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c r w ... ) ; BILL PROPOSES - WAR DIRECTOR FOR MUNITIONS Military CommitteeApproyes Radical Change in Fed i eral Machinery j SINGLE DUTY OUTLINED Council Would Form Broad Policies and Settle Bu , . reaus Disputes ( WASHINGTON', Jan. 18. Radical changes In the government's war making machinery are proposed in Mils, to establsh a war council o w three members, alt powerful under the president, and to create a direc tor of war munitions, approved today by the senate multary committee. The' hill for & director of muni tions was placed before the senate today and that for the -war co"unrrr will he Introduced by Chairman Chamberlain Monday. - Both measures have virtually the unanimous sunporLofLthe romnrnto. fco far there has been no Intimatl of what may be the attitude otPres Ident Wilson. Proposals to have the tecrctarles of 'war and nary is ex of f Id o members of the war council were rejected by the committee. The bill proposes that the1 threi members o the wpr council 'shall be , cppolnted by the president, with con f Irmatlon Jy the senate, and ,be d' . rcctly under the president andabovo f the cabinet in authority, with powfr to "supervise, control and direct all departments, bureaus and agencl rf the ffOvernment In the prosecu tion of the war." j y It i proposed that the council members shall have no other duties than to form and to execute with th: president's approval and c ooperation JTJor&Ias Falrban3 In J3fc - aaleJPla "The fcwaV Corning taiThe BIigh Theatre Next Sunday r BLIGH TODAY BIG ACTS HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE m? All New , Never! Seen; Here Before PLAYING : V TO CAPACITY ASK A FItlEXD WIIO SAW IT YKSTKItDAY A SOUL-STIRRING PICTURIZATION IN TEN ACTS OF JHE GREAT HUMAN, - iTHROBBING EPIC OF THE NORTHWEST HIE v PRODUCED UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF ?: ' r;RiE3C BEGH ; THE AUTHOR BIGGER BETTER, AND FAR GREATER THAN "THE SPOILERS i . - : ,i . , LIBERTY The Only Theatre in Salem Showing Absolute First Class ' I Pictures broad war nollclea and- rierld nrinri. ties and disputes between the dif- itrreni aepartraent and; bureaus. .... ; ' 'r i Lansing-Ishii Treaty ' "Curbs Gefmm Intrigue A PACIFIC PORT. Jan. 18. The Laning-Ishil treaty is a fit ting rebuke to' tho rfforts of the German Intriguers to estrange Japan and Americans." declared Dr. Alma ro Sato, Japanese ambassador to the Inited Stat, who Is here on bis way to Toklo. "The treaty In regard to China has rrjt with universal approval in both Jarun and America," tho Jap anese .diplomat declared. "Ever since the hcrlnnlnr of (h in. sidlous German Influences have been attempting to disrupt the friendship of Japan and America. The treaty ha checkmated this German in trigue and removed anyl misunder standings that may have existed be tween the two countries" ALIEN PROPERTY HELD VALUABLE Mitchell Palmer, Custodian, ' Submits Report on Enemy Holdings WASHINGTON Jan. 18. In his first report submitted to congress to day, A. Mitchell Palmer, alien pro--erty custodian, says he baa received so far 11,167 formal reports of enemy property and has opened. 1,378 sep arate trusts accounts of vhich 1,236 are estimated to be worth $134, 605,231. No value has, been' placed upon 142 of the accounts pending further investigation. ; The gross assets of fourteen enemy Insurance companies undergoing liq uidation! under license of tbe sec retary of tbe treasury, amount to $33,544,261. Three other insurance companies incorporated in enemy or ally of enemy territory, which are in process of liquidation, but without licenses, place their gross assets at $7,008,626, making a total of $40, 12,887. ' ' N Upon the final liquidation of these companies, the net proceeds of as sets over approved liquidation of these companies, the net proceeds of assets over' approved liabilities, will be delivered to the alien property custodian. New Political Patty Formed in Germany . . i:v."",if " ; , ? ? AMSTERDAM, Janl 1 8. The Tag liche Rundschau of Berlin, learns from Munich that a , new political party has been formed - there, under the name of the "free committee" and that It has sent a telegram to the reichstag saying: . . 'Notwithstanding- - its J partiality President Wilson's recent message contains a practical basis for the in auguration of negotiations toward a general peace. s The committee represents the ideas of Prof. Frederic h FoersjlePrrS?f the University of Munich, whowas obliged to leave the Bavarian capital for Switzerland because of his un orthodox views about the war. TO-DAY AND TO U A REEL EVENT EARRIE THEATRE GOVERNMENT IS ASKED TO RUN PACKING PLANTS Mediation To Be Tried Be fore Other Alternatives ' Are Considered SITUATION NOW SERIOUS President's Labor Commis sion Undertakes to Settle Differences WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Settle ment of differences- between the meat packers and their unlonem ployes was undertaken tonight by President Wilson's special labor com mission, headed by Secretary Wileon after representatives of tho men had submitted thVr case to the president In - a two-hour conference at the white house. - Spokesmen for the unions pictured a critical situation ln'all of the nymt packing centers and asked that the government Interfere and, if neces sary, take over the operation of tho plants. The president said media' tion would be tried first before con sidering alternatives. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, ac companied the labor delegation, which ;was headed by John Fltzpat ricJc, president of the Chicago feder ation. Secretary Raker, as chair man of the council of national de ef nse, and Secretary Wilson were called Into the -conference. The president was told that tlw packers had repudiated a mediation agreement to settle questions of wages and working conditions a? were discharging union men In groups apparently with the purpone of bringing on a strike. Of the thousands employed In the "plants, the union men said, sixty per cent are foreigners without union affl' lions and of whose loyalty standards no one can judge. , If the government takes over the fdants.'Mr. Fltzpatrick said, the un on men were ready to enlist as, tho first members of America's industri al army, to guarantee - full-handed equipment for every packing plant, work in continuous shifts if neces sarsary and leave all questions of wages, hours and working condition to 'the president or the person to whom he might delegate the duty. The president's committee will a range as soon as possible for meet ings with representatives of the em ployers and; of the men. Its mem bers, who recently returned from an investigating end neiHr tour o? the west, are Secretary .Wilson, J. Spangler, J. H. WalKer andFelix Frankfurter. LACHMUND IS RUNNING I FOR STATE SENATOR (Continued from page 1) estlng situation-is presented in the state senatorial status for that coun ty. Senator Fred Steiwer Is in the army and it is announced that Roy W. Rltner, a member of the lower house at the last two sessions, is seeking to fill the place. Senator CL A. Barrett, representing Cma tilla, Vnion and Morrow counties, is a hold-dver for the 1919 term, but there appears to- be some question whether his health will permit hJm to return. Senator Barrett has not been in good health since the last session and recently he has been In Portland for medical treatment. ; McArtliur lias Opposition. Charles Howard, president of the Portland Central TlLabor council. In being urged by friends to oppose C. N. McArthur for congress and A. W. Lafferty hag declared that he will be in the running. In Portland thcr is a feeling in so mo quarters that Iafferty ml sfht withdraw in How- - MORROW A SURE! COME EARLY W9 THE OREGON STATESMAN BATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1018 ard's favor, but those who know f.if ferty best do not think this will hap pen. . Tbe labor vote will be an Im portant factor In the next election and b'oth men. count on labor for i large part of . their support. Berlin Papei Suspects African Base lor U. S. AMSTERDAM Jan. if. -,The re cent extension by Germany of the barred zone to tbe waters around Azores and Cape Verde Islands Is presumed by tho Lokal Anzleger of Berlin, in a recent Issue to be duo to the possibility that tbey might serve as assembling places. for Am erican troop transports and supply ships, while good harbors and useful cable ctatlons on a part of the Afr' can mainland were also Included in the zone for the same reason. The newspaper expressed the ex pectation that from the new exten sion of the zone will come a wen enlng of effort to Germany's enemies because of tho necessity of spreading the antl-U-boat - defense measure? over a much larger area. Aberdeen Explosion Kills One iand Injures Another ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 18. George Porter, filer at the Wlshkeb shingle mill, was killed, and Bn Richardson, fireman, was badly in jured when the boiler of the plant blew up late today. No cause for the explosion is known. The mill was partly wrecked, with damage es timated at $5000. Camp Lewis Private Is Sentenced for Desertion CAMP LEWIS, TACOMA,' Jan. 18. Private Charles GT McDonald, first company. 166th depot brigade, Canfp Lewis, has been dishonorably dis charged from the army, stripped of his pay and allowances and sentenc ed to ten years at hard labor at the UriIted States military prison at Al catraz. This la the penalty for de sertion meted out to him by a court martial and approved by Brigadier General Frederick S. Foltz, com manding the 91st division. After pleading; guilty, McDonald told the court-martial that he had been Informed by a friend, and be lieved, that he wo.ld be shot at sun rise because he left Camp Lewis on November 10 last, without permis sion. He then went to San Fran cisco, made a trip to Alaska and was preparing to leave for Seattle to ship on a steamer for Japan when arrested. McDonald's case, the military au thorities say, is the first clear-cut case of desertion since the establish ment of the ramp. Fifty sets of boxing gloves 'have been distributed at Camp Lewis for the benefit of the enlisted men. They were donated by the national committee' on training camo ac tivities. MINERS DISCUSS GARFIELD ORDER Convention May Approve Move as Factor in Stabi lizing Industry INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Jan. 8. There was an all day discussion in the miners' conventi6n today over the ratification of the Washington agree- l ment negotiated by the soft coal op erators and approved . by. Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, opposition to Itsapproval bein g due to the inser tion into the contract of the auto matic penalty clause. i. Bitter speeches were made against the adoption of the clause, but many delegates urged its approval as one of the best things the miners can do to'' assist in stabilizing tbe coal in dustry. Failure to ratify Ihe agree ment, leaders said, would bring about chaos and endanger a maximum out put of bituminous coal. 'It was the general opinion of influential officers of the union tonight that it would be ratified by a large majority. The Washington agreement gave the bituminous men a substantial in crease in wages. It contains a clause which provides that miners shall be fined $1 a day for each day they vio late the agreement by going out oh unauthorized strikes gr for other vio lations of contracts, jit also calls for a fine against mine owners of 92 for each man employed irf their mines for failing to enforce the clause against the workers. The agreement now is in effect subject to the approval of the convention Patriotism and loyalty to the United States figured in nearly every speech. Alex Howat. president of the Kansas miners, who led the op position to the clause, told the dele gates they should not be deceived when they are told that they are dis loyal to the nation if they vote against ratification. Those who fa vored ratification said the miners I should approve the agreement as a patriotic duty. It appeared from the arguments of the opponents of the agreement that there was a feaf the operators would abuse the clause and unjustly fine men. : It was claimed the clause gives the workers no opportunity to be heard in case the employers de cide to withhold part of their wages as fines. Among, those who spoke for the agreement were International . Pres ident Hayes and President M. J. Fly zik, Washington state. SOMETHING HE COUD USE. Minority Leader Gillett of Massa chusetts "received the following from a constituent lateli "I wlch you would send me one of your safety razors this year Instead of my usual allotment of fiee seeds. "My .garden doesn't grow half so fast as my beard, so I prefer the ra 7.or, if It's all tho same to you." Capper's Weekly. FITTS EXPLAINS PRICE 'OF FISH Local Dealer Shows No Profit eering Exists in His Establishment ( By Wj C. CO WG I LL. ) By special request of S Y, Fltts, the wholesale fltih merchant of Sa lem, who haw been Jn.bthlness for more than sixteen years, a thorough Inspection of his plant was made yes terday afternoon, from the basement where fish are packed for shipment, to the retail blocks and oyster coun ters, with the result, in a nut-shell, that if any kind of dirt Is in the shop from top -to bottom, it could not be found. And at tho time the Inspec tion was made Mr. Fltts was down in the basement packing a special order for a whole salmon to be ship ped to a point In Colorado or some other state, far from Oregon.' When: asked about tho high prices of salmon and halbut this winter as compared with last season, wit I' Newport, Oregon, is only a few hour run west of Salem, Mr. Fitts re plied that in the first place, he in storage plant and all by anyone an', vlted Inspection of his store, cold even his books would be open to any "doubting Thomasses" to prove. If necessary, in the first place, tha' there has not been a single pound of halibut to be had In Newport since the first of last October, even at one dollar the pound, for the simple reason that the only available hali but boat, the Scafoam, a grftolino launch, has been laid up at Elk Citv the head of navigation, since Octo ber 1. There will bo no more hall but fishing at Newport until next April. "It Is true," Mr. Fltts said, "tha there might appear to be a profit of rnjre than 1200 per cent. In hand ling such fish as gray fish and whale which Is now urged by the gove ment to be used, bat last year it was not on the market, as it is a cheap fish usually thrown out by fisher men, v "At the time last summer, when 9 cents a pound was paid for halibut In Newport, with 1 cent for lcn and trimming and another cent for boxes, or 8V4 centw all told, I was selling that same fish here In Salem for 9 to 11 cents, a pound at retal, not a very big profit, adding rents, lights and cold storage charges here. ' "At thasime time tbe same class of fish in. Seattle was wholesaling at 12 tojl3 cents a:pornd, and we had to pay express from there if we used any of that fish. . ? "Today 1 am getting a little hali but la Portland at 23 cents f. o. b., and am selling it here for 27 cents, cash on the counter, or 30 cents de livered. "Here yon see three different grades of salmon, the Royal Chinook costing u 26 cents in Portland and trimmed here 30 centr. selling at 33 cents cash, or delivered for 35. An other grade for 22 and one for 23. "If there Is any so-called, "profit 'j eenng m these prices, with 8 cent smelts selling trimmed for 11 to 12 ly, I am willing to be called down hard by the government." CONFERENCE TO BE CONTINUED Trotzky Submits to More Dis union Status Still' Unknown , (Associated Press Summary, ) Notwithstanding the . apparently almost Insurmountable barrier tha was reported to exist ' between the Austro-Germans -and tha Bobhovik' representatives at the B rest-Li tsvsk conference growing out of-the. de mands of the Teutonic allies. Trot ky, the Bolshevikl foreign minister, has agreed to a continuation of the discussions. N'ot! has come through to show t-he trend they a taking. An agreement ha been reached however, between the Teutonic allies and the . Ukrainian? deJeestcs as to the future statu -f4ihe Ukraine. Ac cording to an official lerman com munication, thia as-ccnient was ar rived at "dur?ng a private meeting" and marks a decisive step forward." Whether the ultimatum by Jlua sia to Rumania calling for the in stant release of members of the Bol shevikl arrested in Rumania ha? been answered, is not known, but a Pelrograd dispatch aays n new crisis, has arisen over an ultimatum sent by the revolutionary committee of the Russian array demanding th free passage through the Rumanian capital of Russian troops. The political unrest in Germany continues unabated, and Chancellor von Hertyng again has postponed his speech, to the main committee vor the reichstag In answer to' the war alms announced by President v 11 son and Premier Lloyd George. On the' fighting Tronts no action of moment Is taking place. Fulton and Miske Box Ten Rounds to Draw ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 18. Fred Fulton of Minneapolis, and Billie Miske of St. Paul, boxed ten rounds; here tonight to a draw In tbe opinion of newspaper men. Miske rushed his heavier opponent from tbe start, get ting inside of Fulton's long left, and at times stood to to toe and exchang ed punches. Fulton's superior boxing ability held Miske at long, range at times but the latter bored inuntll he rach ed Fulton's stomach with some stiff punches. In two rounds Miske stung Futon with a shower of rights and lefts., with the larger man unable- to land telling blows. The last two rounds were partic ularly fast, Miske showing to ad vantage in the ninth, with Fulton 1 1 1 1 r " "' -I The Boys In the "n . AMY : 1 :i : WAVY I AERO. SERVICE Will enjoy Newt from , Home $1.25 Pays 3 months subscription (by mail SUBSCRIBE FOB YOUE BOY ' We pay'aU postage . STATESMAN PUB. CO. 215 South Commercial Street f UUUO trying hard to land a knockout as the bout finished. Miske fought strong, Fulton weighed 218 pounds' and Miske 186. ,: :, .. . ; ;j Portland Wins Hoekefi " Game From Seattle;5-2 SEATTLE, Jan. 18. -Portland won over Seattle, 5' to2. In the Pa cific Coast Hockey association here tonight. The visitors displayed some dazzling skating and appeared mast' ers of the Seattle seven in every de partment. The game, wa sfast and clean and there were few penalties and little rough play. Armstice Negotiation ' Is Now at Standstill PETROGRAD, Jan. 18. The ne gotiations surrounding the details of the armistice and the, exchange of prisoners, which have been dragging fot weeks In Petrograd between Teu tonic allied officers and Russian of ficials are at a standstill. - The Ger mans base f lately refused to agree to the Russian demand that Russian offocers who are prisoners of war In j Germany-and Austria' shall lose all! the special privileges usual! accord-! cd officers and be treated the same as privates. ' ., ' WAGES; PRICES SOARING UPWARD Producers in England Raise Prices Against Themselves as Consumers LONDON, Jan. 17 "High wages mean high prices. Fresh cycles of wage advances succeed one another. Each one results In further Increases of prices or In preventing a reduction of prices. The producers are raising prices asalnst themselves as consum ers. We are deeply Impressed with the seriousness of the istuation and are convinced that if 4he process con tinues, tho result can hardly iau to be disastrous ; to all classes oil the nation. j ' This is the summing up of re port just'given to the house of rom mons by" its committer ton national expenditure, after long investigation into the risine cofet of necessities of all kinds In Great Britain. 'The whole thing is a vicious circle of ris ing wages followed by Tising prices." asserts- the report. The counter ro n v 7 1 i This Bepair Directory civei the principal placet where an'article'cn be repaired, and should be prtssrred u : erery home as a ready fuide. "2 rroTB RKPAiRpro 'totAMi Trm xpw 1BC. afess Trmrm e4 Wtks ' ( lit Court EL nta 114. Tho professional baseball players need not worry ' about exemption from military service. If Uncle Sam decides that he wants them ha Is going to take them just as readily as either, of the big baseball leagues would draft a player from JJie bush league In . organized ball. . . t . (t VM. recommendations of the committee include: - - f The government should ndeavorj to avoid the creation of new credits in financing the war. - . .The actual Increase In the cost of living to the working classes should be ascertained. : j . Profits should be limited. . Any advance of wages should be limited if given on any ground other, than the rise In the cost of living. A single policy under the direction of one authority should be adopted in all Industry in tbe determination of ware "questions. Tbe all-around Increas'e in wages of 10 per cent and similar increase In national expend iture of 130.000,000 yearly. ' One of the most Important causes of tbe increase of expenditure,- says the committee, has been the expan sion of credits. If it had been pos sible to finance the war from day to day by means entirely of taxation and loans from the savings of tho people, th general increase of price would have been considerably less than it ls ' ' , .. ; JtVAU WIVES. V- They were talking of war wlvei and war widows when a little old iiiir chn had never been1 married startled everyone by saying In a high piping voice: Well." I am a wwow or me v-ivu war.". " ' '.'"'!''. . : --: , . No one safaw word. The pause wo a awkward. Several started to spea!t and stopped. It was one of those moments when everyone is wishing to say something and no one has a thin to say. They all felt that sud denly the little old lady, had gon completely out of her mind. She was the only one not embar rassed by the pause. ' , "Yes," she went on 'after a min ute, a most pafnful mipute, "you se I was a, girl In the days -of the. Civil war. If it hadn't been for the war there would have been enough men so that someone, I think." she sail a little shyly, "might have asked me. But there weren't enough lert over and I never was askod. Still, I call myself a widow of the Civil war."- ' ,' . So there's an excuse In plerity of time! Mary- Graham Bonner In, Judge. . An Apt Answer.-', . While the attorney for the plain tiff was eating oysters at the counter of a restaurant he was approached by Ihe enrased defendant, whom he had baVy worsted in court, who sal I to him, "Sir, is there any cause i low and dirty, and any client so mean and contemptible, that you would not take his case for avfee?" , "I do not know," drawled the law year. 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