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t 5000 CIRCULATION. (io.OOO READERS DAILY) J Only Circulation in Salem Guar- anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE. J DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL- LEY NEWS SEBVICB. Weather Report. 'Oregon: Tonight and :8atur- day rain west portion, fair ea&t portion; colder east portion to- night, moderate westerly wiiWs FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 53. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVE CENTS Htjf JJglli, f.,u .. .... , ' - Peace Machinery si" B URGENT HTD n .. moving Kapwiyr or Completing Treaty Work Was Gathering About Trident Wilson Today. Whether League Would B2 wpdrated In Prelim inary Treaty Has Not Yet BtVVM intety Deterrain ed. To Hurry Proceedings Decided To Hold But Few Formal Meetings Dur & Homing Week. Sy Fred a. Ferguson. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, March 14. With Prosidont Wilson's arrival in Faris today the machinery w;;s set in motion for rapid consummation of the preliminary peace (ttetity. The scheduled meeting of the pteme war council wng cancelled to "Permit a series of rapid fire confer ences by the president, Premier Lloyd !oorge, Premier Clemeuceau and other loaders. Practically all the peace work centered about the president. As all other details of the treaty have been! (virtually completed by the various com-1 uiittecs, tho main problem was that of ; reaching the final agreement. The leaders in ratifying each detail will draw up tho final draft. All indica tions are today that the treaty would bo finished by March 20 and tho Ger mans called in about March 25. Covenant '4IsOn the Table.. Whether the league of nations would ha incorporated in the preliminary Itreaty had not been definitely deter mined. An invitation has bon sont to ilt neutrals to have their representa tives here meet 'the peace delegates n unofficial conferences before the end of the next week, thus giving tho nou belligerents an opportunity to pre sent their ideas. As it stands tho league covenant is "on the tablo" in the peace conference. Committee hear in qs, as well as other plenary sessions will be necessary if . there are to' be any amendments to the constitution or if the covenant. is to bo finally adoptod before the preliminary treaty is sub mitted to tho Germans. These discus taions must bo carried on simultaneous ly with completion of the actual peace discovered Body Of Man With Head Cot From Body Seattle, Wash., March 14. Partially covered with dirt and brush the decom posed body of an unidentified man was f mind in the woods one and one half niles cast of Eenton yesterday by B. G. H. McCarty, a employe of the Pacific Car and Foundry company at Benton. The man's clothing was badly dis integrated but enough- wits left to be identified as a suit f brown Scotch jilnid, a satin shirt and and shoes of g.iod workmanship. His hat was lying (about two foot from tho body and ft piece of the natband, evidently the im- tial part, had boon cut away to avoid Gratification. The position of the body and the fact mar ine man s nena naa Doen severed i from the body before it was buried, 1-U point to violence. Two pairs of glasses, a razor and a' knife, all badly deteriorated, and a wat- of peculiar, design were unearthed Krith the body. . I '.McCarty, the man who discovered the body, told a tale of persistent dreams: of a body being concealed near tho; spot which prompted him to make ft w"rch- " . ... Close questioning by Sheriff. Stringer eaused him to admit that the yarn was camouflage to conceal an hour'a ab- oiieo from his work. J Abe Martin Hip pockets '11 be pine size an' some d:-eptr this season. What's wrrse'n a tory teller that" holJs lapel I V terms should tl. covenant be included in tho treaty. It was believed this would be possible if tnere were but few amendments. To Speed Up Program. Indicative of the desire-to speed up the pence program it was Intimated to day that formal meetings will be scarce during tho coming week, the work be ing handled mostly by tho leaders, so as to get tho maximum results with the minimum discussion. Sentiment today seemed to favor Gen eva as. tho seat of the capital of the League of Nations, me Belgians are conducting a propaganda in favor of Brussels, but that city is practically eliminated by reason o- tho fact that Belgium was one of the belligerents. The supremo war council has reserved settlement of tho Turkish and Albanian frontiers. Tho German boundaries howevor, will be included in the prelim inary treaties. The problem of feeding Poland has narrowed down to the necessity of get ting the Polish divisions from France into their homo country to keep the ruil way open. Tho Germans have been consistently obstructing tho sending of these troops through Danzig, but pres sure will soon bo brought to bear upoi? thoiu to effect their entrance. TAXES LOWER THIS YEAR THAN iN 1917 Taxation In Salem Is Below Average In State, Statistics . Show.' : Taxpayers in Salem who are now step ping up to the counter in the tax pay ing department of tho sheriff's umco with a grouch and complaint as to high taxes, are reminded that taxes are now lower than in 1913 and no higher thaj in 1915. The rate of taxes now being paid if 31.20 per cent on assessment of $1000. This money is divided as follows: to the city of Salem on the $1000 assess mont, there is distributed $12.50. The sehooll levy calls for $7.30 aud the state and county $11.40. Wnen taxeg wcre paia in 191J ju ga. iem, the amount was $33.20 on every $1Q00 assessment. That year the city ;got $15,20, the schools $7.30 and the state ana- countyi $10.70. In 1914 taxes were lowered. Tho party who was assessed $1000, paid at his shorn nf in.c Mnrji'.J.i.. -u. tribution was as followsr city of Salem $14.00, schools $7.00 and state and county, $9.50. Higher In 1915 In 1915 taxeg t lmJe fronj the 1914 assessment. For the properly which was assessed at $1000, the ownei paid that year $31.20 and this amount wa3 divido(1 as followg. cit of g. $14.00, schools, $6.70 and state and county, $10.50. The total taxes paid in thc spl.in of m3 w e3tactlvrth. same as this year, at the rate of $31.20 ;ror every $1000 assessed. In 1916 taxes dropped, as the rate was $30.90 per. assessment of $1000. In 1917 the city and school taxes were lowered and also that of the city while the school taxes remained the same. Tho 1917 taxes were the lowest fo several years and n an assessment ot $1000 were $29.90. Of this figure, tha city got $12.50, the schools $6.40 and state and county, $11.00. Durnig the past five years there has been no change in assessing real es tate a3 valuations have been about stationary. Taxation in Salem is below th cverage in the state, aceording to sta tisticii. In Malheur county and other counties in the eastern part of tho tax levy is much higher than in this county. Bokheviki Expect To Recapture Archangel Holsingfors, March 14. Tke bolshe- vike exnect ,f,. ihi jMay 1, it was announced in an official cominuniquo received from Moscow to- 'During January and February the red armies occupied a territory corres ponding to thc area of France (more than 200,000 square miles!" the com- 'munique said. 1st. FOR MERCHANT MARINE SAYS SENATOR JONES Is As Important To Inland Business Men As To Those On Coast By L C. Martin. Washington, March 14. Collective thought of the whole American people should be applied to the future of tho American marine, in the opinion of Senator Jones, Washington, slated to be chairman of the senate coffcice com mittee in tho 66th congress. 'Tanners, businoss men and citizons generally havo as vital interest in put ting the merchant ilect on its feet per manently as an American institution as shipping men have," said Jones today. "Inlund Americans who uover realized how deeply their welfare is involved, should wake up to tho fact. In the years just ahead, it is going to be migh ty important to farmers and business men in the middle west, for instance, t0 know that their products will get. on tho world's markets on a basis of fair competition with the products of other count-ios. To insure this, we must have an American merchant marine, the equal or any in ho world. Jones suggested a vanserence of ship ping experts, government ollicials, farmers and business men, to consider the shipping policy in brass tacks fash- n. Jones declared unqualifiedly asainst therepeal of the seamen's law. SHOT DOWN MORE THAN RL War Minister Noske Has Or dered Similar Execution t or All Rebel Prisoners. By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Berlin, March 14. More ttian one hundred Spartacans, chained together in the prison courtyard, were stiot uown by machine guns this afternoon. War Minister Noske has ordered that all Spurtacan prisoners shall be executed similarly. ; Government troops completed the cap-1 ture of tho suburb of Lichtenberg to-; day. The railway station, whore the insurgents had made their final stand, was taken by storm. Tho Spartacans suffered two hundred casualties m tuc attack. Soviets Surrounded. A meeting of workmen's Soviets was surrounded by the soldiors' this after noon. N0 attempt was mado, to inter fere with tho proceedings but the dele gates were undor constant menace of ritles and machine guns. They pro tested to the government, but Jno.u refused to withdraw tho troops. lteistenco by the insurgents is lessen ing everywhere in tho city. More tUan J0U0 Spartacans have been rounded up. Under exposure by the radicals that atrocity charges against them wero de-( liberate propaganda by the government to justify Noske 'g harshness iu the eyes of the public, the government press office has issued official denial of tho ''frightulness" stores given out by it earlier. The American mission so far has not been molested. Machine gun guards were removed from the Hotel Adlcr when tho battle shifted further north ward. The German' commandant, how ever, as asked that Americans in uni form refrain from entering the fight- finif zone because of the danger from irresponsible snipers. Berlin's spirit is rising as a result of the reports of early peace aud food relief, 16,090 Men Back At Work In Seattle Shipyards Seattle, Wash, March 14. Approxi mately 16,000 men are now Uack at work in tho shipyards 14,000 in the four steel yards and 2,000 in the wood en yards, according to estimates by yard managers today. With the con trtet shops in operation, it is expect ed that the-beginning of next week will fiud 20,000 of the 30,000 metal trades workers wh0 went out on gtriki January 21 back at their old jobs. MAP OF GERMANY TO BE COMPLETED NEXT' WEEK Paris, Mar. 14. The new map of Germany will be completed by the end "1" wwN.ruinKxovapiain .M- re Tardieu, official spokesman of the French government. Ho sa.Vl the west ern as well as the eastern boundaries will then be fixed. Tardieu expressed the belief that the league of nations will not be a part of j , the nrnliminary treaties of which there are four one ouch for Germany. Au- tri8 Turkey and Bulgaria. All will be he said. LOCOMOTIVE AK9 CAR 1KERSMWIT11 DIHECTOR GENERAL Hmss Expects To Straighten Cut Exists DifficcJtes As First Move. Washington, Murcli 14. A score of locomotive, car and accessory manu facturers are here today conferring with Director General Hines on pin for financing equipment already com pleted or contracted for. ..... Hines expects to straighten out ex isting difficulties with those companies as his first move. This must b done before a definite decision can be reach cd on a scheme to obtain funds foi running the roads. ;Tho equipment builders here today hold contracts, in eluding unpaid bills, totalling approxi mately $300,000,000. Some of those contracts undoubtedly will be cancollcd, according to officials. Others will bo revised. ' These contracts, it was explained, were made under war conditions and for war purposes. Peace tiino need8 will be the basis for now calculations. Hold Big Contracts. Ihe caf builders hoid contracts foi $100,000,000 worth of freight and pas songor cars. They were ordered last summer by John Skelton Williams, who is retiring as director of purchases. t Only 26,000 of theso have been do Uvtrcd. f The caT orders have been a subject of constant differences. Somo rail roads have refused to accept or pay for cars alloted them. They held to the agreement that it was an expendi ture of their capital funds which could well have been dispensed with. The railroad administration's stand wag thai in its capacity of supervising traffic it was authorized to purchase all equip ment needed. Tho cm builders, in turn, say they have hesitated over what course to" pursue. .. , ')iue of them hft, (,ne on the as-i-umption that the railroad administra tion was a sufficient guarantee. They, thoreforo, bought full quantities of ma terial for their contracts. A few in stances wore reported, .however, where the car builders purchased material on ly in sufficient quantities to fill urgent orders. - Tho manufacturers also will be con sulted by Hines relative to their atti tudos toward the proposed warrant sys tem of payments. They wore under stood to approve the plan since the warrants will provide new collateral and therefore new credit for them. 1,654 VOTERS M FfllTlOHfOR ROADS This Nmaber Necessary For Submitting Bond Proposi tion For Market Reads. - ' When it comes to voting bonds at a' spocial election, the state law Is very careful to require a large number of voters to sign a petition that an election be hold, - At regular elections tho law makers wcre not s0 particular and provided that only 10 per cent of tho vote that was cast at a former gen oral election should be ' necessary to sign a petition. But with special elections the statutes provide that at least one fourth of tho number who voted for tho justico of the supreme eourt receiving the high est voto at the provioua general elec tion must sign the petition. The last general election in Oregon was in November of 1918 and the just ice of the supreme court receiving tho highest vote was Chas. A. Johns of Portland. His vote was 6,614. Hence, according to the law, it will be necessary to have on the petition asking for an election on good roads, the tig natures of 1,654 voters. With this number on the petition it will be submitted to the county court and through an order oitara ouun, tht proposition will be placed on the bal lot a8 to whether Marion county waftl to spend money on market roads. Fortunately for the couaty, through already legalized methods of raising tuxes, 89 per cent of the money neces s:i.y will be collected. It is estimated that the bonds will have to no iuci ivi only 11 per cent of the cost of con struction. The special election is on June 3 when the voters will have sever al important subjects on which to ex press an opinion. DANIELS LEFT TODAY Washington, Mar. 11. Secretary of the 2favy Daniels- will leave Washing ton this afternoon on his European trip. Accompanied' by Secretary Tumul ty, Danielg will attend the democratic dinner for Homer S. vummings, new democratic national committee chair man at New York tonight. Daniels sails tomorrow afternoon on the Levithan. He expects to return about May 1. MiATIIALM CONFERENCE Will BE HTlD DURING OCTOBER This Is Provided That U. S. Government Approves Of Washington Meeting. Paris, Mar. 14. The first meeting of the International Labor conference will 'be held in Washington during Oc tober, providing the American govern ment consents, according to official an nouncement made today. This information was contained in the official communique covering yes terday's sessions of -the international labor legislation commission, which said: "The twenty first and twenty -second meetings of tho commission on in ternational labor legislation took placo under the presidency of Samuel G-omp-ers. The third reading of the British draft convention was eomploted with tho exception of two articles, on which a final decision was deferred until Monday. "The commission proceeded to dis cuss the arrangements for the first meeting of the International Labor con ferenee in October and decided to roc ommend to the peace conference that it should ibo held in Washington if the government of the United States would consent to conveno it. The nec essary preparations will be placed in tho hands of an international commit tee.!' . . BOYS AND GIRLS NOW ENTER W.Si CONTESTS Three Five Dollar Prizes Of fered For Unusual Ways v To Raise Money. Tnv. mill crirla in 1Wu.rinn iminT itii now givon an opportunity to enter fot tl.,1 -, in r,iiir..a t. l.n ,.ff,..l 1,,. l,n Was Savings committee, W. M. Smith, cnairman, ; In ordor to stimulate an interest in tho thrift and purchase of war savings stamps, tnoso prizes win De ottered, throo at $5.00 each and ten at $1.00 each. 1 . - What is wanted ia good human inter est stories that when nrinted will nrn. ate an interest in war savings stamps, anu it is to the school children of tho county that the executive committee is looking for those stories. They must bo actual experiences and not imagin ation. ' ' Tho three $5.00 cash prizes are as follows: - ' 1. Ynr flin mnaf nnvnl vnMlin.l r, raising money with which to purchase war savings stamps. For instance, rais ing corn or pigs would be very merit orious, but not a novel method of rnis- ug money. 2. For the mnnt inarAninn. nr itpitrlni-l i . " N method nf raifiinff mnnp. with vrhiih buy war savings stamps. The chances aro that somo boy or girl has hit on some unusual means of getting the mon oy or may have originated something enuzuiy new. 3, For the hardest work nerfnrnin.1 Time nd the amount of work put tn sel'ing stamps. Hero again soinothing .irl'iuil is expected. Iho&e compositions are to be of 300 wovdg each and aro t0 bo submitted to the county superintendent before Kov. 1st. Judgea will be appointed who will rriark percentages according to novelty inconuitv. hRrd(.nt wnrlr Mmnniun elements of sacrifice and human inter est. The 10 dollars to be given as prizes of $1.00 efveh in thrift stamps are for short stories of tho best experiences. (AH are to be sent to W. M. Smith, county superintendent of schools. German Delegates Are Appointed To Conference Basic, Mar. 14. A Weimar dispatch to the Frankfurter Zcitung says; "It haa been learned authoritative ly that the government Wednesday ap pointed German delegates to the peace conference g follows: "Foreign Minister Srockdorff-Hant-zau. "Dt. Edward David, first president at the national assembly. "Horr Oiesbortz, Prussian minister of posts and telegraphs. "Max Warburg, a Hamburg mer chant. "Adolf Mueller. German minister to Switzerland. "Professor Schueeking, of Marburg university." GLASS TO 8 PEAK. Washington, March 14. Secretary Glass will leave here next Tuesday for a series of talks with victory loan workers in the middle west. He will speak in both Minncapcli and St. Paul, March 20, and in Chicago March 21, the treasury announced today. Sinn Fein Say England Hi Ireland With i British Soldiers Numbering Between One And Two Hund red Thousand Are Constantly On Duty All Through . out Island. Prominent Irish Radicals Predict, How ever, That They Will Soon Gain Independence. By Ralph F. Couch (United Press staff correspondent) (Copyright, 1919. by thc United Press) .Now York, Mar. 14. England is "holding Ireland with 200,000 'bayo nets,"Sinn Fein officials charge. Lori! Mayor O'Neill of Dublin, an Irish nationalist, estimates the "army of occupation" at 100,000. . , - The exact numbor of soldiers, iu Ire land, is, of course, a military secret. . But to the visitor in Dublin the mass of uniforms encountered is amazing. Sentries are posted at the entrances of all public buildings. They march through tho streets in squads and com panies. All are fully armed and most of them wear shrapnel helmets. Ready to Put Down Revolt '.' England is ready to put down a revolution here," the Kov. Michael O' Flanaghan, vice president of tho Sinn Fein national council told mo just 'be fore I left Dublin two weeks ago. "la addition to tho soldiers, there is the Royal Irish conslobulary which is scattered through the rural districts and also polices all cities except liub lin. This force numbers 1 1,000. The Dublin police force totals 2t)00. Assum ing there are only 100,000 English sol diejd in Ireland and' most, of the esti mates placo the number at 200,000 the island, with -a population of only 4,000,000, has one soldier or constable for every 35 persons. "Compare this with your New York, which has a population of 6,000,000 and but little more than ten thousand policomen. That is ono policeman, for every 600 persons in the most con gested city in the world." '' " ' i WiU Gala Indepemdence "i , . Tne Bev.' Father O'Flunaghan who has been suspended' from bis church duties because of U Sinn Fein speech he mode in violation of one of the church rules, was unprepared to pre dict that Ireland would gain complete independence during his lifetime (He appeared to bo about 40,) "But we will give Mother England a 'divil' of a lot of troublo," ho said with a grin. "Ireland is sure to be in dependent in the end." Jack O'Dowd, who drove the jaunt ing cart on which I rode from the wharf to my hotel,., shook his fist at the ibaeks of a company ot "tin-hatted" English soldiers guarding the waterfront. . " When you got home, tell the Amer ican people how England is holding Ireland "with bayonets," he ftatd. "We're hoping Amerioa will help us get free of military rulo." Violation of Rules Frequent Violations of military regulations: are frequent, however. Almost .daily tho newspapers tell of courts martial at Dublin castle, headquarters of tho British army there. Windows of mag azino torea and book simps are filled with pamphlets whose headlines shout defiance to the "British military rule' Sinn Fein .propaganda is displayed and soW everywhere, itogfnthcr with pic tures of Edward DoValera, tho fugitive binn Fein leader, and his lieutenants. "Men ere arrested, fined and some times imprisoned for singing Sinn Fein songs," said Secretary Shehan of the Sinn Fein national council. ; Despite this Bhow of armed prepar edness by England, the Irish aro going quietly about organization of tho so- called Irish republic, Invisiblo government ig the term to describe the government pf tho Irish national assembly, because it is re-1 carded as existing alongside of tho British government," said Harry Bo land, honorary secretary of thc Sinn Fein rational council. "But Sinn Fein ers refer to tho Writish administration as tho 'do facto government.' ". 1 Invisible Government Working Tho "invisible government," ac- flA.linir tn 'ltnlanfl alrpAflv Well w-""" " - ' . .. eipugh Agnized to minister all pirblie affairs, if the occasion arises, "It works through 1900 Sinn Fein branch clubs throughout the country," he explained. "Through these clubg we aro teaching Gaelic, official language of the Irish national assembly. The assembly also lg organizing executive departments, common to all national governments, auch as commerce, agri culture and labor." Another present activity of the Sinn Fein is preparation of campaign plana to elect majorities in the Irish county council elections next June. Organize Law Court "These county councils are the lo cal governing bodies," said Boland. "If we win the June elections we shall have a Voice in the local tux collections "We aro also organizing a system of law courts which is nearly complet ed. Boon ell Sinn Foiners will be ex pected to refer all civil suita to these courts." All activities of the Sinn Fein "branch clubs" Boland) referred to are directed from headquarter of the Sinn Rein national council at 6 Har- court street. There the Sinn Fein occu- piea the entire building. Its work Lead J 0 rms conducted as openly .as that of any na ticnal party in the United States. Pa lioc have raided the building on many occasions and tarried away documents, -but the council continues to function. WORK ON SALEM'S NEW PAPER MILL WILL BEGIN WITHINHONTH ORSO Several Other Plants, As Ad-1 juncts To Big Mill, Will Be Erected. Not only will construction begin within month or so on- a $500,000 pa per mill in Salem, but there will bo erected as adjuncts to the mill, a sul- -phile mill, a wood pulp mill, a. large boiler house and an acid plant. Thesa buildings will ull be erected on tha 'property that has been acquired for the purpose. This property includes the water power of Mill creek on what is known, ; as tho old Salem Flouring mill on Trade) and Front streets. It extends along1 tho . water front adjoining tho Spaulding hogging Co. properties. F. W. Leadbettcr, who is one of the expert pajicr mill men of tho northwest is in tho city today conferring with C fv. Wpauldinjr over final .details, Mr. Leadbotter is vico presidout of tha Smulding Logging Co., vice president of tha Crown Willamotte Paper mills at Oregon City, director of the North- ; western .National bank at Portland, in- ' torostod in other paper mills in tho northwest and will bo president of tho ' half a million- dollar mill soon to bo erected in Salem. ; To Be Most Complete i Speaking of the Salem mill, Mr. Leadhetter said this morning: "The paper mill to bo erected in kaalem will be ono of the most eoinplcto mills on tho coast and will be equip ped with ithe most modern machinery mado for tho manufacture of paper, , The mill will make a specialty in what is known as sulphite ipapera, tho higher grade, ulthnugh later it may make news print. The paper making machine will bo the largest that is mado and capable of making $ny kind of papor. ".lkfidos the main paper mill, which is to 'be 80 by 200 feet and two storiea high, there will be a separate pulp mill : in connection. "The idea of building here in Salem -is to us all the waste of the Spauld ing mill. Our other big mills are oblig ed to burn oil. In the Salem mill wa will uso saw dust for fuel. Hemlock 1 slabs will bo converted into sulphite ' pulp. Sulphite Mill Also . '.'Besides the pulp mill, there will be " erected sulphite mill and also an . acid plant. Each of those will bo a sep- arato building. A special building will e ereetoa ror tne Doner pianx. This will be placed just ibetweon tha .SpauMing mill and the new paper mill as a matter of economy. "It may ibo a month or so before we begin work but wo confidently hope to havo tho mill in operation one year from now and to be employing iOU men. "We require a few expert men to handle the &iig machines, 'but most of ..- !. xne moor wu 1 be drawn from Salem and community. Mr. Leadbotter has great confidence in the ability of C. K. Spaulding to se cure materials for tho new mill. In fact, Mr. Leadbotter gives Mr. Spauld ing groat credit for the success of the Crown Willamette Paper mills at Ore gon City from the fact that he has successfully :klept the mills supplied for tho past 1" years with materials. "Mr. Spaulding knows more about get ting material to the paper mille than any man on the const," said Mr. Lead- ' better. "For 13 years-he has supplied lho Oregon City mills. When it cornea to delivering materials, ir. opauiuuig is a pioneer." Mayor Hanson To Travel In California For Ihslth Seattle, Wash., Mar.h 14. Mayor Olo Hanson, who liu been cof fined to his home for three weeks with neurit is, expects to leave shortly on arMupor utive trip through California, Haen suffered 9 icrvous brcavdown foliow- Ming the Seattle general shike, .