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IRISH Wl IN
FIRST ROUND
FOR ACTION
Delegation of Prominent Citi
- zens Secures Right of Way
for Resolution Instructing
American Delegates. ,
PLANS LAID FOR
WILSON'S TRIP
BACK TO PARIS
RULES COMMITTEE TO
REPORT OUT NEW RULE
Endeavors of Committee to
Get Ear of President Re
cited in Statement
Peace Congress to Assemble
Soon With German Dele
gates Present
GEORGE MUSSES PLANS
GREAT STRIKE M FUNERAL HOPES HELD
i lifii i ill niiiAiiiJiii
MAY BE NEAR me OUT FOR BIG
ITS WINDUP
joini aessiQn oi meiai iraoes
Councils of Seattle and
Tacoma May Settle Trouble
Today.
Elks, Cherrians and Com
mercial Club Are to Pay
Tribute to Citizen
LOAN PLANS
SUFFRAGE SEEMS
IV BJi KMtnmli
AN ADJUSTMENT
President Wiir Reach Paris
About March 14 to Re
new Big Pow Wow
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PARIS, March" I. -Br The As
sociated Press) As a result of an
exchange of cable messages today be
tween President -Wilson and the
American- delegation, plans were
completed for the president's return
to Paris and for the early assembling
thereafter of the peace congress with
German delegates present.
President WlUon lat .first planned
tn have the nearer Wanhineton land
committee to give right of wayinl . t. .
ronrresa to a resolution instructing!"'" a " ' ' "
the American delegate at Paris to seis, ana me aevasuuea regions oi
urge Ireland's cause before the peace i Belgium and France and from there
1 t--. tl. A AD 1 wt 4
yiwccu iu f ana lie o a vv w ac
complish this in the understanding
that Premier Lloyd George would
be In Paris. '
CploneL House, in a talk by tele
phone -with Mr. Lloyd George at
London, elicltated the fact that the
premier would We obliged to return
to London by March 22. According-
ly the president's plan was given' up.
He will land at Brest on March
13 or 14 'and come direct to Paris
OVER 40,000 TIED
UP IN DIFFICULTY
Elks. Cherrians and members of
the saiem commercial club win 6a- Republicans Admit That
ther tomorrow at 2:30 in the after- I "H"4- ...
noon at Rigdon's chapel to pay trl-I rrODaDly YICtOIT measure
euie w me memory oi James a. yu-i UTMl n n J m TTL
son. who met his death Friday night I Will DC raSSeQ at 1IUS
in an automobile accident at the cor-I P.r..
ner of Commercial and 1 Uellevue I mwiwu vvujim.
streets. The funeral services will bo
entirely in charge of the lodge, of
wntcu air. , w uicuiuri, mu nri(Apn TIP 17 1 1 IDIlPTm
the body will be sent north on the I IEiiilUlIw 1 lv riLJDUk) 1 Cft
WASHINGTON. March 1. The
' delegation of prominent American
citizens , of Irlah descents appointed
at the recent Irish race convention
In Phlladelnhia. won its fight to
day for action by the house rules
conference
After hearing the delegation,
which was headed -by Justice John
W. Goff and Daniel Cohalan. of New
York, the rales committee agreed
to report out a rule making the res
olution in order in the house before
adjournment. . ' -
Later the delegation, which arriv
ed in Washington Tuesday, called at
the White House to see President
.Wilson and personally present to
fhim resolutions and memorials
4 o'clock train to Portland.
"Jim" Wilson as he was known by
his friends was assistant secretary of
the Pheasant Northwest Products
it. i. i n.naB.l.
Keported Men Are Near LndUania in 1853 and came to Oregon
r Tl:- ToU.. I i I about 50 years ago to engage in in
OI lneiT lemer LOSS OI I lumber business In the southern part
of the state. , In Jackson county he
served term as deputy sheriff and
afterwards as deputy United States
marshal. Twenty years ago ho
moved t Albany and bee ame asso
ciated with Kola Nels in the brewing
business, later taking chars of the
IS NOT YET OPENED UP
$2,000,000 in Wages
Motion to Start Tactics De
feated Obstructionists
Apparently Have Lost
TACOMA, Wash., March 1. Thf
Puget Sound shipyard strike, now
almost at the end of its sixth week
with 40,000 metal worklrs of acoma
and Seattle out, will be brought to
an actual focus at a Joint session
here tomorrow of the metal trade
Compromise Resolution for
Submission of Amcnts to
States in Sight
HOPE ACTION SHORTLY
GERMANY TO
BE SHORN OF
HER PROWESS
Marshall Foch Presents Mill-
tary Terms of Peace Treaty
to the Council of the Great
Powers.
Advocates Express Confi
dence That It WiU Be
Passed This Session
J
SUBMARINES WILL BE
WIPED OUT ENTIRELY
WASHINGTON. March 1. Favor
able reports on the compromise
resolution for submission of an
equal franchise constitutional amend
ment to the states were ordered to
day by both the senate and house
oman suffrage committee, duii
when Chairman Jones sought to
present the senate com rati tees' re-
From this he went Into tne irn
juice manufacturing industry.
Tlesldes being interested in me
fmu nrndnftts eomMnr. Mr. Wilson
councils of the two cities. It is de- I retarv of the Capital Invest-
clared by strike leaders. I - t company, whfch owns the Mar-
The last word from Dr. L. C. Mar-, i,ntf.i iie waa a Cherrian. an
WASHINGTON. March 1. Af
being in sesion continuously for mor
than 12 hours the house recessed
Salem branch of the company and I Just before midnight under an agree- Inert tonight. Senator Wadsworth of
becoming secretary of the concern, iment to meet tomorrow at II o cIock.i xew York. Republican, objected and
the renort remained with the com-
WASHINGTON, March 1. Despite I mittee.
the efforts of some Republican sen- while eoncedlnr that a filibuster
Will No Longer Be. Allowed
to Hold Place in Warfare
, lUnder Plans Proposed
PARIS. iTirch 1. Marshall Foch
presented today to the council of th
great powers the military terms to
be Incorporated In the peace treaty
These will be considered Monday
with the naval terms for the disarm
ament of Germany down to Q divi
sions of 10.000 men each, including
ators to block the "Victory loanMor congestion of legislation la the fifteen divisions of infantry and fit
adopted at the Philadelphia conven- Tne British prime minister- will reach
Paris about the same time and Mjith
the others of the council of the great
powers they will take up' the pre
liminary neace treaty, which' will
then be ready. It is expected that
these sessions will last until March
22. when Mr. Lloyd George will re
turn to England and President Wil
son will go to Brussels and the de
vastated regions.
The peace treaty will probably
reach such a definite stage during
the sessions in which President Wil
son and Premier Lloyd George will
take part that a decision may be
reached for V the assembling of the
peace congress, with Germans pres
ent, between April 1 and 10. The
peace treaty will then be presented
and will include military, naval, fi
nancial and economic features, all of
which will in the - meantime be
formulated.
Besides the . mllitar and naval
terms now before the council .o
the great powers, they will also re
ceive on Monday the report of the
tlon. They failed to see the presi
dent, but were told that he would
receive them In New York next
Tuesday night after he speaks at
the Metropolitan Opera house on the
league of nations. -
; Tonight John . P. Grace, former
mayor of Charleston, S. C, and a
( member; of the delegation, gate out
a statement raving:- '
'All during the war, I was proav
ised that among the small nations,
America was fighting to establish
In security, was surely Ireland, to
which, as 'Washington and 'the pa
triots of ' America acknowledged
they oVcd more In the fateful hours
of the revolution than; all other pow
ers combined f bnt when the commit
tee from - the Philadelphia conven
tion got to Washington, it met with'
a strong series of forbidding dif
ficulties. "Twenty-one men f ron - as far
west as the Pacific coast and from
NewLEngland. and the south, sol
emnly left their important affairs
and arrived 1r Washington Tuesday
night according, as they supposed.
(Continued on page 6)
shall, personal representative of Di
rector General Charles Pies, ot the
Emergency Fleet corporation, refus
ing the request that the conference
of March 15 on the Pacific coast
wage scales be held on the coast and
conceding only calling of a Puget
Sound conference, to present the con
crete matter for discussion
The strike situation, Jong seeming
ly on the point of decision, is now
at a crisis where the men must el
ther Seclare themselves ready to en
dure an Indefinite strike or return to
work at the old scale and vote on tb
question of going out again on April
1 with the whole coast, was reauiea
strike leaders said tonight
"Tomorrow's meeting will be the
most important yet held big Issue
are to be np. said Secretary C. u
Barrett of the Metal Trades council
Strike committee men said tna
they are confronted with a strange
condition. They adnVt there Is muci
talk on the street and around union
headquarters by individual member
who say that they are at the end of
their financial means of resistance
who plead that they are apt to lose
their home or furniture if they re
main out longer and who say tney
Yet in n r union or mass meet
ings it la Dointed out, these men
annarentlv unanimous, seem to dis
appear and the halls resound with
th a-rnrocainns cf Rteadfastness and
oho for the sneakers who appeal
for continuing the fight, committee
men. say. union men ue
Elk and a newly elected trustee oi
the- Commercial club. His business
associates and. personal frienas re-
best Interest of the city which had
so long been his home.
The accident In which Mr. Wilson
met his death occurred near midnlgh
Friday when he was on his way home
from the Cherrian banquet. Other
occupants of the machine were Mr
snd Mrs. John Todd. Mr. and Mrs
John J. Roberts and Mrs. Wilson, all
of whom received injuries from th
blow when the automobile was strucr
bill 'In an effort to force President I senate mirht " Drevent consideration
Wilson to call an early extra session I 0r the resolution at this session.
of Congress, both Republicans and I advocates of the measure expressed
Democratic leader predicted late to-1 confidence that It would be adopted
night that the measure would J! before adjournment. Senator Jones
passed, possibly before the night ee-jBaid tonight, however, that no plans
looking to the consideration of the
resolution had been made. .The
senator - explained that all' plans
were being held In abeyance until
votinr could be arranged for absent
senators and some agreement
reached with administration leaders
regarding a time for calling It up
Senator Gay. of Louisiana, an
nounced today thai he would rote for
rarded him as one ot the most con-1 8Ion of the senate ended.
scientious and profresslTe business I x motion of Senator France from
men In the city aTfiT one who did et-1 Maryland to filbutter against the
erything In his power to promote I loan bill was defeated 25 to 12. It
was stated with many of the sena
tors refraining from voting. Several
etrators Including La Follette cf
Wisconsin, and Norris of Nebraska1
did not attend.
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, left
the room In the midst of the confer-1 tne compromls resolution and ad
nee and told newspaper men he had
given notice that because of the evi
dent disposition "not to force an ex
tra session and call the presidents
by an electric car In crossing the I bluff." he was disposed not to re-
.HnTwrr TmTpmpnt. Mr. Todd re
ceived fractured shoulder and se
vere bruises.. Mrs. Roberta is suner-
ing from more, aevere Injuries, Dm
was reported resting easily at a lat
hour last night. ,
Coroner A. M. Clough announce
late last night that he had carefully
tnrn tn Waslfrnrton after March 4
The net result of the conference-
according to Republicans, was that
?everal senators who favor a filbus
ter were In a position to proceed
without the formal approval cf their
party council. Some of those sen
tnr Indicated tonight that the
reparations commission on the hugejcaiiy that there are teal booster
sums the enemy countries win De j
(Continued on page 61
Here Are Remarkable Yardage Values
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gone over the details of the acciden I
were disposed to obstruct the mea-
and felt that an inquest wouiu OF I sure despite the majority apparently
against such action, otner Repub
licans declare they would not be
party to any obstructive tactics and
on the contrary would asMst the Dem
ocrats In passing the bill. .,
several prominent Republicans
predicted that the measure ultimate
ly wuld be passed. They, also pre
dicted that the wheat guarantee and
the general deficiency bill carrying
$750,000,000 for the mllroad admin
istration would be enacted. ut said
there was little prospect of the pas
sage of any other bills.
wt.n nn!1frtion of the bono
meaaure began. Senator Kenyon. of
Iowa, offered an amendment provia
unnecessary. It Is assumed mat int
headlight on the street car struct
Mr. Wilson on the side of the head
causing almost Instantaneous death
BIG MEASURES
ARE SIGNED BY
THE PRESIDENT
vocates of the measure said his rote
would give them the necessary two-
thirds majority. - .
Marion Courdj Boys Are
Pledged by FrateTnihei
Removal or -wax conditions has
niiuH renewal of led ring for
rratrnl mambershlD at Oregon Ag
rlouitiiral -ollie6 and the following
Salem boys have affiliated with dif
ferent organlxatlons.
a M. Sawver. Kappa Psl; R. D
Slater. G. W. Croisan. Kappa SigiSa:
i K Richardson. TheU Chi: Madi
mAn viriols. Altec: E.IA. Longrer
Zeta Epsllon: Russell Mofnt, bianey
Powers. Cambridge.
tkoodburn students have pledged
rniin.- v. u. Haller. Kappa PsU
7. J. Scollard. L. N. Kllnger, Zet
Epsllon.
of cavalry. Severe restrictions ar
placed on the manufacture of all
classes of war materials and the mil'
I tary and commercial use of the air
plane Is limited to the minimum.
Beyond Marshal Foch's presenta
tion of the terms today they were not
discussed.
The naval terms now before th
council provide not only for the com
plete suppression of Germany s ul-
niarine equipment, nut aieo ior ic
termination of all submarine war
fare by all nations throughout th
wotld. thus ending the use of the
submarine In naval warfare.
The nrovlsion of dismantling th
fortifications of Heligoland and Kiel
canal has been taade the subject or
reservation by Admiral Benson, rep
resenting the United States, wnere
by this shall not be a precedent ap
plicable to the American caaai ano
harbor defenses, such as Hell Gate
Cape Cod canal and others.
The proposal for the detrucuop
of the large German warships is ap-
roved In the report by the Brlllsix
and American naval authorities, but
the French still make reservations
against the destruction of these ships
The supreme council Is oxpeciea
to pass on this and other naval and
military subjects on Monday.
.-. fox HOVT
PHILDELPHIA. Marthl. Jo Y.
Fox of England, featherweight to
night defeated Young Robldeaux of
Philadelphia In a scheduled six
round bout.
AddtiWal Money for Mileage PpJKul. tSnd 1
of Soldiers . Is Given certificates of indebtediress issneo
OI . iJUllUCI - I v' I .v. v.m hn .Minn If was
Diiarr vhc win, - .
postponed.
SovAral hours after the measure
was taken up no effort at a filbus-
GREAT FINANCIAL PROBLEMS , .
FmiOYING WAR ARE OVEtf
OVER TO tEACE CONFERENCE
Executive Approval
ENLISTMENTS ALLOWED
,., M,rrh t. The council of theory that the war was not fought
ut T"1' . ' !V" ..k. . ""'" ":L ".L,..h..rflMld- oBlr as a defensive masore Mr
er naa ieen m ue P"- ; .conomi France, bat as an International con
ica" "n" IV Tlr. Lr;" 71 !L?" "V h .7f Jtlnr the trea- flict In which France bore the brtet
lOn taCllCR, D3U BWH rn i ' I pTDIIlt'lUIt - - ....
Up to 175 Men Will Be Al
lowed Under Voluntary
Plan That Is Adopted
Kwatiaj of ir fwirricr.irjl DosiUon-
IXKlse lO aiscus vuw ' Territorial uvw
holding up the bill.
The conference was said by eomo
nt tiou attending to have been
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THIS
13 giving folks Luxuries by the yard below the
modest price of necessities. HThere is no end to the
many styles of dresses and otner wings vnai may
made from these materials, to suit the individual taste, at low cost.
Such inducements should make every machine in Salem hum.
Cotton SuitintsandSoiesettes 1 - Suitings at 75c
35c
Regular 65c Cotton Striped Suit
ings at price of ginghams and full
yard wide. The lot at, yard . JK5c
Several pieces of Beach Cloth,
regular 50c materials, yard
wide 4"....; . . : . ... ... .. 35c
SnlAsette the fabric with the.
permanent finish andone of the1 very
bcSt materials on the'market at tne
price. Largely used ' for Shirts,
Pajamas and many other purposes.
Colors arei pink, red. green, blue,
tan and gray, several shades of each.
Width, 32 inches. Splendid buys,
all at .... ...36c
Poplins $1.65
Silk and Wool Poplins, 40 In.-wide,
Almost complete range of colors
Reeular. Drices were S1.85 to S2.2S.
the entire line at, yard . . . . .f 1-C3
Wool Crepe and Diagonal Suitings
sold regularly at $1.00, 42 Inches
wide ...i
Also several pieces of wool and
cotton sport stripe, plaid, check and
tweed suitings, 42 to 56 inches wide,
noiriilar nrices were $1.00 to $1.25,
all In the lot now, jara ...... . .75c
Woolens at $1.45
In , the lot are: all wool serges,
fancy plaid and striped suitings.
ytiajah poplins, coverts, mohairs.
tailor and shepherd checks: inese
are 42 to 58 in. wide anti-priced at
$1.65 to ,$2.25. The quality is ex
cellent and colors good. (Any In the
lot at yard ..........!.'... . f 1.43
BEST CHOICE nOW
WASHINGTON, March 1. An
othe strenuous day of work by Pres
ident Wilson brought to a close what
White House attaches said was the
busiest week ever experienced at the
executive office.
iweoinuire uiiib auu iwiui i
lutions were signed by the president I OUCCeSSOr
todav at odd moments between the
reception of callers, consideration of
Democratic questions and tne mak
ing of nominations. These men in
cluded two general appropriation
measures, the postoiice bill and the
legislation, executive d , Judicial
hill containing sirh-treasurles in nine
cities and giving civilian, employe
of the government In Washington a
war bonus or$240. The bin autnor
izlng. voluntary enlistments in the
army up to 175.000. men and that
giving service men their uniform?
and fivecents per mile railroad fare
Instead of three and one-half cents
also were signed.
Diplomatic callers took np most of
the afternoon, among these being th
new ministers from Teru. and tne
kfngdom of the Serbs. Slovaks and
Croats, who presented their creden
tials.. After' .brief conferences with
Secretaries Daniels and Glass on de
bartmental affairs, the
RICHTER WILL
BE SECRETARY
to Gingrich Is
Chosen by Salem Y. M.
C A. Directors
" Y . m.mKa Tha
me MDjeci w.. I riritlsh do not wiahxto add to. their
in two specuic rei'- "r. w,4. i- taking trt of the conti
from the nnanciai commis,, u, bnrdeng. whlIe Japan Hevea
which Loula Klotx. french minister Euro
of finance. Is chairman ana Aioev lntAhtr,
""f?.-rB -rr : u w rmt that thi.
port was frZrthe 'U?l
- , .hi,!, AiK,rt mmPnthal of corporated in the pace treaty, .but
V I. v,rm.n mnA nrar1 M. WftHW OI i
Rarnfi Vinr MrCormlck and Dr-1 suggesnon
A. A. Davis, the American members
The financial commission's Vepor
was brief. glTing the main heading
of the vast financial reorganization
that Is reaulred. It does not em
brace reDarations nd in a em allies
waa abandoned and th
present suggestion contemplates a re
apportionment of tne aeois una-
the financial section of tne ieagn
of nations which was reported favor
ably yesterday.
Neither 'suggestion, however. ha
for the war. as those subjects are be- passed upon by the MSPrmJ
. ... . . . I Minn.ii th nionmrv conference an
ine considered . pnvaieiy. aosi' oi i ' ".:r - .
- . Ith headlnrs were nresented with
Lieutenant Henry C. Klchter. wnoi rmnrnmnnA.t ,nn. -,hiPv .
ithe magnitude-of the proposal leaA
was discharged from the army ser
vice February 15, has been employed
by the board of directors of the Sa
lem Y. M. C. A. as secretary of the
association and will begin Lis admin
istration Monday. He formerly lived
tn Salem and attended Willamette
university for two years, later going
to Oregon Agricultural college where
he graduated In 1916. He will suc
ceed O. n. Gingrich who recently re
signed. Lieutenant Rlchter entered county
T. M. C. A. work in California after
leaving college and when the war be
gan he enlisted as an army T. M. C
A. secretary, serving a year at Clack
- I ft t- A mm y m
out recommendations which are S!LU .nc
to the council and the plenary confer- '71 7XrW
measure uuir v. . ... .
Another head of the financial re-
ence.
One
or ire main n- - . of 8tabniI.
cerns war deMa ana aeois maae oe- " -hlch ha
fore the war in enemy countries, h r.V a.a ,
whether they are to be paid or re-
amas with the Third Oregon, at Fort
president I Casey. Wash., with the coast artillcr
went with Mrs. Wilson for an auto- corps and with the .fourth engineer
been seriously deranged by war con
ditions, the issuance or paper cu,
rency and other measures. Another
heading Is the possibility- nnw"
lied loans from neutral states, as !
...w ht ncuirais "
mobile ride. ' "
1 Many cll'.s. Including a delega
tion from th Irish race convention
smoking to ttresent resolutions de
manding self-determination 'for-Ireland,
were unable to see the presi
dent, but he agreed to meet the dele
gation aTter th?,specch In New York
Tuesday night.
Leaving the Y. M. C. A. work Mr
Rlchter enlisted in the regular armv
and was sent to Camp Lewis. He
received his rommision a second
lieutenant at Camp Hancock. Ga.. a
machine gun training center. Since
October he has bern at Camp Tratla.
Tex., with the 18th division.
pudiated and. If paid, the manner
and priority of payments. Another
heading deals, wltS state propertv
state property In territory taken over
such as state mines and state raii-
wavs.
The mos Important -heading Is
ntttlt "RiRanoortlonment of the
war Hebta of allied countries on I
fair basis." While not presented ii
detail, this heading opens one
'"' .r""'.'.. A k. dnflA
conference. Accord.nc to tne t rencp ... r..- t oncSs;or
point of view, the hngc debt, of tne ?aa , ru oI CLI.
rnmr h.ve fallen unduly on France-im bws .
which t now carrying the largesMna.
per caplU loan. It Is maintain" r"" VrfdVred with a view to r-r-iherefore.
that a certain portion of being "'ter the war. al
ther allied war debt, should be manent tXmenr,, concerning
cooled so a. to be intemauonai " """ debt of tbe n-
liratlons instead of beng carried tne war .. r - , ,h race treaty-
h France. This is on th emy may
a uuwv
large stocks of money wnica
assist in the readjustment of world
finances. ri.
The articles concerning enemy u
of ihelmunities covers sue . co nntry ts Mo
i the I rocro Turkey and Chin anl what
0-'5rl! i-Wnn. with th G-rmsn
i