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CITY EDITION I 7rfl I CJlDITI f ! OREGON COUNTRY LIFE Every Saturday The Journal issue a weekly farm feature, covering farming and community news of the Oregon coun try. See -next Saturday' edition for illus trated information on the Pacific Inter national Livestock exposition. It's All Here and It's All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, probably rain ; southeasterly winds. Minimum Temperatures Tuesday : Portland 38 New Orleans. . . 66 Sheridan. Wyo. -14 New York 60 Los Angeles.... 50 St. Paul 8 rfT V7TTT MO Oil Inters aa Breona-CUM Matter VU-U. AVU1. MJ. 6lO fmtatnem. Portland. On torn PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1919. T WENT Y-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS JJUS.'V, XZH POSSES ARE SEEKING GANG OF ARMED ASSASSINS; FOUR KILLED, ONE DYING, 2 WOUNDED BY I W. W.; 57 ARE ARRESTED IN PORTLAND HEADQUARTERS ., , . u . a v .- r . a s a a a. -a. a a a a a a a a a a mm mm - a a a a a a a 11 LIGHT W CITYTAX Report by Precincts of Portland Shows but Few Ballots Were Cast During the Forenoon. ON S APPARENT i ins: witnessed on the stock exchange PrOPOSed Measure Designed t0'Hince the world war started, prices Raise Additional $600,000: " ' ' Polls Open 8 A. Mvt0 8 P. M. Marked apathy featured the early hours of voting today. Many pre cincts up to noon had recorded only a few votes. Indications were that unless late voting showed a spurt, the balloting would be Ihe lightest in the history of the city. The voters of Portland are being called upon for itpproval or disap of the measure raising the tax lim the city to II mills. The additional 2 mills for' 192" are necessary, city offi cials maintain, to conduct affairs of the municipality during the next 12 months. Polling booths are in the usual places In all precinct. The polls are open front 8 a. in. to 8 p. m. and every legal voter is" entitled to a ballot. I'nregls tired voters . and those absent tor two years may be sworn tfi at the polls. The measure Is an amendment to the city charter designed to permanently raise the tax limit to 11 mills. It can be collected for- only one yeaf City Attorney laRoche holds, because of the 8 per cent limitation In the ptate char ter. In a term of years, however, the council could eventually levy the 11 mills without a special election if neces sary. The measure would afford the city an additional 2 mills over last year' limit, designed to raise approximately 1600.000 in revenue. The income for the year is $3.14,Oftn and the budgets call for 3,707.On. Such a sum is ned-sgary to maintain the service Riven by the city government last year, officials point out, and covers oidy the Increase in cost oi personal service a-nu niaienam. j The Increase in taxes to the average property owner will be $2 a year if the . measure Is approved. It has been In- dorsed by every organization that has j Inspected the city books. RED HALL RAIDED; 57 ARE ARRESTED Local Authorities Strike Blow Against. Radicals; Government to Take Action. Deportation of the aliens and prosecutions under the espionage act of Americans who were caught in Tuesday night's raid at the "Red" meeting at 128 V Second street, was promised today by Acting United States Attorney Barnett Goldstein. In carrying out this program, the 57 persons arrested by the police, were taken from the county Jail and at police headquarters put to a grilling series of questions by Special Agent W. R. Byron of the department of Justice. While this probe was going on. de tectives were endeavoring to connect the Centralia Armistice day massacre with the Sunday night journey of five Portland men, said to have been "Reds." from Portland to Centralia In Lee Pot ter's taxlpab. DRIVKK 18 TAKKN CAPTIVE The men hired Potter to drive them to Columbia beach, but on the way they bound him hand and foot, gauged him and drove on to Centralia, where they tumbled him rrom his car. Potter will go to Centralia later today to en deavor to Identify suspects in the Armistice day murders as the men who stole his cat. The five thieves were I. W. W.'s. Potter declares. They sang "wobbly" songs on the ride to Centralia, and just ' before leaving him declared : "Tuesday is a holiday. It will be a good time to pull a Jotj. up here." At tht time. Potter believed the men to be burglars, as they boasted of hav ing committed 20 house robberies before leaving Portland. They were "hard" characters, he says.1 The raid on the Second street meeting place was made after Motorcycle Po liceman Kelly had heard some remarks commending the Centralia outrage. RAID ORDERED BT MATOE Mayor Baker Immediately ordered a raid and .speakers and audience were hustled to police headquarters. Ed Cramp and Al Couch, alleged neds. were also arrested on vagrancy charges. The, meeting raided took place in headquarters of the Soldiers, Sailors .' and yVorkmen's, council. : several ' of -whose "members have been before the iONdnMi am Paa Two, CoiumB Six). Market Torn By Fall in Prices Due to High Rate For Call Money Brokers Swamped by Selling Orders and Frantic Attempt to Unload Is Made. New York. Nov. 12. (I. N. S. ) In one of the wildesf davs of trad- ,u,e,ra,ly went to, p,ece?, today u,der j selling pressure from all sources, duel to the high rate of call money. Sell- j ing orders poured in on the market ' and swamped brokers who frantic ally tried to execute them on prices 5 to GO points below last night's close, i 5viles were In excess of 2.000,000 shares. 1 The stock exchange ticker was so far p behind, the actual transactions that it was not until 40 rmnujes after the gong ! nau signaiea uie ena or tne trading On tli exchange the final prices appeared on the ticker. Today's trading will take its place in the, history of the ex change as one of the most prominent days in its career. Holdings' of all kinds were thrown on the market and no stock was spared in the genera! slasliiug of prices. General Motors suffered the greatest decline, falling 68 Vi points to 280. while fierce-Arrow broke to 68Vi and Stude baker to 115. Mexican Petroleum dropped 31 points to 186 while losses of over 10 points were suffered in Fan-American Petro leum and Royal Dutch. Sinclair fell W 51 M. Steel common broke to , a closing of 103 H while severe losses wer sus tained in the other steel stocks, Baldwin closing at 108. Bethlehem Steel B at 94 and Republic Steel 109, Southern Pacific yielded to 104. while substantial declines were suffered in the other rail way shares. Sales, 2,704,100 shares ; bonds. $17. 141.000. Government Has No Funds for Purchase and Lower River City Wants Naval Base. If a federal appropriation of $7,- 600.000 for the establishment of a ; naval base at Tongue Point, in i Cathlamet bay, near Astoria, depends upon the gift of 2500 acres of land by the people of Astoria, the land will be donated. This statement by B. K. Stone, presi dent of the Port of Astoria commission, this morning defined the stand of As toria in reply to Representative C. x. McArthur's declaration that it was Ye gretlable" the site had not been offered as a gift. Stone arrived in Portland today from Seattle, armed with a complete tele graphic review of the naval base ques tion from McArthur. He. 'with Astoria bacin-s him. is ready to take whatever step may be found .proper. v message from Stone to McArthur last Saturday Inspired from McArthur the following telegraphic statement: "Special board, consisting of Admirals Park and McKean and Commander Hik don, have recommended the Tongue Point site in, a report to Secretary Dan iels. Board recommends that the gov ernment acquire' all of Tongue Point and all shore line and submerged lands lying between Tongue Point and the John Day river. Board recommends (Concluded on Pag Sixteen, Column Six) ASTORIA o DONATE AND F NECESSARY Gompers' Defiance Now Embarrassing, ays David Lawrence By David Lawrence (Copyright. 1919.) Washington. Nov. 12. Armistice, day had a meaning all its own for the national capitol. Decision on the part of leaders of the coal miners' union to rescind their strike order and obey the federal court sent i a thrill of Joy throughout the government somewhat akin to the spirit of happiness which came a year ago when hostilities of another character ce&sed. ; i Bat to carry the analogy farther, there prevails uncertainty about making of peace between operators and miners, together with doubts and misgivings as to future moves on both sides to sain advantage in the warfare of the classes. That a great moral victory has been gained Is nowhere questioned. Oovera ment officiate felt that they had passed G APER MILL Hawley Pulp 4t Paper Co. of Oregon City Sold to Pacific! Coast Interests for $3,500,000 Present Plans Call for Installa tion of Additional Machinery; Proposed to Double Output. For a reported consideration of $3,500,000 a syndicate of Pacific coast newspaper publishers has con cluded negotiations for the outright purchase of a majority of the stock of the great Hawley Pulp & Paper company, at Oregon Cty. according to official statement today. The capital stock of the company, one of the most extensive manufacturers of news print paper in the country, is $800,000. owned chiefly by W. P. Hawley. W. P. Hawley Jr.. members of the Hawley family and the estate of the late Theodore B. Wilcox. Each share of capital stock, it is reliably stated, has been sold to the syndicate for $440. Kinal papers for the transfer of the control of the company to the syndicate representing leading coast publishers, will be completed within the week, it is declared by those engaged in the work. Two months ago representatives of the syndicate of publishers were In Oregon. They viewed ( possible sites for a new mill at the mouth of the Umpqua river but. it is said, it was thought too much time would be required to develop an entirely new undertaking there and the negotiations with the Hawley company were settled upon. That the proposed new company con templates the early and extensive en largement of the Oregon City mills to provide an approximately double output Is the statement of those identified with I Concluded nn rage Siil een, Column ThreeV KILLING RECALLS "Bullets, Not Ballots" Utterance Referred to in Congressional Discussion of I. W. W. Washington. Nov. 12 (I. N. S.) "We know now what Victor Berger meant when he urged bullets, not ballots, to change the form of gov ernment," declared Representative Johnson of Washington in the house today, when he called attention to the assassination of four war veter ans toy supposed I. W. W. during the Armistice day parade at Centralia, Wash. 'In the face of these outrageous mur ders, why should congress still truckle to these lawless labor leaders and re fuse to put In the pending railroad bill legislation teeth aimed at the organiza tions?" demanded Representative Blan ton of Texas. "It will be a sorry day for this coun try when these assassins, dynamiters, anarchists and Socialists break down the conservative leadership and organ ization of the American Federation of Labor," Representative Johnson con tinued. a crisis of incalculable significance. For American labor had shown itself obe dient to the call of American institu tions and had not chosen, as have work men In other parts of the world, to gain reform by physical violence. Tet the fight fs not over. Labor is usually resourceful and the fact that the miners had bowed "under protest" was taken to mean that the effort to relieve legislation such as the Lever act would be a first step in their movement to prevent a repetition of the injunc tion proceedings which forced the miners to the wall. Attorney General Palmer, it will be remembered, has asked con gress to extend the Lever act for at least six months or a year sa ihat the ratification of the peace treaty in a month or so, for example, would not subject the country to the mercy of any class through the calling of another strike. There are those in the national cap- (CoochBd tm Faxa SJxtMa. Column Four)" BERBERS WORDS I AGED WOMAN T E Marie McAllister, Proprietor of Hotel Headquarters of the I. W. W., Is Held for Complicity. Other Suspects Are Taken in Dragnet That Is Thrown Over All Sections Near Centralia. By Fred II. McN'cil Journal Staff (YrTeiKndent. Centralia. Nov. 12. Important ar rests of alleged I. W. W. leaders and sympathizers were made in and about Centralia today. They in cluded: MRS. MARIE MCALLISTER, owner of the Roderick hotel building on Tower avenue, an abusive and avowed radical, who is said to have rented quarters to the I. W. W. JOHN LAMB and O. C. BLAND, both of this city, who, the police say, have confessed they rented a room in the Arnold rooming house, facing Tower avenue, and took rifles with them, intending to shoot, but who claim they did not shoot into the parade. H AHOLD JOHNSON, 21 years old, vi ho, the police say, is an ex-convict, who ia an organixer of the L W. W. and who had " much inflammatory -radical literature In his pockets. yr1 WAINO MARSTLA, 23 years old, a Finn, who, police say, confesses he is an I. W. W. and who was arrested with Harold Johnson near Wlnlock- Both have been taken to the Lewis county jaid in Chehalis for safe keeping and in vestigation. Several hundred men crowded around the Centralia jail shortly after o'clock this afternoon and a threatening, sullen spirit made the air heavy. Additional troops were ordered to the jail and kepi the crowds half a block from the structure. The Centralia jatl is. a small stone building with few facilities fot Withstanding a mob's attack. As rapidly as possible the I. W. W. are being re- (Coneludfd on Page Six. Column One) IN LEAGUE CRISIS President Jumped Into Fray at Paris to Have League Made Integral Part of Treaty. Bv Ray Stannard Baker (Copyright. 1810) The second great crisis at the peace conference oc curred immediate ly upon tne return of President Wil son to Paris after his hasty trip to America to sign the bills passed by the congress which Ray S. Baker adjourned March 4. The two sea voyages on the com fortable George Washington gave the president a much needed oppor tunity to rest and rest under the close care of Dr. Grayson. If it had not been for these respites during the heavy struggle at Paris, one doubts whether t i i sklent would have been physically able to endure the strain as long as he aid. He has the rare ability to rest completely, discharge all worry from his mind, and by exercise, deep breathing, frewh air. and occasional amusing talks with his friends on every subject in the world except the business of the mo ment, regain his strength. He reveals In these quiet and friendly relationships a side of him a human, genial, humorous side which too few of his fellow, citizens have seen He and Mrs. Wilson were frequently on deck during the voyages, several times they took a hand at deck shuffle-board, and they came in qu.te regularly to the moving picture shows or concerts In the evening. ' TY president and Mrs. Wilson, in four voyages on the George Washington, quite won the hearts of the officers and crew. It was .-Imost like a big family. After the evening entertain ment, before landing at Brest, just as we were about to break up, a group of the younger officers an" crew in the back of the hall began to sing, "God be with you till we meet again." Then toe whole company. Including the president, sang together, "Auld Lang Syne." I wondered among what ether people In the world there could develop just such relationships and such a spirit! These voyages, I firmly believe, saved the president from wearing out far sooner than he did. For once in Paris HOUGHT ON ASSASSINS W SON SAVED DAY 4 (Concluded on rig Fire, Ceriums Two) THE CENTRALIA MASSACRE . A BOVE is a map of the Centralia business district, where the l I. W. W. Armistice day killings took place. The veterans paraded north on Tower avenue to Fourth street, where they turned and started back down Tower avenue again, the dotted line indicating their route. When between Second and Third streets, near the Roderick hotel, I. W. W. headquarters, concealed sharpshooters opened fire, apparently from the Rod erick, from the Arnold rooming house on the same side of the street to the north, and from the Avalon hotel, on the opposite side of Tower avenue. A sharpshooter also was stationed a quarter of a mile to the east, on Seminary ridge, which parallels the railroad, the vacant lots to the north of the Avalon hotel giving him an unobstructed range. Below is Lieutenant Warren Grimm, veteran of the Siberian expedition, noted football player and attorney, who was one of the killed. x I ! II M 3 0 St. i ' r I i 1 Ham- "i Hi V POUCtk StOCrfS SOOTH i u siMMsMi iiniawf whnnr mrim nnfmi lfwiwrnnnrn rl TfiT ifff MAY FORCE FINAL VOTE ON TREATY Desire for Quick Action Prompts Move to Shut Off Long Winded Speeches. By Raymond Clapper Washington. Nov. 12. (U. P.) A move to shut off debate and forcs l a final vote on the treaty was put under way today by Democratic sen ators with the pledged support of Republicans who desire quick action. Senator Underwood, Alabama, has drafted a cloture petition and is obtain ing the 16 signatures necessary to get it before the senate. A final treaty vote would take place SS hours after adoption of this petition. rv M m;i Ovt-? x aMv jptfs 4 I I fa" ' ' " !' S Senator Martin . Of Virginia Dies Washington. Nov. 1!.U. P. -Senator Martin, Virginia, died today-, ac cording to word received bjr Wis secretary. . , i P - I x i ; ; sharps s SHOOT $ 'S miiii LEGION SIRED BY I. W. W. E Centralia Massacre Basis of Res olution Demanding Drastic Leg islation of Congress. BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Minneapolis, Minn., Not. 12. After one of the hottest fights dur ing the session of the American legion the Oregon delegation suc ceeded In getting adopted by a good majority a resolution asking that congress enact legislation compelling all foreign language newspapers to print an English translation In a parallel column. By L. R. Blanchard Minneapolis. Minn., Nov. 12. (U. P.) The American legion in na tional convention here today took immediate notice of the attack on the parade of the legion at Centra lia, Wash., yesterday. A resolution asking: congressional ac tion aa adopted at once. The resolution demands enactment of laws with a (Concluded on Pass Sixteen. Column Biz) Two Daring Thugs Rob Theatre Office San Francisco, Nov. 12. (U. P.) Two well-dressed young men held up and robbed Edwin A. Morris, manager of the Hippodrome theatre, of $1718.61. In his office here today. After robbing the safe of the last two days' receipts, the bandits gagged and tied Morris and departed in a waiting tazicab. Peace Envoys to Come Home Dec. 1 ' Paris, Nov. 12. (U. P.) Remaining members of the American peace delega' tion plan to start .for home on the George Washington about December 1, it was' learned today. Winding up of American affairs In the conference will be left to tne United States embassy, Jt was said. 4 . CRM CENTRALIA PROSECUTOR STARTS MACHINERY OF LAW AGAINST ASSASSINS Speedy Justice Demanded for I. W..W Leaders Who Carefully Planned and Plotted Massacre on Armistice Day Confessions Indicate Ambush of Soldiers Was Concocted in Cold-Blood; Radi cal Leader Hanged From Bridge By Fred H. McNeil Journal Staff Corrapondent. CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 12. Early thi afternoon a posse of Centralia citizens left for the Mendota ranch of . Elmer Smith, said to be -local I. W. W. attorney, where five or six alleged participants in the shootings are reported to be in hiding. Mendota is 13 miles northeast of here, on a branch of the Northern Pacific. The sheriff men are expecting a battle and it is an open secret that if the I. W. W. are found there, no at tempt will be made to bring them back alive. Smith was ar rested Tuesday afternoon and is in jail here. ' Every member of the posse is a veteran of the late war. Another posse of 70 men, under command of Captain Lloyd Dysart, late of the marines, joined the first posse later this afternoon. They will scour the section north and east of Mendota in what. is known as the Monarch mining d is tret And the Johnson timber. Among claims in this region is one said to be owned by Elmer Smith, attorney for the I. W. W. A brother and father of Smith live on the claim at present and both, it is alleged, are not only radicals, but have harbored radicals in time past. Positive information has come to hand that I. W. W. leaders are now quartered there. , Thirty additional deputies were sworn in this afternoon to relieve those who have been guarding the country roads about Centralia and Chehalis all night. The body of the I. W. W. who was lynched here Tues day night, was cut down early this morning by unknown par ties and thrown into the Chehalis river. Attempts are now being made to recover the body and bring it to the city. By Fr$d H. McNeil Journal fluff Correspondent. CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 12. With hundreds of armed v civilians and soldiers patrolling the streets this morning, Cen tralia was an armed, steel-bristling city, its citizens grimly determined that the lives of their soldiers killed in the Armistice day outrages shall be expiated to the fullest. With the death of Dale Hubbard in the local hospital at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, the tragedy list mounted to four, but in the . course of an hour another death was added, this one on the sideof the instigators of the trouble, when "Brick" Smith, said to have been state secretary of the I.'W. W. in Washington, was lynched.- DEAD AND WOUNDED 1 Tacoma fs In charge of the mllltanEwtth The dead are : i WARREN GRIMM. University of Washington football star, lieutenant In the Siberian expeditionary forces of the American army and commander vt Grant Hodge post of the American Le gion. DALE HUBBARD, 29 years old. son of R. P. Hubbard of this city and a veteran of 18 months In Prance. He served with the 161t Infantry. Wash ington National Guard, later being transferred to the forestry division. He leaves a bride of three weeks. ARTHUR MACELFRESH. manager of Prigmore & Sears pharmacy, was an overseas veteran. BEN CASAGRANDA, 27 years old. an overseas veteran, who leaves a wife and father In this city. The wounded are : Earl Watt, condition serious; to be operated on this morning. B. W. Eubanks. harnessman, returned from overseas in August, slightly wounded. Eugene Phltzef, ChehaUs, overseas veteran. slightly wounded. William Coleman, ex-soldier 7 and former pitcher for the Doty, Wash., baseball team, slightly wounded. POSSES sOl'B COl'STKI Armed men are still scouring the road of the county, remaining at the work ceaselessly throughout the night. Soldiers were stationed at every road entering the city and patrolled the railway sta tion, scrutinising carefully each passen ger descending from the trains and tak ing into custody those of whom sus picions were entertained. After the lynching the city quieted down, save for the unending tramp, tramp of the patrols, but it 'was a nerv ous quietness, for every few minutes one would hear the command "Halt" ring out, there would be a running of tne patrolmen to the scene and the persin stopped would be questioned. COMPAHT T ARBITES The frst detachments of Company V, Third Washington Infantry, arrived at about S o'clock Tuesday night and more continued to, come in en each train un til the room's of the Commercial . elun were jatnmed with the field cots of the soldiers, sleeping- on - their arms : and ready to respond instantly to tall. Lieutenant Colonel H. G." Windsor of Captain Thomas L. Bhurteleff of Tacoma in direct command of the company. Tha city was completely quiet when Colonel i Windsor arrived, and the civilian patrols seemed to have things well under con- trol. Martial law was not considered necessary, and as the worst Is believed to be over, It5! expected that the soldiers will be relieved from duty Thursday. But what may happen today, no one can guess. There are 40 men. all said to be proven members of the I. W. .W., In the little city Jail. At least a dozen of these men are said to have been connected with the shooting, by con fession or otherwise. The sober, cold blooded determination of the 'citizen here may bring serious developments before the Oay Is over. From the confessions made by Smith, as he was about to be lynched Tuesday night, and from the talk of a boy of 16. years. District Attorney Herman Allen, of Lewis county, has begun the frame work of his murder conspiracy charge with which he expects to send to the gallows every man who was In the I. W. W. hall when the shooting took place. Until morning Allen was busy gathering together the numerous threads of evi dence and within a few hours a special grand jury will be called to take up the Investigation and return indictments. LKADKB 18 BOASTFUL The last words of Smith, alleged I. W. W. secretary, as he was strung up to the bridge two miles southwest of Centralia, were boasts of a premeditated plan for the -killing or. the part of himself and associates and his only re gret, according to witnesses, was that not enough - of the soldiers had been killed. The 18 year old boy Is Dewey Lamb, whose father is said to be a member of the I. W. W., and who falterlngljr told the district attorney of the con versations he had overheard of 'the plans to kill the Centralis soldiers on Armistice day and of how the arms were smuggled into the building from which the shooting was done. The boy told of how he stood on a viaduct not far from the scene of tbe shooting, just out of range, "to see the fun." Anc-ther bit of evidence lies In . the invective hurled at Lieutenant. Scales, retiring commander of the local Amer-, lean Lagion post, by the aged woman ft (Coo Usual ss Fwe Tw, Catania - One,) .