CIRCULATION Average tor Quarter Endlnf December Jl. 54 5 8 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press Full Leased Wlr WEATHER FORECAST K-',t and Friday cloudy, oeca Mostly easterly. y-ia fy.THIRD YEAR. NO. 31 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1920, GER REFUSE m SUREMDER LEADERS 11 e l XI MAMS EXTRADITION IMPOSSIBLE SAYS CABIHH President (slfinorantof Uiscouht Grey's Letter On Peace Treaty Concessions Washington, Feb. 5. Various Inti mations and reports that President Wilson might have known In advance the contents of Viscount Grey's recent letter on the status of the peace treaty were met by administration officials today with the statement, that while they did not care to assume the posi tion of denying them, there was no foundation in fact for such conclus ions. There were indications that the government here rather was inclined to feel that the president should have been advised of Viscount Grey's ex pressions before they were published. ; White House officials said that the president all during his Illness has been receiving communications in writ ing and that diplomats were not pt vented from intercourse with him al though it might not be a personal one. Secretary Lansing said published re ports that the American government had sent a letter of protest to the Brit ish government regarding the Grey let ter were without the slightest founda tion. He added that he had not even discussed the matter with White House officials. Kidsters Unanimous De claring Surrender Of Lead ers Demanded By Allies Would Result in Fatal Consequences. Berlin, Feb. 5. At the conclusion of to cabinet session, a memuer ine mvernment informed the correspond ent of the Associated Press that the niinisters were unanimous in declaring tut urrender of the men demanded by the allies on an unofficial or any other extradition list was an utter physical Impossibility. The German cabinet has decided to tend another note calling attention to ih fatal consequences which would nsue upon extradition of the German demanded for trial by tne allies ror war crimes, according to a Berlin dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph. ... t Paris, Feb. 5. Relations between the allied powers and Germany seem to have arrived at a crisis as a result at the refusal of Baron Von Lersner, head of the German delegation here, to forward to Berlin the. namas of Germans whose extradition is demand ed by the entente. This incident ap parently finds an echo' in the attitude of the Berlin cabinet, which is re ported in London dispatches to have expressed, through Gustav Noske, minister of defense, seeming defiance to the powers. Baron Von Lersner left lor the German capital last night. The list of Germans accused of vi olations of the laws of war whose ar raignment Is contemplated by the al lies will be sent to Berlin direct by the council o( ambassadors. It Is pointed out here that measures In- j rner Premier Clemenceau, to adopt his ttnded to compel Germany to carry . viewpoint when in Paris some weeks nilltha AYtrgriiHnn nlaticia nt fV,A Var. ' .1 n .,. A i ml ti, t ..wuo tigu uiiu 1110 iciivr in me lines will, 11 nillei treaty will Jbe adopted but i asserts, probably be followed by an there Is no intimation as to their na- official note along the same lines from mre. Paris, Feb. 6. Jules J. Jusserand, Fvench ambassador at Washington, has received Instructions to define the attitude of the French government to ward reservations to the covenant of the league of nations, according to the Echo De Paris, which says he has al ready taken steps to acquaint Presi dent Wilson with the views entertain ed here. . Commenting upon the letter of Vis count Grey, British ambassador to the United States, to the London Times with regard to the American position on the peace treaty, the Echo De Paris says: . "The allies are abandoning President Wilson." '...,.-. The paper adds that Viscount Grey succeeded in persuading Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain and for High Cost Of Starts Tumbling As Inflation Recedes Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 5. Experts in finance hers stat ed today that It is their opinion inflated costs of clothing, food and other ne cessities of life is at an end, and that already there is. a marked decrease In the basic, price of many commodities.. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 5. Flour dropped GO cents a barrel at the local market to day, the ' collapse in foreign exchange and the slump in the wheat market being given as the cause.. Today's quota tion $18.75 a barrel in 98 pound, cotton sacks, ys 'the lowest price standard flour has been selling for this year. NORTHERN PACIFIC PA Eli ER TRAINS AGAIN OPERATING London advice's state Sir Auckland Oeddes, minister of national service and reconstruction in the British cab inet, deolared in an address at And ever yesterday that Holland might he required to put former Emperor William on some island out of Eu rope. Whether he expressed the view ot the British government Is not known. . Among the persons demanded for enraditlon from the German govern-' itinu are: List of Men V tinted Karl Aegldl, Duke Albrecht of 'lerteemburg, Submarine Comman der Arnold 4e La Perere, General Count Sixt von Armin, General Otto o Below, Count Johann von Bern to. former ambassador to the l'ted States; Dr. von Eethmann- Hlillweg, former Imnclnl v.n. -iin IdliCiilvvllvL f the French and British cabinets. "Our friends beyond the, Atlantic can not fail to understand the slgnlf cance of the language they have Just heard," the Eeho.De Paris continues. "It ismply means that the allies are abandoning President Wilson and are trying to come to terms with the ma jority in the American congress." . HEUTRALS REFUSE TO . BOLSHEVIK TRADE Copenhagen, Feb. 4. Denmark, I'Norway', Sweden, Finland and Holland ' houa nffraH 'thav will Tint mniima tfflflrt eneral von Beseler, Count Bismarck,' with soviet Russia before Russia's debt wneral von Boehm, General von to nationals of those countries had . -ftmer, Crown Prince Rupprecht of boen paid or guaranteed, it is learned waria, the Duke of Mecklenburg, here. (27 7P Bredow' Bronsart von low ah i 0eneraI 0o.von Bue- Prague, Feb. 5. Former Russian finin p VOn CaPelle. General Premier Kerensky and former War ,fr p. "eral Van Daimling, En- Minister Savinkovare on their way to General p' i'"0 'Ernst of Saxony, Fraguet o Inagurate a new policy fcnhavn p . aUsen' General Fa'- founded on an understanding between u rl?l , Frederick of Prus- Czechoslovakia and Russia. oLr raLTon Gallwltz. Alfred von . ral v" V, 0 von Go"berg, Gen kH? Gra?n. General Count Washington, Feb. 6. The purpose nr Ii'ar0nakv'H visit tn Prague 1m tn stir Wron Hni . """""eeln. ur. Han- up the Czecho-Slovaks, Poles ana ku- Hesse p? mT"' the 0rand Duke manIani to take military steps against wh'oJ Maranal vn Mlnden-' the bolshevlkl it was said today at the T Prance a e?t!?dlt,on 18 demanded .Czecho-Slovak official information bu W of Hni!l B,lgium'' Prince Au- reau here. Both Kerensky and Savin- fcWerlfh '""""n. Prince Eitel ' kov had been in London for some time. Crom, d.,- ."onenzollern, the CRISIS DIIETO DSC? I!! RATE Butte", Mont., Feb. 6. With the ex ception of train No. 17, which is being detoured, over the Northern Pacific lines between Lombard on the east ana Deer Lodge on the west, all Milwaukee passenger trains were operated today by steam over Milwaukee lines. Trains were running approximately two Hours behind schedule. It was announced that steam trains took two hours long er to cover the electric stretch than the motors. Twenty-five shop men of Deer Lodge who struck Monday morning for back bonus hour pay and representa tives of the electricians employed at sub-stations between Harlowtown, Mont., and Avery, Idaho, who started a sympathetic strike yesterday morn ing with the shopmen, met in confer ence today at Deer Lodge with Mayor Frank Conley of that town. Orders were received last evening by the strik ing shopmen and electricians from Di rector Walker D. Hines of the United States railway administration, return to work by tomorrow morning. Other wise, the order gald, the men would lese certain working privileges. It was reported today that there was a likeli hood that the men would return to work pending a decision by the United States railroad administration on their demand. The shopmen who struck were oA the night shift and contended that they should be paid for nine hours while working 8 on night work. This subject had been submitted to the Uni ted States railroad administration but when the strike took place. The day WMhlngton regarding possible action u Ik nie iiiLtri imtivuiii uiiaiiLiui wiuaiiuu British .Pccid Stefe At Lowest Hark la History.- Ccntisental : Exchange Re mains feverish. Confer ence To Pass On Credits. London, Feb. 5. The foreign ex change situation was eagerly discuss ed in all quarter of the city today and pending official action the mar ket for continental exchange remain ed feverish. Exchange on Paris and Brussels was a shade worse than yes terday. New Tork exchange, however, was steadier, opening at (3 22 and gradually improving to $ 3.23 14 , at which the business was smaller. upinion in financial circles seems to be that an International conference may 'decide upoif the granting of credits for European countries to set the wheels of commerce In motion the guarantors agreeing to abstain from unnecessary Expenses and to car rv out drastic financial reform them selves. One of the principal objectives counted as necessary was undoubted ly the expansion of exports to Amer ica, this aim is being fostered off! dally. . New Tork, Teb. 5. Rates on de. n,and bills for the English pound ster ling, which tumbled yesterday to the record low of $8.19, opened today at J3.22V4 and rose to J3.25 at the end of the first hour. . The most disastrous collapse In the history of the foreign exchange market in New York a 25 per cent rate for demand loans, time funds reduced to the vanishing point and further with drawal of government deposits, sum marized yesterday's serious disturban ces stock exchang smd, the leading commodity markets. Demand sterling fell to $3.19, & de cline of 14 cents from yesterday's low and 31 cents under last week's final quotation. Translated Into the Amer ican dollar, the pound sterling showed a loss of considerably more than 33 per cent from Its normal or pre-war price of $4.86 6-8. At New Low Mark. French, Belgian and Italian remit tances at new low quotations of 15.12, 14.82 and 19.10 respectively were at discounts extending from 88 to 77 per Cent of their normal quotation of 5.18 1-8 to the, dollars. ' Counter movements which reflected those local conditions Included new high premiums for bar gold and silver In the London market and a higher quotation for New Tork exchange at Canadian points. Bankers and international financiers a whole declined to discuss the more ominous aspects of the Interna tional credit situation, but seemen hopeful that the several governmental Investigations now under way abroad might be productive of early results. Mint Man Steals $100,000 Gold Bullion In Hollow of False Wooden Leg He Wore ? Ia Eggs Force lies la Storage To Be Thrown 0a Market New Tork, Feb. 5. Victims of the high cost of living were given cause for venge-'" ful chuckling today when market reports showed that eggs recently put tn cold storage at fifty cents a dozen were being thrown on the . market at prices ranging downward from 45 to II cents k wholesale. . The slump was reported to have affected the fresh egg market, bringing prices down , eight , cents since last Friday. The decrease in cold stor- age egg prices was explained as being due to the fact that the expected European de- , mand for eggs did not fully develop. sfc FOR HONE GUILDERS' Flfill IS COMPLETED Announcement that the $60,009 fund required for the Salem Home- builders association to begin opera tions had been raised, was made at a meeting In the Spa Wednesday night Of the board of directors of the Salem Commercial club. With this sum raised a date will be set for a meeting of all stockholders when directors and officers for the corporations' will be named.' Ways and means of raising the $7500 deficit in the Commercial club budget were discussed, and plan for promot ing membership were laid. The directors authorized the club to procure the coops and paraphernalia used the last poultry show here three yean ago and arrange to co-operate with the Marion County Community Federation In staking a poultry Bhow here next winter. Luther J. Chapin was named chairman of a committee to arrange for the show. The directors endorsed a proposer public bonded warehouse and dock to be erected on th waterfront and named a committee to Investigate, Denver, Colo., Feb. 5. Orville Har rlngton 41, skilled worker In the Iienver.mint, was arrested early today by Rolland K. Goddard. chief ot thu local branch of the secret service on a charge of having robbed the Den ver mint of gold bullion valued at more than $100,000 dollars. A' search of Harrington's home revealed the gold bars burled and hidden in var ious parts of the premises, and all of it was recovered, acoording to God dard. Harrington, according to the offi cers, carried the bars out of the mint concealed In a hollow false limb which he wore. Because of the un usual means taken to get the gold out of , the mint, the officers were unable to locate the source of the theft for several days. Harrington was taken into custody as he was coming off shift, a search of his person disclos ing a $1400 bar of gold hidden in the false leg. Harrington, the officers reported, was trapped as he was carrying away the metal. They said ha confessed and led them to his home where the bars were found burled about ths yard and hidden in various places. It was re ported all of the stolen gold was re covered. The therts which began two weeks ago, had, been traced to. the refinery, and watch waff set over all employes of that department. The list of sus pected narrowed down to three and watch placed on the homes ot the bus pected ones. Tuesday night officers who were watching the Harrington home saw Harrington bury a bar in the orchard, and subsequent search ot the orchard disclosed four -ether in sots. The search of the house early today netted fourteen other bars which had been burled In the cellar. "I was earning but four dollars a day working at the mint," said Har rington at polioe headquarters, "and one can't enjoy life on such limited funds. I can't say Just when the im pulse to steal first came to me. I was constantly In touch with great stores of gold and silver valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, andwell, it looked too easy. That's all." Ill SALARIES . FOR CLERGYMDI ARE FIXED $100 MONTH Situation in London. London, Feb. 6. Reports from shopmen struck in sympathy with the night shifts. It was announced that freight serv ice on the Milwaukee was moving close tao normal east of Harlowtown and west of Avery. It was hoped to secure additional equipment if needed within a couple or aays. KnhonvnllnH. Can f Gea"v!' Prince Hutier , " ohenweni, General von (m Tua TTil von Mnslngen, Mactent FIeU1 Marsnai C?"', Genera Maltzahn. I ,"1 von Manteuffel. Z Z lTiZ' V0" MUke' yoT ? Jm Morath, von "el von Quast. Prtnec Wl,ur Scheer- von der . ZirJT 8phln, Talaat Wa, 8Tr,a',T'rplt' Gen"al von wr ft-?Tinf Commander Wal-rrt'wSr?'fWersee- Warburg. 4sut IT"' Count v2t". "cmal Zimmerman, for f th. n, torlgn afalrs. lJSfi ,,anror c'v k " "0t ,ndiCat' SfH?":.amone othe. the t,a. W.r.fr Dr. Karl Helf ernmuster0f finance. --iiu- 111 Receipts of the state Industrial ac cident commission for the month of January were $217,061.12 with dis- to the monthly report Just compiled. ' 000. The state engineer's offioe has been asked to cooperate with the state board of health in the examination of a new water system to be installed by the city of Monmouth. The sys tem Involves the construction of a reservoir and the laying of consider able pipe line at a total cost of $60,- were eagerly read here today as was a report from New Tork that some of the banks there had discontinued the discount of dollar bills against the ex port of merchandise, because of the drop In exchange. The reported action of the banks created satisfaction, as It would mean that fewer goods wou1 be sold to Great Britain.- The stopping of the Importation of articles of luxury Is strong advocated .and it was report ed this morning that further orders for this class of goods recently placed In the United States had been TAKE UP EXCHANGES Deport Alien Indian Girls From Chemawa to Canada Portland, Or,s Feb. 6. -Four per-gj J,, fj fayf suns iu ue uvpuntru iaiii.cv wav-n INSANE HAN TRIES . TO DM HIMSELF London, Feb. 6. No official Infor mation l forthcoming on the result of the cabinet's discussion of the ex change problem, but according to un official reports the government favors the calling of an international finance conference; sitting preferably In Lon don. Parliament will re-assembly Tues day and it the Intentions of the gov ernment are not revealed In the mean time the ministers will be Interrogated on the subject In the usual way. The exchange problem Is a closed book for the general public, crwlng to complex working, but the position Is becoming so grave that the whole na tion Is beginning to awaken to the seri ousness of the situation, which is dis cussed prominently in the newspapers. Former Premier Asquith, In speech at Paisley last night decelared that the governments of Europe and l the United States could meet in a great economical conference from which no nation should be excluded whether al lies .enemies or neutrals. raons SELECTED FC: I . I. 1 Two Temporary Jurors Ex cased By Defense AsJ (hs By State at tlcrnir kztzi Slate Exkusts Prcer;! ories Three Seats Vacant Montesano, Wash,, Feb. S. Nin permanent Jurors to hear the vl. dence in the trial of eleven alleged I. W. W. on a charge of the murder of Warren O. Grimm, victim of the Cen tralia armistice day shootings, had been selected at the adjournment ot court at noon today. Two temporary Jurors were excused by the defense on peremptory challenges at the morning session and one by the state. Two were placed in the box to replace those unseated by the defense They were Aubry T. Fisher, real estate, Aberdeen, and Edward Parr, logging engineer, Hoquiam. The final peremptory of the stat Mas exercised shortly before adjourn ment George Combes, cigar dealer of Hoquiam, who had been seated dur ing the earlier part of the court ses sion being excused. Three seats in the Jury box now re main to be permanently tilled, one to fill the vacancy due to the chal lenge of Combes and two to fill va cancies which George F. Vanderveer, counsel for the defense, says he will cause by exercise of his two remain ing peromptorles. Nine talesmen were examined this morning, three being passed and ond being unseated. It was expected that the permanent Jury might be com pleted before court adjourned today. Selection of two alternate Jurors win to follow. ; The defense exercised Its tenth per emptory this morning,' whlnh Uave only two, while the stute still has ona such challenge left. Only two men or iginally chosen to fill the box remain, peremptorles having unseated all tha others. Attorney George F. Vanderveer for the defense today Insisted that the venire be polled. Several were report ed 111, one other failed to answer to his name and Vanderveer moved to quash the venire for this reason. Ilia motion was denied. President Ripley Of Santa re System Dead Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 5 The death of E. P. Ripley, chairman of tho board r Jack D Canada from here today in custody afairs, i of Chief Deputy United States Mar shal John Mann and V. W. Tomlin son, naturalization inspector. They are Wilfred Bergeron, who was barred from this country because ot illiteracy, slipped through to Join his uncle near Marshfield; George Golding, and two little Indian girls, Mamie Wilcox and Annie Dotan, aged 14 and 15. Golding, who was said by the au- thorlties to be demented, said he !n-?. made his way to Portland from u.an oiijjtfCy ada to marry his "spirit sweetheart." He declared he had been in corre spondence with her for some time. No trace could be found of the girl French Loan In Dollars ' Paris, Feb. 6. A portion of the new French loan will be floated In the United States through bankers and will be placed in dollars with a view to easing the exchange situation, it is learned here. These bonds will bear five percent interest as In France, being redeemable with a fif- An attempt to commit suicide by jumping into the addles of north Mill crei-k failed Charles Holstead, an es caped Inmate at the Oregon slate In- J sane asylum, Wednesday evening, when Traffic Officer Jloffittt reached the scene and pulled him from the water. John Fisher, 'residing at 524 North Eighteenth street, called police headquarters and reported that he saw a man Jumping into the creek and asked that an officer be detailed to Investigate. When Traffic Officer Moffitt arrived Molstead was standing In the creek, gazing dejectedly into the water, ap parently disappointed at Its depth and ""orM - ..""J weight nniHH.. K v.i f. rdav he would whose name he mentioned, HQ . CKIne first n-a., i, ul -ni. n.A r ,t .. .. sinrlpri In - ' ,! Quired v 1 t " v, Zf d'f- Waa Sf'den: spection and made their way to Che- l' Stitu A,'r 1IIerences with thefmawa training school near Salem. As ,h rV"n-:CJ, attorn('' at c-r.!-' no foreign born Indians are accepted .'".Bht cha''ence Jack there and as thev violated the law nav-W,jelu cnam. : itl coming through without i tv hnnns within sixty years. ' .. .. . II a- A .n TW.. l A It Is understood tne amount 10 nis luiiure m in ,-. placed in the United States has notjged him from the water, summoned a been fixed, but some estimates havejtaxi, and returned him to the asylum, tun as high as $2,000,000,000. - Subscriptions also will be received ' STRIKE ARBITKR-S "PORTABLE." at London in pounds sterling on the same terms. Experts here count upon the success of these foreign subscrlp Liverpool, Feb. 6. A travelling di vision of the Industrial court, appoint- tions to assist in the stabilization of.ed for the purpose of dealing with diffrences between employers ana em ployes, Is reported to be doing good work. One day It was at Crewe, the exchange. e,9l fim nf smallnox and lnflu enza are reported at Ashland. The; following day at Sheffield the next day am.un enmlnff thrnueh wltnoui inspecuou i acnooi ihmiu mm w,c , ., ... . I they are being taken back to Canada, cinate all pupils. (considered and promptly settled. Canadian Government To Take Over Grand Trunk London, Feb. B. Proposals by which the Canadian government would talw over the Grand Trunk railway system, Including lines that It controls In the United States, will be laid before stockholders of the company by Sir Al fred Smlthers, chairman of the board, February 19. With his call for the meeting sent out today he Issued a circular stating the directors advised acceptance of the proposals, which I were In the form of an agreement ap proved by the Canadian parliament last October. San Francisco, Feb. 8. A acale of minimum salaries for the clergy of the Protestant Episcopal diocese oi CaiV fornla has been fixed by the board of church extension, to be put In effect at0f directors of the Santa Fe system at mi, eariifHi moment mat tne nnan ces of the board will permit, It was announced at the dloceasan convention In session here by Charles L. Parsons, coadjutor bishop of the dlocease. Unmarried clergymen are to be al lowed $12000 annually, under this scale, married men $1600 with an an dtllonal $100 for each minor child. Missionaries In ten out of 12 cases are to be furnished rectories. The present salary for missionaries ia $06 a month, the increase amounting to about $30. Bishop Parsons stated that Investi gations showed that of 12 selected oc cupations at Seattle only the waiters receive less than the clergy. He said the church and the dalty suffered from the low salaries even more than the clergy because a clergyman hard pressed to meet his bills could not do his church work well. Santa Barbara last night resulted from complications following an operation which he underwent In Chicago several months ago, accordlngt o advices re ceived here. Fred C. Ripley, a son, who reside here, wap tjken Ml suddenly today and a nurse in charge, pending the ar rival of a physician, refused to com municate to him the news of his fath er's death. Ukrainians Advancing Against Trotsky s Army Berne, Feb. 6. The Ukrainian na tional army, under command of Gen eral Petlura, is advancing on the line of Schmerlnka-Trascha In Podolla and near Boldltchoff( southward of Kiev, according to Information received by the Ukrainian bureau today. Hard fighting against the bolshevlkl Is proceeding. Few Game Permits Issued To Marion County Hunters Game permits Issued since Feb tuary 1, were made out to the fol lowing named residents of Marlon county: Pioneers and Civil war veterans li cense: B. F, Nye, Independence. Combination hunting and fishing: Dare Slope, Stay ton: Vernon Nye, In dependence; George Dlckerson, It. W. Niles, O. C. Jerman, Robert E. Lar son, Salem. Anglers August Semolke, llcotta Mills; R. O. Smort, Shaw. Hunters: E. O. Thomas, A. II. Long; William Dornbusch, Albert Fabry, Harold Llvock, Salem, Promotion of four officers of th re serve officers' training corps at the, state university Is announced. East Snowbound By Worst Storm Of Year Washington, Feb. S. States along the Atlantic seaboard from southern New England to Virginia were snow bound today as a result of the worst snowstorm of the winter, The snow was accompanied by sleet and a htfcn wind. Moderate temepratures prevail ed generally and In some sections this morning th snow had turned to a fine rain. Capita! Journal's Straw Vote for President Vole for One, placing X after name; then cut out and mall nr bring to Capital Journal Office. GERARD OWEN '.. .: . HARDING PALMER HOOVER PERSHING ' ....... 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