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sociated Press, thi greatest
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sociation in, the world, i
THE WEATHER
- OREGON: Saturday unsettled.
probably rain west and rain c nsow
east portion. Fresh winds mostly
'southerly. . . . , "
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SIXTY-EIGIITU YIIAR
SALEM, OREGON', SATURDAY MOKMNU, MARCH 1, 1019
rmcn five cents
PEACE PACT
IS ASSAILED
BY SENATORS
Heavy Artillery of Repuhli-
. cans Is Turned Loose on
t Document Which Is De-
j clared "Fateful Step."
DELIBERATION AND
REVISION ARE URGED
DUNLAP CASE
YILL COME UP
Hearing May Be Given Of
i ficer Who Displeased
... His x Chief
MAN mm EVA COOLIDCE
1 JEOPARDY
BY CONGRESS
PASSES,AVfAY
Head of Prominent Silverton
Bank Succumbs Quickly
to Apoplexy
NEOPHYTES GO
THROUGH MILL
BEFORE CROWD
New Congress Is Creating
Dissession at Capital
Lodge, Lemroot and Freling
huysen Join in issuing
Strong Warning
i . . ",
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S Repub
lican senators today returned to
their assault on the constitution of
the league of nations as proposed to
the peace conference at Paris, with
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
who will be chairman of the power
ful foreign relations committee in
the new senate, making his first
pronouncement since the document
became public.
Criticism by the republicans did
not pass unchallenged. Chairman
-Hitchcock of the foreign relations
committee took sharp, issue with the
Massachusetts senator, denouncing
as preposterous his suggestion that
the league would take from Ameri
ca its right of self defense.
Delivering (before crowded "floor
and galleries an address he had pre
pared before attending the White
House dinner. conference last Wed
nesday night, Senator Lodge warped
One of the spicy subjects of discus-
VmT'SS&JVSI DetenninaUon of Present
day night will be the dismissal of I Not to Call Extra SeSSlOn of
J. F. Duniap irom the police torce.
Duniap has been night sergeant
since the fiist of the year, receiving
his discharge on February 16. It will
be necessary for the council formal
ly to confirm this before the action
. : mt I 1
objections and it is not unlikely that 1 AlAl . WKLAlY YUlUcAIllEi
EJ2JK.nffJHM. on ON VICTORY LOAN NOW
The specific charge to be made
against Duniap, as understood by a
member of the health and police
committee, is that he called an at
torney into the jail a week ago Mon
day night to consult a prisoner, who
maintained ne was net getting a
square deal. The lawyer i3 said to
have made his visit while Chief of
Police Varney was attending council
meeting upstairs. It is also alleged
that the sergeant was overbearing!
with the other patrolmen and did
not obey orders.
- Recommendations for a man to
fill the post of desk sergeant win oe
made by the chief Monday night.
Duniap served on the city police
once before, during . the Welch administration.-r
-
Democratic Leaders Will En-
deavor to Force It Oyer
by Long Filibuster
HOHENZOLLERN
INTRIGUES ARE
MADE TO HALT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Differ
ences between democratic and repub
lican leaders ver the legislative sit
usUon, echoes from which have been
heard daily since President Wilson
made known his determination not
to call an extra session of the new
congress until his return fiom
France, may be forced to an Is&ue
tomorrow in the senate with the
calling up of the "victory loan" bill.
Democratic senators have told the !
president that in their efforts to
force an extra session, the repub
licans would undertake to defeat
this measure, which uprovldes the
means of financing the government
luring the remainder of this fiscal
year.
This information did not change
the president's determination and to
night the democratic leaders decid
ed to call up the bill tomorrow so
that they might determine with rea-
Mlss Eva. Coolidge died at her
home in Silverton yesterday morn
ing. Miss Coolidge was president of the
Coolidge & MrClaine bank of that
city the fourth largest bank In
Marion county and held that posi
tion for six years.
Her death was unexpected. She
had been around the bank the day
before but suffered a stroke of apo
plexy and expired within eight hours-
Deceased was the daughter of the
late I. A. Coolidge. a pioneer of
1852, who was one of the lead in?
citizens of that part of Marion county
for many years.
The. death of Miss Coolidge leave
only one survivor of the I. A. Cool-
idze familv Alfred Coolidre. the
Spokane banker, who has banking in
terests in other cities of Washington
The funeral arrangements had not
been arranged yesterday when the
death of Silverton's leading citizen in
financial circles reached Salem.
SLAYING OF
SOLDIERS TO
BE STOPPED
Cherrians Publicly Initiate
Part of Their New Mem
bers at Big Banquet
JAMES A. WILSON IS
KILLED AT MIDNIGHT
WHEN CAR HITS AUT
HAL PATTON GIVEN CUP
Retiring King Bing Presented
With Silver Token by
F. G, Deckebach
i
Mrs, John J. Roberts Is Seriously Injured, Mr. Roberts and
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Todd Slightly Hurt and Mrs.
Wilson Suffers from Shock Party Returning from Cher
rian Banquet. When Automobile Is Run Down at South
Commercial and Beilevue Streets.
I
Extreme Penalties ; W o u 1 d
Have Been Imposed for
Trifling Infractions
the American people to consider well! Activities of Ex-EmperOrj sonable certainty just what were the
MEN SENT TO CAMPS
tefore departing from the policies of
Washington . and to Insist upon re
vision of the league constitution.
Later in the day. Senators Lenroot
of Wisconsin and Frelinghuysen of
New Jersey made additional de
mands for amendment of the char
ter.
Senator Lodge, speaking before
an audience which included dlplo---
ma tic representatives of several for.
Cease Under Glare of
Publicity's Light
FRIENDS UNSUCCESSFUL
prospects for rushing necessary legis
lation through before adjournment
next Tuesday.
'It was said tonight that the re
publican leaders' course would await
further conferences early tomorrow
and for negotiations with the demo
crats sounding of repuMlcan sena
tors' sentiment.
Democratic leaders said notice had
been given that the loan bill would
At Least Two of Them Re
turned to Service by
v Order of President
elgn nations, deplored proposals to J Efforts Made t6 SeCUre HisI1 neld excastTelT nd continuous
give powers to the league which he
said would cause- the Monroe doc
trine to i "disappear would abridge
American sovereignty., and in the end
promote misunderstandings and war
instead of the peace which the world
so much desired.
V-The' Massachusetts senator assail
Return to Germany Fail
t to Find Response
AMERONGEN, Thursday, Feb. 27
(By The Associated Press) The
Dutch governor of Utiecht, who has,
surveillance over the former German
ed especially the provisions for ter
ritorial guarantees, raandatoiies and
1(aanamAiit tlAaMaa A Am anln
ioroFThesedauseV tfc." s7nar
a-ia ,, Arm.u oftn I on Bentinck last night, supposedly
such as Immigration, should be def
initely placed in the authority of the
league. He said - the entire docu
ment was loosely drawn, admitting
wide interpretation and added that
It should' be ' redraftedxto make dis
pute of construction impossible.
Senator Lodge told the senate that
for Lincoln's government of the peo
ple, by the people and for the peo
ple, the united States was now asked
In connection with the recent activ-
ities of William Hohenzollern, and
German officials who have visited
him. Since the publication in Hol
land of Associated Press dispatches
telling of these visits the officials
have ceased to come here.
ly before the senate until disposed
of. by unbroken sessions, day and
night. If necessary until adjourn
ment. Its importance to the nation's
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BOLSHEVISM IS
GRINDING DOWN
RUSSIAN POOR
His legs were spiral of red and
blue and' white, his coat was at on
sorial looking vest and his hat a non
descript . and bedraggled sped ment
that clung to the back of his head.
The personage was Lee Canfleld. The
occasion was the annual Cherrlan
Initiation banquet. The judge was
Elmo S. White, the prosecuting at
torney was Charles A. Knowland,
and the evidence was a saw toothed
Tazor no less than four feet In
j length.. a. scrubbing bunch and a
pair or . twelye-Incvh tin pincers. ..
. But he was. no worse looking than
coquettish Oscar B. Gettln Rich
(Glnrich) In chorus girl's attire, or
Herbert L. Stiff with his face adorn
ed in hlrstute camouflage of a dis
tinctly artificial and weary willie
nature or W. H. Prunk walking be
neath a ten-foot bottle ot one of his
own drug preparations.
, While an audience of 250 guests
gathered about the huge table built
in, wings, looked on, half a dozen
neophytes went through a unique
ceremonial on a platform from which
the 40 new. initiates had but Just
partaken of their evening meal serv
ed in tin cups on granlteware plates
amidst a profusion of taw carrots,
potatoes and turnips. A collapsible
chair, an electric tickler anda com
plete blindfolding equipment pro
vided sufficient punishment for all
offenders receiving sentences from
the judge.- 1
The banquet was a big affair, the
biggest of the season. It was dis
tinct -among thse-of previous years
in th the women friends of the
members were invited. " During the
meal Todd's quartette. Mts.H. Mit
chell Styles. Miss Lucille Elliott and
Miss Ada Milfer provided entertain
ment in the form of rourlc and clev-
(Contlnued on Page 5)
The former monarch has not gone I Parti of Nation Where Red
beyond the castle grounds In the I . n . n i
ire rvampam unease ana
to substitute i on many vital points
government of, for and by other peo
ple, and declared the nation should
pause and consider well before tak
ing "this fateful step."
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, re
publican, in Van address late today
in the senate, -predicted it hat the
American people would insist upon
basic , amendment of the proposed
constitution of .the league of na
tions. , He said he was in favor of a
league if It did not abridge Ihe
sovereignty of the United States and
suggested that as the league was an
experiment, its" life be limited to'ten
years with provision for extension
Death Hold Riot
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Three
additional cases of soldiers in this
country sentenced to be shot by
courts martial for military offenses
and whose sentences were either re
mitted or commuted by President
Wilson, were made public today oy
the war department.
Private Nicholas Locassle, of the
fourth training battalion, replace
ment eroun. medical department.
Camp Greenleaf. Ga.. was convicted
on having refused to put on the pre
scribed military uniform, and two
thirds of the members of the court
concurred in the death sentence. Ma
jor General "Shame, commanding, th
southeastern department recommend-
d that the sentence be commutea i
dishonorable discharge and 25 years
mnrisonment. The president reduceo
I me prison term io j. ... . .
Privates Benjamin ureger aou i iITCClur UCHCrai nine Uan-
Herman D. Kaplan, of the quarter-
maar onrn. CamD FunStOn. KSS.
were -charged with having rerusea x
th uniform and also with
having refused to do non combatant
nllllin urr l of inT K1DC1. I
GOVERNMENT TO
HOLD RAILROADS
FOR TIME BEING
James A. Wilson; assistant secretary of the Pheasant Northwest
Products company, and one of the most widely known men in Salem,
was almost jnstantly killed whan an automobile in which he was
driving with others collided with a street car at South Commercial
and Beilevue streets a few minutes before midnight.
.jMrs. John J. Roberts was seriously, if not fatally injured, Mr.
Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Todd were less seriously in
jured and Mrs. Wilson, wife of James A. Wilson is suffering seriously
from shock. - . , ,
The members of the automobile party were returning- to their -homes
from the Cherrian banquet at the armory in an automobile
driven by Mr. Roberts. The automobile was struck squarely in the
mid. die by a car coming norm aown me uomxaercuu. street mu
the driver was turning from South Commercial into Beilevue street. 4
..A driving rain, driven by a breeze from the south, was beating
against the windshield of the automobile, and to this doubtlecs the
accident can be attributed. ' 7
All members of the party are prominent in the business and sociil
life of Salem. For years Mr. Wilson had been connected with the
products business in Saleni and was with the Northwest Fruit Pro
ducts company prior to the amalgamation of that company. with the
Pheasant company John J: Roberts is prominent as a nop dealer
and John W. Todd is city superintendent of schools.
As soon as assistance reached the party following the accident
Mr. Wilson was removed to the home of F. S. Craig nearby, and
Mrs. Roberts was taken to the home of Mrs. A. Strong at South
Commercial and Beilevue streets. By a coincidence her brother, H
Frits Slade, was a caller at the Strong residence at the . time and
carried his sister to a room,
Physicians were summoned as soon as possible., Mr. Wilson was
taken to the Willamette sanitarium but was dead when the ambu
lance arrived at the hospital and is believed to have been dead when
taken to the Craig residence. i
. When .the, collision occurred the impact was so great that almost
the entire neighborhood was awakened. The .automobile was almost
demolished. '.
The injuries received by Mrs. Todd and Mr. Roberts were slight.
While lacerated about the nead Mr. Roberts was able to assist in
caring for the other members of the psxty and to give directions for
their relief.. Mr. Todd probably was not seriously injured, though
in a semi-conscious state for a time. i
Mrs. Wilson was taken to the home of F. O. Deckebach, 910 D
street and placed under the care' of a phjsician. Apparently she was
not injured aside from shock. The Deckebachs and the Wilsons are
close friends, and the former with other , friends of the stricken
automobile party gave every, possible assistance when apprised of
the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Todd were taken to their home which is only a short
distance from the scene of the accident, and were waited upon by
neighbors.- .', - -
Yesterday was the 66th birthday of Mr. Wilson. Among his social
animations were tne unemans and the Elks, in botn of which he
was active.
lies Situation With State
ment at Capital
past nine weeks and apparently has
no Intention of moving to another
location, although many reports have
been current regarding the leasing
of a castle at Hardenbroek, near
rirbrhm wfiljtK Knlnn o. r .nnth.f I ' ' : - X I ' .
u, .v,ue,o y Tvn hit n to nnrtiiiini...i. tha necessarr iwo-iunu.- ., m w mmm . ....... .
member of the order of St. John of I 1 IfllUo ID DrntAUlflU f th court concurred In UN L XLAK It I. Art I WAY
(Continued on Page 6)
T
Jerusalem. The correspondent vis
ited Hardenbroek and found the cas
tle mentioned to be almost entirely
Unfurnished. The only point in its Food Situation I Rarl anil
lavor is i loneiy position, a mue
from any other, habitation. . 7
Herr . Hohenzollern's" attendants
also deny any intention of moving
and this is strengthened by further
precautions recently taken around
t.h.e:I ."lJSL WASHINGTON. Feb. 28.-Addti
railed openings in the wall about the I "oaal "8ht on he situation in the
garden have been .thickly boarded
and topped with barbed wire.
Children Are Dying from
Want of Nutriment
COMMISSIONS TO
TEST OUT POWER
Oregon Men to Join in Meet
ing to Ascertain Their
Status in Rate Matters
members of the com
tho Heath sentence.
ia forwarding these cases,' Major
n.on.rai ijnnard Wood, commanding
at Camp Funston. recommenaea m
sentence be commuted to dishonor- I
able dlscnarge irom me ecmvc,
roitnrn of all nay and allowances.
a,, nr tn hmme due. and confine-
men at hard labor for Za years, i
president disapproved both findings
and sentences ana oraerea me os
iers released from confinement ano
restored to duty.
rtalcor'a attention was
V.v: v a j l j -
WiirAwail; Chance for Con
gress to Decide Upon
Permanent Procedure
While the emperor performs his
daily task of sawing wood for three
hours, his wife strolls ! about the
grounds, mostly alone. The former
ruler' is still engaged afternoons in
replying personally to thousands of
letters of greeting received on the
occasion of his recent birthday. It
is reported that several efforts have
been made by his supporters to In
duce him to return to Germany but
without success.
portions of .Russia under- Bolshevik
control is given by a summary of re-1 called today to the fact that on very
ports secured recently irom a nam
ALLISON WIN'S CVE MKKT
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 28. Suit
to restrain the railroad companies
from collecting the increased switch
ing rates put: into effect in Seafttle, ;
and to determine 'if the director
general orrailroads has power to
fir state-rate in defiance of the rul
ing of the public service commission,
was filed fa Thurston , County sup
perior court today by Attorney Gen
eral W. V. .Tanner. Hearing was
set for March 21.
This is the first of a aeries .of
suits to deiernrlne thejiowers of the
railroad administration in relation
to state rates, according to the at
torney general, who announced that
he would carry the case to the Unit
ed States supreme court If neces
sary, i The public service commission,
Attorney General Tanner and O. O.
Galderbead. the commission's rate
expert, will Pgo to Portland Monday
to confer with the Oregon and idan
commissions on further proceeding
against the railroad administrati
CHICAGO, Feb. 28. H. C. Allison-of:-Detroit-won
from J. E. C
Morton! of Philadelphia, 300 to 24$
in thirty-eight Innings, and David
McAndless of Chicago defeated Percy
P. Trump of Pittsburgh, 300 to 123
In twenty-five innings- In today's
play In the annual National Amateur
Ilalkine Billiard tournament .High
runs:, Allison 54 and .34; Morton
35 md 37; McAndless fi3 and 25;
Tramp -23 and 17. Averages: Alli
son 7 54-38; Morton 6 15-38; Mc
AntfjcsS 12; Trump 4 23-23.
I r
MAY IIAXDLK FIXAXCKS
PARIS. Feb. 28. The financial
mmlsslon of the peace conference
oday unanimously ?.dopted the
proposition of Louis Klott. the
French minister of finance,: for the
formation of a financial section of
the league of nations.
ber of refugee's who passed through
Helsingfors on their way from Mob-,
cow to Stockholm. The summary
was made public today by the state
department because of the various
conflicting accounts of conditions
which have been received recently
"The party at Helsingfors," said
the summary, "was composed of
French. British. Belgian and Ital
ian citizens, most of them Red Cross
workers; The reports all agree as to
the excessive cost of all necessaries
and scarcity of food. Dog meat is
quoted at four rubles (two dollars))
a pound.fhorse meat at fifteen ruble
a foundt pork at sixty rubles and
hrml at?flftan nih1f Tha rnnn-
try is practical y stripped of all man
ufactured articles, especially wear
ing apparel and all grain and sup
plies are requisitioned by the soviet
government from peasants who re
ceive nothing in return. .
"Typhus is reported to be' spread-
ine. 1000 new cases beine reported
at Moscow weekly and the hospitals
are unable to take care of them,
Lack of inilk has resulted In many
deaths oCchildren from etarvatlon
"The food situation in' Russia I
very bad and the food is distributed
In three categories, a full portion to
those ding heavy work, a half por
tion to employes of the soviet gov
ernment and private homes and gen
eral office work and one fourth to
people not; engaged In any occupa
tion. The portions depend upon the
similar charges Deiween me
d.i... TyuoaiU and the- cases o
L II AfcO w
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RICHARDSON IN
HUIMS PLACE B
WXSHINGTON, Feb. 28. Uncer
tainty over the status of railroads tn
the immediate future was largely re
moved today by Director General
Hine's announcement after concer
ring with President Wilson that the.
government would not turn the road
back to private management until
congress had more opportunity to
consider a permanent program of
legislation.
'This was generally interpreted as
meaning that the railroads would be
under government management for
least another year and probably
longer. It a special session of con-
. i. r-l Igress is cauea eany in tne summer
Member 01 niUimoman UCic- railroad legislation might le taken
gation Becomes Assistant
State Treasurer
(Continued on Page 5)
In conformity to arrangements
made soon after the election of O.
P. Hoff as state -treasurer and pri
or to his assuming the duties of theJ
office on January 1, Lester G. Hu
lin today relinquished the position
of assistant state treasurer in favor
of Joseph G. Richardson of Pprtland.
Mr. Richardson was a mctnber of
the legislature from Multnontah
county, and because of that position
could not be appointed assistant to
Mr. Hoff when the later succeeded
T. B. Kay at the first of the year.
Mr. Hulin. who Is a prominent bank-
Inir man of Springfield, agreed to
serve until the conclusion bf the leg
islature. I
Mr. Richardson is an attorney
and served for some time as deputy ,
state corporation commissioner un-1 year extension
der II. J. Schulderman.
up, 'but most officials believe this
could not be completed within four
or five months. If there is no spec
ial session; congress could not start
on legislation much-within a year-
With the temporary status deter
mined the railroad administration
will go ahead vigorously with the
program fpr making immediate inv
provementStand extensions, both for
the sake of i the rail properties, and
to stimulateVthe demand for mater
ials and labor during the readjust
ment period. . Another effect will be
the Increased se of waterways In
accordance with Director General
Hines' expressed policy.
It was said at the railroad admin
istration that decision not to relin
qulsh the roads at thle time Is not
a reversal of policy, nie ranroan
administration has long advocated
earlr relinauishment. it was ex
nlained. but not until congress had
had time to act on the proposed five
of government eon-
U-BOATS WILL
BE EXHIBITED
United States to See Six of
German Sea Devils Ex
perts to Study Them
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Six of
the German submarines surrendered
in British harbors are to be broueht
to the United States soon for exhi
bition to the publie and for study
by American experts. They will be
representative of the various types
of U-boats, from mine planters to
the great deep sea cruisers.
In announcing today that arrange
ments for bringing the submarines
across the Atlantic had been 'com
pleted. the navy department said the
six craft were not part of any allo
cation of submarines to. the United
States. The ultimate disposition of
the German undersea fleet, together
with the other surrendered German
war craft still Is subject to the de
cision of the peace conference, it was
stated officially..
Klamath Folk Girl Dies
at Oregon State Hospita
Itrol or to consider other legislation.
oertrude M. Cress of Klamath
Falls. 19 years old, and Mrs. Louise
Goff of Albany. 52, died at the state
hospital for the insane Thursdar
night. The former was committed
to the state hospital In March. 1917
Her mother. Mr. Genevieve L. Cress
of California Is here and disposition
of the remains awaits arrival of othe
relatives. Mrs. Goff was committed
from Albany only a few days ago
Relatives have taken the body tc
Albany for interment.
APrROVK POWER EI1RT
WASHINGTON, Feh. 28. The
conference report on th? long pend
ing waterpower legislation was ap
proved today by the bonse by a vote
of 264 to 65. hut It lr yet to be
acted upon in the senate.
SUNDRY CIVIL
BILL PASSED
Federal Employment Serrice i
Appropriation Left Out of
Money Measure
WASinNGTON. Feb. 28. The
house late tonight passed the last "
of the annual appropriation meas
ures, the J850.000.000 sundry civil
bill. The measure now goes-to the
eenat where many other money
measures still are awaiting action.
Unsuccessful efforts were made to
insert in the bill a provision to con
tinue the Federal JCmployment Ser- .
vice after next July. .
An amendment to appropriate
$10,000,000,000 for the service waa
ruled out of order by Representative
Garret of Tennessee, acting speaker.
who said the bureau had never been
authorized by congress and that it
would no be permissible, therefore,
to make an application for it. The
decision was sustained by a vote of
114 to 58.
, Some of the larger appropriations
carried in the bill were $9.00f.000 ,
for the treasury; $ 26.00.0u' for
the shipping b,oird and Kmereercy
flut rnmswm - AAA AAA (or
the Iwtir department; I I.'8,ft00.00
for the interior department: $S.90,
000 for the Judiciary; $t.S00.OO0 fr.r
the department of commerce and f 3.
000,000 for the department uf laj
bor.
No Fatal Accidents Are
m Reported to Commission
-. For the first time in n'onths no
fatal, accidents were reported to the
state' Indnstrial Mrlcnt eor-nlsMon.
for the week ending February 27.
The total of accidents was 11 6 ft
Which 386 were subject to the pro
visions of the workmen's compensa
tion act. 18 were from the flnm ad
corporations that haTe.Vejected the
provision of the act and 12 er
from public utility corporations tltt
subject to the act.
J.