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Chicago, 7 a. m. .:") l.oufbur " .
Kan. Citjr " ..4-J.lfpol-.ane " .
8t. Paul " . .38 "MftrsUtielJ " .
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Officially Announced Madero
'Agrees to Appointment of
. Executive . ad- Interim to
, Handle Mexican Government
: Until End of Conflict.
DEAD HEAPED BEFORE
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
Pestilence , Feared ; With . Un
: buried Corpses in -the
Streets; ; Refugees, at Vera
JCruz Tell of Terrible Hard
ships; Ask All to Leave.8 ;
' Unl(wI Prau IihmI WTr
, Maxloo City, Kczloo, rtb. 18-roriffm
Klniitex Ziicnrlaa uiaonaotA thif XUt-
Jiprtt tht ?rildnt rrnotioo X. Mm
rfotro of Mwloo baft wntl to thm n-
polntnwnt of prtildrat, ft lattrlm
who wlU tkkt chvtgt of tb roTorn
: rntnt , until Kafltr and Otntral Ftllx
Dlav tn nbftllMdfr, At ndtft t&otr
coafUot.
& W8h liurtpn. Feb. 1 8,Di'ii ! raoldl V
A winning- control or:. Mexico Clty.i and
uaaeroa downfall hourly grows nearer,
ThU-ls the gist of an unoenaored dt
patcl received here today from Antbae-
aador Henry Lane Wilsonthe firat n-
cUBord news iof - the ' atuai , t Igbtlns
Wilson reported to the etata depart
ment that therewas continuous conflict
yesterday and part -of last night,? and
tnat tna DIas forces are steadily ad
vanclng. . Tha American ambassador de
iclared that, Dlaa soon will control the
whole residential part of the "!ty, v :.
"f: Last "nlghC the federals retlrad jfrpin
their exposed position into the palace,
"which is tiow held by General Blanquefa
troops, -',y:,yyi-yz;.tr.y? ','4:
;v:,t;rederal,Iaaa peajr,;v .
LVllsonv said "there' had been fierce
tlghttnr and that the federals, bad suf.
fereft; enormo.ua- losses. v The American
embassy wasrepeatedly- tHith. Una of
XlreU and- waa -structe-by tnany-rspent
Duuets, which, however, am little dam
age.. Ha said r there were many dead
and' wounded, ' mostly Maderlstas, . in
front of the embassy." i
Wilson reported he had. been onablo
to BMcertain what damage" was wrought
to the federal stronghold, but that the
flng waa fierce during tha entire re
volt. The American ambassador's dla
vatohes indicate that the mnrtUion rf
kexlcb City Is approaching chaos, ' Un
nuned corpses tnreaten pestilence, the
Red Cross and White Cross . organisa
tions tiave disbanded . and the troops,
poorly fed, are becoming desperate.
The American embassy apparently is
tha only spot of refuge In tha whole
tone of safety a hora the strictest snl-
tauoa-isnforced.';.!.,;.. - ; -
. : aiaaaro's .Conrsa Sesparata.'?.; -IThf
gravity of the official dispatches,
contrasted with the censored press tele,
grams, Is believed to prove hat Madeyo
is trying desperately to cohceat the con
dition of his cause,-''-'" ''-:"".f :
Most dispatches are being delayed and
pls -doubtful Just What has really bap-
(Continued on Page Two.)
.QUIET MORNING COiS
OF STEADY, C O N F L I CT
Desultory Firing All That Is
Heard in Mexico City. To-
-4',
(Cnltcd Prms tisied Wlre.V' '
Mexico City,- Mexico, fcb. 1, (Cen-orod.)--Two
cannon shots, the first to
ireak the stillness of the morning, wer
ired at 10 o'clock. It was not known
ivhlch - sldo was responsible. ' - It be
am a quiet again Immediately. . '
The guns of both the MadeYo and Dias
orues remained, silent for many hours
t'ter daylight today, Hq reason was
ss1frn3d for the ; Inaction, but it was
lnflat the national palace that no
rmlstlce is In effect. '
The .opposing forces today, occupted
radically the same positions as yester
ay except the federals' who had" pushed
heir guns forward towards tha arsenal
ite yesterday and f last night,- today
Undrew them to less exposed positions.
Maderista'sources Issued a statement
pat his troops had captured tha Y. M.
A. bunding front Dias yesterdav and
tJl held it This Is not verified,' but,
true, means that Uias has experienced
serious set-back.'- . ,
General Huerta's officers say; today's
activhy is not due to an armistice.
liey refused to say whether hostilities
ouid be resumed today. . . ..
Because of the strict censorship main,
ined by'the Mexican government over
th outgoing end Incoming press dls
itches; American Ambassador Wllion
day.; ptaao-peTateT-trrnaTfrie ws
i per in Mexico for th s- hnrit at
jnertcans and other foreigners. .
JThe government has seised all news
' per plants here and 'Wilson wants to
i Americans iitformed of sij davt'lop
iitw Jn Washington " sa V.tll a in
.ik'o City. " ' .' .!'
k m n ml
lt km tsr ; w .
OA
AND
mm yuoicii power
PlOTLDlOiBOOtllO
COilSUB, rais
ry.
Station on Clackamas 12' Miles From - Portland, Could Be
Made to Pay Revenue in Three Years and i Would Re
; duce Rates 27;ta 59;Per Cen0Declares5 J.iH,Cun
, ';ningham jn Report t Mayor; ; Initial "Cost ; Estimated at
$2,433,000; Would '-Be Self Supporting from Starts.-
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j eatnrst of Beport '.-iv
' From lfl.OOO ' to 3.1.00Q 'horse-
a power can be1 generjated. on 'the ta)
Clackamas river,. 13 miles :from i
Portland, at . an Initial cost of
; A hydro-electric plant and sys-,4
tern constructed for this -sUm la)
will be self-upporting fromhe 4
. etart and within three years will
pay a revenue of f 250,000 anntt- a)
aiiy.-- . ...;(--,;, .-v
Notwithstanding - widely , cir
e culsted reports to the' contrary,
municipal ownership and opera-
tlon of electric lighting plants -
a , has caused a material reduction ,'a)
a of rates and saved large sums of
money to. tha people. -, : . , -
Rates based n estimated cost '
of proposed Portland municipal : a
plant would be from 2T to 69 per, e
cent lower than rates now In ef-. a
. ' feet for light and power,' 4
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After several months of 'detailed. In
vestigation, J. H,. Cunningham,' a hy?,
drattllo engineering expert and a mem
ber of the American Society- of Clvil
Engineers, has completed a comprehen
sive and - illuminating report to Mayor'
nuBnugni, ; snowing inai uie city tan
construct municipal', lighting plant
that will ba self-supporting and one that
wilt' effect a saving of j hundreds x of
thousands of dollars annually to ymalt
Ihome owners and taxpayers in general,
at a cost of less than 12,600,000. Mayor
Kushlight, before' he left; for Honolulu
on. his honeymoon trip, stated that he
would ask the voters of-' the city f to
authorise & bond Issue for tbe Immediate
construction of auch a plants-. I .. .
" "The site upon which this estimate
fi based," reads t a part of. Engineer
Cunningham's report, 'Is located on the
Clackamas river, miles In a direct
line southeast of the heart of tha city,
and the transmission line ' would be
about 14 milea long. . It Is proposed to
divert the water into a canal, 5 miles
aoova the power house ana convey It by
canal and timber flume, to the reservoir
immediately above the power house. A
maximum of: ls,0ft horsepower- can be
developed" herear-extremeHow "waTer
"You Have Given the Colleges All They Asked,-Do Not
, fuse a Protecting Hand to' the . Common School
' Fund Against a Grasping Corporation." -
5.V. Waff Otm0Ddaa.V X'-'i--
Balem, Or.,- Feb, -1 8.- governor . West
sent this forenoon a message to the
house of representatives that caused the!
erstwhile powerful steam roller to show
algns of dissolution. trr? T;
By tha irony of fate, tha Issue which
seems to have marked the beginning of
the end . of tbe steam roller's operations
is the very one which first proved ita
strength In the beginning the Thomp
son swamp land drainage bill. V f V
After the Thompson , swamp land Jbill
was passed oyer the governor's veto.
Representative Gill Introduced It B
678 for the purpose of1 repealing the ob.
noxious bill. Today Schuebel's bill came
AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES AND MEXICAN OFFICIALS
Aft T 'io ;vi
H iv. . ... iJ III
Abov!,---l---Anir'iHcati-Arnha!'nlor Ilnnry Lane .Wilson. 3 Francisco
liron I'c Ii Iitrr. it I'rncslo 3 J micro,- secretary of finnncf. 4
, rr,:.M,ut M.idcit). o VuitcJ fclatta Cvu-;tl General Arwv'J haiiLJin.
and . the : minimum constant power Js
now C00 horsepower. : . ,, :
Kuoh -power1 Waited. ' .
J . "On , tha completion of , th storage
reservoir whlch the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company wU construct
the' minimum constant power , will bo
9630 .horsepower and the maximum low
watr power 31,600 horse power.- .This
maximum power is provided by a reser.
voir of 11,000,000 cubic feet capacity-at
tnon power nouse site and la. intended
to take care of the hourly load fluctu
ations, which wUh an ordinary, lighting
and power load never exceed three hours
la duration.. ' ; , :,.: v
s; "As planned at present, there Is about
3380 ftorsepower wasted at. the .water
wheels, ;I have called this secondary
power twhkh might be sold at an aver
age of cent However, as this power
is generated between the hours of mid
night nd 6 a. m, it is doubtful-If all
could be sold, but by increasing the ca
pacity-' of ; the reservoir 48 per cent it
could be stored and sold during tho
ordinary -operating hours at good profit.
The following estimate of this plant is
based on- surveys made by me in 1913.
and is" sufficiently high' io cover all
costs of construction: :- ; . ; : 1
' "Headwaters. $ JU80; canalv J0.27i
flume,, 5 304,37; . reservoir, , $175,260;
penstocks, $63,40f ; power house, 378,-
jjjj hydraulic
machlnery, $93,000;
electrical . machinery . 1138,000; , trans
mission' tine, 14 mllesr 138,470; substa
tion and machinery, $100,000; distribut
ing. Jiystepu InttlaL JnaUUatlon, $800,000;
engineering and contingent -fees, $188,
T39; landandiwaterrrlghts,-.$178,000;
interest on bonds during' construction,
one and .one .half -yearaatS per cent,
1183,616;: total .'cost,. $3,433,638. ,t .
. -,' j' Aantuil Chaxros Oltad,. f:
r:"Annual eharges--Ihterest at per
cent,, $12L$77; 1-depreclatlon !at&T per
cent compound lhterest, 168,3.00; ' main
tenance; $24,000; operation, oil, waste
and,; , suhdrlea.4 1200,000; Insurance, 1
per cent on $307,000' (buildings and ma
chinery), $0701. total annual cost, $40 1
47. t, :rw '.; -ff :::-"?b -r:-
!'Probabla -- revenues At present, the
city is lighted d? 354 arc lights of tne
direct current, magnetite type, 6 M am
peres, requ'rlnjr about .4 OSwtts j?er
(Continued - on -Page 'J'nree.)
Re
up ior consiaeraiioJV Tiie, governor
sent a message to the house, which ar
rived Just at the right time. It said: ?
"As you were previously advised, the
passage f the Thompson bfll will pre
vent the state from securing title to
several hundred thousand acres of land
which would be sold for the. benefit of
the common school fund. '
,.J'Inasmuch as y your honorable, body
has Just -passed bills appropriating about
$.760,000' for the support of our state in
stltuttons of higher education, I feel
that I may take the liberty of speaking
a word In behal.f of the little country
(Continued on Page .Two.)
WOMEN AND GIRLS AID CHILD
Vt-"''
A
20 . Additional Women and
Girl Workers . iri Field .To
day; Nearly $300 Obtained
By Committees Yesterday.
Approximately $300 was raised yes
terday afternoon by the child welfare
committee, which is working under the
auspices of the Oregon Congress of
Mothers, to raise $2000 to found an edu
cational bureau In Portland. where' par
ents can learn the , science of t jiarcnt
hood ahc'CchlWrralslng. r
i Encouraged by jtha ready Sale of the
smalt silk American .flags, at the vari
ous booths, upon their Initial appearance
yesterduy, the force of 80 workers was
augmented by 20 additional' women and
girls today, and Indications were that
yesterday's mark wouxa Da excteded by
today's receipts, ; ' ' r
Working hand Jn hand irtth the torn
mlttWthe Parent Teachers', associa
tions of Portland are holding meetlngsi
this week In various parts of tha City
and making collections to go Into the
srtmaTtnarll'rSaiir"fuho"-
This, afternoon the Highland, Wood'
land and Vernon circles are. meeting at
tha Highland, school. "
Takl&r Up CoHeotioiis.
In addition to a program, speakers are
setting forth the purpose of tne child
welfare campaign, and a collection .will
be taken up and later turned over to the
campaign committee. - - 1
This end of tha work. Is being directed
by Mrs. W. J. Hawkins, president of the
Portland council of the Oregon Congress
of Mothers, v
Reports received' by Mrs. Thomas G.
Greene, chairman of the ways and
means committee of the Oregon Con
gress of Mothers, who la the directing
head of tha campaign, shows that the
women handling booths in the hotels
sold the greatest number of flags yes
terday afternoon. The Imperial hotel,
where tha headquarters is located, and
the Oregon hotel, lead the list
A subcommittee headed by Mrs. Mar
tin- Wagner 'plans "to confer with the
managers of the various moving picture
theatres either this afternoon or. tomor
row in the hope that the theatrical men
will donate a portion of their receipts
to the cause of child welfare. ; . ?
. Women Asked to Aid.
"1 am well pleased with the result of
the first day's campaign,". . said Mrs.
Greene today. "If we meet with similar
success every day I feel sura that we
won't come far from securing' the $2000
which we set out to raise. ', '
"We have, found that men are-sup
porting us more liberally than women,
personally I do not understand why this
condition exists. Possibly they were
not in force' yesterday afternoon, It is
the women that we ara trying to reach
particularly in this instance. The child
welfare, movement ; was undertaken , by
women, is directed by women, and in It
women should be vitally Interested, be
cause It directly affects the home, the
life and Well being of children. V 1
'That Is why we want all the coopera
tion we can. get , f rotn members of our
Own eex-and oulte incldentallythoir
dimes would help much at the present
time.'-. , . -r '
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PASSED J OVER : TAFT-S
. VETO BY-THE SENATE
Dillingham-Burnett .'. , Measure
Carries Upper House of Con
gress; Second time, .' -
" irjnltrd Prew te.wd WltM ,
Washington, Feb. 18. - Overriding
President Taft's veto the senate today
passed by 72 to 18 the Dillingham-Burnett
immigration bill containing a lit
eracy test. Those, who supported 'the
president s veto wera uatron, ciapp,
Clarke of Arkansas, Curtis, : Gronna,
Dupont, Guggenheim, McCumber, Mar-
HiriO,Qw,-rven"-PayntcrrShtveJ
ly, -Bmith-, of Maryland, mlth of Mlchl
gan, Stephenson, ; Stone and .Warren, o
The-biU as passed prowiaes that no
eV-son ehall be eligible to enter the
United t states .who. cannot md and
write -his native languHge. It 1 expect,
til to ex htie liprdes of coolie and other
CAMPAIGN GETS tsW-l
A HEW IMPETUS O'i
IMMIGRATION
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lleadquarters of. Child; Welfare CanipaJgn of Oregon Congress of Moth
. era lo ImwrlaJ hofel, and women acUvcly engnged ln worfc,:";1 Jjeft
J . to Tfghtr-Irs.,G, : K; OiristmoSf Mre. Charles Shea, 'ilins Robert JI.
Tate, president of congressi and Mrs. Martin Wagner. Below A
campaign "worker pinning a flag on Dr. C. W, Cornelius. . , ; i
OTCAM DniitD 10 PD Ptf Cnw W U A M HICD1M H THU
oilmih iuLLuiouimoiLu ui immii!Liinu mu
BY tAIUNBU! PAIUHtU.UP, KULLS rltKKILY
Angered by Hidin gOut of His Resolution,: Eaton Wants .Ol
son and Upton of Multnomah Censured; Forbes Tries in
Vain to Gag Him; Machine Crowd,. All Hustled in for
Final Vote, Wins.
-: (Staff Corrctpondpnce.t
Salem, Or,, Feb. 18. A white hot
speech of protest by Allen Eaton, the
fighting insurgent from Eugene, against
machine tactics employed by Jay IL
Upton and Conrad P. Olson of Multno
mah county to kill a resolution he had
Introduced, all butt accomplished - the
wreck of the jBteam, roller in tha Jiouss
last night.
Only tha moat: frantlo hustling by the
organisation leaders, -coupled- with the
arrival of members 'of the ways' and
means committee, ' hastily summoned
from a committee, meeting as a wreck
ing crew, saved the . organization from
outright disaster. t
As 'it was. Eaton forced one roll call
vote that - put the roller, on the verge
of a rout, and the machine Just man
aged to avert a second one on a motion
to censure Upton and Olson for their
conduct, On the first vote, members
supposedly whipped into line solidly
with the organisation were breaking
away right and. left.' -
Forbes Tails to Gog Elm..
Eaton forced this vote through on an
appeal from the -decision of the pep
pery Forbes of Crook, In the chair, wh
attempted to apply .the gag to hint In
the middle of his speech. . .
'You're out of order,1 Mr. Eaton."
shouted Forbes? '.W.e ,know all about
what happened to your resolution. "Wa
don't want to Jiear any more about it,"
"1 have a right to speak at any time
on a question or personal privilege,"
returned Eaton.- r
Sit down. Mr, Eaton. The ruling of
this chair Is that you are out. of order,"
falrlyelled- Forbes, pounding with his
gavel on th&jsoundlng board. J. "Tho
Then I must appeal f torn tha de
cision of the chair," cried Eaton.
"Call of - the house. . Call of the
Houser roared Speaker-McArthur,; who
was atvhls desk on the' floor.-., "firing
in the absent members." 4
jrorbes Xnling Is tmpopnlu.
Almost at once the house was thrown
Into the wildest . disorder. From the
calling of the first few names on the
roll call it became apparent that the
machine 'would lose, as member after
member shouted "No" 'against theruling
of Forbes. . t. - ...
After frensied work, by tha roller had
swupg two members who voted "no",
back into the "aye" column by changing
their .votes, the vote stood , 33 . against
the chair to 33 for it. ; . ' -
'The chair Is not' sustained," . an
nounced Forbes, and then uprpar broke
loose. sf a i i w , .1.. - r..
Members Jumped -up on their- seats,
tpplauding-with all their might. 'Again
end again Forbes pounded", with his
gavel. Twice the handclapping . died
awwoily4a4iraak-trfresh'f
Forbes poundod and pounded, The ex
citable little chalrmab appeared-ttf lose
his head altogether. .
i Glancing over to the press table; he
saw-two newspaper men clapping with
the rest. ' Waving his gavel in their di
rcetioji. .tied .singling them out of the
ftUol.d houscr JUo auouked';,"ilr'Scriieaut
WELFARE CAUSEwnny oh I ATflRC
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at arms, unless these men remain quiet,
put them out."
Will Talk Till He's Through.
That started it again, and for a full
minute and a half t was impossible to
maintain any-kihd of order. .Then ad
dressing Eaton, Forbes told him to con
tinue. "You have two minutes left, Mr.
Eaton," .he deNlared. 'Qo on and fin
ish." , . . . ,
"I cannot finish in two minutes,": re
plied Eaton. I shall take five, and do
not care to be Interrupted."
Tha roller, reeling 'from the result Of
the appeal vote." its first setback of the
session in an. open fight, made no fur
ther attempt to .block him, but devoted
its efforts entirely- to whipping; back
shaky ones Into Una while he was" talk
ing. - "
In withering, language, Eaton' re
buked Upton and Olson for the meth
ods they had used to kill his resolution:
This resolution, which was to the ef
fect that: the house should! take up and
pass on appropriation " matters', before
(Continued on Pare Seven)
T IS
IN TROUBLE
r BAY :BAR:xCfiEW , SAFE
Is Dragging ;'Anchor, But Will
Be Able' to Keep Afloat Until
' Tug Arrives;.
: ? .
Marshfield. Or..-Feb.5 18. .The' gaso
line schooner Rustler has gone to the
bar in hope of getting a line to the
schooner Advent- and- towing her ' to
safety. -The Advent is still at anchor,
arid it is believed, that the Rustler will
be able ttf get her out of danger. -
- Marshfield, Or., Feb. 18.--The schoon
er Advent of the Simpson Lumber com
pany fleet is , In trouble on the Coos
Bay kbar ' Bheu attempted to t sail in
this morning at $ ycioclt,.,; She crossad
the bat",: but owing to, a northwest wind
was blown tdward the south and dropped
anchor, off the south. splV.,.-K;iV-Cis.'''X''.
? Thera is ho , tugf hero tiow, iand ittia
Simpson Lumber 'company has sent to
Gardiner for the Eleanor, which should
reach here within two or three hours.
.Iha. Schooner Ja drggln -iu-lir. but
it is believed that she will be aV.le to
keep afloat until the tug arrlvcsv Tlire
Is a dangerous reef on tbe south t-Ule
tt th' harbor, entrance, ami if t! ves
sel should be (-iirrl. il -t i' - - i i, she
would b trwi' i.
Tha- crew ii : - - t . i-
Fel c'.l 1 ii:; '
savl
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'A Wlm
SCHOONER
ADVEN
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KfLIIII OLMMIUilO
PLEDGED TO LATE
SESSION AT SALEi.i
42 Said to Be Committed in
House" But Merely to Hold
over Session of Ono
. Week. V . v.
LJanalysisituattoit
SHOWS VARIED-MOTIVES
Principal Idea Seems to Be
Consideration of Vetoes
That Are Expected.
i ' r (Stiff Ooripoidenee.) .-
Salem, Or,, Feb. 18. Tha organization
managers ', wera busy this morning
straightening their lines snd succeeded
In forcing one of the outside senators
Into line by Intimating' what might
happen to one or two bills In which the
people of his district ara interested If
he failed to sign. It Is believed there
are now 20 or 21 signatures to tho
agreement.
Salem, Or.; Feb.' 18. By a mixture of
Intrigue and good intentions. 22 sena
torial names' are: claimed to have been
secured , to : an agreement to hold an
adjourned session of tha legislature to
consider the vetoes of the governor, t In
fact, however, this claim Is much over
stated, jv - -;,:-.'.-:- ' -;::. ;.;,;
The intrigue conies from the desire of
certain foes of the governor to revenge
themselves in case' pet bills of theirs
are vetoed, .. Tb good intention comes
in a feeling on the part of certain other
members that the session passing the
bills Is tha one -"sat should consider the
vetoed measures of that session. This
is a logical argument, ana irrespective
of the politics in It has gained some
support; . . -. - -.
As. a matter of fact if the word of
senators themselves Is to b accepted as
true,, a names nave not aciuany oeen
secured to this agreement. A canvass
last night of the "outiander", and near
Insurgent element produced 10 senators
who , asserted , they had 5 not attached
their names to such an agreement, and
a number of others were not seen who
may .not have signed... s :, .
Still others explalned-that they signed
with the understanding that the agree
ment was to effect some sort of agree
ment with the house for expediting leg-
upon their minds, they explained, and
surprise was expressed in some cases
when they were Informed that the agree
ment provided: that they were to return
"for the . purpose of considering veto
messages 'of the governor." ; ,
"The-words quoted are from a copy
Of: the agreement to which it is claimed
tha 22 signatures were obtained, but out
of those who have signed. It appears
that some of them did hot understand
the wording it contained regarding its
purpose. - - '
This state of affairs is causing serious
doubt as to whether a quorum actually
signed, the 1 names themselves being
carefully guarded. For if 23 names
are claimed out of SO, 10 or more -have
not signed and others have signed under
a misapprehension, doubt is thrown
upon the entire claim. It is easy to
understand why a number in excess of
20 should be claimed, because 20 names
are required for a quorum, and with
out a quorum pledged to return, the plan
would he a failure.
" Attempt to Vlotata'to West.
. knA hark of nil thl nalnahl noltflrdl
play la another significant fact. While
no statement can be obtained from Gov
ernor West, it is known that a propo
sition was carried to him that if he
would agree In advance-not to . make
certiln men members of .the Oregon
commission to manage the Oregon ex
hibit at the San Francisco fair, he woultt
not only be permitted to name the mem
bers of the commission but the le?ila-
( Continued on Page Eleven.)
RAILROADS GIVE IN TO
t
AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Lines .insist on Public Hearing
. Under iErdman Act ' Say
-Other Employes Waiting,
(t'nlted Press Ltiwd Wire)
Kew. York, Feb, 18. Complete icioT
for-the -firemen's brotherhood In tiu-ir
strike proceedings against 54 eastrin
railroads was secured today in the iai.
roads' acceptance of arbitration umW
the Erdrian act. - This was the only
concession the firemen demanded.
Tha brotherhood named Albert I'Ml
llps of Satramento. Cal.. as Its repre
sentative on the arbitration board. Tim
railroads named W, W. Atterbury, gen
eral manager of the Pennsylvania sys
tem. : ,
It Is declared tha railroads" manlfat-
insists on a public hearing of their si-U.
of tho strike question,, They recite tri. it
objections to the Erdman act, tlie rn--clpal
one being that "the 'responslb.iUv -Which
ultimately would xvl on . tiih t
member of the Erdtnanarbttratfon 1
Is too great to Impose' on one ni,m."
They insi-st tha act does'" not "guM-t
puhllc interet. r
The manifesto warns the. pi.' w. t
another similar demand -for jfan ci j
wages by ouUutr ami trmnw- -
ing:- "We dtsire to put ttfr.r ti i
lio the notice that a .crisis wl ' '
tl)t') wtK'ri (,( d.MOiiii'U flrn I---cr
'1 by 1'i" rnll'oj(it." .
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f 1,V 1... r ! i
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IN
AVERT STRIK