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THE WEATHER
: Rain; wanuer east portions; mod
erate easterly winds.
S1XTY-XIXTH YEAR --, ; j
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL ltt, 1019
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
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1
m - " " ' '" . ' "
IS PLAN TO
BE FOLLOWED
Special Coittce;Will;Ak
Council for Ho&ey to In-
; quire Into Figures Recently
'Subsutted to Council
PACIFIC TELEPHONE
1: OFFICIALS APPEAR
ir
district V Manager PUllips
gDraws Dire Picture of Re
Vv suits of Competition
DIIfliN!? DDHlif? iExJgWator Mot Guilty Aliens horn Oregon
rnOlL. i HUUi!i .V of Disloyally Is Verdict . Among Those Relented
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 15. SALT LAKE CITY, April 15:
John Metcalf, formerly a member of I Twenty enemy aHens confined at th
he state legtslatu-.e from Stevens I war prison barracks at Fort Dourlas.
County, Washington, was found not! near here, were paroled to their for-
fiuuij in ponce conn nere roaay oil mer Domes today. This is the larg
violatlng the city disloyalty ordin- est number to be released in anr
ance. Attorney George Vandervere one day since it was decided to oa-
ot Seattle, who defended William role those enemy aliens found to be
Haywood and other members of the I not dangerous. The men were Intern-
I, W. W. I'd Chicago last summer, I ed from Portland, Ore.. Seattle,
appeared for Metcalf. f Wash.. South Dakota, Nebraska. Mis-
Detectives testified that Metcalf sourt and Kansas. Those released
had told them f anarchists" of this were:
city had threatened his life because Frederick Dahrandorf. Frank Man-
Uey believed him a "stool plgeou" .dick, Albert Easch, Relahardt Pet
for the police. Police Justice Witt erson, Frederich Parks, Ernest Go
held the matter Metcalf was accused moll, John Gros., Karl Meier. Er
of circulating did not violate the or- nest Muller, Hans Hurrbolm, Henry
FARM UNIT
PLAN FIXED
AT MEETING
Central and Eastern Oregon,
Coast Country and South
era Valley Benefitted at
Once by Settlement Act
dinance.
Backens, Sylvester Lunddaer, Fred
Muttendorf, Cart Muller, Herman
Sdhael, Louis D. Rehslor. J. P. W.
Sch winger. Ernest Sontag,. Jacob W.
Wall and Otto Scbluter.
-.
,-For the, purpose of conducting
correspondence to investigate fur
ther into the proposal to establish a
municipal telephone plant in Salem,
the special committed of the. city
cfruncil last night, after a : session
with representatives of; the Pacirie
Telephone tt Telegraph company, vot
ed to ask the city council at the next
Meeting to appropriate the necessary
roooey. It was decided by the com
mittee that the special election of
June. 3 will be too soon to place the
issue before the people for a vote,
and should It be decided, finally to
bond the city, for the purpose a epec
Ul 'election will be called at a later
date, to allow more time for the peo
: nle rto become enlightened on the
subject ' -
rThe committee still appears to be
inclined toward the municipal plan
But it is .determined to see the ques
tion from all angles. One line of in
vestlsatiou will be to take the figure
presented by E. T. Busseile and sub
mit them to telephone experts in oth
er places to ascertain whether Opin
ions and conclusions coincide.
'"Representatives of the Faetf le
company who were present at the
meeting last night were W. J. Phil
lies of Portlands district ' manager
and W. H. Dancy, manager for the
, Salem. territory,- Mr. Phillips was
spokesman ; for : Jhe ; Pacific people
POLICE LEADERS
OF BOOTLEGGERS
Seven Arrests and Recovery
of Stolen ' Booze Results -from
Clean-up
t SEATTLE, Wash., April. 15. Sv
en arrests, including Police Sergeant
Gus v Hasselblad, Patrolman W. F.
Patton. Ed Hagen and Rick Russell.
former patrolmen ; an alleged con
fession from cfae. and recovery of
most of 1,717 bottles of liquor stol
en from a federal warehouse March
li:JlMCE: ORDERS ISSUED
xsaj mmm. t aav v . w iu avao " -.v UV
R. C. Saunders characterized as the
SS?,'2 J5S: Zl:: Russia Devastated of , Tim-
Warrants nave been Issued for other
arrests,, it" was. said- by federal of-
(Contlnued on Page S
WORLD FACING
LUMBER FAMINE
SAYS SIMMONS
Prices Certain to Rise in Next
Few Years, Opinion of
Investigator
WHITNEY L BOISE
IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN
Bankhedd Highway h
Considered by Convention
MINERAL WELLS. Tx.; April 15.
Delegates to the convention of the
United States good roads associa
tion began marshalltjg forces today
for the fight Friday over the route
of the Bankhead national highway.
'Approximately one; thousand dele
gates had arrived today, virtually ev
ery state in the union being repre
sented. I Several routes are being
proposed.
United States Senator John IT.
Bankhead of(Alabama. president of
the association, who delivered bis
add res today. Bald "It matched by
the states and counties, the govern
ment will make nearly $600,000,000
available for road building and main
tenance during the . next three
years." -
Commission Created by Re
cent Legislature Formu
lates Its Program
SALEM WORLD
WAR' VETERANS
FORM SOCIETY
GERMAN DELEGATES V
INVITED TO ATTEND
VERSAILLES MEETING
Sharp Forward Stride for Early Peace Taken by Council of
Four Enemy Country Expected to Haggle Over Hard
Terms and Seek Diminution in Their Severity Purchase
of Raw Materials from Allied Governments Will Be Per
mittedAdriatic Situation Occupying Attention at Paris. :
Establishment jof tarm units u First Organization of Kind in
(the land , settlement enactment jot
the 1919 legislature was voted by
Oregon Effected at
Armory Meeting.
ACCLAIM VICTORY LOAN
the land settlement commission yes
terday mowing permanent organlza
tion of that body at a meeting eall
ed fa Salem by Governor Oteort.
The four sections of the state will
be in addition to the demonstration I AfKlUsU,.. Wiftli Amn9n aoiirw irom uubph re w we i
f aim near Independence in the Wil- AHiliatlOn With American tett that the terms of the peace trea
lamette -valley already provided for.
ber Other Countries
Suffer from War
ficials.
Besides the above men in custody.
momas i Kusseu. arayman. j. w. cHirfcfin Arii 15 Ttosrir EL
Locknane, garage man, and Jimmy Simmons, wh6 was rent to Russia in
Morrison, awomoDiie mecnanic. ae 1917 as a member of a United States
detailed by the police. Hageri, Pnrrnmint rommlSKio.i to stndv the
Saunders sald is believed. to be the hamber situation In the war devas
TingleaderOf the group. He was tated countries and who was taken
twice previously faced state charges! m-Unnar h th rtolhviki rovem-
of bribery, one charge being dls-l mnt and t one time sentpneed to
missed and a jury acquitting him Inj 8hot told the legislative corauris-
seeond trial.
' 1 TEACHERS GET RAISE
NORTH BEND. Or.. Aprl 1 5
An increase in teachers' salaries
here ,with , a maximum of S 85 a
month in the grades and $100 a
month" in the high schools Iwas au
thorlzed by the board of education
today. Te advance is from S10 to
f 25 a month.
EASTER
Footwear
Drinty, Stylish Feminine Footwear for
Spring's Formal- Opening, Honofably
Bait, Moderately Priced Indeed, Very
Cheap compared with recent advances.
sion investigating high prices of
building material that the world was
facing a lumber, famine.
"Prices of lumber, he said, were
certain to rise in the next few years
because of the unprecedented de
mand which : would come from the
reconstruction of the war stricken
regions of Europe. The major po
tion of this lumber he said would
have to be supplied by the United
States and Canada.
Canada already has received an
order from the British government
for o.ie billion feet of lumber while
this country has received orders fo?
1,000.000 feet of oak by England
and 12 ship loads of lumber for
Italy.
Mr. Simmons who spent 18 months
abroad sctudying the subject said
Russia, which before the w ex
ported 52 per cent of the word's
lumber supply, would not be Nin
oofBition to out lumber 1 until five
(By The Associated Press) 1 will not be made publis ujtil after
A sharp forward stride toward an its delivery to the Germans'
early peace has been taken. The
Council of Four in Paris has formal
ly -invied Germany to send delegates
to Versailles April 25. there to hear
the verdict t the' entente allies and
?fsec!ated powers and the sentence
they have Imposed upon her for hav
ing set the world aflame.
Several Tlaas CortuWercd.
The proceedure with the enemy
plenipotentiaries is also receiving at
tention. One plan under considera
tion Is for the council of four O
hold the first meeting with the Ger
mans add deliver the document. This
wnnld not tw nnh1i iMKinn and it
The general opinion in Paris seems mgjQ purpose would be- to arranse
to be that Germany may endeavor to
haggle over the hard terms and try
to secure a diminution In their se
verity, but that . within a relatively
short time the delegates will bow. to
the inevitable and sign the compact.
Advices from London are to the ef
and the general locations will .be
Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon, the
coast country and either the Umpo.ua
or the Rogue River valley. Exact
locations will not be determined up
on until further investigations are
made, although the Central Oregon
farm will probably be not far from
Bend and the Eastern Oregon farm
doubtless will be In-Umatilla coun
ty. It was the opiniovi of the com
mission, thati &d work , can b
done in .Klamath or Lake counties
until more money Is available.
Under the terms of legislation the
commission has 5 0.0 00 to spend ap
propriated by the land settlement
commission act, and Ir the recon
struction progiam ret forth in the
Eddy, bill is adopted by the people
at the special election on June 3,
will have $645,000.
Legion Is Plan Compton
First Chairman
The first organization of World
War Veterans in Oregon was effected
at a meeting . In the armory last
night The society was formed tem
porarily with the Idea in view of be
ing ready to affiliate with the Amer
ican Legion when its ollicial or
ganization is completed.
ty will not he made public nntil they
hare been delivered to the Germans.
"The xpectation in the French cap
ital U that PresMent Wilson will r
ruain In France until the peace treai
ty is signed and bring back the com
pleted document to the United States
Adriatic CVmiddi-reix,
The Adriatic situation as it af
fects Italy and Jugo-Slavia Is now
the chief point under consideration
by the council of font Arthur J.
Balfour, the British foreign minister.
effective disposal of the' - bu&iaesi
without prolonged discussion.-
An alternative plan is for the en
tire membership , of the peace con
ference to proceed to Ve-sailles. for
a formal session, at which the trea
tr would be delivered. President
Wilson, Colonel House, the member?
of the council and officers of th?
protocol are working out those de
tails.
Premier Clemencau on Smdav
and President Wilson la&t nicht gave
out statements showing the prorf3
realized and voicing tbei- first offi
cial, assurance that, the end was In
sight It fs noted that the Clemen
ceau an'd, Wilson statements were
very general, lacking specific details.
And there Is every reason to b-
in to r ,der tnd askfor nominal t,n " alternate on the eoncil Here that the statement which the
lT I for David Lloyd George, who 1. on British prime minuter. Mr. Llcrd
ary chairman. Loula H. Compton iV nh. in.t, f .
was elected to the office and took JAj0?-tJil
the chair. Richard O. Hansen was KJStJST? S2 S rot,Lu
chosen temporary secretary. permitted by the allied government
. The first official act of the society !?wPXfrXiiUf85. fi? 7ti
was to adopt a resolution supporting 'JZJ1 'ri rhi
th Victory loan and urging all citi- 't.fJLjJSf 3 t.
i f.-n t- j v.i decision will permit Germany to
The commission was permanently j utmoat ,uscrtbJng to It in order I Commac manHfactariBg and bexln
George la expected to give out to
morrow, will tej of the same general
character. . ' ;
' r
i m .
organized by making the temporary
officers the - permanent officers.
Whitney I Boise of Portland 18
chairman and W. H. Crawford of
Portland secretary. Emery Ol in
stead was elected auditor. - Articles
of incorporation were filed before
the commission left Salem.
Building of the model demonztra
tion farm of 60 acres two miles
that the loan may be "a memorial
to those ef our -number who have
made the supreme sacrifice." -
The resolution was acclaimed and
was adopted, by a unanimous rote.
A committee on organization and
by-laws was appointed, the mem
bers being L. H. Compton, Fred Man-
gis and Richard O. Hansen. A com
mittee which will gather Information
the accumulation of the money that
Is to be required of her to settle the
financial claim of the allies.. The
reparations commission 1-5 Investigat
ing the financial-situation of Austria
Hungary. Bulgaria? and Turkey and
their ability, to pay war claims.
Troublous times continue In Ba
varia. The communists. In Munich
again hold the upper hand.' accord-
tooth of Independence will begin on en eU ?T h" f":
without delay, authority having been
granted Professor II. B. Scndder of
Oregon Agricultural . cnllege. who
has prepared blueprint plans of
buildings and other features of the
farm, to go ahead with - the deal.
'
years after the government had been I8 ,and will" be purchased at $100
1IHaH anil Ardar 'rnatnrMl A I
.i, . a Mnntrin wnin or. I Gi H. Baker of Bend Impressed
hArl kATnra th war nro in . .Im. upon loe OII.miBHUTH me n ft "51 1 J
fl w&lllnn nJA mn that thVI Btrvuun niliuu miuuui win; uui
I r . . ..r.. . m
tvt, hnrHon In mnnUlnr M I Siae Ve W llltrame TaiKJ HO mig
. r w-j 0 I I I
commodity would have to be borne l"rue v . ; . l".
by this country and Canada. - at- " ! Pfohable that the next
H tftM Hvw th TtnlhPVikl t. ,lpu,e " " uo " v-cumi vsktkuu. ia
Am.nt1nr tn naHnnalii t.iilnntrv hJ I the Irrigation belt.
rnln1 thA Inmhor hnslnpio in Rnx. me corammwn is now aj w
H said the failure was due to I rece"f ppww prry.r
lack of organization and Intelligent 1 10 Piace ",en on, Iarm,s as rapiaiy as
laborship. When he left Russia last I vomnoie. Acrwamg w unaersianaiu
K d A A
uecemDer, an me i.ouw uwnuns in
slstlng of Robin Day. 1 J. Frost
and C. J. Greene, was then chosen.
Speeches of congratulations and
offers of assistance wctc made by
Governor Olcott, Gideon Stolz. . rep
resenting the Grand Army of the Re-
LLOYD GEORGE
GOES HOME TO
FACE CRfflCISfil
British Premier Leayes Paris
Meeting to Grapple With
Home Troubles
ther fighting In the streets of the
city. Reinforced loyal troops of the
lery against the communist strong-1 NEWSPAPERS ATTACK
hold, but are declared: to nave oeen
4fafA1. Iinr tv nn are renort-
resenung ine urana Army or ue lie-1 . - r r . . n
public. Harvey Wells and Command-J? J2,edf ' CuHOSltf of Country Must Be
---White Sea Island Tump, turned sole, covered
Louts' Heel, as illustrated above,... -...$2.65
Same in White Satin v . , . ... .... . . - -$2.90
Same in White Kid trimmed with black
collar......
White Kid lace boot, plain toe, covered
Louis heel . . . . . . ... . , $7.eS
Dark Gray all Kid; welt sole, leather, Louis
heel as illustrated below at right 0. . .$8.85
Havana brown Kid, welt sole, leather Louis
heel same style as illustrated below at
right .....1 ..$8.75
- -Havana brown Kid. weU sole, leather mili
tary heel, imitation tip, style illustrated .
below at left, . ........ ............. . .$8.75
Others equally attractive.
er Maston of Hal HIbbard camp
the United Spanish War Veteran!
and a number of 'others who spoke
Impromptu. - j
The-qnestloa of eligibility" for the
organization was thoroughly discuss
ed. It was the concensus of opin
ion that all men who were In unl
been In progress for several days has
ended. The strike of the bank clerks
Lt Berlin, however, is in full swing i
and the clerks In Mannheim and
Cheranltx have Joined In a similar
movement
Considerable flghtiag has' taken
Satisfied While Secrets'
Are Protected
the country Were abandoned. -The
workmen' had stripped The plates off
(Continued on Page 5)
POOR WEATHER
STALLS AIRMEN b'
Raynham and Hawker Anx
ious to Begin Flight Across
Atlantic Ocean
ST. JOHNS. K. F.. April 15. Un
favorable weather conditions again
held up today the attempt of Harry
H. Hawker. Australian aviator, to
make the first flight across the At-
lantic, and gave his rival. Captain
Frederick P. Raynham.- the British
flier, virtually an even chance to
"hon-off at the same time.
While Hawker chafed at e Frederick Schmidt and Senator Louis
w TL ran. Lachraund of the Phex company ap-
wit;h for five recessive C?- peared before the com mission and
xain ""ifchoW ot the advantage of berry grow
r.. " r f" J ,V- ng to Willamette valley farmers,
lUiU wsub yi uuvuuvi atj wi 1 - -
The drizzling ra'n turned during! Hop Contracts CoVCTingm
the . arternoon to a swirling snow
fall, which continued tonight. It
was after the snow fall started that
Captain Raynham's piano was taken
up for its trial flight.
When the land settlement measure
was enacted preference will be giv
en to returned soldiers, sailors and
marines.
Chairman Boise will leave In a
few days for the east and was au
thorized by the commission to see
Secretary Franklin K. . Lane of the
department of the interior and make
known to him the Oregon plana with
view to deceiving government co
operation. Secretary Crawford is to
isit California-soon and ' was au
thorized to visit the California land
settlement project at Chico. The
commission voted to make a formal
request of President W. J. Kerr of
Oregon Agricultural college to allow
Professor Scudder Whatever time Is
necessary for the com na lesion's work.
The question of a salary for Bee
retary Crawford was taken up but
left for determination later. Mr.
Crawford Is not a member of the
commission. The members are Whit
ney L. Boise, chairman; Robert N.
Stan field, of Ontario. Charles Hall
of Marsh field, Emery Olmstead of
Portland and C. H. Daker of Bend.
At the request of the commission
f. k..v - i. pUce on the Russian fronts. The
er In donfeatlc service or overseas.
are eligible for membership and that
no distinctions will be made.
The next meetfag will be on call
of the chairman and will probably
be within ten days.
feats on the Archangel , and Mur
mansk coast sectors at the hands ot
the aHles. but In the south the Ru
manians have been compelled by the
Bolsbevikl to retreat over a wide
LONDON. April 15. (By The As
sociated Press) It has fallen to the
lot of David Lloyd George as has
befallen few of his predecessors In
phe premier's office to meet and
grapple with hlthly charged polit
ical and personnel erlsrs.
The premier left the Paris confer
ence, yesterday foe a brief meeting"
with the members of the honse of
front into Bessarabia, Petlura, lea.i-1 commons. He had a stormy passage
WINSHIP LIES
SCHOOL' CLUBS
Noted Educator of Boston
Visits Rural Districts
of County
A. TL Winship, of Boston, editor ot
the Journal on Education and ono
of the best known educators in the 1
United States was" In Salem yester
day conferring with County School I
Superintendent Smith on the work
of the pig clubs among the schools of
Marion county.
150,000 Pounds Recorded
er of the Ukrain peasant army, also
has been forced to cede ground to
the BolihevlkL
Secretary ot War Baker, who has
arrived In Paris. In a statement tells
of the plans that are afoot for the
rapid repatriation of the American
soldiers In Europe. During the pres
ent fnonth 2 7 5.0 00 of them will
come home and In May , 250.060
more. In June it Is expected te
transport 200.000 men. and this
nunaber is to lie maintained monthly
until the 1.4 00.000 soldiers are back
In the United States. '
More Speed Expected.
PARIS. April 15. Nnw that the
German have, been called to Ver
sailles on April -25. the indications
of the channel In a destroyer, and'
will retnrn to Paris Thursday with ,
bis mission accomplished. How be
will acquit himself rs a icbjert which
Is agitating politicians as few toprs
of tbe past few months have stirred
them. '.
The porpoee of the premier's visit '
is to explain the government's policy
and his personal part In the confer
ence. He will confront a house of
commons which entertains a sharly
critical faction, and. indirectly, will
reply to the critical section or th
prees. of which Lard Nortbcliffe's
Dally Mail has been the leader. Tho
tenor of Che criticism directed
against him Is that he has been too
lenient towards Germany and has
relented from his election pledges to
are that the proceedlnvs may move I make Germany pay all the costs of
with such despatch that President
Wilson ran remain for the signing of
the treaty, and thus be able to take
Mr. Winship declared that the In-1 back the completed document.
LIMERICK. April 15 (By The!
Contracts, for more than 150.00
pounds of Marion county hops were
filed yesterday with County Record
er Brooks. The purchaser ia Strauss
Associated Tress) Heavy squalls of I and company, of London. England.
wind, rain and hail this even damp-acting through their agent, Henry U
i some time.
ed the expectations of the people of
Limrrick that--Major Wood would
arrive In his airplane from East
Church to prepare for an attempt to
cro?s the Atlantic.
Unless the weather conditions Ira
prove soon. Wood will los the ad
vantage of the full moon. The pros-
Bents.,- The producers are A. J. Ray
& Son "of Portland, and Lorin G.
Giesv, or Aurora. . f - l,t
Ray & Son of Portland contract
to sell 4 0.000 pounds a year for tbe
years of 1919 at 20 cents. 1920 at
2S cents and 1921 at 2t cents. The
Giesy crop will be 2000 pounds this
pect tonight Is that the unsettled year, i&.uo in lszo ana the same
weather conditions will continue for amount. In 1921. The price for the
three years is cents.
dustrial clubs constitute one of the
finest and most important branches
ot modern education and praised the
work being done In this county.
During the early part of the day
Mr, Winship, accompanied by county
school supervisors John W. L. Smith
and Mrs. M. L. Fulkerson and G. W.
Eyre visited the schools at Bethel
and Auburn and later County School
Superintendent Smith Joined the
party and the Keizer school was vis
ited. Mr. Winship inspected the
work of the children in the indust
rial clubs.
After returning to Salem. Mr. Win
ship left for Monmouth where he
This was the- view of the presi
dent's Intimate! today when their
attention was called to the reports
In French papes that his departure
had been fixed for April 2. It was
declared that no such Intention had
been formed and that the progress
on tbe main questions now - gave
promise that the president would
not only attend the opening of the
congress at Versailles but would re
main long- enough to see Its work
carried through, though prolonged
delay by the enemy deltgates would,
of con-se, prevent such action. .
Precise details of what la to be
done of the arrival of the Gen.iaa
spoke at the state normal school last J delegates are beicg worked out. Pre
nlghL . IlimJaary to their arrival, a plenary
Mr. Winship is now making hi I session of the pace conference Is
fiftieth visit to the Pacific coast. I to be held at the foreign office for
determination of the final course to
nURNKIDK RE-E IJvCTE D be po-sued by the all lea before eiv
terinr Into relatione wllh the Cer-
SIOUX FALLS. S. D-. April 15. I man plenipotentiaries.
the war and to punish the former
emp;ror.
The premier's reply h awakened
such Interest that the demand frr
seats In the house of comnrons Is
great since It became known that ht
would speak cn these topic. Inter
est Is heightened by the fart that
the eonncll of four has JwrcH that
the terms of the peece treaty should
not be published until after they
have teen presents to the German.
The premier will hare a tnot del
icate diplomatic feat to perform la
satisfying the curiosity cf the whole
country and parrying his cHtW
without telling more than the com
pact with his Tarts colleagues per
mits. .
Mr.-Lloyd Georse scored a tictlcsl
point, or Andrew Bonar Law did !n
hfs behalf yesterday by the ta
roent that the premier will renclad
the debate. Ills critics ha ep-t-ed
him o mske bis explanations rtt
nind that they woi!d tVret.y be !r
en ammunition with wVcb to bon-
hard him. In?tad or t!.K !e rri
lc must launch thcSr arows firt.
da:. tad
adTsntacc. th
Mayor George W. Burnside was re-1 Whether the treaty and covenant I and largely la the
elected by a narrownargin over A-1 will both be nresented baa not vrtlthti r(r 'him the
11. Sties at the municipal election been decided, but it i probable that I premier's friends say. of exrs!ng
today. 1 . the treaty portion of thn document 1 their Ignorance.
11 n .1 m ini mi iMiniasftfTaTn-n-n-siT- 11 1
a