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t 500D CIRCUUTION (25,000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- an teed by the Audit Bureau of k 1 1 1 f ii' 'i r Weather Report Circulations Oregon: Tonight rain west portion, fair east portion. Sun- day rain west portion, rain or snow east portion, moderate winds mostlv soiwherlv. . : FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL- LEY KWS 8EKVICE - ... 6 FORTY-SECOND YEAii- T0. on SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON' TRAINS AND NEWS 8TAND8 FIVE CKNTS ft. fl II I r II U N Fi 1 1 -M N " 1 II fl I f OF PA AT Hew Provisions Removing:, In Part, Some Of Restrictions Placed On Enemy, Will Be Presented By Marshal och, m Extending Armistice, At Treves Monday. Preliminary Peace May Also Be Offered. By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Feb-. 15. With the league of nations temporarily disposed of tho peace delegates today directed their effcrts toward effecting a definite ineliminary peace with Germany which will enable general demobilization and resumption of normal industry and commerce throughout tho world Prac tically all the conferees have agreed that this is the most vital problem now Ijpfore them. , Tho world is now in a state of ,stag tidition industries everywhere are nwait ng the actual signing of peace and the growing unrest and uncertainty in tnany countries can V traced directly t'.i economic conditions. . Semi-official reports from Germany indicate that country has enough food to last until March. Hew crops will not .be available before June. In the (interim, conditions of actuul starva tion may prevail and bring about ser ious disturbances tin less steps to meet this situation Ire.tukcn speedily. A ireliniiinary peaco would correct theso conditions and would bo comparatively Dimple in accomplishment. The military flatus could ibe fixed by demanding "immediate demobilization upon a peaco trasis. The allies could agree what er mnny should pay in tho way of indem nities and how she should pay it and this could be apportioned among the I interested nations. After this was dis j posed of, the economic blockade would bo lifted. That ome such program will bo partially arranged under the new provisions for extension of the armis ! tiee is hinted at in certain official quur j tors. These previsions will be present ed to the Germans bv- Marshal Foch at Treves Monday. Much Work to Be Done Considerable additional work must b, done to perfect tho plan, however, and toward this end and the newly created supreme economic council will j cooperate closely with the supreme war council and it is expected that further requirements of Germany will develop as the armistice is renewed from time to time resulting gradually in what I will virtually amount to a preliminary I peace. There is some disposition, tho, to maw this process a matter ol im mediate accomplishment rather than extending it over an indefinite period The principal opposition to lessening tho economic pressure against Germany comes from the French who fear the advantages "Germany might gain if she were 'permitted to obtain plenty ot raw materials. ' They-also dislike to tuko a "chance on Germany spending money which she might otherwise devote to paying repa ration claims. HOW LEAGUE OP NATIONS4 WILL OPERATE COMPOSITION c?l President Wilson Will Have Power Of Calling First Conference. Paris, Feb. IS. Administration of the league of nations shall ibe in the hands of an executive council and par mnnemt secretary. iKach mem'ber nation ehall have one vote In the body of delegates, which shall meet at the league's capital at Hinted intervals. , Tho executive council shall consist of representatives of the United States Oreat Britain, France, Italy and .la nn, with four representatives from other states tobo selected by the body of delegates. The secretariat shall be comprised f a secretary-general and assistants bo selected Iby the executive coun- I. President Wilson will summon the first meeting of the body of degates and the executive council. Membership: Non-member nations, upon giving iguarantecs of their intention to ob Hcrve the league's mandates, shall bo admitted to membership in the league li-pon as affirmative two thirds vote of tlie member nations. - Preservation of Peace . Member nations are required to sub mit disputes to tho executive council, which may refer problems to the in ternational court of justice.' An award will be made within ail tu out Ins and the disputaats will be lound not to resart to war for at least three months after the award is made .If a disputant files an acceptance of the award of the executive council, It ehall decide measures to enforce the a. ward. These may. take the form of sever ance of diplomatic relations, economic Mockade, or ue of armed forces under direction of the executive council. ' In case of a dispute between a mem tier .of the league and a sou-member, the latter shall be invited to assume the obligations of membership and tub nit to the provisions for averting war with the Alternative of facing the same pleasures is the disputant member na tion. - Disarmament The executive council shall formu late plans for the reduction of arma ments to the-loweat point consistent frith national safety. The private manufacture of war ml Aerials shall be prohibited. Colonies The' German, colonies in the Pacific Mil in Africa shall be placed under the protection cf the nations best suit ed to their administration. . Tho slave and liquor traffics shall in abo'.Mhed in the African territories Affected. j Turkish Territories . Certain Turkish territories shall be given the benefit of protectorates on . (Continued on ptge three) IS COMING TO SALEM World-Famous Organization Composed of Battle-Scared Veterans Of War. Tho French Army Band veterans, hero-musicians under Cuptain Fernand Pollnini will visit this city on March 5tih. They are now making an. extend ed tour of America to further strength en the "entente cordiale'' of France and America. Most of the land members have been actively engaged at the front in many battles Most of them wear the chevrons of the wounded. More than half of them march wlith sore hearts, remembering interned families, ehil drn taken from them, imprisonment, ,agony, struggle. Now they are here on leave of absence, to play for us our own Star Spangld Banner and their Marseillaise. Fraught with what mem ories of "over tho top!" Let us give mem a cneer. i iWibat a treat it will lie to hear them ! play the ''Sambre et Meusc'' which! is the French PoMu's battle song as he goes into action. We shall see Croix de i la Guorre on-their coats; medals with i which they have been decorated for ! bravery under fire. They come to' us from the front to America to play in j behalf of their wounded comrades in France, tiieir Foyer du Soldat. For ,the past two years they have proved ! .their worth in the trenches, as they j jproved it as artists long ago when they won first pri-es every man of them ! at the Paris conservatoire. Let us show France what our city tbiukg of the i French Army Band veterans and make' ,their day in our city a real Tri-Color day with the French flag Tn evidence , everywhere. The proceeds of the con cert will go to the fund for home com- j iag soldiers. The Cherrian club is spon- j soring the appearance of the band, j Japanese Prince I j With Spanish Influenza; Tokio. Feb. 13 Prince Yamagnta, it ' was officially announced today, is ser-' iously ill from -influenza. j Later it was learned pneumonia ha; developed. j SOCIETY OF NATIONS CAN SETTLE DiSPUTES Nineteenth Article Deals With Subject Of Colonies And Territories. (The first sixteen articles in the con stitution for a society of nations were printed ia yesterday's Capital Journ al. The rete.nnder, as read before the general peace conference by Presi dent ilson yesterday afternoon, is as follows:) . In every case of mandate the man datory stato shall render to the ler.gue a:i annual report inVfercuce to the ter ritory committees to its charge. The degree of authority, control or administration to be exercised by the mandatory state shall, if not previously agreed upon by the high contracting parties, in each case be explicitly do fined by the, executive council in o special K-ct or charter. To Review Yearly Reports. The high contracting parties further agree to -establish at the seat of the league a mandatory commission to re ceivo and examine the annual reports of the mandatory powers, and to assist tho league in ensuring the observance of tho terms of all mandates. Article XX. The high contracting parties will endeavor to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labor for men, women and children both in their own countrie9 and in all coun tries to which their commercial and in dustrial relations extend; and to that end Kgrco to establish as part of the organization of the league a permncnt bureau of labor. Commerce Safeguarded. Article XXI. Tho high contracting parlies agree thot provision shall be made through the instrumentality of the league to secure and maintain free dom of transit a",d equitable treatment for the C'lmmerce of all states (mem bers of I'.I'O league), having in mind, among, other things, special arrange ments with regnrd to the necessities of the legions devastated during the (Continued on page six.). COMPENSATION ACT W0N7BE REFERRED TO VOTE OF PEOPLE Senate Kills Bill On Part Of Program To Reform Court Procedure.' By a vote of 19 to 5, the senate to day refused to refer to the people proposed constitutional amendment pro viding for compulsory workmen's com pensation. . ' The proposed nmendinen1 was a part of senate joint resolution 15, by Smith of Coos, and was .killed on a motion to adopt en unfavorable report made by the sonato judiciary. By adopting the report tho resolution was indefin itely pos'poned. I Senator Smith of Coos tried fo save the resolution from defeat, but Senator Moser and Hurley argued that condi tions have changed within the last few weeks until now it is deemed inadvis able to raise the issue of compulsory compensation at this time. Tho senate accepted that view. Tho five senators who voted against killing tho resolution , were Eddy. La Follette, Pierce and Smith of Coos. Sen ators Dimick, Farrcll, Lachinund, Nor blad and Smith of Josephine were ab sent, and tho others otcd against the The senate killed house bill lS8, in troduced by Eopresentative Hare as part cf a program to reform court pro cedure in this state. Lawyers in the senate hopped on this bill as being in tended to protect shyster lawyers, or attorneys who do not know how to pro perly prepare pleadings in a case. The bill provided that tho court, at its discretion, could permit au amendment to be "made to pleadings at any time before the case went to trial. Senator Orton and Senator Wood de fended the bill,! saying that it would make it possible for cases to bo tried on thoir merits instead of being thrown out on technicalities or errors in plead ing, but Senator Eddy and ; Senator Norblad and other lawyer senators in- BOYCOTTS ARE LEGAL ACCORDING TG BILL PASSED ON BY HOUSE Fen Million Do'Jar Road Bend- ! Will Ccse Up Tues day Morcmg. Eg (Continued on ; .ge nine) -: Boycots are legal and are to be per mitted according to the bill passeo, thij morning by the house. It u) uijo duced by Home of Portland and legal izes labor union8 and permits them to do about as they please. Tho bill j!so prevents a judge from issuing in junctions against labor unions to pr. vent strikes. It also provides that a labor union mav act as an individutl from a legal standpoint. Thoso speak ing in favor of the bill claimed it wss a copy of the federal law. The Marion county delegation voted solid in favor of the bill. . , , The lawyers had a litlo Inning this morning when the house pessed a bill providing that in divorce cases, tho par ty at fault shall be adjudgod to pv reasonable Bttorncy's fee. To relievo the sheriff or his deputies from traveling all over the county sum moning juries, a bill was passed making it legal to notify by registered letter. Tho bill was passed as a matter of ocou omy. ... As tho law now stands, where tho wife has property of her own and she joins with her husband in a deed, she is not bound bv the covenants of tho deed. The bill which passed the house this morning niEkes her equally liable with her husband. Tho present law says that the deed must be signed and sealed. In the bill passed this morn ing, tho word "sealed" is to bo elimi nated. Safeguards r.re thrown around the manufacture of. ice cream in the bill pns.ied by the house today. So nftich so that the manufacturing of this neces sity will be obliged to linvo pretty com plete equipment. However, wnMO doing Week Intervening Between Arrival In U. S. And Return To France yill Be Overflowing With Business. Conference With Governors On Unemployment And Appeal To Congress For Its Indorsement Of League Of Nations Are Principal Items. - TRIED TO KILL BILL Brest, Feb. 15 Presioent wimoo sail ed for tho United Stnes aboard the linos George Washington at 11:15 a. m. today 11c gave out he following statement just before embarking for tho United States: "I cannot leavo France without ex- Anti-1 rust ravin? Measure ' pre8sin8 my pf ounii sen8 f hospital isrrii r n .. r r r vnu tome up ror Anoiner Reading, However. govornment. 'ihe have receiw ..u treated me as I most desired to be treat iwl ltd fl 1-i'iiiri. a Ti-i.iwl ntilr.i i't u t laud in purpose r Tf i bent tl,i hill hv thi. ,.. ''1 " hupw'tn think that I am tt . .. . , ... . ,, . return to assist wih all my heart m prise attack and put it over uniustly, I , . r .1 . r. , , ,, , J conipletelng tho just settlements wmcn will go to Portland and cs-ll the trades tue conference 19 seeking, nod 1 shall councils together and tell tliem what a 'carry with mo during my ubseuco very lot of damn thieves control this legis- happy memories of the two-months I lnture. " havo snout here. I have been DrivileeeA Those energetic remarks of E. E. to sco nour at 'hand what my sympathy Smith in-tho House of Representatives 'had already conceived of the Bufferings wore called forth Dy tho atcmpt ot too and problems of France, and every day friends of tho paving trust to kill by a.hns deeponed by intorqst in the solution sudden atack, senate bill 07, known us 0f theg rave question upon wnose prop- tho anti-trust paving Dill. Mr. bn.itn Cr solution tho futuro prospemy ol was sent to ho legislature by the labor unions of Portland. Tho famous senate bill 67, which was (Continued' on page eight) France and of her associates and of tho world depends. .. May I not leavo my warm and nf- debated for about two days In the sen- fectiountq farewell greetings, ntn dm? fhpn i-inmed. Tirnviilea flint it is i . tho policy of the state of Oregon that (Continued on pago eight) UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME. ' Prinee Yamagata is a marshal of Ja pan and one of the' elder statesmen, lie is president of the privy council. Lruring the civil strife that attend ed the restoration, he took a distin guished part. f jhW' ; 7wf ml Mm wJl BEAn"- a . Jl ' me0f ' V JUMPiNO MeXKAJT ti) tMCOUNTRy . - . wAot Cij fersggs? Schools WWMW MEANS 11 r TeccerC fMZ I I Vk. T1 ' n V7MT emu t si m m Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 15. Presi dent Wilson will srrivo at Boston on the transport Goorgo Washington about February 24, It was annuuucuu ncro to day by Presidential Secretary Tumulty. It was stated thai Tumuitf Bad te celved ti cablegram from the ptesident in which Wilson announced h! ttitea tiou to delivcd an address at Boston up on lits arrival there. ' . , By Robert J. Bender. v (United Prefts staff correspondent) ; Treaty Signed In Juue. Brest, Feb. 15. President Wilson started homo confident that the peac treaty will bo completed and signed in early June. Ho feels that ho biggest part of tho peace sotleinent was tceompliahod when tho league of nations was outlined and that the problems which havo already been partilly threshed out, will be speed ily solved. The president has already turned his ntentinii to tho eco-'omic, situation In the United States end is preparmg Ins pl!iiiB to ease the doubts of returning so'diers regarding employment. Tho campaign for popular support of thevleague of nations constttilon will bo opened in Boston, whero tho president plans t land, instead of New York. Ho will go direct from Boston to WaMil"" ton without stopping en route. He ha ' cabled Secretary Tumulty to meet him' Boston where they will talk over the general domestic situation anct plan eon fere-ces with verious congressional leaders, becauso much must be accom plished in the shortest possible time. Continued en page nine) ABE MARTI SENATOR CHAIRMAN IRRIGATION co mm .-roe .SIAh& L Here is a group of the star actors in the1 Legislative Drama, caught by the artist when they were too deep ly engrossed in matters of weighty; public concern to offer objection. Most statesmen object to publicity of any kind. ' " JeAce The kaiser is raisin' stubby beard which looks like he wus gittin' ready t' sneak back int' Germany as i broiler mender. What's become o th feller that used t' be afraid somcbuody would see him go in saloon an' later afraid ever 'buddy in town wouldn't see him come outf , ;.