War Now Raging Threatens to Disrupt Industry. EXECUTIVE TAKES ACTION Controversy Over Dairy Product Priors Referred to .llnnl City Attorney fof InvcMlRutlon. ronTi,An mii.k MTtATio i iiRit:i. Officers of Oregon f'alrymen'a lesgue and rrpreentatlvrs of dealer-distributors deadlock after several conferences and distributors ask Mayor Maker to name arbitration tribunal. Mayor Uaker temporarily de clines formally to Intervene, but names Lionel C. Mac-kay, a!st ant city attorney, to delve into conflicting contentions without delay and reporL.nl findings. That the league officers have misrepresented the true situa tion of the market to the Port land public, thereby putting the distributors In a hud light. Is the contention of the retail side. That the Portland distribut ors, sided and abetted by the b i g condenseries, seek to "break" the league by forcing the price of milk down so low that the producer will have to stand a heavy loss is the other side's charge. Both sides sjiy they will abide by any decision of an Impartial Jury. Following the example of tne street car fare controversy, the milk situa tion, involving millions of dollars' worth of herds and the products of the same In Oregon, figuratively stalked into the city hall yesterday and perched there. It now stares Mayor Baker and the council In the face, awaiting a solution. With the declaration that tliey de spaired of solution of the problem now confronting the Industry through conferences with officers of the Ore gon Dairymen's league, which con trols the milk of about 2000 produc ers, the distributors, led by A. M. Work, manager of the Portliind-Ia- inascus company, the largest single retail concern In the city, yesterday morning failed to reappear at the league offices in the Corbett building, as the league people had expected, but instead, went to the office of Mayor Baker and asked that official to name an arbitration commission. Mayor Itesltatrs, but Arts. Mayor Baker said he hesitated to make the city officially a party to the controversy which has raged for nearly a week and which threatens to disrupt the industry unless some way Is found whereby conditions may be adjusted, but he 'inally agreed to re fer the whole situation to Lionel C. Mackay, assistant city attorney. Mr. Mackay will take briefs from both sides, digest the contentions of both and report back to the mnyor 011 his findings. Upon nls decision depends largely the suction whether there will be a formal commission for the taking 01' testimony on thu whole sub ject of milk .from every standpoint. The distributors, having asked for such a commission, are on record ss favoring such a solution of their problems, and Albert S. Hall, aoslxtanl manager and marketing chief of the league, declared yesterday that his people also want such a tribunal. Both sides to the controversy assert their wlllingn.ii to abide by whatever de cision is made by sny impartial group of cltlxens, after all the facts are pre sented. Leagae Brief Farthrvaalwc. The distributors already have sub mitted their contentions In' writing to Mr. Mackay and the league wlil band htm its .brief this morning. He said last nigbt that he would devote all of his time to consideration of the statements contained in these and will render a report to the mayor at the earliest possible date. realizing the seriousness of the situation and the necessity of prompt action. Meanwhile, Mr. Hall announced yes terday, that the league would en deavor to reach an understanding with the distributors whereby present rates will not be disturbed pending the city's action. The producers are receiving f 1.10 for 100 pounds of milk delivered; tHe distributors are charg ing a retail price to customers of Is cents a quart; lift cents to grocery stores and 12 cents to restaurants, etc, in gallon quantities. . f3JW Ket Held Limit. The contention of the producers, a represented by the lesgue. Is that Us members csnnot afford to accept a price of less than $1.50 net for 100 pounds, that being the rate fixed by the league last Saturday, effective April 1, when several hundred pro ducer met in central library to dis cuss tne situation, railing in negn- . xeacludod oa Page 4, Coiuma Ll : 5 - 1. 1... V; . s ' f.-' 1 ' ' - . .'.v . 0.5 : 1.0 - (