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
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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. ,.
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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"
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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
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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. . .
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