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CITY EDITION f AM Here and If s All True , THE WEATHER Tonight and Wedhes- -day fair. North to east winds. - - , MiTlmnm TtmBantnru Mmu1 iT CITY EDITION ' The Stroller Notices ,v x That the Olrt With the Green Eyes . reads The Journal every evening., ' 1 - Portland .s.4 New Orleans,.,.. 88 , K Chlcaa-o .i4.4.i.8S ? New York.,. 0 U ; ' Los Angeles......? SC Paul.w ...... f .64 ' . That . so do most, other; Intelligent women. -- , vol. xviii. no.. 183 . rr?L" ?z3rgz PORTLAND," OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 14, 1919. TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS . " tmim, m. :4i 1 ' jj B B B Bb mris Housewives Bring Before Council : v. Many Serious, Charges Against ( Administration Under Bigelow f?- . J? s i i sin ; Favoritism by Market Master and Short; Weights by Stalls Al j leged; Propose New Ordinance r Abuse of Commissioner BlgeloVa administration of the public market. a proposed hearing before the coun ell on charges against that adminis tration and submission to the coun cil of a aew ordinance incorporating sweeping changes in ' the market. marked a meeting of the house wives' committee and the city coun cil this morning. . - It was asserted that the present is nearer a dealers' market than a pro ducers, and that radical changes are necessary to provide Portland with a public market that will completely serve its purpose. i, - The committee proposes, in the sub- stltute ordinance,, that, the market be Closed at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, that no maxlmom price be made, that agents be eliminated, and that reservation of stalls be done away with. Limiting the market to, Oref on products . was , also discussed. 1 1" ; WOULD EXIMIWATE AG EST By closing the market' at 2 o'clock, producers would be able to sell for themselves', rather than .through agents, and would) also be forced to rapid sale of products, it was contended. If they had a certain time 'in which they must dispose of their goods, it would mean greater amount of .products, lower prices and more time on -their farms for the producer housewives arguedV..r'.-It was Claimed that people could arrange to be at the market early. . t . -Elimination: of, agents In selling goods for producers, would be- reflected-in the 'oriceA flayer -.Baker "suggested. - Their salary is added Jfr the; semur ttce4d.k if they operate on a commission it works out similarly, the mayor stated, - -"There are too many middlemen.' Ba ker summed, up. f. S " t ' . MAXIMUM PRICE 18 ETIL V ' - The maximum prioe was condemned and is abolished under provisions of the proposed ordinance. That it upholds the - price rather than lowers it was the con- . tention of those opposing. . . Stalls which are now reserved,, should be Juggled each day, participants argue, That gives each producer an equal chance and may draw more to the mart (Caneiuttt on Js Twnt, Column Tltna) BOMB PLOTS ARE TRACED TO Arrest of Suspect in Attack on Attorney General Palmer i May Be Made Today. Chicago. Oct. 14. (I. N. S.) Se- 'cret service agents studying radical ism In the steel strike have run down the terrorists responsible for the na- tiona.1 bomb plot which was directed at the lives ef prominent figures the country over, it waa reported here - today,; - ; Official announcement of the arrest of the man who made the bomb exploded at the home of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, in Washington, may be mad by - the military authorities at Gary before night . vvt-- , This official announcement Is expected to reveal the entire workings of the or ganisation of terrorists who sent ' the bombs 'through the mails, packed.- In boxes Of the Olmbel Brothers' depart ment store ef New York. These bombs are said to have beep made In a "Red bomb factory" In Gary, .. Ruiiors Begarding : t Wflson's Condition Send Stocks Down New Tork, Oct 14. (L N. &) Uneasl ness over President Wilson's condition -and reports of industrial unrest led to a wild scramble of selling on the stock market today. Stocks were thrown over board In large quantities and nracticallv ; the entire list steels, motors, tobaccos. '- nipping stocks, railway issues and oil ihares broke from I to 12 points. The motor stocks suffered the worst losses. General Motors falling over 12 points to 290. while declines of from two 5 to six points were made In the other motor shares. ' , .- Steel common dropped t ft ' to 109 X and ' Mexican Petroleum nine points to it t , ,J. Coloiiel House Is Reported Improved New York. Oct 14. (U, P.) The on " d ft Ion of Colonel Edward M. , House. President Wilson's conf identlat adviser, was sngntiy impp'"'ia tnie morning, phy sicians at ine c i s nome said. REDS Episcopal Report Adverse to Plan To Revise Canon on Ti Present Law Allows . Remarrying of Innocent Party to Divorce; Question on Calendar,- Detroit, Oct, 14. (I. N. S.) An adverse report on the proposed revi sion of the canon law of the Episco pal church forbidding clergymen of the church to remarry any divorced persons was made to" the house of bishops and the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal church in convention here today. There' was a minority report sustaining tbe pro posed revision. The matter was put on the calendar of the genera! convention of the church and will form one of the much-debated questions when it cornea up for consid eration later on In the sessions. The present law of the church permits clergy men to remarry the Innocent party to a dlvoroe action after careful : investi gation of .all the facts. The report today was made by the committee on legislation relating to Holy Matrimony. Sunday, November H. was established as "Commemoration Sunday." In honor of the consecration of. the First Amer ican bishop of the church, Samuel Sea bury of Connecticut, November i 14," 187. The discussion today was mainly on the report of the board of missions on the inter-allied 'world movement which aims at a world league of all evangelical communities for the spread of the chris tian fundamentals among all the peoples. Oreroh is renresented at the etroit convention of the Epi&opal churchss, at hlch nearly 12,000 persons are pres ent by some of the leaders In the work of the church In Oregon. They are Bishop .and Mrs. Walter Taylor.'Suai- ner. Rev. and Mrs. Oswald Taylor, Rev. Thomas Jenkins," Very Rev. H. t. Cham bers, Rev, Edmund - Stmpeen, Corvallis ; Mr. and Mrfc W JBurnsv Dr. H. C. Flxott,-Mrs. Wilson" Johnston "and Mrs. S. Whlteford. - Portland congregations are displaying wide Interest In the convention and the important work that has i and will be undertaken. . . W , 1, Supreme Court Reverses Decision in oreclosureSuit Against ' -v.Man Serving in' Army. Salem, Oct.' 14. Declaring that it is difficult to conceive .of a federal act possessing superiority to state legislation upon the subject of rem edies and procedure in state courts, the . Oregon supreme court this morning, in an opinion written by Justice Benson, upholds the validity of. the state moratorium act of 1917. The opinion Is based upon the case of Eugene Pierrard and Pauline Plerrard, his wife, ys. Eugene Hoch. appellant and C. Guyer, and the decision of Judge O. W. Btapleton of the Multnomah coun ty circuit, court' who had found for the plaintiff in the case, is reversed and the case remanded for new. trial. The Pierrards had sold property toi Hoch, who had given a mortgage In the sum of 130,000. Hoch, in turn, sold the property to Guyer, who was at the time serving in the united States! army. " In filing suit to foreclose the I mortgage. the Pierrards urged that the effect of the state act had been nullified by the federal act. known as the soldiers and sailors' federal relief bill, further al leging that the state-act was unconstitu tional In that it impaired ther obligation of a contract The lower court upheld the contention of the plaintiffs and or dered the mortgage foreclosed, - 1 The defendants, in appealing the case. had based their plea upon the state act' '' i ;' - . Other opinions handed down Ty , the court were as follows : '. Theodore Nealan, aniellant vs. Al. Tiinir. nnr!il from Linn county. Petition to dismiss appeal overruled. Opinion by Chief 'Justice McBride. Francis McKissick vs. Stewart Mc-i Klssick, appellant appeal from Multno mah county : application for -modifica tion or aivorce aecree. opinion oy jus tice Burnett J uage KODert u. Morrow affirmed. ' . i lAdd A Tilton. bank va Hattie IV! (Illicit wiu im-xiMj wiu,reu. m.imi- lants, et ai ; appeal rrom tMuitnoman county. ' Suit - to foreclose! mortgage. Opinion by Justice Bean. ' Judge George w. stanleton affirmed. i Farmers' . & Fruit Growers bank, ap pellant, vs. F. Roy Davis, appeal from Jackson county : action for possession of bond, opinion oy justice Jdean. .judge F. M. calkins reversea.- ,v Petitions for re-hearwrr denied m Portland vs. Tray nor and Portland vs. Kitchen and, in case . or Hobinson vs. Phegley, motion to recall mandate de nied. Senator Ball Uses Bf ieftlibrity to ; Discredit McOumber ' Washington. Oct. 14. (I. K. S.) Sen ator MoCumber. Republican, North Da kota' watJ . adjudged guiltyi - of : having "impugned the loyalty of the senate" by Senator Ball, also a Republican of Dela warepn acting presiding -officer of the senate, in having declared in the senate this afternoon that "a great mahy sen ators seera to be more solleitlous about Germany now than about those i whom he . counted as friends and 'associates during the war." frs-j-ilMj;, The ruling of Senator Ball, who was presiding , in the absence of the - vice president when Senator )' - McCumber made his declaration, came! as a climax to a ; torrid dispute - between the . Nortn Dakota senator and Senator Reed, Dem ocrat, Missouri. ' s , i Law ferriage , OF.STATE: UfSo MILLER BODY IS MOT YET RECOVERED Husband Drowned Woman Is Released at First, but New ' Evidence Causes His Rearrest. Police Find Blood on Launch In Which Couple Rode YictinTls Divorced Wife of Mayor Baker. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 14. (U. P.) While policemen and deputy sheriffs dragged Lake Washington this morning for the body of Mrs. Ber tha Elinor Miller, wife of Walter P Miller, former deputy sheriff and of ficial photographer with ' Explorer Dr. Frederick Cook "on the Mount McKinley expedition in 1906, the husband is held a prisoner at the county Jait Mrs. Miller waa drowned about 1 o'clock Monday afternoon while she and her husband were crossing 'the lake. Miller told the police that Mrs. Miller fell from the stern of the launch. SATS HE ATTEMPTED KESCfJE Miller put the launch about and in trying 'to run alongside Mrs. Miller he ran into her and she was caught under the bow. she passed under the launch, be. said, and the propeller caught in her clothing, In his efforts to liberate her, her coat was pulled off, he said. and she sank from eight The propeller, the police found, waa fouled with " clothing, rendering the launch unmanageable and causing Mil ler to signal to the Atlanta. Miller formerly waa a deputy sheriff. He is a ' photographer and recently re turned lo Seattle from San Francisco, where he worked for a newspaper. Ira' Miller was the former wife of Mayor George L. Baker of Portland. Miller was grilled by the police for two hours after his arrest but satis fied them that he . was blameless of hH wife's' death. -1. BLOODSTAINS FOTJIfD Two, hours 'after Miller was released by ;the police he was rearrested by deputy sheriffs, who asserted that they found bloodstains Inside and outside the launch in .which Miller ; and , his ' wife were riding.' j, ..".-. The de out .sherl f f s took, Miller --from hli tooma'JChe ak7ArcUc hote -and lodged . him in- the county Jail. ' He is heUI ' rlncomreun lcado. 2o charge - has been filed against' htm. - Deputy Prose cuting . Attorney X. H. : Patterson Will (Concluded- n Pt SUteca,, Oolnma Th(M) PRISONER OFFERS 10 Alleged Safecracker Makes Ten der of $25,992 in Loot to " Gain His -Freedom. . "I'll give you $2000' in bard cash if you'll let me go," George Welch, alleged' safecracker, said to Inspec tors Gordon and Harry Wright Sup- day, after bis capture at 486 East Washihgton street. "Let's see It," Wright responded, not knowing, how. much money his prisoner had. According to Wright the $2000 was brought out and given to him and Gordon. "No, we can't accept it," the officers responded. "Better - come over to the station." . .. At police headquarters the loot W; piled up on a table and in the presence of Welch it was counted. Chief of In spectors John Clark was present. The totals were : $12,160 in Liberty bonds ; $11,995 in War Savings Stamps and 11847 in currency, or $25,992 In all. When Welch saw he was trapped he looked at Chief Clark and said:, "Take half of it and let me go. The news- Concluded on Pua Twenty, Column Two) Huge Prehistoric Animal's Tusk Is Found in Benton Corvallis, Oct 14 The uncovering, of the tusks of a, huge elephant or mastor don, following closely upon - the dis covery of a - monster -skeleton by the Shannons on their farm in South Benton county about two? weeks ago, occurred Saturday, when Colonel J. K. Partello, commandant of cadets at Oregon Agri cultural college, Captain W E. Selbie, Professor. G. F. Sykes and Professor J. B, Horner of the college faculty were ex ploring on Ingram island, south of this city. - Huge tusks, - six . feet in length. were added to . the college collection. . The tusks were removed from the Wil .lamette river bank near, the old Ingram island crossing and came from a gravel formation,- probably - 20 . feet below the perpendicular bank ? from ,? which they were, removed, l. The water had eaten away the bank at that point and the tusks were ; seen "exposed ; above the water's edge by Colonel -Partello, when on a rrlver- trip two aweeks ago. The outer ends were gone and the Inner edge also, six feet ;of bone left representing out ' a portion. --. :-s, .-j This is the third, mastodon skeleton discovered In" Benton county, - within radius of IS miles of Corvallis.' the first bones, having . been . uncovered by. work men here some years ago while digging a sewer trench., proressors Sykes and Horner say the tusks secured Saturday are fine specimens of the great elephant of the pleistocene period. - ' DEATH CLIMAX TO RACE M ftS. BERTHA EtINOR MILLER, former wife of Mayor George L. Baker. of . Portland, who was mysteriously drowned in Lake Washington, Seattle, Monday. - " - V'' , A I J - X ' v "J fW' k t ':k- t - ' ' ' .m , ... .. , KtA.' m& ' - t X.' V :v.-F.-.6- : .-Jt ' '.-i-.v.. .- v.' . Names of Three Local Men to Be Submitted to the County ' t; Commissioners. " . In making good "its assertion that Portland i hrig;eeogtaBerr-eap-- able of designing and constructing proposed bridges across the Willam ette, the local society of the Ameri can Association' of Engineers will submit the names of, three of them to the board of, county1 commissioners Wednesday. No- announcement of the selection has been made, but it Is reported' that the list will include C. H. Purcell, Samuel Murray and R. '"E. Kremers. "' ' Purcell is district engineer of the United States bureau of , public reads with headquarters at -Portland. -Before entering the government service he was at the head of the bridge department of the Oregon highway department Murray is. chief engineer of the O-W. R. A N. company. Kremers is chief of the bureau of high ways and bridges in the department of public works. ... OTHEKS SEEMED CAPABLE "It 'should not, be understood," said one of the local engineers today, "that we- have only- three- or fouri men who axe competent to handle any Job, that comes up. The trouble is to centralize on any. one man." - . Besides the ' names mentioned - a Dove another possible choice suggested is A. a O'Neil, bridge engineer for the O-W. R. & N. . .. 'The reauest - of ; local engineers that the principle of home Industry be pre served in employing engineers for local bridges has been reinforced by the Northwestern: Society of Highway Engi neers, who, at, their quarterly meeting: Saturday night, passed a resolution ask ing the board of county commissioners to give preference to a locar engineer. The only competitor for the proposed bridge work from the outside is the firm of" Harrington. Howard & Ash of Kan sas City, Several ; weeks "ago Howard, one of the members of the firm, came to Portland , with a preliminary contract providing for the employment of bis firm imthe inspection, or present strue tures and the drawing of plans for new ones .on" a .percentage , basis.- COMM1SSIOKEB8 GIYE VIEWS . While Commissioner : Holraan was fa vorable' to; the plan. Commissioner Muck was opposed, i Commissioner Hoyt was noncommittal and as -a result it has nwr hHit executed.- '. Publicity was given by the protest raised by the local engineers against the employment -of an outside firm when., it was claimed tlKre -were local engineers fully Qualified to do the work. , j A f ew days i later - J. Li . Harrington, senior member of the' Kansas City firm, appeared in Portland apparently to take charge of .negotiations wnicn uowara naa not oeen aoie to onus to -a .suc cessful issue. It is understood that Harrington has been :' firing his persuasive s batteries against Commissioner Hoyt chiefly. ' Whether he has had any- success or not future developments will bring forth. , An alternative plan to that of hiring an engineer is to turn the matter over to the state highway department. Mayiiard Hops Off ;, n Dasji If drMineola Sari vyranclscoii Oct- H-(U. ' P.) Lieutenant Belvin.W. May nard. first fo complete the first heat of the " trans continental air race, hopped off for Sac ramento on the' return journey t to Mineoia at 1 :Z o thU afternoon. :? Maynard was the first flyer to start HOMBINrlS the second beat. " r- , ' " fewfeiwviwiii .am mtrmt? IfM- z- !;t'-" -1 LARQCHE MAY .GO TO DOCK BOARD . - Legal Barrier May Be Removed to Permit City Attorney's ' Transfer to .Other Job. IP legal barriers can be removed. I we will jehowjthero ; that .we have a dtyUorney -W. '. P. XaRoew1Ttrw"--'" T"1' tStylttorney retire as trtty attorney -within short time and accept appointment as at- vA mi Air torney. for the public . dock commis- sion, it waa strongly Intimated at the city hall today, following a request, written by Mayor Baker, that the A ,u (. i, -,A,.V commission appoint its 6wn attorney and arrange to pay his. salary. La- Roche has been- acting as attorney for the city and the commission. ; . . . Due to the multiplication of duties, not only In the legal department of the commission, but -also --in the-city m a. jfcM- attI va 1 .A . waana l SI nn Innfar Z . r ' , able to care for the -work of the com- mission and suitably supervise the city attorney's office, the mayor tens uiei dock commission, it is tnererore aesir- able that the commission have its own attorney:. , In the city charter it is provided that the . city attorney will act as consul for the commission, but a deputy may ha added to the cltv attorney's office to care for the work, it is believed. It is also stated r that by Joint consent ofjeian. The perusal of these papers has the council and commission a special attorney may be provided for the dock body without, connection . with ' the city office. Attorneys are aemng into me legal aspect of the situation. - City. Attorney La Roche may be the dock -commission's attorney in case it is found that a special consul, can oe appointed. -In case , the dock , attorney j must be a deputy city attorney, another j man-win be added to the force, and pos sibly H- M-.Tomllnson appointed dock at torney. .- . . .. Mrs. Trumbullls Made Resolutions Committee Head Corvallis.' Oct.-14. Two hundred dele gates attending" the-convention of the Oregon P eder attoti , f Jomen-t clubs Mra Charles H. Castnerthe president, who appointed a resolutions committee composed of Mr Millie Trumbull. Port-ff"; The "call will be Issued the moment land, chairman; Mrs. Frederick Schilke, I j0hn L. Lewis, acting president of the La. Grande,, and Mrs." Alexander Bern - stein, Portland. ' ---. - " The art, conservation, extension, home economfes and press committees re - portea. - Mrs. j, w. jsaaier reporteais newtdubs In the federation.' Greetings were extended for the" Parent-Teachers by Mrs. Schilke, W. R. C."by -Mrs. L. U. Bentley, National Federation of Mu- steal clubs ty: Mrs. Fercjr- w. lewls. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans. . Oregon dlrcetor for General Federation, of Women's clubs, reported. Resolutions - for the Child - Labor commission . - and House wives council were read. . State Labor Head To Back, Picketing T C ft al I TI IS11 TirP.TTI P. . I i fill TT. , w w w w mr. in -i . i.. A m SesS Xu;tTted- FrfttoT S Labor, today, when asked as .to the at - Utude of organised labor toward the re- Cent decision of Judge Kavanaugh re - rardtn nlrketlnr. "hut no official action has been taken as Vet nor additional at tomeva enrared." . - : State Federation of Labor officials are Alaskan- legislative "act of 11 J, which taking the .matter " quietly. t . They ; are j required the filing- of affidavits In as getting the records -of the recent session sessing mining claims. G. A. Vedin was of the federation at Bend ready 'for the .'printer. - S bIbIIIs 11 BBtft PUGNACITY IS AROUSED Will Vigorously Oppose Effort to Delay Passage of Construc tive Legislation Now Outlined. If Foes Cause Congress to Ad journ. He Will Use Constitu tional Right to Reconvene It Washington, Oct. 14. (I. N. S.) The official bulletin issued from the White House this afternoon follows: "The president did not have a rest ful night last night. His restlessness was caused by a swelling of the pros tate gland, a condition from which he has suffered in ,the . past and fwhich has been intensified, more r j less, by his lying in bed. His general condition, however, is good. As not ed yesterday, his temperature pulse, respiration, heart action ana blood pressure are normal. (Signed) "GRAYSON, ItUFFIN, ST ITT' Washington, Oct. 14. (I. N. S.) There was a fighting atmosphere about the White House today. . With President Wilson unofficially re ported to have passed another good night and to have held to the gains that have marked the 'past week, it was learned that any efforts to ad journ congress on the contention that the president is too ill to consider any legislation that may be enacted, will meet with vigorous action from the president himself. Even . should such fcr adjournment be taken, it was point ed out, the president , has the constitu tional' authority to call the congress back into session again. And this, it was ' learned, would be done. The attitude of the friends of the president was this: "President Wuson has submitted a program cT constructive legislation to congress. Xet congress keep on the job: and pass this legislation instead of be ing concerned .with unfounded rumors about the president's condition;. When the biHs are sent to the White House 8TATEHI5T M .UKGED Adrntolstfation 'leaders are being urged , by. the president's friends to la- ue , fc mtdttm9nt .t will flatly deny au of the various Tumors that have found circulation since the president forced to cancel hta speaking" tour in the west. Such a statement' if tt ls8U()d would K0 lnt0 the' case 'In rremt detail and include, among other things, a resume' of the president's ac- tivlties not only since his return to the White House but during the seven jrears ot ,hlB term during which, it was es- . v. i. ,hun "on th inh" wUh th'e exception of two weeks prior I to hts present illness, j j PRESIDENT HEARS RUMORS Th(s preaiact u aware of the wide- mnori. that lun bun tlmi. late(1 Rbot his - condition. This was learned at the White House whenr it I was revealed that the president is al- lowed now to read . the daily newspa I pers. Up until recently this practice I had been discouraged by Rear Admiral Carv T. Grayson, his personal physl' l made the . patient . more anxious than ever to get on his feet, It was stated. Walkout Call Set for Today Fol lowing Failure to Reach Agree ment on Wage Scale. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 14 (I. N. S.) A nationwide k strike of eoal miners will be called today. It was authorltatlvely at the head- Quarters of the United Mlneworkers I of America. 1 United Mine workers, who is en route to Indianapolis - from . Philadelphia. reaches his office, it, was stated. Pol- 1 lowing failure at a conference of bl tumlnous coal operators and miners to reach agreement on a wage scale' Mr. Lewis announced at Philadelphia that ne wouid call a s'rike of ... soft eoal miners of the country on: November, 1. Food Bots on Docks; Strikers Defy Union New Tork. Oct, 14 (U. V.) While thousands of tons of, food was rotttng on the docks, striking longshoremen to day defied their union leaders and J Pna oiitt uivuitMivii. sis-r bor, was bottled up m a way tnat threat- ened unprecedented - paralysis in N York'sport traffla I .. ? ; .... I Alaskan Act-Ut)held 1 -v- rt fi ' ' a. h ; K V S MlPTfiTnft UOUTt 1 . O - 1 " Washington, Oct, IX. U. P.V-The su 1 breme court today In effect Upheld the 1 convicted of perjury by lower courts and m appeaungcQniesiea mo taw, RADICALS TO BE KEPT OUT OF AMERICA TTTASHINGTON, Oct. I4.(V. " P.) To keep thoosanda of radicals and other undcslt Jlo aliens out of the country, the Iwuse foreign affairs commltto, today favorably reported a reso lution extending; for one year after the ratification of pcae the . wartime ' passport restric tions. - - v, . The action was taken at the request of Secretary . of State 'Lansing, who presented consu lar reports to the ' committee showing; that foreign agitators and others already have congre gated at foreign ports to flock to the United States as soon as the wartime passport baa la lifted by the proclamation of peace. GOMPERS FAILS Committee Reports Arbitration Proposal to Conference Without Approval. By William G. Shepherd Washington, Oct. 14. (I."N. S.) With labor threatening to leave the conference, with the men represent ing the public pleading, in public like fashion, for a chance to think things over before they act, and With the - employers sitting - silently on their side of the room, watching the gestures of labor and the worry of the public. President Wilson's indus trial conference today moved along toward whatever destiny awaits it. The attitude of the labor group is that now is the time and this conference Is the place In which to have a knockout fight with employers of v the United States on the question, of what they call "Garyism.' With the steel, strike as an issue, they desire to clash at first hand with employers who refuse to arbitrate with representatives of unions. , -- WITHOUT BECOMMEHDATIOJT . Tha "rnmmittaa of 15- which consists of five pembers each otthe'employers' groupf tjtelWblkk grdnp: and the labor group, had mulled -over Gompers resolu i tlon overnight and reported It, back "to the conference without recommendation. This" resolution provides that two mem bers of each group shall form a com mittee to arbitrate-or settle the present Steel strike; The refusal of the commit tee. to have a fight of its own about the resolution caused John Spargo ; and Charles Edward Russell : Of the public group to try to force the resolution back into the hands of the committee for further consideration. . TOTE IS UJTASIMOCS The three groups were asked to vote on . this. , The public voted no, labor voted no,- and the' employers voted no. A round of laughter followed this display of unanimity. If had been .believed throughout the session that a critical fight would occur on the resolution. " Labor - voted no because the labor leaders feet that the eyes of unionism are on them in their conference fight They do not want the Gompers resolu tion to be discussed quietly in. commit tee. They: want It taken up on the floor of the convention where the 100 news papermen now present can report it They feel that they are face to face with Judge Gary of the steel trust and that their followers expect them to deal with Judge Gary as best they can. 6ART IS CO RITE RED Though Gary refused to meet . the labor men - in his mills, he now, if Gompers and his colleagues have their way, will not be able to avoid meeting and discussing the main issues of the steel strike with representatives of the American Federation of Labor. , . - There is the menace that if labor does not win the steel strike fight in the con ference, the labor delegation may bolt; and the danger of strikes that will fol low, Inuch a case. Is common knowl edge with the delegates of the other groups. 1 ' '. "We voted not to send this resolution back to' committee," Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor ex plained, "sV that, we could fight this thing out on the convention- floor," "When.the big fight will come Is not certain," he -continued. "It may be taken up late today, or may be deferred until tomorrow. If the labor group wins a clean-cut victory, the steel strike will be arbitrated by two employers, two labor men and two men from the public group." r.,r ...:" ' - Pidr .Withdraws as Member of Eailway Investigating Board Finance Commissioner 8.' C. Pier to day withdrew as the city council's rep resentative on a committee of two named to suggest a permanent solution of Port land's street railway problem. Increas ing duties in bis regular work was given as bis reason for withdrawing. - In his resignation, presented to the mayor and the. city commissioners. Pier states that he believes investigation of street railways so important a matter that the city council as a whole should act, rather than one representative. Italy May Sanction ;Firane Independence Paris. Oct. 1(L N. &) The news paper Parisler. t stated today it had learned that Italy will agree to the con stitution - of an Independent ' state at Flume under ? the protection of , the League of Nations, providing safeguards are taken to prevent the state from be ing absorbed by Jugo-Slavta, - BSBsV S BIbsI 1 l IsB Politicians Are " Circulating All . Kinds of Baseless Reports Re garding Illness of Executive. One Senator's Absurdity Reaches Climax in Asking Writers to . Say Wilson Is Out of His Head By David Lawrence' -: '", Coprlht ISlt. ',' ; si ..wasningion, - t . Oct. 14. Nothing i less than a contest between Prldnt - : Wilson and the - r I bitterest or his op ; , r -ponents I n. the: '. United States has arisen ior posses sion of public con fidence. First, it. came with .' the -Leaguo of Nations as an Issue-now Satid Lawresee the question is being projected whether Mr. Wilson Is able -at alt to r discbarge the duties of the presU . dency because of his illness. ' , : - Ordinarily the Indisposition of a pres ident might be regarded as a personal -matter. But such Is the intensity of .. feeling on the part of those who would , like to see Wilson out of the presidency - that rather than watt for March, 1821. some of them have sponsored a move ment to get Wilson out of office by applying the, constitutional provision 1 about presidential succession In the , event of executive inability. , Rumor after rumor has been sent out ' of the cloak rooms of the United States , senate, giving the impression that the president is unable now to discharge the duUes of his office and that he , never will be able to do so again. Sen- ai aw ta Mil&aA A 0 fAAHaAilmir SnliVt. lican, went so far In a public speech as ioinsinuate Jht, a,.alaaturaqa.. .pub lie document recently sent nyine -pi-es-ident to the-senate was not written by '; Woodrow Wilson;. Senator Moses of New i Hampshire, another . Republican,, admits the authenticity of a letter writ- - .(Concluded n.Fu. Two) E Portland Merchants Are Received With Glad Hand,, Luncheon , and Automobile Ride. By Marshall X. Dana .-; A-'h-Klamath Falls, Oct. 14.Mgyor Struble, Will T. Lee and much of th rest of Klamath Falls came down to the depot this morning to welcome : Portland, as represented ' by the Chamber of Commerce special. "You all know how to hustle In this lively Klamath town,"-was Port land's song greeting.' ' Action began at once. Visiting busi ness men scattered to meet local mer chants, A welcoming luncheon at noon was ' followed , by - auto rides ' around Klamath county, pumpkin pie and but- - term! Ik were tocbe served at the Mer-- rill ranch at 4 o'clock. A banquet will be given at the Pelican hotel this eve- fAMaal mwkJt flrttttVaWn sTi svwssa 1jaa A . ing men will be speakers.: .Wednesday includes visits to manufacturing plants and an excursion over the Oregon, Cali fornia it Eastern railroad.' , . EXCURSION WIDENS VISION ; : . OF PORTLAND'S UERCI!AVT! ' Aboard Chamber of Commerce Trade" .xunsion Doectai w euuimrn urnini, Oct. 14, Living at the bottom - of , high built city streets, busy business men hava only f one ; chance - to escape , the convlcUon; that the view is limited by what : they can see - between curbs or . down to the corner and that is get away from the city altogether.' . - A-; hundred Portland . business ' men who. are accustomed , to ou-ect Dig wholesale and retail merchandising and manufacturing rrom offis i chairs and through : subordinates are ' down here, S00 miles away from home, , realising that congested streets may , be . only , ruts 'and the taller- the 'buildings ' the deeper the ruts. ' ' , ..; - - " No 'use"dIsctlsslnrthe-fsct?that in this big Southern Oregon region trade ( Cone lu dad on Pace Two, Coloroa Four Thiey;SUp;Past V J Police Net, Escape 4 In Watchman's Oar . - Taktroa, Wash, Oct.-; 34. Burglars in the Cascade creamery Saturday night made away with 121 pounds of butter aiUV ' VmS9kWL IIVU, MV umiiw,, " .... - . three policemen were guarding It. Their presence in the plant was discovered by -Mrs. Nettle Duncan, secretary of the company, who was in the office, and the police were summoned. One officer went ; to the rear and the other the front. The -.thieves stole the watchman's car to haul away the plunder. i ' ' - DKLERS WELGOWI