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AOL,. TjVIII. XO. 18.403
Entered at Portland (Orpgon)
PoMnffice S'cond-Ciass Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BLAND GliltS UP
TO ARMED POSSE
iSENIlTEWIlBOyEB
MURDER IS CHARGED
TO 15 REDS IN JAIL
MESSENGER ROBBERY
IS LAID TO BROKER
D. S. PATIENCE IS
ABOUT EXHAUSTED
CARTER GLASS QUITS
POST WITH TREASURY
DUTIES AS SENATOR FROM VIR
GINIA TO START SOON.
SENATE HAS DEAL
ON BEHIND SCENES
TREATY NEAR END
IDAHO EX-GOVERXOR AND PA
PER EXONERATED OF LIBEL.
FORMAL COMPLAINTS LODGED
IX CHEHALIS COURT.
XEW YORK EXCHANGE MEM
BER PLACED IX ARREST.
Search for Food Leads to
Radical's Capture.
FUGITIVE FAILS TO RESIST
Suspected Slayer of Warren
Grimm Held in Jail.
LEGION MEN ON GUARD
Centralia Rejoices Over Taking of
Red Sought in Connection Willi
Armistice Day Murders.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 18.-
(Special.) Bert Bland, notorious
I. W. W. fugitive and suspected slay
er of Lieutenant Warren C. Grimm,
one of the four Armistice day parade
victims, was taken without a fight
at mid-afternoon today by deputy
sheriffs. Bland is now lodged in the
county jail at Chehalis.
According to Sheriff Berry, the
radical leader made no resistance and
betrayed little concern. He was hid
den in a shack 12 miles northwest of
Independence and is supposed to nave
taken refuge there yesterday after he
was seen near Rochester and Helsing
junction, when he was driven forth
to seek -food.
Bland was armed with a revolver,
it Is understood, and a plentiful sup
ply of cartridges. Making sure of his
lurking place, after the trail from
Rochester had been traced, Sheriff
Berry gathered a posse and sent two
automobile loads of armed deputies
to the shack. The shack wa3 sur
rounded and rifles leveled at the
door.
Bland Gives Himself Up.
At the call to surrender. Bland
emerged from the shack, his hands
held hiKh above his head. He seemed
utterly unafraid, though warily re
spectful of the throng of armed men
that rushed up to him. For one week
today Bland has been a hunted fugi
tive, with at least three hundred rifle
men searching the woods and sur
rounding country for him and his
fellow suspects. He was considered
to be desperate and the odds were
given that he would not be taken
without a fight and bloodshed. It
was said that the posse would take
no chances with him and the wide
spread search for the hunted radical
made the betting strong that he
would never be brought In alive.
The party which captured Bland
returned to Chehalis at 4:30 this
afternoon. Members of the sheriff's
posse were Harry Urquhart. William
Dolph, Nort Wynn, F. C. Cassady and
Frank Roberts. These five, appraised
of Bland's refuge, first surrounded
the shack, a courier was sent to bring
reinforcements, but before these had
arrived, Bland had surrendered. The
two parties met on the road to Che
halis, with the prisoner sitting be
tween his captors.
Fugitive Is Exhausted.
Bland's physical condition was ter
rible, declare those who saw the
captured murder suspect as he was
led through the corridors to his cell,
where he is now held Incommunicado.
He is young, not over 2 years, and
his rather boyish face was seamed
and drawn with the stress and strain
of the hunted and with lack of food
and shelter.
Eight guards were placed at the
county Jail at Chehalis immediately
after Bland's arrival. The arrest of
the man wanted so badly by the au
thorities, and who is believed to know
all there is to know of the Armistice
day assassinations and the plot to
attack the American Legion, caused
the authorities to believe that extra
precautions should be taken. The
guardsmen are all members of the
American Legion.
Prisoner Held Incommunicado.
At the order of Prosecuting Attor
aey Herman Allen and Sheriff Berry,
absolutely all requests to interview
or see the prisoner have been de
clined. "Until his statement of the
Armistice day outrage is procured it
Is understood that this policy will be
maintained.
Centralia took the news of Bland's
arrest with a variety of savage joy.
Of all the red murder suspects who
have been at large since the killing
of the four service men in the Armi
stice day parade, it has been Bland
whom the searchers have favored
with the bitterest hope that they i
would be in at his capture or his
death. If he should fight against be
ing taken.
Bland Battles Storekeeper.
The first trace of Bland was found
yesterday afternoon when the fugi
tive appeared at Helsing junction
yesterday and entered the store
of Alex Jaaska, in an attempt
to obtain food. Jaaska did not
recognize the man, who asked for
crackers and cheese and who said he
was working for the N. & M. Logging
company, operating near there. But
the storekeeper a suspicions were
aroused. He turned te the telephone
to call the camp foreman. At the
movement Bland covered him with
drawn revolver md backed from the
store. Jaaska snatched up his own
pistol and sprang Into the street.,
(Concluded uo f'astt 5. Culuinu l.
Jury Finding Substantiates Charge
Against McKaig and Others in
League of Disloyal Acts.'
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 18. (Special.)
The Non-Partisan league, through
Ray McKaig, its recognized leader, re
ceived a severe set-back in this state
today as the result of the verdict
returned by a jury in the district
court for the defendants in the $50,
000 libel suit instituted by McKaig
against Frank R. Gooding, ex-governor,
and the Statesman Printing com
pany. ' The jury stood 10 to 2. It went
out with the case Monday night, de
liberated all night and returned at
9:30 this morning. The findings are
considered as substantiating the
charges made by Gooding in the
whirlwind political campaign he made
last fall for United States senator,
wherein he held that the league lead
ers sent to Idaho were disloyal.
McKaig was the center of the at
tack. It was after the campaign
closed he brought suit against Good
ing, alleging that his good name and
character had been damaged.
During the trial Gooding linked
TTf alt, nrllh V. a v. n ai-i a t a DdfialUt
r . 1 t i ., i ....... .-i in
North Dakota to a term in a federal
prison for disloyalty while the coun
try was at war. He introduced evi
dence 'to show that McXvaig was on
most friendly terms with the woman
and had publicly expressed his sym
pathy during her trial.
It was brought out that McKaig
had said to solicitors for the league
that he considered the Red Cross
graft and that he, as well as other
leaders, knew that socialists and
I. W. W. were being employed by
the league. A. C. Townley. national
head of the league, was convicted for
disloyalty in Minnesota, a further fact
that was brought out during the trial.
McKaig was scathingly attacked dur
lng the final argument by attorneys
for the defendants.
Carl Paine, one of the attorneys,
compared McKaig with Kate O'Hare
and Eugene V. Debs, declaring they
went down in history clinging to
their convictions, defying the courts
and the government, while McKaig
instead of following his friends pro
fessed lip service of loyalty after the
brand of the iron scorched the flesh
or bis friends. In closing, he ap
pealed to the jury to consider only
the facts in the case and not to be
swayed by sympathy for Mrs. McKaig.
Action Looking to Com
promise Started.
FRIENDS OF PACT HOPEFUL
Programme Calls for Final
Vote Thursday.
COUP BRINGS SHOWDOWN
Lodge and Hitchcock Brought Face
to Face, With AH Their Cards
Laid on the Table.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. At 10:15
P M. the vice-president declared the
treaty closed to further reservations
or amendments ana me
ourned until noon tomorrow, wnen
the ratification resolution win
taken up.
Compromise moves to rescue tne
eace treaty from a threatened aeaa-
lock made such progress toaay mi
its friends declared it had more than
i even chance for life.
So far as it had taken definite form
LIMITED TRAIi HELD UP
Lone Robber Secures Valuables
and Jumps to Safety.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 18. A lone
highwayman, believed to be William
Carlisle, notorious train robber and
escaped convict, ton ight boarded west
bound Union Pacific train No. 19, the
Los Angeles limited, robbed paBsen
gers of a tourist sleeper of money and
valuables and escaped amid a showe
of bullets from train guards as the
train . slowed down near Medicin
Bow, Wyo.
Late tonight he was being hunte
by posses from Medicine Bow, Rock
River, Saratoga and Wheatland and
troon of cavalry from Fort D. A.
Russell. The robber Is said to b
wounded and it is believed his captur
Is a certainty.
JELLICOE AT VANCOUVER
British Admiral's Wife Gets Word
of Mother's Death.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 18. Vis
count Admiral Jelllcoe, speaking at
club luncheon here today. Bald hi
present tour was being made to ad
vise 'people of Canada only on sub
jecta on which advice is asked.
Admiral Jellicoe said British sea
power is necessary if the Britis
empire is to live. It is not neces
sary, he said, to build up a system o
militarism but simply to face the
facts. The empire's existence depends
on sea powf.r and preparedness, he
asserted.
Lady Jellicoe today received news
of the death of her mother in England.
Complicity in Killing of Four Ei
Service Men at Centralia on
Armistice Day Alleged.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe
cial.) Formal complaint was lodged
today in the court of Justice C. E.
Prewitt of Chehalis. charging Frank
Heston, alias Frank Hester; Thomas
L. Lasslter, Dewey Lamb, Mary Mc
Allister, Clarence Sherwood, David
Ludin. Charles E. Lynd, Rudolph
Ruprecht, Henry Mole, Charles A.
Brown, William Brice. Albert Cohn,
E. Matson, Arthur Pohjola and Henry i
Wuorl with complicity in the Arm
istice day murders at Centralia, when
four ex-service men met their death.
The 15 complained against were
taken in the search made by the
American Legion members and others
for the Industrial Workers of the
World and those charged with the
Centralia crime.
County Attorney Herman Allen
signed the charge lodged, which was
a blanket one covering the cases of
all the defendants, and the members
of the Lewis County Bar association,
through a committee named at a
meeting this morning, consisting of
Attorneys A. A. Hull. H. K. Dor.oho.
J. M. Ponder, O. J. Alters and others,
prepared the papers in thg case.
The complainant states specifically
that the defendants, all of whom are
in custody in the Lewis county jail.
"did in the county of Lewis, State of
Washington, on or about, to-wit: the
11th day of November, 1919, then
and there help to organize, and did
organize and give aid to and become
a member of the Industrial Workers
of the World, which Industrial Work
ers of the World in a voluntary as-
Police Say $500,000 Shown on
Prisoner's Books Not Satisfac
torily Accounted For.
j Formal Resignation and President
Production of Coal Must wi,son s Lcucr on
i or i-enator-Up -Made Public.
Proceed Shortly.
,i,hi the compromise programme
called for a final vote i luimcu
pointed toward acceptance ot me
.i. - ..(.rn relations
reservations Dy 111
committee without the requirem...
that they must be assented to affirm
atively by the other powers.
The way to compromise was "1""""
by the group of mild reservation re
publicans, who served notice on the
republican and democratic
that they would not put. up -
-. -. - w onm-
entirely to modification -
mittee reservations, out wuu.u
out against and defeat the adminis
tration's parliamentary programme.
Action Bring;. Showdown.
With this final announcement of
. ,1 ..Ana-tVl Wnilld
how their aecioing " J
be used in the closing stages of the
treaty contest, the mild reservation
Ists retired to the background. The
result was that Republican Leader
Lodge and Democratic Leader Hitch
cock faced each otner ana
their cards on the table.
The conference between tne io
leaders brought no final decision as
to the language of a compromise rati
fication, but it did develop an aKrCC-
ment that the democrats would have
the opportunity for which they lougni
to secure a showdown vote on the
question of unreserved ratification.
This vote, Mr. Lodge said, would be
permitted before the rollcau on tne
committee resolution.
Drmorrati Slake Proposals.
Another result of the conference
was submission to Mr. Lodge tonight
Qf a group of proposed compromise
reservations with a view to making
enough modification in the committee
programme already approved Dy tne
senate majority to enaDie tne aemo
crats to support the committee reso
lutlon of ratification.
On this point Senator Lodge was
said to be insistent, as he desired all
compromise efforts to be made before
the vote came on the committee
measure.
Meantime, in the senate two more
reservations were added to the 13
already adopted. The mild reserva
tlonists supported them as the final
GOVERNMENT READY TO ACT
Far Is. Fruitless.
SITUATION HELD ACUTE
NEW YORK, Nov. IS. David W.
Sullivan, a member of the Consoli
dated Stock Exchange, was arrested
here today on a charge of larceny.
The American Surety company, which
has been working on the case with
the district attorney's office, declared
in a statement tonight that it is be-
berTf mee.saengser t: ! Conf erence at Washington So
town brokerage offices totaling at
least J500.000.
Sullivan, who is In partnership with
Norman Bowles under the brokerage
name of Sullivan Sc. Co., was arrested
in his office on orders of Alfred J.
Talley. acting district attorney. The
prisoner, according to the surety com
pany, was accused of acting In con
cert with Frank Parnell, a messenger,
whose name is mentioned In the war
rant for Sullivan's arrest, and others
not yet apprehended.
After examining Sullivan's books,
Police Commissioner Lahey said he
had found securities, stolen from 27
firms and totaling at least 500.000,
had passed through Sullivan's hands
in a manner in which the prisoner
could not explain to the commission
er's satisfaction.
The police said tonight that In the
last six months they had received
complaints from the financial district
of thefts of securities with a total
value exceeding: 11.000.000.
Production in Fields Now Operat
ing: Far Short or Current Re
quirements, Say Reports.
DOG'S OWNER GETS $500
chistically advocate, advise and teach
crime, sedition, violence, intimidation !
and injury as a means or way of
effecting or resisting the industrial,
economic, social and political change;
and did then and there print, publish
issue, circulate, distribute and display
books, pamphlets, papers, handbills,
documents and other written and
printed matter advocating, advising.
teaching and Justifying crime, sedi
tion, violence, intimidation and injury
as a means and way of effecting the
Industrial, economic, social and poli
tical change, contrary to the form of
the statute in each case made and
provided."
At the bar meeting in question the
attorneys of Lewis county pledged
themselves not to defend any of the
criminals.
' The charges filed today supplement
those previously filed in the Hoss
court at Centralia, charging a dozen
of the L W. W. with murder.
LABOR LEADERS INDICTED
Winnipeg Strike Inciters Held
Public Nuisances.
WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 18. The
grand jury today returned true bills
against eight alleged leaders of the
general strike which tied up Winni
peg in the spring.
The Indictments charged seditious
conspiracy and the grand jury re
port declared the men were "public
nuisances."
Bend Man Wins Case Against
Sheephcrders Who Killed Canine.
BEND, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.)
"Every dog is entitled to one bite,'
was the opinion of the jury in the
case of R. E. Eaton vs. Jerry Murphy
and Joe Lake, sheepherders, which
was concluded here late last night.
The herders killed Eaton's dog when
they found the animal worrying one
of their sheep, they testified, but the
.lury found damages in the sum of
$500 for the plaintiff, after a brief
absence from the courtroom. It, S.
Hamilton and E. O. Stadter, represent
ing the defendant, will appeal the
case.
The trial of Gus Nelson charged
with a statutory crime against the
minor daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Penney of Bend, was the fea
ture in circuit court proceedings to
day. -The caio went to the jury
shortly before 6 o'clock.
SILVER ORE TOPS COIN
Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
WOMAN KILLED BY CAR
May Perry or Seattle Fatally In
jured In Everett Accident.
EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 18. May
Perry, aged 40, of Seattle, was fatally
Injured by a Seattle-bound interurban
car at the Silver Lake station, five
miles south of Everett, this afternoon.
She walked in front of the car as
It approached the station.
Value as Metal Is - 5 Cents Higher
for Each Ounce.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Sliver now
is worth nearly 6 cents an ounce
more as metal than it is as coin. Sil
ver for San Francisco delivery was
quoted today at $1.34 an ounce as
compared with $1.2929 an ounce,
which is the basis on which silver in
coin is valued. Silver for local de
livery was quoted at $1.32 an ounce.
Buying for Chinese account is be
lieved to be responsible for the ad
vance.
WOOD CANDIDACY BACKED
South Dakota Republicans Indorse
Major-Genera I.
LEAD, S. D.. Nov. 18 Deadwood
and Lawrence county republicans in
convention today indorsed Major
General Leonard Wood for president
and Governor Peter Norbeck for
United States senator.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The gov
ernment stepped to the front today
to force miners and operators to
negotiate a new wage agreement and
resume work In the bituminous fields
Deiore the country Is in the grip of
a coal lamine.
Clothed with all of his war-time
powers as fuel administrator and act
ing by direct authority of the presi
dents cabinet. Dr. H. A o.ri.iH
called a Joint meeting of scale com
mittees at which he was expected to
give formal notice that the time had
come to resume mining operations on
a normal scale.
While the Joint conference was set
for this afternoon. Dr. Garfield found
that a full attendance could not be
obtained, so it went over until tomor
row. Meanwhile word was passed
that the strike situation had reached
that point where action was regarded
by federal authorities as absolutely
Imperative.
Conference to Date I-'rultleaa.
There was no evidence presented to
the cabinet that the scale committee,
called here last week to negotiate a
new wage agreement, had made the
least neadway. Reports from the
central competitive fields, strongholds
or the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, showed all mines shut down and
not enough coal coming from non
union plants in other states to meet
the normal demand by several million
tons.
Other reports from widely eepa
rated sections brought the same story
or a rapidly vanishing coal sunniv
with indications that hundreds of in
dustrial plants would be forced to
close shortly unless coal production
was put back to normal.
Although he would not discuss the
nature of the statement he was pre
pared to lay before the operators and
miners, it was said on high authority
that Dr. Garfield was prepared to
present the situation forcibly.
Action of Kan... Cited.
Steps taken by Kansas to operate
the mines under government author
ity and fears by both sides that other
states would do likewise, was urged
as a strong reason for a quick set
tlement of all wage disputes.
The operators' scale committee sent
word to the miners that It was not
ready to meet them in Joint session.
Commenting upon a statement issued
tonight by their executive committee
denying that the conference "is being
held up because of differences and
indecisions on the part of the ope
rators," spokesmen for the operators
declared their entire policy has been
(Concluded on Page 8 Column 2.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The for
mal resignation of Carter Glass as
secretary of the treasury, together
with a letter from President Wilson
urging him to accept the appointment
as United States senator from Vir
ginia, was made public tonight by
the treasurer. Tliere is no intima
tion as to when air. Glass would leave
the treasury, but it was understood
he probably would not begin his du
ties as senator until the opening of
the next session of congress. Decem
ber 1.
In advising the president of the
tender from Governor Davis of Vir
ginia. Mr. Glass said he regarded the
appointment as a mark of confidence.
but that he felt his first duties were
to the administration.
'Hence, if it is your judgment that
I would better remain at my post in
the treasury, you may be sure 1 am
prepared cheerfully to accept your
view," the letter said. "Conversely,
If it would seem to you advisable, in
all the circumstances, for me to take
Bervice again In the legislative
branch of the government, I would
desire to accept the honor which Gov
ernor Davis has been pleased to offer
me."
The president wrote Mr. Glass in
part as follows:
"It was most thoughtful and good
of you to consult my desires in the
I matter of your selection by Governor
Davis for the senatorship from v lr-
ginia, left vacant by the death of
Senator Martin. Of course you must
accept the appointment. While your
withdrawal from the administrat'on
as a cabinet officer is a matter of
deep regret to me and to your asso
ciates. I feel that your fine ability
may again be utilized as a member of
the senate, in advancing the interests
of the nation and the administration
in that great forum.
"No president has had a more loyal,
a more devoted or a more resourceful
friend than you have been to me.
"While your occupancy of tne office
of secretary of the treasury- has been
brief, the administration of Its affairs
under your guidance has moved for
ward to the highest levels of efficiency
and high devotion to the public
interest.
Governor Davis has honored the
old state of Virginia by paying tribute
to so distinguished a son. We shall
watch your career in the senate with
affectionate interest and admiration."
Final Treaty Fight Bitte
and Fiery.
VOTE TODAY IS EXPECTED
Hitchcock Crosses "No Man's
Land" to See Lodge,
LION'S TAIL IS TWISTED
WOMAN HERE IS HEIRESS
Mary S. Napier to Get $2 5,000
From Uncle's Estate.
CINCINNATI, O.. Nov. 18. (Spe
cial.) To Mary S. Napier, a niece, of
Portland, Or., daughter of the late
Theodore W. Scarborough, is be
queathed 823,000 under the terms of
the will of her uncle, John V. B. Scar
borough, capitalist, who died here
November 4. The estate is valued at
close to a million dollars. Several
institutions, a score of friends, em
ployes and relatives receive substan
tial bequests. There is no reservation
or restriction of any kind on their
handling of the property, which in
cludes several of the prominent down
town corners. His Bhooting rights in
Mississippi, his home there and all
equipment is left to three companions.
Servants receive substantial be
quests, according to their length of
service.
HIGH WINDS HALT MAIL
Attempt to Drop Sacks From Plane
Is Abandoned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. Because
of high headwinds which prevented
the opening of the doors to the mail
compartments in the fuselage, the
aerial mail service Martin bombing
plane, which arrived here at 12:40 to
day from New York, did not attempt
to drop mail bas at the city post
office as planned.
BELMONT PARK, N. T., Nov. IS.
The Martin plane, piloted by W. H.
Stevens, left this morning with 74 6
pounds of mail. This machine is fit
ted with a trap door device through
which the mail may be dropped.
V
YULETIDE SHIP TO SAIL
Gifts for Americans in Siberia
Loaded at New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Candy, chew
ing gum. and tooth paste are being
loaded by the ton into the steamer
Omsk, Christmas ship of the Y. M. C.
A. for American troops in Siberia
it was announced today. Nearly 71.000
pounds of yuletide gifts, valued at
close to $60,000, make up the ship
ment. "Y" huts will also receive for dis
tribution hundreds of thousands of
cigarettes and more than 67,000 bars
of chocolate.,
t GOSH ALL FISH-HOOKS! IS THIS AS FAR AS WE GO?
....... ,
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
5;i degrees; minimum. 4G degrees.
TODAY'S Kaln; moderate southerly
in as.
Foreign.
France stabilized by crushing defeat of
radicals at polls. Page .
National.
Government about ready to force action In
coal fields. Page 1.
Carter Glass, secretary of treasury, filej
resignation. Past 1.
Senate has treaty deal on behind scenes.
Page 1.
President vetoes bill providing for sur
render by United States of railroad rate
making power. Page 2.
negotiations for compromise on peace
treaty started in senate. Page 1.
Do met tic.
Messenger robbery is laid to New York
broker. Page 1.
Pacific North went.
Inquest exp'ains death of Haney, member
of Centralia posse. Page 3.
Murder is charged to 15 reds In Jail. Page 1
Washington unites to crush radicals.
Page 4.
Oregon to stretch tight net for reds. Page 10.
Bert Bland, suspected slayer of Warren
Grimm, commander of Centralia Legion,
surrenders to sheriff s posse. Page 1.
McKaig loses $50,000 Non-partisan libel
uit. Page 1.
State land case against Pacific Livestock
company is compromised. Page 7.
Autoists dash through Centralia, firing
haphazardly. Page 3.
Sport.
Jefferson and Washington high school
teams will clash today. Page 16.
Changes in football coaches reported likely
In li20. Page IT.
Dive title entries close tonight. Page 16.
Gorman-Malone boxing bout is ca.il ed draw.
Page lfl.
Trotters feature at horse show. Page 9.
Commercial and Marine.
Adequate supply of turkeys promised for
Thanksgiving trade. Page 23.
Chicago com shorts fear embargo on grain.
Page 3.
Another selling wave in stocks with higher
money rates. Page -3.
Channel 33x100 is pledged by port. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Bar urgs re-establlshment of death pen
alty in Oregon. Page 4.
Elton Watkins resigns as assistant district
attorney. Page 6,
Judges make ribbon awards at Pacific In
ternational Livestock show. Page 8.
Ben F. Jones announces candidacy for sec
retary of state. Page 11.
Police reorganize nifhi. UNl work. Pag 15.
One-way traffic aropoaad: Page 3 4.
oe Mielke hi to grand Jury far death
af Viola cWsnlngs. Pag 17.
Johnson and Borah Vent Wrath on
Lenroot and McCumber Gal
lery Enjoys Comebacks.
OREGOMAX NEWS B U R E A 17,
Washington. Nov. 18. While th
Rama bitterness characterized the
fiSht over the treaty today in the
senate, a quiet movement was going
on behind the scenes to achieve a
compromise, and notwithstanding the
announcement of Senator Hitchcock,
administration leader, that his aide
wculd not consider any negotiations
until the Lodge resolution of ratifi
cation with the reservations had been
oereated. senator Hitchcock himself
several times crossed "no man's land"
to discuss the treaty's future with
the majority side.
Oscar Ptrauas. of the league to en
force peace, continued active among
the mild reservationists, and the plan
for a compromise outlined tonight,
like the plan considered yesterday,
related to the preamble, or commit
tee reservation No. 1. Majority Lead
er Lodge is not ready to concede the
elimination of the requirement from
this reservation that three of the
four associated or allied powers ac
cept the reservations by an exchange
of diplomatic notes.
Aerermrnt by Sllenee Plan.
The new proposal put forward Is
merely to give the same powers the
option of acquiescence by their silence
if they choose to let their acceptance
of the reservations be understood in
that manner rather than by written
notice.
LeaUeis of the mild reservation re
publicans felt confident tonight that
this last mentioned proposal will be
the common ground on which the
ratification will be brought about.
Senator Hitchcock conferred with
some of the reservationista and also
with Senator Lodge, but was desirous
of holding a caucus with other dem
ocratic senators before getting down
to negotiations.
The senate did its work all the
afternoon w ith a view of getting
through with all reservations and
reaching a final vote on the resolu
tion of ratification tomorrow. The
tentative plans for the final procedure
for tomorrow run as f Hows:
Lodge Reaolution First.
The Lodge resolution of ratifica
tion carrying the reservations will bo
reported to the senate. Senator
Hitchcock, administration leader, will
offer a resolution of ratification car
rying" the original treaty without any
reservations as a substitute for the
Lodge resolution. The Hitchcock
resolution will be voted down. Then
the Lodge resolution will be taken up
and Is expected to fail of a neces
sary two-thirds vote, whereupon a
reconsideration of the Lodge resolu
tion will be moved and the democrats
will be given the opportunity to fur
nish the votes to ratify. On all these
votes it is expected from 15 to 20 ir
reconcilable republicans and probably
two democrats. Reed of Missouri and
Walsh of Massachusetts, will vote
against ratification.
The first hours of today's proceed
ings were characterized by more fire
works than has been witnessed in the
senate since the voting began last
week. Some senators on the repub
lican side are hardly expected to be
on speaking terms for several days
because of exchanges today in the de
bate on the Johnson reservation to
give the United States the same num
ber of votes in the league assembly as
Great Britain.
Senator Johnson Fiery.
Senator Johnson of California, au
thor of the resolution, made the
fireiest speech that has yet been de
livered at any stage of the treaty
consideration. He twisted the lion's
tail until it looked like the beast
would be rent in twain and in the
scuffle he was tackled by Senator
Lenroot of Wisconsin, author of a sub
stitute reservation on the same point.
Each expressed a poor opinion of the
other's intelligence, and they had no
more than finished than Senator
Borah of Idaho jumped a-straddle of
the British animal face backwards,
with arms outstretched for another
twist. The Idaho senator opened a
broadside at a substitute for the
Johnson amendment offered by Sen
ator McCumDer oi jortn uaKoia.
Every word he uttered had a eting in
it and carried insinuations that the
McCumber substitute breathed British
wishes.
McCumber arose and said: 'I want
to say that the remarks of the sen
ator from Idaho are wholly uncalled
for. I want to say of the other that
I do not intend to stand for such
language," which Senator Borah
reported: '"The senator from North
Dakota may take whatever action he
likes. When Senator McCumber un
dertook to reply. Senator Borah said:
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