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TTIE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, WEDXESDAT, XOTEMBEK 10, 1919. WASHINGTON UNITES TO CRUSH RADICALS Loyal League of Citizens to Have Vigilance Committee. GOVERNOR URGES PLAN State aud Counties Combine to Oust I. AY. AY. Americanism ki. Campaign to Start. OLTMPIA, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) Thorough organization of the loyal cilizens of Washington for the purpose of crushing anarchistic and disloyal elements is proposed by Gov ernor Louis !F. Hart in an appeal to the good citizenship of the state urg ing such action. The plan as outlined by Governor Hart contemplates the formation of loyai league organiza tions in every county, operating under the supervision and with the co-operation of a state body. Revival of the work of the four minute men during the war is sug gested with a vigorous campaign for teaching 100 per cent Americanism by ivords and acts. Working with the minute men in the county loyal leagues will be all true Americans. The plan embraces the formation of a state and county vigilante commit tee working through regular pro cedure to rid the state of I. W. W. nnd other enemies to the government. The state organization will have headquarters at Olympia and will be In constant touch with the office of the governor. Bulletins detailing the plans of the movement will be out by Monday and bv that time permanent organization will ba nerfected. Prompt action is urged by Governor Hart. The list of county chairmen as ap pointed by the governor follows: Adams. J. Ij. Cross, Ritzville; Aso tin, Charles Florence. Asotin; Benton, rr. W. W. Brand, Prosser; Chelan, John A. Gellatly. Wenatchee; Clallam Charles Briffltt, Port Angeles; Clarke. A. L. Miller. Vancouver; Co lumbia, C. V. Miller, Dayton; Cowlitz, T. P. Fisk, Kelso; Douglas, A. L. Rog ers, Waterville; Ferry, John Stanley, Republic: Franklin, E. C. Davis, Pros ser; Garfield, J. R. Stevenson. Pom eroy; Grant, George M. Ryker, Ephra ta: Grays Harbor, T. B. Bruenner, Aberdeen; Island, Luther Weedin. Coupeville; Jefferson, Fred Hastings, Port Townsend; King, W. T. Iube, Seattle; Kitsap, Walter M. French, Tort Orchard; Kittitas, Captain E. K. Brown, Ellensburg; Klickitat, John D. Aiken, Goldendale: Lewis, William Scales, Centralia; Lincoln, Charles E. Meyers. Davenport; Mason, Mark E. Reed, SheKon; Okanogan, Joseph A Merva, Tonasket; Pacific, E. A. Sea borg. South Bend; Pend o'Reille, Fred L. Wolf, Newport: Pierce, U. K. Har mon, city hall. Tacoma; San Juan, J. S. McMillan. Friday Harbor; Skagit, George A. Joiner, Anacortes; Ska mania, W. G. Hufford. Stevenson; Sno homish, James Hogan, Everett; Spo kane. Lester P. Edge, Spokane; Stev ens, W. Lon Johnson, Colville; Thurs ton, L. B. Faulkner, Olympic-: Wah kiakum. Joseph Girard, Cathlamet; Walla Walla, F. S. Dement, Walla Walla; Whatcom, T. G. Kendall, Bell ineham: Whitman. L. L. Bruenning, Colfax; Yakima, R. K. Tiffany, Yaki ma. to be presented In the house of repre sentatives. The statement sent to Washington expresses the committee"s views as to the urgent need of immediate action on the part of the federal government covering the suppression of anarchy, I. W. W. or bolshevism in any form, as well as further restrictions on for eign immigration. RED OX TRIAL AT OAKIjAXD I. W. W. Secretary Confronted With Seized Radical Literature. OAKLAND. Cal., Nov. 18. Taking of testimony in the trial of . James McHugo, local I. W. . secretary. charged with violation of the new state anti-syndicalist act, began in superior court here today. Testimony was offered by Chief Clerk George H. Burnham of the United - States marshal's office with regard to seiz ures in the Sacramento I. W. W. raids. and by Inspector Fenton G. Thompson of the local police department in a raid of McHugo'e office. A wooden shoe charter of the T. W. W. local, preamble and constitu tion of the national organization, al leged incendiary posters, and other material, was introduced in evidence after Thomas identified it as seized from McHugo. OF DEATH PENALTY Johnson and Centralia Mur ders Cause Indignation. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED POSSES ABAXDOX SEARCH I. Y. W. Gunmen. Believed to Have Ieft Hannaford Section. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Nov. 18. (By the Associated Press.) Centralia possemen have g-iven up their cearch for alleged Industrial WorlTers or the World reported hiding in the timbered country at the head of Hannaford val ley, about 20 miles from here, it be came known today. Word from Olympia, Wash., today said searchers from there have also returned. The alleged radicals were wanted in connection with the armis tice day parade shooting of one week ago, in which four American ex-soldiers were killed. 1 Officers said today they believed the alleged I. W. W., who were re ported hiding in the Hannaford coun try, have either left this section or are in hiding in some other, section. MOMS M UPHELD ASSESSORS REPLY TO ARGU MENT OF RAILROADS. All TACOMA, Nov. 18. "We have jails we have scaffolds, and we have out going ships, and now Is the time to use them," declared Chancellor L. Jenks of Chicago, president-general of the Sons of the American Kevolu tion here today. Mr. Jenks. who is on an inspection trio of the various chapters of his order, anoke at a luncheon here. 'The same spirit of patriotism that coned with the rape of Belgium must crush the radical assault on our ideals of government," he suid. He declared there is a strong wave of patriotism developing in the na tion and predicted it will sweep the country as a reaction from the pres ent crisis of extreme radicalism. Sweeping prosecutions of all an archistic elements in the state was announced here today at a conference of prosecuting attorneys of Wash ington counties. Attorney-General L. L. Thompson Is meeting with the prosecutors and a concerted plan of action is being decided upon. It Is expected that after the meeting the most effective mode of procedure against I. W. W. and similar radicals under the state statutes will be announced. Several hundred alleged "reds' are now in jail in Washington. SPOKANE, Nov. IS. No additional raids on alleged Industrial Workers of the World are to be made by the police department here for the pres ent. Commissioner J. H. Tilsiey of the department of public safety said to day. Until federal laws making deporta tion of alien agitators easier have heen passed, he declared, their arrest by municipal authorities is useless. Plans for establishing a rock pile to provide work for men convicted of criminal syndicalism were being considered by city officials today. Counties of State Represented at Conference With Tax Commissioners. SALEM; Or., Nov. IS. (Special.) Assessors from every county in Ore gon west of the Cascade mountains met with members of the state tax commission here today and pre sented arguments intended to refute the contention of railroad representa tives that the valuations placed on the corporations' holdings were higher than in cases where private property was involved. In support of their contentions, the railroad companies offered in evi dence a tabulated statement of trans fers from various counties in the state showing comparisons of as sessed valuations of different tracts of land, together with the considera tion involved in each. The assessors charged that these transfers were unreliable in that they represented widely scattered tracts and did not show the true conditions. It was al leged also by the assessors that the mere transfer of a piece of property was not the sole factor to be arrived at in considering its value. Under the law the assessors said it was their duty to take into considera tion the earning power of a tract of land when fixing its assessed valuation. The railroad representatives re plied that the valuations placed on private property were lower than here tofore, while the proposed value oi the corporation holdings showed an increase. This was denied by the assessors. The hearing will be con tinued tomorrow, when assessors from all Kastern Oregon counties will meet with the commission. Wallace McCamant Chosen Presi dent of Association Conven , tion Closes With Banquet. With unanimous vote, the Oregon Bar association went on record yes terday as favoring the restoration of the death penalty in the state of Oregon. The Clarence Johnson case, where a man committed a cold-blooded mur der, his second, in this state, after calm deliberation and with full knowledge that capture held noth ing worse than life imprisonment, which he did not fear, and the Cen tralia massacre were powerful ar guments for the return of the gal lows. After the adoption of the resolution presented by Frank Schlegel, it was decided to appoint a committee to co-operate in every way possible with the American Legion in obtain-' ing the repeal of the anti-capital puishment law. Portland post of the legion took a determined stand on the issue Monday night and directed its legislative committee to draw up an act to be placed on the ballot at the next general election. Wallace McCamant Elected. Wallace McCamant was chosen president of the state association at the close of the session, other of ficers named being Albert B.. Ridg- way, secretary; A. M. Dibble, treas urer; and the following members of the executive committee: E. V. Little field, Robert S. McGuire, Hugh Mont gomery, L. E. Crouch, H. S. McCutch- an and L. B. Atkins. The convention closed with a ban quet at the Benson hotel last night. Some reply by members of the 1919 legislature which passed the act legalizing strikes and picketing be ing invited by the vigorous attack made on the law by Oscar Hayter of Dallas, state president of the as sociation, in his annual address Mon day, S. B. Huston, state senator, rose to the occasion yesterday. Senator Huston s reply was not in the nature of a defense, but an explana tion. He explained that the act "was passed as a concession to labor which represented that such was necessary to prevent radicals gaining absolute control of conservatives in labor councils. It would never have been made a law except for the federal precedent set by the Clayton amend ment to the Sherman anti-trust law legalizing strikes, as long as they were "peaceable," said Senator Hus ton. J. N. Teal movedfor the appoint ment of a committee to investigate probate procedure with a view to eliminating various inconsistencies in the present methods. The motion was adopted. Civilian Reserve Indorsed. BOYS ADMIT ROBBERIES Two Eugene Lads Confess Entering Three Stores. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) The mystery of three different store robberies in Eugene during the past few months was cleared up yesterday afternoon when Junior Bell, a 14-year-old boy of this city, confessed to breaking into the store of the Babb Hardware company on the morning of November 3 and with another boy of the same age. Gale Haxby, stole $300. worth of firearms and other articles of value. All of the goods have been recovered. Young Bell at the same time ad mitted that he and Harry West, also of the same age, broke into the Eu gene cigar factory on Olive street last June, and that a few weeks ago he and young Haxby entered the store of the Eugene Gun company. Resolutions of indorsement of the Civilian Reserve were adopted, and the members of the bar association pledged themselves to assist the law enforcing officers in prompt and ef ficient carrying out of their duties. C. E. Ingalls, editor of the Cor vallis Gazette-Times, and president of the State Editorial association, de livered an address in the afternoon which drew a great deal of favorable comment and resulted in the expres sion of a vote of thanks from the as semblage, not a customary procedure. His theme treated of the sanity of the bench and bar as a mooring which should bring back to normal people now excited and feverish. "You gentlemen are the sentinels of the constitution and it is up to you to see that none but sound Americans are on guard," he declared. "In near ly every crisis In the world's history some great lawyer has come to the front. When Athens was threatened with anarchy Solon saved the coun try with a wise constitution making Athens a powerful republic Cicero almost alone made Cataline and the reds of his day take to the hills; Cambon saved France from the reigD of terror. Anglo-Saxon History Recalled. "In Anglo-Saxon history the names of famous lawyers who have served well . their country stand forth on every pag. M anpf !eld. Burke, Pitt, Erskine are but a, few of the plane- tary lights In a constellation of Brit ish lawyers without whose names there is no English history. After our own great revolution, Adams, Marshall. Jefferson, Hamilton Jay land- Madison were counted with Franklin and Washington as saviors of the fruits of victory. "Jay, our first chief justice, nego tiated our first and most famous treaty with England, the first treaty in the world that recognized the prin ciple of arbitration, and because of it the popular mind of his day burned him in effigy. History has proved his Tightness, for under this treaty several threatened wars with Britain have been averted. "In the darkest hour of our na tion's history a lawyer was called to the helm of state to pilot the old ship through the whirling vortex of civil strife, and so long as men live to reverence honesty, sincerity and devotion to duty, regardless of gusts of popular passion, the name of Abra ham Lincoln will be revered through out the world. Most Presidents Lawyers. 'All but five of the presidents of the United States have been lawyers. 80 per cent of the cabinet officers of our country have had legal training and a large majority of. both houses of congress have always been those who were members of the bar. 'We must recognize that the law yers of the law are to furnish the leaven which will ferment in this country once more a proper regard for organized government, a belief that the constitution is not an ob struction to orderly progress, but a safeguard against the momentary passions of a democracy. 'America for Americans was a cen tral note of the address by Circuit Judge Kavanaugh of Portland, who urged the deportation of aliens who would not sincerely adopt this country as their own. Nation Is Called Tolerant. America is the most tolerant na tion in the world," commented the jurist. "She is not easily disturbed by extravagant speech or occasional out bursts of temper, but America is mov ing now like a giant in uneasy slum ber. Let the red radicals, communists, syndicalists or anarchists be not de ceived by her great patience. America is not easily aroused, but her wrath and fury are .terrible when ehe Is enraged. The forces of terrorism and an archy may beat against the constitu tion, -but they will beat in vain. They indulge In their sport of sabotage and assassination, but not for long. The strong arm of an outraged justice will drag them from their lairs and bury them in the womb of night. "There is no choice of courses in this business. We must choose this day whom we will serve. If we will serve America we must support the constitution, obey the laws and live as law-abiding, loyal citizens of this republic. Aliens who will not sin cerely adopt this country as their own should be deported at once. This must be an America for Americans and the native born who are traitors to their country should feel the force of her power. Americanism Declared Weed. "When these boys who fought on bloody fields of France and Flanders return, united by the ties of common service and common danger, will grateful America permit them to be slaughtered in the public streets be cause they wear the uniform and bear the flag which brought hope and shed glory to the ends of the earth? "What we need here is not interna tionauam, but Americanism ; not so cialism, but patriotism; not com munism, but common sense. We must provide against recurrences of this cowardly and bloody business. This must be made a coun try where every law-abiding citizen will be secure from outrage, where he may rest in the shade of his own tree and gather the fruit from his own vine in peace and security." New members admitted to the Ore gon Bar association yesterday were James H. Hazlett, T. T. Bennett, Enoch E. Mat bison, fclrwin J. Howe, leiceater B Atkins, James Ij. Conley, Joseph L. At' kins, A. D. Leedy, Walter C. Van Emon, R. O. Cianvllle, A. S. Dresser, George F. Alexander, W. K. Royal. James R. Bain, Use care in selecting a real Be sure that you get a rug that really means something a rug of merit and authentic ori gin. Our selling policy is founded upon high qual ity; every rug that en ters here undergoes close scrutiny before it can qualify to take its place among Atiyeh Exhibits. You, may be sure of the best when you select here. order to avoid paying- the $50 fee that bad been promised. Stewart, it is said, made the remark while working- on the Frank Bayne farm near Peoria, that the Shedd bank would be an easy one to rob. and is said to have carried a sun when he went to the institution last Wednesday. W. W. Banks. C. C. Burback. John H. Stevenson, Frank S. Senn. Rofcos p. Hurst, FranV II. Hilton. Newton c. Smith. D. E, Fletcher. Ira W. Carl. Chris A. Bell Samuel B. Lawrence, Errett Hicks, Otli Patterson, J. E. Marks, James P. staple ton, John H. Bittner, W. B. Kauffman, Bruce R. Kester, Robert Krima, W. jL Ekwall and L. E. Saute. Largest Oriental Rug Dealers in the Northwest. 'ATRI0TISM IS DOUBTED Olcott Asks Inquiry Among Work ers on Highway; SALEM. Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) Intimation that one of the contract ing firms now engaged In state work has employes who are not patriotic Americans Is contained In a letter prepared by Governor Olcott today and addressed to the state highway commission. Air. Olcott's letter reads: I am informed from reliable sources tba; one of the contracting firms doing work for the state has employes who are not patriotic Amer leans. I would cons We r an invest! gation of this report ehould be made and. If It be true, immediate steps taken to root out any such employes. Could you kindly advise me as to what steps may be taken in this direc tion?" LOGGERS TO OPEN STORE Bunker Hill Enterprise to Pattern After Xorlli Bend. MARSH FIELD, Or., Nov. 18. (Spe clal.) Such favorable reports hav been, made on the Loyal Legion o Loggers and Lumbermen 6 tore a North Bend that the members of that order employed In the C. S. Smith mills have decided to inaugurate similar business enterprise at Bunke Hill. The plans are yet tentative, but leading men in the 4-Ls are working out the scheme. It Is the intention to obtain 200 stockholders at $10 share, which is considered sufficient to provide and maintain a stock which would result in reducing the legion members living cost in a consider able amount. PLAN TO ROB BANK FAILS Man Said to Have Lost Nerve on Arrival in Shedd. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) What is alleged to have been a plan to rob the bank at Shedd last "Wednes day failed to materialize when a man giving the name of Tom Stewart ap parently lost his nerve. Instead of carrying away the bank's cash he found it necessary to outwit the taxi- cab driver on arrival in Portland in John Gilbert, 7 5, Dies. SALEM. Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) John Gilbert died at his home here yesterday at the age of 75 years. He came to Salem from Minnesota about four years ago and is survived oy his widow and one daughter, Mrs. A. B. Stillman of this city. Funeral erv ices will be held here Thursday. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Nov. 18. The first step by the Sacramento post, American Legion, to combat activities of Industrial Workers of the World will be appointment of a committee to wait upon the sheriff and chief of police to find what measures to ward curbing radicalism have been taken by the local authorities, C. K McClatchy Jr., commander of the lo cal post, declared today. At a meeting last night the legion authorized appointment of a secret committee to make a thorough in vestigation of I. W. W. activities and report to the local post. Egbert A. Brown, a business man, declared at the meeting he was cus todian ef 200 rifles nnd ammunition at the state armory which will be Bt the service of the legion members If matters come to the worst. Turing the trial last spring in the federal court at Sacramento of number of alleged Industrial Workers charged with violations of the espion age act, a secret committee of Sacra mento business men was formed to assist the prosecution. Brown said. That such a committee had existed was not generally known until Brown s announcement last night. VIEW'S SENT TO CONGRESS Chehalls Resolutions Call for Sup pression of Anarchy. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Nov. IS. (Spe eia ) The committee on resolution named Saturday evening at the bti? mass meeting in Chehalls. when ike Loyal American league was orgp.n Ized. has telegraphed to Senators J'oindexter and Jones at Washington. X: C. an expression of the b-antiraent rf liiveiiui; for presentation iii the t'n'utri Stat is " senate. Also a copy was ent to Representative JuLnson BUDGET MEETING CALLED Roseburg Council at Session Mon day Will Consider Expenses. ROSE BURG. Or., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) A meeting of the city council has been called for Monday to dis cuss the next year's budget. Among the new features requiring appro priation, will be the proposed new park that has been offered to the city as a gift by to. Jj. Evans. Mayor Hamilton and others have looked over the property, lying on the west side of the river just south of the city and announce that the site is one of the most appropriate to be found here. If S. & H. Green Holman fuel Co. Adv. stamps for cash. Main 353, A 3353, NEGLECTED COLDS ARE DANGEROUS Dr. King's New Discovery Soon Breaks a Cold and Checks a Cough. CHILLS fever ineeies and then a hard cold develops. Take a little Dr. King's New Dis covery when the sniffles start. It will soon check the cold, the cough-provoking throat-tickle. Used everywhere by people who know why it has been on the market for half a century. Re lieves cold, cough, grippe, croup. No disagreeable af ter-ef f eeta. All drug. Blwls 60c and l.-0 a bottle. Adv. Bowels Behind Schedule? Lier acting lazy? Bring them to time with Dr. Kincs New Life Pills. Gentle but sure-acting system cleans ers that are tonicky tu action and pleasing: in results, still 2ac a, butUe at all urug" stores Adv. GET THIS! Starting Tomorrow we will give the Portland public more thrills for two days only than they ever received before in two weeks "THE LOTTERY MAN Is Leaving Town Tonight 'LOOT' ( 'J - I nt? - " . : ..--Sfr. .: .. . . .-.--rftaoin, - w W W w ? ednesday Is Thrift Day We Give Double Green Stamps Ill IB Ml Bmiuch and Lomb LANTERN SLIDE AND POSTCARD PROJEC TION MACHINES $48 to $150 Bausch and Lomb Field Glasses $45 Others at $25 and $35 Large assortment of high - grade Reading Glasses and Magnifiers in our Photographic Department. Perfume Dept. Pepsodent 50 Colgate's Dental Ribbon S5 Cuticura Soap 236 Woodbury's Soap.23 Chlorax Tooth Paste for 50 Boradent Tooth Paste for 25 Miolena Face r f Powder OUt Miolena Cucumber Cream .-KO Peerless Almond Crftn at... 25, 50 8o La Meda Cold Creamed Powder. 65 Nikk-MarrBalm 50-$l Nlkk-Marr Pace Dressing at.. 50-91 Nlkk-Marr Face Cream at 50r-?l Neo-Plastlque ...$2-SO Hotpoint Hedlite Electric Heater Just what you need these cool mornings. Fits any light socket. Absolutely guaranteed. PRICE ONLY $11 idl UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC PAD No home should be without the Universal Electric Pad. It is a necessity in illness and a comfort in health. It is flex ible and light in weight and will last a lifetime. Can be automatically regulated and retained at any desired heat. PRICE ONLY $10.00 DOLLS Bring the children to see the wonderful selection of Dolls that we now have on dis play. You will be surprised yourself at the vast assortment we have. DOLL SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY $1.00 12-JNCH KEWPIE DOLL 79 $1.00 Character Dolls, dressed as clowns, cowboys, cowgirls, and bell hops. Special at ................. Have You Seen the Walking Dolls? :!:79c SAFETY RAZOR r 19c The Durham-Duplex a. practical ra zor, complete with blade and case. Too can cut or trim hair with this razor. Priced only X9C. Kno-Glair Shades 20c, 25c These are pleated linen shades for electric lights. Large assortment of plain colors and also in cretonne ef fects at 20? and 25e each. ZIP GETS THE SOOT from your chimneys and makes your fires burn better. Now is the time to use It. Only 259 Thanksgiving Greeting Cards Your inspection is invited of our unusually fine showing of Greeting Cards. COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY CALENDARS FOR 1920 PRICES 25 35 50 BAYER -TABLETS OF ASPIRIN: Pocket Boxes of 12 Bottles of 24 and 100 BAYER -CAPSULES OF ASPIRIN: Sealed Boxes of 12 and 24 Woodard, Clarke & Co. Wood-Lark Building Alder at West Park s&larle ranging- from $125 to 300 year. The Increases as-to oacic 10 July i. Sn r!t I tu te clerks and car- riers will, under the new rate, re ceive 60 cents per hour for their serviced Instead of 40 cents nn here tofore. The new wage schedule adds nearly $7000 annually to the payroll -f the Po!ehurr pout office. NEW SHOW TODAY Monmouth Woman Dies. SALEM. Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, widow of the I late Robert Clarke of Monmouth, died in a Salem hospital last night. She was S3 years of age and is survived by eight children. Funeral services I will be held at. Monmouth. Koseburg Postal Wage Increased. I UOSEBURG, Or.. Nov. 18. (Spe- cial.) Employes of the local post- offre have been notified of rises in A Picture Adaptation of the famous Saturday Evening Post story. PATHE REVIEW Showing more of the Slower Than Nature Motion pictures. MURTAGH and our $50,000 ORGAN 4 i rr K it A' I! 7 li Extra! 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