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SEVEN --SECOND YEAR'
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1922
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STRIKE
SETTLEHTIS
"II
Proposals Made by Brother
hoods; Although Secret,
Said to Offer Satisfactory
'Solution.- .
MEN WOULD RECEIVE
ALL OLD RIGHTS
Situation Would Revert Back
to Starting Point, on
Both Sides
NEW. YORK, Aug. 18.- (By
tlift Associated' Preas.)--Tha live
.great railroad brotherhoods "which
have - - stepped into the natkm-
' wide shopmen's strike, as , medi
ators; today ottered to the, roads
n-hat ) they : termed a practical
proposition for peace, and the
roads took up, the proposal under
consideration. Neither , side would
officially disclose the terms of the
.proposition, -,1a some quarters
chose to the conferees, it was said
that Acceptance of the proposal by
the executives would reeult In the
Immediate return of all strikers
to their old jobs, with full and un
.impaired : seniority and pensionJ
Tights, In addition to retention of
men hired, since-thetrike. ..The
proposition, on - the other . hand,
wa , outlined la other quarters
aa providing for restoration of
strikers as , rapidly as possible
with their seniority rights to ,b
adjusted ultimately to the satis
faction of all. ...
. - , Weeding Out to Start - ,
' The proposition in these quar-
: ters.was understood to be in the
nature of - a gentlemen's : agree
ment, it was understood, ' and
would profide that , the question
t which will arise at the end of the
busy fall season would he handled
as it has been , in - other yearsr
according to the usual weeding
eu process.
The whole plan, it was unoN
flclalry Indicated, i would mean
that without any apparent surren
der by either the railroads or the
-.. shop crafts, the strikers would not
suffer any more in the long run
than would bo usual after an in
dustrial struggle of this nature.
f-Vt K committee of nine executives,
. appointed to . meet the : brother
hood men, listened to this propo
sition, hastily summoning anoth
er 'meeting of the representatives
of the brotherhoods, which prob-
- i.My will be r.oUl here next Tues
day then filed the next meeting
v 'tli the mediation committee for
" next Wednesday in this city. -
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Start of Western Growers'
Tour Will be from Salem
on August 23
, r ' The date and itinerary of the
Western Walnut Growers', tour of
the Willamette' valley walnut dis
tricts have been k announced by
the secretary, ; C. E. Schuster of
the Oregon Agricultural ' college
horticultural department,- as fol
lows: r , . , ; "
Start from Salem, August 23, at
8 a. tn.,a visit to the groves near
Salem carrying a large number of
California and American walnuts
"ith . numerous hybrids. , , The
Skyline and Cascade View orch
ards and the filbert , grove of
Senator McNary wilt be inspected,
followed. by .visits to the groves
near. Jefferson.'. Albany, and the
college farm, i The growers will
then go to Eugene for the night.
Other Varieties Studied
" Lydick'a grove east of the riv-
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LOGK-OPEWER HURLED
It BIRD BY ZINSER;
OWL GETS IT; GOES
Will ft Vnntnwl nftnlr and
xTn the law nf t.ont.h nnrl fnntr nrwl rlnw trrt Huh till in
fotce between the hootowl and
Are some hootowls just naturally malignant and hateful,
or fire they cross-eyed and just as liable to dine mistakenly
on dynamite or pebbles or steel filings as on rabbit or canary
birdl or kitchen-fed mice ?
Zre hootowjs joshers and jesters and funny-bone ticklers ?
Or-uperish the thought do they or some men ever mis
take Old Crow or some such brand for the kind of birds that
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nootowis eat, and do they get
Ariel, D. Zinser, poultryman at
the state hospital, drove over to
Riverside dip Friday night, to get
one of the boys who wanted to
come to 'town. Mr. Zinser knows
practically all there is about birds
except tbe unusual things that
hoot wla ifb-
lforttowl KJda Hlra
A hoot 01 Shouted at htm
from the lihib of a tree right "at
hand. He 'thought of his little
chicks and ' the thlrigs that
owls dv to ep This hootowl he
disliked at first sight and sound
He hadn't a 'un-i or a rock, in
his pockets. iBut be was at the
stopping polnti anyhow, so' he
killed his engine and crawled out
with his only missile, his ring of
keys, poised' reidy to throw.
tares IlJm i the Ha Ha ,
He took deadly; aim, and let
Did he harm tPe hootowl?
He did., not; i he, did - not even
intimidate it. The owi flipped it
self off the limb), grabbed the
keys as if -they were a snowbird
or a piece of treaded ; veal en
passant, and flew off with them
to another tree. , .)
That is the .principal part of
the story. It was good that they
had a. phone at the house, so that
he could telephone for either a
car:or a key to unlock the dag
goned automobile that. was so
safe t that it simply wouldn't stir
without a key like the one that
the owl carried off, If that car
hadn't been hard of Rearing, it
would have . heard Ha master's
voice in a different tede and de
meanor from the smllitig Victor
dog. " .. i
Mr. Zinser has changed the
lock on his auto; also ihe has
changed the combinatioa on the
chickenhouse lock at the hospital.
He's looking-for this. wise old
hootowl to come in to tie hen
nery some of these dark ) nights
and practically ruin the roost of
fat hens. 1 . '
Did the hootowl know ( "that
here was ,the key to the, hennery,
and that the hens were fat? t '
That's the one thing that,' Zin
ser Isn't quite sure about;! he
fears the worst. - 1 -
True natural history is certain.
ly stranger than fiction.
SEARCHING PARTY
Four Prisoners Who Knifed
Deputy Warden Make .
Complete Getaway .
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. IS.
Several posses, who have been
searching for the four convieta
who escaped from the state pen
itentiary here late yesterday after
severely knifing Deputy Warden
Arthur Muchow and taking War
den George T. Jameson with them,
returned to Sioux Falls late to
night with no clews to the where
abouts of the fleeing men. -Warden
Jameson, who was released by
the men late last night, has taken
active charge of the chase.
i Warden Jameson tonight said
he had no 'definite information as
to what direction the convicts
went from Sioux Falls, but pre
sumed that they had gone west
ward in hopes of losing ' their
Identity in the gangs of transient
harvest hands of whom there are
many in South Dakota now.
CONVICTS
rlAvnatntp n Hnmnn nprnn
man?
mixed up in the shuffle :
BUSH OFFERS
TO LIGHT UP
NOTED TREE
Historic Summer Street Will
be Illuminated if City Will
Spare It
A. N. Bush has offered to rig
up the big North Summer street
redwood tree witn a full set of
electric lights if the city will let
it stand, and the city council is
going to give the proposal a hear
ing. The city seems to be almost
unanimous in wanting to save
the tree, even if it Coes grow out
in tho middle of the street.
The council is to meet In reg
ular session Monday night, . and
the "Woodman-spare-that-tTee,
delegation is expecting to jam the
hall. Some otter . Incidental bus
iness will be transacted, like or
dering a few (thousand dollars
worth of paving and other trifling
things; but the tree seem a to
have the popular eye and ear.
BUT HE IST
Clever Joe Wilson Gets
Check Cigar Store Cash
es It Pay Stopped
Buying 25 tons of hay from a
stranger without first seeing the
hay I likely to cost Barcus & Son
owners of the South Salem feed
mills $25 unless the local police
department is able to locate Joe
Wilson, alleged farmer and dis
poser of the hay.
The story of Wilson's opera
tions read like O'Henry's classical
yarns of bunco artists. Accord
ing to the story told the police,
Wilson, wearing thei customary
apparel of the average farmer and
well bespattered with straw and
other barnyard trade marks, ap
peared at the feed mill last Wed
nesday. He offered to dispose of
the hay at a specified amount and
the fillers agreed to buy. Wil
son is said to have requested a
down payment of $25 to help him
out.
A check for that amount was
tendered and the man departed,
agreeing to deliver the hay later.
It was tot ii if til he was gjorie that
the firm decided rt might be a
"good Idea to take a look at said
hay.' They drove to the ranch
where it was supposed to be, but
to their sorrow, learned that Wil
sdn vras not known and owned
no hay. Then the millers made
a hurried attempt to stop pay
ment of the check at the bank,
but ?WIlson. according to the po
lice was too shrewd and cashed
the check at a loca7 cigar store.
Wlhen the latter put the check
through the bank the story was
divulged, but it was -then too
late to locate Wilson who is now
among the missing wrth the po
lice Mill on the hunt for him on
a charge of obtaining money un
der false pretense.
THE WEATHER:
Saftfrday ahowers; cooler east
ern portion.-
LOOKED
RUSTIC
KLUX IY
ME ii !1
CITY ELECTION
Charge and Counter-Charge
Passing Between Factions
interested in Choice of
Officers.
SHAKE-UP IN POLICE
MAY FOLLOW VOTING
Attempt to Carry Fight Into
Council Productive of
Nothing So Far
That the local Ku Klax Klan
is to play its own little part in
the city election this fall has be
come apparent the 'last few weeks
and each day the fact is cropping
closer to the surface. Charges
and counter-charges are being
made by the various factions in
terested in the coming election at
which time a mayor,-, chief- of
police and city recorder are to
be named by the electors.
Whether or not the klansmen
will come out in the open and
back their candidates is problem
atical at this time.
However the election goes there
is pretty certain to be a general
shake-up in the police department
and this alone has caused seve al
of the blue-coats to lose cons d
erable sleep of late. ,r
i There have been several at
tempts during the past few weeks
to carry the fight into the city
council chambers at the semi
monthly meetings of that body,
but to date the charges and counter-charges
have simmered down
to nothing.
With the klan activities in the
Ilall-Olcott contest having brought
nothing but a waste -of time to
the courts and principals alike, a
great deal of speculating is being
done as to just what move the
K. K. K. will make in backing up
its choice for offices when the
voters go to the polls next Novem
ber. STATE PICNIC
IS PL
ED
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
Societies Urge Great
Yearly Gathering
Several hnndred former Iowans
attended the Iowa picnic at the
Hate fair grounds Thursday af
ternoon. The picnic lunch at
noon was the first and. maybe the
biggest event; it was a notable suc
cess. A nnmbei ot visiting Iow
ans, not members of tne county
association, were present.
For the purpose of promoting
come state rivalry, as well as to
get more people interested in
community social affairs, it has
been proposed by the Iowans that
the other states that hold annual
picnics shall hold their metmgs
all on the same day. and make
one big picnic that will come to
be a great annual social event. .
Others Take Steps
The Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa societies' hav already taken
such steps; all the others are be
ing asked to join In, and make
"state picnic day" a notable day
every year.
W. L. Cummings, 333 Mission
street, of thj Wisconsin society,
is the temporary chairman to help
perfect the organization. The
committeje will meet some day
during the state fair to plan , for
th1923 gathering.
Old Timers Presented
One ot the finest things of the
day was the presentation ot some
of the old timers who came from
Iowa early In the history of Ore-
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ANN
GERMANY ILL
BE ASKED TO
FLOUT LOANS
Delegates Will Meet With
Chancellor Wirth Early
Next Week to Talk Over
Prospects.
FURTHER GUARANTEES
WILL BE SOUGHT
Loans May be Made if Suf
ficient Collateral is Pro
duced at Once
PARIS, Aug. 18. (By Asso
ciated Press.) The v reparations
commission will send delegates to
Berlin to confer with Chancellor
Wirth on the reparations prob
lem. The delegation will consist
o Sir John Bradbury, British
member ot the reparations com
mission; Eugene Mauclere, pres
ident of the commission on guar
antees and two experts. The par
ty will leave Saturday night.
One of the chief purposes be
hind the decision of the commis
sion to confer direct with the Ger
man authorities is to determine
whether . Germany can mobilize
sufficient securities to float a loan
of 12,000,000 marks with which
to meet the remaining cash payHable, the mine workers xcusing
ments due this year. This com
mission believes that if adequate
collateral can be found certain In
ternational bankers would ar
range the loan, it is said.
Moratorium Worries.
With such a loan effected, the
reparations commission would be
able to avoid the question of a
moratorium for at least six
months.
Although it is officially stated
that Sir John Bradbury and M.
Mauclere are going to Berlin for
the purpose of getting a first band
impression and information re
garding the German situation, Sir
John is very hopeful that some
compromise can be arranged with
Germany, either through the sug
gested loan or by means of addi
tional guarantee!).
I'olnca Approves Move.
Sir John and his associates are
proceeding to Germany with the
full consent of Premier Poincare,
the Associated Press learned to
day. The French premier is eag
er to settle the crisis within the
reparations commission provided
French insistence on more guar
antees can be met. The loan
scheme is only one of several
schemes which the commissioners
will discuss in Berlin. In any
event the reparations problem will
remain in suspense for at least an
other ten days or two weeks.
The reparations commission,
however, has warned the allied
governments that the chances for
failure of the mission are Just as
great as they are for success es
pecially since the recent fall In
the mark.
Klan Case Soon to Be
in Jury's Hands
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. The
prosecution rested Its case again
today against 30 defendants, al
leged members of the Ku Klux
Klan, on trial in the superior
court here on felony charges aris-
ing from a raid in Ingiewood, near
here, last April.
The defense made motions to
strike out portions &t the state's
evidence and the jury was excused
until Monday morning while at
torneys presented arguments on
the motion.
AGAINST MORATORIUM
BRUSSELS. Aug. 18.(Bythe
Associated Press.) The Belgian
delegate on the reparations com
mission, under instructions from
his government, will vote against
granting a moratorium to Ger
many, which accordingly will be
refused by the commission,
TEXT OF PRESIDENT HARDING'S
SPEECH ON STRIKE PROBLEM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (By
the Associated Press.) The text
6f President Harding's address o
congress on the industrial situa
tion was as follows:
Gentlemen of the congress:
It is manifestly my duty to
bring to your attention the indus
trial situation which confronts-the
country. The situation growing
out of the prevailing, railway and
coal mining strikes is so serious
so menacing to the nation's wel
fare that 1 should be remiss it I
failed frankly to lay tho matter
before you and at the same time
acquaint you and the whole peo
ple with sich efforts as the ex
ecutive branch of the government
has made by the voluntary exer:
cise of Its good offices to effect a
settlement.
The suspension of the coal In
dustry dates back to last April 1,
when the working agreement be
tween mine operators and the
United Mine Workers came to an
end. Anticipating that expiration
of contract which was negotiated
with the government's sanction in
1920, the present administration
soueht, as early as last October,
conferences between the opera
tors and gainers in order to facili
tate either a new or extended
agreement in order to a void, any
suspension of production when
April 1 arrived. At that time the
mine workers declined to confer,
though the operators were agree-
their declination on the ground
that the union of flclals xonld haf e
no authority to negotiate until af
ter their annual convention. '
A short time prior to the ex
piration of the working agreement
the mine workers invited a con
ference with the operators in the
TARIFF BILL
Bitter Fight Waged Over
Final Rates to Be Placed
on Dye Stuffs
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. The
senate began today putting the
final touches on its draft of tho
administration tariff bill. Its
work was incomplete when it re
cessed tonight, but the measure
will be passed tomorrow and then
will go to conference for a final
rewriting.
During the long day and night
hours many efforts were made to
chango sections of the bill but
only a few of them met with suc
css. An outstanding feature of
the eye fight and the reaffirma
tion by the senate of its action o:
last mght in increasing the du
ties on coal tar dye and synthetic
chemicals and explosives and bas
ing them on American instead of
foreign valuations. The vote to
reaffirm was 39 to 31.
McCumter Stands Pat
When this section was report
ed. Senator Moses. Republican,
New Hampshire, who had reserv
ed a separate vote on it, announc
ed that in view of the overwhelm
ing vtte. 38 to 23 by which the
senata had first approved the in
creased duties he would not press
for a reconsideration. Immedi
ately Senator Smoot of Utah
ranking Republican on - the fi
nance committee,-was on his feet,
pleading that the senate rescind
its action. .
"This is an embargo, a thous
and times over and worse than an
embargo," he said. "No human
can defend these rates before the
American people." .
Chairman McCumber of the fi
nance committee, remarked that
the Increased duties constituted
a "complete embargo", and that
was for that reason that he had
voted for them.
Xine Against Increases
Senator Frelinghuysen, Repub-
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RIGHTS WILL BE
central competitive field, covering
the . states of Pennsylvania," Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois and in spite
of the union declination of the
government's suggestion Tor the
conference, five months before.
the government Informally but
sincerely recommended the con-1
ference, but it was declined by
certain groups of operators, and
the coal mining controversy end
ed, In the strike of April ,1. It
was instantly made nation-wide
so far as the organised rnine
workers could control, and includ
ed many districts in the bitumin
ous field where there was neither
grievance nor dispute, and effect
ed a complete tleup ef the produc
tion In the anthracite field. ,
Harding .Without Authority .
It is to be noted that when the
suspension began large stocks of
coal were on hand, miued at
wages higher than those paid dur
ing the war. .There was. only the
buying impelled by necessity, and
there was a belief that coal must
yield to . the post-war readjust
ment. When the stocks on hand
began to reach such diminutions
as to menace industry and hinder
transportation, approximately on
June 1,- overtures -were Initiated
by the government In the hope
W expediting settlement,? None
ot these availed.. Individual: and
district tenders of settlement on
the ; part of operators-in ft some
Instances appeals for settlement
were wholly unavailing. The
dominant groups among the oper-
atora. were insistent on having disU
trlct agreements; the dominant
mine workers were demanding a
nation wide settlement. The gov
ernment being without authority
to enforce a strike settlement In
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First Reports in Minnesota
Forest Fire Disaster Proves
False; Wide Area Burned
DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 18.-
Out of the confusion of conflicting
reports from the various forest
fire areas in Northern Minnesota
the past few days came apparent
ly definite word tonight that no
one had perished in the flames
and that those reported missing
yesterday and today had turned
up unharmed .
Members of two families who
were not accounted for last night
were found alive.
In the meantime hundreds of
forest rangers and settlers con
tinued their battlo with tjie
flames and held their own in some
places while they were not suc
cessful in others.
Fire Covert Wide Area.
The fires that have been rag
ing for the last week covered the
largest area in history of fires in
Minnesota, according to W, T
Cox, Minnesota state forester.
"Although ninety per cent of
the fires are now under control,"
said Mr. Cox, "this Is the .first
time in the history -of the state
that a serious fire covered so gen
eral an area," . ? -
The fires have been reported In
almost ajl of the northern halt of
Minnesota from ., as far south as
points near Brainrd and as far
north as the territory adjacent to
urand Marais, according to Mr
RanipY Prevails.
' .; About 2,000 men are , engaged
in fighting the fires in the many
localities, Mr. Cox Bald.' Prac
tlcaljy all these fires were caused
by the peat "bogs. ,
Survey ot the fire sections re
ealed today that Bhonld atrone
winds develop and the protracted
drought continue . the country
would be susceptible to an even
worse conflagration than that of
yesterday when one town' was
FIRE VICTIMS
FOUND ALIVE
PRO!
WASHINGTON, A-
(By The AasocLu i 1 1
President Ilardir.;: I . .
whole story .'of: t V.o i
coal striken befcrv t ".
ican people tc.l.y
pledge- that," , wl.::t .
cost, government I y 1
be sustained.
Suntming np h:" . :
session 'of FenaU
his effortsw. -, J :
peace ;the juv !
that neither c
employes could t
sibility for the i .
tion and that
norityw would bo i .
"armed laivlc vr:
spjracy," "br.rl
butchery,w fo .ovv
paramount Intert :
public.
We Ynust rc.i; r l ;
trine that in thi3 i :
irst obligation ar: 1 t
allegiance of ever-
high or low, is to I.:
ment," said the ;
"No. matter what c:
gather, no matter v. '.
may ensue, no r.:. ' '. .
Hardships may ; . .
what . sacrifice mr y
sary,' government 1.. '
and will be sustain . :.
Wherefore T -i :
to use all the pow.
?overnment to mai .1
portation and to
ngnts or men to i
To strengthen tb
administration in
present anq inturf
Mr. Harding asked
Hon of a--national'' I
ehase, sell and i i!
and for creation o
to inquire Into 'i
coal, sale and dlst
. Lawa to !'
No similar reqi
for emergency ra
the president axse
though the Irtbor br
equata authority, !
ot the government
with. 'statutes to pr
acy against . Interst
and j to insure safe
operation.
"It la my purpo:
ued, "to Invoke th.'
and criminal, agah'
erg alike..' ,
One other legU'
ment. a law to pern
government to stej
tect aliens where t
fails, was advocate.
executive as a resu:,
termed the. "butche.
beinfs. wrought in i.
Herrin. 111. Despite t
of foreign government
tionals suffered -in t
mine tattle, he said
cials were powerless'
hand the situation i
the mockery of local
tlfe failure ot justice j
Congress llehlnd
Members of the Vl
house received 1 the
ments of the presides ,
peated salvos of applat
leaders of both branch
ed latere that no time
lost in putting his leg!
ommendatfons in effec.
ally, the address won r
from ill elements iiyn;
though some Democratic
bers wera Inclined to tut'
chief executive's . utte ra !
capable of a double const r
At the White House It 4
dicated that Mr. Hardin-;;
ence lo Invocation of exist! r
utes against conspiracy p
the Sherman anti-trust' la
der v hlch,the denartmprt
tice already has dlrecte 1
vestigation of the acts tr
members of non-strik'ng r
tons who walked out in t
west
"So Favorite .Playc :
Throughout his addre?,',
dent Harding' emphasized '
sire that the government ,
play uo favorites as betw
ployera and employes, eit
efforts to end the existing f
or In .future action again
lessness. .
"Surely, he said, "the '
ening conditions must
partially burned.
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