VOL. XVIII. NO. 281 entered M SeeoBdrChas Matter Portoffice.. Portland. Oresoa PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1920.-EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND NIWB STANDS riVI 01 NTS TREASURES OF WEST OPEN TO PROSPECTORS Congress Passes Bill Releasing Public Domain to Seekers After Oil and Other Rich Minerals Lands Are Located in Wyoming; Powerful Interests Are Beaten by Congressman Sinnott. Washington. Feb. 11. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL) Legislation opening the pub lic domain of the West to prospect ors for oil, oil shale and other valu able , minerals passed congress final ly today and will go to the president. The senate agreed to the conference report orl the oil land leasing bill, which permits $the liuniance of permits for the development of government oil lands. The report passed rhe house yesterday. For six years western members of con gress have endeavored to have thia bill passed. INTEREST AT WORK If the story of conferences on the oil and coal land leasing bills, which have Just been passed by congress, could be adequately written it would be an In teresting; chronicle, and it would show that for weeks an agreement has been ' delayed tht eh the demands of power ful oil cor atlons for recognition of their claims to a greater acreage than Is permitted under the general terms of the bill It would be shown, also, that the main figure in sustaining; the Importu nities of the oil companies was Sena tor Reed Smoot of Utah anf that the thorn in his way was Representative N. J. Sinnott of Oregon, who during a large part of the discussion held out "alone against what amounted to a prac tical donation of millions of dollars to a Y' few large oil Interests. LIMIT IS PLACED . Under the terms of' the bill It was provided that no individual lease of oil land in a known geologic structure, that is, where discovery has been made and the ground in most cases Is highly valu able, shall be for more than 3200 acres;' September 1 was fixed originally as the date when the purchase of any acreage in excess of thia area should not. be recognized. ' In spite of this limitation, however, another part of the bill cleverly pro vided that "all leases hereunder shall Inure to the benefit of the claimant and all persona claiming through or under him by lease, contract or otherwise, as their interests may appear." As the summer wore away it became apparent that certain oil companies were fully aware of the loophole thus given, and were. acquiring;, tracts In excess of S200 acres, depending upon the final action of the conferees to protect them. "GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT If the lands were declared excess, under the terms a the bill they would not be retained by the claimants, but would be put up for competitive leasing" to those offering; the greatest bonus and royalty. If retained by the companies which had hastily acquired them, the government would derive only the usual, royalties provided for by the legislation. Some idea of the magnitude of the matter is gained from the fact that one tract of 80 acres was known to be con tracted for at $250,000, and another tract .of 160 acres at $500,000. How much land had been taken in excess is not (Concluded on Page Tiro, Column Three) DIES IN HOSPITAL Ciro Sepe Victim of Accident; Car Ahead Obstructs Driver's View at Fatal Moment. Ciro S, Sep, Italian. 590 East Seventeenth street, died at St. Vin cents hospital this morning a short '.lme after he was struck and run over by aji automobile truck driven by L. R. Dupre, 164 Russell street, at the intersection of Broadway and Williams avenue. Sepe, a cup greaser for the P. R. L. 4 P. company, was working at the frog in the track at the intersection when he was hit. A front wheel of the heavily laden truck passed over his body, but stopped within five feet after hitting Sepe. Dupre declares a touring; car cut in ahead of him and stepped, obstructing' his view so that he could not see Sepe until the Italian had been struck. Witnesses are said to have praised Dupre ' for the way in which he handled his truck. The driver will not be held by the police, but Coroner Earl Smith is arranging for an inquest. Deputies are searching for Sepe's fam ily. The fatally injured man was about 45 years old. William Baker, 27 West Skidmore street was riding with Dupre on the truck. . For three months " lacking 11 days, Portland had no fatal automobile acci dent on Its records. On November 1, Gustave Johnson was killed, and since that time no accident has had fatal con sequences until that which occurred at Broadway and Williams avenue this morning and cost the life of Ciro Sepe. Italian. S'ot in years' has such a record of im munity from fatalUiee been maintained. Positive records dating back to 1918 show no period of similar length where in there was not a, fatal accident in : solving an automobile.. The death of Sepe Tnarfcs the first la 1S20, Involving an automobile : " HIT BY AUTO TRUCK SECOND CACHE OF HUMAN BODY DISCOVERED ABOVE, morbid crowd gathered around clump of trees where two packages containing sec tions of the body of a man were found Tuesday afternoon. This lot is at the corner 'of Brandon and McClellan streets, Kenton. . The packages were not more than 30 feet from the sidewalk. Below, is Charles Moxley and the dog whose peculiar actions resulted in. the discovery that the packages contained human flesh. Inserted is a new picture of Ernest Des camps, wealthy Frenchman, who has mysteriously disappeared and who may have been the victim. IP r u vX n lis. i-Ti? --v- 'lk-5ii A A WHOLESALE HUNT FOR CLUES ASKED City-Wide Search by People Is Sought to Find Missing Parts of Slain Man. Every boy and man in Portland is asked by Lieutenant of Inspectors Goltz to turn detective and seek more parts of the body of a mur dered man, supposed to be that of Ernest Descamps, wealthy member of the French colony here. "Search brush, vacant lots, grulleys and any other place where parts of a man's body may be hidden," Goltz asks. He confesses that until discovery of more parts df the body, sections of which have been found fh two widely separated "districts in Portland, it will be impossible to identify the ubdy as that of Descamps. GRAVEL PARTICLES FOtJiD Minute inspection of the sawdust In which the sections found last Saturday were packed today revealed small sand and gravel particles mixed In. The de tectives believe these may have been sweepings on a basement floor on which the sawdust was scattered. Every vacant place or thicket be tween the Grand avenue viaduct and Kenton will be searched today for other portions ' of the murdered body of which various pieces have been discovered since the gruesome find in Sullivan's gulch Saturday afternoon. Sloughs throughout the length of the peninsula will be dragged in hope of finding the head, by which certain iden tification can be established. , -All avail able deputies in-the office of Sheriff Hurlburt have been assigned to the search under Deputy Chrlatofferson. The theory is that packages of human flesh and bones were dropped here and there along a route leading out Grand avenue to Kenton and that the head may hae been secreted in a Columbia slough. OTHER PARTS FOC5D Other parts of a body, .possibly that of Descamps. who disappeared Thurs day, were found on Tuesday near Bran don and McClellan streets in the vicin ity of Kenton station. , The portions were neatly wrapped In a copy of flie Journal of a week ago Saturday and an'OregonLan of the pre vtous - Sunday and were bound tightly (With string of the same kind that en circled the- packages found in Sulli van's gulch Saturday. The parts of the body, cut from Just above the hips comprised the contents of the packages. The coroner says the skin was of the same texture, age and eolor as that of the dismembered legs found In the gulch. HT8TEHT DEEPEK8 Finding: the torso remains did nothing to solve the mystery, but rather made (Ooachtded Pag Ttirf. . Cirfnm- p las Bas ajfei ibmm a I MNAKlMUVtS U OPEN RESERVATION Washington, Feb. 11. WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR XAX) Senator McXary today In troduced in the senate a bill to open the Klamath Indian ' reservation Identical with the measure which Representative Sinnott introduced In the house. Wilson Will Name Editor in New York Italian Ambasasdor Washington, Feb. 11. (I. X. S.l President Wilson will send the nomina tion of Robert Underwood Johnson. New York editor, to be ambassador to Italy, tp the senate within a few days, it was learned at the White House today. Johnson is one of the leaders of the League to Enforce Peace and has been closely connected with Italian affairs for many years, having been decorated with the Cavaliere of the crown of Italy. He will succeed Thomas Nelson Page, resigned. Lincoln's Birthday To Be Celebrated Lincoln's birthday will be observed Thursday afternoon in the large hall of the Central library. Tenth and Yamhill streets, at 2:20 o'clock. The public is asked to attend. A program has been arranged asd many distinguished and invited guests will occupy seats on the platform, The committee suggests that people display the American flag from their homes. Action on the Zoning Ordinance Postponed The much postponed and delayed son lng ordinance was again postponed for first reading until next Wednesday by action of the city council this morning. Commissioner Barbur, In urging the postponement of the ordinance, asserted Mayor Baker should be present before a definite date for public hearing was settled on. Council of League Of Nations Convenes London. Feb. 11. (V. P.) The coun cil of the League of Nations waa con vened at noon today by Sir Eric Drum mond. 'secretary general. Greece was represented, by Dr. Caclamanoa. ln place of Premier Venlselos. Ambassador Da vis of th . United States wUl not at- tmtd. , OFFENDER ESCAPES AS EVIDENCE FAILS Smashup Took Place All Right, but Policemen Came Into Court Unprepared. Three automobiles were badly smashed on East Burnside near Sev enth last Sunday afternoon. One was going east on Burnside, two were parked on the right side of the street, a few feet apart. The car bound east smashed Into one parked machine, then the other, and in turn ncn r ennry was m ine macuixiv ui was moving east on Burnside. No one has been found who admits being In the car with him. Witnesses declare that he was intoxicated. Police arrived on the scenes Fenney was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. CHARGE IS DISMISSED The case came to trial Monday morn ing. No witnesses were there except the two policemen. ;No one was there to testify that Fenney was driving the automobile. The charge was dismissed. Offenders continue to escape punish ment through collapse of one or another unit of law enforcement departments. Lack of evidence is one of the great causes of the failure of justice in traffic cases. Policemen either intentionally or acci dentally comjp in with half-baked cases. They apparently forget the evidence in their hurry to make the arrest. Had officers in the Fenney case made an acequate investigation, they would no doubt have had lrttie difficulty provjrg that Fenney was the driver of the wrecking car. MIST HAVE WITNESSES Under present procedure at the police station, the policeman making the arrest is expected to present his witnesses when the case comes to trial ; otherwise, it is sent through without evidence and the offender goes free. The case should not go to trial unless the witnesses are pres ent, and the patrolman who fails to present his witnesses should be held to account. , Tampering with witnesses Is another practice that loses many cases for the city. Police court attorneys locate those who are expected to testify for the pros ecution, and in many instances the wit ness changes his mind. He comes to court, asks to be excused, forgets, or actually perjures his testimony. FAIL TO TESTIFY Those who have suffered damages in accidents fail to testify after the dam ages have been paid. Under present conditions, police court attorneys administer the law in a great many cases. They of course represent the defendants, and through one means or another they usually free their cli ents. Often the offender never rets to court and, if he does, the evide doesn't How long is the police department to be maintained to provide fees for police court lawyers? That will be one of its great functions until the evidence is gathered In all cases and fully presented to the court Newberry Expended $800,000 in Election Fight, Says Witness Grand Rapids. Mich.. Feb. 11. "Half a million hell. Newberry spent $800,000 and I know what I am talking about." This was the declaration 1 of Richard Fletcher, state labor commissioner, on March It. 1919, Frank M. Sparks, asso ciate editor of the Grand Rapids Herald this afternoon told the Jury regarding the Newberry case. The Newberry forces not only fostered the Democratic candidacy of James W. Helme for senator ln 1918, but secured fraudulent signatures to his nomination petitions, witnesses declared today. Five witnesses repudiated their signa tures on Helme petitions as not being genuine. This was the first effort by the gov ernment - to prove the fraud charges in (he indictments under which Senator Newberry and 134 other are standing trial. . - . RESERVATIONS Mve Leads Irreconcilable Re publicans to Fear Peace Pact Will Be Ultimately Passed. Lodge Declared Anxious to Keep Treaty Out of Campaign and -Will Offer Mild Compromise. By L. C. Martin Washington, Feb. 11. (U. P.) Senator Lodge offered in the senate nine amendments to the Lodge res ervations to the peace treaty today. WORKED OUT IK COSFEKESCE The amendments are those worked out In the bi-partisan treaty conference re cently held in Lodge's office. They af fect the preamble, withdrawal, domestic questions. Shantung, naming of Amer ican representatives to the league ; pay ment of the United States' share of lei.gue expense, disarmament, status of foreign nationals under article 16 and voting power. Lodge did not submit an amendment oo Article 10 or the Monroe doctrine. The amendment to the reservation on voting power is the only one of those submitted by' Lodge on which virtual agreement had not been reached In the bi-partisan conference. Lodge's action today mad the bi partisan agreement the "official pro grm" of the Lodge forces in the Benate. Irreconcilable Republican senators are about to concede that the senate will ratify the treaty as a result of the dis cussion which will begin next Monday, it was indicated today. A canvass of the senate has shown the "bitter enders.' Uiey said, any loop hole which can be squeezed through will be used by some senators in 'chang ing front on the resolutions and ratifica tion. Willing to agbee The "IrreconcUables" are convinced that Senator Lodge and his supporters do- not want the treaty In the presiden tial campaign. One of the. "IrreconcU ables" said today that the supporters of the Lodge reservations are willing to agree to any reservation on Article X which wUl.avyU3ir faces. They have eliangdpralSeswftff the TTnocrats in this respect he declared, and are visibly weakening since President Wilson's let ter to Senator Hitchcock became public The plan of the Lodge program sup porters, this senator said, is to offer proposals for compromise on Article X. so mild that if the Democrats reject them the responsibllty for failure of the treaty will clearly be upon the Demo crats. In that case, if the treaty does become a campaign issue. Lodge can stuw by the record that he did all he could without actually surrendering to agree with the Wilson forces, this sen ator said. Lodge is understood to have a thor ough knowledge of the situation among tha Democrats, and to know, in a gen eral way at least. Just how far they will go next week or later In meeting him 00 Article X. Persistent Traffic Violator Fined $100 And Jailed 24 Hours A fine of $100 and a 24-hour sojourn In jail were awarded by Judge Ross man of the municipal court this morn ing to L. Bittman, convicted traffic violator. Bittman, who lives at 712 Mississippi avehue, knocked over an old man at FOurth and Morrison streets, and thn proceeded without stnnnini? nr lar bothering to report the incident to the police. V Bittman has been the principal in three collisions : twice he has been appre hended for speeding, and once for fall ing to give right of way, police records show. Carl H. Jackson, who witnessed the latest traffic episode of Blttman's, ap peared against him this morning. A total of $324.50 was netted for the ciy from the 22 traffic violators ar raigned this morning. Mackays Resume Charge of North - Pacific Lumber Co. Donald and W. B. Mackay, owners. Tuesday resumed charge of the North Pacific Lumber company. North Port land, upon its release from the lease of Charles F. Swigert and his associates, extending over the past two years. Or ganized ln 1882, the North Pacific com- pany is 6aia to, oe one or the largest and best established in the Northwest, cuiung iw.wi ieei or umoer per eignt ; are confident of securing Portland's hurs- ; $73,200 share of the national fund raised With the restoration of the Mackays to 8nd food to the 800,000 starving peo the retirement of Donald Mackay. pres- ple of Armenia and the other war rav- laii ui irie company umii 11 was leasea to Swigert. is announced. W. B. Mackay, secretary -manager under the former management, has become president. As sociated in the management will be H. B.r Pennell. who, during the war, was head of the Coast Shipbuilding com pany of Portland. Plebiscite Votes , Schleswig to Danes Copenhagen, Feb. 11. (I. N. plebiscite in Schleswig to .determine! wl tether the province shall be returned to' Denmark or remain German has 're sulted in a victory for the1 Danes, ac cording to Information received here to day. The returns at hand now show 85.000 votes for a return to Denmark against 11.000 for Germany. ; Z HANDS OFF IN mm CASE SEEMS VIEW Senator Townsend, Chairman of Postoffice Committee, Hesi tates to Question Dismissal. Chamberlain Denies Myers' Al leged Claim Senator Was Op posing Hearing in Portland Case Washington, Feb. 11. -t (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NALi Senator Townsend, chairman of the senate committee on postof- ficea and postroada, when asked to- i... i. . . , day relative to requests for a hear- ing on the Portland postoffice case said to have been sent by Frank S -, , ' Mers and others, said he did not see what his committee would have to do with a case of removal. Until further informed by The Jour nal representative. Senator Townsend had been under the impression that telegrams lie received related to pro tests against appointment of a new postmaster. He said the practice of the committee is to give a hearing on such complaints if the complainants ap pear promptly. TOWXSE.ND IS CAUTIOUS When advised that the Portland case is one of removal by executive order, iownsena shook his head and said: "I had not understood that I do not see then what we would have to do with It I would hesitate myself to take It up." Besides Chairman Townsend, other members of the committee are said to have received a request for some sort of a hearing from Portland, Including one from u. E. Hamaker. chairman of the Multnomah county Democratic cen tral committee, declaring that "Mvers has been deprived of constitutional rights." and that the community sym pathizes with him. Senator Chamberlain's attention was called to a statement by Myers alleg ing that the senator seeks to deny him a hearing. "I will say nothing con cerning what Myers says about me," he said. CIIAMBERLAIT IS WILLIjra tK3&aUilHPLi -opposed his having a hearing and I have no objection to any hearing he wants before any official of the government the senate or any other tribunal What I said was that I know of no procedure or precedent for hear ings in cases of executive removal of postmasters." , Information that Frank a Mvers Is circulating a petition among the busl- "ess mn of the clty " Postmaster of i Portland has fanned public Interest (Concluded on Pace Three. Column FWe) E TO BE CIRCULATED Movement Afoot to Put Food Ad ministrator's Name in Dem ocratic Primaries. Inltiative petitions to place the name of Herbert Hoover on the preferential presidential ballot at the Democratic primaries of May 21, are being prepared and will be put ! In circulation as soon as they are received from the printers. The work of preparing the petitions an putting them in the hands of cir culators lias been undertaken by Oswald West and II. B. Van Duzer. president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. It is announced by Mr. West that the printed petitions will be ready for dis tribution within a day or so, and that they may be obtained at his office by those who desire to circulate them for signatures among their friends. Those who desire to sign the'petitions but who do not have the time to take them for circulation may also sign by calling at Mr. West's office. Armenian Campaign Drive Is Continued With New Support While th results of the first day's Near East relief drive Tuesday were in complete today. Chairman S. C. Lan caster said this momiw that the cam- I naim leaders are satisfied with the trend of the fragmentary reports. They ,.-! n(1 -Witnf countries Augmented by many additional can vassers, the campaign forces are out again today, energetically canvassing their respective territories. More work ers ln nearly every district are needed. that the drive may be completed quick ly and all who wish to assist may call up Main 6853. 685,4, 685S or 6856, or to call personally at headquarters in the Unitarian church. AH funds received are turned over im mediately to H. C. Anderson, auditor, who checks all "turn-ins" and banks the accumulating funds. All adminis- hoov R PETITIONS S.) The'trative expenses of the drive are paid from a special fund contributed for that purpose in advance of the cam paign, so that all money given will go directly, on a 100 per cent basis, for the relief of th famine stricken people wbo are depending upon the continued sup ply ef food from America for their tx fstenc - 14 Wise Men and True, WHp Sit on Fate of 11 Reds, Relish Nonsense Solemnity of DayjOver, I. W. W. Jurors Make Mprry in Their Own Little "Cell." By Fred IT. McXeU (Orer The Journal a Lcwtd Win) Montesano. Waijh., Feb. 10. Bump! Crash! Thump! Resounding Jars shake the granite walls of the Grays Harbor court house to its foundations. Bellowing laughter rolls away until It seems to echo from the log ged off hills that surround this little city in the forest. Such are some of the strange sounds hat make the old time residents resid ing near the courthouse and who re- tre Tl? 8tart ,n thelr leP and tben gaze curiously at the bright lights that laze folh from mlrd ,tory wmdows that overlook the roof of the jail. i ln th shrouded darkness of their cells. ,the 11 defendants on trial-in the Cen- murder trial doubtless hear these ; sounds and wonder, too. 4 MEN, TO HO HO The dtsturbersi of silence In this usually quiet neighborhood are none other than the 14 men in whose hands will ultimately lie the fate of the ac cused "wobblles." For Jurors are human, and in the off hours, when the mantle .of silence and cold disregard for human sentimentality are thrown off, the lid comes off also. and it comes with a vengeance. Sitting all day In the uncomfortable seats of the Jury box, action is. the word 'at night even for the elderly E. E. Tor pen. who confesses 60 years and then some. Prisoners almost as much as the men whom they are trying. In that they are incommunicado with the outside j world, and where one goes, the rest must also follow, they make merry ln he limited space they have. 4 'feCRlBES ARE BARRED Even the reporters are barred from ooklng ln on the''festlvitles. but no one s barred from listening. And so, while t Is hearsay. It Is whispered about the ourthouse that there is some friendly (CoDoluded on Pice Three, Colump Three) F AHEAD OF WOOD Hoover Receives More Republican Support Than Wood and John son Combined, in Straw Vote. Senator Johnson Is gradually tak ing a strong lead. over General Wood in the presidential straw vote. Thirty-three votes went to him in thia morning's count against only seven for Wood. Johnson now has more than double the vote for Wood. More Republicans have voted for Hoo ver so far than for Johnson and Wood combined. One envelope brought in lo votes or which 1 were for Hoover and one for McAdoo. The party affiliations of the 14 Hoover votes were as follows: Re publicans four. Democrates five. Indepen dents five. In a few Instances, the reg istration of the voter is not on the ballot. It should be there, not for publication. but In order to give the source and other phases of the sentiment reflected by the vote. In no case will names or party affiliations be made public. A conspicuous feature of the voting is the heavy support thrown McAdoo not only by Democrala. but by Repub licans. A letter bringing several votes for him is signed by the president of a railroad employes' organization nd says: "I am a Republican. W. Q. Mc Adoo will win hands down if. nominated for president, as he will get 95 per cent of the labor vote, regardless bf whether they are Democrats or Jiepublicane that is if the labor people do not lose their heads and nominate a labor can didate. We should throw our Influence to McAdoo and save the day. He Is Just to all. There could be no better." A Portlander writes : "Hoover Is my choice for president. I should vote for him running cn a Republican. Demo cratic, third party or independent ticket. My second choice is. Governor C'oolidge of Massachusetts. ' Under no" circumstances would I vote for I'otn dexter or Hiram Johnson. Thirty years ago when Hoover was a poor boy struggling to educate himself he worked for me. He is number one from the ground up. He is an. American, he is a man. he is true blue, he Is above party, he Is for the good-of all " An 1 Independence woman casts her vote fot Johnson, but says she thinks both McAdoo and Bryan are great men. Today's totals follow: Gerard IS: Palmer t Harding Pershlng 11 Hoover SOtjPolndexter .... 2 Johnson S7 Pomerene ...... 69 Ixiwden lsproui 3 McAdoo SSllWood 41 Owen 2 Names Changed of , Seven Streets rori Portland Heights V', .V Names of seven streets in.upper Port land Heights and 'Council Crest were changed this morning by tire city-coun cil on recommendation t Cllgr Engineer O. Laurgaard. K ' ' r - Alpen circle was changed to Marquam place. Lucerne, terrace to McDonnell Terrace. Chlllon circle to- VUIar4 Place, Naefel drive to Bnard drive. Cham oson place to Patrick place, Tyraleae way to Donner way sJsdC Eleanor street t Berth aveatMt .?.'. -"- E, '.' JOHNSON on BION OF Court Reporter Declares He Took First of One of Defendants' Statements Admitting Guilt Session of Montesano Trial De voted to Legal Argument In volving "Confessor's" Sanity, By Fred II. McNeil (Orer Tbe Journal'! Special Leued win.) lontesano, Wash., Feb. 11. Dr argument on the legal phases of thej admission of testimony from a man whose sanity is questioned occupied this morning's session of the Cen tralia murder trial while a packed gallery of spectators, thirsting for details of the confession of ono of the defendants. Ioren Roberts, twiddled their thumbs, kicked th benches, coughed. ' whispered loudly and otherwise manifested their gen eral impatience with the whole pro ceedlng. Roberts was examined fn the county jail this morning by an alienist. Dr. Arthur B. Calhoun of Seattle, who was appointed by the court Tuesday. Just what his findings are, or when they will be put before the court is not known. STATEMENT TO BE FREP But when court finally opened at 10 :30, tha prosecution made known its Intention to Introduce at once the Rob erts' statement or statements. A. C Baker, deputy clerk and court reporter of Thurston county, who Is head of the record making staff ef five or six stenographers on duty here, was called as a witness. Baker testified to recording the first statement, taken on November 17, Ira the sheriff's office at Olympla. When Roberts' statement waa taken. Baker said. F. P. Chrlstenson of tha attorney general's office : Herman Al len, prosecutor of Lewtn county : C. D. Cunningham, special prosecutor of Cen tral la: Sheriff J. H. Olfford of Thurs ton county. Deputy Sheriff Hong ant several others. Including Assistant Prosecutor J. H. Jancke of Lewis coun ty, were present. ACT 18 TOLl'STAEI The statement waa freely and volun tarily made by the defendant. Baker said, and no threats or promises of re ward were tendered by the officers pres ent. Baker checked his notes thre times, then wrote the statement, the defendant was given a copy, personally (Concluded on Pare Two, Viuun Four) Cars Jump Track; 8 Slightly Injured Laclede, Idaho. Pb. 11. V. P.) Four cars of the Oreat Northern's Orl ental Limited left the track a mile east of here yesterday, spilling passengers from their berths, slightly injuring eight. A defective rail was the cause of the wreck. Marry Baron, Minneap olis, cook, and Alba G. Fuller, tit. Paul. vinn.. cook, were seriously . scalded when the diner went over the bank. , President Allows Fletcher to Quit Washington. Feb. 11 V. P.) Presi dent Wilson has accepted the resigna tion of Henry P. Fletcher. American ambassador to Mexico, it was announced at the White Mouse today. The fact that Fletcher had resigned was made, known several weeks sgo. The Journal Presidential Straw Ballot Vote for one. placing X before najms. ROBERTS DENT F ED GERARD HARDING HOOVER JOHNSON LOWDEN McADOO OWEN PALMER PERSHING POINDEXTER POMERENE SPROUL m WOOD M7 party efililaUo. Is Ham Address (Cat eat, sad an!) or Mas te bht ttmrmS beststis lOce. Mark tsrtltpea -; "gtisv Ballet.") - ' - '-. ' - 8 r - i