. aBan - 5250 CIRCIMTION I t (25,000 BEADEB8 DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- anted by the. Audit Bureau of Circulations. - 2 FULL LEASED WIRE " Oregon: Tonight and Wednea-... day eloudy west portion, fair and cooler east portion, gentle 4c westerly winds. ; . . t -."-. . DISPATCHES - SPECIAL WILLAMETTE ' VALLEY NEWS SBBYIOIi ' .- . SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919. rPRICE TWO CENTS OWsTBAINB AK3 Ki STANDS II YBCatNT FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 201. EIGHT PAGES. ' - j - - m . . i . ii i fc e- sr-ia luiiuiummi-iF am uir"- it i . - . j , ., k UPPER SILESIA IS VISITED BY Mil B,9 nun vti Repetition Of Politf Bel 4 oian i nrnire Are i. "edF Poland WHOLESALE MASSACRES AND DEPORTATIONS ON Organized Effort Made To In sure Plebicite Favorable " To Germany. ' London, Aug. S6. 'iUiiitea Press.) Charging that the Germans are guilty of t,he same practices'' in upper Silesia as in isolgiuni,'inii'i, me Mimes Morning. Post correspondents in Poland cabled a combined appeal to Great Bri tain to come to the aid of the Poles. The dispatches, which appear In i day 's pnpers, accuse the Gcrinuus of massacres and wholesale deportations of able-bodied, men for work in tire devas tated .'areas' of .Prance'' and' Belgium. There also" have been systematic' of forts, the correspondents charged, to discree?r the Poles and drive them out ,of Silesia, thus insuring a. plebiscite favorable to Germany.. T ' .'". The Morning Post comments on what it describes as ''organized crime" com mitted under the nose Of the victorious ' allies, who are-to--be-held responsible for the massacres particularly Presi dent Wilson anil Lloyd George.. The lat ter, according to. the. Post, imposed the plebiscite policy, on, ITpper' Silesia; " They f ought- to hove known, 'the paper ', declares;- '. 1 that such a policy would' provide the Germans with temp tation and -incentive to crime.. 7 It is a hellish cOispiracy. i We regret to say we believe several of , the allied statesmen have fallen too ;easy prey to , German cunning; 'iThe plebiscite is now: a mock- en- of justice. The situation demands nrnmnt action and niittishmcnt. "The; Poles should be empowered to take oMoasion. of ,'Unpcr,' , Silesia and tlie GciiriMis informed tint' they have forfeited all -claim to the territory. ,"What dnes Wlhrtn think lie who Vit"d in.' Boston 'ijit the Poles were his special care? . What doos he think of the mannor in which the Germans live jTnpwn nntemjt for his democratic institutions?" The corresnnnrlnts "iv tlio dtnils of fi" shooting nt Mvfwz, fnrtv e f..,n,ni. of Orossdombrowka and forty f "H-'iishntte. T)i Ti-nos ,t" rh erlitorinl, asserts the f'.'"i hv" feofl ornetlv r. anv hndv Pnmili'ii thij litnry and clinrac fp- wonW hove fnrsfon. "Tim Silesinrl tvlnn wns in accordance with th bet tnrlitins of the Wilhelm !trnsse," the Times said today. " Kbert, Bauer and Erzbortrer have no mmt scrnplos th." the Machiavellian states men of old-". A New Agency disnatch from Corien hnwn rennrtu tliot tlm Pn1e suffered Tienrv losses flndnv niprht in fighting at Gleiwitz,: In the, Silosian district. M1HTV V . - Gompers Returns From Europe Facing Complex and Serious Situation Throu ghout Go u n t r y By Tred S. Ferguson v (United Press Staff Correspondent.) " New York, Aug. 26. Samuel Gompers returns home today trom turopo to iae the most serious and complex si tuniion tliat has arisen durin" his rtitirc regime as president of the American Federation of Labor. Gompers was aboard the transport George Washintrton. the "president's shin" which has already played its part in American history. But in landing Gompers on American soil the famous ship played its part in a drama, the ronscnuencea of which are eonbidered second onlv to the peace conference, The George Washington was due to dock this afternoon. Gonioers was the first many down the eaneulank when the George Wash invton clocked nt lloboken about 12:30. A crowd, assembled at the pier eheer , ed wildly as the labor ler.der cam ashore. One man shouted, "three cheers for the smartest mai in America.-" A group of lrial lenders surrounded Onmuers at once to welcome him home. With them was hi ' .n. Movie men and photographers were ready aud Gouipers Rain Needed To End Linn County Fires Albany.. Or.. Aug, 26. Only rain can stop the forest fire on Crabtrce ercek, east of Lacomb, which has . already swept .through 350,000,000 feet of tme timber. , . ' . Men have arrived here from Portland in. largo numbers to fight the . flames. Nearly 300 are now trying to check the fire", r , '- ' '. Eugene, Or., Aug. S6. The foretfire situation in the McKenzie river district .ia-niore serious today, according to Btt Dervisor R. S. Wallace. . Several. new blazes nave .stnrtca ana arc out of control. - - - -. Albany, Or., Aug. 20. A new forest fire" in- the-"Santiani national forest, which was discovered yesterday, is re ported to be under control today. ,; WGIKG JMAL TOMY Hugh Moore Charged With Complicity In Murder Of J Watfaa. Ran Luis Obispo, Cal., Aug. 26, (1'nited Press.) Hugh. Moore, 19-yenr old farmer lad of Hoguo Eiver, Of. fwid trial here today tii a chargo of complicity in the murder of Driyid More house, night watchman at Paso Kobles, Hts jiarcnts are here from Jackson coun ty, Oregon, for the trial, and they have implicit faith in their ability to show that -their .son was merely the victim of bad' compavnionship. - , Moore was drrftited with Setu Burt, cJias Edward Langdon, -22; after More house-had been shot by the two men lie found burglarizing a Paso Bobles store Burt, insisted from the time of his' ar rest that he shot Morenouse, ana inat Mflore while with hlin in the, robbery venture, fired no shots.- A defense of mental deficiency will 1 bo entered, it being contended that Moore was a good boy, working on nis father 'sfarm -until he suffered an In jury in runaway. After that, he ran away to Medford, 'met Burt, who was known in Medford as ljangdon, ami got into trouble through his companion, a youth regarded , by authorities as a brainy criminal. 1 - Court Supports Managers Against Striking Actors . Hew York, Aug. 26. In the case of the Producing Managers' association against the striking Actors' Kouitv association. Justice Peter A. Ilendrick of the state supreme court late this afternoon gave verbal decision sup porting the managers. He said he would hand down a decis ion Wednesday afternoon, restraining the actors from breaking existing con tracts. He urged both' factions to get together and settle their differences out of court before that time. He upheld the rights of the nc-tors to join any association they desired, or enter into any contracTrs in the fu ture. posed sd bowed for them Ho seemed happy to be home. - Gompers is 09 years old. For thirty- . - he nM-dirertca the labor - . .,..i,l..nt r.r the American Federation of Labor. And due to the power that has come to labor the entire country was looking to Gom pers today for an announcement of pol icy. With strikes in progress or pending throughout the country and workers de manding increased wages and coupling their demands with protests againrt the high cost of living, observers believe the meeting of the labor executive council . . . . . n- l Ml I. .1. jn Viasauigion liiursimy win uc mo most important in its history. Because of the demands of the rail road men for nationalization of tin. rail roads with participation in control, and agitation throughout the country,, the - j A. F! ot L. must soon decide whether it will: F.ndorse the principle of demof ratiza Hon of iudustries-that is workers par ... t ..IimiI fij in eontro . (Cmtinued on page two) SENflTE AGAIil V. ; GI1ATIGES TEXT OF PEACE PACT oreign Relations Comzdttee Adopts Resolution Propos ed By FalL WILSON UEAD1NG FIGHT ONSHATOMIENDMT President Views Action Of ' Opposition As Dangerous To Early Peace. By L. O. Martin ' ; -(United Press Staff Correspondent.) " Washington Aug. 26. The foreign re: latious . committee today again amended th peaw -treaty,-by- dot,ing Senator Fall 's prosaL to- eliminate the United States from membership on the inter-; national commission to trace the boun dary between Belgium and Germany. By a vote of "9 to 7- the committee struck ont)f article 35 of the troaty the words "and associated. " This articte creates a boundary commission ef seTen, five' members of which -are to be ap pointed by' " the prineipal ullied and as sociated "powers, ' Kmmutioo f the words "and assoejated"" reaidvos th VJnited Stateit, which during the war and the peace negotiations was kuowu as an "n.ssociato " and jiot an ally of tho en tente powors. - :- - ' All tlio. democratic members of the committee voted -against the amend ment. . - The iiouiiriiueft quickly adopted other "FalLtMiendinents of the same charuc tcr by the -same vote. -. While thrs$ amendments were being adopted." Preatdeilt Wilson summoneii Senator Hitchcock, administration lead er to tho Whit House for a conference at 3 p. m. The eoinmitte also voted to give an hour to reports on ludia protest ing against inclusion of that nution in the league of nations. The committee's (Continued on page two) on hot ip ii i n NENT liUHdl Id Hill! Diversion Of 200,000 Bags lo Eastern Market Means Scarcity In West 4 Whatever other ills may betide her, the Salem housewife has congratulated herself that she has done with'war sub stitutes and war rationing of the nc cessiies of lifft- But-here in th midst of the strugglo with the high cost of everything cumes the prospect that the old county food : administration may resume operations and dole out -sugar to the householder in two pound lots as in tue war times. it develops that there is . a serious snortage or sugar in me easiern sraies. and to meet it the sugar equalization board hat ordered the diversion of 200 0O0 bags of sugar from he coast coun- irv w me csw . It is esUmated that raw matoriali will not be available for thi section until after the first of January; and furthermore, the paelters and canncrs of the northwest will -be taken care of by the wholesalers first. Consequently a situation akjn to war days is expect ed to exist in the west as it has in the east for some time, but the card system probably will not be brought into vogue for tho reason, as one dealer expressed it. "that there Will be no use for a card system if there is no sugar." Announcement of tho critical condi tion of the sugar market came as a clap of thunder from a clear sky to re finers and wholesalers, who had no in timation of the impending diversion of (Continued on page two) Armour Declares People To Protest Over Kenyon Bill Chicago, Aug. 26. (United Press.) The whole country will protest eguinst the passage of the Kenyon bill for regu lation of the packing industry, wnen "the people understand what the bill really holds," said J. Ogdtm Armour, president of Armour & company, pack era, here today, eouunentf ig on reports that numerous protests have been wtreft - 1 to congressmen in opposition m . - Armour denied any employe, of his , ....... itla ......rail in wirlfli in xtrtt- ""i"; r - 'tests against the bill and signing other people 's names. , v - '- '. - WHAT PKEBIDJiPiT WlLMin 'S : , "TBOCB PIiBA'. MEANS v "i A truce iu the contests ovor wages and-working conditions called 'for. ;by President Wilson to help ' the government -cut liv ing costs,' would mean the tem porary abandonment -. of : d mantls by : ' '. ' f 500,000 railroad shopmen de-n mending 23 per cent additional. - 187,000 -trainmen seeking in- creases averaging 40 per cent. ; 112,000 raitroad firemen pian-, uing'wBge demands. ' ' -'- - 22,000 corrduetOrs asking 35 ' per cent additional. .. - . . - i ; 300,000 workers in -steel and : - . allied industries. 200,000 ' workers, some of whom now are on strike in gen-' eral tradei, .lueluding builders, i machinists, '-'&ilOrs, fishermen, . cigarmakers, streetcar workers, ' butchers. and meat packing em- ploy es and shoemakers. ' ' $5,000,000 : is being . slashed , daily "from ',the -American pro-f duct ion by strikes and lockouts, according to estimates based ou. ; reports to various government departmenti : .;;' .'.? ; , "The primary stop," said the president,"'!is to increase pro- ;' -.duction and faoilitato transpor- c ' tatioii so as to make up for the - '. - destruction wrought by the war, ' th teirible scarcities it created as soon as possible relieve our people p the, cruel burden of , , high pries,, ..;;Tlie. -railways ftre . the very center "e WK .; " ' Offer Of Washingtsa Loggers To Fill Big Contract Was Ignored. ? Seattle, Wash., Aug. 26. The logging industry of Washington was threatened with extinction Unless it n-cccpted sub contracts from the favored Siems-Csrey-tterbaugh corporation in tho production of airplane spruce through labor diff er- encinls and prohibitive wages to govern ment employes, acoonaing to William i. Butler, of Everett, one of the biggest operators iu the state, who appeared be fore the congressional , . investigating comniittee this morning. Butler is a brother of Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University. Aside from extensive logging holdings, Butler is president jjf the .First National Bank of iSverctt, president of tho Lyman Tim ber eomparay and is a director in numer ous other -corporations. i . The congressional committe as well ai a large audience of lumbermen was vis ibly impressed by Butler's testimony. , .f.'The loggers of Washington were in it position to produce 10,000,000 fcof ol spruce 4 mouth when war loomed," Butler told the committee. "We were iin a position to supply a very suustan- i tiul amount of equijj cnt. Our employ- es were enthusiastic and anxious to aid the government in its effort to aid the aircraft program. "On February 17, 1918, the loggers of this state made a distinct proposal to Lieutenant Colonel Bisque, head of the I ,. J ::! nrn4no. n MM .MM 1 . , . '-r .. , r .. . day for a thousand. To this ?ay tha proposal, sent in the form of a , 'eer to bisque na nov ueen ci H -"Charles Cobb, one of the Nestors of tho logging industry in the northwest, told inc personally after no acknowl edgement of the letter had been made, that he believed Bisque did not want to produce spruce. Whereupon Cobb pack ed his grip and went to southern Cali fornia "Humiliating to the logging industry of this state as well as to the nation, a year Jind seven months passed after the entry of the United tates into the (Contiuned on page four); Ptomaine Poisoning Ends Life Of Argonne Veteran Alliance, Ohio, Aug. 26 Ptomaine poisoning, it was believed, resulted in the death here today of Colonel C. C. Weibrecht, world war veteran, his wife, two faimily friends and a waiter. It was believed that olives served at n pri vate dinner party Inst Friday were the cause. The ehef who prepared the dinner w also stricken and is believed dying. Colonel Weibrecht commanded the 146th infantrv of the 37th division In the Argonne drive. ! He was formerly adjutant general of Ohio. - spiSI ISSUE, CHARGE RAIL WORKERS DB-IAtlDS FAIL OF AS Goyemir.ect Concessions To FoKaw Example Made ! ToShopsen. HECUTUaESPLAN7 - IN LETTER TO WHARTON Wlsde f Isibn Waits Answer Of Labor To Ccsprczdse Offer Of PresijhsL - WasUnCton, Aug. 28. A new strike iipte .by , 800,000 railway sboiittMn on ; prealdeat J Wilson's proposition for watt increases of four cents an hoar was ordered to- day by President Bert M. jewell," of the railway employes depart-. meat , of ' American Federation of iAor. ; I Washington, Aug. 26-(ITnited Press) -The irovernmcnt's.eonccssions to other railroad unions will be the same as that a-ivey the shopmen, Birector -General Hines clearly indicated today in a letter to M.' O. . Wharton, chairman of the jjoard- of railroad -wages' and working renditions. , - . . - 1 Demands already, before the ruilroad administration include requests for a 40 per acnt increase for 187,000 trainmen and for a 35 per cent .incrcaso tor Za, 000 conductors, i Other railroad brqtncr hoods also are ready to submit .derunftds, Trainmen say they are expecting mnes to answer thenr bv September. , Hities letter fa Wharton says: ' ' The position: of the government -m that, in view of its campaign to reduce the' cost of. living and of the .strong prospects that substantial relief will be achieved,- it is not proper now. to mane general increases in wages on I no as sumption that the present cost of Jiving will be permanent and that pending the efforts of the -government to bring down the ost of living, the highest cost of liv f ig ought not to be accepted as a per manent basis of wage and adjustment. "It is recognized, however, that if (he efforts of the government to bring down-the-cost of Eving should fail, rail road wages should be readjusted in th light of any permanent higher living costs which would thereby have to bp recognized. " 1 ! " Nation Waits Answer ' ' Washington, Aug. 26 (United Press) The nation today waited anxiously for organized l&bor's answer to President Wilson's appeal for a truce in industrial,! disputes. The eyes of labor lenders hore wero turned toward Samuel Gompers, head of the America n Federation of Labor, who is due to land in New York today from Europe; - Labor officials here hope Gompers will come to Washington at once; ' ' . A ineetini of the executive council of the federation Is scheduled soon after Gompers' arrival. While results of the president's ap peal to labor as a whole turned about Gompers, early developments are sched uled from' railway shopmen whoso de mands were the immediate cause of the (Continued on page two) ABBMAHTW I'm nlad we bought a- limousino when we did," said Mrs. Lafc bug, t'day, when she discovered she didn't have enough money Dy so eents i ouy n dozen roastin' cars. Th' Elite Drug Store is advertisin' 8 yeur-old Kendall's Spavin Cure. APPROVAL . Innocent Boy Is Killed In Illinois Riot Springfield, 111., Aug. 26. A filtecn-year-old boy wag shot through the head and instantly killed and a man was shot in the leg during a pitched battle at a mine near here today between Insurgent coal miners and miners wanting to re turn to work. " .. r. i The boy was watching the fighting. Kot until, the youth fell dead did the battle in which revolver shots, bricks and elobs were used, subside. The death lightened co'iiservatives and they returned to their homes with out further, attompt to go back to work. . Two men wore arrested and held pend ing investigation. ' At the insurgents roceut convention here it was voted to call a strike unless operators remittud fines assessed against strikers..:, A conservative group refused to abide by the vote, t . -- v - COUNTERFEITER Ala) Location Of Riley Trid to Be Decidsa In Pcrtb:d ; 1 Today. '. ," Portland, Or.," Aug. , B6.-r(Unitcd Press.) A hearing which-is being con ducted here today by United States Com missioner Drake will determine whether Joseph E. Biley and his attractive -18-year-old brldo, Doretrry Tld Riley, shall bo tried in Portland orv han rrsnoisco on a1 eharge of eoiinterfMititig. -s; " ' Hi ley, 32, Was arrested hero with his wife early in the month by secret-serv ice agents.' A counterfeiting outfit and a. quantity of gold .and silver bullion were found in, their rooms at the. time they were taken into" custody the gov,i crnment operators reported. lTic federal aUthOrtties nlaim that lit ley is . the kead of "America 'rtnost dangerous band of counterfeiters,'? who have been operating on the 1 acilio coast particularly California, 'for. scvetil years. .-' ' -:..--.:, - Like Fagan in xhckclis novel; Kiley is alleged to have trained young men in the counterfeiting game,- regulating their operations us a chief would ills tribe. '. ',-'.'' Secret service agents say that seven &1 Riloy's pupils were captured in San Francisco in 1916, -being-sent to prison for 18 months. The present Airs. Biley is said to have been taken at the same time ;and sent to a reform school, Fol lowing her release, the alleged head of the colony of counterfeiters married her and brought her to Portland, The government agents ulso. charge Kiley- with being a bigamist 'and a do licitcr from' the army." They claim Ki ley V gang contemplated an early "clean-up" along" the Whole Pcific east. Two of tho alleged members of the ring, Fraiik O 'Toole and his wife, Isabella, were' recently arrested in Sac ramento, and are now awaiting trial in Sun Francisco on a charge of passing spurious money. . According to information which was sent hore from San Francisco, membots of Hiloy ' gang charge him with dosort iug Laura Biley Ms companion of years, when he became infatuated with Doro thy Tidd, daughter of Mrs." W. H., La- Point. The latter and her husband h&ve served time for counterfeiting,' the' fed- nl authorities assert. " Southern California Railway Service Is Practically Halted By Sympathy Strike of labor : Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 26. Transpor-1 f(1 bl(.killr 0f the state-federatioa ok tat ion by rail had practically ceased in j whieh professes to be ia exact ae- southcrn California today as a result of I c,)r( witn th(, af. of L. .' r strikes of steam road men in sympathy o. : Murphy,' president of tho with the Pacific . Electric intcturbnn j, iUfo.uia St,t yr deration of Labor, in strikers. . . - ' ' v- 8 statement to the United Press, de- Thousands of tourists in this center ,ared that ,,Lo(l Angeles is the battle of that industry were marooned. ..round of tabor in California." Be said The paralysis bad rcacneo oui 'n'" it touched Fresno on the north aud Yu ma. Ariz., to the southeast. Tho effects have been felt throughout i the state of California, for norm ana south trains, notably the Lark and the Owl, have been annulled. I Only by means of ocean oais can tourists leave here, and these boats have j experienced the novelty, of wealthy peo- p e clamoring- ior Bire.ugr. . r " . .. . T 10 only apprcr.iuuie mwi o mt of the "big four" leader, ordering .the uo. Tinon vannrCBiauieeriecioiiueaei.il". i -, steam line nw u .iu nu.- .... spread of the strike northward , and! but.ti.e supp.y is raym.y .thward and an expressed detcrmina- .fVSM tion of the leaders her. to ."'..ee it that the streetcars aro standrng still, through to a finish." .- fnited States mail is tied up. Twen- Whereas the national officers of the, tyiv carloads of mail hers ao ot rail men have refused to saMion - ; ' strike, tho strikers have the whole-heart-1 (Continued on page two) IIVAVIMLE T0SALEJlF0l.il Local Office Fhced Upcn Par :v;;icxrc$Dj . PcCtwl Rzs' , DISTRCUTIONYILLCE nADZOUTCFFCniULO Orders To Ee Mca Hare Ua- . til-AutfUU.ut kV.J vf vi, Ordered Clccj. i Surplus, army -food steeks are. new within. the reafh ,af ithe: people ,ef Ssv-lem-ftn(Vvie.tnity. . ., i, . Jw' , J I , Today an order wa receive by Post master' Unckestciu to the effect tiat supplies will: be .shipped -from Portland. .: and that, regardless, of location, pur-; chasers will bc given a , parcel post" rate of five -cents a -pound with one cent; added for. each additional' ponnd.i The hmit of one package is to fco 123 pounds. ; ' . And not onlv "i nah'in ana vieiniiy now on a par with father localities, but- - orders have beoa ree eve at me posi- office whereby the sale is to beacon-.' iuued until the allotmest is sotd' out or"ttntil th post" office' department at Washington orders , the. sale stepped. - Meretorore iem nas . neon1 oarreu out on this salo-of army stocks doe- to tho fourth daa.zono-ratos.to San'Pran- . Cisco,' and ulso due to the first orders , reecived to scttthc"foorHor oaty tw days! Orders received today savage erything and throws the urphis ,-araiJ! stocks, to tie stproa ( iwiuu, upen to -tho public -v i'." "" 4 Included in the list, tt surlis ,thst , may "be sold st tfnlom are 260O twelve pound cans pf bacon, The goeramcBts , price for. the lH'pound Is To; this must be added IU ents for OBt-i age, total iH-36 cents, or ubotlb 33 cents n pound.1- " 1 S ' Baked beans are piiekosHn one; tw or. tlirec pound c.ans.-Thsrs la allotted to Salem, as ft postoffioe of the first class 4750 can of 1 pounds each, bed sides a fair allotment pf the two ad (Continued on page live) - Daniels And Party Leave -. 40n Return Trip To Coast By 14. D. Tracy " j, United Press Staff fowsponrlMnt) Aboard' V. . 8. 8. Jew . Y ora. Aug. 25. (Delayed.) Secretary j Daniels and his partly left Hifci,.: H. T., aboard the dreadnaoght New York for Monterey, Cal,, at 1 a. m. today. - He expesU the New York ,to make fifteen to . seventeen knots,- arriving . tA Monterey on the morning of Au gust Si.- .': , V-1; ;', Daniels will catch a train that afternoon for San Francisco. Secretary and Mrs. Daniels ' and their , party spent Sunday ' volcano near ''," V'V . M visiting Kilauea Hilo. tUc Htrikcrs here would "be given every possible support-of organized lalior." Murphy charged an organiaed attempt by employers here to f nree a return, w pre-'var open shop conditioas. , With food piled op in the railroad yards, but with no one to move thess, Los Angeles could Bee hunger in tho offing if the strike" continues. Ia the warehouses the food supply is g' ttt 'g j " : . i l iAU Tiu. nflubnra annnnneMl tnev hau . - Unoufil, meat for J. few day, only Gaso- U iii. is bein ir rushed in by motor truea, - v. - . .- V