THE MORNING OREGON1AN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920 V P0R1UNDEH era SPY FOR SOCIALISTS Ex Consul - General Names Simon W. U'Ren. PROBE ALL PARTIES, PLEA Jack Shea and Dick Sproul. both milk-wagon drivers, juggled the eti quette of their profession, both are at liberty today under 1200 bail each According to the story told Justice Otis W. Brinker. Shea and ' Sproul had trouble with Joseph Beckler. their former employer, who is said to have discharged them. Then followed many letters and telegrams, all couched in threatening language. One message stated: "Hear you have been talking about me again. Will twist your nose when I get back." Beckler told Prosecutor Brown the message had been made good. He claims to have been pulled off his truck June 1 by his enemies. ' The authorities are in possession of a number of other messages, which will be used at , the time the case comes up for trial. ; STATE JOINS LAND SUIT TRACT INVOLVED DECLARED SUBJECT TO RECOVERY. Non-Partisans Said to Be Raising Big Sunns for Propaganda; Farmer- La bo r Fmnds Growing.. RAIN BRAVED BY CROWD CHICAGO. Aug. 27 James Martin Miller, former United States consul general to New Zealand, tonight sent a letter to Cnairman Kenyon of the senate campaign investigating com mittee, asking that the committee look into the campaign finances and meth ods of the minor polttical parties, as well as of the republicans and dem ocrats. "The socialist party is raising a fund larger than ever before." said the letter in part, "and the non-partisan league is raising enormous sums for propaganda and political campaign purposes and the farmer-labor party also Is raising a campaign fund. "The socialists are great schemers and it has been persistently reported that they are financed by the bol sheviki in Russia. This report should be investigated. Some years ago this party sent Simon W. U'Ren, a life long socialist, to Orgeon to join' the republican party and socialize it from within.. He inspired 'the writing of the Oregon state republican platform and was praised for it by republicans. In reality he was a spy and the work was considered by the socialists as one of their great coups " Mr. Miller's letter also asked that betting on elections be investigated, charging that the major parties de liberately try to "influence votes by betting." BfIi Toll otea. "One or the other party will fur nish a Wall-street broker with $100, 000.000. This broker will then an nounce that he will bet 10 to 7 that a certain candidate is elected. Im mediately a lot of voters think that Wall street knows its business and that this candidate is certain of elec tion. This draws votes" to hini." In closing, Mr. Miller asked: "Are third parties often assisted by interests in a financial way. of either or both of the two big parties, in or der to draw enough votes from one or the other in certain sections to de feat the opponent parties?" j Hl Information Available. . Mr. Miller says he will place all j available information before the com- j mittee if requested. J National socialist headquarters later issued a statement declaring it was true that the socialist party was raising the largest campaign fund in its history, but denying that it re ceived funds from Russia, "although the party is in sympathy with the Russian socialists." The statement, signed by Otto Branstetter, national secretary, said in part: Xamra to Be Published. "It has long been the socialist cus tom to publish in our organ the name of every contributor to our fund. This will be done this year, and will show that our money comes from small con tributors, j "The idea that we are trying to so cialize the republican party is absurd. "We are raising the largest cam paign fund in our history, but we are enabled to do so because of the over whelming discontent that pervades the workers of America. Our books are open at all times to any commit tee and we ask that it be brought on at any time." Mr. Branstetter said that Mr. U'Ren. to whom he presumed Mr. Miller re ferred, was "not a member of the socialist party, and so far as he knew never had been a dues-paying member." THOUSANDS AT SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON' FAIR. Day Given Over to' Chehalis and Ccnlralia New Attendance Mark Is Readied. CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Today was Chehalis-Centralia day at the southwest Washington fair. Business was practically sus pended at noon. The crowd at the fair gtounds ran well into the thou sands despite a drizzling rain that set in early. This year has set a new high mark in attendance. Visitors this year marvel as never before at the fine exhibits of local stock. Breeders of Jersey cattle cattle worthy of the name have out 53 head and many of these are rated by Jersey experts from Oregon as the equal of anything that is to be seen in the fairs of that state. The Hol sleln breed predominates greatly in this section, but owners did not have as big a show In proportion. The men doing the judging were loud in their praise of all that were shown The herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle shown by J. A. Scollard of Chehalis would rank as the equal of any of that breed in the United States. The same statement is true of many of the Shorthorns that were shown by George Bertrand in particular and some of the other breeders. Ayre- shires. Red Polls and a sprinkling of Guernseys complete the cattle show. One of the interesting exhibits in the commercial hall is that of the state training school for boys at Che halis. Here are shown a number of photographs taken before the present drainage system was put in as an illustration of the value of drainage The exhibit Itself has in it a fine display of grains, grasses and all kinds of vegetables. Lake County Company Seeks to Es tablish Title to Property Held by Loftus. SALEM, Or., Aug. 27. (Special.) Intervention by the state of Oregon in the suit brought by the Lake Coun ty Land & Livestock company to es tablish title to several hundred acres of land now held by Welbur Loftus, Warren Laird and others was an nounced here today by J. O. Bailey, who is in charge of the attorjiey-gen- ral s office during the temporary .ab sence of Attorney-General Brown. The state contends that these are marsh lands under a congressional act Of March 12. 1860, and are subject to recovery by the state. Should the plaintiffs prevail in the action, At- orney Bailey said, plans have been made, by the land and livestock com pany to extend their litigation to ln- lude the lands abutting Malheur. An derson and a number of other lakes ituated in southeastern and central Oregon. More than 100,000 acres of land are said to be involved in the entire project. Success on "the part of the plaintiffs also would prevent the contemplated action of the Roosevelt Bird Refuge association from ceding certain lands abutting Malheur Jake to the federal government, according to Mr. Bailey. In case the state is able to prove that the lands involved in the suit are of marsh variety Mr. Bailey said their recovery would be a simple matter under the congressional act. The lands held by Loftus and Laird are located in Lake- county. Death of Old Gray Mare Grieves Hood River. latter or Babe's Hoofs, for 12 Years Heard In Karly Morning Delivery The Oregonian, Stilled KoFever. H RESULT OF RATES FEARED Lumberman Sjjs Business Will Be Considerably Checked. HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Charles T. Early of Portland, general manager of the Oregon Lum ber company, en route home after three weeks spent in eastern Oregon, says the advances in rreight rates, effective yesterday, will result in a considerable checking of business. "Business conditions," sa; s Mr. Early, "are far from satisfactory. and the freight increase will make them much woTse. Just before leav ing Baker yesterday I checked over our unfilled car orders, which run Into the hundreds during the course of several months. Had they been furnished as ordered, we would have marketed many triillions of feet of lumber now' in the pile. "Manufacturing costs of anything that I am familiar with are increas ing right along. There must-be a stopping point somewhere. We must have a greater efficiency and must produce more if we prosper." C KEX SAYS CHARGIi IS FALSE Attorney Keplics He Wrote Plat- rorm 'JO Years Ago. The Simon W. U'Ren referred to in .the Miller letter is evidently W. S. U'Ren, Portland attorney and former ly of Oregon City. Mr. U'Ren. speak ing of portions of the letter in which he is called a "spy" of the social- - ist party, . characterized the whole statement as "fiction, pure and simple." "I am not, and never have been a member of the socialist party," de clared Mr. U'Hen. "I have lived in Oregon since 1$89. Twenty years ago when I was interested in putting through certain measures I mixed with all parties, but have never been financed by the socialist party nor have I been affiliated with them in any way. "In regard to the statement that 1 inspired the writing of the Oregon State republican platform, I consider that a joke, and I wonder what some of our good republicans would say to that idea. In 1902, when I was trying to get the Initiative and ref erendum through, I was present when the sub-committee went down to the old Title and Trust building to write up the platform. It happened that the stenographer was absent, as It was about lunch time, and I suggested that I could take the stenographer s place. "So I wrote up the platform while the sub-committee was out to lunch, and when they returned it was read to them. After they approved of it. it was turned over to the stenogra pher to copy. It was not my platform I was acting merely in the capacity of a stenographer. And that is the only time I had anything to do with it. Since that time, twenty years ago, I have had nothing whatever to do with the writing of the republican err any other platform. OOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Genuine grief prevailed among Hood River families yester day when, it was 'learned that Babe gray mare, known to all Hood Rive as The Oregonian horse, had to b shot, following an incurable illm Kor 12 years Babe, owned by th Slocom & Canfield Co., local circula tion agents of The Oregonian, ha drawn the cart from which boys de lvered the paper in all parts of th city. The clatter of her hoofs had be come a k'nd of an alarm clock for many residents. No member of the circulation staff o: the paper had been more faithful than Babe, who has missed less than six days carrying the papers in her 12 years of service. OFFICIALS HAVE TILT Sheriff Wins Point With Governor and Gets Requisition. SALEM, Or., Aug. 27 (Special.) Following a verbal battle between W. L. Campbell, sheriff, and the district attorney of Tillamook county, over the long distance telephone, numcr ous conferences between the peace of ficer and members of the attorney- general s staff, and the subsequent declaration of Governor Olcott that Oregon laws were not to be used as a "personal plaything," the executive late toaay issued repuisitlon papers lor Ktcnara i nomas, now under ar rest at Los Angeles, charged with larceny in connection with removing an automoDiie from Oregon, in vio- ation of a contract with the sellers. Sherlif Campbell left here tonight after the prisoner. Train Crew Is Fined $2 0. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 27 (Spe cial.) A Northern Pacific train held the Market street crossing at West street blocked once too often thi week, and yesterday the crew paid a fine of i'iO and costs in police court. The occasion for their arrest was the fact that a fire on the west side of town got under good head way because of the blockade, the fire truck having to take a more round about way to reach the blaze. $7 61 Xetted for Home. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.) Tag day, held for the Blanchett home for the aged, resulted $761. according to the Sisters of Charity of Providence, in charge. The JAIL BREAK PLAN NIPPED Bar on Window at I cton Is Found Half-Way Sawc i'lirough, PENDLETON, Or.. Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) One of the flat steel bars on a window of the Umatilla county jail was half-way sawed through and a hack-saw blade found by Sheriff Jinks Taylor late last night upon investi gation following suspicions of i planned jail break. It was just after Robert and Eu ge'ne Hunter were imprisoned Tues day at midnight as alleged cattle thieves that inmates of the basttle started to work on the sawing, ac cording to one of the prisoners who bold the officers of an attempt at a conccrted'jail break. CHILD IS SEIZED BY MAN Attempted Assault Charged lo AT leged Army Deserter. KAL.AMA, Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) A man giving his name as Roy Hanson, and said to be an army de serter. was arrested today charged with attempted assault on the 11-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A Wildgrubc. The child was on her way to town from the country to mail a lette when sne -was seized. The man was frightened away by an approaching automobile and afterward appre hended boarding a truck for I'ort land. . He said he was a member of com pany A, a9th ecstern coast artillery that he was 23 years old and had wife somewhere In the east. MEAT DUPING IS ALLEGED Frank Dayton Arrested at Rose burg Partner Is Sought. ROSE BURG, Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Frank Dayton, alias A. Mattson, was arrested here today and lodged in the county jail on complain of a number of local residents wh aver they purchased what was rep resented to them to be "cured ham of the best variety," but proved be small shoulders . and very much under weight. The authorities now are seekln Dayton s partner and two women said to have been working with them School Begins Tuesday,' Sept. 7- Looking Forward to School Days IT HAS been a long vacation ! The boys are ready for school! In another week they'll be poring over book, map and tablet! Right now is the time to buy their school clothes and, without question, right here is the place to buy them. Suppose you bring the boys in today and look over these great stacks of Boys' Belted Suits at $12.50 and Upwards An Extra Pair of "Knicks" With Nearly Every Suit Here are quite the best boys' clothes that American makers produce! Fabrics loomed and tailored with an eye single to withstanding the hard service of strenuous boy-life! Clothes built to stay with the boy in every emergency ! Today, then, if you're willing. Courteous service. The Second Floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth STARTS TODAY rmmi Blanchett home is what was the first hospital on the I'acific coast being established before the Civil war. It was used as a hospital until the pres ent St. Joseph's hospital was built. Salem School Population Grows. SALEM. Or., Aug. 27.; (Special.) The enrollment at the Salem public schools this year will exceed 3300, ac cording to John Todd, retiring super intendent. To accommodate the pu pils some improvements will be neces sary, and a temporary school building may have to be provided. Nothing will be done toward obtaining additional quarters, however, enrollment is made until the actual in September. CARS MAY BE RE-ROUTED Power Company Objects to Pro posal of Vancouver City Council. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.) Rerouting of the street cars in the city will result and the track from Eleventh and Columbia streets to Third and Columbia streets will be torn up if the city council iiMSfm.W d&i : I ' n . I "t A f TOi!fY sr -L MRinZffii MONDAY I Rsfv ''Jf2 '. . ' J V ONLY ir gm.. 'Jsmv S. f m Paris f feSSr"-1 ' 'tsdi the Bohemian- V ,BJM frifijikM rWI i3 SffWllIOlPf ist quarter I PmMiMnMjMMM and of a capti- rffl&ffi H vating Arabian 'VLtKrUlMU: J I1utrtt''tii tfiTtti Princess whose trtTXtftlm mmmMMX .isztsu psm f --JZ-C with sensation- j al' results. f " - Wurlitzer Concert Tomorrow X S Pathe News at 1:30 Comedy attempts to compel the North Coast Power -company to lay a certain base under its tracks before the street Is paved, according to L. Clarke, local manager. He said that the company could not afford to do this. Cars now coming into the city fro the north turn down Columbia stree on Eleventh, go to Third and then east on Third to Main street, com pleting a loop. K Alarm wireless bells can now be rung by at a distance of 100 miles Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. iTfti'iiiihl rection of Jepsen and yon jjerDerg IB Phone Your Want Ads to The Oregonian Main 7070 Auf. 560-93 Here's the owner of the funniest pair of eyes in the world. r9 BEN TURPIN as the impassioned lover in the mastodonic laugh tornado of the age "MARRIED LIFE" MACK SENNETT'S Five-reel message of mirth and merriment. NOT A WAR PICTURE Keates at the Organ Liberty News Review Liberty Editorial Weekly Liberty Topical Events 1 ... Sv J NOSE PULLED, IS CHARGE Tiro Seattle Dairymen to Face For mer Kniplojer in Court. ?KATTLE. Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Nose pulling is bad form In milk drivers' circles. And because Hood River to Send Delegates HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) J. H. Fredricy, vice-president of the Hood River Commercial club, has appointed the following citizens of the county as delegates to the northwestern reclamation and irriga tion congress to be held in Seattle on September 14 and 15: Geo. R. Wilbur. Frank Fenwick. G. M. Uptegrove, E. A. Brown, A. C. Staten, Gordon G. Brown. August Guignard. C. R. Bone, R. J. Mclsaac. G. A. McCurdy and C. E. Copple. I 'ire Damage $75,00 0. PORT MOODY, B. G, Aug. 27. Fire at the McN'air Shipping company's plant at Burrard inlet, near here, to day caused damage estimated at $7 5.000. - , ' ; d ; mm STARTS TODAY EUGENE O'BRIEN IN "THE FIGUREHEAD A Timely Photoplay that tells how the "wheels go round" in certain big "machines." 99 "TRAILED The action story B Y THREE" All day today. PEOPLE Direction of Jensen & Von Herberg