TIIE MORNING OTIKGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, STAY 12, 1D20
DEMOCRATS ENRAGED
OVER WILSON EDICT
Message to Hamaker Count
ed Awful Blunder.
REVULSION NOW GROWING
Deliberate Reading Out of Party of
Oregon Senator and Others Is
Bitterly leplored.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Hay 11. President Wil
son's telegram to Gilbert E. Hamaker,
of Portland, Sunday night, practi
cally reading out of the democratic
party those democrats in the senate,
or out, who supported the peace
treaty with the Lodge reservations,
was the subject of leading editorials
in most of the eastern newspapers
this morning.
It was not until today that these
newspapers woke up to the more in
teresting angle of the president's pro
nouncement as it related to the Ore
gon senatorial fight and democratic
senate contests in seven other states.
When the light first began to filter
in yesterday political wiseacres of
the provincial eastern country were
inclined to cast it aside as "just a
bit of local politics," but today the
news columns of most of the papers
ran heavily to that phase of the de
velopment which related to Oregon
democratic politics and democratic
senatorial politics elsewhere.
Editorial writers, however, accord
ing to today's papers, could see only
the broader national aspects of the
treaty issue thrust Into the presiden
tial campaign by Mr. Wilson.
Democratic Ansfr l;nab,ated.
Individual democratic ' anger In
Washington was wholly unabated to
day, and if at all changed the tem
perature was higher than yesterday.
as they pondered over the state
nient made by Secretary Tumulty to
Senator Chamberlain yesterday . that
the Hamaker telegram was sent
without knowledge of the Chamber
Iain senatorial contest, the wrath of
the party leaders increased, and rap
idly attained the boiling point when
they read In a dispatch from Port
land published in New York thii
statement, credited to Chairman
Hamaker:
'1 think President Wilson had let
ters before him which fully explained
the situation before he sent the tele
gram. In fact, I can almost say that
I know he had such letters personally
in his hands. I have taken the stand
from the first that Senator Cham
berlain was not fit to be senator,
and I have taken the trouble to let
everyone who is close to the presi
dent know what I think.
'There can be no doubt that the
president knew what it was all about,
and that Chamberlain, who opposed
him on more than one occasion and
also voted for the Lodge treaty res
ervations, was running for renomina
tion and would be endangered by the
president's telegram."
Wilson, of Course, Knom.
The comment immediately was that
of course the president knew all
about the political situation in Ore
gon, and one new explanation was of
fered today of the president's action,
which involves Newton Baker, secre
tary of war, and several high army
officials.
Most readers of daily newspapers
are familiar with the long and ener
getic fight made by Senator Chamber
lain on the present army court-martial
system, which brought several
caustic statements from Secretary
Baker some months ago and which
resulted in a feud between the Ore
gon senator and the general staff of
the army, from General Peyton C.
March down to some of the subordi
nate officers. It will be recalled that
General Enoch H. Crowder,' judge-advocate-general
of the army, became
so incensed that he would not speak
to Senator Chamberlain one day when
the two met so closely that their el
bows rubbed.
About three weeks ago. when the
army reorganization bill was under
consideration in the senate. Senator
Chamberlain took the floor one after
noon and offered as an amendment
the entire draft of a new system of
court-martial procedure drawn by for
mer General Samuel G. Ansell and
other foes of the general staff. The
amendment, which would revolution
ize the system of military justice and
give the accused virtually the same
protection that he would have in civil
courts, was adopted by the senate
M'ithout modification and is in the bill
now in conference.
War Department Overheated.
The war department is in an over
heated state of mind relative to this
proposed new system, and to the ef
forts of some of the leading military
officials is partly attribued Mr. Wil
son's readincs-s to reply so impulsively
to the Hamaker inquiry designed to
put Chamberlain in a hole.
Another aspect of the president's
uuiorraK discussed today was the
prospect ot trouble which it is likelv
to create for several senators who up
iu una nine nave Deen getting by
without opposition for renomination
J''or example. Nugent in Idaho.
l nelan in California and Henderson
in iNevaaa, all democrats, whn vm.H
with Senator Chamberlain for the
""sb reservations, now find them
selves in danger of party opposition
x uo iear is mat mere will be a sud
den crop of democratic candidates in
these states who will announce them
selves as the administration choice
It is admitted that the fear i -no
tified because candidates standing on
cci"ciiio ipiegram as a plat-
wiiii cuuiu mane a world of trouble
for such senators.
The New York World, administra
tion fici, lanes issue with the presi
dent this morning, saying: "The pres
mem. 10 use tne language of Mr.
oirvninu, is conironted by a Condi
tion, not a theory, and it is his sol
rran uuiy 10 aeai witn it as a condi
tion, not as a theory. He cannot af
ford to close every door to compro
mise or to -place himself in a position
where he can accept no compromise
whatever and that is what he is in
danger of doing by such messages as
that sent to the Oregon democrats."
Idealism Held Abandoned.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
which stood out for the ratification
of the treaty without reservations for
many weeks, until the prospect be
came hopeless, says:
"President Wilson has come down
the ladder of idealism very rapidly
since the day he set out to 'make the
world safe for democracy.' But It
was not until his telegram to Chair
man Hamaker of Portland. Or., that
he deliberately stepped off the low
est rung. If that telegram meant any
thing, it means that 'Iemocratic
Leader' Wilson proposes noV to make
use of the league of nations to keep
his party, and his faction within that
party, in office. He has completed the
journey from the sublime to some
thing very much more sinister than
the ridiculous."
Under the heading. "The Oregon
Letter," the New York Tribune savs-
'Th Oregon letter deepens the mys
tery of the president's political re
actions," continuing:
It le a pathetic demonstration of
self-will and immutability of opinion.
Mr.- w ilson has thundered excommu
nicaticois against the senate, the
house of representatives and the re
publican party, but without avail.
Now he threatens the backsliding
democracy. Is It docile enough to un
dertake at San Francisco to 'vindi
cate American honor' by opposing
reservations to the covenant which
public opinion insists on as neces
sary guaranties of American inter
ests and rights?"
Baltimore Sun Objects.
The president's position receives no
better support from the Baltimore
Sun, which seeks to stand with Mr.
Wilson on eTery occasion, and usually
remains silent when to speak Is to
dissent. The Sun says:
"As a result of the situation which
has developed, the question before
the country at this time is not
whether it shall ratify the treaty as
written or with reservations, but
whether it shall ratify it with reser
vations or not at all. And, as we have
pointed out above, that situation is
not likely to be changed as a re
sult of the forthcoming election.
Because of this development many
friends of the president, original sup
porters of the treaty as written, have
come to the conclusion that it is
better to accept euch reservations as
are necessary to secure ratification
rather than to delay the entrance of
the United States into the league of
nations."
The New York Times, loyal admin
istration supporter on the league of
nations, reiterates its previous posi
tion that a "solemn referendum" is
impossible and that the peace treaty
cannot really be made an issue of the
campaign.
TRUCKS TO CROSS 0. S.
A It MY MOTOR TRANSPORT
CORPS TO START JUXE 14.
ronr From Washington to Los
Angeles to Coyer Distance of
About 3 6 00 Miles.
WASHINGTON, May 11. Another
motor convoy is to be dispatched
across the continent by the motor
transport corps. It will leave Wash
ington about June 14 for Los Angeles,
over the Bankhead national highway
through Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona.
The trip will end about September
17. The convoy will cover a total
distance of about 3600 miles and will
operate at a daily average of 44.5
miles a day. The Bankhead National
Highway association' will provide for
receptions at various night controls
and for welfare work in connection
with entertainment of the troops at
the control's stations.
The purposes of the trip as outlined
by the war department today are
to assist in the development of a sys
tem of national highways to provide
extended field service in connection
with the training ot officers and men
in motor transportation; to recruit
personnel for the various branches
of the army: to obtain data on road
conditions throughout the territory
in the immediate vicinity of the
Bankhead national highway and to
obtain data relative to the operation
and maintenance of motor vehicles.
The first transcontinental motor
convoy was run last summer from
Washington to San I'rancisco over
the Lincoln highway.
MEMORIAL HALL PLANNED
Cliehalis Business and Profession
al Men Indorse Scheme.
CHEHALIS, Wash., May ll.-(Spe-
cial.) Chehalis business and'profes-
ional men at a public meeting last
night went on record in favor of the
immediate erection in Chehalis of
public auditorium, which shall em
brace also a well-equipped gym
nasium and swimming tank. The
proposed locaton is at the corner of
Washington avenue and Park street,
directly opposite the Chehalis free
pu blic library.
The estimates of the cost of the
structure varied all the way from
$10,000 to $100,000 or more. It was
voted unanimously to support a bond
issue to finance the proposition, and
Chehalis memorial hall was voted as
the most appropriate name that can
be found for the building. The plan
is to erect the building in memory
of the soldiers, sailors and others of
the world war.
UNION TEAMSTERS BACK
Walkout at Tacoma Fuds With
Agreement to Arbitrate.
TACOMA, Wash.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) Union teamsters went back
to work here today after a 10-day
strike. Conditions remain the same
as when they walked out but the em
ployes and employers decided to arbi
trate. A board consisting of three em
ployers and three employes will
thresh out the wage question Should
the board be unable to agree by June
1 a seventh member will be chosen.
The strike was called on the refusal
of some of the employers, principally
transfer men and fuel dealers, to meet
new wage increases ranging from BO
cents to l a day. Ice wagon drivers.
taxicab chauffeurs and other miscel
laneous workers were granted their
demands, but any separate pacts en
tered into will be superseded by the
agreement the arbitration board will
formulate.
SUFFRAGE NOT ACTED ON
Louisiana Legislature Adjourns
Vntil May 17.
t
BATON ROUGE, La., May 11. The
Louisiana legislature adjourned to
dav until May 17.
No action was taken on the question
of woman suffrage.
BLUEBEARD PLANS BOOK
( Continued From First Pase. )
sion throughout the years behind the
prison walls."
IAKE TESTED BEFORE MURDER
Alice M. Ludvigsen Drowned in
River Following Inquiry.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 11. That
Medical lake, in this county, evident
ly was ' considered too shallow for
drowning Alice M. Ludvigsen, whom
Dan Holden confessed at Los Angeles
to having drowned in the St. Joe
river in northern Idaho, was the
declaration today of Stanley Hallet.
who operates a camping resort on
Medical lake.
He declared Holden spent five" days
there in company with a woman who
said her maiden name was Ludvig
sen. The man gave his name as Hil
ton and inquired of residents con
cerning the depth of the lake. Mr.
Hallet said. When they left, the
womnri said they were sroing to Lake
" -. in l.tsih .
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SAFETY
Assurances Given by Revolu
tionists in Control.
RECOGNITION IS DESIRED
Rebels to Press Question on C. 'S.
Drcadnaught Oklahoma en
- Route to Key West.
WASHINGTON, May 11. Official
reports telling of the overthrow of
President Carranza of Mexico were
before President Wilson and his
cabinet today, but the new turn ol
events was understood to have been
given only passing attention.
Dispatches from navy officers and
state department representatives all
have indicated thus far that assur
ances of protection to Americans and
other foreigners had been given by
victorious leaders of the revolution
ary forces, and there was nothing of
an emergency nature in the situation,
officials indicated, that called for
action by the Washington govern
ment. The Question of recognition of the
new government apparently In process
of formation in Mexico may arise
soon. It was reported today that
plans for asking recognition were
being pressed by revolutionary lead
ers. The super-dreadnought Okla
homa was en route from New "York to
Key West tonight, but reports from
Captain Long, commanding the de
stroyer force now distributed along
the east coast of Mexico, told oi no
disorder.
CARRAXZA'S FATE IN JiOTTBT
Engagements Between Rebels and
1'cdcrals Are Reported.
EL PASO, Tex., May 11. With the
fate of President Carranza still in
doubt, reports of a few minor en
gagements between federal and rebel
forces along the northeastern border
of Mexico reached revolutionary
headquarters tonight.
Carranza forces at Sabinas, Coa-
huila, were routed by troops under
General Antonio Pruneda, and after
the battle a trainload of wounded
federals was senf to Piedras Negras,
opposite Kaglc Pass, it was reported.
Kighting was said to be in prog
ress at Matamoros, opposite Browns
ville, Tex., with the revolutionists at
tacking the town.
Kight hundred laborers and their
families were reported as having
athcred at Monclova, Coahuila,
where they were aid to be seeking
protection from the menace of Car
ranza forces operating in that re
gion.
Revolutionary agents here toda
began their share of thj long task
of reconstruction which faces a
country torn by war for an entire
decade
REBEL ADVANCE IS BLOCKED
4 00 Armed Men Defend Matamoros
Against Revolutionists.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., May 11.
Four hundred armed men, including
federal soldiers and customs and im
migration . guards of the Matamoros
garrison, were standing behind em
bankments and in trenches south and
west of Matamoros late today, pre-
parea to aetena tne Mexican city
against a threatened attack by revo
lutionists, whose strength was not
known.
General Rafael Colunga. com
manaer oi tne ieaerai garrison, up
to a late hour tonight had given no
indication of his intention not to fight
to tne last, although Matamoros 'citi
zens were urging him to surrender
tne town and avoid bloodshed.
The international bridge and ferrv
lines were closed to traffic at noon.
following a brief skirmish between
rebels and -federals on the south side
or Matamoros. American soldiers
with machine guns were stationed at
tne jrownsville end of the bridge.
POWER PUNT WANTED
BAKER AND IMOX COUNTIES
Sll'PIiY INADEQUATE.
Business .Men Propose to Raise
About $100,000 to Increase Fa
cilities for Industries.
BAKER, Or., May 11. (Special.)
The increasing demand for electric
service for both power and lighting
makes it necessary to provide addi
tional generating facilities in Baker
and Union counties. Prominent busi
ness men of both eastern Oregon coun
ties have started a project calling for
$100,000 to build a private power plant
to be leased to the Eastern Oregon
Light & Power company at a rate
that will net the stockholders of the
new company a reasonable return.
The proposed generating plant would
cost $200,100 and half of that amount
would be put up by the corporation
now supplying electric service to the
two counties.
The plant is able to meet general
requirements, but not those of the
numerous mines, mills and other in
dustrial projects.
The Eastern Oregon Light & Power
company officials have expressed
themselves unable to spend more than
$100,000 toward financing a new plant.
RAGS TO BE GATHERED
The Dalles Y. W. C. -A. to Raise
Funds for Building.
THE DALLES, Or., May 11. (Spe
cial.) The slogan of the Toung
Women's Christian Association solid
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T"HE Laurel Hill Cemetery, of
J. which I am superintendent,"
writes 3. H. Brummette, of Spring
field, Or., "is full of poison oak. I
take it very easily. When I sent to
you for a bottle of Santiseptic Lotion,
1 had had poison oak for five months.
I commenced using Santiseptic as
soon as 1 got it and kept working in
the poison oak. I am now entirely
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takes something to even help me. I
had and have tried everything I or
anybody else ever heard of, includ
ing all kinds of guaranteed remedies.
Just simply time and money wasted.
Santiseptic certainly did the work."
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This is the day set for collection
of rags and paper by the T. W. so
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raised to remodel the local head
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NEW THEATER PLANNED
Announcement Made of $1,0 00,-
000 Building for Spokane.
SPOKANE, May 11. Announcement
of the contemplated erection here at
accost of $1,000,000 of a theater for
presentation of Loew's vaudeville at
tractions was made today, following
receipt of advices to that effect from
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Woman Charged With Second De
gree Murder for Shooting Husband.
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evening. The young wife admits she
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Decision to file murder charges was
reached by DeDUty Prosecutor T. H.
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