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r.- - . - VOL. L VIII. NO. 18,429 Entered at Portland lOreiroiD PoMoffiee as Second-Clans Matter. TORTLxVND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS PACKERS TO SELL SUBSIDIMYUES TACOMA LINES WANT JEN-CENT CARFARE PRFflnPMTPa OIL WAREHOUSE IS ICE. JAM TEARS OUT Mm A v A A . r PORTLAND FIRM BUYS STEEL SHIP SURPLUS M. BARDE & SONS SUCCESSFUL BIDDER AT AUCTION. HOUSE IN FIGHTING i 1 i iiL.uiuuiriuuii.il DESTROYED BY FIRE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION! OF REED RESIGNS RAILWAY COMPANY FILES XEW RATE AVITII . COMMISSION. TANK. CONTAINING 52.000 GAL LONS THREATENED. FIVE MONTHS' WORK ON CO LTTMBIA HIGHWAY WIPED OCT. MOTHER OF SLAIN GIRL IS WITNESS 12 Men Sworn to Sit in Harry New Case. MOOD OVER : ..i V. 'i- V1 i-l 'A ' ' ' ' 4 1. 3 Government Anti-Trust Action Compromised. VAST INTERESTS GIVEN UP Big Five to Continue Meat Business Alone. DECREE IS SWEEPING ONE Agreement Provides lor Disposition of Stockyards, Terminals and Other Side Properties. WASHINGTON-. Dec. 18. The gov ernments anti-trust action against the great meat packers, begun at President Wilson's direction last sum mer as part of the fight on the high cost of living, has been compromised under an agreement by which the packers will confine themselves here after to the meat and provision busi ness. An injunction decree, to which the packers have acceded, will be en tered in the federal courts to make the agreement ' binding. Under its terms the big five Swift, Armour, Slorris, Wilson and Cudahy have agreed to divorce their meat-packing industries from their other commer cial activities and to sell their hold ings in public stockyards and their interests in stockyard railroads, ter minals, market newspapers 'and sim- ilar "side lines." 1 wo years are given to comply witn tne decree, which affects 87 corporations and 49 individuals. Mnrket Control Ended. "In general," said Attorney-General Palmer's official announcement tonight, "this decree prevents the de fendants from exercising any further control over the marketing of live stock. It forever prevents them from any control over the retailing of meat products. It eliminates them ' from the field of meat substitutes, with the exception of eggs, butter, poultry and cheese, which are left for future con sideration and action: and, there fore the price of meat is within the control of the people themselves. It places the conduct of these great aggregations of capital immediately under the eye of a federal court -with references to their business practices. "But, greater than all. it establishes the principle that no group of men. no matter how powerful, can ever at tempt to control the food table of the American people or any one of the necessities or component parts of it Much Held Accomplished. "The department of justice hav ing in mind the necessities and in terests of the whole American people In this critical reconstruction period, feels that by Insisting upon this sur render on the part of packing in terests it has accomplished more for the American people than could have been hoped for as the result of long drawn out legal battle." While Mr. Palmer views the pack ers' submission to the government's contentions as a "surrender," Henry Veeder, counsel for Swift & Co. announced that the step was taken at the suggestion of the department of justice, to avoid any appearance cf antagonizing the government and to remove causes of friction with livestock producers and food dis tributors. Emphatically, Mr. Vee der stated that the decree was not V, to be construed as an admission that TPwIft & Company had violated any law. Lair Violation Denied. "The company feels that the same spirit which caused the business men cf the country to submit to per sonal sacrifices to win the war," he said, "is just as essential during this period of reconstruction as then, and therefore, it meets the request of the government for the sacrifice of its own interests. The company has con ented to the entry of a decree for injunction only upon the expressed condition that It should In so many words, recite that the decree . does not adjudicate that the company has violated any law of the United States." Attorney-General Palmer said the overtures for a compromise came first from the packers, after the depart merit had placed its evidence before a grand jury in .Chicago. The attitude of Morris & Company was expressed by M. W. Borders, gen eral counsel, who said the firm had consented to the decree "in the spiri of true Americanism." Good Faith Is Claimed. "We gave up certain legal right and made certain business sacrifices In order to meet the views of the gov ernment," he continued, "and to for ever set at rest the fear of monopoly of the American table by t'.. j packers In this period .f reconstruction an unrest we desired to promote confl dence. co-operation and stabl condi tlons." Bills proposing government regula tion of the packing industry now be fore the senate agriculture commit will not be abandoned as a re ult of the decree. Senators Kenyon wa, and Kendrick, W yoming, au thors of the measures, announced to nljfht. "The attorney-general's victory i merely a step, though a very Ion one, toward the goal we have been seeking to attain," said Mr. Kendrick. (Concluded on Page 2, Column I.) Three-Cent Increase May Be Fought by City- Statement Showing Necessity - Is Prepared. TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 18. The Tacoma Kailway & Power company this afternoon gave notice of an in crease in street-car fares here to 10 cents beginning January 18 The new rate was filed with the state public service commission to gether with a statement as to its necessity. It was declared that the present fare, 7 cents, does not bring in sufflcent revenue to meet operat ing expenses and the condition of the system was pictured as being in a bad state. City officials were surprised at the 3-cent increase, but it could not be stated at the city hall whether or not a fight will be made to keep the higher fare from going into effect. It was presumed, however, that the city will protest. An increase from 5 to 7 cents, de spite a state law which at that time limited street railway fares to 5 cents, was granted the traction company a year ago after an investigation by a public committee of 25. The law limiting fares has since been re pealed. STOWAWAY WEDS AT SEA Ledea Guibon Becomes- Bride of Member of S locum Crew. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 18. Her experiences as a stowaway on the army transport tug Slocum and her wedding on the high seas to Syd ney James Love, a member of the Slo cum's engine room force, were being told by Senora Ledea Guibon Love of Salina Cruz, Mexico, to friends here today, following the arrival of the Slocum. Love was taken sick at Salina Cruz and Senorita. Ledea Guibon nursed him back to health. She is an orphan. He stowed her away on the Slocum and when the captain discovered her, the wedding took place. RECRUITS TO BE SOUGHT War Department to Open Extensive Advertising Campaign. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The war de partment on January 1 will inaugu rate a three-months' advertising cam paign .in mora than 900 communities and In 400 cities of the country where auxiliary army recruiting stations are located, it was announced here today. Cities with main recruiting sta tions are to be omitted, as the-y1 were covered in last summer's campaign. It was stated. DISASTER BLAME UNFIXED Mineola Grand Jury Disagrees After 23 Hours' Deliberation. MINEOLA, N. Y., Dec. 18. The su preme court jury before which John J. Dempsey, former superintendent of the New York Consolidated Railway company, was tried for manslaughter in connection with the Malbone-streei tunnel wreck in Brooklyn a year ago when nearly 90 persons lost their lives, was discharged today. It reported it had failed to agree after deliberating 23 hours. BELGIUM REJECTS PACT French and British Conditional Guarantees Refused. BRUSSELS, Dec. 18. The Belgian government has categorically refused a proposition submitted last week by France and Great Britain guarantee ing Belgian territorial integrity for five years on condition that Belgium observe strict neutrality during that period. This is reported by the newspaper Nation Beige. NEW DIVIDEND DECLARED Marine Company Makes Deferred Payment on Preferred Stock. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The Interna tlonal Mercantile Marine company to day declrred an extra dividend of per cent on account of deferred divi dends on preferred stock, reducing the accumulated back dividends due to 47 per cent. The dividend is payable February 2 to stockholders of record Janu ary 12. JAPAN TO MAKE PROTEST Chinese Reported to Be Molesting Women and Children. TOKIO, Dec. 18. (By the Associat ed Press.) The spread of anti-Japa nese agitation in China, with reported Incidents of the molestation of Japa nese, including women and children, by the Chinese was the subject of discussion by the cabinet today. It is understood that it was decided to forward a strong protest to the Chinese government. ' NON-STOP PILOT INJURED Plane of Captain John Alcock Crashes in Normandy. . LONDON. Dec. 18. Captain Sir John Alcock, who made the first non stop airplane flight across the At lantic ocean, has been seriously In jured, according to a Lloyd's dispatch from Rouen. His plane crashed near CottevrarJ, in the department of Selne-Inferieur, Normandy. ' " Election as Los Angeles School Head Forecast. COLLEGE TRUSTEES ACCEPT Statement Also Announces Increase in Board. 11 MEMBERS PROVIDED Administrative Committee Will As sume Duties Until Successor Is Selected. Formal announcement of the resig nation of Dr. William T. Foster, presi dent of Reed college, was made last night by the board of trustees, in a statement saying that the resignation had been accepted and will become effective at the end of the present month. It is understood that President Fos ter, who Is now in Los Angeles, t111 be elected to the suDerintendency of the public schools of that city, al though members of the board, in a tatement issued yesterday, said the selection had not been maae and crit icised the newspapers for what is termed an attempt to make an ap pointment over the board's head. RniKnatloi Is Surprise. News of Dr. Foster's resignation came as a surprise to Reed college and to Portland, though the first In timation, when the word was received with incredulity, was contained In Los Angeles reports which said that the Reed college president was a recep tive candidate for the city superin- tendency of schools. By action of the board of trustees of Reed college, arrangements nave been made lor the assumption tem porarily of the duties of president by the administrative committee, con sisting of three members of the facul ty. Professors Norman F. Coleman and Hudson B. Hastings, ana juih Florence M. Read. ' Board to Be . Increased. Another definite change In the pol icy of administration was announced in the statement Issued yesterday by the board of. trustees. Henceforth the board of five trustees, as named In the will of Mrs. Simeon G. Reed, will be broadened to a board of re gents consisting of 11 members, in cluding the five original trustees. The six newly-elected regents are Albert E. Doyle, Forrest s. r isner. Mrs. Elliott R. Corbett, R. L. Sabin, E. B. MacNaughton and Dr. Laurence T. Selling, to serve for terms of two, four and six years. The trustees who are ex-officio members of the board are Dr. T. L. Eliot, Judge Charles E. (Concluded on Pas 8. Column ; SECRETARY BAKER: "DONT WORRY. MR. PRESIDENT; I i ' : r ii t r : : ti ' - 1 5. rWYTiCfcY-S "j $ It- II J IV 1 'V 1 I ' v ! Loss at Kendall Station $12,000; Wind Aids Firemen in Sav ing Steel Structures. Three steel tanks containing about j E2.000 gallons of gasoline, kerosene and distillate, were threatened late yesterday by fire which destroyed the Kendall station warehouse of the Union Oil company of California, with a loss estimated at $12,000. The ware house was filled with cases and bar rels of lubricating oil. The fire started about 4:30 P. M. in the pumproom in the warehouse, while the employes were pumping kerosene from the tank into a deliv ery truck. The cause of the blaze was not learned, although V. H. Kelly, manager of the company, expressed belief that the bursting of a pipe or a spark from the engine had started the flames. The tanks are outside the city lim its, at the intersection ot Eighty-second street and Johnson creek. The fire bureau, however, dispatched en gine No. 19 to combat the flames and the firemen succeeded in keeping the fire from the tanks, more than 60 feet from the warehouse. -The warehouse was a frame build ing 50 by 30 feet in size. It con tained about 20 grades of lubricating oil. The company carried no in surance. The tanks, each of which has a capacity of 21,000 gallons, were 60 feet south of the warehouse. Th,e gasoline and distillate tanks were full, but the kerosene tank contained only half its capacity. The wind car ried the sparks and heat to the south east, greatly assisting firemen in pre serving the tanks. Mr. Kelly tabulated the losses as follows: Warehouse $5000, oil 13000, and one delivery truck $4000. Em ployes saved another truck which was in the warehouse when the fire started. Several tanks owned by the Stand ard Oil company were 300 yards away from the blaze, but firemen did not consider them in danger. Officials or tne company sala that the tanks would not explode unlees a leak in the steel sides .allowed the contents to flow out and become ignited. The lubricating oil burned with out explosions and . with but little flame. Dense clouds of smoke, with occasional bursts of flame, attracted a crowd of several hundred specta tors-. Fearing an explosion from the tanks, the authorities kept the crowds several hundred yards back from the fire. ' NAVY HERO SHIP AFLOAT Destroyer Ausburn Launched to Honor Radio Operator. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 18. The de stroyer Ausburn, one of the few ves sels in the navy named for non-commissioned officers, was launched to day at the Squantum plant of the Bethlehem Steel corporation. Mrs. Delia Ausburn of New Vork, sister-in-law of C. L. Ausburn, chief elec trician, for whom the destroyer was named, was sponsor. Electrician Ausburn, as wireless operator on the transport Antilles, lost his life when he stuck to his ship sounding calls for help after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine. 2,000,000 Feet or Logs Pass From Cowlitz and Columbia When Ice Floes Break Booms. THE DALLES. Or.. Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) An ice jam, behind which was the combined force of the Deschutes, has ripped out the false work ot the new uoiumDia nignway bridge, in i course of construction, and sent it down the river, according to word i reaching this city today. The false work represents five months' work and an outlay of approximately $5000. New false work will be constructed in the spring. The bridge, which was to have been completed in May, will be delayed in completion until fall. Due to the large pieces of floating ice which now fill the rapid Deschutes river, no bridge work can now be under taken. Crews have been laid off. KELSO, Wash., Dec. 18. (Speical.) An ice Jam which formed in the Cowlitz river last night, near Rocky Point, two- miles above Kelso, raised the water 13 feet at Ostrander. It was feared here that bridges might be torn out. When the jam went out about 1 o'clock today a raft of logs was torn loose at the Thompson Ford sawmill. There was little other dam age along the river front. Nearly 2.000.000 feet of logs went down the Cowlitz into the Columbia with heavy Ice floes when rafts were torn loose at Ostrander. The heaviest losers are the. Silver Lake Railway & Timber company, Ostrander company and Robert Barr. Ice .which moved down the Columbia last night is re ported to have taken out the jetty near LaDu. A big Jam was reported in the Columbia near Oak Point. IRISH QUESTION RAISED British National Party to Push New Motion. LONDON, Dec. 18. The national party in the house of commons has given notice of a motion on the Irish question reading as follows: "The house, in view of the fact that the Sinn Fein organization has made it abundantly clear that it will not accept any form of home rule retain ing the sovereign powers of the gov ernment at Westminster, declines to proceed with legislation which can not be acceptable to any considerable section of opinion in Ireland, and calls upon the government to enforce law and order In that country." . v The national party in Great Britain was organized "to promote reform, union and defense." The records show it as having at present only two mem bers in the house of commons, in the non-coalition group. The Irish na tionalist party is in no way affiliated with the national party. CANADIAN PAPER DEARER Controller to Raise Price From $69 to $80 Per Ton. OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 18. The price of news prir.t paper in Canada is to be raised to $80 per ton, f. o. b. mill, January 1, according to an announce- ment made today by Paper Controller Prlngle. The price now being paid by th I Canadian newspapers is $69 per ton. WILL NOT DESERT YOUT' WOMEN ARE DISQUALIFIED Mrs. Alice Lesser Tells of Marriage Request. PRISONER IS INDIFFERENT Court Orders Recess When Women Spectators Become Hysterical; Glrl'8 Condition Shown. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18. Twelve men. all but two past the meridian of life, were sworn late to day to try Harry. S. New on the charge that he murdered Freda Les ser, his sweetheart last July. Neither state nor defense permitted women to pass the peremptory challenges, al though several were passed for cause. Formal proof of the alleged crime was Introduced and then with set face and motionless body. New listened while Freda Leaser's mother, Mrs. Alice Lesser, told between Intervals of hysteria of her daughter's love for New and his for her. Court Orders Recess. Mrs. Lesser was taken to the court room from her home in an automo bile by county detectives, and as she was led toward the courtroom door she fell In a faint. When she was revived. her piercing, hysterical screams penetrated throughout the hall of Justice In which the courtroom is situated and several women in the courtroom . becoming hysterical, Su perior Judge Craig ordered a short recess till quiet had been restored. Mrs. Lesser entered the room on crutches, aided by detectives. She was helped Into the witness stand. She sobbed for a short, time before gaining sufficient composure to tes tify. Mrs. Lesser testified that her daugh ter was m her twentieth year at the time of her death, and that she had been courted for some months by New. They had been fellow employes in a Los Angeles business house. New and Miss Lesser frequently went on long automobile trips and sometimes Mrs. Lesser and a neighbor woman accompanied them. Mother Asks Drlav. Two days before the alleged mur der, Mrs. Lesser said. New told her he wished to marry her daughter on the day which afterward proved the last of her life. She urged him to wait, she said, but he Insisted that he desired to marry as quickly as pos sible. On the day after this conversation, according to the vitness. she. her daughter, a neighbor woman and New went on an automobile ride, returning to the Lesser home in the afternoon. New ard Miss Lesser then left again and that was the last Mrs. Lesser saw of her daughter, she said. "He seemed to love her and I know she loved him." said Mrs. Lesser. "He said he would bring her back to me, but he never dldt" Asa Keyes, deputy district attor ney, at this point asked Mrs. Lesser to identify a picture of her daughter. "Oh, I can't look at it. I can't look at it!" cried Mrs. Lesser, again breaking down and covering her face with her handkerchief. Detective Gives Testimony. Under cross-examination, Mrs. Les ser said New always had been kind to her daughter and also had been very considerate of the witness. "I never saw a nicer young man." she said. "I had every confidence in him." Mrs. Lesser was preceded on the stand by E. A. Davidson, a police de tective. The witness said he was on duty, acting as desk sergeant at cen tral police station here on the morn ing of July 5, when the defendant entered and handed him a revolver. No effort was made to introduce con fessions New is alleged to have made to Davidson and others. Davidson said he and another police officer and two newspaper men went outside and saw within a closed automobile in which New had driven to the station the body of a young woman he afterward learned was Freda Lesser. It is the theory of the prosecution that New killed his. sweetheart In Topango canyon, a few miles from here, in a burst of anger because of her refusal to marry him, and then drove with the body beside him to the police station to surrender. . Defendant Is Indifferent. The first prosecution witness was Dr. A F. Wagner, county autopsy sur geon. He testified an examination had shown Miss Lesser was to become a mother and also described the bullet wound which caused death. New's demeanor during the day was J j unchanged for the most t maintained his air of indifl part. He fference and looked neither at the witness nor the I This was when the bullet with which he is alleged to have killed Miss Lesser was introduced in evi dence and passed from one juror to another for examination. He glanced at the Jurors as they bent over, the bit of lead and seemed somewhat affected. The attendance today was larger than on previous days. Junked Iron and Steel Valued at From $11,000,000 to $21,000, 00 0 Involved in Transaction. . M. Barde & Sons, Incorporated, Portland wholesale firm dealing in steel and machinery, yesterday pur chased at public auction at Philadel phia the entire supply of steel plates, anchors, bars, chains and other equip ment left over from steel shipbuilding throughout the United States, accord ing to a telegram received by J. N. Barde, president of the firm, last night. The transaction will aggregate be tween $11,000,000 and $1,000,000. it was stated, and is considered to be the largest purchase of "Junked" Iron and steel in the history of the world. The auction was held yesterday at Philadelphia, being conducted per sonally by officials of the United States shipping board. At least 250. 000 tons of steel and iron plates, equipment and machinery are un derstood to be Included in the tran saction. The bid of the local concern, which was the successful one, was in the neighborhood of $40 per ton. Mr. Barde stated. L. B. Barde, secretary of the company, left some time ago for Philadelphia, and personally represented the company in bidding. The equipment Is located mainly at New York and Philadelphia, but is also scattered throughout the country at nearly all plants which were en gaged during the war in building steel ships. There is none of the equipment in Portland. Mr. Barde said. A deposit of $1,000,000 cash was made by the local concern to bind the deal. The steel was purchased entirely for resVle. and steps already are being taken by the local concern for dis posing of this enormous holding. Be tween 25.000 and 30.000 tons will be brought to the Pacific coast for dis posal, and the rest, more than 200.000 (.tons, will be exported. M. Barde & Sons, located at Front and Main streets, was established here 29 years ago by M. Barde, and has grown to be the largest firm In j immigration believed when they se ttle west dealing in second-hand Iron 1 cured the passage of the act of Octo- and steel and machinery. During the war the company did an enormoui business, and a short time ago it bid 2. 500. 000 on the spruce production machinery, but was outbid, however, by another firm. PRESIDENT WED 4 YEARS Washington Society Folk Send Cards to White House Couple. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. (Special.) The president and Mrs. Wilson quietly observed their fourth wedding anniversary at the White House to day. They received many greetings from friends and relatives, and a large number of capital society folk sent their cards, but aside from William G. McAdoo. the president's son-in-law, there were no visitors. During the day the president and Mrs. Wilson wrapped up for mailing a large num ber of Christmas presents. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43 degrees: minimum, 30 degrees. TODAY'S Rain and warmer; itronf southerly winds. Foreign. Allies reach agreement on peace treaty, re gardless osenate action. Page . National. Japan Issues ban on picture bride prac tice. Page. 5. House bill to deport alien I. XV. w. Page 1. Passage of railroad bill by senate this Decree against packers is sweeping. Page 2. week is considered unlikely. Page 5. Domination of American dinner table by big packers Is declared ended. Page 1. Urgent deficiency bill is up In house. Page 7. lomestlc. Mother of Freda Lesser Ii witness in Harry flew muraer case. rage 1. Major-General Wood says Indifference of Americans aids unrest. Page 2. Twenty-eight Kansas I. W. W. get prison terms. Page 17. General McAIexander describes victorious stand at Marne. Page 3. Pacific Northwest. Ice Jam tears out bridge construction. Page 1. Asylum to release George Chenoweth. Curry slayer and overseas veteran. Page s. Question of Governor Olcott's tenure of office put up to supreme court. Page 8. Washington coal miners doubt strike set tlement and refuse to resume work. Page 0. Seattle mayor is candidate for re-election Page 4. Miles C. Moore, former governor of Wash ington, is dead. Page 8. Tacoma street railway company asks 10 cent fare. Page 1. Sports. Oregon football team leaves for Pasadena determined to win. Page 16. Bill Esslck sees danger in Beavers Page 17. "Battling" Ortega la due here today. Page 16. Commercial and Marine. Western apple crop exceeds earlier es timates. Page 23A Corn market weakened by break in ster ling exchange. Page 1!3. Reversal in Wall street stock market. Page 23. Columbia channel now cleared for steel vessels. Page 19. Taylor-street dock ordered condemned. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. M. Barde A Sonssuccesrful bidders at Bale ot steel shipbuilding materials. Page 1. H. Glct Is dropped by school board in stormy session. Page 4. Northwest lumbermen to meet here today. Page 18. President Foster of Reed resigns, ap parently to become Los Angeles school superintendent. Page 1. Telegram defense checked on point. Page 24. Butter and cheesw convention ends. Page 10. Policy of Roosevelt republican club to be outlined at luncheon tomorrow. Page 10. Friends of W. I Finley resent his dis charge by . state game commission. Page IS. Ministers attack zoning proposal. Page 14. Oil warehouse is burned. Page 1. Earl Snyder draws 20-year sentence for hold-up. Page IS. Albert Johnson Bill to De port Alien Mernbers. LABOR DEPARTMENT SCORED National Legislation Outcome of Centralia Murders. WASHINGTON TAKES LEAD Representatives, Stirred by Possi bility of Berber's Re-election, to Deny Seat Again. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Dec 18. Mere member ship of any alien in the Industrial Workers of the World shall be suf ficient grounds for his deportation when the house completes its work Saturday on a bill by Representative Albert Johnson of Washington, which is the result of the murder of four war veterans at Centralia. Wash., on November 11. A recent ruling of the United States department of labor relative to the deportation of 14 L W. W. aliens who were arrested In raids fol lowing the Centralia murders, coupled with the possibilities that Victor Berger may be re-elected to congress tomorrow from Milwaukee, has put the house in a fighting mood. Mem-' bers of the house say their minds will not be changed by a re-election of the Milwaukee radical, and that in such event a seat will be denied him before he can get here. Kxrlnslon Believed Covered. Members of the house committee on ber 18, 1918, for the exclusion and expulsion of aliens, that they had made its terms sufficiently clear to keep I. W. W. aliens out of this coun try and to exclude those already here, and the authorities of the state ot Washington thought the same way. - When Attorney-General Thompson of Washington undertook through Henry M. White, commissioner of im migration at Seattle, to secure the deportation of these 14 alien I. W. W.s arrested at Centralia, Commissioner White presented the question to the department of labor and received a telegram from Louis F. Post, assist ant secretary of labor, ruling that membership in the I. W. W. did not bring aliens within the scope of the act of October 16. 1918. Scathing Letter Sent. This caused Attorney-General Thompson to write a scathing letter to Assistant-Secretary Post citing the sections of that act which provide for the deportation of all aliens who ad vocate the overthrow of organized government, with the assassination of public officials, sabotage and like assaults upon government and Indi viduals, also for the expulsion of those who are affiliated with organ izations teaching such doctrines. To prove that alien I. W. W. were with in the scope of the act he quoted at length from the pamphlets of their organization, one paragraph after an other advocating everything from as sassination and sabotage to criminal assault on women. He Included in his letter a copy of the I. W. W. song. "Onward, Christian Soldiers," which covers, as completely as volumes could, the entire variety of desperate crimes advocated by the organization. The mildest stanza of the song is: "Onward, Christian soldiers; drench j the land with gore; Mercy is a weakness ail tne goas abhor. Bayonet the babies; jab the mothers.. too; Hoist the cross of Calvary, to hallow all you- do; File your bullet noses nai, poison every well- God decrees your enemies must all go plumb to h . Bill to Pass Saturday. Obviously not hopeful of securing any satisfactory action from the de partment of labor, Attorney-General Thompson furnished a copy or nis letter to Representative Albert John son, which resulted in the bringing out of the amended bill to be p-ssed next Saturday, which will mark every alien I. W. W. for prompt deportation and make it mandatory on the depart ment of labor to act. In reporting the bill, the commit tee on immigration emphasizes the fact that the department of labor has been lax In enforcing the de portation laws and that out of 69? arrests only 60 have been deported. Many of those released are shown by a recent congressional Investiga tion to have been self-confessed anarchists. The report of the committee was the most popular document, around the capitol today, Attorney-General Thompson's letter containing much information on the I. W. W. which appeared to be new to many eastern members of congress. Multnomah Bonds Certified. SALEM. Or., bee 18. (Special.) Approximately $218,000 or $400,000 In bonds to be sold for rne development of Multnomah county drainage dis trict No. 1 was certified here today by the irrigation .securities commis sion. Certification of the bonds was based on a recent inspection of the district by members of the commission. f- ' . - . - f-;--. i . -. . ,.- 1 i' -- 5 i '. ..- . r ' .' r- " v. 4 . r -