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. A 'a Oregon: TeatgM probably showers, FTid&y fair, acdff; 5250 CIRCULATION (25.000 SEADF.M T1ATT.YA fl ft Only Circulation in Salem Gcar anteed bj th Aadit Bureaa at Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE. DISPATCHES M. il : i MM ' l E i . I i i s SPECIAL WILLAMETTE YAlc ys::'y winds. K Vv'V Vv . LEI NEWS SLSYICE. s FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 115. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY HO, 1919. ON THAjjd AJ i PRICE TWO CENTS PT AN Dts IT? O V Oil OHIO WORKER? Orders For Strike Of 15,000 raaesmen ia umano Are Put Into Effect. At Early Hour Today. CANADIAN SITUATION SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT Winnipeg Willi No Indication Of Violence Appears As City Enjoying Prolonged Vacation. Toronto, Out., May 30. (Tiiitefl Press.) Orders for a strike of 15,000 workers in many trades iu this city went into effect at 10 a. ni. today, un.a lenders announced today, btrike notices were being rapidly distributed but la bor men said the full ef feet of the walk out would not be felt before tomorrow. Mayor Church announced appoint ment of a citizens committet. llo said the authorities!, however, did not ex licet trouble. Tun mayor wumcd that agitators from Winnipeg must not at tempt to come here. Letter carriers decided not to strike, fctrcet railway employes will take a strike vote (Saturday night. Situation, Uie Same. Ottawa, Out., May 30. ; (Fnlteff Press.) With the walkout of worker in many tmde i Torouto today, the strike situation in Cauada showed no improvement. The trouble in Toronto has not all the aspects of a general strike, as man; trades remaiued at work. Fifteen thou :ind men were ordered out, according te advices here, and 16,000 more were to vote on the proposition of striking. Arbitration of the workers' demands for a 41-hour week has been refused by m mcu. The Winnipeg strike eoutlnnccj. A few civic workers returned to their jobs and an effort was to bo made today or tomorrow to run street cars, but tl.e general tie-up still held the city in a firm grip. Mail carriers who worked had mounted policemen ss bodyguards. Prince Albert, Stwtk., reported a walk out of freight handlers and shop mca. Iiisuranoe Rates Boar. Railway shops at Pernio, B. C, were closed and the. citv's light were shut off. Four thousand niiuers quit at I.eth bridge, Allwrta. Postal workers at Rcgiuia, 8ask., re fused to strike. At Port Arthur and Fort William, Out., citizens leagues were formed to "uphold eonstitatccl authority." Rntes on $20,000,000 in riot insurance held by Canadinn firms in Montreal and Toronto have been tripled. Bookkeepers threaten to join the strik en nt Hull, Quebec. Citir.ens manned the fire protection (Continued oa p&f two) Abe Martin. Of all th ' sorrv i-ta !e a benuti f.it. inMliif'-nt lickia . ttvli.Mr dreea- (-1 g.rl hai.i' B' l,in'!r on th' arm of s d-ib is th' worsr. Tell Itirkley has hfrn up f th' citv fer a cntiple o' we,-ks gittia sa adjustment on a guar anteed tire. wou tr y Vt. SA f' Vj 0V id HcuubHc Is Declared Tuesday, Says Dispatch From Geneva Geuevi, May 0. (Vaited ' Pros.) The frankfurter Zei tunc states that a Khineland re- 4c publle was declared ia Coblen n Tuesday. The newspaper adds that a eral strike was declared im- I. .''''ely and that whea the vV'proad demonstrations for an'' . inst the republie Occur- red k remittees were formed in maw. ;ns of that region. x Amerii stelligence officers ia Coblcnr.,, jc newspapers say, are enforcing strict measures against demonstrations in favor a) ef the republc. Two agitators are said to have bee arrested at a street meeting in front of the railway station. Military police also broke np eecret meet- iug in hotel rooms, it was said. CO'iliTEE Of NINE SELECTED TO PROBE CHARGESOF KEELEY Governor Orders Investiga- tica Of lnd'jstnal Accident Ccmmissioa In Dibbem Case. Followiug as a aexjuel to the recenl nnpleasantnes between Attorney Le Roy K Kceloy of Portland, and the industrial cc-ir'nt oommission over the matter of a 40 per cent fee in the case of a client who was a claimant under th ecompe-nsHtton act, thore have been persistent efforts on Uie part of Kee ley and others to Jiecrcdit the work of the commission by circulating seri ous charm! with regard to its opera tions. Consequently Commissioner W. A. Jlsrsnaii nas srni i m go,iov a reqilest that a thorongb. lnvestiira tloa of the aharges be made. In his letter to the governor he says in part: "I know, and tt has Ibeen proven by the contract in which Keeley secured the agreement of a widow, a benefi ciary under tho compensation law, that she would give to Keeley as her at torney 40 per cent of what award she mialit receive for tbe death of hor husband, that the motives of Mr. Kee ley are purely selfish and result from a desire to be revenged upon the com mission. "I nevertheless recognize the fact that a consistent campaign is being carried on to injure the work of the eoimiWiou. This has created distrust in the minds of other citizen to whom the eompenw'1'01' lw applies and be cause of this I believe that the issue should be met by a thorough going in vestigation in such manner at you may approve. "If au investigation be held, I reit erate my previous promise to you to aid in every way possible." Honoring this request, the governor announced that he would ask a torn- Imittee of nine citizens to act upon such a committee, which should be con stituted as follow: three members: to be selected by the industrial accident association of Oregon; three to te se lected by the state Federation of La' bor, and three to bo selected by him solf as representing the citizen of the state at large. Charges hve been received in the executive offices of alleged wrongful administration of the affairs of '.he commission and a number of labor un ions ami similar organization have asked that a searching investigation be uiade " . "The. b'dief that the affairs of the (Continued on page five), Unfavorable VeaOser Puts No Damper 0a Memorial Day Memorial day for 1919 will probably be remembered as a day when the weather man handed out conditions stlggm- live nf winter, spring and March weather. Notwithstanding rather chilly conditions, there was carried out the regular program at the U. A. R. circle in the City View eemeterv under the auspices tiT members of the Grand A'my of the Republie and affi'iatir.g bmliea. Just at the close of the ceremonies as people were re- turni"g. there was a spring nhower, suggestive of the cond!- tions that prevailed Memorial dar two years ago. Tl.e afternoon program was carried out according to shed- uie with the ceremony of cast- ing flowers on the waters of the Willamette in honor of the sail- or dead. With the formation of four di- visions for the afterrmon parade ar.d rr.rch through nt tlie hnsi- new section of the ctiy, the clos- 1ng eifrriws of the afternoon were h.ld ia the armory. ' IWISPlluIRIBUlElO NATION'S IVAR HEROES TODAY President Gives Memorial Ad dress at Suresnes; French Share Observance. By Ed L. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, May SO.The seventy thousand heroes of the "silent army of democracy" passed in review in the hearts of America and France today. Wherever America's sons had given their lives that liberty might livefrom Flanders to the Vosges and from the Argonne to the ports of the Atlantic and Mediterran eanthe homage of the two great nations was offered in simple, impressive ceremonies. , President Wilson delivered the me morial addraes at the fturesnes ceme terr rust aatdide of Paris. Men who fought at Be-Ueau wood and other his toric .place in the Chateau-Thierry re gion arc titiridd there. When woundod, they weire brought to the ibase hospitals in Paris, where they made the last los ing fight. ...i ,i ur H. ,. . l 1 . ,k ceremonies. He and the vfeaiiKmt were aoconniwiupd y a special rwort of, troop. One hundred and noventy five women of riureaiKSt, who have cared for tho graves, were the special guests of the memorial committee. The Hod Ovoss the V. M. K.1. A. and other organiza tions were rrtprescntod. The mounds were covered with lnany truckloads of flowers. Periling Participates General Persthinsf pairticipated in the ceremoiuea at Oun-fvur-MfUse, Jkau miont, Itomairna and Thiacourt all of hich were ia the hand or the Ger mans a year ago. ' At Oun-ttur-Uotnagne, in the once beautiful Mu.J valley, the heroes of Amerina's last frffensiv were honored. Romague is the largest American cemetery in France, between ten and twelve thousand soldiers being buriod there. Those wlio Ml in the St. Mihiol offensive rest at Thiaexwrt. While the ceremonies in which the president and Oeneral Fernliing took part were iinijiressive, it was the scenes enacted at ths tittle cemetery plot in out of thf way corners of France that went straight to he hear. From tiny villages in the Fieardy, Marne, Lorraio and Vocs regions, procession of French womca and chil dren, sometimes accompanied S)V Am erican soldiers, made their way silent ly along duy rwds to the groups of graves on the old battlefields. These graves were decorated with flowers and flags and Ijlened with their pray ers. All Ar Remembered There are little groups .of cemeter ies at the very edge of Bolleati wood. Far up in Lsrraine, beyond Toul and bmievilU'f Jure others. Additional; graves mark the line on both sides of Soissons, where ttte First and Thirty Second division first threw the Oer mans tiack, AU these place were r. membered today. And in the valley near the vitiligo of Chainery, Americans again honored QueuUn Roosevelt where he foil. At the French, ports where the un sung herons of the service of supply male their sacrifice, their memory re ceived equal honor from the star and stripes and the tri Color. Premier Clemenceau, in a letter to President Wilson today, expressed 1 France' homage to the American dead "the jiu'inonv of whose enthusiasm, I discipline and courage will always be) an inspiration." The letter concluded: "France will care for their graves with the bJitc devotion ai.d g.uti'iu'o a? her own." America Bow Head Washington. Way 30 -(United Press) America t4y bowed in solemn tri bute to it heroic dead. In the house of congress, at the tomb of Hie unknown dead in Arlington cemetery, at some of the shipyards and ia every erty, tow and hamlet of the nation there were eeremonies befit ting a memorial for the supreme sac rifice of the country ' sons. Cabinet members ia Washington paid earnest tribute ts the herse of the I great war, "Wit a significance dWpened by :freh sorrows, but consecrated by the I knowledge r what the loss of so ;many of the Vst of young American imnhod has won tor tbe world. Me- onal day this your brings to the oa- tiiin a full realization nt tbe price paid 'to rid tbe world of antcra v," sai'l i8crefarr Daniels. Conaolatton in Caus . "At the same time it brings espe cially to thoe whose deer ones paid the supreme iwi'e a nroud knowledge i that Antenna took net rigatful piace ;in the worM evnts of the past year .with all h-r mijfhty power and retourc- es and t!t onr gailmt bor had such a decisive pert ia shaMering the lioh- ttirjill'-tm drea.a of wsrid dominion.", (Continued en Pag I) WAR VETERAN KAMED tITEH JUDGE JaCCO KaSZiCr ASSOr.tCa TO r v""-v rresKSe uver uoses tic Relations Court Out of a atore or mra-e of Multnomah county attorneys whose names have ibeen pushed to the frdnt by "admiring 'friends'' as candidates for the covet ed position of judge in the " domestic relations ' court of that county, three have been sifted out hv tho committee of circuit judges and feeoinmeudd to the governor as candidates.1 These are ,T, L. llammertdy, Martin Hawkins and Captain Jacob Kaiuler. These three have been given due consideration by Governor Olcott and out of the trio he has selected Captain Kan7.1er, who has recently returned to America after a long and honorable, service with the famous 91st division in France. He has. ibeside hi record in France, a long record of activity in national guard work. He has been a resilient of Oregon for more than ten year, being for some time connected with the Fort land Chamber of Commerce, and later practicing law in that city. Ilia confir mation in the office to- which he has been appointed awaits only the formal opinion of Attorney General Brown as to tho constitutionality of the act pro viding for the court of domestic rela tions. District Attorney Evans of Multno mah county recently rendered an opin ion to the effect that the law creating the new court, or part of that law at least, is unconstitutional. The fact that a question has been raised lit, ti the validity of the law will cause the gov ernor to auk for the opinion from the attorney general, the executive assum ing th position that it is tetter to determine tois question at once, rather than to possibly create diffie.ult.ic in Connection with the functions of the act after its administration is under wmy ! Commenting upon the appointment, tiovornor Olcott expressed the opinion (Continued on page three) President Challenges League Opponents Over Graves Of Dead Heroes By Lowell Moliett (Cniled TreJiS SUff Coue(Hudul.' Paris, May 30. Fseine thou sands of white crosses marking the graves of Americsn soldier dead in the beautiful little cem etery of buit-sucs overlooking Paris, President Wilson today flung a challenge to the oppo nents of the league of nations, in the course of hit Memorial Dsy address. "You arc aware that the standards of the old order are attempting to reassert them selves," the president aid. lie clarina Iti.S these stimUrifs are 'the root of war he added: "Any man who so counsels is am ad vocate of the n.newal of war, for if this is not the final fight there will be another which will be final." The league cf nations, the president said, is a covenant to insure that the men who gave lives in battle did not die iu vain. "The nation drawing out of this common gemeat," be aid, "would betrav the human race. As anion soldier gave their lives for the freedom of the American nation, these men gave their for the freedom of tbe world." I i;C-4OEDT0LD di lcjte to tc:::o:i Attempted Memorial Day IMt Ends 103 t CuCS North Of Lisbon. Washington, May 36. (United Press) The NC-4 has left Figueira, Portugal for ftcrrol, Bptin, the navy department announced late this afternoon. The plane is expected to make ihe 250 mile "jump between the two town in about 3 hour. Plymouth, Eng., May 30. The NC i was forced to abandon her flight to thia port fromI.iabon today because of the high wind, according to wireless iu- reived by the American depot ship Aroostook. The message said the sea plane had descended about 100 miles north of Lisbon and would resumo the flight tomorrow. Washington. May 30--(United Press) Commander Read apparently has been blocked by engiue trouble in an at tempt to make Memorial day laml- ing at Plymouth, England, completing his trans-ocenn flight in the ftv-4. Advice to the navy department to day, relayed from Admiral Knapp at London, indicated that Read would not reach l'h'nmuth tonight. Ho has been forced to descend about 100 miles north of Lisbon The message from Knapt) to the na vy department here was the one sent' by Jimid himself and said: "iNC-4 at Mondego river. Must await high tide. Seaplane o. k. Cannot make riymonUl. tonight, Request de stroyers keep stations, What is best port to north to land seaplane within 300 miles " . When th N"C4 complete this lap of her trip ah will have cruised 3875 mile through the air. Cp to the time of her "hup off" this morning she had completed S1!0 mile in 43 hours and 32 minutes actual flying time. Her first leg from Roekaway to Halifax 540 miles, required seven hours and 47 minute actual flying time; tk second lap Halifax to Tro passey tiy iik) milo, took S hours, .r)9 minute actual flying timej tho leg from Trepassey to Horta ( A aori) the longest stretch, 1200 miles, required 15 hours, IS miuuU-s constant fiyiug; then there was th loO mile jump from Horta to tbe American base at Ponta Delgnda, covered in the toetter-than-100 mile an hour clip of one hour, 44 minutes, and Ihe flight from this base to Ijsbon H0O milea was covered in 9 hours, 44 minutes. RETAIL BUSINESS IN HEALTHYC0ND1TI0N Trade Assuming Unprecelcnt ed Volume Federal Reserve Bank Shows. Washington May 30-(l'nited Press) Deeiritc "abnormally high" prices letail trade throughout the country is assuming an "unprecedented vol ume" the fedeial reserve bunk de clared today in its monthly digest. General manufacturing is reported as showing a decided im.ioveiioiit. "Practically uniform report from all federal reserve agents point to a summer sd autumn of unusual activ ity," sid the report, "with many indi cation of business prosperity, especial ly in agriculture and merchandise, and to some degree in manufacturing." home points in the report arei Hetail establishment re)ort business volume per cent greater than a year ago in New York and from 'Z'i to o0 per cent greater in Chicago. Coal opcratms are "optimistic for the future," due to "a large accum ulation of fuel," although output Is 70 per cent below that ef a year ego Progress tonard normal is being made especially in big 'manufacturing center whern labor "is fairly weli employed;" New Knglnnd cotton tex itilo mills have made "notable" wage 'advnee. The April export balance was ill!, OOO.Wt. 1 Hnil. ting shows a distinct revival I throughout the country and especially 'in hicapo where permit showed a Jgain- of H9 per cent cooired with jyear ago. Only in Xw fork has build j ing W-n rctaried it-cause of difficul ty in o)tsininf loans. I fteel slocks are reported as having j" materially . advanced " ia price do Upite reduced output at the mill. Ac jtivity is placed at TO per cent normal j in I luted Mates fctccl eriortion plants and 50 per cent in independent plants. Vancouver Workers Want QiMren Informed As To Truth About Bolshevism Vancouver, B. C, May 30. (United Press.) Deciding that Vancouver school teacher and trustee lacked education on the Russian situation, the labor and trade council latt Bight ap- pointed a committee of five delegate to call on the teach- ers. They will threaten with- withdrawal 0f their children from schools if the Russia sit- uation, particularly regarding bolshevisra, is not taught to them eorrectly, aay the dele- gate. One delegate told the meeting that his children have been coming from school and inform- ing him that the Russian revo- lutionista are " a gang of out- Jaws." Other delegates related instance where their children are being "mUinformed" and discussion resulted in appoint- ment of a committee to explain the "true situation in Russia" and ask that it be given the pupils in. a fair manner. " . 1EHSTEINSAIID PAROLE OFFICER ASK RFllff OF GOVERNOR nesiirnaasns III C Wuv.iikvU Today; R. L Lee Sterner To Be Temporary Head Of Penitentiary. R. L. Stevens...., warden of the state penitentiary, and Joseph F. Keller, atate parol office, both submitted their resignation to Governor Olcott today. The warden's resignation becomes ef fective Immediately, at his own request. Mr. Koller will remain as parole officer at the penitentiary until July 1. He has been evolving out at ideas gathered records in the parole office which he has ben evolving out of idea gathered from a number of state. At the re quest of Governor Olcott the parole of ficer will remain at the prison until July 1 to complete tho iwjw record y tern. . Superintendent B. E. Lee Htetiner of the Oregon eitate hospital will auceeed Warden Btevon at the penitentiary, only temporarily, however. Htate Treas urer Hoff wa called In and an agree ment reached that Superintendent Mtei- uer may resign from the staff of the state hospital to take over the rein at the penitentiary until such time as a permnnent selection may be mule of his successor. When such selection ss le Dr. Kteincr will return to the au perintendoney of the etate hospital, tin der arrangement by tho board of con trol. While he is In charge nf the prison Dr. L. F. Griffith, .chief assistant to Dr. Kteiner, will become temporary head of the state hospital, . Private Buslnes Call. Warden Hteveiw, in submitting his resignation, stated to tho governor that for many weeks he has had under con sideration his leaving the institution. He has a number of personal matters which have token his attention and is offering hi resignation to the (lovernor stuped that he was anxious to give his (Continued on page six) Few Changes Places Since Very few chsng.-s have been made in tho voting plnee for the special elec tion next Tuesday. Voting in the fairground precinct will take place at the new pre ation in the fair grounds. Thi station has been offered by A. H. Lea, secretary of the state fair board. In the city, voter in precinct I will cast their ballot in tho basement of the United Brethren church, 17th nd Nebraska streets. Formerly the voting place wa at the Prescott barber shop. In precinct 12, Kalem, the voting will take place at the home of "E. 11. Jory, 773 Mill street The election board thought this location was better thsn the old one on Pith street. At Bhaw the voting place has been changed to Trumm's hall. The voting there was formerly in the Hhaw school house. The poll Tuesday will ne open from 4 o'clock in the morning until !t o'clock in the evening. Those not registered and entitled to vote may be sworn in by two free holders. At each voting precinct, there will be two judges, and three clerks for the day shift snd the same for the iright shift, beginning at o'clock in the ovening. Tho judges at each precinct m led on party to deliver the ls!le! box to the sheriff.-Thi miut be done as soon a the votes are counted, or early the following morning. 11 i il.CiU it - Ik t.. J I Y,J 1 1 ion Of Terns As li- AVivatTViirV jested By Germany TiCi SbtAd Cc:fcdTIw economic proyk::3 are akiitud stiff Many Entente Delegates Cf Opinion Clauses Oa Rear- aftAlsa VhnT.I J Mms e-' AISSfVl By Fred B. Ferguson (I'niied Pics ettatf Correspondent Paris, May .10, Huch modif iwtiuu of the peace treaty as may be mad ia re sponse t0 (iermauy 'a final counter pro posals probnhly will be limited to th economic, reparation and territorial sec tions, it was learned from an authorita tive source today. Germany 'a couteution regarding a plebiscite for upper HiU'Kia are uuJi t stood to be the subject of special con sideration by the allies. There are masy responsible persona, too, who udmit th economic provisions are at least "pret ty stiff." Reparation Criticised. The reparations plan also has ben) freely criticised, Muny ef th silied penee delegates ar known t feet, a the Ckrmuris declare, that th repara tions clause should namo a specific amount rather than take o-i the f.tnrt of a blank check although there is no disposition to agree with the enemy that the amount should be only (2o,OoHI,OOU, 000. There appears to be little likelihood that Germany will be immediately ad mitted to the lengue of ni.tiuns, as tk Counter proposals demand. Iu the con nection it ens he stated ntithnritative'y that there i absolutely tie chance f her ever entering the league with, mandate over her former colonic ah must consider her colonies lost irre trievably. I The Germans' refusal to give as tha former kuiser may or may not bring renewed demand. Belgium ha inrii I rated an unwillingness to act a proM icuting witness In demanding extradition lnd if Germany will not request th r jtura of Wilhelm, no indication ha beea given ato what plan will be fo'lowcd ia bringing this about. Farts Fapers Bitter. While only three copies of the mis ter proposal were delivered to th l lies yesterday, it was understood that 2o0 additional topics would be turned m today. The document enntin about ISO pages, totalling 80,000 words. The Paris newspapers were bitter t day fa their denunciation of the Ger man communication. "Lies and" duplicity," declared tha Echo De Paris. "Refusal t dcllvei (Continued on paga twe) Made In Voting Last Election , Tho party carrying tke ballot bo to rsaiem is entitled io a anumgw JO nuts a mile ifh wsy. connting the nearest way of getting to th eity. The .Ittoitenbush precinct is th most distant ia the county from Ha lcm. The neartt nind travel is 59 milts but the (arty who bring the bal lot bix will prrialilv travel 55 mile to Albany and then ii7 miles to tfaleas. Mill City is 61 miles by rail fro Halem, but the road distance i 48 miles and this will regulata the faile agc. (iates in lloreb precinct is 4J mile from etnlrm. Voting places for the 71 precinct in the county for the special election ne xt Tucwtey are as follows: Aumsville, Hein s hall iu Aumsvill Aurora. 1. O. O. F. hull ia Aurora Breitenhurh. srh-Ktl hoti". district 123 Brooks. Hamp's hail in Brook ButteJville, I. O. O F. hall is Bntta ville Charnpocg. Jette building in t'hass- poeg ( hemsws, Woodman haH j au west of liemawa Croison, fronton rhoo house Iv.nald, Hkis-i IVsarl kali i Ikinald Kikbom. sh(Kil houe, district 111 r:il3'.evKi4 M rs. D.nt.ir c!J, bouse on aviuiu r-.it l (Continued on page sevea) lliLlil if nil ILL I'i