I 5250 GRCULAHON J (5,000 BEADEBS DAILY) 4i Only Circulation, in Salem Guar- anteed by the Audit Bureau of - " Circulations. - M m ! IK H D o n ai v Oregon . Tonight and Thurs day fair; warmer southwest por tion gentle winds, mostly west erly.' ' , FULL LEASED WIRE 5 - DISPATCHES SPECIAL 'WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS SEBYICE . FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 202.-EIGHT PAGES. ' SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS OCtt.TBAINB AND OTTOS STANDS FI VI UNT ." -. . . . ' . A - PRESIDENT TO START IN TWO WEE S Jaunt To Start As Soon As Ar rangements Competed, An nouncement Today. WILL BE ABSENT FROM CAPITAL ABOUT 45 DAYS Plans To Meet Pershing In New York May Have To Be Altered, Report. Washington, Aug, 27. President Wil son will start his speaking tour as soon as arrangements can be made, it was stated at the White Honso today. . . This will be in ten days or two weeks, . it was said, since plans cannot' bo com plcted in a shorter time. A corps of as ' sistants arc working on the itinerary to day. s ; ' The president does not feel that it will be necessary for him to wu.lt until :the peace treaty -is reported out of the senate foreign relations committee, -. The-.trip: will occupy 45 days, if the president can stand the strain of con tinuous speaking, it was said. It is con sidered possible that tho president will be in Ban Francisco in time to review the fleet. The plans for meeting General Pcr suing In New York on September 8 or 9, as well as those for the review of the first division by the president here Sep tember 16, may have to be changed, it was said. Developments of the past few days have convinced the president it will be possible for him to begin his speaking - tour in behalf of the treaty in a short time. The Mexican situation has cleared, . with the withdrawal of Ainorlcan sol diers following tho punishment of ban dits. . ' The campaign to reduce living costs is showing results in a way gratifying to the president..- The threatened strike of railroad shopmen has been averted, at least for the present. Administration leaders have expressed themselves as well satisfied with the treaty situation in the senate. These facts have again forced con sideration of the speaking trip to the front, and advisers of the president ere urging that tho time for it is opportune. The itinerary has been completed and needs only to be filled with dates. It calls for a journey to the Pacifie coast through the more northern border states, occupying about 12 days and a return through the southern states by way of Texas. It was possible, it was learned thnt .the trip will be undertaken before the arrival of General Pershing and the van guard of the First division, which would prevent their review, by the president in New York as suggested. Pershing is expected to reach America about Sep tember 8 or 9. .Senator Hitchcock, who culled at the ' White House late yesterday, indicated that the president lias not changed his position on amendments or reservations. "We are satisfied that the Shantung amendment will be voted down with a comfortable margin," Hitchcock said. -Democrats in tUC Senate. Who fflvnr , - ...u-i, iiiLIIUUb UU1BI1U- ments will be joined by twenty odd re publicans. Senator McCumber drove the last nail in the coffin of the Shantung amendment in his speech. "The treaty should leave the commit tee the latter part of this week or the first of next. Its adoption should fol- low during the month of September." Present Is Time To Settle With Japan and Establish Chinese Friendships-Tooze "Xow is the time to settle witn Ja pan and to tell thnt country precisely where Bhc stands,'' declared Lieutenant Lamar Tooze in his t-ddress last evening at the armory. "Japan is the greatest menace to the world. She is tho Ger many of the . Orieni. If -Japan gets Shantung, she will get a firm hold on China, for Shantung is the gateway to Pekin. If Japr.o is allowed to develop China and secure control of its great in dustries, the two countries in time will be a menace to the white raec," "In case of a. war with Japan, it ' would be of great beuefit to us to have the friendship of China. But we Jiave lost this friendship," said Lieutenant G Comment Officials Wait Ky y of Railroad Workers It president's Compromise Washington; "Aug. 27. Government officials and labor leaders hero today were waiting indications of the effect on the rank and file of American labor of President Wilson's plea for a truce in industrial disputes. , With President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor due in Washington to attend a meotlng of the federation's .executive council to morrow, it was predicted that the situ ation will comcto a head before the end of tho week. Moves which were eagerly watched here were: . 1 The vote of 500,000 inilrw.4 shop men on President Wilson's proposal that they accept an increase of four cents an hour and abandon their original de mands of a wage increase of approxi mately 25 per cent so as not to interfere with the government's attempt to bring down living costs. . . 2 What coarse railway trainmen, con ductors and other rail unions wiil take now that it has been indicated their de mands 'will meet the same answer as that given the shopmen. , . . . 3 Whether ' . union steel ' workers, whose committee is in New York seek- mil a coiitorenco with steel magnates, will push their efforts now or await nor mal conditions as the president has ask ed. Officials of the railroad administra tion were extremely hopeful today that the shopmen s strike would be averted. They pointed out that shopmen leaders BANKERS OF NEW YORK APPROVE WAGE STAND President s Answer To In crease Plea Endorsed By financiers. 7 r- New York. Aug. 27. (United Press.) New York bankers approve President Wilson's stand on the wage demands of tho railroad shopmen, according to a statement issued today by Dow Jones & company, Wall street news bureau. It is declared that opinions in financial circles' agree upon the soundness of the president's argument, "which stands out in sharp contrast to the more or less socialistic reasoning from the labor cle ment." "If the president had taken his pres ent stand some months ago an effective readjustment in price and wage condi tions might have been realized before this, according to the interpretation of the bankers atttiude. "But there is no certainty in fi nancial circles," says the statement, "that the railroad shopmen, nor indeed other branches of labor, will acquiesce in Mr. Wilson's counsel. The remark able success of traction employos lately, it is expected, will have tremendous Mnflnanoa with Inlm. liaentjafinl with existing conditions. "It is also believed that Mr. Wilson.'s remarks as to high prices have reached their peak will increase rather than abajc discontent. Judging from tlte present temper of tho union, it Is be lieved this will be accepted as the last opportunity to obtain wage increases bo- fore tho recession in the cost of living. Tooze. "At Paris, the Americans re versed themselves on China and that country has been discriminated against in favor of Japan." , " Speaking of the league of nations, the speaker snid that the defensive alliance whereby England and America were to protect France if unjustly attacked, was bad,, He thought it was a bad contract, claiming that Ameriea awed France nothing. The league of nations, with its subsi diary treaties. Lieutenant Tooze sui.i, was weak, although the principal was right. He thought the present league of (Continued on pae three) fflijl iiere were inclined toward an immediate strike after the president's rejection of their wage demands. After considering the matter overnight, however, the lead ers decided to comply .with the presi dent 's request that the matter be re submitted to the men and the letter sent out calling for the now vote pointed to possible difficulties in the way of a atriko now. Officials believe tho same reaction will show itself among the shop men themselves. : v Labor leaders doubted, however, whether the shop workers will abandon their demands even at the instance of tho presideut since their previous vote just completed showed they wore almost a unit for striking if the demands were refused. : . " ." . '- . . . First results of the vote are expected to begin coming into headquarters here within the next few days. . The course finally decided upon by the shopmen "is expected to greatly af fect the course taken by the other rail way unions, some of whom are expect ing an answer to their dcmtuids by next week. - - r .,......,.. The decision in tho case of tho steel workers is exported to rest almost whol ly with the federation executive council since the federation itself started the steel workers' unionization move at its recent Atlantic City convention. Director General Hincs has notified the shopmen that the four cent per hour increase offered by the president will be effective from JJay 1, 191. . SHIPBUILDERS FACE CRIMiNALGKARGES Prosecution May Follow As Result Of Lax Methods During War Time. Ser.ttlc, Wash., Aug. 27. That ccr taiu shipbuilders in this district arc fac- ring criminal prosecution as a result of their lax methods during war time waj brought out at the hearing before the congressional shipyards probe committee which Tcsnined its sessions here today. The committee, composed of Congress- men James J. Walsh of Massachusetts, I. M. Foster of Ohio, P. H, K'ellcv of Michigr.il and L. H. Hadley of Washing ton, called Captain Sverre Rustad, the emergency fleet corporation 's acting as sistant in charge of wood ship construc tion for this district, as its chief wit ness today. Captain Bustad testified that he had occasion to make adverse reports to the fleet corporation about the construction of certain ships built at Grays Harftor. One of these ships, ho said, had to be docked twice for repairs shortly after its completion. Howard G. Crosgrove, counsel for the fleet corporation here, was questioned by the committee concerning the legal department and how it functioned. I Cosgrove told the committee tht.t criminal action involving certain ship- bu,lucl' 18 contemplated Hut He would not give names, West Side Highway Work Near Monmouth Is Rushed (Capital Journal Special Service) Monmouth, Aug. 27. The highway work is progressing nice)', tho tenden cy being to speed up as fast as possi ble while the"weather is favorable. The paving on Monmouth avenue was fin ished as far as the county road, north of tha dormitory Wednesday, when the paving crew moved several miles north to the Mulkey cutoff and began work ing this way. JVTien this portion 'is fin ished the mixing ,pfat will be moved to Rickreall and the contract finished from that place. The work went on all day Sunday. . Normal School To Open For Fall Semester September 15 (Capital Journal Special Service) Monmouth, Aug. S7. The fall se mester of the Oregon Xormal school will begin on Sept. 15th. The opening date fur the training school ha not been definitely decided, but it will probably be a week later. The high school will not begin until about the first of October, to allow students the opportunity ib ueip nrvei mo uup sod prune crops. Strike Not Expected To Extend To ;Oregon Lines Portland, Or., Aug. K7. Tbe ' railroad ' strike which has para- lyzed transportation in Oalifor- nia, Arizona and Nevada is not ' likely to spread into Oregon. - That is the opirtion which was given to the United Press this afternoon by J. T. Clow, repre- sentntivc of the trainmen's : brotherhood in this district. Clow said theri is no inciina- tion among the mymhers of any of the railroad brotherhood members here to strike unless or- $ dercd to walk out bv their na- ' tional officers. I r a. flhio Workers Exnected To : Refuse Presidents Plan Cleveland, Ohio,4 Aug. 27. The esti mated 25,000 organized railroad ork- ers in Ohio will reject by an overwhelm ing vote President Wilson 's offer of four cents, an hour increase, according to reports here today from railroad shops throughout the state. PHONE WORKERS VOTE TO REJECT PAOTEHEIIT Compromise Scale Turned Down By Big Majority - Grasser Announces. VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE CAST REFERENDUM VOTES Prospect " Of Renewed Strike Declared "Ridiculous'' On Face Of Returns. Sun Francisco, Aug. 27. (United Press.), ' ' Tclcphono operators and elec trical workers on the Pacific const, in their referendum vote, rejected by a large majority the compromise agree ment under which they recently return cd to work." . . . - TliiB statement was made to the Uui ted Press today by L. C. Grasser, inter national vice-president of the electrical workers union. The official count was completed last night at his home in Oak land. This is the first statement Grass- lias made since the count wa cum plcted, Urasser retuscd to state how-large a percentage, of the operators and elec trical workers voted. "It might handi cap me in my further negotiations," hp said. It was learned from another source, very close to Grasser, however, that "only a very small" percentage of the operators voted, and that some of those who made the county said u strike wuld be "ridiculous" under the circumstnnT ces. Orasser said his next step would be to open negotiations with the Pacifie Telephone company the only company with which the operators are now nego tiating. Grasser represents the international and the operators by their vote arc re- jocting the wage compromise which the international signed, (Continued on pare three) ABE MARTIN Courtesy pays, but it don't seem t attract most folks, pa- enough f ..Vothln' in th mornin' filled with downtown in th' mornin' filled with life an ' hope, only t ' find that your iv,inr uii-kvi UM" j" " other cent. iiVijJLi ! San Francisco And Oakland Trains All Held Up By I Spread Of Strike. SERVICE ON LINES OUT OF BAY DISTRICT DEAD Yanbasters, Switckmen,fire- men, Engineers And shop men Out. Ijos Angeles, Cal., Aug. 27. Califor nia, Nevada and Arizona are almost entirely . isolated from : the remainder of tho nation today as tho result of the railroad tieup. The Southern Pacific railroad admitted that it is not moving trains in any of tho three states; The tieup of the Salt Lake road ex tends as far eaBt as San Bernardino. Santa Ve service ig cut off west of Needles. . On both, tho Salt Lake and Santa Fe the danger of the spread of the strike further eastward ig imminent. Ho San ta Fe trains enter Nevada. No trains are leaving or entering Los Angeles today, according to the United States railroad administration. Railroad trainmen will not go back te work today. Notwithstanding orders from W. S. Stono( president of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, instructing brotherhood members now on strike to return to their places, thore will be no immediate movement back to the job. so far as could be learned at the labor temple today. - L. L. tSanford,. general chairman ot the . Brotherhood of v Locomotive Engi neers, of the Southern Pacif io for the Pacific divisibniwas unabftl to State' how soon brotherhood mcmbera' wbnld again man steam line trains.' ' Ban ford denied statement attributed to him in morning newspaper regard ing the resumption ef railrosd service."' ' . Strikers Ordered Back Lost Angelos, Cal., Aug. 27 With, the announcement by L. I Sanford,: Pa cific coast representative of the Broth erhood of Locomotivo Engineers, that service would be resumed on the South ern Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake railroads, union loaders are anxiously awaiting action today by striking rail road men. Whether or not the men will respond to the order of W. S. Stone, president of the brotherhood, to return to work is undecided. According to Sanford, strikers in San Francisco, who walked out yesterday, are already responding to Stone's or der. (Continued on page two) STEEL HEAD REFUSES TO DEALWIIH UNION jGary Declines To Hear Com mittee Named By Labor .To State Demands. New York, Aug. 27. Elbert II. Gary, chairman of the board of United States Steel corporation, this afternoon formal ly refused to confer with tho commit te of union employes named at their re cent Yougnatown, Ohio, meeting. Replying to a written statement of the committee which askod a confer ence, Garv issued a statement this i:fter noon addressed to tho committee in which he said that he did not beiieve its members represented a large proportion of steel employes. ' The position of union employes of the steel corporation wus set forth m a written statement sent to Judge Gary last night, John Fitzpatrick, member of the steel workers committee named a week ago ut Youngstown, Ohio, said to day. ... This action was taken atftcr Judge Gary late yesterday refused to meet the committee informing them ho would re ceive any communication they desired to make in writing. Fitzpatrick refused to make public the contents of the state ment. Tbe union steel workers, it was an nounced at tho Youngstown meeting, voted for a nation-wide strike and named the committee to lay their de mands before the corporation officials. The latter have declared their employes are not sufficiently unionized to make Ian effective strike possible. At Judge Gary's office it was stated today that the committee's communtca- ' (Continued page three) Brotherhood w . MayKeplace All Strike rs Clevoland, Ohio, Aug. 27. (L'niled Press.) Railroad brotherhoods officials may seek to fill the places left vacant by railroad strikors on tbe Pacific coast it was intimated today by. Wainn S. fctone, president of the. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Stone was asked whether brotherhood officials werb in a position to fulfill their contracts by filling tho places made vacant by strikers. Ho replied: "Wo have carried out our coi:trncts for a good many years and will continue to do so now." Stono took the pesitivo stand that the California strikes are without the sup port of the brotherhood chiefs, ,. "Wo will do our utmost to carry out our contracts on the- Pacifio coast," Stne said. "The strikes were-not sanc tioned by us. Wo will insist that our men out there perform their duties in full as specified by our contracts." , Railroad shopmen and not the broth erhood chiefs should answer President Wilson 's offer of tho wage increase of four ceuts an hour, Stone said. "Personally I . have no comment to mako on the president 's offer, " ho said. "Tho shopmen, can and will, answer him." , ..'..- Stono, however, said that- increased wages will not solve the economic ques tion. Ho advised . immediate steps to lower the cost of living as a means of solving the problem of strikes for high er WHgOS . . ' . -i,. .. '.'The same problem applies to all in dustry,' he said.' "The railroad work erti and,, othpr, branches of, industry are facing the commpn question of the' high cost f .living. Lower the cost of Hv ing and you eliminate wage increase de mands and strikes." WAGE INCREASES FOR POSTAL WORKERS BIG House Committee Agrees On Advances In balanes To Total $4(000,000. Washington, Aug. 27 Wnge increases for postal employes totalling $10,000,000 were agreed upon by the house poaloff ice committe today over tho protest of the postoffice department. A bill was ordered reported out by the committoo providing for a flat increase of 150 a year in the pay of all employ es within the limitation that fourth class postmasters shall not receive more than $1000 and third class more than $2000 as a total annual salary. All increases are made retroactive to July 1. The minimum pay of temporary em ployes was increased from 40 to 00 cents an hour. j Assistant Postmaster General Koons wroto tho house committee thr.t the plan did not have the approval of the department, "because it means an ad ditional expenditure of $40,000,000 and places an unnecessary burden on the public." . Omaha, 'Neb. "I first studied to be a detective, but when I discovered how easy it was to fool detectives I decid to become a burglar, " Frank , Carter, 19 year old Kansas City youth told police.. Increased Cost of Living Reflects Higher Prices of Products Madef rom Woods ' By Charles Lathrop Pack President, American Forestry Ais'n. (Written for The United Press.) Washington, Aug. 27 In figuring out your monthly grocery bills you find "that things have gone up" and in any mental battle with the high cost of liv ing you almost always confine your struggle to food. Go back of food a step and you will find mnny things that increase the cost of the food you cat, although you cannot eat those things. The chief item of the list is woou. ' In fact, wood is one of the chief rea Isnns for the high cost of living and the ! American Forestry association cutis r.t 'tcntion to this with some startling fig Three States Completely Iso lated As Result Of Strike Activities. ; S. P. OPERATING NO TRAINS IN SOUTHWEST Striking Workers Show I!a b- chnatton To Retam As Ordered By Union. San Francisco, Aug, ' 27. (United Press.) Striking in defiance of the brotherhood chiefs, employes of the rail roads in California, Nevada and Arizona hal almost entirely isolated those state from the rest of the nation today. , ' "Some trains are moving in "theaa states, declared William Bpronle, dis trict director for the railroad. JQe ad mitted, however, that the tieup was al most complete, i ' , ' ' The strike spread to San Fmneiseo following a mass meeting which wu organized' by men opposing the brother-. -' hood organization. . , t " Approximately 7500 men are out in and about Los Angeles. The number in cludes streetcar men and employes tt the Pacific Electric. About 35 men are out at San Diego. . Like numbers are out at Bakersfield and 1'resuo. In San Francisco about 300 men are out. "The men are not striking,-" Bpreu-le told the United Press. "They frre re signing as individuals." It Is hard to as certain why they are doing this. They - ay they are quitting In sympathy with employes, of the Pacific rjlcstrjc, dm that st "ho is over.. ,1 hare ivttj oonfi- , deMi'b the meu.are oHitg out ihtmgh ft misapprehension and . that when they take: council -with' their Advisers they, will return.:- There Is no adequate reason for their action. So far as the govern ment is concerned it is universally con ceded its attitude unwarranta anything; but reliable servtco by the men.' j -Reports from Los Angeles today wera that service on the P. E. WBi."simw normal." . r . -,;.-. -,::.v ' W. B. Scott, federaj manngor ol tha Southern Pacific, said no men had been discharged because they had refused i move freight to and from the P. K. in, Los Angeles. ' (Continued on page six.) Self-Styled War Hero To Be Returned To WasJsingtan Austin, Texas, Aug. 27. ifioveraor Hobby today honored the application of the governor of Washington for the return of A. McCowan, alias D. M. Del mas, self styled former lieutenant col onel in the British army and veteran of the world war. MWwan was recently pardoned by tho Texas governor, He had escaped from the Texas prison where he was serving a term for forgery and was re arrested in Seattle and returned to Texas, Dallas newspapers took up the case, repeated McCowan 's story of how as Colonel Delmas he had won the Vic toria cross for gallantry in the eastern campaigns against the Turks, and even tually secured his pardon. "I went through the ordeal of fire and have come back purgod, " Delmas as he was known here, said. Then came news of additional alleg ed forgeries on the, went coast and hearing on the Washington extradition request. Now Delmas is to go bach to Washington with his Victoria crow and British army citations to begin a new fight for right to freedom he claims he won on Turkish battlefields. ures. For example the box in which your berries or peaches are displayed at mar ket costs about three times what it did in "the good old days." The barrel in which your flour found its way to tha grocer has gone up in price. Tho paper in which your meat is wrapped is "away up.' None of these things caa be put through your digestive apparatus .with any degree of success but tha eousuamr pays his share in tho price of the ber ries ,thc flour, the peaches or tne . There is scarcely a commodity that is not shipped or handled in a worn! con tainer of some sort. To say othi-g of (Continued on page two)