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5000 CIRCULATION. J Weather Report Oregon: Tonight and iridsy rain, moderate westerly winds. (25.000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE : DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMTTTE VAL- LEY NEWS SERVICE. FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 48. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1919- PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND KEW STANDS FIVE OK-STS i) nut im x .-mAmwM r So ' BEFORE ART .SCIENSSOCIEITf Will Try To Prove That Wil son Is forcing United States Into league. ALSO THAT BURDEN WILL FALL MOST ON AMERICA Lodge, Knox, femihis, Sher man And Poindexter Have Mapped Out Tours. By L. O. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Mar. (. Tho nation wide campaign of the "senato 37" against the League of Nations consti tution begins tonight in New York. Senator Borah, leader of the opposi tion, will. IpcaliMbefaait, th.a..Sooicty of . Arts and Sciences there. On Saturday he, will spealf in Boston. Borah's speeches are the first of a scries to bo made in practically every sta'e, in op position to the provisions of the league constitution as drafted in Paris. Kvory senator who joins in the cam paign with the possible exception of jtorah. plans to mnko it plain to his Riidiencos that, it is not a league ho is opposed to, but this league as outlined in the tentative constitution- Opposid To Any League Borah is opposed to any league on the ground that it is America's business to stay out of permanent alliances with foreign nations. Other senators who signed the "round robin" presented to the senate by Senator Lodge favor a world organization upon Borne baBis which will make impossible European interference with the Monroe Doctrine, American commercial interests and Am erican sovereignty. Most of them think siwh a league can be formed. They are willing to accept the present constitu tion as the basis for its organization. Whnt they insist on is modification of that constitution to meet objections, they point out. Emphasize Many Points. They, will emphasise" to the country in the next few weeks this one point, many of them said today: ' President Wilson ia trying to force on the United States Iris league of na tions. Wo favor a peaco league but it in our right to point out and your duty to study the dangers that lurk in the proposal as submitted." There vis no disposition to attack President Wilson except by pointing out that he, whilo inviting discussion, stat- Z Abe Martin It used t' be that ever' poplar feller that died left ten or fifteen gold head ed fanes. What are a lot of failures oin' f do for an clibi when all th' aiooas cloiiC-I OH TO SPEAK I L I II.. t IM "if. -if- I d just before going back to trance Vit the constitution did not need endment. 'Jhe whole campaign is to be based, ,-Wicaiis say, on the point above out- with three additional ones. ""Knock bponsors or Covenant. That sponsors of the proposed leaguo have no more authority for declaring the league will not interfere with the Monroe doctrine and American rights than its opponents have for asserting it will interfere President Wilson said there was a reason for every provision, but in his two speoches in this country and his talk with congressmen, did not reveal one of the reasons. ' That -the proposed league will fail before it tries to do more thau the world is ready for now. That Europe is counting on America bearing the burden financially, militar ily and economically cf making the league a success. In addition to Borah, Senatorf Keed, Lodge, Knox, Cummins.. Poindexter, Sherman and Kenyon have partially mapped out speaking tours. Keed, a democrat, is not among the 37 nor is Kenyon, a republican. Others of the 37 have received invitations to speak and will take some part in the countrywide debate. PUBLICITY PLANS Of m loan mm Secretary Glass S$i Undecid ed Ca What Form Of Issue To Use. Washington, March 0. With all pub licity pl!vn8 for the coming victory loan completed today, Secretary Glass was attempting to reach a conclucion on these points: 1 Whether to float a note issue of $0,000,000,000 or,, 2 Whether to use the authorization still remaining for a bond issue of $5, 000,000,000, and, 3 The rato of interest to offer, if a noto issue is decided upon. Should the bonds bo used in the vic tory loan the rate must be 4 and 1-2 per cent, that being fixed by law. It was understood, tho maturity date of the term notes, if they are sold, will be fivo years. Tho bonds must have a maturity date of 20 years. Tho date of the campaign, fixed ten tatively at April 21, may start a week or two curlier and continue three weeks. But both the opening date and tho term of the campaign arc sunjeet to changes to meet conditions which may develop before it is lnnnched. Regardless of whether the next war loan is of bonds or short tcnn uuies, it can bo stated that there will be no difference in the sale. Installment rrivile?es will be provided; the securi ties may be bought either' through the campaign or through bn"ks or any of the other agencies which handled bonds in previous campaigns r.nd with the ex ception of the desigmtinn on the face of tho pnner. none will be able to snv whether bonds or rotes are being sold, officio's ftfrood. Frank B. Wilson, publicity director for .the war lorn organization, has ar ranges numerous novel r campaign. Among these will be tor- th rural district!" bv b-'-f,W, f'un the wnr zone. In this stunt 204 of the five ton tanks will be used, Wilson reported. Preifet Wi!rs3 Resting On TMs Voyage To France By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Aboard the U. S. S. George Washing ton, Mar. G President Wilson intends to devote most of liis.time on the voy age to Bres to getting a much needed rest He will do only routine work. He attended the movies tonight but retir ed immediately afterward In addition to being Equipped-with a new wireless plant by which contact can be main tained from both sides of tho Atlantic, the George Washington is equipped with a wireless telephone apparatus with which experiments will be made. The navy's new radio eompass dexigncii for dcterininin.'T the ship's position in a fog. insures her snfe'y. Ninn tb.ouf.and shipyard workers walked out at noon Saturday, making goed their determination to take the week end half holiday. PRtLIMINARY NAVAL AND MILITARY PEACE TERMS ARE COMPLETE Question Of Readjusting Ger man Frostier Taken Up Tomorrow. By Fred, S. Ferguson. ( United Press Staff Correspondent. Paris, March 6: Military and naval terins of the preliminary peace with Uormauy were expected to be practi cally completed at today's session of the supreme war council. It was believed in certain official quarters that they would be given de finite outlines, preparatory to thoir ratification by President Wilson, t"re niier Lloyd George and Premier Or lando, Lloyd George, lunching with Colonel House today, was to be apprised of tho work acomplished during his absence in Londan. After this he was to join the othor conferees at tho Qua! D' Orsay. , The question of readjusting Gormany 's frontier was expected to be taken up tomorrow. Food relief for central Europe occu pied the bulk of the council's discus sion yesterday. It was als0 brought out that the lack of adequate transporta tion is soriously interfering with dis tribution if food supplies in Rumania and the Czecho slovak republic. DOUGHBOYS BO il TALK WITH GERMANS Rumors' That They Are Fra ternizing With Enemy Are Untrue. ,y- . Cqblenz,' Feb.. 10, (By Mf5 jfauy, Frenchmen and Americans are said to bo worrying over rumors that the Am cricans are fraternizing with the Ger mans; that many of tho boys from tho states speak German just as some of the Bhiuclanderg speak English; that tho Germans give the Americans warm rooms, couil'ortablo beds, bluck thuir boots, and sue that they get del icies. ' Well, there may be rumors oZ i ra- Leiuization, but they are rumors on ly," said General Dickiuaii, command er of tho American, sector, to a corres pondent of the United Press head quarters hero. ''If an American speaks to a Ger man man or woman he is arrested. Tl,o only exception is in tho case of children. There is an inhorent love of little folk in the hearts of tho Am erican soldiers, and all tho regulations in tho world will not prevent them from playing with tho kids." The general was asked if the Ger mans were short of food in the Am erican sector. "They seem to have plenty of it," he answered. " Vegetables are com mon and cheap, the only shortage be ing in fats and milks." " -In one or two towns Jhcro was a complaint from the Germans that liiuy had no livestock of fowl, but we noticed a lot of chickens. Someone asked tho Germans why they did not cut the chickens. Ho caught one and showed a number on its leg. The sys tematic German authorities hud made the owner of tho chickon responsible for throe -eggs a week. "There is plenty of gamo in the forests, wild boar being good table diet, also breeding rapidly. The American soldiers were potting this gamo when we issued orders prohibit ing them from shooting it," Had No Trouble. . General Dickman has not had tho slightest trouble with the Germans sin ce the ocupation. Local German func tionaries nro holding down thoir jobs as usual, burgomasters behitr held to a Btriet accountably for everything that transpires. ' These offiinls issue safe conduct passes, In only two cases has abuse been found. Two well known Bcrliners came to Coblenz un der assumed names. The American intelligence service discovered, the de ception in 23 hours, the burgoin&stcr was brought up for charges end fined 1,500 marks. The closest watch is kept !y Gen eral Dickman'g headquarter upon the telcphono, telegraph and mail. Half a dozen trunk lines 4 ily are permitted for the telephone. Messag es ere largely restricted to business calls. If there is an abuse the head quarter! know it immediately. Gen eral Dickman has a direct wire to Berlin. Not Overcharged. Americans are not overcharged in stores hero. General Dickmaa will not pcrni.t it. In some of the smaller towns when preliminary billeting lists were scrut inized it was sen that nearly all were in tho middlo class or poorer homes. Ia such cases the burgomasters were in- (Continbed on page two) Company M To Arrive h Portland I Friday Night Portland, Ore , $lar. 6. Detachments of threo companies of the 162r.d infan try composed of 2i men and 2 officers aro expected to! arrive in Portland about 7 o'clock Friday evening, en route to Camp Lesis., The soldia-a bnpnj, to companies I. L and M of the regimcat th:it was for merly the famous Third Orug.m. They are in charge of "Lieutenant Joseph Shur of Portland and Lieutenant Campton of Salem. Most of tho men on the train are , from Portland and nearby citie3. Plans are being made this afternoon for a reception Friday evening in honor of the returning heroes. . GOMIEfIT B AGIST CA FOOD PROFiTEERIHG im Erected ! Sheds Where (jovernment-Cbstrolied Pro visions Are On Sale. By John DeGandt. ( United Press Stuff Correspondent. Paris, March 6. The French govern ment started an offensive against profi teering today with the expectation of towering the cost of living in Paris 40 por cent within a fortnight, - Fifteen large sheds, located in var ious squares, were opened for the sale of government-controlled provisions. More will bo opened as soon aa possible, l'liose Biipplios consist principally of food bought from intor-alliod commis sions already in existence. The state will transport them' from portg to the sellir.g places by special trains. The government expects 'price reduction oil other commodities through indirect com prcision. ' Work Out Rations. The model scientific ration for an avorago man as worked out by the inter-allied -tominission, at present costs (55 cents a day. in Paris, 42 cents m Now York' and 25 tolits in. London. 'Un der thj now government sales system the cost will be Only 39 cents a day. If tho Paris experiment i8 successful, food will bo sent to other towns to be retailod subject to state control. Tho ministry 0f food supplies is also ariancinff a system of workmen's res taurants in Paris capable of serving four hundred thousand meals a day. Charges will bo reduced thirty per cent by obtaining the principal supplies di rect from the government. Three hun dred thousand tons of provisions have been brought to Paris within tho last fivo days. Herbert Hoover has placed at Uio. dis posal of the ministry information ob tained by the American food adminis tration, which is Baid to have proven helpful in forming plans for the now Bystem. STILL EXPECT EXTRA SESSION BEFORE HAY Few Members Believe Wilson fill Call Congress Before His Return. Washington, March 6. There is a lurking hope among some members of congress still in Washington that tho extra session may yet be callod before tho president s return, they said today. Those who expressed this hope based it on what they eallod the frantic stale of mind of railroad men loft in the lurch by tho senate 's failure to pro vide the $750,000,000 badly needed by the raidroad administration. They said the greatest pressure will be brougiit to bear upon the prosident from this sourco to get congress back at work. The president, however, is ounting on returning to the United States with the peace treaty sooner than he had ex pected a l it is believed umiKoiy by democratic lenders that he will call an extra session bef ora T?jy. Meantime, after a bitter dight, the conforenco of governors and mayors here is on record today against any move to demand an extra session of congress. Mryor Holph of San. Francisco ex changed hot words with Governor Cox of Ohio when the former's resolution demanding that President Wilson call an extra ession to pass upon bills re ported unfavorably by the committee' on resolutions, of which Cox was chair man. I L?y Off Riveters. Sat Francisco, March 6. Seven hun dred riveters were laid off t the Shaw- hatcher shipyards today as a result of the spreading effect of the machinists' anion strike foia 44 hour -week, accord-: ing to union leaders. They predict ev- pry yard in the bay district will be forced to lay off men, owing to refusal of the California Metal Ttades to re turn to work on a 48 hour week basis, as offered by the employers. FUNERAL OF GOVERKOR WlfflyCOHBt TODAY After Impressive Service At M. E .Church, Burial Was ill Mount Crest Abbey. With moniberB of the Oregon Agricul tural College cadets standing at guard, tho body of Governor James Withy combe lay in state today at the First Methodist church from uown until 2 o'clock. Before tno beginning of the funeral services the casket was closed. Dr. E. N. Avison, pastor of the church who delivered the funeral sermon, chose as his text, Joshua, first chapter, sec ond vciso: "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise." Dr, Avison said in part: ' "This scripture is a statement of the fact of death to us all and also a call to duty to all. Timo gathers itself into a great life, and when that life closes, it would seem as if a great chasm was left. . ' ' But let us remember that God a lows no gaps in his Providence. Ho can bury tho best and tho greatest of us and history moves on ag if nothing had occured. ' ' The great thing" to know of any one is their cliaractor, as character is immor tal, and this is where this man appears to the greatest advantage. "However we might differ with him, no one could over call into question his honesty and integrity and patriotism. Tt is these things tho people have reeog nizod in him and have mado possible his election to the highest offico in tho state. . " ' "Now therefore ariso, is the call of this hour. The call to make effective that for which the name of James Withycombo standg for. It is a call o realize in the state the things he has tried to work out in the 25 years of his publie life. It is a call to make ef fective in the nation the patriotism which was one of Governor Withy oombe'g strongest characteristics.' "Every great lifo must be measured by three fundamental institutions the home, tho stalo and tho church. They aro equally of divine origin and a man i works out his destiny measured bv those standards, 4. The, life of .Tames Withy eombe, from these, standpoints, appeals to the best possiblo advantage" Following the address of Dr. Avison, Wallace MeCainant, former judgo of the supreme court, spoke briefly in his eu logy of tho governor. - With tho officers of the military companies at Portland and with the ca dets of tho Oregon Agricultural Col lege as an honor guard, the funeral! cortege moved to Mount Crest Abbey mausoleum whore tho body ol tlio gov ernor was laid ta rest. Among tho military men who attend ed the services were Adjutant Genera' C. F. Beebe, Colonel W. C. North, Maj of J. Francis Drako, Major W. M. Cop Inn, Major Fred H. Drako, Captain Geo. Shepherd, commander of the Oregon naval militia; Lieut. H. C. Jones, oi the OrogoTi navul militia; Major Kichard Deich, Captain A. A. Hall, assistant ad jutant genoral, Major Kichard lvoehler, Captain Wm. J. McGinn, Colonel Geo. II. Willet, Captain Harry Coffin and others. ROBINS SAYS AMERICA IS RESPONSIBLE FOE RUSSIAN CONDITIONS inii m i 1 levea MisneviKs uamea Costrci! Because Red Cross Was Slow To Help. Washington, Mar. 'J. F-iiluro of tho United States to reply promptly to ap peals from tho American Had Cross inis sion in Russia ior help in fighting the bolshcviki gis the ba'sheviki control. Raymond Raoins told the senate bolshc viki invcstii' V.'ng tommitteo today. Robins was a member of the Rod Cross mission in Russia- He said that Colonel iWilliam H Thompson, com mander of the commissiot., cabled to tho United States through the Red Cross asking for f1,QOO,000 immediately and $1,000,000 a month for threo months to be used in nnti-Ocrman and ar.ti bolshevik propaganda. Wo waited a, long time for a reply,' mid Robing, ''and when it cnnr.c, it slnted that u representative of the con mittee on pub lic information would bo sent to Rus sia to go over the Bit nation. When this man got thero, tho bolshcviki had been in control for two wecN." Robins de clared that charges that Colonel Thomp son had tried t help tlu bolthev;ki were v.ntrue. propaganda Useless. Robinj declared that the allied prop aganda in Russia was worse than noth ing. It consisted, he said, of poRtcrB telling how great France was; how mighty England was, and how over whelming Americans would be. It prom ised 20,000 aeroplanes and 4,000,000 sol diers in a few months. "When the Russ'ana saw that," said Robins, ''they said that inasmuch as (Continued on page two) Govs ire a Revo eepmg it Well In Ham IANYCZECHO-SL0VAKS MARTYRS IHBiGWAR Refuse To Fight For Austrians Ia Cause They Did Not eiseve. By Frajok J. Taylor. (United Prcss Staff Correspondent.) Prague, Czoeho-Slovakia, Feb. 5. (By Mail.) tho "passivo" resisteance" as the. war time 'opposition of the Czecho slovak people to the old Austrian- Hun garian government was called, was an oxcoodingly effective means of fight ing the Hnpsburgs, as after tho war re volutions have shown. Though the Czecho Slovaks wero sus pected and suppressed too completely to revolt with .force, until toward the ond fo the war, they refused to fight for Austria. . Thousands escapod and joined Russian, Italian aud French arm ies, and aguiuut these countrymen the conscripted Czechoslovaks refused to fight. . They wore drafted into the army, and in many cases sent to the front. At tho first opportunity they surrend ered in groups. From irague an or ganized system of arranging surrender was conducted. Representatives were sont out to bIiow soldiors at the front how to surrender in groups without be ing killed, Was Passive Resistance. In a military way tho "passive re sistance " 0f the Czecho SlovnkB wag as disastrous to the Austrian army as the enemies' fire, according to offioers who had to deal witlt, the Czecho Slo vaks. The Czechs demoralized any unit they were attached to, and had to bo gmvrdod continuously. - Hundreds of the Czechs retused to answor to tho Hapsburg call to sorvice nud hid in cellars ani in small towns or in the country year in and year out. From time to time they were able to organizo rositance to tho Austrians but tho revolts fuilod for lack of supplies. Within the Czecho Slovak aroa tho people refused to subscribe to tho Aus trian loans, and hid their money, gold and silver, until they could uso it for the new republic. When tho Germans and Austrians demanded food, the Czechs hid it. They refused to work in factories used for war material manu facture, and deliberately destroyed war machinory to help the allies. Thousands wero imprisoned or killed for pro-ally efforts. There are thousands of Czecho Slovak martyrs as a result of their " passive resistance." kiiKdiate Advances In Live Hog Prices Expected Chicago, Mar. 6. Tho balloon as been cut loose, according to experts to day commenting on the unfixed price of hogs. Packing house officials said they expected immediate advances in live hog prices to set marks far above tho $20 record sot last winter, and provision deportment, " Prices will no up for two or threo j years to como," said F W Waddell,! head of Armour and company 's pork ''Lifting of tho embargo on pork ex ports of course opens much new terri tory. Thero isn't enough pork on hand to meet this demand. j ' Tho live hog supply in this country j is almost exhausted. Tho farmer rushed his hogs to market whilo the food ad ministration had a fixed price for his animals." Livo hog pricos have advanced in the lust week in the belief no prire would be fixed. Grains, slowed up in a nervous market here, were expected to react today t1) llm hoir price announcement. Sharp rises wero predicted from the opening of tho markets. Charges tnat tnc jar mor, sure of a high price for wheat, has neglected corn, necessary adjunct to the pork buainosB were made by -.,nt e pcrts. I Unofficially some startling high prices wore named as possible record! for both grains and meats. Rsfcfeow Division Cannot Return Before Schedule; Washington, Mnrch 6. Secretary of War Baker has advised Secretary of the Navy Glass that it will be impossible to move forward tho home coming date of the 42nd (Rainbow) division. Glnsg had asked Baker to hasten tho return of the division in order that its members might participate in tho vic tory loan campaign. Baker said, offi cials reported, that the schedules wero worked out in uch a manner that to change them would be to disorna-ize the entire program of bringing troops home. rnment Forces USE ALL WES OF IE 10 HOLD OFF SPARTACANS Centers Of Revolution la Ber lin Isolated By Barbed Wire -'Entablements.':. A MM EfLOYES WOULD NOT JOIN WITH STRIKERS German Csti:sl Flass To Ik ry Soci&ticn Cf Ceriaii k&stries. .v. v Us6d All War Devlcos. With the use of barbed wire entanglements, government for- ec3 in Berlin have run practi- , cally the wholo gamut of war devices in suppressing revolu- tionnry activities. & - Durulg tho provioiis Sparta- can revolt led by Karl Liobk- 4c ' necht tho government used poi- songns and aerial bombs and ' supplied some of its troops with flamo throwers, although there ' sic was no record of the latter be- lug brought into action. )ft ' By Frank J. Taylor. (.United ProB9 Staff Correspondent.). Berlin, March 6., Dcspito spasmodis attempts of the Spartacans to rcviv thoir revolution tho government appear ed to have the situation will in hand tonight. Tho sections of the city where th revolution centered have been isolated by. barbed wire euluuglumnts erected under tho direction of officers specially trained in this method of defense du? ing the war, Government troops extended their control until tho revolutionaries were forced to limit their activities to suip ing. Another raid was organized again st tho Lichtenbuig police headquarters, but was repulsed. Plundering contin ued in some parts of tho city, however. Casualties havo been extremely light. Refused to Strike. Employes of liiuny factories rc "used to join tho gerenul strike, which was to have been tho signal for a nation, wide revolution. Tho telephone syBteiu was working as usual tonight auu rail way service hud not been seriously im- " paired. Tho bourgeoisie wore threatening to start a, counter strike in sympathy with tho government. The general opinion seemed to be that thu radicals were over confident and that they "went off half cocked." Some of their leaders, including Hugo Hasse already disclaim connection with tho strike. Not Yet Endangered. The government no fur hag not Leon seriously endangered. Tho cabinet was planning to hurry sociulizatiou of cer tain industries though its program was. fur short of the demands of the radi cals. All governmental work was to bo directed from Weimar until ordor was completely restored in Berlin. Meanwhile u.icoiifirniod reports worst received that a number of heavily arm ed bunds wero advancing on Weimwr for tho purpose of looting tho town. These hands, so far as could be learned, apparently hod no political affiliations. Believe Situation Serious. London, March 8. The slutation in Germany is much moro serioug than German dispatches indicate, acording to information received from neuirai sour ces today. Chancellor Scheidmann's forces aro said to be limited to tho 30,000 troops directly under War Min ister Noske. Mir.iih is said to bo controlled by a few Russian bolsheviks who frankly d0 not caro what becomes of Germany. They are supported by mobs of demoralized soldiers. Amity has a cheese factory install ed and in good running order, making a first class grade of cheese. ' Forty business men of iiandoa have ' organized a club in the interests of civie improvement. . :