? Save the Salem Bahies" Bq Object of Saiewa Ohapter, ongpess of mother- THE WKATIIKIt. The Statesman recti re the leased wire report cf the As sociated Prea. lh greatest and most reliaUe press aa oelatloa la the wort 4. Fair except rain northwest portion . warmer; moderate winds becoming . , . soumerty. -- tiITY-XIXTH YEAR SALEM, OEKGOX. TI ESIIAV MOKMM;. K TOItKU K, I)1S. miCKs HVK CENTS. DRY BILL House Push Lav Over by Vote of 176 to 55 Within Three Hour) ' of Return From White House Wihout Signa ture Senate Makes Plans WILSON'S ACTION LIKE i THUNDERBOLT "FROM SKY Hopes; of Big "Wet Sped" During Holiday Time Go Glimmering With Demon stration of New Sentiment WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 Pres ident' Wilson. unexpectedly vetoed the prohibition enforcement" bill : today and within three hour4 the house Had. re-passcd it over his veto by. a vote of 176 to 55. The - total vote was barely more than a raaority of the entire membership. Dry leaders in. the senate imme diately began laying plans to re pass the bill there. They expect to ask unanimous consent for its consideration tomorrow, claiming enough votes to put it through. They expect to aet on it by -'Wednesday at the latest. -: The president 1 refused to sign the bill because it included the en-1 foreement of war-time prohibition. The objects' of war time prohibi . tion, the president said in his veto had been satisfied and "sound pub lic policy makes clear the reason and necessity for its repeal." ; ' : It would not be difficult, the pres ident held, for congress to deal sep arately with the two issues. .'.. Veto Like Thunder-bolt The veto hit congress like a crack of lightning. The- house, getting on its feet again, deserted its leaders who wanted to defer consideration until Thursday so as to round up all the dry members. But the dry swept; into the chamber and showed there was an overwhelming senti ment among them to give the gov ernment ample weapons for dealing with -the ' liquor -- traffic, outlawed throughout all the land. Nobody had really professed to know that tha president would veto the bill. Republicans ? and Demo crats alike and the countless multi tude that had sorrowfully watched the passing cf the bars thought ft 'would become" a law without his sig nature. Attorney General Palmer. It was said, had declared it constitu tional. . - President K!ouM Worry" But, the president, propped up in led. dictated and then signed a veto message and sent it along to con gress. t without worrying, apparently about what congress might do. " With the re-passage of the law by .(Continued on page 6.) AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENT IS FREED MY MEXIC AN BANDIT ON PAYMENTOFRANSOM WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Official 'emhassv in Mexico Citv savinr that Information from Mexico City eate tiiat r..i , - vanauu BUIUI6I9 miliums- tionably implicated In the kidnap P'ng of William O. Jenkins. Ameri ca consular agent ats Pwebla, who as abducted October 19, and releas only after his friends in Puebla nad .paid to the kidnappers 1150.000 American gold. State department officials have not f officially notified of the impll "tion of Carranza military in the ,,t kidnapping of an American JJ tne history of recent years in etico, but It is known that they "2" lo the Mexican government fo reimbflrsa promptly the friends of Jenkins. : t 1 Itepayrnqnt fVrtain. ,ne American government. It was wt today at the department; does "t Intend to pay any of the ransom nr0J?e,r.eUner directly 0r indirectly, "'iiclala expressed their belief that president Carranza would be glad to RenU lh trieD1 ot the consu!ar Lacking. - - dt partment had no news to ay regarding the release of Jenkins cept a message from the American NEW YORK HONORS ROOSEVELT' TRIBUTES ARE VARIED, NUMEROUS PROMINENT MEN DELIVER EULOGIES NEW YORK. Oct. 2 7. New York today, honored the slxty-fk.it anni versary of the birth or Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, soldier, writer, Amer ican. He.; and at Oyster Bay, v.here hundreds visited the grave cf the "treat citizen," memorial services were held. Tonight eulogies by men prominent in all walks of life mark ed the end of Rooac-velt memorial week. Three notaLle dinners an$ many meetings were held tonight in honor of . the memory of the former presi JURYINHOWEL TRIAL COMPLETE Youth Accused of Murder of Lillian Leuthold, 16-Year-OIdGirl COQUILLE. Ore.. Oct. 21, The 4.., i !, , ju,, . lUB dlUm nuwtfii case m ths circuit court was completed late today at Coquille. ' Some surprise was occasioned that a urjy was ob tained so quickly for the murder young Howell Is accused of, has been the sensation of the county for sev eral months. The murder occurred when Lillian Leuthold, 16 years old was returning home July 27 last in daylight on a path or trail frequent ed by many people. She was shot through the bead. AROUND WORLD RACE DATE SET Air 1 Derby for Million Dol lars o Start July 4, 1920 Is Announcement LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27. The first aerial derby around the world, for prizes totalling $1,000,000, is shed uled to start July 4, 1920, and end on of before January 3, 1921, accord ing to announcement made here to night by Alan. R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America and a member of the commission which is making a tour pf the world to locate control stations. BUI to Exclude Radicals ; Is Now Ready for Wilson WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Final legislative action was taken today by congress on the administration bill to exclude all radical ImmlgrantRs by extending federal-power to limit is suance of passports. The conference agreement on the measure was adopt ed by the senate and house and the bill now goes to the'president. Welch Gets Five to Twenty Years for Robbing Bank LEWISTON, Id., Oct. 27. George Welch, alias Charles Anderson, ar rested at Portland recently on the charge of having' robber the Mau meister, Vollmer and Scott bank at Asotin today entered a plea of guilty in the superior ;court of Asotin coun ty, at Asotin and was sentenced by Judge Chester F.Miller to serve from five to 20 years in the Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla. lndi-iTnlrd Secretary of Embassy Hanna Ireported from Puebla that Jenkins ported had sent word from within the fed eral lines that he was free and was returning to Puebla. Reports regarding Jenkins physi cal vondition and details' of his kid napping have? been asked by the department. ROBBERS CAUGHT JN LAGRANDE ARE SENTENCED THREE UTAH MEN GET FIVE YEARS TO LIFE TERM PLEA IS GUILTY TO TAKING CASH AND' BONDS TROVO, I tah, Oct.- 27. Frank Smith, Thomas F. Devine and James Miller, arrested last week at La Grande, Ore.; on a charge of robbing thq Mendenhall Bank at Springville, near here, pleaded guilty here today and were wntencod to from five years to life in the state penitentiary. dent. Elihu Root delivered an ad dress at the Rocky Mountain rlub's diuner, at which Alton 11. Parker presided. John Hays Hammond end Ansbassador Jules Jusserand or France, also spoke. Regis H. Post, former governor of Porto Rico, ad dressed the Harvard classmates of Colonel Roosevelt and at the dinner of the League of Foreign Porn citi zens, Professor S- McClane Lindsey of Columbia and Nathaniel Phillips, president of the league, spoke. v (Continued on page-G.) Legislation Would Expedite Americanization of Aliens WASHINGTON', Oct. 27. Legisla tion designed to Americanize aliens, is contained in a bill reported today by the senate labor committee which investigated the steel strike. The bill which was placed on the calendar with a view to early consideration, provides for cooperation between the states and the federal government in educating aliens . K In presenting the bill, Senator Ken yon -of Iowa, chairman of the com mittee emphasized education of il literate aliens as a measure to curb radicalism. The senate, he said, will be ''astounded" at facts gathered In the steel inquiry regarding alien il literacy. - ... . i .-' . , YUDENITCH HELD UP BY WEATHER ..- i " - I Petrograd Not Likely to Fall Because of Winter and Reinforced Reds IXNDON. Oct. 27. (By The As sociated Press) The chances of Gen eral Y'udenltch, commander of the l!nsian northwestern army, to cap ture Petrograd before winter put an end to operations .seem again to be fading. .The Ilolsheviki have brought strong, reinforcement, from, other I fronts and have started a successful counter offensive, which ha already resulted in the recavtur of Krasnoye Selo and thrusting the Yudenitch line south of that place. Yudenitch still holds Gathina firm ly, according to the British war, of fice review. Parole Violator Not io Have Trial at Astoria Efforts of Jam?s Mott, an Astoria attorney, to have Al Meaders. a pa role violator from the Oregon peni tentiary, retained at Astoria for trial were unavailing when Mott placed the cae before Governor Oicott. Meaders and James Clergy are said to have violated their paroles by fal sifying reports to the j parole o'iircr while out of the state, sending tha reports to a woman lu Portland who forwarded them to Salem. Meaders and Clergy were alsi r.T'iscd of be ing Implicated in the burglary of a safe In an Astoria store. Mr. Mott represented only Meaders and says that evidence against him was only sufficient to hav-5 him held for the grand Jury ana th:t he is certafn that he could not be convicted. Mead ers was committed from Umatilla county in 1913 for assault with, a dangen us weao-m i 1 Salt for $500 Follows Mendelsohn Divorce Case A decree of crrorce was awarded in the case of Carrie Mendelsohn vs. M. P. Mendelsohn. October 3, 1917, but it was discovered later that a 1500 note had been overlooked in the property adjustment made after the decree. In the agreement signed by Mrs. Mendelsohn she waived any Turther rights to the defendant's property, stating that her "claims are hereby waived from the begin ning ot the world to the present date." This agreement evidently covered enough time but the 500 item was overlooked 'inadvertently and by mistake" so when Mr. Mendelsohn held to the wording of the contract Mrs. Mendelsohn filed suit. Judge Bingham decreed yesterday that Mr. Mendelsohn pay the 1500 with 6 per cent interest from September 10, 1917, and also the costs and expen ditures of the suit. The Mendenhall bank at Springville was ribbed on October X, three men entering the institution when the cashier was alone, locked him in the , bank's vault and escaped with cash and liberty bonds valued at $8000. The men confessed to the robbery, it ws declared in court today. AMENDMENT BY JOHNSON IS REJECTED Vote is 40 to 38 on Charge to Equalize Vote of Britain and America Last of 46 Proposals of Committee Up VOTE AGREED TO AFTER RAMBLING AFTERNOON Administration Leaders Now Breathe Sigh of Relief When Vote Is Announced WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The Johnson amendment to the peace treaty, designed to equalize Ameri can and British voting strength lu the league of nations, was rejected in the senate today by a vote of 28 to 40. - On the roll call, which came un expectedly during a lull in the de bate, two Democrats joined the He- publicans supporting the amend ment and nine Republicans voted with the Democrats against it. Of the 18 senators absent or paired, four Republicans and two Democrats were recorded as favoring it, and 12 Democrats as opposing it. Lut of 4tt V Tcxlay. The senate then took up the Moses amendment on the same subject, the last survivor of 46 recommended by the foreign relations committee. Over the opposition of the administration leaders action , en this measuro was to 36, -Republican Leader Lodge's motion for a recess until tomorrow. Debate .Rambles. When the senate met, the leaders had not hoped for a vote before to morrow but after a rambling debate of an hour and a half, during which nearly every current subject except the league had been discussed, it was decided not to wait on the senators who had announced they would speak on the amendment this week. When Democratic Leader Hitchcock asked that a time be set for a roll call during the afternoon, Mr. Lodge replied he saw no reason why tu vote should not be taken at once. , Vote i Sudden. The suddenness with which the roll call began apparently took the administration forces by surprise and although they had counted on a ma jority of six or eight, so many sen ators were absent that a sigh of re lief Went up from the Democratic side when the result was announced. It wac by far the narrowest margin by which any of the committee amendments had been defeated. Speeches . supporting the Mose3 amendment were made by Senators Sherman, Illinois; McCormick. Illi nois; Knox, Pennsylvania, and Wat son, Indiana, all Republicans. Sen ators Hitchcock and McCumber, Re publican, North Dakota, opposed it. Senator Knox declared the prepon derance of" British representation was "not calculated to foster sals tar understanding" among the Eng-lish-f peaking peoples an ddenled that to amend the treaty would lead to prolonged negotiations, or 'Shut'-off this country from the benefits ef peace. Full official relations could be re-established with Germany, he declared, as soon as the treaty had been ratified by three powers and Germany. Iloosevrlt Quoted. - Senator Hitchcock opposed the amendment as unnecessary and like Iv to endanger the. whole treaty. while Senator McCumber said he was In accord with! Its principle but thought the same object could be ac complished by reservation. Senator McCormick quoted from Theodore Roosevelt to support a plea for the preservation of nationalism. Charging Senator Hitchcock with incinsistency. Senator Watson quot ed declarations of the Democratic leader opposing an arbitration treaty negotiated with Great Britain in 1912. At that time, said Mr. Wat son. Senator -Hitchcock opposed en tangling alliances and was fearful that even an arbitration treaty would foster British domination over this country. ! CHURCH IS PAST SHOESTRING DAYS SAYS DR. STIVERS Business Men Mast Be Met on Big Business Basis De clares Preacher ADDRESS IS FORCEFUL Speech Given at Commercial Club Lunch Draws Much ; Applause "Th d.iys has come when the church must stand tip and present its claims to the world face to face, on a big scale, and with fitting dig- ( Continued on page 6.) BELGIANS ARRIVE CAPITAL ACMMSR0YkC0WLE ETARY LONG HOST WASHINGTON. Oct. 27 King Al bert. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Le opold of Belgium arrived la Wash ington shortly before nine o'clock to night for a three-day visit with offi cials of the antlon's capital. The royal party received a most enthus iastic welcome at the station where it was met by Vice President Mar shall and other high government of ficials. General March was among those who joined in the welcome. Thou sands crowded every vantage space Power Company ShowsWaget.nnrQVnVftfT U AC Belter. HCL Lesi in Oregon I KLOiJJLlN 1 Ilil ' . - - PORTLAND, Or.. Oct. 27. Tables intended to demonstrate that the wage paid to carmen of the Portland Railway. Light and Power company fro 1914 to the present, has been higher than the average wake paid to similar employes la other cities, and. that the general Increase in liv ing costs during that period has been strjingly less in Portland than In other cities, were presented by Frank lin T. Griffith, president of the com pany at the final hearing of the wage arbitration board today. MAYORTOPROBE BREAD INCREASE Committee From Different Groups to Determine Justice of Portland Rise PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 27 Mayor George L. Baker announced today that he would name a committee of five people, representing labor as well as other Interests, thoroughly to nvestigate the ustlce of the one cent increase In the price ot bread. announced Saturday by the-bakers or tne city. "If the rise Is found unustifled we wm ue au me macntnery or tne city attorney's office and that represent ed in the committee to bring back the old price." said the mayor. "Stanley Meyers, deputy city attor ney, will art as the legal adviser to the committee in their investigation. Two New' Scout Troops Are Organized in Salem . Two nem troops of Boy Scouts are being organized In Salem, which will bring the total number of new troops in the city up to seven. One of the new troops will be organized in the Auburn district and will be In charge of A. L. Lindbeck. Another Is to be formed at . the Urst Baptist church and will be under G. Ed Ross and Joe McAllister. ' The other troops that are now ac tive in the city and their coutma- J if rs are: ' uatnitow rto. I, uienn Mies; Cherry City No. 2. W. W. Craig; Chemeketa No. 3, W. W. Craig; Willamette No. 4. Fred A. Cook; South Salem No. 5, Perry Fos ter. Since the campaign for. new mem bers was initiated October 8 there have been about SO applications for membership. Foring Mayer Is Given Year in State Prison seph Mayer faced Judge Bingham yesterday and soon after was taken to the-penitentiary by Sheriff Need ham. Mayer showed .little emotion when sentenced, saying that he was willing to pay what the law demand ed of him for his share in the rob bery of the Bishop clothing store in Salem August 26. Two Bolshevist Cruisers Sank by Mines in Baltic NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Two of the Bolshevist Novlk type cruisers sent put from Kronstadt last Tuesday to euppoit the red defense of Krasnoye Selo, were sunk by mines, accord ing to cable advices received today from American relief administration representatives with General Yuden llch's anti-red army. Confirmed ca ble advices received here last week recorded the sinking by mines of two bolshevik war vesse!s. GERMAN OPERA IN GERMAN IS OFFICIALLY BANNED TEMPORARY INJUNCTION VACATED BY HIGH COURT COMPANY TO GIVE PERFORMANCES IN ENGLISH NKW. YORK. Oct. 27. The sing ing of the German opra In. the Ger man language Is banned In New York until arter the peace'treaty is signed Supreme court Justice Gicgrich late today vacated tb temporary. Injunc tion obtained by the Star Opera com IN WASHINGTON ASSISTANT SECR around the station and the plaza through which the royal party bad to pass. Arter the king, queen and the prince were formally presented to welcoming officials, including all members of the cabinet, they review ed a pageant la which school chil dren and war workers In costume par ticlpated.. The royal party then were driven up Pennsylvania avenue which was thronged for Its entire distance to the home of Breckenrldge. Long, as sistant secretary of state. DAY OF ACTION Gains in Health Continue Dry Bill and Pardon Cases Handled WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Presi dent Wilron continued to Improve today and so ratisfled was Rear Ad miral Grayson with his condition that he was permitted tn transact pomo executive business in addition to the prohibition enforcement bill, which he vetoed. Soon after breakfast the president asked Mr. . Grayson that Secretary Tumulty be called and that some par don cases which "were awaiting exe cutive action be given him. He act ed on the latter at once and also signed some minor bills that had ac cumulated at the White House. Dr. Grayson Issued no formal bul letin tonight as to the president's condition but said that Mr. Wilson bad spent a "good day." 50 STOCKMEN TO, VISIT EXHIBITS - ,., A. H. Lea Plans to Attend In ternational Show at Chi cago in November PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 26. Over fifty Pacific coast stockmen wilrl travel to the International livestock show at Chicago on a special train leaving Spokane on November 25 or 26 over the Northern Pacific railway. It was said here today. Special cars will carry stockmen from Portland. Tacoma. Seattle and Intermediate points to Spokane. . Oregon men who are making reser vations are W. B- Ayer, Portland: A. H. Lea. Salem; Frank Brown and Robert G.- Fowler. Carlton; O. M. Plumer and J. W. Pierson. Portland. Indication are that a large repre sentation from North Portland will make the trip. The train will carry 125 stockmen. North Dakota Has Lowest Temperatures in October BISMARCK. 8. D- Oct. 27- The lowest October temperature ever re corded In the 45 years of the weath er bureau here was Sunday morning when the thermometer reached ten degrees below zero, the bureau an- a a w" lde- l l2eh? f M,.vW f".,nK Saturday and Sunday. About two inches more fell today. TRAINMEN VOTE TO CALL STRIKE THURSDAY MESS WAGE DEMANDS ARE MET IN FULL BY GOVERNMENT CHICAGO. Oct. ' 27. Fourteen lodges of ihe broth-rhocds of rail road train'uen. representing 12.to men In the ChicKO switching dis trict, vo'cd at a scrt ricttns Sun day to strike Thnrtdyy unless their wae demands rro met In full. A vote on the proposition Is in prg:es In. the nlh-r loijrcs of th IMj.OOO trainmen throughout the country. pany rej-tralninj: tbe municipal au thorities from preening pr-cntin nf opera in German at the Islington theatre. Following thi. it was announced that the opera rompany would pro duce German opera in the Knglisb languace. ( WALKOUT ORDER l Government Stands Pat on President's Ultimatum That Strike of Soft Coal Miners Must Not Occur on Novem ber 1 According to Plan UNION HEAD DECLARES ; WORKERS WILL GO OUT Federal Machinery Set in Mo tion to Cope With Any Sit uation That May Arise id Disobedience of Wilson's Statement VASIILT.TON Oct. 27. The government stood pat today on President Wilson's ultimatum to the soft coal miners of the coun try that the strike order for No vember 1 must not take place, t Thi YrlinJ f1ral mf!nnpfT already set up fcr the emergency, was ready to doal with conditions in the mining: fields unless the executive loard of the United Mine Workers of America, meet- uig aw inutanapoiis euncMiay, votes to rescind the strike order. In tle face of statement jhy John L. Lewi, president of the miners' organization, that it wan too late now to top the walkout, there was strong !elief in official quarters tonight that the strike would at least be postponed. Hope la Hdd. ' This hope of averting Industrial disaster was based largely on the reeling that sentiment throughout the country was overwhelmingly for peace, regardless of bow the people might view the reported grievances of the miners. The fact that the miners them selves had taken no strike vote add ed to the hope In the minds ot offi cials that the workers would be duly Impressed by the president's strong warning, looking at It la a new light, willing ta negotiate a new ware agreement without reservation. There wre many conferences dur ing the day and much attention was given confidential reports from gov ernment agents In the coal field ter ritory bearlrn on the possibility of a large numbPr of men sticking to their Jobs despite the order to c.nlt work Friday night. Attorney General Palmer and Sec retary of Labor Wilson talked over the situation and autllned a plan of action which will be presented to the cabinet tomorrow. Members of the cabinet showed they wee grimly de termined to stand out for the rights of the public .which would be ruth lessly Ignored with the shutting down ot the mines. (Continued ou pare .) A committee of the brotherhoods grand led z". headed by President .W. G. Ivc-. will confer with Director General Hines in Washington oa Wednesday. Yardmen laVlii'UI. Included In th trainm's broth erhood, whicn iin of the -big four." art- all pasaencer an.i freight bracmen and suburban sen-ice and yardmen. , x The history of th demands, as formulated at the triennial conven tion la Colunbus. Ohio, in Hay. vat included in th f.rJke n.esag scut to President Lee- The demand were filed with the Knar! t rail road wagrs and ao'ktog conditions JuW 2. ,r''P"M'i ware rates were Jt chvmI with the board f rm J uv 21 to July 31. Th. milnM-n held out for not ls thn $l.o a n.n:v Tnt nthV Wail t .lcl. At the meeting SimUy. In-.pti-rne? with Mr. ltns-snd the va;r loarJ was cxrrr;d. Tb rrfl.-oa l sbop-nen" wait f 1 miMhi with out result, vi c:t.d. The strike declaration. afttr de claring (hat the present action U (Continued oa page e.)