The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 26, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Statesman receives tho teased w.tre report ot tb Asso ciated Press; the xrea'est and moat reliable presi association la the world. TOM TIIK WIUTIIEK " Fair; continued cold. Cratle nt Mir wind. i KlXTV-KHJIITIt ' YK lt NO. aisF" " . .. . ri HALKM, OREGON, Tf KMPAV .M(HCXIN, NUVEMBKIt !3H. lUlH. rtUVKi VtVK fKttTnP DIFFERENCES, OVER PEACE DEVELOPING Jtist How Large Figure Will Be Cut by America Being I Discussed as to the Coming : Peace Table. allies Apparently . wish to control Fourteen Points May Be Rele gated for Different Is ; sues, Possibility (By Tk Associate Prtut PARIS, Nov. 23.-The United State government's Immense diplo matic snccess In obtaining from the allied governments acceptance of President Wilson's points, with only one reservation and addition, is he ft coming dally more apparent, as the 1 preliminaries for the approaching peace congress are being outlined largely on the basis of the presi dent's points. Colonel E. M. House, the special representative of the United States government, when be ai rived here, found little disposition among his American and European friends to accept as a totality the framework of peace a expressed by President Wilson. Some European statesmen considered that the points had work- . ed as a good solvent upon Germany; that they had served their great pur- pose . In their- effect upon German unity, bat that they should not be i observed too closely when it came to formulating the practical details of the settlement. Allied statesmen plalntly put for ward the view that, as the American traditional policy had been one of detachment from Kuropean affairs, , it was natnral for the American gov--f, ernment when the war broke out in , Europe to consider !t a quariel among European nations and to de-! clar its neutrality. ( It was pointed out that for two years and a half the American gov- errmenl observed Its nentrality and called the attention of both groups of belligerents to violations of sea law. Germany's offenses became in. tolarable and America entered Into th war both for that reason and be cause America did have a community of ideals of government and of hu man right rights with the allies, America, as became a great country. . was impelled to pnt forth great ef forts, and she did. Allied statesmen have fully ap preciated the effect of American arms in winning the decision. Neverthe less, it was contended by some, this had been a controversy among Kuro pean nations and the winning group, it was suggested, supposed that America, having accomplished her aims, would return to her detach ment and allow the countries inti mately concerned to arrange a" set - .' tlement, according to the European v viewpoint of the situation. These .statesmen mad it plain that they would receive every friendly , counsel the United States would of fer, the more so -because they knew that .America wanted nothing in a material way for herself, but was in terested only In realizing her ideals. The losses Other belligerents have suffered in comparison with those of the United States alio have been elt t as a reason for the allies having a predominant Influence in shaping the new order in Europe. ' These were some of the concep ' tioas put forward by the allied gov ernments with tenacity and skill, but always in a friendly spirit. ? The contentions of the America government geneially and substan tially were that It had come into the war not alone of specific grievances against Germany, but on account Also of certain fundamental princi ples of Justice and right. These Principles had been announced with fullness several times by the Ameri can government and had resulted in a treat effort by the American peo ple. Looked at from Washington these Prtaeipies. each time they bad been ntinclated in part or in whole, had been received favorably by the. Eu ropean peoples and seemingly by the allied governments. It was not meant to be understood that the American government had thought the allied governments had formally accepted tbem, but the attitude 'of the ministers unofficially and of the Press and of all eminent men out ride the immediate administrations snd of the peoples a a whole had caused the conviction to prevail in Ameroca that these principles had bn approved and accepted as ideals on which the war was' being prose cuted. The American ntnnl r nan een conscious that they were flght- 'g tot terrltor ial or colonial Inter ti or any allied governments; x 'tptlnr Insofar as thesA Mm within the framework of the American, gov ernment's principles. Consequently. was necessary to bring out that these points, having been accepted by .(Continued on page six) OVERSUBSCRIBE IN BIG DRIVE Nation Has Nearly $33,000,- 000 in Excess of Amount Asked of People NEW YORK. Not. 25. Total sub scrlption to the united war wck campaign were 1203.17M2S or $32.- o.u.ss in excess or the amount or iginally asked by the seven war re lief organizations for their wnrV during demobilization of the army and navy, aocording to an offk ial announcement tonight by the na tional campaign committee. This in the largest sum ever raised as an out- ngnt girt la the history of the world. According to the committee, every stsite in the Union, with the excep tion of Pennsylvania and Minnesota. exceeded its quota and confidence was expressed that these state will be! "over the top" when the returns from Philadelphia and Minneapolis are in. OREGON LOSES RIANY CONTRACTS FOR SHIP WORK Orders for all Wooden Sbips Not Now Under Way Are Revoked GIVE PRIVATE WORK Over Nineteen Millions of Dollars Are Cut From Oregon's Share PORTLAND, Nov. 23. Cancella tion of contracts for the building of 29 wooden ships, representing a val ue. if completed, of $19,525,000, was the result in the Oregon district of telegrams tecelved from the Emerg ency Fleet corporation today revok ing all orders for wooden ships not already nnder way. One ship yard that of Klernan & Kern, Immediate ly discharged its working force of 200 men and announced that it would close. The telegram bringing the 'order conveyed also the concession that the shipyards might hereafter accept contracts for private American ac count, but shipbuilders here sai.1 this concession was valueless, because American' shipping men are not now in the market for tonnige, owing; to the prospective - competition of the great government fleet already built Thirteen thousand tnen are em ployed in wooden shipyards in the Oregon district. OAKLAND, Cal.. Nov. 25. Con struction of ten 12.000-ton freight shjps, was stopped today when ap praximatelr 3000 members of the Oakland Boilermakers union quit work to enforce demands for a 44 hour week, payment on the "com pany's time," stoppage of alleged discriminations and improved sani tary conditions at the Alameda plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding cor poration. Officials of the company fcald the men could return to work at any time, so far as the company was con cerned, with assurance that the 44 hour week would be granted and eer tain other concessions made. They declared, however, they were help less to meet the demands of the men without the approval of R. H. Broth erton, examiner for the Emergency Fleet corporation. Conferences be tween Mr. Dr other ton and the strik ing men are under way. ( School Children Enlisted To Fight Pest of Gophers DALLAS. Nov. 23: (Special to The Statesman) -Under the super vision of County Agriculturist II. E Gregory a campaign for the exter mination of gophers and moles is now being earried out throughout the entire county and Judging from the reports coming into the office of that official the school children who are conducting the campaign are more than meeting with success The campaign lasts until the holi days and prizes to the amount of $35 will be distributed to the stu dents making the best showing at that time. Besides being lewarded with prizes, the county pays a boun ty on the scalps of these animals of 5 cents each, which makes the cam paign a money making affair for the participants. 3IISH KIGDOX ILll Word, was received yesterday that Miss Harriett Rlgdon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rigdon of tbla city, is ill of Spanish Influenza at Newport. Miss Rlgdon is a domestic science teacher in the Newport schools and was at home during, the height of the epidemic, returning when the danger was apparently over. Mrs. Rlgdon. her mother, left yesterday to be with her. , DELAY OVER EDE LEGATION n STILL HANGS Li Number to Make Up Ameri ca's Place at Peace Table and Acceptance of Appoin tees Still Uncertain. JUSSERAND WILL GO ACROSS WITH WILSON Signal Honor for French; To Cross on Former German Vessel, Is Plan WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. Delay In the announcement of the names of the American commissioners to! the-peace conference at Versailles I understood to be attributed to two causes. First, that no decision has been reached as to the number, and second, that all of the persons whom the president has In mind for places nave not yet bad an opportunity to signify their acceptance. It is regarded as desirable that the number of the American commis sioners correspond to the number named by each of the great entente powers. Correspondence by cable is now going on between Washington and the entente capitals with the purpose of coming to a common un derstanding on this point. The belief obtains in some quar ters here that the size of the delega tion should be very restricted. A minimum of as low as three has been considered and five seems to meet with some approval. It was said today that, although this might appear to be a small force with which to undertake the' vast amount of Im portant business which is to come be fore the conference, each delegation will be provided with a numerous staff of experts capable of deallna with any questions that might arise and that probably better progress could be made toward the conclusion ot peace by a limited number of com missioners who might be expected to maintain more intimate relations with one another than would be pos sible with a large gathering. In conection with the second cause for delay in announcing the names of commissioners, it was said that some of those Invited to act. partic ularly those of party affiliation op posite to that of the president, scarce ly would care to accept until mey had had an opportunity to study very carefully the Instructions by which the commissioners will be strictly bound Meantime, probably no one but President Wilson Is yet aware of the caoable composition of the American delegation, althongh it is known that Secretary Lansing and Colonel House will be members. If the precedent is (Contlnaed on page six) ELKS' PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Seventy-five Members to Be Honored at Annual Lodge of Sorrow Seventy-five members of Salem lodge. No. 336, H. P. O. Elks who have passed beyond will be honored Jn memoij at the annual lodge ot sorrow Sunday afternoon. The ser vice Is to be held at the Grand Opera house. Arthur C. Spencer of Port land lodie. No. 142 will deliver the address. The program will be as fol lows: Funeral March Chopin Elks' Orchestra Ritualistic Ceremonies ( Lodge Officers Th Praver Perfect" Stenson Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller Eulogy Charles V. Galloway "Crossing the Dar" Wllleby Paul Petri Serenade Tltl Elks' Orchestra The Phomise of Life" Cowen Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller Ad drees - Arthur C. Spencer of Portland Lodge; No. 14Z "Tha Americans Come" Foster Panl Petri Benediction Rev. J. R. Ruck Lillian Jeffreys Petri, Accompanist Following Is a list of those mem bers who have passed away: Charles S. Vivian, founder of the nMr- e. M. Wood. A. Itenlcke. c Hemole. F. S. Dearborn. E. F. Park hurst. S. L. Hayden. F. H. Campbell F. C. Perrlne. W. O. Westacott. A C. Lawrence. J. II. Townsend. George P. Hughes. J. C. Brown. E. C. Young Charles A. Mattlson. James w. hoi len. David V. Vaughn. Tllman Ford W - L West. Charles Scboll. J. L. Skloton. John Stapleton. William M Kaiser, John M. Burton, "Ed Zeyss. 11 nalrvmnle. A. K. Loder. E. C (Continued on page six). I W "BlSSSSSSSSSSBBlSllllllllllllllBSBlSlS Laundry Mark Is Guide to Slayer ' of Portland Cop PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 25. A man said to be John Cyril Laird was arrested at his apartments here to night, charged with the murder of Frank Twombley, a traffic officer, near the Columbia interstate bridge November 19. last. With him was arrested a woman who said she, was his wire. .The police mud she con fessed that Laird committed the crime and that she was with him at the time. .Laird uonied hl guilt. A laundry mark found on the ma terial used in a mask which was found near the scene of the murder led to the arrests. Detectives found the laundry from which it had come and thence followed the trail to its owner. On Laird when he was ar rested was found a draft registra tion card issued in Snohomish coun ty, Washington. He refused to say whether be had lived there. Twombley was slain while he was pursuing a man and a womifn In an automobile who had just held up and robbed C. G. Hfrrman. a brldgetend er, of $123. Tjie robbers then sped away and escapVd. According to she police, Mrs. Laird said she first Wt. Laird at Butte, Mont., a month'ago. and that she ac companied hinvto Vancouver. Wash., where they were married. Her al leged confession was said to have in cluded the statement that Lai id told her he had committed other crimes. Including the robbery of a mall car at Seattle a few weeks ago. FIRST UNITS OF AMERICANS ARE BOUND FOR HOME Expected to Arrive in New York by End of Week, Present Plans SICK AND WOUNDED Transportation Facilities Are Only Bar to Speedy Handling of Rest WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. First units of the American expeditionary forces to return from overseas are expected to arrive in New York about the end o the present wer-k. General Mai.h. chief of staff, an- nounced today that 312 officers and (614 men of the a'- service and oth er detachments training la England now are homeward bound on the Minnekahda. Lapland and Orca. Bristlsh liners. 'lh first two fhlps left Liverpool last Friday anl anoth er vessel sailed on Sunday. This announcement means the movement of the American troops now In England, the majority of whom are In air 3rvIco detachments. will continue ateadliy until all of them, some 20,000, have returned to this country. There are no regiments or other nnits of line troops in Great Britain. The first movement f the larger units, such as brigades and divisions. will come from Frnch ports, it is assumed, as the British tros-channel service undoubtedly is c-ruplet-ly oc cupied with the transportation of re turning British forces. Before General' Mferrhs announce ment. Secretary Baker discussed with newspaper correspondents, the return of American troops from France. Their homeward movements, he said. Is dependent almost entirely upon the limitation of transportation facilities both at sea and in Frarce. Besides employing in thU work the German liners seized In this coun try, Dutch vessels taken over ana all othr avallaoie transport, jk. Baker said some part of the British transport tonnage eraploye l In car rying troops to France will continue to be used in getting tne men nom. He pointed out. however, that Great Britain will needynany of her ships to carry home Canadian. Australian. New Zealand and other colonial forces which have been In France longer than the American armies. The secretary said the great um Ish liners, Mauretania, Olympic and Aquitanla have been In the American transoort service for a year and that the Mauretania still is so encaged. He could not say wnetner me oin er two had been withdrawn. German liners now in German ports, Mr. Baker said, may offer a means of expediting the return of the 'American forces. Present plans are to use these vessels to carry foM to Germany and the secretary said it might be found possible to make aim arranrement under which some Of General Pershing's men could be sent home on tbem. Before sailing to Enrone to arrange for the return of the troops. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board said It was the Dnrnose to use ships now Idle In Ger man ports. Mr. Baker, however, did not Indicate today that any definite (Continued on pagt six) PROBE INTO CHARGES UP BEFORE JURY (Start Is Made Into Latest Mooney Developments and Then Adjournment Taken Until Next Friday. WORKERS PLAN TO QUIT AND SECURE NEW TRIAL Densmore in. Portland De clares He Will Go Before Jury If Called SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25. After having two witnesses appear before It. the county grand Jury adjourned tonight until next Friday morning Its Investigation Into alleged activities In the part of city officials and others disclosed In a report by John 1). Densmoie on certain phases of the conviction of Thomas J. Mocmey for murder. Densmore Is director gen eral of the federal employment serv ice and investigated the Mooney case at the behest of William B. Wilson, secretary of labor. Mooney was con victed of murder In connection with the explosion of a bomb during the preparedness day parade here in July 1916. The witnesses said to have appear ed before the' grand Jury were Wil liam J. Armstrong, an assistant of Densfore In the investigation, and W. M. Turner, manager of a local hotel. Armstrong, it was reported, refused to testify; Turner is said to have told the grand Jury of a time when Mr. Densmore stopped at his hotel. Simultaneously, the Iron Trades council, representing 20,000 workers in the bay district, nut In' regular session at which the published re port and the question of calling a strike In Mooney's behalf were taken up. Officials of the council predict ed that its action would be aglTnst a strike. Mooney is In San Quentln peniten tiary awaitiug execution on Decem ber 13 following his conviction in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosin here July 22. 1916. Densmore and his associates, who were said to have made up the re port, weie subpoenaed to appear be fore the grand Jury, but thus far none of the subpoenas hr.ve been served. It was announced. Densmore is In Portland. Or. William W. Wilson, secretary or labor, under whose Jurisdiction Dens moie Is said to have Investigated cer tain phas es of the conviction of Mooney, was asked tonight by the county grand Jury to have Denirnore return and testify befofe that body. The appeal was made In a telegram from William H. McCarty. foreman of the grand Jury In which h said Densmore was wanted as a witness In connection with th- sifting of charges contained In the Densmore report. PORTLAND. Nov. 25. Before his departure for Seattle tonjght. John U. r-nmor. director general of the United States employment service, said that he was willing to return to San Francisco after completion of his present mission in the northwest. "I rannot abandon my present mis sion." said Mr. Densmore, "nor In terrupt the wotk that I came here to do. but If my presence Is desired be fore the San Francisco grand JJury in connection with the investigation of the Mooney case, I, will return there and testify In the near future. I have telegraphed the foreman of the San Francisco grand jnry to this effoct." IMMENSE HOP SALE IS MADE Over 2000 Bales Sold in Cali fornia at 26 Cents Pound to One Man SANTA ROSA. Cal.. Nov. 23. What Is believed to have been the largest sale of hops made In Califor nia In many years, perhaps since hops first were grown here, was made to day, C. P. Donovan of this city buy ing 2190 bales of hops for 26 cents a pound from local growers. The sale amounted to 110. 000. Hops, which two months ago were of feted st 10 cents n pound with few buyers available, today are at a high figure because of European demand. 3niS. ItOHLK DIES. Mrs. Clara A. Bohle. nee Mack, died at the home of Hy RIedel. 701 North Cottage street, at 11:45 last night. She Is survived by her hus band. William Bohle, and two sons. Frederick W. and James H. Bohle. Death was doe to heart failure. The body, which Is at RIgdon's under taking parlors, will be shipped to Falls City for Intermeit ROSCOE FAVCETT HURT IN PLANE Falls Wnile Starting Flight From England to Paris, Report Received PORTLAND. Nov. 2S Lieutenant Roscoe Fawcett of the United States aeio forces, has b-en seriously hurt by the fall of his plane in England while starting cn a flight to Paris, according to word received today hy his wife here. Ills companion was killed. Before hi, enlistment Lieutenant Fawcett was a Portland newspaper man. He Is a graduate of the Han Diego army aviation school. PERU REMOVES CONSULS FROM CHILE OFFICES Sentiment Aroused Against Alleged Harsh Treat ment of Friday OUTBREAK IS FEARED Disturbances Said to Be Prey alent in Several Chil ean Provinces SANTIAGO. Chllo. No. 23 The Chilean government has derided to withdraw Its consul in Peru In or der to avoid untoward Incidents which might take lUce In case of outbreaks in Pern and Chile. - LIMA. Pern. Nov. 23. It la offic ially announced that Pern has with drawn her consuls from Chile as a result of the renewal of the antl- Pe ruvian rioting In Iqnlqne and Anto- ragasta. BUENOS AIRIE3. Nov. 23 The Peruvian legation here today re ceived the' following dispatch from tne Peruvian minister ot foreign aX fairs: "After the extraordinary outrages at Iqutque Saturday, during which the property of several Peruvians was sacked. Chilean crowds on Sunday at tacked the Peruvian consul at Iuulque. Senor L. Hosa. while he was on his way to the mayor to protest against the riots. "He was carried by a force aboard a small steamer anchored la the port. The authorities and police consented to the outrage and notified the consul that they would not permit bint to disrabsrk. Tpon receiving this rptlce. the Peruvian government has withdrawn Its consular representatives from Chile." News dispatches received here In dicate that the disturbances here arc general in Iqulqne, Antofagasta and PIsagua. and that several Peruvian commercial houses have been wrecked in PIsagua, A dispatch from Buenos Aaires last Friday reported serious demon strations In Antofagasta against Pe ruvian business bona in com quence of a false rumor that the Chi! ean consul at Callao, Peru, had been assassinated bv the Peruvians. No reports are at hand as to the riotlsr at Iqulque and PIsagua. The dispatch from Buenos Alries said that there was great agitation throughout Chile owing to a speech made in La Pas by the Bolivian min ister of war. who Is reported to have aid that the hour had arrived to take back the provinces of Aries and Tacna ari from Chile. The present unrest In Peru. Bolivia and Chile 1 due to desire of Peruvians and Boliv tans to settle the Ttacna and Arlca question under President Wilson's principle of self-determination. The border provinces constitute the AI sace-Lorrajne question of South An erica. The Bnenos Alries dispatch ot Fri dar added that it was reliably stated that Chile had aproached Argentina on the subject of Argentina reruala tng neutral In the event of an out break between Chile and Peru. Two Sons of Polk County Parents Die in Service n. AS. Nov. 23. ISneeial to The Statesman) Mr. and Mr. John Fallin of Falls City have received word from the war department stat ing that their son. Corporal William E. Fallin. was killed in action on October 3 In France. Corporal Fat lin was the oldest son of the family and was one of three brothers who enlisted In the army at the begin ning of the war with Germany. IT Is the second brother to give his life for liberty, another brother. George Fallin. having died of wound re ceived In battle In France as a mem ber of Company C. 117th Field Sig nal corps. Corporal William Fallin was 22 years otd at the time of his death and was attached tn the B company of the Fourth United States engineers. RED FLAG IS SIGNAL FOR BOLDATTACK Soldiers and Sailors Sail Into Mob of Internationalists in New York Following Meet ing There, POLICE UNABLE TO STOP ANGERED MEN Attacks on Government Are Cause of Action Taken bj Serrice Men NEW YORK. Nov. 23.Hnndrel of soldiers, tailors and marines broke h rough a cordon of uolic surround- ng Madison Square Garden tonight and attacked laternstional Socialists who had attended a mass meeting at which UoUbevtk doctrines were ex pounded. The men and women leaving- the hall troke and fled as the men In uniform charged past the po lice bnt were pursued into the street In all directions. The attack on the Socialists came at the close ot a meeting which threatened from the moment it be gan to break Into a riot. It was called ostensibly to protest against the execution of Thomas J. Mooney but Scott Nearing. who presided, aad the other speakers devoted most of their attention to pleas for the re lease of 'political- offenders . Several men and women were ar rested for displaying red flats smug gled Into the garden in defiance ot an edict by Mayor Hrlan. Larre numbers of men la uniform entered the building before the doors were locked with the avowed determina tion of preventing atUcks upon the government. They were restrained with difficulty by police and detect ives from making an assault on the stage. Scores of fist fights wera interrupted by officers. Soldiers and sailors who were un able to get Into the meeting sent out patrols to rosnd up all the men la uniform who could be fonad to Join the charge on the Socialists which had been planned to take place wnen the oratory was ended and in ternational I its started for their homes. Madison siusre was the rallying point for the military. They quickly staged an impromptu mass meetlcr at which speakers denounced the. "Bolshevik!." They were cheered not only by the men in uniform, but by civilian sympathisers. When someone called upon "Loyal Ameri cans' to charge the garden and at tack the Internationalists several hundred responded. They were driv en back, however, by mounted police and men on foot who had surrounded the buildlnx. Realifing that they had faf.ed In their first attack, the soldiers and sailors resumed their meeting and awaited the arrival of reinforcements. Probably 1000 men of both branches of the service had assembled by tho time the meeting adjourned. The opening of the doors of the garden was the signal for the second charge which the police were onaM to repel. The soldiers and sailors fought their way past swinging nltht sticks and attacked the Socialists, who had parked the big building. Almost instantly, the square was filled with yelling, running, flghtln men. The screams of women, most of them wearing red roses or carna tions in lieu of the forbidden fU. rose above the din as they clawed and scratched the soldiers and sailors who were pumniellng the male' So cialists. Mounted police, reinforced by auto mobile loads of reserves, rushed from every station house within a radios of miles, strnrrled valiantly to clear the square, but made little progress, .nldlers and sailors, thoroughly an gered by what they considered an in vidious attack on the flag, they had sworn to defend, paid little attention to Mows from night sticks. They were bent on getting revenge from the Internationalists and many ot them succeeded. The square was cleared of milling men only when the Socialists by ones and twos in groups broke and fled. The scrimmage In the park was then transferred on a smaller stale to into every neighboring street. Groups' of Socialists soon were run ning along Fifth avenue, a half a north and south of Twenty-sixth street, pursued by shouting uni formed men. most ot them hatless and ccatless. f When they went to the meeting the men. almost without exception, wore red neckdes because red flags were nnder official ban. These red ties were the special mark of soldiers and sailors. After the firht they were cherished as souvenirs. Hundreds of the Socialists wer beaten, but so far as could be learned none was seriously hurt. The police had the situation well In band an hour after the clo of . the Meeting and the street was cleared except for stragglers. (Continued oa past six J. 1