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PRICE FIVE CENT
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WIRE STRIKE
TO CONTINUE
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a. -i inn in rr i. iik
11 I VUIIK 1 ltK
Failure to Reach Understand
ing in Conference With Of
ficials Given as Reason for
i Action.
TROUBLE MAY EXTEND
TO NORTHWEST STATES
Himes Secretary of
State Pioneers for
Thirty -Third Term
Operators Report Gains
. All Districts in Area;
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: PORTLAND, June 1 9.Rev
1 erend.A. J. Hunsaker. of Yam-
hill co.unty. who first n enine to
Oregon In US4 7, was elected
president of the Oregon -Pio-'j,oer
association at its annual
fijtvention tonight. C. H; Can
"; field of Oregon City; was chos
en jfice-president and George
r II Himes of Portland, was rr
i elected secretary for- the 23rd
j consecutive term. Directors
J chosen were John W. Raker of
'I Portland: Miss Ella Chamber--I
lain of Portland and G. p. ChitT
i wood of Clackamas county. The
janouaf banquet &nd reunion of
i the pioneers were features of
the convention.
BELGIANS GET!
WILSON VIEW
OF COVENANT
.Initial Outrage of Huns in
Treaty Violation Held Base
for All of Future Atrocities
Against Civilization.
- SAH FRANCISCO, June 19. Fail
ure to arrive at" any understanding
which could end' the present strike
of telephone workers In California
and Nevada was announced late to
day by, representatives of the tele
phone operators and workers at the
conclusion of a conference, with tel
ephone company officials.
Delegates representing the Pacific
northwest were said to have intimat
ed that all telephone operators and
electrical workers in Oregon and
Washington would be called on. to'
strike if Ihe teleDhone comnanv
maintains Its present attitude. '
Delegates at the conclusion of the
conference, quoted D. P. Fullerton,
plant superintendent of -;".the tele
phone .company, as .having, safd dur
ing the conference: " : t .
"Of course you undersand that we
cannot consider the wage demands
you have presented In full."
? Remark Deemed Refusal
This was interpreted bfy- some, of
the workers' representatives to have
been tantamount to a refusal to con
sider their demands. .
" Other union officfals, however,
were optimistic that a resumption of
productive of a favorable settlement
of the controversy. 1 f . ,
Telephone company officials up to
early tonight had refused to issue
my statements in connection with
the strike or today's conference.-
Union off icails said they' had sub-,
mltted their demands and that the
M Continued on page 2)
GUARD STAGES
DEMONSTRATION
Ten Regiments Mobilize to
Test Efficiency in
i Case of Need
NEW YORK, June 19. Ten regi
ments of the New York state guard
demonstrated tonight what they
cbuld do by way of protecting the
city in an emergency, when they an
swered a test mobilization call and
quickly threy ' cordons of armed
guards about public buildings, power
houses, car barns, public utilities
and the homes pf prominent citizens.
The guardsmen carried out the
practice drill bo grimly that in many
quarters it was believed that they
were to remain on guard duty to
protect the city: rom . "red" - out
break. .: ' -i
500 Christian Endeavor
Delegates Open Meeting
PORTLAND, Or., June 19. Five
hrncired i Portland delegates and an
eqn.l "number from other Oregon
towns were present tonight at the
opening session of the annual con
mention of the : Christian Endeavor
societies of Oregon.' Mayor, Georg
1,1 Baker welcomed the delegates.
The principal address wa3 delivered
by Rev. H. A. Vin. Winkls of Oak
land.v Cal paator-ad visor of the
Christian Endeavor of California.
Silks at Closing Prices
Every Yard a Splendid In
V vestment That Should Be J
Taken Advantage of Now
At Yard,
$1.35
black
there
shade
A large assortment of
Novelties- in hand s o m e '
plaids and stripes of ex
cellent .quality, i The lot
also! includes some of
ReldingVyard wide satin
liningsami two pieces of
Skinner's Serere lininsr in
and brown. These are all 36 in. wide. In addition
axe 2 pieces of 40 in. Tussah Silks in fueia and oranere
s, all at, yard ... .......... ... . . . ....... .". . . , $1.35
1
TAN BROADCLOTH, 50 JItf. WIDE.
AN EXTRA GOOD 'VALUE AND
"WEIGHT 'FOR CAPES, YD i . . . . . , . .
ti $1.65
Another lot of 36 in. SILKS in I
fancy stripe and plaids of a high- ,
r quality.. n the lot are several
pieces of plain Taffetas in light
shades. Also twenty-two. shades (
f 40 inch Crepes De Chine and
some splendid 40 ineh Silk and
Wool roplins al 1 at, yd ..... $1.65
J - 1
:3' - ( - ' n - " '
See Our Line of. '
Women's Bathing Suits
All at Last Year's Prices, ;
$2.75
GREAT RALLY
- AT SILVERTON
fwo Thousand People Listen
. to Elks Boost for Salva
tion nny Fund
NEUTRALITY STATUS
DISLIKED IN BELGIUM
BAREFOOT
SANDALS
Infants . . . A. . . lHc
Children's . . ;
... $115, $1.7.1
Sizes 11 to 2. . .
$1.05, $2.00
Sizes 2 to 6..
.. $1.75, $2JW
President Expresses , Hope
That ' League Means
Bad Days' End
ilRTTSSELS. -'une 1!) In his ad
d'fia, before tne Helviiin ,h.niii-r
- deputies. P-(i?n-nt wa.saii oke
is follojwsi:-
!'The enemy cumm!tte-'l niany n:it
rnrf ?' la is 'war. r t!'m"n; ,Vut
tilt- initial rut. sue was-th fiinda
jatnul outr;pc of all. Tiny.-w'th
thz inso'ent indifference, viclati'd
th sacred.i'fi of t'eatio. : Thfiy
fUcwed thit thy d!1 rot f.vi Tar
tht: indpenJarice of anv nation.
whether it ho raiiiel its Land
gainst them not; that :hvswnrc
ruthless in- th-'r determination to
bave their whim at th-?ir pleasure,
Therefore it vras the violation of Bel-
pit ni: that "iwaVencd ihc world 'o
tht realizatioa ht the iharatter cf
t.e st'iiggie.
nelgiaits !islike ntral-ty.
i 'A very . huoresti;: thiasj came
out of.lh?t struggle vhidi ?" i s al
mtst like t'l illogical consul u-n:e.
Ont of the.tirst thing3 that the rp
r;entativcs Helginm satI to me
oiler the arir began x&t That they
bid not want their neutrality guar
anteed. Th :y did not van: my neu-tit-linty.
Titey wanted equality, uot
ttcause. ea I rnderstool th?uii tl.ir
reutrality vas fnsccjrj, but because
th.nr nentnlity put ihem upon . &
diffe-ent bajis of act! it from other
peoples. '
In .their natua' and proper ;pr.i'Ie
they desireJ to occupy a place that
was not exceptional, but in the ranks
of free peoples, .Peonies under all
govern i. eats. I honored this in
stinct in thcra and it was for that
reacon that the firt iirne I hid ic
casion to speak of what 'the war
might accomplish for Belgium, I
spoke ,of hr winning a place of
equality among the natons. So Bel
gium has today, once nvre come In
to her own through thi3 deep valley
of suffering through which she has
gone.
Common lnty Reallzctl. ;
"Not 'only, that, but her cause has
linked tht "governments of the civil
ized world together. They have real
ized their common duty. They have
drawn together as if Instinctively
into a' league of fight . They have
rut the whole power of organ ized
manhood behind this conceptlan of
Justice, which, is common to man
kind. "That Is the significance, gentle
men, of the league of nations. The
league of nations w,a an inevitable
consequence of. this' war. It : was a
league of rights, and no thoughtful
statesman, who let hope run inta the
futuve could Wish for a moment to
slacken', those bonds. 1 1 is first
thought would be to streagthen
them and to perpetuate this combina
tion of the great governments of the
world for the maintenance of -justice.
,
'The leigue of nationK Is the c.Mld
of this great war, for .it is -the ex
pression of those permanent molu
tions .which grew out of the tempor
ary necessities of this ureat struggle,
and any natioa which declines to ad
here to this covenant delibe-ately
turns away from the most tellin ap
peal that has ever been made to its
conscience and to its niarhooJ.
Hopes ltad l)ays (Joiw.
"That nation which wishes to ise
the league of nations for its conven
ience and not for th service or me
SILVERTON'. Or.. June 19. Spe
cial f.o Tlie Statesman) IW'twe.n
ir.00 and 2000 people gathered in
the pt reel? of Silverton tonight to
listen to j program by Salem lodgj
Xo. 336. It, P. O 'Elks, a ono !
j the -meeting preliminary to the Sal
vaiion Araiy nome service raniDaiirn
aad. not a man. woman or child lr
the audiente while the program was
in oi ogress. No less iha.i !') purpio
and white bonneted KIks and their
wives came from Saiem. including
some at the best speakers of the
capital city. Julius Wolf or this
place profiled. .;.
RoLin D. Day and Malo- V. Carl
ton Smith 'of the Salem lodge, both
of whom were in "France through
the' war. represented the service anl
otTier speakers were Charles H. Ar.
cherd, Charles V. Calloway and Wla
ter L. Tooza. The latter is maaager
of the campaign for Marion count;
and in his -emarkii summed up tin
details of the campaign. Intense in
terest in the drive 'Js shown here.
Tonight a program was as follows.
Onning remarks br Charles R. Ar
cherd, exalted rnlef of Salem lodge
No. 3G. i .
Music by the Elks band.
Vocal sola .'...Harry Levy
Speaker. .'.... .Charles V. Calloway
Vocal .solo.. Miss Ada Millet
Reading. .. .Miss Ethewynne Kelly
Speaker. . .Major W. Ca;leton Smith
Music by "the Elks baad.
Violin solo Miss Elizabeth Levy
Speaker. Robin D. Da.
Vocal solo. .O. I McDonald
Ladies' quartet of Salem.
Salem Elks band.
Speaker ......... ."Walter L. Toozs
FEDERATION
REBUILDING
REPORT OUT
Realization of Workers'
Rights Held Outgrowth of
War by Delegates in Na
tional Convention.
RECONSTRUCTION PLAN
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Courts Hit by Declaration
Against Construction of
Law by Judges
Forest Service Man
Just Discharged Is
Shot By Own Pistol
LA GRANDE. Or Jane 1.
Clinton Bartmesn. 21. who re
cently turned from nervice in
the army, wu found shat to
death today in the barnyard at
the home of his father on a
ranch near here, with his re
volver lying near, oae chamber
empty.
BartmeM was employed in
the forestry service. Indica
tions were that he had accident
ally shot himseir while p spar
ing to mount his hors? for the
day's work; according to offi
cers who Investigated the case.
FOCH FORMS
LINE AROUND
ALL GERMANY
Reported Changes in Huns
Peace Delegation Taken as
Favorable h Indication by
Americans in Paris.- .
The next visitation of the Sale'm
Elks will be at Aurora Monday night.
Charles. V. Galloway, Robin D. Day
and Valter L. Tooze wl'.I again le
the . speakers. Mrs. William ' H.
Prunk (Verna Cooder), the women's
quartet of Woodburn and O. L. Mc
Donald will sing and the Salem Kike'
baad will play. -
WILSON-NEEDED
I MOSTiAT HOME
SAYS GALLIVAN
Massachusetts Democrat
Leads in Attack on
Postal Control
HOUSECLEANING URGED
President Can Check Spread
of. Radicalism' Says
Representative .
! WASHINGTON. June 19. Repre
sentative Gallivan, Democrat of
Massachusetts. In an attack today
on the administration of Postmaster
ATLANTIC CITY. X. J.. June' 19.
A comprehensive reconstruction
plan, designed to ' bring all the peo
ple greater hope for a better day, a
brighter life, greater liberty and a
larger degree of happiness" was ad
opted by the American Federation of
Labor at today's session of its an
aual convention. '
"Radicals and conservists united ia
approving a report embodying recon
struction recommendations devised
by the federation's executive council.
The report tonight was termed by la
bor leaders "a new declaraion of In
dependence for the workers of Am
erica." ,
"Developments In our social. In
dustrial and political relations, by
reason of the necessities of war. have
been as varied in nature as they
have been grave in character," says
the report. JOne of the most pro
nounced and far-reaching results is
the eallzation of the workers rights,
duties and responsibilities in he
strncure of society, industry and
government.
Ijabor Demand Ilace
Conscious, as never heretofore, of
Its power, labor no longer will rest
content under a system which treats
workers as a commodity or article
of commerce. 'Workers have reached
the status and have come to that de
termination which demands treat
ment of equality with fcll other men
aad, women In modern society. They
now insist on full value and full com
pensation for services rendered on a
basis that will enable all to enjoy
the higher things in life.' rather tbas
merely exist near the line beyond
which we find human misery, which
spells human bankruptcy.
"The reconsruelon program In
brief suggess remedies against unera
ploymen; demands tliving wages;
commands labor's right to fix Its
own working hours; demands pro
tection of women and children in In
dustry; favors cooperative Institu
tions of farmers and such producing
agencies; favors-curbing the power
of the courts to make and unmake
laws; favors full participation of la
bor in politics, bu disproves of parti
san poliics; favors public extension
ot waterways and public ownership
and development of water power;
urges a minimum of land tenacies
and favors farm ownerships with
public aid; would curb corporate
ARMY STRENGTH
MAY BE 400,000
Appropriations Increased for
Air Service and Wei
!' fare Work
WASHINGTON. June 19. Provis
ion in the army appropriation bill
for maintenance. of an army of 400.
000 officers and men during the
next - fiscal year was tentatively
tary sub-committee. The house bill,
agreed on today by the senate niill-
wbicb was before the committee, re
duced the size of ' the temporary
array of S09.000 officers and men
requested by the war department to
300.000.
Consideration of the bill was vir
tually .completed tonight. Chairman
tually completed tonight.. Chair
man Wads worth said he planned -.to
report - It tomorrow ta the financial
committee which is expected to con
sider ft at once so the measure can
be sent to the senate without de
lay and an effort made to expedite
its passage before July 1 when sen
ate appropriations will be made.
In appearing before the senate
committee both Secretary Baker and
General March were emphatic In
their recommendation that the aver
age size of the army should be
fixed at S09.000. as originally
recommended, pending the. determi
nation of a definite military policy.
The senate committee Increased
appropriations for the army air serv
ice and ordnance department.- al
though no estimate was made public
tonight of the exact amounjt. It al
so allowed $20,000,000 for barracks
and quarters in place of $23,000,000
recommended by Secretary Baker
and $2,000,000 provided by; the
house bill. An appropriation of
$,700,009 also was agreed oa for
vocational training and welfare work
in the army camps.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
RESIGNS AFTER VOTE
Enemy. Willi Sign Treaty Is
General: Opinion in All
European Circles
General Burleson, declared it -would power; insists upon a full return of
be a great relief t the people of
the United States .! 'President .Wil
son "would hurry home and clean
house In his official family."
"If he will do this." Mr. Galli
van added, "it will' do more than
anything else to check the spread of
radicalism and anarchy and make
unnecessary a .special appropriation
of half a million dollars urged by
the attorney general to prevent
crime by anarchists."
. Unrest Held ('rowing.
The. spirit of unrest among the
toilers of the country. Mr. Gallivan
said, was breaking out in the most
violent form of anarchy in many
places. The. men most directly re
sponsible, he charged, were "the
misguided officials in the city of
Washington clothed with war au
thority which had turned their
heads."
"While the president has been In
Europe," he said, "some of these
rest ot the world delberately chjios- of f Icials seem to have gone .mad in
their lust for power and have blind
ly blundered In the administration
of their departments in such a man
ner as to aggravate the spirit of
unrest." ."'
Says Rnr!eon Forced Strike.
. Mr. Gallivan asserted that Mr.
Burleson lorced a strike among
telegraph operators and "then got
from under" by turning the opera
tion back to private i hands-' and
"destroyed all hope of government
ownership of public utilities."
es to turn back to those fcad days of
selfish contort, wnen everyi nauou
thougnt first anl always oi it?eu.
and not of itse neighbors; thought
of Its rights and forgot its duties;
thought of Its power and oyerioojceu
its responsibility. , . '
"Those bad das..I hope, a-e goae
and the great moral power backed.
if need be. by the great pnysicai
power of the civilized nations of the
world, wlll now stand firm for the
maintenance cf the fine partnership
which we have, thus inaugurated.!
"It cannot be otherwise. trnpa
the conscience of wme chancellor
ies was asleep, and the outrage of
Germaay awakened It. Yoi cannot
s-e one great tat'.on violate, every
principle of rtet Unout beginning
to know what the principles of right
are and to love tmra, to uic
those who violate them and toi form
thi firm resolve that such a viola
tion shtll now re punisnea. auu iu
the future be preveniea. j
Ambassador avoreu.
Tlie are feelings with which 1
jhave.come to Belgiunt and it has been
!mv thought to propose to the con
gress ot the United States as a rec-
( Continued on pago ,6)
9,500 Ton Steamer Coaxet
freedom of speech and press; would
prohibit Immigration for two years
and restrict thereafter: would tax in
proportion o the income of persons
or property; favors stale colleges for
working men's children and demands
a verdict for labor in conducting in
dustrial education: . urges govern
mental aid in building homes; oppos
es large standing armies; favors help
for soldiers and, as an urgent and
remedial measure, urges the pay
ment of salaries to returning soldiers
and sailors for a limited period after
discharge.
Pmjrram Approved
"The committee recommends ap
proval of the program, not because
it believes it all comprehensive, but
fundamental, not because of its Ideak
ism, but because of its practicability,
not because of Its novelty, but be
cause it Is founded on experience and
justice. The program is highly con-
ti-iirtlre in rhararler and excellent.
I Httatomttrl I f Hon A f i t nnt Anlv a nart I
of society, but to bring to all the
people greater hope for a better day.
a brighter life, greater liberty and a
larger measure of prosperity and
happiness."
c Courts Are lilt l
The convention also adopted a re
port on the Judicial construction of
law. This report, which assailed
courts and Judges, declared organ
ized labor in the future would treat
all Injunctive decrees that "invade
personal liberties." as being In viola
tion of constitutional safeguards and
would ""accept whatever consequenc
es" might follow.
PORTLAND. Or.. June 19. The
9500-ton steamer Coaxet built by the
u. M Standifer onstruction corpora
tion oi Vancouver,- wash.. . was
definitely decided upon today as the
second carrier to represent the Pa
cific Steamship company. In its reg
ular service between Portland and
the orient. The date set for the
turnover of the big steel freighter
from the shipping board to her op
erators is June 28 and the officials
6t the Pacific company hope to be
able to start loading the Coaxet June
30. ;
PARIS. JunJ 19. Marthal Forh
is forming one front against the
Germans from the Rhine' to the
Danube. L'Intransigeant says It is
Informed and will henceforth extend
his command .over the Czecho-Slo-vsk,
Rumanian and Polish armies.
AMERICANS HEAR. OF CHANGE
IN GERMAN PKACK IKLEiATES
PARIS. June 19. (By the As
sociated Pressf Advices received in
American peace conference circles in
Paris from Weimar Indicate that
there may be a Chang in the per
sonnel of the German peace dele
gation' and that a short extension of
the time limit for signing the peace
treaty may be requested by the Ger
mans, but that the Germans will
sign the treaty;
t
BERXSTORFF; PREDICTED
POSSIRLK'PEACK FXVOY
BERLIN. June 19. A dupatch to
the Neu ' Berliner Tageblatt from
Weimar reports Mathias Erxberger.
bead of the armistice commission; '
Guitar Noeke, minister of defense;
Herr WlsselL minister of econom
ics;. Herr Schmidt, food minister,
snd Herr Bauer, minister of labor,
all are In favor of signing the peace
treaty, while. 90 per cent ot the ma-"
jority socialists. 75 per cent , of the
clericalsr 30 per cent of the demo
crats and the . entire; Independent
faction are ready to yield.
The correspondent predicts the
cabinet will resign and says Count
ton Bernsterfft Is likely to succeed
Count von Brockdortf-Rantxaa - ss
envoy to Versailles.
SOCIALIST BELIEVES TITTCS
WILL ACCEPT DOCUMENT
ront.p7. rdiiMdiT. inn it.
! (By the Associated Press) In an
article headed vforced to sign" re
published In Coblens from newspa
pers printed In unoccupied Germany
Representative fV'ollman. a leading
socialist democratic member of the
national assembly says he believes
Germany will accept the peace con
ditions, j
Herr Vollmao asserts the senti
ment in fav.or of signing the treaty
Is increasing -hour, by hour in all
ranks of the people but those of the
German nationalists.
BERLIN CABINET MEETS:
ONE OF GROITS TO DECIDE
BERLIN. June 19. (By The As
sociated Press ) The cabinet met
this morning at Weimar with the
party lenders and the peace commis
sion wilt meet; this afternoon. It
is highly probable the question of
signing . or dot; signing the allied
peace treaty will be decided by one
g:oup or the other and that the r?
ommendstions oT either will be suf
ficient for the! lainemhlr when It
meets Frldsy.
The question ps to wh a Is to sign
the treaty was urgently diaensed, to
day! Ev?-n the party leaders fa
voring slsning do not wish the-responsibility
of jsubscribinh o tho
docnmenL It has beea .suggested
that Count von ernstorff is the man
as a sort of Jus-
BERRY PICKERS
ARE IN DEMAND
Women Workers Wanted at
Wage of $3 to $6 Be
side Living
"PORTLAND. Or.. June 19.An
urgent call was issued today from
the federal -employment office here
for women to work as berry pickers.
Shortage of pickers In some districts
of the state. It was said, was endang
ering the crops.. According to infor
mation given In the call, women can
earn from $3 to $6 a day besides
board and lodging In Oregon berry
fields at present.
Streak of $1000 Silver
Ore Reported at Baker
BAKER. Or.. June 19. A streak
of high grade silver ore rnnnlus
uoie than $1,000 to tne ton was re
ported today from the Ben Harrison
mine in he Grcenha-n district, by j tQ OMP ,e onu.
w. y. tauows. manager, bnipping . llef for hrt misdeeds in America that
ore to the Oregon. Idaho i nt :
company will bega tomorrow (Continued on page C)
GERMAN DYE INTERESTS LOOK TO
AMERICA FOR TRADE SAYS CHOATE
Hostile Industry Declared in Deal Center!, for Espionage
and Propoganda in Speech Before; House
Ways and Means Committee, j
to Enter Trade With EastlP. F. Clark, Veteran of
Civil War, Passes Away
Peter Fran' Clark, .veteran of the
Civil war. aged 90 years. 4 months,
and 22 days, died at his home in
Zena Thursday, June 19. at ? a. tn.
He leaves a wife, one sou and two
daughters, -one of the daughters
makes her home at Zena. The fu
neral services will be hii Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at "the Zcaa
church with the Rev. McKioley con
ducting them. Burial will be In the
cemetery at Zena with the Web A
Clough company in charge.
WASHINGTON. June 19. Ger
man dyi Interests, barred from
France and England, look to Amer
ca aod China for disposal of their
large surplus output manufactured
during the wa. Joseph P. Choate.
Jr.. counsel Tor the Chemical Foun
dation. Inc.. told the house ways and
means committee today in urging a
licensing system for the protection
of th American dye industry .
Mr. Choate said anti-dumpisg
laws would not suffice because II
was so easy for the Germans to coa
ceal their dye shipments so that it
would be practically impossible to
detect all of them.
Mr. Choate read to ths committee
to report on the outlook for the Ger
man dye interests in America writ
ten six weeks . before the United
1
t
States declared war on Germany by
Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, active head of
the American branch of a great Ger
man house. '
In the rtport. which was forward
ed to Count .von . IWrostorff. Dr.
Schweitzer declared the German dye
Industry would hare no difficulty In
holding the American market in the
face or the thirty per cent ad val
orem duty but that the specific du
ties Imposed under the law would be
more troublesome
A hostile dye InMustryMr. Choate
d-clared. Is an Ideal center of espion
age and propaganda. A native dye
indnstry is Toeeessary, he said, as it
controls the fat of three billion
dc'lar worth a Tear nt imri.,ii
goods which cannot be made without
Its products. i