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K ' VOL. LIX NO. 18.G8G n,er:2 orCOn . , Pontofflc Sind-C!s Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, -THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS COLORADO LIKELY JO GO REPUBLICAN POLICE SLAY NEGRO WHO FLASHES PISTOL 3250 HAITIENS ARE SLAIN BY MARINES $1 CANADIAN WHEAT THREATENING TO U. S. FARMERS MAY FACE RCIX, WASHIXGTOX SAYS. HUNTER, 78, REPORTED LOST; DEATH FEARED ROSEBCRG SEARCHERS OR GANIZE TO FIND MAX HARDING PLEDGES SOUTH FAIR PLAY EXTRA OUNCE IN LOAF COSTS $909,600,000 DR. EOUI'S TERM CUT BY WILSON President Shears Two Years Off Sentence. QUARREL IX BLACK'S ROOM STARTS IA'VESTIGATIOX. . ' CAPPER DECLARES GROWLERS ROBBED BY SPECULATORS. V Democratic State Re sents Wilsonism. COUP ROUTS BOURBONS Non-Partisans Gain Control of Party at Primaries. THOMAS AFFAIR MUDDLES Senator's Determination to Complicates Matters but Refuses to Take Hand. Run Cox BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New Tork Evening Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement.) CHICAGO, Oct. 13. (Special.) When I was In Colorado a week ago the debris of the September primaries had not cleared up sufficiently to make possible an Intelligent state ment on the situation of the state. During the week It has cleared up to some extent, but it Is still full of complexities. These complexities do no, so greatly affect the race as be tween Harding and Cox. Colorado, of course, ought to be ex pected to go democratic. In 1916 It gave Wilson the exceptionally large majority of 76,000. Colorado to Go for Harding:. But the best judgment today is that Colorado will go republican for the eame reason that Is almost universal throughout the west. That reason Is Irritation against Wilson and the democratic administration and the wish to change it. On the senatorship the Colorado sit uation is less simple. In the primaries In September there were two leading candidates for the republican nom ination for senator and two leading candidates for the democratic nomina tion. Because there was more inter est in the republican race a good many of the democrats left their own pri maries in oraer to have a hand In the more exciting race between the re publicans. At the same time, the non-partisan league, which is very ably managed from a political point of view, slipped Into the democratic primaries bodily and practically succeeded in captur ing the democratic organization. The non-partisan league candidate for the democratic nomination lost by the narrow margin of 79 votes. Justice Thought Radical. But the man who won, a justice of the supreme court for the state, Tully Kcott, has been considered as leaning toward the radicals in many of his decisions and in his attitude generally. The consequence Is that many con servative democrats are disposed to withhold support from him. This tendency has been Increased by a development of the last few days. Charles S. Thomas, present democratic senator, had determined to retire to private life, and had formally refused to be a candidate In the democratic primaries. Since the result of those pr to imaries, however, he has determined ..... ;.,-.,.. j i j . . J run independently and has come out I on a platform which opposes the! league of nations, giving among other! reasons that the league "commits the United States to direct participation! in the political, religious, -racial and . geographical differences and contro versies, present and future, between nations, races and creeds, the world over." Cox Asked to Take Hand. The emergence of Senator Thomas Is naturally disturbing to the demo crats and Is one of the things that tends to make democratic success in the presidential ticket unlikely. . In fact, some of the Colorado democrats have appealed to Cox to repudiate Thomas, but Cox has so far refused. ..Thomas is universally recognized as an able man, with a free and inde pendent mind, and his candidacy un doubtedly will commend itself strong ly to his state. But this is not the end of the com plications. The result of the repub lican primaries for senator was al most as close as the democratic" pri maries. A wealthy mining man. Sam? viel Nicholson, won by less than 400 votes. This lent some disaffection 'In the republican ranks and. effort will re made to run another republican, Waterman, on an independent ticket. Waterman toyed with the situation for a while, but has now finally de cided to run. I.easrne Control Democrat.. To attempt to predict what will come out of all these complications would be vain. As one democratic con pressman expressed It to me, "This year's campaign is the worst muddled mixup we have ever had in Colorado." The one clear and conspicuous fact is the emergence of the non-partisan league. Colorado democrats speak of the league as. having "stolen" the demo cratic organization. That i word that many of us tend to use when come one else has been a little shrewder. The truth is all that the r.on-partlsan league did was wholly according to law, and was Just what jny group of voters has a right to do and could do provided they acted compactly under capable leadership. They merely did it in such a quiet (.Concluded on 2, Column l. Patrolmen Say They "Were Across Room and Had Xo Chance to Disarm Victim. Henry Johnson, a negro employe of the municipal paving plant, was shot through the head and killed instantly early this morning by Patrolman Mc Mahan, who was searching the negro's roam at Ninth and Glisan streets. The patrolman said the negro had drawn a pistol and had threatened to shoot him. ' Sergeant Bruening and Patrolman McMahan heard the negro quarreling with a companion, Gertrude Vord, and went into the lodgings to investigate. They found the couple in a room in the second story. A bottle of moonshine whisky and the remnants of a lunch were on the' table. The police seized the whisky and began searching the room for more. Suddenly, the police say, Johnson pulled a .38 caliber revolver from a holster by his bed .and pointed it at McMahan. "I'll give you something to search for," he 13 alleged to have shouted. The policemen were across the room from the negro, and say they had no chance to disarm him. Both bluecoats reached for their weapons, but the patrolman drew and fired first. The bullet hit Johnson in the head and he died almose instantly. The police arrested the negress as witness. The dead man's body was turned over to Coroner Smith. COAL FAMINE NOT FEARED Railroad Ordered to Supply North west With 4 000 Cars Daily. NEW TORK. . Oct. 13. There will be no serious coal shortages in any part of the country this year, pro vided ordinary care Is exercised by consumers, it was predicted today at the conference of the National Coal association, which- comprises two thirds of the bituminous coal pro ducers of the United States. Oper ators, however, declared that to keep the markets supplied steady work at the mines and a sufficient supply of railroad care would be required. The interstate commerce commis sion has requested railways "to move 4000 cars of coal a day into the north west until December 1. EYE VALUED AT $3500 Little Girl Who Lost Optic Gets Judgment In Court. PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 13. (Spe cial.) For the loss of an eye, "mental anguish and physical disfigurement," six-year-old Esther Wallingford of Milton, Or, was awarded damages to taling $3600 by a circuit court jury here today. The accident occurred some time ago r.-hen an automobile in which the little girl was riding col lided with an automobile driven by D. B. Bannister of Athena. William Wallingford. the father, brought suit for $10,000. The jury deliberated for eight hours on the case. MARKET HELD VITAL NEED Farmers Must Get Credit to Europe to Stabilize Demand, Says Hoover. KANSAS CITT, Mo, Oct. 13. "The real need of the farmers of the United . ,.. . , . ... States is credit to Europe which will . . , . , . . . stabilize demand," declared Herbert Hoover in an address today before the young men's division of the cham ber of commerce. "All credit for the farmer will break down If the consumer cannot be found, said Mr. Hoover. "Credit given directly to -the farmer is all right to tide him over a glutted mar ket, but the first thing to be read justed is the price level." LIQUOR OUTPUT GROWING Scotch Distillers Declare Pronibi tion Boosted Sales in C S. EDINBURG, Scotland, Oct. 13. Advertisements appearing in Scot tish newspapers in which distillers claim their business with America has greatly increased since prohibi tion went into effect will be brought to the attention of the department of justice at Washington. William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson prohibition leader, addressing a meet ing here last night, discussed these advertisements and asserted he would take this action regarding them. SCOUT SHOWS GRATITUDE Youth Ronts Robber From Home of " Those Who Befriended Him. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 13. Lawrence Westover, 16, boy scout, has paid part of his debt of gratitude to C. R. Jew ell, whose family gave him a home with them last year after he had been found trudging along on a country road leading to Omaha. Returning from school yesterday the boy found s. burglar sacking the family silverware. Arming himself with a knife, he fought and finally put the intruder to rout, but not until he had been cut 12 times. None of his wounds, however, is serious. Venezuelan Outbreak Unverified. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Recent re ports of a revolutionary outbreak in the vicinity of Sjin Cristobal, Vene zuela, have not been verified, accord ing to advices reaching the state de pa.rtmeo.t today, Natives Slaughtered In discriminately, Report. INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED General Barnett Declares He Is Shocked by Conditions. PRACTICE HELD COMMON Courtsmartial Reveal Slaughter on Island and Commandant Or ders Killings Stopped. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Approxi mately 3250 "armed Haitien bandits have been killed by' United States marines or Haitien gendarmerie dur ing the 6 years of American occu pation," Major-General George Bar nett, ex-commandant of the marine corps, eaid in a report made public today by Secretary Daniels. Total marine corps casualties to date were shown to be one officer and 12 enlisted men killed and two officers and 26 enlisted men wounded. Disclosure that a summary investi gation of alleged "practically indis criminate killing" of Haitien natives by United States marines was ordered more than a year ago by Major-General Barnett was shown by the report. General Saya He's Shocked. Evidence at the trials of two marine privates for the killing of natives, "shocked me beyond expression," Gen eral Barnett said in a letter of Sep tember 27 to Colonel John H. Russell, commanding in Haiti, ordering an im mediate investigation with the ap proval of Secretary Daniels. It was at once carried out by Colonel Rus sell, who submitted a report to the navy department March 20, 1920. but. General Barnett said, the report had not been turned over to marine corps headquarters up to last June, when he was succeeded as commandant of the corps by Major-General John A. Le jeune. General Barnett's report contains o indication of the result of the in vestigation for this reason as it cov ers operation in Haiti oniy up to the time he was relieved as commandant. Killings Held to Be Common. Secretary Daniels, it was shown, ordered General Barnett, September 18 last, to submit a special report on conditions causing the investigation. This report was Incorporated in the general operations report made public today. General Barnett received the order while on leave of absence short ly after publication of statements by (Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.) THE t I Dominion Government Conlcm plates Taking Over Crop Which Now Crams Every Warehouse. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, 'Oct. 13. Official reports reaching Washington show a condi tion In the Canadian wheat market which is fraught with great danger to those grain growers of the United States who have not disposed of their product. In fact, worse, conditions than those of which the farmers now complain are foreseen, because $1 wheat is in prospect 1 in Canada, with a conse quent collapse in breadstuff values. Government action in Canada now appears the only hope of saving the wheat farmers fromVuin, because the growers in Canada, like those In the United States, are no longer produc ing wheat at the low costs which ob tained before the war. The dominion government is said to be holding itself in readiness to take over the crops If necessary to save the producers from a crisis that might result in a general panic Not a pound of "wheat is being exported to Great Britain, for Australia and New Zealand are now supplying Eng land and the empire with all needed wheat and flour. British ships re leased from war work are available in quantities and get all the wheat in the Antipodes that the British house holds can .consume. Canada is thus deprived of a nat ural market and one which It enjoyed during the war period without com pensation. With the stimulus of the overseas market and the urge of gov ernmental authority the wheat grow ers of Canada extended their acreage and farmed even more intensively for bumper crops on every foot of wheat land. With a tremendous crop on hand and with elevators and cars bulging with the grain, there alp pears no foreign market, and unless the government Intervenes the price Is bound to break or new markets must be developed. VESSEL ASHORE; 3 LOST James Carrnthers Is Aground, on .' White-land Island. ' PRINCE RUPERT, B. Oct. 13. The Canadian Fisheries & Cold Stor age company's steamer James Car ruthers, which sailed from here late last night, is ashore on Whiteland Isl and and three of the crew are miss ing. The others of the crew were res cued by a United States survey vessel. FIRE DAMAGE IS MILLION Freight House, Merchandise and . Cars Destroyed in Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 13. Fire, which de stroyed the freight house of the Chi cago Junctionrailroad this morning, did damage estimated at $1,000,000. officials of the railroad announced. Quantities of merchandise in tran sit were burned, and 260 freight cars, most of them loaded," were destroyed by the fire. RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT IS ABOUT Joseph Rohrer Becomes Separated From Party In Timbered Dis trict of North Umpqua. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.) Joseph Rohrer, 78 years old, a res ident of Canton, Ohio, and who has been in this city the last few weeks visiting with relatives, was reported lost today in the timbered district of the North Umpqua river in the vicin ity of what is known as Strader's cabin, 11 miles above the Wolff creek ranger station, Mr. Rohrer, in company with his son-in-law, ,A- K. Gibbs, and two other hunters, have been in that dis trict since the latter part of last week and Monday the trio started out to hunt deer. Each hunter took a separate course and when the other two returned, to camp late in the af ternoon and found Rohrer absent they at once instituted a search. The territory was covered thor oughly by the two men and the search continued Tuesday but no trace could be found. Last night J. C. Brooks, a member of the hunting party, almost ex hausted by his long search, solicited the aid of forest rangers of the North Umpqua, afid they in turn communi cated . this morning with Forest Su pervisor Ramsdell of this city, the latter making immediate arrange ments to dispatch a searching party. Late today a report received from near Wolff creek was that no trace of the man had been discovered. The country in which Mr. RohrVr Is lost is heavily timbered and is on the divide between Little river and the North Umpqua. Eight inches of snow is reported since Monday in that district and the hunter being thinly clad. It Is believed he has died from exposure. RANGES GET FIRST SNOW Monnt Hood Has New Drapery; Rain Today's Forecast. Winter sent an advance guard early yesterday morning to the hill ranges just beyond the city and occupied their crests with snow the first of the season. Mount Hood, through cloud rifts, was draped in a new garb of spotless white. In the Willamette valley the rain, now In its fourth week of intermittent duration, continued to drench the fields and delay the potato harvest. The weather prediction for today is more rain, with southeasterly gales along the Oregon and Washington coast. COX CHALLENGES HARDING Debate on League Wanted, Says Mississippi Senator. NEW TORK, Oct. 13. On behalf of Governor Cox, Pat Harrison, senator from Mississippi, today- Issued a for mat challenge to Senator Harding to meet the democratic presidential can didate in joint debate. It is proposed that the league of na tions be the subject to be discussed. OVER. Party Has One Policy for All U. S., Says Senator. WILSON BRANDED DICTATOR President Said to Have Brok en Party Platform Pledges. FLAWS OF LEAGUE SHOWN Ambiguity in Constitution Caused Civil War and Pact Is Score of Ambiguities, Is Warning. CJTATT A vnnr. i t-,, i t the voters of tiie democratic south Senator Harding tonight addressed an appeal for earnest consideration of republican principles and gave a promise that republican successes In the election would mean "the same policy of helpful protection to all American production, north and south." In a speech at an auditorium here he suggested "diversified politics" as the thing required to remove the last trace of sectional misunderstanding and said that his party had no policy for one section that It did not preach for all sections alike. The democratic party he attacked for its conduct of affairs both at home and abroad. President Wilson, h said, repeatedly had dictated to con gress, even at the expense of violat ing pledges of his own party platform, and finally had attempted to force ac ceptance of the league of nations covenant by depriving the senate of its constitutional powers. Pact Fnll of Ambiguities. An ambiguity in the federal consti tution, he said, had been responsible for the civil war and he voiced a hope that no similar catastrophe would be courted by accepting a league cove nant "containing a score of ambigui ties." "Looking back now in the concord of union," he said, "we note no dif ference in patriotic love of country north or south; rather a misunder standing as to the meaning of it It little matters now about grievances, about early differences, about the em bittered disappointments. The su preme fact is that we are united "All that north and south ' ever needed was understanding with one another. We have that understanding now. "We are not wholly of one mind In our party devotion, but it will be a grand day for America when our par tisan differences are buried in the concord of new understanding. If re publican politics are good for the north, they deserve the earnest con sideration of the south. Policy for All U. S. Same. "We are interdependent and the republican party proclaims the same doctrine of agricultural good fortune in the south that it does in the north It preaches the same policy of finance north and south. It preaches the same policy Of a helnftil . - - i"vi.iiuii 0 au American production, north or south. we oeneve m protecting cotton and cotton-seed products of the south and wheat and wool in the north We believe in protection for peanuts south and potatoes north. We believe in southern factories and northern factories selling to America first, and we acclaim an industrial south as one of the essentials to the Idea! republic. "I want the self-reliant America self-reliant agriculturally, eelf-reli-ant politically. That is why I insist that we shall never accept a league of nations with the material heart of a military alliance, to rule the world by force of arms. Ambiguity Caused War. "North and south fought because the states of the south thought' they had the right to withdraw from the union. The north thought the union to be indissoluble. Then came the conflict over an ambiguity in the constitution. There are a score of ambiguities in the president's cove nant and he would not tolerate tneir clarification by reservations. "I have a deep and abiding faith in American institutions and in the fun damental principles upon which they rest. The people, by their constitu tion, have carefully enumerated the powers of their governmental agents. Neither agent is superior to the other and neither owes any degree of re sponsibility to the other. For either to Invade the field of action dele gated to the other is to usurp the au thority of the other. During the life of the present administration this condition, which the constitution in hibits, has arisen again and again. Congress Wllnon'a Echo. "Congress while under democratic control was, with rare exception, a mere echo of the executive. He did not inform them from time to time respecting the state of the union as the constitution contemplates; he told them what to do. "The democratic platform of 1912, for example, declared ror a single term and a bill was actually intro duced and I think reported to the senate, to carry this platform declar ation into effect. But the president not only compelled its abandonment, but accepted a renomination. The .iCoacluded on I'.se 3, (Jolulna i.j Senator Threatens to Offer Bill to Put Chicago Board of Trade Out of Business. SMITH CENTER. Kan.. Oct. 13. One ounce more of bread In the loaf at the old price is what the consumer 'is now offered for the $909,600,000 loss the "Chicago wheat gamblers" have caused the American wheat raiser In the last two months "by gambling In futures." United States Senator Cap per declared in an address tonight. "Years ago," he said, "the people demanded the suspension of the Louisiana lottery, but today, under the cloak of business respectabJity. we are permitting the biggest gam bling hell in the world to be operated on the Chicago board of trade. By comparison Europe's suicide club at Monte Carlo Is as innocent and in nocuous as a church bazaar. "Several weeks ago I began work on a measure to abolish this injurious form of robbery and shall shoot this bill in on the first day of the next congress and will undertake to put this den of thieves out of business." Since July 15, when trading in futures was resumed, the Kansas senator declared that grain specula tors have sold or oversold this year's crop five or six times. Only about 1 per cent of the trading in futures is a bona fide transaction for actual de livery, he asserted. Because the speculators are forcing down the price of wheat, the senator asserted "the farmer who sold his hogs and cattle at a heavy loss while meat still Bells for war prices is again made the goat, and the wheat raiser, whose crop this year costs him more for wages and equipment than any other he ever produced, sees the farm price of his crop cut vir tually in two with no real benefit to anybody except the brokerage firms who collect the commissions. "These losses," he said, "amounting to nearly a dollar a bushel in the farm price, are being augmented and the speculators aided by the unre stricted influx of duty-free Canadian wheat and abetted by the difference in exchange value, amounting to about 30 cents a bushel in favor of the Importer." FIGHT FOR MILLIONS ON Will of Wealthy Recluse Contested in Salem, Mass., Court. SALEM, Mass., Oct. 13. The legal battle for the millions of Edward F. Searles. the recluse millionaire of Methuen and New Tork. who died recently, was opened in the probate court here today. It was Indicated that the attempt to contest by Victor Albert Searles, a Boston artist, who was a nephew of the testator, would be based on a contention that the aged millionaire was not fit physically or mentally at the time the will was drawn to under, stand or to make such an intricate instrument as that offered for pro bate. By thi3 will Arthur T. Walker of New York, a clerk, was made residu ary legatee of the estate, which is estimated at between $30,000,000 and $50,000,000, and the nephew was to get $250,000. Victor Albert Searles already has forfeited this legacy. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAT'S Maximum tern perature. 50 degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Rain ; southeasterly winds. Foreign. Great Britain firm in stand on Trlh prob lem, aays chieC secretary. rage 3. National. American and foreign shipping lines com bine to war on French line. Page 1. Dollar wheat In Canada la threatening damage to American farmer. Page 1. Peri! to Industry seen in present tax law. Page 5. Agriculture hearing1 before full reserve board to be asked. Page 2. United States marines declared to have killed oxf Haitien bandits by thousands. faKO 1. Folitics. Colorado Is expected to go republican be cause of Its resentment against Wilson. Page 1. Lodge urges voters to stand by Monroe. Page 2. Harding pledges south fair p'ay. Page 1. Speaking campaign. arranged by repub lican central committee, to cover state. Page 16. Attorney-general's seat coveted prize. Page 16. Domestic Senator Capper declares extra ounce !n loef costs growers J.o0.tS00.OO0. stolen by speculators. Page J.. Pacific Northwest. Hunter. 7. reported lost in timber of North Umpqua river. Page 1. Harney county declared "goat" of bird lovers. Page J. Olcott refuses three Taylor slayers clem ency. Pago S. Justice Brown to assume duties on state supreme court bench today. Page 7. Tacoma police seek extradition of woman in iStagg kidnaping case. Page 3, 8 port Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3. Vernon 2; Sacramento 6, Los AngeSes 5; Fan Francisco 8, Seattle 7; Oakland Salt Lake game postponed. Vage 14. Inquiry into coast league corruption charges to start Friday. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Port of Portland now has own plant In spector, sent here by federal govern ment. Page 22. Wool auctions in Australia not favorable to sellers. Page L'.i. Speculative railway txsues in demand In Wail street. Page 2;l. Chicago wheat stronger -owing to farmers' action. Pae 23. Portland and Vicinity. Improvement of parks and playgrounds de clared to be up to city voters. Page 12. President cuts term of Dr. Marie Eq ui and F. W. Bol-d. both convicted under espionage aft. Page I. Youth taken In custody charged with steal ing California's wife. Page 13. Early solution of western lumber shippin-g problem held unlikely. Page 22. Improvement of Foster road is promised by city commission. Page 6. A Idrich Is ready to go back to Chicago to face accusers. Page 8. Teachers cautious about tenure law. Iage 4. Klamath county courthouse fight on again. Page 4. Crow more roses. Fays Mayor Raker in behalf of Ad club campaign Page 6. F. W. BOLD ALSO HELPED Bonanza Merchant Will Not Have to Serve Time. BOTH HELD AS RADICALS Presidential Clemency Granted to Two Convicted Under Espionage Act; "Woman Goes Soon. Presidential clemency has com muted the sentence of Dr. Marie Equi. convicted two years ago for violation of the espionage act, to a term of one year and a day in the federal prison at McNeil's island, ac cording to messages received last night by United States District At torney Humphreys and United States Marshal Alexander, from Attorney General Palmer. Under sentence of three years, with an additional fine of $500, Dr. Equi and her at-forneys have been striving for leniency or pardon since Novem ber 21. 1918. when she was convicted in federal court in this city. PriHonrr .Hay Start Today. The commutation of Dr. Equl's sentence is held to be final and under Instructions from the attorney gen eral she will be conveyed at once, probably leaving Portland today In custody of a deputy marshal, to Mc Neil's island, where the president's warrant will await her. A reprieve from Washington, obtained some time ago expires at midnight. Since her trial and conviction Dr. Equi has been at liberty under $10,000 bail, and the protracted character of her fight for freedom, together" with the sensation al nature of the charges on which she was convicted, have attracted wjde public Interest. Acompanying the attorney gene ral's message regarding the final dis position of the Equi case, was a pres idential commutation of sentence for I- W. Bold, merchant, of Bonanza, Or., who was sentenced to serve 15 months at McNeil's island for viola tion of the espionage a. Bold's sentence was commuted to a fine of $500, with the ' express stipulation that the fine must be paid immediate ly or the original sentence will be come effective. The specific charge upon which ha was convicted was that he Interfered with the progress of the liberty loans, by circulating malicious statements. Klasr Belittled In Speech. Dr. Equi. 'lonsr known In Portland as a leader of radical thought as well as a successful physician, was taken into custody late In June, 191S. for statements made by her to a meet ing of alleged radicals in this city. It was charged that she referred therein to the American colors as "a dirty little rag" and that she spoke of American soldiers and sailors as "scum." During her trial she was rep resented by George V. Vanderveer. national counsel for the I. W. W. Colonel C. E. S. Wood later represent ed her in unsuccessful motions for ap peal. The Equi case became almost a cause celebre among her friends and radical sympathizers. Declaring her innocense of disloyal intent, they sought a pardon from President Wil son and gained a reprieve. Federal officials here tave awaited with keen interest the eventual disposal of the matter and have even cautlonsly pre dicted that a pardon might be forth coming. The New York bomb outrage is held by some to have strengthened the deinand that radical offenders go not unpunished. It was believed that Dr. Equi would serve her sentence at Rockwell City, la., where the federal reformatory for women is located, owing to the lack of accommodations for women at Mc Neil's island. Instructions from the attorney-general, however, indicate that Dr. Equi is to be incarcerated at McNeil's island for the duration of her term. WINE MAKING IS LEGAL Heads of Families Allowed 20 0 Gallons for Home Use. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Heads of families may manufacture, in the home and for home use only, 100 gal lons of dry wine or cider, without re gard to the alcoholic content and without having to pay any federal tax on it. Justus S. Warden, collector of the Internal revenue for the northern dis trict of California, was advised of this decision Tuesday in a telegram from William M. Williams, internal Urevenue commissioner at Washington. WOMAN, AGED 109, DIES IovrVs Oldest Itesident Able to Do Housework Shortly Before Death. WATERLOO, Iowa. Oct. 13. Mrs. Isaac Spoors, aged 109, of Waterloo, said to be Iowa's oldest resident, died last night. Trior to an illness of eight day she was able to do all housework.