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HEARINGS ON
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WAGES BEGIN
JANUARY 12
Commission of Three to Com
mence Actual Work on Coal
Situation After Adjourn
ment of Miners' Meeting
DATA TO BE SECURED
IN INTERVENING TIME
Personnel of Staff to be Made
: Public Friday or Saturday
I Is Announcement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Hear
ings relating to wages and prices in
the bituminous coal industry will be j
started January 12 in Washington by I
the commission of three, representa-i
tire of the miners, operators and pub
lic appointed by President Wilson
under the recent coal strike settle
ment. , The commission said that tele
grams had been sent to Thomas T.
Brewster of St. -Louis, chairman of
the scale committee of the central
, competitive field operators, repre
senting Indiana, Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania and to John L. Lewis,
acting president of the United Mine
Workers of America, advising them
that the first hearing was "for the;
purpose of having the miners and op-1
erators' scale committees of the cen
tral competitive field present their
respective positions."
Conference Decays Hearings.
Openings of the hearings, the com
mission said, was delayed in order
to permit the miners to conclude the
work of the special convention In Co
lumbus, O., beginning January 5. -
Prior to the hearing of the opera
tors and miners, the commission will
devote itself to obtaining all available
data from the various governmental
departments which have inquired into
coal prices and production and wages
and living conditions among the min
ers. ' I
The commission announced thatit
expected to make public the person
nel of its staff ot assistants Friday
or Saturday. V r
Work of the commission; which
held its first session yesterd Ay. cen
tered today about the mapping out
of its program and in arranging de
tails of its work.
Shirts
' The Soft Collar Negligee Kind
There arc several dozen of these Shirts for men,
in all sizes 14 i to 184; some with military collar
hut most of them with the flat collar attached.
'Many of these are plain white or cream hut there
is a generous portion of stripes. Among them are
"Slims" with extra long lwxly and sleeves and
others, as the sizes above indicate, are made for
"Stout" men.
The price although not reduced, makes one
speak or the "Good Old Days (lone Iiy" for many
of them arc
75c, others up to $2.25
IK.VT 1'ASS VP
T1AT II L II II E It
RAIN yOAT AT
$9.45
PRISONER ASKS RIDE
SHERIFF SAYS "SURE"
DICK IS 'TOME" AGAIN
ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 30 Dick
Jestor, one of three prisoners who
made a daring escape from the
county chain gang today, hailed a
passing automobile tonight on a
country road near here and asked
Tor a ride. Tiie men in the car
stopped and the- convict got in.
'"Sure, Blad to have you, Dick."
said Deputy Sherirf Cordon Hardy
as he twisted his hand in the col
lar of Jestor's sweater.
LOSS $500,000
IN TAMPA FIRE
Two Blocks of Wholesale Dis
trict of Florida City Is
Destroyed
TAMPA. Fla.. Dec. 30. Fire late
today desiroyed two blocks in the
wholesale district on Tampa's water
fVom $350.000 ' tc T $500,000 A sti
freeze spread the flames so rapidly
tnat fireme "were- forced to abandon
hose lines and flee for their lives
Several were burned. The fire cut
off lectric light and power lines and
early tonight the business section was
in darkness. Special precautions were
taken against depredations of thieves
after offices in a bank building had
been rifled. The Tampa Tribune in
the absence- of power, prepared to
night to issue by multigraph.
imM.n.. 4. T.M'M
"M,t,"-U, w '"
of Hot Springs Says Graver
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. Dec. 30.
Secretary Garver of the Boston Am
erican league team announced
to- J
night he had concluded arrange
ments for the team to do its spring
training here. Training will begin
March 1 and continue to March 20.
Cummins Bill Is Rapped by
30 Shippers Organizations
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 Many of the
Important sections of the Cummins
railroad bill now in conference com
mittee in congress were opposed in
resolutions adopted today .by about
200 ' representatives of thirty Yship
pers organizations.
RURAL DANCE HALLS ARE PROBED
BY GRAND JURY NOW IN SESSION
There are- also striped
Golf .Shirts Shirt
uithout collars laun
dered tuffs priced as
low as.
.85c
The roh1, -old fashioned
Mtlmon pink and grey ribbed
two-piece underwear for men
at, icr garment ........ 75c
INDUSTRIAL
OUTLOOKFORi
YEAR BRIGHT
National Chamber of Com
merce in Annual Review
Predicts Continued Activi
ty for American Business
FARMERS PROSPEROUS
TO UNUSUAL DEGREE
Belief Expressed That Day of
High Priced Wheat Is
Passed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Contin
ued industrial activity i predicted
by the committee on statistics of the
chamber of commerce of the Fnited
States in its annual end-of-tho-jear
review of business and crop condi
tfons. Manufacturers, the report
said, have orders in excess of Ihir
capacity and in the rtail trade ther?
is a feeling of confidence of the con-
tinunitnfi until nnAtlior hqri'nat i I
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least, of the demand for all classes of
commodities.
Farmers lrowerous
Farmers are reported , unusually
prosperous because of the high pric
es of their products. The liberal
spending of the farmers, the review
asserted, is the backbone and sus
taining power of the present volume
of business throughout the country
as they are paying mostly cash and
are purchasing more improved farm
machinery and pnre-bred livestock
than ever before. -
High Priced Wheat Passes
Of the general crop situation, the
report stated that rain did much
damage to unharvested crops in the
south and in the southern pon 'ca of
Eome of the central states, reducing
the yield and impairing quality.
Winter wheat acreage will be mater
ially reduced this fall, the report
said, as the farmers believed winter
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Several CriminaL Cases to be
Investigated Before Ad
journment Investigation of rural dance halls
located mear Salem it is expected
vill be taken up by the Marion
county grand jury. Because of nu
merous complaints received by the
authorities three dance halls are to
undergo the ' scrutiny of the Jury.
These are the Auburn hall. Query's
hail near Livesley station and a
dance ha5l near Cheniawa.
.i . ?.,.. ..it mn Pu inuvii
jection is found to the manner in
which the Jialls are conducted as lo
the conduct of young persons in go
ing to and returning frm the places
of amiiFcnirnt. According to Dis
trict Attorney Oehlhar this is a
gnrce of many caes receiving the
attention of the juvenile court. No
direct charges have been made, the
jury making the investigation upon
instruction from the court. There
is no law against operation of the
dance halls and it is not probable
that indictments will follow the In
vestigation. The jury's attention yesterday.vwas
directed to testimony furnished by
J. A. Anderson, former gardner at
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WRITER'S GOOD HUMOR DOESN'T FREEZE WITH
THE ROOSTER'S COMB AT HER QUINABY HOME
Dear Statesman Folks: I am
sorry that I must begin every
letter with an apology and end
with a promise rwhich I don't
keep very well. . I understand
perfectly that I should send
items promptly and frequently,
but I am really ill .and I de
spise to write, and it is only
that I am looking forward to a
nice funeral notice at your
hands, that I gird up my loins
and grind out these feeble
minded mutterings of no great
interest to anybody.
In the items I liave tried not
to say anything very pessimistic
about the storm's damage, ow
ing to the fact that the papers
will go out broadcast and do
harm to our future growth' and
development. But as one pri
vate Individual to another let
me assnre you that we had a
perfectly DAMNED time of it. It
found us with only a handful of
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AERIAL BOMB KILLS ONE
FALL CAUSES EXPLOSION
ONE MAN LOSES EARS
HAVRE DK GRACE, Maryland.
Dec. 30. One man was killed and
two were hurt today when an aer
ial bomb exploded at the Aberdeen
proving grounds. The dead man is
Klbert Fallon. Henry Campbell
had his ear drums ruptured but
will ' recover. Fallon's leg and
arm were blown off. The men, it
is said, dropped the bomb hile
they were carrying it.
WOOD ALCOHOL
DEATH ROSTER
IS AUGMENTED
Three Women and Man Found
Dearj in Room in Phila
delphia EMBALMING FLUID SOLD
New Jersey Victim Totally
Blind Four Others Dan
gerously 111
PAISSAIC. N. J.. Dec. 20. Wood
alcohol's toll in Passaic today is six
men dead .one totally blind , who
probably will die, and four others
dangerously ill.
FOI R FOUND IK.D IV
KOOM IX PHILADF.I.PIIIA
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30. Three
women and a man were found in one
room of a rooming house tonight
dead from alcoholic poisoning. Two
other deaths were reported.
EMBALMING FLUID IS
liATKST WHISKY srBSTITlTE
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. SO. Em
balming fluid, wood alcohol and de
antured alcohol hare been sold as
whisky here, according to Justus li.
Wardell. collector of internal reYe
nue, and already one death may havo
resulted from the drinking of the
poisonous liquor.
TWO HKLI IN C'HICOI'F.E
I XDEU $10,000 ILIIL RtCII
CHICOPEE. Mass.. Dec. 30. Sam
Darling and Max Saunders. Hartford
truckmen, were arrested by Marshal
Alfred T. Caron. of the Chicopee po
lice tonight on charges of manslaugh
ter, growing out or tne large number
of deaths in the Connecticut valley
as a result of drinking whisky con
taining wood alcohol. They were
held under $10,000 bond eacn.
SIX ARRESTED IX XEW
HA VEX; DEATH LIST 1
.M.w iiAVfc.-s. lkc. 30. six ar
rests in connection with the sale or
manufacture of liquor were made to
day. No additional deaths were re
ported, the list remaining at 16 in
the ' state.
Klamath Falls Woman Is
Brought to State Prison
Mrs. Minnie Nicholson -of Klani-
I ath Falls was brought to the stale
penitentiary yesterday In serve
sentence of one year for assault, with
aanPrnI1!l h
victed for shooting and wonnding
veterinary sureeon. The sheriff A'ho
brought Mrs. Nicholson t the prison
said he had known her all of his life,
that her conduct has always been
exemplary and that he believes her
to lie mentally unbalanced.
Pershing Made Member of
Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
CHICAGO. Dec. HO General
I'ert-hing was eleeti d an honorary
member of the IMii Alpha Ielta fra
ternity today. Aus'ist A. Hemline
of Cincinnati, was elected iupreinp
justice.
wood and we had lo dig rails
o-it of two feet of snow and
break them up and were just
ready to bejtin on the furniture.
It took me three days to dig
a path to the barn, and I had
to put the blankets from my bed
on the cow to keep her from
freezing to death, and all night
long I held my canary bird in
my hands to keep life in its lit
tle body. Apples, potatoes, bot
tled fruit, the rooster's comb
aud the house plants passed
away. My 73-year-old mother
and myself &c raped the snow
off of our roof. And now. after
such an experience, we come
forth like a pair of ancient and
withered mummies, stiff in our
joints and low in our spirits.
Is my excuse sufficient this
time? I know you are all In
the throes of the New Year Edi
tion. Sympathy and congratu
lation. Hail! and farewell, sin
cerely, ' Ella McMunn.
BARLEYCORN
TO MAKE ONE
NIGHT STAND
New York Friends of Poor Old
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John to Pass Around Bottle
and All Take Drink to Greet
New Year Is Plan
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SLEUTHS WATCH FOR
HAIR TONIC VENDORS
White Way To Be Camou
flaged AH Pretty and Scar
let Is Outlook
NEW YORK, Dec
30. Two sorei
fcd?ral agents were dif patched to
night on a hunt through greater New
York and the other sections or in
ternal revenue district for poison li
quor. Manufacturers of perfumes,
balr ionics, flarorins 'extracts and
furniture polish were investigated on
a wholesale basis to "nail down"
non-beverase alcohol. In an effort to
prevent recurrence of Christmas wood ;
alcohol tragedies.
Hotel and restaurant men tonight
predicted the biggest New Year's eve;
celebration ever witnessed and "prl-j
vate stcck" whisky, brandy, rum and j
iue ui-ui were aunuuucea as wei-i
comers for 1920 despite the dry law
and its enforcement. High prices
were be ins paid for tables along the
Great White Way. and prospective
celebrators defiantly have declared
that John Barleycorn is to be their
guest "once more.'
Mpre deaths were reported here
and throughout the country today,
although in far less number than the
day after Christmas.
Louis Dl Vito. Joseph GiuseppI and
Vitele Cello, arrested last night when
officers discovered 1.500 gallons of
wines on their premises, were ar
raigned today charged with violation
of the war-time prohibition act and
held in $500 bail each for hearings
January 7.
THREE EXHAUSTED, HALF-FROZEN
SAILORS RESCUED FROM WRECK
Trio Clings to Wave-Battered
Hull Comrades Dashed
to Bits
ST. JOHNS." N. F.. Dec. 3.Thre3
exhausted and half frozen men. ole
survivors of the crew of 29 of the
Itelgian steamer Anton Van Driel
were brought her today on the
steamer Ingraham.
For two days and two nights the
three men had clung to the wreck of
their steamer as it lay on the jngged
rocks that barred the entrance to 5.
Mary's bay.
IIe-ne IVribui
The rescue was accomplished by
t! Ingraham acr. inst . tremendous
odds. The " spot where the Anton
Van Driel was wrecked is regarded
by sailors as inaccessible t-j any
craft except in the calmest weather
sml the great storm which brought
doni to tiie llclstan ship was rti'l
raging when the Ingrahata arrived.
It was only after hours of efforts
and the imminent peril of their lives
that the men of the Incraham
brought the survivors to safely.
l.ifelMiatK r-refced
ShorUy after the Anion Van Driel
va hurled on the rcks on Sunday
evening, th? lifeltoats were swept
away and dashed to pieces againt
the cliffs. Four men had preferred
to stick to the wreck and a firtb'
was swept back to the deck of the
steamer after the lifeboat in whirh
he had embarked was smashed.
The remaining sailors were i
drowned.
FKherfidk WjUcIi Struggle
Throughout Saturdav night and
Sundav the fie clung. desperately to
the bridge of the wreck. Overbad
the fisher Tolk on the mainland
watched their battle Tor life frjm
the tops of the cliffs, powerles-i to
aid. On Monday two or the surviv
ors lost consciousness and were
swept to their deaths.
Sections of Montana Are
- - m aaa
itv'Twi t tw a r
. Ji Mn .V. in ih
tral and eastern Montana , are Ir i th
palh rf a cold ware that is rapidU
swrening oown from Canada, accord
I ins to a special warning Issued to-
night by the weather bureau.
The pred'etii.n for the central tor
tion is that the temperature will drop
40 derrees or nrre In the next 3
hours, making zero weather or low
er by Wednesday evening or Thur
dav morning.
A low pressure area over Alrta
I is said to be the cause of the stonn.
in Path of New Cold Wave:'" ,ao y
There was a heavy snow thPj lo-
day.
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who U expected to be
one of the strongest factors
against Oregon in the big
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MULTNOMAH TAX
LEVY 5 MILLS
A..M.or. QV Low Amonnt
A0rS,ayS LOW AHlOUni
Will Suffice If Taxpayers
Are Careful
PORTLAND. Dee. 30. A tax levy
of approximately five mliU will be
sufficient to run Multnomah county
for the coming year. If Interested tax
payers at the annual budget meeting
tomorrow do not boost appropriations
Of $2,493,910.94 estimated to be nec
essary to carry on the county admin
istration during 1920. It will be nec
essary only to raise $1.(07,818.14 by
direct taxation, which can be done,
figures County Assessor Reed by a
five mill levy. .
LOVE LETTER IS WILL
ARTIST DIES IN FRANCE
SWEETHEART GETS ALL
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 30. A
love letter written by Harry F.
Heine, a San Francisco artist, to
Miss Carmelita F. Cadogaa. his fi
ancee, two weeks before he fell in
action In France, was admitted to
probite as a holograph will here
today. In the letter Heine ex
pressed the wish that all' he owned
go to Mi?s Cadogan.
Thomas O'Hara, One Time
Judge. Dies Ot Age of 63
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CHICAGO. Dee. 30. Former
Judge Thomas O'Hara.' who dnriug
the second administration of Prerl
dent Cleveland was the president
pers-or.al representative to Central
America, to smooth out the diffienl-
i ties Itetween the Cnlted Stales and
Croat Itiitatn over the mo;i:tto
coast of Nicaragua, died today ared
63 years.
TWO TEAMS TO END ALL TRAINING
TODAY FOR BIG GAME NEW YEARS; .
BOTH COACHES ANNOUNCE LINEUPS
Thermometer Drops Giving More Homelike Temperature
for Both Squads Players to he Feted at Ball Whatever
Outcome May Be
PASADENA. Cal D-c.. :. !Ur
I ft m S . . 1
tea ncavy training, one ugai scr.pi
ima" tomorrow and then no iortbut the thermometer registered a
,ootbn for th Crimson plajers n-;,nbt f,n frora th unusually high
t Kkfew Gw)r varaMI' wut.tle mrks ot the past few days, giving
fv- v..,'.j .n.it rh .irn.l f- . .k. k.v ..
- j,he omnj. o( lh tournament
,ca, Oregon.
Two stiff work-outs morning
afternoon, were held follow ing.w nico
head Coch Kohert Flher arnoancet
that his men were fit and ready for
their task of overcoming the arrte
gation of husky OregonUns who will
represent the power of the west
aeainst the traditional strengta cf
the east.
Orrgn Finlhhrw TLy.
Oregon held one practice today.
M'NARY HAS
PEACE PACT
COMPROTM
Oregon Senator Confers With
Hitchcock, Democratic
Leader, on Various Meas
ures Toward Ratification
NEGOTIATIONS EPECTED
TO BECOME ACTIVE SOON
Much Hangs on Choice of
Leader of Democrats at
Caucus Jan. 5
WASHINGTON. Dee. 39. Peae
treaty compromise talk reached a
more formal stage today when Senat
or McNary of Oregon, a leader of the
mild reservatlonlit Republicans dis
cussed various compromise so gx ra
tions with Senator Hitchcock., acting
Democratic leader.
Afterward the senators seemed eon
fldent a middle ground coald be
found that would insure ratification
early In the year.
Xrwr Preamble Outlined.
Modification of the reservations
approved by the senate majority at
the last session, so that affirmative
acceptance by the other powers
would not be required Is understood
to have been the principal subject
considered. A new preamble which
would declare the reservations effec
tive, unless other nations objected
within a limited time, is said to have
been outlined, each senator Indicat
ing that he might accept IL
The reservations la the majority
program dealing with article 10,
Shantung, and voting power la the
league of nations. It was said, also
were discussed.
Senator Hitchcock also saw a num
ber of other senators and Senator
Swanson ot Virginia, a Democrat ot
the foreign relation committee. w
present during a part of the talk
with Senator McNary. -Later Mr.
MfNsry conferred with several Re
publicans. XerotiatloM Grow Active.
The compromise negotiations are
expected to become more active 'as
senators return late this week for the
reconvening of congress Monday. In
some quarters, however, it is believed
that definite action mar be postponed
(until after the Democratic senate
raurauses on January 5. which will
decide the contest between Senator
Hitchcock and Senator Underwood ot
Alabama for the Democratic leader
ship. BIG GAME TO BE
ANNOUNCED HERE
Oregon Students Arrange
Special Service Armory
Is Secured
Salem football fsns will have the
opportunity of hearing the big game
I at rasadena New Year betweea Ore
gon and Harvard announced play by
plsy. as result of aa arrangement
made yesterday by a group of Oregon
(nlnti lin ir In Rslerai foe f ha
! holiday vacation. The students have
I secured the armory and a special ser
vice of the .Westers Unlos and will
announce every play of each player
us fast as made.
Inasmuch aa the game Is played on
the coast there will be no difference
in time to be com ted as has bee, the
case in eastern game. The play
trtll be announced io. Salem wlthla
a few seconds of the time they are
- Another Uht workout Is schedule
I ll 1 DTT1 III III
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w after which It too will
off training.
- : The mel, her today continued warm
of I New Years' day would more nearly
i-pproach the winter to which vota
nd iirf accustomed.
Whatever the outcome f th game
the players are la for a big tim. New
Year's nlfht. Annouaceraeat was
made that the two squads will be
honor guests at a banquet and .ball
to be Uvea by the wives and daugh
ters of members of the Toarname&t
ot Rose Association and so re to be
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