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The Statesman receives the -leased wire report of the As sociated Press ; the greatest aud most reliable preRs assoc iation In the world. DAILY EDITIOU 8IXTV-KI;ilTIl YKAIt XO. 5 SALKM. OKKtiON, frit I DAY MOItMMj, MAY 24. 1M1H r RULING MAY. HOT PUT END TO BASEBALL Point to Remain Undecided Until Question Is Raised in Individual Cases After July First v WAR DEPARTMENT IS DELUGED WITH QUERIES Idlers Swept Away by New Army Draft Regulation Ef fective Soon CHICAGO. May 2 3. Activities of the I. W. W. In 'attempting, to or ganize the miners at Btte. Mont. and 'the strike and violence which followed culminating in the ly ach ing of Frank II. Little. An rust 1. 191?, were graphically described to- Aav at tht trial o? 112 I. W. W leaders before Federal Judga Landisl by Charles L. Stevens. A. L. Walliser and Harold W. Creary. who .vcre em ployed in Hutte as reporters, when the trouble occurred. Walliser told hof. an ooen air mass meeting of miners in Pntte July 19 at which Frank II. Little, member of the general executive board of the I. W. W and others delivered seditious - addresses." The Witness said . Little attacked the na tioaal and state governments, the capitalistic class and referred to sol diers as "Uncle Sam's unitormed scabs." "Pershing's yellow legs and thugs." Talked with Governor. Walliser said Little repeated a' con versation! had with Governor Campbell of Arizona, h rtl7 after several hundred I. W. W. members had been deported from Eisbee. Ari. in which the governor asked Little what he intended to do In the event the strikers. Io: t their fight; In reply to the question. Lit tle said he told the governor he would call a strike or tht workers on the farms, logging camps and In -munition plants and other indus tries. "Why, you wouldn't do that .-Mie h countrv 13 at war. would you?" asked Governor Campbell. Little replied: "I don't give a damn who your country Is fighting. am fighting for the solidailty of labor." Little said 50,00) men al ready wert on strike en farms and 40,000 out in the logging camps. Own-Examination Lengthyl The witness said the I. W.IW. were against everything in Butte and their activities caused a reign of terror, followed by strikes and blood shed. .. ' . 4. ' He was cross-examined at length by George F; Vanderveer, chief counsel for the I. W. W., who al ternated to show that "the iriner a strike was caused by the death of 260 workmen in the. Speculator nilne fire which he contended wai due to the failure to provide manholes in the bulkheads. The attorney ar nA that the strike anl trouble which resulted was causrl by accident. this The witness sal dhe had nfCI irtinis heard that the bodies of the vi were told for $12 each. Walliser Here Second Lot i (Continued on page . i This lot, while mostly small sizes 2 Vfc to 4, includes some of the best stock in the house. Fine kid and gunmetal lace and button with, medium full toe and low to medium heel, Goodyear welt soles. FORMER PRICES $3.00 to 3.85 now. ......... . - $2-50i ALSO CHILDREN'S, MISSES AND BOYS' LOW SHOES AT GREATLY REDUC ED PRICES. Mail Travels Two Miles A Minnte by Airplane NEW YORK. May 23. A record was established today In the aerial mail service -when the trip from Washington to thl city was made In two hours and fifteen minutes by air planes equipped with Liberty motors. Notwithstanding fog and rain en countered near Philadelphia.! the plane flying to that city from the capital made excellent time and af ter the pouches had been transferred to another machine piloted by Lieu tenant Bonsai, it required only fifty minutes to complete thetrip to New York. Most of the time the planes travelled at more than two miles a minute. , ' BOTH RIARION AND POLK ARE OVER THE TOP Total Counted $44,100 or $5,100 in Excess of Allot ment for Drive SOME TOWNS. NOT YET IN Half Has Not Been old, De clares Local Quarters, at . End of Day City of Salem ...... .-, I Silverton ....... $22,000 3.500 KOO COO COO COO r,oo 400 900 700 . I3,r,oo $44,100 Aumsville and Shaw. Hubbard Donald ............ nervals I St Paul Hrooks . . . ...... Jefferson .......... 4 ML Angel ..... Polk county ....... 'With a total definitely reported for Marion and Polk counties of $44. 100, the second Red Cross War Fund drive continues. i Th abrfve sum Is in excess of the combine dallotment , for the two counties by $3100, and not more than half the outlying communities i nMarlon county have reported. Silverton says it will double to $3500 already raised, making n aL eregate of $7000 for that commun ity. With reasonable calculations for the communities yet to report, in cluding sums in excess of allotments tally anticipated, it would be within Conservative estimates to say the two counties will raise $12,000 to $13, 000 in excess of their allotment or a total of approximately $52,000. People overlooked during the can vass continue to come te drive head quarters and make voluntary suo scripUons. Headquarters will be open to receive contributions until Monday evening. May 27. . Any bank In the city will receive and receipt for payments on pledges. rinvtr.lR MAKES fJIFT. pw YORK: May 23. Increased b gift of $1,000,000 from tl n.mAvIa f nrnoration. New lOl rCity's total for the second Red Cross , . tonight within $8,- AAo nan r the r tv's- ornciai allot ment of $25,000,000. Is Rjeal Footwear THAT ALL CAN AFFORD i NW are closing out broken lots of Women's low Shoes also some hih shoes that will mean a wonaenui saving MSst of these Shoes are, of course, not so much on up-to-dateness, but they are certainly strong on quality. The 4 Former prices quoted here are from 50 per cent to 75 per cent below the present market prices so it is easy to see that these are not ordinary bargains but "extraordinary" money saving opportunities. First Lot $1.75 This lot is made up of black and tan Oxfords (as illustrated) also pumps in various styles-medium full toe and low to ediuni heel The workmanship and quality is first class, sixes 22 to 6, former price $2.75,, $3.00 and $3.65, now. $2.50 , . -' JUDGE DENIES COUNT'SPLEA FOR FREED OF, Carpenter Upholds Presiden tial Warrant Calling for In ternment of Swift's Son-in Law FORMAL DECISION TO - BE READ THIS MORNING Relatives of Minoito May At tempt to Carry Case Into Higher Court CHICAGO. May 23. Count Jam Minotto's plea for freedom on a writ of habits corpus from interment on a presidential warrant was denie 1 late today by Federal Judge Carpen ter. The judge withheld reading a formal decision , until tomorrow morning, allowing the count to pass tonight with his wife. Countess Ida May Swift Minotto. daughter of Louts F. Swift, packer. The count's counsel had admitted the government attorney's disclosure that the count's father. Count Ie metrius Minotto. was born In Vienna and not In eVnice, though the Min otto. family is declared tp be of an cient Venetian lineage. Tha count had never denied that he was bora in Germany. "If I ruled In favor of the petition er (the count) the president of the nation would be powerless to deal with the thousands of men In this country who were born in Germany of parents foreign to Germany." said the judge in delivering his finding on the habeas corpus action. "I be lieve that the law wase devised to include all men who were born In Germany and raised and educated la that country and vrho might have all their sympathies with Germany." It was believed that when the members o fthe Swift and Minotto families and their array of counsel left the court rsom that they would make an attempt to carry the case higher in the United States court. PORTLAND WILL GET STEEL MILL Eleven Acre Tract Purchased! - . . I for Erection ot riant and .; . Furnace PORTLAND. May 23. The Pacific Coast Steel company, now operating plants at San Francisco, Seattle and Irondale. Wash., will begin at once the erection here of a $750,000,000 rolling mill and open hearth f urn- . An eleven acre tract has been pur chased for the purpose. The plant will have an output of 400,000 tons a month, will employ between 400 and 500 men and will have a payroll of $50,000 or more a month. This announcement was made late wit t.v T s. Clingan. general man !l ager, and C. P. Burgess, superintend ent of the company's plant at Seattle. r. . . . . . - ... Third Lot $4.95 This is NOT a broken lot but a complete line of the finest "Shoe Soap Kid" to be had. It's a button Shoe with plain, toe, French heel and flexible sole a truly high grade boot. All sixes, 3 to 7 in a, b and c width. FORMER PRICE was $7.00, now. . . . .$4.95 What Will the Poor Tots ! Do Soon? Baby Carriages ' rl t may uo in luxury ,iass 23. War conditions confront ing the steel industry soon may force suspension of plants en gaged in making baby carriages, it was declared today at a "war service" conference of 30 mem bers of the Ntional Baby Vehicle 1 Mai con wit Wa Manufacturers association to consider wartime cooperation h the. economy board at Washington., RYAN IS NOW 252 IN LEAD Returns on State Treasurer Race Are Complete But Not Official PORTLAND. May 23. Complete unofficial returns of last Friday's primary tonight indicated the nomi nation of Thomas F. Ryan for stato treasurer by a plurality of 252 overl (. P. I Luff. It was considered pos- fciDie mat oiiiciai returns might change this result. P. E. 0. SLOGAN . PLEDGE TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS .... . . Convention of Sisterhood Ends Mrs. McCaw Elect ed President MEETING PLACE PICKED Eugene Women to Be Hosts in 1919 Stars Added to Service Flag ' Adopting 'as slogan for the com ing year "A Liberty bond for every chapter." the p. E. O. Sisterhood closed their annual state convention in the Commercial club rooms yes terday afternoon after spending three days discussing business and bringing to the attention of the mem bers the patriotic work of the vari ous chapters. j Election of officers was the prin Em V1CI cipal event of the final session. Mrs. ma L. McCaw of Portland, first vice president of the grand chapter. was chosen president; Mrs. Lena Odell Of Portland, first vice presi dent; Mrs. Mary Logan of Albany. second vice president; Miss Margaret Copeland of Portland- organizer; Mrs. Edna C. Drownton of La Grande recording secretary;. Mrs. Illanche L. Murphy, Portland, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Arlette Lawrence of Woodburn. treasurer. To Meet in Eugene. The meeting place for next year will be Eugene, the Invitation to th? convention -being presented by Mrs. Martha S. Ilowen. Another blue star was added to the new service flag for Miss Ken ney. a nurse from Ietroit and a mem ber'of the Portland P. E. O.. who Is now In France. A gold star was alo placed on the banner for Earl Brooks son of Mrs. Hrooks of Chapter E !n Portland. One of the last acts of the conven tion was the presentation of $10 to the Salem Ited Cross. Itettolutbm of Thanks. The committee on resolutions pre sented the following report, which was a-eepted: "Resolved that we. as a sisterhood, exnress our sincere thanks and ap preciation to our preEldent, Mrs Jessie W. Kirk, and to all of the of ficers of the Orfgon grand chapter for thir very helpful and efficient administration: to the sisters ot Chapter G for the hearty welcome to their city, the generous hospitality extended us. including the munificent girt of the I1.I.L.S (husbands) fra ternally, the ddicious luncheon serv ed at the Hotel Marion with Its de lightful appointments, the wonder ful automobile drive about the charming city made possible by the cooperation of the II. I. L. for the beautirul baskets or flowers present ed to the convention, to the florist and other business houses for their artitic decorations in honor of the convention, to the Meyers Urothers store for their courtesy and interest shown by their window displav of aviation vests made by Chapter O of Albany, tthe.Y. M. C A. for their hospitality extended to ns, to Mrs. Killer and her helpful and Inspiring heart to heart talk with the mem bers of her family, to Miss Wlllard of Pacific university for her scien tific and learned address to the news paper women, Mrs. Tlll T. Kirk and Miss Margaret Copeeland. -for their reports of the convention and to anr and all who mar have contfftuted to the success of the convention." y During the day greetings and re ports were sent in from Vale. Enter prise and The Dalles, the three ehap (Contlnned from page 1) (Continued on page 2) PROHIBITION CLAUSE WITH BILL PASSED House Approves Food Admin istration Measure Authoriz- 1 ing Expenditure for Agri culture USE OF FOODS F0K LIQUOR FORBIDDEN Bone Dry Advocates Prepare to Campaign in Senate for Provision WASHINGTON'. Ma 22.-Tbe d ministration- food production bill. authorizing the department of agrl cuture to spend $10. 864.000 , to In crease production, was passed by the house late today with a provision stlp anting that the principal appropri ation of $6,100,000 for the expenses of county agents, shall cot be avail able nnless the I resident Issues a proclamation forbidding the use of foods for the manufacture of liquor. Prohibition advocates won their fight by a vote of 17? to 13 J sustain ing the tentative vote taken Tuesday. They now are preparing to campaign for the provision in the senate. The measure also carries a rider prohibiting the use of the funds to pay salaries of men of draft age who have been given deferred nHitary classification where exemption is bas ed solely on the ground that they are employed in the department of agriculture, in indispensible work. Arnndment liwi ted. The dry amendment wras fostered br Representative RandaU or Cali fornia. Prohibitionist. Its - oppon ents argued vainly against any at tempt to coerce the piesident. Republican mejnbers succeeded In inserting an amendment to Itemize the appropriations. An appropria tion of $500,000 for use of the de partment of agriculture to mobilize farm labor, was stricken out. Among the items contained in the bill are: For the prevention and eradication of diseases of livestock. $1,058,975; for procurinr seeds to sell to 'farmers at cost. $2,600,000: for the prevention and eradication of plant disease. $811,300; for In creasing food production, eliminating waste and promoting conservation by aducatlonal and demonstrations! methods through countv. district and or ban agents. $6,100,000. EDWARD GITTINS PASSES BEYOND Former Willamette Alan, Re cently Drafted, Is Victim of Pneumonia T!1 ward Oittens Jr a former Will amctte university student, who re- cently went to camp Lewis, died yes terday afternoon in Portland after a short Illness with pneumonia. His bride of few months was with him at the time of his death. He waa 30 years old. The funeral will be held in- Salem tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock fronx the Leslie Methodist church. The young soldfer was a former Theo logical student and the son of Rev! and Mrs. Edward Gittins of this city. Word reached his relatives .Mon day, that he was ill at Camp Lewis. His wife joined him there but aa she could not lemain with him Jn the camp he was taken to the Good Sa maritan hospital in Portand. Fol lowing an operation about a year ago. Mr. Gittens had not regained his strength and waa not well when he Went into the service with the last draft. . For four years he had served a printer's apprenticeship in ,the com posing room of The Statesman office. He was married to Miss Ethel Thom as, a stenographer In the state li brary, last fall. He left the States man December 22. 1917. and started to work In a railroad shop at The Dalles. He entered railroad service in the army when drafted. Besides hjs widow and parents, he Is survived by three sisters and a brother. They are Mrs. Mary Mlshler of Woodburn. Mrs. Frances Gittins Brown or Culver. Or., Miss Margaret Gittins or Salem and Robert Gittins who Is a railroad man at Wlllamina. ITALY-AM F.RICtX HAY CELE BRATION'. WASHINGTON. D. C May 21. Nearlr all of the public men in Wah ingtoo. including the President, cab inet officials, senators and repiesen tatlves. appeared today wearing hut tonleres showing Italy's Tolors. In this and other ways they contributed to the celebration of Italy-Ameiica day. commemorating the third annl Ternary of Italy's entrance into the war. " Wage Plan Agreement Ends California Strike SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. A strike of approximately 790 Sa Francisco warehousemen was ended late today when the employers and men agred to a new wage fan evol ved by Ralph P. Mtrritt. federal food commissioner for California. The men will return to work tomorrow. The strike started early today. Conference Recommends State Detention Home PORTLAND, May 23. With the adoption of a resolution urging the Oregon legislature at Its next session to provide for establishment of a stale detention home for the intern ment and treatment of persons af flicted with social ills, as a measure of protection to soldiers. Oregon's first state-wide war conference closed its two-day session tonight. More than 40 cities and communities were rep resented at the sessions, as were al so the state and federal governments. WEEPING JURORS HEAR DEFENDANT TELL HER STORY Grace Laik Describes First Meetings With Dr. David Robcrti MANY WOMEN , IN -TEARS School Teacher to Continue Testimony TodayIs Ur ' der Great Strain - WAUKESHA. Wls Mar 23 With two Jurors and many spectators in tears. Orac eLask brought to a dra matic conclusion late today her own story, of her life almost up to the laying or Mrs. Miry Newman Rob erts for which she is now on tiiaL Swaying in the- witness chair at times, as if on the verge of collapse, often lowering her voice until it vu almost inaudible, she denied that she had ever panned Dr. David Roberts and charged that he. first appealing for her help in the prep-atioa of a hook, finally won her sympathy br telling of his unhappy .home life. Arter describing many meetings In Chicago and other places during two years. Miss Lusk told of arranging a conference with Dr. Roberts ia a Mil waukee hotel In May. 117. about a month before the tragedy. It was to this meeting which she rat Tied the pistol with which she later shot Mrs. Roberts. Mrs. Roberts Wronged. I had decided that the situation had to be straightened out. the tes tified, "and that If Dr. Roberts , did not care for me, I would take my ov life. I told him how sincere I had been in my affection. How I would never' have allowed it to start If he had not assured me that Mrs. Rob erts did not care for him. Th'ngj now were beyond my control. My repu tation was gone and my life mined. Mrs. Roberts also was hopelessly wronged. - If this had be-n a game on his part, and 4f I had ben st slm P' hot to have understood It. 1 would have taken theconsequences. "Then he said he cared ten thous and times more for me. I asked hli to tell her. He said it was in possi ble. I again asked him if he cared for me. He assured me that he did. I then took the pistol, made hici put his right hand on a bible and asked him to swear that he wosl-i go home and tell the truth. He said that It was Impossible at that time. I said that I would give him until th 15tb of Jane and .he then swote that he would tell Mrs. Roberts that we cared for each other. I told him to ask for his freedom and he said 'do yon think that will be cecesvary if I telTthe truth. Then 1 put down the gun and told him that he need not tell her If he did not want to. He raid that he would tl br. that It was better to be -honest." Court Adjourn Karir. At this point Miss Lank paused and .hid her eyes under the brim of her hat. her shoulders shaking with sobs. Two jurymen openly wiped the tears from their eyes while scores of women were weeping in the conrtroov. AMhough it was ten minutes before the usual Urn. Judge Lueck ordered an . immediate ad journment and the,-defendant stag gered to her feet only to almost rail Into her father's arms. Tomorrow ahe will continue her story and later in the day will face a severe cross-examination. Ft lends te& that she will break down under th strain. COXSIDKU MKXICAS CLAIMS. WASHINGTON. May 23. Presi dent Carranta has 'issued a decree creating a commission to consider settlement 'of damage claims arising out of the revolutionary movement In Mexico during the past eight years. An official dispatch today from Mex ico during the past eight year. An Official dispatch today front Mexico City said that three. ot the commis sioners had been appointed and that when the two others named the com mission wll begin work. MRS STOKES CONVICTED ON ALL CHARGES Sentence Deferred by Judge Pending Motion for Ifew Trial to Be Presented June First EFFECT OF DEFENDANTS LETTER IS CONSIDERED Court Points Out Lizilt to Criticism of GoTcremcnt .in Time of War KANSAS CTTT. Mo, May 23. Mn. Rose Pastor Stokes, -charged with violation of the espionage act was convicted by a Jury In federal court tonfght. Mrs. Stokes was evoavieted nnon all three eeunts in the Indictment against her. Arter conferring with Fran els M. Wilson. United States district at torney, and Seymoar Stedman of Chicago. Mrs. Stokes counsel. Jadte Van Valkenburg announced that he would defer sentence pending a mo tion for a new triaL He aet Jane 1 as the date for hearing the motion. Define tongTmlunal Act. The limit to which critic Ism of tha government. may go la time of war tnd the line between objectlonabl and nobjeetionable eritlcigxn waa drawn by Judge Van Valkenhurgh la In structing the Jury. "Our armies and our navies. he declared, in discussing the aigned statement by Mrs. Stokes to the Kxn aaa City Star in which she ?xprese4 opposition to the government, "can operate and succeed only so far as they are supported and maintained by the folks at home and the meatare of their saceeaa depends on the In tensity of their maintenance and scp port. Any statement madt knowing ly and wilfully and with latent to promote1 such Interference with the operation and success of these forces and to promote a corresponding suc cess of our enemies If false, aad known to be false by the one who makes It. comes with la the terms cf this act of congress. . "Anything which lowers the morale of our forces, which serves to chill enthusiasm, extinguishes confidence and retards cooperation, may very well cause Insnrbordlnation disloyal ty or mutiny." The entire charge of the court was devoted to consideration of the er- feet likely to be produced by the let ter or Mrs. Stokes and bow the Jury men were to determine the Intent of the writer, from statements she msde on the witness stand and the teiU mony of other witnesses in addition to her expressed opinions. Right Is Not Isjored. The prosecution or the case la no wise makes invalid the constitution al right of free speech and free press, the court said. Neither the law nor this prosecu tion seek to interfere with the right of opinion nor the proper advocacy of principles with the limitations of the law." he explained. "Honest criticism, made in the Interest of the government and Intended to favor and forward the policies to which It is committed. Is in ofrense; but words nd acts hostile to thesepollcies and Intended to paralyze and defeat the errorts of the government, do not come within that category, and can not te permuted. If attempting to cause Incoord ination, even though Individually and honestly or the opinion that such act Is meritorious, such opinion wonld constitute no defense, he asserted. rending tne ruling upon the mo Mrs. Stokes received the iurrs continue to be at liberty on bond. The specific act noon which Ur. Stokes wss indicted was the writing to the Kansas City Star of a signet communication In which she said fthe was not for the government and did not believe the United States should have the unqualified suDnort of er- every citlten in Its war alma. JOmots No KraoUon. "No government which Is for the profiteers can also be for the peo ple." the letter aald. "and I am for the people while the government la for the1 profiteers." Mrs. Stokes receolved the Jury's verdict without the slightest trace of emotion. As she was leaving the courtroom she declared to those about her that she intended going on With her work regardless of the outcome ot the case. "ir I keep my health she said. I expect to continue my work and if I should be locked up it would make my efforts tremendously more effect ive " The offense for which Mrs. Stok-s wss convicted carried with It a pos sible penalty of a fine or $10,000 or Imprisonment for twenty years, or both on each count. . THE WIL4TITER. Falr: colder east portion with heavy frost la the morning; moder ate northwesterly winds. I