The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 21, 1919, Section One, Image 22

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Newspaper Page Text23 TIIE" SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, - PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919. APARTMENT HOUSES ilD REDUCE EXPENSES Supplies to Be Purchased Wholesale Quantities. RENTALS DECLARED FAIR Crpners and Managers, at Dinner, Decide to Wage Figlit Against ; Building Code. ? subject had been going- on in morning sessions for nearly three weeks. The solution is considered in par liamentary circles to be a great step toward the prompt prorogation of the chamber and subsequent elections. Premier Clemenceau refused to an swer a request that he fix a date for the election, saying:: "Ratify the peace treaty first. Immediately upon ratifi cation I will Inform the chamber of the date of the elections." The socialists. In an attempt to taunt the premier, said that Aristide j Briand, former premier, had forced his nana and Inflicted a check on his pol icy. M. Clemenceau then replied: "There is a check for someone. As for me. I have suffered others. There Js one. however, which I could not sur vive that is a check by parliament before the whole country." The chamber had intended to hold an evening sitting tonight to try to ratify the peace treaty, but after a consulta tion a postponement until Tuesday was agreed upon. akbitratqn BOARD iTurchase of fuel and supplies In wholesale quantities through commit tees composed of ppartment-house own ers and managers, the waging of a fight against the building code as it affects the repair or alteration of bliildings already erected, concerted ac tion in discontinuing telephone service toV tenants, and a request for legal oOinion on the city heating ordinance, wre decided upon Friday night at the dthner of the apartment-house owners and managers' association held in the crystal room of the Eenson hotel. 3t was pointed out by speakers that constantly-soaring prices of fuel and oilier commodities can be met through cooperative buying, and the associa tion authorized the appointment of one committee to purchase supplies and another to take charge of the fuel situ ation. A membership committee and acommittee to take charge of the code contest also were authorized. Rentals Declared Fair. Herbert Gordon, president of the as sociation, presided, and in referring to; statements made recently to the press by certain women relative to adartment-house rentals, said although he, personally had not increased rates, h- considered Portland charges very reasonable. He admitted there may be a "few cases of excessive rentals, but explained that if new buildings were td" be erected at prevailing prices for material and labor, tenants would 1 required to pay a much higher charge in-order to give a return ol 6 or 7 p;r cent on the investment. ,lr. Gordon said that in the last 10 years the average rental did not re turn much more than 3 per cent on the investment. X Price Rise Purpose Denied. !Mr. Gordon emphasized the statement that the association has not been fo'tmed for the purpose of increasing rentals, and that the subject was brought up only incidentally in con nection with criticism directed at apartment house owners. His state ment that new buildings cannot be erfected at present prices and rented for prevailing rates was concurred in by practically all owners present. 'James J. Sayer, secretary of the Portland Building Owners' and Man agers' association, was the principal speaker, giving the apartment house owners and managers the benefit of experience gained by members of his body. Following the address, copies of the constitution were circulated and signed by practically all present. It is expected more than 150 apartment houses will be represented when the next meeting of the association is held the second Tuesday in October. Expenses Are Reduced. Mr. Sayer took up in detail the bene fits that have accrued to members of the Building Owners' and Managers' association through organization, chiel among them being reduced insurance rates, lower prices on supplies pur chased at wholesale, elimination of harmful legislation, prevention ot wasteful competition in solicitation of satisfied tenants, and elimination of special inducements or price-cutting. "This association must not always take a negative attitude toward all movements," warned Mr. Sayer. "It must be careful if it would hold the sympathy of the public, at times to suggest -and be constructive. It must not stand in the way of progress or forward-looking movements. It must not condemn them unheard. It must work with them and endeavor to direct their activities along practical lines. "If you don't want to hasten the day of the socialization of real property and the absorption of individual owner ship by governmental agencies, then you must learn to think together, act together, and be ready to yield the in dividual winnings of the few to the -'ghest average attainment of the tlnmunity." RELIGIOUS HERESY DECRIED STUDY AND BELIEVE PROPHECY, PASTOR'S ADVICE. HEARS JOB PRINTERS Discussion of Shop Conditions Cause Near-Upheaval. PROFITEERING IS CHARGED T. S. Dietrich Alleges Prices Are High Enough and Shops Are Pay ing, Despite Denials. Victory for Allied Armies Declared Proof That God's Schedule Is Xot Failing. "If every soldier in the allied armies had known and understood the plans of his generalissimo. Marshal Foch, he would have been spurred to greater ef fort and would have contributed more confidently to a quicker victory. If he had known the secrets of the higher command his faith in the ultimate vic tory would have eased his burdens by bolstering his confidence." With this analogy. Rev. W. L. Pet tingill demonstrated the value of the prophecies of the scriptures in their application to personal problems, in his second lecture, "Why Study Prophetic Scriptures?" before the conference on Christian fundamentals, at the White Temple. Just before the war ended, said Dr. Pettingill, "a preacher, despondent over the forbidding outlook occasioned by years of strife, shot himself. He left a note behind, in which he expressed the conviction that God had deserted the world. "Had he been a studious reader of the scriptures, and especially of the proph ecies, his faith would not have broken under the strain. He would have real ized that this was all a part of God's programme. "The problems of the present time can be met with equal confidence when one realizes that the world is moving along according to God's schedule. This is no time for a man to hearken to the heresies of the so-called religious lib erals and to be thus confused and made fearful of the future." Appeals for fidelity to the old-fashioned beliefs in religion marked the address of Rev. A. C. Dixon on "The Bible in Reconstructing the Church." which was given later in the afternoon, and of Dr. Pettingill's third and last address, "The Modern Liberal Religion," given in the evening. These three ad dresses were all given at the White Temple. Dr. Dixon speaking again in the evening at the Sunnyside Congre gational church on the topic. "The Bible in Reconstructing Education." Rev. A. C. Dixon will speak to night at the White Temple on "The Glory of the Incarnation" at 7:30 o'clock, and at the same time Rev. W. B. Riley will discuss the topic, "Christ, the Church and Kingdom," at the Sun nyside Congregational church. The programme for today is the most lengthy of the week, as it is the last day of the conference. At the White Temple there will speak at 3 P. M-, Dr. Dixon, on "The Seal of the Incarnation": at 4 P. M.. Dr. Wiley, on "The Consummation of the Ages"; at 8 P. M., Dr. Dixon, "The Consummation of the Incarnation." Dr. Wiley will speak at 7:30 P. M. on "The' Second Coming and Christian Conduct and Character," at tie Sunnyside Congre gational church. FRITZ SEIDL IS EXECUTED DEATH PENALTY PAID BY FIVE SPARTA CAN LEADERS. Munich Prisoners Found Guilty ol . Ordering Murder of Hostages During Soviet Rule. BERLIN YIELDS TO ALLIES Assembly Committee Votes to Nullify Austrian Annexation Clause. BERLIN, Sept. 20. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The committee on for eign affairs of the national assembly has decided, according to the Tageblatt, to nullify the article of the constitu tion by which Austria; would receive representation in the German reichs tag. Kurt von Lersner. head of the Ger man delegation at Versailles, has been instructed to inform the entente powers that the demand of the peace con ference relative to that article will be complied with. JITNICH, Sept. 20. Fritz Seidl, the former spartacan leader, and five of his associates, who early yesterday were sentenced to pay the death penalty, having been found guilty of the murder of- hostages during the soviet regime, were executed at 4 o'clock in the after noon. The others executed were Josef Seidl -nd Herren Sickerhofer, Widl, Pulzer I and Fehmer. Seven others were sen- I tenced to 15 years' penal servitude as ! accessories. Three were discharged. , tenant-Colonel Roosevelt last night received their sentences made an address at a n COLLECTOR IS ACCUSED Revenue Official Charged With Ex tortion Conspiracy. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 20. Charged with conspiring with another man to use his official capacity to extort money, J. J. Reed, a deputy collector of internal revenue, stationed at Aber deen, Wash., was brought to Tacoma last night by the United States mar shal's office. Read was placed in me county jail, where he is held, with bail placed at 5.5000 pending a hearing. Details of the alleged conspiracy were not avail able tonight. Arbitration of the wage controversy between the commercial printing con cerns and the men of the allied trades unions was opened Friday night with the first session of the arbitration board of five and the presentation by the representatives of the unions of their grievances and demands. The session was held in the Vooms of the Typothetae society, an organl zation composed of the employing printers, on the second floor of the Oregon building, and a crowd of nearly 100 employers and union men gathered to hear the opening of the case. The arbitration board hearing the case is composed of two representatives of the employers, two of the union men and a fifth member. Franklin T. Grif fith, chosen by the other four. Roy Fennell, secretary of the Typothetae, appeared as attorney for the employ ers, while T. S. Dietrich, chairman of the original typographical union scale committee, acted as the attorney for the unions. Three unions are involved. the typographical, the bookbinders and the pressmen. Shop Conditions Prove Snag;. An antagonistic spirit pervaded the room when the hearing opened, but Mr. Griffith, who pictured himself as "a thorn among the roses." proved an arbitrator, and got the opening ses sion under way. A snag was encoun tered during the first few moments that threatened to become a serious obstacle until Mr. Griffith suggested that the matter left until later for a decision. The snag obtruded when It was questioned as to just what the arbitra tion board is to arbitrate. The union men contended tha the agreement called for consideration of wages and hours only. The employers declared that wages, hours and shop conditions were open for consideration. Under the harmless looking phrase "shop con ditions" lurked the question as to whether an employer would have the right to lay off a union man at noon or at any other hour of the day ex cept the regular qultti-g time. Mr. Dietrich Makes Statement. Friday night's session was given over to a statem ent by Mr. Dietrich, repre senting the unions, settinc forth the contentions of the unions and outlin ing what they propose to prove by tes timony Introduced later. Mr. Dietrich outlined the history of the union demands, telling of the northwest printing trades conference April 20. 1919, In Portland, at which a uniform schedule for the northwest was adopted by the union men of a seven-hour day and a wage of a dol lar an hour. This schedule was con tained in the demands recently pre sented by the union men of Portland to the commercial rrlnters. Altruism is the basis of the demand for the seven-hour day, Mr. Dietrich contended. He contended that a seven- hour day would mean more time for the working man to spend with his fam ily, longer life and more opportunity f him to follow intellectual pursuits. He also contended that while there are 70.000 union men in the commercial printing trades in the country, there are only 40,000 permanent full-time jobs at present, and a shorter day would mean more jobs. $JS.50 Paid Uurlnc War. During the war the men were receiv ing $2S.j0 per week, he said, and they continued to work for this wage in spite of rapidly Increasing living costs, because of the war. In April, 1919, a new wage of 36 per week went into effect, but this was inadequate to meet the increasing cost of living, he declared. Grave charges made by Mr. Dietrich against the printing concerns, which he declared he would introduce evi dence to substKntlate at the next meet ing of the arbitration board, were that the employers are profiteering by charging exorbitant prices for print ing: that they are paying themselves salaries J 00 per cent too high and then contending that their businesses are not paying a fair return: that their cost figures are fallacious: that pro ductive time of employes is lost through Inefficiency on the part of the management: that the present prices are high enough to meet the increases which the unions are asking, and that within the last 30 days the printing houses have increased their prices to an extent that would equal the wage increases asked. Combination Is Cnarged. Mr. Dietrich also charged that the Typothetae, the association of the em ployers, had entered into a combination to raise prices at will, and that the organization had the penalty of a heavy fine hanging over members who en gaged in price-cutting. Mr. Fennell, representing the em ployers, had no opportunity to answer the statements of Mr. Dietrich last night, but the employers will prepare a typewritten answer, which they will present to the union representatives and to Mr. Griffith not later than next Wednesday. At the next meeting of the arbitration board, which will prob ably be held Thursday night, both sides will present testimony and will receive opportunity to present their points of view. No testimony pertinent to he question will be barred, Mr. Griffith declared last night. Mr. Grlflth was empowered to set the exact date and time for the next meeting and issue the call for the meeting. SEATTLE XEGOTIATIOXS FUTILE Job Printers Refuse to Submit AH Points to Arbitration. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Final and complete breaking off of peace negotiations in the job printing trades strike resulted yester following the refusal of the union to accept the proposal of the Seattle Master Printers' association, that all points in dispute be submitted to ar bitration. A basic wage of $7 for a seven hour day for mechanics was demanded by the unions. The employers had offered a compromise of $6.50 for an eight-hour day. The unions made a counter-proposal to work eight hours for S. ut declined to recede from tha Jl-an-hour demand. Several hundred skilled and semi skilled workers are involved in the strike, which has been in progress since September 2. Cjcgggcjggcc m tl-ll PHONOGRAPHS PROFITEERING IS ALLEGED GOVERNMENT CANNED GOODS IN HANDS OF DEALERS. I Tone Arm r. th Lhe weight placed I jjli j f tnoive correct pressure aF reproducer on : I Victor eV Columbia records .TFieonly Phonograph j I which plays all makes aF records ujith bhe correct j ! 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The canned goods "is being stored away until the public has forgotten there ever was a promise of army goods ;.t less than one-half of the present retail prices," Mr. Mulvihill asserted. 'Then it will be placed on shelves and retailed at profits that are appalling." Three grocers at the hearing admit ted that their stores had sold army canned goods at more than 100 per cent profit. Each asserted that clerks had ucted without instructions in selling the goods. TONE ARM DIFFERENT Nearly four times as heavy. Built of Bell Metal. Plays all records with correct pressure. RESULT More volume. Full round tone. No throaty nasal tones. No sharp tinny rasping notes. Less surface noise. The only Phonograph built like a piano or violin. WAKEFIELD MUSIC CO 427 WASHINGTON STREET. PORTLAND, OREGON ! : t.! V , n i the seat as delegate from Alana In the ' plans to start September 28 from Paris contest proceedings instituted by James ! with Melbourne as his destination. Wlckersham. former delegate. George B. Grlgsby arrived In Seattle yesterday. Mr. Grlgsby has just completed a stay of more than two months at the na tional capital. He will spend a month in Alaska obtaining the data. The con test proceedings, he said, will In all probability not be settled until next spring. As to the outcome he expressed complete confidence in his success. Mr. Grigsby is vigorously pursuing a programme in the Interest of develop ment of Alaskan coal fields. The pres ent laws, he said, are entirely inade quate, and a law modifying the terms ot provisions governing leases and prospecting Is readv for presentation to congress. The principal stopping points as Indi cated in the plans for the flight sr Home, Hrlndlsi, Constantinople. Bom bay, Calcutta. Banckok. Singapore and Flight to Australia Planed. PARIS, Sept. 20. (Havas.) An air plane flight from France to Australia will be attempted shortly by the French aviator Poulet. it is announced bv the Excelsior. The airman NEHALEM STORE ROBBED Citizens Think Explosion Auto Tire Blowouts $800 Taken. WHEELER, Or., Sept. 20 (Special.) The safe in the -Nehalem Dri'g com pany's store at Nehalem was robbed early yesterday and 1800 in jewelry and currency was obtained. The robbers' entrance into the store was made by "Jimmeying" open a door. Two ex plosions were heard by citizens, but t ley thought that they were auto tire blowouts. The robbers left no clues and the of ficers think that the men made their escape in an automobile over the Sea side road. GRIGSBY FIGHTS FOR SEAT Data to Be Gathered in Alaska on Right to Be Delegate. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) On his way to Alaska on a 40-day leave granted by congress, to gather data to defend his claim for "9J?S 1 UsstsaVs' Paying 109o on the price asked $15,000 this lo cal manufacturing plant affords an excellent busi ness opportunity. $25,000 cash will handle it. Ad dress inquiries to box AF 150, OREGOXIAN T. R. SPEAKS AT SPOKANE Colonel Leaves for Helena, 3Iont., After Addressing Legion. SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 20. Lieu- The prisoners calmly and afterwards were removed by a military guard. The trial of Bavarian communist lead ers on the charge of having murdered hostages during the uprisings of Feb ruary last opened on September 1. Fritz Spidl and two others were said to have been ringleaders and to have instituted the murders, but during the trial, Seidl. testifying in his own behalf, asserted that he was compelled by the com mander of the firing squad to order the hostages shot. He declared the com mander threatened to kill him if he refused to order the executions. TO ELECT CLEMEXCEAU INTERVENES BRING VOTE NEARER. TO Premier to Announce Date as Soon as rcace Treaty Is Ratified, Die Announces. PARIS, Sept. 20. (By the Associated Press.) Premier Clemenceau's inter vention in the debate on the electoral law, which threatened to be prolonged indefinitely, settled the discussion in a few minutes today, the government taking the stand that the elections should be held according to the law of I July last, providing for proportional representation. The debate on the mass meeting here in the interests of the American Legion. Roosevelt also addressed members of the American Legion at a dinner previous to the mass meeting, where he spoke on behalf of the organization. During the day he was entertained with an automobile ride. An airplane ride over the city had to be abandoned be cause of the high wind. He left last night for Helena, Mont., where he was to speak today. '-'BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN "Bayer Taoieta of Aspirin" to be gen uine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an un broken Bayer package which contains proper directions to eaiely relieve Head ache, Toothache. 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Hall Engineering Co. 1648 East Thirteenth Street Portland, Oregon Duchess Electric Washing Machine i Wash Day Is at Hand and no one to do the washing! If you are fortunate enough to be the owner of an electric washer, then you need not worry, but with those less fortunate, Monday will truly be a "blue Monday." Many people are without washing machines because they feel that they cannot afford one, whereas if they will but figure up just what they have paid in wash bills in the past six months it will be found that it is possible to own a washer and pretty nearly have it paid for in money saved on laundry account. This applies particularly to a medium or low-priced washer such as we are offering today in our "Duchess Electric Washer" at the Moderate Price of $85.00- The Duchess is a substantially built washer with channel steel frame mounted on casters for easy moving and has a good strong reversible wringer that can be set at any convenient position. All working parts are covered with smooth metal shields and the wringer equipped with a release which opens the rolls instantly. For those who cannot afford to buy the higher-priced electric washers at double the above price, we fully recommend the Duchess Washer. Call and look it over. Honeyman Hardware Co. FOURTH AT ALDER Portland's Largest Hardware Store YMC A SCHOOLS DAY AND NIGHT This is the day1 of the Specialist, ing in school. Are you to utilize them ? Consult one of the Educa cerning the fall term classes: Business and Stenographic School enter now. College Preparatory enter now. Radio Telegraphy enter now. Mechanical Drafting and Shop Mathematics just starting. Electrical Courses begin next week. He must get his foundation train the spare hours this year, or waste tional Secretaries immediately con Automobile and Tractor School enter now. Business Administration and Ac countancy Fall Semester be gins Sept. 29. School for Coming Americans enter now. Salesmanship begins in October. These schools co-operate with the state in providing financial aid to returned service men. Call at Office 416, Dept. of Education, Div. C. Sixth and Taylor Sts.