Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 07, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER FORECAST .: Tonight Sunday futr, fpRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. Return Of 5.5 Per Cent Upon Aggregated Value Of Lines For Period Of Two Years Agreed By Conferees. Washington, Feb. 7. A return of (tt percent on the aggregate value of the railroads would be guaranteed by the government for a period of two . years under an agreement reached to day by the senate and house conferees on the railroad bllL In announcing the agreement today. Chairman1 Cummings of the senate managers said the re-written section provided that after the two-year per iod the percentage of return would be fixed hy the interstate commerce com 'mission, whichw ould be authorized to (Ii rates so as to yield that return. Way for Action Paved. With the agreement on this section fctders hope to complete final enact ment of the bill before March 1. The aggregate value of the proper-: tie used In transportation would be determined by the interstate commerce commission, according to the bill, the determination being by traffic dis'ricts These districts would be used as groups for rate making and in terri tories where tlia roads earned an equivalent of the guaranteed return, mi increase In rates would be neces sary. Similarly, the rates would be raised to make up a deficit in districts where the roads failed to earn the 5 li per cent. Figures on the probabl aggregate value of rhe.road are- not avnttable vet The commission has completed the final physical valuation of only three roads and the tentative valua tions of only 56. the largest being te Kansas City Southern. The outstand ing capitalization and bonded indebt edness of all the roads amount to ap praidmately J19.000.000.poO on which H percent return would be $1,045. 000,000. . The guaranteed return to the roads tinder government control has been , Miit J900.000.000 annuallv, based on he three-year period just prior to the me the government took charge, n tu a' radS recelvi,,S varying re distribution of earnings In excess' of w! h 0ne-ha"fon.Cpercem L f aVa"a,"e for ""Productive mprovements. Fifty per cent of the 2 LTr Blx per eent woul 8 to he 2t rrn"lg SUch PXCM9- while tn gaming half would be put Into t?.Tnt fUnd amlntotered the 1m lr rantal 10 the weaker ,hirda,s ioum btain ,o- EUlMwll ! mviIJ.mO 1 likl Iriw IE mk UR - i -: - : ' - . : AGREEMENT ON GUARANTEE TO IMEACID $10,000 WILL BE ASKED COMMERCIAL CLUB IN ADVERTISING PLAN M mit? f the Co'n"cial Club PiWdm Til Pr"Uled 0Ver h VIce" v m to ambe"' Frll,ay eve"'"K' ehV k col"flbutlons of $100 of s. 100 puhIcl spirited citizens , a"Ce the club'8 P"- a. aa 1 ? dUr",g the comine year, l row!13" f g0ln lnto Th7,?W'n? "ed money. read"3!'3' report of the club it Vm'" ,hat "ibership to Pay th. a,'1were nearly sufficient till ' tiXed and overhead ,hVom"-year, but left " dlrept community. ta4Tndebt!Tf'd against cn,t of dness and adopted the baling I ,? wi,hln means, and fo L PUblic 8piriteJ c the bMw"eC689ar' money to finance ,S,"".' due, UrS, and qlpmt. IS37J so C0'lectible' 2996.50, hilltle.. v . ll5". oDe" 0tfS pa'able to banks. 7' draV"01'"18 Pa"ble $1340.1 t iod ,k('y Stated: "Dur WMi from llarch, 1919, to f ,hi i l '1' lh" w held bld "hich wer- er" 431 "Stings ? tL c Uhn0t dirt'y connect iho to ntP18 Club maintains The c SiTttWaCIab """ntainsa hi;h ate Chamber of U" "Wrict t'9 8 vaIable asset "tig buJhe Business Men's few"?4" more than T L L 10 ,he mercantile h , ltF every ar. rved great, deal Capital 33. QUESTION OF SURRENDER OF PERSONS CHARGED OF ! WAR CRIMES UP TO ALLIES Paris, Feb.-7. Delivery to the German government by the French charge in Berlin of the list of Germans whose extradition is demanded by the allies is the proper course to pursue in the existing circumstances, the coun cil of ambassadors decided today. Its action was made Known tnrougn an official T . i i . , . . , . i i uiiuersiuoa mat in tne discus sion of the question today the ambas sadors took the view that the entire question now Is up to Germany and that further steps by the allies should await the action of the German au thorities. The revival by the council of the practice of Issuing official communi ques provoked considerable comment. It was taken as Indicating that there was to be a restriction upon the sources of Information of the council's doings. May Naval Men Named. Berlin, Feb. 6. Twelve admirals, two high sea fleet commanders, thirty U-boat captains and numerous other active officers of the Germany navy are included in the list of Germans whose extradition is demanded by the entente powers. The names of virtual ly all the officials on the naval home and high seas staffs are found in the list. . Admiral Von Mueller, chief of the secret naval cabinet, among those named, was permanently attached to great headquarters where he wan counted among former Emperor Wil liams' personal confidential advisers. In addition the allies demand Admiral Von Tirpltz, Admiral Von Capelle and Admiral on Trotha, who were suc cessively secretaries of the navy. Admiralty officers who will discuss tho list charge that the wholesale de mand for Gorman naval officers indi- ctoes-lhe-entente desire to-peotnMetrt" ly paralyze German naval aspirations and the presence of names like those of Admiral Von Tirpltz and Admiral Von Mueller Is ridiculed. 30 V-Bont Commanders. Out of a total of 500 German sub marine commanders, the entente pow ers have called for only thirty, who, presumably are suspected of having exceeded their legitimate instructions. These comprise all the prominent U buat operators. The admiralty admit ted losing 200 U-boats and it is esti mated 160 were left at the close of the conflict. Commander Boeker Is an aviator who attempted a sensational Zeppelin flight to the German colony In the heart of Africa. Officials are unable to account for the absence of the names of-Zeppelin commanders who bombed London, in view of the fact that naval officers were demanded chiefly by England. Captain Nerger,-.whose name was In cluded in the list, was commander of the German commerce raider Wolf. About thirty-five species of birch are known. of favorable comment from the state and northwest by the organization In this county of the Marion County Community Federation. Great things are being accomplished for the coun ty. Among the accomplishments are uniform road signs. A booklet for Marion County as a whole, standard ization of potatoes and certification for seed in Marion county. "We ijeed money this year to put Salem on the ma pas a progressive icity attracting progressive business men. We need our automobile camp ground for tourists at once. "Our literature is out of date. We need it now of all times. Our club rooms have no industrial display. We have the best opportunity to build one but we need money. We need money to take our pro-rata of booklet pub lished for the county by the federa tion." A committee was appointed to ar range a campaign to secure the con tributions. Saturday noon several business men responding to a call of Mr. McCros key, met at Hotel Marion and heard reports of the conditions of the club, and were told of the things that should be done the coming summer by the club to promote the city's in terests. A tourist camp ground; a children's plunge In Marion square where they might safely frolic during the warm days; and participation with the Marlon County Community Federa t nn In (uiif nir ft booklet advertising the county were cited as things that j the club should have funds to under take. Darwin found parrots on the bleak rocks of Tierra del Fuego, but as a rule these birds, In the native state, are found only in the tropics. SALEM, OREGON, communique, . 3 Lads Lured By Adventure Into City Jail Here Pursuing the phantasm of adven ture, that lured them from their firesides in Sellwood, along the lone ly, muddy highways south of Port land, Into hobo camps and the face of danger, Paul Waldelle, 15 Cecil Proctor, 11 and Frank Austin; 14, found themselves in the city Jail here Saturday. - The youthful nomads were caught near the Oregon Packing company plant, north of the city, Friday-evening by Traffic Officer MoffUtiafter information that the boys wer! head ed toward Salem was received .from Chemawa. . . ,'r-'i ' . The little fellows, dirty, ifciingry and hanging on to the $6 tjjas;;..1iad between them with the most, rigid economy, said they were boutiij - to Yoncalla to visit a boy friend, They admitted that! thjey frequently?; hid fearing that "dicks" anight , , catch them and return them to their homes. Their parents in Sellwood were',no tified, and are expected to come to this city after them. The lads said that their parents ' ad told them to 'strike out; you won't get very far," so they 'tMMt4he"4aro.j ..--. IS HOLDING TIL Moutesano, Wu.sh., Feb." 7. Jumes A. Ball, butcksmitta of Monlesano, whose name was the last In the panel of the speclul venire of 300 called for jury ser vice In the trial of eleven alleged I. V. W. charged with he mur der of Warren O. Grim in, On traliu armistice day parade vic tim, was accepted without exam ination by both defense and tlie state just before noon adjourn ment of court toduy. "I'll accept the juror on his looks" said George F. Vanderveer, counsel for the defense. "So will we," was the reply of W. H. Abel, of counsel for the state. Ball is the thirteenth Juror, the fourteenth A. R. Johnson; Hoqulam, having been seated yesterday after noon. Neither Ball nor Johnson will participate in the deliberations of the jury unless one of the previously sworn Jurors becomes incapacitated. Montesano, Wash., Feb. 7. Exam ination of veniremen in an endeavor to secure two alternate Jurors to listen to the evidence In the trial of eleven alleged I. W. W. charged with the murder of Warren O. Grimm, Cemm lia Armistice day parade victim, was continued here todaq. Twelve tales men had been examined at 10:45, when the court announced a brief re cess. Two talesmen, A. R. Johnson, cigar dealer, of Hoquiam, was accept- ed yesterday subject to peremptory challenge' and the defense had exer cised a permptory on a second venire man, leaving the box filled, but a stat and defense peremptory are yet to be exercised. George W. Makurath, saw yer, Hoqulam, was seated, subject to peremptory today. Defense counsel today objected to excusal of veniremen who had objec tloons to the death penalty, alleging that It was an attempt on the part of the state to secure a "Wood thirsty" Jury. The court ruled, however, that challenge of a talesman for scruples against capital punishment constituted sufficient grounds for disqualification. Veniremen examined this morning, In nearly all cases, were excused for ob jections to the death penalty, or be cause of fixed opinions. Attorney For Defense In Whitney Case Flu Victim San Francisco, Feb. 7. Thomas O'Connor, prominent San Francisco attorney who has been acting as coun- &el IOr illiW li.vnc, w with criminal syndicalism In Oakland, died early today froin an attack or ii.fluenza. O'Connor was taken 111 a week ago during the Whitney trial. Bull fighting at first wa prae'leel in Spain only by gentlemen armed with a short spear or Javelin. SELECTING 10 ALTERNATES l a isssssw i h htz r ii II. II SATURDAY, FEBRUARY VLADIVOSTOK HELD BY REDS SATS HEW Capture Of City By Bolshevik rorces tedded By night Of Russian Officers To Jap anese Tokio, Feb. S. Russian officers who have been serving at Vladivostok un der the command o( General Rozanoff governor general of the Russian mari time province have arrived with their families in. Tsuruga harbor on the stuthern' coast of Japan. They were on board two Russian warships which! entered port early to day, and their arrival, which was un heralded, appears to indicate an exo dus of Russians from the eastern part of Siberia. . Reports received late last week re flected a serious state of affairs In Vladivostok and It appeared the bol shevikl had assumed control of the country up to within a short distance of the city.. NIkolsk, 40 miles north, was in the hands of the reds at that time and American forces along the railroad between that place and Vladi vostok reported encountering units ot the soviet army. A Btate of siege had been proclaimed Jn the city and fur ther reinforcements of Japanese troops were expected. Fall Reported Before. More recent advices stated revolu tionist forces had occupied Vladivos tok January 3$ and that allied missions which had been in the city had left, going westwardAuer tha trns-Blberlan rdlroad in the fllrection of Harbin. 'Nothing was reported as to the flight of Russian officers which may indi cate the wholesale desertion of Rus sian government troops or their dis persion. If this should prove to be the case, the only considerable antl-bol-shcvlk forces in far eastern Siberia would be Japanese and Americans, Marines Enforce Neutrality. London, Feb. 7. American marines at Vladivostok intervened when Japa nese soldiers attempted to prevent revolutionary troops from capturing General Robanoff, Russian governor general, when the city was taken by the reds, according to a VladivostoK dispatch to the Mail. The message, which was dated last Sunday, stated General Rozanoff finally escaped and took refuge on Japanese cruiser in the harbor. Describing the capture of the ctly, the correspondent says the first revo lutionists entered by stealth, seized the street railroad and used the cars to carry them up the main street to the house occupied by General Rozanoff. When they tried to surround the build ing the Japanese blocked the way, but the officer of an American marine de tachment announced he would not per mit Interference. The Japanese then withdrew and all foreign forces ob served a neutral attitude subsequently. CITY SELLS PAVING PLANT TO COUNTY The city paving plant, used herw during the past three years, has been bought by the county. It will be placet, at Aumsville, according to tentative plans of the county highway, depart inent. The plant was sold to the coun ty for 14000, the sum the city council authorized its sale for. The plant, that sets near the corner at Twelfth and Bellevue strets, was bought by the city in 1917 from Mrs. Frances M. Travis, at a cost of $4500. The county used the plant during parts of two seasons, and paying the city eight cents a square yard, it netted $25 00. The following streets were paved by material made In this plant: Soutn Church street, between State and Mis sion; rfjouth iCommercial street), I be tween Mission and the city limits; North Fifth street between D street and Highland avenue, and Church stret between North Mill creek and D street. Wholesale Divorces Are Granted In Petrogradj Geneva, Feb. 7. Russians who have arrived here recently by way of Swe den and Germany say a former min ister of Justice, Spitzberg, has been In- j stalled in I'etrograd as "breaker of j marriages." He is said to be granting) from 500 to 600 divorces a week, noj investigation being necessary. Ail thatj appears to be required is the signature of the person desiring freedom from j matrhnony. , Some authorities make Hesold te contemporary of Homer, while others place him two centuries later. - erne 7, 192a PRESIDENT APPROVES HITCHCOCK'S TRPATV RESERVATION PLANSIMMWS Elderly Woman Hanks Friends For Kind Acts And AidDuring Storm Written on inexpensive sta- ttonery, worded in the quaint old style that our grandmoth- ers used when they Inscribed epistles with quill pens in the 4 "olden, golden long ago," the following message was . brought to the Capital Jour- 4s nal offices late Friday eve- ning: "I wish to express my thanks and gratitude to the kind. people who made my ijc Christmas a happy one. The Salvation army. Elks club, Judge Bingham and Bunga- $ low Christian Endeavor so- He ciety. Also to the kind men who carried wood to keep me from freezing during the cold snowy time: Mr. Jtichter, Mr. Wells and Mr. T,aytor. God bless them. An old crip- $ pie is surely grateful. Mrs. & Ginder." . To the benovelent societies and charitable individuals who assisted Mrs. Ginder, that brief letter of ftpprecla- tion will, no doubt, be reward a hundredfold. For, besides the prayers of little children, fc nothing is more efficient or acceptable to the Master, than $ k the blessings of the aged. t fl SECRETARY LAfiF Washington, Fi?b. 7. Secretary Lane of the department of the Inter ior has placed his resignation In the hands of President Wilson. It became known some time ago that the secre tary contemplated leaving the cabi net when It was convenient for the president to release him. It is understood that Mr. Lane's plans for the immediate future have not been fully matured, but will be announced soon. He has been secre tary of the interior since the begin ning of President Wilson's adminis tration. Prior to that he was a mem ber and chairman of the Interstate commerce commission. Mr. Lane's resignation terminates a public service of more than twenty years in which he has held many posts, beginning; with local offices In his home state of California. It has been a matter of common agreement among politicians for some time that he would be a presidential possibility were It not for the fact that he was born in Canada. Secretary Lane's resignation Is ef fective March 1, President Wilson has accepted the resignation and date fixed by Mr. Lane. Discussion of a probable suc cessor today included the name of Alexander' T. Vogelsang of California, now first assistant secretary of the in terior. YOUNG WIFE FREED Of MarysvlIIe, Cal., Feb. 7. Mrs. Ger trude Wilson was found not guilty of the murder of Charles Drown, weal thy sheep man, on the first ballot of the Jury taken within fifteen minutes of the time the case was given Into its hands. diaries Brown was shot to death at a ranch near Honcut, this county, owned by Fred Wilson, a San Fran cisco newspaperman, and Mrs. Wil son. A shot fired from a rifle by Frank McCormick, brother of Mrs. Wilson, pierced Brown's neck and revolver bullets fired by Mrs. Wilson found lodgement in his body. The prosecu tion contended Brown was shot by reason of Mrs. Wilson's Jealousy oc casioned by attention he paid to Mrs. O. J. Howard, sister dt Mrs. Wilson. Lunch Of Business Men At Commercial Club Postponed Due to the illness of Steward John Peterson, there will be.no business mens lunch at the Commercial club Monday noon, according to an an nouncement by Manager T. B. Mc Croskey Saturday. Steward Peterson Is suffering from an attack of tonsllltls and was con fined to his bed Saturday. RESIGNATION OT SEfiTTOWW - Washington, Feb. 7. President WH son has written Senator Hitchcock, the democratic leader, approving the reservations to the treaty of Versail les which the senator presented to the bi-partisan conference committees which recently failed to reach an agreement. The letter waa written be fore the publication of Viscount Grey's letter "Stating that the Lodge reservations were acceptable to Great Britain. ""'''.' Senator Hitchcock took the letter with him today Into the democratic conference called to consider plans for getting the treaty back on the senate floor. It was understood that the president indorsed the minority leader's stand on the treaty and re affirmed the president's attitude as stated in his letter to the Jackson day diners'. . Debate Opens Monday. Washington, Feb. 1. After listen ing to a letter from President Wilson, reaffirming his stand against any but interpretative reservations to the peace treaty, democratic senators decided In conference today to proceed with their previous plan to help bring the treaty up In the senate Monday and to work for a reservation compromise. The letter Is understood to have expressed the president's willingness to accept any Interpretative reservations tha the, democrats might frame, but to have omitted discussion of any speci fic reservation proposals. SALEM PHYSICIAN ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR SYNDICALISM Dr. A. Slaughter, who has offices in Salem, was arrested Friday afternoon by department of justice agents, T. M. Word and W. M. Hudson, on a charge of violation of the syndicalism law. Search of Slaughter's offices Is saia to have resulted in the discovery of a membership card In the Communlst Le.bor party. Dr. Slaughter was arraigned before Justice nruh, Friday evening and was released under $500 bond, claiming statutory time In which to enter plea. Information and search warrant am davit against Dr. Slaughter was filed by W. R. Bryon, United Bttaes commls sicner for Oregon. The complaint against the Salem man alleges that he has maintained correspondence wn the Communist-Labor party, and also that he had paid $75 to the credit of the radical organization. The complaint states that the Communist-Labor party teaches the over throw by force, of the government of the United States, and that the princi pals and purposes of the Communist party are as follows: "Revolutionary socialism must u? these muss Industrial revolts to broad en the strike, to make It general and militant. "The c"lass struggle Is a political struggle In the sense that Its objective is political the overthrow of the po litical organization upon which capi talistic exploitation depends and the Introduction of a new social system. The direct objective Is the conquest gy the proletariat of the power of the state. "Revolutionary socialism does not propose to 'capture the bourgeois parliamentary state, but to conquer and destroy It. Revolutionary social Ism accordingly repudiates the policy of Introducing socialism by means of legislative measures on ihe basis of bourgeois state." Dr. Slaughter will plead before Judge I'nruh at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Capital Journal's Straw Vote for President Vote for One, placing X after name; then cut out and mall or bring to Capital Journal Office. BRYAN OWEN . COX PALMER .... GERARD PERSHING HARDING . POIN'DEXTER . HOOVER POMERENB . JOHNSON TAFT LOWDEN WILSON McADOO WOOD Tarty Affiliation Name . Address CIRCULATION Average for Quarter Ending December SI, im 54 5 8 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Pre Full Leased Wire PRICE 2 CENTS. NEWYORKDUSY 0FSW1B Men And Women Alike Turn Efforts Toward Freeing City Traffic; Snow Carted Away And Dumped In Har bor. New York, Feb. 7. Snowbound Ntw York marshalled all Its forces to day In a prodigious effort to extricate itself from the paralysing grip of storm that has remalnded old timers ot the classic blizzard of 1888. Spurred by Mayor Hylan's procla mation urglng the suspension of all but vltually necessary trucking trafflo for a period of three days, big trucking corporations, the great metropolitan department stores and others turnea over their auto trucks and driver to cart the snow to piers where steam ship companies loaned their employe! for the task ot dumping Into the har bor. Hundreds of stores set their em ployes to work with shovels. The street cleaning department, still short about 10,000 shovelers, renewed Its efforts tn induce more men to Join the ranks. Trucking Itestricted. Special attention was given to dig ging fire hydrants out of a great pile of snow. Trucking was restricted to moving fi od, fuel, milk and newspapers. Pri vate passenger cars except those used by physicians' have been placed under the embargo until Tuesday morning. Meanwhile citizens resurrected snow shovels from attics and cellars and started to clear, sidewalks and cross walks. Womsuttao, helped In the snow removal taking the hint from the Bar nard college glrlM who yesterday put men to shame in cleaning walks In the vicinity of the college. , Janitors of buildings on side streets, despairing of making headway against drifts with a shovel, built great firoa of boxes and melted the snow banks. Truffle At StnmlHtlll. The traction companies struggled fr.tilir . ...In,. n. . V. ... face lines to something approaching the normal and succeded in a meas ure. Lines of street cars, frozen to the rails for a day or more In the heart of the city, told the story of the com pany's tribulations. Many outlying towns still are Iso lated and 'every hour brought fresh tales of woe from seashore resorts where great tides had caused desola tion and added to the hardships wi ought hy the snow and ice. Snow covered trains from the west and New England crept Into the rail way terminals hours behind their schedules and with passengers tired and worn from their experience. Hotels wire crowded beyond capacity due migrciy lu Mio iiiaoiuiy UL many vuiu- niuters to reach their homes. L 29 STUDENTS TODAY Monmouth, Or., Feb. 7. The Ore gon Normal school today graduated 29 seniors and closed the second term of the year. The graduates received of ficial notice of their completion of the standard teachers course prescribed, by the state. The class Is far from large enough to supply, even to an appreciable ex tent, the present demand for teachers In Oregon. Nearly all members of this class already have signed contracts, and a long list of calls unfiled are In the office of the registrar.