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PEACE WITH
Representative Tinkham of Mas
sachusetts Introduces Docu
ment Declaring War at End;
Treaty Returned to President.
K Washington, March 20. (I. X. S.)
A Joint resolution declaring: the
rMiimniinn nt a afnt nf iwiipa hA.
iween tlie United States and Ger-
jTnany was introduced in the house
i today by Representative Tinkham of
Massachusetts.
By J. Bart Campbell
Washington, March 20. (I. N. S.)
-The treaty of Versailles resta with
President Wilson today. The pact
was delivered to Secretary Tumulty
Sat the White House shortly before
1 10:30 this morning by George A.
Sanderson, secretary of the senate.
II. (.OWtUVIll AIW VI IIIU1UIICU
wnai ne win no wun tne treaty, secre
tary Tumulty said today, but yester-
aay ne intimatea mat ir tne senate de
feated the treaty he would have no
' statement to make. Secretary Tumulty
will confer with the' president during the
.morning. The treaty.-"which would or-
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iiouk penning action iy tne president.
An agreement of modus Vivendi be
' t ween Germany and the United States
-nd the United States and the allies.
jby which' the United States might con
tinue tp take advantage of the terms of
the treaty of Versailles without ratify
ing the treaty, is being considered" by
'administration officials, it was learned
today. Under auch an agreement the
armistice terms would be ended and the
United States would maintain troops In
Germany and carry out other provis-
I ' Ta mm ma i rlma mstr net n rr Kiimil 4jt aw
at the terms of the treaty.
i;. Such an agreement of. modus vfvendl
would have no binding power, but would
' Ym . I 1 1 H 1 1 "L m nntlttmu'i Muti.iit
between -this country and Qermany and
vihe alilea, jj , - , - -
,.- uAiiiiAn iftfldi ai Tnsn if iiiasa aaraaN
fng the eourn" taken by the senate.
, Twenty-eight Ilcpubllcans and 21 Dem
ocrats voted for ratification.
CAMPAIGN vOBK MSBWI1V
i Republican campaign activities
cherked up today with final action on
the treaty by the senate settled. Sen
ator Harding left last night for a cam
paign trip and Senator Johnson is to
return to Michigan. Other senators with
, presidential aspirations were preparing
to take the stump.
k After long weeks of weary debate
J and conferences and bickering the sen
tat today was the scene of absolute in
activity. Most of the members had
i taken advantage of the one-day recess
to leave town, and only a few ap
peared in their offices to take up the
dally business.
6KNTK RKFl'SKS TO RATIFY1
VERSAILLES PEACE TREATY
Washington. March 20. The senate
last night rejected the treaty of peace
with Germany and flung it back upon
he white House with a resolution m
forpilng the president that the senate
would not consent to its ratification.
The vote was 49 to 15.
Following the defeat of the treaty,
the senate adopted a resolution direct
ing that the document be returned to
the , president. A motion that thjs vote
hy which the treaty was defeated be
reconsidered was then ruled out of order.
XODOE CONTINUES FIGHT
. Senator Lodge, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, refused to
'.abandon his fight for ratification, ask-
ing for unanimous consent for a new
Vote. : .
i For the second time since the treaty,
with the covenant of the League of Na
tions, was brought back from Paris by
president Wilson, the senate refused to
give It the approval that is necessary
to bind the United States.
V Exactly four months ago to the day
the treaty was .refused ratification by
the vote of 41 to 61.
- Before the senate convenes again next
; Monday, a messenger from the office
of the secretary of the senate will have
deposited at the White House the docu
ment which has been the cause of the
most bitter struggle in the history of
;the senate.
Onoe In the hands of the president.
(Continued on Fife Two, Column Three.)
Wood Has Majority
of G.0. P. Delegates
Prom Minnesota
St. Paul. Minn.. March 20. (U. P.)
; Eleven Republican delegates from Mln
nesota were under instruction today to
? vots - for Major General Leonard Wood
for the presidential nomination at the
Republican national convention In Cht
' eago in June. ' Nine unlnstruoted dele
gates will be sent to the convention.
, . Republicans In eight of the state's
10 congressional districts selected their
; delegates yesterday. The other two dls
tricta made their selection Wednesday.
Campaign Ends Lives
.Of' 240,000 Babbits
Umatilla,. March 'SO. Rabbit drives
. and ; systematic poisoning will continue
until the .extermination of the pests Is
a reality In the west end of Umatilla
county, i .More than 240,000 have been
poisoned during, the past two months,
according to Colonel J. J. Mc Naught
f of Hermlston, county chairman of pest
control work, . -
V. Equinox Comes
Tripping Hand
In Hand With
Miss Springtime
Folks, meet Vernal Equinox, ad
vance man for spring and the later
Summer Solstice. Greatest showman
you ever saw, heralding; far and
wide a glittering galaxy of daring
doings.
Vernal arrived at 1 :59 p. m. today,
fresh and lovely, after a year's absence.
He failed to bring- along, however, a lit
tle dampness, thus adding- to the general
parch hereabouts.
Interviewed immediatey after his ar
rival, he said :
"I regret very much my long absence,
but then. It only goes to prove people
appreciate trie more when I do come.
Why, did you notice all the children
in the parkB today? And I bet the same
park benches will be crowded tonight !
Just as long: as I stay around Port
landand that'll be until June 21 I'm
going, to let people have a good time.
Let them swim, play tennis and baseball,
row and motor.
"Today, of course, I will spend most
of my time at the weather bureau try
ing to arrange suitable weather for my
activity here. If there's anything I hate,
It's to, be the center of a rain carnival.
"If I get encquragement, I may run
for office. I think 1 could beat out
Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox
and Winter Solstice. Will you vote for
me?"
Vernal, who In fact brought charming
Miss Spring- with him. met scant courtesy
at the weather office today, however,
The prophets said Sunday would be
rainy and even predicted equinoctial
storms for he Southern Oregon coast
Seattle, "Wash., March CO. (U. P.)
Washington, a state which adopted
suffrage by a vote of better than
two to on in 1910. is ready to come
to the aid of the women of other
states to whom the franchise has
not oeen (nwua ay ranryuigr uie
federal amendment and helping to
make suffrage nation-wide.
The legislators of Washington will
convene at Olympia in special session
Monday and within two or three hours
after being called to order at noon will
ratify the national measure.
, The vote of the Washington legisla
ture indorsing suffrage is expected to
be unanimous.
MAT BE LAST STATE
Perhaps It shall come to pass that
WashlpKton completes the necessary
ratification by 36, or three fourths of
the states of the Unton. Thirty-four
states have already ratified the amend
ment, nine of them in regular legisla
tive sessions and the rest in special
meetings.
The Delaware legislature will also
meet in an extraordinary session Mon
day and will consider suffrage ratifica
tion. If the Delaware lawmakers im
mediately dispose of the amendment
. they will make their state the thirty
fifth to ratify, for they have a margin
or three hours difference in time. If
that be the case. Washington will re
ceive the honor of actually putting suf
frage into effect in tne nation.
WAS PIVOTAI, STATE
And It Is altogether fitting that it
should receive such distinction. Suf
frage leaders of America look oh Wash
ington as the "pivotal state" in the long
campaign for "equal rights." It was
Washington that adopted suffrage in
1910, following a period of 14 years in
which no state accorded women the
franchise.
The men of Washington gave suffrage
such an overwhelming majority that the
movement received a wonderful impetus
throughout the country. Greatly en
couraged, suffrage leaderB went to work
with renewed effort and won California
in 1911. Oregon,' Arizona arid Kansas
were victoriously recorded during 1912.
Nevada and Montana followed in 1914.
After that it was merely a question of
time until all of the women of America
became "free."
OTHERS WERE PIONEERS
Preceding Washington in the adop
tion of full suffrage were four other
Western states Wyoming, which has
the honor of being- the very first, in
1869; Colorado, in 1893; Utah, in 1896 ;
Idaho, in 1,896.
Thus it Is observed that while Wash
ington may win the glory of being the
llnal state to complete federal suffrage
ratification, she will have to share with
her Western slaters the glory of being
a pioneer and. in the long struggle of
so years, an "example" for the emancl
patlon of the American woman.
U.S,Has No Hand in
Turk Treaty Work
Washington, March 20. (L N. S.)
The United States will not send any
plenipotentiaries to the negotiation of
the Turkish treaty, in view of the. re
jection of the treaty by the senate, it
was learned late today. This govern
ment will be permitted to express its
View, however.
Nqw Missourian in
House Takes Oath
Washington." March 20. (I. X. &.--
T T T A.
ctintly elected to congress from Mis
souri to succeed Joshua W. Alexander,
appointed secretary pf commerce, today
took oath of office as a member of the
.house. He Was greeted with applause
by the .Democrats. Secretary Alexander
was present.
WASHINGTON ISTO
RATIFY SUFFRAGE
MINIS!
LABOR PARTY
Jury Finds Oster, Frye artd Hurdt
Guilty of Criminal Syndicalism
and Recommends leniency; Law
Fixes Sentence 1 to 10 Years.
Karl W. Oster, Claud Hurst and
Fred W. Fry, members of the Com
munist Labor party, were found
sruilty of violating the state criminal
syndicalism act, under a Jury verdict
returned at 1 1 o'clock this morning.
Penalty for the crime is an indeter
minate prison sentence from one to 10
years. Judge Robert C. Morrow an
nounced that he would pass sentence
March 25.
The verdict of the jury was tempered
with an appeal to the judge for leniency.
The 12 men deliberated on the question
for 14 hours, retiring at 3:45 Friday
afternoon.
"VERDICT FAB REACHING
The conviction Is a severe indictment
against the Communist Labor party, in
asmuch as it was freely admitted by
attorneys for both aides that the sole
question to be decided was whether or
not the party advocated the overthrow
of the United States government by
force and violence.
Oster and Hurst, who have been at
liberty during the trial, were returned
to Jail In lieu of 11000 bail. Fry, who
furnished $500 bail each for the state
and the ' Immigration department, was
allowed to go free temporarily.
W. S. U'Ren, attorney for the men,
announced his intention of appealing the
case as soon as the verdict was read.
Circuit Judge Morrow set April' 15 as
the final date for filing motion for a
new trial, and May 5 for Tiling a bill
of exceptions.
First intimation that the jury had
reached a decision after its long de
bating came about 10:30. when the
numerous followers of the convicted
Reds began flocking slowly into the
courtroom.
Numerous deputy sheriffs also drifted
into the vicinity of the courtroom.
VERDICTS ARE READ . . .
Tho accused, who had spent the morn-'
Ing pacing up and down the courthouse
corridors, took their accustomed places
at -the attorney's table.
The courtroom was death quiet when
the 12 men filed in from the adjoining
Jury room, and Richard Martin Jr.,
Portland architect and foreman of the
Jury, handed the three separate" ver
dicts to the clerk of the court.
The verdicts were deMvered by the
clerk to the Judge who glanced anthem,
and handed them back to the presiding
olerk to read. The clerk Bpoke as fol
lows :
"We, the jury duly empaneled In the
case of the state against Karl W. Oster,
charged with violating the criminal syn
dicalism act, find the defendant guilty
as charged.
'To the Honorable Judge Morrow:
We. the jury, recommend leniency for
the defendant."
Identical verdicts were read for the
Other two defendants.
COURT ROOM ORDERLY
Demonstrations were noticeably ab
sent from the crowded courtroom. Os
teins face set a trifle more than it was
before, while U'Ren whispered the ver
dict to Fry, who is extremely deaf.
After a few court formalities, the
judge declared the case finished and
dismissed the jury.
Oster and Hurst swept past District
Attorney Evans and Deputy District At
torney Bernard, who conducted the
prosecution, throwing them only an
ugly look.
Fry, however, went up to Bernard
and- extended his hand.
"I don't have any hard feelings about
this," h declared. "You only done
your duty and I don t want you to
think that I hold it against you."
In the rear of the courtroom Oster
and Hurst were received with out
stretched hands. They embraced the
multitude and were finally escorted up
stairs.
FRT DEPARTS, ALONE
Fry was evidently ostraciied for his
friendliness to the district attorney,
however, and he wandered from the
room alone and ungreeteB. . In the cor
ridor, as he was About to leave the
building, one mancame up to him and
spoke
A little "color" was added to the pro
ceedings by the numerous red neckties.
hats and coats exhibited In the court
room. Oster, formerly state secretary
of the party and most glib of the de
fendants, was the sole one to wear his
flaming red scarf at the verdict. Fry
stuck by his light blue necktie, while
Hurst wore one of noticeably subdued
hue. .
Wine Discrimination
Rouses Italians' Ire
Chicago. March 20. (I. N. S.) Italian
residents of Chicago have filed a protest
against the government ruling that Jews
may have a yearly allowance of 10 gal
lons of wine for religious festivals.
They sent a protest today to Congress
man John W. Kainey. declaring that
"there la just , as much tradition for the
use of wine by Italians as there la by
the Jews."
Hemoval of Tariff
On Pulp Proposed
Washington, March 20. (L X. S.)
Suspension of one year Tor the tariff
on. wetod pulp Is provided in a bill fa
vorably reported today by the house
ways and means committee. This legia
lation -has been urged by paper menu
facturers as a means towards relieving
the acute shortage of paper.
MEN
GULTY
Bond Dealers of
Portland Slated
To Give Evidence
At Hoff Inquiry
Salem, March 20. No less than
half a dozen men prominent In
Portland financial circles are ex
pected to appear, before the Marion
.county grand Jury, when It recon
venes Monday to' continue the In
quiry Into the conduct of the af
fairs of the state treasury depart
ment by State Treasurer O. P. Hoff.
Among those who are said to have
been subpenaed to appear before the in
quisitorial body are Henry Teal. Port
land, bond buyer ; Edward H. Geary,
vice president of the Lumbermens Se
curity & Trust company ; John A. Keat
ing, with the Lumbermens Trust com
pany ; B. F Fenton, with Freeman,
Camp, Smith & Co., Linn A. Eaatham,
bond salesman formerly with Morris
Bros., and Ralph H. Schneelock, Port
land bond buyer. Paul B. Dunbar, chief
auditor of the Pher company. Salem, is
also said to be elated for apiearance,
as also is Judge Thomas F. Ryan of
Oregon City, deputy treasurer . under
Thomas B. Kay, who was unable to be
here Friday.
Although the secrecy surrounding the
official investigation precludes the pos
sibility of garnering any inside Infor
mation as to the nature of the testimony
that might be given by these witnesses,
it is expected that they will be called
upon to tell of the policy followed by
banking houses in the purchase of
bonds and the policy of bond houses in
the handling of these securities. State
Treasurer Hoff. in his statement in re
ply to the allegations of mismanage
ment of state funds in the purchase tf
bonds, declared that it was not the
policy of his office to go back of the
statement of the bona house to ascer
tain the price paid by them for a bond
before purchasing the same, if the price
at which it was offered to the state pro
vided a good investment.
This policy, he explained, was the
same as that followed by his predees'
sore in office, as well as by banks gen
erally in the purchase of bonds.
Among those appearing before the
jxand Jury Friday were Governor 01-
cott. who ordered the Investigation;
Thomas B. Kay, former state treasurer,
and Alfred C. Reese, Portland news
paper man.
Contrary to published reports, State
Treasurer Hoff, whose bond buying
transactions are under fire, did not ap
pear before the grand jury , Friday.
Before the conference adjourned
for lunch, practically all the dairy
men In attendance had signed np
for a five-year contract.
Encouraged by the plans outlined
by Aaron Saplro, San Francisco at
torney, and Alma D. Katz, president
of the Oregon Dairymen's league.
Oregon milk producers in all-day
session at Library hall today, are pre
pared to get into the saddle and
drive the dairy industry into a posi
tion where they can make prices
which will pay the expenses of milk
production.
After hearing Sapiro and Katz this
morning several hundred dairymen
were prepared to vote into being this
afternoon the cooperative organization
through which they hope a majority of
the dairy business of the state will
henceforth be handled.
STOX-PKOFIT ORGANIZATION
The proposal is for the creation of a
non - profit1 cooperative association.
without capital stock, under the laws
of the state, for the purpose of promot
ing, fostering and encouraging the busi
ness of producing and marketing milk
and its py-products cooperatively, and
for reducing speculation and for stabil
izing the milk markets ; for coopera
tively and collectively handling the
problems of dairymen, and for other
pertinent purposes."
Under the same .plan the "league
agrees to buy and the dairyman agrees
to sell and deliver to the league all the
milk produced, by or for him in Oregon,
or at any place tributary to Portland."
from July 1, 1920, to December 31,
1925.
This morning's meeting was marked
by discussion of production costs in the
dairy Industry and from that echoed
what one speaker characterised as the
dairyman's interest in seeing "that the
consumer gets a square deal in prices."
LACK OF CONTROL IS TROUBLE
Sapiro said : "The present high cost
of milk is not due to control of fresh
milk by the dairymen, but rather to
lack of control."
In the reorganization plan submitted
it is proposed to erect a central dis
tributing milk and milk by-products
plant in Portland, to which ail the milk
handled by the members of the league
will be shipped. Such action will, it is
believed, help materially to reduce high
distribution costs.
The plan of organization has been
generally approved by all the members
of the Dairymen's league, who number
over 2000.
Boy Kills Desperate
Coyote After Battle
Fossil, March 20. Ivan Metteer, a
17-yean-old boy, -killed a coyote with a
club at his home on Pine creek Mon
Say. The coyote had attacked a band
of pet sheep, directly in front of the
Metteer home. The hoy, vUh two dogs.
gave battle, the dogs keeping the co
yote off the boy until the latter got in
a fatal blow with his club. The dogs,
who were both wounded, were killed,
as It was feared the coyote was rabid
Three of the sheep that were bitten are
DAIRYMEN WOULD
CONTROLINDUSTRY
being watched.
RED TERROR
D
BY COUNCIL
Session is Secret and no Word
Is Given Public as to Decision;
40,000 Armed Communists
Are Marching Against Berlin.
Paris. March 20. (I. N. S.)
The Bolshevists in Germany are
steadily gaining ground, accord
ing to official reports submitted
to the council of ambassadors
today.
The council discussed the Ger
man situation at length, but the
conference was secret and no
statement was issued regarding
any decision reached.
Premier Millerand presided
over the session.
London, March 20. (L N. S.)
The German general strike has
ended, the government having ac
cepted tlie workers' terms, accord
ing to a Renter dispatch from Ber
lln late this afternoon. The terms
Include wide concession to the
workers, the dispatch said.
40.000 ARMED COMMXJJHSTS
READY TO MARCil OX BERLIN
Coblrnz, Mareb S (I. X. 8.) An
army of 49,008 armed and well-trained
eommnnlsts ha been raited la the Ruhr
district ready to move towards Berlin
at a favorable opportonlty, according
to information reaching officers of the
American army of eeapattoa.
Maay of the eommanlsts are ex-sol
dlers. It was laid that ibtj wtri
Mready te act la the Rabr dlxtrlct or
to move towards Berlin If a Bol4bev1st
coup Is deemed feasible at this time.'
- The sltaatloa is described n "most
series 8."
PROLETARIAT DICTATORSHIP
IS DE5I ANDETD BX.WORKMEX
By Frank Mason
Berlin. March 19. U p. m. I. I. S.)
Leaders of the workingrnen today de
manded a controlling voice in all legis
lation, meaning a dictatorship by the
proletariat, as one of the 11 conditions
for calling off the general strike. The
strike was still- In effect tonicht.
It is reported that the Spartacins
(Bolshevik sympathizers) have five
tanks ready for operation against the
government buildings which are now
occupied by troops supporting the Ebert
constitutional government.'
The Spartacans are said to have se
cured thousands of rifles, many ma
chine guns and great quantities of am
munition from the Spandau arsenal, but
this could not be verifie'l because the
telephone; line had been cut.
Newspapers tonight estimated that at
least 2000 persons had been killed since
the counter-revolution broke last Satur
day. Some of the Baltic troops (Supporters
of the fallen Von Kapp regime) re
turned to. Berlin Thursday night. They
tried to .seize a motor car snd fighting
followed in which hand grenade were
thrown.
BOILED fOLLARS CAUSE ItAGE
Attacks by workers upon jreil-dressed
persons became sq frequent that many
of the midiile classes discarded linen
collars and put on their shabbiest clothes
before venturing into the street One
guest at the Adlon notel -aS beaten
because he was wearing a xur -lined
overcoat.
The anger of workfts was Inersased
by the rejection of iheir strike condi
tions by representatives or xr.i govern
ment The leaders of the workmen were
told that it is imposs'ole for thr govern
ment to disarm all troops nd police-
(Concluded on Pee Two. Column Flvt),
F.
E
Members of the cult of Brothers
of Jesus hate war. Consequently,
argued C. Welk, a disciple, he could
not pay any tax that contributed
directly to liquidation of war debt
Welk is in the county Jail, held
for the government on charges of
wilfully refusing to pay his Income
tax. Because he wouiant pay a
tax he is liable to a maximum fine
of $10,000 and one year in Jail.
He went to the Income tax depart
ment at the custom house building on
Friday, and there asked about his tax.
anoarently unmindful mat returns
should have been completed last Mon-
He asked what the tax money went
for.
"If It helps pay war costs, I can't pay
tt," he said.
"Who told you not to pay this tax?
asked Assistant United States Attorney
Charles Reamea.
"God. He tells me everything."
"Is God telling- yon what to aay new?"
Tea"
He telling you that you are risk-
ins a Jail sentence and a fine if you
won't pay your tax?"
yes. But I would rather go to jau."
Welk refused an attorney.
"God im my counsel." he said.
He la 27 years ofj ae and unmarried.
He works for a local florist. He he
came a member of the. Brothers of
Jesus cult tn Germany, where he wae
born. He is aa enemy alien, -
CUSSED
HC REFUSES
TOPAYON
CONVICTED MICHIGAN "PATRIOT"
UNITED STATES SENATOR TRUMAN H. NEW
BERRY of Michigan, who was today found guilty of
fraudulently conspiring to get himself elected enator in
the famous campaign against Henry Ford last year. Newberry,
who is a Republican and a multi-millionaire, explained he acted
on patriotic grounds because he considered Ford a menace. It
was testified at the trial that Newberry's naval service included
posing in uniform on the bow of a dummy battleship used for
recruiting in a New York city
Washington, March 20. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Reports received here to
day from H. H. Ebey, assistant direc
tor of the Pacific coast district,
United States shipping board, saya
assignments of vessels now being
made to operating companies on the
Pacific coast are permanent.
The steamer' Boynton. now building
at San Diego", has been assigned to the
Columbia-Pacific .Shipping company tor
operation 'out of Cortland.
Explanation that assignment of ships
now being made by the shipping board
Is permanent, only partially clears the
confusion arising In the minds of local
steamship operators as a result of the
recent announcement by Admiral Ben
son that of the 188 vessels allocated to
Ihe Pacific coast, 37 are to be oper
ated out of Portland.
The only explanation given locally In
regard to this tonnage' has been the
conjecture that the vessels were prob
ably intended to carry flour from Port
land to the Atlantic.
There is now available 100,000 tons
of flour monthly for the next four
months, and shippers have been antici
pating the assignment of tonnage by
the shipping board to handle this. How
ever, if Ebey's assertion is correct, then
the vessels are due to remain perma
nently here and will probably be as
signed to projected lines. If they were
used only in the flour trade, then the
business would only be temporary.
None of the ships sent from here In the
last year with flour cargoes for the
Atlantic has ever returned to Port
land. The steamer Boynton, referred to In
the Washington dispatch, is believed
by operators to be the wooden steamer
Boynton, now being completed at the
Port Of Portland drydock. The Boyn
ton has been assigned to the Columbia
Pacific for operation, but destination
has not yet been named.
Cqnsuelo, Duchess
Of Marlborough,May
Be in California
Pasadena, Cat, March 20. (L N.
S.)i Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
daughter of William K. Vanderbtlt Jr.,
is reported incognito In Southern Cali
fornia today, presumably to avoid the
notoriety that she fet might attend her
suit for restitution of conjugal rights,
now on file tn London.
London, March 20. A suit' for the
restitution of conjugal rights, which In
the' British courts is Invariably the first
i step toward a divorce petition, has been
filed by the Duchess of Marlborough
who wae Con sue II o Vanderbtlt of New
York.
The Marlborougtos have not been liv
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ing together for -several years. The
duchess parents are William K. Van
derbllt Sr. and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont.
Mrs. Belmont baa just arrived in
London, ,
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park.
C. E. LADD DEAD
AT CARLTO
Charles Elliott Ladd. second son
of William Sargeant and Caroline
Elliott Ladd, noted Oregon pioneers,
died at Westerlook, hts Carlton. Or.,
home, at 4:30 o'clock; this morning
following Acute complications of a
lingering illness.
Bright's diwaw, augmented by a
leakage' of the heart, brought about the
death of Mr. l,add, Who3e Illness had
been severe for the laet fjve months.
lie had been In falling' health for sev
eral years and his critical condition
was known to members of the family.
Immediately upon receipt of word of
the death of their brother, William M.
Ladd, .1. Wesley Ladd and Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett left Portland for Carlton.
Mrs. Fred B. Pratt, a sister. Is a resi
dent of Brooklyn. N. T.,
Services for Mr, Ladd will be held
In Portland Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett, 932 Sixth street. Services
at tlie crematorium will be private.
Friends are requested not to send
flowers.
Mr. Ladd was born in Portland, Aug
ust 6. 185". and was 63 .years" old at the
time of his death. He was graduated
from Amherst college In 1881 and on
September 7 of that year he married
Sarah Hall , of Bummerville, Mass.. a
suburb of Boston. Mrs. Ladd survives
her husband. -
Upon his return to Portland. Mr.
Ladd entered the Ladd & Tilton bank
and remained in the service of that in
stitution for nearly 30- years. In 1910
he transferred hia home to Carlton.
where he built the beautiful estate of
Westerlook. :
He was a director tot the Ladd, A
Tilton bank, president, of the Carlton
Consolidated Lumber company, and un
til recently was associated with the late
Theodore B. Wilcox In a flour milling
enterprlce. His Portland home was
Cedarhurst, at Rivera, where his elder
brother, William M. Ldd. lives.
Hearing of Motion
For New Trial ior
Reds Is Postponed
Montesano, Wash., March 20.(U.
P.) Judge John M.S. Wilson today
granted a postponement of the hearing
on the motion for 4 new trial for the
seven L W. W. convicted of- second
degree murder in the Centralia murder
trial. March 29 Is the 'new date set for
hearing arguments on: that motion aa
well as the prosecution's motion for
immediate sentence of the convicted
Woman Kills Self
After Bemarrying
St. Louis, Mo.. MarclkiO.- it. N.'S,)-
Mrs. Elsa'Lemp Wright prominent St.
Louie society woman.i who remarried
her divorced husband. , Thomas "H.
Wright in New York about two weeks
here today, She was the daughter of
the late William 3. Lerop. the St. Louis
brewer. 1 : , ,
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ERRY IS v
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U. S. Senator From Michigan and.
16 Others Held by Verdicty
Penalty Is $10,000 -r Finer
and Two Years' Imprisonment I
Grand Rapids, Mich- March JO,
(U. P.) United States Senator Tm-,
man II. Newberry wns today ncn- j
tenced to aerve two years hi federal
prison and fined S 10,000, foUowing -
his conviction on ekietlon fraud
charges. j ,
Sentence was pasNCtt by Judge '
Clarence VV. SetMions of t'nited 8tate '
diHtrtct court. , i " ' '
Just before Judge ScamIhs pro
noiinml aeoitemce. attorneys tor tha j
defense moved for a stay of Jndjf;
meat and also for a new . trial. . '
The mouoni wen denied,
A stay of 90 days was granted by the
court In which to effect; an appeal.
Bonds were posted for alt convicted men
by Senator Newberry. f
j The. sentence given Newberry was the
i maximum under the law. j . '" t
Sixteen others convlctea with New-' -
berry were sentenced as follows :
Frederick Cody, two years and $10,000,
Paul King, two years and 10,000. ,
Charles A. Floyd, two years and. -
'450tt ; , :
William Mlckel two years.
Allan Templeton, one year, six months,
Ttoger Andrews, one year, six months,
Milton Oakman, one year, six montbs.it
Richard Fletcher, One' year. , three
months. 1 11 -
James JT. McGregor, one year, three 1
months. j . ' , '
Frel Henry, one year, ! three month.
If. Hopkins, one year, one day. ,
E. V. Chllsen, ons" yearf one day,
John 8. Newberry, fined $10,000.
Harry O. Turner, fined i S2000.
B. F. rmery, fined ISOOO. , -
George S. Ladd. fined- if 1000.
Judge Sessions stipulated that th
prison sentences were to; be nerved j
the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. -..--.
Charges against SI of the 13S men'.-
who were indicted with Senator New-i
berry and who pleaded hollo contendre)
were dismissed on motion of Prosecutor!
Frank C. Dailey. .
The bond for the convicted men wis
placed at ."000 each.
The Newberry party went !mmedl-
ately from the courtroom to their hotel I
rooms and remained, in seclusion.
WIFE BREAKS- DOWN
Mrs. Kewberry broke down only ones.
A few minutes af r.er leaving the court- j
room she wept bitterly. In a moment,
however, she regained control of her-
self and her face assumed its usual
composure.
At the hotel atiorneys for the de
fense conferred tor a few minutes re- i
gardlng the procedure at the afternoon i
court session. Littleton Issued the fol
lowing statement :
"This case will be taken to the final
battleground of the United States the
supreme court.
The constitutionality of the Michi
gan election laws will be the funda
mental basis In this case when It Is
brouRht heforo the eupreine court.
MA V TAKF. TWO TEARS
Free speech and free press, which
our constitution provide, are suppresd
und" the present statute. It may take
two years before the supreme court
passes a decision on the Newberry ap
peal." Judge Murftn. Newberry's personal
attorney, said :
"We will get this appeal berore in
supreme court and make eveiy possible
effort for an early decision."
The convicted rrwsn stood grouped In
(Concluded m Pate Thre. Column TbrM)
STANF
A working nucleus ' of former!
Stanford university men, about'
which a Hoover for" President club
may be constructed, hali been called '
to meet at the University club Mon-(
day, March 22, at noon to discuss
ways and means for getting a per-;
manent organization started, plac-,
'ing Herbert Hoover's name on the
Republican ballot at the May pri
mary election, and waging an active
and aggressive campaign to carry
the state for him at that time.
The meeting haa been called by Chee-,
ter G. Murphy and is the result of a
call sent oiit by Ralph Arnold, chairman1
of the National Hoover club recently or-t
gantzed tn New York. Arnold's call has
also been supplemented by one comings
from the Republican Hoover for Presi-,
deot club of California, which la now, .
launched in aa active campaign to win
the California delegation to the Chicago"
convention for Hoover.
The request from New York that a
Hoover club be formed In Oregon and r
an active campaign started here to rep-(.
ture the Republican delegation from this;
state for Hoover reached Portland sev- ,
eral days ago. Since-tluit, time personal -friends,
who knew Hodver in Oregon'
and at Stanford have been canvassing'
the situation, gauging public sentiment
so far. as has been possible and discuss
ing the feasibility of inaugurating vn
active campaign to win the Republican -
preferential vote for him i In My.. Out
of this has . come the call i for the meet'
ine Monday.: from which an active Re--'.
ORD MEN TO
WORK FOR HOOVER
publican Hoover for President club ta-
! expected to string. v , ,s -: ., : ,