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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1919)
s TUB YKTI!ER Saturday probably showers west, fair east portion; moderate south westerly Kinds. I t PRICK FIVE CKNT IMP Md.tlon u .he world. ' V N -Vy VCiii' A'-Wl'" . r TX f i . . - . . .. m m !! m m - r . : ' rr . irrY-XlXTHYEAH i i , .T ... iliW K AMI ' Jl j "J nrnrrnnn a Tin il . ' ' ' ' . I SENATORS TO MEET TODAY Senator Martin Scheduled for Re-election as Leader-List of Officers to Be. Framed by Committees. I POMERENE PRESIDENT PRO TEM CANDIDATE Opposition to j Choice of Clark for Speaker Chief Poinf of Interest . WASHINGTON', May 16 Three conferences to agree on plans for or ganization of the new congress will le held tomorrow, ators will meet at Dejnocratic sen- 11-o'clock, Dem- ocrats of the house plan' to meet at noon and Republican representatives will confer tomorrow night on, rati fication of the ' committee i assign ments proposed, by the committee on committees. , . . - i I Routine affairs only are claimed for consideration at the Democratic senator's conference;. Senator Mar tin of Virginia is scheduled for re- election as leader and the confer ence will frame a list of officers for publican conference' slate. Senator Pomerene of Ohio Is among those cesignated for, the Democratic can- ; didate for president pro 'tern. The Democratic leaders I expect the Re publicans to elect6 their officers and the conference elate to be selected I tomorrow, therefore," Is regarded , merely formal. The conference will j name a committee to fix Democratic Committee-places." v--r-' ' - - ) r Clark Is Opposed , j - i . Opposition to- the . choice I of fort mer Speaker Clark as the Democrat ic nominee for speaker and party floor leader constitutes the chief point of I interest .. In conference of . house Democrats. The group oppos ing Mr. Clark held! a conference to-; .night. : - ; ' - ' House Republicans expected their j principal contest tdmorrow might to center -about i the Democrats, forcca 1 favoring an i increasei from! five to, ' ty's steering committee. Leaders of the majority group tonight predict ed that the question would be "set , tied without difficulty but Repre- sentative Longworth of Qhk, a lead I er in the fight To thetchange, de clared he would insist on final act , ion by the conference. " J The Republican committee on committees, meeting today approved Its assignment of members to the standing committees of the house. . as well as the selection of Represen tative Mondell, as floor leader, and Representative Kriutson ot Minne- Bota. as whio. Despite this, some Republicans suggested that a fight bo made against Mr, Knutson. Many Conferences Helil , Numerous conferences were . held (Continued on page 2). CONGRESSIONAL RAILROAD ACT NEEDS COMPLETE REVISION IN OPINION OF LINE EXECUTIVES NEW YORK, May 16. Authorial - tion by congress jof a fcingle : issire of equipment trust obligations for the financing of hiindrcds of million of dollars, worth o? rolling stock pur chased by the government if or." the railroads, was advocated by the As sociation of Railway Executives, af ter a conference here today. It ahf? was decided that a thorough revli loa of the act to regulate commerce was necessary. Alter an exhaustive discussion of the variouf proposals which have been made for new, railroad legisla tion before the government reliri fliishes war control of the carriers, the following, statement wa- issued: "There Is undoubtedly a general demand over the country, for an ear ly return of the roads to thir ow4 ers, bHt; of coiirscTiS ha. been point ed out by the president, but the director-general bf . railroads "and hv leading members, of -congress. It would be a' disservice to the coutii try to return the roads to their man agements without correcting the rec ognized evils, in the system of rail way regulation wo had prior to th war. .... j "These c aladjustments In the old THIS picture shows the NC-4 as seen from a convoying seaplane just off the Long Island coast just after the great navy plane started with the fiCl and the NC-3 on the first, leg of their transatlantic flight The picture was taken by a photographer on the seaplane 5-5, which convoyed the JVC craft as far as Fire Island. Although held up for repairs on the way, the NC-4 was the second of the air craft to depart from Trepassey bay late yesterday. A swift 25 minute cruise about Matton' Harbor preceded the final departure for the Azores. Fifyt Gallons of Wine Sealed Up in Dwelling Bemoaned by Its Owner SAN FRANCISCO, May, 16. C. Iialdochi returned tohia home here last night and found a government seal plas tered over the keyhole of the front door. An accompanying card ojitlined what Would happen to the person who tri fled with the seal. " Daldochi said today he re cently had laid in a supply of fifty gallons of wine and that he had paid , the proper tax., .." ': : Government agents, howev er," it was said, became aware of the purchase during Bal dorhi'i absence and sealed his premises-pending further in :i vestigation. Maintenance of Pass in Cascades Assured i ! tllEND, Or., May 16. The final .agreement between Deschutes and Lanta counties, the. state highway commission and the United States forest 3efyice for the survey con struction aad 'maintenance "of the McKenzie pass highway between Central and Western Oregon, was re ceived today by County Judge W. D. Barnes. . .' .... , ; ' ' The contract was - sent to Bend several weeks ago to be signed by the Deschutes county commissioners, ana was inrmeaiatety auerwara ior rHrt K utniU of the members of the Laae county, court. As returned to Judge Barnes, the agreement bears in addition the names of the stale 'highway commis sioners and of O. J. Chritie, acting aecfetary of agriculture. jsystem of regulation were seriously obstructing the free development of transportation facilities and it is un thinkable that the country would consent to a return of the roads to their owners before Insurance had been provided for the future, by r. thorough revision of the act to regu late commerce. The country Is now. la such a general agreement as to the basic principles of remedial railroad legislation that the work of congress ought to be comparatively easy. . "The association also, discusser the working out of the problem of -allocating and financing the several hundred million dollars worth of new cars and locomotives purchased by. the government for the use of the roads. The proposal has been made that the financing of this larg amount of equipment would be great ly simplified by a single general Is sue of equipment trust obligations. instead of having individual securi ties issued by each of the roads. Con ferences a:e being held between the association and the railroad admin istration for the equitable working out oT this problem and it is hoped that an agreement will be reached soon." . I 1 jtv v ."ym ' Fl t. FEDERAL GRAIN CORPORATION TO INCREASE STOCK Change in Name Also Order ed hy Wilson Hoover Sends Cable Message CONFERENCE IS CALLED New Licenses and Contracts Will Probably Be in Use About July 1 NEW YORK, May 16. President Wilsort by executive order dated May 14, has directed, the food admin istration grain corporation to change its name to'.the United States gttin ctorpraftioa 1,; stock from $lt0, 000,00 its capital 000,000, according, to a cable mes sage from Herbert Hoover, received here tonight. ' . Early in June a general confer ence of delegates from interested organizations, ineiudins those of growers, will be held in New York to consider and act uion suggestions for -modifications proposed iJ con tracts -now being" work d out. By July 1 it is expected that the new li censes and contracts will be in gen eral use.. They are designed to pro- throughout the United States wheat in the berry shall al ways sell at JZ.'Jti oij- 113 proper re lation, so that the producer every where will get the full government guaranteed pricee There is aothinj In the situation to encourage the expectation tha. there will be lower prices for bread immediately. Julius II. Barnes, wheat director netlared in a statement to night, lie made it" clear, that when the new crop begins to move in about six weeks, it is "quite to be expecte-i that flour prires will I moderately de cline and it i3 hopMl no advance in bread prices will bei necessary be tween now and the new crop on ac count of hieher prices rnling for tho limited amount of old flour still in this country." : j , " The president further empowered Mr. Barne to license! the wheat handling trades, making proper reg ulations to make effective the guar anty price. I i How U. L s HALIFAX .1 - V J. i Booze to Gurgle Down the Gutter Fishes Joy Too Great to Utter All the fish will hold a' heyday On the aeventeenth of May day. For they're bunting aixty-seven quarts of booze. Thev will pour It down th newer while' we all feel blue and bluer. And we'll want to stand in sucker'a - liquorish shoes. Aa they flicker mrougn mat iicxer All the minnows will swim Quicker. The trout and doughty bass will do a niKhland rung. All the chubs in ziic-xag- circles Will imbibe the hooch that percles. And the salmon and the grayling; Will hook fins upon the rnilinc "How Dry I Am" s a ballad that they will never sing. Sixty-seven quarts of liquor will be destroyed today or early , next week by. Sheriff Needham, the order for Its destruction having been given yesterday by Justice of the Peace Unruh. ; The whiskey was se cured in the homes of J. E. Madison and F. B. Cowles last December and at the home of H. J. Mutchler ot Stayton about t,wo weeks ago. SWIMMING POOL PLANS DISCUSSED Committee to Arrange Bath ing PlaceDip Not Avail able This Year To devise plans for a municipal swimming iool for Salens, it being rm,Pssible to use Riverside Dip thl3 year, a meeting was held at the Com mercial club last night which was attended by representatives from the city council, the park bo:ird. and the' civics department of the club. The dip has been put to other uses this season and cannot be had by the city. Various cites and pla.13 for a swim ming pool were discussed, it being generally held that a bathing place is an essential for the city,' Josepu Austin of the arks committee of the city council, John J. Rjberts of the park board and R. O. Snelling chaiMnan of the clvica department of the Commercial club, were ap pointed to secure data on location aad equipment for a pool They will f meet Monday to. discuss plans. S. Navy, Planes Are Going, "Hop" by "Hop," in Ocean Flight NEWFOUHDIAKD T.JOMS 1 , e A-rrrrc . .Ml TELEGRAPHERS AGREE TO JOIN GREAT STRIKE AH Branches of Wire Service at Winnipeg Affected by Union Verdict DEADLOCK CONT INUES Daily Newspapers to Suspend Publication Temporarily; Staffs on Duty W1XXIPEG. Man.. May 16. Un ion telegraphers of Winnipeg voted here this evening to Join the gen eral strike at noon tomorrow. Press. broker and commercial operators are all affected. This means that Winnipeg will be Isolated from the rest of the dominion by telegraph, elephone and mail. Bitter deadlock between union la bor in Winnipeg and leading Indus Irial employers who refused to rec ognise the unions continued today and although it was known that the general strike which heean yester day morning was receiving the. at tention of federal, provincial' and local offclals. there were no signs tonight of anw approach toward a settlement. The postal tie-up and the walkout cf employes In several railroad de partments brought the situation to the floor of the house of commons at Ottawa today. A dispatch re ceived from Ottawa by the Canadian Press said the following statement was made in the house this after noon by A. K. Maclean, minister without portfolio: Minister Well Arivhwil "The minister of labor has been rlosetv in touch with the , situation r at Winniper during the 'pa!t ten 4ia y? smi ne iKiiig advixed from moment to moment. He is ready at all times to do anything he ran In the circumstance." Ths statement was construed here to mean that the government was witling to cooperate in any move ment 'to arbitrate the differences which raused the Winnipeg building and metal trade unions to strike and which was followed by a general walkout yesterday which at present involves more than fiO unions and 30,000 members. Premier T. C (Continued on page 2) onn m. LISBON ID OCEAN EARLY THIS BY WHOLE WASHINGTON, May 17.-The half way, mark on the leg of the transatlantic flight from Trepassey Bay, N. F., to the Azores was reached early today by the American seaplanes. At 3 o'clock this morning the navy department received an intercepted message from the seaplane NC-4 directed to the Cape Race station, saying the three planes had passed sta tion ship No. 11, approximately point "VASniN(TOX. Hay 16. American naval sj-aplanes tartel on the long projected flight across the Atlantic ti'an "shortly after C o'clock (New York time) toniyht. This official announcement was made at 8:10 o'clock tonight at the navy department. The navy announced that the XU-3 left at 6)0; the XC-4 at 6.-07 and the XC-1 at 6:09 o'clock, the time being oh the basis of Xcw York computation. jj ' . The navy department earlier had received a liwpatch saying the XC-4 had started on the flight. This dispatch -as followed by an other saying the 44 4" had put back to Trepassv Hay, the starting point of the flight. It wan assumed by official that the first mes sage was garbled in transmission. I - An official dispatch from Trepassey Hay. reported that the three planes had passed from sight there in their flight at 22:20 Green wich time (6:20 Xew York time). ' M Immediately on receipt of the SEARCH FOR C-5 TO BE GIVEN'UP Destroyer. Edwards Cruises All Night Among Icebergs Hunting Huge Blimp : : I ST. JOHNS, N. I My 1. Th4 dirigible C-5. fugitive) airship or the United States navy whicn forestalled the attempt of L.leutnaat Command er Coll and his crew to fly, across the Atlantic by breaking loose from its moorings in a storm' yesterday, was abandoned as lost todayj ' The destroyer Edwards, after-an all night t-earch for the blimp among the Ice brgs of the Arctic current, returned to port without sighting It. The British freighter Clan Davidson which had reported she wu slaading ' by the gas bag. sent a radio message this morning saying that she was "away off the course and must pro ceed." I I It was suggested tonight by Rear Admi:al S. S. Wood that Captain Harris of the freighter may hav mistaken an ice )t g for thej dirlg ible after a wireless ntrssage had been sent broadcast railing on ships at sea to watch for the C-5. Commander Coil, who commanded the C-3 on the lllght here fro.n Montauk Point, which be believed to have bcej the longest nen-stop cruise fever nude by a non-rigid balloon, said he had given np hop-? or salving the ".'hip.' , He announced to the Associated Press his intention of asking th? navy department for !iermision o make ano'her attempt at a trans-At lantic flight Ij a dirigible. University Frosh Defeat Aggie Rooks by 12 to 11 .EI GENK. Or.. May 16 rniversl ty of Oregon freshmen defeated the Orecon Aicgies first year men at baseball here this afteraoon In a 1 4 inning game by the score of 12 to 11. The score was tied at the end of the ninth Inning 11 to 11. In the last half of the 10th IKk Shim. Oregon'.! Japanese pitcher, drew a base on balls and scored the winning rnn on a two bagger by Jacobberger. The score: R II E Oregon .12 13 7 Aggies 11 10 8 Jacobberger and Shim; llker and Fiink. Income tax Payments May Have Another Day WASHINGTON. May IK. Revenue cnilrttort wfcre notified today by Ihe internal revenue bureaa that since June 15 falls' on Sunday, th? second installment of income taxes due tfj that date will be accepted on Monday. June 16. Attention was called to the fact that no ten-day period of grace for payment of taxes on that date is allowed this year, was granted last year under the old I revenue act. REACHED 10RING AIRl FLEET 650 miles from the starting official dispatches announcing that the sea planes nere on their way at. last ror Europe, ine ravy depart ment broadcasted to all ships at sea aad to the radio tower of Europe the fact that the aircraft had taken wing. - The ttrne of departure for the group given m this official' an nouncement was 6:09 o. m.. Atlan tic time. . . . The broadcasting of this mfvjrr served as notice to the chain of 23 destroyers posted at 50 mile inter vals between Trepassey Bay and the A tones by hich tthe plnne will guide their coarse daring the night. It also served to aowy tne oattie- tbips lying fat off the port t-3 re port weather conditions, that th flight was In t progress and to an nounce to merchant shipping-that the planes wefe ccmlng. For the Jflrst three hundred miles ob the outward journey It U 'probable that-he destroyers will report the passing of the planes t the Arooitok it Trepassey nay. but beyond that ;poiat, communication as to the progress of the airships w'.Il go eastward along the destroyer chain to the AiorH. to be relayed back to the I nited States by eablt The navy drpartntent took pa!ns today to tet oft the rapidity of com munication over the cable to the Azores, bn at Jest the report wilt be slow,' It is said, since the destroy ers must devote three-fifths of their tlnvo to rending oi't rad.o compa-. signals when Mhe planes are any where in theii vicinity. It wilfV necessary alsojj for reiorts for the nary departnv-nt to be relayed east ward to the A fores as tl:e radio set of the destroyers are strong enough only to cover m' ranee of letwen 200 and 300 nlleit.' it is possible, however, that th- batlleship on1. both sidts of th course will intercept messagr aud with their hieb power radio send to the United SiAtes direct repo ts of prorress. The effect of a flash sent over the whole Atlantic ocean by the navy department announcing that the trans-Atlantic night had started, was expected to be that radio oper ators ashore and afloat would be keyed to a hlh pitch and make ev ery possible effort to obtain and forward' any information as to th progress of the flight. This ir.aket it possible that reports will rear! the -epartmcat from wholly unex pected sources. v KM1X(I PROVIDED FOR PONT A DELGADA. Azores. May 16. (Ry Thf Associated Press) Final preparations were nrade to night to receive, the American naval seaplanes whfrh are ordered to ar rive tomorrof-, aad the section of , Ponta Del cm da. harbor wbete th planes will b moored has leen cleared of all craft to allow a tafA landing. f If the seaplanes follow the sched uled course they will. first sichl lan I at Corvo, which is 200 miles wc?t of Ponta Deltda. Supply boats have been, stationrjj at Corvo and a!o at Porta, on th southeast coat of he Island of Fajfctte. in csse a forced landing is necessary. Two drtroy ers are being held 1.1 readinens f go to the a?s:stan-e of the avIatoM if they are finable to find the har bor. All the:de?.troyers between the as Atores aad Lisbon are in position. (Continued on pae 2) t .