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" A H i A 5250 CIRCULATION (23,000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation ia Salea Guar anteed ay the Audit Buraii ef Circulations. FULL LEASED WEE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WriAAMETTB VALLEY NEW3 EES VICE FORTY- SECOND YEAR i wcfity MILITIA HELD III HISS FORSfillS Mobs Dispersed By Police Re form And Continue Dep redations. 150 STABBED, BEATEN OR SHOT DURING NIGHT Twelve Whites And Seven Ne groes Are Killed Outright In Meles. Chicago, July SO. The list of known dead in Chicago's race riots wan In creased to twenty one today when . Harold Briguabello, 2o, white, was shot and killed by a negro woman just out side the city's Ibusiucss district. The woman' was arrested. ,Morrisv Purral, white, died of njuries. The riots, suppressed largely in the "black belt," flared up In other sec tions of the city throughout the morn ing. In the loop two negroes were beat en to death. There were Severn 1 shoot ings and stttbbings, mostly toy small fangs well out from the district so heavily patrolled by officers. Racial antipathy spread to the coun ty jail, where negroes and whites were : mingled in the "pull pen." Officer fcroke up the battle with difficulty. The riots, termed here the most seri ous ever occurring in a northern eity, were sporadic affairs, taxing the vig ilance of the polite to the utmost. Stockyards Effected Developments today influenced the appeal of Governor Lowdcn to business men, negro lenders and city official to get together to settle their difficul ties. Chicago's serious difficulties be cause of the streetcar strike were side tracked to assure action in quieting the rioters. The livestock exchnnge sent out warnings to shippers to hold their stock for a few day nt least. Official wiid affairs should be back to normal in a few days, Because, of the shortage of labor, practically no business was done in the yards todny and the United States bu-J (Continued on page eight) Construction of Roadbed of Salem-Jefferson Section of Pacific Highway Is Expensive When the state highway engineers completed their survey of the Pacific lighway between Palem and Jefferson, avoiding the heavy grades of Jackson Hill, they banded a package to Marion county that will cost it $109,000. According to the law ia the con struction of state highways, the county piearet the grades aud roadbeds andi thea the state highway commission steps in and puts on the hard snrfaee. The county has no option as to the lo cation of the utate highway. The state engineers do this and after they have .....r,, .r any ccnaiu ..men j ,"1, 11 is ii, if, rouniy iu prrjiare me roadbed, regardless of expense, or have 110 highway. The greater part of the tlOO.000 thr.t tllllNt I spent by the county for road, tied between SsJem and Jefferioa will 1m. -.t.l 1. 1: .1.- j.. 1 'I" ' 11 "i 11 Ititisxiiiir list iieiunF " "K - ., ' '. - Psc,f,c hichwav treuKb wme cr.nyons and on hillsides that will require the' vemoval of heavy forest trees and the Mating of tMa.iydi. through from 12 to io iff 1 or ,0 m roc. in trlveii-g over this new Pacific , liighway. the roadltej of which the eoun-' t is now preparing, goine south from - preparing, going south falem on the Jefferoa way, the'survry i ; s? fl ' v ,fVi :f(i W v r , 47 il N0 - eiht pager 0 n?5P She In l .himcnni utmre Zu OrAGO STREETCAR MEN HbfoED BY RADICALS QUIT JOBS; ALL LINES ARE DEAD Chicago, July 29. The giant Chica go was bound down today by lilliputiaa carmen strikers. A surprise etrike of conductors and motormaa on both elevated and itreet car Ijnes, voted at midnight and" effect ive at a, in., ended at once all ser vice on either electric line. City and state official, interested previously in attempting to adjust wage demands, said their efforts will continue. A compromise suggested 'by the ipublio utilities commission was hooted down toy the men. "To hell with the public," was the catch phrase that rang through the meeting. "Strike, strike, strike," was reiter ated from the time the i.iecting began. A rumor that an attempt will be made to resume partial aervice today " wmeo; at tne ortice of 'resident L. A. Olusby, of the surface lines. Company Waits Developments we aad no tune to talk with anv of the men," Busby said. "We gave no instructions and made no requests. Today we are doing nothing more than care for our property." tirteem thotMund men refused nn f. for of twenty cents an hour iuerense. Tho strike decision came when street car men ia a riotous meeting were car- nea along nt radicals who demanded , seventy exen pet- rent raise, Chieauo went to bed MVmdnv ad the wage disagreement between the roads and their men had een settled. Loaders of the unions had agreed to the compromise and asserted it would go through. A mass ineetin? of caimen snrnntr the surprise by votinir loudlv against the compromise and deciding to strike at 4 a. ni., only a few hours nfier ttn meeting closed. cars Called Bach Suggestions from the crowd in the meeting' that the men walk out nt 4 a. m. were approved bv acclamation. The acton was concurred in at once by ele- laieu -worKers. Almost Immediately the strike bei'an to ibecome effective. Cars on long runs were jerked back. At 3 a. m. the first was taken from its run. At 4-1 ), iat one had been parked and tho elec trie transportation avstem wns aalenti By :13 a. m. every car on the x.le- vatcd a well as surface 1 i lie a was in (Continuod on page three) Quotations On Liberty Bonds New York, July 29. Libortv bond quotations: 3'V. 99.54: second 4'n. 93.00; first 4V4's, 94.90; second 4Vs, 84.10; third 4's, 95.08; fourth 4'i's, 94.04; victory 3's, 99.90; 4"4 's, 99.82. requires several heavy fills about r. mile or so after leaving Commercial street. Ana with these heavy fills and the building of wider roads, theie are sev- vim nun jo Ue levelled, reducing ! all grades as far as the Sunnyside school house, going south from Salem. There being at the Sauayside school ! nouse, three miles of the most expensive 1 is known as the detour around Jackson !7SHh Hill. This hill will within one year bfrlgoth in the discard after being fnmoui ninceiainf the stage coach- days as the highest! 37th point 01 the stage coach line between oath Portland and the mountains n southern Or'icun. jaath .......... Passing just in the rest of toe Sunny-1 Seventh side, school house, the Pacific highway j S2nd Will 1Y lh nld Joffjrwstn vf-tv !..' 01 a M. Green place, passi., ti.ro.u'h a I wedge of a farm belonging to nenrv, r - - ' - n .4 . ,.aT i.vnca. 'iiie survey then leads go ng sowm aeraaa tne uig farm or thariea H.Unth Tavlor, through a deep canvon on theiMth Taylor nlaee. cultinir nff t, U tst,ir.' 1.. ,:. i. t. v',... this canyon a number of heavy fill wUl have to 1 made and also a number of vy cuts. ii is iu culling aau grauing tnrougn ; (Cantinuel from pare two) rnnr fOUUU Spiritualists Cast Light On Death Of Federal Agent Portland, Or, July L A. 1) w sey, the government ageot -r'M body was found ia a Seattle building, did uot die from natural causes, acco.-liag to spiritualists at the northwest, who' ))uned their annual caiup meeting hero lduy. Dr. U. Jicf, Angus rstHblise.i con tact wtiU th; -,irit of Dowxy, he said, immediately after a quest ion was asked concerning a uiun wuose body was found. "You are thinking of the deuth of .A. Dowaey, the government operative. whose body was found ia tieatlle, he said, "liuwser did not die fioiu uut- ural causes." Mrs. I,. A. Elmore, a medium from Seattle, added that Duwsvy's spirit will sjieuk through her if she can obtain some article he used or wore. Man Hit By Salem Autoist Dies In Portland Hospital i Portland, Or., July 89. J. Deuly of Hillwlaie, Wbn was struck hy an, auto mobile driven by Fred K. Vance of ta lent on the Pacific. Highway oaturdnv night, died early Monday at Good Sa maritan hospital. The body will be turned over to the coroner for action. Inasmuch ts the accident occurred just outside the city limits, tiin sheriff's office has been notified, No arrests have been niide. DETAILED IBM CASUALTIES LISTED 'Divisional Losses Of U. S. Army Shown In Revised Report Today. Washinglon, July i!9. (United Press) A revised list of Americas expedition ary force casualties, published by the war department today, showed ?!i,93V killed iu action; 14,700 diad from wounds; 23,840 died of disenw; 31,213 died of other causes; BO,8'J7 wounded! severely; 80,41.1 wounded slightly; 34, 380 wounded (degree undetermined) and 1-iH'i mi suing in action. A revised itst of casualties by df visions follows: Battle Divisio.i. Deaths. Second 4,478 First 4.4 ll Third 3,177 Wounded. 17,201 12,940 11,429 28th . 42nd 8,531 8,044 11,27 26th 8,183 11,325 10,477 32nd .... Fourth 2,915 2,011 1,92 9,983 8,503 7,201 7,323 6,801 6,248 5,858 ,2)0 8,T c(n 5,801 5,000 4;i4 77th 27th 1,789 30th J,G2 Fifth 1,970 82nd 89th 35th 1JW8 1,433 1,007 1,392 989 1,383 1,419 1,132 1,414 977 Mil 584 600 21 178 sr,l 93 142 112 90th 33rJ ,2H) 4,208 ! i?.r1 1,928 1,397 1,400 973 4")3 .195 31S ,MI M,,! 41,. - 8iJ3 812) 89; 89' j 3,935 79 29 - 2 iSTth Other units 1.241 Juige Turner A. Gill, for 20 years juuge ia .w;uri sail twice mayor or livatiMt i.ity, a-fl it 1.0 Angeles oat- urday, af J 77 yesr. r SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, o , CflUFOaTO GREETPACIF1C HfEFROVAIiY .an Diego, San Francisco And Los Angeles Plan Grand Welcomes. DANIELS AND STAFF TO BE GUESTS OF HONOR Receptions, Dinners, Dances And Picnia On Program For Ships' Crcrvs. Shii Diego, Oal., July 29. .While the Pacific flee-t ia at earning northward today from the canal aone, prepara tions are under way at San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco for a wel come that the officers and men will neer fouget Reception,. dinners, pil ules, iiniices nnrt a shower of goldea California fruit awai the men of the fleet, from San Diego harbor to the Oolden Oate. Their coming is to be one gala event after tho other, from 10 n. m. on the morning of August I, when the fleet arrives off Point Loma, until the last hour of the San Fran cisco celebration, prior to their de parture for Hawaii. Secretary of tho 'Xavy Daniels will arrive la San Diego, accompanied by several admirals and high navy offi cials on August 0. He will iba the guest of Han Diego for two days, speakins at the exposition ground on the eve ning of August 8. A historic greeting to the fleet at the .border line is being arranged. Gov ernors, admirals end other dignitaries are to compose the party flint will greet the fighting men of war. 34 SHIPS AND 12.000 MEN WILL V1BIT LOS AN&ELES Los Angeles, Cel., July 29. Sit bat tleships, three cruisers, two auxiliary ships and 23 destroyer will com- (Continued on page two) House Votes For Repeal Of Tax On Soft Drinks Washington, July 29.-The house, by an overwhelming ma jority, voted to repeal tae 10 per cent tax on ice cream, aoda water and soft drinks. .Vo rec ord vote was taken. The treas ury department has estimated that If the tax is finally re pealed b ythe actionfif the sen ate, the government will lose 31,000,000 annually, ABE MARTIN What's .become time pop; corn hall that woi! wrapper la sue patierf Th' best war ut inot t' be ib it. f4hJ m o' th ole (1 (1 ?rf 1 1 ii i i H M M I 1 JULY 29, 1919. TELEPHONE RATES OVER OREGON BOOSTED: WAGE INCREASES ARE BLAMED . Forttaad Ore., July 29. The Paeifie Telephone and Telegraph 4c company pot into effect today increased telephonic rates thru- out the state of Oregon. The price of service in resi- deneea is now $3.75 per month instead of $3. Suburban rates have been advd to 3, aa ia- crease of 50 cents.' Telephone company officials declare the advances were nec- essitated by the recent wage increase of employes. 4c public service commissioners have promised an early hearing with the view of reducing rates. Bogianine with todsy, telephone users will have the pleasure of paying a lit tle additional for wrre service, accord ing to information received this morn ing at the local telephone office. The business man will be taxed au additional 50 cents a month over the present rate, making it $4.50 a month for a desk set. Where there is an ex tension to the wall set, there will be 25 cents a month added for this ser vice. Kesidence telephone rates have gone up 75 cents a month beginning today, although it is probable that In making out bills the increased rate will not be figured until August 1. This brings the tialem resident telephone-With wall set up to (2.75 a month and those using a desk set,, up to $3 a month. Where there is a two party residence phone, there is an advance of 50 cents a month. The suburban busiaess houses, those outside of the Salem city limits were to he jogged up 85 cents more. They are let off this easy aa it was only on May 1 that the suburban business houses found their rates increased 11.75 a month. Hence the suburban business man with a wall et will pay hereafter $3.50. There is one fruass of out-of-town residence phones that will find their (Continued on page eight) SOLDIERS TREE TO WEAR ML UMEORM No Restrictions Placed On Use Of Equipment By Dis charged Men. Returned soldiers may not only wear their uniform without any time limit, but they may wear and use any of the equipment they may have had when (lis charged; from aervice, according to re cent instructions received by the Home, Utftrtnm uotinn thn UmA !tnU Willi offices; ia the Salem prwt office build-1 ing. For a time the general information was that a soldier might wear his uni form for only three months from the date of bis discharge. But according to revised msirueiiutis, litis ruling an been changed. There ia just one provision required of the former soldier, and that is, he must wxar some distinctive mark to show hia service. This distinctive mark it has been decided must be the red chevron. The law now provides that this red chevron must e worn point up on the sleeve between the elbow and shoulder of the coat or overcoat or on i the shirt whew worn without coat. However, the war department pro vide that the uniforms must be worn with due respect. While it is permitted to wear them with the red chevron, it ia understood the uniform must not be worn .for every 'lay tasks whereby it would be,oaie dirty and slovenly. And above all, the uniform must not be wora when engaged in selling any ar ticle to the general public. It should be saved for parades and reunions. Besides the uniform, the discharged soldier is entitled to wear other equip ment. and if he did n"t receive them at jlhe time of hU discharge, he is entitled j to gel Tnmi irorn inr war uetsrunt-m j wnicn servea as m iinnrumirui ui iuc by writing to the domestic distribution ; German general staff, has been turned branch, office of director of storage, over to the new German government, Washington, I). C, In making appliea-1 lock, stock and barrel and now, after lion for equipment not gven at the; a period of inaction, is busier than time of discharge, there must tie the af jcver on their new scheme, fidavit of service, and also giving the Ctmot Broekdorff Hantxau once said siieea worn. that bolhevism is a splendid "article Whea the siildier gets this additional , red In-! equipment, he is entitled to wear thejaln in HwiUerland is attempting that a' it iilprtip, with d,ie respect of court to very thing to export bolshevitm, ths (lust la which they were worn. "Le Mafia's" correspondent tele fl Vv'V vv''v- PRICE TWO 1 : eofePiMBIT SAYS AMERICA IS BOUND BY DEBT TO PEOPLE MCE 10 SBIII TREAT' Temporary Pad Necessary to Safety of Sister Republic, Asserts Wilson. By L C. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 29. America is bound bv its dpfet to France to ratify the treaty pledging military aid to that nation in event of unprovoked German attack, Fresi-.' aent wuson tola the senate today m submitting the Frecnh-American defensive agreement for ratification. The president's address was go to the capitol.- lie explained that the situation in Fiance seemed to rcqulrw a special tem porary pact, under which the United Htntcs and Britain volunteered to antici pate action of tho league of nations by going immediately to the aid of France should Germany strike. He made it plain that as soon ss the league council shall decide that tho lengue itself ia sufficient guarantee of franco's safety, the special treaty will no longer remain inforce. . - Jjeagu Not ueutloiiea. sThe president emphasized that' there Is no doubt, expressed or implied, in France's urgent request for the special trouty ,of the ultimate efficacy of the league. But, he added, "the years Im mediately ahead of us contain many in calculable possibilities." Ho explained how the league Is em powered only to advise military action by members; how that might iuvolve delay which, in the case of surprise at tack by Gormany, might prove fatal. The ITuited plates, the president pointed out, oes Frnnoe a special debt of gratitude which we can never fully repsy, but this treaty, he urged, will be tin expression In the fullest sense of out gratitude for French help iu winning our independence. Urges Early Action. It was this, he said, which moved liiin as much as anything else to sign the treuty. The president took occasion to urge early ratification, not only of this Bpe ciaf treuty, but of the peace treaty as well. The president's messenger arrived at tho senate chamber soon after the sen ate met. It was not until an hour later that Senator Lodge found opportunity Germany Seeking To Resume Peace Pursuits Where War Disrupted Their Functions Paris. (By mail) flermany ia seek ing to' pick up just where sho left off in July, 1914, and politically, indus trially, commercially and economically is trying to act as though the war had never 4een. Brazil, the Argentine, and. all South America may well keep their eyes train ed on what is left of the Oermsn em- ! nire, for strange storiea have reached Paris regarding the goings on of agents of the new socialist republic 1. They are colonizing; Spain as rap idly as they are able. 2. They are buying, up land and ob taining various kinds of options in Hol land. 3. They are seeking to spread bolshe vik propaganda throughout allied and friendly countries, using Switzerland as a base. 4. In tho Argentine and elsewhere south of the American equator, they are seeking foothold in most insid ious fashion. The entire siiy organization which ex- sted in KwiUcrland during the war and of export" for Germany. The organi- t a r,..,r r.-..i Oregon: Too-, 'it preoe'e'y . shewvif west portion, fair aoi cooler cart portion. Wed aiviajr fair west, f&ir sad router eust forties, gentle westerly Winds. CENTS OS TRAIN'S ANT) KITI 8TA-IS FITS CJt-NTt in message form. He did not to move that the message be laid befora the senate in epen session. To thia there was no objection and the presi dent's message was read. With the treaty, it wns at once referred to tha foreign relet ions committee. PRESIDENT REQUESTS EAEXT . RATIFICATION IN ADDRESS Washington, July 29 (United PnhsV--Tresidcnt Wilson's me(ue fa the senate follows: " "Gentlemen of the acriatei "I take pleftaure in laying fcefnre you a treaty with the republic af France, the object of which to Secure, that re public the immediate aid of the Uniteil States of America in case of an unpro voked movement of aggression agninst her on the part of Germany. 1 earnest ly hope that this treaty will roet with your cordial approval and will receive an early ratification at your lui-ils, along with the treaty of pen with Ger many. Now Hint you have had nn op portunity to examine the great doen- meiit I presented to you two weeks ago it seems opportune to lay before yen this treaty, which is meant to be in ef fect a part of it. supplements nun raci. 1 It was siguvd on the same day with the treaty of peace and is intended as a temporary supplement to it'. It it be lieved that the treaty with Germany tt self provides adequate protection to France against aggresoion from her re cent enemy on the east; but the year immediate ahead of us contain many ts- calculable possibilitlts. The covenant (Continued nn Wire th?ee graphs to hiii paper that he is ia a po sition to state that a conference waa recently held in Zurich at which. wer present; t Lieutenant 8chlrsf ' well known for his work during the war at Ssa ef tha chiefs of the "Special Hervice" at tached to the imperial German general headquarters; a secretary ef the Ur man legation in Berne; the faaseua Muroun, former consular ages! ia th German service at Agndir, who, thru out tho duration of the war, was active on behalf "Of the German genera! staff among the peoples of Islam; the feel ihevik agent, Aaroa, an Israelite, nat uralised Brazilian; a former Bulgarian agent, named ohrn, married to a frenrh woman. "Thin organization." says the cer rpondent, "has at its disposal a large amount of money. It is known that tha funds of the unionist band ef Haver Talaat, traasferred to Hwitzerland, amount to more than a hundred millieo francs. To this must be added fuse's from both the bolsheviks asd tho Ger- mans. "The attention of Aaron is directed; principally in the direction ef Jtaly. "The Islamic propaganda is aied rather against Algeria and Tunis. "In short, the government ef St-kK-dcruann is continuing the same snethed and is practicing the tame game ef pw liticai intrigue as the old imperial gev erMieat," (Continued en page twe)