TJXE 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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"