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Things Worth Knowing.
Premier Venlzelos of Greece called
upon Premier Orlando of Italy In Paris
recently, and the two men conversed
concerning the claims of their respec
tive nations to Albania.
An increase from $5000 to $6000 a
year in the salaries of official report
ers of debates In the house and of
hearings before its committees, was
voted Saturday by the house.
Commandants of all army camps and
posts have been Instructed by General
March to prevent the sale or delivery
of uniforms by civilian tailors to of
ficers and men of the army to be dis
charged. The labor situation in Papeete, Is
land of Tahiti, Is acute as a conse
quence of the recent epidemic of Span
ish Influenza, as It is estimated that
fully 50 per cent of the able-bodied la
borers died of the disease.
Count Karolyl, president of Hun
gary, has informed his cabinet that the
division of lands shall commence as
soon as the land reform act Is pub
lished, according to a dispatch from
Vienna.
The Western Fruit Jobbers associa
tion, at its 15th annual meeting in
Chicago, Saturday, adopted resolutions
condemning the service of the Ameri
can Railway Express company, oper
ating under federal control.
Twenty buildings In the heart of the
Fairbanks, Alaska, business district
have been destroyed by a fire which
started early Friday. In an effort to
save the federal buildings and the
first national bank, firemen tore down
adjoining structures.
The priceflxlng committee of the war
industries board will cease to exist on
March 1. This became known through
publication in the official bulletin of
the committee on public information
of a joint letter of resignation of the
committee to the president at Paris
and his reply.
More than 1500 machinists employed
In 85 so-called "outside shops" went on
strike in San Francisco Saturday as
a result of a controversy with their
employers Involving the Macy basic i
wage scale, retroactive pay and Satur-:
ilav half holldavs. The walkout does 1
not affect shipyards.
George Holmes, who claims to be
an agent of Francisco Villa, on the
border, was arrested at his ranch, 125
miles east of El Paso, Tex., early Sat
urday, charged with theft of a Vickers
machine gun, 3600 rounds of machine I
gun ammunition and seven rifles from
the United States army border camp
near here.
General Pershing cabled the war
department Friday denying reports
that mall to and from the American
expeditionary forces had become con
gested at French mall heads. The
general said there was no delay or ac
cumulation of mall for the United
States, and no accumulation of cor
rectly addressed mall arriving in
France for the' soldiers.
Tho state arsenal at Spandau, Ger
many, employing 50,000 laborers, has
boon closed because of the coal short-1
age.
A blizzard which began Sunday In
South Dakota and western Nebraska,
reached Norfolk, Neb., Monday and Is
working eastward rapidly.
Frodorlok William Hohonzollorn,
oldost hoii of tho former Gorman em-
poror, according to a Borlln dispatch
to tho Munich Zoltung, has limtltutod
proceedings for a divorce,
Disturbed conditions nro roportud In
Turkestan, where IlnluhovlHt uptlvlly
U jirovalont und wliuro sono 40,000
jjornun and Austrian tiX-jirlsonorH ra
in it I ii,
After weeks of a suowless winter
eastern Oregon points nro again snow
covered, much to tho delight of wheat
growers. The weather Is so warm tho
snow mny not last long.
The total county Indebtedness o
Klamath county is now $132,249.76, nc
cording to the semiannual statement
of County Clerk C. It. Delap. This Is
a reduction of $367,761 slnco a corrcs
ponding dnto in 1914.
Motor vehicle registrations for Jan
uary, 1919, exceeded thoso of January
1918, by nearly 12,000, according to
tabulations for tho month as nindo
public at the office of Secretary of
State Olcott. There were 49,062 motor
vehicle registrations for tho past
month as against 37,214 for tho samo
month of last year.
The bill by Representative Oalla
gher allowing counties to vote on the
question of Jack-rabbit bounties under
the initiative passed tho houso Frl
day. Several counties have voted in
favor of such bounties, hut tho mi
promo court declared such county
legislation Invalid without an enabling
act from tho legislature.
Prunegrowers of western Oregon
who have complained of dlscrlmiua
Hon In tho prices paid by tho govern
ment for prunes ror mo army win oe
given hearings at Salem soon, accord
Ing to notice received by Senator Mc
Nary from tho War department. Cap
tain H. D. Walker, of tho division of
purchases, is now on tho way to the
Pacific coast to hold such hearings.
Plaus for entertainment of the Ore
gon Cattle & Horse Raisers' assocla
tlon, which will hold Its annual con
vention In Bend in April, wero out
lined last week by the Bend Commer
cial club, and will be announced In
detail In the near future. A feature
of the preparations, It was learned
will be a campaign for now members
Fire at Gold Beach Wednesday af
ternoon destroyed a major portion of
the business section of the town, In
eluding the general stores of the Wed
derburn Trading company, Blschel
hotel, B. M. Littler's hardware store,
Dr. Schlelnann's drug store, Bank of
Gold Beach, and tho Coos and Curry
telephone station. The loss is estim
ated at between $75,000 and $100,000,
Approximately 40,000 out of 54,000
acres of the lower Klamath lake
marsh lands, wlilcn are being re
claimed by the installation of gates
at the Southern Pacific crossing of
the Klamath Strait, have been drained
with a total lowering of the water of
two feet in the 15 months since the
gates were installed, according to of
ficers of the Klamath drainage (lis
trict.
A plan for the drainage of the seep
age waters from the canal and various
parts of Mills addition, which pur
poses to carry tho waters outside tho
Strahorn railroad dyke, was selected
Friday at the Klamath Falls council
meeting. Surveyor J. C. Cleghorn pre
sented tho plan, which will bo sub-
mltted to Washington as a basis for
co-operation between the city and tho
Reclamation service.
Charles Allen and James Tomb,
trappers, brought into Bend Thursday
night by District Game Warden
George Tonkin, pleaded guilty in Jus
Itlce court and wero fined $125 each
for killing deer out of season. Mr,
Tonkin found 10 fresh deer skins, a
quantity of venison and a beaver tall
In their cabin. Tho venison was pre
sented to the Bend chapter of the Red
Cross, to bo distributed among tho
poor of tho city.
At tho meeting of the Multnomah
County Fair association Monday, tho
dates for the fair this year wero set
for September 1C-20. It Is planned to
ask for a larger appropriation from
tho state for tho support of tho fair,
which, combined with the monoy given
to the Portland Land Products show,
will total $7000. II. A. Lewis, John M,
Maun and C. I), Mlnton have been
state legislature.
Tho Ochoco Irrigation district has
closed a contract employing tho Pugat
I Sound Bridge & Dredging company,
at Seattle, to build a lurwn hydraulic
cnrllif 111 iluiri. Tim work was iimliir
,C0Iltruct to Twohy JirolUan company,
of ,,rllnn(li I1(J W(1 abandoned by
thorn on February :i, 1011. William II.
Lewis, manager of Dig sluicing depart
ment of tho Seattle conaorii, wuh In
I'rlnovlllo last week, 'J'liu pump work
Iiuh boon Hliirled mid I lie xlulolni: op
eration Iiuh (joniiiieiiged,
WILSON
DISCERNS
OF
Presidend Appeals to Congress
for Favorable Action.
REASONS ARE SECRET
House Naval Committee Chnlrnyin Re
fuses to Tell Text of AIcssaRC
Involving Foreign Policy.
Washington, I). C Disclosure In tho
houso Tuesday by Chairman Padgett
of the navnl committee, that President
Wilson, In a cablegram last week to
Secretary Daniels. Insisted that con
gross adopt the new three-year naval
building programme, was followed by
futile efforts of republican members
to obtain tho text of the message
Representative Padgett said tho
president's cablegram was responsible
for tho committee's unanimous recom
mendatlou of the construction of 10
dreadnoughts nud 10 scout cruisers
carried In tho new $750,000,000 navnl
appropriation bill, consideration of
which was begun in tho house. Mr.
Padgett refused to make public tho
text of tho message on tho ground
that questions of foreign policy wero
Involved in its contents.
"Tho president was very Insistent
that tho throo-yeur programme should
bo carried out," declared Mr. Padgett
"In substance, the president stated
nothing had occurred over there to
change his recommendation, but said
It there wero developments In tho way
of tribunals for disarmament and n
league of nations he would be wilting
a proviso should be inserted to nllow
him to discontinue tho programme."
Only one member of the house op
posed tho proposed naval expansion
during debate. Representative Hud
dleston, of Alabama, criticised the bill
as representing "a policy of Imperial
Ism that would saddle tho country
with a burden of militarism" and
-would lead to another war.
Representative Kelley, of Michigan
republican member of the naval com
mlttee, urged tho expansion, as did
Representative Miller, of Washington
another republican.
A cross-fire of questions from re
publican representatives disclosed that
the president had sent a message urg
lng the necessity of passing tho bill
Representative Gillette, of Massachu
setts, asked If the message said "that
the failure of the bill would be fatal
to my negotiations," and said he re
garded such language as "Intimating
tho United States had only one nego
tiator over thero."-
"That Is not nccurotc," answered
Mr. Padgett.
Pressed by Representative Rogers,
of Massachusetts, republican, who
asked if the word "fatal" was used,
Mr. Padgett said ho would have to bo
"excused from answering as to tho
words that wero or wero not In tho
president's cable," and added that ho
would "not affirm or deny any word
in tho cablegram."
Workmen Want Free Tickets Home
Washington, D. C O. R. Hartwig,
president of tho Oregon State Federa
tion of Labor, asked the Shipping
board Wednesday to assist In trans
porting back to their homes approxi
mately 5000 workmen sent to tho Pa-
ciflo coast during tho war to build
wooden ships, contracts for which
havo now been canceled.
Mr. Hurtwlg said later that Acting
Chairman Donald had promised that
an Investigation would bo made and
transportation furnished If tho situa
tion made It stem desirable. Serious
unemployment Is threatened by the
stoppage of the wooden ship construc
tion, Mr. Hartwig said, and union of
ficials hold that tho men moved to tlio
coast to work on such ships should he
sent back home.
Dry Ratification Refused,
Hartford, Conn. By ft vote of 2 to
14, tlio Ooiiiittotlciit senate Wednesday
afternoon, refused to ratify tho fed
oral prohibition aiueiidiiiont. Action
by Ihu ('oiiiMotlmit sunulu is thu first
void ugnliiMt ratification IIiiih fur (alien
by liny bruneli of u Jimlnlaturo In Ihu
tfnllwl Slates,
NEED
NAVY
LEAGUE PLAN PROGRESSES
Commission Said to lie Third Tlirougl
With Big Tank.
Purls. Tho society of nnttona com
mission of tho pence conference has
virtually covered one-third of lta task
It Is officially announced.
Agreement, tho statement adds, has
been reached on tho principles under
lying tho whole draft for a. society of
nations. a
Tho fact that there has been much
discussion lit tho sessions of tho com
mission for framing the noddy of un
lions has led to tho belief la some
quarters that the success of tho plan
was endangered. It may bo stated,
however, that In the opinion of men
behind this project, such Is not the
case.
Published reports that certain fun
dnmeutal principles dear to the Amor I
can delegation have been sacrificed are
declared to be untrue, It being ex
plained that some of the features do
scribed as discarded never wero Includ
ed In the original American or British
plaus.
Lord Robert Cecil and General
Smuts, representing Great Britain,
mot In tho rooms of E. M. House with
Premier Orlnndo, of Italy, and Dr.
Wellington Koo, tho Chinese delegate,
Friday. The group went over the
whole field nud devised plans for
meeting uuy attempts that might be
made to Impair, In their opinion, the
value of tho original project of it socl
ety of nations.
President Wilson was in consulta
tlon with Vlttorlo Orlando, the Italian
premier, und with M. Trumbltch, the
Jugo-Slav foreign minister, who called
upon the president In the Paris White
House.
Tho Indications were that an effort
was being mnde by the president to
mediate between the two nations for
tho purpose of aiding them to reach
nn agreement for tho settlement of
their conflicting claims regarding Al
bania, Flume, Istrln and Dalmatla.
Nineteen small belligerent nntlous
won definite recognition from tho su
preme council of tho pence conference
Friday, which granted four additional
Bents on the commission on the soci
ety of nntlous to lesser countries. This
gives to tho small powers nine seats
on tho commission which will frame
the plan for tho society und 10 scats
to tho five great powers.
Poland, Rouinanla, Czechoslovakia,
and Greece, will hold additional scats.
This concession became known nfter
a long session of the commission on
the society of nations, which President
Wilson attended. Tho chief point dls
cusHcd was tho constitution of the ex
ecutive body of tho society of nations
LABOR SITUATION
DECLARED BRIGHT
Washington, D. C Fears of long
continued unemployment wero dis
counted Saturday In a statement by
the training servlco of the department
of Labor, which predicted that when
agriculture and Industrial concerns
get under way In tho spring there will
be a shortage of sevcrnl million men.
Manufacturers wero urged to begin nt
ouco n training program to Increase
tho efficiency of tho help they now
hnve In anticipation of the shortage
to come later.
The statement said that practical
cessation of Immigration In the last
four years had caused a loss of 2,500,-
000 new Inhabitants nud that probably
1,000,000 Amerlcnn workers would bo
under arms In Franco for many
mouths. Estimating that farms In the
spring would need 2,000,000 workers
and that factories and building opera
tions would require large numbers,
officials wild there soon would be keen
competition between factories nud the
farmers for unskilled labor,
U. S. Troops Ordered to Cities
Tuconia, Wash. One thousand, five
uudreil nud fourteen men from the
list Infantry and n machine gun bat-
iillon not yet fully demobilized was
nt from Camp Lewis lo Seattle and
'acomu Thursday night on orders
om tho war department "to protect
government property ami lo assist In
quelling disorders If the governor of
Washington requires iihhIhIiiiic, or If
ho emergency requires the Intorvon
Ion of troops," Tlio men nro nil regit-
lar niniy troops mid all thu Infantry
iimjii nro (jqulppod wllli rifles mid buy
UIIOlM,
I
ACOMA
UNIONS
CALL OPF STRIKE
Mission of Walkout Declared to
Have Been Fulfilled.
A. M. MONDAY, DATE
Controversy Over Shlpynrd Wane
' Scale In No Way Affected by
Sunday's Action,
Tacoma, Wash. Tho general strike
In Tacoma ended at 8 o'clock Monday
morning. It was officially called off
shortly before 5 o'clock Sunday by the
general strike committee.
Tho rcHoJutlou given out by the com
mittee says:
"Wo of the organization committee
of tho general strike committee, as
sembled this, the ninth day of Febru
ary, 1919, recommend Hint the follow
ing resolution be passed :
'"Whereas, tho general strike has
fulllllcd Its mission In showing thu
lolldarlty of labor, to show the em
ployer of labor that tho worker will,
If necessary, use thu general strike,
now thetefore, bo It,
' 'Resolved, that each of the crafts
or Individuals who are not affiliated
with tho Metal Trades, return to work
at 8 A. M.. February 10, 1919. That If
any craft or Individual Is discriminat
ed against, we, tho general strike com
mittee, wilt take such action ns will
put them back on tho job.'
"Passed by thu'gcncrnl strike com
ailttcu thlH 9th day or February, 1919.
"General Strike Committee,
"C. W. Bryan, Secretary."
The demise of tho general strike
does not affect tho Metal Trades'
Council's controversy with tho Emer
gency Fleet Corporation over tho ship
yard wage scale. The shipbuilders
will await tho action of the Pugel
Sound council In which they are af
filiated with Senttlo und Everett
workers In their crafts.
The calling off of the general strike
makes It unnecessary for the long
shoremen or other organizations to
take further votes either In walking
out or staying out in sympathy with
thu metal trades.
Seattle. I-'oriual statements Issued
Sunday night by Mayor Olo Hanson
nuil a citizens' committee represent
Ini; 37 civic, patriotic and business or
ganizations asserted that tho back
bone of Seattlu's gcnoral strike of 55,-
000 workers, now In Its fourth day,
had been effectually broken.
Almost simultaneously It was an
nounced that the barbers had voted
to return to work nud that several
other labor unions were meeting to
consider similar action,
"All city nud public utilities nro
operating 100 per cent," tho muyor's
statement suld, "All strcotcars are.
running. Gns, light, wnter, power,
garbage collections, hospitals, etc., nro
functioning. All schools nud theaters
will open. Seattle, n loyal city, Iiiih
responded nobly in tills emergency.
"The revolution has failed. Tho at
tempt to estubllsh u soviet govern
ment mid control and operate all en
terprises and Industries has collapsed.
Die government should now arrest,
try and punish all loaders In this con
spiracy. No sklm-mllk policy should
be adopted."
Troops Block Agitation.
Evurutt, Wash. Arrival of company
I), first regiment, with a mncliluo-gun
letaehmuut and two guns under com
mand of Major A, R, Emery hero Sun
day, quickly terminated any plans
that might havo been made for u dem
onstration by labor agitators in sym
pathy with tho Scuttle strikers,
Tlio regular Infantrymen were or
dered by Major (luiinnil John Morri
son, who arrived In Seattle Saturday,
Ui (loiiiinaud federal troops thorn mid
nt Taooinu during thu general strike
(iniurgeiiuy in Ihowj two ulUim,