The Oregon daily journal., March 13, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

ALLEGED '
LOSE BY RULING
AT LOCAL TRIAL
When the first three main lines
of defense upon which he attempted
to enter were ruled out by order of
the court, W. 8, ITRen, attorney for
the three members of the Commun
ist Labor party charged with crimi
nal syndicalism, became suddenly
ill :Frlday afternoon and the case
waa postponed until Monday morn
ing. Karl W. Oster, state secretary for the
party, was on the witness stand when
the recess was called. Oster. whose
"historical black spot" is the fact that
he was bom in the United States, ac
cording to Watklns, Inspector In the
immigration service, refused to take the
usual oath before the clerlt of court, and
was allowed his right to "affjrm" that
ha would tell the truth.
AGAIIf.T DEFENSE
Claude Hurst and Fred Frye, the other
defendants, are expected to succeed to
the stand following- Oster.
Severe blows were dealt to the de
fense when 11 proceeded to open Its case,
when Judge Morrow decreed that the
first three publications offered could not
be lnfroduced as proper evidence. The
irst-ef these came when the Judge ruled
tfaat ITRen could not read excerpts from
President Wilson's hook, "The New
Freedom." j
Because of the frank expression of
tills book It has been very popular with
defense attorneys In trials of the so
r ailed radicals, but ft has lpn invari
ably ruled out because It is simply the
cplnion of an Individual, and hence not
proper evidence.
The book would no doubt be deeply
interesting-." commented the judge, "but
Mr. Wilson's opinions are not competent
as evidence in the case at Issue. He
does not mention the Communist Labor
party and whatever opinions he might
have on certain subjects could make no
difference with the Jury."
"ECOJfD JOLT GIVE
Under the rules of evidence, personal
opinions cannot be Introduced into a
t!ial. The second Jolt to the accused
came when the Judge refused to allow
IT'Ren to read from William C. Bullitt's
report on conditions In Russia, as given
before the United States senate. The
defense attorney argued that he wished
by that to show the real conditions in
Russia, but the court upheld District
Attorney Evans in his contention that
the comment of Bullitt was but hearsay
and incompetent.
Judge Morrow also ruled against
U'Ren when the latter began to read
from numerous old party platforms,
which he had condensed in a book.
U'Ren stated that he wished to show
that fiery language has often been used
in -party platforms. The court decided
that they were not proper evidence.
Two copies of "Soviet Russia," a
weekly publication issued by represen
tatives of the Bolshevik! in New York,
wtre accepted In evidence after much
argument.
ATTORNEY VA5DEETEER COMISG
When U'Ren first announced that he
ran suffering from acute throtat trouble
and desired to have the case postponed
nitvls Attnriuv IT.vana nnnnne.d th
Dlan.
George Vanderveer, attorney for the
10 I. W. W. on trial at Montesano for
the murder of Warren O. Grimm In the
Centralia tragedy, is due to arrive In
Portland on Tuesday to take up the
cudgels In defense of the 26 I. W. W. un
der indictment here for criminal syn
dicalism. Evans argued that It would be ab
solutely necessary for the trial to pro
ceed without delay so that it could be
completed by that time. U'Ren sprang
a surprise when he stated that the case
would be finished by that time anyhow.
It is supposed from this that he will not
put up a long defense, but will depend
iipon his former assertions that the
prosecution has proved no overt act on
the part of the defendants.
EBERT REGIME TOPPLES;
KAISER'S MY GOES IN
(Continued From Put Ona)
holy declaring that any change of gov
ernment In Germany would be sure to
endanger tha treaty of Versailles.
XOSKE'S HOLD WEAK
Ebert depended for support largely on
the troops of Oustav Noske, his min
ister of defense, who crushed the,
Each Flake
of POSTTOASTIES
tastes the same and
every one is great
Foot
Made hy Poatum Cereal Co, battle Qwk.IvcH
Fpartacan and ether radical outbreaks.
While Noske had full control over the
rclchswehr and volunteer troops, his hold
oh the regular army was weak. The dis
affection of this element, headed by
officers who retained, secretly at least,
their allegiance to the former kaiser,
probably forced Noske to give up his
post without fighting.
Reports that the revolution was crow
ing have been current for months. Pan
Oermanists and monarchists recently
have been gaining power.
Revelations in the Erzberger-Helf-ferich
trial weakened the confidence of
the people in the Ebert administration
and gave the reactionaries an oppor
tunity they did not miss to crystallise
pinion against the government
Ebert always has been considered an
Interloper by the aristocrats of the old
kalserlst regime. His lowly birth and
unconvincing personality have been held
up to scorn time and again Dy me mil
itary clique.
The government practically toia tne
allies' premiers that surrender of the
accused Teutons including many pow
erful figures In the old kalserlst clique
-mMnt Its downfall. Allied Investi
gations bore out this statement and the
premiers finally agreed mat me ac
cused might be tried before a German
tribunal at Lelpslg as the Ebert govern
ment had suggested.
HIXDE3BLBG 18 CENTER
Th Q(.tinTiftr!M throughout Ger
many, however, had seised the oppor
tunity to hurl charges at tne govern
ment. Rallying around Von Hinden
burg they declared the accused never
would be surrendered. Army and. navy
officers Joined in oaths to prevent sur
render of the accused by force.
When the premiers finally decided to
alter their demands the hold of the
Ebert government had been weakened
and a agreat wave of monarchists move
ment was sweeping over Germany. The
Ebert group, however, continued to
fight for Its power and it was not until
the Erxberger-HelfU-lch trial that It
became apparent the government was
in grave danger. The attack of Otwig
von Hlrschfeld, a young student and
former army lieutenant, upon En
berger, then minister of . finance, was
one of the straws showing the trend
of sympathy.
1VHT HE SHOT HIM
Von Hlrschfeio shot Erzberger as the
finance minister was leaving the relch
stag building after a session of the trial
.He said ho did It for the good of Ger
many and because he believed Ers
berger was a "British sympathizer."
This incident wa4 followed by the
resignation of Erzberger, who had been
under fire for alleged use of his public
post for private gain. At the time he
resigned, newspapers of the reactionary
group attacked the entire Ebert ad
ministration bitterly. It was apparent,
correspondents wrote, that the govern
ment's position had been weakened
greatly.
The monarchists and Pan-Germantsts
generally. Including powerful figures of
the Prussian aristocracy, had made the
most of these opportunities. They worked
apparently to secure firm hold of the
army. The support of the military lead
ers probably was what enabled the
i evolutionary coup to be carried out with
the apparent ease indicated by dis
patches. RESTORATION OF KAISER.
LOOKED UPON AS PROBABLE
Bf J. W. T. Mason
New York. March 13. (U. P.) The
ease with which the revolution In Ger
many was accomplished suggests the
radicals had been losing public confi
dence quietly for a considerable time.
Germany is naturally not a. radical coun
try. Its Instinct for conservative gov
ernment control of the national life is
undoubtedly being counted on by the
new Kapp ministry to rally the people
to the support of the revolution.
The) overthrow of the republic will
probably follow if the conservatives con
tinue In power long enough. It Is doubt
ful whether this will occur, however, in
the Immediate future. The conserva
tives may well see the advantage of not
arousing the resentment of the allies by
too strong a policy of reaction at first.
If the republic Is overthrown, the pos
sibility of a Hohenzollern restoration
will be strong.
Polygamy Charge
Follows Release
Of Man at Salem
Salem. March 13. John A. Hess, ar
rested here Sunday on a charge of lar
ceny by bailee and released Thursday,
was returned to the county Jail Friday
in default of $500 bond, to await trial
on a charge of polygamy. Hess, who
has a wife in Salem, is said to have
been living at Stayton with Miss Nora
Dennis, aged 26, who has been passing
as his wife, although both now. accord
ing to local officials, deny the former
story that they were married at Van
couver, Wash., about a month ago.
Hess' wife here Is said to be preparing
a suit for divorce. Miss Dennis, or
Mrs. Hess No. 2, is reputed to be
wealthy, owning two sections of land
in Texas as well as an Interest in sev
eral oil well,
That's why
everyone round
where I live
worit have any
com flakes but
NEW YORK DOCK
WORKERS SHE
New Tork, March 13. (I. N. 8:J
Longshoremen, checkers and
stevedores at the piers of the Mal
JOry, Clyde, Morgan, Old Dominion,
Savannah and Fall River steamship
lines went on strike here today, as
a result of refusal of the steamship
owners to grant their demaada for
increased wages.
Un'on leaders predict that practically
all longshoremen, stevedores and check
ers at the port of New Tork will Join
in the strike. Union officials declared
that a strike vote Is being taken at all
porta alongv the Atlantic coast and that
the result will be known some time
today.
It is estimated that the strike In New
York will affect between 6000 and 7000
men.
The longshoremen are demanding a
wage scale of SI per hour with $2.50 per
hour for overtime. They are now. paid
65 cents per hour for a basic eight hour
day and $1 per hour for overtime. The
demands of the checkers are for a re
duction of the working week from 41
to 44 hours and an Increase in weekly
pay from $25 to $38.30.
At present only workers affiliated
with the marine unions are Involved
but it is understood that 6000 union
harbor workers have demanded that
the railroads take action on their re
quest for a SO per cent wage increase
by Monday.
S ARE STILL
OUTjNRED TRIAL
fContinufd From Pftff One.)
basis for the new complaint, was slain
by a high power rifle bullet fired, the
prosecution Insists, by Loren Koberts
from Seminary ridge. The calibre of
the bullet was .22, and Roberts was the
only one of the defendants using a gun
of that type.
STATE'S ARGUMENT FAILS
TO DEMAND DEATH PENALTY
By Fred H. McNeil
(Otct The Journal'! Special Leased WirO
Montesano, March 13. The fate of 10
I. W. W. defendants on trial here for
the murder of Warren O. Grimm In Cen
tralia on Armistice day, November 11
test, was placed in the hands of the Jury
at 10:20 o'clock last night.
The final argument of Special Prose
cutor V. H. Abel lasted less than an
hour. In it he briefly answered Vanderv
veer's closing, and reviewed some of
the evidence that had been lightly
touched by his colleague in the open
ing argument.
The argument was wound up with a
plea to the Jurors for a first degree
verdict in the case of each of the 10
defendants.
The omission of a particular demand
of the state that the death penalty be
inflicted was considered significant,
since the penalty la determined by the
Jury.
Abel, In his argument, first attacked
the Eugene Barnett alibi, saying that It
was absolutely riddled by the evidence.
The testimony of the McAllisters, be
averred, was contradictory, and there
was no proof that he sat in the Roderick
hotel, adjoining the I. W. W. hall, while
the shooting was In progress.
FABRICATION, SAYS ABEL
"He tells you," said Abel, referring
to Vanderveer, "that Grimm was In a
raid in Centralia in 1918, and he knew
that It was not true. Grimm was In
the army at that time and not in Cen
traLla. It was a fabrication by counsel
to protect his friend Edmonds." Abel
referred to Rev. Timothy K. Edmonds,
Seattle, a defense investigator.
Abel read from the record where Ed
monds said in his famous letter to Van
derveer that Grimm was not implicated
in the raid at Centralia on Armistice
day. The defense In the case, Abel de
clared, waa outlined in the Edmonds
letter.
"That Grtmm was shot from the Ava
lon there is no doubt at all." said Abel,
"Feturning to the Barnett alibi again. ,
, "And counsel was finally driven to
admit, that the men shot from the hills,"
,the attorney continued.
"Vanderveer tried to evade proving
that Grimm was In front of the hall,
but finally was forced to do It.
"Driven with his back to the wall,
there came the perjured testimony."
"Counsel said that the X. W. W. could
not be left out of the case," said AbeL
"The I. W. W., on the other hand. Is not
an issue here. It is not a shield of de
fense for murder. Behind that organi
zation no man can say he has the
right to shoot down men In the street."
Arterwaras tne four bamrrs were
summond and sworn to watch over the
Jury during Its deliberations.
JURY TAKES SLEEP
A. R. Johnson of Aberdeen, the alter
nate Juror, was discharged Just before the
Jury left the courtroom. He had been
retained to hear the evidence and take
the place of one of the regular jurors
should he become ill.
Special Prosecutor C. E. Cunningham,
before Vanderveer spoke, had asked the
extreme penalty for the 10 defendant
members of the I. W. W., who are ac
cused of slaying- Warren O. Grimm.
In a courtroom packed far beyond any
capacity for , which tt was intended,
while hundreds awaited in the corridors
outside, Cunningham, who himself was
in the Armistice day parade and under
the fire that rained on the es-soldiers.
claimed that each of the 10 men on trial
was equally guilty ; that each had guilty
knowledge of the planned events that did
take place and each sought to take a
hand In the slaughter, even though all
of them did pot manipulate a firearm.
A few minutes before he began, Su
perior Judge John M. Wilson had start
led the courtroom in his Instructions
with the ruling that the law did not
authorize men to go outside of a build
ing in order to protect it in self-defense;
and that if any of the defendants had
shot from the Avalon or from the Arnold
or from Seminary ridge, claiming self-
defense, their acts were unlawful and-J
they were guilty of murder.
ALIENIST IS DEXOUIfCED
Vanderveer took the position In his
argument that he was defending the
under dog, and he said that by so doing
he had been subjected to bitter perse
cution. Of Loren Roberts, the man for
whom insanity has been claimed as de
fense. Vanderveer said ; "I am con
vinced that he is crazy and has been
crazy since before Armistice day."
Dr. William House, Portland alienist
who testified for the state in rebuttal,
was attacked by the defense attorney,
who said that the physician had re
fused to examine Roberts and had
branded him as a "faker."
'"He believed I was the man whom
he hated," said Vanderveer. describing
Roberts' condition. "He thought I waa
Colonel Dlsque, whom he hated above
1 all other , men. because he bad intro
duced the military regime into the labor
ill
camps and bad forced the man to work
at the point of bayonet."
CONFESSES EARLT MISTAKE
T am forced to admit that Z was
wrong, said Vanderveer, commenting
upon the fact that in his opening state
ment, when the trial began, he had said
that there were no shots fired from the
Avalon hotel
But when they say it waa -Gene, Bar
nett who fired those shots they' are
wrong," the attorney continued.
"He was a courageous, manly witness
on the stand," Vanderveer continued, in
his comment on Barnett. "If I had
nothing but that boy's manhood to offer
in his defense the defense would be
perfect"
"If men planned deliberate murder
would they do It in their own hall,
where they would be trapped like rats"?
asked Vanderveer, in commenting on the
motive for the shooting.
DEIVEJT TO BETAIIATE
Continuing on this theme he insisted
that the ex-service men rushed the I. W.
W. hall before any shots were fired. He
deplored the inability to prove any of
the evidence that the I. W. W. In Cen
frjalia had been threatened by the busi
ness Interests.
But speaking of previous occurrences
leading up to the shooting, the attorney
declared that the I. W. W. dog had been
kicked around too much, and that it had
retaliated. The I. W. W. in Centralia
did everything humanly possible to pre
vent being driven out, he said before
they were finally driven to the desper
ate measure of self defense.
"Every Investigator that I've had has
been arrested and I've been arrested,"
he said. And why?"
"Because I dared to fight for the
under dog."
Grimm knew there was going to be a
riid on the hall, Vanderveer averred,
and Casagranda and Watt, two of the
victims, one killed and the other
wounded, were not shot on Second
street as proved by the state, but in
front of the hall.
"It is unbelievable," declared the de
fense counsel, "that an agreement among
men to act like men to defend their
rights their right to free speech
should ever be set up as a conspiracy."
Tom Morgan, who was arrested in the
hall with the others, but who turned
state's evidence, was a miserable exam
ple of the Justice being dealt out in the
case, Vanderveer said, a man who was
held in Jail bat with liberty always star
ing him in the face a man whose life
had been offered him In return for his
testimony.
LABOR WATCHES TRIAL
"The eyes of the labor world- are on
you today as they will never be on you
again in your life," he said. In closing.
"The eyes of the people of the world
who are looking for better things are
looking to you tonight to see if freedom
still exists. They are looking to see
whether or not you are true Americans
to see whether America is a better
place than Germany.
"You have got to stand up and be
counted, if you love the cause of the
under dog. Say so now, or hold your
peace forever."
MCALLISTERS LIED, HE SAYS . -
Although a claim of insanity had been
set up fpr Loren Roberts, Cunningham
averred, all of his statements had been
corroborated in minute degree, except
as to the preconcerted action on the part
of other defendants.
"And that they win never admit"
declared Cunningham, "If there Is any
thing to the credit of thepe men. It Is
the fact that not one has squealed on
the other. Their lips are sealed forevet
as far as to what actually transpired In
the I. W. W. hall."
The inconsistencies of statements of
numerous of the defense witnesses were
pointed out by the attorney and the
testimony of the McAllisters, who oper
ate the Roderick hotel In Centralia, and
who said that Eugene Barnett was in
that building throughout the shooting,
was declared to be absolutely false.
SMITH CALLED BELL-WETHER
"I am biased In this case because I
am convinced beyond any doubt that
these defendants are guilty as charged."
said Cunningham. "I waa the intimate
friend -and legal associate of two of the
men slain on November 11."
Britt Smith, secretary of the I. W
W. organization In Centralia, was brand
ed as the bell-wether of the plot. James
Mclnerney, the attorney said, knew of
the plans and remained over, instead of
going to Tacoma as originally planned,
In order to take part In what occurred.
Britt Smith and Elmer Smith, the at
torney, knew, said Cunningham, when
"John Doe" Davis (who has never been
apprehended) went to the Avalon hotel
with a Winchester rifle, that he had
gone for the purpose of shooting into
the parade.
ALLEGES FALSE TESTIMONY
Reviewing the testimony that identl
fied Eugene Barnett as being in the
Avalon, he said that the testimony of
the witnesses for the prosecution had
never been Impeached by the defense,
Point after point was driven home on
the subject of falsified testimony from
defense witnesses.
"But Vanderveer ia not to blame;
shouted the prosecutor. "He had his back
to the wall and fought desperately for
he knew his was a losing case."
O. C. Bland had admitted on the wit
ness stand that he went to the Arnold
for the purpose of "shooting men In the
back," said Cunningham, "should there
be a raid on the hall."
'To shoot men in the back !" said Cun
ningham. "That statement alone ought
to damn him In the eyes of God and
men for ever."
-SIE5T XOT NEAR HALL
Not one of the men who died wals shot
In front of the hall, he continued.
"Warren 0. Grimm never took one step
towards the hall. How could he have
been killed from the I. W. W. hall with
a 38-55 rifle when none, was there? How
could McElfresh have been killed In
front of the hall with a .22 high-powered
rifle when there was none in the hall?"
Cunningham asked.
"Grimm never made a move nor lifted
a hand against these men. He never
knew who his assassin was."
Elmer Smith knew of the Dre-arraneed
plans and approved of them,- said the
attorney. He knew what Britt Smith
meant when he pointed to the buildings
across me street and Indicated that they
were to be used for "defensive" pur
poses. MINISTER DEIfOtJCED
Ray Becker and Mclnenefy, Cunning-
nam accused of being armed and of
snooting from within the hall. Becker
was arrested "fairly with- a smokine
revolver in his hand," the prosecutor
aeciarea. .
, "The defense of this case is camou
flage," he said. "The court has not recog
nised It even in the instructions."
jne Kev. "Timothy" T. Edmunds of
Seattle, investigator for the defense, was
scathingly alluded to in a long excoria
tion In which Cunningham said that he
was so Interested in trutrVand Justice
that he conceived a plan whereby all of
menss oerenaants could be acquitted."
This plan, the prosceutor charged, was
followed out in the trial of the case.
"This gentleman of the cloth in his letter
suggested a subterfuge to blind your
eyes to JusUce. He should be condemned
for. ever and ever."
WOtTLD TEACH I.KSSO!?
"If these men are turned loose It
means sane government In the United
States is at an end." Cunningham con
cluded, "and. that red anarchy will ore-
vail as I saw it prevail on November
U In Centralia. But if you return
verdict of guilty it will be such a lesson
that them will never be a recurrence or
this thing In the nation again."
Any evidence relating, to the killing
of Ben Casagranda or Arthur McElfresh
must not be considered by the Jurors,
Judge Wilson said in hi instructions
to the jury. Only testimony relating
actually to the killing of Warren p.
Grimm was to be taken.
In his forty-fourth Instruction, the
court said:
x. vr. w. 3fOT nrvoLVED
"You are Instructed that under the
law of this state no person can be con
victed of any crime merely because of
the kind or quality or character of his
private opinions: that here in this case
the organisation, whose official title is
the Industrial Workers of the World',
commonly known and referred to as the
'I. W. W. is not on trial, and that the
economic and social theories of that
organisation, whether subscribed to or
not by the defendants, must not be al
lowed to prejudice you as against the
defendants."
The truth of the matter was not to be
determined solely by reference to the
number of witnesses who had testified
for either side, the judge said, but
rather by the weight of the evidence
they gave.
In his fifty-eighth instruction, the
Judge charged the Jury that It must
either find Attorney Elmer Smith guilty
of first degree murder or acquit him.
MUST DECIDE ON ALL
"If you find any pf the defendants or
any one guilty of murder In the first
degree, you will, in a special form of
verdict, write In the name or names of
such defendant or defendants - against
whom you find that the death penalty
shall be inflicted, and the name or
names of such defendant or defendants
against whom you find the death pen
alty shall not be inflicted," said the
Judge.
The reading of the court's .instructions
toolt 45, minutes. There were frequent
interruptions by the attorneys, who fol
lowed the Judge very closely from their
own copies, and at the conclusion argu
ments began in regard to the various
points on which the Judge had not
touched.
For Instance. Vanderveer asked an In
struction to the Jurors that a verdict
might be returned finding some of the
defendants either guilty or not guilty,
even though they could not agree on
the balance of the defendants. Judge
Wilson said he would not so instruct
at that time.
HEIgF DEFENSE ALLOWED
Then Vanderveer asked that the Jury
be instructed that no coercion or threats
should be employed in the Jury room
against men who might refuse to agree
with the majority. This also was de
nied. "If we are going to argue about Jhese
things, we might as well take a recess,"
Judge Wilson suggested. The Jury was
sent out and the defendants went back
to Jail for a few minutes. The attor
neys accompanied the court to chambers
for more discussion.
"You are Instructed that any person
or persons has or have the right to de
fend himself or themselves or their
property from actual or threatened vio
lence or from the commission of a felony
by one or any number of persons, and
to that end to arm themselves, but this
right does not go to the extent of sta
tioning armed men in outside places for
the purpose of shooting the persons, real
or apparent from whom force or vio
lence la expected," said Judge Wilson,
in what is considered the most signifi
cant and important of his Instructions.
SHOOT1SO FROM K1DGK
UNLAWFUL
"The collection of arms to be used
in self defense Is of itself proper and
lawful', but the law does not authorize
the collection of arms and the placing
of armed men at outside stations in the
defense of persons, habitation or prop
erty Inside the habitation."
"If you find that any two or more
of the defendants in the manner and
form described in the Information
planned to defend the I. W. W. hall or
the property therein by the stationing
of armed men In the Avalon', the Arnold
or on Seminary Ridge hill for the pur-,
pose of shooting from these points all
persons engaged in a raid on the hall,
the placing of such men and the shoot
ing from said outside points would not
be lawful acts of defense of person or
property, but would be unlawful."
PARTY NOT ON TRIAL
"If you find that two or more of the
defendants so planned and carried out
said plan, and that as a natural result
Warren O. Grimm was shot and killed
as charged, then such killing would be
unlawful and would be murder, and each
and all of the defendants so planning
or participating therein would be guilty
of murder. But I advise you that the
mere collection and presence of arms Is
not sufficient whereon to base an Infer
ence of guilt of the defendants or any
of them, nor a proof of conspiracy."
A special form of verdict was also
ordered In respect to Loren Roberts, the
defendant for whom insanity was inter
posed. Regardless of whether or not Eugene
Barnett fired the shot which killed
Grimm, the Jury was instructed that he
should be found guilty if it was shown
that he entered Into any conspiracy with
the other defendants. Barnett was
specifically charged with kflHing. Grimm
by firing from the Avalon rooming
house.
ONLY ONE MURDER CHARGE
"I. Instruct you that the defendants
cannot be found guilty of the murder
of Grimm merely because you may be
lieve that they. were identified In shoot
ing Arthur McElfresh or Ben Casag
randa," said Judge Wilson, in comment
ing on the killing of the other two men
in the Centralia Armistice day tragedy.
"The defendants are not accused of
killing either of these men. nor are
they on trial for that charge," he con
tinued. "Evidence of the shooting of
these men was admitted only because it
was all a part of one transaction and
it was considered necessary that you
should understand the entire trans
action in order that you might correctly
decide that part of it which is now
under consideration."
Allied Commissions
Will Go to Russia
To Learn Conditions
Paris, March 13. (I. N. S.) The al
lies have decided to send two missions
to Russia for an investigation of con
ditions. A. J. Balfour, former foreim
secretary of Great Britain, announced
today at the meeting of the council of
the League of Is'atlons. It is expected
iney win leave m about a month.
.Albert Thomas Of tha interna Hnnol
labor bureau Of the League of Nations
expressed the belief that the investiga
tion of the missions will result in for
mal recognition of the Moscow soviet
government
Credit Men In Session
Spokane, Wash., March 13. The an
nual convention of the Northwest Whole
sale Credit Men's- association Is in ses
sion here.- Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington are represented. Several
credit women from the coast are ' at
tending :,
mm VOTERS
REGISTERED
Salem, March IS. Of the 268.584
registered voters In Oregon on March
8, as reported to the secretary of
state's office by the county clerks
in the various counties, 65 per cent,
or 17 4,464, are registered aa Repub
licans; 27 per cent, or 74,464, as
Democrats; 8194 as Prohibitionists,
5336 as Socialists, and 8906 as mis
cellaneous. Registration for the primary elec
tion closes April 20. The total regis
tration for the primary election two
years ago waa slightly In excess of
302,000.
The total registration by counties
follows : Baker. 7363 ; Benton. 4792 :
Clackamas. 13.697; Clatsop, 4474; Co
lumbia, 4493 ; Coos, 7523 ; Crook, 1670 ;
Curry, 1709 ; Deschutes, 3264 : Douglas,
73J4 ; Glilia'm, 1912 ; Grant 3117 ; Har
ney, 23E5 ; Hood River, 2537 ; Jackson,
8084 ; Jefferson, 1014; Josephine. 30S4;
Klamath, 5146; Lake. 2006; Lane, 12.
817; Lincoln, 8802 ; Linn, 11,890; Mal
heur, 4924 ; Marlon, 14.671; Morrow,
2361 ; Multnomah, 76,131; Polk, 7464;
Sherman, 1906 ; Tillamook, 3529 ; Uma
tilla, 8747 ; Union, 6757; Wallowa, 3400 ;
Wasco. 6149 : Washington, 9963 ; Wheel
er, 1481 ; Yamhill, 8118.
The only fatality included In the list
of; 410 accidents reported to the state
Industrial accident commission for the
week ending March 11, was that of
James Pollhranls, a Portland railroad
employe, who died as the result of In
juries received when run down by an
auto truck. Of the accidents reported,
378 were subject to the provisions of the
workmen's compensation act, 17 were
from firms and corporations that have
rejected the provisions of the act and 15
were from public utility corporations
not subject to the provisions of the act
The mandamus proceedings through
which P. M. Bloom of Portland Is at
tempting to compel the state board of
examiners to Issue to him a license to
practice dentistry In Oregon, waa argued
before the supreme court Friday.
The case of the Berkshire company
against H. E. Plummer, city building In
spector for Portland, another mandamus
proceeding, was also up for argument
before the court Friday. In this case
the Berkshire company seeks to feompel
Plummer to issue a building permit for
the erection of an apartment house In a
section of Portland in which, according
to Plummer, such buUdings are barred
by city ordinance.
J. A. Churchill, state superintendent
of public instruction, left Friday morning
for Moro, Sherman county, to attend a
session of the county teachers Institute.
Ei F. Carleton, assistant superintendent
is attending a meeting of the Washing
ton County Teachers' association at
Hillsboro today.
A check of the Items entering into the
expense of the special legislative ses
sion of last January reveals the fact
that two and only two solons failed to
draw down their per diem and mileage
allowances. These were Representative
Joseph G- Richardson and Senator Rob-
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ert 8. Farrell,. both members of the
Multnomah county delegation, - Richard
son, who is serving-: the state as deputy
state treasurer, donated hut time as a
legislator and Senator Farrell had pre
viously declared his. readiness not only
to attend at his own expense but his
willingness to pay the mileage and. ex
pense of any other member who did not
feel able to attend on the same terms.
A total of 811.522.7S has been paid out
of the legislative account to date, with
the printing bills for the house and sen
ate Journals and ' other incidental ex
penses yet to pay; Of this amount
$5567.40 represents mileage and per diem
expenses of the legislators.
II. N. Ely of Salem has been awarded
the contract to complete the two dormi
tories at the state uchool for the feeble
minded. The last legislature appropri
ated $11,000 for thle work, which will be
done by day labor under Ely's direction.
Francis V. Galloway of The Dalles is
a candidate for reelection as district
attorney for Wasco county, filing his
nominating petition with the secretary
of state's office for a place on the Dem
ocratic primary ballot.
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Chicago, March 13. (1. N. S.) Henry
Anthony Marsh, the young son of the
late Henry Field and Peggy Marsh
former London chorus girl, is not en
titled to a share In the Marshall Field
millions, according to a ruling handed
down today by Superior Court Judge
Sullivan.
Judge Sullivan denied a petition' filed
in behalf of the r,boy by his mother,
asking that he be permitted to share
In the millions left by the late Marshall
Field to his grandsons and .their chil
dren. The case largely centered around
the court's interpretation of the phrase
"lawful Issue" contained In the Marshall
Field will, and In reaching his decision
Judge Sullivan set forth:
"Henry Anthony: Marsh is not In the
class of persons who were, contemplated
by the testator (Marshall Field) as be
ing one of the heirs to the estate, and
isnot such an. Issue of the grandson,
Henry Field, as mill be permitted to
share In any part jpf the share of Henry
Field under the terms of the will."
The $100,000 contract between Henry
Field and Miss Marsh still exists, how
,ever, so that the t boy and his mother
will be provided for.
The decision of Judge Sullivan thus
leaves Captain Marshall Field III and
Gwendolyn Field Sole heirs to the Field
millions. f i,
School Boird Bars
All Union Teachers
St. Louis, Marck 13. (I. N. a) Fol
lowing the announcement that the High
School Teachers' association, comprising
approximately SOfiper cent of the high
school teachers ot St Louis, had agreed
to unionize and affiliate with organized
labor, the board of education announced
today It would not employ teachers af
filiated with labor organizations.
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By Raymond Capper
Washington. March 18. (U. P.)
Rear Admiral William S. Sims to
day declared that the navy depart
ment left him in the dark as to vit3
naval operations during critical days
of the war, thereby leading to delay
naval officials in Europe to loss
confidence in the American naval
head there. '
Resuming his testimony before the
senate naval affairs sub-committee.
Sims declared that he first learned of
at least a dozen Important naval move
ments. Incidentally, through British or
French naval officers or through pri
vate letters from friends In America.
Sending of surplus antl-submartne
craft to European waters would have
greatly aided the sllies at a "danger
ous period" of the war, Herbert Hoover
testified today, supporting contenttona
of Sims as to the critical allied situa
tion in the spring of 1917. m
Submarine sinkings were so great" In
this period as to endanger the outcome
of the war. Hoover declared."
Whether the navy couW have done,
more to meet the situation In Burope,
Hoover declined to state.
Seattle Elks Coming
To Help Big Class In
Seattle Elks will be given generous
hospitality this evening by Portland
lodge. A procession Is expected (o start
from the t'nion station on their arrival
at 6 o'clock. There will be 300 candi
dates In line, and many of them will
be conspicuously displayed by a num
ber of strange devices. Initiation will
be at The Auditorium. The Seattle
guests will Btop st the Multnomah hotel.
The Columbia Hlver highway will be
viewed Sunday.
Miss O'Connor Seeks
Phone Agreement
Julia S. O'Connor, department presi
dent of the Telephone Operators' union,
will be In Tortland Monday for an ad
dress at W. O. W. hall. Kleventh and
Alder streets, at 8 p. m. Miss O'Connor
was here a year ago during the labor
controversy with the telephone company.
Her mission, it is announced, is to work
for a contract wage agreement between
the operators and the company. She
will be In Tortland two days, with head
quarters at Selling-Hlrsch building.
Predict Frequent
Eain in Northwest
Washington, March 13. (T. N. S.)
The weather bureau today Issued the
following forecast for next week: Pa
cific coast states Quite frequent rains
north and central portions during ihe
week. Generally fair weather south
ern portion ; nearly normal temperatures.
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