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FIRST SECTION I TWO SECTIONS 16 Pages Eight Pages ( - ilXTY-MXTIl YEAH MALUM, OKKtiOX, SUNDAY MOKMXU, NOYKMBKIl 2:1. Ul!. 'S PROPOSAL IS IURNEDDOWN Operators Rest Case in Coal Situation After Authorizing Statement That , Wilson Is Partisan Toward Minor. PUBLIC WILL NOT PAY FOR SUGGESTED RISE Companies Willing to Leave Case in Hands of Federal Government WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Refus ing, to accept proposals made by Sec retary Wilson as" a basis for further segotlatiens, soft coal operators of the central competitive field rested , their caije today with Fuel Admin istrator Garfield, whose official ap proval is necessary to validate any new vb Pa irrecnmiit The public would not stand for a wage advance above their offer of 15 cents per ton to coal diggers and 20 per cent to day laborers, operai on asserted. They refused to make farther overtures even to reinstate their proposition, which was with . drawn following the deadlock Fri day, unless the j government, through the fuel administration, assumed re- gponsibillty for the added burden to the nation's fuel bill. Operators Willing. The operators are prepared to leave the entire situation in the hands of the government unless Dr. Garfield can find a way out of the difficulty; their spokesmen announc ed. Dr. Garfield notified the mine own era that he would not meet their com " mittee," of which Thomas T. Brews terg Is chairman, nntil after he has consulted L Monday with Attorney General Palmer, Director General Hines and Judge C. B. Ames, assist ant attorney general. ) Secretary Partisan Is Charge. Operators' representatives autho ized the statement that In their opir ion figures on which Secretary Wi son based jhl proposals showing liv ing costs in the coal regions, were partisan. - SECRETARY i 1 i CAPS They Are Bright And Jemmy For Blithsome . ; , Young Men Dozens of gooi yooI Caps for the young man that wants fn article of that kind at a reasonable price. The i-p a re many hhajxs and designs and over ko many patterned fabrics. Sonic of these are exclusive as they were made expressly for us fro ii selected wor steds taken from our own shelves. Caps you'll want for Thursday's bi game or the little trip you've been invited to take. None over... .....$2.85 Sweaters Breezy,; rdlotTuI, witolen slipover with the big rol ler. . VarfuuH col4r -rom-bi nations. Only a few left at..... f 8.25 and $11.05 -'' ! : ' i ' ' LEGION MAN THREATENED NOTE WARNS "LAY OFF" LETTER SIGNED I. W. W. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 22. "Lay off of .us or we will get you and ' a few more like you. Beware of the black hand." This was the terse message con tained in a letter mailed at the lo cal postorrice yesterday and re-' ceived by E. P.. Parker.' Jr., of the Parker hotel, Fifteenth and Com mercial streets. The letter was signed as I. W. W. Parker is an active member of the American legion. The mes sage of warning was scrawled on a small piece of wrapping paper enclosed in an ordinary business envelope. The letiter was turned over to the authorities for further investigation. , J SCHOOLS SHOW 600 INCREASE rH,:-: X y Population of City Estimated at 26,000 as1 Result of 1 Census Salem school attendance has been swelled by 600 pupils since the opening ofthe fall term, According to the recently completed school cen sus. The sam-up of the 1918 fall census gave a total of 3 GOO in at tendance, while that of 1919 gives an excess of 4200. This census in cluded only,, the public schools of Salttm. .' i Tyie statisticians of Salem are working on this Increase and argue that the 14 per cent gain In the schools can j be used as a .basis in estimating the present population of the city. One census enumerator who has had much experience in the work has figured that using 20,000 as the admitted population of Salem in 1918, a 14 per cent school increase gives ample reason to believe that the present popula tion of Salem will not be less than 26,000. Albany Youth Charged With Trying to Pass Bad Check i - ' i PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 22. Ben Esteb, 17, of Albany, Or., was being held in jail here today charged with forgery. The police said he was rrested wail: trying to pass a spur ious check for $85 at a local store and that he had confessed to' other forgeries." " j 1 - r v ' Cravats The largest stock we have fcver liatl; in anticipation of a tremerMlous holiday business. . Select . jours now at from 50c to 91S5 3 DIE WHEN NEGR0LAB0R HEAD FIRES Bogalusa, La., Scene of At tempt to Drive Alleged Rad ical Black from Town Garage Becomes Fortress 45 SPECIAL OFFICERS. RUSH UPON STRONGHOLD Man. Wanted Escapes But Brother Is Taken on . .Assault BOGAl.rSA, La., Nov. 22. Three white men were killed and two wounded in a clash at a garage to day in which a small Land of men attempted to prevent rpecial police deputies from arresting a negro la bor leader, surpectcd of inciting ne groes, and two white, men who had canicd shotguns to protect him while parading, him down the main street. The dead are L. K. Williams, pres ident of the Allied Trades council of Bogalusa, and owner of the gar age? J. P. Bouchillon and Thomas Gaines, carpenters. They were shot by officers. I Saul Dechur, negro, wholes presi dent of the negro union, escaped from the garage. j Iirothr Ih Arrested. James Williams, brother of the slain leader, was arrested charged with assault with intent to kill. The special officer? who are mem bers of the self-preservation and loyal league and vho advanced or. the barricaded garage despite the fire from shotguns and pistols, are maintaining o:der. The officers began their search for Dechns last night when they boarded a passenger train entering the city but failed to find him. To day, officers said, Bouchillon and S. J. O'Rourke, armed with shotguns marched Dechus. for whom a war rant had been sworn, down the street to Williams' garage. Officer Firctl On. The chief of police had sworn in 45 special officers und they formed to make the arrest. Twj started toward the garage. As they entered a gate, the firing began and one officer was hit in the arm. Williams, the labor loader, step ped 'into the doorway. Of ficers said he refused to give up the men and made an attempt to carry lii shot un to his shoulder. lie was r-bot dead. The garage was then rushed by the officers. Tn the la?t few day? the league, which includes several members of the American Ix-gion. has been active in' attempting to stamp out radicalism. Wednesday 13 members, all if whom were ftf the American Iegion. escorted out of town a white man reported to have expressed radical wntiments. They warned Dechus yesterday to leave the town. ROBBERS SECURE HAUL OF BONDS $100,000 Mostly in Liberty Issues Taken at Celjna, Ohio CEL1XA, Ohio. Nov. 22.-More .than $100.000) in government bonds. mostly Liberty issues, was sec urea by robbers who early tWs morning cut their way into the vanit of the Farmers' Savings bank at Itotkford. 10 miles north, and looted IS of 60 deposit boxes of the vault. LEASING OF KLAMATH LANDS TO CORPORATION IS PROTESTED BY CITY AND STATE THROUGH BROWN Protest against the releasing of I reclamable lands in the Upper Klam-1 ath Lake project to private interests has been sent to W. P. Davis, fed eral director of reclamation service, by Attorney General George M. Hrown following the receipt of pro tests from the citizens of Klamath Falls, the state land board, and Klamath post. No. s, American le gion of Klamath Kails. Mr. Hrown urgs that the lands be thrown open to settlement by actual settlers, sol diers, sailors and marines." In his protest Mr. Brown says: "The state is interested in pro viding for soldiers, sailors and ma rine, and other qualified settlers the opportunity to acquire . farm homes with profitable . livuelihood thereon. Wc take It th,at the Unit General Angeles Executed , ' With Trial Is Information SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Not.' 22 Genefal Felipe ' Angeles, reported captured several days ago when a strong force of Mexican federal troops surrounded him and his Villa followers near Olmlstos, In the Con chos River valley, was executed without court martial, according to information received here today by Martias Garcia, secretary to Pancho Villa, who is residing in San Anton- io. The same report was generally circulated hire today in all Mexican circles. - .' . . BUSINESSMEN TO HEAR AUTO LAW F. L Eskward, . California, to Address Business Men's Lunch Making n'd enforcing traffic regu lations will be the subject of an ad dress to he given by F. L. Ekward. author of the motor vehicle statute of the state of California at the noon luncheon of business men at the Commercial club Monday. Mr. Eskward arrived here Thurs day and will pass a week or ten days in this vicinity studying the motor vehicle traffic regulations now in op eration in Oregon. He will later go to Olympia. Washington, and may visit a number of other northwest states before returning to his home Mr. Kekward believes the traffic regulations of California.:' Oregon and Washington should be uniform, and to this end. he probably will submit a proposal to the legislatures of the three states at their next ses sions. While drivers of motor vehicles are directly responsible for many ac cident?, Mr. Eskward says not a few people are killed and maimed as a result of their own carelessness. SECREISERVICE WAITSl TO HEAR FROM CARLISLE Two TelegramTfcaughing at Police Reported to Rail way Officers EDITOR IS THREATENED Week of Liberty From Prison Celebrated by Robbery and Chase CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. 22. The secret service department of the Un ion Pacific railroad announced here tonight it was "marking time" wait ing for definite word from William L. Carlisle, train robber who escaped from the Wyoming state peniten tiary a week ago tonight. Carlisle ha. celebrated his week of freedom by robbing a passenger train and bringing out the largest posses that ever hunted a man through the bad lands of this state. Two Telegram Hrported The. railroad officials here twice heard of telegrams alleged to have been sent by Carlisle. From Chad ron. Nebraska, a message came to the railroad's headquarters in Chey enne reporting the alleged arrival of Carlisle in that city with the added Information "I am on my way." La ter It. E. Stapleton. editor or tbe Casper Herald, interviewed In his ofrice last Wednesday night by a man resembling Carlisle, received a telegram from Omaha, signed "Car lisle" reading: "Your police force n. g. Why did you tell on me? Am coming back after you." ed States government Is equally In terested. The vast areas of desert land within the state, without In habitants and without possibility of reclamation for a long time to come, the necessity of encouraging the kind of citizenhlp. developed by the owning of homes and farm, the need of the statw that public lands lwcome privately owned, and sub ject to public taxation as-well a oth er cogent reasons, all lead to-lh conclusion that any attempt to lease these. lands for a generation or more such as is proposed by the govern ment, is agalnt the best Interest of the state and its nPb?. and we sug gest that it Is contrary to the spirit of the reclamation act and chapter 5 of the laws of Oregon, 1303, If not the express terms. TREATY GOES INTO STATE OF INACTION Week of Waiting to be Used by Most Senators in "Feel ing Out" Sentiment in Home Districts Over Country HITCHCOCK IS STILL SURE OF RATIFICATION Plan to Carry Fight Into Cam paign Branded As "Politics" WASHINGTON. Nov. - 22. The peace treaty controversy apparently entered tonight upon a week of waiting while sentiment crystallizes for a ro:- prem'se or for a finish fight tn the 1920 preFidential cam paign. Most of the few senators who re maineJ here left for home and there la no Indication at the White House that the president had changed hi decision O let treaty issues tnd where they are until be sends his message to t the new consrs sra sion. , Senator llitcbccvk of Nebraska, ailmiuistration leader. Issued a statement today, reiterating his be lief that ritifieation yet would be accomplished. He said. however. reservations were "inevitable." IHfrhrork Say lNIitlo.' The stan.1 in favor of carrying the reservaticn fight Into tie campaign. outlined last night in a st&ttmtnt by Republican Ladr Lodge, wai Je- clared by Mr. Hitchcock to have been actuated no re by politic than by patriotism. . The only mord f'wn the White lion?e during the dav iif t state ment by Secretary Tumulty aaying that the president was In thorough accord with Senator llitchcock'a management of the fight for ratifi cation and was taking no part In the choice of a Imtrrati': senate leader to succeed the late Senator Martin. The statement was dire ted against r'ibNshed reports that Sen ator t'nderwood of Alabama would have Mr. Wilson's backing for the leadership. Sentiment to lw Felt. . In the coming -k many sena tors on both sides wsxpcKd to feel out pentinurnt in Ihtlr home states. . ( MINERS FOUND ALIVE BUT WEAK Two Men Entombed Week Save from Lnnches Res cuers Rescued WALLACE. Idaho. X.r. 22. P. P. Grant and Emil Sayko. miners entonrbed in the Gold Hi:ntr mine at Wallace a week ago leday. were placed in ; communication with the rescuers today and found to be elive .and in fairly gooJ condition. They had ' conserved thlr lunch, taken Into the mine last FaturJay, and re- ini ii.it vth .iawm. v. j ,onlv three days. The men we-e reached with diamonds-drills, which peruiif he res uers to supply them ith fool un til they are rosoioi. 'vhich i? no? expected to occur for thrre or four days. James Collins and Jacob Helmar. members of the rescue party who were buried by a fresh cavc-in yes terday. we-,e taken out alive earl this morring. LEGION POSSE BRINGS IN SIX Alleged I. W. W. Who Defied Service Men Taken at Centralia CENTRAMA. Wash.. Nov. 25. Six alleged memlers of the Indus trial Workers of the World were brought here tonight by a posse torn tosed of meni1ers of the American legion, who, had arrested them at a lotging rarhp near Mason Junction in Thurston county. Th prisoners wer lodged in jail here. The pose composed of .some SO men. -had gone to Mason Junction following a visit by a smaller posse last Thursday who had been out numbered by the radical and forced to leave without making arrest. A largo quantity of I. W. W. litera ture was taken from the men arrested. I TIRE THIEF ORIGINAL I ........ U. G. BOYER IS VICTIM GARAGE IS BROKEN INTO An innovation In tire thievery ; was introduced last night when thieves brought a horo driven vehicle into play la miklug away with a pair of auto tire from the ri-sldence ga-age of t. G. IJoycr. county lrk of Marion cotjnfy. Thieves visited the l-oyer gar age sfu-iime htwe-u tie hours of 2 and 7 Saturday morning and made away with two auto tirs and rims. Officer Thompson, who investigated the burglary, found that the robber had en tered the rarage by removing a window and had Jacked .'p lay er's machine and. ;emove-l a tire and. rim. the second tire and Hra was taken fr"m the holder at the rear of th car. It is believed that the robbers visited the garage at aboU 4 a. m. as a dog owned by one of Mr. llover'k neighbors Is said lo have made an uncs.ial eommoVoa abont that time. The tracks of the buggy were found near the gar age and it is supposed that the visito: traveled In a on-hore rig. CARRANZA SEEKS TO AFFRONT U. S. Foreign Relations Committee Has Evidence Growing Oat of Kidnapping EL. rXSO. Tpx.. Not. J2. The positive assertion that information la in the hands of the foreign rela tions committee of the I'niled States senate to the effe"t that tha Car yanxa ' government is deliberately seeking to arrront the United State In connection with the kidnapping and subsequent arrest of William O. Jenkins. American consular agent at Puebla. Mexico, ard the fimul t a neons ' promulgation of the oil nronertle nationalization decree wa made Jrmcht by a member of the sub-committee who ha arrived here to Investigate International con ditions. HARDING URGED FOR PRESIDENT Ohio Senator's Friends Form ally Announce Name for Nomination WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Friend of Senator W. O. Harding of Ohio, efter several days of conference with him and with o'her HepnMi can of prominence hr, formally announced tonight that an active ef fort would be made to seure tor him the Republican nomination for president. In a statement derlaring Ohio Re publican would line up validly for Mr. Harding. Harry- M. Ikinghcrty. a niemtir of th- state eutlve rem raitte. declared th Ohio senator tbad "practically been forcl Into the contest.' W. U. WINS FROM REED 21 TO 12 Methodists Outplay Portland Team AH Through Game Losers Satisfied IOUTLAND. Or- Nov. 22. Wil lamette nniversity of Salem, defeat ed lled college of Portland at fool ball here today. 21 to 12. A IhU Is Red"s first season in Inter-colleg iate football, the coach and student said they were satisfied with th showing made by the home learn, al though Willamette had clearly out- played them. cording to prison record. GOVERNOR OFFERS $1000 REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF MURDERERS OF J. N. BURGESS AND GEORGE PERRINGER With the posilnr of a reward of S10 far the apprehension of th murderers of J. N. Burgess And George Perringer, Governor Olcott announced todsy that all the ma chinery of the state will be used to aid Portland and Multnomah coun ty offi'-ials In the rapture of th criminals. " I am deeply shocked hr the it fulcens of the crime. said Governor Olcott followiog his arrival from Portland shortly before noon. 'l did not learn of the murder antll I wa boarding the train for Salem In Portland this morning. So far as this ofrice is concerned nothing will W left undone in an effort io bring Jastice to the perpetrators of the crime and to check to far as pos- rAMlM? 0 CI AM LUlMrLdOlUiM OF MURDERS IS REPORTED James Ogle, Said to be For mer Convict, One of Three Men Taken, Makes State ment Telling Story PART IN KILLING IS DENIED BY SUSPECT Murder of J. N. Barges and George Perringer Causes Many Arrests PORTLAND. Not. 22 Thre wen alleged bT the police to have mu dered Jasper X. Dnrgesa.' state high way con mlssioncr. and George E. Petringer. wealthy Umatilla county rancher, during a. holdup uf the Claremont tavern, near here, late Friday nlhu we: placed bthltd the bars of tne city prison lat today. The mcit under arrest as suspects la the cvj are Jame Ocl. said to be a former convict; Walfr I.ana ter. cook. SS year old. aud David Smith. machinUt. 21. Several other persons found la the bouse where the thre- were ar rested. Just aeros the Willamette from the scene of last night mur der and robbery, were taken into enstody and are being belt by th Poll4 fpead&g farther Investiga tion. Statement Xear CoofeWn. " Ogle, who la id by the police to aare senei time In the Montana penitenttarv at Detr Lodge. 1 al leged by the police to hare made a complete statement concerning hi , participation la th robbery and kill- lag, amounting. It Is said. Tlrtnally to a confession. The state meet wa made to Deputy District Attorney Delch. It I a!d. and Otle 1 alleged to Lave admitted participation la. the robbtry but not la the killing of Darge aa4 Perrinctr. In the house where the mer were arrested the polic faand thre rifle and six revolver, one of them ld to be that of Policeman Case, who himself was a victim of !! robber when be entered the road house to 4avetiKate their entrance thereof. Much of the jewelry stolen from tavern patrons is also said to havi ben recovered. T hou in watch the men wr hiding apparently wa the location of the manufacturer of contraband liquor, fcr the pollca say they discovered two Illicit atlll in operation. IJqr 1 HI me, L According to the'pclife. Ogle alleRed ronfeston wa to the effect that he acreed to assist In the bnld np or the tavern while nnder the Influence-of liqaor. lie al4. ac cording lo the polic. that he had ben pracJmllv a prisoner of Pan aster and Smith ever lnce he rreel to assist. The rwbbery wa planned, aeeordinr to the police version of Ogle's purported confession, last Wednesday night. The men are raid to have mid their way to th tavern bv nse of a hlrd aatomobile, they having stolen a row boat at the last mtnu'.e to insure tht-lr return lo the other !de cf tb river. They are !d to hive derted the boat earlv Saturday mornlnr. after rr Inr the river, and returning to their refuge by automobile. OGLK HAS PRISOX RKCYmil IX TWO KTATKJ BUTTE. Mont.. Not. 22. Jame Otle wa received at the Ieer Lode penitentiary S-pt-mber 12. lS17.be Ing committed from Toole county for grand larceny. He wa discharg ed July 11. 191S. He previously served tlnv in the Wai-hint ton re formatory at Monroe and at the penitentiary at Walla Walla for if. and larceny. He wa a machinist by trade and was born In Ohio, ac ble the wave of erim which has been sweeping the state for the past several weeks. N Appuintmeot Yet The governor declined to 1'cus a po-sible nrrer toJtnrg- a member of ihe tte highway nra nilsion saving that he had had no timj to gtve to ronsideratin of aa appointment since learning of lh tragedy. "I hav known Mr. Burgess and Mr. P-rrinter for a long time and held a very high personal regard ror them a well a recognizing their worth as citizen of this state. Tbelr low will be keenly felt la civic and business and the sympathy of all Oregon goes out to their bereaved familie.- ,