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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1919)
.i THE WEATHER mm The Statesman receives ths leased wire report of the As sociated Press, th greatest and most reliable preaa as sociation in the world. Wednesday fir, warmer except near the coast. Gentle westerly. w SLXTV-XIXTH YEAR saij:m, pKECiox, veim:siv moum.j. JINK IK rillCE FIVE CT.XTS CELEBRATION PROGRAM IS 1 MADE PUBLIC Tentative Arrangements Are Made for Three Day Festi val in Honor of Soldiers, . Sailors and Marines of War HOMECOMING TO BE KEYNOTE OF FETE First and Last Days to Be in - Charge of War Mothers of Salem I ii 1 1 i 11 ii mi ii m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 COME ACROSS If you want Salem to wel come home. In a way befitting. Itself and th nn, those 1506, boys who served' you and our Uncle Sam and , civilization during the late war COME ACROSS. The Fourth of July celebra tion 13 to be the' official mes sage of appreciation that Sa lem is going to give, those boy3. It - will take money.' There Is not yet enough sub-' scribed. COME ACROSS. Take, send, or phone your subscription to the manager i of the Commercial club. Get I It there any way you want to i but regardless of how you do it COME ACROSS. im .minimum mm The first official tentative pro rram for the Fourth of July eelebraT tlon and home coming far the boys who were in the' service last night trj$ announced at a meeting ,of the committee heads following the Cocir mereial club open forum meeting. The program covers the three days cf the celebratipn although the part cf the Commercial- committees, is itrfctly confined fto the Fourth . as July 3 and S are to be in the hands of the War j Moth?rs, . . v -; As tentatively arranged the fjrst day of the f estlvltiesx will Include registration of soldiers, sailors and niirines, and. assignment fo sleeping quarters. ; At night there will be the official reception by state, coun ty and city officials. In Marlon (Continued on page. 2) f nn wwnwii i v i.m 'L mi Dependable Luggage For Short Jaunts Or Long Service .. Luggage conveys a silent but forceful message- at the train or depot In hotel or guests' home. Is it not most embarrassing to have conspicuously shabby Lug ' gage? We have cases and hand bags to meet most- demands from the very inexpensive to the more masterfully fin ished article. Vacationists will do well to get our ; prices. .. . i easily fit1 Former Salem Boy Is GiverjL Command of Giant Leviathan -Commander Fred M. Perkins. V."Sl N., has just been placed in command oC the transport Le viathan, thepargest ship in the world, according to word re ceied here yesterday by rela tives of the young naval officer. Until tran;f erred to the com mand of the Leviathon Comman der Perkins was executive; offi cer of the : transport George Washington which toot t'resi- . dent Wilsons to and from' the peace council in France. At 4be. outbreak of the. war Commander Perkins waa a member of the naval transport board as chef aide to Vice Ad miral Cleaves, but wishing to see more service during the con flict with Jthe Huns he obtained a transfer to the George Wash-' ington, and was in several Sub marine engagements during the time he served as executive of ficer of this transport. Commander Perkins i. a son "of M and Mrs. W. T- Perkins, .former Salem residents. He en tered the naval academy In 1902 and ha? received, rapid promo .tions since entering the service. , At .the conclusion of peace Commander Perkins expects to be transferred lo the Pacific feet, which) according to recent announcement of Secretary . of . .. the Navy Dianiete, is to oe ma terially entyrj,ed v within the near future. Return of Wires Delayed v by Discussion in House -.j ; ; WASHINGTON.- June 17. Plans of house leaders for the passage to day of legislation repealing the gov ernment' wire control were '. blocked unexpectedly Ty. prolonged discus sion of a conference report on an ap propriation bill. House leaders expected the wire repeal would be further side tracked tomorrow for calendar bills, includ ing that repealing the daylight sav ing law. 4 V. S. Will Not Press Claims Against Russia "WASHINGTON, June 17. Owing to present unsettled .conditions in Russia the United States government will make no representations at this time with reference to the default in payment of the $50,000,600 three year loan made by American bankers to the Russian1 government ia 1916, and due June 18 and July 19, it was announced today by Acting Secretary of State Polk, i 4, iir.v.i,.v-j.,'::.ji'i..; J OS La Victoire CORSETS "The Corset De luxe" Few Women would knowingly give up the graceful lines of youth, yet how many unknowingly give them up by too conspicuous corseting. LA 'VICTOIRE CORSETS have this woinlerful advantage" they adjust so aivd perfectly as -never to con tradict the youthful lines with wlueii they endow the figure. Their splendid effect is never destroyed hy breaks in the bust line and creases at the sides or hack. Their graceful contours are those of true youth that courts inspec tion. . . . i .., " . '. KNOX URGES DELIBERATION ON COVENANT Former Secretary of State Warns That5 Ratification Would Mean Radical De parture from Traditions. SPEECH OPENS FIGHT ON PACT IN SENATE McCumber, Republican; Will Defend 'League Before Senate Today WASHINGTON, June 17 -A plea against .hasty ; acceptajceU of 'the league or nations was made to the senate( today by Senator InoxKe publican of Pennsylvania, in a care fully prepared address analyzing fea tures of the league covenant; and cau tioning that its ratification would mean a far departure from Ameri can triditions. ; 1 , J The league, declared thp former secretary of state, would inevitab'y result in a super-governmenjt empow ered to act even on the domestic af fairs of member nations and to pre serve for , all time the tcrritorta! boundaries shortly to be fixfd by th-' peace treaty. He asserted j the new Monroe doctrine provided would ef face that policy from international affairs and argued that the amend ment adopted to cover withdrawal of league members would make such "wihdrawal absolutely impossible." The speech marked the beginning of debate on Mr. Knox's resolution declaring 'the terms should be rati fied without . delay and the league of nations proposal left for later con sideration. j Would Analyze Terms, j ,"I ask for time,! said the; Eenator, "merely to consider whether or not under the' ccvenant as 'drawn, the power to put us at war will still rest with us or be placed in a body out side our own : government, and if placed "Outfide. j whether or not such lodging of the sovereign powr . is desirable. "I ask only for time to deliberate whether or not we shall put it beyond our power to fherease the size of our army and our navy in times of dire emergency without first consult ing tbe wish or desires of other countries. i " ' The Knox resohition did not come technically before the senate and the senator made "his address V'n the midst t)f an appropriation bill debate. Tomorrow the fist "speech agalust the resolution will be made by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, a Re publican member of the foreign re lations committee. t Tour Flan Reveale!. Additional plan3 for President Wilson's sneaking tour for the league were revealed today in of ficial circles. It became known that the trip probably would cover a pe riod of three weeks and would fol low directly the president's ' appear, ance before a joint se3sion of the .senate and house to present and ex ILuin t tnistv onH tholiaeim cov enant It was said Mr.,Wilaon would leave France June 2 4 or 2 should Germany, sign the peace treaty and nrnhablv would arrive here about Julv 3. i Announcement that Germany must act finally on the peace terms by June 23 greatly diminishes? hopes of bringing the Knox solutiifm to a vote before tne treaty is signed ai Versailles: ' Although -no definite course had ben.'agreed on tonight, it is Jikely there will -be a desperate effort to have a test vote on some collateral issue Friday or Saturday." An al ternative suggestion under consider atioa is the introduction of a Joint ' resolution to declare the war at an end and thus relieve congress of the blame for ! prolongation, of war conditions whHe the ratification of the treaty is delayed. Four Held Charged With ' Complicity in' Robbery ROSEBURG. Or., June 171 Three men, two of them wounded, are in jail here tonight charged, rith the theft of $2.000in a hold-up or the crew of i government rock crusher near Scott3bnrg last night. The men were wounaea vnen urea upon vy a posse vf citizens. j ' . S. A. Ktemmer of Seottsb'irg also is in Jail. ... He is charged jwi'th at tempting to make away with money dropped- by the robbers. Mike Zeiocksaid by Sheriff Quine to have planned the hold-up. has a bullet wound in the thigh and bird shot wounds in his back. John Ka lis also is suffering frome wounds in his back. '. . .1 A man .alleged 'tn have been, im plicated in the actual robber- was ar rested at Drain today. He jwas said to be suffering fom a wojind oVer an eyo where a small shot from a shotgun plowed a two inch furrow. Giant Dirigible Is Expected to Reach America on Sunday i MIXEOLA. N. Y.. June If.. Active preparation for recep tion of the giant Hritish Uin? ible, H-34,. which ' Is expected here Sunday was begun today with the construction of ten concrete blocks, each ueven feet square and eight feet deep 4. to which ,the aircraft will le moored! Roosevelt Field ha been selected as the landing place, as there is no hangar in the country,' large enough to house tbe airship which is643 feet long from nose to stern. The dirigible will start from Eft gland next Friday. Army md navy authorities are (cooperatin wnh a special force of Itritih naal aviation mechanics seat here in charge 'of Major Hugh Fuller of ihe Royal Air Force to establish .an American base. Fifty Ameri can naval aviation mechanics, especially qualified for the handling of lighter-than-air craft, arrived here today from Rockaway beach to assist in the preparations, and 250 more are expected from various' oth- 4. , er stations in 'the east befora T the ship's arrival. i 1 1 I 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I l 1 t TRIBUTE IS PAID TO AIR HEROES London Honors Aviators Who . Carried British Flag Across Atlantic LONDON, June 17. London paid tribute today to Captain John Al- cock and Lieutenant A. W. Brown during a formal procession in honor of , the two aviators -who completed Sunday the first non-stop trans atlantic aerial flight. The aviators were carried on sol diers' shoulders from the Euston railway station to automobiles. The parade and demonstration as arranged, was tne . same as were given for Hawker, and Grieve, but excitement over today's event was less apparent. The parade proceeded from the station through great crowds lining Portland street and Regent street. A band led khe way playing "See the conquering heroe comes" and "Rule riritania." Officers of the Royal Air forces and members of the aero club rode in flag-bedraped automobiles. Hawker and his wire were con spicuous at the gathering at the sta tion. Lieutenant Commander De Witt Ramsey, staff commander of the American-naval air forces In France, bad a- motor car In the parade. At the aero club Brigadier Gen eral Robert M. Groves, deputy chief of the air staff, read messages of congratulations, from Major Gen eral J. E. B. Seely, under secretary for air, and Major General Sir Hugh Trenchard, commander of the inde pendent air force. In response to wild cheering by the crowds outside the club. Alcock and Brown appeared at a window and made brief speeches of thanks. The journey of the airmen from Dublin to London was one long series of ovations, beginning with a hearty send-oft at Dublin. At the few stopping places large crowds as sembled and ceremonies more or less formal were, staged. 8000 STRII0NG IN CALIFORNIA Phone Operators and Line men Quit Work to En force Demands SAN JOSE. Cal.. June 17. T. A ok s. local manager of the Pa cific Telenhone and Telegaph com tanv. anncnaced tonight that the company will settle the telephone op erators and electrical workers strike Immediately bv granting all demand and recognizing the union. The girls and the men went out this morning at 8 o'clock; SAN FRANCISCO. June 17. The central and northern California un ions of the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers, includ ing telephone operators and linemen, went on strike today for Immediate wage increases and the granting of I the demand in retrard to working 'conditions. Union officials estimat ed 000 were out including the southern California workers, who walked out, yesterday. . Hundreds of the inoo or more op erators reported to have struck here remained, in front of the exchange? throughout the day begging other employes not to go to work. Some of the girls admitted to newspaper men that they did not leIong to the operators union here but struck through ympathy.i The' linemen here claimed a hun dred per cent strike showing. Exchange buildings here were nn- (Continued on page 6) REPRISALS BY VILLA REBELS ARE EXPECTED Fear Is Felt for Safety of American Citizens Living in Northern Mexico; U. S. Side of Border Patrolled. LOSSES HEAVIER THAN FIRST REPORTS H0W One American Killed and 10 Wounded; Many Villista Bodies Are Found EL PASO. Tex.. June 17. Uneas iness for American citizens in north ern Mexico was felt here today. Be cause of the expedition by United States troops to Mexico Sunday night to disperse Villa'3 forces attacking Juarez, it is felt Villa and his men will attempt reprirals upon American persons and property In the north of Mexico. Mormon officials here and in Joar ez were much concened over re ports that Villa was heading toward Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. This is near the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublan, where many Mormon fami lies live.. Several American mining compan ies have ordered their American em ployes to leave for the border a3 3oon an nnssible. General Cabell's . statement Jiere today that the expedition to Juavx was a closed Incident wit accepted at its face value here tonight and no further development .of- that Bit nation is anticipated. However, it is felt that Villa or Martin Lapez mteht attorn Dt reprisals on isolated border towns on the American side of tbe border. To anticipate ancn a move all garrisons along the border were stengthensd i and the patrols rinnbled. OfHcial reports submitted to Gen eral Erwin late today established the fact that more of Villa's men were killed by American troops than at lirst estimated. Between 50 and 60 bodies were taken from the trenches near the following the assault of these trenches by the Twenty-fourth iuruii InfantT and 36 bodiea were counted in front of the race track Monday morning, having been ,m.i i th artillcrv fire Irom mo ,-! n pun an the river bank. Many more bodies wre reported ;n th weeds and wheat fields on k. o-.et ride of town. Burial par ties were busy all day burying the two days battle and the expeditionary assault. Many Vil li wounded were also found In the ...rri.ttnral college One American soldier was killed and 10 were wounded during he lighting Sunday night and Monday according to of ficial repcrts prepared at military headquarters today. Salem Man Vice President of Joint Lutheran Synod SEATTLE. June 17. At its con cluding session here today the Wash ington district of tne joini Synod of Ohio, representing tha states of Washington. Oregon and , ttritiah Columbia, ia- iuauu mm . . . ....... dorsed the founding of a Lutheran hospital at Spokane. Wash. Officers elected were as follows: Reverend J B Cronek. Medical Iake. Wash., president; Rv. George Koch'rr. ! Sa lem. Or., vccpr-id.-nf. Rot. v U liam Schoeler. Wilbur. Wash., sec retary. Rev. C.eose Panschert. Spo kane, treasurer. . LISTER FUNERAL HED YESTERDAY I Late Governor of Washington Laid to Rest m Family Plot at Tacoma TACOMA. Wash.. June 17. The remains of Governor Wrn.st Lister ar at rest tonicht in th? famlU nlot. Tacoma cemetery, close to the ravA of his father, following a fu neral today such as this city has nev er before seen. While a blanket of silence hovere.. over the markets and lDduti of this city, political pejudices wen laid aside and thousands from all parts of the state gathrMi to pay tribute to the mcnioiy of the Tacoma citizen and sixth governor or th; state. . Following Impressive, church ser vices six companies of the Third Washington infantry. national guard, led the corteg diverting all traffic from the line of mirch and clearing the way for over 2.000 an-toraobll-.' that followed. Service at the cemetery blended the military ceremony with the Ma sonic ritual. Radicals Schedule New Bomb Outrage For July 4, Rumor WASHINGTON. June 17. Rumors of a new outrage by radicals to be attempted Inde pendence day have reached the department of Justice, which Is taking all needed precautions to forestall the plotters. Officials were very non-committal regarding the discoveries but it was evident that nothing was being left undone to make the attempt a fiasco. Attorney General Palmer Is giving much of his time to the Investigation of the plots. NEW YORK. June 17. Warning that general anarchis tic disorders might be expect ed in tbjs country during the first week of July waa issued to-, day by tbe American defense society in letters sent mayors . or 250 cities. Asserting that radicals were planning to take advantage of "discontent" engendered by in troduction of nation-wide pro hibition on July 1, the letters urged the mayors to form im mediately special forces or for mer service men in order - tto put down any "uprisings which might occur. LABOR REFUSES TO BACK 'REDS' Discussion nf RftTliv?ri' UlJCUSSlon. OX BOlSneYlSm; Most Bitter in Annals of Federation ATLANTIC CITY. X. J.. JuSe 17. Amid a general uproar, delegatej attending the convention here of th American Federation of Labo- todarf refused to endorse recosmitinn soviet Russia, although urging rec ognltiaa by the United States of the "existing Irish republic." and voted against the general strike proposed ror July 4. In behalf of "Tom" Moo ney. Convicted ;in connection with the preparedness day bomb explo sion in San Francisco. Discussion of Bolshevism devel oped when the resolutions committee reached a resolution asking with drawal from Russia of American soldiers but refused to report others demanding recognition of soviet Rus sia and lifting of tbe blockade of Russian ports. The debate was said by veteran labor leaders to have been the most bitter they ever heard. It followed rejection by the convention of the atrenuouj protest of the radical group of a proposal to change Amer ican labor day from tbe first Man day in September to May 20 in an effort to unite all the world labor into a "universal brothethood." Samuel Com per s. president of th federation, led tbe fight against th May day resolution, asserting that American Labor day was a day fo? American labor and not a "political event," as it was In Europe. $100,000 Fire Destroys Big Sawmill at, Toledo TOLEDO. Or.. June 17. The saw mill of the Flach-Scorgy Lumber company situated here was complete ly destroyed by fire early tonight with an estimated loss or $100,000, with $50,000 insurance. After the plant uao. c.osea aown ior lue day. an explosion, which was not violent, oc curred In the center of the mill, caused by combustion from greased woodwork about the machinery. Fire quickly enveloped the main sawing rooms and made its way outward from the tenter of the building. A mass of cinders, swept t-y a high wind fell on the Toledo bank build ing and set fire to the structure but the blaze was extinguished with out loss. J. O. Scorgy of Tacoma. Wash.. Is principal owner of the mill. He announced tonight that the riant would be rebnilt. SURPLUS FOOD STOCKS HELD BY WAR DEPARTMENT TO BE PROBED WASHINGTON. June 17. A sep-, arate and immediate inquiry Into the disiosition or surplus food stocks by the war department was indicated today by developments in both house and senate committees. C. W. Hare, director of sales In the' department's demobilization organization, was questioned at length bv the senate military committee in this connection during hearing on the army appro priation bill and later a resolution calling on Secretary Baker tor de tailed reports as to quantities 0r food Mocks h-Ad In storage' was intro duced In the house by Representative Trcadway. Republican of Massachu setts. The house special committee to investigate war department expendi tures met today and appointed five sub-committees each of which will handle a separate part of the supply and material expenditures. The Trcadway resolution seeks in- PARIS WAITS FOR DECISION OF GERMANS i : Unofficial Reports of Recep tion of New Pact Vary as to Whether Huns, Will or Will Not Accept PESSIMISM tSAID TO -PREVAIL j AT WEIM AR German Delegation Said to Resent Alleged Cruelty . of Modified Terms PARIS. June l7. The extension of time grantedi the Austrlaa de'.e ga,Hon for technical consideration or certain of the, peace trms expired today. Dr. Karl Renner. the Aus trian chancellory, has sent a long memorandum to the peace j confer ence. Li which he seU forth argu ments that the proposed treaty with Austria- is unfair. PARIS. June; 17 A pe:ijd of waiting has settled over the peace conferenco hll the Germans at wlmar are making no their minds king np their whether to accept or rejtct the slightly amended .treaty of 'peace handed them Monday. ' While the Germans are discussing the situation President Wilson Is to make Ills long promised visit to Belgium and Premier Lloyd George will go over thej. Verdun battlefield. Botl1 President ' W'Uson and Lloyd George are expected . to . return to Paris Friday and meanwhile it la anticipated that little work will be done. : V . Accoums of t4 recept.cn at Wel rar of the amended peace- treaty and the coverinr:note written by Pre mier Clemencead are that thve was deep pessimism fend resentment over the alleged cruelty of the terms. Berlin la Ignorance. '. - A telephonic message rtcelvtd at Weimar from Versailles shortly arter the treaty and the nota -wire placed In the hands of h Germans charac terized them las extraordinarily rough and overbearing and declared the Germans had; been granted! small er concessions than they had ex pected through the readipg or unof ficial forecasts 6t tne Jermn of the treaty. t . At last accounts Berlin was la Ignorance of the -terms of tee treaty. .Unofficial reports t7 whether the Germans will or will not sign the treaty. A London dis patch, quoting a message from Ber lin, says' seven rtembera of the Ger man cabinet arfSin favor of signtng. but that the other seven re opposed to such action. tA Paris newspaper asserts that one tt the German peace delegates -declared tefo- he Jeft Versailles for W imar that Germany would sign because it was realized dire consequents would follow re- fusaL . I ApnlocUe. for AM. Considerable rrsentm prevails at Weimar by reason of the fact that, the German delegation, leaving Ver s&iTiea. was booted by a crowd of hoodlum and two members of the dIceatlon wertt tuck by stonea. Premler Clemenctaa has written a letter, of apology to the chief Ger man plenipotentiary. The council af five met Tuesday and considered I the clauses In the Austrian peace tjreaty. The Turkish delegation, was heard by the council of-ttn. Tbe main plea of the Turk ws that the Tnrklsh empire be ootj -dismembered, the claim being putjforth that the Turk ish people were not responsible for the country's entering Into the war on the side ofjthe Teutonic allies. Premier Clemebceaa promised to ' (Continued on page 2) Lly formation, not air as to food stocks on band, but rlso as to offers re ceived for the'S.urp!aa and details as to contracts usder which these stocks were acquired Director lice's statement thatthe food administra tion had refused to purcbaw war department ssii'lus Mocks off bacon," but latef had bought similar sup plies consirnedj to 4 Italian gov ernment, drew the attention f com mittee nr-iuVr and Mr. Har az.-et to give details, of the transactions later j . j Director lfarf estimated the value of tut war tperlala la this coun try owned by tlje government at twj billion dollars, j Chairman Wfds worth of the sen ate military committee announced tonight that hearings on ths army till wouli clos4 tomorrow and that the commute hpd to have, the bill ready to report to the senate late this week. I