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mt tSMffl A 5000 CIRCULATION (25,000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES 6PECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SSKVICB Ml Oregon: Toai hf aud, Fru'ay fair. ir.od?:Jitc w-'ndv mostly northwesterly. . at FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 37. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVE CENTS nFM 1 fl vflff - (1 : v ii li UUUt M 110 UUt il I JUL ? PLi IPECEPTIOI ur put Will Give Speech in Mechanics Hall, Boston, Monday Evening.So Great Is Demand For Admission That Tickets Are Issued Only On Application Received By Mayor's Committee Through Mail Boston, Mass. Feb. 20. Plans for tbc a fleet of 29 patrol boats, which will reception of President Wilson wok- keep any other vessels away from the practically completed today, subject t( president's ship. change if Joseph P. Tumulty, the pre-1 Mayor Peters, Major General Ed sidential secretary, believes any modifi- wards and Admiral Wood win conic cations are necessary, alongsido the liner when alio enters Mayor Andrew J. Peters has mnda 1 quarantine. all arrangements fur the reception Mon-1 It is now planned that the president flay, although the presidential ship may I shall go to the Copley Plaza hotel, arrive Sunday, in which case it is under- j which is within a short amanee of mood she will lie at unchor in tho low Mechanic's Hull, where he will make er hurbor until Monday morning. It L; his speech Monday evening. S0 groat known that President Wilson dcsirc3 to is the demand for admission to vm. ..hu avoid a demonstration on Sunday. that the mayor's committee is issuing Tho George Washington will be mot : .ickets only on application by mail. iiy practically all the naval vessels sta-1 fio'ned here and by at least three ships! To Go On To Hobokeu carrying the mayor's committee of wol- . . ... , , ', come. Admiral Spencer Wood of -thoL1"0 Ffh 20- transport r.t naval district, has madff arrange- .TB9 Washmgton, on which President meats for six destroyers to go out to lIson "turnmg to the United sea and convoy the big finer to port. f" wli' br"!K .troops aboard to When the Ueorge Washington steams up the harbor to her berth at Common- .wealth pier, she will be surrounded by 1 1 BERGER GETS 20 YEARS. Chicago, Feb. 20. Socialist Congressman-elect Victor I..Bor ger, Wisconsin, convicted of con spiring to violate tho espionage act, wa3 sentenced today by Federal Judgo Lnndis to serve 20 years in Leavenworth pen itciitiaiv. Four other socialists convict ed with Berger were also sen tenced to serve 20 years. They are Adolnh Germer, national I - socialist secretary; J. Louis Engdahl, editor; Irwin St. John Tucker, speaker and writer; and Wililum F. Kruse, executive sec retary of the Socialists Young Peoples League Protest Against Repeal of h-ivMtt Savinff Tow' vwjuijiii wuiuig uuii Washington, ' Feb. 20. Protest.' against "bills to repeal the daylight sav Itijt law nro reaching congress ioay. President Florence King, of tho Worn , en's Asociation of Commerco of the Un ited States, has wired, urging "on bo lialf of the working girls and women,'' that they ' bo not deprived j)f oxtre lour of sunshine and recreation." Backers of the Victory Gardens sent Jli is appeal. "In tho name of better health, more sunshine for the workers and for big fjer victory garden crops, do not repeal ,the daylight saving law." Opposition to moving the clock for ward an hour tho last Sunday lu Muich comes from the farming section. DENT BERGER NEW TRIAL flhicncrn. Feh. 20. Motion, fir . nw ' (trial and for stay of sentence were; prison made goods cannot be sold on tin denied by Federal Judge Landis hcre!Pn market. Should tho bill pass the today in 'the case of Victor Berger, so- Senate and finally become a law, War icialist congressman-elect, and four oth-lden Stevens will be permitted to put r socialist loaders. Each of the d- the men in the penitentiary to work fondants asked to make a statement and also give them employment on the ofore sentences were pronounced. outside for which thev will receive com- :CT1FT PC ARF MARTIN nULi Itmilllil Th' salesman that sells goods made in eGrmany after peace '11 have t' liHve a skin like a rhiuocerous. No 1uddy ever grew despondent lookin' iot trouble. , u.un6 tho president at Boston, it was-announe- ed today. ' Tho transport will go Into Boston harbor and anchor so that the president may bo put ashore on a government tug Vroiu Cnarleston navv vard. 111 fl JURIES IN OREGON YET Measure Was Defeated in House By A Majority of Only Two Votes Woiuen will not serve on juries in the state of Oregon yet a while as members Of the House of Representatives by mnjuruy voio deemed against tho bin introduced by Mrs. Alexander iuonip son of Tho Dalles. ,In. hcr ,bil1'. Mrs -Thompson propos. ea to make it rather optional as to whether a woman wanted to serve when summoned for jury duty. If she hap pened to bo feeling disposed to serve, she could accept the summons and au pear. If not, all that was necessary was to sign a statement that she did not care to serve and that was the end of it This was one of the pet measures of Mrs. ltioinpson and it was killed only a . majority 01 iwo. me Marion coun ty delegation who favored giving won., en jury duties and making it optional) were Hughes and Martin. Those oppos ed to tho bill were Loonc-y, Weeks anil ihpcaaor Seymour Jones. Work Tor Prisoners. Inmates of tho Oregon State peni tontiary were given an innini? last even ing in the bill that pnssed the House providing that prison made goods may do soiu on the open market and that prisoners shall receive compensation I0r Wei' work. As the law now standi. pensation. The bill was introduced by request ot warden Htevens. . Kcpresentative Weeks of Marion .eounty succeeded in having his bill pass the House providing that cattle, goath ana sneep may run at large in certain parts of Maiiou county. It is in the soutneast coiner and in the Santinm (Continued on page three) SaTiem Girl Accepts Positon in Washington Miss Doris Sawyer of tialem, who was graduated from the Oregon Agri cultural college in 1518, has accepted a position to teach domestic science in a Washington high school. Miss Sawyer until recently was con nected with the dairy department of tho college, her work consisting of the inappjrtion and bacterial count of milk. While in college Miss Sawyer held several offices of prominence. In her senior year she wag secretary of the student body and a member of the board of control. In her junior year she was vice president of her elasj and assistant editor of the B.avcr Annual, the colln'3 year book, besides serving on many minor committees. Mir.j Sawyer is a popular r.iember of Delta Colta Delta fraternity. Shs will leave her hom in Salem in a few iwoeks to lake up her new work. STATE GUARANTEE ON iRRIGAnON BONDS IS Voters May Have Another Chance to Decide on Capital Punishment With the size of the referendum ballot .gradually growing larger and 'penetrated one of Premier Clemeueeau's larger, one more was tacked on yester- j ungs causi!!g a slight hemorrhage yes day by the house when it passed the terday afternoon, it Vas officially an bill providing for the appropriation of nouneod today.. His condition, however, $200,000 for the Roosevelt Military ( was suid to be satisfactory, highways along the coast, running j Tho statement said: - , south from Astoria to tho California "There was a slight hemoptysit line. That is of course, if the bill . (hemorrhago 0f the lungs) at 1 o'clock should finally become a law. yesterday afternoon, owinir tn the bul- Tho conditions aro that the federal government appropriate a like' amount and that the care ami upkeep of the road shall be in the hanos of the gov - ermnent and no the state The bill provides that it is to como before the peoplo at the next 'general election. Tho ediminatiing process is now on in tho house and yesterday was a great day for withdrawing bills and for also incidentally killing them through ad verso committee reports. After tailing life easy for several weeks and "killing time by needless oratory, the house has finally speeded up for the final home run of Friday evening-. Tho -big work of Wednesday was Ihat of passing a resolution stating that it was tho policy of 'the state of Oregen to guarantee bonds of irriga tion land drainage districts. It was claimed that such bonds are now sold as low as 90 cents on the dollar, but wi'th the state's guarantee of five years, they would bring close to 100 cents on tho dollar and the irrigation districts saved this amount. Mr. Gore, a (banker of Medford, rep resenting Douglas and Jackson coun ties, opposed the resolution on the ground 'tuat it was not. good business for tho s!nto to assume such obliga tions. "Y.ju are assuming an obliga tion that you will have to meet some declared day that is not your own,' Mr. Gore. However, there was a gen- (eral et.'tiiig together of the irrigation and drainage interests of tho state- ana the resolution was pasJcd with i .,55 votes. i Cheaper school books for pupils in tho primary and hiigh school grades of Oregon schools 'are not yet in sight. Representative Bean of Eug'ene had in troduced a bill loading gradually up to the publishing of school books by the state, but it was withdrawn and that closes the incident for this session of the legislature. Voters of the state may yot have another chance to pass on capital pun ishment. The resolution referring to capital punishment camo before the house with a majority and minority re port and the house was inclined to sus tain the majority report that the reso lution be passed giving the peoplo an other chance to go on record. After considerable discussion, it was finally decided to give the house a chance to discuss tho resolution on its morits. Tho bill of Sheldon providing $125, 000 for the construction of a new cell unit in tho Oregon state peni'.entiary was killed. Olo Hanson, mayor of Seattle occu pied some time of tho house Tt all came about in the resolution of Kubli" of Portland, wherein the house was to go on record as expressing confidence in Mr. Hanson for the patriotic manner in which he handled the recent Wcattlo strikfl. The two laibor representatives were opposed to the house saying any thing Alice about the Seattle mayor and Mrs. Alexander Thompson voted with them. But members in general were willing to congratulate Olo Hanson and the resolution passed. South Bend will honor Pacific coun ty's dead soldiers by planting memor ial trees in the courthouse grounds. r i?-- C0UCI.TIONAL. :J9 WORKtRWflO can Ruurt THK LADY MEMBtR OF THE HOUSE "JL'ST HAPPKNED" TO BE CAUGHT IN THIS GROUP. IT DOES N'T MEAN THAT THE OTHEB MEMBERS OF THE TKIO ARE BEPBE8ENTATIVE LADIES' MEN OF THE SESSION ALTHOUGH WE DECLINE TO 8AY THEY ARE NOT. CONDITION OF- FRENCH PREMIER IS REPORTED 10 EE SATiSEACT 0 R Y BaHst Penetrated One of Clemenceau's Lungs Caus ing Hemorrhage Paris, Feb. 20. The assassin's bullet , let 's penetration of the lung. The gen ,eral condition was yery satisfactory Temperature war- snormal and premier ,to()k a I10rmal amouut o( food. Tho x.r cxaminat:on of the prom ,., ,,.,.-, . K greasing normally. the bullet which lodged in his back had not been locat ed, but another bullqt was found last night on tho floor of! the bed room. A French consul wh0 returned from Russia somo time ago, oVcrhoard in the Russian library in Paris a month ago, a Russian agitator discussing the possibility of disguising Russian sol diers -in French uniforms as part of a plot against Clcmcncfrau. Tho police watched the library' thereafter, but woro unable to obtain1 any further evi dence of the conspiracy, It has beon as certained that EmihvCotin, tho assas sin, hag been closely connected with Russian prisoners who were recently re patriated. 1 No decision has boon reached today whether Cotin wil be tried by a military or civil tribunal. ', Wilson Sends Message. Aboard the TJ. S. S. George Washing ton, at Sea. Feb. 20. President Wilsoi sent .the fol....lowing message of condo- ' 'encB to be conveyed to Premlor Cle- menceau. , : "Secretary Lansing and the Ameri (Continued on, .ge three) MM NOTE DM WILL BEGIN APRIL 21 New Securites. Will Require Different Advertising Than Liberty Bonds Washington, Feb. 20. .The house ways and Means committee' mot to day to draw up the rough draft of a bill that will introduco a now form of government securities to tho American public. With the aid of Assistant Secretary df the Treasury Le'ftingwell, the com mittoa expects before tho end of this wook to report to th house tho meas ure authorizing the issu" of seven ibil- Jion dollars short term notes to bo sold in placo of liberty bonds. The au'thorization of $7,000,000,000 does not mean that the treasury will attempt to sell that 'amount of notes, although it could go the limit of the au thonzation nf it wished. The committee wants to get the bill through congress as quickly as possi ble in order to give the treasury time to preparo for its "note drive" which Secretary Class sayig will ibeg'm April il. It 19 the opinion of congressmen that the new securities will require a form of publicity different from that which helped sell bonds. UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME. w ? v i CLAIMS re WHO aWr 1 J MWOekTATi oevores MOST OF LAA WiX 66TAU ttf CAM6- . WS TMF TO COCO ROMS LtO'ilATIfiN A N y TH N b e'5 60CNO SENATE P81NDEXHR ATTACKS LEAGUt OF ilinKOGHAII Calls It "Frightful Compact" WhicS Would Destroy Our Nationalism By L. O. Martin (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Feb. 20. Senate oppo nents of the league of nations yester day got, their campaign fcr its defeat actively under way. Senator Poindcxtcr of Washington- ,lli. ..! . i , .' uvinmcu a lung apei-cn 10 me senate assailing the league from every angle. Senator Borah, Idaho, wrote former President Taft, aski.ig whether 'ho ,md other advocates of tne league would agreo to amend the league constitution so as to definitely protect the Monroe doctrine. Senator Cummins, Iowa, forecast tho injection of tho Irish qwstion by pre senting a resolution urging the United States to work for Ireland s independ ence. Opponent of the league said today the discussion probably will continue daily in the senate in spite of Presi dent Wilson's wash that nothing be said in advance of his personal expla na'tion of tho league's constitution. Fatal Covenant "A frightful compact, a fatal cove nant " which will steal away American-national sovereignty and make this nation part of a great internntion al soviet, was tho description of the document given the senate iby Foin- dexter. Opening dismission of the league, Poindexter said it marks tho end of our traditional policy of "mind your own business," which wo have api.. .ed to ourselves and to other nations alike, Analyzing the constitution, article by article, he declared: That the constitution, as drafted. proposes o world jovernment modeled along lines of tho Russian soviet gov ernment. That it is part of 'the same interna tionalism which tho I. W. W. and the bolshevist is striving for. , . . That instead of bringing perpetual peace, it will sow dragon 's teeth from which armed men will spring. That unless, it is. submitted to the Amorican people in a political cam paign for their approval of disapprov al, popular government in the United States will disappear. - Critidsjd Wilson Poindexter criticized President Wil son's efforts to keep congress from dis continued on page three) Settlement of Shipyard Strike Far Distant as Ever Seattle, Wash., Feb. 20. Tho dis banding of Director General Charles Pioz's mediat'ion . committee, announc ed by Piez that contracts for twenty bkinnor and fctldy s'cc-l ships have been cancelled during the past few days, anil support of the strike voted by boilermakers and engineers, consti tute tho strike developments of tho last 21 hours. Settlement of Seattle's ship yard walkout is apparently as far dis tant as over, it is declared in strike circles. Iiti-bor men are n:gnirr talking today of a spread of tho shipyard strike thru out the coast. The convention at Port land of Metal Trades leaders is being keenly watched tiy owners and workors alike; A notice posted in Metal Trades headquarters reads 'Word received from the Portland' conven'tion seems to indicate that be- foro the week is ended, thi, Portland and l;ay cities will oo out. for the orig- inal demands as well as the Pugot Sound district." w.cDocro Hi only ry AHOl m U. P. Correspondent s Conditions At Brest Not Has Made Thorough Investigation of Situation and Finds That Soldiers Themselves Agree That This Camp is One of the Best in France--Super-Abundance of Mud is Practically Only Real Drawback and That is Due To Climatic And Geological Conditions. By Lowed Mallett - (United P.-oss staff correspondent) (Copyright, 1019, -by the United Press) Brest, Feb. 20. Brest ma) not be the boat military base in the world, nut is tar from the worst, in the opin- that Camp Pontanezzcn is less attract ion of officers and men permanently ivo than Camp Lewis, that it probably sianoneu nere. An investigation, conducted under such circumstances as the situation will permit, failed to siubstairtiats charges that Brest is a "pest holo" or that the men are victims of mismanagement hub nun, in common wiin muca r western franco, tuero is a super abundance of mud, but thi.s Is duo to t'limatki and geological conditions. This could not be avoided, as Brest was ec lectcJ as a base bocauso of strategic and geographical roasrms. Reports of shocking fond and sanitary conditions are unfounded, accerding to the inhab itants of tho camp themselves. Rumors ro understood t,o havo been circulated in the United States 'that three thousand American soldiers died in Brest during SeptcnAcr and Octo ber of Inst year.. The facts aro, accord ing to figures given tho correspondent that from November 1917, When Camp Pontanezzcn where soldiers are con- 'ffreated in nwait. trftiiHr-.nrtof inn linYivi' was established, up to tho first of tuo present month, there woro J211 deaths from all causes. This includes tho victims of the pneumonia and in fluenza epidoniie .during October and September most of whom are said to hay ebecome infected cither en rente hero or before they left tho United S'n'tes. It also , includes 50 , who .died aooara snip wnue coming over. These ngures were autnonzea oy uonera! Eli Hemlick, base commander;. General Smedley Butler, commandant at Camp Pontanezzcn, and Colonel Guy Kdie, base surgeon. These officers cluim that SALEM COMMERCIAL CLUB CAMPAIGN FOR HliSiSOHGOT Aim of Local Organization Is To Make It Second In Size b State The ISalem Commercial club's cam paign for several hundred now mcmi I : ....t t -in ulB , uw OIV luul. j.t-uers or oppoa i(,g,sl!lturc and that it is supposed tu are being sent out to all former mem.'',,, 01.tttnry hel(1 tho hous0 of . bers, nd with Hal Fatten, Frederick r(,st,Iltntivc(l lhig morui Bu Miib m ill n.1 Tl,.. Ds.il, 1 .L. -- a "u,u u c"a, u the boom there 'is likely to be some- tiuiiji tiuinir wixiiiil inw net woes. ' Their smhifinn I. In malrA lh a,.lnm 3..! iLI. .L 1 li lb tho second in size in the state and first in the matter of accomplishment "ii-'a. They want not only every business and professional man and cap- i u i .i i-i jSawiu, on tho active list, but every progressive farmer in. the Kalem vicinity on the non resident list, where by they will enjoy all the privileges ofl the club with the exception of tha ballot. On the 25th of this month thet club solicitors will make the round of the city ond community to gatheD up 'the blank cards that have been sent out and they expect to have everyt old member back on the roll end along with him one or more farmers or eiti zens who have not been members. Wuh a view to making the elub mora attractive and more holpfuil to the ru- ral membership, the board of directors at their meoting tonight will be asked to consider the proposition to broaden! the agricultural department of the dutt so greatly that the farmers of Marlon and Polk county will feel a sense of partnership in the institution. It is pro- (Coutinued on page seven) Costs Only Fifteen Cents To Sell Farm Mrs. Haid, 529 Court street, put an ad in the Capital Jour He nal's "New Today" columns, saying that she had a farm for sale. It roquired fifteen words to say this at one eent a word, or fifteen eents for one inser- tion. The ad only run ono time 4 because it sold her farm, so the lady told the collector when she paid for the advertisement. if Same old moral: "It Payg to advertise." 'Shocking' the s'lck death rate in Brest, whicas handles more American trcops than! any other poi't, is' the lowest of any tamp in France. 'Txi 'Em Right" A private from California admitted is lea comfortable and that certainly the streets are infinitely modifier, but dcclaredl that it is the "best camp ia prance." 1 Ho was asked why. ,' " Because" he replied, "they feed you ngut nere.' what da you mean bv 'ritfht'f "Well, 'thcrs's lots of it, its j,ocd and you d.m't have t.i w-iif for it. Why, they had hot chocolate and things for us when wo got off tho tmin and a hot dinner ready when wo got to camp,, although lit was in tii middle of the night. Don't let 'cm kid you; this is a white man's camp," After the correspondent talked with many other men in the ranks and the opinion of the California!!, regarding tho camp, received unanimous indorse ment. Personal investigation showed that tho fond was better than served in many American, British au camps, which the correspom il French dent hasj vis ted. When Brest was first taken ever as an American base 3 here was a torrifia struggle under frightful difficulties to get a milJion men through thi) anciont, unnuilernizcd port at a 'tuno when tho only thing lntolernblo was delay. Tho problem now ia that of getting a great er number of men homo aain with spirit intact; while .tolerance fjr dc- i -.ay is .'Ot lunch greater tha.i it was uotor This is being accomplished ' do'Fpito hi pjlessly inadequate facilities un less tho figures given ribnvn aro dis puted. ' HIGH SCHOOL -BILL STARTS FIGHT THIS IK iu tinner t1MU 111 IIVUOL If Governor Sips Measure, Tuition Of Students VYuI Be Paid By Their Ceariy. Notwithstanding tho fact that tomor row will bo the 40th day of tho present little business was accomplished. Tho oratorical flights wore on Sonata tjiii i .t.:..i. . BlU 63' whlch P'IOSCS that Counties Bhu11 Pay a1' of the tuition of its stud- e,lts w;10 So clsewhero fo, a high schoul education. This is of course where tha atudeut ha no high school facilities in nis uisinct. as the law now stands, a numoor .of counties pay only $10 of tho tuition of its studentg who jro out of their owu districts for aaliigh school education and the pupil the remainder. For instance, students living in Polk county whero there is no high school In tho district, 0ft(!n come to the galem high school, Polk county then m q thfl tui tion aud the pupil $36 00. In the proposed law ana wMcn haJ fpaMed both fe and rovi(le4 u h , u ' , ... . ... ,, .f thl B" .Vn ha. no chance of attendine a high school in hl strict, the county from winch h. emi!8 wl" W P"w till i ""y ignc by the govornor and noth- inB happens to it within three days. " is one of tho rules of the House that when a bill has passed, any membor voting in tho affirmative may have ttrti privilege of recalling it. '. It was contended that the bill woifM tend to build up the big central high schools and would be detrimental to the counties that have but few schools. As presented by the Henate af ter amendments, the bill had the sanc tion of State Superintendent of School Churchill and leading educators of the state. It wa, stated that the high school laws of the state were not what they should be and never would be as long aB left in the hands of educators. This 1 statement was made by an opponent of the bill. Mrs. Thompson of The Dalles, who is greatly interested in all cduca- tional matters, thought the caucators were the ones best adapted to settle the school questions and she also re- , i (Continued on psgc thro.")