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LABOR COUNCIL TELLS ' MiY IT IS OPPOSED TO Letter Is Being Sent to All Other Ubon Unions of. the State. RECORDS ARE REVIEWED Attitude ef Sooth and McAxthn I tmlcel to 0nM of OiyulMl Workers, Official Statement,' Reason's why organised labor 1 op posed to the candidacies- of R. A. Booth for the United States senate and C. N. Mc Arthur for congressman from the Third district, are set out In detail In a letter prepared by a committee ap pointed by the Portland Central Labor Council last Friday night. The letter, which is presented here with In fall, through the courtesy of the Portland Labor Press, Is being sent to all the labor unions In the state. At the time the committee was appointed to draft the letter, the Labor Council went on record by an almost unani mous rote in opposition to the two Candidates. The letter la mm follnwa: 1 Wo Attempt to Dictate. "First, we wish our affilliated and ether unions and the individual mem bers of organised labor to understand that the Council by this action does not Intend to directly or otherwise commend to the elector any other candidates for her or his favorable consideration, considered partisan be cause of its action, nor does the Coun cil wish to lessen the loyalty of any member of organized labor to any po litical party as such. "The Council appreciates its limita tions and the delegates comprising the meeting that took this action did so with a full appreciation and fore knowledge of tbe accusations that would surely emanate from th vest ed interests the candidates opposed represent But the Council ever has in mind the policy of the American Federation of Labor as first voiced by President (tempers, who said, 'De feat your enemies and aid your friends,' and this Council , respectfully suggests to the workers of Oregon, that when any political party selects as standard bearers men so blind to the interests of labor as Messrs. Booth and McArthur, then it is the bounden duty of a Council such as ours to speak fearlessly and truthfully. Booth Gets a Bap. "To the partisan voter in labor's ranks we say your duty lies first with your fellow worker and secondly with your party and the consideration we ask of you as a worker, is that be fore casting your vote, you carefully note and weigh the following facts as we find them, and hereby call to your attention: "Mr. Booth is financing his cam paign with wealth taken from the for ests of Oregon and diverted from the homes of the workers of the state in to the pockets and vaujts of .himself and associates, Mr. Booth so Joves BOOTH M'ARTHUR HAVE YOU ENTERED The JOURNAL'S CONTEST? Over $5000.00 in Prizes include ing Two Automobiles. Several Trips to the Panama Pacific Ex position. Pianos and Talking Ma chines. It is easy to win a valuable prize with little effort. Full par ticulars will appear in Tuesday's Journal.. - The list of contestants will be announced in. a few days. Nomination Blank JOURNAL CONTEST DEPARTMENT: Please enter the name of Name :.Y.. ...... . Address ' ... Age.;.i ,, . .years. Residing;. in district s - .. Yours truly, Name .... ........ i. Address -t the worker that be has demanded the union label, on some of bis election cards. We say 'some' advisedly, for we find ea 'some he has Just as vig orously . demanded Its absence. ' We might be charitable and think the ab sence of K the label is - occasioned by some unthinking I campaign : manager, but In glancing over tbe letterhead of the Employers' - association of Oregon we find as a member of the county district committee of that delectable organization of labor lovers, the name of one A. C Dixon, Booth-Kelly Lum ber company, Eugene, Lane county. Up in the left hand corner of this letter head we . find blazoned forth In snow white letters on a black piratical back ground : The Open Shop and there is the answer. A vote tm a vote to the politician of high or low degree. And If the open shop principle must be trampled on to gala - tbe vote of some deluded, union man who insists on the union label, then give him a union label. . . , - -: ..." Mo Guess About It. ' "Mr. Booth has conveniently dis posed of the major portion of his in terests in the Booth-Kelly Lumber company-so they say. ' Mr. Guggen heim, of Colorado fame, did likewise with his copper interests prior to mak ing his ambition to don ; a sen atorial toga known, still - be ; managed to turn out a fair article of loyalty and subservience to the copper and other - big business interests .of Colo rado after he had succeeded in buying his seat in the United States senate. "Fortunately we do not have to use any guess work as to how Mr. Booth will stand relative to labor and pro gressive legislation should he be elected. We cite the following few instances of how well he served the common people while state senator: "Mr. Booth voted against the airecv primary law of the session of 1903, senate bill 24.. It was beaten by, one vote (see 1903 Senate Journal, 406). "In 1907. two bills were introaucea in the senate for .the purpose of elim inating tbe "people's choice' feature of Statement No. 1. Mr. Bootn voiea asrainst the indefinite postponement of these bills, (see 1907 Senate Journal, 405). Opposed People's Choice. "In 1907. the legislature was called upon for tbe first time to vote for the people's choice for United States sen ator. Mr. Booth voted against tne people's choice and for Judge Bean. "In 1905, Mr. Booth votea against senate bill No. 50, designed to limit the hours of service of railway em ployes to nine hours on duty and re quiring a nine hour rest between Shifts (see 1306 Senate journal, znoj. "Ia 1907 Mr. Booth as chairman of the committee on Industries reported adversely on senate bill No. 52 to limit the hours of a day's work to eight, and to put on an eight hour basis all persons supplying the coun ty or state with , material and sup plies. This bill on recommendation of his committee wa indefinitely postponed (see 1907 Senate Journal, 239-240). "Mr. Booth voted against the pres ent eight hour law for state and coun ty employes, house bill No. 208 (see 1907 Senate Journal. 828). The bill passed, there being only two negative votes, and of these Mr. Booth cast one. During the same session he vot ed against house bill No. 283, a bill taxings timber lands, and designed es pecially to tax lands that were al leged to be escaping 'taxation because the owners were holding from record their patents from the government. MCcArfhar Considered. "At the session of 1907, senate bill No. was introduced to abolish the defense . of fellow servant get up by FEAR OF ZEPPELINS ; i a iv AitnAii ah HAUN1S LUNUUN UN RENEWAL OF RAIDS Five Bombs Dropped in Paris, Belgian "Cities Are . Visited by Flying Terrors. 1 , . ' ' ' - - sasBsssskssBBBSKSBSBSBSBsasBBaaBBsat s. NON-COMBATANTS KILLED Activity of Genua Airmen la rraae and Belgium Stirs England, Which Tears Cross Channel flight. , (United Press Leased Wire.) . London, Sept. 18. England continued-fearful today of a German Zep pelin raid, its apprehension being ac centuated by news of the airship's activities In various parts of Belgium and elsewhere. . An aged man was fatally hurt Sat' urday night at Dynxe, where five bombs were dropped, one of which partly demolished a hospital roof. From the same Zeppelin a bomb was .dropped at Rolleghem, but no dam age was done. Alost, Ghent and Minelbeke also sighted the dirigible. In Russian Poland the fortress guns ai xovoueorgiewsk brought down an. other Zeppelin which had previously Domoaraea Warsaw, killing three men. Five ' bombs were also droDned in Paris In the vicinity of the Prince of Monaco's residence, the American church, Frank Gould's mansion. Am bassador Herrick's home, the chancel lory or the embassy and the statue of George Washington. The only property damage was to the windows and facade of the prince's house, which were badly shattered. The house was . occupied only by a janitor, who escaped unhurt. Tne bombardment occurred Just as the congregations were leaving church, however, and an aged man and his graundaughter who were on their way home, were struck by fragments of the first bomb, the former being in stantly killed, and the latter, a little girl, fatally injured. .A i10 mist hung over Paris at the time, and the aviator could not ' Ji was supposed the bombardment was from an aeroplane instead of a dirigible. the employer In actions for personal injury by employe. It was referred to the committee on industries, Mr. Booth, chairman. This commit tee made an adverse report and the Hi- waa Innitely postponed (see 1907 Senate Journal, 215). "Wo ask the workers of Oregon, is this Council warranted in sounding this alarm when the foregoing; is so well known to It? Would you have voted with Mr. Booth on these mat ters? Have you any reason to believe that .Mr. Booth is a changed man? Has he since caught even a glimmer of the vision of labor emancipated? This Council thinks not. "In conclusion, let us touch briefly on Mr. McArthur, and his qualifica tions. Mr. McArthur's chief claim to fame as a faithful servant is the fact that during the land fraud trials in Oregon he was a Burns ooerator. in other words he was the bright young uuua wnoni w. j. Burns and those who employed Burns depended tin on to select a jury roll fr.om which a Jury could be selected with no chance of missing fire when the time came to convict and crucify Senator Mitchell, et aL , - ; Record Is Reactionary. "To be sure it appears in the re port of Attorney General Wickersham made to President Taft May 10, 1912, on application of Willard Jones for a pardon, that McArthur claims he act ed as a Burns agent with reluctance and "under duress,' but have you, Mr. Worker, any proof that since 1910 Mc Arthur has paid his debt in full to his master, W. J. Burns? Have you any proof that the 'duress admitted by McArthur in 1910 is not still do ing business at the same old stand? You organised workers who would throw a known Burns agent out of your union as you would a scorpion, do you think this council is going too far when we oppose McArthur's elec tion to- the house of representatives? Bather would this Council be craven and remiss of dutj did we not call to your attention the foregoing. "As for McArthur's legislative rec . ord we are again fortunate, in that we do not have to guess what his atti tude towards labor would be were he elected. Of this record we will say little except that he has at all times been reactionary, subservient to the Interests and obviously under 'duress.' Would Defeat Them. "To Illustrate McArthur's progres sive (?) tendencies we would call your attention to his support of the no torious and infamous Brooke-Bean bill, which made it a crlme punishable with heavy penalty for a candidate to sign Statement No. 1. Obedient to the master, McArthur left his seat as speaker of the house and made a vig orous speech in defense of this ob noxious' and despicable attempt of the system to overthrow the will of. the people and urged that the bill should be passed. This was probably another case of 'duress.' "There you have them, brothers. The owner and the owned. The master and the slave. Tbe craftsman of big busi ness and the tool. As Booth is the finished structure of special privilege, so Is McArthur the mud-silt "This Council asks you in tbe name of labor to defeat these men. For with a few such defeats marked to its credit, labor wilt soon be sending its own members to our national legisla tive halls. . .. - "K. E. Southard, secretary Central Labor Council, Portland and vicinity; Eugene E, Smith, H. Harder, C Ock wig, committee Central Labor Council, Portland and vicinity. Under seal of Central Labor . Council. Portland ' and vicinity.' . FRICTION iS RIFE AMONG . . - - : THE ALLIES (Continued From Page One.) reeling them, the Teutonic forces wer. xunousiy assaulting, tne weak spots in the allies' line. - At headquarters here it was declared they bad. been uniformly repulsed. . - The French colonial infantry, the Gallic black regiments and most of 1Ytm "Rl'itl.h trftOn wf fAnt..li .at the allies': left. Heavy reinforce. : ments of reserve-regiments were also reaching the German front. - ' Notwithstanding the report that the Germans . were across the. Mouse, It ' was . asserted that the French still re tained St Mihlel. . The French center waa : admittedly t sustaining tremendous pressure Just east of R he una. The fighting in upper Alsace was supposed to be a sequel to the weak ening of the kaiser's forces in - that quarter to strengthen his right.'' A new war office rule concerning news from the front forbids ' refer ences to exact locations of troops. - French Are Non-ComnrittaL By William Philip Sims. Paris, Sept. 28 That the battle of the Aisne was drawing to a dose and that they were confident it would cul minate in the turning of the German right and tbe expulsion of the kaiser's troops from France was .the unofficial assertion of the military authorities ere today. The official statement 'issued at 3 p. nx, however, was one of the most noncommittal of the entire .series the war office has turned out. It was believed to dispose, however, of reports that the allies had: raided Mons and that the city was burning. It was certain that the Franco-British commanders were doing their ut most to hold their lines Intact while they strove to crumple the Teutonic front in the Oise and Aisne. region. Thousands of fresh troops umftestion ably were in action on both side, and both were sacrificing men recklessly. The battle lines were exactly paral lel and so close together that they al most touched. German Bight Weakens. By Ed It. Keen. London. Sept 28. With the battle of the Aisne in its fifteenth day, it was admitted at the war office here this afternoon that the allies had as yet gained no decisive advantage over the Germans. It was asserted, however, that there were beginning to e evidences of a weakening of the kaiser's extreme right. . Determined to make the most of this, the allies, strongly reinforced, were, bringing tremendous pressure to bear at this point, it was said. The public was much excited by the reports from Ostend that Mons, Bel gium, a highly Important point to the Germans, was burning, but the war of fice had received no confirmation of the stories, and seemed doubtful of them, - - Circumstantial accounts were re ceived from the front concerning the alarming prevalence of typhoid among the Germans. In the Dendre river val ley, near Termonde, Belgium, alone, it was said 700 had died of the disease. Many pneumonia cases also were re ported in the kaiser's ranks. The German wounded, too, were un derstood to be Buffering frightfully. Their enormous number and the swift ness of the campaign were said to have combined to make it Impossible to care properly for them, and it was asserted there have been wholesale deaths in the field of men who could easily have been saved by treatment. In addition to all this, an epidemic of glanders was reported among the Germans' horses. Germans Are Optimistic Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. The German general staff was optim istic today. It was admitted no decisive result wa in sight in the western fighting zone, but the general trend of events was declared to favor the kaiser. The fiercest fighting was said to be between th German right and the al lies' left. Though they had used every available man and made the most fran- tlce efforts, the allies had failed, it was stated, to penetrate the German line at this point. The German center was reported gaining. ' From Cleremont to Saint Mennehould, it was asserted, the French had been repulsed: it claimed the Germans maintained their advantage on tbe heights of the Mease and the bombardment of -the Verdun- Toul fortifications continued. The general staff owned that the allies' artillery was improving. Belgian sorties from Antwerp were said to have been repulsed. .Russian accounts of a victory over the Germans at Suwalkl were denied. On the contrary it was insisted the German advance into Russian Poland was being pushed. German Charges Repulsed. Farts, Sept. Z8. Tne Germans were making desperate but. unsuccessful at tempts today to break the allies' line between the River Aisne and the Ar gonne region, the Bordeaux war office announced this afternoon. It was said they had made repeated bayonet charges against the Franco British defenses, but that they had been beaten back invariably with great loss. The fighting elsewhere, however. It was stated, was somewhat less fero. clous than during the past two days. The general situation . was reported to be unchanged. Journal's Guests at Round-Up Pleased Service Was Perfect and There- Was nothing to Worry About, Say Those Who Made journey. "There's no way lfke the Journal way." "Best time of my life." "Service perfect" N6t a thing to worry about. Every thing was attended to; all we had to do was to see the Round-Up and en joy ourselves." -"Shall certainly go again next year." These are only a few of the com ments on The Journal's special Round up train and excursion de luxe to Pendleton, but they sum up the opin ion of every one of the 200 Portland- ers who made the trip. The Journal. "red and blue special reached . Portland yesterday morning at 1:10 o'clock, having.'left Pendleton at midnight Saturday night It was a mighty r happy and well satisfied bunch that descended from, the pala tial sleepers. ' Praise was unstinted for the ac commodation and service given on the trip and aU agreed that The Journal way is the only way to attend the Round-Up. Many talked of next year and ; are already making their plans for attending the 1915 Round-Up The Journal way. Everybody had a good time and each expressed his appreciation of the way The Journal had looked out for- the party It was a happy, jolly crowd, full of enthusiasm for the Round-Up and all that it had to offer. Calais Mark for Bombs from Air Vearect Preach Port to England Bald ed by German Airship Which, How ever, Does aro Bamaffe. . 1 tiondon. Sept : 28. Delayed ' dis patches which reached here tonight by way of Folkestone, - told of three bombs being dropped ; on Calais, the nearest French port ". to England ' by the airship ' which dropped bombs on Boulogne Friday. The aerial bom bardment of Calais preceded tbe raid on-. Boulogne.- In which -, a dog was killed, and was ea Jess harmful. DEATH DROPS FROM SKY FROM INVISIBLE GUNS OF THE ENEMY Far-Off Puffs of Smoke and Roar of Guns Only Signs . of Battle,' (United Press Leased Wirt.) London. Sept. 1. (By Mail to New York.) One- of , the most terrifying things about the present fighting on the continent, according to wounded soldiers who have returned here from the war zone In northeastern France, is that the troons are -f reauently In ac tion for hours without seeing their enemies. There have been, it is true, more hand-to-hand encasements than ex ports expected with modern weapons. but there have also been numerous artillery duels, and with death drop-Dins- all about them, those who. were hurling; It at them were often not only Invisible, but In many cases it was not even possible to determine the lo cation of their batteries. "On. day." said a wounded lance corporal, describing this sort of fight ing, we lay Tor i nours m trenches, with shells falling about us like rain. "We could see puffs of smoke along the horizon and hear tne con stant roar of the guns,-out nor boui except ourselves was In sight, only when you got a wound did you reallxo that you really were in a oiiua "At the beginning or me campaign. although we were' under fire constant - ly, it was three whole days before we actuauy sex mw The same corporal commenced on the Indifference tbe German ofneers "PROHI": TEACHER STUMPED! REBELLION AGAINST "PRACTICAL POLITICS" Now, Mr, Prohi, we'll run tais schoolroom iocUy. We don't intend to hurt you, but we had to tie you up so you couldn't run away, while we asaed you 4 few questions. - Us lads talked this thing over last night and decided that we had heard about all we wanted to of the kind of politics you and your Pittsburg millionaires are trying to play here in Oregon. 1 told dad what we were going to do and he gave me a lot of ques tions .which he .said Mr. Prohi wouldn't answer. He said the Pro fa is always make a lot of claims they sever can back up, and never tell us about their prohibition fail ures. Now, Mr. Prohi, why is it you never have told us that at the last election . Maine came within 758 votes of rejecting its" prohibition law, after trying prohibition for 64 years; why don't you tell the peo ple that New Hampshire tried it 48 years and rejected it; that Ver mont rejected it, after S3 years; that Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, TCD E seemed' to feel for the loss their men. ' i - , J '' - '-.' - ' They advanced in close formation leainst one position. he . said,' "fro nr. which: we were about to withdraw be cause it was dominated by a German battery we could not locate. As the infantry advanceo, tne .Brit ish guns - opened on tnem and tore treat boles in their ranks. Red Cross men said they picked up If 0 dead and wounded Germans in front of that position. And yet -the British losses did not exceed" 20. The German close formation was responsible for it. -- . 1 . ' . ' j Seward Stopped i I "R v Jan ! f!m l Rfvr i 1. , . Alaska, Steamship Company's Freights Bad Jrapers ia Good Shape, However, . and Soon Pre fed sm ericas megistry. Seattle, "Wash, Sept. ; 28. The fact that the papers of the Alaska Steam ship company's freighter Seward were In rood shape saved that vessel from an embara rasing situation on Septem ber 17.; when she was stopped by tbe Japanese cruiser Idsuma in Quees Charlotte. ' sound. Alaska, and per mitted to proceed only after the Japa nese officers were satisfied she is of American registry. Captain Hanson of the steamship Santa Anna has arrived In this port with news of the incident, which hj learned: from the Hps of the com mander! of the Seward when that ves sel arrived in Seward. Alaska. Septem ber It. ! The report that the Idzuma fired shot across the bows of the Seward before she hove to Is denied, Roseburg Bootlegger Fined. Roseburg. Or. Sept. 2. W. N. Ben son, who was arrested here oq Satur day charged with bootlegging, upon pleading guilty was sentenced to pay line or 60 The Jail sentence of 1 Ben Baldwin, who was sentenced to 30 oars m jau. was suspenaea aurtng good behavior. He was found guilty on a similar chares and paid a fine of $75. Nebraska, Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin and South Dakota have all "tried" prohibition and all rejected it. Why are you trying to make us adopt a law to make men good when it! has been so generally ex ploded as false theory by these splendid states in tbe east? Why is it, Mr. Prohi, that Ten nessee,: one of your latest "victor ies," is trying, right now, with tbe aid of the United States secretary of the treasury, to float $1,400,000 bonds, and has fallen down? Why jis it that in your "model prohibtion" state of Kansas they are legally shipping in a million and a half quarts ; of whiskey every year? I Why s it that we have $145 for every individual here, in Oregon to every $100 in Kansas? "Why its it that Kansas ranks as the thirty-second state in per cap ita banking, resources? As the forty-third state in savings bank deposits? 1 v ' : Why is it that Kansas has more peniteniary inmates per population than 24 other states if Prohibition on 5 i Registration Books Close October 15 VOTE The Great Sstle MC) The Holitz Stock : v f By Order of the Creditors Continues All This Week Till Everything Is Sold Prices Are Away Below Cost in .Many Cases Half or Less Than Half the Regular Wholesale Values. Women's Furs Holiday Gifts : Jewelry Laces and Trimmings Chiffons, Etc. , Lace Curtains, Draperies, Notions, Art Goods, Kid Gloves, Etc., All Included. The Holtz Store Fifth and Washington Sts. prohibits? Why is it that Kansas has more juvenile delinquents per population than 26 other states? W hy is it that Kansas has more feeble-minded per population than 31 other sates? Why is it that Kansas has more homicides per population than 22 other states? We want an answer to these questions about Kansas, Mr. Prohi, because Kansas is the only Prohu . bition state yon dare to brag about. Why is it that practically every president of the United States from Washington to Wilson, and . including Lincoln, Taft and Roose velt, has publicly declared against a Prohibition law? Why is it that you keep telling as people in Oregon that half of the United States is in "dry1? terri tory, when the internal revenue paid in whiskey, beers and wines is1 increasing over ten million dol lars a year, .and the consumption of whiskey, wines and beers has .doubled in the last U years? Why is that taxes begin soaring TE1R NOW' the moment that Prohibition is adopted, and why it is that realty values begin tumbling, thousands of men and women are thrown out of employment, incomes begin fall ing off, and general stagnation eis in.- . : Why is that governors and may ors in Prohibition states and cities always talk against prohibition after they have got it? Why. is it that you never say anything about the blindpigger and the bootlegger, who skulks through dark alleys in plying his traffic? . , ; V Why is it yon never tell us any of these things, but only appeal to the emotional side of . men, and women?-- ' If Prohibition is practical, if it will actually work out, and is en titled to the dignity of being put on the law books of .Oregon, why don't yoo ever tell us about these .kit -.f j j . . . - . ...... that don't work out? , : Do you think that we adoptll freak legislation that comes along? Do you think you can make a goat out of us Oregon people? -, NO