THE MOItNIXCr OKEfJOXIAN, SATURDAY,
APRIL 3, 190
SOV ETG0UR1ERS
SENT TO AMERICA
Firebrand of Revolution Asks
- Aid From U. S. Reds.
RUSSIAN REVOLT WEAKENS
Communist Labor Party Urged to
Unite In Armed Insurrection
and Overthrow Government.
(Copyriuht. tn-JO, by the New Tork vjTorld.
Published by Arrangement.)
fG. S. Zinovleff, president of the exec
utive committee of the third Internationale,
is also the virtual dictator of Petrograd.
On February 2A the "World printed an In
terview with him by Lincoln Byre, lta spe
cial correspondent sent to Russia, whose
articles are now appearing in this news
paper. Mr. Eyre describes Zinovieff as .the
firebrand of the revolution.")
RIGA. March 26. (Special Cable.)
From documents taken from a so
viet agent capturea by Lettish troops
it is evident that the structure of
Russian communism is unsteady and
will fall unless strengthened by the
economic and moral effect of a simi
lar revolution elsewhere. The choice
of the executive committee of the
communist Internationale is the
United States, as is evidenced by a
mandate signed "Zinovieff" and ad
dressed to the American communist
labor party, callinfr upon them to
unite in armed insurrection to over
throw the government.
An admission of weakness is made
in a letter to I. W. W. members in
these definite words:
"Unless the workers of ether coun
tries rise in revolt the .Russian revo
lution cannot last."
The bolshevlst carrying: the mes
sage is believed to be one of many
sent from Moscow after the com
munist conference there with mes
sages to the communists of the United
States. He had awaited an oppor
tunity to pass througrh the lines, but
was carefully examined by the Let
tish military authorities, despite his
Austrian passport. The papers were
discovered in the false bottom of his
box. and there were diamonds in the
hec! of his boots. After military
trial he was executed.
which has been dormant for more
than a week, awaiting the reply of
the school board to the proposal to
arbitrate, threatens to break out
violently again, now that the board
has given its formal reply in which
it stands pat on its position.
A call for a mass meeting at the
Page theater next Monday night has
been issued by Judge William M.
Colvie. A. C. Allen. Georpe A. Mars
field and the parent-teacher eounett.
The call -urges all taxpayers and
voters to attend and speak their
minds.
"We feel that some decisive action
should be taken." say the signers
who represent tbe opponents to the
school board and Superintendent
Davenport, "and that we are being
unjustly treated by the school board."
LUMBER BUSINESS BRISK
DEMAND CONTINUES STRONG,
SAY, WESTERN MI LIMEN.
Party Break Deplored.
The mandate to the communist
parties was typewritten closely in
English on both sides of pieces of
cotton cloth or foolscap size. The
letter to the I. W. W. was printed on
small sheets of tissue paper. I was
in possession of both for 21 hours.
They were written in' the usual
anarchist-communist phraseology, but
were nevertheless clear about the
violent intentions and oesires of their
authors. Commencint with the usual
"Dear Comrades," the mandate re
fers to the reports of members from
America who attended the Moscow
conference. It states that the split
between the American communist and
American labor parties "rendered a
heavy blow to the communist move
ment in America." and says that "it
leads to dispersion of the revolution."
"The concentratiion of American
bourgeois forces," the mandate adds,
"has increased to an unprecedented
extent and the struggle demands un
precedented sacrifices." Later it says:
"The split is not caused by any pro
found differences of opinion as re
gards the programme. At bottom are
but certain disagreements as to ques
tions of tactics, principally questions
of organization. Under such circum
stances the 6plit has not the slightest
justification and should be liquidated
at all costs.
"Insofar as both parties stand on
the platform of the communist Inter
nationale and of-this we have not
the slightest doubt a united party is
not only possible, but absolutely nec
essary, and the executive committee
insists on this being immediately
brought about."
On a separate piece of cloth was
Iho agreement for the unification of
the communist parties, to be known
fa the united communist party of
America, in which insistence upon the
supreme power of the central commit
tee is the chief point of interest.
The letter to the I. W. W. is most
friendly and appreciative, and even
more outspoken. Zinovieff, president
of the central committee, addressing
his "comrades and fellow-workers,"
says the world war has given the op
portunity for the revolution already
begun by Russia to be realized. He
insists that if the opportunity is
seized the world will belong to the
workers, and there may not be an
other chance for generations.
He declares the bolshevist revolu
tion has taken everything from the
hands of the owners and transferred
the property to the working class, al
though all trustworthy reports from
Russia indicate that the workers are
dominated by commissaries to whom
the workers are not unlike serfs.
He urges a. commonwealth without
a state for an America without a gov
ernment and without classes. His
letter is addressed to the I. W. W. "in
recognition of your long, heroic serv
ice, on account of which I now call
upon you to take the place which
your revolutionary experience entitles
you to in the front ranks of the red
army."
Deportations Scored.
He refers passionately to the depor
tation and Imprisonment of bolshe-
visis, to anti-strike legislation, to
"red flag laws." and laws against
propaganda advocating the forcible
overthrow of the government and de
struction of property.
One comprehends the cause of his
urgent appeal on reading that bol
shevist Russia cannot endure unless
there are revolutions elsewhere. He
then admits that the Hungarian so
viet government has been destroyed
and the communists' task is not easy.
It requires force. He says the state
must be overthrown in America and
abolished.
In conclusion he says: "The imme
diate work of the I. W. W. as the most
important organization based on rev
olutionary industrial unionism in
America is to take the initiative in
trying to establish a base for uniting
all unions which have a revolutionary
cnaracter and an which are sympa
thetic into one big union. This is no
time to quibble about a name or
minor questions. The essential thing
la to draw together all ' capable of
mass actlori.
"At this time of crisis the commun
ists' Internationale holds out to the
It W. W. the hand of brotherhood."
The tree state of Letvia is respon
sible for the capture of the bolshe
vist agent carrying these papers to
the United States. It has suffered far
more than Russia from bolshevism
and Is doggedly determined to keen
ny suspects out of the country.
Railroads Are Making Heavy Pup
chases Cut for Week but
Little Below Normal.
According to a bulletin just issued
by the West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation, the 128 mills represented In
its report made total rail shipments
last week of 224S cars, or 67,440.000
feet, and new business accepted was
83,416.603 feet, of which 61,930.000
will move by rail and 2,246,819 will be
delivered locally. Of water shipments,
10.336.034 feet will be exported
and S, 983,755 feet will eo to domestic
markets.
The report says:
"Railroad buyers continue among
the most active factors in the lumber
trade. They are making heavy pur
chases regularly. While railroad busi
ness is brisk, demand for yard stock
and material for industrial construc
tion continues good.
"As a result, mills are maintaining
a high average of production. The
cut at 128 mills for the weekended
March 27 was 86,373,705 feet, which
was only 4,296.295 feet, or 4.74 per
cent below normal. The prospect for
export business is particularly prom
ising. "The car situation has not changed
in the last few weeks. In the last
four years the freight traffic of the
railroads has increased 45 per cent,
according to late estimates, but the
supply of engines and cars has in
creased only 2 per cent.
"The mills are doing all they can
to satisfy the insistent calls of east
ern and middle western markets for
lumber. The 128 mills represented in
the report have a balance of 10.476
cars, or 314,280,000 feet of unfilled
rail orders on their books."
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COVE PLANS TO REBUILD
Men Serve Dinner to Wives and
Discuss Offer of Sites.
COVE, Or., April 2. (Special.) The
Initial ' step toward rebuilding the
burned out business section of Cove
was taken when Mrs. Hugh McCall
at a special meeting of the Woman's
Civic Improvement club invited every
member to bring her husband, and
the club to invite the mayor and city
council to bring their wives as guests
of honor to a get-together dinner at
her home, where a Cove Ad club had
a temporary organization, with L. K.
Rowe chairman. The day after the
influenza ban was lifted permanent
officers were elected, as follows:
President. J. W. L. Kaufman; A. A.
An ties, first vice-president; Frank
Conley, second vice-president; treas
urer, Hugh McCall; secretary S. H.
Weimer, with 48 charter members,
and the men served, without feminine
interference, a first-class dinner.
Offers of sites to thosfe who would
build were discussed.
boy to bring home a foreign orioe.
Young Burns has been in the service
about three years and spent -Z
months overseas.
He was in France in quartermaster
detached department and was placed
n the German spy system of the
United States army, and was 'ii one
of the most dangerous positions in
that capacity in the Argonne and
other important battles of the world
war.
He was in Luxemburg. Holland, and
Belgium. He married Miss remand
Nuray on June 2o. 1919. The young
people expect to make their home in
Castle Rock.
SPENCER SUCCEEDS Y0RAN
Lane County Commissioner Heads
Fair Association.
EUGENE, Or., April 2. (Special.)
E. R. Spencer, county commissioner.
was last night elected president of
the Lane County Fair association. He
succeeds W. C Yoran. who was
elected secretary, taking the place of
Ray H. Wood, who has resigned and
will leave at once for Salt Lake
Utah, to reside. Roy Woodruff was
chosen as vice-president to succeed
Mr. Spencer.
Racing was discussed at the meet
ing last night. It was tentatively de
cided to stage a two days' automobile
racing programme and have two days
of horse racing.
$43,000 LEFT CHAUFFEUR
Idaho Man's Faithful Services
Seven Years Ago Rewarded.
BOISE, Idaho. April 2. (Special.)
Because of his faithful services for
two years as chauffeur for Mrs. J. H
Peery of St. Louis, deceased. Lee J
Oviet, shop foreman in the Capital
garage at Rexburg, in this state, re
ceived a legacy of 4?,000 from her
in her will. Official notification has
been received by Mr. Oviet.
It was seven years ago that he was
employed by Mrs. Peery and he had
almost forgotten the fact when notice
of the fortune reached him.
VETERAN BRINGS BRIDE
Edwin M. Barns, Castle Rock, Re
turns After 2 2 Months.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. April 2.
(Special.) Elwin M. Burns, son of
Mrs. Nellie E. Melton of this p'ace,
was the first Castle Rock soldle
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PORTLAND ALL THIS
WEEK
SNOW ACCOMPANIES GALE
Fallen Trees Leave Telephone Lines
in Bad Condition.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 2. (Spe
cial.) A terrific gaie prevailed here
lasr nieht. The wind was accom
panied by more than an inch of
precipitation for the 12 hours. alien
trees have left rural teiepnone lines
in bad condition today.
Since the precipitation came dowji
i snow on the higher levels. Hood
River has not reached freshet stage.
scout master and will have charge of
the club. Rev. J. C. Spencer, pastor
of the First Methodist church of
Albany, who is scout master of the
boy scouts, is assisting in perfecting
tbe organization.
CHURCHES TO PLAN DRIVE
Conference Called at Albany In
Interest of World Movement.
ALBAXT. Or., April 2. (Special.)
A conference of representatives of
the churches of Linn county will be
held In Albany April 15 to make
plans for the drive in this county in
behalf of the interchurch world move
ment. The executive committee In charge
of the conference consists of Alfred
C. Schmitt. Rev. J. C. Spencer, II. F.
Merrill and Dr. O. T. Morgan. J. C
Irvine was appointed to make ar
rangements for the meeting.
The following were appointed to
arraifge for the attendance of repre
sentatives of their respective denomi
nations: Methodist, J. L. Underwood
of Lebanon; Presbyterian, J. J. Canoles
of Lebanon: Baptist. H. F. Merrill of
Albany; United Presbyterian, C. E.
Sox of Albany: Church. of the
Brethren. E. W. Pratt of Albany.
Portland Man Buys Farm.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash., April 2.
(Special.) Harry J. Smith of Port
land has purchased the B. A. Shoff
farm on the west side where he has
located with his family. Poultry
raising will be their leading industry.
V W!e0k THE VISION OF LOVELINESS
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HEED!
Ex-Service Men Employed.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 2. (Spe
cial.) Seventy-three ex-service men
were found employment here during
March by the state veteran welfare
office. A total of 70.00'j in war risk
insurance also was converted through
ihe office and 176 inquiries as to
Girl Scouts Organi.e.
ALBANY, Or., April 2. (Special.)
Preliminary steps have been taken
for the organization of a club of
girl scouts in Albany. Sixteen girls
participated in the first meeting. Miss
Margaret Gibson has been chosen
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ROW BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Medford School Board's Opponents
Call Public Meeting.
MEDFORD. Or., April 2. (Special.)
Medforda public schools controversy
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Y CAREY
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OVERLAND RED
A picture of thrills, romance, gun battles,
horsemanship and horse races. The best
picture that Harry Carey ever did.
STARTING TODAY
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In the Famous Wilkie Collins
Comedy of Wives and Affinities
"SHE LOVES
AND LIES"
OTHER PICTORIAL NUMBERS OF USUAL LIBERTY
EXCELLENCE. ALSO ALBERT GILLETTE AS
"TONIO" IN THE PROLOGUE TO "I PAGLIACCI."
travel pay, insurance and vocational
training were answered.
Trip Taken to Visit Parents.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 2. (Spe
cial.) .1. w. Kraser. who has been a
member of the city council for th
past eight years and who this spring
declined re-eltcon. practically sev
ered his connection with the city
government Wednesday ni-ht, when
he secured a 30 days' leave, which
will carrv bevond the end of his term.
Mr. Fraser started Thursday morn
ing on a trip to has old home in St.
Stephens, New Brunswick, where he
will visit his parents. He also will
visit several of the eastern cities of
the United States before '.lis return.
He plans to he away two months.
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THIS
WEEK
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CLARK
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Everybody says that this is the
best Clark picture yet. Harrison
' Ford plays opposite Miss Clark.
COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA
Afternoons & Evenings Knowles, Director
ORCHESTRA MATINEE AT 2:30 P. M.
NOTE: We are also showing: a new two
reel feature, "The Land of Opportunity."
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A LYRICAL. ROMANCE PLAYED UPON THE HEART-STRINGS OF
THE GIRL HE LOVED
A GRIPPING, THRILLING DRAMA OF HUMAN EMOTIONS
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Philip Pelz Conducting Peoples Symphonique Orchestra
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