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THE OREGON STATESMAN: SATCUDAV. FEBRUARY 7, 1020. M HOUR MY CAUSES STRHCE IN RAIL SHOPS' Vcrken Reject Offer of Time and a Half Pay for 0?cr - time and Quit THREE TRADES ARE OUT me muurnza (iiaauon lie re ana bow uortnern raciiic Road Badly to be8t cp wllh u i meeting of 11 ' . ' I the North Salem Improvement club inppiea as Kesuit ot result of a vote taken by the machin ists, blacksmiths and bollerniakers Thursday. Superintendent H. A. Lydon said he could not cay whether any ot the men would be discharged but point ed out that they had not refused to work and that there was no change in the eight hour wage schedule in volved. Other departments of the shops, which employ 1100 men in all were not aTfected by the order. . Floral Exchange Formed by North Salem Club A floral exchange was organized and Dr. J. R. Pembertom spoke on the influenza situation here and how Reduced Crews TACOMA, Feb. 6. Five hundred employes In the locomotive depart ment of the Northern Pacific shops at Sooth Tacoma quit work at 4:30 this afternoon at the end of eight hours work, disregarding the order of Director General Hines establish ing a nine hoar day effective tqday. I charge. last night in the' Highland school. A committee of five women were elected by the organization to carry out the plans for a community floral exchange for North Salem. The ob ject of the exchange is to exchange flowers and plants between the many residents of that vicinity. There is an exchange ot flower plants in the business part of Salem, and for the first few days there were .more than 9000 plants exchanged by those In KILLING BLAMED TO JEALOUSY ON PART OF WOftlAN Gertrude Wilson on Trial For Murder of Wealthy Cali fornia Rancher EXTREME PENALTY ASKED Prosecutor Says Defendant Shot Man Because He Loved Another Sister Their rejection of time and a half for an extra hour's work was the The department expects to be in active operation by the first ot April MARYSVILLE. Cal.. Feb. 6. A verdict of first degree murder against Mrs. Gertrude Wilson was asked of the Jury today by W. P. Rich, special prosecutor. He said jealousy bad induced her to shoot and kill Charles Drown, prominent sheepman. Rich continued today argued for the prosecution commenced yesterday realize the seriousness of the situa tion, political and industrial chaos will come. "There Is a possibility of Bolshev ist revolution in Germany." said Mr Vanderlip. "This revolution would bridge the Atlantic, financial and otherwise and the Germans have had all the hope crushed out of them." Heavy Fines Imposed in Profiteering Cases LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 6 Two men convicted of profiteering in su- fcar were fjned $2500 each tonight by Judge H. r . Uledsoe in the uniteo States diptrictf court. They were convicted by a Jury of violating the Lever act by selling sugar at a pro fit of seven cents a pound. DEFENSE SEEKS MEANSTORULE OUT EVIDENCE Grand Jury Witnesses Sub jected to Grilling in Tnal of U. S. Senator SPENDING SPREE IS TOLD ! Deals in Real Estate ! Terry Corliss Bares Bargain to Work for Newberry on Cash Basis A - Aa I "Vj Kaf l. Tl O t n w srA All ilafnnaA Dr. J. R. Pemberton, a local physl- " "I ' 'V,X 7' the prosecution by V. II. Carlin were yet to come and court attaches con sidered it unlikely that the case would reach the Jury by tomorrow noon. "It was not. the petty jealousy of school days, but green eyed Jealousy which prompted one sister to kill a man because of attentions to the other sister," Rich said to the Jury. clan, gave an address on influenza. Dr. Pemberton explained why the public must take more precautions in keeping themselves free from the dis ease. He said that proper action tak en now might have the effect of pre venting the Influenza from taking serious proportions. Frt irhanks-Morvt "2T En gin with Botch Magneto ireater Engine Value OVER 250,0:0 farmers bought tKe"Z" engine. They know it is power ful, depehckhlo and practically fool-proof - - truly a great en ine. 5But now ?e announce the one addition which could possihly improve $e "Z per formancsr BoscH high tension, escillating magneto ignition. 5 let us show yVm in detail this greater engine value. 5 Our service to $ox is remarkaU complete end we are assisted by a nearby Bosch Service Station. 5 Prices I H HP. $75.003 H. P. $125.00 6RR$2ooio. AUF.O.B. Factory. ; .' Lot L Pearce & Son 236 N. Commercial St. LAWS NOT CURE FOR RADICALS Profiteers Are Rapped By Government Agents Restore Order WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. The cam- Attomy General SayiEduca. S'Cstn.'.ra l".', IS? flnn I Mnr Nlf Parv tn Jarrests. the department ot Justice an- uon is niosi necessary 10 nm,d tfMlflV Whti onw a .mail number ot these cases have been brought to trial, the prosecutions far have resulted in 28 convictions. officials said, penalties ranging up ward to a fine of $3000 with one year imprisonment. More than 100 arrests have been made for profiteering in sugar. Elev en Toncibtions have been obtained thus far 00 sugar profiteering charg es, and less than one-fourth of the cases have come to trial, according to officials. WASHINGTON. Feb. Strin gent laws an'dstrict enforcement of them will not curb radicalism, but education must walk hand in hand with law, Charles D. Newton, attor- ney general of New Yorku today told the house judiciary committee which is eonsiderins anti-sedition legisla tion. Though differing with the- New York, attorney general in the extent and seriousness of the radical move-: ment, Francis II. F. Kane, who re signed as district attorney for east ern Pennsylvania because he defter ed with, the department of justice In its campaign against the "reds" Princeton Man Goes to Nebraska College LINCOLN. Neb. Feb. 6. Fred W. agreed taat education was needed Luehring. for a number of years dl because many members of the com munist, communist labor and other rector of intra-mural athletics at Princeton" University today accepted radioal parties, were Ignorant of tb the position as bead of the combined purposes ot the organizations and signed membership cardsi under false assumptions. . v . Former District Attorney Ran told the commute he say no menae to the country whatever! In the wav I of radicalism, much of that which la said and written on the subject Is : mere "bunk." Kdvrnrd C. Roberts and wife to (1 W. Hrasher and wife; lot on Summer street. Salem. $3500. C. 1). Fults to Charle. A. Street: lot 9. block 1. McCleay's addition. Salem. S3500: - Christ ian Longwell and husband to Ole X. Holman and wife: lots 4 and 5. Hall Home tracts. $3500. Sussana Waters and husband io T. J. Smith; lot 7, block 5, Stayton.j $100. Charles Lelirun and wife to Wil liam Leith and wife; 97 .acres, T. S. R. 2 W. $ll,6t)0. State College Beaten By Corvallis Aggies CORVALLIS. Ore.. Feb. 6. The Oregon Agricultural college basket ball team won the opening game of the series with the Washington Stat Federal Judge Sessions held that the college five here tonight by the scor testimony could be considered in the GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Feb. 6. What three Newberry men told the grand jury which returned Indict ments against them, 'the Michigan senator and 131 other campaigners of 1918 was told in the trial of the case today The revelations of the inquisitorial proceedings from C. R. Iligbee clerk of the grand jury, and Charles. S. Potts, a member of the body. They said the defendants whose testimony they rehearsed bad waived immunity, testified voluntarily with out receiving promises of any kind and with full knowledge that what they told the grand jurors might be used "for all purposes." Jkefense IiaUlew ITard. The defense fought hard to seep the testimony from the trial jury. Martin W. Littleton was on his teet constantly questioning the admissi bility of the evidence. He was over ruled on the exclusion question, but also shown that unless the commis sion paves the road the chances are that it will not be completed for many years as the ciy is not finan cially able to pave if. flail Wage Agreement Still Hangs in Balance WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Repre sentatives of the union railroad work ers and officials of the railroad ad ministration were unable to complete their negotiations on wage demands today. Director General Ulnes was not prepared to lay his new propo sition before the union heads and th conference adjourned until to morrow. Reservations Are Made For Political Sessions of 31 to 11. Returns From Fruits In California Large SAN JOSE, Cal.. Feb. 6. Checks bringing the total paid California subjected to a close examination by present proceedings only against the three defendant whose grand jury testimony was rehearsed. Another struggle over the same testimony is probable for tomorrow as the defense reserved Its cross ex amination until then. The grand Jury witnesses were SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6 Th Democratic national committee has reserved 170 rooms at' the Palace hotel as Its headquarter and th headquarters of the women's com mittee and the large pres associa tions daring the national convention according to an announcement . by George F. Mara, assistant to- liemer -S. Cummings, the committee chair man, which was published here to day. . Idaho Logging Interests Bring Owner $1 00,000 SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 6 The entire holdings or the Couer D'Alen Lumber company, comprising 40. 000 acres of land in Itenewah coun ty, Idaho, mostly timber, with ap proximately 500.000.000 feet stamp age, together with a mill at Couer D'Alene. was sold today to Fred Her rick of St. Maries. Idaho, for a re ported consideration of 11,200,000 The Couer D'Alene lumber company was owned by the Largey estate or Butte. Mont. apricot growers for dried apricot this season up to $2,6 9 770 0 0 were mailed to orchardists tonight by th California Prune and Apricot Grow ers'' association. Inc., it was an nounced. It was also announced that this brings the total paid prune and apricot growers to date for their 1919 crops up to $24,000,000. Labor Proposes, Fight Mr. Littleton before they were al lowed to answer questions asked by Frank C. Dailey for the government. Jury Kvldcftre i ItetohM Potts and Higbee related, the gnuid jury .testimony of John M. Harris, former probate judge of Doyne City, Terry C. Corliss, a member of the state board of auditors, and James R. Davis ' of Lansing, sergeant at arms in the state senate. The witnesses agreed that Judge Fa. fnll r-lml Harris told the grand Jury he had a vi iiiuu v. reCeived $800 in salary an dl departments of athletics and physl cal education of the University of Nebraska. He will assume bis new duties September 1 . Western Fruit Jobbers Close Annual Sessions mm WORKERS HEAD RESIGNS Frank Hayes. Long Identified With Labor Interests De cides to Retire WASHINGTON, Feb. ! 6. At a meetine of the international execu tive board of the United Mine Work ers of America today, Frank J. Hayes resigned as international president of the miners' union. The board ad vanced Vice President John L. Lewis to the office ot president; and Phil- t v n ' ' m mm m ' I ! oiurruj,. urfsiut-ui dl me i uis- rnone l U. J. UrderS Jbarly burgh district, was chosen vice presl- SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Elec tion of officers, the consideration ot resolutions and a memorial service for deceased members marked the closing session here today of the six teenth annual convention of the West era Fruit Jobbers association Ot Am erica. A report of the standardiza tion committee. A. R. Currie, Seattle, chairman, was among these heard today. SATURDAY SPECIALS SMOKED MEATS .20c Picnic Shoulders, pound. . . . Coftage Rolls, pound. ujar cured Dacon, pound. .... .42c ....... .33c LARD AND COMPOUND 9 pounds Crlsro. . .... p ... . . .$2.30 .3 pounds Crisco. ........... .9L2o No. 3 Pure Lard. ; ....... ,$1.50 COFFEE AND TEA 3 pound ran Royal Club Coffee, per pound. . ,.x .50c dent. Hayes has been in poor health for more than a year. i Murray Is rated as one lot the con servative leaders ot the miners. He has been president of the! Pittsburgh trict for four years and In that time that district has shown a smaller per centage of local strikes than any oth er district. DAKOTA HAS NEW PARTY IN FIELD Commander to Testify in Mexican Inquiry EL TASO. Tex.. Feb. 6. General Howse. commanding here, received authority from the war department to appear as a witness before the senate committee investigating the exican situation. It is expected bis testimony will be followed by that of other army officers on duty along the border. DETZER TARGET OF YANKEE VETS Captain, Freed on Charges of Cruelty to Soldiers Is Threatened WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Joseph E. Askew, the American who was re ported kidnaped in Durango. Mexi co. Is being held by Villa tor $20,000 U-ansom, according to an uncorrob orated report received today by the state department. Askew was em ployed on the Tlahualilo company's plantation at Lerdo. Durango. and the American embassy has made rep resentations to the Mexican foreign office in an effort to secure his re lease. Influenza Spreads In Vicinity of Spokane SPOKANE. Wa sh.. Feb. 6 Indi cations of subsidence of the Influ- enra epidemic and of increased vlru lence of the disease marked devel opments in Spokane today, 154 new cases and nine deaths being report ed for the day. There are 1.639 cases in the city, and physicians stat ed their belief that many ot the new cases were more severe than the earlier ones. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Simultan eousiy with the announcement at Independent Voters Plari to orf?r,sJf,andJ that CaP,a,:: . J I -Tl Detzer had been acquitted matte campaign Against Non-Partisans Feb. t 6r GRAND FORKS. N. D The North Dakota independent vot ers' association late toda closed Jits annual convention after perfecting 1 lit.' cm Roval Club rff. . T on "s campaign Tl. can Royal Club CoKee, per lb. ... .i... ............... 48c 1 lb. . A. Coffee.. ..4Tc .1 pounds o". A. Coffee, per lb... 45c 1 lb. Flgers Shasta . . .r. ...... 50c a loigers Shasta. ...... .$1.43 0 bars bar.., SOAP Swift's Whit Soap, lance 0 bar tar... Royal White Soap, large i.6Uc 0 bars Crystal White soap..... 63c Lars bar iVter Pan Toilet Soap. 3 tor .2Tc Cream Oil Soap, 3 for .23c .' ) ' - . - 3 CMuoIa Blading. . . . . . .; . . .S2c Crown Flour, sack... .3-tO Olympic Flour, sack ..$&30 " Vo believe flour will he higher and advise buying a liberal supply. non-partisan league. An emergency committee to deal with campaign affairs was anoointed. An attempt was made to have an informal ballot taken to sound the ruumeni oi me association tn re gard to gubernatorial candidates, but this was promptly blocked. The as sociation- adopted a' campaign plat- iorm wnicn recommends: Amending the workmen's compen sation act so as "to give employers a;atianal rate and the employes prompt ana adequate compensation far injuries," creation of a bureau ot markets to co-operate with the federal bureau of markets; amend ment of the soldiers bonus act so s io exiena lis oenetus to every North Dakota n who now is in the service or who has been honorably discharged; the repeal of the present Doara of administration law: the re-' peal of the present absent voters' law as applying to women; limiting the amount of state money to be used in tne terminal elevator and stata by a court martial of charges of cru elty to American soldiers at Le Mans. ft became known that he had re ceived threatening letters warning him not to show himself in certain middle western cities. Captain Detzer was handed a let ter from Lieutenant General Robert Lee Ballard, commander of the de partment of tfce east, informing hlro tnat the general court martial which since December 10. 1819. has been hearing evidence of his alleged bru talities to overseas. men, had found him "not guilty on all charges and specifications." The letters were mailed from In dianapolis, Chicago and St. Louis. LEADER NEEDED TO TIDE NATION VanderhOt Say Treaty Must Be Revised to Insure World Peace PHILADELPHIA. Fe"b. G. Frank A. Vanderlip of New York, in an ad- owned mill experiments; the manage-! dsa tonight declared the treaty of ment oi siaie industries vestea ll I ersuw piacea economic -conditions boards directly responsible to the lej j Germany that are Impossible of islature. r I fulfillment and that If the agree ment U not revised a world wide bol- DJ rL.R.J A J. Ifbevlst revolntion would result Un- wau UlC VaUICU U5' la the allird naH0!ar ntv t WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Definite plans for the first nation-wide, ag gressive political campaign by organ ized labor to control congress and elect friendly, national and state of ficials have been made by a com mittee of the American Federation of Labor and will be announced soon The tight, labor officials declared today, will, be bi-partisan and to or ganize now to elect their quota et congressmen. American Detained By Mexicans For Ransom salary an dhalt that amount for expenses. Terry Corliss account of his ac tivities in the campaign, as related by Higbee and Potts, told of similar negotiations with King and an agree ment to work for $75 a week and expenses. James Davis, according to the wit nesses, had charge of the Newberry campaign In the southern tier of counties and his compensation was $300 a month. WAGE ADVANCE ;" NECESSARY, TO AVERT WALKOUT General Chairmen of Railroad Workers Plan to Enforce . Salary Demands UNION VOTE IS TAKEN Two Robbers Are Killed by San Francisco Police LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 6. Hav Lawrence, one of two men' shot by Patrolman II. L. Barlow early yes terday during an attempted robbery died at the county hospital here ear ly today from his wounds. Charles W. Itellly. his assistant, died yester day morning a few hours after the shooting. Strike, If Called, Would Tie Up Practically All Roads in. United States .DETROIT. Mich.. Feb. . The gen eral chairman of the maintenance of way employes and thop laborer' un ion. In conference today, unanimous ly approved the proposal to call a nation-wide strike if necessary to en force demands for wage Increase and sent word to Director General nines that action would be deferred seven days pending the outcome of the Washington conference. The vote was taken after Allen K Barker. grand president, had ad dressed the conferees that represen tatives of the union In Washington reported little chance of agreement with the railroad administration. Should the strike be called, offic ials said, their union would act inde pendently of the other railroad or ganizations. The union membership is said to number - 300.000 and the demands affect all federal controlled roads- Improvement of State Highway to Start Soon CLATSKANIE. Or.. Feb. 6. The Warren Construction company, which is paving this section of the CoIumblaTtlver highway is preparing to commence work on the road as soon as possible. Practically all the highway between Rainier and Clat skanie has been paved and the con tractors are ready to continue to ward Astoria this summer. It is ex pected the work will be finished by next' fall. Thirty-Six New Cases of Influenza Reported Thirteen new cases of influenza were reported to the city health of ficer, making a total of 36 patients. Dr. R. E. Pomeroy ald that most of the cases were of light form while others were bad cases of la prlppe- All the cases are subject to rigid quarantine restrictions so as to pre vent the situation from getting be yond control. One case of Smallpox was reported to the city health officer yesterday. Dr. Pomeroyeald the new cases might continue for a week but after the vaccine treatments are complet ed, he believes that few new case of the disease will develop. Citizens Urge Highway - Extended Into Dallas DALLAS, Or.. Feb. 6. (Special to The Statesman) Hon. W. V. Fuller. County Judge Asa B. Robinson and Councilman Walter S. Mulr were In Portland yesterday attending a meet ing of the state highway commission in an endeavor to induce that body to improve the Dallas-Salem high way into thic city Instead of stopping at the city limits as has been pro posed. The commissioners were In formed of numerous instances where the highways have been built into towns the size of Dallas and were New Material Mentioned in Polk County Politics DALLAS, Or., Feb. 6. (Special to The Statesman) 'Politics In Polk county is beginning to simmer In the pot and Within the next week several candidates ere expected to cast their bats into the ring. One county of ficer, A. V. R. Snyder, present coun ty treasurer, ' has already announced bis intention of running for office on the republican ticket. Joseph N Helgerson. a recent law student ad mitted to the bar has announced his intention of entering the race for district attorney and It is rumored abont town that Ned Shaw, a former deputy county clerk, will make the run for sheriff. Both these men will run on the democratic ticket. Office Personalities. The blotter Retentive; absorbs great, deal. The desk Receptive, sympathetic; likes to be leaned on. The Ink-well extremely versatile; can write a wrong, or. wrong; a write. The scissors Sarcastic and malic ious; very cutting and ever willing to separate. ' The paste , pot Persistent, perse vering; possesses a faculty tor stick ing to things. - , The pen Enterprising, ambitious; ever waits for an opportunity to make Its mark. The waste basket Intemperate. aggressive; frequently gets full and is fond of scraps. The writing table Diminutive.' quiet; can easily be covered and al ways remains stationary. The calendar Contemporaneous. but lazy; always up-to-date, but frequently takes a month otL , The revolving ; chair Retrogress- Ire but philanthropic; goes backward -but always ready to do a good turn. The Chart, - INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE , They had chummed up. In a hos pital, and were discussing the vir tues of their respective wives. Pres ently ono of them explained that his wife" had been a Miss Mary Wilson. "And a fine girl, too!" he added en thusiastically, in praise of his ab sents pouse. "Miss Mary Wilson!" chuckled the other. "Oh!" "What d'you know about her. "What, d'ou know her, thenT" asked the proud husband. "I should think I do! I remember one day when we were out boating, and we came to an Island where we landed. 'Now. Mary, m'dear,' I said, 'either youH kiss me or we'll both drown!' "And d-did you kiss her?" gasped the husband in jealous fury. "Was she drowned V asked the other slowly. Pittsburgh Sun. Read the Classified Ads. GRAND OPERA HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 L v Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00 Seat sale opens today at Opera House Pharmacy SELL IT TO THE 'FARMERS No matter what it is, from a threshing machine, horse, or cow, to a paper of pins. The farmer is the best buyer. Senter Is Appointed Deputy County Clerk DALLAS, Or... Feb. 6. (Special to The Statesman.) Floyd D, Sent er, for the past year school super visor of Polk county, has been ap-1 pointed deputy county clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of former Deputy Clerk L. S. Finseth. benoot superintendent ills ex-1 pects to have difficulty In securing a competent supervisor to take Mr. Senter's place owing to the small sal ary paid for that office. Railroad Heads Start on Tour of Electric Lines PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 6. After spending the day inspecting terminal facilities here a Party of Southern Facific railroad officials from San Francisco, headed by W. R. Scott, i federal manager of the lines, left tonight for a trip over the Willam ette Valley electric lines and the Til lamook railroad..' r THE GREAT WESTERN FARM PAPER Published in Salem, Oregon, will place your advertisement in the hands of 20, 000 farmers and they read it Bargain Column ads cost only 3 cents a word, or IVz cents a word for four or more insertions. Try It Statesman Building, Salem, Oregon Read The Pacific Homestead, Weekly, 1 a year. YouH find it well worth whOe. -"T-THHi. urn. ' ' - ' '- ,