i - t- -.- - . ,,,,,,,,,,4 - - : - 1 a , . . . .1 . - ' - ; : . - l . 1:. V : I' . . ': . 4 r : The Statesman receives the leased -w ire deport of the As sociated Press, the greatest and most reliable press as sociation In the world. -kixty-kigiith ' YE.ii: no. axi RILKM, OUKGONV SATURDAY M(llt.MN(i, JANUARY 11, 1919 PRICK FIVE CEXTS f I 4 1 - A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT PREDICTED National Committee of Party "Meets in Chicago and 0pti4 mistic Over the Situation Now. BOLSHEVISM DENOUNCED IN BITTEREST TERMS Memorial fpr Late Colonel Roosevelt fo Be Raised by the Party CHICAGO, Jan. 10. -Denunciation of- both Bolshevism. and ... Insidious Socialistic doctrine marked numer ous addresses today at the meeting of the Republican national -commit tee here, . several speakers declaring that the election of a .Republican president is all that can save; the country from evil days in the futuref With -women sitting in the' eoun its history the day was a veritable love feast at which nlans laid I -and campaign - strategy discussed .Chairman vWill H. Hays established precedent by delivering a . short prayer before he called the meet ing to order. , ' f 1 Late In the day Chairman Hay suggested that the committee consldr er what It might to do to express it admiration for the late. Colonel Roosevelt. Acting upon this sugi gestion the committee decided to ap peal to the Republicans of the coun try to erect a permanent memorial to. the former v president. "It : is planned to raise the necessary funds I by popular subscription. The char acter of the memorial Is to be decid ed upon by a special committee of which W. P. Thompson of Yonkers. N. Y.', is chairman. The other mem bers of the committee will be named by Chairman Hays later. j. The committee reaffirmed the pari ty's endorsement of woman suffrage and urged-congTess to paBs tho suf frage amendment and Repuollcan state legislatures to ratify it. I Members of the committee ap plauded speeches attacking the Dem ocratic national administration for what it termed its socialistic tenden cies and demanding that the rail roads be ret turned to their owners wlthoqt necessary delay, Governor Beeckman of Rhode; Is-1 of the Republicans in the. coigress- lonal elections said that the Teools or me -.ori.n -were ww l yi. 90 Mr cent of the taxes and bavin .it expended by the minority of the South which -dominated tne uemo-1 cratic national administration." l! Governor Burnquist of Minnesota- denounced Bolshevism, anarchy ano socialism and said the hope of tlw country for the future was in thtii;e election of a Republican president. Ile snoKe of the activ ty of the Non- Partisan league In the Northwest and said the sympathy of the Democratic party had been with that socialistic organization. ' ' , . i Governor Harding. ofVlowa, critl - eized the Democratic national admin-1 Utratlon for Its alleged extravagance md inefficiency and referred to W- O. McAdoo. federal director of rail roads, as "the crown prince." Chairman Hays was given a vote of confidence by the members and aw - thorized to name an executive and other, committees at his discretion - Mrs. Medlll McCormick of Illinois - chairman of the woman's' executive committee read a long report out - lining plans for .. woman's organiza - tlon in every state ana tor active par - tlcinatlon of the. women in the nat ional affairs of the party la the Ma ture. . ! "' ' r The committee settled a contest over the national committeeship In Louisiana which has been pending since the last Republican national 'convention in 191 by seating Emll Kunti, a negro. ' ' Rev. C. R. Maxwell asked Chair man Hays to urge congress to make an investigation of the activities of ' the Non-Paitisan league In the north- chL Maxwell wasfformerfy a lec turer for the organization, and said that Colonel Roosevelt Jt befor his death had advised him to tae nis request w uiruiu The names of possible candidates mr piCTiutm - tioned in tnrormai gossip ioaay wri General John PershlngV General Leonard W:odo, Governor Frank O towden of Illinois. Senator , Warren G. Harding of Ohio, and Senator Hi ram Johnson of California. The memDers oi ine quiwi it was too early to discuss the claims of tne canaioaies. !'5KW ROWLIXQ RECORD TOLEDO. O., Jan. 9. The Cham pion Spark Plugs, the bowing team! that finished third in the American bowling tournament at Cincinnati, last year, established a, new record tonight in league competition when they totalled 3.2S1 pins in their three games. INJUNCTION IN I CABLE CASE IS OUT OF COURT Federal Judge Hand Decides . Case on Merits and Dis- solves Plea SECURITY IS CITED P..Lared. Congress Meant w?at " Said in Giving ! rower for War Time XEW YORK. Jan." fO. The in junction suit brought by the Comr mercial Cable company and the 'Com mercial Pacific Cable company to rei--straia Postmaster General Burleson fro(m taking over for the government their cable lines and merging then with lires controlled by the Western Union Telegraph company was dis missed today by Federal Judge Learned Hand. Counsel for the com panies announced that an appeal Wciuld be. taken. - - , Judge Hand decided the case oa its merits passing without decision I the jurisdictional question raised by tb tnitea states district attorney who cohtended that the suit could not b? maintained on the ground that it was directed against the United States and In effect against the pres ident, &? Taking up claims of plaintiffs that th0 seizure of the cable lines on No vember 16 five days after the sign ing of the armistice was not pustified by! the joint resolution of July If, 1918, authorizing the president to seize eables when be deemed It ne cessary for the international secur ity, ana aerense ana mat the resoitt tlon itself -was not a sufficient war rant for the seizure. Judge Hands de- hoth elalms adversely. Commenting on the contention of cojinsel for the cable companies that the "necessity" for seizure -within thfe meaning' of the joint resolution had terminated with the signingof the armistice, judge Hand sard: f'The resolution expressly exfencU the powers until peace had "been de clared. " Had they ( congress ) lnten4 ed: tljat ; a su8pension-ef hoatillties had terminated the right, they would have said precisely the contrary. Vi fThe right of congress to authorise suph a seizure by thepresident wis Justified 'by Judge Hand on th ground that as commander-inehif of j the armed forces of the nation, the president -was permitted by the constitution to bold either money or property ta be used for national de- ,1 Draft Ruling Made , . . t fi n ' Dy me Daseoau ruwcit CINCINNATI, Jan. 10. The nfl tional commission in revising its rul ing relative to drafted players, made on account of war conditions last fall, today issued the following np- I jOn August 28 the national com- j mission gave notice that immediate I settlement for the draft prices not I 0e required of major league "clubs I on account of prevailing war edndi I tipns but that the selecting .clfib 1 should file its promissory jiote-with the secretary of the commission fr collection and payment to the minor league club entitled to It In the event that -the players reported io aid remained, with the drafting club 1 fdr 20 days. 1 'j"As professional baseball will be 1 in a normal, state in 1919 the corn- 1 mission revises its ruling as to t$e 1 time for the settlement for 1918 se- I lected players, except as to players 1 actually In the servicte of the govet'n 1 ment on ' or after February 1 and di- i recis mat me promissory notes aw held by Secretary Bruce be returned td their respective makers, who are liisiruciea io return in neu ineieoi a j check on or about February 1 for transmission to the interested minor league club. Censorship of Radical , Newspapers Denounced NEW YORK, Jan. 10The censor ship exercised ty the United States government over radical .- socialist !jrailOT8kl( edIt0r of tne Workmkn abd Peasant at the closing session here today of the Convention lol us8iaiI workratn's and socialist o i cieiies. a couecuon -was taken for tpe purpose of establishing and maintaining additional . Russian newspapers and founding schools.! START TRADE SCHOOL 1 CAMP nix. jn i n A tnfcfe Ufchooi for rrinnisa nrt .nvpit . I soldiers, with more thai 1.000 sold iers from overseas already in thfeir classes has been organized here. Courses are -furnished In etenOs- - 1 rjaphy, . typewriting, auto repairing. shoe repaiting, printing, telegraphy. a,nd wireless telegraphy. A bureau qf the United States civil service commission 'has established In camp to enable officers and men to tafke examinations for government pqsl- Uons. . .1 - I THIRD HOUSE MADE TARGET OF COUNCIL No Loitering When Legis a- tare Opens If Salem City Authorities Have Jurisdic tion at State House. . FLU IS ARGUED AT SPECIAL SESSION Stricter Quarantine Urged and Families Must Re - main Indoors When the legislature opens Mon day it is to be without one of Its principal features, if the city board of health has any jurisdiction over the corridors in the state- house. fThe "third house" is to be brought under the "no loitering" resolution nowf be ing enforced down town. At a special meeting of the iclty council last night two resolutions to aid in the fight against the influenza epidemic were passed and opinions were" expressed on the coming influx of lawmakers into the city. Alder man WJest' plunged into the subject uppermost in the minds of the ;city officials by asking. "What are! we going to do with the legislature!" "Personally.' I would advocate at tempting to close the legislature,? he continued. "If the bouses don't make some rules of their own! re garding '. precautions we can take it upon ourselves to do away with it he lobby." I Dr. P. I Utter, chairman oflthe health committee, responded by! re marking; ' . ' . I "I think we can enforce our antl loitering regulations on the grounds: and In the hallways. There wouldn't be. much use in closing the legisla ture, as the men would have a fifty- fifty break; they'd probably bring in as much flu as they took out." It was the contention of City i At torney- Macy, that the present orders - (Continued on Page 6) J OF PRESIDENT FORT.IULATED Official Announcement With held But Speculation j Indulged In ENDORSEMENT PARTIAL Not in Favor of Giving Ital ians Complete Control of Adriatic PARIS. Jan. 10. (By the Asso ciated Press) President Wilson, it is said, has virtually made up his mind how far he will support Italy's claims at the peace table and in formed Premier Orlando of hU de cision but that it Is probable7: bis ideas will not be made known pub licly until the peace delegates have been ad osed of them. I It is asserted by persons clos to the president that he favors "only partial endorsement of Italy's lam bitions. The expectation had been expressed that the president is agree able to meetins the principal f fea tures of Italy's claim to territory, undeniable Italian and essential to safeguard her sovereignty and at the same time to recognize the territor ial aspirations of the Ju go-Slavs. It is anticipated . that the presi dent's leanings In favor of Italy do noi go so xar as to warrant tne sug gestlon that he is in favor of giving Italy control of the Adriatic, but that by a project of internationalization he is willing to satisfy the Italians that there will be ho mlllUry threat to the east of them according toi per sons supposed to oe wen lniormea on the subject. The president is said to realize that the Italians are depending, a! most solely on the United tates for support but that fie has felt from the first that be could not endorse their claims in, full, though he is said to entertain the warmest eym fiath fnr Ital PARIS, Jan. 10. "It Is under stood said the Paris edition of the London Dally Mail, today,-discuss ing preparations for th peace! con ference, "that each of the allies has prepared the draft of a programme for the proceedings of; th confer ence and that of these the fench ITALIAN PLANS (Continued on Page 6) Important Baseball . x Meetings Are Planned NEW YORK. Jan. 10-PIans have been completed for an Important ser ies of baseball meetings In this city next we; in which both major and minor leagues will be represented. These conferences are expectd tn rsult vi a nnmbr of radical changes in the conduct of the game. ' Minor leagues will be asked to place their grievances in, proper form by an. authoritative coinnmtee before a joint meeting of the major leagues. President Heydler of the National league stated. Something: should be done, to aid these leagues, he said, but personally he is in fa vor of i tainlng the draft, optional agreements and the right of the ma jor league clubs to sign any player who is a free agent. j MITCHELL WINS MILWAUKEE,. Jan.- 10. Ritchie Mitchell. Milwaukee lightweight box "er, was given the unanimous news paper decision over Sailor Friedmaa. of Chieaao, in a 10-round no-deCis-ion bout tonight. Mitchell scored a knock down in the fourth session. r ARE SLOWLY LOSING OUT Declaration Made That ' Gov ernment Troops in Berlm Are Getting Control of the Situation There. . ; v " I RED P0UCE CHIEF FLEES TO PROVINCES Newspaper Plants and Wolff Bureau Still Held by . the Insurgents PARIS. Jan. 10. (Havas) The latest news received from Berlin in dicates that the government forces have -widened the barred zones in side the city and succeeded in ef fecting a Junction between the troops coming from the provinces and these already In the city. LONDON; Jan. io. The ellmina tion of Eichhorn, the Spartacan po lice, chief, whose refusal to resign led to the present trouble in Berlin; may be an accomplished fact. A Zurich teport received here says that he has fled from Berlin, while a re port from Frankfort says that Herr Richter, a municipal councilor and majority socialist has been ap pointed to the bead of the Berlin police. ' Other reports from Berlin say that the government has been able to op erate a few. trains on the main rail road lines. It is said that five thousand em ployes of the printing' establishment of Scherl Ultstein and Mosse . have refused to declare a general strike BERLIN. Thursday, Jan. 9. (By The Associated Press) The gov ernment - today Issued a proclama tion attacking Die Freineit tor ns continued denunciations of the Ebert Scheidemann cabinet, while at the same time attempting to act as ne gotiating agent f or the radicals who are plotting to overtnrow tne gov ernment. .The proclamation accused the newspaper' not only nf publishing vicious and distorted account pf the street fighting and of charging the government's trotfps with need less brutality, but also of engaging in double-dealing and treachery in sending its henchmen. Including Hase; Dittmann, Bartb and Breit scheid, to act as emissaries for the Sparatacans. . I The role of Haase and his friends in the present conflict is still a mat ter of conjecture. The fact the for mer cabinet members and leaders and Independents has been unable to prevent his party's newspaper from publishing the Spartacans' ap peals and otherwise giving the in surgents active journalistic aid I is now generally interreted as proving that the Haase cohorts .are demand ing a campaign of ruin. -j The government troops have suc ceeded in tecovering the big provis ion warehouses in the Koepenlckers trasse and the Teropelhof, which the Spartacans has occupied. I At our o'clock today the big news paper' plants ana tne otnces or tne Wolff Bureau were still in the hands pt the Insurgents.'. I - ' ' ' , RUTTK MINK CLOSES lliUTTE, Mont.. Jan. 1 0. The Pennsylvania mine . employing "30 men, closed down today for repairs. making the eleventh large mine i in the district to close down for a few weeks. There -are now several thou sand men out of wor here and many leaving on every train for mostly Pacific coast points to seek employ ment. ' SPARTACANS GOVERNMENT IS DEFIED BY STRIKERS Slaughter Marks Progress of Labor Difficu ties Which Are Stirring Buenos. Aires to Depth. BUSINESS HOUSES ARE RIDDLED BY BULLETS Shoot Into Every Store That Attempts to Stay Open " During the Day i BUENOS AIRES, jJan.i 10. (By the Associated Press!)- Several per sons were killed in flashes between strikers and government forces to day and the government In view of the increasing gravity of the ait uation decided to adopt the most severe measures to bring about noi mat conditions. Tlje soldiers and police were instructed to put dewn violence regardless jof the cost In blood. The regional federation has ordered that the general sttike be continued indefinitely! and instruct ed its members to oppose all acts of aggression by tie government forces under the command of Gen eral Dellehiane whojhas about 4000 men. j I To supplement the troops and po lice, leaders of the radical patty to day organized a white guard of 10, 000 and tonight marines and Failors from the cruiser Oarlbaldl disem barked to help patrol the city. The strikers began the day by shooting inter every business house that attempted to optn and after the shops had closed ie)voted their en ergies to burning privately owned automobiles. A cavalry patrol this afternoon had a pitcjhcU battle with a gjup of Russians who had sacked a gun shop. Cavalnj has taken over the municipal slaughter house, to In sure a proper distribution of meats. (Continued on) Page 2) SECOND APPEAL SENT OUT FOR : m NURSES Two More Assis ants Expect in Salem atlle . ed to Arrive From S SEVENTEEN, HEW CASES Deaconess Hos-! Rlot Ham pered by Disc; '.32 as Was Once Rejjiorted. - li Scarcity of nurses in Salem has ne cessitated a second appeal of the Red Cross to Seattle headquarters for two more aids, who are expected to ar rive in the city tonjght. The three who hive been here thisi week and who had returning jnorth yesterday found that, the ' need for their- ser vices had Increased and have decided to remain. . I - Headquarters of Willamette chap ter late yesterday ws unable to fill the demand for woiien to care for the sick, and they haid sent to Silver ton for one nurse. The emergency hospital is full to capacity with 13 patients and is turn ing down requests that more be ad mitted. This is stri-tly not a char itable institution and those who are able are expected toj compensate the chapter, which incurred a large' ex pense list by Installing it. . No one. however, is asked to (pay for services. but is expected to volunteer. Numerous merchants are assist ing the hospital with gifts of sup plies. The Portland Railway. Light & Power company Installed an elec tric range and loaned It for as long a time as needed. Hunt's cannery and the Oregon Vi eking company cery donated a box of apples and Wellers grocery sent: out other sup plies, j f The number of Rew cases in the city took a slight urap again yes- terday wiih 17 reported. There are now 186 houses in quarantine with perhaps an average of twice that Two deaths number of patients from influenxa were added to the list of fatalities in jSalem. Contrary to the Report 'that four attendants at the Iieaconness hospi tal were 111 with thj(lnriuenza. hos pital authorities said yesterday, that only two were In qitarantlne with it These In no way arfit the safety of the institution for other patients. NEW CABINET IS NAMED; LLOYD GEORGE HEADS Andrew Bonar Law Leader of House of Commons and Lord Privy CURZ0N HEADS LORDS War and Air Ministers Com bined Under . Winston Spencer Churchill LONDON, Jan10. 1he aetr Brit ish ckbinet wille headed by David LloyJ (krg as pronier and ft rtf lord of the tieasary; according to an official statement Uaned tonight. The ether members cf the govern ment Include: Lord Privy, Seal and Leader of the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law. - - President of the Council and Lead er in the House of Lords Earl Cur ton. Minifttei without- portfolio- George Nicoll . Barnea and Sir Eric Geddes. Lord chancellor Sir F. E Smith Home tecietary Edward Short U Foreign secietary Arthur J. Bal four. S-cretry for the colonies Vis count Milner. Secretary of War and of the Air ministry (which have combined i Winston Fpqncer Churchill. Scretarv for India Edwin & Montague. First Lord rtf the Admiralty baiter Hume Long. ' President of the Boa-d cf Trade Sir Albert Stanley. Financial secretary to the war of flee Henry W. Forster.. Department of overseas trade de velopment and Intelligence -Sir Ar thur Steel-Maitland. who Is also ap pointed an additional under secretary to the board of trade. President of the local government Dr. Christopher Addison. Parliamentary secretary Stephen Walsh, laborite. . - Secretary of Agriculture R. E- Prothero. - Minister of education H. A. L Fisher. - ' I ' Secretary of the ministry of mu nltions (which is to become even tually the ministry of supply) An drew. Weir. Food controller George H. Rob erts. Minister of shipplng-s-SIr J. P McClay. - ; - s Minister of Labor Sir Robert Ste venson. 2 Home minister of . pensions Sir Laming Worthlngton-Evana. Minister for national service and reconstruction Sir Aukland Geddes- Chancellor of the duchy of Lan caster The Earl of .Craford. First commissioner . of works Sir Alfred Mond. . Attorney general Sir Gordon He wart. Solicitor general Sir Ernest Pol lock. Poil master general Albert Hol- den Illingworth. , - nancellor of the exchequer -Austen Chamberlain. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Gen eral Viscount French. Chief secretary of Ireland--Sir James Ian MacPherson. Secretary' for Scotland Robert Munro. Both Mr. Pro the ro and Andrew Weir were raised to the peerage on accepting the new offices. It Is an nounced that until there has been more time to make permanent peace arrangements the existing war cab inet will be continued.' The gov ernment intends to submit to parlia ment proposals for the establishment of a ministry of ways and com man I cations. If these are adopted Sir Eric Geddes will be invited to head the new department. LONDON, Jan. 10. The new cab inet . of Premier Lloyd George was announced tonight.. It presents few surprises. The questions the British newspapers . are asking is wnether Mr. Lloyd George will rule his cabi net, or whether his conservative ad jority of the members of the cabinet in high places are conservatives, no tably Andrew Bonar Law. Earl Cur- son. Arthur J. Balfour and Viscount Milner. Only four years ago their party regarded Mr. Lloyd George as the conservatives today regard th BoIshevikL The premier iav pledged by his campaigning speeches to sweeping program of liberal reforms the giving of land and houses to workingmen and discharged soldiers His principal advlsors are regarded arepresentat!ves of landowning in terests who figure tradition will place barriers in the way of such re forms. The mlnlstres without port folios.' George Nicholl Barnes and Sir Eric Geddes, have Important du ties. . . Mr. Barnes will represent labor at Jhe Paris peace conference, while SifEric has undertaken. the managej ment of demobilisation. One inno vation V the selection for the first time of an Indian as a member of the government. Sir S. II. Slaha haf- (Continued on Page 2) BIG STRIKE PARALYZES GREAT CITY o Hope of Early Settlement of Situation Which Ties Up New York Harbor Traffic Is Seen.. PRESIDENT WILSON IS APPEALED TO IN PARIS Blame for Crisis Placed on Boat Owners by War Labor Board NEW YORK, Jan. 10. No hope of an early settlement of the strike Which has paralysed the prt cf New York, for two days was apparent to night. Leader of the lC.tOO work ers on tugs. lighters and ferryboats. ' declared emphatically that they were prepared for a finish fight. Their empleyers. members of the New York Boat owners' association, were equally emphatic in their assertion that they hever would yltld to the demand for an eight-hour day. j The visit" to the city late today of Secretary of War Baker led o the hope that his Influence might, result In an adjustment but the hope V-s short lived. . When the secre tary left tonight for Ottawa he had given no Intimation that the war department would take a hand in" the controversy. , j On the contrary, he said the strike had not resulted in serious eni harassment to the department. Returning troops were ' being de barked without delay, he said and there had been no interruption to (he flow of supplies to the army Overseas. Enovgh navy tags . are available for this work, Mr. Baker' said. ( A. H. Smith, regional director of railroads, apparently has faild la bis effort to arraege an armistice.. The sfiike committee announced ear ly, tn the day that they would not agree to an armistice. . This com mittee called out men employed on fireboats and revoked all previous fxeraptlcns. There was no actaal shortage , today cf either food or coal. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Farther government action to end the strike Of marine workers which hss tied hp shipping in - New - York harbor - awaited word tonight from Presi dent Wilson In Paris. Urgent re ports on the situation were stnt tn him by the department of labor and . the executive offices of the white house after government represents- ' lives in New York had failed in ef forts, to compose the differences be tween the boat owner and the em- ; pinyes. It was said that the p ro dent's personal influence with the workers was counted ou to induce a fesumptlon of workt pending a set tlement. J Blame for the present crisis was placed on the boat owners by the war labor board in a telegram to . Governor Edge tf New Jersey, reply ing to Lis rcqut that the board make another effort tr. adjust mat ters. Basil M. Manll. joint chairman of fhe board. assertM that the marine worktrs have, offered to arbitrate, put. that the boat 'owners eonsUt fntly refused and had abrogated thvir agreement, thn placing then selves in an untenable position, j Hope that the rtrike.-at least no far as it affects railroad craft would pe ended within 4S hours, was ex fcrewd tonight by railroad adni!n- Sstratlnn officers who declared nn es it was ended within that time drastic action would have to be tak- en to insure the movement of. food knd other supplies to New York city and overseas. Russion Bond Interest ' Is SOI Being Paid NEW YORK. Jan. 10. The Na-. tlonal city bank announced today hat It would tomorrow pay semi-an nual Interest on the outstanding Is sue of $50,000,000 Imperial Russian preferred external bonds involving a disbursement of $1,625,000. ) There has been no default of in-' terest In on these bonds since the pverthrow of the Russian monarchy but National City bank, as fiscal agent, has not made known the pource from which It has received he money to meet the Interest par ents. COPPKUAvonKKRS LET OUT B1SBEE. Arix.." Jan. 10. At leabt 500 men have been discharged from the mines of the Canena Consolidat ed Copper company. Democrats lining company and smaler cotnnan- Ies operating ia the district around he Caaanea. Sonora. Mexico, within the last week according to arrivals fcere tonight. ,The decrease .va Caused by the unstable conditions lo be coper market and uncertainty of be Immediate future,-it was slated. - - . . - i j