The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 19, 1920, Page 1, Image 1

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? SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEil; OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19,' 1920
: :: ;;VV: ' ' v v V , V PBICE; FIVE CENTS
ANARCHIST
PLOT IS
DISCOVERY
Brailoviky, Publisher of
Radical Newspaper Ar
rested Last Night After
8 Hours of Questions
DAMAGE WILL EXCEED
MILUON DOLLARS
l
Every Possible Means Jo
Be Used o Locating
Bosh Plotter!
.NEW YORK. Sept. .18, Inves
tigation of the explosion In Wall
street Thnrsday noon which cost
3S lives and did property dam
see exceeding $1,000,000. broad
ly divided itself tonight into two
seDsrate channels.
' Firm In , their belief that the
disaster was - caused- by a time
bomb planted by a band of an
archists, who were also implicat
ed in the mall bomb plots in June,
1119, department of Justice In
vestlgators, headed by Attorney
General Palmer and William J
Flynn. chief of the department's
bureau of investigation, have cen
tered their efforts in seeking the
identity of the person or persons
who deposited five radical circu
lars in a mail box near the scene
just a few minutes before the ex
plosion. Sure Death Is Threat.
These circulars, printed on
cheap paper' and signed "Ameri
can Anarchist Fighters.? threat
ened "sure death for all of you
unless the "political prisoners'
were treed. They bear striking
likeness. Chief Flynn pointed out,
to those found in the invest! ga
t!ons of Jtlne. 1)19. Meanwhile
police investigators Were eoncen
trating their attention on trying
to establish , the identity of the
driver of the dilapidated wagon,
abandoned near the J. P. Morgan
, & Co. bank a few minutes before
t. explosion . and' which-Is be
lied to have contained the In
l.rTial machine. -,
'.Experts In the police bomb
, squad, who have examined and
'pieced together metal fragments
believed to have been part of the
bomb, declared the deadly mlssTIe
apparently weighed about 500
pounds, 200 of which were the
explosive itself. f V
! ' Italian Is Arrested. . it
Department of justice agents
late today arrested an Italian
stowaway on 'the outgoing steam
ship Cedrie on suspicion he , may
have been Implicated In the plot.
He was questioned and later re
leased, agents stating he had es
tablished his Innocence.
.'.The only other man detained
is Edwin Fischer, lawyer and for
mer employe or the French -high
commission here, who sent post
card warnings of the disaster to
friends In the financial district.
He was turned over o the police
of Hamilton. Ont, yesterday
Fischer was later adjudged men
tally Incompetent by a lunacy
commission and temporarily con
fined in the Hamilton Jail.
? Fischer .Not rn Vnion. ; r
Local police investigators have
been' sent to question him, and If
. he has direct knowledge of the
explosion, to bring him back' to
New York If possible. Fischer
claims to have received notice of
the Impending disaster by "men
tal telepathy." Chief Flynn ex
pressed, the opinion that Fischer
is in no way connected with the
explosion itself. ' . -. .
Police department officials ad
mitted tonight they had uncov
ered nothing new during the day
which would aid' in solving tha
mystery. No one, has been found,
they said, who knew the owner
of the horse and wagon which
ere blown to pieces by the
Wait. --.-
f ' Developments Slow.
One blacksmith, after -being
"own tha shoes and hoofs of the
dead horse, told the police he be
, iteved he might throw light on
e Identity of the horse and its
!f n.ev At noon ho went to look
uaaij aismembered car
.ffJ'J wnea he ,eft the police
Heads of the various detective
conferred' with Chief In
tKl, Uhey' but apparently
th. a on.f,rence added nothing to
ay'a developments.
i;,ti,e,.of rood, five by
WIlTed to be part of the
fi5raJfn,w,5on;" wa foond y
to?.. enJ ot in8t,ce operative
zitfc B the w,ado ledge ot the
ll Sn?031".0! the inkers' Trust
Riding at 14 Wall ,treet
T. Anonymous Letter.
WreiTl,terJ0f the anonymous
Rnmt!1 the police that he
H v ,n l tno comer of Pine
18faa streets, near the
-teV.JS? tx,OBion about 20
Vir ik r tbe etonatlon took
f , ; vrUervdeclared that
LJpf to be In a jubl-
tl t poIice said, aamit-
- . the place but saTa
tiJued on page 1.
WOMAN IN COMMAND
SIBERIAN BOLSHEVIKI
.MR. BAKER SAYS JAPANESE
ATTACK FIRST
Chine Mariners Saved British
f and . American Residents
From Slaughter
HONOLULU. T. H., Sept. 18.
That the massacre of Japanese at
Nikolalevsk. Siberia, last March
when several hundred persons
were put to death by the bolshev
ik i. was in reprisal for acts of the
Japanese military forces there wa
declared today by Edward H. Bar
ker, a mining engineer, ot Van
couver. B. C, who arrived here
today on. his way home from Si
beria. , ... :'
Mr. Barker.) who had been sta
tioned at Orksk, a town on the
Ural river, 155 miles southeast ot
Orenburg, said he and Mrs. Bar-
ker had spent some time in Niko-
laievsK ana naa oeen eye witness
es, or the events he recounted.
According to Mr. Barker's ac
count, the Japanese "forces at
Nikolalevsk attacked the head
quarters of the bolshevik I. and.
when the bolshevik! sent out en
voys unaer a wnite liar to ar
range a truce, killed or tortured
them. It was reprisal for this, he
said, that the bolshevik! attacked
the Japanese forces and residents
In the town.
Chinese marines, landed from
gunboats, rescued the British and
American residents of Nikolalevsk
from the bolshevikl. he declared.
The second in command ot the
bolshevikl. he said, was a woman
who: personally shot many pris
oners . in the Nikolalevsk jail for
her own amusement.
SIXAQUTaTED
AT SEATTLE
Found Not Guilty by Feder
al Court on Charge of
1 " False Claims
SEATTLE, Sept 18. Six indi
viduals and the Grays Harbor
Motorship ' corporation, charged
with conspiring to defraud the
government through the presen
tation of false claims for bonus
in connection with war-time ship
construction were found not
guilty by a jury in federal court
here today.
The defendants were Bruce C.
Shorts, Montr Ward. A B. Shay,
and A. S. Hoonan, officers of. the
Grays Harbor corporation," ant!
Captain .W. A. Uagee and A. E.
Hunt, former north Pacific dis
trict of the emergency fleet cor
poration. Albert Schubach, pres
ident of the motorship corporation
indicted yesterday on the original
charge, was released yesterday af
ter a direct verdict of acquittal.
Indictment of - the defendants
followed an Investigation by de
partment of Justice officials of al
leged frauds in the Pacific coast
war-time shipbuilding program.
Other indictments returned
charged officers of the Seaborn
Shipyards company, Tacoma,
Wash.. Captai Magee and Captain
John F. Blair, former shipping
board official, with having pre
sented false claims to the govern
ment In connection with ship con
struction. , i-OT.
In the trial concluded today
the government alleged the Grays
Harbor corporation and 'its offi
cials sought to procure $7,500 bo
nus for advance delivery of a hull
on rwhlch extension of time had
been granted on recommendation
of; Captain Magee and Hunt. ;The
defense argued that the extension
ot tlm was necessary because of
'ailure or the government to de
liver steer necessary In the build
ing of the "hull. The government
contended the steel was delivered
In advance but was used to make
a record construction- ot another1
hull. . t . ;:'V;
Trial of charges against the
Seaborn Shipyards company and
its oficials is expected to begin
next week. Captain plain's Is set
for September 24. ; :
'V7 ' ' '. ' ' rr1
Fischer Confined to p
Hospital Two Times
WHITE PLAINS. N .Y.. Sept
18. Dr. William M. Russell, med
ical superintendent of Blooming
dale hospital, said today that Ed
ward P .Fischer, who issued the
warning concerning the New York
bomb explosion, had - been con
fined In the hospital in 1905 for
about 18 months and again In
int. ;, ? -y.-
J. R. dela Torre Bueno. of
White Plains, saM today he at
tended Columbia University with
Fischer in 1886. ' "
Covernor Harding Speaks
For Senator Harding
HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Sept 18.
W Hard Ins. governor of Iowa,
standing on an Improvised plat
form in the center of the grounas.
today was greeted by a crowd of
persons attending the Hood River
fair as be addressed them in an
appeal for their support for Sena
tor Harding for the presidency.
Governor Harding's speech was
chiefly taken up with a scoring ot
President Wilson's league of na
tions. -"V! ' -
SILK TRADE TS IHKJST,
TOKIO. Sent 18. Business
leaders todar welcomed the ov
eminent announcement that It
would assist efforts to remove de-
Dresslon In the silk trade by ex
tending a loan of 65,000,000 yen.
GOVERNOR
ASSAILS THE
PROFITEERS
He Would Have a Rotary
Fund Placed in His
Hands lor Purpose De
feating All Sugar Profi
teering '
GOVERNMENT BLAMED
FOR RADICALISM
Ohligarchy Fiddled in Glee
While Great Mass of Peo
ple Suffered
OAKLAND, Cal., Sept 18.
Sugar profiteers were arraigned
here tonight by Governor James
M. Cox, Covernor Cox reviewed
attempt b the president to de
throne profiteers who have reign
ed for "five long years, sordid,
soulless, ugly and hateful.' .
"I am in favor, in circumstances
like this., the governor said, "of
the government, through congress,
supplying a rotary fund . to be
placed in the bands of the presi
dent tor the purchase of as much
ot the sugar crop as is' necessary
to prevent profiteering. II elected
In November I shall recommend
to the congress that this be done
for future emergencies In food
supplies.
Strikes at Profiteer
"The extent to which profiteer
ing prevailed during the war. and
especially since the signing of the
armistice, has been outrageous,
The amount stolen from house
holders of America In that time
by the profiteers would pay off the
greater part of the funded debt
arising from the war Itself.
"It must be more than a coin
cldence that the many profiteers
who were protected by the sena
to rial allgarchy in the present
congress are paying their share
into the Republican campaign
fund, which I charge will not be
leta than 815,000.000." '
Governor Cox pointed out rela
tion of radical activities to pritl-
teering.
"Whenever sober thinking peo
ple develop resentment against
government. ' he said, "you al
ways find that the case has been
one of government impotency or
neglect in the face ot a crisis.
When conditions are obviously
wrong and unjust, the great mass
of our. people look upon tbe gov
ernment tor the relief on the oc
casion that Individual action or
community co-operation is net ef
fective. .
Speaks of Radiral!ni
In my travels through western)
country I studied carefully the
symptoms of so-called radical
movements. Leaders ot them. In
some instances, are radicals in the
truest sense, but the. rank and file
I have foound to be a sincere, well
intentioned people who complain
and complain bitterly of abuses
which the government could have
corrected but did not because it
was in reactionary hands.
Sites Itefjrn or Sugar.
"The recent reign ot the profi
teers who oowned the supply ot
sugar is an impressive instance.
Definite remedial jneasares were
suggested and submitted, anad as
definitely rejected by a Republi
can congress in a aasiaraiy . at
tempt to keep the people in dis
tress hat reactionary influences
might win a presidential election
in 1920. The senatorial oligarchy,
which . has '' assumed Republican
leadership fiddled gleefully yt hlle
the great mass of our people was
in distress. With full knowledge
of the tacts, they , looked calmly
upon the" most shameless proofi
teerlnr which . indefensible greed
could impose upon Its helpless vic
tims. Has Harding .A Remedy? -uAnd
now comes , forward the
candidate of the senatorial oli
garchy with the mere statement to
the people that excessive profiteer
ing is criminal and should oe
stopped. "He presents no sugges
tions for the prevention of crime
or the apprehension ot the crimi
nals." What In 'reality he does is
to prepare the way for a new era
of high prices and profiteering by
announcing his intention of chang-
Ing our tariff rate3 to tnose or. a
highly protective system,"
SA NFRANCISCO Governor
Cox, in an address here today De-
tore a luncheon of business men,
referred to Herbert Hoover as the
type of trained mind he would like
to have in his cabinet if elected
president. He rested this morn
ing, made two luncheon speeches,
made a brief talk at a reception
and then left for Oakland to visit
wounded soldiers at a hospital.
PraJsie 3Ir. Hoover.
"Mr. Hoover's effective service
in the war was largely due to his
thorough training as an engineer,
he said, "and if I. can induce him.
one of -the best engineers in the
country will sit in my cabinet
The governor also-favored In his
speech the abolishing of the ex
cess profits tax, which he said was
justified during "the war but no
longer necessary and the substitu
tion for It of a tax ot one or one
(Continued on page 2)
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST
OPIUM PRODUCTION
WANT TO PREVENT GROWING
of new i-orrv crop
Appeal? Are Made to World lYes
ami Welfare Societies to
, Suppress Evil t
AMOY, China.; Sept. 18 Or
ganized action Is being taken by
Amoy to prevent the planting in
Fukien province of a new crop of
poppies for the purpose of , pro
ducing opium. '
- In a world-wide appeal it Is de
clared that "the South .Fukien
Opium Prevention society, realis
ing that during the past year en
ough opium was produced for
five years and that another crop
will supply the men tor 15 years.
appeals to the world press and all
welfare organizations, now that
the planting season for the new
crop Is at hand, to aid in the sup
pression of the great evil." -. ,
LM.I0JNGER1
PASSES AWAY
Salem Capitalist Succumbs
in Local Hospital After
Short Uness
Ernest Maurice Klinger. aged
36. who was born and raised in
Salem, son of the. late Maurice
Klinger,. who was a well known
capitalist and one time prominent
brewer, died of heart trouoie
caused by asthma after an Illness
ot four days at a local hospital
vetterday.
Air. Klinger leaves a wire, ms
mother, and one son. Maurice Ed
ward, and one sister.' Miss Bertha
KUnger.
Funeral services will be Tues
day morn In r at 9 o'clock by Rev.
J. R. Buck at the catnouc
church. Interment will be in the
Catholic cemetery. . . r
Mr. Klinger inherited half the
wealth of his father. The estate
Tts one of the largest ever left
in Salem and included Important
business -buildings on Commer
cial and State streets.
STATE TITLE t
IS AT. STAKE
Honeyman Club and Sena
tors Will Battle for
Championship Today
-4r -
The baseball team of the Hon
eyman Hardware company of
Portland, champions ot the Port
land city league, will be in Sa
lem today for two games with
the Senator In a series to decide
the independent championship ot
the state. ;" '
' The Hrst game today will start
at 1 o'clock and the second at 3.
Should the team: break even to
day a third game' will be played
on - Portland' ground at a later
date. "
Walter Kracke, manager of the
Senators, assures' the fans that
the Senators will have the same
lineup that earlier id the season
cleaned up everything in the state
in Salem's class.
President Campbell
Will Address Club
' A special feature of the Monday
ncftm luncheon at the Commercial
club will be an address by Presl
dent P. L. Campbell of the Uni
versity of Oregon. President
Campbell will mention the grow
ing oossinilitic of the University
of Oregon, since sufficient sums
have been provided to help, place
it as one of the greatest univer
sities in the; west.
New Crater Lake Road
Opens Scenic Country
' MEDFORD. Ore.. Sept. 18. A
road from the rim of Crater lake
to the north boundary ot the park,
six miles south ot Diamond Lake
has. been completed by a crew un
der the supervision of Superin
tendent Sparrow of the Crater lake
national park. This road opens a
scenic country and gives access to
Diamond lake.
TO NATIONALIZE FOODS.
' WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.
Drastic measures to enforce the
nationalization of food have been
lopted by the soviet authorities
at) I'etrograa. a state aepartmeni
telegram received today through
Baltic channels said.
Three commlssairies have been
designated to take complete
charge ot the enforcement of the
prohibition .against private tran
sactions with a view to soviet mon
opolization of all food business.
Squadron on Cruise
to Hawaiian Islands
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18.
Advices received from Admiral
nugh Rodman, commander-in-chief
of the Pacific fleet, and com
manding the battle squadron on
cruise at the Hawaiian islands,
indicate- that the squadron will
leave. Hawaiian porta -next Satur
day for San Pedro. Calif., encas
ing in maneuvers en route.
DE PALMA MAKES
THREE NEW RECORDS
TIME II EATEN OX DIRT TRACK
AT X. Y. STATE FAIR
WorM Champion Driver- Beat
All Irerlou Records Against
- Racers
SYRACUSE, NVY.. Sept. 18.
Ralph De-Palma established three
new world's records on an oval
Cirt tract at the stato fair here
this afternoon against one of the
fastest fields In the country. In
cluding Gaston Chevrolet. Eddie
O'Donnell and Jimmy Murphy.
In the 10-mlle race De Pal ma
set a figure of 7:47:40. against
the old record of 7:56:40. For
the 20-mile stretch the official
time was 16:08:98 aralnst 16:25
66. the old record. The new 50
rolle record Is 40:49, against
40:58.
1000 ROOMS
ARE WANTED
Residents Having Avail
able Apartments for Fair.
Should Call Club
For the purpose of providing
lodging for the multitudes that
will visit Salem during the state
fair the Commercial club has
made arrangements to list every
available room.
In previous years hundreds of
people have walked the streees,
slept in depots or on park bench
es because tbey could find no
more comfortable place.
' This .year Salem proposes a
better reception for its visitors
a room for every comer. This
can be accomplished if every per
son in Salem who has or can tit
up an xtra room will telephone
the fact to the Commercial club
committee. All this week the
committee will receive listings In
the club rooms from 8 to -12
o'clock in the morning and froln
1 to 5 In the afternoon. During
the fair the committee will be on
the job every minute.
PRUNARIANS
LOUDLY LAUDED
Salem Cherrians Can't Quit
i Talking About That Trip
to Vancouver
Every t member of the Salem
Cherrians who went to Vancou
ver Wednesday and most of
them went Is going around
shouting his love for the Vancou
ver Prunartans. the boys who en
tertained the Cherrians In the
lively Clarke county town. The
Cherrians are worried just a lit
tle bit. too. because they know
their lies ahead ot them the job
of entertaining the Prunarlans,
Just as adequately on Booster day
at the state fair. '
' About 50 Cherrians. including
the band, , made the trip to Van
couver, a lrge number going, by
automobile. At 10:30 o'clock the
Cherrians paraded the streets
and .then went to the new co
operative packing plant and as
sifted in dedicating it King
Ring Claneey made a speech In
behalf of the Salem boosters.
Luncheon was nerved the Cher
rians at the St. Elmo hotel and
they were then taken for an auto
ride over the city, the military
reservations and through the
prune belt. J
At the Standifer shipbuilding
yards the Cherrians were shown
all through the plant and taken
aboard the ships under construc
tion. The plant is building three
big steel tankers for the Stan
dard Oil company, each ot 12.S00
tons, and eight other steel ships
are under contract In the plant
3400 men are employed.
At 5:30 the Cherrians assisted
In a reception to the queen of the
festival, who flew by airplane
from Chehalis. A parade follow
ed, wfth the queen featured.
At the Oregon Packing com
pany's plant a banquet was serv
ed from 6 until & o'clock, which
was very elaborate. King Ring
appeared on the program with a
brief talk and there was music
ot several kinds. Including an or
chestra. The affair was made
particularly lively with the or
ganizations present competing
with each ether In improvising
yells and slogans. The seating
arrangement alternated Cherrians
and Prunarlans with their ladles.
A number of army oflicers from
the military reservation and offi
cers from the two navy destroy
ers in the- harbor were amon?
the clients. About 225 jxreons
sat down at the tables.
Dsnre Honors Salem Crowd.
Automobiles took the party
hick to town and the evening
Parade took place, proceeding to
the park where the queen was
crowned. The day was rapped
off by a dance in honor of the
Cherrians and the queen at tho
inks temple.
All members of the Prunarlans
were on duty throughout the day
and devoted themselves entirely
to entertaining the ChorrTans. and
set a pace the Salem men declare
that will he hard to follow. The
Prunarlans promised to attend
the state fair In a body on Sep
tember's, promising more than
100 Tlsltora.- . "
REPUBLICAN
VICTORY IS
HELD SURE
East and Middle West Read
Great Significance Into
Decisive Victory of G. 0.
P. in Maine
FACTIONS UNITED
AGAINST DEMOCRATS
Cox Campaign Fund Charg
es Cause Damper on His
Party Contributions
By WALTER L. TOOZE, JR.
(Mr. Tooxe, who is an attorney
of Mcl inn vine and a on of Wal
ter L. Tooze -Sr., of Salem, was
one of the Oregon delegates to
the Republican national conven
tion. He now has a position in
the headquarters of the national
Republican central committee in
Chicago.) f
CHICAGO. Sept 14. (Special
to The Statesman.) "As Maine
goes, so goes the nation.
No better Indication of the. feeV
Ing 04 the voters in the east and
middle west can be had than that
evidenced by the sweeping Re
publican .victory In Maine. It
was figured that it Maine went
Republican by 20.000 majority.
that would Indicate a Republican
victory In -November. Btft lead
era acquainted ' with eastern po
litical conditions took the stand
that the Republicans should carry
Maine by at least 30.000 In order
that the result might have some
rearing upon the national situ
ation. .To carry the state by 5.-
t-00 was beyond the fondest hopes
cf anyone. It was a complete
landslide, and In view of the tact
that the campaign was waged
wholly upon national. Issues, and
with prominent campaigners from
both of , the major parties taking
the stump In the state, the results
are all the more gratifying from
a Republican point ot view.
The handwriting Is on the wall
and the Democrats must see It
National Republican leaders are
jubilant over the Maine . result,
and they see in It the true Indi
cation ot such a landslide to the
Republican party In November as
has not been witnessed in this
country since our beloved Teddy
went to the mat with Alton B
Parker.
iVrabt Eliminated.
The remits In Maine should
put an end to doubt la the minds
of all as to how the east and
middle west are going to vote In
November. Ohio, much discussed
outside the state itself, will du
plicate the Maine victory. There
Is no doubt about that. Harding
Will carry Ohio Just as surely as
the sun rises; It Is only a ques
tion ot how large his majority
will be. It Is estimated all the
way from 50,000 to 200,000. The
Republican organization In that
state is highly perfected, all fac
tions hare united and are work
ing hard for the success of the
national ticket, and the campaign
Is marked ' by a confidence, as
well as a determination, which
cannot be defeated. And what Is
said about Ohio, applies equally
as well to Indiana.
Somet questions has been raised
about Illinois by persons not fa
miliar with local conditions.
"Big Bill" Thompson and his city
machine are in a death grapple
with Low den and his state ma
chine for control of the state.
The fight is very bitter, and has
developed Into a campaign ot per
sonalities between Thompson and
Lowden, neither of whom Is a
candidate hlmeelf. but -each of
whom is sponsor for a complete
ticket in the Republican primar
ies. However, this fight, bitter
though It is, will have absolutely
no effect upon the national tick
et in Illinois, regsrdless of who
wins out at the primaries. This
fight, and a discussion of Its ef
fect upon the political situation.
Is a story in Itself, but a story
which can better be written after
the primaries are held. But to
any political observer familiar
with the Illinois primary fight
it is a simple thing to see ow
thlfc fight cannot affect Injuri
ously the chances ot Harding and
Coolidge In Illinois. The Repub
lican national ticket will win In
Illinois by a tremendous major
ity. The downstate portion ot
the state has always been heavily
Republican and will continue to
1. and "Big Bill' and his ma
chine may be . depended upon to
bring. home the bacon this year
in Cook county, despite the re
sults of jhe primary election.
Hcarfct.Fiahts League.
inviting attention to but one
fact will show this to be the situ
atlon. "Big mil- Is very much
against, the league ot nations
The Hearst newspapers are fight
ing. the league, and are also fight
ing Cox: The Hearst . Chicago
newspapers are. backiuc Thomp
son In his fight against Lowden.
When the campaign is over, win
(Continued on page 8)
MACSWINEY MAY DIE
1 WILL HE BE BURIED?
BRITISH j.Y REFl'SE IILS
BURIAL IX IRELAND
AR Hanger Strikers at Cork Are
Alire In 39th Day of Their
Faatlnft-
CORK. Sept 18. Doobt who-
ther in the event of Lord Mayor
Mac Swiney's death the British
government would permit the
body to bebrouxht to Ireland for
burial was expressed br munici
pal officials today. It was sug
gested that Inasmuch as the gov
ernment, la order to avoid demon
strations, refused rctblsho?
Mannix permission to come to
Ireland, the same course was like
ly to be followed in this case.
On this, the 29th dar of the
huager strike of the Cork pris
oners, all are alive. The home
physician. Dr. Pearson, was as re
uctant as ever to hazard an onin-
Ion of how much longer they
might linger, but said that all
might conceivably remain alive a
week or more.
MASSACHUSETTS
BACKS HARDING
. . ..-
Convention Adopts PLmks
,of Party and Its Can
I didates
BOSTON. Sept Is. The Re
publican state convention today
adopted, by unanimous vote a plat
form which accepted "with fall
approval- the declarations of the
national platrorm on the . league
of aatidns. endorsed Hardini: and
Coiaidge and favored a protective
tariff. A sepasete resolution com
mended the record of Senator
Lodge; particularly specifying nls
senatorial activities . In the . last
two years. . w-
Among those who addressed the
convention wer j . Governor. Cool
idge. Senator . Lodge. Si-eaker
Frederick H. Cillett. of the na
tional house, of .representatives;
Lieutenant Governor Chanclnc H.
Cox. nominated by the Republi
cans for governor at the primaries
last week, and Congressman John
Jacob Rogers, who served as per-
maaent chairman.
Senator Lodge, la his address.
remarked that President Wilson's
request for a solemn referendum
oa the league et nations had been
answered in Maine. He said that
human natare might be consid
ered much the same throughout
the' country and asserted that
"the sentiment shown in the
Maine election will be found fair
ly general' throughout the United
States."
"The senate, la Its considera
tion of the league of nations." he
continued, "has been misrepre
sented: it has been abused. But
the results of primaries held so
far has been a two and one-half
to one majority in support of the
senate's position, o
"I regard the treaty almost as
a betrayal of the rights ot Amer
ica. I am a good party man. but
If my party had sought to make
me accept the treaty as Mr. Wilson
brourht It back from Parts
would never have voted for It,
party or no party.
"They talk of my personal hos
tility to President Wilson. I have
none: he has never crossed ray
oath. But I retarded htm with
that treaty In his hands as endan
xering the country and I did all
in my power to stop It When we
elect Harding aad Coolldxe we
shsll have men at Washington
who wilt not endanger our eov
erelxnty and independence.
The Republican party Is to be
congratulated on its choice of
candidates: not so mrch with the
Democrats. When I read in the
morning what the Democrats have
said I become prouder ot our can
didates, who discuss Issues with
sobriety, while their opponents va
porize, boast and resort to person
al abuse, which is never an argu
ment and always degrading.
Aviator Clashes Into
Telegraphic Wires
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 18.
An airplane In the mai lservlce In
a forced landing a hair mile east
of Elko. Nev late today struck a
string of telephone wires, break
ing aix overland circuits, accora
lag to reports received here to
night, crippling telephonic and
press telegraphic service between
the west and east for several
hours. The reports did not say
whether the aviator was injured
or give other details.
Darts Not Indicted by
Marion County Grand Jury
A news article which appeared
in The Statesman. Saturday, stat
ing that Bart F. Davis had been
indicted by a Marion county
crand jury on a charge ot forg
ery was erroneous. The Jury did
not indict Davis, returning i not
trne bllL He was accused ot
forging on a promissory note the
name of his divorced wife. Eletha
Pructt
CHANGE EMIGRANT WAVE
TOKlO. Sept. 18. Government
authorities will seek to divert Ja
panese emigration from North to
South America, and induce some
Japanese settlers now In China to
proceed to South 'America.' accord
ing to Toklo newspapers.
HYPHENISr.1
DESTROYS
DEMOCMCY
Senator. .Talks o Forei-n
Born Delegation About
Americanism and Dctics
of Citizenship.
HARDING STANDS FOR
""REAL 'AMERICANISM
Seek Loyalty at Home Then
We Can Meet and Solve
World Problems
MARION. Sept 18. American
ism. Its meaning to the forelm
born citizen and the dangers of a
hyphenated citizenship, were the
keynote of an address delivered
from his front porch today to del
egations of forign-born tltlieot
by Senator Harming. .
The delegations comprising sev
eral hundreds, came from New
Tork. Chicago and cities of the
northwest and Cleveland.
While declaring that "It is not
possible, and ought sot. to be ex
pected, that Americana of foreign
birth shall stifle lore tor kins
folk In the lands from which they
came, .the senator asserted that
we area nalterably against any
present or future hyphenated Am
trtcaAJsnV. . . - ,
llavdlac ! Applaaded
Senator Hardin- was la terms t-
ed many . times by arplsese.
touchlag upon foreim relations,
he declared that "nothing helpfal
has eojca trozx the wlllf al assump
tion to direct the affairs of Ear
ope, but that on "the contrary,
the mlMakea policy of interfer
ence baa broken the drawstrings
of good tense and spilled bad
council and bad manners all over
tho world. -
"Meddling abroad." he assert
ed, "tends to make Americans for
get that they are Americans and
to arouse the old and bitter feel
ings ot.tac.epL former nationality
or foreign aneeatry In the hearts
of those who ought never to have
been forced to turn their hearts
away from and 'Tided loyalty and
interests given "to America
first- -
HypbenUm la Mewace
Wars Lev against ' hypbeaism.
Senator Harding said that "the
time might come when. a groat
or. groups ot men and women ot
foreign birth or foreign parentage
not organized for the interest ot
America, but -organised around a
resentment against oar govern
ment might press, by propagan
da and political hyphenism. apon
our government to serve their
own interests rather than the In
terests of all America. It Is not
beyond possibility, he continued,
"that the day might come and
may God forbid it when an or
ganized hyphenated vot In Amer
ican politics might have the bal
ance of voting power to elect our
government It this were true.
America might be delivered out o
the hands of her citizenship and
her control might be transferred
to a foreign capltaL" i
Introducing the various dele-,
gates to Senator Harding. Senator
MedUl McCormlck. of . Illinois,
said:
Every I tare rrewevt
"We are come to bear. witness
to oar faith that the success of
the Republican party and your
own election in November holds
forth the certain promise ot re
establlshment of free and repre
senltatlve government at home, no
less than the re-aseertloa abroad
of those fundamental principles
under which the American people
have become great and In the pur
suit ot which the government has
enjoyed in ever-lacreaslng meas
ure the respect and regard of the
people of the world." He told
the candidate that well-nigh' all
the peoples of the old world were
represented in the delegations be
fore him.
Senator Harding attended a re
union ot Marion county Knights
of Pythias ot which he Is a mem
ber, at a park here this afternoon
and made a brief speech oa fra-
ternailsm. '
Fraternity of Nations
Senator Harding said he not
only believed in fraternity of cit
izenship, but a fraternity of na
tions, but that In playing Ameri
ca's role, caution should h exer
cized. He alluded to efforts to
have America accept a msniate
over Armenia and said "whila I.
want America to do Its share. I
do not want somebody else across
the sea to tell ns what to do or
how to do It."
He declared France aad Eng
land had withdrawn their troops
from Armenia in an effort to
force America to accept a mandate
but asserted that America would
do everything tor Armenia except
involve America five thousand
miles away "and plant the sons ot
this republic there In the gate
way between the Orient and Occi
dent to Involve ns la etery con
flict of the old world.'
lfoiaa Shortage.
Senator William M. Calder,
New "York, conferred with Sena
tor Harding on a number ot mat
ters, particularly the work in
which he is toga zed as chairman
of the senate sub-committee to
Inquire Into housing shortage.
After leaving Senator Uardlcg.
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