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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
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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)
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