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PORTLAND, . OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
YIVIANI RECEPTIVE-
DEBS, ON HONOR,
FREED FDR DAY
Secret Visit to Capital on
Harding's Approval.
GERMANY REVOLT
BELIEVED IK
Order Restored by Ham
burg Police.
GAVIN McNAB SIGNED
IM HAWLEY DIVORCE
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MART PICKFORD'S COCXSEL TO
ARGCE APPEAL.
HATE' FAIR.
FLIERS FROM SOUTH
TO PASS CITY TODAY
THREE DE HAVTLAXDS HEADED
FOR OLYMPIC FOREST.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY
TENNESSEE TORNADO
TO U. S. PROPOSALS
TWO PERSONS KILLED AXD 11
BADLY IXJCnED.
VISIT, HOWEVER, ANNOUNCED
AS HARDING COCRTESY.
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LANSING EXPOSES
BIG FOUR'S TRICKS
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NEW UPRISINGS REPORTED
Situation at Elsleben Con
tinues Critical.
REDS STILL IN CONTROL
Six Troopers In Service of Allied
riebiscite Commission In X'p
v per Silesia Are laln.
HAMBUnC, March- 21. (By. '.he
Associated Tress.) Thirty persons
ere killed in the riots here Wednes
day. .. Twenty-eight were seriously
wounded.
The communist revolt in the middle
German Industrial district was be
lieved to be receding, although more
outbreaks were reported in new
sections.
The situation continued critical at
Elslcbcn, where the reds at noon
were in unchallenged control of the
city. Detachments of security po.'ce
were en route to that point from
Magdeburg. Local detachments at
Eisloben were still besieged in a
schoolhouse under the firo of the
cunimuntsts.
City Virtually Cot Off.
The city was virtually cut nff
from communication. The rails had
been removed along1 parts of the
roads.
Youthful rioters began looting the
chops of the town. (
The communist movement was not
receiving the support of organized la
bor and it was believed the present
outbreak, on this accouDt, will be
short-lived.
In Hamburg the police were suc
cessful in breaking up communist
gatherings and protecting three large
shipyards.
TladJaals Are Locked l' p. I
One hundred radical workers who
Invaded the shipyards , Wednesday
were locked up. The security police
were guarding all the outlets.
Business was proceeding normally
In Hamburg.
The Volks Zeltung, communist or
gan, has been suppressed.
BEUTHEX, Upper Silesia, March 24.
Six Alpine troopers in the service of
the inter-allied plebiscite commission
were killed at Karf Tuesday by a mob
alleged to have been made up of
Poles, and as a result the commission
has adopted drastic measure to sup
press rioting.
The Alpine contingent, called out to
upprcss rioting, was attackeuVby the
mob. They took refuge In a private
bouse, which was besieged by the
rioters, who made a gunfire attack.
After the troopers had hung out a
wbite flag and offered to surrender
they were permitted to leave the
house under a guarantee of safe con
duct, reports from Karf stated. When
they reached the street, however, the
mob pounced on them, killed six of
the. party and seriously wounded
three others.
BERLIN, March 21. Several em
ployes of the inter-allied plebiscite
commission in Silesia have been mur
dered recently at Karf and the govr
ernor of Bcuthcn has ordered that
strictest measures to keep the peace
be taken. He has forbidden all as
semblages of more than four persona,
all meetings except those of a relig
ious nature are prohibited, and be
tween 8 o'clock in the evening and 4
o'clock in the morning all parties
numbering more than two persons
may be fired upon without warning.
Business houses may remain open
only between 9 and 12 in the morn
ing and 2 and S In the afternoon.
Smilar regulations have been issued
at Myslowitz.
60VIET GOLD IS BLAMED
(Revolt In Germany Is Reported to
Be Spreading.
LONDON, March 24. The commun
ist revolt in Germany financed, it was
declared, by soviet gold, was spread
ing throughout the industrial dis
tricts of middle Germany, threatening
the great ammonia, potash, anthra
cite and copper works, said a Central
Kews dispatch from Berlin today.
Strong police forces have been dis
patched to the centers where trouble
has grown.out of the recent demand
of the leaders for a general strike and
the arming of the proletariat Dres
den, Elsleben. Freiburg, Leipslc, Halle.
Mansfield and other towns, the mes
sage reported.
Efforts of the authorities, added
the dispatch, have only resulted in
the communists strengthening their
positions. '
ALL SUNDAY JOY BARRED
(Blue Laws in South Dakota to Be
Vigorously Enforced.
HURON, S. D.. March 24. Declara
tion that be will enforce every "blue
Jaw" on the statute books of South
Dakota and push to the limit punish
ment of all offenders was made by
Attorney-General Payne in his open
ing address before the assembly" of
elates attorneys today.
Sensational Case Will Be Presented
to Stale Supreme Court Jus
tices for Decision.
OREGON -CITT, Or., March 24.
(Special.) Mrs. Marjory Hawley of
this city announced today she had
hired Gavin McNab, the attorney who
obtained Mary Pickford's divorce, to
represent her before the state su
preme court when her divorce suit
against Wlllard P. Hawley Jr. comes
up for hearing on appeal. Mrs. Haw
ley said she had obtained Mr. McNab's
services during her recent trip to the
south.
The Hawley divorce case was one
of the most sensational ever tried
In the Oregon courts. Mr. Hawley is
the only son of W. P. Hawley of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company. Mrs.
Hawley was a telephone operator
here when she met her future hus
band. The trial developed sensational
charges and counter-charges.
Mrs.' Hawley asked for absolute di
vorce, custody of their child and
j;i0,000 bash. The court awarded her
the child pending appeal of the case
and $250 a month temporary alimony.
Mr. Hawley was to be permitted to
see- the child whenever be wished.
. The date when the. case will come
up before the supreme court has not
been announced here. It was under
stood that Mr. McNab was retained to
make the argument before the judges.
Mr. Hawley, who until recently was
in California In connection with his
father's business interests, has re
turned" to this city.
KIDNAPING -TRIAL OPENS
State Tries to Keep Van Amburgta's
War Record From Jury.
TACOMA, Wash., March 24. When
the trial of Hugh Van Amburgh, con
fessed kidnaper of Arthur Rust,
whom he held for $20,000 ransom
which was not obtained, opened in
superior court today, attorneys clashed
early. The defense announced that
the war record of the defendant
would be Introduced as evidence, and
the prosecution answered with the
declaration that it would fight to
keep the record from the jury.
Van Amburgh took part in seven
major engagments with the 5th Ma
rines and wears numerous decorations
from the United States and French
governments.
The - defense - baa ' not Indicated
whether a plea would be made that
the .war veteran was insane when he
abducted the millionaire's son. A
previous petition for a sanity hearing
has not been pressed.
SEVEN MINING MEN SUED
Ex-Secrctary of Gibson Company
and Wife Seek Damages.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 24. Dam
ages of $275,432 for alleged false ar
rest were demanded by D. K. May,
described as ex-secretary and ma
jority stockholder of the Gibson Min
ing company, with property In B
Columbia, and his wife, in a suit
filed in superior court here today
against seven men declared to be
minor stockholders of the company.
The complaint alleges that the de
fendants, Joseph C. Roberts, W. H.
Godfrey, Joseph Dashbach, John
Doutrich, Charles A. Stuart, Robert
Gunning and J. M. Wolbeit, wrong
fully caused the arrest of Mr. and
Mrs. May last April.
CLARK'S DEATH PROBED
Montana Police Believe Californian
Drugged and Robbed.
BUTTE, Mont., March 24. On ihe
theory that George E. Clark, who
died late yesterday at a local hos
pital, was a victim of drugs and
robbers. Police Chief Murphy of
Butte has started an investigation,
Receipts for money placed In Cali
fornia banks, it was declared, led to
the theory that the man had con'
siderable money on his person while
on his way from Pocatello to Butte.
Before he died he was said to have
muttered something to attendants
about having been robbed at Poca
tello. Clark had come from Cali
fornia to Butte, stepping at var'.ous
places en route.
NAVY PAYS FINAL HONORS
Body of Lieutenant Lang-don Bur
led in Boston Cemetery.
BOSTON, March 24. The body of
Lieutenant Warren H. Langdon, Unit
ed States navy, sent to his family here
from Vladivostok, where he was
killed by a Japanese sentry in Jan
uary, was burled today at' Forest
Hills cemetery.
The navy paid final honors to its
dead through officers of equal rank,
who were the honorary pallbearers;
non-commissioned officers who con
stituted the body bearers; an escort
of 150 bluejackets, who followed be
hind the caisson, a band and a fir
ing squad.
VICTORY MEDALS BEGGING
War Department Has Difficulty in
Giving Badges Away.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
Difficulty is being encountered by the
war department in getting ex-service
men to take victory medals.
An official notice today said that
24 officers have been detailed to the
task of canvassing the ex-so!ders
( gnu facilitating attribution, of the
medals.
PORTLAND REPLY
Vancouver Joins Fight
Against Rehearing.
CASE DECIDED ON MERIT
Reply to Petition Attacks In
terveners' Attitude.
GOOD FAITH IS LACKING
Contention That Pnget Sound Ports
Are Victims of Erroneous Rul
ing Held lo Be Illogical.
Reply of Portland and Vancouver to
the petition of Puget sound ports and
Astoria for a rehearing of the Co
lumbia basin rate case. In which the
interstate commerco commission re
cently awarded a 10 per cent differ
ential to the former cities, to and
from the territory south of the Snake
river, has been issued. It discusses
and disposes of the claims made by
Seattle, Tacoma and Astoria for a
reconsideration of the case and treats
with each contention in detail.
""No reason exists," the reply con
cludes, "for suggesting that the com
mission's final report, in which all of
its members concurred, represents
hasty or superficial judgment. On the
contrary, Portland and Vancouver
earnestly urge the commission not to
set aside its judgment and adopt the
views of dissatisfied interveners,
which have a direct and selfish In
terest in having the present prefer
ential adjustment of rates perpetu
ated."
Legal Battery Is Heavy.
The reply to the Puget sound and
Astoria interveners was compiled by
W. P. LaRoche, attorney for the com
mission of public docks; Gus C. Moser,
attorney for the Port of Portland;
Joseph N. Teal, William C. McCul-
loch and Rogers MacVeagh, attorneys
fcr Portland Chamber of Commerce
and Portland Traffic and Transporta
tion association; Joseph E. Hall, at
torney for Clarke county, Wash.;
A L. Miller, attorney for the port of
Vancouver, Wash.; William C. Bates,
attorney for city of Vancouver,
Wash.; and E. N. Livermore, attorney
for the Vancouver, Wash., Commer
cial club.
Referring to the contention that
the commission erred in its award of
lower rates to and from the southern
Snake river territory, to Portland and
Vancouver, the reply declares: "This
is simply the expression of any de
feated litigant's sentiment and af-
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Airmen Plan to Make SurTcy of
Timber Tracts Devastated by .
Recent Heavy Storms.
EUGENE. Or., March 24. (Special.)
A squadron of three De Havlland
army airplanes from Rockwell field,
San Diego, Cal., on the way to the
Olympic peninsula in Washington to
view the timber tracts devastated by
the recent storms in that sec'.on,
arrived here at 3 o'clock this at.'cr
noon and landed on. the municipal
aviation field. , The planes will re
main over nlti't ana will -leave on
their northern flight tomorrow morn
ing if the weather, Is favorable.
Included In the party of aviators
are Captain Lowell H. Smith, Lieu
tenant E. C. Kiel, Staff Sergeant
Degarmo,- Sergeant" M. E. Corn.sh,
Staff Sergeant Burman and Sergeant
Thomas.
Complete maps of the damaged
timbered area will be mado and It
is expected that the work -will le
quire a number of weeks' time. Tho
down timber in the area swept by
the storm is so badly tangled that
a survey is held impossible except
from the air and the planes wtre
detailed for this service by the war
department.
ROSEBURG, Or., March J4- (Spc.
ciaj.) Flying at a high altitude,
three airplanes passed northward
shortly after 1 o'clock today. It -as
believed hero the planes belonged to
the forest patrol.
CITIES BAR FORD PAPER
Chicago and Columbus, O., Forbid
Sale on Streets.
CHICAGO, March 24. Sale of Henry
Ford's Dearborn Independent on the
downtown streets of Chicago was for
bfOdcn today by the police,. It was
stated that the order was intended to
keep the peace, threatened by anti
semltic articles in the Ford publica
tion. COLUMBUS, Or. March 24. Mayor
Thomas today ordered the police to
prohibit the street sale of the Dear
born Independent and a Philadelphia
publication known as "Facts," princi
pal newspapers pro and con in tho
antl-semitic discussion.
ALLEGED CROOK GIVEN UP
Man Arrested in Vancouver, B. C,
to Be Taken to Chicago.
BELLING HAM, Wash., March 24.
Harold Micheles, who is said to be
wanted in Chicago to answer to in
dictments charging grand larceny and
obtaining money totaling $80,000 un
der false pretenses, was arraigned on
a presidential warrant at Vancouver,
B. C, and turned over to the Ameri
can immigration authorities at Blaine
today:
Michelez was released by the Amer
ica officers to Captain Morgan A.
Collins of the Chicago, police depart
ment, and will be taken east.
Homes and Barns Blown Away,
Timber Destroyed and Rall-
road Station AVreckcd.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 24.
Two persons were killed, one fatally
injured and ten seriously Injured in
a tornado which started at Berlin, a
village ten miles west of Lewlsburg,
late today and swept northeastward
across Marshall county for 15 miles.
Twelve residences and barns were
blown away many other residences
were slightly damaged, much timber
was destroyed and the railway station
at Anes was torn down.
Ten freight cars were blown off
the -Louisville & Nashville track at
Anes.
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 24. A
tornado swept over the western part
of Scott county late today, wrecking
farm houses, barns, fences, telephone
wires and killing livestock, according
to reports tonight.
PROCTER SUES SPRAGUE
Wood's Campaign Manager Seeks
lo Recover $110,000.
CHICAGO, March 24. Colonel Will
lam C. Procter, manager of Major
Gcneral Leonard Wood's campaign for
the republican presidential nomina
tion, and contributor of $500,000 to
the campaign expenses, today filed
suit to recover $110,000 from Major
Albert A. Sprague of Chicago, treas
urer of the Wood campaign.
The 1110,000 was said to represent
Major Sprague's liability for money
borrowed by him and by Colonel Proc
ter for campaign expenses.
Major Sprague was surprised when
informed of the action of Colonel
Procter and said he felt under no ob
ligation to return ' to Mr. Procter
money donated by him to the cam
paign fund.
BOND THIEF CONVICTED
John Doughty Still Awaits Trial on
Kidnaping Charge.
TORONTO, Ont., March 24. John
Doughty, charged with the theft of
$105,000 worth of bonds from Ambrose
Small, wealthy theatrical magnate,
who disappeared more than a year
ago, was found guilty by a jury here
today.
Doughty Is still to be tried on the
conspiracy charges to kidnap Small.
FAIR EASTERNS FORECAST
Weather Bureau Sends Out Cheer
ing Message to Women.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
The weather bureau tonight sent a
message of hope and cheer to the
women of .the United States. The
message said:
"For Easter Sunday the outlook is
for generally fair weather, with mod
erate temperatures over much of the
country."
Wilson Accused of Aid in
Secret Dealings.
ALL SACRIFICED TO IDEALS
Open Peace Session Cut and
Dried Beforehand.
NO ADVICE IS HEEDED
Ei-Secrctarj of State in Book De
fends Course but Declares
President Obstinate.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Kvenlng Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 24.
(Special.) Ex -Secretary of State Rob
ert Lansing today published tho book
in which he gives his version of the
cause for which cx-Prcsident Wilson
abruptly dismissed him a year ago
last month and tells what he knows
of the actions of the American dele
gation to the peace conference.
To the public most of the book will
come as new and sensational. To
those of us who were in Paris at the
time it is not so new, but it is sensa
tional in the sense that the most ex
treme things we ventured to say in
our hurried day-to-day dispatches are
borne out two years later in the ob
viously restrained and carefully
checked up narrative of one who was
himself a delegate.
Secrecy is Criticised.
And when we journalists cried out
against the secrecy of the peace con
ference 1 was never sure but our
judgment was warped by our natural
resentment of the baffling of our pro
fessional ambition to get the hews.
But here is Lansing saying again and
again, at a hundred places in the
book, sentences like these: "the sec
retness of the discussions and de
cisions regarding the treaty settle
ments aroused amazement and indig
nation. The- body of delegates was
practically unanimous in disapprov
ing the Becrecy of proceedings.
"The open sessions of the confer
ence were arranged beforehand. They
were formal and perfunctory. The
agreements and bargains were made
behind closed doors. The American
commissioners, other than Colonel
House, were almost entirely ignorant
of the proceedings."
Lansing Has Reply Ready.
Expressions like this, or stronger,
appear on nearly every page of Mr.
Lansing's book. And if Mr. Wilson's
defenders reply that this is merely a
dismissed secretary of state justify,
ing himself two years after the event,
Mr. Lansing has a complete answer.
He kept a diary These condemna
tions of secrecy not only appear in
his present text but appear again and
again in the diary which the author
is now able to quote with convincing
evidential effect.
On April 2, 1919, Mr. Lansing wrote
In his diary: "Everywhere there are
developing bitterness and resentment
against secrecy. Muttered confidences,
secret intrigues and the tactics of
the 'gum shoer are discredited."
And a few days later, in the same
month of April, 1919, Mr. Lansing re
corded a conversation he had with an
Italian diplomat, who said: "All our
trouble comes from these secret meet
ings of four men who keep no rec
ords and who tell different stories of
what takes place. Secrecy is to
blame."
Lansing Gives His Side.
The backbone of the book is Mr.
Lansing's statement of his side of the
differences with Mr. Wilson, which
led to his dismissal in February, 1920.
According to Mr. Lansing's versions,
these differences began as long be
fore as October, 1918. During that
month President Wilson had frequent
conferences with Colonel House and
after one of these conferences Colonel
House astonished Mr. Lansing with
the information that Mr. Wilson In
tended to go to the peace conference
personally.
Mr. Lansing did not believe It was
wise, and "feeling very strongly that
it would be a grave mistake for the
president to take part in person in
the negotiations, I felt It to be my
duty as his official adviser in foreign
affairs and as one desirous to have
him adopt a wise course, to state
plainly to him my views."
Hesitation Is Explained.
Mr. Lansing said he hestltated to do
this because he knew that he himself
as secretary of state would be the
head of the American peace commis
sion if Mr. Wilson remained at home,
Therefore, he feared that his motive
in opposing the president's attending
might be misconstrued. However, Mr.
Lansing, with an air of rather over
conscious rectitude, overcame his
scruples and went to the president
with his views. He records the epi
sode in his diary for November 12:
"I had a conference this noon with
the president at the White House. I
told him frankly that I thought that
his plan for him to attend was unwise.
I hoped that be understood that I
spoke only out of a sense of duty."
The end of this episode was re
corded -by Mr. Lansing in this sig
nificant sentence:
"The president listened to my re
marks without comment and turned
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General Secretary Declares ei-
rrcmicr ol France Will 'ot
Make Specific Overtures.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
While the visit of Itene Vivian!,
French ex-premier ana special envoy
to the United States, has been an
nounced officially as one" of courtesy"
to President Harding, Dr. Marcel
Knccht, his general secretary, who
arrived today, declared that Vivianl
was prepared to give a receptive car
to any proposals from the United
States regarding the peace settlement
and the league of nations.
Vivianl will make no specific over
tures, it was added.
Dr. Knecht said M. Vivlani's pro
gramme Included exchange of felicita
tions with President Harding and
meeting with the cabinet and con
gressmen. In diplomatic circles, it was be
Hovcd that should tho ex-premier find
the occasion propitious for an in
formal discussion of the attitude of
the new administration toward the
peace settlement, he would be ready
to receive tho proposals of President
Harding for transmission to France.
They would be studied by the French
foreign office, it was suggested, and
it might then be made incumbent on
him to return again to the United
Stales.
Although it was announced by Dr.
Knccht that M. Viviani would visit
the United States as an envoy ex
traordinary with the rank of am
bassador, it was learned that no spe
cial arrangements have been made for
the French official's reception similar
to those with which he was attended
on his visit in 1917.
The state department previously
had announced that Assistant Sec
retary of State Bliss would meet the
envoy, but it was later said this
order had been withdrawn. The
French ambassador, Jules Jusserand.
however, will go to New York for
this purpose.
CRISIS FACES BUDAPEST
Drop in Value of Foreign Money
Boosts Kronen High.
BUDAPEST, March 24. (By the
Associated Press.) Foreign money
dropped today to half its value of
two weeks ago, the quotation of the
dollar falling from 500 kronen to 250.
A sudden jump in the Hungarian
kronen, however, provoked a crisis.
Merchants who purchased foreign
commodities when the exchange rate
on kronen was at its lowest ebb are
unwilling to cut down prices. The
public refuses to buy at the old prices
and Is waiting for the expected crash.
ARIZONA CITY IS JARRED
Slight Earth Shocks Felt at Yuma.
No Damage Done. N
YUMA, Ariz., March 24. Slight
earthquake shocks were felt hero this
afternoon between 5: JO and 6 o'clock.
The shocks, which lasted over a pe
riod of about two minutes, did no
damage.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 57
degrees; lowest, 48; cloudy.
TODAY'S Generally fair, south to west
winds.
Foreign.
Russian workers' slaves of soviet, says
labor leader. Page 4.
Reds in Hamburg detested in fight
Page 1.
Britain will take census April 24. Page 3.
Payment of reparations sum by May 1
demanded of Germany. Page 6.
Rational.
Debs, on his honor, freed for day to con
fer with attorney-general. Pago 1.
Lansing says Wilson helped in peace con
ference trickery. Pago 1.
Vivianl receptive to United States propos
als on league. Page 1.
Packer agreement lauded by president.
Page
Domestic.
Labor begins refuting carriers' arguments.
Page -
Chicago has visions of becoming great
ocean port. Pago 5.
Cardinal Gibbons, prlmato of American
Catholic church, dies at Baltimore.
Page 3.
Stlllmao is accused of loye adventures.
Page 4. '
Two dead and many Injured as result of
tornado in Tennessee. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Chehalls heirs to Baker estate are advised
reported fortune is a myth, Pago 7.
Gavin McNab of San Francisco will- argue
divorce appeal of Mrs. Marjory Hawley.
Page 1.
Fliers from south, headed for Olymplo for
est, expected to pass city today. Page 1.
Sports.
Mcl-esn, ex-Beaver, shot dead in quarrel
in Boston saloon. Page 14.
Wet is hamper but no damper to Oregon
tracksters. Page 15.
Tio of cubs assured Beavers. Pago 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Demand on domestic leather market Ir
regular, page -.
Unexpected export buying stimulates Chi
cago wneai market. r.g. .a.
Stock market falls to hold recent advances.
Pago 23.
Dock commission Indorses Now Orleans
man lor appointment, va umpping Doara.
Page T2.
Swlftsuro Oil company will tie up four
new tankers In Portland. Pago Tl.
Formation of $10,000,000 corporation to
Improve downtown aistrici proposed,
Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Trial of Joseph C. Poeschl for killing ol
Attorney Charles bennabel ends and
Jury deliberates. Page V.
Dr. Bouchct guilty of manslaughter.
Pago 12.
Mining men from all parts of northwest
to attend Portland convention. Page 8.
Fourteen land office appointments in Ore
gon await filling by republicans. Page 8.
Community cheat rally at auditorium to
night. Page 12.
tjocal business men debate proposed can
ning merger. Psge 8.
Earl France and Jimmy Duffy fight draw.
Page IS.
Portland and Vancouver reply to inter
venors for basin rate rehearing. Pago 1,
High school fraternity members' suspen
iM lavorea.. Pse 16.. ,
PRISONER TRAVELS ALONE
Three-Hour Conference Had
With Attorney-General.
OWN CASE IS PRESENTED
Information Given by Socialist to
Be Reported Only to Presi
dent, Says Daughcrt)-.
' WASHINGTON, D. C, March 21.
Unattended and without the knowl
edge of the public, Eugene V. Debs,
imprisoned socialist leader, came here
today from Atlanta penitentiary and
for three hours discussed his case
with Attorney-General Daugherty.
The unprecedented trip was made
with the approval of President Hard
ing, who recently requested Mr.
Daugherty to review the Debs caae
and make a recommendation.
The attorney-general in announc
ing Debs was on his way 'back to
Atlanta said that while there was
no precedent for calling a prisoner
here without a guard, it had been
decided in conference with President
Harding that Inasmuch as Debs had
defended himself at his trial he should
come to answer such Inquiries as the
government desired to ask. Mr.
Daugherty added that he believed
he had the authority to place the
prisoner on his honor and that he had
assumed the responsibility.
Movements Kept Secret.
. Dobs arrived early in tne day, went
to the department of justice about
9:45 o'clock, conferred with Mr.
Daugherty and G. D. Goff, assist
ant to the attorney-general, for about
three hours and left at 3:30 o'clock.
His movements from tho time he left
Atlanta yesterday were kept secret.
For that reason newspaper men who
gathered for the attorney-general's
weekly conference refused for a min
ute to believe their ears when they
heard Mr. Daugherty eay: "I don't
believe I have much news for you,
gentlemen, but regarding Debs' visit,
I havo had a statement prepared."
Mr. Daugherty gave out the follow
ing statement:
"In connection with the Investiga
tion of the Debs case and after con
ference with the president and his ap
proval, I had Debs come for tho pur-
pose of making certain inquiries of
him.
"He has returned to Atlanta. I
have asked him to refrain from say
ing anything regarding tho subject of
the inquiries made. I am suro no
well-meaning persons will urge him
to discuss the matter or anything that
took place on his journey or his stay
here.
Deba rresents Ons Cane.
"Debs presented his own case to the
trial court and Jury. He was per
mitted to do so here. The Debs case.
as I have said before, stands alone.
I could not, of course, go to him.
"What took place and the Informa
tion I have acquired will be reported
only to the president and that in con
nection with any recommendation
that may have been made when the
investigation is concluded.
"Dehs came without guard and so
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HOW OREGON CAME TO
THE COLORS
You know, of course, in an
enthusiastic general way, the
story of Oregon's answer
when the bugle called. The
nation knows it, and certain
foemen glimpsed its signifi
cance an instant before the
bayonets bore them down or
the shrapnel burst But the
details, the narrative, the real
story of that mustering were
overcast by the press of great
events and we are prone to
easy forgetfulness.
In The Sunday Oregonian,
beginning March 27, Adjutant
General George A. White, who
supervised the first summons
to Oregon's splendid youth,
will present a series of articles
dealing with Oregon's answer
and the participation of her
sons in the world war.
While the narrative is not
designed a3 official or com
plete, and has been compiled
without reference to the vast
volume of records, it consti
tutes an authentic and stirring
narrative of the part played'
by this state in its magnificent
response.
Follow this series each
Sunday to its last chapter. It
is history that quickens both
pride and recollection.
Beginning March 27 in
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
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