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Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Poytofflcp ay Srcond-Clasw Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ARTIGLE 10 VIM,
W. H. SAVAGE HEADS
STATE ATTACKS
INQUIRY ORDERED ,
DANIELS INDORSES
ASTORIA NAVAL BASE
GOV. HART DEFIED
By SCHOOL HEAD
OREGON WELCOMES
' RAIN; MORE COMING
REMARKABLE WINTER DRY
'REDS' IN OREGON
LIIEO TO SOVIET
Trial of Communist Lead
ers Is Opened.
STATE FAIR BOARD
AT HOFF'S REQUEST
LIVESTOCK AREXA AXD ROADS
COXDCCT OF STATE TREAS
IMMEDIATE ACTIOX FAVORED
. BY SECRETARY OF XAVY.
TO BE BUILT.
URER GOES TO GRAXD JURY.
SPELL AT LAST BR OR EX.
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DEFEHS
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Lodge Reservations Held
Fatal to Treaty.
OBLIGATION DECLARED CLEAR
Idea of Recreant America Un
thinkable, Says Chief.
ISSUES HELD BECLOUDED
President, In Letter to Senator
Hitchcock, Restates Opposition to
-XuIIifying Reservations."
WASHINGTON. March 8. President
Wilson restated for democratic sen
ators today his opposition to any
peace treaty reservations which would
, weaken the full force ot article 10 or
materially impair provisions of the
league covenant.
Without saying specifically what
qualification he would or would not
accept, he wrote to Senator Hitchcock,
administration leader, that almost all
reservations he had heard suggested
were "in effect virtual nullifications
of the treaty articles to which they
applied.
"I hear of reservationists and mild
reservationists," the letter added, birt
I cannot understand the difference be
tween a nullifjer and a mild nulli
ficr." Moral Ohllicatiou Clear.
Discussing article 10, the president
wrote that there was "no escaping
the moral obligations expressed in
positive terms in this article," though
there could be no objection to ex
plaining in an interpretation the con
stitutional methods by which such an
obligation would have to be fulfilled. J
The "very heart" of the covenant, he
reiterated, would be imperilled by
weakening article 10.
The letter, written in response to
request that he confer with Sen
ator Simmons of North Carolina, in
" charge for.the democratic side of the
senate in current negotiations for a
compromise, follows:
laaues Declared Clouded.
My dear Senator Hitchcock:
"I understand one or two of your
colleagues do me the honor of desir
ing to know what my views are with
reference to article 10 of the league
C nations an-J the effect upon the
league ot the adoption of certain pro
posed reservations to that article. 1
w elcome the opportunity to throw any
light I can upon a subject which has
become so singularly beclouded by
misapprehension and misinterpreta
tions of every Klna.
There is no escaping the moral
obligations which are expressed in
positive terms in this article of the
covenant. We won a moral victory
over Germany far greater even than
the military victory won on the field
of battle, because the opinion of the
world swung to our support and the
support of the nations associated with
tus in the great struggle. It did so
because of our common profession and
promise that we meant to establish
an organization of peace which
should make it certain that the com
bined power of free nations would
check every invasion of right and
serve to make peace and justice the
more secure by affording- a definite
tribunal of opinion to which all must
aubmit and by which every interna
tional readjustment that cannot be
amicably agreed upon by the people
directly concerned shall be sanc
tioned.' Pro ml sea Clear to AIL
"This promise and assurance were
written into the preliminaries of the
armistice and into the preliminaries
of the peace itself and constitute one
cf the most sacred obligations ever
assumed by any nation or body of na
tions. It is unthinkable that America
should set the example of ignoring
such a solemn moral engagement.
"J. feel that I could not look sol
diers of our gallant armies in the face
again if 1 did not do everything in my
power to remove every obstacle in the
way of the adoption of this particular
article of the covenant because we
made these pledges to them as well as
to the rest of the world and it was to
'this cause that they deemed them
selves devoted in the spirit of cru
saders. "1 should be forever unfaithful to
them if 1 did not do my utmost to ful
fill the high purpose for which they
fought.
Methods Not ia Question.
"I think we can dismiss from our
minds the idea that it is necessary
to stipulate in connection with article
10 the constitutional methods we
should use in fulfilling our obliga
tions under it. We gain nothing by
sucb stipulations and secure nothing
not already secured. It was under
stood as a matter of course at the
conference in Paris that whatever ob
ligations any government assumed of
whatever duties it undertook under
the treaty would have to be fulfilled
by its usual and established constitu
tional methods of action.
"Once or twice in meetings of the
conference, when the treaty was un
der consideration, 'reservations' were
nade to that effect by the representa
tives of individual powers and these
'reservations' wera Invariably re-
ived in the way in which men who
have met for business and not for
talk always receive acts of scrupu
lous supererogation listened to with
Horse Show and Americanization
Day to Be Features of 192 0
Show at Salem.
SALEM, Or., March S. (Specia.)
W. H. Savage of Corvallis was elected
president of the state fair board here
today to succeed M. L. Jones, who
will retire from the board at expira
tion of his term on April 1. A. C.
Marsters of IJoseburg was named
vice-president.
The board approved plans for im
proving the fair grounds through the
construction of a system of macadam
driveways and cement sidewalks at a
cost estimated at between J 10,000 and
J 15,000. An arena for the judging of
livestock also was approved by the
board and will be installed at a cost
of IS000.
The horse show will be among the
features of this year's fair, according
to a decision reached by the board, as
will Americanization day which will
fall on Friday. For this occasion
there will be speakers of nation-wide
prominence, and all persons natural
ized during the year preceding the
opening of the fair will be admitted
to the grounds without charge.
The premium list, which has been
extended to include many classes of
exhibits not exhibited heretofore, will
represent funds 10 per . cent greater
than posted at previous fairs.
Another meeting of the board will
be held next month, when additional
plans for this year's fair will be com
pleted, i
Although James Linn of Salem, who
will succeed Mr. Jones on the board,
will not assume his duties until next
month, he was seated at today'smeet-
ing in orBer that he might get in
touch with the plans being made for
this year's event.
Rebuttal Moves Swiftly
With Sharp Thrusts.
RAID ON HALL IS DENIED
Vanderveer Makes but Little
Headway in Quiz.
LEGION MEN TAKE STAND
Records of Hotel in Portland Used
to Disprove Charge That Hub
bard Instigated Attack.
PRESIDENT OUT FOR RIDE
Photographers Prohibited, Though
He Looked Picture of Health.
WASHINGTON, March S. President
Wilson went riding today In an open
automobile. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson, Rear-Admiral Grayson
and Wilmer Boiling, Mrs. Wilson's
brother.
The president wore a heavy cloth
overcoat and a golf cap. He looked
the picture of health. It was his
second public appearance since he
took to his bed last October after his
western tour.
The police again prohibited photog
raphers from taking pictures of the
president
A bright snn was shining, but some
of the snow from last week's blizzard
still was on the ground and a sharp
wind was blowing.
The president was out just an hour,
driving through Rock Creek park.
RICH GOLD JSTRIKES MADE
Grant County Lead Yields Ore As
saying $35,500 to Ton..
CANYON CITY, Or., March 8.
(Special.) Several rich' strikes of
gold quartz have been made lately in
Grant county, the last being that made
by Ralph Curl on Canyon mountain.
about three miles east of Canyon
City.
Yesterday a report of assay was
returned to Mr. Curl on an average
sample from a five foot lead that he
has been following. The assay report
was $35,500 per ton. The lead is free
milling ore. Franklyn Jensen, who
has been working in the vicinity of
BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
MONTESANO, Wash., March 8.
(Special.) Not until the paraders
were under fire, with the whiz of
bullets in their eaas, and with the
windows of the 1. W. W. hall bursting
to the blast of rifle, did legionnaires
break ranks in Centralia's .Armistice
day pageant.
More than a score of youthful vet
erans, participants in the parade and
eyewitnesses of the tragedy testi
fied to this effect today when called
by the state in rebuttal," as wit
nesses in the trial of the 10 Centralia
radicals who are charged with the
murder of Warren O. Grimm. Under
cross-examination their testimony re
mained practically unshaken.
Rash After Fire Admitted.
Of those who testified, two were
service stripers who admit that they
did race toward the hall with hostile
intent but only after they realized
that the ranks were under fire and
heard shots from the hall Itself,
whence the I, W. W. poured out a
volley. These witnesses were Eugene
"Dutch" Pfitzer of Chehalis and
Lawrence Stevens of Centralia.
Rebuttal testimony for the state
moved swiftly 30 witnesses having
undergone direct and cross-examination
when court adjourned this after
noon. In each instance, the testimony
of the witness was directed by the
state against some major contention
of the defense and in several In
stances toward the impeachment of
testimony hitherto given by witnesses
for the defense.
"Rope" Ia Frayed Clothesline.
The grisly significance of the "two
coils of rope" carried by two civilians
in the parade, according to witnesses
who testified for the defense, was
dissipated by rebuttal testimony to
the effect that two paraders picked
up a frayed piece of clothesline from
the street and jested with it, and with
one another, as the line moved for
ward. Against the contention of the de
fense that F. B. Hubbard, prominent
Centralia business man, who has been
charged by the I. W. W. with having
sponsored a hostile conspiracy against
Probe Likely to Consume Several
Says Owing to Xature of Evi- "'
dence to Be Heard.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column S.)
SALEM, Or., March 8. (Special.)
Charges that O. P. Hoff, state treas
urer, purchased for the state securi
ties for which he paid exorbitant
commissions to the brokers and that
part of these securities were bought
at a figure above the market quota
tions are to undergo grand Jury in
vestigation, according to a letter pre
pared by Governor Olcott today and
sent to Attorney-General Brown.
Upon receipt of the governor's let
ter Mr. Brown said that the main in
vestigation probably would be con
ducted by the Marion county grand
jury, although other inquisitorial
bodies misrht be summoned in the
event of this being deemed necessary
to make the probe of such scope as
urged by the executive. The Marion
county grand jury meets in Salem
March 15 and it is not improbable,
according to officials, that the persons
making the charges against Mr. Hoff
will be summoned to present their evi.
dence on that day. Because of the
nature of the evidence to be Intro
duced, which will include the books
and records of the treasurer, it is the
opirfion cf officials that the inquiry
will consume several days.
Governor Olcott called the invest!
gation upon the receipt of a letter
from Mr. Hoff asking for a complete
nquiry of the charges made against
him bv a Portland newspaper. Mr.
Hoff's letter to the governor reads
In view of the recent articles pub
lished in a Portland newspaper con
cerning the purchase of securities by
this department for the benefit of the
industrial accident commission trust
funds, wherein the method of han
dling such trust funds has been ques
tioned and the public led to assume
that this trust is not -being properly
safeguarded, I most respectfully re
quest that you take steps looking to a
thorough investigation of all matters
concerning the conduct of this depart
ment which, in your judgment, would
best satisfy whatever interest the
general public may have in the mat
ter.
The records of this department are.
and always have been, subject to
scrutiny by any and all who have felt
an interest in the matter, but in light
of the above, an investigation is es
pecially desired at this time."
In his letter to the attorney-general
Governor Olcott said:
'Acting under the authority vested
in me by section 2, chapter 196, of
the general laws of Oregon of 1915,
I am calling upon you to appear be
fore the grand jury of competent
jurisdiction for the purpose of man
aging and conducting an inquiry and
investigation into the matter of the
purchase of securities by. the state
treasurer's office. I desire the scope
of this investigation to be sufficiently
wide to cover all transactions' having
to do with the purchase of securities
by the state treasurer or his assist
ants, and more particularly the trans
actions covering purchases of bonds
of the city of Warrenton, city of
Reedsport, citjr of Monmouth, Port of
Bay City, city of Oakland, city of
Yamhill and city of Rainier, with the
end in view that, the grand jury take
such action, make such report or such
Development of Pacific Held Es
sential by Chief in Commit
tee 3Iceting.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Immedi
ate and extensive enlargement of na
val docking and basing facilities on
the Pacific and legislation to provide
a naval reserve force of at least 200,
000 were advocated today before the
house naval committee by Secretary
Daniels.
The secretary asked authority to
start construction of a new naval
base on San Francisco bay below
Mare island and urged that 810,000,000
be made available at once. He first
estimated the cost at 875,000,000, but
later said it might be done for J40,
000,000. Among the recommendations made
by the secretary were:
Establishment of submarine and de
stroyer bases at Port Angeles, Wash.,
and Astoria, Or.
Mr. Daniels requested permission to
accept a tract of 115 acres of land
from the city of Astoria free from
incumbrance on which to build the
proposed destroyer and submarine
base. 1
Other recommendations were:
Development of Pearl harbor, Ha
waii, as a supply base for the fleet
with facilities for repair and upkeep.
Improvements at Guam.to permit of
its serving as a fueling and repair
station for ships en route to the far
east and as a fueling base for United
States merchant marine vessels.
Enlargement of the naval base at
Bremerton, Wash., to permit of caring
for a larger quota of the fleet there.
This yard should become one of
the main repair and docking yards
for capital ships," said Mr. Daniels.
Development of San Diego, Cat, as
the main base of the Pacific fleet
while on the ' southern Pacific drill
grounds.
Ultimate establishment of a fueling
and supply base in Alaska at a place
to be determined later.
Expressing the belief that in the
next war as in the last the United
States would send its troops into the
enemy s country, Mr. Daniels said a
large navy and strong naval reserve
were "absolutely necessary."
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Teachers to Meet During
Special Session.
OLYMPIA FACES CONGESTION
Instructors Will Work for New
Bills Is Belief. '
EXECUTIVE'S APPEALS VAIN
Mrs. Josephine Corliss . Preston
Fails to Comply With Requests
for Postponed Meeting.
BAN ALL TOBACCO IS AIM
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.)
Smokeless America by 1925 Is
Dream of Anti-Cigarette League,
CHICAGO, March 8. A smokeless
America by 1925 Is the aim of the in
ternational cigarette league, or
ganized as successor to the anti-cigar
ette league, it was announced here to
day. N
Save the girl," is one slogan, and
an effort wiH"be made to enlist every
girl in Chicago in the "clean life
army of the league.
"Bad habits are the beginning of
criminal careers," explained Miss Lucy
Page Gaston, executive superintcn-
ent, telling why the cigarette habit
should be squelched.
A campaign for 8100,000 to carry on
the league's work will begin soon, ac
cording to Miss Gaston. Public schools
and women's clubs will be enlisted in
the cause as well as churches, if possible.
ARE YOU GOING TO FEEL THIS WAY NEXT MAY?
the Curl mine, also
strike on his claim.
reports a rich
TENANTS PROTEST RENTS 1 1
San Francisco Hotel and Apart
ment Men to Take Legal Action.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8. An-1
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nouncement that they will seek a writ I
of mandate in the stats supreme court
tomorrow directing the state railroad I
commission to pass on high -partment I
and hotel rates here was made by of
ficials of the San Francisco Tenants'
Protective association here today.
This action was to be in addition to
actions to be filed In the superior
courts against alleged extortionate
acts of certain landlords.
An active campaign for new mem- I
bers of the Tenants' Protective asso
ciation was started today.
GIRLS DEFY COLD RIVER
Albany Young Folk Enjoy Swim in)
Willamette Even if It Is Cold.
ALBANY. Or., March 8. (Special.)
Eight Albany young people went
bathing in the Willamette here Sat
urday and said they enjoyed their
swim despite the fact that the water
was, cold. It was a beautiful spring 4
The party of bathers was composed
of Misses Glenna McDaniel, Orah Gil
christ, Maude Miller, Olga Jackson
and Ruth McDaniel and Kenneth
Ross, Leonard Olene and Orville
Smith. '
GOLD IMPORTS CONTINUE
Shipment of I,250,000 on Way to
C S. From England.
NEW YORK, March 8. Gold val
ued at $1,250,000 is being shipped from
England today to this country, ac
cording to announcement made here
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. This is the
first large shipment in several months.
Gold coin worth 83,000,000 also has
been received from Canada at the sub
treasury here. A large amount was
received here from the same source
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 8. (Spe
cial.) Efforts to limit the work of
the extraordinary session of the leg
islature called by Governor, Louis F.
Hart to convene March 22 to the mini
mum required to ratify the federal
suffrage amendment and, provide for
continuing thestate educational in
stitutions received a decided setback
today when Mrs. Josephine Corliss
Preston, state superintendent of pub
lic instruction, refused to comply with
the governor's telegraphic request
that the state conference of county
and city superintendents and city
principals of public schools called to
meet in Olympia on the opening day
of the extra session to press legisla
tive action to meet Imperative needs
of the public schools of the state be
deferred one week.
Mrs. Preston Issued the call Satur
day from Washington, D. C, and no.
tices of the conference were being
prepared at her office here today to
be sent to public school superintend
ents and teachers.
Governor Hart, when advised th
conference, which will bring several
hundred school workers to the capi
tal, had been called, addressed the
following telegram to Mrs. Preston
at Chicago, where she is today on her
way to Olympia:
"The legislature convenes In 'ex
traordinary session March '22. This
will test capacity of Olympia hotel
accommodations to the lirnt. Would
It be possible to defer the educational
conference one week? If so, please
wire Mrs. NageL"
Superintendent Stands Tat.
Mrs. Nagel is chief deputy in the
office of the state superintendent of
public instruction. Upon receipt of
the reply to the governor's message,
Mrs. Nagel declined to make pub
lico the contents of the message, but
announced that the notices would go
forward for the conference on the
date as first named by Mrs. Preston.
It is understood the state superin
tendent stands upon the declaration
contained in the notices sent to the
teachers, that."The people everywhere
are interested in the people's greatest
institution, the public school."
Governor Hart at once sent a sec
ond telegram to Mrs. Preston, whicn
reads:
'You are evidently laboring under
mistaken idea of work of extraordl
nary session. Nothing is anticipated
which can in any way affect public
schools. Can you not defer state
conference until 29th?
"In the Interest of general public
I beg you to assist us in holding the
work of the legislature within rea
sonable bounds."
Noreply to the governor's second
message had been received either at
the executive offices, or at the office
of the state superintendent at the
closing hour and the notices for th
conference were put in the mails this
evening.
Teacher Contemplate Bills.
It is estimated the educational con
ference will bring to the capital an
array of educational talent several
hundred strong prepared to give
members unlimited argument on the
merit of such legislation as may re
sult from their deliberations upon
programme outlined by the state su
perintendents. Mrs. Preston has been
quoted as favoring a special session
when other state officials were ex
ceedingly doubtful as to its expediency.
She is known to have under con
ideration a number of recommenda
tions affecting the public school sys
tem of the state which she will urge
be enacted into law. Backed by the
pressure possible with the large force
of educators here from all countries
In the state Mrs. Preston is appar
ently not "laboring under a mistaken
idea" as to what the legislature
will do.
Governor Hart today expressed con
fidence that the work of the special
session would be completed in two
Precipitation Means Much to Farm
ers Stor-tn Warnings Go Vp
All Along Coast.
After an unusual period of clear
weather, almost without Interruption
since the first of the year, yester
day brought a rain storm which, ac
cording to-weather reports, promises
to be the curtain-raiser for a period
of typical webfoot days. A drenching
rain continued throughout most of
the day, with now and then a brief
respite, and the forecast last night
was for more rain today.
With the coming of the rain came
a southeasterly wind which, on the
coast, gave promise of developing into
gales. Storm warnings went up all
along the coast last night in anticipa
tion of a period of slorm and gales,
and the ocean, reported smooth at
noon yesterday, was somewhat ruffled
by evening. Measurement of the
wind on the coast at 5 o'clock last
night showed a movement of 48 miles
per hour.
With a deficiency in rainfall most
unusual for this time of year, and
recorded as 10.67 inches since Sep
tember 1, the rainfall Is hailed with
relief by farmers throughout this
section. The total fall for the 21
hour period ended at 5 P. M. yes
terday was .15 Inch. The forecast
for today is for rain, with southerly
winds, while the forecast for Oregon
and Washington is for rain with
southeasterly gales along the coast.
That the rain Is widespread, ex
tending practically throughout the
northwest, is indicated by reports
from the various weather stations I
last night. From every observation
point in the two states came mes
sages of rain or of cloudy weather.
Baker, Marshficld and noseburg in
Oregon and Walla Walla, Tacoma and
Seattle in Washington all reported
rain, while Medford, North Yakima
and Spokane reported cloudy weather.
VIOLENT DOCTRINES' BARED
Seizure of 'Government Is
Openly Advocated.
U'REN TAKES DEFENSE
OMcr, llurt and Try Declared
Only Dreamers Scrklng I topla
In Quiet, Peaceful Mij.
2 MURDERERS EXECUTED
Ohio Prison Guard Kills Self Be
cause of Strain on Xerves.
COLUMBUS, O.. March 9. A double
electrocution took place at the Ohio
penitentiary early this morning when
Jacob Edinger and Edward Ness
boih of Cincinnati, paid the death
penalty for murder.
Twenty minutes before the two
men were marched to the death
chamber, W. D. Shoemaker, a guard
in the prison hospital, shot and
killed himself. The double electro
cution was said to have affected his
nerves.
14 LOST ASJHIP SINKS
Swedish Steamer Argo Is Fast In
Baltic Sea.
STOCKHOLM, March 8. Fourteen
persons were drowned In the sink
ing of the Swedish steamer Argo in
the Baltic sea.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
ilovi hut this view of the. nuesHnn of
J j how long the lawmakers will be here
t U not generally shared by other state
'officials.
Reports coming to the capital indl-
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j interests will not overlook the oppor
tunity presented by the fact that the
special session is being held only a
I few months In advante of primaries
and general election and that legls
I lative results will enter largely as a
factor in both.
That the state federation of labor
will present a programme for legisla
tive action was announced by Wil
liam Short, president' of the federa
tion, while here attending the mini
mum wage conferenc last week. Sol-
The Weather.
YEfTK Ft HAY'S Maximum temperature.
M dfffrt-rit; minimum, 47 drjtrrca.
TODAY'S Itain; oulhmttrly uliiclt.
lorrixn.
TVorld'i biggest army In F.a?9ia'a. Page 2.
National.
Prohthltfnn amendment attakfe1 and d-fn1-d
bt foro federal supreme court.
Page 3.
Prcffdrnt restates opposition to reserva
tions that "would nullify treaty."
Page 1.
Stork dividends held untaxable Income by
supreme court. Page 3.
Secretary Daniels Indorses naval base at
Astoria. Page 1.
United States pay inadequate, says chief
forester on resigning federal Job.
Page 4.
John.-on la California's first choice for
president. Page 2.
Wilson's letter kills every hops of treats
ratification. Page 4. y.
Senate In fight over treaty feta down to
fundamentals. Page 6.
Movement for organization of federal arbi
tration board Is started. Page 4.
Domestic. ,
Republican' leaders complete arrangements
for national convention. page 7.
Move started to exclude orficlal publlra-
xions frum Christian Science churches.
Page .
Pacific Northwest.
United Russia faces Japaneee aggression
says returned merchant. Page 7.
Washington school superintendent defies
Governor Hart. Page 1. ,
Govornor Olcott orders investigation of of
fice of State Treasurer Hoff. Page 1. I
Rebuttal at Montessno moves swiftly with
sharp attacks on I. . w. defense.
Page 1.
Chsrles Blum held for death of Walter
Smith In Tillamook tragedy. Page 6.
Story of Opal as bonafide diary Is doubted
by some. Pge 7.
W. H. Savage, Corvallis, elected president
of state fair board. Page 1.
Sports.
Washington high swamps Commerce, to
to 17. . Page 12.
Figuring on fights funny proposition as
show n by Roper's .record. Page 12.
Vernon Tigers already In fine condition for
IOL'0 league season. Page 12.
Boss Walter playing major league aces up
his sleeve. Page 12.
Commerce and Marine.
Livestock comes through winter satisfac
torily In northwest. Page 21.
Evening up has bullish effect In Chicago
corn market. Page 21.
Wide advances In stocks result from stock
dividend decision. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Remarkable winter period of clear dry
weather finally Is broken. Page 1.
Dr. A. B. Rockey sees danger in "cure"
by faith. Page 10.
Communist doctrines of power by violence
revealed at trial of party leaders In
Oregon. Page 1. ,
City arrss forces to fight Berkshire
apartment suit. Page 13.
Stern necessity assures much Portland
building in 1020 says Plummer. J'age 22.
JudcQ Crawford rebukes Newton Mcl'nv
f for trying to get Im-trucled democratic'
delegation from Oregon. Page J 1.
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That the commimlft labor parly
openly boasts of close alignment with
the bolshevik government of ltU'Sla,
adopting the hammer and firkin of
the bdlhhfvik! as Its off ii-lx I rinhlem,
and that It seeks to establish a "dic
tatorship of the pr lelarlat" In Amer
li'a. similar to the soviet system In
Russia, through rnasa action, scorn
ing the ballot as weak and Ineffect
ive, were thlncs the prosecution
sought to provo to a jury In the
court of Circuit Judge Morrow yes
terday through the medium of official
literature of the communist labor
party, and assertions In Its platform
and, declaration "t principles.
It was the first day in the trial of
Karl W. Ostrr, state secretary of the
communist labor party; Claude Hurst,
local financial secretary, and Fred W.
Fry, member, for violation of the
state criminal syndicalism act In af
filiating with an organisation said to
advocate forcible overthrow tf gov
ernment. Four days had been con
sumed In the selection of a Jury.
Outer Ufiii Med .Necktie.
Ostrr, who has dally flaunted a
brilliant red ne 'ktle In the courtroom,
Hurst and Fry arc merely dreamers
of a beautiful dream, W. H. U'Ken,
their attorney, told the Jury ester
day, seeking Utopia perhaps, but In
a quiet, legal manner, through the
ascendancy of a majority at tho polla.
Walter H. Kvans, district attorney,
held to the contrary that the men
charged with criminal syndicalism
were disciples of Lenlne and Trotsky,
working for a revolution in America
by means of blood and steel and a
well-organised red guard.
Chief basis for the Indictment of
tho communist labor trio is the plat
form and parly programme, pub
lished In their official pnprr. On
phrases and statements found there.
District Attorney Kvans founded his
contention that furcibln overthrow of
government by mass action, Ignoring
the rule of the majorlly through the
ballot, was Intended by tho new party.
latrrBatluaalr' I Indorse.
The first plank In the platform an
nounces that tne party "stands ny
the principles of the Third Interna
tionale formed at Moscow." Though
concluding plunk reads, "To this
end we e"k the workers to unite with
the communist labor party for the
conquest of political power to estab
llsh a government adapted to the
communist transformation," and ap
pears to Substantiate the rontrntloa
of the defense that the party seeks
change through orderly procedure and
the ballot, the district attorney main
tains that eacrrpla from the party
programme contradict thla.
Backing up this viewpoint, he em
phasised the following quotations In
reading the programme to lha Jury:
"The most Important means of rap
turing state power for the worker
is the action of the masses, proceed
ing from the place where tho workers
are gathered together. In the shops
and factories. The use of the po
litical machinery of the capitalist
state for thla purpose Is only second
ary." Kuccesa at Ballot I)oabrd.
"Not one of the great teachers of
scientific socialism has ever said that
it Is possible to achieve the social
revolution by the ballot."
" It must be clearly emphasised
that the chance of winning even ad
vanced reforms of the present cap
italist system at the polls Is e
tremely remote; and even If It were
nnsslblc. these reforms would nut
weaken the capitalist system."
the capitalists have gained a
control over the political machinery
which Is Impossible to break by re
sorting to this machinery."
there Is no opportunity what
ever for the working class through
the regular political machinery to
oppose effectively the will of th
capitalist class."
Cordial indorsement of the I. W.
W. In this programme may give the
state a loophole through which to In
troduce "Wobbly" doctrines advocat
ing direct action.
Labor Slrosgl -Tailed. Valiant."
"In any mention of revolutionary
Industrial unionism in this country,"
reads the plan, "there must be recog
nised the Immense effect upon th
American labor movement of the pro
paganda and example of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, whose
long and valiant struggles and heroio
sacrifices In the class war have
earned the respect and affection of
all workers, everywhere."
Substitution of Industrial unions
for so-called reactionary craft-unions
of organized labor is advocated In the
programme, which ays: " revolt
of the rank ant' file must not be al-
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