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VOL. XVIII. NO. 305 F-nttrnl u Second-clus Hitter. Prwtnffice, PortUnd, Oregon. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1920. -TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND NIW STANDS FIVE CINTS WILSON AND HOOVER President an independent. So are Colby and Ctane. Ail this helps Hoover. Wilson is never dull, anyway. By David Lawrence Copyright, 1020 Washington, Feb. 27. President Wilson flops not intone! to eke out the remaining 12 months of his term in monotonous reverence for party tradition or In V c comforts of pri vate quarrels and controversies with his political opponents who control congress. Appointment of Balnbrldge Colby as secretary of state has Btarted a flow of possip and cloakroom threats that may define more clearly than ever before whether or not the senate has any real control over the kind of cabinet offi cers a president may select to manage the big departments of government. DEMOCRATS I' It OWN TOO Plainly, there were Democrats as well as Republicans in the senate who do not like the nomination of Colby, but if anything agresaive is done It will natur ally be by the Republicans. But the ground on which to base ob jections to Colby's confirmation is diffi cult to find this political year. Were nenate Republicans to say Colby has born too anti-British, they would find their newly acquired Irish supporters lookiup; askance at thorn. Were sen ;.o Republicans to argue that Colby is inexperienced for the place or unsuited temperamentally for the post, they lay themselves open to attack by Democrat who might say the Republican conserva tives arc so conservative that they would tint even vote for the confirmation of a progressive Republican. hO V E FAVOR INQUIRY In the- end Colby would be confirmed, but It would not be surprising to find n resolution adopted expressing the senate's opinion of the choice. There are senators, on the oilier hand, who think It is about time to stop con firming cabinet officers as a matter of courtesy and to make inquiry Into their qualifications'. They contend that cabinet responsibility will never be emphasized until congress establishes a precedent that will make the president give as much regard to the advice of the senate cn cabinet appointments as on any other s.ilo,-tlon that requires confirmation by the senate. Wilson, on more than one - - - (Concluded on Pa.g Three, Column One) AIDREQUESTED TO I Astoria, Feb. 27. Because United States Marshal Alexander, for the district of Oregon, has been sudden ly called tp Los Angeles on duties connected with his office. District Attorney J. J. Barrett has appealed to the office of the United States district attorney in Portland for ac tion in regard to the enforcement of the prohibition law in Astoria and Clatsop county. In his letter to the United States dis trict attorney, Barrett says in part: "The Clatsop county grand Jury for the February term, arbitrarily refused Ui Indict, ulxmt 30 vendors of apple elder and other fruit Juices .and concoctions, who had unquestionably violated both tho state and federal prohibition laws, by having in their possession concoc tions which A. S. Wells, state food chem- 1st. found to contain all the way from 1 per cent to 10 per cent alcohol by volume." Barrett asserts that prior to the ac tion of the grand jury several vendors of these concoctions were tried in the municipal court before juries and were always acquitted, notwithstanding the fact that the defendants were selling drinks containing a higher percentage of alcohol than the law allowed. "If you are not in a position to give- us assistance, continues Barrett, con ditions in this city, will undoubtedly be frightful. I note by the local papers that the police station had 26 drunks booked last night, with a statement from the Chief of police that he had room for no others." CLATSOP SITUATION IS TO BE NIPPED IN 111 D Defiance of state and federal prohibi tion laws said to exist In Clatsop county will be nipped in the hud and violators who have escaped local and state action will be severely dealt with under federal laws. This was the greeting a report from District Attorney J. D. Barrett received at the hands or united states Attorney Humphreys" office this morning, where leputy John Veatch has been assigned to handle the alleged violations of liquor laws. "There will be no 'Iron county, Michi gan." on the Oregon coast if this office, cooperating with the United States mar shal's office in applying federal prohi bition laws, can prevent it," Veatch said. "I have asked Barrett for the names of the alleged violators and all the facts in the case. That information at hand, we will proceed against each of them, where proceedings are warranted, under federal,, prohibition statutes. If it be comes necessary we will calj upon the strong arm of the United States mar shal's office for aid." Veatch and other authorities decline to surmise what may happen in the Astoria case, although they admit it is serious. They cannot predict action against grand jurors or others who may have been negligent in their duties. Three Appointed to ' International Meet Washington, Feb. 27. (I. N. S.) The president today sent to the senate the Nomination of Postmaster General Burleson. Rear Admiral Benson and jjValtor S. Rodgers of La Grande, III., be the representatives of the gov ernment In an international conference ' ' on communication." OR EE DRY L AW SENATOR FAVORS WITNESS SAYS EARLY PEACE IS IN SIGHT Senator France, Maryland, Repub lican, Fathers Joint Resolu tion Which Would Put Lenin Regime Among World Nations. Washington. Feb. 27. (U. P.) A joint resolution providing for rec ognition of soviet Russia was of fered in the senate today by Sen ator France, Maryland, Republican. It was referred to th! senate for eign relations committee. A peace proposal from soviet Russia has been received at the state depart ment. It was announced today. This proposal i presumably the same one reported to have gone forward to this country, Japan and Roumania. FIGHTING ENDS IN Rl SSI WITH BOLSIIFAIKI IN CONTROL London, Feb. 27. (I. N. H.) With the soviet government nearer formal recog nition by the allies than at any other time since it was set up by Nicholal Lenin and Leo Trotzky In the summer of 1917, warfare on a big scale has ceased In Russia. The soviet is maintaining five power ful armies under arms, but the scat tered fighting now reported consists mainly of patrol encounters or clashes between isolated factions of the Bolshe viks and the anti-Red Russians. STOBTHEBN KU8SIA PEACKFTJL A truce reigns throughout northern Russia, where (he soviet is now in con trol of all of the Archangel and Mur mansk districts. A great Bolshevik army has been concentrated near the Polish frontier, but there are indica tions that Poland and Moscow will soon make peace upon terms approved by the allies. Another Bolshevik army has been concentrated in Bessarabia and has been thereatenlng Roumania with Inva sion, but belief Ib expressed that the allied suggestion that the states border ing on Russia make immediate peace with the Moscow soviet will effectually hold up offensive operations In that theater. FATBOI, SKIRMISHES REPORTED Patrol skirmishes have been reported from the Dneister river .!ne, wher3 the Roumanians have prepared fortifica tions. The only war zone where fighting of any real instance has been reported recently Is between the sea of Azov and the Caspian eea, where the scattered remnants of General Denikin's old army are now stationed. The soviet forces have been extending their area of occupation and oa'.m to have taken the important city of Rostov on Don. A lull exists on the Siberian front, but the Bolsheviks have large forces uprn the Chinese frontier, according to official reports to the British war office. Seaside Votes on Improvement Bonds Seaside, Feb. 27. On Monday an other election will be held to bond the city for $263,000 for the following im provements: Building of a pier, build ing a bulkhead along the boardwalk, improving Roosevelt drive, and $10,000 for an electric fire alarm system. The former election was declared Invalid owing to the fact that the city made a special item on the ballot for the fire alarm system and it should have been included in one item. Chamberlain Offers Bill to Aid Roads Washington, Feb. 27. (I. N. S.) Appropriation of $100,000,000 annually for four years for government aid in road building is provided In a resolu tion introduced in the senate today by Senator Chamberlain, Democrat, Oregon. mi RUSSIA Love Will Find a Way ft ft K Fifi Widener Knows Love may laugh at locksmiths, even as the old saw written many, many years ago, has it, but in the interim It may be that tho lock smiths also have a few chuckles all to themselves. Anyway, when pretty Fifi Widener, 17-year-old daughter and heiress of Millionaire Joseph K. Widener of Phila delphia, his only daughter, by the way, knotted the sheets of her bed together, cast them from her window, and In true old-fashioned romantic style was climb ing down to freedom and her sweet heart, she landed plump in the arms of Tjuards who had been set to watch her. These same guards and other servant sleuths, detectives and chaperons caused her almost endless trouble for two years, too. But surely love will find a way, and how Fifi finally escaped them all and eloped with her 18-year-old lover boy, and married him. Is but one of a number of absorbing articles and stories, all illustrated, to be -featured in The Sunday Journal Magazine next L Sunday. Burglars Stock Up for Rainy Day Of High Cost of Wearing Apparel Mr. and Mrs. Burglar spent a profitable night, thank you. Loot running the gamut from ladies' wearing apparel to silver tableware has been reported as missing to police by victims. Evidently, believe the police. Mrs. Burglar called upon Mrs. R. S. Engle of 214 Thirteenth street. Articles re ported stolen were a ring, silk neck erchief, a new corset, a manicuring set, pillow top, piano scarf, embroidered blue apron and six small silk hand kerchiefs. Then visiting the home of W. If. Zimmerman, 5X1 Belmont .street, Mrs. Burglar, perhaps assisted by her hus band, took a gold watch, a silver tea set with satin finish, a sealskin coat. a two-piece suit, a tea gown with V back, a black velvet waist and other apparel. F. E. Woodward, same address, pro vided clothes for Mr. Burglar. He do nated a suit, a pair of trousers, a shirt and two suitcases. URGED BY PIERCE Walter M. Pierce, state senator from Union county, told the mem bers and guests of the. Portland Press club luncheon Thursday about the advantages of a divided session of the legislature. According to his suggestion. Senator Pierce would have the state constitu tion amended to provide for split ses sions of the legislature. He would have a first session at which all bills would be introduced, sent to commit tees, amended if necessary, and re ported back to the house of their ori gin. WOULD TAKE BECEfsS He would have these reports either accepted or rejected, after which the legislature would take a recess for a period of 40 or 60 days. During this interim the various meas ures would be printed in the form they would have when called up for final passage. These printed forms would be sent by the state printer to every mem ber of the legislature at their respect ive homes, to the newspapers of the state and to all citizens who might be interested in them and request that they be furnished them. When the second or adjourned ses sion convened the work of the session would be confined to the discussion and voting upon the measures which had been under legislative study and public scrutiny. No amendment would be per mitted at the adjourned session unless by unanimous consent or by a vote of three fourths of the members of either house. TO AVOID FINAL BUSH This plan, the senator contended, would do away with the midnight reso lutions and the wild orgy of legislative confusion which lias always marked the closing days and nights of past ses sions, and which will always be inci dents of future sessions under the pres ent legislative plan. The senator paid his respects to the recent special session of the legislature saying that he had attended fur regu and two special sessions of the Oregon legislature as a member and "had never witnessed a wilder afternoon or a wilder night than marked the close of the last special session." The bills came to the senate "in mass formation," Pierce related, and "it was a disgrace to the state of Oregon and many of the senators walked out of the chamber in disgust." Discuss City Waterfront Plans Plans for improvement of the water front between Jefferson and Glisan on the west side will be outlined to Port land business men Monday noon at the regular luncheon of the members' forum of the Chamber of Commerce. O. Laur gaard. city engineer. Walter P. LaRoche, city attorney, and some of the city com missioners will be speakers. The cover page of the section is an other of the series of wonderful scenics of the Oregon country, this time a scene in a great forest, the picture being paneled In color design. Mile. Elvira Amazar, grand opera star, tells in an interview, some more of the back-stage secrets of the temper mental soloists, men and women, who really live In a little world of their own, with the rest of the world in adulation. There's an interesting article, too, from Geneva, on why the kicked out king of Greece upset Mrs. Leed's grand wedding, and a scientist points out in most Interesting fashion many things about our brains we never knew, why some men are Insane, for instance, and why others of us are not. There will be the usual health, beauty and home hints ; menus for the entire week, and color illustrations, and de scriptions of the new "feather dresses." The Magazine is an entertaining and instructive complement of The Sunday Journal as a whole a complete news paper, and the only Sunday caper In Portland (seHns for 5 cents. DIVIDED kson SMYRNA AND ADR1AN0PLE GIVEN GREECE Territory Awarded for Economic Exploitation; Premier George Is Bitterly Opposed to Effort to Drive Turks From Europe. By Kd L. Keen London, Feb. 27. (U. P.) The council of premiers has decided definitely to award the Smyrna and Adrianople district of Turkey to Greece for economic exploitation it was understood today. The council also decided, it wag un derstood, that Turkish finances will be placed under international control. DF.BATE IS BITTF.R Bitter debate, on the Turkish question featured yesterday's session in the house of i-ommons. Premier IJoyd George, answering arguments put for ward by Lord Robert Cecil, who de clared the allies should seize this op portunity to expel the Turk from Eu rope, pointed out that pressure from India had been largely responsible for Great Britain's decision to allow the sublime porte to remain in Constanti nople, INDIA FAVORS TURK He said the Indian population of Mo hammedans would consider it a gross breach of promise if Britain consented to expulsion of the. Turk, and India, he added, was largely responsible for the allied victories In the Near East. The premier did not believe the plan for international control of Constanti nople would be satisfactory. Expulsion of the Turk, he continued, would not se cure the safety of the new Armenian nation or other non-Turkish populations or the non-Turkish populations in Tur key. The allies have decided, however, the premier said, that the Turk shall, not again be the gatekeeper of the Darda nelles and the Bosphorous. These strat egic waterways, he added, will be under control of allied garrisons and naval forces. MOHAMMEDANS PLACATED TO OPPOSE BOLSHEVIST MENACE Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago Daily News. (Copyright, 1920. by Chicago Daily News Co.) By William E. Nash Paris, France, Feb. 27. The decision of the supreme council in London that (Concluded on Page Three. Column SU) San Francisco, Feb. 27. (U. P.) Jack Dempsey was Indicted by the federal grand jury here today on the charge of conspiring to defeat the operation of the draft law and on the charge of evading the draft. Jack Kearns, the heavyweight champion's manager, was indicted with Dempsey on the conspiracy charge. Two true bills were returned. The grand Jury reported and then was dis charged. Dempsey and Kearns are reported en route here from Los Angeles. If they do not come of their own accord, tele graphic warrants will be issued and served there. The conspiracy charge allows a prison sentence of two years and a fine of $3000. It is a felony charge. The draft evasion charge Is a misdemeanor and allows a jail sentence of one year. Window Washer, in Fall From Fourth Story, Still Lives Falling four stories and completely wrecking a glass awning in the drop, Clifford Holmes, 22. a window washer, lies in St. Vincent's hospital in a serious condition. Holmes was at work on the Fifth street side on the fourth floor of the buildinjr at Fifth and Washington streets occupied by Henry Jenning & Son, fur niture dealers. The cast iron catch in which his safety belt was anchored broke, and Holmes fell. He was injured principally (about the head. He lives at 446 Rus sell street. Court Issues Order In 'Gasoline Case' Albany, Or., Feb. 27. An order was signed today by Circuit Judge Percy Kelly in the gasoline case against the Multnomah county commissioners, re quiring: the Associated Oil company, Standard Oil company, Portland garage and Multnomah county to be made par ties defendant for the purpose of mak ing a complete determination of the suit. The plaintiff, John W. Kaste, was given 10 days in which to file an amended complaint. Further considera tion of the case awaits this action. JACK DEMPSEY AND MANAGER INDICTED RECOGNITION OF REDS PREPARED COUNTY BACKS CITY IN PLAN FOR HOSPITAL City to Build Smallpox Hospital at Kelly Butte as Planned; Later County Will Erect Big Structure on Marquam Hill. .Multnomah county will underwrite the city of Portland to the extent of $25,000 in case the city needs that sura for the erection of a contagious disease hospital at Kelly Butte. The county officials will gradually take over charge of contagious dis eases and epidemics, and will eventual ly build a large, permanent contagious disease hospital adjawrnt to the Uni versity of Oregon medical school and the new county hospital on Marquam hill. MESUKR NOT CONSIDERED No definite stps toward the con solidation of county and city health bureaus has been taken, and none looms imminent. The above Is lh gist of a conference held this morning at the courthouse between the board of county commis sioners, the city commissioners. Dr. George Parrish, city health officer : Dr. Harry Cliff, county health officer ; Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, dean of the University of Oregon medical school. District Attorney Walter Evans and other city and county officials. Although it was generally supposed that the conference was called in an effort to eliminate duplication in the two health boards, no steps in that di rection were taken. After an hour's discussion as to the relative values of Marquam hill and Kelly Butte as sites for the proposed hospital. County Commissioner Holman got the meeting down to a working basis. WOULD AID CITY "I don't know what the city commis sioners are here for." he stated. "If it is funds you want," he continued, ad dressing Mayor Baker, "I am willing to go to the limit through the budget. T"he county has troubles enough of its own, but this is serious and we are willing to help the city in the emergency. If the city will state definitely what It wants, we may be able to get down to business." Mayor Baker spoke up for the city. "Can the county take over the vari ous functions of the health bureaus and build a contagious disease hospital (Concluded on Page Three, Column Ftie) L. C. Gilman, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway prior to federal control of the rail roads, has again accepted the presi dency of the railroad and will as sume his duties in this capacity Monday with offices in the Pittock block, according to an announce ment made by Gilman this morning. During government operation of the rail systems Gilman served with the railroad administration as district di rector of the Puget Sound region. W. F. Turner, who served as president dur ing Gilman's absence, will return to his former position of vice president and comptroller of the railroads. Gilman has announced the following appoint ments : A. J. Davidson, general man ager ; W. D. Skinner, traffic manager; A. J. Witchel, chief engineer; J. C. Daries, right of way agent; H. K. Relf, general claim agent; W. C. Smith, tax agent, and J. A. Dundon, chief special agent : Carey & Kerr, general counsel. General manager Davidson has an nounced appointments In his department as follows : E. D. Kittoe, assistant to general manager; J. Dickson, superin tendent of motive power ; H. M. Hus ton, superintendent of car service and telegraph ; L. K. Owen, superintendent of dining cars to succeed J. A. Blair, resigned ; E. E. Llllie, superintendent of the Vancouver division ; G. E. Vo taw, superintendent of the Portland di vision, and C. Whitfield, superintend ent of maintenance of way. Traffic Manager Skinner has an nounced appointments in his department as follows : R. H. Crozler, assistant general passenger agent ; R. W. Pfck ard, assistant general freight agent ; Waldo G. Paine, assistant general freight and passenger agent at Spo kane ; J. H. Corbett, general agent at Astoria; J. C. Moore and 1L O. Baker, city freight agents, Portland ; J. T. Hardy and Bert Cohen, traveling freight and passenger agents. Reward Is Offered For Driver's Arrest Coworkers of E. G. Kinsman, telegraph onerator for the O-W. R. &. N. company. offer $60 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver of the auto mobile that ran Kinsman down at Six teenth and Lovejoy on the night of Janu ary 29. Kinsman alighted from the front end of a streetcar, started across the street, and was run down by an automo bile said to be traveling at a high rate of speed. Ilia shoulder was fractured and his head, ribs and spine batlly bruised. MAN ACCEPTS ROAD PRESIDENCY CIVIC LEAGUE FOUNDER IN JAIL CHARLOTTE ANITA WHITNEY, widely known in Port land as one of the founders of the Civic league here and who, with Sara Bard f Field Ehrgott, ran the College Women's Suffrage association headquarters in Portland, photo graphed in the Alameda county jail, Oakland. Cal. Miss Whit ney has been convicted of syndicalism and sentenced to spend from one year to 14 months in jail. A peculiar sidelight is that she was a close friend of Dr. Marie Equi of Portland, now under sentence to the federal penitentiary for sedition. i "Z1J I'uiP" ' . J 'J.-.. I '., j-. .. k ; r5 ' A ' lWSi, '" 5 (Copyright. I N. S , Shippey Explains Triangle . k Deeply Loves e n at . Wife Is Ill-Suited to Los Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 27. (I. N. S.) His unhappy married life in America, his going to France as a Y. M. C. A. war worker, and his subsequent friendship with pretty Madeline Babin, the pretty French girl that he grew to love were de scribed by Lee Shippey, one of the chief figures in the latest interna tional "triangle," In a statement is sued by him today. The statement follows : "In the spring of 1918 I applied for service in the Y. M. C. A. for the reason that my wife and I could not live in peace, and I felt separation was best both for us and our son. Before that I had tried to enlist in the army, and she had left me several times, because she said life with me was unendurable. MET IX CEMETERY "November 1, 1918, I met Madeleine Babln with her mother and sister, placing flowers on the graves in the American cemetery in Suresnes. For 10 months our friendship grew. I came to love the whole family. May 1, 1919, when I waB notified that my hotel was to be closed, I went to their home to board and there was taken into the most beautiful family life I YANKS IN SIBERIA Washington, Feb. 27. (U: P.) Captain Edward Charette of Stock ton, Cal., a Red Cross worker, has arrived at Irkutsk with news of six other Americans who a're held by the Bolshevikl, according to dis patches to the Red Cross headquar ters here today. Charette was one of the men cap tured by the Reds, buf they per mitted him to go through the lines with word that his companions were beihg well treated. Charette was one of the men captured by the Reds, but they permitted him to go through the lines with word that his companions were being well treated. He traveled 800 milea by sled, as the railroad was tied up. Upon arriving at Red Cross head quarters at Irkutsk he gave the follow ing list of Americans held by the Reds: Alexander C. Tweedie, New York. Otto W. Lowe, New York. Joseph R. Medill, Jaroso. Colo. Harry J. Donnalley, Phlldelphta. William H. Ford, Kingston, Okla. H. N. Bonzo, next of kin to Pedro Bonzo. G. Martin, Manila. Donualley was suffering from a broken leg and Tweedy was slightly ill with typhus. The Americans were being permitted to remain In Krasnoyarsk, where they were captured, Charette reported. At first the Bolshevtki were determined to carry them to Moscow, but later the orders , were changed. B H HOLD SO VIET; FOR RAID San Francisco Bunn) i at at m French Girl at - k h Him have ever seen. The courage with which they met misfortunes and their sweetness to each other made their home so pleasant that the months I spent there were the happiest of my life. "It was not until I was ordered home that Madeleine and I realized how much we loved each other. LIKE BIG BROTHER "Before that I had been 'big brother' in the family. Our relations were so innocent that I had written back to the Kansas City Star an account of the life in the French home in which I lived. From that article Mrs. Shippey guessed the truth long before I dreamed of it. Just a few days before leaving Paris I received from her a letter saying if I had lost my heart in France it would be all right and she would be a 'sport' about it, but I owed It to her to come home and straighten things out. ADVISED DUTY FIRST "Madeleine never tried to break up my home. Her efforts always were in the other direction. At that time she told me that whatever became of her I must do my full duty to my legal wife and child. I returned to America for that purpose. "Mrs. Shippey met me in New York, and Immediately the unhappy spirit (Concluded on I'ui Thro. Column Fle) SINN FEIN LOSE T T Dublin, Feb. 27. (I. N. S.) Sinn Fein headquarters were again raided early today by the British military authorities. Dublin has the appearanee of a beleagured city in war time with the streets patrolled at night under the glare of numer ous searchlights. Heavy forces of British troops are scouring County Cork in the vicinity of Timoleague and Mount Pleasant, where at least three persons were killed in a three hour attack upon the police barracks. The death list in the County Cork battle may reach 10, as a badly wounded civilian told the con stabulary that he had seen seven men, all apparently fatally hurt, carried from the battlefield. IRISH PARLIAMENTS HILL GET ONE CHAMBER EACH London, Feb. 27. (I. N. 8.) The Irish parliaments which the government will seek to establish under the new home rule bill will consist of a single chamber each, according to the forecast of the Times, today upon the details of the measure. The first election of members to the two legislatures will be under a proportional system, the Times says. The Morning Post announced that the text of the bill would be made public tonight. It has beeh an official secret bo far. Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ul ster Unionist (anti-home rulers) will leave for Belfast March 4 to meet the Ulster council. . HREF N RGB MONTESANQ IS HARMED BY Many Rifles of High Power Are Bought in Nearby Region; In formation Reveals Necessity for Presence of U. S. Troops. By l-'red II. McNeil Orrr Tl'e Journal', Hpr,-n! Lea-,,.,) U n Montesano, Wash., Kcb. '11. Sen sations followed one another rapidly in the trial of the Centrulla murder cases today. Judpe Wilwon ushered in the flrt surprise when lie denied the request -of Vandcvcpr for I he removal of the lTnltcd "?tatfK soldiers from Mnnlc sano. The court contended that the prosecution powKnned secret Inform ation which rcvealeil reasonable grounds for tho presence of the troops. Th drfonsc itself Btartlorl the court room when Hrltt Hmith. tme of thorn Indicted for the Armistlc day murders, admitted he had suggested thai men might be stationed In a building op posite the I. W. VV. ball for purposes of self-defennc or protection in case of an attack on the hall. Oreat Importance was attached to this admission. It was the first time the defense had Indicated or even Inti mated that the accused lmd prepared themselves for. a possible raid. The third and moat alarming sensa tion came to light in reports that pari of the secret informal Ion which pointed to the necessity of having regular troops at Montesano Included well-founded knowledge that hundreds of high powered rifles had been sold in the near-by district In the last few weeks. The call for these arms is said to have been several hundred per cent above the normal demand. "1 made the remark to fellow worker Itoberts (meaning Ioren Huberts) that if there were some fellows In those buildings across the street, they (the mob), would be in a bad place," .Smith responded to one of the questions of Prosecutor Abel. 'I for one told them (other members (Concluded on P Two, t'ntumn Four) Nine Members of I. W. W. Convicted; Two Are Acquitted Spokane, Wash., Kcb. 27. (U. P.) Nine of the 11 I. W. W. on trial for criminal syndicalism here lust week were found guilty today. Two, John Jones and David Laury,' were found not guilty. The jury deliberated 32 hours, and last night was deadlocked and asked to be dismissed. Superior Judge llurn, however, sent them back. I A sealed verdict was returned late last night and read In oourt this morn ing. White Salmon, Wash., Postmaster Is Named Washington, Feb. 27. (WA RHINO TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The president has nominated " Julia Estes postmaster at White Malmon. The Journal Presidential Straw Ballot Vote for one, placing X before name. 11 GERARD HARDING HOOVER JOHNSON LOWDEN McADOO OWEN PALMER PERSHING POINDEXTER POMERENE SPROUL WOOD My party affiliation is Name Address (Oit out, ml mail or bring to Tb Jmirntl buinMs oifice. Mark iitc1-jji "tjluw