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.
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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.
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BEN SELLING
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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
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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
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of the funniest
pair of eyes
in the world.
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BEN TURPIN
as the impassioned lover
in the mastodonic
laugh tornado of the age
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LIFE"
MACK SENNETT'S
Five-reel message of
mirth and merriment.
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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. - ,
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