THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXTAX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1921 VITAL CASES BEFORE RAIL LABOR BOARD Workers Dispute Right to Sub-Let Contracts. 9 RAILROADS AFFECTED Counsel for I'nions Declares Very Existence of Federal Body Is Tlireutened. CTTTCAC.O. Bee. IS. The right of railway companies to contract work to firms or Individuals removed from the Jurisdiction of the United States railroad labor board will come up for fenrral inventiKation when disputes on nine railroads are heard before the Loartl tomorrow. The controversies involve car and locomotive repair work, track and common labor jobs. Characterizing the cases retrardinK contract work as the most Important to the employes, the integrity of the labor hoard and the public that have ever been submitted, Frank I. Walsh, counsel for the shop crafts' orftaniza tion, in a statement tonight said that If the railroads succeeded In their contention, it will mean destruction of the labor board. onxplrncy Ik Churned. "Tlie railroads are In a nation wide conspiracy to avoid the provisions of the transportation act so far as it s; IV'STiiH rds the rifrhts of the employes and the public, by pretendlnir that they are contracting and leasing out to sub-contractors and patrons the most important functions in the op eration of the railroads." he declared. "The employes claim that the alleged rrivate contracts are ciookel devices to dmluc the clear provisions of the transportation act. 'The so-ciUi'd private contractors are pretending not only actually to maintain the rlfrhts of way of the railroads, but independent of railroad control, to have charge of the repairs and maintenance of equipment of the railroads, includins the safety de vices. "The railroad companies have suc ceeded in covering their tracks In many parts of the country, but thl hearing should rip the lid off of the entire conspiracy." Jf the railroads, he concluded, suc ceeded in this adventure it will mean tho destruction of the railroad labor board and expose the already over burdened public to the unchecked rapacity of the railroads and their confederates in the advancing army of private contractors. The action in each case was brought by employes' organizations, who.e members formerly did the work now being done by outside firms under contract. In most cases the wages paid by the contracting firms are leas than those specified for railway em ployes, a situation which, the unions contend, at once throws their men out of work and removes wage and work ing regulations from the jurisdiction of the labor board. Tut Case I" Typical. What is considered as a typical test case is that of the federated shop crafts against the Erie railroad, which has leased Its repair work on cars and locomotives at Hornell, N. Y.p to the Hornell Construction company. The shop unions contend that wages have been arbitrarily reduced by the construction company below the scale act by the labor board. The shop crafts have also brought action against the Chicago (ireat AVestern railroad over the contract ing of car repair work at South Park, ilinn. The road has notified the shop unions that unless they would agree to establishment of a piece work sys tem of pay, it would be necessary to place the repair work on a contract ual ujisis. Such action wag not per missible under the national agree ment, by which the carrier was bound until the recent new shop rules were promulgated by the board, according to the employes' contention. The road, however, de clares it is fully within its rights and says the question cannot be made a subject of dispute under the trans portation act. SESSION LIMIT WANTED (Concluded on Page g, Column 1.) three bills prepared by vtovernor Ol cott's highway committee may meet the approval of both houses with the exception of a few slight changes and amendments. These bills call for stricter regulation of automobile stage lines and trucks, more efficient polic ing of the highways, franchises for commercial vehicles and an increase in fees for the operation of passenger lusses ana trucks. Milling about the hotel lobbies to night were a number of men repre senting the truck owners and stage operators. These men said their clients were not opposed to strict reg ulation as far as loads, speed and re sponsibility were concerned, but that they object strenuously to the threat ened Increase In license fees. Repre sentatives of the truck owners and bus operators intimated that they will demand public hearings In order that every phase of the proposed legisla tion may be discussed. Dangers Are Indicated. A survey of the legislators here tonight indicated plainly the dan gers attending consideration of bills without restriction. There is hardly a, representative or senator on the ground who is not harboring from one to a half dozen measures which he would like to dump Into the leg islative hopper. Because of the op position to a prolonged session, how ever, many of the authors of these bills will be reluctant to submit them for consideration unless the bars are thrown down and the passage of ad ditional laws is encouraged. Immediately following organiza tion. which will be a matter of mere formality, the senate and house will hold a joint session to hear the gov ernor's message. Although Governor Olcott has not intimated what bis message contains, it was said to be one of the shortest ever submitted to a legislative assembly in this state. Legislative friends of the goverrtnr said the message probably will be confined to the recommendations made by him at the time he issued the call for the special session. These recommendations referred only to highway legislation, and a resolution referring to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment providing for a financing of the world's exposition. In the absence of any definite In formation from the Multnomah boun ty delegation, it was Intimated to night that the three highway bills prepared by Governor Olcott's special committee and the exposition resolu tion may be introduced In the house tomorrow afternoon. They will then be referred to the proper committees for Investigation. In case, the preliminary proceedings attending the introduction of thess measures are expedited, it may ba possible to let tbe public bearings for not later than Tuesday night or Wednesday, legislators said. There was some talk here tonight that an attempt may be made to re peal the law enacted at the last ses sion of the legislature, giving to the state board of control authority to Increase the salaries of Institutional employes. Previous to the passage of the 1921 act, salary Increases of employes at the state institutions were in the hands of the legislature. The criticism of the new law was said to have eminated from southern Oregon, following slight Increases awarded to the commandant, adjutant and physician at the Old Soldiers home. Varlona Bill Supported. Letters continued to reach the executive offices today from many sections of the state, . urging Gover nor Oicott to sanction the introduc tion of various bills affecting widely scattered subjects. The governor has made It plain on a number of oc casions that he will not encourage the passage of any legislation other than that contained in his message. It was said here today that he had not changed his attitude. Not mofc than 20 stenographers will be required to handle the steno graphic work of the special session, according to an estimate made by the secretary of state here today. As a result, the expense of the special session will be reduced materially when compared with previous assem blies, when stenographers and clerks were more numerous than legislators. President Ritner announced tonight that one of his first acts tomorrow will be to name a successor to the late Senator Wilson T. Hume on five committees in the senate. Mr. Hume died recently In Portland. He -was chairman of the senate committee on counties. LIMIT OX BILLS IS SOUGHT Solons Sign' Petition Cireulated by Carter of Jackson County. SALKM, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) E. V. Carter, representative from Jackson county, late tonight was cir culating a petition among tho legis lators asking tnat they support 'a resolution to confine the work of the special session to the legislation rec ommended by Governor Olcott in his call for the assembly. It was said that tne petition is meeting with lit tle opposition, and probably will con tain sufficetu signatures by morning to insure approval of the resolution. Many of the legislators expressed the opinion tnoight that the work of the session would be completed by Wednesday night. Others thought It would require at least four days to give consideration to tbe several mat ters suggested by the governor. If a sufficient number of the legis lators sign the petition being circu lated by Mr. Carter, the resolution probably will be introduced imme diately following organization of the legislature before noon tomorrow. E TREATY SIGNERS ACCUSED Warrant Asked for Peacemakers Dealing In "Stolen Goods." WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 18. Urbain Ledoux, ertswhlle unemploy ment auctioneer a,nd arms conference picketer, appeared Sifurday at a Washington precinct lolice station and asked for a warrant for the ar rest of the "four signers" of the new 1 aclfic treaty, alleging they were tuilty of "trafficking In stolen goods." The stolen goods he described as various pieces of land, Citie3, ports and villages In Siberia, Manchuria and Corea, China, India, Indo-China, Syria, Mesopotamia and the Philip pine islands, "taken forcibly without any rights, human or divine, and in contravention of all laws" by Japan, Great Britain, France and the United States. The action, Ledoux explained, was taken under the old common law. Ledoux, who as usual, carried his Bible, umbrella and lighted candle, was referred by police to the district attorney. CHINESE CABINET QUITS Hon son Obtainable for Action of Official Body. PKKIN, Dec. 18. (By the Asso ciated lr'ss.) The Chinese cabinet resigned today. No official reason is obtainable. In unofficial circles, however, the decision was interpreted in three ways: As a protest against the reac tionary regime proposed by General Chang Tsao Lin, governor of Man churia; the demand of Chang Tsao Lin for material support by the govern ment, and a confession that the finan cial situation is impossible of solution WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 18. (By the Associated Press.) Dissatisfac tion over the progress and the method of tbe Shantung conversations now going on between Chinese and Japa nese representatives here was believed by members of the Chinese arms dele gation to have been the cause of the resignation of the Pekin cabinet. DAIL'S SESSION IS OVER (Contrnupd From FMraf Pape.) day night after the day of tierce riot ing throughout the city. The authorities had received warn ing and had placed soldiers at van tage points. The soldiers opened fire and four would-'be raiders were wounded and captured. The wounded men were declared to have been Identified as Sinn Feiners. One man was killed during disturb ances Saturday night and four women were among the wounded. INFORMAL MEKTIXfJS HELD Newspaper Correspondents Think Kalificatioii Is Assured. LONDON. De;. 18. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Sunday was an off day in Irish affairs, except for infor mal conversations among D a 1 1 Elreann leadi.s at Dublin. There ,g a consensus of opinion among Dublin correspondents t the English news papers that ratification of the treatv is assured, some going so far as to assert that an Informal vote taken Saturday revaaiod 74 for ratification. So far as is known Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, had no conference with Premier Lljyd George, who wil' meet the Fren :h premier tomorrow. Apparently, therefore, there will be no opportunity for some days 'or the premier to fin J time to meet tin Ulster leaders. When the meeting is held It is understood that the boun daries commission will be tho chief matter of contention. Antl-Lynching BUI Vp. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 18. Congress resumes work tomorrow with action scheduled on only one lmrportant piece of legislation before quitting for the holiday vacation Thursday nigtit. This is the Dyer anti-lynching bill, which Is to be taken up In the house. U. S. Officer Dies of Pneumonia. COBLENZ, Dec. 'l8. Major B. A. Miller, chief engineer of the Ameri can forces in Germany, died today of pneumonia, developing from influ enza. He.was a native of St. Louls. Ninety-two cases of influenza have been admitted to the hospitals. ROADS AXD BRIDGES SOW BEING REPAIRED. f. County Commissioner Blrley Says About $2000 Is Needed to Carry on Work. MORTON. Wash.. Dec. 18. ( Special.) County Commissioner Birley of Mossyrock, of tne third district of Lewis county, returned Saturday from an inspection of the damage done in the Big Bottom country by the recent storm. He said it would take about $2000 to make needed repairs on the roads and bridges, about 64 feet of the south approach of the Cora bridge was washed away. Before Mr. Birley left the stringers had been put in place, but the mill at Vance where he had ordered the plank for the bridge could not be reached on account of the road's being flooded with water. The bridge near the Albert Bellows place also went out. Two and a half miles of road just south of the Cora bridge was washed out. Tbe Randle bridge, which lost several bents, al ready has been repaired. J. W) Coleman of Chehalls said that almost inestimable damage had been done to private property in the ex treme upper Big Bottom. He said damage was less down stream and that no damage was reported south of Randle. The washing out of the cable bridge at Lewis will prevent entrance Into the upper Big Bottom by way of the trail from Ashford. It is nqw necessary for all this travel to go by way of Morton. Mr. Coleman saii-that all the prop erty on the north side of the Cowlitz river, between the cable bridge site and the Cora bridge, was damaged more or less. Great damage was done to second growth fir timber, he said. Coleman said that many of the people in and around Lewis were without provisions, as the two storms so close together had prevented their getting in supplies. cial.) Roseburg experienced its first snowfall of the season this morning. A storm warning was issued yester day by Weather Observer Bell, who reported a rapidly dropping barome ter. Early this "morning the severe freezing weather, which had marked the last few days, wa broken by a rise in temperature, accompanied by light snow. This afternoon a shifting wind threatened rain. LEGION TO GIVE DANCE Ifoqiilam Post to Award Turkeys as PrUes to Terpslciioreans. HOQUIAM. Wash., Dec. 18. (Spe- c.al.) A turkey trot with real tur keys as prizes will be given by the Hoquiam post No. 16, American Le gion, tomorrow night as one of the opening attractions for festival week. which is being energetically backed by the merchants of the city. , At the head of eighth street, across from the Union aailroad station, a large Christmas tree has been put in position and by tomorrow night the Grays Harbor Railway & Light com pany will have strung it with electric wires and globes for illumination. Every effort has been put forth by merchants of the city to trim their windows and stores in the most at tractive manner, with special lighting effects In most Instances. The main event about the Christ mas tree will be held Friday night when gifts will be distributed to the children, although tomorrow night Santa Claus is to distribute candy to each child in Community hall. STRIKING MINERS QUIET National Guards on Duty in Kansas Coal Fields. PITTSBURG. Kas., Dec. 18. Today passed quietly in the Kansas coal fields where national guardsmen were -called last week after demon strations by women In support of striking miners. The men on strike are followers of Alexander Howat, deposed president of the district union, who is in jail for violation of the criminal pro visions of the Kansas industrial court law. They refused to go back to work when ordered to do so by the International union. NAPAVINE HAS NEW POST American Legion to Be Repre sentative. CENTR ALIA, Wash., Dec. 18. (Special.) Temporary organization of a legion post has been effected in Napavine with R. L. Absher and George Morton as temporary chair man and secretary, respectively. h,arl Hughes is chairman 'of an organiza tion committee. Permanent .officers will be elected as soon as a charter, which has been applied for, arrives. Next Wednesday night a dance will be held In Napavine under the aus pices of the new post. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED (Continued From First Paire.) morning to find the second winter of the year at hand. Snow started fall ing early this morning and continued most of the day, though the fall -so far in the valley has not been heavy. The ground is frozen to- a consider able depth. The snow was welcomed by the farmers, who state that the wheat needs protection from the reezing weather. What planted in the fall has made a good start. The snow is much heavier back in the mountains and the hills surround ing Walla Walla are all covered. . Roseburg lias First Snowfall. ROSKBURG. Or.. Dec. 18. (Spe- ADD to Christmas joys order for your salads and desserts a liberal supply of RedRock Cottage Cheese - Nearly everybody eats Red Rock. Everybody that eats it likes it! TVs our only product. Red Rock Dairy Try a Stout - Lyons Drug Store first when on your Christ mas shopping- tour! SNOW HITS OLYMPIC COUNTRY Heaviest Fall In Years Reported From Port Townsend. PORT TOWNSEXD, Wash.. Dec. 18. (Special.) One of the heaviest snow storms for several years pre vailed over the Olympic peninsula last night and this morning. About six inches of snow fell here. Reports from the country districts stated that the ground is covered to a depth of from 18 to 24 inches, causing logging camps to suspend operations. Construction work on the Olympic highway has been suspended as a re sult of the snow. A crew of 60 men were laid off this morning, all of them returning to their homes la Seattle. Vancouver Has Snow. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec' 18. (Special.) Whep residents of Van couver awoke this morning they were astonished to find the ground cov ered with about two inches of fine snow which had fallen during the early morning hours. The sun shone several hours, but about 5 o'clock a cold east wind was blowing fiercely. This is the first snowstorm of the season in Vancouver. Hood River Has Snow. HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) With the districts of higher altitude Just emerging from the phe nominal sleet storm of November, the mid-Columbia is again in the griplof a snow storm. A light fall has pre vailed since midnight last night. The blanket is now six inches deep. An east wind prevails and weather con ditions are indicative of a continua tion of the storm. Astoria Snow Melts. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) With the sun shining brightly nearly all day the great bulk of the one Inch of snow which fell last night has disappeared from the streets, leaving a thin coating of slush, which with the east wind blowing may be turned to ice before morning There were a few light flurries of snow to night, but the barometer is falling slowly. Six-Inch Snow at St. Helens. ' ST. HELENS, Or., Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) Snow, which began falling at 10 o'clock Saturday and continued through the night, covers the ground with a six-inch blanket. In the hills west of St. Helens It was reported that snow was a foot deep. Slight flurries fell today, but Indications were that they will cease before nightfall. Sim LBERTSAYS: "Conditions force me to quit. Ill be back. Watch, but don't waif. NEW Apartment Size PIANO High Quality " $325 Most attractive piano in Portland. Has copper bass strings, ivory keys, solid brass hardware. No Salesmen No Special Sales jl I ! Iharoldsgilberi . 1 I K J Jit . Fruit Damage Feareil. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) It is feared that the cold snap of the past few days has seri ously interfered with the winter fruit crop. Strawberry plants have been well loaded with berries. Currant bushes have been budding and fruit generally has been exhibiting inten tions of producing a crop. Six Inches of Snow at Chehalls. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) Six inches of snow greeted Chehalis and Lewis county residents this morning. having fallen last night. However, all day the tempera ture was mild with indications of thaw. Snow fell at intervals today. Tirst Snowfall of Winter Noted. ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) The first snowfall of the winter in this part of the valley came last night. It was light, and under bright sunshine this morning bad disap peared by noon. Snow Melts at Salem. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) Salem experienced its first snowfall for the winter last night. A 'half an inch of snow fell, but most of this melted before noon today. 80MB STORY AWAITED WALL STREET OUTRAGE CON FESSION ON WAY. William J. Hums Denies Report of Intent to Begin AVholesale Roundup of Reds. NEW YORK. Dec 18. Text of the 10.000-word confession alleged to have been made by Wolfe Lindenfeld, after his arrest in Warsaw in con nection with the Wall street bomb explosion September 115 .1920. was be-I pest dispatch. PIANOS iRBOIP-jOlMEWIKP Only Three New Ones Left ing awaited tonight by William J. Burns, director of the bureau of In vestigation of the department of jus tice. He characterized as unfounded the reports that the department of jus tice had given orders to begin a roundup of communists. In the event that arrests should be necessitated through disclosures contained in Lendenfeld's statement, Mr. Burns asserted that would be done "properly and by warrant." He said he was Just as positive to day as he was on the day of the ex plosion that the crime was the handi work of the Third Internationale. Anticipating a possible anarchistic demonstration resulting from publi cation of Lindenfeld's confession, the police have taken extraordinary pre cautionary measures to protect Wall street. ARMS CUT BELITTLED Chinese Delegate Says It Does Not Remove Causes of War. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 18. (By the Associated Press.) Disarmiment is good as far as It roes, but it merely reduces the nrms of war and in n way eliminates the causes for war. Dr. C. T. Wang, member of tha Chi nese delegation, said in an address tonight. He explained e did no wish to belittle the work of the con ference, but wanted to impress on his audience that peace is "a moral obli gation." "We are all aware." he said, "that nations have been accustomed to deal with one another in a manner in which no decent man dares to deai with his neighbors Extortion 's ille gal and immoral, but as between na tions it is dignified by ultimatum' If two men agree among themselves to do something illegal to a third per son, it is conspiracy; but In Interna tional dealings this is known as a treaty or international understanding." NEW ORLEANS IS CHOSEN Veterans' Congress to Meet in United. States Next Year. PARIS, Dec. 18. The veterans'.con gress today chose New Orleans for its next convention, which will take place in October, 1922. The congress appointed an economy committee to further business rela tions between the allied countries. Another committee was appointed to study exchange. Resolutions were adopted declaring; that the veterans should be repre sented at any economical and finan cial conference at Washington that may be held and also that any dele gation participating in an arms con ference should include a veteran RECIPROCAL PACT MADE United States and Austria 'Ex change Ratifications. PARIS. Dec. IS. The exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty be tween the United States and Hungary took place tonight. I The news was forwarded in a Buda- Owing to typographical error in the Owl Drug Co. advertisement in Sun day's Oregonian, price of $5.19 was wrong. The correct price is $4.19. ii ', rl it Will .you enjoy all -day banking service next Saturday the day before Christmas? If you're in business, you'll appreciate the conven ience of banking your money Saturday at any time you please. If you're shopping, it will be an advantage to have your money in a bank where you can get it any time during the day. 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