-The Statesman-receives the leased wire report of the As sociated Press, the greatest aad most, reliable press as sociation in the world. . w THE AVKATI1FIV . J , . Friday rain, cooler east' portion; l;h southerly winds Interior; fresh southerly rales along the coat. ' " " - f . .' . - ; . .. v-. . . T r ; - ; - . . r W" m ii BB J KIXTV-N1XTII VKAH , ; , ? 8ALKM, OREGON, FRIDAY MOUMXG. APRIL 4. 1919 " P .- T?vnrMniTiTnr FOR YEAR IS TO BE LARGE Representative Good Predicts Passing of Billion Dollar Congresses of Pre - War . Days, . - APPROPRIATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE I Departments Not Expecting to Make Cuts in Budgets for Year 1920 WASHINGTON. April .The . passing of the "btltton dollar" con greases of pre-war days and the com ing for the peace period of "fpur bll- - .lion dollar" congresses wa.s predicted ' plght in a statement by Represen tative Good of Iowa, who will be chairman of the appropriations com : mittee in the next house. . Reviewing the financial problem of the next congress. Good estimates that the appropriations necessary for the various government government expenditures In the fiscal year end uing June 30. 1921, would total more than $3,800,000,000. Strictest economy would do more to ohld ex- ( Continued on page 2) -X, Carried Over and Broken Lines Black Shoe Soap Kid,, button French heel, plain toe, A, B, C, size 3 to 6M. Brown vamp and white top Kid, lace with French heel and plain toe, also imitation, tip, A and C sizes 4 to 7. . - . . Brown vamp and white top Kid, button, military heel', plain toe, welt, C and D Sizes 2Mj to 61- A Buster Brown Shoe. Brief descriptions of three exccl- M QC lent sho&s that sold regularly at Jf,JJ3 $7.00, your choice Lot of Kid and Gun Metal Button shoes for women. Good medium -heels and toes 2V2 to 4 and 8 only. - A Buster Brown Girl's black Kid lace, medium wide plain toe, 2 to 6VL'. . ;v CO QC ' a Two more j splendid lots that,sold J at $4.45 to $4.85, your choice- . TT Another lot of Buster Brown black Kid button shoes for women and growing girls. Plain toe and low heel, 2 to GVk, reduced from $4.45 to V,i ....$3.45 Broken lot Women's Patent, Kid and vGun Metal, lace and.button shoes of various types and styles, sizes -2Y to 5, values up to $4.25, choice. .... .$2.50 Lot of Misses White Canvas button shoes, almost given away. ' - r . , Sizes 9 to 11 y2, choice . .95c Sizes 12 to 2, choice .... ..$1.10 Low Shoes: 1 . -Brokeniots of Woinen's Pumps. and Oxfords in var ious styles, sizes 2li to 4V not the latest but high quality footwear choice . . . ....... $1.95 1 Lot of Misses White Canvas button oxfords, sizes , 12J2 to 2, splendid shoes for .'.$1.00 All our Shoes, although riot vredueedwill be found to b below the average market price of like footwear . today.. , - . . - V-.- .f...i. 1 Grave Diggers Out on Strike; Corpses Await Interment in Vaults SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.- Interments InTt our of this city's : largest cemeteries were delayed today by a walkout of grave diggers, who demanded a wage Increase of from $4 to $5 a day. Seventy-four grave diggers are striking. In one cemetery, the Holy Cross, Interments are being made, Archbiship Hanna hav ing granted the men's demands. J-iBodies are lying in vaults pend I lng the outcome of the strike. FRENZIED MAN MURDERS WIFE AND ATTORNEY Shoots Self to. "End Every thing" Divorce Cause of7 Trouble ILL HEALTH IS BLAMED Triple; Tragedy Occurs in Lawyer V Office; Woman in Next Room HOQUIAM, Wash., April 3. An gered -b-jcaus his wife refused to withdraw an application for divorce due to his ill health, according to statements of f rends, A. A. Sedg wick tonight shot and killed Sidacy Moore Heath, a prominent Hoquiam (Continued on paee 6) RAILROADS 1 MEXICO MAY BE ADDED TO Larranza Asks Extra Session! of Congress to Authorize Federal Construction of Lines. V' THREE NEW ROUTES WILL BE PROPOSED Troops Can Be Transported Without Entering the United States WASHI.VGTON. April 3. rresl d.'ti Carranza has n iked the exrra session of the, Mexican congress, which has beea called to meet May 1, to authorize the construction by the federal government of three rail road lines and the acquisition of another railway system, it was learn ed today from official sources. The fact that these features were In the call for an extra session was not sent out from Mexico ' City at the time the call was made public. The congress will be asked to ap propriate 10.000,000 p?sos for the purchase of all or a majority of the srocic or the Yucatan railwar sys tem, owned by the Hejneauen as sociation. One of the new lines will link this system with the ter-itorr or Quintan Roo, which at sresent nas uo railroads. . The line will run irom reto, . Yucatan, to Bacalar. in the southern part of the territory and to santa C,ru, the chief harbor of the territory on xhe east coast. Diaz Planned I,lne. This line was contemplated by Porflrto Diaz, and surreys were made under his orders, Another line, the ulan for which also dates back to the Diaz admjn mrauoa is proposed to run from Santa Lucrecia. In the state of Vera C-uz on the Tehuantepec line nur- cnasea a snort time ago from the Pearson . interests to -Campeche. where it will connect with another branch jot the Yucatan system. This line ?fV!I!t V.pf1rtIOfcof h of Chiapas and all of the state state to Tabasco ITha third proposed line will run from some poi.it on the Southern Pa cific of Mexico between Magdalena andHermosillo to Enenada. the capital of Lower California. This road will enable Mexico' to transport troons bv rail form central Mexico ton lower California- without, entering tne united states. . 1 ' No Xeed to Enter IT. S, Heretofore when an emergency arose which 'necessitated the quick despatch of troops to the western ter ritory. the Mexican government was compelled to secure permission from the United States to end its sol diers through this country. This per mission has always been granted, but it is said the Mexicans always have disliked to make the request. The railroad will also open np to Mexico all the : land of the Colorado delta which heretofore has been directly tributary to the United States be cause of American railway. -These railroad projects are be lieved by officials here to Je part of President Carranza' program to secure for the .government the en tire . transportation machinery of to be made tonight by Lieutenant Mexico. Wiest Is Choice for Deputy GrahdJIaster rV. A. Wiest was the choice of . 1 - 9 . . . unemeaeia loage nuniwr i ai iup regular meeting weanesaay nigni. for district deputy grand master, for the ensuing year. Mr. wiest is dep uty clerk of the state supreme court. . The lodge elected as delegates to the grand lodge' which meets here May 19 to 23 inclusive, '. L.. Waters, J. B, Chenoweth, R. G. Henderson. W., A. Wiest, C. O. Engstrom and J.' A. Patterson. ' Conclusion of Alliance . With Russians Desired BERLIN, via Copenhagen, April 3. The Bavarian government has begun negotiations for the conclu sion of an alliance with Russia, ac cbrrtfag to advices from Munich. The Bavarian Volks Zeitung ex plains that the, government's action Is dne to the fact that the food mnplles from the entente Is insuf ficient and Inadeanatly assured, whereas grain Is obtainable from Russia. BELA KTX IX MUNICH I BERLIN. April 3. (By Th Asso ciated Press) The Tares Zeltnnr renortP that tbe Hunrar!aa dictator, Bela Knn. trrived In Munich, Ba varia. Wedisesdav. accomnanted bv a lair it. "Thin report has not been confirmed. Nope, This Lost Trunk Has Leaves Instead of Gems It isn't burled treasure this time that Is the object of an exploring ex pedition, which is to set out from Salem tomorrow. Nay, 'tis but the lost apen. , ; ; "M. W., Gorman, curator of the for- aotri Kti 1 11 1 as 4 Tft"f I i t H 4a si 11 A to arrive in saiem tomorrow to join Professor Feck of Oregon Agrlcul- taral college. Herman Clark and J C. Nelson of the local high school on an automobile Crip to the river bot tom opposite Sidney, where the party will conduct a search for the rare tree. The trip is being . made 'in re sponse to a request from the Arnold Arboretum, which is a part of Har vard university. The aepen has been known to exist in various parts of the northwest, but few specimens have been found. Reports that such a tree Is to. be found near Indepen dence will be investigated this week if the weather permits. STRIKE ON BAY BROUGHT TO END BY ACCEPTANCE San Francisco Machinists Ac cept Offer Submitted by - Employers BACK AT WORK TODAY Bonus Substituted for Retro active WagesrHalf Holi-" day Promised SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. A strike which has involved approxi mately 10.000 machinists in the San Francisco bay region since early in February ended today when the lo cal machinists agreed to accept an offer submitted by their employers and return to work tomorrow. Acceptance of the offer to be final W Continued on Page 6) WAREHOUSE IS ! TO COST:$8000 HoiePl Baumgartner Builder .. -X . nl oi BricK structure on rian r ing Mill Site Construction of a brick warehouse to cost $8000 and to be 93 by 165 feet in dimension one story high and to. be located on the ground new occupied by the Brown plauer mill building, is to be comtaenced as Boon as the mill structure Is ra ed. The builder is Joseph Baum- gartner who secured his ; building permit yesterday. . The work Is to be ,done by day labor and no con tract will be let. Wrecking of the mill building has already commenced and the work on the 'aew structure Is to be rush ed. The building is already rented to Clifford W. Brown for a mohair and wool warehouse. The warehouse is to be construct ed of brick tile with a foundation of concrete as high as the floor level. The site As an excellent one for shipping a It is accessible to both the Sduthern Pacific and Oregon Electric railway. HIDDEN WIRES ARE DEMANDED I Aenratinn far IInrlerTonnd I O O Cables Starts If Phone Rates Increase - If the Oregon public service com mission finds In favor of the Pa cific Telephone ft Telegraph company in the rate Increase case, and If the city of Salem does not find It feast ble to begin a campaign for the es tablishment of a municipal -telephone system, a move will be Inaugurated it is said, to cause the Pacific com pany to remove the unsightly tele phone poles with which the city Is studded and place all wires unaer ground. This is the system used In the east, it Is argued, in cities of the size of Salem as well as in the larg er places. - Vigorous Cleaning of ' Silk Causes Explosion PORTLAND, Or.. April 3. Friction caused by rubbing silk' vigorously with gasoline caused an explosion and fire today in the home of Mrs. C B.i Baker, which resulted in her being se verely burned about the face, and hands. The fire was ex tinguished with little damage to the dwelling. " SHORTAGE OF FOOD BRINGS ON REVOLTS Potatoes in Germany. Nearly Exhausted Rationing Ma chinery Largely Broken Down. . DAY'S WAGES WONT BUY POUND, OF MEAT Recent Quiet Only Surface Camouflage for Impend ing Strife . PARIS, April 3. The latest ad vices concerning the fighting at Frankfort aad the renewal of the trike in Berlin confirms the Im pression prevailing In Germany when tne former Berlin correspondent of l the Associated Press icTt . there a week ago that the then comparative lull In the manifestations of Indus trial disorder and revolutionary vio lence and pillage by the rabble was only temporary. Germany was at that tlm fairly Cuiet, the only Important exception being a strike In the surrounding rcgloj. The March Insurrection in llerfin and the disturbance in cen tral Germany, and In east Russia had been suppressed: the flame of dis order 'was only flickering In the Si lesia coal fields, while order was being maintained in Breme'a. Essen find other cities, formerly scenes of Spartacan uprisings, and the social ist proletariat of Bavaria, although rcnnlng affairs In that state with out regard to the central govern ment, were oot seeking any occasion to conflict with the central authori ties.' Men Want Work. Beneath the surface there were abundant possibilities of trouble. The majority of the German working men, particularly the married men. wish to work, although higher wag es are being constantly, demanded. to meet the rising cost of food. -An energetic spartacan minority ana the youneer Irrepressibles, however, are constantly causing trouble and preaching Bolshevist doctrine of reiterated political strikes to dis possess factory owners and over throw the present eovernmenl. On earlier occasions, as at Berlin and in the Ruhr region, these min orities had been able to Inveigle or nerfuade others Into joining the strike movement, producing hlghe wages In case of snccess. .and hold ing out the bait vf abundant food shipments from Russia if the govern ment were overthrown and an alli ance concluded wth' Bolshevist Rus sia: The factory owners feared that the radical mlnortty might agarn dominate their fellows If a new strike was called under propitious circumstances, particularly a there were a number of big establishments, known colloquially as -Llenanecnt plants." where the workmen were lareelv spartacan. who could be counted on to give a most satisfac itorr Impetus to a general strise by going out In a body at a given signal. Reasonable PHcee Aeetiea. Factory owners and others in close tonch with industrial conditions r gard the distribution of American food supplies at reasonable prices as the only possibility of mastering the strike movement, re-establishing industrial order and stimulating pro duction. With the workmen able to buy with their. wages the necessary food, they may be able to naice oit the Influence of the radicals. Win ont this nossibility all must Inev itably drift completely Into the dom ination of the extremist. The Industrial situation Is compli cated by a shortage of coal and raw materials. Factories are running on ly five days a week on a shcrt sched ule of hours. Should the coal pro duction be increased and transporta tion Improved, there would be a far- better outlook for industry- - Leading German manufacturers. particularly in the electrical and ma chinery lines, assured the corres pondent that .they would nave .no difficulty In dbing a profitable busi ness even under the present wage scale. If the food and fuel difficulty was solved. , The food situation was rapidly becoming critical when the food and shipping agreement was sicned. But the speedy arrival of American food ships with' food on board, had already had an imposing effect on general sentiment, though distribution had not begun a week so. , Potatoes Nearly Goa. The exhaustion . of the potatoe stocks was in sight, the food admin istrators hoping to continue to re duced ration until Into May. Some stocks of grain could last at best only Into the third week of May. The emaciated herds of Germany were no longer ible to supply even the reduc ed meat ration of from four to sev en 'Ounces per week. The govern- J Continued on page 2) Jiank Looted of Thrift Stamps by Bandits Now Being Sought by PoUce A j' ' HUNTINGTON. W V.. AprI S. Robbers dynamited the safe of the First National . Hank of Ansted, 70 miles eaift I of here, and escaped with $50,000 in cash and war savj ing (-tamps early Wednesday, i accord in r to a message receive ed today by Huntington im lice, arkljg that a lookout be kept for the bandlU. who ir belivei to have come to this city. The robbers. the me.i , sage raid, secured the, loot af ter t lowing the locks off tt doom of the vault but failed to pent:lrae the Inner cham ber .t the safe in wnich ru $150,00 In currency. BOARD'S POLICY WILL BE GIVEN MORE HEARINGS Public May Be Asked to Make Purchases on Government Price Scale ; CONFLICT CONTINUES Conferences on Steel Are to Be Resumed Today by . Two Factions i WASHINGTON. April 3. Conflict between the Industrial board of the department of commerce atad the railroad administration over steel prices has developed a new question of whether the board shall attempt to arrange prices .with basic Indus tries at which the public will be asked to-make purchases. Reconsideration of the entire pol icy .of the board, with .possible con sequent withdrawal or revision of the steel prices already announced has been decided upon. Conferences will start tomorrow representatives of the board and the railroad ad-. (Continued on page C) SALEM DEALERS GIVE UP BOORS School Texts Not to Be Handled vby Stationery Firms in This City j m " Salem book dealers, end It is said those In Eugene also, ut decided tha they will not carry school ooks In Stock! because of the narrow, mar gin of profit possible unaer arrange ments with publishers. and distrib utors. At a recent meeting of the Willamette "valley stationers held In Salem the dealers decided to demand a 20 per cent margin, out present Information is that this Is 'in possible to get. Local merchants who have been handling school bouks say they will give np the fight for a larger profit and simply decline to carry the books in stock. ' KAY AfiD LAZARUS ARE KEPT FROM BLOWS BY OIXOTT; AND STE1ER f Only Intervention by Governor Olcott and Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner. superin tendent of the sUte hospital for the Insane, prevented Edgar M.' Lazarus, architect of Portland, and Tortner SUte Treasurer T. B. Kay from com ing to blows In the chamber of : the state board of control yesterday. As It. was Mr. Kay got close enough to Lazarus to grab him by the clothing and pull a button from his coat as the foil. .41 lrrjnrer tr!d to drag Lazarus across an Intervening table so he could work on him by the fisti cuff process. " The trouble arose over a revival of Lazarus grievance against the board for refusing to allow him all fees he claimed as architect for the receiving ward at the state hospital. Lazarus according to claims of the board and Superintendent Stelner, drew plans for the ventilating sys tem which were la excess of the state appropriation and which ' the board would not accept or for which It would not allow fees. Lazarus to tal fee1 at S per cent of the cost of the building, according to the board's figures, was $2534.27 and he had been paid $1500. He still claimed S114 4.9S. but the board claimed $$34.2? was all that was due him. Governor Olcott asked SUte Treas urer Kay to appear before the board tor the reason that ne was a mem ber at the time the building was con QWWt 10 uimiiL iu CHECKED BVARKIY Prompt Use of 'Troops, Mar tial Law and Other Emerg ency Means Effective in Stuttgart and Ruhr Dis trict . EXTENSIVE MOVEMENT INCLUDES KRUPP PLANT Flooding of Mines Mast Be ' Reckoned With If Walk-out in Germany Continues After April 10. 1 BERLIN. Wednesday. April 2. (By The Associated Press) The ' strikes at Stuttgart and In fhe Ruhr district seew to have been checked by the energetic action of the gov ernment by the ftrompt use of troops, martial Jaw and other salutary means. . - Ofilfial reports from Stuttgart summarizing the situation there say that serious violence Is reported only from a EssIIngen. where the r-parta-cans "seised weapons and .automo biles, but surrendered ttma after ne gotiation. The large' number of non-residents among the strikers " was one of the features of the upris ing, going to prove that the move ment was, is claimed, purely a po litical effort of tbey radicals and in denandants to overthrow the govern ment. - The strikers at Stuttgart assem- . bled frequently yesterday despite, the martial law regulations, but were , dispersed. The leaders-were arreft ed by She troops and the government was master of the situation by night fall'. The troops behaved splendid- ly,- though some of them received rough treatment. - . Mines Still CIokJ In the Ruhr district for a time the . strike was extended by several thous- . and. ' by the . danger of a general strike subsided. The mines where the spartacans prevail are still closed but in those sections where the un ion niners and .the majority social ists are in control the men refused to close down. Many decided to await developments, in the meantime continuing their work. The situation at Frankfort is quiet again. The number 6f victims of the riot has reached sixteen, but this 1 . 111 V.. VI W . v. m .n tail as some of the wqunded cannot hope to live. The funeral of the four wo men who were killed took place (his (Continued on page 2) . structed and .was acquainted with the previous relations with Lazarus. During. the argument a paid ad vertisement was mentioned which Lazarus bad.' printed in a Port land , newspaper and In which it is said. Lazarus claimed Kay had called him a grafter. When- Kay made some comment relative to the article yesterday Lazarus called him a liar. Kay attempted to let the short and ugly word pats unno ticed until Lazarus repeated "You're a damn liar, and again with a stronger adjective before the word. Kay lunged across the table and grabbed the architect by the veil. and a button snapped off. Governor Olcott closed on Lazarus and backed him against the wall, while on the other side of the table Dr. Stelner was holding Kay In eab. Lazarus brought with him to ba- lem Judge Martin L. Pipes or Tort- land as his attorney. When Mr. Pipes was apprised that former Gov ernor5 Withycombe. Secretary of State Olcott and Stae Treasurer Kay. the former board of control, bad unanimously refused to allow Laz arus' claim In 1918 when final act Ion was taken, he Informed his clienj that he apparently had no cafe before the board. After the serslon had been broken bp by the clash between Kay and Lazarus the layer decided to accept the state's figures and the amount was paid. ) V