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A OfQ. "rt - -ti A CIRCULATION Average or Quarter Ending December SI, 1519 5 4 5 8 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press Fuli Leaaed Wire WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Tuesday fair; gentle utterly - ' " " purs "FORTY-THIRD YEAR.NO. 40. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1920. EIGHT PAGES. PRICE 2. CENTS.. A NDITS CA PTURE ANOTHER A MEM CAN ll : c 'o'OMra cm B PRESIDE! JT TO DENY SHIPPING BOARDCHARGE BnrfftJ Argreement Be- tween Board and British In terests for Sale of . Han Shios is False DECISION WITHHELD Washington. Feg. 16. Ap plication of William Randolph Hearst for an Injunction to re strain the shipping: board from selling thirty former German liners was taken under advise ment today by Associate Jua tlce'Bailey of the district court. He announced he would ren der a decision next Friday. ' Washington, Feb. 18. The dripping board was requested to- . lay by the senate to defer etilc of the German ships for which bills have been submitted until some definite senate notion Is taken on the subject. Washington, Feb. 16. President Wilson will Inform the senate em phatically that there Is "no basis" for the report of a secret agreement between the shipping board and the British Interests for the sale of the thirty former German passenger lin ers, it was announced todjty at the white house. The president's message will be in reply to the resolution of Senator Braadegee, republican, Connecticut, asking for Information regarding the report. The resolution as adopted by the senate last Saturday. , Just beforo the white house an nouncement was -made, the public iuctlon at which bids for the ships were received began at the -shipping board with representatives of more than a score of shipping companies present, Kidding Qualified Chairman Payne was unable to con duct the auction, as he had been sum moned to appear in person in the dis trict supreme court in proceedings brought by William Randolph Hearst of New York, for an injunction to top the sale. Commissioner Thomas 8cott acted Tor him. In opening opening the auction Mr. 8cott read a memorandum from Chairman Payne, which said the hieh est bids would have to h annrnvAH r the senate commerce commission "d th house merchant marine com mittee ,aml that acceptance of any id would depend upon the outcome f the injunction proceedings in the district court. The memorandum said these pro ceedings were expected to be con cluded Within two or th-oo ,1.,. Kt that in any event checks received 'tn the bids would be returned by Saturday If tile eaies were not con summated. Commissioner Scott snid " terms of the gale would be ar ranged to suit the convenience of the ward and the prospective purchasers "d that all ships sold must be oper tea under the American flag. Big Slilpinen Present Among the shipping men present It? ', A' S- Fra"klln of the Inter national Mercantile Marine; George Goethals, of the American Ship " Commerce company; A. V. Moore L 00re Bnd McCormack corn s' Kd,PhiI'P onde of the OH ntal Navigation company. Biif a VeBS(,'s offerei1 w"e the act Arrow, the Amphlon and the the b. con,Psin8 the group of L?'a ? Sea No bids were wred for them. , A grouP fomposing the South v., mil the Aeolus, De- tar . .fes8 Mat0"a and Pocahon- - men offered. 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' w oil countrv ofi w .1 outfiu 80 thpy could All reZ"l while at se4. - mW h3Ve ,)een teken on ser steamer Admiral Wat- CALIFORNIA MAN HELD FOR BIG RANSOM B Y OUTLA WS IN MEXICO l Washington, Feb. 16. Wilson Welsh Adams, an' American, has been captured by bandits in Zacatecas, Mexico and is being held for 50,000 pesos ransom, the state department was advised luuay, Adams home is in .Los Angeles, where his wife and child now live. The American embassy at Mexico City baa been instructed by the state department to bring the kidnaping to the attention of the Mexican author ities with the request that every step be taken to obtain Adams' release. The . American representatives at Saltilio and Monterey,' in reporting the Incident, said the authorities in Zacatecas were endeavoring to learn the whereabouts of Adams and his captors and that three columns of Mexican troops had been sent out. The kidnaping occurred at Avalos last Friday and the bandits were re ported to have looted the warehouse of the Providencia mine operated by the Minerales and Metales company, ! an American concern. Adams was su- perintendent of the mine. DARDANELLES WILL BE INTERNATIONAL London, Feb. 16. In connection with another meeting held by the su preme council of the allies today to take up the Turkish question, it was reiterated in conference circles that it had been decided to permit the sultan to remain at Constantinople as the. Turkish soveregln but that the Darda nelles would be placed under interna tional control. Regarding boundaries of Turkey in Europe it was thought probable that in the case of Anatolia an economic zone wouta e aeciaea upon. Premier Venlzelos of Greece was was called Into the meeting to expla the position of his nation regarefng the settlement with Turkey. The decisions in regard to the Turk ish peace so far reached are only pro visional, it was explained, and It has not been decided when they shall be put Into permanent form. The council members are known to be considerably exercised over the pub cation of alleged reports of its decls- j ions, principally in French newspapers ana are prepared to nave Lord Robert Cecil ask in the house of commons who Is responsible. - An individual authorized to speak for the council said today that the "leaks" on Presl dent Wilson Adriatic note, the fate of Constantinople and the alleged con tents of the note to Germany were contrary to an agreement for secrecy made by the council. ', ' v SULTAN AND TURKISH GOYEPfflTTOSTAY NOPLE London, Feb. 16. Reports printed in Paris to the effect the supreme council decided on Saturday that the sultan and the Turkish government would remain in Constantinople, but under stringent International control of the Dardanelles, coincides with In formation gathered here. This, how ever, is unofficial and has not been confirmed. The Daily Mall remarks It is not clear if any decision has been made re- garding the Bosphorus and believes the difficulty of forcibly rejecting the Turks from Constantinople has delay ed the decision. While accepting the news the Times says editorially: "This change of at titude on the part of the allies will require most careful investigation. It is contrary to the declared policy of British government and to views held until recently Dy tne camnei ana premier." Leasing Bill For Mad Rush Alaskan Fields I ffir waiting ior m Washington dispatch telling that the bin has been signed. According to the : biu- locations cannot be made until the measure has become a law. BOGUS RAIL PASS OPERATORS CAUGHT BY PORTLAND COPS Portland, Or., Feb. 16. An order to return S. R. Powell, alias T. W. Powell and Mrs. Powell, alleged to be implicated with a group of railway pass counterfeiters, back to Los An geles for trial, it was expected here today, according to William Bryon, head of the United States department of Justice. Powell and his wife were arrested in Portland shortly afte rthelr arrival here and with their five year old daughter are to be held at city jail. The arrest of Powell and his wife was made in conjunction with that of O. E. Brown at Los Angeles and the arrests of others in various cities of the United States on charges of having used the counterfeit passes. Powell denied being one of. the ringleaders of the gang, according ,o department of Justice, although ad mitting having sold some of the passes ficials satd they thought Powell a for Brown. Department of justice of leader in the counterfeit operations. LdUi TO JUGO SLAV PLAN OF ALLIES REJECTED Paris, Feb. 16. Prompt rejection of President Wilson's objections to the compromise agreement by which Eng" land, France and Italy hoped to settle the Jugo-Slavla question relative te the future status of the eastern coast of the Adriatic is. reported in Echo De Paris. Premiers Lloyd-George of Great Britain and' Mlllerand of Franse drafted the reply to the American chief executive and insisted Jugosla via must agree : to the compromise, with the alternative of seeing the trea ty of London become operative, it Is said. ,s : ;, , At the same time the premier's re ply was sent to Washington, the for eign minister of Jugo-Slavla was no-' titled the viewpoint of the British and French governments had not been al tered b the seemingly unexpected ac tion of Mr. Wilson. The Wilson note is said to have giv en intimation the United States would "find It impossible to continue to con cern itself on European affairs if the allies proceeded to settlement of the Adriatic problem without consulting tne united states. It is said the presi dent entered serious objections to the ultimatum sent to the Belgrade gov ernment on January 20, and declared It differed from the program framed by Premiers Lloyd-George and Clem enceau with the assistance of an Amer ican representative last December. While not connected with the situa tion resulting from the Wilson note, a cabinet crisis has arisen at Belgradu. The ministry led by Premier David ovitch resigned yesterday. It Is prob- aoie cms situation will still further delay settlement of the Adriatic Vrob. lem. Note MI.Hlnterprpted. nasnington, Feb. 16. President Wilson It was learned today at the White House, did not say in his note to the entente premiers regarding the Fi ume question that the United States would no longer be able to concern it self in European affairs If a Flume settlement were made without consult ing America. Officials said the Interpretation of the president's : note by the Paris Temps was "too sweeping." They sal,, the United States would not withdraw from participation in the peace treaty and the league of nations, if the treaty were ratified by the senate, but that it would withdraw from any participa tion in the Fiume settlement, including the policing of the Adriatic. Position fnrhanged. The president's position regarcmg-J Flume and the whole Adriatic situa tion was sal to be unchanged. This position, however, never has been of ficially outlined and officials declined today to define It. No reply to the president's note has been received It was said at the state department. Dispatches from abroad said the re ply had been dispatcher and that In it the premiers adhered to their aitl matum to Jugo-Slavla thaflt must ac cept the compromise on the Fium question or suffer the carrying out of the terms of the original treaty tn London. HAVA!IAfi SUGAR PLflliTERS ACT TO EliDMSIlE Honolulu. Feb. 16.. The : Hawaiian Sugar Planters association today aban doned its "watchful waiting" in the sugar plantation strike, which began January IS and took the initiative by sending a squad of 200 strikebreakers to the island plantations. This move, the defection of several score Filipinos from the ranks of the strikers and the announcement of J. M. Dbwsett, chairman of the - labor bureau of the association, that sugar shipments from the islands of Kauai, Maul and Hawaii would continue un interrupted to the mainland were the priniclpal developments of the past i hours. .Dowsetfs statement earrled the Im pression that the planters association was assured there would .be no exten sion of the strike to Islands other than Oahua, and that at least three-quar ters of the sugar cropr which last year was valued at more than $90,000,000 would move without Interference. Japs Lead Strike Information from Japanese labor fr standing firmly for its original de mands. The planters have announced officially over the signature of John Waterhouse, president of the associa tion, and with-the approval of the asso cialion'g board of directors that thej are prepared f.or a fight to a finish. . On the surface of affairs the un known quantity is the Filipino union. The Filipinos started . the strike too early, Japanese labor leaders have ad mitted. Two days ago the president of the Filipino union abandoned his in tention to call his countrymen on the other islands. The Filipinos are re ported to be poorly supplied with funds and In worse straits for food. . The Japanese admittedly are helping them with contributions of rice and within the past day or so Filipinos on several plantations of the island of Oaau where the strike is In effect have neon trickling back to work. Strikebreakers at Work On the other hand Filipinos on sev eral plantations have packed their be longings and left the company's prop erty on which they had lived. The planters association announces that it has four thousand strike-breakers to put to work and that these will be placed gradually on the plantations tied up by the walk out. In the ranks of the strikebreakers are Hawaiian Spaniards. Portuguese, Porto Rlcans, Chinese, Koreans and a few Filipinos. It is estimated that on the six planta tions affected by the strike 7,800 work ers have quit work, the majority oi them Japanese, a large number oS them Filipinos and a few Spaniards, Porto Ricans and Chinese. FROST NIPPED FRUIT TREES WILL RECOVER Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Feb. 18. The fruit trees touch ed by frost In the December cold snap will for the most part recover, said W. S. Brown, chief in horticulture at the college, who In company with D, F. Fisher, department of agriculture investigated the fruit orchards Jn Hood River. "The bark and wood is discolored in many places, and some of the trees may be killed, but the greatest loss will probably be in this year's crop of fruit," said Professor Brown. "The bosc variety of pear has suffered the worst, and the Bartlett Is Injured considerably. "The sweet cherry has also been affected, but It is too early to Judge the extent of the injury done. It will be Impossible to tell before the mid dle of next summer. Very little or no pruning should be don this spring, as the dead limbs cannot be distin guished from the living." Radical Menace Is Disappearing Declares Flynn Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16' William J. Flynn, director of the bureau of investigation of the department of Jus tice and former chief of the United States secret service, arrived her to day from Spokane on a national tour being made for the purpose of con ferring with department of jujstice officials. Mr; Flynn declared he thought bol shevlsm and other radical "isms" have ceased to be a menace in Am erica. "The radical situation can be considered well In hand," he assert ed. "The recent wholesale deporta tions has had a great effect in clari fying the situation. These deporta tions will continue." SXOWS DELAYS TRAINS Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. 16 Heavy f tha Amrf hv rielAvil alt west bound passengert and freight trains . ... .n .,inr,io telephone and telegraph service, offl - .,. -.r I announced today. Demands SURRENDERS REQUEST DROPPED BUT KAISER NOT TO ESCAPE FULLY . The Hague, Feb. 16. The latest allied note to Holland with regard to extradition of the-former German emperor reverses the original demand for his surrender and only asks for intern ment, with the suggestion that the former monarch be sent, per haps, to one of the Dutch islands in the East Indies, it became known today The Associated Press learns on ex-, cellent authority that the Dutch gov ernment has already determined to reply with an offer actually to Intern Wilhelm at Doom. Holland would accept the full responsibility of pre venting him from endangering the peace of the world, establishing a guard over htm and a strict censor ship. . Compliance Expected Holland, It Is pointed out, in diplo matic quarters, is anxious to meet any request of the allies which Is com patlable with her own dignity and does not conflict with the nation's laws and traditions of long standing. More than anything else, as far as can be learned she desires to bring to a close the Issue over the presence of the former emperor which has been a thorn in her side slnoe the Hohenzol lerns" sought refuge here In 1913. That the ex-ruler Is undoubtedly willing to spend the rest of his life in Doom Is the belief In official circles, where it is also believed that the al lies will accept the proposal to place upon Holland's shoulders the respons ibility for keeping him there. Thoy point to Doom as being a particularly advantageous place to intern him as the village is not near any large city and the house which the ex-emperor has bought is so placed as to be easily guarded, and it is somewhat further from the German fronttet than Amer dngen. where the former emperor Is now living. , " Note Delivered Sunday. V". The tiotewas 'djellveredl late Mast night direct to the Dutch premier by the British minister at The Hague. The note had not reached the Dutch foreign office this morning, nor was there any explanation forth-coming at to why it had been delivered to the premier Instead of through the regulal diplomatic channels. Up to noon today no part of the text of the document had been made public here. Prohibition In United States Boon To Bahama Nassau, Bahama Island, Feb. 4. Prohibition In the United .States, which caused enormous quantities of liquor to descend almost like an av alanche upon this city, has transform ed the Bahamas government's finan cial condition from a deficit to com paratively large surplus, provided la bor for large numbers of unemployed and put more money in circulation in this little British colony than has been the case for many years. Sir William L. Allardyce, governor of the colony said this yesterday In an ad dress opening the 1920 session of the Bahamas legislature. Half a dozen vessels brought full cargoes of wines and liquors and du ties from them have restored the Bahama government's fallen fortunes due to the war, from a deficit to a surplus three times as large as the deficit of about $155,000. The years revenue is figured at (1,085,000 and the expenditures at 1530,000. In addition a surplus of 1500,000 yearly during the next two years at least Is expected when the liquors are taken out ofr bond. Legion Committee Urges , Bonus Idea on Congress Washington, Feb. 16. A bonus for ex-service men and compulsory mili tary training were announced as the principal aims of the legislative com mittee of the American legion mem bers of which were here today for a series of conferences with congress men. It was claimed the legion was de termined to press the bonus issue by asking for a specific settlement by the governmentof a 150 bond for each month of service performed dur ing the war. Such a bonus, it was es timated would cost the government approximately $1,900,000,000. The legion already has gone on rec ord as favoring compulsory military training. Poet's Forces Capture Italian Ship and Mer Flume, Feb. 15. Two war vessel! attached to the forces of Captain Oa , brlele D'AnnunzIo hav, captured an 'Italian transport having on board 1.- o00 regular troop, ta of I Luernero, southwest of this city. on Holland Strike of Maintenance Workers Only Postponed Detroit, Mich., Feb. . 18. The proposed strike of more than 1100,000 members of the United Brotherhood of Main- , tenance of Way Employes and. Railway Shop Laborers 'has not ik been cancelled but has been merely postponed, Allen- E. Barker, president of the brotherhood announced today. Unless speedy relief Is given the workers, he said the strike will certainly take place, ' " HI PM HiS mm im. in Death was miraculously escaped Sunday morning by Cal Palton, a local blacksmith, of 1865 State street, when a machine he was driving collided with a streetcar In the fog on the Fair grounds road. - The. accident occurred about 8:30 o'clock. Monday Mr. Pat ton was In the Willamette Sanattar I urn suffering a severe scalp wound and cuts on the hands and knees. His condition was reported "fine." According to a report made at head quarters by Traffics Officer Moffltt, who investigated the accident, Mr. Pat ton was driving west oh the Fair grounds road, with one wheels on the car track. He is said to have been going at a high rate of apnea. v streetcar was traveling east on the Fairgrounds road, causing ' a headon colllson. Motorman Todnunter told police that he saw the auto coming and reversed the motor and applied the brakes, slowing the car down to about-18 miles an hour. The front of Mr. Patton's heavy ma chine was totally wrecked, the com pact "from striking the streetoar hun lng It back about 30 feet, Traffics Of ficer Moffittt reported. Another auto accident in which both machines were greatly damaged was reported to police Cutiday morning. S. W. Marstors, 1056 Court street, re ported that he ran mto an auto driven by Carl ShulU 1770 South Liberty street, at the Intersection of High and Mission streets. No one was Injured. Virginian is Named on I - Federal Trade Board Washington, Feb. 16. John Garland Pollard, of Virginia, has been selected by President Wilson as a member of the fed- eral trade commission. Polland, who was formerly attorney general of Virginia will succeed former Governor J. Franklin Fort, of New Jr- sey, who resigned from the commission recently on ao- count of Illness, Capital Journal's Straw Vote for President Vote tor One, placing X after name; then cut oat and mall or bring to Capital Journal Office. BRTAN COX GERARD . HARDING HOOVER . JOHNSON LOWDEN . McADOO Party Affiliation Kama ' Address Modified oTATESEEO TO ESTABL1S SHOT SOB fitnesses Testify Bulk's Were Fired from Se:r.i;rj M at Marchers in Centra Ha Parade Montesano, Wah.t Feb. 16. In am endeavor to prove that there was much shooting from Seminary Hill, east of the line ot march of the Armistice day parade at Centralis, the state today placed witnesses on the stand who test tlfied to hearing numerous shots com ing from that direction and directed, apaprently, at the men marohlng down Centralla'a main stret One witness testified that he saw three men, car rying! guns, running northerly frent the hill after the shooting ceased. The testimony was offered by the state tn an effort to show conclusive ly that alleged members of the I. W. W. fired at tso parade from the hill a wel las from their hall and from the Avalon and Arnold hotels. Eleven al leged I. W. W. are on trial for the murder of Warren O. Urlmm, victim of the shootings. -v, M'n Scon Running. W. H. Cooley, who was unloading a car at the railroad tracks, a block east of the line of march, testified that he heard many shots, all appearing to come from the hill. At the conclu sion ot the shooting, he said, he saw three men, carrying guns, going rapid ly In a southeasterly direction. Byron Epperson and William Ryan, who had testified last week relative to finding empty shells, clothing, a suit case and pair ot fjild. glasses on the hill, were recalled to testify As to hear ing shooting coming from the direc tion of the hilt. They were standing; on the roof of the eastern railway and mill company's planer mill at tho time they testified., J, O. Losh, who atao was on the root of the mill, gav simi lar testimony. Defense Questions Watt. The defense called John Earl Watt for re-cross-examlnallon at the open ing of court, questioning him as to the possibility of his having been shot in front of the I. W. W. hall and having thence ran around the corner, where he fell. Watt testified that he was not shot until he turned around Into Second street, Saturday the defense attempted to show that Watt might have been shot by a man who ran eu't to Second street from the rear of th I. W. W. hhll' the man being later Iden tified as WeMley Everest, who wu lynched by an enraged mob the night of the shooting. Watt does not know whether he was shot in front or from behind, the marks of the bullet which pierced his body not Indicating. Bert G. Clark, rifle and ballistic ex pert, was recalled to testify as to the course of the bullet which pierced the automobile of A. R. Frlsble. He ha found the Jacket of the bullet during sn examination ot the cushion of the automobile seat Sunday, and declared that, in his opinion, It was that of a 38-callber. A. U. Frlsbie, owner of the car, identified the ("at as being taken from his car. ' - The prosecution hoped to offer a number of witnesses today who would testify ss to the shooting from loca- I dons other than the Avalon hotel. which the state feels has been thor oughly established. filiissrs Identified. O. B. Farrell, foreman of a gang of railroad workmen, testified that he heard shots fired from Seminary Hill and "they whizzed" over h!s head. He (Continued on Page Seven.) ! OWEN PALMER 1. PERSUING POINDEXTER POMERENB . TAFT WILSON . WOOD