ft . - $ . t . : : Orejan: Tonight sad Tnc- dsr fmr, fiK.i.T east forties, gentle wmti, biomIv westerly ' . .. 5259 CIRCULATION (23.0.00 BEADEB3 DAILT) Only CireulaUoa U Sales Guar anteed by th Xulit Baui of Ciren'srinni. it; 1 r it 1 FULL LEASH) WEE 1 n ! ; . ; f ! ; 1 3 i ; S I f i i i 1 i nil i .! H l !l I II il ii M ! DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS &ESYICI FORTY- SECOKD YEAR NO. 194.-EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS STANDS JIT I C&ST 11HI . !ti i FTY PER GEOT RAISE WESOfOEIi iff InstallaSn of Labo r Saving Devices sting $200,000, 000 Are Also Requested Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 11 (United Press.) Increase ia wages averaging 00 per rent and the installation of auto matie (token, cod passers, grate shaic- era and door openers are provided in a . now wage scale aad standard rule re . port in the hands of the three huudred ' . representatives of the Brotherhood of .Locomotive Firemen and F.nglucnien . men here today. The demands will be .presented to Waller I). hlincs, director general of railroads as soon cs Hie draft , of the proposed measures is rewritten, according to President Timothy Shea. The firemen and hostlers demand in creases average from 33 to 63 per eent and the average is 50 per cent, said Shea. It will cost the railroads of the United Htutea and Canada 200,000,000 to install the automatic devices demand ed, delegates estimated, while the annual iucrcas in operating expenses entailed by the wage demands was placed at 70,000,000. Tha latlu.. Cl. ....... .' ,i . .... ..,u- i, mhucu vn me as-. cumptloii thivt the 117,000 firemen and pngiuemen m the brotherhood work an average of 300 days per year for an average of eight hours per day. The committee which formulated the demands, will ask for the employment f two firemen on euuh eugine weighing KM) tons or more until such time us the automatic npplla ees proposed arc in atulled. It was contended the work wn too heavy for one man to bundle.- Of the estimated 40,000 locomotive of that weight, not more than five thousand are equipped with the proper mechauical ap pliances, the delegates said. Shea said the proposed wuge increr.se . would hardly meet the pre-war condi tions. The summary of wage demands . as announced by Khea is as follows: Kate of par for firemen Bud lielers i i the passenger service to be K.."0 per day of 100 miles or lens, except when Mallet engines are used, when the rrte 8h:ill be $7.20, or the freight rale for Miillet engine. Freight service: On engines weighing less than 100 tons firemen shall be paid $6.,'0 pet duv of 100 miles or less. On engines weighing more than 100 tons the pny shall he 16.80 per day of 100 miles or less. Firemen and helpers employed in the yards shall receive tS.oO per day of eight hours, except when Mallet engines American People Refuse to Stand for "Treasonable Pro fits" Says By Raymond Clapper ( I nitcd Press Stuff Correspondent.) ,av it j a private business. It is a pub- Washington, An-;. 18. With a state-' utility," meiit by Henntor Kenyon thnt the Amer-j K- ijon explained thut his bill is slm i.uu people refused to stand for "trea-j;jar ta the Kemlritk ineusure, except suitable profits," the senate agriculture tintt it attempts to regulate unrelated committee today begun henri igs on jinin.'s which the packers are absorb packer regulation legislation . l ;, and formulates a policy fur public The committee bus before it both the markets. Kenyon and Kendriek bills, the former Chairman Orouna suggested Ismita bcing the more drastic. tin of profits as an alternative to the The hearings opened with a stntementi Kenyon plan of strict regulation of by Kenyon in which he explained the! p k'ers bv license. Haste must be made purposes of his measure. "The people will stand for reasonable profits," Kcnyos declared. "And the profits that are being ninde by the parking monopoly committee-revolutions that have been justifiable," come. Bear living treasonable profits,"; be declared. he said. j "Those who tire in possession of great The bill, he fxplr-iued is not a gor- j wraith and who control or manage great eminent ownership bill. jand powerful corporations should eare- "We are not trying to injure the ful:y view the present situation and packers, or ruin business," Kenyon etvMp us s.Jve the knotty problems before plained. "It is true that the but doe us. M?" tremendous power in the hands of j "They should hasten to do so "before n man. lit is too late, because alrendv it has . icse are radical bills. - It is uselesa to pretend they are sot. They have teeth in them. They propose a new method of corporate control, "But in the view of the facts di - closed in the federal trade commissioa'a investigatio i and in the condition of ua - jest ia the country, we felt congress (,.uld not sit idly by doing nothing. "A noiuopo'v of nf-eesitiew f life iu I' lensitite ana muiuTiu. til's r.re to destroy that monopoly. When RAILROADMEN are used, when the rate shall be $8.80. Firemen and helpers employed in lo cal or way freight service, mixed trains, mine runs and roustabout service shall be paid a minimum of fifty rents per hundred miles in addition to the through freight rate. This is asked because such trains are naturally slow. Shea uid Hines would ask the date of a public hearing of the demands set between September 1 and 15. PoSce Unable To Locate -Portland Murder Suspect Portland, Or., Aug. 18. The police are still without a clue as to the where abouts of Clarence Johnson, ex Bun Qocntin convict, who disappeared froei Portland last Friday following the mur der of Mrs. Kurnico FreeniKfl. The woman, ap rominent leader in V. I C, T. U. and prisoners aid society work I. r.. i tn liiij i... i.i from a gas pipe. Johnson, who owed his parole from Kan Qucnthi to Mrs. Free man, Is suspected of the crime. Rob bery is believed to hnve beeu the mp ti'M. Until two months ngo Johnson lived at the home of Mis. Freeman. ITe served time in the California pri son for attempting to kill t woman with whom he had lived as his wife, Youth Tooling" FeBow Bathers Drowned Sunday Albany, Or., Aug. 18. TM ikmg Will iam Wa'ruff, 18, was "fooling" coin pr.nions paid no attention to him when he was !en to sink while swimming in the Willamette river here Sunday night, lie was a good swimmer and had pre viously crossed the river several times. After a few minutes had passed and Walrnff hadn 't Joined his companions. they became alarmed and mr.de a search But it was then too late; he had drowu ed. SANTIAM FIEE ALARMS Albany, Or.. Aug. 18. A big fire t!ie Santiam forest on Dry creek, five. miles eat of Detroit hus assumed nlarm ing proportions. Loggers of the Ham mond Lumber compnny and government men are fighting the flames. Senator Kenyon U mono;,olr rcarhes that stue we nn't before "another Boston tea party," takes plai-e. Or oil, a warned. "We dcpie violence and anarchy, rio's and brute force, but we know of been suggested by eonservutive men 'thnt another Boston tea, partr is needed irh the tru.ts playing the part of King 'O.-ore. ; "We know that under the constita tion we have the right to tax, and unless , thi v great questions are remedied and ' ..vill in some other way it may be jnr.vnary to limit the profits that a per mtu or corporatio i stall be permitted to (Continued on page ill) LOS ANGELES CAR MEN'S . STRIKE UNBROKEN; CITY OWNERSHIPJS PROPOSED Lo Angeles. Cal., Aug. IS. That the street ear men's strike will undergo its big teat today is admitted by both union and company officials 'of the Pacific. Klectrie and the Los Angeles Railway company. - Although there has beea partial ser vice during the day, city and iuterur- baa trsmiortst:ou was suspended nat- urday sa l Jiuadsy sights. On both nights hundreds of theatergoer caught unawares were forced to walk to their home. Officials of the Los Angeles railway today declared that Sunday service was normal, while union officials said that service was only one third nor mal. Strikers said the crews quit the company and joined their ranks thru out the day. The first wove toward municipal ownership of the Los Angeles .street car line was outdo yesterday when an open meeting of uuioaists appointed committee to determine the advisabil ity of circulating a petition asking the city council t take over the line. Autobuses relieved the irregular ser vice to the various beaches yesterday. More thaa SO applications were fil ed yesterday Xor permits to, operate "j'tneys." . ill FOR lf THEFTS Two Gangs Rounded Up Over Week-End For Robberies And Auto Thefts. Boys between the ages of 15 and -U seems to be causi:.g the greatest trouble lor the police department of Knlem, ns well as elsewhere, according to tha num ber of reports received at police head quarters of the misdeeds of boys be tween these ages. ' ' Lent week a store at 'WOodbura was entered and robbed of 10 new tuto tires', soverul auto chains and a 1Q1I model Stmlebuker. ' Word wan received by Sheriff Need ham tliut the four buys who hud taken part in the robbery hud been captured near uladstone Park. The names of the tour boys sro Harry Wilson, Harold Forshner, Orville Merchant and Jap For nr. They all live close to Portland. Deputy Sheriff Bowers and Constable Ie Long went to Portland for the boys this morning. The prisoners will be tk en to Woodburn for a preliminary hear ing. Haturday evening about 10 o'cluck a car belonging to V- T. Suiilh was stolen from in front of the Klks' lodge. The theft was r,t once reported to the police and Portland and other cities notified. About S:-io o'clock Sunday morning the three b"js who 'iad stolen the car were arrested iu Vuucouver for driving without a headlight. They were taken to the police station where it wss lenrn ed through a confession that they liafl not oniy sioicn me car, nut nun stoppeu at Lincoln on their wnv north and rob- bed a store of cigars, cigarettes, randy and ttl in nickels and dimes. The names of lhcso three boys are Ernest Lind of huleiu, nge 17, Floyd Cochran, aed 18 of Polk county, a id F. Halter of Salem, cge 10, Officers were sent to Portland to bring them back to Salem. " The officers of the law are now begin ning to think that moral U'ctmea and exacting promises to be good are not (quite effective enough to prevent the general stealing -ot autos and petty roll I beries that have beea so common this past summer. ' 4 Abb MAflTTN " Uio Hurlesoa s th limit,' saol Mrs. Lafe Bud t day. when her husbkBd handed her a letter that he d been csr- rvi , a !!.ntn. What s ljeee o tU 'feller that use f git shaved jell t'j rend th' Police Gazette! , fl 0k SALECF FOODS BY POSTiOFRCE OFMLSOPHI ralonsOffciHarsWcrdiOf Army Feds Will Be Sell laTyopay LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN Only Two Orders Reccirti At . Local Office And Few ha Make Inquiries. 1 Washington, Aug. S. Sule of mil lions of dollars wortlunf army food be gun at more than o,000 postoffices throughout the county today. The big marketing fob which will be conducted through thl parcel post will end August SO, by wjieh time officials hope practically all tli- food will be dis posed of. If the an la proves as success ful as officials here believed it wil!, other army surplus, iueluding blankets and clothing, will be disposed of in the Jtanie war. Department of Justine officials who eKpeut to aeixe 10,000,000 worth of boarded food this week are also watch ing the sale with interest. Attorney tienerul Palmer is considering dispos ing of the seized food through the post office once it is condemned through court action. j Preparations for the sale of the army food are complete, postmasters have price lists whirli they will make public in every possible way, along with com plete directions as to bow tke food ts to be sold The sale of the surplus food along with the seir.ures pluuned bv the depart merit of justice are expected to be the two heaviest blows yet aimed at the high cost of living by the executive arm of the government. Til congress, legislation to bring down the high prices and cud profiteering is expected to be the chief topic of legisla tive discussion and committee action during the week. A aiib-comwittce of the senate inter state commerce committee, which is working along the lines suggested by President Wilson, is- expected to turn out some recommendations. Farmers arc fighting these recoin ineiidutiiiiis. Hearings on bills to regulate the pack ers are also before the senate agricul tore committer1. Many absent house members were re turning to Wushington today as ordered by leaders, to take tip price legislation. Ad ion in the lower branch of congress j iia!1 uecn ju.i, up through lack of quo j rum. The sale of surplus food by the post office department is of no special in terest to the people of tsalem, judging from the business done this morning at the iostoffice. In fact. bii( two orders have beeu sent in mill about a dozen or more people have been curious enough to make some inquiries. There are no special blankets and those wishing to get in on the allolment are required to give their orders In writ ing. This and the uncertainty r.s to rone rates, has rather worked against any special enthusiasm here. All mail shipments to Oregon are to be niHib! from Han Francisco and this would pliice the orders in the class re- I quiring fourth .one rates. i7 cents a pound for the fii This rrte is pouiul for the rust pound and four cents for each additional pound. BOYS AND CIS TO . BE FAVORED AT FAIR Sixteen Departments For Ex hibits Of Yungsters Will Be Prodded. O'cgon boys and girls will Isve thi privilege of a large place at thi. jiute !fi.!r this fall if thev see fi: to t ike ui- vantage ft it Li cder to tb young pc:p'. c.f botii town aid country a wide scope for their ceni js ar.J tidos j try th m,iuti; -'.icut has airuiged for 1C !oirti'.o i tf contest na'l ex ; bit as ifollowr-. Com urowitiQ. noti.t I'owinw vegetable gardening, jwiuiiry rai-tng. ,,ork produetioa, sheep rank, eslf wit- jn(;. ,ia:r j,Pr, record keeping, Lome psmittiir tmmi muiiili? ci.nlet lewiniT . (Continued on paje two) SKELETON IS DUG 'UP ON KANSAS "MURDER ' FART-KING GUARDED Maple Hill, Kan., Aug. 18. Rufus King, accused keeper of a "murder farm," was to face another charge at murder today, following the uncovering yesterdsjr of third skeleton near his old livery barn here. The skeleton was identified at that of John. Woody, of Paxico, who disappeared about ten years go while ia the employ of Kihg. King is now held in the county jail at Tope ka as a precaution against posaiblo mob violence. Almost the eatire countryside witness; ed the unearthing of the third skeleton, which waa found about thirty feet from that of an old Jew peddler uncovered last Thursday. According to authori ties ia charge of the digging, evidence indicate! Woody waa prooably strangled to death while asleep. The skeleton waa identified immediately by Pawson Woody, the boy 'a father, by means of two gold teeth aad black hair. King who has steadily muntaiaed a calm demeanor, stoutly .denied the Woody murder, as he did the other two. Authorities are seeking the wife of King and another woman, who lived in a town in the Pueblo, Cijlo., foothill where King was arrtatea. ABDUCTION OF THREE 'SW FEARED Father BeHeyes Daughters Forced Into Underworld By Fake Brother, Oakland, Oat.. Aug. 18. That three sisters from Texas have been lured to Oakland and forced into life of the underworld by white alavera waa the expressed fear today of tleorge C. Sanders, Houston importer, their fath er. Adding a new element of mystery to the case, dancer! charged . .that his daughters had been Inveigled into com Uig herg by a uian who in 1108 mur dered Sanders' brother and who ia the last few months has posed as that brother. . Sanders had heard his brother, who left home in 1000 to inspect Colorado mining property, had been killed by hit companion with whom he left Houston. Last (February Handera re ceived a lotter purporting to come from his brother, explaining the brother, Itousld, had spent the intervening yesrs in Alaska. Other letters followed, and Ronald then wrote urging (teorge Wanders' daughters to visit him and hi bride. Marjory tianders, just out of college, made the trip. She wrote two letters back letters which Oeorge Sanders' sow remembeius unnatural. At the earnest solicitation of "lion aid and his bride," Hauders' other two daughters came to Oakland on June 14. (reorge Sanders received a post card staling that his two daughters ha 'li arrived here, but has received nothing further. After Sanders hart written several letters he came from Houston to in vestignte. Ife found no trace nf his a! leged brother or of his daughters. NFAV VOMEflSPLOD TO WORK AFOOT IH RAIHThrcc Gcncrations of Alumni : Strike Of Subway And Eleva tor Workers Ties Up All Transportation. "ew York, Aug. IS.-tXew Vnrk ' millions struggled to work today in a Iii..liuJ riiiu, wilh liaiisiiorlatioii lilies psralyred by the shutdown of the subway and elevated, following a strike by the Brotherhood of Interbor ough Rapid Transit employes, an or ganization fostered by the company. Not a wheel was turning this morn ing on any of the lines affected. The shutdown became effective shorfly af ter 4 o'clock Snndiiy morning when brotherhood leaders ignored an elev enth honr Injunction, hut Hie full ef fect of the strike was not felt until early (odav when the city" attempted to start the week's work. Daylight saw thousands msssed about the Manhattan Island terminals of suburban roads which had been un loading them since the early morning hours. Streets were packed with ve hicles of every type, loaded to the wheels. Scores of thousand plodded on foot through the rain bound for thtl lower city businews districts, Mayor Dylan, who has charged col lusion between the striking brother hodo and the interboro tumpany to force a fare increase, issued a state ment vesteidav to the strikers in which he said: Right now the interUro wants use you as a temporary expeilieni so '.her can get eight cent fares." Public Service Commissioner N'ixon will open l formal investigntion of the (Continued on paje twe) IDWIJoOFFLIi iraECIMill lllWAilK State Department Instructs Embassy to Demand Immcd iate Action by Mexico Washington, Aug. 18.The department of state has telegraphed instructions to ; the American embassy at ' Mexico City immediately to call on the, Mexican govern ment for action to bring the release of two army aviators held for ransom, the state department announced today. The aviators are Lieutenant Paul H. Pavii and Harold H. Peterson, who went captured by bandits Bear Candelariu, while patrolling tho bouler. . They are threatened with death if 13,000 ran soul is not paid today. The -instructions pointed out the seri ousness with which the . United rHatcs government views the situation sad - RAN80M ON WAT Marfn, Texns., Aug. 1. F, M. Fen nell, vice-president of the Marfa Notional bank, left hero this morning with f 15,000 to be delivered to Dawkius Kilpatrick, storekeeper at Candelnria, Tex as, as ransom for- Lieutenant Harold O, Peterson and Paul IL Iavist American aviators held by Mexican bandits. Mr.- Fen hell waa accompanied by a guard of suldiars from Camp Malta un der command of Major C. C. Smith of tho Kighth cavi.liy. calls for immediate adequate action, suid tho stale department announce ment. The department also directed the consul at Juurcx to tnke all possible steps with the Mexican authorities there "to procure the release and protection of the officers," Tho attention of the department was called to the Davis ease last night by ifepresentalive Barbour, Culifoiuia, ii was learned. Dr. Warren D. Davis, of Htralhiuore, Cut., father of Lieutenant Davis, was notified of the steps taken, ns was Hie governor of MKucsuta .,..,., f ( ir,, !nat,'e nriiccrt. '.-segoFiRTton win 9e nrtt week through' the war department that . . . . ' , , ,. two American army avmtors had alight ed in a canyon In Mexico. He said ad vice was sought by the war department regarding the sending of assistance. Carran.a 'a responsibility for the kid nappinffot ine two anny aviators was discussed today by Hecretary of War Aid InWulamctte University Observance of Anniversary The second in a series nf three public I King the great colleges and universities events cotntnc n.oratiu- tf the founding ' the east, and etpn-ascd tha eaktiat of Wil'nmctto Unlvrraitv oreui.ed k!,h"t' "l!!! ."! rqitip . .. , ,, 1 "lent, illamette I mversity wouhl raak the First Methodist cliWIi ta -t even- ,i.u .k.., u .i... r ;i. r,. ing, with a crowded audience which in - " geiicnmuiis oi uiiicrsny, alumni. The pastor, Kcv. K. S. siding over the meeting. Introduced President Carl O, Dunev the latest ami luckiest member in the line of thirteen''' , , ill,., I . f (ha ,,.,,,,,,,.... vkn am.l. 1 ci i i i . i i : , ' briefly in introduction of the principal! sneaker of the evening, Hon. t . H. Moores of Portland. 1H. Doney, refer ring to the infantile efforts of the Ore gon pioneers in establishing an rdura- i una. "iniuiui, empn.sizca i.ie point ,., .v.u, ..r ui r ..i.-w.imu..; count. for much except as it .v,.BtuHtea in human lives. In this resect the lit-j is coherence oi argo .au., on im- i,KuMiiue buu iiic yumim' tunu inn made up for the primitive school in the wilderness constituted one of the greet est events in our national history, foi it linked them p with the destiny of d ,hr,v , ,he strogRling i-ti-I" "'l""1- T.he little handful on thel M famil,fl1t, eryoas, and thr ..,... mr.vi. le r,e, .mil w.c. future and saw vagucl ya vision of what lo:h" materiali-cd tmlay-the transmuta, tion Of their ideals into the lives ""'""""i , In closing his remarks, Dr. Doner In trodtiecd Dr. B. L, Kteeves, rrnrea, lit ing the board of trimtees. Dr. Ht.eies spoke briefly of his observations in vii- Baker when he appeared before the ae- ate military committee on th universal military training bill. . "Is the occurrence just' another evi dence of Cummin's inability ta protect the countrvt1' Senator Hutherlasd ask ed. "That part of the country for thre yenrs has been subject to irregular ban dit raids," Btikr replied. "lbtndits have been there far soma weeks in small bands. Nobody appar ently controls the territory. It ia very wild and is hurd to patrol." Immediately following publication at that note and Mexico's answer, offi cials here let it be known that it h comrs necessary to act on tha warning, withdrawal of support of the Car rani overnnicut will probably be the first step. Officials early today were silent o whether the two new dcvclmimsnta im the Mcxicun situation are considered jof sufficient gravity to act th , warning riven Carrsma. ' ' r I The holding of the twd'iviiifsri y th.mil!l is taken here gi further proof of Carranza's luck of control ever uinny sections of his eountry, ARRANOF.MENTS FOU FA WHOM ' OF AVIATORS COMPLETED Marfa, Texas, Aug. 1. J Arrange ments were practically completed to day to send couriers to Candelnria, Te ss' with 11.1,000 rnnsom money fr Lieutenants Paul fl. Davis, ti ycaia old of Strathmurc, Cal., aud llaruld (t. Pet erson, ;.", of Hutchinon, Mian., report ed held by the Mexican bandit Chico ( ano in the canyons of the M'nica i Hig licn l district. Acording to unofficial inform:i'ioit payment of the demand for rarnoiu hy the bundits has been agreed npin by army officials as the only way to savj !;.', 'ni. Ki,kf,,ri'k gt ( tindelaria, well acqniunti'd wit Mexi- ,.,.., ,.. ,-, , v-i-i,,. .v - ,.,.,, tn in ..,, ,.h tk. h. in iu (,flor, to ,B,M to p,rt. iVlll. their time limit set for tomht. jTh flyers have been misaing since (Continued on page three) 1 rpru,hini, lnfll(BP,. ... M. nn nf lh(l -r.du. . . atcs of the univcrsitv r.nd ons of Ore Avison, pre-i , ..: v.. w.. . I H'f! ill , iu, ll l 'Ml ciliA.ua, trmu linked up by usiH iutiim with tho foun ders and their earlv history, and he pre- ,eiltei i,ue u uir m""i hiimwiw m nteil one of the most miuuta as well , as fascinating nnrrntives of the events of 7" years ago. He pointed to the fact that the birth of Willi.mctU really oc curred when in lH:',i the "siissioaary family," in course of their voyage of 22.000 nii'vs. took an a collection or I for f)f cdo,ati.B Q Th(. mvent took nVfi- f m w,v,,rll, VPnr, ,.Uf wh.. f ,.,,., mini.ter and lay- ;-..,., j ,,ltmaw a.lopted the eon- stitution of the "Oregon la-titul' whirh afterwnrd beeume Willametta ITKyersity. i ti j.C Krt nlnnrct who d- miflt., , - fcl.r(l, ,4 the pa- ! thetic. As the speaker srjid "their corn- h.)ip(J 'forfn Wr( hut , iS-lf,y ,11 otjarmy, (( t.lft lp ta;k cf BriBK;3 I,h grrat norihwestern empire onilce " o (.hri,ita eivi!,w.tiea. It j (Continued Cti f"? three)