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LEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Tonight and Thurs day fair, continued cold, moderate northeast winds. Minimum, 22. Maximum, 42. . CIRCULATION Average for Quarter- Endiuf December SI. lilt . 54 5 8 . Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Preea Fall Leased Wire - s if 11 OA 4M m yQRTY-THIRD YEAR.-NO. 18. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1920 EIGHT PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. GO VERNOR CONTINUES TO WIELD AXE UPON MASS OF SPECIAL-SESSION LEGISLATION Cap ii r w ii ii if vi ii SOVIET RUSSIA IS DEFENDED bvsil:ii LISTS Aitorney Says Assemblymen Suspended By New York Legislators Because Of Af filiation With Parly. x Albany, N. T., Jan. 21. A defenst of soviet Russia was made today on Portland, Or., Jan. 21. Presiding the floor of the New York assembly JudBe ,.Jonn McCourt of the circuit ' . , , ' court here today uphold the validity chamber by Seymour Stedman of Chi- ot the Btate dog Ucense law by gua. , cago, an attorney for the defense in'taintng the demurrer to the suit ' the trial of the five suspended soclat- brought by Walter B. oneyman of 1st assemblymen before the assembly this city, to test the act. Under this judiciary committee on charges of dls- j decision, sheriffs must shoot all un loyalty. j leashed dogs not wearing state llcens- Assertlng in connection with thejes, besides city licenses when these charge that the socialist party at Its are imposed by the communities. No convention in Chicago last summer has provision is made for impounding the upressed solidarity with soviet Rus sia and that the assembly had con demned the suspended members be cause they were members of a party which expressed such approval, Mr. Stedman declared that expression of belief In the soviet system was not ah offense In England, Germany, Italy or Norway, where It had become an issue and that in this country it was not a crime for which a man could be tried and sent to the penlteniary nor did it even afford the basis for a civil libel Wilt. Scores Occnpatlim. "We are not at war with RuSsla," he said. "It is true that some of our troops are over there and some of the troops of our associates. It was rather unfortunate for some of our associates' troops, for the Russians shot some , Jim Into their regiments." ,. Mr. Stedman, who said educational Institutions were being developed in Russia despite the fighting that was going on there, asserted feeling toward that country was changing and cited violations in the city, dispatches to the effect that the allied I Wednesday morning Officer Moffltt governments were preparing to resume I began a systematic patrol of the bus trade relations. This, he claimed, was,1"688 section -of the city on motorcy commerclal recognition of the Russian c'6' anQ instructions were issued by Poliical and ecoonmlcal structure.- the atlng chief to all night officers to Asks SiK't'lfic Charges, ' spare no effort in bringing violators Arguing a motion to dismiss the of tne flre llmlt Parking ordinance be- charges because they do not includft cause for exclusion of the socialist "'embers, Mr. Stedman declared that you specify no act which would justl Mhe exclusion of these men." 'Can you say that If we plead guilty the first cause (adherence to the , lcag0 P'at'ornO, It justified our ex clusion?" he asked. Business Men's League To Elect New Director Tonight A director for the Salem Business M league is t6 be elected at the "Wing at eight o'clock "'.'ht of the organization at the Com- ""iuiiii CIUD. Th . 1,- , , elpMin iu luo annual mt int Tther that Prevented the noting in December Other business will be transacted, an new mnttera . .. ' StrMo " laming 10 lne will k events In the city probably , ' De discussed. AH members of the BIG BROTHERS MAKE HIT WITH YOUTHS A T TRAINING SCHOOL Gertrude Roblson. WbaVrf , The ""lest rebel hal' and L (uhCk of curlV -own Mhe lni ,W0 the hymn such , Bllc D5'ish vim. H e MnMr.fc : ad that un,ess ( we Weaer,iet,,ont f the auditor! one um held much ..J 8 eomraaes, and C nUwn a8 thosef ,helilest rebel bmn ended' anJ '"""n, while nT Wn Wlth the rest "ieht La h,er Prsram Tues trty o ,,red by tha' o.t I'-'erv year ltrKa-nlzat'ons, the Una ot'l,"- 1 tems, they fin a er and n, , ;b"es wltb- Angers, JftatS unL8c,h001 ,or by ""n't sp ndnadulterate1 fn. Why 'r Birl, once n V,h,? trainl"8 Khool I " the a 1 "ver sinc Adam k 1 Ct P 6and blamed!ton mVT" tot Philosophise" lJM,hthei)"lan',I m rt and have ,hl u"raBettes: they "at thei, icks that hav Illncethe time HAVE YOU BEEN ENUMERATED? If not. or If you have any doubt, fill our this coupon and mail to C. R. CRAWFORD. Supervisor of Census, Federal Building, Salem, Or. To the best of my knowledge I have not been enumerated. Name Street and No... Between what two cross streets?. City 1. Dog License Law Upheld By Court WAR ON TRAFFIC 1 VIOLATORS BEGUN i . BY ACTING CHIEF 1 Rigid enforcement of the city's traffic laws was the interpretation of several Wednesday of action being taken by Acting Chief of Police Harry A. Rowe. The change of Patrolman Moffltt from night duty to day Traf fic officer, and the serving of notice to -Police Judge Race that all violat ors, would be hailed before him, was construed by some as being the fore runner of a campaign against traffic ,fore th bar oi Justice. uiieiuiers race wurt Police Judge Race was informed by Acting Chief Rowe, that so long as he headed the police department, all persons arrested for any violations would be brought before him for dis position. Heretofore It has been the policy of polico, in minor violations, to warn offenders and release them without taking them Into municipal court.. Rowo Slakes no Claims Acting Chief Rowe would make no statement of his aims, and the only intimation of his intentions was deriv ed from his statement that "this cut ting of corners, running without lights, speeding and other traffic vi olations must stop." Several changes have been made in the offices of police. Patrolman A. Lee Morelock was named day ser geant by Acting Chief Rowe, Troy Branson, former policeman, who was . ' reemployed Tuesday, will patrol at 'n'Sht ln the PIace o( Officer Moffltt, at day. ' Marshfteld Boy Outwits Thug, Striking Hard Marshfield, Or., Jan. 21. Jack Harries, a 17 year old school boy, out witted a highwayman last night af ter being asked for a match. As Hames was handing the man the match he was confronted with an au tomatic pistol and told to deliver his valuables. He handed out $2 from one pocket and proffered 6 he- had in another. As the highwayman reached for the boy's watch, he was off guard for a moment, and Hames struck him on the, chin, knocking him into a ditch. Hames was too frightened to capture his man and ran to give the alarm. The robber escaped. COAL PRODUCTION BOOMS Washington, Jan. 20. Coal produc tion was increased so rapidly recent ly that several mines In the western and northwestern fields have shut down for lack of orders, according to a report of the geological survey for the week ending January 10, made public today. dogs, or for their masters to recover them by payment of a fee. The law was passed by the 1919 legislature About 6000 dogs In Multnomah county are affected by the decision, it was stated today. The state law de mands a license fee of tl for male and $2 for female -dogs. This must be paid by January 1, according to the statute, but owing to the test of the law, its operation has been held up, pending decision. 50" CASES OP SMALLPOX REPORTED FROM BEND Bend, Or., Jan. 21. With the estimated number of small pox cases in Bend set by local physicians at more than 50, drastic measures are . to be taken by the city govern ment to prevent the further spread of the disease. v In some homes where the disease has broken out there are no physicians ln attend ance, it was learned today and no quarantine has been established. - .'' POLICE WARN WHEEL THEFTS MUST STOP Warning that unless the theft of bi cycles by boys is halted drastic steps will be taken to end it, was made Wed nesday by police. The warning was made following the report that several bicycles have been stolen during the past few days, ridden a short ways then abandoned only after the bicycles have been damaged or made useless to their owners. Tuesday night Patrolman Branson recovered two bicycles belonging vo John George and Dorrel Bradford, that were recently reported stolen. One of the bicycles was taken from in front of the Y. M. C. A. building. Where heretofore boys caught in pos session of biycles not their own were reprimanded and released, charges of larceny, with trial ln municipal court, will be the order in further arrests for bicycle stealing, police said Wednes day.' . i ; SEATTLE EDITOR TO FACE TRIAL FRIDAY Seattle, Wash., Jan. 21. B. B. Ault editor of the Seattle Union Record, a daily newspaper, will be arraigned Friday on a charge of criminal libel, Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman hav ing overruled Ault's demurrer yester day. The complaint against Ault is based on an editorial he wrote ln con nection with the deaths of four for mer service men killed by industrial workers of the world at Centralia armistice day. Judge Tallman said he based his ruling on a recent Tacoma case in which a man was guilty of libel for defaming the memory of George Washington. The Union 'Record Is published by the Central Labor coun cil. Federal complaints charging Ault with seditious conspiracy were dis missed recently. Northern And Central Italy Tied By Rail Strike Paris, Jan. 21. Northern and cel tral Italy are in the grip of a general railway strike but southern Italy Is not so seriously affected, according to the Turin correspondent of the Petit Parisien. The tlallarr government was able to run a few trains over the prin cipal lines yesterday, the trains being heavily guarded by troops armed with machine guns. X Martial law is etflorceor In the prin cipal cities, the streets of which are patrolled by cavalry and are under the guns of artillery units. It Is said. RESOLUTION III SENATE SCORES ADMIRAL SIMS Walsh Proposal Condemns Nary Officer For Making Public Confidential Ana Of ficial Instructions. Washington, Jan. 21. A resolution declaring that the action of Rear Ad miral Sims ln making public "official instructions of the most confidential character," affecting international re lations deserved the condemnation ot all Americana was introduced In the senate today by Senator Walsh, demo crat, Montana, a member of the nav al committee. His request for Immedi ate consideration was denied on ob jection of republican Leader Lodge, The resolution quoted from the let-, ter read by Admiral Sims last Satur day before the senate committee In vestigating naval decorations in which the admiral said" that before he left the United States for Europe in March 1917, he was told by a high naval of ficial not to "led the British pull the wool over your eyes; It is none of our business pulling their chestnuts out of the fire;' we would as soon fight the British as the Germans." "I cannot but believe that whether the above admonition was or was not given to Admiral Sims the disclosure under almost any circumstances must receive the disapproval of every Am erican," said Senator. Walsh, persiSects Tacoma Wash, Jan, 21. General John J. Pershing arrived here early this morning from Seattle, and after , meeting a reception committee went to Camp Lewis at ? o'clock to Inspect hat cantonment. ' A parade and review of the first and 35th Infantry and the 81st artillery brigade was held at the camp, and later Major General and Mrs. J. F. Morrison gave a reception and lunch eon to the general. Tacomans will not see Pershing until this afternoon. At 3 o'clock he will come to the city from Camp Lewis and proceed at once to the stadium, where thousands of citizens and school chll dren will welcome him. The general will make a short address and massed school choruses will sing. A public dinner will be given the general this evening at the commer cial club, and later he will meet In the state armory with the local post of the American Legion. E TO CUT MIDDLE MAN Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 21. Ji.s tabllshment ln the principal wool cen ters of the country of selling agencies by the wool growers themselves to dis pose of their products direct to the manufacturer instead of the present system by which brokerages and com mission merchants are placed in the po sltlon of middle men was advocated before the National Wool Growers' I convention here yesterday by Secretary S. W. McClure. I Secretary McClure pointed out that the wool of the country Is controlled by speculators and declared this was the only logical solution to the discontinu ance of the practice Announcement was made to the delegates that F. R. Marshall, ln charge of the sheep Investigation of the United States Bureau of Animal Husbandry, will succeed Mr. McClure, resigned, as secretary. Mr. McClure will enter private business with a wool concern at Pendleton, Oregon. Mr. Marshall, it is believed, will sever his connection with the govern ment bureau entirely as his new duties as secretary of the association will probably require all his time. Briton Taken By Mexican Bandits Reported Rescued Mexico City. Jan. 20. Alexander Ross ,a British subject, who was kid naped Sunday near Orizaba, was res cued yesterday by government forces, according to a telegram from authori ties of the state of VersrCruz to thel foreign office. No ransom was paid. 32 MEASURES ARE KILLED BY OLGOTT THRU OFFICIAL VETO ROUTESINCE MONDAY Straight Party Ticket, Eleven Local Road Bills, Vista House Proposal And Score Of Other Non-Emergency Legisla tion Slaughtered; Further Pruning To Follow Is Promise. Abuse of the special emergency session of the state legislature by the consideration of measures not of an emergency nature and the radical mis use of the emergency clause is severely scored by Governor Olcott ln his mes sages to the senate and house return ing 32 measures which had fallen un der his official veto "up to this morn ing. Seven of the 32 measures which have been vetoed thus far bore the emergency clause. There are yet a number of bills left for consideration by the governor and it is expected that several more measures will be cut down by the officials axe before the time limit for executive action has ex pired. Principal ameng the measures ve toed to date are the straight party ticket measure steam rollered through two houses under chaperonage of mo icpuuiiuan iimcnine, ana eleven lo cal road measures through which the solons played horse with the state highway map during the closing days of the session. Senator Moser's Vista House bill which would have approved the acts of the Multnomah county commission ln the construction of the public comfort station at Crown Point on the Columbia highway also went down under the governor's veto. The other measures vetoed by Gov ernor Olcott up to this time and the governor's reasons for affixing his stamp of disapproval thereto are as follows: "Hands Off" Ballot, Only the people of the state should be permitted to tamper with the ballot, according to Governor Olootfs Ynes sage returning the straight party ticket bill to the senate with his veto. "Any such vital changes as this In the ballot vitally effects every voter in the state of Oregon," th governor's message reads. "Such vital changes which go toward the heart of our form ot,government should be finally passed upon by the people alone. As a matter of principal I would be unalterably op. posed at any time to allowing such legislation to be enacted Into a law t reeoiving u.e sanction VL l" "oraie. Road Bills Meet Fate. The eleven local road measures which have come under the bane of the executive office, were steam-rolled through the two houses Friday and Saturday in one of the most evident pieces of horse play ever witnessed ln the history of the Oregon legislature. Little or no consideration was given to any of the measures in either the house or senate after the passage of the Gallagher bill designating a road " the Jordan valley of Malheur coun- ,ty as a part of the state system of high- rays bad opf ed theJTY t0 the flool of road legislation which marked the last two days of the special session. After the passage of the Gallagher bill which was only effected over the strenuous protest of the members of the legislature who were against open ing the state road map to any further additions at this time all local road the mill with a speed that recognized none of the usual procedures usually accompanying the enactment of new laws. List Is Lenglliy. In addition to the Gallagher bill which was known as house bill No. 4, the list of vetoed road bills includes the following: S. B. 62, by Ira S. Smith Designat ing certain roads In Coos county, as part of the state system of highways. S. B. 63, by Thjmas Creating a post road in Jackson county. 8. B. 65, by Eddy Creating a post road in Douglas county. S. B. 66, by Patterson Creating a Post road in Polk county. S. B. 67, by Baldwin Creating a Pot road In Klamath county. 8. B. 68, by committee on roads ane? highways Designating, certain roads 'n Clatsop and Tillamook counties as part of the state system of highways. 8. B. 69, by Patterson Creating post roads in Polk and Yamhill countieB. S. B. 60, by Lachmund Designating certain roads ln Marion county as part of the state highway system. S .B. 61, by Banks Creating a post road In Columbia county. H. B. 70, by Wright Creating a post road In Sherman county. In his message to the house and era ate returning the eleven road bills Gov ernor Olcott declares that "former leg islatures have provided by law for a state highway commission." "This commission," he continues, "Is armed with machinery to properly investigate and determine where state highways should be located, without regard to the merits of the various bills in question I deem the method of de termining the location of state high ways as followed ln these bills is ill advised and founded on wrong princi ple. S. B. 22, by Howell Relating to the release of sureties on bonda "This is (Continued on page four) FLO CASES DEVELOP 50 TO EACH HOUR IN CHICAGO IS REPORT Chicago, Jan. 21. More than six thousand persons in Chicago today are 111 from Influenza and reports were that the contagion had appeared In cities and towns throughout the middle west. Pneumonia also was reportea epidemic, and proportionately had caused a large number of deaths. During the last 24 hours new cases of Influenza were reported at the rate of fifty an hour. Of these three hun drew could not be given even tempo rary supervision by trained nurses. Fifteen hundred additional nurses are urgently needed at once, the health commissioner announced Deaths from Influenza ln Chicago during the last 24 hours numbered 36, as against 214 during the day the great est number of cases was reported ln last year's epidemic TROOPS FROM SIBERIA Toklo, Jan. 20. Japan's object In agreeing to co-operate With the United Qtalafl In mnnn.llnff ranhnJII nifitV trnnTI, i HihH h. hmn nttninrt nrt the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Siberia will follow, it was decid ed at a meeting of the advisory diplo matic council yesterday, according to newspapers here. It was asserted at the meeting, It Is said, that Japan has no territorial am bitions ln Siberia and that troops now being sent to that country are merely to replace losses. It was declared that fundamental pollcies.will not be af fected by this step. NORSHiP RACE LOUISIANA CLOSE New Orleans, La., Jan. 21. Com plete returns were awaited today to determine whether John M. Parker of New Orleans, progressive nominee for vice president ln 1916, or Colonel Frank P. Stubbs of Monroe was nomi nated as the democratic candidate for governor ln yosterday's primaries. Early unofficial returns from ap proximately half of the state, exclus- I of New 0r)ean8i Rave 1a;kor 290 and Stubbs 20,382. The city vote complete gave Parker 21,232 and Stubbs 25,256. The nomination is equivalent to election. COYER FRUIT EXPERTS DENY REPORTS OF RUINED CROPS AFTER SUR VEY Prize Poultry Provides Feed For Stray Cat New Tork, Jan. 21. A stray torn cat projected himself Into the annual poultry show ln progrcsatoda yln Madi son Square Garden and had a $100 breakfast on two carrier pigeons u exhibition by a Baltimore fancier. The homeless feline squeezed Into the gar den in some unknown way and feasted h(s eyes on the 14,000 birds, finally tearing the muslin slips of the crate hpuslng the pigeons. Only a few feath ers were left to tell the tale. The cat escaped. MILL CITV VETS DEFEAT BOO IN KKTl'K.Y GAME 18 TO 13 Mill City, Jan. 21. Mill City Legion team defeated Sclo by a score of 18 to 13 In a game marked by roughness' Saturday night Sclo battled all the way but was unable to cope with tho team work of Mill City. A game with Albany Is scheduled for Saturday, January 24. REORGANIZING PUU ARMY GETS APPROVAL Secretary Baker Endorses Bill Drafted By Military Subcommittee Of Senate. As Workable Proposal Washington, Jan. 21 The army re organisation bill drafted by ths senate military sub-committee was endorsed today by Secretary Baker, who appear ed before the full committee. 'This Is the most statesmanlike at tempt to reorganize the army ever made ln any country and is an exceed ingly able and effective piece of leg islation," he said. The measure provides for compul sory military training and the forma tion of one big army to be divided in to a citizens reserve army, the regu lar army consisting of 280,000 men. and the national guard. ' While disclaiming any "personal Interest or almost none" In. the mat ter,' Secretary Baker opposed provis ions which would make General Per shing chief of staff. These provisions) would ln effect abolish the war de partment as long as General Pershing was on thetactlve list, the secretary said, adding that the president or th secretary of war should be permitted to name the chief of staff ln view ot the fact that he is the military ad viser and the man upon whom both depend for carrying out the military policy. Senator Frellnghuysen, republican. New Jersey, suggested that the pur pose was to provide a place for Gen eral Pershing, ; "We can't afford to make a military autocracy ln America ln order to find a place for an officer," the secretary said. "I think when you place a mil itary man In a place oreated by law and you carl't replace Htm, you'r do ing something that I believe the con stitution prohibits. It Is impolitic and constitutionally Infirm." Declaring he had discussed the) matter with Oeneral Pershing, Mr. Baker said he did not think the gen eral would care to have the place. General Pershing's future relations to the army reorganization form a problem, Secretary Baker said. LIFTING OF BLOCKADE TO RELEASE SUPPLIES Washington, Jan. 21. Four hund red million pounds of sugar, 20,000. 000 bushels of wheat and large quan tities of hides and other materials stored in the Ukraine will be made available for the markets of the world when the general blockade of Russia is lifted, according to an announce ment here today by the Ukrainian mission ln America. Ukraine needs medicines, - surgical goods, cloth, clothing, shoes and agri cultural machinery, according to the mission, which said the lack of med- ' Iclnes and clothing alone had reduc ed to misery great areas of the Ukraine, First reports of "heavy damages" and "90 par cent loss" due to the late December frost, are being rapidly un dermined by the passing of time and more leisurely Investigation In all Willamette valley orchards. Owners of pear, prune, cherry and peach tracts on the lowlands near Balem are reversing their first radical state ment of total losses and, as weather conditions become more favorable, there Is lack of confirmation of early fears, aggravated by the heavy snow fall and the zero weather. Grower" have found that the thick snow blanket was a blessing, not only being "poor man's fertilizer," but protect ing tender vlnds and exposed tree roots. ' As the Capital Journal at first stat ed, the only notlcable loss will be found ln the lower situated districts. When consideration Is given the fact that fully 75 par cent of Willamette valley fruit is located on the hill lands the first reports of total disaster are shown to be without foundation, as hill orchardlsts ln this section, report little, If any loss. Lcwhi Completes Survey C. I. Lewis, of the Oregon Growers association has been making paint taking Investigations 4 the frost re sults and finds absolute confirmation of his first findings of small losses In (Continued on page two)