THE 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.
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