THE OREGON . DAILY ' JOURNAL, PQ RTL AND, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917.
I
LAV OF WASHINGTON
UPHELD BY BRANDHS
Dissenting Opinion Says the
Measure was Effort to
: Deal With Unemployment,
MAJORITY OPPOSED LAW
"Decision was rive to Four Against
. "flea sure, Two Standing' With Bran
dies, rourth on Separate Basic.
" Washington June 16. (WASHING
. TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
-Viewing the employment agency law
- Of th state of Washington aa an ef
fort to deal with the larger problem
of unemployment. Associate Justice
f. Louis D. Brandels, of the United
States supreme court. In a dissenting:
Opinion favoring- the law, says that
. to declare the statute of a state
- enacted under the police power invalid
under the fourteenth amendment, ia a
matter of such seriousness that I state
my reasons for dissent."
The purpose of the Washing-tor law
' was to put private employment agen
cies out of business. This was done
by prohibiting them from collecting
fees, This cleared the way for th
State to work out its own employment
agency plan. The law was sustained
by the utate supreme court and tha
federal district court.
Majority Oppose legislation
- The United States supreme court by
: a five to four decision now reverses
the lower courts and declares the law
Unconstitutional. Justice Pitney, who
. wrote the majority opinion, declared
that the abuses of the private agencies
"do not Justify destroying one's right
to follow a distinctly useful calling In
ran upright way." Chief Justice White
and Justices Van Devanter, McReyn
' olds and Day Joined in overthrowing
the law, on the ground that it inter-
- feres with the due process of law.
Justices Holmes and Clark con
curred with Justice Brandies' dissent
ing views, while Justice McKenna
separately dissented, noting that under
recent decisions he believes the law is
- a valid exercise of police power against
; a "demonstrated evil.". Justice Bran
dels entered into an earnest discussion
of the facts surrounding the enactment
Of the Washington law, which was en
acted under the Initiative. In the
-course of his dissent Justice Brandels
aid:
Unemployment Big Question.
"The problem which confronted the
people of Wkshlngton was far more
comprehensive and fundamental than
, that of protecting workers applying
; to private agencies.
"It was the chronic problem of un
employment, perhaps the gravest and
most difficult problem of modern In
dustry the problem which, owing to
business depression, was the most
cute In America during the years 1913
to 1S16.
, ''In the state of Washington the suf-
fering from unemployment was accent-
uated by the lack of staple industries
operating continuously throughout the
' year and by unusual fluctuations in
. the demand for labor, with consequent
- : deductions of wages and Increase of
social unrest.
- " "Students of the larger problems of
unemployment appear to agree that
' the establishment of an adequate sys
tern of employment offices or labor
. exchanges is an indispensable firs
tep toward Its solution.
Local Courts Knew Conditions.
"There Is reason to believe that the
people of Washington not only con
ldered the collection by the private
employment offices of fees from em
' ployes a social Injustice, but that
they considered the elimination of the
practice a necessary preliminary to
the establishment of a constructive
.policy for dealing with the subject of
":. "unemployment.
"It is facts and considerations like
, these which may have led the people
of Washington to prohibit the collec
. tlon by employment agencies of fees
' from applicants for work. And weight
should be given to the fact that the
statute hP.s been held constitutional
by the supreme court of Washington
and by the federal district court (.thrco
judges sitting") courts presumably
-v familiar with the local conditions and
needs."
FIRST SKIRMISH OVER
WATER POWER TAKES
PLACE IN THE HOUSE
Washington, June 16. The first
kirmish of the present session on
- waterpower legislation took place in
the house, when Representative Mc-
- Arthur of Oregon called for a division
and then forced a rollcall by making
- a point of no quorum on a motion to
relieve th rivers and haroors com
mittee of Consideration of a bill in
troduced by Chairman Small of that
committee.
.The bill had been referred to Small's
' r committee at his request, and he de
sired to have the rivers and harbors
v committee retain Jurisdiction over it.
- Chairman A damson of the committee
- on -interstate and foreign commerce
.V was equally insistent that the bill be
longed to his committee, and the prec
edents bear him out in it. Waterpower
legislation affecting navigable streams
has been handled by the commerce
committee ever since it became a live
question.
' Mc Arthur Xases Skirmish
Adamson made the motion to turn
the bill over to his committee, and
upon a division, demanded by McAr
thur, the speaker counted 62 ayes and
' r 19 . noi. McArthur then made the
, i. point of no quorum, a rollcall follow
ing automatically. This developed 222
ays and only 47 noes, so the bill went
to Adamson's committee.
" i McArthur explains that he wanted
- fha bill left in the rivers and harbors
committee because it might have a
chance to be reported from that com
mittee at the present session, while In
Adam ton's committee it is likely to
nave a long sleep.
A Bin Kuch Uxe Shields Bin
The bill introduced by Small relates
j- entirely to disposal of water power on
- navigable streams, authorizing the sec
retary of war to enter into a contract
' under plan of the chief of engineers.
with regulation of Intrastate rates bv
. state bodies and interstate rates by
, federal authority, with payment for
, use of land upon the basis of its "fair
and : reasonable value"; the United
States having the right to take over.
- .the plant at the end of 60 years upon
payment of "just compensation.
The bill is -thus much like the ill
fated .Shields biU of the last session
except that it is in a short and some-
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South Dakota, U shown here holding a package containing $40.-
OOO.OOO. If this package of paper money were converted Into the
gold It represents it would weigh 70 tons. Mr. Burke Is the only
employe of the United States treasury who is placed under bond.
Ho is responsible for all the m ocey passing through the depart-ment.
what crude form. The Shields bill
failed at the last session because tle
house passed the so-called Adam son
bill as a substitute for it and the con
ferees never were able to agree. The
representatives of the house asserted
that the Shields bill made a surrender
of valuable rights to the big power in
terests without proper consideration
while the supporters of the senate bill
declared the restrictions demanded by
the house were such as would prevent
any practical development.
Sumpter Valley Hearing Off
Washington, June 16. The case of
the United States against the Sump
ter Valley Railway company before
the interstate commerce commission.
which was set for hearing at Baker,
Or., on June 11, has been ordered
postponed to an indefinite date.
Fr ear Favors 'Columbia Work
Washington, June 16. The early
debate on, the rivers and harbors bill
In the house has been following the
usual course, with an added element
of opposition on the part of some
who 'contend that no project should
receive approval unless it can clearly
be shown to be a part of the plan of
national defense.
Congressman Frear of Wisconsin
for many sessions the belligerent foo t
of rtver and harbor bills, has given Gf the reserve board. With stacks of
ln,h1 a WJlat tne, subscriptions still waiting to be corn
present bill should contain. He con- nil ir,m. -r, k,.-vI-.
tended that . unexpended balances of
$32,000,000 are on hand for river and
harbor work, some of which could
be applied to any project, and there
fore no new appropriation is needed
for . such work.
Some of the expenditures proposed
in the bill are proper, he said, and
he referred to withdrawal of the $975,
000 for the mouth of the Columbia as
"withdrawn from a legitimate water
way." As a general principle, he fa
vored keeping open channels in the
inland rivers and stopping the expen
sive lock and dam projects.
until railway rates are controlled.
he asserted, river channels will he
little used, except for local commerce.
in this he refers to minimum rail
rates, "because freight is irolne to seek
the railroads until we control the min
imum railroad freight rates."
Frear appended to his remarks a
list of projects which he said cannot
be considered for war purposes, and
therefore objected to. Included in this
list are the new projects for Grays
harbor and Lake Washington, Wash.,
and the appropriations for mainte
nance and continuing work on Coos
bay, $70,000; Cascades and upper Co
lumbia and Snake. $70,000; Willamette
falls, $80,000, and the lower Columbia
and Willamette below Portland and
Vancouver, $310,000.
Farmer's Bulletins May Be Had
Washington,. June 16. Representa
tive McArthur has a large supply of
farmers bulletins of the department
of agriculture for free distribution
among his constituents. He believes
many of these bulletins will be of
value in tho present national food
crisis, particularly the following:
No. 218. "The School Garden."
No. 255. "The Home Vegetable Gar
den." No. 289. "Beans.-
No. 354, "Onion Culture."
No. 375, "Care of Food in the
Home.
No. 391. "Economical Use of Meat
in the Home."
No. 414, "Corn Cultivation."
No. 487. "Cheese and its Economical
Use in the Diet."
No. 660, "Weeds; How to Control
Them."
Mr. McArthur will furnish any or all
of the publications to those who write
tor them. He will also furnish a com
plete list of farmers' bulletins and
will send such numbers as may be
selected. Those deslrins the Dubliea..
tions should write to C. N. McArthur,
House Office Building. Washington,
v. t .
LIBERTY LOAN
TP BE NEARLY
$3,ooo;ooo,ooo
(Continued From Pice One)
a list of Liberty loan figures that
ever mounted higher. As their work
proceeded they were more than ever
convinced that close to an extra bil
lion of subscriptions had been added.
In addition to the work of tabulation
they had to plan about paring down
allotments. In general, it mav be
said that this will be done by slicing
on tne larger subscriptions made by
multimillionaires or by hiz banks.
There will be practically no slicing of
tne smaller individual subscriptions.
Weeona Xoaa Coming-
With the first loan such a bis; suc-
cess, officials are already considering I ' - . . . ! ' . . ' '
the flotation of a second issue, butlv" acen wio-ini above ia not the roof of -a New York tenement bouse bat the well guarded clothe line
this probably Will not be undertaken t " - at the naval tMlnlno mmtfnr. ICmr TV T .
AMERICA'S MONEY
tf J-'K
before September 1. That campaign
will last for aboTit 30 days, and prob
ably will call for a loan equally as
large as tho first.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
in thanking officials and committees
throughout, asked that they maintain
their organizations, so that they could
operate in spreading the second loan.
Returns kept pouring in all day
and It may be Monday before the
final count can be made. Estimate
of an extra $1,000,000,000 may be
somewhat lowered today as returns
arrive, though officials believed that
at least $800.000,000,, or $900,000,000
nad been over-subscribed.
Cable facilities are open to neutral
countries for announcing the totals,
ana tne government is willing that
the outcome of this loan should
reach Germany through those sources.
They believe that between the gi
gantic registration for the army and
tne American readiness to subscribe.
uermany will at last be convinced
that the United States is in this war
to a finish with enormous resources.
S. F. Oversubscribes
fean rrancisco, June 16. (U. P.)
The San Francisco federal reserve dis
trict has considerably oversubscribed
its maximum Liberty loan allotment
m.nt t,', a r I
fit X 1 lit. ft III! Illin a .rn wt n . n .
tr t i-mwwv tit Ul-UCJ lllO-l
the district's total would approximate
$171,000,000. The minimum allotment
was $140,000,000.
Every state in the district greatly
exceeded its minimum allotment and
nearly all exceeded the maximum
quota.
So great was the final crush of sub
scribers that the tanks an-J reserve
district officials will not be able to
complete compilations until this after
noon. San Francisco subscribed $54,
000,000, which is $12,000,000 over her
quota. California's total subscription
is estimated at $111,000,000. Of this.
$84,000,000 came from Northern Cali
fornia, more than making up for
Southern California's deficit of about
$4,000,000.
New England Figures
Boston, June 16. (I. N. S.) The
Boston federal reserve bank announced
at 11:30 today that the total New Eng-
iana subscriptions to the Liberty loan
had added up to $285,000,000. There
were more tabulations to come. The
latest figure of $285,000,000 was $45,-
ooo.ooo more than New England's mini
mum allotment. It was only $15,000.-
000 short of its maximum allotment of
$300,000,000.
Chicago Passes $345,000,000
Chicago, June 16. (U. P.) The Chi
cago federal reserve dk'rlct has
passed the $345,000,000 maik In Lib
erty loan subscriptions, according to
Announcement by the federal reserve
bank shortly before 10 o'clock todav.
and there is every indication that when
tne tabulations are completed the total
will be over $350,000 000 Chicago
proper contributed $200,000,000 of this
From Fourth District
Cleveland. June 16. (I. N. S.) The
Fourth federal district, comprising all
of Ohio. Western Pennsylvania and
parts of West Virginia and Kentucky.
subscribed $276,286,950 to the Liberty
loan, me official figures were eriven
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out at noon today. The maximum
quota for the district was $225,000,000.
Kelso Responds Freely
Kelso, WaslL, June IS. Among th
communities of the northwest, Kelso
took a leading place in the matter
of purchasing- Liberty Loan bonds,
the allottment to this town being
sold out twice over. The banks, busi
ness men and citizens of Kelso and
vicinity had purchased $70,000 worth
of bonds up to yesterday, and more
bonds are being sold here dally,
The First National bank purchased
$50,000 worth of bonds for Its own
use and for its customers.
The youngest bond purchaser in
Cowlits county was Bob Sparling,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. I Sparling,
and his brother. Bill, seven years old,
also owns a Liberty bond. Both
these were purchased from the boys'
own savings accounts.
New York Over a Billion
New York, June 16. (I. N. S.)
New York's subscription to the Lib
erty loan was unofficially estimated
at noon today while the authorities
were still checking returns, at $1,050.-
000,000, with approximately one rail
lion subscribers. Federal officials for
the district hoped to have their fig
ures complete late today.
Seattle Buys Heavily
Seattle. June 16. (P. N. S.) This
city bought nearly a million dollars'
worth of Liberty bonds more than her
allotment of $8,200,000, according to
the oificlal figures issued today by
the loan committee. Total bonds sold
in all amounted to $9,083,000.
Wallace Claims Honors
Wallace, Idaho, June 16. (-P. N. S.)
Wallace furnished the largest per
capita subscription to the Liberty loan
of any city in the country, according
to statements of bankers here today.
The total subscription was $740,000
from a population of 3500. The total
subscription from Shoshone county
was $1,700,000.
Dallas Patriot Buy
Dallas, Or., June 16. Liberty loan
subscriptions in Dallas totaled $48,100.
most of It being distributed in small
demoniations. The largest individ
ual subscription was for $6000. The
youngest subscriber was Oracle Stock-
well. 10 years old, who bought a $50
bond with her savings.
Albany Figures In
Albany, Or., June 16. Albany sub
scribed $125,750 to the Liberty loan.
according to the totals given out by!
me ieoir oanKs nere yesterday. rne
largest single purchasers were E. A.
Johnson, proprietor of the Albany Mill
and Elevator Co., and his son-in-law,
R. R. Knox, captain of Fifth company.
Coast Artillery corps. Each Invested
$15,000.
$12,200,000 MARK
IS PASSED BY OREGON
IN LIBERTY BOND SALE
(ContlnoeO From Pace One.)
K. Clark at the campaign office had
to be returned.
Praise Given Oregon
A telegram addressed to C. A. Miller
reached campaign headquarters from
Archibald C. Kains, Pacific Coast
chairman, this morning, expressing tilt
warmest appreciation of the efforts of
the Oregon commltte. The message
follows:
Your telegram advising that Ore
gon's grand total will be $12,200,000 is
just received. We wish to extend the
sincere thanks and appreciation of this
committee to vou and to all who
have so ably assisted you in making
the Liberty loan a success. The hearty
cooperation and loyalty of the citizens
of Oregon have more than fulfilled
our anticipations and is further evi
dence of the patriotism for which Ore
gon has always been noted. Please ex
tend to all who have so ably assisted
you the heartfelt appreciation of this
committee and of the entire Twelfth
federal reserve district. It now seems
certain that this federal reserve dis
trict will considerably over-subscribe
its quota which Is most eratlfying and
has been made possible only through i
tne hearty cooperation or all sections.
Trip to Interior Profitable
Following an exceedingly dusty and
hot trip, the party of campaigners
who left 10 days ago on an automo
bile tour through the cities of Cen
tral and Eastern Oregon returned to
Portland this morning.
Those in the party were: Mar't
Woodruff of the Chamber of Com
merce; C. C. Chapman, publisher of
the Oregon Voter; H. H. Cloutler.
manager of the Multnomah hotel; F.
A, Freeman, vice president of the
Lumbermen's Trust company, and
Dan Zetz. chauffer for Eric V. Hauser.
president of the Multnomah hotel,
who donated the machine and paid
half the expenses of the tour.
The work accomplished by these
men for the campaign was Invaluable.
They drove 1340 miles, visited in 34
towns and made over 100 talks.
Everyone in the crowd, including Zetz,
gave addresses at these public meet
ings. The last meetings were held
in Pendleton Thursday, and yesterday
the machine was driven from Walla
Walla to Hood River. 230 miles. The
eastern Oregon circuit, from The
Dalles to Bend, Burns, Baker, La
Grande and Pendleton, was made.
Government Deposits Soafht
The next important event in con
nection with the Liberty loan will be
the meeting of the securities commit
tee to pass on the applications of
banks that want government deposits
commensurate with the -amounts sub
scribed to the loan through these in
stitutions. r The treasury department has an
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of General Nivelle's troops during the recent fighting on the
western front.
nounced that Liberty loan funds will
be deposited with the banks in the
proportion that funds were subscribed
through the banks. To receive thesa
deposits, however, the banks must of
fer ample and first class security, and
the security committee, consisting of
A. L. Mills, J. C. Ainsworth and Ed
ward Cooklngham, will meet at 3:30
Monday afternoon to pass on the lists
of securities as they are offered by
applicant institutions. The government
gives some complicated specifications
regarding these securities, and the
committee has a big task ahead, as It
is expected that practically every bank
in the state will apply for a portion
of these government deposits.
FOOD CONTROL
BILL IS READY
FOR DEBATING
(Con tinned Prom Pta One
Its course in the upper house branch.
Chamberlain will have Democratic sup
port on the .measure in Senator Shep
pard, Texas; Johnson, South Dakota,
and probably some others. He will
have sturdy backing in Republican
Senators Kenyon and1 Norris.
Intense Opposition Expected
The fate of the bill is yet in doubt
Opposition will be Intensive.
How extensive remains to be seen.
The president has chosen the senate
as the field on which to fight the
battle to a declson. He determined
not to await house action, where the
measure is practically certa'n to pass
iiext week. The senate finance com
mittee has consented to give the food
bill the right of way at the president's
request. The administration preferen
tial routing bill, still in the throes of
debate, may be side tracked, unless
it can be passed today.
"Give us the legislative rljrbt of way
r.nd we'll press this bill through the
senate," Senator Kenyon, Ji'onf Re
publican supporter of the measure,
t-ald today. "We have got the votes
tc pass it."
Individuals Bxpress Views
Senator Gore, Democratic opponent
of the bill, said:
"I want it to have a clear path for
action by the senate one way or the
ether."
"This is not a beleaguered country,"
Senator Wadsworth, New York, de
clared. "Such powers as these ire not in
the province of any one man to admin
ister." Senator Wadsworth would support
and believes a majority of the senate
would acquiesce to a control bill which
provided the following, and which
President Wilson is understood to
hold sufficient and satisfactory;
Buying Agency Suggested
A common buying agency for all
the allies, in order to prevent the com
petitive bidding for food In our mar
ket and thereby put an end to one big
cause for high prices: means of stop
ping the hoarding of foodstuffs and
other necessaries of life with author
ity to requisition plants when neces
sary to curb this process and author
ity to fix minimum prices and to stim
ulate production.
Senator Gore and Senator Hoke
Smith, Georgia, held a long confer
ence last night on the bill. Smith,
who is strongly opposed to the meas-
ure, will be away next week, but said
significantly:
"There will be sufficiently long de
bate that I will have a chance to be
In on It."
Britlsh Urge Quick Action
London. June 15 (U. P.) England
Is following the American senate de
bate on the food bill with Intense in
terest. The allies are sdmittedly anx
ious as to America's position in the
food problem of the world. That anx
iety is reflected dally la British
newspapers.
The Mail and Post, for instance, em
phasise the vital importance of early
congressional action so that the allies
may know Just how far they can de
pend on America's assistance and thus
be able to frame their own policies
accordingly.
Allan Anderson, chairman of the al
lied wheat executive board who ac
companied the Balfou.- mission to the
United States, thus summed up the
situation for the United Press:
"I met many members of the Ameri
can grain trade and I believe they
fully realise the allies' great and urg
ent need. I was assured everywhere
that private speculation was no longer
attractive and that all desire to meet
the crisis with the least possible dis
turbance to trade machinery. But how
rnuVted PsTabteri.ftot0bt
n the United States is to be settled.
is still obscure."
Routing Bill Passed
Washington, June 1. (U. P.)
The senate today finally disposed of
the administration preferential rout
ing bill, passing the measure by a
viva voce vote after a week's dls-
cusslon. The bill authorised Presi.
dent Wilson to direct priority and
preferential shipments by rail and
water during the war of those prod
ucts upon which? the safety of the
nation depends.
GENERAL PERSHING
BEGINS WORK EARLY
IN HIS PARIS OFFICE
(Continued From Pr One. I
lis staff, and they attacked it today
with an energy and enthusiasm that
made the headquarters building slmost
turn with activity.
Late in tho morning French officers
&.nd war office heads came for con
ferences. One reason why the general and his
r.taff are anxious o "clean up detaUs
as soon as possible is that they want
to get to the front for inspection. Gen-
oral Pershing laid down th ruU that
this trip should not be taken until all
the office work was out of the way.
Will Boon Inspect Treat
At the rate the Americans were
hustling today, a few days more will
seo them at the front, getting ac
quainted and Inspecting the ground
that they may later make famous in
American history.
General Pershing lives In an atmos
phere of battle. His room in the Hotel
Crillon. where he receives visitors, is
cecorated with pictures of famous bat
tles, and the windows themselves over
look the historic Place do la Con
corde. The headquarters buildlnr In the
Rue Constantin Pershing's office is '
a simple cne of two stories, with a
gable roof and windows trimly fitted
with awnings, its general architecture
being reminiscent of AmerKan army
barracks quarters. A big American
flag hangs over the door.
Flaces Wreath on Tomb
Pershing's two Jay ceremonial pro
gram concluded with an impressive
scene at the tomb of Lafayette, where
he placed a wreath on the sarcophagus
the rlmplo stone slab marking the
resting place of America's friend. Per
Lhing stood, head bared in the biasing
sun. as the Marquis de Chambrun, In
u few eloquent words, spoke of the
inseparably link between America ani
France fdVged by Lafayette. Then. J
moveo wiin emotion, he responded
briefly, almost haltingly tfi buss of j
an aeroplane engine rar an cad almost
drowning his low voiced wcrda.
American Flags in Demand
Paris, June IS. (I. N. 8.) So great
has been the demand for United States
flags since the arrival of General Per
shing that today the -whole stock ia
the city was exhausted.
KAISER OFFERS
RUSSIA PEACE,
PAPER REPORTS
I Ooe tinned From Page Ose.)
Lorraine, "because they are nine
tenths German."
Belgians to Xsve Tolce la Balkans
The' German Socialists'-outline like
wise insists on complete political u4IA rrCTIP ,
military independence - of sJl nationa IVIAJIIO 1 lv
Belgium Is to acre with her Austrian
"comrades" regarding the future of
Serbia and other Balkan nations.
Poland's and Finland's future Is to
i be left to determination of those prov
: inces themselves if Independence is
! Impossible there, certainly they shall
! be autonomous.
To Greece. Ireland, Egypt. Korea,
Tripoli. Morocco and Thibet, the Ger
man Socialists extended "greatest
sympathy," and Socialists in those
principalities were urged to work for
indepen dence.
As to Alsace-Lorraine, the German
statement declared:
"These are nine-tenths German. They
ciiglnally belonged to Geimany and
then to France. If they are returned
to France cow. it would be annexa
tion." " Disarmament and Arbttxatlom
After return of peace, the Germans
would havo "international arbitration
and disarmament," except for defen
sive measures, and for short enlist
ment for a "police army.
There should be International dis
cussion on all war provoking disputes.
Listing their suggestions for future
international laws, the German So
cialists would require:
No exportation of munitions by neu
trals. No prises, to be taken at sea.
No merchantmen to be armed.
The canals, straits and sea routes
to be internationalised.
Food and clothing to be held not
contraband. '-,
No censorship of letters between
belligerents and neutrals.
Would Bad Secret Diplomacy
No trade warfare.
Full freedom of the seas.
No protective tariff.
No secret diplomacy.
Giving out their outline, the German
Socialists urged that the general So
cialist conference declared It was not
willing to discuss the responsibility
lor the present war, unless the en
tente delegates Insisted on this.
The German Socialists program aa
outlined above, differs somewhat from
terms for peace which have generally
and eeml-officlally been credited to
the German government. Germany has
usually indicated Its willingness to
indemnify Belgium.
The German majority Socialists are
headed by Philip Scheidemann and are
supporters of the kaiser's govern
ment. They are the men at whom
President Wilson struck in his Flag
6ay speech when he remarked that
German autocrats are "usinr" liberals
The German militarists did not grant
passports to the Stockholm conference
to German Socialists of the Lleb
knecht, Ledcbour. Haase types, be
cause theso radical Socialists are ami
autocrats.
Royal Arcanum Is
Declared Solvent
Court Action la D Urmia ring Bait Con
firms Assertions of Head Officials
of Company as to Financial Vtaadiag
Confirming the assertion of head
officials of the company that It is
completely solvent with obligations
payable at maturity, the United States
circuit court of appeals at Chicago
Friday ordered dismissal of proceed
ings against the Royal Arcanum, a
fraternal protective organization,
against which a petition for appoint
ment of a receiver had been made.
A telegram containing the news was
reecived by A. F. Flegel. grand re
gent of Oregon, from C. Arch Wil
liams, supreme regent, this morning.
The message stated that the appl
' haT Vo ",X
h.. ,rtmA .
tlon and had directed the lower court
to dismiss the proceedings. This ends
the matter completely, according to
Mr. Williams.
Ex-Sailors Rope Streets
Ross Desmond, clerk of the Men's
Resort, says he resents the statement
j br mornng paper that prison-
era from the city Jail assisted Patrol
men Burke and Shaffer in roping the
streets for the Festival parades. Mr.
Desmond says eight exsallora who
make their homes at the Men's Resort
did the work, and that they are not
prisoners.
Montana Is First in
Draft Eegistration
Washington. June IS. (I. N. 8.)
To Montana goes the palm for the best
showing In registration for the selec
tive draft. Official reports received
by Profost Marshal General Crowder
tnyln., IV.., C S - ... W M
i that state registered June E. The cen
sus allotment was only 73,4(4, making
' Mfontna enlevement 120.1 per cent
i fh.V "pcte1 ot br-
. " rf"rn" r ow "
! f rom ronxlng. New Mex-
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REGISTRATION USTS :
WILL BE COMBED FOR "
SUSPECTED SLACKERS
Sheriff Hurlburt Will Be As
sisted in Work by Resi- ;
dents of Various Precincts,
Investigations of all canes of sus
pected slackers, followed by arrests
where the circumstances warrant it.
will be undertaken in a new campaign
outlined by Sheriff Hurlburt today.
Complete lists, by precincts hav-
been received in the sheriff's office
containing the names of all those who
registered for war duty in Multnomah
county on June 5. The pln Is to turn
these lists over to a committee ap
pointed in each precinct, preferably
composed of persons residing therein,
who will go over them, compare them
1th the registered voting lists ani
then make a report of the namrs of all
persons whom thrtr investigations or
their personal knowledge may leAi
them to believe, have failed to
register.
"This plan." said Sheriff Hurlbur,
In conjunction with the efforts made
by the city police and the federl
agents, will I believe, make the ap
prehension of all those falling to reg
ister almost as complete as it is pos
sible to have It done."
Student Engineers
To Train Near Here
San Francisco. June 1. (I. N. B.)
It was a fine send-off they gave the
departing engineers. Fifteenth com
pany. Major George B. PUlsbury. com
manding, at the Presidio training
camp last night, which marched away
to be transported to Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash., for the second period
of their training. Lieutenant Doug
las II. Gllletts of the engineers' corps,
V. S. A., who has been fifteenth com
pany's instructor and commander at
the Presidio, has gone to Vancouver
with it.
Shipbuilders Meet
Shipping Heads
Washington. June IB. (I. N. 8.)
Forty shipbuilders had a meeting Fri
day with General Goethals and Chair
man Penman of the United States
shipping board. The shipbuilders re
ported that threats have been made of
a strike In eastern yards unless the
closed shop is inaugurated.
General Goethals asked all ship
builders to inform him of the number
of vessels they have under way and
how many more they can undertake
to bulid at once and to give their
present basic costs of labor and mate
rial. French Transport
Sunk; Men Saved
Paris. Jrne 1 I. N. R.I Official
announcement was made today of the
sinking of the transport Anntm, by
torpedo. In the Ionian sea. She was
under escort. There were no casual
ties. Oregon City Personals
Oregon City. June 15 Mr. and Mrs.
August Krueger of Athena, Wis., ar
rived In Oregon City Friday for a
summer's visit to their children. Wil
liam and Fred Krueger and Mrs Paul
Hopp, and to Mrs. Kruger's sisters.
Mrs. John Vegalius and Mrs. August
Heiiamann.
Arthur King, son of Mrs. M. E. King,
leaves Saturday for Laramie, Wyo,
where he expects to remain for some
time on his father's sheep ranch.
Two Suits Filed
Oregon City. June 15. The follow
ing suits were filed In the circuit
court Friday: Francis M. Baker asks
separation from Mary A. Baker, al
leging cruel and inhuman treatment.
The plaintiff asks the custody of the
one minor child. Lydia H. Gordon
asks for a divorce from Harold L.
Gordon, alleging cruel and Inhuman
treatment. The plaintiff asks for the
custody of the minor child.
The world's renowned singer, Montv
Austin, who sings to beat the band,
will sing tonight at Portland's roof
garden. Council Crest. (Paid Adv.)
TOMORROW