OHDEIIS RECEIVED
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G. M. Standifer jConstruction
Corporation Yards! at Van cou
ver Hit by Latest Move.
NEW WORK IS ANTICIPATED
Builders More Confident Govern
ment Intends to Undertake the
Building of Large Vessels.
Suspension orders for five of the 15
steel eteamera under contract at tne
yard of the G. M. Standifer Construc
tion corporation at Vancouver, which
until this time had been the only yard
in the Oregon district which had not
had work annulled, came Wednesday
afternoon and builders
now feel more
confident that the shipping board in
tends to undertake the work of building
steamers of a larger type.
When order came suspending the
construction of 24 vessels at the plants
-of the Northwest, Columbia River and
Alblna yards last month and no or
ders were received by the Standifer
yard. It was supposed the government
would allow the construction of steam
ers of the 8500-ton type! but it appears
that the shipping board has concurred
ti rftalrman Hurley's orders that no
contracts be placed for
smaller vessels
and all orders be repl
where It is
possible- to build vessels
13,000 tons.
bf not less than
I?eed,Miown for Larger SMpi
An estimate of material on hand has
been requested and the manager of the
yard estimates that bundling supplies for
more vessels is on haAd. Of the ves
sels under contract one isjn the water,
five are on the ways arid one of these
Is nearing completion. Previous suspen
sion orders included 10 at the Northwest
Steel company yards, eight at the Co
lumbia River Shipbuilding corporations
and six at tne AlDina engine oc aiacaine
works. After reports were turned in of
the amount of material) on hand two
were reinstated in each pf-the yards.
Chairman Hurley failed tb accomplish
the purpose of his trip to Europe, the
placing of a universal rate and pay
scale among all countries maintaining
- . . a m . . - .
commerce ana it Ainonc i is io cumiinc
in world trade he saw that it would be
ruceasa.ry to have larger vessels in the
United States merchant marine. Orders
were then received from him to start a
program of larger building and he Is
how on his way home to toelp the board
Intensify on this plan.
Conference Is Expected
Guy M. Standifer of the Standifer
eorporation landed In -N!ew York Tues
day from France and the fact that
J. R. Bowles, president of the North
west Steel company, and Alfred F.
Smith, president of the Columbia River
Shipbuilding corporation, are due In
Philadelphia from Portland is accepted
as meaning that a conference concern
ing the future of steel shipbuilding in
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"POOR INNOCENCE"
this section will --soon be under way In
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A resume of the entire steel program
made by one of the eastern members of
the shipping board gives the reason of
the suspension and reinstatements . as
being occasioned . by - the ,fact that f
numberof the yards had material on
hand for the building of vessels outlined
under their ' first contracts and that a
big loss would have, been sustained If
completion of at. least some Of the ves
sels had not been, carried out. This
man also said that contracts -for larger
vessels would b- given to these com
panies by next summeit.
With work suspended on a total of 2J
steel steamers of the 9600, 8800 and 3500
types in this district and no further
word received this mfrning, managers
of the steel yards fetel confident that
no more work will be called off. even
though big suspension orders have been
received in California! If any further
action is taken here it is thought rein
statements will be the program rather
than further suspensions as material is
on hand for every on of the steamers
under contract.
Oakland Loses Ship Contracts
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 1J. (U. P.) Con
tracts for seven steel chips to have been
built here, have been cancelled and con
tracts for six others Suspended, it was
learned today. I
, The shipping board's telegram an
nouncing the action gajve no reason.
The seven contracts cancelled were
for the Moore Shipbuilding company,
where a strike Is in progress.
The six contracts suspended are neld
ry the Union Iron works.
California yards have within the past
few weeks seen 49 contracts for steel
ships either suspended or cancelled. The
figure involved is approximately
$77,000,000.
Whereas some believe the shipping
board cancelled the contracts held by
the Moore company beoause of the strike
there, the general opinion is that the
action comes as a result of the more
extensive policy developed by the ship
ping board for building! peace time ships.
Keels of the steel ships affected had
not been laid. General Manager Pies in
Philadelphia recently announced through
the United Press vthat these ships
planned to win the war were not suit
able for peace time competition.
It is believed the government plans
ships larger and faster and better built
than those called for by these contracts,
and that in the end the yards will profit
by more valuable contracts than those
suspended or cancelled.
Contracts have been suspended or
cancelled in yards in Qregon and Wash
ington, and it is believed the same holds
true there.
Bids Come From All
Parts of the U. S. for
Army Spruce Outfit
Saturday, Febsjiary 15, is the last date
on which bids for the property of the
United States Spruce Production corpora
tion, with headquarters in Portland, will
be received by the sales board recently
named by Brigadier j General Brlce P.
Disque, the commanding officer.
Proposals have been pouring into sales
board headquarters l(or the past few
weeks from all over the United States
and Canada. Many bids for individual
parts have been received, but there are
also thousands of large ones embracing
all or main units of the machinery and
equipment, some of these coming from
cities where big improvements are in
contemplation or by firms and corpora
tions which have in prospect work on an
unusual scale. j
TODAY
A
FARMERS DEMAND
PLACE IN LEAGUE
Wilson's Plan Backed by Na
tional" Gathering! Lenroot Has
Railroad Control Scheme.
Washington. Feb. 13. j-Representation
before the society of nations for the
farmers of the world was demanded Wed
nesdaybythe national board of farm or-i
ganizatlons in semi-annual conference1
here. The resolutions in which the demand
was made were presented by Gifford
Pinchot. j
The organisation went on record as
backing: President. Wilson's plan for a
league of nations and then set forth its
position on the part the' farmers ought
to play in the forthcoming readjust
ment of the globe. j
Among measures advocated by the
board, which is composed of dozens of
farmers' organizations, j are inclusion ,
in the league of nations of a special
body having the international interests
of agriculture directly in . charge. Ex
tension of the international Institute of
agriculture at Rome, a world system of
crop reports, the right of collective
bargaining for farmers, and the ex
tension of free educational facilities
to all the farming communities of the
world are among other demands.
The conference was addressed today
by Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, who
spoke in favor of a plan set forth by
Professor John R, Commons, of the
University of Wisconsin! for a 120,000,
000,000 federal corporation to control
and operate all railroads. The govern
ment would own no stock in this cor
poration, but - would name twov out of
eight directors, the others being named
by the investors, shippers and farmers.
Consolidation of the roads is neces
sary. Senator Lenroot said, and the
only way to get it is! through come
scheme that will give the government
direct supervision. j
CONCLAVE DIVIDES
ON GERMAN ISSUE
(Continued Prom Fag. One)
armistice would be prolonged indefinite
ly, that hostilities will be Commenced on
short notice in case the enemy shows
bad faith in carrying out the conditions
and that a dead line will be drawn be
yond which German troops will be for
bidden to move toward Poland.
By Kaboth Hedln
Special Correspondence to The Journal and
The Chicago Daily News.
Paris. Feb. 13. The predicted conflict
between the realist ideas represented by
Premier Clemenceau andthe idealism of
President Wilson has now fully devel
oped. .
Typical of the commentaries in the op
position press is a cartoon today show
ing the French premier s utter amaze
ment while watching President Wilson,
the outline being, "What Is he talking
about T'
Deadlocked oa German Iisae
Hitherto the "Tiger" has accepted nu
merous ideas that were diametrically op
posed to his own publicity of the peace
conference progress, the; method of pro
cedure, treatment of the Russians, dis
position of the colonial problem, and
many others.
But when he comes to discuss peace
terms with Germany, Clmenceau can
not yield. France demands:
1 Security. !
2 Reparation and damages.
The renewal of the armistice involves
both. Overwhelming French opinion
favors "putting the screws" on Germany
now, while the "Idealists" favor saying
to the Germans, "thefe there, be gentle.
Boche," employing moral suasion in
stead of force.
The best clue to the French attitude
is the following satirical editorial in
Le Matin": j
Old. Old Story With Huns
A century before
Christ. 300.000
pillaging, dev-
Bodies invaded France
astatine and killing.
and penetrating
as far as Ax-en-Provence. They were
beaten and swore they would never try
it again. !
"Sixty years later 240,000 Boches in
vaded France, installing themselves in
the Jura mountains.
"Three years after that the Helve
tians, pushed by the Boches, invaded
France. They were beaten and the
Boches swore they would never try it
again.
"Three years later, 400,000 Boches in
vaded the Meuse-Oise region. They were
beaten and swore they would never do
it again.
"Sixteen years before Christ an army
of Boches Invaded the left bank of the
Rhine.
Repeated Raids Beatea Off
"Again, 213 years after Christ, they
tried it again and were beaten off again.
"Twenty-four years later they tried
and were beaten.
"Later the Boches invaded the Rhine
valley in 275. Twenty-six years later
the Boches destroyed everything as far
as Langres. Beaten, they swore they
would never try it again.
"Fifty years later the Boches again
occupied the left bank of the Rhine.
Three years later they invaded France
as far - as Lens and Lyon. Six years
later they invaded Belgium. Eight
years later, they invaded Alsace. Ten
years later they were beaten on the
Sambre. Eighteen years later they came
in an invasion en masse.
"France was totally ravished. Two
years later the Boche pillaged Toulouse,
Narbonne and Bordeaux. But this
article is getting too long."
Seore More Han Invasions
The writer then enumerates 28 differ
ent German Invasions ' of France and
continues: -
"Whenever they were conquerors they
were atrocious and terrible ; whenever
they were conquered they were humble,
fooling the French by their meekness
A Home-Made ' ' -
Gray Hair Remedy
Gray, streaked or faded hair can be
immediately made black, brown or light
brown, whichever shade you desire, by
the use of the following remedy that
you can make at home:
Merely get a box of Orlex powder at
any drug store. It costs very little, and
no extras to buy. Dissolve It in 4 oa.
of distilled or rain water and comb It
through the hair. Directions for mixing
and use come. in each box..
Ton need not hesitate to use Orlex,
as a $100 gold bond comes in each box.
guaranteeing the user (hat Orlex pow
der does not. contain silver, lead, sine,
sulphur, mercury, aniline, coal-tar prod
ucts r their derivatives.
It does not rub off. la not sticky or
gummy, and leaves the hair fluffy. It
wOl make a gray-haired person .look
20 years younger.- Adv. '
and pretended friendship and- by their
vows that they would never do It again."
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Germany to Forfeit Colonies .
London, Fteb. . 13-Premler Lloyd
George announced in the house of com
mons Wednesday, that it has been unani
mously decided that her colonies will not
be restored to Germany.
Complete agreement also has been
reached among the powers on the de
mand regarding the western boundary
of Germany, i "
Replying to' a question from Colonel
Guinea, the premier declared the govern
ment favored not' only reparation for
the war damages, but stood by Its elec
tion peldge to make Germanypay to the
full extent of her resources.
Reparation, Mr. Lloyd George said,
must Include indemnity.
Regarding the German eastern fron
tier, he said the return of the investigat
ing commission must be awaited before
a decision can be reached.
"Germany has forfeited her claim to
the colonies by her treatment of the
natives." the premier said, regarding
the colonial subject.
Wilson May Head League
London. Feb. 13. (I. N. S.) The
draft of the: league of nations pro
vides for a president and. the first ex
ecutive will likely be President Wood-
row Wilson Of the United States, the
Pall Mall Gazette was informed Wed
nesday. The plan calls also for . ambassa
dorial rank for the representatives of
the various nations. Those .represent
ing the big five America, England,
France, Italy and Japan will be ap
pointed promptly, according to the
Pall Mall Gazette.
The league probably will ask the
United States to accept mandatories
for the protection of Armenia and con
trol of the Littoral of the Sea of Mar
mora, Constantinople, the Bosphorus
and the Dardanelles, . conditional on the
consent of the United States congress.
The delegates to the league will
choose a chsheellor in addition to a
president, but the society is expected
to operate for a year before any
president is selected.
No nation, the Pall Mall Gazette
continues, will be -oound to employ an
army and navy, except morally, when
tho league calls for them.
Siege In Hamburg
Copenhagen, Feb. 13. (By Wireless
via London) Government troops are in
control of Hamburg and Erfurt. In
both cities the Spartacans have been
disarmed. A state of siege prevails in
Hamburg.
Deserters Riot in Berlin
Copenhagen, Febj 13. A thousand de
serters and Spartacans are rioting and
plundering in the outskirts of Berlin,
according to a dispatch from that capi
tal today. .
Portland Ad Club
Warm in Praise
Of Mayor Hanson
Mayor Ole Hanson 1 of Seattle was
praised by the Ad club Wednesday aft
ernoon at the Benson in a resolution
which always rives approval to the sym
pathetic strikers who went back to work
when they discovered the strike had
been agitated to considerable extent by
radicals.
The club also backed up with a resolu
tion Will L. Flnley. state biologist, who
opposes schemes for abandoning Mal
heur lake as the greatest bird preserve
in the United States, in order to drain
the lake bed. House bill No. 376, pend
ing before the legislature, would prevent
consummation of the scheme.
The name of Sixth street will be "Vic
tory Way" instead of "Liberty Way,"
If a suggestion by W. P. Strandborg,
approved by the club, is adopted by the
soldiers.
Tribute was eloquently paid the mem
ory of Abraham Lincoln by Frank
Branch Riley, and former Mayor II. R.
Albee urged that fathers be solicitous to
understand their sons. B. F. Stone,
chairman of the Port of Astoria com
mission, was a guest.
L. R. Alderman to
Address National
Educational Group
Ll R. Alderman, superintendent of war
activities of Portland schools, will leave
shortly for Chicago to address the Na
tional Education . association, which
meets February 24 tb March 1. 'From
Chicago Mr. Alderman will leave for
overseas, where he expects to carry on
the educational work of the army T. M.
C. . A., providing his passports have ar
rived. The decision to stop in Chicago was
reached by Mr. Alderman Wednesday
upon receipt of an invitation to address
the patrons division of the National Edu
cation association. Mr. Alderman had
previously promised to write a paper for
the superintendents' division of the asso
ciation and deliver it if possible. .
Mr. . Alderman will speak on '"Unify
ing Supervision of School Children by the
Department of Education" and on "Co
operation Between School Adiministra
tors and the Teaching Force."
Hun Books, Interned
For War, Let Out for
Limited Circulation
German books. Interned by the Port
land library during the war, will be
released for limited circulation, so the
Library" association decided Wednesday"
night. Applicants for the use of the
books must appear before the book com
mittee and give satisfactory explanation
of their needs for the particular volume
desired, before it will be issued.
The feasibility of a branch library for
North Portland, where hundreds of tran
sient laboring men are collected, was
discussed at the association meeting.
Members favor the plan, providing funds
can be obtained. Miss Zulema Kostom
latsky, acting librarian, held a confer
ence with, Robert H. Strong, chairman of
the library committee on extension, this
morning in regard to the plan.
L H. Rhodes Is Due
From France Sunday
L B. Rhodes, who has been l France
a year and a half on duty with the T. M.
C. A., is expected home Sunday from
overseas. Mr; Rhodes was one of the
first Portland men to leave for the bat
tle zone and he has spent much time
among men in trench, hut and camp.
Brakeman Is Killed
Aberdeen. Wash.. Feb. 13. Barney
Falk. '"A brakeman employed by the
Clemoos Logging company at Mel
bourne, fell between the cars of a log
ging train Tuesday and was decapitated.
Falk was 28 year old and leaves
widow in Centralis.
mam clue
IN MURDER CASE
Police Say Warrant Has Been
Issued for Jack 0'Neil, Who
Can't Be Found.
Captain of Detectives Harry Circle
said this morning that a -warrant bad
been issued for the arrest of Jack
O'Neil and added further that the police
are seeking him in connection with the
murder of Mrs. Lula Deuwel last Fri
day night at the Gordon hotel. West
Park and Yamhill streets. The body
was found by the landlady, Mrs. N. L.
Hays, about 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
O'Neil has dropped out of sight, the
police say. He is supposed to have been
seen in Seattle last Saturday, but
further than that the police say they
have no trace of him. According to
police records O'Neil was arrested In
Seattle July 14. 1915. along with R.
Guernsey on a charge of stealing
jewelry from a hotel room. The court
sentence is not given on the circular.
He was 19 at that time, which would
make him 23 at this time, or about the
age of the "nephew" who It Is said
visited Mrs. Deuwell the night she was
murdered.
Police were reluctant to disclose any
Information this morning, but they did
not deny the statement that Mrs. A.
Shank, housekeeper in the Gordon hotel,
had identified the picture of O'Neil as
that of the "nephew." The Seattle de
scription of O'Neil is: Height 5 feet 1
inches, fair complexion, brown hair and
brown eyes. O'Neil's jaw is drawn a lit
tle to one side In the picture.
The only motive the police can ascribe
for the crime is robbery.
The night before the woman was
killed, Roy Fitzpatrick, a friend of Mrs.
Deuwell. is alleged to have robbed Hans
Hartowuer, his partner In a restaurant,
of about $300 in cash and Liberty bonds.
Fitzpatrick is also, missing.
Festival Board to
Organize on Friday
At Portland Hotel
The 1919 Rose Festival board elected
Friday night will be organized at a
meeting Friday evening in the Hotel
Portland, according to a call issued by
E. J. Jaeger, president of the Rose Fes
tival auxiliary, and E. E. Larlmore, who
presided over the 1917 festival. The dl
rectors elected from . list of 18 candi
dates were R. W. Childs, Hotel Men's
association ; W. E. Conklin, Ad club ;
F. M. Crisel, Caterers' association; Eric
V. Hauser, shipbuilders; Rufus C Hoi
man, county commission ; William Mc
Murray, railroads ; Henry E. Reed, city
and county; Ira L. Riggs. Progressive
Business Men's club ; Charles Rudeen,
retailers ; Mrs. C. B. Simmons, women's
organizations ; Hermann Von Borstel,
Realty board ; R. G. Jubltz, Rose soci
ety. The new board will organize both
for the features and the financing of .the
Rose Festival this year. It will be
"Victory celebration in Portland's month
of roses."
Fuel Administration
Will Sell Equipment
Through Sealed Bids
The Oregon fuel administration, which
is to officially close its doors March 1,
will dispose of its furniture and office
equipment through sealed bids received
at 1337 Northwestern Bank building up
to and including February 21, according
to an announcement issued Wednesday
through Federal Fuel Administrator Fred
J. Holmes.
A board of survey and appraisal, con
sisting of E. A. Holmes, B. E. Kennedy
and M. B. Durning, has listed and ap
praised the articles to be sold, and will
open all bids February 2L
Two desks, 12 chairs, 1 cabinet, 1 legal
blank case, 2 Underwood typewriters, 8
letter trays, 3 waste baskets and a
number of miscellaneous articles are of
fered. Teachers Would Be
Active in Affairs
The Men Teachers' Promotion club, at
a meeting held Wednesday, passed res
olutions favoring the representation of
teachers ttr- the appointment of civic
committees. .The club believes that
civic committees appointed often have
to deal with matters involving; the ac
tive cooperation of the public schools,
that while all professions are represent
ed except teachers, questions often
arise that those actively engaged in
teaching might be competent to express
an opinion.
Dr. Geo. Rubenstein
Advised all his patients and left
all "his prescriptions with Dr. Du
back for optical work. . He knew
the eptical field of this city, and
demanded the best.
You can do no better than fol
low his advice.
Do you need optical service?
If so call on me. I specialize in
eye fitting and that only.
120 BROADWAY
Near Washington Street
Best in the City
Dr.J.D.Daback
Eyesight Specialist
Doctor Prescribes
D.D J). for Banlrer
Writ, to H. J. torwm, Chi Tint Nstieaal
BankjTrsey City, Teas. - b
"The went esse ef Eeaesse t believe
aayoae ever experienced. Was setting
SM wild. Sent for sty d actor. He re
sssistadcd ThrmDm. Itorvetees relief
.free the very rrt applieetiea."
Asreae saOering from skin faMe' mO er
"Tesy iaTwtijrate at eacs the SMfite
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The Owl Drag Co. .
Skidntore Drag Co. -Adr.
Agriculture Tork
To BevOff ered in ;
i Estacada Schools
' Estacada. Feb. 13. County Superin
tendent J. E. Calavan and County Club
Leader A.' L. Olmstead for several days
have; been working to Estacada and
surrounding territory in the Interest of
the boys' and rlrls' industrial clubs for
the coming season. . ' -
Professor UL P. Barrows land O. L.
Straughan of the Oregon Agricultural
college are assisting the school authori
ties of Estacada in th establishment
of the Smith-Hughes course I In agricul
ture. The work will be idirectly In
charge of Mr, Straughan. who has al
ready begun to outline the course.
in ear ly every Boy In the high school
has taken the oath nf urvir in th
boys , working reserve. I
The nu ban has been lifted and the
Star: theatre is aealn nhowine mntinn
pictures. A lecture will be given at the
high school Friday evening by Dr. Shel
don of the University of Oregon. Films
ana suaes win oe shown. I
Rev. Walter Glvens, first lieutenant
and chaplain at Fort Worden. Wash.,
and ;W. W. Dillon of the it. M. C. A,
service in France have received their
honorable : discharge papers and have
taken up civil duties once more.
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Permission to Build Warehouse
A Permit has been rrinlwl id. Cnrf.
land Woolen Mills company to build a
warehouse on Bradford between Balti
more and New Ydrk streets. The per
mit Calla for ui Tnnilim rt tic Ann
Construction work on the new building
miuKui ai an eariy aate, according
- vtuouu os ui company,
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Traffic Rule Books';
Ready for Motorists
Trafflo rule books are ready for mo
torists at police headquarters- The city
has had several thousand printed. : Any
A Vacuum
-Keeps your home spic
and span The dust out
of every corner keeps
the carpets bright and
new. Removes at least
half of the household
drudgery. Let us call
and demonstrate.
ELECTRIC
SIXTH AT PINE
PEPPER'S HER NAME AND PEPPER'S HER TEMPER
The story of a girl who sells 'em over the counter, prinks her hair
like a prima donna, kids a lot of cheap mashers and shows the de
partment store smart-alecks where to head in.
Cast Includes ELLIOTT DEXTER and TULLY MARSHALL
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automobile owner may isetiure a d; t
of tbe traffic rules of the cty by rail;! :
at the trafflo department, room 203. e - -ond
floor, police headquarters. Alter 6
p. nr. and all night, books may be ha 1
at the main desk on the first floor.
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K. W. GROVE'S denature on boa. S0 Ad.
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