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Hla , i Hl'l riMW1TTli . ... 9V - . . . . ' . r it ! ff i a i i r i J--K i M mil M l kssk' t 11 tJV .. --S.-l.ll -M-- l ; ; i . j ; ,njdfeasl flip IF A niA a- :SfHi"n a n r v , . ; I H f 1 fiWi 1 M I O I O l1 M i Circdabon Yesterday FORTY- SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGQNTRSnAv XTmrT rriZ77 - "Mvnjiuuufti,),, inu. by. iiJN rAU&S. PRICE TWO CENTS on trains and news . - 7 VJ UUiUO - STANDS FIVE CRNTfl Man Who Fired On Patrol Guard Near Centralia Last Night Escapes Searchers; Thought Surrounded Once. Body Of Man Lynched Tues day Night Dragged Through Streets And Denoted In Cell For Other I. W. W. To View. Ccntrnllii, Wash., Nov. 1.1. The body r I ho alleged I. AV. V. lynched nfui' the Armistice day murders, now identified ns that of Wesley Everest, was loaned Into n truck In front of the city jail liero tills iifternoon. Six alleged I. V. W. prisoners were led from the jail under heavy guard mid were taken with the Iwidy to tlie pollers' field, where they were compelled to ills the Krnve nnd hury It. Centrnllii, Wash.. Nov. 13. The mini who fired on George l'avton, niemlier of the patrol on guard duty between Centralia and C'lichnlls, nnd who was be lieved to hnvo been surrounded, with capture certain, made lils cwupo. This word was brought to Centra lia at 9 o'clock by members of tho poBso which attempted to capture the would be slayer of Poxton. . , It has been learned that five or six (hots were fired at Pnxton nnd that one of them passed through the guard's clothing. - Pnxton, a volunteer guard, was not hit by the bullet. He returned the firo but could not find his mark in the Aarkness. Guard Gives Chase Joined by other guards, Paxtou ffuvo chase and soon had his would be assailant cornered in the woods. Citizens joined the guards until tho posse totalled about 00. The attempt to shoot Taxton was the only untoward occurrence of the night. None tried to storm tho jail, w hich ho"uses nearly 30 prisoners suspedted I. AA'. W. The dead body of the man who was lynched Tuesday night following the ; liiassacre of American Legion mem bers' during their armistice day pa rade, was dragged through tho streets of the city last night. A stop was made at tho city jail, where the body was held up to the gaze of the men imprisoned. . . The body was later brought back to the jail and placed In a cell. It lay there, in plain view of the I. AA'. W. t-u.spects who are still held in jail, throughout the night. Body Horrible Sight Riddled with bullet holes, the neck cut by tho rope and sodden nfter its , hours in the Chehalis river, it was a te rrlble object lesson to the prisoners. J The body, variously known as that of "Brick" Smith and AVesley or Ear nest Everetts, will be taken some time : today in a motor truck to u lot at the ' outskirts of the city and thrown into a trench, without burial service. Un . dertakers here have persistently re fused to touch it. What the sheriff's office believes to be one of the most important arrests yet made is that of AA'llliam R. Haynes a young American, who was taken this morning at the logging camp of the Eastern Railway and Lumber company, 15 miles east of here. Pool nail Raided Haynes is said to be a "red ticket" man of the I. AA'. AA. and is alleged to be one of three men who were post . ed on Seminary Ridge and who fired into the parade as it passed down Tower avenue Tuesday afternoon. . v A raid on a local pool room last : night by a posse of 60 armed citizens " was conducted in true wild west style ' More than 100 men in the big hall ; were lined up against the wall, their hands over their heads, while mem ' bei'S of the posse searched them. Of the 16 men arrested none is an American, Russians, Finns and Aus trlans being among, thoso held. Those arrested are accused of being "red ticket" ren of the I. AA'. AA', Kansas To Have Coal Despite Miners, Governor Declares Topeka, Kan., Nov. 13. "Some one is going to dig coal in Kansas bofore the people freeze," Governor Henry J. Allen declared when it was Indicated that miners in the Pittsburg district might not return to work. Thousands of tons of coal are close - to the surface in the Kansas mines and "it Is said they could be mined with n Steam shovel and unskilled labor. Salem Sons of Uafarans condemn Disloyalty and Pledge Support to Law At the regular meeting of Joshua Snvlth Camp No. 6, Sons of A'eterans. Monday evening, a committee was ap pointed, to draft nnd publish resolu tions of protest against disloyalty. The committee was I. II. Arnold and Dr. C. V. Pound. Tim resolutions follow: Whereas, our United States of Amer ica is a victim of political and social unrest, and where as the numerous radical movements and strikes are in a measure to blame for such conditions, unl whereas such remarks as were made by one William n. 1 1 a vwn vrl sec retary of a'n organization known as fi v . Vt., at a labor meeting in Hie clfv of Chicago that "The American Legion 1 memners nre cotics." Therefore, be is resolved that we the Sons of Veterans, an organization both practicing nnd preaching 100 per cent Americanism, do most emphatically protest and condemn such utterances ami again pledge ourselves to our coun try and our respect to the men who helped make the world safe for de mocracy. Therefore, lio. it further resolved, that n coi- of these resolutions be fur nished each of the dally papers for publication nnd a copy reserved as a permanent record of this camp. 30,000 OFFICIALS WILL ENFORCE DRY By Ralph V. Couch Washington, Nov. 3. An army of moYe than thirty thousand officials will spring to attention Monday when John P. Kramer, newly appointed fed eral prohibition commissioner, takes charge of the battle to make the coun try alcohol tight undor the enforce ment act. for war time and "constitu tional prohibition. More than BOO arrests already have been made under the act, It was unof feially estimated today, but few formal reports have yet been received by the internal revenue bureau. System Worked Out. Today officials were in the midst of the last minute rush of perfecting the temporary machinery that was Bet up October 28 when the enforcement act went Into effect over President Wil son's veto. Deputy Commissioner IT. Caylord planned to name nine department com missioners before night. They will be the chief lieutenants of "General" Kramer. The forty-eight state commissioners i will be named from day to day.- It also is planned to add to th" Por-onn of dry law detectives," who will bo or panlzcd into flying squadrons with headquarters in each of the nine de partments. Funds Are Ample. Under tactics now mapped out for the "prohibition army," the flying squadrons will be held in readiness to swoop down upon any sector whore bootleggers are operating. The "army" is back by J.uuu.uuu I appropriated by congress to enforce 'the first year of national prohibition. 1 Reinforcements will be available July 1, 1020, according to interna! revenue bureau officials who point out that congress then will make a now appropriation. Officials plans to ask for ' $4,000,000 for the second fiscal year. That bootleggers are working almost unmolested in many sections, also is admitted. The machine for enforce ment is organized in this way. j OrgiuUzatlon Extensive. I Federal forces Commissioner Kra mer and more than 100 federal execu tives! R4 internal revenue collectors and 300 deputy collectors S00 federal district attorneys and their assistants, who will conduct prosecutions. officials Three thousand county sheriffs, five thousand state de- n.n-nA,.a nnA freneral exoCU- Tve officials and 25,000 city Police nnd rural constable. All must co operate in helping the federal govern ment screw down the dry lid to stay, the internal revenue commissioner holds. E ON DEI The committee of the Business Mens league appointed to plan decora tions for Christmas, it was learned to day have prepared their plans and ti l make a report of their finding, aVthe next meeting of the eague No vember 19. It is the, aim of the Bus! IZ Men's league to have .Salem don its most gala attire for the holiday, and much interest in what steps the comn t ee will advise is shown, commiutr rtpeorations is: and George L. Arbuckle. Tlie commm --- TTvanki' PRESIDENTWORKS UPON MESSAGE TO FUTURECONGRESS AVashington, Nov. 13. President Wilson has begun consideration of his message to the regular session of con gress which meets December 1, it was learned at the White House today. nether the message will be dictat- ed by the president or written out in IonK hal,a depends on his condition. He is mending rapidly but Dr. Grav son does not want him to undertake too much. Most of the message to congress as well as the notes to Germany have been written by the president on the typewriter in his study. It is unlikely that he will be able to write the com ing message in. this way. One other departure from the pre sident's usual course will be forced by his -illness. Since coming to the White House he has appeared before congress personally at tho opening of each regular session nnd read his mes sage but it is not probable that he will be strong enough to go to congress December 1. AUTHOR OF TRAFFIC LAW III CALIFORNIA TO SPEAK IN SALEM Several meetings at Which F. L. Eksward. author of the state trafficc law for California, and state senator, will speak for the better traffic regu lations have been scheduled here. Mr. Eksward will address the session of the secretaries of the state commercial clubs Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18, the Business Men's League at eight o'clock AVednesday evening, and possibly at the noon-day luncheon of the Salem Rotary Club AVednesday. And if Mr. Eksward can be Induced to remain he will- be asked to speak at the Busi ness Men's luncheon Monday noon, Nov. 84. The meetings were arranged today after Chief of Police A'arney received a letter from Mr. Eksward, ' scaling that he woud be here Nov. 18 or 19. He immediately conferred with Man ager T. E. McCroskey of the Commer cial club and arrangements for the meeting were made. Mr. Eksward Is reputed to be more nnnvnrannt. with traffic raulrements I than any other man In the United states, lie will assist in aevising a more efficient traffic law for Salem, He was asked to come here by Chief , j - om he met' at the Seattle. RAIDS TO OF 'REDS' Spokane Po!ice Swoop vnlporfan Bend On Every Known Radical, . , 4 n 11 n.i k i iuu. d:j Ana Astoria Are pa" mil Auueu niui noiu And John Doe Warrants. Spokane, AA'ash.. Nov. 13. Swoop ing down upon every known I. W. W. nectorsiing aown upm. "" and radical hang out in tne cuy ui iinlice denartment today oegan a round up that is intended to rid the city of every vestige of the industrial- Ists. Prior to the raid warrants were is- sued for James Rowan, one of me ai- w,i t w. V. tried at Chicago sever al months ago and an acknowledged tl,e leader of the industrialists in northwest, and for James nooenou, an avowed I. AA'. AA'. delegate. John Doe warrants also were issued IOr ail l. . . bertoa,deptrl SaTcra red Sookane attorney, who has been pronflnentl" connected with the rad, ltaIS " Taken T'pool Hall. Soventv-flve men were in thft first skirmish from the Imperial pool hall, the largest working men's hang oolice station, where a body to tne P - ----- thev were searched for I. A . u. carus and "literature. Crane was one of the first to be ar rested. The Imperial hall was closed, snokane has for years ben one of the hot beds of I. AA'. AV. activity. the not Decis oi i. ","'"' ,, employe of a mill here, is in jail to Center of a vst nland timber, niin- use M Megei tQ saia XI roKrd for thousands of 1 cfforts of police to root them out Attempt To Hasten Action On Peace Treaty Through Go-, ture Petition Rejected By Senate Today, 44 To 36. Amendment To Reservation On Article 10, Exempting AO Nations From Obliga tions To U. Si Also Killed. AVashington, Nov. 13. An attempt to hasten action on the peace treaty failed in the senate today when a clo ture petition to limit debate, intro duced by Senator Hitchcock, democrat, was ruled out of order. Senator Cummins, president pro-tem of the senate, who made the ruling, was sustained by the Senate, 44 to iv. After Hitchcock's petitiou was ruled ! out republican senators announced they would bring in: one of their own later. By a vote of 68 to 4 the senate de feated an amendment to the proposed reservation on article 10 which would have exempeted all nations from any obligations to the United States under that section of the treaty. - The senate also defeated an amend ment by Thomas, Colorado, democrat, to make the reservation o.n article 10 effective only after a lapse of five years. This amendment originally proposed by Ellhu Root, was rejecter 46 to 86. - . ..... Walsh's third amendment to article 10 reservation was defeated 44 to 32. CAPITAL PUNISH IS SOUGHT BY LEGION Portland, Or., No. 13. Aroused over the Centralia massacre, members of the American Legion in Portland have instigated a movement to restore capital punishment in Oregon. The matter will be considered nt a jmruiis ui uid iduu ijosi nui h w ue held tonight. John McOinnis, the last of the Trout dale boys to be released from the serv ice, has returned home. RID NOR ARE Swept By Police Portland, loo nrl T AV. Or., Nov. 13. Four al- AV. were arrested by the here ,aat ,hti bringing the to-i uu ui '" up uw..s ... iast 48 hours to 61. ' j-ederal officials announced tooay that 18 of those incustody were aliens and an attempt will be made to deport them. City officials plan to reopen the rock pile as a moans of taking care of the others. Gorman Arrested. Michael Keiner, 42, a German, was also arrested at his home last night . ,v, -H- niter Hie rllrontlnn nf WNJam Bryon, chief agent of the de- partment of Justice. A great quantity of anarchistic lit- IK tary of the German DranCIl Ul tl iu punin-ai vi6cmn.- tion called the Labor Communist par- A celebration is alleged to have been i-.i-i 4 ikn T.'lnlnikn hiinia fillmirtn0 thn uuii:.-- .-. " Centralla niassacre Tuesday night, ,.,,.j Kleiner was released this morning: pending further' Investigation by the .federal agents. Rend AVorker Jailed. Bend, Or., Nov. 13. Albert Lang, that the massacre of Amn Legion fornn; Wiethe l! AA. w. ONLY PEW MINERS RETURN TO JOBS REPORTS STATE (Hy Vnited Press.) Despite action of their leaders in calling off the nation-wide strike of coal miners, few workers were return ing to the mines today, dispatches in dicated. Only two districts Tennessee and Colorado reported miners returning in appreciable numbers. The big fields of Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and Iowa apparently still were idle, with the men refusing to go back. Approximately 18,000 men returned to work in the Tennessee and Ken tucky field, however. .Denver report ed large numbers of miners were re turning in Colorado fields. TO BE SENTENCED AA'. Harris, night attendant at the state hospital, charged with assaulting Louis Jensen, a patient several nights ago a he lay bound on a cot in his ward, was found guilty by a jury in justice court late yesterday afternoon. Judge Unruh postponed sentence until 8 o'clock today. . Dr. L. 1 Griffith, in charge at tho hospital; Dr. J. C. Evans, assistant nignt attendant C. B. Copeland, and George Chenowith, former state repre sentative who was recently committed to the state hosptal after conviction in Curry county for slaying George Syd nam, alleged to have betrayed Cheno with's daughter, testified at the hear ing. Chenowith told a dramatic story of how Attendant Harris had repeatedly entered Jensen's ward and beat him at night. Chenowith's room was across me corridor from , that occupied by Jensen. John Carson, attorney for Harris, entered a motion for the arrest oi judgment, contending .that sentence could not be passed unless the plaint tiff was on hand. Jensen's condition is said to be such that he could not be at the trial. Prosecuting Attorney Max Gehlar is expected to advise the court as to progress to make .in this tegard sometime today. " Every property owner on Fourth street is asked to attend a meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the home of J. C. Davis, 1555 North Fourth Btreet when the question of paving and im proving North Fourth street will be taken up. The opening of Fourth street between Belmont and the north end of Liberty street, across the old site of the woolen mills, will also be discussed. The meeting was called by Ben R. Perkins, who has been fight ing for this improvement. Many resi dents on Fourth street have signified their intention of attending the meet ing. Hundreds Of Alleged Radicals Held In Jails And Campaign To Crush Revolutionary Movement Crows. Seattle, AA'ash., Nov. 13. Several hundred alleged radicals are in jail j today in the principal cities of the northwest, according to reports re ceived here. The "rpund up' of I. AV. W. members and seizure of anarchist, literature Is being vigorously pushed. as a result of the Centralia niassacre Tuesday. Police and American Legion members are co-operating In raids on I. W. AV. headquarters With 37 alleged "reds" in Jail-here and tons of propaganda seized, police raids, ordercd-by Mayor Fitzgerald, are continuing. At Portland 61 men have been ar rested in the last 48 hours. Federal agents say 18 of the "reds" are aliens and an attempt to deport them will be made. Arrests Total High. A total of 46 alleged I. AV. W. have been arrested during the past 36 hours By Tacoma police. Former soldiers at Astoria, Or., seiz ed two hundred pounds of alleged rev olutionary literature in raids on I. W. AA'. headquarters. Albert Lang, mill employe at Rend, Or., is In Jail for statements made fol lowing the Centralia massacre, legion Aroused. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 13. The American Legion in Los Angeles is 'aroused over the attack on Legion members at Centralia, AVash. A mass meeting of the Legion has (Continued on page ten) HARRIS GUILTY THIS ArTERNOON THWEST CONTINUED GOVERNMENT , Editor and Others Arrested on Federal Warrants "Helping to Defend, Encourage and Incite Resistance." Seattle, Wash., Nov. 13. Agents of the United States government invaded the offices of the Union Record, offi cial organ of the Central Labor Council here this after noon, seized the plant, and this afternoon were serving warrants for the arrest of the following members of the paper's control board, who are charged with "helping to defend, encourage and incite resistance to the United States government," in connection with the Centralia mas sacre of war veterans. . - E. B. Ault, editor-inannger. '.'. George B..Listmnn, delegate to tlx; Central Labor Council. F. A. Rust, delegate .to the Central Labor Council and secretary-manager of the Labor Temple association. Second Raid Made At the same time offices of the Equity Printing company, where the International AVeekly, an alleged rad ical paper is published were taken over by federal agents who had a warrant for the arrest of Walker C. Smith, editor. - Formal complaints filed by Saun ders in the federal court at Tacoma charge that Ault and others aided and abetted the massacre of war vet erans at Centralia, and have been en gaged in a campaign for the over throw of the government. , Jispionugo Charged j "We are in dead earnest," ' Saun ders declared. "Treachery to the gov ernment ,-cannot be overlooked. AVe are going to the limit. YThis Is only the beginning of a sweeping move ment to quash radical publications in this country." The charges are brought under sec tion 3 of the federal esptonage act. This section is aimed directly at sabo tage. Saunders said. Editorials published in the Union Record on November 11 and 12 are cited in the complaint against Ault, Listman and Rust as b.eing particu larly offensive. A warrant for the arrest of Walk er C. Smith, editor of the Interna tional Weekly, published at the of fices of the Equity Printing company, on Seventh avenue was seised, charg ing him with violating the espionage act. Deputy Marshal Tobey was the first to enter the Record office. He approached Editor Ault and said: . Publication Halts "I seize this plant in the name of the United Stntes government and order it closed." All workers were ordered but of the composing and press rooms with the exception of one person left in each department to take charge under di rection of the marshal. That the slezure of equipment will prohibit publication of the Union Record was the statement of Assist ant United States Attorney B. L. Moore. "Guards are being placed in charge of the linotypes, presses, type writers and documents," he said. "No one will be permitted to use this equipment." FOR SUCCESSOR TOR DEAD FLOUR LEADER By Raymond Clapper (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Nov. 13. Democratic members of the senate will hold a caucus within a few days to pick a minority floor leader, filling the va cancy caused by the death of Senator Martin, Virginia. Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska; Un derwood, Aliibamsr, and Simmons, North- Carolina, are the three fore most candidates. The . contest will be lively, according to cloak room gos sip as the winner will be a strong con tender in the democratic national con vention which selects a presidential candidate next year. Underwood, the youngest In point of years and service, is a favorite; He has been in the senate only since 1915 whereas Hitchcock came tn 1911 and Simmons in 1901, P.ut Hitchcock is a Nebraska man and Is not expected to hold tho. southern democrats, as against either Simmons or Underwood Simmons is a strong southern demo crat who has always supported the administration. Simmons held the highly Important chairmanship of the finance commit tee under the democratic regime. PAROLE FAILURE Chicago, Nov. 18. An attempt ta under wayto procure the parole of J. J. McNamara, convicted in connection with the dynamiting of the Los An geles Time building, Clarence Darrow, Chicago attorney who defended tto accused men, announced today. J. J. McNamara was cbnvited on a charge of placing dynamite which fail ed to explode.' ' ' Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 13, District Attorney Thomas L. AVoolwine today declared that he had refused to dis miss the 18 indictments standing' in the courts here against J. J. McNa mara, now serving a 15 -year-sentence in San Quentin for the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building In 1910. , These indictments, it is understood, will prevent an Immediate parole for McNamara, as uniier the state; law the state parole board is prevented from considering 'applications for poxu'e when other- charges stand against tho , prisoner. ' ' " ' Woolwine declared he bases hte re fusal on his belief that the sentence, of 15 yoars which McNamara received! Was exceedingly light and that he fett it should be entirely served. TO AID PROSECUTION OF FOOD PROFITEERS In an effort to put a stop to profi teering in Oregon, Attorney General Brown is asked, in a letter from A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general for the United States, to call to the atten tion of the United States attorney any violations o( the food control act which come to his notice. Brown, in reply, has signified his readiness to co-operate with the federal department of justice in any manner possible in an effortt o stop the mounting cost of ne cessities. A copy of the amended food control act enclosed with the letter to Brown shows that the new law has been wid ened In scope to Include foods, feeds, wearing apparel, food containers, fer tilizer, fuel, tools, utensils, implemonts, machinery and equipment necossurj for the production of food. Newsnaper Advertising Rates Must Rise, Is Qmt New York, Nov. 13. Newspaper advertising rates must be advanced and advertising space restricted, to enable publishers to meet the condi tions caused by the existing Bhortage of print paper, Frank I'. Glass, pres ident of the American Newspaper Publishers association told the asso ciation's members. Glass declared that all papers ar faced with a paper shortage and that some are confronted with a problem of finding paper for the coming year. EARL OF BRASSEY DEAD London, Nov. 13. Thomas Alnutt Brassey, second earl of Itrassey, died lato today from injuries sustained when he was struck by a toxical. Earl Brassey was widely known- as a yachtsman. P s it I W W Vi .1