THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919.
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.Augi 30..
. ment tnai tu , idcilt Bredicl that h will not. .
iu tour or ""4'- tensively With' the amendments the
lively lew ' committee- is starting out to make,
Federation ofliabor start-" . . I '..:.r
. I. .. . . 1 . . . J. 1 . : .. t
Umax may soon oe ei- '
i ing
American
ing totnorrow, . convinces .. Washington
. tutav that a e
peCted 1" Iflo uupicccuiuuu buuhuvu
, gripping the country. '
". in addition to his fight lor the trea
1 ty and league of nations, the trip will
' afford the president an opportunity to
' put squarely- before the country his po
' sitioii-on the-matter of wage increases
while attempts at lowering the cost of
i living are' just getting under way.
The shopmen, wuose smite woum ay
therefore, that no irie issue can be de
feated .on its details, they expect the
president . to make his fight , of the
league covenant as an instrument that
will prevent wars, relying on what
the 'believe to be the popular demand
for the league" to guarantee defeat of
the senate's detailed objections.
piucn, num umo nuura i-1 . . . IT . . n, -
uroaeh a tieup of the railroads ot the ' Imfta! I flltS lit First
; country, are uoi saunirou wuu mo jico
, ident's disposition of their case. But
one of 'the big questions that will be
' answered before the president starts
"his trip, is whether the American Fed-1
'eration of labor wtll get .behind him
' or bark of the' shopmen."
The president's friends are confident
: of A. F. of L. support in view of the
stabilizing position the labor organiza
tion has taken throughout the war
: emergency. Should the executive coun
cil aivc the shopmen its support in re-
; fusing to. accept the terms submitted,
.however, it is pointed out that the cn
,t;re labor situation would be thrown
nido open, with innumerable strike pos
sibilities., -t
' Uncertainty during the last few
wocks as to whether the president,
would actually make Ms trip is attrib
uted to the fact that tho treaty situa
tion had not so crystallized as to indi
cate exactly -what the .president would
have to. flight.-His friends, point out
-that the president really-hasn't fought
at all to date. He has merely waited
,to see. how far the opposition would
The action of the foreign relations
eommittee has determined that the re;
Division Back Saturday
New York, Aug. 30. The first troops
of the' First division will arrive Satui
doy on the transport Pastorcs, it was
fmiouuced today ' at. the port of em
barkation, Hoboken. Nineteen' officers
and thirty enlisted men will comprise
the units; -
- The- Pastores, which left Brest Au
gust 21, bringing 1473 officers and men
including a number of casual compan
ies ...
Spokane Refuses Increased
Pay To Employes Of City
iSpokaijie,- 'Wash.-. Aug. -30. At the
election -Tuesday, voters refused wage
increases of : 15 percent .to all city em
ployes, and turned, down, proposed, in
creases of 25 percent to firemen and
police. Firemen and the police nact ini
tiated the increase petitions which re
sulted in the election. The vote was
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DISTILLERS REALIZE
DAMAGE OF SALOONS
Booze Barons Want Return Of
Whiskey But Not Ot
Former System.
-New York, Aug. 30. (United Press)
Distiilorsare wondering what they are
going .to do with the huge stocks of liq
uor left on their hands when the nation
went into its prohibition period.
They believe, 'according to O. H. Via
then, who is head of Kentucky 's largest
whiskey manufacturing plant, that whis
key will come back some of these days,
but even they are firm against allowing
it to come back in tho old way.
"We don't want saloons," .VVathcn
said today. "W-e would have liquor take
its place as a commodity, to be disposed
of at the grocery or the department
store." We have no patience with the
saloon. It got us into all our tiouDla
A man used to drop into a saloon, begin
consumine whiskey, and walk out a
staggering drunk. He went home and
annoyed his wife, the neighbors saw
him and pitied him. The drys pointed
to him as a horrible exumple, and whis
key took all tho blame. We believe
whiskey can be handled right in this
country, and we are going to make a
fight to that end. Abolish the saloon
and let the householder buy his whiskey
and take it home. That's whet we want
to happen, and wo want to do away with
the bad whiskey that mtido physical
wrecks of people. Good whiskey won't
hurt any one unless he makes a pig of
himself."
Wathcn estimated that there is $77,
000,000 in whiskey tied up in govern
ment warehouses. The government
agents hold the key to this stock, not
the distillers. A great deal of it repre
sents the capital of distillers. They want
a chance to get rid of it, and are Roping
that congress will in some way declaro
war prohibition at an end and give them
a chance to sell off the accumulation.
"If congress will allow us to start in
September to got rid of our-stocks,"
said Wathen, "we will come near dis
posing of it by the time the national
prohibition law goes into effect. I think
we are. entitled to some consideration, ...
"We can't get insurance on stock un
less politicoB had been issued before pro
hibition went into effect. . Insurance
companies fear destruction of the liquor
by some fanatic, so we aro facing more
than merely a loss through confiscation.
If a fire were to start in some of these
plants it wuld wipe out the men who
are holding the stocks."
Wathen said that when the govern
ment banned tho use of corn, barley and
rye in the manufacture of whiskey, it
was with the understanding that war
time prohibition would be lifted in timo
to allow the dealers' to' dispose ot then
stocks. This promise, ho declared, has
not been kept.
Asked if export business was reliev
ing the situation any, the distiller said
the effect was hardly noticeable. .
"They don't care for American whis
key in England, Ireland and Scotland,
he said. "They prefer Irish and Scotch-
whiskies. We are shipping some abroad,
but not a gret deal and within a short
time that avenue will bo cut off. In
France they prefer wines. "
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LOIR FOOD PRICES
IMS LILY
Ames Says Material Drop Due
Soon As Result Of Fed
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By Ralph E. Couch
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Aug. 29. Very mater
ial decreases in food prices will occur
within 90 days, Judge Ames, assistant
attorney general in charge of the gov
ernment 's price jjcampaign, predicted
today.
A general reduction of 25 per cent
will finally result from the govern
ment's ef forts, "ifcrtos suid.
Aims statement followed a letter by
the shopmen s leaders advising their
men to withhold striking for 90 daya
to give the government time to make
good in its fight to bring down prices.
Ames went into conference with gov
ernors of seven states and Attorney
General Palmer. The governors are
here to offer state aid in cutting pric
es.
"Reductions," Ames said "already
have been forced in many localities in
cluding New York, Tennessee and Ida
ho. A big drop in hog prices, whicn
occurred yesterday at Chicago, is one
effect of the government's campaign.'
HOP PICKING TIME COMES
. - PICKERS ARE PLENTIFUL
as comparatively few inen will go into
the hop yards this season as pickers.
With few or no actual transactions,
hops are still quoted at 50 to 53 cents,
for tho season's product. A largo part
probably 75 to 80 per cent of the
crop is contracted.
Henry L. Bents, who visited the Sil-vnrtnn-Mt.
Ancel hoo section, states
that the crop has been greatly reduced
there by the ravages of the red spider.
One small fuggle yard of five acres in
which picking is already tinisnea, uuu
only 106 boxes Aurora Observer.
Prince Of Wales Asks No
Exclusive Society Stunts
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 30. There
will be no-exclusive society functions
hold l ero for tho Prince of Wales. U
himself put a stop today to plans f-.r
receptions where only mvii-j i iiu
were to be admitted.
TM urn nh i n 1 from ' Toroiuo, ' He
Prince's aides asked that the j-, bjic
Via invi tofl tn all functions hcli! fur lui"
in this city. Invitations had'
been issued by Lady Aikin '
Sir James Aikins, (:overn-i-tcba
for a garden party. Tfc- e
u;icelle(i following rcceij'
rincc's telegram.
"About two to throe days after our
arrival in Baltimore (August, iwiuj
came news that tlireo cruiHers were ply-
g at the entrance to- Clicsiipeako
Bay," he wrote. "A tew (lays inter
wo had information that two hnglish.
and two French cruisers were operating
ut the entrance in the day, but with
drew farther out at night. These cruis
ers apparently knew the path We toon
in und were anxious to eaten us on tne
outward journey. We learned, too, that
some fishing bouts, that ordinarily, did
not remain in the channel, had stopped
there and put out a very long net, Jiop-
ing to entangle our gears therein, i
ascertained, too, that a firm in Bostoi
hud supplied a dozen microphones to
English account. What a triumph it
tion, however notified tho Baltimore au
thorities injttolniUthepress bouts.
APPLE CROP 13 LARGE
iu just coming into bearing. yc;r
oniy some four or five acres weiv, unit
out :f the Mouioe district, unit u few
cuiH out of the Hheriilaii dintni'l, in mi
ll-
The dry weather has undoubtedly
reduced the hop crop-from 5000 to 10,
000 bales. The latest estimates by deal
ers, with state wide sources of infor
mation, place the crop at one third the
normal crop in the days when the in
dustry was flourishing.
Orowerg report the supply of pickers
sufficient. The large yards have -boon
ed all they need, and the smaller yards
are certain to have all they need.
Some of the fuggle yards are beginning
to pick this week. Some of the early
cluster yards will begin the first, and
other, about the eighth of September,
Most of the growers are paying $1.BU
per 100 pounds. Pew of the yards pick
"bv the box" any longer, but "by
weight" the fairest method for both
nicker and erower.
It is estimated that nearly 10,000
pickers will share in the $400,000 to
500.000 that will be paid out for
picking the Oregon crop this year. Thisjonl
will go mostly to women and children ric
CAPTHN TELLS HOW
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::'ti-iiJv
.v.r".. of
t Maui
.nt was
of the
Konig Explains Evasion Of
tieray fatrols ay want
Submarine In 1916.
By Carl D. Groat.
United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Berlin, Aug. 30. Though allied war
ships lingered outside Norfolk, Va., and
fUhing boats with nets sought to en
tangle him, Captain Paul Konifl, master
of the U-bont Dcutsehliind made Ins es
cape safely on his first journey to Amer
ica
What a
would have been for tho English if they
could have captured us."
Konig declared that ho was a bit
skeptical about American neutrality and
fearful lest the Americans should not
prevent the British from coming within
the three mile limit.
On tho first of August, tho Deutsch
hind took its departure. Konig said
that he had hoped to be ablo to avoid
press boats but had not been able to do
so. However, lie rejuiceci uikv cmm
on, and he loxt his press pursuers. How
ever when he reached Newport ews
he wits lmiled by a press boat.
That night he made for the three mile
limit, submerging and emerging severul
timvs. He spied fishing boats in the dis
tance, and altered his course. Also, an
Ar'f-'-nn destrover passed overhead,
Havlir 'alien a new course when he
spied the fiM'!i hoets, he turned on his
electrical engine.", ' --.'1 when lie ascer
tained that there were no founds of en
emy craft, he headed out to ea at some
distance from where the fishing hoats
ere stationed.
"In the little messroom of the
Deutsclilnnd, I drank a bottle of wine
with the officers nnd engineers, which
had been given us by German American
friends," he concluded. "Wo drank
to a snfo journey; Twenty-two iiny
Inter we came into the port of Bremen
safely. "
Portland, Or. Aug. 30. For the first dition to the fruit raised for tocrl
time in Oregon history tho Willamotto nmnption.
vnllev this veur will outer the apple ship New i rchards, responsible ta
ping class, sending out, in addition to
the fruit used in tho valley, between
300 and 400 carloads, according to dnta
collected by F. Ij. Kent, state field
agent for the federal bureau of crop
estimates.
The sensational increase, which ap
pears almost beyond belief in tho light
jf the few scattered cars sent out last
year, is .tseribed by Kent to the heavy
flu'csngc in nil parts ot tho valley wiucn
the
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present year's increases, cro
between ciirht and nine yoms ng
have bee-i well cared for.
The new commercial orchards, which,
will put the valley in the shipping
class, are in tho following district: Lor
raine, which it is reported will hvo an
extraordinarily big yield; Vivadoro and
the Fern Ridge country, the Monroe ilts
trict, Corvnllis, the Broadmead district,
Kheridun and Albany.
M
Konig's pla-v for outwitting the press
boats at Baltimore is believed to have
been n attempt to get the Baltimore
He has just written an neeount of tlic i eity officials to hold up the boots on the
outward voyage in the Bremen Nach-jpipB that the had not hud proper in
richten. Isnection. Tho Washington admiuistrn-
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