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THIRD YEAR. NO. 41.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920
PRICE 2 CENTS.
PRESIDENT DENIES ALLEGED THREAT
fllDll
AGAIN REFUSE
M DEMAND
Refusal to Surrender Former
-'uu Ejected Bus As
surance of Close Guard
: Over Wiihelm UKeiy
: The Hague. Feb. 17. Holland will
note sent by te
ent. with regard to the status of
era" r Emperor William by relterat-
her original position, refusing to
...j.n him but acauiesclng fn the
request to guard him closelj. it w
declared here today.
March May See Many
of Present City Council
Removed From Office
If a bill for an ordinance establish
ing the seven ward boundaries In the
ctly Is acted upon favorably by the or
dinance committee,' and is passed bj
the city council before March IS that
date will witness an exodus of present
cbuncilmen from the post. It may
mean the induction of a complete new
venire or the retirement of at least half
a dozen of the present city solons, ac
cording to the belief of several coun
cilmen, expressed at the meeting of
the council Monday night.
Such a bill was presented to the
council, but due to opposition cloaked
in an argument that flaws might lurk
in its draft, a motion to postpone the
rules and pass the bill failed.
Wiest Resignation Taken.
The resignation of Councilman W.
A. Wiest was accepted by the council,
and a vote of thanks for his services
was passed,
Councilman McClelland, saying that
Germany Slay Try.
, London, Feb. 17 Germany has been
informed she may try men accused by
it,, allies, while Holland may Intern
William of Hohenzollern and satisfy I it looked "like the cards were stacked"
the allied powers. Notes to mis errect
have been sent to Berln and The Hague
by the supreme allied council.
Trials' of Germans (under charges
preferred by the powers will be under
close surveillance by the allies, who
will not waive their rights in case there
la suspicion ot a miscarriage of Jus
tice. ' . Holland Is rebuked for her failure
to express In her first reply to the al
lies her disapproval of the crimes eom
mitted by the former emperor, and Is
reminded she must assume responsi
bility for Count Hohenzollern and his
family and for dangerous propapnnaa
that may be carried on from Dutch
soil, , ...
E
and moving that suspension of the
rules and passage of a motion to ap
point a successor to Mr. ' Wiest, be
waived caused ward six, formerly rep
resented by Mr. Wiest, to be without
representation until future action of
the council in naming his successor Is
taken.
The. office of sanitary and plumb
ing Inspector, with an annual salary
of $1200, was created by an ordinance
passed. This automatically abolishes
the offices of health officer, plumbing
Inspector and deputy plumbing Inspec
tor.
Streetcars Are Topic.
Some discussion followed the sub
mission of an ordinance providing a
penalty for conversing with a motor-
man on a streetcar while It Is In mo
tion. The ordinance was referred v
the ordinance committee. Its ready
passage was prevented when argu
ments supporting the company's abll
lty to care for Its own business were
offered by several councllmen. They
contended that It rested with the com.
pany to establish rules governing the
Reported Relapse of
President Wilson Denied
Washington, Feb. 17.
President Wilson continues to
show improvement and was up
early today, . going about his
. usual routine. Rear Admiral
Grayson, his physician said.
The statement was prompted
.by published reports that the
president had a relapse last
night and that Dr. Frederick
X Deroum, a Philadelphia spe
cialist, had been hurriedly
summoned to the White House
for a midnight conference.
Dr. Grayson said he had not
been in communication with
Dr. Dercum since Saturday.
ran in
TOWARD HAH
Participant in Armistice Day
Parade at Centralia Says
Marchers Made No Moye
Against LW. W.
Constantinople To Be
Under Rule of Turkey
Admiral Benson Named
to Shipping Board Berth
OF
LED BY ANIMOSITY
Washington, Feb. 17. Rear
Admiral Benson, chief of nav
al operations during the war,
and now on the retired list,
has been selected by Presi
dent Wilson to succeed John
Barton Payne, as a member
ot the shipping board.
Rome. Monday, Feb. 16. Comment
ing on President Wilson's note to the
supreme allied council the Giornale
D'ltalla says:
His Intervention was couched in
such an ungenial form as to arouse
the suspicion it was suggested only
by his invincible aversion toward
Italy. He must have convinced even
his compatriots that he is guided on
ly by animosity. Therefore the allies
have reacted energetically against his
attitude, which is offensive also to
their dignity as the compromise pro
posals sent-to Belgrade were framed
chiefly by Premier Lloyd-George. Mr.
Wilson, who purposely was not rep
resented at the discussion of the com-
contluct of passengers while on the Promise, has no right to veto its ap-
Ykidirostok, Feb. 11. Consular of
ficials report that because the bolshe
vik forces Interfered with evacuation
of the Czecho-Slovaks from Irkutsk.
fhe ctly vtns taken over by the Czechs
January 30. The bolshevik forces took
aamirai Kolchak as their prisoner
itn them when they were driven out
ul left the state gold treasure be-
nma,
, General Voltzekoffsky with a rem
m of the Kolchak army has reach
es Irkutsk, and General Semenoff,
commander In chief bf the all-Russlan
'orces was reported by the consuls as
"ending1 reinforcements and supplies
"om Chita, his present headquarters.
Reports received by the Vladivostok
Headquarters of the Czeeho-Slovak
n Irkutsk since February 1, con
'ed the foregoing advices, their re
jrt being that all was quiet in Ir
, ."' ,he c"y remaining In their
orderly nd the'r ('raouatlon Proceeding
The British mission arriving here
enruary 4 reported General Voitzek
"ffskyjooverstswest of Irkutsk.
'he local revolutionary staff an
nounced the following wireless dis-
via IZ. r"iVed frm IrkU,8k
p..i. ... ' "vrel government or
me last Czech eschelon left
westwards ot Irkutsk, A'o!tz?k-
OffsllV lot
nihil.,., :'pr"oner; arm' nearly an-
machir' y rlsoners, cannon and
Irk,, T s caP'ured.
lawng arms, excentinnnt on
dosed A" hon and warehouses
"y Irkm.!? Jolnm army- Red
WU. Mv, o comn'unicating directly
"meter! "HMla' Dec' ee and tn
'C '"e Reived from Mo8.
Signed Sosnoff."
company's premises.
The approval of the Salem Senators
Salem's new baseball league and
the plans of Manager Biddy Bishop to
erect a grandstand and bleachers on
the park at 12th and Oxford streets
was given by the council.
The formal resignation of Patrolman
Walter F. Thompson from the police
department and the subsequent ap
pointment of J. F. White was acted up
on by the council, pursuant to the rec
ommendations of Chief Welsh,
llallrouds Plan Endorsed.
The council endorsed the plan of
the Oregon Electric railway company
to place concrete along the track on
High street, instead of bricks that were
raised during the December freezing
attack.
Construction of BPwers along the al
leys in blocks 9, 19, and 26 in High
land addition, and along the alley of
block 2, Midland addition, was ordered
b ythe council.
The city engineer was Instructed to
prepare plans for the Improvement of
Division street between Front and the
river.
Residents Fear Holdups.
Petitions reflecting the fear of resi
dents of bandits and holdups were
read. One was to change the street
light from the corner of Fourteenth
and Marion to Fourteenth and A
streets, as that corner is a bad place
for holdups. Another petition asking
the city to remove the brush and trees
from the north end of the Fourteenth
street bridge, as that place ".'s a good
place for holdup men to hide," was
Everybody in read, and the street committee was in
structed to take action.
plication."
The Corriere D'ltalla contends
President Wilson should have ex
pressed his opinion of the solution of
the Adriatic question when U was
discussed instead of when It was
about to be executed, while the Idea
Nazionale says:
"Secretary Lansing's resignation
proves Mr. Wilson's opinion is not
the opinion of the United States.
"Italy's calvary Is to be prolonged
by the will of America who is dictat
ing the laws of Europe," says Italie.
a newspaper printed in the French
language. '
"Mr. Wilson's action," remarks the
Tribuna, "places an Insurmountable
.obstacle In the way of a settlement of
the Adriatic question. Free Europe
cannot tolerate the imposition of the
will of one man, who in nowiHe rep
resents the view of his country nor
even his own party."
EATTLE SELECTING
IS TODAY
CANDIDA
fterl'ahhr V'b- 17-Two can
rtWDrimI!b: ng,',icked atamun.
" field nf ,1 " here today out
fw..:. ot tnre to make the race
POLICE FOLLOW
FRESH CLEW IN
PORTLAND CASE
Portland, Or., Feb. 17. A note sign
ed "Russell Clark" and stating: "I
have committed suicide on Kings
Heights." received by the police here
today was being investigated by city
detectives, in connection with the find
ing last night of the body of Mrs.
Russell Clark In her home fourteen
miles from Portland. Mrs. Clark had
been shot to death and the police at
once began a search for her husband,
missing since yesterday noon. Clark
SMIL'S FIGHT
IS HADE APPARENT
Montesano, Wash., Feb. 17. Frank
R. Van Gilder, Olympla, who com
manded the first platoon in the Cen
tralia contigent of the Armistice uu
parade and who stood alongside War
ren O. Grimm when the latter was
shot, testified today in the trial of the
eleven alleged I. W. W. charged wltn
Grimm's murder, that the members of
the American Legion made no move
toward the I. W. W. hall before the
shooting started.
Van Glider went to Centralia to par
ticipate In the parade because several
of his "buddic" who had served with
him in France were to participate mi
because he wished to marc, with
them, he testified. He knew Grimm,
he said, and when Van Gilder arrived
in Centralia, almost at the time the
procession wast o start, Grimm placed
him in command ot the first platoon
of the Centralia division.
The shot which killed Grimm came
from the direction of the Avalon hotel,
Van Gilder testified, A shot from mat
direction had only a second or two
previously "whizzed" past Van Gilder's
ear, he testified. This shot caused him
to look toward the Avalon and be saw
a gun In the window of the Avalon
In the march of the parade norm
along Tower avenue from First street
and the counter-march back south to
Second street, where It halted, Van
Gilder was temporarily in commojid of
the Centralia contingent, he testified
This was due to Grimm's returning to
the rear of the procession to Instruct
those folliwing,to sahite the Civil
War veterans.
"I made a 'bobble' of it," Van Gilder
testified. Grimm said, when the lat
ter is said to have spoken about fall
ing to salute the Grand Army men.
Grimm rejoined the division at the
Intersection of Tower avenue and Sec
ond Btreet, Van Gilder testified and
it was while he stood there talking
that the shooting started and that
Grimm reecived his moral woud. Van
Gilder told him to run across Second
stret, he testified and to get to m:
hospital as quickly as possible. Van
Gilder then gave a command to clear
the stretts, he said. I
On crossexamination he said he saw
the marchers scattering In every di
rection after the shooting started. He
saw evidences of shooting from the I.
W. W. hall, he said.
Looking George F. Vanderveer, de
fense counsel, squarely in the eyes.
Van Gilder in answer to a question as
to whether 't'he boys raided the hall"
declared "No sir." He amplified his
answer on re-direct examination by
salng he didn't even know there wag
an I. W. W. hall until after the shoot
ing. Nine witnesses were examined at the
morning session of court, much of
their testimony being of a corrobora
tive character.
Leila Tripp, 17, whose home Is fn
Everett, but who was visiting an aunt
In Centralia on the day of the shoot
ings, testified to seeing a man running
from the Avalon hotel after the shoot
ing. Her testimony corroborated that
given last week by Charles Brlffett.
who had told of seeing a man going
from the rear of the Avalon, re-loadltig
his rifle as he walked. Although she
had seen Eugene Barnett, one of -defendants
whom the state did frt
FS
SALE Of HUN
Washington, Feb. 17. Contrary to
London, Feb. 17. Great Britain, It
was learned today has instructed Ad
miral DeRobeck at Constantinople to
announce there that the allies have
decided not to deprive Turkey of Con
stantinople. If the persecution of the
Armenians continues, however, the ad
miral was Instructed to say, the peace
treaty with Turkey may be considered
modified.
The fact that continued possession
of Constantinople had been granted
her should not be misconstued by Tur
key, the British representative was di
rected to inform the Turkish govern
ment In plain words.
Admiral DeRobeck Will point out to
the Turks jthat they 'must comport
themselves properly or be subjected to
a peace more severe than the council
now Is disposed to arrange.
II
OF TREATY KOT
COHATED
Wilson $ Note Referring to
Adriatic Situation is Mis
interpreted Declares State
ment Today
London, Feb. 17. The Internation
alization of Dardanelles, which had
been forecast, was decided upon defi
nitely by the allied supreme council
today. The details of the control of
the waterways, however, have not
been worked out.
One ot the big questions to be de
expectation, only one bid for any of ( elded Is the policing of the straits
the thirty former German liners was
received today when the shipping
board auction to receive competitive
offers was resumed with the ships of
fered one at a time. A bid ot 1550,000
fof the Otsego by E. J: Roberts, Acme
Operating corporation. New York, was
the only one made for the nineteen
steamers offered. Commissioner .Seoti
then asked If there was an desire to
bid further on groups ot vessels and
closed the auction when no offers were
forthcoming.
The largest ships ot the fleet, in
cluding the Leviathan, Agammemnon
and George Washington were among
those offered Individually without at
tracting offers.
Commissioner Scott again Informed
bidders that all offeis, whether re
ceived at the auction or previously,
would bo laid before congress before
the board took action even if the m-
Junction proceedings in the District ot
Columbia cautls did not intorfere wun
the sale.
In addition to the three big ships
named, the Mount Vernon, Von Steu
ben, Martha Washington, America,
DeKalb, Aeolus Huron, Moccasin,
Mercury, Powhatan, Orion, President
Grant, Nansemond, Philippines, Wyan
dotte and the Freedom were offered
Individually without any bidders.
According to shipping board calcu
lation the best offers received yester
duy represent a total of 121,850,000,
which Includes 113,100,000 offered for
sit vessels by the International Mer
cantile Marine and a total ot 18,750,
000 for nine ships Individually,
and. a knotty problem Is as to who
will furnish the necessary troops. '
Further than deciding that Con
stantinople is to remain under Turk
ish control the couhcit has not drawn
a definite boundary line.
The retention of his position on the
city council when the appointment o
successors to solons ousted March 15
from ward six is in order is obviously
the aim of Ray Simeral, now repre
sentative from Ward No. 1. This was
Ar.,iat.art MnnHai' niirht when, during
council session an argument on the shooting from the Avalon, at the
appointment of a successor to Coun- county Jail at Chehalis. she would not
oilman W. A. Wiest, who resigned, attempt to identify him In court today.
Simeral voted against the aptpolnt-1 Her description, generally, of the man
ment of a successor, saying that the! she saw .In the alley In the rear of the
of the ordinance -establishing Avalon, fit Barnett.
the ward boundaries would automat-j Asked if she had been told during
lcally "throw the successor out of a the court recess, where Barnett was
Job, anyhow."" sitting on the prisoner's bench, she de-
The proposed boundary changes nied speaking to any one during the
would transfer Simeral Irom wara recess.
HUGHES DECLINES TO
Omuha, Neb., Feb. 17. Charles E.
Hughes has written a letter to County
Clerk Frank DeWey asking him not
to proceed wtlh plans to present Mr.
Hughes' name in the state primary ai
a candidate for the republican nom
ination for the presidency.
"I cordially apprecltc your persona:
Interest and friendly sentiment you ex
press," Mr. Hughes' letter reads. "I
am utterly unwilling however to un
dertake a second candidacy. I am
deeply Interested lnrepubllcan sue
cesses and anxious that there should
be republican unity, but there Is no
laf'U nf uvnlliihla mon Anri T Art tin.
reeoeniao unv nhliuatlon to nermit mir''
name to be used. I must, therefore.
ask you not to bring my name forward."
Washington, Feb. 17, Condemned
In one as "a riot ot waste" ana 3
fended in the other as a "record of
achievement" the war time aviation
program was the subject Of two re
ports Just presented to the house by
a subrcommttte of the special commit
tee which tor several months has been
conducting Inquiries Into war expend!
tures.
The report condemning the manner
in which the program was carrlea mi
was filed by Representatives Frear
and Magee, republicans, while that de
fending the project was submitted by
Representative Lea, democrat. The
majority reports goes at' length Into
alleged extravagances beginning with
early aircraft appropriations and end
ing with the closing out ot co ntracts.
It deals with the alleged failure of the
Dellavlland planes, alleged failure to
get any kind of planes to the battle
front In sufficient numbers, condemns
failure of the spruce production pro
ject in the northwest and the alleged
waste of millions in cost-plus contracts
and makes many specific charges of
inefficiency and wanton squandering of
money.
The minority takes many of these
charges up, denies them and defends
those charged with carryfng out the
program. It in turn charges the repub
lican members of the committee with
having sacrificed facts for sensational
ism in an effortt o discredit the demo
cratic administration.
REPLY NOW READY
London, Feb. 17. The al
lied supreme council has com
, pleted the draft of its ans
wer to President Wilson's
Adrlatio memorandum snn
will hand It to Ambassador
Davis tonight for transmis
sion to Washington, .
Southern Pacific Trains
From South Are Delayed
HOOVER STILL
LEADING FIELD
IN STRAW VOTE
Hlrch j0r at the "nal city election on I is an automobile dealer and a student
ayor p t
"herald, one of the
fit;
aviator here,
Kings Heights is a residence section
of Portland. The police said they be
lieved that Clark had killed his wife,
following a series of quarrels, and later
might have committed suicide.
On Kings Heights the police found
evidence indicating that Clark ftY.ay
have attempted suicide by trying to
chloroform himself, but had become
rljnanVT Fitzgerald lir the ill and given up the effort. Two new
Uter, w "a tne fourth dally, a labor 'towels and two bottles which had con
ai hi"'1 Duncan- The cam-'tained chloroform were found and In
Tilr?! op rl7, and waa marked by! vestigation showed they had been
15 radicalism hurled aglnst'bobught yesterday before noon by a
te,,M runninS for re-election.
'r pued Ole Hanson as
CoWwe-H f!,8 "" hy Hugh M.
''' CnnT1; army mj0r and COr-
"t4ry Z and James Duncan,
m. I 01 'he Central Labor Coun-
i.nhec l,y s f)ur daily
V''' "tr, s 99.-
ntdfotheiection..
KH is mined in the British
man answering tne aescrii"
Clark.
The note received by the police was
on a postal card which was postmark
ed a't 2:30 p. m. yesterday. This was
mnro thnn three hours before the po-
' lice learned of the death of Mrs. Clar.
1 to ward 6. If a successor to Mr.
Wiest were named the additiona
name that would be in the racle at the
ultimate appointment would diver
support from him. it is pointed out
With the resignation of Mr. Wiest,
chairman of the ordinance committee
and with the absence of Councilman
Craig in California Mr. Simeral Is
left the only member of the ordinance
committee. The ordinance establlsh-
the ward lines tnereny is leu
inn
solely in Mr. Simeral's hands.
Alleged conversation between a man
charged with committing a felony, and
his physician, was not permitted at the
trial today. The state had placed Dr.
John P. Coleman of Chehalis on the
stand to tell of treating O. C. Bland,
one of the eleven defendants for a
cut hand.
Defense counsel objected to the wit-
Hoover continues to lead In the
Capital Journal straw vote for pres
ident nearly all independent votes
being cat for him as well as those
of many democrats and some repub
licans. Johnson has taken the lead among
republicans away from Wood. John
son Is the favorite of those opposing
the league of nations, the unti-Jupa-nese
and some progressives. Wood Is
the favorite of the standpat wing of
the party.
The total vote to date stands as fol-
ness telling of the conversation be-j lows:
tween Bland and the doctor, declaring: Hoover - 61
that such alleged conversation 'wasjjohnson - 1'
Imnrnrtpr The court rtilprl that uchlWood - J5
Mr. Wiest moved tne appoininieri h j t,pv,an s
of a successor to himself, and th'";autnort.e, ha(i been cited to show that i Capper .- '
was also opposed by Mr. McClelland.; proper Bland went to Chehalis I Wilson '
Mr. Wiest later said that two names of the ,hoot, t0 have Pershing
-those of Walter Skelton, former.
city engineer and J. R . Clew, of d b brealtlng g!agl, Tn
state accident commlss Ion and an ac B)and M
me.m.,er. uJL iTsed f'r'hand at a window In the Arno.d hotel.
proieuitMii .. . UHe. to allow his conversations
ippointtnent.
SPOKAXE "I XC'LE" ROBBED ....
cnnkt. Wash., reo. 10. run,
with his physician to be divulged. A
later ruling may be made, however.
Several of the witnesses examined
Taft
Polndexter 1
McAdoo 1
Krazier '
Oil Price Boosted.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 17. Fifteen
cents per barrel was today added to
nrlce of Pennsylvania eruoe o.i
hen the market opened here. This
dealer, by two men who held tn( ghootln)f and bring, the price of $i 5 a barrel, an
hi store here this afternoon, accord- Centra ""'"" l" ... ,,.. of 65 centg within three
... r, , ,hl nollce The learnea inav in
l, to his report to the police, in from the hall. months,
robbers escaped. ,
"f ii m in currency Vere tak- today, who were participants In the cen'.
.tmA,, testified that they did not the
V. L Th Co1 meeISwno hhlm up ; Know therew as an I. W. W. hall In whe
Portland, Or. Feb. 17. All
traffic on the Southern Pa-
clfic railroad In southern
Oregon was held up today by
the derailment of three freight
cars of a southbound train In
a short tunnel near Brandt
between West Fork and Glen-
dale, railroad officials here
announced today. No one was
injured in the wreck.
A car of poles caused the
chief difficulty, reports to the
railroad stated, and It was ex-
pected that no traffic could
pass through the tunnel be-
fore tonight.
Washington, Feb. 17, President
Wilson In his "memorandum" to the
allies concerning their proposed Ad
rlatio settlement Informed them that
the United States might have to con
sider withdrawing the treaty of Ver
sailles from the senate If the allies
went ahead with their plans without
the consent of the United States.
This statement was made officially
here today with the further statement
that the American position was out
lined not In the nature of a threat but
as a statement of a situation created
"not by an act of the American gov
ernment but by an act of the British.
French and Italian premiers, which
would place the United States In th
position, If it were a party to the
treaty of Versailles, of subscribing;
thru the pact to rights of sovereignty
and other agreements to which It waa
opposed.
The treaty of Versailles and th
Anglo-French-American pact r
considered inseparable as far as the
question is concerned' and if Presi
dent Wilson should determine to
determine to withdraw the treaty of
Versailles, it would mean that the
American-French ' pact ' would b
withdrawn at the same time, It was)
explained. ,
State department officials take th
position that the French press Is en
deavoring through setting up a cry
of threat on the part of the Ameri
can government, to place the blume
for the situation which has arisen at
America's door, "Instead of on tii0
acts of the foreign premiers where It
belongs."
It waB reiterated that on December
before Acting Secretary Polk left
Paris the American, British and
French representatives had agreed on
a settlement of the Adriatic question
and It was charged that subsequent
ly, without consulting the United
States, the allied premiers sitting at
Paris adopted a new agreement
which was transmitted to Ambassa
dor Wallace for the approval of toe
American government.
This, it was snld, ciune as a great
surprise to the American government,
which sent a communication to the
premiers nsklng whether they propos
ed to settle, the question without con
sulting the American government.
The premiers were said to have re
plied that they did not Intend to do
so, but later sent an ultimatum to
Jugo-Blavln that unless It accepted
tthe new settlement the terms of the
original treaty ot London would be
carried out.
Officials said Secretary Lansing's
resignation wa snot connected In any
way with the Adriatic question.
May Modify NoU.
Paris. Feb. 17. Although the reply
of the supreme allied council to Pres
ident Wilson's note relative to the sr
tlement of the Adriatic question wast
drawn up Saturday, it has not yet been
sent, according to special dispatches)
(Continued on page two)
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