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Jl life "i - '- - ' The Statesman reeervea tbe IfUfd wire wort of the Aeaoclated press, the tjreatett nJ most re liable press association la tba world. THE WKATIIEIS Ml " rrobably rain hi west, fair in Vast: moderate southwesterly wind. i SEVENTIETH YEAR AIE,OUK;OX. WEDNESDAY M(U.M.(j( tKTOHKi: 20. i!rM PRICE: FIVE CENTS A A T D I F 0 1 lUAT 1 K I JJ M ; TO ROUND ROBIN Governor Strikes Blows at Senator Lodge and Oth ers Who Are Strangling to Death Wilson Treaty THROWS MUD TO CLEAR AWAY LEAGUE CLOUDS Statement Made That Har ding is Deceiving Amer ican People BOSTON'. Oct. 19. Scathing at-1 tack upon Senator Lodge of Mas-! lacbusetts und sarcastic criticism of Senator Harding were mjtde today by Governor Cox, during fcls New England tour embracing Massachusetts and New, Hamp shire cities and ending. with, a large meeting tonight on Boston Common. Lodge Is Conspirator. 'Here, aj well as to other audi ences today, the Democratic can didate, denounced Senator Lodge as "the arch conspirator of the ages" because of his fight against the league of Nations. Reiterat ing that Mr. Lodge headed "a con spiracy to strangle the treaty to death." through tfe "round robr In," Governor Cox urged bis Bos ton audience .to "repudiate Mr. tadge's leadership and retire him to private life as soon as possible. To bis New Hampshire audjence. Governor Cox urged defeat of Senator Moses. Republican, be cause he signed the "round ro bin." -., ; ! Senator , Harding was heaped with sarcasm and ridicule by Cox lit 'virtually every address, with the incident, between President Wilson and the senator regarding toe latrer's statement of French overtures' for a new association of nations as the basis. , Harding Would Deceive. . "The fact3 justify the conelu lion that Senator Harding has itnpidly though' deliberately at tempted to deceive the people of tke United States." Governor Cox declared. '. .Reciting: Mr. Harding's explan ation of bis Des Moines speech, "rejecting"; the ; league, Governor Cox added:' ) "He must think the American peopla very stupid. He continues to nf that, they don't understand Mm." i " i -Expressing belief that a-French author and humorist was Senator Harding's source of information retarding French sentiment upon anew association of nations, and commenting upon Senator Hard ing's letter to President Wilson, Governor Co said sarcastically; "Poor - Senator Harding has been misunderstood again. It i$ a pathetic thing that' he suffers to much from the dullness of the American people, including news taper editors and leaders anion g partisans and opponents." . j : Cox Would Remove Clouds. 1 Governor Cox's address tonight nada a total of. ten speeches de livered today. Hte denunciation oi Senator Lodge was followed by kitting from his audiences at Con cord and Manchester, N. H. . The heights of his attack upon Senator Lodge were reached to 6ihL Expressing happiness over "Peaking on "the first forum of America dedicated to free speech nd free assemblage," Governor Cox said he desired "to remove elonds and confusion" regarding league. These, he asserted, were set up in a partisan plot, mitigated and led by the5 arch eotEpirator of the ages, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts." j , . ?ting that Governor Coolldge W Introduced Senator I.Kdge in fflmn ai "famous everywhere.' I pernor Cox continued: ' 'MJtt"d" Lodge Notorious. f,nmW from the Atlantic to the nd back Kin. I cn if? to the truth of the Rover-f "J atment. Senator Lodge l d known to every man and m !! iB Tery clty ut village Und' for wherever and lt,ler 1 mentioned his name - eir. 8 TCQgai7.edand great jfl. Pot wth eheerSt but with hiVll ot.M applause but with sham-an,T loo1 "ies of- 'shame,': tia?t '-,B-"K from this con-1 ihoJS S,Lrepealed experiences, I evM t i8Posed to suggest, ItwonMfc Boto audience, that to aT oepn more accurate W.i .ald that the-senator is SrS fc rywhere. ' rather tiE!7 haTe th people risen in Semnauon of Senator Lodge? JJoick torecogn . ciear. tiir ixonie ize insincer- t,ng that President Wil-yi-rh retuming to Paris in 8- had conferred with t-s I "4 house foreign affairs t 7" nd approved league t . ,.nt changes. Governor Cox k:.fc 8entor Lodge formed t ., ,w conspiracy tq stab the l''JVhe back" V .94 Robin Long Under Way. before the president SQUARE: iCoatlaued on pare 8) SCHOONERS OF FISHING FLEETS TO RACE SOON o F.V-r.lGI.EI Itl LKS TO goveux contest V inner of Two Race uh Year W ill ulMllan f Halifax Herald Cup GLOUCESTER. Mass., Oct. 19. Tsvo schocners, one represent icii the American and the other th Cana.iian fishing fleets, will meet annually in a series of races to deterinine the sailing suprem acy of the north Atlautic. This decision was , announced tonight after representatives of the Can adian Koyal Yacht squadron and a local 'fishermen's committee had completed arrangements to make the torthcoming content between the 'Gloucester schooner Esperan to and the Jlalifax challenger Delawanna the first of the series. There will be three races in each series, the competing ves sels to be chosen after elimina tion trials, and the winner of two races, each year, will be the (Cus todian of the cup offered by: the Halifax Herald. The races will be sailed alternately in Canadian and American waters. It was decided today 'that the Delawanna and the Esperanto should sail two rates off Halifax on October 30 and November 1, over a 40-mile triangular course. If a third is necessary to decide the winner,- it will be to wind ward and leeward, wind condi tions permitting." The course must be eovered In nine hours to'con stitute a race. '"There will be sailing rules." said the CQmmittee tonight," but not the new-fangled regulations of the international cuu series. We will use the rules of , the road that seamen know, and let the best boat win." COX'S TRAP FOR HARDING FAILS . - -jT v 4 Senator Declares Letter to President Closed In- ' cident MARION, O., Oct. 19. An un- rf"LalPl b 3?"le Cox to trap Senator Harding was I - charged in a statement by Hard ing, headquarters tonight In re sponse to suggestions by the Dem ocratic nominee that Mr. Harding had. conferred, with Maurice de Kobra, a French journalist, re garding the French attitude to ward the league of .nations. The statement, issued over th' signature of Judson C. Welliver. headquarters director of public ity, said that Senator Harding had never heard of de Kobra un til today, though the latter had made an unsuccessful effort to see him in Indianapolis last Fri dayi . It was asserted that de Ko bra, who said he had been travel ing withi the Cox party, "was evi dently expected by Governor Cox to secure an interview with Senator Harding and to say cer tain things to him." "Therefore," continued the Statement, "when Senator Hard ing on the next day at Greencas tlev Ind., made his casual obser vation about France having sent a spokesman to him informally, Governor Cox assumed that the de Kobra mission had been suc cessful and that Senator Harding had taken the bait. " Senator Harding himself de clined to discuss the governor's references to de Kobra or to say anything further in regard to his utterance at Greencastle. He in dicated that with his rsply to President Wilson's -letter he was inclined to regard the incident as closed, and that be did not intend to reveal the identity of his in formants or any other details of the "informal" advlcs he re ceived. . v i- ' Senator Harding wfll leave to morrow morning on bisf ' last sDeakinz trio outside his own state. He will reach Jackson, O., in time -to make an. afternoon speech at a, Republican barbeque ther?, and on the following day will, speak at Rochester and Buf falo, NY Y, Attorneys Withhold Their Approval of Bond Issue The state highway .commission yesterday Informed Story, Thorn dyke, . Palmer & Dodga, bond at torneys of Boston that they wouia not approve the $10,000,000 road bond issue of the 1920 special session of the .legislature until proofs are submitted showing that the special session had legal authority to enact Ijgislation oth er than that recommended in the message of the governor calling the special session. . TTnder the Oregon constitution, it is said here, proof that the spe cial m tsion had ample authority, will be readfly furnished. Mayor Baker Honored , With Belgian Medal PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 19. Mayor George Baker today re ceived the Belgian medal of rec onnolssance. The medal arrived bv mail from the Duchess of Ven- dome and was accompanied by a letter! saying it was given as a to ken of appreciation for aid furn ished: the commission- of Mrss. Adolph B. Spreckles of San Francisco,- who assisted the Duchess in workjfor suffering children, refu gees and . wounded during, the world war. ' PARI lAFiTFNTi"0?0' WEALTHY rrtlVLIrllULll 1 1 KIGRO, BORN SLAVE WOULD END COAL STRIKE Labor Mfek... PmM.;vl0lie he wealtbksi and raoM uivuiuvij kiuttni.b i UrCenCV of Immediate ettlement OeiOre Sltua- tion Grows Worse DANGER MUST NOT BE MINIMIZED BY HOUSE Definite Agreement Sought That Will End All Fu ture Trouble LONDON. Oct. 19. The bonse of commons tonight discussed the coal strike with great moderation and an absence of viudictiveness. but without. arriving at a nearer prospect lot a settlement. Premier Lloyd George explained his unemr ployraentj scheme as he outlined it yesterday to a deputation which visited him, but added little to his previous statement except that the scheme would, embrace the building j of - new arterial roads '"''S. : The premier contributed ndth-! ing to ine coal discussion Which was largely confined to the labor members; , The latter emphasized the urgency of arriving at a settle ment before the dispute srew to graver proportions. William Brace, labor member for the j Abertillery division of Monmouthshire and president of the South Wales, Miners' Federa tion, suggested that the two shill ings the miners demanded should be granted temporarily, pending the creation of a perriianent wage board and the whole matter re viewed by the end of the year. He asserted ithere was evidence that the miners had purposely restrict- the output and declared that If it was to be a fight to a finish every man must be withdrawn from the: mines regardless of the damage and loss involved. Danger If Felt. James i Henry Thomas, of the National Union of Railwaymen, supporting Mr. Brace's suggestion. said it was no secret that IT. days ago a special meeting of the rail way delegates decided by only one vote not to strike forthwith, after he had .made the utmost efforts in favor , of peace. He begged the house not to minimize the. danger. Lbut to remember that the same people were meeting tomorrow and that the spirit of the workers was such that, even if they felt a mistake had been made, there ex isted a feeling of somradeshlp which drew them together. After Mr. Brace's speech, a cab inet council was held to consider ttfe situation. Hence, it was late when Premier Lloyd George rose to reply. j He began by compli menting the house on the modera tion and i absence of bitterness with which the question had been discussed. He then referred to Mr. Brace's suggestion which, he complained, was in many respects obscure. He said -if a settlement was to be attained it must be on something more definite which, would not merely postpone the dispute to the futnre and sow seeds of further trouble, not only in the mining, but in every other industry.; , IrraillPntl Will Ttn IImhI . n , , . ... Rey.ewing the history of the desire of the government to listen to all arguments". He contended that any settlement should include some inducement to increase the output and lengthily criticised Mr. Brace's suggestions. He urged that if. at the end of the year .it was found that the output had not been increased, and an attempt was made to withdraw the in crease in wages, there would be another strike.. The government was not enti tled to keep the country in sus pense all that time. The govern ment sincerely desired to find an issue to the dispute and was pre pared to examine any scheme giv ing an increased output for in creased remuneration. Would Summon Owners. At the iconclusion of the pre mier's speech a-discussion ensued between jMr: -Lloyd-George and the labor leaders on William Adamson's proposal that the gov ernment summon a meeting of the miners' executive and coal owners.-' . Arthur Henderson, chairman of the labor party in the commons for several years thought the pre mier could not have a more fav orable moment for bringing the parties together again. Mr. Lloyd George replied that he wanted to consult hi scolleagues and did not desire another premature confer ence. - I Negotiation Resumed. The parliamentary debate on the coal strike tonight, although it disappointed hopes of any im mediate, settlement ot the dispute, nevertheless, owing to its extreme moderation and the . conciliatory tone of the premier's speech, has left much j brighter prospects that a settlement will be , reached be fore lone. . (Continued on page 5) hi: h (onsidkhed oxk of io7rk,ikitt:i W soith What (,.,raiiiiK Hi iu)l-n eddiat; Gies Advice to Mein- brt of Hi ltae ; ' i ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 19. Born n s'av mn,i now tenuted to be eh petted w.rnws in the hotitn. I)uvld T- Howard, Tl. today cele- versarT d made it the occasion ij Kive some advice l inemoen of bis race. I'-eginniuE on a legacy of $150, left by his !orinr niasttr. Howard now owns. a business rated a. the fourtu larger! of its kind in tue city. "I never wasted ti.ni; T never went in for wild oats; never saw a baseball same and never danced a step but alwavs attended to ray business." said Howard. "Xo social equality for me; no sane thinking negro wants u. The negro Howard said, wants letter justice in courts, better ac-4 omodations on railway trains nd more schools. "Too many ilk shirt? and too ruuoh good time." aid he. were the causes of racial unrest. , KEYTOREPUBLIC HELD BY, PEOPLE i tvr - X1T IJ League in Workings WOUld Be Har,h b Belief oi Senator Koran GARY. Ind.. Oct. 19. The league pf nations and President Wilson were denounced tonight by Senator William E. Borah in an address before aa audience which packed . the theater where he spoke, many persona jammiug into the aisles and lobby or sitting ou fire e.-capes. ; , . The senator was applauded loudly when he said: "It will never be safe for Am erica to f.o into the league unless Europe changes her policies. Yon people1 are the keepers of this re public, and not the senate of the United States." In answer to a question from one of his listen rs, the senator said: "No. I don't know what the president said to the people in Europe. No one knows but the president. But I do know what they did to him in Europe. That' --"The leagtie mfcnt look" alH ngnt on paper." said Senator Bo rah. 4,but when yon get down to a concrete base it is altogether different. When you get' down to the actual workings, it seems harsh and autocratic and alto gether objectionable.". "They say it will bring peace, but when you turn from theory to fact you find it obligate3 us to send our boys overseas to war. "The incredible thing about the whole proposition is such that a scheme should . have ever been seriously submitted to a people who have been trained to de mocracy and devoted to the prin ciples of popular government." Terrorism Denounced By Irish Bishops DUBLIN. OcL 19. The Irish Catholic bishops met today at Maynooth, with Cardinal Logue presiding and the entire -hierarchy signed a strong resolation de nouncing "terrorism, partiality and failure as characteristics of the present Irish government." The bishops recall in the resolu Ition "that when the country was crlmeleM.. they warned the gov- ernment against oppressive meas ures. They declare "it Is not a question of hasty reprisals but of indiscriminate bate of savages, deliberately wreaked on the whole countryside, without any proofs of complicity in crime, by those os tensibly employed to protect lives and property." : The resolution declares that the press is gagged, that public meet ing is interdicted and Jhat In quests are suppressed. It also says there has been brutal treatment of clergymen and that the prevent ing of Archbishop Mannix of Aus tralia from visiting Ireland was Vone of the most unwise steps purblind and tyranical oppression rnnlt talc " i Tha hixhoos demand a lull tn-ta qttiry and urge the right of Ire-j land to ment. choose Its own govern- Haircuts and Shaves Will Come Easy in Los Angeles in Avr.FLcTcai.. Oct. is. ' The 25 cent hair cut made us re appearance here today. It has been absent for some time, while those costing 3. and 50 cents too us v1-- . . i i s-r r iuvrV HOTEL RAZF.D. W.sT (IMMh ltu,r " DAWSON. V. T.. Oct. 19--The Ust Chance hotel, a famous pio neer resort on Hunter creek jvas burned to the ground early toda. i. ioa-nA,i here tonight. H- i. n.i ., nu-nen narrowly! nam rcu, v ... j,,k escaped being burned to death. Its reaDoearance was notea oniy J"".."-:. ' 1 nospnai wa canea on ana id 118 .r ;Pi:. iu' - hnn - which in the Impqua forests 11 miles; the .'our of his remark said i h, h fhrrint higher prices, above the Wolf Creek ranger ta- ,hat c0 ammonal patients could j W there it was predicted it soon Hon is still missing. i, cared fcr upon eompleHoa of would become general again. fow Is falling and the search lh(. Gliding which the Iacone,s M.h it renneared the 15 cent 1H have to he abandoned unless, rKpU. are bow erecting. wiwi ii rrayv sorm subsides. Members of i lr A 1 Vlrrnt ftfWklidi Aft 1 suave. i DENTON WAS VICTIM OF DELIBERATE MURDER IUM)I o LlXOi.KOl UUlis TO LATEST ( 1 11; i:t rual l .M.rry Woman U Hrl.l H n r,tr SlKx.tJna mini . Huruil i ,,,, LOS ANGELES. Cal..-Oct. 19.' r.wueiir- lenaing to how that Jacob Charles Denton, wealthv mining pre motr. was the victim of deliberate murder, with rob bery as a motive, has teen di covereu. it wax learned lat? to night at the district attorney's of fice. This evidence, it In said. In cluded the finding late tIay of a clot of dried bio k1 under the linoleum in -the kitch?n of the Denton home, near the door lead ing to the cllar. where his body was found September 23, in a crudely- vailed up crypt. Officials of the district attor ney's offlc? advanced the theory that Denton was shot with a re volver while he was Mttinr at a w t . . .... 'abI ,n h kitchen some time for. nf')n,,ln,' 2. .ob Charles Denton wal be- allhv mining promoter, was killed by a weman ne naa rerused to mar sry. and a man she called to her aid after Denton had shot this woman in the shoulder at break fast near dawn of June 2. last. Mrs. R. C. Pe?te of Denver, told Deputy district attorneys today. Mrs. Pete at that time was in the Denton home, it was paid. According to the story credited to Airs. Pette. the original quar rel betwe?u Denton and the wom an he was said ot have shot in the shoulder, was over his al leged rerusal to marry her. This woman, it was declared, was or Spanish parentage, and was said to have lived In the. Den ton hous for some weeks. The alleged shooting of Denton by the Spanish woman and the man she summoned to her aid. was represented to have been In revenge for his assertM attack upon the woman. "DeHnite action." is expected from the county grand jury when, on Thursday, it resumes Its Inves tigation at the mnrder. according to a statement tonight by V. Ihran. chief deputy district at torney. DINNER PAILilS FULL THIS YEAR Republicans Have, To Seek New Means of Attack in League Issue NEW YORK. Oct. 19. Sena-, tor Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Ne braska, who represented the ad ministration in urging ratification of the treaty of Versailles in the senate, tonight direused the league of nations before the Cox Roosevelt campaign committee of Columbia university. Addressing a large audience, he safd that the league became the issue of the present campaign be cause the Republicans forced if on the public for lack of a more genuine subject of party disagree ment. "The dinner rail." he said, "has never been o full as it is now. nor the commercial business of the country so prosperous as It has been for several, years past." issues of "full dinner pall" and This, be said, eliminated former the tariff. "Republicans, knowing these is sues are dead, had to put them in cold storage." he declared. The league of cations. Senator Hitchcock asserted. Is nothing more than a promise among na tions to do things which conduce to peace rather than to war. ''There is no such thing as a nation being out-voted in the league." he declared. "Its fine features will do away with secret treaties and goodly accomplish the disarmament of the world." He denied that article ten would obligate Americans to fight at the bidding of other nations. Faying that the article "actually originated in this, country at the time the Monroe doctrine was drarted." The meaning and purpose of the league of nation?, he aid. "has been wilfully excerpted bv the Republican party managers." "Were it not for the Democratic papers throughout the country." he added. "Its exact pieaning would be a one-sided Republican view." He expressed no fear of national referendum -nrovtded the league i honestly, and cor- reetly presented." Cheers greeted the senator'. mention of the name of President Wilson, wnose statesmanship he commended. Age d Hunter is Still Missing Near Umpqua ROSEBURG. Ore.. Oct. 19. Joseph Rohrer. tbe aged hunter 1 the bearchinr Dartv have had boi ary ciomea ior wererai aays. dui rnnlinns to nl 11 n re thronrh the wilds of the Wolf Creek district in a desperate effort to locate the hunter. Mrs. Rohrer Is in this city in a state of collopse. and has been un. der the care ot a doctor continu- nulr lousiy. RETURN OF SCHOOL IS ONLY WAV South Salem Residents Re . quest School Board to Ask Hospital Association Make McKinley Building Available for Children LENIENCY IS ASKED BY HOSPITAL SIDE C. L HaWorien', Arbitra - tion rropoial Does not Meet With Approval "I make a motion that the school board be instructed to se cure our school building for ir children. ' This motion was the action taken last night in . the Leslie church, at a mass meeting of the residents of South Salem railed to discuss whether conditions warranted the retention of the McKinley school building for hos pital purposes. The motion was made by E. A. Rhoten. seconded by C. W. Niemeyer and carried without a dissenting voice. The meeting was called by A. C. Pohrntedt. president of the Lincoln Parent-Teacher associa tion: After the Hinging of a num ber of .songs by the audience. Miss Gertrude Aldrich sang "A Slave Song." which was beautifully ren dered.. The chairman then stated the purpofce of the meeting, and In his remarks requested) thoe present' not to indulge in person- !alUie in expressing their views. I as this would not be permitted. Teacher Cleared. Bet a use of tnfapprehension re garding Mr. La Mo:ne R. Clark. principal of Lincoln school, who was said to have had mach to do with the movement to restore the McKinley building for school use. Mr. Bohrnstedt said in Justice to Mrs. Clark, that she bad nothing lo do with it and was as much surprised as anyone when the res olution for the opening of the McKinley school was first brouaht in. and wa? not resiionsible for ill. in any. way. - Permission was first given the hospital board to present Its side of the question, and August Huckestein was the first speaker. On behalf of Ike hospital board he asked for leniency on the part of bis hearers and explained the ditficulties confronting the board from a financial point of view, and reminded the audience that fCOOu had been expended by the board in fitting the building for hoopital tire. "We plan," he said, "to con struct hospital second to none In Oregon. In appointments some may be larger, but none bet ter." This he considered would be made possible in another year, when he -hoped the McKinley school conld revert to the school board for school purpose. Lower CYxtt IVxwdhte. . Thomas B. Kay. member of the hospital board, then spoke on be- half of tbe board, dwelling at some length on the financial con dition of the country, aad stated that the price of materials is lowering rapidly. Eighty thou saud dollars had been raised last year for building purposes, he said, but tbe contractor had In formed them that the $100,000 building of which they had plan would cost from $2eMeo to $2 40,000. This. was tbe reason the speaker said the hospital board had not built. Mr. Kay also said that the members of the school board were patriotic citizen and be believed lVj the hospital, and school boards had lnfn rntlaripnt Wins In fnlr A nix as they had sen it. The chairman of the evening then called upon the president of the fccbool board. Ilailey O White who spoke of tbe raiid Increase of the school attendance, which In is per cent greater than last1 )ear. and said that the school fore and violence. I board faces a deficit whUh the) "The Manifesto of the coram an-j taxpayers must meet If the Mc-tUt party." th opinion farther j Kinley school is opened. 'says, "asserts that there Is at the! ll.lv, Would Arbitrate. present time a tendency of tbe G. E. Halvorsen. member of priated for other than . ,f . i i the school board, was the oett(tnke whlrn are equally a revolt !1 w , l6ro'l5n WBkl speaker, and said among other against the- bureaucracy of the ! ".?" 'wrat thine that he realhted the school anion and the capltalltts. The' P-TI3 ZVJJI Y,i V4 i1 !K board had no lecal right to allow communist party will endeavor to Vsr. i 71? .?r tm I i,h. ..tiA.mm , w-. . i i. . 1 ' . v . . .share In that organization. 1 iturpwrs. Mi"ri, ii niFfiani. neTeiopins in general pout- hniui.. i. M(fai rr whoniii,.! ..ii.. -TV- . """ " " accommodation and that a tero ljrary structure would not dp. and wa In favor of submitting the question lo arbitration. 1 jianazer wi oi me i pearou t..i..ir tVi. iniv.,'. .ink u. favor of. and Mrs. r-opcnlng the school. Clark was called npoa to state conditions prevailing la the Lincoln school, and left no dcubt In -the minds of her hear ers regarding the argent need of better school accommodations. ' (Continued on rage 2) ACCUSATIONS OF COX FALL COMPLETELY FLAT Ir-ltKAOIMtV HAVH UK HAD . NOT IJ AIM1IAK Til TALK Mm rirr U Kotiea- Itrfxivted Ha) Ib l Never Kfl lo HanUac i ly Ufe- NEW YORK. Oct. 19. Maarke deKobra, correspondent of French newspaper, denied tonight that be had approached Senator Harding in reference to a proposal that America lead In the formation ot a new association of nations. "I never spoke to Senator Ifar. ding in ray life." said Mr.. deKo bra. "It is true, however, that I trie4 to ret an Interview with Senator Harding for the French newspaper which I am representing.- The French people are very much intereted In t he presiden tial campaign, and I tsava been writing article for it. particularly on the controversy over the leajrue i nations. U,;',,' - of nations. ovemor Cox on leacve and many other question in connect toa with j tbe presidential campaign, and of coarse I wanted to get Senator Harding's views. "When I called on Senator Har ding, however. I found be was l surrounded by a strong guard. They would hot let me near him. although I tried several times to get him to grant me aa interview. His guard seemed to fear that be might say something to .me that would not make a favorable Im pression on the French peoplel Certainly I never made represen tation to anybody that I was here lo speak for the French gov ernment on any International question. OFFICIAL ACTS ARE HELD VALID Authority Not Exceeded When Members of Com munist Are Deported NEW YORK. OcL 19. The Im migration officials are not exced- ing their authority under the act of. October 1. 1911. In deponing persons found to be members of the communist party. Federal Judge John C. Knox rated today. The ruling, made la the ease ot Martin Ahem, a communist ander warrant of deportation is contrary to that ot Judge Anderson ot the federal court la Boston. The lat ter In the Solyr ease held that membership In the commnaist party was not of itself sufficient to deport a person ander the law. The decision ot Judge Anderson has been carried to the higher federal courts on appeal and !t is said that aa appeal from Jadge Knox's decision will b taken by attorneys for the commaaUta. Thus the question will be brought to the higher courts from both sides. The commanists declare their appeal will be taken to the supreme court ot the United States If necessary., The act. the consUtatlonality of which ls involved, was passed by congress especially to give the Im migration service power to free the country of anarchists aad per sons who believe la or teach the overthrow of the government by force. Judge Knox's decision was made la dismissing a writ ef ha beas corpus obtained by coanse! for Abera to prevent his deporta tion. Abern. a native ot Rumania, was a conscientious objector la the days of conscription aad had served one year la prison. He was a student at tbe raiveralty of Minnesota and was arretted while delivering a pshllc lecture on "Science aad Revolatioa." He was brourbt to KUU Island three months ago. Disacreetajr with Jadge Ander son's view that aa alien's mere membership la tbe commaalst party of America does not subject him to deportation. Jadge Kaox In hi opinion wrote J "I am of the opinion that the j manifesto and program of the i.i.mmnnlif n.rtr in,.iti.. bIii. other exhibits of the caM are . urh character as to easily lead reasonable man to conclude that the purnoc ot the Communist oar- tr u to accomolUh its end. name - lv tbe capture aad destrnctloa ot the state a now eomtltnted. b workers to start mass strikes school making them general and mili-, il theftant. developing the general pollt- 1 "' " I accepts as th basis of Its action : ! the mass of the proletariat en gag-1 , jnc uirecily la the straggles and. ,emphaiaing their revolutionary j . implications. Auto Drivers license to be oinfiiv tniorced at as ei as a at " PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 19 ChW of Police Je.klns to-iay '- aa s Jt t JaM 9 k.a at S a4 a aka rsrss- i'""1 or8f" 'or ir,c "": j r , m.,TZZ drivers' license law following word from Secretary of State Kozer that all applications for li censes to date had been cared for. There ls bo reason now. the chief said. -for any motor vehicle oper ator to b without a liae. ... ry ROOT PLACES ALL BLAME ON WILSON World Peace to Be Promot ed by Election of Hard ing' Who Stands for League with Reservations POLITICAL SAGE GIVES OBJECTIONS TO PLAN Governor CotWill Accept League as Proposed by President NEW YORK. Oct. It. Elihn Root, la his oaly address on the leagne of nations darlar the presidential campaign, tonight de clared that the treaty of -ec with Germany would have been ratified, aad America would have been a member of the league If President Wilson had been wllling.- Mr. Wilson, however, was not willing. He Insisted npon tbe treaty absolutely unchanged. Mr. Root said, adding latir on la his speech: . "I do not question Mr. Wilson V beLefs that the disposition of the treaty for which he was contend ing on May 31. 1919. were Just and fair. but. without disrespect. I do question Mr. Wilson's Infal libility, l do questloa tbe complete control of abstract law la the processes by which the four men who dictated these treaties, which undertook to make over eastern Km rope, reached their eoaelwsioaa. Mistake Are Kvtdevt I have aa : Impression ' that ther waa the accommodation ct conflicting Interests, the giving of something here to get something there; the yielding of something in order to avoid losing therm, the shading, ot Justice by exped t?ney which has rcararterised such coafeienres since history began. 1 have a strong Impres sion that some of their tonclns- , Ions were mistakes. - "And I think It xooai Ejection- . able that the American perp'e shall enter Into a Khmo aad pos itive agreement to raarantee aad maintain by fore of arms Tor all tme tbe dispositions or territory and sovereignity hkh thesa four , men made In tbe year 1919. . ' "That la I, part ot what Artie! X undertakes to do. It la aa al liance to tn force perpetually through the operations or thi leagne the decisions ot Mr. Wil son aad his associates la the r 1919. It Is a throwback to tbe old discredited alliance of the past. It speaks a language ol pjwer. aad aot the spirit ot pro gress. It la aa attempt to do what the holy alliance sought 19 years ago twlth Just as aobie ex pressions of pvrpoo o Imewo by force the lodgment of the rwl ers of the- present generstJoa ap oa all fatare geaeraUoaa. Hard lag For IVace Mr. Root declared that -we shall proasola tat oac ot tke world by electing Senator Hard Jag president, whoa stand oa the leagae. be said, waa aa changed from the time he voted for ratification ef tbe par trea ty aad ttr league of nations with the senate reservations. The el ection ot Governor Cox. he aald. meant the effort to have' the United Sutea Join tho leagne or nations without rhaag- as It was broeght back from Ha rope by Presides t Wilson. . Mr. Root declared that It waa well aaderstood la 1919 and "is well aaderstood now. that the other parties t the treaty would have been content to accept the smate reservations. -Several European nation al ready have given notice of half a dcxen changes la the covenant which they propose lo arge at a ofjrseeUng of the assembly of the a 'l'oJ next month. The oaly e w mi mj as w w. Mansi a. sa) i rs i to meet Amerlcaa obectlons have i nt already been eoclJered I t&at r. Wilson alraaly would sot i negot.ate ror tnera.- World Orcaaluuloa Waafed , At to oottet of his address, 2' r. Root aald: tttlnk a larre majority of ,h SP earnestly w,n ,0 " wpamuoa among ! eertanly dire this very strong i i. xh nf iv. . . .. B" P' i ios league of aa- lion retted wpoa the effect of four thiac taken to ether tj prevent war Mr Kot asserted -First, upon de'.ay to afford um for investigation aad for . Mi.inn. ia rMi -k .- i ; . . -Second, upon having the facu ascertained and determined and i fnd pbiie to an tb world. o I that the misuaderstaBdiats and deceptions nader bleb the po- ffeSV'S; o(ta le.f be obvtat- ' d. Z Third, apoa hating a fairly ,ePreseauUve body aot a parly to the dU pate express pwbllcly a responsible aad matured eptaloa as to bow tbe controversy osght to be mtltd. and ttus tri-r - r-' - I n 4 v. , - $