THE SIORMXO OREGON-TAX, TUESTJAT, NOVEMBER S, 1&21
a.
ARMS TO BE TOPIC
AT
Effort Slated to Get Public
to Take Part.
BRIAND IN WASHINGTON
Trench Delegation Is Completed by
Arrival of Premier; Iloghes
and Pershing in Welcome.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Not. 7. (By
the Associated Press.) Governing
board of the sreneral committee on
limitation oc armament, created by
labor and other organizations to
function during the international con
ference at its first meeting today
approved the selection of Oscar S.
Straus, ex-ambassador to Turkey, as
permanent chairman, and elected
D. P. Kingsley of New York treas
urer. Charman Straus said the commit
tee's purpose would be to "marshall
and focus public sentiment for dis
armament in and behind the interna
tional conference " and to "Support
the policy of the administration In
seeking a reduction of armament."
450 Meetings Slated.
Membership of the committee had
been extended specifically, Mr. Straus
laid, to allow It to speak for religious,
racial and other, general associations
and classes in addition to labor.
He said that 450 meetings would be
held in different parts of the country
on Armistice day as a first endeavor
to enlist public participation In the
committee work.
The French delegation was com
pleted tonight with arrival of Pre
mier Briand at the head of several
celegates. He, with the other mem
bers of the party were greeted by of
ficials representing the American
government and cheered by thousands
of spectators.
Secretary Hughes was the first to
grasp the hand of the premier and to
extend the government's Welcome.
General Pershing, as the ranking rep
resentative of the army, also was
present and was the first to greet
General Buat, chief of staff of the
French army and acting military ad
viser to the delegates.
Other officials from the state de
partment and the army met the visi
tors in New York and accompanied
them on the special train here.
After introductions, Premier Briand
and Secretary Hughes, with their
ataff officials were escorted to auto
mobiles waiting to take them to their
residences. Then came the bugler's
call "attention" and the squadron ot
cavalry presented arms.
The military band followed with
the Marseillaise. Then the band
broke into strains of the Star-Spangled
Bnner. The visitors, preceded
by a cavalry squadron, then were
taken to their hotel.
Other members of the delegates to
arrive tonight Include Rene Vivianl,
aeputy and former premier of France;
Albert Sarraut, senator and minister
of colonies, both of whom are dele
gates. The premier said he would rather
not touch on the question involved in
the conference until he has been re
ceived by President Harding.
The American delegation again met
in Secretary Hughes' office.
There was reason to believe that the
delegation arrived at the formula for
limitation of naval armament which
it will present to the conference as
the American suggestion. The ab
sence of navy experts from today's
session tended to strengthen this
view.
No Ootline to Be Hade.
It. may be stated authoritatively
that no advance outline 'of the Amer
ican attitude and suggestions as to
ways and means of limitation of na
val armament will be given, formally
or Informally, to other delegations
prior to the assembling of the inter
national conference. The conference,
it was added, from Its very nature can
not arrive at anything but unanimous
conclusions and that fact makes inad
visable, in the American view, any
preliminary interchange of views.
The first session of the advisory
committee appointed by President
Harding to assist the American dele
gation will be held Wednesday.
12 BANDITS LOOT TRAIN
(Continued From FMrwt Page.)
the rattle of buckshot and bullets
still failed to bring a surrender.
After a consultation the robbers
placed a charge of dynamite along
side the door of the mail car.
Th explosion wrenched off the
floor. The mall clerks and the engine
crew who had barricaded themselves
within the car fired at the bandits,
but the attackers were too far below
the floor of the car to be bit. The
robbers replied by throwing" two
bombs into the mall car, wrecking
the interior and forcing1 the defenders
to sink down behind their barricade.
The clerks and engine crew refused
to .come out until the bandits bad
thrown a firebrand amongst the
wreckage of the interior of the car.
Debris Is Set Afire
This set the debris afire and the
defenders surrendered. The bandits
then forced the mall clerks to throw
out the "sacks with the red stripes
on." These are the sacks which con
tain the registered matL
By this time the interior of the car
whji biasing fiercely and the men
within were in danger of incineration.
Thy crowdod to the door and the
robbers, seising their loot, backed
away, covering the men, whom they
allowed to oVHcertd from the flaming
car.
Still keeping the mall clerk cov
ered, they marched the engineer and
fireman to the locomotive and or
dered them to proceed south. As the
locomotive drew "away, the robbers
entered their automobile and drove
awn y.
The engine crew, as 'noon as they
saw the lights of the automobile dis
appear in the west, stbpped and
bucked up to where they had been
forced to cut off the rest of the train.
The burning mail coach, which did
not communicate its fire to the rest
of the- train because'of its steel con
struction, was cut out and the rest of
the tsain, filled with excited passen
gers, was taken to the division head
quarters at Champaign.
During the fight between, the ban
dJts and the mail clerks four passen
ger n followed the locomotive down the
track, barricaded themselves behind
a fence and endeavored to aid those
who were being fired on In the coach.
Heelng that those. In the mall car
were being aided by some of the pas
sengers, some of the robbers turned
their attention to the helpers and
fired several Yolleya.
Knowlton, who received three bul
letholes In his coat, was the only per
son hit.
TVha the pasttic&rs saw that th
train crew had surrend-ered they re
turned to their coaches.
In dynamiting the Bafe the despera
does set fire to the interior of the steel
mail car. After the outlaws had fled
In a waiting automobile the engine
crew returned to the rest of the train,
cut out the flaming mall car and pro
ceeded to Champaign, the next divi
sion point.
The all-steel train. left Chicago load
ed with passengers at ff:30 tonight
and, crashing through Pax ton at high
speed had gone some two miles when
the fireman, turning to take a scoop
ful of coal, caw masked men sliding
down the coal pile in the glare from
the open firebox door. He stepped
back hurriedly, dropping his shovel.
The noise attracted the attention of
the engineer, who took his eyes from
the rails a moment to ascertain what
was the matter.
Stoker Is Hit en Head.
He saw the fireman facing the ten
der with his hands partly .raised as
though hesitating whether to leap at
two armed men who were visible just
beyond him.
"Get back there," he heard one of
the men command the fireman. The
stoker still hesitated and the foremost
bandit struck him on the head with a
pistol. The fireman staggered back
toward his aide of the cab and the
second robber advanced toward the
engineer with two revolvers aimed at
him.
A third robber followed. "Sjtop the
train," shouted the . masked . men,
while one of them covered the fire
man. The engineer cKsed the throt
tle, but hesitated to apply, the brakes
until the robber, stepping closer,
poked the barrel of his revolver into
the grimy face of the driver and com
manded, "Give her the air, quick!"
Safe Speedily Blown.
The engineer soon brought the train
to a stop. The robbers then com
manded the fireman to uncouple the
mail and baggage cars, covering him
constantly with their weapons. As
soon as these coaches were discon
nected the outlaws escorted the fire
man back to the cab and ordered the
engineer to proceed.
As the headlight flashed on the
rafling of the bridge over a creek a
mile south of the hold-up, the robbers
commanded the engine crew to stop.
"While one of the men kept the engi
neer and fireman guarded in the cab,
the other robbers entered the mail
car and, with celerity, blew open the
safe, having everything in readiness
for the act. All the registered mail
was gathered into a bag and all the
valuables In the safe were scraped
together. The robbers than carried
their loot to an automobile waiting in
the shadow of some trees bounding
the stream, waved good-n-ight to the
trainmen and dashed away in the car.
Rest of Train Backed Up.
Released from the commanding
muzzles of the bandits' pistols, the
engineer and fireman, although they
couldi see smoke and flames coming
from the door of the mail car, which
had been set on fire by the robbery,
quickly backed up to the rest of their
train.
The passengers were roaming the
tracks in consternation trying to as
certain what had happened, as the
robbery had required about an hour.
The burning mall car was switched
off the main track as quickly .s pos
sible and the locomotive and baggage
car were connected to the passenger
coaches. The train then proceeded to
Champaign, 20 miles south, where a
new engine crew picked up the train
and proceeded) toward New Orleans
after the passengers had been reassured.
AMNESTY FPU THOUSANDS
BOLSHEVIK PRISONS IX RUS
SIA ORDERED OPEXED.
Edict In Celebration of Anniversary
or Revolution; Political
Prisoners Not Effected.
RIGA, Nov. 7. (By the Associated
Press.) Bolshevik prisons in Russia
have been ordered opened for tbe
release of thousands of persons in
celebration of the anniversary of the
revolution, but, according to a Mos
cow wireless, hundreds of important
political prisoners, for whose release
or commutation of sentence Russians
abroad had hoped, do not come under
the amnesty.
While absolute release of certain
classes or sn-eat reduction in their
sentencet have been arranged, the de
cree announces that this is not applic
able In the case of "those sentenced
for participation in white guard plots,
espionage, open armed revolt or in the
case of the leaders of anti-soviet po
litical parties or those sentenced for
bandit crimes, such as Generals Mak
co and Petlura, Ukrainian leaders.
Thus members of the executive com
mittee of the social revolutionists
who have long been In prison will
remain there. Death sentences of all
persons for other offenses, whose cases
have reached the appeal stage, are
commuted to five years' imprison
ment. ,
Complete release has been ordered
of all persons sentenced to condi
tional deprivation of liberty, those
sentenced to terms of nnder one year.
deserters from the reef army during
the civil war, peasants and workmen
participating in the Kronstadt revolt
and those imprisoned, for non-fulfill
ment of requisitions, while those sen
tenced to longer terms for other rea
sons wilfc have their imprisonment
reduced from one-half to one-third.
depending upon the length of the
original penalty. The cheka also has
ordered investigation of the possibil
ity or me reaamission or all persons
deported.
The prison amnesty Is in addition
to the amnesty granted all private
soldiers who fought with DenHten,
Kolchak. Wrangel or other white
army commanders.
TIME ON CREDITS ADVISED
Writer Sees Only One Way to Avert
Financial Crawh In Germany.
BEJRL.IN, Nov. 6w (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Dr. Bernard Pern
berg discusses the Herman economic
situation in the Tageblatt, and out
lines a plan which he declares is the
only way to save Germany from
financial ruin. His plan embraces the
following points:
That the United States grant the
entente powers additional time on its
credits and advance loans to the cen
tral powers for the purchase of raw
materials.
The declaration of a ten-year mora
torium on German reparations.
Arrangement of Germany's internal
financial problems.
Protection of German money held
In foreign countries.
Immediate reduction of the cost of
occupation of German territory.
Expert examination of Germany's
ability to pay and the establishment
of her rights under article L'34 of the
peace treaty.
FOUR STATES TODAY
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Election, However, Marks
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NEW YORK, Not. 7 .Election day
tomorrow marks an "off year" In na
tional politics.
Only one state, Virginia, electa a
governor and there are but few other
state-wide contest Leaders of the
two major parties, however, are
watching closelv 'coe results of these
few state and numerous , municipal
elections in an effort to determine the
drift of popular sentiment to aid them
in preparing for the congressional
elections next year.
New York elects a judge of the
court of appeals, two state senators
and a new assembly.
Kew Jersey Sleets House,
New Jersey elects a new lower
house and six state senators, the leg
islative campaign there having been
based on the so-called "wet and dry"
issue. Maryland voters will choose
a state controller, a new lower house
and approximately half theenate,
while those of Pennsylvania elect a
new justice of the supreme court.
Municipal elections will be held In
several states, one of the most im
portant being that in New York city,
where the mayoralty incumbent, John
F. Hylan, democrat, is opposed by
Henry H. Curran, republican, running
on a coalition ticket.
New York's mayoralty campaign
came to a whirlwind close today.
More than 1,250,000 voters will have
the opportunity of going to the polls
and casting their votes for one of
eight cand'dates for mayor and other
municipal officers:
Prophets Are Cautious.
Canny caution clung tonight to the
tongues of political prophets, all can
didates watching warily the way In
1 which women voters snouia cast
row.
While campaign managers of Mayor
John F. Hylan, Tammany's candidate
for re-election, and political advisers
of Henry H. Curran, who heads the
coalition ticket, were equally profuse
in predictions of victory, both sides
admitted that with 447,015 women
entering the ring much depended on
this vote.
Both Hylan and Curran continued
their campaign clamorlngs to the zero
hour.
Topics which the candidates chose
for the final addresses were those on
which they had thundered for many
weeks of campaigning the "5-cent
fare," a programme for enlarging
New York's public school system,
'home rule for the city," conduct of
city departments, free from graft and
inefficiency and policing of the city.
Womem Seelc Offices.
Entered In the race with Hylan and
Curren are: Magistrate Jacob Panken,
socialist; Jerome de Hunt, farmer
labor; George K. Hinds, prohibition;
John P. Quinn, socialist labor; Jo
seph D. Miller, single tax, and Ben
jamin Getlow, workers' league (com
munists). Women are running for a number
of offices including Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes, who, under the communist
banner, is seeking the presidency of
the borough of Manhattan.
Besides municipal officers, the city
will elect 66 members to the state as
sembly and fill one vacancy in the
senate.
Socialists are hopeful of capturing
places in the assembly and on the
board of aldermen. Their leaders pre
dict that the party will poll 225,000
votes.
In addition to cTty officers, 6$ as
semblymen are to be chosen to repre
sent the city in the state legislature
and a special election will be held in
the 16th state senatorial district to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Senator Martin McCue.
Seven proposed amendments to the
state constitution are to be acted
upon.- The most important of these is
the proposal to give ex-soldiers pref
erence in civil service positions.
The main battle, all observers agree,
will be between Mayor Hylan and
Major Curran. Both have conducted
vigorous campaign, in which the lie
has been passed frequently. The may
or has charged his opponent with rep
resenting the "plunder-bund," "the in
terests" and "the traction crowd." In
denial. Major Curran has accused the
mayor of gross inefficiency.
Of all the many issues, the subject
most talked about has been the 5-cent
fare on the traction lines. Mayor Hy
lan has claimed he prevented the fare
from being raised. Major Curran, as
serting that he, too, is for the nickel
fare, has charged that the fare ques
tion Isn't an issue that it is a smoke
screen used by the mayor to cover up
maladministration.
"Honest Joan" 6 loir an Uaetf.
Mayor Hylan's admirers have used
the slogan "Honest John, He Is Fight
ing for You." He was elected chief
executive four years ago on a Tam
many hall tidal wave. He received
312,774 votes, as against 155,376 for
the late Mayor John Purroy Mitchel,
running on a fusion ticket; 144,973 for
Morris Hillquit, socialist, and 67,299
for W. M. Bennett, republican.
The mayor was born on. a farm in
Green county, New York, in 1868.
Orphaned in early childhood, he
worked on the farm and then came
to New York, where he was em
ployed as an engineer on the elevated
railroad. He studied, law nights and
received his degree from the New
York Law school in 1897. He became
a member of Tammany Hall, was
elected a municipal judge in 1905, a
city magistrate two years later and
became adjudge of the Kings county
court in 1915. He was practically un
known to the general electorate when
he was nominated for mayor four
years ago.
Curran Born In New York.
Major Curran was born in New
York in 1877. He was captain of his
high school football team. At the
age of 15 he was a reporter on the
Englewood (N- J.) Times. He worked
his way through Yale university as
a clerk and waiter. After graduation
he was a reporter on the New York
Tribun-j and studied law when he
had spare time. He was admitted to
tbe bar in 1901. He entered politics
In 1911 when he was elected an
alderman, and served a number of
terms, attracting attention as an ex
pert financial analyist.
He was appointed a city magistrate
but held his position only two months,
resigning to enter the Plattsburg
camp when the war broke out. He
was commissioned a major, assigned
to the 77th division and saw active
service on the Vesle river and in the
Argonne forest? After the war he
ws elected president of the borough
of Manhattan.
The other candidates for mayor
have conducted quiet campaigns, the
bocialists being the most active.
BONUS IS UP IN OHIO
Other Chief Interest Centers in
Municipal Elections.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 7. Except for
a proposed amendment to the state
constitution providing a bond issue
of $25,HK.(Kr0 for a soldiers' bojius,
chief interest in the Ohio election to
morrow appeared tonight to be cen
tering in municipal election.
Should the bonus amendment carry,
the state will pay Ohio men and
women who enlisted in the army,
navy and marine corps $10 for each
month served, the total not to exceed
$250.
OH
MILK STRIKE NOT ENDED
Efforts of Peacemaker Fails When
Open Shop Is Insisted On.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Health Com
missioner Copeland today failed In a
new attempt to close the breach be
tween milk distributors, and their
union employes, who struck last week.
The employers stood by their deter
mination to operate on an open-shop
basis. No deliveries of milk were
made to houses.
Incidental disturbances . were re
ported from -several sections.
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