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THE OREQOX BTATE8MA.X 1 TrESDAY, APRIL 1919' 4V- J PLANS: FOR BIG MEET IN JUNE Boys of '98 and Auxiliary to ,Hold Annual . , Encamp i ment in Salem GENERAL MAY PRESENT Service Men of Late War Elected to Honorary Membership i Preliminary arrangement for the state encampment of Spanish War Veterans and their auxiliaries which is to be held in Salem in June were made at a meeting of Hal Hibbard -camp No. 6 and of its auxiliary of ' the camp in the armory last niht. '! The exact date of the encampment has not been fixed. Tbe cambers of the etate legisla ture have been tendered by Governor Olcott for, the use of the organiza tions and it has been decided that the auxiliary delegates will hold their meetings : In the senate rooms and tbe house of representatives will be used by the veterans. " 1 . Hal Hibbard camp No. 5 named the following as an executive committee to arrange for the encampment! James Chenoweth, A. T. Woolpert. . 1 B. Davis. The auxiliary commit tees named last night are ad follows! . Social Mrs" Charles Wilson. Mrs. Robert Kumro, Mrs. J. D. Humphries. Mrs. . Albert Jarril. . - . - Reception Mrs. Leroy Hewlitt. Mrs.-.. Grace ' Peterson, .Mrs. Fred Thompson. Mrs. C. J. Lisle. ''. Veterans of the present war were t elected to the degree of honorary membership In Hal Hibbard camp by a resolutfonwbieh was unanimously adopted lastTnlght. Adjutant General , John 1 May, Oregon National guard, was present for a few moments, he being a vet eran of .the war with Spain as well a3 having Just returned from France as a veteran 'Of the late- conflict. ; In an impromptu spech General May praised the gTat patriotism of . the Spanish war veterans,.' both those who were in the service in the war with : Germany and those ; who re mained at home. Ie, declared that the need of sucbf organizations as the Spanish War veterans 'and their auxiliary are greatly .needed? at the present time to maintain the spirit of the : American people. v Sti 1;.? General May told a dumber of in- 1 cidenta which oocorred In France and said.Wiat.it seemed to him hot a step ' from the trenches in the Philippines to The trenches' tn France? - Following the meeting a luncheon was served by- the members of the auxiliary and later a musical program was renaerea. - - - - - VETERANS LAY . Lv'V.- " ..' 1 ' - . - .. ' 1 I . !. v ...,-! .': " r :i ...... . ' " . . ' " ' II- " J - " ' " .11' . 1 . ....... -- - " 1 . ' . . . .. ' . : . . . r ' I - - - t - ' c - mm - -. - 1 . esssw "s ' T y - ' , V - ' " ' ' Cftv;-1 V ' . - -V;: . v::--:;. . ' A . .... r c s2 .. . ... . . ,. . .. ... '" . '. " . ..' ...".... ... .T . 4 . 11 . .j' v-r: .. . ivr- ... . . - . ii ... f 11 KuA V II 1 1 - ; t . ' . 11 ' . " , ' - I . - ' - J" , Follow the tracks I .'; :. " rtt,. .... . . .T.."-. . 11 " " "" - .. . ". . ' - CherrmisShQuU Attend V Drill Says Fred Mangis About 40 Cherrians attended the first meeting for drill which was held In the old armory In the city hall last night. Fred Mangis acted as drill master. While the. flsrt meeting is promis ing, Mr.-Mjrogis stated that It will be necessary to have a much larger at tendance at subsequent drills if the Cherrians are. to make their show ing this year that they have in the paht,. He states that the competition will be very keen in parades during the summer because of the military organizations participating and be cause so many of the business men In similar organizations throughout the state have had more or less mil itary training recently." , He said that unless the members of the organisation attend the drills that they will be barred from parti cipating in parades when the Cher rians take their trips this year. "FOLLOW THE TRACKS" Regular Old Fashioned Sort of a . -Mystery Is With Us Today . . ." Tracks always have the atmosphere of mystery about them. Doesn't make any difference whether they be rail road tracks, which lead into the land of far away, or little or; big foot prints. Tracks key up your Imagination particularly odd looking tracks. Per haps you can't figure out the sort of animal that has passed on its Jour ney. That adds to the zest of the question. -.... Many animals have big. husky feet, and it's worth while brushing up on this track business te discover what .-.. kind of an animal makes foot prints. like the ones that are printed in to day's issue. After all, a little fun adds to the joy- of living. And you'll undoubted ly get some fun out of this real old time mystery. -Follow the Tracks" is the cry all over the nation totday. Study this mystery picture and those that fol low tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. It'll be a lot of enjoyment. Just "Follow the Tracks!" . TRADE STREET CASE HALTED AFTER PARLEY (Continued from Page i.) - "I favor the paper mill." he de clared, "but I don't want the city to give "anything - away, v We only ask a scow landing. I've seen' docks wash away that have . been put on the Court street site offered by the mill. ; ' , i:- :.f ' r : v . . v , : : , v -i- - "I don't want to do anything to hurt the mill, but, even If it tsr going to do that I say keep our streets. The Spauldings are just using this as a club. .... "Alderman -James McClelland sug gested that a committee "from' the council come to sommlcable agTee- men with mill officials. Before a motion to this effect had been acted on Judge P.-H- TJ'Arcy representing ' ' SSSSSSSSSBBBJSSJSSSSaSSSlalSSS ""ffw . V B"SBBSSBBaBBSBBan W the Minto estate, was allowed the courtesy of the floor. He told brief ly of the use to which the street had been put as a iueaos of hauling grav el brought from the island on ecows. lt seems unralr to the Mintos to fender their .property valueless; The only direct passage from the Island is through Trade street and ever since the .city has been laid out it has been used as such. .The rights of an in dividual are equal to those of any corporation and you would be com mitting an injustice to every citizen Intown if you give away the entire street.","'. - . . v Attorney 'W. E. Keyes stated the mill's point of view, showing that Trade street is the pivot point on which the whole plan for, the paper mill hinges. It is the only suitable place for a power plant, he declared. Mr. Keyes pointed oat other routes Over which gravel could be hauled and maintained. that the Miatos had hot used Trade street for this pur pose lor several years. -, "We do insist on having-. Trade street." he said. "If the city asked any other street we should try our best to give it. We dislike to cause Mr. Minto any Inconvenience and would give him a right of way to haul gravel over Bellevue street. If the city vacates the property we ask, the return would eventually be much greater than the sacrifice.'? f . . Fred J. Smith spoke briefly, point ing out that, the mill asks four acres of land from. the city and that the small strip he advocates retaining would amount to a little over one fourth of itl . . ; . -. i The Spaulding company together with A. N. Bush, Sally Bush and the Qregon Electric railroad - formally filed a petition Tor the vacation of Trade and adjoining- streets and al leys. Thirty days will be allowed for hearing objections. Mayor Albin last night announced! the personnel of a special commit tee to look into the proposal to es tablish - a local telephone exchange unconnected with the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph line. Dr. O. I Scott, Fred J. Smith. W. A. Wiest, O. J. Wilson and Dr. F. I- Utter make up this group and will hold a special meeting at 7:30 Friday, night to go over the . plan. A city phone sys tem is being considered on account of the attempted increase in rates in the Bell system. ' r . r City -Attorney, B. W. Macy In formed the council that a petition for a 'rehearing on the Salem, water rate case had - been ' denied by the federal district court and the -only remaining action left would be to take the matter to the supreme cort Alderman Vandevort advocated let- tine the case ' rest. -, r ; Claims of the' Cflark-Henry Con straetion 1 compaay- for approximate ly' $22,000 in damages were placed on file. They Involve improvements of South - Twelfth ' street made in 1912 and' 191 J. -The -assessments have never 1 been; collected on the property. r.r"":-r Resolutions InVolving the placing of cement sidewalks on the east T3e of Commercial stj-eet in South Salem were introduced, as also was one for a sewer "on the south side of State between TWenty-nrst and Twenty fifth. They parried. Ordinances which passed on final reading provided for the vacation of certain portion of Hood street and adjoining alley in North Salem asked by the Oregon Gravel com pany, requiring persons selling tags to receive a permit from the mayor and laying down rules governing mo tor vehicles. . v 1 ,v? , A petition was received from F. J. Rupert asking an order for-the re moval of -an unsightly barn adjoin ing his property. - The bid of the Oregon Gravel company on the pur chase of steel rolls owned by the elty;was declined "because 'It con tained an offer of 11500 worth of gravel Instead of actual cash. -The council granted a request to gravel a . street leading to the company's bunkers, but declined to pay for the hauling...'.',. . : " PEACE STILL HANGS , v FIRE AT CONFERENCE . . Continued from Page 1) settled are that reparation and res toration shall be la accordance "with the president's seventh and eighth points and, the. allies' reply to the president's note and also that the actual damage and destruction shall be the main basis for : estimating the damages and, that the- com mis sion shall formulate .categories or classes of these damages.. Payment Is to be spread over a period . of years, without a specific total being fixed, and the Initial payments prob ably will be required within the first two years. . . -.-At the close of the council's ses sion It was stated that ho agreement had been reached on reparations or other subjects and that the discus sion on reparations would be resum .tomorrow, with President Wilson TKissiblT nresent. Extreme tension was eviaeut as a result of today's discussions, and It Is . believed throughout .the confer ence that another critical stage has been reached 'One of the most, re sponsible authorities associated with President Wilson said that' he would not be surprised if . American par ticipation was brought to sn early close if, the delays over details were carried much further The differences still remain! r oh the subjects of frontiers and repara tions are comparatively slight, he added, and yet these slight differ ences are so persistently maintained as to threaten, to: create prolonged delays which the president and American delegaUonir, not wtniag to accepts -''r5; i lf' !,' . The president -was described by one who saw him during the day as standing firm rin his , determination to make no further concessions. He Insists .that; the' principles which were definitely agreed upon at the time of the armistice, aref at stake, There is little doubt thaVthe presi dent's staidhas beep, made known to the other .membeta of the council. but since his illness he had not per sonally conferred, with any of them. excepting Colonel, IfmrSe. , fThe existing, tension led; to many reports of decisive action wnicn tne American delegation was said to be about to take. - These reports were more or less exaggerated, yet: all seemed plausible. In view of the pres ident's determined attitude.' - Some of the president's closest in timates had not been informedjthat the steamer George Washington had been sent for while the others were of the opinion that the summoning of the steamer would be accepted as an intimation by the allied leaders that delays must be brought to a speedy conclusion. DUTY CLEAR AS TO DEBS (Continued from Page ;1) . delivery of the speech mentioned. Debs had on numerous occasions pub licly urged wage earners to adhere to the so-called St. Louis program of the anti-war factioa .of the so cialist party adopted In April. It 17. This doenment asserted that partici pation of the United States In the war against Germany could not be Justified, branded the declaration of war by the American government as a crime against the people of the United States, declared that In all modern history there had beca po war more unjustifiable and urged 'continuous, active and public oppo sition to the war. "Following the action of the su preme court, the defendant has In dulged In violent public criticism of the American courts of Justice and practically defied the power of the government to. administer the law against him. . In a public speech made at Cleveland March 12 he said: With every drop in my veins I des pise their law and I defy them. A few days ago he declared that If an attempt Is made to imprison him he will have a general strike called In support of his attitude. "In this situation my daty is dear. Respect for the law and our Institutions is the basis upon which every application for executive clem ency must rest. Open defiance or the law and threat of force to obatrsct Its orderly, administration call for only one answer;. The law must be respected and obeyed. ' To make sure of that, it must be enforced; I would be doing a. grievous wrong to the country and striking a-blow at law enforcement if I adopted aTay coarse which would interfere with the nor mal administration of Justice In this case. - - . Application for a respite prelim inary to a. petition for pardon was received at the White Hoase last week. At that time It waa said the application would be referred to the attorn er-eneral. but mat u naa noi ret been communicated, to . the presi dent.'- The . request' waa sigjea oy Frank, P. Walsh, Alan. Benson and pharles Edward Kssseii. j - -it CONVOY SYSTEM .. (Continued from page 1) had . been ideaL J..' were a minority In the allied fleet." he said, "but we had the sat isfaction of knowing that In quality we ranked, ship for ship, with the best of them. - Of the merchant seamen, the Tear abmiral spoke In high praise, declar ing, "they stood by us through It all. and some of them, it seemeq. could not get torpedoed often enough to suit them." He said "there might have been a different story to tell." but for the courage of ' these men The war, he added, had given both the-navy and the merchant marine a true appreciation of the other's worth. ' BAVARIANS PROCUill (Continued from page 1), lnnn to the community. Independ ent sociallstion Is therefore out of the questions. It Is the duty or tne workers, peasants and soldiers coun cils everywhere t attend ta iae pro tection of the soviet republle nnd Its peaceful development. - They will take over local authority and con trol of the administration and are responsible to the working people for all actions aod omissions. - "Today Is a national . holiday. Work will be suspended, but the rail ways and food, water, llghtinc and heating services will continue. Situation Watched. BERLIN. April 7. (By The As sociated Press) The news of the situation in Bavaria is b!nr follow ed with keea interest In-Wurtem-berg and it Is considered significant that 'the meeting of the Wurttemberg national assembly has been Indefi nitely postponed. ' The students af Munich University an Saturday declared the senate de posed sod Its administration trans ferred tO a Council Ol Iiaaeuu Timfesaorm." f ' The Munich Neuste Naehrlchten. mdt of which hat been received here, contains an appeal to the whole of Germany from tbe revolutionary council In favor of a soviet govern- mw.A Anr all ro11aboratlcfci IJI1 U L v.--..r -- - vi.k m iienle&blii covernment of Ebert. Scheidemann, Noske ana Erxberger." Serious disorders and fighting are reported to have taken place at Muel hemouler (T) Saturday, following a meting which had demanded the dis arming of the police and government troops. A company or soldiers ant ed three persons snd wounded iwo others. Brisk fighting ensued until a second company of soldiers arriv ed. One hundred and fifty persons were . arrested, of whom, fifty-five will be court martiaiea. " One Vote Dissents. TtATISBOM. Bavaria. April 7- The soldiers' aad workmen's council todar declared Itself for a soviet re public. There was only one dissent ing rote. keUet9 Priion Hih Ate . Eager tor Warm-up Game . Parole Officer Joe Keller, manager of the penitentiary var-eball team, says his men are anxious to b warmed up on by Chauncey Butler's and Bll Perkins' state house string. "We are rood and anxious to help them get the stiffness out of their i y ' 'iKf ct cl rf I l. Loot for 1 toj rams: i Ju LiuU " ii . BS . mT - ' vWS - J 'r t!', M l O tiot enough to m:!;3 must KEEP "ft. cood until yon cct if. i3 sience.me seaica Impurity-proof miardins. rcscrVltta thi delicious con Tcitits the bfcnrytclai coody. -Tfie Flavor SEALED tlCHT joints, the soreness ' out' ef - their backs and the swelling out of their heads. says Joe. . ' When Mr. Keller was told that the state house team hasn't been togeth er yet he opined that It won't be af ter a game with the prison bunch either. Mrs, Mary Jane Clark DVcs at Home on Cross Street Death came to Mrs. Mary Jane Clark it the ramily home. 1110 Cross street, at 3 o'clock Monday 'afternoon, following an Illness of several months. Mrs. Clark was 61 years. C months and 21 days old. In 188 the Clark family came to Salem from London. England. Mrs. Clark havfng beej born In Wiltshire county. Shouton. England. In 1850. She was married In 1ST to Henry A. Clark, who survive her. EIrht chil dren were born, seven of whom are sUll living. These are: Herbert W. Clark, of Portland; Th crass H. Clark and Albert Clark, both of Salem; Mrs. Beatrice Brodie. Bay City. Miss Laura Clark. Mrs. May Irwin, and Mrs. Louise Hutchison, all of Salem. One soa. Ernest, died at the ace of 7 years, before the family came to this country. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2: SO from the Episcopal chsrch by Rev. H. C Pow ell. Interment will follow In the Odd Fellows cemetery. VALLEY LULLS . LOSE BY RATE Lumber Interests Outside of Portland Strire to Regain Old Tariff . Western Oregon lumber center) outside of Portland have lost- a chance to share In the orders to ex ceed 100.000.000 feet within the last two months on account of frelrht rates discriminating sgaList valley points In favor of Columbia river and Portland mills; according to Roy Mills, of the Spauldl&g Logging company. " - ' The lumber rate In force for val ley shipments Is 14-cents a hundred against 11 cents "charged Portland and Colo raw a basla shippers.- Prior to the war an off-shore rate of six cents a hundred was given the "valley mill. . Resolutions were adepted at mass meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. Willam ette Valley Lumbermen's association Lewis' River Tie A Mills association and the Western Oregon Tie V Lum ber association held in Portland last week, askfog for restoration of pre war rates. Former Governor Os wald West was chosen to take the troubles of -the Western tleman to Washington." ' ' - r- Among other matters, the tie In terests are asking that, the present purchasing system be changed. . "Under the prtsent scheme .a tie maker can sell to only a railway fn hit tsrrirory. and this elimLaates all competition, congests 4&cal markets and rslns the tlc-maer. sail-Mr' Mills "Also, tie inspectors hae dis regarded the , railway admlalsUa- mi In seolei 1 i I X i t t Tbree flavors. Hood wc t 1 LaCl .OtO i KEPT RIOIT IWUHllilllulWUHIUIi.'i tlon's specifications and are reject ing shipments which coa up to all standards. - - - - . . - . Mr. Mills cited the fact that ship, ments to the east, would fill many ships going through tbe Panama, ca naL The canal was built to enable shippers to put their staff U the east, and yet' the freight rates to Portland prohibit . valley, tlemen to more their product fro 13 tbe mills, he says. , . . .-, . INSURANCE TO ( . COVER STRIKES New Class of Policies Trill Be WHtlen in Oregon VitL- . in Snort Tune Inquiries have been made to the Insurance department If the Insur ance laws of Oregon prohibit the writing of strike Insurance. No le gal obstacle can be found by Com missioner Wells. But Just how soon a company win enter this state to write such In surance depends on the progress made In eastern states. 1 This new kind of Insurance is be ing considered La some eastern stales and the policy will provide Indem nity covering a loss occuirlng by rea son of complete or partial Idleness during the time a strike affects the business, and It Is intended to reim burse those who have certain tired charges . and the usual cost of liti gation which must be met. The position of the fusuranee com panies between the employer and em ployees will be neutral and Independ ent, eliminating any partisan views or prejudice that may arise. , Its de clared purpose is to equalise and Stabilize tbe Interest between the employer and employees to be con structive fa all lis activities. The rate to be determined will be figured on past experiences and pres ent circumstances. RicaU Election Hay Go on Ballot in Coos County In an opinion written for District Attorney John F. Hall of Coos coun ty. Attorney General , Brown holds that a recall election c-aa be made an Issue of the special election of June 2 for that county. It Is not necessary that separate . election boards be named and the recall Issue may be placed on the same ballot with the special election measures that are voted on by the rest of the stata. I Uo Deaths Reported as Result of Omaha Tornzdo, OMAHA. Neb.. April Though' sixty . houses were demolished in a fashtonable residence section of tne city by last night's tornado, not a single death has resulted from the score or more serious Injured. . Property loss tonight Is estimated at t2lt.00. Francis MSklen. a 12-yesr-old airU was caught In the timbers of her crumbling home and lis likely to die from her- Injuries. Three other memoers or m -t family also are in the hospital. isi 1 1