THE jOAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1918.
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SEN RELD RESENTS
ATTACK ON HEARST
BY INSINUATIONS
Committee Probing German
Propaganda Recesses Un
til After Holidays.
Washington, Dec. 21. Charges that
a concerted effort had leen made to
fix treason on W. R. Hearst by ."in
sinuation," were mado today by Seni
ator Reed, Missouri, before the senate
committee probing German propaganda)
Reed said his only purpose i ho
hearings was to secure "truth and just
tice for all."
.1 Heed rcsonted Bocker'g insinuations
that he was representing Hearst's in
terests. "Any man who attempts to defame
a man by insinuation is nothing short
of a lowdown scoundrel." said Reed, i
Chairman Ovorman rulcff that Reed's
remarks should bo stricken from the rec
ord.
"I move that it stay on the record,"
said Senator Wolcott, Delaware
"Becker has made similar state
ments against Benator Reed," he add
ed. "Anything that the Hearst crowd
says about me doesn't worry mo in the
least. Let it stay on record," retorted
Becker.
Adjourn for Christmas.
The committee recessed over the
Christmas holidays with tho under
standing that Becker would return for
further cross-examination.
Reed called attention to tho publish
ed aecount of the now famous Bolo din
ner in New York, when Boy-ed, Von
Papon and Hearst were declared to be
among the guests. Later, It was impli
ed that neither Boy-ed nor Von Papen
were present, and that other prominent
newspapermen and distinguished citi-
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zona were there besides Hearst.
Reed asked if Hearst was not indig
nant at the inaccurate report of the
dinner and demanded a retraerron from
Attorney General Lewis.
Becker replied that Hearst published
a "garblou account of the interview,
which was an absolute fabrication."
-"There was no significance to tho
dinner whatever except camouflage,"
said Bocke u exonerating those pros
ent. ''.-.
Ambassador and Mrs. Gorard were
among the guests, he testified.
"Tho indignatigu that Hearst show
ed over tho account ol the dinnor sug
gested to me for tho first time, that
there was somotliing wrong," said
Becker. .
Reed wanted to know if Hearst was
not perfectly justified in boing indig
nant about his name being coupled with
Boy-ed and Von Papen. ;
"I think a certain amount of indig
nation was justified," admitted Beck
er, "but he seemed to overdo the mat
ter. But that was just the impression
I rocoived and it is nothing safe to go
on at all." -
"Hearst said he was going to sue
Lewis for libel, but he never has," said
Bockor. . -
"Oh, well, there's time enough for
that," Reed retorted.
CHRISTMAS TURKEYS
BRING RECORD PRICE
Roseburg, Or., DcDc. 21. For the
first time in the recollection of anyone
hero, Christmas turkeys sold in the
wholesale market today for 41 cents a
pound. This remarkable price was pro
duced by a scarcity of birds and keen
competition among buyers.
Contractors who had agreed to sup
ply the government with large num
bers of turkoys were depending on this
county for a good share of tho birds,
it was alleged. It becoming apparent
that there was a shortage, owing to
tho fact that farmers had sold sfcort
during tho Thanksgiving season, lured
by the high prices at that time, bidding
became lively this morning.
The market opened at 38 cents, but
within an hour jumped to 40 cents, and
then to 41 cents, the latter figure being
paid only for extra choico birds.
There was a demand for five carli:u:
of dressed turkeys at 40 cent,
buyer alleged, but gave it as Ins optn
ion that probably not half the number
could be secured in the county. '
On acount of the snow in the moun
tains tho Silver Falls Timber company
and the Silverton Lumber company at
Silverton have closed logging operations.
L
CONCLUDED TODAY
ttt t -
I We wish
you all a
Merry
Christmas
X n't buy HER that gift-We
I . still have a few of the finest
t . Furs that ever came to Salem. We make them up.
in any style to suit. Our prices are right.
Open evenings until 8 p. m.
West Fur Co.
t 217 South High St. SALEM. ORE. t
Tho fifth annual Marion county corn
show closed this afternoon. In many re
spects the exhibits wero far ahead of
those of one year ago and the very
poorest specinian shown thU year was
far bettor than the -prize winners of
five years ago, according to L. J. Cha
piu who has taken ereat interest and
practically managed every corn show
given in the county.
Today the rooms were thronged with
farmors looking carefully over the fin
est exhibit of corn, ever shown in the
courity. One advantage of tho exhibit
of corn over Bhown in tho county. One
advantage of the exhibit this yea was
the fact that all displays wero artistic
ally placed on tables and within the
roach of aU.
Farmers from almost all the central
c.o!(n producing states were in evi
dence 'this morning. The unanimous
opinion of all was that Iowa nor Kan
sas nor any of the corn, states could
produce a better showing than was on
exhibit this week. All were unanimous
in declaring that if the corn display
ed this year was a sample of what the
Willamette valley could do, it would
not be necessary o live in the cold cen
tral states to produce a corn crop.
Credit' for putting the show on -is
duo ito L. J. Chapin, who has advocat
ed for the mast five years the growing
of corn. And it 5s through his efforts
that many farmers, at first discourag
ncl have continued DUttini in the crop
until this year, the quality was equal
to any grown in the east.
Report Given Of Road
Work Done In November
The following is a report of road
,nr1r Jnnn in Marion countv during the
mouth of November, 1918, as shown by
tho records in the county clem s omee:
Macadamizing, $1601.31.
Groveling, 1376.17.
Bridges, 946.53.
General repairs and miscellaneous
$5898.52. '
Now tools and machinery, 269.81.
Patrolmen's salary, $1321.20.
Paving, $150.
Total, $11,563.54.
Nnumber yards gravel hauled, 2117
Number yards rock hauled, 624.
Number yards rock crushed, 400.
Volunteer work Men, 19'a days;
teams, 7 days.
Christmas Vespers Sunday
At Presbyterian Church
PKriafmna vwinftr RCrvicCH W.ill bO
held at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday afternoon Dec. 22, beginning
at 5 o 'clock. Miss Joanna James one of
the coming vocalists of the city is on
the program and will sing "Oh Holy
Night," by Adams. The complete pro
gram is as follows:
Prelude.
Hymn No. 54, Hark the herald angel
sing. '
Prayer, Rev. Anderson.
Solo, Oh, Holy Night. (Adams), Miss
Joanna James.
Violin obligato, Miss Marian immons
Reading, Christmas night, from Ben
Hur, Mrs. Charles "William Nicmeyer,
Anthem,' O Little Town of Bethle
hem, (Nevin), the ehoir.
Rcitation. Glad welcome, Margaret
Purvine.
Recitation, Christmas night, Margar
et Wilson.
Song, Christmas lullaby, Marjorie
Marcus.
Recitation, Christmas bells, Robert
Bishop.
Anthem, Where is Het (Danks), the
Sunday school quartet.
Story, Pavlos of Tarsus, Mary Gil
bert.
Hymn No. 51, Joy to he world.
Appeal, Our offering, Joseph Nunn.
Offertory, March of the magi kings.
Play, Christmas spirit of 1918, Mro
fUranx &fcnrle. snirit of Christ
mas; Joiha. Locker, spirit of 1918.
Doxology. - I'osiiuae.
86 CENTS FOE EVERY
SQUARE YARD IS COST
OF COUNTY'S PAYING
Saba's Paving : Kant Was
j Rented For Constructing
r County Roads.
During the past year, Marion county
hag been constructing aspualtic con
crete roads at a cost of 86 cents per
square yard. In the form 'of a straight
road, the distance would be four and
three quarters miles and fifteen' feet
wide with a depth of three and one
half inehes. ".".-.
In this 86"ceuta is to be included the
7 cents a square yard paid the city
for use of its paving plant. During the
papt year everything that 'goes- into
the making of roads Tins been purchas
ed on the present high market, and
this includes an advance of 50 per cent
in asphalt over that of two years ago
and the radical advance. fjr labor.
Pay Salem
The city of Balom has been paid
$329(1, for the rent of its paving plant
the past few months. At the time tho
contract was made by the city council,
an effort was made to hold the county
up for 10 cents a superficial square
yard. The plant originally cost tho city
$4500, bought during 'the administra
tion of Harley O. White.
The following is the report of W. J.
Culver, county roadinnster, to the coun
ty court, placed on file today in the
office of the county clerk. The report
is on road building activities for the
past year:
"I have ithe following report to sub
mit to you concerning the asphaltic
concroto pavement laid by Marion coun
ty during 1918.
"On tho county road leading from
Salem to Silverton, 32,689 square yards
were laid. On the county road leading
from Salem to Wheatland, 4294 square
yards. A top was put. on the floor of
tho new steel bridge oerose ithe Wil
lamette river at Salem, requiring 3401
square yards. Also a top was put on the
mill Creek bridge at the east end of
State street taking 185 square yards.
The driveways at tho new Southern
Pacific dipot alt Salem were paved, re
quiring 2394 square yards, making a to
tal of 42,963 square yards.: ;
Total Cost $36,936
"This amount of paving is equiva
lent to four and three quarters miles
15 feet wide. The total cost of the
work as shown by the county clerk's
bodkg was $36,930, or very near 86
cents a square yard.
''On the roads tho pavemerit was
laid 15 feet wide and 3?4 i?-w deep,
the road bed having iirst Seen grad
ed and well rolled. The work of grad
ing and rolling "cost $4993 and this
amount is includod is tho above total
'The work at the Southern Pacific
depot was done on a cost plus 10 per
cent contract, the railroad -company
paying $2470.99 for ithe work.
'The paviing plant was rented of tho
city of Salem for 7 cents per square
yard and one dollar a day in addition
for the use of the tandem roller (68
days) making the total cost of renting
the plant $3290." .
SOCIETY
By CAROL S. DIBBLE.
-
(Continued ftom page 2.)
ty of Oregon and came u from Eu
gene today.
George MeGilchrist, another
son . in the spruce divis
ion at Vancouver, visited in Salem last
week, and his return the coming week
is dependant upon his obtaining an
other leave following so elbsely upon
his last furlough.
The pupils of Frank E. Churchill fnt:
tn-ipatcd in a musicale given at h
studio in the Opera houso building on
Sunday afternoon, when tho parents
and friends enjoyed the following pro
gram:
Freedom Forever March Crammond
Harritt Patterson ..
Fleeting Fancies .. Anthony
Gordon Barker - - .
Wayside . Chapel ,...-...t..L Wilson
. Fay Wolz - -
La Cinquintino Gabriel-Marie
Virginia Dorcas . . .
Cupids Frolic : ..... Miles
Lola Schultz.
Pixie Drill March Brown
Genevieve Campbell
ChimeB of tho Deep Ooeruoter
Lois Neptune
Orfa Grando Polka Gottscu,rK
Fern Winchcll -
Southern Twilight Bonner
Margaret Smith
Camp Firo Dreams Crammond
Ruby Dragcr
Amor Tourjic
Thelma Flako
Clouds in tho Wind , Kern
Francis Dirr
Sounds og Autumn Omor
Leolyn Barnctt
Dance of the Demons Hoist
Thelma Birdwell
La Scintilla : Gottschnlk
k: A
II: f - V H
Count Brockdorff Is
Dr. Solf's Successor
By Frank J. Taylor
(United Press staff correspondent)
Berlin, Dec. 20 (Night) The Ar-
beiter Soldatonrat, alt its final session,
adopted a measure providing for gov
ernment ownership of mines and all
essential industries. It also instructed
tho people's council to begin socializ
ing immediately.
Appoiritnont of Count Brockdorff
as foreign secretary, succeeding Dr.
Solf was formally announced.
CONFERENCE ASSEMBLES 29TH
Stockholm, Dec. 21. The conference
which will elect a , president of the
German republic will assemble Decem
ber 29, a Berlin dispatch stated today.
MISS Wil'NONA CLAIRE 8M,lTir
Who appeared on a recent program
given by the violin pupils of Miss
Elizabeth Levy.
PEACE DELEGATES
Continued from page one)
has no anxiety 'that the "horrors of
peace" will be worse than the "hor
rors of war."
Will Reach Just Solution
"I am confident that in common cour
sol," said tho president, "that the
statesmen of the world will bo able to
reach a just and reasonable solution of
the problems proscnted and earn tho
gratitude of the world for tiie most
critical and noceBsary service whicih
has ever been rendered to it."
President Wilson compared the Vien
na and Versailles congresses, pointing
out that the former was composed of
"bosses ' and that the delegates were
more concerned with the interests of
themselves and their classes than of
the peoples.
"The Versailles conference must be
a congress of tho pcoplo's servants,"
he said.
"No master mind capable of setting
today's problems exists. A man is a
fool who thinks he knows what is in,
the minds of all the peoples. It ia ncc-
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essary for us to put all oar heads to
gether and pool everything we possess
tor tho beuefit of the ideals common
to us all." 1
Lord Northclitfo, publisher of the
Times, gave a copy of the interview to
.1. - TTiTJ Tk
me umieu xrens. m
REORGANIZATION OF
(Continued from page one)
was neither coming homo now nor go
ing into Germany immediately; that
tho 83rd division never fought, though
some of its troops may have been in
j HIPPODROME i
O. W. Beam of Hollywood, rural routq
7, Salem, received through tho postofi buttle as replacements; that there lnno
fico a full sized Gorman hairnet, mad(J been constant difficulties in communi
of steel, camouflaged, and weighing 4 eating with tho Amorican forces nl
pounds. It was sent to him by his son Archanfel recently but apparently thorn
Muriun Heum, who happened to be on! was no reason for concern for their
tho fighting line about tho time the condition;' that const artillery (except
armistice was sigaed. Marion Beam en? divisional) and the air service abroad
listed from Butte, Mont., eleven days are being demobilized as rupidly ill
after war was declared 'and rocently possible. A system has been worked
has been serving as truck driver for .out whereby men designated for early
the fourth regiment of engineers. He convoy can obtain their mail without
writes that he saw some fine airplane interruption.
fights and that tho Americans were too
EVILLE
much fur the Huns in the air fighting.
The Richmond school now has a rec
ord of 100 por cent in memberships for
tho Red Cross, and this includes teach
ers as well os pupil's.
Some boy who bad a grouch against
tho Grant junior high school and a gon
crul spirit of cuBScdncss, broke into the
FORMER GERMAN
i
Continued from page one)
however, emphatically deny ,hat ho was
in any way implicated in any such con
spiracies. Without consenting to bo
quoted on this point, Von Bornstori'f
roiterntcd his stntoment made on leav-
school building last night and did all u.n" Btatos la m7 namiy,
the damage that a boy could in a short tlint he had done everything la Bis
time. Ho climbed up the back fire e I f. . . r. ""-
cape, knocked out a window pane anl I United Statos. . Ho assorted that he had
unfastened the window. Then he tore "J" for mometn doubted the gravity
oi me error on tno pari 01 tne Kaiser's
:SUNDAY:
-3 SELECTED ACTS 3-
WILL II. FIELDS and LA ADELIA
Presents
"THE JANITOR AND THE MAHT
DuBOIS and MILLER
Purveyors Of Up-To-Date "Nut Comedy"
ELDORA and COMPANY
in
Comedy And Sensational Juggling
GLADYS LESLIE and EDWARD EARLE
In A Blue Ribbon Feature
"THE LITTLE RUNAWAY"
down all tho inside wooden shades he
could find in each room and pilod them
in tho halls. Then took out the drawer
in each desk of tho teachers and strew
ed tho contents all over tho rooms. Then
ho went itno the basement and tore out
a lot of bricks in tho furnase and then
knocked over a stove. Tho police have
tho boy spotted.
The Marlon county clerk, TJ. G. Boy-
er, is not permitted to issuo automobilo
government.
Returning to the subject of the
lcnguo of nations, which, with the ex
ambassador, as with every othcr Ger
man in official life, seems to bo tlio
paramount issue of the hour, BeinstorfJ
said:
"All clussus of Germans are hopeful
that the league will be created. This
sentiment is not new. A majority of
the Gorman peoplo have long held the
view that the whole future of humanity
licenses. This information is given as Uj,, a worl(i orgallization u
quito a number of peoplo have been
this kind. Many of us wero already
consistently advocating tho idea, oven
during the days when the German ar-
BLIGH
"FIGHT FOR
MILLIONS"
culling at the county clerk's office in
quiring for auto licenses. The right
'T " usi..e 'Umiw, ,md every pro,poct ot vi(!tory j,,
the offico of the secretary of state In tj,e ftel . r '
.o C .U0. uuiming, wucro mo sign "I order to further the clan in arnr
I way possible in Germany, we have
founded a German league of nations so-
rcuils "auto licenses."
Notwithstanding the Information giv
en from Washington, D. C, that all re
strictions have been taken off the mill-
ciety with a membership representing
all classes of political opinion. These
members include Jfrieurico tbert, Hu-
ing of flour, grocers hero feel that forg0 Haasc, Prince Max of Baden, my
tho present there will be uo prico eh an
gcs. The impression was gaining
ground that flour would now bo eheap
and feed stuffs high. With all restric
tions taken off, the throttlo is open
wide for speculators and just to consid
er the situation, a meeting has been
called for next Monday at Portland to
find out just what tbo new orders of
the government mean end what affect
it will have on the prices of flour hero.
Oscar Saari and his wife died at Un
ion a few days ago, within 48 hours
of each other. It is thought they drank
wood alcohol, taken as a preventive for
influenza.
self and numerous other prominent men
in German government affairs.
"A few months ago such an open so
ciety would have been bitterly assaii
ed by the Pan-German press, but no
the society meets universal indorse
ment. .
"Personally, I have felt sympathetic
toward such league ever since Presi
dent Wilson's speech on the subject la
May, 1915. Unfortunately, hovafi
my views then found little sympathy
in the imperial government. But I
have always favored the league, not on
ly since the break ln relations between
the United States and Germany but be
fore that event," i