t 5250(BCCIAH0S (55,000 KEADKK3 DAILY) Only Cireulatiaa in Sales Caar aateed. by the Audit Bortvsa of. Circulation. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEW 3 EEBYICB $ rf: TosigM and Taes- day probably fair, gcatle iies, st!y westerly. FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 182-TEN PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919 PRICE TWO CENTS ; A ' fffl ON TRAINS AND KWi BOLSHEVIK INTEND TO DRIVE AMI JAPSOUTOF SIBERIA Relutid Not Reform. Pro ofVwiet Declares Le nt, . In'rst Interview (Copyright, 1919, by the United Press) Paris, Aug. 4.Nikolai Lenine, prime minister of the bolshevik government in Moscow, in the first bona fide interview he has ever granted, asserts that: The first bolshevik political aim is to drive Americans and tbe Japaacsc from Siberia. Revolution, not reform, i the bolshe vik program. . Tbe bolsheviks to orjranif.e t:ic work ers of the world, Aiucrieaus nici.iclcd, into a single fraternal union. The bolsheviks will crush ali Hiist ani'e, using terror, if accessary. ' The interview follows: By Edward Bi ig (United Press Sti;ff Correspondent.) Budapest, Aug. 1. illelayed.)- l'rc mier Lcninc, the master bolshevik toduy gave his first bona fide interview. He replied by wireless to my uueslious, wirelessed to Moscow from Bn.li.iiest. Lenine prefaced his replies with the statement: "I answer the questions pnl la me tinder the conditions that the. answers will bii published without alteration or mutilation in the I'nited States." Followitg nr the questions ami an wor as transmitted: question: What is your political, attitude toward the United States anil ""P""' I Answer: "With reference to the1 1 luted htntes and Jiipan, our first po-l litiettl aims are to repel their eliuine-' less, criminal, batuht like invasion ot Mussia that serves only to enrich tboirlbcr of alterations, namely, crushing the capitalists. resistance of exploiters fullowjnz the "Many times we have offered peace' to these states, but they hate not event answered and continue to war rlpou us, jieiping iencKia asil.rvolelia.;, plunder- terror. . We not only freed many Keren ing the M 111 inn u r.ud Archangel rcions'sky minister, but also relented krass and devastating especially in eastern 1 rmieria, where the Kussiou pendants of- fey the moat hemic resist a lire to the ing their resistance that wc began to brigands of capitalistic Japan and crush their resistance, nppijing even America. . terror. "Our further economic t;iiu is n ..inglftj "It was the proletariat's answer to fraternal union of workeis and toilers' ward such action from the bouigciose, of all countries without exception, Ja-'just as springs conjointly from the pan a id the United .States included. "iOrmnn, French, American and Japa- Question: "Under what conditions: nese capitalistic efforts to icstore ex would vou conclude peace with Koienak plotters to power in Russia. The and Mannerheimf" Chccko Movuks are supported by Angle. Answer: "They have been exposed ' French money, while Manuuheim has many times. For example, William Bui- j Herman French funds, litt conducted ncgotir.tion with us audi "The unsuccessful rjnspii.iev formed with me, personally, is Moscow, in the r.t the surrender of Pctrograd' by offi name of the United States government jeers ws possibly by the Swisi lega- also in our letter to Xausrn. It is t tion participating ; in the conspiracy, us not our fault if the United oiutca and ing English and French capital to era- .uiH-r Kii'i-rnuM-ins irm iu (uiuiiMi uies;pioy many rtussian employes." documents and conceal the truth, from the people. I will remind you of one of our fuuda- LOS ANGELES BAFFLING l.os Angeles, Cnl., Aug. 4. With Os car W. Lawler, former federal d.strict attorney fur southera California, under going the heroic "paraffin treatment" for burns, authonti"' todny were fol lowing three defi iitc clews which they hooed niiuht load to the arrest of the; nurllea who blew un the Lav.ler Home Sunday aiornins. "Lswler is resting Coniio;Ubiy," was the annouaeemcnt of physician Then Mrs. Ijiwlcr fainted. A crowd early today. "Mrs. Lawler is ooing which was gathering ontside saw La--aicelT and there i 00 question ibwt K his night clothes already burned her recovery." The three distinct theories aie: That the bomb was set bv wiitpr of threatening Hlter which Lawler as re-, ,.ivA on many occarions in t'uc laitl tea vears. That the dyasmiter was Mme maa.roof and leaped to th ground whom Lawler sent to prison while he was United State sttornev. That it w a ma eonneCied with Mexican revolutionary plot who was nrokecnted in a midlle weic;a state ..... : . v.,.u m.(.trtlon Ijnlcr was: active. "Thcre were two distinct uitsts, Ier m living iu the neighborhood said. Vr .Hce say the first expU..n mv.ft have! thrown Lawler and h:.- wife from tneir l . -t . .... r. k 1 . i eetl v above where th Wmb W vl. aud par - tiallr wrecked the sile cf tu louse, ud all debts to France and other stales pro- video there will be reai peace, namely, peace signed formally and coiifmicd by the governments of England, Fiance, the United States, Japan and itaty. since iH-nokin, Kolehnk. Mannerheim and others aru simply pawns in the hinds of the Odessa governments." Question: "Has the soviet program undorgoue reforms or changes since the establishment of your government!" Answer: "The soviet government did not have a reformist governmental program, but a revolutionary one. Be forms are secured from the dominating class while the hitter s domination con tiuucs coiiseuueiitly, a reloriiast pro- grum consists generally of ninny points m detail. "Our revolutionary program consist cd, generally speaking, of one point overthrow of the landowners' and cspi tulists' yoke, wresting the powers from them and liberating the working masses from their exploiters. "This program w have never alter ed. Separately, various measures 411111- ing at the realization of our program have often been subject to a.teralions, enumeration of which would occupy volume. "I will point out one point in our governmental program regaiding which there were probably the greatest num revolution of July 17, 1917. "We did not even close the capitalist paper and there was not even tt-ik of boff, who made war. It was out) after the capitalist exploiters begun develop Questiou: "What is the real char- (Continued onpnge two) BOMB PLOT TO OFFICIALS The second explosion sent a spray of gs"linc over the house. In a moment it nss a roaring furnace. Li.wli 1 tn.l his wife made two unsuccsnf ul at 1 tempts to rencli their sou. Oscir Jr., aged 5, sleeping in the back ot the house, and his nurse. Miss Inssie .Jills ! Each time a curtain of flames nailed them. "ST- out of a window, an wife' limp body in his arms. Lower 1K the body a far a ha eould, h dropped Mr. Lwlrr onto aa awaing, which broke her 20 foot fall. Then lawler climbed to the blazing I Neighbor rescued Oscar Jt lad hi j. So terrific w the explosion that il drove the can of the five inch iron pip bomb through three hedge and a board i . .-...j I t r - fence and d.-nted the front of a nou 1 lou x-'Cl iwiv. s icro-j;iyerine will liic bo.ab'a content, power experts At tli-1 hospital today hv-li ijis Mid that oniy the iivcntiou of the parafin , tierti.-Bt for tnro wi:i pcrmii uwipt ! to lie e. The skin is burned from Jiore tthaa h!f of r.t body, inilnding bis iba k. a.-m. aaa acau. TROOPS STAND GUARD IN UvTRPOOL STREETS TO I . PREVENT POLICE RIOTS - j Liverpool, Aug. 4. (United Fiess.) Troops remained on guard here during the sight, as a result of disoiders fol lowing the policemen's strincs. They frequently charged the riotcis with their bayonet. Tanks and machine guns tlo were 011 patrol duty, but the rioting and ioot iug continued. Tha tramway and omnibus employes have struck, but declared Ueir action had no connection with the poacomen's walkout. A destroyer was anchored in the port yesterday afternoon to aid iu maintain ing order. More than a score of rioters went in jured whoa mobs broke dowu the gates to the dock and looted the ammunition steamer Dorinquea. Bacon, ham, lard, rice, sugar and tiu:ud food were re moved from the ship and scattered about the streets. The strikers did not participate in the looting and rioting. Salem Banker Subject Of Life Sketch la Education Journal George W. Kyre, who is esi tclally in terested in pig clubs for boys nnd ti.la, con es in for some very rouiplinienlai'v ."einarks fruui the Jouiual of Educa:iu published 111 Boston. This journal is one of the leadler u ugniciiies of its kind and is read by t -iii hers unj educators throughout tiic United States. Tho editor, A. E. "Vin ship, camo out to Oregon to find that lue west wa auiug. lie was taken about the county aud shown how O-c-g"i ..chool ishildroa are workiug. ljL.!iig inter6td iu childreu'a ttuli mw!c, Mr. Winship naturally met Mr, Eyre. ' ! the issue of June 2ii, thi h want the tloMtou eUJcator wrote euiloi Hilly about Mr. Kyre: "But -on this memorable mid-April day there was another, morn interesting than they, the kind of a man you r"M about iu Collier's Weekly and the Hut ii.Tty eveaiug I'ost a poor boy in llii uoio- a hard working boy on bis widow mother a farm; married a hard we.kiiig country girl; had a suug tinm r.'i king Intth ends tie at the cud of lit year. "The rest is the same old islory. He did tuakc, good; did puy for tae iurm; did buy and si) stock; did have a big bauk aceount; did go to Oregon; did buy and market stock out there; Uid cs tnblish a bank in Salem; did decide to boost a lot of boys; did tell the school boy j in the county that lie would crust k y we of theiu tor a- thoroughbred pig without auy signature on uic. note but his own; did lend buys mo. e than u thousand dollars a year without secur ity; did increase the pig iudu&tiy of .iurion county to a great ntcut, did lose on one note when the father in fi nancial straits took tho receipts for the ;iigs instead of letting the boy pjy his I i.nefsclor; did finance the same boy a .second year; did get hi money back on the second deal, and rhargid to profit and loss tbe money the fattier captured. We could write pages on tho story of this man and tho buys he fi-a-ii.eJ. "The boys of Mariou county run all pri.es at the state fair iu ISIfe. Their benefactor took every pigriising boy to the state fuir in Portland. He had )g lot of cattle ready for market, 'lhc 1; iser'a army collapsed, the cattle mar krl collapsed, rnd bectjse he stayed by the boys he losi thousands of dollars 00 1 '. cuttie, ' but,' he said, ' boys are more !"ioitaiit t!ii: 1 tlio tatlie luuket. "On our trip this man signed up l.oys for pig raising iu every school w visit cd There were many interesting du lugs 'B tho- country schools revealing tho uole work the.' county viiiiiui are iuspirmg and directing, but there are others, but with us thcie is no other lean who piiti boy over the tup iu tli." ft and rnterpriue in such a w;.y as d'jts the Biaa with whom we 'did' Mar ion county school on April 15, 1919 Gcoifce W. Eyre." Capture Of Onega By AHied Force Admitted By Bclssevik Moscow, Aug. 4. (I'nited I'rrss.) Allied troops hare captured Oacc,a, on th Arcbaneel front, accord. g to the ) Sunday official bwlshevik eoinmunjqu. The bolsheviks claim ftiat Li If of Ad m';rel Kub-hak's forre in the region of Perm, near the Nibs-ma border, have surrendered to the reds. SIHlf TEIlf FLAO FLIES FEuM MAST Of AMERICAN blXAMEU Queenstowri, Aug. 4 PlyiEg the. 8Idb f'cia flag Im-Iow the Htars and Stripes the Aaeri-'aa steaoier AshUurue pot ato port to lay for repair. fiina F-icr chem-d s I.illi-ii ad- miraltv tu towed t-s A.ibtMf to n. uocat I1G1IC0STSDUE i TO 111! LUG SVAS SENATOR Smith Declares" Pursuit Of Pleasure Explains Wage Discrepancies. MOTORS AND PICTURE SHOWS HP TO BLAME Gronna Predicts Shortage Of World s Supply Of Wheat In Speech. Br I O. Martin (United 1'ress tff correspondent) Washington, Aug, 4.1-Dclaring that it is the cost of "high liying" instead of the high cost of living which is eaui ing trouble in the t inted estates, (Sena tor ttmith, 8011th 'ar61ina, tocty told the senate it 'a tinio to atop overybody running to congress with a demand for regulatory legislation' to control eco nomic condition. .Smith said aututnobiling.. moving pic ture ahow and the pursuit of pleasure generally are to blame for a good deal of the inequality between wages and food price. Smith f-peech was part of a lively senate debate on the cost of living. A world shortage of whet was pre dicted during debate by Senator Gron na, JSoith. Dakota. "Instead of hiving 1.2"0,000,000 bunhels as estimated by the department of agriculture we will have not to ex ceed 8.')0,0(K,000 bushels, "Gronna aid. "There will be a, shortage of wheat throughout the world and the United Slates will not be uble to furnish all the wheat Knrope.-ilI need. ... " Gronna charged that, as much ft a barrel profit is fceiug .Kfe ia rye flour. He announced that the agricul ture committee, of which he is chair man would meet tomorrow to eonsidw meMures which might relieve the price situation. "But I have not diaeovered any one remedy for the high cost of living, uronua said. "J'riee fixing could he resorted to even if it was extended to all cotiimonitira." , buuator Kjrliy, Arkansas, charged (Continued on page two) ELKS HAKE LUCOINE PWHSFOHWEM Klamath Falls Meeting Ti Be Different From Any Yet Held. Elks from every city and county of Oregon are making plans to leave with j in a few day for Klamath Falls, where tho second anminl convention of the Oregon s'nte Elk association will be held. The meeting of the antlered herd of this state will differ from its form er meetings or similar affairs held in the past tor numerous reasons. In the first place, tho Elk ara first of all, a patriotic order, and during the mar took a prominent part ia wartime activities. Thousands of V.iUn answered the call to arms and the honor roll of those who made the upreme sacrifice includes many of the order's member ship. 1 herefore, the annual mcetina will be in the form of a victory celebration and plan for the assistance of wound ed ex service men promise to be On or the foremost topies of the business sessions. The entertainment of the large herd of Elks and their families, many of whom will make the journey to Klaa ath Falls in tbe hap of a vacation jaunt, is likely to out-H ne any enter tainment ever planned for a body of men ana women. The usual entertainment accorded to delegates and member who attend eoa vention in large citie will be missing, it is true, but the natural fceaaty of iu" vonnirr- in auiaeern Oregon win re uiiiimmI in a nig outdoor frelie c i'ii. . ...r. nu r.i oaroeeue will Do staged on Thursday, August 13th, at Harrimaa lodge, on the shore of White J'ellkaa iy, ami roiiowlng tbe big feed, a vad eville entertainment will be toed ia a natuial amphitheater discovered by the Klamath Falls committee, some months ago. The tot for this enter- ia nment will be furnished by each locige or the state, in the form of sar prise acts whuh wiU be 'both novel and entertaining. Tiiis into the wandrr . n' ih Kiamsth eounty,street dances and thej old fashioned carnival will hr st.aed ia Klamath Fall and every mom est of (Continued pag three) 1 mmi FACES HARD FIGHT TO UPHOLD HIS RWINGONCARLMAYS New Tork, Aug. 4. (United Fress.) Baa fohason, president of the Amer ica league, faced today what probably will be the hardest fight he ever en countered ia hi long reign as dictator and aecrotary of war of the younger major baseball organization. Colonel Jacob Kupport and Lioutea ant Colonel T. L. Huston, owners of the New Tork Tankecs, threatened to go into court at oiee with the decision of Johnsoa which keeps Carl May from pitching, and have the "ciar" enjoined from tampering with the alar pitcher recently purchased from Boston. Mays i bow under suspension for jumping the Boston elub after he had been fined for throwi'.tg a ball at a spectator in Chicago. Tho twe local owner mot Johnson last night and, after a short conference, said Johnson had declared five other club protested the sale of Maya and that, tlicrefore, he could do r.ot.ung but hand out the suspension. They said he has called a meeting of tho American league for this city for tomorrow, which they had declined to attend because tliey would be greatly outnumbered. If a court action ia granted to re strain Johnson from keeping Mays idle, the owner said, Maya will work here tomorrow against the St. Louis Browns. PEACE FOR BUY' HEW CABINET'S AIM Anti-Soviet Government To Seek Friendly Relations With Allied Powers. By Edward Bing (United Pros Stuff Correspondent.) Budapest, Aug. t The new flungar- ian government succeeding Bcla Kun'a soviet regime, desires to establish friendly relations with the allies imme diately, Juliu 1'uidl, the new premier, declared today wheu ho received the United Pros correspondent and grant ed his first uewspr.per interview. In outlining his program, Uuidl said the new cabinet regarded i I sol f a a temporary government, but added there were certain policies which il intended to put iu force at once, Megotiationa already have been opened with Italy, he said, with a View of obtaining im mediate cessation of hostilities. "As a temporary government," I'eldl said, "our first and most import ant task ia to establish order ami safe ty. At the same time, we must o.gan ize an election, based on univcrwi, mf frage and call the assembly which will decide Hungary new form of govern ment. "The composition of the pi'sent government 1 proof that we wish to maintain friendly relations with all pen pic. Wc will do everything in our pow er to aa-fexuard the life and property of the Ilungnrina people, as will ns for eign subject. " Evacuation of the part of Hungary now held by entente forces would im prove the situation Immediately. Our government, which will strive to create tiorinul and orderly conditions, counts upon tho benevolent support 0 t lie al lied governments and peoples." The food situation in Hungaiv is grave, Ueidl mid, declaring the en.cntes grrateat help at this tune would be the sending of food supplies. Tins would enable esUblishments of order, he said. Peidl aaiil Hungary must also have oal anil raw materials. Dudupeiit was under a strict stale of ie(ri tivlny snd perfect order prevfiiieit. ABE MASTIK Tsar' fe wt'ainjjs as dejected an' forlora lookia' as a family returnia ' .on fosrt frosw a picnic. W hate to ad mit it. but somehow we -st csu t cu interested ia th' future o' Turkey. yll' IK i. i kh PRESIDENT'S RAILROAD WAGE SOLUTIOH F-3EETS OPPOSIIWMEi Labor Officials Outlined by Executive Is (s Entirely Inadequate" Washington, Aug. 4. A delegation of American Fed eration of Labor officials, led by Bert M. Jewell of that organization's railway department; called on President Wilson this afternoon and handed him a letter in which it was declared that his plan for settlement of railway work ers' wage demands is "entirely inadequate." ADD LEAD PRESIDENT iThe deficit would ultimately be paid in Under Wilson 'a plan, wage deaunds; taxes, but it .was pointed eat, thM of 2,000,000 rail worker would o re-1 'axes would not hit the average litlzen ceived and passed upon by a committee ( hard as the present record h reiki uj to be selected under a law yet lo be,1''' of edibles. authorised by congress. Representative Kelley, Pennsylvania, Developments In the railroad aitua-Jwas drafting a measure to osi up tba tion, brought on by demands of work hoarded food stores throughout the a- era for higher wages or a decies.se in tion. Heipected to introduce it in tlia living costs, camo from the Vhitoi house this week. Kelley ' bill, if it he House, capltol and labor circles today. come law, will authorize tUsj gavera- J. J. Forroter, head of the railroad clerk and affiliated employe, atd a strike ballot would be taken uules3 the! ruilrond administration gave a favor-J rinr price and distribute the stoic to nble answer to the demands of lilsj the public through the parrel pet, un brotherhood for a wage increase and '''' the same plan us that ioimulited changed working conditions. Kr distribution of surplus aimy food. The house Interstate eomincice com- HI measure will probably eairy an ap mlttee, by a voto of six to five, ordered 'pfl''ition to cover the cost of pnr a favorable report on the Cummin bill j chasing the food, ami provide tor a to place the rate making power back hi board, of expert to determine a fair the hands of the interstate commerce coiuiiilssion in the faco of President Wilson' proposal for a rail wage body with mandatory power over rate. While railway shopmen prepared to take their wago demands direct to President Wilson, members of the. sub committee of government officials nnmed to lnvestignto tho hn,h cost of living wero getting their reports Into sluiK', aud niuuy congressmen wore pre paring bill aimed at high price. . Wilson returned from a week-end sail on tho Potomne and nt once tooh up the study of the food situutiou, which promises to dominate official develop incuts in Washington until tiitf problem is solved. The inacliinery of the. department of. justice, it was learned, was in opera tion to gather datu to be used by the! committee or government orliciui anil , cabinet members in formulating the flic following Is a,' report of road plan to reduce prices which the presi i w-oi-k done in Marion county during dent, after eoffferring with bis cabinetlthc month of dune, ll'IM, as shown by tomorrow, I expected to submit to con- the records in the county clerk' off' gress, possibly in the form of a me- Macadamizing tUSoftil Ke. Oruveliag Belief that the value of wheat is the !J -.- . . -- luisis for the high csof other nssi-l r, --J; ties, nppcareu to t,e gain.ng .ucngen nay. rcepreseiuacivp uttiiu-ii, imuuis, i was preparing a Dili nmnonziii), cue government to buy wheat from farmers at the guaranteed price or t-.-o nd re sell it at $l.r0 a bushel, the go' crnmcnt taking the loss, to he made up out of the 1,00(1,00(1,000 fund established to make good the wheat price guarantee. CHEAPER BREAD MAY BE RESULT Of Washington, Aug. 4 (United Pres) ("heoper bread may be one of the re sults of the nreserrt governmental ef fort to reduce the high cost of living. Whether the five cent loaf will be put into tho market I a question on instead of merely keeping up th price which officials are at variance, but of wheat to the farmer, they agree that if the government al-j Nearly all food prices are affeeted lows wheat to sell at the market price; by wheat and officials believe tower instead of the i.2 guarantee, a con-('bread prices wo-ild bring dowa ay lideroMe drop in the price of bread other articles. Care would be taken if will reytilt. the idan was carried out to prevent The prica of wheat is one of the any profiteering after the geveiaaieat thing being considered by a committee- had reduced the price of flour, of cabinet and other high official who The act appropriating the. govern are tackling the living cost problem, iment guarantee fund apecifiewlly pro file proposal is for the government I vide that the monev shall not fc vmi to take over the Tour supply of the I to keep up the -.- wheat pries-hat-country at a nominal profit to'the mill-1 to sell food to the peaple at a reasen er and sr.lt it back to the public at a able cost, and many congrern' nay ,)W such a plan wa in their mind whea Officials stste, with the price re- maiuing at 12.24 a bushel, flour can be bought fairlv by the government at IH a barrel ater making allowances for all by products and a fair profit to the millers. Jn turn tho government would sell the flour to the public for 0, absorb ing a loss of 12 a barrel. The- t'Aak dn-neie needs for the year are about 2."0,000,XSO barrels, which would require the expenditure of just hslf the guarantee fund of tl, Ooo'jfKrO.fHtO provided bv congress. Say Program ment to seme the immense locks r foodstuffs said to b stored w Chieaga nd other centers, pay the owners a price to no pnui tnc owners. rsci'Diiiiy sWrewies werc'.himm pel for ward for relief 'of liic high cost of iv i ijr that it became Increasingly mnni feat, in the opinion of many observer, that some means of food control, similar to that iu force during the War, wuld have to be re established. Horn a movs, it was believed would be sura to meet with strong opposition President Wilson may not be able to start hi tour of the United Ntnlcs n til nest month, it was lenmcid. A h has acked congress to remain hero (far ing the food crisis, it w;;s considered hardly probable he would lea a the tnf as long as the house is is session. Clerk's Resort Shows Elacb Road Work Dose la Ji ;rrsi us i ,,atrolm,n salnrr "... raving 7.'i.:i futnl ti9UWl Number yards grnvel hauled for per manent work ti":il I .1; number yarda of gravel hauled for repair work 3W'i number yards rock hauled 510.1; volun teer work:i men tOU, team at 'A. PRICE PROBE Thus, the farmer would get the guar anteed price for his wheat, the feniil would be assured of eric net food asd the half ef the billion dollars llrat ato , spent would be used in reducing prices the bill wss pwcse.i. Meanwhile, Eepresentative Keliay, Pennsylvania, was preparing regism tion to confiscate all fond ia ware hnufte in the country and di-ribte it through the system being bmlt us? to sell the surplus army supplies. "The army food is but a drop i th bucket compared with the laf amount of food stored in Chiwg asd other renters, and the cost ef tiviag caa be forccil down by the goveit putting it on the market, ! areata th price fuing system," he laid.