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it 5250 CIROMTION (25,000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS 6EBVI0B . Oregon: Tonight and Friday fair except probably thunder; tortus this afternoon or tonight i eetkwviM mitioki warmer Fri-' . ;day east portion; cower rriij 'vV interior of southwest portion j " . ir (Tan tin winds mnnflv . nOTtfcfixlT- I eft U SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS aNr.TBAlNB AND 1TX a 1 STANDS IXTB OLmS FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 203. EIGHT PAGES. SSm mil r-TTri- ... Business Indiffer' To Open Advocacy Of tw Program. T:: WITH STOLEN GOODS NO EFFORT TO ANSWER 'ke Capture On Of Two KhVULU llUlilMi MAUL Lewis M. Pierson, Banker, Re ports On Invesdsation Covering Nation. I , New York, Aug. 28. Lewis M.' Pier-sou,-head of the Irving National bank 'and a director of the chamber of com - nierce of the United States, following a trip throughout the west to investigate industrial conditions today gave an in terview to tho United Press, in which his impressions were summed up as fol lows: 1 Radicals are openly advocating revo , lution. . . Business Becms indifferent to or ig norant of the fact. No real effort is being made to an swer bolshevik propaganda, Thieves Who Broke Into Bishop Store. Through the vigilance of two night patrolmen, W. J. White and O. F. Vic tor, a burglar who was making his get-away from the C. P. Bishop cloth ing store .on Commercial street, was captured at 5 o'clock this morning with the goods on nitn. , ' In making their early morning rounds the two officers noted that the rear door of the annex of the Bishop store had been jimmied. In a search for the thieves, they saw two men walk ing pretty fast north in the alley be tween Commercial and Liberty streets, about a block and a half away. "The officers gave chase and near Center street managed to catch up with one of the burglars. The- other, seeing he was handicapped by carry ing the -stolen goods, had dropped his share of the loot and managed to get away. . . The burglar who was captured gave the name of Joseph M. .Mayer ot rort amply financed bolshevik campaign aims at the overthrow of the govern ment. .. . . . -. A crisis is at hand. It calls for national action. Pierson made the trip in his capacity as director of the chamber of commorce of the United States. Replying to qnes tiins asked by the United Press, ho unid: "The outstanding feature of the trip was on the one hand the evidence we found of an extraordinary amount Qf revolutionary propaganda abroad in the country andy on the other hand, tho tin-aning Jack of effort to-combat the dangerous teachings. ; "The Pacific coast, in particular, is aflame with radical activities. It is no ticeable all the way from Los Angeles to Seattle.; . "This issue is not merely over the proper relationship between labor and capital. .' ; V , ... ' " Yet nearly everywhere ' business men and sound thinkers appear indif ferent or else bewildered. Meanwhile, the neglect to oppose this destructive campaign has resulted in many small : proporty owners and . farmers being swept into the bolshevik current. "In one western city we-were told that the only printed arguments against Apparently a shrewdly conducted of the reform school, and according to the records at the nolice station, has been in a number of scrapes especially in stealing automobiles. He is about Is years old. According to his story, he left Port land last night about 1 o'clock arriv ing in Salem about three o'clock, With the other young man who was in on the deal, they jimmied a door in tne rear af the new annex of the Bishop store. Thev first helped themselves to three suit cases and one traveling bag. These they filled with expensive ' hosiery for men, silk shirts and ft half dosen of the best suits of clothes in tho house. The total value of the goods taken was about $860. - They were on their way to take an early morning train out of West Salem for Portland, when Mayer was cap tured by the officers. " Chief Varney at once communicated with the officers of surrounding cities, giving thein a description of the burg lar wfto escaped. . , Airplane Webf oot Damaged V. i .a. i"ti 1 By Accident At imamooK The airplane Wobfoot "cracked up" yesterday, at Tillamook. Iii the lan guage of aviators and of those who ac quire the aviator's lingo, this means that the plane had an accident. It hap iieiied inst as Lieutenant Cook with a passenger were a few feet from the ground. Something went wrong with the engine, and when it happened, there were two ways of getting out of RUMS OUT FORPffiSIDBIT Seattle Mayor To Present Resignation From Office &metiaie Today. . Seattle, Wash., Aug. 28. Mayor Ole Hanson at noon today announced defi nitely that he would resign from office this afternoon and retire to private life, "for a rest and vacation.' It is un derstood that he will go the lecture platform. Councilman C. B. Fitscgeraiu hM nldired five votes; that . wiU elect r o - . . him to fill out ttanson's uucxpireu term. Hanson would neither affirm nor deny a persistent rumor that Ms real purpose isto arrange and execute a whirlwind lecture tour of the direct primary states in an attempt to Je nominated for presi dent. ' ', Seattle, Wash:, Aug. 28. According to a cut and dried program at the city hall, Mayor Hanson will resign prob ably this' afternoon ,and Councilman. C. B. Fitzgerald will be elected by the council majority to fill out his unexpired term. A. T. Drake, clerk or tne jinance committee, is slated to be elected by the council to succeed Fitzgerald in that bod v. "' Hanson secluded himself at his Lake Forest summer home and could not be reach early today for a Hirect coniirma timi or denial of the program. He has been talking abollt resigning for more than a mttthi ! . '' , According to a- story in circulation tft day, Hanson intends to go on, a lecture tour through the ; " direct pnmuiy " states and try. -to get himself nominated for the presidency of the United States. He is also Writing a book at the request of eastern publishers on "Bolshevism." Fitzgerald and Superintendent or Utilities Murphine, Hanson's chief po litical adviser, both declared today that they could not definitely confirm the plen of Hanson to resign today. ( Union Heads Order Ilea - To Rctarn By Sstsrday Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 28. . Striking railroad wforaers oa the iPacinc coast were ordorett to return to work by Saturday - . morning by the four brother- . hood chiefs here today. The order was assued rrom the offices of Warren S. Stone, -president ef thai Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and stat- ed that, unless. tho organized . workers return to work by teat- urday onomiaff jthe officials of the four brotherhoods : will as- sist the federal railroad admin- istration in operating the fed- eral controlled ! railroads-- ef- fected by the strike. , The belief was expressed that ' the order wonld w obeyed. "-.'"' !B5 Trainmen In All Except South era aectsss in xaie Returning. GOVERNMENT OPERATION OF TRAINS THREATENED rarsMiis HIED FOR PROBATE Esfoated Vafce Of Estate Placed At $25,000,000 To WOO, 000. NATION 0.1 VERGE OF A FINANCIAL Leading New York Bankers f Looking For Serious x Upheaval Soon. , . . .. Coastwise And Trans-Continental Trains Moved On Schednle i Again. , ,New York, Aug. 28. Tho will of An drew iCarnegie,, filed for probate at noon today, disposes of an estate esti mated at between 25,000,000 u-nd 30j- 000,000. . . 'i The will leaves Carnegie's real estate, works of art and household goods to his wifo. Financial- provisions for Mrs. Carnegie afnd her daughter, Mrs. Boswell Miler, are made. . . ; v V. . The sirm of 200,000 is left to the Uni versity Of Pittsburgh, v . : i '" In a statement issued simultfcheously with the probating of tha will, Elihu Root,' Jr., member of the law firm that acted for Carnegie, said that duving his life time the philanthropist made gifts to charity aggregating $350,000,000. With regard to Mrs. Carnegie, it says: ' ' Years ago having madri prevision vtr my wife beyond her desires and ample to enable her to provide for her daugh ter, Margaret, and being unable to judge at present what provision for our daugh tor will best promote Her nappiness, i leavo to her mother tho duty of provid in ir for her as her mother deems best. A mother's love will bo the best guide." The Home Trust company of (Continued on Page Six.) French Cruiser Anchors At Flensburg Despite Protest Copenhagen, Aug. 2i. Despite a pro test from the German admiralty, the French cruiser Marseillaise has arrlv ed off Flensburg, the chief port of Seheiswig to be present during the ple biscite which is to deeide the status of Schleswig. Germany protested on the grounds that the presence of the French warship was not stipulated in the armistice terms. Word From Aviators Lost For Days Eagerly Waited . Calexico, Cal.. Aug. 28. Army offi cials here still waited today for word from across the border concerning the condition of Lieutenants Waterhouse and Connolly, reported found - sixty miles east of Ensenada by lantu sol diers Tuesday. It is believed here the men will be returned to this country by- way of Tia Juana, LIMITEDJO DOLLAR Scarcity On Coast Boosts Price To 11 tents And Limits Sales. GOVERNMENT OPERATION IS A&KXD Sail Francisco, Aug. 28. Striking San Francisco yard men wired Washington today demanding that the govern ment take over the Pacific Eloctrlc and reinstate its em ployes. . The action : was taken follow ing a mass meeting of railroad, strikers, who are-out in sympa thy with the P. E. men. Strikers said the men were determined to stay out despite the action of the Oakland men who returned to work. - , Itinerary Of Trip To St Next Wednesday Yet To; Be Filled Out I OPPOSITION SPEAXEHS TO FOLLOW PATH HO i New York, Aug. 28. (United Press) A financial crisis is ahead of the coun try according to leading bankers of New York, which, niay be one of the most serious situations the country haj ever faced, There seems to bo llttlo doubt in the minds of Wall stroet leaders, judging from views expressed to a United Press reporter, but that the crisis win taae a decidedly political turn. Financiers ex pect the radical elements among labor leaders to make a stand for communism. While Wall street admits that there has been a porcopltble slowing down on the part of moneyed interests, bankers say they are confident of the outcome of the issue between labor and capital. - Capital is doing somo watchful wait ing," explained one vice-president, con nected with one of tho largest institu tions of the country, "Many of our clients are apprehonsive . Some- are scared. ; - ' ' Many wealthy interests no longer care about making money. For example, this morning a client was in here, a man who keeps a million dollar account with New I us. Ho had drawn no- interest, and I smashed winifs. But the injury is not serious, duo to the precaution- taken by the owners. They have an extra propeiior in siock and'materials for the wings. P. E. Ful lerton, one of the owners, went to Til lamook this morning and ns soon as the plane is -shipped to Salerii, repairs will begin at once H.a PRICES DROP Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 28. Hogs fodav solij under $-0 on the Kansas Citv marM-t for the first time since last March. Prices dropped 75. ceuts to 41 on sities here. immediate Conference Between Capital and Labor Necessary to Solve Economic Problems ' Washington, Aug. 28. An immediate before it, calling for sueli a conference, conference of capital and laoor is nec-june saiu. caanrv to solve the economic situation, "Such a conference should be call- t.t nrenent confronting the United States ej Lsne gaid. "And ealled af one wetxrAxna o Franklin K. Lane, secre- vow ;g the time: there should be no tarv of the interior in a statement ncre today. - "Events seriously threatening the welfare of the eountry are rapidly drawing' to a climax," he said, and j i..:.it Wilson to take immfr diate action looking forward to a joint meeting of employers, employes and all i.nt directlv interested in the v : industrial nroblems, without waitiag for , delav. Personally I believe the presi dent should not await possible action bv congress, but should take direct ac tiou and summon the eouferenccou his own responsibility. "Steps should be taken to make this conference both detinue bbu puu-nc able. Should be not theorir.ing. it i ve,y definite and real problenrwe tci And now the suffering housekeepers it. One was to smash into u tree and 'are having trouble with their supply oj the other to bring the plane to the juat when everything was about ground on its nose. , , , ,, .J , , Lieutenant Cook decided that for to be settled and all the boys homo from the good of his passenger and himself, over there. it- was the lesser ot two evils io ianu It hapi)Clled 8uda011iy a day or so ago u iu v-' - .r : ;: " when the federal eaualization board or WHS UUQ I1U lit UIV IU luv u. . his passenger, but the Webfoot suffer- dered 400 cars of sugar shipped east ed a broken propeller and a couple ot from the wegt With but little raw ma tcrial in sight, a number of refineries were shut down. Aud with the refiner ies down, the wholesalers received no supplies tad then suddenly tho whole-1 salers wero unable to ship. And on top of all this trouble tho rail road -strikes in California prevented the usual shipment of cars from San Fran cisco and with tho exception or two or three cars, none will bo coming north until the Rose City sails, unless the rail road situation gets bettor. Yesterday morning sugar in Salem at 8 o'clock was quoted at for a sack of 100 pounds. By 10 o'clock H was $9.90 and by nono, the figure had was $9.90 and by nopi the figure had quotation iu tho evening reached $10.75 and then suddenly this morning, the houiekeetMV found to her surprise that sugar could be purchased only ju tl Jots and the nrice was and is. 11 cents a pound. This condition may Inst f.evernl days and maybe longer. The grocers are ur in tho air on the sugar situation and in the meantime $1 is the limit to each purchaser Jind worst of nil, the Dcach cannins season is now at its height. : ; Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 28. There is no movement back to work among Los Angeles strikers, according to state ments of strike leaders at the labor temple today. Hundreds of striking switcnmcn, trainmen and shop employes gathered in groups in front of tho temple and IndlVnantlv dMusn'd report that a general movement back to the job was under way. "We're standing pat," was the gen eral sentiment of these meetings. "There is no change in the strike situation in Los Angeles today although n- oiviiud bv our northern offi cial that men are returning to work there," declared J. P. yer, general n,,,n,.. nf f h o Southern Pacific. "One hundred Diacusmitua rerararu to the shops thin morning, but there are still 500 ear reifairers outbesides all Continued on page four) ABE MARTIN ToBeSBvTonif? (Continued on page three) Pittsburg. Pa.. Aug. 28. Trollev traf fie. in the iPittsbure district may be re sumed before nightfall, fiftcr n strike of motormen and conductors which lias lasted fourteen daTS. At a meetine to be held late todav the strikers will vote on the proposi tion to return to work immediately J and then continue their fihf for m creased wages. - I1 In 1 Jersey Is made executor and trustee of I asked him to wait a few minutes so that the will. The fourth article of the will cop tains many , legacies , among which are bequests to charitable institutions. The' following article provisos for bequests to relative and friend.1: Among the latter are annuities of 10,000 each to William Howard Taft .and David Lloyd George and annuities of tflOOO each to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. , t Tho fourth and fifth articles, EUhu Root, Jr., said, were written in Cnrne- gie's own, handwriting. ' No mention' is made in tno win or the amount of tho estate invested in the Unitod States Steel corporation Other beauests in the will- wcrci ' Cooper Union of New York; $60,000, making Carnegie's total gifts to that institution 4750.000. Relief fund of tho" authors' -club of New York $200,000, ' Hamilton Institute. Virginia, $300,000, Stevens Institute, Hobokon, N. J., 4100.00 "to improve my original gift." St. Andrews Society, New York, 100,- 000. 1 " -In addition to the institutions named henuests are made as follows: . .. . 1 1 . Robert A. Franks, ftis secretary, mo house and grounds now occupied by Mm t Lewcllyn Park, N. J. Mrs. L. M. Morris, his-eounsin, and upon her death to her two daughters, the house ana .property iu im i.,v live. George Irvins, a butler, a pension equal to half his salary. Mrs. Nicola, a housekeeper, nuuuy Lockerbie, a nurse, and Mnggio Ander son, a servant, a pension equal to half their present earnings. - ' All household servants or rour years service, $600 each, of eight years serv ice, $1200; 13 years' service 2000; oth er servants received pensions and gifts. "We are blessed with fine people up on Skibo estate, 'the will states. Other annuities were fixed as xonows: To each nephew and niece, if married, $10,000; unmurncd nephews, $:uuu. To my dear sister-in-law ntena, wun love," $10,000. "To mv dear brother-in-law Merry, anrt nis wire, Mrs. nuiuiau, v,yv. "To my cousins, Mrs. Maggie imuaer, Mrs. Anna Lauder and Mrs. George, all of Dunfermline, each $5000. To Alexander King or his wifo suc- ceedinir. 45000.' Walter Damrosch, of the New York tivmnhnnv orchestra. $5000, 'mktit others received annuities of $5000 to $10,000. wo pay him what was due. "He didn't want it. -wnat is we use,' he replied,, 'More' money ia simply more taxes and more ftoublo. Nover mind, the interest.' ' Similar lack of !n tenist is pushing developments is notice able among most of tho big interests." The crisis WiU bo a good tonic for tho country in that it will be a show-down and .will end agitatiou, say the bankers, who feci that the decision will be along tho lines of "tho democracy and free dom for which our forefathers fought," as one man put it. - 7 Wall stroet is prepared for tho crisis when it eomes, and will be "nimblo," to use the terms of finance. Tho bank ers savhe pcoplo of the country will be hardest hit, especially investors, it a drop in stocks comes. Wall stroet will not bo especially hard hit, according tu predictions, since it does not hold the majority of tho securities, contrary to tho popular idea. Tho bankers point out that the pub lie 's idea of Wall street is a small group of banks which own practically all of the securities In the country, According to financiers, Wall street owns very few securities, and is merely an exchange for tho savings banks of tho country. Either the savings banks or small prt vato investors own by far the lurger part of American securities. The Penn sylvania railroad, with its one hundred thousand stoekholders and the Santa Fe with .its forty thousand owners, as well as many other large corporations, are cited as examples. Master Butchers To Aid In Fixing Fair Meat Prices New York1, Aug. 28. The master butchers' association of Now York, it became known today, will cooperate with federal food officials in estab lishing fair meat prices. Through an agreement reaeneu witn Federal, Food Administrator Arthur Williams, the butchers, beginning Sep ember 1, will publish a semi-wceaiy ist showing prices they pay to the wholesaler, their retail prices and the margin of profit they will retain Effort To Be Made To Get i Chief Executive To T&;' HereOnWayTfcrtrL . Washington, Aug. 28. President Wil son will eavry his fight for adoption o the peace treaty and tho league af a tiona covenant directly to the people be ginning next Wednesday. '' , j On that day, It was announced &t tna White, House today the preside will -leave Washington and- that following night his first speech of the tiro near -, or more will be delivered at Columbu, Ohio. From Columbus he will go to .In dianapolis and on west, reaching thm Pacific coast in mid-September, --' v : Immediately following announcement of the beginning of the tour, liisj ana- ; torlrJ opponents began plant for speak ers to follow the president, to present the opposition side of tho treaty. , In addition to the speeches by sena tors who may go ou. toinv there, will Ja dally senate speeches on the treaty, which it is hoped, Will be out of the for eign relations committee's hands and before the senate at about the time tho president leaves Washington, ,, ' The president will thus be cariying oa a long distance debute with his oppo nents. - '., - Tho argumants' that tho, jiresident ia expected to carry tti the eonatry hava already been mode lu addresses to tho -' senate at'C in his conference witn the) foreign telations committee at tka White House. v t t Tho president on those occasions told the senators there is no need, in hia opinion for' reservations and iinenoV meats to safeguard the MonToo duetna and the control over domestic question .The Shantung settlement, u which the Pacific coast is Said to be particu larly interested, the prcsidont has stated Is the best that eould bo gottca at t&w peace conference. He is expected t tell the people that China's rights era safeguarded by the league of nations. Amendments and reservations, the president is expected to say, would ope the door to Germany to propose hex reservations. (Continued on page three) Next t' arguin ' -vrith a shoe dealer, th' most hopeless thin' we know of is auarreliu' with fate. Some fellers arc like a hen. fer ther alius gittin' credit fer somethin' they could n't git out 0' doin. " - Mexican Bandits Kill And Capture 150 Carranzistas Laredo. Texas, Aug. 28. Mexican bandits derailed a Oarranza troop train carrying 150 men, machine guns, artil lerr and provisions, in the state ol fhinnm. near Esoinal Ie Morelos, ear ly this week and killed or made pris- oner nil the rcnerais, accurmnK w vices received in Xuevo Laredo today. Mnr than 200 men were in the at tacking 'artv. It is not known to what faction the bandits Deiongea. flncludcd lin the prinvert was nnlnm.l in the. federal army. A quanti ty of artillery was also captured. The attack came as a complete surprise in tho lonelv mountainous region, accora- ing to the report.1 Colonel House Declares Rumored Break Between 1 He And Wilson Is False ' London. Aug. 2S. With regard to a report 'that a break had occurred in his relations with President Wilson, Colonel K M. House today authorized the United Press to quote him as follows: '.So far as I know there is no truth- in tho report. If there ha been any. change in the relations between the president and myself 1 am not awsra of it." i'oloncl House nointcd out that the president had appointed him to serve on the allied mandate commissio which will meet here next year. It was learned that Colonel Hnusa declined to to to Paris to sign the Aiis trian treaty because he was not cer tain whether he would be free to when the treaty was ready and n I - L. ... Jn.!.A 4n aim, thft 1-IH'rmiim IIW till, IH'l m.ntc .v document. ; . " Labor Federation Officials Delve Into Railroad Problem and Demands of Steel Workers Washington, Aug. 28. The entire rail mad nrnbleiu was before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor this afternoon. Resuming its session out of which a definite policy for the future was fram ed, the council met with Glenn E. Plumb framer or tbe PlumD plan, auu repre sentatives of tho four brothorhoods and ten other aff iliutcd railway organiza tion. 1 , ' ' , ' ' President Stono represented the engi ners and President Sliea the firemen. The demands of the shopmen were to be firMt discussed. The committee representing the steel workers today made public a litter r plying to Judge Gary of the steel cor poration, stating that the only way they can prove their authority whieli Gary quest ionel is to put their vote into ef fect. " "We sincerely hope you will not force a strike t0 prove this point," the letter declared. The letter wus mr.de publie following the committee's appearuheo before Use executive council of the A. F. of L. The letter said the conditions of em ployment, homo life and misery in the hovels of steel, workers are bcyoiid de scription. (Continued on page five) . congress to act on the resolutions now