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v"" -. .. . . , , . mm -J t asasssss THE.WKATIIKn Occasional rain; moderate wind3 mostly southerly. , The Statesman receives the Ieml wire report of the Associated Press,' the greatest sod most reliable press association ta the world. PEACE MAY BUTCHERS WANT PINK RUSSIA NO HAVEN FRENCH ACTS WALKOUT IS TEA SERVED DAILY POTTER'S CONFESSION UNCOVERS ACTIVITIES OF SLUGGING GANG FOR SONS OF REST SOON REIGN AGAIN INU.S. PRECIPITATE A SITUATION CAXADIAX MKAT SLICK I W DELI SPREADING OVERALLU.S. SOVIET TO TAKE CRIMINAL AC CATE IN APPETITES Tld.N Ati.UXST RECR EATERS Demand Ten Minute Period, at Each Classifies aa Crime All Celebration or Eud of Day to Change Clothe Holiday by Discontinuance of Labor for State as Portlier Inducement SALEM, PRECOX. FRIDAY MOUXIXO. APRIL 0. tt!2l. - PRICE: FIVE CIIXT i . - - . . House Resolution to Declare State of Peace Existing to be Voted on Today Will Probably Pass LONG TALK COMES TO ; END FOR REAL WORK Debate Tbat Changed Noth- bz Ended Last Night After Some Laughter TORONTO. Ont., April 8 The or ganlied butchers of this city have submitted to their employers a de mand that tea be served to them at 9 a. m. daily and that they be al .1.1 A . J i" T c"Mpu' ume tf the workers in wasting time -ui.u iu unuK. n. iney aiso asx tor uricmxrjTnv Anrii -it. 'peso resolution had passed the kalf-way "mark on its tray through the bouse when echoes of the storm of oratory and debate it provoked died away tonight. For six: hours it was the center of discussion on the floor, yet no one questioned that it would be adopted. The final vote . till come late tomorrow: , There was a vote today on adop tion of the special rule limiting de pute and preventing- amendment of the resolution aa drawn by the com mittee on. foreign affairs. - The rule ' was carried. 314 to 155,; seven Dem ocrats Joining the ' Republicans In " its support, and one Republican op- pot lot It. This was taken to Indi cate action on the resolution Itself. but ' Republican leaders said more Democrats' would join' them on' the final vote, One of the Democrats, Representative Huddleston, of Ala lima, who voted . against the rule, announced that he .would support tit resolution. r . ' Charges of partisanship ran . through Democratic comment on the resolution. V Representative Huddle ston notel these, but insisted that his conscience would - not let him "tfot along"5, with bis party "major ity and oppose tho peace proposal 'whatever i "Company" t his decision forced hlm to keep. , ,;;,.-. .if ; j 10 minutes in the marnin? t.i don their butcher clothes and 1 more at night to dress for th street. These demands are made part of a proposed renewal of 'the working, agreement drawn up by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' workmen. Other requests are ior a 4 4-nour week and a wage increase averaging 50 per cent. The packing plant managers declare thee terms, cannot be;: granted. siiilRowsv.. MORE SERIOUS! LONDON. April 8. The Russian soviet government has threatened to put the workshops of the northern railways under martial law to put an end to what is calls the crim" in holiday-making, according to a wire less message from Moscow. . The government asserts that 1000 work ing days were thus lost in one month and that "the railway, men are ar ranging to have two days of idle ness each week at a time when roll lions of people are hungering, and when it is impossible to transport bread, owiug to lack of railway en Occupation Undertaken With out Consent of Other Allies and in Face of Their Grave Disapproval FRANCE HAS ISOLATED HERSELF FROM FRIENDS Wisdom But Not Her Good Faith Continued on page 2) f';1,UT;,t,b,.',:."i.,,'uiBriUiii and U. S. Doubt Her for the time "of which the republic has been robbed" or receive full penalty under martial law. The message issued , by the gov ernment is headed "Shame. Com rades." and declares that Russia cannot await salvation from foreign ers but must fight ber own internal blockade in order to "end the mln- Govermnent Will Send Medi- Imc ator to Adjust Differences at Silyerton LONDON. April 8. After a lone conference with Ahe French ambas sador, Paul Cambon. held with Pre ens conditions of things, conquer mffer u George today and a full hunger, and save the isovlet repub- discussion of the Franco German in- t'urui ujr iiib cauiuei council, at which the French view was fully ex plained to the British ministers, an authoritative statement was issued to the effect that France acted en tirely on her own Initiative in de ciding to occupy German towns; that Great Britain, the United States. Italy and Belgium were all opposed to the plan, and that France's action FUNERAL SHIP i HAS HERO DEAD Because of the seriousness of the situation at Silverton caused by the strike of workers of the Silver Falls Timber company's mill, the govern- Id2j:-.-. Q7 A CVl I has caused a delicate situation ment has decided to send G. Y. Har-J uulM ui oi nuiuii.au The matter is a ry, federal mediator, to that town to investigate, the trouble . between the mill management and . the Timber workers union. Clair Covert, president of the In ternational . Timberworkers' unfon. is on the scene, and in an address before a mass meeting Wednesday night, asserted that unless the com pany agrees to receive members back into its employ a sympathy strike will spread throughout the timber industry in the northwest. Mr. Harry, it was found yesterday. diers Arrive From English Camps NEW YORK. April 8. Bringing from Spulhampton. England, bodies of 87 -American soldiers who. died in the service of their country on foreign soil. the. army transport Nansemond docked here todap. her flag at half mast. The bodies were those of enlisted men. most of whom died during th uas Been seat u oaui Great Britain. From this port they will be ship- go to Silverton immediately. Wheth er a substitute will be sent has not beweu ascertained. Te Central Trades and Labor council of Salem is supporting the Silverton strikers. ped within a few days to virtually every state in the union. Each body, encased in a metal lined, flag draped casket, will be accomnamed br a soldier guard, made up as far a!lng a' plan which was only Intended possible of men who served 'in the las a last resort method, and even nder discussion of the British and French governments and (he hope is expressed that the situation may be eased. The state ment recites various expedients sug gested for dealing with the Ruhr situation, among others the sending of allied officers with the German troops to supervise the German withdrawal. Another alternative was that the decision should be left with the German government, with the stipulation that unless the status quo was sufficiently restored, the allies themselves would occupy Ger man points to enforce their demand. The statement proceeds: : France Acted Hastily. "The German government appears to have acted precipitately and France to have responded to adopt- 1 1 : .. ' - ; w .' r v Jw , -r J , w'- v t -. . ' I . . . m-.'.. - : I r .V- -7.it! " .... ... ... ,-, - . .. j' i 1 1 As Lawless Strike Extends to Score of Cities Union Heads Plead in Vain for Return to Work- WHAT MASSES SAY IS LAW CRIES ONE STRIKER New Organization Formed to Supercede Au Brotherhood CHICAGO. April S. -While 11- ers of the imurgect stride of switch men and englnemea tonight contend- I ed that their strike h4 spread from I roast to coat and involved some 2i,600 men. officers of the aaioas who have condemned the walkout after taking stock of the sltsatlia raid that the pak of theMrouble had passed. Reports from nearly a score of cities where Insurgents struck, an ion officers said. Indicated that about 15.000 men Had been affected dl- same organisation as the deceased- These guards of honor will remain 'with the bodies until the earth fin ally closes over their former- com rades. Of this department, the magnitude of which has been the pride of this store for many years, we now chronicle the last page. It sim ply this: Yowr choice of ell re maining Silks at yard ,; V $n m Such Well Known Silks &s Pine Tree, Corticelli, Skinners and Bramsons, all 36 inches wide Taffetas: i . The real sDrine-time Rilk in taupe, biscuit, steel, pearl and other shades of - grey.. AJefsalinef: Excellent qualities in white, tan, apricot and emerald. Satins: None better, colors are wild rose, pearl grey, claret, shell, pink and kelly green. , . Plaids: J There is still a good assortment of these, especially good for skirts and misses' dresses. then to have been the affair of the allies and not of any one of them." Great Britain. Italy. Belgium and the United States, it is declared, all feel that the task of restofing order should lie with Germany and all were opposed to their regular forces being called upon, except as a last resort, to undertake what are virtu ally police duties. - It is pointed out that France feared some ulterior motive on the part of Germany, and doubtless acted in good faith, but. adds the statement, "the Immediate result is that the responsibility for her action cannot lie shared by the allies as a whole and certainly there Is no intention on the part of the British rovemment to allow British soldiers to set as police between hos- TitFftnnstA rnmu Anrii tile Germsn fsctlons and incur all tne oaium oi sum psniuu. iu bo; nothing or its risk." The statement concludes: "If. add when. France's suspicions nd deliberate flaunting of the terms of the peace treaty become accomplish ed facts, the allies would doubtless be "prepared 'to act Inslantly and vig orously In concert to vindicate tne AMERICAN GIRL ESCAPES SOVIET Travels on Foot After . Ter rible Hardships From Un-. bearable Conditions A telegraphed picture of Ralph Pottet who confessed being a member of the slugging and bomblcg crew of the upholsterers union. The con fession was broucht about throueh the efforts of his sweetheart. Cora Taylor, who after having hadowed him and two of his fellow bombers fU' or la4,rUT. Including I0oj and watched the lagging of one of their victims pleaded with Potter to .Union leaders today failed in their make a, clean breast or his criminal activities take a sentence and start efforts to win over any considerable life anew. ( number of the strikers, bat tonight -Will you wait snd rosrry me when I come out?" Ralph asked aax- fk)s groups had returned to i , - work and that', they saw signs of J' . ' ' weakening among the asta who, they She noddod ascent and alowly his arm encircled her waist and he said, would be back at work la a few drew her Hps to bis. The action of this episode took place la the office days for lack of fuads.- of Prosecutor Lowrey where the pair came to make their confession. Kntfln fee Lck ot Fmsl. E. E. Graven a delegate lor the union, was arrested at his home la . Against this opUmUtle ouUook. Medford, Mass. yesterday as an outcome ef Potter's confession. I MmA . Mr of the strike. At St- Lou U.' San Francisco and To ledo the number of men reported on ttrike was Increased appreciably, while Conway. r added tmen. Stglaaw. Mich.. 200. Salt Lake CUT, 21S. and reports trora Omaha. Co na il Bluffs and several .other clues indicated further waikmit -temor- Tlcw Prudent A. F. vTilUieT of the Brotherhood of Railroad- Trala mea. and laternational President S. fSeberllng of the Switchmen's aa l?n of North America, la predicting that the rtrlke weald be broken with in the next two days, said that the 31 OFFICIALS KILLED IN ERIN After two years ot hardship and ad venture in soviet Russia, Miss Elisa beth Hollinger, ot Syracuse. . H. T Ytttss tn a I a bar aejanA lhpniih t Vt o south Russia zone or hostilities to the .f ..9rm"l'" n'ter,r. """T' American Red Cross here. She is one of thousands of refugees crowd ing the shores of the Black sea, seek ing an exit through Russia's bacic door Miss Hollinger. who has resided ! Pu,on, "V"1 r 20 years in Russia, was living at slon8 of the treaty and respect for the provi- for 20 years in Russia, was living Kiev when it was occupied by the soviet army. She left her home. staying in the daytime in a local cemetery, and at night visiting the dwellings of humble friends, who se cretely provided her with rood. Even- ually she was discovered and arrest ed, but on account ot her nationality, was released, though forbidden to leave the region. Conditions were unbearable, so she escaped at the first opportunity and traveled afoot, suffering from cold and hunger, to Yekaterinodar. and thence walked to Novorosslsk where she wss cared for by the Red Cross. She was in a state of almost com Die te exhaustion, numbed with cold and halt starved ' Retiring From K Petition on Way for Toft to Ran in Oregon PORTLAND Or- April 8. Peti tions, were being circulated for sig natures here today with the object of having the name of William Howard Ta ft placed on the Oregon primary ballot for Indorsement by Republicans of the state as tneir candidate for president. According to Chsrles W.xAckerson. a merchant who is active in the circulation of the petition, it will be Hied about April 12. ;-. V V ' Veritable Reign of Terror in Emerald Isle Attributed to Sinn Fein IX)N-iON. April 8. Ottn thousand and eighty-nine outrages were com mitted in Ireland between .January 1919 and March 29. 1920. according to an official White japer. which at tributes them to the Sinn Fein movement. Thirty-one police, mili tary and officials and five civilians fr I 7 kiiicUi OA flcic mru urvu, m were assaulted. . " This total does not Include the po lice barracks, more than 200 ot which were destroyed Easter week. TRAINING BILL h FACES DEFEAT I Friends Concede Tbis and Of fer Volnntary Cfaase as Substitute WASHINGTON. April 8. Facias: certain defeat, senate supporters ortprrsd or the Insurgent uprUlng la compulsory military training tooay other el!l was only naturaL retreated from pressing the adoption . John Urnnaa. leader of the rebel of their plan for four months train- yardmen's association, avowed that lng of .ail youths as a part of th the walkoat was crowing hourly and i my re-crganlxation bill. With this I that the men would not return to the Fortiand Wheat to Egypt First Time in Ten Years - - PORTLAND. Or.. Aprllx 8. The steamer Eelback of the European- Paciric line left here today for Alex andria. Egypt, with a full cargo of wheat, the first to go from here to that destination In more than a dec ade. . .. U? S. IISAPPnt)VK.S KltKXCII ACT WASHINGTON. April 8 So far as can be learned here, stale Jepart ment action In regard to the ltnhr Incident has been confined to an ex pression ot opinion to th effect that the German covernmen. should be permitted to send into the ltnhr val ley and reasonable number of tTKps necessary to restore order :n tua section and to maintain Its supreni acy. This position was clily stated hy the department about 10 days ago in answer to an inquiry from the Ger man rovemment as to the willing ness of the entente powers and Am erica to allow such a force to go In to the disturbed comtry. The French rovemment was fully In formed ot the American position and bo far as can be learned, while there have been some "conversations" be tween Ambassador Wallace and Pre mier Millerand at Pa.rU. thare has been no change in the position of the united States. The American view has heen that the whole Issue turns upon the ques tion of fact as to the extent or the disorder in the Ruhr district and the ability of the Ebert government to maintain its control there with the small force of gendarmarie. In (be course of the "conversations" be tween Ambassador Wallace and the French foreign ofrice. it Is under stood' that the latter set. ont as the French view that no condition exist ed in the valley to justify the entry of a large force of German regular troops which. In fact, was catccU'rd to ado to the disorder. Moreover De French cavern ment wss very apprehensive that. In their desperation, the red forces in tho Kuhr valley would eifect permanent Injury upon the coal mines from which the French expected to draw heavily for several years. FRIENDS URGE LOONEY TO GO Jefferson Man Requested Again to Become Candidate for Legislature ' ' chance of fr tit advocates of train ing' shifted their tactics in an effort to 6btain acceptance of a system of voitatary training. It J expected that a vote will be taken on the voluntary training sub stitute tosiorrow. There will be no direct vote on-compulsory : plan, if the voluntary plan Is adopted. fold of th parent union. Railroad managers tonight said more men were at work la the Chi cago yards than. at any time-since the strike started. Reports late tonight showed the following conditions la the cities af fected . -. " " " Chicago 6000 men out; freight' Snrpjrters of the compulsory Itraf fie &0 per feat of aormaL. ; training feature expressed the opin ion today-that its defeat meant, the virtual "wreck" of the entire meas ure. Senator Wadswortb, New York, In charge of the hill, said provision for reducing the regular army to 210.000 men within the next five years would not be practicable with. compulsory training rejected. Buffalo 2000 men Idle. Coaway. -Ps- -Of, mew out la Pennsylvania yards. ' ' Los As geles 1.200 men out; em bargo on freight. St. Loilt. Kaft St. Louis and Mad ison -200O men out of 3500 oa 27 lines on strike. . 'Ogdea. Utah 1C0' men on strike. Detroit 500 to S0O switchmen oa D. H. Loon ey or Jefferson, who served Marion county in the legis lature at the session of 1919 snd at the soecial session ot 192t. ha shown some reluctance to go into thj rare tor another term. The per sistence of Mr. Looney's friends, however, is about to persuade him to go in tor another hitch in the leg islative body and he Is expected to make an announcement to luat ef fect. In a few days. Mr. Looney was in Salem yester day, but when asked If he would te a candidate declined to make anv definite statement, saying be wished to have the matter under .advisement for a few days more. voted al- Stsviator Frellnchursen. Renubll- can. New Jersey, a supporter of tbej'trlke. throwhst 700 englnemea out; comoulsorr nlan. offered the amcnd-lDrg a une iraxuv mant tnr m'nlnr TnlnnlMn I Louisville. Ky. Men Debate was confined entirely to wo unanimously to alrfke. the training schemes. Senator Thorn- Toledo 00 men on L as. Colorado, said defeat of com pal- Knsaa City 200 to COO men out: . A.m. . embargo; . mWx coward of nVa.n M Cary25J Idle; 210 men vote to slrous of refraining from supporting reroin.;iyaV, . . ,ftA ..llt. out. I.VFOR3LTiOX ABOUT THE RED CROSS COlTtSK IX IIOMK NURSING. t THE RED CROSS HOME NURS- ivn rni-n?p wtir.i. tkacii YOU I To keep your family well. To feed them properly. To carry ont the doctor's dlrec- 4 tions in case of Illness. To lake- temperature properly. J To give foot and bed baths prop- erly. J To make a patient comfortable. 4 To sit a patient up properly. To use disinfectants. J To make poultices and how to use them. ' 1 To change the bed while oceu- pled by the patient. I The art of ban dad rig. I Simple home remedies. make shifts la the home. T glster today. Phone 7. 6. i it on the eve of election. First District Lacks One Candidate fcr Delegate ' The first congressional district nevds another candidate to be held In Chicago next June. F. T. Wright man or Salem Is the-only candidate who has filed. Oregon is entitled to 10 delegates to the national convention, two or whom are elected from 'each or the three conrresslnna! dl-trlcts and four from the :ale at large. So far only one candidate has filed in this district and there is danger that th? other place will be .left vacant by default. -2:0 men out oa two Sin 1 To Old Friends of Hoover Will Be Heard Tonight liertert Hoover's days at the old Oregon I -and company's offices In Salem will he related by his old friends of the rormer State Insurance rnmpanv. which was located In an adjacent building;, at the Hoover meeting at the city ball tonight. Hoover was a member of the Mar ion Square Tennis club In those days nd well IlVed. but could never "earn the game or tennis. "Too busy," wss always his rea son. ' - . FTiends or Hoover who knew hlra In the old days are especially Invit ed to attend the meeting tonijhl. Syraeui roads. Jersey City 2000 reported out on tive roads; 17 men out oa three roads. Decatur. 111. 107 oa strike. Jollet. III. SO out oa four roads. Scrsnton 50 switchmen idle. Sprinfteld. 111. Baltimore aud Ohio switchmen out. Niagara Falls Switchmen oa two roads quit and traffic dtoured. San Francisco 420 men out, ln cluiing all firemen, switchmen and engineers In the Saa Franclrco and Oakland yards. At Fort Wsyne The strike of 3.200 Pennsylvsnla sbo;nen. which had no connection with the switch men's walkout, was believed tettled. while at Cleveland the men failed to vote on a strike at a meeting and at Sheridan. Wyo.. the 'men decided t-. remain at work and send a delega tion to Chicago to aid in breaking the strike. S. 1 COMPLETELY TIED t SAN FRANCISCO. Cal- April V. The Southern Pacific railway late tonight announced that all swlt.-b-turn. yard engineers and jlrd fire men la the San Franctcn and Oak land yards. 430 In all. had walk! out snd that railroad officials ail clerks were doing necevsary twitch ing of .passenger trains. Approil mately 100 mea la the coast dlvle ioa were out. accord Lag to Tie com pany's figures.