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THE MORMXG OHEGOXI.VN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1019. " INQUEST EXPLAINS i KILLING OF HANEY Member of Posse Shot by Comrades' Mistake. PASS WORD UNANSWERED Two Searching Parties, 31eetin at Mountain Cabin, Take Each Other for Enemies. has notyet ceased to reach Centralia, offering- the co-operation of legioners everywhere. LEGION MEX TO INVESTIGATE Appointments Made by District At torney at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. CaL, Nov. 18. Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at torney, has appointed a group of ex service men to his staff .to investi gate reports of persons having made seditious statements. Lieutenant . Burton Fitts, attorney and first vice-president of the state American Legion, has been appointed special deputy district attorney. Grays Harbor Expects Trials. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) It is expected that at least some of the Centralia I. W. W. mur der cases will' be tried in this county. That a change of venue from Lewis county will be demanded and granted is regarded as certain- Grays Harbor, being an adjoining county, probably will get some of the trials. CENTRALIA. "Wash.. Nov. 18. (Special.) The sorrowful sequel to the futile death of John A. Haney, Ten in o woodsman and rancher, who was slain last Saturday in the mis taken skirmish between two squads of deputies at Hunter's cabin, 23 miles northeast of here, came this after noon, when Coroner David Living stone impaneled a jury and held the Inquest. The jury was unanimously agreed, at the conclusion of testimony by members of the two parties, that Haney came to his death by the rifle fire of other deputies, after he had failed to respond to signals previously arranged, and had been mistaken for an L W. W. fugitive. According to the testimony the shot that killed Haney probably was fired by George Stevens of. Centralia, a member of the posse led by Lou Car ver. Presuming that he had encoun tered an I. W. W. outpost, a belief that was shared by every other mem ber of his posse, the deputy called upon Haney to halt and give the password. Apparently startled by the com mand and with rifle at ready, Haney whirled to face the supposed foe and made no answer to the challence. The hidden posse man called again, com manding him to throw up his hands end drop the rifle he grasped. When Haney failed either to reply or obey, George Stevens fired. At the crack Of the weapon Haney dropped. Password 'ot Aawtred. The password, previously agreed upon and thoroughly understood by Haney. was to answer "American legion" when a command to halt was received. When Haney did not make this reply it seemed certain that he was one of the armed radicals that the po.sse believed to be hiding at Hunter's cabin. The direct testimony regarding the shooting of Haney was given by John Stevens, brother posseman. who is thought to have fired the fatal shot. All members of the party expressed deep regret at the fatality and con cern for the bereaved family. "To me the man we saw standing by the fir in the thicket, with the storm whipping about him, was a hated I. VV. W." said John Stevens, with tears in his eyes and his voice breaking, as he recounted watching his brother fire the shot. "Even now I cannot bring myself to believe that the man who dropped was not one of those we were hunt ing, though reason tells me that it was one of our own comrades, on the same mission." Two FoNifi Meet. The two parties went into the hunt er's cabin locality by different routes. One took the Skookumchuck trail and came in from the north. Its members were Lou Carver. John Stevens, George Stevens and Kenneth Clark. The other took the southern trail and headed north via the Hanna ford. Its members were Preston McDonald, Morgan Da vies, Ben 1. King and John B. Haney. They were to meet In the vicinity of the hunter's cabin at 4:30 Saturday anernoon. Carver's party reached the rendez vous at noon and stealthily ap proached the glade where the cabin stood. It was storming heavily, with gusts of rain and clouds of fog, at tended by a high wind. Members of the first posse took no thought of the presence or any save the enemy, as they did not expect McDonald's posse until later in the afternoon. But at almost the same time McDonald's men, Haney included, were penetrat ing the same tangle of buck brush and forest, approaching the cabin with the san belief. Haney Taken for Foe. Personally unknown to them. Haney was not recognized by the possemen who saw him and who im mediately began to stalk the supposed foeman. Ample opportunity was given him. the witnesses agreed, to comply with the command of halt and the order to throw up his hands. It was not until they were assured that he was a vigilant enemy, with rifle ready to fire at the first moment, that the single rifle shot rang out, dropping the crouching man. Members of the two parties with drew without realizing the dreadful error. It was not until they com pared notes in Centralia. where both came for reinforcements, that the truth was known. The coroner's jury spent but a brief time in deliberation, after seTeral members of the two posses had told 1 stories that left no doubt as to the nature of the shooting. Once or twice during the examination of wit nesses, questions were interposed by Mrs. W. W. Jes.sup of Spokane, sister ot" the slain deputy. and by his nephew, William Jessup. Miss Ruth Haney and William Haney, daughter and son of the victim, were also pres ent at the inquest. Verdict Absolves Posse. "We. the undersigned jury, unani mously agree." ran the verdict, "that John Albert Haney came to his death by a gunshot wound November 15 through failure on his part to an swer signals which had been agreed upon by the posse and which were properly given, and that no blame be attached to any member of the posse. Members of the jury were A. J Haigli. L. E. Titus, K. C. Stanley. H. W. Thompson. W. H. Ingraham and Crover Troth. As the inquest con cluded "Bill" Haney, 20-year-old son of John Haney. approached members of the posse which were engaged the mistaken and fatal skirmish. He held out his hand and greeted them. Son Harbors o 111 Keeling. "I don't blame you fellows," he said. "Don't think that I do for minute. It is tough to lose dad, but you fellows did your duty.' At a meeting of the American Legion held last night, the local post launched a campaign to establish trust fund for Mrs. Haney and her cniiaren. i he first contribution was a check for $100. The local post plans to spread the trust fund campaign throughout the Lnited States, where ever their is a post. ' At the same meeting the local post took action to establish a definite department in the American Legion on a national scale, for the suppres sion and extermination of treason- able doctrines of 1. W . W.-ism and of other evils that may threaten the flag in- the guise of radicalism. The temper of hundreds of posts. in every section of America, is at tested by t&e tide of telegrams that RELIEF IS IN SIGHT HOOD APPLE GROW ERS PROM ISED BETTER SERVICE. Report That Churches Are Used to Store Fruit Rouses Officials to Remedy Shortage. OREGONIAN NEW BUREAU, Washington, Nov. 18. W. C. Kendall, chief of the car service division of the railroad administration, appeared to appreciate the acute car shortage in the Hood River apple district ot Oregon when Representative Sinnott of Oregon recently laid before him a copy of the Hood River Glacier containing a notice that the churches of that city were being comman deered as storehouses for apples. The account in the Olacier said that the United Brethren church was be ing used for that purpose and that the necessity for using other church property for such a purpose was being considered. Mr. Kendall assured Mr. Sinnott that an effort would be made to furnish cars at the earliest possible moment and release the churches for the pur poses of worship for which they were designed. Arthur M. Hayatt is the only can didate for postmaster at Maple wood Multnomah county. Oregon, and will be appointed. In the same manner Inez M. Morgan is to get the post- mastership at Millican, Deschutes county. Or., date not yet fixed. Joseph M. Rieg of Portland, man ager of Columbia Beach, near Port land, has been in Washington the last few days on a tour of the coun try. He has visited all of the princi pal cities of the east investigating amusements at the various parks. He will return home by way of ew Or leans and Los Angeles. Representative Hawley has been ad vised by the postoffice department that an allowance of $180 a year has been made to the postmaster at Jas per, Lane county, Oregon, for mes senger mail service between the post office and the railroad. 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The probable attitude of the admin istration and the fact that the miners have not returned to worfc were said to be the principal subjects discussed.. Some of -the operators held the view that the government, acting through Fuel Administrator Garfield, was "a third pKrty to the contracts and that the wage scale laid down by the Wash ington agreement could not be changed without the authorization of Dr. Garfield and assurances as to what changes would be allowed in maximum coal prices. Mr. Mine View Centred. Other operators wished to know the views of the director-general of the railroads, as the railroad admin istration is the largest single pur chaser of coal in the country. CHICAGO, Nov. 13. There will be no drastic general curtailment of train service in the United States at the present time, despite the serious ness of the coal problem. This an nouncement was made tonight at the conclusion of a meeting attended by Director-General Hines and seven regional directors of the railroad ad ministration. Mr. Hines, after hear ing reports from the regional direc tors, was of the opinion that there was sufficient coal to run the rail roads on a virtually normal basis for 25 or 30 days and that production of bituminous coal was being in creased daily. A freight embargo 1 would be the last measure to con serve coal. That the coal situation is serious was admitted by those in attendance at the conference. Northwest Needs Coal. Coal now in the hands of the rail roads under the order of the fuel administration will continue to be distributed to public utilities and other users of coal, in accordance with actual necessity. Reports by the regional directors showed that some regions are in much better condition than others. R. H. Aishton. director of the northwestern region, in which region 106 passenger trains have bpen suspended, reported that the situation in his region was serious. . "The railroads, which are the vital life of the nation, must be kept go ing," said Mr. Aishton. BILLINGS. Mont., Nov. 18. The Montana Coal Operators association and representatives of the United Mine Workers of district No. 27, which embraces the entire state. have reached an agreement for resumption of work in Montana mines, according to announcement made at headquar ters of the operators here this morn ing. It is said that the agreement provides for adoption of the settle ment to be negotiated for the central competitive field. The agreement was signed in Wash ington, D. C, yesterday by District President Henry Drennan for the mine workers and by F. W. C. Whyte, James Needham and H. S. Hopka for the Montana coal operators. District Secretary Robert Condon of the Lnited Mine Workers sent tele graphic notice of the settlement to the various local unions of the state thi. mT-nino- and iirsrftd that thev re turn to work at once. It is believed was recovered. that the majority will report for work tomorrow. The agreement affects every dis trict in the state and more than 40UO coal miners. It means immediate re sumption in the Carbon county. Roundup and Sand Coulee fields among others. Japan, and the remaining $3325 re mains to be apportioned. No fund was assigned to promotion of legislation looking toward the I prohibition of tobacco. SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 18. Coal miners in the Wyoming district, after returning to work were persuaded by a little group of alleged radicals to walk out again, according to a re port received here late today from Rock Springs. Wyo, The effect and scope of this action is uncertain, ac cording to railroad officials here who have started an investigation. Austrian Agitators Arrested. KEMMERER, Wyo., Nov. 18. Seven Austrians- were arrested today at Frontier, near here, charged with at tempting to stop coal miners who were returning to work. The Aus trians are alleged to have radical ten dencies and are being held in the county jail pending investigation. io la tors of Injunction Punished LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Nov. 18. Patrick Sheehan and Paul Cecil to- ay were sentenced to serve five days f n lail and to pay fines of $500 each I ollowing conviction of violation of 1 anti-picketing injunction obtained uring the recent strike of shipyard I workers at Los Angeles harbor. A Quinine Ttaat Does Not Affect Head Because of Its tonic and laxative effect. LAaaTIV 12 yUlMN E (Tablets) can be taken by anyone without causing I nervousness or ringing In the head. There 1 is only one "tiromo yuinlne. E. W. LinuvLO mgniure on ine dox. auc Aav. Phone your want ads to The Orego- ntan, Main vuvu. a y&. WORLD PROHIBITION AIM Funds Allotted V. C. T. 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