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tTIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY HORNING, JULY 27. 1319." A -X -1 LABOR COUNCIL TO FIGHT ATTEMPT OF REDS TO COHTROL Radicals It Is Said, Will Try to Elect Their Ticket During the . Meeting Next Thursday. SPEECHES WASTING TIME Conservatives Declare That. Con . struction Program Is Blocked by "One Big Union" Talks. ; An "Inevitable revolution" prom ised by the Portland Council -of Workers, Soldier - and ' Sailor, and wfrat is said to be the effort of the "organization to fcring such, a thing: to pass, has aroused the Central Labor council and other agencies said to represent ''loyal! labor to a point of action within the past .week.! With an important annual election of officers a the chief matter of business at the meeting of-"the council next Thursday night, the present officers Of the council declare they are taking -every precaution to thwart what they believe will be a concerted effort 'of the "Red" element to awing the meet ing into radical action. - JELECTIOir MAIir Around the election of president and vice president : the main contention is ' expected. Henry Anderson. present , executive, and William Klmsey. vice president, said Saturday they expect strong opposition from what they brand s the "Red corner" of the labor coun 'cil meeting." -.-fiv . It is said . by -workmen that much of the time' of the delegates who comprise the labor council has been ..wasted by radical agitation and speeches at meet ings of the council and that all at tempts of conservative or constructive unionists to conciliate the Reds" have failed. , On last Thursday night, ofXl ctals report, the radicals made an ef ' fort to brings about the immediate elec .'. tion of officers, and went so far as - to appeal from the decision, against the proposition ,,by President Anderson. Officers explain that the labor conn ell is not , an administrative but is - merely -empowered to recommend. .For ' this .reason wide latitude .in discussion : has been permitted on the floor. OJfli TJHIOIC TUKZD' - V-f " At 'the neetlhgThnrsday" night which promises to be largely attended by both - elements -said to exist here, the . "revo lutionary" . wing of ; the - labor .eunoil, ' spurred by a recent circular letter from ; the Council of 'Workers. Soldiers and ; Sailors, will further- a. plan Jlo get a - hearing on its plan for ."one bUr-union." To this end the socalld .."Reda" have ' engaged Floyd Hyde, a. machinist, as a : permanent 'lecturer," who" wOl seek au dience before each of the trades unions Y in Portland. S . Hyde, according to the statement of L the Labor Press, Is delegate to the Central Labor council, representing the ---machinists union. He and his associ- ates, the .Labor Press says, "don't do ' anything constructive in the council and : they take .: advantage .of jevery eppor ' tunity to prevent any constructive work ? being done by the ; council. They are there for one purpose only, to spread their propaganda. For months past al i- most every meeting of the council has been largely , taken up with these propa ' ganda speeches until many delegates have become disgusted and refused to attend, and some , organizations 'are threatening , to withdraw from, the :- .COUnclL i . J: ' ' "This revolutionary band has nomi nated and will attempt to elect to office . C. A. Strickland, president J. Joe Thorn . ton. vice president. - They have also nominated men for the minor offices." More Romance in Portland Than in France, Nurse Says t A woman who thinks there is more ro mance in peaceful Portland than in war - torn France! vr- .t8 That is MIps Martha Randall, an! aa- sistant in the woman's protective bureau : - at police headquarters, recently -returned from overseas with base , hospital ,46, - with which unit : she served as -nurse. .She prefers police work to pursing, she .- .says. . -. V;. . : Miss Randall, stationed near Teuf ' chateau, handled patients ,- fresh from Chateau-Thierry and from the Argonne. But there were also periods of rest she Oyer a Millidn-PeQple Served Last.Sfear Borland's Finest Must Go to School Police Are to Be Taught City's Laws ' - : "i RctTV ya l . , IASHAMEOOF . .-- ' y l I ' : DEPUTY' cAsey comes rit JEl " PP roM school- with - KiLf fttrinjtzlA , :OlGTV HANDS rZ1 V j Y ' Instruction , Planned to Increase , Efficiency of the, City's Patrolmen.'. Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong! These are the chimes that will rend the air ! about the Portland ' station within, the. next few days. They wjll be accompanied by shuffling of feet and titters as burly coppers, slates n hand,' push 'their -way into the class room for the morning session.. For. be it known, Portland is to have a schAol for policemen. Mayor Baker made such an announcement last week and simultaneously . of fered the infor mation -i that '.Deputy '; City Attorney" lilndman , will be teacher. The police men, however, will : not be taught the intricacies of calculus, nor are they expected to delve into' the mysteries of Bolomou, SchecWr' "Studies in Juda- ism. , " -" t '. HIGHBEOW, JSTUf F EWMISATED , The fourth dimension will not be a part, of the 4 course,- nor will Butler's analogy on the "Immortality of the Soul" be. required for , graduation. Teacher .Hlndman will insist only that our educated biuecoats shall know a dead man from a'llve-one, that they know when a man' should. be arrested and when not, and be familiar with the requirements of all Portland ordinances since Noah bad his .first shave. They says, during' which she visited historic chateaux and the -birthplace of Jeanne d'Arc : : v- ' - " - , Soon Miss Randall will exchange her two gold service chevrons for police -department insignia. But meanwhile she revisits j Portland in - Chief -Johnson's mptor car and tells tales of "over there. v ; V -1", . . ; .. Flight Around Rim Of U. S. Interrupted . Washington. July . 2. (U. P.-Lleu-tenant Colonel Harts. army pilot who is making a flight aroundthe rim of the country, was forced f to - land.: at Ausable,- Forks.- N Y., today, when his gasoline '"supply;, ran low ,af tir he ; be came lost in mountain storms, the army air ; service, announced tonights i Harts left Augusta, Maine.' this morning? and was to Uavo-reached-: Cleveland today, the third day of .his fUght : ' -:'S. H. Greea Stasis fo cash- Hoi man Fuel Co., Main 353, A-3853. Block wood, short slabwood. Rock Springs and Utah coal ; sawdusts Adv. : t : ' 1 , I--,, -v . t..:4"'-i 'i- i" r- i, -i '. ... .... . '. .., will also be expected to know whether a Chinese is" playhiff fan-tan -or singing a solo, and -whether a stlckup-.rnan; 1 murdering or massaging his victim. Examinations, will call for. a thorough knowledge f ,hew to tell a' crook from a' clergyman. ' PlTBALLS 7TABOO J ' i . Only meagre? details; of the rule of lhesxJiQolcan.be stated. Jt , is sur mised, however, that pupils will be ex pected - to-- have their f hair " parted ex actly ; In t the middle - and they i are - not to leave -their' books - at home; i Slate and pencil will be required - at each day meeting, and it is said that : Captain Moore will inspect the pupils for hid den, candy or. girmdrops a they enter the room. It will be in contravention Of aU rools".ot the institution for the coppers to have pitballa en their per ?. The first pupil caught' whisper ing will have to: stay 15 minutes after school, and all policemen ? who fall to recite must wear the duaeecap. Strict prohibitions will be placed against hurl ing of clubs at the teacher and all birds acting suspiciously on nearby teler phone wires will be barred from the neighborhood. " School wU Probably open at 9, a. m. VEST COAST DO BIGGEST WEEKS : BUSINESS OF YEAR ' ' J . SSiSSSSJSfSSiSsff :' " '4' Shipments Exceed Actual, Pro duction by 14 Per Centj Latter : ' With 9 Per Cent of Normal. ; , Mills of the West Coast , Lumbermen' association last week shipped 93,181. 56 feet of lumber, of Which 84.770.000 feet went by ; rail, according to the weekly trade bulletin of the association just issued. The total output of the mills was 81,601,667 , feet and - by careful selection it business offered : new acceptances were held down to - 74,283,984 feet. In MILLS ON and will be out at neon. Recess will be taken at 10 :30, Any pupils rough at "blackman" during the rest period will stand-in the corner for 20 minutes, and one finger shall be lifted high if a policeman desires to leave the room, other than at recess and closing periods. .-When the educated "copper" are thrown onto the bosom J of Portland, bootleggers convicted of selling intoxi cating liquors will; be shewn city ordi nance prohibiting their sale, and a profound and extensive history of such ordinances will . be - given by studious biuecoats. CROOKS BETTER LOOK OUT Perjurers will 'be eloquently lectured on George Washington and hi hatchet, and - other cases in history will be re called fof the benefit of the wayfarer. The cops will show mashers by mathc mattes that commission government is no Joke, and those caught in the act of burglary will be. read four stanza from Mother Hubbard's -cook book - and be requested to be nlceri. -. - t , ; ' There 1 one question, however, that cannot be answered. We - don't know whether graduates will be B. A., M. A.'s,- B. Xh's,- M. M. L. P.'a or M. D.'a shipments and production the week's operations represented the heaviest transactions of any week of this year. The association's 'monthly report; on mill stocks shows unprecedent shortages in practically all of the so-called index teems. Association j mills began the year with stocks approximately 85 per cent normal, but notwithstanding active production of seven months these stock have been reduced to about 60 per cent of normal,-: :;. u ---.v --: w-v-i v; SHIPMEHTS EXCEED PRODUCTION During the week shipments exceeded actual "-production by 14 per cent. Re ports f from 129 mills show production within. 9 per cent of ; normal, : In the cargo, trade coastwise loadings totaled 1Z8?,374 feet, while overseas -loadings totaled ' MlMST'-feetii-!.- There . has been decided activity in export business with very free: nuylng:on the - present export baae' prices. The 'extent of export bus iness at the present time . is limited only! by the : availability of tonnage? . Easier car supply expedited lumber Shipments of the past "week. Car short age has been particularly severe during recent weeks along the line of the Great Northern railroad. This is being relieved by; the movement of approxi mately 1300 empty box cars to points affected by the shortage. The association istnformed that the railroad administration is delivering 7000 box cars per week to the Great Northern, Northern Paciflc-and Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroads. , . Relief from car shortage is regarded as temporary, however, and probably will not be of more than 30 days dura tion, according to the bulletin or the West Coast association, it being almost certain that restricted ear - supply will again prevail during September and that the ' shortage 1 will be acute in October. 5 Men Killed When Two Boilers Explode Washington, July" 26. T7. P.) Five men were killed when both boilers on the U. S. S. ; Melville exploded yester day, the navy department was officially advised tonight by Admiral Hugh Bod. man, commanding-the Pacific fleet. LEMON JUICE . FOR FRECKLES Girls I Make beauty lotion f or a few cents Try K! Squeexe the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing , three ' ounces of orchard White, shake' well, and you have a quarter pint of the - best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at very; .very small cost. Tour grocer has the lemons and any drug store-or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion. Into the face. , neck, arms and hands each, day and see how , freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear. soft ana rosy-whjte the -skin becomes. Ye ! It is harmless and never Irritates. TAXPAYERS' HilEY USED FOR GIFT TO WALTER H. EVAHS Interstate Bridge Commission , Presents Sets of Law Reports ; in Recognition of Services. AUTHORITY UN DISCOVERABLE Commission. Members and Evans Now Paid $50 a Month Each for Management of Bridge. Recently ' placed in the office, of District ; Attorney ; Walter H. . Evans are two handsome seta of the su preme court reports of the states of Washington and Oregon, purchased at cost of $610 and presented to Mr. Evans by the Columbia : River Interstate Bridge cemmission, In ap preciation of the legal servicess ren dered by him to the commission in connection with the affairs of the In terstate bridge. The books were paid for with money belonging-to the tax - i. 30 Lines of Men's Shoes and Oxfords . Reduced Prices OeaFainiee SIno Sal Sole Agent for Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe for" Men Portland 380 Washington St. '308 Washington , St, payers of Multnomah and (Clarke counties. J ' ' SJUPOE COMMISS103T PAID Evans and the bridge commissions for Multnomah county- are all drawing $50 a month each v from bridge receipts under the provisions of an act passed by the last legislature. It is the duty of the district attorney to act as legal adviser for the commission, - ,, ' There is no discoverable " authority for the gift of books made -to him by Urn commissioners. - ": t i At a meeting of the Interstate bridge commission May 1C 1919, a resolution was unanimously passed ordering - the superintendent of the bridge to pur chase the volumes In Question and de liver them to Evans. Commissioners signing the authorization of the gift were Ralph W. Hoyt. RuXus C. Ilolman and A. A. Muck for Multnomah county, and Abe Miller, M. E. Carson and John P. Kiggina, for. Clarke county. - . TEXT OF RESOLUTION . . -! ; The resolution-reads as follows: ' Whereas, since the organisation of the Columbia River- Interstate Bridge Com mission there has been a : large amount of legal work taken care of for the com mission by." Walter H. Evans, and, whereas. Walter - - Evans has never presented a bill for his services to the commission, and whereas, it would have cost a t considerable sum of : money if the commission had been' compelled ' to employ- another attorney, be it resolved that. - the s; Columbia . River - Interstate Bridge commission direct the, superin tendent of the bridge to purchase a set of the ' supreme court reports for : the state of Washington and a similar set for the stater of .Oregon, together with digest for the gamer to be presented to District . Attorney- Walter H. Evans : as an appreciation .from r the Columbia River Interstate .- Bridge commission for the excellent services which he has ren dered - them "-in connection - with the bridge.-. . '-, This sale will evoke the keen interest of .money saving women. You can't fail to see the big value to be had at these greatly reduced Baker prices. And not ortly will the prices win your instant approval, but the quality and style of every shoe included will convince you of -the wisdom of an immediate purchase. ' ' 'A 1223 An attractive black kid ox ford, made with light turn ; sole and covered French heel. Regular Price, $70 1852 A ' summertime oxford in fine white kid. It is made with welt sole and white enameled French heel.' Regular Price, f8J0 ' Largest Retailer of ' ' -. ' ' ' :. - ' - ' .,-f.:, ': , -V ', '.. ' - - . ' 1 T V: . .-- ft .:'':t Chief: Restrained jFrom Interfering i. In Sale of Beer Los Angeles, July 2s (L N a) Act ing Presiding Judge Russ Avery today Issued a temporary restraining . order preventing Chief of Police George Horn from arresting dealers selling 2-76 beer in Los- Angeles. Judge Avery granted the restraining order on the petition of Attorneys Thomas P. White, Clare Wool wine - and Percy Haramon, representing Frank Goings and other llxiuor dealers. The order prevents Interference with the cafe, proprietors until a decision is given next Friday morning in Judge Jackson's court on a petition for a writ of mandate to compel City Clerk Wild to issue liquor licenses. r ' Scale of "Shipyard Workers to Bp Made Probably This .Week San Francisco.- July 2$.' U.' P.) After a week spent in preliminary dis cussion largely as " to whether there should be a coastwide or district agree mentthe Pacific coast ' shipyard wage conferences are expected to settle down to . formulation of - a wage scale this week. . - ' , t .-'t' The ' scale, , which will supplant the Macy award, is being arranged 'by rep resentaltve of the shipyard union, ship yard owners , and . international union heads. Consideration of .the demands of the union will begin Monday, t accord ing to delegates. ' These include a basic wage scale -of fi per hour. ; . ' Agent Shoes West of Chicago San Francisco , J JohnlD. Eecalls ? Cheaper Shades; Beats the Barber Syracuse, N. T., July je. John D. Rockefeller had no objections today to paying 20 cents for a shave. But paying that much for a shave caused him to ruminate on the good old day when shaves were only six cent. . " " He told Charley Messenger, the bar ber who shaved him, that he could remember the day when be could have his week growth removed for no more than six cents. - He confided to the tonsorial artist that for many years ho shaved himself. Official Report of Explosion on U. S. Ship Being Sought Washington, July 26. (IT. P.)- Every effort was being made by the navy department tonight to obtain an of ficial account of the explosion reported to have occurred on the ,U. S. 8. Mel ville, is the Panama canal. 1 Several men were" said to have been killed when a boiler on the Melville, a unit of the Pacifie fleet now en route to the coast, blew up. , Failure of wireless communication forced the navy to fait back on the cables. Secretary Daniel cabled Rear Admiral Rodman to expedite his re port. - - ulUJliilimliH t it Reduced Prices on Broken Lines , Boys9 and Ghildren-s Shoes at 270 Washington St. and 270 Morrison St. ' J -' S for the Nettleton Shoe TL r . mm "4 auk itvmt tar ojch ' v . Los Angeles. 270 Washington Str 270 Morrison St.