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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 26. 1919.
WILSON GALLS FOB
LEAGUE OF JUSTICE
President Declares World De
mands Vital Peace Body.
"OLD SYSTEM" DENOUNCED
Conference Told That Day When.
World Was Ruled by Small
Coteries of Men Is Gone.
(Continued From First Pftre.)
tinguished privilege to be permitted to
open the discussion In this conference
on the league of nations. We have as
sembled for two purposes to make
the present settlements which have
been rendered ' necessary "by this war,
and also to' secure "the peace of the
world, not only by the present settle
ments, but by the arrangements we
shall make at this conference for Its
maintenance.
"The league of nations seems to me
to be necessary for both of these pur
poses. There are many complicated
questions connected with the present
.settlements, which, perhaps, cannot, be
successfully worked out to an ultimate
issue by. the decisions we shall arrive
at here.'
Fuinrr Changes Predicted.
"I xan easily conceive that many of
these" settlements will need subsequent)
consideration; that many of the de
cisions wo make shall need subsequent
alteration in some degree, for if I may
judge by my own study of some of
these questions they are not susceptible
for confident judgments at present.
"It is therefore necessary that we
should set up some machinery by
which the work of this conference
should be rendered complete.
"We have assembled here for the
purpose of doing very much more than
making the present settlements that I
are necessary. We are assembled
under very peculiar conditions of world
opinion. 1 may say, without straining
the point, that we are not the repre
sentatives of governments, but repre
sentatives of the poples.
"It will not suffice to satisfy gov
ernmental circles anywhere. It is
necessary that we should satisfy the
opinion of mankind.
"The burdens of this war have fallen
in an unusual degree upon the whole
population of the countries involved.
I do not need to draw Tor you the pic
ture of how the burden has been
thrown back from the front upon the
older men, upon women, upon children,
upon the homes of the civilized world,
and how the real strain of the war has
come where the eye of the government
could not reach, but where the heart of
humanity beats.
"We are bidden by these people to
make a peace which will make them se
cure. We are bidden by these people
to see to it that this strain does not
come upon them again. Ami I venture
to say that it has been possible for them
to bear this strain because they hoped
that those who represented them could
get together after this war and make
such another sacrifice unnecessary.
Demand for Justice Seen.
"It is a solemn obligation on our part,
therefore, to make ' permanent arrange
ments that justice shall be rendered
and peace -maintained.
"This is the central ojbect of our
meeting. Settlements may te temporary,
but the action of the nations in the
Interest of peace and justice must be
permanent. We can set up permanent
processes. We may not be able to set
up a permanent decision.
"Therefore, it seems to me that we
must take so far as we can a picture
of the world into our minds. Is it not
a startling circumstance, for one thing,
that the great discoveries of science,
that the quiet studies of men In labora
tories, that the thoughtful developments
which have taken place in quiet lec
ture rooms have now been turned to
the destruction of civilization? The
powers of. destruction have not so much
multiplied as they have gained facili
ties." "The enemy, whom we have just
overcome, had at his seats of learning
some' of the principal centers of scien
tific study and discovery and he used
them in order to make destruction sud
den and complete. And only the watch
ful and continuous co-operation of men
can see to it that science, as well as
armed men, is kept within the harness
of civilization.
I . B. Said to Demand League,
"In a sense the United States is less
Interested in this subject than the other
nations here assembled. With her great
territory and her extensive sea borders,
it is less likely that the United States
t-huuld suffer from the attack of ene
mies than that other nations should
Buffer. And the ardor of the United
States for it is a very deep and gen
uine ardor for the society" of nations
is not an ardor springing out of fear or
apprehension, but an ardor springing
out of the ideals which have come in
the consciousness of this war.
"In coming into this war the United
States never for a moment thought that
.she was Intervening in the politics of
Europaaor the politics of Asia, or the
politics of any part of the world. The
thought was that all the world had
now become conscious that there was
a single cause of justice and of liberty
for men of every kind and place.
Permanent Settlements Wanted.
"Therefore, the United States should
feel that its part In this war should be
played in vain If there ensued upon It
abortive European settlement It would
feel that it could not take part in
guaranteeing those European settle
ments unless that guarantee involved
the continuous superintendence of the
peace of the world by the associated
nations of the world.
"Therefore, it seems to me that we
must concern our best judgment in
order to make this league of nations a
vital thing a thing sometimes called
into life to meet an exigency but al
ways functioning in watchful attend
ance upon the interests of the nations,
and that its continuity should be a
vital continuity; that its functions are
continuing functions; that they do not
permit an intermission of its watch
fulness and of its labor; that it should
be, the eye of the nations, to keep
watoh upon tffe common interest an
eye that does not slumber, an eye that
is everywhere watchful and attentive.
"And if we do not make it vital, what
shall we do? We shall disappoint the
pectations of the peoples. This is
what their thought centers upon.
"I had the very delightful experi
ence of visiting several nations since
I came to this side of the water, and
every time the voice of the body of
the people reached me, through any
representative, at the front of the plea
stood the hope of the league of nations.
"Gentlemen, the select classes of man
kind are no longer the governors of
mankind. The fortunes of mankind
are now in the hands of the plain
people of the whole world. Satisfy
them and you have justified their con
fidence not only, but have established
peace. Kail to satisfy them and no
arrangements that you can make wllf
ither set ujt or steady the peace of the
world.
XT. S. Demands Are Told.
"Tou can imagine, I dare say, the s,en-
t
timents and the purpose with which
the representatives of the United States
support this great project for a leagie
of nations. We regard it as the key
note Of the Whole, whirh Ynrpiog r
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which the associated nations have ac
cepted as the basis of a settlement.
"If we return to the United States
without having made every effort In
our power to realize this programme
we should return to meet the merited
scorn of our fellow citizens. For they
are a body that constitute a great de
mocracy. They expect their leaders to
speak; their representatives to be th'eir
servants.
No Compromise to Be Made.
"We have no choice but to obey their
mandate. But it is with the greatest
enthusiasm and pleasure that we accept
that mandate. And because this is the
keynote of the whole fabric, we have
pledged our every purpose to it, as we
have to every Item of the rabrlc. He
would not dare abate a single Item of
the programme which constitutes our
instructions; we would not dare com
promise upon any matter as the chanv
pion of this thing this peace of the
world, this attitude of Justice, this
principle that we are masters of no
peoples, but are here to see that every
people in the world shall choose its
SON OF PORTLAND JL'DGE
i:DS SERVICE IN NAVY.
Harland Tucker.
Harland Tucker, son of Circuit
Judge Robert Tucker, was a Port
land visitor last week on his re
turn to Los Angeles from eight,
months' service In the, Navy. Mr.
Tucker enlisted in the Unlte4
States Naval Reserve at San Pedro,
Cal., and was Bent to the officers'
school at the Great Lakes naval
training station near Chicago.
Later he was transferred to the
school at Pelham Bay, N. Y., and
was about to receive his commis
sion as Ensign when the armis
tice was signed. The young man
returned to Los Angeles, to re
sume his role as leading man of
the Morosco Theater of 'that city.
own masters and govern its own des
tinies, not as we wish, but as they wish.
"We are here to see, in short, that
the very foundations of this war are
sMiept away. Those foundations were
the private choice of a small coterie of
civil rulers and military staffs. Those
foundations' were the aggression of
great: powers upon the small. Those
foundations were the holding together
of empires of unwilling subjects by the
duress of arms. Those foundations were
the power of small bodies of men to
wield their will and use mankind as
pawns in a game.
Means to Peace Shown.
"And nothing less tliantthe emancipa
tion of the world from these things will
accomplish peace.
"You can see that the representatives
of the United States are, therefore,
never put to the embarrassment of
choosing a way of expediency, because
tjjey have had laid down before them
tho unalterable lines of principles. And
thank God, these lines have been ac
cepted as the lines of settlements bs
all the high-minded men who have had
to do with the beginning of this great
business.
"I hope, Mr. Chairman, when it Is
known, as I feel confident it will be
known, that we have adopted the prin
ciple of a league of nations and mean
to work out that principle In effective
action, we shall by that single thing
have lifted a great part of the load of
anxiety from the hearts of men every
where. ,
Wilson Speaks for Soldiers.
"We stand in a peculiar cause. As I
go about the streets here I see every
where the American uniform. Those
men came into the war after we had
uttered our purpose, and I am respon
sible for them; for it falls to men to
formulate the purpose for .which I
asked them to fight, and I, like them
must be a crusader for these things
whatever it costs and whatever It may
be necessary to do In honor to ac
complish the object for which they
fought.
"I have been glad to find from day
to day that there is no question oT our
standing alone in this mutter, for there
are champions of this cause upon
every hand. I am merely avowing this
In order that you may understand, why
perhaps, it fell to us, who are disen
gaged from the politics of this great
continent and of the Orient, to suggest
that this was the keystone of the arch
and why it occurred to the generous
mind of your President to call upon me
to open this debate. It is not because
we alone represent. this idea, but be
cause it Is our privilege to associate
ourselves with you in representing it
"I have only tried in what I have
said to give you the fountains of the
enthusiasm vtiich is within us for this
thing; for those fountains spring, it
seems to hie, from all the ancient
wrongs and sympathies of mankind
and the very pulse of the world seems
to beat to the fullest In this enter
prise."
LLOYD GEOBGK BACKS LEAGUE
British Premier Says England Is
Strong for Peace Organization.
PARIS, Jan. 2o. At the conclusion
of the reading of a translation of Presi
dent Wilson's speech. Premier Lloyd
George said:
"I should not have intervened at all
but it was necessary for me to state
how emphatically the people of the
British empire are behind this pro
posal, and if the leaderB of the British
empire have not been able to devote
as much time during the last five years
as they would have liked to this ques
tion, the reason is that they were en
tlrely occupied with other questions
more urgent for the moment.
"Had I the slightest doubt V to the
wisdom or this league of nations l
would have vanished before the spec
tacle as I saw it last Sunday when
visited a region which but a few years
ago was one of the fairest in this very
air land.
"We drove for hours through what
was a wilderness of desolation. It did
not look like a country where there
were habitations of men; it was torn
and shattered and rent beyond all
recognition. We visited one city which
had been very beautiful, but there we
saw scenes which no indemnity can
ever make good.
"I do not know if we shall succeed
in our enterprise, but it is already a
success that we have undertaken it.
HsaHaHb, a
BRAVERY OF TROOPS
Fl
Lieutenant Ticer Recounts
Deeds of Camp Lewis Men.
MAJOR RICHESON PRAISED
0
Returned Veteran of Argonne Fight
Says Portland Officer Kept In
Close Touch With Men.
First Lieutenant Glenn H. Ticer. of
Portland, wounded on the fourth day
of the 91st Division's participation In
the battle of the Argonne forest, ar
rived in the city ywsterday. He was
welcomed by Mrs. Ticer. who was An
nabelle Crawford, of 643 East Twenty
second street North, until the young
officer returned in August, 1917, from I
tne rirst rrcsiaio training camp on nis
way to Camp Lewis.
Lieutenant Ticer was Adjutant of the
First Battalion of the 364th infantry
Regiment, serving with Major A. B.
Richeson, formerly of the Oregonian
editorial staff. His praise for the ctft-
iency and personal courage of Major
Richeson was unreserved.
"Our P. C. (command post or bat-
alion headquarters) was never in the
rear, he said. "Major liicheson wanted
o be where things were hottest, where
he could see more and be In better touch
with the progress of the fight. There
was some personal risk Involved, for
the entire battalion staff was put out
of action In the first four days of
fighting. Lieutenants Mirgins and Gll-
leland being wounded on the second
and third days, and Major Richeson be
ing Injured two hours after I was hit
on the fourth afternoon." I
1 he speaker w .is wounded in the left
leg by the explosion of a hiarh exnlo-
ive shell, which killed two .privates.
wounded Lieutenant-Colonel Mudgctt.
'.ommanaing officer of the 364th. a
French officer and six privates.
Lieatcmiint Noble Killed1 Early.
One of the first deaths amonir the
officers of the 364th Infantry, and one
which came ol only with a shock but
as a great disappointment to friends
who wanted to see him In action, was
that of Elmer J. C) Noble, a First
Lieutenant commanding " D " Com
pany of the First Battalion. He will
be remembered as a gridiron hero of
he-University of Washington who mar
ried Miss Doris Smith, a Tortland srlrl.
shortly before the close of the first
officers' training camp at the Presidio.
He took a course of training at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, and returned to Camp
L,ewis as a Dayonet expert Tor the 91st
Divisional school of arms. His SDlen-
did physique and dexterity with a rifle
made it a fond hope of his friends that.
ir he was to be killed at all, that he
first be given a good opportunity for
hand-to-hand combat with the Boche.
He "wen west" when his organization
had just started over the top, lamented
Lieutenant Ticer.
Little Hun f rightfulness or treach
ery was seen by Lieutenant Ticer, as
his outfit moved along six miles into
the enemy territtory the first dav of
the drive, and the enemy was too busy
to attempt many pet stratagems. One
instance oi an American officer's be
ing treacherously killed by a German
officer whom he had captured was re
lated. Huns Don American Garb.
Chief of the German ruses used
against the 91st Division was the em
ployment of snipers in American ollve-
drab. says the returned officer. Three of
such were killed and one captured by
nis men. J ney were very hard to detect
In the confusion of a large scale battle
and had to be caught In the act of
'hooting. Officers of the division car
ried rifles, as well as automatics. In
most cases, and with the non-rainproof
government raincoats, light packs and
tin hats." were difficult, to distinguish
from privates. Musettes and dispatch
cases weje all by which they could
be identifltd outwardly.
In tne second day of the battle, ow
ing to heavy casualties among officers
14 of tne 13 officers in the First Bat
talion, 364th, were put out of action
in the first five days of the fight),
there was much confusion, with little
chance to reorganize. The 363d Infan
try was the assaulting regiment and
the 364th was supposed to be In support
on the day of the attack, September 26,
southwest of Verdun. So heavy was
the fighting that the 364th was in
action by evening the first day Instead
of on the second or third day.
At one time the First Battalion, 3lth.
was attached to the 363d. During this
time Alajor Itlcheson. on personal
ATTORN EV WHO WAS IN ARMY
RETt'B.9.
Lieutenant Barge !'.. Leonard.
First Lieutenant Barge E. Leon
ard, formerly a prominent Port
land attorney, has been honor
ably discharged from the United
States Army and has returned to
this city to resume the practice
of law. He has opened offices at
1406 Yeon building.
Lieutenant Leonard attended
the second officers' training
camp at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco. He received bts commis
sion as First Lieutenant of Infan
try on November 27, 1917. and
was first assigned to the 63d In
fantry, stattoned at the Presidio,
Later he was assigned to special
duty at Western Department
headquarters and was made ex
ecutive officer there in charge of
establishing a censorship of In
coming and outgoing foreign mail
at San Francisco
Before the war Lieutenant
Leonard was a member of the
law firm of Manning, Slater &
1 -conn i-d. His hew office shave
been opened in connection with
Chester G. Murphy, .who la still
with the American Army in
France but expects to be sent
home soon.
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reconnaissance, was forced to spend
the night in the lee of German wire,
almost under the flash of Boche ma
chine guns. Lieutenant James Hlgley,
of Tacoma, later killed, served with his
platoon In the 37th Division for one day
during the first confusion, but later
found his way back to the 91st.
Lieutenant Ticer admitted that Amer
ican planes were not much In evidence
during the fight, though German air
men were busy over Yankee lines.
The 91st Division was held in reserve
at St. Mlhiel. said Lieutenant Ticer,
later was held for a week in the Hesse
forest between French lines of Infantry
and French artillery, and relieved the
77th French Division on September 26.
During the time the American forces
were in the Hesse woods, not an Amer
ican, officer or private, was allowed
to visit the front llr.es of the French
unless in horizon biue uniform, as It
was hoped to surprise the Huns.
Private prisoners said the Yank at
tack was a complete surprise but
some of the German officers may have
suspected the Americans' presence as
a Sergeant-Major of a regiment of
Spandau artillery told Lieutenant Tl-
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cer in the hospital that at the opening
ofthe American artillery prepara
tion all the officers of his regiment
left for the rear.
The two brigades of the 91st Division
I 181st composed of 361st and 362d
regiments, and 182d composed of
363d and 364th regiments) were or
ganized in depth and attacked on a
two battalion front with the 35th Di
vision on the left and the 37th Divis
ion on the right. There were IS Amer
ican divisions in the drive. 12 in the
assault chelons. The German strength
on this front was 40 divisions.
Lieutenant Ticer is on sick leave at
present and Is expecting transfer to
Camp Lewis, until he can receive his
discharge which will not be until his
recovery is complete.
LABOR DEPARTMENT AIDS
FEDERAL APPROVAL ACCORDED
WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN".
Portland National Chairman Will
Direct Organization of Work
at Washington, D. C.
Employment conditions In the West
ern and Southern parts of the state are
Improving, according to the report of
State Director Smith, of the United
States employment service, who has
just returned from inspection oS sev
eral stations. There are few with
out work at Marshfield, Eugene and
Med fold, he reports.
"Portland seems to have a monopoly
on the unemployed men." said Mr.
Smith. "I found conditions much -Im
proved In all towns visited and am
much more optimistic over the unem
ployment question than a few weeks
ago.
"In the smaller towns I found prep
arations complete to take back all sol
diers and sailors and also found an in
telligent co-operation of city officials
and employers on the general question
of unemployment.
Lach of the offices is placing from
10 to 20 men daily. Arrangements have
been made to install women s division
in each of these offices, the same as
now in Portland and Salem.
Kraployers Create Positions.
"With conditions improving I expect
to see the wave of Bolshevism blow
over soon. Everyone seems to under
stand the seriousness of the problem
and where there Ih no work to be had
employers are creating Jobs to tide the
situation over the next few critical
months."
Millmen and lumbermen will be es
peclally invited to attend the employ
ers' conference next Friday night, when
employment conditions again will be
discussed, it was announced yesterday
by (superintendent Conway of the Fed
eral service.
Mills in this vicinity are planning to
renew activity within the next few
weeks. It is believed, and the Federal
service Is making every effort to find
out how many Jobs thus will be cre
ated. With the resumption of lumber
ing operations and with other spring
work cropping up. the unemployment
question is expected soon to be a thing
of the past.
Applicants Secure Work.
Specialists were In the majority at
the soldiers' and sailors' division at the
Liberty Temple yesterday and much
difficulty in placing some of the ap
plicants was experienced, captain Con
Mil is making plans to take care of the
nyen expected from Camp Lewis next
week or the following week. Most of
the present applicants are being placed
without difficulty.
iooms. apartments, nousc-Keeping
rooms and flats for returned soldiery
who are finding it difficult to secure
temporary accommodations are being
looked up by Mrs. Richards from the
Liberty Temple office. All those hav
ing such rooms are expected to list
them with her.
Mrs. Henderson, of Crown Point
chalet, reports that she has been un
able to secure a discharged soldier for
a job. at the chalet. The job would
pay $10 a week and board, she says.
Looking forward to the summer
farm work, J. W. Brewer, farm help
specialist, is making plans to enroll
4000 boys between 16 and 20 years of
age in the united States boy's working
reserve. Last year more than 1300
Portland boys went on the farms dur
ing the summer to help harvest the
crops. The enrollment campaign has
been started all ojer the state.
Tow boat Owners Elect.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 25 Officers
were elected today by the Northwest
ern Towboat Owners' Association as
follows: Harry Ramswell. Everett,
president: W. H. Chesley and W. T.
Isted, both of Seattle, vice-president
and secretary-treasurer, rsepectively.
Trustees named were: James Brown
field, Seattle: Henry Foss, Tacoma;
B. J. Jones, Bellingham. Ninety tugs
and 200 scows are represented In the
association.
PRIMROSE TO FISH
THEN BACK TO STAGE
Noted Minstrel Has Many Of
fers, One to TourCoast.
DEATH WATCH' FORGOTTEN
Though Only Here Three Da on
Present Trip Stage Favorite Says
He's Through With East.
It would . be nothing unusual were
George Primrose, the famous minstrel.
to discourse on the art of soft shoe.
dancing or the psychology of audi
ences, but it comes an something of a
surprise to hear him discuss, with ' all
delicacy of expression and artistic de
llghtfulness the beauties of the Oregon
he loves and to which he returned last
week.
Mr. Primrose had only just gone
through the privilege of learning what
the "death watch" Is. At the Roose
velt Hospital In New York he under
went a eerious operation, and nightly
the newspaper men called at his room
at midnight to ask in whispered tones:
"Is he dead yet?"
It was a gay and debonair George
Primrose, thin and worn withal, but
scarcely looking his 66 years, or his
60 years on the stage, that greeted a
newspsper man in a room In the Rita
Hotel yesterday.
Primrose Through With East.
And there waa something gripping
as the minstrel, aged In nothing but
years, showed how he kept in shape
for future years on the stage by "danc
ing" as he reclined in bed. his soft
shoes pattering against a pillow placed
on the bed for that especial purpose.
He has made his last trip East.
Never again, he Bays, will he brave
the cold climate of the Atlantic Coast.
He has come to Portland to make his
home on the farm he owns on Texwllll
ger boulevard.
Three days has he been in Port
land. To him the climate has meant
life and happiness, he declared. He
told of how he enjoyed the breexes. and
of how he sits or lies with his windows
wide open, so different from his ex
perience in New York.
Primrose to Stlrk to Singe.
His farewell to the stage? Perish
and abandon the thought! Why. he
asked, should he sacrifice the excited
murmur among the audience as the
Primrose number flashes out on the
proscenium arch? Why not enjoy
while he could, and as he so thorough
ly does, the patter of an audience that
knpws and loves Primrose?
No. I shall never do the Bernhnnlt
stuff," he derided. "But I intend to
stick to the Coast. And why
shouldn't IT'
And there seemed no valid reason
.why be shouldn't, to judge by the
flock of telegrams offering him en
gagements, one circuit offering to
route him over the Coast houses only.
Primrose could not fall, though, to
be inspired by the telegrams, number
ing well Into the hundreds, when an
Eastern press agency "flashed" one
night the bulletin: "George Primrose
dead."
Primrose Not Forgotten.
And wouldn't it make a man feel
good to have the stacks of letters he
had received from Portland admirers?
Didn't look aa If old Primrose was for
gotten, did it? Hardly.
Out on Terwllllger there is going to
be a show room. There will be por
traits of the old minstrel crew. Dock
stader and Primrose, Mclntyre. Heath
and Primrose, the great Primrose
troupes and the famous ones of vaude
villa and the stage in 50 years. For
they all know and love him and here
in Portland he hopes to welcome the
And he'll fish all Spring till he
catches one of those big trout he has
promised himself. And then back to
the stage, for they haven't forgotten
Primrose, have they?
UNION MEN UNDER ARREST
Kansas City Streetcar lrlUcr
Charged With Conspiracy.
KANSAS CIT-, Mo.. Jan. 2.".. Twenty
labor union officials and striking
streetcar men were arrested and ar
raigned before United States Commis
sioners here and in Kansas City, Kan..
today on a Federal complaint charging
conspiracy to hinder operation of street
cars in Interstate tsnffic and conspir
acy to interfere with the Injunction
iiknri scott. Who is to sim.
IX PORTLAND JAM ARY 31.
f Henri Scott, of the Metropoll-
I tan Opera Company, who will
X appear In concert at the Munlcl-
pal Auditorium In this city the
t evening of January 31, under the
direction of the Ellison-White
f Lyceum Bureau, comes to Port
I land with the distinction of be
f ing one of the very few opera
stars who have received their
entire musical training In the
7 United States.
I It has been only a few years
I since Oscar Hammerstein discov
ered the young star, and in that
time he has risen to the top of
his profession. He made his debut
as Ramfls In "Aida," in which
Mary Garden and a number of
other celebrities were seen, and
from that tlrajp his place In opera
was assured.
During bis operatic career he
has successfully sung the leading
parts of the world's best and
most difficult operas. Among the
roles which he has so successfully
Interpreted are: The toreador,
from "Carmen";" Lothario, from
"Mlgnon," and Boniface, from
Hassenet's "Jongleur de Notre
Dame."
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order of John C. Pollock, Federal Judge
for Kansas, which placed operation of
the Kansas City, Kan., cars in the
hands of the Cnlted States Marshal.
All defendants pleaded not guilty
and bond was fixed at $5000 in each
case. Six had obtained bond tonight.
Union officials under arrest are:
Frank O'Shea. Buffalo. N. Y., vice
president of the Carmen's Union; E. F.
Michael, president of the local motor
men's union: Mrs. Sarah Green, presi
dent of the Women's Trade Union
League and business manager of the
waitresses' union: Jerry Burnett, dis
trict organiser for the carmen's union:
Charles B. Nelson, secretary of the Cen
tral Trades and Labor Union.
PIN LEADS TO ARREST
W. EMBLEM CAI -I
BURGLAR'S UNDOING.
OF
Men Identified as Those Caught
Rifling Madison-Street Homo
Friday Night.
That the burglars whom J. E. Rand.
(SO East Madison street, found In his
home Friday night are members of the
I. W. w.. Is the opinion of Inspectors
Golta and Howell, who with Inspectors
George H. Primrose, In Hla Moat
Recent Photograph.
Coleman and Morak were assigned to
the case. The surmise is based on the
fact that the Intruders promised not to
molest Mr. Rantl because he was a
working man, and the additional fact
that Harry Hlythe, who poltce say had
some of Mr. Rand's property In his
possession when he was arrested yes
terday, wore sn I. W. V. pin.
Mr. Rand discovered yesterday that
the burglars, while prating loudly of
their friendship .for the laborer, never
theless carried off Jewelry and other
trinkets of considerable value. Most
of the missing property has been re
covered. Men I ..mi. I In Home.
Mr. Rand reported that when he en
red his home about 10 P. M.. and
turned on the lights he saw one of the
burglars standing partially hidden in
a portiere.
What are you doing here . he de
manded.
"Just looking around," the intruder
answered cooly. "Are you either a law
yer or a doctor?"
No; I m only a working man, air.
Rand says he replied.
"In that case we don t want anything
from you." the burglar answered gen
erously. "It's these other guys we
want.
Thereupon. Mr. Rand says, the burg
lar called to his confederate, who had
crawled under a bed.
"Come on out, this fellow la all
right." the burglar called. The con
federate, who. It later developed, waa
the leader of the two, crept out of his
hiding place, and Immedistely took
charge. Ordering Mr. Rand to open the
outside door for their passage, ne men
told the householder to back upstairs
with his hands over his head. Mr. Rand
says he saw a revolver gleaming in the
burglar's hand, and complied willingly.
thinking. Indeed, that he was rid of
the Intruders cheaply.
Properly Is Rrfo. rrc 4.
Blythe was arrested in the North
End and turned over to Patrolman
Hill while the Inspectors continued
search for his partner. Police aay that
some of the property missing from Mr
Rand's home was found In his posses
sion, and that still more waa recovered
In a room, which Blythe's partner had
rented. The recovered property con
sists of a black billbook-containing a
receipt to Mr. Rand from the North
western Electric Company, a pair of
spectacles, a tie pin, and a ring which.
according to police, haa been identified
as Mrs. Rand's.
Mr. Rand called at headquarters yes
terday and identified Blythe as the
burglar who had hidden under the bed,
and had appeared only when his part
ner assured him that all was safe.
Blythe Is 22 years old. He told police
that he came here from Seattle.
Inspector Golts says his attention
first was drawn to Blythe by an I. W.
W. pin which he wore on his coat. The
pin had been removed by the time the
Inspectors searched the prisoner, but
It was found in his trousers pocket.
POWDER EXPLODES, 4 DEAD
Punic Precipitated In Oklahoma
Town; Buildings Damaged.
MUSKOGEE. Okla.. Jan. 25. A wagon
loaled with high explosives for use In
the nearby oil fields struck a rut In
the street as It was being driven
through the residence section of the
little town of Big Heart, Okla., late
this afternoon, and as a resulffour per
sons are dead tonight and several oth
ers injured, three perhaps fatally.
The explosion rocked the entire town.
Eight houses were completely demol
ished and some of the dead were killed
by the falling debris. Not a building in
the town escaped damage. A hole big
enough to bury half a dosen wagons
was. torn In Inn Rl rSSL
' Panic ensued. Telephones wires were
torn down and, except for a single rail
road wire, the town was cut off from
communication.
The wagon was driven by W. R- Eng
lish, an experienced man in the han
dling of explosives. No trace of his
body or his wagon had been found to
night. HOMELESS ARE CARED FOR
Rebuilding Village or Ladd, Wash.,
to Begin at Once.
TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 25. Miners and
their families who were swept from
their hemes at tho village of Ladd,
Wash, Wednesday, when Mrs. Mike
Martin and her two children were
drowned, are being cared for at Min
eral and at one or two of the Phoenix
Mining Company's buildings that were
not in the path of the flood, it Was
stated here tonight.
Work of rebuilding Is to commence
at once, officials of the company state,
and In the meantime the company will
care for the victims of the flood.
ill
SENATOR J. C. SMITH
ARRAIGNED BY MAYOH
Threat to Bleck Soldiers' Re
lief Work Arouses City Head.
LACK OF VISION CHARGED
Chairman or Senate Wajsand Mean-
Committee Criticised a Petty
Minded Politician.
Brtter arraignment of Senator J. C.
Smith, chairman oi the Senate ways
and means committee, for alleged lack
of vision. consideration and ability
properly to Interpret vital problems is
made in an open letter written by
Mayor Baker, of Portland, in answer
to statements credited to Senator Smit h
in newspapers, in which the latter
threatens to attempt to repeal tho
9100.000 soldiers' and sailors' emer
gency fund.
Mayor Baker and a committee of
Portland business men visited Salem
more than a week ago and urged the
Immediate passage of an emergency bill
appropriating sufficient money to care
for the Immediate needs of returning
soldiers. Yesterday Mayor Baker an
nounced that the small emergency fund
of about ISoOu would be reserved la
meet emergencies in connection with
Oregon units which might later ari.-e.
Senator Smith is quoted as accusing
Mayor Baker of "gold-bricking" the
Legislature out of funds, when nynis
were on hand in Portland to care for
the situation. In his letter Ma..r
Baker states:
Mor Kaprritse Krgret.
Senator J. C. Smith. Chairman Ways and
Muni Commutes. Senate Chamber. Smlem.
Or. Sir: 1 am taking It for granted from
your past attitude that you were correctly
quoted In the newspapers regarding the
! bill for the relief of soldiers snd
sailor snd the emergency fund in the Ciiy
of Portland, snd 1 hasten to reply.
I am sorry thst the law-making body of
the state of Oregon has a Representative
ho haa not greater vlalon. consideration or
ability to see and correctly Interpret prob
lems. . than you-
Aa to the emergency fund existing In the
city of Portland, I will ssy thst there is
about $40U re malt. Ing of s fund of i
raised here over a year sgo at a series of
entertainments st the Public Auditorium.
This fund was raised for ths specific pur
pose of providing for the Immediate needs
or wants of Oregon soldiers and sailors
overseas not for Portland boys alone, mind
you. but for Oregon soldiers. Parts of this
fund hsve been In the poaaesslon of officers
In every brsnch of the Oregon servlre over
seas thst could be reached snd has been
disbursed by them to meet emergency needs.
The balance bss been retained hers to re
plenlah exhausted funds with overseas units
These needs continue and will continue
until these oversees men reach home.
Position Is Ridiculed.
What a ridiculous position you place your
self In by rushing to the newspspers and
declaring that the Mayor of Portland gol.l
brtrked the Legislature when be sppeared
in Salem with a committee of repreesntsltvs
vltisena and ssksd the stste to assume a
responsibility thst eelonss lo the state ths
relieving of ths stress of soldiers snd sailors
from all over the country who are stranded
In Portland snd who have not been taken
care of by the Government for whatever
I had not fear when I went to Salem of
having any trouble getting consideration
from ths man oC vision. . I did know, how
ever, and I now realise mors thsn ever,
that trouble might be expected from the
pettr-mlnded politicians who. for some
reason or other, get Into the Legislature.
Aa to the IIOO.OOO spproprlatlon. let me
ay that the Portland committee of which
I was a member presented the fscts to the
Legislature snd that body met the issue.
It ths Lgls'atur wsn-.s to bsrk up. that
Is up to i hem. but 1 think there is too
much Intelligence represented there for any
such action. If there Is not. It will be a
sorry day for the stale of Oregon.
Time for Action .Write.
t can realise how a man from s remote
part of ths state who knows nothing of the
problems of cities and knows nothing of
the big problems now fating th United.
States, csn take the view you have taken.
A man who has tsken the time or oppor
tunity to Investigste would not. however,
take such a view. You hav but to go lo
the quarters of the American Red Cross In
Portland and see snd heer what is hsp
penlng. You hsve but to talk to ths good
women of the auxiliaries who are meeting
ths returning boys st Liberty Temple In
Portland to see what the conditions are.
Tou have but to meet thsss soldiers and
Bailors and hear their appeals to know that
It Is tlms for action.
Let ras tetl you that the American Red
Cross faced the music of this situation for
some tlms prior to the committee visiting
Salem, and. realising tho Importance of
Immediate action, opened quarters for the
soldier snd ssllor relief work Isst Tues
day and have been disbursing help to meet
the actual sad immediate needs of sol
diers and sailors at the rate of about SKn
a day. This organization agreed to handle
the work until the stats committee got into
action. This committee has been expecting
to be ready almost sny dsy.
Personalities Are Overlooked.
What a foolish stand you have taken la
saying that the Mayor and committee front
Portland goldbrlcked the Legislature. Come
down and tell that to some of thoae who
hsve been facing this problem in Portland
and see what reception you meet. Suggest
to them that the state of Oregon should
get away from Its responsibility by shov
ing It oft onto a little fund of RSlOO raised
at entertainments to meet emergencies of
Oregon boys at the front.
As to what you say about ms personally
1 have no Interest, and I should Ignore the
whole matter but for the fact that you
happen to be In a position where you might
be able to do harm In an emergency mat
ter which Is or vital importance.
And this goes for the others of your
caliber who are Involved.
LEGISLATORS ARK AROUSED
Bill to Be Introduced In Senate to
Repeal Commission Bill.
STATE CAPITOL Salem, Jan. Ci,
tSpeclal.) Reports from Portland
relative to the existence of an emer
gency fund there that might have been
available for soldiers when the state
w as called upon to rush through the
soldiers' and sailors' relief bill have
aroused the wrath of a number of leg
islators, and steps are on foot, ac
cording to Senators Lachmund, Straycr.
Thomas and Lafollette, to Introduce a
bill in the Senate early next week to
repeal the relief commission bill.
These men have declared that they
were the victims of exaggerated state
ments and of the "rush act" when
Mayor Baker and a coterie of business
men from Portland hastened the re
lief measure through the Legislature.
In addition to the Senators men
tioned, frequent expressions have been
heard about the lobby to the effect
that Mayor Baker would have diffi
culty in putting over another appro
priation if be appeared to advocate
one.
, It may be safely said, however, that
if a bill is introduced In the Senate to
repeal the relief commission act It will
meet with bitterest opposition and
probably with defeat in the House, pro
vided It could get by the upper body.
The House became aroused when tho
Senate endeavored to Juggle the terms
of the original bill, and declared that
amendments put In by the Senate were
an Insult to the House and to the re
turning soldiers. The House thrust
the amendments back at the Senate
and compelled It to take the bill as It
originally went over when the act was
up for passage the last time.
When the war began the Krupp gun
works were the largest of the kind la
the world, employing ((,000 persons.