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Newspaper Page Textft man ripniT Tini www viavuLnnuil (25.000 HEADERS DATT - j Only Circulation in Salem Goar steed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS 8EKYICB Weaker Report Oregon: Tonight and Sator- day fair east, probably rain sic west portion; moderate south- erly .winds. T?VTnlI(i,frifp,lf FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 38. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS OK TRAINS AND XEW 8TANDB FIVE CEXTS ' ii "If ft nil lu md f "V V r.. S-v Sill DHT WIT i FAHIIF ROSTOV TA1 Et Recognizes Resolution Introduced By Illinois Sen. r To Be Retaliation For Wilson's Request That egress Retrain From Discussing Society. Of Na jfct Until After White House Dinner. Borah De Ms Popular Vote On Big Peace Question. Washington, Feb. 21. A resolution icquosting President Wilson not to discuss the league of nations at Bos ton' was introduced in the senate to day Iby Senator Sherman, republican, flllinois. The resolution sets forth that "it is it ho belief of tho senate that public, discussion by the president of the xtiaft of tho league of nations consti tution before consulting the foreign relations committees of tho house and senate nd communicating to them all naterial facts in his possession, is un 'wise, undiplomatic and calculated to (promote discoid and misunderstanding lotwoen the treatymaking powers." The president "is requested not to discuss the treaty until he has talked Jo the committees and to congress." Tho preamble of tho measuro says .1ho senate is as much a part of the treaty making power aa the president nd that it so far has not bean taken into his confidence respecting the league. Sherman intends to speak on his res olution later. It wa3 generally regard cd in the senate as retaliation for the (president's request that congress ret rfrain from discussing tho leaguo until ' sifter tfci white house dinner. Borah Asks People '8 oVte Senator 'Borah today demanded the American people be given a vote on tho. league of nations, coiisytutioji (before the government binds itself un ider the compact. In a speech to tho senato (Borah warned that if tho people are not now .afforded this opportunity to express tthnir unclouded opinion, "they wilt itnko the opportunity later to speak -their mind." "This plan involves, in my opinion, vi change in our constitution. Thai kind of question should be submitted directly to the people. We, their agents have 710 authority to decido it for ihem. If we do decide it, wo will as sume a greater responsibility than we ought, "A referendum involves difficulties, I hnow, but they are not insurmount able and iby no means comparable with tho importance of being right and in harmony with the people. Tho league iconnot succeed unless it has behind it the intelligent and sustained . public tipiniou of tho people of this nation. "I concedo the right of tho people to make euch changes as they see fit, upon full information a .to the facts. Hint when a radical departuro from established policy is proposed, I am ure even the advocates of this plan will agree that the people's voice t-hould be heard." FOCH TO U. S. IN MAY Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 21. Marshall Ferdinand Foch, allied generalissimo, will visit tho United States in May, .lames A. Flaherty, supremo grand knight of the Knights of Columbus de clared here today. Flaherty is in Arizona visitiae Knights of Columbus lodges. Indo-es - 1 Articles of incorporation of the Peo ple's Public Market, with a eariitial of $r0,000, were filed at Astoria Monday. ABE MARTIN Pink'-y Kerr, life long Democrat, has li ft th' party an' joined th Mc-Kinlcvlat Club volley ball team as he's dinsatis-thall has seatg for only 7300 at the most, fied with Wilson's attitude toward th' Tickets for the president 'g address Jugo Slavs. What's become o' th' o:e will be distributed by a lottery, which time showman that used t' promise notj wiil begin after five o'clock tun alter ' offend th' most fastidious t I noon. ROAD tOND NC BILL GETS PAST SENATE As Soon As Government Signs Measure, Big Building Pro gram Will Begin. With 'only four votes against it, tho aoimto yesterday afternoon passed the big $10,000,000 road bonding bill, with the emergency chaise attuched. As soon as the governor signs the bill, tho measure will be in effect and tho high way commission may proceed with tho biggest road building program ever pro joctcd in the state. The four senator who voted against tho bill wero Dimiek, La toilette, Pierce and Sfrayor. ' An effort was niado by Senator Thomas and some of his followers to take the bill into committeo of tho whole and strike out the words, "hav ing regard to strength, durability aud Z?J? Which caused the bie fight over senate - -U1 J.IY1IIUU3 WU1UI1 bill l'7 - tSenatrjf Thomas also stated ho wanted to have the emergency cluuso removed. Tho principal debate on the bill waji made over his motion, which was lost by a vato of 6 to 24. After this mo tion was lost, several senators spoke fo.: tho bill and Senators Dimick and Pierce spoke against it, before the filial vote was takon. Personalities wero omitted from tho debato, except on two occasions, once when Senator Orton said that Senato.r Smith of Coos was always cnanging front on important questions, ami agjin when Senator Thomas through the medium of a story called Orton n jackass. Various senators defended Senator Smith from the accusation, de- (Continued on page eight) WILSON TO RETURN TO FRANCE ABOUT MARCHi5 More Than Fifty Thousand Have Applied For Tickets To Hear Boston Speech. Washington, Feb. 21. The presiden tial ship George Washington will arrive " " "uu". "louuay secretary 01 lne "avy uni announced this morning. The president plans to re turn to France, sailing about idaich 5, Daniels added. The navy plans an aerial demonstra tion when tho president arrives off the Now England coast. Aircraft, probably including seaplanes and dirigibles, will be sent out from the Chatham, jtiass. station to greet him. At least three I destroyers will also go out to join the convoy. Wireless messages from the president iudicatcd that he will probably arrive in Boston Monday morning and stated that ho desire to leave for Washington cirly Monday night s0 as to have a full day for transaction of executive bus iness here Tuesday. Tho president requested that cere mony in his honor be brief at Boston on account of the necessity of his early return to Washington. Some time Monday he will attend a rcerpuon in his honor given by the Massachusett legislature. The president is cxpeetcd to speak extemporaneously on the gen eral subject of the league of nations. Wireless messages from him received today are badly garbled, due no doubt to the Atlantic gale. All that could bo made out of one message was tl.4 words "anxiously awaiting.'' Many Want Tickets Boston, Mass., Feb. 21. More than 50,0U0 applications for admission to Me chanics Hall, where Preoident Wrilson wiil speak Monday, had been received Mavor Petcri' nfficp tnd- Tlie PAViNG PATENT OF WA1EN COMPANY IS DECLARtDINVALID Attorney General George E crown dives This Opunon To Legislature. The bithulitic paving patent issued June 4, 1901 to F. J. Warren uas ex pired and any one may use tho patent eu process m ouuaiug roaus. Tins is the patent of the Warren Construction company which it is estimated has cost tho state of Oregon $2,000 a uiiie. Attorney General George M. Brown, in giving his opinion to the legislature as to the present validity of he pav ing trust patent noted tha it was issued June 4, 1901 and that patents expiro in ii years. In answer to tho request mado the attorney general bv the legislature as to whether the patent rights of the Warren people had expired and also as to whether the state highway commis sion could lay the Wrarren pavemont 'without infringing on any rights grant ed under the patent, ho said: "Any patent ruu8 continuously only 17 years. This provision has received consideration by the United States Su premo court in several decisions. It is self evident that moro than 17 years have elapsed since tho issuance of this patent and we cannot escapo tho con clusion that it has expired." Tho attorney general then refers to several decisions on tho point, one be ing that of tho Singer Sewing Machine company against the Juno Manufactur ing company in which the Supreme court holds: "It is evident that ot tho expiration of a patent, the monopoly created by it ceases to exist, and the right to muke the thing formerly cov ered by th ) patent becomes public prop erty. It is uprin this condition that the' patent is granted. It follows as a mat-1 icr 01 course lone on me termination of tho patent, there passes to tho public the right to make the machino in the form is was constructed during tue pat ent." . Attorney General Brown adds: 'As said by the court in the languago quot ed, the conclusion there expressed is self evident and would require the judg ment of tho highest judicial tribunal in tho land to declare tho same. But I since it has been called upon and has dono so, no other conclusion is pos sible." The opinion of the attorney general gives the Highway Commission - a chance to use the Warren patent. Tho Commission may do this without foar of involving, itself in law suits as the legislature passed a bill providing that in case tho Highway Commission should j use tne patented process, titer 1110 pat ent had been declured invalid, that the state would stand behind it in any civ il action, - Hence, it may be expected that in all paving contracts hereafter, the question of royalty will not enter. It was upon the royalty to tho Warren people that brought out the fiercest debates In the house and finally caused the house to pas9 a bill requiring that in letting contracts, the royalty was to be speci fied, and contracts let on materials and labor. When the legislature convened, there was insistent rumors that tho paving trust patent had expired. Finally theso rumors became known to members of the houso who were fighting the paving trust and the resolution was finally pas sed, askine the attorney general to give his opinion on the validity of the patents. j, , -v jUtww'WWj',., ii ft rszi A? I' ' 4 X f fmmf ' ;i.;,.iii,, r. V IT. 2 -' TWO GREAT AMERICANS LieutGen. Sir Arthur Currie, of the Canadian Army, and our own General Pershing. BREST IS AKYTfiKG BUT "PEST ROLE" STATES A CAMP INVESTIGATOR Boys Are Billeted In Dry Tents Or BarracksDon't HaVe To Wait For Mess. By Lowell Mellett (United Pres staff correspondent) (Copyright, 1919, by the United Press) Brest, Feb. 2l.-Tho mothers of Am erica who are waiting for their boys to como home nun- rest assured that Brest is not a "est hole" despite re ports to the contrary. This assertion is based cn official figures showing tho sick and death rate here to be lower than dn any other camp in Franco and on the results of a person al investigation fcy the correspond ent. . . Brest wag selected as the-chief port for tho arrival of Amorican troops in France primarily. because it' is the closest to the United States and the dangers of tho stbmarineg and mine wero losscned in ojmsequence. Its strat egic and geographical advantago out weighed it8 chmittic drawbacks. The rain seems to fall leverlastingly in Brest. The soft ground is usually a morass of mud. But when rain and mud are mentioned, the worst is told. A trainload of soldiers, arriving at Camp Pontaner-zen from the city, find Bed Cross nurssg waiting on the plat form to serve them with hot chocolate before their hike to their billets, if it is in the daytime. If it .i at night tho soldierg are igiveh a big -supper at a kitchen capable of feeding : 7000. When they arrive at tho eamp proper they are billeted either in tcntn or barracks. Those tents are floored, have stoves and' are equipped with bunks securely fastened in the side walls. They hold six men, each, receiving more air space than tho regulations pre' vulo. Wlien given their choico many newcomers prefer the tents to the bar racks. Tho same ds true of a part of tho pcrmanont garrison. There is no question of their warmth. The .corre spondent visited sifPeral on one of the coldest nights Bra has experienced this winter. This describes the condi tion the average trainload of soldiers find, but occasionally tho failure 0f transports to arrive ou time, resulting in crowding, causing emergency util ization of unfloorcd tents. In such eaves the permanent troops turn out and collect duckhoards from storehous es with which temporary floors are made. Before the big .dock kitchen was complotcd tho kitchen crews also used to turn out and get up meals lor the newcomers, no matter what tho hour. Areas Well Drained The tented areas are well drained, regardless of tht rain. The newcomers are warm and dry their first night. Tho next morning they are given a breakfast of braized beef, commeal mush, bread and jam or syrup and cof fee. They are given a bath Which is designed to remove any vermin, and leavo all their clothes behind, receiving a complete new outfit Then they move to now quarters, either in tents or bar racks. Dinner consists of roast beef, mashed potatoes, brown .gravy, salad (usually made of cold onions, tomatoes and -pickles,); peach thbler, coffee and, of course, bread. For supper they havo Turkish stew, 'baked beans, creamed potatoes, bread pudding, bread and coffee. This is one day's typical menu for men and officers alike. Tho menu 'varies among the kitchens and from day to day. The result is that there is keen conM petition for the prize given tho kitchen judged to be serving the men best (Continued on page two) V- -v, v.iv. .-4. v. 9 v. , mutt,- "r, i,z&mZ.&l ID RESERVATION .--AT HALHEUR LAKE IS --CAUSE OFA WBAKGLE Dogs May Have To Wear Muz zles As Provision Has Pass ed Senate And Kcase. Malheur lake over in Harney coun ty about 100 miles from a railroad oc cupied almost the entire time of the Thursday evening session of the house and although a bill was passed in which it is proposed to mako the lake a federal bird reservation, the chances are that it will toe re-called and the bill defeated as it passed last night by a majority of only two. It seems that tho Swift people of, Chicago havo bought a tract of land near the lake and are preparing to drain and sell 80 acre farms to set tlors. , . It is also true that the lake, which is really mostly a swamp or marsh, is tho great breeding grounds for birds in tho northwest and especially those flying from Canada to California. All the forces cf th eastern Oregon representatives were "lined up against turning the kko over to tho federal authorities to make it a national game preserve and also those who wero op posed to permitting the fedornl gov ernment to control additional Oregon lands. To investkrate the cost of milk pro duction and diseases of dairy cattle, the house passed a bill appropriating $5000. The money is to be handled1 ky the state agricultural station with the" Oregon Agricultural eollege. It ig a well known fact that -duriu,. 'he past year or so tho dairy interests of the state havo 'been losing out. But few have been making expenses and it is estimated that 50,000 head of cows have been sold to the stock market within the past two years, all from Oregon. Iogs are likely to play in hard luck in Oregon, as the houso concurred in the senate amendment on its dog bill and now the fate of tho dug is in the hands of the governor. The bill pro vides that tho question of dos' run ning at large without (nuzzles may be decided by a majority vote. In a coun ty, 100 must sign a petition for an election. In an incorporated town, 20 can call tho election and in a precinct, a petition signed. by 15 is eough. The bill provides that it shall bo un lawful for dogs to run at largo off tho promises of its owner wuhout a muzzlo sufficiently strong to keep Baid uog from injuring any person, sheep, goat or other domestic auical. There is also u. prevision that oveTy dog in tho state of Oregon must have a licenso tag to cost $2 a year. The sheep interests of the stato were act ive) in having tho bill passed. Muzzles will probably soon bo in demand for dogs. Tho bill providing that school teach ers shall not enter into two detracts at the same timo to tench was with drawn in tho house. Another bill how ever was passed Bomo timo ago provid ing lhat tho teacher cannot take an other school within (i0 days of tho time the contracted school ig to be gin. To investigato crop pests, plant dis eases and horticultural problems, a bill passed the houso appropriating $30,000 The experimental station of the O. A. C. will handle tho money. There has been no appropriation for the work dttr ing'the past four years. A fish hatchery will bo established on tho Santiam either in Marion or Linn counticg and another on the Wil- lamotto in Lane county, if the house bill passed yesterday gets through. For (Continued on page three) 'it; ;A"':' ii TfK j P "' ! I lb--,. - I s ' I General Disorders In Germany Are On Increase Recently Communist Coal Miners Resolve Not To Return To Work Until Present German Government Is Overthrown. . Teuton Troops, Authorized By Marshal Foch Have Recaptured From Spartacans All Public Buildings la Eberf eld, According To Late Reports. , Busle, Feb. 21. he general strike and attendant disorders in Qcrmnity'are increasing, it was indicated in dispatch es rocoived hero today. After Spartacans had cut tho rail way from Elberfeld to Spa, govern ment troops arrived at Elberfeld and ; dofeatod tho revolutionaries, killing 17 and wounding 38. Spartacans occupied Buyrcuth uud forced the burgomaster to resign. Government forces are be ing concentrated south of Lippe sni east of Bochum. . - - ,. Clashes In Berlin Berlin, Feb. Si. Mutinous sailors and government troops clashed in Munich when 60 sailors, armed with hand gren ades attacked the building in which the Bavarian council was sitting, eccording to dispatches. The sailors retreated after two of thom were wounded. Want Uprising ' Borne, Fob. 21. Tho communist coal i in m SHOULD BE ON CANS Also Propose Several Changes In Game Laws Now In Ef fect In Oregon. Favorable action was taken by tho house this morning on the bill intro duced by Martin providing that can- ners shall label thoir goods showing that ull canned fruits and vegetables packed in Oregon wore Oregon grown. i'irms with headquarters in Oregon are to designate on the iabol the local address of tho cannery or thoir maiu ot fico address in Oregon. In tho discus sion it wag stated that cunnories in Salem label their finest peaches "Del Monte" and bucIi, which is just a trifle too suggestive of California. Should tho bill pass tho senato and receivo the executivo approval, tho canneries would have to add to tho Del Monto lubei, "packed in Oregon." Then tho castorn buyers and consumers cannot be fooled into thinking that Oregon's choicest fruits are grown in California. The bill hnd t!.e endorsement of the Salom Fruit Union and tho state hortu cultural society. A game codo for Oregon is sought to bo established in the game bill intro duced and pnssed by tho house this morning. Among the changes lu hunt ing proposed aro tho following: Open season for deer with horns in ail counties west of the Cascade mountain;)," Beptcmbcr 1 to October 31; game birds, 1 such as ducks, geese, rails ana coots, October 10 to February 15; bag limit, 25 of such birds in any 0110 dav and not to exceed 30 in any soven conscc utivo days. Tho present law provides that no fe male Chineso pheasant may be killed at any timo. The bill of this morning in tho house provides that three may be killed in any sovon consecutive days. The bill is now up to tho senato and executive approval before becoming a law. The bill to correct cortain social evils, especially in cities of tho size j of Portland was indefinitely postponed, thereby killincr tho bill. It was urged bv the war department on training camp r.ctivitios. Portland may havo a chance of a planning commission that will have much to do in the future building of tho ci'y. Thr"e bills introduced biy the Portland delegation received fav orable consideration. . John Almetor, who lost about $13,000 in the building of the medical college in Portland, a branch of the University of Oregon, was allowed $7,440.fi3. He took tho contract just as the war broke out and he had difficulty in getting men as his rogular workers went into the ship yards. Any-bull found running at large, which happens to be of the kind that is not registered, pure bred or of a recognized breed, may be taken up as an 'estray" and sold according to law,, according to a bill that imam imously passed the houso today. It is also unlawful to turn such an animal on the commons of a county. A probation officer may be appoint ed by a county judge is the provision of a house bill passed today- The same officer may be an authorized county i (Conttm-td on page eight) i miners in the fiuhr district have re solved not to resumo work until pres ent German government is overthrown according to he Frankfurter Zertuiig. Tho strikers' now total 120,000. Eecapture Spartacans Basle,- Feb. 21. German govornmet troops, operating with Marshal Foc&'t 'eriuission,' have recaptured from the 8pnrtaean3 all tho public buildings in Elberfeld according to dispatches ro e.ei'vcd here today. The fighting con tinued until noon yestorday, when, im agreement with the alliesr the troope withdrew: until this morning, leaving guard to maintain order. ; -t (Elberfeld is . within the neutral zone, east of tho Kh,hie.) , . Spartacans were reported', to have seized all the bullion reserves in the reichsbank. of Muehlhcini.", TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE EXPERIENCING BOOM SAySFfipiPER Japan Plans IV Compete For Freigat Carrying Sssprem acy With More Saips. Tokio, Feb. 6. (By mail.) Japan' plans to compete for tran-Pocifi freight carrying supremacy wefo ad vanced greatly today in the announce ment ot perfected details for a com pany which will be Japan's biggest F..;.,.i,i i,,, ,,..1,;.. ....,..,. T. Issida, managing director of th Ocean Transport company will prob ably bo named managing director and auditor of tho new corporation, which will be called tho Tniyo Kaiscn Kaisha of tho Ocean Steamship company and will deal exclusively with freight. The new firm, which will have it head office at Kobe, will have a capi tal cf 20,000,000 yen. It ha tho back ing of the 'Katsuda Hteam&hip com pany and the Ocean Transport eora puny, both large concerns with heait offices in Kobe, It will put eiht freighters in the trans-Pacific trade, six of 10,000 deadweight tons each am two of 500O eah This fleet which wilt aggregate some 70,000 tons will be com pletod (for tho most part this year at a cost of something liko 42,000,000 yen. n.een tuvairy "The indication." ud lnhida to day, "pointed to the keenest rivalry ever waged between steamship iom pn nil's and we must bo in a position to compote on an equal footing witl any of the other competitors in the trans-Paeific business. We aro not un aware of the number of steamships in England, America and other nations that aro gradually resuming their for mer oriental service. Nevertheless, it !s fur belief that shipping on the Pa cific, as well ag on tho Atlantic, will to as prosperous in the future as it u before tho war and probably mora "Looking forward, therefore, I h li.ne in the future et transPaclfio t 'lide. First of all, wo must nut over look the .growth of those various en terprises which sprang up in differ ent parts of the Pacific coast of Am erica in recent yenrx, especially inc tho war. They nre now importing a great amount of taw materials from Chinn, India and the Pacific Islands. Siberia will be one of the centers for international economic strife, in which Americans will play 1111 important part. In tho coining peaceful war of com mcrco and industry, in fact, Siberia will be another, though perhaps, far greater, Alaska." High Freight Bates Now Sun Francisco, Feb. 21. Tram Pa cific1 shipping is experiencing a boom, duo to hij;h freight rales, 'according to Stanley Dollar of the Robert Dollar company. IV.-iirlif i-nti'i nre o-nlnrr down. Hol lar told the United Press today and a lot of shipping concerns wun Dig pians for additional freight ships are going to drop out or skgnt "Everything that goes up hag to go down." said Dollar. Ho said he had seen the Tokio story quoting a shipping man there to th effect that Japan's biggest freight steamship concern is about to be forns- CContinuod on page three)