?ITE MOItXIXG OIIEGONTAX, MOXTJ APTtTTi 2(T, 1920
MEXICO IS CORRUPT
SAYS SOlRft CHIEF
Attempt to Dictate New
Elections Charged. .
CARRANZA'S AIMS RAPPED
General Calles of Rebel Force
De-
Clares High Government
Ilces Are Being Sold.
Of-
AGUA PR1ETA. Sonora. April 25.
The Sonora revolutionary army under
General Ansel Flores has progressed
20 miles beyond Culiacan, capital of
Sinaloa, according to Information
given out last night at the headquar
ters here of General P. Klias Calles,
commander of the Sonora military
forces.
General Calles until recently was
secretary of Industry, commerce and
labor in the Carranza cabinet. In the
statement he attacked the foreign
palicy of Carranza, his late decisions
in regard to the rich oil lands of
Mexico and tn many other ways at
tacked the Carranza regime.
Shippers on Mexican railroads are
forced to "tip" agents and employes of
roads from 75 to 100 pesos a car in
order to obtain transportation for
their products, Calles said, and with
out "tipping" would not receive cars.
Reception Called Theatrical.
Carranza staged a "theatrical re
ception" for the Japanese marines of
the cruiser Yakuma when they re
cently visited Mexico City, according
to General Calles, and compelled em
ployes of the federal government and
city administration to take part under
penalty of discharge.
"Carranza ' pretended to show by
this masquerade." said the statement,
"that his government, counted upon
the support of the nation of the far
east.
"This act of the government has
een repudiated by all good Mexicans
as they have repudiated the false in
ternational policy of Carranza."
Calles attacked Carranza for what
he termed "unheard-of crimes com
mitted in Yucatan in oroer to destroy
ail the revolutionary tasks started by
General Salvador Alvarado and to
subjugate all the political rights of
the citizens of the state.
People's Opinion Silenced. .
Opinions of the people were silenced
ty force and fear, according to the
statement, which continued:
"In Yucatan the bailiffs of Carranza
with Colonel Zamarlpa at their head,
murdered the civilian authorities of
some towns; burned, after plundering,
the stores of socialist corporations;
burned the offices of the socialist
party in the city of Meridia, going so
far in their barbarism that they
whipped- more than 200 defenseless
women whom they personally assem
bled at a public park."
The statement also said:
"About eight months ago Carranza
summoned me to the capital under
the pretense of giving me the post in
his cabinet of secretary of industry,
commerce and labor with the view of
taking me out of Sonora and having
me close to him at his disposition in
the city of Mexico with the purpose
of making me his accomplice and his
instrument for making a mockery of
the public vote.
"At Quere.ta.rn in a conference with
Carranza himself at which General
Francisco Murguia was a witness, he
verbally suggested to me more or less
as follows:
Conference In Proponed.
" 'As you well comprehend. General
Pablo Gonzalez Is not a suitable can
didate for the presidency, and Gen
eral Obregon neither can be thought
about for his attack against us. but
tomorrow we will meet JLuie Cabrera
and Aguirre Berlanga and will have
a conference in which we wifl resolve
the situation, determining who will
be the candidate for the presidency of
the republic that the government is
going to impose by any means. "
Calles said he called on Carranza
the next day and said he would not
subscribe to the plan and was not in
accord with the electoral proceed
ings. He said he told Carranza he
was for General Obregon and warned
the Mexican president of the danger
of pursuing the alleged policy. Calles'
statement said he was not present at
the meeting with Cabrera and Ber-
Janga, but two days later on the
presidential train" the candidacy of
Jgnacio Bonillas was announced.
Concerning alleged dishonesty in
the Mexican government, he said:
Corruption Is Charged.
"During my short stay as a member
of the Carranza cabinet I had the best
opportunity to persuade myself of the
Immorality of government proceed
ings and how a corrupt coterie labor
" mi aubii nit uiibii uuuiuua ill .ill
headed by his chief of staff. General
Juan Barragan.
"Right there in the chief of staff's
ffice everything is a matter of spec
ulation. ' They sell government posi
tions and concessions of all kinds,
and robberies of the public funds are
authorized?" they speculate with the
bonds of officers and chiefs of the
army and even the pensions of
widows and orphans of soldiers of the
revolution are subject to a charge of
a commission by the authorized Bar
ragan.
The revolution, General Calles said.
was "nothing less than the energetic
manifestation of protest and that no
man shall impose such tyranny and
feudal proceedings upon the nation.
THOUSANDS SEE BLOOMS
Contlnurd Kfom First Pace.)
the trip in automobiles, and in almos
every other conveyance known to the
motor world. Still others came on bi
cycles, and in other instances horses
were brought into play and added
their quota of visitors to the grand
total.
Returning from the orchard dis
triets, hundreds of visitors paid a
visit to the statehouse, while others
went to the penitentiary, state hos
pital ana other institutions. Th
starhouse grounds, not to be out
classed for beauty by their country
cousins, were attired In their season'
best, and the broad and well-kept
lawns beckoned their thousands. Man
persons, on their first visit to th
capital city, expressed wondermen
,iit the civic pride and departed fo
their homes feeling that the peopl
of this vicinity are a unit for the up
lift and betterment of living condi
tions.
The state hospital grounds, which
are dotted with spacious flower gar
dens, playing fountains and shade
trees, let added charm to the eyes
of the visitors. Other state instit
' tions also attracted their quotas o
visitors, and all in all, nature
achievements, coupled with the un
limited entertaining qualities, of th
Cherrians, made the sightseeing part
of the programme a revelation to
many of those who came.
Moving picture theater operators
ever alert to maintaining the good
ame of Salem and Marion county.
had provided special attractions, and
to these visitors were invited at nom
inal expense. Hotel and restaurant
men also caught the spirit of the oc
casion and they, too, assisted mate
rially in making Salem's first blos
som day an occasion which will go
aown In hUtory as an event closely
connected with the civic advancement
I the city.
Great Plane Scatters Blooms. .
Another feature which played an
important part in rounding out the
wholesome day was the arrival here
at 10:30 o'clock of a -monster hydro
plane, sent to Salem by the Oregon,
Washington, Idaho Airplane company.
At noon this gigantic master of the
air soared to a high altitude sfbove
the city and, without previous no
tice, scattered from the rear cock
Pit of the machine thousands of
blossoms typical of this vicinity.
As the blossoms fell to the ground
they were eagerly sought by the vis
itors and treasured as nrooer
tokens of the occasion. In the
fternoon the machine carried
many passengers, departing early tn
the evening for Portland with Miss
Kuth Lenore- Fisher, society editor
for a Salem newspaper, and Miss Eliz
abeth Bayne, daughter of a Sal at
torney, in the cockpit. -
iot an accident marred the pleas-
re of the visitors and tonight the
Cherrians, together with their fel
low townsmen, are happy in the be
lief that their service was well per
formed and that the hospitality so
lavishly dispensed was received with
ue appreciation.
Because of the cool niirhts the
blossom draperies which now envelop
me trees are expected to last for
more than a week, and persons resid
ing at a distance mav vet have an
PPortunity to view them should they
care to visit this city.
Sports Features Provided.
As a sidelight to the chief events
f the day not a few visitors brought
well filled lunch baskets and held
picnics along the shaded brooks and
in the timbered districts not far from
the orchard section. Others had din
er at the hotels, while in many in
stances the excursionists were guests
oi irienas.
A baseball game between Ttunert.
Idaho, team and Salem Senators, spe
cial events at the Illahee Country
club and tennis events on the state
hospital courts aided in making the
cocasion complete as far as enter
tainment features could be provided.
ODDFELLOWS DAY HERE
ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELE.
BRATED BY PROGRAMME.
Iance. by Portland .Lodges Will Be
Held ATter Other Features
at Auditorium Tonight.
Today is the 101st anniversary of
the organization of the lodge of Odd
fellows in the United States, and the
event will be fittingly celebrated with
a programme tonfght at the munici
pal auditorium, to whichthe general
jjuujiu an wen as memDers oi tne
order have been invited. The pro
gramme will start at 8 o'clock.
The programme proper will start
at 8 o'clock and will continue until
about 10 o'clock. From 7 until 8
o'clock, however, there will be com
munity singing under the direction
of Walter Jenkins, and upon the com
pletion of the regular programme
about 10 o'clock the wings of the
auditorium will be made available for
dancing.
The programme will be as follows:
Overture, Luststiel, Oddfellows band.
Flag presentation. Star SDanrled Ban
ner. Canton Portland, No. 1, Patriarchs
Militant.
Remarks, chairman. Dr. A. H. Johnson,
depurr grand master. ,
Cornet duet, selected. Thomas Stebhens
and C. G. Rapenny.
Police drill, brothers of Star lodge, No.
219.
violin solo. "Ave Maria." Schubert-wil-helmj.
Miss Welen Harper: Miss Jean Har
per, accompanist.
Address. "Oddf ellowship," M. C. George,
past grand.
Vocal solo. a.t "Cherry Blossom." Wll
leby: tb) "The Magic Spring," Saplo. Mrs.
A. W. Claxon; Afrs. Edith Stiles Miller,
accompanist.
tterteKan arm, sisters or Keoexan toages.
Band music. Grand Medley. Superba.
Oddfellows band.
SHOES MADE OUT OF TIRES
Soles Cut From Casings and Top
of Canvas Stitched On.
HIL.O, Island of Hawaii, T. H.
Japanese running a factory at Keala-
kekua, Kona district, this island, are
manufacturing shoes from old auto
mobile tires and selling them at $1.10
a pair, according to an automobile
salesman who has just returned from
the district. ,
The soles are cut out of casings and
canvas tops are stitched on. The
shoes are good for more than six
months, said the auto traveler, most
of them being sold to Japanese fisher
men and workers on the sugar and
coffee plantations.
"YANKEE" CHINESE WORD
'Young Foreigner" Meaning of
Similar Oriental Phrases.
CHICAGO. The name "Yankee"
(came from a Chinese phrase, "Yang
tiung," by way of East India, where
the words were corrupted to rang
gee," according to Teh Yi Hsieh. Chi
nese labor leader, who recently ar
rived here to establish relations- with
the American Federation of labor.
Yang gee" means "you are a young
foreigner."
Mr. Teh believes the word Yankee
was first applied to New Englanders
by English or Dutch sailors wno naa
learned the phrase In the Orient.
WOOL COSTS ONLY $5.85
Farmer's Share in Suit of Clothes
Only Small Part of Price.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. The Indiana
farmer receives $5.85 for the wool in
an average sit of clothes large
enough for a man weighing 175 pounds.
according to Claude Harper, furaue
university sheep specialist. Mr. Har
per has issued a. statement declaring
farmers are not prof itteering in the
sale of clothing.
Mr. Harper says that if a suit is
made of the very best grade of wool,
which is selling at about 1.9J per
scoured pound, then the wool in the
suit will cost 7.37.
To Break Up a Cold
Mrs. William Ack Titian, Col
linsville, 111., write. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy will break
up a cold on the lungs the quick
est of anything I know of."
P01WDEXTER BASES '
E
Rupture in Chicago Conven
tion Expected.
COMMITTEE IS 'AT WORK
Iii Support of Expectation Sena
tor lread9 Body Seeking Elec- ,
Uon of Choice- Candidates.
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go to Hoover; whereas among thoe
who interest themselves actively in
politics the trend would be to Wood.
Still the state will commit itself to
Poindexter.
Numerous delegates are perfectly
frank as to their preferences, even
those who are wearing' Poindexter
buttons. For illustration, a group of
delegates all wearing Poindexter but
tons were today discussing the dif
ference between the Oregon and
Washington primary systems.
Feellna-a Wouldn't Be Hurt.
"One nice thing about Oregon," said
one, in what was an obvious attempt
at sarcasm, "is that you have lots of
laws on the subject."
"Yes," I replied. "Under our corrupt
practices act you would not be per
mitted to wear that button into the
polling booth on election day."
"That would not hurt my feelings
a bit." he laughed.
Inquiries here as to how the con
vention in its resolution and indorse
ment will compose the known anti
pathy of Senator Poindexter to the
league of nations covenant with the
political expediency of committing
the national delegation to a contrary
stand, do not bring satisfactory re
plies. There is some talk of side
stepping the issue in the platform.
There is other talk of a general in
dorsement of the reservations sub
mitted by the senate committee on
foreign relations and let folk sneer
at inconsistency if they want to. As
a matter of fact the Perkins-Kelly
controversy over election of a na
tional committeeman has overshad
owed platform discussion. If the
claims of James H. JDavis of Tacoma
are not subject to the discount of
over enthusiasm, the controversy al
ready is settled. He asserts positively
that enough delegates have now been
lined up to name Guy' E. Kelley in
place of S. A. Perkins, the present
committeeman. Mr'. Datls is a force in
Washington politics. In the legisla
ture he is known to his enemies as
"Boss Jimmy" Davis. It was he who
engineered the deal which got Per
kins the place in 1912. Then he
worked to keep the election of na
tional committeeman off the floor of
the convention where he admits
Mr. Perkins would have trad no show.
Election was then thrown into the na
tional delegation and the delegation
was gerymandered to insure the
choice of Mr. Perkins.
Driea-ates Begin Trek.
Now Mr. Davis purposes to go back
to first principles and put the elec
tion of national committeeman up to
the convention itself. He is just as
earnest for Mr. Kelly now as he. was
for Mr. Perkins eight years ago.
Most of the convention leaders will
be in Belkngham by tonight. They
are going forward by boat and train,
and the rank and file probably will
be assembled in the northern city
early tomorrow. Candidates for of
fice also are taking the northern
flight. It is as though the geese weie
on the wing on this bright warm
spring day.
This is not said in derision of del
egates and candidates, for geese, as
everybody must admit, well know
what they are doing when they fly
northward.
So, too, everybody knows Why- he is
going to Bellingham and thinks he
knows, too, what he is going to do
when he gets there.
SWEETHEART IS PROWLER
JILTED MA XARRESTED AFTER
ENTERING GIRL'S ROOM.
Search for Gifts Arouses - Sleeper
and Cries Bring Family, AVlio
Capture Angered Mao.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., April 2o.
(Special.) Abraham Arthur Berman,
28, deftly -"raising a window in the
bedroom of Miss Rose Lipschitz of
Vienna street at 2 o'clock this morn
ing, entered the room and took a
seat on a trunk near her bed. For
half an hour Berman watched the
girl, with a loaded -revolver in one
hand and holding a flashlight in
the other.
Berman had been keeping company
with Miss Lipschitz for two years or
more and had given her many pres-
eiiisjrjciuuing a Deauiliui set OI lurs.
Recently the girl dismissed him. Ber
man made efforts to reinstate him
self in her favor and failed. Then
he sought to recover his presents.
When moving about the bedroom
in search of his gifts Miss Lipschitz
awoke. She saw the rays of the
flashlight and screamed. Harris
Lipschitz, father of the, girl, ran to
his daughter's aid. Berman tried to
escape through the window and be
came wedged. When Lipsqhitz seized
him struggle ensued and Lipschitz
was shot in the right hand. Berman
was overpowered by other members
of the. family and held for the police.
Berman has been arrested on two
"occasions on charges of forgery, but
had not been convicted. It was
charged that his forgeries were com
mitted to obtain money to buy gifts
for young women.
"MOTHER" OF BELT DIES
Aged Xegrcss Leaves $10,000 to
Man Who Befriended Her.
BELT, Mont. When Mrs. John H.
Castncr. later known as "the mother
BREAKS
Q n Guaranteed hy
of Belt, came here, poor and in need .f
of friendo.-Carl McNally befriended
her. .
Mrs. Castner. who ran a miners'
boarding house here for many years,
died recently at the age of 72, and it
is found that of her estate of nearly
$25,000 she left $10,000 to McNally. the
rest KOinR to ratl vs. Mrs. Cawtner,
INFORMATION
WANTED"
as to whereabouts of Sidney
RWalpole, who disappeared
from home Monday, April 19.
Aged 25, light hair, blue
eyes, about 5 ft. 8 in. in
height, weight about 140.
slender build, small refined
features. Wears gold-rimmed
glasses of unusual appear
ance. When last Been,, wore a
black and gray plaid mack
inaw coat, kahki-colored
shirt, corduroy , pants, dark
tan outing boots.-heavy gray
socks with white edge,
woolen plaid cap, somewhat
faded.
Phone residence of Theo
dore Burkhart, Main -6041, or
address 955' Hilton avenue,
Portland.
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