THE - SUNDAY "OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, . MARCH 21, 1920
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JURY FINDS THREE
1ST
COMMUn
S GU LTY
Syndicalism Act Violated by
Oster, Fry and Hurst.
CONVICTIONS ARE FIRST
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Trial Knds Successfully for Prose
cution Vnder Law Condemning
Revolutionary Ioctrincs.
Karl W. Oster., itate secretary, of
the communist labor party in Oregon;
Frew W. Fry and Claud Hurst, local
' financial secretary of the organiza
tion, were found guilty of criminal
syndicalism by a jury in the court of
Circuit Juilcc Morrow yesterday after
deliberations lasting 19 hours and 10
minutes.
Oster and Hurst have been two of
the leading: spirits in the organiza
tion of the communist labor party in
Oregon, a society which was touna Dy
the jury yesterday to advocate 110
lrnce a a means of effecting Indus
trial and political revolution in the
United States. Membership in tne par
tv was admitted by all defendants an
the vital issue of the case was th
r.ature of the programme to which th
defendants had pledged support.
A separate verdict was returned in
of each defendant ana an
carried a recommendation of leniency
Compromise Humored.
Sentenc e will be - pronounced by
TTurti- Morrow next Thursday. The
ncnaltv under the lw Is not less than
one year in the penitentiary nor more
than 10 years a fine 01 noi mure
S1000. or both. W. S. U'Ren. attorney
for the defense, was given'until April
15 to file a motion for a new trial
nH until Mav 5 to tile a bill of ex
ceptions on appeal in case the motion
l.i denied.
Authentic rumor was yesterday
that the recommendations of leniency
were in the nature of a compromise
with one juror, who held out against
the other 11 from the "first ballot and
threatened a hung jury. The jurors
were ' Richard Martin. Jr.. foreman.
John O. Adams. F. Borheide. James
r- noiirrlass Hueh Havden, J. v.
r.uthrie. 10. V. Endicott. John Joos,
e ran k T.. Dumas. Robert Lutke, Al
bert Wik and Guy McGreer.
Outers bail, which had been re
duced to J."n0. was increased to Jiono
Hurst's bail was fixed at $1000,
thotierh he had been free on his own
recognizance; Fry's bail of $500 was
untouched as he also is under. $500
bail in the federal court. Oster and
Hurst were taken to the county jail
but released later when their bail was
furnished.
The convictions are the first In Ore
gon under the criminal syndicalism
act. which makes it r-Tonious to Join,
help to organize, or assemble with
any society which "teaches, advocates
or affirmatively suggests the doctrine
of criminal syndicalism, sabotage, or
the necessity, propriety or expediency
of doing any act of physical violence
or the commission of any crime or
unlawful act as a means of accom
plishing or effecting any industrial
or political ends, change or revolu
tion." Trial of the trio of reds convicted
yesterday opened Tuesday, klarch 2.
There were nearly 200 exhibits Intro
duced by defense and prosecution,
chiefly propaganda of the communist
labor party. Selection of a jury oc
cupied three days, four jurors being
excused for cause,' five -being per
emptorily challenged by the defense,
two by the state.
There were ii witnesses called by
the prosecution, but they were used
chiefly to Identify propaganda seized
in raids and to connect the defend
ants with the party. Kxcept for the
three defendants, the defense had but
one witness of importance, Victor J.
Saulit. leader and organizer in the
communist labor party now facing
deportation, together with his wife.
Julia. Saulit. first local secretary of
the-party. Both of the Saulits came
from Russia.
The prosecution won its case chiefly
cn the platform and programme of
the communist party, which espoused
the use of mass action, with the bal
lot a secondary resort, in the estab
lishment of the "dictatorship of the
proletariat." To show what was
meant by many phrases in this offi
cial document, the state Introduced
writings of communist leaders, showed
the alliance existing between the com
munist labor party and soviet Rus
sia, and placed in evidence the man
liesto of the third Internationale
the atherlne of reds at Moscow In
March. 1919 which wss indorsed
heartily by the American party.
o Fanlt Found.
"Walter H. Evans, district attorney
of .Multnomah county, and Earl F.
Bernard, deputy, handled the prose
cution. Attorney U'Ren. counsel for
the defense, said yesterday that hfs
clients had received fair treatment
from the court, prosecution and the
prcs?, and that his appeal would be
based only on points of law.
Three members of the communist
Jabor party under indictment are yet
to be tried. They are. Ben Ormond,
Mike Stojewa and Joe Laundy. Laun
dv also is known as an active or
ganizer of the I. W. W. and will be
the first of 26 Industrial Workers, of
the World to be tried In the local
courts under the criminal syndicat
ing 25 L W. W. under Indictment. Ha
la demanding a separate trial for
each man, a proceeding -which may
keeo these cuti In court (or th
rest of the year.
Law to Be Attacked.
Both U'Ren and Vanderveer are ex
pected to attack the constitution
ality of the syndicalism law in the
supreme court
Red Ttea Flouuted.
Though attempts were made by the
defendants on the witness stand to
soften the alms of their party, they
failed. The most severe blow to the
I defense was the introduction of a let
ter written by Oster to A. Wagen
I knecht of New York, national execu
live secretary of the communist labor
party, in which Oster sneered at fed
eral investigators of the ffarty and
told of whitewashing 'mass action
and the whole platform and pro
gramme of the party" to W. R. Bryon,
agent of the department of Justice. On
the witness stand Oster had- testified
that the assertions he had made to
the jury were substantially those
made to Bryon.
In the course of the trial both Oster
and Hurst flaunted neckties of the
most flaming red, considered, in view
of their adoption of the red flag as
the symbol of revolt, an act of de
fiance. This was not overlooked by
the jury.
UMATILLA MEN IN LISTS
POLITICS BRIGHTEN" AS COX
TESTS ARE FORECAST.
DAIRY LUNCH TAKES
LEASE FOR WOO
Coffee Cup Company Plans to
Expand Lunch Rooms.
6000 FEET ARE INVOLVED
Quarters in Sunset Theater Build'
injj Are to Be Enlarged as Soon
as Tenants Move Out.
Two Republican Lawyers Seek
Nomination in Primaries for
District Attorney.
PENDLETON, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Politics are livening up it
Umatilla county. Two contts in the
primaries already are scheduled in
republican ranks.
Roscoe I. Keator. present district
attorney, will be opposed for the re
publican nomination for that office
by S. D. Peterson, Milton attorney.
The other republican contest will be
between I. M. Schannep, Pilot Rock
attorney, and B. B. Richards, justice
of the peace at Athena, for the nom
ination as county judge.
Among the republicans R. T. Brown,
county clerk: Grace A. Gilliam, coun
ty treaurer; Ben S. Burroughs, coun
ty recorder, and J. T. Brown, coroner,
will be candidates to succeed them
selves. Zoeth Houser of Echo, sheriff
several years ago and later United
States marshal, will seek the repub
lican nomination as sheriff. Mrs.
(osephine Stone of Athena probabi.
will be a candidate for school super
intendent. R. O. Hawsk, deputy as
sessor, has riled lor the nomination
as assesor. R. S Bean of Umapine
will be a candidate for county com
missioner.
It is believed that the democrats
will center their efforts on the elec
tion of W. E. Saylor of Freewater,
who has filed for the nomination of
that party for county judge, succeed
ing Judge C. H. March, who retires
this year. C. P. Strain Is being
urged to become a candidate for a
place on the tax commission. Sheriff
Taylor will again seek re-election.
nd W. w. Green, county school
superintendent, will be a candidate
rain.
S. A. Miller of Milton probably will
be a republican candidate for repre
sentative from this county. One other
besides the joint representative is
to be elected. C. E. Woodson of Hepp
ner, joint representative at the pres
ent time, is not likely to have opposi
tion. No candidate has come out for
the other position although friends
of Frank' Sloan of Stanstleld -have
been urging Mm to enter the race.
LUMBE
Expansion of the Leiehton dairy
lunch room and the Coffee Cup cafe
teria in the McGinn building, south
east corner of Broadway and Wash
ington, is forecast through a lease
procured by Arthur H. Johnson, presi
dent oi tne coiiee cup cafeteria com
pany, which operates both restau
rants, on the more than 6000 feet of
floor space on the first floor and in
the basement of the buildine-. The
Leighton lunch occupies a room on
the first floor of the buildinir. open
ing on Washington street, while the
Coffee Cup occupies basement quar
ters and opens on Broadway. The
lease, which was taken from J. . J.
Jennings, who n turn has a Jong
time lease on the -property from tiie
McGinn estate, runs for 11 years and
totals more than $500,000. it is stated.
The lease secures for the Coffee Cup I
company all the first floor space in
the building to tha north and west of
the two entrances of the Sunset the
ater except the corner quarters which
are under lease by the Gunst Cigar
Store company, and also all the base
ment quarters corresponding in posi
tion, and the quarters under the cigar
store as well. Particular interest Is
attracted to the transaction at this
time; due to the fact that the Metro
politan company, a concern operating
a string of stores throughout the
United States, shortly will move into
the quarters now occupied by the Sun
set theater. The Sunset has an
nounced that it will hold Its last per
formance on Sunday, March 27, and
shortly after that the new tenant will
begin extensive alterations on tne
property to fit it up for a modern
store building.
Although- the Coffee Cup company
has already obtained the lease, the
new space cannot be taken over until
the expiration of existing leases by
tenants, which have approximately a
year and a half to run. At that time
the dairy lunch concern will make
alterations and improvements to the
property exceeding $40,000. accord
ing to Mr. Johnston, and a new estab
lishment much larger but along the
same general lines as the existing
lunch room will be opened up.
The stores now occupying the quar
ters on which the lease has been ob
tained are Felix Eloch Jewelry com
pany and the Hat Shop on Washing
ton street and Lewis & Stone cutlery
store and the Cosy Parlor ice cream
and candy store on Broadway.
The Coffee Cup Cafeteria company
was recently reorganized and capi
talized at $75,000 and has been made
a co-operative concern, the employes
holding stock and participating in the
earnings of the company. Arthur H.
Johnston is president and A. A.
Rucker is vice-president. The - em
ployes number' 125 persons. In addi
tion to Leighton's Dairy Lunch in the
McGinn building, the Coffee Cup Cafe
teria company also ownsand manages
the Coffee Cup, in the basement at
133 Park street.
WEEK'S CLT OXLY 3.2 7 PER
CENT BELOW NORMAL.
Ism act.
Laundy'a trial Is set for tomorrow.
George F. Vanderveer, defense attor
ney at the Monteeano I. W. W. trial,
represents Laundy and the Vemain-
POSLAM REAL
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- THAT ITCHES
Only those who have Itched and
scratched and still itched continually
can appreciate what it means when
the aggravation is ended by the
soothing, penetrating, antiseptic i in
fluence of Poslam. And what relief
to be rid. of any erupUonal blemish
which has entailed prolonged em
barrassment! Turn to Poslam first
for the quick healing-help which ail
ing skin must have. You do not
have to wait in uncertainty for in
dications of improvement. It soon
SHOWS.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories. 243
West Forty-seventh street. New York
City.
Urge your skin to become clearer,
Wealthier hy the daily use of Poslam
Soap, medicated with Poslam. Adv.
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m Morning
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Railroad Buyers Reported Actively
in Market Stocks Sn Nearly
All Grades Are Short.
Production continues in heavy vol
ume at tne lumoer mills ot western
Oregon and western Washington, ac
cording to the weekly report of the
West Coast Lumbermen s association
The cut for the week ending March
3 is given as $5,472,175 feet for the
27 plants reporting to the associa
tion. The normal production at these
same mills would have been 90,230,000
feet, so the mills were only 4.757.82S
feet, or 5.27 per cent, below normal.
The report continues:
"Railroad buyers are active In the
arket and are offering the mills a
considerable volume of business; do
mestlc demand also is steady. New
business for the week aggregated
2.345,056 feet: many mills are re
lenlshing their stocks and not taking
n much new business. Latest reports
Indicate that the industry as a whole
still is short of its normal volume of
tocks in nearly all grades and" sizes.
On account of the prospective steady
requirements for the rest of this year
tocks probably will continue low in
definitely.
"The mills shipped 2143 cars, or
64.290.000 feet.'' by rail in the week,
but have a total of 11.390 cars 'of un
shipped orders on their books the ac
cumulation due to the car shortage
that prevailed through the winter.
"Water shipments were compara
tively heavy for the week, 12,000,000
feet moving to California and 3,350,000
feet being exported.
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EVERYTHING you put irtfo your Thor gets
equal attention. The smooth, polished maple
"lifts" inside the Thor cylinder, carry a load of sudsy
clothei to the top, every time around. There are six of
' these lifts so every revolution means six "mix-ups" of
the entire" washing. No piece has a chance to'get
crowded into a corner and be neglected. The surging
suds, the chugging movement, cleansevery piece
thoroughly, without ever a bit of friction, twisting or
pounding. The filmiest fabrics, no less than the stout
est textiles, are thoroughly safe in your Thor.
, Of course, you'll want a Thor. Ask to see one
demonstrated. Learn about the easy termi.
CENSORS WILL ACT SOON
Completion of Movie Board Is Ex
pected This Week.
The third, member of the new mo
tion picture censor board will be se
lected some time this week, according
to Mrs. Alexander Thompson and C.
Jensen, thewo Members of the board
named by the city council. Tpider the
rew ordinance the selection of the
third member of the' board is left to
the first two named by the city
council .
Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Jensen have
several names under consideration,
but as yet have made no selection.
Missionary Convention at Kelso.
KELSO. Wash., March 20. (Spe
cial.) The annual convention of the
Presbyterial of the Columbia River
Presbytery was. held in the Kelss
Presbyterian church Monday and
Tuesday, the missionary society of the
local church being hostesses. The
principal address was made by Dr.
E. T. Allen, for 13 years a mission
ary in Armenia, who told of horrible
massacre's by the Turks. The meet
ings were well attended and proved
most Interesting.
Quarters Sought for Delegates.
TACOMA. Wash.. vMarch 20. Edward-P.
Kemmer, secretary of the
Tacoma commercial club, left Frlday
for San Francisco to arrange accom
modations and headquarters for Taco
wia at the national foreign trade con
vention scheduled to be held in San
vFrancisro next May.
SERVICES ATTRACT MANY
Dr. S. J. Reid Stirs Crowds in
Evangelistic Sermons.
Dr. S. J. Reid, the Irish evangelist.
who has been conducting services
of enlistment at the Arlcta Baptist
church during this week, has met
full houses each night and a deep
nterest has been shown at every
service. Many people who have lost
nterest in the Christian life have re
newed their faith and others have en
listed in the kingdom with their inJ-
lal experience. Dr. Reid will close
his work at the Arleta church this
morning, -beginning a similar cam
paign at the Glencoe Baptist church
this evening. At the evening service
at 7:S P. M. the pastor, Owen T. Day,
will answer the question, "If Sin Is
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Punished, How Shall We Escape?"
The men's club of the Arleta Bap
tist church will meet in the vestry
of the church at Forty-eighth avenue
and Sixty-fourth street Tuesday even
ing, March 23, at t:io f. an. Alter
the usual dinner served by the ladies
of the church the speaker of the
month will be Harry Stone, general
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Every
man of the neighborhood is invited.
Beginning Sunday. March 28, the
Arleta church will hold passion week
services each night of the week at
7:45. The preacher will be the pas
tor, Owen T. Day. Special music is
being provided.
Services at Lents Baptist church
today will be as follows: Sunday
school at 9:45; preaching service at
11 A. M. by the pastor. Rev. E. A.
Smith, theme, "All Things Working
for Good," and at 7:30, "The Uncon
ditional Surrender,"
At Kern Park Christian church.
Forty-sixth avenue and and Sixty-
ninth street, in preparation for the
pre-Easter evangelistic campaign, Dr.
today at 11 A. M.. "Enlisting for
Christ." At 7:30 P. M. he will speak
an "The Infallibly Safe Way."
A large-chorus will be organized -today
under the direction of Mrs. Ste
venson, singing evangelist, who will
have charge of the music for the spe
cial meetings.
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Dr. Patee Appeals to Court.
Dr. E. T. Patee of Astoria, who
served during the war as a medical
officer in the base hospital at Van
couver, declares that he can pass any
examination the board of medical ex
aminers of Oregon wish to give if he
is not discriminated against, in an
appeal from their refusal to award
him a license in Oregon, filed in the
district court yesterday.
Council Vacancy Is Filled.
CENTRA LI A, Wash., March 20.
(Special.) Fritz Mehl was elected to
the Toledo council this week. He
tills a vacancy caused by the resig-
J. F. Ghormley will take for his theme nation -of H. H. Hurst. .
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