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ffiTft. m - oil FULL LEASED " WIRE DISPATCHES 1 . UliCCULATION IS OVER 4100 DAILY nfi'fffii "'' - ''ILL FORTIETH YEAR NO. 147 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20,' 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS 0H trains and jtsws l RIKjUj i. VV U la STANDS PIVR CUNT ft T'i ill. Jf II 1ERICAN0TYET AVAKETODAfiGER C0IR0I1I5HER Maaager of LondoiiP 'apers Would Print Stor ;ef I Atrocities ; UMPRiNTED HORRoI - WOULD STIR TO LU'THS Udess Quick and Tremend ous;, Energy Used We Must Face Same Things Atlanta, Ga., June 20. America must awaken and organize for war on an en ormous scale or face a long period of ghastly fighting and world wide suffer ing. This was the message brought be fore the International Rotary conven tion here today by I'omeroy Burton, manager and a director of the London Daily Mail and other British papers. "By a long period I mean from five to 20 years xr more," said Burton. Burton predicted that if- America doesn't wake up and strike hard and quick our own shores will be menaced. "Why does the average American citizen fail to grasp the vital fact that if Germany should destroy the British fleet or overthrow the massed forces oX the allies on the western front, the re sult would be quick national death 'for this, the greatest of all the world's re publics," he asked. "The reasons for America's strange lethargy in the face of real national danger are two fold," he said. "First, the allies' policy of , close censorship has resulted in keep ' ing the full flow of war facts and n reasonable understanding of the war's developments from reaching the people- "Second, the attitude which, unfor tunntelf was taken by loaders of public opinion during the earlier 'stage of the war, that it was no concern of this country. , " : ' Would Disclose Horrors. "This attitude unquestionably served . to create a sense of entire indifference to the war issues in the mind of the American people generally." r For remedy, Burton urged that the British censorship disclose the horror i of German atrocities in Belgium and . elsewhere, and that the- American gov ernment put an efficient war pres' aeent at work in every city, town and village in the land. . "If there could be a radical revision of the French and British censorship tuIob," said Burton, "permitting a much freer flow of all sorts of war facts and war developments from the 'fighting areas, the effect, I feel sure, would be enormously beneficial -to the . allied cause. - "Would it not be the height of wis dom to reverse the policy which even vet withholds from the world the full truth about the incredible atrocities in Belgium; atrocities which, if possible, have been outdone ia Eumania." All of them would serve to show the people here what they might expect in the event of a Germcu invasion of the T'nited States; what sort of an enemy, in fact, we are fighting." ' Poisoners ol Children. "Why. not expose the fiendish devil try which caused thousands of poisoned candies to be dropped from German aeroplanes for Rumanian children to pick up a.'d eat? "Why; not the tragic story of -how the queen's little boy, her youngest, picked up one of these poisoned sweets in lier garden, ate it, sickened almost (Continued on Pago Two.) l ABE MARTIN VC a Pit, r.'..o f . Who' remembers when yeller pug dojrs wuz all th rage? , We often hear a' fellers asvin' a chance t' go west, lut most of us go east without havin chance ia th' world. - - , k T a -7i n i t v Mexico May filter War On Side of the Allies San Antonio, Texas, June 20. That Mexico may . enter the great war on the side of Amer- ica and her allies- and that ' France has agreed to loan Hex- ico 20,000,000 pesos, is the sub- stance of an article published in an "extra" edition of La Baza here.- La Raza is published by Felix Diaz Martinez, a close friend of Felix Palavieini, form- er- minister of public instruc- tion in Carranza's provisional cabinet and head of the eivilizn- tion wing of the now congress. The article in La Raza was based upon telegrams purporting to have come from semi-official sources in Mexico. One of the telegrams was said to have come from Palavicini's paper, El Uni- -veraal, published in Mexico City. ' . CROWDATARMORYTO HEAR KAY AND CORBY DEBATE AMENDMENTS Showing Leaves No Doubt As To Necessity of Adopting CharterChanges Urging the passage of the three meas ures to be voted on at the special elec tion of July 9, State Treasurer Thomas B. Kay opened a vigorous debate on the bills at the armory Tuesday night. He end Mr. Corby, who opposed the meas ures, were introduced by President Fred W. Siteusloff, of the Commercial club. Mr. Kay in supporting tho measures, first illustrated the need of these amendments to the city charter, by tell ing of the cases known as the Bouth High, and South Twelfth street assess ments, wherein - owing to technicalities and slight errors in advertising,, the; property owners on" these "street have escaped the" payment" o- their assess ments. ' In the South High street ease, the error was in a typographical error, which made the advertisement read "south of mill creek," instead of Mill street. ; In - the South Twelfth street case, the supreme court held' that in or-, der that a notice may be published on five consecutive days it is necessary to publish it for six issues of a daily news paper. Under the present city charter, the city cannot eolleet liens on any pro perty affected bv street assessments, and it is due to this fault of the charter that some $52,349.27, delinquent assess ments cannot be collected. 90 Per Cent Hare Paid. Mr. Kay stated that 90 per cent of the property holders affected have paid their assessments willingly, and that only 10 per cent of the people, who desira to escape paying their Just dues, era delinquent. He said that this placed such persons in a very undesirable light. He stated that in the Medford case, the supreme court held that a city has the power to amend its charter to reassess such improvements, and therefore it was in line for Salem to do likewise, and to j prepare a way whereby ail such mdebt- euuess must do paid. The lien collection law, as proposed by the measure to be voted on, provides that a four-yea period must elapse, as serted Mr. Kay, before property can be taken from the owner, and even. then there is a chance of redemption. Fur thermore, continued Mr. Kay, the major ity of the delinquents are well-to-do, and able to stand paying their just debts. He cited tho Richardson measure, which he said was drawn up to please those who are now on the delinquent lists, and that it provides that all assess ments heretofore paid for street im provements be returned to the payees and that the city pay for all such im provements by a system of bonds. He opposed this measure on the grounds that it would force people not now re ceiving direct benefits from paving to pay for this improvement. Mr. Kay charged the supporters of the Richard son bill with having personal interests to serve, contrary to a true democratic spirit. Declaring that although he would be reimbursed to the extent of $4,000, by the passage of the Richardson measure, Mr. Kay said that he was opposed to the measure because of the general in justice of the bill. This statement brought forth a great round of applause. Mr. Corby' Argument. . - Ia answering Mr. Kay, Grant. Corby Asserted that while he believed that Mr. Kay waa not intentionally misrepre senting facts, nevertheless he had done so, partly because of the second hand information given him by others. . - 1 He declared that the real reason for the opposition to paying the assess ments laid not in a desire for escaping just debts, but in an effort to have justice done. He claimed that the par ing laid on South High was not accord ing to contract, and that for this reason the abutting property holders had re fused payment. A remonstrance was presented in the ease of the Sonth Twelfth street tangle,- which the court held to be sufficient, but whieh was' insufficient in the ere of the citv coun cil. Therefore the owners on" these J streets escaped payment of their assess-! nients on substantial and sufficient (Continued on Page Two.) , URGE CONTROL OF COAL, COKE, ITS TRATiSPORTATI 0 N Federal Trade Commission ;" Says This Alone Can Stop Speculation RAILROADS TO BLAME FOR BAD CONDITIONS Warns of Danger to Indus tries and Fuel Famine Un less Roads Controlled Washington, June 20. Drastic war time government control was urged for coal, colie'and transportation by the federal trade commission today as the only adequate remedies for an alarm ing coal price and supply situation. The recommendations are the most rev olutionary of their kiud ever submitted by the commission. Complying with congressional request for a coal probe, the commission point ed out that the coal situation threat ens industries and individuals, and rec ommended: ' "First, that the production and 'dis tribution of coal and coke be conduct ed through a pool in the hands of a gov ernment agency; that the producers of various grades of fuel be paid their full cost of production, plus a uniform profit per ton (with duo allowance for quality of product and efficiency of service); and, "Second, that tho transportation ugenices of the United States, both rail and water, be similarly pooled and operated on government account under the direction of the president and that all such meaais of transportation bo op erated as a unit, the owning corpora tions being paid a just and fail com pensation wiiu,n wuuiu covvc.Hvrumj net profit, upkeep and betterments." Would Exempt Miners In "addition to those main recommen dations, the commission advised against recruiting miners for the army, point ing out that uncertain labor conditions have already tended to disorganize the industry at a critical time. . Jn brief, the commission finds that, while anthracite production has been sHnnliteit. uncertainty of transporta Sio.n lack 0$ cars, chiefly plus uncer tainties in bituminous production have (Continued on page seven.) Leading French Aviato r Pleads With America for Help to Control the Air (Following is the first comprehensive interview with an allied flyer regard ing the possibilities open to America if she turns her available resources to giv ing the allies supremacy in the air). Lieutenant De I.aGrange, of the French flying corps, through the Uni ted Press, gives the American people this message in a aeries of interviews: Lieutenant Dc I.aGrange is a typical French soldier. He served two years as a private, worked his way up through non-commitisioned positions and theii, after competitive examination, was made sub-lieutenant in the cavalry. lieutenant De LaGrande participated in the retreat front Belgium. After that fighting the cavalry practically went out of existence and he began his flying. He has chased Zepeplins over Belgium and has won a score of flights in the 18 months he has been in the fly ing eorps. By J. P. Toder. . (Uuited Press-staff correspondent.) Washington, June 20. "Put out the enemv's eyes!" Blind him and he is lost!" - That is the . message Lieutenant Amaury Do LaGrange, French flier ex traordinary, wants carried to the Am erican nation. - - He told the United Press today in an elaquent plea to the American people to get behind the proposed program of air craft production board of the Council of National Defease and make possible speedy appropriations by congress of the sums neceg.wry io send 5,000 ma chines to the French battlefields by March and 10,000 machines by August, IBIS. This would mean a total of train ing and fighting machines at the front and building of approximately 50,000. Carry out the proposed program, Lieu tenant De LaGrange declared, and open ing of the way to Berlin is made pos sible even probable. Carry out the program, he said, and tSe thing so far impossible of accomp lishment actual breaking of the Ger ma lines, U rendered well nigh certain. Blind i!a Artillery. - "This war," said Lieutenant De LaGrange, "as has been so often told, is one of urtillery fighting at long ranges. Blinded artillery obviously is Electrical Workers ; t May Go 0$ 03 Strike . Hoquiam, Wash June 20. A strike of 10,000 Or 15,000 lee- trical workers ol the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company is threatened here today by a- ion leaders. The situation grew out of tho dismissal of -21 tele- phone operators because of union affiliations. F. Gordon, international or- ganized, and W. F. Delaney, state organizer of the -electric ' .workers' union, conferred with state officials here last night- over the situation. The unions demand the immediate reinstate- ment of the girls. , - iETlOOiCOCCHI? IS DRAW TIGHTER Girl of 15 Tells of His At tacking HerMother Cor roborates Statement Now York. .Tune 20.-Trftils leadinfir i. .i... v.;. m - i i .... : I iu liic ittir Vh me wuuu aiuvu ucrast iu this country was uncovered to Police ! Commissioner Woods and District At torney Swann by Mrs. Grace Humiston, in the development of the Ruth Cruger murder mystery here today. The mysterious "Miss t'onsuelo La rue," who jumped out of the third story window of her apartment to es cape a midnight asasilant, she says at tempted to murder her, is believed to be an important link in the chain be ing forged about , the organized traf fickers in girls. Meantime, the net of ' circumstantial evidence drew tighter about Alfredo Cocchi, the Italian bicycle repair man, indicted for murdering Ruth Cruger and ourying her in the cellar beneath his shop. j little 1.3 J'ear old girl neigh bor of Cocchi 's, Plulippa Mureal, tuld how Cocchi lured her to the cellar of his-shop to look at "some fine new motorcycles," and attacked her. The child was rescued from Cocchi by her mother, who saw them frem her apart ment across the street Koine .into the basement and followed "them, to find her daughter in the Italian '8 clutches. Mother and dantthtor fouaht him oft and escaped they both declared today.. linger irinta on jnock ( "Ho started to show me motorcy cles," said the girl, "but in less than a minute he grabbed me and began to kiss me. He had me by the throat and was drageing me around when iy moth er came." - , -- Mmo. Mureal said Cocchi 's finger marks remained on the girl's throat and arms for days. (Continued on Page Two.) helpless. Air seupremacy means blind ed artillery for the other side. "Again this war has developed into a war of no maneuvering. No maneuv ering means ro surprises. Victory is impossible without an element of sur prise. Given two sides where a dead lock exists, where there is even a near equality of men and metal and aviation and surprise, yes, even victory, is well nigh impossible. "But give one side a preponderance in aviation, even though that side is weaker in men and metal and it is a stronger blind man fighting a weaker man who can see." As it is now, both sides, as regards aviation, according to Lieutenant De LaGrange are fairly equal, with a slight balance favoring the allies." American Can Decide It. Both sides are feverishly turning out their maximum output approximately 4,000 machine monthly including thou sands of training machines. "Let America with its vast resources and its unlimited possibilities, turn her self quickly to giving us air suprem acy," said De LaGrange, "and victory is near, lives in countless numbers will be saved and billions in money will be unspent. "It will take you lime, yes, to start but start quickly at once. It is time. Time! Time- Every week lost now means weeks lost next spring. And you Americans know what r is lost each month in lives and money. This is the most important job aside from that of food. "I doubt if you could produce heavy artillery within a year. Start now on the aircraft production toard's aero plane program and give u the greatest help. Top may make a 1918 victory possible even probable. "The most powerful weapon with the largest future is the aeroplane. Has Revolutionized Warfare "The aeroplane has revolutionized warfare more than gun powder did. Germany cannot equal , the air prepon derance yon can furnish and your allies in democracy's fight, unless she weak ens herself elsewhere in a military way- "Germany has probably about 4,000 (Continaed on Page Two.) WOMEN ATTACKED -BECAUSE BANfiER WASUIMA! One Legend Read: "President Wilscn and Envoy Root I Are Deceiving Russia j THIS FLAUNTED BEFORE RUSSIAN COMMISSION Crowd of 300 Women and Men Tore Up Banner and Trampled It In Dirt Washington, June 20. Incensed at suffrage pickets, who flaunted denun ciatory banners before the white house gates as the Russian commission en tered to greet President Wilson, an angry mob of three hundred men and women, mostly government clerks" out on lunch hour charged the women and tore the banners to shreds. President Wilson and Envoy Root are deceiving Russia," was the accu sation printed in black type on a ban ner ten feet high displayed at the two official entrances to the white house. 'They say we are democracy. Help us win a world war so that democracies may survive. We the women of America tell yoil that America is not a democ racy," continued the legend on the banner. "Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. President Wil son is tho chief opponent of their na tional enfranchisement. "Help us make this nation really free. Tell our government that it must liberate its people before it can claim free Kussia as an ally.:' ,. ' M9uy 'ihwtw..Jr York, and Mrs. Lawreuce Lewis, Philadclphin,"ear jried the banners. Guards Were Silent ( Shortly after the women went on duty at 10 o'clock this morning crowds oegan to gatner Deiore tnem, jeering- Augmented by government clerks, who swarmed out ot nearby buildings at lunch time, the crowd's temper began to rise. ' ' The police guards at the white house gates, with w'uom the suffragists' pick ets have been on very friendly terms since they started their "guard mount," were grimly silent and made no move to eheck the crowd when it advanced suddenly toward the pickets. Several men then jerked down the banners, tore them to shreds , and trampled the remnants under foot. Gov ernment and office clerks for blocks around rushed to the scene. Police from the white house grabbed several ring leaders in the crowd, but the sergeant in charge ordered their release. Ho him self ripped down the last shreds of the banners. The women carrying the ban ner were unharmed. The police took the frame on which tho legend was mounted into the white house grounds. The incident was called to the at tention of the department of justice shortly after it occurred and an invest igation was started at once to deter mine whether there was anything treas onable in the first line of the women 'b placard, which accused President Wib son and Mr. Itoot of deceiving Russia. ' State department authorities were in doubt whether this constituted med dling in delicate negotiations involv ing this government. FIRED CN BRIDGE GUARDS Portland, Ore., June 20. Sol diers 'from Vancouver barracks today aro hunting along the banks of - the Columbia river for three men who at midnight engaged in a battle with sol diers guarding an approach to the big interstate bridge. The men rowed toward the bridge. One of the guards or-, dered them to halt and fired a shot into the air. Men in the boat fired back and other sol dier guards joined in the battle which lasted for several min utes. One of tho men' in the boat- is believed to have been wounded. ' - riEB ENDANGERS PARK ,, , . - - San Mateo, Cal.i June 20. With more than 200 men fight- ing, a forest fire near the San Mateo county line early today threatened the California red- wood park in Santa Cruz conn- ty. Fanned by a stiff wind the fire, which bag burned over ' 1000 aeres of second growth timber, gained headway through out the night. II. S. Dool, superintendent of the redwood park, is leading the fire fighters. ' - Deadly Bomb Foisd la Aviation Plant . ; ' , . I.os Aigolcs, Cal., June 20. Chanace rliscevery of a crude bornb of clockwork mechanism attached to 18 sticks of dyna- . mite saved the aviation plant of , the American Aircraft company - today. An airplane for the gov- eminent had just teen com- pleted. Tho clockwork was running . when Earl D. Fuller, instructor . of aviation, found the bomb con- " cealed behind an oil can. Ha wrenched the clock loose and plunged the bomb into, water. " , Federal authorities aro ihvesti- ' ; gating.' , I -' " I ' . SPEAKERS PAY VISIT TO OUTSIDE P0IJ1TS Eight Autos Used In Getting Workers In Touch With All the People : Salem spellbinders went all over the county last night shooting the atmos phere full of the message of the Red Cross war fund. Eight car loads of Bcrnppy speakers . sallied forth' te the first line trenches, and opened up with heavy artillery verbal barrage. Rollin K. Page was tho gunner at Turner, where anouier enthusiastic Red Cross meeting was held, Walter Denton and Ceorae A. Wood journeyed south to Stayfon. Frank Davey and Mrs- I)avev struek out for Mill City, and John W. Todd for Aurora. Charles V. Galloway did a one night stand at St. Paul. At Mt. Angel Harley O. White and Two Stripes Complete On Big Red Cross Flag With Total ..of $10,412 Two stripes go up on tho big -.flag' as the total result, of the ' effo.-t so far put imon tte. col-, lection of Salem's share of the president's $100,000,000 war fund for the Red Cross. , Tho total for the 24 hours between . noon yesterday and noon today was $7,433.30; this with yesterday's total .reported ; makes a . grand total of 10,412.!i(i. Rollin K- Page's team.num- ber four walked off with the big honors turning in $2,910.00 for the days work. T. A. Lives-- ley's team number nine took second with $924.50." Other teams scored as follows: Wm. Evans, $222.50; Louis Lach mund, $364-50; Jos. II. Albert, $679.50; C. V. Galloway, $441.1 80; C. S. Hamilton, $583.00; R, O. Bishop, $.116.00; Max O. Buren. $349.50; Curtis Cross, $431.00. Scattering reports from the countrv and vfery incomplete show about $3,500.00 outside of Salem. Large Subscriptions. ' The Ladd & Bush bank to day contributed $1,000 to the Red Cross fund, and Miss Sallie Bush added $250. Tho bank's subscription in tho largest yet received locally ; and helped materially to swell the day s receipts. , t-i r: wont to oar mm baaged a homer apiece. Mt. Angel got excited ana asnei '''": and another meeting for tonight The Rev. II. N. Aldrifli ami n. faced a fine and enthusiastic, audience at rSilvcrton. u .... Four hundred people greeted Robert Gill and T. A. L vesley at the Wood brn' armorv, Woodburn being all ready o go nto -harness and down the lino . .... vhi.rs 111 the for mis mum".. 1 :. . Woodniirn portv were Mrs. Livesley. Mrs Giir Mi. and Mrs. Guy Bargent and Dr. li. E- Clay. August Huckestcin 1 ... n.t Marion, Where a was . "r-", .i good meeting is reported. , Monday evening ., ,, :,.v. .t . .Teffersom to or- ganize at that point Dates for tonight include Fareo, Mt. Angel and Gervis Governor Wthycombe - will .Pk. J Mt. Angel and Robert Gill, at Ucnais. Speaker! in the Salem theaters fo, io Lf ,m Raloh 1. Mowes,.G- F, Holt and R. A. Harris. Unauthorized Person Solicits Subscriptions for Red Cross Funds ine attention vi - v headquarters has been called to j the fact that apparently unauthorized per sons are soliciting funds and r ships for the Red Cross. As reported the story is that dollar memberships arc being solicited with the addition that 23 centa per quarter is expected from the donor. : - , There is absolutely no such method (Continuei on Fage. Two.) OARD OF EXF011 CONTROL VILL EE LACED III CIIAHGE This Will Take Flace cf Em bargo In Regdafeg Ex '"I port ef Foodstufs NEUTRAL1 COUNTRIES TO HAVE SUPPLIES REDUCED Can No Longer Get Here Thaa Needed, and Hca Divide With German? By Robert X Bender (United Press staff correspondent) Wftshinfftnn. .TunA 20. -Whll ntlrml food buyers remained idle and neutral nations continued contracting for grains HI1U limit, gKLIUHI UCHU UII luv 1UVU cms- , trol bill in the senate today. ' The few senators who oppose it, de nounced the measures which would per mit the president to conserve tho na tion's food supplies for the allies. Reed and Gore in the senate, and Hep- ployed all their oratory to block the measure. "This bill will bring famine m J918," shouted Gore. "Hoover admits wheat and flmur didn't go up until last year's cron was used up and until men of his ilk began their cry of famine,". Reed shotitefl. Gore contended the bill will cost wheat growers $250,000,000 8nd the eorn growers $500,000,000- Oaa't Stop Agents. ' To the argument that the president ..1.1 Alnmnnt, nl fntA in nftnt.tf&lfl I v.'uiti Biyj' B."t.o - . uwi who are tran-hipping it to Germany tion of the espionage law, which he hne now signed, arTvocates of the food fon trol 'measure replied: .. ' 1 "But-he canH etop such aecn . even German secret agents from bnyir.it .,. ..) , n,ntiii nnrl hnlrfino- it in storage. Under the food bill, and only under the food Dill, IS mis imptrenum. rii.n,avia;n Kanvrm nnrl other sun- porters of the measure pleaded fr speedy action. .' ... , (llUla ImmArlintfl nftNHflirft Ot THIS measure and we will indeed have famine and worse throughout the lani(" ny .).!.. ..1 Tk- nlanflcd fo th llCOHie to "get behind Hoover" and force re calcitrant members of congress to pa the bill. . ' ..' "Speculators are allies ef 'h8 kaiser," declared Kcnyon. "Wo can kill them of f if we pass this bill qiiiefc ly. One should apologize for calling; these speculators highwaymen, for high way men and ea pirates of the lowest type are Christian gentlemen compared Yt 11 II protecting unr ura- . " .,n,l!n (he babies of the poor shall have food; that no- huge fortunes shall oe maau ui " "Foulon may sncoringiy sy people eat grass.' Mam abiou.". ma v icer Met them eat cake-' ',, An nnt Tirnrioae. to cat grass and they have no chance to eat ehwu'.' ..mmnt must replace the middleman. When we are paying mow for food than tney are in i.u;. iur , ' t Kinl.1 fat sooner tning is wrunR. " a have a food control dictator than t have tho food gamblers die tat I to iim.1. v.!ii t,,u. nnt written bT the Al- l li in ii 1 1 - - . , t mighty, but in the depar . tjjl bere, answered uore. ' - fooll to cuange it. wi - - Y-. ... purchasing board instead J tb- measure proposes, emu ib - pas, WW. . ",,,. thT ntwt Koran, ' "'"v. -"has enough seneralitics. to br.ng on. the millenium.?' . Neutrals rounv T Ort Vnnlvlll lnim- ,ts wheat sup,uj . r . - - . control s lnstumeu "3 - ca wheat will be exhausted by spring .us .-..lino, amission, the a'i- . vv'tn - its ef- mhiistratiou touaj -t',.rts to force congress into promi't ac tion on the Lever food contrl bill. It was pointed out that the. ear sourhem grain is already ' move and that by July .!. 'J will be on the way. Meantime, eottai. (Continued on Page Twe,) ? THE 'WEATHER: Trl05E FRENCt Fldri;-- Oregcn: Toolsrht and Tanrsdar partly cloudy ana o e e a s o a !,y threaten! weather; warmer east and eouthor lv wiada,