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Win mm The Statesman reere wire report of tho Aoc Pres th. trMrt w4atj liable press assodaUoa U w world, . . THE WEATHER: Tuesday, occasional rain; moder ate to fresh southerly! winds. hi a ii SEVENTIETH YEAU ; SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORXINC., SEPTEMBER 2L 1920 PRICE; :F1TE CENTS VANDERVORT OPPOSED TO FAIR PASS Alderman Spurns Proffer , from Mr. Volk, Then In troduces Resolution; He Alone Votes for it HIGH STREET DIP ' SUBJECTED TO PROBE Cracil Will Not Initiate lltasure for Purchase cf Camp Grounds CHICAGO POUC EAVERT A POSSIBLE RACE RIOT BARRETT iIS KILLED AS HE HJES TO CHRL'S ItESCTE Negroes Take Refer in Church From White Crowd Who Seek Revenue . CHICAGO. Sept. tO. Three negroes were besieged for more than an hour In St. Cabriele's Catholic church on the south side tonight by. a mob of a thousand persona after the negroes had killed a white man,. Charles Bar rett. who . is "said to have cone to the rescue of a white girl in sulted by the negroes. They were rescued and placed in jail when squads of policemen were sent to avert a possible race riot. Chief of Police Garrity ordered the entire police force mobilized end placed several hundred extra policemen t around the scene at the southeast corner of the stock yards where several thousand are employed ? Shortly after-Barrett had been AGED WOMAN FACES TRIAL BEFORE JURY Mrs. Lena Steiger Accused of Complicity With Jess Mullinix in Attempted Murder of Husband Last March ELEVEN JURORS ARE ACCEPTED BY COURT killed three negroes were dragged I I along 01 .Testimony IS tX- peciea 10 uei unaer nay Alderman H. H. Vandervort lias refused to accept a pass to the - state fair on ; grounds : that there is no reason why any mem her of the council should not pay his way. ' . Alderman Volk appeared in the eouncil chamber last night with a handful of passes and distribut ed them about to the aldermen. Re proffered one fcf the yellow tickets to Vandervort. : "Nope, nope; I can pay my way for a while yet,? said Mr. Van dervort. rather gruffly. Resolution Introduced. T Vandervort had heard of- the special favor to the councilmen earlier In the day and already bad a resolution prepared pro viding that the members of the city council not accept them. This h introduced at the meeting last sight. Vandervort voted for the resolution. AH the other mem bers voted against it. , The doling out of passes to the members of the city council Is one of the privileges that comes with annexation of the state fair grounds as part of the, city. The protest of residents ' of . North High street between Union and Division streets who- object to the dip in grading that has been prepared for pavement; won a concession from the council last sight when i.H. McMahan, at torney for the property owners appeared and asked for the ap polntmeat of a special committee to confer with the property own ers and Investigate relative to the grade. Mayor Wilson named Alderman Clesy. Simeral and Hal vorsen on the committee. Two 13 ur prints Used. Mr. McMahan said the blue print plan to which the property owners agreed provided a water drain to Division street, and that In his investigation be had dis covered the work is t-eing done according to another blueprint which causes the drain to be to the center of the block from both ends. The question that has . arisen Is how there happens to be two sets of plans. Strong objec tion is being made because the plan according to which the work is being done will cause a depreci ation In the value of the prop erty. Mr: McMahan said that the city -engineer, as a ministerial of ficer, could not have changed the ,tlans without the authority of the counciL The new traffic ordinance, which i has been much . shuttled : about in recent weeks, was in- ; aerinltely postponed. As first In troduced, the bill was vetoed by the mayor because It prohibited 1 the parking of trucks in the main easiness section. When the ; newly drafted bill came up for i third reading last night and the council had gone into committee . of the whole to consider It., ob- ; jection was raised that new state 1 traffic laws will doubtless be en acted by the legislature which meets in January and probably render the proposed city law ob solete. ; Park Purchase Opposed. The council will not initiate a , bill for the purchase by the city of the tourist , camping ground. Alderman Utter ol the park com mittee, , in a verbal report, sa id he would make no recommenda tion, but objected to paving the 110,000 asked for the four acres of ground,! claiming the ground Is of gravel formation and not worth that amount of raonev. , It is said tne council generally favors a municipal camp ground,- but agrees with Utter relative to the present site;, It Is believed the Dili for purchase of the- ground wm be initiated from a source outside the council. Immediate action will be taken for the repair of the South High reet bridge which recently has settled -sight Inches at the center of the span, leaving sharp bumps t each end. While the city en- stneer rnnrta that there Is no lm media t itinrr nf the brldre lUing. he recommended Its re- ir before the heavy rains of the wer season begin. ins rmmlt aAnntmA runnrt f the street committee recom- "en"nr the grading and gravel ? l Cottage street from Hoyt w Rural avenue "esiflents of TrnrtA Rtrftet. be- and severely beaten i The negroes who killed Bar rett, cutting his throat with a razor, were chased several blocks by a continually increasing crowd and finally dashed into, the church. Two hid in the confes sional and one back of the altar. Sticks and stones were thrown Before Noon Today Mrs. Lena Steiger, aged' J years, was placed on trial in the Marion county circuit court here at the church and frequent yells lyesterday accused of complicity lyncn tnem came from the with Jesse Mnllintv In th attemn- liurae, pastor, i tt mrw r k .n.hani Jnhn CONFLAGRATION IS LARGEST OF SEASON FIRK STARTS IX FOREST OF FOX IllTTE COlWTRi Some of the- Rest Central OreaM Timber I letrujri by Fast Flames REND. Or.. Sept. 20. Hre which started yesterday in the yellow pine forests of the Fox Butte country had spread rapidly and included at least U00 acres of some of the best timber in cen tral Oregon. V. Sproat. In rharre of the 2c cjute national forest office here, reported today. 4 The conflagration was by far me largest of this season in the dis trict. Sunervisor II. L. Plumb left on Saturday for the Fox Butte and vcsterda7 Snroat received wora from him by telephone that the fire had spread over a 1500-acre tract. COX DECLARES ; SENATE FAILED If Reservations Had Been Accepted League Might Now Be Reality of crowd. Father nlearios! with 4 Via ir.wt perse. but without availj Only ohsib"'. Uia uv" when, the policemen, armed with nce nonn 01 saiem on iiarcn lilies appeared, did the mob break! of this year. Because of the prom up. . I tnence of Mr. Steiger and the de- The south side "black belt." I f endant in this vicinity the court the scene of disastrous race riots 1 room was crowded It its capacity a vear. wa niaemi ninir hr I during yesterday's sessions. mart. w th tiw.ir.a The ULtar of a Jury consumed nnt I all of Teste day. and when ad- LOST FOR 24 H0RRS STUMBLES INTO CAMP IMSSE WAS StX)l RIXO WOODS IX SEARCH OF THEM Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford al Her 1 1 Year Old Son Are Now Safe at Home PORTLAND. Sept. 20. After being lost in the woods near Rain ier. Oregon, for more than 24 hours. Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford of Portland and her 11-year-old son stumbled upon a logging camp today and tonight were brought safely borne. Mrs. Craw ford said she and the boy were picnicking when they lost their bearings. Their disappearance was reported late Sunday and posse scoured the woods search ing for them. AMBIGUITY OF LEAGUE DANGEROUS Senator Declares He Would Rather Break Heart of World Than Destroy The Soul of America PORTLAND GRAPPLER WILL SEARCH RIVER SMOOTH NATION CONTROVERSIES League of Nations Settles Disputes Between Four Countries journment was taken late In the afternoon 11 jurors had been ac cepted and the opposing attorneys had waived the right of rurtner pre-emptory challenges. The Jur ors accepted to sit on the case in clude W. T. Riches, farmer. Tur. ner; John Lomker. farmer. Elk horn: James vs. Imbler, farmer. Mehama: Lyman H. Shorey. la borer. West Woodburn; Louis Nekl Hart Will Nnt ftWtivM Webert. druggist, Aurora: W. K. ilea nan IT Ul HOI Receive winslow. farmer. Aumsville: R. C. any Consideration DV Jefferson, farmer- North Howell; iGttVEMORrTRM MURDER CASE Executive Governor Olcott will give no consideration to pleas that may ? n3L X?- was exhausted before .mV wh A. F. Marcus, manufacturer, Sa lem: John Taylor, farmer. East Start on; J- M. Skalfe. retired. Sa lem and Joseph L. Godington, la borer, Salem. The original venire of 18 men five clemency be extended to Em- Judge Percy Kelly ordered, the f enaieton. uancrort was ceivedtat the state prison Sunday. under sentence to die by ban gins November 5. Governor Olcott yesterday . is sued the following statement: "Neil Hart, self-confesset mar derer of Sheriff Til Taylor of turora from the rerular nanel. re"l These were exhausted at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the sheriff vras instructed to select a panel of IS more men to report at 9 o'clock this morning. It is not believed the selection of the twelfth- juor will require more than an hour and the attorneys Umatilla eounty, has been re- n to have tne ukig Cf test! celved at the Orexoi slate ienl-m ' . .n ... h, nnnn r tentiary under sentence to be exe cuted November . t lis incon ceivable that anyone but bis very near relatives should enter any plea that his iienicnee be lessened! in anr degree, tut in order tnat then? may bo no misunderst.xndin I wish to make it plain at this i time that no applications from any sourcei for clemency of any . kind mony well under way by noon to day. Talesmen excused by Judge Kelly for eause on challenge of the defense Included A. w Veatch. C. W. Beechler. C. M Roberts. Eugene. Eekerun, otto Hansen and W. B.i Hardy, ven I re men excused by pre-emptory challenge Included Frank Ma boner. V. P.: Georee. C. T. rom and the law will be allowed take Its course. to will be considered in this case eroy j v writer, A. W. Andregg. Levi McCracken and Urttt-Aspm-watd. Before starting with the ease the t(orneys stipulated that the Jury should be taken unaer the rules practiced in civil cafces, and consequently the pre-emory challenges were made without be ing public credited to either, tne prosecution or he defense. District Attorney Heltxel. wh ig handiln? the prosecution, ques tioned the talesman at length re garding their acquaintanceship with the defendant, and whether thv would be influenced b the Russell Brake Here to Begin Life Sentence Russell Brake. convicted In the circuit court at Oregon City for the murder of Henry Dubinsky. a Portland taxlcab driver, was re ceived last night at the state pen! tnntlarv tn harlK a Ufa untllre. ii w wntpnrpd -rasterdav morn-1 fart that she was more than ine bv Judge CamnbelL years of age. Special mention also npnrro Moor, who was imnli-1 was made of the prominence ot cated with Brake, and who con-1 Steiger and his wife in the com r....j n th. mw.Ar m,am ru-civiui I mnnitr dHot to the present aiiii- at the state prison in July, also to culty of the defendant, and wne- serve for life I mere mai wouia uc muj u"'- Brake stiii maintalns hls denial on the Jurors reaching an tmpar of guilt. rr! tltloned the council to ma?r'4 sravel tho street, the 'ternii . ,0 be Paid for br the property owners. -It was referred "c E -roH committee Man Who Escaped Eight Years Ago Is Captured L. E. Herold who escaped from the state penitentiary eight years ago. is under arrest at Jerome, Idaho, according to information received at the prison yesterday and an officer-has been sent to bring him to Salem. Herold was convicted on a charge of larceny In Baker county and sentenced to serve from one to five years. He was received at the prison Sep tember 23, 1911 and escaped in 1912. Man Killed When Motor I Truck Tire Explodes McALLEN. Tex.. Sept. 20. Peter; Rowe was Instantly killed. today at San 'Juan when a motor truck tire exploded while he was inflating It with air. The top of his head was blown off and nearby brick wall was blown ic. i -I ' "" : CITIZENS ARK FLEEING i HONOLULU, Sept. 20. Civil ians in the Khabaravosk region of Siberia are fleeing to Vladivostok and to the mouth of the Amur river because of reports ihat the bolshevikl In Siberia are planning . Miitvn winter - rampalgnt against the Japanese troops in i-I beria, according to received today from Toklo by Nippu JIJ1, a Japanese language tial verdict. Mullinix. who is now in the tat nenitentiarv serving an eUht rear term for his part in . the shooting of Steiger. the prosecu tion charges, bad an agreement with Mrs. Steiger whereby they wera to ret rid of the latter's hus band and thereby acquire his pro perty. Letters purporting to show that-a close relationship existed ftwen Mrs. Steiger and Mullinix iu .ill b introduced at the trial. ' ' ,' . in the confession made by Mul Unix following his arrest he said ha m&de a trio to Portland on one occasion to obtain a gunman to mh nnt sleieer. but later lost his nerve and returned to Saiem. a r niehta later he rode on a bi cycle to Steiger's ranch, and fnnnd the a red man mOklnr his mi. Ooenina ' the barn door UnlitnU trA fnnr ahntflWt KteiK r three of which took effecti Steiger was removed to a hospital whom b remained for two mnnthi before returning to ' his home. steirer Is retouted to beXwea thv mil Kince the ho'jtlnz has livorf alone on bis ranch. Mrs Steiger appeared under corpde- able strain during teaay a seson of the court, and paid strict aUen tion to all the proceeding LOS ANGELES. Sept, 20. Statements of Governor Cox. of Ohio, regarding reservations to the league of nations today were supplemented by him with a dec laration that he knew of only six objections raised against the pres ent covenant and that all six were covered fully by the reservations submitted to the senate by sena tor Hitchcock, of Nebraska. It was the first time the governor had discussed the Hitchcock res ervations. If those reservations had been written into the league," Gover nor Cox declared, "and accepted by the senate the question would have been closed and not . made, a football In politics. The senator ial crowd declined to accept those reservations." Governor Cox cited President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitch cock, approving, the so-called Hitchcock reservation and said: "He was willing to accept ana u the senate had accepted the res ervations, which met every objec tion, this thing would have been settled long ago. adding: "And so To I accept them." Referring to the senate Repub lican opposition and tne llitcn- cock reservations, the governor said: "Their objections are met. ev eryone of them. And while tney make objections, have too. notteed that they have not come forward with a substantial or alternative?" 1 The governor's discussion of the Hitchcock reservations was maae prior to ah address here tonight to his audience at san Diego. The six objections to the league given by Governor Cox were, that' it obligates Americans. to fight in foreign wars, that its commit ments are unconstitutional, that it is contrary to the Monroe doc trine, that It is a -British," a "Wilson" or a "Democratic league: that it would make Irish f-eedom Impossible, and that Great Britain would have six votes, with her colonies, with Am erica's one. i ' The first objection was an swered, as In the past, by Gover nor Cox. with the statement that congress oaly may declare war and that the president cannot or der Americans into foreign wars. That he American Bar asso- riattnn and eminent Jurists hare given opinions that the league nan ...... I 1 I n n a no unconsuiniioni prmiiu". was his answer to the second oo- 1 not Inn Regarding Ihe Monroe doetrlne. Governor Cox cited Senator Ilttch eock's reservations that It should not "In any way be Impaired or affected by the league." to tn lounn. iiovernor aid that he believed former President Roosevelt first brlglnat ed the term "league of nations", and that the present covenant was the composite work of many nar tinna' reoresentatlves. Rorardintf the fifth OOiecuou named, relative to Irish freedom HIGH imADY TO DRAG RIVER FOR GLEX SAWYI3VS BODY Salem Man Drowned While Try Ins to Rescue Little Daughter From Drifting Boat AMERICA TO RELINQUISH HAITI CLAIM SPEAKS TO CIVIL WAR VETERANS AT MARION Admonishes Nation Not to Fall Prey to League of World. War PARIS. Sept. 20. The ninth session of the council of the league of nations adjourned today after having smoothed differences be tween four nations in controver sies which had threatened to re sult In war. In the Polish-Lithu anian crisis, the council got the two countries to agree to an im mediate suspension of hostilities pending settlement of their dis pute. The Aland islands question likewise Is considered in a fair way for settlement. A Finnish reservation was explained as hav ing been made largely for techni cal reasons. League officials explained that. although neither Finland nor Swe den was legally hound to accept the league's desiclon they' were morally bound to accept it. Count Qulnens de Lons. Spanish ambassador to France, and Baron Keishiro Matsul, Japanese vice to reign minister, have been ap pointed to represent the league of nations in the Polish-Lithuanian auestlon. m M lUUitU icc:i.lwu vu report of the council on the Aland Island question was that Flniana Interests are so Interwoven with sovereignty over the islands that Finland alone has the right to de cide whether there shall he a plebiscite. The purchase of tne Hotel na tional at Geneva for the perma nent home of the league was approved. TO STOP BALL GATtlE BETTING i CiAMBLERS MFST QUIT. BEND, ,Or.., Sept. 20. Poker and dice games are being con ducted with I such openness in r.end dooI halls that revocation o? the licenses of the proprietors may, be found necessary, Maytjjf the governor reiterated that onlyj throuzh the leaxue eouia ireianu secure a hearing before "the bar of public opinion- of the world. and he promised to present up land's case to the league of elect ed. , - , ... On the sixth question, of the British and American voting pow er, the governor said it was cov ered by the Hitchcock reservation providing that all parties to dis putes, including colonies or de pendencies should be disqualified from voting. .. "What Is the meaning of that? the -governor continued "If Can ada has a dispute she cannot sit in the assembly and no'vote will h nrded to Eneland or to the rt of the colonies of Great Bri tain, since parties to a dispute do not vote, so that equalizes the V whole thing." 125 Rooms Listed Daring First Day e eilixens oi faiem answered the call for rooms to take care of the fair week crowds In a noble manner but in order to obtain the necessary 1000 they need to respona equauy wen frrj day this week and continue all during fair week. The Commercial Hub has fitted up a Special room in order properly to handle the listing and distribution of rooms with additional phone service. Persons desiring to list rooms with the Commercial ' club should eaU 9. Grand Jury Investigators Will Apprehend World Series Gamblers CHICAGO. Sept. 20. Grand Jury investigation of alleged gambling by baseball players in last year's world series and in the game between Chicago and Phila delphia National league clubs on August 31 will start Wednesday with a score of baseball officials, players and writers subpoenaed to testify. He declared that Hal Chase, Lee Magee and llinle Zimmerman, all former major league players, probably would be called. The charges of ' alleged gambling which have been voiced against Magee and Chase would enter Into the Investigation, .he said. ,. The American league will ask congress to enact a law at its next session making betting on a baseball game a penitentiary of fense. President Johnson said to night. He said the leagne would ask that, this law be made as se vere aa possible and worded so as to eliminate all baseball pools. Only in this way. he said, could gambling be definitely eliminated from baseball. Mr. Johnson said the American league still was Investigating the charges of gambling in last year's world's series, and expected to mke public the Jesuits of Its In vestigation in a snort time. "Most ot my work this summer has been devoted to running down gambling charge?." he said. Babe" Rath Shattered Cohh's 1911 Record ST. LOUIS. Sept. 20. "Babe" Ruth, home run champion, shat tered another record today, scor ing his nsth run this year in the eleventh inning, to give New York a 4 to 3 victory over St. Louis. The previous mark was 147 runs established by Cobb, of Detroit. in 1911. MARION, O., Sept. 20. Warn ing that the league of nations Is full of "known ambiguities.' and that it was an ambiguity In our constitution that led to the civil war, Senator Harding today asked a delegation of civil war veteraas and a delegation, of Kentucky and Tennessee citizens "how we ever can consent to enter Into a new world compact with' a doaea am biguities in IL" - T. VI Ttmam. Cf The senator asserted that arti cle 10 ot the league, is a "recipro cal" pledge on our part to help preserve the independence and na tional integrity ot 44 nations. and that the article and Its corol laries "clearly contemplate war It need be to make this preservation possible." Asserting that President Wilson had placed the "purport ot an ob solete "Clayton-Bulwar treaty above our constitutional righta. In requiring tolls from American ves sels passing through the Panama canal. Senator Harding exclaimed: "Who cares to say that this same sort ot logic will' not some day be used to place an unwilling America into foreign war II we reservedly subscribe to article 10. the constitution to the contrary. notwithstanding." Refers to Civil War. "I like to think ot the blend of Kentucky and Tennessee with the sons ot the north who saved the nation. I like to think that In 1920. there are few wounds of the civil war remaining, there are few signs of sectionalism In our na tional life, and there Is no one who regrets the winning of the war by the north and the preser vation ot this wonderful land of ours. "I like to recall that after all there were no very great differ ences between us. I only think It was a misdirected passion for country. You know there were two schools of American politics from the very beginning. One was the national school and the other was the school ot states' rights. These two schools were in conflict from the very beginning of the re public; they waged their warfare with never ending intensity until it finally culminated In the great civil war anad in that conflict the question was settled and tahe United States committed everlast ingly to nationality. "Have you ever stopped to think that we, one people, with naturally one interest, were led into the civil war by a mere am biguity In the federal constitu tion? In the beginning we were so divided in our ideas that there was ot necessity uncertainty left in the compact that was made and it required the civil war to wipe it out. And that was a very great price to pay. But remembering that, my countrymen, I want to ask you. knowing the cost ot wip ing out the ambiguity in the con stitution of our own republic, how can we ever consent to enter into a new world compact with a dozen ambiguities In it? Has the Ieajrue a Heart? 'Let me call your particular at tention to one: There is much dis pute about that which is known as the heart of the league.' No Atoer lean can' be simultaneously for ar ticle 10 and for the constitution of our republic any more than an American In Lincoln's time could be simultaneously tor emancipa tion and for slavery. "Let me say right here in pass ing, that I am a fairly sympathetic human being, and I wouldn't break the heart of anybody know ingly, but I would rather break the heart ot the world than de stroy the soul of the United States of America." Mayor O. J. Wilson will today telephone a request to Mayor Bak er of Portland to allow Hugh Brady. Portland official grappler. to come to Salem and assist In dragging the bottom of the Wil lamette river tor the body of Glen Sawyer. Sawyer was drowned late Sun day, apparently when trying to rescue hit littltf daughter. Mary. 3 years old. who was drifting down the river in a boat that had brok en from its moorings on an Island. The city council last night In structed Mavor Wilson to request Mayor Baker to send Brady to Sa lem . This action was taken at the request ot a committee from tne Oregon Pulp and Paper company where Sawyer wa employed, the committee expressing a wining ness to pay the expense necessary to bring Brady here. ' The committee first conierrea with Mr. Brady-by telephone and was Informed that the only way he could leave 'the city would be by request of the Salem council to the Portland mayor. Little Mi it Sawrer was ob served drifting down the river op posite the foot .of Hickory street about t:45 p. m.. Sunday when young men pn the bank ot the rjver heard her cries. a young man named Coombs swam to the boat .Sobbing, and In her child ish accent, the little girl Informed him that "daddy was Jn the river. Hurriedly grapplers were ai sembled and the river searched until midnight. Until yesterday it was presumed that Sawyer had fallen from the boat. Yesterday. however, some of bis outer gar ments and his fishing tackle were found on the bank of an island a considerable distance above the point where the little girl was dis covered,' also his tracks. Indicating that he had run along the. bank. This la believed to show that the boat had been moored and had broken ' away . with the child aboard while her father was fish ing from the bank. Apparently he attempted to swim to the boat to rescue her. Mrs. Sawyer said yes terday that her busaaad was. a rood, swimmer, and the presump tion Is that be was seized with cramps or was unable to make his way la the water because of his clothing. " . Sawyer was 3S years old. He and the child had left their home In the afternoon to fish. He is survived by his wife and several children. . Secretary Colby Declares Haitien People WUi be Capable of Setf Adahis tratioa Ycry Soon ISLANDERS MAINTAIN i GREAT ANTAGONIST Cestero Declares' NatiTes Want Sovereignty and Freedom x - PRISON WARDEN TO LITiIlT CROWD Law Will Goreni Number of Persons to Witness Exe cution of Neal Hart STORM SHIFTS TO NORTH. WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The weather bureau tonight In report Inr the irogress ot the tropical hurricane, now central in the Gulf of Mexico, issued northeast rtorm warnings to be displayed Let ween New Orleans and Lavaca. Texas, and northwest warning be tween Corpus, Christ! and Bf owns- ville. Tex. The storm was described as of considerable intensity and moving northwest. - - Louis II. Compton, warden ot the state penitentiary, will adhere strictly , to the law in extending invitations to attend executions at the state prison. The warden so declared himself yesterday In commenting on the numerous re quests that have come from per sons who. for some sordid reason want to witness the execution of Emmett Bancroft, alias Nell Hart. on November 5. - Bancroft ta the slayer of Sheriff TH Taylor of Umatilla county. An avalanche of requests to attend the execution ot Neil Hart on November 5 has been received by my office." said L. H. Comp ton. warden of the penitentiary. today, Under the law the warden la required to be present at auch time .and must invite the presence ot one or more physicians, the Orphan Girl Walks Two Hundred Miles WOODLAND. Cal.. Sept. 20. iolet Nell, a 13-year-old orphan arrived here today three weeks out from Portland, Or., afoot, on wagons and In automobiles ot tourists, she said. "I was going to San Francisco or Los Ansreles, where I heard there was lots of work." she said Violet had about $2 she had earned en route. She told of starting without money. The girl was given a home here by Miss Sarah Savage until an other could be found for her. She said she had walked 200 miles 'ot her Journey. WASHINGTON',' Sept. 20. An nouncing that the -benevolent purpose" of this eo an try's occu pation ot the Island ot Haiti was "nearing" attainment. Secretary Colby declared in a statement to night that the United States hopes" to withdraw and leava the Island's administration to the "unaided efforts ot the HalUea people when that purpose has been fully achieved- The relations C the United States with HaltL. he added, ''should not be misrepresented. even onder the temptations that a political campaign presents to Irresponsible utterances and con sclous nnveracityJ. Replies to Senator. While not replylnr directly to recent charges by Senator Hard ing that the admin 1st rati on was conducting ""unconstitutional war fare" against Haiti and San Do mingo. Secretary Colby defended American pcrapaCon of 'those countries aa being guided by "no thought except to help" their peo ple. Senator Harding's, attack on the administration'! record in Haiti was made In connection ith a criticism ot recent', state meats in regard to the island by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat le vice presidential nominee. Earl ier In the da it was learned that . the state cepartmenr had inform ed G. Baran, Haitian minister of -foreign affairs, that the salaries of the president and other hlgt . officials of the Haitian govern menu which have been with he 15 since last June, would be so Tlth held until the native government ceased to Interpose obstacles to the carrying out ot certain pro visions of the treaty entered into at the time of this country's oc cupation ot the Island. The Am erican . g overs meat informed the Haitien minister ot foreign af fairs that it could expect no ro ller from this action until the Haitien government adopted a less antagonistic attitude toward the American authorities. ' Ask for Sovereignty. Protest against American In tervention la San Domingo was made in a simultaneous statement tonight by Julio M. Cestero. rep resenting the Dominican Junta in Ihe United States. Referring to the recent declarations by Sena tor Harding and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Cestero declared the citizens of the Dominican re public "have 'never sought the present American intervention. and have never ceased to ask for "restoration of their freedom and sovereignty." Onr Purpose KindneM. In his statement Secretary Col by said: r r ; ' t , This country Is' engaged In task which has only a benevolent purpose. It la a task which was undertaken for the benefit ot the Haitien people and with their ac quiescence the task was defined In a treaty entered into by the two-countries. The work which the United States undertook to do is nearing' completion and upon its completion this Kovernment hopes to withdraw and leave the attnrner rpncral nf tk atftt th sheriff ot the county in which the I administration of the ; Island to Judgment was rendered, and atl lD naaiaeo uaitiea people. least 12 reputable cftixens. At. s.weu anown. lor many the request of the defendant he also may permit auch ministers of i the gospel as the defendant may name, but not to exceed five. The law specifically prohibits ctsers from being present, save such peace officers as the war den may deem expedient." 'The law will be literally fol lowed while I am warden at the penitentiary. The legal taking of a lite Is a grim matter of -business and the execution chamber is not to be made a place to satis fy' the morbidness ot curiosity seekers.' Automobile Brings Canadian Whiskey SPOKANE. Wash.. SepL 20.- An automobile which had been used to transport liquor from Can ada may be seised and confiscat ed, by the United States govern ment, it was held today by Vnlted States District Judge Rudkia in the rase of an automobile belong ing to Clarence Plunkett. of Che- saw. t ash. Plunkett was arrested In his au tomobile March S last, and with him was found three quarts of whiskey. The whiskey. It was ad mltted In court, had been pur chased In Canada, years prior to If IB. Haiti was the scene of many revolutions and chronic . disorders. . ..The' revolu tions were sometimes accompan ied by wholesale massacres and always by serious fatalities. Pub lic authority had broken down and the people In the rural dis tricts were frequently reduced to starvation. The culmination of these conditions-came with the murder of President V. G. Sam. who was dragged by a mob from the French legation where he had taken refuge. This grave affront to the rights ot the French gov ernment resulted in the landing of French troops In Port an Prince. At this time Haiti's Eu ropean creditors were pressing for payment ot the foreign debts and the fear was generally entertain ed that murder of the Haitien president would prompt an ag gressive rrogram on the part of some European government which would not only challenge the Monroe doctrine, but arraign the United States for a failure to per form duties which it had ex pressly avowed "as a part of the Monroe . drrtoie. - These duties have nowherefound more ex plicit statement Than In the ad dress and messages' of the late President Roosevelt, 'la the performance of this (Contiiucl ca Para 2.) J. A. Castes said toaay, - & :oed on page 6) newepaper. .... ft 1 .