I 5000 CIRCULATION (25,000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEKVIQH - WuUi2r Report rl r 7 I I JMmm "If Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday rain west portion; rain or snow east portion; strong easterly winds on the coast. UK .V. r 'it r FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 28. ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVF. fKWTS SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS d vn r ; ri s II - LI HI MM h. i i. i i s ii if ri ii i n r s n t i . ". GERMANS THREA TEN TO USE SPARTA CA NS TO GAIN ENDS THEY DESIRE WON'T SIGN TERMS ARE SAY TEUTON OM Intimate That Government Would R Leaving Rad icals In Power, Which would Create Choatic Condi tion. Accordingly, Germans Would Be Unable To Pay Indemnities And Would Menace Rest Of Europe. By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press staff correspondent) ' Weimar, Germany, Feb. 9 (Delayed) Tho German government may st tempt to use the Spartacnns as a wenp--on to force the allies into nicking terms of the. pence settlement loss severe, ao cording to reports in circulation here today. "liovcrmncit officials openly declaro tlicy will refuse to sign the treaty if its provisions "are unrensonchlfi." They intimated that the government would resign, turning tho oouutry over to tho rndical elements, which they be would immediately croi,to a chaotic con dilion, Geruiany would thus not only bo un iilde to pay any indemnities, but, in -the belief of government officials, would menace the rest of Europe"with the threat of tho Spartnc&n movement threading. This condition, somo Ger mans argue, would be no worse than the "commercial slavery " they foresee rom tho peaco settlement. Tho mentai attitude of,' the military class .in Ger many hiiiTctavcloped during the last two jnotitlt from one of absolute depression to defiance aiid gencrnl co.idcmiintioi of the entente. The chango has been wrought, it is said, by tho lack of sym ytAhy in the entente countries for the present economic, social and political conditions in Germany. Militarists Confident Germniis who still retain the old mil iteristic ideals are confident that in en so the government should turn' the cotiiinittoo over to the Spartacnns the allies weuld not attempt to oecupy the remainder of Germany for somo time. As one pan-GoriiiKn is. reported to luive said: "Tho world is sick of war; thero is unrest everywhere, and the en tente can't take Germany anywir." Tho foreign office is seizing upon everything possible to protest to tho al lies, as part of the general resistance. Count Bcrnstorff lies joined tho demo crats md become the government's twincipal adviser on foreign affairs. He publicly accuses France of chang ing tho boundaries of Lorraine. "It is verv evident," ho said recent ly, "that France proposes, if possible, to seize the purely German Saar basin The government of Germany has pro tested agi:inst arbitrary changes in the Lorraine frontier, yet CleinenCoau per sists in claiming the Saar basin." Condemned Seizing of Provinces. This same sentiment was evident ir Chancellor Ebert 's speech before the national assembly condemning the "seizure of Alsace-Lorraine and the de layed repatriation of German war pris oners, while Edward David, president of tho assembly, showed the same open del'innce in his greeting to "our captive Alsatian and Lorrainian brothers." There is a strong movement under . ABE MARTIN Yon Kin alius tell a feller that's married a cobweb chaser by th' way he. brihgtens up when you speak kind ly t' him. Even when some folks know ther right they haint got git enough t', go ahead. - rv Tl ATY IF TOfe IEVERE, ICIALSM END THERE TODAY way for ,)0Htical neutralization of the .foreign office, to enable old, experi enced officials under Foreign Miniate lirocKUortr-Kuntj.an to present a stronir and united front ut tho peaco confer ence. The national assembly will take up foroi.gn problems Tuesday. They will be submitted to open debate and thei will bo worked out by committees. The newspapers, in nddition to nub- lishing numerous articles from supposed rcsiaentg or Aisnce-Liorraine, calling for liberation from tho French, continue to -quoto various state secretaries as de manding return of the German colonies. TRANSPORTATION IN LONDON NORMAL English v Face Nation-Wide Electric Workers Walk . OutNext London, Feb. 10. 'With transporta tion in the London district again normal,- a9 a result of settlement of the subway strike, Great Britain faced the possibility of a nation wide walkout of electricians. The national execu tive committee of the electricians union at Manchester ordered a gener al ballot on the .question of demanding a forty hour week. It affects thirty thousand electricians. The situation in Belfast is unchang ed but the Irish rubor congress at a special session in Dublin, decided to demand a forty hour week and fifty to 100 percent wage increases, with a minimum weekly wage of $13. Before acting on these demands it is necessary that the workers must ap prove them. They have been given three weeks to do so. Strikers in Glasgow arc reported to bo gradually returning to work. The London tube strike, it was esti mated today resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in wages through the inability of men and women to get to their work. BeiMin? Trades Workers Wclk Out Tomorrow Morning New York, Feb. 10. A walkout of fifty thousand building trades woskers in many eastern territorie will take Iplaeo tomorrow morning, according to an ordor issued by William L. Ruech- eson, president of the United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners. Tho strike will be on all jobs of the Building Trades Employers' associa tion and will te in sympathy with the 'carpenters, who are demanding a wage increase of 1 a day, according to uutcneson. Predict Anti-Carranza Movement In Mexico Washington, Feb. 10. An anti-Car-ranza movement in Mexico, when the Mexican congress meets in special ses sion April 1, was predicted here today in circles, known to be in close touch with the so called revolutionary fac tions. Carranza has summoned the congress for the announced pnrpose of framing legislation repealing his confiscatory oil decrees of last summer. Arrest Strike Leader For Evading Draft law I-awronce, Mass., Feb. 10. Ime Kap lan, secretary of the general committee jof tho striking textile workers here, was ai-.L-su-u luuny ay ciiy ana siare ponce, charged with evading the draft Iew by failing to register. He was held for fed crl authorities. Kaplan, who Is a Bussian, with rtdi- up'cal ideas, assumed leadership of the strike last week. ATIEMPT fOR GENERAL SIRIKE IN TACOMA IS Union Men Expect To See Se attle Strike Coliajjse Be fore Long. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. lO.The attempt at a genorcl strike in Tacoma, fore doomed offspring of shipyard strike leaders, breathed its last at 8 o'clock this morning, after four days of dis sension thst threatened to split the ranks of organized labor wide open. Workers in all unions not nffiliated with the metal trades council who wore ordered out last week returned to their jobs. . ' Acting "independently of Secttle, the general strike committee Sunday after noon passed a resolution for all these crafts to return to work, declaring that "the gonoral striko has fulfilled its mission in showing the solidarity of la bor. Tacoma union men expected to soo the Seattle general striko collapse soon. I The failure of tho attempted genertl striko lost the shipyard Btrike c-s it was before the general walkout was or dered by the Central Lsbor Council last Wednesday night. The striko commit tee will await joint action with the Se attlo Metal Trados toward 8' possiblo settlement. Members of metal trades unions who are not shipyard workers and who ere riot employed in contract shops tied up with tho shipyard aro released from the strike ordor. Sheet metal workers arc loeited out. ' PROCllPRliPLE OF NON-INTERVENTION Associated Powers Expected To Do This With Regard To Russia In Few Days . By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Feb. 10. The associated pow ers are expected within a fow days to prociuiiu formally tho principle of non intervention i Kussia, militarily or pol itically, it was learned from a reliable source today. It is possible to stt to fur further in this connection they will car ry out their intention to withdraw as rapidly as possiblo the troops now on Russian territory. This s the outcome of the Angle American representations made to Franco ten dr.ys ago which was exclu sively reported by the United Press. Advices from northern Russia indicate it will be impossible to got boats to Archangel for several weeks as that port is tightly frozen in. The allies do not desire to withdraw their forces from Murmansk while their troops Ere still on the Archangel front as that would leave the latter exposed to an attack from the west. The British, however, aro understood to bo mobilizing a lcrge fleet c ice crushers and operations in the mean time, even- local offensive movements, will be designed solely to expedite evac uation. Before the joint conference convenes at Prilikipos Island, -it is believed that an understanding may be reached by the soviet government and tho associa ted powers regarding cessation of hos undcr present conditions to both sides. Phoenix Has Soldiers And Workers Council Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 10. Phoenix to day has a soldiers and workers' coun cil as tho latest addition to its labor organizations. It was formed at a mass meeting held here yesterday. Its official act was the passage of a resolution fav oring censorship by the typographical union of all matter regarding union la bor ent to newspaper composing rooms for publication. Tho council demanded the release of all "political and industrial prison ers" and of all prisoners of war, and immediate withdrawal of American troops from Kussia. About a dozen soldiers and sailors in uniform attended. Four members of the lower house of the Arizona legisla ture, spoke in favor of the movement. Several other state officials were present. U. I TROOPS DRIVE OUT STRIKERS FROM L W. W. HALL IN BUTTE TODAY ' Alleged That German Son?s Were Bsmg Sung At WorkimsMecfeg. Butte, Mont., Feb. 10. United States troops drove returned soldiers and strikers, at the point of tho bayonet, from the I. Wi ,W. hall this morning. Two' men and one woman were slightly hurt by bayonet thrusts. It is alleged tho strikers and returned servieo men were singing German songs. Tho shoriff and county attorney told tho ejected crowd to return to tho hall and continuo their meeting. No arrests woro made. .Tho stoppage of transportation here this morning was affected by pickets who persur.ded tho crews to tako their cars to the barns. Most of tho unions have selected del egates to the workers', sailors' and sol diers' council which claims to control tho local situation. ' Soldiers Picketing. Five hundred returned soldiers nrc picketing the mines today. With the exception of the engineers, e11 workers of the Butte mines are striking today. It is believed the efforts to get the engineers to walk out will succeed dur ing tho day. ' Tho strikers are jubilant. They are confident the Btrike, will soon become general. They spj a' few days must be allowed to permit all tho unions to vote. Returned soldiers who donned their uniforms are picketing the mines. They number moro tbn a thousand. This action oil thoir part is "tho talk of the town." Tho Butte Army and Ncvy League voted 80 to 30 Sunday afternoon in fa vor of a goneral strike. Mass meetings were held all day Sun day, extending far into the night. One hundred Unitod States troops as rived in Butte Sunday from San Fran cisco to strengtUnn.ithe company which has been on duty liere. FAVORS RE-ESTABLISHING OF DEATH PENALTY IN OREGON As Bill Now Stands Life Im prisonment May Be Substi tuted, Jury Deciding. By a vote of 22 to 8, the senate today went on record in favor of submitting to the people of the state the question of re-establishing the death penalty for murder or treason committed in the first degree. The senate passed the sonato joint resolution 21, which refers to the people a constitutional amend ment providing that jurieg which hear murder or treason cases shall incorpor ate in their verdict of guilty a- stata mcnt as to whether tho person found guilty shall be executed or be given life imprisonment. As originally introduced by Senator Dimick, the proposed amendment inad' the death penalty compulsory for per sona convicted of murder or treason in the first degree. The judiciary com mittee introduced a substitute for that resolution, the substitute providing for cither tho death penalty or life impris Some of the law makers of I GERMAN PEOliiAL CONSTITUTION WAS; PRESENTED TODAY President And Premier To Be Elected When Assembly Ratifies It Weimar, Germany, Feb. 9. Tho pro visional constitution of the: new .Ger man republic is expected to be present ed to the national assembly for ratifi cation tomorrow (Monday). Ag soon as it is adopted the Assembly will pro" cecd to select a provisional German president and promior. The tentative draft of tho constitu tion, which was drawn up under tho di rection of Hugo Preuss, secretary of the interior, was presented to the special constitution committee on.' yestorday, but it is understood to follow so closely the ideas entertained by a ma jority of tho delegates that little re drafting would be necessary. An upper house would bo established Bimilnr to the old bundesrnth. Its mem bers will be appointed by and represent the governments of tho farmer states. Fintl veto of measures, however will be shorn from the upper houso end plnced in the hands of tho national assembly. Tho executive branch of the govern ment will consist of a president, a pre mier and fourteen ministors. All parties have united in asking that tho sittings of "the assembly bo trans ferred to Berlin after Kastor. The as sembly sessions continuo comparatively smooth. BANDITS HLD tTP BANK .... Minneapolis, Minn.. Feb. 10 Five armed, unmaskod bandits hold up the Liberty State bank here today and es capod with $10,000 cash and 115,000 in liberty bonds." " v : i " : r onmcnt, leaving it to the jury to state which. Tho resolution which came from the committee als0 provided that the death penalty should bo imposed by hanging nnd at tho suggestion of Senator Eddy the senntb gavo unanimous consent to amend by providing that tho method of execution may be provided by futuro legislation, but until such legislation is enacted hanging shall bo employed. "I don't caro what method wo use, just so wo got them," said Bcnator Dimick, when Senator Eddy suggested the change. "We have tho apparatus already established for necktlo parties, , and persons who commit cold blooded murder snouia not nave cnoico as to haw they die." No opposition was expressed to the proposed amendment in tho discussion, but eight senators voted against it. The voto was as follows: Yes Baldwin, Bell, Dimick, Eber liard, Eddy, Farrcll, Howell, Huston, Lnchmud, LaFollctt, Mnscr, Nickelsen, Orton, Patterson, Pierco Porter, Ritne.r, Smith, of Coos, Smith of Josephino, Thomas, Wood, President Vinton. -No. Banks, Gill, Handley, Hurley, I Jones, Norbhvd, Shanks, Strayor. UNDER THE BI the Oregon House of Represeatatives, who are mentioned . reports. - I IT::.i. vrt- tt n ' untwists int nave uune uacn 10 wurK uiu ie lie quested To Stop Again, Then At Specified Time All Strikers Will Go Back To Work In Solid Body, Says E. B. Ault, Union Spokesman. . Seattle, Wash., Deb. 10. The sym pathetic striko of 70,000 union labor ers hero which brought practically all indusWy to a standstill for several days will end at noon tomorrow. This announcement was made this afternoon by E. B. Ault, spokesman for tho unions. All unionists who have returned to their jobs will bo requested by the goneral strike committee to walk out again for a limitod period with the un derstanding that at tho end of that time all the unions that have taken part in tho sympathetic strike will go back in a body as solid ns when they came out. This plan was adoptod by the executive committee in order to demonstrate that the organized labor movement of this city is not "all shot to pieces" as some have claimed and to show that tho rank and filo of the workers can stand solidly together At 1:4.1 this afternoon tho streotcnr men were stopping work as fast as they got to the end of their runs and turned in their cars. The decision to end tho strike was reached today at meeting of the bis strike committee of 330 labor leaders representing 110 unions. Ask for Walkont Again The committee issued a requost thrft all union men who have returned to their jobs since the ympathetio striko began Fobruary 6, walk put again and stay out until ptmorrow lioon. -J' This request was . diroctod par,(icn Jarly at the strnotcar men who had re turned to thoir work todny. Ault said that at 1:45 tho streetcar men were stopping work as fast as they got to the end of their runs, and wero turn ing in thoir cars. "At noon tomorrow all unions that have taken part in the sympathetic strike will go back to work in a body, ng solid as when they came out," said Ault "This plan was adopted by tho exec utive committoo in order to demon strate that the organized labor move ment of thlg city is not 'all shot to pieces' as some have claimed, and to show that tho rank and file of the workers can stand solidly together." Mayor Hanson has asserted since aSturday that tho .backbone of the strike has been broken. Business Is Resuming After 100 hours of more or less com pleto industrial tie up, Seattlo was to day beginning to get a perspective on the goneral striko launched by 70,000 workmen hero to back up tho wage demands of shipyard workers. The sympathetic strike situation seemed to have nearly burned itselt out, with many union men again at work and tho general strike committee debating the date of official strike termination. The strikers were not yot prepared to givo thoir full estimate of its con sequences to labor, employers nnd the community further than to assert that as a demonstration of solidarity it has been both successful and effective. "The attempt to overthrow tho ex isting industrial status," said Mayor Hanson, has proven a complete fail- G CAPITAL DOME Benton 0N6 ORIGINAL DRAFTERS OF Tlie OdCCON krW r i 'm 'mt l- linn ti n "iNwas, on a huge scale, sabotas the throwing of a wooden Bhoe, or the 'cat' ns the I. W. W. term it into tho gear of an entire community's in dustrial machinery. "Thousands of laborers in Soattlo were induced," continued the mayor in an exclusive statement to the Unit ed Press today, "to go into this gen eral strike without sensing its import, its logical consequences and its dan gers to organized labor through a rre cedent, if successfully practiced wojld invalidato nil contracts betweoj em ployes and employers. . i .. Saw Dangers "The international officers of th American Federation of Labor who re-, fused to sanction this striko action ea the part .of their Seattle locals, knew whai it meant. They . Baw plainly, i have no doubt, the danger of using the pet weapon of syndicalism and of taking the first step on a road which local radical leaders admitted led thoy ' knew not whero. ' "And tho bolshovist element her knew well toward what it led disin tegration of the Americnn, democratic typo of labor organizatioo, together with the overthrow of the present or der of government in this country. , "That must hne been, plain' to any. the light fill, intelligent iporson in Bo- at'tlo who shared the city's fantastie experiences and who heard ond rend tU.a revolutionary; statfmcntSj that at tempted o set up here" tho c.rod of a disruptive movement throughout the. nation a movement fundamentally op posed to tho foundations on which, Aiu eaica has risen. ' "Seattlo is today a portent and a lesson which every American commu nity ought to study with all the visioa and 'precautionary wisdom it can mus ter. The sentiment of the men to whom the sympathetic strikers looked for guidance was summed up in this offi cial statement: - "While ouo or two organizations) have taken action ordering their mem bers back to work on the theory that it was nccossary to keep them intaot, tho effort to create a gcuornl stam pede has signally failed" Stormy Labor Meeting Ono of the bitterest meotings eve held in tho labor temple occurred Bun day, consorvativos and radicals clash ing time and again over the settlement 1s.Hiie. The action of six unions i breaking away was resented by those that voted to continue tho strike, the delegates of tho latter complaining; that this was playing into tho hands cf the employers. Dissatisfaction ove the breaking of the general strike was expressed by shipyard workers' delegates. Tho Monday meeting wag in sessloa by 9 a. m. end was expected to be in tense for the greater part of the day. A cnmpaignl to call Btrikes in every " shipyard in the United States, t "force the issue of our just demand in some manner," is contemplated by Metal Trade Councils officials, a a (Continued on page six) frequently in he newspaper , ,.,.;.,.. ,,. Mm : CI' fUm,