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Newspaper Page TextTJXE HOILMXG OKEGOXIAX, MOXD1Y, JANUARY 12, ' 1D20 SPEEDY 'ACTION SEDITION BILL Eradication of "Parlor Bol sheviki" One of Aims. MEASURE TO BE SEVERE Closing or Mails and Express Cora- panics to Seditious Litera ture Is Proposed. "WASHINGTON, IX C, Jan. 11. Ppeedy enactment, of a stringent se dition bill ty congress was presaged today when, following passage yes terday in the senate of the fiterling bill, announcement was made that the house Judiciary committee iftad agreed upon a similar measure nd probably would report it tomorrow. One of the purposes of the bill vas said to b eradication of "par'or boleheviki." The house mea.'ure, a combination of Attorney-General Palmer's orig inal bill, introduced by Representa tive Davey o Ohio, and revisions made -ty Representative G-raham of I'ennsiylvani , w contains xtremely strinseut jenalties for violations of the seiiit'n laws. Included is the death penalty, which the bill would liavo ii'Slicted, upon the recommenda tion o a Jury, on persons whose ac tivities against the government lead to '.teKtruotion of life. The measure a'O would close the malls and express companies to seditious literature, iroliihit the exhibition of a red flag n connection with mass meetings, tleny persons the righ to refuse to Rive testimony on the ground that it mi?ht tend to incriminate them, and provide in certain cases for dis lranchisement and deportations. Office Iloldine Denied? - The section of the measure, which Provides for the death penalty is as follows: "That whoever Incites, sets on foot, assists op engages in any insurrec tion or rebellion against the United States or the authority or laws there of, or whoever sets on foot or assists or engages in the use of 'force or vio lence, with intention to destory or cause to be destroyed, or change or cause to be. changed or to overthrow or cause to be overthrown the gov ernment of the United States and the death of any person or persons is aused or results directly therefrom, shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be punished by death, or shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $20, 000, or both, and shall forever be de barred from holding office under the United States, provided, however, that the death penalty shall not be imposed unless recommended in the verdict of the Jury." Other sections of the measure would prohibit: any person using any "writing, printing or any sign, sym bol, picture or caricature with -the purpose of resisting or destroying the Kovernment of the Unitd States or the governments of the several states; the distribution, . writing, printing.' publishing or transporting of seditious matter, the importation, or transportation between states of seditious matter." Orwnnivations Are' Included. Measures to combat seditious or ganizations also are included. All such organizations teaching the use of force against the government are declared to be unlawful and persons would be prohibited from engaging in their activities, contributing mon y to them, or even renting them , property In which to carry on their work. The "giving, loaning-or prom ising of anything of value" to such organizations is declared to .consti tute affiliation with such associa tions. Aliens convicted under the act would be deported after serving their sentences and .prohibited to return to . the country and persons who have declared their ' intention to become citizens "but who have not been naturalized would become ineligible to citizenship. Conviction of citizens under , all sections except that providing the death penalty would carry imprison ment for not more than 20 years, or a fine of not more than J20.000, or both and in addition ' the convicted person would be debarred from ever holding office of trust in the United States. 1RICE HAZARDS EXPECTED AVHEX V. S. CONTROL EXDS. -M'lirat Director Says Reduction of Oraiu Commitments to Mini-' ilium is Wise Policy. NEW YORK, Jan. ll.-iXV'arning of price hazards which ' may confront wheat and flour handlers after the withdrawal of government control when the activities of the grain cor poration are brought to an end in -June, was contained in a circular nt today by Julius H. Barnes, wheat director, to the holders of the 42.000 licenses he has issued. Emphasis was placed by Mr. Barnes on the statement that "the reduction of commitments to the minimum re quired for the conduct of necessary current business" will be a wise com mercial policy for the grain trade upon the termination of two years of official stabilization and In view of the present world situation. That there is even now -an element of the population which has demon strated a desire to practice thrift is evident from the reception given to the grain corporation's pure wheat flour which the government recently made available to the consumer at re duced prices. the wheat director elates. He also predicts that thrift as a. national characteristic "may be come contagious as extravagance has been." At Ithe same time he attrib utes recent price advances in certain grades of flour to "restricted trans portation and extraordinary indiffer ence to expenditures by a section of our people." "Our total wheat crop exceeded that of 1958." said Mr. Barnes. "Much is said of the relative scarcity of strong wheat. The curious fact develops, however, that, by continued replace ments from the southwest and the Pacific coast, and because eastern mills will probably draw their smaller needs of strong wheats from Canada and the Argentine, the northwestern mills can grind fully .equal to last year's large production and still leave at the end of this crop year a larger carry-over in the northwest than last year. "Exports for the past six months are 33,000.000 less than last year. Dif ficult finances abroad, forcing utmost curtailment of purchases, .will con tinue. Present purchases, still to be shipped, largely supply foreign re-" quirements for a considerable period. Cheaper rye will replace some wheat. The United States can apparently ex port 50.000.p00 bushels of rye, against 35,000,000 bushels last year. "With no immediate prospect of further purchases of flour by tbe grain corporation, it is fairer to ask the mills to discontinue their weekly offerings until we can advise some prospects of further -purchases. The export outlet is open to them Indi vidually without necessity of perrttg. "Farmers, millers and dealers (out side the grain corporation) on and are carrying 437.000,000 bushels of wheat, against 29,000,000. . year ago. Seriously ponder on th's statement. After June 1 next Ibie grain corpora tion authority to bay wheat at the guaranteed price expires and there after the security 0f that basis is withdrawn. Te fact that present prices largely rule over the govern ment guarantee should not obstruct a study of conditions which may de velop an at a time when that price assurance no .longer exists." i Vfnrwnnorr nunc crnq LUULIIUUIII i nni U IILUU COCXT.RYJ1EX "WARXED TO BE COME ALIVE TO 'PERlXi.' Remarkable Article in German Press Traced to General; 'Close Ranks' Is Appeal. (Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON,- Jan. 11. (Special Cable.) The Daily Telegraph's Berlin cor respondent, commenting on a remark able article on the bolshevik -danger which appeared two or three days ago In the Tagliche Rundschaur, says: "It has come to my knowledge that the writer was :Ludendorff. General Ludendorff makes an earnest appeal to the Germans to forget their do mestic quarrels and close their ranks to -the grave perils. "He says a mighty territorial power is developing and penetrates far into both continents a power whose cen trifugal force westward threatens first-Germany and Kast Prussia. The Poles are no protective wall against bol3hevism. This delusion will dis solve. Around Eas,t Prussia there will be a decisive struggle, the historical significance of which so far has been realized by few, and which will throw into the shade, that of the German knights. "The general asks what can avail in this desperate cult and offers the following reply to his own question: "First, the essential preliminary conditions to all successes is a recog nition of the danger. Secondly, the firm concentration of -all forces whtch are willing to take up the struggle in a united. German father land. Every dissension in the nation and every disintegration of the ter ritory of the fatherland makes our defeat all the surer. Third, a reall-, zation that the 'fate of Germany is being prepared, if not decided, east of Prussia." ,- OLD CLOTHING IS WANTED Oregon City Plans Drive In Belialf of Red Cross Sliop. A drive for used clothing, bundles of magazines and newspapers and other articles has beefr arranged in Oregon City,, beginning today, for tbe Red Cross shop of Portland, which is calling ior donations. - Headquarters have-been opened in the Masonic Temple and Oregon City people are ufgd to take their dona tions there whence they, will be transported by auto truck' to Port land. - Trucks have been promised by the army. Miss Sis Barkley Pratt of Oregon City is director of the drive. A house-to-house canvass is planned for Fri day. The Red Cross shop is helping, to care for wounded and incapacitated soldiers and their families. The Red Cross truck will call anywhere in Portland for donations. NEW FRATERNITY FORMED Students in University School of Education Organize. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. II." (Special.) A new local edu cational honor fraternity was organ ized last week by a number of ad vanced students in the school of edu cation. Its name is Pi Kappa Delta and the faculty of the school of edu cation are honorary members. The aim of the organization is-to encour age scholarship and engender a, spirit of fellowship. - Officers of tbe fraternity are Leo Cossman, Creswell, president; W. C. Hoppes, Salem, vice-president; K. I Hendricks, Eugene, secretary; J. C Almack. Eugene, corresponding secre tary, and Harold R. Benjamin, Eugene, treasurer. . CONCERT DEPICTS STOM Unusual Lighting and Mn6cal Fea ture,, Introduced. - Grand opera was Tather formally in troduced into the m-tion-picture world last night by an unusual light ing and musical feature at the Lib erty theater. The overture from "William Tell" was given. Darkness made more ef fective the partial lighting which dis closed a wind-swept sky as Henry B. Murtagh began the overture on the organ. The lightning came-and the wind drove dark flouds arway as the tempo and volume, of the music in creased. The lull following, the storm was shown by softened light effects interpreting perfectly the mel ody of the organ. WIFE OF FOUR ARRAIGNED Womaa, 23, Pleads Ignorance of Bigamy Laws. NEW TORK, Jan. 11. Protesting that she did not know it was illegal to have more than one husband, at a time, Mrs. Edna Leslie. 23 years old, was arraigned in Brooklyn today on the charge of .having had four in the last seven years. -She admitted that all of them were alive and that she had never troubled herself to get a divorce. John Leslie, who owns a freight boat, was the last of the line; and she declared she loved him best of all. Mayor of Pe Ell Resigns. CENTRAL! A, Wash., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) At the last meeting 'of the Pe Ell council W. p. 'Whiteside, mayor-elect, tendered his resignation. C. L. Kennedy, a member of the coun cil, was elected to fill the vacancy. Pershing Leaves Kansas City. KANSAS CITY,. Mo., Jan. 11. Gen eral Pershing lert at an early hour to day for Fort Riley, Kans., on the first leg of his inspection trip to the Pa cific coast. S. & H. Green stamps for cash. Holman fuel Ctt. Mala 853. 660-2L Adv. EMS TRAIL OF DEATH ID RUIN Estimate of 2000 Mexican Dead Is-Undiminished. NOXIOUS GAS KILLS MANY Six Hundred Die When Barranca Grande Is Destroyed; Other Towns Also Razed. HIEXICO CITY," Jan. 11 -Six hun dred persons were killed when Bar ranca Grande -was destroyed by the earthquake of January 3, according to special dispatches from Yera Cruz last night. Jalapa, former capital of the state of Vera Cruz, and Teocelo were prac tically ruined, it was said, while the village of Ayahualco was crushed by great rocks dislodged from the ad jacent mountain. A similar fate is reported to have fceen that of Ex huacan. A. child was said to be the only survivor of the -village of Santito, state of Puebla, which was over whelmed by poisonous gases. In dian refugees from the an Mtgul region said hundreds of persons were killed there. The new crater.at San Miguel still is emitting- fire and smoke. .Government dispatches giTe small hope that the original estimate of 2000 dead will be decreased. At Platanalan the mountain over looking the town split In two parts, many persons being crushed to death. In the San Miguel district deaths from gases are' reported to- number upwards of 200. Nearly 150 bodies have been taken from, streams and rivers. A telegram from the mayor of La Fragua, state of Puebla, reported al most continuous shocks, which had almost leveled'the place. He said 78 bodies had been recovered and that many persons were dying. Dispatches from Couzetlan state that new shocks were felt on Friday. In Vera Cruz a heavy storm has blown down the tower of the city, which was weakened 'by the earthquake. MEXICO CITY,Jan. 11 Vera Cruz dispatches today gave denial to sensa tional seports printed in this morn ing's papers in Menico City that the city of Vera Cruz had been destroyed by an" earthquake Saturday night. The dispatch asserted that nothing unusual had happened at Vera Cruz. LUMBER SHIPMENTS BIG 800,090,000 FEET SENT FROM GRAYS HARBOR IX 1010. Mills at Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Cos wopolis, South Bay and "ith River Load 25,000 Cars. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor lumber ship ments during the past year totaled upward of 800,000,000 feet.. In addi tion to this. Harbor mills shipped about 3000 cars of shingles and sev eral hundred cars of box shooks. doors, piano sounding boards and Other finished forest products. The tetal number of lumber-laden cars leaving the harbor is roughly estimated at 25,000. Figures available from all the mills except those in the eastern end of the county show 21.839 cars to have moved eastward. More than 3000 cars were sent from the eastern part ef the county, railroad men said. The MeCleary plant at He Cleary, the Vance plant at Malone and other plants in the east end are large shippers by rail, because they lack water facilities. Estimating 21000 as the number of cars carrying lumber, the total rail shipments would be 626,000,000- feet. Water, shipments totaled more than 287.000,000 feet. The combined ship ments, therefore, can be figured at 812,000,000 feet. The rail shipments for the year constitute a record for this harbor. They would have been at least 6000 cars heavier had the rolling stock been available. Of the cars chipped. Hoquiam mills loaded 10,475; Aberdeen, 7511; Coa mopolia, 2344; South Bay mills. 427. and North River branch. 132 -cars. The district west of Hoquiam shipped can ot lumber and shingles. WOMEN WAR ON FILMS Continued From Flrgt Page.) ike this and I am certain that our delegate will go into it extensively." WerW f Censors Praised. Another advocate of the general cleaning up t-Mrs. G. L. Williams of the Couch Parent-Teacher circle and American war mothers. "Unfortu nately, our association does not meet for nearly two weeks." she said, "but if you want my personal views, I'll say I'm strong for the censors. If we're going to clean up we ought to go not alone into the movies, but to the vaudeville and legitimate stage "It ought not to be necessary for us to have to see the thing.? that are being exhibited here when we are seeking recreation at a theater. The city ordinance governing this ought to be broadened to include all kinds of theaters. There is no use in let ting theater managers cultivate in the public a taste for. sights we have hitherto regarded as objectionable and unnecessary." With Mrs. G. J. Frankel, president of the , Portland Women's club, and Mrs. A. N. Shannon, who has been closely connected with the censor ship disturbance over "The Thirteenth Commandment," delegate at the fed eration, Mrs. 'C. E. Runyon, another of the delegates, predicts that or ganization will not sit by and let all the others do the work. Mrs. Runyon was unable to be present Saturday, but believes Mrs. Shannon will take it upon herself to rouse the members' interest. , Regret has been expressed by a number of women and others inter ested in the censorship problem that the Columbia theater has been made the' storm center of the present con troversy, as many have admitted that objectionable features have been rarely if ever shown there previous to this time. FILM EXHIBITOR REPLIES Error of Censors la Ordering Elim inations Is Cited. . Objection to the clubwomen censor ing motion picture houses in the con troversy over ''The Thirteenth Com mandment without first hearing both sides of the controversy from on direct sources was made last night by A. C. Raleigh, manager of the Columbia theater. "The Thirteenth Commandment," re cently produced at the Columbia, has involved the motion picture men of the city ia an argument with the board of censors which claim that the film was exhibited without the necessary eliminations ordered. C, M. Hill who released the picture for the Famous Players-Lasky corporation toj the Columbia theater will appear in court tomorrow to uphold the cut ting of the picture by the film men. "From the newspaper accounts of the Portland Federation of Women's clubs meeting last Saturday I do not believe the facts were presented truly," said Mr. Raleigh. "A vote was taken condemning pic-, ture theaters in general. This I re gret exceedingly as I do not believe tbre is a -motion picture man in town who objects to intelligent cen sorship. The kfss scene in "The Thir teenth Commandment" I would un doubtedly cut myself In Its entirety as I frequently cut scenes which add nothing and might tend to lower the tone of the house. The censors', cut on this seen is an xample of poor judg ment in film cutting.-After they had once censored and cut the film the matter, I fell, was out of my hands. They should have eliminated the en tire scene if they cut any of it at all. "I believe that any fair-minded woman will suspend judgment until she learns the true facts in the case. In my five years' motion picture ex perience I have kept my houses and advertising morally elean. My screens have always been open to advertise ment for civic or national betterment. The patronage of the Columbia the ater comes from the best class in Portland. I will leave the matter to my patrons to judge. I wish to state that I am for a censor board intel ligently administered and will gladly co-operate with such a board.". HAYS TO MEET LEADERS REPl'BUCAX CHAIRMAX DUE IX SABf FRANCISCO TODAY. Members of Sub-Comniittee on Platform and Policy May Be Announced. SAN FRAXCISCO. Cal., Jan. 11. Will H. Hays, chairman of the re publican national committee, will ar rive here tomorrow for a two days' conference with republican leaders of California. Accompanying him is 'a party that inojudes several national republican women leaders. Chairman Hays is expected to an nounce while here the names of the 60 members of the sub-committee on platform and policy of the national committee. On his arrival at the ferry tomor row morning he will be met by a re ception committee which will include S. A. Walker, state chairman of Washington, Thomas Tongue, Jr., of Oregon, and John Thomas of Idaho and Joseph Crail, vice-chairman,, of California. Tuesday night Chairman Hays will be tendered a banquet. Among those expected to be at the speaker's table are Governor Stephens, James Rolph, Jr., mayor of San Fran cisco, Raymond Benjamin, western regional assistant to Mr. Hays; Na tional Committeemen Samuel Perkins of Washington, Ralph Williams of Oregon, John W. Hart of Idaho, Allan Jaynes of Arizona and W. H. Crocker of California, Mrs. James B. Hume, vice-chairman of the republican state committee; Mrs. Edward Glazer, mem ber of the national republican wom en's council of one hundred, and Mrs. Sidney fcrman. vice-chairman of the California ways and means committee. The personnel of the Hays party in cludes Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chair man of the republican womeis na tional committee; Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, Kansas; Mrs. C. A. Sever ance, Minnesota; Mrs. Josephine C. Preston, Washington; Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, Los Angeles; Mrs. George W. Relneck. Illinois, members of Miss Hay's committee; Mrs. John G. South, chairman women's division, republican national committee; Rob ert Tucker, assistant to Grand Or ganizer Fred Stanley of the Young Men's Republican club movement, and Morris McKenzie, executive secretary to Chairman Hays. CURRY CONFLICT LOOMS Two Delegates to Represent Inter ests at Special Session. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) Curry county will have two representative men at Salem during the special session of the legislature in Major Johnson and E. A. Bailey, and there probably will be a conflict of authority. Each man, according to those who indorsed then, as dele gates to represent the county, will expect to receive the courtesies ex tended to George Chenoweth, who was appointed by the county court at the last session cf the legislature, to fill the vacancy caused by the death, of Representative John R. Stannard. Major Johnson has the indorsement of the Rogue River Fishermen's Union and County Judge Wood, while Mr. Bailey was indorsed by a public mass meeting at Gold Beach and by the two county commissioners. I. W. W. CRIME TEACHERS i Gun-Fighting Voutli 'Tells Police He Got Instruction. OAKLAND. Cal., .Jan. 11. Industrial Workers of the World in Seattle, Wash., gave John Kendall. 17 years old. instructions in crime and in- Scrofula Rheumatism and Catarrh arc constitutional dis- I eases. They require a constitutional remedy. There is none better than Hood's Sarsaparilla -Which thoroughly purifies th blood and builds up health. H THE M GOLDEN TRAIL" LEADS TO THE .TIJ !RiY Movies" VhoIesome-aeai-in9-Refreshing 1&a fto Your Eyes fiesd Care M culcated in his mind a bitter hatred for all police officers, according to the story Kendall told .police tonight after being captured today in a gun duel with a patrolman. Kendall told the police he went to Seattle after escaping from a Wash ington s,tate reformatory where he had been placed oh conviction for a minor crime, I. W. W. in Seattle fed and clothed him and gave him syste matic Instruction in the most effective criminal methods, Kendall said. He is held for burglary here. The police said he confeMed to commission of I A New Year's Resolution "Thinfc Before Spending" You think twice before withdrawing money from the bank to spend for luxuries. Keep your reserve fund growing:. Hibernia Savings Bank MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Portland, Oregon , SAVINGS COMMERCIAL TRUST FOURTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS OPEN SATURDAY most every opera-f$oer 1 lias a i .i)- .j. v -'Ills. M'v M y-Js U After listening to the exquisite strains of an opera, the enchanted hearer is eager to take away for permanent possession some of its treasured melodies. Formerly he had but the fading echoes of his memory. Now he has the Victrola. The experienced opera-goer knows that the famous singers themselves are 'the best judges of a musical instrument to reproduce their art. They choose the Victrola for its beauty of tone, its truth to life, its supreme musical quality. Their choice should be your choice. There are Victrolas in great variety of styles from $25 to $950. Any Victor dealer will gladly play any music you wish to hear. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month i Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. several robberies in' Washington and Oregon. ALLIES GUARD SCHLESWIG Troops Sent to Occupy Province During- Plebiscite. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 11. -A French cruiser has arrived here with S00 troops who will occupy Flensburg. Schleswig. during the plebiscite. Great Britain will send 1200 men. EVENINGS 6 TO 8 - w v.v. l i a mm German troops and authorities must evacuate Schleswig within 10 days. ENGLAND'S KING REPLIES Loyal Message. From Citizens London Answered. LONDON, Jan. 11. In reply to loyal messaae from the citizens III! Mifeffl ii II I 1 WHam and a lJai8g?W Cf 111 T, I I -.-( X- s k v.i. jsy T.nnrfnn mi h. nr.osinn nf thA ratifi cation of peace, the king has tele graphed the lord mayor of London as follows: "With all my heart I reciprocute their hopes and feverently pray that. of lease God. this day. may be the dawn of a new era, in which the people of the Biitiuh empire may forever live at peace with itself and with all a of Sickness Is aRespector of Neither Persons Nor Time 7ISITATI0N by illness V is unannounced and unheralded. The "whom" 'when" are uncertain factors, and so precau tion may become either curative or preventive. It is but a natural precaution to remember that the etore of "de pendable drugs" is always open and expert prescriptionists on hand to serve you. Therefore, don't forget We Never Close PORTLAND ORE.. . PHONE. MAIN 7211"