TACKLE QUESTION
OF LABOR PEACE
By BTld Lawrence
(CP3Tiht, JS2, by T-mm JootmI)
Washington, Aug. L When the two
big strikes now pending are settled the
entire question of industrial relations
will be tackled by President Harding
and Senator Borah, chairman of the
senate committee on labor, in an effort
to draw up a code of principles that
can be enforced.
The president outlined such a code
In his message to congress last De-
cember and Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
who was then chairman of the commit
tee on jaDor, introaucea a dui wnicnj
is still before the committee, even
though Mr. Kenyon has resigned to go i
on ?he federal bench. Other proposals
have been made along the same lines,
and Senator Borah visited President
Harding the other day to get his viewB
on the kind of legislation that would
meet his approval. Mr. Harding prom
ised to go into the question thorough
ly with Senator Borah just as soon as
the present Strike situation is cleared
up.
The truth of the matter is that al-
though the rail and coal strikes can
not be cured by legislation at the mo
ment several issues have been raised
which will again cause emtoarrass-
ment to the public welfare unless set
tled. Both the president and Senator
Borah feel, of course, that much more
can be accomplished in the calm mo
ments after the industrial storm of
this summer than if proposals were
to affect the particular controversies
of the hour.
The president's viewpoint on the ne
s cessity of a regulated industrial com
munity Is expressed in his own words
thus:
PtJBXlC TIRST
"As we have great bodies of law
carefully regulating the organization
and operations of Industrial and finan
cial corporations, as we have treaties
and compacts among nations which
look to the settlement, of differences
r without the necessity of conflict ixi
arms, mo We might well have plans
... of conference of common counsels, ot
; mediation, arbitration and judicial de
termination in controversies between
labor and capital.
"To accomplish this would .involve
the necessity to develop" a thorough
going code of practice In dealing with
such affairs. It " might be well to
frankly set forth' the superior interest
of the community as a whole -to either
the labor group or the capital group.
With rights, privileges, immunities and
modes of organisation thus "carefully
defined, it should be possible to eet up
judicial or quasi-judicial tribunals for
the consideration and determination
of all disputes which menace the public
welfare.
BOTH HAVE RIGHTS
"The right of labor to organize is?
Just as fundamental and necessary as
te the right of capital to organize. The
(tight of labor to negotiate, to deal
Hth and solve its particular problems
In tan organised way, through its chosen
agents. Is just as essential as is the
right of capital to organise, to main
tain corporations, to limit he liabilities
of stockholders. Indeed, we have come
to recognise that the limited liabilities
of the citizen as a member of a labor
organization closely parallels the limi
tation or liability of a citizen as a
stockholder in a corporation for profit.
Along these tines of reasoning we shall
make the greatest progress toward so
lution of our problem of capital and
labor.
"Because of the corporation which
enjoys the privilege of limited liabil
ity of stockholders, particularly when
engaged in the public service, it is
recognized that the outside public has
a large concern which must be pro
tected ; and so we provide regulations,
restrictions, , and In some cases de
tailed supervision.
DIF FICri. TT X AM ED
"Likewise in, the case of labor or
ganizations, we might well apply sim
ilar and equally well defined princi
ples of regulation, and supervision in
order to conserve the public interests
as affected by their operations. Just
as it is not desirable that a corpora
tion shall be allowed to impose undue
exactions upon the public, so it is not
desirable that a labor organization
shall be permitted to exact unfair
terms of employment or subject the
public to actual distresses In order
to enforce its terms."
The difficulty thus far in industrial
relations has been that some of the
principles which Mr. Harding avows
as . fundamental have "not been ac
cepted. The capital and labor con
ference held in Washington under the
last administratitm was wrecked at
the very start by men like L. F. Loree
a factor, by the way, in the present
rail strike because the principle of
collective bargaining through labor
unions was deemed offensive.
TO USE IXFLUE5CE
Much water has gone over the dam
since that conference, but the issues
raised then are still unsettled, and if
an agreement could have been reached
then some of the recent conspiracies
to break unionism would not have
gained much ground.
In fact, officials here think efforts
to break down recognized principles of
the right of men to organize have con
tributed not a little to the industrial
crisis this summer. President Hard
ing means to put his influence behind
a code of charter that will have Suffi
cient sustained force of law and public
opinion , to solve these questions.
Picnic Is to Mark
24th Anniversary
Of Fall of Manila
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Sunday, August "'is, the 24th anni
versary of the fall of Manita before
.the onslaught of American troops, will
be observed by former members of the
Second Oregon volunteer infantry and
their families, With a picnic at Laurel
hurst park. A program of music and
games Is being arranged, and a brief
history of the regiment, including en
gagements in which K participated in
1898 and 1899, will be given by one of
its members. Picnic dinner will be
served at 6 p. m. The committee mem
Bers are Percy Willis, W. C. North,
John B. Hibbard, Charles A. Murphy
W. E. Finzer and Richard Deich.
BOT, MATCHES, FIRE
La Grande. Aug. 1. A 6-year-old boy
and matches caused a fire which de
stroyed a barn, some hay and a num
ber of chickens belonging to B. T. Rob
erts, a farmer. The lad was playing
in the barn with the matches.
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Soothing and Night a great
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Among the new Red Seal Vi&or
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the Philadelphia Orchestra. Each
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PORT LAND
- Opporit. Potasses
tSATTLE TAdOMA SPOXANS
Maniac, Armed Wijfli
Iron Pipe, Beats 2
Girls Unconscious
Seattle. Aug. i. (TJ. P.) A special
detail of police today were guarding
the neighborhood surrounding the seen
of th slugging of two Seattle girls by
a husky maniac last night, in which
they were beaten unconscious by an
Iron pipe wrapped in paper, wielded
by the mad man.
The two sisters, Mrs. L. Karlberg
and Miss Mabel Stubb, were picking
berries a few blocks 'from their home
In the underbrush when the bellow ap
proached and engaged them in con
versation. "We didn't notice him much," Mrs.
ivarioerg 8sa later, "but be was a
great big fellow about six feet tall
and weighing around 200 pounds. He
asked a few questions and we kept on
picking berries until something hit me
on the head. Then I lost conscious
ness." Miss Stubb, when she saw her sister
fall, screamed loudly. The mad man
leaped upon her, striking viciously with
the iron bar, until she was battered to
the ground, fainting from pain.
J5ara Bernhardt Is
PeevedatJictions
' Of Dramatic Circle
Paris, Aug. 1. Sara Bernhardt is
again displaying her eternal Vigor in
a spirited controversy with the society
of dramatic authors.
The aged actress, in an emphatic
letter, ascailed the provisions of the
society's constitution which prohibits
her writing her own pieces or those
of employes of .relatives, under penalty
of forfeiting a percentage of royalties.
The dispute started when Bernhardt
played in Regime Armand, of which
her son-in-law, Louis Verneuil, ts the
author, in her own theater here last
season.
'"Every creator ought to be a master
of , his own creation, whether It Is an
Industrial invention, (a perfume or a
play,4 she declared Indignantly. "The
society exists only because of some 30
-authors. Let's allow- them to exploit
themselves and reap the whole product
of their labor. , Let's not preoccupy
ourseJves with deadweight. Let's Imi
tate England, which though a monar
chy is the only free country In Eu-ope."
Billy Sunday to
Talk to Ad Club
On It. Hood Loop
The Rev. and Mrs. "William Ash
ley Sunday ut watt. Eliminating the
formalities, Billy and "41a" Sunday,
will be guests of the Portland Ad club
Wednesday at its regular Wednesday
luncheon.
The famous evangelist, accompanied
by a delegation of Hood River and
The' Dalles business men, is coming
down to tell Portland what he thinks
about the delay over the completion
of the Mount Hood loop. He has picked
for his subject the often heard phrase
"Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
and So Is the Mount Hoop Loop." ,
Members of the state highway com
mission and the tax conservation body
will also be present. John B. Yeon
has promised to tell the inside of the
financial tangle that is holding up the
work on this scenic drive. )
At present the work of the Mount
! Hood loop is about half completed, and
! is held up by problems of financing the
; county's share of it. -
A
Irrigation Project
In Silver Lake Near
Finish; Crop Yields
Salem, Or., Aug. 1. At a cost of
$275,000, the Silver Lake irrigation pro
pect, in Lake county is to be completed
within the very near future, according
to C. E. Stricklin, one of the field en
gineers for the state enginseerlng de
partment, who returned here from a
visit to the project yesterday. '
The work is to be completed at a
cost under the original estimate, Mr.
Stricklin said.
Water is now in the .canals on the
project and the land is in crpps. Bar
ley, averaging from 40 to 50 bushels an
acre is being raised, wheat averaging
25 to 30 bushels and oats averaging as
high as 50 bushels.
Washington County
School Attendance
6062 During Year
Salem, Or., Aug. 1. There were 6062
pupils enrolled In the. schools of Wash
ington county during the past" year,
according to a report filed yesterday
with J. A. Churchill, state superintend
ent, by Mrs. Emma Bryant, Washing
ton county superintendent. The per
centage of attendance for the year was
96.4 and this was held by officials to
be unusually good.
There were 225 teachers in the
county, of whom 185 were women and
40 were men. The women's monthly
salaries averaged tU2.46 and the men's
$154.51. The total cost of education
during the year was J382.547.33, or an
average of $63.10 a pupil.
Morgan Home Is to
Be U. S. Embassy
By United News
London, Aug. 1. The American gov
ernment will soon have its own em
bassy here, having taken over the title
to the J. P. Morgan palace, in Prince's
Gate, which was offered by the New
York banker as a gift to the American
people. Ambassador Harvey is ex
pected to move into the new -embassy
in the fall, when he and Mrs. Harvey
return from their summer place." I
B1ETES ARE IJTDICTED
La Grande, Aug. 1. Eleven true
bills were brought In by the Union
county grand jury. Basil Gray,
charged with cattle rustling, pleaded
guilty. Joe Williams, colored, and
Joe Brown, colored, charged with lar
ceny in a store, and W. A. Hartman,
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon, have been taken: late custody
on Indictments returned.
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'Artist1 Bigamist
At Salem Fails to
Raise $1000 Bond
Salem. Or., Aug. 1. Brill G. Sontag.
who was arrested at Aumsville yester
day on a charge of bigamy, waived a
preliminary hearing when le was ar
raigned in the Justice cour here late
sesterdayt afternoon and was bound
over to the county grand jury. Failing
to furnish the $1000 demanded for his
release by Judge Unruh. Sontag was
held in the county jail.
According to authorities, Sontag was
first married In Washington In 1913
and by his first wife was the father of
five children. A few weeks ago he
came to Marion county and was mar
ried to Miss Belle Zager, daughter of
a prominent Ausmville rancher. In the
community he was known as a New
York artist. He is 28 years old.
John Black, Veteran
Golfer, dangerously
Hurt in Auto Spill
San Jose, Cal., Aug. 1. (J.;x. S.)
John Black, golf professional, was
fighting for life today at Columbia
hospital here In the same quiet manner
that he. fought for the title at Skokie
club, Chicago.
Suffering from a fractured skull, a
dislocated shoulder, several broken
ribs and possible internal injuries, the
"old master" of golf, who was injured
in an automobile accident last night,
which killed his friend Richard Ham
ilton Brown, wealthy insurance broker,
appeared slightly improved today.
Mrs. Black was at his .bedside all
night. The car in which Brown and
Black were riding at a high speed left
the road and turned over several times
when Brown turned out to avoid an
other car.
day night In the Labor temple. IX K.
Nickerscxn was Von Schriltz opponent.
J. El Starr was elected vice -president
and W. E. Kimsey secretary and treas
urer. Other officers: Reading clerk.
Vern Epling; conductor. D. M. Madi
son; warden, J. J. Bay; trustees, Gus
Anderson, C. J. Hayes and" 3. T. Mor
row ; executive board, Gus Anderson
and C. S. Hartwig, and legislative com
mittee, W. E. Kimsey and R. D. Mer
chant. Kimsey, fn stating the policy of the
officers, said there would-be no" change
from the present "sane policy, 1 which
has raised Portland unions to a high
standard."
three weeks' ago in his canoe In search
of: duck eggs. He landed on a small
rocky, island, "and during bis search a
etorm blew up. His canoe was blown
by the wind into the lake and rapidly
disappeared from sight.
i Isolated. at a-tart where traveler's
seldom go, Reynard sustained life with'
half a dozen. duck eggs, -water, snails,
email crawfish, wild mint and" the
roots . of weeds.
There was no fuel on' the island for
building a fire and no protection from
the elements.
-JU the end ot tt cy; be was found,
conscious but wtakj bjrr J.' ,R.i Kerr,
another trapper.j The bid ; roan was
taken back to hw cabin and is being
nursed by Kerr." The heating and
strengthening properties of v the .wild
mint kept him .alive, Reynard .-said.
Trapper of Northern
Country Shows; How
To Beat Hardships
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(By Tailed Newt)
The Pas. Man., Aug. U One of the
most remarkable feats of endurance in
the history of the north was .revealed
today in reports from Mile 82, Hudson
Bay railway. '
Frank Reynard. 72. trapper, was
marooned on an island without pro
visions or shelter for 22 days and is
now recuperating at his cabin.
Reynard, whose shack is at Mile 32,
on Cormorant lake, went out , over
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C. A. VonSchriltz
Is Reelected Head
Of Labor Council
G. A. Von Schriltx was reelected
president of the Central Labor council
by a vote of 58 to 31 at the council's
annual election of officers, held Mon-
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