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STRIKE DATE
FOR TACOMA
1lS NOW SET
Former Proposed Hour Ad
vanced to Next Thursday;
Unions Still Voting on
Whether to Join Move
SEATTLE HAS NO HOPE
OF AVERTING ACTION
Los Angeles Metal Trade
Workers May Take Up
Proposition Next
TACOMA. -Wash.. Feb. 2. A gen
eral strike at Tacoma will occur a
10 i. m. Thursday. February 6. ir
at all, the central labor council de
cided at a special meeting today, ad
vancing the proposed hour from
Tuesday to conform to the action tak
en "by the labor unions at Seattle.
In a statement tonight tbe city
commissioner of light and water de
clared that present plans, contem
plate that patron's of the city's pow
er I plant would continue to receive
light and power no matter what con
ditions devepp Thursday and that
water would also be furnished with
out Interruption. The Tacoma Gas
company has also made public an
nouncement that there will be con
strike. A . '
The latest referendum vote to be
reported is that of the cooks an
waiters. It being announced that the
union has completed voting and 1
strongly againsfa walkout.
Other unions are still voting. Gas
workers. Including both union and
' non-union men, have taken a vote
for their own guidance and put
three out of nearly 50 workeri to
- a tn inln a reneral strike.
I Late returns, tonight reported tbe
titioM union, aa. 2 4. in favor and 11
against and the Typographical un
ion 13 for and 53 against.
rccinv4 ntSCOVnXTED
SEATTLE. WASH. Feb. 3. Alt
iMmiii hnM of averting a cur
rM triV of the majority of 12
labor organizations Involving the
greater part of 24.000 workers
Thnrsdav morning at 10 o'clock was
abandoned late today when Attorney
Georce Donworth, chairman ot
rffiron.' industrial relations : com
mittee said the committee. had dis
continued its mediation seslons. The
committee, he said, could not see
" that It could be of further assistance
in averting. a strike,
i The general sympathetic strike na
hn railed in lUDDOrt Of 25,000
striking meUl trades workers who
1ft the shipyards and contract shops
here after their demands tor nign
pay than given In the Macy award
ikA been refused.
Other strike developments today
itvoinrf? Mmnalan begun by the mei
al trades council for a state-wide
strike and a walkout of ship metal
workers throughout the country; re
fusal of the longshoremen's onion to
obey an-ider of International Pres
ident T. V.'O'Connor. Instructing the
union not to strike; A. E. MHler
rhalrman of the conference strike
committee of the metal trades coun
cil called to explain the atnae su
n.Mnn ta the ministerial federation
Tnmnrrnw the shipyard owners WlU
appear before; the ministerial feder
ation. s 0-
Ooerators to vote
According to a statement from
strike headquarters leaders asserted
iA hM advised by the Los An
geles metal trades council would take
up the local recommendation for a
nation-wide strike at its next meet
ing Telephone operators will take
a referendum vote on the strike ques
tion this evening. J
According to a statement Issued
toinght by the strike conference, com
mittee plans have been .perfected for
aiding the police force In policing
the city. Union men are warned to
be off the streets at 8 o'clock at
jnlght. Ity firemen are asked to re
main at their work. A committee of
health and sanitation will be named
to assist the city's health department
Miss Dickman Mast Go
'to Germany horn Prison
SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 3. Miss
Minnie Deckman, enemy alien who
charge of attempting to pass a note
to an Interned prisoner at the war
nrinner barracks at Fort Douglas
.... ire and whO was Since In
tern ed In the state industrial school
. at Oeden. was taken to Fort Ogle-
hme todar. She will be deported
nrmanv later. It is understood
. -ui.. nckaan came to Salt Lake
from the northwest, from which sec
tion came Ernest Leybord, to whom
it was alleged she tried to smuggle
, the note.
The semi-annual fight f to close
Rogue river to seining is again up af
ter the people of the state nas voieo
to leave it open to the seines and
salmon Industry. V
RUMANIA'S PART
IN WAR DEFINED
Text of Treaty Signed in
4916 Made Pahlic During
Peace Convention
(B Th9 A.ioeiated Prn$)
PARIS. Feb. 3". The text of a
treaty signed on August 17. 1916.
between Rumania and the quadru
ple entente, is published by the
Temps. It embodies the conditions
under which Rumania entered the
war. Following are its various ar
ticles: . '
Article 1: France, Great Britain
Italy and Russia guarantee the terri
torial integrity of the kingdom of
Rumania in the whole extent of its
present frontiers.
Article 2: Rumania engages to de
clare war on and attack Austria Hun
gary on the condition stipulated in
the accompanying military covenant
and also engages on the declaration
of war to cease economic relations
and commercial exchange with the
enemies of4ill the allies.
Article 3: France, Great Britain
Italy and Russia recognise Ruman
ia's right to annex the territories in
the Austro-Hungarian monarchy
stipulated by article 4.
Article 4: This limits these terri
tories and adds: Rumania engages
not raise fortifications In the front
of Belgrade in a zone -to toe deter
mined later and only to keep a nec
essary force in this zone for police
purposes. The royal Romanian gov
ernment engages to Indemnify tne
Serbians of Banat who. In Abandon
ing their properties wish to emigrate
within two years from the conclus
ion of peace.
Article 5: Engages Rumania and
quadruple entente not to make a sep
arate peace. The quadruple entente
engage thaf the aforesaid territories
In the AUstro-Hnpgarian monarcny
shall be annexed by the treaty of
peace.
Article 6: Rumania to enjoy tne
same rights as the allies In the pea""
preliminaries and !n the discussion
of 'questions submitted to the peace
congress.
Article 7: The present treaty to be
kept secret under the conclusion of
a general peace.
THOMAS WINS
IN ARGUMENT
Senator Refuses , to Be Rush-
ed Disagrees With Nor
blad at Meeting
Senator Tho.ua and Norblad got
into personalities yesterday at 'a
meeting of the sub-committee of the
roads and highways committee whicn
Is considering the proposed 1.-
000.000 road bonding act.
"I am informed." said Thomas
that you are attempting to rush this
bill out ahead of the paving bills or
myself and Senators Dimick and
Lachmund."
"You know that your insinuations
are untrue," retorted Norblad and
that it has been agreed that all oth
er bills considered .by the road com
mittee shall go out ahead of thl
one."
. Norblad wished to set 9 o'clock to
morrow as the time for another meet
ing. - " ...... :
"l refused to be rushed," said Thom
as, "and I will not be ready at 9
o'clock tomorrow. I ask the cottr
tesy of this committee to allow me
the privilege of drafting another bill
or amendments to this one and tak
ing out a minority report."
Senator Thomas was informed that
he had that privilege. He objected
to the bill as drawn In that It doe
not in his opinion designate clearly
enough' what roads -are to be com
pleted by the 110.000.000 enactment
"The highway commission say
that it favors the completion of the
Pacific and Columbia River high
ways," he said, "and in that I am
with them. This bill merely desig
nates the system laid out in the 1917
enactment, which makes f 50,000,000
worth of roads to . which the- 310.-
000.000 would be applied. It would
give the commission power to apply
the $10,000,000 to the system at Its
discretion. I am not going to vote
for any more checkerboards. ! want
the Pacific highway completed in the
southern part of the state as well as
the northern part.
COAST BASEBALL
WILL OPEN SOON
League Is to Be in Action
26 Weeks Beginning
on April 8
v SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. The
Pacific oast league will open a 86
weeks ser) on on April 8 next; ter
minating October 5, it was announced
here tonight after the ' matter had
been under discussion by the board
of directors during the entire after
noon. The cities in which openinr
games will be played have not yet
been named but It was announced
that these would probably be deter
mined upon at the meeting which
was continuing tonight.
Lister Relinquishes Work
Until Health Is Better
OLYMPIA, Wnsh., Feb. 3 Yield
ing to' the advice of his attending
physician and friends alarmed over
the condition of his health. Qever
frop Ernest Lister late .today an
nounced that he would virtually re
linquish the duties of his ofrice, for
several weeks. In a formal state
ment issued tonight, the governor
named Dr. Henry Suzftllo president
of the University of Washington and
Attorney General W. V. Tanner as
his official advisers in connection
with legislation and administrative
problems. Dr. Suzzallo will at once
take up. his headquarters in the ex
ecutive offices. Governor Lister, It
was said, will not leave the state
but probably will go away from the
capital and seek seclusion. With the
increasing work made by the session
Of the legislature, the governor's
physicians feared he would be un
able to stand the strain.
CHURCHILL IS
GIVEN BOOST
' 111 HIS
State Officials Jubilant as
First Salary Increase
Is Approved
MUST GO TO SENATE
Many Other Bills Are in for
Purpose of Better Board
of Statesmen
State Superintendent Chrchill was
voted an increase inr 'salary by the
house yesterday from $3000 to
$3600 a year after r some stirring
oratory had changed a number of
Votes in that body whi:h had previ
ously declared they were against all
salary Increases.
. Representative Smith . of Baker,
Mrs. Thompson Representative Gal
lagher and Representative Drownell
all spoke strongly in favor of the
bill, while Hughe of Marion spoke
twice against it.
Hughes called attention to the
fact that there are poor families
unable to pay their taxes, nnd. un
able to buy food for their families-.
who are .o be considered before sal
aries are increased for state offi
cials. Srilth asserted that he knows of
sheephcrders who are receiving from
$1800 to $2000 a year 'and Mia.
ThompsoTT called the attention of the
house to laborers in Seattle who are
receiving $6 a day and striking for
more. The vote was 44 in favor of,
to 7 against the increase.
. Bills also came in yesterday for
an increase for the state engineer
from $3000 to $300 and for the
corporation commissioner from
$3000 to $6200 and a large fimber
of salary bills were already in the
house for state officials.
Soldier, Dead Broke
Sleeps tn 'City
Jail
Salem's jail housed its first
discharged soldier last night, in the
person of Jack McKee, who received
his discbarge from Camp.-t-ewis jan-
narr 14. Previous to that he was
at Camp Johnston, Fla., where he
was with the remount depot. Mc
Kee. who Is 44 years of age, had
been In the service about a year. All
that he had was a hat and a plug
of tobacco, so ratber than spend the
night in the open he took advantage
of the-privilege to sleep in the Jail.
His coat, he said, was at Camp Lew
is. Councilmen Thompson and Moore
each contributed a quarter so that
he might not ho entirely without
funds.
Unions May Strike to
Bring Back Meetings
VANCOUVE. B. C. Feb. J. The
Vancouver trades and labor council
has sent out a call to all unions to
hold special meetings' to . decide
whether a general strike shall be
called as a result of the refusal of
proprietors of motion picture thea
ters to grant the use of their build
in ga to the socialists and federated
labor parties Tor Sunday night meet
ings. Hecently the proprietors re
turned the checks for rent tendered
by these parties' stating the buildings
would no longer be available, for the
meetings previously held. .
Hope to Plate Ban on
False Fruit Advertising
To place a ban on the shipping out
of Oregon fruit under a California
advertising brand Representative
Martin yesterday by request intro
duced a bill which would provide
for all fruit shipped, from this state
to bear the brand of the state of
Oregon. ' :
Eugene tie and lumber association
opposes 'government operating railroads.
SALARY
SOCIETY OF
NATIONS TO,
8E HURRIED
General Agreement Reached
to Push Deliberations . as
Rapidly as Possible Dis
tnssion Begins Today
C0MISSI0N TO BE
SENT INTO SILESIA
Question of Representation of
British Dominions Is
Thought Settled .
PARIS, Feb. 3. A commission of
control will be sent Immediately to
Teschen, Austrian Silesia, to prevent
a conflict between the Czechs and
the Poles In the region of Teschen,
and also to Inquire Into the basis for
a, frontier decision at the peace con
ference. The much discussed question
whether British dominions shall
have separate representation as na
tional units in a society of nations Is
understood to have been settled fa
vorably as far as Great Britain is con
cerned. It is said the a?reementhad
been reached that self-governing do
minions have the same rtatus as any
other nation. The final decision
rests with the peace conference, but
representatives of the dominions ex
pect no objections there as .Great
Britain is supporting the measure.
Wilson Preside.
President Wilson presided at the
opening meeting of the league of na
lions commission which was held In
Colonel House's apartments this af
ternoon and lasted from 2 to I
o'clock. Special Interest attached to
the meeting owing to 4 the feeling
that the action of-the council on the
matter of the German colonies re
quired the early presentation of a
definite plan on the constitution of
the league: There were present, for
the United States, President Wilson.
Colonel House and Mr. Miller, tech
nical expert; for Great Britain. Lord
Robert Cecil and General Smuts; for
France. Leon Bourgeois and Ferdi
nand Larnaude; for Italy, Premier
Orlando; for Japan. Baron Chinda.
as well as delegates from Belgium.
Serbia. Brazil, Portugal .and China.
President Wilson greeted the
members and took a leading part
in the discussion. "This was no long
er geperal, but specific, as the meet
ing naa oerore u tne printed text or
the agreed plan for the. formation of
the league. The text was in Eng
lish, as had been decided upon at a
recent meeting between President
Wilson, Loid Robert Cecil, General
Smuts and Premier Orlando.
Ittrfrugalon Delayed.
As son.e of the embers of the com
mission do not speak English, it was
determined to defer full discussion
until the French text could be pre
sented when the debate will proceed.
article by article. This will prob
ably be tomorrow night. Although
the .agreed text seeks' to bring to
gether the views of all quarters there
are three other plans that will also
be considered at the next meeting.
me communication was issued on
today's meeting.
The commission met to compare
views on procedure and to arrive at
a method which will facilitate con
gress, it was agreed 'that than ac
cord on principle had been, reached
by the resolution previously parsed
by the conference and that the dis
cussion should proceed accordingly
at the next meeting, which is railed
for Tuesday evening at the Hotel De
Crlllon. 1
WHEAT PRICE
. IS SUGGESTED
Grain Dealers Say at Least
$2.26 Should Be Guar
anteed for 1919 Crop
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Grain
dealers appearing today before the
house agriculture committee propos
ed that tho least pay be a guaranteed
price or $2.2S a bushel for the 1919
wheat crop and sell it to the con
sumer at the- world market price
which they estimated would be about
$1.25. Tho witnesses generally, be
lieved this plan would cost the gov
ernment probably a billion and J
quarter dollar, but said this loss was
preferable to any attempt cn the
part of the government to maintain
aa artificial price.
Representative Lever of the South
Carolina suggested three other plans
that the wheat movement be en tire-
on the pre-war basis; that the move.
ment possibly be restricted by the
government being authorized to sell
or to buy so as to prevent manipu
lation, and that the domestic move
ment be entirely on the pre-war ba
sis with the export movement under
federal control.
Polk County Angora j
Goof Makes Long Trip
DALLAS, Or . Feb. 3. (Special to
The Statesman) A full blooded An
gora goat buck given to the Red
Cross by J. B. Stump bf this count
recently, has begun a journey that
will take it to practically every largo
city in this country. The geat which
is to be sold at auction for the ben
efit of the Red Cross was sold first
at the annual convention of the Nat
ional Mohair Grawers' convention at
Phoenix. Ariz., and Immediately af
terwards began Its long Journey
which will end at Sonoro. Texas
where It is destined to fall into the
hands of B. M. Halbert one of the
largest goat breeders in that state-
In addition to the buck Mr. Halbert.
who makes the final offering on the
animal will receive a gift of 25 doe
donated by the various breeder
throughout the country, U. S. Grant
of this city being one of them. The
first sale of the buck brought the
sum of $115.
CRACKED AXLE
RESPONSIBLE
FOR ACCIDENT
Mrs, Harry Hill Thought On
Road to Recovery from
Blow on Side of Head
ONE WOMAN IS DEAD
Sunday Night Tragedy Wit
nessed'by None Riders
Thrown from Car
After remaining nnconsclous for
over 24 hours. Mrs. Harty IL Hill,
who was injured in an automobile
accident Sunday afternoon, and who
is now at the Willamette sanitarium,
showed signs of recovery late last
night, i Mrs. Peter Hansen, the other
victim, died within a lew mmuiee
after the accident, which was occa
sioned by the breaking of a front
axle on an automobile on tne an
verton road.
For a time Mrs. Hill was entirely
paralyzed on one side but is now
able to lift that arm and shows
slight signs of pain when her bruis
es are touched. Her face is adly
swollen but it is not' thought that
she will lose the sight of one eye. as
was reported yesteiday.
The other members of the party
were Mrs. Charles Wilson, the driv
er, who sustained only a few bruises
besides a cut oh one arm, and tsertna
Hansen, .the 14-year-old daughter of
the dead woman, whose brulees are
not serious. Mrs. Wilson is at the
sanitarium also and is in an extreme
ly hysterical condition.
Comlnr in on-the paved roaa Be
tween Salem and Silverton the car
ran into a sharp curv, which ac
cording to the antrr-obile men. who4
are repairing the car, would not
have resulted n n ?erions accident
had It not hecn for a flaw in the
axle of the front wheel on the driv
er's side. It Is esti'-aUd that Mrs.
Fisher was driving ut a speed be
tween 15 and IS tjr.es an hour.
When the car hit the enrve between
the Walker schoolhouse and Walker
home about four miles east of Salem
the wheel gave out and the car
turned entirely over twice on that
corner and stood righted at the side
of the road.'
According to Mrs. Wilson, when
she recovered from the shock tne
Hansen girl was clinging to her and
erring Mrs. Wilson at once sent
the girl to a house only a few rods
away but there was no one at nome
n the meantime, another automo
bile had come up. driven by P. E,
Fullerton. At about the same time a
party composed of Mr. and Mrs E.
Bowcn. Mr. and Mrs.. William ow-
en. and Mrs. Lyda Bowen, arrived
on the scene.
The other two women were found
unconscious and Mr. Fullerton dash
ed into town at once, secured an
ambulance and, with Dr. Fisher, re
turned to the scene of the accident
Dr. Cash at t. too. was summoned and
the women were plaed in the ambu
lance. Mrs. Hansen died before they
reached town.
Mr. Hansen, the husband of the
deceased, Is working with the Cipl
tal City Transfer company. Charles
Wilson, who was the owner of the
automobile, a new 12-cylinder Olds
mohile. Is an engine man on the
Oregon Electric, while Harry Hill is
employed In the Job office of the
Statesman.
Mrs. Hansen leaves her daughter,
husband and four', sons. All of the
latter are In the service. Two are
at Camp Lewis where one who re
cently has returned from France
where he was wounded, is in a hos
pital. One son iajjn New York and
the other In the Philippine islands.
The husband is at Camp Lewis visit
ing his son who is In the hospital.
The family live at ICS 0 Miller street.
Is there to be no balm in Gllead
Guam has gone dry and Hawaii is
about ready to jump on the band
wagon? But It Would have- been
quite a task to swim to either place
for a drink..
MEN REFUSE TO
SIT FORSPEECH
President Wilson Vainly Ges
tures for Deputies to
Take Chairs
(Bp Th Andate4 Prtu)
PARIS. Feb. 3. President Wilson
this evening delivered an address in
the chamber of deputtes having a
auditors President' Poincare. the
presidents of the 'chamber and J he
senate and large numbers of mem
bers of both houses of parliament
and the personnel of the French cab.
Inet. The president was accompan
ied to thc Palais Bourbon by Presi
dent Poincare who caled for him at
the Marat mansion. Premier Clemen
ceau and M. Dubostf speaker of the
senate also were In the party.
.. Paul Deschanel received the party
on the steps of -the building, stand
ing bareheaded in the damp and chil
ly weather. The party then disap
peared Into the chamber. M. Deschan
el . leading the way. with President
Wilson and M. Poincare walking side
by side and with M. Dnbost and M.
Clemenceau bringing up the rear.
M. Deschanel opened the sitting
with a short but eloquent- speech of
welcome to Which President Wilffio
replied in English, an Interpreter
translating It Into' French.
As President Wllsen rose and
walked toward he front. - with' a
quick step the deputies.' senators and
others arose and cheered and ap
plauded for fully five minutes.
The audience : insisted on hearlnr
the president's address standing. M
Poincare. Clemenceau and Dubost
also stood. This seemed to. embar
rass .President Wilson -who made
gestures that the .deputies remain
seated but they shouted, "Standlnr
we, will hear you standing ." Pres
ident Wilson turned to M. Deschanel
begging him to request that the dep
uties be seated but the president of
the chamber shrugged his shoulders,
as if helpless, and President Wilson
began in a low voice, which gained
force as he proceeded.. There was a
ripple of applause'now and then as
he was speaking but the -majority of
the deuties and senators were un
able to understand English clearly:
thus the einthuslasm did tt break
out until the interpreter translated
the speech. The deputies and sen
ators gave full vent 4o their feelings-
GASOLINE TAX
AGREED UPON
Emergency Clause . on Meas
ure Causes Long-Drawn-Out
Discussion
Agreement was reached by the
Joint roads and highways committee
of the! house and senate last night
on the bill to tax gasoline and distil
late for the purpose of adding Yeven-
ue to the highway fund. The bill
provides a tax of one cent a gallon
assesed against . dealers for gasoline
and one-half cent a gallon on distil
late. It was brought out that the
distillate tax will fall mainly Upon
the farmers and complaints have
reached the committee from eastern
Oregon where distillate - is used
largely for farm tractors.
All other provisions of the Din
were agreed upon without difficulty
antll it came to a question of whe
ther an emergency clause should be
attached. The subject extended It
self to all the bills of the highway
program and the general sentiment
was In favor of attaching the clause
to all the bills, including the pro
posed $10,000,000 bonding enact
ment. Some members of the com
mittee; however, notably Senators
nomas ana ucDmonu, were u
nresent when this subject 'was dis-
cussed, hairman Dennis of the
house committee, and Representa
tives Richardson and Thomas held
out longest, but the Joint committee
finally agreed that the emergency
elause should be attached to the gas
oline and distillate tax bill. Mainly
this will be to forestall the referen-
WAGE INCREASE'
GREAT SURPRISE
Newly Formed French Union
Gets Unexpected Gift
from Government .
PARIS. Feb. 3 The newly formed
union of employes of the postoffice.
telegraph and telephone department
met today at the office of. the gen
eral labor confederation to hear the
report of a delegation which has been
sent to the ministry to demand an
Increase of. wages of 100 per cent.
When the report was heard the
surprise was so great that there was
come moments of Impressive silence.
. The minister of posts and tele
graph has a bill prepared for parlia
men by which when all wages would
be raised 200 per cent up to 4000
francs yearly, which latter salary
would txrome .12.000 francs annual
ly. Wages above that figure also
would be raised on a graduated scale-
GRAVE WILL
GET HAULED
FOR NOTHING
Council Decides to Rescind
Action Taken at Former
Meeting Busick and Van
Patten Speak
CIGARETTE ORDINANCE
HAS ROUGH SLEDDING
Vote Finally Payors It-Booze
Measure Passes With One .
Negative Vote
Arguments put forth'by J. L. Bs
sick and C. Van Patten for' the haul- '
lag of gravel for the improvement w
of three almost Impassible blocks -on
Twenty-first street between State
and Mill last night so impressed the
city council that a ruction rescind
ing action taken at the last previous
session was carried. Now hereaf
ter any street, the residents on
which are willing to provide the
gravel if the city will haul it, will
come up for the special consider-'
atlon of the council and should the
merits of the case Justify, the mu
nicipal government will cooperate
with the taxpayers in making needed
improvements. .
DespUe 'efforts of Councilman W.
A. Wlest and Henry Vandevort to
keep the order, passed two- weeks
ago, in force the vote was favorable.
Councilman McClelland was the
strongest supporter on the affirm
ative side.
The delegates from the Twenty
first street district claimed they had '
contemplated ' the Improvement be
fore -the council cut out the free
hauling of gravel and had counted
on It strongly in making their plans.
When the council . voted assist
ance. Mr. Vandevort "bio ugh t tbe
discussion to a head by moving that
the Traveling situation be put back
on its former basis. "I want It Just '
as it has been from time inimemor
lam. he declared. Tbe motion car
ried, as aUo did one by Councilman
Thompson that each individual tase
rest, not in the hands o the xtreet
committee, but In the Judgement of
the entire council. . - .
Water Hearing to Go On.
Efforts of Mr. Wlest to block the
rehearing of the city water case fail-.
ed to impress the couadl and a.
lengthy oration" on the subject
brought no results. .
Chief of Police Varney's liquor
and cigarette ordinances came up
for final reading. The first one. bar
ring the Importation of alcoholic
beverages into the city passed with
one dissenting vote from Mr. Me-".
Clelland. The other met with less
favorable circumstances, but surviv
ed on a vote of S to S. Tbe recom
mendations of the ordinance com
mittee had been for Indefinite post
ponement of action on the ground
that many of the soldiers return
ing would have formed the cigarette
habit and that many of them under
tbe age. of 21 would cone within the
law. Mr. Wlest. aigclng on tbe sub
ject, maintained that the qeestion
of letting boys have smoking mater
ials was not a political but a moral
one. claimlcg that the rourco of .tho '
evil rested with the parents.
Discnsslaa Is Lnt.
"I'm heartily in favor of the meas
ure. said Mr. Vandevort, roused by
this. I don't believe there is a "
father in town who has sunk so low
as to encourage his sen to smoke
those vile things.' They are worse
than the drink habit a"hd we stopped
It,- ,
Councilman Moore also upheld his
sentiments, claiming the majority fa
vored the ordinance.
rTou make boys criminals by this.
I glory, in their spunk," McClelland
maintained.
"Ton can't put all the state laws
on our city statute bocks," was cne
of Wlesfs arguments.
Dr. F. L. Utter then took the ques
tion up from the health point of
view, concluding with, -You cant
turn our laws over to the returned
soldiers.'
Chief of Police Varney was ex
tended the courtesy of the floor aid ".
permitted to explain his reason f.-r
proposing to extend the present 'an
ti-smoking ordinance. He said that
the main reason is that the tvalz
should go to the city instead of ihe
connty and that tbe police undr
the state laV are compelled to ar
rest bora under 21 for tmokJng, de
spite the fa"t that there la no mu
nicipal regnlation to thl effect.
Plit Ttath la Jail.
. Among other matters of minor im
portance coming up was the power
given to the health and poUce com
mittee to put a bath in tbe city Jail .
and build a private office for the
chief of police. The street rommls- .'"
sioner will als be permitted to pur- '
chase posts for new street s!jc.
Election of a Janitor for the city
comfort station was indefinitely
postponed. Three cement sidewalk
resolutions for censtrrct'on work, on
the west side of Liberty between
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