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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
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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)