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CAPITAL LABOR PREPARE FOR CLOSE RELATION KepreSentatlTeS Are Appoint- pointed to Outline Prin : ciples During War FRICTION TO BE TABOO CM.:A. n:.lAIw T.iia uivi ict vi iuiu; ail. j wau. i Stir Among Employers and Workers i - WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Capital and labor have named the five rep resentatives each asked by the gov- ps&i: .r v: of relations or the period of a the war. First session of their delibera tions probably will be held next week after each side has named one other maa to represent rhe public. making a board or twelve. Announcement of the personnel of the men, who were chosen-oy tn national uouncn lor inausxnai aaie- iy ana ine American reaerauon oi Lahor, is being witnnem until ac- cepta?es of several of the men asked to serve have been-received. The department of labor, which sue- vacfAil ftt MfiAnl nrtltv Tm nnt. jinea in an enon o miuiume ""- lion at a time when all energy i . .n i hnnit .-nf-r-d nn th .iirressful vvw V ,-ww.w I Ing to expedite constitution of the hrw4 . hjvnA nnr.ll Willi Stories of Urge profits and exor- bitant salaries In war contract have caused Mti urfJer-current of dlssatls- faction in the nation's Industrial life which officials regard with uneasl- - , ah .I- ji.i i .an. .nfb. ,V m -mntovpr t,.v. j. k- h.A aattnv rw,. I narmnI nfflolala aav mn nt th I charges were- unfounded, that the large turnover of workers at certain shipyards has been due largely to Impossible living conditions. A wide ly circulated story of 150 rivets be ing the limit of work, or less than half the ' former amount , officials pointed out, failed to mention that inefficient management has left the men at some places without tools or compressed sir to drive more than that number. . Fundamentals of the labor ques tion hours, wages, conditions and methods of settling grievances will be discussed by the ne,w board In the hope of reaching an understanding in a general way.' which can be ap plied specifically to the varying con ditions m all part of the country. Esneclally will the hoard niarnr to forestall interrantinna nt ntvwfti. I tlon by working out some method I for adjusting grievances before they reach the strike stage. MIY WOMAN GOES ON VISIT ,. '-. iii .. ' Sergeant-Ma jor Flora Sandes ;Two Years With Gallant ' ' Serbians LONDON, Jan. 2 0. ( Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Ser geant Major Flora Sandes, an Irish woman who for two years has been serving , with the gallant Serbian array, is now in London on leave of absence for a few weeks. "In August, 1914, I went to Serbia, as a nurse, she , said when asked to tell, something of her war experi ences. "After the terrible retteat In Many Hchooi jChildren Are Sickly Mothers who value their own com fort and the welfare of their children, should never be without a box of Mother Orajr'a Sweet Powdera for Children, for use throughout the aea, pon. They Ilreak up Colds, Relieve Keverlahne. Constipation. Teething Disorder. Headache and Stomach Trou M. Uved by mothers t'ir 30 years. THESE POWDEK8 NEVKIt FAIL. -AM Iru Htores, loc. Don't accept iny uhatitute. (Sample ' KK 12. Addreas, Mother Oray Co., Le Uoy, N. T. .Only; the passers-by will know if you have a your house, but Thousands will see vou G The Oregon, Statesman 215 which I took nart I Joined theregl mental ambulance. When cut off fnom that I obtained permission to lain th.' Serbian army as a private. "for two years I was In the thick of mont;of the fighting. At the tak ing of Hill 1212 (Macedonian front a hand grenade exploded near; me and I fell badly wounded Mv enmnanv which was In advance of our main body was outnumbered try the Bulgarian, but they reruns to fall back when ordered to do bo declaring tbey would not leave me to the mercy of the enemy "While I was being dragged off to safety throuah the snow they re mained behind, fighting a rear-guard action. The next day our troops at tacked again and drove the Bulgarl ans out of their trenches. Tn them they found the dead bodies of a num ber of our men, each one wnn nis throat cut from ear to ear. That is the favorite method of disposing of prisoners. was after the capture of Hill 1212 that the Irish Amazon wjiue lying l hoipftal was awarded by the Serbian crown prince the Kara- Geoii"? decoration, which Is the Serb Ian equivalent of the British Victoria Cross. Three other decorations ane has received for bravery In the field. army order is assured (Continued from page 1) ready has a man on the way to Wash ington. Stanley Armstrong, field manager of the vvlttenherg-Klna- company, nri If II. Proebstel. traffic man- wre here yesterday. ffiifirlflraf lon and worklncr nlans for tne new contract are being ru-- njBhed by the government, and that I . w wfitonhore-Klns' romnanv. with flnted slants In Salem and The Dalles ran fill all demands that may ! i. . i . , i i . ... ... i belief of those in touch wnn tne Sll-1 OI u I XOW W THE TIMK TO Ufc CAW- fH' Avoid et the genuine Foley s . "one i and Tar. and you have a cough medicine you can . depend V?n, " lv" Pmpt relief, clears throat, loons Dhfeem. soothes, heals. Checks COUgbS, COldS. Whooping COOgU. 18 grippe, bronchial coughs Contains nO OPUieS. J. V. I erry. PRESENCE OF MEN DISLIKED Officials Declared Hostile to Brotherhoods Commis sion Adjourns WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 4. Repre sentatives of union and unorganized labor who asked to present reasons for Increased pay to the railroad wage I commission completed their testimony today and the commission adjourned subject to be call of the chairman, secretary Lane. Protests against the presence of railroad officials regarded as hostile to the four great brotherhoods were made f by the brotherhood chiefs when they appeared before the com mission. It was explained then that tbe commission was seeking all pos sible Information and some of th railroad men probably will be among the next witnesses. Recommendations to be made by the commission will concern only wages and hours, Secretary Lane told James A. Hennessy, who asked at today's hearing that the stewards of the Pennsylvania railroad should be placed under the eight-hour law. He said he had worked an average of thirteen hours for tbe last two weeks snd that stewards frequently wee cn duty for 19 hours. Minimum wast es of $150 a month instead of $100 to $125 now paid, and at least four days a month off, were asked. W. O. Ebey of Hamlet. N. C, said train dispatchers should be paid from $215 to $235 a month instead of $160 to $175, because of the in crease in living costs, which he est imated at 70 per. cent. He denied for his road, the Seaboard Air lLne, charges made by officers of the con ductors and trainmen that officials were trying to discredit the eight hour law and government operation. He Introduced a letter sent out by President W. J. Harrison, orderins every employe ty give every possible assistance to the federal administra tion. 1 IS THIS J YOUR HOUSE? ksslfled In S. Commercial Phone 23 . . . t -.-..I CAPTAIN CASTLE, FAMOUS DANCER, FALLSTO DEATH Own Life Is Sacrificed to Save That of FeUow Avia tor in Texas TWO AIRPLANES COLLIDE Sharp Angle Turned, Killing Engine, and Rrpid Plunge Follow FORT WORTH. Tex., Feb. 15. Captain Vernon Castle, lnmous danc er, and member of the lloyal Flying corps, fell to his death at Hen brook lying field today, sacrificing '.hi own life to save that of a fellow aviator. Captain Castle, who has been act ing as an aviation instructor her met death in .an atempt to avert a colllsslon with another plane which was making a landing near him at what is known as a "blind angle Castle saw a collslon was Imminent and "zoomed up" seventy five feot but at such a sharp angle that his engine died allowing the plane to Hum on its side, then plunge nose nose downward to earth. It is be iieyea mat ir i asue nan oeen twents f.-fh iho, f, -m v ,,. ' teeth gher he would have had time io mase a Bare landing, me taaei ith whom he was flying was only slightly Injured. Captain Castle was one of the bet liked men on the aviation field. A military funeral will be held at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. His body will be sent to New York for burial. A detachment from the Roy al Flying corps will go as an escort of honor. CONTROVERSY HELD POLITICAL BY WEEKS (Continued from page 1) works in tbe world and yet we have few guns. We lead the world in au tomoblle manufacture, and yet we are Just commencing to obtain mo tor trucks; and worst of all, the syu tern we have is responsible for camp hospitals not having heat, water or sewerage Furnishing of food to the army. Senator Weeks said, has been a "tre mendous success, due to General Sharpe." He also praised General Crozler, chief of ordnance, saying he had often asked congress for more ordnance appropriations, but that sentiment In the country pre vented appropriations. General Cro sier, however he declared, was part ly responsible for deficiencies In ma chine guns and light ordnance. Reliance upon France for ordnance and other materials, he said, was "ve,ry doubtful wlsdorp," and the powder situation was described as acute "with half of American pro duction under contract to the allies and our total capacity not half of our needs." Aviation PrncreM Fair. Aviation work, the senator conced ed, has. been carried out intelligently and systematically, "While the actual number of ma chines constructed.' he said, "does not compare favorably with Impres sions given the public, it Is repre sent mat production will be very rapid." Although praising efforts of the war department toward reorganiza tion. Senator Week Hd Edward R. Stettlnius, the clvll-i surveyor of purchases, ia in an Impossible posi tion" and that the administration Is "throwing away an opportunity to make an effective organization'' by the plan for a munitions director. HUNS MAKE GAS RAID ON AMERICANS (Continued from page 1) quarters between Emperor Wllam and the military and political leaders have indicated the probability of a further fighting between the Teuton ic allies and the Russians, the Bol shevik! government's withdrawal I from the war has been reiterated by i :a :,i -i placard on use a Ad TIIE OltKSOX STATESMAN: HATCItPAY. FKCntAIlY 10. 1018 Mn Trotsky, fnrelen minister. A wireless communication from Petro grad says Trotzky informed the alN Russian workmen's and soIdlerV councils that Russia's withdrawal was a real one and that all agree ments: with her former allies Had been vitiated. The councils approv ed Trotzky's policy. New British Ambassador Greets President Wilson WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. The el change of greetings between Earl Reading, the new British ambassa dor, and President Wilson when the former presented his credentials yes terday, were made public today by the state department. On behalf of Kins George, Earl Reading expressed the highest grat ification that relations between the t'nited States and Great Britain wer to be strengthened by participation In a common cause. President Wilson replying said: VI believe that the righteous caue we are now prosecuting will serve to bind more closely the people of the I'nited States and the people of Great Britain and the people of nil the other nations which desire the triumph of justice and liberty and the establishment of a peace which shall last." 3 QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED Statesman Reader Asks In formation Which Is Fur nished by Sheriff The Statesman has been request ed to answer three nuestlons In re gard to the men drafted for the war. That the replies will be as accurate as possible, the list of questions was referred to Sheriff Needham, chair man of the local selective draft board. The questions as asked, with his replies, follow: 1. bo the men that have taken the physical examination, have to be re-examined, when the new regu lations r.rrlve? Answer. Yes; If they have beon rejected on account of some remedi al trouble which will be taken cart of by the government. f 2. When a man falls in the exam ination, and is put In Class 1, subject to call as a laborer, does that mean In some of the' government work-in the United. States, or does It mean that he might be called to France as a laborer? Answer. When a man fails to pass Physical examination he is put In Class 5. If he passes for some par ticular work which he Is fitted for that work only will he be called for and might go 'to 'France no one can tell. ? 3; In one? 'Of the papers not long ago it was said the Marlon and Polk county boys would not be called this next draft. Can you tell me if that Is true? Answer. That Is the report. No one will know until the call comes, and the number of men, wanted Is made known. j ROAD SPENDING TO BE CAUTIOUS McAdoo Announces Expendi tures on Improvements Will Be Scrutinized WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Pro posed expenditures of railroads for extensions and Improvements this year will be carefully scrutinized by technical financial experts of the rail road administration before being ap proved, according to a plan announc ed today by Director-General Mo- Adoo, One of the first steps toward rar ing down Individual railroad's esti mates, and re-arranging the program for capital expenditures is tbe ap pointment of a committee of rail way engineers to Investigate eastern reads' proposals. Similar action may be taken later to inspect the budgets of lines in the. west and south. Most, railroads naw have complied with the railroad .ad.nInlstraion's re quest to submit th?lr est mates of expenditure In 191. These hove been analyzen by Interstate Com merce Commissioner Daniels and Jhn Skelton Williams, director of finance for the railroad administra tion. Although no official statement haa been made, it is understood that many roads presented enormous es timates for Improvements which they ald would have made If private management had been continued. In some cases railroads are said to have proponed Insufficient extension of facilities, particularly In termi nals and the government manage ment probably will Insist on bulld in of the many additional tracks In yards, construction o'f new shops, round houses and repair stations not planned by the private managements WOMAJf WANT THK BK8T Woman is more finely constructed than man and she requires the bxt to be had In medicines when her sys tem become disordered. Foley's Kid ney Pills help the kidneys cleanse tbe blood of impurities that cause aches and pains In muscles ' and Joints, backache, rheumatic pains and puf f Iness under eyes. J. C. Perry. IMPROVED COXSTnCCTIO.V. "So yon are getting along nicely with your physiology, are you dear?" said tbe lady caller. "How many bones are there In tbe human body. fTwo hundred, the child an awered. "Mr teacher used to tell tig 208." "Well. I guess people ain't so bony as they used to be when yon went to school." Boston Transcript. CMP PREPARES FOR NEXT QUOTA OF DRAFTED MEN Work Begun at Tacoma on New Receiving Station lor Soldiers CENSOR EXPLAINS RULE Correspondents Took Offi cers' Time Noon-Day Athletics Popular CAMP LEWIS. Feb. -IS. Prepar ations for the reception of the next quota of drafted men at Camp Lewis are under way with the beginning of work upon a new receiving sta tion for the new men opposite tU3 camp railway depot. Tomorrow morning the Slit divi sion will pass in review in honor of Ilrlgadler General Eli A. Helmick of the inspector general's department, I'nited States army. This will be the third time the entire division has been review by army of fields. OetiMorithlp Rule Kx plained. Explaining the new censorship regulations. Issued today requiring Iht all military news from the 4lrl slon headquarters be given out by Captain M. D. Welty. military tensor between the hours of 11 a. m. and noon. Major F. W. Clark, acting chief of staff, said today It was Issued In the Interest of efficiency In the headquarters office. It was intimated that the presence of news paper correspondents In offices in terfered with the routine of the of fleer In charge and took up time that should be devoted to organiza tion. The major denied any Inten Ion of Interfering with the corres pondents In their duties at camp, expressing the belief that the news papermen woud be able to 1 get all the nformatlon desired and permis sible for publication throughCap- tain Welty, Xoon-1 ay Athletics Popular. The noon-day athletics under the supervision of the Y. M. C. A. has proved a popular diversion. Today noon rouna more than 300 men. fresh from the rigors tf trench dig ging, playing baseball, boxing and tossing the medicine ball fori 43 minutes before returning , to I the trenches for the afternoon. : The athletic field Is a democratic llace, officers taking part with the privates In the sports. One office.-. In particular, was seen enjoying him self tossing the medicine ball with home of the soldiers of foreign birth Y. M. C. A. workers are pleased with the success of the noon-day athletics which were Inaugurated last Monday. It was said a still Jcrger number of men would have participated If the equipment sup plied, by tbe association were only larger. SPORT CHATTER Lightweight Champion Denny Leo nard has been offered a good guar antee by New Haven promoters to meet Pete Hartley, the new Durable Dane. Several big league baseball teams have, arranged games to be played at the different military training camps In tbe South next spring. Cincinnati fans are pleased with the ruling of the Cincinnati boxing commission which will permit 12 round bouts to a decision after Feb ruary 1. New York baseball writers who are knocking the new plan of world's series divvy must have a bunch that the Giants will again get a split of tbe spoils next fall. When Catcher George Gibson sign ed recently with the Giants it was the fourteenth time he had affixed his signature to a big league con tract. He broke in with the Pirates in 1905. It is said that Pitcher Al Mamaux Is pleased with being traded to Brooklyn and will do his best to help the Dodgers. Last season Mamaux kicked over the traces and quit the Pirates cold. The closing of Jim Jeffries' hotel, as a result of Los Angeles going dry, has caused Tom Sharkey to return East. Tbe old sailor heavyweight had been employed at Jeff's hostelry for some time. Joe Egan, the Boston welterweight continues to pile up victories In his bouts in Milwaukee. Seldom does a change of scenery Improve the work of a scrapper so quickly as was the case when Egan removed from the Hub to the Cream City. Pitcher Ray Fisher, formerly of tbe Yankees twirling staff. Is the center and coach of tbe Fort Slocum basketball team. Boston wrestling promoters are trying to arrange a match between 43eorge Bothner and Mike Yokel for tbe world's middleweight champion ship. , Rich King, the Australian middle weight now in California, announces that be is fit and willing to meet any of our scrappers in his class Charles Peterson of St. Louis and Yamada, the Japanese wizard, are members of Willie Hnppe's billiard troupe this season. The three cue experts are giving exhibitions from coast to coast. r Ned Hanlon. manager of tbe old Balitmore Orioles and later pilot of the Brooklyn Superbas, Is mentioned as a likely candidate for the presi dency of the International league. The boxing game is about to be revived in Chelsea, Mass. Some years ago Chelsea was a great boxing cen ter and many Important bouts of the day were held there. ritcher George Smith of the Giants took Dart in fourteen games last sea son, pitching one complete contest and beginning or ending the other thirteen. T Nothing doing In the way of a Levlnsky-Greb contest at Cincinnati. Levlnsky cannot get a long enough leave of absence from Camp Devens to meet Greb in the Ohlo lty. Seven Ohio cities are now staging boxing bouts, ranging from 10 to 20 rounds. A new boxing club, the Business Men's A. C, has been launched at Fort Worth, Texas. The Montreal Wanderers, one o the best known teams In professional hockey, baa disbanded for tbe sea son. . Nothing "Informal" about tbe Har vard swimmers. The Crimson nata tors are being coached by Mr. Waters New Orleans promoters have offer ed Bantam Champion Pete Herman $3,000 to box Memphis Pal Moore In the Crescent City. Jim Coffey, the Irish heavyweight, who has done little fighting of late, says he Is now ready to tackle any heavy In the game Dwight N. Clark of Woodbrldge, conn., said to be the country's oia est golfer, will celebrate his 89th birthday anniversary in March. Manager McGraw of the Giants has been sweet on Pitcher Jess Barnes for some time and finally landed the Braves' crack right-hand er through the Herzog deal. The management of the Washing ton Park skating rink in Brooklyn has offered a purse of $5000 for a match' race between Bobby McLean and Morris Wood Joe Stecber. the Nebraska wres tler, declares that if he defeats Yuslf Hussane in New York next week, he will immediately challenge the winner of the Zbyszko-Olln con test for the championship. Manager Connie Mack say he will have about twenty pastlmers in bis party of Athletics at the Jacksonville training camp. Heretofore tne Mackmen have carried thirty to forty men during the training trip. New York fans are planning to give Larry Doyle a swell reception when be returns to the Polo Grounds next season. From the day be first played with the Giants down to the time be was traded to the Cubs. Doyle was a great favorite with tbe Gotham bugs. Boston fight rnde shock the Bat Levlnsky fans were given a other night when and 11111 ' Brennan staged their phoney bout. Bat and Bill had boxed several crackerjack bout! In the Hub previous to their appearance in tbe "brother act. and both were considered gilt-edged per formers. ' The year 1912 showed the largest list of entries for the open golf cham pionship In the history of the United States Golf association. That year 165 entries were received as against eleven In 1895, the first year the open was held. This Is a busy season in contract signing for "Stuffy" Mclnnls. No sooner bad the former Athletic first sacker signed up with the Red 8ox than be announced his coming mar riage to Miss Elsie Sherman Dow, of Manchester, Mass. - , WAR STILL EXISTS (Continued from page 1) Trotzky made bis statement regard ing the ending of the wan and the demobilization of the Russian army. After Trotzky had made his final statement. Dr. Ton Kuehlmann de clared that he must only conclude that the central pawera were at war with Russia, he acts of war, he added, stopped when the armistice was signed, but when that came to an end. acts of war must revive. The fact that one or two of the contract ing parties demobilized their armies would, be continued, in no wise al ter this, either in fact or In law. Dr. Ton Kuehlmann then asked Trotzky to state where the frontiers The Boys in the ARMY, .. 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He called for nine vol unteers to remain with him acd make the boats safe for tbe others. , Two of bis officers, a gunner and six seamen, lined up beside him anl declared they were willing to take a chance of being rescued before tbe ship sank. A British warship sighted the ves sel and boats were launched, but tt fury of a hurtjeane made It impos sible to take off tbe ten ' men who for forty hours bad clung to tbe half submerged ship, knocked about and pounded by heavy seas. At intervals during the night tbs ten men. sent up rockets to: hearten the rescuers, but the signals cease 1 after 3 a. m. At daybreak only patches of! wreckage marked tbe spot wbere they had gone down. , of Russia ! ran and whether Russia was willing to resume commercial "and legal relations with the central powers. Trotsky replied that hi delegation had exhausted all Its pow- rs and ' considered it necessary to return to Petrograd. Communica tions, he added, might be resumed by wireless or through the repre sentatives of the central powers then in Petrograd. STRIKERS DEFY SHIPPING BOARD . (Continued from page 1) proposed agreement he submitted February 7 for an adjustment of the situation and declared he bad dene, his utmost to prevent tbe men from quitting work. Shipping board officials said to night the agreement was not accept- ed because it did not provide for settlement of difficulties by the ad justment board and because It con templated a closed chop agreement. Miss Mary Best is tbe largest pio ducer of seed wheat in Kansas, eut side the State Agricultural college. - Seattle claims to be the first city of the United States to have women regularly employed as taxlcab driv ers. ;-.; - - Maxlne Elliott, the celebrated act ress, plans to return to Hngland la May to resume her war relief work. 7 ra t