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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANtUY 7, 19211.
PRICK: KIVK CKMTJs.
COMMUNISTS
r,IUST tEAVE
IS DECISION
CHERRIAN DINNER DANGE BRILLIANT 2 MORE OIL
GUESTS COME FROM VALLEY CITIES
. k A f W ft' -I $
Department of Justice to Ask
;: for Appropriation of Million
to Aid in Fight and Depor
tation of Alleged Reds
PERSECUTION CHARGED
BY SOVIET BUREAU
GROUP OF ARTISTS BIG FEATURE
The Cherrian dinner dance at. the Clark, coloratura soprano; Marie
"Bonds" Seized Are Payable
"Day After Social Revo
; Iution"
armory last night was the largest j
and most brilliant of the many func
tions which they have ever given. It
is the first dinner dance to which
,iey hare been hosts and also the
first time they have invited outside
guests. Plates were laid for 275
which included about 80 Prunarians
from Vancouver, Wash.. 50 Radiators-Trom
Eugene, and 2-5 Rosarians
from Portland.- During the courses
a group or five artists Zrom Port
land furnished entertainment. They
included: Madame Lillian Jefferys
re tri. concert pianist; Mrs. Dudler
Gammi. Russian danseuse; William
Wallace Graham, concert violinist
and Christian Poole, cellist.
For the occasion the armory was
elaborately and beautifully decorated
masses of fir boughs and cedar form
ing a picturesque background for the
beautifully gowned women and the
men who were in their uniforms or
formal dress. Tables were arrange)
along the sides oT the armory and
these were-brilliant with red decor
ations. A Cherrian 'was a host at
ations. A Cherrian. was host at
served by 'the Marion hotel.
MISS GARRISON NATIONAL CHAMPION
MEN KILLED
BY MEXICANS
State Department Informed of
Murder of F. J. Roney and
Earl Bowles in Tampico
District; First Word Private
WINNER IN ORATORY AT DES MOINES
vYILLAMEnESTUDENTS HOLD RALLY
WASHINGTON Jan. 7. Determi
nation of the government to casrrv
on to the finish its fight to rid The
nation of communist and ommuist-labor-partv
members. more than
2500 of whom now await deporta
tion, proceeds as. a' result of the re
rent nation-wide rads. was seen In
the request transmitted today by the
department or labor to congress for
new appropriations aggregating It,
150,000. to be used In the enforce
ment of laws against radicals and
for their deportation. i ,
While members of rongrcfs were
giving their request preliminary con
sideration, from the temporary head
cnafiers here of the Russian soviet
bureau, located less than1 three
blocks from the department of jus
tice building, there was issued a writ
ten statement br S. Nuorleva. who
Mid he, was secretary to L. C. A. K.
Martens, self-tylei, Russian ambas
sador, setting' forth general charges
against department or Justice agents.
These charges were that department
gents liad "actively participated
In the formulation of some, of the
planks In: thecommunist and .communist-labor
party platforms, which,
the statement said,-"now form the
PROFITEERING IN
SUGAR CHARGED
TO TWO GROCERS
Portland Men Alleged to Have
Sold Product at 14 Cents
Per Pound
HOME STILL EXPLODES
SHORT WEIGHT CLAIMED
A. W. Anderson and Joseph
Leiiff Taken Word Se
cures Evidence
PORTLAND. Jan. 6. Two retail
grocers were arrested here today by
United .States Marshal Alexander on
complaints Issued by United States
Attorney Humphreys charging them
with profiteering fa the sale of sugar.
The two grocers,: who were the first
to be arrested-on direct charges of
profiteering in Portland, were A- W.
Anderson, East Twenty-fourth street
and Broadway, and Joseph Letirf, a
grocer atr 274 , Yamhill street
EMBASSY TOLD TO ASK'
CARRANZA FOR ACTION
basis of the persecution of tbas.ndiUt."Vw
f oeopl
was fixed at $5000 but he was re
leased on his own reornfaance pend
ing the filing of a proper bond.
Mr. Anderson, who was not noti
fied of the charge until late today,
gave assurance that he would ap
pear at Commissioner. Drake's office
tomorrow where the warrant. will be
served on him.. i
Overcharge 1 ' Alleged . ;
Evidence against the two men wan
MAN'S LOSS IS VARIED
FIRST AID, THEN JAIL
4
PORTLAND. Jan. 6. The ex
' plosion of a whisky still in tho
basement of the home of S .H. Wil
liams. 202 Hall street according to
the police caused Williams to lose
his liberty, his home, his whisky
his peace of mind, several inches
of skjn on his face and hands, and
the greater amount of the hair on
hrs head.
The police believe that the pres
ence of a small coal lamp near the
mash to hasten fermentation ig
nited the alcohol and started the
fire. Williams admitted that he
was running the still, but denied
that the still was the cause of the
fire which destroyed the house
and furniture.
Williams was arrested and tak
en to the emergency hospital
where his wounds were dressed be
fore be was lodged in Jail.
TEN HURT IN
TRAIN WRECK
American . Sailors Arrested
November 12 Sentenced
to 2 Months in Jail
thsit "the chief figures In such cele
brated ! bomb plots-1 were agents of
similar nature." ? f v 1
Official Call Chars "Humorous '
l- : Department of Justice officials, ad
mitting that a search " was being
made for Martens, carefully read th
Nuorleva statement and although, re
fusing to d'sciiss It officially, said
privately that the situation to them
was "humorous." ; A .
I The department of labor's request
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We-.Ccwrrzx ex:
Complete! 1 i rveof
THOMSON'S
"GLOVE-FITTING
CORSETS
I
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The thousands upon thousands Thomson's
"iilove Fitting" Corsets bought here. in re
cent years, by Salem V-women, would indi
cate that these are truly garments of real
merit
And, their popularity has never slack
ened hut is constantly;-increasing. In this
daily cramlle for merchandise, we feel very
fortunate indeed, to be able to meet your
wants With so complete a line of these justly
famous corsets.
We make no promises for the future,
"Wc advise early imrchasing.
La Victoire
Corsets
, for those who wish
a finer quality ma
terial, trimming and
finUh '
Louisville and Nashville Pas
senger Derailed Many-
May Die
1
AC
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We are showing a very
ffnes line of
SILK BRASSIERES
THOMSON'S i
' aOVE-TlTTING-f7
COSSETS.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. 6. Louis
ville & Nashville train No. 22. run-
nlng'from Knoxville, Tenn., to Louis
ville, was derailed and five cars went
oer an embankment at New Hope.
Ky., pear Lebanon, late tonight. Last
reports said ten persons were in
jured, several probably fatally.
At the Louisville & Nashville of
fices here it was announced that a
relief train ' had been ' sent to the
scene of the wreck and was bringing
the injured to Louisville. , i
BERGERPUTOUT
OF JERSEY CITY
Police Escort Socialist Repre
sentative to Limits r
Speech Barred
JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Jan. 6. Vic
tor It. Berger, representative-elect
from the Fifth Wisconsin district,
was escorted out of Jersey City to
night by Chief of Police HIchard T.
Dattersby. His departure followed
promptly his arrival 1 nthe scheduled
role of principal orator at a widely
advertised mass meeting under the
auspices of -the Socialist Educational-
club.
erlnger, his first lieutenant.
hTe police refused to permit the
meeting to be held, declaring that
speeches would be barred.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Receipt
by the state department late today
of advices that tD morq American
oil men. F. J, Ronev and Karl Rowles
me Tampico dlFtrjft or ilexico, was
followed by in; truetlons to th Am
:rican embassy in Mx't-j City to
urge t!e Mexican governmeir. to tak-.
every step pov..Mf o bring about
tbr capture fcru punifbinent of the
n.urderers.
First Word Ir,ate
First-word of, the k-;Ung -f th?
two A uerieans. which brought the
oal of Amerirans murdered 'n tho
IViiipko district since A.iril. I'JlT.
!p to : 19, rt-achel Washington
through private sources. Later tho
state department anno-inced the rc
celjt of 6lmilir advice. The depart
ment's message which came from
the American conaul at Tampico.
said the bodies of Roney and Bowles,
who were employed by the. Interna
tional Petroleum company, were dis
clvered yesterday.
Sailor Ct Two Month
The state department was also in
formed during tha day in" a report
from the American consul at Marat
Ian. Mexico, that Harry V. Leonard
and Harry O. Martin, members of
the crew of the Tinned States subma
rine tender Poeomoke, arrested in
Mazatlan November 12 after a street
fight with a Mexican; had been sen
tenced to two months Iraprisenment
The report said, however, that as the
sentence dated back to November 12,
when the two bluejackets were ar
rested, their release should be ef
fected January 12.
GRAND JURY
RAPS RURAL
DANCE HALLS
Anouncement was received in Salem yes
terday thit Mis Margaret Oarrison. a repre
sentative of Willamette university, was winner
Monday night of first place In the national
oratorical cortent held under the auspices of
tho Intercollegiate Prohibition association at
Deii Moines. Ia. Sbe is the first woman to
win this honor. Second honors went to Henry
K. Casaldy of Ottawa university. Kanas,.and
third to Barton R. Pogue of Taylor-university,
Indiana. "
The announcement was received with tre
mendous enthusiasm at Willamette university
where 'Miss Uarriuon was graduated in 1918.
She is a member of the Philodosian Literary
society. Mls Garrison is now a teacher in
Franklin high school. Portland, but obtained
leave of absence to participate in the contest.
Miss Garrison won the state contest In
February. 1917, and in May of that year at
Lo Angeles; represented Oregon- in the Pa
cific coast contest, again winning first honors.
This qualified her to represent the Pacific coast
in the national content which she won Mon
day night, grace the Los Angeles victory she
has worked tirelessly on her. oration, making
many Improvements in the work and produc-
UAHUAUKT GARRISON ing a valuable literary masterpiece.
Preparatory to her first appearance on the platform Miss Garrison was
.alned by Mrs. Miller Scnn. then head of the public speaking department
at Willamette. Mrr. Scnn Kave her further coaching for the Los Angeles
co test and helped her prepare for the national event. She had the further
advantage or training under the direction of Mrs. Delia Crgwder-Mlller,
present head of the public speaking department at Willamette. Together
with .ler tfrvi&ing her native ability as a dramatic reader contributed largely
towards her .triumph In the south -and east.
W tllaniCltc celebrated with a rousing rally when the news was an
nounce. yesterday ;.nd a telegram of congratulation was dispatched to
MJsa CfcTison at Des Moines.
Scvt.-a! Willamette students and faculty members who have been at
tending tl.- national convention of the Student Volunteer movement at
Des Moines remained to witness Miss Garrison's victory.
. - She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Garrison.
t
Places of Amusement as Con
ducted Are Declared to be
Contrary to Good Morals
and Citizenship
WARNING SIGNALS TO '
CROSSINGS URGED
Report Recommends That
Capital Ponishment Ques
tion he Submitted
DIVFRCE N 6 MINUTES
W. S. TAFT DEFENDANT
SUIT IN RENO COURT
51 KX NOT KNOWN IX
IX HOlfcTOX OIL TUADF-
HOUSTON, Tex Jan. . Houston
oil men said tonight they did' not
know Earl Bowles, reported to have
oeen killed with E. J. Roney by Mex
icans in Tampico oil district.
It was first thought the man killed
was E. F. Bowles, brother of W. V
Bowles, a well known Houston oil
operator.
- , RENO, Nev.. Jan. . In six
minutes Mrs. Helen Draper Talt.
daughter of former Governor Dra
per of Massachusetts, was given a
divorce from Walbridge Smith
Taft. nephew of former President
Taft and associated with former
i;nlted States Attorney General
Wickersham In the practice of law
In New York city.
The Tafts were married In Bos
ton February 10 .1917 .and sep
arated at Cleveland in June, 1918.
TREATY ACTION
WAITS JACKSON
DAY MESSAGE
Leaders oll AIL Factions in
clined to Delay for Im-
' portahtWord'! r
CONFERENCES CONTINUE
REDS MAY FACE
TREASON CHARGE
Alleged American Radicals
Held in Portland Wait
Developments
Portland. Oregon. aJn. 6. rlntl
m at ion that charges of treason,
which Involves the death penalty,
may be filed against alleged Ameri
can "rods," arretted here as princi
pals in the group of communist la
bor party adherents .was made to
day by prosecution officials, as a re
sult of Investigations since the raids
With Berger went A scar Am-J which netted 40 citizens and 11 al
iens. Government officials here said
the nature of the Informations would
depen dupon advices received from
Washington .
TRAIN HELD UP
' AT DAVIS, CAL.
Passengers Aboard and Wait-
ing Relieved of Valuables
v by Robbers
New Draft of Mild Modifica
tions Submitted to Senator
McNary
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. . The
Southern Pacific station at Davl.
near here was held up tonight. Many
passengers waiting for a train were
also relieved of their valuables.
BASEBALL PRICE
IS HIT BY H.C.L
Admission to Coast League
Games to be 70 Cents for
Grandstand
HOOVER RECOMMENDS NO FURTHER
LOANS BE MADE FOREIGN NATIONS
FROM TREASURY OF UNITED STATES
Hungary Only Hatiqn Actually Suffering From Food Short
age Is Claira Aid Should be Given Through Regular
Commercial Channels Is Urged
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Ad
mission prices to Pacific coast leagui
baseball games this year will join
with other advancing costs of living
it Itecame known Unlay, the leaguo
directors at their annual meelinz
here having decided to make the
charges seventy cents, for grandatand
seats and forty cents for the bleach
ers, war tax Included.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . Disposi
tion was evidenced by leaders of all
senate factions today to await Presi
dent Wilson's, messae to the Jackson
day tdjnner of democratic leaders
Thursdy before ta:ng any farther
action in the German eace t-ratv slt-
nation.
wmie numerous Individual and
Informal conferences continued to
day between senators, snkesmen of
the various grous said thy did not
cxect anay motive la the senate un
til after President Wilson's letter
Is made ublic.
New iVvelomrttt Minor . .
The only new develoment today Id
the controversy was the inaaaratlon
of dicussion between a few demo
crats and "mild reservatlonist re
publicans, or mild modifications,
taid to have been prepared by Sen
ator Kendriek. democrat. Wyoming
The draft t thene reservations wer
taid to bae been presented to Sen
ator McNary, republican. Oregon,
and other of the "mild reservation"
republican group. The proposed
iijndiflcatlon t was said, bad no
been submitted to Senator Hitch
rrf k. Kenator Vnderwood of Ala
bama: Senator Swanon. of Vlrlnia.
or other dencratic lader.
4
Hoover asserted that Austria alone
i faring a cr'i'tal situ.-tt.r-n and that
oh a whol" "to such si'.uattou con
fronted us : last year lit this time
and there no ground for lrys'erja
on, either side of the Atlantic." and
he added "tat tbe time is bearing
when this country must ceaae to
carry the economic burden of Eur
ope except through charity and or
dinary bume.s nrocMaoj." .
"The world needs to get away from
the notion of governmula.1 help,
both Internally and externally nnd
ret back to work and business." Mr.
Hoover oeclared. Ills statement fol
lows: ;
"I emphatically disagree with the
statement being circulated by Eur
rtran nronaaandists either as t-i ths
down to a pr-ace time;TOaD)e ef Kuropean financial needs
from the I nited States or their sus-
SACRAMENTO.'' Cal., Herbert C.
Hoover, former food administrator,
in a statement mide public here to
day, uted that under no circum
stances should further loans be made j
to any foitign nation out of the
troaury of the United States but
th8t all future tonlmcrciil relations
b,?tween Eu-i- and America be con
fined to ths trdinary bininesa pro
ectres. ' M-. V over passed throigh
h'ariamento ,-iioute to Washington
t. Kttend tit? rational industrial con
ference called by President Wilson
As fui as commercial cr2lts ate
concerned, Mr: ; Hoover printed out
tnat France and England still have
oa band snff:cient foreign securities
to cover thHt r.t eds while Italy ci.it
be'p herself by ,-demobilunjr h't. ar
ny and getiln
bacis.
'Food CoiHlition Mut-h 1 letter
. As for the food situation, Mr.
The Marlon county, grand jury la
a report to the court yesterday ex
pressed belief that the rural danca
hall entertainments as they have
been conducted are not in the Inter
est of good' morals or good citizen
ship. During the session a number of
complaints were mads regarding the -dance
balls. Numerous witnesses
were called who rave evidence show
ing that the conduct of the patrons
In going to and from the dance nans
and In the vicinity of the dance
halls during the boars of the dapces
Is not what It should be. Very-little
evidence was shown that objec
tionable conduct takes place cn .tha
floor of the halls. It was found that
tlie greater part of the patrons at
tending the halls are from the city
and many of these are persons under
age. -
Cfepttal rwaUhnsesit Considered
. The Jury recommends that ques
tion of restoring the death penalty
In Oregon be submitted to the peo
ple by Uje legislature.
The attention of the - jury was
called to the number of railroad
crossings In Marlon county that ara
particularly dangerous to the pub
lic and the jury recommended" that
proper crossing signals be erected by
tue railroads. -
One of these Is the Union street
eroding relative to which the public
service commission tamed down the
city authorities.
- The report of the grand jury fol
lows In full: . .
'During oar session, a number of
I complaints have been made regard
ing dance halls situated In the coun
try outside the city limits but in
proximity to the city of Salem.
"We called a number of witnesses.
among whom were the juvenile offi
cers of the county, the police matron
of the city of Salem, citizens who re
side In the Immediate vicinity of
these halls, and proprietors and op- .
era tors or the places Involved. '
Hanes-rtalosi is laur
"The evidence tends to show that
there has not been a earefnt super
vision on the part of the manage
ment which would Insure these dance
halls being such places as we wonld
wsnt our minor children to attend
without being chaperoned. There i
but little evidence showing objec
tionable conduct on the floor of the
balls during the dances, but there l
abundant evidence which tends to
show thst he moral conditions going,
snd coming to and from the hall an
the conditions thst exist outside ef
the- hall during the boars - of the
dsnce are not what they should be
There seems to be a lack of super
vision of some people, not only go
ing and coming from the dance, but
on the outside of the balding darlag.
the hoars of the dance.
"It is also in evidence that some
of the patrons of these' dances ara
young people who have not yet at
tained their majority but who at
tend thee dances without betas:
chaperoned or la proper company
We believe that the parents of these
cr -a. and especially of the young
gitls. arc la a way responsible for
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GIRL'S MOTHER
LAST WITNESS
Mrs. Lesser, on Crutches and
Weeping, Says New Ap
peared Sane
' IjOS ANREIjES Jan. S. Except
for expert testimony the state closed
Its case in rebuttal late today in the
trial here of Harry New. alleged mur
derer of his fiancee, Freda Lesser.
Among the prosecution witnesses was
Mrs. Alice Lesser, mother of the dead
girl, who expressed the opinion New
was sane.
Mrs. Looser appeared in black and
wae supported by crutches. She wept
and rcreamed as fhe entered th
court room but mastered her feel
ings sufficiently, to give her testi
mony. She said New had always ap
peared a sane, normal man and one
who would have made Miss Lester a
good husband.
"It I hadn't thought Harry Xe
was a fine man and absolutely sane.
I'd never have let Freda go with
him," said Mrs. Lesser .
GREATEST WORLD EVANGELISTIC
CM1PAIGN TO BE CONDUCTED BY
200,000 PASTORS OF COUNTRY
Inter-Church Movement Delegates in Convention at Allan--tic
City Announce Drive Nearly Score of Denomina
tions Represented in Plan $0 5 j
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Jan. .
Plans for th greatrnt world evange
listic ranqia'gn ever attempted were
agreed upon at a preliminary meet
ing of the first post-bellum confer
ence of th inter-churrh world .move
ment today. Representatives of
loards of home missions of nearly a
tcore of protests nt denominations at
tended.
2(MMMM l-Woi N Move
The rest drlv for converts will
be carried forward by :0Otoj pas
tors In ever?" state In the union. Th
campaign is to b terminated with
a marsnaitng 01 me nxi 01 recraua
for Christianity In all churches :
the country on Easter Sunday.
The int-r-churfh efrort to arouse
the nation 'and stlmnate Christian
forces .111 be carried on Independent
ly with the campaign or the Meth
odist Episcopal church which has f jr
its slogan -One Million New V ru
bers by Jute 1.
SprrtarttUr Methods Crred
Spectacular evangelistic methods
are to b encouraged. hr -e cillona
directors declared today.
"There s at this time 'no tsnlr.
i standing that the funds raised or Vt
n raiPea enan d applied through
this organization to raising the pro
hibition isue abroad. said a state
ment by Leveread 8. Earl Taylor
general secretary. "
The administrative roamiit'
the eneral board of promotion of th
torthem taptist convention discus
sed final plans today for the con
summation of the narlists' rive
years program, which provide. r0r
XJZt,nlLl 0t. oa bBBred milium
22? f.or .T,orou PPRcatton of
Christianity to the problems ten
fronting th9 worll.