mm
The Statesman receires the leased
wire report of the Associated
Press, the greatest and most Te
llable press association la the
Saturday la.r; warmer ea;;f por
tion; iiicMlerut northeasterly
lnd.
wona.
r SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL !), 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
UTCOI OF
NOTES FEARED
BY DIPLOMATS
Officials Fear Text of Com
munication May Lead to
Reopening of Whole Sub-
jet of Mandates.
EXCHANGES BETWEEN
ALLIES ARE EXPECTED
Japan's Attitude Expected
To Influence Other
Three Nations
WASHINGTON, April R. Sec
retary Hughes' notes to the Jap
anese, British. French and Ital
ian governments on mandates are
- beine Interpreted abroad, accord-
'in to information here, aa stat
ing" an advanced iosltlon of the
lmarlran ravfrnmint.
gome diplomats who hava
studied the text of the communi
cation to Great Britain, as made
public by the state department,
are apprehensive that it may to
roasiaerea as reopening me wnoie
subjects of mandates.
Toll exchanges between the
"four governments are expected be
fore any one of them replies to
Mr. Hughes. In the opinion of
some diplomats here, Japan's at
titude will determine the position
to be taken by Great Britain and
France and possibly Italy. This
IS oaaeu upon mo agreement (fil
tered Into by Great Britain and
France with Japan in 1916. be
fore the United States entered the
war, whereby Japan was to re
ceive the German islands In the
Pacific north of the equator.
Allies Recognize Aereement.
i This agreement. It Is explained,
was made when the activities of
the German submarines demanded
a reiniorcemenv ui i5 cureuiu
ssvai lorces ana tne opinion i
advanced that since Japan ful-
Great- Britain and France feel
bound to carry out the agreement
It Japan Install. II Japan it will
ing to modify its position with
regard to these Islands and par
ticularly; the island of Yap, how
ever, the view Is that tne Euro
pean allied governments will
tladly accept that solution.
in w, me firearm eiiuinuu
Is regarded as somewhat similar
to that obtaining when Italy in
setted upon Invoking the treaty of
London in Justification of her
' claims In the Adriatic section.
itotn ureat Britain and France
sonzht to induce ltalv to abate
; her claims In the matter of Fin me
hot let it be known that if Italy
Instated thpv wnnl) vMtit th
" provisions of the treaty of Lon
don, obnoxious as they were, to
the Unrted States.
- The Adriatic settlement waa
finally brought about thrnurh di
rect negotiations between Italy
and Jugo-SIavia", and it was thus
found aanecessary to invoke the
.provisions of the secret treaty
made by the European allies be
fore the United States became a
r belligerent.
'- Records May be Shown.
' The entente contention is un
derstood to be that the nature
and extent of the agreement with
Japan was discussed in Paris In
ronnectlon' with the peace treaty.
.The present situation may raise
Hucsnon oi wnat tne records
of' the council of four at Pari?
really how. Prudent Wilson
(Continued on page 4.)
flffl ID
01 PROPOSED
tru,Mp "rough the fruit dis
"cta surrounding Salem and over
Proposed rotite for lUossom
Itl , decU.on the exact itlner
rr tor next Sunday's event was
gwe yesterday by Manager T. E.
JSfke' of th Commercial club
a Ckarle, Knowland. KingTtln?
vLIt? 9herrl"- Mr. Knowiand
IKei tUt ,tnoun the early
tt .n1 Prunes were in bloom
majority of the larger or-
f.T.7 01 tn varieties of
"Mil
D0ta and west of town show
, Of bloom In nt week 1ut
rnl to b t their best for
veX) eon1ltlon of the roads tra
com?? 'ew"day lc excellent, ac
utt, ? Mr- nowland. the
"'-Jefferson road. whtel
HI V?ot u Ust niossoni
7. being la fine shape this year.
44 0n P wonderfnl
rcon of fmit ,and and wnr af.
bmi i. dlp,aT of on of the
ranM rehtrd" nIc otherwise
"'aaotbe Included In the-route.
today" r0Ut wUI be inonc"'1
anM,?fer McCroskey is roaklnj
tar. -!mpt to K motion ptc
onerau"' Portland t co
JJSi b' un letnres f
m ot the orchards, the crowds.
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UNRUH HAS
MANY CASES
ON DOCKET
B. E. Otjen, Who Tried to
Commit Suicide, Is Sched
uled for Hearing Today
Several cases are docketed tor
t-ia! within the next few days
in "he justice court before Judge
u. E. Unruh.
Today the case of H. K. otren.
char! with threatening tin lile
cf another, will be si. en a h?ar-
ng.
Monday at 10 o'clock a hear-
in; tflil be given Andrew Mac?.
who was arrested Thursday on a
charge of passing worthless
checks. He is beini: held i:i t lie
tity jail awaiting trial.
nann Louie, proprietor o' the
Cherry City restaurant, war ar
lested yesterday morning charg'd
with selling milk with lew than
55.2 per cent hutterfat. He pleaded
HOt tMlillV In Ilia rll:int- mm, I tip-
manded a Jury trial, which was
granted and pet for Thursday,
April 14. Louie declared that
the milk is served at the restau
rant in the same condition in
which it is received from the
dairy and at no time to his knowl
edge has milk been sold at his
place of business that did not
meet the full requirements of
the law.
Charged with assault and bat
tery. Dan Donahue was brought
before Judge I'nruh yesterday.
He pleaded not guilty and will
be given a Jury trial next Friday.
The offense wa? alleged to have
been committed near Turner
egainst Frank Fencl.
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Question of Wages Will Be
Submitted To
Board
PORTLAND. Or., April 8. An
arbitration board, appointed to
Consider the question or wages for
the -building trades in Port la nl
recommended that beginning
May 1, there be put into effect a
redaction of 1 0 per cent in wages.
The announcement was made to
night by the board, composed of
Otto R. Hartwlg. Dr. W. T. McEl
veen and C. J. Parker.
It was pointed out that the rec
ommended redution seems sure of
becoming effective, inasmuch as
the building contractors have
openly said they would abide by
the decision of the board, and the
union leaders believed their men
would accept the finding, it will
be necessary, "however, for the
various anions affected to vote on
the question.
The old scale for carpenters,
the chief group affected by the
proposed reduction, has averaged
$9 a day.
Army Cannon is Received
By Upton Post at Dayton
DAYTON. Ore.. AdHI S. The
G. A. R.. Upton post No. 75. of
Davton. has received from the
commandant. Fort Warden. Wash
ington. a neven-inch Howitzer do
nated to the city of Dayton by the
United States war department for
park ornamental purposes.
The gun was temporarily placed
in the park. At a later date it is
the Intention of the city officials
to build a concrete base on which
to mount the gun permanently.
The total weight of the field
piece Is 9010 pounds. The women
of the civic clubs and the town
council are making an effort to
beautify the park and surround
ings.
ON IP
PDRTLAND
TRADES
WILL
ARBTRAT
BLOSSOM DAY ROUTE
and other things of interest on
that day.
Last year the crowd attending
Blossom day was estimated at
5000 and fully that number, pro
bably more, is planned for -this
year. The Portland papers are
behind the move and are boosting
the event widely.
Announcement was made yes
terday that Dibble & Franklin, tu
lip and gladioli growers, will pre
sent to each tourist calling at
their farm a tulip bloom. Th
tulip farm will be on the rout"
and all of the tourists are invited
to stop and go over the farm
which Is at Its height of beauty
at this time of the year.
AM members of the Cherrlana
have received a call from the king
to be at the Commercial clnb on
that morning at :45 o'clock to
be assigned to various duties.
Those who have automobiles wII
convey the touristr who arrive Ly
train over the route while other
will be stationed along the road
and on the streets of Salem to
direct those who come by automo
bile from other parts of the state.
In the afternoon the Cherrlan
band will give a concert in Will
son square for the pleasure of the
tonrisU.
PRELIMINARY
ORGANIZATION
IS EFFECTED
Wheat Growers Lay Foun
dation For National Coop
erative Grain Marketing
Company.
V. H. SMITH, WASCO,
OREGON, IS DIRECTOR!
Opponents Are Won Over
When Optional Pooling
Is Decided Upon
CHICAGO. April S. Prelimin
ary organization of the country'?
wnfui growers into a national co
operative grain marketing com
pany, was completed tonight..
Directors of the company, in b
known as tlje Cnitt-d States Crain
Growers, Inc.. were elected today,
legal steps preliminary to incor
poration under th laws of Dela
ware were -oinpletel and organi
zations which had found lault
will) certain features of the plan
apparently had been brougnt Into
line.
As soon as incorporation papers
are issueci, a national membership
drive will be started to enlist ev
ery grain grower. It will then bv
ready to carry out the plans
which its sponsors declare will
curb grain speculation. obtain
larger profits for the farmer, lov
er the cost of marketing grai'i
and tend to eliminate price flue -tuations.
Optional Pooling Wins
Possibility that the members
the Northwest Wheat Growers
Associated, would not come into
the organization because their
plan for compulsory grain pooling
was defeated in favor of optional
pooling, was lessened when
George G. Jewett of Spokan".
general manager of the Northwest
company, was elected a director
ot the new organization. Other
associations which favored com
pulsory pooling asked time in
which to make their plana, but
Indications were they would Join
the new company.
Composition of the new corpor
ation's board chosen today is in
part, as follows:
District No. 1 Washington.
Oregon, Utah and California;
George C. Jewett. Spogane, gen
eral manager Northwest Wheat
Growers. Associated, and Victor
H. Smith. Wasco, Oregon, secretary-treasurer.
Oregon Grain
Growers' association.
District No. 2 Montana. North
Dakota. Minnesota and Wisconsin;
St. Paul, president ot the Equity
Cooperative Exchange at St. Paul:
Usher L. Burdick. Williston, X.
D., president of the North Dakota
Farm Bureau federation and vice
president of the Percneron soc'
ty of America; and W. F. Schil
ling. Northfield. Minn., president
of the Twin City Milk Producer.'
association.
District No. 3 South Dako'.a,
Nebraska and Colorado; C. II.
Gustafson. Lincoln. Neb., presi
dent of the National Cooperative
company at Omaha; John T. Beik.
henry. S. D., president of the
South Dakota Farmers Grain
Dealers' association and .1. D. Pan
cake, Loveland, Colo., of the Col
orado State Farm Bureau federa
tion. Other districts are:
No. 4 Iowa: No. 3 Kansas;
No. 6 Missouri; Missouri; No. V
Oklahoma; No. 8 Texas; N4.
9 Illinois.
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IS
Harding Limits Number Con
sidered For Three Ap
pointments WASHINGTON. April R. Out of
a score or more of names under
consideration for the three places
on the railroad labor board,
will become vacant April 1 j.
President Harding is understood
to have virtually narrowed hi-
choice to a half dozen men dis
tributed among the three groups
represented on the board.
W. L. Park of Chicago, one of
those whose terms expire, is gen
erally expected to be given a re
appointment. Mr. Park represent
the railway managers group and
is said to have been given general
endorsement for another term.
Strong pressure has been brought
to bear for the reappointment al
so of A. J. Forrester, representing
the labor group, although a num
ber or others, including J. G.
Luhrsen of Chicago are under
stood to be still in the running for
the labor appointment.
Wildest speculation has sur
rounded appointment of a boarJ
to represent the general public In
succession to Henry T. Hunt of
Cincinnati, the third member ot
the board whose term expires
April 15.
10W
FOREST FIRE
PROTECTION
WEEK IS SET
May 22 Designated by Presi
dent for National
Observance
WASHINGTON. April 8. The
week of May 22 was designated in
a proclamation by President Hard-
s today a.s " forest protection
week." during which governors of
I'm- various states were asked to
iiran.nt educational and instruc
tive exercise:; to place before the
People the need of preventing un
iiecesMary waste by forest fires.
The president's proclamation'
follows:
' Whereas, the destruction v '
toresi fires in the I'nited Stafs
involves an annua! loss of approx
imately $2o.noo nun an the dev.
asiaiion of approximately 12.
..Mi,(oo acres of tiniberla'nd and
other natural resources and.
" Whereiis. when I he present
deplorably larjje areas of non
productive land is beint; greatly
increased by :!:!, noo or more for
est fires which occur each veai
and.
"Whereas, the menace of a fu
ture limber shortage threatens to
become a present economic fact
seriously aff.?ctin!f our social and
industrial welfare and,
"Whereas, a large percentage
of the forest fires causing the an
nual wasle of natural resources
may lie prevented by increasing
care and vigilance on the part of
citizens:
"Thf refore. I, Warren (J. Hard
ing, president of the i'nited States
do urge upon tlw governors of ths
various states to designate and
set apart, the weel' of May 22-28.
1921, as forest protection week
and to request all citizens of their
states to plan for that wek such
educational and instructive exer
cises as shall bring before the peo
ple the serious and unhappy ef
fects of the present unnecessary
waste by forest firew. and the need
of their individual and collective
efforts in conserving the natural
resources of America.''
COif IS ALSO
Another Member of Service
Commission Would Re
consider Phone Rate
H. II. Corey, member of the
public service commission repre
senting the Eastern Oregon dis
trict, is also In favor of a rehear
ing of the telephone rate ease. Mr.
Corey so expressed himself yester
day in commenting relative to the,
statement issued by Chairman
Fred A. Williams of the commis
sion in favo of a rehearing. It Is
believed Commissioner Fred Q.
Buchtel will take a similar stand
on his return from Washington. D.
C, where he is investigating rela
tive to returns of the American
Telephone & Telegraph company.
STATE TAXES
Total of $260,000 From
Multnomah and Doug
las Added to Coffers
Through state tax remittances
received recently from Multno
mah and Douglas counties the
general fund of the state treas
ury, which has been depleted, has
been replenished to the extent of
about $260,000. An installment
of $100,000 arrived yesterday
Irom Multnomah county.
The first half of the state
taxes from the several counties
of the state is not due until May
I, but State Treasurer Hoff ha?
urged the county treasurers to
remit as soon as possible. The
Multnomah county treasurer sent
in $1X0. 0H) some time ago.
Multnomah's total, first half,
will aggregate over $1,000,000.
and the first half for the entire
state will aggregate approximate
ly $3,500,000. This all will be in
by the middle of May and the
State treasury will once more be
in a comfortable situation.
Handley Cancels License
Of Portland Corporation
T. II. Handley. stat corpora
tion commissioner, yesterday can
colled -the Oregon license of the
Guarantee Security corporation, a
Portland concern. The reason for
the cancellation was that stock
of the I'nited Cigar stores. Ltd,,
a Canadian concern, I not listed
on the, stock exchange or subject
to sale in this Mate until the
company has qualified in Oregon.
The company was Issued ft -permit
to operate in Oregon in Feb
ruary, and when th April report
was submitted the corporation
commissioner discovered that the
rotted Cigar store stock could not
legally be sold In Oregon.
EH
HOUSE WILL
GET TARIFF
BILL MONDAY
Republicans Adopt Sub -Committee
Report to Ac
company Introduction of
Fordney Measure.
CONSIDERATION WILL
BE ASKED WEDNESDAY
Business Depends on Res
toration of Purchasing
Power to Farmer
WASHINGTON, April 8. Re
publican members of the house
ways and means committee to
night adopted Ihe sub-committee
report to accompany the reintro
riuction in congress Monday of
the emergency tariff bill, vetoed
in the last session by President
Wilson.
The report was written by
Ivfpresetitative Young of North
Dakota, chairman of the commit
tee's sub-committee on agricul
ture, who announced that the
house would be asked to take the
hill up for consideration Wednes
day. In recommending re-passage of
the tariff bill, the leport de
clares that revival of all business
is. largely dependent upon restor
ation to the farmers of their lost
purchasing power, adding that
conditions have not changed with
respect to the inability of the ag
l (cultural interests to dispose of
their products at reasonable
prices.
Complete Collapse Warned
'The paralysis" or agriculture
has not forced a reduction in
prices of commodities which the
farmers must buy. the report
says, and warns against a "com
plete collapse" if other lines of
trade unless the food production
of the nation is encouraged.
"The consuming public and the
commercial public have an abso
lute and definite interest with
the farmer in helping to make
cost of production and a fair
nrofit," the report continues.
"The primary interest of the
consuming public Is that the far
mer keep on producing food. The
farmer will do that enly if he
makes a profit on his production.
If he must sell his commodities
below cost of production for a
term of years, he must either go
out of business or lower his stan
dard of living to the extent that
he becomes a public menace. In
either event the consumer will
suffer from reduced supplies."
Dumping In Feared.
Danger of permitting a con
tinued dumping of foreign prod
ucts into American markets also
concerns the eomniittee, the re
port says, predicting that If this
continues there will be a more
rapid depletion of the ranks of
the farmers than has been the
case even in the face of adverse
marketing of home products.
The report says that the revival
of agriculture. with its conse
quent advantageons reaction on
other lines would aid in provid
ing employment for hundreds of
thousands of men now idle, and
denies that the proposed course
would have the effect of advanc
ing retail prices. Foreign food
products, it says, have been, and
are being brought in at a lower
basis of cost, yet are being sold
at prices equal to the pries for
hich the home products could
be sold Middlemen and others
in the trade are taking the extra
profit, it says.
Democratic members of the
commute?, under the leadership
of Representative Kitchin, North
Carolina, are drafting a state
ment of views opposing passage
of the measure and this minority
statement will be completed to
morrow or Monday.
GOLF PLATERS
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First Match of Season Will
Bo Meeting of Salem and
Astoria Teams
The first golf match of the seal-en
will be played on the linki
of the lllahee Country club Sun
day wh-n a team of eight fass
players will be here irom Astoria
t6 meet a picked team from the
Salem club. It will be a return
match, Salem having met Asiorla
at Gearhart last July in a match
that was won by Astoria. A
luncheon for clnb members will
l;e served at th club houe.
The Astoria players will arrive
in Salem today.
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BIG END OF 25 TO 5 SCORE
CAPTURED BY GIRL PLAYERS
OF STATE ACCIDENT BOARD
State Department Feminist Squad Defeated by Smashing
Count, Hut, Undaunted, Hurl Back Challenge for Another
Session Clever Stick and Field Work Entertains Crowd
Ily the close score of 2D to 5
the girls' baseball team of the
.state industrial accident commis
sion walloped the girls of the sec
retary of state's office on the Wil
lamette university athletic field
yesterday afternoon after working
hours. A bis crowd of state offi
cials ami employes and downtown
lans was attracted to the grand--tand
and sidelines, the adherents
of Ihe state department attired es
pecially for the occasion, singing
ar songs and making the oc
casion look like regular college
stuff.
The state department claim the
ictory of their opponents was
pmely an Industrial accident and
already have flung hack the chal
lenge for another session.
Industrial Work iMxl
Proctor and Caruthers, the ac
cident commission battery, were
the mainstays for the team,
I hough the best individual record
was made by "Pep" Pepoon at
tirst base, who got four hits, four
runs and made not an error.
Wolfe made a good record at
third and developed a wonderful
wing.
The most sensational play of
ihe game was made by Stevenson.
IS ASKED
TO CiJEEIG
Owners of Railroad Securi
ties and Labor Unions
Make Appeal
WASHINGTON, April 8. The
national association of owners of
railroad securities joined today
with five railroad labor unions in
proposing that President Harding
call a conference of representa
tives of both owners and employes
to discuss the railroad problem,
particularly as ft affects wages
and working conditions, now in
dispute before the railroad labcr
board.
S. Davies Warfleld, president of
the association, and Darwin P.
Klngsley, president of the general
transportation situation and sug
gested the conference as one of
the means for adjusting the diffi
culties the roads face.
The request from the unions
was in the form of a telegram
from B. M. Jewell, head of the
railway employes department ot
the American Federation of La
bor. Coincident with the conference
at the White House and the re
ceipt of the telegram. Chairman
Cummins of the senate interstate
commerce committee, announced
he had drafted a 'resolution for
introduction next week, authoriz
ing a general and exhaustive in
vestigation of railroad affairs. He
plans to begin the inquiry about
April 15. Means of bringing
about a reduction in rates, operat
ing costs and the question of ef
ficiency under private ownership
will be the principal angles to bs
gone into. Rail managers will ba
heard first and labor representa
tives will follow.
Commercial Development
Predicted for China
SEATTLE. April 8. When
Cflina reaches the stage of de
velopment achieved by Japan in
the past 50 years, the production
and commerce of that country
will be greater than anything the
world has ever seen in trade and
the great volume of its com
merce will flow to the United
States through the ports of the
Pacific. W. Cameron Forbes, for
mer governor general of the Phil
ippines, declared today in an ad
dress before the Seattle chamber
of commerce.
Fusion Between Russia
And Finland More Acute
STOCKHOLM, April 8. The
tension which has been noticeable
recently between Russia and Fin
land is becoming more acut. Bol
fhviki have invaded the Repola
and Porajearvi districts to which
the 4tusso-Kinnish peace treaty
had guaranteed autonomy. The
inhabitants of the districts are
fleeing into the interior of Fin
land. Boundary Issues Placed
Before Board Yesterday
Yesterday was the regular semi
monthly meeting of the school
boundary board, which met in the
county court room. The day waa
a busy one for the board, several
boundary cases being under con
sideration, all of wh eh attracted
delegations from the various
school districts.
Each proposition met some ob
jection and as yet definite boun
dary lines for the proposed dis
tricts have not been decided upon.
Districts having petitions before
the board are Stayton. West Stay-
ton and Aumsville. Scotts Mills
and Abiqua and the Qninaby
school district.
HARDING
a substitute in left field for the
state pedartment, in the third, in
ning when she made a running
catch of a high fly from the bat
of Caruthers. Oehler for the tate
played a spanking good gante at
first. v
The ganvv ran four innings and
started with the third-floor girls
at the bat.
Proclor Scores First
Wolte, first to face Mrs. Mat
thews, the state pitcher, flied to
Oehler. Proctor took first on an
error by Matthews anad pilfered
the second pillow. Caruthers was
safe on an error by Roeder and
Pepoon on an error by Wei born
which allowed Proctor to make the
first score. ".Midget" Vajrtey
went out to Oehler and Caruthers
Bcored on the play. Chambers got
a bingle and Pepoon crossed the
plate. Chambers was nimble on
the bases, stole two of them and
scored on a passed ball. Walker
walked. Wilson was safe on jfcn
error by the pitcher and Walker
scored. Hunt was out at first.
Mattliews' Hit Counts.
The state department took ihe
sticks and Cole was out Proctor to
. (Continued on page 3)
Ti
DOORS ARE CLOS D
Failure to-Realize on Farm
Paper is Responsible ,'
For Crash
CLARKSTON. Wash! Anrll x J-
The doork of the First National
bank of Clarkston, Wash., were
closed today by National Bank Ex
aminer Sawyer, upon order from
the comptroller of the currency.
The deposits reach over $600, 00ir
The last statement of February i;
1921, showed total resources of
$818,931. The bank was organ
ied seven years ago with capital
of $60,000 and surplus aa shown
By last statement waa $20,000. Ci,
V. Waterman la president and W
A. Waterman, cashier.
The bank exeminer and officer
of the bank are engaged on the
books and may Issue statements
later. Failure to ralite on farnt
paper is accredited as responsible
for the bank's failure.
LEWISTON. Idaho. April 8.--The
State Bank of Kamiab at K
miah. Lewis county; State Bank
of Kooskia. Jdaho county; Stallk
Bank of Peck, ez Perce county
and Fidelity States bank at On
fino. Clearwater county, weti
closed this afternoon, following
announcement of the closing of
the First Naatlonal Hank ot
Clarkston, Asotin county, Washi
the state banks being corespond
ent institutions of the Clarkston
institution. Estimate Is made
hat the. gross deposits of the four
state banks will reach $400,000
Depreciated reserves due to fail
ure to realize on farm paper igt
cited as the reason for the state
banks failing.
Captain of Steamer Willhilo
Fails- to Respond to
Questioning
SAN FRANCISCO. April 8.
Radio advices from the captain of
the sTeamer WiUhilo, requested
todajr by the owners of the line In
an effort to ascertain the facts re
garding a reported mutiny aboacd
the vessel, had not been received
early tonight.
The liner, which Is owned by
the Williams Steamship company,
was believed to be somewhere be
tween La I'nion. Salvador, where
the mutiny is said to have broken
out. and San Pedro. Calif., where
she is expected Sunday. The
cruiser Tacoma was said to be
escorting her. but naval radio of
ficials here said they bad no word
as to the cruiser's whereabouts
The Willhilo is on ber way
from New York to San Francisco
on the- maiden voyage of a nev
freight run between those port.
Portland Packers Held
On Inhumane Charge
PORTLAND. Or., April S.
Thomas Hewitt -Portland packer,
together with hlss brother, George
Howitt, and J. W. Hamilton, care
taker, were arrested today on
charges of responsibility for the
starvation of 42 head of cattle,
according to Ross M. Churchill,
state hnmane officer, who charged
failure to provide necessary food
and a second accusation of failure
to remove the bodies within tho
required period of 48 hours.
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TWO MILLION
ffiEKSHT
STRIKE ORDER
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Greatest Labor Struggle in
Country's History May
Start in England at Mid
night Tuesday.
ACTION IS PROTEST AT '
WAGE REDUCTIONS
Lloyd George Says Move Is
Attempt to Intimidate
Parliament I
LONDQN. April 8. Tuesday at
midnight, unless there' la soma
new develnnment In th munllma
will see the start of the greatest
labor struggle In the country's
history.
Approximately 2,000,000 work
ers men win nav ceased tneir,
duties in protest against what
they consider to be an organ lied
attempt on the part of the m
Dlovera to enfnrr nanl
uucuuu in wages.
This is the central fact ot th
labor situation as it developed .
today in a breakdown in the min
ers conference and a consequent
decision by the trlole alliance
made up of misers and railroad
and transport worker! for the
first time since It was organized
that Its entire membership rough-'
ij' ciiiuwiea ii i.vgv.vvv miners)
nrtA RAA A A A A l . . .
-vv.vvvw eucu irom me rail
way and transport workr nr.
j ganizatlons, should quit work In" -
ouifuuri oi me miners' atria.
The government's standpoint.
fi vaIi V . kA i . .
George, in a brief speech in the
house of commons this afternoon,
is that the action or tire miner
and the other members of ths
triple alliance !a an attempt by di
rect action to. intimidate parlia
ment and the nation. The re-
mler announced the military and "
pther, measures) which the 0erB
ment Intended to take to defeat
mis attempt. -
Traffic Men Join Miner. -The
standpoint of the miner
i mai tne suaaen removal of
control of the coal mines is the
- - arms vnwna me gov
ernment and , the rnlnn aw.
enable the owners to enfore a
unjustifiable redaction in wages.
The attitude nr ii
- -" iu; mil
is that nnless there la support o1
the miners at the present' time
a similar dilemma will happen t
the railway men on some fntnra
occasion when the . railways arv
released from 'government con
trol.
The refusal of the miners to
yield on the question -of permit
ting pumpmen to return to the
mines had as Its motive at con
viction that the withdrawal of
the pumpmen is the only weapon
In their hand a. They arena that
a few weeks' cessation of work
will not really Injure the mino
owners wno, considering the de
pressed condition of industry,
have ample stocks of coal on tho
surface. They declare that tho
mine owners have brought thla
fate upon themselves by including-
luc pumpmen among those whose
contracts will be cancelled un
less they accept new wage termed
faade, not through Joint discus
sion, but by the mine owners
themselves. -Extremists
Support Miners.
The argument nf v.
find absolutely no support except
On the part of the extreme. So
cialist newspapers. All the other
newspapers condemn them quite
Strongly, and general regret Is ex-
pressea tnai th miners refused
to listen to the advice of men
like Herbert H. Asquith. John R.
Clynes and Arthur Henderson.
Mn this connection jtfr. Clynes.
who is chairman of tfc n.n.-
nientary labor party, idade an In
teresting statement on the ad
journment of the house of com
ni on s this afternoon,
iii Wh,n "Pressing regret over
the decision of the minera. be
wud ,he eqoally regretted that
I remler Lloyd George thought It
hrorv-r in . ...
7 " imputations
against the motives of the lead
m of the miners. Ha Mld that
Ifle actual dlman jIaha t .i
! rnlnet ud to th v.
. ki molt i. ... .
,r; ii ma not Justify
if!et,b?,nir mad " cause
KiAnt7ev n? w,th "eolations
jrhich might lead to a settlement
of the dispute. He concluded by
declaring that the cost to the
Country through the strike nvW
WOllM K tarn . ..." :
iij" t v ,,r man would
iw th lf th overn
ment had continued to control
ifr.vnM a ,,u, wn,,
Sed WMC question was set
!Tj momentous proclamation
jastrlal war was mad in the
notife of commons In quiet but
jruwa . tones. Mr. Lloyd
m? U iron? Prepared docn-
2LatnA BJ.
. . " nuase ot lords
by -Ran Curxon.
gjA deputation of the railway
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