THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 8, 1920 U. S. WOOL GROWERS ifii"Hi"i"i"iiWoodard, Clarke & Co. iiiiim"iiiiii!iiiiiiiii! TURK TO GERMANY GROCERS SAY MILK BODY IS COWARDLY Distributors and Dairies Used Big Stick, Plaint. PUBLIC FEARED, IS CHARGE Increases Should Have Been Passed to Consumer Says - Resolution. ' Store's Alargln 2 Cents. Ttetail grocers of Portland called to meet last night at Allsky hall adopt ed resolutions expressing their sen timent regarding1 the action of the city milk commission in fixing a price of 15 cents a quart as the retail price at which grocery dealers should cell milk costing 13 cents. It was also the sense of th meeting that a price of 16 cents a quart "be suggested to the grocers of the city as a fair price for milk, if the price to them is raised or has already been increased to 13 cents. J. C. Mann, president of the Gro cers' and Merchants' association, pre sided at the meeting, which had been called by the officers of that organ ization as a mass meeting of the mer chants in that line of trade. Forty merchants attended, but messages had come to the, chairman from a number who said they would be gov erned by the action of the meeting as the sentiment of the majority. It was held by various speakers that there is no profit in a great many milk sales because of delivery costs. Some were in favor of discon tinuing the sale of milk, unless at a price considerably higher than has been charged, allowing a fair margin that would make it a course of profit. fair margin that would make It a source of profit. M. J. Malley, Third-street grocer, moved the adoption of the resolution read by the secretary, KdwarM A. MacLean, and adopted after a brief discussion. The resolution, which is merely a statement of the grocers position, after an introductory para graph, proceeds; Th milk commission appointed toy Mayor Baker gave consideration to the dairymen on ono Eide and similarly to the Portland wholesale dealers In milk, com monly referred to as the "distributors," but showed absolute disregard for the rights of tho retailers by Ignoring them altogether except la one important par ticular. Both the dairymen and tho whoflesale ''distributors' appear to be thoroughly or ganized and In fighting trim. They came before the milk commission in strong op position to each other's claims and de sires. Wo know of no better way briefly, clear ly and fairly to describe the- decision of the milk commission than to say that It felt forced to yield something to the dairy men and it felt forced to yieJd something to the distributors. That necessitated raising the wholesale price of milk l.cent . a quart. The commission evidently lacked the moral courage to face possible criticism from the public for doing the natural and logical thing by raising the retail price 1 cent when they raised the whoLe.se.le price 1 cent, and we regard the commission as guilty of a cowardly trick in announcing to the public that the retail price of milk, was continued at 15 cents a quart while raising the. price to the re tali dealers from to lo cents. I-f the milk commission had been ani mated by manly and moral courage and by a desire to do the fair thing, whatever that might be, for the retailers, they would have undertaken to find out from the re tail grocers themselves something about the costs of h-andding milk at retail in Portland so as to know whether the re tailers could stand losing one-third of their margin on milk and get out ellve. We particularly wish to focus the atten tion of the public on. this evident lack of courage and fairness of the milk commis sion in seeking to save themselves from possible putbllc criticism by coolly taking away one-third of the retailers margin without giving the retailers a hearing, be cause we now propose to steer clear of this milk commission. We fuWy anticipate that the milk com mission will plead that this was "just a temporary decision," and will use other sweet words in inviting us soon to appear before them and submit facts and figures from which they will then propose to make a decision as to what margin the retailer should have on milk. If we could have confidence t' their moral courage and disposition t be fair, we would gladly enter fully into such an inquiry and decision, but no person could reasonably be expected to entrust his safety or his interests to any tribunal which had already gone on record as con demning him without a hearing and we ask the support of honest public opinion in declining any such invitation from this milk commission. This Is stated as the decision of both the organized and the independent retail gro cers in this meeting, which will not pre vent the milk commission from getting other grocers to appear before it. W ex pect the milk commission to have grocers testify, but we propose now to stand upon our rights In an independent position and reserve the right to say whether the testi mony of such grocers represents the ex perience of average stores throughout the city and whether any decision the milk commission may choose to make hereafter la fair or unfair. If the milk commission can later on make a decision fair to us. none will be able to rejoice more than we, but If they continue to be unfair, we shall continue to assert our rights and our independence, and rely on fair-minded public opinion, which loves a square deal, to support us in that position under the circumstances. LEAGUE COUNSEL QUIZZED or advise breach of league contract by anybody." R. M. Macdonald of the Nestles com pany also signed a statement to the effect that Loucks telegram to the effect that he had told Cochran the4 company had won the suit and league contracts were null and void was ab solutely false and that he bad never said such things. Cochran, he said, asked him if the condensary would receive his milk, and Macdonald told him that the injunction order did not restrain the company from receiving milk from any person who desired to ship to the condensary. MOSES HAS EARLY LEAD (Continued From First Paee.) state tax commission, was leading for the republican nomination for gover nor over Windsor K. Goodnow, mem ber of Governor Bartlett's council, and Arthur P. Morrill, state senator. The vote from 110 precincts gave Brown 6373, Goodnow 4970. Morrill 22S2. , . Charles E. Tilton was leading: Al bert W. Noone for the democratic nomination for governor, and Ray mond B. Stevens, ex-rpresentative in congress, was leading. Noone, who also stood for the nomination for United States senator. The vote from 67 precincts gave: For governor, Til ton 1348, Noons 718: for senator, Ste vens 1480, Noone 540. LEXROOT ; IEADS WISCONSIN Thompson Close Second for Nomi- . nation for Senator. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 8. Two hundred and forty-seven " precincts of 2379 in Wisconsin as compiled by the Milwaukee Sentinel early this morning in the race for republican senatorial nomination grave: Lenroot 14.883, Thompson 13,075, McHenry 2705. The precincts Included 76 in Mil waukee county. One hundred and thirty-three of 2379 In Wisconsin, for tho republican gubernatorial nomination, gave: Wil cox 7328; -Blaine 6435, Seaman 3847; Merlin Hull of Black River Fall3 2767, Edward F. Ditmar of Baraboo 1275 and J. N. Tittemor of Omro 1058. These returns were from 24. of the 70 counties. William H. Stafford of Milwaukee polled 3549 votes In 47 precincts for the republican nomination for con gress in the fifth district against 1602 for Gerhard A. Zading and 1454 for P. F. Leuch. The winner of this contest will oppose Victor L. Berger, socialist, in tho November elections. PETITION IS LIKELY FOR PENDER PARDON Spanish War Veterans May Back New Effort. MOTHER RETAINS FAITH WARNER IS LEADING BURRELL Republican Choice for Governor of Massachusetts Sought. BOSTON, Sept. 7. Late returns from today's primary indicated the probable nomination of John 3. Walsh for governor by the democrats and of Joseph E. Warner for lieutenant governor and Frederic W. Cook for secretary of state by republicans. The republicans nominated James Jackson for state treasurer. Charming H. Cox, now lieutenant governor, was made the republican nominee for governor without opposition. Returns from 863 precincts out of 1205 jn the state, including Boston gave: Walsh 30.840 to 28.388 for Rich ard H. Long; Warner 34.689 to 30. 520 for Charles L. Burrell; and Cook 31,881 to 23.J42 for James W. Bean. Jackson had 66,719 to 26,840 for Fred J. Burrell. Partial returns from three districts indicated the renomination by large pluralities of Frederick H. Gillett, speaker, and Robert Luce and Joseph Walsh, all republican representatives in congress. MANY CONTEND IN GEORGIA One of Hardest-Fonaht Primary - Campaigns Closes. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 7. One of the hardest fought political cam paigns in Georgia's history came to a close tonight with four men seeking the democratic nomination to the united btates senate In tomorrow's primary election, four seeking the gubernatorial nomination and scores of others contesting: for other etate offices, as well as eight congression al races. Democratic nomination gen erally is equivalent to election. Hoke Smith, United States senator. a candidate for re-election, is opposed by Governor Dorsey, Thomas E. Wat son, publisher and author, and John K. cooper, Macon attorney. Candidates for. governor are W. R Brown, Atlanta attorney; formeT United States Senator Thomas W. Hardwick, Clifford Walker, former state attorney-general, and John H. .Holder, former speaker of the Geor gia. house. Judge Suggests May Be Milk Combines Illegal. Belief that even a co-operative farmers ieague mignt become a com bine in restraint of trade was sug gested yesterday by Circuit Judge McCourt In questions he asked Dan J. Malarkey, counsel for the Oregon Dairymen's Co-operative league, dur ing closing arguments in the injunc tion suit now in progress. Mr. Ma larkey held the floor during the greater part of the day and while telling of the methods employed by the organization which he represents was interrupted by the court. Two sets of affidavits were sprung early in the afternoon when the plain tiffs presented sworn statements by James T. Jenkins and H. W. Thomas saying that E. C. Cochran of Bandon told them he had received word that the Nestle's company had won its suit and the farmers were free from their contracts and Cochran could ship m'lk to the condensary and would pay them three months in advance. Clarence Zumwalt and Raymond Capps, two ranchers on the Sixes river in Curry county, made affidavits that Deputy United State Attorney Austin Flegel Jr.. and Ralph Helmken, field man for Nestles, told them how they could break contracts with the league by selling their cows to their wives. Zum walt stated that he was also told he and his brothers could form a cor poration in place of their present firm, as two of the brothers are unmarried. A. F. Flegel Sr., appearing for Nes tles, answered these with a telegram from his son, now in Bandon. This stated, "Understand N. A. Loucks se cured some kind of statement from Clarence Zumwalt today relative to conversation with me. Zumwalt state meat fully set forth report yesterday. Did advise a bonnfirle sale to cor poration would iioi ui..d corporation ti Life -tact. Did jipt auggst ODDIE AHEAD IN NEVADA Ex-Governor Leading for Repub. .' lican Senate Nomination. RENO, Nev.. Sept. 7. Primarv elec tion returns from 25 precincts out of a total of 132 in the state tonight gave Tasker L. Oddie. ex-governor. oji voies ior tne republican nomlna tion for united States senator, with Rev. Brewster Adams of Reno second with 367 and A. Grant Miller of Reno third with 149 votes. Charles B. Hen aerson, unuea states senator, was unopposed for the democratic nomi nation. For the republican nomination for congress. W. E. McNeil of Reno and a. tients or loveiock were running nearly even. Representative C. R. Evans was leading R- C. Stoddard and W. C. Pratt of Reno for the demo cratic nomination. The vote was ex ceedingly light. FIVE STATES HOLD PRIMARIES who profiteer were condemned in resolutions adopted, by several hun dred wheat growers who met here at the call of Maurice McAuliffe, president of the Kansas Farmers' un ion. The call for the meeting extend ed an invitation to be present to wheat growers and representatives of farm organizations in Missouri, Kan sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. The resolutions set forth that a survey of seven states had established the fact that the cost of producing a bushel of wheat was $2.75 Other resolutions recommended a law to compel railroads to provide cars within 48 hours after ordered or be subject to demurrage charges on the basis now charged shippers by the roads In cases of tardy unload ing of cars; a federal law to prevent gambling in farm products and pro vision for county or district ware houses for tho storage of farm products. Home CONGRESS HELP WANTED Man, Convicted of Murder, Held Innocent -by Many l'ricnds and Former Associates. What atonement lies within the power of Oregon for taking nine years from the life of an innocent man T , That Is the question with the as sumption of innocence that promi nent citizens asked yesterday in dis cussing methods to gain an investiga tion by Governor Olcott into the case of John Arthur Pender. Pender was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her 6-year-old son. While prison fetters held him to a cell an imbecile, confined in the etate hospital, John G. H. Sierks wrote a letter confessing the murder. Later Sierks repudiated this confession. Pender remained in prison. The murder was committed near Scappoose, Columbia county, "around" Labor day, 1911. Effort after effort has been made by social workers to free Pender and with, the" passing of Labor day this year, new impetus was given the movement. Veterans Back Petitions. Circumstances, time after time, have conspired to defeat - the purpose of those who have worked for his free dom and the pardon they say. It is said that Pender would be free today if ex-convicts had not committed an atrocious murder at Claremont Tav ern last year. With the Claremont deed ringing in the ears of the people, executive clemency "would have been an error," they declare they were told. "Last night at the Spanish-American War veterans meeting in room 305 of the county court house, a move was started to send a committee to fnter- view Superior Judge Eakin, now at Astoria, trial judge at the second trial of Pender, when he was convict ed. They will likely attempt to have Judge Eakin head a new petition ask ing for the freedom of the man. The veterans tome time ago unani mously adopted a resolution request ing the governor to reopen the Pender case and inquire into his guilt or in nocence. This resolution was state wide, representing all camps. Rich ard Deich, deputy city prosecutor, is lirm in his belief that" Pender is an innocent man and probably will be named as chairman of a committee to wait on Judge Eakin today. Those interested in the Pender case tiiinlc that if Pender could be brought before the governor with Sierks, the man who confessed the crime, and allow the chief executive to question both, that this simple little hearing might bring forth the truth. Experts contend the need was com mitted by a sadist, pointing to the details in the crime. Physicians who have examined Sierks declare he has the mentality of a child of 9 and the symptoms of a sadist. Pender is de clared to be a normal man, affidavits and statements galore being offered to prove this. Mother Retains Fnltn. Pender's wife and aged mother, who have worked unceasingly to gain the freedom of son and husband, retain a sublime faith in his innocence. The mother, who has spent and lost her all in an effort to free her son, is past 70 'years of age. Twenty minutes after he was arrested and charged with the crime she boarded a train at her home in Ogden, Utah and came to his Bide. She has worked unceasingly since that time in his be half. She now resides at 681 Hoyt street. This year she lost her little home because she could not pay the taxes. The father was said to have died of a broken heart soon after the son was convicted. Yesterday when friends told the mother they were going to Salem and asked if there was any word they might take to the son, her simple message was: "Just tell him that I'm all right and to keep hoping." Social workers, club members and officials are preparing again to call upon Govenor Olcott and request i hearing in Pender's behalf. It is ex pected such a joint committee will be named this week. LABOR ATTACKS COURT GOMPERS ADVISES ACTION . REPEAL MEASURE. TO Kansas Law on Industrial Rela tions Houses Ire of Head of Federation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Samuel Gompers, renewing attacks on the Kansas law establishing a court of Industrial relations begun by labor or ganizations at the time of its enact ment last winter, gave out today copies of a letter addressed to cen tral labor bodies in that state, ten dering the aid of the federation in efforts to get the measure repealed. Mr. Gompers, in his letter, asked Kansas labor organizations to rally farmers around the opposition to the court system for settling industrial controversies, and arsserted that agri culturists would suffer from its continuation. 'The united forces of labor and the farmers should seek the repeal of this law," Mr. Gompers wrote. "If it is Indorsed, the next legislature will go further-, as the governor of your state appears to have made it his life work to hamper the advancement of labor and the farmers. "By cleverly conceived propaganda many farmers have been led to be lieve the law would not affect their interests. But should they seek to better their economic conditions through their organizations the law can be. and undoubtedly will be, used to defeat their activities. Through the Non-partisan political campaign being conducted by the workers of Kansas, members of the legislature can bo questioned as to their stand on & bill to repeal the law. Those opposing it should1 be defeated." - Mr. Gompers further suggested that statewide conference of representa tives of Kansas labor organizations be called to make repeal laws ef fective. GOVERNORS URGED TO ACT EIRE PREVENTION DAY PRO POSED BY PRESIDENT. MINE WAGE PARLEY SET Operators and Workers Not Agreed When Rise Shall Go Into Effect. BILLINGS, Mont.. Sept. 7. Montana coal miners and operators were scheduled to meet in joint session here this afternoon in an endeavor to fix the time when the $1.50 increase to day workers, which the operators have agreed to, is effective. The western operators wish to make the increase effective this month. The miners want to make the award retroactive to include August as had been done in the central com petltive fields. Georgia to Cast Vote Today After Bitter Primary Campaign. Voters in five states yesterday went to the primary polls to choose candidates for national and state of fices to be filled in the general elec tion in November. The states are': Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, Nevada and Wis consin. Issues are outstanding In New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Georgia, the last of which will cast its vote today. In New . Hampshire . Senator George H. Moses is making the race for renomination, opposed by Huntley N. Spaulding. The two waged a bitter pre-primary campaign on the league of nations, suffrage and tariff. Mr. participated. The voting showed that the men outnumbered the women at the polls four to one. , The pre-primary campaign closing yesterday in Georgia was bitterly contested, with Senator Hoke Smith being opposed by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, Thomas E. Watson, publisher and author, and John R. Cooper, Macon attorney. Senator Smith was one of the dem ocratic senators opposed to the league or nations. Arizona Returns Lacking. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 7 No re turns from today's state-wide pri mary had been received tonight from any precinct in the state. Telegrams received at republican headquarters from Graham county forecast majorities there for Mit Simms, democrat, for governor; E. S. Clark, republican, and Mark Smith, ueniocrat, lor senator.. LOG TURNS, KILLS MAN Skull Crushed; Victim of Accident Lives Three Hours. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 7. William C Lewis, an - employe of the Booth Kelly Lumber company at one of the logging camps above Wendling, was killed late yesterday afternoon while at work in the timber. He was working near a log that was being puiiea oy a caDie wnen the log suddenly turned, striking him on the head, crushing his skull. He lived three hours after the accident. He is survived by a widow, his mother and several sisters. Lives and Property Would' Be Saved if Observance Given by Pub lic, Says Wilson. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. President Wilson, in a proclamation today. urged state governors to set apart Saturday, October 9, as fire-preven tion day, and to request general ob servance by the public. The need for bringing before the people the se rious and unhappy effects of the present unnecessary fire waste and the need of individual and collective effort in conserving the natural and created resources of America" was said by the president in his proc lamation to be especially urgent for the following reasons: "The destruction by fire in the United States involves an annual loss of life of 15,000 men, women and chil dren and over $250,000,000 in build ings, foodstuffs and other created re sources. "The need of the civilized world for American products to replace the ravages of the great war Is especially great at this time. "Present serious shortages of homes and business structures make the daily destruction of buildings by fire an especially serious matter. "A large percentage of the fires causing the annual American fire waste may be easily prevented by in creased care and vigilance on the part of citizens." COLONEL HAMMOND WINS Assignment to Duty With General Staff Is Confirmed. FIRE LAW ARRESTS MADE Six wWrants Served on Alleged Hazard Maintainors. Six men and women were arrested last night on warrants charging them with failing to obey the ordinance regulating fire hazards. All were re leased on their own recognizance. Those arrested were: A. B. Stein bach, 71, capitalist, who was charged with allowing moss to grow on the roof of a building, Albert Berger, mill owner, 34, charged with permit ting a condition which constituted fire hazard, and Mrs. S. M. Banks 410 H Hawthorne avenue, Mrs. M. J Winters. 392 East Stark street, J. E Clark, 402 East Washington street, and S. Yamagish, Japanese, 2 Grand avenue, all of whom were hotel pro prietors charged with failing to mark fire escapes with red lights. NAVY SAILORS RELEASED Youths Guilty of Larceny Given Suspended Sentences. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 7. B. H Harruff and A. W. Ross, both 18 years old and navy sailors, pleading guilty to grand larceny, were release toy Superior Judge uiutam today suspended sentences of five to years in the state reformatory. They were arrested July 20, afte thev had held up a Japanese hotel proprietor and rob"ied him of $15 an a watch. The youths will be turned over to the naval authorities. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Orders were issued by the war department today confirming the assignment of 12 national guard and reserve corps officers to duty with the general staff as provided under the army re organization bill. The officers, who were selected from lists submitted by the gover nors of their respective states, in cluded Colonel C. C. Hammond of Orgeon. - - $3 WHEAT JPRICE URGED Farmers of Four States AVant Min imum Established. SALINA, Kan., Sept. 7. A minimum price of $3 a bushel for No. 2 wheat i is Kansas City was urged and millers BONDS REPORTED BURNED Stolen Paper Worth $200,000 De stroyed by . Thieves. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Railroa bonds valued at $200,00.0 reported los in the mail from Milwaukee to New York a month ago were burned her bv thieves who stole them and were afraid- to dispose of them, postoffic inspectors announced today. A confession was said to have been obtained from Thaddeus J. V. R. Starkey, negro and brother-in-law of James Johnson, mail truck driver. Both are under arrest. Market Prices Permit Profit. Don't TRADING STAJIPSttt Woodlaxk Bldg. Alder at West Park TRADING STA31PS Credit for Teutons Equal to Fund of Alien Property Sales; Is Plan to Be Proposed. . OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Sept. 7. American wool growers, finding it impossible to sell their 1920 clip in the American mar- et at anything like the cost of pro- uction, and getting no encourage ment whatever from eastern manu- acturers of wool, are turning their yes towards Germany as a possible market for current surplus holdings. Congress a the December session will be asked for legislation which will facilitate tho selling of Ameri can wool to Germany through the stablishment of a credit for Germany qual to the fund now held by this country as the net proceeds of sales the alien property custodian, less xistlng claims. The plan in con- emplation is explained by the Amer ican farm bureau federation, which issues a statement saying: Billion In Fund. "Funds ' from this source which must eventually be turned over to Germany and her former associates mount up well toward a billion dol- ars and a credit of this amount can be granted without Involving further ncrease of Germany a Indebtedness to the United States. At a time when we have surplus stocks of certain raw materials which Germany needs to get on an efficient producing basis some arrangement which will finance the transaction and transfer of goods is highly de sirable. The credit suggested seems feasible plan and has already been given careful and serious considera- lon by several congressional com mittees. A bill looking toward this end would have been passed last summer in all probability had con gress not adjourned so early. Year's Supply Is Stock. "Wool is one of the commodities which furnish an interesting ex ample of the need of this German market. The world's reserve wool stock today, according to the best available information is somewhat greater than usual. Where the usual holdings prior to 1919 amounted to about a half a year's supply, or around a billion and a quarter pounds, the stocks now available seem to amount to about a full year's supply. "But nearly all of this surplus is of the coarser grades. Aparently there s no real surplus of the finer grades of wool the kinds which we use in this country to manufacture our clothing. The accumulation of coarse wool stocks seems to be a direct re sult of the inability of Germany and Austria to buy and consume their usual quotas. These markets have been practically closed for a long time now, and as a result coarse wool stocks have accumulated In all parts or the world. Coarse Wool Depreuea Mart. 'About half of the wool produced the United States is fine wool of which every pound is needed for clothing, but unfortunately the pres ence of these vast quantities of coarse wool have been allowd to depress the fine wool markets also; Today the wool grower cannot get on the open market much more than half what the wool cost him to produce. 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