VJSATHSE FOKECAbT
,.nJerUr
Weal: M'3,
mean
feet, Mil"-
.5.J.: inul Thursday f.-,
.r;v winds.
temperature 35. Mix.
No rainfall. River, J
fORTY'
.THIRD YEAR. NO. 108.
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CIRCULATION
Average for Six Month ending
March II. 1929
5259
Johnson Is
2tol Choice
of California
ocore of Mnthr istc Fnll
I JL U(l
Into Police Net When
Officers Clamo Lid On
,
Acting upon order, from Chief of city; Cr. Shaffer city- R Hunt.,
ace Welsh to enforce strlctlv And littp' r L ...... : . . . . '
rouce Welsh to enforce strictly and
to the letter the new traffic ordi
nance. Traffic Officer Verden M. Mof
fltt. In two hours Tuesdav evening
s,n Francisco. May 6. Herbert a
Mover's presidential primary vote
i U Angles coumy wn.cn nejarre8ted two Mven f
Maintained throughout ight ,for cuMing fc
,nJ early morning was overturned by Mg with and
? .... ..turns today, these returns ,iehu ftnd ,.,..,.
."" I W"BU raunt I0- first from the police committee: and tht
.MinBe ana carrying out the chiefs 'the warning of motorists seemin, n
n Tn'. , h, f'Cer M.ffitt Cpared d0 tt 00d' have to be sloped.
.1. , ' , eneKetic crusade The radical enforcement of the traf
gai st lawless motoring. fic ordinance was inciting
.k. MllllltV
Returns from 4181 of the 6724 pre
.,.( la the state gave:
emeu!'" 1BT.48T.
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1920
Additional
Destroyers
i Sent South
Member of Audit Bureau of Cireultttoa
Associated Press Full Leased Wire
PRICE S CENTS.
rup. t-oruana; c. a Lipshutz, Port
land; Louis Rosumny. Portland; E.
Ebello, Portland; J. Reubens, St.
Louis, Or; J. Santer, Portland; E. M.
Angel, Salem, and C. K. Bell, city.
, Chief of Police Welsh said this
morning that the arrests are going to
to instructions
jonnwwt ----- i- iMuiviiuB. i nc or
With Del evidence of the enforcement jnent in
counties to oe n" '" " or me law this morning came with I motorists
MacLean Favors
Candidates Who
Favor League
tor outspoken league of nations
man like Taft, Hoover or Hughes."
That Is the slogan of Edward A.
Mac Lean of Clackamas county, who
seeks election In the primaries on
:May 21 as a delegate at large to the
" ' J republican national convention In
Washington, May 5. Secretary of Chicago. Mr. Mac' Lean Is well known
War Daniels today ordered a rilvLlnn ' tne mercantile Interests of the state
of detsroyers, now at New York with as. secreUry of the Oregon State Re-
the Atlantic fleet, to sail Immediately! 1 "rlnanl association ana eau
for Key West where .thev will be held r of the ors8"1""' weekly, the
for possible duty in Mexican waters l0reSn Merchants' Magaslne. He is
The destroyers are commanded by'also wcretary ' the Portland Gro-
Captaln Byron Long on" the tender! 0 Merchants association. I
Black Hark, which will accompany the . a ""een canmaat xor
flotilla. Captam Long was in confer-' ? , s lne rPu0"can
ence with Secretary Daniels here last' , , ur lo De eieciea ana
night and left immediately afterward
.. ... . u .111 J DIU1IU Vll lilt
: nf the fiftv-elght t 7 "-" .'-"' i " ,
narog i" ' - i u. j. McCarthy of Port- '.garages having lights repaired, tail
unties in the state, those being Kings ,andi bjr of fleer . Harry Rowe. at thefts put on. and spotlights remov
wd Ventura. corner of State and Liberty streets, I ed.
TDree hours am. " """ I10' CUUi"K a COrner- Clyde E- John-L Shunke. route 6 Salem
closed last night Ralph P. Mer- , of tnig cUy wa3 arre3teQ fop drJy d e- 'e
ing past a standing streetcar.
the city today, and many for New York to get his ships ready to f"n0UnC. Whre they 81
were running autoa into sail todav. .league of nations Issue.
n(l California campaign manager
Mr Hoover, conceded Senator
Johnson s
success. He predicted,
k...r. that the principles for Mr.
Hooer stood would prevail and that
Mr Hoover would be nominated for
president by the republican national
tonvention in Chicago.
Shortly before, H. L. Carnahan,
wftern campaign manager for Sena
tor Johnson, predicted a plurality for
the senator of "55.000 in excess-of any
Hiram Johnson has had In a California
flection." He called the result of the
primary "the greatest sweep In the his
tory of California politics in a primary
election."
Mr. Hoover's home precinct, Stan
ford University, gave him a plurality
of 248 over Senator Johnson. The Vote
wa: Hoover, 308: Johnson, 60. One
hundred and seventv-four precincts in
this county, Santa Clara gave Senator
Johnson almost a two to one plural
ity, however, with the vote Johnson,
11,086; Hoover, 6238.
Wood Defeats v
Californian
Over Indiana
Due to the volume of comolulnta
to'be made it was said that none of
the victims would be arraigned be
fore Police Judge Race until prob
ably late thisTafternon.
Those arrested for driving with im
proper lights are: J. Poulson, city;
R. Frizzell. City; B. West, city; J. A.
Gibson, city; C. Heckman, city; I.
Miller, Jefferson road; J. Earl, Brooks
R. B. Rose, Chemawa; A. Hughes,
was
arrested during the dav bv Traffic
.Officer Moffltt for speeding on State
street.
Chief Welsh explained today that
his statement 4o all officers ordering
the enforcement of the law. was that
tire 'combined efforts of all officers
would be required "until further not
ice," and that it was not his Inten
tion to convey tho impression that
the law would be enforced only un
til "further notice." This statement
was published Tuesday,
Fun, "Eats" and Reminiscenses Are
Enjoyed by ex-Service Men at Armory
Event, When 600 Take in Big Smoker
From soup : to doughnuts, the le- .scattered
glon smoker at the armory, Tuesday
night held the ex-service men to the
last minute. "Something doing every
minute" had been the slogan of the
entertainment detachment in getting
out the program and the success of
the evening was a reflection of their
efforts. .
As hosts, the ex-service men of this
locality must concede that Capital
post No. 9, is there. Dr. B. F. Pound
served as official announcer of the
various events and must be given
credit for making every effort to keep
deck in
Indianapolis Ind., May 6. Returns
from ?52f) nrwinot out nf 3387 in Tn-
iIIm fnr the remibliean nresldentlal i the Program numbers on
preference in yesterday's primary j a-voiaing long drawn out internals-
S1UUH, .
- Big Program
' The program las interspersed by
orchestra numbers was presented aa
follgws:
6. Cooke" Pattbn Magic and loti
of It. When Cooke got through with
even tfhe village welsen-
(and there were a number
were too far ' in the rear to
attempt to tell how It ' was
u mere is any organization or In- done,
dividual in Oregon willing to assume I Willamette university quartet
the burden of carrying jin a cam- These' four ex-service men started in
nnl J .nA.W t . . . - -
poorly by rendering what one of the
fellows termed "classic", stuff. The
rendition was o: k:. but the selec
tion was hardly suitable for a smok
er crowd. However, they were accord
ed boucoupe applause and then 'came
out of It" by putting over some gen
uine harmony in a manner that made
the audience hungry for more.
- And then the Glee club. These W.
IT. men who had also been in Uncle
Sam's forces during (the late war,
certainly furnished some melody. ,
Sketch Wins Vets
Craven and Emmel provided a clev
er sketch that was a real laugh ev--ery
second of its ten minutes dura
tion. Craven as a veteran of the Civ
il war and Emmel as a "vet" of the
world struggle got their wires cross
e din lauding their own particular
explpoits and the result was ludicrous
enough to get enthusiasm even from
the stolid ex-troopers.
Commander Follet ofthe state le
gion department, made, no effort to
deliver a lengthy address, but con
gratulated .the ex-service men upon
tGe existence of such a live post as
Capital No. 9, "the second in the
state In size," was the commander's
compliment.
Propaganda Exposed
W. Carlton Smith, local command
er, also spoke briefly. During the eve
ning Commander Smith exemplified
by instance the sincerity of the Ugion
in its determination to keep out of
politios. Despite the fact that the le-j
glon's motto is well known, propa
ganda matter for Hiram Johnson, one'
of the presidential candidates, was
Site:
Wood. 't. 888; Jnhnson. 59,225; Low
Jen, 80,014; Harding, 16,063.
Governor Seeks
Recruit To Carry On i stuntf-
J .heimers (ai
Fund Campaigners
palgn for raising $2000, this state's
wot of "America's gift to France"
Governor Olcott would like to know
It Thus far every effort of the gov
ernor to interest any one in this
move has been unavailing and Ore
m stands to fail of its share -hi this
.witrlbutlon unless som definite in
trt is displayed soon. , ,
"America's gift to Frarfce," it is
explained will be a MacMonnle sta
tue commemorating the battle of "the
Harne to be erected at the .place
here the German army was turned
k from its advance on Paris. The
"atue B to cost J300.000 of which
amount Oregon has been asked to
Ascribe 2009. Great quantities of
literature have been forwarded to the
Sovernor's office for use In the cam
W'gn for this fund but so far no one
m found who is willing to as
me the responsibility of eonauci
o the campaign.
The gift, it is further explained,
Wd be ln ,.epaymellt to France
r the statue of Liberty which was
V.. T 10 "us couuntry by the
people many years ago.
hnby Girl Hit
ay Auto, Succumbs
--son city, or. May B.Cora
mJf5 yMr " highscKool
taiuril 5''!.'181 n!?ht "low-
earner in tne
. when she
was run down by an
at in.. 1 wither Lorenz, a class-
- accident occurred
- uuorte'. brirlo-o
on the
near Canby.
through
:.0"0.000 worth of
UUn f 'hJch now "P
,eary ZL r suPPrt of the ele(
, ; f the 8tat will be
'ki,1"rhlv ,wear it9 iu"t -burden of
aLT0rtmt it of govern-
Ute V ? CreatlnK a two
"eh. . ror e'.ementarv rhnni.
t Duhn.. .I nt Pt;,te W'Perlntend-
"y. 0... '"-ruction.
Tkl.
H""0" PU.n..ta w ,Z "5:
IT. scno1 district.
""N !,, : 'u. ' P-r cent of the
tribct,
jjl. 10 the Sunn ... I UUIUI,S will vv uuniH'r fcl
uh the Z, , . "ohoolsi doors next year, Carleton contends.
raised by the spe
and therefore
the auditorium.
Commander Smith noticed the un
authorized dodgers and promptly call
ed attention to them, stating pointed
ly that any kind of political prefer
ence action was absolutely contrary
to legion precepts, and asking the
service men to ignore the incident or
to vote against "any measure or per
son working in puch underhanded
fashion." The circulator of the hand
bills was not discovered.
Wrestlers Entertain
After a short recess, during which
nearly 50 men steppeo into the Le
gion's ranks, the gong sounded for
one of the main events of the eve
ning. "Wisey" Stenstrom and Arthur
McCJaln went to the mat for three
7-mTnute- bouts of first class wrest
Uug exhibition. While McClatn is a
consistent student of the art of grip
and grapple, Stenstrom ellcltea ap
plause from the fans by his clever
knack , of extricating himself from
Bome-migbty tight "squeezes." Hc-
Clain had the Norwegian on the de
fensive for a major portion of the
time, but when he did get the Scotch
man 0n the map, there were anxious
moments for Mac's friends. The close
of the go may well be termed n.draw.
Just to while the time away, uus
Anderson was detailed, to lead tne
o-nnor in some of the old songs of
billet and barracks, but tne assemo-
lage turned the tables on Gus, the
Willamette man was game, however,
and did all of the singing, while me
crew had bushels. of fun.
Bout is Climax
Their .desire for "blood" was sup
posed to have been satiated by the
bout between Culbertson of U. of O.
and Lucas of O. A. C. Both men don
ned the padded gloves and stepped
into the ring at 135 pounds. They
three fast rounds or exciting
sparring, but nothing short of three
murders and a riot would nave arous
ed the interest of the former mem
bers of America's defense forces.
Pinky Manrude, of U. of O.. naa Deen
scheduled to appear in tms eveni.
but due td Illness had been replaced
by Culbertson, Ralph Compton was
referee of both the wrestling and
hoxinaievents, while Harry Plant held
the whistle and stop watch.
Chow Wins Friends
Just one item of the evening's bill
received the undivided attention of
the Legiohuiros and their friends.
Oh boy! Those sandwiches The thou
sand delicious wafers that had been
prepared by the Salem council of
War mothers. "What kind of filling
in those lettuce sandwirhes?" asked
one former dough boy. as he reach
ed for his ninth. Trrfre were also
ham sandwiches and doughnuts all
to be washed down with plenty of
aoi.m Phez cider. Thomas ixigni, uic
only colored member of Capital post
UnH J. H. Madley, a colored member
of Portland post volunteered their
services in serving the cider and eats,
"some service" the boys agreed.
Orchestra Feature
Special credit is given to the Elite
orchestra, of which Earle Busseile is
I leader, fr the numoers
fthem for the faultless rendition. This
I in,, in composed of mgn
suit In material reductions in the pe-'aChool boys, but the quality of
cial school district levies inasmuch as music presented by them would do
the state fund will be prorated among credlt to much older musical aggre-i
the school districts. Districts which gatons. The Elite personnel le: Uuy
under the present system are compell- j prather, piano; Earle Busselle. songs,
ed to submit to excessive school levies peibert Moore, violin; Elbert Bua
or which unable-to stand sufficiently fgelle, drums; Avery Hicks, ceiio,
high tlevios are compelled to forego I ielmar Dearte, saxaphone.
the employment of competent teach- The success of last nights enier
ers. will be very materially aided!priBC has lead the Legionaires to tne
contribution ' conclusion the repeuiiui"
from the vast amount of property "smoker" events wuuiu
which now pays no school district tax spirit of the Leg'0"-
whatever, . I ...,.do
extended PKRSHIXG HI A V1"m
Panama. May - uc.ic,...
after an all day hunt In which two
sail today.
Captain Has Orders.
The secretary said today that Cap
Daniel Boyd of Wallowa county,
'says:
..iVir h. kJ ; ..7 .1 "No ,easu entangling us ln Euro-
tain Long had been given full instruc-'pean af(airs
t!v?ntt0,tWnmiCyl0 "T JuJe ch' Carey of Multno
he event It becomes r.ecesSa.T to send ah count
the destroyers to Mexican ports. ' ..Favor t treaty, re-
The vessels should report at key ' , ,eague Pcovnantg...
West by tomorrow night or Friday Mr. Mac Lean's slogan, printed
Thus far no report of any ser.ou dta- lbovft marks hlm the co
turbances in the Mexican ports have 8dvocate ot the league ot natlong
reached the government but revolu- amons all the canal(iate, for delegate
LiuuiBia io ttvuvB iivi iar iruiii ine aj large.
Students Turn
Efforts to Tasks
of May Day Fete
The entire student body of Willam
ette university has turned its efforts
to make May Day a big success, and
nothing but adverse weather condi
tions can make it anything but the
biggest festival in the history of the
School. Unusual Interest is , centered
in the coronation -of Miss Evelyn Gor
don as Queen Evelyn I, due to the fact
that Governor Olcott has consented to
aot as master nf pAremnnies: The enrn-
Nayarit to check the Sonorans on
m,h t th th Is renorted:natlon wl take P"" t 2 p. m. Fri-
Camriua Tslng Planes.
Washington,' May 6.' Apparently
unable to get under any offenstve
military expendltion against the revo
lutionists, President Carranza has be
gun using airplanes to harass rebel
held towns In the neighborhood of the
Mexican capital, according to advices
to revolutionary agents here. Cuer
navaca, capital of Morelos, and Cuaut
la in the same state, are two of the
points that have been smartly bomJ
barded, the reports stated. The Infor
mation through efficlal channels yes
terday that Pabl Gonzales, formerly
an ardent sgpojster, of Carranza, had
entered the revolution at the head of
a detachment . t revolting federal
troops, also was contained ln the rebel
advices.
General Dieguez's force that had
been trvlnatn make its way through
the state of Jalisco northward intoj
Knox Attacks President
In Opening Debate Upon
Resolution To Close Wa
Washington. May 5. Opening debate on his resolution tor
declare the state f war with Germany and Austria at an end,
Senator Knox, republican, declared in the senate today that Presi
dent Wilson was arbitrarily maintaining that the nation tech
nically was at war in order to coerce the senate into ratifying the
treaty of Versailles.
"There was no excuse for greatly!
to have been turned about,
LaFollett Now
Favors Bonding
Issue for Roads ;1
ti...
age Bill, If Passed, Will Levy
Upon $40,000,000 of Property
Heretofore Unassessed for Schools
ftL. . "-iiitriiiiirv gctinnla
. ' -"US of IK. . . ni lire i;iv j inc.i
tiMi ' ,otars at the snoHallers. will be vi
,., 21 on . I . . ..... . . i' . .1,. .nnatitinn
Miracle of miracles, the impossible ette
has Jiappened,
In the legislature, Senator A. M. La
Follette of Marion county fought
'against every road bond measure. His
opposition to good roads was" intense,
bitter and habitual. It was supposed
nothing could change it.
Yesterday he dropped In to see his
neighbor, C. C. Chapman of Hopewell,
just across the Willamete river from
the celebrated LaFollette peach or
chard in Mission-Bottom, .where the
senator grew the first loganberries
that ever were grown In Oregon on a
commercial scale. The two cronies
passed the time of day and looked at
some "of Chapman's hogs and calves.
"Chapman, I'm for the bonds," fi
nally blurted out the old senator who
had led the fight against every state
and county bond Issue that had been
up for years.
"What bonds?" demanded Chap
man, amazed.
The state road bonds, the amend
day, on the queen's court on the east
end of the campus, and will be follow
ed by the May dances, which are bet
ter than usual this year.
All Salem people who are Interest
ed ln the university are Invited to at
tend the coronation and all of the fea
tures of the festival, beginning with
the picnic dinner on the campus at
2:30 Friday, during which the stu-
dents will entertain by singing Willam-
Followlng the dances, the athletic
field and mill race will he the scenes
of two novel and exciting features In
the shape of a tub race between one
representative from each class, and a
pushball game between the freshman
and sophomore classes, with twenty
men on a team. Friday evening will
be given over to the Junior play, "The
Lady of Lyons," which will be given at
the opera house at 8:15,
Saturday will be a full day, begin
ning at 6:30 ln the morning with the
May morning breakfast, served on the
campus by the college Y. W. C. A. At
10:00 a. m. the tennis tournament be
tween Willamette and University of
Oregon will begin and throughout the
morning the various literary societies
will provide entertainment on the
campus.
At 2 p. m. Saturday the freshman
class of '23 will go through the an
nual ceremony incident to forever
discarding the familiar green cap,
with some sort of stunt to commemo
rate the occasion. At 2:30 the annual
and sophomore classes will take
place across the mill race. Part of
the fence at the back of the campus
ment I voted against, raising the lirn- tug.of.war between the freshman
It from 2 per cent to per uem, m
responded. "I'm for the measure. I
looked over the figures that those ex
pert accountants figured up, and I m naB been remove(if B0 that this affair
satisfied the bonds won't raise my tax- wl b pUlled off where people can
es, so I'm for 'em, as I want all the gee lt
good roads I can get. If they are go-( At j p m the Willamette Bearcats
ing to be built in time for me to use wll, pIay a baneball game with the fast
them, they had better hurry up and Multnomah club team of Portland,
build them, for I am getting old. I Tnlg gr,ould be one of the best games
really don't deserve any roads, the way 0 the geason.
I've fought 'em, but I guess I'll get Tni properly ends the festival,
them all right," he continued with a, hut as is the custom at Willamette, a'
wink. "I'm getting all my neighbors! vesper service will be held at the
to vote for the measure.'
"Yes, I voted against the measure,
but I'm for It now," he ooncluded.
"Let's get the roads built Just as soon
First M. E. church Sunday evening
at 4 p. m., with Dr. E. E, Gilbert as
the speaker. ,
A large number of out of town vis-
Johnson Forces
Doubly Joyful
Over Big Lead
Unless this state aid Is
many schools which have been barely
able to drag along under present con
ditions will be compelled to close tneir
'9ni. "e counts i v,.,.i ' ' . . .
U. ' one-fourth nf L pointing out that 60 scnoois in uregun
Jr" Purpose t0taI spent have been closed during the past year
t0 mill ' ' I because of inability to employ teach-
""'form iev measre provides ers in competition with other and bet
, f the watt. JUP?.n the PrP- ' ter paving lines of endeavor. This num
ber will be Increased to not less man
than 500 districts next year if the vot
ers -fail to approve the elementary
as we can. We are paying our license , jtors will be present lor tne resuvai,
fees and gas tax and we may as well and arrangements are tieing made for
get the roads." 1he students to entertain them while
The bonding measure comes up be- here. As before stated, the students
fore the people at the May 21 election. ! aro anxious to have as many of the
Salem people present as possible, and
they will find themselves as welcome
as any of the out of town visitors.
Rehearsals of Yokohama Maid, the
Japanese operetta which is to be glv
!en Saturday night by the music stu
dents of Willamette university, are
(Progressing satisfactorily. Instead of
being held outdoors as previously an
nounced, it has been thought advis
able to hold the operetta In the Grand
theater, and to charge a small ad
mission. The production promises to be
both Interesting from the dramatic
side and pleasing as musical per
formance. The principals are all ex
tremely talented, and are supported
by a well drilled chorus. Miss Veona
Williams in the title role Is showing
a surprising talent In both the music-
'al and histrionic fields, and all of the
parts are well filled. Practically all
!of the situations are comic, giving at
, times an American twang to the Jap-
anese situation.
jl'RKXCH RTRIKK ' HAXGS OX
Pari. May i. Despite officfm
:cWW"?rdl "ca.
" hi ' !),1!1'-'- therefore m..
!l . ' " 'neretore com-
of tiOT to bear its Just
Th.
e enact, nent school millago bill at the forthcoming
-j . ........ j piuyui lftillB!tf .''!
he contends, re- election, he in?Ists.
San Francisco, May. H. L.
Carnahan, western campaign
manager for Senator Hiram W.
Johnson, today Issued the fol
lowing statement In comment
upon yesterday's state-wide
presidential preferential pri
mary election :
"Hiram Johnson has scored
the greatest triumph In the
history of California politics.
He has defeated Herbert Hoo
ver by over 100.000 vote more
votes more than he ever de
feated any other man who op
posed him In a primary elec
tion ln this state.
"Hoover's opposition In Call-'
fornia has served the one use
ful purpose of demonstrating to
the country how thoroughly
Hiram Johnson's achieve
ments are appreciated by his
own people."
.niatnr were labed and captured
-ii.. mrtav boarded the transport
Northern Pacific and will sail for New
York by way of Porto Kico tomgnu
" I ifc
Th demurrage case. Involving $25..; .
000 brought by the Standard Lumber !vorabl for ultimate success of the
a. mniDinv of Scofield. Washing-1 t movement. The mine and dock strlkf-
ton countv has been heard by the pub- Thc feraf employment bureau at situation appeared unchanged.
t-.-l-- t.,K T.t0t .. . .W - 1..... . .1 . .
lie service commissi"", mm. v - -j jamma uunng me wren
haviiis agreed to refer it to that body employment for 124 Individuals, of
for arbitration. n horn eight were women.
'claim that the general railroad strike
!ln France was virtually broken, labor
leaders today maintain an optimlFtlc
'attitude, claiming the outlook was fa-
Th biggest broom factory west of
the Mississippi river Is In Oregon.
prolonging the war beyond the sign
ing of the armistice," Senator Knox
said, "and the only expiation for so
doing was the deliberate aim to re
tain all those autocratic compulsory
powers with which the executive had
been endowed for the prosecution of
the war In order that they might be
used for other purposes. .
Peace Held Necessity.
"The welfare and safety ef the na
tion imperatively demands that we
have peace. The whole world seeths
wtlh revolution? Our own nation is
In ferment and toll. Force and strife
are rampant and threaten the destruc
tion not only of our property but of
our free Institutions and even of our
lives. And yet we stand ,and have
Rtoc J 'or months, as a rudderless
ship." . " '
"The course of the president ever
since he cruised to Europe to partici
pate ln . the peace conference," con
tinued the former secretary of state,
"leaves no chance for doubt that he
will continue hereafter as heretofore,
to thwart so far as he la able, every
attempt Mo take any action
affecting the provisions ot the treaty
of Versailles as it came to the United
States fresh from his signature.
"He has conjured up every power
within hlsdomestic domain In his ef
fort to compel this senate to surrender
its will and Judgment to him, to be
come the mere automatons to register
his mandate to approve this treaty
ln Its lust minutes of detail us he sent
it to us."
Congress Has Power.
Launching Into a 30,000 discussion
of his reason, the, senator said cotv
gress had the power to "unmake" any
of its acts and consequently bad the
power to repeal the resolutions de
claring a state of war with the Imper
ial German government and with the
Austro-Hungarian empire.
Pointing out that the war declara
tion by congress was directed against
the Imperial German government,
Senator Knox said that governmem
had ceased to exist and with It the
enemy named by congress.
Supporting his contention that in
ternationally the nation actually and
legally is at peace, the senator dis
cussed the terms and effect ot the ar
mistice, declaring that by this docu
ment, Germany had conceded Its capi
tulation. He ocntended also that rati
fication of the treaty of Versailles by
Germany and the allies made peace for
the United States.
Reiterating opposition to the treaty
of Versailles, Senator Knox said It
was almost . universally discredited
and that the senate reservations did
not Americanize the league of nations
but merely made It safer for America
to Join. Instead of the league, he
urged "an arrangement for the codifi
cation of international law, the estab
lishment of a court of international
Arguments Hiitnimarized.
Senator Knox summed up the legal
aspects of the question as follows:
"First War is actual hostilities.
"Second-That it was so understood
by our constitutional fathers.
"Third That the power to declare
war was exclusively with congress,
which created the status of war by a
law which, like any other law, could
be amended modified or repealed.
"Fourth That the purpose of the
war powers of tho constitution was to
give the national government the le
gal power and practical ability to con
duct a successful war, that Is actual
hostilities.
"Fifth That war powers' could not
be exercised after actual hostilities
hail ceased.
"Sixth That the powers of the
president came from two sources, that
of the chief executive and that of
commander In chief, that the powers
of neither capacity could be Invoked
to augment the other; that h possess
ed no extraordinary powers as chief
executives save only and to the extent
such powers were conferred by stat
ute which, to authorize action by him,
must be duly and legally in operation.
"It results from all of the foregoing to over nine mills. It will be only fair
facts and principles," concluded the to state that levy for another blind!
senator, "that the war has ended In-1 school comes within the six per cent
Taxpayers Will
Hold Meeting
Here Saturday
Marion County Taxpayers league
has called a special meeting next Sat
urday at the court house at 10 o'clock
to hear statement from candidates as
to their position on matters of im
portance at the coming primary elec
tion on My 21, and taxpayers and citi
zens generally -re Invited to be pres
ent. It will be the' first general political
gathering of the primary campaign,
and the league through its executive
committee composed of R. P. Boise,
tsadore Greenbaum, S. L. Endlcott,
Jos. Baker and E. M. Croisan have
sent out the following statement to
taxpayers of the country, with the
names ot the fourteen candidate and
their slogans, and asked for a straw
ballot to Indicate the choice of the .
taxpayers among the candidates which,
will be made public. The statement
follows: : '
Statement of state tax commissioner
Just published shoWB that taxes col
lected by counties for year 1920, ex
clusive of fire patrol assessment,, ag
gregate $32.69fl,6Sfi or about seven
million dollars more than in 119.' Of
this sum report shows there was col
lected for all state purposes $4,391,
000.. The new levies tor state purposes
put on the ballot to be v6tod on May
21st this year will produoe In excess ol
nine million dollars state revenue, not
counting money raised by state and
county bond Insues for road purposes.
The advocates of the new mlilags
taxe preface their statements with da
rn unds for mors permanent highway
funds and say that will all be provided
for out of automobile license fees "and
will not raise your taxesj a . penny."
There are so many acts ot the regular
and special session of the legislature
Imposing new mtllage taxes that, once
authorised would become permanent
charges on the, people", thst a careful
investigation, has been necessary to 1
make an exact statement of the mat
ter, Avhlch is now donefor the first
time. Following statement of taxea
that will have to be paid next year. If
all mlllage measures on the ballot May
2 1st are authorized by the people has,
been carefully verified from the rec
ords of the state tax commissioner ana
the secretary of state:
Mil!
For regular state appropriations
already levied 3.2S
For new state blind school at
Portland 18
For additional elementary school
chool tax 1 2.00)
For educational aid to service
men, ,20 mill? two years .49
For market, ronds ... 00
For higher educational institu
tions , 1.2
For same made, retroactive, Sec.
3, Chap, 36, Spec. Sec 1.2
Total mlllage levied and pro
posed for 1920 9.31
Seggregated the proposition before
ths voters at the coming special elec
tion stands as follows:
Mills.
Regular levy within the six mill
limitation ..; ..S.2J
Market roads and soldiers educa
tional aid that wus authorized
by the people in 1919 but or
dered on the ballot at the spe
cial session ; ..10)
New millage measures put on at
special session i ...4.88
Total for 1920 If all measures
are carried 9.31
For ten years regular state tax lev
ies have been about three mills and
we ask voters at the coming election to
consider carefully the proposition to
Increase this levy ,ln addition to all
other forms of war taxation, drives?
and demands made nn the taxpayers.
ternationally both as a matter of fact
and law; that domestically the wur
powers ceased with the end of actual
hostilities and that therefore we are
already at peace, both Internalonaily
and domentlcaily without further fact
by either the executive or legislative
branches ot the government."
limitation in the opinion of the state
tax commission.
The caih balance of the state, due
to the heavy payment of taxes, nan
risen to a totul of $9,062,000. Thlw
nvoney has been plneed In 180 deposl
turies over the state. .
LATE BULLETINS
New York, May 5. Six destroyers, accompanied by the ten
der Black Hawk, left their anchorage with the Atlantic fleet in
the Hudson river at 2 p. m. today and sailed for Key West for
possible duty in Mexican waters.
Boston, May 5. Profiteering in meat was charged today
against Armour and Company and its New England manager,
John E. Wilson. The latter was arrested on a warrant issued by
United States Commissioner Hays on evidence transmitted by
the United States district attorney's office that lamb bought for
less than ten cents a pound, plus freight charges of about 4 cents
a pound had been sold here for 25 1-2 cents.
San Francisco, May 5. Another increase of two and one
quarter cents per pound for sugar wholesale, was announced by
the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining company here today
with an allotment of cane sugar to jobbers quoted at $22.75 per
hundred pounds. The last allotment on April 27, was $20.50 per
hundred pounds.