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' T ' ; )('.'' ' THE WKATHKK. j Fair warmer in eiist Portln; moder " ate northwesterly. Tbe gutHmta reeHvea th leased wire report of tbe As sociated Press. Ib greatest aad noil reliable press as sociation la lb world. I "5XTY-MNT YEAR SALEM, UWJV-SATHtll.V MORMXG, OCTOBER 18, Uf. PRICK: HVK CKATS. AMENDMENTS THROWN OUT BY: SENATORS Debate is Brief and Record Vote Foregone When Two Treaty Changes Come Up for Action by Senate 1 San Francisco Plans for Game With St. Paul Team LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17. A ser ies of-games between the San Fran cisco club of the Pacific coast league and 'the St. Paul club of the Ameri can association, proposed before the St. Paul club arrived on the coast, will not be played. if was annouueed tonight. . T EQUAL VOTE IN LEAGUE YET TO BE VOTED UPON '? 1 : Sending of Troops to Silesia Causes Sharp Argument :,' I1.1 ' at Close HOUSEWIVES ENLISTED IN H. C. L. Diphtheria Cases Jump . to 43 Cases in 48 Hours mm Case Against Wdbbliesfor Wearing Insignia Dismissed . SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct; 17. Tho cask, against is alleged i Industrial Workers of the World held on charg es of wealing insignia oir an organ fcaition (hostile to the irovf r.nment will be dismissed, ' according in an nouncement by Prosecuting' attorney J. B. Lind.sley totlav. , The action will be taken because of. the) failure to convict 13 1. W. W. who were ac quitted by a jury last night. PORTLAND. Oct. 17. Diphtheria in Portland has Jumued from :2 4 to 4 3 cases in the past 4 8 hours ac cording to a statement issued by Ir. ueorge Parrlsh. city health officer. today. Most of the cases are amonr children. The Wood lawn school has been hit hardest, with 13 children and a teacher afflicted .with the dis ease. Epoch of Real Economy Hop ed as Offset to "Buy Now Propaganda of Tradespeo pleDaniels Assist Temporary Injunction Is Granted Laundry Workers irnmTFDEMrr bUlULilYljllbL. WILL MAKE NEW START - - i , Debate on Collective Bargain ing Prolonged and Heated Nothing More Heard of Glenn Culver, Portland ROSEBURG. Or.. OcU 17. No further Information had been receir ed here today regarding Glenn Cul ver, young Portland man who U lout in tbe mountains wwt ot this efty. and for whom searching parties hare been seeking since Sunday. It was feared an accident has befallen him that prevents bis signalling in reply to the searchers. Jf h 1 not found by tomorrow, chances for saving him alive were said to be very slim. But Gets Nowhere Ad journment Taken WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, After a brief Ci..Vii and without the for-lu.t-liiy cf u r -ord vote. Ithe senate tc.Uiy thr.;v 'it two more of the an..! .-K'ts's writUi into; the peace t tMfVir :ys;re ,orcign ".tuiions cora-j mittea. c rj'' The two amendments had been in troduced by Senator. Fall. Republi can, New .Mexico, and had as their common purpose, curtailment of the sower of the American representa tive on the reparations commission, an International body set up by the treaty to fix an dcolleCf Germany's reparation bill. .V . Two Proposals Remain. The Tote came sooner than expect ed, the leaders agreeing to it as part of a plan to complete the considera tion of amendments as soon as pos sible so that the senate might get down to the real work of drafting a ratification resolution. Only, two of the committee's forty-six amend ments now remain to be considered and It Is hoped to bring, them to a vote early next week. They relate to equalization of voting strength in the league of nations. Troops to Silesia Roll. I Action on the two Fall amend ments came near the end of the session which had been enlivened by a sharp debate over the dispatch of American troops to Europe for ser vice in connection (With the Silesian plebiscite and by a new move from administration quarters to meet the objections of Irish-Americans to the league covenant. . Some progress was made In the formal reading of the treaty text, and the- foreign relations committee took under advisement an offer from Colonel E. Mi House to SDBear before' it. H '' ! Fall Foresees Failure. ; In anticipation of a toll call, both side had mustered their; j forces" In the senate chamber as the time for action on the Fall amendments ap proached. As the question was put, however. Senator Hitchcock asked Senator Fall whether it was his pur pose to request a rollcaU, and the New " Mexico senator replied that it would be useless since he realized the measures would be beaten. In quick succession the two votes v- I taken by acclamation, no one asking, for a count. . i i The only speeches made on the amendments were by Senator t all and by Senator Kellogg, Republican. ALL TROOPS IN FRANCE LEAVE yiTHiN MONTH Number Now Less Than Fif- teen Thousand Reports Col. Connor Commander STYLE IN CLOTHES IS DEEMED TOO COSTLY PORTLAND. Oct. 17 Juduro C. IT. Gantenbein, in the circuit court today granted the application of the 1 ....... .1 - ---: j arci- U1IIUII fill- pioyes are on strike for a temporary r.,D, nvrnc rfTDCTITIlTr injunction restraining : strikem and ' EMrLOYERS SUBSTITUTE iiieir Hympatuizers irom Uenionstra-I tions In or about the laundry plants. S i I RESOLUTION FOR PLAN Achievements by Use of Pres ent Laws Recounted in Report ACCOUNTS LAST WORK to Supplies Turned Over French and Claims Are Liquidated PARIS. Oct. 17. Uly The Asso ciated Press)- The actual number of American troops now in France is Tegs; than 15,000 and is rapidly diminishing. General W. D. Connor. Commanding the American troops in France, said today. Within a month, he stated, virtually all the soldiers will be gone, as the task of repatriating the German prisoners is 'now completed. Only a few of the German prisoners now remain un der the charge of the American fore ea and these are ill in hospitals. They will be sent home through Coblenz as soon as they can travel. s Accounts Last Job The work of cmpleting the liqul dation of army supplies, -squaring accounts and policing of American j WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Attor ney General Palmer and his oifi.ial associates in the fight on ihe hlh cost of living determined today to enlist the aid of the women of Am erica. Economy Era HojkmI Ry appi-aling to the comptrollers thet country it is hoped to inaugur ate an epoch of real economy which will offset the "bnv now" proua ganda of tradespeople. Further more an attempt will made to dis eourage the frequent changes of styles dictated by the makers of wo men's apparel atd thereby effect a saving jn clothes. : Another Import ant decision taken .at today's meet ing was to release more surplus sup plies held by the government, if it can be done withoat enibar"-as?m'nt to the departments involved. Sec retaries Baker and Daniels and Chairman John Larton Payne of the shipping board were invited to the conference for the first time for that purpose. Mr. Raker bing un able to attend, the attorney gen eral and Mr. Daniels will confer with him next week. Mr. Daniels reported that he had sugar enough to runi'the navy for six months, but before ihe leased any of it wanted to be assured of ample replacements. v Scope is Rroad Indicative of the broad scope which Mr. Palmer's efforts are tak- CONDITION OF PRESIDENT IS MUCH IMPROVED No Operation Necessary Says irayson in Lati ficial Bulletin Gompers in Bitter Address Assails Loree, Member of Capital Group i - WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. IWthout reaching a decision on recognition of the right of workers to bargain col n r- ? t r t Slectively an issue which has been ui. uiajsun ID JUaiC UI- the subject of two days' debate the SWELLING IS REDUCED - Distinct Relief Felt About White House as Result of Improvement WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Defin-ite improvement In President Wil son's condition, was noted in a bul letin issued tonight from the White House by Rear Admira! Grayson and )(he font, physicians -called In for Wilhelm's Neck Broken When Cable Strikes Him SII.VERTON. Or.. Oct. 17. Glen Wilhelm. 23. an employe of a local mill and a resident of this vicinity. diel this afternoon as a result of being struck by a steel cable. He was working in the woods and th cable struck him with such force as to break his neck. This marks the seconi logging accident within two weeks. On October "1. Peter Zwight. a stockholder of the Glen dale Lumber company died as a re sult of Injuries received by falling timber. . . : COAL STRIKE MAY YET BE CALLED OFF Secretary of Labor, After Fu tile All Day Effort, Asks Miners and Operators tb Meet Again Tuesday WINTER FUEL FAMINE FEARED AS RESULTS Both Sides Firm in Attitude Little Hope Held Out for Settlement peace conference headquarters are; now the only ; tasks detaining tht. soldiers and officers in France and Gyine(ral Connor said he expected that this liquidation Work too would i be terminated within one month. ing was the request of Chairman Payne to release any surplus build ing materials which he had on hand especially lumber needed for home building. The shipping board. It learned, probably will need, how- national industrial conference .to night closed the second week of Its deliberations. Adjournment was taken until Monday when there is every, indication that the conference willmake a new start, a definite pro gram for procedure to that end be ing In process 'of formulation. Employer Have Substitute. Withdrawing their motion made yesterday to recommit the labor-public declaration on collective bargain ing, the employers took the initia tive today ' by offering a substitute resolution which would protect their right to deal or not to deal -with men or groups of men who are not his employes." consultation. The prostatic condi- The witnurawai came as a surprise tion was said to be irreatly improved t0 rPrentaVY!l, of th P,ubl,e- ?h MAYNARD LEADS 5 WITH ONLY 503 MILES TO FLY "Flying Parson" Settle for Night of Cleveland After ' . Long Flight KIEL STARTS FOR HOME (Continued on page 6.) All American supplies, including of- ever, all of the supplies which it fice fixtures and automobiles, are has purchased. already the property of the French 1 Cooperation of the housewives has government and are merely oeingDeen the subject of extended con used by the Americans until their cask is couipleted. 1 Damage Slackens Adjustment Army officals arestill working on the settlement of about 70000 small claims arising from- automobile ac cidents and damage by fire 'to hous es in which Americans were billeted. Those not setjtled will shortly be turned over in bulk to the French government as a credit against the amount France is toi pay forthe jAmertcan supplies. The army-, com missary will soon close since the (Continued on page fi.)' HOLDS 'TALK AND MORE TALK" UP AMERICA FR 0M FULFILLING ' DUTY TO WOR LD SAYS REDFIELD erences between 11. E. Figg of the department of justice and Mrs. Ed ward P. Costfgan. who offered the government the Tull resources of the Consumers league and the League of woman voters in the campaign to take the inflation out of prices. As a result, speakers will be put soon in every state to carry the message that one way to beat the yiofiteers is to ignore propaganda saying that prices are ce-tain to go higher and wait for the decline which officials says inevitable. j" Style is Cosily In undartaking to stimulate a pa triotic refusal to be stampeded into buying new cjothes simply because the designers change the style from six to eight times a year the speak ers, it was said, will point out that from eight to 35 per cent is charged for the style Itself and that a propor tionate ari-.ount will be saved by re- (Continued on page 8.) NEW YORK, Oct 17. While America "talks ; and j talks some tnore'jopportunity to ifulfill her du . ty to t small tates created by the war awaits th eformal re-establish-hient of peace, Secretiry Redfield of the department of commerce de clared tonight speaking before the ' American Manufacturers' Export as Bdciatlon. r9ntil peclce comes, he I "aid, organization of jthe vast agen cies necessary to finance the cora- ncrclal regeneration-' of .the world cannot begin. f Reaction Is 1 denounce! from the elevation' of the spirt of r timej, the secretary said, "we. have reacted Into an apparent orgy of class selfishness tarled with mob violence." it must been, to the on lookers, he added, that America had made up her mind to say to Eorepe i "good-by ane the devil take ithe hin fcrmost",and it took -not little con fidence to hope still 'that we hadi Jot left the game before it was over M are to see it out to the end of the last Inning." I ! ( , Responsibilities NVglcctrcl ' Some were quick to claim Ameri-V a had won the war. Mr. ; Redfield v declared, and to forget that respon ibilities went with the victory' rer j possibilities toward thejnew; fna tlons that were born because we won the- war. k The secretary pointed to the r- cle , ot reconstruction" being wrought In France and said it was ise to remember that Great Britain also was finding herself and was al ready in the field with government credit for her foreign trade. 1 and no operation will be necessary, Swelling Relieved The swelling of th.j , . prostate 'gland, a recurrence of which to day served to retard the president's recovery, was said to have been re lieved so much that a s.mpllfled form of t.vatment could now 'be in stituted. The general condition of the president, it was said, remains Tonight's bulletin "was signed by Dr. Grayson and by DrJohn Young. the Johns Hopkins hospital special ist. Dr. H. A. Fowler, a Washington specialist. Dr. Sterling Ruffln. a Washington physician, and Rear Admiral Stitt, head of the naval hos pital her. It saidrr j "The president's prostatic gland swelling referred to In ptevious bul letins is definitely improvedand is causing little discomfort, so that the treatment has been simplified. The kidneys are functioning normally and the heart action is excellent The temperature, pulse and blood pressure remain normal." 0erntitn Not NeCrssary Although no operation was re garded necessary at this time by the physicians called in for consultation. Dr. Grayson requested Dr. Young and the other physicians to meet him tomorrow to continue to study of the case. Dr. Young Young re turned to the White . House early to- niuht. observed the patient again and had a long conversation with Dr. Grayson. An air of distinct relief was dis played at the White House arte:-the consultation and it was unoficial'.y stated that as a result of the treat ment given today it now is believed that it will be posfable to keep the trouble arising from the local ail ment In such abeyance as not to In terfere with Mr. Wilson's recovery. were prepared to support it and had expressed their willingness to agree to amending It. The motion to adjourn until Min- day. offered by Tbohmas L. Chad- bourne, a public representative, and chairman of the conference's central committee of 15. carried with It re committing ot both declarations as to collective-bargaining to the cen tral committee.. This committee will meet tomorrow to reconcile the two declarations if possible and also to consider the new program which It was understood provides that the is sue of collective bargaining remain in the background until agreement can be reached on the less disputed questions. Gomper Hep'lc to CapitIIt. After several hours. of debate. Sam First Transcontinental Air Derhy to See Finish of First Man Today CHICAGO. Oct, 17j Aat the of the tenth day in the HOl mile aerial derby twice across the conti nent. Lieutenant B. W. Maynard. the leader since the start of the race, to night was within striking distance ot his goal. When Maynard settled down at Cleveland for the night at 5:30. he had but 503 miles to go to reach MIneola, where the started the race .October 8 Captain J. O. Donaldson. Maynard! closest competitor. j was at Des Moines, C20 miles behind the leader. who covered 750 miles today after his plane bad been repaired at a hoo, Neb. . j . Smith LcacU AYetbonnL The leader among the westbound fliers on the second lap tonight was Captain Lowell Smith, who reached uel Gompers. president of the Amer- "VVnwV .V i. w r.ri nt,V . il . ,, macnine ilown by Major Carl hp tax, lean ederation pf Labor, who return-. . ' ed to his seat 'in the conference at the afternoon session,, after a three days' illness, brought the discusstou to a climax with a. heated and elo quent reply to L. F. Loree.' president of the Delaware and Hudson rail road and a representative ot capital. Denying the assertion of Mr. Loree that labor had taken: advantage of the war to force important conces sions from the government, Mr. Gompers declared that labor had been actuated by the most Intense pa triotism during the war and that la bor had made good Ita pledge of co operation tendered Preshident Wil son even before the ant ion entered the" world conflict. But. empbatic- lly declared Mr. Gompers, "the masses of labor of the United States have at last found, their ability lo; rtiniota thmnrh nrranizatinn andiney at San Francisco today, 23 of the time has come when in America j,h starters have made the first iaiwp Htermined to rain a fir crossing. Eleven have started the ORGANIZED LABOR BEGINS FIGHT FOR RIGHTS CLAIMED FORBIDDEN Injunction Sought Against Pittsburgh Officials Hear ing Thursday PITTSBURGH, 6ct. ' 17. Organ ized labor today began its legal bat 'tle in the courts for the right of tree speech and assemblage which the steel strikers claim has been de- KPlttsburgh and Allegheny county. A bill in equity, asking for an injunc tion restraining Mayor E. V. Bac cock, the director of the department of public safety, the superintendent of police and the commissioner of police, from preventing labor meet ings was filed with the county court and the hearing will be heard here next Thursday. It was announced by counsel. for the strikers that additional suits would be filed against autnorittes of several other" municipalities and ragainst county officials and certain corporations. It was also said a large number of iamag-j suits will ibe filed against corporations and public officials for alleeed false ar rests of; strikers, assaults and un lawful search of houses. The bill states that since October P the defendants I.ave "wilfully. wickedly and In disregard of their oaths! re'used to permit the plain tiff of any organization affiliated with the American Fedfe'ation of La bor to hoM meetings. HUBBARD FARM IS SOLD ONE-STOPFLIGHT ORDER IS GIVEN share of the rewards of its toll." 1 Attack t Hitter. Speaking with emotion and his voice quivering. Mr. Gompers bitter ly assailed Mr. Loree for his asser tion that there were elements in Am erican labor that planned overthrow of the government. Mr. Loree in his address demand ed that the government be given the same access to the records and cor respondence of labor unions that i" PHEZ COMPANY GETS IT .! Maynard Required to Cross U. S. Landing Only at Dallas Texas! BUYER'S NAME WITHHELD Judge Wl C. Hubbard is no long er a farmer he has no more farm than a rabbit; though he bad been a farmer up to yesterday ever since the woofas were burned and Mount Hood wjas a small hole in the ground. He sold the last of his acres down around South Bottom, yesterday, for some steen thousands of dollars, to some col lateral or direct "or consanguin ary connection of the Phez com pany; j (he would not say just whom): That South Bottom dis trict, below Salem, has come into the limelight with its great crops of loganberries and prunes. In fact. South Bottom is a shibboleth that sounds like simoleons. If this thing keeps up, there will in a few years be enough loganberries raised down there to paint the whole United States red, and to put prunes as the piece de resis tance on j every boarding house ta ble on the six continents and all the islands washed by the seven seas. CLEVELAND. Oct. 17. Lieuten ant It. W. Maynard has received or ders fron) the ; war department to make a one-stop flight from .MIneola N. Y., to San Diego.. Calif., imme diately upon completion of his pres ent flight, be announced here tonight The route will be by way of Dallas Texas, which will M the only sched uled stop. - No Appeal Now From , Brown i Ballot Title Yeste'rdav was the last clay of th period of 20 days allowed nnder the law In which appeals may be mirde fom the ballot title: prepared by the attorney . general for tbe initiative bill calling for an increase In the ten ure of county offices to four years. The period of 20 days dates from the date the uall-it title is completed and Tiled by '-he attorney general. No ;p-eal hr.-, l cn taken. Af peais from ballo. iuU are iilc' :he circuit court for Marion county. The county officers bill was initiated by Herbert R. Dewart. of Portland and R. J. Green of LaGrande. .viaynara s closest competitor on elapsed time in the first half of the race, bpatx gave over bis plane to Smith at Buffalo when tbe latter's was accidentally burned. Lieutenant Alexander Pearson broke down today at North Platte. Neb., on the eastward return trip and Captain Donaldson passed him. leav ing him third In the race with Lieut enant Earl Manzelman fourth, some 200 miles west of Pearson. t Kiel ljem MineoU. Lieutenants E. C. Kiel. H. E. Queens and R. S. Wothlngton left New York on the return flight today the first two reaching Bryan, while Worthington rested at Binghamton. With the arrival of Lieutenants II. H. George. T. Hynes and J. B. Wright and Lieutenant Colonel II. E. Hart- second lap .but Major Spats west' WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Falling, fter an all-day conference to avert a strike of nearly 600.000 bitumen- ous coal miners, called for the very eve of winter. Secretary of Labor Wilson tonight Invited miners and operators to send their full scale committees to Washington next Tuesday when another efu-t to bring about peace la tbe Industry will be made. Both sides accepted the Invitation. They did not offer any grea hope. however, for representatives ot the operators stood firm In their deter mination not to. negotiate any de mand for a six hour day and not to deal with the anions unless the strike set for N ruber 1 was culled off, John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mines Workers of Am erica, showed that he was laboring under a terrible strain when be left the meeting. - ' 0ertors Called AcUmaat. Speaking to a group of reporter. he said be had told Secretary Wilson that the 32 members of hit wage scale committee would be here Tues day to meet an equal number from the other side, but that it would be useless to reconvene the joint Inter state "unless, the operators changed their stone-wall attitude" and indi cated willingness to frame another agreement. - - i . - Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the operators of the central compel itlve coal fields, which embraces the states of Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, after sitting through the day at a table with Sec retary Wilson and Mrs. Lewis, hur ried away from tbe secretary's office and refused to talk, j ! Wllxon Urges Conference. . ; 1 At the outset Secretary Wilson. sitting between Lewis and Brewster. urged them to resume negotiations and reconvene the joint ware con ference, pointing out that be was snaklrg this effort by direction of tbe president's cabinet. Lewis indi cated the grounds on which the min ers would negotiate and after a re cess Brewster returned with a writ ten statement outlining the condi tions under which the operators would do the same. These were: Indication of willingness on the part of the miners to carry out the existing contract, which former Fuel Administrator Garfield "attests Is still to effect; Rescinding of the strike order and continuation of work pending nego tiations and. Understanding that the negotia tion not contemplated any redaction in the hours of labor below the pres ent standard ot eight hours a day, six daya a week. (Continued on page .) r (Continued on pa;e C.) (Continued on page 6.) HINES DENIES INCREASED COSTS DUEWGOVERNMENT MANAGE1ENT RE-MARRIAGE OF DIVORCEE MADE " POSSIBLE THROUGH ACTION OF LAYMEN OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH KILL WILSON IS PLOT WITNESSES TELL STORY ITALIAN IS ACCUSED LEAVENWORTH. Kas.. Oct. 17. That Pietro Pierre, an Ital ian on trial in federal court here charged with threatening the life of a president of the eUnlted States, had declared to them that he had 'Leen chosen by lot at a meeting of Italian I. W. W. with healquarters at Ch'cago. to asns sinate President Wilson and Wil liam G. IIcAdoo. was stated on the wijness ttand todav by John Io viillo and Samuel Sempravino. al so Italians. Acco:din to the testimony of Lovullo and Sempravino. the de fendant .revealed the alleged plot to them while the three were serv ing senttneese In the rnltentlary here. Director of Railroads An swers Claim of Eiccu- , lives o( Systems - DULUTH. Minn..' Oct! 17. Walk er D. Hins. di rcolor general of rail roads In Duluth tonight made an swer to thee recent .iggestion of railway executives tnat. tbe rates be increased during federal control to tueet increased expenses daring that control, bv declaring that there is icthing to indicate that lneieaed expenses unde- the government con trol are myihing more than they r-ould hv- ben under private con trol or more, than all forms of in dustry under private control have undergone by reason of thee war. , Claim l Wrong "If the railroad administration deemed it expedient o Irtreaf rates ,for Its benefit, it-would lfll be true." he said, "that th increase it would make In order; to pay ex panses of nnified operation of all the railroads In the country might DETROIT. Mich.. Oct. 17. Through action of the laymen of the Protestant-Episcopal church in the 19 1C general convention austalned by both clerical and lay delegates to day, the Innocent party to a divorce may be re-wedded in the church. Amendment of the canons to prevent re-marriae by an Episcopal priest of a person who has a divorced hus band or wife living was defeat-d. de pite. desperate efforts by many of the clergy and a few of the laity to secure Its adoption. Both orders reg istered a majority against tb amend ment. . i L!ilP Consent Itetjnlre.1. -, Under the canon the Innocent par ty to a divorce may be re-married in the church If the bishop, after exam ination of court records and with leg al advlr. consents, although no priest in compelled to officiate. Tbe amendment defeated would make no distinction between guilty and Inno cent and would absolutely prohibit an Episcopal clergyman officiating in the marriage of persons divorced for any cause. Old CTinrrhmett Wlsi mints. In their battle to prevent what Former Ambassador Page today characterized aa ''continual nibbling away at the liturgy that has grown into tbe hearts of our people." the older churchmen in the house of dep uties have carried many of their . 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