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! 5000 CIRCULATION I (25,000 BEADEBS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- enteed by the Audit Bureau of . Circulations : FULL LEASED WIRE : DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL- LEY NEWS 8SKVICE Weather Report m , Oregon: Tonight and Friday fair, eentle.' variable winds, mostlv easterly. FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 31. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVK P. NTS ..... .,feSPSIfiaissi' ' " .' FIGHTING MAKOR SAYS ACTUAL REflLUTiOH PLANNED B 'STRIKERS States That Lack Of Violence In Strike Was Due To Pre - cautions Made By Municipal Authorities To Preserve , Order. But Intent Of Anarchisfs, As Openly An nounced By Them, Was To Overthrow Industrial System, First In Seattle, Then Everywhere In United States. (United Press staff correspondent) By Ole Hanson, Mayor of Seattle. battle, Wash., Feb. 13 Seattlo ' Ronorti-1 strike of 70,000 luborers was an attempt at a revolution. The plan was to start the revolt here and have it spread to other cities. These statements were mado in an ex clusive sh-temeiit t0 tho Unitod Press today by Olo Hanson, mayor of Seattle He said tho strike bred no disorder be cause every precaution had been taken to preservo order. The strikers, he said, "saw determin ed men, ready with .rifles and machine .gnus ninniiod by un American 'ncp and his company. "They came. They saw Aim lenr con quered." The so-called "sympnvierte strike" in Sec-tile was an nttempieo. revolution. That there was no violence doosn't niter tho fact, though the anarchists who fomented it are using mat as au argument to deny their revolutionary intent to the men who blindly followed .them and who are today beginning to understand how dangerously thvy wore misled. There was no violence because evory jireeautioii had been taken against it. Strikers came in droves to the police stations. They saw determined men, ready, with rifles and machine guns manned by an American 'ace' and his company. : They came. T'icy saw. And fear con quercd The intent, openly nnd covertly an nounced, wag for overthrow of the in dustrial system; hero first, then every where. Plied Witli Propaganda. No Russian city could have beon more assidiously plied with soviet prop....a gandi than was Seattle just prior to and during the tie-up. : After the strike had been called, and Hie radicals were beginning to show their colors more franklv. the nroDosa; to take over all private and municipaj industries wits actually put to a vote in striko councils and missed adoption by a narrow margin only. This but led Jo redoubled efforts by the Bolsheviki. The strikers, through newspaper no tices, decreed that: the public is ad vised to go home and sty at home after eight at night; we will police the city; Awe will supplv such food as we think necessary; and nothing can operate ex cept on our permission. The nwner nf n. tnxicab comnanv WR-F tSfrn Talks By Legislators tovictists half the proceeds. Their plans exactly followed those of tho Russian revolutionists. Each union was to operate itg own industry. "Labor," said the strikers' official organ, "will not only shut down indus tries Labor will re-open - under the i x.-UUr i anrgomcnt of the appropriate trades, (Continued on page two) ABE MARTIN Sometimes a marriage is such a fail wre that a feller '11 find himself payin' fer his weddin' clothes an' his divorce unit out of th' same weekly salaryi Borne people git further on promise? than most of us do on money. If COOPERATION, SECRET m 'ibis Is Keynote Of Paper Read By Robert Paulus At Wal nut Growers Meeting. . There was recently a meeting of Ore gon walnut growers in Portland. It brought out representatives of the nut industry from all parts of tho state and served to shed a lot of light on a "shell game ' ' that will 0110 dav produce prod igious wealth for the state. Parenthe tically, it might be stated ths-t the com mon attitude of the Portland press to; ward the industry that did not directly concern the metropolis wus shown in tli J fact that not a lino of report on tin meeting was visible. Several representatives from this part of the valley were present, among them President Kobort Paulus, of tho Com mercial Club, wh0 contributed a think starting papar on the subject ot co-operation and marketing. Probably no matt in Oregon is in better position to speak advisedly on these topics, for long years of wrestling with the prune industry und its tough-skinned prob lems has "put him wise." Some of hi.' statements should have a wider -circui lation than a meeting of nut-growej;s, Ho sc-ys: "'Experience seems to show that when you are in the direst straits co operation will save you; but you" will have as littlo to do with it as possiblt unless you are in straits There is prob ably less co operation in this country among farmers and mercnanrs Man in an? other big line. We suspect they are overlooking something, The farm' (Continued on page two) OF AUTO SHOW MADE HIT On Good Roads Enthusias tically Received. Although various other affairs in keeping with Lincoln's Birthday were f.ttracung people last evening, iuci wag a very g00d turnout at the opening n, Au(omobile Bhow the .m nonor 01 me ocus.on ine enure oai- I.i . . 1 , i. . j. 1 .. m ... ouuy uau vocu uiupu nun mo imuuuai g I colors, a-na wuu a buuu puuiuiix ux u- tos, resplendent ia untarnished enamel ' and nickel plate, ranged around the I building, the armory presented a most 'attractive scene. The fore part of the evening was occupied with selections from the group of young violinists, who played in very good form Several beau tiful vocal solos were contributed by Mrs. Sabine Bent It of or, who was twice called beck to the platform. Robert Paulus, acting as chairman of the meeting, mado a few appropriate ro rasrks with regard to the growth of the automobile industry, in Balcm during the past twenty years. Introduced at first as the precarious plaything of the rich, it had gradually increased its util ity until now it has become an indis pensable factor in our industries. It hue become one of the greatest assets of Dip J city, both in tho matter of invested cap ital and the number of people which it employs. He predicted that the time was at hand when Salem would be the leading city iu the state iu the num ber of cutoa to the population. As the fruit industry develops, the demand for ears and trucks will proportionally in crease. At no time has the value of the gasoline vehicle beau so strikingly dem I" onstrated as in tho ptst season, wneu tractors, trucks and ears made up for the shortage of horse and human la bor t-nd saved hundreds of toi;S of fruit and other products. He commended the dealers of the city, headed by Manager Iee L Gilbert, for "their enterprise in launching the first automobile show. (Continued on page two) PRISON MAINTENANCE FUND CUT $31,262 Ways And Means Also Sliced Big Margin Off rotary Af fairs Request .Warden Stevens, of the Oregon State Penitentiary was cut $31,202 in the amount that he asked of the joint ways and mecus committee for maintaining the pen the coming two years, ujs fig ures were $324,040 and the committee allowed $292,782. Two years ago the legislators impro priated $289,705 but it developed that the population of Oregon's famous re sort is gradually becoming smaller until the number of broardcrs today Is about 800. It was als0 developed that it costs tho state of Oregon just & trilto over one dollar a day per capita to keep its convicts. The overhead expense is es timated at 70 per cent and food and such 30 cents on ei-.-ch dollar. The raise of salary for the warden was not touched by the joint committee as it decided to not tako into considera tion salary raises in placing its figures for tho coming budget. The $000 a year for chaplains came in for some criti cism. It is understood that Warden Stevens would rather use " this c-mount is- having prominent speakers como to the pen and deliver addresses !io li brary, music and amusement fund is estimated st $500 a year. A lettor from the governor was read, recommending that tho'ways and means committee appropriate $40,000 for the purthaso of additional lands for the penitentiary. It is understood that the farm of Mrs. Fannie Hubbard, with 201 acres, is considered, at $200 an acre. An other trevt costing much less per acre is also under consideration. . , The State Industrial School for girls was allowed $300 extra to build a hog house, $250 for Bhods, $200 for cement walks and $250 to repair the barn. In stead of buying a new auto, the commit tee figured that the Ford now on hand could be turned in o a new Ford and $000 extra was allowed. For this institution $52,820 was asked but the committee cut it down, to $30,- 20G. . .- -- '' "V"j5".-. The amount asked ' for the suprome court, $97,050, was allowed with no dis cussion Tho state printing department wa3 given the amount it asked for, $H- 400. ' ' The Patton Home for tho Friendless, in Portland, asked for $14,000 and was given $12,000. Tho Board of Control asked for $18, 000 and $16,000 was allowed. The gov ernor wrote a letter to the committee asking that the salary of R.. B. Uoouiu, secretary of the board of control, be rained from $200 a month to $250. No action was taken on the recommenda tion as the committee had decided not to act on, any salary raises, awMitmg action of the house and senate. Wires wore working between Denver The Feebleminded Institute was al- and San Francisco, however. Tho Pos lowed $50,000 to build two dormitories tal telegraph had no wires east oi uea and Mr. Smith was instructed to take ver and La Junta. $1200 out of the maintenance land to Storms between Denver and Kansas buy an auto Tho institution asked for $345,700 for the coming two years and got $337,500. The maintenance cbU- mate was made last October on a war basis. Tho figure was cut as t com- mittee believes living costs will gradu- ally become lower. The doepest slash made by the ways and means committee wg for military affairs, $298,205 was asked for and tho committeo allowed only $100,000. For the naval militia. $30,710 was asked on a war basis and $10,000 allowed. The office of the state engineer was allowcd the amount asked for and the state water board was treated like- wise. Tho exhibit of Oregon products in the Oregon building at Portland, was given $10,000, while $15,157 was asked, ' ' , The Albanr Creamery association representing about 1000 dairymen, haa voted to join the Oregon Dairy council H-L-IDLEMAN S&55OPA TO QB KNOWrt A5 30MNE.SS W ft.r what Jht: -A trio of representatives which is helping to make ON RETAILERS CLOSE SUCCESSFUL TifE DAY SESSION Banquet Of Marion County Products Last Night Made Fitting End To Meeting. Hilarity and oratory, a feast of Ore- gou products,-the glow of color andjw 'headauarters wero released todav. strains .of music made up a fitting cli - max to the three-day session of the Or cgou Retailers convention. In the Com mercial Club auditorium last night, with betutifully decorated tables seat ing 200 delegates and citizens, there was a scene of gaiety and good fellow ship long to be remembered. King Bing Fullorton, of the Cherri ans, was chairman of the occasion. whilo F. IS. Dcckcbth, the effervescent and irrepressible, acted as toastmaster, ' introdimina- tho features of the even- ing in his own style. The fore part of the evening was brightened with "vocr.l solos bv Oscar B. Gingrich, Mrs. Styles. ' Albert Gillo and Mrs,, Ada Miller, all of whom were greeted with insistent en- cores Tho feast began with Loju and ended with cigars, and with one or two ex ceptions tho entire menu was the pro duct of Marion county. There was lo ganberry juice, , roust beef.' boiled tonguo, veal lonf, boiled ham, bean sal ad, potato salad, cream and Roquerfort cheese, bread and butter, olives, pickles, spiced and dried prunes, coffee, cukes and cigars; to say nothing of the gor geous cluster of flowers. Even the elo (Continued 'on page two) WIRE COMMUNICATION W IT H EAST IS CUTOFF--BIG STORMS 1 Lines Betweerr Denver And Causes Main Trouble.---Worst Prostration Of Tele graph Service In Years Doe To Storm Of Unusual Proportions In Central States San Francisco, Feb 13.-The whole Pacific elope was prpetically cut off from tho east today. Telephone companies snnounccd through the Pacific Telephone and Tclo graph company that all of their wires were down. 'i'lio Western Union stated it nad one Bhaky wire working direct with Chictr 1 an. but that no wires were working direct between Denver and Chicago. city caused the slmost total failure of communication, it was explained.' Wire men believed the storm must have been of unusual proportions. Have Just On Wire. Denver, Colo., Feb. 13. , The worst prostration of wire communication into Denver from tho east in years naa prac- tically cut off this city today from the great news events in Europe. ' One government wire and -a tcBt" line over which the American Telephone and Telegraph company ws making frenzied efforts to tenure commtiuica- tion wero the only connections between Denver and the east this morning, : Sleet storms last night in Nebraska and Kansas carried down all wires of the Bell company, the Western fj'nioa and the Postal Telegraph. The eenoral breakdown occurred 87 miles east of North Platte, Neb., and between Kinsley end Btairora, nan. UNDER THE CAPITAL r-r- , i rs i t i l mn i- rivvvu . p "n ninii fc,4 .'I r I ' THAT HE ISA 1!, .11 ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL PRESIDOITJSCLOSED Records Of I. W .Y. Leaders Looked Into With fe Of Weeding Out Undesirables. Chicago, Feb. 13. Records of I. W. Y. leaders hero were scrutinized today by federal officers with a view to as sisting iu cleaning out undesirable ali ens. Twontv-six 'men arrested at I. W Dut officers were instructed to wctch carefully for any violation of federal laws. Chicago police revealod in connection with this activity, an alleged plot to assassinate President Wilson a.o pos sibly Secretary McAdoo. Tho revela tion followed arrest nt Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, of Pietro Piorre, an 1. ,V. VV member recently released from Lcavon- worth. Pierre will bo taken to Kn-nsas City for trial on charges of violating federal lows. Hi9 part in the alleged ossassmc-tion plot was revealed by two loyal Italian prisoners. Officers had trsiled him un- successfully through the west. His as- soeiates in tho supposed plot wero not found. ' Says He Isn't I. W W. Cleveland, Ohio, Fel), lit Pietro Pier re, radical leader is to be arraigned be fore federal authorities next Wednes day, on a charge of threatening tho life of President Wilson and members of his cabinet. It was learned today. Pier re today denied the charge. He said ho had been arrested previously by federal officials as interpreter in reading a res olution before a meeting of socialists. Ho says ho in not an anarchist or a member of tho I. WW. . Kansas City Are Down, Which These two storm areas aro in tho two principal wire zones cast of Denver. Formerly when o'io failed the other was generally availablo, but tho loss of both avenues cut Denver off complete ly. - The financial district of Denver was hit hard by tho loss of brokers' wires Inability of the brokors to obtain stock market quotations brought trading practically to a standstill. Blizzards In Nebraska Omaha, Neb., Feb. 13 Storms . in Western and Central Nebraska today reached blizzard proportions, ncording to reports hero, The blizzard was moving eastward today, according to weather bureau of ficials, who predicted it would reach OmaliB. before night. Omaha school children were sent to their homes at noon iu anticipation of tho storm. , Reports from interior Nebraska suid the storm was ono of the worst in many years. It was accompanied by a sovero drop in temperature. North Tlntte re ported the mercury at 10 above shortly after noon. Fruit growers fear tho temperature will cause heavy damt'ge to crops Be ccit warm weather, they said, had started sup in fruit trees. Livestock on western ranges also wes feared for. Old miners at La Touche and Enno cott, Alaska, have added extra shifts; operating now nearly on a pre-war basis. legislative history. Senate Paving Scrap Was Continued Over Into Today's Session Is Proving To Be One Of Hard est Fought Battles Ever Waged Ia Higher House. This afternoon the fight over the four anti patonted paving bills is still on, dragging out into one of tho log est and -hardest fought verbal battles ever waged dn the Oregon legislature. It is expected a vote will be token some time this afternoon which will decide the course of the road legisla tion of the present session of tho leg ie'ature , If the paving bills aro amended by the adoption of the minority report to Hufnntml thnf mnill mnnn nnnnuilinn fn t'ho $10,000,000 bonding bill from some or mo supporters or w paving bills. Warning to this effect has 'been given both by President Vinton and Sjnator Thomas. The debate on the bill( began at ii o'clock yes V"rda.v aJternoon, contin ued lor nearly rour nours and then was resumed at 10 o'clock this morn ing. ' When tho bills came on for consid eration. Senator Thomas moved to adopt, tho majority report on senate bill 07, which wus favoraWe to the bill as amended, and engrossed. Senator Hanitley moved to substitute the mi nority report, winch amenus the Din "J milling i r.v.".. en. These four words provide that all paving contracts snail Da ret to tno bifliW Riihmittinor the lowftfit afrorro- gate "bid. "considering quality and dur- aoiwty. ' Object to Four Words Senator Ladvmund, Senator Thomas, Senator Dimiclc, Senator Straycr, Sen ator Eddy and othors who havo spoken against tho minority report insist tlhat those four words scuttle the entire bill, taking the vitals from tho mensuro and opening thB yraf tof all hn bribery and corruption that has marked tho ex perience of county courts city coun cils and highway commissions with the paving tniRt. Senator 'Banks, Senator Huston, Sen ator Eitner, Senator Handley and oth ers who have spoken for tho minority report insist that if those four words aro not added to tho bill the hands of the highway commission will ha so tied that tho commission will be un- CENT TAX GASOLiriE !8 FAVOREDBY HOUSE Which Got By This Morn ing, Vvouid Also Levy Malt tent im Distillate. Putting up a big bluff as to what he wanted and what he did not want in the proposed gasoline bill, E. E. Bmith, the labor representative from Portland, con sumed tho greater time of the morning session of tho house anu prevented the bill from comiiig to a final vote until tlm nnnn hrmr. ftor giving careful attentat y tuo bill ill which it IS proposed xo levy a (,, nf mm eout a gallon on gasoline and ono half of a cent on distillate, the joint committeo on roads and Mgnways nrcsentod its ulan of a tax that would k fol. In nil. Mr. Dennis wh0 was in charge if tho hill nirl there had been some oppo sition to placing even half of a cent a. gallon tax on uistinnie out mat m nnmmittnn found no way of taxing gas oline and then cutting out the distil late tax. h ruin thn nn cent a gallon tax on gcsoline. Mr. Dennis estimated that i-im.iuin onnM ha raised the coming i year' and that from the one half a ccntj 4!.i,.iii. it... wtnlf Via adn.. On U1BU1UUC, lUD lOTOiiMV ---, 500, making a total revenue xor tnc com ing year of $351,000. Basing his figures on tne year Mr. Dennis said that for the coming year ,, wnnlil ho 8.100.000 gallons of dis- i;nt,. ...1,1 in thA itnte. Farm tractors would use about 60 per cent of IhiM amount and commercial end inning boats about 30 per cent. The big fight on tne Din on waicii Bmiih. nf Rnker. and Smith of Mult nomah county held up tho house, was 1811 OOUIllJ uoiu uy iitw "uuo,i tacking the emergency clause to, ihn hill An those in charge wero will ing to allow plenty of debato and had r,o intention of rushing things, these two orators mode a great showing of nnnosition to the cmer.icncy eltuso, but, when it came to the roll call, it dnvcl nnad tfint triA nnlv nnnosition was from tho two oratorical Smiths and that tho housi vps almost unanimously In favor of the tax. Should the senate concur, and the emergency clause hold through the sen ato ar.d tho governor, within a week or i so, easoline will no up one cent s- gai no, gasoline will no np one ceni s- Ri - Ion in Oregon and distillate one half of, ft ecat. , able to give the state the best pave- mnnl fni 'thA. mnnuV AnnWiWmn, nal. "v ' " ". wmj if..... ity and durability. They contond that the commission will be forced to ttnard tho paving contract to the lowest bid der, regardless of quality. senator xacamuna s-prung tne mos." BAnaatinnol faolii.it n9 Vin j.l,.! aa- terday afternoon when he. gave infor mation a'otrui, nil ain-Jiipv Hint was mmlfl hv ronrnBentfttivp nf th W.-- ren Construction company to bribe Jiim, wnen- ne was ma.vor oi rmiem. The city was havdng trouble witla the company over paving costs, und after much discussion he said the rep resentatives of the company said they would eend a man to Salem who would meet" all the arguments against tha company. , "That man- came to Salem and came in in ..... " ...I.I l..km,,.t "His talk had a decided metallic ring, and I will tell you why I know it had a metallic ring Ho camo to my piivato II!.-..- 1 If 3 - Am Ail A T unu-fl aim uiumtu me jpiu,vuu. j mm him that was not enough Hi offered me $1S,00(. I asked him Whp.t it ras tin Avr,.if!i-, mil til fin fir Ihnt Itim of money. Ho said that when 1 p'aeel a llieasurin1' stii k against a four im a pavement base tn? rnie would Miow fiva inches, and that a on" an-d one half inch top surface would measure; two inches. . Wanted to Rob Salom "Anybody could understand that, oT course. I told hiin that I thought he merely wanted to buy the mayor of Salem, but 1 found Instead he wautecj to rob the people of Salem. "Can you Ibtamc mo, senators, for. wanting to drive this paving trust out .i ...1. an-. ii I ot UIO siaio oi vrvguiri . . Ho insisted that either the ; state ' must control tha paving trust or the trust will control ho state, and dcclnr-; ed '.ho issue lis well defined Before the (Wbate got under way tlii. mnrnintr. Senator Eddv called at- twtlonj to tho fact that two repre-' sentatives of the raving trust were in side the senate bar yeslcrday after noon, whilo the dissuasion was in pro gress, lobbying and attempting to poll tho senate on tne paving imus. xi ire-.. nnnnnJ ihU ft B n'riVllhCIl ll' W R &Jld Call-' ed upon tho president of tho sonate to' direct the sergeant at, arms to keep such lobbyist- off the e-oimto floor. " President Vintwn gave sucn lnstrue tinti. i a lm mirffefliit. .t rms. and stat ed rther- that if previously the cour tesies or tne senate nau yuen niuim .., l,,hltviiil.a it ".-(11,1(1 ba Wltll- III Dlivil , .ww..w i drawn and he eracanst at arms woulii oust them. Senator Thomas declared that tne fnr inrJ nmhodicit ill tho minority report came from tho hrailn of R. W- Montague, attorney lor narrtn ert-iu- ers, and that tneir purpo , thwart the intent of 1ho who drew the .bill to curb the paving tiust. Would Tie Courts Hands "The men who drew this bill want- l!U IU liiAi7 it, o '-ft--- - , not be broken by the devil lnmBolf, - .3 i u ba liaht 1,11 lit It COU I U . said Senator Thomas, wo wanieu m. i, ,! nf nvfirv countv court. HO IUIU l.n.w v--- v and city council and highway eommis-. sum so they coma not pray - nri. nf rhn navinl trust, but woula have oien and fair 'competition.'' He declared mat wm-n m mind of Mr. Montague suggested thi amendment, he took the ve vital. out of the bill." ( "From coast to coast, wherever tne Wanen Construction company has op--erated, it Jias left a trail of fraud and corruption," ho said. "It WJ ' " dirty in Ocgon as in any other Btate He charged that the republican par-. ty has so protected these special in terests that tho people have time an again erpressed their disapproval by (Continued on pago seven) G0.OI.M HAY RETURN T0DUtY SOOM Me Very HI Now, Mescal Men BeBeve Few Weeks Rest All That Is Needed. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 13. Licutcnsut Governor Louis F. Hart is today aeting s-averno. nf Washington. Governor Lis- ter ia at Fort Steilacoom under the eo.i- stant earc oi ms inmiiy ana on in:rniini ifriend and physician, Dr W. B. Keller. Governor Lister is seriously ill, bat his physicians believe that a few weeks rest will find him fit to return to Olympia, Thorn wns a Botiec;:b!o ftir of depres sion in the state house and arouid the ini0lntiVA hnlla tndnv. for thouih tho governor has many politiccl enemies hie personal friends ore legion. It is not expected that the taxing over by a republican lieutenant gover iiur " - " -n held by ...democratic governor will i- any way affect pending legislation. i; nor o" the reris or siam ("-;'