The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 13, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATIIKK The Statesman receive ta leased wire report fcf.tho Xa soelaled Preea. the great aad moit reliable pra soclatloa la the world.. ,.' .. Fair; gentle westerly winds. M.r -NINTH VKAH sai.f.m, (Ki:(.. i miv Mimi(i, KKitui aky t.i, nw. PKICKt nK CKXTH. 2,000 PHONE WORKERS OUT ON SATURDAY SOLDIER DEAD MAY BE SENT HOME EMPLOYES TO FORMER PROTEGE FACES V JURISTjCLUB FUND FIRST I)EFIME STEPS ARE TAKEN TALK WAGES PUPIL BECOMES CHIEF MOONSHINER; IS RAISED FRENCH GOVERNMENT HELD TO PACT WITHJWILSON FIRST RIDE BY RAIL FOR MR IVY! TO $6,210 General Manager Fullerton of Pacific Telephone & Tel egraph Company Refuses to Accede to Demand ALL COAST STATES ARE HIT BY ORDER Labor Leader Says Official Even Refuses to Comprom ise on Terms. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12 Definite ! mission, the war department has steps looking toward the return of I be'n advised, will he chosen noon America's soldier dead from France! I r i ;j t iw ti j ti urn .riinij SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. The strike of 2600 electrical workers of the Pacific Telephone i Telegraph company in California. Nevada. Or - f.on and Washington win go int .ceffect Saturday morning, us ordered j since General Manager u; P. Poller-j 5 on of the company refused tonight o meet ths wage demands of the! men. it was announced by T. Vickers. member of the execut hoard of 'he International Brother-j lioo! of Electrical workers. i The union asked for sn increase or 1 a day in wages for tbe;yearj 1920 over the exisrtng scale of $6. j i Xo Money, Kays Fullerttoa "We would have been willing to con sired. 8- fifty-fifty .proposition." Eaidi Vickers, '"but Fullerton refug?d to come even one tej of the way. He Mi us the company didn't Tiave .the money to pay the higher wage." ; Last night, Vickers aid. a strike order was mailed out to all the Pa cific coast locals of the International , union ordering a strike to go Into ef fect Saturday morning unless the company should accede to the de mands by Friday night. He took this action, he said, on the advice of J. P. Noonan,. International pres . ident. Referendum Overwhelming ' Since Fullerton refused t hold ' further conferences after today's four-hour session, there was nothing left to do but-o ahead with the plans for the utrike. Vickers de clared, resides Fullerton and Vick ers, Miss Julia O'Connor president of the telephone operator's union was .present at the conference. : A I referendum aJnuary 3 on the Question of whether to strike if the ' company reiuaed to raise wages of Baker jtppoinied Colonel Henry lleth ers head of the graven registration seavie and 'oionel lien (ley Mott. niUitary attache at Paris, a Ameri can members of the I'ranco-Ameri-crft commission, which will have charge of the work. Tne appointments were in accord ance with an agreement with the French government concluded in August. 1018. providing for the cre ation of tha commission immediately after repatriation of all American troops in France. The aereement authorized the commission "to exam ine measures to he taken to insure in conformity with French laws and police regulations regarding hygiene, the" return to America of American dead. French members of the com- The French government, in tht' opinion of state and war department otficials. will.be bound by the agree ment to permit the return of T.ie bodies buried in France, although up to luU time, disinterment from the battle zone has been refused. Ralph Hayes, assistant to the sec etary ot war. will sail for France soon to arrange for the return o! iiodies interred in the rear areas. He will also inspect sites for American fields of honor, where the bodies of soldiers, whose nearest of kin desire retention overseas, will be given a permanent place of rest. Initiation of steps looking toward carrying out the agreement will elim inate the necessity for passage by congress the resolution directing the return of the bodies. Chairman Por ter of the house foreign affairs com mittee. said today. i PORTLAND. Feb. 12. James Ivy. Bv Personal Visit to President i "hare'1 wih dunning whiskey, when ; otner of ,h, partv 1 r ...... !'"ouht to Portland from IVineville , verm of lhp DOKeSmen IOr 1 WO million " wpuiy enueu rs.mes .narsnai . . . . i TK.lu.nrir Inilav hiwl hi-i first nrlo tin . nlaUU rM Jtir.i a i f - i Kauroaa vr orKers ask low er Living Cost Today INCREASE IN PAY ONLY ALTERNATIVE When James Wilson, aged 56. an- faces Judge Wol- federal court, he will oe.'ore the man who taught a railroad train, his lirst rtue on a rim ror two terms in me woanoa, street car when he came from the de- ; Or., school. pot to the court house and his first On Wilson's premises was found trip in an elevator when taken up to! the largst whiskey still brought to the county jail. 1 lir Tit in the state. 1U capacity is Ivy always has lived in Grant and i gallons a day, the authorities Crook counties. ; claimed. i Fear Is Expressed That Exec utive Will Refuse to Grant Petition PAYNE TAKES LANE'S POST , Shipping Board Chairman Be comes Secretary of Inter ior Next Month TURK BANDITS KILL AMERICANS WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Presl- j dent Wilson will be asked tomorrow11 by spokesmen of the more than 2,-' 000.000 railroad employes that defl-. nlte assurances be given of an lm- mediate reduction in the cost of liv-j ing, leaders in the wage negotiations! declared tonight. As an alternative. : NEW LINK WILL BE ADDED TODAY Startling Evidence Promised by Prosecution in Trial at Montesarb HEAD AND HANDS STILL MISSING Police Yet Unable to Identify Scattered Remains Found in Portland Remainder of Amount Is Se riously Imp o riant for Pledg es Now Made Are Contin gent on Entire budget CITY'S PUBLICITY DEPENDS ON CITIZENS Bid for Good Will of Tourists Is Based on Good Will, of Men at Home WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. John Parton Payne, chairman f the ship ring board end formerly general counsel of the railroad administra tion, will become socretaty of tlm in terior. March 1, succeeding Franklin K. Lane, whose resignation becomes effective or ;.that date. , fWhftte liouse officials declined ecnflrmationL' j,t w-as nderstood tha former Senator John Fr anklin Shafroth of Colorado had been of fered the place to be vaca te.1 n? Mr. Pavm' Chairman Payne said tonight that be would accept the appointment be cause It wrs the wish of the presi MONTI-SANO, Wash., Feb. 12- Evidence which the prosecution avers will be more conclusive than that contained in the purported confes sion and supplement of Ixtren Rob erts, inttoduced Wednesday, will be r m 1 . . 1 . 1 I fi 4 I oiiereu tomorrow in lue uiai ui LhriStian Missionaries Are the union representatives will claim' netted I. W . W. charged with the increased wages, demands for which j murder of Warren O. Grimm, Cen- we-re not pressed at Mr. Wilsons' re- tralia Armistice day parade victim, quest last summer. " tertimony of T. C. Morgan. Representatives of the workers. lt ; at reside m tne w. was intimated tonight, base their!"- " v- hope for higher wages largely on the; cutiou expels io .mrouu lomur increase in the cost of living since j row. the last general Increase in 1918.1 uooerts coniesston was a mosi The cost of living question, while al- complete link In the chain of evl- ways to the fore in the negotiations i drme which the state had prepared which the union men have had, with j for presentation." said W. II. Abel. Director General Hines, will be era-i special prosecutor, today. "Morgan's ployed to the full extent of the un- i statement, which we will offer, and ion's conference tomorrow with the i his testimony, which we expect to in- president, it was indicated. jtroduee. will be more conclusive evi- Jrweli to Be Spokesman. j ence, tnan that of the Roberts' con- Immediately after the announce- j fesiiion he added ment from the while house that the; j,ou;t w adjourned today be president would see a union commit- f Lnroin.B t,,rthday. tee ot three personally, a meeting ori all union heads interested was called - ' Ambushed by Bandits, Con sul Reports CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 12. Jesse B. Jackson .American consul at Alepho. Syria, has sent a dispatch to Rear Admiral Mark L. Rristol, commander of the United States na vr.l forces in Turkey, saying that the French authorities report that the bodies of two Americans and two Syrian Christians were taken to Ain- tab. Syria, by French troops arter they had been killed in a fight with Turkish bandits recently. As yet. according to the dispatch. neither of the Americans has been identified as James Perry or Frank S. Johnson, representatives of the PORTLAND. Feb. 12. The M-areh fcr more parts rf the body of the mnrderrd man found in an Haft Portland gulch continued to day. I'nt!! ibx head or hands are found, positive identification of the body, thought to be that of Frnest Heseamps, wealthy retired ealoon man will be impossible, the police said. Every police agency In the city, aided by cooperative or Independent sources, is searching for more parts of the body for clues, or for Des camrs himself if he Is still alive. Deputy Sheriff Cl.rlstofferson. chief of the criminal department of Sheriff Htnlhiut's office, placed lit tie credence in r. report naue by a woman livins near Descamp's farm. rrho claimed to have een IVsenpms on the Tortland-Beaverton road Thursday noon. American Y. M. C. A. reported killed and preparations wen e begun for pos- n i r J I rM dent, butt "my heart is in the shtp- i near AIntab. Mr. Johnson's wife is sible presentation of verbal claims in J ping board." (Continued on page 2) Bch ! Vomiting Potion Mast Go Into Bay Rum PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 12. Bar rm to be sold legally" in Oregon must have tartar emetic in.it according to notice served on druggists today by Johnson S. Smith, federal prohibi tion director for-this district. The object is tc prevent the use of bav rum for beveraee mi r poses. i A New Lace lar Col The Fairy Touch On Woman's Dress or Suit Really, it's surprising how a pretty collar will brighten an otherwise plain garment. Here is a stupendous col lection of the newest novelties in Lace Net Organdie Georgette Round Pointed Square Unique ' Collars, Collars and Cuff Sets, Vestees, charming originations and fixings. Someof these are quite simple and small in price, while the Venice Point Lace Variety is delicately handsome a fit adornment for every wolnan. 50c to $5.65 See The All Over Laces And Nets At 75c a Yard. Thomson's "GIoVe-Fitting" Corsets I safe in Aleppo, while Mr. Perry's wife and two children are In Con- stcntinople. Mr. Johnson's home is Bucyrus, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Minnesota and was decor ated five times during the war by the French for rescuing wounded under fire. Mr. Perry's home is Camden, Me He is a graduate of Colby college. Mr. Jackson's report says the two Americans and two Syrians were in a motor car aneaa or a suppiy train. and that they were shot by villagers of Beeshguez, who planned to rob the train. Long Held by Officers CLIFFORD FITTS CRUSHED,DIES Boy Is Thrown from Bicycle Beneath Wheels of Loaded Five-Ton Truck amplification of the written state ments submitted through Mr. Hines. The emnloves will be renresented bv B. M Jewell, acting nreniriont of thai The owner of a Hudson-Six tour railway employes department, Ara-j"1 rar inai WB" 1UDl1 "n lDB ruau erlcan Federation if Labor: E. J. near Turner by former Chief of Po Manlon. president-of the Order of!" Percy M. Varney early In No Railroad Telegraphers, and Timothy! vember and has been held by the po Shea. acting president of the Broth-1 snce that time, was located ye erbood of Locomotive Firemen and terday through the ortice of Sheruf Enginemen. ' , I- Needham. There was unmistakable evidence The car is the property of the Aet- tonight among the union officials ot ! Insurance company. The owners a fear that the president would ro- i the c.-r were located by Deputies fuse to erant their wae demands, t "en mun ana uscar oofr, wno. A few said frankly they could see no hope- of a settlement favorable to them. Their view seemed to have Wen based on the arguments offered in rbuttal by Mr. Hines as the union leaders presented new claims or pro posals. Transfer Stand In Way. 'Director General Hines. in trans mitting data on the controversy to Mr. Wilson today was understood to! after they had obtained the engine and licence numbers of the machine, kept close watch on the "stolen car" notices issued by the Pacific Coast Underwriter's conference. A missing auto corresponding in number and description was found in the notices and resulted In the ar rival of Ben Ludlow of the Aetna Insrance company and Joe Keller, In vestigator for the Underwriter's have made "suggestion" relative to a conference. These men laenimeu final disposition of the problems. me ar ana tncy 100s u 10 i-omanu The director general in hi confer- yesieraaj. REPUBLICAN IS WILSON CHOICE President Appoints William Phillips as Minister to the Netherlands PORTLAND. Or. Feb. 12. Plans for the orgaulaztlon of a Republican f0r rUitra. Clifford Fitts, 13 years old, son of Mr .and Mrs. W. S. Fitts, 4 44 Court street, died from injuries re ceived when the rear wheel of a five- ton county truck loaded with gravel passed over his body on State street at 10:30 yesterday norning. The boy was riding his bicycle and was ."linging to the side of the truck, un known to Moro Hill, the driver, whoj swerved his truck to :he center of the street to avoid the rough pave ment, and it is supposed that the wheel of the bicycle caught in the car track throwing thj lad under tae machine. A passing auto was hailed by the truck driver and the boy wa. rushed to Willamette sana tarium, but died soon after the ac cident. Frank James, route 2. Salem, a companion of the boy. was holding onto the other side of the truck. He heard the noise of the bicycle being ground under the wheels of the truck and looking behind him he saw the body of hi? freind lying in the street He called to the truck driver to stop and hailed a paing auto and sent the bov to the hospital. Mr. Hill re ported the accident to County Road- master Culver and then to the police The body is at the Webb & Clough undertaking establishment. The fu l.eral will be from the Webb & Clough chapel Saturday at 2 p. m pnd the body will; be placed in City- View cemetery. Clifford Fitts is sur vived by the parents, one sister, Inez Fitts. and one brother. Ira Fitts. S. Fitts conducts a fish market here ences with the union heads told them he coud not grant their demands be cause of the early termination of federal control and explained that passage of pending legislation was expected to set up machinery to pro vide "impartial and unbiased" hand ling of the wage claims. The union argument to this was that they were! thas compelled to face another delay with no assurances of relief. While the controversies with the Bean Growers Are Listed by Salem Commercial Club Oregon bean growers are urged n a: letter from G. R. Hvslop. pro fessor of farm crops at Oregon As ricujtural eollege. to petition con gress to enact a duly of 4 cents a pound on beans shipped Into this Booze and Bed Clothes Cause Mr. Knott's Arrest other unions were quiescent because ! countrv from the Orient. It is said of switch In the center, of itnerest J there Is danger on beans from the from railroad administration to the whie house- Mr. Hines conferred with representatives of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers, who have railed a Orient being sent into the nite1 States In great quantities and spoil ing the market for the domestic crops. In Salem L. J. Chapin, di- Ti-ctor of the Agricultural nepart- strike of their 300.000 members for r th Salem commercial cluh. Tuesday, officials of tbe brotherhood i is iistinR the names of b"ar grow- . a . 1 A ers. They pre asKeei to send lentr to Senator Wesley L. Jones, chair man of the committee on commerce, a nd also the Oregon senators, to work for a duty on th- Oriental produet. or railroad station employes and chiefs of the longshoremen's unlDn. Hine Ieaves Case Open. The conference with the malnte- nace of way workers resulted prac tically in placing their demands in the same category with those now I before the president. Mr. Hines toldl the committee frankly that he con ; Jrimnrr f ThhtX-Firtt not aere to their demand for hlh-! lnZOna 1 nit kjf't 111 er' pay at this time but informed) them of his willingness to leave the case open pending decision or the nrrtrlunt n;trorn.o.' .v- flcation of the woman puff rat" administration and the station em- i amendment by a special session of ploves and long.shoremeti were'nnder ! " Arizona lerislatnre was PoraP!t stood to have been settled several I e' tonight. Th senate adopted the weeks ago but Mr. Hines told them ; ratifying resolution at 9:1.. p. m.. at that time he would discuss their! following similar nctloBjy the house Grievances further whenever they de-' tnis attrnoon. Roth branches mail" sired. P. J. Coyle. president of sta-i unanimous. tion employes, said after the con-; Arizona is the 31st state to ratify ference he had not been given what! th amendment. he ''intended getting" but that the! ' question had not been disposed Afore I nilttCnZa, Holiday league of state-wide scope were for- mulatetd at a meeting held here to day at the Imperial hotel under the auspices of the Oregon Republican club. After the appointment of commit tees on organization and resolutions, speeches were made eby Peputy Dis trict Attorney Hammersly. G. H. Gil lispie and others. kater in the dar a permanent or ganization was perfected. Illness of Members Curbs Meeting of Homebuilders The meiin; of the Silent Home Puil'ier association, which was scheduled to meet at the Commer cial club rooms last night, was port ioned because of the sick.ne of M-veriKof lh.ve actively interested in its jromotion. T. It. Kay r.nd Jchn McNary are indisr'"sed and Manager T. K. Mc Croskey was detained at home no cture of the illness of Mrs. McCros key. Frederick Schmidt, however, gave ssbU ranee to those present that a me-eting of thoose interested in the UKKoeiation would be called a soon a." a rooel re-presentation of the mem bership coi'ld be si'surcd. Julius Chambers, Writer, Passes at New York Home When the committee mem ben so- Jlciting a 110.000 working fund for the Salem Commercial dab were ready to go heme and to bed last night a total of 9C210 had been raised, leaving $3790 to come. A number of additional SI CO smbacrip tlona came In during the day? Since the payment of a large a um ber of these pledges is contingent tip on the whole SI 0,000 being raiMd it Is terionsly Important that there be other contributors la the 1600 and the 1100 classes. The dub leaders speak without mincing words and declare that S10.000 matt be raised or the city limp along without assert ing its claims to distinction daring this year. " " ' , Many Things to Be IVme. - There are a lot of things tbe 'clutf is anxious to do this year in the way of publicity.. One of them is the es tablishment of camping ground for automobile tourist near the center of tfce.city. - At tbc meeting Wednes day night different meraoer who spoke pointed to 'the 'fart 'that last seaon f nd daring prior seasons has dree!. of automobiles from jdl .parts of the United States were camped at the state fair grounds every night. The fair grounds will not this year be available,' ana If they were would not serve the purpose adequately for the reason that they are too far T7 from town and do not give the mer chants the advantage of tourist trade or the' city the advantage ot tourist advertising. This Is to be remedied this year if the' citizenry comes across, with the 110.000 for a camp ground will be established that will afford the best In accommodations A committee of Cber- State to Ratify Suffrage PHOENIX. Oriz.. Feb. 12. Rati NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Julus Chambers, widely known newspaper man, sl-ort story writer, explorer and playwright, died tonight of pneumon ia. He was born in lielle Fontaine. Ohio, in 147. He etablisheel the Paris edition of the New York World In 188.. hav inc been that paper's correspondent at various times in London, Paps. Madrid and Havana. In 1873 he fitted out an exploring expedition which discovered t.h Iake. Minn., headwarters of the Mississippi. For the last 16 years he had written for the Brooklyn Daily Earle. rians in rniform will Tiait tha grounds each evening to see that the campers axe provided for la a proper way. Ut of Contributor. Following Is the list of contriba ten to date: Paris Brothers M.J 10 Dr. Henry E. Morris IS B. W. Walcher 25 0. J. Schei r 25 1. R. Smith 25 W. I. Staley - 25 D. Samuel 25 Fred Mangls 25 Dr. Frank E. Brown ....... 25 D. D. Socolofaky : 25 Otto Wilson Brace Cunning ham Kane A Shaw K. S Kalayjiaa W. P. George Salem Tile A Mercantile Co. Cherry City Bakery Homer Smith . . Hotel Marion . m Batter Cup Ice Cream Co. . C. W. Niemeyer ; Gideon Stolz company ....... Gardner A Keene ........... Dr. F. II. Thompson F .G. Myers .w Dan J. Fry U. G. Shipley Salem Hardware Co H. T. Love Philip Winters H.W. A M.L. Meyers Oscar B. GJngrlch Motor Co. ... E. T. Barnes Adolph Brothers Drs. Fir.Vr A Steeves Livesley A Roberts . Rodgers Paper Co. ...... Oscar Price Shee Co. .... Statesman Publishing Co. FUher A Garnjobst '. llOt Weller Brothers .100 25 25 25 25 50 0 50 50 50 50 50 SO 60 60 SO 60 0 50 to SO so 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Ray L. Farmer . . . t. . , Cross Meat Market .- Clifford W. Brown H. S. Gil A Co. George E. Waters Steusloff Brothers. Inc. Peoples Cah Store C. S. Hamilton 100 W. W. Moore 100 .Morse, Robertson A Sanrmaa.. 100 110 100 1C0 100 100 100 1U0 (.Continued on page 2) . . . Robbers Are Fugitives Work Day for Department ev v: r i.. ntt: Portland. Feb. i luiii mug iuuu isuiici ; (i I PORTLAND. Or.. FeV 12. The protests of Gordon H. Knott, em ploye of a dining car company, that liquor in his possession wa some he had before prohibition b?came effec tive, did not save him from beins taken into custody todav by Deputy United States Marshal Maas. -I Knott who is more than 60 years old was charged with appropriating Bind wico t'lom the stores he had in charge, 12. Fifty addi- ional cae of influenza were report- j ed to the city bureau of health today. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 12. King; The contasious division staff of ro'.'nty deputy sheriffs and a postal ' the health bureau took no holidar to inspeetor from the Seattle office, Io- j dav on account of the smallpox and nlsht were searching for traces of ! Influenza situation. robbers who early today blew open the safe of the postoffice at Tolt. Wash., 28 miles east of here, and es caped with approximately $450 in stamps and $350 in cash. some linen and a quantity of whiskey L Two charges of nitro glycerine were used to open the vault officers said. DENMARK MAY JOIN COPENHAGEN. Feb. 12. The Danish minister of foreign affairs has requested the assent of parlia ment to the proposal that Denmark Join the league of nations. APPLfCrOiV MADE FOR WATER POWER TO DEVELOP MINES PN THE SANT1AM RIVER The Silver Kinc Mining company of AUaur has ffleel with State Enjrimr Cupper an npj 'Nation asking for prrais i )ti t ap roprwte water from Menllne creek, a tributary of ili. I .it tic North Fork of the Santiam river to develop 115 horej ower which will 1m mel in mining operation in the EH'tern rart of Marion c tmty. The cost of the development k estimated at $lr",itoo Mid the water power U to be nsed in the reduction of gold, silver, lead and zinc ores. Wl, ;!.. tti nri.iiin nf fili mineral derwiifa in that RCC- 7 ii uni ii i . . r "---- - - f -- . lion has long been known no development on a Urge aeale ha ever been promote! until the present time. .1 I?