The Oregon daily journal., January 21, 1919, Page 1, Image 1

VOL. XVIL NO. 214
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 21, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND fclWI
. STANDS FIVI CINTI
IJOHITf
VICTORIOUS
Result of Balloting Is Close in
Berlin; Other Big German
Cities Won by Government.
Spartacans Succeed in Prevent
ing Voting in Some of Towns
of the Rhineland District.
BERLIN, Jan. 20. (Delayed )
(U. P.) Spartacans suc
" ceflded In preventing the national
flections Sunday Jn several
IXhineland towns, it was learned
today. In this region it was be
lieved the vote would have fav
ored the Centrist (church) party
and the German democrats (lib
erals), so the apparent country
" wide, margin of the majority So
cialists in the national assembly
is not seriously affected.
The various parties won the
following districts:
Majority Socialists, city of Ber
lin (result close) ; Wurttemberg.
Lorraeh, Mecklenburg, Lubeck,
Northern Schleswig, Hanover,
Dresden, Bremen, Hamburg, Nur
emburg, Chemnitz.
Centrists (coalition of; Catholics
and Protestants), Bavaria (includ
ing several districts), Freiburg,
Waldshut, Sackingen, Constance,
East Prussia.
German democrats Mannheim,
Danzig, Barmen.
Independent (Independent So
cialists and Spartacans, Frank-fort-on-the-Maln,
Brunswick.
Nationalists ElberfekL. Magdeburg.-
4
Peoples party (pan-Germans),
i- .wtnwxat.'-. -- .
In Berlin the majority Socialists ap
parantly had elected Philip Scheidemann,
Ttifhard Fiach. Wilhelm Pfannezluck.
Robert Schmidt and Hugo HeldmAnn ;
the Independent Socialists.. Hugo Haass.
Police President Elchom. Louis Zeiss
and Herr Laukaut ; the German Demo
crats. Gustave Hartmann and Herr Nau
mann. . and the Centrists, Nationalists
and People's party, cooperating:, Wll-
neim ivari, .tierr jxaruon ana iierr jjo
firowenti. Later returns showed 'that Mathlas
Ersberger, chairman of the German
armistice commission and leader of the
Centrist nartv : Frledrich Ton Payer, for
mer vice chancellor: Herr Haussmann
and Herr Groeber also had been elect
ed in Berlin.
The majority Socialists won an easy
victory in Northern Schleswig'. which
was one of the first districts to Join the
revolution. Prussia, which hitherto has
been regarded as strongly against that
party, polled 100,000 votes for the ma
jority Socialist candidates, against 117.
000 for the Conservatives. In Hanover
tngly. retting1 120.0C0 votes to 3000 for
the independent Socialists. Returns from
.similar victories for the majority So
cialists over the Independents.
SOLDIERS TO GET
Highway Commission Will Be
Given- Free Hand in Meeting
Employment Situation.
jSalem, Jan. 21. The state highway
commission met with the joint commit
tee on roads and highways Monday night
with the members of the house and
senate: in attendance, and discussed the
Joint resolution adopted last week, in
which the commission was instructed to
com me nee highway work set once of
sufficient scope to employ at leasC 1000
men on force account.
-After listening to W. L. Thompson
and R. A. Booth tell the commission's
side of the story, the members decided
that the commission ought to be per
mitted' to' go ahead with the plans It
had already mapped out and that, in
reality, the members did not exactly
know just what the situation was when
they put the resolution through.
The . result of the meeting was -that
the commission should do what it
thought best to employ all the soldiers
and sailors who : desired work and to
see to it that 'they were given adequate
wages..and good camp conditions
W. L. Thompson, discussed the ques
tion of-putting the men to work as pro
vided for by the resolution. He told the
members that by their resolution the
legislature had appropriated, automat
ically, from $100,000 to SrtO.000.
: He reminded the members that road
work was very difficult during the win
ter months, r
Immedisrtely after the armistice had
been signed the commission had award
ed contracts to various contractors, and
all had agreed to give returning soldiers
and sailors the preference in carrying
out the work covered by the contracts.
To open the camps now would mean a
loss of efficiency, because, bf climatic
conditions, of from 20 toVpa per cent,
while- it "would - mean thf expenditure
within the next 90 days of Rome 9400,609.
The commission' was not adverse to car-
(Cootimtcd cb Fags Four. Cohua Tv) .
WORK ON ROADS
MARTIAL LAW
IN PORTUGAL,
SAYS MADRID
MADRID, Jan. 2L F. P.)
Martial law Mi beea pro
claimed taroaghost Portagal,
accord lag te resorts j reaching here
today. i
Beaters were befar circulated
here ef possible latervestloR by
Ssais.
War ships have bees seat to
Oporto, the (tree (-hold of the naos
reams, t- j
Llsbos, Jaa. tl T7. P.) The
coatplracy to restore the Monarchy
apparently was still growlsg today
despite asBosBceaient by the gov
erament that It has beea sipprested.
"The goreramcst la master of the
situation," aald'as official state,
meat isssed las.t sight. "The
moaarehlal novemeat led by Cap.
taia Paiva Coapeire centered la
Oporto, Braga aad ; Tises, where
Slaasel was proclaimed king de
spite iastraetieas of the represen.
tatlve of the former monarch, who
is opposed to the effort to restore
him to the throne."
TRUST CHARGE IS
Meat .Packer Testifies That the
Allegations of Conspiracy Are
"Unfair and Untrue."
By Raymond Clapper
Washington. Jan. 21. (U. P.) Flatly
denying charges of conspiracy with
other packers. J.- Qgden Armour replied
to the recent fire of the federal trade
commission today.
Testifying before the house interstate
commerce committee, he built up an
elaborate defense of his concern's busi
ness conduct.
Armour finished with this sweeping
denial i
"I say to you positively that we have
not for many years been and are not
now. In any - pool, combination or ar
rangement of any kind, either directly
or indirectly, or openly or secretly or
under cover. All aueb charges are
utterly unfair and untrue.
Throughout Armour made the federal
trade commission bis target, attacking
its methods during the recent investlga-
Armesr's First Appearance
This was Armour's first appearance
before a government body. His com
pany has not previously been given a
chance to answer accusations, he said.
"In the investigation made by the
federal trade commission and which has
resulted in the pending bills, it has been
admitted by. Chairman Colver that we
were-afforded no opportunity to produce
witnesses to introduce j testimony or to
explain or answer any Of the documents
introduced at that hearing," Armour
asserted. I
He earnestly urged congress not to
pass pending bills providing government
licensing of packing houses and govern
ment ownership or operation of stock
yards, refrigerator car, branch houses
and other adjuncts to the packing busi
ness. "If a monkey wrench is thrown into
the gears of this businass, its effect will
not be confined to the neat packing in
dustry," Armour wentj on. "The the
ories on which pending legislation is
based are not constructive, they are not
progressive. They arej reactionary."
Such laws probably Icill be unconsti
tutional. Armour's legil advisers be
lieve. Denies Excessive Profits
Touching1 briefly on thigh prices, the
witness said live hogs had Increased In
price 345 per cent in four years. Labor
and fuel costs have also gone up, he
pointed out. I '
Charges of excessive (profits, however,
were denied. In 1918 Armour's profits
are said to have been i-s cents on each
dollar of sales, as compared with 3.7 in
1947., J
Recalling that on November 1, 1917,
the food administration) limited packers'
profits to 9 per cent oh the capital In
vestment in meat-prodhiclng lines. Ar
mour declared that only about one-half
of this allowance was actually earned.
Passengers Aboard
Liner Helpj Repair
Broken Machinery
Halifax. X. S., Jan. 21. U. P--tas-sengers
aboard the French liner Ro
chambeau. who repairer! the ship's ma
chinery when it became damaged near
this port, are responsible for the fact
that she was ready to) proceed on her
way to New Tork today.
The Rochambeau was forced to put in
for bunker coal when her crippled ma
chinery and bad weather delayed her.
Mechanics on the passenger list went
to work and got the Engines in shape
to continue the voyage.
A new passenger arrived in mid-ocean
when a daughter was loom to Lieuten
ant and Mrs. T. M. Wilson of Tennes
see. The ship carries the) 333th field artil
lery, mainly from Iow and Minnesota,
and a number of war workers.
Robbery Suspects
Believed paptured
The two men who arte alleged to have
held up and robbed FVed Mark ham of
658 East Irving street December 5.
were arrested Monday! by Seattle and
Tacoma police, according to word re
ceived this morning t-y Captain Circle.
They are R. A. Palmer and R. Duffle.
Palmer is under arresft at Seattle and
Duffle Lt Tacoma. Thi Seattle officials
say they found a watc on Palmer that
was stolen in their city, set they are
holding him on a charge of investigation
Markham alleges in the complaint that
te was robbed or his fcvatch. and
DENIED BY ARMOUR
AFIS OF
RUSSIA ARE
THE
H. Scavenius, Former Danish
Ambassador to Petrograd,
Heard at Peace Convention.
Attitude of President on Fixing
Responsibility for Great World
War Is Awaited With Interest.
PARI?. Jan. 21. (U. P.) The
; preme war council the peace
congress again took up the Rus
sian problem today. "
Representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, France,
Itay and Japan resumed their
hearings' in the Qua! d'Orsay on
the subject of representation and
possible recognition of the vari
ous factions now controlling
Russia.
II. Scavenius, former Danfsh
ambassador to Petrograd, one of
the last diplomats to leave Rus
sia, was heard. Jlis country was
one of the last of the neutrals to
break off relations with the sov
iet government. '
' It was' believed that under the cir
cumstances his testimony would closely
parallel that of Joseph Noulena, the
French ambassador to Russia, who ap
peared before the council Monday. Nou
lens' statement w: s not made public,
but shortly after his return from Arch
angeljie gave out an interview in which
he declared . that any form of recogni
tion of the Bolshevik! was impossible.
The date for resumption of the ' full
peace congress had not been ' set this
morning, although it was believed, in
some circles that the council might dis
pose of its business In time to permit a
general session In the afternoon
War Guilt Inquiry Favored
Paris, Jan. 2LftJ. P.) America
Taceae?rftlit-d Appearetfttr'ravor
a thorough investigation- to lis; respon
sibility for the war that no culprit
might escape and . that punishment
might be meted out to all those sharing
th guilt.
With the conference program calling
for memoranda from all the powers re
garding responsibility for starting and
continuing the war, there was tremen
dous interest in the attitude of the
American delegation, particularly Presi
dent Wilson. The French already have
drafted a proposal that the kaiser be
tried ; before an international court.
Premier Lloyd George. In his recent po
litical campaign, made punishment of
the kaiser one of his principal planks.
Wilson has been silent thus far, but a
survey of his associates' viewpoint to
day is indicated they favor the most
caref jl Investigation to determine who
s directly responsible the kaiser or
others.
The president has always held guilt
to be: personal and it is recollected that
when he was governor of New Jersey
he advocated a law to determine per
sonal ; responsibility for the acts of cor
poration officials. . Application of the
principle of personal guilt to the kaiser
is stayed by doubt whether he was the
perpetrator of the crimes growing out
of th& war, or was merely the tool of
the military- clique which surrounded
him. i Hence It appears that the Amer
icans will advocate the most thorough
inquiry to determine every person who
is guilty and the extent of their guilt.
President Promises
Jugo-Slav Proposal
Will Get Attention
Berne. Jan. 21. (By Agence Radio to
the 1 N. S.) The Serbian Press Bu
reau announced today that the Jugo
slav committee in this city has received
the following reply to a communication
addressed to President Wilson at Paris :
"It : is proposed that the immediate
evacuation by Italian troops of the coun
tries inhabited by Jugo-Slavs and their
replacement by American troops will be
the object of profound examination and
comment by the authorities at the peace
conference."
Pittock's Condition
Shows Improvement
H. ;I. Pittock. the publisher of the
Oregonian, is sliebUy improved today
at his home on Imperial Heights. Mr.
Pittock has been suffering from a seri
ous attack of bronchitis. He passed
a restful night.
Spent Eighty Cents
Sold $1 50 Worth
of Goods
FOR SALE Soma groceries, eaascd foods,:
(iwertu, lllp : also 4-foot taw cheap:
learinc dtf. CalJ today. Tbnnday and
The iabove advertisement; which,
of course, included the attUress and
telephone number, was Inserted In
The Journal - Want" -artfs at & cost
of i 80 cents. Mrs. L.ula- Grimes, 83
East 62d st. north, says it sold for
her goods to the amount' of (150..
Some service, wasn't U? You can
sell things through Journal "Want"
ads. too. Thousands are doing IL
-Why not you? Phones are aCain
7173 and A-605L
45,000 Men Strike
For. Higher Wages
On Puget Sound
Nearly 100 Shipyards and Machine Plants
Affected bv Walkout at 10 o'Clock This
or
Morning as Scheduled Traffic in Seat
tle Industrial District Tied Up an Hour
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 21. (I. N. S.) Approximately 30,000
shipyard workers in Seattle and 15,000 in Tacoma struck this
morning, according to union leaders. xThe men are demand
ing a new basic wage agreement of $8 a day for mechanics, $7 a
day for craftsmen and $6 a day for laborers "and helpers.
Four employers operating contract shops here, but not directly
connected with the shipyards, have agreed to the new scale. These
shop'manufacture shipbuilding accessories.
Workers at wooden shipyards in" Aberdeen have been on strike
for a week, and it is expected machinists and shipwrights will
follow soon.
Exactly on schedule the great army
of metal tradesmen poured from the
big shipyards and machine shops, oom
pletely stopping work in upwards of
100 plants. So great was the conges
tion when the strike wag called that
all traffic in the industrial district
was tied up for more than an hour.
When the metal workers quit all
work in the steel and wooden ship
yards was . stopped. t Five thousand
members of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners were thrown out
of work by the strike although this
organisation had declared no strike.
When the whistles blew at 10 o'clock i
the men rushed from the gates.
Twelve thousand five hundred left the
Skinner & Eddy corporation's plant ;
2500 went from J. F. Duthie & Co. ;
3500 from the Ames Shipbuilding &
Drydock company, and 2500 from the
Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding
company. These figures will be in
creased iy the walkout of crews com
ing to work later in the day.
As far as known now, it is hardly
likely that a strike will arise here. If ; About -1000 shipyard workers employed
the workers decide to support the ac- ; in local plants voted overwhelmingly to
tion of- their Seattle brothers, the 15 ; day not to strike.
STEWARDSHIP IS
- GOAL:0F CHURCH
Questions Pertaining to New Era
Movement of the Presbyterian
Church Are Discussed.
"Stewardship is not a man-made
scheme for raising money but one of
God's schools for raising men." ex
plained David McConaughy, secretary of
the stewardship bureau of the New Kra
movement, at the meeting this morning
at the First Presbyterian church. "Three
partners contribute the- value of all
property. God puts In life and the raw
material, and the individual invests his
vital energy whether muscular, mental
or moral, together with his skill and
time. Society makes the demand and
thus creates the market.
"Stewardship Is the right relating of
the middle partner to the other two ac
cording as the individual proves himself
to be a faithful steward. His own char
acter Is affected at every stage of the
process of dealing with property or with
money which is property in fluid form.
"In 'acquiring man becomes either a
benefactor or an exactor ; in spending, a
provider or a prodigal ; in saving, a con
server or a miser ; in giving, a philan
thropist or a patronizer : in proportion
ing, a partner or a legalist ; In account
ing, a creditor or a debtor, and in in
fluencing others, a stepping stone or
a stumbling block. Stewardship pre
pares for partnership with God in the
extending of his kingdom against men."
"In some churches visited," stated Dr.
W. K. Biederwold of Chicago, president
of the Family AHar league, "I have
found as high as 50 and 75 per cent of
the families have restored worship In
the family. The spirit of prayer Is to
be restored to the church and within the
home beside the family altar, leaving
the power to re-create and re-empower
the church and prepare it for Its. work
in the New Era movement."
Dr. George G. Mahy of Philadelphia
addressed the meeting both in the morn
ing and cf temoon. He spoke of "The.
Church and Its Evangelistic Task" this
morning and on "The Kingdom Program
(Concluded on Pas Two. Column Fire)
Lane Disapproves
McNary's Bill for
Homes for Heroes
Washington. Jan. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Secretary of the Interior Lane has made
an unfavorable report to 'the senate pub
lic lands committee on Senator Mc
Jsarys bill to provide -homes for sol
diers and war workers. The secretary
says he believes it is unwise to extend
such legislation to Red Cross and other
way workers and believes returning sol
diers and sailors will have abundant
land employment under the department's
bill pending in congress. The govern
ment does not propose to acquire large
holdings, says Lane, but to secure land
through cooperation of the states' or of
private owners. -
New Constitution
To Be Democratic
Berne, .Jan. 21. U. P.) All. titles
and decorations are abolished in the
constitution of" the- republic of :Vnrt
teraborg. which has Just been completed
by a special commission. iVv -jl-
days' notice, as carried in the Macy
agreement, will be given." This was
the statement made by Secretary Shaw,
head of the Portland branch of the Pa
cific Coast Metal Trades council, this
morning.
300 Go Out at Anacortes
Bellingham. Wash., Jan. 21. (I. N.
S.) Three hundred shipyard workers
struck at Anacortes, Wash., today. Xo
strike was called nqjv demands made
I by the men at the Pacific-American
Fisheries wooden shipbuilding plant
heje.
j Aberdeen Yards Busy
j Aberdeen, Wash.. Jan. 21. (I. N.
! S.) Workers at wooden shipyards on
! Grays Harbor refused to strike. It had
i been expected the wood workers would
strike in sympathy with the metal
workers and. shipwrights.
Olympic Yards Working
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 21. (U. P.)
EMPLOYERS SEEK
FORMER S
Federal Employment Bureau
Placet 102 Returned Soldiers
in One Day; 83 Want Work.
Say, Returned Soldier, are you an ex
perienced talking machine repair man?
Or an art glass worker?
O a bookkeeper and stenographer who
knows shorthand?
Or a dairy worker?
Although Liberty Temple, soldiers'
and sailors' division of the federal em-
j ployment service sent 102 returned sol
: diers and sailors out to good Jobs Mon
I day. there was not a talking machine re
i pah- man in the lot and the Job offers
j J125 a month to start with. An art glass
worker can get $5 or $6 a day. and where
i dairy workers once were considered well
paid at 3o a month, the standing offer
now is 7o a month, room and board.
Captain Convill. head of the soldiers'
and sailors' employment" headquarters
at Liberty Temple, scarcely had time
this morning to talk to inquirers, so
often did the telephone ring. Therefore,
he reported that employers are getting
the patriotic habit of caning Liberty
Temple to ask for a returned soldier
when they have need of a man or when
they find they can make room for an
other. Now, Mr. Employer, run your eye
down the following list of the returned
soldiers and sailors who registered Mon
day. There were 83 all told4 and the
list includes :
13 laborers.
4 farmers.
3 chauffeurs.
8 mechanics.
1 fireman.
2 plumbers.
1 cook.
6 office clerks.
1 painter.
1 bank clerk.
2 draftsmen.
1 window trimmer.
1 painter.
1 watchman.
13 salesmen.
7 truck drivers.
carpenters,
drag sawyer,
brakeman.
steam engineer,
oil pumper.
3 electricians.
1 florist.
1 merchjmt-
1 coppersmith.
1 lather.
1 blacksmith.
1 teamster.
A good many of the soldiers arrive
in the city needing not only employment
but board and room until pay day after
they get a job and sometimes a little
financial assistance until they land a
job. Those who will provide board and
room until pay day for returned sol
diers and sailors are asked to call Mrs.
A. E. Richards, at Liberty Temple. Main
313.
Pacific Lumber Co.,
Wins Fight Against
Rate Differential
Washington. Jan. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
The interstate commerce commission, in
an opinion by Commissioner Altchison,
today sustained the complain of the
Pacific Lumber company against the
lumber differential from the Northwest
ern Pacific railroad in California to
eastern points. ' . .
The railroad is ordered to adjust its
rates to a parity with others in the
coast! group by May 15. .
Teal andjMcCulIough of Portland were
attorneys for 'the lumber interests mid
the commission's decision 'completely Up
holds their contentions. : - -s - i , '
Th decision also strongly affirms the
position taken, in the Willamette valley
case,, asserting the right to review rate
initiated by , the director general.
SIB
a e m
m is mi
Sentiment of Legislature Op
posed to Granting Special Aid
to Certain Men in Uniform.
Suitable Appropriations to Meet
Needs of Deserving Soldiers
Deemed Right and Expedient.
By Hill T. Kirk
SALEM, Jan. 21. Sentiment
among members of both
branches of tho legislature as re
flected in the joint ways and
means committee is rapidly de
veloping in opposition to making
much of an appropriation to take '
care of soldiers out of jobs.
The thought is making headway that
the reason there are soldiers In Port
land out of jobs and mixing with the
I. W. W. and Boshevlsts of that city is
that these particular soldiers wouldn't
take a job if a. good one was offered
them.
Members of the ways and means
committee were apparently unanimous
in the opinion that a small appropria
tion should be made to meet the needs
of the worthy man in uniform, who
needed help to tide him over until he
gets located, but that drastic steps
should be taken to handle the idlers
who are consorting with the I. W. W.
Senator J. C. Smith, chairman of -the
senate ways and means committee,
spent the week-end in Portland and
took occasion to investigate conditions
the best he could in that short period
of time. He told the Joint committee
last night ,that he visited th mayor's
office, the police station. Liberty Temple
t Concluded on Pace Two. Column Three)
New Constitution of
Germany Calls for
Se vib raFBepublids
Zurich, Jan.' ?-(t7. P. The new
German constitution which will be sub
mitted to the national assembly elected
Sunday, provides for a federation of 10
republics. Prussia will be didlved into
several districts. The republic will be
composed a sfollows:
; First Berlin republic, consisting of
Greater Berlin with a population of 10,-
1 000.000.
Second Prussian republic, comprising
Eastern and Western Prussia and Brom-
berg.
Third Silesian republic. including
Posen, Sudetes and Eastern Bohemia.
Fourtli Brandenburg republic, exclu
tive of portions of greater Berlin,
Pomerenia, Aldmark and Mecklenberg.
Fifth Lower Saxony republic, includ
ing Hanover. Schleswig-Holstein. Olden
burg and Brunswick.
Sixth Westphalian republic, includ
ing Westphalia, Schaumberg, Llppe and
Pyrmont
Seventh Hessian republic, including
Hessen-Bassau and the grand duchy of
Hesse.
Eighth Rhine republic, including the
Rhine provinces and Bavarian Palati
nate. Ninth Bavarian republic.
Tenth Germ an-Austria republic.
Great Falls Has Fire
In Business District
Great Falls, Mont.. Jan. 21. A large
part of Great Falls' business section is
in ashes today as the result of a fire
Monday night which did damage esti
mated at 1450,000.
Starting; apparently from an explosion
in the basement of the Paris Dry Goods
store, it spread rapidly to six other busi
ness places while the firemen stood help
less. Federal Stimulus
Boosts Production
Washington, Jan. 21. fU. P.) Under
the stimulus of government appeals for
increased production, American farmers
and ranchers hold live stock worOt
$546,00.0OO more than they did on Jann
ary 1. 1918. According to figures made
public today by the department of agri
culture the total value of farm anlmak
January 1, 1919, was $8,830,204,000.
City Employes to
Work for City Only
Mayor Baker today issued an edict
which will be made official in a resolu
tion to be introduced in the council
Wednesday, that city employes working
full time must hold no outside jobs out
of working hours. This stand Is taken
as a means of relieving the situation
regarding employment of returning soldiers.-
-
Mrs. Earl Eogers Is
Influenza Victim
Los Angeles. Jan. 21.-r-tT. P.) Mrs.
Earl Rogers is dead here today from
influenzae ' Mrs.' Rogers prior to her
marriage was Edna Landers of Winni
peg,, holder of. i the Earl Grey musical
trophy won In "competition- with Cana
dian musicians. - .-. .-e,-..
Reorganization of
Bureau of .Public
Works
Declared
Not in Good Faith
Former City EmpIoyesr' Seeking
to Regain Posts, Accuse
Commissioner Barbur.
Alleging that City Commissioner A. L.
Barbur was not acting In good faith
when he secured the passage of an ordi
nance reorganising the bureau of public
works George Kates, EL M. Morton and
J. H. Hobart today filed a petition with
the civil service commission demanding
an investigation of the removal of J. K.
Wheeler. W. A. Herman. A. S. Groce
and David Calbreath, as inspectors of
the department. They charge Barbur
with effecting the reorganization as
men of evading civil service restric
tion for the exercise of political appoint
ment. A. L. Powell and M. McCarthy, em
ployed in the same capacity as the other
men. it is understood, will also file de
mands with the civil service commission
for an Investigation of their removal.
The passage of the ordinance. It is
alleged In the petition filed by Eates,
Hobart and Morton, was done at the
Instigation of Commissioner Barbur for
the purpose of legislating these employes
out of their positions.
"The same is it sham, frivolous and
accomplished no purposes beneficial to
the public service," the petition asserts.
The civil, service board la asked .to
determine the motive for changing
classification of the positions held by
the men named in the petition and in
vestigate the good faith of the change.
The commissioners are further asked to
determine the rights of the petitioners
under the charter and civil service rules,
reinstate them and to reimburse them
for all time lost.
The petition also alleges that the du
ties of the positions abolished by the or
dinance, which was passed with an
emergency clause March ,13,. 118, are
identical in kind and carry the ami
pay as the positions created. It is al
leged also that Commissioner Barbur
gave no notice of the change In classi
fication of the men dismissed, who. were
liermanent employes under the classifi
cation they had held for nany years
Barbur la said to have reappointed thsm
from month to month as temporary em
ployes under the title of "Inspectors of
public works." f
j. N. Wheeler has been In the employ
the city or-ltyear, .W a. Ilermin
passed the ctvtl service, examination In
190 and -was appointed the next Febru
ary, A. M Oroce passed the exam ma
tlon September.. 24, 1903, '.and has held
that position for M years. David Cal
treath was appointed February 1. 1910.
RECOGNITION FORI
LABOR EXPECTED
Leader of General Labor Federa
tion Anticipates, Framing of
Minimum Demands.
8peeial Chl to The Jotirna and Tba Chicago
Daily Nrwa
(Copyright, 1919, by Chicago Dally Naw Co )
Paris, Jan. 21 M. Merrhelm. leader
of the general labor cnnfdrntinn Am-
clared today that ha ciumIi th rv.o-
conference to grant labor's minimum
aemanas, which are three, namely : X
1. Either an els-ht-hotir fa m m j
hour week consisting of five nine-hour
nays, one lour iiour aay ana a naif holi
day, or the system which is followed in
England.
2. International lerialarfon nntvMfnv
for old age pension and accident In
surance.
3. The establishment nt m nomanan
commission on international labor leg
islation. M. Merrhelm declares that these de
mands will probably have the backing
of the French commissioners and they
will be acceptable to labor as indicating
a good start in strengthening Jabor. He
is watching the immigration situation.
Four million Frenchmen have been re
moved from the field by the war and al
though the number includes many now
ill, who will recover, he expects a big
Immigration of Italians. Csecho-Slovaks
and even roles who formerly went ' to
Germany to seek work.
French labor hopes to prevent the
upsetting of the economic balance. M.
Merrhelm says that 860,000 workmen
are out of work with the same number
on half time. French manufacturers are
slow to recuperate and he expects that
the numbei of unemployed will be In
creased greatly In a month.
Measure to Finance
Land Fraud . Inquiry
Submitted in House
Salem. Jan. 21. An appropriation of
J25.0OO or as much as may be needed, s
provided for in a bill introduced in the
house by Richardson of Multnomah yes
terday, for the use of the attorney gen
eral and th state land board in con
ducting an investigation to determine
what state lands have been fraudulently
taken from the state in years gone by,
to prosecute such cases) as may be found
to have "been fraudulent, to secure the
cancellation of deeds issued by the state,
and the return of the lands to state
ownership for the benefit of the state
school fund. t' --' w. 'X'r.'",vt. .
.. Th but seta out that the land board
at "a meeting held on January II of this
year adopted resolutions requesting the
attorneyr general to conduct . eucb : sq
Investigation and begin such prosecu
tions as his findings warranted- and "at
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ItMtli l,
BUEI1
IS FHITI
Narva Is Taken From Russian Bed
Forces With Many Prisoners
and Great Amount of Booty.
Poles Reported Massing Against
Radicals and Threatening Big
Scale Invasion of Germany.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. ; 21. (I. N
S.) Lcou Trotsky, the Bol
shevik foreign nilsisier. Is in
flight, according to r an official
btatement issued by the Estho
nian staff, received here today.
Narva has been, taken from the
Bolshevik!. Many prisoners and
much booty were captured. ;. ,
The Poles are massing against
the Dolshevlkl ami threaten a big
scale invasion of Germany.
. By Stephea S. Leweathal
London, Jan. 21. (L N. 8.) The Bol
shevikl in Russia are waging relentlens
warfare against nobles in Russian
Poland and In some places the entire
families of noblemen have been wiped
put. It was revealed here today by the
Rev. Mr. Dukanski, who fled from Riga
disguised as a woman.
The priest was arrested by the Eol
shevlki, .who demanded BOO rubles In
ransom from his parishioners. The
money, was paid and the priest was re
leased but. was rearrested. Aided by
a bishop the priest escaped again and
fled towards the border.
Churchmen are being persecuted and
extortion is being practiced everywhere.
At WItebeck the Bolshevlkt seised all
of the grain, compelling the people to
buy It back at exorbitant prices.
Lenin Saw End or Reaime
Seattle; Wash.. Jan.. 21. (I. N. S )
"I was ' in hiding . in Fetrocrad with
Kerenaky for six months after the rev
olution sreke out, J heard, and . on
good authority, that Lenin ' said. 'I
know, that we cannot last 1 that after
ts comes the monarchy; but . ther
will remain the Lenin legend. The
braggart f
Thus did Mm. Breshkovsky, "grand
mother of the Russian revolution."
summarise the aims of the Bolshevik!
In Russia, while speaking here Mon
day evening at - a reception In her
honor given by SO members of the Bo
hemian National alliance. She declared
the Bolshevik leaders are, criminals
and despots. But she declared Russia
never will be oppressed once the Bol
shevik yoke is thrown off.
Location of Units
In France Reported
Washington. Jan. 21. (WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Loca
tion of the following units is reported :
One Hundred and Fourth aero squadron,
at Belraln, Six Hundred and Thirty-sixth
aero at Tours : Fifty-ninth coast artillery
at Brest; Five Hundred and Twenty
fifth engineers at Mehun... No informa
tion as to the Tenth engineers and Forty
sixth field artillery.
ROLL OF HONOR
In tha roll of honor nla patille today ara (ha
name of tba following man from tha I'adiio
Nortbwrat:
KILLED IN AOTION
Waahhtstan
fMVATC OLA IRK f. MoMORAN, rcrn-r
addma Ma A. W. MeMorao. 6iti Twenty
ninth tr t north rat t, H-atl.
PRIVATI JOHN McWILLIAMS, emergency
addraaa Jobs McWUttaina, Olalia.
duo or WOUNDS
Washington '
RIVATC ISAAO HCRTTUA, cmarseaey a.
draaa Herman Harttaa, Bodar.
DUO or DISCASC '
WnhlntUn
PRIVATK CMAMLS.S LAWSON JR., mmt
eaney addnna Jannta Lawaoer Uecr Harbor.
KILLED IN A OTt ON, PREVIOUSLY REPORT
ED MISSINO
Idatta
PRIVATE RAT . TAYLOR, coarseney' a,
dresa Hn. Bophia Taylor, Juliaatta.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
lea
PRIVATE LEVI sj. HARRIS, U. S. A. P..
(Ceactaded.oa Page Twaira, Cokiaia Tift
as early a- date as was possible, and had
at the same time petitioned the legisla
ture to provide sufficient funds that the
investigation and prosecutions could !
conducted. -
.The bit! also sets out ' that the re
covery of state lands fraudulently tafct n
by the state would greatly increase tho
value of the state's holdings, and ss a
result - would ..Increase the ' amount of
money that would : flow , Into the irre
ducible school fund of the state. '
The bill provides that the appropria
tion shall be expended by the attorney
general to meet the expenses of makhj
the investigation, seeurlng witnesses and
conducting the suits that may be In
stituted. ' .
The appropriation Is to be disburse,
through the- secretary of state's of f we
apon approval cf the state land board.
The bill carries an emergency clause.
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