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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1923. PRICE FIVE CENTS KfflUCSl rn ft: i COIIfllST TOBETeiED William 7L Foster, Under- ground! Head 1 of Moscow Third Internationale, Must Face Music. - MOTION FOR CHANGE. ; OBt VENUE REFUSED Thirty-Two 'Are Awaiting , Trial on Criminal Syndi . calisrri Charge. LT. JOSEPH, Mich., March 10. H(Bjr the Associated Press. )--' WUHan 5V Foster, alleged! leader iiheCommnnlst party; the nn derground representative in Amer- lea of the Third Internationale of -Moscow, will ra on trial la cir . cult court beret Monday charged J with- violating: the Michigan law c against criminal syndicalism: Judge Charles White today orer- . ruled a - motion for change- ot - renue, made by Frank; P. Walsh Bt New York, attorney for Foster and others arrested, after Michi gan and federal, authorities .had raided an alleged', contention of the communist party held in the lonely sand dune country 20 miles . ' south of St. Joseph on August IS rt 1a Teir , . TwntT.twn Mr. 4 sons hare heen awaiting trial , as j J sr result of that raid, but the state ai j r iTAAAi river ' - ,. "..j--; v. : : ; list Iiicm! ; - v . . The list of 22 defendants was , , Increased ' to 32- today uwhen s 10 -z. women and men "fed by Rose Pas 7, tor Stokes '.whose sentence of 10 years in - Leavenworth -tor ob I structing the draft, - was commut- .. ed by tiPresldent Wilson; walked r l into court and surrendered. The . tea are among. 66 persons who r ! are alleged to hare attended the I inrant(nn Yin wtit liarl ha fi&m i arrested although Warrants were Issued for- them last Septembers W , Besides Rose Stokes the 10 who surrendered included: ' Robert Minor, New York car t toonist and writer, son of a Texas Jurist, who was deported from France after the-. armistice for preaching radicalism to- the Am erican soldiers. .- ' Edgar Owens. Mollne, III., re cently released from Jollet prison oa a pardon granted by -Governor Small. Owens was. convicted in i, Illinois with William Brossr Lloyd and others, under a statute slml lar to the Michigan law against syndicalists. " - Many Prominent Rebeeea Sackarowa. prominent In radical circles. In New York. Max; Bedacht of Cleveland and : San Francisco, who was convict l ed In the Illinois case but never surrendered to serve his sentence 1 Jy Lorestone, New York, who says he was secretary of the con- veatlon heldrfn the Michigan sand - Ellir. Bloor, San r Francisco: Jonn Ballan. W. Wlnestone. and Gustar A. Shulenberg, all of New . York., '.: - . 4 ! ""tcoiuuo ido winesrone gave A 11000 cash bonds an tha Ath., ' T M mm . . ' I were . releanwt ' m, thai- ; .uo - uniA ro :r cognizance' until Monday. . May La! Lontr ,V The trial-of Foster. ?wbn mm j Into prominence Inirr as the i f ' leader- of" tHn' iiTmncoar.vi I wid steer strike; i8 expected to I attract nation-wide attention as t the first test Id the .widdlewest k of I war jUme ; anti.reTOlutlonary laws since the war spirit has died . down.. . :--vr.,r - The. state charges that the de - Pendants met secretly in the lon- Iy dones along Lake Mlchigsn to plot and adrocate- the - overthrow V of the government of the1- United States by force. ' ' t i To this the defenses 1 prepar , ' inr to raise the bore! claim that (Continued on Page 8) THEVEATHER OREGON: v Sunday, ; rain and strong southwesterly gales. . LOCAL WEATHER ; (Saturday) v' Maximum temperature. M,5. ; Minimum temperature. 32.' River. 5.0 feet: falling. ! Rainfall, .05 Inch. Atmosphere, cloudy. '. Wind, south. - NO FOOD TO BE FORCED ON PRISONER Convicted Murderer Rounds Out 24th Day oh Hunger Strike: 14 Pounds Lost. . -1 DEDHAM, Mass., March 10. No attempt will be made to force food upon Nicola Sacco, who is on a hunger strike while await ing court action' on motions by hi? counsel for; a new trial. Sher iff Samuel H. Capon of Norfolk county announced tonight. Sacco, convicted with" Bartolomeo .: Van- settl in 1921 of the murder of a paymaster and his guard at South Bralntree, ended tonight, the 24 th day of his self-imposed fast. He lost 14 pounds' since the be ginning of his hunger strike. He consumed his usual cially gallon of water, bis only ration, today. Eighteen More Added to Dis tinguished List, Adjutant General Says. Foreign governments have cited for distinguished war service 18 more Oregon - men who" served ' in the World " war, and their , names- have been added to the state's already large 1 record, according to Adjutant General ; George A. White. - A medal : was given for each of the citations. . The storf of the bravery of Or egon men on the battlefields of Europe Is ttnequaled. said Gen eral White. VI firmly believe that when the record "of Oregon's part in the World war is finally completed, the records will show that In proportion to the number of men in service overseas, more citations' and7 decorations have been credited to Oregon than to any other state In the union." ' The new list of honored men follows: :' j - ' , . Edward Alien Portland, French medaille - d'honneur . des , epide-mle's;- Capt. Edward C Alworth, Italian croce di : guerra; Lieut. Ray, T. Williams, Forest Grove, Belgian crois j de guerre; Lieut. Fred E. Carlton, Portland, French medaille d'honneur de Sauvetage; Lfent. Cok Frank R. Mount. Ore gon City, French medaille d'hon neur des epidemies; CoL Edward N. Johnson. French legion d'hon neur; MaJ. Lewis D. Williams, As toria, French ordre du merite ag ricole; Sergt. Bhelby C. Cole, Port land; Sergt- Leo L. Denbo; Port land; Sergt. Frank BN Rltchey, Portland, and Sergt. Eart'C. Kiss elhorst, Portland, all French croIx de guerre; Howard Hill, Portland. Jess F. Lawrence. Portland. Sergt. Karl R. Maddison, Portland,- WIN nam H. Pippy, Portland. Cornel ius, R. Stein, 1 Oak Grove, Major Johtf & Strohm, Portland, and Francis T. Wade of Wasco each received the French. medaille d bpnneur des affaires ,estrangres. 5 LABOR CHARGE DENIED PARIS; March; 10. fBv the Associated Press.) The foreign office today gave official and ab solute; denial to reports that the French government or the allies had ever considered, in .. any way contracting for American negro labor In the Ruhr mines olsn IRE CITED EDITORIAL The fifirure8 show that Salem has spent less money for. her schools than any other Part of this is due to the holding-up of all new building opera tions, except the one "portable of it is due to the comparative lowness of teaching wages, which are lower in Salem than Most of ! the economy, however, has come through the integrity' and single-hearted devotion of the school, board. The directors have tried to save the people money. And they have succeeded the best of any But no human school board nor stretch the capacity of the present buildings to meet the urgent need of the schools. There areseveral hundred more children in the schools today than' the buildings can decently, safely care for. The health overcrowding: with the shortage of Dlay rooms, overcrowd ing into poorly ventilated rooms of children :that come in from the rain-soaked playgrounds outside, means illness, in efficiency, impaired mental and , J The schools face a crisis, provided, the schools ; must retrograde sharply, under the press of still worse over-crowding: - The- school board has proved loyal and capable; it can be-trusted to administer the funds carefully, t Some might wish one small modification in the program, some wish another; but the net result is that if the voters do not-aaree on .the course 'Outlined, so much time would be lost that the school yeart will be lost. l would be a shocking thing to fai tg MUCH tSSSbER IN AMERICA Forests Owned by Red Men Important in Future Lum ber Supply, Conservation ists Say. - WEALTH OF KLAMATHS PLACED AT $25,000 Gross Returns to Indians for Past Ten Years Placed at $150,000, WASHINGTON, March 10 The attention of ' lumbermen and tim ber conservationists has been di rected to the importance of. the Indian forests in the present and future lumber supply; of the United-States by the recent sales of great quantities of timber by Jhe . Indian service of the depart ment of the interior, according to a statement by the research de partment of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association. The Indiana own. Individually and trlbally. at least -7,000.000 acres of forests of commercial im portance ia 15 states. The prin cipal , Indian forests. whose - com bined area the department points out. covers an extent equal to Massacfijasetts, and" 3pnn!e;tacu;t are situated In Oregon, Washing ton, Montant, Arizona, New Mex ico; Wisconsin. California, Idaho and -MinttesotatTbeseH forests contain t 35,000.000;000 feet of merchantable timber worth $10 0,- 000,000. I : :: : Indians Wealthy x The value of young growth, ad ding $30,000,000- to this figure, fixes' the per capita forest wealth of the' American Indians at $430 If it were distributed' among 'all of them, this? the research - de partment points out', helps to es tablish the Indian as ther wealth iest race in the world,' since,' with forest and other property, the per capita holdings total $2400 a3 compared with" $3,000 for white persons.! The forest: wealth alone of the Klamatbs in Southern Ore gon is placed at $25,000. For the last- lO years the gross returns to the Indians from their timber! hare averaged: more than $1,500,000 and are' expected soon to reach $2,000,000. . More, than 90 per cent of these returns are net, since the administrative ex pense is less than 10 per cept. POIXCAKE TO BRUSSELS PARIS, March 10. ( By The Associated Press) Premier.'Poin care plans to leave for Brussels Monday for his - conference with Premier. Theunis of Belgium. The principal object is settlement of questions of a technical character regarding -the operations In occu pied Germany but they will also give attention to the political as pects of the situation and the eventual negotiations with Ger many. ; ; - j 'f first class district in the state. structure, since 1915. i Part in most other districts. ; big district in the state. can either juggle the figures conditions are bad because of physical health for life. tomorrow. ; If more room isi not build this yjearA . EDSAL FORD OF OREGON HAS RECORD Adjutant General ' Contrasts Record With That of Yourrg 1 Alan in Michigan. Oregon, too, has an Edsal Ford. He spells the last syllable with an " instead of .an "e." His home is at f Woodburnv and his father-is merely the owner of one fliwer be doesn't -manufacture" them:- The name of the Oregon Edsal Ford came- to light Saturday in the process of classifying Oregon's World war records, which is be ing done by Adjntanf General George A; White. . Tbe Oregon Edsal Ford entered the American army by volnntary enlistment Oc tober Sy 1917;: and served bonor- ably until afte the armistice. Adjutant General White points to the contrast between-, the . Ore gon . Edsal and ar young ! man in Michigan by the same' name,, ex cept that he spells the last sylla ble with an "e." Desperado Wntr . Seriously Wounded . Fve Persons Is. - Kilted- by. Deputiesr.' NASHVILLE, Tean;, March 10. Louis Douglas, negro desperado who- shot" and sef iously ' wounded fiv0 persons -who -trere attending a death watch at Spencer, van Buren county. Thursday morning, was shot to death at tho home: of a tenant on' the property, of Sim . - . . A -. .Hi':' Houston, one of the victims, .by raosiMR LiEETS DEATH armed deputies this r afternoon fctlyears-. with interest at three- per 5:30 o'clock. The negro's death ended a two. day chase with bloodhounds which wound up within 100 yards of the place where he attempted to wipe out an entire family because he had been caught stealing from a corn crib. ' Demands-Food Last, night Douglas entered the home of a white man named Manus, where, he. was later killed, and demanded food. He still was armed with the shotgun with which the five persons were shot. Manas' fed him. Douglas asked' Manus to "fix It (Continued on page 6) Speakers to. Appear in Brief talks at Salem Churches Today. An imposing, campaign in the Interest of ' the pending Salem school, building program Is to be offered to the people of Salem from ' the; pulpits of the city, to day. In 1 practically every Salem church' there will be at least one minute-man speaker, who may talk as much 'as five-minutes on school problems. JSorrte of the speakers for-the day will be: " Carle Abrams,- at" First Chris tian. ' C. B. Albln. at the Seventeenth Street Bvangellcal. Fred Atdrich, at the Episcopal W. K Hanson. at Evangelical church .-"Liberty antr-Center; ' 7' C. A.. Kells. at United Breth ren churchl 1140 Mission . Charles J. Lisle, Central Meth odist, Center, and Seventeenth. . L. Marsters; Bungalow Christian. : Dr. Henry E, Morris, Highland Friends. - p - - '-"" - i " F. E. Neer. Church of the.Naz arene. Nineteenth and Marion. . Prof. J. C. Nelson,. First Pres byterian (7:30 pv m.) -J ! 1 Otto Panlus, Jason Lee Meth odist. '..-, , 1 John H. Scott, First Baptist. : : Elmo S. White, "Live Wire" Sunday school class at Leslie, and First .Methodist church. . Rev. Martin Fereshetian, Uni tarian. ' .m . . Rev. Nathan. Swabb, South Ba lem'. Friends. C. E.'i Know land. First Congre gational. ; ' Except as otherwise noted, all these' will be at, the. morning ser vices, at.' 11. o'clock. ' ' " PULPITS ILL . unncT enunnic FINNISH DEB FUNDING PLAN S Terms Almost Identical to Those Given to Britain; Country Owes About Nine 1 Millions ENGLISH AGREEMENT PUT IN FINAL SHAPE Final Settlement Must Be Acted Upon by Congress Next December. WASHINGTON, March 10.- The American debt funding com mission considering two foreign debt i questions- today negotiated a tentativ- program from- re tun d- ing ; the debt of inland to the United States' and put the re cently' negotiated, agreement with Great Britain inr the final stage preparatory to going into opera tion. - Formal approval was given by the .commission to the debenture embodying the terms of the agreement with the British gov ernment anci-wnicir naa Deen ac ceptedN by ocngress. The- con tractual document now will be submitted to the British govern meat. Ten Million Borrowed Finland was accorded terms or the repayment of her debt fcUnost - identical withUhos given fA.Wi t).ft.l.. .Ima for payment over a period of ' 62 Cent for the first ten"5years and three and one-half per cent thereafter Interest on the debt was fixed st' the rate of four and one-half rer cent to December 15. last. when the three per cent rate was made effective The Finnish government has borrowed approximately ten mil lion dollars but repayments have brought the amount down by at most one minion donars ana-tno refunding program tentatively agreed upto today calculates a fefunding on the basis of nine million dollars. The difference of around $150,000 will be paid In cash. To Cable Terms Dr. Axel Asirom. the Finish minister, who was present at to day's meeting, announced that he would cable the terms of the reement to his government at once. The Finnish parliament is now in session and Dr. Astrom suggested that it probably would act on the plan before ; the adjournment- two weeks hence. , I The settlement cannot be fin al ly consummated, however, until it - accepted by congress which s not scheduled to meet again,1 until December. i mm ! TO IKE ESCAPE George Kemp Nabbed at ; New Era After Dash in Prison Automobile. i George Kemp, whose propensi ties for trying to escape and fail ing to make good off parole have kept him nine years trying to do a term of seven, in the state pent' fentdarr. attempted another es cape-'' Saturday afternoon. i Kemp,, whose time is out, but who- is being held to make up time for bad behaviour, was al lowed, the privileges ot a trusty, He grabbed a prison automobile sad made a dash, but, was arrest ed at New Era by Deputy Sheriff Long ; of Clackamas county and taken in custody five minutes later by Principal Keeper W. A Mullen and , A. C. Smith. Kemp" was ' convicted" in ' Wasco county June 5. 1913. for larceny in a: dwelling, : Warden Smith Raid it was the Intention to"-keep Kemp until: about June, but now hev will have to" do farther time and h as " been ' depri red of ' bis privileges.. .lM ANNOUNGED TRIES LAW HOUNDS LAW IN NEW YORK CITY Fifteen Members of Police Force Shadowed as Ku KIux Suspects. NEW YORK, March 10. Fif teen members of the New York police force - are being shadowed by plain clothes men night and day. Just as if they were suspect ed of being the deepest dyed criminals, the Evening World de clared today on what is character ized as unquestionable authority. The cause for the step -was said to be discovery that. the 15 were members of the Ku KIux Kian, which Mayor Hylan- has ordered driven from the city. Mr. and Mrs. Harding Follow Strictly Their Program; for Complete Rest. WEST PALM BEACH. ' Fla., March 10. (By the Associated Press) Declining Invitations ten dered by the leaders of- Palm Beach society, President and Mrs. Harding; on arriving here today followed the program of recrea tion and relaxation that has mark ed their Florida vacation trip throughput. , The presidential party ; arrived at Palm Bach shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon, a little lat er than had been anticipated by reason of fhe reduced ' speed at which their houseboat, the Pio neer, was forced to steam through tho narrow channel'north ot here, but ahead of the tentative sched ule because of the elimination of Hobe Sqund as a stopping point for a morning round or goir. Mr. Harding, ; accompanied by his ' companions, A.- D. Lasker, chairman of the shipping board, Charles D. Dawes, former direc tor of the budget bureau, and Ed ward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, and host "to the presidential party, responded toa formai welcome extended by MavAr Ricee,s 0f west Palm Beach and an Informal welcome by, the Palm Beach winter colony members and motored to the links of the Palm Beach Country club ' Mrs. Harding Leaves Boat . Mrs. Harding also came ashore, it being the first time she has left the houseboat except for a few minates Thursday at Rockledge, since the cruise down the coastal waters was begun Tuesday at Or mond. She, with Mrs. McLean, went to the McLean Cottage here or a rest while the president play ed golf. All the members of the presidential party will spend the (might on the house boat anchored off the dock at the Royal Poincian hotels The president, with George B. Christian, Jr., his secretary, former Budget Director Dawes and possibly some other members of the party, plan to attend church services tomorrow and in the af ternoon the cruise down the river will be resumed. More golf Monday at Fort Lau derdale and arrival at Miami Tuesday is the program as an nounced tonight. OF Mrs Ralph Bircher of San Jose Removed From Train to Hospital. Mrs. Ralph Bircher,' who gives her home address as 549 South Ninth street, San Jose, Cat. was removed from Southern "'' Pacific train No. 13 here last night and taken to th Deaconess hospital where it was said she would j give birth to a child before morning Mrs. Bircher was traveling with three other children, the oldest of whom Is four. They had been vis iting.in Minnesota and were on their way home. It was necessary. to take Mrs Bircher to the hospital In an am bulance, i STORK PECKS AT MM! PERS0M::iJ Mil l: MEDFORD. Ore.. March 10. Jackson county night riding cases, of which Jouett P. Bray, minister and chiropractor; Jesse . nuxson, auto aeaier ana former Medford police chief , and Howard A. Hill, orchardist, were defendants, returned a verdict of not guilty at 5 o'clock this afternoon, after fortyfive minutes deliberation. The trial has.been in progress for two weeks and attracted wide attention. . - ' , . - : As tho word that made ritizeim free fell from the lies of a woman in a rear seat, rang followed by a handelapping. The judge rapped ior order, with the admonishment: "Ofder must be, preserved." OF Rerimt That Millions Were rui in financial unanneis - Said Wrong. WASHINGTON, March 10. Less than $5 0,0 00 of counterfeit' currency was put Into- circulation by the gang of counterfeiters cap tured; in the recent New York raids raccordlrig to W. H. Moran, chief of the United States secret service. - ' ' In a formal statement tonight Mr; Moran expressed regret that "the splendid results achieved by the service should be so distorted in newspaper accounts,". ; as to give the. impression- that" large amounts " of counterfeit money: are in Circulation; y f "The highly sensational and. ex aggerated accounts of the raids made by secret service operatives in New Y6rk . February. 27 and 28," the statement said, "fend to createn- erroneous impression In the minds of the public and cause unwarranted" alarm. . Statements that a thousand arrests , were made or were contemplated and that millions, of counterfeit cur rency, were circulated throughout the" United State and m ioreign countries, are erroneous. " "While the operations . of tnts particular band of criminals have placed In circulation more coun terfeit money than Is trdlnariiy circulated, the statements that $10,000,000 -or even 1 1,000,000 In counterfeit currency is in clrcu latlon, are ridiculous. "The records of the secret, ser vice will prove that the aggregate of counterfeit money circulated In the United States for 20 years would'not amount to 11,000,000." WAR COSTS MILLIONS ) ROME, March, 10. . ( By The Associated Press) Italy's total expenditure arising from the war, covering the period from 1914 to 1923 was approximately 144, 000,000,000 lire (normally $27, 792,000,090.) The parliamentary commission reported : that itV was Instrumental in the recovery from profiteers of 384,000,000 lire. -... cmfwyp shrrlu cmt wyp brd KILLS HIS BRIDE THEN SHOOTS SELF Jealousy Believed Motive for Tragedy in Denver Apart ment House. DENVER, Colo., March 10. W. F. Bawcom,. 45, shot" and killed Mrs. Florence Bawcom, 42, bride of two weeks and then kill ed himself bere late today. Jeal ousy Is billeved to have been the motive. Mrs. Bawcom is thought formerly to have meen Miss Flor ence Shetter of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Bawcom is believed to have come here after reading a matrimonial advertisement. , Neighbors said Bawcom bad scown great jealonsy of his wife. The bodies were found . lying across the bed in Bawcom's auartment. Bawcom had his arm around his wife, and his right hand held a'. . revolver. ; Bullet holes through the right temples of both testified that death vlrtu 0lZ ?M Instantaneous. , II BOGUS CASH SMALL IS The jury in the first of the the well known and prominent the court, a wild shriek from through the courtroom, quickly Tne aeienoants shook nana with the jury, and were congratu lated by their friends and ' fami lies upon the outcome of the case The court thanked the jurors for their faithful1 and conscientious services.:, .The court in Us instructions de fined the legal point3 involved, and instructed the jury, In the forms of verdicts to be returned. The law on alibis, the defense of the defendants, and Impeachment; one of -the main contentions In the case, were also discussed by the court. Identification was another of the high spots in the trial and the court after reading verbatim the testimony of one witness, said the jury could use it. In tha con sideration of the merits of the Identification.' - . i Lured From Home. ! The trial; grew out of the al leged kidnaping and "hanging':' of J. P. Hale, a-.: prosperous "piano dealer, March 171922, who It t . " . . " . . m . J was neseu,. w urn iuicu nuu home" by a false "telephone call, and taken In'an automobile, to an oak tree In the Table JBock dis trict, and there tormented by -a mob of 12 to 18 men. He testi fied that a rope was placed about his neck and be 'was lifted from the ground; with demands that ha dismiss a civil action, return let ters written to a woman and leave the city. Hale was also question ed about hie relations with young his home. Olcott Calls rtobe At the trial that ended today, it was charged1 that' the members of the party wore black robes and masks. The incident threw this city Into a fever of excitement, and was followed by the reveal ment ,ot two similar "parties.". Last Bummer Governor Ben W, Olcott sanctioned the calling of a special grand Jury, resulting 1b tho indictment of six well known citizens, "and"' the" return of 16 John- XJoe lnaicimenis. ine oiuez cases are to be tried at this term of court. - " ' . , . . Next Trial Soon , . The court announced that tbs next of the so-caled night riding cases, that ot the state against J. Alexander Norrls and his son-in-law, Thomas E. Goodie, in which Henry" (Hank) Josnson of. Jack sonville, is the chief witness for the state, would be called for next Tuesday morning -at 9 o'clock. , Assistant Attorney General Lll Jeqvlst left tonight for Portland, and will return Monday for the Norris'case. , . Camp Tables Will Be Made i by. New Silverton Company SILVERTON, Or., March 10. (Special to The Statesman.) Drake & Caldwell have organized a new, company under the name of Silverton Wood Products com pany, . The .company is going to specialize in the -making of fold ing camp-tables. The table Is to weigh about 16 pounds, is 42 in. long. 28 high and 28 Inches wide. It folds, into a package six inches wide by 42 long. The tables will hold a weight of 600 pounds. : GO AND- VOTE 0. . . ;. . - ;- , The big electric light plant whistle is to blow each hour Monday afternoon three short blasts, to remind everybody to "Go and Vote" on the school bond election. It does not mean fire or disaster. It means only Go and Vote. Vrm a until T. At the Asso- dated Oil. office, Marion hotel."