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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 31, 1919. MARKET CONDITION DELAYING OPENING OF LUMBER CAMPS Uncertainty Proving Big Factor - Half of Mills Are Working Only on Half Time. TO HOLD SESSION TONIGHT Unemployment Question Will Be Considered 50,000 Needed in Columbia Section This Spring, . - Uncertainty as to market conditions during1 Uie spring and summer is re fleeted in hesitation on the part o( lumbermen and loggers in opening their mills and camps. At present approxi . inately 50 per cent of the mills are working to about half capacity, the ' balance being: closed altogether, ; cording to officials of the federal em ployment bureau. An effort to secure cooperation of lumbermen in solving the unemploy ment problem will be made at a meet ing called by W. F. Woodward at the ' offices of the federal employment bureau. Third and Oak streets, at 8 . o clock tonight. " ' Opening of the camps and mills in February is generally anticipated and Superintendent Conway of the employ ' ment bureau is anxious to learn how many men may be placed in this line of work. It is estimated that approxi mately 50,000 men will be required by the lumber industry in the Columbia River district this season, compared with mora than 75,000 employed 4aat year. Hundreds of men are applying for work at the federal employment bureau, according to Superintendent Smith. Shipyard workers and other mechanics are also out of work. With the discharge of the last of he spruce division today and the return of discharged men from Camp Lewis , there will bo an increasing demand for employment. The wage situation has a bearing on this, it is explained, con siderable variances being noted. A meeting f bankers, and financial men will be called for February 7, at 8 p. m. and other classes of employers will b asked to meet with the federal officials following that date to cooper ate in the employment of returned sol diers. Results of a meeting of man agers of shipyards and machine shops held last week were so satisfactory, according to Mr. Smith, that he has decided to hold similar meetings of employers each Friday night. Demands for domestic workers are meet ing with better response during the past few days, according to Mrs. Scott, head of the. woman's division of the federal bureau. Prevailing wages lor housework, range from $49 to $50 per month, about double the compensation for this work before the war. .GREAT U. S. NAVY WINS APPROVAL (Continued From Pan Oa.) lleved to have resulted In whipping Its opponents on the committee into line at the eleventh hour. Keiley explained that Great Britain possessed 86 dreadnaughts and the American navy would have 39 if the rWTTVTl "In l""SY . -f ' E3EH 17 LAST TIMES TODAY 3 NEW SHOW FAST, FURIOUS FUN Comedy and action fn'rare combination. AND SEE WHO !fc(ffi lli) . 19JI and the new program are carried to completion. -It would take four or five years In the opinion of naval experts, to accomplish this." added Keller. It was explained that the committee recommended pay appropriations for a permanent enlisted personnel for the navy of 325,000 men. When the armis tice was signed, the navy had a total enlisted personnel of 494,000. As the navy now possess, or has under construction, destroyers which will total S2 In number, no more wer eprovided. No more submarines were provided. The division of the navy between the Pacific and the Atlantic was left to Secretary Daniels, as were other pure ly administrative measures. Bitter opposition was led by Rep resentative Thomas G. Butler, of Penn sylvania, and Representative William J. Browning, f New Jersey, who are among the oldest Republicans on the committee. Members of the committee favoring the . administration's naval policy re ceived strong support Thursday from Ad miral Henry T. Maya, commander or the Atlantic fleet. In his testimony before the committee, the admiral de clared that congress should immediately authorise the building: or tne greatest navv in the world. This should be done, he urged, regard less of what th peace conference may do. The admiral said that in; Ms opinion there will be no international police force and this possibility should not be permitted to enter into the determination of our naval policy. Referring to the proposed league of nations, he said' ''This Idea is rapiaiy getting aown to sewing circle, with no means of enforcement and with no international Dolice force." Another important ractor is eenevea to be a statement reported to have been received by cable from Wilson urging congress to adopt secretary jjamejs recommendations. AWAITS FACTS ON EEVAT0R TESTS (Continued From Paee One) anxiety turns to consideration of the possibilities of getting the terminal ready for the crop of 1919. "I am reserving judgment as to the bulk grain elevator situation until the facts are obtained and we know whether the building is to settle mora or wheth er the subsidence has stopped," said Henry L. Corbett, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, tins morning. "I do consider the subject one of the greatest importance. I suppose hat probably $1,500,000 has been tpent cn the elevator, although I have no fig-i urea from the dock commission, and this is a large amount of money to put into a building without being absolutely cer tain of the stability of its foundation." T believe the dock commission -did precisely the right thing to suspend work on the grain elevator until it was sure of the facts and the extent of the (finger," said B. C. Ball, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce port commit tee. "It is probably unnecessary to say that all the business men of the com munity are keenly interested in the re sults of the investigation as to the ulti mate extent of the subsidence. Weaee trying to build up our port and it will be most unfortunate if mechanical dif ficulties, Mich as the subsidence of the elevator because sufficient care was not taken to assure the stability of the foun dation, should get in our way." When work stopped on the bulk grain elevator, it was completed, except for work on the roof. The work house ad joining the elevator was well under construotlon.'ln settling, the -elevator pulled afeiy from the workhouse and cracks appeared in the concrete of he conveyor tunnels between the two buildings. ; A - crack also appeared at one corner of the elevator foundation, but the grain tanks did not appear to be in any way damaged. A test well has been sunk to a depth variously reported at from 130 to 160 feet without reaching bed rock or gravel. The pilings under the elevator were sunk from 40 to 50 feet, according to a statement by the chief engineer. SEES LILA LEE in "THE SECRET GARDEN" And Other Attractions TOMORROW czv THE STAR IS OFFICERS RESCUE PAIR UNDER AUTO Man Injured Internally in Acci dent on East Side; Woman's Injuries Not Serious. All the reserve officers at police head quarters and Engwe 20 at Sellwood were called to Thirteenth street and By bee avenue this morning, to assist In rescuing a man and woman who were pinned beneath an. automobile that went ver the bluff between the Portland crematorium ana me uks both. Frank Sobrotela of MUwaukie was internally injured and removed to the Sellwood hospital. He resides on the Lake road, near Milwaukie. The only name the woman would give the police was Marie. When the first eall came in. Captain Jenkins sent out the emergency officers. A few minutes later -these men called for help and rep and as no men were left at headquarters, the captain threw rope in the patrol wagon and answered the call himself. When he arrived ho found that his officers had called the fire department, because they needed more men and sharp axes to cut the side of the car out and free the two persons. Th-. rope was needed to keep the machine from rolling farther down the hill into Uie water, where the two m4ht have been drowned. The woman was entangled in tbo steering wheel. As soon as she was released she fainted and the offieerc carried her up the hill ta the street, where medical treat ment was administered. She was not injured seriously. The police and fire men also pulled the wrecked ear to tho top of the grade. Two other men were riding in the ma chine, but they managed to Jump out before the automobile went over tho brink. Tho turn in the street is pro teeted by a fence and the officers could get no explanation of the accident. ALBERS FIRM IN DENIAL OF GUILT (Continued From Paca One) building in Portland, which position he held for three years. In 1895 he and his brothers founded their present mill ing business. His part was to look after the mechanical 6ide of the venture. He became a naturalized citizen in 1900. Since leaving the old country he had made two 'return visits,' ono in 1901 and one in 1912. he said. He declared he never served in the German army, be ing rejected on account of some phys ical defect. He' had never had any connection with any agent of tho German government or owned any property in that country, he asserted. When the European war broke out the defendant eaid he was at Buenos Aires on business connected with tho milling trade. Prior to the entrance of the United States into tho war tbo defendant ad mitted that be may bavo expressed pro German sympathy as had been, alleged, as ho thought Ameriean sentiment was governed to a great extent by tho Brit ish press. Disloyal Statements Denied After the United States took up arms he said : "I never made any state ment antagonistic to this government." While he believed In military training he eaid he was opposed to militarism, and had always advised tho young men in' his employ to enter tho army, telling them it would benefit them- physically and mentally and that their places would be held open for them. A different version of the incident related by Mrs. Gomes, tho manicurist of San Francisco, involving a taxicab ride to Palo Alto, was given by John O'NeilT who was one of tho party. Ac cording to tho story of O'Neill, Albers, who had been en a protracted spree for nearly two weeks, slept nearly all tho time during the ride. He woke up only two or three times and what little he said was unintel ligible. Tho only distinct remark ho recalled was once after Albers had got out, of the car and when entering It again, ho looked at the women of tho party and said: "Hello, Mama; where did you come from?" Touching yio loyalty of Albers. tho witness, who is associated with him In the ownership of tho schooner -Oakland, said that when they were preparing to float the vessel at Wheeler in tho lat ter part of 1917 Albers Insisted on hav ing an American flag, Albert Termed ABtl-Engtish O'Neill, who claimed to have a long acquaintanceship with the defendant, said jo had never hoard him utter any thing Tierogatory to America at any timo and that after tho United States had entered tho war ho never heard him express any pro-German sentiment. Ho admitted that ho was strongly anti-English. " When a sale of tho Oakland was be ing discussed Albers had eaid, accord ing to O'Neill : "Wo ought, to dispose of her as soon as we can. Now that tho United States la In tho war, thank God, It will soon bo over." As to the responsibility of Albers when In his cups, O'Neill said: "After a spree his mind seems to be a blank as to things which occurred during his lapse." John Murphy, a longshoreman, and C. A. Bernard, a mill machinery agent, both testified that in their conversa tions with Albers ho had never ex pressed any unpatriotic thought. The government rested its case Thurs day afternoon in tho trial of Henry Al bers, on the charge of sedition, and tho defense began tho presentation of its evidence. The general line of defense developed was that Albers had been a loyal citizen of tho United States, had expressed no pro-German sentiment since this government had declared war against Germany, and that he was ad dicted to drink, Indulging tit periodical sprees to a state of Irresponsibility. To confirm tho plea that ho was under the influence of liquor on October t, the data on which ho is alleged to have made a number of seditious utterances on a Southern Pacific train, "while en route from San Franctsco to Portland, and that while in this "bibulous and babulous" condition Was made a victim of a frame-up on the part of Deputy United States Marshal Tiehenor and L. K. Gaumaunt, a special deputy sheriff of King county, Washington, and Others, Richard King Clark, a railway porter, who was ta charge of tho ear on which tho alleged utterances were mads, was sworn as a witness. Ho testified that ho first observed Albers whoa ho boarded tho train at Oakland pier, tho night of October 7. and that he was what he termed "half drunk." Albors did not get up tho fol- 1 7M r j nFrirnvT lowing morning, ho said, until about 40 'e?ftck- From ,that tune on be wag drinking whiskey. By nighttime Clark; noticed that Al hers was hecemipg very drunk and he tried to get him to f e to bod. he said. He picked up Albers' valise and carried it to the berth. Gaumaunt followed him. he continued. and said, "I want that. grip. There Is something in it I want to get" MJ asked him what authority ho had to take the grip. He replied, 'I am an officer," and ho showed me a badge. "Just then the conductor came along and wanted to know what the trouble was. I told him and he ordered mo to surrender tho grip. "Gaumaunt said later tho only way to get a German to talk is to get him full of whiskey? Sorter Hears X fied'tloa Clark said he never heard Albers utter any disloyal sentiment; "What vas his condition when he went to bed?', asked the i defendant's attor ney. "He was stupefied. The brakeman helped me get him to his berth. Ho was net able to take his clothes off and went to bed with them on. as well as his shoes.' Cross-examination made no material change In Clark's testimony. It was directed principally to learn how it was that he knew the names of Tiehenor. Gaumaunt, Kinney and Mead. He ex plained that he had come to tho knowl edge since the occurrence Another passenger on the train was Lot Q. Swetland of Portland, who said that on the night in question Albers was so badly Intoxicated that he appar ently did not recognize him. Swetland. Ho did not hear Albers make any of the remarks accredited to him, but heard, of them in the train gossip. Defendant Fool When Drssk Dr. E. A. Sommer of Portland testified that he had often treated the defendant when he was in his cups, and that he was a periodical drinker of tho worst kind. "When Albers drinks," he said, "he is a fool. ' I have tried to reason with him, and I have talked with him after ho be came sober, but he had no recollection of what I had said to him when ha was drinking. Otherwise, he is a most ex emplary citizen. I never heard him say anything derogatory from the United States." To discredit tho testimony of E. C. Bendixen, one of the government's chief witnesses, Wesley Iippolt was put on j the stand and asked about a conversa- j tion he had with Bendixen at the latter's home in the presence of his wife. Ben- ! dixen said, according to "the witness, "I ! have fixed my uncle's stock a plenty. ' You knew Fred Jackling. Tell him to get rid of his stock, as it wont bo worth much," Referring to Bendixen, Nippqlt said : ' "He considered the trapping of Albers l his bit to the war. He said that he had ' made an arrangement with Tiehenor to drink all the, whiskey he wanted while talking with Albers on tho train." ' It was developed that Nippolt, who Is I a millwright from Tacoma, is a brother- ! in-law of an uncle of Bendixen's. War Investments $300,000 1 To establish the fact that the Albers i Bros. Milling company, while the de- . ! J , : v, . . ,1 liberally to American war work, B. M. Denlson, secretary of the company, tes tified that it had invested $300,000 in Liberty bonds and had given to the Red Cross and other war activities nearly 183,000. Of its Liberty bonds It had sold $25,000 to employes for 75 cents on the dollar In order to encourage them to" invest in Liberty bonds. Mr. Denlson further said that to his knowledge the defendant had never contributed money to the eause of aay other government nor had ho ever uttered a, disloyal sen timent. A number of employes of tho Albers, Bros. Milling company, some of them returned soldiers, testified that when war between tho United States and Ger manv was declared the defendant hud done nothing to discourage enlistment but, on the contrary, had encouraged ft, i ip saying that it was a fine thing for the i young men, making them better physi-; cally and mentally. All were assured ; that their places would be held open for j them, and that these promises were be- : ing kept. It is expected that tho taking of testi mony in the case will bo concluded to day. The defense has but two or three more witnesses, including the defendant himself. Prince Eitel Admits Kaiser Legally Dead And Rule Wiped Out Amsterdam. Jan. 31. (I. N. 3.) Wil liam Hohenzollern, former German emperor, is a dead one legally, said his son, Princo Eitel Frederick, in a speech at Potsdam, according to a Berlin telegram today. "You yf never Bee a kaiser again.' declared tho German prince. 'The cir cumstances under which they might rule have been wiped out of the world's history. Legally, father is dead." Half Holiday Plan For Public Schools Salem, Jan. 81. As a substitute for senate bill 83, the senate committee on education has introduced a bill making Washington's birthday a half holiday in all the public schools of tho state and providing further that at least one and one half hours of the forenoon of that day must be observed in the schools by appropriate exercises. BANISH CATARRH Breathe Hyomel for Two Mlastes and Believe Stuffed Vp jea4 cold In the head or from an Irritating Hyfmol. Bfere WS5 It will clean out reuri head fn two minutes and allow you to breathe freely. 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No out ward Indication was given by labor leaders here today of any prospect of averting the general strike of unions affiliated with the Seattle Central La bor council. As voting of the various unions continues, majorities for the strike pile up. , It has been charged by Henry M. White, federal labor mediator for this district, that the vote is net representa tive of the union ' membership because voting is dene In meetings at which only a small percentage of tlis mem bership Is presept. The inside electricians have voted to join the strike and this means Seattle, if the strike is called, probably will be without light and electric power. The street and electrical railway em ployes will take a referendum vote en the strikorttemprrow. Although the Ty pographical union eannot strike without sanction from its international officers, it is believed tho newspapers will be unable to publish, as the stereotypers have voted to strike and the pressmen, it Is expected, will vote In favor of the walkout. At Taeoma, Metal Trades council of ficers virtually have rejected a pro posal of mediation by a committee of six labor men and six business men from Seattle and Tacema. Labor lead ers declare the general strike will be called there, probably at tho same time the Seattle walkout takes place. Bay Situation Improves San Francisco, Jan. 31. (U. P.) Opinion was general today there will be no Bay district strike of shipworkers. Tho action of the Maritime Bay Dis Ralstons Are Remarkably Good Shoes. Don't take our word for it. Try them yourself- and judge them by the way 'they fit, feel and wear. You Will find Ral stons will measure up to our claims and your expectations. The Ralston Shoe House in Portland Morrison at Fourth lisB ii II J v ;;.-.. , ;i t- trict council ip postponing the strike of 2500 carpenters, it is believed, wiu au low matters to eopl and allow the war labor hoard to mediate. The postponement was ordered 'fo! lowing receipt of a telegram from wib llara I Hutchesen. Internationa, presi dent, requesting postponement until the men's grievances can come before the war labor poerd. The men will hold a mass meeting Sunday to determine a policy. Runaway Newsio Has Short-Lived Freedom Until Dad Finds Him Ridgefleld. Wash., Jan. SO. A "14 year-old boy giving the name of Eugene Qren and telling a complicated stot y drifted into town last week from 3t. Johns, Or, It was learned yesterday that his name was David Patterson and that ho had run away from his home at St. Johns, where he had been a newsboy. He told here, when h first walkud into town, that his parents were visiting in Minnesota and they would return west and meet him in Central) a on Fri day. His father was notified and came UP for the lad tqday. On January 3 George Patterson of 712 Smith avenue north reported to the police tbat his eon. David had disap peared rrom his home about 9 o clock tho morning before. At the time he .left he is said to have told his mother he was going out to collect for his papera. Quinine That Dnaa Mat Sttaet Hu4 Rermnse at Its tonie nd liti effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUIVIXE ITrnMmt n ti. t.k. by anyone without eeroiaf,' nervousness or ring-ins in ine una. -mere is only one "Bromo Quinine. E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c Ad. LIGHT THE WAY IN THE DARK IP YOU GET UP IN THE NIGHT TOU SHOCrB HAVE AN EVEREADY FLASHLIGHT Light the way to the baby's crib. No unnec essary noise. 35: m PRICE $1.10 UP "19 A complete stock of fresh batteries. 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