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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
STATE LINE PLANT
is GRANTED $4,000
Joint Ways And Means Com
mittee Keeps On Slashing
Appropriations.

There is one legislative mill that
grinds steadily, regardless of the ups
and downs of other legislative matters.
This is the evening sessions of the
joint ways and means committee which
has the pleasant duty of cutting down
appropriations for all state departments
for the coming two years. This prun-
ing is not from choice but from neces-
sity as the committee must manage
somehow to keep the state institutions
running and not edd than per
cent TO the former appropriations.
Tic state lime board came in with a
petition asking for the appropriation of
$4,000 in order that it might have g
working capital with which to handle
the $4,000 plant, that it might add to
the size of its bunkers and also build
q cottage for the superintendent.
Senator Lachmund introduced letter
from s. II. Van Trump, Marion county
fruit inspector, in which the stand was
taken that lime was of no benefit and
in many cases injurious. A. D. Cardley
chairman Of the state lime board, said
That about So per cent Of the farmers
found lime was beneficial.
Lime is now selling at $1.75 a ton
at the plant at Gold Hill. The regular
price from commercial houses run from
$S to $l2 a ton.
In the discussion as to why the lime
plant was located at Gold Hill it devel-
eped tnat an examination was made Of
the lime Quarry in Polk county but
that it ran too much rock to make it
of mercantile value. Near Eugene there
is 6, lime qaarry but it is five miles
from a railroaa.
The limo plant has been in active OPP
Grafton since last October, Mr.. Cord.
ley said. It was the 1917 legislature
that established state lime plant and
since then it has been found necessary
to como before the emergency seard
two times to keep she plant in operation
Rcprcscn.ati", Kubli was not very
friendly to any k.nd Of state linz
plant, but it w;.s finally voted to ap
propriatc $l0,0G, to keep it in opera
tion at least ono year. If it doesn Z pay
at the close Of mother year, the ways
ard rncsps q mmiitee thought the state
emergency board would help it ou:
sgain.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
CONSOLIDATION BILLS
SWEEPING IN OUTLOOK

nine persons who shall serve without
salary. Three of these advisors must
be from an agricultural district, three
shall be borticulturis.s and three chos-
en- from men active in aniinai inuustry
Abolishes Offices
Should the bill pass for the creatios
Of state department Of agriculture,
the following offices will he abolished:
State lime board, state chemist and
deputy, pure seed board, state fair di-
rectors, dairy and food commissioner
and his deputies, rights Of the state
treasurer as state sealer of weights
and measures, board of horticulture,
state livestock sanitary board, state
veterinarian, board of sheep commits
sioners and advisory livestock board.
The second state department propos-
ed in another bill is that Of the de-
partment of labor, and the head OF
this department viii be known as tho
commissioner of labor.
To serve with him, there is TO bc
elected a superintendent Of industrial
welfare for the bureau of industrial
welfare and a superintendent OF in
dustrial accidents for the bureau OF
industrial accidents.
This bill abolishes the following Of
fices: Bureau of labor statistics, in
speel.or CT factories anl workshops,
commissioner of labor statistics, board
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
These Traps Must Be AbrO-
gated In Order To Estab-
lish Just Peace.
BY Amos Pinchot


(Written FOR the United Press.)
Washington. Jan. 20.-The most for
midablc barrier athwart the road to a
lasting and democratic peace is the lit
tie known series Of secret treaties for
mulatcd by the allies during the war,
before Americas Intervention.
Up to this writing the American press
has practically ignored the diplomatis-
"booby trap" designed to annihilate
any genuinely liberal peace plan based
upon nltruistic ideas or present-day
aversion to any nation acquiring terri
tory by conquest.
Not only must these secret treaties,
which are in unalterable conflict with
the "fourteen points," be abrogated
before democratic ideas and methods
prevail at Versailles, but what is more
important and what is not at all under.
stood, they must be abrogated by the
peoples Of the nations represented at
the peace conference. Allied statesmen
Of Europe are powerless to revoke the
barrier, even II they now desire to dc
SO. Their hands are tied by the secret
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
JOHNSON SPLITS WITH
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
SENATE SPEECH TODAY
Sets Forth Policy That Senate
PrOgressives VIII Demand
From Now On.
BY L. G Martin

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, Jan. 29.-ln a speech
in which he split definitely with the
leader of his own party in the seuate
Senator Hiram Johnson, California, to
day set forth the policy which senate
progressives from now ON will demand
the government pursue.
johnson thus set forth his policy:
l-lBring home American soldiers.
2-Restore our own democracy.
3-Restore free expansion.
4-Get American business into its
normal channels.
5--Let American life, social anC
economic, be American again.
johnson summed this all up will
the words:
cit is time for an American pol
icy"
Takes Issue With Lodge
He took issue with Senator Lodge
republican leader on the recently an
nounced foreign policy which, by vir
tue of Lodge s position, has since been
construed as the party's policy.
Il am quite aware" said johnson
"that there exists two distinct lines
of policy for our country to pursue in
the near future. In the senate the line
of demarkation between these policies
is becoming increasingly plain.
Recently, the republican leader
stated with clarity and precision his
view of our future policy. He stated
that he deemed it essential by tn.
peace terms to create number of new
small nations, ten in all, and to in
clude the independence of Russia s six
Baltic provinces, and in addition, that
we must take and hold ample security
from Germany and Austria.
johnson said he had no quarrel with
the creation of the new states. He then
quoted Lodge Is statement that the
United States must do its share in oc-
nupation of German territory and help
ing to stabilize the new government.
But One Conclusion
"There is but one conclusion from
the language used," continued John
son, "and that is that after the ere
alton of the sixteen nations, the duty
devolves upon the United States in
part at least to maintain these ma
tions, with American soldiers.
81 will not subscribe to this doc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
PINCHOT SAYS SECRET
TREATIES ARE SHARES

treaties themselves. The treaties, over
the signatures of some Of the very
statesmen now acting at tn peace con-
gress, stipulate that no action by tho
peace congress shall abrogate provi-
sions Of the documents themselves.
Can Force Issue.
Only pressure of public opinioa in a
majority of the allied democracies can
force the issue. -. In this fact is
thought to lie the real reason for tho
bold sttempt. of Jan. 10 to throttle pub
lie opinion before it could form, by
confining all news and discussion Of
the peace negotiations TO q, colorlesss
non committal daily communique.
If the terms Of these secret treaties
are carried out by the allied govern
ments land Representatives of Great Brit
sin, France and Italy have already de-
rlarcd their intention Of doing SO, per-
peace becomes exceedingly mn
probable; and the conference at Yer
sailles will merely set the stage for an.
other conflict, more terrible than tho
one recently ended.
For more than year the liberal presl
of Europe has been laundering against
the secret treaties. Far seeing Europ-
can statesmen have repeatedly demendcd
official reputation of the secret trea-
ties as a condition precedent to the al
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
CHARGES Of STATE
PRINTING BOARD TO
Be INVESTIGATED
Is Alleged That Charges on
This Department Are More
Than Commercial Firms.

N, =, =, =, :. :,
Inc state Frinting BOARD and ,ts
SSMafges : iori Tor service @ 70 the state wlll
pe investigated. ms was decided last
evening at q meeting OIL the joint ways
anu means coinmit'ee OF the senate
anu mousse
inc poarq came an Tor considerable
crltlclsm wneh w. N. fhmpton ana
"A. W. Lawrence, state printer, came
oeiore .ne ways anu means commMtes
oI tne mouse ana sena1e asking 1or an
appropriation larger tnan that given
sMo years ago' neplesehtatlve huo,l
vPehiy cha,eeu the printing Doafa uith
uoihg sWork ior olner state depart
mems a. prlce higeer than the work
,' wouiu nsse cvS' from commercial
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
COMMITTEE ON WAYS
AND means LIBERAL
WITH Mr.. CHURCHILL
Grants Him Appropriation Re-
quest, Proposing $3.50
For Office Fixtures.

The eastern Oregon state hospital of
Pendleton came i'm for little pruning
last evening by the joint ways and
means committee and the appropria-
tion asked for was cut 1880.
Senator Smith, who is Of the med
ical profession, was inclined to give
the institution all that it asked for,
But the committee was there with the
pencil and pad and figured that the
maintenance amounts were based on
what the expenses had been during the
past two years of high war prices.
With the Gust of almost all food pro-
ducts falling, the committee thought
the cost Of maintenance would also
drop a little the coming two years.
Senator Patterson said there was no
sense in basing living expenses for
the coming two years on war basis
and Senator Iachmund heartily agreed
Senator Lachmund wanted to know
why the per capita expense should be
larger for the coming two years, as
the estimates submitted by DR.. Nc
$4,000 more than two years ago.
Two years ago the per capita main
tenance for inmates Of the eastern
Oregon insane asylum was about SIT
per month and for the coming two
years, DIR. McNary had figured on
basis of $20.44 month.
Hence 100000 was cut off the pro-
posed maintenance estimate, $500
eliminated from the amount wanted
for paving roads and the $4,000 want
ed for finishing wards in the basement
entirely cut out. But the committee al
lowed to stand the $4,000 DIR. Nc
Nary asked for to replace defective
floors in the original building which
was erected in 1911.
DR.. r. Z. Lee Steiner appeared be-
fore the committee asking Nhat the
special amounts for the services Of
physicians at the insane asylum at
Salem be eliminated and that bill
be introduced providing that the pay
of the physicians be left to the state
board of control. The doctor could not
see the justice in physician being
paid by the state 800 a month for
his services when the men setting type
in the state printers office we're max
ing So or more day. The ways and
means committee agreed with DR..
Steiner.
Senator Strayer said that the Of
flee of Superintendent Churchill had
a bum carpet and furniture and rec
commended that $3.50 be spent in max
ing the office more homelike and COM
Portable. There was no disposition to
cut the amounts asked for by Mr..
Churchill and he got what he asked for
There was a feeling that the $l2,-
600 appropriation for agricultural as
sistants was pretty strong, but some
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
President Sends Senate
Nominations For ApprOva'

Washington, Jan. 29.-The president
today sent to the senate the following
nominations:
To be comptroller Of the currency
john Skelton. Williams Of Richmond,
Va.
To be assistant secretary Of the treas
ury-Jouett Shouse of Kinsley, Kan.
To be registrar of the land office at
Walla Walla, Wash.--Frederick M.
Medger of Washington ,reappointed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
RATIFIED.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Sur-
rounded by G. group of leading
white ribboners, Acting Secrc-
tary of State Polk today signed
the proclamation that the ma
tional prohibition amendment
had been ratified.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29
ENGINE JUMPED TRACK.

Quebec, Que, Jan. 29.-While shunt.
ing freight cars off the ferry which
plies between Lewis and this city, A G.
P. r. engine jumped the tracks and
plunged into the st. Lawrence river
today. Three men were drowned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-29

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Continued on page 81 :.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
WHITE HOUSE CRIES
COCK-A-DOODLE-DO!

-Four aristocratie French roosasrs
are the objects OF pretentious esrs-
monies at the White House yestSr.
day when they will be formaliy
presented to a delegation Of AIabams
citizens as a gift from him. clemen-
eeau, Lloyd George, and Orlando ~
the interest of q highway bridgs
across the Bigbee river in their state
to extend the Dixie highway. Yhs
birds will be taken to Demopolia
Ala, where they viii be sold at ane
ton August IA and IS. the promoters
expecting to raise At least S5OOol
from the sale.
Vice President Marshall and OEhs1
public officials have donated roostsrs
for the same purpose. but the main -
fractions are the four presented b
the Big -Four" OF the peace eonfePs
enee.
The four Foosters have been &C q
Zoo for the past week, but wsFu
brought to the White House this ae
ternoon for the ceremonies, which
were arranged BY Congressman W.
B. Oliver OF Alabama. Among thosa
present today were Frank Derby, q
Alabama, who was the purchaser a.
the celebrated $4,000 COW that Press
dent Wilson donated to the Red Cross
The Washington times., 1919-08-01

cost Of living by setting up a maxi
mum profit law beyond which dealers
IN necessities should not be permit
ted to 60"
Predicts BOIshevfsm.
Bolsheyism is. likely to get a firm
hold in America unless the Govern
ment acts to stop profteering. accord
ing to President Lee.
Lee today denied that railroad men
are getting rich" on wage advances
made by the Rail Administration. He
quoted figures to show that in four
years wage increases in the freight
service have been $40 per day. or
80 per cent, for conductors: SI.4l, or
52.e per cent for brakemen. and the
same for fiagmen.
In the passenger service, he said.
conductors now are receiving lust
$40 per month, or 1913 per cent. more
than they did four years ago, while
the increase during the same time
has been 542.50 per month for bag
gaEemen and $3.50 for brakemen.
The increase in the cost of living
Is conserYatVe1y estimated at be-
tween 50 and 100 per cent according
TO Government statistics" Lee said.
Explanations Won't Do.
we have accepted the statements
Of the Railroad Administration as to
why certain things were not done.
and we have taken its word as an
honest expression OF its inability to
act, but we cannot trade explanations
or the administration to our grocery
men nor to any other business man
with whom we have to deal. 1t takes
money to bring home the bacon and
there is no getting away from the
price Of il.
Railway employees have had to
work thirty days per month in order
to make a decent living wage.
During the war the men agreed
not to strike.
The war is over. We have kept
faith with the Government and the
people and we have reaped the reward
that comes to one who pulls his teeth
and tries to remain a meat eater"
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
BODIESOF 3BLAST
VICTIMS SENT HOME

Bodies Of the three victims OF the
gasoline tank explosion in the plant
OF the Semmes Motor Company Tues
day have been taken TO their homes
for burial.
The body OF Maxheld d. Libby
was sent last night to his home in
Presque Isle, Maine, where burial
will take place. W. W. Klotz, father
OF James S. Kotz, OF North Carolia,
who was killed, yesterday took his
sons body home with him to Saulis-
bury, North Carolina. Funeral sew
ices for william N. Kyle viii be held
today from 1o0o-A Thirteenth street
southeast.
The five injured men at Emergency
and Casualty Hospitals suffering
from burns and cuts as a result OF
the explosion ars reported doing well
today.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
"SWING"
RUNS ON v. R. &E.

Complaints against the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company
for alleged action in compelling its
employees to consume from twelve
to fourteen hours to put in an eight
hour working day will be presented
before the War Labor Board Mon
day.
The employees say they will ask
that schedules be adjusted to elimi-
nate most OF the Swing" runs, which
involve the division Of the days
work.
So many Swing" runs have been
maintained, the employees claim, that
many of the motormen and conduc-
tors have resigned. 1t is said that
only about 30 per cent OF the w. r.
& E runs are straight" runs.
Employees OF the company will hold
a meeting on August 8 TO take up
the question OF increased pay.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
TAUSSIG LEAVES
TARIFF COMMISSION

Prof. F. W. Taussig. chairman of
the United States Tariff Commission,
has rendered his resignation to Presi-
dent Wilson
Letters exchanged by Mr.. Taussig
and the President were made public
at the White House today, and they
show that while Prof Taussig wish
ed his resignation to take effect July
1 it was accepted as effective today.
The President expressed his regret
over the resignation. Taussig will
return to his duties at Harvard Uni
versity.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01

dollars to make up any deficiency oc-
curing under this guaranty.
The IEOe Plan.
The Igoe plan is for legislation to
take from profiteers in the form of
taxes their excess profits on food
products, and for an investigation by
the Federal Trade Commission of
conditions in the shoe, clothing, sugar
and coffee situation to ascertain
whether there is justification for
higher prices and alleged shortages.
With commendable persistence Igoe
is following up his resolutions with
demands on the Ways and Means, In
terstate and Foreign Commerce and
Rules committees that they take no.
tice of his demands and consider the
suggestions he makes. The Rules and
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
committees heard him today and held
out tentative promises they would in
vestigate his proposals.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
WIN FARE ZONE FIGHT IN n. J.

TRENTON. N. ]. Aug. 1.-The Pub
lie Service Company, operating troll
ley car lines throughout New Jersey
today won its fight for a fare zone
system. An order by the Public Utili-
ties Commission gave the company
the right to charge cents for the
first zone mile and cents for each
additional mile. There will be no
transfers. The new rate goes into
effect September IA.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
PLAN STANDARD
WEIGHTS F0RD.G c.

Standardization OF weights anS
measures in the District OF colum-
6ia Is provided in a bill introAueeS
In the House yesterday BY CHAR.
man Carl E. Mapes, OF the House De.
triet OF Columbia COMMITTEES. Anma
lar measure was introduced IN -
last Congress.
The bill would standardizs an
baskets. crates, hampers. bottle
jars. and other containers and e.
jects Of measurement and would pro
vide for the sale OF ice only d
weight The measure also provSda1
for inspection every six month";
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
WOULD ENFORCE
DRY LAW ABROAD

To help the prohibitionists in their
efforts to make the whole world dry.
Congressman Randall of California
yesterday introduced a bill to make
the provisions of the prohibition
amendment apply to American citizens
who move. their breweries or distil-
leries to other countries.
Randall particularly desires to pro-
hibit the manufacture OF liquor in
China, where the United States has
extraterritorial rights by treaties.
The Washington times., 1919-08-01
MILLION RAIL
WORKERSPUT
PAYDEMANDS
Up TO HINES

Wage demands to cover an IS
{! per cent increase. in the cost of iv-
ing have been presented to the Rail
road Administration by representa-
tiEes of $4,000 conductors, brake
men, trainmen, and railway shop
/ men, according to announcements
made here today by officials of the
four big railroad brotherhoods and
! of allied unions.
Similar demands to be presented
within a few days by other railroad
crafts, union officials said, viii bring
to nearly 100000 the number of
workmen concerned.
Want Time and q Half.
Time and one-half for overtime
work is asked by all the unions.
Raid Director Hines refused to In
6icate what the attitude of the Rail
Administration will be.
The demands will be forwarded to
me by the Railroad Wage Adjustment
Board" he said. Then TIL act"
I'VE have asked for increases aver
aging IS per cent" said President L E.
Shepherd, speaking for $4,000 mem
bers Of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Conductors.
"The Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen has put in a demand for
increases averaging IS per cent" said
President ". 6. Lee.
''Onicials representing 45o. 900 shop
workers have demanded an increase
Of approximately IS per cent" said
!. John Scott, of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
VIII Meet August Il.
7 have called q meeting of broth
erhoods for August II at Cleveland
TO frame our demands" said Timothy
Shea, president OF $4,000 members
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen-
President Warren S. Stone said the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has made clear to President Wilson it
must have Government action to cut
the cost Of living or his men will in
stst on substantial wage increases.
The shop workers have given Hines
until Tuesday to reply to their de-
mands it was said here today. This
ultimstum was served on Director
Hines following conferences that be-
gan weeks ago. The Shopmen three
times postponed threatened strike ac-
ton, officials said today. The first
date set for direct action was June
10. This was postponed to August
1. when the workers received en-
couragement that their demands
would be considered carefully.
Must Cut Living Cost.
All union officials emphasize that
the Government must take some &C
ton to reduce the cost Of living.
-Prohteering must be eliminated or
there will be revolution in the United
States" said President Shea "Pront-
GERS in necessities of life are taking
away the wage increases as fast as
they are granted the workers.
Wages Of the hremen have been
increased 45 per cent since 1913. In
that time the cost of living has been
boosted more than so per cent by the
profteers. Thus the fremen are no
better OF than they were in 1913.
Firemen got one substantial wage
increase after the Government took
over the railroads. This was COM
pletely absorbed by the profteers
within sixty days"
President Shepherd, Of the Conduc-
tors Brotherhood, said:
Congress has power to reduce the