Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, February 28, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. i-inKKS DAILY) , Wealicr Report Oregon: Tonight -and Satur day, probably ruin west por tion, rain or snow cast por tion, fresh south to west wittds 2 7 I n J nnr-nwD YEAR NO. 43, SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAIX3 A KB NTDWi STANDS FIVE CENTS t ' ft Umj-ir.VUIJI 1.1 U I III Gossip Names Senator Borah And Hiram John son As Possibilities. Kenyon, Iowa, Announces That Their Meeting Will. Disprove For All Time, Charges That jealousy Exists Tn Progressive Ranks. By L. C. Martin. United Press staff correspondent) : Washington, Feb. 28.-Progressive re- .i.. will hpnJc for ) eoasimr -; tonreiidoncT in 1920, Senator Kenyon oa, tnnounceJ today. , Home and senate progressives with I few leading progressives not in cong Kss, will attend the meeting. The time 1,1 place have not yet been decided indefinitely. The gathering, However, ropbly will be soon after the ad journment of congress and is likely te be add either in Chicago or Wash ins'lon, Kenyon said. In addition to discussing what man Hey ghall got behind for tho 1920 cam fiift progressives will formulate a program of legislation upon which they riil seek action in tiie coming cong ress, it was stilted. VoIitic.il gossip has named Senators IWah and Hirf.m Johnson as possibili ties tlic regular republican nomina tion in 1920. Both are progrbssives, Men of tho little group in the son lie which holds the balance of power it organizing that body for the next session. Says Charges Are Unfounded. "The progressive meeting will dis prove for all time the charge that jeal ensy of each other exists in the pro grcjsive ranks," said Kenyon today. "It sill be shown that any one of the progressive leaders is ready and Miiiinj to submerge his personal hopes inl ambitions w tho common good, Jtee is not one of us. but would step t of tho way of any other if tho tMee of that other will serve better the causo of progress, and human wel fare," One effect of the forthcoming ment is progressives indicated, will be the will meet within a fow days unification of the senate progressives for thoir fight for representation in the coming session's organization. There has been absolutely no retreat or surrender in the fight, Senator .Bo rah said today. ' ' Thero is no change in tho situation so far n? we progress ives are concerned," ho said. "Wo are not using up onr enorgy now. Tho ex tra session is apparently some distanco off." f Third party talk. is not encouraged bv progressives. Apparently secession l is not in thoir minds, Some of tho most influential of them frankly dis courago it. mi Discern IN mm BASEMENT feess Patricia Is MM To Army Officer Man, Feb. ' 28,-riincess Patricia grand-daughter of Queen Victoria-, was wined here yesterday to Commander gander Ramsay, of the British navy. Uiaudont with her marriage, Princess M. m she is known in America, volun y renounced her title as Princess W hereafter will be known as Lady Eaicsay. ' tastf wooed the Princess despite f ,on8 of her father, the Duke- of jMsgot, brother 0f the late King Ed- liT f the prcsent kh, of Jlr(1Ji,ng ceremo"y was carried S?v edathlnfitmonth of youngest so., f the king and the nd queen, those fc-di,. '.uuiuiy or ureal huTVmt Prineess Maty, UbZCn' , '-v M,,rv Cambridge. I.J. IT . "I 'Z,?rT UA May Cam Rsn,Sfy Lady .., Ak Martin '? Hint OP i W V hfuor Oiccovcrs Young Clilld Wrapped la Rags la Paste-' :-. .beard Box." ; x A labv boy, about four days old and with a loud luaty voice was found this morning in the basement of the Salem public library, 1 Upon opening tbo library, tlio jan jitor noticed a pasteboard box placed ! behind one of the basement doors. Upon j investigation ho found tbo bnby pack ed in the box with a- lot of cotton and old rags, but with nono of the usuul baby garments. Ho Immediately called polieo headquarters. Chief Varney and Officer Howe responded to the call. Af ter making an investigation, Chief Var noy took the baby to the Willamette Sanatorium, where it is at present. The janitor was of the opinion that tho baby had been loft in tho basement Thursday afternoon, as it i-s customary to lock it at 5:30 o'cloclt. The box in which the baby was found was of pasteboard, 12 by 15 inches and of a depth of sev?n and one-hair indies. It is of the kind in which wholesale houseH ship kid dolls and had the usual markings of bpxes sent out by Butler Bros. Through tho top tot tho 6ox was punched five holeH, about tho size of a lead pencil, The box was tied up with heavy twine. No bottle had been left with the in fant and as soon ns the officers open ed the box to investigate, he set up a lusty cry. Tho face of tho baby had been placed r.gainst one side of the box interfering somewhat with breathing. As tho infant was covered only with old rags and had practically no cloth ing, the officers' have as yet but little cluo to work on. GIkU te Nammaiioa ., For Speakership Of Ikase Washington, Fob. 28. . Eepublicans today were confident they hwl taken a long step toward party solidarity and u- victory in I9li0 in tho noniina- ;tion of Kepresentutivo Frederick H. Uillutt of Massachusetts for the speak eihhip of "tho next house. At a secret party caucus held in the house chamber last night Uillett rece ived icIS votes to 09 for Representative Mann, Illinois; 13 for Representative Campbell, Kansas; four for Representa tive Ksch, Wisconsin; and ono for Rep resentative Mondell, Wyoming. Following tho announcement of the. result of tho firBt' ballot, Mann's iho tion to nominate Gillett by acclamation was carried. Other elections by the caucus were Joseph Rodgers, Philadelphia-, scrgcunl-at-anns; Tyler Page, Maryland, clerk; Burt Kennedy, Michigan, doorkeeper, and Frank W, Collier, Wisconsin, post master. . ' SOME HOP CONTRACTS. THIRTKTH SESSION OF LEGISLATURE EHDEOYESTERDAY Road Bonding Legislation Most Important Of Forty Six Day Session. The thirtieth Oregon legislature, which came- to an end shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and which, officially adjourne-d at 4 o'elock will take it plaee in the history of the state as tmo of the most import ant sessions ever hold by the Oregon lawmakers. Considerable ftmportant- legislation is tho fruit of th 46 days and nights that tho lawmakers were at v work. Among the impoi'tant features are the road bills, the reconstruction program, the labor legislation, the irrigation measures, and the revenue bills. Whother tho reconstruction and im portant irrigation Wills shall become law now remains for the people to say, as they will Ibe wri-mittc-d at a special election called for June 3. Chief anion? tho road bills is the $10,000,000 bond bill, which when add ed to. the other road funds and tho money that will be reteeived from the federal government will give Oregon $23,000,000 for -expenditure in building roads in the next five years, it is es timated. This is , the greatest . road buiilJing program evor undertaken in the state, and greater than was even thought of a few years ego. . ' ' The major portion of the $10,000, 00O fund is to be spent on the Pacific and Columbia river highways, whlile one fourth is to be spent on connect ing roads. In addition the Pierce bill, lovying an. annual tax of ono mill for building market roads, was pasBcd and will add a $1,000,000 a year to the qunr tor mill tax already received by the state highway department. So plans havo been laid for connoct insr up tho market roads with the tnain. highways and great development is forecasted an a result. The expenditure of the road funds, jso far as jtaving monopolies and trusts and , secret, agreements, ami royaiuea are concerned, is supposed to bo care fully guarded, ai thu group of sena tors who had so,t their heart on having aiti-patented pavement legislation en acted had. -their way to a largo degree, and laws along th'i.s line wore passed. In the ro'construction program, pro vision is made for the issuance, of $5, 000,000 of bonds, if tho people approve HOUSE IMS 01 LAST TIFF EEFGRE FINAL UTEljOeillltil (Continuod oil page four) MI! II KM GROWING ie i; '! or.), ;"ts tiiip. an' Ho h3r According to tho Spokane papers T. A. Livesley & Co., havo just filed for record at North Yakima eight hop con tracts for 177,000 pounds, at 23 to 2j cents a ponnd. , Henry L. Bents last week visited sev er! hop sections on the west side and ,.iuio u iiumuer oi mree year cumruraa iat y? mm ok ... i.. nuin nlBhnnrl mit ... i .10 taveUaii th' ,1 :-i,u c" tor vkv. . a' a, .LIT ""Jl1('r- Thcr as A bill hefnrt thp Wfittliiii'TTnn 1-pifi- good doc- iatnre would np;ropriate $."12.1.000 for the erection of three nc-wr armories. Improved Road Wilious Will Keep This Newer Pro ject 0a Up Grade. The railroads and the river boats are going ' to have a hard 'run for their money bctweon this city and Portland if tho good roads program rou tnru, and -the nufo truck industry goes on increasing. ' There are now not less than four enterprising" transfer men running out from Portland into the Sa lem territory, undertaking to sorvo both farmers and merchants. One lipO is t0 bo operated by W. F. Browning, who with a three and a half ton truck will make the run between Salem and Stay ton, through Turner und Aums vilie0 distanco of forty miles. He states that he has already traffic enough blocked out to kleep him busy for six months, among others being a contract with the State Highway com mission for the hauling of gravel.. In the first month of operation Mr. Browning claims to- have netted $800., Another driver is Everett Cox of Port land, who started on the first oi: Feb ruary on a truck run from that city to Forest Grove. F. A. Johnson and sons, of Portland, have projected a run from Portland to McMinnville, where it will connect with a line operated by Joe Mrvrtson, an Italian youth, who operates between Salem and Dayton and other In addition to these, tho WilammcUe Valley Transfer company, with Wm Cell as maaiger, and headquarters m Salem, is building up a big business in produce and merchadise between Inde pendence and Portland. Bell's trucks bring in as high as five tons at a load merchandise from Portland houses co;rsigned to local houses. Ordinarily ho makes the trip in seven hours. Ho uses three immense trucks for through traffic, and three smaller ones for way business, these latter stopping at farm houses along tho main highway to pick up produce. This is proving to be a very popular service with the farmers. The latest venture in Salt m-Portland traffic is made by J. Wr. Parker, who for several years has been operating the Sitlem-Silvertoit stago line. He is trying tho experiment of putting on a seven passenger automobile for tue run be tween the two cities, which with ordin arily good road conditions can be made in two hours and forty minutes. Finally Ccnccrred With Sen ate 0a Automobile Tax Question. With the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and "America" the house of tho thirtieth legislative assembly ad journed at 6:25 o'clock Thursday after noon. Before tho final adjournment, follow ing the formal closing of the session, was the customary short speechos in which loading members of the house oach told how much they had enjoyed tho session and that if any one had said mean things just to forget it. Tho closing hours were not without intense moment when the house refused to concur in- tho tax on autbmobiles, as proposed by the senate. The house had materially reduced the tax on motor vehicles from the bill as originally pass cd by tho senate and when it was re turned, the upper house refused to con cur in the reductions. It was at this time that Dennis, of tho roads and highways committee en tered his complaint in, not being placed on the joint committee to smooth out matters. But as the hour was growing late and the senate was waiting for an adjournment, the house finally concur red in the tax on autos raising it a few dollars from the lower figures plac ed by tho house. Remembered Soldiers. To the returning- soldier who loft his studies in the high school, or college, Oregon will aid in completing his edu cation, provided of course the people of tho state endorse the action of tho legis lature. The bill provides that such student shall be allowed $25 a month while attending school or college, the course not to exceed, over four years and not moro than ten months in the year.. '.This provision will not apply to tho 8. A. T. C. boys nor to tho limited (Continued on page two) OPERATION OF If AGUE Sill JUGO SLAV ITALIAN QUEST 23 Are Prepared To Iso late Eeiprents If Trouble By J. W. T. Mason ' (Written for tho United Press) ' New York, Feb. 28. A practical demonstiation of the way the lcaguo of nations would operato to prevent war is being given ,by tho peace ionfereivce in tho dispute between Italy and the Jugo-iSlavg. .. Under ordinary circumstances, Italy and Jugo-ISlavia would now be at the diplomatic .breaking point, with hos tilities inevitable. The Slavs are reported to havo or dered the expulsion of an Italian mil itary mission from their territory and agitators in the new Adriatic nation are urging their fellow countrymen to cany their quarrel against Italy to the battlefield. The Italians are snid to bo refusing to permit relief supplies to pass into. Jugo-Slavia as a precaution ary measure of self protection. . Common Double Defiance This situation is the common one of a doublo defiance which, under the rules of the oil diplomacy, made war inevitable; It is a situation that the league of nations must have the powor to settle amicably if the 'league is to be an improvement over tho former system of hostile alliances. The dele gates at tho peace conference, for nil practical purposes, havo the authority to take whatever.action tho league of nations would take under similar cir cumstances. . Would Isolate Belligerents This is now being done. The news is being permitted to lenk out of Paris that intimations have been conveyed to the Italians and Jugo-Slavs that the allies arc prepared to exercise econom ic pressure against the belligerents if hostilities are begun. Italy has declin ed to accept American demiation in the dispute and is, therefore, in the po sition of a country that has refused to arbitrate its claims, according to the rules of the .league' of nations. Under the course of Uie league-' g procedure, an attitude of this character would be followed by preparations to isolate eco nomically the belligerent natrons. Such is the plan which tho peace conference is prepared to accept. Its effect is becoming apparent ill the spir it cf restraint that is beginning to show itself at Home. If the power to ! withhold supplies were not in control jof the peace delegates, there is every reason to believe Italy would now be 'ijireparing to er.d a ultimatum to Jugo-Slavia as preliminary to fighting for the mastery of the Adriatic. But the peace conference for the present has averted this outcome by using the Identical powers that .are to bo given to tho league of nations. MET-ROADS id IS W11G DETAILS IIITOIIilLESiPE Have Estkated Assess! And Soarccs Cf FcrJs That WfflBeAilahW The deliberations, of the" Market Roads body extended far into tho af ternoon yesterday, the details of the project multiplying on them in com pound ratio as they reached conclus ions. The knottiest problem in the whola collection was to effect a com promise 'between the conservative ele mont who are opposed to a wholesale bonding proposition and those who are set in tho notion that the only way to carry out a road program is. to go at it on a broad scale. If the sentiments cxprossed in the recent meeting; of Po mona grange are representative of the whole body of grange members, there is a big program of persuasion 'and ed ucation to be carried out in that body before anything like unanimity can be reached on tho bond issue. , There was a long conference in the fore part of the afternoon between a committee from the general Market Roads body and the representatives of tho grange, resulting in a compromise that may or may not bo endorsed by all the grange membership. In this compromise the bugaboo of a big in terest burden was laid by the plan of issuing nearly a million dollars worth of bonds, platting one fourth of them on the market as a, means of starting tho work and then' trusting to other resources to keep up tho work to such an -extent that future s-nlos of bonds would 'be reduced to a minimum. There wero some in tho group so enthusiastic in their optimism that they believed no furtticr bond sales woul be neces sary at all. " Prepare Campaign 1 With this decision reached, the meet ing went on with tho preparations for the campaign. A committee cif eleven was named to look aftor tho location of roads, a committee of three to tare for the publicity work, ami a commit tee on finance to secure funds for tho preliminary work,, which will , Inquire but a few hundred dollars. It was sug gested that this fund be raised in the cities of Salem, Silverton ana wooa burn. Another committee from tho ex ,ecut'ivo committeo will take up the .matter of the bonds. A map of the 'highways has been prepared by Head master Culver for the use of the corn 'mitt.oes. The executive committeo will draw up petitions at an early date aim fget them out through the various dis- itricts with a view to securing tne nec 'essnry signatures to get thfc bond qucs jtion on the ballot at tho spociad elec; It ion in June. It is anticipated that this (work will be done without elinrgr- by anon who are interested in the project. (Another meeting will -probably be call ed within -the next two weeks, when reports of the various, commit toes will ibe turned in. Availablo Fluids From the report of the committee on ways and moans we take the follow ing: Our investigation' indicates that ins estimated by the county court the (Continued on paS twot SISAGIBI5 President Will Be Accompan ied On Reiisrn Trip By Mrs. v Wilson. : .;. By Robert J. Bender. (United Press staff correspondent) Washington. Feb. 28, President Wil son will sail for Franco on the Georgo Washington next Wednesday morning, it was officially announced today. On his return journey to resume iu iln'.ina'nt tho neiie-e conference, tho president will bo accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Grayson and other members of his immediate party who made tho original trip. Tuesday night he will speak at the MMrrmnlitHn nnora house in New York in u final appeal to tho country for sup port of the league of nations. From the opera house he will go directly to uie Washington, spending tho night aboard the vessel, which sails the next morning. New York Tuesday the president will stop off for an nour or so in Philadelphia to visit his daughter Mrs.'Frnncis B. Savro and creet Ins lat est grandson, Woodrow Wilson Sayro. Tii.tn a nf t in nrpHidont'a rciurn ir'V to France were announced today at the White" house. He will leave Washington immediately alter adjournment, oi ran gross on a special train for New York. having luncheon nna umner on. me imin mid atnmiinw nnlv at Philadelph ia. The party will arrive in New York about 8:30 Tuesday evening, going di rectly to the opera house. The president n?id Mrs. Wilson"will not occupy the Murat palace as their Paris residence upon their return, it be ing understood that another fine horns ha3 been secured for them. F JLiO A V s dm Aims An i - ' ttac Vorld Constitution k on ProDosed Criticises President's Personal Explanation Of Provisions Regarding Monroe Doctrine. Predicts That Nations Which Sign International Document Will Be Quarrel ling About Meaning Of Various Articles Within Twelve-Month. p Washington, Feb. 28. President Wil son's league of nations covenant calls the American people away from Wash ington's doctrines t0 those of TrotsKy, Senator Lodge, republican leader as serted in a speech to tho senate today. Criticism of the proposed constitution Lodge said, however, does not extend to ail plans for a league of nations. 'Everybody hates war ana longs to make it impossible," said Lodge. "Wo ought to lay aside once ana or an the evil- suggestion that because men' may differ ag to the best method of assur ing the world's peace In tho future, any one is against permanent peace if it can be obtained among all the nations of mankind. . , " I will follow any man and vote for any moasure which in my honest opin ion will make for maintenance of tho world's ueace. I will follow no man and vote for no measure . which, howevor well intended, seem in. my best-judgment to lead to dissension rathor than to harmony among the nations, or to peril, injury or injustice to my coun try." Lodee said that in a matter so vital to all the world there should be no fog gy meanings, no need for explanations. The agreement, ho said, "must De so plain and so explicit that no rlmu can misunderstand it. Many Differences. "In the draft prepared for a consti tution of a league of nations method there is hn-rdly a clause about the in terpretation of which men do not al ready differ. As it stands, there is danger that .the very nations wnicft sign the constitution of tho league will quar rel about the meaning of the various articles within a twelve-month. It scorns to have been very hastily drafted and the result is crudoness and loosonesg of expression. "I press this point because you can not find world peace upon the cynical 'scrap of paper' doctrine so dear to Ger many. There is nothing so vital to tho peace of the world as the sancitity of treaties. To whatever instrument tho United States agrees, it must carry out the provisions of that instrument to tho last jot and tittle, therefore, tho language in which the terms aro vested must be tig exact an-d precise and s free from any posiffility of conflicting interpretations n3 it is possible to malcu them. - " ' "The explanation or inte.-ureUion of anyone of these doubtful passages is not , sufficient if made by any ono mav' whether that man be president of tho United States or a senator o, anyone else.". Criticised Explanation. Lodge directly answered President Wilson's personal explanation on the constitution's provisions regarding the Monroe doctrine by saying; . "How anyone can say that article ten extend the Monroe doctrine to H tho" world passes my comprehension. If you extend the Monroe doctrine- o all the, world, it ceases to exwt becauso it rests on nothing but the differentiation of the American hemisphere from the rest of the wirld. "Under this draft Europe will have the right to tak-j part in the settlement if American: questions and we, of course siinll laye the right to tako part in tha (Continued on page three) PROGRESSIVE WORK DONE IN 1 91 9 LEGISLATURE - : -i . i ..... Road Boi-fe Bl And Re- constredion Program m volye Most Money."".'1"" It is claimed for the thirtieth leg islative assembly which , adjourned Tlinrarlnv ilini it acpomnlishftd moro solid and progressive work than any past legislature-. Laws that havo been passed by iboth the senate and house and that havo received the approval of the governor are us follows: S R.-.nd Vmnrl hill. ainrnnriatin o ,tl0.' OUU.000. There is an emergency clause to tlws tan nna it Becomes a uiw as soon as signed by the governor, . A tax oi one cent a gallon on go line and half a cent a gallon on distil late besides tho 'proposal to place a nna mill mm! tnic tn raise $1,000,000 for market roads is to be included in tho road pVogram. The rtconsmieaoii program, wnicn tn bn voted nti at the snecial elec tion, proposes to appropriate $5,000, 009. This sum will be spent in public buildings, including $300,000 for a pen itentiary and for lend reclamation in irrigation as woll as swamp land dis tricts. The people will vote on this program. . . . The land settlement program is to fvur,w.iftllir Pr fnr the TO 1 1IT ni'l 11 IT SOl- dier. This program includes coopera tion with tlio icuorai goverumciu. -n. commission i" provided and , $50,000 voted for this purpose. For Boturnlng Soldier For the returning soldier, $100,000 was voted early in the session, . on TWT.vr.titnt.'lnTi I mndni 'from. Portland that this amount and more too was needed to care for the boys arriving there and with no money or work. Tho soldier will also be cared for, if the people are willing, should he wish to complete his education. One of the nnndiirn. trt n Vitffl nil .Tllllft 3 H thlit (iin;.-.iti.... fc-T "J '- - of allowing every soldier $25 a month ' . 11 ' 4.- 1.;.. ot.,,1' during II1H runt? nu uumyiuius ma oiu-w- ics. Tho Kelmr.l teacher was (riven at tention, as now tho minimum salary j that may be paid by even the small est district is $75 a" month.. Vown ti-onliKr wuh recotrnizod bv the state aceoting tho provisions of the Smith t Hughes act wherein the government pays part of the expenses of any school imaintcining ft vocational department ' t tn ft if.rtH.!n crrftde. Part timo schools are provided for those between tho ages of H and 18 years if there are any children of these ages Vho havo hot attended school including the eighth grade. " Oleo EtU Finally Saved The' famous oleomargarine bill that was -to put butter substitutes ou the I run was considerably ; knifed before passing, liowover, rno n-;ury mien-sis won a partial victory. Now the manu facturer muat pay an annual license of $500. tho wholesaler $i50, the hotel and restaurant $5 a year. If tho hotel or restaurant serves oleomargarine, there must bo a card displayed stating the fact. .: ,,-,, Labor won almost' everything it ask ed for. This includes a conciliation und arbitration board. Alto a law to bo pince-.i on the siatute books preventing injunctions against strikers. ; Frauds against tho school lands of tho state aro to be investigated by tho attorney general and -provision mndo whereby toils may bs pro3eculed. The sporting fraternity secured tho passage of a' bill providing for a city comnilH.slon to handle boxing contests. This -bill was of special intefeflt . to Portland, and possibly to Astoria and Pendleton. Tho appointment of a city boxing commission is by the city au thorities and is on petition. No Medical Bills Duo to tho efforts of the medical profession to introduce a bill aimed at several , branches of the pro'esemn, no medical bills were passed and it was only by a special effort that tho codo of health for Oregon was brought up to date, The state lime board was given mon ey to pay debis contracted and given mere liberty in the '.ransaction of its) business. Many minor luws were passed in the interests of live stock, ' especially for tho interests an tho eastern part of the state. " 1 " ... In tho big road "construction pro gram, thero was a determined fight against the patents of the Warren Con struction company and against the pay ment of royalties. There is an impres sion that several jokers will be found Sn the bills directed against the pav ing trust ns tho friends of tho trust were quite cheerful even when un friendly bills were passed. Consolidation bills that put tho en tire hands of the slato machinery in the governor's office, had no chance whatever and thty wore all withdrawn Without even being discussed. From a political viewpoint, one of tho interesting measures to bo vo;sd on Juno 3. is that cf creating a lieu tenant governor. If tho till passes, it will give Governor Withycoinbe tho opportunity to make 'the appointment. Ctasolina One Cent Mere , Gasoline will now coll ore cent a gallon mora and distillate half a cent. This extra mmvey goes into the road fund of, the state. " A few salaries raises managed to pull through but the great majority (Continued on pae three)