CITY EDITION
ie$ All Here and All True
THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday
fair. Northeast winds
Maximum Temperatures Tuesday :
Portland ...84 New Orleans 84
Chicago . 8 New York 64
Los Angeles. 90 Bt. Paul .. 73
.THE WORLD SERIES
'tJA Starts on week from today. ' The series
will be covered fully -by The Journal's
special correspondents. All the prelimi
nary "dope" in pictures and snappy text
on the Sports pages
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VOL. XVIII. NO. 171
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REMOVAL
IS SOUGHT
Strike Leaders Assert That StateJ
Troopers Have Exceeded Their
Authority; Clashes Numerous.
Three More Killed and Scores In
jured; Situation in Steel Area
" Is Apparently at a Deadlock.
Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 24. (I.
N. S.) Thirty-two crews of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad employed In
YottrgstOTi-n, walked out late today
Ifi "sympathy wlUi the steel strike.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Sept. 24. (U. P.)
Strike leaders meeting in Pittsburg
today were to take action seekbag
removal of state constabulary from
the steel centers. They take the at
titude that the troopers have ex
ceeded their authority.
Shortly before this meeting began
strikers and state constabulary
clashed in Buffalo. N. Y.. the first
disorder reported today. During
the night one man was killed and
sacral injured In strike disturb
ances at Buffalo. Rioting also con
tinued at Farrell. Pa., last night, one
man being killed and six wounded.
This brought fhe total casualties in
that city to three killed and scores
Injured. Eight men were beaten by
strike sympathizers In Indiana Har
bor. Ind., last night.
Additional state constabulary ordered
out by Governor Smith were enroute to
the Buffalo-Lackawanna district today,
following an appeal from the mayor of
Lackawanna.
The strike situation In the all-Important
Pittsburg district apparently was
unchanged today, while both sides
claimed gains in the Gary and Ohio
areas.
FRESH RIOTS AT CLEVELAND;
MORE TROUBLE IS PREDICTED
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 24. Disorders
this morning caused the police guards
in the mill districts to be doubled.
Patrolman Hack was severely beaten
near the Otis plant when he endeavored
(Concluded on Pag Eicht. Column One)
Silk Shirt Factory
To Start Operating
In Portland Oct, 15
Announcement was made to the for
eign trade department of the Chamber
Of Commerce Tuesday that S. Shlrek.
former manager of the local branch of
L. Dinkelsplel company, would establish
a factory for the manufacture of silk
shirts for men at 311 Pine Btreet and
would start operating October 15 with
a daily output of material valued at
about $1000.
The new company will operate 10 ma
chines at the opening of the plant and
will be the first silk shirt manufactur
ing plant on the Pacific coast. Material
will be drawn direct from China and
Japan 'and all shipments will be made
direct to Portland via the Portland
Oriental steamships.
Women of Portland
Plan Organization
Of Political Party
More than a hundred Portland
women, faithful attendants at the
weekly mass meetings at Library
hall, banded together Tuesday after
noon to form the nucleus of what
they intend to make a far reaching
political organization for women.
To learn how better to use her vote,
to study political questions i not only
academically but. empirically, to tenable
her to understand clearly the meanjng
of proposals on a ballot, no matter
how phrased these are the purposes
of the organisation effected Tuesday
by motion from the floor at the last
of the. series of mass meetings that
has led to Investigation of the public
market and against overcharginb on
the part of landlords.
NO DUES TO BE PAID
It Is purposed to attract to this or
ganization every voting housewife in
Portland. There are to be no dues,
payment - to the organization is to be
made in the form of service on a great
number? of permanent ' investigating
committees. .
Officers pf the new organisation will
be elected . next Tuesday. Meetings for
the . present will be held weekly at
2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoons In
Library hall, similarly to the mass
meetings. AH housewives are invited
to come and - to sign their names to
the roster. '
Mrs! J. C. Stuart. Mrs. W. L. Block.
Mrs. Jack Fletcher and Mrs. John
Scott were appointed a constitutional
committee to draft a form of organ 1-
; xation and present It Tuesday. . Mrs. J.
; V. Chapman, . chairman of the : mass
meetings, expressed her hesitancy at
. accepting the responsibility of leader
ship In the new organisation, but ltfs
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Four Walters Go
Hunting; 5 Deer
Killed; How Did
Bishop Get His?
Rt. Rev. W. T. Sumner Denies
That He Is Good Shot or Hun
ter, but Brings Game Home.
Choice venison, prepared after the
now nearly lost art practiced by
Robin Hood and his merrie men in
Sherwood forest, has graced the
bishop's table of late. Yet it vas
not because the Right Rev. Walter
Taylor Sumner was either a good
shot or even a hunter at all. The
bishop lately returned from a two
weeks' "rest" in the vast forest of
the Umpqua country. With him were
Walter Evans, Walter Gearin, Tom
Honeyman and Walter Honeyman
nlmrods and Ike Waltons all.
"I didn't go hunting." declared the
bishop this morning. "I went to rest"
"The bishop went hunting with us.
but he was unlucky in not getting a
deer," explained Waiter Honeyman.
Despite the varying Interpretations of
the bishop's Idea of the outing, five deer
fell before the unerring aim of the four
men.
"So the bishop got one, anyway," say
the four.
It has not been explained how the
party happened to include four Walters
Sumner, Gearin, Evans and Honeyman.
Some etymologists say Walter la de
rived from the old German "Wald Herr."
lord of the forest, and it may be this
suggestion that caused the subconscious
mingling of men of the same impulse on
an adventure of the woods and moun
tains. On the way home from the Umpqua,
Gearin and Walter Honeyman stopped
off at Eugene and fished in the Mc
Kenzie. The results of their prowess
with the rod were displayed today in
Honeyman's show window.
California Forest
Fire Still Burning
Fiercely at Oroville
Oroville. Cal., Sept 24. (U. P.) Fires
are still burning In the zone surrounded
by Bidwell Bar, Harts Mills, Kanaka
Hills 'and ' Enterprise. Thirty high
school boys from Oroville have- Joined
the- fire fighters. Approximately 40,000
acres have been burned over, or are still
in flames. There have been no casualties
although several fire fighters have been
scorched.
Observatory Is Threatened -
Monrovia. Cal., Sept. . 24. (U. P.)
Constable James Qutggle and a force of
60 men left Monrovia early today for
the region of Mount Wilson following
receipt of reports that the Mount Wil
son solar observatory, containing one
of the largest telescopes in North
America, is threatened, by the forest
fire in the Angels national forest.
Washington Reports
Send Steel Shares
Up Several Points
New York. Sept 24. (U. P.) The
firm tone which characterized trading
during the first two days of this week's
market operations continued at the open
ing today.
Steel shares advanced during the first
half hour, with United States Steel up
nearly a point at 103?, Bethlehem up a
point and Crucible showed a gain of 4
points.'
The advance, it Is understood, resulted
from a report that the senate hearing
beginning tomorrow may mean a com
promise through government interven
tion. generally understood she will be the
first chief housewife.
Promise of C. A. Bigelcv, commis
sioner of public affairs, to ask the
council this morning to remove the
maximum price list from the public
market, was deemed insufficient action
by the housewives. They expressed
themselves as unwilling to compromise
on anything less than consideration of
their proposed new market ordinance, ac
tion of problems involving the abuse of
the agent system and Inadequate storage
facilities, and extension of the market
M. H. Calef. chairman of thn t4cn.
tive committee of the Albina public mar- 1
Ket, aaaressea the women on market
problems. He told the women thereby
study and concerted action t was pos
sible to do work like that done by Flor
ence Nightingale, Joan of Arc and Car
rie Nation.
Calef attacked the Retail Grocers' as
sociation and made the assertion that a
price list existed binding grocers to a
high price. He said that statements
made by Thomas G. Farrell and Emil C.
Gunther of the federal fair price com
mittee that no such list existed were
untrue.
DISCUSS MILK PROBLEM
A discussion of the milk problems
from the producer-distributor's point of
view before the federal fair price com
mittee at its regular semi-weekly meet
ing Jn the grand Jury room on the third
floor of the Central Postofflce Tuesday
night, was preceded by reports on shoes,
walnuts and cocoa.
A complaint was read against a shoe
company charging that . a widely - ad
vertised brand of shoes were resta piped
by the store and sold at a higher price.
, A. variation was fou'nd in' the price of
walnuts, from 35 cents to CO cents In
the city of Portland.
SHI
III PORTLAND
IS MINT
San Francisco Stevedore Strike
Prevents Unloading ef Supply
on Board Ships Now in Docks.
Other Ships Arriving Daily Will
Be Held at Anchor Until Strike
Settled; Supply Here Limited.
Portland is going sugarless!
Meanwhile her sugar supply, still
raw. is sweetening the hold of a ship
in San Francisco bay. Stevedores,
'on strike, refuse to unload the ship.
Other ships are expected to arrive In
San Francisco bearing sugar. But they,
too, will ride at anchor and the entire
Pacific coast will drink unsweetened cof
fee, and watt for October and the ar
rival of beet sugar from home refineries.
This story of local famine based on
California strikes was told this morning
by H. M. Haller of Kelley-Clarke com
pany, 45 Fourth street, local agents for
the Western Sugar Refining company.
CAE SUGAR SCAKCE
"Unless the strike ends, there will be
no mor8 cane sugar for the Pacific coast
this season." said Haller. "One San
Francisco refinery already has closed
down.
"Some cane sugar, already on hand,
will find its way to Portland. Some will
arrive the end of this week. It will be
Just enough to last auout one minute.
"Meanwhile 120.000 bags 6200 tons of
sugar floats in San Francisco bay, wait
ing to be unloaded. More ships are com
ing. There will be relief from the short
age only when the strike is over.
"The stevedore strike is master down
in San Francisco. The Rose City, which
went down from Portland last week, re
turned with her entire cargo. She could
not unload a thing.
"It will take the beet sugar supply
two weeks to get a fair start even after
the first of October.
SELLIXG IN POUND LOTS
Grocers are selling sugar to house
wives in one pound lots.
"I'm practically sold out," said a
prominent grocer on the east side, "and
so Is everyone in this section." t
The Meier & Frank company grocery
department ceased W "sell sugar Satur
day. A few well stocked retailers are allow
ing their customers two pounds each, or
even as much as 60 cents worth, but
these are exceptions.
"We are unusually lucky, said one
grocer. "We have about 10 days' sup
ply. And we are going to sell it in two
pound lots as long as it lasts." This
same grocer was selling 50 cents' worth
to a customer Tuesday afternoon.
It is impossible to buy sugar at whole
sale anywhere in Portland, it was
learned this morning.
TROTZKY WOULD
E
Attack on Western Front to Fol
low Defeat of Kolchak and
Deniken Forces.
Helsingforsr, Sept. 24. (I. N. S.)
Threats against the entente and;
Esthonla are breathed in a fire eat
ing speech by Leon Trotzsky, the
Hoisnevik minister or war, in a
speech to the Petrograd soviet, ac
cording to advices from Petrograd
today.
"The Western front has hitherto been
one of secondary importance because
the enemy has not got big reserves
there," said Trotzky. "When we have
crushed Kolchak and driven back Deni
ken we will turn our attention to the
other enemy forces in the west For
a complete trhimph you must stand
firm on the Petrograd front, for Petro
grad is the eye through which to sur
vey events in the west.
"We do not want to continue war
against Esthonla and Finland. Our
real struggle must be waged against
England and the entente. We offered
Esthonla and Finland peace.
"With clenched teeth and closed fists,
when the proper time comes, we will
turn our guns against Esthonla."
Fish Commission Is
Posting Notices of
Sandy River Deadline
That more t-almon may be taken for
propagating purpose this fall during the
run cn the Sandy river now In progress,
the state fish and game commission has
established a restricted area between the
Base Line, road bridge, which crosses
the stream near the Portland Auto club
and the fish racks about one mile above
the bridge.
Notices have been printed by the com
mission to be posted along the stream
calling attention to the deadlines and
making provision for a fine of from $50
to J 1000 or an imprisonment of from
25 days to one year. The salmon run
on the Sandy is i reported as good this
fall.
Chancellor Bauer Is.
Stricken at Berlin
WAR ON ENTENT
Berlin, SepC 23.(U. P.) Chancellor
Bauer has fallen ill, having suffered an
attack of heart trouble. -He is. unable
to perform his of ficial .duties. ' -' -
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Belgian King and
Queen Elizabeth
And Crown Prince
To See Portland
Royal Party Scheduled to Visit
City October 16 as Guests
of Samuel Hill.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth
of Belgium, with the crown prince
and staff , members, will arrive in
Portland at 9 o'clock on Thursday
morning. October 16, according to
information received this morning
by local railroad officials, who wll
arrange a train' schedule for the
party.
From the information received, it is
believed that Portland will be the first
city on the Pacific coast to be visited
by the Belgian king and queen. With
more definite information regarding
the length of stay hre arrangements
will be made for a big reception.
During the visit of the party the
king and queen and crown prince will
likely be the guests of Sam Hill, Port
land capitalist and former head of
the Home Telephone company. Hill is
a personal friend of King Albert and
visited him at numerous times while
in Belgium.
Upon arrival in this city It is deemed
likely that the party will be taken
in charge by Hill. They will likely be
taken to his summer home at Maryhill,
Wash., which is near Goldendale.
Railroad officials have received as
surance that the royal party will ar
rive October 16, but have been re
quested to hold confidential the routing
for the present
Preparations for the reception and en
tertainment of the king ai.d queen have
been started by Mayor Baker.
"Portland will .see that the visitors
are given a royal reception, saia
Baker, "and as soon as more definite
information is received concerning the
visit, arrangements will be made so
that the visitors are properly cared
for."
Appointment of a committee to take
charge of the reception and arrange
ments will be made this afternoon.
Henri Labbe, consular agent for France
and Belgium, will likely be named
chairman.
PLEASES JAPANESE
Representatives of Nippon Yusen
Kaisha Steamship Co. Here
on Tour of Inspection.
Expressing themselves as being
delighted with the facilities of the
local harbor for accommodating
Trans-Pacific shipping. Tadashl Ash
ino and Usacure Osuwa, representa
tives of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha
or Pacific Mail Steamship company,
arrived in Portland from Astoria this
afternoon for their second tour of
inspection around -the water front
this week.
Arriving in Portland Sunday the Japa
nese representatives made a preliminary
survey of local conditions and Monday
conferred with officials of the Chamber
of Commerce. Monday evening they took
a trip down the river to Astoria, re
maining there until today, when they
returned to Portland for additional in
formation. A tour of the local harbor will be
made with the steamship men this aft
ernoon with representatives of the cham
ber. Ashino and Osuwa have not an
nounced the length of their stay in
this city.
VISITORS PAY COMPLIMENT
. TO ASTORIA'S FACILITIES
Astoria, Sept . 24. "Your harbor fa
cilities are excellent, your coaling fa
cilities are perfect for our needs, there
is ample water In your harbor and we
shall make a favorable report to our
home office," said the representatives of
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, one of the
largest Japanese steamship lines, after
Inspecting the Astoria harbor facilities
Tuesday.
The representatives were Tadashi
Ashino and Usacuro Osuwa. Eoth were
highly pleased with what they found here
and prophesied the brightest possible fu
ture for this city. The visttors inti
mated that there Is every reason to
believe that Astoria would at least be
a port of call for their steamships.
Mine Workers Send
Sixteen Organizers
To Steel District
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 24. (L..N. S.)
Sixteen organizers of the United Mine
Workers of America were today ordered
to Pittsburg by Acting President John
L. Lewis to assist In organising the steel
workers in that district. This action
was taken in response to an appeal from
the national committee in charge of the
organization of the steel men. They will
report to W. Z. Foster of Pittsburg.
Financial aid may also be voted at a
meeting of the miners' international ex
ecutive board today.
Seattle Officer
Killed in Crash
Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 24. L N. S.)
Hurled to the pavement when his motor
cycle skidded and crashed into a tele
phone pole. Motorcycle Patrolman Edwin
Wilson received injuries this morning'
from which he died less than an hour
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PORTLAND
HARBOR
GUY OWNED
RAIL LINES
MAY
RESULT
Committee Representing Public,
Employes and Portland Trac
tion Company to Investigate.
Rate That Will Give Service to
People and Insure Profit Is
Essential, Says City Council.
To study in its entirety the muni
cipal railway problem and draw up
a service-at-cost franchise for the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company from the Newell or other
plans, a committee of five represen
tives of the public, corporation
and employes will be appointed Mon
day, resultant from a meeting of
representatives of the city council,
public service commission, railway
company and employes at the court
house Tuesday afternoon to discuss
the plan formulated by J. P. Newell.
All phases of the subject are to be
thoroughly delved into by the commis
sion, and a franchise will be drawn for
ratification by the people of Portland.
PUBLIC COMES FIRST
A new era for municipal railways
looms as a result of the meeting Tues
day, an era in which the public is to
be seriously considered as the Reading
factor in operation and organization of
the railway, and in which the bondhold
ers are to be secured in their invest
ment by the public, and in which em
ployes will be admitted to a share lns'
earnings of the company.
A principle in operation of railways,
admitted by all representatives Tues
day, is that the public convenience is
the first consideration, that the com
pany is entitled to a fair return on ac
tual and honest investment and that
employes are deserving of a fair return
for the product of their labor. To give
each their proper share in the operation
of the public utility is the principle on
which the new commission is to work,
and on that basis is to be founded the
new franchise, concurred in by all
parties and submitted for ratification
to the people, .,.."
That the Newell plan? may be work
able, with minor changes and addition of
details, was not denied at the confer
ences of officials Tuesday. That wages
are set by arbitration already, was a
point brought out by representatives of
employes, and that under the Newell
plan the city and company would have
two representatives on the board as
against one for the employes, was an
Indictment of the proposal.
PROTEST LOW INTEREST
The company protested against a 3
per cent minimum return on the invest
ment, and declared that new money
could not be obtained at such a figure.
During the course of the discussion
(Concluded on Pare Two, Column One)
Persons Who Delve Into Occult
for Pay, Taken on Charge of
Viojating City Ordinance.
A campaign against mind readers,
card readers, teachers of the occult,
their solicitors and others who guar
antee to look into the future for pay,
was inaugurated this morning by the
women's protective bureau under
specific orders from Chief of Police
N. F. Johnson.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Eva Pillsbury
visited 14 "fortune tellers" and paid for
readings. After making the rounds of
all the places she could find, Mrs. Fills
bury called upon Municipal Judge Ross-
man and asked for warrants for the
arrest of each on charges of obtaining
money by device.
The warrants were Issued and at noon
today the following had been arrested :
Mrs. L. C. Stevens, 375 Taylor street;
Madam Blanch, 291V4 Morrison street ;
Mrs. M. A. Consinow, 410 Raleigh
building; Madam Frank. 2914 Morri
son street ; Madam Lomar, 235 Fifth
street, and Madam Bertha Quigley, 150
Eleventh street." The last named
brought her 5 year old son along with
her and refused to give bail. Both were
locked, in jail.
Operatives In the women's bureau are
severe in the criticism of the mind
readers. They 'allege that these women
did a thriving business during the war
by agreeing to tell mothers, wives and
sweethearts just how their beloved was
getting along in far away France. "The
ordinance under which these women
were arrested today has been winked
at long enough," one operative said
this morning.
One reader endeavored to secure her
release by stating to Captain Jenkins
that her real business was to sell hair
tonic and cough medicine and that she
gave the readings free of charge.
Brooklyn Saloons Are
Going Out of Business
New York, Sept. 24. Brooklyn people
are expected, to notice a decided slump
in the number of saloons after October
1, according to Deputy Excise Com
missioner Ralston, who stated today that
only 25 out of the 1(28 saloon keepers
holding number 1 licenses (to sell liquor
for consumption on the premises) .had
applied for renewals thus. far. J'
PROFESSIONAL MIND
READERS ARRESTED
Aged by Wounds
And Woe Slayer
Taken to Asylum
Before Departure, Geo. Chenoweth Tells
How He Avenged His Daughters Al
leged Betrayal by George Sydnam
Marshfield. Sept. 24. With
drawn, haggard face and haunted
eyes, George D. Chenoweth, state
representative from Curry county
and slayer of his daughter's alleged
betrayer, George Sydnam of Langois,
this morning was taken to the asy
lum at Salem, accompanied by a
guard, but in every way allowed free
dom, despite the verdict of insanity
returned by the Jury.
Less than . a year ago Chenoweth
passed through here, broken from
wounds received in France after more
than a year of suffering in various hos
pitals in Europe, but jubilant over the
prospect of again being reunited with
his family, whom, he had not seen since
his enlistment In the Canadian army
two years before. He left them a happy
l.'ttlc group, a wife and four children,
all of whom he felt proud to call his
own.
He returned to find his eldest daugh
ter, a girl of 21 years, the disgraced
mother of a year -old child. The daugh
ter said 18-year-old George Sydnam was
the .infant's father.
For the first time Chenoweth today
gave his side of the story of the tragedy
which followed. His wife, said Cheno
weth, upon learning of her daughter's
betrayal, asked young Sydnam to mayy
th" girl, agreeing to pay all expenses
of the marriage if Sydnam would con
tinue to support the daughter. All she
wented was to give a name, to the ex
pected child.
This the youth refused to do, saying
he could not be forced into marriage,
not being of age. To the mother he
applied an epithet and reiterated his
refusal to consider marriage. Later, the
mother again made her request, again to
be refused.
Upon his return home, said Cheno
weth today, he did not see Sydnam, who
immediately upon hearing of the pres
ence in the community of the girl's fa
ther, left for California. He remained
tlit re until Chenoweth went to the ses
sloi of the . state legislature, and then
returned to Langlois. He teld several
persons, said Chenoweth. that should the
fstberof the girt insist upos th. mar
riage, he would blow his head off.
POLICE CAPTURE
FOOTPAD SUSPECT
Bogus Officer "Arrests" Honberg
With Intent to Rob; His
Companion Disappears.
"Gimme that whiskey; I'm an
officer!"
"But I have no whiskey, and never
had."
"Yes, you have. Come along with
me."
This was the prelude to what Nels
Honberg alleges was an attempt by
John Duney to rob him Tuesday night
as he emerged from a housekeeping-rooms-to-let
building at 127 Russell street.
Honberg lives at 203 Stanton street, but
being desirous of changing his abode,
inquired at the new address.
It was as he emerged that Duney is
reported to have accosted him. Taking
his "prisoner" down the street a short
distance until he came to a blind alley.
Duney is alleged by Motorcycle Officers
J. D. Wright and Stiles to have been
joined by another man who Joined
Duney in attacking Honberg. The latter
was knocked down. Honberg began
yelling and a crowd gathered. The two
assailents fled.
Duney was arrested later at the lodg
ing house. The other man has not been
found.
English Premier
Calls Cabinet to
Discuss Strike
London, Sept- 24. (U. P.) Pre
mier Lloyd George convened the cab
inet in. special session to discuss the
threatened railroad strike.
London, Sept. 24. (I. N. S.)
The Nationaal Union of -Railway
Workers today sent an ultimatum to
the government threatening to strike
unless a satisfactory reply is given
to the men's demands. The ulti
matum Is timed to expire at noon
tomorrow.
Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of na
tional service and reconstruction, has
tened to Downing street at noon for a
conference with other members of the
cabinet. It was expected that govern
ment statement would be Issued during
the afternoon.
Carpenters' Union
Ends Mill Boycott
Bellingham, Wash., Sept 24. (L N. S.)
The Carpenters' union of this city, at
Its meeting Tuesday night, rescinded its
indorsement of the Central Labor coun
cil's boycott of the mills affected by
the timber workers strike about two
months ago. Now building In this dis
trict, at a standstill for more than eight
weeks, will be resumed, say union of
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"I'm quicker on the trigger than he is
and he had better not talk to me," is the
remark credited to the youth.
Chenoweth sat through the legislative
session, and, at'eording to testimony of
witnesses at the trial last week, seemed
to be the victim of great mental disturb
ance and distress. He returned and
shortly after, on the evening of March
29. went to a dance hall at Langlois,
where he knew young Sydman would be.
Without parley he walked up to the
youth, drew a gun, and, before any ac
tion could be taken to restrain him, shot
the boy twice. He calmly walked from
the dance hall and later remarked to a
group of bystanders, "I hope I killed
him."
Chenoweth this morning talked freely
of the tragedy.
"I believe the order of the court, send
ing me to the asylum, was one of expedi
ency," he said. "The judge feared an
eruption of feeling should I be allowed
to return to my family, and thought that
to send me to the asylum would allay
any animosity existing and would
hinder the outburst of further trouble.
"I am not of Insane mind and believe
that my attorneys will soon prove this.
I do not believe I will be kept at the in
stltution six months."
Asked about the manifestation of en
mity towards him on the part of many
of the residents of the county, Cheno
weth explained :
"For six months following the killing
I was kept in jail, my family, as well as
I. being instructed by my attorneys not
to discuss the case. In that time the
family of George Sydnam spread props
ganda and In some measure succeeded
In embittering the community. We were
at a disadvantage, for we were con
strained to keep silence.
"He is not Insane," say those who
know Chenoweth well, and before leav
ing the city this morning Ms hand was
shaken by many, who heartily wisneo
him speedy return. The sentenced man
smiled, and In Ms ejes shone the grati
tude he could not express for the sym
pathy extended.
He' Is a broken man. still suffering
from the wounds from which, surgeons
say he will never recover. His family
will remain at the ranch home in. Carry
county.- hopefully .awaiting his retura.
convinced of his early release.
DEFY ITALY'S KING
Citizens of Position Applaud Act
of Poet-Leader In Capturing
and Holding Fiume.
Paris, Sept, 24. At the Italian
peace headquarters here tonight the
situation in Italy was frankly de
scribed as serious. It was said that
while the Nittl government holds the
whip hand, no doubt Is felt that the
whole country Is opposed to the
minister's dilatory policy and is
backing Gabriel d'Annunzlo to the
end.
Will Keep United States Out
Washington. Sept. 24. (I. N. S.)
Representative Husted of New York
introduced in the house a resolution
providing, that it is the "sense of the
house of representatives that the United
States shouM not participate in any
military or naval operations against
the Italian forces under D'Annunsio,
now in control of Fiume. and should
not attempt to Influence the action of
said forces or of their commander by
a Bhow or threat of force, or otherwise."
Imperfect League Is
Better Than None,
Says British Leader
By Edward Price Bell
Special Cbl to The Journal and TU Chietfo
Daily Newt.
(Copyright. 1B19. by Chiraco Dally Knt Co.)
London, England, Sept. 24. The Rt.
Hon. John Robert Clynes, formerly food
controller. generally regarded as the
most brilliant protagonist of democracy
in the British labor movement, writes
roe:
"I would rather begin with an imper
fect League of Nations than not begin
at all. The reservations of the 'foreign
relations committee of the American
senate are not a complete bar to a
good beginning. But great nations can
nr. longer take a national view only.
Their views must Include the Interests
of the world and they cannot have
throughout the ages all the blessings
which the league would secure for man
kind without conceding something in
exchange even a little of a justly great
national pride."
Ashurst Is Against
Johnson Amendment
Washington. Sept. 24. (L N. S.)
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Arisona,
who is reported to have informed Presi
dent Wilson that he favors reservations
to the peace treaty, will vote against the
Johnson amendment, .which is designed
to equalize the voting powers of. the
United States and Great Britain, he al
lowed. It to become known this after
noon. ' ,
1N0N WOULD
PRESIDENT
10 FIGHT
TO FINISH
Wilson Feels Convinced That 80'
Per C$nt of American People1
Are Behind His Treaty Efforts,!
Declares That Much Support
Given Opposition Comes From
Element Disloyal During War,
By David Lawrence
En Route to Cheyenne. Wyo., Sept.
24. The fight has Just begun. Con-
vlnced that 80 per cent of the Amer
ican people are for a League of Na
tions and would rather see the pro
posed league established than none
at all, President Wilson means to
carry to a finish his fight against
reservations that would alter the
meaning of the treaty. He told his
audience at Ogden, Utah, that It
didn't make any difference how lonj
the fight would be he would fight
till it was won. Coming on the top
of disquieting news dispatches tell
ing first of the defection of Senator
Thomas of Colorado, and then of the
Intention of eight Democrats led by
Senator Ashurst to amend the treaty
and send It back to conference, Mr.
Wilson's brief speech at Ogden gives
an idea of the seriousness with which
he regards attempts to amend the
treaty at this time. So does hi
speech at Salt Lake.
Perhaps It was the news from Wash
ington or the consciousness . that he
must no longer be too supersensitive Of,
senatorial feelings, but the president
said at Ogden that "all the elements
which tended toward disloyalty during
thr- war are against the league, and
that so far as he was concerned, be
meant to see the thing through and not
betray the men who fcught for the es
tablishment of a concert of power tha(..
would make further war unnecessary,'
Mr. Wilson feels intensely on the sub
ject because public manifestation has
just been unmistakably in his favor as
ho has traversed the Pacific coast states.
His reception In Nevada was enthusi
astic. The support being given him by
Republican as well as Democratic news
papers In Utah is also significant of the
trend of popular opinion.
STEPS ARE CONSIDERED
How, then, can the senate be made
rifponslve? That question has been
aked dozens of times during the trip
as the states of the men who are oppo
lr.g the treaty have been invaded by
the president and editorial as well as
vocal expression has been In favor of
the president's viewpoint. Should the
president appeal to his audiences to'
write letters about public questions to'
their representatives In Washington?
As a rule organised propaganda alone
strikes Washington, and it would not
be difficult for either side to handle the
mechanics In such fashion as to enable(
them to claim a preponderance of opln-'
ton on their respective sides.
What tactics will avail then? Will'
the senate go so far as to adopt amend-)
n- nta that mean be resubmission of the1
document or virtully Its rejection?
LOSO BELAY OPPOSED
Judging by the editorials we have1
seen all along the line, there are manyl
newspapers that favor clarifying reser-t
vations, but again and again they have
slated that they would not support ob-,
stiuctlve reservations, those that would,
require a new .conference of the powers
Id Paris.
As between such a contingency and1
especially the consequences of a fur-l
ther delay in the proclamation of peace
(Concluded on Paca Two, Column t'oor)
TREATY TEST VOTE
Ranking Democratic Member in
Senate Says "We Accomplished
Our Purpose in Fall Issue." t
"Washington, Sept. 24. (I. N. S.)
The first test vote on the treaty
of" Versailles the adoption by a vot
of 43 to 40 of Senator Lodge's mo
tion that consideration of the Fall
amendments be deferred was
highly satisfactory to treaty support
ers" Senator Hitchcock, ranking
Democratic member of the foreign
relations committee, declared in a
statement this afternoon.
"We defeated the effort to poetponet
consideration of the Fall amendments'
and accomplished our purpose of navy
lng a definite day set for their con
sideration and decision," Hitchcock
said. "I first asked for today, but the
net result was we secured Friday.!
We have the votes to defeat thossi
amendments and we accomplished out
purpose in having the matter so af-l
ranged that the decision will come this -week.
The only Democratic vote wj
lost was Senator Reed's, which ha,
been lost for many months. We only
gained two Republican votes yestrJ
day on the question of fixing the datej -but
many Republicans will vole against '
the amendments. That is the rea-
Senator Lodge Attempts to dejyf L
PLEASES HITCHCOCK'
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