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SALKM, OKKGOX, THLUSDAY .MORXIXU, AlGlST 7.
' " ' T Imin I... m
Ill WT
ACKERS
1 SUED
Armour, Swift, Morris, Wil
son and Cudahy Defendant;
in Anti-Trust Actions by
Government in Connection
With Living Investigation
H. C.0FL PROBE BEGUN
IUC4DUFCT nvntinn
in LniuiLJl DI DUAKU
Hope of Jail Sentence is Indi
cated by Government
Plan's of Getting Profiteers
on Food Outlined
WASHINGTON, Aub 6. Anti
trust suits agarfnst the great meat
packug firms were :n.ounced today
by Attorney General Palmer as the
first, concrete development of the
government's campaign to reduce the
uign cost oi living.
Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy, who have been pictured fen
the investigations of the' feriorai
trade .commission aad before con-!
gressional committees as a great'
ombination in control of food prod
ucts, are to be haled again before
the federal courts by special prosecu
tions. The evidence In hand, Attorney
Gene;al Palmer -declared, indicated
" clear, violation of the anti-trust
laws."
Whether the prosecutions will be
civil or crtmiaal the attorney gener
al declined to state; merely recall
ing that the law provided for both,
-jail Sentences Hoped.
The history of alP the govetnment
anti-trust prosecutions in 25 years
does not show a single individual
ever serving a jail sentence for
lation. There are evidences that
the government hopes for some in
the present campaign.
Whil be was announcing prosecu
tions of the packers,. Attorney Gen
eral Palmer was unleashing his spe
cial agents on a country-wide trail
of profiteering 1 and food hoarding.
The prosecutions come under the
food control law.
All United States attorney's were
instructed to fe.ret out! food hoards
and libel them under federal law.
"This Is the most important busi
ness before the country today, an-i
nounced the attorney general, "and
I propose to 'have the law enforce
ment machiaery of the government
sidetrack everything for this job."
President 6n Job.
President Wilson continued) to
give close attention to the food cost
problem and declared a proposal to
lostione hia address to cngress un
til Tuesday next week instead of this
Friday.
Republican Floor Leader Mondell
of the house suggested the postpone
ment because of the absence of mem
bers from Washington, but the pres
ident declined in the following let
ter to the Republican leader.
There was Intimation from the
white house as to the nature of the
recommendations the president
would make ta addressing congress:
'From the trend of the government's
activities in an attempt to solve the
living cost problem, however, in the
view of several officials, the presi-
(Continued on page 4)
WARNING AGAINST INTERFERENCE
WITH MAIL GIVEN TO STRIKING
SHOPMEN BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Leaders of
the Chicago district council of the
Federated Railway Shopmen's union
ld tonight that at conservative es
timates -275,000 shopmen were on
, etrike through the country and that
. the movement was spreading. They
declared that no compromise would
be countenanced by the organization
and that so far as they knew no mail
trains had been interfered with.
Assistant District Attorney Roy
"aid that evidence of interference
with the mail train schedules woud
"ring action against persons respon
sible for calling the strike. He also
; said he had questioned several rep
resentatives of the shopmen today
" Rank and File Caused Strike
M. Hawver, president of Ahe
district council said so far as he
- Kn.w none, of the shopmen had been
summoned by the district attorney
THREE SUGAR MEN TAKEN
: ; ;
PROFITEERING CHARGE
i : :
EVIDENCE IS VALUABLE
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6. Val
uable evidence has been found or
alleged profiteering. Special Agent
Edgar K. Speer, of the department
of justice said tonight, following
the arrest today of three officials
of the Central Sugar company's"
branch office for alleged sugar
profiteering. It is charged that
the company sold sugar during the
last week at 14 cents a pound
wholesale.
The men are charged "with con
spiracy to violate section 4 of the
fod act of congress which holds
it unlawful ta charge unreasons
able prices for the necessaries of
life. A hearing for the men who
were released under 12,000 bonds
each will be held August 8.
ASK PRESIDENT
SAYS LANSING
TO COMMITTEE
Secretary Believes Treaty as
Whole Carries Out 14
Points
SHANTUNG DISCUSSED
Kaiser's Trial Thought Impos
sible ; Reparations N9 1.
Favored
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Secre
tary Lansing before the senate for
eign relations committee today, ex
pressed the" opinion that the Shan
tung provision of the peace treaty did
not square with President Wilson's
enunciated principle of self-determination,
but maintained that the trea
ty as a whole carried out "substan
tially" the president's 14 points.
Declaring his nnfamillartty with
many details of the. peace negotia
tions and of the treaty itself, the sec
retary told the committee he was un
able to answer many of its questions
and reminded senators in answering
others that he merely was expressing
his own personal views.
"Ask Wilson" Says Secretary
"Ask the president," the secretary
said when pressed for details of the
Shantung and league of nations ne
gotiations. On three of the points
vio-'rai8ed he 8kel permission to re
fresh his memory and make a state
ment to the committee later and
when he was asked for detailed con
struction of the labor ajid repara
tions ' clauses he -protested that he
could not be expected to carry the
minutiae of an 80,000-word docu
ment in his mind, and reminded the
committee It was much easier to "ask
questions prepared beforehand" than
to answer them offhand.
Mr. Lansing said that In his opin
ion Japan probably would have
signed the treaty without the Shan
tung provision; that :, the United
States should ask no part of German
reparations; that the kaiser could not
be legally tried; and that the mutual
guarantee of territorial integrity
from external aggression, las con
tained in article ten of the league
covenant 'lmposed a moral obligation
but not a legal one
Aviators Make Pictures
of Fleet for Newspapers
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. Can
tain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant
H. A. Harverson, army aviators
reached here late today in an air
plane carrying photographs made of
the new Pacific fleet off the Coro
nado islands yesterday for publica
tion in. newspapers. The aviators
left San Diego this morning.
They were forced to descend at
Hanford, Cal., by ' engine . trouble
which delayed them four hours.
or questioned. As to responsibility
for. the strike, he said, the rank and
file had demanded a strike in spite
of the wishes of their grand lodge of
ficers and that the men were deter
mined to remain on strike, until
heir demands for 85 cents an hour
for mechanics and 60 cents for help
ers had been granted.
STRIKE CITS IK)WX
, WHEAT ARRIVALS TO UOO CARS
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 6.
Railroads bringing wheat into Kan
sas City must curtr'l their daily ar
rivals to two hundil cars, compared
with the former daily average wheat
movement to this markef of 850 cars
officials of the Kansas City Termin
al Railway company announced late
today. The fact that all railroad
shopmen here are on strike Is as
signed as the reason for the order.
UNION'S CORE
FOR H.C.L. UP
TO CONGRESS
Firing Squad for Profiteers
May Become Necessary Say
Brotherhoods in Submitting
New Measure
COMMITTEE CONSIDERS
BILL IS TOO RADICAL
Threats Denied by Labor Men
But Revolution is Hint
ed At
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Organ
ized labor's remedy for the high cost
of living a bill that would turn over
the raHroads to ihe public, operat
ing officials and labor was present
ed to congress today by men high in
the council of the organization, who
declared with utmost frankness con
ditions were so desperate it might
be necessary to advocate a firing
squad for profiteers.
Radicalism Pointed Out
With equal frankness members of
house interstate commerce commit
tee indicated during the examination
of Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Railway Locomo
tive Engineers, and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federa
tion of Labor, that the bill, embody
ing what has comedo be known as
the Plumb plan, was too radical and
failed to strike at the high price evil
against which people throughout the
country fe clamoring.
It was offered with the assurance
of labor leaders that it would cut
down high prices of commodities be
cause of the reduction in rates which
would follow the elimination of pri
vate capital from the railroad com
panies. , Threats Denied
During the long discussion, the
labor leaders made strong denial of
reports that they are attempting to
intimidate congress by threats to
strike of choo off the political heads
of members voting contrary to their
'deires.
There was a broad intimation tnat
the nubile ownership plan if not en
acted into law. would be taken to the
convention of the two big parties
next year with the hope of having its
endorsement written into tne piai
form. Revolution Hinted At
Warning was sounded by Secretary
Morrison that the burden of the
leaders might be too heavy that
they might, be unable during their
period of unrest to control the work
ers in which case, he declared,
there would-be a revolution to the
extent of general strikes.
8 ARMY PLANES
REACH MEDFORD
Local Patrol Machines Join
Fleet on Way Here from
Mather Field
MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. K. Eight
army pla.ies to form the forest fire
aerial oat:-ol in Oreson, arrived un
expectedly in Mvdford tonight.- Six
fjew from Mather field, Sacramento,
making the trip in threw honis and
4 0niinvte. The others, piloted re
spectively by Lieutenant Kiel and
Sergeant McKee. arrived from thv
north, bringing with th?m. Deputy
Forester Scott and A. S. Hertraui.
supervisor of the lfm!qua actional
forest. The fleet from Sacramento
is under command of Major A. D.
Smith, who will establish the flying
headquarters In Oregon at Salem.
Eujtene and oRspbu-.g. When this
is done he will fly thrjugb Montana.
Idaho and to the Canadian border
to assist the forest service ia estab
lishing similar forest fire patrols
throughout these sections.
FIRMS ENDORSE
MEDIATION PLAN
Large Employers of City Fall
in With Plan to End
Labor Troubles
Employers interviewed yeste.day
relative to the establishment In Sa
lem of a mediation board for the set
tling of local labor differences were
unanimously in favor or the move,
acording to the members of the com
mittee canvassing the employers.
ti,o rirniti o-n veterdav were
the largest ebployers in the
city and have alt given the plan their
hearty endorsement, it is said.
A meeting is to be held at an early
date at which the council will be
formed and the movement officially
put In operatioa.
COUPLE MARRIED BUT
NOT TO EACH OTHER
BOTH ARE IN CUSTODY
PORTLAND, Aug. 6. H. A.
Hurlbu.t of Pocatello. Idaho, was
held here today on a charge of vio
lating the Mann white slave act.
following his arrest by a federal
deputy marshal. The police also
held Mrs. Madison, also of Poca
tello, whom Hurlburt was alleged
to have brought to Portland. Roth
Hurlburt and the woman ave mar
ried, according to the police and
each has one child. Before com
ing here Hurlburt was a deputy,
sheriff, acting as depot policeman
at Potutello. . Mrs. Madison will
bo held as a witness against him,
it was said. Uoth were released
on (2500 bail.
ROAD WORK-IN
STATE IS OUT
TO LOW POINT
High Cost of Materials and
Labors Causes Commission
to Limit Work
BIDS ARE
TUR
ED DOWN
Question Arises as to Author
ity Under Bean-Barrett
Enactment
Recanse of the high cost of mater
ial and labor, the highway commis
sion today signified Its intention of
curtailing highway construction, and
pending a decline in .both the com
mission probably will award con
tracts for the construction of only
main line and co-operative projects.
Such a decision was reached by the
commission following the tabulation
of bids submitted yesterday for a
considerable number of projects. It
developing that the advancing cost
of materials and labor had resulted
in a number of bids being much
higher than the estimates of the
commission's engineering depart
ment. "Philip Dater, representing
the government, told the commission
that in view of the rise in price of
materials and labor he desired it to
reconsider with him all co-operative '
projects agreea upon, ana n is rare
ly possible that this afternoon will
result In the construction of a num
ber of these projects being deferred
Several Rid Rejected
Several bids were rejected by the
commission today because they were
considered too high, and others were
referred for the same reason to the
engineering department. Among
those rejected ' was ' a bid for pav
ing the Astoria-Seaside section, a
14-mile project.
The commission also Is confronted
with the possibility of setting aside
3,r00.000 or state funds to match
the government in the construction
of highway projects, and this was
another reason why the commission
concluded to slow up on construction
work. A question has arisen whe
ther the Bean-Barrett act, passed in
1917, Is broad enoagh to permit the
Issuance of bonds to match the gov
ernment on Its project for since its
enactment the sums allotted by the
government for cooperative projects
have been materially increased.
The question has been put up to
Attorney General Itrown and should
he rule that funds to match the gov
ernment's allotment can not be ob
tained under the Rean-Rarrett act R
will be incumbent upon the commis
sion to supply them under the gen
eral bonding act. passed by the last
session.
Imject Award Made
Hollowing are the projects for
which contracts were awarded today:
Stage road. Pass-Wolfe Creek sec
tion. Warren Construction company-
$10,125; Baker-Haines section, F. C
Oxman. $96,074.32; Canyonvllle-
Myrtle creek section. H. J. Hilder
burn. $K5.930; Rutte creek section
J. G. F. Clarkson. $47,743: Salem-
P.rooks section. Hlake-Compton
company. $92, 453. SO; Yoncalla sec
tion. Albert Anderson. $97,820: Ath
ena-Milton section. Warren Construc
tion company., $250,940.25.
Resides the Astoria-Seaside pro
ject, the com in i.4ion rejected the
bid lor the Rend-Jerrerson section
and referred the Roseburg-WHbur
Canyonville-Oatesville. 'Yamhill-Gas
ton. Divide-Douglas county. Lone
Pine-Hot lake and Rainier City pro
jects to the engineer department
Most of the projects referred will
proba'dy lie rejected.
The bridge contracts awarded
were: Three bridges over Neil creek
in Jackson county Frost Jordan $14
078.75; three wood spans over the
John Day in Wheeler county. J. F.
Clarkson, $17,783.
Portland Yard Launches
Thirty-Third Steel Hull
PORTLAND.' Or., Aug. 6. The
X.SOO steel steamship Raritan. 33rd
vesol of her tyre to be lannched
from the plant of the Northwest
Steel company, took to the vaier to
day. Three more vessels of the same
type are still on the ways of the
plant.
COAST OPENS Mil
PROGRAM OF
WELCOME IS
ELABORATE
Great Dreadnaughts and Bat
tlers of Varying Size Wait
at Los Coronados on Eve o!
Official Home Coming
HUNDREDS OF BOATS
PAY UNOFFICIAL CALL
Huge Craft in Gala Dress for
Review Before Secretary
Daniels
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Aug. 6. The
Pacific fleet of American dread
naughts became a realty today when
six of theheaviest line battleships.
in command of Admiral Hugh Rod
man, slipped their anchors oft Los
Coronados Islands and made ready
to receive tomorrow a welcome to
-their new borne in the waters of the
Pacific from Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and the people of the west
ern coast. Secretary Daniels reached
San Diego tonight and went over the
final plans for the reviewing of the
naval parade off Coronado Beach to
morrow morning.
The six dreadnaughts the largest
class of the fighting line of the Unit
ed States navy were the flagship
New Mexico. Mississippi. Wyoming.
Arkansas, New York and Texas, and
with them came over a score of de
stroyers with their mother ship, the
scout cruiser Birmingham. The old
er warships. Georgia and ermont
and the cruiser Montana were
ready at anchor off Los Coronados
when Admiral Rodman's armada ar
rived. Admiral Rodman's fighting
ships, the first dreadnaughts to vis
it the Pacific shores, had steamed
almost steadily for 18 days on a five
thousand mile voyage from Hampton
Roads, Va:
Veteran Head Mt
Four of the dreadnaughts, the New
York, Texas, Arkansas and Wyo
ming, composed the major part of
Admiral Rodman's slxth,battle squa
dron which was one of the fast wings
of Admiral Sir David eRatty's grand
sea fleet which pinned the Germans
in their holes behind Heligoland.
The echo of the anehor chains had
scarcely ceased at dawn as the bl
ships came to anchor when scores or
lackles went over the sides on lad
ders and becan the task of painting
the shins sides. The turrets and the
big guns as well as masts and hatch
ways all came In for a bright roat
of gray. Decks were holystoned ana
the hrieht work was polished ana
nightfall found the war vessels in
readiness for the review.
News that Admiral Rodman's fleet
was lying off Los Coronados was sent
to San Diego earlier In the day ano
there was a constant procession of
motorboats bearing sightseers that
braved the swell outside the harbor
in order to get an early view of the
fighting ships. The motor boat
darted in and about the war vessels
like a pilot fish about a shark and
causing Captain Twining, chief oi
staff on board the New Mexico to re
mark: We must be getting an unofficial
reception."
Officers Viit Rodman
Though Admiral Rodman had sig
nalled an order on anchorage that
commanders of other warships need
not pay their respects or come
aboard, many visits were paid bv the
ship's officers to the commander In
chief during the day.
FIRE DESTROYS
LUMBER PLANT
Bissell Mill, Seattle, is Burned
at Loss of $350,000
Half Insured
SKATTLE. Aug. 6. Fire, brliev.:
'l to have been caused by a clga
ftte destroyed toalcht the mill of
the Rissell Lumber company, adjoin
ing the sou then city limits, and a
slock of lumber, th total loss lxing
estimated at $330,000. Half of th
loss, it a ssaid. was covered by in
surance. Nearly 3.i00.00 worh
of supplies bclongine to the Russian
commission on ways and means,
neafby. were endangered for a time.
Apparatus frnm the Seattle fire de
partment assisted employes in fight
ing the flames. Three freight cars
also were destroyed.
THE FLEET.
The following ships and
their commanding officers were I
A
present last night off Los Cor-
ooados: J
on at
I Will
New Mexico. Captala A. L. i
illard.
Mississippi., Captain W. F.
MoffetL
New Yo-k. Captain W. V.
P-att.
Texas. Captain 11. F. Scho-
ntd.
Wyoming. Captain II. 11.
Christy.
Arkansas. Captain L. R, De
Sleisner. Georgia. Captain L. C. Palm
er. vrm-nt. Captain C. P. Clark
Rirnilngham, Captain F. T.
Evans.
Moatana. Captain G. C. Day.
Yarnall. Commander W. K.
Haley.
Rathburne. Commander T.A.
Symington.
Wicks. Commande- J. S, Dar
leon. Woolsey, Commander F. V.
McNair.
Dent. Lieut. Commander W.
C. Wlckham.
Elliott. LieuL Commander E.
L. GunLber.
Tar bell. Commander II. Pow
ell. Lamberton. Lieut. Command
er Slinglnfr.
' Radford. LieuL Commander
A. S. Carpenter.
Montgomery. ' LieuL . Com
nnade J. C. Jennings.
Rreese. Lieut. Commander J.
M. D. Smith.
Gamble. Commander R. Ja
cobs. Ramsay, H. II. Norton, no
rank.
Ruchanan. LieuL Commander
II. H. J. Benson.
Philip. Lieut. Commander
Struther.
Aaron Ward. Commander R.
A. Spruance.
Waters. LlenL Command- J.
F. Shafroth.
Roggs. Commander II. V. Mr
Kit tries.
Ward, Commander M. 8. Da-,
vis.
Palmer, Commander R. R.
Stewart.
Thatcher. L. P. Tread well,
commander.
Walker. XJenL Commander
J. F. Melga.
Cvossby. Lieut. Commander
F. T. Verry.
Ludlow, Commander II. K.
KewltL
FIRE WIPES OUT
TOYN IN NEVADA
Business Buildings and Ware
houses Burn Blaze Still
Going Strong
RENO, Nev .Aug. (.One entire
block. Including the Lafayette and
iarun noteis, tne iioskins ware
house and other warehouses across
the street, were destroyed In a fir
at ttinnemncca tonight. All wires
are down, the fire still burning.
Fourth Steamer Assigned
to Portland-Orient line
PORTLAND. Aug. . Announce
ment was made today by C. D. Ken
nedy. representative here of the' di
vision of operations of the federal
shipping board of the assignment of
the 9 ..o-ton steamer Montague to
the Pacific Steamship company for
us rortland-Oriental line. The Mon
tacue is now nea'lng completion
anconver. Wash. .She Is the fourth
steamship to be assigned to the Port
land-Oriental line.
LAWLER BOMB OUTRAGE SUSPECT
LEAPS FROM WINDOW TO DEATH
Charles McGwire, Engineer for Puhlic Utilities, Escapes
From Two Detectives and Jumps From Eleventh ; Floor
to Pavement Had Been Told by District Attorney of
Request for His Indictment . .
IX)S ANGKLKS. Cal.. Aug. . .
Charles McGwire, suspected of havina
knowledge of those responsible for
the dynamiting of the home of Oscar
Ijiwler here early SuCnday morning
and who was being questioned by
District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine in the laUer's oMce here late
tonight, succeeded In escaping from
two 'detectives who were guarding
him and leaped from the eleventh
floor of the Hall or Records to the
pavement on New High street.
Knowledge Denied
District Attorney Wool vine told
McOuIre an indictment woeld - be
v W U a v ea u iuu iv a aucrna vsiv
asked against him tomorrow when
10 FEET
ADMIRAL III
COMMAND IS
HERO OF WAR
t's Sir Hugh Rbdaan Accord-
cording to Hb Intiziate
Friend King George Who
Conferred Knighthood
WORK IN NORTH SEA
DESCRIBED IN DETAIL
'raise for American and Brit
ish Naries Freely Be
: stowed '
ABOARD FLAGSHIP NEW MEX
ICO. OFF LOS CORONADOS. Aug. C
(By The Associated Press) Ad
miral Hugh Rodman, commander of
the Paciflo fleet, twuag hJmself
down the ladder that led from the
high bridge ot the flagship New Mex
ico ana stepping briskly to the quar
ter deck went to his cabin where ha
eased himself In a big arm falr. II
had observed with keen eye the treat
fleet under his orders, aa It dropped
Its madhooka overboard oft Los Cor
onados. Turning to his desk cm
which were autographed photographs
or the king and qneen cL Dtlclnm.
King George of EnglandTand Presi
dent Wilson tokens of appreciation
ror what the admiral and his six
battle squadron had done ia aiding
the British navy to lock the Germans
behind Helgoland blrht Admiral
Hodman became reminiscent rand
consented to tell of the work: of the
sixth battlesquadron.'fonr of whose
ships, the Wyoming. 'Arkansas, New
Tork and Texas art now with the
Paclfe fleet.
"The American fleet left for Eng
land in November. It 17. said Ad
miral Rodman, "and we did not get
back until the following December.
After rounding Cape . Wrath we
Joined Sir Admiral Reatty'i grand
sea fleet ia Scapa Flow and were Im
mediately assigned to a plaee of hon
or, that of one of the two fast wings
or the British fleet. - From the time
ve Joined Sir David Beatty's forces
until we lert the American warships
doty In the North Sea with the Bri
tish fleet as a whole and net In fre
quently we worked. la amallerd e
tachments la convoy work and scoot
ing, hut always with a mixed force
of British and American ships on
which occasions I had two or three
British admirals under my command.
RHtiah FUt Landed
"Let me say this right here. add
ed Admiral Rodman, "had It not
been ror the. British fleet the war
would have been won ia six months
and in favor of Germany unquali
fiedly. The British fleet has heed
the backbone upon which the secur
ity of the British empire rests.
The admiral's bine eyes sparkled
with evident delight when he told or
the amasement with which the Bri
tish beheld the efficiency and celer
ity with the American fleet worked
in conjunction with the British navy.
"There are also things which the
British venerate above everything
else that is royalty and the British
nary. When fe became part or the
grand sea fleet and when we proved
our erriclency we were given every
confidence. They, gave ns their slg-
(Continaed en page 4)
the county grand Jury convenes,
charging him with complicity la the
outrage, according to oflfcers who
were present. McGulre denied any
knowledge or the a Hair but when Mr.'
Wool wine left his ofrice for a .mo
ment. McGulre. V Is aald. attacked
the detectives and leaped from the
window. . .
TVath Comet Qntckly
McGulre was dead when picked ap.
The dead man. who was ar-ststaat
chief engineer for the Los Angelee
board ot public utilities, was connec
ted in litigation over a will her re,
cently In which Mr, Lawler represen
icm t4J0 Vr'rVllU t tSU m BIA W UKU
was decided In Ur. Lawler favor.
ted the opposing faction and which