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5250 OECULATI0N ' (25.0U0 RKABKSS DA1XT) Only Circulation in Balem Guar- aateed by the Audit Bureaa of Circulation. J FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES PFECI A L WILLAMETTE VALLEY KEW3 eLBHCE A - li WMVJ i.. , ...U Oregon To-night c-3- day fair; light frost t..: t - Vfme northeast ptiO'i; wria- rt Smndny in tenor ; i lion; moderate westerly wind j d 7f ? - - . r '1 ' Y ) I ! M , i , ' ! V J P l ll (I M ' Mil i ! I j 1 M I t I : i j fl i i JW: r- FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. l.D-TWELVE PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS fcTAMW FIVE ti&CTS V ll ll i I I u ft "Captain John Alcock and Pilot Start From St Joks To Accomplish Feat Hawk er Failed In. BIG VICKERS MACHINE CHEERED BY HUNDREDS Wireless To Keep Flyers In Touch With Vessels Along Entire Course; Hop-off Made Just After Neon. St. JoUs, X. F., June 14. (United Press.) Off on an attempted nun-stop flight over the Atleutie from New found) and Ireland, the Brijtish Vickers airplane left St Johns at 12:13 p. m. today !Nuw York time. The machine, with Captain John Alcock at the wheel, made a good start, rising from the ground after a run of 150 yards. The plane swept north of the cit yand disappeared over the sea in o northeasterly direction. At the stnrt the Vickers scudded close to the ground, then rose gradually to an altitude of 1.000 feet. Crowds Cheer Start A crowd of spectator! pave Alcock and his navigator, Lieutenant A. W. Brown, Royal Air Force, a cheer as their plane hopped off. The streets quickly filled as people ran out of their houses and out of the shops to ace the aviators starting for Ireland. All points of vantage were thronged with Newfoundlanders who watched the plane as it grew smaller and small er ovor the wido expanse of ocean, and finally dwindled out of sight, There was a strong west wind, which will probably help the aviators over the first part of their perilous voyage. Tollow Haw'rier's Route Navigator Brown expected to follow generally the course lnid out by Haw ker, this beiug the most direct route from .Newfoundland to Ireland. The Vickers was equipped with a wireless which operated successfully over a wide range In preliminary trials. Brown intended tnakocp in touch with sh:ps by radio all the way across. OlCOn FLIES WITH FLEET ONMCK TRIP Army Planes Returning From Rose Show Carry Gov ernor To Albany. The sir army airplanes whiih visitcil Salem on their way to the I'ortland Rose 8howf Tuesday, again passed over the city shortly after 10 o 'clock .this morning en route to Albany on the return trip south. Governor Oleutt telephoned to his office today from Albany stating that he had Innded safely there on an aero plane flijiht from lrtlniid. He has also decided to go on through with the flyers as far as Ashland, stopping at Itosehurg and (Irani Pass on Hie fetiy. He will leave from Ashland fur Salem Sunday night. Portland. Ore., June 14. With fiov ernor Olcott and Milton R. Klcpper, president of the Oregon Aaro Club, as passengers, six of the seven army airplanes which thrilled Rose Festival crowds departed at 0:3O o'clock this morning for Mather Field, Sacramento. The governor was undecided at the time of starting the trip whether he would stop at Albany or continue at far as Cottage (irore Olcott is flying with Colonel Wat -on The squadron is scheduled to stop at Albany for lunch and make mo mentary visits at Cottage Grove, Grants Pus and Ashland The seventh plane, in charge (of Lieutenant Fetters, will jro to Seattle ea route to Spokane for aa exhibition. CBACK GOLFERS EEADT TOB TOTJENAMEKT AT SPOKAJii Spokane. Wash.. J HHP 1-4 Trfl Ir sjoifers are arrivuie in the eity today for the opening Monday of 1he Paeifie aorthwest golf assoeiatini tonrnament. More than 2W are entered in the events which will eont;tute the biggest fjolf chamiiinnshin tournament ever held ia the eity. Play wiil last a week. Oil! MO f m mt vm a mm FLftMt ON TO IMD " .Threatened Cut urfgef HWrf Eliminate Trans-Pacific Air Flight Wellington, June 14. , A contem plated, navy flijjht across the Paeifie ocean will be prevented if the action of the house in reducing the naval aviation appropriation from 45,000,000 to !5,000,0)0 is supported by the senate, Secretary of the Navy Daniels said today. lVtaila of the proposed flight across the Pacific were not disclosed by the secretary who mentioned it merely in cidentally aa being one of the under takings the navy would have to give up uuless additional appropriations are allowed. Whether a seaplane or a dirigiblo would be used in the attempt is un known, but navy officials favor the lighter-than-air eraft because of ite greater cruising radius. Furthermore, the distanee across the Pacific which would have to be taken in jumps, is so greas that planee would run great risk in attempting it. So-rotary Ianiels revealed that the navy had planned to carry seaplanes aboard all drcadnaughts as scouters, but eaid there would we no money available now for the necessary Te moderrinu whii would be required. Would Kill Experiments. Tho appropriation of 115,000,000 will barely keep up the existing aviation station and will permit no progress in t rporimental work which is all essential, according to the secretary. It had Von planned to make an exhaustive study of aviation abroad with purchase of several foreign dirl sibles and planes to study, but these plana will be given up. Tho cut in personnel from the 2."i0 -000 asked for to 170,000 will seriously handicap the navy and possibly force PACIFIC COAST PHONE GIRLS STRIKE CALLED Sympathy Walk-out CrderedlW. B. Hutchinson, of Dayton, For Wednesday; May Ex- Wash, And Army Aid tend Over Country. Washington, June 14. Postponement of . the strike of telenhone emnlnviwi ordered for Monday by the Brother hood of Electrical Workers was an nounced here late this afternoon by iToaaout j. r. Noonaa. Noenan tocv, this action following issuance of an order by Postmaster Ooneral Burleson that the telephone official nogotiate with employes either "as individuals or collective) v throne h committees of their representatives choacn to act for them." Atlantic City, N. J. June 14. (United Press) Julia O'Connor, head of the telephone operators department, International Brotherhood of Electric al Workers, declared today she had sent orders t0 the Pacific coast for a strike of telephone operators there n feetivo Wednesday. Miss O'Connor, who is a delegate to the labor convention here, said this strikp wag called in sympathy with the electrical workers who are scheduled to strike Monday. 8he asserted a na tion wide telephone operator's strike would be culled npxt, if no settlement is reached. Miss O'Connor gave out the follow ing, saying it was a copy of a strike order sent this morning to union head ers in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco Oakland and Spokane. "This will be your instructions that a strike of the telephone workers In the employ of the Paeifie Telephone and Telegnmh company will be effect ive Wednesday, June 18, at 7 o'clock Pacific time. Proceed to take action luvesaary to place this order in effect. Adv'ne open meetings of all operator! be held to inform of this action. Give wide publicity. Strike is called for pni pose of lending- support to male elec tric workers; also to establish right to bargain collectively.-wine out discrim ieitinn, secure substantial increases to d t" baeV to January 1, improve work ir conditions ccnerally. A department renrpciitative is on way to coast." v; O'Connor declared the Wester telephone operators bad alreaflv voted to go out, but were waiting authorisa tion. If BO settlement in reached, she said, the strike will spread gradually, the New England states being the last affected. California All Eeady San Francisco, June 14. (United Press) California telephone opeiators. practically 10O per cent organized, have beon eagerly awaiting strike orders for two months, and the phone girls in oth er eoat states are also ready to quit work Wednesday, union officials state today. They predict a complete tieup of the nation's phone systems by the nation wide strike, catted f. Wednes day morning. "The strike is to be started on the Paeifie eosst. end the operator, win set aa example for the whole nation in He war ef a complete tic-np." one nn i5 official told the failed Frejs. In Naval a numbe.- of ships to lay up because of insufficient nea. IXanioU said. While characterising the house ac tion as "disastrous" Ianiets added he is hopeful the. senate will make a Iditions to the appropriation! which will enable the navy to keep abreast with the other great powers during the coming period of improvement on the basis of the lesson learned during the war. Daniels Criticizes Cut A tremendous force of destroyers have to be token into the Pacific and strung along the route if seaplanes were used. The dirigible can remain afloat indefinitely and carries a sea worthy boat equipped with motors which would prove serviceable in case an accident forced water lauding in mid-ocean. Daniels sharply criticized the . cut ting down of the navy bill by the houoe. "Ik force us to stand still and watch the nrocoHiiiou go by," the sec retary said. "Coming on the heels of our great feat in flying across the Atlantic, the action of the house. comes as a greait disappointment. It has stunned our aviation men who expected to undertake groat developments." 50,000 Prize Offered Los Angeles, CaJ., Juno 14. Colonel William Thaw, Commander W. E. Spen cer of the navy aviation service and Colonel A, J. Ilanlon, commander of the army aviation ehoert ot North Island have been solected as judges in the proposed trans Pacific Might for winch Thomas ince, motion picture magnate, has offered Jr,C,tM0. The con ditions provide for a flight to Australia from a Pacific coast point. IN PLUNGE TO EARTH Killed In Portland. Portland, Or., June 14. W. R. Hutchinson of Dayton, Wash., a weal thy rancher, ex lieutenant in the. Uni ted .States air service, and Hergcant John MilknwMki, mechanic in the aviation service at Mather Field. Cn! were instantly killed here'riday even ing. They crashed to earth from a liei;l;t of more than M feet, striking a ce ment sidewalk. The plane was bat- jtered to bits and its two occupanta jwere mangled almost beyond recogni tion. Hutchinson received lh airplane jjie-re yesterday from tt-i:i Francisco, j whore he recently purchased it from I the Canadian government. He assem 'bled it at the flying field and with .the help of the Mather aviators who I were here entertaining Rose Festival crowds during the week. The former j lieutenant had placed to take the i machine to his Washington home and use it in traveling between his twe ! ranches. I Hutchinson had previously tested the (plane in a few trial flights. Then he itook up Milkowski as a passenger. He had perfoilnod several daring stunts and was descending in a spectacular rose dive. Witnesses say he failed to shut off his engine end was there- ! 1-a nnnl.tii 1 n ,.n ! it itnntrni r t ia tdotiA Kight men and women who it ia said, ' were trying to call a strike of straw j berry pickers, were put on a train by ! a h&itilr ortfaniised vigilance committee and ordered out of Hood River Wed nesday. ABE KAETIX .... uu ..a ..,r sua muj sue m sriin like s boarder. Its people git credit mt r 1,.. h ' .ffi. wtio th.t. .... . ion kin live with any wife my setia'jdent Carlton ef the Western Slifk. coram, WAI!ie:iD!E$ N SEAM TODAY Crisis Ia Lcrg Haess Ends In Death At 8 O'clock This Morning. DECEASED PROMINENT INNCRTHWEST AFFAIRS Record Of Public Senice In Northern State Is Very Brilliant One. Seattle, Wash., Junei 14. Govprnoi Lister of Washington state died at 8:43 a. m. The governor's temperature dropped to 98 Friday and his pulse froia 133 to K8' and late Friday afternoon his respiration reached a crisis. The governor "s critical conditio wai due to hie inability to rest at night. His troublo was ttiagnosed as cardiovascular-renal disease, affecting both heart and kidneys. Ill For Over Tear. The governor suffered a ticrvous breakdown in the east .a year ago and did not recover completely. On his re turn to Olympia he was under the doe tor's care for some months, but dur ing the legislative session in Jnnw.tit ho collapsed and was taken to the West ern State hospital, at Pteilacoom, wheno he was placed under the con stant enro of Dr. W. N. Keller. He showed marked improvement for a time and was transferred to the Swedish hospital here to make his final battle for health. Dr. E. P. Fick. recently re turned from the army, said, when the governor was moved here, he thought it possible to restoro him partially to health. ' THEEE BRITISH AIRPLANES ' OTT ON rXIOHT TO INDIA Athens, June 13. (United Press) Three British airplanes, under command of Captain Henderson, started for In dia today by way of Crete and Egypt. While the exact route the planea m toed to' follow Is not given, the total distance traveled will be about 3,."00 miles. r0CH WARNS CrUMANS Paris, June 14. The Paris enrrea nondont of the Paris edition of the Lon don Mull, reported todnv that Maishn! Foch hud issued au ultimatum to the Germans, demnndinf immediate revoca tion of an order from Berlin halting the movement of Polish troops across Germanr. DM DOWN ALL MESSAGES 23,000 Offices Refuse To Handle Commercial Busi ness Today. Wt. Louis, Mo June 14. Railroad telegraphers in 2.1,000 offic-s in the United Ntte today refused to handle commercial business a mentii of aid ing striking kcymcn, according to re ports at the office of K. .I. Manion, president tit the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. The railroad telegraphers' fund of nearly tf,!,f)fHl,onO will be put into the f:ht, union officials announced. Both Western Union and Postal officials said the order will handicap business only slightly. Chicago, June 14. (United PrecO President H. J. Kunennamp of the Cotu morcfal Telegraphers Union of America today expressed himself as being well pleawd with reports of nation wide strike from all parts of tko country. "Refusal of railroad telegraphers to day to handle commercial business en courages us greatly," he said, Konenkamp believed much depends on the expected conference today at Washington between Postmaster Gen eral Burleson and the American Fed eration of tabor committee appointed to discus the telephone aitoatioa. Nc York, June 14.- -While tele graph officials insisted today their jservico was practically normal, lcad-Ti j of the striking operator! declared more men naa wsiKca om in many cue. Percy Th mas, deputy inter national president of the Commercial Telegraph ers Union, announced that raMrosd telegraphers obeyed the union order against handling commercial messages, beginning at 0 a. m. today. Operators employed by brokerage !house will meet lntr to!av to vote 1"" .He l'i"0'TJ I iuh vi p-.rt.mje. Presi- rt,nt tjr,ton of the Wester a iBiOB ,ha offered to farsish mca to take the , ' - ... v. . i . - . . , operato.-s that quit. Hundreds Throng to Armory For Commencement Exercises Of lOO High School Students The Salem public, as represented by the mass of people crowded into the armory last night, felt a thTill of pride and exultation as they watched the .throng of High School graduates file in to their places oa the platform; and they felt that Salem had indeed made a good investment as Chairman H. U Clark, of the Bchool Hoard, introduced the galaxy of bright-faced students as "the finished product of all the time, (energy and money that had been lavished upon the city schools." There were just a hundred in the group that filled up tho huge plat form, as usual the ladies being in the majority. Although there are no fig ures at hand to show their standing, it is safe to say that the class rep resents as high a standard of c-holar-ship as any that has gone out from tho school. As has been customary, a number of tho class hud been recom mended for the coveted cholarship at Willaraetto University, and out of this group there were selected Miss Maud McCoy and Adlai F.steb as showing the highest standing in all-round scholar ship, though there were a number of others who were close possibilities. Judgw-.H. U. lienson, as the orator of the evening, centered his thought in a novel manner about the ancient tradition of the Mohammedans as to the bridge " Al fiirat' that wa sup posed to bridge the gulf of perdition into paradise. Using this as a simile, he pointed out to the young people that by their diligence in the acquir ing of an education by a lofty pur pose in life it is possible for them to bridge safely the gulf of failure and disappointed hopes. He especially emphasised a denial of the idea that tho opport unities before the graduate were fewer than in former times, lie insisted that there ill never an over supply of efficient and highly-trained men and women in tho piofessions. Ho cited numerous instances to prove ttl DAY MOVED FORWARDTO IY 12 Merchants Claim Greater Suc cess To Result From Postponement. At the meeting of the Business Men's League of the Commercial club last evening, ninny of the business firms who are deeply interested in Bargain Day, expressed the opinion that the day would be a greater suc cess If it was postponed two weeks. A resolution to this effect was pass ed, and by its action, the KuiieH Men's Ijcugue officially mimed Satur day, July 12 as the great bur-aiu day event instead of June "1 as first an nounced. After a general discussion as to the time of year when tho Bargain day should be held, and taking into consid eration the present slowness in receiv ing merchandise, tlin Business Men's League paBsed the following: Kcsolvcd, That Inasmuch as the bus toes conditions do not warrant holding Bargain dav on June 21st as ndvertised, as many merchants are not prepared, that It bo further resolved, owing tfl tho inopportune date, that it be post poned until July 12, ll'IO. The potponetneit will really add to the value of Bargain Day. There has boon some difficulty in securing eiirly shipments of summer goods. Postponing the event two weeks will give tim fof the arrival of timely merchandise, as this Baraain hay is r !.-,liiJ,. nrwnt ,f f r i ii -j in r'i'liprn! merormndi." besides that neel"d for the midsummer season. With the merchants acting in har mony aud with the natural keen rival ry of wuls aake men, the annual bargain day of 1!MS, which is to be observed f'lur weeks from today, prom i.fl to ocJipsc that of one year ago. Ebcrt And Scheidemann Defeat Koye To Unseat Them From Party Council By Can D. Oroit, (Uuited Press staff . correspondent.) Weimar, June 13. lresident hbert snd Chancellor iV.heido- mnan today defeated sn at- tempt to oust them from the party council of the majority sacialiits. - After a brief but bitter par- liamentary fight, in which Kbert and Hi-heiilenimnn ably defcudVd theif own position, the party convention voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution permitting office holdiTe to remain on the conn- cil. Thi resolution fully cov- ' T,t l!,i .tf lk 4m' leader 4. the great advantage the trained youth possessed over the nutraincd in any phase of business or professional life, and urged upon the young people to center their aims upon some one grand object aud to carry with them the high ideals of their school days. Miss Maud MeCoy, holding the place of honor in the class for high scholar ship, in her oration spoke of the high place taken by American womanhood in the world war, winning for herself a position in world affairs from which she would never recede. Having thus demonstrated her possibilities in a great emergency she would hereafter manifest the same spirit and purpose in tho ordiuary taski of.soeial and political life. Donald Ryan, the popular choice cf the class, spoke strongly of trained leadership as the greatest need of a democracy. This had been shown in the course of the world war, and is now being specially emphasized in the reconstruction period. Quoting from IShakespeare that "some men are bom great, some achieve greatness ani some have greatness thrust upon them," the speaker asserted that in the sense of opportunity every man is born great, and if through a careful training and strong purpose he strives aftur great ness, it is likely to bo thrust upon him." Adlai Esteb, the choice of the High School faculty, dwelt at length upon tho priceless heritage coming to the youth of today in the advantages of culture and personal influence in the schools a heritage that should bo hon ored by the young man or woman in being utilized to build a strong char acter and useful citizenship. In clos ing he voiced tho high appreciation of the class of tho help and inspiration they had received from their instruc tors during their school days. Along with tho orations wero a number of selections from the Girls' (lleo Club and a violin solo by Miss Viola Ash, all of which were received with the heartiest applause. ELECTRICAL WORKERS Ml STRIKE MONDAY Settlement Must Come Before 8 A. M. Oa That Day To Avert Walk-out. .Springfield, III., June 14 (United Pre'..) Approximately 11,1,SIN) electri cal workers employed in the telrphous and telegraph companies of the country will wall: nut at 8 a. in. standard time next Monday unless agreements nre renehed before that time. This statement was made today by Churles P. Ford, secretary of tho iiiter- I national Brotherhood of Klectrical I Vt ui kers, ns ho awaited word from eon ifcrences in Wnhington between repre jsentativpa of employes and the com panies. Heeretnry Ford added Hint he jhnd not abandoned hope uf a satis factory settlement , As originally called, the strike would ;liavo affected IL'5.000 workers but since thnt time, Ford said, agreements 'have been signed with a' number of companies and the grand total of men liable to walk out la 113,SO0. The following are the main demands uf the employes: I. The right to organize without interference, 'i. Designation by the companies of some representative in every commu nity to hear grievances. j II. No discrimination against organ ii?.ed employes. j 4. That discharged or demote, I cm I ployes bu returned to their former positions pending an investigation. 3. That employes laid off when for tees are diminished be given preference 'when any addition to the force is i made. 8. Appointment of a general adjust j merit board, composed of an equal num ber of representatives from tlie com panies and from the employes. Official Count Shows Bi? Lead For Pclk Read Bends Dallas, nr., June 14. The 26.),0OO Iload Bond issue for the construction of hard surfaced roads thioughout Polk county passed br a wide margin the official vote on being counted by County drk Floyd B. Moore thil week showed that the vote on the measure stood 173 for the measure and 4H1 against it. The measure paused by big majorities in every precinct in the I county with the exception of one pre cinct in inuepenuence waerp tbe vote for and Bgninst it was tied. Now that the people have voted the bonds they are ansious for the State Highway Commission to do their part especially towards the early eonstruetioa of tbe Dallas isd-lein highwav the contract f nli i eh wa to have been let oa tho 10th iust. but up to the present time no awards have been made. If this stretch of roadway is not completed this year the road wiil be practically iiiipiLssalde during the coming winter months. I LlitlL. Jill 21 E K P C 1 German's Accepance Or Re jection Of Revised Pact Predicted To Ccms Mm Next Saturday. BLOCKADE AWAITS EES REFUSAL OF NEW TERMS Allies To Submit Reply To Counter Proposals According To Present Pka Of Tig Four." Paris, June 14. The Germans mast indicate their wlllingnera by Saturday, June SI to sign the peace treaty or allied troops will ad vanes on June 23, It was stated authoritatively Vxly. The big flva this afternoon onnd P Its work of preparing the allies' reply to the German counter propotola, whiclt will be submitted to the enemy duis- gates Monday. The reply Is under. stood to be 20,000 words la length. By Fred S. Ferguson, (t'nitcd Press staff correspondent.) Paris, June 14. Saturday, June 21 apparently will bo '.'der tug" fir ,thi Hermans. i There was every Indication today that within a week (iermauy 's "answer will hp known she will either acespt or reject the revised peace treaty. ' The superior blockade- council met tndav for final consideration of ths economic, measures that will b under taken against Germany in the event she refuses to sign. Reply Delivered Monday This wns based on tho assumption that the retilv to the Cerman counter proposals will be delivered Monday, tint taut lae enemy ui ue fcivuu dav. in which to reach a de'iinn. H is "the understanding 'in the highest American quarters thnt this period aisu will include tho tlucc days Sot ra- riuiieiation of the armistice, provided for in the original terms of that docu ment. If the fiertnnns do not accept the now conditions!, the artnistie would be (hilaied at an end after the first two days, and the allies would be free to resume hostilities on Sat urday, the final day of rejection or acceptance. - - Cleaning Up DrAaJls With the drafting committee rmh ing the work of assembling the allies reply and making the necessary re visions of the original treaty, the big five today was completing considera tion of the Rhine question and clean- ling up minor details. This body was understood to have decided that mH tary occupation of the Rhine district shall be under control of civil com- missions constituting probably the most I important change in the treaty thtt will be conceded to the Germans. rat FLAG DAY TO'iiiT Annual Exercises To Be IWJ Willsoa Park Coinmcudr At 7300jkk. The annual flag day csereisei of tha Salem Lodge of t;iks will be held tan evening in Willsou park, begiauiog ! 7,.U o clock. At this hour members sf the fcilgs will meot at the club hone aud witk the Klks' band, march in a body to l park, to participate in the evening's m erciscs. lu official program aa acokuett today is as follows: 1. Playing of the Star Spangtvd Ea ner by the Klks' band. 2. It mini. 3. Prayer. 4. Altar service. '. Singing of Au'd Lang Pyne. 8. Singing by the Kiks' ibjI e-'.--tette, direction of John W. Toil. 7. Tril. ite to the flag, by Bohia Day. n. Veval solo, Mrs. Kullis Parries lxn lli. 0. Address, W. Carlton Smith. 10. Sinking of America. 1 If the wcHther is unfavoxb?o, tlis 'riereises will be held at tits E dab, The public is invited, nkethr tk p"e gram is given in the city prk sr at t t Klks club. ,