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Kntered at Portland (Oregon)
Postotflc as Second-C"la?s Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920
PRicn rivi: clxts
AMERICAN 'IS, KILLED
LAME BROADSIDE
D'ANNUNZIO BESIEGED
v IN FIUME BY ITALY
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ALIi COMMODITIES,' IXCLTJDIXG
FOOD,. KEPT FROM CITY.
BANKS SHOW DESIRE
TO RESTRICT CREDIT
U.S.
LOST 'PEP' OF YOUTH
JS REGAINED AT 72
.MONKEY GLANDS REJCYEXATE
RETIRED LOXDOX BROKER.
IN LITHUANIAN REVOLT
I
MADE BYTROTZKY
OUT NEW TACTICS
CONSERVATIVE POLICY URGED
BY FIXAXCIERS. v
RAILROADS T U R f J E D
BACK TO OWNERS
FOR
VAjWDERVEER tries
PARTNG
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Gigantic War Control Or-
ganization Reduced.
ARMY IXjJTRCCTOR IS VICJI.M
IX KOV0 OUTBREAK.
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Martial Law, 4s Proclaimed AVIicn
Troops Influenced by Reds Re
. , , fuse i to . Obey Officers.
WARSAW, Feb. 39. An American
named .Harris is reported to have been
I killed during the recent military rev
'JIWTP Tfl' CT1V IT DflTlolution at Kovno. Lithuania. Harris
liiir. in j hi hi rud ...... ..
9 p I in
Retiring Secretary . Loos
ens Personal Opinion.
joined the Lithuanian army a few
Thousands of Settlement
Claims Still Faced." -
LABOR SESSION TODAY
Conference of Kxccutives Intended
to Formulate Public Expres
sion of Ciiions' Attitude.
1 months ag:o as instructor.
; The revolutionary outbreak at Kov
no continues and martial law has been
proclaimed. Civilians are not .per
mitted on the streets after 8 P. M.
HARR1SBURG, Pa., Feb. 29. Word
has been received by Mrs. Samuel J.
Harris t of this city telling of the
death of her son. First Lieutenant
Samuel J. Harris Jr., from wounds re
ceived while helping to suppress a
mutiny in Kovno, Lithuania, Russia.
Lieutenant Harris was a student at
Dickinson college, Carlisle, at the
time of his first enlistment. He
served a year on the Mexican border.
Later he re-enlisted and went over
seas with the 112th regiment, 28th
division. ' ..
ORGANIZATION IS HELD POOR
LONDON, Feb. 29. A wireless dis
patch from Warsaw under date of
Saturday says that the recent, revolt
of Lithuanian troops at Kovno took
place February 22, when everal units
who had agitated tfr deferred pay
were ordered to assemblu and confer
with government representatives. The
men refused t obey orders on the ad
vice of bolshevik agitators from
Shavli, 77 miles northwest ofKovno, I
ana aireeieu maclunc gun lire aganiNi
the government building all day and
night, the dispatch says. At the same
time artillery bombarded the rarlway
station rind various parts of the town.
The dispatch doe's not give the num.
bcr of casualties but says that in
semi-official circles fh Lithuania it
is believed the revolt was the result
of bad relations between the officers
and men. It 'is expected, it states
that the insubordination will extend
and new outbreaks arc anticipated.
A dispatch from Warsaw, dated Feb
ruary -'a, received in London, etatcd
that the revolt took place February
21. Advices received the day previous
said the revolt was quickly suppressed.
VOTING CLASSES URGED
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.WASHINGTON, March 1. America's
rail transportation tiystenie, operated
as one great public utility since De
cember 28, 1917. were divided among
their 2.:8 pspective corporate owners
when the government releases control
' at midnight. 1 .
Director-General Hines, as the agent
of the president, handed over the
properties and equipment, valued at
approximately f 20,000,000,01)0, to their
old directors, free except for the
jurisdiction retained by the govern
ment i. thu new railroad reorganiza
tion li. I.
Whilr arrangements for formal
restora H of the carriers to their
owners were completed Saturday by
Mr. Hints, instructions went out yes
terday to operating representatives
of the railroad administration, in
forming them they would "report to
the proper officials of the corpora
tions which resume control at 12:01
A. M., March 1."
Illnen to Stay on Job.
Of the gigantic organization. .cre
ated by former li rector-General Mc
Adoo as a war-time expedient, only
-a small part will remain.
I Mr. Hines will continue In his pres
ent capacity until about May 1. Al-j
though without any raliroads to di-1
rect, he still faces the settlement of
literally thousands of claims, con
tracts and grievances.
Only 147 of the 2.10 compensation
contracts wit h the corporations were
actually signed during the govern
ment control and the remainder will
continue to be the subject of negotia
tions. 'nfercnee to Be Held.
'The reply given By President Wil
son to labor's objection to the re
orgauizatiou bill will be considered
tonay. Ail executives here will be
called into the conference for the
purpose of agreeing on a public ex
pression -of railroad labor.'s attitude.
Thee was no indication tonight as
to sentiment among the leaders, who
had read the president's statement in
nivtwer to their request thai he with
hold his approval from the bill.
They said they had stated their case
and that until a policy can be deter
mined they would remain silent aa to
future action.
Competition to Be Revived.
With the lines again under private
control there will b almost imme
diately "a resumption of the days of
competition." Corporation heads have
been preparing for this for several
months.
tempt to divide asain the? business
which has been handled jointly under i tne Ice Palace show, according to fig
federal control, reports indicated. ures announced yesterday by M. O.
The roads go back to private con-1 Wilkins, manager, was 28,648, com-
trol under largely new conditions. 1 Par ' year ago.
Epitome of 20 Years' Public
. Service Presented. .
LARGER MEN ARE NEEDED
I'ear Held Development of Law of
Self-Preservation In Xa
tlonal Capitol.
judge Would Instruct I toys and
r.irls in Principles of Ballot.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29. Formation
of "first voters' leagues" so 1 t
young men and women may be In
structed to "vote intelligently" was
advocated by Judge Willis Brown of
the juvenile court, Salt Lake City,, in
ah address here today before the
Eaton class for men of the Madison
Avenue Baptist church. Judge Brown
has been .engaged for years in es
tablishing -juvenile communities, or
"boys' cities" throughout the country.
"It Is important," he declared, "that
the new voters be instructed in order
that they, may understand party plat
forms and principles." The solution of
the. Americanization' problem, he
added, is the proper education of the
children of immigrants.
RECORD CROWD AT SHOW
28,018 View. Motor Cars Tbis Year,
Against 2 6,000 Last Year.
Attendanuat the Portland automo
bile show, which" ended Saturday
night, was greater than at any pre
vious motor car ehow held in Port-
The various roads will at- ! 'an-
Total attendance for tne six days of
WASHINGTON, Feb. . 29. (By the
Associated Press.) Official Washing
ton "a combination of polifTcal cau
cuses, drawing-room and civil service
bureaus" containing "statesmen who
are politicians and politicians who are
not statesmen" is poorly organized
for its task which "fewer men of
larger capacity would do better."
Such is an epitome of the views of
Franklin K. Lane, retiring secretary
of the interior, expressed in a char
acteristic parting report to the presi
dent on. the occasion of leaving public
life today after more than 20 years'
service the last seven in the cabinet.
"Washington," says the retiring
secretary, "is rich in brains and char
acter. It is honest beyond any com
mercial standard. It wishes to do
everything that will' promote the pub
lic good. But it ia poorly organized
for the task that belongs to it. Fewer
men of larger capacity would do the
task better. Ability is not; lacking,
but it is pressed to the point of pa
ralysis because of an infinitude of de
tails and unwillingness on the part
of the great body of the public serv
ants to take responsibility. Kvery-i
one seems to be afraid of everyone.
The self-protective sense is developed
abnormally, the creative sense atro
phied. Trust, confidence, enthusiasm,
these simple virtues of all great busi
ness, are the ones most lacking in
government organization. We have
so many checks and brakes upon our
work that our progress docs not keep
pace with the nation's requirements.
No Discretion. In Allowed.
i "We could save money for the gov
ernment if we had more discretion as
to how we should use that given us. j
For the benefit of the civil servants
there should be quicker promotion or
discharge and a sure insurance when
disability comes. For the higher ad
ministrative officers there should be
salaries twice as high as those now
given and they should be made to fee
that they are the ones responsible
for the work of the department; the
head being merely an adviser and
constructor of policies. As matters
are now devised there are too few in
the government whose business it is
Situation- of "Mad Poet" Critical
and . Desertions From Army
- - Holding Town Numerous. "
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FTUJIfi, Feb. 28. (By the Associat
ed Press.) A siege of Fiume has be
gun, . 'with a stringent blockade
against .commodities, including food
stuffs. ' f ; ,'
. "Perhaps we may appear to be leni
ent toward those occupying Fiume,1
said General Caviglia of the goverd
ment forces today, "but it is not so.
We shall exercise an iron blockade
against .Gabrlele d'Annunzio. 1 am
not offering them the slightest atom.
but the children must be cared for.
That is why I allowed 200 children to
come out of Fiume and proceed to
Milan." '
The correspondent has gleaneB
opinions of all sorts in Fiume.
Those of the citizens with whom he
has Calked seemed unanimous that the
situation was critical and that .the
city now is in the deepest of despair,
financially and commercially.
We are starving," said a promi
nent banker who previously had been
a strong supporter of Italian annexa
tion. "We are unable to go further.
We now are ready for an interna
tional city. We want the city occu
pied either by an American or a Brit
ish garrison."
Gabriele d'Annunzio has ordered
another deportation of Croats and
other foreigners who he says ara
pernicious by their presence for the
proper defense of the city." The so
cialists also have been included in the
general cleaning out of the city. Pub
lic meetings and demonstrations 'of.
any sort not having consent of the
poet-soldier's police have been pro
hibited.
LfAnnunzio's forces have been con
siderably diminished during the past
weeks by desertions. Efforts made
to repreniKh the forces by conscrip
tions of Fiume citizens have been un
successful.
Former annexationists express de
spair ovcrwhat they term the failure
of the poet-soldier's occupation of
Fiume. The long strain of five
months of isolation apparently has
worn out the population. Business is
stagnant. The port is empty. Stores
are doing little business and factories
are idle. The hopelessness of th
monetary situation tends to .increase
the hardships of all classes. Bankers
are complaining of the lack of sta
bility of currency, and workers are
demanding pay'fot their toil in cola
Post-War Conditions Find Over
strained Speculation, According
to Federal . Reserve Report.
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U. S. LAND SALES ORDERED
Public to Get Chance to Purchase
165,000 Acres.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. Public
sale of 165,000 acres of land in the
former Cheyenne river and Standing
Rock Indian reservations in North
and South Dakota were ordered today
by Secretary Lane. Lands in the
Lemmon, South Dakota land district,
will be offered at Lemmon May 27,
and those in the Timber Lake, South
Dakota, land district, at Timber Lake
January 1.
Appraised prices of the lanls are 50
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29. Early end
ing of the general expansion which
has characterized war and immediate
post-war periods were forecast In
a statement summarizing February
business conditions issued tonight by
the federal reserve board. The up
ward movement of prices, so far as
the board could ascertain, generally
had not met with any check.
Financial and banking authorities
everywhere were asserted to be look
ing more seriously at the general sit
uation in credits and beginning to
urge the adoption of conservative pol
icies. While the review asserted that
this could not be accepted as meaning
that the "orgy of speculation" had
been absolutely checked, there was
said to be the indisputable evidence
that banks were exercising a "greater
degree of discrimination and judg
ment in complying with the demands
of their customera" ' .' '
"Throughout practically all of the
reports of federal reserve agents,"
the statement said, there runs plainly
a recognition of the existence of an
overstrained condition of credit and
of some continued tendency 'toward
speculative operations. High living
costs and the upward movement of
prices have, apparently not been
checked, although there is a decrease
in prices in certain lines and a ten
dency toward restricted trade in others.
The increase in interest rates has
had the effect of lowering security
quotations, the board found, as even
the best investment securities have
suffered in this resoect. It also has
had the effect of forcing a contrac
tion in the volume of trading in all
classes of securities, the magnitude
of which was regarded as alarming
by the board several months ago. In
some federal reserve districts there
were indications of a reduction in
the volume of speculation in com
modities.
"The effects of the increase in die
count rates," the statement continued,
"made .themselves evident in a more
conservative attitude on the part of
member banks with respect to indus
trial expansion and in -the cutting of
commitments on speculative account.
"Contraction of bank credit was not,
however, exactly general throughout
the country, but the reduction report
ed in the New York districts was par
tially offset y an increase elsewhere .
A decline in bank deposits, both in
the financial centers and elsewhere,
has occurred, a part being due to the
withdrawal of . government funds.
Very great difficulty in placing both
commercial and conservative Invest
ment securities in satisfactory quan
tities is reported by dealers."
General prospects at the close of.
February were for an active and pros
perous spring season in 41 1 lines, the
statement said. Agricultural prospects
were said to be "reassuring" and the
curtailment in exports, due to the ex
change situation, undoubtedly was be
ginning to make itself felt and was
believed by many of the banking au-
Soviet Ready for Peace,
Declares Dictator.
TRADE' OFFERED IN RETURN
Machinery Needed for Re
habilitation of Nation.
RADICAL'.VIEWS RETAINED
Economic Instability Recognised as
Bar to Capture of Business
Markets by Germany.
cents to 6 an acre and none will be! thoritles soon, to be of benefit to the
sold at less than appraised value. No
limitation is placed on the area to
be sold any one purchaser.
consumer here, rather than injurious.
It was painted out also that there
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TRYING TO BLOW OUT THE GAS.
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The railroad bill, signed Saturday
''"V night by the president, gives the sys
. v 'tern certain new privileges, but as an
offset, it enlarges the interstate com
merce commission, both in power and
J personnel. The corporations no long
i er are masters completely of their
bond issues, nor are they allowed to
stand solidly against labor, for labor's
demands, if not met by arbitration
and negotiations between the parties
concerned, go to a high court pro
vided in the bill and on which sit, in
addition to labor and railroad repre
sentatives, public representatives as
well.
Psychological Asset Won.
In resuming operation of their
properties, the corporations have a
particulary valued psychological as
set bequeathed to them, in the opinion
of Director-General. Hines. The cor.
porations, he believes, have public
- sentiment as favorable to them as at
'1 any time In their history.
, ,rT.v As for finances, Mr. Hines has as
y -Vrted that the corporations would
' ' tve had difficulty obtaining the
iKsary credit had the government
xtended its care to them during
This difficulty has been
away to some. extent, for the'
. .3s can obtain loans from the gov-
'.'. V"'- !iment In these days of strained
w..' -"fcredit, it was explained.
H'i The interstate commerce commis
V . -vf sin '9 "J0 hound by law to con
, ',. '8ider the roads' final status in rate-
However, at that time trucks were
shown with passenger cars, whereas
this year there was a separate truck
show at the armory. Attendance at
the truck show wai 10,979.
TWO ARE KILLED IN CRASH
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making so the properties may always
stand on a solid basis.
Development of water transporta
tion, instituted by tne railroad ad
ministration, is to be continued under,
direction, of the war department
The whole organization which has
handled this part, of the railroad
administration's duties will be trans
ferred to the jurisdiction of Secre
tary Eaker. '
- f ' St. Louis Workers Get Lift.
-y ST. LOUIS, Feb. 29. Approximate-
- ly 40 umion. building laborers of SL
t"l
Louis will receive a 12J4 per cenf
wage increase Monday by an agree
ment reached .today.
Woman inv Auto Collision at Se
attle Is Severely Injured.
SEATTLE, Wasli., Feb. 29. Albert
Fleming, aged 62, and Mrs. Clara
Fleming, his sister-in-law. aged 52
years, were instantly killed when an
automobile in which .they were riding
was struck by an interurban car at a
grade crossing in South Seattle this
afternoon.
Mrs. Betty Fleming, aged 37 years,
wife of Albert Fleming, sustained se
vere cuts and bruises.
CADET COURSE PROTESTED
Petition Against Training Circu
lated In California School.
WATSONVILLE, CaL, Feb. 29. A
petition asking that compulsory mili
tary training be removed from the
curriculum of the high school here is
beicg circulated among students.
Supplementary activities include
the placing in public places of post
ers bearing such phrases as "down
with military'' - training we don't
want to be young kaisers."
CHURCH BURNS MORTGAGE
Chehalis, ; Wash., Baptists Hold
Jubilee Celebration in Honor.
. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.) .Mortgage on half the indebt
edness of the Chehalis Baptist church I
was burned', at a Jubilee celebration
held by the congregation last week.
Dr. J. F. Watson, of Seattle gave
the address at the meeting.
It is planned to pay off and burn
the mortgagee on. the remainder of
the indebtedness in apout sU mouUi.
. TRYING TO BLOW OUT THE GAS.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright by the Nw York World. Pub-
llpnra Dy Arrunccuieni. I . .
, RIGA (by courier to Berlin, Feb.
7.) Notwithstanding the red army's
sweeDincr victories, we aro rcaay to
make peace today as 'we have ever
been. And the country which is first
to enter" upon amlcablo relations with
us will be the first to derive the com
mercial advantages accruing thcro-
from."
In he above formula Leon- Trot.ky.
the people's commissary for militar
affairs, enunciated for me soviet Itus-
iiia's attitude toward the cordon of
enemy powers that surroHiidcd her.
Three times in the course of an hour's
conversation Trotzky reiterated with
all the forceful emphasis at his com
mand the Russian people's willing
ness to extend to that nation which
initiates resumption of peaceful deal
ings with the soviet goi'iment im
portant opportunities for niatcrial
benefits.
Ho made no attempt to conceal the
bolsheviki's craving for peace with
out which and that outside aid
which peace is bound to bring them
rehabilitation . of this disorganized,
harassed and famine-haunted land
cannot be successfully undertaken.
f'ommunlKtlc Faith Urld.
Despite "his obvious readiness to
compromise with capitalism In so far
as it can be done without violating
the basis of socialist order, Trotzky
revealed no lessening of his faith in
the development of the Russian re
public along communistic lines. It
might take several years, he - ad
mitted, before workers and peasants
could hope to realize the prosperity
promised them by bolshevism.
He expressed a firm belief, how
ever, that the extraordinary energy
displayed by the Russian proletariat
in defending itself against the most
powerful states of the earth would
solve swiftly and ably all the prob
lems of internal reconstruction.
The man who with Lenlne forms
the strongest single Influence in this,
vast commonwealth replied freely and
fully to every question put to him,
my talk elicited from him the fol
lowing noteworthy observations:
Material Guarantees Offered.
J. "The military situation, which
has never been better for soviet ar
mies, should result before spring In a
complete crushing of all Russic's
armed antagonists unless the en
tente sends colonial or other new
troops against the reds.
2. "Adequate material guarantees
will be given to and demanded of for
eign capital invested in Russian en
terprises ' after the (Conclusion of
peace.
3. "American opponents of inter
vention in Russia do not appear to
have much Influence with their gov
ernment, since the federal authorities
see fit to arrest Martens, soviet envoy.
in New York. i .
i. "It should not be any harder for
a bourgeois state to deal commercial
ly with communist Russia than it was
for the American democracy to trade
with czarist Russia. "
5. "The Soviets mus( look tA the
TTntteri States or Great BrltaJn for
railway engines, machines and other?
imports which they so badly need.
The economic instability brought
about by her defeat effectively blocks
any attempt at capturing the Russian
markets by Germany. '
Demobilisation Is Promised.
6. "Peace would lead to immediate
demobilization of the red army, only
the frame work of that organization
and frontier guards being retained.
Vigor. -Restored in IS Days Through
Absorption of Energy Con
tained in Capsules.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29. (Special.)
Robert George Laws, a retired Lon
don stock broker, arrived from Eng
lartd on the steamslp Cedrlo today,
with a claim to the distinction of
being the first person to demonstrate
the rejuvenating effect of monkey
glands. He is 72 years old. claims to
have been taking the glands In cap
sule form, and was chipper as a ma
of 40. He said he felt like 22.
From his pocket Mr. Laws pro
duced a box of the capsules, explain
Ing that the method of injecting th
glands Into the spine was unneccs
sary. That was 'the way the revlva
of youth was reported to have bee
brought about when Trofessor Sor
gius Voronoff's discoveries in Pari
were announced. Now it seems, ac
cording to Mr. Laws, all you have to
do when you want to cut up monke
shines is to take capsules of monke
glands out of your pocket and ea
'em like chocolate drops.
They, woift "take" instantly, Mr.
Laws said, but he began taking on
a day while very ill In the Kingston
hospital, London, and at the end
the 15th day got up and dressed and
ualkrd out of the hospital with
stride he had not used in 40 years.
He thinks the monkey glands will be
a great "baboon" to society.
A It. I'aul prescribed the capsules
he said. He could not remember hi
firW name. Neither did he know the
name or address of monkey that fur
nished the glands. Thcro are severs
Dr. Pauls in London but the main
thing, is the capsule, Mr. Caws ex
plained.
"Wonderful," ho dcsi'ribed, them
"A year ago 1 thought I was a goner,
I was all in and thought I was on my
deathbed. Then- ono morning the
doctor came in and told mo he h
Just the thing 1 need. "It's monkey
glands," he said. "Well, I had lot
not only my pep, but my senao of
humor and I figured I might as well
take a chance. The doctor brought
mc a box of 100 capsules and we
joked as I took the first one.
"I kept Inking thrm regularly and
in a few days felt that I would like
to get up and take a walk. Tho dot
tor advised otherwise, but after tho
15th dtty I Just about bounced out of
bed and Into my clothes. I haven't
seen a hospital since. Back (u the
land of youth and pep. That's me.
Mr. Lnws paad up and down the
deck of the c'cdi lc with s tcp'aa
light as an athlete as he talked.
"Take one," he Invited, as he of
fered the box of" capsules to a re
porter who was stretching his legs to
keen, up with him. The reporter de
(lined with tlmnks.
Attempt Made to Impli
cate Warren 0. Grimm.
TRIAL NOW IN ITS SIXTH WEEK
MAN SCOOPED FROM RIVER
Steam Shovel l-cd to IU-m'UC
Wulclmiun From Drowning".
COLUMBUS, O., Fob. 29. David
Klklns. a watchman employed to pa
trol the river bank here, was saved
from drowning today.
Another watchman lowered a stea.m
shovel into the river and scooped
Elklns from 12 feet of water into
which he had fallen.
RABIES QUARANTINES CITY
Bilbao, Spain, Infested by Many
Crazed Cats and Dogs.
BILBAO, Spain, Feb. 29. This city
has been quarantined because of the
enormous number of dogs and cats
affected with rabies.
The crazed animals have made frs
quent attacks on people.
Testimony of Defense to Be
Resumed This Morning.
MURDER RULED ISSUE
Reds Attorney Ik Thwarted by De
clslon of Judge in l;rrorl
to Trove CoiiKplracy.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
There will be military training for
the working class, however. '
7. "Militarism, striking as It does
at the roots of communism, cannot
possibly exist in soviet Russia, the
only truly, pacific country in the
world."
At the capital Trotzky has his of
fice, in the Immense building once
occupied by the czar's military school
and bow used for -several military
institutions. Sentries with fixed bay
onets mount guard at every door, and
at the head of the stai;s stands a
machine gun,. it3' ugly snout levelled
menacingly toward the main erf
trance. ' -'' , ,
My first question, after we had ar
ranged that Fnch, which Trotzky
speaks more fluently than English,
should be" the language of the inter
view, concerned the red army's of
fensives, -but he parried it wjth a
wave of his nand, and the remark
that what had happened was toq ob
vious to require comment. .
Need of Peaee' Rerognlxed. '.'
"Our military successes have not
blinded us to our need of peace," he
asserted. Then with a careful choice
of wordl, he formulated the two seri-
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The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
47 degreea; minimum, 8 degree..
TODAY'S Kaln; north io at wlnda.
I-'wrrlan.
American killed in Lithuanian revolt at
Kovno. Page 1.
France impatient with attitude of America
. on .league provision!. 2,
Lady Aator warna liquor Interests aha ad
vocates prohibition. I'aga 2.
Trotzky offers big trade to United Rtatea
in return for friendly recognition of
soviet. Pag L
Transportation tie-up Is faced by Parts.
Page 3.
National.
Banks rhoar desire to restrict credit.
Page 1.
Franklin K. Lane flrea parting broadside
- at official life. Paga L
Raliroads are turned back, to ownera.
Page 1. '
"Stand pat" Is edict of irreconcilable sen
ators. Page i.
Domestic.
Monkey glands rejuvenate retired London
broker. Page 1. f
Eleven-year-old child wife of Chinese
plays with doll in cell. Page S.
Trail of murderers Is lost In Mexico. Page 4.
Wilfon's meddling In Adrlatio la soared by
Polndexter. Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Vanderveer tries to shift parties of defense
Page 1.
Sports.
Lightweight title bout may be staged :n
Portland In June. Paga 8.
Senator-Seattle trades seem to
hoodoo. $ Page 8.
Frank Van Atta is high can In special
merchandlee aboot. Pace a,
Portland and Vicinity. ; '
Views of ex-service men en bonus to be I
asked at meeting tonight,' Page 5. j
ForelKn press puhfcher upholds law re- I
quiring publications In English. Paga B.
Protestant women to begin "stats training
conference." Page T.
Healthy coast business tone found by re-
aerva baak. Page 13.
Danc. not drills, key to srace, says
.-"Gypsy"' dancer. Pae 9.
Portland colony of babies present puszle
aa to future. Page 19.
Corvallls to stage "Home Troduots week."
Page 0- ,
Purchase bars out ship competition, rage
' ' J.
purchase bars , out ship competition.
Page IS. -Owners
once mora control railroads.
Pae . '
(BY BEN lien LAMPMAN.)
MONTEWANO. Waxh.. Feb. 29.
(Special. ) The beginning of the sixth
week of trial and of the serond week
of testimony for the , defense, when
court opens tomorrow morning, will
find George F. Vandcrvrrr. counsel
for the 10 I. W. V. accur.r.1 of the
murder of Warren O. Grimm, t'rn- '
tralla Armistice dy victim, still
striving to prove that Grimm came to
his death lnn participating In
raid on the I. W. W. bull. Knd that
ho had knowledee of an alleged plot
by commercial Interests to oust the
radicals.
Th(ijRh the I. W. wTi-oiinscl. n his
opening statement. shsolviSI the
American Legion from hUine, and
made no assertion that Crlinm vm
near the hall when Mr!. -ken. the lac
tics of the defense hnts now shifted
to a direct attempt to implicate both
Grimm and hlx fellow lrL-
It a IS U Alleged.
The defense h.i.l dc lnrcl that It
would prove by testimony and evi
dence that Central! builnet., Inter
ests planned to raid tlm I. W. W.
hall on Armistice day, that the raid
was attempted, and that the accused
men fired In self-defense.
It was upon the introduction of
testimony regarding xUI-li uIIcrc.I
plans that Judge John ,l. UiImiii
rilled decisively that the Isjue I.WT.i
cese la murder the murder of War
ren O. Grimm and that Grimm's par.
ticlpHt.lnii In the alleged raid and
knowledge of the alleged conspiracy
must be clearly proved Hef..re the
defense would be permitted tu Intro
duce testimony relative fQ mo t.lol
It asserts was laid. t
Faced by this ruling, against hlch
he protested, the I. W. W. counsel
strove vainly to establish the con-.
nectiou of Grimm with raid and plot.
He declared that ho would ehow thai
Urlmm not only led the Criitralla con-
Urgent In the parade, hut that he was
one of those who rushed the I. W. W.
hall, and that he was within a few
feet of the door when struck by a
bullet.
IV Ideality ICstnbllahrd.
Saturday was devoted by the de
fense to testimony along this line. 1
In two instances witnesses said that '
they saw a wounded legionnaire grip
ping his stomach as he staggered '
away from the deadly portal of the. '
11. Grimm was wounded by a allot
hrough the abdomen. But another
eglnnnalro, L'ugenc l'liltser of Che-
halls, was wounded In the arm while
n front of the halt. Neither of these
witnesses knew Phltier or Grimm,
nd were utterly unable to eatahluh .
Identification.
A third witness for the defend.
however, who testified tnat he xaw
Grimm as he was stricken, placed tke '
H'oiK-luiled on I'ae 2. Column 'i
arry
REPUBLICAN SITUATION
TO BE SET FORTH IN
THE OKIX.OMAN.
The Sun and New York
Herald has arranged to
gather a series of political
stories covering the repub
lican situation in various
states of the Union. The In
formation on which these
stories are. baed was secured
from a poll of the 4000 or
more republican county chair
men in the United States.
The Oregonian has arranged
with the Sun and Herald to
publish a series of these ar
ticles in Portland. This publi
cation will begin at an early
date.
The county chairman has
more information as to the
exact political sentiment in
his county than any other
j j man. Almost every one in
i I this country answered the set
Jof questions put to him and
many of them furnished very
t valuable information.
I ; These stories will show the
sentiment in each state for
i the first and second choices '
I for the republican nomina- ,
tion. They will constitute a
feature of absorbingjnterest,"
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