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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1923 7 HIS O'J RADICALS DECLARED OUTRAGE Walsh Report Says Constitu tion Is Ignored. MR. PALMER IS SCORED Publication of Charges Before Be ing 5lcted on by Committee Causes Senate Debate. the foundation and the first floor walls of the legislative building. The state capitol committee today ac cepted this company's bid of 1397.514. The contractors announced that thejr would begin work within two days. Completion of the contract by December lo 13 required. Use of the o!d foundation, originally erected for the state capitol building, but never used, simplifies the work. Tests have proved that the old foun dation, which is of brick and Tenino stone, is as sound as the day it was erected. The contract awarded today praeti- ealley exhausts the funds at the com niand of the capitol committee at this time. Money must be appro priated by the next legislature before another contract can be awarded. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13. A lengthy report by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, scoring ex-Attor ney-General Palmer for methods used in the department of justice in raids on alien radicals caused what was described as "acrimonious discussion" today before the senate Judiciary committee. Dissemination of Senator Walsh's report before it was considered or acted upon either by the sub-committee or the full committee investi gating the charges against Mr. Pal mer was said to have caused sharp exchanges between Senator Walsh and other members of the committee, including Senator Sterling, repub lican. South Dakota, chairman of the sub-committee in charge of the in quiry. The Walsh report was made public by the National Popular Government league, which preferred the original charges against Mr. Palmer. Senator Walsh said he assented to the circu lation of the report as his confiden tial report, although not acted upon either by the sub-committee or the full committee. Inquiry to Be Continued. The Sterling sub-committee and the full judiciary committee, it was announced, would continue its inquiry j into the charges against Mr. Palmer and consider a committee report later. The statement of the National Pop ular Government league declared that Senator Sterling had failed to file any report and that Senator Walsh, "in apparent disgust," had secured the discharge of the sub-committee and appealed to the full committee. This was denied by Senator Sterliing, who said the case still was before the sub committee. Senator Walsh's report assailed Mr. Palmers orders for the "red raids' as "offensive tyranny" and an "un mitigated outrage" and declared the practice of breaking into individuals' homes without a search warrant should be stopped. It recommended repeal or radical amendment of the sedition law, so as to protect indi vidual rignts, and revision of the de partment of labor's deportation rules "so as to make them conform to the plain mandate of the constitution. Accused should have the right of counsel, tne report held. Methods Are Denounced. Several instances in which. Sen aior waisn said, "the law was wrenched to suit the purpose of those wno were. In a peculiar sense, con scuucea its guardians, - were cited in the report in denouncing the methods employed by department of justice agents in the red raids. Indiscrimi nate and wholesale arrests were made. some without due grounds of search warrants. Senator Walsh stated. "But if the rights guaranteed by the constitution and accorded by the law or tne land were recklessly de nied the victims of the 'raids,' the dictates of enlightened humanity were no less ruthlessly disregarded, Mr. Walsh said. "Viewed from that standpoint, it is not unjust to speak 01 tne atiair as an unmitigated out rage." Mr. Palmer, who denied the charges rued by the committee of the Na tional Popular Government league, was charged in the Walsh report with disregard of the families of persons arrested, and it was said that Inade quate provisions for the care of those arrested was made. Influence of Bomb Suspected. "The most charitable view to take of the affair, said Senator Walsh, "is that the attorney-general (Mr. Palmer) was in no ordinary frame of mind because of the dastardly effort, partly successful, to dynamite his house in the summer of 1919 and like attempts upon .the lives of other public or prominent men." The committee of the National Pop ular Government league, which filed the original charges against Mr. Pal mer's administration. Included Dean Koscoe Pound, Professor Felix Frank furter and Z. Chaffee Jr. of the Har vard law school, Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, and Dean Tyrill Will lams of the Washington university law school. St. Louis. STiFIELD SUIT IS AIRED NEW YORK NEWSPAPER RUXS STORY ABOUT SENATOR. FIRE FRIGHTENS RABBLE Horde of Orientals Chatter to Street as Chimney Burns. One dreamy-eyed Chinaman 'bliss fully puffing away at an opium pipe; a eavy, blinding smoke pouring out Into the intersection of Second and Oak streets a horde of frightened, chattering orientals stumbling over each other in nervous haste, and a few muttered "damns" from indig nant fire-fighters, comprised the net results of a fire in a building occu pied by Chinese at the southeast cor ner of Second and Oak streets at 6 P. M. yesterday. It was nothing more than a chimney blaze, which spent its force almost before the fire apparatus reached the scene. The alarm was sounded by Roy Terry, deputy city attorney, who saw the dense volume of smoke pouring out from the rear of the building. RADIO SET IN OPERATION Musical Concert Given In Meier & Frank Store. . Meier & Frank's newly completed 'radio atation was put in operation yesterday and intercepted a doen or more musical numbers coming through the "ether" from a phonograph located five miles away. Several hundred per sons enjoyed the radio concert. The first concert was given at the noon hour with the amplifier and the magnavox of the receiving set in stalled so that diners in both the tea and grill rooms could hear the musi cal numbers. At 3 o'clock the set was placed on the fifth floor, where the second transmission of the music was re ceived very clearly. I " OLYMPIA CONTRACT LET First Floor Walls of Legislative Building to Be Started. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 13. .Spe cial.) Pratt and Watson, Olympia contractors, builders of the Insurance building in the state capitol group, have received the contract to erect Recent Court Proceedings and Con troversy With Idaho Offi cial Are Set Forth. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13. (Special.) In the New York Times of last Saturday, just received here, there Is featured a dispatch from Portland concerning recent litigation started against Senator Stanfield of Oregon. In fact the dispatch is as follows: "PORTLAND, March. 10. Robert Nason Stanfield, the "wool king,' and United States senator from Oregon, elected in 1920 over former Senator Chamberlain, is in difficulties and is rushing home from Washington to save what he can out of property im periled by the drop in the prices of wool and sheep. "Prayer that a deed of conveyance of real estate made by Stanfield through the R. N. Stanfield company be set aside is made in an action filed in the circuit court today by the First National bank of Weiser, Idaho, against Stanfield, the R. N. Stanfield company and the Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse company. "Claims for about 175,000 against Stanfield on notes for money loaned hira during the last year or two are advanced. The allegation is contained in the complaint that the R. N. Stan field company was formed to 'hinder. delay and defraud his creditors.' When' the deed of conveyance was made out, the complaint sets forth the wool warehouse company a sumed the obligation of payment for a mortgage of $200,000. The plaintiff asks that the value of the warehouse liens of real estate be adjudicated ana that the plaintiff's rights be deter mined. "The complaint states that several large judgments against the defend ant have been secured in various courts of Oregon and in Boise, Idaho." Then follows a review of recent exchanges between Senator Stanfield and Commissioner of Agriculture Miles Connor of Idaho, as recently published in northwest newspapers. PARK EMPLOYES UNITE Steps Are Taken to Revive Old " Organization in Portland. Steps have been taken to revive the organization of city park employes, which was an active body for several years, but which disbanded about seven years ago. A preliminary meet ing with enthusiastic attendance has been held at the Sellwood community house, at which it was determined to organize to promote closer relations in a social and material way among the members. A committee composed of George Sullivan, W. Sevester, A. K. Sherk and Roy Weaver was appointed to re vise the old constitution and by-laws and to present them at a meeting to be called soon. At that time perma nent organization will be effected, officers, will be elected and commit tees appointed. There are 132 em ployes in the park department. HOUSE TOLD TO GUT ARMY T0 126 II Appropriation Bill Reported by Committee. $270,353,030 IS PROVIDED Retnrn by July of Troops In China, Hawaii, Panama Canal Zone and Germany Recommended. LOGGER-SHOT; ONE HELD Jim McCormick Arrested; Wound of Christian Not Serious. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Jim McCormick, blacksmith at the logging camp of the Snow Lumber & Shingle company, northwest of Lit- tell, today wae alleged to have shot Henry Christian, another employe, in the shoulder. McCormick was lodged in the Lewi scounty jail here by Dep uty Sheriffs Herrirod and Shipley. Christian was brought to Dr. H. L, ePtits' office i nChehalis where his wound was dressed. After shooting Christian McCor mick was alleged to have taken three or four shots at another employe. Mc Cormick said the men had insulted him. Christian denied the blame for the shooting, declaring he had never had had any trouble of any kind with McCormick. WASHINGTON. T. C, March 13. With provisions whicn would neces sitate reduction of the size of the regular army to 115,000 enlisted men and 11,000 officers, the army appro priation bill carrying $270,353,030. 7 was reported today by the house a, ( propriations committee. The measure carries $140,000 fc operation of the Washington-Alaska cable and telegraph system, but the committee did not approve a request for $1,500,000 to be used in replacing and repairing the cable. The amount recommended for the military and nonmilitary activities of the war department during the com ing fiscal year is a reduction of ap proximately $116,000 from the total of the current year and $87,996,056.30 less than budget estimates. As drafted by a subcommittee headed by Representative Anthony, republican, Kansas, the bill would re quire the return-to the United States by next July 1 of all troops stationed in China, 6500; men from Hawaii, about 2000 men from the Panama Canal zone, and all but 500 officers and men in the army of occupation on the Rhine. Philippine Quota Limited. No limitation is placed on the num ber of men to be maintained in the Philippines, the committee's report stating, however, that Secretary Weeks believes that under presenj conditions "some reduction can be made in the force there." The contemplated withdrawals, it was said, would leave 5000 men in the Hawaiian islands, and a like number in the canal zone. The per manent actual strength of the army was given by the committee as about 13,000 officers and 132,000 men, ex clusive of 7000 Philippine scouts. An appropriation of $27,635,260 is recommended for continuance of work of various river and harbor improve ments, for which the chief of engi neers requested $43,000,000; $12,431, 000 for the air service against $15, 000,000 requested, and $21,130,200 for the national guard, about $9,000,000 less than budget estimates. Chemical Warfare Gets $500,000. The committee recommended $500, 000 for the chemical warfare service, declaring that sum sufficient to pro Vide for a "minimum amount of de velopment work and training along lines compatible, with present condi tions," and for maintaining Edge wood arsenal in good condition. An appropriation of $2,750,000 is recom mended for supplies and equipment of the reserve officers' training corps, and $1,800,000 for civil military training camps. The bill carries $7,740,090 for the ordnance department to meet, in addition to other expenses, the cost of maintaining a skeleton force at arsenals "to keep alive the knowl edge of the methods of manufacture. The amount carried in the bill for seacoast fortifications, the committee reported, would not provide for any new projects but would go entirely for maintenance of existing works and for continuing the construction of a limited number of seacoast guns. The total recommended for river There Is in everything in coffe its Poultry Survey Is Planned. MONTESA'NO, Wash.. March 13. fSpecial.) W. D. Buchanan, a poul try specialist from the state college at Pullman, will come to Montesano next week to aid poultrymen in check ing the heavy losses they have expe rienced among their chicks. The farm bureau of Grays Harbor county will bring Mr. Buchanan here for three days, March 20, 21 and 22. Robert Cowan, county agent, is preparing: a schedule of inspection tours and visits to individual poultry plants, as well as lectures. Some believe the chicks that are being shipped in this year lack strength, while others blame the high mortality on feeding conditions. Mill Teamster Injured. RAYMOND, Wash., March 13, (Spe cial.) Henry E. Bell, a 'teamster at the Slier Mill company and a resi dent of Raymond for 12 years, was severely injured Saturday afternoon while handling a Jap square on a truck ne was Cnving. The truck broke through the floor. A 4x4 piece, which was struck - by the rolling square, hit . Mr. Bell on the head, knocking him unconscious. He wa removed to a local hospital. Hood River Clark seedlins- straw berry is the quality berry; contains more food property than any berry. Write Box 142, Hood River, Or., for fresh-dug. pure-bred, trimmed niants at $6 per thousand, delivered. Cash irn oraer. ahv. S?f 5P?Sf IP iii..T T.".,ni tr.jt3k32 Vni in 100.000 cnSISeteiervcd attha PANAMA.-PACIFIC International EXPOSITION- BAST J034 .3 COMING! It's Another Manterpieee by the Man Who Made "The Four Horsemen" Best Australian Coal "PELAW MAIN" Guaranteed the best fuel on this market and none better anywhere. Call Broadway 1670. Call Broadway 7235. - Columbia River Coal Co. 636 Worcester Bldg. and harbor improvements, about $15, 006,000 less than the amount sought by the chief of engineers, is carried as a lump sum, and projects on which work "would be continued are not specified. None of the appropriation would go to new projects, however. Subsistence Cost Cot $13,000,000. The subsistence of the army, the committee recommended, would cost S! 6,550,000, approximately $13,000,000 less than last year's item. the de crease being brought about by a re duction to 30 cents per ration. The subcommittee, which spent three months in holding hearings and framing the bill, reported that "the excess of cost of maintaining the regular army over pre-war expendi tures" was found to be largely due to "the expensive methods of its ad ministration." 'It seems to be the fixed policy of the general staff to station full divi sions at Hawaii and Panama," the report said. ' "Except in times of emergency it is -not believed such a policy is justified, as it will cost a3 much to maintain these two divisions as our entire regular army cost us in the years following the Spanish war." Commenting on the cost of main taining troops on the Rhine, the com mittee calls attention to Germany's failure to pay the cost. The commit tee also declared that "no adequate reason has been shown for the main tenance of any troops in China." An appropriation of $425,000 is rec- momended for the construction, repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails in Alaska. A provision also is carried that if the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1923, is not made prior io March 1, 1923, the secretary of w"r may authorize the Alaska board of road commissioners to incur obligations for the purpose of not to exceed' 75 per cent of the appropria tions for the coming fiscal year. An appropriation of $55,000 is rec ommended for construction of addi tional wards at Letterman general hospital, San Francisco; $262,000 for general construction work at Camps Dlx, Meade and Lewis, and $198,000 for additional quarters for guards at the Fort' Leavenworth Disciplinary barracks. The bill also provides $8,670.000 for prosecution of flood control work on the Mississippi river and $400,000 for similar activities on the -Sacramento river, California. OPTION IS TAKEN ON SITE Hoquiam Eagles Choose Place for Erection of $125,004) Home. HOQUIAM, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) Hoquiam Eagles have taken an option on the southwest corner lots of Seventh and J streets On which to erect a proposed home to cost $125,000. The building committee, consisting of Jess Havens, S. A. Girard, Alex Poison. Phil Mourant R. E. Dawdy and W. E. Campbell will lay the matter before the lodira tomorrow night. It Is intimated the hotel scheme will not be carried out, but that a building similar to the Scottish Rite temple now In the course of construction here, with spaces for stores on the lower floor. Is favored. If the property is purchased It will give the local aerie 200 feet on J street and 95 feet on Seventh. Ticket Office Kohbcd. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 13 (Special.) D. 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