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cnAA rn?nn iTiwi (65.090 BEADEBS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE. DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE V AL LS IT NEWS SEBVICE. iVealher Report. m Oregon. Tonight and Friday " rain, moderate southerly winds If H -i irfiiii, v. I as FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 52. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAINS AND NIW 8TANI8 FIVE CENT3 Iflkfflftiii m mil n il il il irVirHT fSY It GIlGUPHlO AT UGHIENB War Minister Noske Says That Unconditional Surrender Are Only Terms. LATER IT IS REPORTED THAT HE HAS RESTED Mels Appealed Unsuccess . faOy For Withdrawal Of .Government Troops. Amsterdam, March 13. Dispatches received here today said that Sparta cans caught between two tires wore evacuating their positions in Liehton berg.- The burgomaster is said to have appealed uneueessfully to War Minister Xiosko to draw off bis troops end rc daeo them with a "peoples' guard,' including Spartacans. United Press dispatches from Berlin dated Tuesday reported yesterday that government troops had captured the greater part of Liehtenborg, but that Spartacans had fled to the. southeastern part of tho city proper, where tiioy had M ;ii no d recruits and taken up strong positions. Unconditional Surrender. London, March 13. A wireless dis patch received from Berlin today re ported thr.'t War Minister Noske roply iiig to n request by tho Spartacans tor armistice terms, said the only terms would be ''unconditional surrender, in cluding all arms." Noske Resigned. Zuiiiihi March. lS.-wWar - Minister Noske resigned Tuesday morning, is was reported in a dispatch, from Berlin today. General Von I.equis is said to liave sueeeded him. Fighting Continued. n.. Moi-ntt 13 ViirMtnfr OTfla Ann tinuing in Berlin tonight over a front, of i ;... lr:ln...nfa ftfi menu luuii meiii inu jvuunum V " and a half miles). The city commander announced it was Ujiccrlaiu when the government could master the situation, owing to the Spar-tow-fins' infiltration luetics. As fast as tho troops re-conquor an area the in surgents spring up in another quarter. Tw0 hundred and fifty Spartacnns, both men and women, were captured' in the heart of the city this cvoning. They bad gone to thoir secret headquarters iticie to get money which was to be ap portioned among the Spartncnn forces s wages. Prices In Market Etehly . Irregular In New York New York, Mar. 13. Tho New Yorl, Evening Sun financial review today eays: Prices in today's stock market were highly irregular in relatively restricted trading. Womo of the equipments were buoy ant, notably Railway Steel Spring The tobaccos were subjected to a good deal of pressure throughout. Texas company and United States Industrial Alcohol made the most expansive moves, the one crossing 214 and the other HI. Amer ican Can, U. 8. Rubber, Central Leath w and Corn Products were bid up in good style. The rails were lightly dealt in and suffered quite severely af times. Abe Martin ! Anybuddy kin shine in society if they wear th V same dress suit long enough. It seems like th' closer tbi?y put th' chairs t'gether at a banquet th' tougher th' meat is. I f VI) il mi il Prince Lkkoysky To Be FfllYFD flF Q INH (kraanMassadorToU.S.:LLHlJLl Ul Olllll Paris, March 13. Dispatches receiv ed today from Berlin stated that in official circles it waa asserted that Prince Lichnowsky will be appointed ambassador to the United States as soon as pence is signed. Lichnowsky was German ambassador to Great Britain when the war broke out. He did everything possible to avert tho war. Returning to Germany, be published "his memoirs, in which he placed the eutiro blame for the war uKn Germany. These became public a id he was forced to fleo to Switzer land. Aftcr the revolution he returned to Berlin. First Aerial Duel In History Arranged Today Paris, March 13. The first aerial duel in history was arranged today. The principals are Captain Schroiber and Captain Vaudeorauc. , Thcv will use Nieuport single seat niacin ies equipped with machine guns. Their seconds, Captain Wadon and Pilot Bubo will ta,kc tho air at the same time. Tho circumstances resulting in tho duel were not learned.' Tho exact date of tho encounter was not given out but was expected to be shortly. SIMS NOT MEASURED IN WAGES. PEOPLE'S RAM Believes Definite Government al Labor Policy 6Iut Be Formed. By L. 0, Martin (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Mar. 13, American workers must toe given a share in the industries they help create aud main-tain-r-a share not measured in .wages, Senator Borah, next chairman ot the senate labor committee, declared today Borah was discussing laibor. legisla tion to ibe presented at the coining ses sion of eongress. Tho fundamental thing, "the tirst thing which must be done," said iio rah, "is the formulation of a definite governmental labor policy. "This we have never had. - Not Scientific Enough "We have met exigencies as they have arisen by juggling wages, raising them ncre, lowering them tnere when it was possible. We have never gone at th problem in a way really to salve it. "iJoopftration must be tho Kevstone of any real working out on a sound economic Ibasis of the relations of cap ital and the workers. Cooperation must toe the thought behind a government labor policy. 'l ooperalion, of course, is impossi ble unless 'both of those who are to cooperate have an interest in the busi ness or industry. It must be an inter est on the part of tho workers that goes ibcyond mere wages. Workers must havo an actual share in industry which will give them the incentive to cooper ate, make them eager to do so because such cooperation means their own wel fare." Wlard Laughs At Johnsoiis Rsast That Ffcht Was Fake liawronee. Kas. Mar. 13. "It's tho 'l"SSefit .ike I ever heard of," said Jess Willard, heavyweight fistic cham pion. here today, commenting on Jack Johnson's alleged statement nt Havann that his fight with 'Willard "was fake " - 'He tried that gag once before and didri't get anywhere with it," said Willard. ' All of the highest critics of box ing were present at that fight andt there eould have been no chance to put over anything like that. Johrunn i down and out and probably needs the money. Since nobodv will fight him, it lcoks like he '-a trying to get an op I ponent through sympathy.' Amused Bickard Too. New York. Mar. 13. Tex Richard promoter of the Willard-Benipsey bout j scneaulea for July 4, laughed heartily today at Jack Johnson's alleged con fession ''made in Havana" that he laid down in his fight with Jess Willard four years ago. ''Johnson ig discredited and-is mak ing a cheap bid for publicity," said Rickard. "He is four flushing as he al ways does and no decent promoter can afford to have anything to do with hfii I 'm Rure I would not. "The fight couldn't have been fak ed. It went too far. Frame-up bouts never last 2(5 rounds." .As income derived from illegal bus iness are taxable, the intcrnHl revenue bureau has decided that losses by ?anthlers, bootleggers and other par ticipants in 'illegal practices arc de ductr.bla in determining net income subject to tax. John Skelton Williams has resigned as director of the railroad administra tion's division of finance and purchases DEMAND, SAYS 10 FEIN ASKS WORLD TO FREE IRELAND Calls Upon Advocates Of "Im partial Justice" To Strike Now. BELIEVES WILSON CAN RIGHT IRISH WRONG Says Oti'y Desire Of People Of Lilys isrc is io iieiuai Of Bondage. This is the statement of the new Irish republic which asks the peace confer ence to grant It self determination, It was written for the information of the American people by Edward De Va- leia, head of the Sinn Feins, who has oeeu called "presidem, of Ireland.". Do Valera recently escaped from Lincoln jail, England, and is a fugitive... After writing this document in, his hiding place near Dublin he handed it to a Sinn Fein member of parliament, who conveyed it to Kalph F. Couch, the Unit ed Prceg correspondent, who found and interviewed De Lavera... Tho corres pondent brought it to New York in person so there was no censorship. By Edward De Valera. (President of the Sinn Fein party and member of Parliament.) (Copyright 1919 by tho United Press.) Somewhere in Iroland, Feb. 25. Eng land has no right in Ireland, England's de facto government here rests sololy on the number of her bayonets. We challenge England t0 allow Ire lai'4 the principle of free sclf-doter-minution, Let that principle be applied to this Iseland as a unit find if a de cisive majority of tho pooplo declare for a separate independent statehood then she will be silent. If England accepts the principle of self determination for this island it will settle the Irish question forever. Ireland Justified. If h c'.ixisive majority should declare for independence, would not Ireland be justified in claiming that and not some thing loss, represents the free will of the people. The recent elections prove it. On what grounds does England refuse Ireland's demands? England cannot pretend to misunderstand that the chal lenge we give her is tho challongo of the Irish pcoplo. Let us hear why she ' refuses to meet it. j We can ourselves- sottle our minority question (Ulster) because we shall want to. England will never scttlo that minority question becauso she desires to keep it unsettled. Let her remove her interfering hand. . Asks World to Listen. We ask the world to listen and to judge botween Ireland and England, but if the prineiplo with whlctt tho world has rung the past four years shall prove to bo mockery, if Ireland 's claim still is flouted, then she must find refugo once more in her own in domitable spirit the spirit which has maintained her in the past. She can at loa-st endure and depend upon It. There is a generation now grown up in Ireland that will see to it that if Eng land wants to still rule here she must do so with a never sheathed sword. ' Help Not Certain. Do I believe the statesmen in Paiio will force England to do Justice to Ireland? Many people are asking that question. They arc convinced, I sup pose, that of Iierself England will not do justice to Ireland. They doubt por hnps that the delegates from tho other nations will be either so disinterested or such determined champion8 of right as to risk a quarrel with England on behalf of a- country which possesses less of the wor!d"s goods than England when nothing but tho principles of just ice are at stake. These doubters may be right, they may Tie wrong. I do not pre tend to know. X do know that if this issue unhappily should be as the doubt ers are obviously satisfied It will be, then the cynic can feel once more that he lies been justified and the simple and trusting obviously imposed upon. Then indeed there will have been de ception. Honest people everywhere will point a finger of scorn and indignation at these statesmen. They will have a right to Asks "Whew Is Justice?" Where now is that impartial Justice that konws ro favorites which recently you spoKe so much about t Where now is this new order and these handsome foundations of lasting peace f Where r II the beautiful professions of yours that, simple and grand, seemed tuned to the eternal verities of our souls, wak ening in thema sympathetic response that wo could not cmother were these beautiful profession put skillfully spi'u phrases finely woven to enmesh usT Are you sfter all, only as were the (Continued on page two) Immediate Resumption Of Building Is Demanded Washingtou, Mann i. iitty seven out of socuty two cities investigated by the labor department show a press ing demand for the immediate resump tion of building. Questionnaires were sent out to city officials and most of them gavo the reason for the present delay in resum ing building as the high prices of ma terial and labor. Some blamed it on tho inability to obtain loans. "Ohio, Indiana and Illinois show a shortage in dwellings with an occas ional demand for schools aud factories,' tho department says, i "The major percentage of the short age in Colorado, California, Utah and Washington is for more houses. In tho south and southwest there is a de mand for business buildings, this being noticeable in Texas and Louisana. "Tacoma, Wash., was tho anly city reporting no delay on account of wi-ges, material, pnces and availablo capital. "Tacoma, Wash., was the only city er and subsequent reports from Wash iugton indicate unparaUed building act ivity there this spring.' PUHJC STATEMENT TOSIIOWITTITIII OF AMERICAN PEOPLE President Will . Make Such Speech Soon After His Ar rival la France. ; By Robert J. Bender .. (United Press staff correspondent) -Washington, Mar. - 13. That Presi dent Wilson will make a public state ment soon on tho attitude of the Amer ican pooplo toward the league of na linni covenant is .the conviction of hlo advisers hero. Shortly before departing for France the president declared he probably would make such a statement after he arrived in Paris or rfOsibly in respKir ttf greetings at Brcst.wtorein ho would attempt to clarify any confusion in. European opinion, resulting from at tacks on tho league in the United States. Tho president at tho time said such a statement probably would prove nec essary to offset, the effect, of reports on events here during his short sojourn in Washington. Secretary Tumulty today denied re ports from Paa that consorship was holding up news of those opposing the league to prevent it reaching the peace conference. SEES TROUBLE AHEAD VOLUNTEER SYSTEM French Think Germany Codd Have Fully Officered Army In Five Years. By William Philip Slmms. (United Pross Staff Correspondent.) Paris, March 13. Within five yoars after peace is signed Gormany will be able to throw a fully officered army of soveral millions in the field pro viding tho allies imposo the. voluntcor system on that country according to the belief expressed in French military and official circlc8 today. The French regard the proposed vol unteer system, providing for a German army of 100,000 as a "potential and stupendous Saint Cyr" (the French West Point). Would be Training Schools. They declare Germany could easily maneuver tho system so as to permit only officer material to enter the stand ing army, which would become in reality only an officer 'B training school, yield ing after four or five yenrs the equiva lent of one hundred thousand West Pointers. These would bo sufficient to command an army of ten million. France cannot forget that there am several million younsters in Germany who can already be regarded as voter ans. In addition, it is feared the 111 year term of enlistment would encour age young men to make army life their profession. Admittedly, it is practically impossible to prevent continuation or Germany's shooting and turnvcrein or ganizations, which in the past were oir ly thinly disguised military training centers. OVEB ONE MILLION BOUNDS. Washington, Mar. 13. Between on and two million round of ammunition have been shipped into Mexico in the last wo months from tho United States, it was learned here today. This has been with the approval of the war department, it was staled. These shipments are ipart of an or der which hag been standing with Am erican munition manufacturers for somo two years, it wa explained. Ship mentg arc crossing the border from time to time with the approval of Am erican authorities to meet Carranza's request for ammunition. "OFFICER 666" IKES DECIDED IT LAST NIGHT Governor O'cott Appears As . " Policeman Dressed In Uniform. ACTION MOVES FAST TTOGHM SCENES To James Molt Is Das Much Credit For Wonderful Suc cess Once agnin the Elks lodee scored a decided hit when , they presented at the Grand opera house iast evenmir the play "Officer 6(50" under the direction of Jamos Mutt, who has directed the annual plav for the Elks for several years past. ' 'Officer 666" is a Dlav that has n decided kick to it from the time tho curtain rises and E. Cooke Patton, as tno Japaneso servant of James Mott, s soon in Mr. Mott 's Now York npart- meurs, to tne rinal scene whero Carl Hinges makes love to Miss Florence Cartvvright ind Jumes -Mott is tellipg Miss Olga Gray how much ho loves her. Tho lovo makr.ig ol couisu is part of the play. T0 Mr. Mott must bo givo credit for selecting his cast wherein each mem-' ber is especially adapted to tho part. For instance George Snyder required but littlo makeup to play tho part of the Irish policeman "Offieor 660." With an Irish broguo that seems to come natur al, Mr. Snyder amd his troubles, when he loaned his uniform, kept the audience in good humor. - Gingrich Appears Artist. " And then Oscar B.' Gingrich, tho Chcr rian singer, appeared thia time in the dignified role of dress suit crook whoso tastes were long qn fino pictures. It would hardly bo rigRt to say that Mr. Gingrich didn't act any. It's just the other way.' His acting was so fino that 2 - 4 fefcl.'.lm.i.i if.,,.. T, , ,.! A. T,. TeBARKR. One of the Elk stars who scored a hit inxtho first performance or ,um cer 606" last evening. it seemed natural for him to want to tako all of Mr. Mott's beautiful paint ings and just as nat ural for ' him to want to elope with Mies Olga Gray. And then it isn't every day that a Salem audience can pay fl.00 and see at tho opera house a governor' t-nd a nvrntnrv nf tnto all in ono and dressed in a uniform that belonged to our own Halem police. It was remarked that Mr. Olcott was a better governor and secretary of slate that a policeman. But this again is a matter of individual taste. However, to very few in Kaleni is accorded the honor 0f te'g polico mau in the evening, just to help along the 'Elks, and then the next day to go i ,.i lifo nnrt become a real gov ernor nnd a real secretary of state, all I in one. Governor Olcott sccmee. to cn !joY his brief experiuce on- the stage and had the pleasure oi snaicmng mm.... Mott and Karl Hinges off the stngo, not as a governor, but as a policeman. Karl Hinges, who was tho friend ol Mr. Mott in the play, had the distinc tion of wearing fine clothes and white spats and also tho additional privil ege of making love to Miss Cart wright. He was the envy ot l?ic young men in the audience, especially iu in love making scenes. They do say that Mr. Hinges has had so much experience in this lovo making line that it all just cume natural. His worn am .ea ly good nnd along professional lines rather than of the home mado variety of acting. Mayer Albin Active. Mayor C, E. Albin appeared as a policeman and it was iu his official capacity as a member of the police (Continued on page four) Lieutenant Compton Comes Back Forfeit In Salem Received litorailly with open- arms, Lieut. Louis Compton, of the old M company, dropped off the 4:15 train of the Oregon Electric yesterday af ternoon into a group of his admiring friends. Ho landed with the l()2d in fantry in New York last week and brought across the continent about 215 men, contingents of companies L and M. which ha convoved tn 4'flmn Lewis. and. then secured a furlough, pending his discharge, to spend a few days with old friends in this city. He comes back with a well rounded WHr record, as he was with the Oregon boys who saw service on the Mexican border, and also served in the Philippines. He was mixed up with some of the live liest scraps on the French front, be- ing wounded twice in the course of the battle of the Champagne, anpyalso having a most disagreeable experience with poison gas. Lieut. Compton who by the way, would have been Capt. Compton if the war had lasted a few weeks longer was formerly manager of the Y. M. C. A. in this city, in which position he waa both successful and popular. It has tKen hoped that he might bo per suaded to return to tho position which has been held open for him, but1 it is uncertain as to whether he will see his way to accept. SOLDIERS' PRESENCE OF MIND SMS SHIP ROM BEING BURNED lore Than Seven Thousand Men Arived On America From Brest. - New York, Mar. 13. Moro than sev en thousand soldiers arrived here to day on the America, from Brest. ' Tho ho,pttiil ship Comfort, delayed by a stop in tho Azores for coal, arriv ed at the same tuno with 403 sick and wounded. . . ' . , . .. ""Brigadier" general" George W. Win gate, commanding "tho 52d field artil lery . brigade and Brigadier General Ed ward A. Krcger judge advocate gen eral 'g department, were aboard the Am erica. ' - The ipresence of mind of officers on the Comfort, prevented what might havo bScn a serious fire. On March 1, according to officers, a movie picturo film ibeing shown in the surgical ward 'birrst into flames. Fred Hofer, Falls ity, Neb., who lost his left leg at Verdun, was sitting on one side of tho film projector, andt George Henry, Philadelphia, who had lost his right leg, was sitting on the other side. Both bthbed up and start ed to beat out tho flames. Albert Nitchko of Jersey City, who was on a cot recovering from an operation, jump Oil out and helped push the flaming apparatus into the elevator shaft. The 'elevator was standing at that floor and whon ;tho apparatus was on it the steel doors were closed, smothering tho flnmna in tlift nlrlifrlif rf'nmTinrtmnTit.. Among those arriving was Sergeant . .. , , John Zieghenbagcr, Tho Ihillcs, Or., of the 93d aero squadron. , An epidemic of influenza on 'the am erica caused tho deaths of five sol diers and the removal of more thnn 150 to the ship's hoilul. LW.W. Threaten To Send Head Of Ckief Of Police To Mayor Portland, Or,. Mar. 13. I. W. W. have threatened .to send the head of Chief of Police Johnson to Mayor Ba kor by parcel post unless tho demands of the Industrialists aro met. Tho threat was issued in an anony mous letter which whs sent tn tho chief It was marked, in what is Bupposod to be human 'blood, with mysterious sym bols. Tho letter which was received by Chief Johnson says: '. 'Headquarters of tho guug. "Chief of Police: "The holdups which have been go ing on will continuo unWs we, the I. W. W., get our demands. "If this dees not work your head will be sent tho mayor by parcel post. "C. L. H. "UommandeT in .chief." Tho mystic symbols, written in blood take the form of a figure 8, with a cross over the numeral. The letters "E" and "A" aro discerniblo iu the sign. Chief Johnson has 'boon ectivo in the campaign against I. W. W. here and (personally led a raid on their hall which was ordered cflos-d, 22 radicals being arrested at that time. 63rd Reaches Casp Lewis This Aftcirsoa Portland, Ore., Mar. 13. -Advices re ceived hero today aro to the effect that the 63rd regiment of coast artillery is now in Tacoma nnd will reach Camp Lewis this afternoon. Thero are sev eral Oregon men in tho regiment in cluding Corporal Edward K. Humphrey Private Wnltcr V Frohlirh and Pri vate Leo C. Crahanc, all of Sulem. WILSON TO BEGIN -WORK AS SOON AS' REACHING PARIS Arrival Hf fcftrCteYnWi" 'iV4i U UvJigC If dathEglud At Brest Is Delayed By Storms. IV rjjrMril f ftBITAI lit frsijilLIl Uii llilL BY NOON TOMORROW Has Sckdu'c In Skas To teieiiatfilv Resume Peace Matters. By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Aboard Tho U, 8. S. George Washing ton, March 13. Tho Goorge Washington eoutinued to lose time today owing ta heavy head seas r.nd it was announced sho would nut reach Brest before 11 o'clock tonight. President Wilson, has got his work in sliupe for immediate, resumption of peace nmttcrs. - Tho president is determined to com plete tho poaco settlement as mpidly us possible. Ho is making no effort to conceal his anxiety t0 'get to work. The' president will ontrain for Paris' immediate'' after his arrival at Brest, Furlough Ends Tonight. Brest, March 13, Presideut Wilson's furlough in scheduled to end tonight! wheii tho steamer Georgo Washington completes her trans-Atlantio voyage iu this port. ' - : " Boarding a special train, tho presi dent will leave immediately for Paris, arriving there about noon tomorrow. As tho next meeting of tha supreme twar council will bo called nt 3 o'clock that afternoon, it is believed he will iiiimodiutdv. begin participation In h work of shaping tho preliminary pcaco treaty. - ' - ' .' Acording to tho program, the council, tomorrow will consider Germuuy west ern boundary. Littlo difficulty is fore soon in framingthis clauso of tho trenty, owing to tho agrcemont for es tablishing tho Rhenish provinces as an independent "buffer state" and mak ing the Rhine an international water way. Three Men Seriously Burned Whca Bailer h Barir.cst Of Ccrktt M$m Exsjfodss Portlund, Ore., Mar, 13. A boiler in the basement of the Corbeft office building in tho downtown district ex ploded at noon today probably fatally burning fleorgj Udy. assistant cngiuocr. Claude Ilrffinan, firemnn, and Jimes Asher chief engineer were sorlonsly """ A portion of the basement of tho building was wrecked by the force of the explosion, the cause of which is unknown The three men were repairing the boiler when both ends blew out. Tho fire which followed tho explo sion was extinguished before it caused serious damage. . - . Miss Pauline Hendricks, an elevator operator was almost suffocated by smoke which poured u the shaft, w'"1!! tho elnva'or became fast betweon the first and second floors. Firemen cut through the top of the steel car and liberated her. Ohio Asd Aeohs Anie At Newport News Today Newport News. Va-., Mar. 13. One battleship, the Ohio, and tho Aeolus, a U. H. steamship, arrived here today, bringing a total i f 3,805 men. Four casual companies, fonr cnsual officers, two civilians and tho first antiaircraf ' battery complete, which fought at Vordun and brought down 11 Hun planes, were aboard tho Ohio. Fourteen casual officers and ttm 131st field artillery of tha Texas Na tional Guard complete made up the ma jority of those aboard tho Aoolns, Mrs P. M. Htovnll, wife of tho minister, to Switzerland, was aboard. Public Officials Are ; Exempt Frsm lacorae Tax Salaries paid by states, counties and municipalities to employes are exempt from ineomo tsx re urns. Persons who arc employes of these political subdiv isions pnv an Income tax culy if they havo Rn income from sources o'her thnn salary that nets them more than $1,000 if single, trr if2 .000 if married. County and eiy employes, teacher and others, have been informed at nil times by the office of Coliectcr Milton A. Miller that they are nft required to report salaries for tax purposes. The ruling stands and will stand since it is based on official interpretnt ions r,f tin new law. This law is in no respects different from that of last year.