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President Tells Foreign Rela-
lions Committee So-Called
" Doubtful Pro visions Are All
Clear.: -' "
ASSERTS CLAUSES MEAN ,
JUST WHAT OPPOSITION
WOULD HAVE THEM MEAN
Reservations Interpreting
American Point s Of View
Must Be Kept Separated
From Treaty, He says, s
By L. O. Martin '
(United Press Staff Correspondent.) ';'
Washington, Aug. 19. Urging tliRt
the senate expedite the ratification of
the peace--treaty,. President Wilson to
day opened his conference with mem
bers of the senate foreign rolutions com
mittee at the White House, by making" a
long statement in which he said: . .".
That the readjustment of our national
life to normal eonditious absolutely de
pends on getting the treaty out of the
way. , .v . ' ...' - -
That until it is out of the way, the
mines, factories and business of the
country, both domestic and foreign, will
be at a tremendous disadvantage.
That Great Britain and other nations
that huve ratified the treaty will get
the jump on the Ignited Sttaes in a
trade way. - . , . ,.-,.v. ... -.
That the only obstacle which nppeurs
to stand in the way of immediate ratifi
cation is doubt about the meaning of
certain provisions of the league of na
tio -a. .
Provisions All Clear.
That there is no doubt in the minds
of those who wrote the covenant that
the so-called doubtful provisions mean
exactly what the X'nited States senate
wants them to mean.
The president discussed' the effect of
reservations, on Article X, the .Monroe
doctrine, withdrawal and domestic
"questions. Ho declared there can be
no objection to passing a resolution in
terpreting these provisions from , the
American point of view, but this resolu
tion, he added must be kept from the
subject of ratification. If it is made n
part of the ratification, the president
eaid, it will force the United States to
j;o to Germany begging her to accept
.our construction of the covenant and
that is something, Wilson declared,
which he is very reluctunt to do.
By TO o'clock, the hour set for the
conference, prneticivlly every member of
. the committee was in the blue loom of
the White House, where the president
met them. - . -.- .. f
. i .. Text of Message. -
! Tho text of the president's address
follows: ' " 1 .
UNITED STATES CONTROL"
OF YAP ISLAND LIKELY
: . UNDER TERMS OF TREATY
Washington, Aug. 10. ( Uni-
ted Press.) The Unitod States .
may obtain control of the Island
of Yap in The IV.cific for naval
and communication purposes, it
developed ( today at President.
Wilson ' conference with the
senate foreign relation commit-
tee. ,
Japan's secret agreement with
Great Britain for disposal of
Shantung end Germany 's Vac?-
fie islands Would not interfere
with the VniU'd States getting
a a island in the. Pacific, Wilson
said.-
American 1 aval authorities
have pointed out the importance
of the United States haviug such
a base and Wilson said he speci- ,
fied Kt the peace conference that
control of 'ap should be re
served for a general conference
which is to be held on the owner
ship aud operation of cables.
iPdI null
NO. 195.-EIGHT PAGES.
''I am sincerely glad that the com
mittee should have responded in this
way to my intimation that I would like
to be of service to it.;- I welcome thelfdrco we shall inaintainNjr what our,,
opportunity for a frank and full- inter
change of views.
"I hopeAtoo, that this conference will
serve to expedUe your consideration of
the treaty of peace, .beg that you will
pardon and indulge me if I again urge
that practically the whole task of bring
ing the country back to normal condi
tions of life and industry waits upon
tho decision of the senato with regard
to the' terms of the peace. -
"1 venture thus again to urge my ad
vice thut the action of the senate with
regard to the treaty be taken at the
earliest practicable moment because the
problems with which we are face to face
in the readjustment of our national life
are of the most pressing and critical
character, will require for their proper
solution the niost intimate and disinter
ested cooperation of all parties and all
interests ,and cannot be postponed with
out manifest peril to our people and to
all the national advantages we hold with us, f 'we do not presently act. wo
most dear. May I mention a few of the ( have no consular agents, no trade lepre
matters which cannot be handled with sehtntives there to look after our iuter-
mtolligence until the country knows thecsts.
charter of the peace it is to have!
do so only by k- very few examples.
(Examples Are Cited. :
f " Thtf -coppm1 mines of' Arizona, Mon
tana ad; Ajaskai for example ar being
uept open and m operation nt a great
cost .and loss in part upon ; bo'frowed
money; the zinc mines -of Missouri,
Tennessee and Wisconsin are being- op
erated at about one-half their capacity;
the lead mines of Idaho, Illinois and
Missouri reaches only 'a portion of its
former market; there is an immediate
neod for cotton belting and also for
lubricating oil which cannot be met all
because the chausicls of trade are barred
by wet, when there is no . war. ', The
same is true of raw cotton of which the
central empires alone formerly , pur
chased nearly fouu million bales.. And
these are only examples. There is hard
ly a single raw material,, a single im
portant food stuff or a single class of
manufactured goods which is Jiot in the
same class. Our full, formal profitable
production waits on peace. ,
City
Council Washes Hands
of Proposition
Municipal Telephone System
A solar plexus blow was delivered
municipal telephones in Salem when
the council last evening even efnsed
to discuss the matter. And in addition
to refusing to talk about it, tho coun
cil turned down the morion of Alder
man Wiest to send E. T. Busselle to
Portland August' 27 to represent, the
city at the hearing on telephone rates
before the public service commission.
Aa the council is now organized,
there is but little chance of municipal
telephones coming up even tor discus
sion. Alderman Wiest thought the peo
ple should have a ehaucc to vote on
the proposition just to iind out what
was wanted.
Aldormau Utter said that a com
mittee appointed April 21 of this year
had investigated, and -that it Seemed
the more the committee heard about
erecting' a local plant at about $230,
1)00 and listened to the confusing ar
rav of figures, the less it was inclined
to faver a city owned telephone.
.Referring to the anawers from the
mayors of a number of Oregon eities
and their opinions on ity owned tele
phones, Utter said he cored nothing
for what a lot of mayors said, as they
knew nothing about telephones. 'Nor
did he care what other experts thought
of the experiences of E. T. Busselle.
Wiest wanted each member of the
council to come out and talk about
municipal telephones. But it seemed all
present were prepared to go on record
against another phone system in 8a
lcm. Yolk of the fifth ward and Hager
of the first wBTd spoke briefly against
having- another telephone system in
the city. Wiest said he- did riot want
a city owned telephone unless it could
be learned in advance whether the ays'
tein would le permitted to make phys
ical connection with the old phone and
whether a city owned phone-, wonld
put the Bell ont . of business".
The consensus of opinion seemed to
be that even if Salem spent a quarter
I of a million dollars ou its owa phone,
OF NATIONAL
' "Our military plans, of courso, .wait
upon it. We cannot intelligently or wise
ly decide how-large a naval or military
policy with regard to military training
is to be until we have peace, not only,
but also until we know how peace is to
be sustained, whether by the firms of
single nations, or by the concert of all
the great peoples. And there is moio
than that of difficulty involved.:' The
vast surplus properties of the armies in
clude, not food and clothing merely,
whose sale will affect normal production
but great manufacturing establishments.;
also, which should be restored to tAear
former uses, great stores of machine
tools aud all sorts of merchandise which
must be . idle,-until peace and military
policy are definitely determined. By
the same token there can be no properly
studied national budget until then.
' "The nations that ratify the treaty,
such 1 as Groat ' Britain, Belgium and
Prance, will be in a position to lay their
plans for controlling the markets of
central Europe without competition
4elay Is Dangerous. ,
'"There are large'-areas of Europe
whose future will.' lie uncertain;, and
questionable uutil their jcople know the
filial settlements -of , peace and "the'
forceawhich,, Areto' administer and sus
tain it. Without determinate murksjg
our production8 cannot proceed with in
telligniicc and confidence, frherc can be
no stabilization of wages because there
can be no settled conditions of employ
ment. There can be no easy or normal
industrial credits because there can be
no confidence Or permanent revival of
business. '.' 1 '
".But I willjBot woaiy you with obvi;
ous Wnmples. I only will venture to
repeat that every element of normal life
amongst us , depends upon, and awaits
the ratification of tho treat' of peace;
and also that we cannot affu.rd to, lose a
single summer's day by not (Uiji all
that we, can to mitigate the. winter's
suffwing, which uuless we find means
. (Continued on page three) ;
to Establish
that the Bell would still remain ou tho
job aud that instead of having one
.system in the city, there would be two
telephones on which to pay rent in
stead of oue. As the lesser of two evils
the city fathers voted to let things
drag along as they are at present.
The warning signal nt Capitol and
Union streets, once asked of the South
ern Pacific and refused, and the public
service commission standing with the
railroad, again came up for discussion.
This time, it was on what a lawyer
should charge to Jim die the case in
an appeal from the decision of tho pub
lic service commission. Walter Wins
low who had been asked to handle the
case, and incidentally asked what he
would expect in the way of remunera
tion, sent the council a communica
tion in which he estimated it would
be worth about to fight the case
before the circuit court aud if an . ap
peal was mateto the supreme eourt,
$150 more. No action was taken on
.terms?1 from the "l
Several years ago when there was a
night watchman emploved bv the mer
chants, aa ordinance was passed pro-L
viring taat ae should report to the po
lice whenever called upon. Later oth
er watchmen fell into the custom of
reporting monthly. A short time ago
Chief Yarney wrote John Marr, the j
merchant's patrolman, to report daily, i
Marr didn't approve of daily, reports j
aim i.u eacar iue suuaupn, an orui
nance was introduced last night repeal
ing the one giving the chief of police
elose supervision of the merchants' pa
trolman. It will ho fought out at an
other esion. ;5 ;
Lloyd Ireland petitioned the council
for the use- of the upper floor of the
litv hall to be used a a gymnasium.
It was refused.
, Alderman .Sue oner, as chairman of
(Continued on page two)
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1919.
Senate Tokl Itllust Ratify
, , Peace Treaty And Covenant
Of League As One vr Re-
jectBoth. :
NEITHER RESERVATION
NOR AMENDMENT CAN BE
. HAD WITHOUT NEW PACT
Cross Fire Of I Qaesdcss Be
tween President And Sen-
ators Feature Conference
Lastmg All Day.
' By la. C. Martin
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Aug. 19. The senate
must accept the peace treaty and the
league of nutions covenant as they
stand, or '-reject them " utterly, Presi
dent Wilson told the senate foreign re
lations. committce'la.lthe white house
todoy. ,."
There can be ' neither - amendment
nor reservation in the ratrfication res
olution,' if the senate would avoid
sending the compnet back both to the
allies and Germany for reconstruction
and reaceeptance, he said.-
The president added, however, with
reference' to Article : ;". ;" :: 1
. "I do hope that we arc at liberty,
eontcmpornncously with our accept
ance of the treaty to-interpret our
moral' obligations, under that. article ;
In a prepared statement to the -com
mittoo the president also ' declared
there could be no reasonable objectdons
to interpretations ; accompanying the
act of ratification, "providing they do
not form a - part of the ratification
resolutions.
Conference Drawn Oat
The conference between the prcsi
dent and the committee members was
expected to last throughout the day.
In addition Jto emphasizing the fact
that in his opinion either amendment
or reservation would throw the treaty
back into th turmoil of new-negotia
tions, the president urged on the com
mitted the imperativeness of speedy
ratification, declaring that the Aug
trian, i.unaarian and other treaties
still to be completed are delayed by
waiting disposition of , the German
treatv and tHat American prosperity
awaits the restoration of peace.
Meeting a ranid fire ot most search
ing questions, which went into min
ute details of the drawing up of his
plan for a league of nations, the presi
dent answered every inquiry , prompt
ly. That article ten may some time im
pose on this country, "a compelling
moral obligation,!; the president did
not denv, but when the time comes, he
asserted, complete freedom of- notion
remains with the United States.
Tho committee's questions were di
rected in large measure to learning the
extent to which the United States is
bound to the league, the Shantung set
tlement and the effect of reservations.
Senators ' Ask Questions
fmmcdiatelv after the president had
concluded his statement senatftrs be
gan questioning him. The questions
centered about the league of nations
and the effect of reservations. .;
(Continued on page six)
U. S: NOT TO RELINQUISH
CLAIMS FOR SINKING OF
LUSITANIA SAYS WILSON
, Washington, Aug. 19. Presi- ,
dent Wilson told the foreign re
lations committee - -the United
States had not waived its claim
to reparation for the sinking of
the Lusitania, but that the
amount of reparation to be
awarded America will rest with
the reparations commission. s
The president said he claimed
nothing under the general repar
ation clauses because he "covet
ed the moral advantage that
that would give us in the coun
sels of the world.' -
$
FULL RANSOM PAID
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 19.
(United Pres8.)-Official re
ports to the headquarters of the
southern department here today
said the full $13,000 ransom was
paid Mexican bandits for the re
lease of Lieutenants H. G. Peter
son and Paul H. Davis. , v
According "to headquarters
here, the formal report of the
deliverance of the eaptured avi
ators said Captain Leonard Mat:
lock of the Eighth- cavalry de
posited J7500 , across tho line
near Caffdelarin, returning a few
momenta later te found Lien
tenant Peterson? The remaining.
7500 was then deposited. . Cap
tain Matlock departed. Return
ing again he found Lieutenant '
Davis. A
' Major General Dickman 's
headquarters here refused to
comment on rumors of expedi-
tions into Mexico. ": Statements
that the Eighth: cavalry was
, rocdy to dash across the border
were not discussed by tho off!- f
cers.
i
E-
Igoe Resolution " Requesting
Trade Commission Probe
" Is Passed Today.
PALMER'S FOOD CONTROL
4 ACT KEEPS SENATE BUSY
Sub-Coisniittee Appointed To
I Confer With Attorney-General
On Measure. '
Washington, Aug. 19. The house to
daypassed the Igoe resolution asking
the federal trade commission to investi
gate shoe prices. ,
The senate agricultural committee
failed to reach a vote on amendments
to the food control act, proposed by At
torney General Palmer, and appointed
a sub-committee to confer with Palmer.
"I doubt very much whether the
amendment will be reported out by the
committee," Chairman Gro::ne said to
day. ' 'A majority seem opposed to
them. - It is possible, howover, that they
may be modified by exemption farm
organizations from proposed penalties."
The amendments would extend tho
food control act to cover clothing and
would add a heavy penalty for profi
teering.. Farmers contended their or-
(Continued on page eight)
ABB MARTIN
."'.'"'
Who remembers when th'. worst thing
you call a feller wuz a horse thief!
Elmer Moots is missin. He wuz heavily
involved in a silk shirt an' has been de
spondent o ' late. .
NOUS
OliDfRS
INVESTIGATION
Of SHOE PUS
: PRICE TWO CENTS 8TAlrDeu?rm? ctStS
EIGHTH CAVALRY GOES
IN SH OF BAITS
' - i a . ' ' : ; "'"'''''
Ransbmed-Ji via tors Jo in In
Pursuit of Outlaws Thru .
Big Bend Bad Lands.
' El Paso, Texas, Aug. 19. Eighth cavalry troops
s jossed into Mexico below Candelaria, Texas, eariy today
in pursuit of the Mexican bandits who released Lieuten
ants Peterson and Davis for $15,000 ransom. . : ;
Aeroplanes are. scouting with the eivv-,
alry in an effort to pick, up the bandits
bail. .--:. f-- ;-: .'V
Colonel - George Langhorne at Marfa
sent tho American .troopers across the
Mexican line in accordance with his
standing orders from tho war depart
ment authorizing, such punitive expedi
tions when he had a "hot trail."
- Thia was the ninth crossing by Lang
horne 'i men after Mexican raiders dur
ing the past two years,-, f.;.t '
There is no undue activity among the
American armed forces at Fort. .Pliss
here; aad General James B. Erwin, dis:
triet commander, had received -no" inti
mation from Washington that any move
ment into Mexico on a large scale -would
take place. However," in view- tf 'the
tense situation along tho border, tW
oral Erwin postponed a visit to trmy
camps around Gloudcroft, N. M., and
will remain' at his- headquarters in 1
Pttso. - ' .";, - ', "
Hunt to Be Bfaart. ; .-.
The hunt through the bad lands bolow
the Big Bend-sector is expected to be
over today and- the pursuing troops
should be back on the American side to
night, according - to military officers
here. '
" LicutcnantB Peterson and Davis join
ed the cavalry and acted as guides in
the chase .according to an unofficial re
port reaching here. ..
The expedition consisted mainly of
the mounted guard lea by Captain Mat
lpck which escorted F .M. FennoH, Mar
fa banker, with the. $15,000 ransom.
The crossing was made in accordance
with a pre-arranged scheme for these
STATE'S FRUIT INDUSTRY
YET INFANT SAYS PAULUS
Horticultural Society Is Told
This Seasons Production
To Be Record.
That the latent possibilities of the
fruit growing industry in Oregon are
realized by but a few of Uiose closest in
touch with , the industry' and that the
current year will by a wide margin es
tablish a- record in the production of
fruits in the state were the outstanding
assertions made by Robert & I'aulus,
manager of the Salem Fruit Union ana
vice-president of the Oregon State Hor
ticultural society, in his address before
the society -at its meeting in Astoria,
Saturday. - ' ., . ..... - ; . -
Mr. Paulns also cited the forinr.tion of
the Oregon Growers Co-operative asso
ciation as one of tho big steps forward
being taken in the interest of the indus
try this year. ' ... t -.' '
- "The present season will go down in
history as the most prosperous from all
standpoints that the grower in Oregon
has ever had," said Mr. Paulaus. , " Xot
only has there been, in most instances,
nverage or better than average crops,
but prices have ruled, in practically all
cases, at the highest point ever reached,
and fruit growers who for ten years
have had mortgages oh their places will
find themselves out of debt and able to
purchase and enjoy a few of the luxur
ies which their eity friends' enjoy and
which they have had to deny themselves.
"From the fruit growers standpoint
the season has been a very profitable
one and the fruit growing has become
a very desirable occupation, with the
results that land values are increasing
and thousands of families, who. have
, .
Weather Revert
- , . .
f Oregon i Tonight and Wednea
- day fair, cooler- tonight east
.portion). warmer Wednesday ex-
eept near; the coast, continued
" warm ln the' interior Thursday
jentle - winds, mostly westerly.
' ' '" " ' ' ';,-
ill
troops to take-up the bandits' trail aa
soot as Matlock returned safely with
the-two aviators. ': '
" However, the bandits had a few hours
start of the American troops. " There
were a score of well mounted Villiastaa
in tho band, according to Peterson aad
Davis. ' - . . ' , ;.'; ,,'.' ,'' ' ; '
CAVALRY CAPTAIN DELIVBRS
'f '
KAN30M MONET TO BANDITS
1 Paso, Texas, Aug. IS.ri-Lleatesanta '
G.- Peterson and Pan! tHDavis, Bet
free by MexTcan' Bandits o "pnyineni Of
$lo,000 ransom, arrived Oil tho American
Bide of the border eatty today, accord
ing to reports from Marfa, Texas. -,
Captain Matlack of the Eighth United
States cavalry, carried the ransom mon
ey to the bandits- camp,; returning with;
Davis, while" Peterson preceded then.
The ransom money, raised by private
.subscription in the vicinity of Marfa,
reached Candelaria, Texas, Apposite' -thu
bandits hiding place, last night. Cap-'
tain Matlack, in charge of a small sqtiad
of cavalrymen escorting Vice-President
F. M. FenncHf the Marfa 'bank with
the money, was selected to carry. the
ransom across the border. - Hignal lights)
had been agreed upon. Matlaek crossed
aloiic. .. ,- .. s ',-. ..."
The aviators' story of their experi
ences since crashing down during a pa
trol flight, : August 10, is expected to
bear out the belief that they were taken
prisoners by, a roving Mexican band on
the American Vide of tho Big Bend dis
continued on page three)
LOOK WHO HERE
. . What do you think of thief '
The Liverpool, England,
Daily Post and Mercury, .the
Icadihg paper hf that (great
city, under the dnto of July 12,
has the following: ; .
"The loganocrry, a eross be;
tween the raspberry and black
berry, is an English fruit that
is becoming, increasingly pop
ular." '
This" 'surprisThgT information
regarding our own -loganberry
was found in an artjele in the
Liverpool paper, telling its read
ers what berries were e.apeeial
ly adapted to jam making.
been working in cities, are looking back
to a return to the soil for making their
living. Thi cannot help bnt preduce a
heavy increase in planting of various
kinds of fruits, which will tend to enor
mously Increasing the size of tho fruit
business in Oregon.
"There will very soon be i bearing,
one hundred thousand acres f fruit in
Oregon, and increased planting will
cause this acreage to double within ten
years. The possibilities of the fruit
business in Oregon are immense; in
fact, those in close touch with the in
dustry believe it has not yet even been
scratched. , , ; '
"From the manufacturing end of the
business, particularly the canning indus
try, there has been an enwmous increase
in the number of plants canning fruit
(Continued on page four) ,