THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY. 28, 1918.
PRESIDENT Vi ILL,
BE SILENT ABOUT
WAR
CRITICISMS
1 Administration Chiefs Contend
Nonpublic Defense Against
; , Charges Needed.at This Time.
ASSERTIONS 'NOT ADMITTED
c Chamberlain Accusations Are Not
Accepted as Facts; Baker Will
v ' Give His Side of Controversy.
"'. - . . . ' - mm tV H.T m
WUmnKion, wan. w. v
' .President Wilson will not accept the
charge of war mismanagement made by
Senator Chamberlain aa facta. That waa
vnad plain by administration lleuten
- ants here Friday. But he will not chal
lenge any of the assertions of the Ore
' gon solon directly at this time. The
administration. 1U chiefs say, needs no
.public defense at this time. The con
tusions drawn by Senator Chamberlain
-in his dramatic speech are held not to be
"warranted by the facts, and this will be
pointed out through official channels in
y, the near. ruture.
a,f Secretary of War Baker will give his
' side of the controversy to the senate
1111. .Malra xnlnmllt.. MondlV.
mum a -
Senator OHU James of Kentucky, select-
-.4Mulapotlnn innkAsman. will
,jsu mm Piuiuinwi't
fmak thm administration record for the
senate next week.
VVaBVVa $ m-sw-- v w
V Meanwhile there wan a general im
v preasion everywhere Friday that the
' QtVQiOpnieill, Ul I.IO v ovn , o .... v. 3
-with 'Senator Chamberlain's New York
k speech of last Saturday night, followed
by the president's, personal attack on his
, ! ' . . . aW.. A n n n la onaaih
Thursday, has cleared the air. The pub--'lle
Is certain to be the gainer as a result.
'' There jsrilt be less unnecessary secrecy.
Tcertaln facta known to the newspapers.
but withheld because of the acceptance
iof tha voluntary censorsnip pians. now
pwtU be hiade public with official sanc-
turn. .
?. There Is very much to be proud of in
i the conduct of the war. There are stories
r'fOl tne pcriormane ui io v
v trig accounts of death faced in a dozen
forms with a smiling face, and of suc-..-,.
that warn well worth havinr. that
will cause all American bosoms to swell
Vita pride when the facta can be re-
i M
Zt Soldiers Show Heal Spirit
.1 rymrm will hii otnriAB of arm v work that
JwUI show that the troops of 1917-18 are
-5 ths same calibre as those who have car
t, ried the flag to the front everywhere
And this will now be revealed if the
discussion are carried
Mnl.ti. imil.r
2 through.
And there also will be many chap
iters of which little can be said. Most
of the facta recited by Senator Cham'
1'berlaln Thursday are true, but officials
il close to the administration pointed out
tethat at least the majority of them re
, ti suited from circumstances over which
&th administration had no control. It
ion report Mid,1 "because the circum
stances of Mooney's prosecution, in ths.
light of his history, led to the belief
that ths terrible and sacred instruments
oi criminal Justice wars consciously or
unconsciously mads use of against labor
by its enemies in an Industrial con
flict" . - k .
A Just disposition of ths Mooney case,
ths commission believes, is vital be
cause It affects "Influences far beyond
ths confines of California, and Cali
fornia can be counted on to see the
wider implication of the case."
Sew Trial Is Soaght
"War is fought with moral, as well
as material resources," said the report.
"We are in this war to vindicate the
moral claims of unstained processes of
law. These claims must be tempered
by the fire Of our own devotion to them
at home."
Apparently expecting the California
supreme court, "confined as it Is by
Jurisdictional limitations," to sustain the
conviction of Mooney, the commission
urges the president to prepare to seek
cooperation of the California govern
ment and its prosecuting officers that a
new trial of Mooney may be,"put to the
test of unquestionable justice."
This result can be accomplished, the
commission advises, by postponing sen
tence of execution to await the outcome
of a new trial based upon prosecution
under one of the tried indictments
against him.
Acting, upon the recommendation of
his special commission. President Wil
son has written a letter to the governor
of California, urging favorable con
sideration of the Mooney case.
Until the supreme court acta and the
governor responds to the appeal, the
president will take no further Steps, it
was learned officially today.
Committee Operates Quietly
The report of the mediation commls-
islon waa submitted to the president to
day. It follows:
To the president:
'Agreeable to your instructions, your
mediation committee, informally and
without publicity. Inquired into the cir
cumstances attending the Mooney case
and herewith begs to report the result
of its investigation:
"1. On Julv.22. 1916. while the San
Francisco preparedness parade was in
its early progress, an explosion occurred
on one of the city's side streets filled
with paraders and the public Without
question, the explosion was murder
designed on a large scale and its pur
pose was effectuated. Six people were
killed outright and about 40 wounded,
of whom three or four subsequently
died. Indisputably a most heinous crime
has been committed and the identifica
tion of its perpetrators alone had to be
established.
2. The community waa deeply stirred.
Aggressive activity waa at once under
taken by the police department and the
press was flUed with cluer and theories
for solution of the tragic mystery. No
premonitory acts furnished a clue, ex
cept mat a number of letters were
mailed, prior to the parade, to promi
nent citizens and leaders in the parade,
threatening destruction if the parade
was undertaken. These letters undoubt
edly had a common source. They all
avowed pacifist purposes, threats
against such manifestations of 'militar
ism' as a preparedness, parade was con
ceived by them to be. The public au
thorities, however, did not deem the let
ters significant and the identity of their
writers neyer has been established.
Mooney Was labor Agitator
"8. The police and district attorney
turned for an explanation to a different
Quarter. Arrests were made of Thomas
J. Mooney and his wife, Hena Mooney.
Warren K. Billings, Israel Welnburg
and Edward Nolan.
"4. The antecedeltta- of these five
PORTLAWD WILL HAVE
A BRANCH
OF.SPRUCE
MEN'S ORGANIZATION
If IT. and In 'February. HIT, wu con
victed of murder in ths first degree
Mrs.' Mooney was tried and acquitted.
Welnburg was recently tried and ac
quitted. Nolan has never been put to
trial.
"8. The convictions of Mooney and
Billings followed trials in accordance
with the established course of Ameri
can procedure. ; It is familiar ; to stu
dents of Jurisprudence that no system
of criminal administration in the world
hedges such safeguards around the ac
cused as an American trial. Conviction,
in other words, is based on evidence
narrowly confined to specific issues.
Furthermore, proof of guilt had to be
established beyond a reasonable doubt
and established to the unanimous satis
faction of a Jury of 12 persons selected
from the people.
"Km-mr VvMaMataa Tlavalnna
, . , ,' Seattle. Jan. 26.L N. a) Fearing
guilt determined by a very democratic j lf continues two or three years
institution. There is no question but that longer, national banks will finance only
the jury acted in good faith upon the : munition manufacturers, lumbermen of
evidence submitted. It Is because of the ' th pciflo Northwest today have be-
exists or the justice oi tnese conviction.
Following the trials of Billings and
Manufacturers Vote at Seattle to
Enter West Coast Associa
tion as a Unit
Mooney there was a change in the evi
dence, which not only resulted in the
acquittal of Mrs. Mooney and Welnburg,
but also cast .doubt upon the prior con
victions of Billings and Mooney.
Thus it is that evidence submitted on
four trials,, taken together, aimed as it
was at the establishment of a single'
Issue their joint participation in the
crime leaves the mind in the greatest
uncertainty as to the complicity of the
accused. While each record In itself pre
sents evidence which would Justify the
appellate court in sustaining the verdict
of the jury, the evidence of the four
cases in their entirety must shake confi
dence in the justice of the convictions.
Thin In rill tn tha ritiH.i,,-, m,baab .
. - m.m Vuww.t VUMWfWi 1 a.
The witnesses, subsequent revelations
concerning them and conflict in the tes
timony of the same witnesses, as the
need for change in the testimony devel
oped to fit new thories of the prosecu
tion or new evidence by the defense.
9 We find in the atmosohere sur
rounding the prosecution and trial of the.
case ground for disquietude. This feel
ing has been reinforced by one factor
or controlling importance. The most
damaging testimony produced against
aiooney came rrom a witness named
Oxman. It was Oxman who testified,
with convincing detail to the presence
or juooney ana Billings at the nlaee
and the time where It was essential for
them to have been if proof of their par
ticipation in the crime was to be established.
Court's JarisdictloB Limited
"After Mooney's conviction, there
came to light letters confessedly writ
ten by Oxman prior to his having been
called to testify. The plain import of
these letters is an attempt by Oxman
to suborn perjury in corroboration of
vital testimony which he was to give
and which he did give against Mooney.
VlO As soon as the Oxman ' letters
were disclosed, the judge who presided
at MoSneys trial called upon the attor
ney general of California to take steps
towards a re-trial of the case.
The attorney general asked the su
preme court that in view of the Oxman
exposure, the case should be returned
to the trial court for a new trial. The
supreme court, however, under the laws
of California, found itself without juris
diction to consider matters outside the
record. The case now before the court
of appeals is to be disposed of solely on
fore them a plan for organizing a clear'
ing house for lumber trade accounts,
capitalised at 21,000,000. The scheme
was brought up at the annual meeting
of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa
tion here last evening, by C. B, Hani
man of Portland. The proposition was
referred to a committee.
Manufacturers of spruce lumber, which
heretofore have had a separate organ
isation, voted to enter the West Coast
organization. A Branch will be formed
for them with headquarters in Portland.
The annual banquet of the association
was given a patriotic aspect by the pres
ence of Canadian veteran officers who
spoke on the task confronting the al
lies.
Colonel B. P. Disque, of Portland, in
charge of the government's spruce pro
duction, speaking before the gathering,
deplored the criticism of high officials
now before congress and declared it can
do nothing but give aid to the enemy.
Officers elected are E. H. urnside,
Raymond, president; E. D. Kingsley
Portland, and F. B. Hubbard. Centralia.
vice presidents; F. H. Jackson, Seattle,
treasurer, R. B. Allen, secretary.
The big drive for spruce will be in
full swing within 60 days, according to
A. Lb Paine of Hoquiam. Wash., secre
tary of the recently organized Airplane
Spruce Lumber company. He said
his concern will have five logging
camps in operation within 15 days and
soon will increase its crew to 200 men.
augmented by a number of big caterpll
Iar tractors.
PACKERS WANTED
OWN INVESTIGATOR
doomed to die out as the result of a
revolutionary movement - from within
Ukraine and the Don. -
Delegate Severdoloff re-read the so-
called "Rights of - Man" resolution,
which was rejected -by the constituent
assembly's anti-Bolshevikl ' majority.
The Bolshevik delegates greeted it with
uproarious applause, particularly its
proclamation of a Russian republic
Preach Mlalster te Confer
It was noticeable that Lenlne spoke
firmly as a complete victor over the
Mensheviki. but he took pains to ridi
cule the minority's cry that be was a
dictator.
Announcement was made today that
the French Socialist dumas is to confer
with Foreign Minister Trotsky on Saturday.
From conversations which the United
Press correspondent had with delegates
from all parts of Russia there seemed
to be a general belief that the people
themselves, through an intricate net
work of city and provincial Soviets and
cooperative organisations, were seeking
to solve Russia's problems and were
not in the least concerned as to who
actually rules in petrograd. The people
of Russia, judging from the soviet dele
gates, will accept Petrograd's decrees
and order when they fit local needs.
Otherwise they will not be accepted.
America should understand that Rus
sia is now trying to build a government
from the bottom up. The form of this
structure is not clear.
Workers Will Dictate
One thing appears certain, however,
and that is that no central authority
will be able to dictate. It can only in
spire the great plain people to do the
building themselves.
In other words, it appears likely there
soon will be a new state of dictatorship
in Russia only the peasantry and the
workmen will be the dictators.
PRO
BONO
PUBLICO
II
CLUB IS SUBTERFUGE,
JUDGE TUCKER SAYS
: . '
Conviction of Albert Stevens
for Violation of Anti-Jitney.
Law Upheld.
That the "Pro Bono Publico club" was
not a club in the generally accepted
meaning of the term, and that the in
tent of its organisation was to evade the
Jitney ordlnJmces, was in effect the de
cision of Circuit Judge Tucker, rendered
this morning.
Albert Stevens was convicted recently
in the municipal court on a charge of
violating the city's anti-Jitney ordinances
In that he carried passengers through
the streets for S cents.
His defense was that he was an era
ploye of the Pro Bono Publico club.
which owned the machine he waa driving
and other machines in which members of
the club were privileged to ride upon a
payment of 5 cents a ride. The club had
headquarters, it was alleged, others the
members could meet in social inter
course. Reading matter and other con
veniences, such as a bootblack stand.
were provided.
After reviewing the testimony. Judge
Tucker held that the headquaretrs was
in effect merely a waiting-room, open to
the Dubllc: that the members' coupon
tickets, calling for a ride in the club's
conveyances, were sold indiscriminately
to the oublic
In his opinion, the club was a sunter-
fuge adopted to enable the members to
Pupils to Number of
237 Finish Hi School
Two hundred and thirty -seven boy
and girl high school graduates Friday
night received their diplomas. Indicating
that they had passed aa Important mile
stone In their educational career. Many
of the students will continue their stud
ies in higher educational Institutions.
The February. 1918. class, which exceed
ed last year's class by 48, was featured
by simplicity of graduation dresses on
he part of the young women. Ideas of
conservation were carried out.
The exercises, which were held at
various high schools and at the Shattuck
and Couch schools, drew out a Urge
number of parents and friends or the
students. Music and speechmaklng add'
ed to the program.
The symphony orchestra concert re
hearsal at The Auditorium Friday fore
noon was attended by 1600 students
from the high schools.
BIG DOCKS GO; SHOTS
FIRED AT SUSPECTS
C Continued from Put On)
(ContioTUd from Face One)
costs was worked out by Armour, Swift
onil X4 1 BLSvi
Heney told the committee he was not can officlal?e,l'.
yet ready to explain how the packers'
"slush fund" was expended.
Edwin Hitrln. now rhilrm, n nf th
shipping board, formerly chairman of and "V" na1
and therefore should be adjudged the
the federal trade commission, waa ap
proached in the fight to kill the pro- na r rnifittint.
nosed investiratlon. H.n.v rd th. more important and more significant.
following letter,, dated Chicago. July
17, 1916 to Louis Swift and signed by
Henry Veeder, general attorney for the
live big packers:
"I was in Washington on July 14
Czernln. Pleases the Pope
Rome. Jan. 26. (IT. P. The Vatican
today counted Csernin's speech as an-
ntli., nnaltltr. at.n n a vA mbm
" "-" r . I .. V . .. . i-v. .. l
Tn ntfMm1 Hn M th manir mint rT acOOmDUSU mairecuv uimi wuai vuw
th wwh nf thai I forbade them doing directly. He there-
Austro-Hungarian statesman and Presi- fore affirmed the decision of the lo'
dent Wilson's fundamental peace alms court wnicn naa iouna oro.
wr nnlntMl out i. evidence of the I
gradual building of a basic structure on DR. ANDERSEN SEEKS DIVORCE
which Deace mlrht later be erected.
That there should be omissions and Aj, Wjfe Attempted to Prevent
frr" r,7..;,u Bis Golno to Europe and Left Him
was distinctly optimistic . Dr. W. R. Andersen, a physician has
The Italian press, however, renectea I negun sun wr mvuiv. " , "
the view of Italian officialdom tnai na. Anaerwm.
. i .... ApsAt fared with him on his departure to Eu
for peace to be found in either Csernin's rope to join the oversea medical . iwrrta
or HerUing'a apeeches. . by attempting to get his P cn"
It is the Vatican's opinion that wmt w u,"''u T.V"..-
ta.ii., Ma.aui th fur. i reared in w ior uu.
,T ti. .T he alleges, she drooped the matter com
S;;hw.Tu there Ua pletely and hid herself away, and that,
Umil" Under this construction. Vati- he now h .no wn..
the a it WOUlU I aDUUU. I Ciui iv e.v.. w -
embarrass me pan-rui-v..- - ,v .. nd
Moreover, they pointed m- :r w Elation.
BW"" mw, ;;rumStanc They were Carried in Portland. October
than that of German Chancellor Hertllng Vt MM.
D. Finn, alleging that he deserted her
inri R 1915. TTiev were marnea in
DOUBLE
APPLICATION
FOR
CITIZENSHIP
vessels for the government, narrowly es
caped destruction. Seven uncompleted
quartermasters' storehouses were prac
tical. y wrecked.
Major Lamphere, commanding the
army patrol which was guarding the
plant and the supply station, expressed
the opinion that the blaze waa Bta.rt.Ml
by incendiaries. Soldiers told of ha vine
seen men running when the alarm was
given early today.
Six hundred barrels of oil. waltlna to
be loaded on lighters. Ignited and burned
on the Ice which covers Newark bav.
But for the quick arrival of a fire tug
from New York, which smashed Its
way through the flames, the shlDbulld
lng plant probably would have been
taken. Dynamite was used to blow
up buildings between the flames and
the shipyard.
Crowds gathered around the blase.
but soldiers kept the spectators back by
rirtng into the air repeatedly.
Rumors of a spy plot to destroy the
Submarine Boat corporation's plant
were circulated more than a week ago,
just prior to a visit paid the plant by
Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the
Emergency Fleet corporation. When
Hurley left, a guard of 200 soldiers was
sent at once to the yard. Police also
were sent from Newark.
Portland, September 3, 1911.
FIXTURES TO BE DESTROYED
Bwas said rather emphatically Friday Persons, particularly or Thomas J.
. that when Secretary Baker tells his Mooney, have occasioned the war impor-
inw ui ui toc. nwu.j', o.i in. 1114.0
of his arrest, was a well-known labor
radical on the Coast. He associated
with anarchists, was a believer In 'direct
action' in labor controversies, had once
been Indicted for attempting dynamit
ing of the property of a San Francisco
publlo utility, but after" three trials was
acquitted.
"In the spring of 1916 Mooney and
his wife were the leaders in a bitter and
unsuccessful fight to organise the car
men of the United Railroads in San
Francisco. Only shortly before the pre
paredness parade explosion it was
sought to connect Mooney with the re
cent dynamiting of towers of the Pa
cific Gas & Elctrlc company. In a word.
MaaM& anrl FUtnatriP James eneaks for the
administration, there will be no assault
F made on the Oregon senator. It will be
Jj stated, officials said, that the president
h welcomes criticism and that he has
a opened the way for as complete publlc-
s Ity as IS possiDie wiiooui revenim mii
" 2 itary secrets to the Germans, and it
j, will be further declared that conditions
J complained of are being remedied as
w rapidly as possible.
8 , Belligerent Should "Bary Hstehet"
w ' Senators and Representatives who put
: patriotism above party, are working to
. A prevent any further breach between the
5 president and congress. They pointed
aMit that inaamnrh aa the rhtef dutv nf
as.t,itw nAW la t n vrln t aft war 11
21 Parties to the present controversy should there can be no doubt tnat Mooney was
i-bury the hatchet." and try to reconcile regarded as labor agitator of msUevo-
their views. The country must stand by I lnce by the public utilities of San Fran
3 the president, it Is declared, because, if ' cisco. and that he was an especial ob-
- ill the Idea Is allowed to get abroad in the Jeci oi ineir uhdil.u..
w central empires that he Is not really
i tne spokesman tor me enure country.
. n inestimable damage will result to the al
2 lied cause.
Tn this AAnniHAn th.M nfann. &.,,
- K
trial. If the supreme court should find
error, reverse and grant a new trial re
lief the situation needs would be pro
vided. If the court finds the record
discloses no reversible error and, there
fore, confirms the conviction, relief will
have to be supplied through executive
action of the governor of California and
cooperation of the prosecuting officers."
'fully, pointed out that throughout his
U entire speech Senator Chamberlain said
M no harsh words against the president.
3 His position was that the president had
Kbeen unable to learn all of the truth,
"r And the senator's frank, open declara
tion that he was ready at any time,
IU,ntop day." to go to the White House
to confer with and assist the president,
f. is certain to have a good effect, of-
ficials believe. They say that this at-
Mrs. Mooney, a music teacher re
spected by a wide circle of pupils, was
svmnathetlc witn nis socialist views.
Billings, a youth touched by the radi
cal propaganda, was one of Mooney's
friends. He too, was a believer in
'direct action.' He had previously been
convicted of carrying explosives on a
passenger car. Welnburg, whose son
was a nuoil of Mrs. Mooney, was a
Jitney bus driver, who had occasionally
Arivon the Moonevs. Mooney is the
oanter of the case. The other defend
ants have significance only because of
their relations to him.
Private Detective Assists
"5. The utilities against which
Mooney directed his agitation or who sus
pected him of mischievous activities.
undoubtedly sought to 'get Mooney.
Their activities against him were di
rected by Swanson, private detective.
It was Swanson who had engineered
the Investigation which resulted in
Mooney's prosecution. It waa Swanson
who was active in the attempts to im
ollcate Mooney In the dynamiting of
electric towers In 1916, attempts wblchi
tltude must be reflected everywhere and
that after the questions of the creation
Xof a minister of munitions and a super
it war cabinet are disposed of. all factions
will be-found working together agatn.
jj PRESIDENT IN MOONEY
; ' CASE ASKS NEW TRIAL
It' f Centlmird from Pa Onl
f failed. It appears, because Billings and
trnnMd bv the lower court and nnra nn- . i . . a f.H . 1 ...nr.
. r " a' j V, eilllfUl S I J a uotiu vfc
H held by the state supreme court. ; j,y Swanson to Implicate Mooney.
;i '' As announced by the United Press Shortly thereafter the preparedness
1 before the presfdenfs special mediation parade explosion occurred.. Immedi
m commission went west some weeks ago ' ately Swanson takes a leading
J the president decided on an investiga-j part, acting for the district attorney
2 tion of the Moonev case for two rea.- land the police in the investigation of
Ksons:- i the crime. 'Within four days, under
' K i , . Swanson's leadership, the arrest of
low,.- i .v.. " . . i Mooney and the others is made.
i.-a .1.. ,., , icase. or even a case of extraordinary
. : 3 against the United States B ,loa" : interest there thus emerges elements
f Tha nrMiii.nt'. ..,, . of a clash of forces of wide slg-
i umAtt,m m .iV.' . nlflcance. On the one hand a com
' munlty long in the grip of bitter labor
struggles and outraged by peculiarly
: wicked murders. Accusation is made
j against a group whose leader has been
! widely associated with views which
Justify violence at least in industrial
conflict. The public mind waa there
in fl ' M . a. "" -i
S JKeliet from hczema
fluence when meetings of protest sprang
KUP in Russia and the western states,
vt . r Seateiee 8tlrs Up Ratslans
I From there the protest spread to the
entire country until it had gathered
momentum from manv sou.-c whnu
opposition to voilence. is unquesOoned ! fore easily aroused to a belief in the
ft and whose devotion to our cause in the . guilt of the accused. An attitude of
!2ni: unaunieo. (passion was stimulated by all the arts
- Kuiimem oi Russia ana of modern Journalism, It is not sur
IT this country was aroused." the commit.! n,uin. th.n tt niiiin-r. lurn.
fi I were tried in an imnretrnatlnr atmoa-
; phere of guilt.
Convicted of Harder
"On the other hand. Just as Mooney
symbolixed labor for all the bitter op-
2 Don't worry about eczetfea or Other , P0""1" oI abor, so he came to symbol-
- Skin troubles. You can have a cleaV ,z Iabor lrrespectlve ot hla personal
i rriwu.cn nave. a Clear, i merits in the mlnda of workera and
their sympathisers. 'The Mooney case'
soon revealed Itself into a new aspect
of the old industrial feud, instead ot a
subject demanding a calm search for
the truth.
"1. Billings was tried first, undoubt
edly in JUie hope that the pressure of
his conviction would lead him to impli
cate Mooney. He was convicted. Hla
conviction has been sustained. He has
been sentenced to life imprisonment.
He has not implicated Mooney and he
protests n is innocence.
"Mooney was tried early in January.
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- fi The E. W. Rose Co Cleveland. O, f ;
Hnnaarlan Strikers Face Guns
Amaterdam. Jan. 26. (U. P.) Revolt
ing strikers were prevented irom enier
iTur in. inner fjivj a-.' - i .
While there I called on Senator Wads- Uary 18, only by soldiers armed with Remembrance of et Days laonse ranea
by Court; Owner opposes ururr.
fi.inn fixtures. Including a mahogany
bar, were ordered destroyed by District
Judge Bell .Friday arternoon. xney
were installed for many years in the
saloon at East Morrison and Water
rinnta. Rlnee the state went dry they
have been used in the soft drink parlor
conducted by Ed Tracy unui a lew
months ago. when he sold it to Thomas
mm - t-v. r,nnM. waa arrested on
with the commission; that is, that the I ,v -tot. .na.rtment considers reliable ..,,,. f booUea-elnc several times
worth. Representative Mann and nha.r-1 m...in. nma. who surrounded the in
man Hurley of the federal trade com- ner city, occupying bridges between the
mlaalnn T 1 o rn mA (Vat .v. ta I .. . . tv.. m nA TMf dlanatchea in
, - Am i . ... . . . l.iu rv. i iiia i C1U9B Ul va v.. wa.u .
errors appearing from the record of the resolution would not be taken up for the Berlin Tageblatt. arriving here to-
consiaerauon by tne house of represen- day stated. Thirty memners oi tne ro
tative at this session of congress. olutionary organisation and or a council
Publicity to Be Avoided of laborers, soldiers and students were
."I was advised that lf the federal arrested.
trade commission be Instructed to make
an Investigation, they are to make such Vienna Strike Reports Confirmed
investigation as though it originated wo.wtn. Jan. 26. CU. P.) What
Federal Agents Investigate Fires
Washington. Jan. 26. (I. N. 8
Sweeping investigations are In progress
over the mysterious fires which today
causeo great a am age to the Westing
house plant in Buffalo, at the govern
ment shipyards on Newark bay, and
at the Oella mills in Baltimore. These
investigations are being made by local
representatives of the department of
justice at each place. Officials aald
that under the war times rules, all
fires In plants doing work for the gov
ernment are investigated immediately
upon their taking place and that until
such investigations are completed re
ports will not be made to this city.
Officials admitted tney were con
cerned over today's series of fires . f ol
lowing as they hays many others
throughout the country whose origin
still is a mystery.
IS
CAUSE OF TROUBLES
Prof. J. Harthan De Fell's Rec
ord Under Investigation by
U.S. District Attorney.
The fact that Professor J. Harthan
DeFell. who recently resigned from the
faculty of the University of Oregon,
twice applied for naturalisation papers, "
eacn time under a different name and
onoce giving his nattive country as -
, uu iru iwfrai auinornies -
to conduct a thorough investigation of -his
record.
DeFell waa brourht to the attantlft.
Of United States Attorney Reames two
weeks ago when he left Eugene for
Tnr1mMa4 ....! i a. ..-
faculty of the university.
Records Are Cosnirtlsg
Elk lodge records in Girardeau. Mo, :
give DeFell's birth as May 17, 1817,.
which would bring him within the draft.
His father, however, in Kansas City,
Mo., wired Attorney Reames this morn
ing that his son was born in 1116, in
Darpat. Russia.
Professor DeFell explained that hi
carelessness in keening track of the date
or bis birth was the cauee for the mis
understanding about his age. He said
una morning that not untU the United
States entered war against Oermaav
did he make certain his exact birth date.
. . . . . .
Averts, w urnrq in a snip'
yard in Portland for several weeks last
summer during his vacation. He ex
plained this by saying that he merely
had idle time on his handa
Chaagts Hit Kama
In lilt he took out naturalisation.
papers in Ssn Rafael. CaL. In which he
gave his name aa Hans Harthan Jr.,
with nativity as German. Professor
DeFell explained that at the time he
thought he waa of German alienage
because his father was born in Ger-
1UUJ a
In" 1917 after war was declared he
took out first papers in Lane county
and fave his birth place t Russia and
hla name as John Hathan DeFell.
DeFell Is living In Portland at the
University club. As an Instructor in the
university extension course he is well
known in Portland. He was teacher of
Spanish at the university.
Mooney Issues Statement
San Francisco, Jan. 26. (I. N. 8.)
From his cell in the county jail here,
where he has been imprisoned for IS
months, Thomas J. Mooney today ex
pressed his elation at the recommenda
tion for a new trial made to President
Wilson. After learning of the report of
the mediation committee, Mooney made
tne rouowing statement:
"-after a thorough investigation by
President Wilson's personal mediation
commission, of which most of the actual
work was in charge of Felix Frankfur
ter, a thorough lawyer and a graduate
of the Harvard Law school and later pro
cessor oi jurispruaence at Columbia uni
versity, the commission recommends a
new trial for me. Not only myself, but
all of the so-called bomb defendants and
our friends were confident at the start
or our ultimate vindication if our case
received an impartial investigation con
ducted fairly and squarely. There was
only one resuliHo follow. This has come
arid the president's mediation commis
sion says I should have a new trial.
U I get another trial before an im
partial jury of my peers, with honest
evidence and not perjury, I am abso
lutely certain that there will be an ac
quittal as speedily as there was In the
trial or Israel Weinberg.
' The recommendations of the commis
sion and the fact that I am about, as
believe, to have a new trial, are the
direct result of the publicity throughout
tne woria maae possible through
the organized workers of this and other
countries, especially those of New Rus
sia. As I said the night of my convic
tion, our hope waa in the labor move
ment and not in an appeal to the courts.
"The irame-up' at last has received
its death knell, and real justice is at
hand."
Mooney declares that if he Is entitled
to a new trial, so also is Warren K.
Billings, the first of the five defendants"
to ne convictea, ana now serving a life
term at Folsom prison.
investigation -Would be made by the cea from Holland this afternoon and utter was In chsrae but a few
cmmlMn ex,am- confirmed reports that "labor difflcul- aays when he was convicted of a similar
J mitlZ7ill ttOUt ?ubllclty ties' curred January ZO and 21 in VI- f maK Th. fixtures ordered destroyed
and directly with the firm or industrv in Anatria. in . w t a t iso Their eon-
JSK? r Jo-Ph
IttoneV. TnVav na nl 1 ZZZZ "nked. Advice, from neutral counxrie. paQUt. owner
... - " . . I not regarded as enareiy ui.
carried rumors of labor troubles In Ger
attorneys may cross examine wit-
n.u.t "
A letter from Arthur Meeker, vice h" sdao-
president or Armour & Co.. to F. E.
White, Armour's confidential man. was
introduced. The letter, dated Washing
ton, juiy 7. 1916, follows in part:
Propaganda Is Proposed
Berlin- Fears Socialists
rvroenhaaen. Jan. 26. (U. r.) AO-
FARM P.RTNER SUES COUPLE
e
C n. Fones Alleges Associates liar
sssed Him; Sought Indictment
C R. Fones. one of the partners in
. t. ... k.t tVt TTrAiia
vices irom oer.iu . -" . .. I .. ""T " , rn mHt In the
Zeituns yesterday demanaea tnai ul? I M1" V ' tV. . V i r, t A. J.
"wa an ivnu it la msm.mmm, i a l MrwMu.llftt leaoera. Dtuciuu"i. - . - - , .
.. - - : " . j uvu .v,- nan-,- im. Vnnmr and wife, nis associates, m.
me guoaciary committee with communl- ioen. do .uui, v--- ," ,"V in mm damaa-es. alleging that
cations from all over the country, and mediately suppressed by the govern- tag for 110.000 daea. aueging
especially rrom the district where its menu
members come from, protesting against
the passage of the Borland resolution. Vorwaerts Criticizes Herlling
on the ground that livestock is selling -n,. Hague. Jan. 26.-(I. N. S.) That .11.- offense He alleges fur-
v TCraus-rers harassed him
itinna ata.tements against the govern
ment and attempted tp have htm Indict
ed by the Multnomah county grana jury
at very saUsfactory prices and that any chancellor von HerUing'a war alms i-ut U Kreugers refused to make
investigation will only disturb present speech waa inconsistent is the view -ccountlng to him of the profits or
j w ......a. taken Dy me litrmiui oucioiwi ms
"We presume," the letter continued, vorwaerts of Berlin. Vorwaerts took
"that banks, commission men, feeders of the view that the speech could be varl-
cattle and livestock men generally, and ou-i- interpreted and that it lacked
uu cwa jruu uuiiiH. ui wno wouia on i clearness
neipiut, snouia do ins ones irom wnom
the amount of stock or personal prop
erty on hand.
George A. Wilson, owner oi me it.k.
waa also made a defendant in the suit.
Governor Declines to Comment
Sacramento, Cal.. Jan. 26. (TJ. P.l
Governor Stephens declined, today, to
comment on the action of President
Wilson in the Mooney case. Announce
ment was made at the governor's of
rice tnat tne matter would not be
dealt with, officially, by the governor
untu nnai action by the state supreme
court.
Bar Pays Tribute
To Cecil H. Bauer
Memorial services in honor of Vh lata
Cecil H. Bauer were held in Judge Kava-
naugn s courtroom at the courthouse
this morning. Circuit Judge Morrow pre-
muihs. w iui mm on tne bench were
these message come. We think the
messages should be sent also to con
gressmen as well as members of the
judiciary committee.
"It is quite Important to reach Repre
sentative Gard of Hamilton, Ohio.
"Have messages sent in various lan
guages.
VIENNA MAY TALK
PEACE WITH RUSSIA!
SYRIAN AND
ARMENIAN
RELIEF FUND DRIVE
WILL BEGIN FEB.
(Continued frota Pta On)
grad this afternoon. The dispatch
added that the parley probably would
be renewed on Tuesday.
Dr. Kuehlmann, the German foreign
minister, is scheduled to arrive at Brest
some time Tuesday and 'the Austrian
foreign minister is expected there Mon
day.
First Preliminary Gun Will
Fired at Auditorium Wed
nesday, January 30.
4
Be
SUES TO HAVE CASH DIVIDED
Attorney C W. Fulton ays w uc-
fendants Can't Decide Ownersmp.
a.,it vaa barun bv Attorney C. W. Ful
ton in the circuit court Friday against
D I Shrode and 69 other defendants
to determine the ownership of $27,000
held by Fulton in trust lor me uenu-
ants. .
ir,,itrn aaaerta that the amount he
.a. waa awarded to the defendants tn
a suit tried in J1J afainsi me nn.B
Construction company in Tillamook
county. The Judgment was affirmed by
the supreme court. Inability of the de
fendants to distribute the $27,000 led
to the present suit.
BOYS JAILED FOR USING AUTO
RUSSIANS FAVORABLE
TO PLAN TO REPUDIATE
ALL NATIONAL DEBTS
A mass meeting to which every citl- judge Refuses Parole, Declaring They
sen of Portland is invited will be held Should Be Taught a Lesson.
In The Audltoriurn Wednesday evening William Hunter and George Caylor,
at S o'clock, when the first guns of convicted this week of having : taken and
. - . i tisan ssn suiDmuiuiD v i u . -----
the big drive for Portland s snare in -p" owner, were sentenced today by
the fund that is being raised through- Jujsft Tucker, the first to serve 0 days
out America for the starving Armenians in the county Jail, the second JO days.
c i 7t aao .in k- 1 a h a arrnnor olea on penaii or me wjm.
means of an address by Mrs. Emerlck, both IS years of age was made by their
. .v.. r-u i. I ttArn.T. who ureed that they be pa-
CulalilUia 111 IU, MUUVllii T WVU v. I " - . ' " .
The formal 1 roled. juage iuc, '""' . '
By Joseph Bhaplea
Petrograd. Jan. 25. 11 o. m.. Via Ivin
don. Jan. 26. tU. P.) (Delayed) The the American committee.
all-Russian congress of Soviets, called opening will be Monday, February 4
into being by the Bolshevik! as the law- 1 The organization for the drive ia now
giving body of Russia, today announced I completed with the following officers
Its approval of a repudiation of all of I aad committee chairmen : General. Wells
Russia's debts. The decision, however. I Gilbert : colonel of the women's division.
has not vet been official lv accented bv I Mr. Julius L- Loulsaon : colonel of
the Lenlne-Trotsky government. . men's division, John T. Dougall; chair
The Bolshevik steamroller is supreme maJ1 industrial committee, W. B. Mac
in the aoviet ratherlna. At todav'a fivi. kay : chairman speaker's bureau, Sher
day's) second session there was nevenJman Hall; chairman of churches. Rev.
t . nnlnlon that the boys should be
taught regard for the right of others
and refused the plea.
REV. C T. WILSON WINS CASE
Permanent Injunction Allowed to Pre
vent Timber Cutting.
Judre Tucker today made permanent
anv doubt aa to the ovarwhaimin w-mIW. W. MacHenry : chairman, publicity, tha iniunction secured by Rev. Clarence
T.. tr. . . . . I . . . . . , I . . . . . . I T T
uu6 aiugn, uaiens, stapleton aneviK strengtn. xnere was a lonely 1 irreaericK x. nyiKu. True wuson u tl"
and Tucker. , rrouD of about 75 opnonenta whoa main I The drive throughout the state In. man. Dr. Wilson obtained a restrain
Thomas G, Greene, law nartnar f u, 1 artlvit-r was in demandlnar tha immaiiiata ( which another S75.0UO Is to be raised is inr order preventing' Miss Prettyroan
Bauer, presented resolutions of eulogy ' consideration of the peace negotiations progressing satisfactorily wherever the from cutting timber on land owned by
which were ordered spread upon the rec-1 at Brest-Lltovakt in view of the critical counties have been organized. Chair- him near Ores ham. The testimony
ords of the court. D. Sol is Corhen. a ' results of . thoSe conferences, the die- men are already active as follows : Sher- showed he had Sold her part of the
life-long friend of Mr. Bauer, delivered ! integration of the army and Internal man county, R. J. Otoin of Moro ; Wal- original tract with permission to cut a
a moving address. He was followed by troubles. The group waa regularly voted Iowa county, G. W. Hyatt of Enterprise ; few ipga to build a cabin but that she
o. d. nuBiun, jerry iirounrh ami dowd. i union raunrv. ur. u. la. unacrwwuu . n.A rone Dcrona vnm iuhiw.
War Agaiait Haas Opposed Baker county. Rev. owen r. jones. ine
1 1 Seventh Day Adventlsts throughout the
ority was the immedi aU declaration of a state and in the city are aomg vaiua.no
holy revolutionary war against the cen-1 work.
tral empires. The Bolshevikl declined
Charles J. Schnabel, each of whom re-
iaiea mciaents oi Mr. Bauer's life..
Will Make Tour of California
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Matlock of Pen
dleton are leaving this afternoon for
California to be gone for twe or three
months.
IiAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
taken in1 time will Prevent Grin. E. W
GROVE S signature on boa 3c?(Adv.)
was quickly extinguished snd the dam
age was small.
A guard of soldiers was quickly
thrown about the docks and no one was
allowed near the scene.
Fire in Westinghouse Plant
Buffalo. Jf'. T.. Jan. 26. (I. N. S.
Fire of mysterious origin broke out in
the big plant of the Westinghouse Elec
tric Manufacturing company at The
Terrace early today, four alarms call
ing out the entire city fire department
and completely suspending downtown
trolley traffic. At 9 o'clock the flames
had broken out anew and threatened to
get beyond control of the firemen.
San Francisco Fire Mysterious
San Francisco, Jan. 26. (L N. 8.
Police and fire officials today are inves
tigating a fire that caused $50,000 dam
age last night to the Eagle Tanning
company, the first blase in-the district
supposed to have been marked for the
German frlghtfulness campaign of de
struction since local authorities sounded
the general warning to the publlo to look
out for incendiarism. A watchman found
rock in the plant machinery a few
days ago. The Eagle Tanning company
was rushing work on a government con
tract for harness.
Two Fires Near Baltimore
Baltimore. Jan. 26. (I. N. 8.) Fires
broke out simultaneously early today In
the Oella mills, Elliott City, a suburb
of Baltimore, and the Henry W. Smith
Drydock company, Curtis Creek. Both
of the plants are engaged tn govern
ment work. The Oella fire waa due to
an exploding electric bulb. While an
exact estimate of the double loss was
Impossible early today. It Is believed to
have been between $500,000 and $7S0.000.
Two men arrested on suspicion of
having started the drydock blase were
later released.
Atlantic Liner Has Blare
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 26. (I. N. S.)
Flreboats and a large part of the
city's fire department were called out
early today when a blase was discov
ered on the deck of the White Star
liner Adriatic, one of the biggest vessels
in Transatlantic service. The liner
was moored to a dock here. The blase
Fire In Canada
Ottawa. Ont.. Jan. 26. I. N. S.)
Travelers arriving here early today re
port that a serious fire was In progress
at I'etersboro. a large manufacturing
town 100 miles east of, Toronto. The
town of Lindsay. 25 miles distant, had
sent aid during the night to help fight
the flames. All wires are down and
details meager.
Navyrsrd Fire Accidental
Vallejo. Cal.. Jan. 26. (I. N. &)-
There are no suspicions of an eowny
plot, it waa stated by Mare Island navy
authorities. In connect Ion with a fire
that broke out Thursday on the ways
on which a destroyer is being built. It
Is stated positively that the blase was
caused by a hot rivet. Damage was
slight.
German Plot Suspertcd
San Francisco, Jan. 26. (I. N. S.)-f
Federal officials Investigating a fire In
the hold of the East Astatic company's
nr.otorshlp Helandia today stated that
charred paper and burned matches' had
been found and that suspicion pointed
Ktron'gly to a German plot.
The Selandla. tied up on the water--front
here, was loaded with cotton for
the orient. Smoke was seen t south
from the hold Friday evening by Lieu-,
tenant Rodgern. In charge of the naval
guard on the veasel. The blase was
quickly smothered by the guard.
WftHiaoS a.
Rraad Whttlork'. radtal of Comaa atres
ia Belitoa In Tba Bandar Journal mf
Bandar tnslnalaa Sandar. rabraarr IT.
to accept such a suggestion and held the
convention to the slated order of bual-
nesa.
Nicholal Lenlne, In a lengthy speech,
reviewed the Bolshevik administration
Cross Complaint Is Filed
Minnie Davis filed a croae-complaint
m a M 1 . W
The committee in charge of drive rav1, a fw days ago. in which
he alleged she refused to sign his ques
tionnaire and thereby caused him to be
is desirous of having a speaker present
the cause of the Armenians at every
meeting of women's dubs and mens plmeta ta dui l in the selective draft,
meetings next week and anyone who I gha aIerAa that he is a German by birth.
will give or 10 minuies ior eucn n i t-t u 0ffensivelr two-German In hla
and predicted the com Die te -defeat of I address may telephone the secretary, 1 . .mi .. m. nnu I. nnt n.nt.
General Kaiedine and the. Ukralnan I Mrs. Handaacker, aiain ovz. ua sne ibut Christ man. She also names another
raaa s revoiu ne saia ootit moves were I wlu gladly rurniaa speaaera. - - J woman as corespondent.
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