VOL. LIX NO. 18,5S!I
En tared at Portland (Oregon
Postofflce as Second-Clasn Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APItlL. 14, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PORTLAND-JAPAN
OFFICERS EXCLUDED
IN BONUS PROPOSAL
TENTATIVE PACT BARS SHIP
WRIGHTS YEOMANETTES.
LOWDE-N DEFEATS
AID REFUSED IRISH
ALCOHOL SUBSTITUTE
FOR GASOLINE FOUND
iOVEH'S CHANCES
SIGNAL TO BE SENT
TO MARS APRIL 23
BY CONSUL OF U. S.
-WOOD IN ILLIHBS
EFFORT IN BEHALF OF HUN
LIQUID SAID TO CUT COST OF
AUTO. OPERATION. . .
NEW INSTRUMENTS READY
FOR BALLOON TRIP.
GER STRIKERS INEFFECTUAL.
HMD SEEN
UK PROMISED
Service Won by Routing
; Phosphate to Port.
START AWAITS NEW BUNKERS
1 30-Day Steamship Sailings
May Be Increased.
f 3-YEAR EFFORT SUCCEEDS
Toyo Risen Kaisha J'inally Is Ob
tained by Chamber ot Com
merce Official on Visit. .
A regular steamship service be-
L tween Portland and Japan will be es
tablished by the Toyo Risen Kaisha,
one of the largest Japanese steam
ship companies, as soon as the
KimWora fnr IVif IrtaHin"- flf nTOKOhate
T-rrl.- at mnnlfinal terminal No. 4 are
L completed, it was announced yeslcr-
Vday by K. Doi, manager of the Jap
ant.A linn t t Klin nr i SCO. at SL
luncheon given in his honor at the
Arlington club by H. B. Van Duser.
president of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce.
The coming of the Toyo Kiscn
Valsha or as it is more familiarly
' l . . . it.- m I.' T. I'urHutiH is
the result of an effort of three years'
h duration hv the Chamber of Com
merce to obtain the services of this
llne, and is the ' immediate result of
negotiations conducted by the Ore
. 'gon-Pacitic company for the move
ment of phosphate rock from Idaho
h to Japan through this port.
Phosphate Rock to Be Carried.
It wan made nublic yesterday by
'Mr. Dol that the 43.000 tons of phos-
v. o t . fi--lr 1 r hulk, recently fln-
nounced at having been booked for
V. .shipment through Portland, will be
V handled by tho T. K. K., and that it
j -was thus cargo movement that has
rmade possible the extension of the
service to this city.
Three steamers of from 5500 to
9500 tons deadweight capacity will
be placed in this service to start, giv
ing sailings from Portland to Japan
at intervals of -30 days.
The first service of the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha from Portland will be to
Kotje, Tokohama, and possibly Osaka.
It Is anticipated that this service will
be extended to include Vladivostok,
north China ports and Shanghai, aa
conditions justify.
53,000 Tons Contracted.
In addition to the 45,000 tons of
phosphate rock which have been
contracted for shipment by the T.
K. K., 5000 tons in bulk will be moved
by a Japanese tramp steamer the lat
ter part of May. it was stated yes
terday by George Towell, president
of the Oregon-Pacific company. "This,
with the addition of 5000 tons which
have been booked by the Pacific
Steamship company, makes a total of
63.000 tons of phosphate rock which
I have been definitely contracted for
L export through this port.
C The regular movement of phosphate
roc, iron, x v, llA..u. in veWe,3 or me
Toyo Ivisen Kaisha will. In all prob-
.ability, begin early in August, and
enough cargo already has been
. dookco lo assure ine continuance or;
I the service for at least a year. 1
. . Tn.i- nil . . .1
day that in addition to the 55.000 tons
of rock definitely booked for ship
men!, the Oregon-Pacific company
has negotiations under way for the
movement of 100,000 tons more of the
Jfc phosphate rock. These negotiations
'Lliave been temporarily held up in
i Japan by a fluctuation of the market.
hut will probably be closed about the
middle of May. Mr. rowell said, for
jw shipment commencing in July.
f Investigation Made Here.
Mr. Doi has been in Portland since
V last Sunday, making a careful in
vestigation of the field here, and has
spent his time conferring with rail-
atxi exporters, Danners ana puDlic of
ficials, including executives of the
port and dock commissions. His
r personal representative, K. Leda,
V made a similar survey last month
J, and was entertained, by the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Oregon
Pacific company.
Much of the credit for obtaining
the services of'the Japanese line was
given by those interested in the
movement to the commission of pub-
lie docks for its aggressive policy in
x ni mi ins .iiu t ii;u , li 1 1 ine con
struction of the phosphate rock bunk
ers at municipal terminal No. 4 be
fore assurance could be given that
the rock would m6ve through this
port. It was held that without ac-
y tual construction operations on the
bunkers under way, the movement of
the phosphate rock probably could not
II,, C 11 IVJUICU 1,11 U U) 11 L 1 1 1 lH JI1J I I ,
and that, without this movement, the
f extension of the services of the Jap
anese line to Portland would have
been improbable.
Chamber Aids Jn Work.
The Chamber of Commerce has also
contributed to the sucoess of the
movement by supplying volumes of
Information to the Japanese and pa
tiently negotiating with them over a
period of years.
At yesterday's luncheon at the Ar-
t Concluded on rage 2, Column I )
Bill as Drafted to Carry Home
Building, Educational, Land
and Cash Provisions.
WASHINGTON, April 13. (By the
Associated Press.) Commissioned of
ficers in the military or naval serv
ice during the war will not benefit
under soldier relief legislation now
being drafted, it was learned today.
The tentative agreement reached by
a house ways and means sub-committee
also excludes yeomanettes, ship
yard workers who were in the army
or navy but who received civilian
wages and former service men who
had their salaries paid by their em
ployers while in the service.
The bill as finally presented to the
house, it is understood, will carry
provisions for home-building aid, ex
tension of vocational training and
priority in land settlement. Those
not desiring to take advantage of
these provisions will receive adjusted
compensation at the rate of $1 a day.
Means of raising necessary reve
nues have not been decided upon.
STRIKE CLOSES U.S. MINES
Engineering Commission Says It
Cannot Meet Wage Demands.
ANCHOR AG K, Alaska, April 13.
Two coal mines operated by the gov
ernment at Eska and Chicaloon on
the railroad near here were closed
today when the Alaska engineering
commission, which manages them, an
nounced it could not meet wage de
mands of the miners.
Enough coal is on hand, William
Gerig, assistant chief engineer of the
commission, announced to supply
Alaska towns until the navy depart
ment follows Its plan of taking over
and operating the mines.
The men wanted a wage increase
10 per cent above the Washington
scale, which they said was raised re
cently. Gerig said he had received
no official advices that an Increase
had been granted in Washington.
Both Gerig and the miners declared
no "red" element caused th strike.
About 200 men are employed at the
mines.
TEACHERS GET INCREASE
New Scale Anndunced for Instruc
tors of San Francisco.
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., April 13.
new salary schedule for San Fran
cisco school teachers was made public
today by the board of education. First,
seventh and eighth-grade teachers
are to be paid a minimum of $1500
and a maximum of $2000 to be reached
in the eighth year of service, com
pared with the old scale it $1200 to
$1336.
Other changes were: Fifth and
sixth-grade teachers, $1450 to $1930,
against $1200 to $112 at present;
kindergarten, second, third and fourth
grade, $1400 to $1900, compared with
$960 and $1476. High school teachers
will be paid $1730 to $2230, the present
rate being $13S0 to $2040.
CENTENARIAN STILL AGILE
Aged California Man Covers
18
' Miles on Snowshocs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 13.
Charles W. Hendel, Plumas county
supervisor, who says his age is "some
where around 100 years," told the
state convention of supervisors here
j today that he had to walk 18 mile
( on snowsh0es in order to reach a
i train that would bear him to San
I Francisco.
Hendel said that he lived In the
Plumas "back country" where snow
shoes were the principal means of
transportation at this season of the
year. " .
LOWER COSTS, OBJECTIVE
Reprcsentatlvc Sinnott to Attend
National Chamber.
THE DALLES, Or., April 13. (Spe
cial.) Representative N. J. Sinnott
and E. D. Baldwin, his secretary, will
attend the eighth annual meeting of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, which convenes in Atlantic
City the latter part of this month.
They will go as delegates from the
local chamber.
The National Chamber of Commerce
will seek to promulgate plans to i
creaBe production and thereby lower
costs.
HONOLULU GREETS PRINCE
Two Days of Festivities Planned
for Royal Visitor
nnnr.n.tT t tt Anrii is f.h-
I ward prince of M-aIes was greeted
here today. The British battle cruiser
Renown arrived after an uneventful
voyage from San Diego.
Two days of festivities were planned
for the royal visitor, a feature of to
morrow's reception to be a "hook
upu"or gift-giving ceremony by nativ
HaWaiians In the room in which the
Duke of Edinburgh,, his grand-uncle
was similarly honored in 1869.
PAPER CUTS ADVERTISING
Space to Be Conserved on Accoun
of Newsprint Shortage.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. April 13. Th
Birmingham News today .announced
that owing to the news print short
age, all advertising space of regular
clients would be cut one-half.'
No advertisement larger than one
hall a pasre will be accepted.
Riots and Shooing Mark
Election in Chicago.
TV0 OFFICERS ARE. KIDNAPED
All Ballots Taken From One
Polling Place by Raiders.
SLUGGING IS REPORTED
Hiram Johnson Is Third in Returns
for Republican Presiden
tial Choice.
CHICAGO, April 13. Governor
Frank O. Lowden carried his home
state today on the face of unofficial
incomplete returns in the republican
presidential preference primary, with
Major-General Leonard Wood second
and Senator Hiram Johnson third,. the
latter's name being written in ly the
voters.
In Chicago, where the presidential
preference primary was combined
with an election of ward committee
men, the kidnaping of election judges
and workers, shooting and slugging
and other acts of violence marked the
balloting.
In one precinct within 200 feet of
the polling place an unidentified elec
tion worker was shot after a quarrel,
I'.lretlon Judaic Kidnaped.
Adolph Muus, an election judge, and
Charles Neimark, an election worker,
were kidnaped by several unidentified
en In an automobile. All the ballots
were taken and the polling place was
not opemed until 8 A. M., when more
were obtained.
Mayor Thompson, republican na
tional committeeman for Illinois
gained full control of the republican
county organization for the next four
cars through the election of ward
committeemen having his backing.
Returns from 4256 precincts out of
5690 in Illinois gave Lowden 203,559
Wood , 136,428 and. .Johnson . 37,028.
These returns were from 99 coun-
ies out of 102.
3815 of 569 Precinct Counted.
Returns from 3815 precincts, in
cluding 1680 in Cook county, out of
5690 in the state, give:
Lowden Men, 155,864; women, 26,-
277; total. 182,141.
Wood Men, 110,796; women,- 18
320; total, 129,116.
In Cook county 1680 precincts give:
Johnson Men, 31,724; women, 473
total. 36.461.
The above figures include partial
returns from 93 out of 102 counties.
General Wood carried Chicago and
Cook county, but Governor Lowden's
vote in the state outside f Chicago
gave him a lead which progressed
steadily with the counting of returns.
Senator Johnson's strength was in
Chicago, where most of his vote ap
peared. There was no content in the demo
cratic primary, but the names Of more
than half a dozen democratic candi
dates were written in the ballots in
scattering returns and included Wil
son, Edwards, Cox, Eryan, Watson
and Palmer. Some Debs socialist
voters were reported.
Harding Gets Scattering Tote.
Harding received scattered votes.
Herbert Hoover's name appeared on
some republican ballots.
Governor Lowden and General
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)
i
Powers Held Not to Extend Be
yond Interest in Subjects of
Uncle. Sum." Says Davis.
LONDON. April 13. Acting Lord
Mayor O'Neill of Dublin and High
Sheriff McWalter appealed ineffect
ually to John W. Davis, American
ambassador, after they had failed to
persuade the American consul at
Dublin to intervene for the Irish
hunger strikers.
A message signed by O'Neill and
McWalter and received by Ambassa
dor Davis today said:
"We had an interview with your
consul this morning .concerning
amelioration of the condition of the
political prisoners at present on hun
ger strike. .He stated he had no dip
lomatic power and referred us to you;
therefore we ask for your personal
appeal to the Right Hon. Andrew
Bonar Law to release, as we have al
ready requested him, such of the pris
oners aa are seriously ill."
Ambassador Davis in reply tele
graphed:
"The consul was quite correct In his
statement of his powers, and my own
do not extend to any representations
except on behalf of citizens of the
United States."
'FREE BEER" ELECTS MAN
Cartoonist Is Chosen Mayor of
"Montmarlre Commune" France.
PARIS, April 13. Montmartre, the
lighthearted. is rejoicing in the pos
session of a separate government,
having repudiated all allegiance to all
other administrations in France. The
"free commune of Montmartre," as it
calls Itself, will continue, however, to
pay taxes to France, being willing to
meet even the higher rates to be
voted soon by parliament.
Invoking the principle "of "self-determination
of free peoples," Mont
martre held an election on Sunday.
Jules de l'aquit, a cartoonist, was
elected mayor. He received an over
whelming majority of the votes cast
by the painters, sculptorsand poets
who form the predominant part ,of
the population. His platform was
termed "highly idealtlstlc," being
simply "Free Beer."
There was only one prohibition
vote cast in the election.
PROBE OF FIRE STARTS
Negligence Alleged on Part of Scat
tie Hostelry.
SEATTLE, April 13. General wit
nesses testified today at the coroner's
investigation into the Lincoln hotel
fire on Wednesday last, which result
ed in four deaths, concerning the con
dition of the -fire escapes in the
building. O. C. Kennedy testified It
took several hard smashes to break
the glass door leading to the fire
escape on the fifth floor. According
to the evidence of Harry L. Neff
deputy fire marshal, a sign on the
sixth floor read: "Use 620 in case
of fire," whereas it should have di
rected users to room 621.
The testimony of Fred H. N. Good
indicated that the fire started in the
northwest corner of the hotel lobby,
and not in the basement, as at first
supposed.
FIREMEN WEARING KHAKI
Outfit Costs Eight Dollars as
Against $72 for Regular Uniform
SPOKANE, Wash., April 13. Eight
city firemen at the centra"! station
here today reported for work dressed
in khaki outfits. Fire Chief A. L.
Weeks said he would do likewise to
morrow and that hereafter regulation
blue uniforms will be required only
on formal occasions.
Regular uniforms cost $72, he said
and khaki ones $8.
LOADED
Chemist, Describing Discovery,
Says Mixture Docs' Not Form
Carbon in Cylinders.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 13. Discov
ery of a new alcohol made from wood
and usable as grain alcohol and in a
mixture for a gasoline substitute, was
described today at the convention of
the American Chemical society In
session here.
Professor McKee of Columbia uni
versity, explained the new liquid and
expressed the belief it would reduce
the cost of operating automobiles.
The alcohol, he explained, is obtained
from the sugar In waste from the
manufacture of pulp and mixed with
kerosene and benzol forms a sub
stitute for gasoline.
This mixture, be said, does not form
carbon in the cylinders, and affords
more mileage to a gallon than gaso
line. Professor McKee said it had
been used successfully in Norway and
Sweden and that he believed it could
be manufactured in this country
cheaper than gasoline.
STOCK EXCHANGE ACCUSED
Member Resigns. Makes Charces
Against Governors.
N,W YORK, April 13, Allan A.
Ryan, chairman of the Stutz Motor
car company, resigned todav from
the New York Stock Exchange ' and
accused members f the board of gov
ernors of .being short in Stutz stock,
trading In which was suspended by
the exchango when the price sky
rocketed. '
A member of a committee of the
exchange, according to Ryan, Is a
partner of a firm short many shares
in Stutz and continued to sell Stutz
up to the last moment trading was
allowed and has as yet failed to
make delivery.
Ryan said threats had been made
against him. designed to extricate
from their valid exchange contracts
those who attempted unsuccessfully
to depress the market value of his
stocks and that he could not retain
his self-respect if he remained a
member. His letter of resignation,
addressed to the board of governors,
asked that his seat be sold without
delay.
CITIZENS WEAR OVERALLS
Steps Taken to Fight Against Pres
ent High tost t-f Apparel.
ROSEBURG, Or., April 13. (Spe
cial.) In order to combat the high
cost of wearing apparel, many of the
leading business men of the city. In
cluding a number of county officials,
have signed an agreement pledging
themselves to wear blue overalls and
soft shirts until such time as the
price of clothing is reduced.
Among the names appearing on
agreement are bankers, realty deal
ers, capitalists, clerks and contractors.
It is proposed to call a mass meet
ing tomorrow evening when lists will
be circulated and organization per
fected to make the protest effectual.
1000 AUT0ISTS ARRESTED
No-Parking Ordinance Causes Lot
of Trouble in I.os Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 13. A
no-parking ordinance, forbidding
automobilists to leave their machines
on certain streets for a longer period
than two minutes, became effective
here Saturday. One thousand persons
were haled to police headquarters
that day for violating its terms. Four
hundred were sent to the traffic
bureau yesterday. About 200 more
were sent in this morning.
First offenders were released with
a warning and without bond or fine,
except those who "sassed" the arrest
ing officers and such offenders were
required to deposit $10.
FOR B'AR.
HELD FORFEITED
Delay in Entering Race
Declared Fatal.
BOSSES ARE NOT WORRYING
Nomination by Republicans
Held Unlikely.
FEW DELEGATES PLEDGED
Party Alignment Also Said to Have
Cos.t Aspirant Possible Nomi
nation by Democrats.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by New Tork Evening Post. Inc.
Published toy Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. April 13. This ar
ticle alms to be a consideration of the
possibility of Mr. Hoover getting the
republican nomination. It is written
from a purely actuarial .basis. It
does not take into account Mr. Hoov
er's merits, and it does not take into
account th following that he has
among the people. My travels
through the country led me to be
lieve that that following is of the
best. Wherever I touch a university
town I find that nearly all the uni
versity people are for Mr. Hoover.
Clergymen quite generally are for
Mr. Hoover; teachers are for Mr.
Hoover, and the woman vote is large
ly for him.
It is now more than a week cince
Mr. Hoover aligned himself with the
republicans. The universal assumption
has been that this act on Mr. Hoover's
part made him a more serious poten
tiality. Thi aspect of the comment
on Mr. Hoover's act has been puzzling
to those of us who are familiar with
the situation. The judgment of the
writer on the day Mr. Hoover made
the announcement was. and still is,
that this act greatly reduced Mr. Hoo
ver's chances of being the next presi
dent of the United States.
Opportunity Held Lost. ''
- Before that time Mr. Hoover was a
considerable potentiality. Dut if Mr.
Hoover was to align himself with the
republicans he waited too long. If he
had done it six months ago, or even
four months ago, he might very well
have been today as important & factor
as Wood is. In the thing which Mr.
Hoover li attempting, time counts. It
was March 31 when Mr. Hoover threw
his hat in the ring. In 1012, when
Roosevelt was attempting something
analogous, it was February 24 when
ho threw his hat in'the ring, and that
was a little too late, even for Mr.
Roosevelt; and Mr. Roosevelt had a
better flying start than Mr. Hoover
has.
The Hoover papers everywhere are
confuting their enthusiasm for
Hoover with his actual possibilities.
In doing so they are sadly mislead
ing that large number of earnest
people who are for".Mr. Hoover. One
of Mr. Hoover's papers, the day be
fore the Michigan primaries, in a dis
patch from Detroit, barely mentioned
Johnson and announced that the
choice lay "between Hoover and
Wood," and gave the idea that Hoover
had a real chance of carrying the
republican primaries in that state. He
had not the faintest chance. Another
of the Hoover papers frequently car
ries headlines to the effect: "Bosses
Worried by Hoover." The truth is
the republican bosses hardly ever
think about Hoover.
One day. when 1 picked up one of
the Hoover papers and read this head-
(Conrlufled on Pae 2. Column 3.)
Device to Record Moet Sensitive
Atmospheric Disturbances "Will
Be Used in Test. .
OMAHA. April 13. A. Leo Stevens,
balloon expert at Fort Omaha, an
nounced today that the effort of Pro
fessor David Todd of Amherst college-
to sigrnal Mars from Stevens
balloon will be made April 23.
Professor Todd, in a telegram re
ceived by Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob
Wuest, commander of Fort Omaha
today, suggested next week for the
proposed flight because the planet
Mars will then be nearest the earth.
Professor Todd made brief refer
ence to the apparatus which be will
use to ascertain whether sound waves
or ether disturbances are coming
from the planet and if they are elec
trical or otherwise.
The tests. Professor Todd stated,
will be made with a Corona rtoord,
upon which he has been wo. king for
reveral years. It is a device carry
ing records which are sensitive to all
atmospheric waves and will hold the
impressions made in such form that
they may be studied whc.i the bal
loon has returned to earth.
To ascertain the chemical composi
tion of the air at each altitude small
vacuum containers will be carried.
These will be opened at various alti
tudes and the air collected. ' It will
be subjected to an analysis after tho
balloon returns io earth.
Dust particles in the atmosphere
wyi be investigated by means of ap
paratus furnished by Professor'R. W.
Wood of Johns Hopkins university.
Meteorological tests will be made
by means of a special wind testing ap
paratus which is an innovation as no
device has formerly been invented
which will tell the velocity of air cur
rents from a free balloon. Moisture
pressure and temperature gauges will
also be used. It is hoped by so study
ing the upper air strata to get new
facts bearing on the origin of hot
and cold waves, typhoons, cyclones
and tornadaes. Pilot Stevens expects
to reach a height of 50.000 feet.
ROSEBURG BILL PUZZLING
Man Pays $10 Tor Lodging Debt
Alleged Due Since 1900.
ROSEBURG. Or.. April 13. (Spe
cial.) A letter signed by Alba Artlip,
and enclosing $10, was received by
city officials this morning, and Just
what to do with the money is what
puzzles the city treasurer. The letter
was written from China Creek, Cal.
The writer alleges that $10 is due the
city for board and lodging furnished
him by tho city in the spring of 1900.
when he was here and going by the
name of Jack Davis. He says that if
the amount is insufficient to pay the
bill incurred he will make good the
deficit upon being notified.
No one here remembers anything
about the transaction, but it is gener
ally believed that possibly the man
may have been under arrest for a
short time.
Pension Bill Reported.
WASHINGTON. April 13. The Sells
bill, providing pensions of from $12 to
$30 a month for disabled veterans of
the Spanish-American war. Boxer up
rising and the Philippine insurrec
tion was ordered favorably reported
loaay oy ine senate pensions com
mittee.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTKRHAT'S Maximum temperature
2 decrees: minimum. 4'J degrees.
TODAY S Showers; westerly winds.
Forrirn.
Irish beseech U. S. ambassador
Page I.
vain
Britain tin vst deilims for development
oi miaaiQ emsL. 1 ajco -.
American killed br German guard
Wcscl prison. Page 3.
National.
I. W. W. hand seen In strike of outlaw
switenmen. rare I.
Public clearly against outlaw strike, says
report from Washington. Pace 5.
Officers exclude! from proposed bonus
benefits. Page 1.
Railroad labor board expected soon to tako
up case of striking switchmen. Page 2.
390 reds deported, declares labor depart
ment in -reply to attack on methods.
Page 2.
St. Iouls may lose rank among cities.
Page 3.
Oomtle.
Louden defeats Wood in Illinois primarv.
Tage I.
Hoover's chances for presidency held for
feited by belated entrance into race.
Page 1.
Alcohol substitute for gasoline found.
Page 1.
Attempt to signal Mars to be made April
2U. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Dental examiners must issue license to F.
M. Bloom. Page 7. .
State hospital employes demand dismissal
of ex-convict. Page 9.
Sport.
Major league baseball season starts today
with eight games scheduled. Page 14.
Coast league results: Sacramento 2. Port
land 4: Salt Lake A. Seattle 4: Los An
geles 6. Vernon fi; San Francisco 9.
Oakland 7. Page 14. r
Multnomah water polo players leaving next
week for San Francisco tournament.
Page 15.
Portland bowlers to go to Seattle. Page 15.
Commeirial and Marine.
High local storage rates send eggs to Se
attle coolers. Page 23.
Corn averages lower at Chicago from lack
of support. Page 23.
Slock market less influenced by railroad
strike. Page 23.
Seven-tanker award -to Northwest Steel is
confirmed here. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Wolfgang Hajten. notorious German agent,
deported and now on Atlantic. Page 13.
Portland-Japan steamship freight line
promised. Page 1.
Harvey G. Starkweather files as candidate
for senate. Page 12.
McAdoo's name put on Oregon ballot by
Mr. McCoy's coup. Page 12.
White Shield Home for Unfortunate
Mothers dedicated by Salvation Army.
Page 8.
Opinion xhoas way to aid car riders.
Page 8.
f .a I ririn t. u ,M ) nlan.B , . :,a I I ... .
I Page 16.
Portland transportation outlook reported
improved. Pase 4.
itM OUTLAW STRIKE
World Revolution Is Held
' Object Sought.
GOVERNMENT GETS EYIDENOE
(Close Relationship of Rad
icals Held Established.
REDS' PROPAGANDA BARED
'Golden Opportunity Has Arrived,"
Declares Statement Issued by
Revolutionary Party.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Evidence
of the activity of Industrial Workers
of the World toward inciting- and
maintaining the unauthorized rail
way strike continue to accumulate at
the department of justice and of
ficials admitted tonight that they
saw signs of an attempt to expand
the railroad strike into "one phase of
world revolution."
Reports from field agents of the de
partment were not complete enough
to permit determination of the gov
ernment's course in dealing with the
situation.
President Wilson today issued a
call for his cabinet to meet tomorrow
morning. It will be" the first session
of Mr. Wilson's official advisers since
his western speaking tour on which
he was taken ill, and the strike sit
uation was understood to have
prompted the call. In some quarters
it was thought an announcement as
to the government's course would
follow the cabinet meeting.
Labor Board 3iomlnard.
The president also sent to the sen
ate today the nomination of'the nine
men representing employers, em
ployes and the public whom he has
selected to compose the labor board
provided under the transportation act
to deal with railway labor disputes.
Those selected were:
Representing the public George
W. Hangar, Washington, D. C; Henry
Hunt. Cincinnati; R. M. Barton, Ten
nessee. Representing the railroad corpora
tions Horace Baker. J. 11. Elliott and
William L. Park.
Representing the employes Albert
Phillips, A. O. Wharton and J. J. For
rester. Meet lua; Soon Kipected.
The nominations were Immediately
referred to the interstate commerce
committee, which is expected to take
action tomorrow. The board will be
called by the president without delay
and was expected to meet in Wash
ington. Attorney-General Palmer when he
goes to the cabinet meeting will have
available a very large number of re
ports from his agents at strike cen
ters which arc known to deal specif
ically with the relation of the 1. W.
W. to the strike movement. He will
be able to show the president and the
cabinet that through the agency ot
the I. W. W. relationship has been es- .
tablished between the strikers' newly
formed organization the railway
workers' union and tho "one big
union" as the Canadian radical or
ganization, includung I. W. W., is
known.
I. W. W. Propaganda Found.
He will also be able to disclose
through official reports that John
Grunau, head of the Chicago yard
men's association, the members of
which were the first in the country to
quit their posts, has been supplanted
by an active member of the 1. W. W
Propaganda of I. W. W. origin call
ing upon all railroad workers to join
in asserting their power and teraptins
them with the statement that "the
golden opportunity for which you
have been looking has arrived," has
been found by federal agents.
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"One Big Vnloa' treed.
Officials said they believed this un
seen power had been pushing the
strikers forward and now threatened
to expand the walkout, "months and
months of I. W. W. campaigning" to
that end having been disclosed. Re- -ports
told of inroads into the ranks
of shopmen in many centers and of
unrest in all. They also uncovered
the nature of I. W. W. propaganda In.
process of distribution, some described
as being "as dangerous as the com
munist literature." All of it advocated
the "one big union" idea and urged
the strikers and "fainthearted" to se
cede from affiliation with the four
great railway brotherhoods.
The American Federation of Labor
was characterized in these documents
as having "57 varieties of unionism
and none of Ifiem any good." One.
argument made against the four
brotherhoods was that they "do not
stand together and thereby brand
themselves as 'scabs' by Btaying on
the job when their fellows quit."
Names of Lraiera Sought.
The department moved further to
day in the direction of prosecution o
strike leaders by requesting the ex
ecutives of the Pennsyjvania and New
York Central roads to furnish It with
the names of all men on strike and
to designate those who apparently
were directing it.
In discussing this action Mr.
Palmer explained that conditions
were not the same on all roads and
added that "influences behind the,
strike must be ascertained." He would
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