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.' ' 'Mi ': I . -: f t t r ! . .... . . ... TIIK WKATIIKi: The Statesman receives the leased wire report of the' As sociated PreAs. the greatest and most reliable press as sociation In the world. ' '? probably showers; moderate, we&t : erly winds. ' ... . - ' ; ' ' ' - 'f'- ' V TYAIXTll YEA if- KAI.K.M, (UtWiHX, KKIIlAV MOHMMi, MAY tfO, 1UID - ritlCK KIVK CRXTS ...... V X DECORATION DAY PROGRAM IS ELABORATE Boys of '65, '98 and '18 to Play Leading Parts in Ex ercises and Parade-Arnold " Officer of Day. J SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES TO JOIN IN OBSERVANCE Service at Cemetery at 10 A. EL, Water Rites at 1:30 . P.RL, Procession 2 : 3 0 . ; The boys of '65 and the boys of ' Jg and the boys of ,18, veterans all. will play leading parts In the Memor ial day observance in Salem today They will be joined by the various Btlltary, patriotic and .fraternal or ganizations In the exercises which begin with the services "at the cem etery at 10 o'clock this morning and oeBd.wlthf the program of addresses and musical numbers in the armory following the parade this, afternoon V At 9:30 a. m. the members of the Grand Army of the' Republic, will meet at the armory and from there will betaken to the cemetery in au tomobiles. It is requested that the . citizens loan, their cars for the use of the veterans and their' auxiliaries , to take them to and from theceme-tery.- j .' ' - Service at 10 a. m ,Tbe services will be held at' the Grand Army circle and will com- . mence at 10 o'clock with a song. Rev. James Lisle, chaplain of Sedg wick post No.- 10, Grand Army, will give the prayer. Ronald C. Glover will read Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress and- then the ritualistic work will be iriven by the old veterans and their affiliated organizations. The floral tributes will: then be placed. followed by the singing of "Ameri ca." Concluding the service will be the firing of a satute by a squad from Company M, ' Oregon national guard, and Taps" by the company - bugler. Rev. Lisle will pronounce the benediction. The water service in honor of the sailors and marines will be held at 1:30 on the Inter-county bridge only those participating in thef cere- IPnuHiniil n Tiatrf 7.1 ' This Being Memorial Day Our Store Will Remain Closed. - 7 . .t ,9 aoamcm At $6.22y Men! J Don't Judge This Shoe by It's Low Cost z .H' 1 "w i mmm mmm .... fi , It's Another of Those SURPRISES For Discerning Men Accustomed to Paying Much More. A dandy Slimmer ' shoe made of fine qualitv Kid stock. It's a lace bal. on a modified English last as illustrated. Has excellent bottoms Goodyear welted. You'll surely like it. ' Shoes made now to sell at six dollars are not so much tp crow ; about, but, wo haven't bought shoVs for tome time which means something:. M1PJP0LICIES OF HOVER ON BRINK Appropriation for Work Left Out of General Defic iency Bill Passed WASHINGTON. May 29. Appro priation of $272,000 for eontinuancu of the operations of the tinted States Employment service until next July was eliminated from the general de ficiency bill as passed by the house today through a parliamentary move by representative lilanlon. Demo crat. of Texas. Unless some other of ficial provision is made immediately, supporters of the appropriation said, the agency would be forced to cur tail its operations ever more, strict) v than it did in March after the CSth congress failed to . make financial provisions, for it or disband com pletely. The appropriation was termed un authorized by law Representative Blanton and his point of order was sustained The deficiency- bill was amended to direct the civil service commission to give preference to applications of meii discharged from military ser vice for givernment positions'. SEAPLANE MAY FINISH FLIGHT " ' ej i ' Officials Believe NC-4 Will Hop-off for London Some Time Today -WASHINGTON. May ' 29 Al though-the navy department had re ceived no dispatches up to a late hour tonight from Lisbon, where the T-4 Is a wait in the start to . Ply mouth, England, officials were of the opion that the seaplane would "hop-off" tomorrow. " The deoartment todav sent a ca blegram to Rear Admiral Plunkett. commander of the destroyer force at Lisbon. Instructing him to cable at least twice a dav hereafter regard ing weather conditions, condition of plane and crew nd any other details pertaining to the flight should the start be made tomorrow.' Xavy, officers anticipated no diffi culty in the Lisbon-Plymouth aasn. a distance of nearly 800 nautical miles. rOIXXKh BACON DIES NEW YORK. May 29.-Colon.el Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France, died at 11:30 o'clock tonight at the Eye and Ear hospital, where he underwent an operation Saturday for mastoiditis. sr.. WILSON GET MUCH PRAISE Democratic National, .Com mittee Closes Two-day Ses sion by Adopting State ment of Quinn. WAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF PARTY ARE REVIEWED Legislatures Called on to Hold Special Sessions to Ratify Suffrage CHICAGO, May 2 9. Members of the Democratic National committee closed a. two-day session tonight by adopting a declaration offered by P, II. Quinn, national committeeman from Rhode Island, reviewing the achievements of President Wilson and the Democratic congresses and urging the support of all independ ent and progressive voters in the 1920 campaign to perpetuate these policies. , The statement , after mentioning the constructive and progressive leg islation past by the last Democratic congress approves President li on's 'conduct of the war and con cludes as, follows: ' "Within 20 years our nation Jin- ier a Republican administration conducted a foreign war. The rec ord of that party in" that war is still ' matter of current reading and of public discussion. . We. simply asK the people to draw their own conclu sions as to which party served its country best in war and In peace No American president, with the possible exception of Lincoln, was ver so persistently, purposely and In many Instances maliciously mis represented as our great leader has been, and we believe that as he par allels Lincoln in that respect, so will the future history of our country view his accomplishments 1 with the hame high esteem as those of the reat emancipator "As the' first national political or ganization to record itself in favor of woman suffrage and as the first to welcome the women into full par tlclpatlon in party councils, we de tloreand condemn the dilatory tac tics of the Republican party In the closing hours of the last session of congress, which resulted In the fail ure of the suffrage resolution at a time when its proponents were as sured of the requisite number of votes to accomplish its passage." The committee also adopted a res olution calling upon the legislatures of the various states to hold special sessions if necessary to ratify the woman Burrrage consmmioBai amendment when it has been passed by congress so as to enable women to vole at the presidential election in 1920. ! iArge Army Protested E. T. Titman. a' member of the state committee ,or New Mexico read a resolution demanding the re peal of the federal espionage law and opposing all legislation restrict ing free speech, a free press and the right of free assemblage and protest ing against a large standing army and compulsory - military training. He asked for immediate adoption of the resolution but there were ob jections and it was referred to . a committee, which later, announced it would not report on the resolution until the national committee meets next January. In the afternoon there was a meet ing with the state chairmen. W. W. Durbin. of Ohio, declared that his slate would remain In the Democratic column in. 1920. Fred erick Van Nuys of Indiana made a vigorous attack on the political me thods of Will' H. 'Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee and said Hays 'was a standpat Re publican at heart although he had bers of the progressive party other- succeeded in convincing many mem- wise. California in Strong D. S. Ewing. speaking for Califor nia, . said the state would gve its electoral vote to the .Democratic residential candidate in 1920. He condemned the non-partisan election laws of the state and declared pro gressive leaders were responsible for their passage. A. Mitchell Palmer, United State attorney general; Franklin D. Roosen velt, assistant secretary of the navy and Chairman Homer S. Cummings were the principal speakers at a din ner given the members of the coirn mittee tonight by Charles Hoeschen-j stein, committeeman . from ' Illinoisi Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted that by next year'lt would be cleaf to the American' people that the Rej publican party was the conservative party of the United States and thai the Democratio party was the prof gressive: or liberal party. He said the protest; against- the organization of congress by reactionary leaders was the dying spasm of the liberal Wilhelm Visible Only On Way To His Log Sawing A M E RONG Ksl vVednesday. . May 2S-J-- ( Hy The Associated Press) Since the former German emperor ha been acquainted with the peace tertns he has bet'ome even more In visible to the outer world. The on ly possibility of catching a glimpse of him is -when be crosses' the draw bridge twite daily, going to and re turning from hi log sawing in the garden of the castle. Replying to a repeated request for a declaration, the former empon-r sent the following words: tTell The Associated Press that jnyi altitude ) Is unchanged." rhe messenger gave the correspon t no hope that anything was like ly to be given' out for publication. It lis virtually impossible to glean anything regarding the former em perors life or plans, as everybody in th castle is under strict orders to maintain silence. Apparently there is no excitement amongst the members of his suite over the peace terms. The only por tlob which Interests the Imperial ex ile! is the clause relating to' himself. 'The former empress appears to be more affected than her husband and is 'evidently iinder the Impression thit the powers will succeed In bringing him before a "tribunal. KANZLER WILL BE NEW JUDGE IN MULTNOMAH f Selection by Governor Olcott, However, Awaits Decision on Validity LAW IS UNDER QUESTION i . . Names of Martin Hawkins and J. L Hammersley - Also Submitted Captain Jacob Kanzler will be ap pointed ' Judge of the new court f domestic -relations for Multnomah COuntv. Governor Olcott announced today this appointment will be mad in event the official report received from the circuit judges of that oun Uty conforms with the statement Riv en out in Portland that Captain fanzler. Martin Hawkins and J. L. Hannmersley are the selections of the members cf the Multnomah conn ty bench, i . The appointment, however, will be held In abeyance untl' such time at Attor,wy General Brown has had ah opportunity to render an opin ion as to the constitutionlity and validity of the law of the :ecent leg islature which provides for the ere- ation of the new court. Governor Qlcott will immediately ask the at tprney general for a formal opinion as to the constitutionality of the act. In event the attorney general holdd It Is a valid law the appointment of Captain Kanzler will follow immedi ately. In event it is held unconsti tutional the executive will then an Aouhce the course he will pursue. j DistrictlAttoraey Evans of Multno- Jiah (bounty recently rendered an olnion to the effect that the law creating the new .court, or parts of that law. at least, is unconstitution al. The fact that a question has been raised as to the validity of the law will cause the poverner to ask for the opinion from the attorney gederal.. the executive assuming the position that it is better to deter mine this question at once: rather than pos3fbly to create difficulties In connection with the functions of the act after Its administration is Under way. Captain Kanzler returned from or- erseas but comparatively a few. days agp after going, throueh the entire campaign in France with the famon 91st division. This division made jpne of. the finest records of any American division and tne wonder fal account it eave of Itself In the Arrnnn 'will remain t.t hlnto-r n I tone of the decisive events of the great war. ' . i Captain Kanzler is a graduate of the University -of . Nebraska,- leaving that institution about 1904. He has been a resident of Orejron for over ill years for a time being connected jwith the Portland Chamber of Com merce and for a" considerable time a practicing attorney in Portland. , Before coming-to Oresron he won medals in connection with national guard eorampments and for many years was connected with national guard work. He went to the first officers' training camp at the pre sidio after the United States entered the war and came out of that camp with a captain's conijiiission.' From there he .was transfe'Tcd to Camp fjeiwis as captain of Company G. 361 st infantry of the 91st division. He preceded "Ms regiment to France to attend the first tactical school or ganized by the American army there and rejoined his regiment, after it had started for the front line trench es. On rejoining his regiment he did so as a member of the regimental staff and as such served through the campaigns which the divlstons waged on the front line during, the most ADDITIONAL TIME GIVEN FOR TREATY Presentation of Document to Austrian Delayed at Re quest of Smaller European Powers. PLENARY SESSION IS HELD OVER TWO DAYS New Italian Delegates Attend Conference in Paris for First Time PARIS. May 29. (By The Associ ated Prefanl The- Austrian treaty. which was to have been presented to the Austrian tomorrow, has been withheld until Monday. The smaller powers of eastern Europe asked for more time before giving their assent to the treaty. This was accorded by common consent. . The change in the plans came un expectedly tnis afternoon a3 the al ed powe.a gathered in secret ses sion at the foreign office for the pur pose of passing on the terms. The session was largely attended and great crowds ass?mbled In front of the building to give President Wil son. M. Clenienceau. Premier Pad- erewskl and other notables welcom ing salutes as they arrived. The Marquis Imperial! and the other new menders of the Italian delegation we:c present for the first time. ' Approval Kv pec ted The parts of the treaty already completed.- omitting the military terms, reparations and sections of the frontier settlement were distrib uted to the delegations in printed form sr.id M. T&rdieu was about to supplement these with a general rV-nimary of the document. , The expectation was that this would be followed by a vote of approval, per mitting the instrument to be deliv ered Friday- At the outset, however. Premier Bratiano of Rumania, gained recog- (Continued on pa&e 3) BILL FOR TRANSPORTING TROOPS IN BRITISH VESS ELS IS CAUSE OF STIR IN CONGRESSIONAL CIRCLES Investigation of President's Activities Reveals Loan to Czecho-Slovaks WASHINGTON. May 29. Eng land's bill ror transporting a million American soldiers across the Atlan tic In BriMsh snips is approximately ,S82.000.0f)0. :This. and the fact that Presiutn Wilson advanced $5. 000,000 of his special fund and probably, more to the' Czecho-Slovaks were the two chief develop ments of today's hearing of Secretary Raker. General March and other war department officials before the house military committee. The army appropriation bill which failed at ".he last congress wn under discussion. "The president assisted two of the Czecho-Slovak corp.." said General March, "from money at hi disposal to, the extent of five million dollars and I think he has given them allot ments sine-,, so that the Czechs could get arms. The charge was to be made ultimately against the Czecho slovak country wnlch the allies pro posed to organize in central Europe. It is a regular dbt like any other debt between nations." 1UU Held Tito High. fThis. so far as is known, was the first information congress had had of advances of moiey to the Czechs from the president's fund. The Hritish bill for transporting American troops caused quite a lit tle discussion. I'.rigaoier General Ilines. director of transpoitatloa. said Great Hritain originally asked $150 for transporting each coldier to France, but the cost finally was reduced to $81.75. Thirty-Hve mil lion dollars has alieady been paid. Congressmen asked if the general did not think the charge excessive, but he replied he believed the cost of transporting t:oopa in Ametlran ships would turn out to be higher. . Secretary Baker renewed his rec ommendation that provision be made for the maintenance of an army of 509.000 'men during the next year. The secretary requested that con gress take, up the problem of what should, be done with war piojects uncompleted when the armistice was signed. The department was relue tant. he aid. to use money appro priated for war emergenclea for torn pletlng the projects and believed It wise that congress should be con sulted. General March said facilities had MERLE BONNEY KILLED BY GUN t - K . Weapon Is Accidentally Dis charged Upon Return from Hunting Trip ' When he laid his gun down upon his return from a short hunting trip at 8 o'clock last night Merle Honney. 19 years old. acldentally fired the gun. shooting the top of his head off and causing his Instantaneous death. The tragedy occurred at bis home seven tnile south of Salety. Young itonney, wno lived witn nis widowed mother on a farm, bad gone out hunting after dinner with sev eral boys. Upon their return they stopped behind a bam and became involved in a discussion. As the boy laid Ibis gun down be struck it in such a way that It went off. No funeral arrangements have yet been made. Jeffetson Is Unanimous J for Road Bond Measure lAnother big . ball full or people voted unanimously In favor of the county road bonds when "Jim" Stew art add:vssed a good roads rally at Jefferson last night. Mr. Stewart mode another stirring speech and the meeting was presided over by Ed D. Smith, cashier or the Oregon State bank of Jefferson. The meeting waa the tenth that has been conducted by Mr. S'ewart In the county and all have voted without dissent for the ( good roads measure. After Heaking in 10 towns In Marion county Mr. Stewart estimates that the: bill will carry- by a vote of three to one. Mr. 3tewart will speak at Donald tonight, at Uberty tomor row: night, and the big final rally will be held in Salem Monday night. Del egates from all towns in the county will attend the Salem rally. The Sil- veiton and Mt. Angel bands will ap pear among other musical organiza tions. It will be the greatest good roads rally ever held in the state. M-i Stewirt declares. Hoi. T. B. Kay. Hon. Simon Benson, chairman of the state highwfey commission. Frank Davey and others will speak in addition to Mr. Stewart. KOIX HAK KKCXMiXIZKI)" PARIS. May 2.4-Tha royal gov ernment of Montenegro announces it has recognized Admiral Kolchak as head of the government of Great Russia. 1 1 IT t t: n 4 :: THE FUG GOES BK Hats off! Along the street there comes l ! A blare of. bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hatsoffl I ' . ! J The flag is passing by! ' Blue and crimson and white it shinesl Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hatsoffl. The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing by. Sea-fights and land-fights, grimand great, Fought to make and to save the state: Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying Ups';. Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift increase; Equal justice, right and law, Stately honor and reverend awe; Sign of a nation great and strong i 5 To ward her people from foreign wrong: Pride and glory and honor, c Live in the colors to Hats off! Along the street there comes II A blare of bugles, And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off! ; J The flag is passing by! I Henry Hoi comb Bennejt. t i IGELES ill " i Villa Forcer Proclaim Mexi can General Provisional 'President4-Leader Is. Pro claimed (tew Secretary of War. I ' TROOPS MOBILIZING NEAR BORDER OF U. S. Federal Array Routed Across Corner of; Arizona Despite Edict from Washington Officials.! , WASHINGTON. May 23. Villa, forces have' proclaimed General Fe lipe Angeles provisional president of Mexico and Villa himself secretary of war." ? .The move coming, at the. climax of military, operations considered by the Caranza government so serious that It has asked the United States for permission, lot move troops Texas.'-New Mexico and Arizona, is regarded here as reflecting a situa tion more serious than any since the triumph of th& Carranza forces over Villa three years ago. Viewed In connection with, the activities of the Fellclsta forces in southern Mexico the situation is regarded as f nil of possibilities, -t ' ; American government official are refusing to comment on the news nntil they have received official con firmation. There seems, however, to be no doubt. of fts authenticity. Amerfrwas Protected Angeles' . reported! first proclama tion announcing that Americans in Mexico would 5 protected Is partic ularly, interesting to. officials here, coming as It does, on the heels of the refusal ofUhe state department to grant Carra'nza's request that he be allowed to move, troops through (Continued on page 2) :: w ii i li H S i stand or fill i d ruffle of diutns; i (Continued oa page 3) (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) i