Ik T11K WEATHER Fair; cooler in east portion; pen He westerly winds. The States mil receives the leu4 wlra report of t&t As sociated Press, the greatest .aad tnoit reliable press as sociation U tli world. . SIXTY-SIXTH YE All SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY JiOKMMi. Al'tilST TIT. PIUCE: FIVE CEXTH. PEACE PACT AMENDMENT IS SWEEPING Action by Senate Foreign Re lations Committee Would i Cot Oat American Repre sentation on Many Board HITCHCOCK PREDICTS EARLY RATIFICATION Fight is Bitter on Fifty Pro posed Changes Covered by Move WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Provis ion for American representation on a score of international commissions to carry out details of the peace set tlement would be stricken out of the peace treaty under a sweeping amendment adopted today by the senate foreign relations committee- Later In the senate Itself, the1 committee's previous decision to amend the Shantung clause raised debate with Senator McCumber, Re publican, North . Dakota, bitterly at tacking the committee's course and Senator Borah defending it. Both are members of the committee. SeptemJer Set As Date At the end of the day. Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, the Democratic leader, talked over the possibilities of the situation with President Wil son at the White House and predict ed afterward that all amendments would be defeated eventually and that the treaty would be ratified dur ing September. In Its decision regarding Amer ican participation in the reconstruc tion commission the committee divid ed on party lines, the nine Repubii- cans present standing as a unit for the amendment and the seven Dem ocratic votes all being recorded in the negative. Senator McCumber. who voted with the Democrats against the Shantung amendment-i - was absent ,' . ". . Fifty Places Changed Although the committee's action would change the language of the treaty In more than SO different places, scattered through many sec tions, an exception was made of the separations committee which is to have charge of the collection of Ger many's indemnity bill. Senator Fall Republican. New Mexico, who pre sented the amendment, said he had not proposed taking the American representative from this commission because he felt American Interests might be directly involved in Its work. In the commissions which are af fected by the amendment, Mr. Fall said, American interest would be so indirect, as not to compensate for the dangers of becoming hopelessly in volved in European affair.. Belgian Boundarr in Point Among these commissions are the bodies set up to rectify the boundary between Belgium and Germany, to establish the free city of Danzig, to ! supervise numerous plebiscites, and to take care of various other details nnder the treaty. The amendment omits reference. to the commissions (Continued on page 2) a Plush Ksquiniette Plush, a swell coat in?. Mack only at yard $9.00 Saltex Plush a lieautiful beaver coating at yard... ....-.$9.00 Crushed Plushes arc? very good, we have them in Mole and Heaver, per yard ......$13.50 Sa-ltex Fur the very best imita tion of a genuine seal skin, yet pro duced in a pile fabric, yard. . .$17.00 TWO ARE KILLED IN RIOT COAL MINE PORTAL SCENE 5 j MINERS BATTLE GUARDS PITTSBURGH, Aug. 26. Two persons were shot to death and a number of others injured In a number of others injured in a la bor riot at the entrance of the Al legheny Coal and Coke company mine near Krakenridge late today. The troubly was caused by mine guards attempting to disperse min ers who have been on a strike for six weeks. EUGENE-SALEM FLIGHT IS MADE IN 33 MINUTES lhree tarried 70 Miles at Rate of 125 Miles an Hour by Patrol MAJOR HAULS BAGGAGE Moving Day is Series of Rec ordsParty Regrets Leaving City Moving day for the forest fire pa trol which yesterday chanced its bas es from Roseburg and Salem to a consolidated base at Eugene was t day of fast time for the big De Hav Hand planes. Probably the fastest time ever made in Oregon was the trip of Lieutenant Rice, carrying two members of the patrol personnel and some small pieces of baggage, from Eugene to Salem in 33 minutes. The distance Is 70 miles air line, making the journey at the rate of 125 miles per hour. Major Smith, commander of the patrol, made a record round trip from Salem to Eugene and return when he left Olcott field at 10:20 o'clock carrying 500 pounds of bag gage, including trunks, tools and equipment, went to Eugene, unload ed the baggage, loaded 150 pounds of rock in the rear cockpit to give balance, and was standing still on Olcott field at 11:50, having covered 140 miles in 90 minutes time over all. -Major Has Narrow Escape Major Smith narrowly escaped los ing an eye when he made the start A spare spark plug had been left on the motor and when the motor de veloped flying speed fhe plug, was blown back, striking the. goggle worn by the major and crackina them. - He was momentarily stunned by the blow but recovered in time to stop the machine, which had not left the ground. He then exchanged the goggles. The fact that the goggles were of non-breakable composition and not glass probably saved his eye as they did not shatter. Lieutenants Kiel and Batten made a quick trip on the north patrol yes terday making the flight to Port land going by way of the Cascades and returning along the coast range and being gone less than two hours They did not stop in Portland as the field there is in bad condition. They covered over 200 miles. Regrets to Leave Salem Major Smith on leaving yesterday promised that he would send one and possibly two planes to Salem for the Labor day festivities and that the machines would be dropping into this city frequently. He declared (Continued on page 2) No woman with any thought of style needs to be told that "Plush" is the big word in her wardrobe this Fall and Winter. .For Coats, Capes, Scarfs, Throws, Trirnmings--PLTJSH is the fab ric supreme. We announce the arrival of oar new Fall Plashes-r-handsome fabrics all 50 inches wide and of various qualities to suit the purpose for which they are intended. A popular priced line of Plushes suitable for Scarfs, Throws ami trimmings, in black, brown, greeii and taupe, yard $5.25 Another "fine trimmer Arabian Lamb, blackj 'only, yard . $6.00 The very newest in Plushes a sil vertone effect, color is taupe, very stylish, suiting, yard $6.00 i PLUMB FIRST TO COMPLETE AERIAL RACE Maynard and Major Schroe ti er Close Seconds in Amer ican Trio Finishing in Un der 30 Hours Gross Time DE HAVILANDS ARE BIG FAVORITES OF FLIERS Winner Not to Be Announced Until All Stops Are Checked Up MINEOLA, N. Y., Aug. 2C Three entrants, all American air service fliers, had finished in the Interna tional Aerial derby between Mineola and Toronto at 6:44 o'clock tonight Lieutenants M. J. Plumb was the first to finish, landing at Roosevelt field at 5:50 p. in., after a gross time of 26 hours, 38 minutes since his start here yesterday afternoon at 3:12. Schroeder is Second Major Schroeder, the second to finish, started from Toronto yester day at 12:25 p. m. and ended his journey there this afternoon at 5:52 consuming a gross time of 29 hours 27 minutes. Lieutenant Maynard, third to fin ish alighted at Roosevelt field at 6:44 tonight after the elapse of a gross time of 26 hours and 41 min utes, since his start here yesterday afternoon at 4:03. Winner Not Yet Known In announcing the three first rac ers to complete their trips, the Am erican Flying club stated that act ual flying time would not be known for many hours, when all stations along the route had reported arrival? and starts at their points. The win ner of the Derby will not be known until of ficiaT reports are all In, It was added. Lieutenants Plumb and Maynard both used De Haviland-4 machines wun luu-norse power LdDerty mo tors. Major Schroeder used a Vought. REYNOLIK IX 1 II I AXD LOCJAX IX LAPERE ARE IX TORONTO. Aug. 26. Captain C rf. ueynoias, who left Mineola In a De Haviland "A" at 9:04arrived here at 5:13 this afternoon, taking eight bourse and nine minutes to complete the first half of the race. Lieutenant P. II. Logan, in a La- pere machine, who left Mineola at 9:43 a. m., arrived a short time lat ter. C BELGIAN SENATE PASSES TREATY WITH GERMANY BRUSSELS, Aug. 26. The Bel gian senate today unanimously ap proved the peace treaty with Ger many. The chamber of deputies rat ified the treaty August 8. TROUT FRY IN LOCAL STREAM Sixty Thousand of Rainbow Variety Planted Between Salem and Turner There was an unusual stir among Salem sportsmen and their like yes terday morning, when the fish car Rainbow was shunted for a brief stop on Ferry street at South Com mercial. The consignment of 50. 00ft trout fry of the Rainbow var iety arrived in excellent, condition and by 9 a. m.. Superintendent T. J Craig, who was in charge, had seen the cans loaded into trucks and au tomobiles and speeded to various points on Mill creek, where the fln gerlings will learn to evade the wile? of Salem's Isaac Waltons. This is the first of three cars which is the allotment promised Mar ion county far the current year, and was shipped to the Watt Shipp com pany through the co-operation of County Game Warden Roy Bremmer The local distribution was voluntary such interest being shown that more cars reported than were needed. The Marsh. Watt Shipp and Salem Hard ware trucks were on hand, also one that had been hastily commandeered by Armen Steiner and Bob Savage Owners who aided in the distribu tion with their cars were: Messrs Price. Gleason. Rosteln,. Hoffman Rahn, Barr. Bernardl and others. H. S. GILE HEAD OF ROTARY CLUB C B. Clancey Scretary of New Body Charter Is Ex pected Soon H. S. Gile was elected chairman and C. B. Clancey was chosen sec retary of the Salem Rotary club at a meeting yesterday. Formal organ ization will take place following the receipt of the charter, which i ex pected to arrive in about two weeks- The meeting was held at the Ho tel Marion at noon and was In the nature of a luncheon. All members I were present except three who aral out of town. The following history of the Ro tary club movement is furnished br a member of the Salem organization In 1903 Taul H. Harris of Chica go,- a young lawyer out or reeling oi personal loneliness, being a stranger in a great city, gathered a few friends about him to discuss his ideas of a possible remedy. It was the development of this idea on the part of Mr. Harris that Rotary was formed. The name was chosen rrom the early habit of rotating the places of raeetins from the office or one member to another or from place to another. Man is a friendly being and shouio not. because of severe business com petition, be forced to sacrifice this instinct. Friendship should be a fundamental of man's business re lationship with his Tellows. Compe tition should not engender strife and bitterness between men, but on the other hand It should engender coop eration. In 1908 the Rotary organizations chose as their slogan most who serves best." "He profits This is the cornerstone of the Rotary club devel oped out of the idea of service, not selfishness. In 1911 following the organiza tion of the national association, the power and possibilities of Rotary be gan to be realized and in that year the second national convention o' Rotarv was held in Portland. The Portland club was the loth organi zation. At this meeting the slogan became a part of the Rotary platform and the ideal of service was definitelr adopted. From this time on steadv progress marked the history of Ro tary showing in the wider scope of its activities a greater participation in civic betterment of their home (Continued on page 6. I LABOR MEMBERS OF BOARD NAMED Simeral, Arnold, and Sefton to Represent Employes in Mediation L. J. Simeral. J. H. Arnold and Fred C. Sefton are the three pern hers representing the employes on the voluntary arbitration board, ac cording to announcement made last night bv the Trades and Labor coun cil. Mr. Simeral Is a member of Sub-Local No. 125, Klectrical Work ers. Mr. Arnold is of district No. 2 Iocal No. 30. Ijoyal legion of Ie- gcrs and Lumberman, and Mr. Sef ton is of Capital Tyiigraphical un ion. No. 210. The croup will meet with a group representing the employers lefore the end of the present week for for mal organization of the board, which has as its purpose the adjustment of local lalor questions. The men rep resenting the employers are Paul R Wallace, F. G. Deckcbach and W. G. Allen. CALIFORNIA RAILROADS ARE TIED UP Strike of Yardmen Causes Or der by Administration to Hold Trains on Three Lines at Oakland ALBUQUERQUE BECOMES SANTA FE TERMINAL Tourists to Grand Canyon Held up at Williams or in Mountains SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26 Rail road administration officials admit ted tonight that as a result of the strike of virtually all yardmen in Oakland and San Francisco no trains on either the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe or Western Pacific lines would be moved from Oakland Pier tomorrow unless conditions changed, nor would any through trains on the Southern Pacific coast line be operated. XO END IX SIGHT FOR ' RADLY CRIPPLED SERVICE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26. The strike of switchmen and yardmen em ployed on the Southern Pacific, San ta Fe and Salt Lake, which started here last Friday as a sympathetic Walkout to help trainmen of the Los Angeles and Pacific Electric street tail ways, tonight had crippled train service as far east a3 Albuquerque, N. M.. and as far north as San Fran cisco and Oakland, and representa tlves of the striking trainmen de clared "the end is not yet in sight." Mayor M. P. Snyder's mediation commission which yesterday stated it hoped to announce the settlement of the strike of streetcar men within 48 hours, tonight declared the situation. complicated by the spreading walk. outs or trainmen, was last becoming acute. ItevelopmentA Come Fast. The principal developments of the day were the stopping of all west bound passenger trains on the Santa Fe at Albuquerque; the walkout, of Santa Fe yardmen at Fresno and Bar- stow, and Southern Pacific yardmen at Oakland and San Francisco; threats of shopmen in the Santa Fe shops to San Bernardino to quit; establishment of an emergency motor truck mail service and the flat re fusal of street railway company off! onelcials here to concede a single point to striking carmen. Motor Tracks AM. ,n emercency motor truck mail service to San Diego was started to day and an effort to send several car loads of mail to San Francisco by boat was made tonight. Postofflce officials on learning of the walkout in the bay cities held up thsi mail however, until advices are received as to whether it can be handled Four hundred passengers on five overland trains on the Santa Fe were unloaded at Barstow during the day Two hundred passengers on a Rait Lake route overland train were held up at Las Vegas. Nev.. terminal of that route 300 miles northeast of San Bernardino. TOt'RISTS TO GRAND CANYON HELD VP AT WILLIAMS ALBCQUERQUE. N. M.. Auk. 2fi The Santa Fe s California Limited train No. 3, which arrived here at noon today from the east was still being held here at a late hour to night, due to the strike In California and other places west of here. Num her 9. which left here at 2:30 this morning was tied up at Winslow. Ariz., this afternoon. Only one train has arrived here from the west to day. This was No. 2 which left San Francisco Sunday night. No train has reached here from Los Angeles since Sunday night. Advices from Williams. Ariz., are to the effect that there was no train service into or out of that point ex cept on the Santa Fe's Grand Canyon branch. Many tourists are tied up both at WKMiams and the Grand Canyon. FIRE MENACES HOOD RANCHES Sun Blotted Out in Blaze in Slashings of Dee Flat Country HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 2fi. Horning over a larce area of slash ines fn the southwestern part of the county a forest fire today was pene trating the west fork district, where the Oregon Lumber company hold ings were menaced. Rranch tiomes on the skirts of Dee Flat are in th path. A lozen local men have joined the foresters in fighting the blaze which has left a pall of smoke so dense here that the sun is almost blotted from view. FIRE SLACKERS JAILED TWO WONT FIGHT BLAZE i LAW USED VlRST TIME I .A GRANDK. Or.. Auc 26. For refusing to help fight forest fires in Union county, J. F. O'Con nor and Douglas Law son were placed in jail here today. This is the first application of the state fire fighting "draft" law. ReporU here today indicated that the iorest fires in this section were increasing in number and every available man is being pressed into service. Timber fires are visible here from every direc tion. PRISON LABOR IN FLAX FIELD FROWNED UPON Olcott to Discontinue Pracitce of Sending Prisoners to Pull Crop ACREAGE MAY DECREASE Next Contracts Like! to Pro- Tide That Farmers Do H arresting . Discontinuance of the practice of employing convict labor in the flax fields is certain to be one of the changes in state prison policy to be Inaugurated by Governor Olcott. Con tracts between the state and Marion county farmers providing for the production of flax for the penitentiary- mills are made annually, and hen the new contracts are made next winter there Is little doubt that they will require the farmers to har vest the crops and deliver them to the prison. Present contracts, and all prior to this year have required he state to furnish the labor, and this has been furnished from the penitentiary. Governor Olcott. since he assumed the duties of the executive office, has been dissatisfied with the arrange ment. Warden Steiner is opposed to the present system and It is said many of the growers would prefer to do their own harvesting. Whether this would be preferable to most of the farmers on whose land flax I grown for the state Is problematical, and there is a chance that if the har vesting Is to be done by the farmers the acreage devoted to flax will be decreased. The state now has about 500 acres. The parole system, mainly, is the cause of dissatisfaction with convict labor. The argument Is that most of the dependable prisoners are on parole and not available for the flav harvest. The result is that the men who are regularly kept inside, many or whom are commonly known as "hardboils. must be drawn upon for labor in the flax fields. Danger of escapes is increased and It Is nee essary to employ additional salaried guards through the flax pulling sea son. Transportation of the men to and from the fields each day is also said to be an expensive necessity. Because of the decreased popula tion of the prison the flax pullina crew has been supplemented durins the present season by a crew from (Continued on page 6.) KEEN INTEREST IS SHOWN IN STORY OF WORLD WAR AS TOLD BY LIEUTENANT LAMAR TOO! Lieutenant Lamar Tooze. veteran of some of the hardest battles in France, and who has diplomas from American and French universities. told hi intimate story of the war to a keeulv interested audience at the armory last night. The date filled by Lieutenant Tooxe in Palem was one of hi itinerary of addresses throughout the state in behalf of the woman's building campaign fund of the l"nive:ity of Oregon. The E!Vs ha.d furnished music last nrgh. and idaved in the street prior to the address. Lieutenant Tooze. who wears the red chevron in addition to his two service stripes, was Introduced by Justice Jeorjre H. Harnett in a brief talk in which the justice paid a trib ute to Lieutenant Leslie Tooze. twin brother of the speaker, who was killed at Raulnev Wood in France Septene- 2K. ISIS. lieutenant Toose adhered to the topic of hi- soldier's sorv of the war. The lieutenant's urgini7il ion was the Cfilth infantry of the ?ut division. At different times while in the active -etors h- met other Sal' in men. Ma jor W. Carlton Smith. Lieut. J. D Fletcher and others. .IJeutennnt Tooze first deals with the difficult and pouular interroga tion "Who won the war." and unties it thnsly: "Not any one nation ran claim this distinction. The truth may be told when it is said that victory was brought about by the common sol GEN. DISQUE IS BRANDED INCOMPETENT W. C Butler, Everett Banker, Charges Political Influence in Granting of Government "Cost Pint" Contract SYSTEM DECLARED TO BE PLAIN PROFITEERING Testimony in Spruce Probe is Denunciation of Official Heads SEATTLE. Aug. 2. Charge that a potent political Influence was responsible for the granting of gov ernment "cost plus contracts to the Siema-Carey-II. S. Kerbauch corpor ation were made here today before . a special house subommittee inves tigating spruce production expendi ture by W. C. Dutler, Everett. Wash, banker and logger. Butler also brand ed Genera! I? rice P. Disque. former head of the spruce production di vision as "incompetent. Calls Plan Profiteering. Mr. Putler said the i-Merrs-Carty-Kerbauga "cost pins'" arrangement with the government as a profit eering contract of the worst kind. In his opinion, he told the commit tee, the production of spruce was not the primary purpose of the Sicms- Carey-Kerbaugh undertaking. Local loggers ha asserted were plainly giv en to understand that the Sictus-Car- ey-Ke:baugb corporation bad beta given priorities and that this corpor ation would be granted a labor dif ferential enabling thetn to pay higher wages than other concerns if the spruce production corporation found such measures necessary. The wit ness also called attention 1o the fact that the .corporation bad been ad- , ranced funds to carry on their work through a IS.aOO.000 mortgage on their realty held by ecretary Pa ker. acting as trustee for the govern ment. ... Disqne DroowacetL In his denunciation of General Disque. Mr. Butler accused him of making a counter proposition to the iPnget oSund loggers' ofler to pro- dace spruce without profit, "whira he knew they would not and could not accept. The construction of the Siema-Carey-Kerbaugh rial road from Joyce to Lake Pleasant on the Olym pic peninsula, Mr. Dutler said he be lieved was unnecessary. The fact that the road was built, he deemed clear proof of the Incompetency of the officials who authorized it. Th Siem-Carey-Kertaugt con tract has been a dead weight; in stead or helping the production of spruce. It was a drawback. Millions of dollars could have been saved the government, had the contract never been entered into., the witness de clared. " Industrial Hospital Plan Favored by Loyal Legion PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 2-Estab- lishment of an Industrial hospital In Portland for use of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen was en dorsed at a meeting of district No. 2 of the legion held here today with delegates from 43 locals In attend ance. E diers of the allied armies of the world. Three factors were named as to blinking the struggle to a successful conclusion for the allies First: The lintlsh flet. Which formed a cordon of steel in the eastern Atlantic. North sea and Channel waters. "It is to the everlasting credit of the English nar. anys Mr. Tooze. 'that only one enemy surface ship ever pene trated that chain. Second: One of the primary or most important fac tors of success was ihe designation of one leader for the allied fo:res. The speaker emphasized the fact that President Wtlnon first advocated this polfy. That Marshal Fuih was a leader chosen at the time is consid ered one of the main factors of the allied successes. The last point mad on this phase of the question was America's participation -d th part played by American forces. Ameri ca's resou-ves. symntatby and early aid at home, and the effect cf the violent onslaught of Anvrirai troops at Chateau Thierry, the Ar gonne and on whatever nector they were stationed were givtn crtdit by the lientenant. The speaker warned acaintt any tendency to ondere?njniaie he val iancy of the French and Itrilbh forc es. "Anyone who has doubts as to the courage) and fortitnde of tbee al lies need only refer to Yvca in North- ( Continued on page Z)