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PORTLAND, OREGON, -THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COLORADO LIKELY
JO GO REPUBLICAN
POLICE SLAY NEGRO
WHO FLASHES PISTOL
3250 HAITIENS ARE
SLAIN BY MARINES
$1 CANADIAN WHEAT
THREATENING TO U. S.
FARMERS MAY FACE RCIX,
WASHIXGTOX SAYS.
HUNTER, 78, REPORTED
LOST; DEATH FEARED
ROSEBCRG SEARCHERS OR
GANIZE TO FIND MAX
HARDING PLEDGES
SOUTH FAIR PLAY
EXTRA OUNCE IN LOAF
COSTS $909,600,000
DR. EOUI'S TERM
CUT BY WILSON
President Shears Two
Years Off Sentence.
QUARREL IX BLACK'S ROOM
STARTS IA'VESTIGATIOX. . '
CAPPER DECLARES GROWLERS
ROBBED BY SPECULATORS.
V
Democratic State Re
sents Wilsonism.
COUP ROUTS BOURBONS
Non-Partisans Gain Control
of Party at Primaries.
THOMAS AFFAIR MUDDLES
Senator's Determination to
Complicates Matters but
Refuses to Take Hand.
Run
Cox
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New Tork Evening Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. (Special.)
When I was In Colorado a week ago
the debris of the September primaries
had not cleared up sufficiently to
make possible an Intelligent state
ment on the situation of the state.
During the week It has cleared up
to some extent, but it Is still full of
complexities. These complexities do
no, so greatly affect the race as be
tween Harding and Cox.
Colorado, of course, ought to be ex
pected to go democratic. In 1916 It
gave Wilson the exceptionally large
majority of 76,000.
Colorado to Go for Harding:.
But the best judgment today is that
Colorado will go republican for the
eame reason that Is almost universal
throughout the west. That reason Is
Irritation against Wilson and the
democratic administration and the
wish to change it.
On the senatorship the Colorado sit
uation is less simple. In the primaries
In September there were two leading
candidates for the republican nom
ination for senator and two leading
candidates for the democratic nomina
tion. Because there was more inter
est in the republican race a good many
of the democrats left their own pri
maries in oraer to have a hand In the
more exciting race between the re
publicans. At the same time, the non-partisan
league, which is very ably managed
from a political point of view, slipped
Into the democratic primaries bodily
and practically succeeded in captur
ing the democratic organization. The
non-partisan league candidate for the
democratic nomination lost by the
narrow margin of 79 votes.
Justice Thought Radical.
But the man who won, a justice of
the supreme court for the state, Tully
Kcott, has been considered as leaning
toward the radicals in many of his
decisions and in his attitude generally.
The consequence Is that many con
servative democrats are disposed to
withhold support from him.
This tendency has been Increased
by a development of the last few days.
Charles S. Thomas, present democratic
senator, had determined to retire to
private life, and had formally refused
to be a candidate In the democratic
primaries. Since the result of those
pr
to
imaries, however, he has determined
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run independently and has come out I
on a platform which opposes the!
league of nations, giving among other!
reasons that the league "commits the
United States to direct participation!
in the political, religious, -racial and .
geographical differences and contro
versies, present and future, between
nations, races and creeds, the world
over."
Cox Asked to Take Hand.
The emergence of Senator Thomas
Is naturally disturbing to the demo
crats and Is one of the things that
tends to make democratic success in
the presidential ticket unlikely. . In
fact, some of the Colorado democrats
have appealed to Cox to repudiate
Thomas, but Cox has so far refused.
..Thomas is universally recognized as
an able man, with a free and inde
pendent mind, and his candidacy un
doubtedly will commend itself strong
ly to his state.
But this is not the end of the com
plications. The result of the repub
lican primaries for senator was al
most as close as the democratic" pri
maries. A wealthy mining man. Sam?
viel Nicholson, won by less than 400
votes. This lent some disaffection 'In
the republican ranks and. effort will
re made to run another republican,
Waterman, on an independent ticket.
Waterman toyed with the situation
for a while, but has now finally de
cided to run.
I.easrne Control Democrat..
To attempt to predict what will
come out of all these complications
would be vain. As one democratic con
pressman expressed It to me, "This
year's campaign is the worst muddled
mixup we have ever had in Colorado."
The one clear and conspicuous fact is
the emergence of the non-partisan
league.
Colorado democrats speak of the
league as. having "stolen" the demo
cratic organization. That i word
that many of us tend to use when
come one else has been a little
shrewder. The truth is all that the
r.on-partlsan league did was wholly
according to law, and was Just what
jny group of voters has a right to do
and could do provided they acted
compactly under capable leadership.
They merely did it in such a quiet
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Patrolmen Say They "Were Across
Room and Had Xo Chance
to Disarm Victim.
Henry Johnson, a negro employe of
the municipal paving plant, was shot
through the head and killed instantly
early this morning by Patrolman Mc
Mahan, who was searching the negro's
roam at Ninth and Glisan streets. The
patrolman said the negro had drawn
a pistol and had threatened to shoot
him. '
Sergeant Bruening and Patrolman
McMahan heard the negro quarreling
with a companion, Gertrude Vord, and
went into the lodgings to investigate.
They found the couple in a room in
the second story. A bottle of moonshine
whisky and the remnants of a lunch
were on the' table.
The police seized the whisky and
began searching the room for more.
Suddenly, the police say, Johnson
pulled a .38 caliber revolver from a
holster by his bed .and pointed it at
McMahan.
"I'll give you something to search
for," he 13 alleged to have shouted.
The policemen were across the
room from the negro, and say they
had no chance to disarm him. Both
bluecoats reached for their weapons,
but the patrolman drew and fired
first. The bullet hit Johnson in the
head and he died almose instantly.
The police arrested the negress as
witness. The dead man's body
was turned over to Coroner Smith.
COAL FAMINE NOT FEARED
Railroad Ordered to Supply North
west With 4 000 Cars Daily.
NEW TORK. . Oct. 13. There will
be no serious coal shortages in any
part of the country this year, pro
vided ordinary care Is exercised by
consumers, it was predicted today at
the conference of the National Coal
association, which- comprises two
thirds of the bituminous coal pro
ducers of the United States. Oper
ators, however, declared that to keep
the markets supplied steady work at
the mines and a sufficient supply of
railroad care would be required.
The interstate commerce commis
sion has requested railways "to move
4000 cars of coal a day into the north
west until December 1.
EYE VALUED AT $3500
Little Girl Who Lost Optic Gets
Judgment In Court.
PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 13. (Spe
cial.) For the loss of an eye, "mental
anguish and physical disfigurement,"
six-year-old Esther Wallingford of
Milton, Or, was awarded damages to
taling $3600 by a circuit court jury
here today. The accident occurred
some time ago r.-hen an automobile in
which the little girl was riding col
lided with an automobile driven by D.
B. Bannister of Athena.
William Wallingford. the father,
brought suit for $10,000. The jury
deliberated for eight hours on the
case.
MARKET HELD VITAL NEED
Farmers Must Get Credit to Europe
to Stabilize Demand, Says Hoover.
KANSAS CITT, Mo, Oct. 13. "The
real need of the farmers of the United
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States is credit to Europe which will
. . , . , . . .
stabilize demand," declared Herbert
Hoover in an address today before
the young men's division of the cham
ber of commerce.
"All credit for the farmer will break
down If the consumer cannot be
found, said Mr. Hoover. "Credit
given directly to -the farmer is all
right to tide him over a glutted mar
ket, but the first thing to be read
justed is the price level."
LIQUOR OUTPUT GROWING
Scotch Distillers Declare Pronibi
tion Boosted Sales in C S.
EDINBURG, Scotland, Oct. 13.
Advertisements appearing in Scot
tish newspapers in which distillers
claim their business with America
has greatly increased since prohibi
tion went into effect will be brought
to the attention of the department
of justice at Washington.
William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson
prohibition leader, addressing a meet
ing here last night, discussed these
advertisements and asserted he would
take this action regarding them.
SCOUT SHOWS GRATITUDE
Youth Ronts Robber From Home of
" Those Who Befriended Him.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 13. Lawrence
Westover, 16, boy scout, has paid part
of his debt of gratitude to C. R. Jew
ell, whose family gave him a home
with them last year after he had been
found trudging along on a country
road leading to Omaha.
Returning from school yesterday
the boy found s. burglar sacking the
family silverware. Arming himself
with a knife, he fought and finally
put the intruder to rout, but not until
he had been cut 12 times. None of
his wounds, however, is serious.
Venezuelan Outbreak Unverified.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Recent re
ports of a revolutionary outbreak in
the vicinity of Sjin Cristobal, Vene
zuela, have not been verified, accord
ing to advices reaching the state de
pa.rtmeo.t today,
Natives Slaughtered In
discriminately, Report.
INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED
General Barnett Declares He
Is Shocked by Conditions.
PRACTICE HELD COMMON
Courtsmartial Reveal Slaughter on
Island and Commandant Or
ders Killings Stopped.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Approxi
mately 3250 "armed Haitien bandits
have been killed by' United States
marines or Haitien gendarmerie dur
ing the 6 years of American occu
pation," Major-General George Bar
nett, ex-commandant of the marine
corps, eaid in a report made public
today by Secretary Daniels.
Total marine corps casualties to
date were shown to be one officer
and 12 enlisted men killed and two
officers and 26 enlisted men wounded.
Disclosure that a summary investi
gation of alleged "practically indis
criminate killing" of Haitien natives
by United States marines was ordered
more than a year ago by Major-General
Barnett was shown by the report.
General Saya He's Shocked.
Evidence at the trials of two marine
privates for the killing of natives,
"shocked me beyond expression," Gen
eral Barnett said in a letter of Sep
tember 27 to Colonel John H. Russell,
commanding in Haiti, ordering an im
mediate investigation with the ap
proval of Secretary Daniels. It was
at once carried out by Colonel Rus
sell, who submitted a report to the
navy department March 20, 1920. but.
General Barnett said, the report had
not been turned over to marine corps
headquarters up to last June, when he
was succeeded as commandant of the
corps by Major-General John A. Le
jeune. General Barnett's report contains
o indication of the result of the in
vestigation for this reason as it cov
ers operation in Haiti oniy up to the
time he was relieved as commandant.
Killings Held to Be Common.
Secretary Daniels, it was shown,
ordered General Barnett, September 18
last, to submit a special report on
conditions causing the investigation.
This report was Incorporated in the
general operations report made public
today. General Barnett received the
order while on leave of absence short
ly after publication of statements by
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THE
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Dominion Government Conlcm
plates Taking Over Crop Which
Now Crams Every Warehouse.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, 'Oct. 13. Official reports
reaching Washington show a condi
tion In the Canadian wheat market
which is fraught with great danger
to those grain growers of the United
States who have not disposed of their
product.
In fact, worse, conditions than those
of which the farmers now complain
are foreseen, because $1 wheat is in
prospect 1 in Canada, with a conse
quent collapse in breadstuff values.
Government action in Canada now
appears the only hope of saving the
wheat farmers fromVuin, because the
growers in Canada, like those In the
United States, are no longer produc
ing wheat at the low costs which ob
tained before the war.
The dominion government is said
to be holding itself in readiness to
take over the crops If necessary to
save the producers from a crisis that
might result in a general panic Not
a pound of "wheat is being exported
to Great Britain, for Australia and
New Zealand are now supplying Eng
land and the empire with all needed
wheat and flour. British ships re
leased from war work are available
in quantities and get all the wheat in
the Antipodes that the British house
holds can .consume.
Canada is thus deprived of a nat
ural market and one which It enjoyed
during the war period without com
pensation. With the stimulus of the
overseas market and the urge of gov
ernmental authority the wheat grow
ers of Canada extended their acreage
and farmed even more intensively for
bumper crops on every foot of wheat
land. With a tremendous crop on
hand and with elevators and cars
bulging with the grain, there alp
pears no foreign market, and unless
the government Intervenes the price
Is bound to break or new markets
must be developed.
VESSEL ASHORE; 3 LOST
James Carrnthers Is Aground, on
.' White-land Island. '
PRINCE RUPERT, B. Oct. 13.
The Canadian Fisheries & Cold Stor
age company's steamer James Car
ruthers, which sailed from here late
last night, is ashore on Whiteland Isl
and and three of the crew are miss
ing. The others of the crew were res
cued by a United States survey vessel.
FIRE DAMAGE IS MILLION
Freight House, Merchandise and
. Cars Destroyed in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. Fire, which de
stroyed the freight house of the Chi
cago Junctionrailroad this morning,
did damage estimated at $1,000,000.
officials of the railroad announced.
Quantities of merchandise in tran
sit were burned, and 260 freight cars,
most of them loaded," were destroyed
by the fire.
RUSSIAN EXPERIMENT IS ABOUT
Joseph Rohrer Becomes Separated
From Party In Timbered Dis
trict of North Umpqua.
ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 13. (Special.)
Joseph Rohrer, 78 years old, a res
ident of Canton, Ohio, and who has
been in this city the last few weeks
visiting with relatives, was reported
lost today in the timbered district of
the North Umpqua river in the vicin
ity of what is known as Strader's
cabin, 11 miles above the Wolff creek
ranger station,
Mr. Rohrer, in company with his
son-in-law, ,A- K. Gibbs, and two
other hunters, have been in that dis
trict since the latter part of last
week and Monday the trio started
out to hunt deer. Each hunter took
a separate course and when the other
two returned, to camp late in the af
ternoon and found Rohrer absent
they at once instituted a search.
The territory was covered thor
oughly by the two men and the
search continued Tuesday but no
trace could be found.
Last night J. C. Brooks, a member
of the hunting party, almost ex
hausted by his long search, solicited
the aid of forest rangers of the North
Umpqua, afid they in turn communi
cated . this morning with Forest Su
pervisor Ramsdell of this city, the
latter making immediate arrange
ments to dispatch a searching party.
Late today a report received from
near Wolff creek was that no trace
of the man had been discovered.
The country in which Mr. RohrVr Is
lost is heavily timbered and is on the
divide between Little river and the
North Umpqua. Eight inches of
snow is reported since Monday in that
district and the hunter being thinly
clad. It Is believed he has died from
exposure.
RANGES GET FIRST SNOW
Monnt Hood Has New Drapery;
Rain Today's Forecast.
Winter sent an advance guard early
yesterday morning to the hill ranges
just beyond the city and occupied
their crests with snow the first of
the season. Mount Hood, through
cloud rifts, was draped in a new garb
of spotless white. In the Willamette
valley the rain, now In its fourth week
of intermittent duration, continued to
drench the fields and delay the potato
harvest.
The weather prediction for today is
more rain, with southeasterly gales
along the Oregon and Washington
coast.
COX CHALLENGES HARDING
Debate on League Wanted, Says
Mississippi Senator.
NEW TORK, Oct. 13. On behalf of
Governor Cox, Pat Harrison, senator
from Mississippi, today- Issued a for
mat challenge to Senator Harding to
meet the democratic presidential can
didate in joint debate.
It is proposed that the league of na
tions be the subject to be discussed.
OVER.
Party Has One Policy for
All U. S., Says Senator.
WILSON BRANDED DICTATOR
President Said to Have Brok
en Party Platform Pledges.
FLAWS OF LEAGUE SHOWN
Ambiguity in Constitution Caused
Civil War and Pact Is Score of
Ambiguities, Is Warning.
CJTATT A vnnr. i t-,, i t
the voters of tiie democratic south
Senator Harding tonight addressed an
appeal for earnest consideration of
republican principles and gave a
promise that republican successes In
the election would mean "the same
policy of helpful protection to all
American production, north and
south."
In a speech at an auditorium here
he suggested "diversified politics" as
the thing required to remove the last
trace of sectional misunderstanding
and said that his party had no policy
for one section that It did not preach
for all sections alike.
The democratic party he attacked
for its conduct of affairs both at home
and abroad. President Wilson, h
said, repeatedly had dictated to con
gress, even at the expense of violat
ing pledges of his own party platform,
and finally had attempted to force ac
ceptance of the league of nations
covenant by depriving the senate of
its constitutional powers.
Pact Fnll of Ambiguities.
An ambiguity in the federal consti
tution, he said, had been responsible
for the civil war and he voiced a hope
that no similar catastrophe would be
courted by accepting a league cove
nant "containing a score of ambigui
ties." "Looking back now in the concord
of union," he said, "we note no dif
ference in patriotic love of country
north or south; rather a misunder
standing as to the meaning of it It
little matters now about grievances,
about early differences, about the em
bittered disappointments. The su
preme fact is that we are united
"All that north and south ' ever
needed was understanding with one
another. We have that understanding
now.
"We are not wholly of one mind In
our party devotion, but it will be a
grand day for America when our par
tisan differences are buried in the
concord of new understanding. If re
publican politics are good for the
north, they deserve the earnest con
sideration of the south.
Policy for All U. S. Same.
"We are interdependent and the
republican party proclaims the same
doctrine of agricultural good fortune
in the south that it does in the north
It preaches the same policy of finance
north and south. It preaches the same
policy Of a helnftil .
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American production, north or south.
we oeneve m protecting cotton
and cotton-seed products of the south
and wheat and wool in the north We
believe in protection for peanuts
south and potatoes north. We believe
in southern factories and northern
factories selling to America first, and
we acclaim an industrial south as one
of the essentials to the Idea! republic.
"I want the self-reliant America
self-reliant agriculturally, eelf-reli-ant
politically. That is why I insist
that we shall never accept a league
of nations with the material heart of
a military alliance, to rule the world
by force of arms.
Ambiguity Caused War.
"North and south fought because
the states of the south thought' they
had the right to withdraw from the
union. The north thought the union
to be indissoluble. Then came the
conflict over an ambiguity in the
constitution. There are a score of
ambiguities in the president's cove
nant and he would not tolerate tneir
clarification by reservations.
"I have a deep and abiding faith in
American institutions and in the fun
damental principles upon which they
rest. The people, by their constitu
tion, have carefully enumerated the
powers of their governmental agents.
Neither agent is superior to the other
and neither owes any degree of re
sponsibility to the other. For either
to Invade the field of action dele
gated to the other is to usurp the au
thority of the other. During the life
of the present administration this
condition, which the constitution in
hibits, has arisen again and again.
Congress Wllnon'a Echo.
"Congress while under democratic
control was, with rare exception, a
mere echo of the executive. He did
not inform them from time to time
respecting the state of the union as
the constitution contemplates; he told
them what to do.
"The democratic platform of 1912,
for example, declared ror a single
term and a bill was actually intro
duced and I think reported to the
senate, to carry this platform declar
ation into effect. But the president
not only compelled its abandonment,
but accepted a renomination. The
.iCoacluded on I'.se 3, (Jolulna i.j
Senator Threatens to Offer Bill to
Put Chicago Board of Trade
Out of Business.
SMITH CENTER. Kan.. Oct. 13. One
ounce more of bread In the loaf at the
old price is what the consumer 'is
now offered for the $909,600,000 loss
the "Chicago wheat gamblers" have
caused the American wheat raiser In
the last two months "by gambling In
futures." United States Senator Cap
per declared in an address tonight.
"Years ago," he said, "the people
demanded the suspension of the
Louisiana lottery, but today, under
the cloak of business respectabJity.
we are permitting the biggest gam
bling hell in the world to be operated
on the Chicago board of trade. By
comparison Europe's suicide club at
Monte Carlo Is as innocent and in
nocuous as a church bazaar.
"Several weeks ago I began work
on a measure to abolish this injurious
form of robbery and shall shoot this
bill in on the first day of the next
congress and will undertake to put
this den of thieves out of business."
Since July 15, when trading in
futures was resumed, the Kansas
senator declared that grain specula
tors have sold or oversold this year's
crop five or six times. Only about
1 per cent of the trading in futures is
a bona fide transaction for actual de
livery, he asserted.
Because the speculators are forcing
down the price of wheat, the senator
asserted "the farmer who sold his
hogs and cattle at a heavy loss while
meat still Bells for war prices is
again made the goat, and the wheat
raiser, whose crop this year costs
him more for wages and equipment
than any other he ever produced, sees
the farm price of his crop cut vir
tually in two with no real benefit
to anybody except the brokerage
firms who collect the commissions.
"These losses," he said, "amounting
to nearly a dollar a bushel in the
farm price, are being augmented and
the speculators aided by the unre
stricted influx of duty-free Canadian
wheat and abetted by the difference
in exchange value, amounting to
about 30 cents a bushel in favor of
the Importer."
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS ON
Will of Wealthy Recluse Contested
in Salem, Mass., Court.
SALEM, Mass., Oct. 13. The legal
battle for the millions of Edward F.
Searles. the recluse millionaire of
Methuen and New Tork. who died
recently, was opened in the probate
court here today.
It was Indicated that the attempt
to contest by Victor Albert Searles, a
Boston artist, who was a nephew of
the testator, would be based on a
contention that the aged millionaire
was not fit physically or mentally at
the time the will was drawn to under,
stand or to make such an intricate
instrument as that offered for pro
bate. By thi3 will Arthur T. Walker of
New York, a clerk, was made residu
ary legatee of the estate, which is
estimated at between $30,000,000 and
$50,000,000, and the nephew was to
get $250,000. Victor Albert Searles
already has forfeited this legacy.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAT'S Maximum tern perature. 50
degrees; minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain ; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Great Britain firm in stand on Trlh prob
lem, aays chieC secretary. rage 3.
National.
American and foreign shipping lines com
bine to war on French line. Page 1.
Dollar wheat In Canada la threatening
damage to American farmer. Page 1.
Peri! to Industry seen in present tax law.
Page 5.
Agriculture hearing1 before full reserve
board to be asked. Page 2.
United States marines declared to have
killed oxf Haitien bandits by thousands.
faKO 1.
Folitics.
Colorado Is expected to go republican be
cause of Its resentment against Wilson.
Page 1.
Lodge urges voters to stand by Monroe.
Page 2.
Harding pledges south fair p'ay. Page 1.
Speaking campaign. arranged by repub
lican central committee, to cover state.
Page 16.
Attorney-general's seat coveted prize.
Page 16.
Domestic
Senator Capper declares extra ounce !n
loef costs growers J.o0.tS00.OO0. stolen
by speculators. Page J..
Pacific Northwest.
Hunter. 7. reported lost in timber of
North Umpqua river. Page 1.
Harney county declared "goat" of bird
lovers. Page J.
Olcott refuses three Taylor slayers clem
ency. Pago S.
Justice Brown to assume duties on state
supreme court bench today. Page 7.
Tacoma police seek extradition of woman
in iStagg kidnaping case. Page 3,
8 port
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3.
Vernon 2; Sacramento 6, Los AngeSes 5;
Fan Francisco 8, Seattle 7; Oakland
Salt Lake game postponed. Vage 14.
Inquiry into coast league corruption
charges to start Friday. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Port of Portland now has own plant In
spector, sent here by federal govern
ment. Page 22.
Wool auctions in Australia not favorable
to sellers. Page L'.i.
Speculative railway txsues in demand In
Wail street. Page 2;l.
Chicago wheat stronger -owing to farmers'
action. Pae 23.
Portland and Vicinity.
Improvement of parks and playgrounds de
clared to be up to city voters. Page 12.
President cuts term of Dr. Marie Eq ui
and F. W. Bol-d. both convicted under
espionage aft. Page I.
Youth taken In custody charged with steal
ing California's wife. Page 13.
Early solution of western lumber shippin-g
problem held unlikely. Page 22.
Improvement of Foster road is promised
by city commission. Page 6.
A Idrich Is ready to go back to Chicago
to face accusers. Page 8.
Teachers cautious about tenure law. Iage 4.
Klamath county courthouse fight on again.
Page 4.
Crow more roses. Fays Mayor Raker in
behalf of Ad club campaign Page 6.
F. W. BOLD ALSO HELPED
Bonanza Merchant Will Not
Have to Serve Time.
BOTH HELD AS RADICALS
Presidential Clemency Granted to
Two Convicted Under Espionage
Act; "Woman Goes Soon.
Presidential clemency has com
muted the sentence of Dr. Marie
Equi. convicted two years ago for
violation of the espionage act, to a
term of one year and a day in the
federal prison at McNeil's island, ac
cording to messages received last
night by United States District At
torney Humphreys and United States
Marshal Alexander, from Attorney
General Palmer.
Under sentence of three years, with
an additional fine of $500, Dr. Equi
and her at-forneys have been striving
for leniency or pardon since Novem
ber 21. 1918. when she was convicted
in federal court in this city.
PriHonrr .Hay Start Today.
The commutation of Dr. Equl's
sentence is held to be final and under
Instructions from the attorney gen
eral she will be conveyed at once,
probably leaving Portland today In
custody of a deputy marshal, to Mc
Neil's island, where the president's
warrant will await her. A reprieve
from Washington, obtained some time
ago expires at midnight. Since her
trial and conviction Dr. Equi has been
at liberty under $10,000 bail, and the
protracted character of her fight for
freedom, together" with the sensation
al nature of the charges on which
she was convicted, have attracted
wjde public Interest.
Acompanying the attorney gene
ral's message regarding the final dis
position of the Equi case, was a pres
idential commutation of sentence for
I- W. Bold, merchant, of Bonanza,
Or., who was sentenced to serve 15
months at McNeil's island for viola
tion of the espionage a. Bold's
sentence was commuted to a fine of
$500, with the ' express stipulation
that the fine must be paid immediate
ly or the original sentence will be
come effective. The specific charge
upon which ha was convicted was
that he Interfered with the progress
of the liberty loans, by circulating
malicious statements.
Klasr Belittled In Speech.
Dr. Equi. 'lonsr known In Portland
as a leader of radical thought as well
as a successful physician, was taken
into custody late In June, 191S. for
statements made by her to a meet
ing of alleged radicals in this city.
It was charged that she referred
therein to the American colors as "a
dirty little rag" and that she spoke of
American soldiers and sailors as
"scum." During her trial she was rep
resented by George V. Vanderveer.
national counsel for the I. W. W.
Colonel C. E. S. Wood later represent
ed her in unsuccessful motions for ap
peal. The Equi case became almost a
cause celebre among her friends and
radical sympathizers. Declaring her
innocense of disloyal intent, they
sought a pardon from President Wil
son and gained a reprieve. Federal
officials here tave awaited with keen
interest the eventual disposal of the
matter and have even cautlonsly pre
dicted that a pardon might be forth
coming. The New York bomb outrage
is held by some to have strengthened
the deinand that radical offenders go
not unpunished.
It was believed that Dr. Equi would
serve her sentence at Rockwell City,
la., where the federal reformatory for
women is located, owing to the lack
of accommodations for women at Mc
Neil's island. Instructions from the
attorney-general, however, indicate
that Dr. Equi is to be incarcerated at
McNeil's island for the duration of
her term.
WINE MAKING IS LEGAL
Heads of Families Allowed 20 0
Gallons for Home Use.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. Heads of
families may manufacture, in the
home and for home use only, 100 gal
lons of dry wine or cider, without re
gard to the alcoholic content and
without having to pay any federal
tax on it.
Justus S. Warden, collector of the
Internal revenue for the northern dis
trict of California, was advised of
this decision Tuesday in a telegram
from William M. Williams, internal
Urevenue commissioner at Washington.
WOMAN, AGED 109, DIES
IovrVs Oldest Itesident Able to Do
Housework Shortly Before Death.
WATERLOO, Iowa. Oct. 13. Mrs.
Isaac Spoors, aged 109, of Waterloo,
said to be Iowa's oldest resident, died
last night.
Trior to an illness of eight day
she was able to do all housework.