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tlEXICO TOLD
'ANNOYANCES
MUST CEASE
Stern Note Sent Southern Re
public Protesting Arrests
and Molestation of Jenkins,
Ransomed Consular Agent
OBJECT OF BANDITS IS
i TO "SHOW UP" POWERS
Official Believed to Be in Cus
t tody Weakened Condi
tion Worries
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Metico
was warned today by the American j
government any further molestation i
of William O. Jenkins. American con
alar agent at Puebla, who recently
3. VMnannerf hv hantt. .u I
"seriously affect the relations be-
rwr - , nu.n.i ,
tveen the United States and Mexivo.
for which the government of Mexico
nnst. assume sole responsibility." j
Coupled with the warning was a
demand for th immediate release of
the consular dgent. who was re-arrested
Tuesday on changes of con
nection with hjis abduction and ran
som in the silm of $150,000 gold.
Official repoijfs that Jenkins had
again, been imprisoned at Puebla
, reached the stfate department today
from the American embassy at Mex
ico City which Was Instructed to
transmit a note demanding his re
lease. Jenkins was first arrested early
this month on the charge of collu
sion with the bandits who took him
from his home at Puebla on October
19, but he was repeased after re
maining In the penitentiary two
hours. He was restricted to his
home however, and on Tuesday was
re-arrested on complaint that he had
threatened peons who had given evi
dence on which the state authorities
acted in first taking him into cus
tody. - So far as the department has been
advised he still is held in custody and
because f bis weakened physical
condition resulting from the hard
ships endured during the week the
bandits held him in the mountains
of Puebla state, officials feared long
Imprisonment might permanently af
fect his health.
Before his arrest Jenkins, who op
erates a large cotton mill at Puebla.
had planned to return to his old
home In Tennessee and If necessary,
come to Washington to present bis
claims to officials for assistance in
paying off the obligations contracted
In raising the fund paid the bandits.
Tnese plans were outlined in a let
ter received from him today by Rep
resentative Davis of Tennessee. Writ
ing on November 4, Jenkins gave a
graphic description of his caoture by
and experience with the bandits who.
he said, told him that, the principal
, object in kidnapping him was to
"demonstrate that the present gov
rament of Mexico was not able to
give guarantees (to foreigners) not
even in the second city of the coun
try." DRY ACT IS TO
STAY IN EFFECT
Yflson Will Not Recind Law!
i Until Pear Formallv Is i
-, j
; Declared
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. While
the suprems courjt was hearing ar
guments today on the validity of the
. ar-tlme prohibition act, word went
out from the White House that Pres
ident Wilson would not rescind the
'dry act until peace formally had
wen declared.
SPECULATION RIFE OVER TREATY
WHEN WHITE HOUSE STAYS SILENT
Chief Result of Failure Is Ex
pected to Be Financial
and Commercial
WASHINGTON, Nav. 20 Avenues
f speculation leading many ways
ere opened today when officials
; nd diplomats turned over In their
ninds the possible results at home
n4 abroad that are to follow ter
mination of the special session of
on?res8 last night without senate
ratification of the peace treaty.
' The thoughts Qf the treaty's
Mends in the senate centered on ac
caiplishing some compromise for a
JUfication in the session beginning
Member 1 and to that end steps
, understood to have been taken
o ask that President Wilson ascer
wln from the other powers what res
ervations they would accept.
At the White House silence was
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21 VETERAN CITIZENS i
SERVICE MEN GET VOTE
NATIONALITIES VARIED
.1. PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 20.
Twenty-one sons of foreign coun
tries who have demonstrated their
loyalty to this country by serving
in the army or navy were admit
ted to citizenship today in the fed
eral court.
The blond looks of Norway's
sins sat alongside the black hair
and olive skin of the youth of
Greece and Italy, as the applicants
awaited examination as to their
knowledge Qf the government of
this country and their loyalty to
Hie principles upon which it is
founded.
STRIKE HALTED
1NC0L0RAD0
District Judge Issues Order
Preventing Walkout of
Coal Miners
DENtVER, Colo., Nov. 20. A re
straining order preventing the
"V" v""?u ' ""'"" morning ,
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,, - m ,na,ln 1 ...
iners was issued
here tonight by District Judge Frank
J. Morely. George O. Johnson, dis-
"V" " rYr
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strained from putting the strike into
effect. ;
i
MOONSHINER IS
FOUND GUILTY
?7 I 'Is. O ' i j
rormer Legislator LonVlCted
Of Operating Still On
Place
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. , 20. Fred
flanennr of Anaconda, vat found !
euilti- of "moonshinine" fhrM I
counts! fn funeral rmirt tnrfav it
Jeral court today, it j lu
shown that a liquor j newspaper office to inquire about
operJed on his plac!lneW8 of ,hfi train robbery. Descrip-
having been
still had been
on Georgetown lakL west of Ana
conda.
Gangner formerly was mayor of
Anaconda and once was a member
of the legislature from Deer Lodga
county.
NEW ATTORNEY
IS CONFIRMED
Senate Pots Approval on Ap
pointment of Lester W.
W. Humphreys
.PORTLAND. Nor. 20. "Your
nomination as United States attorney
was confirmed last night just before
adjournment of the senate. Congrat
ulations." -
Thise telegram was received today
from Senator George E. Chamberlain
by Lester W. Humphreys, newly ap
pointed United States attorney for
Portland who succeeds Bert E. Ha
ney, resigned. Barnett Goldstein was
appointed to fill the position In' the
interim, awaiting the confirmation of
Humphrey's appointment.
V- Thomas of Stayton ls
Called by Death at Home
J. W. Thomas, father of . W. E.
Thoma3 or 639 Center street died
at his family home three miles east
of Slayton Wednesday night late.
He was 81 years old and is survived
by his widow and five children of
whom W. E. Thomas of this city is
the eldest. The funeral services and
burial will take place in Stayton today.
KREISLER, AUSTRIAN VIOLINIST,
CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS FOLLOWING
TABOO BY AMERICAN LEGION POST
LOUISVILLE. Ky., - Nov. 20.
Fritz Kreisler, violinist and one time
army officer, officially advised of
wide-spread hostility to his proposed
appearance here tonight in recital
cancelled his engagement on advice
of Mayor G. W. Smith, and is speed
ing toward Lawrence, Mass., his nex
scheduled stop.
The attitude of Louisville citizens
as indicted in resolutions or, criti
cisms passed by several organiza
tions, was communicated to C. J. Fo
ley, Kreisler's manager, by the may
or, who followed it with a written
communication requesting Foley to
LONE BANDIT
TAONTS COPS
IN TELEGRAM
Union Pacific Thanked for
"Haul" in Wire Signed
"Carlisle"Tield in Casper,
Wyo. Training Guards are
Doubled
WESTERN UNION OFFICE
AND PAPER ARE VISITED
Boast of Being "Greatest
Robber in History" Is
.Recalled
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Nov. 20.
WiVfam L. Carlisle, train bandit,
still is at liberty tonight. A telegram
signed 'Carlisle" filed in Casper."
thanking , the Union Pacific for the
haul" Is the only additional bit of
information today.
Union Pacific
offlc'a,s said the tram had not
boen received here.
I- l.-.l I. 1!-.
7 v.ifper is ueiiif; cuiuueu uy ponce
and sheriffs officers, a posse of 70
men Is still searching the country
around Medicine Row aided by Unit
ed States cavalry and other armed
men are in readiness to leave Chey
enne on 10 minute's notice by spe-
I cial train in case of new deprada-
hions of the bandit are reported to
headquarters of the Union Pacific
Activity Daring
"Thanks for haul on limited.
Some detective force," thr? message
purporting to come from Carlisle
faid. Iist night the bandit was re
parted to have entered a Casper
tions furnished by Western Union
employes of the man who filed tTie
message at Casper and by the Cas
per editor tallv with those of the
bandit who robbed the Union Pacific
nassensrer train Tuesday night. In
Chevenne the chief concern of Un
Pacific officials is for the safety of
pasFengers traversing this state
A r. 1iiH1a1 nn Iratna ves- 1
rr;: eonrid-entlion County Children's
that the bandit will attempt to re
peat his exploits of 1916 when he
held up three trains within a short
period and flannlM officers with
telegrams and letters.
Roat Is Rcealletl
Carlisle Is known to have boasted
that he Is the greatest train robber
In history.
Officials are considering the pos
sibility that Carlisle may try tn
leavf? the state for Montana or some
other state of the northwest because
In Wyoming train robbery Is a capi
tal offense.
PARTY HONORS
R. E. WILLIAMS
G. 0. P. National Committee
man Unable to Go East for
Big Job
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. Ralph E
Williams, Republican national cor
mitteeman for Oregon today received
a telegram from Will H. Hays, na
tional chairman, asking him to go
east and take charge of a political
bureau until the convention is held.
Mr. Williams has declined on the
ground that private business obli
gations prevented.
"I don't mind going back and at
tending the meetings of the com
mittee but it is impossible for me
to give tin my business for six
months or a year, even though the
iAr.ormnt i.Korn.i in mo a onelDliance ro a state regulation.
which I like," declared Mr. Wil
liams. '
indefinitely postpone the concert.
The mayor's letter said that he
had considered the "unusual circum
stances" and had concluded that a
postponement "would be the part of
wisdom" although admitting Kreis
ler's right to give a performance.
After a brief interview Foley
wrote a reply acceding to th? may
or's wishes. Kreisler himself did
not -put in an appearance.
The first move against Kreisler's
appearance was made several days
ago, when Jefferson post. American
legion, adopted resolutions condemn
ing it.
Oregon City Fire Not
Incendiary, Is Report
After an investigation by George
II. Allen, inspector for the state fire
marshal's department, that depart
ment finds that I lie costly fire which
recently destroyed a church and the
Price Ilrothers ftore at Oregon City
was due probably to a defective flue
in the church and was not of Incen
diary origin.
Reports had reached the depatt
ment that the janitor of the church
was a disloyal radical and .after look
ing into his record Allen reports that
the man bears a gNd reputation in
the community and that 'his loyalty
Li unquestioned.
The Price Ilrothers were anxious
for an invesMgatiori to determine
whether the fire started in ' their
building or in the church. It is said
the loss of the film exceeds by $".
ooo the insurance carried on the
building and Mock.
DISCIPLINARY
BARRACKS IS
RAZED BY FIRE
LEAVENWORTH j Kas.. Nov. 20.
Firr. which broe) ont tonight in
the prison exchange building at the
federal disciplinary barracks here ?t
a late hour, had destroyed the
cnange building and spread to tneitne county seat, and Mven 3C hours
j . . 1 . ' - .
woonen canionmenis near me largenn
new cell house. The flames were
spreading rapidly and efforts to
check them failed. All officers at
Fort Leavenworth and all the sol
diers were ordered out to assist in
keeping the prisoners in check.
SECOND CLINIC
FOR BABIES IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Nine Have Registered for
Third Test to be Given in
December
VOLUNTEER WORK HELPS
Literature Is . Distributed
Babes From Out of Town
Examined"
Palem's second eugenic clinic, con
ducted under the auspices of the
1 1
bureau
held yesterday afternoon in the au
ditorium of the Salem Commercial
club duplicated the success of the
original clinic. Only 30 babies wer
examined, and In consequence the
work was much more systematically
anci quickly done. There was no
confusion and no crowding that was
unavoidable at the first clinic when
over fiO children were examined.
Mother were given numbers up-
l on arrival and these were referred
to in making the work orderly
Booths wef arranged for the dif
ferent departments, and placards
placed upon them, only one person
In-sides the mother and child being
admitted at a time.
Mrs. A. N. Flegel of Portland,
president of the Oregon Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher asso
ciation was present and further as
fitted in getting th? local chapter
upm a consistent running basis. The
local nurses who lent" their assist
ance were Miss Margaret Wishart.
Miss Nell Ho!Ienleck. Miss Porter.
.Mis? Roberts. Miss Florence Can
thorn and Sister Helena and Sister
Anna, both of the Deaconess hospital.
A group of Salem women who have
been active In the bureau work
from th.- fjrst also aided in carrying
on the work yesterday. 4
A large number of bxks relative
to prenatal and postnatal care were
displayed on a large table, and Miss
Flora M. Case, city librarian, was
present to aid in the selection of
the proper books for mothers.
All the official score cards have
been issued to parents from the first
clinic, the work of issuing them be
ing a bit slow, owing to Its newness
to the local secretary who was re
quested to do all the work In com-
auiined on future dates, it is neces-
ary that application be made be
forehand to the bureaus secretary.
Mrs. F. Von Eschen.
There hive been Inr applications
made for the next clinic.
Among the children examined yes
ferday several wore !from fcjpt of
town.
The bureau wishes to, thank . the
hospitals of the city for generously
giving the nurses for the afternoon
In the clinic.
ti
Jack" Johnson to Fight .
Morris in Mexico Soon
YUMA, Ariz. Nov. 20. Jack
Johns&n. former heavyweight cham
pion of the world, has been matched
to fieht Carl Morris, of Tulsa. Ok
la., at San Luis. 14 miles south ot
here In Mexico, according to , an
nonncement tonight by Al Jjones,
Yuma boxing promoter. The! bout
will be in December, the exact date
to be announeed later. Jones said
It will be a fiu'ish fight. '
1 1 A I T f E ft
HI H L L Li 13 Li 1
REDS ARE UP
FORHEARING
First Degree Murder Is
Charge for Men Held in
Connection with Armistice
Day Outrage at Centralia
TWO FUGITIVES STILL
AT LARGE IN HILLS
Defendants Appear Without
Attorney Have 36 Hours
to Plead
CENTRALIA. Wb.. Nov. 2n.
Elven alleged I. J chareed with
first degree murder In counectlon
with the Armistice Day shooting here j
i0dav pr m r:.i h.r,.i-A r.rr
ex-jjadge W. A.'Kaynolds at C'hehalis.
wmcn 10 pieaa
In addition to the 11. two other
alleged radicals. Ole Hansen and
John Doe Iavi?. are numbered ,
among the defendants. Hansen and;
Davis, still at large, are being pur
sued by deputy sheriffs from here.
The two. It is believed, are hiding In
the hills not far from Ceatralia.
('limm Murder hnrged.
The defendants were charged. Fpe
cifically, with the murder ot Lieuten
ant Warren O. Grimm, otie cf the
four former American o:dirs killed
when alleced I.W.W. fired upon the
Armistice day parade.
No attorney represented th pris
oners today. The defendants will
not be able to retain any Lewis coun
ty lawyers as the local county bar
association has passed resolutions
barring any of its members from tak
ing part in the defense of the alleged
radicals. '
l!ansenx "ture EwcteI.
Word was expected tonight from
three Centralia men who. at last re
ports were on Hansen's Hail. One
report received from the fosse said
it was -thought they had hlra sur
rounded in a thicket of woods near
Rochested. Wash., where Bert Bland,
another of the defendants, was cap
tured Tuesday.
MR.0LC01TIS
MADE SHRINER
Governor, Bishop Sumner and
, 71 f
lniei JCriKinS in liaSS OI
589 Crossing Sands -
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. Governor
Ren W. Olcott. Rlaht Reverend Wal
ter Taylor Sumner, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese cjf Oregon, and Iee
V. Jenkins, chief of police of Port
land, were mnbers of a cla. s of 5S9
initiated here tday and tonight into
Alt Kader temple. Ancient Arabic Or
der. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, he
a feature attending the official visit
ation of W. Freeland Ke'ndrick. Im
perial potentate of the order.' The
class was the largest ever taken. Into
the local temple.
Revival of 2-Cent Piece to
ft r v. rti v
ttonor nooseveit is rianneai,,"v
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Revival of
the two-cent coin, tearing the like
ness of the late Colonel Thedore
Roosevelt with the dates of birth
and dee.t'.i is th.- object of a cam
paign by the woman's Roosevelt
Memorial association announced to
day. Four Injured When Motor
Track and Car Collide
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. Four men
were injured today when a trolley
car on the Sellwood line crashed In
to a heavy motor truck. It was raid
that two of the victims Robert Welch
and Fred Keller, were not expected
to recover.
SECOND EFFORT TO BRING PEACE
IN INDUSTRY TO Hi7 MADE BY MR.
WILSON BY ANOTHER CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. Nov. . 20. Anoth
er effort ty bring industrial peace
to the country is to be made by a
conference of former federal and
state officials. businessmen, and
economists, the personnel of which
was announced today at the White
House.
Unlike the national Industrial con
ference, which came to grief over the
question of colWtive bargaining, the
new body will represent no distinc
tive group, hut will undertake to
act in the interest of the people as
n whole. It will meet in Washing
ton on Iecember 1, the date of the
W0MAH TIMEF S0UCHT2 Jg UEL)
DOZEN JOBS IS RECORD
FINERY IS SPECIALTY
PORTLAND. Or.. Nt.v. 20 On
supiiiii of balnr rommlttetl a
dozen recent burglaries, in resi
dence here where oweran's cloth
lag anil Jewelry were the chief
loot, a woman described as 2 and
rood looking was lelng sought by
the pdice tod iv. She ai sur-
pris-d In the heme of Mrs. P. K. i
More on the east fide, n hen the j
rafstiefc returned home suddenly f
anil found her ransacking the I
place. Th feminine burxUr fld i
throurh a door which she hd left
p'n and t-seaped. according to
Mrs. Morse ' report to the police.
20 GALLONS OF
BREW IS FOUND
Frank Day - Charged With
Having Liquor in Posses
sion and Drunkenness
Frank Day Is held la the county
jail en a charge of having Intoxicat
ed liquor In his possession, and of
being Intoxicated. aa result of a
raid participated in by Chief of Po
lice Varney and Sheriff Need ha nr.
About 2w gallons of brew found In
Iays hut near Ifrooks avenue. North
Salem, has been allowed tr trickle
down the gutters, except for a gal
Inn of the concoction which is keld
as evidence.
Day Is said to have wobbled down
South Commercial street Wednedav
afternoon following an alleged
drunken browl and attraef?d the at
tention of an officer who arrested
him. Following the discovery of
quantities of liquor, which ia claimed
to have strong pungent qualities
Day was held on 120 bond for Jns
1 us tire court. When arraigned be
fore Justice t'nruh yesterday, Dav
claimed his statutory right to plead
and will appear before Justice l"n
ruh tomorrow. Day claims that be
was making vinegar but the liquor
is thought to have been many de
grees more vieloui Jhan vinegar ha
any right to be.
PALMER WARNED
TO TAKE REST
Attorney General on Verge of
Nervous Breakdown Report
of Physicians
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Atlor
i tntral ,,a,m" w" l?
(day on the vrge of a nervou break-
;oon ana unaer oroers irom ni
physicians to get away from work
and take all the rest he needs,
Mr. Palmer's physician has told
him. it was said at the department
of justice "that unless he (jolts work
tap more than a week he would not
te r'upons.ible for the e."neuene
e." It was explained, however.
that this was not to be taken to
mean that he was In a serious con
diiion.
Senator McNary Dated
to Arrive Next Wednesday
Unite.! Slates Senator Chatles I
McNary mill leave Washington. D. C
for Salem Sunuay morning and will
...i..- u i i : . w .
iuis. miuuu utrmrti w -m mm
made last night by the senator', bro -
ther. John II. McNary.
Shipyard Worker Is Killed
by Fall of Grate on Head
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. J. P. Carl
son, a shipyard worker, was instant
ly killed today at the riant of the
Columbia River Shipbuilding corpor
ation yard when a heavy grate fell on
his head.
AMERICAN LEGION
IN COUNTRY SAYS
beginning of the regular session In
congress.
17 T Make l'p ;nxin
In his letter of Invitation to the
17 men who are to make up the new
gathering. President Wilon salJ
the new representatives should have
concern that our Industries may be
conducted with such regard for jus
tice and fair dealing that the work
man will feel himself Induced to
put rorth his best efforts, that th
employer will have an encouraging
profit and that the public will not
(Continued on page C.)
AS SUSPECTS
NOT iWANTED
Grilling CrossExaminationhy
uepuiy onenu ana Amcn
can Legion Man From Cen
tralia Absolves Coffee and
Larson
REMARK IN BARBER SHOP
WAS QUOTATION, CLAIM
No Connection Established
Between Pair and Outrage
on Armistice Day
After a grilling cross-examination
by Centralia officers last night. Wal
ter Larson and Ed Coffee, held here
on a charge of making seditious re
marks and suspected of possible com
plicity of the I. W. W. outrag e
Armistice day. were declared not to
b- the men wanted. Ieputy Sheriff
Preston McDonald, and J. C. Hampe.
American lerion representative
failed to find acv r-emblaiic In
the two men to V. W. agitator
still at large. In tross examination
the two men gave versions of their
travels that corresponded well with
each otlier and when confronted by
the officers the nea held to their
stories firmly. -
Further crosa examined as to Ihe
: alleged remarks favoring the Cen-.
tralia I. W. W. made la a alem
barber shop, the two men who have ,
been kept In Ignorance of the nat- '
ore of th- charges arainit them
gave a fairly satisfactory version of
the affair. Waiter Laron. who ad- ,
mltted that he talked to a barber
concerning the Centralia Incident,
declared tint any remarks he made
concerning "the right AmerT.n le
gion men having teen gottei." wa
In reference to a newspaper rtate
ment which he was quoting. While
this explanation did not quite aatla
fy the Investlgatora. the other ele
ments In the men's vertion were
atronglv t-esented.
..ry of rumbling- Told
Coffee and Edwards told a atory
of rambling aboit the country la a
Ford car which persisted ia Earn
ing all of their resources. Starting
from Seattle and stopping la Tort
land a few day, they claim they
went on Into the state of Washing
ton In quest of work. Arriving In
Centralia Sunday and being nearlr
out of funds, they claim that they
slept In the car that night near an
old vacant house In Centralia. Tbe
next day. being Monday they claim
that they chopped and put In thre
cords of wood for a Centralia eltl
aen and spent tVi next nfaht In
barn. Then they ray that they left
the Washington town about 9 a. m.
Noveraber 11. and did not hear of
the I. W. shooting nntll that night
npon their arrival In Portland.
lrenee Here Kxplalnenl
After speeding four or five day
In Portland. th.- pair claim to Jiave
exhauted their funds In Salem and
also the gasoline for the ear. Then
Ih'y decided to obtain temporary
ork for a few dxya and endeavored
to ncrntlate a loan on the Ford-
Whi'e endeavoring to do this, the
- ,rii --t.ieion n beinr rw
f . . - . ..a - - m
, tMr binc nrned lo0!M ,B.
I ;Jt ;ay NoTemb.r ig.
they finally aeeured the $5 loan i
the car and the barber shop Incident
ensued.
Tn bys c!aim that the car be
longs to Coffee. Chief of Police Var
nev received a elegrara from Cof
fee's father yesterday Inquiring as
to the nature cf the rhargea upon
which the son ia held. Larson eerved
t Continued on Page C.)
GREATEST FORCE
CENTRALIA MAN
Outrage Brings Out Power of
Service Man According to
J. C Hnnpe
"The American Lealon Is the
rreatet force In America today and
no one knowa It better than we of
Centralia who have learned Its power
through the Armistice day outrare."
said J. C. Hempe of the Centralia.
Washington, post of the Legion who.
with Deputy Sheriff Preston McDon
ald, came to Salem last night to In
vestigate the two men. Ed Coffee and
Walter Laron.a rrested here aa rus
peeted I.W.W.
"The men of our post are running
things in Centralia." continued Mr.
Hempe In conversation. " have
taken over th entire administration
of the county and city fr the emer
gency. Our police were Inadequate
to the sieuation we have t 'y three
officers. We could not wait for the
(Continued on page C.)
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