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TANO FIVt CK.NTS
WN LEADS
RERWK
Cbl-lPurchase of Senate Seat by
Michigan Man Is Disgrace to
Popular Government, Repub
lican Senator Tells Colleagues.
Bombers'
Identity
Lfivulged
JITNEY BUS
Washington, Dec. 21. (L N. S.) From
the: Republican aide of the senate-today
came a bitter attack against tire cam
paign methods of Senator Truman H.
Newberry Rep., Mich.) and a demand
that he be unseated.
Senatnr'Kenyon (Rep., Iowa) denounced
the entire election of Newberry as tainted
and aa Justifying the refusal of a seat in
the senate to him.
.The social lobby has been active In
this case y-rnore active than In most mat
ters, and the social lobby la effective."
declared Kenyon. "Effective pleas have
been made from thh source. The stag
1 Is completely set for the performance of
confirming Newberry. There will be
very few votes on this side of the cham
ter against him."
RevlewRig the evidence against New-
- berry a adduced before the senate in
: ' "vtstlgating committee. Kenyon asserted
that the records show an expenditure of
at least $213,000. and the plain inference
from the testimony irf that a much larger
,sum was spent.
HI. (MY, AT POM'LAB RILE
' r"lf the record showed the expenditure
of 1 1.000. 000 for the election or Newberry.
1 believe the senate still would seat him,"
- continued; Kenyon. ' "But if the senate of
the 1'nited States ia to Justify the ex
penditure of- hundreds of thousands of
- dollars to secure a seat here, the rule of
the people Is gone. No man of even mod
erate means can 'attain a place in this
"y'hody. No poor man or woman can ever
dream of it. .
The testimony shows that a large part t
"'of the press In Michigan was subdlxed.
At--least 114.000 was spent for publicity,
and 201 papers were secured. -"The
record' teems with mystery and
abound In nasty specimens of corrupt-
tag Influence. . The case reeks with fraud.
Books disappeared ; original documents.
Buch as checks, were destroyed ; witnesses
told amazing stories to account for these
facts : false returns were made to county
agents; there -was a doctored treasurer's.
report, witnesses disappeared ana New
berry himself failed to come before the
committee to explain his actions.
KAT PrRCHASED .? r
-But there l no us beating around the
4 bush. The cold fact Is that Newberry'
. seat in the senate was purchased at a
price of no leas than 22J,000
Kenvoft warned his colleagues that If
Newberry were seated, "this will not be
the last of the Newberrr case."
You cannot brush aside a thing of this
By Jobs Grasses
Unitid Pite Staff CoTrenpoBdant
(CopTricht. 1921. by Caked Praart
, Warsaw, Poland, Dec. Jl. Wolfe Lin
denfeld. held 'here In connection with
the Wall street bomb murders, has
named six accomplices for whom detec
tives are now searching. Dr. Stanislaus
Oulkowski. thief commissary of the Po
lish political police, declared today.
Dr. Oulkowski gave the United Press
a complete record of -Lindenfeld's activ
ities, both before and after the dyna
miting, taken from the archive of the
secret police.
This threw the first light of publicity
on Undenfeld's "inside history."
WOl'LD DEPORT PBKOIEK
While police were "cross-questioning
Libflenfeld. endeavoring to elicit further
information from him. Dr. Oulkowski
told the United Press the following bad
already been-ascertained : . . .
First Lindenfeld undoubtedly was in
volved In the hombing, because be knew
minutely in advance how the prepara
tions were - made, how the bomb was
manufactured and how it was to be set
off.
Second He did' not actually partici
pate in the bombing, but he knows who
did; The names of -the six' accomplices
were not divulged by Dr Oulkowski for
ear they would take alarm and escape.
The Polish authorities are anxious to
deport Lindenfeld to the United States
at the earliest possible moment
Lindenfeld, Dr. Oulkowski said, was
born In Warsaw in 1880. He Is mar
ried, his wife being in New York, and
has two children.
CO 31 E8 TO AMERICA.
lie participated in a revolutionary
movement in Poland in 1906. "
- While a member of the German sec
tion of the Socialist party and employed
as a store clerk, that party decided to
punish him- for strikebreaking.
. Thereupon Lindenfeld sought police
protection.- The police employed him
a spy among the radicals. It was his
duty to-try and incite the radicals to
B LI PASSED
(Concluded oa Pace Three. Column Fi)
AMERICA OPPOSES
OVER VETO
Moser's Regulation Measure,
Which Was Turned Down by
Governor at Regular Session,
Is Adopted by Oregon Senate.
WASHINGTON
AMUSED 01
PACT BREACH
AUTO DEALERS
President's Interpretation of the
Treaty Is Found Widely Variant
From That Given It by Hughes
and Others Who Framed Terms
DEMAND OF FRENCH
By Carl D. Groat
Washington, Dec 21. The . American
arms delegation . opposes ". granting
France a top-heavy allotment of sub
marines or other auxiliary craft.
It also . will reject Britain's plea for
abolition of submarines. . -
Undaunted by thene facts new of
which emanates from responsible Amer.
lean sources. the British and French
were proceeding today with plans for
pressing their desires orf these points. ."
Hope of reaching a complete agree
State House. Salem, Dec. Jl. With
only five members' opposed, the senate
this morning passed the Moser jitney bus
regulation measure of the regular ses
sion over the veto of the governor. Those
voting to sustain the. veto of the gov
ernor were Senators Hare, Jones. Lach
mund, Strayer and Thomas.
The Moser bill provides for the regu
lation of all for-hire automobiles, stages
and trucks engaged In freighting service
under the jurisdiction of the public
service .commission. The bill elves to
the commission authority to fix rates
and running schedules for stage and
truck lines and no such vehicle would be
permlted to operate without a permit
from the commission.
CHARGE DKSIED
- Charges by the governor in his veto
that the bill would tend to create a
monopoly and bar small operators from
use of the public highways were denied
by Moser, who pointed out that the way
was left open to all operators of motor
vehicles . for , commercial purposes who
could show, a cause for their operation
to the commission. -
His bill, he Insisted, represented more
careful thought and greater study than
did the bill sponsored by the governor's
committee and which is now before the
lower house.
Speaker Bean, he declared, had as
sused htm that his measure stood a
good chance of favorable action by the
house if it met with the approval of the
senate,
APPROVES DF.LAT
Suggestions that action by the senate
be delayed until after the house had act
ed upon the bill of the governor's com
mittee were met by Moser by pointing
out- that so far all the Important legis
lation . before the session was in the
house, and whereas the senate thus far
had done little else than mark time, it
would soon be swamped"; by the big is
sues before the legislature.
Senator Hare took issue with Moser
ore the merits of hie bill. Insisting: thai
its requirement for alceftiflcat of .nei
Aroused Over Proposed Bill to
Levy Tax Affecting Industry to
Raise Money for Fair; .Com
mittee Is Going to Salem.
Washington, Dee. II. (U. P.) Repre
sentatives of all the powers are agreed
oa the Interpretation of the Faelfle
treaty that It Inelades tbe homeland- of
Japan, it was learned today from a high
aithorit j of the American delegation.
Washington. Dec. 21. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Washington is amused over the adven
ture of President Harding in placing
an interpretation on thg four power
treaty which contradicts the explana
tions of his "secretary of state and of
certain other delegates who negotiated
the treaty, particularly the British.
It has become evident that one hand
of the administration, the president him
self, has not known what the other
hand, the secretary of state, was do
ing, which is an unexpected revealment
of secret diplomacy ' in Mr. Harding's
official household. . it seems tonight
that the president's faux pas has not
been bettered by his later statement
that while differences or interpretation
exist, he does not object to tne meaning
placed upon the treaty by its makers.
HARDING SPILLS BEAKS
Without having consulted Mr. Hughes
and without knowledge as to what the
delegates were saying. Mr. Harding's
position is perfectly understandable. His
idea that the treaty does not include
Japan proper in its protective features
agrees with that nearly everybody un
derstood until Mr. Hughes and others
who helped to make it began to inter
pret it. Considerable persuasion was
required to bring people to believe that
the Japanese empire could be included
within the language, when along came
the president and turned over the wrhole
stack of cards. Evidently the president
will stand by- the treaty makers and
say that it makes little difference, but
he has furnished a strong talking point
for the opposition, which will contend
that it dotis make a difference. They
will say the treaty is lopsided if it pro
tects the whole Japanese empire and
contains no reciprocal provisions for
the benefit of this country,
before Christmas now appears extremely
doubtful. The only Obstacles remaining
are the French demands for a big allot
ment of auxiliary -craft and the British
desire that submarines, be abolished, but
considerable discussion oa these points
ia expected. .
The French delegation, were reported
to want between 75,000 and 90,000 tons of
submarines. -
six." he declared: "the senate does Be' " " i'")ilUon nval armament
stand anv too wen wun tne people or ma
United States. When the brand of ap
proval waa put by the senate- upon the
Stephenson campaign in Wisconsin, the
: senate suffered in the opinion of the
country. -
"The -people of this country, who love
their government, are jealous of its In
tegrity and hate the corrupting Influ
ence that purchases seats in congress. It
U even worse to do it in Insidious Ways
than to go out and buy it outright, as
wai done in. the Lorlmer case.
To seat Newberry would be to strke
at the foundations of this government,
The" day is coming when this cafe will be
heard in another court the- court of the
great American people. It will be a trial
that will be worth while, because the
American people, when they understand
the question, will decide right."
Detroit Gambling
Raid Scoops in 429
Detroit, Dec 21. (I. N. a)T-Sixteen
' gambling plaeea were closed and 429
persons, the largest number ever ar
rested at one time, were locked up
in a drive by police last night and
early 'today to clean up gambling tn
Detroit. .
SrBS HEEDED TO PROTECT
OOLOIUE8, 8 ATS TIYIAJTI
Ham, "Dec tl. (U. P. France most
have submarines. Rene Vivianu French
delegate to the Washington arms con
ference, declared on nts arrival nere to
day aboard the French liner Paris from
New York.
"Our colonial interests make it Im
perative that we hold undersea craft,'
Vlvtani said.'
"As to practical results of disarma
ment," he continued, "they cannot be
definite until all the interested nations
have made known their opinions.
"I think France cannot engage her
self until she la assured Germany a
formidable producer of chemical prod-
acts has given all guarantees for ces
sation of the manufacture of asphyxi
ating
Mint Coinage - Gains
19 Millions Over 1920
r Denver. Colo., - lec, JL ttJ. P.) A
total of 29.92S.S3J in bullion was handled
by the United States mint here last year,
t according to an announcement today by
-Robert Grant, superintendent. Tbe an
nual coinage report show that this
year's operations exceeded last year's
approximately $19,000.000.,
Christinas
Liquor Price
Takes Spurt
Santa Claus will not leave many bot
tles of good otd fashioned bonded liquor
at the homes of the John Barleycorn so
ciety in Portland on Christmas eve, says
Dr. 3. A- Linville, prohibition director
for Oregon. .
Brands " of .whiskey ' known' as- "real
stuff" are very, very scarce iri Portland
today, says the director. , Th holiday
trade neglecting to do Its shopping early
in the season will have " to be content
with the -moonshiner's product. ' i "
Linville aVid Jesse Flanders, the latter
of whom is director Xtt the enforcement
agents in the state, have checked up on
all the bootleggers In the city known to
handle only high class bonded gods, and
have found that the supply is very lim
ited. In some places two or three bot
tles were located and confiscated, While
at other places nothing was found.'
PRICES ARE ADVANCED .
The prohibition office has also been
informed that prices have advanced 93
per quart during the last few days,
owing to tbe scarcity. j
"Of course, we can't claim all I tbe
credit for this situation ourselves," said
Dr. Linville. "It is mainly due to the
elements. Owing to bad weather land
slides across the highways, the bootleg
gers have not been able to bring in a
large supply In time for the Christmas
trade. We made snecial arrangements
to handJe the Christmas situation, but jtomobile Dealers' association at the Cen
now find these precautions unnecessary tral library this morning, and by the
owing to weather conditions.
COLD HALTS STILLS
Moonshiners are also experiencing dif
ficulties in operating their stills, owing
lo the cold weather and snow.
The whiskey drinking trade already
has been advised that the- Scotcn whis
key being brought here on Japanese
steamers and smuggled ashore Is a fake
whiskey, being a mixture of ether and
alcohol, so call for it is also limited.
Since a few men have been made death
ly sick from drinking it. others have de
cided not to try the Japanese product,
Flanders has been informed.
Portland automobile dealers have de
clared open war on the legislature now
in speeial session and In order to carry
their fight against proposed increases in
taxes against their industry to raise
money for the 1925 exposition, they will
send a committee . direct to the legisla
tive .chambers to cross swords with the
lawmakers who would heap more bur
den upon them, . It .was planned at noon
to send a delegation-to Salem this after
noon. Plans fqr carrying on the campaign
were discussed at a meeting of the Au-
MIRY INS IN
cesslty and convenience made for a. con?
union y or exCWSlV .Tran.rhtge, Which S man ia t rremirr-- prumi, - --
womM openvW to 4fti-dvtaje iErtk lits4 'm a jmAald (.). but.. Hh
.... ii. it ' nrrnnwl. i-1ju-. iinr.tl JThe mie-Mtton off
all of which- were assured "of permits
under the Moser bill without any fur-
FIGHT ON TREATY
By I. Bart Campbell
Washington, Dee. 21. (I. N. R) Op
position to the four-power treaty devel
oped in an entirely new quarter of the
Already Senator Borah'is on the traH, ! "ri" " . l.,?! ..I . -. "L "
holding up the treaty as another ex-i
ample of a treaty wuh Its meaning d!s-i! ag?Z " f White House
hrr. u'tta th hand nf t- tta department ,"f i f v. .
maker. The Freneh 'navnr. position.
Ford dealers and the Automotive Trades
association at luncheon' meetings at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Similar action is expected at meetings
of the Draymen's association and the
Association of Motor Car Owners.
LOCAL INTERESTS AROUSED
Commercial Interests of Portland de
pending on motor delivery for a great
share , of their business, are as a body
opposed to the proposal -of the highway
legislation advisory committee that the
tax on trucks be increased a matter of
H per ton of rated capacity. The gen
eral danger of putting on more than ,the ;
traffic will bear IS pointed out as spe
cific grounds for opposition by the com
mercial truck men and the large houses
nsing extensive truck fleets of their own,
aocordinr to H.W. Roberts of the Auto
mobile Dealers' association legislative
committee,, who said i "
"CsuBting the gasoline tax. Oregon's
trucks are today paying the highest
license and tax of any state in the
Union. . Every truck la Oregon, pays to
day more than double the license and
tax, exclusive of local and county taxes,
of the country's average, .
. ."The. truck men claim that this is in
direct opposition to the. policy . followed
in some states where distances are long,
of encouraging through greatest- possi-
ther showing which burden ' was placed
upon aD those desiring, to enter the field
in the future. -''i.- i , i v. ' -
BEEBE
CAS
E
Portuguese Rebellion
At a " . imajt
uauses JNew Arrests n.a" : tp" j
t a air
Arbany. On, 'Dec Sit" Carson I.
(Pete) Beebe. charged with the murder
of John Painter of Lacomb. has en
trusted his life to 12 men. The jury
was, completed at 11:20 o'clock this
morning after the state Bad employed
Its sixth and final peremptory chal
lenge. ; The defense rested after having
used but seven of a possible 12 peremp
tory challenges.
- The- jury comprises : William J. Wil
son, Scio W. C Burkhart, Albany ;
D. J. Hlldreth," HoHey: W. C. Cooley,
Brownsville : .... Lee Miller. Mlllersburg ;
Albert H- Piper, Waterloo ; E. U Davis.
Gates; W. C. Burns. Albany; John
Steer. Lebanon ; C H. Davidson. Shedd ;
J. S. ' Faulkner, - Lebanon, and S. M.
Basset. Mill City. . All are farmers and
business men. 'ranging between the ages
of 95 and 65. All are married and the
majority have families.
prospect of delay until the question off
auxiliary craft and : "submarines is
I OenrbKUd on Page Tm. Column Three)
CORPORAL KILLED
PRIVATE.
Vigo, Spain. Dec. 21 L N. S.) Hun
dreds of arrests have been made
throughout the whole of Portugal, as
the result of a fresh outbreak of revo
lutionary disorders, according to refu
gees crossing the frontier today.' They
said that, the revolutionary group re
sponsible for the overthrow of the gov
ernment at Lisbon in October continues
most active In all parts of the. country.
Solpns May 5ay 'Good Bye'
Haste. Is Urged by Memorial
- By A. L. Uaateek . '
- Journal Starr Orrwrondnt
State House. Salem, Dec. IX. Declar-"
bur .that the- 1925 exposition '.committee
, seems to be in the position- of Burldan's
. ass atarving to death because It doesn't
know which morsel to choose a aenate
' memorial Introduced by . Senator ; EUis
calls upon the members of the house to
"hasten the parting hour else we hastily
.-pack our grips and suitcases and bid
you a merry Christmas and a good
f night," , , , -
The memorial, which is addressed to
"The Honorable House of Representa
. tives of the State of Oregon, reads as
follows i':fi
"Whereas, we, together with you. have
---.-'been called In special session for cer
".. tain purnoeea, one of wnich is to coti-
- aider 192$ fair legislation ; and
j , "WnerwtsJ we havs been heretofore
i informed by the press of certain parts
of oar state that a certain form of bill
had been agreed upon for: submission to
. ur body; and v . .
"Wbereaa, we have now Been In ses
; sioo two days and it Is apparent that the
-. Multnomah delegation, having 1925 fair
legislation In charge, has hy reason of
Ot Introduction of certain bills by mem-
Washington, Dec 21. (L N. S.) The
shooting to death of a private at Camp
Wheeler. Ga, in June, 1919, by a cor
poral, was testified to today before the
senate committee Investigating Senator
"Tom Watson's charges- of illegal kill
lugs in the army during the war period.
Marion J. Wallls of Athens, Ga,
charged that "a corporal named Craw
ford shot in the back a private named
Hally of Tampa, FlaV after another
corporal named Florence had struck
Hally with a club and broken ona of
bis wrists.'
Ice 'Jam in
River Tjwrwtf-
Iralda Back
Tbe steamer Iralda, operating at
passenger boat ; and carryinjr only ex
press freight,, failed to make' The Dalles
on Jhe Tuesday trip and was forced to
turn back at Cascade Locks. The Irslda
locked through on the up trip, but Ice
in the upper canal was too heavy for the
little boat to Jackie and . she turned
back. Shore ire has been forming since
the first of the cold snap, .Heavy tee in
the upper canal will close river trans
portation. - ., - .
The blockade will not start in earnest
until the short ice breaks and running
tee starts the jams from points above
the locks to Vancouver. The steam jr
J. N. Teal, scheduled' to leave for The
Dalles at 1 :15 O'clock this' morning with
automobiles and freight, was held -up en
account . of., tke conditions. With the
weather modarattrur It Is possible that
the Teal will make the attempt some
-time today. : "
The conditton of stranded automobiles
at The Dalles and points on the Wash
ington shore above. Underwood con
tinues with - .machines - piling up each
hour. With the ' river closed and the
highway blocked wljth ice and slides,
tourists and travelers must take to flat
cars or start east again.
Reports from Arlington and Umatilla
on the upper Columbia.: state that shore
Ice Is forming heavily and that the snow
flurries and fast1 forming slush ice tn
the river at all points will complete the
blockade. With the return of the Iralda
last night the middle river is without
a boat and transfer is out of the ques
tion. Noon reports from The 'Dalles
state that 180 automobiles are lined up
for steamer transportation to Portland.
COLUMBIA IN CLOSED AT
THE DALLES! ICE JAMS
The Dalles. - Dec 2L--The Columbia
river here Is closed to navigation. There
is a huge ice jam, . forming at Crater
point, three miles west of the city. The
stream was. closed completely during
the morning. . The ice Is now backing
up, so that orders were given this after
noon to suspend all ferry service. The
two boats made their" last trips- with
difficulty at 2 p. m. ;
ICsnrlwM oa Pace Three, 0hUB Fonrl
Thirteen w-er rhallAnmul 'arut 98
exouned for cause. The reticular venire
- w umnr term was iirst exhaust
ed. Special venires of -15 and were
used and of the final special venire of
but i remained. The name of W. J. Wil
fton was tbe first called when court con
vened Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Immediately after the jury was select
ed Gale S. Hill, attorney for the de
fense, moved" for a view of the scene) of
the alleged murder. District Attorney
L. G. Lewelling and his assistant. Dis
trict" Attorney John. Carson of Marion
county, consented, and this afternoon
made the trip to the Painter (arm near
Lacomb.
In the? party were Judge Percy R.
Kelly. Sheriff C M. Kendall. Deputy
Sheriff D.- S. Smith. Pete Beebe, the de
fendant; tbe 12 jurors, the court .bailiff
and the attorneys
The . trial will be resumed Thursday
morning. . . . v - - ,
In Shoes of Man
In Jail at Ast6ria
T,itenator McNary (K.Or.), following
. conference with President. Harding at
trie White l-tous. declared ' be waa in
accord -with th President's ' vlews that
th term "insular dominions" n Artt-'
cle K did not .refer to the Islands of
Janan proper; , -
McNary,. a leader of the- "mild reser
vation tr.ts" in , the League of Nations' :
fight, said, however, that tf only because
of the opposite opinion held by the stats
department, a reservation expressly stip
ulating that the Japanese homeland was
not Involved by the treaty, should be
adopted.tt.f -t-; j. :t'-- - -
AtcNary intimated that be.-, would be
strongly inclined to oppose tho treaty
if the state department's interpretation
were permitted to stand, and the treaty
were allowed to be so construed as to
bind th United SUtes to employ its
military ana naval forces to" help protect
Japan- proper from armed aggression.
Senator Lodge. Masaadiusets. Repub
lican leader; and one of the American
delegates to the armament conference,
permitted It to become- known that he
thought that, such .a reservation as Mo
Nary proposed would be "destructive-"
of the treaty unless it . were agreed to
by U tour, power signatory to it
LODGE OPPOSES -ADDITIOW
It was Intimated that Senator . Lodge
would oppose the addition by the senate
Si Sforecast
MOURLT TKMPCRATUKCt
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EXPOSITION
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Bennett's i Motion to '. Definitely
Postpone Kubli Tax Resolution
Is ; Tabled r in Tirncitq JSave ,
Program in the Lower Houss. .
PEACE PACT
"Hally, with his wrlBt broken, was
trying to wrest the club away : from to such a ' reservation as McNary and
here of , your body renresentinaT coun.
and properly divided theapple of dul Steel Saws Found
com having proven true to form and
been awarded the fair; and , .
T.Txereas. the classical Burldan's ass
was unable to move and, therefore,
starved to death, due to the fact of two
equal -desires, one of a t wisp of hay
on- his right, and the other a portion of
oats on his left ; and - !
"Whereas, the 1925 fair proponents
appear to be in position of the, classical
animal of Buridan th wisp of hay
and th; portion of oats having been
transmogrified, respectively' Into an in
come and a gasoline ta ; and.
"Whereas. Christmas is approaching
and we love the fair, but ' especially tn
the persons Of our wives and sweet
hearts whore we long to b with en
Christmas day. now that Donner and
Blltxen are .chafing at, ths bit. you
are therefore ; memorialised io hasten
the parting hour, else we hastily pack
our grips and suitcases and bid you a
merry Christmas and a good night. '
"That a copy oT this memorial be
forthwith upon passage transmitted to
our : co-ordtnate body. - the s honorable
house of representatives.' - -
Astoria. Dec. 2L While searching
Frank Allen Ruffe and Roy Williamson,
arrested recently in Portland on charges
of cracking- a safe and robbing several
Astoria residences, officers Tuesday eve-
narrow steel saws
secreteu in mine's shoes. The men
were being searched before being turned
over to the district attorney. The saws.
wnica wouia nave served to cut prison
bars easily, were iconfiacated. ,
Shortly after the men were arrested
in Portland, one of them was detected
trying to do away with a mmI iimm.
This was recovered. Its blada rst
fee try into prints found at the scene of
the Astoria robberies. Tbe. two pleaded
ruilty to charges of larceny front's,
dwelling - and - burglary and were re
manded to the county Jan la default f
91500 bonds. . They wty be given a formal
neaiinff rrtaay.
Florence when Crawford shot him in
the back," Wallis testified. "He died
next day.
COBPORAL IS PROMOTED '
"Crawford was tried, acquitted, pro
moted to a sergeancy and given a 20
day .furlough."
Wallis charged that when witnesses to
th shooting were questioned by officers
the officers shut them up "as soon as
they told the true facts." -:
"They told us they "had enough of
that. The only witness they called at
the trial were general prisoners who j
were under long prison te ran." ' i
Senator Watson interrupted to. read aj
telegram he received today from Charles
Miller of Chattanooga, saying he ' was
an eye-witness to the killing of Hally
and would testify about It.
Wallis, fu relating what led up to the
killing, said :
"They had a rule at- tbe camp If a
soldier . reported sick and was marked
'duty" by the doctor, they made him
work, handcuffed him to a fence during
dinnertime, gave hhn no dinner and
made him work again In the afternoon.
HALLT WAS 8ICX v C-
"This man Hally was sick and in the
afternoon he said he could not work..
"Ton refuse to work, huh T Corporal
Florence said to' him.
"Hairy said Tea," and It was then
Florence hit him and Crawford Shot
him."
Wallis gave the name of Major J. O.
Seaman as one of the officers who had
refused to let soldiers tell him about
the "true facts" of the killing. ;
Watson also read a letter from VT. F.
Brock, Lynndale. Ga who said he was
a witness to the killing of Hally and
"would walk all the way to Washington
to tell about iC
The co mm i tee was to continue its in
vestigation this afternoon Tout when four
witnesses sent word that they could not
attend, it was decided to adjourn the
probe until January 4.
other Tnild reservationists" advocated.
It was understood that he took the view
that there is no necessity for the senate
attaching reservations to the treaty such
as he ;and the "mild reservation is ts"
themselves sought to fasten upon the
Versailles treaty. . ; V;-V;
It was also stated that Senator Lodge
felt satisfied with the situation sa it has
developed since he and Senator Under
wood of Alabama, another - American
delegate te the conference; 'discussed the
treaty with the president at the White
House last night. , - f
It was explained that the president
was under the impression that the term
"insular dominions" referred to the Jap
anese "mainland"? until It was pointed
out to him that Japan herself does not
consist of a "mainland" In the strictly
continental or geographical sense, but
merely comprises an archipelago of
islands or "Insular dominiona,"
HASDISa DISPLEASCBE DE5IED
It was denied that the president was
personally dissatisfied with the treaty or
would refuse to submit It to. the senate
because of the conflict of opinion as to
just "What It does mean.
The demands of Senator McNary and
other Tnlld reservationists". that the
treaty not be ratified without reserve
tkma. altered materially the complexion
of the . senate situation, ( It was admit
ted that it might lead to an open "break"
between them and Senator Lodge and
other Republican leaders who rerard
the treaty in Its present form as "en
tirely satisfactory.
The move of McNary and bis Repub
lican associates was hailed: with expres
sions of mingled delight and aooroval
by the senate Trreconcilablea" opposed
to the' treaty,
Beer Bill Coming -
Up After Hdlidays
Washington. Dec. 2L U. P.V-An
amendment to the Volstead act permit-
rung the sale or light wines and beer
will be - considered by the bouse ' ways
and mMM mnmitfM sftM tk KnltlaL-,
I Chairman Fordsey announced today.
Just few more flurries of snow, an
other cold morning and then rain and
warmer weather for Portland. said the
weatherman after be glanced over the
weather map this morning and saw high
er temperature to the east, a retrogres
sive storm on the coast and a modera
tion of the cold wave to the north.
For- the first time tn three days the
Official weather bureau thermometer re-
corded a temperature above freesmg
when it reached the 34 degree mark at 1
o'clock this afternoon. A warm sun was
the influence that sent the mercury up.
The weather man also noted that the
thermometer had risen a little higher
at observation- time. The mercury stood
at 24 degrees at I o'clock or 2 degrees
warmer' than Tuesday morning and 9
degrees warmer than Monday morning.
On the coast the map showed that the
storm which was expected to bring heavy
northeast gales only took a swing, at
the coast and then backed off to sea
again. A wind velocity of CO miles was
recorded at Tatoosh Island and 24 miles
a North Head. This prank of the ocean
storm brought a little snow to Portland
early this morning, the weather bureau
reporting the fall to be .7 of an inch.
'More snow today and again tonight;
not heavy. Snow Thursday, turning to
rain," was the language of K. L. Wells,
district forecaster, this morning.
A review of the temperatures show a
moderation of the cold wave to the
east and north and a slight tightening up
to the south. The temperatures this
morning were: -Baker, 20; Umatilla, 17;
ugene, 19 ; Albany. 22 ; Salem, 22 ? Roee
burr. 2S3 Marshfield, 2. and Seattle, JO.
Ail of the rain normally due the
Northwest at this time of the year seems
to hsrve been dropped on Southern Cali
fornia at one time, according - to the
weather bureau reports. "Los Angeles re-
ported a fall of 2.34 inches and San
Diego 1.99 inches.. -
Disappointing to the youngsters who
have been sharpening up their skates.
Is the verdict of H. 13. Weigand of the
park bureau, about skating on the pond
in Laurelhurst park. The tee, Weigand
said, was not solidly frosen by the cold
weather and is dangerous The' rise in
temperature this morning, he Said, un
doubtedly ended all hope of tee sports,
at least' for - the' present. y " ; .--Some
skaters ventured of Guilds lake
City BondsAre Sold
At Premium of $3.60
City of Portland improvement bonds,
bearing ; per cent interest. brousTbt
premium 'ef $3.90 on flOO tms mornmg
wnen tne Seattle National sank and the
Lumbermens Trust company of this city
were awarded, the S17.070.SO issue Fif
teen bidders participated in the ssJeand
In each case a premium was bid on the
bonds. Tbe second TaigK bid for tne
bonds- was 2103.02,- while the third was
for 2105.15. , -
Lesion, pee. tL (L Tf. 8.) It was
predicted by-the highest possible pollU
sal aataority Is -tendon this afteraeen
tha,t Daa Elreana will 'set ratify the
Irish pesos treakr-asd has already t
rlord .to asJbmlV Jhe f srettoa, . ta
tiosal vele. ,
i By ' Daniel O'CesneU
Dublin Dec 2i.L N. a The Sinn
Fein delegation accepted the Irish peaee
treaty as. the ., result of a- three-hour
ultimatum from Premier Lloyd -. George
which did net give them time to consult
their colleagues in Dublin, it was re
vealed In' Dail Eireann today by G.
Gavan Duffy, a member of the delega
tion. . ' " .. - .''- . - -. , , . - ; ,
Duffy made - his ' statement in course
of debate, in Daii on the treaty; - ''
"Premier Lloyd George served as ultl-
Rialnnrupon us on December 4," said he.
"He was not play acting.. We bad only
three hours, to- decide and we did not
have time to consult w-ith Daii Eireann
of the eablneU".- ..'v .7 , '
It was a question of either pesos or
war. said Duffy. - J- r '
He continued : - ."The situation was
most critical during the long course of
the peace negotiations. Ws were sent
as peace delegates but were suddenly
transformed 1 into representatives with
the deciding power of peace or war. '
"If it waa te be war, then tresh hordes
6f savares would be unloosened upon
Ireland. We test the republic of Ire
land to 'save the people of Ireland. It
was with a heavy heart that I signed the
pact" ..:' -
TBE ATT CITES POWER J
Duffy told of the . powers the treaty
would give Ireland, saying: "The pact
gives Ireland power to control her own
government as well as to resist military
aggression. Our government has the
power to relegate the king of England
"to the outer darkness it desires.
Forty, more speakers were still to be
heard on the treaty when Dail Eireann
reconvened. It appeared certain that A
vote could not be bad before tomorrow
night, possibly Friday. It is believed
v ;; j Ralph Wstses t'XK
' f Joomal Staff .CowMpoodeat: : ,'
State House. Salem. Dee, 3i. ;Tlie fair
program was shoved , up to the end of
the precipice in the house this mornlne, -hung
there by a thread and was finally
saved. for the time being by shunting, the -V
thing onto tpe taote ana aajourning un
til 2 o'clock In the afternoon, , ,
The first open " battle i on the floor .
started w hen, at 11 :30 o'clock, the lous
reached the special Order under which
it had agreed to consider all fair legio .,
latidn together, ' Just prior to that ttmo
the GriffltlvKerr .gasoline, tax proposal
came Into the house) from committee and
an effort w-as made by Kubll to haw
this, together with all other fair legis- j
lation, put over juntil 4 o'clock in th.
afternoon tinder "special order at that -time....
';,,- - ;; :, " - , .
POIKT 18 RAISED ,
In the 'midst of this fdiscusslon thi"
clock marked 11 :20 and utdf r the rules I
tike house went to the consideration of.
its -snecial order, leaving the Kubli .
propeeairup in the air. W &
. Bennett of " Coos at once. moved . to -Indefinitely
. postpone the Kubll- fsir.
resolution, providing for the imposUlou
of a 9i.O00.000 property tax on the state.
This motion was debated at length and
a little after noon. In the midst of te,
bate, Hindmsn raised the point of or
der that the indefinite postponement of
the Kubll resolution would preclude tuv
consideration of 'the 'fair, proposal at .
any subsequent time "unless by a two .
thirds vole of the house, under ths rule
that when a! matter covering one rer
tain subject Is indefinitely , poetiioned ,
the same subject could not again bo -
considered during the session. .
BITBDICK TO' FROST r ' ' -
Sneaker Bean held that he would
rule If the question came up to htm and
Burdick saved the day by moving that
Bennett's motion , to indefinitely post
pone the Kubll resolution be laid on tnu
table.,. Kay then moved to adjourn un
til 2 o'clock.: when the house .will con-
tirwie Its consideration of the fair le
Islatlon.
- Bennett, who is opposed to- a fair tmv
drT sny coaslderatlon:, probably did hot
have, the end in view towards which, bin
motion tended. H took the position lit .
making his motion Cor Indefinite . post-
ponement that the proponents of the
position ' had' abandoned tbe idea of .
property tas and that It ' would clesi1 .
j ...
CurHided on Pace Two. foluma Two)
(Coarludrd.ea Pare Two. Ooloma Vour)
BILL REGULATES
SPEED OF AUTOS
State House, Dee. 21. Regulation of -the
speed of motor vehicles "by some
adequate . signal; alarm or other device"
attached to the automobile or truck is
proposed by Senator Joseph In a bill In- -.
trodueed this morning. ' "
Joseph's bill would create a commie-
ston consisting of the secretary of state, '
the chief deputy of the state traffic
squad and the cantata" of . the traffic ?
department ef the police bureau of Port
tend to. work and Improve the proposed
device and administer the act. ; . ; r
The device to be selected by the oom
misslon would be attached to every .fno- -tor
yehicle in Oregon and sealed under : "
the supervision of the commission and
will be designated to affectively prevent "
the : operation of any motor vehicle in j;
excess of the maximum speed provided
by law without giving proper and ade- '
quate warning or signal thereof, . , ,
Operation of a vehicle without the de- V ',
vice would be made punishable by- a";
fine of - not - to xced 910O or by ,1m- ..
prlsonient in tbe county jail for, not
to exceed 90 days or by both fine and . '
imprisonment .. - ,
Irrf rank as a world port during
(Coachidad on Pass 'Two. Coloata Ooel
Coast Guard Goes
To Hescue of Tugl
And Crew Of f Coos
Marshfield. Dec 2L The Coos Bay
coast guard crew in powerboat tuts
gone to the assistance Of an unidentified
tag which seems to be havtng- trouble,
with a barge in tow. . The tug was off
Cape Arago ana from' tbe lighthouse
It - apposed that an effort Waa being
made to get Into Coos bay. ' The .harbor
tug- Fearless left is give assistance. The
tuc - probably- has no wireless, - as no
message has been received at the local
radio station. - ; - '
fSff- ' -'; -" - -ii 'v iiS ;
Hi
il ore than eight ha hdredt vessels
have entered and cleared the port
BuringviJwififsi oV
ivlu)0 ioltheisdd
'jn?ships.2ri
Chawei$fmty
WtipnclwjactittiesWfd
havet: featured; the year's develop- "
; , The whole story tvill be told in the
ChrlsitnapUmberj cf . The Sunday
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