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6IXTT-E1GHTII YEAR
KALKM, OREGON', FRIDAY M()U.MS(i, MAUUIl 21, IBIO
rnjcE five o:vr
Dim DIES
AT HOME IK
OREGON (M
Clackamas County Senator
afid PiatlVe OX Marion Conn-)
tv Known Widelv for Wnrlr
iy Inown niueiy I0r WOtti
in State Legislature.
NEWS RECEIVED HERE 1
BY GOVERNOR OLCOTT
Constitution of L e g li la tor
Weakened by Labors at
Recent Session 1
; OREGON CITY, Ore., March 20
, (Special to The Statesman) State
Senator Walter A. Dimick, once rep
resentative of Clackamas county in
.the Oregon house of representatives
and a member of the state senate
at the las, five sessions of the leg
Mature, died, at his home nre at
had been, confined. to. his home for
two weeks. Senator. Dimick. was 40
years old.(, He was torn In Marion
'.county.. t '.... : - ;
After taking an active part rathe
laat session of the legislature. Sen
ator Dimick was In a weakened phy
slcal condition during the last, days
of the session.! Several times he
was absent from the senate chamber
at roll call, which was commented
upon as unusual. s Returning to his
home here at the conclusion of the
; session he resumed his law .practice
with his. cousin and law partner.
Judge Grant B. Dimick. Tw weeks
ago his physical, condition became
such that he was compelled to re
main at his home and had not. been
at his office since., Tit's nature of
his ailment was not ascertained, hut
is believed to have -been complica
tions arising from , a stomach .- all
ment. : '
! Senator Dlraicsf was born Angus
20, 1879, at Hubbard. Marion coun
ty, on the old Dimick donation land
claim. His early education was re
' celved fn the public school at Hub
bard. Later he entered Pacific uni
versity at Forest Grove wh?re ho
was graduated wllli the class wf
1902. He was admitted to the orac
tlce of law fa 1904 and immediately
entered Into a partnership with
Judge Dimick, his cousin. He b.
' came city recorder for Oregon. City
In 190S and in 1909 was elected to
the lower house of the legislature.
, He was elected state senator for the
seaslonof 1911 and had served in
the senate . at every session since
that time and was a hold-over sen
ator for the session of 192 1.
Senator Dimick was married in
1908 i to Miss Oro Caples of Forest
Grove. Besides 'Mrs., Dimick, one
-son, Norman, survives. ;
i. .Senator Dimick was member of
V the Elks lodge at Oregon City. Ar
rangements for the funeral have not
' been announced. In th cemetery at
Hubbard is 4be. grave of a younger
brother, Ralph .Dimick; famous ia
i (Continued on page 2)
OCEAN SPADO) BY HUMAN VOICE
Washington Officials, Using Wireless Telephone Converse
With President Wilson on .Transport in Brest Harbor
WASHINGTON, March 20 !
Should occasion i have demanded .- it- '
officials fn the country, could have
talked directly to President Wilson
by wireless telephone at any tima
while he was returning to France on
the George Washington,
per. chief of the radio division of
the naTy dePartment bureau of
lteam engineering, said tonight that
wireless telephone - message were
sent .dally to the ship from the New
Brunswick high power sending sta-i
tion and thatxhe voice of the speak-1
e could be heard plainly on board ' a
RACE RIOT DUE
TO NEGROES IS
STATE'S CHARGE
I St Louis Blacks Are Said
to Have Stored Arms
in. City' Saloon
DENTIST PUT ON TRIAL
Slaying of Two Policemen
Precipitated Trouble End
ing in Thuty Deaths
ST. LOUIS. March 20. Testi
mony that arms and ammunition
were imported t East St. Louis
three weeks prior to the race riots
and stored In a saloon operated by
a negro was Introduced. today at the
trial at Waterloo. 111., of Leroy N.
Bundy, negro dentist, charged with
murder? ia connection with the kill
ing of two policemen July 1, 1917.
which it Is said, precipitated ihe race
riots the following day in which
more than thirty- negroes were kill-
sd and scores wounded.
Witnesses declared crowds of ne
groes were seen gathering in var
ious parts of the ciljr in tne eariy
part of the night and assembled in
the Ghetto following the toiling or.
a church bell. It was testified one
gathering assembled at Bundy's gar
age, but It was not ascertained that
Bundy was In the crowd.
More than 2,000 shots were fired
following the murder of the police
men, according to witnesses and the
shooting did not stop until four
o'clock in the morning.
. Negro women with shotguns Wire
as conspicuous as men. Jacob Schpck-
harrit. a tmfer. testified.
o .
'Special Prosecutor James A. Far
mer said in his opening statement he
would show ammunition was stored
in Bundy's home and that Bundy was
Instrumental In inciting the riots.
The defensa will show Bundy at
tempted to keep order among the
negroes, attorneys for Bundy, said.
German Delegation Leaves
Posen Enroute to Berlin
POSEN. March 20. (Havas)-
j The German delegation left Posen
i (today for Berlin." The allied mis-
sion has returned to Warsaw.
A Gentleman's Stylish Spring Shoes
- Th Shoemaker's Triumph Zl
- A very high grade chocolate Kid. backed with the
2 highest grade lining a very Important feature In ',
2, any shoe. Best oak soles welted. Workmanship. '
- thoroughly good. A pompous shoo at a; very
Z humble price Indeed. Now being featured here at
Seven Dollars Eighty - Five
the transport even after it arrived to
Brest.
As the George Washington was
not equipped with apparatus' power
ful enough to send telephone messag
es, the communications from New
Bdunswick were I acknowledge br
Wireless.-1" Commander Hooper stated.
While the mesages were sent only
as an experiment, he said, it would
have been possible for Important
communications to have been trans-J
mitted In the- same manner. The
use of wreless telephony over sucn a
distance, - he said, did not constitute
new record.
COhIPTON IS
RENM1ED AS
Y SECRETARY
Army Officer Returns to Duty
in Salem When Discharge
'Is Received
HIGHER PAY IS ALLOWED
' I
Soldier Has Served in Philip-
pines, on Boraer ana
France
in
After ha had been over a year in
France with the 162nd Infantry,
Lieutenant II. Compton was last
night reappointed to his position as
general secretary of the Salem Y. M.
C4 A. This announcement was made
following a meeting of the board of
directors. His appoiatment carries
an Increase in salary.
Lieutenant Compton arrived here
only a few days ago from Camp
Lewis, to which place he must re
turn today. Within a month he ex
pects to, receive his discharge and
come to saiem per-manenuy. ne
came to Salem about five years ago
from Boise, Idaho, where he had
been engaged in Y. M. C. A. work.
He was here In the local branch un
til the Oregon infantry was sent to
the Mexican border an v again until
the men left for France. Previous
to coming to Salem Lieutenant
Compton served in th Philippines
with the regular army cavalry in
the island campaigns.
However, he
received his commission in the na
tional guard, when he became a
member of the staff of Colonel Carle
Abrams pf tha Third Oregon.
He was wounded in action in the
Philippines and als in his recent
service In France.
439 Heirs Discovered to
Estate of Hetty Green
NEW HEDFORD. Mass.. March
19. William M. Emery of this city,
a genealogist employed by the trus
tees of the million-dollar estate of
Sylvia Ann Jlowland, aunt of Mrs.
Hetty Green, has prepared a list of
2,200 descendants cf Gideon How
land. Frim this list h traced 39
heirs to the trust estate which was
released for distribution by the death
of Mrs. Green in July. 1916.
X
4
Cents
VALIDITY OF
DRY STATUTE
TO BE TESTED
Distillers Will Attack Con
stitutionality of the Federal
Prohibition Amendment in
Courts.
SUIT TO BE BROUGHT
WHEN PEACE COMES
Emergency Prohibition Law
Also to Be Tried Out
Before Tribunal
NEW YORK, i March 20. The
committee or distillers of the Unit
ed States, representing the entire
distilling industry, announced to
night that steps were being taken to
attack the constitutionality of th?
prjjiujj-jrt .
Tt Mir nf Phiraen rn.iniul
aTar.iTMt
Instructed
to test the
emergency prohibition law after the
treaty of peace had been signedAc
tion :o bring about a judicial re
view of th) eighteenth amendment,
it was stated, would await the out
come of referendum "elections la IS
states v "atre petitions rallini for a
popular. rote on the "bone drr ' en
actment have been filid or are in
circulation.- ;
.Majority Vote Xeressiry.
Mr. Mayer advised the commit
tee that in states having referred tun
laws and whose legislatures have
ratified the amendment, the ratifi
cation would have no effect unless a
majority of the votes cat! In the
elections favored tha amendment.
The attorney al?o gave an opinion
that if the war-time prohibition act
i unconstitutional, manufacture of
distilled spirits, forbidden by. the
president under the fool conserva
tion laws, could be lawfully resumed
as soon as the war is ended. .
In their discussion of measures to
nullify , the federal amendment, ihe
distillers named California. Wash
ington, Orefon. Nevada. Idaho, Utah
I Ohio, Missouri, Maine and Nebraska
as states where referendum petitions
have been circulated. An forty-five
state legislatures rati f lid the amend
ment, nine more than the necessary
threefourths, the distillers', announc
ed plan of action could not be car
ried out if the people of more than
lour states approved the decisions
of their initiative bodies.
The distillers' attack oo tho war
time prohibition act follows the lines
laid down y counsil'for the brew
ers in their test suit filed hen- ys
terday, alleging that tha lw had
been enacted after the signing of the
irmiatic-?. Tben it was beyond the
power of congress to adopt mtsuren
for the national security and de
fense.
Litigation I PoKtponcd.
Members of the distillers com
mittee declared that decision to with
hold their litigation until the com
pletion 'lof peace negotiations was
based on a desire to proceed only
after thj war emergency was for
nialy dec a red a matter of history. It
was,aid the suit would be brought
against the collector of Internal rev
enue and the federal district nttor
ney "In some appropriate district."
.While no distilled beverages fiare
been manufactured since July first.
1917, under the food conservation
regulations, no ban has been placed
on marketing of stocks except that
In the war-time prohibition act.
which forbids sales and all with
drawals from bond except for export
purposes after June 30 next until the
demobilization of the war-time mili
tary forces.
The distillers' committee wUh
George F. DIeterle. of Cincinnati, as
secretary has been in conference for
the past two ays with members pres
ent from all sections -of the country.'
Big Naval Gtats Do Great
Execution on West Front
LONDON. Marsh 1. The blx
United States naval guns, some of
which have a range if 26 miles.
dropped 789 shells on serent oUJec-
uves on me western ironi aunns;
the last few weeks of fighting with
what a naval ruport prepared at
headquarters here terms "remark
able accuracy." Tha report says
that they were among the ttrongest
guns on the western front.
Washington Towns Pledge
Selves to League Idea
SEATLE. Wash.. March 20.
Twenty-tWo towns and communities
In Washington at a. meeting here
today called by the Leaen. to En-
! farce Peace, were pledged throurh
their delegates to a campaign of ed
ucation In behalf of the principles
underlying the covenant of
league of nations.
!BAR TO ALIENS
JOHNSON'S PLAN
Representative Will Seek to
Suspend All Immigration
for Next Four Years
ABERDEEN. Wash.. MarciJ im.
Representative Albeit Johnson, who
will be chairman of the house Immi
gration committee in the .next con-
grtss, will reintroduce on the first
day of the session tbs bill provid
ing for Ihe suspension cf all immi
gration for the next four years, he
announced on his arrival home to-
day.
, He will add ta the bill a clause
providing for the deportation of all1
aliens who withdrew their applica
tion for citizenship in oroer to evade
the draft, and another clause pro-i
vidlng.for the cancellation of. the i
citizenship of naturalized citizens
who agitate revolution and preach
the overthrow of the -American sys
tem of government.
DUDLEY STORRS
SURRENDERS TO
SEATTLE POLICE
Husband of Slain Woman De-
nies Part in Alleged
Plan to PoiSOn I
GIRL STICKS TO STORY
C 11 a r's- f "1 c J I thi city' the creJenli,' be aaid, he had sent a report on con
Lallers at Lily Jail oenalditions in Russia as an explanation of his government's drire,"t
Flowers and Notes to
Miss Garrison
SEATTLE, March 20. Voluntary
surrender to the police of Dudley M
Storrs. Okanogan, Wash., automo
bile mechanic, and forwarding of a
charge or abduction aralnst him by
Prosecuting Attorney W. A.Gresh
am of Okanogan coyny from here,
were new angles In ttw eaje today
Id which Ruth Garrison. 18. Is
charged with first degree murder for
the death of Mrs. Storrs yesterday
by poisoning. " t -.-
Mrs. Storrs died a few minutes af'
ter eating a poisoned fruit cocktail
in the restaurant of a department
store. Yesterday MIm Garrison, the
police announced, confessed to stir
ring poison Into the cocktail be
cause )f her infatuation for Storrs.
Stoirs arrest ended a 'search for
him that had been on ever since
Mrs. Storrs' death on Tuesday. To
officers who grilled him at police
headquarters tonight he said he had
come to Seattle as fast as be could
upon learning of his wire's death.
He denied, the police aid. that be
had anp knowledge or Mis Garri
son's alleged plan to do away with
Mrs. Storrs. and corroborated fea
tures of her story concerning his re
lations with Miss Garrison during
the periods when she visited him at
Okanogan.
All day long a stream of callers
came to si'e Miss Garrison In her
quarters at the city Jail. Flowers
and notes expressing sympathy were
sent in profusion. To caller ie
said:
"Now I know who my real friends
are. .
Prosecuting Attorney Drown to
day endeavored to close all avenues
of escape acainst Mi3s Garrison
should she plead "not guilty. to
morrow. A well known alienist,
called to examine her, pronoutfeed
the girl sane. . '
Should Miss Garrison plead guilty
the laws of the stare require sen
tence of life Imprisonment, no modi
fication being permitted.- The new
law restoring the dath penalty, has
not yet come Into affect.
COAST HIGHWAY
TO BE TALKED
Oregon Representatives to
Thresh Matter Out To
day at Portland
PORTIND. Or.. March 20.
A meetiag will be held here tomor
row of representatives of seven Ore
gon coast counties to organize a
campaign of publicity for th Romc-
yelt Highway project, which Is-to be
placed before the voters next June
for approval or rejection, earn tag a
prsposed bond Issno for $2.100, 000
to finance the highway.
. The project contemplates a paved
highway along th Pacific Jcean
from end to end of Ahe state. It
is' planned as a link In an all-coast
road which Its projectors hope will
be extended from the Itritish Co
lumbia to the Mxlcan border.
German Workers Gain by
-- Higher Wages of Wartime
CO RLENZ." March 15 Saving's of
German workers who profited ly the
high wsr wages. Increased from a
total or 25.000.000 marks In 1914
to 48.000.000 marks, in 1918, as
thai shown by Coblenx bank reports now
I t.it a
puDiisneu.
RUSSIA ASKS
STATES TO RECOGNIZE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Representative of Socialist Republic Declares Russia Is Pre
pared to Deposit Two Hundred Million Dollars in Gold for
Purchase of Supplies Needed in Work of Reconstruction;
Credit for Additional Purchases to Be Sought Later.
FIRM FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
RUSSIA DECLARED LAID BY SOCIALISTS
Peaceable Withdrawal of .'American Troops Is Desired;
Investigation of Conditions Within Country
Courted by Element Now in Power
i "
NEW YORK, March 20. As Ibe
by the United States, the RuvUn iwviet povernraent U prepared t'
deposit $200)00,000 in pold with American and European Lank for
the purchase of supplies needed in reconstruction work, aeeurdins
to a formal statement issued here tonight W L. t A K frir
American representative of the Demidoff Iron and Steel Workrers
llfi,0;!
Asserting that he had received
ficial representative ofthe soviet
Mr Martens MiJ h forwarded
t orimrui nu- mranwnue naa openea xemporaryr headauarters in
re-establish normal relations between the two countries."
Mr. Martens said In addition tc-
the 1200.000.000 to be deposited to
defray the oqst of Initial purchases.
the soviet government was prepared
to submit various propositions which
he said hj biped would prove ac
ceptable to American manufactur
ers and exporters, looking toward
establishment of credit for addition
al government purchases.
Ilorct of Trade t'Uanrtl
Outlining his plana Martena said
he Intended soon to establish per
manent headquarters In this city on
a scale commensurate with the pur
chases he Intended to make. Ills
plans, he added. 'called for appoint
ment of a commercial attache and
organization of a "board of tride ol
soviet Russia.
According to Martens, who assert
ed that despita "silly reports con
cerning the soviet government. It
bad "laid firm the foundations for
a well ordered developnent of their
socltty." he was "empowered to
state" that his government "is sin
rerely anxious to hat hostilities
cease In Russia and to enter Into
agreements with the American gov
ernment for the peaceable withdraw
al of American troops from Rus
sia." Projer IlrUtkm Ierr4.
"On the part of the Russian so
cialist federal soviet republic." re
said. "th?re thus exists no obstacles
10 rne estaoiisnment or propr re
lations with other countries, especi
ally with the United States. The
soviet government' of Russia is will
ing to open its doors to citizens of
oiner countries tor pursui. or. op
portunity and it Invites any inves
tigation of Its conditions, which in
vestigation certainly will prove that
peace a ad. prosperity la Russia will
follow on the cessation of .h pres
ent allied policy of nosr-in'ercourse
with the soviet ."Russian government
and by. the 'establishment of mater
ial and Intellectual intercourse.
Mr. Martens asserted that his gv
ernment was prepared to purchase
in this country great quantities of
such commodities as railroad mater
ials, agricultural Implements, ma
chinery,, tools, mining machinery
and - supplies, electrical sniplies.
printing machinery, textile manu
facturers, shoes and clothing, fsts
and clothing, fats and canned meats,
rubber goods. tyRerit-rs and office
supplies, automobiles and' trucks.
chemicals and medical supplies.
Russia, he said, was prepared to
sell flax. hemp, hides, bristles, furs,
lumber, grain, platinum, metals and
Kmlnerals.
Scoff Admirers Purchase
Author's Personal Effects
LONDON. March 9.- An ancient
Cheraton table, en which Sir Walter
Scott wrote bis novels at 29 Castle
street. Edinburgh, was sold here re
cently at auction. With It went Sir
Walter's chair, his Inkstand.- a Pn
stand and a portfolio, bringing 270
guineas. Among other things which
once belonged to the famous novel
ist a pair of worsted slippers.
Unemployed in Portland
Are Fewer Than Week Ago
nniwf ft vn tl.trh A T .
I mimUr "nf nnrfnttlnwd In Portland
dropped last week from 12.0' to
9.000. according to the weekly bul
letin ti the department f laor. Th
figures were received hr today In
orlvato telegraphic advnees from
Washington. D. C. Thre was
large Increase. In th number of un
employed In all other Urge cities of
the Pacific oast.
UNITED
fin step to oblahnns rrroirtiition
thU week EU anrointment a4 nf-
eovernment in the Unit-.! Siat.-
his credentials to the state dc
IFIGHT ON DRY
LAW IS BEGUN
Washington State Secretary
Declines to File Ref
erendmn Petition
OLTMPIA. .Wash.. Jlsrch 29.
Attempt today by John F. Murphy.
f Seattle, to file a petition for a
referendum at the next geaesal el-c-tlon
on the action of the recent leg
islature in ratifying the national
prohibition amendment, met today
with -refusal by the assistant secre
tary of state to except the pt-Ution.
Court action to force acceptance of
the petition will follow. ,
Grant Ilinkle. the assistant secre
tary, made his decision after a con
ference with Ira Ilonefinger. thief
of the election division. Murphy
was t!ien referred to Attorney Gen
eral Thompson where arrantem i'a
for a test suit In the courts were
made. If the etrt o:ders the ref
erendum petition flic d. Washing
ons ratification of the national pro
hibition amendment will b held up
pending submission of the question
o popular vote in November. 120.
NE.YSPAPERf.IAN
UNDER ARREST
Bntte Editorial Writer Is
"Charged With Bolsnerik
Actirities
nCTTE. Mont., i March 20.
James II. Fisher, editorial write
of the Rutte Daily' Rulletin was ar
rested today on a federal warrant
by officers of the department cf im
migration, lie was glTen a prelim
inary hearing on a charge of advo
cating the overthrow by force o th
United States government and ad-
mitted to bail on bonds of 11000.
Fisher. It is said, entered t he-
United State? frim Cansa. July 2 v.
191S. under protest of the Immigra
tion authorities. It Is charged that
Fisher addressed a meeting of min
ers telling them our day has corns,
the day of revolution Is here.
Conrf Decision Sends Up
Price of Bootleg Staff
CHARLESTON. W. Va March 19.
Sine the deeuion of the Sarrm
Court of th United Stat for? la
ding th" transpo tatlon f Intoxicat
ing liquor Into Wet MrZioli. th
prire of "bootleg" wtUkey" na been
frotn tS to 19 a pint In ChsrWt'-n.
says Cbief of Pllre William A.
Sparks.
Christ Statue to be Cut
to Crown Mount Rudidoux
RIVERSIDE. Cal. Manh 20.
To eriwn tae sunrrt of Miutt Ra
t.Houx. near her. eallM -the Sintl
nf Atneriea." a roale statu- o?
Christ ia white ma"! l4wlJa b- fMv
tied according to the plans 'of Fred
erick Heath, artist and anhiutt. It
became known recctitly.