Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1919)
THE SUXDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1919. 3;- - ir r V. . I:. If. f-!: l:; in ill it: - i:: ii i! il: 9 !!! ,:: - e , . t :: t:: t:: !:: :: ?:! c:i a fc a i:: FEDERATION DF LABOR IVIEETSNEXTATBEIVDi Convention Nominates Offi . cers for Ensuing Year. INCREASED FUND PROVIDED Legislature Petitioned for Enact ment or Law Establishing Basic 8-Hour Day. Bend wai unanimously chosen as the place for holding the next annual meeting of the Oregon State Federa tion of Labor at the concluding ses sion of the Federation In this city yes terday. The delegates also fixed July II as tha date for the gathering;. In the nomination of officers for the ensuing year. Otto K. Hartwig and K. J. Stack, president and secretary treasurer, respectively were renomi nated without opposition. Other naml nations made by the convention were: Vtrr-prMideni R. V. Selion. O. . Hlbba. rnk liannan. B. W. bleeman. Mmbrr executive commute, one to be elected from rich district Portland district. Ji. UML u. T Clark. Arthur Brock; Salam, Iiki! L. Traslio: Aiorl. H. N. UrnlMn; hi. Helena, Klojd Hyde. I'hllaa HouKn; Hand. G. it. Hakar: Uarshfltid. Harry Bird; orvaon l't. ii Ed Liunrr. Alei C Krancb. Uelevaie to American dratloo of La- I Attorney-General Ciark. B W. 8:eeman. llsate Oresoo btate Grange Hat tie Johnson. Iwlecata Farmers Union Ray Canter bury. C 8. Hartals. O. E. Hlboa. tolerate Washington State 'cderstio Floyd Hyde, otto R. Hartwlg. Eleettoa B by Refereaielaaa. The election of officers will be by referendum vote of the members of unions affiliated with the State Fed eration. Election auppliea will be for warded In five days to each union, which must cast ita vote and make Its return within 10 days, when the vote will be canvassed. The officers elected will be installed March 1. By a decisive vote the convention adopted a proposed constitutional amendment, providing an assessment of 2i cents per member and an Increase from 1 to cents per member In the monthly per capital tax. These pro posals will be submitted to the various unions for a referendum vote before becoming effective. It Is proposed to expend the increased funds for organ isation work. Tha convention appropriated 127.50 toward the defense of Sam Kaulsman. editor of the Houlton Herald, who is on trial for libel at St. Helens. To the (Special.) George Brown. 6$. real es tate dealer of Walla Walla, died Fri day of pneumonia. He apparently-had recovered from an attack of Influenxa and had returned to work at his of fice, when he suffered a relapse and pneumonia set In. He was born near Portland. Or., and came to Walla Walla with his parents when 8 years old. or SO years ago. Mrs, Brown died a year ago. Mr. Brown leaves a sister and five brothers. a ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 11. (Special.) After lying motionless for 19 years, Lrnest Miller. 14. died last nigh', at his home four miles east of Albany, a vie tim of influenxa. When he was 15 years old the Joints of his entire body were stiffened by a form of rheuma tism and later his bodv became so sen sltive he could not stand the pain of being moved. He read extensively and Became quite a student. His case at tracted considerable attention from medical men. Ha leaves his mother. Mrs. Maria Miller, three brothers and three sisters. a a a Irma A. Mattick. 27 years old. wife of oiaicome Mattick. !38 Front , street, died at her home Wednesday. Before her marriage. Mrs. Mattick was en gaged In teaching In the Portland pub lic schools. She had resided In this city for the past eight years. She is sur vived by her husband, a J-year-old son and a brother, Hugh Keable. of this city. The body was forwarded last night by J. P. Finley & Son to Merrill. Wis., where services will be held and interment made. HEARST ACTION HELD OUT PAPERS INVOLVING NEW YORK PUBLISHER RETURNED. LOGGERS, EMPLOYERS NOW ON NEW BASIS Directors of Loyal Legion Con fer on Problems. MINIMUM WAGE TO STAND Brigadier-General Brice P. DIsque .Chosen Head of Body Organ iialion to Continue. 1- Refuse to Let Propaganda -Matter Go to Sen ate Committee- Now.- WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Attorney General Gregory has refused to allow certain papers from New York, re quested by the Senate committee In vestigating German propaganda.- to be presented, and it developed today that rter the documents were brought to Washington, several days ago. - on orders from Governor Smith, they were returned by the same messenger. The papers dealt with an Investigation by the Attorney-General of K York Into the activity of German agents In con nection with William Randolph Hearst. Mr. Gregory based his refusal on the ground that the papers dealt with fu ture prosecutions which the Depart ment of Justice expects to institute. Attorney-General Gregory's action waa disclosed by Assistant Attorney- General Becker, while under cross-examination. Senator Reed asked if it were not a fact that a great many people visited a "Thank God. the war has wiped out a lot of that old habit of ' viewing everything from a selfish standpoint. It has given many thinking people a new viewpoint and new vision." . There was hearty agreement with the speaker, a director of the Loyal Le gion of Loggers and Lumbermen whether employe or employer is imma terial so he paused long enough at the door behind which his associates were In session to add: A lot of our views have been wrong biased, prejudiced and selfish. The Loyal Legion is cutting that stuff out by the roots. We are working on a new basis where the selfish fellow, whether radical. Bolshevik employe or money-grasping employer, finds no welcome. Just sit in there half an hour and the spirit of this thing will hit you hard. It's a 50-50 proposition all tha way through." Daes Are Divided. The new spirit, uptly described by the council member, was there. Take the mutter of dues. On whom should tie "the new American Ambsssador. at th luncheon given by the Pilgrims jester day. the Daily Telegraph says: "Mr. Davis laid, in accordance with precedent, the foundations of. a great personal success. It Is no light hono to be told that Great Britain bore some part in inspiring the United States to the colossal effort which placed that nation in 18 months among the decisive factors in the war fought on European soil. "Those two million men represent a triumph over the impossible that will stand in history. - We believe it will rank higher than any other recorded feat of its kind. "Whatever may come during Mr. Davis' sojourn here as Ambassador, the United States will assuredly witness such a development of amity between the two peoples as will go beyond the expectations of even the firmest be liever in Anglo-American friendship.' EMMALINE i DEATH FOLLOWS LONG ILLNESS AT STATE CAPITAL. Woman Once Served as President of Relief Corps, Later Director of Oddfellows Home.- SALEM. Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) Emmaline Elizabeth Galloway, 68 years old, and wife of forner Circuit Judge William Calloway, died at her home here late last night after a long Ill ness. She located in Oregon in 1865; crossing the plains with Thomas Ben nett, father of Supreme Court Justice A. S. Bennett, and with her mother, brother and sister. She was born December 28, 1851, in Adams County, Wisconsin. She was married to William Galloway, October IS, 1875. after she had taught school in Yamhill County for 10 years. She was at one time state president of the Wom en's Relief Corps, with which she was actively identified for many years. She was also president of the Salem Wom an's Club at one time, and of the Re bekah state assembly for Oregon. At the time of her death she was a member cost ot administering the organization 0f the board of directors of the Odd representing me enure lumber Indus-J fellows' Horn, for Oregon, and was au- the Hearst residence daily, "and in sense it might almost be said that Mr. executive board of the federation was! Hearst keeps open house referred a determination of desired I Mr. Becker said that he did not be changes in the law governing the ln-Uieve that was true, since process clustrial Accident Commission. Organ- lied labor wants the state and the em ployes relieved from further contrlb uting to the accident fund, and pro pones that the fund shall be contributed entirely by employers. Klght-Ilaar Day PetMloaeA. Without a dissenting vote the con vention by resolution petitioned the Legislature for the enactment of a law establishing a basic eight-hour day in lieu of the 10-hour basic day for all in dustries now affected by the basic 10- hour day. Discouragement of over time work, except in case of extreme emergency, was also recommended. Other resolutions adopted yesterday protested against any curtailment in the duties, functions and appointments of State Treasurer Hoff. and approved the attitude of the Pacific Coast Met Trades Council in its decision hereafter to deal directly with their employers- in all wage adjustment matters. After a lively discussion, the matter of electing a delegate from the State federation to act Jn conjunction with the recently formed Workmen' and Soldiers' Council was referred to the executive board. The conscensus of opinion was that if the new organlia lion desired to affiliate with the State Federation, an effort should be made to incorporate its membership with that or organized labor and thwart the ac tive efforts of the 1. W. W. to gain a rtrnnger foothold in industrial circles in the state. Coaaaaeretal Telegraphers ladaraed. The efforts of the Commercial Teleg raphers' Union to secure better wages was Indorsed by the convention sfter a letter from that organization had been read detailing its grievances against Vo.ttmajter-General Burleson and the Western Union Telegraph Company for alleged discrimination practiced be cause of the affiliation of commercial telegraphers with the union organiza tion. On motion of Delegate Strickland, of Portland the convention decided that the charters of all unlona affiliated with the State Federation should be thrown open for the reception of re turning soldiers and sailors without the payment or an initiation fee. Later. W. O. Lynn offered a motion that the convention Indorse and urge the early passage of the bill pending in Congress providing a clothing allowance and three months pay for all United States soldiers in the world war. servers recently had difficulty in find ing Hears!,, and after six weeks' effort finally had to get service by publico. lion. Joseph A. Moore, general manager for the Hearst International Library and International Magazine Company, told the committee that the testimony of Captain G. B. Lester, of the military intelligence department, that Hearst owned the Deutschland Library was a "glaring misstatement. The Deutsch land Library was formed by J. L. Perkins, a former employe of Hearst Library interests, Mr. Moore declared, and Mr. Hearst had no Interest in It. I). S. AVIATOR DECQHATED 17 AMERICANS nOXORED DEEDS OF HEROISM. FOR ALASKAN EXPORTS HEAVY feea Foods Shipments for It 18 In Excess of HI J Total. JUNEAU. Alaska. Jan. 11. Incom plete official figures compiled by the Alaskan Collector of Customs Indicate that shipments of sea foods from the territory to the States for the year 11 will be fully $10,000,000 in excess of those for 1917, which were valued at more than f4t.000.000. The copper and gold Industries, however, hit hard bv war conditions, are expected to ihow a falling off of several million dollars in the year's total. December exports to the States, the collector's report shows, were valued at 8 ijS.9. an Increase of about 14.000,-1 0 over December. 1917. Copper led. with exports of 4.:6J.99:. And salmon exports followed, with a value of S1.849.CC3. Many Exploits Recognized - as In usual Performed Near Chutcau Thierry In July. COBLE.VZ. Friday. Jan. 10. fBy the Associated Press.) Seventeen American aviators were decorated here today for deeds of heroism, some of which were performed during the fighting around Chateau Thierry in July. The recipients were from the 12th. S4th and 91st Aero Squadrons. One of those decorated was Lieuten ant I H. Brereton. of Washington, D. C. He distinguished himself at Chateau Thierry on July 19 by a successful flight toward bolssons, but bad re quested that the conferring of the medal be delayed until his observer on that trip. Captain Elmer R- Haslett, of Los Angeles, could receive his medal at the same time. Haslett was shot down in the Ar gonne on September 30 and was a prls oner in Germany until after the sign ing of the armistice. Both Brereton and Haslett were given the Distin guished Service Cross and the French War Cross. L Obituary. T ALLAS, Or, Jan. 11. (Special.) ! Mrs. Margaret Peterson, Dallas' oldest resident and probably the oldest person in this rt of the state, died at her home on Mill street in thia city "Wednesday evening following an at tack; of heart trouble. Mrs. Peterson had been in unusually good health until a few days ago. w"hen she suf fered a slight stroke of paralysis, which shortly took effect in the region of the heart and she passed away sud denly while sleeping in her chair. Mrs. Peterson is survived by two daughters. a a EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 11. (Special) The funeral of Frank H. Wood, resi dent of this city for many years and well known throughout the county, who died early Friday morning, 'will be held here tomorrow afternoon. Mr. t ood was Ct yeara old and married. He ia survived by his wife, a sister, Mrs. Maola Steinhart. of Wayland. N. V: two brothers. Charles Wood, of 1'orpiell. N. V.. and Mortimer Wood, of Hath. Ji. Y. a a a WALLA WALLA. Wash, Jan. 11. SUFFRAGE LEADERS HAPPY Message From Capital and Action of Republicans Bring Joy. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. Representatives of the National Woman's party were doubly Jubilant today as a result of a message from Washington and of the action of the Republican National Committee, which yesterday urged passage of the proposed Federal suf frage amendment. Mrs. George T. Hendrie. of Detroit. announced that word from Washing ton assured the last vote needed that of Senator Moses, of New Hampshire to pass the suffrage resolution. W e are very much gratified by the passage .of the resolution yesterday in the committee meeting," Mrs. Hendrie raid when asked if the National Woman's party would ally itself with the Republican party. "But we will not lly ourselves with the Republican party until we have obtained the pas sage of the amendment. It is bound to come up soon and now there can be little doubt of our success. try of the Northwest and of perpetuat ng its benefits fall? There was frank. open discussion, with almost instant agreement that this again must be 60-50 responsibility. The outcome was the decision that each member pay the trivial amount reckoned as his share and that each employer then pay a sifiilar amount for every member in his ' employ. The operator with 0 workers. on his payroll pays 60 times as much as does the individual. In Just such fashion and with Just such results the 21 -directors of the 4-L governing body threshed out and adjudicated problem after problem our ing the past week sitting in friendly conference in parlors of the Portland Hotel. The constantly recurrent ques tion, according to Major P. L. Abbey, who served as chairman, was. "Well, what la the fair and square way of handling this?" Far-reaching in touching the wel fare of the 120,000 lumber workers of the Northwest has been the agreement that the present minimum wage scale is to stand. From individual members comes this information, and it is said official announcement will be made immediately. The minimum for com mon labor remains 45 cents an hour and skilled workers draw proportion ately higher wages. The policy of naming no maximum wage limit also is to be continued. Final agreement on these waee problems was not reached until yesterday. One of the first acts of the Loyal Legion directors when they convened Monday was that of formally naming Brigadier-General BricetP. Disque head of the body. He had been elected to continue in this position at the mem bers' convention at Portland November 6 and Spokane November 9. The old form of organization, with locals. 12 district councils and the central direc torate of 12 elected employers and the same number of employes, also is con tinued as entirely satisfactory and efficient. All earlier sessions of the week were devoted to, the threshing out of suit able by-laws and governing rules to guide the body in its peace-time ac tivlties. These eventuated in the by laws announced Thursday and topped with the motto of the organization, "A square deal for both employer and em ploye." Faithful adherence to the eight-hour day ia a newly-added bylaw. Following sessions were concerned with all sorts of problems which had to be viewed from the various angles of both interests. From the stand point of the operators, plans are being devised for keeping the entire mem bership in touch with trade conditions; for encouraging the development of logged-off lands; efficiency in-production, and kindred interests. From the viewpoint of the employe plans have been or are being developed ith reference to accident insurance. medical attention for members and families, safety engineering, hospitals, standardization ot camp living condi tions and betterment of recreational and educational facilities. The body was unable yesterday to complete all business in hand and will reconvene tomorrow. It is possible hat another day's conference will dis pose of all urgent pending matters and that adjournment will follow, thor of the bill providing for the care of old soldiers' wives at the Soldiers' Home, and of the bill which provides for holding memorial services for dead sailors on water. Besides her husband she Is survived by two sons. Charles V. Galloway, State Tax Commissioner, and Francis V. Oai lowav. District Attorney for Wasco County, and a daughter, Miss Alph Galloway, who is a medical student at Portland. She is also survived by brother. Clarence E. Baker, of Newberg, and a sister. Mra. Addie Hendrix, of Carlton. Or. The funeral services will be held at McMinnville. PUffiOUT L NED TO Expansion of Industry Urged by Reconstructionists. PRESENT WAGES APPROVED COAT DIE DUE SATURDA SCHOOL CLUBS INTERESTED IN PRACTICAL AVORK. State Educators, Assisted by Herd Owners, to Assist Children In Demonstrations. Public school pupils will launch their "eoat drive" next Saturday. Demonstrations of the value of the goat as a milk producer and economizer will be made at the meeting tsaiuraay. Amnntr those who will take part in the demonstration are Principal H. M. Sherwood, of Stephens School, who has a herd of 20 goats; City Commissioner Mann, who has 40 .goats; A. C. Gage, "of the Angora and Milk Uoat journal, ana Dr. J. W. Morrow, whose herd of 350 goats is expected to furnish most of the goats which are to be bought by the children. Under the scheme as outlined thus far. children will buy the goats when able and will receive instruction in their care '""by club leaders. In case a child is unable to buy the goat out right, he will have a chance to borrow the money at 6 per cent- from a fund of 15000 set aside by the Portland Clearing-House Association under the direction of J. L.- Hartman. Only those between 9 and 18 will be encouraged to "take a goat." They will be asked to make regular reports and will receive such advice as is needed. The goats will cost from $20 to 40, according to their value as milk pro ducers. According to Government fig ures, care of a goat costs but SI a month, while many times this value in milk may be obtained. RAIL ASSOCIATION FORMED Organization Will Include Employes and Officials Branches. COTTAGE GROVE MILL SOLD Brown Lumber Company Plant Purchased by Easterners, COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) The Brown Lumber Com pany has changed hands, the new own ers being W. F Johnson, of Indianap olis, Ind., and the W. C. Slattery inter ests of Detroit. Mich. The deal has Just been closed, but dates from Jan uary 1. Mr. Johnson, wno win man age the 'business, has returned Eas-t to close his affairs, and will return here in about a month. The sale of the United States Logging Company, owned by the Brown Lumber Company, was concluded at the same time to the same parties. The plant of the Brown Lumber Com pany is a modern one and the build ings are all new, having but recently been erected to take the place of those destroyed by fire. L. S'. Hill, the UTAH BEET PRICE FIXED Growers Will Receive $10 Per Ton From Sugar Manufacturers. SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 11. Grow ers of sugar beets and representatives of sugar manufacturers reached a tentative agreement here today, fixing the price of sugar beets in Ltah in 1919 at S10 a ton. The price for pulp was tentatively fixed at S8 a ton. Both growers snd manufacturers say that this price will be made permanent for the year as soon as the farm bu reaus of the state ratify the agree Opera Production Discussed. The production of an opera In the near future is being discussed by friends of the Portland Opera Associ ation. To obtain further information on the subject, a meeting of the mem bers of the association and all others interested Is called for Thursday night at 8:16 o'clock in the green room of the Chamber of Commerce, Oregon building. The officers hops to a large attendance. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Reorganiza tion of the American Railway Associa- Ion, composed of employes and offi cials' organizations, in order to pro- I ,11. m ICBUVIIBIUl, V1I.IIIIC1 11,1 UUK II - - , . , which the director-general may obtain t former owner, has made no plans for recommendation for the advancement I tno lul-u,rc' of railroad practice," was announced today by the railroad administration. The name has been changed to the merican Railroad Association, and It will cover the former activities of the American Railway Association, Ameri can Railway Master Mechanics' Asso ciation, Association of Railway Tele graph Superintendents, Association of Transportation -nd Car Accounting Of ficers, Freight Claim Association, Mas ter Car Builders' Association, Railway Signal Association and Railway Store keepers' Association. Six Months' Pay for Fighting Men and Future Development In cluded In Resolutions. Six months' pay for discharged sol diers, . immediate work - upon needed public improvements, doubling of the auto license to swell the available road fund, state and Federal co-operation immediately in development proj ects, construction at once of private projects, indorsement of the Sinnott reclamation bill, development of un used water power and the organization of an Oregon reconstruction commit tee was the grist of the Oregon State Reconstruction Conference, which closed its three-day session yesterday afternoon at the Auditorium. In the main these are proposals, as adopted by resolution, toward which the spokes of Oregon reconstruction point and which are advocated as meas ures essential to providing the dis charged soldier 'and sailor with em ployment, as well as solving the gen eral problem of unemployment until reawakened industries have jobs to spare. , , Mayor Is Named Chairman. Mayor Baker, chairman of the-con- vention, was named as chairman of the Oregon reconstruction committee, which is to perfect its organization at once nd to meet soon, probably next Tues- ay, for the actual furthering of the plans proposed. The committee is limited to 100 memberships, drawn from various Important state organiza tions and -la charged, as follows: "That the said Oregon reconstruction committee be vested with all the powers of this conference, and that it be charged with the duty of formulat ing and prosecuting plans to carry out equal in amount to the tax revenues of the lands if privately owned. The reclamation measure proposed by Representative. Sinnott, of Oregon, for the appropriation of 11,000,000,000 for reclamation and drainage projects in Western states, received the ap proval of the convention. The resolu tion carried with it an appeal for Fed eral aid on the Deschutes project, and a recommendation that the Oregon Legislature take the necessary steps toward completing the Tumalo project. Co-operation Held Importnnt Other resolutions adopted by the convention as measures for the relief of the unemployment menace were: That state bonds Issued for public en terprises shall be of reasonable ma turity, none running longer than the estimated life of the improvement; and favoring serial bonds or other pro vision to retire the issue at maturity That the United States Employment Service be freely utilized, and that cit izens and employers co-operate by list ing with it all vacant positions. That service flags be displayed by business places and industries for six months as pledges that former em ployes will be taken "Jack, and that a gold star for every employe who "went west" be displayed for one year. That Federal, state and city bureaus conduct a census of unemployment, that they hasten public works construction, that such construction be based upon the percentage of unemployment ap parent, and the plan of each community be placed on file with the United States Employment Service. Allen Slackers Attacked That Congress forever debar from citizenship and deport to the lands of nativity all aliens who. having de clared intent to become citizens, evaded the selective draft law and declined to serve on the grounds of alien citizenship. That corporations and Individuals planning future construction take up the work at once. That the convention indorse the es tablishment of a state bureau of mar kets, similar to that of California, as embodied in a measure to be presented at the opening of the legislative ses sion. ' That Portland and other centers form industrial financing companies, these to render aid in expanding industrial en terprise; and that merchants and con sumers should give preference to home products. Cities Asked to Co-operate. That cities and municipalities take up general repair work at once, con structing all feasible improvements. and that improvements for which bond issues have been floated be com pleted without delay. That the Legislature be requested to enact a measure enabling the state, counties, cities and districts to devote unused water-power for public benefit. That the right of every man, upon application, to work be recognized: the State Highway Commission and BED CROSS SHOP TO TIE NEW LOCATION Larger Quarters Obtained in Worcester Building; DAILY INCOME NEAR $200 Patriotic Portlandcrs Again Asked for Dentations for Benefit of Mercy's Cause. the purposes of this conference, and to meet the economic issues confronting th;'.t the people of Oregon during the transi- hasten work on recent contracts tion period from war activities to peace that all future road work be done un industries." der the supervision of the State High- Many of the resolutions place their way Commission, on the day labor plan. proposals directly at the doors of Con- I The convention approved in prin gress and the Oregon Legislature, and memorialize these bodies to enact remedial legislation at once as units of the programme of reconstruction and preventives of unemployment. Harmony Marks Convention- No sign of dissension marked the ad6ption of the resolutions, though sev eral were freely amended without los ing their identity of principle. The main contest was for the introduction. in a resolution presented by the lum ber committee, of an amendment for the continuance of the eight-hour day in that industry. Labor representatives, among them Eugene E. Smith, editor of the Medi ator, and Gustaf A. Berg, mill worker. contended that while the resolution stood for no lowering of wages, it should include the eight-hour day clause as well, inasmuch as it would allay uneasiness prevalent among the lumber workers and convince them of the sincerity of the operators. They declined to be content with the assur ance that another resolution, declaring ciple, and referred to the Reconstruc tion Committee, a resolution urging state appropriation of Jo. 000,000 yearly for a 10-year period, to be duplicated by the Federal Government. and to be utilized in development work and the establishment of homes on the land for returned soldiers and sailors. Resolutions to amend the rural credits act, and to provide returned soldiers and sailors with ready-made farms on the Australian plan, and in eluding a request for constitutional amendment providing for a graduated land tax on uncultivated land, were referred to the general committee, Thnnka Voted to Executive. Another resolution referred was that which asked for the vesting of author ity in those who have charge of land settlement, for the "regulation of pro moters and real estate dealers. A resolution presented by A. J. Rob inson, chief aide to Mayor Baker dur ing the convention, was approved as providing for the holding of a similar convention each ysar at the call of the for the universal eight-hour law in the I Governor, the next to convene early in lumber industry, covered the objection. 1S20. YOUTH DIES OF INFLUENZA Silvester Stephens Recently Dis charged From TC. S. Army. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 11. (Special.) After an illness of but six days, Henry Silvester Stephens, 21, of this city, died at the Eugene Hospital this morning of influenza. Mr. Stephens, who was but recently discharged from the Army, was work ing jn a lumber camp at Wendling when he was taken 111 and brought to the hospital here. He is survived by his father, C. M. Stephens, of Crow, Or.; his mother. Minnie B. Holcomb, of Warm Springs, Or., and two sisters, Mrs. William J. Michael, of Oakridge. and Mrs. S. W. Howard, of Wendling. BRITISH PRESS AMICABLE Xcw American Ambassador at Lon don Warmly Welcomed. LONDON, Jan. 11. In commenting upon the appearance of John W. Davis, COLD SNAP DEATH TO APHIS Fall Grain In Willamette Valley Jfor Injured Materially. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 11. (Special.) The unusual period of cold weather the past few days is believed to nave oeen a great benefit to farms In this section of the state, in that it is agreed crop eating bugs have been destroyed by the thousands. Farmers say that the long- continued frost certainly has killed aphis and plant germs and insects of various kinds. The general report is that Fall grain has not been Injured materially. Ex cept In one or two instances, there was no alternate thawing and freezing, but the ground Burface remained frozen practically continuously and hence the grain did not suffer. . EDUCATOR TO BE HONORED Banquet to Mark Departure of L. R. Alderman for Abroad. Friends of L. R. Alderman, who has resigned as director of patriotic activ ities in Portland schools to go to France for the Y. M. C A., are Plan-, paced jn unfair competition with the Preseiat Wage Scale Approved, Frank H. Ransom, chairman of the committee presenting the resolution, with the consent of his fellow mem bers, rose to admit the amendment without ivote and present the resolution in the amended form. As such it was approved. Briefly, the resolution declared for maintaining present wages and hours in the lumber industry, appealing to the public to begin construction work without waiting for lower prices, which would- jeopardize existing wage scales, and declared for road building, reclamation projects, river and harbor improvement, and immediate repair and construction of lines under the Federal railroad administration. It also petitioned the Shipping Board to re lease vessels now held In port, and the Emergency Fleet Corporation to allow yards to book private orders, as means of stimulating the industry and providing employment. Hasten Road Work, Plea. Urging the State Highway Commis- ion to push road construction rapidly. the highways committee s major reso lution, which was adopted, also urged that all county courts speed up their own individual programmes. Early work on the roads" was the sig- ificance of the resolution, which de- lared for preference to discharged oldiers and sailors in employment. ith second choice to workers who have been displaced by the return of the troops. An amendment presented by Gene Smith and unanimously carried re solves that "going wages" shall be paid on road wort. Exemption of autos from property tax, with the proviso that the license fee be doubled, and the proceeds be used to finance an issue of serial road bonds, for the increase and continu- nce of road work and employment. were features of the resolution intro duced by James S. Stewart, of Fossil. and subsequently approved. Double An to Tax Advocated. Regarding the doubling of the auto cense not a dissenting voice was raised, though C. E. Spence, master or the State Grange, and several other delegatts protested against the freedom from property tax. It was the con tention of Mr. Stewart and his con ferees of the highways committee that there is much tax-dodging on the part of auto owners and that but a small part- ever pay the assessment. Mr. Stewart's speech in advocacy of the resolution furnished laughter and won it friends. Mr. Stewart submitted that he knew a lot of fine fellows who chose to work on the highways rather than "sell hair pins,, buttons and ribbons behind a counter." and contended that, accord ing to Robert Burns, there should be no returning soldier compelled to ask or beg their fellow-man to give him leave to toil.' Resolutions were adopted memorial izing Congress to give all discharged soldiers and sailors one month's pay upon leaving the service, and addi tional monthly pay for five months. together with a $50 clothing allowance and railroad transportation home. Klajht-Rour Day Adopted. The resolution for the universal eight-hour day in the lumber industry, unanimously adopted, urges Congress to enact such legislation in order that the Pacific Northwest be no longer Gensral resolutions were adopted. pledging Oregon to the carrying out of comprehensive reconstruction pro gramme and the employment of re turned soldiers and sailors, as well as the settlement of the unemployment problem in its various phases. At ihe close of the afternoon session, on the motion of Gene Smith, the dele gates voted appreciation and gratitude to Mayor Baker as chairman, and to those who aided him, for the task of preparing and conducting the confer ence. Chiefly for roofing automobiles, an Imitation glass that resembles cellu loid has been invented in Europe. After clearing over 865,000 net for the American Red Cross in the 14 months in which it has been located at 106 Fifth street, the Red Cross su perfluity shop will be moved Wednes day to a new and larger location in the . Worcester building. 70-72 Third street. Starting with receipts which aver aged less than 820 a day for the first few weeks, the daily income of the shop is now around $200. 'We ought to be delighted if we make $10 a day," Mrs. William Wood told her co-workers when she con ceived the idea of the shop, which was the first in the United States, but which has now been widely copied, last October. Now the workers feel gloomy if tha receipts are less than $200 a day. Workers Donate Services. One dollar received at the shop for merchandise is more than 99 per cent Red Cross. With the exception of one assistant who fumigates clothes, all help is the patriotic donation of patri otic Portland women who have oper ated the superfluity shop on a business like schedule. Electric lights, telephone and other fixed charges are all donated also. So extensive has the business of the shop become that the problem now is to secure an adequate supply of do nated goods for sale, so once more the Red Cross Shop is making an earnest appeal to all Portland to empty its gar rets of old jewelry, housef urnishings, war relics, books, clothing and 101 other articles. Needs of Shop Set Forth. "In fact, what we want," remarked Mrs. G. T. Trommald. director of the shop In the absence from Portland of Mrs. Wood, "is things that are 'too good to give away.'" Anything donated to the shop can be sold, but the two big staples are books and clothing. Cheap Jewelry can be sold at any time, while chips of gold and silver, pieces of worn-out Jewelry, etc., are welcomed for the melting pot. And when friends ask the Red Cross workers why they continue the shop in view of the end of the war, they point out the daily increasing expendi tures of the Red Cross for soldiers and their dependents expenditures, which, it is expected, will not reach the peak for another six months, and which will continue from one to two years more. Many Leaders In Work. The leaders In the work of the Red Cross Shop now are: Manager, Mrs. G. T. Trommald; assistant manager. Miss Mai Hirsch; secretary. Miss Helen Whitney; in charge of clothing depart ment. Mrs. William Macltae, Mrs. A. Wurzweiler, Mrs. G. C. von Egloffstein, Mrs. Sherman O'Gorman, Mrs. Whitney Boise, Mrs. William H. Boyer, Mrs. Cheney, Mrs. B. Loomis, Miss Gretchen Klostcrman, Mrs. Allingham, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Strome, Miss Martin, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Bain, Mrs. Crosstar, Mrs. W. D. Peters, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. -J. Taylor, Mrs. Dickey; in charge of fur niture, bric-a-brac and sundries, Mrs. Ambrose Cronin. Mrs. Fred Martin, Miss Marjory Noble, Miss Kathryn Hoyt, Mrs. R. K Shepherd. Miss Eliza beth Huber, Mrs. llodson, Mrs. Lea, Mrs. T. Frohman, Mrs. Paul C. Bates, Mrs. John Besson. Mrs. Fred Jones, Mrs. H. P. Clark, Mrs. E. Habersham, Mrs. Fred Larsen, Mrs. O. C. Bortz- meyer. Miss Bab Ainsworth and Misa Kath ryn Hoyt donate their services and their automobiles dally for hauling, in addition to the Red Cross truck. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A 5095. aTBBBTta - mm im mm w sks u w mm rt mr ci mta uii BiT" m am ftvrfiAsays-- 4 m for trob planting genuine (fjANTjSr is most SdiisTdcioiy ning to give in his honor a farewell banquet on Friday, January 17, at the Chamber of Commerce. The banquet is arranged as a means of giving those who wish to- honor Professor Alderman an opportunity to express their appreciation of his serv ices in the past and their good wishes for his success in the larger and more Important field that he is to enter. Southern Industry, where wages are lower and where the 10- and 11-hour day prevails. Urging that the Legislature provide funds for the Oregon Chamber of Com merce to carry a campaign to Congress, a resolution was adopted asking for a Federal road construction pro gramme in the forest reserve of Ore gon, the appropriation ' therefor to be The 'Glanf Farm Powders Eureka, Stumping and Giant Stumping loosen and pulverize the soil instead ot packing it and throwing it high in the air. "Western fruit growers have used hundreds of tons of these Giant Powders for blasting beds for trees. They have proved that blasting with genuine Giant Powders provides free drainage, increases moisture-storage capacity and insures; vigorous growth and early bearing. "My trees planted three years ago in beds blasted with Giant Powder are 75 to ioo per cent bigger and better than the trees that I planted in dug holes," write? H. H. Smith, Oregon City. fan apienoy reading- "Better Farming with Giant Farm Powders." It de scribes all the new and money-saving methods o blasting beds ior trees, sub soiling established groves and orchards, clearing land,' ditching, etc. Write for it now. J THE GIANT POWDER CO., CON. ' '-'Everything for Blasting" 230 First National Bank Bldjr., San Francises Braacb. Ofiices; Denver, Portland, bait Lake City, Seattle, Spokaae STUMPING QisMB EUREKA i