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VOL. XLI NO. 19,190 Ere,df,at Poartl5n,d !;e7?n
' Posrofflce as Reeond-clajs Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OLGQTT EXPECTED
CLEARING HOUSE ASKS
FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
INCONVENIENCE IN BUSINESS
WITH ATLANTIC CITED.
CI P.
GREEDY INVESTORS
RE STOCK VICTIMS
WORTHLESS RAIL SECURITIES
SOLD FAR BELOW PAR.
TELEPHONE QUARTET
GIVES RADIO CONCERT
EXCELLENT PROGRAMME AT
TRACTS MANY FANS.
E
E LIFT,
CARRIER OF LUMBER
FROM PORTLAND SUNK
E
SED
TO WIN fiY
LUDT ASTDR
TO HIRE DOCK II
E
VIRGINIA OLSON RAMMED BY
SUBMARIXE, SAYS CAPTAIN.
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At
DETERMINED
Lead of Governor Over
Hall Is 247.
MALHEUR VOTE TWO-THIRDS
Harney County, Not Com
plete, Favors Executive.
SOME PRECINCTS MISSING
Talk of Kccount Because of Dis
satisfaction With Result in
Some Districts Heard.
Vote by counties on governor.
Hall. Olcott.
Baker ....
Benton .
Clackamas
Clatsop ..
151
216
543
771
1,900
1,696
499
744
122
54
595
810
200
288
112
393
1,236
133
235
823
126
1,312
443
872
298
3,187
216
2,054,
1,969
( olumbia
638
Coos 1,827
Crook" -. - 104
Currv 416
Deschutes 270
Douglas 1,870
Gillian)
35
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson . .
Josephine ..
Klamath ..
Lake
58
23
88
1,245
31
490
307
26
Lane 1,487
Lincoln
203
616
Linn ...
Malheur
76
Marion 2,721
.Morrow 124
Multnomah 19,196
Polk 493
Sherman 71
Tillamook 1.132
t'matilla 2,235
Union 361
Wallowa 118
Wasco 492
Washington 807
Wheeler 101
Yamhill 530
18,303
604
' 295
375
1,620
606
276
891
1,120
303
827
Totals .....42,481
Olcott's lead, 247.
42,728
Complete.
Official count
On the face of the unofficial re
turns Ben W. Olcott has been nomi
nated by the republicans for gov
ernor over Charles Hall, his nearest
contender, by a lead of more than 350
votes.
"With the tag ends of the vote in
several counties which have given
vicuxi. Buusxanuai majorities over
Hall to clean, up, and with the vote
complete In. all Hall counties, the
totals stand: ,
Olcott, 42,728.
j Hall. 42,481.
! Olcott's lead, 247.
in Mainour county, where on the
partial returns Olcott has 298 and
Hall 76, there Is about one-third of
the vote yet to be counted. The est!
mate of the county clerk of Malheur
county is that Olcott will have fullyi
800 majority over Hall in that county.
Harney Not Yet Complete.
There are still 15 precincts to hear
from in Harney county, where on the
incomplete count the vote stands,
Olcott 112, Hall 23. There is one
precinct missing in each of the fol
lowing counties: Baker, Douglas,,
Wheeler. , t
Except as noted above, the vote is
complete in all counties. In the fol
lowing counties the county canvass
ing board has checked over the re
ports of election boards and the
figures are official, and subject only
to check by the secretary of state:
Benton, Marion, Clackamas, Crook,
Jackson. Klamath, Morrow, Polk,
Sherman, Tillamook and Yamhill.
In the other counties where com
plete reports have been received the
figmrcs are unofficial, but are com
piled from the reports of the precinct
v election boards.
Olcott Gains Expected.
It is probable that Olcott will gain
at least 100 votes over Hall in the
precincts yet to hear from in Malheur
and Harney.
xi is possioie that the canvasses
yet to come by county boards and the
recanvass by the secretary of state
will disclose some errors increase or
decrease the indicated lead for Olcott,
but it is not believed probable that
the official canvass can disturb the
main result.
There is, however, already talk of
a probable demand for a recount. The
Hall supporters are said not to be sat
isfied that the Multnomah county
ballots have beer, correctly tallied,
and they are said to be investigates
a rumor that reservation Indians
were voted in Umatilla county. They
may ask for recounts there and else
where, but are awaiting the official
canvass before taking action.
Campbell Appears Winner.
The contest over the nomination for
public service commissioner, which
was extremely close in the earlier
returns, has been settled, it is now in
dicated, in favor of Thomas K, Camp
' bell. The vote is still incomplete in
.numerous counties. Yesterday's main
efforts were bent to clearing up the
governorship uncertainty, but Camp
bell, who has been running consistently
ahead of Thiehoff, his nearest con
tender, in the up-state counties, has
overcome a majority for Thiehoff in
Multnomah county and now has 1421
to the good: .
The vote stands:
Campbell, 35.125.
Thiehoff, 33,704.
Campbell's lead, 1421.
Crook Votes for Recall.
PRINEVILLK, Or, May 22. (Spe
cial.) The official count for Crook
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 3,)
Mayor and Commissioners Re
quested to Make Hours Conform
More Nearly to East.
Formal request for the inaugura
tion of daylight saving in Portland
has been made to Mayor Baker and
he city council.by the Portland clear
ing house, composeu of the leading
banks of the city. Tho subject of flay
light savins, which is in effect in
most of the eastern cities, was first
suggested by the directors of the
Portland chamber of commerce, but
tho communication from tho banking
organization Is tho first direct step
made to the council for the adoption
of the plan. ' ,
It is said that the reason that the
clearing house is anrious to see the
daylight saving plan adopted in Port
land is on account of the great in
convenience that now exists in trans
acting banking business between the
Atlantic coast and Portland.
As the matter njw stands, New
York and Boston are four hours ahead
of Portland, and by the time the
banks open here at 10 o'clock in the
morning tho New York banks are
closing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
This, the bankers say, virtually
causes a delay of 24 hours in ex
changes.
The clearing housa has adopted a
resolution urging the mayor and city
commissioners to act favorably upon
the daylight saving proposition, and
it is probable that the question will
be submitted to the city council for
consideration at the council meeting
tomorrow morning.
MIXED WEDDING REFUSED
Two White Girl and Two Chinese
Get License at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May k22.
(Special.) Two young white women,
good-looking and well dressed, ac
companied by two Chinese of Port
land, came here today and obtained
licenses to marry, but it was not
learned if any minister here
formed the ceremony.
per-
The couples were Frank Kim, 34,
and Miss Celeste Carson, 22, and An
drew Wee; 24, and Miss Doloris Car
son, 24, all of Portland. Quite a party
drove over from Portland in an auto
mobile, got the licenses, as this can
not legally be stopped, and proceeded
to the home of Rev. A. D. Skaggs, re
tired Christian minister, who lives
across the street from the court
house. He. refused to perform the cer
emony. Once before a mixed couple secured
a license here, but the ministers, hav
ing given their word they would not
perform such ceremonies, refused.
This couple went to Kalama, Wash.,
where the ceremony was performed
by a justice of the peace.
REPUBLICAN LOSES, WINS
Hood River Candidate Defeated in
One Primary, Victor in Other.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 22. (Spe
cial.) A canvass of democratic votes
in Friday's primaries reveals that Ed
C. Miller, republican candidate beaten
by the incumbent, Jasper Wickham,
was the choice of .24 Bourbons. Sam
W. Heppner, who sought the nomi
nation but failed to file in time as
a candidate, received 22 votes. Mr.
Wickham got 14. Mr. Miller made a
statement that be would not accept
the nomination of any other party.
Mr. Heppner thinks this entitles him
to a place as democratic nominee on
the November ballot.
Authorities here, however, are of
the opinion that he will have to file
as an independent if he runs.
BOARD'S ACTION RAPPED
Reported 'Throwing Out of Ballots
May Be Recount Reason.
SALEM, Or., May 22. (Special.)
The alleged action of- some of the
boards serving at Friday's recall elec
tions in throwing out ballots in cases
where the voter had indicated h's
favor of the recall and then' had voted
for the incumbents may furnish the
basis of a contest looking toward a
recount of the votes, it was said here
today.
Reports received here indicated
mat mis practice was lonowed in a
number of precincts, the officials
holding that the vote for the incum
bent nullified the vote for the recall.
SOLDIERS ON WAY HOME
100 Men Leave Coblenz, Many
Taking German Wives.
COBLENZ, May 22. Casual detach
ment 40. comprising 100 officers and
men, left here for the United States
today. One-third of the men are tak
ing German wives.
They will sail from Antwerp to
morrow. The strength of the Amer
ican forces in Germany is now slight
ly more than 2000. but with the de
parture of casual detachment 46 Fri
day it will fall below that figure. '
$75,000 PAINTING FOUND
Original Likeness of George Wash-
ington Discovered.
LEXINGTON, Va., Myr 22. Arthur
Dawson, official portrait painter of
the United States military academy,
announced today he had discovered at
Washington and Lee' university here
an original painting of George Wash
ington by Gilbert Stuart.
. The painting is estimated by art
experts to be worth from Jf75,000 to
$100,000.
Republican Ticket for Leg
islature Complete.
LIST IS BELIEVED CORRECT
Democratic Candidates Not
Yet All Ascertained.
ONLY FEW ENTER RACE
Majority Party Names One Woman
for Senate, Mrs. W. S. Kinney,
Representative in 1921.
Returns now give the personnel of
the republican nominees for the 1923
session of the legislature. Returns
on the democratic candidates are in
definite for the reason that only a
few democrats took the trouble to
file, and as a general rule names
were written in, and until the county
clerks tabulate the vote a list of the
democratic candidates for the Novem
ber ballot will not be obtainable.
The compilation of republican can
didates, herewith presented, is. not
official in all instances, but is be
lieved to be correct on the face of
the returns.
Many' Karnes Written In.
In Washington county only L. M.
Graham made a formal filing, whereas
three were to be nominated.
Scores of " names were written In,
but apparently Edward Schulmericb
and I. M. Hesse have run along with
Graham. A number of members' of
the 1921 session have been defeated
for the'r old seats, and this rejection
has spread from one end of the state
to the other.
Among those who have been de
feated are R. J. Carsner of Spray,
who has been one of the representa
tives for Gilliam, Sherman and
Wheeler. A. M. Wright, who was the
other representative, failed to file,
but his constituents wrote in his name
and he has been nominated. Wright
was chairman of the house .commit
tee on roads and highways.
P. J. Gallagher, who has been a
leading figure 'n the house for sev
eral sessions, has been defeated by
C. M. Crandall by about 30 votes.
When Gallagher first went to the
legislature he defeated Crandall, who
was his predecessor, by a handful of
votes. Frank Sloan has also been de
feated, as have A. E. Shiria, J. N.
Johnson, P. O. Powell, Herbert Eg
bert, -W. C. North, O. W. Hosford,
Harvey Wells and C. C. Hindman in
the house. In the senate among the
defeated for renomination were Douis
Lachmund, Walter B. Jones, W. T.
Vinton, W. W. Banks and W. E. Stone,
who was in the house and made an
unsuccessful attempt to get into the
senate, and E. H. Belknap., whose
experience w.as similar to Stone's.
One woman has been nominated for
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE HEART FAILURE IF WE DON'T FIND OUT PRETTY SOON.
Operations of Bucket Shops and
Wild Cat Schemers Are Re
vealed in Wall Street.
NEW YORK, May 22. Bucket shop
keepers and wildcat schemers have
been filling their money pockets for
the last eight years, it was learned
In Wall street today, by playing oa
the gullibility of wealth-in-a-hurry-seeking
Americans, ;. with? worthless
railroad securities.
Despite warnings sent broadcast by
financiers and large banking institu
tions, small investors throughout tUe
country have been victimized through
the purchase of 4 per cent gold cer
tificate bonds of the old Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad company,
That company, which defaulted eight
years ago in the payment of interest
on an $87,000,000 issue ol the bonds,
passed out, to be replaced by the pres
ent Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
company.
The bonds of the old company, which
have come to be known as "the joke
of Wall street," found their way into
the hands of the schemers and bucket
shop keepers.' Through the bucket-
shops they have been sold at $12 and
J15 each quite an inducement when
it is taken into consideration that
their original face value was $1000,
and these schemers have used them as
collateral" in booming unlawful cor
porations.
Officials of the present Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific declared today
that they had been trying to run down
the source of a boom in the worthless
securities that started a month ago.
Many small banks throughout the
country had at times paid "honest-to
goodness" money on the coupons they
held.
JAPANESE MAKE FILMS
New Field of Industry in Califor
nia Entered by Nipponese.
-SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 22. Japa
nese of California have entered a new
field of industry, that of producing
motion pictures. The Pacific Film
Exchange, Inc., of San Francisco, tie
clared to be the first all Japanese
movie company in California, today
filed articles of incorporation with
Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan,
The articles give an the principal
purpose of the company the promo
t:on of the motion picture industry in
the "empire of Japan and the United
States of America."
The film company has a capital
stock of $100,000 and the f've direc
tors, all Japanese, are: K. Sakai, S.
Nakano, Z. Kikugawa, R. Nishimoto
and T. Nakamura, all of San Fran
Cisco. '
CRIPPLE HALTS RUNAWAY
Lad, 14, Realizes Dream of Show
ing Prowess Despite Deformity
BERKELEY, Cal., May 22. Child
hood dreams of the chance to display
physical bravery, a chance denied him
by deformity from birth, became real
ity yesterday for Charles Arkinstall,
14 years old.
The boy limped into the path of a
runway horse, seized the bridle and
clung to it until the frightened ani
mat stopped a diock lurther on.
Women and children in the buggy
were uninjured. Arkinstall's ankle
was broken. ' ,
Every Selection Brings Enthusi
astic Reports and Requests Are
, Made or Extra Numbers.
The widespread interest which pre
ceded the radio concert broadcast last
night from The Oregonlan tower by
the Telephone male quartet was war
ranted by the excellence of the pro
gramme that group of singers gave,
both in quartet and solo numbers. It
is one of the most popular quartets
of its kind in the Pacific northwest
and the - announcement attracted an
unusually large audience of "radio
fans.
Every selection brought enthusl
astic reports fromllsteners and by
the time the programme was com
pleted as many requests for more
numbers had been received as there
had been sung. None of the requests
could be given, unfortunately, because
of lack of time.
The telephone quartet consists of
four prominent soloists, Hal Young,
first tenor, soloist at First Presby
terian church; Denton Denman, sec
ond tenor, soloist at Sunnyside Meth
odist Episcopal church Ferris Ab-
bett, baritone, soloist at Central
Methodist Episcopal church, and Mark
Daniels, bass, soloist at Rose City
Presbyterian church.
Besides quartet numbers, there
were six eolos and Miss Ruby Lloyd
assisted at the piano for the entire
programme of 12 selections.
The three soloists were Hal Young,
tenor; Mark Daniels, bass, and Miss
Evelyn Drewery, lyric soprano, who
made her second decided success in
The Oregonian tower with her four
solos. The voices of all three are
excellent and well adapted to radio
singing, and their contributions were
heard with extreme distinctness and
clarity. '
In the order given, the programme
of 12 numbers was as follows: "Tuck
'.Me to Sleep," by the quartet; "Jerusa
lem Morning," an imitation of a negro
revival meeting, quartet; "The Sweet
est Story Ever Told," soparano solo
by Miss Drewery; "Annie Laurie,"
quartet; "Believe Me if All Those En
dearing Young Charms," Miss Drewery
"Tommy Lad," baritone solos by Mark
Daniels; "I Want My Mammy," quar
tet; "For You Alone," tenor solo by
Hal Young; "Love Sends a Little Gift
of Roses," Miss Drewery; "Swing
Along," quartet; "Alice Blue Gown,
from "Irene," Miss Drewery, and a
southern medley entitled "Old Songs"
by the quartet.
The next regular evening - concert
to be broadcast from The Oregonian
tower will be on Wednesday night
from 8 to 10 o'clock, when the two
hours . allotted will be divided into
two concerts, the first by Johhnie
Sheffler's Hawaiian orchestra and the
second by four different soloists
Dorothea Anderson, piano; Kathleen
Jordan, violin; Winifred Campbell,
soprano, and Elbert L. Bellows, tenor.
FANS HEAR ORGAN NUMBERS
George D. Ingram Entertains With
Programme for Radio Owners
George D. Ingram, supervisor of the
Portland high school music depart
ment, was the principal entertainer
of yesterday's afternoon radio con
cert broadcast from The Oregonian
tower from 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Two
classical selections on the organ and
three popular vocal solos made up
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
America Urged to Play
Good Samaritan.
APPEAL TO HATE DEPLORED
Cheap Politicians Declared
Playing Losing Game.
FAREWELL ADDRESS GIVEN
Nearly 2000 in New York Hear
Appeal for Aid Through League
or Other Organization. ,
I.'EW YORK, May 22. Lady Nancy
Astor, in a farewell speech before re
turning to her job in the house of
commons from a visit of six weeks in
her native land, pleaded tonight for
America to be the good Samaritan to
suffering Europe and nt stand by
unconcerned. She repeated her ap
peal for tlie United States to enter
either the league c" nations or a
league with similar aims for peace.
Nearly 2000 men and women heard
her address, delivered at a dinner in
her honor,
Lord Astor also made a
short talk. Before 6he was Intro
duced speeches were made by John
W. Davis, former ambassador to the
court of St. James, and Miss Alice
Robertson, representative from Okla
homa, whose political place in Amer
ica is compaVable to that of Lady
Astor in England.
Selecting "Political Education" as
her topic. Lady Astor said that whiip
America constantly had suffered from
politicians and political crooks, "it
had so managed that no party had
ever flared nominate or bring for
ward any but an honest ' man for
president." "They haven't all been
Sir Galahads or George Washingtons
or Abraham Lincolns," she added, 'but
they have all been like Caesar's wife,
'above suspicion.' That we may re
call with pride." ' ' r
.... -
President's Job Made Hard.
Then she remarked that people
were apt to feel indifferent about
local politics, that "so long as the
taxes don't go too high and the local
'bosses' don't get too rich, we shrug
our shoulders and go on."
"If we are content only to have
our presidents fine and to have less
fine local politicians, we are making
it hard for a president to do fine
things," she said.
"I see Mr. Hoover is going to-bring
pressure on the mine owners not to
let profiteering go on during the coal
strike," she said. "They say he is
going to use moral suasion. That's
just what I feel would have helped
at Genoa, and I hope it will help at
The Hague.
"I'm not concerned to say whether
the United States should join the
league of nations as it exists; this
is a question of comparative detail;
but I am convinced that America can
help Europe enormously in ways
which will commeni themselves to
all clear and thinking Americans it
they want to do so. I believe they
do. They need not fear to enter
a league for peace b . had better
fear not entering if they desire peace.
Two Interests Contrasted.
"Th3 other day I saw that the
American government asked the
British government to help protect
her oil interests in Mesopotamia
through the league of nations. 1
am glad America did it. Soon after
I saw that the allies sent a note ask
ing America to join them and in
quire into atrocities against a Chris
tian population, but America refused.
I ask you which is more important in
the end, oil concessions or bleeding
humanity? ' .
"I shculd like just to say before
leaving that I think the politicians
who, because of lack of principle
feel that they must appeal to hatred,
class or national or international, are
playing .. losing game. They have
missed the new spirit, and I believe
as firmly as I ever believed anything
that there is a new spirit abroad.
"It may be that this world war has
set us thinking. It may be that
women are the leaven in the lump,
but as certainly as the kaiser found
might was not right in 1918, the
politicians cr parties who think they
will win out on prejudice or anti
British or anti-American or anti-what-you-will
propaganda are
doomed to failure.
"Playing politics uay be all right
when there is nothing seriously
wrong with the world. Just now the
human race needs human beings and
not boss politicians."
HARDING GREETS CUBA
I Liberty bond quotations higher. Page 23.
Felicitations Sent on Anuiversary j stock turnover large; Page 22.
, - , , IvVest Keats loaded by non-union crew,
of Independence. j " epage ia. '
WiSHiMRTnv'n.r ' v, 9t.I Tortland and Vicinity.
, i,,,,
state deDartment today made nnhlin
'
the following telegram sent by Pres-
ident Harding May 20 to President
Zayas of Cuba:
"I beg of your excellency to accept
my earnest felicitations on this an
niversary of the republic's independ
ence. The government of tho United
States extends most cordial good
wishes for the welfare and prosperity
of Cuba,"
Navy Officers Deny That Warship
Hit Vessel Which Races for
Dock in Harbor.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., May 22. The I
steam schooner Virginia Olson, in- j
bound from Portland, Or., with
1.200,000 feet of lumber, was rammed
in a dense fog off the breakwater
just outside the harbor today and at
full speed, with a hole in her bow,
sank just after reaching the E. K.
Wood dock here.
Captain Johnson reported that he
was rammed by the United States
navy submarine H-7, which proceeded
seaward after the collision and . he
did not know whether it was damaged
or not.
A complete denial ' of the charges
by Captain Johnson was made by
Captain W. F. Miller, in command of
the local submarine base.
,The Virginia Olson was struck
three feet below the water line, ac
cording to Captain Johnson.
The denial of the charges against
the H-7 was based upon a radio
message received from.. Lieutenant
W. E. Griswold, in charge of the sub
marine, stating that the H-7 did not
have any collision, Captain Miller
said. If the 11-7 rammed the Virginia
Olson in the manner stated by Cap
tain Johnson, the submarine would
have sunk, Captain Miller declared.
When advised of- Captain Miller's
denial on the part of the H-7, Captain
Johnson said there were three other
officers of the Virginia Olson who
would testily that it was the H-7 that
struck the vessel.
According to Captain Johnson's ac
count of the accident, the steam
schooner was Droceedine: slowly.
sounding fog signals when the sub
marine, from which he said no signals
had been heard, suddenly crashed
into the port bow. After pulling
away the H-7 proceeded on its way
seaward, Captain Johnson declared.
The Virginia Olson was owned by
Oliver Olson of San Francisco and
was inbound from Portland, Or., with
a cargo of lumber. She was built in
Marshfield in 1917. She was 706 tons
net and carried a crew of approxi
mately 25.
The H-7 was one of a fleet of 12
submarines of the "H" and "L" type
which left the base this morning for
a practice run at sea. The fleet was
commanded by Lieutenant-Commander
E. R. Hein.
Captain Miller later stated that he
would himself join the submarine
fleet at sea tomorrow and make a
personal investigation of Captain
Johnson's charges. Other naval of
ficers suggested that the Virginia
Olson might have struck rocks in
the fog.
RENT CONTROL EXTENDED
Congress Races , With Washington
Landlords and Wins.
WASHIXGTOX. D. C, May 22. Con
gress raced today with the landlords
of Washington and won by four hours
and 45 minutes putting through a
two-year extension to the rent con
trol act for the District of Columbia
which would nave expired at. mid
night tonight.
The house fought over it all day,
but the senate adopted it in less time
than was required by the house for
one of its numerous rollcalls. Just
as soon as it could be signed W the
vice-president and 'A-ting Speaker
Walsh it was sent to the White House,
where it was signed by President
Harding.
There were statements by many
members that unless congress acted
today rents everywhere in town would
be boosted tomorrow, a charge which
real estate dealers denied.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest
erly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65
degrees; minimum temperature, 40 de
grees. Foreign.
Panic on Egypt charged to battle of crew
over lifeboats. Page 3.
National.
Ku Klux Klan big factor in Oregon pri
maries, says Mark Sullivan. Page 6.
Reclamation bil! blocked by Mondell.
Page 2.
Domestic.
Wife sues chauffeur, naming Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. Page 2.
Carrier of lumber from Portland is sunk
at San Pedro. Page 1.
Worthless stocks sold to greedy investors.
Page t.
Additional data to be sought on Valentino
marriage. Page 7.
Debs loins in fight to free political prison
ers. Page
Thirteen agencies of Presbyterian churches
eliminated. Page 5.
Daugherty big aid to Morse, says Senator
Caraway. Page 3.
Lady Astor makes final plea for American
aid for suffering Europe. Page 1.
O'Conners helper in escape surrenders.
Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington democrats to base platform
on tax cut. Page 7.
Sports.
Harry Greb to box Gene Tunney today.
Page 14.
Yankees are victors when Ruth gets home
run. Page 14.
Officials named for interscholastic track
meet. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Egg speculators uneasy over heavy storing.
Page 22.
Gains In Chicago wheat market not held.
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Solution Is Offered to
Longshore Strike.
STATE BOARD GIVES FINDINGS
Wage and Working Condition
Disparity Found Slight.
EMPLOYERS STAND OUT
Equal Representation in Selection
of Workers Not Approved.
Counter Proposal Made.
That a bureau be formed of equal
representation between employers and
longshoremen to fix on a mutual hir
ing point and the bureau assume
charge of all managing details was
ecommended by the Oregon, state
board of conciliation which gave out
its conclusions yesterday in the water
front strike situation. The board found
that in wage scale and wdrking con
ditionsthe differences between Port
land and competing ports were slight
and urged that such conditions be
placed on a positive parity.
Acceptance of the decision was
made by the shipping board and was
reported accepted by the longshore
men's union last night and that is.
expected to pave the way for men who
have been on strike resuming work on
shipping board vessels. The union de
clined to assent to a plan for repre
sentation in a bureau with nonunion
workers who replaced them when the
strike was called, as employers of
fered. The union and shipping board
had accepted the proffer of the stata
board as arbitrators, while the em
ployers consented to take part on the
basis of conciliation, reserving all
rights as to the acceptance of the
board's findings. The latter will con
tinue operation of the independent
hall at Second and Oak streets.
Counter-Proposal Made.
The Waterfront Employers' union
acquiesced to the proposed bureau or
committee, but objected to equal rep
resentation of union longshoremen and
representatives of the employers, mak
ing a counter-proposal that the body
be composed of eight members, four
from the employers and two each from
the union longshoremen and the non
union workers employed since the
strike started a month ago. The in
itial work of such a committee was to
fix on a common hiring place. The
employers asserted all non-union men
would be retained at work or at least
be given assurance they could.
All other issues involved in the
I strike were smoothed out during the
hearings, or rather it was the under
standing that the union stood ready
to cast aside the list system that has
been in vogue at its hall, according
the privilege of choosing men for
cargo gangs, while certain trucking
on docks and wages paid for that class
of work, as compared with straight
longshore labor and similar changes
in the new schedule as shown along
side the schedule in effect previous
to the strike, were understood to be
readily adjustable, so only the hiring
point remained a stumbling-block.
. Work Is Reviewed.
In announcing its findings the state
board, which is made up of W. F.
Woodward, chairman, and Otto Hart
wig, representing labor, and J. K.
Flynn, the employers, reviewed briefly
its work from the convening of the
first hearing May 12 to the iast public
session May 18, and its findings were
set forth as follows:
The board finds that ln the matter of
wages, hours and working conditions there
is substantially little difference as to the
respective ports, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancou
ver and Portland; and finds that the
definitions prevailing in these ports should
form the basis of a schedule to be adopted
and Immediately effective In this port, a
scale or schedule In which all its phases
shall place this port on a parity with
those named above, Tacoma, Seattle and
Vancouver, B. C.
There remains the principal Iksuc in
this controversy, i. e.. the manner and
place of employment.
The Waterfront Employers' union has
secured and Is now operating an employ
ment hail, open to all applicants, under
the control of the employers.
The longshoremen's association, def?
initely committing its body to the prin
ciple or arbitration upon all issuos- slated
unequivocally that it would regard a de
cision on the part of this board uphold
ing the employers' hall and forcing em
ployment at that point as tantamount to
the" destruction of its association.
Solution Is Proposed.
The issue involves the obvious right of
the employer to elect the place and method
of employment, one wnicn wunin me law
has an absolute right to exercise. If
conflicts in this case with the contention
o the longshoremen's union that it has
the lawful right to dispose of its labor
by and through collective bargaining.
Based upon testimony before this board
and investigations made of conditions in
this and competing ports north, the man
ner and method whereby conditions have
been met in the respective cities, we are
firmly convinced that It is- within th
province of this board to indicate and it
does by this declare a method of meeting
ihis issue in. a manner which should orove .
acceptable to all parties and result in a
lust and efficient allocation of employ
ment, i. e-. the creation of a bureau by
the respective parties ibrou-rh a commit
tee equally allocated from the waterfrunt
employers' union and the longshoremen
association.
That this comm.ttje proceed to take
charge and direct Us management m at
details.
In this decision tho board desires to
record its adherence . the rule adopted
upon the creation of ibis body, 1 e,, re
fusal to recognize as euch either ?-osed .
cr open shop, that .e this finding it1
definitely records ., the legal and mora:
light of the tmpo-r c' K-c f'"( r'f-ct
while recognizing the lawful right' cf th?
empioye to bargain o'lectively in a lai'
rer of his own choosing
There may bo detaf tr difficult-.- n.
connection w'th tWsfr findings in .Vi,t:ch
(Concluded on FacS, Coiumu .
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