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m ; 5250 CIRCULATION (25,000 BEADEB8 DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS SEEVICJS : ' Oregon: Tonight probably rain west portion, fair and warmer east portion; Wednesday proi- ijLy t ably rain and cooler; moderate nmirinrlv win do. u FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 207.--EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS OM.TRAMB AND KaYWtf STANDS YtTM GENt x i .ii if 1 1 .. it ii.iiiiii.fi ii hii m iy il i i i i i i i i . ii i ii i i i ii i ii ii i i i i i ORGAN ZAT10 RIGHT VILLBE PIFIAFIIRAR Workers To Urge System Of Collective Bargaining At Conference. LEADERS FEE WILSON'S SYMPATHY IS WITH THEM Chance To Discuss Working Conditions And Wage In creases Welcomed. By Kalpu T. Couch , (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Sept. 2. Tho right to organize and 'bargain collectively with respect to wages and working condi tions will bo the principal point organ ized labor will press at the "round ta ble" industrial conference to be called by President, Wilson, leaders here " agreed today. "" j Labor leadors feel they will havo ; the President with them in this de mand and there is belief among some of 1 thorn that the president may go even further "It is the only .way the workers can obtain justice," said Secretary John . Scott of the railway department, Am erican Federation of Labor.- ' We '11 endorse the conference plan if it givos us the right to discuss hotter working conditions and increases with officials of the post office clerks' union. -."It 8 just what the steel workers are contending for," said James Egan editor of tho Weekly INews Letter of the American Federation of Labor. : (franting of the proposal by repre i oontatives of the employers will bring ouick action and lagrocment at the conference, labor loaderg say. " Some favor having organized labor make accession to the proposal a con dition on its participation in the con ference. Most leaders, however, be lieve the demand should be put forth , after the conference convenes. Leaders plan to begin soon a series of formal conferences, at which points in thoir - program will bo framed. Lo cal leaders may be called "to attend the conference from all parts of the United States. The president lias not yet indicated how the conference shall ibe constitut ed. One problem on which the presi dent is .studying, it was learned today, is whether the representatives of the public shall be' named to attend the preliminary meetings of the conference or whether he shall represent the pub lie. As another alternative, the presi- dent mieht call on both capital and labor to send representatives and then ,iaT -P, "J' u '" Ir.V Officials in touch with the presi- Hmt iVtnliAira ho will ciHnnt thrt firct ....... .. ... ..... ..... . - ' " ., r." -- --- , . , , ""r VV r V V; ii0U9 lart3 of the state, but none is would attempt to mediate differences , , ' considered ser;ous' and promote a more fnandljr feeling , The -n fc ffl between labor and capital. Out of ;th; been controlled, and the Fall creek meeting then would grow the bigger b,aze .g muoh .; ved industrial congress , Forpat officiB,g have reported the ,1 resident Bert M. Jewell I and other dUappearance of Thomas Plunkett, off.cials of tl.e ra.lway department, on8'0 jh crew f firc fi fc . American federation of Labor today employed in the McKen.ie dis- annonnccd they are prepared to tnketri nPir Eugene. A search of the ",;'u strikes. Secretary Daniels Justifies Division of America's Naval Force In San Francisco Talk 8a n Francisco, Sept. 2. Secretary of the iNavy Daniels justified the divis ion of American forces into Atlantic and Paeific fleets n an address here today. . He pointed out that, the Pacific fleet, when all its units have arrived, will comprise 525,000 tons, as against the entire American fleet of 225.000 tons that went around the world in 1007 at the direction of Theodore Itoosevelt. , . -. "When we remember," he said, "that we will have a minimum of eight dreadnanghts and eight pre drendnaught battleships with 108 de stroyers, a large number of submarines and the necessary train to support thiir activities, in 'each ocean, the weakest unit of which is very much superior to the corresponding unit of '9S, the division of the fleet can be justified in the eyes of tho strictest of naval strategists. '' aniels nnid a tribute to the fore- thought of Theodore Roosevelt. Refer- rin to the fleet's voyage 'round the world he said: .' - "It was a wise act on the part of President Roosevelt, in keeping with Itafca King Aracuncces Crown Lands To Be wen To Peasants And Heroes Milan, Sept 1 (United Press) King Einannel took ,' another : step, a significant one, along the path of democracy today when he informed Premier Nitti, ac- ', cording to an official announce- ' inent, that he intended to re'in Sc , quish all the crown lauds through out Italy for the benefit of the peasantry and the "combatants for Italian unity." , , - The official announcemtnt states that the king renounces possession of - the buildings on these Iniuls in favor of chnrii- able institutions and organise- tious whose aim is to mitigate - the sufferings which have fob lowed in the wake of the war. The king also announced that in tho future his own private property would be taxed the ' same as that of conraoners. . & Art, ItAN AVIATOR VOT BY MEXICANS 3.3' "4 Captai j avid McNabb Dan gero ? Wounded When Flying Near Border. Laredo, Texas, . Sept. 2.-Captain David B. McNabb, commander second flight Eighth aero squadron, was shot and dangerously wounded by Mexican soldiers today, while flying over tne Rio Grande river near tho llexienn border. About 25 soldiers were in tho Mexican party, Captain McNabb said. More than 100 shots were fired by the Mcxieivns. Lieutenant Johnson, mechanician, who was with Captain McNabb, was not hit. McNabb was flying at a low altitude, 67 miles northwest of Laredo, near the mouth of San Isabel creek, when ho saw the Mexicans, he said. Before tho air plane could' ascend the Mexicans opened fire 4 " The aitplane wag riddled, -.pub .bullet struck McNabb back of the car., MoNabb managed to 'guide tiie plane to American soil, where he lauded Cm the 'ranch of Leyondecker Mulknlly an AinorreKU. He .was taken into the farm er's house and officials at Fort Mcin tosh notified. An airplane with an army physician was rushed to the farm and McNabb 's wound treated. He was rush ed back to tho fort. . A report of the affair was immediately-forward to tho. war department at Washington. Reports of firing at border air patrols has been current for several days. Both Mexican soldiers and customs guards are said to have fired at the airmen; The incident has caused intense eitement in Laredo and vicinity. cx" J Rains Bring Forest Fires In Oregon Under Control Portland, Ore., Sept. 2,-Forest fires n q pctaU,. un,lrr ,,ontrol I . . . ' j aue to the recent rains. i mazes are still smoldering in var- woods i.as failed to reveal a trace of the man, who was last seen August 27. his wisdom in tho construction of the Panama canal. 1 , Bauiels explained that the building of the canal mado -possible the Pa cific fleet. v "The canal," he said, "by saving of time through its use, will permit the concentration of the two fleets in either ocean in time to meet the ene my fleet, and more important than that, by savin the time of transfer and concentration, and thus forewarn ing an enemy that it will be an united fleet he will have to meet and not one half of it, will go & long way towards preventing war." One of the most important effects of the division of the fleet with its annual concentration for drill in one ocean or the other, Daniels said, will be. "the education-of the navy, ron Eress and the people, to the necessity I of having (complete naval bases for (the maintenance of the whole fleet in l-otk oceans, My developing naval bases, he said wi" a,il1 t0 ,he stI"enetll''of ii,e j ; - - (Continued on page two) PRIVATE RAIL II 18 URGED III BILL Cummins Measure Also Asks Government Control And Labor Sharing Plan. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS GIVEN CRIMINAL STATUS Proposal Would Create Com mittee Representing Cap ital And Employes. Washington, Sept. 2. Private owner ship and operation of the railroads un der strict government supervision with labor sharing in management and earn ings, is provided in a bill introduced to day by Senator Cummins, chairman of the senate interstate commerce commit tee. t '. '. ' ' ' ' ' ' ';' '' Strikes and lockouts are made crimi nal offenses by tho bill ,aud elubornte provisions for participation of pmpioyes in fixing- wages and working conditions are made. " . " ' ' ' A joint committee on wages and work ing conditions, on which both sides arc equally represented, is created. A railway transportation board with sweeping powers over tho roads is pro vided. The interstate commerce con. mission would be given complete author ity over issue of stocks and bonds and determination of a fair return. The road would bo .returned the last dny of the mouth in which, the Uiii be comes a law. . ii". i!The bill also provides fori Y ,-. '- Ultimate ro-orgSTHaation.of the. toads into 20 to 35 competitive systems. Employes and public, each to have two members on boards of directors. Excess earnings to be used, one half for purchase of equipment by tho rail way board, to be leased to roads, and tho other half to bo administered by an employes' advisory council for establish ing & svstem or protit sharing lor ein ployes, improvement of working condi tion invention of safety devices, lech nical education of employes and to sup plement employes' pensions and msur ance. . The railway board would have broad powers in re-routiug traffic, compelling joint use of terminals1 and suggesting improvements in sorvice generally. The .Cummins bill is the result of weeks of conferences between liiiway officials, financiers and labor leaders with a special sub-committee of the sen ate. The bill is rocommended by he (Continued on paee foui) HOOVER SAYS PRICES ON FOOD ARTSFICAL Failure Of Allies To Lift Blockade Over Central Europe Also Blamed. Paris, Sept. 2. Iligh food costs in America are entirely duo to failure of the allies to lift tho blockade against central Kuropo immediately after the armistice, Herbert Hoover declared to day in testifying before the American congressional committee investigating war expenditures. Food supplies now held in the Unit ed States are greater than at any time since 1913, Hoover said. This was proof, he added, that he present hlgn costs are artificial. "The delay in lifting the blockade," Hoover said, "caused speculators to corner foodstuffs and hold them, ex pecting that tremendous demands would arise from central Kurope when the embargo was lifted. In the mean time, the countries on that part of the continent bought to tho fullest extent through the economic -council of he al lies. TI119 exhausted their gold reserve, rendering further purchases impossible when the blockade was finally lift ed." Spanish War Veterans In Session At San Francisco San Francisco, Sept. 2. Memories of the day when tie now obsolete battle ship Oregon was the pride of the navy are being recalled today with the open ing of the 21st annual national en campment of United .Spanish War vet ,i..i,....tu. erans here. More than ZUUU OVIUIP nd many visitors are attending the e rod, but no quart. Hell Binklej bad a nent business man, who is to he. txtra . .;?. ill -r.,.ti ihrauoh Vri- stroke o' :iiwnlexy filer while iruiucin'- ditcd from Portland, Or., and whoso an day. iCarranza Warns Foreign Nations Against Trycg To Force Mexican Hand Mexico CSty, Sept. l.-r(Uai-tcd Press.) Mexico will ma-attain her . sovereignty ' ' unhai u:- cd" and -"absolutely cannot ac-". ccpt any limitations on the lib-. erty of Mexican citizens, .Pres ident Cnrrnnza declared toniyat 1 in his mcssnge- before the open ing of congress. Carranza . warned diplomatic representatives . stationed in Mexico to caution their nation als against "occasions of con flict.'.' : The: Mexican govern ment, he said, was making evciy effort to establish order in the country and pointed to condi tions, which he declared marked an appreciable . improvement. The president affirmed Mexico ' intention, of fulfilling her obli gations to foreign countries. , "The law-recognizes damage to foreigners, ", Carraazat 3iid, "and the ' governuient will in demnify such." : -.Carranza cited four cases of international conflict-.;' Conditions along tho Ameri can border, damago to foroign property in Mexico, injury to foreigners on Mexican -soil, and conditions Which had resulted from revolutionary legislation. 3t Sc ff c , 4c 4c 5jc 3(C iSC President says Government Doirii? EverVthin? Possible To Protect lives & Pro perty Within Borders. . Mexico City, Sept. 2.-SpcaUing of the attacks on foreigners and the dam ago to foreign property in his i.-ddress to the Mexican congress last night! President Carranza said: "It is impossible for any government; especmlly following u-'rovolution to pre vent in all portion of its territory of fenses agniiiBt foreigners. The efficacy with which the government has punish ed persons guilty of offenses against foreigners is more significant respecting Mexico than the United States can un derstand on account of the inequality of conditions under which tho people of one country commit offenses against (be cit izens of miother country. "The respectability of Mexico before other countries has been guarded with the energy and prudence demanded by international conditions. The work of the indemnification commission is pro gressing and a law 1ms been introduced providing reparation for damages caused by highwaymen, when not caused by the imprudence of the persons injured. The fomth cause of contact, tho pres ident added, implied limitation on na tional sovereignty. 'The government endeavors to re spect and consolidate existent righln but it absolutely cannot accept any limita tion on the liberty of Mexican c.'tUens, who control their own power necessi- tacs. A conciliatory spirit and a deter mination for harmony compatible with the law will be exerted m order to con quer the difficulties which arise, but we shall maintain our sovereignty unharm ed." (Continued on page two) ABB MAE TIN FOREIClSsiS CARRAIIZA PLEA r I Houirc Marsh Swallow has a haadsoinciof Attorney Oscar Lawler. The jury will ' new sidit bamboo nickel trimmed castin'' at a auto repair bill. FARMERS ARE SUFFERERS OF "Big Five" Responsible For Losses To Stock rroduc- , ers,Says Capp 1; MARKET MANIPULATION y CHARGED BY SENATOR Price Break Blamed Upon Packers As Effort To De feat Legislation. Washington, Sept. 2. Demand that witnesses be put under oath when testifying op, bills to regulate . the packers before the senate agri cultural committee was made today by Senator Eenyon, Iowa and sup ported by Senator Kendrick, Wyom ing. By Raymond Clapper . i (United Press Staff Correspoiiaeu. Washington, Sept. 2. Virtual packer control of five livestock markets is re sponsible for heavy lassos to producors during the last ten days, senator cap per, Kansas, said today. . Tho recent market bicuk wus cited by Capper - as a reason which legislation along the lines proposed in tho Kenyon and kendrick bills should be enacted by congress. Y Capper 's statement cornea on the heols of a similar ono from the National .Con sumers ' League. -"While -there is probably no 'ptoof that tho big packers actually controlled the situation, I cannot but believe that thev have been a factor;; Capper aid. -MI thitik thc'ninrkot would havt boon better off in such an emergency if the big five did not have practical control, They did. nothing to brace up the mar ket and I can see nd good roaso;t for a decline to the extent we have just wit nessed. "I am naturally disappointed that a scare of this kind should be thrown out at a time when it would tend to arrest the movement for regulator logisla tion." The National Consumers .League-. de clared that the packers, with then ware houses bulging with food, could afford to cease buying just as the senate hear ings on the Kenyon and Kendrick bills got under way. "The farmers of the country aro lie- nig mado to suiter lor tne sins 01 tnc packers as in times past," the league states. (Continued on page two) . , COnON CROP BELOW NORMALJN AMERICA Estimate Puts Production Nearly Mion Bales Be hind Last Year. Washington, Sept. 2. (United Press) A total cotton production of 11,230,000 bales was forecast by tho crop estimate bureau of the agricultural department on the basis of reports from field agents August 23. Total production last yea was 12,040,532 bales. Tho condition on August 26 and 61.4 rur cent, eooimvrcd with a condition of 67.1 per cent July 25 and 55.7 per cent in August a vear ago. The total production forecast indi cates wt estimated yield per acre of about 159.8 pounds. ' Cotton picking has already begun In the southern portion of Texas, Alabama, Georgia und Florida. First baling has been reported , from Mississippi and Louisiana. "The boll weevil did serious dam age,", the bureau says, "over consider able areas in Texas and Oklahoaia and to a limited extent i'l Arkansas and Louisiana. Rains damaged the crop in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana." Portlander Mentioned In Lawler Bomb Outrage Case Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 2. The coun ty graud jury will convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and complete its in- ivrstieation of tho bombinb of the home return n-n indictment against a promi- name-tbe jury refused to divulge. paws SHIS KahnHoHsMefcsdsOf Taxation To Blame For , Higher Cost Of living ' New York, Sept. 2. Remedial' measures to eliminate direct con- . tributary causes for the high cost of living were suggested to- day by Otto H. Kalin, Of Kahn Loeb & company. - Expressing the belief that the. ' system of taxation adopted in this country since 1917 played a considerable - part in boosting prices, Kahn suggested appoint- inent of a non-political body of , experts to try the offects of the various kinds of taxation in ' force during and since the' end . of the war and to make rccom- mendations to congress. ' The excess profits 'tax, Khn said, had hot stopped, but ra.l v had intensified profiteering. The income tax, ho said, is a breeder of extravagance and thus Of higher pricos; PRACTICES OF DOUSTS MARTIALARE SUED Lawyer Veteran Declares Sol diers Were Denied Proper Defense, : Washington, Sept. 2. W. B. Thomas Minneapolis lawyer, who served as a private in tho A. E. F., told tho senate military affairs sub-committee that army officers tried to prevent him from def onding accused comrades " before courts-martial in France. He declared that excessive punish ments were inflicted and cited numer ous instances In support of his charges. Thomas told how he was sentenced to four months in a prison camp for being absent without leave while he was in an army hospital suffering from influenza, - Thomas charged that ho was "rail roaded" to-prison because ho, as ' lawyer, had helied defond private Hot eliers in his unit who were haled before courts-martial. His knowledge of the law and his insistence that accused men get their rights angered officers at courts-martial, Thomas said and re sulted In his four months' sentence. He told the committee how a soldier named Paul Smith, of Bisbee,- Aria., who had been so badly wounded that one leg was useless, was sent' to a prison camp, wheTO ho was forced to work with Austrian prisoners, simply because he refused to make up his bed in the hospital on the ground that he was unabe to do so. Insurgent Movement Among Illinois Miners Is Killed St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2. (United Press) Tho insurgent movement among Illinois miners has lost out, according to David Reid, chairman of the insurgents "state policy committee. . Held said ho had stopped attempts to gam ndheronts. ; 1 Charters of 25 local miners' unions in various sections of Illinois were n voked late yesterday by President Fairington, of tho state miners organization, it be came known today. Fnrrlngton said efforts will be made at once to weed out radicals in locals that wore not "oxpellcd from tho state union. - -. ' Witness Says Many of Disquc's Men Did Not "Know Spruce Tree From Rosebush;" Waste Charged Portland, Or., Sept. 2. (L'nited Press.) That tho construction or tne government railroad in Lincoln lbuh-j by the spruce division was a " waste of public funds,", and that lots of the soldiers who were engageo m tnu worx " didn't know a spruee tree from a rose bush,' 'are statements which were mad.) u - tn.in.. i... t n vritini- Miller was tho first witness called when the congressional sub-committee resumed its investigation of spruce pro- ditctioa expenidtures in Portland this morning. Miller, who had constructed a logging railroad into tho Lincoln county tim ber not far from Toledo, Or., criticised the fuiluro to extend this liue and the fact the 'spruee production division threw a line around Otter Rock on the const, and then back into the timber. The witness testified that thu mill built by the government in the Toledo locality cannot be utilized, except for its machinery, because, ho said, "it is too short on one or.d and too long on the other." Lawyers, doctors und dentists, con- PACIFIC AM L PORTS I'M HE Unprecedented Program Cf Development To Foiisw . Fleet Orgadzatica. 1 DANIELS GATHERS DATA FOR FUTURE REFTJZE Aviation Station And S-brzr- ine Base Phsned Fcr Cd-; umbia River. By M. D. Tracy San Francisco, Cnl., Sept, 2. The Pa cific coast may prepare for an bnmu- cendted program of naval dcrelapmes as n- result of the nrirunlzatlon of tie Pacific fleet. . . . . . Secretary. Daniels on his present trip is gathering data on which be wili base recommendations to congress which will embody a program involving the imme diate expenditure of millions of dollars, la this he is being assisted by Itcar Ad miral Parks, McKean and McCurmlnV nnd Commander Hilton of tho bureau ef supplies and accounts. . Hy September 24 the secretary will give to congress his recommendations for the first work to bo done. It lis, apparently, quite certain this report will cover all or part of each of the follow ing items: . - -j Kstuhlishmcnt of a naval training sta tion at Suu Dieco. ; " ' . Construction ot a now naval hot nit al at Balboa Park, Run Diego. ' , : ; Probable continuance of the Ran Pedro submarine base, established during tn war. - 1 - i Extensive additions to tho Peaii Hi.-r- bor, IT. T., nnvv base, including addi tions to the present shop facilities and hospitals. Itecommendutions ns to the esli.-blisB- ment of the new naval baso and navy yard at San Frcwiseo, ' " j Establishment of an aviation station and submarine base on the Columbia river, probably in tho vicinity ot As toria. - " . Y 1 Extensive improvements to naval fa cilities on Fugot Sound, particularly a-t Bremerton. ' t t The work will require nppropi bitterns of maTiy million dollars ybeforn com pleted. Tho policy of the navy depart ment will be to make the first work that is immediately required for t''0 handling of the cast naval force ti: comprise tho Pacific fleet. Later, attention is to be paid to the smaller projects, sueh as pro posed establishment of the submarine and aviation hases on the secondary harbors of tho Coast, All of this work will be based largery on the report of the so-culled Holm board which investigated and reported on i detail the rnvul needs of the Pteifie. coast just prior to the war. Combined with the data which this report contains will be the lessons trained from tho war and the results of detailed; personal study of certain specific phases of the (Continued on page two) . ! tinned Miller, largely made up the 510 l v m f'""""-"-"- in Lincoln county ,ndilmir that tncy pro duced from five "sides" only as miiea as 5a experienced men in his employ produced, T H..n.eH,ntative tj(,. Miller adn.it- t,mt thp Tolo(lo mill wa8 wcij built . govr,,,.,,,, purposes: that the spruce soldiers, though inexperience, were willing. ' "They eould have been logging spruee a mile irom tiie c .rt vl iy uni, t witness testified. "Would you consider the building of the road along the coast necessary t" asked Congressman Magee. "No," was the reply. "Would yon consider it a waste of public fundsl" continued Magee. ; "To my mind it was," said Wilier. "Lots of the men sent down there .u n't know a spruce tree from u rose bush." '..-' .: The witness declared no pruductisa resulted from the Lincoln county i- (Continucd on pnge twe) BED AHEAD