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5250 CIRCULATION. (25000 HEADERS DAILY) Ou!y Circulation in Salem Guar Wea&sr Report m anteed by the Audit Burean of Circulations. t FULL LEASED WIRE. t. DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAlr LEY NEWS SEE VICE. - irtti Orofoat :ToL:ght tr.d Thvrs tJay oeoastcnal tarn; wamer t night east portion, moderate southerly winds. FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 78. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NKWB 8TANPS FTVB CKVT III fir i I1ITIE5 TO BE HEAVY ON GEiiS LLOYD-GEORGE &S British Premier Declares the Allies Fully Peace Support Of Parliament In Work Yet To Be Completed At Conference Is Asked. Intervention In Russia Term ed ' Greatest Act Of Stupidity." Sylvia Pankhurst And Two Other Suffragists Create Uproar In House Of Commons Debate Last Night. London, Aj)ril 16. There is a complete understand ing on fundamental questions of the peace settlemennt, Premier Lloyd-George declared in addressing parliament this afternoon. He said it is not true that America and Europe are at variance. Pointing out the difficulties of effecting peace, the premier said a complete breaking up is threatened in Rus sia, Austria and Turkey. "There in no- authority throughout shouting, "you gang of murderers! You Rus.iu," ho suitl. "The question of recognition of the soviet government hits never boon proposed," l.lnvd-Goorgo declared amidst an out burst of cheering, that the indemnity "will be no easy one." He naked the delegates "who nro trying to do their ln-fil " be left in peace, "because their work is not over, and is still full of lierils for all. A ''stern and just pence, but not a vindictive pence, is wanted," declared thi) premier. "1 am going buck to Paris and must hnve the fullest 'confidence of parliament." Tlio premier said the ullics bad agreed unanimously not to publish the peace terms until they had been discussed. Intervention a Blunder. "The internal condition in Russia does nut. justify a gigantic military enter prise)," haid Woyd George. ! would rather leave Russia to the bolsheviks until I see a way out than to hi. vo Brit ain bankrupt. It is my curliest convic tion that intervention was the greatest act of stupidity." I.lo.vd George pointed out that Rus sia would be most difficult to conquer and would require huge armies for the tusk. I.loyd George was auiultien ry nis friends to be facing the greatest crisis in his political career. Tlie conservative parliament fenrs the premier has permitted President Wilson t'l overrule him regarding reparations. The coalition undoubtedly won the re cent elections on the slogan "make the licrinnns pay." It is certain mere will be the gravest dissatisfaction in certain influential circles unless Great Britain obtains a substantial share of the in demnities. Suffragists Create Uproar. The government 's Russian policy, or luck of it, also has disturbed the coun try. Off ieiuldoin r.ppcnrs to be largely inclined toward intervention on n major scale. The vast majority of the people ,pfiprently want nil British forces to be withdrawn from Russia at once. The premier bail an audience with King George last night. The iTinro or Wales probably will listen to today's debit p in the house of commons. Muring the debate on the pension bill in commons last night, tMvia Pank huist, Mrs. Cole and Miss Stephenson crested an uproar in the jrnllery by To Master In Independence Guard Company This Evenin Adjutant (leneral John L. Mar and Colonel V. ('. North will be in Inde pendence this evening to muster in a company .if the Third Oregon. This will'complcte the regimental commands Colonel North has been rongiatulated by Colonel May for securing a number of overseas veteran offieers to instruct the officers and men. Among those veterans are Major William G. White of Eugene; Captain I. R. Niles, regi mental adjutant; (Hiptain E. J. Eiv ers, commanding the machine gun com pany: IJeutefnnt Millard W. Orntir nd Lieutenant V. M. Brigg of Ash land; Lieutenant E. L. Hanson, in structor of ncu commissioned officers: Jiieutenant K. .1. Henry, assistant j erat Robinson, Arkansas, a strong supply offiner; Lieutenant 'Bert E. lergtie supporter who is at the bottom Habb, eoniar.y F; Lieutenant R. B. j of the committee list. Wnrd. machine gun company; Lieuten-1 Prominently mentioned as rcpnWtean ant E. A. Mieppird, assistant regi-1 candidates for the committee are Ken mental adjutant; Lieutenant R. M. von. Iowa; Nnrris, Nebraska, and Hard- onnor. instructing the engineers; ; ;nSr. Ohio. The league supporters eoonf f'-aptsin L. 8. Hinfiel I. commanding 1 on Kenvnn f vote for the amended cuirpaiy sA. McMinnville. There is league covenant. plenty of room for more and reserva-! Nirris has been counted both for and tions are waiting for them. Agreed On Terms. 'have not only failed to settle tlio war, but you ure leading the country into an other one." There were also shouts (it "long live the Soviets! " The three women were ejected. General McAIcxander. Has Strange Fear Oregon Agriculturnl College, Corval lis, April 10. That Brigadier General U. G. McAlexnndor is afraid that" he may soon look like an African nebra was the fear expressed by him in a let ter received by W. A. Jensen, executive secretary of the college. "Well, they havo recently awarded me a distinguished service medal in ad dition to my distinguished service cross and the croix de guerre with palm," said General McAlexnnder. "If this thing don't stop soon, I'll look like an African xebra. I don't blame them a bit and I don't resist. All I want now is to get bnek to God's country with my family and friends." League Supporters Fighting For Upper Hand on Committee By L. C. Martin (rutted Press Btaff Correspondent.) Washington, April 1(1. In organizing the next senate supporters of the league of nations covenant will make nn ef fort to constitute the foreign relations committee so that a majority of it will be in favor of the league. This can be done, senators pointed out today, if one or more if the new republican members of the committee kare league supporters. Before the senate discusses the peace treaty or the leugue covenant, both must be passed on and read by the foreign relations committee. League supporters declared the league would gain strength before the senate if the romniitte report showed a big majority for it. In the last senate the committee; was composed of ten democrats ami seven republicans. Each party has a voeency to fill in the next session the demo-. crats that of Senator Saulsburv. Dela ware, and the republicans, Hiuith of Michigan. That leaves the committee nine to six. There is considerable discussion of a 'dan to make the next committee eight democrats and nine republicans, but this, as yet, has not received republican sanction. If it should. It would require the addition of three republican mem hers and the diminution of one detno- 'az:int the league. He at heart favors PRESIDENT TO REMAIN IN PARIS UNTIL PEACE WITH GERMANS SIGNED By Carl D. Groat (United Press Btaff Correspondent.) Paris, April 16. President "Wilson will remain in Paris until the German treaty is disposed of, it was stated au thoritatively today. The statement was brought out by the claims of French newspapers that he would depart April 26 2S. Associates of the president reiterated the statement in his New York speech that he would "remain until it's over, over there." They believe it is possi ble to clean up the other treaties with the German treaty. If this cannot be done, they declare Wilson will see the German treaty through to the actual sig nature, then leave Colonel House to at tend to the others. HI TO EIGHT PROPOSED MUNICIPAL SYSTEM Pacific States Representative Advises Council Against Second Plant. If the city of Salem should finally locale to put in a municipal telephone system, it will find the Pnsitie Tele phone and Telegraph company on the job us usual and fighting for its share of patronage. This ultimatum was handed to the special telephone committee, of the city council by W. J. Phillips, division com mercial superintendent, of Portland. 'You cannot put us out of business" lectured Mr. Phillips. "With another telephone system in the city, vou would put another burden on the citizens. Then you should remember thut you will never get a system completed as there is aJwuys a demuud fur more ser vice. Aud we will bo right here as com petitors." The meeting hist night of the spec ial telephone committee of the city council and the representatives of the Pacific telephono company wns to get more light on the subject of telephones snd to hear tho other side, a K. T. Bussello had addressed the committee I in favor of a city municipal telephone ilnnt week Company Claims Lorn. Mr. Phillips said it was simply a mat ter of not gotting enough revenue out of the Hiilem phones to pay the eom miny. Hence it had asked the public service commission for an increase in rr.tes. There is an impression that the (Continued on page two) it and is expected to vote tho amended covenant. Harding also, tho league friends be lieve, will finally favor it. If the committee can bo niado up in this manner, league supporters said to day it will stund 11 to 6 iu favor of the covenant. Of the six opponents, Thomas, Colorado, is a democrat and the other five republicans, while of those favoring the league four would be re publicans and seven democrats. 15,000 Phone Operators On Coast Ready To Strike San Francisco, April 10. Fif teen thousand Pacific coast tele phone operators ore ready to strike, following the strike of operators in New England ex changes. Telegrnms wero sent today to MissMulia O'Connor, head of the telephone operators department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers, asking what action cosst op erators are to take. The Pacific, coast centrals voted to strike when the New England girls took their vote, it is stated by union officials here. Cosst operators ask a wage scale of 2 to It daily and better . working conditions. Effort are being made to have Col onel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. partici pate in the program of the war veter ans at their state convention in c-alera 'in June. 201 WILD WESTBOYS WEP1E Major Genera! Johnson And!" Hundreds Of Officers And Men Of 91st Division 0a Transport Arriving. MANY OREGON VETERANS rr Timer Drnrowi Additional Detachments Of Northwest Troops Slated To Reach New York Aboard Lancaster Today. New York, April 16. (United Press.) Mujor General William U. Johnson, commanding the 31st division, arrived hero today with th headquarters of that organization and more tliuu two thousand officers uud soldiers of its var ious regiments. Among the units of tho Wild West-' erners arriving on the Culaiuares were: three hundred sixteenth engineers, field and stuff, headquarters, vutviin- urv, oi, lance uud medical detachments, engineer train and companies A to 1', 37 officers and 1005 men; 01st division postal detachment, 0110 officer and 17 men; 01st division headquarters iroup and headquarters detachment, three of ficers and 1U0 uifcn; IHst division train headquarters, sevea officers 11 ml 2tf men; 01st division headquarters troop officers and 188 men; the 629th Ohio cuBunl company und ti38tli marine can- ual, five officers aud five privates. Ohioan Brings Many. Tho first pigeon company to arrivo home from the war canio in today on tho transport Ohioan, which brought 15P5 officers and men of the following organizations: Bixty sixth casuul com pany, two officers and 130 menj pigeon company number 1, Camp Tpton, one officer and twenty men; 158lh infantry detnchinent, 13 officers aud 1091 men, llSlu sanitary trian, headquarters com panies, uuibulanco company 100 medical supply company, sanitary squads 01 aud 02, 18 officers and 202 men and 33 en listed nicu of tho navy. Ihe transport Lancaster is scheduled to dock this afternoon with the follow ing organization aboard: Three hundred sixty-second infnutrv, lecond battalion hendquarters and medi cal detachment, 4 officers nun .01 men; 3 1 lit h field signal br.tlnlion, head quarters, supply section and medical de tachment and companies A, B and C, ten officers and 441 men; ssnrl 11 mi u..il casual detachment and tne 12oth and 12lth Kt. Nczaire convalescents, 200 men, ten of whom are bedridden. Scores of Oregonlans. Ifoboken, N. J., April 16. Several score Oregon fighters 0f the Wild West division came back on the transport Mexican and Edward Luckenback ves- 'terday. All are anxious to be homo (Continued from page eight) Abe Martin Tell Binkrey want, t' trade a punch bowl fcr a croquet set. Th' ole time doctor that alius wanted t' tap you now has a grown son in th' profession ithat wants you t' have all your teeth pulled. J I iff FlLfv ACREEilENT ON CLAD1S OF ITALY HKGES UPON SECRET PACT DECISION By Ed L Keen. ( I" nited Press Btaff Correspondent.) Paris, April 16. With Premier Lloyd Georj;e in London informing parliament that there is a complete understanding in the peace conference, the "big four" today had under consideration the Adri atic question autt other , inter allied problems. An agreement was expected to be reached on the Italiims' claims as so-ui as thev accepted the general allied iewpoint that all secret treaties were nullified by acceptance of the armistice terms. Announcement that President Wilson would remain in Paris until the German pence treaty was disposed of was ac cepted as meaning he would not depart for the Vnitcd States before the second week in May. R,VUU,U'j - Bid Of A. D. Kern For Work On Salem-Jeffersan Road Accepted. Portland, Or., April 18. Tho state highway commission today awarded ton paving and four grading contracts, to talling in the aggregate 2,000,000. A. D. Kern was awarded a contract for pavitig six miles betwecu Bulem mid Jefferson with bitulithicfor 133,008. Clark & Henry company was given the job of paving 8.9 miles of roadway betwen Central Point and Gold Hill, the contract price being 2:l7,rS!l, Tho Wnrren Construction company wns a warded a contract for paving the Rickrenll-Monmouth-lndependence road, 8.:t miles for 204,122. Other contracts awarded Include: Hheridnn-McMinnville, 8.U miles, bitu lithlc, V. It. Dennl company, 12,411. Mnrshfield-Coquille, 14 miles, con crete, Perhnni-Browndine A Hulg, .11R, 781. Wolf Creek-Grave Creek, 4.0 miles, bitulithic. Warren Construction com pany, 10.",."28. Hemlock Beaver, 5 miles, rdtnlithic, Wnrren Construction, 100,043. Peer Islnnd Rainier, 20 miles, bitu lithic, Warren Construction company,' t:i42,0,18. Bids were rejected for 1.1 miles of "aving between Myrtle Creek and Dil lnrd because they wero excessive. This work will bo done by force account. Bids for the Yoncnlla-Oaklnntl and Amity-Holmes Gan projects were reject ed for the same reason and will he re- advertised. Huns to Tread Paths They Devastated On Jaunt to Versailles By William Philip Simnu (United Prcn, staff correspondent) Paris, April 16. The German peace delogatoin, officially ordered to Ver sailles April 2.1, wiil follow the route over which they marched to the gates of Paris in 1014, it wnt learned today. But the enemy, as in 11)14, will not enter Paris. They will be furred to skirt the city and proceed directly to their quarters in Versailles. The Germans, numbering about 171, will arrive in Cologne, where they will take a special train. They will be whirled toward Versailles through scenes of devastation wrought by Ger man hands xssihly under direction of some of the minor officiuls in the party. They will pen Liege, the first city to suffer from Hun frightfulness; Nsinur and Maiihenge, where the dough ty Belgian held the Germans at bay until the British and French could or ganize resistance in their rear; Char leroi, where Mr John French's "con temptiblej" fought and died; tho great Hindcnburg line defenses; the battle field of the Homme all with their memories of death and carnage of he roism and 0 civilization at stake. Arriving in Versailles, the Germans Forty-Eight Tie Ws Close For Lack Of Orders Portland. Or. April 16. Forty tie mills in the Willamette valley and eight in the Iewis river district have been closed because of lack of work so far this month. At least 4 or 50 more tic mills will tie compelled tf) snend rperntions within two weeks when their present eontrscts have ibeen filled. The situ ation his been caused by the cancella tion of contracts for the production of ties for the western railroads. Bill PROBLEMS WAIT RETURN OF WILSON TO UNITED STATES Coming Weeks To Be Among Most Critical Faced By President Chief Executive To Remain In Paris Until Treaty With Germany Is Signed. Call For Special Session Of Con gress To Be Made Immediately Before Sailing On Re turn Trip, Probably First Or Second Week In May. Two Messages To Be Prepared During Voyage. By Robert J. Bender. ' (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 16.---Presidcnt Wilson's return home next month will find him faced with some of the most difficult tasks of his political career. His present plans promise him little rest until the peace treaty, with, the league of nations covenant embodied, is ratified by the senate. As nearly as can be assured in the more or less unsettled st.te of things, his program will shape up about thus: Ho will remain in Paris to sign for tho United Htutes the peace treaty with Germany. Ho is extremely desirous of doing this if agreement is reached uromptly. He hopes to sail curly 111 May and plans to announce, the (Into of the extra sessios of emigres just previous to sail ing. If he cuu leave Brest (! early as May 3, tin extra session call tor may 11! is expected. Allowing for nine days on the ocean and a day for organization of the new congress, the president would bo able to deliver his message May 13, (his lucky number). Hut his sailing is expected to be do- layed until the middlo of May, making the extra session cull more likely for Mtiy 10 or 26. Two Messages nannea. Ho plans to writo his message on the peace treaty whilo on the ocean en route home. Whether ho will deliver two mes sages, one on tho pence treaty iinme- liatelV upon his return, and a second one on tho state of the union shortly afterwnrd, has not been decided. will be quartered in the Hotel Dos Reservoirs und the Hotel Petit Vntel. The strictest precautions will be tjk en to prevent them from straying into Puris, lest, f'1 unflortunato iincidcntc" should occur. They will meet with tho allied representativen in the Arianou palace hotel. There Premier Climenccnu will read thi'in the text of the treatv and probably will announce a time limit for acceptance, bring the actual 1 crucial day down to about May 10. I On or about thut dnv the annivcr-1 sary of the trenty of Frankfort, which ended the Franco-Prussian war In 1H71 the world will see the slate of war removed and peace proclaimed, or the Germans may lie given il hours' no tice of a rupture of the armistice if ; they refuse to sign. Huch seeing to be the present plan, as outlined in French circles today It hag been definitely detel mined it Was said, that only the actual signing of the treaty will take place in the Hall of Mirrors at the palace. While there has 'been no official con firmation that a time limit will be placed on tho Germans, 1ho French consider such set ion as probable, else the session would drag on without end. LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS New York, April 16. Liberty lionds were quoted today on the market as follows. 3M,, 90.12; first 4s, 5.'0j sec- ond 4s, 93.:6; first 4V4s, 95.50; second 4'4s, 93J5K; third 4s, B.Vttifl; fourth 4Vis, 93.5. Thirty-three registered Jerseys sold; lust week by O. Naef It on or Oregon City brought 4M0. ' It appears likely ho will deliver both at the same time, as department bead (secretary Baker, Hecretnry Daniels, Sec.rotary Lane and Chairman Hurley of the shipping board have promised to havo proposals for tho army, navy, in terior .uud merchant marine proguais, respectively, ready when congress re convenes, 1 Immediately after delivering his nics bago to congress the president pluns now to go to tho country direct and appeal for ratification Of the treaty, including the league of nations covenant. Thi trip, as now contempliitcd, will embrace a tour thut promises to extend to tho west const. To Let Congress Alone. As for domestic legislation army, navy, shipping, wire und railroad con trol the president is expected to "leavo it to congress." In his lust mes suge he stated that if congress did not offer some solution of the railroad prob lem he would I1 presently" havo to re turn the roads t0 their private owncrsv It is known that the president has felt, with republicans in power, the best course would be to give them vast free dom ill working out their own solutions of the domestic problems. Tlio country would then be able to judge which pr.rty best handled legislation while in jower. With both the internal revenuo bu reau and the department of justice do clniing enforcement of the prohibition measure which goes into effect July 1, is not in their hands, the president prob ably will be railed upon to deiegave au thority for enfrcing it. It is cffcctivn until demobilization is completed. Th president 's friends have si.id that ha will not move to stop its going into ef fect (unless congress acts in tlse in terim) until demobilintion has been completed. This is expected to bo ne complislied some time in September. Tractor Crushes Man 0a Farm Near Woodbcrn Wooilburn, Or., April 16. Daniel E. Hurt was caught under a tracer wui.-hj overturned and crushed to denth on the Mrs. John Johnston place, west of Wooilburn this morning. He was in tho employ of F. J. Kinns and had started the tractor to plow. Coining to ft big ditch, he attached a pole to the tractor. Hy mistake he chained the renr wheela instead of the front. When he began tho ascent, the wheels locked and tho trac tor was thrown backward, pinning tho driver to the ground. Jack Johnston was the only witness to (lie accident. He immediately used his great strength and lifted the tractor slightlr, but, as no one was present to pull Mr. Hurt out, Mr. Johnston becamo exhausted und allowed the tractor to full down upon the man, who had re ceived his death blow when the machino first struck him. Hurt, who was wounded in the head and chest and burned about the neck, ) remained conscious long enough to call (for his wife, and then died. He was mar- ried last (September to Mrs. Theres Bierwitrd. He wns about 40 years of age, WICKS CONVICTED. Hkane, Wash., April 16 II. Jf. Wicks, alleged bolshevik snd ''organ iser for the coming revolution," was found guilty today of criminal syndical ism and drew a sentence of 30 days and a IOO fine. Kenfence was pserl by Municipal Judge Fred Witt. The ca was ftppcaloi.