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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1921
CHECK
SYSTEM HILTS
Judge Anderson's Attempt
at Injunction Throws
Lights on Practice
HISTORY IS OUTLINED
Union Members' Dues Are
Deducted by Operators and
Paid to Locals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov 1C
Llke the frogs that appear in
the randy wastes of Texas follow
ing the infrequent rain storms, 01
the. earthworms that crawl out on
the steaming pavements of north
em cities after summer shower
the "check-off" system which the
United Mine Workers of America
proposed to defend, with a nation
wide strike as their weapon, hat
sprung from a mysterious source.
It has no birthday. It has just
grown up. Until the present t me
it has been passed by unnoticed
while other principles have been
fought over by miners and opera
tors..
. Wm Accepted Method
The check-off has never . beei.
an issue in the biennial wage con
troversies between committees oi
the operators and miners but has
been accepted, union officials say,
as the most convenient method ol ,
collecting duet and assessments
from members of the organization
The checkoff, however, is now
considered almost vital to the wel
fare of the anion: in fact It Is so
essential that President John L.
Lewis has sent word to district of
ficers that 'discontinuance of tht
plan should be regarded as break
ing the existing wage agreement
with , operators. A temporary in
junction issued by Judge A. B.
Anderson In United States district
court forbidding continuance ol
the checkoff prompted Mr. Lewis
message. Judge Anderson's order
was recently set aside by action ol
tha supreme court.
Now that the controversy bar
arisen miners' and operators are
giving serious consideration to the
historical development of the
check-off system while the genera
public wonders what is the nature
of this terse technicality that
threatens to stop their fuel sup
ply as winte rapproaches.
Does Deducted
The check-off, as explained b
persons familiar with the mining
industry, is the plan by which the
coal companies' deduct from min
ers' wages their dues to the un
ian, their special assessments,
money due the company for sup
plies, rent ot company houses and
other Incidentals such as hospital
service and maintenance of a mine
physician. Instead of the union
member paying his dues dlrectlj
to local union officials the dues
are retained by the company and
paid -to the secretary of the local
union. '
When the check-off originated
Is not clear. Some of the older
members of the union declare that
It was first adopted In Indiana
while others declare that. its use
in Ohio ante-dated its use in the
lloosler state.
. . , Gradual Growth
The check-oft, it is said, has
had a gradual growth being taken
up In the. various coal fields at
different times. It was first used
by the companies to deduct from
miners wages the sums due the
company ; for rent and supplies.
With the growth of the union dis
trict agreement, were formulated
by which the companies checked
off the miners' dues.
The peculiar conditions exist
ing, in the mining industry more
than 20 years ago were in part re
sponsible for 4he check-off, it is
also pointed out. As the union
grew and gained strength it be
came a practice at different mines
for committees to stand at the
mouths of the mines and refuse to
permit miners to enter who had
not paid their dues and thus were
not in good standing. It was not
i uncommon that the nonpayment
of dues was caused by the in
providence of the miner. The re
sult was cahos in the labor sup
ply and finally resulted in the op
erators agreeing to deduct the
r.nion dues from the pay of the
miners as a means of assuring the
conostand good-tanding of the
miners. This condition is said to
have existed in a number of states.
The check-off had never been
-Incorporated in any Interstate
wage agreements, according to
William Greene, secretary-treasur
er of The United Mine Workers. It
was brought into the settlement
of the coal strike in 1919. how-
eved. At this time the operators
contend, for abolition of the check
off but dropped this contention
when the strike was settled in ac
cordance with, the findings of the
bituminous coal commission ap
pointed by President Wilson.
PRESIDENT HAS
ANOTHER PROPOSAL
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relationships and look for dan
ger points in a general effort at
.good understanling.
Court Suggestion Xebulons
Whether an international court
of justice might be one of the re
sults, is a subject which the pres
ident is said to consider nebulous
for present discussion, although
he Is known to regard some such
tribunal as a logical part of the
plan he has advocated for an "as
sociation of nations."
Ills opinions on that subject
have been expressed in several
public addresses during the past
year, but he never has made a
detailed public statement of the
exact method by which a court
could be established, v
In fact, in his preliminary con
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The United States Government shall retain eighteen capital ships under the plan that was formu
lated at the Washington conference. Great Britain, Japan, Prance and Italy are in accord with Secretary
Hughes for a reduction in the navy and a ten year naval holiday, during which time no ships shall be built.
Four of Uncle Sam's fighting ships that will be retained are shown above. They are the Arizona, Nevada,
New Mexico and Arkansas.
deration of the best menas to
ward international co-operation,
Mr. Harming is said by his friends
to have tried to keep his proposals
as free from detail as possible,
with the deliberate purpose of re
ducing to a minimum the prob
able causes of complication. Hi3
ntention is declared to have besn
-o apply to the world situation
in the broadest sense the princi
ple of a "meeting of minds," a3
he employed it in his pre-inaugu-ration
days at Marion
How far he is willing to go
toward discusslivg with details,
it is declared that he is ready to
let the results of the present con
ference and the plans for future
meetings rest on a "gentlemen's
agreement." rather than on an
informal treaty Some members
of tha American delegation in the
conference are said to favor the
treaty method and the point is
yet to be decided; but it was as
serted in authoritative quarters
that so far as Mr. Harding was
concerned he would as soon have
a nation's word as its bond
.'. Faith Is in Con :.renct
This position the president - is
said to base upon a faith that the
Washington conference will help
put a new face upon internation
al relationships and aroiH? a new
sense of national honor. Agree
ments such as the conference is
expected to reach are regard ?d by
the chief 'executive as' touching
closely national considerations of
uprightness and good will.
The hope of thi president for
a continuation of tho conference
like the present one become
known at a moment when the
arms delegates reached a stage
of their deliberations strongly sug
gesting in its3lf that further ne
gotiations will be necessary to
consummate the task began hero.
Representatives of the nine par
ticipating nations are said io hava
virtually decided at thtr fission
today to send an international
commission of jurists to investi
gate China's judicial system end
report next year to I he vario is
foreign offices and discussions
of oth?r features of the Far Kas!
ern situation continued with a
growing indication that some sort
of international machinery wouM
be necessary to carry out the re
sults of the conference decisions.
Conference Limited
It also is becoming apparent
that the Washington conference
will not be able to make final de
cision on some subjects relalins;
to armaments, since subjects 1 ke
the rules of warfare necessarily
must be given a world-wide con
sideration before there can he a
revision to which the powers will
be willing to bind themselves. A
continuing commission on air
craft is regarded as another prob
able outcome of the conference
and it may be that after a limit
has been set on the submarine
power of the nations there may
be a more permanent boay cre
ated to consider the suggestion
that underwater warfare be abol
ished altogather.
It was not indicated whether
the president has suggested ev4n
Informally to the fordism dele
gates the advisability of inviting
Germany and other unrepresented
nations to participate In the
agreements reached here and nons
of the foreign, spokesmen would
discuss the possibility. It was
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recalled, however, that when Bel
gium, Portugal and The Nether
lands were added to tha invita
tion list of the conference, the
United States first sought te ap
proval of the other powers and an
official of one foreign dslegation
said tonight that he presumed the
same method would be followed
in regard to further invitations.
Delay to lie Avoided
In the view of most delegates
It would not be necessary for all
the nations to send delegations to
Washington to participate in the
final agreements of the confer
ence Such a proceeding might
lead to considerable delay and it
was generally predicted that the
final proposals of the conference
simply would be transmitted to
t' various foreign offices for
acceptance or rejection.
HUSBAM) AND WIFE WRITE
Mr. and Mrs. James Carson,
Columbus. N- M.. sign a letter
saying, "We have both concluded
we shall never be without Foley
Cathartic Tablets and we believe
them to be essential . to good
be:iHh." They keep the stomach
sweet, liver active and bowels
regular. They banish constipa
tion, biliousness, sick headache,
bloating, sour stomach. ens on
stomach, bad breath, coated
tongue. Not habit forming Sold
everywhere. Adv.
WITNESSES IN CASE
HELP ARBUCKLE
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big bulk effectively hut good nat-!
uredly in forcng an entrance into
ths courtroom,
Mrs. llelmont Presnt
Among spectators today was
Mrs. Ranibina Maude Tlmort.
who brought the charge of mur
der against Arbuckle which later
was reduced to thf charce now
being tried. Sh? at close to Mrs
Minta Durfce Arbuck'ie. wife of
the tendant. hut. as f-ir n
could be seen the women did not
glance at each other.
Arbuckle was apparently ini
mov?d by the evidence, dp'aying
general interest in the statement
made by Dr. Rumwell and Miss
Morgan. He apiiearod more
cheerful, however, during the re
cess periods than he has been for
som time past.
Kam-hman Called to St-anrt
Mrs- Jennie Neighbors of Los
Angele. told of having met Mi;s
Ttappe a a summer r-sort near
Los Ange'.es and of having minis
tered to her. at'the girl's request
i for what seemed to be al dominal
pa'ns.
Harry B. P.arker. n ranchman
of Stockton. Ca? , said he had
known Miss R;ipp fcr io ve--
and that he had seen her on sev
eral occasions "all .doubled up
and tearing her clothe." Orr.
he said, she appeared to suffer
greatly after drinking a smalt
glass of wine.
LAST SCENE IN IRISH
ISSUE BELIEVED ENDED
Continued from pace 1.1
eqnally. true that thev were not
going to be parties, at the instance
or for the sake of a corner of Us
ster. to coerc on of the great mass
of Irish people.
Read The Classified Ads.
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FORCED TRANSPORTA
TION HELD NECESSARY
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district are transporting pupils to
Stayton, a d-stance of. nine miles.
This district owns a truck and
collects its 20 pupils each morn
ing and distributing them to their
homes after school.
The Parish Gap directors pay
$2 a day for the transportation of
their five pupils to Jefferson and
then pay $20 annual tuit.on for
each pupil. But considering bad
weather when some children can
not very well tramp to School,
and the advantages of a fine
school like Jefferson, it is under
stood the Parish Gap directors are
more th.in satisfied with their
present arrangements.
It is in order to give children
the advantages of consolidated
districts that Mrs. Fulkerson
hopes in tim3 the legislature will
pass a law making, under certain
conditions, transportation com
pulsory. EXTRA TERRITORIAL
RIGHTS ARE HIT
'Continued from pace 1.)
Root resolution.
Withdrawal Unlikely.
While some hinene members
last night had expressed the opin
ion that they could do nothing but
withdraw from the conference if
Great Britain's reported view pre
vailed. Dr. ( hung Hui Wang, one
of the delegates today sought to
soften those expressions and laid
emphasis on a statement that the
Chinese had no clash with the
British. At the same time, spokes
men for the British delegates dis
cussing the Chinese questions, ex
pressed views somewhat in modi
fication of what wan understood
to be their position at previous
discussions.
An indication that the crux of
the negotiations on the Far East
may be reached before the com
mittee discussions go farther, was
evident tonight when Dr. Welling
ton Koo. of the Chinese delegation
announced that he proposed to
bring the questions of Shantung
and the "twenty-one demands"
treaty before the committee "at
the first opportunity."
Shantung I demanded
The feeling in China, declared
Dr Koo, is so in Tens? on thee
subjects that the delegation feels
it must ask for the complete re
turn of Shantung and abrogation
of the treaty of lHlf. even though
the request leads to serious oppo
sition from Japan. H indicated
that he would wait until the prin
ciples involving the-e questions
were reached in natural order of
committee procedure, adding that
he was- unable to tell how soon
this opportunity might arise.
Today's d'scuss'.on or extra ter
ritorial rights was based on a
statement presented by Chung
Hui Wang, chief justice of China,
detailing condition and asking
that action be taken toward "im
prov ng and eventually abolish
,r"r" the present system. Later
discussions amone th dleento
was said to have revealed a gener
al belief that the Chinese jumciai
rode was sound and that the only
reason for a continuance of the
foreign courts was trip doubt as
to the efficiency of Chinese ad
ministration. In consideration of the Chinese
postal administration, the Chinese
representatives were said to have
argued that the postal service was
one of the most efficient native
functions. The question of for
eign postoffices was said to be or
principal interest to Japan which
was reported to have more than
3 00 postal stations throughout
China The only American postal
station Is at Shanghai.
It was indicatPd that China
would a'so urge control over tele
graph and radio r!immunicallons
as a necessary attribute of domes
tic administration and a study or
that fubject was made at a meet
ing late today of the four Ameri
can delegates. Maps and other
information dealing with the ca
ble and radio facilities in the Pa
cific of this and other nations
were furnished the American del
egates by the navy department.
In Japanese quarters it was said
tonight that Japan sympathized
with China's request that foreign
postoffices be abolished but held
that the conditions be stud'ed be
fore tne actual desire can be put
into effect.
HONOR ROLL HAS
ADDITIONAL NAMES
(Continued from page I.)
Springfield; Pedro Oliverlo, 568
Hood street, Portland.
The list of wounded men is as
follows:
Harry G. Boydstun. Lakeviev
Lile Dailey, Oregon City; Earl T.
Galbreaith, Pendleton; Andrew
Johnson, 20 4 7 East Taylor ave
nue, Portland; Ross V. Loughran,
Florence; Donald Penman, Alix,
Alia county, Canada; Jonathan J.
Thorne, Pendleton; William E.
Johnston, Gresham; Oliver A.
Poer, Drewsey; Lawrence O.
Smith, Second and Cole streets.
Baker; Antonio Volpe, 414 East
Ninth tsreet, Portland; Martin An
derson. Plush; Herbert L. Miller.
Hillsboro; Cuba S. Nosker, Wood
burn; Ellis U. Bartrow, Wood
burn; Calvan NT. Evans. Oakland;
Truxton H. Beck, Salem; Me?
Kirishian, Portland; Fred W. Mc
Enany, Portland; Wililam P. Mon
aghan, Gaston; Charles A. Sharon,
Portland; Ray G. Dawson, Salem;
Robert Fisher, Portland; Johan
nes Rasmussen. Portland; John
Ryan. Portland; Laurence Carna
han, Tallman; Dewey Simmons,
Portland. Total 27.
$3.00 Round Trip to
Portland Every Day
Oregon Electric Railway
On and after October 21st th
Oregon Electric Railway will sell
round trip tickets to Portland for
$3, including war tax, good foi
return to and including the sec
ond day from date of sale,
J. W. RITCHIE.
Adv. Agent. O. E. Ry
Theodoro is to Blame,
Willamette Student Says
Editor Statesman Leopold
Theodoro, as a student of Wil
lamette university, has been giv
en every chance and opportunity,
both by the students of the insti
tution, and by the people of Sa
lem, to make a fair living while
going to school. Several people
have made special effort to se
cure work for him, which he has
taken up with small bit of thanks
or gratitude. "All of these jobs
he has lost through his own care
lessness, or through his seeming
independability. He has proven
thoroughly unreliable, even in the
smallest of tasks.
Adding insult to injury, he has
gone about to everyone who would
listen to his tale of woe. telling
that he had no place to stay, that
he was dead broke, that he was
starving, and that no one In the
community had given him a
chance or a square deal..
The undersigned knows this to
be anything but the truth. Last
Sunday Theodoro met a member
of my fraternity on the street,
and informed him that he had
had nothing to eat for three days.
He was given 50 cents with which
to buy food, and later in the day
was taken over to the fraternity
house, where. we gave him a com
fortable room, a good bed and
meals. He seemingly appreciated
it for about 24 hours, but was
soon out, repeating his hard-luck
story as before. His ingratitude
becoming more and more evident,
the men considered some action
necessary. He left the house
this morning, and will not come
back.
This article is written only
that justice may be given the
community, the institution, and
the fraternity house, all of whic.i
the party under discussion has
evidently tried to put In the
wrong light
Verne Ferguson.
Sigma Tau Fraternity.
Red Cross Campaign Will
Be Concluded Tonight
On account of the most un
usual weather of the past week,
the Red Cross fifth annual roll
call will not close until tonight.
There will be booths established
today in the down town district
for the final appeal.
In the rural districts there haa
also been considerable delay in
putting on the roll call, not only
on account of the weather, but
due to the fact that all teachers
in the county attended this week
the Marion county institute held
In Salem.
Several reports to headquar
ters indicate that sincere efforts
have been made to continue the
great work of the Red Cross Sil
verton reported $292.25, while
Hubbard sent in 72 names at $1
each.
From Mt Angel- there was re
ceived $44.50, and the Broad
acres school district sent in $16.
It; is thought at headquarters
that it will be several days yet
before final returns are all In
from the rural districts.
Professor Pupin says the sun
is bombarding us with electrons.
Will congress please take notice?
TRIE RESUMES
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Subsiding of Willamette Riv
er Brings Relief After
Recent Floods
The 'aate highway departmant
reports that the water in the Wil
lamette river Ins subsideu sui
ficicntly to allow travel between
Corvallis and Albany on the rier
road in Benton county.
The Pacific highway between
Sale maud Albany will be opened
today, a short detour having been
arranged at Jefferson where the
bridges have been washed out.
e McMinnville - Tillamook
highway is now open from Mc
Minnville as far as Hebo. where
a heavy slide took p'.ooe recently.
Stages are going through by
transferring - passengers. It is
said, that Portland people desir
ing to go to Tillamook may
reach that place easily by way
of Astoria or Seaside, then fol
lowing the coast highway to Till
amook The latter road was kept
open during the storm.
Snow fcondilions between Arl
ington and The Dalles and be
tween Hood River and Crown
Point remains unchanged.
Snow is 4'4 inches deep on the
Old Oregon trail in the Blue
mountains. In the La Grande
district there is 24 inches of snow
which is melting raptdly.
Power Development in
Linn County is Planned
James Lindsey of Portland has
filed with the state engineering
department an application for a
permit to construct the Marion
lake and Santiam river reservoirs
for the storage of 75,000 and
1500 acre feet respectively from
the waters of Marion and Mead
ow lakes. Puzzle and Whiskey
creeks, the north fork of the San
tiam river and Duffy lake, the wa
ter to be used for the develop
ment of power in Linn county.
Other applications have been
filed as follows:
By C. E. Carter of Portland-
covering the construction or a
reservoir on Big Marsh creek.
tributary to ef' fn'- of ''- !"-
chutes river, for the storage ot
ON ORE
ON
I
n
SO. 000 acre feet ot water to be
used for irrigation purposes
By O. V. Robbins of Mo'lalla.
covering the appropriation ot
waste water from the Molalla wa
ter system for irrigation of 80
acres in Clackamas county.
By William A. Bacon, of Port
land, covering the appropriation
of three second feet from Trout
creek for fish pond purposes in
Multnomah county.
By J. A. Freeman & Son, of
Portland, covering the appropria
tion of water irom springs and an
unnamed stream for irrigation o'
a 10-acre tract, and for develop
ing two horsepower.
By Edgar N. Smith, of Durur.
Or., covering the appropriation of
water from Fifteen Mile creek foi
irrigation of 2S.5 acres in Wasco
county, also for domestic use, in
cluding water for livestock.
By A. E. Brown, of Crane, cov
ering the appropriation of 2 4
second feet from Indian creek and
reservoir for supplemental supply
for irrigation purposes, in Harney
county.
By J. J. Kiely. of Phi3h. Or.,
covering the appropriation of wa
ter from au unnamed spriug for
irrigation of a sixacre tract in
Lake county.
By Mrs. H. Francois, of The
Dalles covering the appropriation
i of water from Mill creek for irri
gation of a 10-acre tract in Was
co county.
By James Trimble, of Hereford,
Or , covering the appropriation of
water from Burnt river for irri
gation and supplemental supply
lor 4 3 acres in Baker connty.
By Fred G. Money, of Carlton,
Or., covering the use of water
from Panther creek for irrigation
of 60 acres mi Yamhill county.
By Charles Roberts ot Beaver
ton, covering the nsa f water
from Cedar Mill creek for irriga
tion of 16 acres in Washington
county.
War College Recommends
Large List of Military
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Cap
tains Rudolph De Steiguer, naval
hydrographer; William Carey
Cole,, assistant to the chief of op
erations; John Valentine Chase,
commanding the battleship Ari
zona,' and William W. Phelps,
chief of staff, naval war college,
were recommended today by the
naval selection board for pro
motion to rear admirals to fill
existing vacancies. The board at
the same time presented to Secre
tary Denby names of 26 officers
recommended for captaincies and
60 to be commanders.
WUien a Range is Too Big
In almost every home there are important heating
requirements in kitchen, laundry, or nursery, that
are large enough to justify an investment in addi
tional electrical heating equipment, ' even though
another range would be too big.
It is for such uses that
Hot Plates have been designed. These devices are
efficient, practical, and of extreme convenience. They
are not too large to be moved in case of necessity,
and they are neat, clean, and economical.
Deflector plates underneath prevent any danger of
scorching the support on which the hot-plate may be
placed. This is further obviated by the design of the
heaters, which concentrate the heat directly under
neath the vessel. Each heater has three-heat control,
the left-hand heater being equipped with three sepa
rate switches, the right hand with a single three-heat
switch. They are made also in single-heater sizes.
Westinghouse Hot Plates possess advantages of
convenience and economy which many people will
readily appreciate.
Portland Railway, Light
& Power Co.
Salem Electric Co.
Welch Electric Fixture Co.
SALEM, ORE.
Fobes Supply Co.
Wholesale Distributors
PORTLAND, ORE.
FORREST
DM
IS fOlO GUILTY
Justice of the Peace Unruh
Says Sentence flill Be
Imposed Monday
Guilty as charged.
This was the verd.'ct returned
by a jury in Judge O. E. Unruh'a
court yesterday afternoon follow
ing trial of Forrest Brown, who
recently demanded a jury trial
when faced with a charge of hav
ing intoxicating liquor in his pos
session. Sentence will be Imposed Mon
day, Judge Unruh announced.
This marks Scene one. Act three
in a little comedy-drama in which
Brown led City Patrolman lUrt
chett a brief chase following
Brown's bottle smashing stunt at
Commercial near State street.
The state presented testimony
tending to show that the bottle
contained liquor.
In Act one. Brown was senten
ced $100 by City Recorder Earl
Race on a charge of resisting an
officer.
In Scene one, Act two. Brown
was fined $50 after pleading
guilty to the charge ot breaking
glass on the pavement..
Scene two. Act two, might be
termed the "Sorrow Scene" ot the
little drama, for when Brown's
friends finally secured the $150
and paid ihs fine, he was imme
diately rearrested and lodged in
the county Jail. t.
Ast four has not yet been staffed
for a fourth charge, that of depos
iting glass upon a highway has
also been filed against Brown.' .
Brown is also under bond under
a charge ot alleged violation ot
prohibition statutes. This charge
pertains to Brown's arrest sev
eral months ago when, his father
J. M. Brown, seriously . wounded
Arthur Lewis, an anti-saloon
league employe, law enforcement'
agents asserting that the two -Brown's
were attempting a li
quor delivery.
Since the shooting. Lewis hat
been an Invalid, his thigh having
been badly shattered by " the
heavy calibre bullets from
Brown's automatic pistol. The el
der Brown is at liberty under
$1500 bonds, his case having been
set for trial during the January
term of. circuit court.
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