Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, February 17, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA Weaker Report m m Oregon: Tonight' and Tues day fair except rain Tuesday near the coast; colder tonight east portion;- moderate -westerly winds. CM. " FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO- 34. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND KEW STANDS FIVE CENTS 'IS , . V' 7i n il M I tHl YITYrYrYT tfSY II V J i f LB 1 Six r 6f is? a KMSE ATMS mm SITTER SPL Accused Ebert - Scheidsraann Faction Of Murdering Karl Liebknecht. HOPED Iff WOUID PROPOSE CONSTITUTIONAL PLAN Instead, He Ddared Work Men's And Soldiers' Council Would Continue. By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press staff correspondent) Weimar, Feb. 15. Hugo Hanso, rad ical leader, threw the national assem bly into an uproar today when he do dared that the workmen's and sol diers' councils would continue m ex istence until the sociulist-democrat-ceu-trial coalition demonstrates its inten Itton to socialize the new republic. He said he doubted that tho coaJition- would carry out this program and threatened now outbreaks unless social ization is accomplished. Scores of delegates leaped to thoir foot and. clamored for recognition. Oth - erg joined in a chorus of denunciation of Haase's statement without the for mality of obtaining recognition from Chairman Fehrenbach. Oraer "wag n nally restored, but other outbursts oc curred lis Haaso continued his speech. When Haaso openly accused the fEbert-Scheidomnnn government of mur--during Karl Liebknecht and Eosa Lux emburg, a riot" almost ensued. Practi cally every- delegate except the radi cals threatened to oust Hause and his followers from 'the assembly. tmase. 'waited calmly until the members quiet ed down and again resumed his uuck on the government as a whole and ev ery one connocted with it individual ly. Clot Money From Russia. - Heferring again to tho Spartacans, he admitted they Jiad received money from Kussia. But, ho said, this money was used for buying food for their wives and children and not for fighting Disappointment was expressed re yarding Haase's speech, as he was ex fiected to introduce a program for con structive legislation.' Finance Minister Schiffer, who pre ceded Har.se, said ''that property con ception in Germany must changw com lctoly," and that "hereafter :ilvid lials must regard themselves not as owners but merely as administrators." "Germany's financial situation i desperate and our mastery of it will (Continued on page two) Sirji Fein Leader Reported New To Be In United States ! Dublin, Feb. 17. Professor Edward Do Valera, Sinn Fein leader, who es caped recently from an English prison, wag reported today to be in tho Unit ed States. He is said by Sinn Feiners liere to cave boarded a British liner pi an English port. He was in dis guise, it was stated, and intends to preserve his incognito until he can see President Wilson. A previous report said that De Valera had gone to Paris to present tho claims of the Irish republic to the per.ee con ference. ABE MARTIN Mis Fawn Lippincut has a beautiful new party pown o' German yailow tulle. Ther's even a nice way t' chew 1 'backer. m ' ' . ROAD BOOSTERS SAY GOOD HIGHWAYS ARE i County Bonding Issue Almost Certainty After Optimism Of Mass Meeting. The good roads band wagon is coming down the road and the man who fails to. get in is likely to become most un popular. This was shown ut the mass meeting at the opera house Saturday afternoon when 400 good roaus ujosi- ers from all parts of the county met to organize and to put before tho people of Marion county a proposition to boud the county for $1,000,000 to build mar ket roads. The men from the out of town' dis tricts put it squarely up to Salem to get behind the good roads proposition. iher were contident the country would vote bonds but not quite so sure Salem would line up. They were assured bv Chairman Roth that Salem was with them and that the city favored bond ing tho county for market roads. Tho feeling as to lateral ronas may be judgos from the following: T. IS. Kay: "1 favor county bonds for building side roads to connect with the highways. It would be good business for us to raise funds to connect our smaller towns with the main highways Vithiii two years there win be hard surfaced highway roads through Marion county. It we want to get tne bencl.l of thus: n. viu ligliways, we must aav.' roads from the outlving districts to C'Jincct. ' Ju.lg., Lusi.ev: "Many peoplo Late ur00K- wcu Known real estate ,nn bonds unci i do not feel friendly lo , was shot through the heart and instant ti.o, o:f.. 1-ut it seem, bonds' .K Y k' Presumably by acci- tho ouly means. ' 't wiil require a cam piigii of i (' j.'iU i:)U. Gravel roads an1; no good and nr.! practicable Hard' surfaced rone's are .he most economical) Mu'.'idam roads uli not stand the trav ei cf today. You .have tho cno-cc o! enmity bonding, ; ,'trict bonding or go , ing down in your pockets." Juclge UinghMiu: "I've changed my idoas about roads. Tiled roads ttrst ap pealed (o bip, tJ..ir gravel, and as it piogrc.s.1 j:!, the macadam road. But . (Continued on page three) NORTHWEST CONGRESS FOR LEAGOUS .OPINED Taffs Endorsement Of Consti tution WI Influence G.O.P. Senators, Believed. Portland, Or., Feb. 17. With hun dreds of delegates representing the states af Oregon, Washington and Ida hjo in attendance, the Northwestern Congress for a League of Nations open ed at the city auditorium last night. PlT.Prnaiflnnt William H,,L-nr,l Tuft. head tQ lnitnin tr rfnfnivn TlMin.O. under whose direction a. series of con grasses like the one here is being con- ducted throughout the nation, did not reach Portland in time for opening session. Ho will 1)e the principal speak-( er at tho meetings of the congress to-, day and this evening. . Taft, upon his arrival in the Aiy, immediately began tho preparation ofj & sHKc-h which was delivered today. It was an exhaustive discursion of the( constitution of the league of nations ( which was announced at the Paris peace conf erence last week. . I A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard university, was the speaker at the main congress here Sunday eve ning. He explained the objects of the league of nations, the means of obtain ing and enforcing its demands and the, reasons for America's entry into the league. lr. ILMiry Van Dyke, former minis tor to the Netherlands; Henry Mor ronthau, ex-amlaseador to Turkey and Mrs. Philip North Moore, member of the Taft party which is touring the country, outlined th aims of the lea gue to overflow meetings in three churches. Will Influence Ssnators Washington, Feb. 17. Ex President Taft's endorsement of the league of nations constitution was regarded here today as likely to have considerable weight with republican senators. The main point of difference here- was as to whether the covenant will f aoie surrender of some cf America's wiver cignty. While some eontended. that the league constitution tends to infringe upon the national constitution, there was little disposition to criticise open- The president's appeal to curb dis cussion until he arrives and confides the inwardness of the document to for eign relations committee members, served to stop much of the talk. While thore was no positive assurance that discussion of the league would be en- Itirely stilled in congreM, ndinunstra- jtion members were disposed to neea 'the president's request, while the re pumicans snoweu icuucurj m gr the nation 'j verdict rather thoroughly publicans showed a tendency to gei (Continued on page four) SESSION WILL END N ONE BIG RUSH TO CLEAR IIP CALENDAR 'Progress Made Up To Final Week Much Slower Than Ever Before. Out of 735 bills before hold houses 47 have been signed by the governor and 44 havo passed both houses nut have not yet been signed by the execu tive, or a total of only 91 bills which have gone through both houses.. Tho last week of the session is star 'ing the legislature in the face and that body is probably in a more congested condition than at any time in its his tory at a similar time in rue session. Last year at this time there were 79a bills in the two houses. Of this number 305 were senate bills and 488 house bills. There are now 283 scnato bills and 452 house bills. Following is tho record: House Bills Sigaed By Gorernor. K. B. 4, by Lewis Providing for an nexation of peninsular section to Port land school district. H. B. 10, by Coffey Belnting to ex change of bonds by the state. H. B. 17, by Burnaugh Relating to (Continued on pago six.) J. BJolbrook Of Portland Was Accidentally Shot un-muci, vr ruu, ji . x. nui- dent. Holbrook was found in his room at the Multnomah Athletic club. A pistol in tho pocket of his overcoat hanging on tho wall, showed, one chamber ej j,J jle ci0th. Tt ilPiivnj TTolhr.mlr vMvhoii In yla overcoat for something and acci- dentally discharged the revolver, -' . POETLAND WELCOMES 65th. Portland, Ore., Feb. 17. Port land is waiting with open arms today to welcome home tho (35th coast artillery the first largo contingent of Oregonians to re turn from overseas. Latest reports say the special trains will reach the Union sta tion at 4 p. m. A. parade through ' flag-bedecked streets will follow. Tho men of the Sixty-Fifth will be guests of the city at a banquet and entertainment in the auditorium this evening, anct will be given tickets to any of the theaters they desire to at tend. ' The' journey to Camp Lewis, where demobilization will occur, will be resumed at midnight. ARMISTICE BENE WED .Treves, Feb. 16. The armis tice renewal was glg....ned at 6:30 today.. Under the new terms signed by the Germans the armistice is prolonged in definitely, the allies nave a right to break it off 6n three auys nonce, nu ijieviuuaij uu- lnllillnil oAiiditintifi nuiat he car- ak ried out and the German of fen- . sive against the Poles must be stopped, according to dispatch- es received here today. HP. HUGHES ; WOULD 3Tre 3OIU0IN0S 6F BRICK. am a Here gome Qf the Heavyweights of legislation arrayed iWILSOfl PRAISED BY EX-PRESIDENT f OR PEACEWORK - Jaft .Criticises Pcindexter Ob- Section To League Of Na tions losstituton. SAYS U. S. SOVEREIGNTY MAY SAFEY BE LIMITED Believes American Nation Is Pledged To Support Society For WarPevention. Portland, Or., Feb. li. :,Ou the whole, we should thank God that such a great advance toward the suppres sion of war and the promotion of per manent peace; has boon taken aa in the agreement upon this constitution, with every reasonable prospect of its embodiment into the permanent treaty at Paris." ; So declared Former President Wil liam Howard Taft before the North western Congress for a Loaguo of Na tions here today, after he had careful ly outlined and explained the provis ions of what he called ' ' tho great cov enant of Paris." Taft characterized the objection of Senator. Poindexter to the constitution of the league of 'nations that it min imizes the sovereignty of the United States as a "reactionary doctrino that belongs, to the Gorman view of tho state" and that it "leads directly to the proposal that migTrt makes right." The former president said in part: "It ia possible that a feature of the treaty , upon . yhich fourteen na tions, through their representatives at Pans agree, ia to be defeated by tne lack of ho necessary two thirds vote in our seaate I cannot think so. People) Should Approve " When President Wilson roftirng to i present the result of his visit to En S rope it must bo that the American peo- 1 pie will welcome him with approval :and eongratulaetions upon tho success i o't the congress in which he has taken b! to nrominent a part. "In the president's addresses and : nres8ages during Jhe war and since, he, promised 10 um a ,r - ,htt an Oregon soldier, honorably dis the allied nations that the United ..., ... , t suto. rnniM nress for n oairue of press nations which should gecure pormanent (Continued on page two) Senate Resolution Is In Defiance To Patents Senators Patterson and Ritncr intro duced a joint resolution yesterday af ternoon, which if adopted by the legis lature will be complete defiance of the alleged patented rights of the Warren 'Brothers on the bitulithie pavement. , Tho resolution asserts that the pro cess upon which such patent has been issued ig not patentable and it would not be unlawful for the state highway commission to lay. or cause to be laid, , pavement of the same .class, and char- ; acter. The highway commission is authoriz 1 art in nntnara nlnns nnd Rnecifications for pavements of this character and let contracts for pavement- in accordance with such plans- without regard to such claim of a patent right and without pay- ing a royalty. . THE HEAVY 6 fw Usa if TO EXAMINE VALIDITY Of WARREN COMPANY PATENTS This Is Purpose Of Bill Intro duced By House Members This Morning. To smoke out tho WarreD Construc tion eompany ar.d to determine ....just what its patent rights are and what they are worth, a bill wug introduced in the house this morning directing the at torney generul to proceed at onco and investigate tho validity of the Yv'arreu patents. . . " Friends- as well as opponents of the paving trust lined up to secure a quick passage of tho bill and it was quickly passed on to a second reading and sent to the printing department of tho state in order that all members may have a copy of the bill when it comes up for discussion Tuesday morning at 9:25 o'clock. This discussion will merge in to a debate on tho $10,000,000 road bonding bill on special call for v.m o morrow morning. The bill providos that tho attorney general shuil at once take up a study of the 1901 mninthic patent of the Warren construction and render his opinion as to its validity. It also provides that the State Highway commission, should the attorney general decide that the patent has expired, shall stand between a contraeior and tho Warren pooplo should he use such patents, and be sued for damages. Among tho3 who are oppoBed to the paving trust, there is the opinion that this bill will finally force !:e trust to place a valud on its royalty for pav ing in case of a law suit. Representative Graham of Forest Grove eaid that tho roads and highway cominitteo was not in favor of senate bill 67 which especially provided for patented pavement is submitted, it must COLLEGE COURSES MAY BE GRANTED DISCHARGED MEN If Senate Bill Becomes Law, Soldiers Would Be Allowed $25 Monthly For School Provision for sending 1000 Oregon soldiers to collego wag approved by tho senato today whom it passed senate bill 209 without a dtssonmiH vow. This bill was introduced by Senators pierce and Smith of Coos and piuvldcs lum'K,;u'"m V u 6 pense of tho stato. Ho may aeloct his own college. The state will allow for his expenses the sum of $25 a month and not to exceed $-00 a year, and ho may attend four years. There was a divixion of opinion as to the nuniber of soldiers who would want to take advantage of the stato 's pro vision for thcui. Ia tho bill as pre sented by Pierce and Smith, provision was made for a tux levy o ti.iu-nenui mill, which would raise approximately $100,000 a year and would take care of 500 soldiers, but as a number of sen ators declared this was not enough mon ey the levy was increased to two-tonthi by unanimous consent of tho senato. Provision is made that the bill "hall bo referred to tho poople for their ap proval. Tilt Over Gasoline. The senate had a tilt today over sen ate bill .154, which repealed Hie juw providing that no dealer snail aen gaso Hue with a specific gravity of less than J 56 degress. The bill wa9 on the ctl- endar for third readily ton wnen lie jwas strongly attacked by Senators Or- UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME. " SCHUEBEL WHO HAS MADE AND UN MA0E- M0R6 CAWS th ah any. MAN IN OREGON i i i v tiji oca iuau - in full panoply for the closing week of the great free for tne end oi tne present session. definitely end clearly define what part of the bid is duo to royalty paid and tho amount represented by uuiorlals, labor, mnchiuory arid profits. It was Mr. Graham who led in the fight Fri day last to kill this senate bill 67. Wants Charges Investigates. Representative Hare fighting ' m paving trust was in favor of the bill directing Attorney General Brown to test the validity of the Warren pat ents. He said the bill provided for moans of finding out whether the War rea peoplo were gold bricking the state in making it believe it had a valid pat ent. If the patent is not legal, Mr. Hare said, the water could bo squeezed out of the bitulithie patent. Tho bill proposed this morning, Mr. Hare said, would determine whether tho Warron people were sitting in the game with a tw0 spot. Mr. Dennis, chairman of the roads and highway couuuitee of the house said ho didn't want any of tho sky rocket business like that of tho senate when tho bonding bill came under for consideration. Sheldon felt that if the friouds of the trust were honest, they would not object to any bill whatever that would show- up tho cost of royal ties. i' I believe tho 1901 patent of tho Warron people has expired," declared Mr. Hare of Hillsboro. "If thero ig any question as to the last pound of flesh the trust will take from tho peo plo of the stato, I want the state high way commission to use its money In fighting tho trust." Anyhow, with the bill directing At torney Gcncrni Brown to investigate and the $10,000,000 road bonding bill coming up at 9:30 o'clock, the session of tho house tomorrow morning prom ises to bo interesting. ton, Banks, Ritnev and. others, Senator Moser, who was supporting the bill) movod to have it referred to the judi ciary committee as a means of saving it from apparent defeat. Those who opposed the bill declared that tho quality of gasoline m poor onough now, without removing the re itructiimg on the amount of specific gravity. . Lh.o Saturday afternoon tho senate passed tho bill introduced by Mrs. Al exander Thompson, which fixes the minimum salary for school teachers in tho stato at $75 a month. Only four votes wore cast against it. The bill Is now ready for tho governor's approval. Tho senate passed senato bill 20 by ' (Continued on page eight) TAFT NOT TO COME ; On account of his many en gagements with the peace con ferences in Portland, former President Taft will be unable to pay a visit to tho Oregon leg islature. Representative Hare and Senator Orton callel on htm Sunday iit Portland and had a conference with Mr. Taft. The senate wn inclined to e special this evening for a trip to Portland but the idea met with no favor in the house. As Mr. Roman of Astoria express ed it the houso 'had too much business on hand to lenvg ura for one evening. A - Wrfifi r -v ANOTHER PLAN TO SOLVE RUSSIAN PROBLEM ARISES 'Usads Or Is Pdicy Unoffi cially Announced To Be n C-L INDEMNITIES QUESTION IS WEARING SOLUTION labor Is Assuming Increasi W.9- a ly Important Piace In Af fairs Of Peace Table. By Fred S Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Feb, 17. The Russian situa tion was again tho foremost questiea before the peaco conference today Tho tentative date for the joint meeting at Prinkipos expired Saturday wi.iout anything definite having b.cn accom plished. The supreme war "council hn8 uhe matter up and was expected to give it full consideration at this after noon's session. Winston Churchill, who holds tho war portfolio in the new British min istry has come forward with e. new plan for solving the Russian problem. Nothing has been given out officially regarding this plan, but it is under stood to include a "hands off" policy toward the bolsheviki, while giving ev ery -economic assistance to the other Russian governments. It U ku'owii that no agreement was reached on OhureHi 111 's scheme at the meeting Saturday and it is expected that Russia will oc cupy the greater part of the supreme war council 's time for Several dnye. While the Ukrainians, Lithuaonians, Esthonians and Letts have accepted the proposal for a joint cmfenmee, Well as the bolsheviki, lhat a large nuinber.jof the peace delegates are dis satisfied with the tone of the btilshe viki's reply, and that they aro dispos ed to discuss the situation further be fore going through with the confer tOnco. Tho committee onf Tepsration was lso to' continue its hearing today. iC-onsiderable progress' is said to have ibeon mado toward solution of the in idemnities question. The principal point ,cf difference in the committee's men berg 'views seems to be that some con tend that Germany should pay the cost of the war of little nations, whilo oth ers hold 'to the American idea that the associated powers should not go beyond the fourtcon points, with the n..r..n.i...n.. nn,t iimio.i in the original aiiii-uiiiiicuv vv.n.-i.u --- armistice term. Labor Topic Important Two other subjects, heretofore un represented in international affairs, aro nssuining an increasingly import ant place in the peace work. These are labor and women. Inter-allied suffrage advocates having gained President iWilson's approval of a p'an for th commission' g dealing with mutter af fecting women to confer with women advisers, aro now endeavoring to put the lenders of other countries similar ly on record. They already have won the backing of Pmident Pcincare, Jules Cambon and Paul Hymans rt dielgium. ambon pointed out riniV a woman's commission would be partic ularly valuable in presenting the con ference with details regarding depor tation of women from France, Belgium Serbia, GTeoce, Poland and Armenia.' He said that reports of Serbian women ibeing sold at public auction In Con- ( Continued on page ) rep. o-c-uewii , , . , all scrap winch will marie