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lflMliflODDD ' i -;..,....,.. " -:..'., -- - - ' w Oregon. . Tonight ' and Sat- ; urday probably rain? moderate ' southerly winds, i.. ' M . m 5250 CIRCULATION (25,000 READERS DAILI) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of u ... . CircsJations. rrTTTrTT FULL LEASED WIRE 2 DISPATCHES ' SPECIAL WILLAMETTE f VALLEY NEWS SERVICE 'J PRICE TWO GENTS ' S ' SMfSSmL-A FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 210. TEN PAGES. SALEM, OREGON; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919. Y ' A ' ' A A G7 - fl VWvV ? v .-.'X - .-. ' p " t 1-4) r r on ap run WILOUi TO BRING BID :- TO DEMI Gompers Requests Y v"dent ' 111 nil aUgC Mlll CI CliV s , : Pacify Steel Workers? LEADERS LOSING HOLD : OVER LISTLESS. UNIONS Refusal Of Judge Gary To Hear Demands Threatens :" To Precipitate Strike.-- . " Washington, Sept. 5. Acting-for. steel workers, President Samuel Gompers of the American Fodefatioa of, Labor, to day wired President Wilson -asking him to use his influence 'm arranging a con ference with the United - Sui tes bteel Corporation. - ' Wilson is askod to make his reply be fore Tuesday when, the presidents ot 24 international unions ot the steel miius' try will be here to decide on f uturo ac ' tion. . -y-s. -. . . . Thetelee-rnm declares that while the men have been restrained from striking thev are "indignant" and that s atrike toht endaneer the whole' struc ture which the president has built up for the adjustment of industrial disputes, The message declared that "having thus far been enabled to prevail upon the men not to .engage in a generaH strike, the labor leaders cannot now at i'irin how much longer we will be able iu . avftit Hill irtf lllPllCfi. " . .Tndife Garv. head of the Cinted States Steel Corporation, has refused two appeals to meet a committee of steel j workers... Following this Gompcrr find ; iel men visited President Wilson and, laid the" whole, ease of : the,.; steel nien lofore him. , ; ' ; The telegram sent today was taken to indicate thut. the president at that time had told the stctfl men he would try to bring about Ki conference. ; he telegram was framed at a meet ing here today of the national organiza tion committee of the steel industry. It reads: . " t. r - - J ' "The executive committee reprcsent Mg the various international unions in the various iron . and steel industry met today' tp consider the awful condition which exists -in munv of the iron and steel industry centers. The coercion, the brutality employed to prevent men and-umons from meeting in halls eu ituaod on private -property in the open nir, the thuggery of the corporation's emissaries, the wholesale discnarge of numbers of men for no reason other than the one assigned that -they have become members of the unions, have brought about & situation that it is ex- ccedinelv difficult to witnnoia or re sttain the indignation of the mad and the resistance that they declared it is their purpose to present. "The executive committee replying upon the case as presented to you last week and your earnest declaration to endeavor to bring about a conference for the honorable and peaceful adjust ment o the matters in controversy have thus far been enabled to prevail upon the men not to engage -in a ' general strike. . . : "We ca-wiot now confirm how mncn lorgcr wo shall be able to exert that (Continued of Page Seven.) i HuliLU INTERNATIONAL COURT TO PREVENT WAR URGED Lansing Explains Legal Side ' Of Peace Conference To Barristers. Boston, Mass.. Sept. 5. Internation al justice, interpreted and applied by an impartial court, can do ntore to pre vent future wars than any agency, sin gle or collective, operating in. the onltpre of dinlomaev. This note was sounded repeatedly in. the address of Secretary Lansin? to members of the American Bar association here this af ternoon. " ' International democracy exists in the sphere of lecal justice and up to .the present time, in no other relations .between nations," Landing asserted. ' Continuing, he advocated establish ment of an international tribunal or tribunals of justice with The Hague eourt as a foundation, and a concise bolv of legal principles. Taking as his subject "Some legal questions of the pc-aee conference," Lansing compare.! international law Wilson Terms LeaMe Absolute CoM Z - - 1 -r- - - Opponents and Exponents of Treatylin Senate Prepare To Battle; Reservations Issue Leader Of Administration fight In Senate SENATOR HITCHCOCK FIRST SPEECHES NOT SURPRISING IS VIEW President's Talks Yesterday Hold little Not Expected " Beforehand. By Fred S. Ferguson . (United Press Staff Coiresuoiulent.) Washington,. Sept. li. Friends , ai:d opponents of Preiitlent AVils.m expressed their cpiuum . the iresi-, ueut s first wo aim-! -tt raucut what they had expected." Those close to the president believed he would not jnnke his fight on the de tails of the treaty and covenant but would put thein before the psople as in struments to prevent future wars. They declared, however, that the president hus not "warmed up" yet and that as Lc i-.vojii.ised with his trip, his spucrhes would become stronger. Republicans took -the view that the first two speeches dealt merely with generalities. Some reply was expected from the senate floor today but the real ly warm long range exchanges were ex pected to develop later. The repuon cans resent the president's statement that the treaty crites are apparently not informed of what it contains, as tliey believe they have studied it quite as closely as the president. -That little doubt is folt as to the suc cess, of the covenant, is revealed by the announcement of the league to' enforce pence, stating that he organization com mittee of the league on which Colonel House represents the United States has made "much headway tward making arrangements for the first mcpting of the leauo." and diplomatic procedure as means of settling disputes between nations. Asserting that nine tenths of all in ternational controversies arise over questions pertaining to the possession of sovcrigury and the conflicts of sov ereign rights, Ljrnsiug advanced the opinion ItMit the maudatory system must stand the test of the legality of Us sovereign rights. Jf the system is not worked out from the legal point ot view it will "result in confusion, he said. . Lansin? aroused keen interest when he explained the processes by which the commission reached its decision re garding the fate of the former Ger man emperor and others charged with responsibility for the war. Jn view' of Germany's conduct dur ing the war, he explained the difficul ty" in maintaining a strictly judicial p'oint of view in arriving at decisions. "In the end, he said, "it wa de cided that a report could not be made charginj the ka'iser with Segal crimin ality for beginning the war or invad , ing Belgium and Luxemburg. It was (Continued on page four) By L. 0. Martin j (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Sept. 5. TliC"sesinte treaty fight entered its final pints to day. , - Tho foreign relations committee has finished work on the pact which Presi dent Wilson submitted to tho senate July 10. As sooii as the treaty can be reprint ed for amendments and the report ou it written, Senator Lodge will lay it be fore the senate. This will occupy some days and tho actual consideration of the treaty, article by article, as required by senate rules, probably will not begin for more than a we. As tho se.iite wiM receive it from the committee, the treaty, will coutaiu sev eraiiinportant changes in its toact, and carry four reservations s. part ot the resolution of ratification. - . Adoption of these reservations lacs yesterday, in a two hour committer sen Mon. broke down inc linos wuicu n-ii termed ou other quiv:0.is, when oena tot Shields,. democra;, ' tea with I'-ie re publican majority sa Javur of tin res ervations and expressed sympathy with the purpose of the fourth. , Senator McCumber, republican, who1 hus steadfastly refused to join his par ty colleagues in amending the treaty textually also votl for two of tho res ervations and expressed the boiief tnal without reservations -the treaty must fail. "Tho real battle from now on, it, is conceded by- both sides, will center on the reservation. - " , The" majority report -of the commit tee wilT"bo 'yotitminous. Senator1 Ledge 3.id today lie plans to discuss 'the :.nienduicnts and reservations fhliy and to ict forth tho reasons for then adop tion... . ' ' ' r -'...'-.... i ollowiug submission of the majority, report, Seuator Hitchcock, "ra.ikt ig democrat of the comtnittee, will present a minority report in which he will re peat arguments tho administintion has made against amendments or reserva tions which will force re-submission ot the treat' to other nations. - ; The reservations proposed by the ma jority would do this, for the resolution of ratification in which they are em bodied.tprovides that the senate's rati fication shall not be effective until the four reservations have ben affirmative ly acted on by at least three of the other lout principal powers, England, France, Italy and Japan. Upon this provision there will be, senators' predicted, a tremendous strug gle. Lodge and his supporters declare it must be made part of the ratlnm. tion so there can be no doubt tuat the senate's interpretation of the treaty is understood and accepted by the other powers, or a majority of them. President Wilson, however, und all his supporters, have declared again and agai:i that such re submission would spell disaster to the treaty or delay the actual operation of the peace settle ment and might in the end overturn all that has been done in Paris. The reservations adopted cover with drawal from the league, article 10, do mestic questions and the Monroe doc trine. - The first provides that the right of the United States to withdraw, as pro vided in article 1, shall not be condition ed upon fulfillment of international ob ligations or upon any other nations "say so," as to whether this country has fulfilled its obligation. The second reservation exempts the , United States from any obligation un- dor article 10 of the league covenant to guarantee tho territorial integrity or po- ' litical independence of any other na tion, member o the league or not, by force of arms Or economic boycott, un less congress shall decide the cause re quires American participation, and It rcfuir. Acceptance by the United States of a mandate for any nation, except by congressional consent. Tiif ihiid reserves all domestic ques tions. siLh as tariff, immigration and co.tt vine traffic, to the jurisdiction o'f the 1. mted States. Th? tounh asserts that the Jionroe doetrine will never be submitted by this go -eminent io arbitration or to .nter pretution by the league or foreign pow ers. . The amendments to the text of the treaty include: Returning Shantung to Chimin instetd of giving it to Japan; giving the Uni ted States an equal number of votes with Great Britain in the league assem bly and providing that in event of size or voting strength of the council shall change, the United States shell have votes equal to those of aiy other na- (Continued on page two) OPPONENTS OF PACT SCORED AS DREAMERS -MtT y President Drops Customary Soft Language la Speech At St. Louis Today. CHARGES POLITICS PUT HIGH IDEALS IN SHADE Wild Outbursts Of Cheering Punctuate StraigBt-Froiih The-Shculier Attack, St.- Louis,- Sept.- 5. ''Absolute con temptible qunrers'' was rhc epithet ap plied by President -Wilson :. this after noon to those who refuse to go through with America's program to end svll wars, which Wilson believes can be accom plished by means of the league of na tions. -(,-.'-. v. In a speech at the chamber of com merce luncheon here, he bitterly , de nounced those who seek to prevent the Unitod States joining the league. ' i.jis cnsBiug men .who declare -'tho United States should not go jto wait to "pro tett every little nnjiqn in, the world, " the president said: . . "Let them show me how they will keep out-of war by not protecting .them. Let. them showmo how -they will prove ini;-i naving gun ui.n hu euivepnac, they are not absolute contemptible quit ters' if they don 't seo the game through. "They joined. with the rest of us in the profession of fine purpose whon we , went into the war. They went in and they professed to go in to see that no body after Germany. defeat should re peat tho experiment Germany tried. ' ' , Outburst after outburst of cheering punctured Wilson's attack on the treaty foes. He spoke with vigor and stock out his jaw, pounding on the rail for emphasis. "Those gentlemen are dreaming," he cried. "They arc living in a past age, which haa gone, and is all but forgotten, when they say 'wc can mind our own business.' " With regnrd to Shantung, Wilson said ho believed Japan would fulfill its prom ise to restoro the sovereignty of that province to China. If article 10 of the league, which guarantes members of the league pro tection against external aggression should be tampered with, Wilson said, he would feel like telling the American soldiers of the world war that they had been betrayed, because they fought to ond war and war was not ended. In conclusion, he solemnly warned that failure of the treaty would mean war, saying: Text of Address. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. o.Followii:g is the text of the president's address: "Mr. Johnson, your honor, Mr. Mayor, Indies and gentlemen: (Continued on page three) ABE MAJtTIN Th' honeymoon is shot when you fere-it an ' use a company- towel. Oliver j Moots says he alius hates t' hit anythin' 'when he's- ridin' a motorcycle 'cause I he has t walk back so fer t' git on again. Enemies Quitters President Driving Plain and Hard facts In His Addresses To Constituents of Opponents i By hngh BailUe . (United Press staff correspondent) St. . Louis, MO., Sept. 5,-Presidcnt Vlsoa, driving through the territory of opposition senators in his campaign for ratification of the peace treaty, arrived ia Sti Louis today, ready, to maKo two speeches. i,, '"V , ... Wilson ""has hfel fighting clothes on:,"- it has iboen stated informally- on his special train, and ho is. ready for a roueh and tumble verbal tussle with. opponents of the peace settlement. He ia ready to "Moody tnem" according to those close to him. This change. In tuctics on the pres ident 's part ' first became noticeable last night at Indianapolis, where he told those resisting the treaty to "put up or shut up,'T and to koep quiet un less they had a -better -plan than he be--lietos iSi . to be for, preserving world peace.V:,;i',':' ,-' ,'' '.' ? i: -: ' " ; . Wilson.' lt.. was learned, is going to put more such fighting phrases into his discourses' hereatter, using Blang that the people can understand to make him Self more clear in contrast to his epi grams of previous speaking tours. Wilson o-Dviousiy is trying io mane his addresses more like ."heart "to heart" talks than orations. So far he hag: mode no spectacular effort and never has appeared like a declaimer. What he wants to do, it was learned, is to expound the treaty. He thinks it is not generally understood; that those who do not like it do not Know what it's-all about, and going on this theo ry, he intends to go . into minuto do tails on many phases of It. '. . '. In effect, ha says to' "is audiences ,"yquf senators don t understand this document, so I 'm going to explain it to you and. then you can tell your sen ators how to vote on it." This la the object of his journeys. So far, he has talked! principally about the league of nations. His trend is that, with the league, war will pe. made "violently improbable," while without the league another war will develop as soon as nations with pre datory instincts have recovered from tho last upheaval and feel that on op portnntc. timo to strike has come. Points in the league covenant and the league terms which are open to criticism are insignificant compared with the single that the league is a war preventative, in his opinion. Wilson is laying emphasis on his con tention that nations which violato the '"league rules" can be forced to. sub mit without the sacrifice Of a single life in warfare. This could .be brought' about, he believes, bv the application of a boycott which would hermetical ly seal the offending power, preventing all intercourse with it. This, he says, "is a terrible weapon," which is pro vided under he covenant. Tho president will devolop his line of argument as he moves westward. His advisers say ho is not even, using shorthand notes now, but is talking about what eomcs into his mind as he faces each crowd. After every speech he shows eagerness to get on to tho next point and make another one. He dislikes prepared speeches, be lieving they lose their enthusiasm and much of their forccfulness and "cool off" before delivery. : Another thing Wilson has sought to drive home is that he is not seeking to make the treaty a political issue. He is touring as a democrat, ho said at Indianapolis but as a democrat with a small "d." . "I would be ashamed to dlsenss this matter as a democrat and not as an American," he said at Richmond, Ind. , Wilson is keenly anxious for his worils to be placed before the largest number of readers and he has frequent ly asked little groups about tho rear platform of his car to read his speeches in the newspapers. I ithouzh the president had no idea of making rear platform speeches when this tour -was launcd, it seems likely he will deliver them in increasing num ocrs. , . i At every stop there are cries of "tell us about it, Woodrow," from those who cluster about his car. At first he tried to na.s this off with talk about the weather or about what a fine look- ing town "you folks have here." Ap-1 pareatly he now believes, nowever, that there is eoinotking to be gained h- briefly addresdnir every handful of voters that he can reach, and he has besrun to respond to the demand for "how about it, Woodrow tell us something about it speech." Woodrow is tho name most frequent ly heard when crowds greet the presi dent. "Wilson" is shouted, of coiire, but manv eall for Woodrow" or for "Wobdy," The women in the crowds evidently want to see Mrs. Wilson more than they want to see the president. Shrill eries of "Mrs. Wilson show us Mr. Wilson." rinii out over the men's bass ' (Continued on page two) A s 9) Retiring As State Tax rAmmicoiAfiAf v VVlUIUUVtflV UVl CHARLES V. I ALLOW AY SU1KWKES lUiailCDB Crowds Break Thru Lines Of Guards And Sara To ! Side Of President St. LoulsMO., Sept. ij.rrCrpwfls, which cheered and with wa-vlng flags struggled to break through police lines and swnrin about his automobile, greeted President Wilson hore today. ' '.,-.-.. The noise of voices mingled in tremen dous shouts of welcome was continuous all tho way from the outskirts of the city where the presidential special strip ped, to the hotel where Wilson wuit for, a short Test before making his speech at the Chambor of Commorco lucheon fle ' mundiug ratification of the pobce trea ty unamended. Wilson's smile -wag always In evi dence as he flourished his straw hat in espouse, sometimes standing up in his automobile to bow his appreciation Ranks of troops from Jefferson ba- racks presented arms as the prcsidtnt and Mrs. Wilson stopped from the irnin aB a military band played "The BUr Spangled Banner.'.' The crowds t.t this point rushed the lines of soldiers, good naturedly jostled aside the boys 111 kha ki who carried rifles with fixed bayo nets and massed around Wilson 's ma' chine striving to shake hands. In addition to the people on tl t side walks along tho route to the hotel, ev ery window was filled and many wore on the roofs. Signs had been pasted In a number of windows bearing such messages ad ''Tell it to 'om Woodrow," and " Wc'ro tith you, Woodrow." One automobile bearing a hugo pla card demanding lifting of the war .line (Continued of Pago Sovcn.) I SECRETARY OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION Redfield Leaving Post To Re sume Private Business Late In October. Washington, Kept. 5. Secretary of Commerce Redfield today announced that he had resigned and expected to quit his post tho latter part of Octo ber. : - - ' ,'.' ' "Personal affairs requtro my atten tion," said Redfield. "August 1, I wrote to President Wilson asking re lief .October 15. Later when I found he was going to 'be gone during Sep tember I offered to remain two weeks longer." Redfield told the president Kb wish ed to finish the eensus organization, hi annual report and financial esti mates. These things have now been ac complished. Redfield emphatically denied that he was miffed because his ."pet plans" had not been adopted. He said (here has been no quarrel or I disagreement of any kind. Redfield GMiO'AY TO1 RESIGI! PROI. STATE OFFICE Tax Commissioner Tenders Resignation To Olcott ' This Morning. LOYELL APPOINTED TO 1 , SUCCEED TO POSITIOn Retiring Official To Take U? Work With Pcrtfed Sav-; The latest in a series of . unexpected ' changes in official circles at the state house came as a genuine surprise thi morning in the resignation of Chns. V. Galloway from the office of state taw-. commissioner, . after mere than a de cade' of efficient service. In his foe-.-. inal letter to . Governor Olcott and. Treasurer Hoff he states tha he wishes . his resignation to become effective not Inter tan Sept. 30, " and by way of comment says: - " It is not without, a certain, feeling of regret that I leave a position which 1 havo held continuously from the be ginning of tho tax commission. Tho re- . lntions and associations in and of tho department have always been satisfac tory and agreeable to me. The work has- been much to my' liking and I should be pleased to continue in tha position. Permit me to express my sin cere appreciation of the -uniformly kind consideration received from you and four predecessors in office. M,,9 , .' "I have delivered nearly .elcvej good years of my. yory'fcest' services t the state of Oregon for $2500 per year. The legislature refused to'inc.rcase the salary and 1 haveconi'lnie(rt deliver. . no more at that prii"?. I have accepted a. oosition in the trust and bond depart ment of the Hibernin Savings IHnnh of Portland and shall move to that city to taite tip my new Work in the near future." ' '; Mr. Galloway was first appointed state tax commissioner March 2, 1900, for a term of two years. Thi appoint ment he received from 'Governor and. Secretary of State, Frank W. Benson and state Treasurer Geo. A. BtecI. (Re-appointed: in 1911, for fonr yer term, by ikivernor ;Wcs"t , and, Statu Treasurer Kay, ' Re appointed in 1913 y Governor ' Withycombe, Secretary of, State. Ol cott and State Treasurer Kayi The legislature of Iftl? eliminated one of the two appointive tax commis sioners, without changing the duties, of the commission and without any in crease of salary for the remaining com missioner. When this change became ef fective May 21, 1917, Governor Withy combe, Secretary of State Olcott and State Treasurer Kay-unanimously elect ei Galloway to continue as state tax commissioner for a full term of four years from that date. Tho appoint ment under which he is now serving' would therefore run to May 21, 1921. iDiiriSjg tlul long . period! GoDloway has been tax commissioner h has pre pared tho annual assessments on near ly 500 public service companies and utilities, largo and small, with a total valuation near $180,000,000 each year. Only two appeals have ever been tak en to tha courts from any of these as sessments and in both of those. cases the tax commission's findings remain ed unchanged. , (Continued on page two) mid he will enter business again. He ha not determined just what tliis bus i less will be. ; ' Bernard M. Baruch. ' chairman of ths Hit industry -board, during -the war, is mentioned in some quarters- as a pos sible successor to Itedf'iold, although it Is said Burucb has refused other of fers of official positions. , v , J Villa Surrounded States Mexican Official Report Gulvespn, Texas, Sept. 5. An offi cial report, given out by the Mexican consulate here today, declared Francisco Vila, with a small force of men, has Ihh u surorunded in a canyon In Iur. go my federal forces under General Die (,'uea. " . i Diegnei' cavalry, wmeh has uocn pur suing the Villa column, has killed, wounded or captured - 275 Villistas in two engagements with a Villa dotach ment under Martin Lopez, the statemeut said. Lopes is reported wouuded.