VOL. LX XO. 18.839
Enter4 at Portland Ore iron)
Pnntoffiee as Second-Clara Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FLASH, NOISE, QUIVER,
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
CLUB RAIDED; 2 HELD
238 QUARTS OF LIQUOR ARE
PANAMA STANDS PAT
IN COSTA RICA ROW
ALLIES ARE EXPECTED
TO RECOGNIZE RIGHTS
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PUZZLE TO NEWBERG
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PLAN TO HARDING
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FALL OP METEOR REPORTED,
HCGHES TOLD WHITE AWARD
IS XOT ACCEPTABLE.
DECISIONS BT LEAGUE HELD
v XOT BIXDIXG.
BUT AO TRACE FOCXD. '
SEIZED BY POLICE.
CORPORATION
RAIL UNIONS SEND
WILLIAMS
FAVORS
BIDS OW 125 MILES
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HANDLE
REHEARING
Conference to Draw Up
New Rules Opposed.
.12 BASIC POINTS OUTLINED
collective Bargaining and
8-Hour Day Demanded.
WAGE TRUCE SUGGESTED
Right of Craft to Select Own Del
egates and Overtime
v . Also Featured.
CHICAGO, April 7. Five railroad
labor unions with 500,000 members
tonight submitted to President Bard
ing-'s labor plan for ending industrial
dlspates between the roads and their
workers, proposing- that the president
call a conference of representatives
of both sides at which new rules
governing working conditions would
be made to take the place of the
national agreements, now in dispute
before the railroad labor board.
The proposal was contained In a
. statement by representatives of the
five mechanical unions and was sent
to the president by B. M. Jewell,
president of the railway employes'
department of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
. It proposed that all wage disputes
be held in abeyance pending the con
ferences. Prr.ldrat Asks Plan.
The telegram was sent in response
to a request from President Harding
at the conference with Mr. Jewell
that labor submit Its plan for ending
the railroad industrial troubles. It
included 12 points which were termed
"labor's self-evident and inalienable
rights" which, it said, would have lo
be settled at the proposed confer
ence, and specified that the national
agreements should not be discounted
In any way pending the outcome of
the proposed conference.
It was suggested that the confer
ence be held under the jurisdiction
of the railroad labor board.
Included In the 12 points were the
basic eight-hour day, the right of col
lective bargaining, the right of each
craft to decide what organization
should represent it in any conferences
with employers, and adjustment of
"proper pay" for overtime. ,
The statement outlined the 12 points
as follows:
"The right to organize and nego
tiate collectively through representa
tives of their own choosing.
"The protection of employes against
discrimination because of member
ship in trade unions or because of
legitimate trade union activities.
"The right of the majority in each
craft on each railroad to determine
what organization shall represen
them; this organization to have the
right to negotiate an agreement
which shall apply to all the workers
in the craft.
"The right of the majority of each.
craft on each railroad to select
committee or representatives who
shall handle all grievances which
may arise affecting all employes of
the craft in accordance with the pro
vision of the agreement.
"Eight hours as the recognized
measure of the standard work day.
"AS a protective measure to safe'
guara me stanaara wort day, pay
ment for time worked in excess of
the regular eight hours at propor
tionate overtime rates.
The beginning and ending of
working shifts to be so arranged as
to permit of living arrangements by
employes and their families.
"Clear and concise definition in the
ease of each craft of the work to be
performed by -mechanics and helpers.
Establishment of apprenticeship
requirements so as to develop a suf
ficient number of competent me'
chanics.
"Applicants for employment as me
chanics to sbow that they have served
an apprenticeship of four years or
performed mechanical work for a
similar period and not to be denied
employment when their services are
needed for any reason other than
their inability to perform the work
for which they are making applica
tion.
"Craft point seniority to be recog'
nixed.
"Establishment of reasonable safe
guards for the protection of health
and safety of employes."
The railroad labor board today an
nounced that a consolidated hearing
of all wage reduction petitions would
be held April 18.
Twenty-six roads, which have filed
appeal for lower wage scales In the
lact'30 days, were named In the hear
ing docket today. Other roads pre
senting similar requests also will be
included in the same hearing.
The decision to act quickly on the
wage reduction appeals came at the
same time that permission was de
nied the New York Central railroad
to make a provisional cut, effective
April 1. The New York Central will
.be among the roads which are parties
to the hearing April 18 and which
will decide whether a permanent
reduction in the wages of unskilled
labor may be made.
In order to save time, the board
restrict each side of the con-.
Load Explosion Rouses Residents
and Homes Are Shaken Auto,,
ists See Gravel 3Iove.
XEWBERO, Or., April 7. (Special.)
Residents of this section were
aroused about 10 o'clock last sight
by a sound like a loud explo
sion and a simultaneous concussion
which shook houses and buildings for
miles around. The cause of the
phenomenon has not been determined,
although many believe It was the
result of a meteor striking Parrett
mountain, tw and one-half miles
east of the city.
This theory was advanced by Henry
McGuire. who lives, northeast of
Newberg. He said he had gone out
on the back porch of his home to get
a drink of water and that he saw
the meteor fall. The noise, he said,
followed an instant later.
The same theory was upheld by a
party of autoists, who said they were
near the mountain at the time, and
that the concussion was so. violent
that the gravel on the road .was
shaken as though the earth bad been
struck with a mighty hammer.
' Parrett mountain is a peak near
Rex. and is about two miles long
and 1200 feet high. Mr. McGuire
thought the meteor hit between Rex :
and the mountain," and quite close to
the highway.- Efforts to fin traces
of a meteor on the .mountain nave
failed. Mr. McGuire said the visitant
gave off a orignt Diue iigm u u
flashed across the sky.
BOY, 18, SAVES GIRL'S LIFE
McMinnvllle Youth Rescues 3-
Year-OId From Deep Creek.
McMINNVILLE. Or., Aprl' 7. (Spe
cial.) Prances Coffey, three-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Coffey of this city, was caved from
drowning yesterday by Harold Wal
dron, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C Waldron.
The little girl had wandered away
from home and through the city park,
where young Waldron sat reading.
He watched her for some time, but
became absorbed in his reading when
be heard ber cry and discovered that
she bad fallen into Cozine creek.
which skirts the park on the west
The creek is deep and swift at this
point but not wide. Young Waldron
Jumped in after her and brought her
to land Just as others came up.
The mother was out looking for her
daughter and saw her being carried
across the park toward home. This
was the mother's first knowledge of
the danger the little girl was in.
Young Waldron graduated from
high school last year.
HIKE FOR BONUS IS PLAN
Ex-Soldier Says He'll Walk. From
Seattle to North Dakota.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 7. (Spe
cial.) P. E. Leigh. 2019 Ninth ave
nue, will walk 2256 miles to collect a
1250 soldier's bonus. Leigh enlisted
in the army from North Dakota, and
as that state has voted a bonus to its
ex-service men, with the provision
that they collect in person, he will
return to North Dakota to collect,
walking to Minneapolis. He has taken
several cross-state jaunts, and In
tends to make the cross-country trip
a pleasure excursion.
It will require about two and one-
half to three months for the trip, as J
Leigh intends to average about JO
miles a day, starting probably next
Monday.
MORE LIFE BOATS FOUND
Equipment of Sunken Liner Washed
Ashore on Wbidby Island.
SEATTLE, Wash, April 7. (Spe
cial.) Two more capsized life boats
from the passenger liner Governor,
rammed and sunk off Point Wilson
early Friday morning by th freighter
West Hartland, were found today by
searching parties on the shore of
Whidby island, several miles from
the scene of the disaster.
Residents of Coupeville) reported
finding the boats. The searching
parties were headed by Robert Mar
quart, who was first officer of the
Governor.
CANTON NAMES PRESIDENT
Dr. Sun Vat Sen Is Elected Head
of "Chinese Republic."
HONOLULU. April 7. The Chinese
parliament sitting at Canton has
unanimously elected Dr. Sun Tat Sen,
first provisional' president of China
at the time a republican form of gov
ernment was substituted for the em
pire, as "president of the Chinese re
public," said a dispatch received from
Canton, China. '
The news wis received today by
the Liberty News, a Chinese news
paper here.
ALL GREECE CELEBRATES
Hundredth Anniversary of Free
dom From Turks Observed.
ATHENS. April 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Greece . today cele
brated the 100th anniversary of her
freedom from the Turkish yoke, there
being a street parade and many mass
meetings.
Members of the royal family, cabi
net members, ministers and high
church dignitaries attended a service
at the cathedral. 1
Washington Report Says
Buchtel Does, Too.
PETITION DRAFT IS RECEIVED
Commission Head Sees Men'
in Portland Claims.
CASE IS UP APRIL 18
Airing of All Allegations of Ine
qualities and Discriminations
Is Held Justified.
SALEM, Or, April 7. (Special.)
Fred A. Williams, chairman of the
Oregon public . service commission,
following his return here tonight
from southern Oregon, Issued a state
ment in which he said that, in the
face of representations ECt out in a
draft of a petition- prepared by the
city attorney's office In Portland,
asking for a reconsideration of the
decision in the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph rate case, he would favor
a rehearing of all the facts previously
submitted to the commission and new
evidence bearing on the situation.
Mr. Williams made it plain, how
ever, that he was discussing the case
from a personal standpoint and was
not speaking for the commission.
Baefctel -Reported la Favor.-
A report today from Washington
indicated that Fred Buchtel, another
member of the commission, also had
expressed himself in favor of a re
hearing of the case.
H. H. Corey, the third member of
the commission, was in eastern Ore
gon and his attitude on the Issue
could not be learned. "
"Through the city attorney's office
of Portland, I have Just received a
draft of the petition for rehearing In
the Pacific Telephone, & Telegraph
company rate case. said Mr. Will
lams In his -statement '
"The date for a hearing on the peti
tion, as set out in the draft received
by me today, is April 18.
Explanation Held Needed.
."Seldom is a member of a tribunal
clothed with judicial duties justified
in commenting upon a matter pend
ing, before final order; but person
ally I feel in this instance that there
are misapprehensions as to the law
and facts involved that impose upon
me the obligation of an explanation.
"I believe without reservation that
the commission should encourage the
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Attendant Declared to Have Been
Making Liquor in Basement,
Where Mash Is Found. . '
S3ATTLE, Wash., April t. Police
early today raided the exclusive Unl
versity club, . in the Madison-street
residence district arrested two club
members and an attendant and seized
238 quarts of liquor said to have been
found in the basement of the club
building
- David Brown and John Martin, club
members, were arrested leaving the
building with suitcases filled with
liquor, the police said. T. Yamada
club attendant is said by the police to
have been manufacturing liquor in
the club baeentent. where, it Is al
leged, a quantity of mash was found
DOCTOR'S JJCENSE HIT
Alleged Drug Addict May Lose His
Right to Practice Medicine.
BOISE, Idaho, April 7. (Special.)
Action will be brought in the district
court for Latah county by Robert O.
Jones, commissioner of law enforce
ment, to revoke the license for the
practice of medicine now held by
Dr. C. K.. Hinkle of Troy, on the
ground that he is an alleged drug
addict
The action will be brought on the
recommendation of the state com
mittee of medical examiners, which
today held a hearing in the caucus
room of the senate chamber.
Dr. Hinkle has been confined as an
Inebriate in the Northern Idaho sani
tarium at Orofino.
STREET CAR HITS CHILD
S-Year-Old Evelyn Cato Probably
Is Fatally Hurt.
CEXTRALIA, Wash.. April 7.-r-(Spe-
ciaL) When she was struck by a
street car this afternoon while play
ing in the street in front of her home
Evelyn Cato, 3-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Cato, was injured
so seriously that her death is ex
pected. The wheels of the car passed
over her, cutting off her-Tight arm
below the elbow and fracturing her
skull.
The Injured girl was rushed to a
hospital, where it is said-there was no
hope for her life.
MARINE PLANES IN CUBA
Trail . Blazers, on Way to Virgin
I&laiHls, Reach Guantanamo.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 7. The
two airplanes piloted by marine corps
aviators, now making a trail-blazing
flight to the Virgin islands, arrived at
Guantanamo, Cuba, at 2:40 yesterday
afterncon. the navy department was
advised today.
The planes are to leave for Port au
Prince, Haytl, tomorrow, the message
said.
WAS AND HE'S NOT GOING TO
Assembly Declares Country Is Pre
. pared to Accept Consequences
of Its Decision.
P-'-XAMA, April 7. (By the Asso
ciated, Press.) The foreign office's
reply to the note of Secretary of
State Hughes of March IS, reiterating
Panama's refusal to accept the White
award as a basis for settlement of the
Costa Rican boundary controversy,
was approved unanimously by the na
tional assembly tonight
- The assembly declared it was pre
pared to accept whatever conse
quences might follow national' de
termination to preserve territorial
lntegr'ty. It is expected that the
note will be forwarded to Washing
ton tomorrow.
The assembly passed the first read
ing of the proposed decree granting
tho president the right to expend $50,
000 to retain the services of three
Panaman and three foreign experts
for the purpose of supporting the
government in its fight against the
White award.
he first consignment of arms and
ammunition ordered during the Costa
Rican hostilities has reached Pana
ma from Buena Ventura. It included
100 rifles, three machine guns, hand
grenades and ammunition. Another
shipment Is expected shortly.
CAPTIVE TWICE ESCAPES
Prisoner Fulfills Boast He Would
Be Out on Day of Sentence.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 7. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Wells, who escaped from
the county jail here on the night of
February 3, and was rearrested in
Sellwood three days ago, again
escaped from the county jail by pick
ing the lock to the main door of the
jail room about 12 o'clock last night
Wells was first arrested on a burg
lary charge, and was indicted by the
grand jury. When he was recaptured.
Judge Campbell sentenced him to six
months in jail, and fined him 175
When sentenced, he boasted he would
be out the next day. Prisoners in the
jail rooms say they did not hear
Wells leave and did not know until
this morning that the jail door was
open. ...
When captured the second time
Wells was found operating a still in
the baslraent cf an abandoned school
house in Sellwood.
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TI.MBER BRINGS -$225,000
Fortland Lumber Concern Closes
Deal in Washington.
TACOMA, Wash, April 7. The
Weyerhaeuser Timber company, with
western headquarters here, has com
pleted, the sale of 63,000,000 feet of
timber in Cowlitz county to the In-man-Poulsen
Lumber company The
price was $3.50 a thousand and the
timber - standing on two tracts
brought approximately 225,000.
The lumber company will begin
logging operations soon.
TAKE A BACK SEAT.
ROAD IRK NEXT
Awards to Be Considered
in April and May.
PROGRAMME TO BE RUSHED
Aisea Highway Is Finally Put
on State Map.
OLD TROUBLE SETTLED
Benton County Award 'Is Made
Matter of Record Xew Jobs to
Cost About $1,500,000.
DOINGS OF HIGHWAY COM
MISSION. Engineer Is ordered to pre
pare for advertising 125.5 miles
of road work for April and
May meetings.
Alsea road Is put on map, in
accordance with old agreement
with Benton county.
Decision made to try to ad
vertise 42 miles of road In
Lake county in May.
Twenty-five miles of road
work Is decided on for Morrow
county. - '
Wheeler county gets offer of
$100,000 for matching on John
Day highway.
Grading from Monmouth
south and from Holmes Gap to
Rickreal In Polk county to be
advertised in May.
Commission will meet with
Wasco county at The Dalles
Saturday noon.
. in rusn roaa work, and get as
much as possible under contract
early so that the Jobs can be in prog
ress this summer, the state highway
commision , yesterday ordered 125.
miles of grading, surfacing and pav
lng advertised for April 22.
Such jobs as the state engineering
department cannot have ready for
the April meeting will be advertised
for May letting. This work will ag
gregate in the neighborhood of
$1,500,000.
Benton county received its long-
desired award yesterday, when the
commision for the second time placed
the Alsea highway on the state map
and made it a matter of record. A
couple of years ago the commission
agreed to place this road on the map,
and on tnat agreement the county
voted $100,000 for co-operation, but
somehow or other the action of the
commission did not get into the rec
ord and the affair hung fire until
Commissioners Yeon and Barratt con
firmed the agreement yesterday,
Terminus Is at IValdport.
The Alsea highway connects with
a forest road and has its terminus
at Waldport, in Lincoln county. It
is one of the principal roads of Ben
ton county. The petition of Benton
county that the state take over the
county road between Corvallis and
Albany was placed on file. Some
action may be taken on this at the
May meeting.
As the long-standing controversy
with Polk county has terminated, the
commission is eager to clear up the
road work there, which has been de
layed by legal tangles and objec-
tionists. In May the commission
wants to place under contract the
grading of the highway from Holmes
Gap to Rickreal and from Monmouth
south. Also the commision has di
rected Oskar Huber to resume paving
of the Salem-Dallas road. But for
the controversy Polk county's state
roads would have been completed
this summer.
Another 25 Miles to Be Let.
Another 25 miles of the Oregon-
Washington highway in Morrow
county is to be let this month or
next There will be grading from
Heppner to Lexington and macadam
izing from Lexington to Morgan and
grading from Heppner to Jones' hill,
toward Pilot Rock, in Umatilla coun
ty. In Union county there will be
work let from. Hot Lake to North
Powder which with the Jobs let
Wednesday from Kamela to La
Grande, will mean that all of the
old Oregon trails in Union county wi.i
be under contract.
On the Roosevelt highway the com
mission will co-operate with Curry
county, which plans a bond issue,
half of the bond money to be spent
north of Gold Beach and half south
of that point. The commission will
tart this summer grading from
Brusn creek to Arizona inn, at Cor-
bin.
Two Paving Jobs Awarded,
Two paving jobs which will glad
den the hearts of motorists are to be
let within a few weeks. One is the
Canby-Aurora section of the Pacific
highway, the only unpaved link be
tween Portland and Salem, and the
ten miles between The Dalles, and
Rowena, on the Columbia river high
way. . Following are the Jobs which the
commission wants to award April 22,
or if not ready then, for the May
meeting:
: Toledo-Newport, Lincoln county, surfac
Ing 7. '! miles.
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Shantunsr Agreement Is Not at
Issue, "Overseas Possessions"
Being Used Advisedly.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 7. (By
the Associated Press.) Administra
tion officials confidently expect the
allies to accept the principle restated
by Secretary Hughes in his notes of
Monday, that the United States has
surrendered none of its rights in the
overseas possessions of Germany and
that it cannot be bound by decisions
affecting these, "made by the league
of nations without Us assent."
There is reason to believe that the
correspondence, begun In November,
will not be closed with the receipt of
the replies from Japan, Great Britain,
(France and Italy. If the expectations
or American officials are realized, de
tails regarding American rights will
have to be worked out in negotiation.
If not, probable action Is a matter of
conjecture only.
The Shantung settlement, which has
been sharply criticised. Is not at Is
sue. It was learned that the phrase,
"overseas possessions," was used ad
visedly and it was pointed out that
Shantung was not a German posses
sion. Kia-Chow, also a part of that
province, was held by Germany
through a concession from China.
The view, of the Harding adminis
tration on the Shantung settlement
has not been stated, but this settle
ment was vigorously opposed by the
new administration leaders in the
senate while the treaty of Versailles
was under consideration.
The latest notes were known to
form a third chapter, at least In the
diplomatic exchange with the allied
governments on mandates In general
and the island of Yap in particular.
The American viewpoint was first
stated by Secretary Colby In his notes
of November 9 and was supplemented
in a note to the league of nations
council.
The notes of November 9 were
nev-:r made public, nor has It been
disclosed whether the allied govern
ments replied. The note sent to the
council was referred by it to those
governemnts, the council explaining
this was a proper course, since it
dealt .with the Japanese mandate to
Yap, which it was claimed was voted
by the supreme council May 7, 1919.
while the peace treaty was being
framed.
Japan, however, has replied to at
least one American protest. It was
received March 2, and in It Japan in
sisted on its right to a mandate over
Yap by reason of the award of the
supreme council. There also have
been reports that Japan made the
further point that its forces had cap
tured this and other Pacific islands
from the Germans.
Immediate replies to Mr. Hughes'
communications were not expected.
BRITISH STICK BV TREATY
Important Official Savs Provisions
Are 'ot in Melting Pot.
BY JAMES M. TUOHY.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub-
lisnea Dy Arranireineni. t
LONDON, April 7. The British gov
ernment is only willing to discuss
with America questions arising from
the peace treaty on the basis that
present decisions are binding and not
that the treaty provisions are still in
the melting pot. it was learned from
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NO EX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum,
tS decree! :
minimum, 89; cioudy.
TODAY'S Fair; wester! l
Klnda.
Foreign.
Examination of league amendmenta begun.
Page 3.
Communist acores tyranny ef aovlat
Page 3.
Panama stands pat In Costa Rfca row.
Page 1.
Premier startles commons with new coal
mine atrlke proposal. I'age 4.
National.
Allies are expected to recognize Unite
Slates rights. Paga 1.
Senate over-eager to assert Its power.
declares Mark Sullivan. Page 2.
Closer tab on aid to veterans is advice
to president. Page 5.
United States warning given business
crooks. . Page i.
Spokane farm loan bank unable to meet
demands lor money. I'age 9.
i Domestic.
Rail unions send plan to Harding. Page 1.
Descent of commodity prices nears pre
war oasis, faga i.
Farmers vote unanimously for co-opera
tive grain marketing agency. Page 1.
Plantation owner, on trial, denies 11 mur
ders. Page 6.
Pad fie Northwest.
Meteoric flash puzzles Newberg. Page 1.
Mill closings cut industrial accident rev
enues. Page 6.
Journalism students at Eugene conduct
own classes. Page 13.
Rehearing .of phone rate seems assured.
Page 1.
Automotive show opens at Baker. Page 8.
Sports
Paclfio Coast league results: At San
Francisco 8, Portland 3; at L.oa
Angeles 4. Seattle 3; at Sacramento a.
Vernon 8; Halt JUaKe-uakiand game
postponed. i'age x..
Five bouts booked for MUwaukle tonight
Page 13.
Judges and contestants la diving meet to
confer. Page VS.
Bonecrushers vie in preliminaries of na
tional meet at Los Angeles. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
New clip wool coming on market with
no demand. Paga 1.
Chicago wheat buying based on correct
anticipations of government report.
Page 21.
Stock decline due to unfavorable foreign
and domestic labor situation. Page 1't.
Transfer of harbormaster to dock com
mission held legal. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chest home drive will begin today.
Page lit.
Bids on 1Z3 miles of road work to be
called soon. Page 1.
Serving coffee and tea in school cafeterias
attacked, rage jv.
Bridge rent Just, says railroad lawyer.
Page 11.
American mining experts favor minerals
tarirt. rage .
phone rate cut is .formally demanded of
Chicago Convention Unit
for Co-operation.
FARM PROJECT IS APPROVED
Work of Organizing Concern
to Begin at Once.
COMPULSORY POOL FAILS
Report of Committee of 17, Result
of Six Months' Deliberation,
Comprehensive One.
CHICAGO, April 7. Representatives
of the farmers In convention tonight
voted unanimously to accept the re
port of the committee of 17, which
provided formation of a co-operative
agency to market the nation's grain.
The report was adopted after a
two-day fight In which delegates
sought to have It amended so that
pooling of grain by the farmers
would be compulsory instead of op
tional, as provided in the report. An
amendment to that effect was defeat
ed tonight, 61 to 38. Another amend
ment offered by Carl Williams of
Oklahoma that the pooling be made
compulsory in states where wheat Is
the predominant grain, also was de
feated, and the convention thon
unanimously adopted the committee's
report.
Under the plan a non-profit stock
corporation will be formed through
which the grain will be handled front
the time it is raised until it reaches
the manufacturer or consumer. Local
agencies will be formed throughout
the country and elevators, terminal
warehouse corporations, port corpora
tions, service departments and other
subsidiary departments will be a part
of the plan.
Karl y Organlsatloas rianard.
Each' member of the corporation
will pay a fee of f 10, which will be
used for expenses. Surplus over ex
penses will be returned to the mem
bers. . The organization will be governed
by a board of director elected by tho
grain growers.
The committee of 17 has been at
work for six months on the plan. It
has held hearings In all the grain
states, called scores of persons to dis
cuss the plan and sifted dozens of
proposals.
Organization of the corporation
will be begun immediately and it la
hoped to have It working in time til
handle part of the 1921 crop.
The farmers' conference voted late
tonight to have the committee of 17
divide the grain growing sections of
tlii country Into 21 districts, appor
tioned according to the value of the
giain marketed in the past 10 years.
Market centers, rather than state
lines, would govern the limits of the
districts, it was staled. '
The committee was expected to
complete the drafting of the districts
by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, so
that the farmers' representatives
meeting then could caucus, and dele
gates from each district choose a
director for that territory.
-rheua 21 districts would form the
controlling body of the co-operative
marketing organization.
The fight over compulsory pooling
of farmers grain, which began yes
terday on presentation of the com
mittee's report, broke out immediate
ly today on reconvening of the ratifi
cation conference.
Compulsory Pool Fought.
The attack on optional pooling was
opened by U P. Bailey, chairman of
the Kansas organization committee
of tho Wheat Growers' Association of
America, which stood for 100 per cent
pooling, but was willing to compro
mise on 33 1-3 per cent. Ho declared
that effective regulation of wheat
supplies could not be accomplished
without a pool
The committee of 17 made Its first
answer through William Hirth, mem
ber from Columbia, Mo.
"Compulsory pooling would mean
absolute defeat of this proposition be
fore it got started," he said. "Advo
cates of compulsory pooling urge it
to get a better price for the grain.
That Is what we are all after.
"But lately o have had the great
est pool In the history of the United
states. K-:pecting higher prices, tho
farmer has so thoroughly withheld
his wheat that it only trickled Into
market. It was shut off as never be
fore and yet he hus not been able to
get a decent price for his wheat."
CARLIMES PAY CHICAGO
Company to Orfcr $2,133,832 al
Clly's Share or Profits,
CHICAGO, April 7. The um of
12,135.833 soon will be offered to the
city as its share of surface line net
profits by the Chicago surface line
and will immediately be turned back
to the company, under advlco ct
counsel, according to an announce
ment today.
Special counsel for the city h.
advised the city controller not to
take the money unless the companv
would stipulate that acceptance
would not prejudice In any way tho
city's contention that the company
has no legal right to collect la res in
txctsa of five cents.
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