The Sunday Oregonian., May 30, 1920, Section One, Page 4, Image 4

THE SUNDAY , OREGONIAN, FOKTL.AiVD. MAY 30, 1920
PRE-ELECTION MUD
IE
Y
Press Abuses Political Foes;
People Are Apathetic.
CAMPAIGN
IS FIERCE
Professional Politicians Are Only
Ones Kcally Aroused Use of
"Reptile Fund" Charged.
they turned themselves and their air
plane into a flaming: comet, to test
out a new "dope" for. fireprooflng
airplanes. A committee representing:
the Aero Club of America pronounced
the daring: stunt a success.
The flyers donned special hooded
suits painted with the "dope" and
mechanics sprayed them with gaso
line. They climbed aboard and then
the airplane, similarly dressed -was
touched off with matches at the same
time that flame was applied to the
aviators. The plane was then quickly
sent into the air and for five minutes
anxious spectators watched the blazing-
ship shooting: like a star until
the flames burned themselves out.
When the descent was made neither
the aviators nor the machine had
sustained any damage, though coated
with soot.
POLITICS GLOWING
WOMAN SHOOTS PEEPER
MIKROU REFLECTS FACE OF
COOK IX TRANSOM.
CCopyrlffht by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
BERLIN, May 29. (Special cable.)
There is not a single decent citizen
or honest German in all Germany, according-
to the unanimous verdict of
the Teuton press. Fools, imbeciles,
weaklings, murderers, hypocrites,
cowards, traitors, grafters, intriguers,
liars, scoundrels, are some of the
milder epithets fVecly hurled by Ger
mans at fellow Germans in any paper
you choose to pick up.
This unexpectedly frank outburst
is an incidental feature of the fiercest
campaign in German political history,
and the present whirlwind finish be
ing fought out with unbelievable
abuse and bitterness will terminate
with the reichsta" elections June 6.
Curiously enough, the fierce polit
ical struggle is all rhetorical, mostly
ail newspaper polemic Only the pro
fessional politicians are aroused, and
the keenly interested sovereign peo
ple betray the chronic Teuton apathy
toward practicil politics and the fate
of the nat ion, des-pite the fact that
sensational revelations for partisan
purposes are daily features in the
press. . ;
"Kepi He l onrt- 1a Charged.
Thua nationalistic papers reveal the
fact that the present government has
a "reptile fund.; while a former effi
cial of th? Germai nation--.! party who
seceded to the German people's party
has revealed that the old guard Pan
Germans, conservatives who form
the bulk of the German national
party, raised a 2.000,000 mark "yeilow
dog fund' and have been financing
dirty anti-Semitic propaganda.
The principal election novelty
that the voter who is obliged to be
away from homi on June 0 can cast
a ballot anywhere in Germany by
applying to his local election board
for a retehs election card, employable
much like a traveler's bread card
Another novelty is that members of
the army are forbidden to wear pd
litical - emblems. This is particularly
designed to obviate the flauntine of
the swastika cross, a notorious na
tionalistic anti-Semitic emblem.
Another big campaign feature is
the threat jf civil war as a political
argument. The coalition parties are
propagandizing the slogan. "If th
coa lition falls, civil war is sure,
while botn the reactionaries and the
reds are tolling- the people "A vote
for us is a vote against civil war.'
A tremendous picpuganda appeal i;
being marie for the women's vote, the
emancipated women's vote probably
being the decisive factor in the first
reichstag election under the new con
stitution.
Politician) Court Women' Ante.
Professional politicians of all par
ties have suddenly discovered a warm
heart for Gr-rrnany's women voters
Jnd are fervently wooing the haus
frau voto and pathetically appealing
to the maternal instinct to save the
country. Second only to the women
the honest workingman's vote is be
ing most t ought.
The darkest reactionaries have dis
covered the warmest sympathy fo
the workingman and beg for his co
operation as an ooual and the peer of
the JunKers, the agrarians, and the
captains of industry.
The principal issues of the German
national p.irty are open ultra-reac
tion for a monarchy, and violen
iti-seuiiti:sm. The German party, th
successor to the old national liberals,
is mildly reactionary for a strong na
tionalism. against socialism, radical
;sm, and mildly anti-semi tic, not
openly for a monarchy, but Ftronarl
. for the eco.iomie interest of the inuj
die cl isses.
DrmiM'rnti for Coalition.
The democratic party stands fo
the continuance of the present coa M
tion. but strongly champions the cap!
tn H stic interests, is Ptronglv ; aiiisf
the heavy Krzbergerian (axes "until
a gainst socialistic txporiinc-titK. The
ic-ntr pariy, as usual, is? for ii;od --H-
tion. for :t coalition making a front :
equally acninst reaction and i;idi.al-t
ism. but s; .-sowing a tendency to swing
toward the right and oppose even
mild socialism.
The social democrats the ro-caliod
tiiajority socialist, are for the con
tinuance of the coalition until such'
time as the socialists obtain a clar
cut majority in Germany. The inde
pendent socialists are strong for
knocking out capitalism, immediately
introducing drastic socialism.
The communist r;arty, the so-called
spartacist league, is for a soviet re
public, the dictatorship of the prole
tariat by violence if necessary. The
extremist left communist workers
party champions rational bolshevism
and violence only.
Old
Line Parties Joining
Fight Non-Partisans.
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CAMPAIGN GETTING WARM
League District Gatherings All
Over State Trying to Keep
Members In Line.
Orders to Leave Are Answered
Only by Broad Grins "Cntil
Threats Are Made Good.
ELIZABETH, X. J., May 29. (Spe-
ial.) Clad in negligee and preparing
o dress for the day, Mrs. A. "William
Mitchell, tall and graceful and 20
years old, stepped over to the mirror
n her room at the Burkly hotel. Gaat
ing toward the glass she saw the re
flection of a mans face, peering
through the transom. She ordered
the "Peeping Tom" to get down. And
he did a moment later.
As Mrs. Mitchell was dressing her
hair she again saw the face. Picking
her husband's revolver out of a bu
reau drawer, she ordered the "peeper'
o disappear, threatening to shoot him
f he disobeyed her. A broad grin
was the only answer. Mrs. Mitchell
reiterated her command and a smile
by Tom followed as he made careful
observation..
His failure to follow another order
spelled his doom, for Mrs. Mitchell
made good her threat. She fired and
the "peeper" toppled off a barrel on
which he had been standing. Others
in the hotel ran to 'the scene and
picked up Bruno Booth, 25 years old.
a cook at the hotel- He was bleeding
from the head and the bullet had en
cased itself in the ceiling. Removed
to the general hospital Booth was
found to be suffering from a scalp
wound, the missile having just grazed
his head.
Mrs. Mitchell told her story to the
police and following a charge against
her of assault and battery was re-
eased until June 7. She swore a
complaint against Booth, charging
disorderly conduct. Booth is a pris
oner patient in the hospital.
The police '-say Mrs. Mitchell feared
that Booth would break into the room
and that she had warned him several
times. Mrs. Mitchell came here from
Reading, Pa., with her husband, who
is employed by the Central Railroad
of New Jersey.
CONFIDENCE VOTE GIVEN
May 19 and witnessed one of the
most novel scenes in American po
litical history -when Rev. Allen O.
Birchenough, a republican, pastor ofi
the . First Methodist church of fet.
Thomas, N. D. and kn,wn throughout j MIMiERAxD REGIME OPPOSED
Highway Extension Ordered.
WHITE SALMON. Wash., May 29.
(Special.) Active work on the ex
tension of the North Bank highway.
east of Underwood, will be under way
by mid-summer, according: to word
received from the state highway de
partment. The highway commission
has ordered notice for bids published,
bids to be opened on August 2, for
the construction of a road from the
east end of the highway bridge, now
under construction at the mouth of
the "White Salmon river, running
north to connect with the county
road leading to the present White
Salmon-Trout lake road.
BY JAT THOMAS.
FARGO. N. D., May 29. (Special.)
North Dakota, from one end to the
other, is a seething mass of political
activity, and to outward appearances
at least, the most of this activity is
designed to wrest control of the
state from the Non-partisan league.
The republican and democratic
leaders of North Dakota have per
fected a working agreement on state
political issues and will go down
the line together for the purpose of
defeating every candidate who en
ters the field with the Non-partisan
leage indorsement. In fact, they are
demanding a straight repudiation of
the league and Its prlnicples from all
candidates who seek party support
of either the republican or democratic
organization.
The state primary election will b
held June 30 and the first fight will
be centered on the selection of re
publican nominees, as the league will
endeavor to name its candidates on
the republican ballot.
Governor Leading la Fight.
Lynn J. Frailer, the Non-partisan
league governor of the state, and al
the other state officials were elected
on the republican ticket, and Krazie
will again lead the fight for the
league as a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for governor. r.i
opposition to Townley and the Non
partisan league, so far as the repub
lican party is concerned, is headed
by William Langer. present attorney-
general, who was selected by the re
publican state advisory convention
I as the candidate of the "regulars" to
make the race against Governor
crazier, tits indorsement at the con
vention was unanimous. Langer was
elected attorney-general with the
indorsement of the Non-partisan
league, but broke with the Towriley
organization at the time of the Scandinavian-American
bank scandal in
Fargo and has been carrying on the
fight against -"Townleyism" ever
since. When Langer parted company
with the league, hetearried with him
State Auditor Kozitsky-and Secretary
of State Hall.
If the republican primaries. June
30, result in the nomination of Langer
and the state and legislative ticket
indorsed by the "regulars," the Non
partisan league will be out of busi
ness in North Dakota. If, however,
the league candidates win in the pri
maries, then the fight will be car
ried to the general flection ' in No
vember with the "regular" republi
cans openly supporting the demo
cratic state ticket. Republican lead
ers and democratic leaders agreed
upon the candidates indorsed by the
conventions of both parties, and the
platforms of both conventions were
largely devoted to condemnation of
the Non-partisan league and its pro
gramme. I personally attended the demo
cratic state convention held at Fargo
was called upon to deliver the prin
cipal address to the assembly.
Pastor Denounce Leafae.
In his opening remarks the "fight
ng parson" declared "that North Da
kota, under the regime of the Non
partisan league, has become the first
soviet state of America."
The communist movement In Hun
gary, he said, the bolsnvist move
ment in Russia, the Spartacan move
ment in Germany, the syndicalist
movement in the British Isles, the
one big union in Canada, the revo
lutionary, radical activities in tne
United States and the forces and lead
ership behind the Non-partisan
league movement in North Dakota
are all peas in the same pod. They
are outward manifestation of the
same centralized pernicious energy,
that energy being red."
The campaign against Townleylsm
Is apparently well organized and is
being conducted by' the Independent
Voters' association of North America,
which Is an amalgamation of all
classes of citizens of both democratic
and retiublican political faith. In
everv section I have visited I have
found visible evidence of the activities
of this organization.
The work of the Non-partisan
league forces is not so visible, but
this is presumably due to the fact
that it is politically organized along
more secret lines. It is admitted by
even the most rabid anti-Townleyite
that Townley has perfected In North
Dakota the most perfectly organized
and the most efficient working po
litical machine ever used in American
politics. It is also true that no one
outside of the Inner circle of the
Non-partisan league can tell the size
of the Townley "war chest." It is
known that the league has collected
from the farmers of North Dakota in
excess of $4. 000,000. This is estab
lished by their own records and re
ports. Hordes of league organizers
have also been collecting vast sums
of money from the farmers of Min
nesota. Montana and Washington
How much of this money has been
expended or how it has been used
has never been shown. .
Townley la Mlaaeaota.
i District meetings of the league are
being held all over North Dakota for
the purpose of keeping the member
ship in line for the Townley candi
dates, but Townley himself is spend
ing most of his time in campaigning
the adjoining state of Minnesota. The
league has indorsed a full republican
ticket in Minnesota and is carrying
the fight into every nook and corne.r
of that state.
The Independent Voters' association
has succeeded in attaching the refer
endum to three of the measures
passed ' by thg Non-partisan league
legislature the absent voters law.
the state sheriff act, and the state in
vestigation commission and the peO'
pie of North Dakota will vote on
these bills in the June primary elec
tion. In addition, the anti-red flag
law, which the legislature refused to
act upon, will be submitted to the
voters as an initiative bill.
OXLY BT SOCIALIST VOTE.
Government- of French Premier
Gets Largest Ballot of' Its
Kind Since Formation.
PARIS, May 29. Premier Millerand
Friday obtained for his government
the largest vote of confidence it had
received since its formation. This was
535 to 68, the unified socialists alone
voting solidly against the government.
The question was Premier Miller-
and's interpretation of France's for
eign policy, and the chamber gave the
premier by its vote the mandate to
g9 to the approaching conference at
Spa between the allies and the tier-
mans and demand application in full
of the terms of the Versailles treaty
and to accept no compromise -on the
question of a fixed sum of the indem
nity to be paid by Germany.
Speaking in the chamber this aft
ernoon in answering an interpella
tion, M. Millerand said there had been
no agreement between the United
States, Italy and France with regard
to any fixed sum to be paid by Ger
many. He added that Franco was go
ing to Spa as a plaintiff and not as a
defendant and that it would be an
iniquitous scandal were those respon
sible for the war not to be compelled
to pay .the total liabilities for the
damage caused. '
Requisition Papers Issued.
SALEM, Or., May 29. (Special.)
Governor Olcott today signed requisi
tion papers asking for the return to
Oregon of li. J. Clark, .who is under
arrest at Los Angeles charged with
forgery alleged to have been com
mitted in Portland. Frank Collins of
Portland, left here today for Los
Angeles to return Clark to Portland
for trial.
GERMAN LIVINE COST GUT
DRV GOODS, CLOTHING, FOOD,
FCRXITCBE PRICES DROP.
Panic May Be Started, for Numer
ous Business Failures in Every
Part of Nation Are Reported.
BY CYRIL BROWN.
(Copyright by the Km York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.
BERLIN. May 29. tSpecial cable.)
For the German people the cost of
living has passed the peak seemingly.
There has been very recently a 20
to SO per cent drop in the price of
shoes, followed by a heavy fall
the cost of dry goods, clothing, furni
ture and of a few foodstuffs. Includ
ing rice, peas and beans. At the very
same time a panic may be started, for
numerous business failures in every
part of Germany are being repoitfed
and further bankruptcies seem to im
pend. There is a serious crisis in the
retail trade, with merchandising vir
tually at a standstill because the
public is holding off waiting for prices
to go still lower. The reaction irom
this attitude is already felt dis
astrously by the manufacturing in
dustries. There are alarming reports
of many workers being thrown out of
employment, and that whole industries
are planning to cut down their work
ing forces heavily or to shut down
their plants completely. The textile
and shoe industries are involved in a
grave crisis and a critical condition is
reported also tn the leather, furniture,
glass and pottery industries.
It looks as if capital and "big in
dustry" will exploit the economic cri
sis, or the possible panic, as an ex
cuse for a gigantic lockout and for a
finish fight against organized labor,
socialism and radicalism. In Ham
burg all the shipyards have coun
tered on a partial strike with a gen
eral lockout. In Berlin many work
ers are being discharged in the metal
Industries. The metal workers' union
is notoriously radical.
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KANGAROOS IN OAHU HILLS
Animals Flee Private Menagerie
and -Multiply.
HONOLULU, T. IT.. May 29. (Spe
cial.) There are kangaroos in the
hills of Oahu. That is, the animals
:re a species of kangaroo known as
wallabies. A local business man. R. H.
Trent, whoso hobby is a small men
agerie, had two wallabies in his pen
some years ago when a netting was
broken by youngsters.
The wallabies escaped, and now
there are at least five wallabies in
the foothills. Their appearance is re
ported , by a resident in one of the
valleys above Honolulu.
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DEBS TO GET HONOR
Socialist Presidential Nomination
lo Come to Prison.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 29. In a small
room at the Atlanta federal prison and
under the watchful eyes of a guard.
Eugene V. Debs, serving a ten-year
term for violation of the espionage
act, will be formally notified that
the socialist party has nominated
him for president.
Warden Zerbst stated the notifica
tion committee which left New Tork
Friday would be allowed to communi
cate with the prisoner.
PLANES FLAMING COMETS
Test of Fireproof! ng Material De
clared to Be Success.
ATLANTIC CITY, X. J.. May 29.
i Special.) Aviators Kerwood and
Campbell yesterday gave delegates
attending the third Pan-American
aeronautic congresa a thrill when
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