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NO. 273. TEN PAGES.
ION LEADS
W FOR STATE
OEVElflPIHT
That Marion county is leading the
way for Commercial club development
iu the state was presaged at enthus
iastic sessions of the Oregon Associa
tion of Commercial Club secretaries,
in convention here today and yester
day. More than 40 secretaries from all
parts of the state were on hand here
today; and heartily endorsed the idea
and work being done by the Marion
bounty Community Federation or
ganization of all community clubs in
the county as being" the foremost
step on club development in the
northwest.
It was decided by the secretaries to
hold the next semi-annual convention
in Pendleton next May. The morning
session today was devoted to stirring
enthusiasm and outlining plans for
100 per cent membership in all com
mercial clubs throughout the state.
McCrosky Given Credit
Much credit is held due to T. E.
McCroskey, manager of the Salem
Commercial Club, by the visiting sec
retaries. Mr. McCroskey is father ot
the Marlon County Community Feder
ation idea that has won the endorse
ment of the state Chamber of Com
merce, and of all the club heads.
The federation met last night al
the Commercial Club in active clinic,
. and functioned as the secretaries
looked on. The worth of the plan im
mediately impressed them and . today
they were profuse in their support to
It. several Signifying their intention
of adopting similar plans in their com
munities, i
Frank Branch Riley, who last night
addressed a large throng at a ban
quet at Hotel Marion,, today gave an
other talk before the association. He
told of the great thing It would mean
to the Btat'e by constructing the Mt.
Hood Loop road. This theme also was
discussed by Lester Butler, Hood
River. Mr. Butler characterized the
construction of the loop rrom Hood
River up the mountain as opening
"up one of the most scenic wonders of
the world."
Perpetuate National Forests.
Asking the aid of the secretaries in
perpetuating national forests in the
state, Philltp Deter, of the forest ser
vice addressed the session this morn
inig.' The co-operation of the. state secre
taries in making the state chamber of
commerce the greatest state organiza
tion of its kind was sought by Charles
Hall, Marshfield, president of the state
chamber of commerce. He gave the
Interesting facts of the work of the
state chamber, and tod of the big tarn
to be performed by that body next
year.
Predicting that "Oregon wilt be
placed on the map of the air" Presi-
l dent Hickam, of the Aero Club of
Oregon, urged the efforts of the sec
retaries to establish a landing field
in- every principal town and city in
the state.
, P. Hetherton, of the foreign trade
bureau of the Portalnd Chamber of
Commerce, addressedthe meeting. He
said that, while it might not be known
to them, each secretary as an Individ
ual is working toward the creation of
better trade relations with foreign
countries.
retaries association, was present today
Winnie Braden, mother of the sec
and spoke eloquently before the as
sembly. She is in charge of the Ore
gon exhibit in the Oregon Building,
Portland.
The proposed "skyline route" along
the top of-the Cascade range was dis
cussed during the morning session. D.
Buck, of the government forest ser
vice, told of the vast scenic territory
that would be opened up if such a
road was opened up.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1919. FORTY- SECOND YEAR
"ITOHSE
UPON TREATY
DEADLOCKED
Washington, Nov. 18. Senator
Hitchcock, administration leader in the
treaty struggle, is not yet ready to ac
cept a compromise on reservations, he
said today following a conference with
Senator Lodge, leader of the pussition.
An ultimatum went to Hitchcock
from the republican side calling on
hira to submit his proposal for com
promise by tonight, but he replied to
Lodge that he cannot comply within
the time limit.
Hitchcock further announced that
no compromise can be formally con
sidered in the senate until the Lodge
resolution of ratification has been de
feated.
Hitchcock said he-had a letter from
President Wilson which is unopened.
we said that tnere was no necessity for
knowing its contents until the demo
cratic senators hold their conference
on compromises, probably tomorrow.
It was understood, however, the presi
tienrs letter outlined the . White
House's maximum concession.
The senate adopted the McCumber
reservation by which the United
States would refrain from agreement
under labor causes in the treaty ex
cept by direction of congress. The
vote was 54 to 35. This is the four
teenth reservation adopted in the sen
ate. Mild reservationists supported the
reservation according to the program
previously agreed upon. .
A .jservation to 'decline to partici
pate :n the international cia.ises under
the treaty was defeated 43 to 48. It
was proposed by King. Utah, democrat.
By a vote of 43 to 48 the reservation
by Johnson, California, to equalize vot
ing within the league was defeated.
Legion Dubbed Capitalistic
Cooties In Threat Sent To
Ueterans By Unknown Red
-V 1
State authorities, cooperating with prevent a recurrence of the Centralla
Chief of Police Varney, were conduct
ing a search today for the authors of I
a mysterious letter, received yester
day by A. F. Thompson, commander i
of Sedgwick post No. 10, Grand, Ar
my of the Republic, threatening the
preparedness meeting held last eve
ning in the armory by members of
the G. A. It., Spanish War A'eterans
and American Legion. While there is
a possibility of it being a Joke, author
ities do not regard it as such, and is
meriting a most rigid investigation.
The matter will be thoroughly probed
Chief Varney said today.
The letter which was sent through
the mail was written in an illiterate
scribble, on poor -paper, and read as
follows: .
Note Contains Threat
'Sir: i
So you are going to hold a meet
ing, eh? Well, you old birds are safe,
all right, you fought to destroy slav
ery but these S. A. W. vets and these
smart A. L. capitalist cooties better
not get too gay. They will get theirs,
alright. Better soft peddle a little.
Remember Centralia. Remember
the S. A. B. cat."
..A picture of a cat and the letters
S. T. formed the signature,
In spite of this melodramatic pre
lude to the meeting, nothing happen
ed to disturb the evening session. The
armory had been thoroughly search
ed before, and armed guards were sta
tioned at the entrance to the assembly
room.
Preparedness la Keynote
Preparedness was the keynote of
the meeting, representatives of the
three organizations .. pledging ' their
hearty support of any measures adopt
ed to fight the I. w.. W.. menace and
Hi
EiEDFl'i
MURDER CHARGE
outrage. All present agreed that in
struction in all schools throughout
the country should be In English, for
eign languages being" taught only as
auxiliary subjects and for literary
purposes, and protested at Salem mer
chants advertising in a German news
paper published in Portland.
Millar McGilchrlst, speaking on be
half of the AmeriMan Legion, said
that it would be the legion's purpose
to ferret out any radicals and quiet
disturbing elements in Salem. Com
posed as it is of young men, Mr. Mc
Gilchrlst said, and having the ad
vantage of numbers and youthful vi
tality, it is ready to attack bolshevism
at any time. j
Cooperation A ceded
He emphasized the fact that the co
operation of G. A. R., Spanish War
Veterans and American Legion would
be necessary to achieve the desired
results. Cooperation of the labor un
ions was also asked, and the request
made that the names of any radicals
in the unions be given to the com
mittee of the American Legion , in
charge of such cases. '. ' .
Resolutions were passed pledging
state and national authorities the sup
port of the three orders in ferreting
out all persons found guilty of disloy
alty, and denouncing the custom of
merely deporting such criminals from
certain localities and leaving them
free to scatter sedition elsewhere.
The meetlngwent on record as fav
oring the deportation of all undesir
able aliens, and the revocation of the
citizenship papers, of those who have
broken their oath of allegience.
About 160 members of the Grand
Army, Spanish War Vaferans tend- Am
erican Legion attended' the meeting.
WILSON VETOES
CM1S1ILL
OH RATES
Washington, Nov. 18. President
Wilson today vetoed the Cummins'rate
bill, which would have restored the in
terstate commerce commission to its
pre-war power over railroad rates.
- Tha veto will be forwarded to con
gress today.
Under government railroad control
the president has. had the power to
make rates and did make several re
visions upward. The Cummins bill
would have forced the president.
through the railroad administration, to
so before the interstate commerce com
mission Just as the railroads them
Pacific livestock Company
Agrees To Pay $125,000
And Open 9,000 Acres Of
Eastern Oregon Land To
Settlement. Service Men
Given Preference.
STATE
Settlement of the suit Instituted by
the state against the Pacific Livestock
company in 1914 charging fraud in ob
taining possession of approximately
eighteen thousand acres of land in
Harney and Grant counties was effect
ed today through a compromise by
which the company pays to the state
the sum of $125,000 and agrees to
tr.row open to settlement nine thou
sand acres of the land at a price to be
fixed by a representative of the state,
a representative of the company and a
third member to be named by the first
two. Twenty-five thousand dollars of
the comprise price which the company
pays the state for retention of the land
was paid over today, $50,000 is o b
selves had to do before federal con- paid in one year and the- remaining
trol. ' $50,000 will be paid in two years from
The Cummins bill would have forced
those in charge of the railroads under
federal control to seek approval o
the various state railroad commissions
in matters affecting intra-state traffic.
During the war the president had
the same power over interstate and in
tra-state rates.
The provision of the bill returning
the power of rate review to state com
missions was the cause of the preI
dent's veto. He said he had no objec
tion to the feature of the bill which
restored" pre-war powers to the Inter
state commerce commission.
The veto message also spoke of the
short time of federal control remain
ing, indicating that the president .has
not changed his mind about turning
back the roads January 1.
FRENCH DEFEAT
I!
BOLSHEVISM BY
400.000
CALEXICO READY
Governor Calls Upon Peace
Officers And Officials To
Co-Operate In Driving Out
Reds Who Menace Society.
Syndicalism Act To Be Enforced.
Characterizing the tragedy at Cen
tralla, Wash., on armistice day as a
declaration of war by the "reds"
against law and order and as "noth
ing short of treason,"' Governor Ol
cott is today calling upon all peace of
ficials in the state to cooperate with
the executive office In "rooting out-.
the evil which are resulting from a
propaganda too long tolerated." Dis
trict attorneys, sheriffs, mayors, po- ;
lice chiefs, city marshals and con
stables are urged to exercise the pow- .
,er and authority vested In them thru
the state laws defining criminal syn- "
dicalism, sabotage and vagranoy and
the assistance of the executive pffice
is nromised in handling any situation
ight present itself as oeyona.
tndnv. The final touches to the set- that m
tlement of this suit which has dragged . the power of local authorities to cope
through more than five years of litiga- with. . .
tlon was effected at a conference In "The natlon has been trcmV "?
the offices of Governor Olcott this suddenly brought to realize through
morning at which were present J. L. ' lne trageay ai .eniraim. n wi, .
Rand of Baker, attorney representing e Industrlai'Workers of the World,
the Panflo Livestock company; At -j the radicals, the agitators and any
t . r. oooijt.int looming unaer me general "i
LODGED AGAINST
FOUR MORE LV.W.
Centralia, Wash., Nov. .Infor
mation charging murder against four
additional I. W. W. suspects in con
nection with the Armistice Day shoot
ings here will be filed this afternoon,
it was announced by Prosecuting At
torney Herman Allen today.
No inkling as to whom the indict
ments will name was given. Ten men
already have been indicted for mur
der In connection with the shootings.
No word has come this morning
from the two posses known to be
making for Hn.vvni's cabin in the
Olympic reserva" where Bert Bland
and several other I. W. W. are believ
ed to be in hiding. In addition to the
two posses sent from Centralia, there
are two from the Olympia side of the
divide.
Reports of heavy firing being heard
from the district where Hanson's cab
In is located came in all day Monday,
but not a word has come as to the
result of this fighting, if fighting it
was. .
LARGE HITY
A suit to clear the title of a lot in
the George H.1 Jones addition to Sa-
Paris, Nov. 18. -The full scope of
France's answer to the appeal of bol
shevism was becoming more apparent
today.
Premier Clemenceau's "bloc nation
al" the coalition of republican par
ties has everywhere presented a solid
front to the elements of discord, re
turns from Sunday's parliamentary
elections showed.
Tabulations, which probably will be
changed but little, indicated the com
position of the new chamber of depu
ties as follows:
Conservatives, 114.
Progressives, 111. .
Republicans. 114.
STILLON STRIKE
IN COAL FIELDS
Washington, Nov. 18; More than
400,000 miners still are on strike, It
was estimated here today on the basis
of government reports.
The number of miners who have re
turned to work is "negligible," opera
tors and miners' union leaders agreed
as they prepared to begin the third
day of their negotiations for a new
wage scale and contract for the cen
tral competitive field.
Meanwhile, the bottom of the na
tional coal bin is beginning to show-
Coal mined by non-union workers is
approximately only four million tons a
week, or about one-third of the nor
ms.! weeWlv tntinriffe. afovemment re-
Radicals and radical socialists, 118. ports show The nat0n'sreerve stocks
Attorney General J. O. Bailey.
Service Men First.
Under the terms of the compromise
which provides for the opening of the
tract to settlement honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors and marines
shall have the first option on the' pur
chase of these lands on terms which
contemplate payment in ten annual in
stallments with i interest on deferred
payments not exoeedlng 6 per cent per
year. If after ninety flays no ex
service men have exercised this option
then the land shall be available to any
other purchaser at the price fixed by
the committee of three. The lands
shall be disposed of within five years
from the date of this settlement and
shall not be disposed of to any person
owning more than three hundred and
twenty acres or to any corporation in
any amount without the written con
sent of the state land board. The land
is to be sold with all water rights
which have already been adjudged to
said land and if any of the lands have
not bteh adjudged sufficient water
right for the same shall be acquired
by the state from the Sllvies River Ir
rigation company and sold with the
land.
The Pacific Livestock company fur
ther agrees under the terms of the
compromise that if at any time within
five years any person, corporation or
fi,.vi . fin i.. Nnv. m -Rno-AiiA district desires to purcnase ana acquire
Lack, prominent resident of Calexico j the lands of the company Involved In
TO DECLARE WAR
AGAINST MEXICO
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 18. With
the streets of Calexico already brist
ling with machine guns and two troops
of cavalry with difficulty restraining
citizens from Invading Lower Califor
nia, Mayor Abbott told I he United
Press today he would appeal to army
authorities to rush additional troops to
Calexico tonight.
Republican socialists, 29
Unified socialists, 64.
Extremists, 77.
Total 617.
Frar.ce, apparently the last of the
allies to tackle reconstruction serious
ly, seemed to have executed n. com
plete "about face." She has written
"finis" upon the era of destruction and '
discord, Clemenceau supporters de
clared. They saw in the sweeping vin
dication of the policies of the "Tiger"
a reassertion of the traditional French
charactertistics of thrift and conservatism.
Supposedly on the brink of bolshe
are beginning to near the end as each
week sees between 6,000,000 and
fr, 000,000 tons drawn from them.
, Industrial managers are flooding the
railroads with demands for coal. Scores
of factories are near shut down for
lack of fuel, managers complain daily.
Miners and operators agreed today
that the negotiations now going on
may require weeks. Direct negotiations
were called tt yesterday to permit op
erators to caucus and write a counter
proposal to the miners' demands. Op
erators were in session all day and
again last night. They hoped to pre
sent their proposal today, President
who was shot on the Mexican side of
the border Saturday night, died here
1 early today.
uick, vno is. a Dromer oi rrea
Lack, leading banker of Calexico is alleged-
to have been killed by a Mexi
can policeman without cause. Feeling
is running high. Threats are being
made- to cross the border and bring
back Lack's alleged assassin. Two
troops of cavalry are on guard In this
vicinity and are helping prevent in
vasion of Lower California by a throng
Owing to the international aspects
of the case, local authorities are re
ticent In discussing It. It Is known,
however, that they are In possession of
full details. The authorities claim the
murder was without pprovocation and
was a wanton act.
Thus far no action has been taken
by the Mexican authorities to punish
the alleged assassin, as far as is
known officially on this side of the
liue.
lem, was begun in circuit court here vism, French poilus went to the polls j Thomas T. Brewster said.
today by Josephine M. Gilbert against Sunday and sent a,n unmistakable no-
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson, Mr. ttce to the government that the veter-
and Mrs. O. F. Franklin and Mr. and ana were behind It in its fight on radi-
Mrs. William Stoddard. Valism
MARION COUNTY GETS
AT
That Marlon county's exhibit at the
Pacific Northwest Livestock associa
tion's fair, this week in Portland,
ranks among the highest in the state,
Is claimed by County School Superin
tendent W .M. Smith, who spent Mon
day at the show. The pig exhibit of
Carl and JJmll Loe, Silverton. is the
best in the state, he said. And the pigs
from the Murphy farm at Hubbard,
are also gaining high honors. .
Mr. Smith went to Portland with
Homer Bray. Louis Drager and Oliver
Fuestman, stock judging committee
from Marion county representing the
Marion county boys and girls pig club.
The boys will remain at the show the
remainder of the week.
Convict Rejuvenated By,
Glands From Hanged Man
Breaks Parole to Run Away
Thi proposal will include a substan
tial wage increase. But the Increase
will not approximate the 60 per cent
demanded by the miners Saturday
when negotiations opened between the
scale committees of the two sides, op
erators emphasize. Miners say they
will accept nothing less.
less fellow, very' dull in appearance,
and his mentality was described by the
doctors as of a low order
Fololwing the operation, his entire
appearance changed and his attitude
a state parole officer, learned that Jos. about the prison' was so exemplary
Thompson had violated his parole. j that he won a parole. He had been
Thompson, while in San Quentin ! sentenced from San Francisco county
San Francisco;" Nov. 18. (United
Press.) Consternation entered the
camp today of those who believe new
interstitial glands remake a man mor
ally as well as physically. Ed White,
prison, was operated on by Dr. L. L.
Stanley and Dr. G. David Kelker, Stan
ley's assistant, following the hanging
of a convict. The dead convict's rer
productive, interstitial glands were
transplanted Into Thompson's body.
Thompson bears the double distinc
tion of being the youngest man ever to
in 1918 for five years for attempted
burglary. He was released on parole
June 21, 1919.
"I thall do everything I can to lo
cate Thompson," said White today.
"He broke his parole when he left
the employment of the Weed Lumber
company at Weed. Cal. If I can find
receive the glands and the only one hm nd u can be demonsrtrated that
such on paro e. tie s jears oiu no
Thompson s glands were injured in an ,ne nas u"'"! ,u" s
accident years ago.. He became a list-1 return him to the prison.
Kansas Governor To
Appeal To Coal Miners
Pittsburg, Kan., Nov. 18.-Gover-nor
Henry J. Allen today began his
appeal to miners of the southern dis
trict of Kansas to dig coal for the peo
ple of ,the state this winter. ;
He Will visit the mining camps this
week and personally urge the miners
to return to work under state direc
tion. Under the state supreme court's or
ders, mine owners are ousted and the
state takes over operation of the
mines.
Bloodhounds Lead Posse
To Bandit Hiding Place
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov, 18. Blood
hounds shortly yesterday trailed the
five bandits who shot their way out
this settlement or any part thereof for
the purpose of constructing and oper
ating a reservoir for the storing of the
water of Sllvies river for Irrigation in
Sllvies valley It will sell the lands at a
price to be fixed by a board of arbi
tration, one to be named by the com
pany, one by the state and a third by
the first two. , .
Brisbane Sells Out '
Newspapers To Hearst
Washington, Nov. 18. The Wash
ington Times purchased by Arthur Bis
bane In 1917, has been sold to William
Handolph Hearst, Brisbane announced
today. "I have also sold to Mr. Hearst
my newspaper in Milwaukee, the Wis
consin News, purchased by me about a
year ago," Brisbane said.
Birth Control Case Thrown
Out By U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, Nov. 18. The supreme
court dismissed for want of Jurisdic
tion the appeal of Margaret H. Sanger,
New York birth control advocate, sen
tenced to thirty days' Imprisonment
of 'reds' are a menace to the present
and future peace and welfare of our
country and of all of its truly Ameri
can and law abding citizens," reads
the letter which Governor Olcott I ,
directing to every peace offloers In ,
the state today.
On Centralia Outrage ' .
When American citizens -. but '.
short time relieved from duty hi tha
service of their country, are shot down
in cold blood by men who are actu
atedj only by a spirit of hatred, for '
our -most holy and most sacred Insti
tutions; It is tantamount to a deeiarav .
tion of war and in the minds of our
citizenry nothing short of treason.
Our protection lies in the machln
ery of the law.; The execution and
processes of that machinery rest witit
the executive office of this state and
With you as arms of the governmental J
power. Our first duty is for the proteo
tion of our country and of our homesw -To
secure that protection requires Uvo
utmost vigilance and an unswerving ,
enforcement of our laws. The people;
of the state are depending upon us t
root out the evils which are resulting
from a propaganda too long tolerat
ed, ... ' '
"I bespeak your heartiest coopera
tion in this as a duty of the highest
patriotism.
- Kuforce Syndicalism Act
"I am taking the liberty of calling
your attention to chapter 18 of the
General Laws of Oregon for 1919,
this being an act defining criminal
syndicalism and sabotage, and also to
chapter 5 of the General Laws of
Oregon for 1911, being an act defin
ing vagrancy.
"In event any situation arises la
any community of the state which
may be considered beyond tne power
of the local authorities to cope with
I earnestly request that the exerotlva
office at Salem be notified forthwith. .
Every power of the state machinery .,
of government necessary and avail
able will be set In motion to the end
that our laws are enforced and tha
lives and property of our citizens safe
guarded. "I also would greatly appreciate re
ports from any community of the
state as to the possibility of trouble
arising and as to the status of those
who may be suspected of being align
ed with those forces which have avow
edly started a reign of terror In direct
defiance of the laws of our state and
nation."
nf the Lemars county Ju.it Friday night for conducting a birth control clinic.
enabling a posse of police to capture This means that decisions oi lower
the men nt Maurice, Towa. 'courts stand.
Pershing's Final Status 7
Depends Upon Showdown
Between Him and March
M HAY MIT
MBKRTV BOND QUOTATION'S
New York, Nov. 1. Liberty bond
quotations:
3 1-2's 100.36; first 4's 94.50; see-
on 4' 2.60: first 4 1-2'fl 94.50; sec
ond 4 1-4's 92.98; third 4 l-4 s 94.42;
fourth 4 1-4's 92.96; victory 3 3-4's
99.32; 4 3-4'8 99.28.
Washington, Nov. 18. The question
of General Pershing's final status in '
the army will precipitate a "show
down" between him and General
March, chief of staff, as to who will be
the head of the military establishment
it was believed by army officers here
today.
Early in December Pershing is ex
pected to start on his tour of the army
organization throughout the country.
This probably will consume two
months and he then will be ready to
take Up any assignment Secretary
Baker picks for him.
L(
CITY TO ACCEPT
JOB WITH COUNTY
Although provision was made In
the 1920 budget by the council last
night for an Increase of salary In an
effort to retain Street Commissioner
Wulter Low, Mr. Low said today that
he did not know whether he would
remain on the job or not. He ha
been offered a position with the coun-
j no nun iitiv. ,.,.
been the active head of the army and ;iy ni a oei-r - " , "Vfc.
in this capacity, March has directed na is .uu , ...
the military establishment. But the nignway ,..
act of contrress. creating Pershing a
him if he accepted that work.
In an adjourned meeting last night
the council went over the tentative
budget prepared by the waye and
means committee.. '
permanent general, the fourth in the
history of the American army, express-1
ly prohibited any other officer tanking
"rank and precedence" over him. !
With this law backing him up, Per- .
. . . I Cannery companies cannot how
shing's friends In the army do not ex-lgrcrg to atrlct pCrformanoe of their
pect him to remain subordinate to any , rpni.(,ct8i according to a decision ren
of fleer In the service. This brings up'tu,,.p(j by the circuit court In Salem
the question of General March. . JTIursday.