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ft . J a fjfpl ft A 5fff ' a : $, ' 5250 CIRCULATION (25,000 KEADEES DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar antied by the Audit Burn a of Circnlatiooa. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY KEW3 SEKVICE FORTY- SECOND YEAR STRIKING SHOP HOI RETURN '" 0 I5m rH Employes Oa Many it in i . in ' neea rresiaent s warning President s W Of Yesterday. FEDERATION HEAD ASKS ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER WDson Says Settlement Im possible Until Ail Strikers Co Back. By Ralph F. Conch (United Press stalf correspondent) Washington, Aug. S. Te'cgrn ins "re ceived by the American Federation of Lubor today indotiteil that railway shop men who struck without authori ty have- already s'.'irted :-;oiug buck to work in response to Pres;dtnt Wilson's letter, in which he assortcl the govern ment would not consider Viglier wngi'S for them until all men. were back on their jobs. Strikers were' reported to have re turned to all shops on th. Lackawanna tied on the Norfolk and Western -railroads. n , , B. M. Jewell, acting president of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor, has telegruphed the shop men asking them to resume work so a settlement of all the railroad employes' wagf- denands will not he delayed. Answers to Jewell's appeal were look ed for today in the action of die on authorised strikers. If they go back to work uc.gotiu.liou between the rail road administration aui the employes wi'l proceed. Otherwise, sccoiding to Wilson's letter, the government will ignore the wage iloiuun J. "Until the employes return to work and again rocognir.e the 'Minority of their organizations, the whole matter must be at a standstill." wrote the presideiut. The letter ciiij'hasicd that the rail administration will deal onlv with duly accredited national heads of tV unions. "You are hereby authorized," the p:esident ordered Kin".-., "to sny to toe railroad shop employes that the question of wages they have raised will be taken up and considered on its merits by the direetir qencnl in eon fort nee with their duly accredited rep roientntives." President Wilson instructed Hincs to decide the wage question following re ceipt of a letter from Senator Cum miiis, who said the senate interstate commerce committee ha.l decided to (Continued on page three) VALUATION OF TO JOBS TOP ESTATE IS PROTESTED Oiijections to the valuations placed on the Maurice Kllngr es-atc have been filed with the county court by t). "I Hoff, Mate tre.i-urer. They are base,! on the ground that the inventory and appraisement do not contain the true ail f,:ll v.'lue of the estate and that tli- amount of inheri tance tax purported to be determined by the order of the 'ounty court ap proving the ajqirai "".neut is not the full amount due the state of Oregon. Based on these (bjeetions. Treasurer Hot'f asks the cohihv court for an or der ae'tting aside is former order of July 10, 1H1, an I for a re appraise ment of the estate Mid a determining of the inheritance 'ax as provided by law. Maurice Klinger died April 2.1. 191ft. It the will, John H MeXarj was nam ed as cxfi-ntor. Tl.e rnurty court ap fioiuted as bppriiisos r'ocne lickerliu, Christopher Paithn f,ttd T. K. i'ord. In their appra:,i.. nt. t',e value of the estate was pli -c; at Tf.if2.0.'!. I 'art of this appra.v :nt nt r, b.h Treas urer Hoff object t ;s tl.e value placed on valuable busl'ies.i !W.s in -Salem, as fallow.: Fiactions of l.t- '. and 4. f block 21. city of l ilem, kiowa as the Kling e- buildlnjj on itwl, ji.st we- uf the Masonic Ti i.r.l -. This two story bl .rk the spi rai'iv- 'oed at t".?.,!"''). Bv the t tins of v,i'.l. the Kli'.jifi flit NO. 1S6.-EIGHT PAGES. FOREST PATROL FLYERS TREAT SPECTATORS TO THRILLING AIR STUNTS Stunt airplane flying has become quite common in Sttlein since the city is beidquurters not only for commer cial -planes, but for the jovernmcnt 's forest patrol service. But ,'ast evening the four army flyers wfcj came to the city from Medford witlicut stop treitt d the natives of the eitv rind others to "e fiueet acrobatic flying ever wit- cd. Instead of keeping at an alti- -of 2iRH feet or more, the four patrol flyers cane right into some instances buelv 50 feet a Z- Dunuins. Aumnor aviator Kit eapitol dome and gave the otilo w ...vernl real thrills. The. government places coming to Salem to jo forest patrol work, exper ienced no difficulty in crossing the Sis kiyou mountains, althou"! the plane ot Major .Smith, in eomnie.n,1, developed som e"igiue trouble. With Salem now recognized as bend quarters for the forestry airplane pa trol service, it is thought that the state will at once begin the bte.Kiing of suit able hangars and arrange f.ir establish ing a sotvice stat-on at the state fair grounds. T SIX YEARS SELECTED New Readers, Arithmetics And Grammars Included Among Changes. F.verjr chairman and every school alwrk of .school districts in Marion uiiit,viiitvt(been.. mailed copies of the latest school laws by Superintendent (smith. Also a text book circular giving a list of new books that art to be used in the schools the coming six years. According to th? state law, school books for the state are selected every six years, and those for the coming six years have just been announced. Oho of; the radical changes w ill be in readers. All of the old ones have been discarded. For the primary "de partment, live slaio schorl book com mission lias selected the Beacon meth od which differs from the old in pho nics, wherein the child learns by tle system of initial blend. Hamilton's aritli'iictie will be used hereafter. It is thought t.at the new- text book will present fie subject in a in ie practical i.s well as simplified form. In the teaching of civics, a text bonk by Hughes will be standard for the coming six years. The pupil will now study community tivics, the basic nl.' of which is to tcrirh the child community activities and thereby get ting them interested in the government fliroug'a the. activit'cs of the coiiiuiu niy. Language will be taught from text books written by Potter, .lose like and by tlillette. Much of the o'd grammar will be simplified and the use of words and their uieuning will be taught by extracts from molein nuthois, rather (Continued on page two) HUNGER block biK,inies the rrepirty of Ki lie -ft Klinger. j T!ii tw-a tt rv bi:'iri biiildinl oc copied Ijy .'. I'. Biiop'a Salem Woolen Mill, store, with a fr.uitagc of liil feet, 'was apprniseil at S-'.'.OVO, the Klinger ,es'ate iiwmng an undivided one half interest. Il igene Ecki rlin owns the oth er h:iif. The two sto.y building just 'norih of the BMiop store, and which is sM)n to be occupied by the Halem I Woolen Mills store, with a 30 foot 'front, was valucil .it n,(Mtn. I A fra'-tion cf lot 7, block- 3.1, ad joining the estate ea the north, some ime, kunwii as the Anderson building, with a frontage of feet, was ap- prai-ed at $sai0. j With the store building now oecu-pi4-d by i . P. IS. shop valued :it --'. ', iowne.( by Eekeriin and the Klinger lestate, and the adjoining building on (the north at 1 .t.itiU and the Anderson 'blo'k adjoiiiipg on the north nain at ' flw, the total appraisement of tie threo bus: Mo biiild'ngs, with a front age of foot on the best part of Nortii foiii'iiereiiil street is placed at j Th- bisnns blo-k on South fiim jmereisl street known a. lot li, bbcit ;4T, a' !if enpo.te ih Capital Journal offi'", ad:,ining the Turrer building re-vntlv a'iiiired bv 1 1. Koniueis. was iI..-:-rf-d at t'"'. The faaillv h'nic i "i 7 ail . t.'fc'irrh ar.d Ferry 'k!ie.-t. valm-.l at !"0U. SALEM, Wilson Tells Congress That Present Method of Fixing Prices Are Openly Criminal Washiugtoo, Aug. 8. (Faited Press) President Wilson today proposed to congress! the following d' finite pro gram of legislation to ci-pe with the high cost of living', 1 Kxtensiou of the Lever food con trol act to pence time, and broadening of its anti hourdiiig provisions to cover tooilstutts, fuel, clothing i.nd other in disputable 'necessaries of life. 2 Enactment oi' a Isn rcguJutiug cold storage. It (h'ederal licencing of all corpora tions engaged in interstate commerce, with specific regulations to "prevent uiii'onsciouublo rofits. " ' 4 il'assafe of the bill now pendng for control of security isnies. o Provision of adequate funds for government agencies to enable them to give full publicity to retailers costs and selling profits. 6 Definite piovUiou for a penalty for profiteerng. 7 Provision for mnrk'un on the package the price paid to the producer of all goods to e shipped in interstate commerce. Price Methods Denounced The president presented this con crete program bof ire a joint session of congress late today. Denouncing some of the .methods by which present high piieei are produc ed as "illetgal'' i.nd " c. iminal," the president assured congress r.nd the coun try that swift prosecution and punish mint will full upon the guilk). He indirectly appealed 'or early rat ification sf thn b.-i.'ice treaty bv ooint- ing out that economic disturbances growiug out of the. .var cannot be calm ed until there is peace. Hut whatever can be done to meet the immediate situation rhould lie done, and done quickly the president said. The president i;ued also a warning and appeal to thn country's workers not to strike or resort to violent con test to settle tho situation. The presidcut fi.ii.la-d speaking at p.m. ihe text cf his hddics is as., tollf-ws: 1 "Gentlemen of the Congress: "I have sought this opportunity to address you because it is clearly mv duty to call your attentiou to tho jires-ithat cut cost of living and to urge upon you with all the peisuasive foive oi which I am capable the legislative measure j winch would Kc uiost cuectivc in con-1 trolling it and bringing it down. The prices the people of this country are paying for everything that it is neces sury for them to use iu order to livo are; not justified by a short ige in Ripply,; cither present or prospective, and in. many cas s artificially and deliberately created by vicious pinctices which ought immediately to be cheeked d law. They constitute a buiden upon us which is tho more unbearable be-. cause we know that it is wilful! im- posed by those who have the powe. ana, cost and for which the udded cost is destructive force, but it bus been, ncv that it can by vigorous public action be often times hardly more than an ex (. iheless, profoundly affected and dis greatly lightened and niudu to square, ruse. The lab irers who Ho not get an :s4iraii"ed and our industries, our credits. with the actual conditions of supply and demand. Home of the methods by which these prices are produced are mieady il- legal, some of them criminal, and those UTD mm Secret Murders Committed By Soviet Troops Come To -Light Today. Budapest, Aug. ti, (l.'nited Press.) While allied troops ire maintaining or der in Budapest the bolsheviki arc re ported to have seized r mtrol in south wetteru Hungary and are said to be slaughtering the bourgeoisie population. Secret minders of hiudreds of vic tims during the bolslenik regime were just becoming known. The iitim in clude (jeiieral Kory, who wit lynched and throwu in ihe Danube, and (,'ul inel ltoihy, who was shot and tlnown in the Danube. The terrorist, Abraham Kohn, who r.ss arre5tl today, boited in an inter viewNhat he bad rorimittd eighty mur ders under th order "f Tibor Kzamue ly, one of the bolshevik lesdi-rs. The muidi rs of Count Tii-ys, who was killed a rider order from Joph Pug-.iiy,; a soviet eutiimtary, al-o ere known to-1 dar. i ('outluJ oo page two) ' I OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST WILSON' TOLD CON&REES Methods by which some of the present high prices are pro duced are criminal. Existing laws arc inadequate. There will be no real peace prices until there is peace. The world is on tn operat ing table without anesthetic. - All that can be done to re strain profiteering until peace conies must be r:akeshitt. Wheat shipments will be eon trolled and limited S3 as to lower flour pri.-s in America, Hurpliia atows of food and clothing in government hands will be sold without profit. Surplus stocks ill private hands will ibc put on the mar ket. Hoarding will be hatted. Food supplies are greater and prices higher this enr than last. Profiteer, will be p'Osrcutcd lietnileis art partly risKn sible for exorbiiaiit prices. Con-rress miKt iipj ropiiate funds to fight prof;tee.ing. America must hold the world steady by its example. " : : - W - . who employ them will bj energetically proceded against, but othra have not yet been brought under the law and should be dealt with at o.iee ly legisla tion. Particulars Not Necessary, "I need not recite the particular of this critical inntter; the prices demand ed and paid at the resoucces of si:pplv, ut the factory, in the food uiurkcis, at' the shoos, in the restaurants and hotels. alike in the city and iu the village Thev are familiar tn von. Thev Bt-e the jtnlk of every home eircje and of every group of casual acquaintances evcu It is a mutter of familiar knowledge, also, a process has set in which is likely, unless somcthin;; is done, to posh piici-s land rents and the whole cost of living higher end yet higher, in u vicious cycle to which there is no logical or natural, end. With the increase in Ihe prices of the necessaries of life coioe dciiLinds for mcreses in wages Ucmtinus winch are justified if there be no other means of enabling men to live. I pon the in-; crease of wages there follows closely mi increase in the pficc of the products j whose producers have been arcoidcd the i in crease not a proportionate incicase,1 ,H rudically disturbed and dismember for the manufacturer doi a not contented than the national life of otuer peo himself with that, but an lucriase cnn-'i.liH whom the war more directly ntfect sidcrubly greater than the addid euge increase in pay when th,y dc:ii,.iid it 1 are likely to strike and tiie strike .rfily makes matters worse. It clu c ss pro dm tion, if it affects the lailwuys it pic - Alife JUAttlXM 51" mm Motorcycles would nial.e ilar.dy si:, rm' dorks if wc k ew what tin e it wuz, when they pas th' knuiw.-. 4 Well, we! still liove women an' ;, but vho wants t' sing!" ak.d fell iinnley, viutrrdar. I T 1 ill Pi- ! 8, 1919. vents distribution and girips the mar kets. so that there is present I v nothinc , to buy, and there is another excessive : addition to prices resulting from the Full Eoilof Impotable. "There are facts and forces with i which we Iilvc become only too lainil !iar; but we arc not justitied ot our fa- juiilinrity with them or because of any jhastay and shallow conclusion that they aro "natural ' and inevitable, in sit ting inactively by and letting them work their fatal results if there is any thing that wc can do to chock, correctly orremcdy them. I have sought this op portunity to Inform tho congress what the executive is doing by way of lcui- edy and control, and to suggisl where effective legal remedies aro lucking and may be supplied. "We must, I think, frankly admit that there is no complete immediate reme dy to be had from legiulatlnii and ex ecutive action. The free proeesscn of supply and demand will not opeiate ot themselves and no legislative or execu tive atiou can force them into full iiiiil natural operation until theie is I'oice. There U now neither pence nor war. All the world is waiting with what unnerving fears and hniiuting doubts who can adequately suyt culling to know when it shall have peaco and wuuijfiwd of peace it will bo when it comes a peace in which emu nation shall nrnke shift for itself as it can, or a peace buttressed and supported by the will and concert of the nations that have the purpose and the power io do and to enforce what is right, World on Operating Table. Politically, economically, soclnlly the world is on the operating table, 1. nil it has not been possible to administer any anaesthetic. It is conscious. It even watches tho capita! operation tqi on which it knows Unit it hope or healthful life depends.- It cannot think its business out or make plans or give intelligent and provident application to its tl fairs while in such a case. Where tneie is no peace of mind there can be no ener ey in endeavor. There can be no confl I uVnei! in industry, no calculable basis for credits, no confident biivmj or sv toniatie, selling, no certain prospect of empbiylncut, no normal restoration of ; business, no hopeful attempt at rerun f (ruction or the pro; er reassembling of the dislocated elements of enterprise 1 1 mil newe has been established and so l';,, as may be, guaranteed. ()ur national life has no doi.bl, been ,.,, vrith all its terrible ravaging and tur productive capacity, our economic j ; , uro inextricably interwoven , (Continued on pago four) ! MARCH PLAN CALLED PEACE CONSCRIPTION Johnson Says Universal Train uig Not Necessary To Peace. By Raymond Clapper ( 1'nited Press Htt.f f Col respondent.) Wa-.hiiiKn.ri, Aug. 8. The war de partment's pl-.n for universal military training is "peare conscr.i'tion, " Hen ator Hiram Johnsfoi, i'ulifornia, de clared today in commenting on the pro posul as outlined by ( hief of Staff Matih to the senate lullituiy affairs sub coiiiniit tee, Johnson said the progri.ni would cost one billion dollars when in op ration laeh year. 4'Pc'-e conscription at ct ot one billon dollars a year is the pt;ce we are to pay for the league of natioi s," joha son said. 44 1)' univers.il peare biing with it univeisrJ military tra.ning? I fannot see why, when we are f:icing an era of universal peace we hoult have n army ir.iev times larger tlmn we ever had before.' ' Continued oa jage two) PRICE TWO CENTS lfSS 5ENATE COmiHEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO PROBE MEXICAN MATTER Washington, Aug. 8 The senate for eign relations committee todav decided on an investigation of the Mexican problem. - , It ordered a favorabl? report oa the King resolution, empowering the com mittee to investigate th "matter of tiamagvs and outnyes surf- red by Am erican citizens in Mexico." The resolution gives tl committee broad powers to gi 'nto the killing of Americans, the destruction and confis cation of property and the collection of claims since the retirement of Pres ident Dina. A report of findings with any rccoinniendatio.is t! ought neces sary, is to be laid before the senate if the revolution is adopted. Without debate and with no oppos ing votes, the senate jwsi d a resolu tion by Senator King, t'tah, retried today by tho foreigu relation commit tee. The invostigatio'i 's to be conductr.I by the foreign relation! committee, which has been giv"n power to summon any witnesses needed. An amendment adopted provides th nt "any matter in derogation of American rights" may be inquired into bv the committee. EDITORS OF NATION Three Hundred Members Of N. E A Arrive On Jaunt Over Country Today. Portland, Or,, Aug. 8 (l'uit,ed Press) Three hundred niembois of the Na tional Kditorial association arrived here today on a spcoinl train, and during the next two day Portland will be the scene of the association s annual con vention. Ihe "convention on wheels" a it hf.s been called, left Chicago July W, froccedinsj through Canada and stop ping at Winnipeg, Edmonton and van louver. Tl.e edit'is will go to Oregon Uty, Ore,''"' tomorrow, where the officers of ,hc associat:tn will officiate at the u:i vi'iimg of a Mii.iiiiirnt coiiiiiiemouiltng th ' estnbli-l." -ot of the first iiewsps pei on the Psitfie con i4. Hetiiriiing to Portland, the newspaper men will journey on their special train to Tuconia Wednesday and visit Itaiiiier National Park. A business session will be held in Taconifc the following day. Heuttlo will be the scene of another business meeting Friday. icHiri.i, B. 0., will be reached Htindtiy and the tiuul business session of the convent ion w ill be held there tho next dny. Tho titwm trip to Chicago i to be started irom Vancouver B. !., August IB, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Is Mnke bound V,.w York. Aue. 7. Tiie Brooklyn Rapid Transit company again attempt m reaunin servico this inoining. fol lowing another night of complete pa rulysis resulting from the strike of un ion employes. Officiuls admitted tuday that service on tho suifr.ee, elevated and subway lines was even more meager than yes tcrduy morning, when loss than 20 per cent of the cars and tiain wcie in operation. Mayor Hylaa sought to iorce I.indlcy M. tnrrison, receiver, to submit to ar bitration. The former secretary of war, however, said be would resign first. GIRLS, HUNDRED STRONG, TO GREET EDITORS HERE j One hundred or more nt'iactive girls, jail carrying roses and S'l'h, may be j wanted (Sunday evi-niii'r p.bout ::") o'clock, to take pa't in welcoming the j.l.Vl editors, members of the National .Kditorial association, who will spend ja few hour in 8alein, on their way to 1 Crater Ijike. , ! A telegram was rece'ved at the i Comn.errial club from Km Francis, o jstating that such a webon.e would be 'greatly appreciated by the editors, in a ldition to the lnnnrheon to be serv rd at Willson park. - , The matter will probable be taken up with Mrs. Z. J. Kigk. prcmlcnt of the Woman's club, and workng in co operation with tBe t'onmiereial club, an effort made to prove to the nation al editors that in addition to prunes ami logaiiln-rrien, this ptrt of the val ley and especially "alcm. produce the liivrlieet young ladies on the coast. A m ?- Weaker Rep .4 vi to Oreco:" .Tonight ind titu Ist fair, roolor tonight extreme east poitioa, gentle wtuwvty winds. BETTER FACILITIES FOR I1STWEEI! Creation Of Pacific Fleet Means Improvement Of Waterways, Belief. DANIELS PREDICTS NEW SURVEY OF ALL FORTS Refusal To Take Largest Ships Into San Diego Shows Sentiment San Diego, Cal Aug. 8. (('BttcT Press.) As a first result of the Ta- cil'ic fleet's dramatic nrriviil here ye- terdny and in consequence of th a wiltingncss of Admiral Kodmaa to bring his six dreadyaughts into the i :icr hurbor, a detcruiined movcmcBt ia under war tw innttOL'rnte hnrhoy Im provements which wi, make it posaibki ior rnn iiej;o to nirnisn a navet ior the entire fleet .should. . occasion da mn nd. In a statement to local newspaper men ftiday Admiral ftodntaa deelarej t In; t he hud no fear of tho bar an Km Diego's harbor; that his biggest iMp would have cleared it with rose, tout that n mud flat at one of tho turning in the entrance had encroached so far Ia l,a lnl.nnv that li. kn.1 ftcWmkA,! feS inadvisable to tiring in the big ships so . ! -I 1 long us mere was no pressing uriiiuu. f jw nl newspaper are tod: y startin; aa agitation for an immediate campaign ta induce congress to make extensive loal harbor improvements. That tun eajat puiga standi! ft good chance of early aue ccsh was indicated by a peruttul today of Hccri'tary Diiniels' speech aeknowl I'd'Mnfj the appreciation of the navy de partment of Kan Dicgo' warm wclcoawi to the fleet. "The navy now here means,' tha secretary snid, "that a study of all har bors friun Han Diego to Washiiijjtol will be made. Bo where the need f dredging, of enlarging channels, ia found, onrtcongrea will bo asked lor money to do this work. The benefit will be not only for the navy, but for the shipping people, The day ot tha small ships for cotnniercc is panned. "We are going to construct lurRer ships for our merchant marine. Never acniii shall wc depend on foieign bot toms to carry American goods to all - . ., " ..t.i V'n.-nl .llinr!hM lif ' C.CI'S Ot 1IIC WOTUI. '' ....-" j I that a strong merchant marine and a j strong navy go hand in hand. 'Io cava ! a strong navy we must have a strong ! merchant marine; otherwise we .. 'bo dependant oi foreign ships." I While it has been impossible to wtiira 'any definite statement from either Bve retary Daniels or Admiral Rodmnn wd ntive to definite future plan foi tha fleet, Han Die"" newspc pers claimed to have ((leaned iiiformutuiii from junior .officios justifying the belief that the I milder clm.ttte and the lesser amount oi , fog will cause the southern porU o 8a Diego and Kan Pedro to see morw ! ' (Continued on pge three) It is understood that several Cali fornia citie have ut!cinnd to make an irupri-sion on the C'litoM by kavir.jf at Ihe depots d.-U s'ioe i of the love liest girls to be found. Hence, it i thought that siii'C everybody In tha Willamette valley agrees 4hat the I i font ii girls re flr.'hinj? coin-pared 19 the beauties of Mtrion county, that a deep and more las'li g in nriasma eould be' made nil the visitors if 100 or morn of the attiactivo lem girl should meet the train at l'-'th and Htate street Sunday evening, and march with the editors to Willful piirK. Toe luncheon of home ma ie products will be served in 4he p.-k about 7 o'clock Sunday e'enina. The tkera ;will b the automobile drive and Mana jger M " 'TOKker of he C n nereial elh lis sending out a ca'l for fr" SD to 91 j a ites, to report a; '.V'.lbuin ark. abott j7 o'clock Miimlay evenu.g. ' IB