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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1919)
decree Qalem Be the World' a Linen Center? TllF. WF.ATHKIt The Statef mia retire the leased wlro report of the As sociated Pre, the greatest and most reliable press as aoclatJon la the world. Bain: fresh southwestern winds. tJUTY-N I NTH YEAR SAMOM, OlttUiON, Tlll'I'SllAY MDIt.M.Mi, (MroltKlt 8U, ltMtl. riucKt hvk mw. i FINAL PACT ; AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED Vote of 47 to 36 on Change to Revise Ballot Strength in League Last of 46 Pro posals Killed by Action LABOR SECTION LIKELY TO PROVE STICKLER Efforts to Bring About Alter ' ations Prove Futile De l . spite Debate WASHINGTON, Oct. "29. The 46 amendments attached to the peace treaty passed ijnto history today when the last survivor, a proposal by Sen ator Moses. " a Republican, New Hampshire, to revise the voting strength in the league of nations, was defeated in the senate 47 to 36. The senate j then upset two more proposed textual changes brought in fcy Individual j members. One,' pre sented by Senator Sherman. Republi can,; Illinois, and, proposing to write into th3 treaty preamble a reference to the Deity, Iwas laid on the table j by a vote of 57 to 27. The other. ; sponsored by iSenator Johnson. Re- j publican, California, as a new solu-j tion for voting inequality in thej league was killed 43 to 35. -i At adjournment, however, the ef fort to hasten! final action had been brought up against an obstacle which fpetned likely o prevent further pro gress for several days. - . ' Labor (Section Stickler t Tomorrow a determined group of senators will launch a fight to elim inate the' labor section, opening a debate which! will last, leaders pre dict. Tor a week, The battle is ex pected to be ;more spirited because ' it is regarded as holding out what ever hope remains of writing any amendment into the treaty. : 1 Nine Republicans Joined the Dem ocrat in overthrowing the Moses amendment. ' which provided that none of the British dominions should vote In any league controversy di rectly affecting any one of them Three Democrats vlted with the Re publicans in supporting it. On the newi Johnson, amendment, proposed as a substitute for the one rejected last week, the line-up was the same as on! his original proposal, the only changes in the record vote being due to absences ' and pairs. Most of the I Republican leaders helped to defeat the Sherman amend ment, 1-'- LaFoltette Talks Long i; The greater part of the day's de bate related to subjects not directly under consideration. The labor section got the bigaest share of at tention. Senator LaFollette. Republi can, Wisconsin, centering the discus sion about it with a three-hour speech assailing the proposed inter national labor organization as filled with peril to American labor, got Into the realm of literature and religion.- It would be a travesty, said Mr. Lodge, to , invoke divine blessing on such a treaty. Other, opponents pointed out that (Continued on page 6.) i . i .i 2 DIE, 1 HURT 1 IN AUTO SMASH J. F. Robinson and Dr. G. S. t ; Hoisington, Pendleton, Instantly Killed v PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 29. John F. Robinson, a laundry owner, and Dr. O. g, Holsington, a physician, were instantlv killed when an auto mobile In which they were enroute to Walla Walla. Wash., was struck by train at a grade crossing near here Uy. All three of the men weroi- "v, r enuieion. CROPS VALUED AT PRODUCED ON STATE HOSPITAL GROUNDS DURING PAST SEASON Crops totaling a value of $50,325 w.er Produced on the farming lands thi 8tate sPal for the insane :,!, 7ear according to figures made yesterday -by Dr. U P. Grif "in. superintendent of the institution i nis covers the five principle crops. Potatoes, which the the hospital's r n?1 CrP' Were a11 f the re" 5 Wonder variety, and were pro anced on 163 acres. All other crops were ot several varieties. The av erage yield of the hospital potato ear by year. la from 8000 to Ju.OQO bushels, but this year the yield reached 13,000 bushels. All of tne products are used by the hospital Federal Man Coming to interview Service Men i'- ii. G. White of the federal board far vocational education -will be in Malem November ' .V and C and will interview all ex-service men in :e gard to vocational employment. "This should be of special interest to ex-servu-e men and. especially to those permanently or partially dis abled iu the recent war," said Mrs. Alice Dodd of the Salem home sir- vce bureau and who Is interested in aiding th ex-service nen in every possible way. 'i ' Announcement willtbe made later v.s to Mr. White's temporary office while in Salem. V Chinese Contract Hope Ahead at Low Figure Contracts at a low fieure have been signe 1 by Hop Lee and Hong Hop Lee, who have 96 acres of hops on the Mark S. Skiff ranch, six miles nor'h of Salem. The entire one-fourth of the 1920 and 1921 crops are contracted to the English firm of George Ulrd & company at a price of 30 cents per pound. The present price-Is about 85 cts. T. B. KAY TO SPEAK BEFORE PRICEBOARD Head of Woolen Mills to Fur nish Inf ormati' n on Costs of Manufacture FARRELL SENDS LETTER Work of Cutting Down High Cost of Living Takes Definite Shape Thomas B. Kay of the Kay Wool en mills has accepted an invitation tendered hfm by the", federal fair price committee in Portland to ap pear before that body a week from Friday night to stfpply information as to fair prices on woolen goods This examining board has from time to time secured test fjnony from wool producers and clothiers, but up to the present has been Junable to ob tain facts concerning the manufac turing expenses. . , , 5 Mr. Kav" has'severaL times indicat ed his willingness to express hi? views as to opportunities .for profit eering in the wool industry but was prevented from meeting with the committee by-other engagements de manding his attention. . - Through a letter written by Thomas G. Farrell. chairman of the fair price committee, and delivered to him yesterday by Miss Lucile Saunders of Portland, he was again requested to appear before the board at his earliest convenience. Mr. Kay has been much interested in the high price situation and readily consented to meet the Portland Investigator next week. Bread Advance Curbed The fair price committee exer cized the power given it by the new ly passed anti-profittering bill for the first time Tuesday night, when it placed a limitation on-the whole sale and retail bread figures. "The -committee has been ham pered by a lack of knowledge as to It specific powers," said Miss Saun ders, who has handled the Oregon tan's share in the campaign against tb? high cos't of living, since leaving Salem last June. "The first big thing accomplished was the sending of telegrams to Washington - advo cating strong support of the McNary bill to retain federal control of su gar for another year. Other aflr price committees on the coast and representative community organi zjations were expected to follow In Its steps and send similar messages tjo the attorney general and the Ore gon delegation The Salem Commer-1 Hal club, it was hoped, would Inter est itself In this movement, as this being a fruit community, It would undoubtedly be much concerned in sugar prices. i Effect I Awaited "Salem, as well as any other town In the state, is entitled to have a fair price committee Is conditions tContinnexl on page 6.) $50,325 ARE Dr. Griffith declares that late rains saved the crops. Exact figures on the crops, includ ing their value on a current market basis are given as follows:' Potatoes 13,000 bushels at $1.20; i bushel, $15,600. i. Apples 8000 bushels of which tooo bushels have been picked; 1000 bushels valued at $1 and 7000 bush els at $1.25 a bushel, $9750. Oats 13.3S0 bushels at 85 cents a bushel, $11,375.55. f Wbj'at- 1270 bushels at $2 a bush el, S2540. Hay 738 tons at $15 a ton, $11,-070. 5 KILLED; 50 INJURED IN HI Southbound San Joaquin Val ley Tlier Leaves Rails at Acton I Putting Engine and Many Coaches in Ditch RELIEF TRAIN RUSHES TO SCENE WITH AID William Schroeder, The Dalles Fred Johns, Portland, Are Hurt LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28. Five persons were killed and more than 50 Injured when Southern Pacirie train No. fco, the southbound San Joaquin valley flier Jumped the track on a curve two and one half miles south of Acton, 57 miles north of here, at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon and the engine, tender, two baggage cars and five coaches went into the ditch. ' The dead are: Frank Feidler, engineer. San Fer nando. U L. P. Force, Tireman, Los Angeles. George Partington, address un known. Paul L. Mateson, Lakewood, Ohio. Unidentified man. A partial list of the injured fol lows William HalHsey, Seattle. Fred Johns, Portland. Ore. Holis Shatke, Butte, Mont. William Schroeder, The Dalles, Or. Cause Unknown. Early reports stated that the cause of the train leaving the rails was unknown. The cars, plunging Into the ditch on the west side of the track, ripped down telegraph and telephone poles and wires for, several hundred yards, delaying news of the wreck for some time. Accord ing to telephone messages from Ac ton, the dead and injured were pick ed up by, the crevr of a freight train which arrived on the scene about half an hour after the accident and loaded Into two pullmans. which re mained on the traci, to await the arrival of relief, i Heller Train to Rescue. A relief train in charge of Assist ant Superintendents A F. Bolles and B. F. Donnatin, carrying ten doctors ana six nurses-, leit nere at 5: 10 p. m. and was expected to arrive back about 9 p. m. About 20 of the Injured were re ported in serious condition, many havlnk broken arms and legs, but none was expected to die, according to a report received here at 8:15 o'clock from Acton. STUDENTS GOING TO DES MOINES Willamette University to Send Delegation to Vol 'nfeer Conference I Chapel exercises of Willamette university Tuesday were given over to the DesMoines committee of the Y.M.C.A. John Medler in charge. The purpose of this was to arouse enthus iasm among the students for. the big Student -Volunteer conferencejwhlch 13 to be held in DesMoines, la., the first of the year. Willamette is en titled to six delegates to this con- feronce' lve students and one facul- ty member. The work of the conference was told by Miss Vivian Isham of Grants Pass, and by Dr. Carl G. Doney. Aft er this explanation the chairman gave the plans of the committee In regard to raising money to defray expenses of the delegates. The stu dent body Was asked to raise $400, the faculty $50, each delegate $25. an tithe remainder to come from oth er sources. Up to last night nearly $300 had been raised among the etu the remainder. - The DesMoines conference will have a representation from nearly 10 'JO of the leading institutions of I the country. Every four yeen. the representatives from the. different colleges gather in. some placo to dis cuss various Christian problems anJ plans for work. Some of the big gest speakers that the nation af fords' will be there to address the students. It is not yet known! who will represent Willamette university. MMUWICJ Vlll Ufl tuning Claims Will PaSS Today Information reached , here yister day from Representative W. C. Haw le ythat the committee on rules In the house ha reiorted favorably on the Hawley bill suspending assess ment vrork on all mining claim for this yezr. Mr. Ham-ley added that he expects. the bill to pass today. TRAIN WRECK Small Amount of Taxes 'A&Zz Delinquent In County Marion county came across with : rush in payment of the setxnd naif of the 1918 tax 1-vy. the Hm? for which expired October ". Taxes not paid to tnat time are now de linquent and the delinquent aiaoi.nt in Marlon county, out of a taxroll of $1.071. f06.2. ls $:.a.492.2. ; In the eight days previous to Oc tober 5, over $300,000 was paid into the office of Sheriff W. I. Needham and this amount was receipted and checked over by the office in recori time, due to the fact that statements, items and receipts had been pre pared by the sheriff and hi staff preparatory to the October rush. The $53.492 20 delinquent this var compares ery favorably with the delinquency of the wee rid half pavment list year, which was $K5, 2.19. out of a tax rll of 27.".25. This year 17.5 ft rei-Hpts were issued to taxpayers in conipa i on to the 16.4 4 0 vouchers made out to taxpayers In 191. UNIFICATION OF COAST SHIPPING IS CALLED FOR Meeting Held to Secure Fair Treatment for Western Allotments TRADE GROWTH URGED Representation in Washingto" to Care for I' terests Is Agreed Upon SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 29 A pro gram rallini; for the unification of the wholo Pacific coat In efforts to -ectire from the TnltM St?.fe ship ping boad an equalization of freight and passenger ship allotent Wtween me Aiiaauc ana Pacifi" eoat was adopted at a special meet-s here to day or representatives of chambers of commerce in Beatt'e. Portlanl. Taroma. San Francisco, Los Angelee ana San Diego. II. C. Cantelow. SoatHc; W. D. B Dodson. Portland. nd Pail Shonp nan t rancisco, wore nnm?rt a com mit f ee to determine th needs and demand of the coast L for concrete submission to the4 shipping loard at pr3posed conference in Washing- ton during the week of November IT. The conference her; will be con tinned tomorrow. fwt to be riercsrflcd The program called sieclficallv for a coast representation in Wash ington fpr a period of three months Ij work for desired allocation of ships, and for a distribution of ves sels that would take care not only of present needs but of projected trade plans! on the Pacific. Enlargement of preent rontca and the establishment of new -.mes be tween coast points and China. Aus tralia. South America and Siberia were defired particnUi-ly. the con ference indicated. Portland Mnii S'aUcr Speakers were Mr. Canfilow. who In. assistant general manager of the Pacific Steamship company; C. B France, executive secretary of the Seattle port commission: Kosoe M. Drumheller, eolector of cntoms. Se attle: Mr. Dodson. who is secretiry of the Portland Chamber of Com merce: Mr. Shoun. who 1 a vice pr.ident of the Southern Pacific company, and Leon 1. Levy of the San Francisco Chamber of Com1 merce, who suggest 1 the' confer ence. The delegation to Washington was to be "-elected as aoon as the com mittee of. three had completed. Its work. It wra announced. " BABY CLINIC STARTS TODAY Well Babies and Sick Babies Are Wanted at Commercial Club at One-Thirty The first baby clinic and eugenics tests under the auspices of the new Salem chapter of the Oregon Con gress of Mothers "will be held at tne Commercial club at 1:30 o'clock this afternooii. .Salera physicians, dent ists and nurses have volunteered their services, and Mrs. A. N. Flegel, of Portland, president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers, and Mis.v A. Dailey. of Portland, secretary, will be here to contribute their services also. " Physicians whp will assist are Dr. W. IJ. Morse. Dr. F. H. Thompson. Dr. J. R. Pemberton. Dr. F. E. Drown and Dr. Downs. The dentists toave not yet been named. - i . will be furnished to the mothers who bring their children tand accurate .information will be giv en as to the physical and mental con dition of each child For children that are found defective In any man ner the score cards will serve as a basis for remedial measure. A charge of only 25 cents will be made for the expert examination of each child. Will babies and sick babies will be welcome.. HOMEBUILDING CONCERN! WITH $250,000 CAPITAL TO BE ORGANIZED HEE Report of Housing Comlnittee Submitted to Commercial Gub Board of Directors Is Adopted and Plans Made for Carrying Out of Recommendations as Means to Alleviat ing Acute Shortage of Residences PLAN PROVIDES FOR 100 HOMES AT AVERAGE COST OF $2500, DESIGN AND SITE OPTIONAL Estimated Rating of Salem Fifteen Million -Dollars Liberty Loan Issue Averages $650 for Every Man, Woman, and Child Industries Employ 4200 Depoiitx Total Nearly Nine and Half Millions Automobiles Valued at 2 Millions Salem m to Iiave a if'2.V),0 Ilorm-lmilclrrs Association le f.iuse: .. TIm fsliinatetl ratable value of Salem U $1.1,0(0,0CK) which U eotisi.leretl G'J per cent of aeltial value. Krai estate U $10, fKKl,()(K) of this amount. Salem ' 40 forjxratiom have a paiil-up capital in exeetw of $S,)t),(KiO. . ' Km loves in indiislrics and littsinesses ntimler 420). Cash tleposits in four banks ami po.stoffiec reach nearly !.."( UHX. Liberty loairissues total fct,,V)0.o)0 or CJO for every man, woTi-.an anl ehihl in lh eity. " Knleni has .KHIO cutomobileR valued at $2.V),0(X) ear for csA than -every Keven Krsons. A homebullders association with capital slock ot at least $250,000 and formed with the view to building 100 homes Is to be organized in Salem and a committee has been appointed to bring about such an organization as result of action taken at a meet ing of the board ot directors of the Commercial club last night. A report containing the results or the investigations ot a housing com mittee vis submitted ' and adopted. Signing the report were C. W. Nie meyer, who has been a leader in the homebuilding campaign, and E. Ilof er. who has taken an active parr and has arranged to build a few houses through his own private en terprise. The committee chosen to work out the details of the new organization and to actually bring about its es tablishment Is composed of the fol lowing: D. W. Eyre. C. W. Niemey er, E. Hofer, K. O. Snelling and W. M. Hamilton. Financing Plan Worked Out. The plan suggested by the commit tee making report last night is for the capital stock of $250,000 to be issued in the form of shares at $500 a share and thus care for the erec tion of 100 homes at an average cost of $2500. To take care of contracts wherein less than 50 per cent of the cost of the houae Is paid by the pur chaser it is suggested that bonds be issued at intervals and these, it Is hld. would be attractive to small In vestors. ' Site Optional. , The committee recommends that owners of lots take up stock in the company to the extent of the value of the lots, the value to be deter mined by the company's board of di rectors and thus allow the purchaser of the hoase to select hl own loca tion ard to have a house built ac cording to bis own ideas. The report In full follows: "After making a careful Investi gation of the finances and future of the city of Salem, this committee has no hesitancy in recommending that a company be organized wfth a nomi nal capital of at least $250,000.00 for the purpose of building homes In Salem, such capital to be irsued In tho Jorm of shares at 9500.00 a hare, which amount would take care of the erection of approximately 100 houies at an average cost of $2500 each, f iguring on a basis tnat tbe.terett and welfare. majority ot the purchaser will pay one . half cash with the other half being assumed by 'the building and loan associations rwhich their rep resentatives have expressed their willingness to do this would mean practically a constant working cap ital ot the full amount ot stock. "For the purpose of taking care of contracts, that is where there is less than 50 per cent ot the cost of the hou3c paid by the purchaser, bonds could be issued at intervals offering a definite percentage of in terest and redeemable after a certain number of years. "The paid-up capital would be the security of the bond holders, plus the equities on the balance of cur rent contracts. These bonds might be Issued In a popular denomination of 50 or $100. The total in any ca;e not to exceed 75 per cent of the paid-up capital. - Such bonds should be In great demand by those of small capital who desire good In vestments for their savings. . , lluyer Ham Choice. . "Plans would first be prepared by the company's architects, whereby In tending purchasers may know, or buy, exactly what they want by pay ing a deposit on application and tak ing up a contract covering payment (Continued on page .) UNION CHIEFS TO FIX PRINCIPLES OF WORKING MEN Onference Called for Decem ber 13 To Be Held in Washington, D. C. FARMERS ARE FNCLUDED Summons Said To Be "Imper ative" to Establish Pol icies of Labor WASHINGTON. 0t. 9. "Fun damental principles' upon which or ganized labor may combat -grave dangers aftectlng 'the very founda tion of IU structure are to be for mulated at a conference of nnio chiefs In Washington December 13. Formal call tor the conrerence to day was sent to union leaders over the country. It was signed by the members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and the chlers jot the railroad broth erhoods who explained that the farm ers representatives " who sat with these union . officials Saturday did not feel they bad authority to sign the call. However, It wa at-2 that the national farmer's organization bow In session, or soon to meet, would be invited to send delegates with full power to act for those organizations. It Is the purpose of the union leaden to form an alliance with the farm ers organizations for the carrying out of the campaign which will be mapped ouL Kebardlng purposes of the conference-, the call said It was "Impera tive" that labor's representatives adopt a program "which the wage ; earners wiir accept in performing the i duties as citizen and at the name j time maintaining the right of free men in order to conserve human In- UPPERCLASSMEN SUSPENDED FOR DUCKING FRESHMEN ON SUNDAY; ! APOLOGY BRINGS REINSTATEMENT The " masculine member f the freshman class of Willamette uni versity all appeared on the streets Sunday wearing. Instead of the em erald head gear apportioned to their lot. Jut plain civilian caps and hats. The laws as laid down by the upper classmen strictly demand that all freshmen wear their green cap Sun day as well as week days. Accord ingly the bold action of the Infants considerably stirred up the sopho more and upper classmen and before the town clock struck 12 noon some 20 dtftopedient froh had been given cold baths In the mill race by mem ber ot the three upper classe In cluding some of the main leaders of the student body. Monday morning the chapel exer cise were a fiery wene. The uni versity officials did not approve of the action taken by the upperclass- xnen in punishing the miscreants on V A L KOUT IS CERTAIN SAY COAL MINERS Operators Blamed for Condi tion Legality of Strike Stoutly Maintained Work men Say No Word Comes GOVERNMENT SPEEDS UP PLANS TO HANDLE War-T'me Schedule in Pro gram Information Indi cate Brief Duration INDIANAPOLI3. Ind Oct. 29. That "a strike ot bituminous miners Cannot be avoided " was the out standing conclusion ofa statement Issued late today by the conference of the United Mine Workers bl Am erica officials. Ulame for the san ation was laid at the feel c: t e op erators becauM "they had rtfuwxi to negotiate a wage agreement notwith standing the fact that the mlno work ers representatives bad urreJ and bv seeched them to do so." Legality Maintained. The miners, the statement claims, vsill be exercising constitutional rights Ir striking. The statement al so set fort that the unioa official gave piofuund consideration to the statement of President Wilson as It appeared In the newFpapera and add ed that do communication on that subject had been received from the federal administration. j tiOYEJtXMKNT TLAX yucKLV coMpLirrnD WASHINGTON. Oct. 29. The government confronted with refusal of the miners organization to can Off the strike of 500.000 coal work era ordered for Friday nisht. moved wlftly today to protect the people from great dime. First of many tep to dyrl with a situation, admittedly critical, prob ably will be these: Ample protection to ir.!nr will ing to reraiin ea the job, as urged by Presldeat Wilson. j Revival of the fuel admialtration. I armed with fall war-time powers, to prevent hoarding and profiteering. Allocation and distribution of coal to homes, railroads and essential In dustrie. Efforts to bring the strike to a' speedy end through mediation. Indictment Not Llkriy. Tie government, however, win make no effort to bring about In dictment of officers of toe United Mine Workers ot America, who call ed the-strike, on charges ot conspi racy to reduce production of a neces sary product. Government officials said tonight that reports from confidential soure es showed that not all of the miner would -strike, that public aentlmeat was against the walkout at the be- (CoLtinued on page 6.) MCLAUGHLIN HOPS GO FOR 86 CENTS Dewey Hill Surpassed by Fel low Grower at Independ ence District I N D K FKN D E XC K, Or., OcL 25-1 Dewey Hill un': tcday wa at the head ot the locl l jpgrowers as far as price was concerned. Mr. Hill sold 29 bales, his 1919 crop, approx imately 500 pounds at ISc a pound He once had a large acreage of hops, but like many other local grower plowed up mot ot his vine. Today C. A. McLaurhlln sold a number of bale for 8C cent a pound, and claims the distinction ot being high man now. Mr. McLaughlin Is one of the largest hopgrowefs here. Sunday. Accordingly they each and every one were upedel. At a atu dent body meeting a committee jwa elected to make new lntrrlass rules. At eterday's chapel a rtnoluHon wa preenfed by one of the frie-clj4m-a who took part In th4 Sun day affair voicing the unanltr.pus apology of the freshmen for their hasty action In violating lhrule. No sooner had thee apologies bea made than President Doney took the list of name ot those who were sus pended, which he had In his pocket and before the entire student body tore It In pieces, thus re-lnstatlng the students. A yet the Interrlats committee has not met. but a meeting will probably be held today whn new rale will be made. At present there are no rule and -frosh 'are perfect ly privileged characters around the 'university.