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J Weaker Forecast ; 7 ; Tonight and Friday rain. But no matter what the weather, 25,000 people read The Capital Journal advertisements. - GrcdaHsaYcslerdsy ; 5 3 56 Only Salem Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.' v . 1 - FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 251. TEN PAGES. SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 199. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN XVa XMv STANDS FITS GLXJ ail 0 - t- RGAHON OF BIG CORPORA!! TO PUT Report oh iibusihg toatioi Starts Move to Get Capital fair Needs The organization of a corporation, to build houses in: Salejn seemed certain Thursday, as a result of the sub mission at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Commercial club,, at.the Spa last night, a detailed report on housing conditions in, the city. The report was made by a committee of five men appointed at the last meeting ;of the board, to make a survey. At the meeting last night a com- tions are totally Incommensurate with 'mittee of three: Charles W. Niemeyer chairman; Col. B. Hofer and Homer ' Smith, was selected to formulate plans at once to encourage capital in 1 the undertaking. The committee will work in conjunction with Manager T. .- E. McCroskey, of the ' Commercial club. ,." ,. It is held highly probable that " when the actual facts and figures rel ' atlve to conditions here are submitted ' to capitalists that the building corpo ration will surely follow. , : ; 20,000 People Hero The report -confirmed the repeated statements in the Capital Journal of :, the critical condition here. School and hospital requirements are also incom . mensurate with requirements, the re . port stated. ..The city's present " population, ac cording to the report, is 20,000 per sona. The erection of more industrial ; plants here make it necessary to pro vide accommodations for the people coming In to work.'. , The futility of postponing building for a reduction of prices is emphasiz ed in the report. A list of comparative costs of . materials' for' building also was embodied in the report, and will be. published, later. The report,,; er cept this list, follows: ... Committee's Report. v... The! "findings of the committee up pointed by you at a meeting-two weekB ago to- nvestlgate" housing conditions in Salem, are as follows; . Salem undoubtedly has very inade quate housing facilities for not only renters but prospective purchasers, also school and hospital accommoda- A rbit ration or Walk-Out Ultimatum Issued to Mill -v:y-Compdny. Unless Chas. K. Spalding submiw the mill controversy to arbitration of the Salem welfare committee by to night, the company will be placed on the unfair list, a walkout will be ef fected and members of the Timber Workers union will fail to report ior work in the morning, was the ultima tum issued by union officials today. This statement was made by Phillip Holden, organizer of , the Timber Workers in an interview with a repre sentative of The Capital Journal. - Patience with the alleged unfairness of the company has been exhausted, Mr. Holden said, and the aforemen tioned steps to rectify matters will be taken at once unless the ultimatum is complied with. Spalding Silent. When asked if he would agree to the requirement of the Timber Workers and sumit the trouble to arbitration tonight, Mr. Spalding said: " -; "I am not in a position to make any ' statement regarding that now. What . action I will take I cannot announce INCREASE IN ROAD BOND LIMITATION URGED BY STEWART James S. Stewart, of Corvallis, rep , resentative from Wheeler county, was in Salem Wednesday making prepara tion for the filing of the petition for a constitutional amendment which will allow the state to incur indebtedness up to 6 per cent of the assessed valua tion for the purpose of road construc tion According to the laws the pro posed amendment cannot be voted up on except at a general election, of which the next Is in November, 1920. The amendment proposed to give ' the state the power to increase the bonded indebtedness to $60,000,000 in stead of the present $20,000,000 limi tation which is 2 per cent of the as sessed valuation. - The counties by a law passed at the last special election, have the right to bond themselves, if they desire, up to 6 per cent of their valuation and the proposed amendment would enable the state, according fo Mr. Stewart, to match county Issues in aiding in road building. requirements, Reliable sources of information in this city show the population of Sa lem to be over 20,000 persons and growing steadily. New industries are constantly being added requiring large numbers of fresh labor, all of which must be housed. , , Causes of Shortage , . " Due to the fact that during the past four years there .has 'been but few houses erected, also to the de preciation of many others to such an extent that they have become unin habitable, the city has failed to keep pace with- the gradual Increase of population. And with the sudden ad vent of industries like the paper mill and meat packing plant not td men tion the -very decided increase in bus iness done by existing plants, there is a very congested situation and a problem which must have immediate Action for its Bolutlon. This solution is simply to build more houses. This would then allow many of the older properties in the city to be placed on the market at a less outrageous price than irfany of them are, and also make available a number of them for renters as several tenants of " such properties ' would buy "the hew dwellings.'- :,tij J :-v '. ;;.: ; 1 . , a,, Cost- Survey Made ?, 1 ' tut as the-'' recommendation to: build is the general oonsensus of opin ion, a comparison at this, point of prices i)f" materials and labor has been made of the years 1917-1919 which accompanies this report. (Continued on page four) by Union Men Leaders of the Central Labor council last night submitted a written request to Mr. Spalding to ""arbitrate. - In the event a walkout Is called Fri day, or other trouble arises which will cause a partial shutdown of the mill, Mr. Spalding said that there is enough repair work to do to keep the remain ing members of the crew busy. When asked If any more men would be let out Mr. Spalding said: - Men Not Imported. "No. We are getting along all right now, and no more men will be re leased.' In reply to a report that laborers had been imported from outside the city to fill the vacancies of men who had left the mill. Superintendent Met ers declared. "That is untrue. All the men we have engaged are Salem men, and wo have taken no one in from the out side." Several men, working on the log boom, left the mill this morning.. They I were immediately replaced, Mr. Spard j ing said, and operations were not ham pered, , PAniSON IS SUING TO COLLECT ON CONTRACT S. Al Pattison of the J. Al Pattlson Lumber & Hardwoods, Ltd., firm of Portland, Thursday, began suit here against Mark S. Skiff and Joe M. Grahane, partners In the Orville Tie & Lumber company, for judgment to the extent of $837 for alleged violation of a contract betwen the companies. . In his complaint, Mr. Pattison says that in August,. Ifl9, he contracted with tho Orville Tie U Lumber com pany for 810.000 feet of fir lumber. Trusting in the due execution of the contract, Mr. Pattison says that he se cured buyers for the lumber. Then, according to his complaint, Mr. Skiff and Crahane delivered 31,000 feet of lumber under the contract, and sold the.' remaining amount to other pur chasers. The timber loss caused by forest fires in Oregon this last season is reck- ro.A at 91 K. AAA AAA tan. rnvVi n proximately $376,000. Reward Offered I V For Capture of A reward of $50 is offered by the state for -information leading to the capture of Denton Truax, who escaped from a gang of state prison convicts" engaged in digging potatoes near Lake. Lablsh, five miles north of here Weo ncsday afternoon., Truax is believed to le still in hiding in the brush sur-: rounding Lake Lablsh. ,':' Truax, who was sent up from Baker county for rape, is 28 years old,lve feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 148 pounds Is of medium complexion, has blue grey eyes, dark brown hair, has a scar on the nose and a slanting scar back of the left ear. He is a clerk by occu pation, Kim : H BE 1111 Washington, Oct." 23. Lieutenant Alexander J. Pearson, Jr.; Portland, Or., is believed to have beaten all an nounced leaders in the army trans continental air race, the air service an nounced today.- Histotal for the round trip was 48 hours, 37 minutes, 16 sec onds, nearly nine hours under the time. of Captain J. O. Donaldson. Washington, Oct 23. Captain L. H. Smith was entered on the official list as a leader in the army triftscontinen- tal air derby. ,. . .. - ' -' ' His official flying time for the round trip from New York to San Francisco Is 67 hours, 60 minutes and 47 second less than 16 minutes behind that of Captain J. O. Donaldson, whose rec ord was 67 hours, 33 minutes, 67 sec onds. " ' - .' . ; Lieutenant B. W. Maynard's time was 67 hours, three minutes, 40 sec onds. Figures on Donald and Maynard are believed by the air Service to be prac- ctically correct. Smith's time, how ever, is subject to revision which may land him in first place. MADE SUBJECT OF ATTACK IT Charging that Mattie Leland alien ated the affections of her husband, E N. Erlckson, Mrs. Mary Erlckson Thursday started suit against her for $10,000 damages.1 The complaint was filed with the county clerk. Wednes day evening. The date of the trial has not yet been set. . In her complaint Mrs. Erlckson says that she married her husband in Iowa in December, 1882, and that, thereafter, for 23 years, she lived in blissful harmony and happiness with him. Then, four years ago, she claims, Mattie Leland, who was living at the Brickson home, began to show undue attention to her husband, and at times was seen to caress and kiss him This continued, Mrs. Erlckson al leges, until her husband would pay no attention to her whatever, and lost all his affection for her. She stood, this as long as she could, Mrs. Erlckson says, when she asked her husband to tell Miss Leland, who was at that time 23 years old, to leave the house. .';' . Her husband refused, Mrs. Erlck son claims, and advised her to leave instead". This she did. And has ever since resided apart from her husband WO PRINTERS San Francisco, Oct. 23. Official signatures were attached late yester day to the new agreement of the ty pographical union with the newspa permen and it was in full force to day. The agreement gives the printers an $8 a week increase over the old scale. The actual increase, however, is smaller because the old scale has not been adhered to. .The new scale calls for $42 a week, day work, and $46 a week for night work. The men asked for $67 ana $60 Machinist operators, proof readers and heads of departments get 60 cents over the scale per day. " TWO MEN SHOT. Youngstown, Ohio, Oct.- 23. Two men were shot and seriously injured and four others were jailed after a fight when police caught them' trying to burn the homes of mill workers In Mosler, a suburb, shortly after last midnight BOY'S IS PORTLAND. Portland, Or., Oct 23. Three half breed boys who escaped from the Che mawa Indian school, near Salem yes terday afternoon are believed to be in tor near Portland this afternoon. . The boys were seen at Wilsonvllle, 4ii iutv&aiuKa cvunijr, una morning. . BIG AIR DERBY IilDUSTRIAL CflfflBlCE? -HEWED j .;i 2-:. President. Constitutes New Board From Wreckage Of Old Wita Represeiitatrfes 0fPBbkla;Seats. 1 Delegates Of Capital Excused Folowfeg Walkoat Of La bor Groisn'Nevr Members May Be Added. U Washington; Oct , eS.--Presldent Wilson today ' constituted a . new na tional, industrial conference from the wreckage of the first one. At his suggestion, transmitted thru Franklin K.'Lane, chairman, the dele gates, representing the public, will re main in session toj seek a solution of the nation's Industrial problems. The delegates' of the employers were excused from further attendance and the labor representatives walked out yesterday. But the public's con ferees, the president told. Lane, must carry on the work. " ,: ; Public Group Remains. ' The public' group will be expected to' make an exhaustive investigation of the entire ;national situation, Just as the original conference of the pub lic, capital 'and labor had planned to do, Lane explained. , , . "This group will carry on the work of the committers already appointed by the conference, reorganizing them where vacancies have been occasioned through the adjournment of the or iginal conference," Lane said.v "New members will be added to the group if It seems necessary." " Lane addressed the conference, fol lowing receipt of his letter from the president. 'He said Wilson desired the public group to. carry on the work. - . Delegates representing the public and capital heard the speech but the seats of the -labor-delegates were va cant. . , - ''""." - Aim Is Changed. '''! '" "It was the intention that this con ference should frame a program on which labor and capital could co-operatively work together," said Lane.. "By the withdrawal of the labor group' yesterday, the nature of the conference was changed." r . Lane declared the conference ''ad journed as now constituted" at the conclusion of his remarks. . - . The public group immediately went into session as the other delegates left the hall. . - . 'The president desires the nature of the conference changed and the work carried on by the public group," Lane said in his speech. Consider Public First. "Inasmuch as the burden of the quarrel between capital and labor falls on the public, It seems proper that this group should undertake to find the way. It recognizes tho fact that people of the United States are greater than any party. : ! "The public group will be asked to make a report and to give advice and make suggestions as to the industrial policies of this country, these to be presented to the president." MEMORIAL DRIVE IS FAR SHORT OF GOAL With only three days left for the campaign in this county for the Roose velt Memorial, a great effort must be made to raise the quota of $1700. Thursday it was reported by Treasurer D. W. Eyre that he has received only $2.25 so far. This was turned in by one committee. It is believed that the report of all the committees in the ceunty the receipts will swell largely. In all the city and county schools teachers, during the week, have been acquainting pupils with interesting incidents in the life of Colonel Roose velt In several out districts children have contributed small fftims to the memorial ,it is reported.; ; ' ' According to information received this morning by leaders of the cam paign, several counties in the state have already raised and exceeded their quotas. Marion county's quota la one of the smallest in the state, and lead ers are disappointed at the lack of re sponse to the cause. As an inducement to subscribe, In any amount the donar sees fit, it is pointed out that' the names of all sub scribers will be enclosed in the corner stone of the proposed memorial monu ment . .- - Persons wishing to contribute to the memorial fund are asked to give it to solicitors, or to Mr. Eyre, at the United States National bank. In other cities city officials are. aiding in the cam paign, and it Is probable that the same will be taken up by Salem's civil lead ers and merchants. Every important town In central Ore gon has a highway crew, and progress is rapid on the highway between Bend IN MARION COUNTY Kaiser Scoffed at Idea of Intervention by U. S. -E Von Bernstorff States :" : " :"i By Carl D. Groat . . : iif-(United Press Staff Correspondent) -l Berlin Oct. 22. The former kaiser scoffed at Amer ican intervention early in 1917, according to Count von Bernstorf f , then German ambassador to the United States. Replying to a question by Dr. Sin- sheimer, when he resumed testifying in the relchstag committee of investiga tion of conduct of the war this after noon. Von Bernstorff admitted that Wilhelm telegraphed Foreign Secre tary . Zimmerman about January 16, 117, 4hat "if a breach with America canno: be avoided things must take tbeir course." The statement created a sensation. several committee members gasping audibly. There was a hurried consul tation and after some delay a conv of the tlgram was produced.' It was read by 6lnsheimer.-; Excitement Shown. "His majesty does not care a bit about President Wilson's peace offer." the teiegram said. : "If a breach with Aiiiencnn cannot be avoided, things must take .their course. Events art fle'''!i'ing." - The trcltement grew as the full text was read and then the committee and audience grasped the full import of DEFENSE TODAY i London, Oct 23. (United Press.)--Doctor Orbison, administrative head of the American relief mission in Riga, was wounded by a German shell which struck that organization's headquarters in Riga, a Copenhagen dispatch re ported today. ' .. The shell wad fired during a heavy bombardment of .the city by German artillery attached to Colonel Bermont's army. The Lettish defenders' replied vigorously to the bombardmentvr jj A wireless dispatch from, Moscow, re ported the first tanks manufactured by the bolshevik! 1ft action n cnl-nat" r;eir. eneral .Yudenitch's army butside Petr rograd. Yudenitch's difficulties, a Stockholm report said, have been in creased by the refusal of Finland to co-operate in the attack on Petrograd. The Agrarians in the Finnish diet have blocked any attempt at assistance, it was said, fearing the heavy cost. The Russian soviet government has notified Germany, in a wireless from Moscow that compliance with the al lies' request to join in a blockade of the bolshevlkl would be regarded as an act of hostility. SALEM POLICE WATCH FOR PORTLAND BANDITS Salem police, guard's from the Btate penitentiary and deputies from the Sheriff's office were on the look out here today for the two robbers, who, in broad daylight yesterday, entered a Portland jewelry shop, held up( bound and gagged the proprietor and escaped with $1200 in cash and several thou sand dollars worth of diamonds. Information from Portland authori ties is to the effect that the pair are believed to have headed south in the auto in which they escaped from the scene of the robbery. The failure of anyone to get the number of the auto license makes the hunt difficult, au thorities here say. - TRAIN ESCAPES BOMB Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct' 23. A bomb was exploded on the Pennsylvania rail road tracks at Spers station, near here, a few minutes before a train carrying workers of the Pittsburgh Steel Prod ucts company arrived. The explosion delayed traffic but no one was injured. BOLSHEVIK FIRST TANKS Treaty Friends and Foes Line Up Forces foBallot Upon Johnson Amendment Washington, Oct 23.-rWh!le debate raged on the senate floor over the Johnson, treaty amendment today, democratic and republican leaders worked strenuously in cloak rooms to line up their forces on their proposed reservations. No vote was expected until tomor row on the Johnson amendment. Fur ther reservations will be considered by tho foreign relations committee at a meeting late today. Johnson Makes Plea. Johnson, making a final plea for his amendment to equalize voting strength In the league, declared that he intro duced it with the most implicit faith that it would be accepted by the sen ate with enthusiasm and acclamation. "I find that I am sadly mistaken," said Johnson. "There are gentlemen in this senate who refuse to their coun this hidden bit of imperial diplomacy. There was a confused muttering above which Dr. Karl Helfferich, former Qer man ambassador to Russia, could be heard to whisper loudly: "Nonsense." When the hearing was resumed Sin shelmer declared Germany's program of peace conditions sent to Wilson on January 12, 1917, and said to be the same as Germany offered December 28, 1916, were in reality not the same. American Plot Denied. "This is the first time I ever knew that," interrupted Von Bernstorff. ex- ) citedly. Turning to discussion of alleged Ger man plots in America, Bernstorff said he believed that nothing ever trans pired to justify the accusation of con spiracy. He admitted that certain Ger man officials had participated in act of sabotage, but declared the German foioign office was never a party to it American public opinion against Germany resulted mainly from the in vasion of Belgium, he maintained. (MM SLAYER ' OF BENEFACTRESS BEGINS LIFE TERM Clarence Johnson, confessed slayer of Mrs. Eunice Freeman of Portland, arrived here this morning to begin ser ving a life sentence In the state prison. Johnson was brought to the peniten tiary handcuffed to W. C. Carter alias W. H. Crawford sent up from Multno mah county on a sentence of from one to three years for foregery. Crawford forged a check for $5000 on Simon 8. Guild of the Wakefield, Fries company of Portland, cashing the same in Tus con, Arizona. Deputy Sheriff Sherman of the . Multnomah county force who brought the, two prisoners to Salem this morning stated that he experi enced no difficulty ori the trip. . i Johnson entered a plea of guilty to .. a charge of second degree murder be fore Judge Gatens of the Multnomah county circuit court, Wednesday after noon and was immediately sentenced to a life term in the state prison. . -. A complete confession of his brutal murder of Mrs; Freeman on August 15 last was made Tuesday afternoon, by Johnson in the district attorney's of fice. ' .: . No concern was exhibited by the prisoner as to the possibility of punish ment for his crime as he was led back to his cell in the county jail. He ad mitted that if there had been a death penalty in Oregon ' for murder, he might have been deterred from the commission of .the crime. He stated that he expected to go to the penitentiary at Salem for a while, but thought that after a few years he , would be released upon parole. In relating the circumstances lead-; ing up to the murder, Johnson ac knowledged that It was committed through fear that Mrs. Freeman would cause revocation of his parole from the California prisorf. He said that he at tempted to gain her promise that when she visited California she would not report him to the authorities there as having violated his parole. Falling to secure this, he admitted killing her in cold blood and taking $40 from her home to aid him in his' escape. He expected to kill another woman in Portland with whom he had been keeping company and whose name he refused to divulge, but was unable to locate her before being compellod to leave Portland. Johnson was captured in Nome, Alaska, by the United States marshal at that place. v CONGRESS MAY TRY. Washington, Oct 28.-An effort to adjust labor difficulties will be made by congress, should the industrial con ference fall. Representative Smith, Michigan, chairman of the house la bor committee, said today. , . ; try that which Is assumed by an other." . ') "This right which is not denied the United Slates in England, Canada or any other country is denied-In the United States senate," declared John son as he read from the English pa pers articles which said that the Uni ted Sttes is entitled to equal repre sentation, v "t . Cites Tli roe Reasons. ! "There are three reasons why this amondment should be accepted," de clared Johnson. ' . "First it Is right and Just. "Second, the self respect of America demands It. "Third, our pride and patriotism de mand it." , Lenroot, Wisconsin, opposing the Johnson ametdment, declared reserva tions must be accepted or the treaty will fall, '.- . . - ..,' .-..; HMO on PrcpcssJ Of Secretary 72:ca Rejected Bjr 7crkersA "Inadequate ' To Meet Prcs cut Situation. Action Points To Starfc Cf leal btnke 0a November I, Unless More FavcniLIff Terms Are Offered. Washington, Oot 2. Miners meet ing at the American Federation f Labor building today voted to reject Secretary of Labor Wilson's compro mise DrOOOaa.1 for IIAttlnmant A t,A coal strike called for November "The offer is lnadeauata. Insuffi cient and fails to meet the necessttiea oi the situation," said John Lewiu. head of the United Mine Workers, fol lowing the meeting. "We will so tell Secretary of La bor Wilson at i o'clock this after noon." ' " The action! Of ih . miners' m.art. that the coal strike probably will start on schedule time unless Secre tary Wilson can find some other on to bring the miners and operators to gether. .., . Lewis .indicated - the miners anuiii be ODDOSed to nontlnnlnir In onnfAr- jenoe. with the operators here, unless) a proposal Very much more favorable to tbe men was immediately forthoom ing...' ,"' 0- ' ' , Miners, State Position. : ;i In a statement riven out: hafnra m. ing into conference, with Henretjirv Wilson this afternoon, the miner, as. clared the Wilson proposal was prac tically the same thing suggested by the operators and charared that hnth the operators and Wilson had laM aown prroposais like those of Senator Frellnghuysen in his -recent speeoh "in which he undertook to disclose the basis on ' which "the - operators would'deal with the miners." "This remarkable slmllaritv." the, statement said,- "is at least an extra-" ordinary coincidence." - 1 Miners also Said thev had- reeelvaii from governors' numerous appeals to furnish sufficient coat for pub la util ities and state lnstitntions. The min ers declared that the situation in these states after November lt' "will be due to their own fault and to the fault of the operators." ' ' " ' ' BIDS ARE ASKED Oil TO TOTAL 150 MILES Contracts for the improvement of more than 150 miles of state highway in eastern tand southern Oregon will be let by the state highway- commis sion at its meeting ln Portland, No vember. 4. The schedule of jobs on which bids are to be received at tbe November meeting was announced by the department this morning as fol lows: Baker county Canyon-Section, Ba ker-Cornucopia highway,' 2.5 miles graveling. Crook county Crooked River pro ject, 31.8 miles graveling. Prineville- Redmond section, 15.2 miles grading. 4.8 miles graveling. Deschutes county Bend-Jefferson county line section, The Dalles-California highway, 23.9 miles grading. Bend Allen ranch section The Dalles-Cali fornia highway .6 mile grading, 1 mile graveling, 4.1 miles cindering, 11 miles reshaping. Klamath county Klamath Falls- Merril section, 14.7 miles grading and graveling. Merlll-Callfornia line sec tion, 12.8 miles grading and surfac ing. Klamath Falls-Dairy section. 13.9 miles grading and surfacing. . AI goma section, 8.9 miles grading and surfacing. Malheur county Cow Valley-Bro-an project, 9.3 miles grading. Umatilla county Pendleton-Cab- bage Hill section, 7.5 miles grading; and graveling. Washington, Oct. 23. A new sugar bill, without licensing provisions, was introduced today by Senator McNary. Oregon. The bill would extend the life of the sugar equalization . board through 1920, but would not grant it any power to license distribution of sugar. This provision was omitted despite the protest of officials of the sugar equalization board, who declared that unless they were given licenses they would be without authority to enforce their decisions. '? Burning of the box. factory near Trout Lake is seriously Inconvenien cing orchardlsts at Hood River and White Salmon. '