I 5250 CIRCULATION vi (25 000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Gnar- 4c anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. 4c I FULL LEASED WIRE t DISPATCHES He ; SPECIAL WILLAMETTE - ' VALLEY NEWS SERVICE " , .. . .." . Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday f fair except probably shower 4c near the coast; gentlo south- - westerly winds. S c3rr? For the 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock thi 'morning: maximum ? temperature 85; : minimum' 51; 'i no rainfall. Biver .3 feet above zero, failing. e FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 218.-EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND Lodge Fires Fir & Gun In Con troversy; Marl?! flew Era In Treaty Maki f i Methods Washington, Sept. 15. - wan uermany." witn tnese words, Senator Lodge, chair man of the foreign relations committee, today formally opened the discussion in the senate of the peace.treaty as reported by the committee. l1 or the first time in the senate' history a great - treaty was considered 1 m open session ibefore thronged galler ies, instead of behind closed doors. Immediately-after Lodge had for mally made the treaty the senate bus- a 11 ess, the first gun in a barrage of speeches from the democratic side of the chamber in. favor of unqualified ratification was fired fin a speech by senator Jones, jncw Mexico. Jones, one ot the treaty's most ardent supporters will be followed tomorrow by Senator overman, iiNortn .Carolina, also in favor ot its ratification as it now (f rom now. until, the final vote has been taken on ratification the treaty win remain the senate's anriiMshed business, taking precedence over ail else. Senators todav estimated that the debate upon it will consume from four to six weeks. Lodge also put into the record copy of the treaty with Austria, with tue aimed note telling Austria to take the treaty just ns it was written. Lodge said he was given the treaty by a Chi cago newspaper. Ho announced that, following Jones' speech, he would ask that the Austrian pact be read. Gallery room in the senate was nt a premium . today. Many spectators left in disappointment when they 'learned thfl.t. inntpfld fif hctina lenntnA t. o view of the senate at work on the mo- lnanrnus nAfliimnivr .hn wmiiri t.n pelled, if they stayed Jto listeu to, a speech. ' , , " Senator Jones, to whom fell the chance of making the first formal speech after the treaty was called up, . declared opponents of the league of na tions "poison the -jublic mind with insidfious doclamation." nave given to this covenant of the league of nations all of the care ful, analytical and calm consideration of which I am capable, and I fail to find anything which even tends to justify those invectives which have oeen directed against it. "I can understand how the wisdom of some of the provisions of this cove nant may be drawn in question, but there should be no difference of opin ion as to the creation of a super-government to which we shall surrender our sovereignty." Such a super-government may come, 'but "the time has not yet arrived," said Jones. 17 MSN SPIFUT 1 1 inn ui ilu ni FT. DOUGLAS ESCAPE Frefiftam Is fainwi . Thrnncrli Tunnel Under Fence This Morning; Four Caught. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 13. (Uni ted Press.) Paul Seidlor, captured to day with three other escaped German Allies at Offden. wns ia laaila. tit ft,. .,, . , . .. ' . . "'rau '"""e'euincir wuyunaor the wire fence of the Fort Douglas com- recently studying the Oregon water pound, according to officers at the fort. ' c0(1 in tt 10 State Engineer Per The four men retaken at Ogden are EV A- CopP". declares that he is tin Seidler, Fred Cook, Harry Sulk and Joe ab,e understand why everybody does Kolotfck. They admitted tunneling for,"01 movv. Oregon He expects to be fot ,..,. It,. ..i, i et- come a citizen of this state as soon as 130 feet under the stockade, officers an- M prespnt ; hp ,,lt nounced. There four made their ray to!rtot the prfect' p)aceto live I Ogden on a freight train. They snidihaTe evfr visited(" he declare, and they crawled two miles on their stom- proceeds to contrast the climate of this achs after leaving the tunnel. I state with the llS decrees in the shade Other escaped alien enemies still ere at Urge. This was Seidler's secona at tempt to months. escape in the past several Scofield Man Killed fey Companion While Hunting uuaeuurg, vr., (?epi. iu ii enrr iviiiier j J. r.. iiowara who .jh waniea oj tub of Scofield, Or., was killed while hunt-Mate insurance department for solicit ing in the mountains of the Gardiner life insurance without a license and district Sundav, according to a report ov the Massachusetts Bonding Inrar which has reached Boseburg. !niTe nipany for obtaining money nn- With John D. Voo, forest ranger,1. der f'e Ptenses. Powers or Howard Miller started after de, early rwrW "f,"1 haJe The Dalles, a... rm. i. v I A 1 Portland and Salem selling life msur- ger'J half h0,"r BU theiae policies in the Massachusetts men had separated, saw a deer m a ra-: Bonding & Insurance company and eol vine and opened fire, firing three shots.i!rPting- lhe prelims therefore .with V oe saw the deer fall. Approaching the ;out any authority. He is described as spot, he was horrified to find Miller la man of 3. years, about five feet nine dead and lying in a- pool of biodW. linene tall and weighing 135 pounds. 1 call up the treaty of peace Scratches Match On Pants Saturated With Gasoline Zowie! Admits Idea Poor Los Angeles, Cnl., Sept. 15. Bar- . ford McCleb is at his homo suf- fe.ring from painful burns today, but ho knows he was wrong. " McCleb got his trousers satur- ated with gasoline while clean He ing his .automobile. "Bo careful," a friend warn- ed him. - - "They won't burn," answer- ed McCleb as he scratched a , - match on the time honored lo- cality, to prove it. : His trousers litornlly explod- ed. Quick work by friends prc- vented serious burns. AS PAR01E PROUST Pueblo Mob Hangs Slayers Of Policeman To Insure Pro per Punishment. ' r- Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 15. The lynching of two Mexicans here Saturday night wns a 'law and order" protest against Governor Shoup's leniency toward con victed murderers from this section, lead ers of the mob declared today.'. ' Although Santos Ortez, one of the lynch victims was a cousin of I'uncho Villa, the hangings were not due. to hntred of Mexicans and was entirely thoughtless of . international complica tions, the mob leaders state. Commutation of the death sentence passed upon Clifford Sprouls, a Pueblo murderer and a stay of execution grniitod Bosko brothers Saturday al though they were confessed muiderors of two prominent men in this section, in spired the mob to tnke the lav.' into their own hands, it is stated. Tho large Mexican quarter here is quiet today. No outbreak is expected. Ortez and Jos Gonzales, the victims, probably will be buried in potters field without any large number of mourners from among their fellow Mexicans. A protest is expected, however, from the Carranza government to the American state department. Ortcz and Gonzales killed a policeman and were lynched within 24 hours. Arizona State Official Well Pleased With Oregon vv. S. orveu, state water commis- V,oner for Arizona, who was in Salem and no shade available which he was experiencing on the day he wrote the letter. Police Of State Seeking V Unlicensed Insurance Man The police of the atate were today I set on the trail of One J. E. Powers or Wilson's Jaunt Today Marred by Fatal Accident Tortlsna, Or.,. Sept. 15. ll'uited Press.) Benjamin Allen, representative of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is leport ed by tho police to be one of the two men killed in the automobile wreck on the Columbia highway this afternoon, while President Wilson's party was re turning to Portland.- ' - L " - Bobert T. Small, of Philadolphie. and Stanley Reynolds, of Baltimore, were among those injured, according to police reports here. The automobile was one of those fol lowing the president aud was far back Lin the line, so Wilson, was not aware of the accident. A car which had no place n line turned in front of it, causing the driver of the wrecked machine to wri in an attemptt o a void a collion a.id his car rolled over. Allen's throat was cut when hi was hurled through the windshield, causing instant death. ' - i Dad"; Patterson, driver of ths auto mobile, was .ilr o killed. The sticX of a flag with which hi ear had been doc- orated, fatally pierced his body. Stanley M. Reynolds of the Bali imore Sun, suffered fractured arm. : Arthur V. Sullivani, representing the Portland News, and Bobert Small of the Philadel- phia Public Ledger, the only other oc cupants of the automobile, were slightly bruised, ' . Patterson, driving this party of news papermen, was returning to Portland following tho ceremonies at Ciowa Point, oa the Columbia River highwuy, w.here President Wilson was officially welcomed to Oregon. He swung his car too far in attempting to avoid hitting another machine, and his automobile turned turtle. Portland Young Man And Woman Drowned In River When Canoe Is Capsized Portland, Or., Sept.. .15. Miss Eu genia Ingman, 17,1 and A. V. Matney, 19, were drowned in the . . Willamette river here Sunday evening. "- Miss Inginan was swimming beside the motor driven canoe in which Mat ney was riding with Miss Hazel Hal vorscn, 16. Waves from a passing steam er caused'the canoe to capsize. The boy was unable to cling to the overturned craft and drowned. It is believed th canoe held the girl under the water un til she perished. John Peterson, who was in a rowboat, grabbed Miss Halvorsen by the hair and held her afloat until help arrived and she was rescued. Captain Of Sunken Ship And Brother Only Ones Still Missing, Report New York, Sept. 15. All but two members of the crew of the steanier Barnstable, which went down off the coast of Goorgia Saturday, have been rescued, it was stated in reports' re ceived from Savannah today by the Barnstable company, owners of the ship. . ,. Captain R. E. Moon, the boat 's com mander, and his brother, a meniuer of the crew, aro still missing, these reports said. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 15. Fifteen sur vivors of the American steamer Cam stable, which sank during a northeast gale off the Georgia coast on Saturday night, arrived here today. Twelve are missing. All a-re members of the crew Wilson Pleads Not Guilty To Robbing Woodburn Garage Indicted by the Marion county grand jury on charges ' of larceny from a building in connection with the recent robbery of the Wood-burn garage, Wil bur Wilson todav .pleaded not guilty in Judge Kelly's court and his hearing set for October 1. Harry Staver plead ed not guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to three months in the county jail. Harold Forschner pleaded guilty to the charge and-was paroled from the bench and the case of Orville Marchant will be beard before Judge Kelly Wednesday. . , Frank Solistino, indicted for burg lary of the Salem Woolen Mills store pleaded guilty and will he sentenced Wednesday. New York Plant Fire ! Still Burning; Loss Big New York, Sept. 15. Raging fires from which giant clouds poured still burned at the plant of the Standard OH company in Brooklyn today, whcie 30 tanks of oil and byproducts a.readv have been destroyed. With the fire under control, Auistant Fire Chief Joe Martin said there was no way of stopping the flames, but fire men will guard other property to keep other tanks sad buudings cooled tu pre-1 vent ignition. The damage, he said. might reach 5,000,000. Tho firs ittrted'be educated up t' payin' tii tet shoes,' snortiy after noon haturday. OPPONENTS OF North Dakota Republican Says Amecinents touched la Defiant Danaer. AHACKISiiAMmU "' '- ' ' "A -v' '. Exception Taken To Entire At litede Of Hajray Of Sen-; ate Ccanaittec Washington, Sept. lOhiTnitcd Press) Changes in the peace treaty proposed by the senate foreign relations commit tee are "couched in a defiant, discourt eous and overbearing manner and seem intended to express a jingoistic spirit that ought to be eliminated from, Amer ica statesmanship," Senator M .-Cumber, North Dakota, republican, declared in a dissenting report laid before the senate today. - " ; - - : McCumber headed his report as the "views of a minority' 'and urged that his six reservations stated recently be Adopted, in lieu of those inserted by the foreign relations committee. He took exception to the entire atti tude of the republican majority's re port. "Irony and sarcasm have been substi tuted for argument and position taken by the press or individuals outside the senate seem to command more attuution than the treaty itself," h stated. "Not one word is said; not a single allusion is made tirncemlng cither the great purpose of the .league of nations or the methods by which those puiposes are to be accomplished. "It is regrettable that the consider ation, of a matter so foreign to any kind of partnership should be influenced in the country as well as on the floor of this senate, by hostility toward or subserviency to the - prosidont of the United States. "Neither can one understand why a cbuntrv whose whole history has been devotod to the advocacy of tho peaceful settlement of international disputes is suddenly to have its policy revised and to become in effect nn opponent of the o'dy moans that has ever been attempt ed to assure world peace. "There has been written into thi. compact a great underlying principle which is tho very soul of the argument, that the same code of morality which governs people in their relations to each other in very highly organized state of the world shall govern nations in their relations to each other. "All of these purposes have been (Continued on page three) Sinn Feiners Make Capital Of Rail By British Troops Dublin, Sept. 10. (United Press.) Arthur Griffith, vice-president of the Sinn Fein in an intcuvicw with the Daily Mail correspondent, dccln-red Fri day's raid conducted by the British au thorities, "was worth a million voles to the Sinn Fein." "England's game in America ill be defeated," riffith said. "Without America's assistance England cannot maintain the sta id she has taken hither to." Mrs. Tipton Bud received a Un o' army beans t day that d been opened by mistake. "Id rather be a nut than said JLafe Bud, t 'day, PACT III SPEECH t ABE MARTIN Tacofna Review Finest of Army, States Daniels Taconui Washi, Sept. 15. Uncle Sam's grim gray guards of tho Pa cific poked their fighting prow thra the heaty mists and out into the sun light of Commencement : bay at : 11 o 'clock this morning, and opened -up a bombardment.- ah lacoma, massed everywhere on tho high bluffs overlooking the mighty spectacle, wavea and cheered ' a wel come, - - ,. When the ercat dreadnauffht flair- ship New Mexico, leading a nine mile Ehe of warships ot the. entire fleet, slowly catered the harbor and came op posite the, old battreship Oregon, the guns opeaed up, saluting Secretary of me navy uan,ieis. And as the old battleship returned the salute, and the bands from both ships Struck up ' The Star Spangled uanner," the white capped jackies )in iag the sides of the warshina at stiff trtWntlon, a - thrill ran through the crowds, . - .''It was the finest review I have ever-witnessed," declared. Secretory Daniels, after the last of the 52 war ships had passed before the Oregon. . 4-YEAR TERMS SOUGHT F0K(M OFFICERS Ames&ient Proposal Of La trade And Peruand Men is Submitted. Herbert R. Dewart, Portland, and R. J. Greene, of La Grande, have submitted a copy ,of a proposed constitutional amendment of section 6 of article 7 of the constitution of Oregon, to tho sec retary of state, in ordor that he may present the same as provided by law to tho attorney conoral for tho nroDaration jof an appropriate ballot, title. The proposed amendment .provides, "thore shall fee lectud in ch tonhty by the qualified electors .thereof, at the time of holding general election, a coun ty clerk,, treasurer, sheriff, coroner and surveyor, who shall severally hold their offices for the term, of , 4 years. The provision of this section fixing the term of office for 4 years is self executing and shall become effective on the first Monday of January, 1921, when said county officers elocted at the regular November, 1920, election shall qualify." The law sinco 1015 provides that whenever it is desired by any person or group of persons or organization to sub mit a measure to the pcogle of the state by initiative petition a copy of the pro posed measure or amendment shall be filed by the initiators with the becre tary of state, who is directed to trans mit the same to the attorney general tor a ballot title. Upon the return of the ballot title to the secretary of state, 20 days therefrom is allowed within which any persons interested in the measure may appeal from the ballot title so fur" nish. If no appeal is taken, within that time, the secretary of Btate prescribes the form of petition, which shall be cir culated for signatures.' Completed peti tions referring- measunes to tho people at the general election occurring in No vember, 1920, must be filed wita the secretary of state not less than 4 months before the date of such election and must contain not less than 8940 verified signatures of legal voters of the state of Oregon, that number of signatures being 8 per cent of the total vole cast at the general election held in Novem ber, 1918, for candidates for justices of the supreme court as tho initiative and referendum of the constitution requires. Seattle Lassie Embarrasses President By Stealing Kiss Seattle, Wash., Sept. 16. Some where in Seattle is a young woman who made Presi- s(. dent Wilson blush. Just before ho boarded the train for Port- land at 10 o'clock last night there was a swish of skirts, and some one darted into the -eircic of dignitaries saying farewell. Before the president knew it an extremely good looking girl iind kissed liim on the hand, iie t was plainly embarrassed. The ' girl smiled and disappeared in the crowd. Rumor Says tampers Will Direct Strike In Boston Boston. Mass., Sept. 15. ttuited Press.) It was reported in labor ciicles here today that Samuel Gompers, piesi dent of the American Federation of La bor, will take personal charge ot the strike of members of the Boston police men's union. This report is based, it was said, on the conference Gumpers held with Frank H. McCarthy, repre- sentntive of the American Federation of Labor in New York yesterday. ffillfjCSTO use: Enthus iast ic Crowds Ch e er President Along Entire Line of March By Hugh BaiIKe , (United Press Staff Correspondent) Portland, Ore., Sept. 15.-President Wilson, stumpin the nation in behalf of peace-treaty ratification, arrived in Portland at 9 a. m. today, to make one speech and spend the rest of the day motoring and resting, i y- President To Speak Fro Glass oage To Crowds : San Diego, Cal., Sopt., 1?. President Wilson, is to be "caged" In San Diego. . When he speaks at. the huge stadium here on Friday, he will stand in a glu-ss Vcage". with S50 mem- : bers of the pross and tho ofli- cial reception committee. " .This precaution is taken be- cause of his physician's advice against outdoor speaking. ; The thousands who fill the big stadium, however, will hear ev. eryword he utters through a new invention, the . "Magnnvox," which magnifies the voice of a speaker and carries it for a great distance. It will be one . of tho most unique settings for a public speech in history. - -,; .-"V .... Strike Of TcnopahAnd ' Divide L2ners Settled After Long Cntroversy Tonopah', Nev., Sept, 13. (United Press.) Gold and silver mines of Tono pah and Divide reopened today, aftor having been closed several weeks by a strike. Au agreement which was advocated by Joseph Lord, federal mediator, was adopted in a referendum vote by the miners the agreemcat winniuir bv a six 10 one voto. The conservative group of minors regained complete con trol. The agreement 1b a compromise sug gested by Governor Boyle aud Lord whereby all men return to work at the old scale, with recognition of commit tees of miners. At tho cud of 60 days a conference will bo held to considor the results and to form other plans to rc duqo the cost of living. New York Shipworkers Cut Week By (Juittmg At Noon Saturday; Lose Jobs Today New York, Sept. 15. Eight thousand shipyard workers who "automatically" established tho 44 hour per week sched ule Saturday by quitting at noon found themselves without jobs when they re ported for work today in Brooklyn. Employers declared tho men had auto matically resigned by their action Sat urday and announced all strikers would be paid off this afternoon. The trouble arose- when the shipyard workers demandod the 44 hour working week with Saturday . afternoon off. Thoir demands woro refused by ship yard owners. The men then declaicd a strike for every Saturday afternoon. Legislation Fixing Is Charged Against Packers Chicago, Sept. 15. Isadoro Kresel, government investigator, was preparing today to present to the grand jury Wed nesday information tending to show the directing heads of the big five pack ing industries have procured legislation through lobbyists, apportioning tho ex pense among them on a percentage ba sis. An annual salary of 3000 a year was paid to George h. McCarthy, secretary of the American Meat Packers associa tion to set as a lobbyist, Kresel claims. Miners Union Head Denies Date Of Strike Postponed Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 15. William Z. Foster, secretary of the national com mittee for organising iron and steel woi-k?rs, said today he knew nothing of the published report that the liation wide strike of iron and steel workers, get for September ; 22, had been post- ponrd until after the, labor conference October 8. SK ITS The president "had a noisy receptiwa here. - It began, before his special tm pulled into the station. Every crossing had an applauding crowd and at asvesai places people were strung along (he tracks, noldlng their hats in their hanaa. Wilson's train stopped four aosM during the night, so it would not iesh Portland before 9 a. m. The origin! time of arrival was 5 o'clock bot thia was set back four hours so the presideat - SALEM NOT TO SEB-WraON ' - -,. Due . to tho, latenoss ot tho hour at which his train will pass through, there will be no reception to President Wilson in Malem when his special train arrives tonight.. The train will leave Porttand at II o'clock and should arrive hore about 1 o 'clock. It is expected that the president will have- retired be fore, that time and will not be -seen at all, f ,i , , . would have a chance to sleep longer and eat his breakfast without doing it in tho presence of crowri loolSng m taa windows of his car,'i'::,:j; w-j , . The president alighted from hi spe cial car, the "Mayflower," under the escort of Governor Ben W. Oleoll and Mayor George L. Baker.' His step upon the platform was tho signal for an oat- burst of enthusiasm that continued s music for his procession through the streets of the city. -. , , . , , . Tumultpus acelaun from scores at thousands of lovTil Americans greeted Wilson during his journey through taa business section, keeping him on his feet continually, bowing And waving his hat right and left. Mrs. Wilson ro4o at his side. The president got "closo to tue peo ple" of many small Oregon towns near Portland. Tho presidential motor pro cession, a long line of automobiles lad by a pilot machine flying a huge Ameri can flag, sped at 30 miles an hour over a route of nearly 60 miles. In uoseaa of little communities the road was lined wtih spectators, Passing through those places the presidential auto slowed dowa so Wilson had a chance to shake hands with many. At Crown Point, a height overlooking the Columbia, Wilson stopped for a few minutes to look at the view and shake hands with scores who filed by his ear. En. route back to Portland the presi dent was taken into the Multnomah county fair grounds and made one cir cuit of the rack track, applauded by the crowd in the grandstand. There were cries of "speech" but Wilson shook hla head and the flying column of auto mobiles moved on. Upon his arrival at the Portland hotel ufter this tour the president attended a (Continued on page fouri EUREKA IS SHAKEN BY THREE DIMES TODAY Seven Shocks Felt During Past Week; Chimneys In Houses Wrecked. Eureka, Press.) A Cal., - Sept. 15. tOnitedl third - heavy earthquake skortly after noon today. shock, felt caused great alarm today. It followed closely upon one at 7 a. m. and another at 0 a. m. which caused chmineys to tumble. Four other quakes have shaken this district within a week. F.ureka, Cal., Sept. 15. (Waited PressO-rTbe fifth earthquake iu a week struck this section today, dcmol inliing a number of chmineys. It was the most severe of the scries, and was I accompanied by a heavy roar like iliuu- oer. s The shock was felt at 7 a. ni. Another sharp shock was full at 9 o'clock this morning. .