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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921 BUILDERS AND L COAL COMBINE CASE IS HELD OUTLAWED DAY RALLY. - HOPE FOR PAY PICT Nvv-X so v Ovi-.v w wvtnroa. v-c- Employers' Association to Hold Conference Tonight. Defense Moves to Dismiss AI ill Seirgds 1 I J , i . jSJ Blue serge suits have returned to their own again and how good looking they are. After all, there are few fabrics that-better become a man than does a good serge. Spring Serges $35 to $60 Indictments. PAINTERS GO ON STRIKE BIG CONSPIRACY CHARGED Sheet Metal Workers Also Refuse to Accept 1 0 Per Cent Reduc tion In Wages. Operators, Miners, Retailers and Corporations in Six States Ac cused of Huge Plot. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 3. Gov ernment prosecution of the soft-coal conspiracy case, brought under the Sherman anti-trust act, was held to day by defense counsel to be out lawed on the ground that the Lever war fuel-control act suspended op eration of the anti-trust law. The question was raised by motions to quash the indictment charging 226 operators, miners, retailers and cor porations in six states with a crim lnal partnership to increase coal prices. No argument was made and counsel expected none would be held until fall. Meanwhile, efforts by the govern men t will be continued to bring de fendants who are not residents of In diana within the jurisdiction of the federal court for Indiana government counsel said. Criminal Partnership Alleged. A criminal partnership between op erators, miners and retailers has existed for many years, according to the charge of the government. Among the Individual defendants are John L. Lewis, president of the United States Mine Workers of America; D. B. "Wents, president of the National Coal association; many others of both or ganisations and some of the- most prominent operators in the country. The miners' officials under indict ment Dumber 39, the operators, re tailers and their employes 88. the corporate defendants 99. The defend ants reside in Missouri, Illinois, Indi ana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsyl vania. Taken as a whole the indict ments charge: First, restraint of trade; second, restraint of commerce; third, restraint of trade and com merce; fourth, conspiracy to monopo. lizv, and fifth, monopolization. General Conspiracy Charged. The indictment is estimated to con tain 50.000 words, one paragraph of which says: "That at various joint conferences miners and operators agreed and arranged that they were partners in the mining, production and distribution of bituminous coal in the several states, and that they should and would aid and assist each -other in their plans and efforts to increase wages, increase prices, create shortages and limit production and distribution; that bituminous coal should not be sold at any time for a price that did not at the time yield a profit to the operators; that what ever increase of wages of miners should be agreed upon should be added to the price of coal; that com petition among- operators should be eliminated by organization among operators, and such other methods and means as would be effective therefor; ... that the means of troreaslng the cost of production and the price of coal was by closing down and keeping idle the coal mines. Vnlon Dnes of Miners Figure. The indictment also attacks the fa mous "check-off" system of paying union dues of miners by which the operators virtually act as a collect ing agency of the union by withhold ing part of the miners' wages and paying this to the union. The 1920 coal shortage, according to the indictment, was manufactured by- the operators "as a part of the general plan of conspiracy." By refusing to contract for future deliveries except "for a price which would be the ruling price at the time of delivery" the operators are charged with having erected a "spot" market last year, their alleged plan being "to create a scarcity of available coal and cause a high and excessive price." The operators are charged with ob taining priority coal shipment orders from the Interstate commerce com mission, which diverted 20,000.000 tons of coal from the normal market places, mainly by shipments of West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky coal to New England and the north west. Diversions Cripple Industries. This diversion, in part,, is alleged to have affected contract deliveries, caused immediate purchases at higher prices, and drove consumers into dis tant markets and so disturbed con ditions that local .shortages were created and industries forced to sus pend work. In respect to the 1920 coal situation the Indictment charges that "there was no shortage of available eoal in the United States during that time." Various other acts are charged by the long Indictment as a part of the conspiracy, including allegations of fixed territorial limits for an opera tor's sales, the promotion of strikes, the private agreements of operators to maintain uniform sales contracts, the breaking of contract deliveries, the refusal to sell direct to consum ers and also to retailers who were not members of the retailers' associa tion, and the Inflation of prices, espe cially by "pretended sale and dis tribution" through sales agencies "separate only in name from the operating and production companies." The indictments were returned last February 25, after an almost con tinuous Investigation by the govern ment for 18 months. til I V f! t !1 U " If- ' . , ; '"Vf r lit v I"" " SSV S 1 1 1 Uttf j 'l.iv? -f . j w. , : 111 II v V 5 . L s J-, ill 1 ? i ri t ; f: ; o " . Ill li t - x S - i -I - ti 111 PI - ' - its A' J ;trt In III- J - ' ' r - 5 ' ill 4?f'- AX vVi:r 'tA i w . M HI c t . ; !! sJw ,wi vm : i vH "ill Top Section of gallery cheering efforts of parents and teachers lit baseball game. Bottom, left Miss Graat ready to shoot over a fast one) Mrs. Margaret B. West in the role of Babe Kuth. i TRAIN HITS JITNEY; 2 HURT Chaurrcur Is Fined $100 Follow ing Accident Near Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 3. (Special.) Walla Walla-College Place "jitney" was wrecked at 10:15 this morning when It was struck by the Yakima train near College Place. Guy H. Hasse. owner and driver, was injured slightly and the only passen ger, a student at College Place, named Krause, suffered slight cuts. Hasse was arrested and fined f 100 for care less driving. The jitney was wrecked. Hasse had stopped to permit a woman passenger to alight. As he started up and reached the track he otictd the train and tried to back off. The engine hit the front end of the ear, knocking the heavy body en tirely pff the chassis. The view of the railroad in not obstructed at the place where the accident occurred. . Relict Fund Benefits. ASKLANT). Or., May S.--f Special.) The proceeds from tha Oregon Prod ucts banquet for the near east relief fund will be quits a sum. John H. Fuller, secretary of the Ashland chamber of commerce, will issits a statement. E. R. Isaac and H. P. rlohnes. winners of the first and sec ond prises for window display of Oregon Products have tendered their cash to the relief fynd. MOTHERS PLAY TEACHERS FAXTASTIO BASEBALL- GAME FEATURE OF FIELD DAY. Pupils of Brooklyn School Guests at Athletic Programme Staged by Their Elders. Five hundred and thirty-five pupils of the Brooklyn school were enter tained yesterday by their mothers and teachers with a big field day rally j at the Brooklyn playgrounds. The big event of the day, a base ball game between the teachers and the mothers, was won by the former by a score of 7 to 2. A tin cup was presented to the winners. Another event 'that attracted a great deal of attention was a 50-yard race between three members of the school board, three teachers and three mothers. The teachers, Miss Graat, Miss Cop. enhaver and Miss West, won first place; William F. Woodward, George B. Thomas and Frank L. Shull of the school board took second, and the mothersv Mrs. DuRee, Mrs. Cole and Mrs. McNamara, finished In third place. Other events consisted of a 50- yard race for boys, 50-yard race for noon to quench a fire which was started when Posner and his son, aged 9, went into a clothes closet to search for something and lighted a match, which it is believed they threw down "alive." Ruth, a -little daughter, and a two-year-old son as yet unnamed, being -in the house alone were -endangered, but neigh. bors, seeing the flames and rushed in and rescued them, hands were slightly burned. age was estimated at uu smoke, Ruth's the house and a smaller sum on the furniture. Dogs Aid Master in Fight With Bill Collector. Sheepherders Are In Court About Settlement of Pasture Rent. MARKET TALK P0PULM1 FARMERS DECLARED EAGER TO GO TO CONFERENCE. PROSSERrWash., May 3. (Special.) When Thorvald Joneson in vited Mike Pop to get down off his hcrse and permit him to "take $5 out of his hide" in lieu of the cash settle mcnt that Joneson had demanded Sun day, he forgot that Mike bad the sym pathy of five shepherd dogs which accompanied him. The battle that followed was more bloody than a bull fight. Joneson got In the first blows and, although he is a small man, Pop's features were un recognizable before the dogs joined the fray. When Pop and the five dogs joined forces, Joneson suffered se- girls, 75-yard race for '5- hl8 byody and hls ,effs and hip9 were yard race for girls, and the shot put , w fro doz(jns o wounJs inlicte(i JVIUS1C I or lilt; ttuan do - j the Benson Polytechnic school band. Refreshments were furnished by the Brooklyn branch of the Parent- Teacher association. Miss Ada Osneld and Mrs. Adalaide McNamara were m charge of the programme. REED STUDENTS ELECT FORREST FOSTER IS , CHOSEX STCD'EKT COCNCIIj HEAD. Herman KehrU of Hillsdale Picked as Xew Chairman of Whole - Student Body. Reed college held its snnual gen eral election for student efficers Mon day. Those elected will take office this week, and for a term of one year. The election was not characterised by vigorous campaigning by any single faction of the student ooay. jigniy- thrse per cent of the voting popula tion oast ballots. Forrest oster or romana wao elected president of the student coun cil, and Madelaine Steffen of Portland. vice-president, otner senior ciasa representatives chosen were James Gantenbein of Portland and Eliza beth Gore of Medford. Lewis Jones of Olympia, Wash., and Florence Craven of Parkdale were elected junior representatives. Easton Roth- J ' . i . . . it 1 t 1 1 1 well Of JBUlte. MODI., nu nKt " lams of Portland will represent the Bophomore class. or cnairman oi the student Doay nerawi .n-cum ui Hillsdale was elected. The affairs of the men s union win be in the hands of Alvin rearson oi .Carlton; Donald Ramsaeu. or t-on- land. and vv unam liranam oi duuc, Mont. The women or tne Araanaa Reed association chose Gertrude Opp of Jacksonville as president, Florence Holman. vice-presiaent, ana ineon Krlchesky. secretary-treasurer, ootn of Portland. Bessie Steelsmtth, Alice Johnson and Hasel Carver, all of Portland, will head different groups In the Amanda Reed association. Officers of the Drama club elected were: Madelaine Steffen of Portland, president; Margaret Westgate of Portland, secretary, and Harold King of Portland, treasurer. Home Set Afire by Match, ' Fire apparatus was called to the home of Lewis Posner, 24 Caruthers street, at 4 o'clock yesterday after- by the dogs. Dr. W. Z. Thompson, owner of a band of sheep, administered first aid to Joneson, while Pop hastened to Prosser to swear out a warrant against him. Both men are sheep herders, and the trouble arose over a disputed item of pasture rent which Joneson sought to collect. In justice court today the two men told their respective stories, after which the court dismissed tha charge against Joneson and assessed Pop J1C.50 to cover the costs. Both men required surgical treat ment, and Joneson's condition is seri ous because of the danger of Infection from the dog bites. He was reported to have been wounded In 38 places. Each was able to travel to and from the court unaided. Belgians at White Salmon. WHiTlj SALMON, Wash., May 3 (Special) Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Vizgnia of Liege, Belgium, have arrived in White Salmon to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. Garrett Zwynen. Mrs. Zwynen's marriage a year ago was the culmination of a war romance. Mr. and Mrs. Vizgnls sailed for this country April 7, and arrived in New York April 17. They have been visiting old country friends in Syracuse, N. Y-, since that date. Back-Door Mail Refused. It will not be necessary for letter carriers to deliver mail at either side or rear doors of Portland homes, ac cording to regulations received from Washington, D. C, yesterday by Postmaster Jones. Portland residents had requested this service from car riers, but it was said it tended to slow up the service and was not allowed. $7000 in Bonds, Certified. SALEM. Or May S (Special.) The state irrigation securities com mission today certified $7000 of bonds voted by the Knigman colony drain age district. This money will be used in completing the project. The King man colony irrigation district is located near Nyssa, Malheur county Centralian'8 Relative Slain, CENTRALIA, Wash.. May 3 (Spe. cial.) Willis Jones of this city re ceived a telegram yesterday announc ing that his son-in-law, J. C Scane, was shot and killed by robbers Sun day night in Minneapolis, Minn. No details were given in the message. Phone your want ads to The Or- Sonian.- Slain 7070, Automatic 560-95. Director of Agricultural College Extension Service Interviewe Ranchers of Slate. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, May 3. (Special.) "The organized farmers of Oregon are eager to participate In the marketing I conference which is to be a leading feature of farmers week at the Ore gon Agricultural college June IS to IS," said Paul V. Maris, director of the college extension service, after numerous conferences in Portland. Among those conferred with by Di rector Marls was George A. Mansfield president of the Oregon Farm Bureau federation. He has recently returned from important conferences In the east with the grain marketing com mittee of 17, the American Farm Bu reau federation executive committee, federal reserve board and members of the agricultural committee of con gress. "We must formulate a marketing policy for the state," said Mr. Mans field, "and I am heartily in favor of a state-wide conference at Corvallis. participated in by all interested parties." C. E. Spence, master of the state grange, expressed like sentiments. "It is highly important," said he, "that our people be made to see the neces sity for standing solidly behind the co-operative programme now launched in this state. We must agree as to a feasible programme and organize our forces to support it." There were few developments In the building trades wage controversy yesterday and final settlement or dis ruption apparently hinged on the negotiation of a working agreement, the point of contention between most of the trades unions and the build ing construction employers' associa tion. Heads of both organizations were hopeful that an agreement could be reached. The members of the employers' as sociation will meet tonight for a conference on their course, while the question of a reduced wage scale and other points covered in the rul-ings-of the arbitration board will be taken up at practically all the build ing trades locals throughout the week. Painters Go on Strike. In the meantime several hundred painters and sheet metal workers have gone out rather than accept a 10. per cent wage cut from their employers. It was highly, probable that about 250 electrical workers will refuse to report this morning for the same reason. Members of the car penters' union were said to be sign ing at a- 10 per cent wage reduction. Concerted action on the part of the IS or 19 trades affected apparently has not been achieved even through the medium of the building trades counoil, as the painters and sheet metal workers refused to accept the 10 per cent reduction sustained by recent vote of the council and in compliance with th rulings of the arbitration board. Employers Accept Ruling. All of the unions are considering the matter in meetings held during the week and it was thought possible that their representatives on the trades council would be reinstructed. Officials of the employers' associa tion would not comment on the situa tion until the decision of the mem bers of the association is reached tonight. The employers maintained that they were ready to live up to the arrange ment suggested by the arbitration IS SMI MEN'S WEAR Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison suA::::$2.oo Pure Silk (f Knitted Ties ? board In case the trades unions lined up all concerned with Its provisions. CURRICULA IS CHANGED University to Merge Rhetoric and Public Speaking Departments. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, May 3. (Special.) So that written and spoken English may be taught together, the public speaking department has been added to the rhetoric department, according to a change announced in the university cuddicula. Greater efficiency was the object of the change. Formerly dramatics and public speaking were taught to gether. Next year all commerce sopho mores will be required to take a com bined course in written and spoken English, which is tone of the new courses added to the reorganised de partments. Debate will receive more consideration In the new work. Courses in argumentation, with the logical principles emphasised, will be given. Changes in the faculty of the new department have not yet been an nounced, but it Is believed that some new men will be added. CAPTAIN SAVES ENGINEER J."els Jensen Jumps in River and ' Rescues ' G us Meyers. HOQUIAM, Wash, May J. (Spe cial.) Captain Nels Jensen of the tug Pilot, tied at the Eighth street float in the Hoquiam river yester day, jumped Into the water and saved Gustave J. Meyers, engineer of the tug. from drowning. The fireman on the tug threw a life preserver to Jen sen after he reached Meyers and they were drawn up to the boat. Meyers was walking around the gunwale of the Pilot when he stum- bled and foil Into ths river. He ws unable to swim and begaa flounder ing. Jensen realised his predicament, jumped in at once, without waiting to divest himself of his clothig. Ccntralla Bank Deposits Crow. CKNTRAIJA, Wash., May S. (Spe cial.) Centralia's total bank deposits at the close of business, April lis. were $2,7 76,767.69, sccordtng to statements published by the three banks today following a call of the state hamc examiner. This was a gain of $r7.77. over the deposits of February 21, ths data of the last call. Ashland to Spread Paint. ASHLAND, Or., May J. (Special. ) Mublic spirited citizens here will cele brate paint up week beginning Mon day. May s. Troperty owners and tenants wIVT be urged to paint uu their homes and make Ashland the cleanest, brightest looking communi ty on the map. Murderers' Appeal Up. PBNTHLiETON, Or., May (Special) -Decision on a motion filed by At toreny Bolin to remand hearing on ths appeal of John It. Rathle and Elvte D. Kerby. convicted slayers of Slieriff Taylor to Salem with an ad vancement of date to May 15, will be handed down by the supreme court meeting here tomorrow morning, ac cording to announcement tonight. Cement Workers Strike, SEASIDE, Or, May S. (Special.) On account of the Tillman Construc tion company reducing wages of ce ment workers employed on the pave ment on the ocean front from 60 to 83 cents per hour the men quit work today. - FACE OISF WITH PIMPLES And Blackheads. Itched Terribly. Lost Sleep. Cuticura Heals. "Pimples and blackheads broke out ail over my face and it was in a dreadful condition. The pimples were large and red and itched some thing terrible and I lost many nights' sleep. My face was disfigured and I was ashamed to go out among other girls. "I saw an advertisement for Cuti cura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample. I bought more and after I had used two cakes of Soap and one and a half boxes of Oint ment I was completely healed." (Signed) Miss Matilda J. 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