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WEATHER FORECAST TunisM ar.d Saturday rain west, rain snow east portion, warmer tonight ,! east por'Jon. increasing southerly winda. CIRCULATION Average for Quarter Ending December 51, 111 5458 Member Audit Bureau of CircuUtloa Associated Prose Full Leased Wire fTY-THIRD YEAR. NOo 32. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920, GERMANY MAY YET SURRENDER opi i all J oil riniM North Atlantic Coast BvMostSev jz , VESSEL BEARIN 104 PEOPLE IS DRiVEN ASHO RE New York, Feb. 6. The steamship PrincAa Anne of the Old Dominion line carrying 32 passengers and a crew i h from Norfolk, Va., to New York, ran aground one mile off the coast at- IMkaway Point on L.ong isiana in a heavy storm early today and sent out a 0. 9. calls for assistance. j ugs rrom army transport headquarters at Hobo kP w recking tugs and a police patrol beat went to the aid of the stranded vessel. Wireless reports said that Captain Seav of the Princess Anne had been ariously injured. The vessel's position nas considered serious on account of the gale that had lashed the coast for the past two days. -Members of the coast guard at Rock awav Beach endeavored to launch a boat to go to the steamer but gave up the attempt when giant rollers nearly battered the craft to pieces. in response to a wireless Inquiry fwm police headquarters, the Princess Anne reported that she was not in Im minent danger of breaking up. She requested, however, that her passen gers be taken off by tugs as soon as pi-Mlble. Later report from the'stranded ship ere that she was taking water rap- Idly and- the captain requested that passengers and crew be taken off be , (ore night. nn TO LARGER PLACE; MORE GOODS ON SALE Hecauae of the extent of business bundled by the Salem army store, new and larger quarters have been opened t 230 South Commercial street. The Mle of three truck loads of surplus vmy goods, that arrived Friday morn ins, were placed on sale at one o'clock. The sales and store are under the man ajement of J. T. Conwav. The shipment Includes nine tons of racon which will be sold 1 slab to a customer, at 204 a pound; double cot ton blankets at $3.00 each pair; cotton dwool blankets, reclaimed, at $3.60 ewh; wool reclaimed blankets at 3.0 wh; new cotton ami wnni i,io,,ir. ,t 00 each; army issue soap, pound "", , pears, i quart cans, 25c; corn ef, n oz. net, 23c; rubber . boofs, -: wool socks, 65c; cotton socks, , wooi underwear, $1.00; Jersey siuves, zuc; barracks bags, new, barracks bags, reclaimed, Z5c; "rryall bags, 7c; prunes 40-50 size. 60 ox, 18c pound. IK Ml umt nr 7I VUIL Uf wt. Ba8h" Feb- -Count-of a 7Z , ,""1 vote taken by pacific tPlcphone operators on a new Tel.! areement with the Pacific wphone and Telegraph company, own completed here but will not uZ ? PUb"R nntil 11 19 submitted he7 ff'ClalS 0t the Beat the T, the telephone branch ef ElectHoIirnat',0nal Brotherhood - of 71 rrkers today. CDr,e'i:L?'cr"or' Eo8,on' na- 'or i. "le lpiepnone op- ' . v. ni i ivk ill San ''"siaid oeauie union offi- - urstunate tn today. 'ni-nt k-1.? the cmiany. '" Strilra ...... . . le new agree- "led. 1 Vote wan iu),an i . ltbti 0le m&y be taken if 'uccessful arecment frfu i"igum0endryIand.eek water exception, even Swept ere Storm of Years SNOW, HIGH WINDS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURE PARALYZES MANY STATES Washington, Feb. 6. Another 24 hours of snow and high winds along the Atlantic coast from Maryland was forecast today by the weather bureau. The peak of the storm is now in New England, where the heaviest fall of snow in the east this winter, 20 inches, was recorded in places. Damage resulting from the storm has been heavy. High tides, heavy seas and high winds have wrought havoc at Atlanta coast resorts from Carolina to Kew England, places dam aged Including Atlantic City, Coney Island, Ocean City, Maryland, Ocean View and Buckroe Beach, Virginia, WrightsvlUe Beach, N. C. Shipping also has suffered severely, many vessels being In distress all along the ooast. Railroad traffic has been seriously interferred with, reports to the railroad administration showing passenger trains running tar behind schedule and in many sections freight trains block ed There has been no market coal at any point In the storm area. ADMINISTRATION Or RAILWAYS TO BE REORGANIZED New York Recovering. ....New York, Feb. 6. The gale and unusually high tides which have lash ed the north Atlantic coast for the last two days accompanied by a blizzard which blanketed most of the territory with snow and ice, were gradually sub siding early today, leaving a trail of de- strleution and suffering in their wake. Estimates of the property damage run well beyond the two million dollar mark. A number of vessels were re ported in distress and . several Long Island sound steamers were prisoners in ice jams. The wireless station at New York police headquarters early today had received messages from 39 ships at sea asking for the location. Points along the New Jersey coast, especially Atlantic City and Seabrlght were hardest hit. Houses were wash ed Into the sea and towns partially In undated. Reports along the Long Is land shore near New York also were heavily damaged. Snow Piled High. Railroad traffic improved during the morning although trains were still be hind time. New York was slow to recover from the blow dealt by ' the storm king. Traffic conditions were still chaotic early today and the streets piled high with drifts of snow. The shortage of coal caused appre hension. Traction companies said they had only a few days supply on hand and that they would be forced to sus pend operations unless their bunkers were speedily replenished. Barges laden with coal are tied up at Jersey points by Ice floes. City Island in Long Island sound, which is part of New York City, was marooned. Deep drifts compelled most of the 2000 residents to stay at home. Soldier Injured Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Davi son, stationed at Governors Island, was dangerously injured when he was struck by a falling glass awning in front of the playhouse in West 4Sth street.. Both his legs were brdlien and it is feared that his skull was fractur ed. Many persons have been Injured by falling signs and similar devices broken from fastenings by weight of the mow." Meat Packing Output In 1919 Was five Billion ; . Chicago, Feb. 6. Total output of the meat packing Industry in the United States for 1919 was estimated at more than 5, 000, 000,000 In a statement giv en out by the Institute of American Meat Packers. The estimate was based on annual reports or more man ou packing companies which operate un der federal inspection. Profit throughout the Industry aver aged not more than a cent and a half or. each dollar of sales ,the report -mates. Washington, Feb. 6. Reorganiza tion of the railroad administration for its work as a government liquidating agent in preparation for a return of the roads to their owners on March 1, was begun today by Director General Hines. The first steps were creation of a division of liquidation claims, and the abolition of the division of capital ex penditures, effective February 15. Max'Thelan, director of the public service division and formerly chair man of the California state utilities commssion, was placed in charge of the liquidation division. The reorganization program tenta tively decided upon will leave Intact the present divisions of law, finance and accounting" In addition to the new ly created division of liquidation of claims. While the actual purchasing will cease with the termination of fed eral control, settlement of claims still wll require the attention of many of the purchasing units. Mr. Thelan will have charge of cap ital expenditures which must be made between February 15 and March 1. His big task, however, will begin Imme diately after private operation Is re sumed when filing of completed claims will begin. A female alligator lays fifty to sixty large white eggs in a flexible, leathery skin. glanders Getting Boose via w Route Revenue Men Expect here Feb. today airplane - Belief was by the police brought Into L -"k'une Irom Curia , pric ranein n. ,ii. hat-n ,,-. it wn. .. Mio . 'a" 'Clients re- airplane over the OF RADICAL MENACE Washington, Feb. 6. Conflicting views as to the danger to the United States from radicals now in this coun try were presented today to the house Judiciary committee considering anti sedition legislation. Francis H. F. Kane, former federal district attorney at Philadelphia, who resigned recently because he was not in sympathy with Attorney General Palmer's campaign against the 'reds' told the committee that much of the agitation about bolshevism In Ameri ca was "mere talk." Attorney General Charles D. New ton of New York disagreed with this view, declaring that thousands of rad ical press, were dally advocating the revolutionary overthrow of the govern ment and the establishment of a dic tatorship. Cnnirress and the people of the United States should awaken to the danger of the doctrines of these rad icals and take necessary steps to curb their propaganda, Mr. Newton said. Annroxlmately 500,000 radicals in New York city alone are organized to overthrow all capitalistic govern ments, Mr. Newton said. The better element of organized labor and the Catholic church, he declared, have been the two leading factors in sup pressing these revolutionary ' activi ties. "The laws for punishing these rad icals must not be very effective," Bald Representative Igoe, democrat, Mis souri. "There is need for additional leg islation to reach those against whom there is no existing statute," Newton replied. . Asked by Representative uaru, SQfCTIONOlv ALTERNATES ON TRIAL DELAYS Two Jurymen Sought To Hear Testimony And Act In Case Of Emergency; Crime Scens Will Be Visited. Montesano, Wash., Feb. 6 Selection of two alternate jurors to listen to the evidence in the case of the eleven al leged I. W. W. on trial here for the murder of Warren O. Grimm, victim of the Armistice day shooting at Cen tialia, was expected to be completed today. The alternates will listen to the evidence, but will not participate in a verdict unless one of the regularly sworn Jurors becomes Incapacitated. The Jury to try the eleven defend, ants was completed late yesterday aft er the defense had declined to make use of its twelfth peremptory challenge and accepted the jury as It sat in the box. Court was adloumeri until 1 -lrt o clock this afternoon in order to per mit the Jurors to close their nirr.ni affairs preparatory to being locked up for several weeks while listening to the testimony relative to the Centra'Ia irageuy. . Case Opens Sainnlnv It was expected that the state would open ns case Saturday morning, when nuiman Anen, county attorney of L.6W1S county, in which the shooting urcurrea, manes nis opening statement to the Jury. That the Jury would Jour, ney to the scene of the alleged crime wtihin a day or two after the state case was outlined, was the conclusion reached here today, when it became known that the' state would ask to have the Jurors go to Centralia to see the actual buildings about which the irgeay was enacted. The defense is u..TOiiuuu iu nave, agreed .to such a trip on the part of the Jury. Jury Is Completed. Montesano, Wash., Feb. 6. After ten days spent in examining venire men, during which time 93 talesmen submitted themselves to questions tendingto indicate their qualifications to sit as Jurors, a Jury of twelve men were secured here late yesterday in the case of eleven alleged I. W. W. charged with first degree murder. . Jury quarters are maintained on the top floor of the Grays Harbor court house here. Beds and other accommo dations are provided. The jury which will hear the cao comprises the following twelve men, all residents of Grays Harbor county: B. E. Torpen, 65' retired farmer, Montesano. U. G. Robinson, 87, carpenter, Ho qulam. Harry Sellers, 47, laborer, Elma. ' Carl O. Hulten, 39, farmer, Lake Qulnault. Frank Glenn, 45, farmer, Brady. E. E. Sweltzer 68, farmer Oakville. F. H. McMurray, 41, teamster, Aberdeen. W. E. Inmon, 53, rancher, Elma. Auvrey T. Fisher, 32, real' estate, Aberdeen. Edward Parr, 45, logging engineer, Hoquiam. P. V. Johnson, 34, paver, Aberdeen. Samuel Johnson, 67, fisherman, Montesano. TRIAL THROUGH NEUTRAL TRIBUNAL IS BELIEVED SATISFACTORY TO HUNS Berlin, Feb. 6.The German government Drobablv will be walling to surrender its nationals charged with war enmes to De tried by a neutral tribunal if the entente will agree, says the national Zeitung. The Swiss govern ment, the newspaper says, has declared its readiness to arrange such a tribunal. Premier Bauer's conference with .party leaders tomorrow will probably determina whethert the national as sembly will be called to consider the extradition situation. Crisis Ig Denied. Persons well Informed deny the ex- Ta'gblett. as he only once visited the front. ' Berlin. Feb. 6. Field Marshal Von Feulow told the Lokal Anzeiger today that Germans whose names are on the Mat of those who extradition is de manded by the allies "only did their istence of a government crises, and the duty to the fatherland" and that extra- I Prussian cabinet has unanimously In dcrsed the national cabinet's attitude, which Is unaltered. This may be re garded as a symptom of the spirit in which the entente demands are being met, all prominent politicians con demning the allied edict. A member of the government Is quoted by a member of the press as saying: .v,The government Is still endeavor ing to find a way out by further nego tiations." May Seek Modification. It is believed that the government will attempt to obtain a modification of the peace treaty respecting extra dition. If it is unsuccessful, It will. o to speak, fold Its arms and let events take their own course, accord ing to prevailing opinion, A scrutiny of the extradition list shows that Belgium and France have demanded the surrender of all the Ger man generals who commanded on the vest front In 1914 except General Von Herringen. Why the grand duke of Hesse Is listed Is a mystery, says the dition was ignominy to which "no Ger man would voluntarily submit." The field marshal declared he would never place himself at the disposal of the entente nations and expressed the belief that most of the commanders named in the allied list would take the same view. It is understood that meetings of army and navy commanders were held on January 7 and It was unanimously concluded that evasion of the extradi tion clause of the Versailles treaty was entirely compatible with German hon or and that no one must voluntarily surrender. Legal objections should be lodged against orders for the arrest of the commanders, It was decided at these meetings. The covering note and the official list has not been received here and the unofficial list does not afford a basis for even superficial consideration of the offenses charged against the list ed men. It is not improbable the gov ernment will promptly get into .touch with the national assembly, which is expected to reconvene next week al though It adjourned until 'the end of the month. . Letter Removes All Doubts of Removal of Postmaster Myers Ford Bequeats Christian Faith To His Children Oregon City, Feb. 6. The will of the late Rev, T. B, Ford, former superin tendent of the Salein district of the Methodist Episcopal church, was filed for probate today. After providing for tho payment of his Just debts and fu neral expenses and directing that his burial shall be simple, he made the following bequest: "I hereby bequeath my Christian faith In God Almighty, the most pre cious and priceless possession which I have, or which any person can have, to my beloved children and I commend them to the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose faithful servant I have been and still am, world with out end." All money and property In his pos sesson is to be divided equally among his four children. Members of the American Woolen association at a conference yesterday with Federal Food Administrator Vu liams assured him there is every prob ability of a decrease In clothing prices. They said the supply of raw wool is nearing normal and that the large per centage of manufacturing equipment which was used for making army and navy cloth during the war is now baek in the trade. "The return of this equipment about 65 per cent of the cloth making capacity of the mills of the country Insures an almost Immediate supply oi cloth formerly available at lower prices vhlch should have a most beneficial effect on the cost of clothing in gti. ; eial," Mr. Williams said. j "The opinion prevails" Mr. Williams added, "that any speculative Jobber j who might be holding back stocks ln ocrat, Ohio, how these revolutionary 'nope oi nigner prices win oe aoomeaj tendencies could be met, the witnejsto disappointment, for the normal t-; said an educational campaign sTiould quirenients of the trade will soon be I be inaugurated. met directly from the manufacturer." I Representatives of these radicals New York World. meet school children with primers - j teaching bolshevism and the over- C T Dpfjjca Jn Cv j 89 5 Arrested Daring Drive On Profiteers Washington, Feb. 6. The cam paign against fond profiteers and hoarders has netted a total of 895 ar rests, the department of justice an nounced today. While only a small number of these cases have been brought to trial, the prosecutions so far have resulted in 28 convictions, officials said, penalties ranging up ward to a fine of 13000 with one year imprisonment. Portland, Or., Feb. 6. Any doubt as to the removal of Postmaster Frank 8. Myers of Portland, Or., from office be cause of charges which were Investi gated by postofflce Inspectors several months ago, was removed by a letter received today by Representative Mo Arthur, according to a dispatch from Washington, D, C. The' letter was signed by First Assistant Postmaster General Koons and said: "I wish to advise you that as the re sult of the Investigation made at Port land, Or., an order has been issued re moving the postmaster, Frank 8. My ers, effective January 31, 1920, The postmaster was advised under date of January 22 of the necessity for making a change In the poatilon of postmaster at Portland and that if he would sub mit his resignation by January 31 It would be accepted. As the postmaster aflled to resign, an order has been Is sued removing him." The letter declined, however, to give out the report of inspectors which was held to be confidential. LABOR TO TAKE ACTIVE PART III 1920 CAM frn ilili OFFICERS OF ITALIAN RUSSIAN TRADE PLAN tIL Hi Bari, Italy, Feb. 4. Naval Lieuten ant Augusto Test and Vlovannl Tren ten, a naval engineer, have been ar rested at Brlndisi for having tried to Induce the commander of an Italian submarine to take his craft to Flume. They are also accused of having cap tured and taken to Flume the steamer Taranta which was carrying about 2,000,000 lire in gold destined for Ital troops In Albania. A pretty 20-year-old girt also was arrested and Is be lieved to have been their accomplice. Documents were found on the two men seeming to Indicate their respon sibility for the alleged crimes. Political Seige Of Fedcratica To Ee Directed At State As Well As Presidential Candi dates This FalL Washington, Feb. . Plans for th most appresslve and general political campaign ever waged by the American Federation of Labor were formulated at a meeting here today of a general committee composed of the executive council and the heads of all depart ments of the federation. It was said officially that the cam- paign to be conducted In connection with the general elections In Novem ber not only would be aimed at mem bers of congress, or candidate for, un favorable to organised labor, but also ai unfriendly candidates for president. governor and for' members of state legislatures. " ' ","' Every trade and craft affiliated with the. federation will be Called upon to take up the fight In every section of the country and to exert every effort to elect only Buch public officials as are favorable to the principles of organ ized labor. It was said that a vmt army f organizers and workers would be recruited for the campaign. Bvry memberof tho present hous or senate running for reelection who have by their reoord Bhown an un friendly spirit towards organised la bor, it was said, will be opposed by the labor vote, which federation of ficials placed at about 4,000,000. President Gompers presided at the session today and through the fullest discussion of the whole question. For mal announcement of the federation plans was expected afteif the meeting had ended late today. ; - EIGHT BIILIOII FEE! OF TIMBER TAPPED BY RAIL EXTENSION Portland, Or., Feb .4. More than S, 000, 000, 000 feet of timber will be come available to Portland mills by summer of early fall through the com pletion of a 30-mlle extension to the United Ralway line, between Burling ton, Or., and Wllkesboro, Or., and the construction of A logging road from Burlington to the , Willamette river slough, where booming facilities wilt bo established, according to the an nouncement of I. E. Kccles of Ogden. Utah, president of the Oregon Ameri can Lumber company and of the Port land Astoria Pacific Railroad com pany. Eccls arrived In Portland today on a visit In connection with his Interests here. Plans for leasing the United Rail roads which runs from Burlington v Wilkesboro and is owned by the Hill Interests, have practically been com pleted, Eccles stated, although the ac tual lease probably will not he entered into until the extensions which are be ing built by the Portland Astoria Pa cific railroad company are ready for operation. Mexican Military School Reopened After 5 Years Mexico City, Feb. . Chapultepeo military academy was reopened today as the leading feature of th celebra tion of the national holiday. The school has been closed for five years ... , Tl,.i., .. K . 1 1 1 M throw Ox ine guvernuini. iirej be taught the benefits of this country. Declaring that radicals arrested and deported never were armed, and that few bomb outrages had occurred, Mr. Kane told the committee there never had been.any real attempt to over- city and seeing a moving light In the sky last Monday night. The. police de clared they have information that much Canadian whisky has been sold r i s 8 118 '"sn as here recently. "1 in . i . . , iqiui- , lit; u., .tl UUIC on,. . " lh ry ' 31 J1"1 adding 'ing to one report, probably are using throw the government ny lorce m ha a u by ac" ! a Maplane, having greater carrying W!,cha """ved the whisky i eanacitv than the ordinary, airplane. "V u . . . ' i ' .. tu. --a L'Utllien fill! thllf a-A , tha p anil fllfl ai'JUK "l sloughs of the Willamette and Co lumbia rivers near Portland. Mt of what we see in newpa- nr. ro.?.-irrlin2 this menace In thlst, Muntrv is mere bunk." said Mr. Kane "I. for one, cannot take the feeling of j minor officers on the extradition list, bolshevism seriously. Jar now in Switzerland.. i Up Germans, Is Belief Gtneva. Feb. 9. Swiss federal au thorities It is reported will follow the precedent set by Holland In dea:g with demands from the allies for the extradition of Germans who are In this country. Former Crown Prince Rup-. precht of Bavaria, as well as several Paris, Feb. Doubt as to the prac tical working of the plan for the par tial resumption of trade with Russia through the Russian co-operative so cieties developed at today's session or the council of ambassadors. During discussion it was declared that the soviet government after saying It would consent to the proposed restrict ed trading with the outside worm tl.trough these co-operative societies,, had shown a disposition to tie up the societies with official administration I in such a way as to make even partial trading impossible. j The attention of the council was called by Ambassador Wallace to the, fact that the representatives of the ; United States on the export commis-1 sions to supervise the distribution ofj railway rolling stock on the lines run- j nlng from Germany Into territories de-! tached from the empire had been dts ignated under article 371 of the peace: treaty to preside over such commis sions. I Capital Journal's Straw Vote for President Vote for One, pluclng X after name; then cut out and mull or bring to Capitol Journal Office. BRYAN COX GERARD .. HARDING HOOVER .. JOHNSON LOWDEN . McADOO .. OWEN PALMER .1 PERSHING ... POINDEXTER , POMERENE TAFT , WILSON '.. WOOD .-. 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