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FIRST SECTION Pages 1 to 8 TWO SECTIONS 16 Pages SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDaV MORNING MAY 1, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS PL1K1 KISS E)!B KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION IS PASSED AT NIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH 49 FAVORABLE VOTES Administration's First Step Toward Ending State of War With Germans Taken In National Senate. 23 DEMOCRATS VOTE WITH MAJORITY SIDE Question Now Goes to Lower House With Prospect of Speedy Action WASHINGTON, April 30. The administration's first step toward placing the Unit ed States on a technical legal basis cf peace was taken to night by the senate in adopt ing the Knox peace resolution. The vote for adoption was 49 to 23. ' . Three Democrats voted for the resolution and although no Republicans voted against it, Senator Nelson of Minneso ta was paired against it. The Democrats voting for . it were Senators Myers, Mon , tana; Shields, Tennessee and Watson, Georgia. Two other : Democrats, Reed, Missouri, and Walsh, Massachusetts, were announced as favoring the resolution. ' Speed Expected in House - The resolution now toes to the house -Un prospects of prompt . action. It would repeal the war ' resolutions affecting German? and Austria-Hungarr, impound alien enemy property, and reserve to the United State all rights ant "privileges nnder the treaty of Versailles and other peace treat- - ies. An effort to amend the resolu tion made by Senator Townsend, Republican, Michigan, who moved . to strike out the clause repealing the war declaration and substi tute a simple declaration of peace was defeated 44 to 26. Senator .Lodge in Inaugurating the debate told tbe senate that treaties with Germany and oth ., ers with other nations with which the United States had been at war would follow tbe Knox resolution. He also1 gave notice that the iUnited States would not abandon .the allies. ' - Substitutes Withheld Substitutes for the Knox reso lution prepared by Senator King. Democrat. Utah, were not offered. The vote on the peace resolu tion did hot come until after " ' o'clock tonight and was precedea by tense partisan clashes. The .Republicans lined up almost sol idly behind the measure and all bnt five Democrats voted or were paired against It. The roll call: '" For adoption: - Republicans: Ball, Ilorah, Brandegee; Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis. Dillingham, Elklns. Fernald, Trance,- Frellnghuysen, Gooding. jHale, Harreld, Johnson, Jones, Washington): Kenyon, Keyes, Udd, LaFollette, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormlck. McKlnley. McNary, Aew, Nicholson, Norbeck, Xorrls, Oddle, ' Penrose, Polndexter. Snortridge, Smoot, Spencer. Stan .eld, Sterling, Sutherland, Town- (Continued on page 7) CUSS OF RECORD Gti 1 BE GRADUATED FR01 SAL1 i- oaiem nign scnooi win graduate ine miesi uaaa m History on Jimp 17 1fV7 RPninrs of the class of '21 will teceive diplomas. Of this nunmber 62 finished their work w the middle of the year but will return to receive their di plomas in June. I With the eiception of the win- be voted upon Monday by the er of the Albert character award, class, are Ralph Bailey. Alfred " of th senior class honors have Montgomery and George White. DAAft a , . w will ioiatr tnir mraea. Among tnose wno we been Beiected to ake part obert Littler;-class orator; Le- etn Knhn, high scholarship stu- oent, and Ava Miller, elected by r . vu,l' womineea lor me - Aert award, roae names will! WAGE CUT OF 20 PER CENT IS BV 0U1 PULP There is a general cut In wa;es at "the paper mill of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company of 20 per cent, effective today. This cut includes salaried men. It will affect about 1 2T men. and the total reduction will amount to about $100 a day. reducing the total payroll from about i0Q to around (400 a day. The lowest wages paid has been $4.32 for eight hours. The mini mum under the new scale will therefore be $3.46. and from that on up. The scales have been as high as $7.r.O for eight hours. All the men have accepted the cut, realizing that there have been three cuts in paper prices lately; that the same 20 per cent cut has been made in all western IT The loganberry crop of the Sa lem district will be considerably lighter this year than last, ac cording to estimates advanced by growers at a meeting here yester day. ; Between 75 and 100 loganberry growers from all sections of Mar ion and Polk counties attended. Estimates place the average yield for this year at less than two tons to the acre, with only a few forecasting a yield of over two tons. Last year's average was con siderably above the two-ton mark. Salem Body Receive Invita tion from Roseburg Am erican Legion King Bing Knowland of the Cherrians has received an Invita tion from the American Legion post at Roseburg asking the Cherrians to .take part in a two day celebration sponsored by the ex-soldiers' in that city July 3 and 4. Tbe invitation asks that as large a representation of Salem ites make the trip as possible, for the Cherrians are wanted to march in the parade. Action on the invitation will be taken at the regular business meetlpg of the Cherrians May 10. This invitation Is only the first If many others which are expected to reach the Cherrians during the season for the Cherrian drill team is far famed as a marching body and is wanted for numerous oc casions similar to this one each year. Two platoons are drilling regularly under the direction of Captain Carl Gabrielson. iSIZE TO 1 A A 1 - 1 am 4- a1 r r n J if O mose wh-j . diplomas In June are: Albee. Georgia. Albrich, John. Albrich Joseph UH GROWERS BUS AI ASKED TO MARCH (.Continued on page) E & PAPER paper mills, and that greater re ductions have been made at the eastern mills, whose manager are entering this market and of fering or threatening still greater reductions in the prices of paper. The only complaint of the men is that all commodity prices have not ben brought down in the same proportion as wages, or in the same proportion as some com modity prices. Oregon Glly flits. ORKGON CITY. Or., April 30. Notices of reductions in the j wage scale have been posted by : both the Hawley Pulp & Paper company and the Crown-Willamette company, effective May 1. The cut announced will be 20 per cent. IS ESTIMATED BY T 2 TONS TO The extreme wet weather of this spring, together with the freeze of last November, is blamed for the pending crop shortage. The committee named at the meeting of the growers last month will meet with the buyers some time during the month of May to decide , upon a price for this year's crop, it was stated. This committee is composed of W. L. Bently of Woodburn, S. B. Ramp of Brooks. R. A. Downing of Sa lem and Claude Stevenson and Gordon McGHchrist of the Rose dale section. FUAZIER IS III ' STATE PRISON Former Eugene Man Behind Bars After Living Year Under Another Name PORTLAND. April 30. E. J. Frazier, former Eugene, Or., real estate dealer, who has been a fug itive from justice wince his con viction on a charge of forgery in Benton county on December 7, 1919. was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Christoffersen at a house near hero where, the of ficer said, be has been living un der the alias of Robert Ramsey. Presiding Circuit Judge Kava naugh denied the petition of Wil liam P. Lord, attorney for Fra zier. for a writ of habeas corpus asking that Frazier be restored to liberty. Lord's petition held that the sentence which was or dered by Circuit Judge J. I'. Ham ilton of Benton county, was not legally imposed. In custody of a deputy sheriff from Multnomah county, Frezier was taken to Corvallis late today and from there was taken to the penitentiary, according to advices from Corvallis. Frazier arrived at the state prison last nigbt in custody of Renton county officers in whose charge he was placed in Portland. He was brought here directly fiom that city. Frazler's sentence is one to five years. Salmon Prices Fixed By Columbia Packers ASTORIA. Or., April 30. The Columbia River salmon packers at a meeting today ffxed the prices to be paid the fishermen for raw fish during the season, which will open tomorrow, at the following ratei per lb: Chinooks, 9 cents: blue backs, 8 cents; steelheads, 7 cents: white sturgeon, 7 cents; shad, 1 cent. The price named for chlnook salmon is 3 cent a pound less than prevailed last season. Con ditions surrounding the industry are the most chaotic ever known, as the market is overstocked with the cheaper grades of canned sal mon and this fact effects the en tire situation. 1 MM 6 ARTISTS GUESTS OF LOCAL MAN Murray Wade Dines Cartoon ists in Honor of Warren Gil bert, Salem Visitor last night tbe Marion hotel was the scene ot a merr dinner party, when Murray Wade enter tained in honor of Warren Gilbert oi Ih-nver. son of Mr. ami Mrs. A. V Gilbert of this city. The guests were prominent car toonists. The honor guest, who-is. now an advertising artist for the Gates Tire company, was for 15 years cartoonist on the Denver Post and Denver News. Other guests were Howard KIsher, cartoonist of the Oregon Journal ; A. G. Robertson, theatri cal poster cartoonist of Portland; Clyde Kellar, formerly of Salem; nranrrndo - years cartoonist of the Indianap- i oils News; and Clyde Henson, pos- ! ter designer for Foster & Kleiser j of Portland. j Mr. Wade is editor of the Ore-1 gon Magazine and formerly was ; cartoonist of the Oreponian and j the,. Portland Telegram. GOLFERS TO PLAY Teams for Three-Cornered Tournament to Be Select ed From Scores - Members of the Illahee Country club over 4 0 years old will play against those under 40 today in a senior-Junior handicap tourna ment from which the team of 12 players which will represent the Salem club In the three-cornered tournament with Corvallis and Eugene will be picked. The. wo men players will be chosen by the two captains without regard-Wt age. About 50 persons who will take part in the tournament today will furnish the field from which the team will be selected. Dr. H. H. Olinger and C. H. Vorce are the captains. The three-cornered tournament which starts next Sunday will be played May 8 at Eugene, the fol lowing Sunday at Salem and on May 22 at Corvallis. There will be a cup offered as a prize in the tournament, which, to be kept' permanently, must be won three years in succession. Following th three-cornered tournament the Salem golfers will hold another handicap for the president's cup the latter part of May or the first of June. WILL MAKE RATES VANCOUVER. B. C, April 30. Representatives of the Canad ian Robert Dollar company, thi Admiral line and the Government Merchant Marine, Ltd. ..will meet here Monday to establish a regu lar basis of freight ratdes to ports beyond Singapore, it was an nounced tonight. I P III'!' APPROVAL OF ROCKEFELLER Fl Q1DATI0N TO WILiAMETTE UNIVERSITY Conferring with members of the board of trustees and j friends of Willamette university, Dr. Wallace Buttrick, pres-! ident oi tne general education ooara oi tne nocKeiener ioun-1 I dation, and Trevor Arnett, a member of the board, yesterday j j looked over the university grounds and organization and ex ! amined the books of the institutions. j Satisfaction was expressed byjhe i eastern men at the condition of ' the institution and a few sugges tions were made as to the keep 1 ing of the books in the business i office. Hoth men are from New j York city. ! Conditions on which the gift of ; 1350. Out) offered by the founda- tion to Willamette for endowment j purposes were discussed and Pres- ident Carl Gregg Doncy announc ed that the university had iL ieady secured more than $300, ! 000 toward the $650,000 which the university must raise as a nart of the acreement bv which i Willamette will receive the Rock efeller gift. Among the men called together by President Doney for the meet ing were Hihop William O. Shep ard. A. M. Smith. E. S. Collins. A. S. Flegel, Rev. William Wallace Youngson, all of the board of trustees, and Mr. Hawarth. a friend of the . university. All of the men are from Portland. OF IS E Counties This Year Vote Special School Levies in Excess of Nine Million Dollars. MARION COUNTY ADDS SUM OF $336,996.19 Big Increase Over Special Tax Last Year Notwith standing 2-Mill Act Oregon's experiences with tax es since the adoption of the per cent tax limitation amendment to the constitution has revealed two outstanding facts: One is that the people are more extravagant many times over than the legislature. The other is that If any one wants to enter a plot to increase taxes the most likely person he can connive with is the taxpayer himself. School Taxes Gain School taxes particularly are in teresting. The 6 per cent tax limitation, as is generally known, means that taxes in any one yea"- ; cannot exceed by more than 5 I per cent the taxes of the previous j year unless authorized by vote of tne people. ine limitation was initiated by the State Taxpayers league in 1916. In the league's argument for the bill, appearing in the voters' pamphrlet of that year, are these statements: "Oregon's per capita tax is higher than that of any other state in the union. During the past 10 years taxes have increased 37 ner cent a vear. . Taxes have Inn-eased five times faster than population .... Unless a limit is provided the legislature and our public officials will continue to increase our taxes as rapidly as they have in the past." Here is Oregon's peculiar's pre dicament in taxation: The stale tax levy in 1920 was more than it had ever been berore ny some thing over SI, 000, 000, of which $990,435.47 was due to the mar ket road millage act-voted by the people In 1919 and $198, 087. OH to the service men's educational aid act. Ilig Increa.e Shown But this year the state levy is more than 100 per cent in excess of the levy of 1920, which Is startling. In dollars and cents the state tax levy for 1921 is 19. 493,105.22. The only hand the legislature has had in bringing on this tremndous increase has been in referring certain meas ures to the people. The people themselves have done the voting, i And the 6 per cent limitation does not apply when the people speak, ! But in this big jump in state j taxes, an increase of $',! o 1 ,897.- (Continued on page 2) BULLETINS MARJXfc STIUKK S.tX FRAXCIStX), Cal.. April 30. More than 500 steamers at Pacific roost ports will 1m- tied np in the event of a maritime strike, with approximately :tt.OOO marine workers affected on this coast, shipping men lien estimated to night. These figures do not take into arrnoant the longshoremen, stev edores and alll-d workers on land. REPARATION' WASIIIXUTOX, April 30. The next move in the reparations con troversy by the American goTem ment will await the outcome of the supreme council meeting at Iyondon. The Allied governments have been acquainted with the Ameri can point of view as 9 result of the conferences which Secretary Hughe has hal with diplomatic representatives of these governments. EDUCA TON T EXPENSIV AGENTS GIVEN PAPER QUITS BECAUSE OF SHORT WEEK Montanan Suspends Walla Walla Faces Prospect of Newspaperless Sunday MILES CITY, Mont., April 30 Suspension of the Evening Mon tanan with tbe issue of today, was announced tonight by the Inde pendent Printing company, which also publishes the Daily Morning Star. In announcing the suspension, I. F. Scanloh attributed it to de mands for increased wages by compositors, culminating in the demand for a 4 4 -hour week. Sev en members of the Independent company's force will be affected by the suspension. '"To meet the new demands of the printers." he said, "would re quire an increase in advertising rates which the advertisers could not afford. Suspension of th eve ning paper was therefore consid ered the best 0f the alternate courses." WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 30. Walla Walla tonight faced a prospect of a newspaperless Sun day. Pressmen gave proprietors of the two daily papers until mid night tonight to sign the new wage scale calling for a 4 4-hour week at the same scale as the 4 8 hour week and np to 10 o'clock tonight neither paper had signed anad tbe pressman threaten a strike. At 11 o'clock the press men decided to finish their shifts as usual. Proprietors of both papers signed a 4 4-hour scale with the Job printers effective at midnight tonight. GRAND FORKS, N. D.. April 30 Printers, pressmen and book, binders employed in the job print ing plants here will strike because their demand for a 44-hour week was refused by employers. Mem bers of the bookbinders' union did not decide until today to strike. MORE TOURISTS April This Season Ahead of Last May, Says Superin tendent of Park The Automobile tourist traffic through Salem is already much heavier than It was a month later last year, according to T. G. Al bert, superintendent of the- auto mobile camp grounds, who bases his statement on tire numbers of cars that already have registered at the grounds this season. Since April 10, when the prounds were opened to accommo date tourists, 128 automobiles have registered from distant part3 of the Country, besides 134 cars of Sunday picnickers from near by points. Last year, during the month of May, only 29 cars reg istered in two weeks' time. Last night 22 automobiles were registered at the grounds, as fol lows: From South Dakota, 1; Ohio. 1; Washington. Nebras ka, 1; California, 5; Oklahoma, 1 ; eastern Oregon, 8. The traveler?, according to Mr. Vlheit. report roads good to the north and the south, but roads over the mountains to eastern Oregon as scarcely passable. Cooperative Store To Be Opened by Legion PORTLA.NO, April 30. Head quarters of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen in Port land today reported that plans are under way to open a Four-L co-operative store at Aberdeen, Wash. Several organization em ployes have announced intention to support the enterprise, the purpose of which is to reduce liv ing costs to offset declines in wage scales, said the legion's or licials. The plans propose that the pro ject, to be incorporated with a capital of $30,000. will be launch ed at a mass meeting at Aberdeen the evening of May 7 following the semi-annual meting of the local Four-L district board on that day. Norman F. Coleman, president of the Loyal legfon, will attend both meetings. MRS. JOHN RKFI ILL RICA. April 30. Mrs. John Reed, widow of the American writer and communist who died in Russia lart year. Is ill here. Mrs. Reed, who writes under the name of Louise Bryant, has just arrived from Moscow. CIRCIS MAX OEAD MIAMI. Fla.. April 30. John F. Robinson, 7, retired circus owner, died at his winter home here tonight of chronic bronchltlr. Till YEAR AGO UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED MILLIONS IN UITED STATE May Day Estimate Made Through Figures Obtained From Labor, Industrial and State Officials Idleness at Worst in East, Centering in New York, Philadel phia, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland Oregon Ii dustry Resuming aid Only 11,000 Without Jess . Labor Situation Summarized K . 1 - Mill II II I Condition in Oregon The unemployment situation in Oregon has been gradually improving slice the first of the year; accord ing to C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner. With lum bering operations slowly resuminir. and agricultural work taking many idle.; men oeen a decrease of approximately 5000 unemployed as compared with the number out of work in January, which was estimated at about 16,000. The bulk of the unemployed are loggers and lumber mill workers. H State Estimates Shown. The estimates in tJ)e states where unemployment flourishes most at the present time show the number of unemployed to be, according to the Associated Press: , New York, 450,000; Illinois, 430,000; Pennsylva nia 250,000; Indiana 250,000; Michigan 100,000; Ohi6, 210,000; Wisconsin l40,000; West Virginia 50,000; New Hampshire 35,000; California 30,000; Rhode Island 21, 300; Washington 20,000; Oklahoma 18,000; Nebraska 12,000; Idaho 12.000; Oregon 11,000; Kentucky 10,000; Arizona 6000; Utah 4000. - 'i . : - - -- -- - - - , CHICAGO, April 30. SUghlly more than 2,000,000 will be Un employed in 19 states of the Union when May day ia ushered In ; to morrow, according to ; estimates given to The Associated PressiJby government, labor, state and In dustrial officials. i ' A large percentage of those wlo are unable to obtain work are In the big industrial sections of the eastern and central states, includ ed in these 19 states from which unemployed figures could be ob tained, but reports from the othfer 29 states where figures were u& obtainable, all show that unem ployment exists and the esti mated unemployment of the country, made by experts' includ ing labor leaders, range from 3,, 000,000 to 5,000.000 persons, jfj .Eastern Condition Serious. Report of much unemployment show up from N$w York, Illinois, (Continued on page 2,) Jj - SCORES IN COAST BASEBALL McGaffigan, 2b 4 Rose, If 4 Pick. 3b 3 Mollwilz, lb , 4 Compton, cf , 4 Ryan, rf ; 4 Orr. ss i 3 Cook, c 4 Fittery, p 3 0 dr 0 ul f of Of Totals Gen In," cf. . . Krug, 2b. A, 4 Of 01 Wolfer, If 4 Cox. rf 4 Poole, lb 4 Baker, c. 2 Butler. 3b 3 0 01 o 0; Of Of 0 of Young, ss. 2 2 0 1 Poison, p. Plllette, p. Paton Totals 29 0: 4 Score by innings J Sacramento 0 Portland 0 0 Batted for Poison in tbe eighth. SACRAMENTO 1, PORTLAND 0' PORTLAND, Or-.. April SO Srr memo brat Portland in a pitching duel ti-twrn Paul Kittiry and Harold Polaon. 1 to 0, Pirk'a home run in the eighth deriding the content. Kittiry allowed th Bavprs but four l'inzl-, lm the Mack men could not ilrive out a pinch hit. although they had an exrelleM chance to hcore in th hixth frame R If. K. Sacramenlo J 9 O Portland .. ... :u 4 1 Batterii Kittery and Cook ; Poliion, Plllette and Maker OAKXJUTD 6, VERNON 3 SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. Anrir 30 Vernon lacked it uanal punch: in .thij tiinrnra today and Oakland von 6 to 3.f5 I he ik got a threr run trad in the first two inninga which Vermn vn unable to overtake. Cooper wa tho star of the day, knocking out a double a untie, scoring two runa and Mealing one baV, in addition to some brilliant field ing". ft IX. K. ernon 3 a 1 Oakland 6 12 O Matteries Dell, Schneider cal Han nah; Kremer and Koebler. from the cities, there has ' 35-Cent Butter Predicted In Portland for Tomorrcf PORTLAND. April 30. Thirty, five cent butter was predicted tot Portland Monday If a 4-ent drbi announced by local creamery con cerns today is passed on to th consumers. The best grades will sell at 30 csnts at the creameries. Cheese prices have declined nearly 35 per cent In the local whoieaale market durinr the past 10 days, with the Jobbing price of Tillamook cream cheese down to 25 cents a pound. Stocks were still selling at 40 cents a poua still selllnji at 40 cents a pound retail today. THK WEATHER Showers- strong southwesterly winds west portion; moderate southerly winds east portion. Hacramento AB. TL H. 2B. 3B.BB.SO.SH. SB.P.O. A. E. i 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 t 0 0 0 4 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 33 i; 9 0 0 4 4 0 0 27 18 0 Portland AB. R4 H. 2B. 3B.BB.SO.SH. SB.P.O. A. E. 1 000100300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 27 IS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 SALT LAKE 2-4; SEATTLE 3-3 SEATTLE. April 30. Seattle aud Salt T.ake split a doable header here today, Seattle taking the first cam S t 1, and Halt Lake winning the second i to 3. Sslt Lake started the aecnnd cos iest with a 2 to 1 lead ia the tint inning, lost it in the fjftk. and staged an excellent chance to score in the aixtk First (iaroe R, H. E. Salt 'Lake 3 S 1 rieattle 3 11 8 ' Uatteriea Gould and Byler; Scbeorr knd Spencer. j Second game R. H. E. Bait Lake a a feKttle ia 1 1 Hatteries Thurston and Lynn; Dailer n1 Adams. AHOELB 2. TOSCO 1 LOS AMGELEfl. Cel.. Anril SO. lai Angeles made it three atraight front ban I'raneiaro today, with a t ta 1 victory. Pitcher Hughes won his own gam by tripling to the right field fence in the. seventh inning and scoring on KllUfer'a sscruice iiy to &cnira. 1 - , . H. B. Fan rranrisco , . let Im Angelee .. IT Batteries Scott and Anew'; Rsfkn and Stanage. " T 8 ) M m 1 1