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feature color work. The Journal being the
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color printing In Its news and magazine
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THE WEATHER Tonight and Saturday,
- fair; north to east winds.
Minimum Temperatures Thursday:
Portland 39 New Orleans.... 4
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Los Angeles 60 St. Paul 14
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STANDS FIVI GINTft'
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ACCUSED OF
PROMISING 10
' "FIX" JUDGES
Witness Says Case Was Reversed
in His Favor After He Had Car
ried the District for Newberry.
Former Mayor of Flint, Michigan,
Star Prop in the Prosecution
of Alleged Election Frauds.
Grand Rapids. Mich.. Feb. 13.
Testimony of a high explosive char
, actrr that left the defense shell
shocked was introduced by the gov
ernment in its election conspiracy
case ngalnst United States Senator
Truman H. Newberry and 122 politi
cal aides.
William H. McKelghan. former mayor
of Flint. Midi., swore that Newberry, in
' - the presence of three others, promised
him that he would "fix" the Michigan
supreme court so that an assault and
robbery verdict against him would be
reversed provided he carried his dis
trict for Newberry in the 191S primaries.
Richard II. Fletcher, then and now
commissioner of labor, was the man he
charged with promising to fix the state
r supreme court. The men he declared
were present when the promise was
made were Paul II. King. Newberry
campaign manager and prominent De
troit lawyer: Fred W. Castator. De
troit alderman and leader In labor cir
cles, and Fred A. Henry, a subordinate
to Commissioner Fletcher.
McKelghan explained that he did
carry his district for Newberry and was
given freedom from a sentence of from
two to 15 years through action of the
slate supreme court in reversing the
verdict against him.
During the testimony of McKelghan.
Commissioner Fletcher and King sat
close to Martin W. Littleton and James
O. Murfln. leading counsel for the de
y fense. The commissioner alternately
set his Jaw in hard, grim lines and
opened his lips to whisper words which
occasionally could he heard many seats
away.
"Llarl Liar!" were among the sen
. tences. ,'.
.The one time mayor of Flint began
.h1s testimony by admitting that in
April of 1918. he had been tried and con-
(Condurifd on Vw Two, Column Fire)
WILSON REPLIES TO'
Belief Is Wilson Contends Men
Should Shelve Demands Until
Railroads Are Returned.
Wasldngton, IVb. 13 (I. 7i. S.)
The Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
have net strike machinery In motion,
It was learned thin afternoon. This
affects noitoi 287.000 employes. A
strike) rot was taken ramn month
ago and authority given to order a
strike. The proponed striko will
hinge on the flual action taken by
the conference now In scstdon.
Washington, Feb. 13. (I. N. 8.)
President Wilson today rendered bis
final decision on the demands of the
railroad workers for increased pay.
"This policy is bacd on Justice
to all interests and is unalterable."
declared the president in closing his
conference with the three represen
tatives of the railroad workers, after
rendering his decision.
KF.I.IEF KVftliESTFD
The president suggested several ave
nues of relief from high living conts,
it is understood. He outlined the ma
chinery which will be established. byN
legislation now pending In congress
for the adjustment of wages, and It
Is understood his proposition In part
asks the workcm to give this proposed
machinery an opportunity to get Into
action.
There was little doubt that the presl
dent had sustained Director General
nines' rejection of the wage demands.
but he had softened this decision by
offering numerous suggestions for re
lief. - The president submitted his proposal
in writing. It is understood they will
give the president their answer after
holding a conference with other repre-
. tentative of the brotherhoods and
unions. This , decision will probably not
be forthcoming before tomorrow, ac
cording to Timothy Shea.
Two. Sets Wireless
Telephony Received
By Forest Service
Two arc sets valued at $2000 each
were received this morning by the for
est service for experimental purposes in
wireless telephony. One set will be
placed at the forest service headquarters
and the other will be stationed at vari
ous places over the city, the summit of
"Larch mountain, and on boats plying up
and down the river.
.It is hoped that tests between boats
1 and -the Inland office will be so suc
cessful that arrangements may be made
for the installation of wireless sets on
the forest service boats In Alaska where
communication forma on of the bis
orobleraa. .
HAD UNION
Policeman Has
Battle Royal
With Supposed
Shoe Burglar
Guardian of Law Loses Two Teeth
and Some Clothes, but Holds
His Prisoner.
When Charles nd J. S. Cum-
mings stepped from a shoe store at
233 Clay street about 6:30 o'clock
this morning with gunnysacka and
suitcases containing enough shoes to
outfit several families, they evident
ly did not reckon on the presence of
Motorcycle Policemen Wiles and No
lan. Although taken by surprise, the
pair of thieves gave a stiff battle
before they were captured, the po
lice sacrificing six pistol shots, two
teeth and a pair of trousers to land
them behind the bars.
The motorcycle officers were patrol
Ing the lower west side early this morn
ing, when they saw a pair of men
emerging from a store on Clay street
with suspicious looking bundles in their
possession. They gave chase to the
men, each one singling out his man.
Wiles and Nolan each fired three shots
In an effort to stop the men.
Nolan succeeded in scaring his man
who gave his name as J. S. Cummlngs
and pulled htm from behind a woodpile,
where he had scurried from tl)e bullets.
Wiles also succeeded in catching his
man after a chase of a block and a half,
but on the way to the station this pair
staged a battle royal, in which the of
ficer lost two of his front teeth and
had his trousers ruined. The man cap
tured by Wiles gave his name as
Charles Cummlngs.
At- the police station a charge of lar
ceny was placed against the pair.
CARRY RED FLAG.
IS JURYS ADVICE
Coroner's Inquest Exonerates
Driver Who Ran Down and
Killed Street Railway Man.
The moral for track greasers em
ployed by the P. R., L. & P. Co.,
whose lives, by the very nature of
the occupation, are constantly in
Jeopardy, is: "Carry a red flag."
A coroner's Jury investigating the
death of Ciro Sepe at Broadway
and Williams avenue Thursday even
.ing exonerated L. R. Dupre, driver
of a big auto truck under the wheels
of which Sepe was ground to death,
and recommended that track greas
ers be required to carry a red flag.
J. R. Guild. M. C. Larson; Norman
Walters, A. J. Andrews, Fred Wilson
and C. E.-Veatch made up the coroner's
Jury.
Dr. S. M. Gellert of the Morgan build
Ing. whose machine was declared to have
been parked at the fatal corner, testi
fied that his automobile was not parked
at the corner until he stopped after
seeing Sepe struggling under the heavy
wheel of the truck. Dr. Gellert was
bound west on Broadway.
II. E. Jesseph of North Pacific Dental
college told the Jury that he saw the
truck at a distance of 50 feet before It
came to the corner of Williams and
Broadway. He didn't seo any parked
car nor other obstruction to the view, he
said. Jesseph estimated the speed of
the truck at not more than 12 miles an
hour. Both he and Dr. Gellert asserted
that the tracks indicated that the truck
had passed behind Dr. Gellert's car.
H. Rodgers stated that the truck was
proceeding slowly, that he saw nothing
to obstruct the view.
William Baker, an employe of Pupre.
testified that a car was parked near
the property line and that It obstructed
the sight of the truck driver.
A car parked near the property line
obstructed the view : he saw the man 10
feet away, and the truck' was moving
four or five miles aa hour, Dupro tes
tified. In cross examination by FYank Doner
gan of the railway company and John
Collier, representing the family of the
deceased, the attorneys insisted that,
even admitting that the car was parked
near the property line, which they de
clared not to be the ease. Dupre could
have seen Sepe at a' distance of 40 feet
Collier Intimated that Dupre was not
driving carefully.
Charles O. North and B. F. Baker tes
tified that the Gellert machine must
t have been parked at the corner, and
j that the truck passed within six feet
; of the rear. They declared that they
figured on four accidents a week at that
Intersection.
The verdict completely exonerated
Dupre and recommended that track
greasers be made to carry a red flag.
Man Out of Work
Makes and Passes
Counterfeit Money
Had Isaac Wirnala succeeded in his
first venture of making nickels, dimes
and quarters, no one knows to what
ambitious heights he might reach event
ually. So reasons Federal Secret Service
Agent Joseph Walters who arrested
Wirnala on a eharge of counterfeiting
Thursday night. Walters, said today
Wirnala had confessed to making about
$5 worth of lead coins which he worked
off on small shopkeepers.
"I was just practicing on small
coins," Walters said Wirnala had con
fided. -If I got away with them. I
was going to branch out with dollars."
Wirnala said he was out of work and
needed money.
Two molds were found In Wirnala's
pockets and the secret service man is
taking his prisoner into the woods to
day where the reat of the outfit la sup
posed to " be. concealed.. - -
SALE OFSHIPS
MEETS CHECK
Lively Discussion Breaks Out in
Senate Where Ashurst Fathers
Resolution Against Proposal.
Chairman Payne. of Ship Board
Called by Senate Commerce
Committee to Give Testimony.
Washington, Feb. 13. (U. P.)
A fight to have congress immediately
halt the sale of ex-German ships
wae temporarily checked in the sen
ate today after sharp debate on the
senate floor and the appearance of
Chairman Payne of the shipping
board before the senate commerce
committee.
"If the committee thinks we ought
not make that sale, all the committee
has to do Is pass the resolution and it
will be cheerfully compiled with."
Payne said. He advised against this
course, however.
While Payne was making this state
ment the White House gave out a let
ter which Payne had written to Presi
dent Wilson defending the proposed
sale, set for next Monday, and charac
terizing the attack on the sale as "vic
ious but characteristic."
Lively discussion of the proposal to
sell the German ships broke out in the
senate, where Senator Ashurst, Arizona,
Introduced a resolution forbidding dis
posal of the ships except at public sale
to the highest bidder three months af
ter notice of tntentlon to sell.
Ashurst also had Payne's letter read.
He declared flatly that the shipping
board does purpose selling for $28,-
000,000 a fleet which at prewar prices
is worth $254,000,000 and at present
rates Is worth $300,000,000.
"The price at which they propose to
sell these ships is about $80 a ton,"
said Ashurst. "England offered $125 a
ton for them."
Senator Jones of Washington stated
he had asked Payne concerning the re
ported purpose tp sell the ships next
Monday. Payne, according to Jones,
announced that bids will be opened
Monday, and after that the board will
( Concluded on Pica Two, Column Four)
British Arrest More
Dublin Sinn Feiners
London, Feb. 13. (T. N. S.) Several
Sinn Feiners were arrested in a new
British military roundup in Dublin to
day, said a Central News dispatch from
that city.
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tants of a February day In Chicago. Grouped around It are a nam toes- of ptctarea taken the same day in tb park blocks in Portland, ihow
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REPUBLICANS
FORMING CLUB
FOR HOOVER
"fcALO AXTO, Cal., Feb. 13.
(U. P.) Declaring that Her
bert Hoover's "lifelong 'conduct,
and his aspirations for his coun
try are In line with the best tra
ditions of the Republican party,"
Hoover's townsmen here organ
ized the "Hoover Home Town
Republican club" today.
They said the club's member
ship Is composed of men and
women of both parties and that
the club will work for the elec
tion of delegates to the Repub
lican convention, favorable to
Hoover.
A resolution adopted declared
that "a sincere conviction exists
in the hearts of a multitude of
Americans ' that Herbert C.
Hoover possesses in greater de
gree than any other man in pub
lic life the outstanding ability
and idealism to lead this nation
in the trying times ahead
L
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Deal Closed for 25,000 Acres of
Timber in Lewis County, Wn.;
$10,000,000 Involved.
Chehalis, Wash., Feb. 13. It has
been announced that the Long-Bell
company, with headquarters at Kan
sas City, Mo., has closed a deal with
the Weyerhaeuser Timber company
for the purchase of 25,000 acres of
stumpage between Vader arid "Wild
wood, this county. The price agreed
on is reported $3 a thousand stump
age, and up.
The Ijong-Bell company operates big
mills in Louisiana, Texas and other
Southern stales.
News that the Long-Bell Co. had an
option on the Weyerhaeuser tract tn
Lewis county was, exclusively published
in The Journal several weeks ago, with
the prediction tliot' it 'would be closed
this month.
Closing of the deal, which Is the larg
est transaction in many years In Pacific
coast timber, is of immense importance
to Portland, as It means the establish
ment of one of the largest sawmills in
the world either in or near this city.
The transaction Involved about $10,
000,000, it is said, and makes Portland
the headquarters in the Northwest for
the largest of operating lumber com
panies.' IN THE MIDDLE
LONG-BEL
BUYS
MM H E TRAC
NEWmURDER
CLUE DRAWS
VEIL TIGHTER
Report Says Descamps Was Seen
Saturday Forenoon, if .True,
Would Eliminate Missing Man.
Portions of Human Body First
Found Last Saturday at 1 P. M.;
Police Discount This Angle.
Sam Goldenberg. a locksmith and
an acquaintance of Ernest Descamps,
told the police at noon today that he
Baw the supposed murder victim
in front of Mathis' clothing store
at Fifth and Morrison streets, at
9:30 on the morning of Saturday,
February 7.
According to his story, Descamps had
evidently bought a new hat Somewhere
an was looking at the reflection in
the store window. Descamps did not
speak to him, Goldenberg avers, but he
is positive that it was the missing
Frenchman whom he saw.
If oldenberg's story proves to be cor
rect. It will be the most important clue
in the ax murder mystery yet un
earthed. It Will. in fact, practically
destroy the possibility of Descamps
being the murdered man and will open
up a still deeper mystery.
The police give little credence to the
Goldenberg story. If it does prove to be
correct, however, it will overthrow the
whole line of Investigation under which
the police and sheriff's office has been
proceeding and will open up two en
tirely different mysteries.
All hat salesmen of the Math is store
were called to police headquarters to
study the pictures of Descamps oh file
there. Nona could remember ever hav
ing waited upon such a man.
In the hope of securing a tangible
clue . to what happened to Descamps,
missing wealthy Beaverton farmer, and
prominent member of the local French
(Concluded on Pace Two. Column Four)
Slump Expected in
Meat Prices; Prance
Cancels All Orders
Chicago, Feb. 13. A slump in meat
buying by England and'France Is likely
to result in a decided drop in prices,
provision dealers predicted today. France
has withdrawn from the pork market
entirely, and England has followed a
wholesale cancellation of pork orders
last week by an almost complete cessa
tion of orders.
WEST AND IN PORTLAND
Mack Sennett and
His Beauties to
Disport Selves
In Local Scenes
Mack, They Say, Has Reformed
and Is Strong for Classics
and Faun Stuff.
Hiking promises, to become more
popular than ever, particularly
among the young men, in Portland.
It is expected numerous "trails
clubs" will bo organized during the
coming summer, and lacking mem
bership in such an organization,
every foot -free swain may become
a hiker and a trailer in his own
right.
The reason : Mack Sennett, comedy
photoplay producer, featuring bathing
girls in the niftiest of costumes, is re
ported to have purchased 10 acres of
woodland, located back of Westover
Terrace, for studio and scenic purposes.
It is understood, too, and the story
comes through a local real eBtate dealer,
that Sennett is arranging to lease much
additional acreage adjoining his new
purchase, inasmuch as ho plans exten
stye range for his barefoot beauties.
Sennett's offerings have to date been
largely confined to beach stuff, inas
much as it is on the sands that bis
coryphees have shown tbetr charms to
best advantage. Now there Isn't much
beach up in the hills to the west of
lis, but there is much woodland shrub
V, .roil, nnxli. and hrwr .vlv.n
dells, and all that sort of thing and
that Is what Sennett wants. He has
reformed, it seems. He's going to put
his girls on now in the old classics; the
skipping faun stuff ; the dance of the
fairies on the greensward ; beauty in
the pool, etc, and the tale is that he
has decided that Portland's hills can't
be beat as a setting for this work. He
will be close enough to the city to
benefit from all modern conveniences,
too, and he can get to the. beach in a
few hours if necessary.
Sennett is also understood to have
found the soft light of Portland's long
twilights particularly to his liking for
some of the photographic effects he has
in mind. So he's satisfied all around
beautiful girls ; woodland, city, beach
and atmosphere.
Romantic, isn't It?
His Heart Stopped,
But He Still Lives
, Spokane. "Wash.. Feb. 13. (U. P.) At
9 Wednesday night. W. H. Myers, re
tired, living at W. 1415 BWventh avenue,
was pronounced dead. His heart appar
ently had stopped beating. He had
ceased to breathe. But On Thursday be
was reported from Sacred Heart hos
pital as recovering and apparently little
worse for his experience. He is slight
ly paralyzed down one side and his dif
ficulty in talking, 'but that is all.
4 S ' S
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HAS MORGAN, MEIER
OF I. W, W., GIVES DETAILS
OF ARMISTICE DAY PLOT1
Testimony Indicates
Deliberately Planned and Carried OuB
by Several of the Men Being Tried
Witness Readily Identifies First One,i
Then Another of the Accused and Tells
How and Where Gunmen Were Hidden!
By IVed H. McNeil "
(Orr Th JauniU's Leued Wlr)
Court House, Morrtesano, Wash.. Feb. 13. Thomas Morgan, I. W. W,
member who was in the society's hall at Centralia on the day and at the
time of the shooting of the Armistice day paraders, gave startling testi
mony here today. He identified first one and then another of the cower
ing' defendants and related in detail what appeared to be a deliberate plot
to fire into and kill ex-Bervice men in the procession.
Morgan. 19 years old, is tall and
broad shouldered, with long blonde hair,
combed back from his forehead. He
was well dressed and apparently had
not suffered from the long period In
jalL He threw a defiant glance or two
at his former associates, and then gazed
straight at his questioner, looking: at
thf defendants only when called on to
do so for Identification of those whom
he mentioned.
Morgan's most telling testimony dealt
with the first shots fired Into the ranks
of the former soldier paraders.
'"Some of the soldiers were marking
time and others were closing up when
the first shots were fired," the witness
said in response to questions put by
Special Prosecutor W. H. Abel.
The first shots were fired from one
of the buildings across the street," he
continued.
Morgan told of plana to station men
in the various buildings across the street
from the L W. W. hall.
"Brltt Smith (I. W. W. secretary) was
Californian Takes Spurt; Hoover
Still in Lead, With McAdoo
in Second Place.
The scattering vote in the presi
dential poll follows: President Wil
son, 13: Ford, 20: Edwards. 7; La
Follette, 4; Taft, 3; Capper. 6: Debs.
3; Bryan, 49? Tumulty. 2; Llndsey.
1; Daniels, 1; Lodge. 1; Hughes. 1.
The race between Johnson and Wood
that was neck and neck for a time
seems about to develop into a walk
away for Johnson. The California sen
ator received 37 votes yesterday to only
tjiree for Wood. It gives Johnson a to
tal nearly' three times as large as that
of the general. . In the vote for Hoover
counted this morning, the party affilia
tions were ss follows: Republicans 32,
Independents 30. lemocrMts "4. ' pro
gressive J, Socialists 2 and Prohibition
ists it. ,
MARK PARTY AFFILIATION
It Is important for all to plainly murk
their party registration on the ballot.
This is not required for publication, but
to give the etraw vote value In deter
ntlnlng tho character as well as the
strength of the sentiment behind those
voted for. It is necessnry in order to
make the poll of the greatest value.
The voting is strictly In sccordance
with the Australian ballot, which m-ans
that the identity and party affiliation
and vote of the voter will be held In
strictest confidence.
Extra coupons are printed on the
editorial page. This is in response to
numerous complaints about a scarcity
f ballots and requests for more.
A Beaverton Republican writes: "En
closed find my baljot for Hoover, the
only candidate on the list that Is not a
politician looking for office. The com
mon people are tired of political Jug
gling. Yours for the man that saved
the starving people of Europe."
Two Democrats of Sumner, Or., vote
for Johnson, and write: "We hope
Johnson will be our next president. The
western states will never get Justice un
til we get a man like Johnson In the
presidential chair. We had four boys
In the army."
BEPTJBLICAX BACKS HOOTEE
A Port! and Republican writes: "In
my opinion Herbert Hoover stands abso
lutely alone In qualifications for the of
fice. He has proved his ability both to
the American people and the world In
a most unassuming and efficient man
ner. Whether he may run on a Re
publican or Democratic ticket, I will
sure give him my vote and use whatever
Influence I have to get him a many
more aa I can."
A Portland Democrat encloses votes
of himself and neighbors for McAdoo
and says: "We have chosen him, not
on account of political affiliation, but
because he la a man. He gave the rail
road men tha first square deal they
ever had, and did not rob the public or
the United States treasury to do it.
What he has done for the railroad men,
we believe he wilt do for everybody if
given a chance."
TOTAL TOTE PRESENTED
The total vote today follows ;
Grard 21
Palmer ........
Harding .......
Pershing ....... 1
Poindexter ...... 3
Pomarena ...... 82
Snroul a
Hoover ........ S13
Johnson ....... 133
Xowdcn ....... 19
McAdoo 123
Wood 12
JOHNSON
LEADS
WOOD IN BALLOT
Owta -" SI
Assassination Was
asking the other rellows to go over and
get front rooms In all the houses thy
could," he said.
"They were to be located in the Arn
old, Avalon, Queen and Roderick hotels
and I think a couple of men were to be
stationed on the street corner below.
They didn't make any particular men
tion of the time they were to start
shooting, but as I understood It, the ral1
expected from the soldiers was not to
come off until after the parade and
speaking were over."
Morgan said his home was In Ray
mond, Wash. There he met Becker, one
of the defendants, and Hecker purchased
a .38 caliber Ivor-Johnson revolver.
Becker and Morgan went to Centralia
sis days before Armistice day. the wit
ness testified, as he pointed out Becker
from among the defendants.
At 4 thf meeting In the hall Sunday
ntght before the shooting. Morgan saw
Mike Sheehan and Brltt Smith, and
these two defendants were pointed out
by the witness.
At the Monday night masting No
vember 10, the witness said Brltt Smith
and Becker were In attendance and atN j
wwarde he and Becker stay ad at ths
Roderick hotel. '
-On -TnerfmVy morning ( Armistice day);
he arote at 11:30, and after a lunch at'
a nearby restaurant, went to two em
ployment offices and returned to the bait
after 1 o'clock. ,
"Who was there whan you arrived?"
aiked Prosecutor Abel.
"Mike Sheehan. Becker, Brltt Smith, i
CranUded on l'ig Two, Column Thrw)
NEW OFFER MADE
TO RATIFY TREATY
Hitchcock Submits Compromiso
Plan on the Lodge Reserva
tions to Article 10.
Washington. Keb. 13. (T. N. 8.)
An offer for a compromise on tho
Lodge reservation to Article X was
submitted by Senator Hitchcock, tha
Democratic leader, to Senator Lodge,
the Republican leader, late today.
The offer was presented in writing
and bore the fldnature of 28 Iemocratlo
senators, to hlrh others were to b
added later. Senator Hithccock said. It
was expected that at leawt 40 Democrat
would support the proposal, ho added.
The Journal
Presidential
Straw Ballot
Vote for one. placing X before nam.
GERARD
HARDING
HOOVER
JOHNSON
LOWDEN
McADOO
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PALMER
PERSHING
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POMERENE
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