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THE WEATHER Tbe Statesman reeHve th leased wlra report of tbe As sociated rress. tbo greatest and roost reliable press as sociation, la tbs world. Rain in west, rain or snow in east portion; warmer except near coast; moderate southerly winds. 8IXTY-MNTII YEAR salem. oukon, sATi'iii'AV moiim.m;, novemiieii nnn. ntlCK? HVK CfCVTH. ! COAL IEIU jRETOLD i . - E- - ' E tant Notice Served on Oper ators and Miners That No Interference Will Be Toler atedLegal Prosecution Will Be Used to Stop Con spiracy ORDERS FOR TROOPS ARE STILL IN EFFECT Companies Hope to Operate by Offering 14 per Cent In crease to Workers Unions 3Com rropusai WASHINGTON', Nov. 28. The government .served blunt notice on soft coal miners and operators tonight that interference -with coal production would not be tolerated. Warning that legal prosecution witfild be employed to thwart con spiracies by either side and troops Rent wherever necessary to protect miners willing to work came from the department of justice after members of the cabinet had con sidered every phase of the fuel situation, admittedly critical, in vieW of the abrupt breaking off of negotiations. - " It is not the intention of the government to let the mines re main idle with half of the country in min rtt nfAA WPflthpr flTlfl . ji PS f v - . - coal piles rapidly diminishing. The administration, it was thought by those 'in position to know, had fully expected the miners to reject "the 14 per cent wage increase offered by Fuel Administrator Garfield. An ticipating this, plans, had been con sidered for augmenting the present output of- bituminous mines, official ly fljgured at better than 40 per cent of normal. General Ames late today gave assur ances to all miners that they would oe aproraea ampie proiecuun u i"" returned to work, even if troops had to be called out. This was the,, only definite statement of policy from the government.. In official circles it was paid tlha't the.federal authorities weret ijetermined to force resumption of operations on thoterms' laid down ujr 1140 luti KUiuiunuaiui. 'Protective Measure HeM j The department of justice state ment! called attention to the fact that instructions issued heretofore by the war department in connection jwitb the posible use of troops in coal field regions still were in effect and that department commanders stood ready to guard the fields' the instant their aid was requested by the state au thorities. Operators set out tonight to re- snmei production, so far as possible , nndef the muddled conditions by tel egraphing notice for posting at mines, everywhere offering of an in crease of 14 per cent for all men will ing to work. s j Opinion Mixed Thiere were a few expressions as to how this information might dp received, but 'representatives of the miners here still declared it would no incentive ana inai u womu be Igjnored. especially in the central competitive fields. Operators, how ever, believed that it would draw large numbers to the mines and that text week would see a big increase in the daily soft coal output. DRY DOCK PLAN IS AUTHORIZED Portland to Build Structure to Cost $750,000 to $900,000 PORTLAND, Nov. 28 Authority was given Chief Engineer Hegardt of Public docks by the public dock com mission today to prepare plansj or Purchase immediately for a 15,1000 ton drydock to be built here. ? It will consist of five pontoons of a CBIkflCitV nf thriu Oitnaanrt frtn each. The total cost will be between I 1750,000 and 1900,000.- ' ACETYLENE TORCH KILLS 1 DEAD, 1 HURT ON SHIP TROOP TRANSPORT SCENE ROSTON, Nov. 28. One man was killed and another! severely injured late today when an acety lene torch exploded in the engine room of the Reamer President Grant, hound from Ntw York to Hrest with United States troops aboard, according to a wireless message fo the navy yard tonight. The dead man is'L. G. TelH grine, first assistant engineer, an th-? injured is V. T. O'Con nor, Jr.. third assistant engineer. The steamer suffered no mate f al damage. It was 3fi: miles east of New York. BRITISH TO GET MOST HUN SHIPS Supreme Council Adopts Plan United States Gets Two Per Cent of Tonnage PARIS. Nov. 28. The supreme council today adopted the British uggestion for partition of the Ger man War fleet. Under the arrance- mt'iit rtraof IlfStatn will r-nr, , T A per cent of the total tonnage. France 10 per cent, Italy lO per cent Japan 8 per cent an dthe United States 2 per cent. , PASSPORTS ARE DENIED MEXICANS Women Delegates to Confer ence Refuses Passes at , Mexico City SAX ANTONIO, Tex.,- Nov. 28. Mexican Counsul De La Mata sta-! tioned here, tonight received a tele-1 gram from Jose N. Marcias, president of the National Universitj of Mexico, that j passports had been refused to Mrs.; Eugenia Torrez MeJendex and Miss Harmilla Galindo, delegates to the Pan-American Round Table con ference, which-meets here next week. Medford Man Among Golfers in Semi Finals at Pasadena DEL. MONTE. Cal., Nov. 28. George B. Carpenter of i Medford, Ore., J. M. Yount of San Francisco, Jack Morrill of Chicago and C. S. Fertig of Pasadena reached the semi finals of the men's play in the handi cap golf tournament here today. Army and Navy Elevens Are Ready for Annual Combat NEW" YORK, Nov. 28.--The Unit ed States military, and naval acade mies began their march on this city tonight, preparatory to the annual army-navy football game at the polo gronnds tomorrow and tonight sup-" porters of the navy blue and of the army grey began pouring into the city. 1 t lApproximaieiy a,uuu spectators will witness the game. Twice this number of tickets could have been sold, the managers said tonight. CLAREMONT TAVERN SLAYERS SAY THEY KNOW "STOOL" WHO TIPPED THE POLICE TO THHEIR LOCATION David Smith, James Ogle and Wal-; ter Ranaster. alias "Dutch" Herman-5 mnn who robbed the Claremont tav ern patrons last Friday night and ono of whom murdered J. N. Rurgess state highway commissioner, and George Peringer, Pendleton farmer arrived at the penitentiary yesterday to begin life terms in the state pris on. All were calm in demeanor when they entered the prison and readily answered all questions asked them but none would admit that he did the shotting that snuffed out 'the lives of two of the state's prominent citizens, though Smith, who is be lieved to be the actual murderer -denied his guilt. I "Would yon have shot those two men Smith, if the state had a capi ta' r.-inishmcnt law?" Smith was asked. , "You seem to have the' wrong op'nion." Smith replied after hesi tation. ' 1 "The wrong opinion in what way?" Smith hesitated again. j "I wouldn't have shot them, no." he answered. ' Smith Ienles Khootinjr Later. In renlv to a question as to who did the shooting Smith sa.id "I didn't-do it." I The priSDners say they believe they know the "stool" who tipped them to the police. Is it someone you have known? Ranaster was asked. Yes I have known him for somo BAKER SAYS ' HOWE DELAYS DEPORTAHO Superintendent of Ellis Island Testifies Before House Committee Investigation on Immigration Conditions COMMISSIONER ISSUES STATEMENT FOR PRESS ! Husky Guards to Break Si lence and Hunger Strike of Radicals NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Testimony that Frederic C. Howe, former com missioner of immigration at Ellis is land, had ordered deportations of radicals held up, although final de portation orders had been received from the department I of labor was j3len ' the ho,,pe Immigration com mmre ifxtay ty Percy A. Haker. su perintendent of the island. Raker put in evidence an order be had re ceived from Howe last March read ing: "Yon will stay all deportations in these alien cases until the attorneys can be advised and nntil after con sultation with me." linker Tetif:eJ on Order lUker testified that an order of the department to deport was final, therefore, did not understand the note from Howe and consulted him. Haker then made this memorandum on the copy of the note shown the committee: 'Commissioner 7 states If de- Potation orders are received, before uoing fo snouia oe eonsuitea. ; Delay Held Illegal Rejresentative Siegel of New York said there was no authority in law for staying such deportations. Baker said that some of the radi cals affected by the stay had been released by the department and some had obtained their freedom by habeas corpus, proceedings. The effect of Howe's order to him, he said, pro bably was to permit delay for the institution of habeas corpus proceed ings. Representative Siegel read from immigration department records nam',-, of two dozen men who had been held at the island with warrants for their deportation on file, but had been released mostly on their own recognizance. They are now mis sing. Howe Issues Statement Howe interrupted Baker's testi mony in an effort to give his ver sion of the matter, but was shut off by the committee, which promised him an opportunity .to be heard later Failing, to obtain permission to tes tify earlier in the day. Howe had is sued a statement to the pres, saying .that hei had never released a radical without orders from Washington. This! statement Was issued after Howe' Tiad Interrupted Hyron Uhl acting commissioner at tha island and deputy when Howe was commis sioner. Uhl had testified that a let- (Continued on page 2.) time. He was in this prison once and left the Deer Lodgs prison about the time I went In there." "Why do you think he gave you away?" "Because we met htm coming In from the vicinity of thr? Claremont tavern the night we went out there to An the robbery. He saw us." "Onr acquaintance, with him was only casual," Smith added. i All three men declared they will be of good demeanor in the prison Ogle said he expected his sentence to be shortened if he behaves him self. "Yon wi'l find In my records." he said to Warden Stelner. "that all the trouble I have been in has been due to whiskey." Stelner lecture Prisoner "I want you fellows to under stand," said Warden Stelner. "that vou will be treated squarely here Rut the imfnute you start 'anythlng tronble is going to pile up on you awful fast. This Is mt a threat, but we must junderstand each other. Al though you are In tbe penitentiary I want you to let the good in you pre dominate, and even in this prison I want you to do everything you can In God's world to exert a good Influ ence on the mrn with whom you as-sociate- You are not going to swing. And because you are going to live. I want yoi to make tbe most of the Ogle said. "I realize thr position I am in. I will shoot square." MAN, WEDDED WEEKLIES COUPLING CARS FATAL RAKER WORKER VICTIM RAKER. Or.. Nov. 28 Reginald Chamberi, 24 years old, married a week ago, was instantly killed al the Oregon Lumlter company's plant Wednesday, according to wc;d brought here tday, when he was caught between two cars while working with the coupling as Hit train was being made up on Lit new spur that is leing con structed on the' rout h fork of the John Day river near Bates. Cham bers' was badly crushed and hfa neck was broken. The young man und Efi Leisman had been married in Haker last week. GREEK KING IS EXILED, REPORT Alexander Said to Have Been in Plot Against Premier Venizelos GENEVA. Nor. 28. An uncon- firmed report received here from Lu- gano is to the effect that King Alex-I ander of Greece has been exiled as ' a result or the recent plot against Premier Venizelos. The report adds that Alexander is expected in Lugano coming from Italy and will Join his father, who is at Zurich. REVOLUTION IS FLATLY DENIED Mexican Consuls Instructed to Publish Correction of Rumor MEXICO CITV, Nov. 25. There is no foundation f o the rumor In circu lation In the Fni ed States that there has been fighting In Mexico City be tween the factions of President Car ranza and General Obregon. GENERAL LA HI" HUT A GETS ixsntrcTioxs for if.xial NOGALES. Sortora. Mexico. NaT. 28. Governor Adolfo de La Huerta in a message received here tonight said he had received a telegram filed at Mexico City at 3 p. m. today asking him to give complete denial to reports of clashes between troops of President Carranza and adherenth of General Obregon. I COXSUL SAYS CARUAXZA IX CITY AT :.10 P. f . SJN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. 2S. The Mexican consul at Iaredo wired here this evening that he was In touch with Mexico City at 6:30 p m. and that there bad been no clashes In the city between followers rf General Obregon and Pablo Gonzales President Carranza was still In the city the message said. Music Teachers Convene in Portland for Annual Meet PORTLAND. Nov. 28. The fourth annual convention of the Oregon Music Teachers association con-convened- at the Multnomah hotel here today. A good many out of town representatives were in attendance to register at the opening of the morning session but local music teachers were conspicuously absent. Public school music" was the general topic for discussion at both morning and afternoon sessions. Dr. J. J. Lamlsl-ury. dean of the school of music of the University of Oregon. and Mrs. Jean Park McCracken, and Miss Carolyn- Alchim of Los Angeles speaklnrj on the subject. Former Episcopal Bishop Taken into Catholic Church DALTIMORE. Mi.. Nov. 28. ar dinal Gibbons announced tonight that Rishop Frederick J. Kinsman, former head of the protestant Epis copal diocese of Delaware, was re ceived into the Catholic church last Sunday at the cathedral. FILIPINOS ABLE TO RULE SELVES Governor Harrison in Report Urges Independence for Islands WASHINGTON, Nor. 28 The Filipino people have established the stable government ah required by congress as the requisite for grant ing of their Independence In the opin ion of Governor Harrison of the Phil ippines, expressed today In his an nual report. Governor Harrison reit ?ratel the hope that "eaily .Inde pendence will be conseded Every American soldier could have been withdrawn during the war. Governor Harrison said, and the Unit ed States could have depended on the Filipino people "to defend the Amer ican interests and the prestise of the American flag in the archlpelllgo." WH0LEFL00R IS TAKEN BY BIG CONCERN Oregon Growers' Co-operative Association Leases 5th Story of Masonic Temple for Headquarters FOREIGN SALES PLAN IS TO BE EXTENDED Recent Effort to Have Main Offices Taken to Portland Is Overcome Elmo S. White. cntodian of the Salem. Masonic Temple, and Robert C. Paulus. manager of th Oregon Growers Cooperative association, an- nounced yesterday that the entire Tiflh rioor of the Masonic Umple had been leased to th.- growers associa tion. The terms of the contract cov er only the year 1!20. but it is pro bable that the lease will-be extended at the expiration of that time, since the Salem offices are headquarter for th9 new association of fruit pro ducers, and it is said the association has an option covering two addition al years. The financial arrangement for the lease is withheld. Some erfort has been made to hav the association's headquarters re moved to Portland, but this has been overcomp, and the fact that a con tract hai been signed for tbe use of the top floor of the Masonic temple is considered as establinhing the headquarters in Salem permanently, little ltrmodrling Xreled For the reason that the newly leased quarters are so suitably ar ranged f.r the offices of the fruit concern little remodeling will be ne cessary. - The big center space, now u.--J as a dance floor and banquet hall, will be equipped with desks and be used by the bookkeeping depart ments, stenographers and clerks em ployed by the association. This part of the floor will also be used for meetinrs. the floor being cleared of desks for this purpose when neces sary. Manager Paulus will have his of fice in the southeast corner of the building and C. I. Lewis, organization manager will have offices on the east side. One field man. probable Field Manager .Earl Pearcy. will have an office in one of tbe rooms at the north end. It is planned to partition off the stage and use It for a supply rjm. At the front will be a recep tion room and tbt central telephone. The building Is equipped with eleva tor, mail chite and steam heat. IVis !!utneK. ct Year Th Oregon Growers Cooperative association will be In full operation by January 1. and If crops ar good in 192rt the officio's believe $".(oo.- 00 u v.orlh of business will be done mxt year. There will be a large force of employes and several fruit specialist have been brought In from the outside. That fn a very few years the annnal business will reach $lo.00rt,00n is confidently ex- pec tea. The association's sale plans are (Continued on page 2.) ANITA WHITNEY, INVITED TO GIVE SPEECH TO OAKLAND WOMEN'S CLUB ARRESTED ON SYNDICALISM CHARGE Kolchak Cabinet Head is Removed at Own Request VLADIVOSTOK. Tuesday. Nov. 23. The Russian telegraph agency, in a dispatch from Novo Nikolaevsk un der date of November 22 says: "Ry order of the supreme ruler. Admiral Kolchak. President Vologod sky of the council of ministers, has been relieved at his own resuest. M. Pepelyeaff. minister of the Interior and former minister of war. was named president." ' "rMs reported from Irkutsk that the entire council of ministers Is ex pected to resign and that a new cab inet will be formed by pepelyeaff. Lloyd George Says Evidence for Kaiser Trial Abundant LONDON. Nov. 28. In a printed parliamentary reply to questions asked him. Mr. Lloyd George de clares It Is not expedient to say more regarding the proposed t,rlal of former Emperor William of Ger many "and other criminals" than that an enormous mass of evidence. including many thousands of depo sitions, have been examined, and that the final list of accused persons Is i under consideration. PUSSYFOOT" HONORED PAPER WOULD GIVE $500 HIGH TRIBUTE IS PAID LONDON. Nov. 2s. As a token for ad.iiratlon for "pluck. cu r ag 'and .unfailing good nature." the Evening News ha opened a testimonial for William- K. I Pus syfoot) Johnson, with a tubscTlp tlon of tioo. m The newspaper says that the money will nt compensate for the toss of hi eye and the aufferlng Mr. Johnson has endured, but a tribute of practical sympathy from many thousands of Iondon people w5ll he some acknowledgment that "on this side of the water we do admire a white man." OMSK ARMY IN FULL RETREAT Withdrawal Extends for 165 VerstNew Front in Ir kutsk Planned VLADIVOSTOK. Tuesday. Nov. 25 The Omsk army continses to re treat on a front of ICS vents, re ports to the allied missions showing not attempt at resistance. - A new front Is planned within the Irkutsk military district. An intercepted bolshevik radio message states that 10 generals. 120 gnns and 30.000 prisoners were tak en by the bolshevik! in occupying Omsk. MAJOR HALL TO RESIGN Assistant Adjutant General Again to Take up Law Practice in Salem Major A. A. Hall, assistant adju tant general of Oregon, will resign about January 1 and an overseas ser vice man will be appointed to suc ceed him. according to an announce ment yesterday bv Adjutant General Stifrin. Major Hall resigns to enter again upon the practice of law In Sa lem, his occupation at the time he was appointed a member of the gen eral staff y Governor Withycombe. The man who will succeed Major Hall has not been definitely determined npon. - Aviator Flying from London to Australia is at Delhi LONDON, Nov. 28. Captain Ross mltb. who Is attempting a flight from England to Australia arrived at Delhi. India. Tuesday. Captain Smith wno let the Ilounslow aviation field just outside of London, on Novem ber 12. arrived in Cairo November 18. Alleged I. W.W. Miss Sixth Meal in 48 Hours of Strike TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 28. Dy re fusing the evening meal tonight, the 22 alleged Industrial Workers of the world in the city jail declined their sixth consecutive meal and will have been without food for 18 hours at breakfast time in the morning. OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov. 28. Miss Anita Whitney, who was given per mission by tbe women of Oakland center of the California Civic Jeague to address them todsy In spite of protest from the police, that she was a pronounced r?dcal. was arrested at the clise of her ta!k cn a charge of criminal syndicalism. Evidence for the warrant, according to the po lice was gathered In. a raid by for mer service mn on headquarters of the Ommnnlst Lsbcir party In Oak land. November 0. Inertr Stefx In . Piscn.ion as to whether Miss Whitney should be allowed to. make her addres entitled "The Negro Problem in the t'nited States." cul minated today In tbe appearance of Police Inspe ctor Fenton on the plat form when the meeting opened. Thompson said Miss Mtney wa delegate to the convention of the Communist Labor party and also member of the "Defense committee or th. I. W. . which he asserted, had been collect in gfunds to aid In the de'en.e of James Mr llano, local secretary of tbe I. W't V. on trial for alleged criminal syndicalism. Iler1 on 9'JIMMI IWv! The Oakland enter derived fo withdraw its Invitation to Miss Whit ney to rpeak and Thompson left the hall, returning later with, the war rant. She was released on t:fiiA0 bond. ONE II HUN IS SLAIN Flight of Carranza to Qaarel- aro and Slaying of James Wallace and Otto Load add Complexities to Already Tense Situation Between Nations AMBASSADOR B0NILLAS TOLD OF CONSEQUENCES Developments of Day Put Case in Worst Light in Over Year Overthrow of South ern Government May Be Solution WASHINGTON', Not. 23! An other American murdered in Mex ico, close on the imprisonirent of Consular Apent Jenkins, coupled with report of revolntion in Mex ico City with Carranza m flight to Quarelaro, added cutnple,xitie today which seemetl to force the already tense Mexican situation toward the ling-expected breaking point. Ther were no official pro nouneementji for the guidance of public opinion as to what action, if ny, the American government mipht he contemplating, but ad ministration official, by indica tion, were willing to show that the government is taking a firm posi tion, considering the eventualities and i prepared to deal with them, once a course is chosen. 3Iarder is Last Straw. Another of the last straws" aa one official pat IL was laid on today with the official report of the murder of James Wallace, an American oil man by a Carrania soldier near Tsm pico. on Wednesday. The Wallace referred to Is believ ed to be W. M. Wallace, an employ of the Golf Rerining com pan r. famil iarly known as -Jim Wallace who recently went to Tampleo tttr hav ing been In Colombia, for the Gulf company. He Is about 40 years old. The Mexican ambassador, Ignaclo DorMlas. called on Secretary Lansing today and they not only went over the Jenkins case, but Mr. Lansing also laid before the Mexican envoy the report of the killing' of Wallace. Their conference was confidential, but It Is understood the secretary conveyed to President Carranu'a representative a message more force ful and direct than any yet trans mitted In any diplomatic note, Mr. Donillas was Informed that tbe de partment placed no credence la the charges on which Jenkins Is held ta Jail in Pnebla. in which the Mexican government declines to Intervene and it is understood that Mr. Lansing further outliaed to the ambassador the Inevitable consequences of con tinued murders and molestations of Americans, probably mora pointedly than was done In the government's official note of last July. American Dies of BratalJtf. About the same time word came In of the death of another American as the result of brutal treatment of bandits, who held him for ransom. He was Otto Lund, of Swedish birth. a naturalized citizen, who died of b'ood poisoning after being held for ransom five months In the state of Mayarit. His enters chopped off one of his fir. err and wanned it within their written demand tor mon ey which they seat to bis friends In Teple. Wood poisoning and gang rene killed the man while bis wif. an American woman, and their child are reported In want In Teple. Waflsre Death ae In IVHnt. The murder of Wallace, however, assumed proportions of overshadow ing Importance. Potrero Del Lis no. the ranch on which he was msrder ed. I six to nine miles south of Tampleo. Tbe oil pipe lines of the Aicnilar. Gulf Refining and Ii uter es oil companies run through the property. When word of bs death was received here tbe of: .Is of all three companies were communicated with for information. The Clf com pany s otnee ot lloustou. lxas. re sponded that Wallace probably was J. M. Wallace who was known to be in the Tampleo district and on the Potrero IVI Llano property. Wallace l HUhth. If the identification be correct. Wallace Is the eighth employe of the Gulf company to meet death at the hands of Mexican In the Tampleo district, an dthe eighth American to he killed in Mexico since Jnly 22. (Continued on pace 2.)