TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919.
BOMB SENT REAME5
IS EASTERN REPORT
ger of catching fire from flying shin
gles, but the residents prevented this.
OF LIBERTY IS
CATCH AT ASTORIA LIGHT
Size of Average Salmon Small, But
Quality Excellent.
ASTORIA. Or., May 2. (Special.)
Although many glllnetters placed their
gear in the water yesterday afternoon
and last night, the catch in the lower
river was light. Trollers had a similar
experience. The muddy water extend
ed so far out that the trollers were
forced to go several miles off shore.
In the middle river, however, from
Brookfield up some fairly good hauls
were made, individual boats getting as
high as half a ton each. A run of Chi
nooks entered the river about two
weeks ago and on account of the mud
dy water many of this run played in
the middle river.
The average salmon taken was small
something
Former U. S. Attorney Here Is
Known Foe of Radicals.
Home Gave Men Spirit to
Fight, Says Father Kelley.
ab out them
MORE WESTERNERS MARKED
BOND BUYING HELD DUTY
t yoiill like
Judge Clay Allen of Seattle and Sen
ator Poindexter Said to Hqve
Been on List.
Distinguished Chaplain Assigns to
Church Problem of Combatting
in size but the quality was of the best.
Bolshevism.
UTOPIA OF WARRIORS
TEACHER ON TRIAL TODAY
Trouble Over "Whipping of Child Is
OHEGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C, May 2. Neither confirma
tion nor denial could be obtained today
of a rumor here that three of the
death-dealinff surprise packages mailed
in New York in connection with, the
nation-wide bomb plot were addressed
to Clarence Reames, former United
States District Attorney at Portland,
Or., Senator Miles Poindexter of Spo
kane, and "a judge at Seattle, Wash
ington." The judge mentioned in the rumor
Js believed to be Former United States
District Attorney Clay Allen of Seattle,
now a judge of the King county su
perior court. This rumor was said to
have come from some conversation
overheard in official circles, and it was
readily reasoned out that there were
abundant grounds 'for suspecting ic.
truth.
All Foci o( Reda.
The three men mentioned in this ru
mor are far more objectionable to the
I. ; W. W. and bolshevist element than
many of those to whom it is known
bombs were sent. Former District At
torney Reames was unrelenting in his
prosecution of "conscientious objectors"
and radicals who sought to obstruct the
nation's war plans, and as a special
assistant to the attorney-general at
Seattle has continued his vigorous cam
paign against all foes of the govern
ment. Senator Miles Poindexter has had the
bitter enmity of the radical element
since his speech in the senate declaring
his belief that Thomas J. Mooney. San
Francisco dynamiter, had a fair trial
and was justly convicted of the pre
paredness day murders. His resolution
of last February calling on the attorney-general
to tell the senate what the
department of justice was doing to
suppress anti-government demonstra
tions further enraged the bolshevists
In all parts of the country.
The conclusion that Clay Allen is
the judge mentioned grows out of the
fact that Judge Allen as United States
district attorney at Seattle prosecuted
many I. W. W. draft evaders and anti
war radicals, and was viciously assailed
from time to time by the radical labor
organ published at Seattle.
The same rumor said that a bomb
was addressed to Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota, who was the most vigor
ous examiner of witnesses before the
judiciary committee of the senate In the
recent bolshevist investigation.
BAY CITY BUSY AFTER BOMBS
Alan With Three Eggs Gives Humor
ous Touch to Search.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. Announce
ment that parties of Pacific coast alien
radicals are being collected for depor
tation proceedings and the appoint
ment by District Attorney C. M. Fickert
of James Brennan as a "special bomb
investigator," in his office, were de
velopments here today, following the
recent receipt of two bombs from New
York by Fickert and his assistant, Ed
ward Cunha. The bombs have been
turned over to powder experts for
analysis, one of whom said that the
acid they contained might have been
made in Germany.
A man giving the name of John B. F.
Precella was detained for an examin
ation into his 6anity when he visited
the bond and warrant office in the hall
of justice and said that he had a bomb
on his person and was the man who
had mailed the infernal contrivances
here. The "bomb" proved to be three
eggs.
The neutrality squad of the police
department, enlarged since the receipt
or the bombs, was working today in
close co-operation with the United
States marshal's office and the post
offico inspectors in an effort to round
up bomb conspirators.
Taken to Court.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) The whipping of a child at the
Russell school, four miles east of Van
couver, and subsequent assault upon
the teacher by the child's father, will
be investigated tomorrow when Claude
Groth. teacher, will be tried before
Justice Derr in this city.
When the father learned of the pun
ishment of the child he assaulted Groth
and was arrested. A jury found him
guilty but recommended leniency and
a fine of Jl and costs was imposed.
Now Groth is to be tried of maltreat
ing the child.
MANY PLEAD FOR TEACHERS
Over Score of Meetings Held In In
terest of Salary Advance.
Twenty-five community meetings in
schoolhouses, churches and private resi
dences were held in Portland yesterday
under the auspices of -the speakers bu
reau of the Citizens' Educational
league, directed by Clarence Eubanks,
in the campaign for the teachers' sal
ary measure.
Among the epeakers who are giving
their services at these meetings are
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Whitney. Thomas Hays, Eugene E.
Smith, Dr. E. H. Pence, Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, Bishop Walter Taylor Sum
ner and Dr. A. G. Smith.
BOMB "WRAPPING PAPER FOUXD
Jfew York Manufacturer May Be
Able to Shed Light on Plot.
NEW YORK, May 2. Federal and
police investigators of the nation-wide
bomb conspiracy to assassinate promt
rent men expressed opinion today that
they had found a clue, when they
learned the identity of the manufac
turer of the peculiarly designed paper
with wmch the boxes containing the
bombs were covered. The manufac
turer said that only a few hundred
sheets of the paper had left his stock,
and that he could furnish the police
with a list of his patrons into whose
possession the paper went.
A raid on a "medical institute" last
night, where quantities of explosives
were found, led to reports that some
thing tangible had been learned re
garding the Slay-day conspiracy, but
reticence concerning the report was
observed by the investigators. The
proprietor of the place, Charles R. Bald
win, was arrested -charged with viola
tion of the drug act, a quantity of
drugs also being round.
SPOKANE HAS BOMB THREATS
Man Fined for Vagrancy Said to
Have Promised Surprise.
SPOKANE, Wash.. May 2. Threats
that bombs would be sent to Spokane
ci'y officials "in a week or so," alleged
by city detectives to have been made
by AVilli am Reid, who is said by police
to be a member of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, are being investigated
by federal officials, it became known
here today.
According 'to detectives. Reid made
the threats in the course of a speech
recently in a workingmen's hall of this
city. Reid was convicted in police court
yseterday of vagrancy and. fined $100
and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
BREAD PRICE INCREASES
Vancouver Confectioners Meet to
Standardize Charges.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 2. (Spe
cial.) The price of bread in Vancouver
has jumped up a cent a loaf, on account
of the increased cost of labor and the
advance in flour, the bakers say.
The luxury taxes are being collected
in the city, now and the confectioners
held a meeting today to standardize
prices on ice cream, sodas and other
drinks. Some have been charging 10
cents for a soda, others 6 cents. The
prices are to be made the same In all
places of business in the city,
LABOR CONDITIONS BETTER
Portland's TTnemployed Drops From
2400 to Xicss Than 1200.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 2. Labor conditions every
where on the Pacific coast except at
Los Angeles have improved in the last
week, according to the report of the de
partment of labor today. Portland's
unemployed drops from 2400 to 1200,
San Francisco from 4500 to 4000.
Oakland reports an equality of labor
and employment, while Los Angeles un
employed grew from 7000 to 7a00.
PORTLAND MAN IS NAMED
Dr. C. J. Smith and C. A. Brand on
Board of Higher Curricula.
SALEM, Or., May 2. (Special.) Dr.
C. J. Smith of Portland and Charles A.
Brand of Roseburg, were appointed
members of the state board of higher
curricula by Governor Olcott today.
Dr. Smith is now serving on the
board, while Mr. Brand succeeds O. P.
Coshow of Roseburg.
DISABLED RAPIDLY PLACED
Men In Need of Special Training Are
Speedily Assigned.
WASHINGTON, May 2. Rapid prog
ress in reaching soldiers, sailors and
marines who received such disabilities
that vocational retraining is required,
is reported today by the federal board
for vocational education.
Already 57,611 cases have been regis
tered and 40,000 more have been heard
from.
"While we were in France we ideal
ized the United States as a Utopia
where everything was fine and good,
where the people forced to remain at
home were glad and anxious to buy
bonds and keep us supplied with the
best of everything. So we fought and
did our duty that we might be worthy
of those back home."
So Captain (Father) Francis A. Kel
ley, clTaplain of the 27th "New York's
own" division, back after ten months'
overseas experience, described the spir
it of the American army to three Port
land audiences which met yesterday un
der the auspices of the victory loan.
His first two meetings were at noon,
one on the corner of Sixth and Aide??
streets and the second at the union
depot for railway employes. The third
meeting was in Vancouver for employes
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railroad shops. He left last evening in
his private car, placed at bis disposal
by the O.-W. R. & N. railroad by order
of the government, for Tacoma, where
he will address men of the Northern
Pacific shops. He will return Sunday
to give further aid In the victory loan
campaign. Efforts are being made to
arrange a mass meeting In the audi
torium. Chaplain la DltingrnlTed.
- Father Kelley wears the American
distinguished service medal, pinned on
him on January 21 by General Per
shing, artd the British military cross,
presented to him on November 11 last
by King George. He is one of seven
army chaplains with the American
forces cited for extraordinary bravery.
He was cited by the American forces
for bravery and heroism on two occa
sions on the field of battle at Ronsol
opposite the Hindenburg line from Sep
tember 27 to September 30, and for
heroism displayed at the battle of La
Salle river from October 16 to Octo
ber 21.
Fourteen chaplains were assigned to
the 27th division, but Father Kelley
alone went out on the front line, over
trenches and in shell holes with his
men. "The other chaplains were mar
ried," explained Father Kelley. "They
had children dependent on them. I was
unmarried, with no one dependent on
me, and if anyone was to be exposed to
danger It was manifestly my duty to
be the one. I gave service to those of
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faith."
Father Kelley Helps Wounded.
On one day, alone, September 27,
Father Kelley personally carried off
from the field 17 wounded soldiers and
aided in the evacuation of 300 othef
suffering soldiers. In February, 1918,
he saw to the burial of more than 2000
members of his regiment who had been
killed in action. Each body was buried
in a separate grave and this work
alone Father Kelley spent eight days.
"While in France American soldiers
heard no word of disloyalty in Amer
ica," said Father Kelley. "Coming back
we were astounded to find such de
structive forces at work by men who
called themselves Americans. If bol
shevism were left to returned Ameri
can soldiers who have seen and suf
fered and who know all too well that
for which they have been fighting and
at what cost, it would be stamped out
in a very short time. I think Mayor
Hyland's attitude in refusing to allow
returned soldiers and sailors to break
up the May day socialistic meetings in
New York, the most disgraceful thing
of which I have ever heard.
UolaheviMm Assigned to Church.
"Bolshevism has become a matter for
the church. Bolshevism seeks to destroy
all things for which the social order
stands. When such a condition becomes
true, religion is attacked and the
church is in danger. Bolshevism is
nothing but the principles to which
Germany was adhering prior to her
defeat. Our laws must become more
stringent and the bolshevists deported
to their own countries."
Father Kelley's parish Is St. Vincent
de Paul, one of the largest and wealth
iest parishes in Albany, N. Y. WMla
Passengers Obliged to Walk.
ASTORIA. Or., May 2. (Special.)
Owing to a mishap to the draw on the
Youngs Bay bridge the passengers on
this morning's train from Seaside were
forced to walk from the bridge into
town. As the emergency fleet steamer
Onteora, which was launched at the
Wilson yards two days ago, was being
taken under the bridge last night the
ship hit the draw and loosened some
of the braces. The draw was closed
all right but after examining it this
morning the engineer of the train re
fused to cross. Repairs were immedi
ately ordered and traffic was resumed
this afternoon.
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in Portland he is making the Portland
hotel his headquarters. Sergeant James
McLaughlin has been assigned as the
chaplain's private secretary.
Dance to Be Given Soldiers.
OREGON CITT. May 2 (Sneciall
Busch's hall is being elaborately dec
orated for the big victory ball to be
held Saturday evening. May 3, in honor
of the Clackamas county boys returning
from service or those on furlough.
James Carey will welcome the boys
home. Bcrtell McBain. iiuehter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. McBain. will present
fancy dances and Miss Iconise Gastrock
of Canby will sing. McKlroy's orches
tra of Portland will furnish the music
for the occasion.
Court Ciocs to Pendleton. ,
SALKM. Or.. May 2. (Special.) The
members of the supreme court, accom
panied by A. S. Benson, clerk, will
leave tomorrow for Pendleton, where
the semi-annual session of tho court
east of the mountains will be held. Of
seven appeal cases to be heard five are
criminal prosecutions
Venezuela to Hold Exposition.
NEW YORK. The National Exposi
tion at Venezuela will open between the
middle and the end of May. Manufac
turers of motors, trucks, agricultural
machinery tools, implements, rolling
stock and farm railways will be per
mitted to exhibit their goods. It is ex
pected that competition amog the vari
ous countries interested in this mar
ket will be strong, as the farmers of
Venezuela are unusually prosperous and
in a buying mood.
GAS LIGHTED; HOUSE BURNS
Girl Saved by Neighbors and Boy
Jumps From Window.
fcial.) The home of Charles Washburn
citl.l The home of Charles Washburn
of Park place was completely de
stroyed by fire early this afternoon
and but few of the contents were
waved. The two children of the family,
a boy aged 6, and a girl aged 2. were
alone in the house. The girl was
aaved by neighbors and the boy saved
himself by jumping out of a window.
Tho boy said he had lighted the gas
stove to get dinner and then went up
stairs to change his clothes. When he
started down to the kitchen the blaze
was discovered. Several houses in the
Washburn neighborhood were in dan-
Sheriff's Son Held for Murder.
ELKINS. W. Va.. May 2. Edgar Mor
ris, son of a Green county, Virginia,
deputy sheriff, wanted on two charges
of murder at Standardsville, Va., was
arrested in a lodging house here early
today. He told Sheriff Marstiller he
had been hiding in the mountains. Th
Virginia authorities were notified.
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May the 5 th
Why Italy Defied.
America's Peace Ideal
With rare foresight more than two years ago a German newspaper, the Bremen Weser
Zeitung, named the Adriatic question as "the surest source of future discord within the ranks
of the present Allies." Its prophecy was vindicated in startling fashion on April 23d, when
President Wilson gave to the world his reasons for opposing Italy's claims to the Adriatic port
of Fiume, and Premier Orlando, protesting that the President's statement "ruins everything,"
quit the Peace Conference. '
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week makes clear all the points in
this latest development. It shows what Italy is striving for, who is opposing her and why; it
explains the positions of Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and President Wilson ; it presents all shades
of public opinion in the countries concerned.
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The New Danger of a Russo-German Alliance
What May Happen if the Associated Powers Fail to Deal Successfully With Russia
Our Pledge to Aid France
Korea's Struggle for Independence
Plain Speech From Salvador
OneUncrippled Industry in Belgium
Learning to Do Without Eyes
Explosion-proof Gasoline Tanks
Literature in Modern Italy
War-Work of the Knights of Columbus
Syrians in the United States
Personal Glimpses of Men and Events
Many Interesting Illustrations,
Uncle Sam as a "Mandatary" Ruler
How to Keep Our Ships on the Ocean
Germany Begging for Her Colonies
Airplane Engines for Autos
Coal and Oil Wedded in a New Fuel
Brangwyn as a Poster Artist
Why Tragedy No Longer Struts
The Bishop of Oxford's Despair of the
League
Best of the Current Poetry
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