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Salem, Ore., Feb. 8. In urging
the passage of the house bill plac
ing $75 per month as the minimum
salary which may be paid school
teachers. Mrs. Alexander Thomp
son, representative from Hood River
and Wasco counties, made an Im
passioned speech. She sald
"Gentlemen, let us take the
schools of Marlon county for ex
ample. In 1914 and 1915, the aver
age wage was 158.18. In 1918 and
1919 the average wage Is 164.78.
The Increase In pay has been $6.60.
In living expense the Increase has
been $9.78., Gentlemen, these are
facts.
"An Illiterate foreigner' may
come to America and earn $7 a day.
An American girl, a college gradu
ate. In the most exalted of profes
sions, Is paid less than tl a day,"
The house passed the bill.
IMMMICK WOULD RESTORE
THE DEATn PENALTY
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8. The senate
committee on judiciary has reported
favorably 8enator Dtmmlrk's Joint
resolution to restore the doath pen
alty for persons. convicted of murder
In the first dogree or for , treason.
The committee added the amend
ment that Jurlos Instead of the court
shall determine whether the pen
alty shall be death or life Imprison
ment. T
AS GREAT FRUIT STATE
Boise, Ida., Fob. 8. That Idaho
will next year be at greater factor
In the fruit business of the north
west Ih tho bollef of Ilurvcy Allrod,
retiring dlroctor of the state farm
markets bureau, who hns completed
a survey of tho Btato on soveral of
the more Important fruit lines. .
Ho finds that Idaho hnB 14,000
acres sot out to. orchards, nnd points
out that Its apples have taken prtzos
In competition with all other parts
of the (country. .
Barring a repetition ln 1919 of
the heavy loss from 1 unfavorable
weather, shipments from Idaho are
due to reach at least 20 or 25 per
cent more than the good year - of
1917, owing to the number of new
orchards --(that will have como Into
bearing In that time, It is estimated.
ON FIVE TRANSPORTS
' Washington, Feb. 8. The battle
ship Kansas and five transports
bringing 600 officers . and '; nearly
8,000 men have sailed from France,
The 116th engineers, including Ore
. gon troops, are aboard. .
Wiuit Government Ownetwhlp and
Prlvnto OiH-rnlon by On lllg
Company .
Washington, Feb. 8. Railroad
labor Interests 'have proposed gov
ernment ownership and private op
eration by one large corporation, co
operatively organized, and sharing
profits with employes, as their solu
tion of the railway problem.
Testifying before the senate Inter
state commorce committee, on behalf
of the four leading trainmen's broth
erhoods and other employes' organi
zations. Glenn B. Plumb of Chicago,
rocommneded that the government
acquire all railroad property at a
price fairly representing the physical
valuation and entrust the operation
to a corporation to be directed Joint
ly by employes, officers and the gov
ernment, and rates would automa
tically be reduced when profits
amounted to more than a fixed rate.
The corporation would be subject
to regulation by the Interstate com
merce commission which would re
tain Its present regulating powers.
The brotherhoods objected to the
railway executives' proposal for
establishing a secretary of transpor
tation, saying this would constitute
"regulating the people In the Inter
est of capital."
6.1TII ARTILLERY TO RK
IN PORTLAND FEn.
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Portland. Feb. 8. The 6Bth ar
tillery will be In Portland on Febru
ary 16-17, according to word re
ceived by the - soldiers' reception
committee. The officers and men
are en route to Camp Lewis for de
mobilisation. SEC. LANE WANTS TO
RNISH ALASKA RY.
Washington, Feb. 8. Congress
has been asked y Secretary, Lane
, for $13,800,000 with which to com
plete the Alaskan railroad within
the next year.
FINISH WORK TODAY
Paris, Fob. 8. The peace confer
once commission on the society of
nations expects to finish its work at
a session today.
TUOl'RLW AT Ill'TTE
OVER CASHING WARRANTS
Butte, Mont., Feb. 8. Although
the bankers have arranged to cash
I the city warrants for firemen's sal
jarles, Mayor Mnloney Issued ah'or
, dor today stating that he would dls
' charge all firemen and the'1 psllce
Monday unless the .banks agree to
cash the salary warrants of all de
partments. . . , ;
' Paris, Feb. 8. Jn response to an
lnvllntjon to visit the Knights of
Columbus blub rooms In this city,
President Wilson sent the following
acknowledgement! "You may be as
sured It would be a pleasure for me
to stop In, at the headquarters of
the Knights of Columbus If it were
possible for me to do so. I have
greatly admired the work they have
done and beg that yon will! c.onvey
to them my very warm and sincere
congratulations and thanks." '
Believe Workmen Weakening-Strikes Imminent in Many
Cities-Armed Union Miners at Butte Drive Off Strike
Breakers-'Bricklayers Go Out Quiet at Tacoma
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 8. No action
had been taken at 8 o'clock this
morning by the strike commltees as
to Mayor Hanson's ultimatum.
No cars were operated this morn
ing. Officials are uncertain when an
attempt will be made. The city has
directed a jitney service Inaugurated
by the mayor's order. .
Mayor Hanson said that unless the
trolley companies operated, city cars
would be sent over alt lines.. "I
hare ordered all union exemption
signs torn off the cars," said the
mayor. "We are going to operate
without the consent of the unions."
Not one case of strike disorder
had been reported up to today. There
are soldier guards on all the streets.
Several more restaurants resumed
business today.
Seattle, Feb. 8, 3:24 p. m. Offi
cials of. the Puget Sound Traction
Light ft Power company say they
believe that It will only be a matter
of hours when the backbone of the
strike will be broken. Employes
are congregating In various barns,
evidently preparing to return to
work.
' Late this afternoon the strikers'
general committee still in confer
ence unofficially Intimated that a
formal vote may be taken at any
hour as to whether' or not to de
clare the strike off.
Seattle, Feb. 8. Street car offi
cials said this " afternoon that they
believe it Is pnly a matter of hours
until the general strike ' will be
broken. Car operators are prepar
ing to return to work, they declared.
Union carmen are still In conference
with the geneal strike committee.
Springfield. 111., Feb. 8. J. 'TP.
Noonan, acting president of the In
ternational Electrical Workers, in a
telegram . today directed all electric
al workers out on sympathetic strike I
In Seattle to return to work.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 8. The Star,
a newspaper, here. Issued under po
lice guard this afternoon.
" I an effort to enforce the demand of
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 8. The bar-j the carpenters for a dollar a day in
here, teamsters and chauffeurs are crease in wages. William Hutchln
all at work today. !son. president of the carpenter's
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 8. Street
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8. Oregon has
taken the first steps in Joining other
Pacific coast states in urging upon
congress tne establishment of a mer
chant marine on the Pacific coast.
A joint memorial has been Intro
duced by Senator Eddy, asking con
gress to get Into action and a con
ference was held In the governor's
office between Secretary Quayle, of
the Oregon chamber of commerce.
President Vinton of the senate.
Speaker Seymour Jones of the house,
Senator Eddy,, chairman of the sen
ate reconstruction committee and
Ben Sheldon, chairman of the house
reconstruction committee. Data was
submitted to show that 400 ships
are' necessary' to carry to the mar
kets of the world the lumber output
BIG MERCHANT MARINE FOR PACIFIC
URGED BY OREGON AND OTHER STATES
car service In this city has been re
sumed and the strike altuatton has
greatly cleared.
Olympla, Wash., Feb. 8. "The
governor has the promise of the war
department for all necessary cooper
ation In coping with the possible
strike troubles at Seattle and Taco
ma," reads an official statement
from the governor's office today.
Butte, Mont., Feb. 8. Hundreds
of armed striking miners today turn
ed back men trying to go to work.
Mining In this district is almost sus
pended.
Spokane, -Wash., Feb. 8. The
commanding officer of Fort George
Wright announced that he had re
ceived orders to hold his troops in
readiness to move to Butte;
Spokane, Wash.. Feb. 8. A local
union newspaper In an editorial to
day urges the Spokane workers not
to join the sympathetic strike. Pres
ident Coates of the central labor
couneil la its editor.
Everett, Wash., Feb. 8. The
trades council voted a referendum
vote on the question of a general
sympathetic strike. The returns
from the balloting Is due next Wed
nesday.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 8. The Oak
land shipyard laborers' union with a
membership of 3,000, voted a holi
day next Monday to take a strike
vote.' A wage of $6 a day Is pro
posed. .! .
San Francisco, Feb. 8 Announce
ment that L. C. Marshal, of the la
bor adjustment board, Is here "to
review the whole strike situation.'
was made at the offices of the ship
ping board.
New. York, Feb. 8
. Th
union
bricklayers and hoisting engineers
the country over will be called out
on sympathetic strike Monday, in
union,
day.
made this announcement to-
of this state, aside from the marine
needs of other industries.
Washington and California . are
participating In the movement and
governor WIthycombe believes that
joint action by the three coast states
will awaken congress to the ltnbw
ledge that action Is Imperative.
"If we are to do our utmost for
reconstruction," said the governor,
"It la necessary that foreign mar
kets be reached and the only way
this can be done Is through a mer
chant marine.' Our network of rail
roads halts at the shores of the Pa
olflc, hence the railroads do . not
build up a foreign trade. Congress
must act If we are not to fall behind
Japan, England and other foreign
countries." . , . ' ...
.cogue to Enforce Peace Asks That
25 Citizens of Josephine County
, ' Attend Meeting
' ' .. 1 .
Judge C. G. Gillette has received
the following letter from the League
to Enforce Peace, the members of
which will hold a meeting at Port
land on February 16-17:
"Yon are invited and earnestly
urged to officially appoint 25 rep
resentative citizens of your city, as
delegates therefrom to the 'North'
west Congress for a League of Na
tions' to toe held in Portland, Ore.,
February 16-17, 1919. Blanks for
the appointments with credentials
attached are enclosed for your use,
"Necessity for clinching the vic
tory won Is a condition wnicn con
fronts our statesmanship noti
theory. It is easy to devise good
international law but the difficulty
is to make them effective. A League
of Nations is necessary to provide
effective means of enforcing peace.
It Is needed to promote the liberty,
progress and orderly development of
the world. . .
"Because of the world-wide Inter
est In the subject, governors of
states and many organised bodies
are appointing delegates. Surely you
atrree . that representatives from
your, city should attend, the .'. con'
grees. .It is important, that yon send
ns the names and addresses of those
whom you delegate -that we may
send them further Information.", .
It la Important that those who
wish to attend the 1ig meeting as
delegates give their names in at
once to Judgp Gillette. Grants Pass
should be represented at the meeting-
. ..' . ' .... .,
GRANTS ; PASS TRYING
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In response to letters from the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce urging
Oregon's members In congress ' to
bend their efforts to secure a gov
ernment building for Grants Pass,
F. S. Bramwell, president of the lo
cal chamber,, has received the fol
lowing telegram from Senator Chas.
L. McXary:
"Shall do all that I can to per
suade the government ' to construct
j a government building In your city.
The government holdings in that
county are very large and Us duty
1b clear In this respect." ."
The local chamber is also urging
Senator J. C. Smith and Representa
tive C. A. Sidler, at Salem, to do all
In their pcVer to' help secure Irriga
tion for this part of the state.
Washington, Feb. 8. General
March said today that demobiliza
tion in the United States is now oh
the home stretch. Over 67,038 of
ficers and 1,033,812 men have been
discharged. The total now Remain
ing to receive their discharge , Is
only 1,442,000.
SWING THE RHINE
. Coblenz, Germany, Feb. ; 8. -Six
tug boats and. 12 other craft have
been requisitioned' by the American
Third army to patrol the Rhine river
in the area occupied by ,the Ameri
cans. A lteutenant and from eight
to 15' United States marines have
been - placed on each boat but . the
German operating, crews have been
retained. . The patrol boats flying
the American flag dart up and down
the river all day directing the traf
fic " : i c.1! ui
TO THE ALLIES
SAYS MILITARISM HAS BEEN DE
THRONED AND BRANDS AR
MISTICE AS RUTHLESS
TO
Germans Laid Down Arm With
Confidence in Wilson Wants
Voice as Peace Conference
Weimar, Thursday, Feb. 6. The
opening of the national, assembly
this afternoon was Impressive ' for
its solemnity, earnestness and sim
plicity. . Chancellor , Ebert's opening
speech, the delivery of which occu
pied a half-hour, was frequently In
terrupted. , . ,
Herr Ebert received only a brief
ovation on his entry. '' ' He found
himself so heckled 'by: Independent
Socialists 'that he was forced In the
middle of his speech (to turn upon
them with the declaration that this
disorder showed how little evil
times, had taught, themf . He spoke
loudly, slowly and ' distinctly, hi
voice carrying to the remotest part
of the theater with Its perfect acous
tic properties.
The chancellor's voice shook with
emotion as he tonched upon points
he deemed essential, . then boomed
hjgh above the discordant shouts ot
the .independents when they tried to
interrupt and drown him out He
aroused approval when lie began by
declaring: ' "We have done forever
with princes and nobles by the grace .
of God.". He said. the German, peo
ple were now ruling itself.
"Our enemies declare they are
fighting militarism,' but militarism
has been dethroned," ' Herr Ebert
asserted. The speaker took up the
armistice terms . and branded them
as unheard of and ruthless. The
whole house was with him when be
protested against the expulsion of
Germans from Alsace and the se
questration of property.
The assembly broke Into shouts of
Indignation as the chancellor refer
red to the 800,000 prisoners of war
still held in captivity. All this, he
said,' showed anything but a spirit
of reconciliation. : . ..
"We warn our opponents not to
drive us to the uttermost," he de
clared. "Hunger Is preferable to
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WHITE WHALE CASTS
FEAR INTO NATIVES
Nenana, Alaska, Dec. 6. (By
mall) Natives along the Yukon
who recently saw a white whale
which had made its way as far as
Tanana, have been living in' fear
ever since. Suspicious as a race, the
natives believe, that the . whale rep
resents the soul of the Indians and
Eskimos who have, died In Alaska
of Spanish Influenza, and that the
whale's appearance Is a warning to
them to look out tor the disease.
London, Feb. 8.- The government
Is quietly arreetlng - and deporting
undesirable aliens who are believed
to be Bolshevist propagandists.