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r 525raCULATI0N V500 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in ttelem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES - -SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLE NEWS SERVICE . . ' ' : Oregon:" Tonight and Wed- ncsdav fair; gentle north to east winds. ' FORTY-SECOl- YEAR NO. 243.--EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND stands nvn own .. ". '-' - A . : -7 1 1 , iiiii j v .V, Vr..,; . V.. . V. ... . ' . ' mm !K TO RlPORT Wild Rumors of Permanent Disability of President Not Founded on Fact By Hugh Baillie (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 14. Investigation by the United Press in an effort to ascertain just how ill President Wil son is and whether the many rumors" with regard to his condition have any foundation in fact, today showed the following results: 1 Officials in close touch with per sons who frequently sec the prcsidont declare they believe he will bo back at his desk transacting executive business within n month or six weeks. 2 N0 matter what may have caused his-illness, ho is getting well now and lias been showing steady improvement for the last week, according to the in formation at the White House. 3 Senators who are in good stand ing at tho White House and who are presumed-to have access to information jg jg 9C C )fc f )C 9j s( ic j(c SPENDS RESTLESS NIGHT Washington, Oct. 14, (United Press.) President Wilson's con dition this morning wus good, al though ho did not have a restful night, according to a statement issued by his physicians at 1:1:15 p. m. The statement said: ;. ' ' The president did not ha ve a restful, night last night. His restlessness was caused by a 'swelling of the prostato gland, a- coiidtion from which, ho has suffered In the past' and which has been intensified more or less by lying in bed. His general condition, however, is good. As noted" yesterday, his tempera ture, pulse, respiration, heart action and blood pressure are normal. '.' The statement was signod by j Drs. Grayson, Euffin and Stitt. Dr. Gayson said tho condition described in his bulletin is not uncommon among men of ad . vauced years and should not bo regarded as a serious affection. there, say he is at the present tiin handling some executive matters. 4 Reports that he never will com pletely recover and suggestions that he should step aside and let the vice-president take his place are condemned in ' administration quarters as political torpedoes designed to shake the faith of his supporters in him and in he league of nations. . 5, Although there has been no official denial of the reports that he suffered a lesion of the brain, a blood clot or apoplexy, the impression given is that what caused his illness is not the main consideration now: that he is on the road t recovery and that this is the (Continued on paoe three) STATE CLUBS TO MEET IN SALEM Due to the efforts of Manager T. E. McCroskey. of the Salem Commercial clubs, the semi-annual convention of the State Secretary's association, represent ing all commercial elubs in Oregon, will be held in this city November 17 and 18. Mr. McCroskey attended a preliminary meetiug of the association in Portland f Monday. ' j "It didn't take much work on my' part' Mr. McCroskey said Tuesday. "It seems that Marion county leads all otter counties in the state when t comes to commercial club development. fco it was generally agreed to come to Salem, where Hie. other secretaries ex- Iect to leurn something." It is 'generally, felt, Mr. McCroskey stid, that the activities of the Commer- cial club here havB set the pace for tho other organisations in the Mate. The importance of holding the conven tion here is readily seen when it is pointed out that Salem is the center of the state, in the opinion of the other elubs, for commercial leadership. .A program for two dtys is being ar- TARIESOF ranged fur th? convention. It will con- 0 the same length between Canby and sist, in part, of familiarizing all 'sec-. Aurora. All of the detours have been tions of the state, through the visiting eliminated and the only rough road "club men, of the industrial and civic, encountered ig in the vicinity of Bar development of the capital city. jlow. ONLY ONES UPON WILSON'S ILLNESS Drug Addict Who Escaped Twice, Back In Asylum ' May Hayes, drug addict who escap ed from the state hospital here tho night of October 3 by crawling through two transoms is again back in the institution today after, making auother sensational escape while being returned to the institution Monday night. Tho Hayes woman, who was caught in Portland Monday, was turned over to a hospital attendant who had gono to Portland after another patient. On the same trip a third patient was also turned over to the attendant. The trip to .Salem was made without difficulty and the attendant and three patients . were on their way to the hospital in a taxicab late last night when the Hayes woman opened tho door of the speeding taxi and made another break for libcrtv she was located tins mora ing at a farm house two miles south of Ucrvais and taken into custody. ALBERT STARTS DRIVE FOR HELP By Don E. Chamberlain (United Press Staff Correspondent) San Francisco, Oct. 14. King Albert of Belgium opened here today his drive for American credit for Belgium. Speaking at a luncheon, the king in a characteristic, brief speech touched upon the sufferings of Belgium, point ing out that her recovery moans lots of hard work, and concluded with an appeal for American help. The king's speech follows: , 'F come from a country sorely tried by war u country v.nere they feel al ready the approach of winter. Here I find this magnificent city bathed by a radiant sun, and the distinguished gen tlemen who receive me here are friends of Belgium. How shall. I express the emotions ' 1 teel ln filing myseu nere with suen 1 wa welcome ? From the bottom o fray 1 1 Ll osity towards Belgium. ''I salute with profound gratitude the. name of Herbert Hoover. "In her history San Francisco has a page from which Belgium may learn a great lesson. Ai'tei me frightful cat astrophe of 1900 the city so deeply smitten did not lose courage and in a few years she raised herself from her ruins, richer, more beautiful than ever. ''Belgium also reconstructs little by little her factories that were destroy ed by enemies. But tho work of her economic reconstruction will be long and arduous. Her determination to live i causes her to strain every effort. She jasks the sympathy and help of those powerful friends who have already aided her in her misfortune." PACIFIC HIGHWAY TO PORTLAND NOW OPEN Motolitt, itivi to yort,and from Salem m aow ake ,he trj over roads whieh are aved aU but miies ,f the distance, is the report made to- day by Harry W. Scott, Harlcy-Dav- idson dealer hee. Mr. Scott made the trip over the Pacific highway Sunday, leaving Sa 'em at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and ""tumilng Sunday evening. He went as t on-.,..:ii .1.. s.i i.;. far as Bonneville, on the Columbia highway. ' The highway route ' between Salem and Portland on the east side is" now open for the entire distance, Scott says. And the onlv-sections which are Dot paved are the one of six miles be tween haleni and Brooks and a stretch )R COUNTRYMEN PREPARED Another Million In Highway Bonds WillBeSoldSoon Another $1,000,000 worth of state of Oregon" four and one half per eut highway bonds will he offered for sale by the state, highway department at its meeting in Portland No vember 4. Notices to bond buy ers are being sent out today. . The bonds will he in denomi nations of one thousand dol lars each, maturing serially twenty five thousand dollars April 1, 19i!ti, and a like amount each October 1 and April 1 thereafter. These bonds are issued under the authority of au act passed by the last legis lature and are a part of tho ten million dollar road bond act under which three million dol lars worth of bonds have al ready Iboen issued. LETTS HOLD RIGA LATEST REPORT London, Oct. 14, (United Press.) Lettish troops still aro holding Riga in tho most recent fighting to bo reported in dispatches reaching here today. They are- said fo have held the city .firmly Sunday night when the Germans failed repeatedly in attempts to eross the Dwln river into tho cit proper. ; . Reports from Hclsingfors today said Colonel Bermondt, cooperating with the Germans in their attack against the Letts, had erossed the river above Riga and was concentrating his troops on Daslen Island. Reports say that opposite Riga (he Germans hoisted a white flag Sunday, but the Letts did not heed the truce of fer and continued firing. Dispatches describe the Letts morale as being of the highest character. Their govern ment has been moved to Wonden, fifty miles northeast of Riga. Allied cruisers are aiding in the de fense of Riga, according to a Lettish communique. Gonoral Lefidoner, commander in chief of the Esthonian army, declared in an interview that Esthonia would fight with all her resources if General Von Der Golf)! advanced north of Riga. ' HOUSE BETTER TODAY New York, Oct: 14. (United Press.) Tho condition of Col onel Edward M. House, Presi dent Wilson's confidential ad viser, was slightly improved this morning, physicians at the col onel's home here said. - - Former Wife AGAINST ATTACK Mayor Drowned; Present Husband Seattle, Wash., Oct. 14. While police men and deputy sheriffs dragged Lahc Washington this morning for the bodv of Mrs. Bertha. Elinoire Miller, wife of Walter P. Miller, former deputv sheriff and official photographer with Explorer Dr. Frederick Cook on tho Mount Me KUnley expedition in 1906, the husband is held a prisoner at he county jail. Mrs. Miller was drowned about 1 o'clock Monday afternoon while she audi her husband were crossing the lake to a sanitarium to prove or disprove Miller V accusation that his wife was a drug ad dict. She was a former wife of Mayor Geo. Baker of Portland. Miller was grilled by the police for two hours but satisfied them that be was blameless of his wife's death Two hours after Miller was released! by the police he was re-arrested by dep uty sheriffs who asserted that they fosmd bloodstains inside and outside the launch in which Miler and his wife were riding. According to Miller, he was adjusting a faulty .sptrk on the launch engine when he felt he boat list sharply. "The first I knew that mr wife was 'overboard was when I turned around SEITO It WARNED COU 4 .... Men Advised To Fulfill Their Contracts With Govern ment, At Least. HOPE TO PREVENT WALK OUT BY- COMPROMISING Interstate Commerce Sub Committee Holds Agree ment As Binding. Washington," Oct. 14. Coal miners who aro threatening to strike were warned today that their contract with the government is binding and should be f ulfullod, in a statement by Senator Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, chairman of the senate -committee .investigating the coal situation. ; . The interstate commorce sub-commit-too held a meeting late yesterday at which the .views' of Secretary of Labor Wilson and Director General . Hines were presented. . . , , Senator Frelinghuysen issued the fol lowing statement today: . . '(.Tho secretary stated that as a gov ernment official he is engaged in plans by which he hoped to adjust matters. In this the committee will cooperate with him to avodd a situation so disas trous to the country.; The committee will decide in a few days what further action it will take, if any. ( SnPfllf !n Cf fnv f tiamufill.'na fl.a .nm. mittee called attention to the contract negotiated by Dr. Garfield, fuel ad ministrator,' between the - bituminous opeiators and the-miners and the pres ent wage Male which runs- during the yond April 1, 1 920." "The committee feels very decidedly that the contract is binding and should be fulfilled, therefore no. action will probab y be taken for the present until the cere. trv' Wni.t. Vnii ' Congressional investigations of indu trial troubles wero denounced as p. erating to encourage strikers by Sen- ator Myers, Montana, durine senate debate today. The only result o these nnvcstiga tions seems to be to encourage strik- HAS ers and agitators m their violations of I .t j,ftve decided to end all m trou the laws," Myers said . lb,e(( v,u aeed not Iopk for ' ri Sena or Thomas, Colorado, complain- t b d Theu after signjng it gations eXPnSe lnVCTtl"rcuce, he added in a rough H.rnwl. This 'debate occurred during consid- "li is no u,e o Mother anybody about eration of a resolution . by Senator' thls becaoso it useless. Poindcxter, Washington, asking the at-1 The ' troubles" mvntioned in tut torney general for information regard- ucll! l;t'3 believed' by authorities U ' ing alleged failure to depart anarchists action taken by his wife to see'iio a and advocates of sedition. .... j divorce. What other mutters may con- Weaning of the United States army stitute any inconvenience for hi.n are uniform in strike demonstrations at not. kuewn by officials. Gary also brought a protest. Senator I Hoberts wat reponud sen in Sale;n ITiomas, declared the war department ffalu'rd-, but no evidence to sub-tnuti should make an immediate inquiry in to tne tiary incident ana that if neces sary a law should be passed forbidding wearing of thc uniform in such circum stances. ' STRIKERS AGAIN RIOT Youngstown, O., Oct. 14. One man was shot, many beaten nnd .acvcrnl ar rested when strikers clashed with city police at the Ohio works of the Carnegie Steel .company here early todfiv. The riot was precipitated when police at- tempted to disperse a crowd of men who wo tnnin rr.tm ll inir wO W.r- of Portland Held by Police from the engine and saw her in the water, " Miller told the police after the tragedy. ' "I glowed down the boat and turned her around. I was nervous end slowed down too late and the launch ran right Seattle, Wash., Oct. 14. Four Alas over her. I tried to grab her as she was kan Indians arrived here this morning under the launch but I failed. Then I heard a kick from the propeller and I ran to the stern, thinking she had been caught in the propeller. All I found was her co-t, caught in the nropeller blades. I never saw her after that. "Talk about trouble' My Ood. man, I have had trouble without end. I have sone from town to town to get away from it only to be followed everywhere by my wife and more trouble. There is no Bther woman mixed in the case. I have had enouirh trouble with one with- out mixed no with any more. I went to San Fr;'.neiscn to !?et away from her and cam hack here to escape but she came, too." In explanation of h b'ond stains found on the launch. Miller paid that he had cut his hand when he attempted to pass a line to the steamer Atlnnta after the propeller of the launch had become fouled. " ( Maker of Bombs Sent Thru Mails In May Day Plots Is Held By Federal Off icers , Gary, Ind, Oct. 14.-Army officers here said today there was small chance of riunding up the entire band of bombers suspected of having made Gary their headquar ters in their May Day and were grinea runner in an enorx iu uncover tho entire plot. Officers be lieved possibly a powder factory here, now dismantled, may have unwittingly supplied the plotters with . their ex plosives. , . Army men refused to go further than to state they believed some of the plot ters were under arrest. !ctaua of the attempted reign of terror and1 the mo tives back)f it were withheld. , Incendiary lieratiire. scattered over Gary was said to have been printed in Chicago. No print shop here would ad mit handling the appeal of ' ' The Com munists" for an uprising such as had taken place in Russia. The man who made the bombs, mail ed under the "Gimbel brothers" ia bel, is now reported to bo under arrest, but a largo number of his confederates ore still at liberty. The . bomb which wrecked! one en trance of the fedoral building in Chi cago last spring was laid to Anton G-orski, taken by the soldiers and lat er reloased to assist in the. capture of tho master bomb maker, "Ivanhoff." iTo "Ivanhoff" was laid tie manufac ture of the bombs used May 1 and those distributed a month later. Both are young Russians. DISAPPEARANCE PUZZLES POLICE The mysterious disappearance flof Clarence W. Bobcrts, 42,'of Mill City, for two- wt'ks,-.waa no fearer. , solution Tuesday than at any time before. The !fh h ,a b rBlatives that he might ,"J, . ., , . ,,j , ha committed auicid eis J credulous by Sheriff W. I. Noedham, deputies who aro worTiing on the ; case, although Koberts. left a note hmt ing that he might take his life. lioborts disappered from his home at Mill City the t-ight of October 3, leav ing a nore addressed to a broter, JbY a. i Hobwt nt Klmira, Or. The note reads; ate this report has I tot uncovered by Hheriff Necdham, who believes that MILL CITY MAN S loberts has not committed suicido, but, vinced Tooley met with foul play, huv mtlier, has merely withdrawn from the iujr been unableto find any trace of cu-.iiL unty until he dhorcc procjclings him. are over. I Tooley, two woeks ago, told his sister, Before departing Roberts , left his with whom he lived, he had been drink money and watch in his shack nenr.inij with o gang of bootleggers; that camp 22, Mill City; made a chock for they had robbed him of $50 while he the remainder of his money in a. hank Uvea drunk. He declared he would get to his daughter; and nsked tho foreVianihis money back or cause tho. arrost of .OI CBmP " ? ul wu"'" UB W'""" n.i :a i. - i.i I.- tn .3 aam ;.")' - thea COme bock. Altlmugh Mr. Roberts had been m the habit of carrying a gnu, it is not bo- . . . ..-.. lieved that he used it to. tunc his lite. Ho Is described as being 12 years ;ld, flvA feet. 11 lii.lies tnll. weirrhiiic IflO I J.. ...1 1 .1- f. . 2 I.' .1 tpounus, una ui me lime oi nin ri: - .i(. - Ipearance wore a dark coat, blue slnrt, blue oveiulls, and a light hat.. Ordi narily ho is smooth shaven. Accoiding to his brother, F. B. Rob erts, he had threatened on several occa sions to commit suicide. Alaska Indians Coming To Chemawa Arrive In Seattle from an Indian colony at Hydaborg, near Ketchikan, en route to the Che mawa Indian school near Salem, Oregon, They were met at the dock when they stepped ashore from the steamer Hanta Ana by J. H. Mork, of the city jjivenile dept-.rtment, and taken to the safety building until they left for Portland. One boy and three girls composed the party. They will study three years be fore returning to their homes in tho north. British Evacuation Of ; 'North Russia Completed London, Oct. 14. -(United Press.) British evacuation of North Russia wail complete today. The last transport rvine British troops left Murmansk Sun- Jay. King George today telegraphed his 'congratulations to General Bawlinson. ' June campaigns, "Colonel W. S. Mapes refused to dis cuss tho arrests. Ho declared his ef forts to run down all suspects had been seriously hampered by publication of the fact that he was xlose on the trail of the alleged plotters. All men arrested since the military assumed control of the situation aro held incommunicado. Paul OlaBer, at torney for tho striking steel workers, was refused permission to see the men. iColonol Mapos declined to give out names of the men-held, whore they were' arrested,' or'tha number under ar rest, or why they were held. d'roviously, however, he had infom ed newspapermen, that the maker of the Gimbol brothers bombs was among the men taken onto custody. The man is aid to have been iden tified by tho peculiar construction of bombs found in the basement of his Vernal machine which omloded on the 1 doorstep of Attorney Oenonal A. Mitch.- r-A rignt over tno moor group s reso ell Palmer's house in Washington. lutfon for mediation of the steel strike IT m,fe Sf!f , le: 8 the business before the afternoo. steel mills at Gary untU the strike was S('ssion of th industrial peaee eonfer callcd and was one of the most violent ence today-. Adjournment-was taken agitators in connoctlon with the strike 12:30 ! m- for hmcn aftflr "otion before the ariival of federal troops. , to refer the resolution, back to the gen- eral commrttee had been defeated by mm I unanimous voto of the threo groups 1- MaVnara riODS Urr,bor, capital and the, pubUe. ..?: . ' j - There were rumors during the luneh J? l7IJrrh MloA nat labor wns P'oparotl to quit jn MXeiUm M llgni thoonference in case the resolution is j voted, down this afternoon. fTyrJl) in A ffffnnftn No member of the American Federa--'' lJ tc tion of Labor block was willing to - ' :" . firm this, although most of thorn talked . I pessimistically. One. of the railroad Sun Francisco, Oct. 14. (United Press) Lieutenant Belvin W. May uard: first to complote the first heat of the transcontinental air race, hop ped off for mncraincnto on tlho return journey to Miueola at 1:24:30 this af ternoon. Mavnard wag the first flyer to start the"sec0ita heat.'"' "'v .. . Maynard said "Wh)ili!i'Mohnni Cline-, was warming up the motor that he was suro that with continued good luck he would boat the time established by Captain IiOWoll H. Smith in his east wurd flight. . .' In the loHaviland 4 with, Maynard and Cline was "Trixie,'" the Gorman war dog, that always . accompanied Mavnavd. Maynard headed straight across the bay for Sacramento and disappeared from Bight in a few minutes. THREAT TO EXPOSE IS DEATH TOKEN, BELIEF Portlund, Or., Oct. 14. Following his threat to expose bootleggers who, he al leged, robbed him, Ernest Tooley, 25, disappeared two weeks ago and is still missing. The police aro now thoroughly con- .!.. 1 rp.., !, j """"w-". " - --- '. FIGHTER WOULD BE COUNCILMAN j 1 I . iriis-LM r t vrlt I i;ieveiann, unio, vci. it. onnny jvn- banc, featherweight champion, is , through fiirhtinir until after tho Cleve - 1 .1 nlnndflna VnimmtiflM A. .TimiVlU ,jimu ri.,Lwi,o, i"t....,. v Dunn, his manager, announced today. iS.uuano is a canuiume lor u.e couu- !cil and ho Is giving all his time to clec- tioneenng. Germany Refuses to Assist Allies In Food Blockdrid of Soviet Russia as Requested By Carl D. Groat li n i mi..,i -j Tt, .1 Berlin, Oct. 13.-(Delaycd.)-The al lies have poposed an international eoM ,lot be a T,arty to an action which blockade against soviet Russia. Thejuid rMult in a starvation blockade suggestion was made to Germany today 'such as she,horself had suffered. in a note which also was addressed to Austria und neutral countries. Tho note's receipt hero followed the allies most recent not0 to Germany de - fining their tttitudo toward the Ualtic.it was learned tiermany mignt suggest 'tiuatiou and the presence of General rn international commission to seek a Von Per Uoltss' troops. - : course of harmony "in tho spirit of the The communication proposing the battue of nations." : blockade on bolshevik Russia asked i The allies' answer to the latest Ger what measures Germany was prepared . man note with regnrd to the Baltic sit to tnke in assisting tho movement. At j nation brs lessened the tension in Oer first, it was stated officially here that many. While the allied attitude wa Germany was willing to eoipcrate but jdocidcdly firm, the Gomans consider it was incapable of extensive measures. was friendly and do not expect" the . Tho feeling late, however, as express- blotk.idc to be renewed. t'j OF STEEL SHE FIGHT STARTS Labor Delegates May Qit Conference If Proposal Is Rejected, Report COMMITTEE REFUSES TO COMMENT IN REPORTING 'Conference Adopts Reavutica Expressing Sympathy For Wilson. vvasningion, uci. n.-mioa r., .brotherhood delegates, howover, saul that whilo tho brotherhood men wera not prepcred to leave the conference o that issue, ho had been given to under stand that was the disposition of the American Federation of Labor men. The central committee reported with out recommendation the resolution enll iui.r for the mediation of ,the steel strike. Chairmnir Chadbonrne of the" eentral committee, in making the report, an nounced that tho resolution had been nmendod in committee to provide that the membership of the proposed media tion committee be composed of either members of the present conferne or non inmhers. He said that a majority of two groups in the committee had voted nninst recommending the adoption of the resolution, A majority of all the members of tho committee, howover, had voted to report the resolution wi'V oul recommendation. , . . ,.. Tho conference today adopted a reso lution expressing sympathy- wifh Presi- ilent Wilson in his illness. This was tho first measure On which the eonfrr- ; nce voted by croups, chairmen of the (rroutM vnt'ii" "nve.M The reso- luHon wag introduced bv th.( employers group. , To prevent nnn'ithorizcrt strikes. TjOh'i Titus of Pan Frnnciscu today introflu.'.'fl in the cof'"nce a reno'r.rlon sshin? "..'.cress t ci e the 'Ichor (M'pert.rnn'; "iithnrtiv to fn"e nil ""ions to hold Kent i,ili ,t hotnrp e"'""" strik ; Tlinnins D . ..Trn nf rt,..(.o (nt-n. fl'ied H rflnlfion nrnviflii' tltft rin rOnves nf foAwv. Fn "" mt,.tM envemmnnts bc-'e'l fm m-m'y sVinnin or nWififn" wt't' wwir'.-W-" .mtn"- Bti-i1'" n rft.t'td ff if,ir tta dnmnndq.. Tto'h dniTntes pro "n-nl1-. rf .ro'.n int.rniti' Tt "xnlnined hts shnn'd v" "vd Orrt .a fcfifl rlnplded to suv- . ,y .,,,.,,;,, . 1 I . WAflr,nrnq pf,iir vt" vrTi ,1,vte'l C(qlfP. Kvo , fn tft ,, . ,.. ' ed by responsible authorities, was that Oermanv ouiht to decline as a matter er 'principle. It was stntcd that Germany : '.,,, ., t0 the a:,ics thr.t she uermany aiso is nuremi io pu' -- jthat tho non-bolshevik elements would suffer as much under the bloekad ma. !tho bolshcviki. As a counter propestl. If DIATION 4