THE 3IORNIXG OREGONIAX. MONDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1920 CHARGE OF KILLING AH MODIFIED Ex-Marine Commandant Ex plains Meaning of Letter. PROMISCUOUS NOT MEANT la.vins Done Without Due Process of Law "Was Expression Ia Icndcd, Avers General. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Denial that ho had intended to convey the im pression there had been "promiscu ous killing" of native Haiti ens by marines during American occupation oC the island between 1915 and 190 v as made tonight by Major Oeneral George Iarnctt, ex-commandant of marines In a statement which he eaid was issued at the requeHt of Secretary Ianielrt. General liainett declared that the statement in his Jotter of October 2. 1919, to Colonel John 11. Russell, commander of the marines in Haiti, that "statement of counsel showed ine practically indis criminate killing1 of natives had taken place" was meant to express "without due process of law" and "not as seems now to be misinterpreted as 'pro miscuous.' " The letter written to Colonel Rus srll after General Barnett, the com mandant, had received a report of the counsel in the court-martial of two marines chargred with the Uillinic of natives, was con tain ed in the report of American activities in the island, rec ently made public by the ivavy de partment and which resulted in a board of inquiry being named to In vestigate the charges of illegal, exe cutions. GcneraJ Barnett s statement fol io w s : "I have consistently refrained from priving out any information and from jrrantmg any interviews on the Huitien situation. Any action taken by me as the commandant of the corps was taken considering only the good of the corps and the proper per formance of duty by the corps. My official letter of September 27, 1919. covered the case fully, but at the re quest of the secretary of the navy 1 should like to make it clear that the statement in my letter of October 2. 1919, as follows, namely, 'A statement by counsel showed me that practically Indiscriminate killing of natives, etc., was meant by me to express 'with out due process of law and not as perms now to be misinterpreted as promiscuous,' and I further meant, of course, that such 'statement of coun ter would have weight in my mind on ly when proved, and in order to have him prove or disprove the truths of the statement I wrote the letter of October 2, 1919, to the brigadier com mander. I am a soldier and not an author. I feel certain that the briga dier commander fully understood my Cleaning. "This whole matter refers only to a very small portion of the marine corps on duty in Haiti. My fult re port shows that duty in general was splendidly performed." AUTO DIVES; FIVE MISSING (Continued From First Page.) Automobile club for help. Mean time the driver of the machine which had stopped on account of the fog. and around which Mcintosh was driv ing when he went off the bank, had driven to the club and had reported the accident. The authorities did not learn the name of that driver. George M. Chambers, secretary of the club, hurried to the scene of the accident to render assistance. He and Couy heard Concannon shouting for help, and crawled down the-bank and pulled him from the water. Then they put a rope around his armpits and dragged him up the bank. Concannon SuataLnii Cat. Conca,nnon suffered a slight cut be hind the left ear and a bad chill. The Ambulance Service company took him to the county jail, where he made a full statement after he had recov ered. Then he was released, al though Deputy Sheriffs Bailey and Kexford had threatened to file a charge against him when he told them, immediately after the acci dent, that be didn't know anything About it. , Concannon said the Then had moon shine whisky In the car and that he had taken several drinks. He denied knowledge of how much whisky they had and where they obtained it. He said he did not know how fast they were going when the accident hap pened. Wreck la at Foot or mil. The crash occurred at the foot of the hill descending to the Sandy river. The night was foggy, with occasional banks of fog so dense that it was im possible to see more than a few feet ahead. The road was about 50 feet vide, with the pavement in the mid dle, a high bank on one side and the river on the other. The spot has been the scene of many accidents and it was within a few feet of the tragedy last night that the car in which Mrs, Norton of Hood Kiver, Or., went off the bank Into the river. Mrs. Norton was drowned, although her husband es caped. o Other Vonlvora Seen The automobile was underneath the water when the rescuers arrived. Hoping that some of the party had tscaped to shore, the officers searched along the water's edge fur more than tin hour, but did not see or hear anything to justify a hope that there were any survivors. Meanwhile the machine with the iieuuiiKtiis sun Durning, spread an eerie light over the scene. The head lights could be seen from the high way and many spectators . gathered to watch the search. The bank, how ever, was so steep as to render descent without a flashlight danger ous. None of the bystanders vent ured to climb down. The car stopped about 1U iert from the river bank ami it was said that it was 10 feet under water. Woman Bereaved of Taree. M. D. McDonald, father of the two McDonald boys also in the party, was Z2 years old and was a musician, liecently he had been playing at the liroadway dance hall. Mrs. MeDonMd the wife and mother is living, and was broken with grief last night as she l:eard the news that three members of her family had been taken. Adding to the tragedy for the fam ily was the fact that Alec McDonald, oldest son, had just come to Portland from Uainier, Or. where he had been working, to visit his parents. He was a single man. By the evident drowning of Walter McDonald. a wife and two little sons are left in griff. The family lived at the Up thur apartments. Kit-hard Mcintosh was the son of Robert Mclutosh and lived at 2a- EX-PORTLAND MAN DIES IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA, FROM TYPHUS, ' V ' i - aTJ a-?- r JOHN vier street. His father Is a partner in the Cornfoot & Mcintosh Ship Re pair company. He is survived also by five brothers and two sisters. Edward A. Hearty Jr. was the son of Edward A. Hearty, 2S7 North Twenty second street. lie was a baker, about 27 years old. H. C. Couy is a traveling salesman for the Faillng-McOalman company. Concannon is a clerk, 31 years old. E DAMAGED BY BLAST EXPLOSION' IS M.VXY FOLLOWED SHOTS. BY Flght Between Miners Takes Place and One of Attacking Party Is Reported Killed. MORGAXTOWX, TV. Va., Oct. 17. The tipple and the entrance to the Kockford coal mine of theConnells ville Basin Coal & Coke company at Rocktord, . V a., near here, were badly damaged by an explosion of dynamite shortly before midnight to night. Twelve men at work in the mine succeeded in making their escape. Soon after the explosion the power house of the coal company was at tacked. Many shots were fired. The sound of the shooting and the ex posion attracted non-union miners employed by the company and they quickly assembled at the powerhouse. In the fight which followed it is believed that one of the men of the attacking party was either kiled or badly wounded as he was carried away by some of his companions when they were finally driven off. A detachment of state police sta tioned at this place was notified of the occurrence and sent a squad of men to the scene. They scoured the country in search of the attackers. but it is not yet known here whether any arrests were made. It was also reported that an ex plosion occurred at the Richard mine of the Penn Mary Coal company, one mile away, but detaiU were not ob tainable here. Four months ago a strike of coal miners was called in this field. Since that time non-union men have been employed in a number of the mines but there have been no disturbances until tonight. Last winter federal agents were bu-sy in this field search ing for radicals and some men were arrested and deported. CONCERT TICKETS ON SALE Applications Coming In From Port- landers All Over XT. S. Applications for season tickets for the Portland symphony orchestra concerts this winter are reaching Mrs. M. Donald Spencer, business manager, from various parts of the United States, where Portlanders are visiting at present. One request for reservations has come from Danville, N. Y., from a Portland woman who will return home just in time for the second concert. Others who are eager to get season tickets have written from various parts of the state. "Still many season tickets remain to be sold," said Mrs. Spencer, "with the first concert scheduled for Octo ber 7. We need the support of the people of Portland to make this sea son a success." Tickets will be on sale until Fri day 6f this week. All six concerts will be given at the Heilig theater. EQUI CONVICTION RAPPED amlerveer Icclarcs Evidence at Trial Was Perjured. The democratic administration In greneral and President Wilson in par ticular were assailed by all the speak ers at a mass meeting held in the Machinists' hall last night. Before a crowded house the speakers de nounced the administration in no un Miss Lisle i , ,. VlfljWM"1"1"'1'"" 'l"miwiiijj , --', . I sX CUV ''?-Z:W I 1 Vf- ,3 ' - The Notorious ',', it RKF.D, certain terms for the conviction of Dr. Marie Equi. George Vanderveer, northwest coun sel for the Industrial Workers of the World, gave a resume of the Equi case, declaring hat evidence intro duced into the trial was perjured and that tNe two men whose evidence broughc the conviction "one of them a crook and the other a fool" delib erately misrepresented facts of the case. Another speaker referred to Presi dent Wilson as "the emperor at Wash ington.' declaring that he believed as thoroughly in the slavery of the working class as any pro-slavery ora tor .of the civil war days. A resolution protesting against the conviction of Dr. Equi was written and unanimously adopted by the meet ing. The resolution will be forwarded to President Wilson, according to Joe Thornton, chairman of the meeting. JOHN REED' DIES 1IM RUSSIA (Continued Frum Ft rut Page.) Ions and was well known in this city. Since reaching1 Finland Reed has been reported arrested on two occa sions and at one time it was said he had been executed. On August 28 it was reported he had been sent to Moscow to represent American communists. ACHESON'S World Beater Offer for the opening' of his new store at 92 Broadway, opposite Oregon hotel. "Watch Tuesday's papers for the offer and act quickly Wednesday. Ladies' and men's suits to order. Two Killed by Riots. BELFAST, Oct. 17. Two deaths oc curred today as a result of the riot Ing in the Marrowbone district of North Belfast Saturday night. The victims were Matthew McAllister and William Mitchell, who succumbed to gunshot wounds. One man was killed outright during the rioting and sev eral eeriously injured. Read The Oreonian classified ads. What Do You Expect a Tooth Paste to Do? We believe that Pebeco Tooth Paste used regularly twice a day will fulfill almost anybody's expectations. TOOTH PASTE Counteracts "Acid-Mouth" Pebeco benefits the teeth, gums and mouth interior by wholly natural means. It stimulates the saliva in such a way that the teeth, gums and entire oral cavity . are kept constantly and naturally bathed with the fluid which best promotes gleaming white teeth, firm, healthy gums, a normal breath, and freedom from harm ful mouth acids. Have your teeth examined by your dentist twice a year, and use Pebeco twice every day. I ' OVtt SK-'.t 13 oust bOWP I WASHINGTON READY FOR FINAL CAMPAIGN Leaders of All Parties Are . Marshaling Forces. SPEAKING LISTS LONG Mrs. Raymond Bobbins Is Only Re publican Speaker of Xational Prominence "Wbo Is Listed. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 17. (Spe cial.) With two weeks of the na tional and state campaign left before election day. the Washington state leaders of all parties have marshaled their forces for the final onslaught. So thoroughly arranged are the de tails that the activities this week are expected to equal those that usually characterize the closing days. Republican, democratic and farmer labor organization leaders have added a number of speakers to their already lengthy lists and these are under or ders to take the stump at once While the republican state headquarters has announced Mrs. Raymond Robbins as the only national speaker of the week for Seattle, other campaigners of country-wide reputation are in re serve. George K. Ryan, vice-chairman of the democratic state committee, will have Ronald B. Mahoney, assistant secretary of labor, in the state next Saturday and during the following week Morris Sheppard, United States senator of Texas, and Solon .Fieldman, New York labor leader, will begin a tour of Washington. The farmer labor party is depending more upon its candidates for .speech-making. Chairmen Check Conditions. Chairmen of the various state com mittees made a check of conditions last week through their state com mitteemen and county chairmen and the politicians around headquarters began to talk in figures for the first time. While none of the executives of the state committees would ven ture a prediction this early, those whose duties at headquarters include the task of keeping tab on the pre cincts were not so reticent. At republican headquarters, enthu siasts said that Harding would carry the state by a 50,000 to 60.000 plural ity and that Governor Hart is gaining steadily in all sections. The pro- Japanese attitude, speeches and inter views of Bridges during the week have caused the defection of several prominent farmers on both sides of the mountains, which must have its effect, republicans said, on the party. From Yakima and Faso came reports. that Bridges espousal of unrestricted immigration of Asiatics had aroused the railroad men and had driven away some support the gubernatorial can didate once had. These votes, repub lican workers on the east side said are going to Hart. Democrat. Win Iat Race Four years ago the democats car ried the state by 161,000. The Euro pean war and unusual domestic con ditions incident to that struggle, ob servers said, caused the pendulum to swing to an unnatural point in the arc, as Washington is normally a re publican state. This year, leaders of that party said, the intense desire of the people for a change from the democratic administration will cause as startling a "flurry" the other way. George E. Ryan, vice-chairman of the democratic state committee, said that last week brought most encour aging reports from over the state and that there has set in a strong tide for Cox for president and W. W, Black for governor. Black Declared Supported "Judge Black has aroused interest and enthusiasm in eastern Washing ton during the ten days he has been over there," said Ryan. "He had large meetings everywhere and repre sented the sentiment of the people to at. n. s. rmx. ot- Pebeco is sold by druggists everywhere be changing. I am convinced that the J quiet, independent vote is being heard from and that it is for Cox and Black." Interest In the state ticket over shadows that for the national candi dates at farmer-labor headquarters. Bridges spoke at Goldendale in Klickat county, last night and was in, Lewis county today speakinpr at Centralia and Chehalis. Judge Black, democratic nominee, also will be on the west side this week, while Gov ernor Hart will be campaigning in eastern Washington. Governor Hart Goes Gut, Governor Hart closed the week in Bellingham and went east.last night. Wesley L. Jones will be in Wenat chee tomorrow and will also spend the week east of the Cascades. Will iam J. McCoyle, republican candidate for lieutenant-governor, began his eastern Washington campaign last Friday and will close it at Walla Walla on October 21. He will then come west to Vancouver. Other state officials and congressional nominees will be on the stump this week. Mrs. Kstella G. Mendenhall of Se attle, who had charge of the soldiers' and sailors' club during the war and the demobolization period, is touring eastern Washington for the soldiers' tonus bill. An itinerary is Ijeing ar ranged at state headquarters for Mrs. Ruth Karr McKee, who was at the head of the minute women's organi zation during the war and also for Mrs. W. li Brown of Vader, Lewis county, an. alternate to the last re publican national convention. Speaker, to Be Active. Among: the men active next week in speech-making for the republican ticket will be John P. Hartman, Cap tain Robert K. Dwyer, Colonel Walter B. Beals, Colonel Howard A. Hanson, Captain Ewing D. Colvin, Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell, Lieutenant Ralph Horr, Rev. W. A. Major and E. P. IJole, ex-attorney-general of Hawaii, all of whom will travel out of Seattle: State Senators Johnson of Colville and My ers of Davenport, Judge Lester Still of Coupeville, E. L. Brunron, ex-post master of Walla Wjilla, and a number of eastern Washington leaders. The wishes of the platform speak ers. State Chairman nenoera saia, would be considered as much as pos sible, but all of them and a number of new ones will be called out on October 27, the anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth, which will be ob served by republicans throughout the country as "American Day" and when the sentiment "America is first" will dominate all meetings. In at least one city in each of the 39 counties of the state, one big meeting will be held and as many of the smaller communi ties as possible will be encouraged to observe the day. The Seattle meeting will be under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican club. Jndse Black to Go to Seattle. Judge Black, democratic nominee for governor, will be in Seattle Tuesday night, when he will make an address in the university Masonic hall under the auspices of the Uni versity of Washington Cox-Roosevelt clubs, the first meeting to be held by that organization. Hugh C. Tedd democratic candidate Tor congress in the 1st district, will go with Judge Black to ICitsap county Tuesday morning and speak at the Black meet. ings at noon in Bremerton, at Port Orchard at 2:30 P. M. and in the uni versity Masonic hall that night. Judge Black then will go north to Blaine and will speak during the week in Whatcom. Skagit and Sno homish counties, all returning to Se attle next Sunday in time to attend the King democratic club luncheon and some meetings in the Seattle suburbs that evening. Labor Official to Speak. Assistant Secretary Mahoney of the labor department will come to Wash ington in place of Secretary Wilson, who last week suffered a bereave ment in the death of his wife. He NOW PLAYING Cecil DeMille's "SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT" A romance scaling; heights and sounding depths of human experi ence with Gloria Swanson Theodore Roberts Elliott Dexter Monte Blue Coming, Nazimova's "Madame Peacock" Neuralgic Pains Give Way to Soothing Wizard Oil. Hamita's Hamlin's "Wizard Oil is a eafe, aim pie and effective treatment for both headache and neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain is, it eases the tortured nerves and almost invariably brings quick, relief. Keep a supply on hand. Wizard Oil Is a good dependable preparation to have in the medicine chest for first aid when the doctor may be far away. Its healing, anti septic qualities can always be re lied upon as a preventative against infection, or other serious results, from sprains, bruises, cuts, burnsf bites and stings. Just as good, too, for sore- feet, stiff neck, frost bites, cold sores and canker sores. Generous size bottle 35c If you are troubled with constipation or blck headache try Hamlin's Wizard IJver Whips. Just pleiant little pick fiU at drusgists for 3Uc Adv. will have his first' meeting In Spo kane next Saturday night and will join Judge Black and George F. Cot terill at Tacoma on October 25. He will speak at noon October 26 at Bremerton and in Seattle that eve ning. Vice-Chalrman Ryan has also an nounced that Judge' L. A. Chester of Seattle and A. R. Titlow of Tacoma, democratic national committeemen, will speak in southwestern Washing ton tomorrow and Tuesday, and State Senator A. E. Judd of Chehalis, in Lincoln and Grant counties. Ryan is arranging itineraries for 25 or more state speakers, men and women, who will take the field the latter part of this week and the first of next. HAIL OFFICIALS ON TOUR XOHTHERX PACIFIC AGE1VTS TO VISIT CITY OCT. 25. Object of Trip Primarily to Ac quaint Field Men With Actual Opportunities of West. E. F. Benson, manager of the re cently created department of the Northern Pacific railway known as the department of Immigration and industry, together with traveling im migration agents from St. Paul, Kan sas City and Chicago, are scheduled to arrive in Portland on Monday, Oc tober 25, on a tour of Inspection which includes all the irrigation and reclamation districts of the northwest which are served by the Northern Pa cific lines. The object of'the trip Is primarily to acquaint the field men with the actual opportunities in the west, that they may be better qualified to ex plain to prospective settlers the ad vantages to be gained and the diffi culties to be encountered in moving to a "new conutry. Problems pertain- ng to the individual districts will be taken up by tho experts en route. it is announced. Mr. Benson was formerly commis sioner of agriculture of Washington. The party, which started from St. Paul, Minn., last Tuesday, will be joined at Spokane by C. E. Arnaj, western immigration and industrial agent at Spokane, and E. Benz, spe cial agricultural agent at Toppenish. Dishwasher Attempts Suicide. Irene Martin, 26. a dishwasher em ployed in the kitchen of the St. Vin cent's hospital, attempted uicide at 6 o'clock last night by taking poison. Physicians reported at a late hour that she would recover. Despondency was given as the reason for her at tempt at suicide. Centralia Bridge Under Way. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 17. (Spe cial.) Work on the new. steel bridge over the Skookumohuck river on th x Last Times Today "THE JAIL BIRD" With DOUGLAS MacLEAN 1. 2. 3. uororny El D alt on Sir Tames Barrie's Tamou Play Half An Hour j& paramount SEE It TODAY LARRY SEMON IN DOUBLE THE SUITOR The funniest comedy of the year! A riot of laughter! i "Trailed by Three" Chapter 12 Coming Saturday: Katherine McDonald in "The Notorious Miss Lisle" M E These Are the Prices for Which I Am Selling Overcoats and Suits in This Real Clothing S A $40 Overcoats $50 Overcoats $60 Overcoats $70 Overcoats $80 Overcoats $90 Overcoats No Transaction Is Complete Until You Are SATISFIED , Men's Overcoats, Third Floor Men's Suits, Main Floor Young Men's Overcoats and Suits, Second Floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth Bucoda road, north of this city, is progressing rapidly, and the structure is about half completed. The Union Bridge Co., ot Portland, has the con tract. Construction was delayed con- and DORIS MAY : ' Entire New Show for Four Days Only STARTING TOMORROW TiEVELAnOXS" An Educational Bit of Something; IhukusI. "poutxantvs home. owned fleet." liberty world NEWS From the F o n r Cor sera of the Globe. 4. 1000 LBS. OF HAR MONY. "Some Staffers." KEATES AND OUR GIANT ORGAN f'4 fe-. 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My back was weak and lame, and whenever I tried to get up out of a chair a pain would strike me and it was all I could do to make it by " myself. I was bothered a good deal with headaches and dizzy spells and many a time could hardly stand up to walk a step My sleep was all broken up and that pulled me down until it took all the nerve and grit I had to . stay on the )ot during the day. "But Tanlac was the very thing I. needed and it didn't take birt four bottles to put me back in as fine . health as I ever enjoyed. My appe tite has come back bigger than ever and no matter what I eat it all agrees with me. My kidneys and back don't bother me any more and those head- . aches and dizzy spells have all gone.' I sleep sound and am putting in full time at work every day now. My wife was troubled with chronic indigestion and her appetite was so poor that she wasn't eating hardly as " much as I was. 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