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CIRCULATION Average for Quarter Ending December 11. 54 5 8 Member Audit Bureau of C!reula.tloa Associated Proa Full Leaned Wire WEATHER FORECAST, Tonight and Tuesday fair, gentle .csteHy win PRTY-THIRD YEAR. NQ. 34. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1920. PRICE 2 CENTS. i7 0) 3 F i s i Sf i i Jfe, : .II . ' Mm uj.u iyj u vi : lq) ii u m u ik ij 1j u y U U " Ill .III MUM , , ,. .. SELF DEFENSE PlEAOF REDS I 1 WILSON TELLS MCRATS TO PROCEED SLOW President Warns Leaders In : House Against Making Is sue of Universal Military Training Proposal in Cau cus Washington, Feb. 9. President Wilson opposes the plan to have the democratic members of the house at their caucus tonight make an issue of universal military training. The president's views are set forth In a letter to Secretary Baker, trans mitted today to democratic leaders in the house. Mr. Wilson Bays it would be "unfortunate to make a party issue on this subject, particularly since within a few months the party will assemble in convention and declare the principles .upon which It deems It wise to commit itself in a national elect.on." More Consideration Needed. The president says the disturbed slate of the world "does not permit such sureneas with regard to Amer ica's obligations as to allow us lightly to decide upon this great question up on purely military grounds." He derails that he gave his appro val In principle to the various "very Wierate" training projects suggested i) the general staff and expresses his 'Wrong feeling" against action by the caucus which would tend "to interpose an arbitrary party determination to the consideration which this subject should receive from the best thought f the members of the house." The call for the caucus tonight was sued by Representative Clark, the democratic leader, on petition of a number of democrats opposed to gen eral military training. Text of Letter. The president's letter follows: j "1 am told that a caucus of the democratic members of the house otj lepresentatives has been called to con-1 er pending military legislatioen, and the suggestion has been made that a solution be adopted committing the taocratlc membership of the house! Win the policy of general military "win-. In the present circumstances, I lom Bm to me unfortunate to take a party i8aue lIp0n this subject, Micularly aince within a few months party will assemble in convention! h i! ,? the PrlnclPl upon which1 LT f t,wl,e t0 commlt "If mu Section. The present dis-! : "lale 01 the world does not ner- LEGION EXONERATED OF BLAME FOR PLOT CAUSING ARMISTICE DAY MURDERS Defense for Eleven Alleged Radicals on Trial to Answer for Centralia OutrageSays Commercal Organizations Plan ned Raid and Destruction of L W .W. Hall from Which Shots Were Fired; ex-Soldiers involved Only as "Cats- paws oi utners. . fit such , sureness Montesano, Wash., Feb. 9. The American Legion today was complete ly exonerated for any part in the plan ning of an alleged plot to raid the 1 W. W. hal lat Centralia, by Attorney ueorge l'. vanderveer, counsel for the eleven I. W. W. defendants on trial here for their lives for the Centralia Armistice day shootings. In an opening statement to the Jury in which he outlined what the defense will offer during the trial Vanderveer charged that the American Legion members who might have participated In what he alleged was a pre-arranged afafir, were catspaws of commercial organizations of Centralia. Legion Exonerated. "I exonerate now, and forever after, the American Legion as an organiza tion, for any responsibility for this at tack on the I. W. W. hall," Vanderrecr said, in putting foi'th the defense's claim that the hall was attacked be fore a shot wag fired from the hall. "Those members of the American Legion who did participate in this raid were catspaws, without their knowl edge and consent," he added. Vanderveer outlined what the de fense will offer to prove, alleging that commercial organizations in Centralia had. planned to raid the hall, and cited a previous destruction of a former I. W. V. hall inv Centralia. He declared the matter was discussed at metings of the Commercial club, held In tee rooms of the Elks' club, and that the plana of the raid were decided upon despite the fact that the county attor ney and the city attorney, a brother of Warren O. Grimm, for whose murder tho elevend efendants are on trial, had advised that the I. W. W. were not doing anything wrong. Persecutions Cited. Vanderveer cited alleged persecu-. tlons of the I. W. W. throughout the. country over a period of years, men. tiontng specifically the Bisbee deporta tions, the lynching of Frank Litttle at Butte in 1917, beatings at Aberdeen, South Dakota; tarring and feathering at Tulsa, Okla., and other alleged ill treatment of I. W. W. at Red Lodge, Mont, "However, because it does not be lieve in violence," Vanverveer said, in describing the previous destruction oi an I. W. W. hall in Centralia, "the I. W. W., in circulars, appealed to the citizens for protection. These thing. Trotzky to Assume New -Role On Soviet Ministry Helsingfors, Feb. 8. Leon Trotsky, Russian bolshevik minister of war arid marine, will become director and high commissioner of food transpor tation and his duties as min ister of war will be assumed General Polanoff, aceordfng to advices received here. . Com-, mand of soviet forces in Siberia will be given to General Egert,' while General Ivanoff will le4' the bolshevik troops in Turke-C stan. ,. ':' JAPS FORGED TO EVACUATE NORTH KOREA BY REVOLT .London, Feb. 9. Northern Korea has been evacuated by the Japanese, It is claimed in a wireless from Mos cow today quoting an Omsk message. The population rose to aid Korean forces from Chinese territory, it is de clared. ; The Omsk message, as given in the bolshevik wireless, says that on Feb ruary 6 bands of Koreans raised in Chinese territory, crossed the frontier and attacked the Japanese. Masses of the population are joining the insur gents, it is added ,the Japanese re treating and evacuating northern Korea, "ureness with regard to 'citizens Ior protection, ine mericas obligations as to allow u,' happened, notwithstanding. ,r"y 10 dcide upon this great ques- Shot to Protect Hall, n upon purely military grounds "Counsel for the state said the me the demonstrated advance to the American Legion did not know there f the county to which from mm- wasto be a raid on the I. W. W. hail T erlce in the war plainly suggests on Armistice day. He was right. But aid 'he nation&l Interest quite I there were 8ome who knew "' L!eu' , mlUary considerations- the I tenant Cormier, in the meeting held In aerate and r.q.af,.ii.. . ' v. ir,- i,.k -m it wnulri 'h n Brood vB,c,j conuuetea 1 ... - , lde to march down past me nan aim show them how strong we are.' " Vanderveer charged that during the raid Cormier rode up to a section oi Washington, Feb. 9. Official dis patches received , here today saidi a force of 2000 Koreans .armed princi pally with equipment furnished by the bclshevikl, crossed into northern Ko rea from Kirin, Manchuria, and at tacked a Japanese post of 700 men at night, killed 300 of them and routed the remainder. According to these dispatches the attack was the initiation of an active rebellion in Korea. It was described as 't'he beginning of a tremendous affair." LABOH MAKES FORMAL EffTRY INTO POLITICS Declaration of Federation to Take Up Battle Against roes of Organized Workers Is Sent Broadcast Today Washington, Feb. 9. Organized la bor's pronunciation of Its entry into potties, a call to "all lovers of freedom to marshal their forces In detense of their rights and tjdeals," and to all trade .unionists and their friends to unite in defeating those seeking of fice who are hostile or indifferent to the rights of labor, today was sent broadcast over, the country. Congress 'Denounced The declaration. Issued officially by the American Federation of Labor, aft er reciting what it termed vain efforts to secure remedial and constructive legislation for the interest and welrare of the toilers, denounced congress for its "failure to do its duty and, its re pression of labor." . "Scorned by congress, ridiculed and misrepresented by many members ol both houses," the announcement said, "the American labor movement finds It necessary to vigorously apply its long and well established non-partisan poltitical policy, The American Fed eration of Labor announces its deter- mtnattonert)plJl 'wr-ji-tlmae means and all of the power at its com mand to accomplish the defeat of la bor's enemies who aspire for public of fice whether they be candidates for presfdent, for congress, for state legis latures or any other office." Committee Appointed. The appointment of a national non partisan political committee was an nounced and the campaign will be started immediately. Each ' aspirant for office, the an nouncement said, will have his record '"analyzed" and those regarded as favorable to labor will be supported re gardless of party affiliations. 'The declaration was adopted at the conference of trade union tepresenta tives here In December. Toll cf Life In 'Frisco Apartment House Fire Cut to One, Last Report San Francisco, Feb. 9. Only one life known definitely today to have been lost last night In a fire that destroyed the fash - ionable Berkshire apartment house at Sutter and Jones street. A search of the ruined buidling early today revealed no additional bodies. A score of persons are in various hos pitals, however, suffering from burns and injuries. Russia Resumes Export Trade; Flax is Shipped Reval, Esthonia, Feb. 9. Exports from soviet Russia be- -gan on Sunday. They were Ini tiated by the arrival here of two carloads of flax putward ward bound. ALDERS DENIED RELIEF THROUGH FOUR KILLED IN ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO SLAYER OF TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL Two Women Among Those Shot When Lexington Kcb Rushes Court House During Trial of William Leckeii, Who is Convicted and Sentenced to Die in Chair; Federal Soldiers Rushed to Scene from Camp Zachary Taylcr. SENSATIONAL TRIAL TO APPEAL VERDICT San Francisco, Feb. 9. The Un ited States circuit court of, appeals here today affirmed a decision of the, fsderal, district court of Port land, Or.,. Imposing a fine" of 110, 000 and three years imprisonment miller on charges of violating the federal espionage act According to the government's charges, Albers! while traveling from Grants Pass to Roseburg, Or,, on April 8, 1917, made remarks de rogatory to the United States, de clared he was a German sympahiz er and made verbal attacks on for mer secretary of the treasury Wil liam G. McAdoo and other officials. The defense contended Albers was Intoxicated at the time and that therefore the legal Intent sufficient to constitute a crime was lacking. Constitutionality of the esionage act also was attacked. our nf mim conuuetea WdiSZ P 'ble nava"tages. In rga eVvfthe BUbJeCt' yU Wl Mhe vfrl0lml?PrOV,al In PrlncP'e ,row,Variou8 v' moderate training I the parade which had halted a block . I lit" Kpnprfil BtQff auuvu Lwr mm nu " nv T be Very elaa t0 have vou I back and help "finish the job." "'.appropriate fc.whi wi, , 6 members of the C iluTr ,ni the caucus y 25? VMt actlon -rbW . '" tend t0 interpose m?X 'r?m the best thought S alTkt t f the noue- eonslder- mav Z, "'"'0al emergencies fecir,iiiCOnfront US and the srre.r r .,rj anj ntVl. . "The I. W. W. had appealed for pro tection. They finally ceased to appeal, RT Hop futures contracted at 35 cents per pound are Involved in contracts re cently made by growers residing near Monitor with Strauus & company of The limit had been reached. They had London, England. The crop for 1920- One of the most sensational charges to be preferred against a girl in local courts will be heard in Judge Unruht. court Tuesday morning when the trial of Alice Smith, 19, accused of con tributing to the delinquency of a min or, begins. The trial is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock. . Philip J. Kuntz Is attorney for the defense. Miss Smith was arrested several days ago by attaches to the sheriff's office on Information furnished by Prosecut ing Attorney Max Gehlar. Two charges, tho one under which she will be tried Tuesday, and one of vagrancy, were preferred against her, According to the To Apncul Again. Portland, Or., Feb. 9. J. Henry Albers, Portland milling man, whose conviction for violating the esplon age act was upheld by the federal appellate court in San Francisco to day, will carry the case to the United States supreme court in a final ef fort to escape the penalty, he said, when advised of the newest develop ment. "I am very much surprised," he said, "but I must take It as It comes" I F The list of delinquent taxpayers of Marion county has been prepared and is being publicly posted by Sher- ; iff W. I. Needham. The complete list I represents delinquent taxes to the complaint Mlsi, amount or 112,677.15 Smith Induced Florence! Kephart, a Tax delinquency notices have been to shoot to protect place," he declared, mi.. such , ",rn oi the country." the v " !em. Pllnly promises PRODUCTION DECREASE : 1HEEX BLE TO STRIKE l C Pen"ylvanla in with 86'20-0l tons, v Pro,uc,ln acned i ton. """ 115.. W their meeting 21 and 22 are Included in the contract girl 15 years od, to leave her home for1 posted in various public places In estimates. The contracts are made immoral purposes. Miss Kephart was I Jmarion county, eucn a nonce is amo Admitting that the trial would be , through Henry L. Bents of Aurora and lengthy and tiresome, Vanderveer said are as follows: he did not believe the state would in- oVlna J. White, hops grown on a troduce the testimony of approximate- nine-acre yard near Monitor The lv 300 witnesses, declaring tnai ne.iaiu crop, ucihb i.c.j. " knew f hey would not dare produce their ?00 witnesses." Six Lose Lives Rescuing Crew of Wrecked Vessel the arrest of Miss Smith and was com mitted to the suae training school for girl. Because of her physical condi tion she was denied admission there, and at present is confined in a loca hospital. Another complaint cites wild rides the the Halifax. N. S., Feb. 9. The secpnd officer and five men of the crew of the British steam- ship Oxonlon perished while attempting to save the crew of the British steamer uraa- boyne when she was abandon- ed off the coast of Newfound- land, according to radio mes- aairem received here today. JAAA nnnnHa whila lha 10,31 utaicu -avvv k " " - - and 1922 crops are expected to yield 8000 pounds each. The crop from the 20-acre yard of jtthrough the downtown streets at late G. G. White yard near Monitor Is estl- hours wtih questionable men, during mated to yield 8000 pounds In 1920 andj which ner conduct was disgraceful, to return a 18,000 pound crop during, what action the prosecution will take the ensuing two years. on this charge depends largely upon These contracts were filed recently the outcome of the first trial, it is un- In the office of County Recorder Mil-, derstood. dred R. Brooks. tons. nearly With 458.. 21,000,000 tons ? Ju, 081 mine, n fh- fIr.. . .' Cth;l 'orhe tT 107 r';lamef t. Pro. !sai. "' Pr cent of " . i, ' ""in,, """ucuon than Z fffW "oi ot th history of r" , "ey' whl wve out r fO! a"d only ln AsR Escaped "Poles" Claim Sanctuary as Germans Berne. Feb. 9. Fifty men who es caped last week from a train taking 1509 Polish prisoners of war back to their land from France, have claimed sanctuary on Swiss soil, asserting they were really Germans. They declared that when captured they posed as Poles so as to, get better treatment ln France, and asked to be transported to Germany. LASSEN I ERVPTIOX Redding, Cal. Feb. 9. An eruption at Lassen peak was noted this morning by observ ers here. This is the fiost erup tlon in three months. TWENTY HURT I.V WRECK Scammon, Kan Feb. 9. Twenty person, were injured, none seriously, when several coaches of a St. Louis and Francisco railroad passenger train wre derailed near here this morning. Two cars turned over. The injuredj hritiiirht here. An onen switch Is saidto have caused the wreck. Liquor Ads Barred Only From Domestic Papers Washington, Feb. 9. AI- though the national prohibition enforcement act prevents the publication of liquor advertise- ments In newspapers published in this country. Postmaster General Burleson called atten- tlon today to the , exemption Trom the provision of the law of all newspapers published in foreign countries. Notice was directed at the same time to the fact that the act referred specifically to "newspapers" only and not to "publications". j "magazines. H - - - - . benefit of anyone Interested In matter. Marion county's delin quent tax roll la considered by offi cials to be very small In comparison with previous records and with the unpaid tax' totals of some counties. Should these advertised tax Items, remain unpaid until April 15, certif icates of delinquency may be issued. However, it is the experience of the sheriff's office that the delinquent taxes will be paid by property own ers within the time specified. Lexington, Ky. Feb. . At 1 o'clock the mob spirit seemed to -have been broken, at least tern ' pomrlly, and Use city was quiet. Large crowds were still upon . the streets but the looting of pawnshops had ceased. It was generally known among the crowds that United States regu lar troops were on their way here from Camp Taylor at Louisville Lexington, Ky., Feb. 9. Four per sons were killed and several Injured here today when a mob intent upon lynching wiiuam Lockett, a negro who confessed to the murder of ten year old Geneva Hardman, charged the court house during Lockett's trial and was fired upon by police and state troops. Two Women Shot. Two women were reported to be among those shot by the state troops. The class with soldiers held oft the mob while the authorities managed to slip the negro away to a place of safety. Great excitement was caused by the shooting and there were mutterlnga of further trouble. While the mob, the ringleaders of which carried a rope, was attempting to get Into the court house to get Lockett, a Jury found him guilty of first degree murder and a minute or other attempt might be made to lynch die In the electric chair March 11. 1 Fearing that the mobs would toot pawnshops to obtain firearms, police and military officers went to all suon stores la the city and gathered up guns and revolvers. They said an attack on the militiaman was feared. . In addition to the four persons killed, fifteen persons were wounded when the troops fired into the mob, the authorities ascertained later. Four hundred troops from Camp Taylor, Ky., have been ordered to Lex. ington to prevent any further trou and are now en route here, officials announced, The additional troops were requested as it was feared thatihe 801 militiamen could not handle the situa tion. Soldiers and policemen continued on guard near the oourt house following the shooting. Officials feared that an from the surrounding country came to Lockett should the crowd discover hts whereabouts. Trouble Was Feared. Trouble was feared by the authori ties as soon as Lockett was captured and confessed to the assault and mur der of the little Hardman girl last Tuesday. Early today hundreds of farmers from the surorundlng country came to Lexington Is nearly 100 miles from state troops closely guarded the streets when the negro was taken from a train and rushed to the court house The prisoner was brought here early this morning from Frankfort on a spe cial train. Authorities announced the follow ing list of dead: B. F. Carrier, Lexington. John Thomas, Versailles. William Efflngton, Versailles. .. L. M. King, Lexington. Several of the wounded are expected to die. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 9. Reports re ceived here by telephone during the forenoon, said mobs then were looting pawnshops and , hardware stores at Lexington In an effort to obtain fire arms and had declared the Intention of securing the negro by any means. On the heels of the report came an appeal from Governor Edwin P. Mor row for troops to protect the negro and quiet the situution. Ill ASSEMBLY HAY CONSIDER ALMAtlD Cabinet Considers Advisabili ty of Submitting Nar.es cf Surrender Victims Mere National Chamber, Berlin,. Feb. , 9. Decision as to whether the German national assent bly will be called to consider Ger many's answer to the allied demand. for the extradltioii ot Germans accused cf violations of the laws ot war is ex pected soon. The cabinet met yester day and considered the list of men whose surrender Is desired and the al lie i covering note. The allied powers demand access to archives and possession of all German documentary evidence, so that prose. cution may be facilitated, The cover ing note is understood" to-. declare the allies do not purpose to grarit amnesty to men not named in the list but will reserve the right to prosecute them should they be apprehended on entente sell. . ' Allied Reply Wulted. It seems Improbable that a reply to the entente demand for the surrender of the Germans whose names are con tained in the list will be sent until a response is received by the German government to its note of January IS. (In this note asked the allies to re nounce the execution of the extradition article of the peace treaty, the alterna tive proposed being a trial of the per sons Involved to be held in Germany with the participation of allied repre sentatives.) , I The newspapers declare1 unanimous ly that the attitude of the government toward the extradition question Is un changed. The association of German regular soldiers carried out a big demonstra tion here yesterday against acceptance of the extradition demand. Similar demonstrations were held ln the pro- vices. Berln Paper Defends Woman Named on List Berlin, Feb. 8. Miss Klsa Scheiner, tho only woman whone name appeared on the list of Germans demanded by the allies is a daughter ot a prominent professor of Berlin university, and had charge of the women's concentration camp at Valenciennes during the war. The Nleuwe Rotterdamsche Courant prints a letter from a contributor who asserts that Miss Scheiner incurred the enmity of allied women spies who were imprisoned at her camp. He declares, however, that letters to Professor Scheiner showed the daughter had many friends among the prisoners and that she did not approve of German policies. Syrian garnets are the moat esteem ed ot the varieties of these stones. "Peeping Tom" Frightens Girls; Search is Useless , Search by Traffic Officer Moffltt for a "peeping Tom" reported at the home of John H. McNary, 885 Summer street, Sunday evening, was futile and no trace of the man said to have been peeping through the windows of the home could be found. Two girls, the only occupants of the house at the time, notified police that the fellow .after peeping through the windows, tried the front door in an at tempt to gain entrance. Officer Mof fltt searched the house, alley back of the home and the shrubbery surrouna Ing the premises without avail. Albatross have been killed measur ln 17 ft feet from wing tip to wing tip. . . Capital Journal's Straw Vote for President' Vole for One, placing X after name; then cut out and mall or bring to Capital Journal Office. BRYAN " OWEN ... COX PALMER . GERARD , PERSHING HARDING .. i POINDEXTER - HOOVER POMERENE JOHNSON ' TAFT . LOWDEN WILSON - McADOO , . WOOD .. -1 Party Affiliation Name ... Adcfress