THE JJIORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1921 2 T01 CAPTURED FROM GERMAN REDS Eisleben and Hettstedt Taken . in Violent Fighting. NITROGEN WORKS SEIZED Communists Take Possession of Bis Works In Leune Rebel Army Is Estimated at 6000. BERLIN, March 25. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Advices received to night from the' disturbed Industrial areas In middle Uermany said that the police had recaptured Eisleben and Hettstedt from the communists after violent fighting The communists have taken posses sion of large nitrogen works In Leane. near Halle, where they were expected to have formed a red army Of 6000. The street fighting In Eisleben lasted 40 hours, with a hand-to-hand combat at the railroad station and in the streets In the center qf the city. , The rattle of machine g-un fire, the crash of hand grenade explosions and the Dopplnsr of rifles echoed through the city. Two thousand police took vp a position In the east half of the town and finally ejected 2500 work men from the western section. All the workers were heavily armed and well disciplined. Flarhtlng- la Intense. The Intensity of the fighting; was Indicated by the fact that the railroad station changed hands twice in 20 minutes. The police obtained posses sion of the city and finally restored crder. Bodies of the dead and severely wounded were left in the streets where they fell. The less severely wounded were crowded in sheltered doorways with bullets raising puffs of dust about them. The fighting was particularly des perate about the water tower, in which guns, pistols and knives were employed. The supply of ammuni tion on both sides appeared to be in exhaustible and was used as reck lessly as when the battle began three days ago. ,-' Casualties Are Not Known. Owing to the state of siege through out the rebellious area, there Is no telephone, railroad, street car or automobie service, but the police as serted their ability to reach the out side world by telegraph. The extent of the casualties was not definitely known. Governmental authorities continued their efforts to avert further dis orders In Prussian Saxony and in Hamburg. Following the first out break of violence in many Saxon towns, there came yesterday a period of comparative quiet, but officials proceeded on the theory that new out breaks might tome at any time. Organized labor seems not to have lent its support to the revolutionary movement. GERM AX REPLY IS REJECTED Teuton Delegates Agree to Draft Another Answer, However. PARIS, March 25. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The German delega tion here today delivered to the allied reparations commission the German reply to the note sent by the commis sion yesterday givrng Germany warn ing of the Infliction of penalties un der the peace treaty unless she paid before May 1 the 12,000,000,000 gold marks balance of the 20.000,000,000 mark payment due under article 235 of the treaty. The commission decided that the reply was unacceptable in its present form and refused to accept it from the German delegates. The Germans agreed to draft another reply, which, however, will not be ready before next week. I I cdies from the shin to the homes of relatives that every honor will be paid to the dead and proper deference exercised toward the wishes of the family. Amonr the instructions issued are ''Attendants must be particularly courteous and' accommodating in the performance of all their duties, espe cially when dealing with friends and relatives of the deceased. Proceed with remains to destination, exercising care at each transfer point that the remains are loaded on the train on which you are traveling. In case of any great delay, send telegrams noti fying relatives of probable time of arrival.". Because the government provides a flag, which covers each casket, the graves registration officials have in formed legion national headquarters that the purchase of such a flag by legion posts is an unnecessary ex pense. MINE WRECK HELD AIM RAILWAY COMPANY CHARGED WITH SINISTER DESIGN. GRAND JURY CALLED BACK Bend Investigators Expected to Make Report by April 11. BEND, Or, March 25. (Special.) Members of the grand jury which served at the last term of circuit court here have been ordered to re port In Bend, to be in session April 7, 8 and 9, District Attorney Moore said. Court will not convene until April 10. when It Is expected that the old grand jury will turn in Its report on all matters now pending and be discharged. A new jury, drawn on the opening day of court, will take care of secret complaints and new cases, it was stated. Chief among the cases now held to the grand jury are those of James T. Carter and Guy Walston, both facing Investigation on statutory charges; J. P. Berry, who was recently arrest ed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and Jake Kooy man and C. L. Evans, charged with stealing and killing a calf belonging to,,Seth Stookcy. Of the five, Berry is the only one now in jail. SENATE HEARS BRIAND Early Action on Relations WlUi Vatican Is Requested. PARIS, March 25 (By the Asso ciated Press.) Premier Briand ap peared before the senate commission on foreign affairs today and requested that the senate consider as soon as possible the bill providing for the re sumption of diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The bill was adopted by the chamber three months ago and has been held up in the senate since. The commission decided on the re quest of former President Poincalre, its chairman, not to discuss the mat ter until the budget has been dis posed of. FLAG IS GfFT OF NATION Colors Spread Upon Casket May Be Retained by Relatives. HOBO KEN, J. J., March 25. fSpe clal.) The United States flag, which covers the casket of each soldier re turned from France for burial in his rative land, may be kept by hia par ents or relatives or turned over to any post of the American Legion, ac cording to a ruling made by the Kraves registration service, which has so orpsriaed the transportation of the Springtime Is Mandolin Time Largest assortment now on sale at half price. Easy to learn and such sweet music Lessons free. Call or write Oregon Eilers Music House. Washington Coal Concern Makes Serious Accusations in Brief Filed at Capital. ."WASHINGTON, D. C, March 25. Charges that the Eastern Railway & Lumber company and allied Interests Intended by any means short of ac tual violence to wreck and bottle up" the mine of the Empress Coal com pany near Centralia, Wash., were made In a brief filed today with the Interstate commerce commission by the coal company. ' It Is In reply to a petition filed by the Eastern and other companies ask ing for a rehearing on the commis sion's decision holding that the East ern company was a common carrier. The Empress company alleged that by reason of the acts of the defend ants, its property had been wrecked and a receiver appointed, and added: "Today a beautiful little property stands deserted, its shafts full of water, some of the upper workings afire, its valuable machinery rusting away. Its buildings inhabited by bats, its workmen gone, and even the mine mules straying uncared for in the hills." The coal company's brief also claimed that the long' delay In ob taining a decision from the interstate commerce commission contributed to the alleged wrecking of the company and declared that since the proceed ings were Instituted the defendants, particularly the Eastern Railway & Lumber company, "have by all the devilish means the human mind can devise, deliberately. Intentionally and viciously hounded the operators of the Independent Empress mine." "Why this petition for rehearing, with Its petty allegations?" the brief continues. "For no other reason than that the defendants Intended by any means short of actual violence, to wreck or bottle up this mine, be cause Its independent operation, if successful, would constitute a men ace to their own private interests." UiMIONPAGlFIGWILL APPEAL WAGE PLAN Labor Board to Hear Plea for Cuts in Pay. ' CONFERENCE IS FAILURE DANIEL B0YD IS HOWIE Applicant for Xicaragnan Post Is Confident of Success. LA GRANDE, Or.. March 25. (Spe cial.) Daniel Boyd of Enterprise spent last night In La Grande, arriv ing from Washington, D. C. and leav ing on the branch line for his home this morning. Mr. Boyd was glad to get back to eastern Oregon and ap peared optimistic about his chances of getting the job of United States minister to Nicaragua. Secretary of State Hughes gave Mr. Boyd an examination to determine his fitness for the position, and the latter felt he came through with fly ing colors. Mr. Hughes wanted to know the extent of Mr. Boyd's knowl edge of the country where he expects to go as representative of the government. AMERICAN TRADE DENIED (Continued From First Page. there is any proper basis for consid ering trade relations." Sufficient opportunity. It was held, was given in the request of the Amer ican government for assurances from the soviet government of a change in heart as affecting their communistic principles and the rights of private property for later consideration of the question of the reception of a soviet delegation. No intimation of recognition of the soviet government was meant to be contained by the state department in the reply to the soviet message. It was made plain, however, that the American government was not dis posed to question the holding by Rus sia of any political philosophy which she pleased, but was concerned prin cipally and solely with the question as to whether the underlying princi ples of trade were to be respected by the soviet government. GERMANS ARE INDLFFEREXT Efforts of Powers to Re-establish Soviet Trade Get Little Heed. BERLIN, March 25. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The German press and public both apparently are indiffer ent to the efforts of the various pow ers to re-establish trade relations with soviet Russia. Neither German business mn nor German officials believe any consid erable business with Russia is pos slble while tbe soviet government continues to monopolize business transactions. The Germans generally believe Eng land's agreement was made largely to get concessions and without the thought that an Important exchange of products can take place until the Russian government modifies Its policy. Grove's Is the Oniy flenntne LaxatlTe BROMO QUININE tablets. Th first and original Cold and Grip Tablet. (B sure you get BROMO.) Adv. B. & R. green stamps for cash. E olman Fuel Co, coal and wood. Main 153 S60-H Adr. Officials Confer All Day With Rep resentatives of Slen; No Agree ' inent Is Reached. OMAHA, March 25. Plans were be ing formulated by Union Pacific of ficials' to carry to the railway labor board the company's proposals for cuts in the wages of common labor ers, following their failure yesterday to reach an agreement, after an all day conference with representatives of the men. The proDosal made by the road, ac cording to General Manager Jeffers, would provide for reductions of i and 20 per cent in the present rates of pay. making them 37 cents an hour for Kansas and 1 centa for other states affected. Employes of the Oregon Short .line would be affected by any wage changes made. Wage Proposals Differ. The wage proposal figures are slightly different than those men tioned in a statement by Mr. Butzer and R. H. Moise, representing Oregon Short line employes. Their statement said: "The railroads' proposition contem plated elimination of increases grant ed under decision No. 2 of the United States railroad labor board last July, reducing wages of freight handlers from 65 cents an hour to 63 cents an hour. and other laborers from 48V4 cents to 40 cents an hour. "Representatives of the employes based their refusal to accept this offer on the grounds that the reduced rates were not 'just and reasonable,' based on present living costs, and insisted that present rates be. maintained. Living Mast Be Considered. "The transportation act of 1920, which guarantees a return of 8 per cent on the aggregate value of the railroads," the statement added, "also provides that in establishing rates of pay for employes the United States railroad labor board, among other relevant circumstances, must take Into consideration, so far as applica ble, the relation between wages and the cost of living and establish 'rates of wages which in the opinion of the board are just and reasonable,' and accordingly rates now in effect were established and the representatives of the employes stated that any slight decreases which may have taken place in the cost of living did not warrant the reduction contemplated, as present salaries range from $100 to 3115 a month when full time is worked, whereas, if the reduction proposed were put into effect, monthly salaries would range from 375 to 391 a month, which is less than any employe can maintain himself and family on the recognized standard of 'health and decency.' It was further stated by the representatives of the employes that the railroads should not be permitted to earn their "just and reasonable re turn' at the expense of the employes. ."This will be referred to the United States railroad labor board in orderly process, in accordance with the provi sions of the transportation act of 1920." WAGE CUT STRIKE REQUESTED Locals in Atlantic Shipyards Seek Sanction for Walkout. WASHINGTON D. C, March 25. Labor locals in a number of Atlantic coast chipyards have sought the sanction of their international or ganizations for a strike in protest against wage reductions which re cently became effective and against which the workers voted in a referen dum held last month. A. J. Berress, secretary of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor, said that no re quest for concered action on the part of the 17 shipbuilding guilds in cluded in that department had come to his office. Only In the ;case of such a proposal, he said, would his department be consulted, differences between a local and an employer being handled entirely by the In ternationals with which the locals are affiliated. partment tonight by Thomaa B Healey, chairman of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Conference of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial association. ( Mr. Haley said that men engaged on boats of the Philadelphia & Read ing railroad have opposed wage re ductions and will appeal their case to the railroad labor board at Chicago. En Ion Petition Denied. ATLANTA," Ga, March 25. Judge Sibley in federal district court here tonight denied the petition of strik ing union men of the Atlanta, Bir mingham & Atlantic railroad that he rescind his wage reduction order and refer the matter to the federal rail road board for action. WATER RULES PROTESTED FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION ' HEARS OBJECTIONS. HEAVY PAY CUT PROPOSED Railroad Line Puts Plan of Re duction Vp to Employes. DE-NNISON. Tex., March 25. A re duction of from 30 to 40 per cent in the wages of unskilled laborers on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail road is asked in a proposal presented to representatives of the laborers by C. N. Whitehead, chief operating of ficer of the road, at a wage confer ence in session here today. The rail workers promised to answer the road's proposal at a meet ing of their representatives and rail road officials to be held in St. Louis April 21. A proposal that the settle ment of the wage adjustment be left to the railroad labor board was re jected by the men. MARINE ENGINEERS GO RACK Return Is Pending Wage Concilia tion by Labor Board. NEW YORK, March 25. Marine en gineers and officers, on ocean-going tugs along the Atlantic coast who went on strike yesterday In protest against wage reductions have re turned to work pending conciliation by the department of labor. This message was sent to the de- save 25 to 50 FROM MARCH 23 TO 31 THE BIGGEST USED CAR REDUCTIONS ' EVER OFFERED OVER 50 Used Cars and Trucks to Pick From - EVERY CAR GUARANTEEDVAS REPRESENTED BY US THE OLDSMOBILE COMPANY OF OREGON BROADWAY AT COUCH ST. PHOTO BROADWAY 3270 3Iembers of Harding Cabinet Who Compose Board Are Expected to Modify Regulations. THE OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, March 25. ,Objec tions were heard this afternoon by the federal water-power commission to the water-power regulations ap proved last February. The commis sion is composed of the secretary of war, the secretary of the Interior and the secretary of agriculture. This was the first sitting of the commission formed from the Harding cabinet. The objection was made that the regulations formulated by the old commission are more rigid than con gress intended when the water-power act was passed. Senator Jones of Washington, as chairman of the sen ate commerce committee, was called in to shed light upon the intent of congress as to certain provisions of the bill. The impression was gained that the new commission will revise the regu lations and will be more liberal In its construction of the law than was the old commission. Franklin T. Griffith and Guy Talbot of Portland and Henry J. Pierce of Seattle appeared before the commis sion. Mr. Pierce is interested in a large water-power project at Priest Rapids, on the Columbia river In east ern Washington. GDOLL'S HEIR IS TO BE DEMANDED Secretary Weeks Declares Nation Will Act. STEPS' NOT DISCLOSED CAPITOL CALLS LIMITED President to See Casual Visitors on Three Days of Week. W ASHTNGTOl .', D. C, March 25. Office seekers, inventors of reform panaceas, and even members of con gress and others who want 'to ask favors or dispense adv'ce at the White House must make their ca'le on Monday, Wednesday or Friday hereafter, if they hope to see Presi dent Harding. Announcement was made tonight In accord with a decision by the presi dent that he was giving too much time to visitors who have thronged the executive offices ever since in auguration. The demand on his time has been so great that he has spent many night hours at work on cor respondence and other pressing business. JOSEPH BRANCH CLEARED Danger of Slides on Tracks Is Be - lleved to Be Over. LA GRANDE, Or., March 23. (Spe cial.) Railroad officials now believe that all danger from slides on the branch line, running from La Grande to Joseph, is past. Odrlng the month of March, the Wallowa county people have been forced to go for a number of days without freight, because of a large slide which occurred a few miles on the other side of Elgin. The track Is now clear and trains are running on regular schedule. The banks in the cut below Elgin are very steep and as' the timber is all off. when the rain comes down, it is a difficult matter to keep the water from re moving the earth. PARDON IS HINTED AT (Continued From First Page.) that," Debs said to almost every question regarding the conference in Washington and the chances of a pardon as a result of It i Motion-picture cameras were grind ing away as he passed down the sta tion and for a time he would not pause to permit special pictures, but he finally yielded and with a brief apology to the warden for his delay, faced the battery of cameras. Warden Zerbst drove the car In which he and Debs and Castleton went to the prison, and passing by the postoffice halted a few minutes while Debs went in to mail some letters. Half an hour later he was back In the prison again. United States Probably Will Not Recognize Any Statute of Lim itation, Is Assertion. WASHINGTON, D. . C, March 25. "We are going to get Bergdoll if it is possible to get him," Secretary Weeks declared today in discussing the case of the Philadelphia draft evader now in Germany. "I don't believe we will recognize any statute of limitations in his case If one should exist." what steps 'would be taken to get Bergdoll out of Germany. He refused to discuss the possibility of his ex tradition by Great Britain for viola tion of British passport laws, but did say that he assumed that If the state of war between the United States and Germany were declared at an end ex tradition of the draft evader would be possible. Overtures Already Made. Secretary Weeks announced form ally that Brigadier-General Align had made overtures to the German gov ernment looking to the pardoning of Carl Neuf and Fran Zlmmer, Amer icans sentenced to prison terms at Eberbach, Germany, for attempting to arrest Bergdoll on German soil. The secretary said General Allen was optimistic that the two men soon would be released. It was said today that the state de partment had made no request of the British government that it assist in bringing Bergdoll to justice. Passport Obtained in Canada. Bergdoll escaped into Germany by obtaining a passport in Canada, and an Investigation by the British au thoritles is said to have disclosed that the passport was issued upon the guaranty of two apparently repu- lauie persons woo, it aiterwara ae- veloped, were Americans. These men are now understood to be in the United States. Under the British law, falsification of a passport is a felony punishable by Imprisonment, and In diplomatic circles the opinion was advanced that the British government could demand that the German government aurren der Bergdoll for trial, but doubt was expressed whether he could be re turned to the United States by the British authorities. ! IMPRISONMENT IS PROTESTED Aberdeen Legionnaires Urge Presl. dent to Obtain Release. ABERDEEN Wash.. March 25. (Special.) Members of Aberdeen post No. 5, American Legion, last night telegraphed President Harding pro testing against the conviction and sentencing of Carl Neuf and Frans Zimmer by the German government for an attempt to kidnap Grovei Cleveland Bergdoll, notorious draft evader. The resolution follows: "We, 100 per cent of the member ship of Aberdeen post No. 5, Amer ican Legion, hereby vigorously pro test against the apparent inaction of the United States government in al lowing two members of the armed forces of the United States to be sen tenced by a civil criminal court of the republic of Germany at a time when the United States is at war with that government. "We respectfully Urge that you use every possible means to secure the release of these men, who were con victed for attempting to carry out the wishes of every loyal American." State Fair Date Announced. YAKIMA, Wash., March 2. E. L. French, state director of agriculture, today announced here that the 1921 Washington state fair would open September 19. He said he would ap point a state fair publicity secretary as soon as he found the right man. Milk Flows Down Gutters. SEATTLE, Wash., March 25. More than 3000 quarts of milk flowed down the gutters of automobile row today when a milk truck and a street car collided. . . Spencer Carlson Appointed. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C, March 25. Spencer Carlson, Marshfield, Or., has been ap pointed principal midshipman to An- From Sword to Plowshare Newspaper advertising rallied the men and women of North America for war. Today it is rallying them for peace. It is picking up the broken threads of commerce and weav ing the fabric of enduring pros perity. It is moving the goods from the store to the home and send ing the echo of reviving business back to the factory and the farm. It is putting men to work. It is stabilizing industry. It is re storing good cheer. Read the advertising in thi3 newspaper and patronize the merchants and manufacturers who advertise. Largest Banks in U. Predict a Big Future for the Vegetable Oil Industry The National City Bank of N. Y. in its booklet just issued called "Trading; With the Far East," under the heading of vegetable oils, says in part as follows : "United States importation of vege table oils has grown in value from six million dollars in 1900 to twenty-three million in 1910, thirty-three million in 1915, jumping to one hundred and six teen million in 1919, and approximately one hundred and fifty million in 1920." "United States importation of cocoa nut oil for fiscal year 1920 aggregated two hundred and seventy million pounds against fifty million pounds in 1913; United States importation of copra in 1920 was two hundred sixty million pounds against forty million pounds in 1913." "The vegetable oil industry of the world has come to stay and the world's trade in these products, now amounting to nearly one-half billion dollars, will continue to increase." The National Bank of Commerce, N. Y., in its monthly magazine of De cember 20th, ' 1920, under the heading of American Foreign Trade in Copra and Cocoanut Oil, says in part as fol lows: "Within the brief span of a decade cocoanut oil has risen from a compara tively insignificant position to a place of great importance in the United States. "The. rapid increase in the use of cocoanut oil is the result of the increased demand created by the war for vege table fats and oils to supplement the in sufficient supply of animal products of this class. "The chief consumption of cocoanut oil is in soap manufacture. Large amounts are also used to make lard sub stitutes and oleomargarine, while great quantities are sold under private brands as cooking oils. "The cocoanut growing industry owes its present position and its promising future entirely to the great importance of the nut as the source of oil. The chief markets are the United States, United Kingdom and France. "Improved methods of refining vege table oils have revolutionized the entire field." We Want the People of Portland (whether in vestors or not) to Know About This Industry The people of Portland do not realize the immensity of this business today and the enormous growth for the future. Very few realize what this industry on a large scale will mean to Portland and what it will mean to investors in the way of large profits and substantial dividends. Very few Portland people realize that we are building the most modern vegetable oil plant in the world on the waterfront in Portland and that it is the only vegetable oil plant on the Pacific Coast on deep water and owning its own private dock. A dollar saved is as good as a dollar earned. - In selling our stock we are saving investors $15.00 on each one hundred-dollar share (commis sions paid to selling agencies for the placing of stock). This 15 saving of $150,000.00 on our capital stock becomes part of the tangible assets of the company instead of being paid as com missions to stock-selling agents. , Investors who appreciate this saving and possess an inclination to investigate further, are invited to write to or call at our office or to apply to any of the following banks for printed matter concerning this company's business and prospective large earnings. Ladd & Tilton Bank U. S. National Bank Northwestern National Bank Bank of California, N. A. Canadian Bank of Commerce Hibernia Commercial & Sav ings Bank State Bank of Portland Broadway Bank Hartman & Thompson Bank Peoples Bank Geo. W. Bates & Co., Bankers Citizens Bank Bank of East Portland Bank of Kenton Bank of Sell wood Peninsula National Bank Montavilla Savings Bank Multnomah State Bank First National Bank, Linnton First State Bank, Gresham Bank of Gresham Title & Trust Co. Peninsula Security Co. WILL RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS to the last offering of our Capital Stock and will furnish copies of our new circulars, descriptive of past and prospective earn ings of this business in Portland. THIS OFFERING IS DIRECT FROM COM PANY TO SUBSCRIBERS. Full information upon request Portland Vegetable Oil Mills Co. 805 Wilcox Bldg., Portland, Or. Phone Marshall 808 H. H. Ward, Director in Charge of Financing napolis naval academy by Represen tative Hawley. Wallace J. Walsh of Newport has been named first alter nate. Mrs. W. C. 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