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Old: You Know That- Salem -. is .- the', Pear-Oity of the World by Divine RigM?: SMim 4 TWO SECTlbHS 10 Pagej FIRST SECTION 6 PAGES glXTV-M XTM YEAR halkm, oiu-:ox.iTULTiisi,yV morning, January k. inao. mm RAILWAY MEN fSEKS RELIEF VITHIN BODY Trclhcrhoods and Shopmen to Jry Co-operative Baying, Production and Distribu tion to lwerExpen DEIAND FOR INCREASE NOT TO BE PRESSED Representative of Big Unions Get First Hand Information on H.CL Campaign AREKEPTOUT BYASSEMBLY WASHINGTON, Jan. .Failing to obtain satisfactory reiieMrom the high cost of living, either through further wage advances by the rail road administration, or from the anti-profiteering campaign of the de- i lartment of justice, officials of th four big railway brotherhoods and the railroad shop Nrrarts affiliated vita the American Federation of Lar bor have decided to seek solution . for themselves through: cooperative buying, production and distribution. This was construed in some quarters a Indicating demands for further wage increases Would not be pressed pending the outcome of the experi ment. ; ; - ' r ' Scheme Xot Yet - Completed Details of the cooperative scheme hare not yet; been - completed. - but plans have been under consideration since the farmer-labor conference at Chicago in 'November.; The forma tion of tha All-American farmer-la-tor cooperative commission, an out trowth of the "conference,' was an tiunced today at Its offices. .. $ Warren Z. Stone, grand chief of t':e Brotherhood of Locomotive En ; seers and one of the organizers of t e Chicago meeting, - is general t easurer of -the cooperative commi3 s on and other officials of the rail way employes organisations are (Of fers of the commission. Representative Me.t Figg Representatives' of the four big brotherhoods conferred," today with Ilowatd Figg, special assistant to the aitorney general in charge of , th campaign against the high cost of living. v ; ' After the meeting, Mr. '.Figg said brotherhood ' representatives , had corns to obtain first hand lriforma tioa regarding results achieved by the department of Justice and had in formed him that their organisations planned to solve their own problems of living coets through cooperative methods. . 1 IncrcNHQ Not Solution. Indications that pressure Trom tiilway workers for Increased wages ; ignt be lessened, was seen in , a t atement by Bert M. Jewell, acting resident of the railway department ' f the American Federation cf Labor sLat "an Increase in pay wM not f -lTt the problem. Jewell asserted -at higher wages accompanied by a I'oportlonate Increase in prices re mits in a "vicious circle" which ! ates the railroad man no better of rtef the increase in prices than he a with the smaller salary. TEACHER Kttli SJj SOCIALISTS BODY FOUND ON BED ' ' ROSEBURG, Or.. Jan. 7 Death from the accidental discharge of a gun in her own hands." was the verdict of a coroner's jury here to day which had investigated the death of Miss Edith Pitts, a school teacher, who was found lying dead on her bed at her boarding place last Monday. A small caliber rifle lay near the body when it was found, and it was apparent, the coroner's jurors declared .that the young woman had shot herself while endeavoring to load the gun. , Miss Pitts' home was at Seattle. SCHTOLK28 GAMES FOR COAST No Baseball in Portland or Se attle Until Third Week Is Agreed Quintet Denied Seat. When 1920 Session Convenes Resolution Questioning Loy alty to Oaths Passes BLASTING KILLS FARMER1 PAUrniaTflI I? 1MT ORGANIZES TO I EX-SLAVE 115 YEARS OLD SON DISCOVERS PODY ST. HELENS IS SCENE ST. HELENS. Or.. Jan. 7. A. Almroth, a farmer about 50 years old living on Bachelor flats, three miles west of here", was found dead yesterday by his ten year old son in a field near the house, the body mutilated nearly beyond recogni tion as the result of a powder ex plosion. Almroth was killed while blasting out tree stumps. REVOLUTIONARY PLEDGE CITED IN REJECTION Speaker o! New York Lower House Berates Group for Affiliation ALB. AW, N. Y Jan. 7. Five so-j eiahst member of th aasamhtv- n'j the New York legislature were i I SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. .7. A ZKll " "V M-f - V:" i nied hr seats at the lower branch's il&nrt,or Seattle until the third week opmin of the 1920 session today. was agreed upon tonight by the di-j it'iDfu ui me raciiic coasi Daseuaii league. Salt Lake had opposed opening the season on its own diamond as early as April .6, on account of wet grounds, while Judge W, w- Ic" Credie " of Portland and AVJlliam Klepper ' of Seattle1 withdrew from the afternoon meeting with the dec laration that they would resign from the league of games' were tot be playedMn 'their" cities on that datei but a compromise tonight on the-1 part of i Salt Lake settled all differ ences. 1 ' i-':.; . TACOMA YOUTHS LOOT ANDBURN "JUST FOR FUN" J f '- Boys Tell of Robbing Postof fice, Stores, and Houses When Caught FOUR ARE IMPLICATED u BANISH REDS Complete Co-ordination of All Agencies to Capture and Deport Radicals Is Effected by Departments MAMMY" TO 52xWHITES "STARS" OF 1833 SEEN CONGRESS AWAKENED TO NEED OF MORE POWER Martens "Soviet Ambassa dor" Sought on Order for Deportation LOS ANGELES. Jan. 7. Anna Prater, colored, was officially list ed as 115 years old by federal cen sus enumerators here today. She told a census taker she was 29 years old "when the stars fell" referring to a meterological phe nomenon in 1833. She was born in Sooth Carolina. she said; was sold 15 times as a slave; acted as "mammy" to 52 white children, while her three own offsprings died; and ran away from three masters to be recap tured each time. : 4 RACES FOR COUNTY JOBS IS PROSPECT Carson and Day Oct for Dis trict Attorney-Bower, Var ney and Todd, for Sheriff Rigdon Seeks Coronership 1 FIVE PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN N.Y. Allegation in Wood Alcohol .... .. ..... Jr- t.v .... , cases is Lonspiracy to ue r ; feat Dry Law NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Fie more of twenty-three indicted yesterday In connection with the manufacture and distribution of wood alcohol "whis ky which spread death and illnlss In Connecticut at Christmas time pleaded not guilty in federal court today . to . charges of conspiracy ' to defeat the war-time prohibition law Residence Set Afire for Sport Says Young Culprit to Attorney TACOMA. Wash., an 7. How four youths, between 15 and 18 years of age, burglarized twenty houses, several' stores, the. Ruslon. Wash.. postofflce and burned two houses within the past two months, commit ting all the crimes "just for fun" was described in detail today by two of the youths tat Prosecuting Attor ney Vi I. Askren. Andrew Hansen, 18, andoeLinlk, 17, who admit the leadership, are be ing held in the county Jail' and the smaller boys are at the; county de tention home. The art;c:es " were cached In th.j woods surrounding Tacomaa. the headquarters of the boys being in a hut in the forest where they had a phonograph, food and 'other com forts, all stolen. ' ,Whfle Rosa Petrie. the owner, lis ten end to the talc, the older boys de scribed flow they had tttrned Pet e's su mem r home. "We climbed inside and set fire to the curtains with a match." said one of them. "Wr thonght it would be fun to frerj'It burn." Definite charges have been with held until deputy sheriffs have. com pleted unearthing all the caches and assemblng the loot. EXPECTED BANK DECLINE COMES ifAVAL AWARD LIST REVISED Resources and . Deposits . in Portland Vaults Less Than on November 17 PORTLAND. Jan. T. Analysis of the5 condition of Portland-banks at the close of last year for "which a call was made today. Indicates -that the period when bank deposits and resources would decline has arrived Compared with the previous report ing date. November 17. there is a shrinkage ok $3,201,387 in depos its and $2,213,933 in resources al though the comparison with the end of December a year ago shows large increases in both deposit and total resources-of local banks. A resolution questioning whether they could be loyal to their oaths of offk-e when bound to act subject to instructions of the socialist party. was quickly passed, 140 to 6 after Speaker Sweet, with dramatic sud denness, ordered the sergeant at arms to bring the. socialist members before the bar of the house. The socialists. August Classens, Louis Waldman. Samuel A. Dewitt, Samuel Orr and Charles Solomon, were ush ered before the speaker's desk in the pit of the house. !. Speaker I Jet-ate Qutntet You are seeking seats in this body you who have been elected on a platform that is absolutely Inimical to the best interests of the state of New York, and or the United States," the speaker said. "That platform! is the -doctrine' o' the socialist party. It is not truly a political party, but is a membership organization admitting "within its ranks aliens, enemy aliens and min ors." ' Quoting from the section of the constitution of. the socialist party that requires all members to be guided. in all their political action, by the constitution and platform of the party, the speaker said: "It-is interesting to note thati Ludwjg C. A. K. Martens, self- styled soviet "" ambassador, became a member of the socialist parly upon his entry into this country and tool part in its deliberations. It is there for quite evident that you, in spite of your oath of office, are bound to act subject to instructions received from an executive committee, which cT aliens or alien enemies, holding 1 rOHianQ fOIlCe OaVS OimmS IS allegiance to give this or organlza- fLJ, MJ DkkJ 5r,v tions whose Interests may be diamet- iojiv wiu iwuuvU r'cally oT-posed to the best Interests J kane Bank of the United States." I Revolutionary Plwlg Cited JklARYSVILLE. Cal.. Jan. 7. Hdr The preamble of the resolution de-1 old and Tom Simms. charged with nytng the socialists admission to the floor sets forth that the August con- BOYS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE .. W. C. T. U. Plans Welfare Wnrh Amonv Service Men -gmmittce Appointed :to san .fra ncisco. Jan. 7 pian s 1 : . ' r - JTor social welfare work among sau- inVeStlgate UeCOratlOnS ors and soldiers were outlined today C C.M:1. at a meeting of the state executive rOroerVlCeS; ;. committee ot the W. C. T U. by Miss Rebesca Rhoades of Pennsyt- vention of the socialist party in Chi cago declared adherence and solidar ity with ths revolutionary party of soviet Russia, and pledged its mera lers to the furtherance of the inter national social revolution; but such adherence , and declaration the so cialist 'party has Indorsed the prin ciples of the communist Internation ale at Moscow, which is pledged to the forcible and violent overthrow of all existing organized govern-1 thot ments and .that under the constitu-1 tion of the socialist party or Amen-1 ca,. a member may be expelled or tuspended from his party "for fail leg or refurine, wben elected to pub lic office in to carry out such instructions as he may have received rom the party organiza tion." - the murder of William Mitcbel. a negro boot r ack here December 22. were hed to answer to the superior court txlay. without bail. Harold Simms. who mthe Port land. Ore!, police said they know as Chester Clark, has confessed to the crbbery of the Union Park bank, in Snokaae. December 12. the author ities claim. Roth men are salad to edmlt holding up William Sigett, a rent car driver, and taking the au tomobile, bhortly after Mitchell was t WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Coincl f'nt withe the appointment today by Chairman Page of the senate naval committee of a sub-committee to in vestigate the navafl decoration contro versy, Secretary Daniels transmitted t9 Senator Page a complete list of u If fleers an denllsted men consid ered byuhe navy's board of awards for service decorations as recommend d by commanding officers. The -list transmitted . by, Secretary Btniels comprised more than S 500 names and the. charts accompanying it tell a graphie story ot the fate o! ch recommendation as it passed through the hands of the.board and Unally was acted on by the secre tary. . , vania, national superintendent of so cial welfare work of th orgaalza tion. . . . 1 ', A raport was made on the regional conference of W. C. T. U organl- tatfons in California. Oregon. Wash ington. Montana. Idaho. Nevada Utah ana Arizona to be held at san Francisco February 18 and 1 J. Von Brincken Arrested on Conspiracy Charge, May Go TACOMA. Jan 7 U'llh! lirtvffcken, convicted In San Fran cisco In 1917 on a charcr of enn- Pi racy, today filed his lond to ap pear tn San Franoisco to face de l"'u proceedings, if was an nounced by : the Immigration office nern. . :. t . . . von ertneken will 1ms releawd i rom wcNeil Island penitentiary Fri MYBa'th bond was Isswed, it wa? 'iu, Bwauw on Rrlhcken asked thai i ugni tje released to settle var hjus nusmess affairs brought about .v nig wire's divorce a:tlon. . Bill Proposes Aid for Farmers Hit by Drought WASHINGTON." Jan 7 Senator Myers, democrat of Montana, intro duced today a bill appropriating 14. 000,000 toffee loaned to farmers in drought stricken sections of the Uni ted States for the purchase of seeds. COUGARS INVADE FARMING AREA WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Com plete co-ordination of all governmen tal agencies, together with an awak ened congress tonight had given the campaign to rid the nation of -radicals a broader aspect. - While Assist ant Attorney General Garvan's force continued its raids, including a search for L. C. A. K. Martens, self- styled envoy of . the Russian soviet government, there wa evidence of new activity in all other departments of the government.' ' Congress received a bill Introduced by Representative Johnson,' Republi can, Washington, which would make every government employe an agent for ferreting out undesirables, each clerk would be given the duty of re' porting any information concerning alien activities to the department of justice and the immigration author ities. Rill Hum Two Une Representative Johnson said the bill 'would have the double purpose of ridding governmen: departments of persons described as "trouble breed ers" as well as providing a greater net work for the trapping of all dan gerous persons. - ' The treasury secret service, . with its wide, ramifications, was enlisted In running down persons for whom the immigration atfthorities have Is sue warrants. Customs officials al so have been ordered to report any information they may gather in the work of inspecting Imports, while the army and navy intelligence ser vice will cooperate both In the gath ering of evidence and searching out radicals. becretary iiaxer ordered the va cation of all buildings and other fa clllties used by the army at Ellis Is land In order to make room for the hundreds of aliens who are held there pending deportation proceed ings. The department of justice ha had to deal with a serious problem in' the detention of the radicals ar rested since last Friday as Ellis Is land already was overcrowded and an epidemic of measles was report ed among those held there. Martens Ordered Ietortwl During the day the department ol justice announced that a warrant had been ordered for the arrest and de portation of . "Russian Soviet Ambas-' sader" Martens. Tonight S. Nu'or teva. secretary to- the "ambassador" made -public a letter .to Attorney General Palmer, in which he assured Mr. Palmer any Information to the department of justice desired to transmit to Martens would be com municated to him. '..uorteva said Martens had established temporary headquarters in Washington, so Mar tens would be able to appear before a senate foreign relations sub-Committee when that body desired to have his testimony. Martens. Nuorteva wrote the at torney general, is not now "in hi? apartment in Washington, nor was he there when two department agents called last, night." "TIGER" SLATED FOR PRESIDENT Clemenceau Not Candidate But Will Accept Place Is Statement WEST.STEELHAIiILIER AND JONES, ASSESSOR LINEUP Other Countr Offices toibe Formality .of Re-election Says Gossip . " PARIS. Tuesday. Jan. (. The ex act words of rPemler Clemenceau Sunday on his return to Paris with regard to the presidency are thaMl ,irrf!nr a ftref. indh. lions. The three will be for the of Four rwal race,- of which two and possibly three will be three sided. will be the center of political later est in Marion coenty In the coming cam- quoted by Gustave Herve's newspa per Vlctorie: L have not declared myself a can didate but If I am borne to the pres idency ot the republic.! will accept' ? ' f , '. 1 . : FLEET LEAVES FOR MANEUVERS Big Battlers Start at Dawn come oat. for Guantanamo for Win ter Training - NORFOLK. Va.. Jan. 7. The At lantic fleet is assembled tonight off the Virginia capes ready- to start early tomorrow for the southern drill grounds at Gaantanamo.' Cuba, for the annual winter maneuvers - and target practice. VACCINATION ACT IS TO COME UP VIOLENT DEATHS ShW MARKED DECREASE IN MARION COUNTY SINCE PROHIBITION COMMENCED Statement of Coroner Clough , Shows Only One Inquest for 1919 as Compared to One to Two Per Month When Mate Was "Wet" V Violent deaths have decreased since prohibition became effec tive. In Marlon county, to less than one-fourth the number previous to that time according to a statement made yesterday by Coronor A. M. Clough. In 191 there was only one inquest and it was not an accidental death.' - ' " y:- 1 Mr. jClongh said that in the t6 years he has been coroner he has noted the. number of deaths duo di rectly or indirectly to intoxicants. Previous lo the time when the coun ty went dry. the number of Inquests a vet a zed from one to two a month a large portion of the number being due to alcboholics either directly or Indirectly. . The only Inqnest last year was that over the body of a patient at the state hospital who Was beaten by an attendant and subsequently died as result of pneumonia. Bill Compelling Treatment Drafted by City Attorney of Portland . PORTLAND. Jan. 7. The cltv attorney's office today . completed the draft of the Parrlsh acclnatlon bill, which Is to be Introduced at the special session of the state legisla ture which convenes next Monday,. The title given the measure Is A bill forn ail act prohibiting any child from attending any school in the state of Oregon .unless such child is vaccinated." Dr. Georgv Parrish. chief of the municipal bu reau cf health, is author of the mea sure, which is similar to provialons or me neaim coae in rorce in rnua delphia and some other cities. h said. TWO YOUTHS PLEAD TODAY Districts Near The Dalles Hire Hunters and Trappers To Meet Situation THE DALLES, Or.. Jan. 7. To check the Invasion of cougars which have been seen lately in the Eight Mile and Fifteen Mile districts, the Wasco county Livestock association at its meeting here today took meas ures to rid the section ot the animals. Hunters and trappers will be hired to kill the cougars. It was decided. Five Members of Forest Fire Patrol Aire Selected M1SSOUI.A, Mont.. Jan 7. FJyt members of the force of the first forest service district were named today as those selected for aircraft training in the school which con- evnes at iarcn ftca. can., reD ruary 15. The course will continue, for six weeks and will prepare the men to act as aerial observers in airplane patrol work. There will be 36 planes assigned to this district. Missoult being the main base for the work. Bolsheviki Take Taganrog from Don Cossacks, Report i LONDON. Jan. 7. The llolshevikl have occupied Taganrog, la ti terri tory of the Don CossacM on the north shore of the sea oPvAior. . Rail Traffic Tied up on Salt Lake to Ogden Track SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 7. Com plete tletip of railroad traffic be tween Salt Lake and Ogden together with heavy damage to property In Ogden. KaTBvllle find Farmlngton ha resulted from a high east wind that began Tuesday night. The Halt l.ake weather bureau predicts It wi!l Mibside but little befoer Thuradaay noon. Guilty" to be Answer to Charge of Second Degree, Murder of Policeman - SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. Floyd Leo McClure and William Chastatn. accused jointly of the murder of An ton Schoembs. San Francisco police detective, are to plead guilty to sec ond degree murder tomorrow, ac cording -to an announcement by de fense counsel here today . McClure's trial, which ended yes terday, ended in a disagreement . DEMOCRATS TO MAKE CAMPAIGN ISSUE OF PEACE TREATY LOOMS AS COMMTTEE PERFECTS' PLAN ficer or assessor, sheriff, district at torney and coroner. So far the , other offices are concerned, the elec tion will be a parade, rot sv'race. as gossip asserts that there will be no competition or other places. In the district aitorney contest. In which laterest is already at a klgh pitch, are John H. Carson, and Robin D. Day. It is understood that Mat If.' Gehlhar. Incumbent, who wss mentioned earlier In the season as a candidate for re-election, will not v j ui urn. mt. v.iwd ub m r. urn are both young attorneys of Salem, and both have been la the 'service la the arsny. Mr. Carson la the eld est aoa of the late Joha A. Carson. well known lawyer of the Pacific northwest, and former state tenitor. , Three "Oat for ' Sheriff.-: . ' . Three candidates are la the flail . for election as sheriff. They are Deputy Sheriff Oscar D. Bower. Chief . of Police - Percy 3h Varncy. both of Salem, and Groer I. Todd ot , Vkxxlbttrn) v air. Bower tias been chief deputy In the sheriffs office daring the incumbency of Sheriff Need ham and was second deputy tor several years before that tlme..Chier Varaey has been In the police work In 8alem for the pa&jt six years, bar -ing worked his way ap to his pres ent position from motorcycle pairol- man.-, lie aerved meanwhile a, term as constable, afterward going back to- the police force when elected chief. .Mr. Todd was chief of po lice of Wood burn for several years until entering the service ia 117 as captala of Company I. l2d Infantry, which served In France. .fMor IUre Three-Sided 1 ' A three sided race will be raft for the office of assessor. The contest ants are Ben F. West, incumbent. Oscar Steel hammer, and J. F. Jones, all of Salem. Sir. West la Bow serv ing . nis second term s assessor. -which Is a four-year office. Mr. Bteelhammer was formerly a depu ty la the erf Ice of Assessor Wat but during the war went Is tot gov ernment employ in the ' shipyards. Since returning to Salem he has been secretary of the Baslaese Ilea's league. Mr. Jonea Is a district aeaJer In the of rice of) the state deputy seal- . er of weights and measures. He has taken an active part la county politics in past campaigns. . Corower Gnatet Vw"ertaia As a candidate for election as cor oner. Uoyi t. Rlgdoa or SaJem Is ia the running. A. M. Clough, la rum bent, has not committed him self to run or to go out of orTlce with, the expiration of bis present term. He baa held the office a to I&I o years. Mr. Cloaga Is the renlor member of the rnderUkia firm of Webb ft Clough. lit. Rig don Is Junior member of W. T. Rig don company, undertakers. . He served In the army daring, the lto war. - Olher OffWe Xot Coatea4e4 In the remalner of the county of fices there will.be no competlUotT and the re-electloa of the laenmbeats will be nothing more than , a for mailt v. according to the outlook at present. The oKice In which terms expfre are thone of county clerk. now held by I . O. Beyer; county treasurer, held by D. G. Drager: county recorder, held by. Mrs. Mil dred Robertrtsn Brooks: rounty school superintendent, held by .W. M. Smith; county surveyor, held by R. B. Herrick and one ronety com mlMtlonrr. held by J. T. HaaU It I-. anterstcod all axe candidates ta succeed themselves. Chairman Cummins Makes Prediction Resolution Will Be Adopted at National Conve ntion of Party President's Message to Banquet Still M ystery WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. The .the treaty gut an additioral tnipetu peace treaty as a campatKO Issue, when It became known that tomor- laoTiiea' conspicuously on tne politi cal horlxon todc? as decioi-ratic lead- nit-eline of the deiuorratic national rvomJiilttee. .linld preliminary plans for' the pretidential contest. Already overshadowii.u the fight for the -national, convention which apparently has narrowed to Kansas City and baa Francisco, discussion, of row the committee woul.l t aakea by its officers to formally put Itself sq ii a rely behini President Wilson in his stand on the treaty cmtroremey. ('wiiwIid lreltrt' Aihiloa A resolution making such a dec laration a prepared fr p recent a tion and Chairman dimming pra- ( Continued on page 4) Thousand Delegates Attend Washington State Chamber YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 7 One thousand persons. Including "'repre-M-ntatlve from all parts of tb sUte la attendance here of the annual winter meeting of the state cham ber of commerce, took part tonight. In. the annual home products dinner of the Yakima eotnmertii! riots. The Tunetioa was given la the Yaki ma armory- K. IX Rovlg waa'toaat m aster and responses werr made by Fdward B. King. . Tacomg; Mrs. Clare Ketchura Tripp. Seattle and W. J. liiadleyt SpoUfie, , 4