5250 CIRCULATION 5 000 READERS DAILY) " Only Circulation i Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. " " FULL LEASED WIRE - ' Weather Report flfflW Oregon: Tonight and Toes- j day fair; cooler tonight mat portion; moderate winds, mostly westerly, : -t -t '- . - i '"- .-;.' .. w ' ' DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAM V VALLEY NEWS BEtt r oj . FORTY- SECOND Yl NO. 248.-EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN AND KWI OTAND8 riTI fWNTB - . lipe CHARGE Oi SOCIALISTIC PROPAGANDA IN TRADE iOARD I1AIS IS MADE , I I Full Investigation Demanded By Senator Watson In Resolution Today .it' - Washington, Oct. 20.Investigation of charges that employes of the federal trade commission are engaged in "socialistic propaganda" is called for in a resolution in troduced by Senator Watson, Indiana, today. Watson accompanied his resolution j it only to call attention briefly to the with tho statement that he is not asking this investigation in an effort, to aid the "big five" packers, who have hen under fire from the federal trade com mission. He said he was seeking to learn the truth of statements that mem bers of the commission were engaged iu socialistic activities. The text'of the resolution follows: "Whereas, there is ready to believo that a number of the employes of tho federal trade commission havo been and now aro engaged in soeialisfic propa ganda and in furthering the organiza tion and growth of socialistic organiza tions; and "Whereas, if bolshevism with all that it implies is to be met and overcome iii our country, it must be done by first ousting all its adherents and advocates from public office; therefore, be it "Resolved, in the senate of tho tfni ted States, that the committee on inter state commerce of the senate is hereby authorized and directed bv sub-committee or otherwise, to inquire into and rejWl to the state at the earliest prac tical date upon the truth of these charges, that said committee may con duct such inquiry, by. sub-committee or otherwise and shall be empowered to hold sessions during tho recess of the senate and for this purpose the commit tee of any sub-committee thereof is em powered to scud for persons and papers, to employ whatever assistance, either clerical or legal, -they deem necessary to aid in conducting the investigation, to administer oaths, to summon and com pel the attendance of witnesses, to con duct hearings and have reports of the same printed for use; and any expense in connection wfih such inquiry shall be paid out of tho contingent fund of the senate upon vouchers to be ap proved by the chairman of tho commit tee" In a speech accompanying this reso lution, Watson declared ho is "astound ed at tho number of adherents to social ism holding government office." He at tacked tho federal trade commission's- method, of investigating thopackers. "What I say ia support of this reso lution is in no wise a defense of, the packers," Watson continued. "Their activities are being investigated by an other committee of this body. I mention STATUS OF OLCOTT AS GOVERNOR ONCE IE UP TO The staf us of Ben W. Olcott as gov ernor of Oregon has again been brought into the limelight in a letter by Sam A. Kozer, deputy secretary of state, to at torney General Brown asking for an opinion as to whether provision should be made for including the office of gov ernor of Oregon as ono of the offices to be voted upon at the 1920 election. Kozer 's interest in tho matter is prompted by tho approach, of tho time when his office must begin preparations of the necessary blanks and ballot forms for the coming primary election next May, these including official certifica tion to the county clerks or tho variqus otficcs to be filled at such election. Aitiiouun tno supreme court, stter a lengthy deliberation, ruled on the status of the govornship in an opinion handed down early last June there was no pre dominating opinion bearing on tho length of Olcott 's term as executive and the problem, therefore, has been as per plexing since the rendition of the opin ion as it was before. -At that time three members of the supreme court Justices McBridc, Bean and Johns declared, unqualified that Olcott was governor in fact to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of the-latc Governor Withycombe. Justice Bennett, although refusing to express any opinion on this pbaso of the ques tion, because he claimed it was not prop erly before the court, did say that if he should don his oficial robes and giv? utterance to his "half baked street opin ions" he would acre -with Chief Justice McRri.lf nn thia nnint Thn if wan contended, 5n effect if not in -actuality, four of the seven members of the court plant here, explained the use of the regular session in uecemuer. expressed it as their opinion that gov-, materials, and quoted their relative.! House leaders and chairmen of lm ernor Olcott should sewe out the unex-' prices with those of products they sub- portant tenate committees are still urg pired term of Governor Withvcombe. stitute. the necessity of passing on import ant domestic legislation, . - T socialistic activities of some of the mem bers of the federal trade commission who were chosen to investigate the op eration of these corporations. "My theory is that, no matter what businoss is subjected to investigation by the federal trade commission, it is entitled to fair and decent treatment. Tho agents of tho .government should be sent out to investigate and not to persecute. They should imparinlly col lect the facts and transmit them to the fedoral trade commission in order-that that body may como to just conclusions concerning the questions involved. But in these cases, that courso has not al ways been pnrsutd." ..... Senator Hitchcock asked Watson if he meant to infer that employes were advocating socialism as part of their official duties. "Only in a private, capacity," Wat son explained. Hitchcock then attacked the language of Watson's resolution, declaring Watson appeared to confuse bolshcvism and socialism. .' Watson read a list of the commission's employes who worked on tho packer in vestigation. "Allf these employes are not social ists nor have they been involved in so cialistic activities, bnt some of them have been to a most amazing degree," ho said. HIGHER PAY FOR T In aspcecli before the business. men at their regular noonday luncheon to day, City Superintendent bf Schools John W. Todd declared that a disband ment of the public school system in this city is threatened unless teachers salary us raised. He said that the school board has found it necessary to re-es tablish the system here four times be cause of this failure of tho people to keep teachers, and he sounded a warn ing prediction that tho same will occur this spring unless steps are taken to prevent it. That practical learning ds fast tak ing the place of "theoretical studies' in schools, and that children are more eager to attend school betau.se of this fact, was stated by Mr. Todd. Great emphasis is being given to tho teach ing of the "three K's , he sand, in Salem's 'city schools. Superintendent Todd lauded tho boari of directors. He said that he hoped the city would "maintain such men on the board, arthcy have abso lutely no axe to grind." The body ia purged of all personal conquests and politics, he declared. Briefly Mr. Todd recounted the activ ities of the school authorities fin the itr. He told of the interest shown by girls in the much improved domestic science work, and declared that their cafeteria system was a profitable un dertaking. The work being carried on by the carpenter class was also ex plained by the superintendent. : Prophesying that "a bomb will ex plode" in Salem soon. Mr. Todd assert ed that something must be done to al leviate the shortage of rooms in the Washington junior school, and in the grant and Lincoln schools. The only togieal solution of this serious problem nw, he told the business men, wag to remove some of the classes to less con gested schools. In doing this, he said, criticism Ss sure to come. And he ex pressed the hope that the people would realize the situation, and know that this must be done. Three classes are being taken up in night-school, he said. They are: me chanical shop, mechanical drawing and -shop drawing. A big attendance at this school is anticipated, he naid. A "substitute ' meal was served this noon. Products from the Tacom plant of tho Steward SVod Products comuanv. were ulaced on the table, and 'eaten with a relish by the many men nrnt J. -O. RtMrnrd. resident of the ! company, and founder of the proposed, TEACHERS HUS GOME SAYS TODD Four Hunters In Oregon Pay Fines For Law Breaking Portland, Or., Oct. 20. -Four Oregon, hunters were arrested during the week end for violation of the state game laws, and paid fines amounting to $181.45. . i . Robert Breeding and J. W. Steward, both, of Wolf Creek, were arrested near Wolf Creek Iby Deputy Warden IV B. llernington. The men pleaded guilty of dogging and killing a doe and were eaah fiiuc4 ol ana costs at uranis Pass. .-!- O. J. Clossett of Portland was ar rested at Bucher by John P." Adams, deputy game warden, charged - with shooting ducks unlawfully. Clossett pleaded guilty at Gold Beach and was fined $45 and costs:. S. Speaker of Speaker, Or., was art rested for hunting without a license and was fined $25 and costs. President Spends Good Night; Comfortable today , Washington, Oct. 20. "The president 's digestive disturb ance has subsided almost conn plctely," said a statement is sued by his physicians at 11:23 a. m.' today. ,. After a fairly good nSight, he is comfortable tiiis morn lug, '" the bulletin continued. The statement was signed Jiv Doctors Gray son, - Ruff in - and jStitti" . . OFFICER HURT IN RACE AFTER AUTO THIEVES In an exciting race late Sunday night with two youths who had stolen Coun cilman Henry Vandervort 's auto from ia front of the Methodist Episcopal church. Motorcycle" "Of f iccf Mofitf sus tained a sprained ankle whon he leaped from his machine, -and five shots were fired at tho floeting auto. -Two youths, both wearing caps and dark suits, one tall and tho other short, were seen by Officer Moffit o mount Councilman Vandervort 's big car; when ho ordored them to halt as they hurried east on Stato street, thoy turned oh tho speed, the car dashing up (State street at a rate of speed cstunated by the of ficer as leing 60 miles an hour. "":"- When the machine turned north on Winter street, Moffit fired. The speed of the car increased. Then he fired four more shots, which, apparently took no effect. As Officer Moffit hurried after thorn he saw one of the boys leap from the racing car. soon followed by the oth er. The machine, still speeding, ran off the street, hit a tree near the Washing ton school, and rebounded back into the street. Officer Moffit was hurt when he leaped from his motorcycle onto the racing machine and brought it to a- stop Officers White and JMoreloek were summoned by Moffit, and a" thorough search in the wooded territory around the school building was made. It believed that ono of the boy was hurt When ho leaped from the car. GYPSY WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING CHILD IS Stove Johns a gypsy, wanted by Portland police on a chargo of kidnap ping, was taken into custody here at 1:30 p. m. today by Officer Moffit, as he was making his way south through the 'eity. Word to arrest John was re ceived shortly after noon from Captain of Detectives Circle of Portland. The gpysy made no attempt to cseue, and accompanied Moffit to jail without re sistance In the auto he was driving was the girl he is charged with kidnapping. He was also accompanied by a man and two women. Portland Or., Oct. 20. Mrs. Rosa Mark today caused a warrant to be is sued for the arrest of Steve John 6u a charge of kidnaping his uvrn daugh ter. They are gypsies. . ' Mrs. Mark alleges that John,' some time ago, sold his daughter, Bakoerche, 17, to her foT $(KK, with the under standing that the girl should become the wife of Mrs. Mark's son when she became of legal marrying age. Congress To Adjourn Soon After Acting Upon Treaty Washington, Oct. 20. Adjournment of congress will follow elosely on the final treaty vote, according to plans of senate leaders today. Hope of enacting th program of do mestic legislation outlined by President Wilson has been abandoned until the PROSECUTION (OKI SUGAR Attorney General Threatens . Legal Action Against Refin - ers Who Sell Above Set Price Of Government ; Release Of Stocks In Storage At Basic hgure Ut 10 tents Sought To Relieve Present Serious Shortage, ' ashington, Oct. 20. Attorney Gener al Palmer today threatened prosecu tions against beet sugar refiners who ask higher prices than those set by the sugar equalization board, t The whole sale prices fixed by the $ugar equali zation board, Palmer 'a announcement revealed is ''ten cents- cash less two percent seaboard .basis." Palmer s warning wlfich was tolc- graphed to Ibeet sugar refiners thru, out the country showed that tho sugar equalization board and the department of justice have been cooperating to get the 'beet sugar supply on the market at a. fair price to relieve the .present shortage, r- - r'v W-' : ufalmer in his telegram to Termers, quoted tt telegram whlich Iho equaliza tion board has also sent to ref iuors. 1 This message revealed that the beet i sugar factories were failing to . selllcan be set, according to Chairman Buch their products as produced because of uncertainty aioont. prices, i : .Palmer s telegram tollows: , '.'After a thorough investigation by the recognized authorities on sugar, the United States equalization board has notified the department of justice of the following tacts: - " i'As a considerable part of the country generally supplied afe this time of the year with beet sugar may be embarrassed 'because . of Wio beet su gar faetories failure to sell beet ugar as produced and this condition in turn is due to uncertainty regarding price, our judgment is that no higher price than ten' cents cash less two percent seaboard basis is 'justify! ied and we hope you will decide at once to begin marketing your Sugars on this basis and relieve the very serious Brtuation. The price of ten and one half cents net cash f. o. b. plant which has been offered by the sugar equalization board for sugars in excess of require ments iu your territory as shown by your 1917 deliveries as a minimum up to 50,000 tons for INovemlrer ana ic cember shipment to relieve an acute shortage among the manufacturers east is not to be consSdercd a precedent or bosis for local prices.' "I ask you to make your announce ment of (oriceg based on the above," Palmer continued. "The department of justico will treat as an unjust charge any price in excess of this and consid er such a charge a violation of section i of the Lever food control act as amended. Pleas wire tday your con currence in the above. Bligh Joins In Drive To Provide More Homes Here The ejection of a new and modern one story cuttagc, on his place at 159 North 24th street, was begun Monday by T. G. "Bligh, the theater man. 'The house will cost approxi mately $2500. Mr. Bligh said that he has already received several offers for the home; and that upon the completion of this house, he would build another. A building permit was is sued Saturday to B. M. Kand-. all, 1845 West Nob Hill street, to Tepair and alter a one story cottage. Costs of this work will be approximate $1000, Mr. Randall said. - 0 Resident Wifl Not AEow Conference To "Pass Buck" Washington, Oet. 20. (United Press.) j President Wilson will not permit the national Industrial conference to break up in a disagreement. This was learned on high authority at the White House today. If any delegates quit tho conference, the president will name substitutes or cause them to be named, it was made clear. Even should an cofi group walk out the administration would make .an effort to have it replaced. The indus trial conference is here "to see this thing thorugh," according to the atti tudo taken at the executive mamnon. 8o much is at stake that the govern ment cannot afford to-let the confer ence go to pieces. .Tnlin W Gniner. irpoloeist from Miin - nesota, has arrived to take up his du - ties as professor in the school of mines at Oregon Agricultural eollege. Seven Phone Companies Opersag In Towns of - Seven different independent telephone companies op erating in Lebanon,- Newburg, Forest Grove, Dallas Hills boro, and Silverton join in a petition for increased rates in an application filed with the public service commission this morning through Jay Bowerman of Portland, attor ney for the companies. The recent increase in wages to oper ator and linemen as well aB incrca-scs in the price of material and equipment is given By the applicants as the cause for the 'request for a rate increase which they ask to bo mado similar to those granted to the Pacific Telephone & Tole graph company under like conditions. The companies joining in the blanket application are the Lebanon Mutual Telephone company, Newbcrg Telephone company, Interurban Telephone com pany of Forest Grovo, Dallas Telephono company, Independent Telephone com pany of Forest Grove, Hillsboro Tele- pnone company ana tno mterurDnn leie- j pnone company or cmvenon. to visit her Sunday, Mrs.. Edna, W. Th Independent Telephone company , Moore, inmate at the state hospital, of Pilot Bock .is another application esriy Monday morning took her life by filed with the eommisson this morning, hanging horliolf in her room. The body asks for -on increase in rates sufficient wa9 found suspended from the cxtin to cover the actual cost of batteries 1 RUi8her plug at tho ceiling by two bed which tho company is required to fur-' Blleotg ken from her cot, at 6 o'clock nish subscribers. I this morning whon attendants visited -The Electric System of the city of nor apartment to rouse her for broak- Sutherlin, owned by Kiornan, Tcon and fB8(;, , ., Polman ask for an increase in rates fori . Mrs. Moore was taken to tho institute electricity., ; ;,, ..; . November 13, 1918, for treatment. She Members of the commission stated this . was afflicted with frequent attacks of morning that tho present congested con- eloncholia. On at least one occasion dition of tho docket, due to innumerable ( before, Dr, L. A. Griffith, in chargo at applications and complaint precluded the hospital said, she had made an at- ju-uj HuiMiuuivy ui uu uun.y .iinimx uu j any of these applicatins. It will be at least sixty days before ny new hearings tel, and in the meantime the presont ates must continue in effect. : ANT.-BOLSHI ON TROTSKY'S ARMY London, Oct. 20. The various anti- bolshevik forces continued their crush ing pressure upon Trotsky 'g armies on all fronts of the rapidly narrowing ter ritory aominatod Dy tho latter, accord ing to advices received here today. While tho fall of Potrograd, 'unof ficially renorted last week, had not oeen officially confirmed, tho city was said to be completely isolated and Uonoral Yudcmtch's forces were on tho outskirts, according to a Holsingfors dispatch. A news agency dispatch from Hol singfors today said Yudenitch, Iby a rapid stroke east of Gatchiua yester day, succeeded an blowing up tho Tail way bridge over the Tosna, cutting communications betwepn Pfitrnffrad nnd Moscow. A Copenhagen dispatch, said it was officially announced that Yu- denitch had taken Ligovo, nino miles from Petrograd. According to the Copenhagen Tiden- do, a dispatch from Keval declarod the bolshoviki aro prepaied for a desper ate defense of PetTOgrad. It said the city had been divided into ten defens ive sections and that all streets had been barricaded, with 250 soldiers at each barricade. Admiral Kolchak was reponea louay to nave capiurca xno important railway junction at Liski, commanding communications between ho bolshevik fronts on the Don and Tsaritsin. At the same time General Shkuro was said to have occupied Grafskaya Junction. LOGANBERRY CASES REOPENED IN JUDGE KELLY'S COURT TODAY Much interest was manifest Monday morning in the opening of the trial of the Balcm Kinu Products company against a number of loganberry grow ers of the county, who arB being sued for alleged violation of contract with the company. Many persons flocked to department No. 2 of the circuit court long before tho. session began. It is said that a number of growers, early in the season had contracted with the company to furnish berries at a rato less than four cents. The price ad vanced this summer, and many of the growers demanded the market price ot nine cents. The company offered five and a half cents. But this being un satisfactory, the growers cot an In junction against the company July 14. compelling the payment of the differ ence between four and a half cents and tho market price, or three and a half cents, into the hands of the count.,' clerk. The controversy now, which may last three days, is to determine whether the company or tho growers will get the three and a half cents deposited with the county clerk for each pound of ber- tries delivered, ; judge rercy a. cny is setting through tho vase with. Judge George Bingham. If II 'Kill HOSPITALEHPS Ia a fit of mcloncholia, caused by th0 failure of her husband, Frank C. Mooro tempt to take -her life. Tho first time she flung herself from her bed attempt ing' to strike her head on- tho floor. This failed, Mrs. Moore sustaining only a sprained wrist. Shortly after midnight, It is bolievefl, she tiod the bed sheets togother, fasten ed them to the fireplug, placed them n round her neck, and stepped off tho bed. Death was caused instantly. Although she had received no word from her husband that he would visit her Sunday, Mrs Moore folt ho would. His failure to come is thought to have caused great disappointment that turned to deep melancholia. Mri" Moore was notified by hospital authorities. The body will be hold pending receipt of word from him, ., Coroner Clough investigated, and de cided that- there wero no facts that would warrant further investigation. Due to her rapid recovery, Mrs. Moore would have been released soon from tho institution. She has, gained 25 pounds in weight during the past few weeks, and had showed marked improve- meiuai conamon. ceauiy, wasn., uct. ku. ouiiy mur- dcred, the body of a comely young worn en ubout 25 years old, was found lying underneath a shrub near Lake Washing- ton this morning. The body was still , warm when discovered. Somo articles of tho murdered young woman's clothing bear the trade mark of Seattle furnishers, others wero pur chased from Tacoma firms. Tho body was found by Dan Fnrri t Italian caretaker for tho Bogcr Browj estate. Last night a woman called the police on the telephone and said she had scon a man leap out of an cutomobilo on Bixth avenue shortly before midnight and grnpplo with a young woman whom he overpowered and threw into his ma chine, driving away at a fast speed. Tho police believo tho kidnaping mt-y bo connected with the murder. .' WOMAN AT STATE LIFE BY HAT GING YOUNG WOMAN FOUND MURDERED IN SEATTLE Notice To Subscribers Increased cost of oaDer and increased wage scales make it impossible to longer the old subscription price. The cost of production paper 100 peprcent. Printers wages have advanced oO percent. AH supplies used in the making of the news papers have so advanced in cost tnat tne paper is soia at a loss at its present price. We can either cease publication; reduce the size and make a poorer paper; or divide the additional cost between readers, advertisers and ourselves. As we intend to make the Capital Journal a better newspaper, one worthy of . Salem and the Willamette valley, we have chosen the latter course, and ask the continued cooper ation of our subscribers. On and after November 1, the price of the paper will be 50 cents a month by carrier and $4 a year by mail. Until November 1, paid in advance mail subscriptions can be renewed at the old rate. The Capital Journal has had the cheapest subscription rate of any paper in the Pacific coast states. It is among the last to raise its. rates and only does so because it is compellled to. We willl exert every effort to give value received for the money. . 4 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem, Ore., Oct., 20, 1919. GARY DECLARES STRIKE SHOULD BE f OUC! Steel Corporation Head Tells Industrial Conference Ih Compromise With Strikers Can Solve Problems. Claims Interests Of Public Must Be Considerel First And That Open Shop Prh ciple Cannot Be Recognized. Washington, Oct, 20. "The pcndmff steel strike should not be arbitrated nor compromised," said Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, in a spoech today boforo the national industrial conference. Gary's statement follows,: .. ,. , -r "I desire' to make A brief Statement in relation to the question under dis cussion as well as others submitted to this conference.. Further explanation of any vote I may register will probably be unnecessary. . . . , :,,..".' ' ' ' Like other members' of the confer-, ence, j rccognizo that ' the publie inter est must always be considered as of the first importance, that all prlvato in terests miist bo subordinated. ' "I. .am- heartily in accord, with th desire of the president to firmly estab-, lish proper and! satisfactory relations between ull groups of citizens connoeted with industry, including, Of course, what has been designated as capital and la bor. . . . . "I beliove In conciliation, coopera tion and 'arbitration whenever practica ble without sacrificing principle. "I nm of the fixed ODinion that tft pending strike against-the stent industry .., of this country should not. bo arbitrated or compromise:, nor any acuon iaen u.t the conferecwbieh, bears upon thai subjeft,. " " " ; .'."''-V.T!' " " . ; "Also that there shsulrt be maintain- . o din actual practise, without interrup tion, tho open shop as I understand it namely, that every man whether be doe or does not belong to a labor union shall havo the opportunity to engage in any line nt legitimate employment on terms and conditions agroed upon between em ploye and employer. , ' v- "I am opposed to a policy or practiea which unnecessarily limits production, increses costs, deprives the workman from receiving the highest wage rates resulting from voluntary and reasonable effort, hinders promotion or advance ment in accordance with merit, or other wise interfers with the f reodom of in dividual action. ' "As unorganized labor, which em braces tllo vast majority of working pen pie, has no special representation in this conference, I deem it appropriate to say that all labor should receive due con sideration and that it is the obligation, and ought to be thlt pleasure of employ ers at all times and in every respect to treat justly and liberally all employe whether unorganized or organised." Alleged Slayer Of Portland Woman Returned For Trial fienttli Wash., Oct. 20. Captured" in Nome, Alaskn, after a long chsse, Clarence Johnson, alleged confessed slayer of Mrs. Unis Freeman, his bene factress passed through ' Seattle, last night en route to Portland where tho crime was committed last Angust 13. Johnson was in custody of Dotectivea John A. Golta and Robert U Phillips of Portland. '.. print the Capital Journal at . , nas advanced uie price oi MOT