0
. WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Tanight and Saturday rafn
est, snow eas.teontinued cold, strong
westerly winds.
Local ilin. temperature 40. mux.
47; mean 43. Rainfall, .21 inches.
River 4.4 feeC, rising.
CIRCULATION
Average for Six Months ending
March !1. 13:0
tap its
5286
Member Audit Bureal of Circulates
Associated Press Full Leased Wire
FORTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 80.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920.
PRICE 2 CENTJL.
em Leads Western Cities In Industrial Production
V-
tutu m
ige
Conference
Is Failure
W ashington. Apr: 2. The whole erated by H. W. Meyer;; and M. L. Mey
railroad wage controversy was placed erg for the past 40 years Thursday
before. President Wilson today for the evening became the property of the
third time since railrt ad labor tiled na Miller Mercantile company, an Oregon
demands for a general Increase In comoratlon oneratine a trin f .iira
wages last summer.
- In a letter to the president. B. M.
Jewell, chairman of the railway com
mittee, which constitutes the !abor par-
ty on the railroad wage board, said he
regretted very much "to advise of our
failureto obtain any beneficial results
from these conferenc?s."
The employes. Me. Jewell said, were
keenly disappointed at the position
taken by the railway committee whter,
announced last night a deadlock and
the withdrawal of the railway men
from the conference.
Further Action Not I'wd.
Mr. Jewell did not ask the president
to lay the wage controversy before the
railway labor board, which is to be
nominated by the president as provid
ed In the transportation act and on
which the public will have representa
tion. " "
Attached to Mr. Jewell's letter was
correspondence setting forth the atti
tude of the men and the executive com
mittee, FT. Whiter, for the railway
executives, wrote that the executives
did not believe congress contemplated
a sttlement Involving so great an addi
tion to transportation costs without the
public being represented In the con
ferences. M
- ..Replying to this letter, Mr. Jewei,
. said he believed the teason given by
the managers for terminating the ne
gotiations was "not in tccord with ou
understanding of the law."
Attitude. "Surprise."
"The attitude of your committee In
failing to carry out the wishes of the
president of the United ?tatep came as
a surprise to us," Mr. Jewell wrote to
Mr. Whiter.
"We understand from this that your
eommittee has defiu'lely declined to
assume the responsibility and perform
the duty which is so nlearly desired In
the public interest and which the trans
portatlon act, as we understand it, con
templates: that of agicelng In confer
ence upon rates of pay foi railroad em
ployes which iire Just find reasonable."
Union officials reiterated that, at
the request of the president, they
were "going along to give the trans
portatlon act a fair trial," nlthough
they did not Indorse any of its provis
ions. They took the position that with
the breaking up of the Joint confer
ence, the whole matter was made more
difficult since the union membership
was becoming restive.
Wilson's Name is '
Withdrawn From
Georgia Contest
Atlanta, Ga., April 2. With the
withdrawal of President 'Wilson's
name by a number of democrats who
entered him In the Georgia democrat
is presidential preference primary tc
be held April 20, only three candi
dates were left in the race when the
entries closed yesterday. They ire
Attorney General .Palmer, straight
out advocate of the administration:
United State? Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia, who partially Indorses the
administration and who desires the
treaty and league ratification with
reservations and Thomas E. Watson,
former populist candidate for presi
dent, who "stands squarely against
the league of nations." ,
Chicago Terminal
Workers Out On
Protest Strike
Chicago, . April 2. Seven hundred ;as given to the house of representa
switchmen and switch tenders ,rr-'tives yesterday, appeared to be the
ployed In the Chicago terminal of the same as the French official view,
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul mil
road were on strike today In protest
against the removal of a yard master
and to enforce demands for a wnta
increase of from 62 cents to $1 an
hour. .
The strikers are nffiliated with t e
Chicago Yardmen's association, re-
cently organized and the walkout Inst the orders give nby Marshal Foch tc
night was not authorised , by the, the other occupying troops, .Major
Brotherhood of Railway Trnlnmen. . General Allen of the American force
Brotherhood officials said 300 men, simply taking over for his own ao
sufficlent to handle traffic, would re- count the orders issued by the mar
main at work. . nhal. .
Communist Army1 Will
Disarm Is Agreement
Dusseldorf, April 1. Soldiers ol
the workmen's army In the Ruhr dis
trict must make a delivery of their
amn io local authorities before April
19 under the agreement reache! be
tween the government and the cen
tral committee of the workmen's gen
ml conference at Epsn today. They
will not be considered rebels if fight
ing ceases throughout th? district by
noun tomorrow.
The commander of the communist
troops before Wesel gave' a pledge to
the conference for the strict observ
ance of the agreement, h dclard he
had really a good army but could not
ontinue fighting because he lacked
ammunition an 4 asserted all looting
Pioneer Merchantile
Store Sold by Meyers
To Miller Corporation
Concluding a deal pending for sev-
throughout the state. The considera
tion involved In the deal is reported to
be in the neighborhood of $100,000.
To what operations they will apply
themselves In the futuro has not been
decided by the Meyers brothers, who
are pioneers In the mercantile business
in this secUon of the state, and neither
has any definite plana to announce.
Incident to the salj there will be few
changes In the working force of the es
tablishment and Walter Deiiton, right
hand man of the Meyers brothers In
the administration of the business, will
remain with the new owners Indefi
nitely. Same Pollcv Holds.
"The Meyers policy of selling only
'good goods' has also been the policy
of the Miller Mercantile company,"
said one of the principals to the deal,
"and that it is-a successful one has
been thoroughly demonstrated, not
only by .Meyers, but by the success of
the Miller Mercantile company, who
now have seven stores in operation In
Newberg, McMlnnville, Sheridan, Day
Lowden's Policy
Summarized In
Petition Filed
The nominating petition of Govern
or Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, for
a place on the republican primary bal
lot as a candidate for nomination for
president of the- United Btates, was
filed with the secretary of state's of
fice here Thursday afternoon by J.
E. Dunne of Portland for the Oregon
"Lowden for president" committee.
With the petition was filed a aecli
ratton of principles which puts Low
den on record for the following
planks:' ' .
. "Immediate return of an efficient,
economical and business like admin
istration of public affairs.
. "Reduction in taxes.
! "Abolition of. numerous agencies
for war purposes which have been
continued at enormous expense Ir.
times of peace.
"A protective tariff measured by
the -difference In cost of production
at home and abroad. '
"Rigid insistence upon government
by all the people and not by any class
"Ratification of the peace treaty
with reservations, Substantially as
proposed by the ' foreign relations
committee of the senate. ., - ..
"Encouragement of agriculture and
recognition that It is and must re
main, our most important industry
"Exclusion or deportation of aliens
who place ihe red flag above ur own
"Stalwart, uncompromising Ameri
canism which pots this country's in
terests first.
, "International friendships, not In
ternational partnerships.
"Fearless enforcement of law and
order.
i "A speedy return to normal rela
tions. "Justice to all."
French Agree With
Wilson Regarding
Status Of Troops
Paris, April 2. It was said In of
ficial circles today that Preslder.'
1 Wilson's conception of the status '. f
the American troops on the Rhine,
,namely, that the troops were In the
.occupied area under the armistice
.terms, as the- American senate hp. 1
not ratified the peace treaty. .
. Thus far, however. It was explain
ed at the foreign office the conrman
,der of the American forte of occu
pation has acted in harmony wih
had been suppressed and that all loot
ers had been shot. '
"I will shoot with my own pistol. '
he said'any communist soldier wr.o
disobeys the order to withdraw any
disarm." ,
Assurance was given the delegates,
however, there would be no troub'.;.
The general strike throughout the
Ruhr industrial and mining district
has been ordered called off, effective
as far as possible, Friday morning. At
the last meeting of the , workmen
speakers said that the revolutionists
could not have lived to accept a final
agreement If the allies had not back
ed them.
ton, Monmouth, Taml ill and now Sa
lem, j
"Each store Is a complete unit in it
self, operated foi the benefit, of the
community in which it is located.
"No outside person, firm or corpora
tion owns a dollar's wui th of stock, ev
ery member connected with the Miller
Mercantile company believes in Oregon
and its possibilities; they realise t
build and develop the state means
greater business and increased pros
perity .and the only way to make this
increase and development is to strive,
and wrk for your home town first.
Kiperts Direct. .
."Every member connected with' the
Miller Mercantile company Is an expert
in his line, giving this company i.n
enormous leverage In the selection and
buying of standard merchandise and
an interchange of accommodation to
their customers in being soctosely link
ed by short distances.
"With the dawn of a greater expan
sion and a new prosi-rrity for Salem,
this purchase of the Miller Mercantile
company is most opportune and will
add neyr life and weight to the com
mercial activity of the ity and give an
aftded impetus to all civic enterprises
and improvements.
"The Salem store will be known iu,
'Millers,' and E. E. S.3son will be its
manager."
Census Figures
Washington, Apr. 2. Popu
lation statistics announced to
, day by the census bureau inr
eluded:
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 73,828, an
Increase of 673 or 10 per cent
over 1910.
Waterloo, Iowa. 36.230 lnT
crease 953T or 35.7 per cent.
Murphysboro, 111., 10,411, In
crease 2926 or 39.1 per cent.
Long Breach, N. J.,' 13,531,
Increase 223 or 1.7 per cent.
European Safety
Lies In Alliance
Of Small Nations
Bucharest, Apr. 2 Safety for Eu
rope lies In an alliance between Ru
mania" Polald,- Czecho slovakia and
Greece, in the opinion of Take Jonescu,
who as an editor, financier and politi
cian, has played a prominent role, la
the national life of Rumania for a
quarter of a century. Talking with an
Associated Press correspondent recent
ly he expressed the hope of seeing such
an alliance . realized, with America
taking an Important part in tlffe work'
of Balkan countries. -
"Unless America shows Interest In
Balkan commerce," he said, "It Is pos
sible we all will again fall into the
hands of Germany, if only because of
the exchange situation. Rumania is
determined to operate matteis for her
self but may not. be able to do so. I
am very sorry America has' refused to
occupy Constantinople and I am sure
in a few years the people of the United
States'Will realize their mistake in not
doing this service to civilization and
possibly to their own commerce.
' "As America will not take a man
date, another solution must be found.
I advocate sending Rumanian troop
to help the allies in the present scheme
of neutralizing Constantinople and the
Dardanelles as we have a great Inter
est In keeping open that outlet to tne
sea. - .
V'I think Rumania will act In accord
with her neighbors In the Interest . of
the rest of Europe. Rumania made
great sacrifices In the war, but the
charges that she had disregarded the
allies are Untrue.' Our internal politi
cal strifes must not be taken too seri
ously. We are democratic and are for
freedom and against despotism bolBhe
vlsm and Internationalism.- Rumania
is intrinsically weaithly but we are
poor now because th Germans took
our cattle by the million and our agri
cultural machinery. .
"One of the worst conditions con
fronting us is that the people wS m.
work, lxiring the last five years we
have produced nothing, but have ac
quired a taste for higher standards of
living. From an economic point of
view It was one long Joy ride. War
means waste and also laziness. Sol
diers in the trenches niiy.be brave but
they come home idlers, even wastrei..
Our national debt is 25.000,000,000
lei." - - - 1
Government Sells
Skinner And Eddy
Yard At Seattle
Washington, Apr. 1. The Skinner &
Eddy shipyard No. 2 at Seattle, Wash.,
taken over by the government on a
mortgage has been sold to David Rog
ers. It was learned at the shipping
boardtoday. While the price was not
stated, Rogers announced some time
ago that he had offered $3,400,000 for
the plant. - f
The former owners secured an In
junction to prevent sale of the yard
recently but the order was later va
cated. - - T .
Mark Twain, ooce said, "to be good is
noble, but to teach others to be good
Is nobler and less trouble.".
Americans
Attacked by
Bandit ban
Washington, Apr. 2. Lieutenant
Colonel Robert L. Campbell,' United
States military attache at the embassy
In Mexico City, his wife and an Amer
ican woman doctor named Paine, were
attacked by rebels a few miles from
Mexico City but escaped through quick
work and quickness of action the state
department was advised today. -
The attack took place at Tre Marias
a small station on the railway from
Mexico City to Cuernavaca, to which
place the attache was going ft r an out
ing. The rebels with dynamite wreck
ed the train and destroyed the track
for some distance.
Colonel Campbell and numbers of
his party escaped without injury, the
advices stated.. The women ot the par
ty hid in the Woods near the station Un
til the rebels left, The fate of the
members of the crew and other pas
sengers on the train was not stated.
Details of the attack are being for
warded by mall from the embassy at
Mexico City.
By
ron Refunds
. 1
Contract
Money
To Mc Gillchrist
One Salem man, of the more than
100 citizens of this ctly who contracted
with Carlos L. Byron, convicted of us
ing the mails with intent to defraud
in connection with his land deals and
who is now serving a sentence ot 10
months In the federal prison at Mc
Neils Island, has been refunded the
money which he Mid to Byron upon
his contract. '
William McGllchrls'. Jr., reports that
1600 which ho paid to Byron as the ini
tial $300 payments on two contracts in
which Byron agreed to locate Mr. Mc
Gllcbrist upon timber claims within
six months or return the money, has
been returned.
The two contracts upon which the
refunds have been made expired in
March, aceordlug to Mr McGilchrist
and he was given' (he option of taking
his money or renewing the contracts,
Gorgas To Direct
Sanitation Work
In South America
Lima, Peru, Apr. 1. Major General
Wllliam C. Gorgas, former surgeon gen
erai ot me unitefi states army, sailed
today on the way. to 'New York, Bel
gium and West Africa after having ac
cepted a five-year contract with the
Peruvian government to direct an ex
tensive sanitation program here. '!
retaining fee to be paid Genetal Oorgas
will be $15,000 a year.
General Gorgas will return to Peru
next January. ,
Railroad Boats
Strike Bound in
New York Harbor!
New York, Apr. 2. All but 20 per
cent of the railroad owned tugs and
steam lighters which railroad repre
sentatives assert brlnlo New York 90
per cent of Its foqd supplies are tied up
as a result of th'e marine workers strike
J. J. Mantel, railroad managers repre
sentative announced today.
The railroad owned ferries on the
Hudson river, the crew? of which also
were called out, are apparently not
seriously affected, Mr. Mantcll stating
that all but one line are running on
regular schedule. Reduced trav to
day, due to the Good Friday holiday,
has enabled the railroads to use ferries
in the transportation of food and milk.
The strike was called, union men as
set f, to maintain the eight hour day
which they declare wa threatened by'
mo irpoiieu irunmer vi raurona i.oai- la8t 8Ummer he acted as traffic offi
Ing equipment to private owners. The cer under former Chief of Police F.
railroad managers cluim the strike was
exiled In support of stijklng coastwise
longshoremen who walked out several
weeks ago.
Mantell said later the strikers on
all railroad boats totalled 1600. The
union claimed 8000 were oLt.
. The murder last Wednesday of
Dennis J. Meehan, a Brooklyn gang
ster, was connected by the police to
daV with the longshoremen's strike.
Frank Madden, business agent of a
longshoremen's local, was held with
out bail on "charge of killing Meehan
in his sleep in his home In Brooklyn.
Meehan was furnishing strikebreak
ers, the police have been Informel.
Madden pleaded not guilty.
Greenwood Named
J I Wt OCU tl-M-f y MIXER HKLD BY STATE
London. April 2.-r-8ir Hamar Green I AS Mt'RDER HTDfWiS
wood, under secretary for home af-' Steubenville, O., Ar. 2. Popo Pe
falrs has been appointed chief secre-' trovitch, a Ramsey miner, was In the
itary for Ireland, according to officls-l
announcement this afternoon. Sir Ha
.mar succeeds Ian Macl'herson, who
I resigned yesterday.
Sims say Berlin knew of troop sail
ings before they started, lalso heard
. from the troops after they got there.
I Columbus Citizen. .
Shiloh Veterans ,
Make Pilgrimage
To Battlefield
St. Louis, Apr. 2 More than
100 veterans of the battle of
Shiloh met here today to make
the annual pilgrimage to the
battlefield. The . trip will be
made by boat.
)
Former Washington
Governor Passes
.Seattle, Wash., April 2. Colonel J.
R. Wheat, former tentorial govern
or of Washington and for many years
a resident of Seattle,
dle,d Mach ."5
t Sacramento, Cal.,
according
to
word received here today.
Extravance Is
Charged Against
British Envoys
London, April 2. Charges that the
government had Indulged In reckless
extravagance at the peace . conference
in Paris have been made in connec
tion with its bill of 503,388 pounds
sterling for the expenses of the Brit
ish delegation. '
AVhen the bill was presented In tho
house of commons recently, Sir Alfred
Mond, the first commissioner of works
was sharply questioned as to whether
his bill tor hotels in Pat la covered
the cost of 'champagne, food and
dances. He replied his department
was not responsible for the payment
of bills for (food, clothing, typists,
dances or bands. s ; '
One member of the house Indig
nantly declared It wJUld have been
better for the British delegates to
have gone to bed to think over the
peace conference Instead of Indulg
ing In such relaxation.
The government representative ad
mitted that the British had five ho-1
tels and three other premises, while
the Americans had only on hotel, but,
he declared, the Americans spent
more money. The house Indulged In
Ironic cheers when Sir Alfred Mord
said the government "did the thing
well."
The total staff of the British del
egation numbered 524. . :
irooos to
m
Subdue Chinese
Student Rioters
Perking, Mar. 4. Use of urmed for-
Ces to prohibit any further students
activities, was today authorized by the
central Peking government in tele
graphic ordera to all provinces except
thesouthwest. This is a result of
cent student 'demdVstratlons signifying
disaproval of proposed direct negotia.
tion with Japan over restoration of
Shantung.
. "In ylew of the menace of Russian
bolshevlkl, who are daily approaching
the Chinese frontier," the order reads,
"it Is necessary tor provincial uthorl
ties to adopt drastic measures to deal
with student demonstrations in the fu
ture." Tile ministry of communications
has also Issued orders to all Chinese
telegraph offices Instructing managers
to stop transmission o telegram from
students or others which may endanger
the peace and order of the country
"especially In matters concerning for
eign countries. .
Morelock Files
Candidacy For
Chief Of Police
A, Lee Morelock, day patrolman in
the Salem police department, today
filed With City Recorder Eurl Race
his candidacy for the position of city
marshal in the May primary election
Officer Morelock follows a day on
the announcement of Chief of police
Jack Welbh for ttie position.
Officer Morelock has been connect
ed with police work for about six
.. ........ . r. .1 V, u BA..A a, th. ("I .-.,,,.
tate 'peitentiary as a guard. Durln?
M. Varney. ...
During 1898 and 189'J Moreloc'
was a sergeant In company D, 2d Ore
gon volunteers, In the Philippine In
lands, and at present Is commander
of the Salem Spanish War veteruna
On the ballot Officer Morelock will
use this slogan: "Continuation of past
services." His statement of candidacy
follows:
"1 hereby ' announce myself as a
candidate for nomination to the of
flee of city marshal of the city .f
Salem. I feel that my years of ex
perience with police matters and gen
eral qualifications render me fit fur
the position. If nominated and elect
ed, I will, to the utmost of my abili
ty, fulfill the obligations and duticj
devolving upon me In a Just, effi
cient and economical manner."
Jefferson county Jail today In connec
tion with the murder of llttla Frances
South, at Adena, March 25. Official
explained that Petrovltch was bemj
detained as an Important witness
against Mike Onankuk, als.i cf Ram
sey, who was arrested yesterday and
charged with the niuider of the 8outh
flrl. ,. .
Survey Report Puts City
At Head of List of Places
Of Size In United States
Salem ranks first among the cities of its size in the United
States in the matter of per capita production of manufacturing
and at the head of the list of all cities in the West, is the report
of Richard L. Rowe, statistician, who has just completed a census
of the city's industries for the Commercial Club. . , .
Mr. Rowe speaks with authority in making his report for,
besides having access to the results of similar surveeys conducted
in all parts of the country, he has himself conducted such surveys
in dozens of. cities. -
The result of the census summarizes
as follows:
Number of establishments.. -' . 98
Persons Employed 1100
Annual Payrolls . S 2,005.877
Capital Invested 7,200,000
Value' of annual product.... 14,500,000
This includes the paper mill soon to
be In operation, and a I establishments
that employ at least one person on
yearly time and pay AU fiactional
time is reduced to year.y time, accord
ingto the government standard. Sev
eral hundred names appeared .on the
payrolls for short periods, especially in
the fruit packing industries, but such
time is cut to the standard yearly rate.
The reports for the larger plants are
for 1919, as a rule. Ip case of new
factories, the going rate of pioductlon
is employed. Many of these are stead
ily increasing their output aciu the
statement mi.de in such cases is quite
conservative. .
The result Is very fine for Salem and
Its traffic field. , Tho average of pro
duction per 1000 ot population is about
J800.000, which la extraordinary for
any city in America. Even allowing
for war bulge In valuation, the rate
pee 1000 of population would be at
least 1400,000, a top-notch rate of pro
duction. -
And If the value of products were re
duced to the 1914 or 1915 bedrock
basis, the gain in the jast five years
will be at least 100 per cent,, arounu
20 per cent a year, which Is certainly
going at a grand rati, of progress.
Salem's future Is presaged in this
big rate of growth and amount pro
duction. The meaning is, that this city
has really commenced to grow and it
is a very reasonable expectation that
the city may possr 25,000 by 1925,
ana BO.OOO by 1930 is a possibility, if
the people here get up and drive for
big results, as they should do
Salem Anglers Are
Rewarded By Good
. f
iatcht A vnl 1st
' i
Just to demonstrate that "fisher
men's luck" does not always run trus
to form, Ed Ilostein, Harry Weidmler
and W. E. Anderson secured a strlr.ii
of trout, Thursday sufficient to offset
any April First superstitition. Their
catch was on display Friday In the
.Anderson-Brown window. '
i The party left for Aumsvllle, early
In the morning and by 2 o'clock in
the afternoon each had secured a
dozen speckled beauties. Most of the
catch were over 10 Inches, the larg
est, a Dolly Varden, being a bit over
13 inches. Several other baskets have
been reported but this was perhaps
the best haul of the day.
Anglers licenses were Issued to
many "Ike Walton's" Thursday, most
of whim declared that they were go
Ing after fish, Sunday, unless "the
snow was too deep."
Those securing- permits were: J. P.
Patterson, Shaw; E. N. Jones, Gerv
ais; S. J. Yates, Pratum; Glenn . E.
McClellan, Turner; R. A. Erickson. J.
I. Miller, Teddy Andersen, L. 8. Rat
cliff, William Bennett, Homer D. Fou
ler, Roy H. Riel, Victor Olson, W. f..
Marsh, Linus Simpson, W. A. Matthes.
W, F. Buchner, Leo Pfeil, A. B. BUn
ston, E, M. LaFore, Fred A. Vnlk,
D. O. Alkire, Lawrence Whlto, Jesse
Hart. Sim PhllllDB. Jr., II. N. Stouden-
meir, Wm. A. Pabzll, George A.
Schultz, J.
J. Tarpley,
J. John, Gus Cole, Daniel
J. C. Glaze, G. F. Evans?!
Robert Zoolner, Salem.
Civil war veteran's und Oregon
pioneer's licenses were Issued to Ed-
monf'rlson, K. L. Maulding, Silver
ton; R. W. Carey, Abner Lewis and
Oliver Beers, Salem.
Combination hunting and flshln.?
permits were secured by George ft.
Marlatt, Jefferson, H. A. Rex, and U.
W. Potter, Salem.
Japanese Troops
Remain In Siberia
Honolulu, T. If., Apr. 2. --Premier
Hara of Japan has oftllcally announ
ced that Japan forces in Siberia will
not be withdrawn "until the situation
clears" according to n Tnklt, cable to
day to the N'lppu Jljl a Japanese ver
nacular newspaper' hre.
LATE BULLETINS
Laredo, Tex., April 2. In a battle yesterday between four
American customss inspectors and seven alleged Mexican smug
glers forty miles southeast of Laredo, three of the smugglers were
shot and killed and the others escaped, presumably crossing the
Rio Grande into Mexico. None, of the Americans was injured. '
- 'Columbus, O., April 2. Approximately 1,000 local employes
of the Norfolk and Western Railway Terminals struck this after
noon in sympathy with the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, ac
cording to announcement made by union officials.
Sari Francisco, April 2. Conviction and sentence of Dr.
Ephriam Northcott of San Francisco for the murder of Miss Inez
Elizabeth Reed, army nurse, in San Mateo county in March 1919,
was upheld by the state supreme court here today. -
Motorship Libby
Maine Sends Out
Distress Signal
Seattle, Wash., April 2, The mo
torship Libby Maine, Which sent out
S. O. S. calls from five miles off Capo
Flattery at 5:18 a. m. today passed
the cape and entered the Straits ot
Juan De Fuca under her own power
at 7:30 a. m according to word re
ceived here. Agents for the vessl
said they could not explain the calls.
Seattle, Wash., Apr. 2. The motor- '
ship Libby Maine, inbound from Mex
ican ports, reported by wireless today
that she was In distress five miles off
Cape Flattery. No details were given.
8. O. S. calls were sent out by tno
Libby Maine at 5:18 a m. today, th
Seatt'e Merchants'. Exchange was ad
vised. Officers of the exchange said
they believed the b ,nt probably ' was
disabled In heavy weather off Cap
Flattery last rdght... At a. m. today,
the exchange announced, no Bhlpa had
yet responded to the cull. I
The Libby Maine h.is a crew of about
25 men abroad. ' She Is a vessel of
1811 tons grossund Is owned by Libby
McNeill Libby. Ban Francisco is her
home port. ,
Turks to Receivfe 1
Terms Of Peace
Late This Month
Paris, April i. In French circle
the expectation now Is that the meet
ing of the supreme council of the
...... I .. Ci 1 , ...ill
' vuiutCKLQ 111 Cltlll Will
bs called for Apr" 19 to n-The Turlt
llsh peace delegates, it Is understood.
will bs Invited to present themselvea
toward the end of April to receive
the peace terms. , x.
It is not anticipated that the ses
sion will be long and It Is thought
that the Turk may be able to bes.li
their examination pf the terms of thu
treaty early In May. ,
- The San Remo conference miy
have oocaslon to. make the final de
cision on some questions regurdltg
the Hungarian peace treaty.
Portland Council
Refuses Approval
To "Jary" Report
Portland, Or., April 2. -ThTa ver
dict of "not guilty" found by a self
styled "labor jury" which listened to
the evidence at the I. W. W. murder
trial at Montesano during January
and March, failed of adoption by the
Portland Central Labor Council lust
night. The report of the "labor Jury"
was read to the council and a motion
for Us adoption made and seconded,
but President Nickerson of the cour
ell declined to put the motion.
According to several of those In at
tendance, an appeal wus taken from
the decision of the chair, Nle.keraon'n
ruling being upheld. The report wiia
f Heel and It wus said It would not hi
brought before the council again for
any action.
Oregon Senator's
Operation Success
Washington, Apr. 2 The operation
undergon e by Senator Chamberlain
Wednesday for removal of an abscess
from his ear was reported today to
have left no HI effects. The operation
was fully successful, although the sen
ator probably will b detained at his
apartments for several days.
CHICAGO PAPF.RH ADVAC'K
Chicago, April 2. The Herald and
Examiner announced today that Its
Sunday edition hereafter will be sold
for ten cents. Formerly' It sold for.
seven cents.