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SOCIALIST LEADERS
Professor R. S. Lovett Tells of
Chicago Address.
VIEWS NOT OBJECTIONABLE
J. Louis EngdabJ Takes Responsi
bility for Articles in Amcr
can Socialist.
TTTE SUXDAT OREGOMAX, rORTLAXD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1918.
ON WITNESS STAND I
CHICAGO. Dec 20. Professor Rob
Tt & Lovett. dean of the Junior Col
lege of the University of Chicago, tes
tified for the defense today at the trial
of five Socialist leaders charged with
conspiracy to violate the espionage
law.
He told of an address on the war he
delivered in Chicago, May 27, 1917. in
response to an invitation from Rev.
Irwin St. John Tucker, one of the de-r
fendants. The witness explained that
he was elected vice-president of the
Chicago branch, of the People's Council
for Peace.
"I was informed that the meeting
was called to urge the Government to
state war aims and terms of peace and
to demand the safeguarding of certain
fundamental constitutional rights, par
ticularly the right of free speech." said
Professor Lovett. "I consented to pre
side and deliver an address, but before
I agreed to this, I read my address to
Dr. (Tucker and asked if it met with
his approval. He said It did and I then
insisted that every speech delivered at
the meetTng agree with the principles
I expressed. This was agreed and I
presided and spoke."
Sentiments Not Objectionable.
Professor Lovett said in his talk with
Dr. Tucker he did not hear him express
any sentiments in regard to the war
which might be regarded as objection
able. He said Dr. Tucker did not speak
at the meeting.
J. Louis Engdahl, the second of the
five defendants to take the stand in
his own defense, was called late in the
day and his direct examination, was
not completed today.
He said he was born in Minneapolis
34 years ago, of Swedish parents, and
was a newsboy and bootblack while at
tending the public schools. Later he
went to the University of Minnesota
and became a newspaper reporter in
Minneapolis. He worked as a news
paper man in Seattle, San Francisco,
Salt Lake City, Washington, D. C-. and
Philadelphia, before coming to Chicago
in 1909, where he was employed on the
Daily Socialist.
He became a Socialist the year be
fore. In 1910 he was a delegate from
the United States to the International
Socialist Congress held In Copenhagen,
where the principal question consid
ered was war and militarism.
National Convention Attended.
Later, he visited Carl Liebknecht In
Berlin and attended a national con
vention of German Socialists. The wit
ness said he had been editor of the
American Socialist ever since it was
established in July, 1914. He said he
was in sole charge of the paper and
never consulted any of the defendants
in regard to policies. He said he was
only responsible to the executive com
mittee of the National Socialist party,
which engaged him.
Engdahl assumed full responsibility
for everything printed in the American
Socialist. He said he read every article
submitted for publication and that he
approved everything he published and
printed in the paper.
Indications today were that the trial
will not be concluded until the latter
part of next week.
DIRIGIBLE IN AIR 32 HOURS
NEW WORLD'S RECORD FOR EX
DURANCE IS SET.
flight by Ensign Thomas Majtham
Will Be Submitted by Naval
Officers at Key West.
NEW YORK, Dec 20. What is de
clared to be a new world's record en
durance flight in a non-rigid dirigible
balloon, 32 hours before a landing was
made, will be submitted by the. United
States Naval Air Station at Key West,
Via., to the Aero Club of America, for
homologation, it was learned here to
day. Before it can be officially recog
nized as a record it must be so declared
by the Aero Club of America, it was
explained, under the rules of the In
ternational Aeronautic Federation, of
which the American organization is a
member.
The flight claimed as a record was
made on November 23 by Ensign Thom
as E. Maytham. of Buffalo, N. Y., ac
companied by Ensign Tulford B. Null,
of Denver. Colo., and J. H. Collier. The
airship carried a full load, consisting
of radio apparatus, anchors, rations and
other necessary accessories.
The motor was run continuously at
cruising speed and about' 600 miles
had been flown before a leak and a
threatening storm compelled a land
ing. Qneen to Greet President.
LONDON", Dec. 20. Queen Mother
Alexandra, with her daughters, the
Norway, who is now here, has decided
to remain in iionaon over tjnrlstmas
instead of going to Sandringham, in
order to receive President Wilson
when he makes his forthcoming visit.
Christmas Lecture Announced.
H. M. Wicks will deliver a special
Christmas lecture on "The Twilight of
the Gods' next Sunday evening at 8
o'clock at Arion Hall, Second and Oak
streets. Admission is free.
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TRANS - MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
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Delegates Representing Various In-
terests of 18 States Will Con
sider Post-War Problems.
OMAHA, Dec. 20. Representatives of
agriculture, industry, labor and busi
ness from 18 states will meet in Omaha,
February 4, 5 and 6, next, when the
Trans-Mississippi Readjustment Con
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The states included in this congress
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SEAPLANE USE FORECAST
Mail Liners to Effect Reduction In
Delivery, Says Bernard.
LONDON. "Within a very reasonable
period we shall find all principal mall
liners fitted with seaplanes, asserts D.
H. Bernard, editor of the Merchant
CARTER, THE MYSTERIOUS,
MYSTIFIES HEILIG AUDIENCES
Monster Lion, Formerly Owned by Royalty, Used in Unusual Disappear
ance Act Other Clever Acts Given With BilL
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
DTE recollect that . time-honored,
and moss-covered accounting of
the man who boasted of shaking
the hand of the man who had shaken
hands with Jim Corbett, or King Ed
ward, or Colonel Watterson. or some
celebrity?
Yesterday I Interviewed the man who
owns a lion that used to belong to
ex-King Manuel, of Portugal and way
points. Or was it Spain?
Outside of pinochle, I am not espe
cially well-informed on kings and
queens. Anyway, the lion once be
longed to an ex-klng named Manuel
and at present he is owned and con
trolled by Carter, the mysterious. Car
ter the magician. Carter, who tells you
what your thoughts are. if any: Carter,
who pleasantly mystifies . and allows
you to reserve your own opinion of
how it is done.
Mr. Carter bought the lion I met from
the government Where Manuel once
ruled. Manuel, who was a great sports
man, shot the papa and mamma of this
lion we have as the subject of this
sketch- Manuel was noted for having
things left on his hands. Now there
was Gaby Deslys and her pearls but
that, of course, has nothing to do with
Carter's lion. The lion was then an
infant, seven years ago, and Manuel
made a pet out of him. Then the crash
came and when Manuel shook the gov
ernmental dust off his royal boots he
forsook his pet lion. The government
couldn't affprd to feed and house the
brute, and Carter happened to be pre
senting his entertainment of magic
So Mr. Carter bought Manuel's lion and
uses him in a spectacular act. His
name is Baby. Manuel, not .Carter,
named him.
DidJ ever know a great, big, fat.
girl-wife who didn't respond to the
name of Baby, or Dot, or Pet, or Tiny?
It's the same with animals. The big
gest elephant I ever met at a circus
was named Tiny. This huge lion, with
his tawny mane and cruel, flashing
eyes, and more teeth than I could un
moved look upon, grins when Carter
calls Mm Baby s Heaven, I should
Service Review. "Considerable time
will be saved in the transit of mails.
A liner leaving New York with urgent
and important letters will be able to
discharge them by seaplane 300 to 400
miles west of the Irish Coast; within a
few hours they can be delivered in
London thus effecting a saving of 24
hours.
"The same procedure can be carried
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weather of course being an important
factor for in fine weather a well
equipped seaplane could travel at an
enormous speed over a considerable
distance. It is quite within the bounds
of possibility that letters posted in
London can be delivered in New York
within four days."
Mr. Bernard thinks me service will at
first be subsidized by the governments
of the two countries.
Similarly, he says letters could be
expedited from South America to the
European continent by seaplanes leav
ing the liners 300 miles off Lisbon or
Gibraltar.
4 NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
Alleged Murderers of Physician Arc
Taken From Jail.
MOBILE, Ala., Dec 20. Four ne
groes, two of them women, accused of
the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnson here
last week, were taken from the Jail at
Shubuta, Miss., tonight and lynched,
according to information received In
Mobile.
All four are reported to have been
hanged to the girders of a bridge
spanning the Chickasawha River.
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think he'd laugh himself to death. He's
a direct antithesis to any sweetie
pinkie lif baby I ever saw, and yet he
is called that and coquettes and purrs
when Mr. Carter chats through the bars
to him.
There Is nothing of the mystifying
about Mr. Carter. If he had any rab
bits concealed up his sleeves, they
stayed put and didn't pop out when he
shook hands. If he read my mind he
didn't take on any sudden mental
weight therefrom, for my head held
only seven ideas and every one of the
seven ideas pertained to tricks I d seen
him do the evening before. We- grew
friendly enough during a conversa
tional travel which took us all over
India and Japan and China and places
I'd never heard of, for me to ask him,
in an off-handish way, how he made
the lion disappear, and where the girl
on the rope went when he fired a plstoL
But although he grew friendly enough
for me to ask the question,' we weren't
friendly enough for Carter to answer It.
Maybe he thought I'd tell it. I would
have, too, right in this story. Carter
Is a student of everything. He is an
American of English-Irish descent, a
uaitimorean by birth, and after he
graduated he practiced law in Chicago.
Always he had dabbled In legerdermaln
and the psychic, and later he took up
the art of magic as a following. His
studies and calling have taken him all
over the world, and he talks In delight
ful mood of the wonderful adventures
he has had. He doesn't discuss his
audiences, but he does stop to say that
out of the hundreds of questions asked
of him professionally every day, that
everyone seems to be seeking happi
ness."
"The young folk seek to know of
love, the older ones seek peace of mind.
Apparently," smiles Carter, possession
of either precludes possession of the
other.
"What do you call happiness?" sez L
"Most people think wealth brings
happiness," said Carter. "It is a mat
ter of individual requirements. For
myself. I can say with Voltaire, "Hap
piness is only & dream.""
P. S.) So many of us have insomnia.
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CHRISTMAS CANDY NEEDED
"GOOD FELLOWS" ARE URGED
TO AID WORTHY CAUSE.
Children of Sunnyside School Con-
tribute Liberally in Response
to Call of Committee.
After having been as busy as bees
for several days past, hundreds of pu
pils at the Sunnyside school, yesterday
submitted the result of their Christmas
collection to the committee in charge
of the Christmas celebration and tree
In front of the Liberty Temple. Hun
dreds of books, toys, games, playthings
of all kinds, scores of sacks of candy
and nuts and many boxes of fruit and
other goodies were among the contri
butions. While the committee has made no
direct appeal to the schools, others are
expected to follow the example set by
the Sunnyside children. To Insure that
everyone has a chance to give his bit
the committee has decided to receive
further contributions up to Tuesday
night.
Money will be solicited by the com
mittee so that those toys that are not
among the contributions may be bought
and distributed to the children. Mrs.
Alice Benson Beach at the Liberty
Temple will receive such gifts.
Supplies of candles for the young
sters at the various homes and Institu
tions of the city are slow In coming
in. Half a dozen small packages thus
far have been received as against the
1000 pounds which will be required to
meet needs of the boys and girls.
"We need a lot of it and please get
It in, by Monday evening." she says.
SAILORS' BEHAVIOR GOOD
Best Traditions Declared Fulfilled
During War.
WASHINGTON. The Navy lived up
to Its best traditions during the war
and sailors almost Invariably conduct
ed themselves better than In peace
times. Despite the large number of
men Inducted into service from civil
life, which Increased the naval force
134 per cent, there were fewer' viola-
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centage of courtsmartial decreased
from 1.75 to 1.17 in the Navy and from
2.72 to 1.20 in the Marine Corps.
This fine record of the sailor's beha
vior was revealed today In the annual
report of Captain George A. Clark,
Judge Advocate General, who also took i
occasion to commend the Improved con
ditions In naval prisons, which he at
tributed largely to the efforts of the
Welfare League. In referring to ex
cellent conditions at the Portsmouth,
N. H.. yard, the Judge Advocate Gen
eral said the system there was initiated
by Thomas Mott Osborne, former su
perintendent of the New York State
Prison.
Less promising results were noted of
the probation system, only 65 per cent
of the men so released completing the
period of probation, against 71 per cent
In the preceding year.
HUNS SING AMERICAN SONG
Wounded Soldiers Celebrate Signing
of Armlslice.
LONDON. (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) A German band at
a prison hospital near London played
the "Star-Spangled banner" and sev
eral hundred wounded German soldiers
sang it as If they enjoyed it in celebra
tion of the signing of the armistice.
The music was in honor of a parade of
American wounded quartered in a hos
pital near the prison hospital.
If the sentiment of these prisoners
may be taken as a criterion the German
people will harbor no old scores against
Americans for helping to deliver the
final blow of the war. They entered
heartily into the armistice celebration
and were glad the war had ended.
Soon after news of the signing of the
armistice was received at the big
American hospital at Dartford it was
sent over to the Germans, whose prison
hospital joins the American establish
ment. On the following day every American
able to walk was mustered Into a pa
rade, the route of which took them
through the prison grounds. As the
vanguard entered the German band
Germans always manage to scrape up
a band wherever a large number of
them are quartered began playing the
anthem of the United States of Amer
ica and the Germans sang It as the
happy Americans passed. They were
happy, too. and showed no animosity
toward the Americana.
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CHARLES JOltNSOX PROMPTLY
ACQUITTED BY JCIIT.
Defense Contends That Accused Man
Shot and Killed Army Officer
in Self-Defense,
ELKTON. Md.. Dec. 20. Charles Hal
wardt Johnson was acquitted by a jury
tonight of the charge of murdering
Major William R. King, of Brooklyn.
N. Y.
The Jury was out two hours and 15
minutes. Jonnson shot Major King
while In the Johnson home on the niKht
of July 17 last. Counsel for the de
fense contended that the shooting fol
lowed a struggle in which Johnson al
leged that the Army officer had him
down on his knees with his hands on
Johnson's throat. Johnson had been
cashier of the National Bank at Aber
deen. Last year when the Government's
proving ground was established near
Aberdeen. Johnson obtained a position
In the accounting department. He be
came acquainted with Major King, who
subsequently rented a room at the
Johnson home. For some time the two
men seemed to be fast friends, but
during the early part of July, lat.
trouble betwn the two men developed,
the cause for which was not even clear
ly brought out at the trial.
On the night of the shooting John
son ordered the Major to leave his
house and the fatal altercation fol
lowed. ALASKA TO PROVIDE WORK
Governor Takes Move to Aid Re
turned Men.
SKATTLE, Wash. Alaska, preparing
to do Its share in reconstruction prob
lems and the care of returned soldiers,
will be able by next Spring to furnish
employment at least to 3000 men. ac
cording to to Governor Thomas KigR..
Jr.. who passed through here on his
way to Washington.
The Governor sent out circulars to all
commercial clubs, school boards, ity
cuuucila and councils of. dtltiiso iu
could make for returning soldiers. It
was rrom tne replies to tnese itnirs
that he based his estimate on the terrl
1 1 1 r v1 . nhiiitv tn tiliA cftre nf 3001 addi
tional men by next Spring. Positions
will be avauaoie. ne oeueves. o cif r .
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addition to the present shortage of
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