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C&pi Ml - CIRCULATION "J Average (or Quarter Eadlss , ' Dwtmtar tl. Ill ' 5 4 5 S Member Audit Bureau of Circulation -Associated Press Full Leased Wlrs . LEATHER FORECAST . votn WPid: DOf- Tonight ana - , rtrong tion:rai or sno- "Lnweaterly vRDYEAR.-NO. 43. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920. PRICE 2 CENTS. DEFENSE HAS N G IN I. W. TRIAL INNI W. ffltSOH'S REPLY TOALUESNOTE ISCOIlEl Answer Being Prepared for Transmission; neiuier icu nor Length ot uocnmentis Made Known to Public Washington, .Feb. 19. President Wilson today completed his reply to the alli3 supreme council's note on the Adriatic question and sent It to Acting Secretary Polk who Is putting i, m form for transmittal to the council. It is expected to be on the cables before night. There was no indication as to the, note's contents or Its length. The president began drafting it early this morning and completed it in two hours. The council's communication was received only yesterday and ttie speed with which the reply was pre pared here was said to constitute something of a record. Answer Detailed The president went to his study at 8:30 a. m. and summoning his stenographer, immediately began die tating the reply. He was understood to have answered the council's con tention point for point and to have adhered to the position taken in his note of February 18. It is now pretty well established that In that communication the pres ident informed the allied countries that If they proceeded to a settle ment of the Adriatic question with out the consent and participation of the American government the United States might have to decide whether ' it could become a party to the trea ty of Versailles and ,the Anglo-French-American pact. Publicity Held Vp The note received from the coun cil yesterday was sent to the white house Immediately after it was de coded and the president studied It very carefully during the afternoon and the evening. The president was represented as Being perfectly willing for the ex changes to be given to the public af ter he had "completed his case' which was done with the drafting of the note today. However, no de cision as to making the communica tions public will be reached until the allied premiers have been heard from They have been approached sas to their wishes. if CMS ALREADY T Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 18. Ex amination of the official text of the last allied note sent to the German government relative to the trial oi men accused of war crimes shows tni significant passage was omitted from the Paris version published here on Tuesday afternoon. This passage re era to a stipulation by the entente thf Previous verdicts at trials of 'erman war offenders must be an gled and that they be remanded for " triads. Jhe conservative . Pan - Germanic unites In rejecting the allied note "holly unacceptable and the -age. Wrtt presses the belief it is a "halt- Ln J.I!n the roa3 leaainS to re "lon f Versailles treaty." p ,. '-xl,e Susrgestetl. FW 19-Wstlon that f .r- il8;?' Wll"am he to thP Vr reT'!;0" "Venezuelan We!uL?eiv,'d m favorably In Cof trf at The Haue tha" the East Indies, aoenrrii,,., . 4im -'6 w 8me?lrSt 0friclal vl't to Bag- 1 h.n ..... "'u"umem erected there nil? ""ring, the in Grac. hit", : He then visited Val IS under 7. . . W0Undfd SOI. """" '"-Tnii hi UBES, GIVEN CHOICE, WOULD W00SE ANY NA TION SA VE U. S. FOR BIRTH, WOMAN DECLARES Clo. Feb. 19.-I,TbX tken-v.. ' matu-e intellieenc, an ne of . ti0n lt ouii ch00 " '-mted .C0Untries outside of r'hat it. It,' ' 1U blrthP1aC8 n Mr, p,ha"Ce of life might be ArVn,h' f'Zibh Perkins. Ann oi se otinn i. . . . wori i al alre:tor of child Crfr Wo"an', Chris te ""ce Union. tM th. ,l " "'Vision "r ye .I' thoua"a oabies die tm fo! Cnited Vstates, or said ..;7ry ten b-" .tfi n,1Uon which could be pre- Stricter Quarantine To Curb "Flu" Urged By Health Officals Portland, Or. Feb. 19. Influenza is increasing today in Klamath Falls, according to a telegram received to day by State Health Officer Roberg from City Health Officer Soule. kraiu than !00 cases have been reported In Klamath Falls, with 10 deaths in one day, it was reported. The new court house has been fitted up as an emer gency hospital to care for the patients. In answer to a plea sent from Kla math Falls, Earl Kllpatrick, in charge of the Red Cross relief work in the northwest, sent a large amount of bed ding. If the situation becomes worse, Kllpatrick plans on visiting the city, he aald. NEW PRESIDENT OF E ASKS NAT! Paris, Feb. 19. Paul France's new president, sage to the senate and Deschanel, In his mes chamber of deputies this afternoon laid stress up on the necessity of making plain the country's situation to the people and the duty of her-own citizens to give in return their full share of economic support to the nation. - "Our first duty is to establish clear ly before the country our diplomatic, military, economic and financial sit- - uation," he said. Later, in referring to the duties of citizens, the president declared: "The French man who shirks the payment of hi share of taxation commits an act analogous to that of a soldier who deserts his trench or flees the battlefield." Referring to the situation in Rus sia, PresftHnt Deschanel said: "The Russian people fought on our side for three years for liberty. May that people soon be master of Itself and resume its civilizing mission the plentltude of its genius." in Vessel Known As "Floating Bar" Is Held By Creditors Boston, Feb. 19. The eteamsHp City of Miami, which has been called a "floating bar" because of her elab orate equipment for liquor sales In her projected runs between Florida and Cuba, wastoday returned to the pot session of the Bethlehem Shipbuild ing corporation by order of the fed eral court. , The action was taken qn an attempt by the Havana Steamship corporation, owners of the steamer, to have her sail from tag shipyard at Fore River, where she had been refitted. The court ruled that the Bethlehem company had a lien on the ship for the work done and was entitled to hold her until the bill was paid. The libel brought by the Havana Steam ship corporation alleged that the price of the repairs had been raised from $300,000 to $425,000 and that this was regarded as excessive. Blind Justice Is -Found Near Death v In Lonely Cabin Butte, Mont., Feb. 19. WUani Furlong, blind Justice of the peace in BolUe jtownship with offices In the court house, was found this morning in his cabin in Centerville in a' dying condition. He had been attacked and his skull crushed. Yesterday he had sold his home for 1600. His cabin and clothes had been searched and officers who are now investigating say that robbery was the motive of ht assailants. Jurge Furlong is uncon scious and has been removed to a hos pital. Extenslon of a common language in order that the foreign peoples now here might become lees isolated, was urged by Mrs. Mary Clark Barnes of New York, the union's national direc tor of Americanization, who submitted her report yesterday. "Four hundred thousand, young men who answered the selective draft call could not write home 6r read the president's procla mation," she said. Breweries are going to China and thfc W r T. I, must follow, Miss Frances Willard ,,o,. . - tola tne conierence. Ami"g " the program for talks today are Mrs. i Jane M. Donaldson, Portland, Or., and, Miss Muryce L. 'Currey. Olympia, " " Albany la also hard hit by the dis ease, according to word, received by State 'Health Officer Boberg. Yes terday 54 new cases were reported. "The serious part of the epidemic In several of the Oregon cities," said Dr. Roberg yesterday, "is in the increase of deaths. The date rate was extreme ly low at "the outset of the disease tn many cities, but deaths are being re ported more rapidly now. The state health efticials urge more rigid use of the quarantine." In Portland yesterday 100 new cases were reported, with but one . death. City Health Officer Parris said he was confident the disease is wearing out In Portland. IS REPUDIATED BY ' SOCIALIST PARTY Albany, N. Y., Feb. 19. Socialists repudiate the sentiment "my country right or wrong" and refuse to accept the slogan proclaimed during the war of "stand behind the president," Mor ris Hillqult, socialist leader, testified today under cross-examination at the trial of five socialist assemblymen charged with disloyalty. "My country right or wrong," Is a "false doctrine of national patriotism," declared the wtinees. The "true" doc trine he said, "is the Ideal of interna tional working class solidarity.' "True" patriotism, he explained in connection with the antiwar program adopted by the party Just after Amer ica entered the war, consists "in mak ing our country right at all times." "True" patriotism, he added, con sists "in constant service to the peo ple of the oountry and constant en deavors to Improve their condition.' The war, socialists, held, would not serve this end, according to the wit ness. War "Mot Defensive." The war was not a defensive one as far as the United States was concern ed, continued the witness, adding that if it had' been the party would not have adopted at the t. Louis conven tion In 1917 the war program he had aided In framing. . While recognizing the legality ot America's declaration of war and con forming to war time laws, the social ists did not consider it their duty to accept the declaration as right or hu mane, according to Mr. Hillqult. While not condoning German submarine war fare, Mr. Hillqult said socialists aia not consider It an invasion, actual or threatened, or that the lnrr:nsement on American mercantile rights was sufficient to justify the sacrifice of lives that entry into the war would entail. Mr. Hillqult said socialists recog nized the president's constitutional right as commander in chief of the army and navy and socialists in serv ice would obey any order he Issued as such. However, he said, they did not consider it their duty to accejit hts judgment in all things. Party Opposed War. The attempt by Germany to incite trouble between Mexico and the Uni ted States was called by Mr. Hillqult a ridiculous incident the act of some Insane or foolish persons. "I never denied the fact that the socialist party is an anti-war party and was not in favor of this war even after it was declared," asserted Mr. Hillqult. "it recoenlzed its duty to the Uniterf aat n a socialist party. In other words it recognized its duties primar ily to the people of the United States and in the first instance to the work ing poplation of the United States. , w condemn what we call fabe pa. triotism a number of jingle phrases created and put into circulation ver often try persons who have sinister ends to subserve, and very often re peated by the thoughtless until they have lost their Bense." "UV took the declaration of our president that we are not making war on the German people pernups a too seriously from the administrative point of view but as far as we social ists are concerned we never considered it party of the duty of the Anierican people to make war on the German people or the people of any country, or exterminate any people or any na tion or throw any people of any na tion into misery." Sniithern California Visited by Heavy Rain San Francisco. Feb. 19. The rain storm which visited the southerp part of the state last night and was con tinuing there Is expected to spread over the remainder of the state to night and Friday, according to the United States weather bureau here to- . ; Aav precipitation In the southern . . i.a .tai in hut fiftv oer cent norma, and in the northern part , f normai for the sea- IIWTilTO RESTRAIN SHIP SALEALLOVED Sale of Former German Lin ers Temporarily Forbidden by Federal Court Order Handed Down Today Washington, Feb1. 19. A temporary injunction to prevent the sale of the thirty former German passenger liners recently ' offered by the board was granted today by Associate Justice Bailey of the district court. , Justice Bailey said after a careful examination of the statutes he was oi the opinion that they did not show an intention on the part of congress to, place in the president or in the ship ping board the power to sell the ships. Application for the Injunction who npade by William Randolph Hearst and hearings on it were held last Monday while the ships were being offered at public auction. The board announced yesterday that it had decided to reject all of the bids received. At the same time It asked congress for authority to again offer the ships at public auc tion. Chairman Payne, of the shipping board, announced that an appeal from the temporary injunction order would be filed immediately. Meantime, he said, it was expected that Mr. Hearst would be required to furnish bond to protect the board against loss by rea son of the ships lying idle. Hearst Plea Sustained Justice Bailey's decision sustained contentions of counsel for Mr. Hearst that the German ships were seized. junder distinct legislation and that the board's power of disposition did not apply to them. Assistant Attor ney General Ames, representing the government, contended that the law qf 1917 was broad enough to cover the ships in question. In that it au thorized sale of vessels acquired pre viously or thereafter. . Possible effect of the decision on (Continued on page four) PLAN TO COMMERCIALIZE BEAUTY OF COUNTY'S ORCHARDS DURING BLOSSOM SEASON IS PROPOSED Plans for commercializing Marlon county's unexcelled blossom scenes during the blossoming arid budding of trees throughout the county are rapid ly shaping at the offices of the Com mercial club here. It is believed that the various fruit and nut trees will be In full blossom late in March or In early April, and .Manager T. E. Mc Croskey is exerting considerable effort to rush arrangements for Inviting peo ple from all parts of the country to visit here during that period. Wednesday Mr. McCroskey confer red with John M. Scott, general pas senger agent for the Southern Pacific company, relative to providing a spe cial train from Portland on Sundays during the blossom season; and Dis trict Manager Richey, of the Oregon Electric railroad, approved the plan and agreed to provide special trains on that line from the metropolis. Arrangements with motion picture firm to film the picturesque scenes for distribution throughout the world are also being made. Mr. McCroskey ' contends that n California can make paramount of its blossoms, and can provide special trains and execuslons into the heart of the fruit districts, the same can be done here, with great publicity advan tage to Salem and the county. It Is generally conceded that the scenes south of Salem during the blossoming season are unequalled anywhere, and It Is proposed to capitalize them for the great advantage of the commun ity. TURK PROBLEM CROWDS OTHER ISSUES TO WALL London, Feb. 19. The latest de velopments In the TurklHh situation have for the moment pushed the Adrl actlc question into the background in both public and official Interest? The reservations wUrh France and Great Britain are said to have made with regard to the Turkish peace terms, In cluding the retention of the Turks in Constantinople, have aroused strong feeling In parliament where the oppo sition strongly objects to a settlement of the Turkish question without tts reference to the commons. Particular antagonism has been aroused in oppo sition quarters to the decision to per mit the sultan to retain sovereignty over Constantinople. BF.LA Kl Jf ILL Vienna, Feb. 19. Bela Kun, dicta tor under the communist regime in Hungary was recently brought to a hospital near this city from Stockerau where he had been staying since his flight Ifrom Hungary. His removal from Stockerau was because inhabi tants of the villake objected to his presence. . . TEACHERS TVRN TO CORDUROY TO BEAT HIGH COST Stockton. Cal., Feb. 19. Fifteen high school Instructors here have agreed to don corduroy trousers as a measure to cut down the high cost of living and many of hem have al ready begun to wear the "cords." On top ot this many Individuals In vari ous "white collar" professions have joined the "corduroy club." Local newspaper reporters, high school in structors and county office deputies are now enrolled in the "club." A veritable run on the various clothing stores was reported yester day. One stora stated that thirty eight persons had bought "cords." during the day, while other stores re ported slmllatr purchasers. WORKERS OF HAWAII OBEY "GET OUr ORDER FULLY "work or get out" order of the sugar planters to plantation workers has re sulted in virtually all sugar planta tion strikers leaving the field homes provided by panters, according to R. M. Mead, secretai y of the planters as sociation. No disorders were reported today. ' One plantation on the Island ot Oahu is in full operation; five others ace working with strikebreakers, and one Is completely tied up, Mead re ported today. Acting Governor Curtis P. faukea sent a radiogram to Kauai Island su pervisors asking their opinion of the situation followed alleged Incendiary fires on that" Island. The Brand Jury his indicted one laborer in connection with the fires. The planters association today made public a letter replying to one from the Honolulu Japanese Merchants as sociation which supported the planta tion workers demands. The planters, In reply, said they believed the wage bonus system fair and charged that tne strike movement was started by Japa nese agitators. E With the receipt by the public serv ice commission of the new tarlfX sched ule which eliminates the switching charges Imposed upon large shippers in Salem and vicinity, assurance Is glv en of the saving of many thousands of dollars annually by Salem firms. The new schedule, which is O. E., G. F. O., No. 184 becomes effective March 1, and is a needed recognition of Salem's traffic requirements and is expected to have a stimulating effect upon the plans of all local shippers. Switching charges were 60 Cents per ton with a minimum of $7.60 per car. On each 80,000 pound car, eastbounii, the minimum charge by the old sched ule was 115 per car. The elimination of this switching charge is due to the voluntary action of the carriers, especially by the Ore go rf Electric. The matter of the" seriousness of the effect of the charge on local shippers was brought to the attention of the railroad officials by O. T. Brandt, rate expert, and member -of the Industrial committee of the Salem Commercial club. This elimination of switching charges is of great value to all carload shippers of this vicinity and will not only save them thousands of dollars but It makes any railroad track in Sa lem a service track of both lines. A shipper who 'heretofore was only on the 8. P. company's lines now may route his freight out of Salem over either the Bouthem Pacific or the Ore. gon Electric, so long as the destina tion is a coinpetlve point. According to a local shipper, switching charge now only persists if the shipment is made from a service track of one road to a local point on a competitive line. For Instance the switching charge woulJf be made if the shipper sent his lot consignment from a point where the 8, P. was in ervlce competition to ome local point on the Oregon Elec tric lines, or the reverse. Jenkins Case Once More Before High Mexican Court Mexico City, Feb. 19. As a result of a controversy between the courts or Puebla as to jurisdiction, the case of W. O. Jenkins, United States consular agent 1n that city, is again before the supreme court. FIRST OF TEH ALLEGED RADICALS CHARGED VUll HURDER OF GRUIIl AMSPJETOiSIABLISIi AUDI Barnett Declares He Was Not In Centralia L W. W. Hall When Shots Were Fired Up on Legion Men In Armistice Day Parade; One Defendant Is Freed. Montesano, Wash., Feb. 19. Eugene Barnett, one of the ten alleged I. W. W. on trial here for the murder of Warren O. Grimm, Centralia Armistice Day parade victim, took the witness stand in his own behalf today at the opening of the defense case. In an effort to prove ant alibi Barnett testified that he was in the lobby of the Roderick lodging house, upstairs from the I. W. W. Kali, during all the time of the shooting. The state has offered testimony In , an effort t prove that Barnett was one ot the men stationed in the Avalon jiotel and that he fired the shots from there from a 88-55 rifle, which gun has been made an exhibit at the trial. Tells of Actions. Barnett. 28 years old, testified that he has worked as a coal miner slncsJ he was 8 years old. He went to Cen tralia between noon and 1 "o'olock on the afternoon of November 11, last, he said, first going to the office of Elmer Smith, one of the ten defendants, for advice about a homestead claim. Not finding Smith, he said, he went to the I. W. W. hall, remained there only a few minutes and thence to the Roder ick hotel. He was reading a newspaper In the lobby of the hotel, he said, when the shooting started. He remained In the hotel lobby, according to his testimony until the shooting was over and until two American Legion men, one carry ing a large caliber pistol, entered the room. He told these men, he said, where the landlady could be found. Barnett then told of his leaving town, on horseback, the way he had entered earlier In the day. Before leaving town he mailed a parcel post package, then returned to the Roderick for his coat, he testified. Defence Outlines Case, The defense expected to lntroduoe witnesses for the purpose of proving Harnett's alibi, at the conclusion of the defendant's testimony, George Vander ver, defense counsel, announced at the opening of court. i ' The defense case was again briefly outlined today, -Vanderveer explain ing to the Jury that he would first en deavor to prove an alibi for Barnett then attempt to show that Loren Rob. erts, another of the defendants, was and Is insane: then show that Shee han, another defendant, had no knowl. edge of a raid, having reached town only the night before, and then tak tng up the defense allegations that what shooting occurred it was an act of self-defense. That there was a plan to raid theJ. W. W. haH, Vanderveer said, he would prove by testimony relative to meet ings of the Centralia CoVnmercial ciu at the Elks' hall. Demonstrations ot the action of smokeless powder shells, fired In the day time, to prove that no flash is emitted during daylight, will be offered also, he said. Faulkner Freed. Bert Faulkner, 23 years old, who since the 11th of November, last here, has been tn the shadow of the gallows as one of the alleged I. WTV. charged with the murder of Grimm, walked from the Grays Harbor county Jail Wednesday afternoon ,n free man. Since January 26, this year, he had appeared dally in court here with the ten other defendants, listened to tae questions propounded to prospective Jurors, in which the state made known that It would ask the death penalty, and for nearly nine days he had heard the testimony of state witnesses, all tending to prove the state's contention that he, with the others, had commit ted murder In the first degree, Faulkner's dismissal came aiTa dis tinct surprise to a court room filled with people who had evidence a sym pathy for this person. He had, lt seems, made a favorable impression (Continued on page four) Capital Journal's Straw Vote for President Vote for One, placing X aftar name; then cot ont and malt or bring to Capital Journal Office. BRYAN COX PALMER ... . GERARD PERSHING HARDING POINDEXTER HOOVER POMERENE . JOHNSON ". TAFT , LOWDEN WILSON . McADOO WOOD Party Affiliation Name Address KEEIEY CASE TO BE REHEARD BY SUPREME COURT Lee Roy E." Keeley, Portland attor ney, whose application for perma nent admission to ' the Oregon bar was denied by the suprenfe court in an order Issued Tuesday la to have another "day n court." In an order Issued by the court today tha former edict is set aside and suspended pend lng a rehearing of the case and final disposition of( Keeley's eligibility fox practice law in Oregon., In thi mean time Keeley will continue the prac-' tice of law In this state under an ex tension ot his temporary permit 'granted by the court today. .. ' Today's order is based on a peti tion filed this morning by Keeley In which he declares 'that the action of the court In denying him the right to practice law in Oregon was taken without affording him any "opportu nity to apepar before tha court t present his case or argue the same or to compel the attendance of wit nesses on his behalf." Keeley furtner contends that "a grave injustice has been done by the oral order made without hearing in open .court." "That there have been no objec tions made and sustained against pe titioner, yet he has been denied ad mission without any reason of rec ord for such denial and without op portunity to meet and answer th reasons If any exist," Keeley furth er contends. It Is expected that an early data will be set for argument of the cas before the court at which time A. B. Kldgeway, secretary of the bar asso ciation, will probably appear In' sup port of the objections filed by him self against Keeley's admission to the bar while Keeley will appear In his own behalf. OTHERS DONATE TO ITVFII I Subscriptions to the Commercial club publicity fund are slowly coming in, six being added Wednesday, bring ing thet otal deficit from the $10,000 goal to $2600. The six who signed ur Wednesday for donation are: W. If. Orabenhorst & company, $100; F. N. Oerby, $100; August Huckestein, $23; Marion Auto company, $60; Charles' It. Archerd Implement Company, $50, and Wm. McOllchrlst Jr., $60. Without solicitation on tha part of the Commercial club several during the past few days have voluntarily ap peared at the offire and asked the amounts they are expected to contri bute. Jt Is hoped that the $10,000 will be raised by this means In a few days, I