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Til Statesman receives Ui leased wire report or the A- aoelaUd Press, the greatest and moit reliable' press as sociation la the world. " r y , . y r 7 . KUTy.MVTII ypn ! i m WORLD COURT TO FORM IN MGLANDSOON League of Nations Council to Hold First Real Business Meeting to Make Plans for International Tribunal EUHU ROOT CHOSEN V AS MEMBER OF BOARD Abilities of 'American Jurist . Lauder by Europe -Situation Is Puzzle WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 The ec ' ond. meeting of the council of the league of nations which in reality will be the first actual business meet ing, will be held in London probably ; February 10, according to advices ; receiTed here today. At this meet-j ' ing the council plans to enter upon : consideration of one of the most 1m r portant subjects with which it has; been charged under the treaty of . peace, namely, the constitution of . the permanent court of international . Justice. The first meeting of the , council held In Paris January 16: ; confined itself to matters of organl- tation necessary to meet contingen cies that had arisen under the treaty such as the appointment ot the Saar Ttlley boundary commission, which r bad to be named within 15 days aft- er the ratification of he treaty. : America Originates Idea. ; It is learned that the launching of the permanent court of interna tional justice has been decided u'p- on after great hesitation, becavs this 'was one ot the features of the peace program In which the United States had taken the gteatest inter est. In tact having originated the project as one of the best means of preventing wars by resort to judicial processes. It was to bare been con sidered as the first meeting of the council' but was postponed in order to afford opportunity for the Amer ican senate to act on the peace treaty and for this nation to be .position to participate in the organization of . the court. The United States, it was pointed out in the council's meeting, had glren this plan of settlement of International disputes Its original impetus at the first and second Hague conferences an dalso at the London prize court conference. Plan JCot explicated. .The couneil. it Is now learned, has finally decided to go ahead with the , plans already made by the secretar iat of the league for launching the ' court. While these plans are not un derstood to be at all detailed, it is known that they contemplate the Ip- , proval by the. council of an organiz ing committee of seven or eight of the most eminent jurists in the world to amplify the whole structure of the court. The choices hare been made with a view to finding men not only familiar with the evolution of the learue itself, but also . representa ' Uve of the different legal systems of the world in Order to assure that the court may.: be acceptable and avail able to all nations. - Itoot KUted for Seat. EUhu Root, former secretary of state of the United States, is known to have been selected as, the Ameri can member of the commission but it is not yet certain that the council will feel free to offer nim the actual appointment In advance of America's ' (Continued o- Pare - I- B oys9 For rfi 6 i 300 Wire Men of Postal Strike in Seattle Area SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 27. Ap proximately 300 electricians em Played by the Postal Telegraph com pany In the Seattle district, compri ing western Washington, went on strike today in accordance with in structions received Monday afte--aoon. officials of local No. 77 of th International Brotherhood of Ele trical Workers announced tonight. The strike does not affect telegraph operators or office workers," it was said. WILLAMETTE TO MEET OREGON Game Here Thursday and at Eugene Saturday Third Pair in Conference i Willamette plays University of Oregon in a basketball game at thi Salem armory Thursday night. The return game will be played in Eu gene on Saturday night. This will be the third conference team tha Willamette has met. 96 ARE VICTIMS OF INFLUENZA Chicago Death Toll Highest of Winter But New Cases Decrease . ' CHICAGO. Jan. 27. Deaths from influenza and pneumonia today es tablished a new high mark this win ter, but new cases reported showed a decrease ; from yesterday's total. Deaths frpm influenza, for the last 24 hours numbered 96, pneumonia caused 91 deaths. There were 1,378 cases of influenza reported today and pneumonia cases totalled 360. OREGON HAS 666 CASES OF "FLU" Jefferson, Baker Jackson, Linn and Wallowa Coun- " ties Report Malady " PORTLAND, Jan. 27. A total of 666 cases of Influenza have been reported- to 'the state health bureau. Jefferson, Baker, Jackson, Linn and Wallowa counties ' being the latest districts invaded bv the 'disease. In Portland the situation remains1 unalarming.15 cases of Influenza be-1 lng reported to the 'bureau today. BOY SLEEPS 20 DAYS THEN DIES i ,, i Westley Garrison, 11, Klam ath Falls Victim of Sleep ing Sickness KLAMATH PALLS. Or.. Jan. 27. The first death from sleeping sick ness in this county was reported to day when Westley Garrison, aged 11, died without awakening after being I asleep for 20 days. The boy was the son of a rancher near Merrill. K n i cker bocker s Boys 6 to 16 years At 90c to $2.65 There are about 200 pairs of these pants for boys to romp in. These are plain, light and dark striped mixtures in plentiful variety. Also Corduroys of excellent quality. The quantity is a little shy in some sixes, therefore, don'tdeiay if you want a few extras at prices of bygone days, and Be Forwarned : It's About Marble Time! I l " ' " III ' N .11 ! --I I .1 I I II 1 II II- N III - - . . . " PEACE PACT CONFERENCE IS REVIVED Negotiations Given 48-Hour Lease of Life But Leaders Pessimistic Over Outcome of Meeting on Thursday MONROE DOCTRINE AND ARTICLE 10 OBSTACLES Tentative Agreement Reach ed on All But Two Fea tures of Treaty WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Peace treaty compromise negotiations, hov ering on the verge of dissolution, were piven today a new 48-hour lease of life. But there was nothing In the development which changed the pessimistic view ot the senate leaders as to the final outcome. The Democrats, replying to the Republican refusal to compromise on article ten and the Monroe doc trine, charged at a stormy session of the bi-partisan compromise con ference that Republican leaders had suddenly changed front after most of the conferees had consented to an article ten compromise In definite form. To this the Republicans op posed a categorical denial, declaring no one at all had agreed to the pro posed compromise draft. Meet Thursday Agreement. After two hours of wrangling, dur ing which the Democrats threatened to transfer the whole subject to the open senate, the conference agreed to meet again Thursday in another effort to bring the negotiations to .a successful conclusion. Numerous private conferences on both sides followed, with the lead ers feeling out sentiment carefully as they approached the' final show down that may come Thursday. In some quarters it was believed that in the interval President Wilson would take a hand to stiffen the re sistance of the Democrats but white house officials were silent and Sena tor Hitchcock declared he .was pro ceeding without knowledge of the president's views on the specific com promise reservations discussed in the conference. Immediate) Ratification Pleaded. During the day a plea for Imme diate ratification, either with, or without reservations, was presented to Senators Wadsworth and Calder of New York by a delegation from New York City headed by William Church Osborne and representing the League to Eniorce Peace, the League Of Nations -association, the New York Federation of. Churches and Daughters of the American Revolu tion. Spokesmen expressed the be lief that the time was ripe for com position ot differences over the treaty. The whole treaty negotiations, it was said by senate leaders, were hung up on article ten and the Mon roe , dictrlne, tentative agreement having been reached, on '. all other ooints of difference. Some of the Republican reservationists. it was de clared, had been accepted without change by the Democrats, while numerous-changes of wording had been made in others and two of them had been -rewritten entirely. Article lO 1 Obstacle. Differences over the Monroe Doc trine reservation also were said to be (Continued on Pare fi. Three Concrete Tenders Are Lost in Coast Gale ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 27. Three of the concrete water tenders which left here last Thursday lor San Francis co in tow of the army tug Slocum were lost during the gale which has prevailed off the north Pacific coast but alltheir crews were saved. The fourth concrete ci?ft. Captain Doote came into port late today in tow of the Slocum and was moored at the port dock. WOULD WIPE OUT FISH AND GAME BOARD UTTERLY Clackamas County Fisher men's Union Comes Forward With Novel Scheme FISH CULTURIST PLAN Sheriffs Would Administer Laws and Counties Vote " on Open Seasons All existing fish and game stat utes would be wiped out and the state and fish and game commission done away with under a proposed constitutional amendment which ha been initiated by the Clackamas County Fishermen's union and filed with the secretary of state by Charles H. Gates and Antone Nateriin, pres ident and secretary respectively of the v.nion. 'ihe proposed amendment would make the sheriff of each county ad ministrator of the fish and game laws in his county and the people of each county would have the, privi lege of voting on open and closed seasons. County Courts to Appoint The proposed amendment would authorize the governor to appoint a fish culturist to hold office at the pleasure of the governor and 'have charge of all fish and game propa gation and distribution. His salary would be not to exceed $3000 a year and necessary expenses. County courts would be empowered to ap point officers to assist in enforcing the laws at salaries not to exceed $125 a month. Relative to the, powers of the county the bill sajfs: "Except aa to waters in regard to which a joint agreement exists be tween the state of Oregon' and the state of Washington,- each county may regulate all seasons tor flshinp or the closing of any stream or part thereof and the use of fishing gears within Jts boundaries to the exclu sion of the state; such action of a county shall be by vote of the peo ple upon initiatire petition." Small License Provided License fees for bunting game blrcs or animals would be $1 for each county wherein the license is taken and $5 for each non-resident of the state. License fees for fish ins for game fish would be the same as for hunting. These licenses would be issued by the county clerk Each county clerk would be re quired to file with the secretary of state every month a statement of all license fees collected and with the statement would be required to send to the secretary of tate 23 per cent or the fees received from licenses re lating to game fixh. birds, or game animals and 75 per cent of ail fees rollected for licenses relating to commercial fish. License fees re tained by the county clerk would bo nsed to defray the expenses of en forcing tuc fish and game laws, ap plying' them, respectively to the branches from which received. A portion would be used for propaga tion purposes. WARNING SIGNS TO BE SOUGHT Committee of Salem Citizens Will Wait Upon Service Commissioners Some time within the next two weeks a committee of Salem citizens including, the mayor and others in authoritative position, will wait up on the public service commission and endeavor to persuade that body that warning signals are necenary at several railroad crossings In Sa lem. Recently at a meeting of the civic department of the Salem Commer cial club. R. O. Snelling. director of that department. apiolnted a special committee to lake up this question with' the commission. He named Hen F. West, chairman. Hal D. Pat ton and Herbert Stiff. The committee will ask the com micsion to require the Southern Pa cific Railroad company to inytaU warning signals at State and Twelfth streets, at Court and Twelfth street and at Caoitol and Union streets. ! State and Twelfth streets is probably ine scene oi more accidents man any other point in the city, and Capitol and Union streets and Court and Twelfth are dancerou spots. Some time ago the commission turned down a petition of the- city for a warning signal at Capitol and Union The committee expects to ask that bell signals be installed. ALL EFFORTS TO TRANSFER TRIAL FAIL Proceedings Continue Today in Case of 1 1 Alleged L W. W. Charged With Murder at Centralia, Armistice Day S. A. YOUNGS, LABORER, ONLY JUROR SELECTED Vaderveer, Attorney for De fense, Gives Talesman Thorough Grilling MOXTESAXO, Wash.. Jan. 27. Renewal of defense request for change of venue in the case of 11 alleged I. W. W. on trial for the murder of Warren O. Grimm during an Armistice day parade at Central- la. Wash.. November 11, 191, was made at the close of the second day of the trial. Just before adjourn ment of court today. The motion was denied, and the trial will pro ceed In the morning. Irejudlce Is Claimed More' than a dozen talesman have been examined and only 'two jurors have been accepted . temporarily. George. F. Vanderveer, attorney for the defense, said In making his mo tion for removal of the trial to an other county. He argued that this was another indication of what he alleged , to be prejudicial conditions In Grays Harbor county, and de clared that It was an indication that it would be almost impossible to se cure a fair trial In this county after the court had denied the motion Vanderveer announced that he in tended making the motion for change of venue from time to time during the trial. Elmer Smith, one of the 11 defen dants, will appear in his own during the trial, it was announced in open court today. Smith is charged with being an accessory before the fact. Vanderveer, defense counsel. an nounced that Smith would be one of the defense counsel from now on. but would handle his own defense only. Smith is an attorney and a former 'student at the University of Minnesota. One Juror Accepted The " defense and prosecution passed by one juror today. 3. A. Young, a laborer of Monterano. who has been employed as a watchman at a local timber mill until recently. Passing of Youngs as a temporary juror kept the total of temporary jurors in the box at two. the same number that had been accepted at the close of the opening of the trial. Timothy Martin, who had been passed temporarily on Monday, was challenged for cause today and the challenge sustained. nly three talesmen were examined. Martin being excused after admitting he was opposed to capital punish ment. The second talesman. Earl Cooper, was excused after. being chal lenged by the defense. Examination of Youngs was lengthy and through by both fides. He maintained no opinion, said he had read little of the Centralia shooting, but believed in the defense of life and property. (Continued on Page 6.) POST ROAD CONTRACTS OF STATE ARE SHOWN BY ROAD Post road contracts awarded In Oregon up to November 30. 1919, j aggregate a cost of la. 291. 647. 93, according to a statement prepared by the state highway department. Of this amount $2,229,177.94 is from state funds. 576.8'70.22 is from county funds and $.485,399.77 is from government funds. The tabu lation gives the costs for each county comparing eastern and western Ore gon, with The Dalles as the dividing point, and the totals for eastern and for western Oregon. Comparative rigures as between eastern and western Oregon and per centaages follow: Estimated total cost Western Or egon. $1,860,946.04. or $35.2 per cent: eastern Oregon. $3,430,701.89, or 64.8 per cent. State funds Western Oregon. $936,475.56. or 42 per cent; eastern! Oregon. $1,292,702.38. or 58 per cent. County funds Western Oregon. $29. i 504. or 5.1 percent; eastern Or egon. $547,365-22. or S4.9 per cent. GovcrnmenfTunds Western Ore gon. $894,966.48. r 36 per cent; eastern Oregon. $1,590,633.29. or 84 per cent. . Western Oregon. The estimated cost of pot roads Dr. Joseph Schafer of U. of 0. Will Co to Wisconsin EUGENE, Or.. aJn. 27. Dr. Jos eph Schafer. head of the department of history at the University of Ore gon rince 1900. will leave either at Easter or in June for the University of Wisconsin where he will become superintendent of the Wisconsin tate historical society, the positloa made famous by the late Reuben Gold Thwaites. well known historian of the American west. Announce ment of his acceptance of the new position was made at the University of Oregon todajr. ROBBERS BURN WAY TO LOOT Acetylene Torch Used to Open Safe at Byron, Calif. $40,000 Secured ' BYRON. Cal., Jan. 27. The loot obtained by the robbers who burned their way with an acetylene torch In to the safe deposit vault of the bank of Byron last night will total $40.- 000, according to estimates tonight, mostly in liberty bonds' and other ne gotiable securities. DR. VTLLIAMS IS INSTALLED ? - - Educators of Coast Attend In auguration at Albany, " College ALBANY. Ore., Jan. 17. Alfred Melvin Williams was Inaugurated president of Albany college this af ternoon in impressive ceremonies la which prominent ministers and edu cators from various sections of the Pacific coast participated and which hundreds of persons from many parts of Oregon attended. THREE DIE OF "FLU" IN IDAHO - - . Fire at Levristbn Succumb to Pneumonia Following Kin dred Illness YEWISTON. Ida, Jan. 27. Fol lowing three deaths yesterday from the malady, five deaths from pneu monia, following influenza, occurred in Lewlston today up to an early hour this evening. - - ARMY AWARDS TO BE PROBED Desirability of Legislation for Badge of Merit to Be Investigated WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Investi gation of the award of military d-' orations fn the army during the war. will be begun next week by a hovs war investigating committee. Its chairman. Representative 'Johnson. Republican, South Dakota, announo- : ed today. COMMISSION contracted up to November 30 for western Oregon by counties follows Columbia Estimated total cost $250,541.50; state funds, $125,270 75; county funds, none; government funds. $125,270.75. Coos and Douglas Total cost $387,301.99; stale funds, $193,651 county tunas, nothing; governmen funds. $193,650.99. Marlon Total cost, $515,690.38 state funds. $284,845.19; county funds, nothing; government funds $230,845.19. Polk Total cost. $352,816.75 state funds. $146.904. 3S; county funds. $29.j04: government funds. $176,408.37. Wasco Total cost. $307,595.42 state funds. $1j3. 797. il; county funds, nothing; government funds. $153,797.71. . Yamhill Total cost. $47,000 state funds. $32,006.53;' county funds nothing; government funds $14,993.47. .. ' FjiMrra Oregon. lor eastern Oregon counties the figures follow: Raker Total cost. $303,000; state funds. $161,225.75; county funds, (Continued on page 6.) STATE FAIR DATES SEPT. 27 TO OCT. 2 Association oi Nortb Pacific Exhibitions Would Remoye Laws Fixing Shows for Cer tain Weeks in Fall Months LINN COUNTY EXHIBIT ADMTTED TO. SOCIETY Cbehalis Next Meeting Place All 1919 Officers' Re- ' elected forl920 1 -y PORTLAND. Jan. 27.- Efforta will be made to repeal present laws . In Oregon and Washington which set the cute fair da tea arbitrarily for certain weeka in September; accord ing to otfieial action .taken by the North Pacific Fairs association and North Pacific Racing association to day. - v ' . These bodies concluded their ses sions re-elected the 1919 officers for 1920, selected Chehalis. Wash- 1921 meeting place; admitted five fairs and racing associations into membership and selected dates for 13 northwestern fairs.' - - Five New Fairs Admitted The Vancouver, Wash., fair, tha Victoria exposition ot Victoria, B. C- Llnn county fair a t Albany, Lena county fair at Eugene, Rose City Park Racing association . and the Sherman County fair. of lloro were admitted to membership la the North ' Pacific Fairs associstlon and dates set with the following fairs and expositions of the northwest r Portland (Rose City) August 9- 14. Vancouver, Wash., fair, August 16- 20. - Southwest Washington fair. Cen- tralla-Chehalls, WaslL August ' 2 4- 29. " . Grays Harbor, county fair, Elma. Wash., September 2-6. ' .Vancouver, B. C, exhibition, Sep tember 4-11. Victoria,' B.- C., er position-. Septem ber 13-11, f - T Provincial exhibition. New. West minster. B. CI, September 20-25: - Washington state fair, Yakima. September 20-25. - - .Lane county fair, Eugene, Septem ber 22-25. . Oregon state, fair, Salem, Septem ber 27-October 2. Multnomah county fair, Gresham October 4-7. ; Linn county fair. Albany, October 6-9. Sherman county fair. MoroT Octo ber 12-15. - 18 AMERICANS TO FLY IN (MIA Miss Ethel B. Drcet Lone Wo man Pilot in ConmercrJ . Expedition . SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27, !rn teen American aviators including one woman pilot, booked passage here ts day on the steamer Nile preparatory to establishlg a commercial seaplane service between Shanghai and Hong kong. The service later may be ex- . tended to Manila, it was stated. The expedition is nnder the- direction of Walter D. Bonter, American aviator at the occupation of Vera Cms and an overseas veteran. The woman t Miss Ethel Bowman Breet. Seven seaplanes will be taken. , DEPORTED REDS AT PETROGRAD - ... A Goldman and Berkman Cehle New York Friend of "In spiring Reception" WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. The 219 radicals recently deported to soviet Russia by the United States govern ment have reached Petr,ograd and are quartered at Smolny Institute, ac cording to s cablegram from Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. the leaders CI the deported party, to "a friend" in New York. .The mes sage was made public here tonight by Lndwlg C. A. K. Martens, soviet "ambassador who was Instructed by Maxim Litvlnoff. assistant people's commissar for foreign affairs at Co penhagen .to transmit the cablegram. The message as made public Ly Mar tens said: -We were met at the soviet border and at Petrograd with tremendous enthusiasm. Our reception was' in spiring. En Joying, the hospitality of Petrograd the deportees are quarter ed at Smolny Instituted. They will be sent to work 'wherever they de sire. The people here are cold and hungry but their spirit and devotion are marvelous. After two weeks wb will go to Moscow.' 7 r 1;