WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Tonight and Friday fair, CIRCULATION A re r (re for Quarter Ending December tl, 1111 54 S 8 oureai . .rtiarK' Winds. gentle s"' " vocal: River. teet rising; rain fall, .t inches. Member Audit Bureau of Ctreulatlos Associated Press Full Leased WIro PROPOSE TWO CHA AMENDMENTS JTOIRD YEAR.-NO. 6L " ' "" imi ' SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1L 1920. rT?Trw fn?w ' - 4 sm Wi J. RTER III POUT I'l HUGE WAREHOUSE Petitions for Election Being Prepared; Port of balem Would Hare Immense Dock and Warehouse on River If petitions that have been drawn and will begin circulation here within a few days, asking; the county court to call a special election, are acted upon favorably, and the voters in the speci ' fied district grasp the value of the movement, Salem will be created into the Port of Salem, and will have a huge bonded dock and warehouse on the river front hore. Announcement "that the petitions had been prepared ' and are In ,the hands of the printers was made by Chairman R. O. Snelling of the civic department Qf the Com mercial club, at the open forum meet "ing Wednesday night. Hugh Docks Planned. ' The proposed dock and warehouse would cost from $150,000 to $200,000, and would be fireproof, freezing proof ' and probably contain cold storage. Ac cording to tentative plans it would be 100 by 200 feet in dimension, with one low water floor and two upper floors, one for the handling of the produce, and the third floor for storage. The dock would be equipped with eleva tors, trucks and all modern conven- leuces. It is believed that the city of Salem would donate Its property at the foot of Court street for the construe tion of the Immense dock. If built there the dock will be ac cessible to rail, steamship and truck lines. Arrangements would be made for the admission of trucks as well as trains to the huge structure. Election Is Ntfcessary. If the petitions are acted upon, fa vorably by the county court the spe cial election would be called in 60 days thereafter, Tills step, creating a Port of Salem, is authorized by a spe cial act of the Oregon 1919 legislature, providing for the sale, of bonds with which to -erect port facilities. In speaking , of the project Mr. Snelling said that farmers throughout the county are enthusiastically In fav or of the special election nnrt of the bonding act with which to treat the port. He expresses the be lief that the measure, if coming to a vote of the people, would meet whole Parted support. j Salem Success Held Certain. oucn a Bonded warehouse and dock "'miici make Salem the Industrial cen sor tne entire valley," Manager Mc ";ey; of the club, declared, in a wet talk supplementing Chairman eiungs explanation of the affair, would mean the nr. e The Port of Salem would embrace territory bounded by a line run X a point Ju9t 80uth ot Wheat Z, henee eaBt two miles, south two "lies, east two miles to Parkerville, t0 a polnt "ear Shaw, thence H to the northern line of Ankeny niu The river would form the west ern boundary. I REST. AT EASE VILLA :: FRIENDS SAFE 1 Washington. Mar. n Rela tives and friends of Americans kidnaped by Pancho Villa need have no concern as to their safety and may dismiss all fear that they may be held for ran som if they repose full confi dence in a communication re cently received from the Mexi can bandit leader. According to his note of reassurance he has adopted the only practical means he can think of to get a friendly conversation with va rious representative Americans who cross his trail, and, while they are his "guests" they will be treated with every consid eration and returned unharm ed and unrobbed to their friends. "MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CENSORED" 1AT1S FOR Ml PRESIDENT TODAY vvasnington, Mar. 11. Labor's nominations to the railroad labor uoaru, tne wage board of appeals on which the public will have repre- oc.nauu,,, were suomitted today to the president. There WerA ten namoa irom wnicn the president will select three to be sent to the senate for con firmation along with three from the rauroaa executives and three renre senting the public. The railroad exec utives nave not .yet completed the! list nor has the president selectei the public group. Tfca Dl,An ' . .. trans, one oi tne three groups into which the sixteen labor unions were divided, named only two men. None of the names was made public, but it was learned that the shop crafts chose A. O. Wharton, pre sident of the railway employes de partment of the American Federation of Labor, and B. M. Jewell, who dur ing the time Mr. Wharton- served as a member of the railroad administra tion's wage adjustment Board,' acted as president of affiliated unions. Non-Arrival Of Witness Delays Montesano Case The man with a good income who neglects to subscribe liberally to the Salem Hospital Asso ciation is jubi Ab UUlLlX as the man who neglects to protect a child m danger. Hawley Paper Co. Increases Wages Oreg , City. Or.. Mar. ll.-Effect- March 16. the Hawley Pulp nd lanw, cmpany and the Crown-Wil-cr"l , P"r C0Pany announce In men , WaSeS tlM wl" a,ffc' 2000 anl",, adrt aPProximately $225,000 5Xto the payrol,g of the two lnilW0mn wh0 nave been receiv es than $4 per day will receive Tho T f five cents an hour. I, ' hnve been receiving be a 4 am' 3 Per day will receive TW aSe 0f (our cpnts per hour, inose now i-e,it., Der a. ,. '"b mure man thc 1 rece,ve an increase cents per hour Montesano, Wash., Mar. 11. Pro ceedings in the trial of ten alleged I. W. W. for the murder of Warren O. Grimm, Centralla armistice day pa rade victim, were delayed temporari ly today because of the non-arrival of a defense witness in sur-rebuttal, whom, it was stipulated yesterday might take the stand today. Judge John M. Wilson, presiding, was occu pied preparing his instructions to the jury. , These instructions, the judge inti mated, might not be given to the Jury until tomorrow. He had not had time, he said, to thoroughly digest the in structions suggested by counsel. Ar gument was expected to take most of tomorrow's session, the cose probab ly going to the Jury late In the day. HOSPITAL DRIVE NEAR GOAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AT LITTLE MORE NEEDED Cars Must Park Right In Salem Parking parallel to the sidewalk curb on streets anywhere outside ot the fire limits is permissible in Sa lem, according to Oitv Attornev Ma cy, in answering queries today wheth er such action would be a violation of the law. The fire limits are Mill street on the south, Church street on the east, Center street in the north and the river ip the west. Complaints have been made tnat autos have been left parked at an an gle on south Commercial street, ex tenflfne very close to the street car track, making it impossible for autos nrt mm to dbss at the same time. of This is held a violation of city ordi nances by Mr. Macy. . The Majority Of the publishers of this country believe that their ad vertising space is a real commodity and well worth the price demanded. '.' . They believe that the right price of space should be determined by Circulation. They invite the closest scrutiny of their product and Provide positive proof of its value by their membership m we Audit Bureau of Circulations. 1 Through membership in the A, B. C, they also en deavor to discountenance the unfair competition of pub lishers who misrepresent circulation facts to advertisers. The advertiser who buys space in an A. B. C. paper in vests his money wisely and encourages a high ethical standard in the publishing business. The advertiser who buys space in a non- A. B. C. paper w. to say the least, taking a chance and may be placing a Premium on questionable methods. The Capital Journal is a member of the Audit Bureau w Circulations. Its A. B. C. report is furnished to adver tisers on request. - With the reports of the various captains and committees soliciting in the $100,000 Salem General Hospital campaign tonight. It was expected at campaign headquarters In the Com mercial club at noon today that the goal would have been reached. No definite reports-as to the progress of the campaigners were macle at head quarters during the day, or Wednes day night, but it was said by several captains that most of the persons so licited were .not hesitant about donat ing. Drazjrists Aid. At a meeting Wednesday evening of the Marlon County Druggists associa tion support to the movement was pledged, and it is expected that the druggists will make a total subscrip tion to the fund of at least $2000. Several persons, when confronted by solicitors, they report, asked v.at they were expected to give, and when told signed pledge cards without fur ther words. This has lent much en couragement fb the campaigners, who are now firmly resolved to push the fight for funds to a successful conclu sion. 190.000 on Hand. It was estimated at headquarters for the campaign at noon today that $90, 000 had been taken throughout the entire campaign, counting all dona tions. The women's committee, headed by Mrs. Dr. G. C. Bellinger, were "rarin' to go" Thursday. This committee will be given the nas f all reslden who are known to be able to give to the cause, and a syste:na-.:c poll o their support will then be made by the ladies. Salem Industries were canvassed Wednesday, and more than $6000 was pledged. . TORNADO HITS ';: TOWN :: DAMAGES BIG Joplin, Mo., Mar. 11. Sev- i eral persons were killed and extensive damage caused by a tornado which struck Nevada, Mo., sixty miles north, this af ternoon, according to reports received by officials of a tele phone company. The message stated the Vernon County Trust company building was destroyed. 25 MEASE FOR ALL Washington, Mar. 11. A 25 per cent wage increase for bituminous coal miners Is recommended in a majority report of the commission appointed by President Wilson to settle the coat strike. ,No change in working! hours or con ditions was recommended. John P. White, representing the miners, held out for a higher wage increase, it was said, and will submit a minority report. The wage increase proposed will absorb the 14 percent granted when the miners returned to work last No vember so that the actual increase is eleven percent over present wages. TESTIFY IN PROBE Washington, Mar. 11. Herbert Hoover will be called to testify In the senate Investigation of the navy's conduct of the war. Hear Admiral Sims told the inquiry committee today that Mr. Hoover had an intimate knowledge of the sltua tlon In Europe at the time America entered the war and asked that he be summoned to substantiate the admir al's testimony with regard to the gravity of the allies' position at that time. Admiral Rims said he would like to Wive the former food administrator called before he proceeded here In or der that there should "be no doubt In my mind that I have substantiated the part of my letter in which I de scribed the gravity of the crisis which we faced In 1917 and pointed out how near to disaster the lack of action by the department at that time brought us." SALARY IIJCREASE FOR CITY IIARSHAL AND PAViN&nETIiOD CilAIiOE UHOED BY CO! lERCIAlCLOB COI L' linii Proposals To Be Submitted To Council For Action Ask Change In Assessing Costs Of Corner Paving And Distribution Of Frontage Expense Along Blocks. An amendment to the city charter, changing the salary of the city marshal from $1200 to $1800, is proposed in plans sub mitted to the board of directors of the Salem Commercial Club by the tax and legislation committee, at the directorate's meeting Wednesday evening. Changes in the charter regulating street assessments and providing for "more equitable" methods of pav ing city streets, are also proposed in the amendments. The re port of the committee follows, with the proposed amendments: "Your committee to whom was re- Slayer Of Five Women Executed Eddyvlllc, Ky Mai. 11. -Petrle Kimbrough, alias Will Lockett, con victed slayer of Geneva Hardinan and confessed slayer of four other women, died In the electric chair at Eddyville prison at 4:32 this morning s Houston Opposes Bond Issue To Povide Bonus ferred the matter of the proposed amendments to the city charter, re spectfully report that We have given the matter our careful consideration, and recommend that the Commercial club get behind these proposed amend ments and request the city council to refer them to the people for adoption May 21st, 1920. We are submitting herewith, a tentative dra,ft of the pro posed amendments. "No one can question the justice of the proposed raise In the salary of the marshal. Many subordinate city em ployes draw more money. Common labor is better paid than the marshal. This Is not just. The city should pay fair and reasonable salaries. Street Assewmetit ClmiiRPd. "The merits of the proposed change in the method of assessing the coe oi street Improvements is apparent to all. Street intersections should be paid for by the, city, Instead of soaking two thirds of it into the corner lot as a penalty for being a eornor lot. "The present method ot assessing a corner lot for the run cost of im proving a side street is extremely un fair and unjust. Every piece of prop erty In a block Is benefitted by the pavikg ot the streets surrounding it. and should pay accordingly. Under the present plan, nil Inside lots escape assessment for the cost of Improving a side street. No comment upon the Injustice of this method Is necessary. While it may be true, as stated by courts and text-writers, that no plan yet devised will work out equal and exact justice under all circumstances, we believe the proposed plan to be the best yet devised, "One of the greatest objections to paving in the outlying sections of the city has been the 'high cost of paving.' The proposed plan will materially re duce the cost, and will distribute It more equitably. The greatest bene flclary of the change will be the own ers of corner lots. Would Speed Paving. "We believe the adoption of this amendment will be an Impetus to pav ing In the resldental sections, thus im proving and beautifying the city. It is no argument against the propose plan to say that we have done well enough under the present system. The only wonder Is that we have done so well. It Is never too late to do justice, or to right a wrong. "Proposed amendments to the char ter of the city of Salem, follow: "Proposed amendment of a portion of section 10 of the charter. "The salary of the marshal shall not exceed the sum of $1800 per annum, and he shnll not receive from the city of Salem, any fees or compensation whatever in excess of the sum at which his salary shull be fixed by the com mon council. Chief's Kutury t'nfiilr. "The marshal is the only city offi cial whose salary the council Is unable to raise above the sum of $1200, now fixed by the charter. This Is very un fair. "Section 43, For street Improve-j ment purposes, the term 'block' is hereby defined to be a parcel of land bounded by three or more streets, as laid off In platted additions, or a par cel of unplatted land bounded by four streets, of the average size of platted blocks In the city of Salem, Acreage Is hereby defined to be, all property not laid off into blocks, "AH adjacent and abutting property shall be proportionately liable to as sessment for the full cost of the im provement of one half of the street or streets adjacent thereto or upon which able to any particular piece or parcel of property. The cost of curbs shall be assessed In all cases against the abutting and adjacent property. "Property liable to assessment fop street Improvements Bhall be divided Into three zones of equal width lying parallel to the Improvement. Thes three zones shall be assessed in pro portion to their superficial area to gether upon the following basis: the zone next to the street under Improve ment, shall be assessed on a basis of 60 per cent of the cost of said Improve ment. The second zone shall be as sessed on a basis of 30 per cent of such cost; and the third zone shall be as sessed on a basis of 20 per cent of such cost. The cost of Improving alleys shall be assessed In the same manner as the cost of Improving streets. "The cost of improving all street and alley Intersections shall be assum ed by the city of Salem, The commou council Is hereby authorized to bona, under the provisions of the Bancroft Bonding Act, all or any portion of the, city of Salem's share of the cost of a street Improvement." SHIRT FACTORY AND TWO SHOPS SEEK LOCATBi; SALEI1 Salem may tie the homji of a mam moth shirt factory, and two new ma chine shops within a short time, pro viding suitable sites for the building can be. obtained, Itaw materials used In the shirt factory would be purchas ed in Salem and Marlon county, and the plant will be of such size as to enable It to compete with like es tablishments anjvvhere on the cons. Chairman Frederick Schmidt, of the Industrial committee of the Com merclal Club, In making his report ta the Commercial Club membershln Wednesday evening, told of the r. forts of the shirt factory and machln shop Interests to locate here. He sultl that he believed that a satisfactory location would be found, and that tho plants would start to rise here befora summer. T. B. Kay, head of the T. B. Kay Woolen Mills, has assured the shirt factory Interests that his mill will pro vide the cloths and materials for the shirts, and will aid In any way pos sible to Induce the factory to locate here. The home factory Is at Portland, Mr. Schmidt said. The proposed plant for Bulem Is equally as large as the metropolis plant, and would employ many men and women. The Industrial committee will con tinue Its search for suitable sites for the three industries, and will report to the club at Its April meeting tho progress they have made. Keeley's Suit To Recover Dibber n Award Revived If th Marlon county circuit court refuses to grant the petition filed by Lee Roy B. Keelcy of Portland for permission to file a suit for the for feiture of the bond of Wm. A. Mar shall, chairman of the state Indus trial commission, for malfeasance In office In connection with the Dtboern YAXKKE NOISE DKCORATKD Portland. Or., Mar. 11. Miss Eliz abeth McVeagh. for four years a nurse ; with the allied forces in Egypt, Greece and elsewhere, and who was cited for bravery and gallantry, today re ceived King George's decoration at the hands of John P. Trant, British I consul in Portland. dental ceremonies by the Canadian Veterans' association followed the presentation. Miss McVeagh Is visit ing her sister in Portland. handling these appropriations w?il naturally relieve the situation." further credit expansion which has been a factor in the upward trend of living costs would be Inevitable If an other bond Issue were approved, he Washington, Mar. 11. A bond Issue of $2,500,000 to pay adjusted compen sation to former service men "might result In disaster" Secretary Houston today told the house ways and means committee, which is considering soh dier relief legislation. Increased taxes to extend aid to ' said, former service men was suggeslea ! The Issuing of two billion dollars In Appropriate incl-jthe secretary as "the least harmful bonds at this time would be "a mueh way" but he said the proposed expen-jmore serious proposition than it was diture of two billion dollars "would be ; durln5g the war," Governor Harding a serious one for people to confront at I of the federal reserve hoard, told the this time." . commltee, "The present financial situation Is! "First, there would be a lack of pa- 'He had speculated unsuccessfully i not critical. -Mr. Houston said. "Kcon- tnollsm wnicn neipea in selling Donas in Wall street," is the usual form used omy by the people, avoidance of waste (during the war and secondly we would In New York newspaper reports of a. In expenditures, economical spproprla- eg:ne Into competition with all sorts of j certain class of suicides. Itions by congress and prudence In ! commercial Investments," he said. the same abutts, and shall be assessed I compensation award other means will on the following basis: j be taken to secure this end, accont- "In blocks, property shall be assess-'in to Keeley who was here Wednno ed back to the alley, or In lieu of an day. Keeley filed his petition with alley, to the center of the block. Acre-lJudge Bingham of the Marlon coun age shall be assessed half way to thely court last week and Judge Bln next parallel street, but in no case j ham has turned the ease over to more than 200 feet distant perpendlcu- Uu,ge Kelley, Keeley stated. Keeley lar from the street under Improve '" attacking Marshall for his connen ment. ' jtlon with the Dlbbern sward which "In the case of triangular and small h charges was made In order to pro Irregular blocSts and parcels of land, jtect the Grant Smith Porter Ship com the assessment for the cost of street i pany of Portland and to prevent tho establishment of a precedent In the matter of Ignoring the workmen's compensation act in favor of a suit under the admiralty laws in collecting- damages for accidents while In a duty on navl- Improvement shall not exceed the aver age superficial area rate of assess ment upon the regular blocks wr!.In such Improvement district. The ex cess shall be assumed by the City of Salem, - Ithe performance of All unit Items of cost In any street ! gable streams. Improvement such as excavation, fill,! Keeley was In Salem Wednesday drainage, grading and rolling or other to argue his application for perms items affecting the Improvement as a nent admission to the Oregon bar whole, shall be distributed proportion-j which was denied by the supremo ately over the whole area of property court several weeks ago, the order un liable to assessment' in proportion o Ing subsequently set aside In order the area of surface pavement charge-1 to give Keeley s hearing In court.