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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.
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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.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 0. Huge quantities
of government canned goous fell Into
the hands of packers, wholesale gro
cers and retailers and thereby prevent
ed postoffice authorities from filling
orders filed by consumers, William
Mulvihill, attorney for the city bureau
ot foods, markets and farm products,
charged at the attorney's investigation
into the high cost of living. Approxi
mately $145,000 worth of food was sold
mrough the Chicago postoffice and
only part of two very small orders have
ueen delivered to the postmaster, W.
3. Carlile, postmaster, stated.
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
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profit. Each asserted that clerks had
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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
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T. R. SPEAKS AT SPOKANE
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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.
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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.