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WEATHER FORECAST Oreeon: Tonierht snrf FrHny occa sional rain Rest. r?.in or snow east jiortion, fresh westerly winds. Local Min. temperature 32, mat 45, mean 43. Ralni's.;,, .18 inch. Riv er 4 feet, stationary. CIRCULATION Average for Six Months ending March 31. 1920 irafl urn 5286 Member Audit Bureal of Circulatloa Associated Press Full Leased Wire j - FORTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 79. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 1920. PRICE 2 CENTS. hi n Socialists Ibxpe Four Indicted Upon Court -Leak' Charges i-i i- - , . r - : : S conspiracy To Defraud - Is Alle ge Washington, April 1. Indictment? against four persons were . returned today by the District of Columbia su preme court grand Jury Investigating an alleged leak in the United State supreme court's decision last Novem ber in the Southern Pacific oil lands c;.se. Those indicted are Ashton F. Etn- bry, former secretary of Associate Justice McKenna of the supremo court: James Harwood Graves, for mer assistant attorney in the depart ment of Justice, Barnett E. Moses, Washington, lawyer, and E. Millard Mayer, Jr., New York, stock broker. Indictments charge the four men with conspiracy to defraud the Unit ed States of Its right of secrecy sur rounding opinions of the supreire court prior to public announcement of the court's decision. Embry is charged In the grand jury report with furnishing a "tip" on the court's de cision whereby the other defendants were able to sell . "short" BOO shares of Southern Pacific stock at a profit of $1412.50. Salvation Army Men to Formulate- Building Plans Plans for the construction of a new homo for the Salvation army hero and perfection of organization of the Salvation army advisory board tor Marion county, will be discussed at a conference Friday night in the Com mercial club of the members of the advisory board, and State Director Clement, and assistant, Charles T Wheeler. This was announced in a wire received by Manager McCros key at the Commercial club from Mr. Wheeler, and made public today. The Marion county advisory board Is composed of T. E. MeCroskey chairman; Fred W. Durbln, Paul-Wallace, Louis Lachmund, Dr. W. Carlton Smith, Dr B. F. Pound. Harry Wen deroth, Charles W,. Archerd, William Mcfiiichrlst, Jr., and Luther J. Chi pin. ... ' 'Mad Poet' Told He Must Accept WiIson,s Terms Trieste, April 1. The Italian gov ernment has notified Gabriele D'An nunzio that It will have to accept President Wilson's , project for the settlement of the Adriatic questloi.. An envoy from the government hnH been to Flume where he made this decision known to D'AnnunzIo, th'J Insurgent Italian commander ther.. Navy Officers To Watch Speed Runs. Of Dreadnoughts San Diego, Cal., April 1. Keen in lerest is manifest anions navy men here in the outcome of a full power speed run which the superdread naughts. New Mexico, Idaho and Mis sissippi will muke between San Fran cisco and San Diego next MonoVy.' The three ships will line up off the Farralone Islands and at a BlgnM from the flagship Tfew Mexico will race at top speed to a point Off Ia Jlla, a few. miles north of this po;t. The super-dreadnaughts are cpm ln shore to act as an escort to the British, battle cruiser Renown, car rying the Prince of Wales, who Is ex pected to arrive next Wednesday morning. Situation in Germany; Karp. Toledo Blade. Goodnight German General Strike Tr Temnnrarifo Averted Copenhagen, April 1. The revolu-; t'mnary executive strike council at lierlin, whose members belong to the extreme radical group, yesterday de cided against the calling of a genen. strike In Germany ns a "result of tb.if Kuhr valley situation, pending th.' result of the negotiations with th- Kuhr workingmen's organization At Aluenster, according to advices re ceived here. This action was takei. it was said, owing to the attitude of the Berlin workers on the Question. Time Limit Extended Paris, April 1. The German gov ernment had granted leaders of work- men's fr,,., In tl.a T7nl,r ritatrlt't ft valuable hour extension of time in .... . .. nuii-ii u, euner accept or rejt-i;v ,it . ...... . ... . . i-ims inctuuea in tne,ui:.maium io t-ssen late last week, according io advices received here from Berlin. kegotiations between representatives of the workers and government dele- IfHtes are preceding at Berlin ana.it s aid, it i, believe the conflict in the Kuhr valley may be settled without further hoS.iliti,s. Republican Resolution Declaring War at End Washington. Am-il 1 Th daring the state of war between at an end was reported today by imiict; vy sinci paarty vote, 12 By agreement with democratic lead- era U will not be brought up in thV house until iie Monday. V ! War Acts Revoked. ; . . Republican leaders said the more Important war time acts and powers which would be repealed automatically with passage of the resolution Includ ed: war time prohibition: Lever fond and fuel control law with 'provisions against profiteering; espionage act; selective service law; authorization for loans of ten billion dollars to allies; cmplete control over all shippings; au thorization for president to use armed forces to prevent interference with in te state or foeign commerce; licensing the use of explosives; authorization of a system of prioity shipments; author ization of an employment service in la bor department: control over patents; war housing act; a moratorium pro tecting civil rights of men while in the service, and authorization of an em bargo on imports in the discretion of Other Acts Hold. The trading with the enemy would be continued until Germany agrees to provisions of the resolution. The emergency shipping act, the Oyer man act giving the president the pow erto distribute executive power) as he desires, and the act creating the war finance corporation and the capital is sues committee expire sir months after a declaration of peace. . China and Japan Near Agreement " As to Shantung Toklo, Mar. 2.-Unoffieial exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese in Peking in. regard to Shantung show a gradual entente," according to advices.' They seem to agree on the following conditions: . ;. . T Kiao Chau bay shall be revui-fiea to China and made an open port. 2 Railways shall be a, joint enter prise between Chinese and Japanese, both contributing the same amount of capital, the shares for the Chinese to be paid by the Japanese for the lime being and to become property of Shan tung province. S Mining rights shall be disposed of in a similar manner. Japan shall be given the precedence for development and transportation at coal and Iron mines, cotton, salt and foodstuffs. Indirect negotiations are reported to have been completed and direct ne gotiations will be opened before long. To Extend Soviet Rule Throughout Siberia is Plan .Vladivostok, Mar. 22. All Siberia will be put under the soviet form pt government April 1 when the commun ist party .opens its convention at Ni kolsk, near here. Two-thirds of the districts in the eastern part of ths country have already adopted the so viet system. . Few changes In general conditions have developed since the revolutionary regime took control here and authorl tise have adopted the policy of wait Ing until bolshevik officials arrive from Moscow. - POLISH FRONT QUTET Warsaw, Mar. . 80. Only artillery duels and a few skirmishes on the Polesian front are reported In today's official sttaement issued at the war of fice, yesterday being the quietest day j on all fronts since the bolsheviki began their spring offensive Marcn ti. Essen, April 1. Decis.on to con- tinue the general strike, here has been reached by th'e workmens committee in view of the failure to reach a set- .i n-ith the eocrnment. ThJ workmen insisted that no additional terms be inserted in the Bielefeld agreement. General Leitnercomman rter In chief of workers forces here. said last night the situation was clear, ing. Fxtremlxta In Control The Hague. April 1. Most of the towns In the Ruhr district are in the j power of tne 'l"";'",MVf, tnir IUI I 11 'is " vna u I nil., . - j .....dfr.o jobs and Join tne reu " hWn rinteh oress, .,- t.,.terJ . .v . . I m, htirsntnaster and "Tr.tw socialist and center oi .... "'"' b nave notified the partlea at DulsburgT n condition of the ; government hm) of the is no hope plundering lnn iH so uau 1 " - - .i ard pi- '; b " h roob. dispatches other outrages by -tn m j state. Only gnm declared, ! ve the towiit U deciar lied E Favorably Reported the United States and Germany the house foreign affairs oom- to 6- Wilson Takes No Action To Keep Name Uff' BallOt Washington, Apr. 1. Presi dent Wilson took no steps to prevent his name appearing on . the presidential primary" ballot In Georgia, It was said today at the White House. Japanese Losses Heavy in Clash With Russ Force Honolulu, T. H., Apr. 1. Seven hundred Japanese troops and civilians were killed in a two day battle with Russian bolshevik forces at Niko laevsk, Siberia, 'according to a Tokiu cable dispatch received by the Japa nese newspaper Nippu JiJI here. The Japanese residents organized a volun teer force to aid the Japanese soldiers fight a heavy force of bolsheviki. The Japanese consulate was burned and the consul, M. Ishlda is still .miss ing according to the cable. The two day battle began March 18.1 Nikolaevsk is at the mouth of the Amur tlver. Russian Loss Small. Vladisvostok, Mar. 22. Russian and Japanese troops clashed at Nikolaevsk, a city located at the mouth Of the Amur river; March 13, the Russians reporting their losses as being forty killed and'elghty wounded. Belief Is expressed here that this encounter may spread a guerilla warfare through all eastern Siberia if the Japanese d not evaluate the .country. 5 Announcement by the Japanese com mand here would seem to Indicate a change. in the policy followed by that country, In the past the Japanese have been assisting Czech force's here but In 'future they will devote their efforts to safeguarding Japan's special position In Manuchuria and Mongolia. Evac- uatlon of Siberia by the Japanese will not be started, it is understood, until the soclet government - at Moscow reaches some form of agreement. with Japan. The local provisional govern ment has handed protests to the Japu nese command regarding intervention in eastern Siberia and the latter has concentrated its forces along the Us- surl and Chinese Eastern railways. Pacific Reserve Fleet Officer Is Heard at Probe Washington, Apr. 1. -Because of the navy department's policy of "indiffer ence, no errort was maae 10 urmg me navyto a state of preparedness before the war, Read Admiral Fuuam, for mer commander of the Pacific reserve fleet, declared today before the senate naval investigating committee. .Tho admiral said that in-1615 wuvu' . i- . i. a nnnlfl. ,nnu. I-Kr.h ships had so small complements mat thev could not be moved, from the dock. The navy was "fatally short of men," he added, but the department failed to advocate sufficient personnel increases and was "totally indifferent to the possibility of a atatej of war be ing forced upon It." . The only persons in the navy depan ment who would listen to his pleas for more men and material preparedness were the assistant secretary and mem bers of the general board, dclared. the of ficer t Mrs. . lory Fails Under UperatlOn ored wine works offered for sale. How i . .,ut.i.n n.rufinV, I ever, the critic added that "some of Unable to withstand an operation under which she was going in a ! caj hospital, Mrs. George W. Jorey, 58, wife of George W. Jjrey, a resi dent 'of th'e Rosedale district, died it p. m. V ednesaay. ine vvuy j uc Son company. Funeral arrange ments have not yet been made. Besides her husband, Mrs. jory leaves the following children: Rob ert LsFore Jorey of Bay Side, Cal., Roland Jcrey. recently discharged from the navy and still ln the east, and Mrs. Josephine Maddlson of Sa lem. . Auto Driver Held rrij C 1 MS K. tllin jUSVeCt' Vancouver B C April 1 James Robinson, automobile driver, was held in Jail here tday ln connection Vitn tne amcoverj ui a t-.ian o boc"y ,.,,,., tih,- hr lodnv. On the body was a card with the name of ' r.i,.!n WaMMti-nni and a return ticket to Los Angeles. Police believe the mm was struck and killed by an automo- j tne. Possibly Mildred Harts did not make! custard pies to Charley Chaplain's taste. Syracuse Post-Standard. Ing'held at the parlors of the Rigdcn Thomas H. Clark. R. A. Frasier, War & Son company. Funeral arrange-. ren Hunt, Chester Frasier, James Im- y New York Legislature Firemen's Strike Right Is Challenged Chicago, April 1. Threats of prose cutlon for conspiracy faced city flre- v,a. ,wl -Y, n ..niU . W 1 I - resignations as a "strike" for higher pay. n Seven hundred firemen signed res ignations yesterday, union officials sayt and by nightfall they expect to have similar action by 1800 of the 2267 city truck men and pipe mem Conspiracy Charged John Cullerton, custodian of fir" department - property, notified union officials today that their action will be a conspiracy. The fire marsh il, Cullerton said, ha dauthority to draft any citizen for fire service, and. would do so to fill the ranks. The situation was further compli cated 'today when representatives ot the 256, fire department engineers, announced.' their men would 'walk out if non union pipemen and track men were employed. . Other Strikers Firm No break was seen" today in the ranks of the 1350 clerks, -350 garb age handlers and 78 food inspectois who have been on strike for t'tr-.e days. At meetings last night the va rious unions declared the ten percent wage advance voted by city council yesterday was insufficient and would not be accepted. The strikers ask- a flat Increase of $25 per month. Mayor Wllllarn, Hale Thompson to day will appoint an arbitration com mittee of three department heads and J five aldermen in an effort to pei- suade the strikers to return to work Jack Welsh Seeks Election To Post Of City Manhal The first one to publicly indicate his desire to wear the shiny badge of city marshal, J. Ti Welsh, chief of police, today formally filed his candidacy for the position with the city recorder. Mr. Welsh is chief now by virtue t his appointment py the city council follow ing the resignation of P. M. Varney at the first of the year. On his nominating petition Chief Welsh cites as hto argument for, votes tn eniorcement or an laws ana orai- i nances. Chief WelBh eerved as city marshal of Salem during th'e years 1915 and 1J16; and acted as first officer under Chief of Police Shedeck In 13 and 14. Added to his police experience Mr. Welsh acted as a guard at the state prison during parts of the years 1818 andl819. . Finny Tribe is; Lure to Marion County Nimrods turbulent condition of many of the best I r 10 alleged to be due him as at tmt Ktre-ms n few minies of Salem ' torney 8 fees ln connection with tne .nnm.n l.runorl th. olamonta ...... I morning upon the opening oC the sea son. I V.I Pnatptn TT.irrv Wplflrtiipi nnH W. E, And. up one party MV" nth h m- h-. m morn In quest of scaly victims. An .w ,.on rt Rrnrtt nnr r pi. Rohet r p,,i who ventured out to the streams in south- em Marlon county. Others who had signified their intention- of going out today (providing there was no snow) were O. K. Price, W. F. Brietski and W. F. Hoffman. - Fishing gear, wondrous and terrlblv, is included in the sales made by loca ! stores. One observer after a thorough study of the window displays, stated that th flnnv trlhe tnrinv m HMt he pp. ceivlng a thorough education In art to judge from the erhibition of illu minated frying pans and graudlly col them there contraptions, sure get 'em.", Thoe who have procured licenses WeHneaitnv are- . . ...... ..ur H. - . A. L. Headrick. R. H. Johnson, P. S, Golden, A. G. Potter. Ralph Burroughs lah, J. C. Doan, George B. Pauisin i. S. Gosser, R.,F. Taylor, George E. Kauescher, W. P. Brilsko, W. F. Hoff man, H. G. Coursey. J. F. Dqlan, B. 6. Cochran, B. A. Victor. L. W. Ivle, A. J. Edwards, E. T. Barkus, Earl Mc Donough; Gerald Volk, E. G. Clark, J. A. Crabb, E. P. Loganblll, A. M. South wick, Robert LaRue, Fred Kirkwood, George R. Zernick, Paul Nickolsoh, Vernon Mentzer, J. E. Prunk- Joseph rereaay, v. c. iui-us, nun i. imnwsiwnere neiucK is iuiuieu ,as snowing W. E. Hoekett, Unn Hampton, Warner 1 definite signs of improvement. This Is ! HamPton. Jesse Sander, William WU- i kins. . ' cane to be successfully treated. Dsi ai M ocean fTrC i Helck. whose home is at 690 North I Uy ill fOAtJlJgtf O 1 17th street, was a derrick man at the - DnUU nf tAC Chas. K. Spaulding Logging company's tODOeU OT JJ.dlH mill prior t? his contraction of the Kansas City. Mo., April 1. Two strange disease, Drs. Evans and Grlf a'rmed men in a motor car held up! fith could not state whether Hettrick the messengers of Swift & company, would recover, but said that they be Dackers. on the Twenty-third street lieve he might so long as the disease viaduct here this morning and i canea witn a nana dhv containing 1845,840. United States Not Represented At League Meeting Washington, Apr. 1. The United States will not be rep resented at the peace confer ence when It meets at San Remo, Italy, this month, - It was said toaay at the state de partment. . - It was explained that this country had not been officially represented In the conference since Under Secretary Frank L. Polk and the other peace dele gate left Paris last December. American Troops Along Rhine Governed Alone By Orders Of President Washington, Apr. 1. American) troops on the Rhine are subject only to the orders of the president of the United States as commander in chief of the army. President Wilson wrote congress tody In response to a reso lution of Inquiry adopted in the house. The American troops and the terri tory they control still are governed by the. terms of the armistice, the presi dent said. He disclosed that the Amer ican government had disapproved plans to have' the troops an the terri tory placed under the orders of the Rhineland high commission. Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch has no authority over the American troops, the preslent Said. Major General Al len, commanding the forces, "has full authority" Mr. Wilson added, "to ultl ize his troops for the police of the oc cupied district, the preservation of or der and to repel any .attack which m, be made upon him. ," Money Awarded Mrs. Dibbern Is T The $4000 awarded to Edna Blanche Dibbern of Portland by the state in dustrial accident commission about a years ago as compensation. for the ac cidental death of her husband, an em ploye of the Grant, Smith Porter Ship company at 'Portland, was returned to the workmen's compensation fund bv Mrs; Dibbern, Wednesday. The return was made voluntarily by Mrs. Dibbern who visited Salem in per son for that purpose, her reasons for the move, as explained in a letter to the j vvuiiiiiaDiuu, ucmg a ue,3ire 10 Dring 10 an end the trouble and worry to which she has been put since the award was made through the attitude of Lee Roy E. Keeley, Portland attorney. It was around this award of. the state Industrial accident commission that Keeley has waged his attack on the commission. - Case Well Aired. After the. commission had ignored Keeley in making the award he filed a isuit In the courts of Multnomah county to collect 40 per cent of the amount aWard uc uiiaistru mm ine uwttra naa been Illegally made In that as a resi dent of Oregon Mrs. Dibbern was not sented by the 84000. payment. This ! ?nt,entIon wag 'f uPneld the Marlon county circuit court in a suit brought' by Keeley to compel the re turn of the money to the compensation "'" isasmucn - f8"1 - 8' Dibbern was an innocent party til iiiu nwaru uiiv uuuiu HOI ue required to return the money. Would Be Rid of Trouble. Only lately Keeley has petitioned the Marion county circuit court for per mission to institute suit against thi members of the old commission to compel the return of the amount ln vo'ved, to ,th fund In her letter requesting permission to return the money Mrs. Dibbern ex plains that the award has been a source of continual trouble and re- """ "cl v m h s tempts to collect what he termed 1,18 r uiure awurus, 10 WHICH all i agree that Mrs. Dibbern Is entitled un- d.er tt?rme,ot the compensation act, mis. uiuueiu leaves cuiueiy lu me U1B- cretion of the commission. First Sleeping Sickness Case Here Improves After six weeks' Illness with "sleep ink sickness," J. S. Hettick, 62, was re ported today.by Drs. Evans and Grit fith. In charge pf the state hospital the first case of "Bleeping sickness' in Salem; and so far as is known, the first - 1 could be controlled. me ijai iwu ua. ,...... I marked Improvement, It Is reported. AccusedMembersUnseated By Vote of Assembly After DebateConsuming24Hours Albany, N. Y., April 1. Five socialists, Louis Waldman, August Claessens, Charles Solomon, Samuel A. DeWitt and Sam uel Orr. all of New York City, the entire delegation of their party in the New York assembly were expelled from the legislature today. : : , The majorities in favor of unseating the men, suspended on the opening day of the legislative session on charges of disloy- alty were substantial. Census Figures Washington, Apr. 1. Popu- lation statistics announced to- day by the census bureau in- eluded: . - Plrfe Bluff, Ark., 19,280, an Increase of 4178, or 27.7 per- cent over 191 0. Manistee. Mich., 9690, de- crease 2691,'or 21.7 per cent. French Reiterate Refusal to Allow Use of Soldiers Paris, April 1. Premier Millerand today received Dr. Von Mayer, the Ger man charge de'affalres, and went over the situation in the Ruhr district with him. The premier reiterated the terms of his letter of yesterday dealing with the question of permission for German troops to enter the Ruhr region in which- tie said that military interven tion would be useless and -dangerous. He added thatt he French governm-.j was taking steps to confirm the infor mation upon which Its decision was based. - A The premier also conferred with Marshal Foch respecting measures to be taken ln case the Germans at tempt to send morc'of their troops In to the Ruhr district. No apprehension 1b expressed, however, that anything further would result than an advance of the French troops, a dozen miles or so ln such a contingency. This ad vance would mean the occupation of Frankfort and Darmstad. It Is not ex pected, however that would provoke any violent manifestation on the part of the Germans. Dr. Von Mayer Is declared to have intimated that his government .might consent to such an advance as a guarantee of the evacua tion of the Ruhr district by the addi tional German troops, if they were al lowed to enter the region. At the same time there Is much skepticism here, even in circles close to the government, regarding the ef flcacy or the desirability of such ah advance. Gary Named New : Swiss Minister Washington, Apr. 1. Hanson Gary of Texas, now eonsul general at Cairo, Egypt, was nominated today by Presi dent Wilson to be minister to Switzer land. He will succeed Pleasant A. Sto vail of Savannah, Ga., who resigned recently. Irish Secretary Quits; Successor To be Chosen London, Apr. 1. Ian MacPherson, chief secretary for Ireland, has re signed his office and the resignation has been accepted, it was officially an nounced this afternoon. London, Apr. 1. The Globe says th resignation of Ian MacPherson, chiet secretary for Ireland, has been accept ed. Mr. MacPherson' probably will be succeeded by Sir Hamar Greenwood, under secretary for home affairs, tha Globe adds. Other newspapers announce defi nitely that Sir Hamar has been offered the secretaryship. LATE BULLETINS Dover, Del., April 1. Ratification of the equal suffrage amendment was defeated in the lower house of the legislature'to day. The vote was 23 to 9. Members who voted for the amend ment subsequently changed for the purpose of later moving to re consider. The vote as finally announced was 26 to 5. Chicago, April 1. The strike which has tied up the Chicago stock yards for four days and threatened to close all packing plants here was settled today, the men agreeing to return to work and arbitrate their wage differences. Work will be resumed at the yards tomorrow. , , Today Voting came after twenty-two hour of oratory, parliamentary wrangle and filibustering. Owing to the fact that the men were expelled after ' midnight March St there can be no special elections to tilt their seats in the assembly unless an extiaordinary session of the legislature Is to be convened. ' Separate Ballots Taken. Voting began at 9:38 a. m. today. Louis Waldman, the first voted on, was expelled, 118 to 28. August Claessens, who was socialist floor leader, wj ousted 116 to 28. . The vote on Charles Solomon, who last week wus arrested In Philadelphia' for alleged .disorderly conduct at a mass meeting called to protest against the ouster proocedings here, was 118 to 28. The vote in Samuel A. DeWltt's case was 104 to 40. Samuel Orr also was expelled. The debate lasted about twenty hours and more than forty members participated. The chamber was crowd-, ed with' spectators from the time tho assembly convened at 10:30 a. m. yes-, terday until long after midnight. Many of the visitors remained throughout night and heard, the assembly record its verdict. Luncheon and supper wero eaten at the desks. History of Case, Waldman and Solomon remained at the capitol throughout the aellbera-. (ions. Both appeared to be highly amused at the proceedings and smiled frequently, rne otner inre mou un der fire were pot present. ' The first chapter of the story ln the expulsion of the socialists was written January 7 last, the day oji which the legislature convened for Its regular . 1920 session. Immediately after speak er Sweet had been re-elected, he or-: dered the five socialist assemblymen before the bar of the house, and told them that a resolution to suspendtheni from participation in the business ot. the assembly pending an Investigation of their loyalty was to be Introduced and that they would be allowed their 'day in court." The resolution was offered by Ma jority Leader Adler. 24 Days Consumed. , Hearings were begun January 20, after the Judiciary committee had been appointed and had organized, wrea Louis M. Martin, republican of oneiao, as chairman. A notable array of at torneys headed by Attorney General Charles D. Newton appeared for tho state, while HarrlB Hlllqult, Seymour Stedman, Gilbert E. Roe, S. John Block William Karlin and Walter Nelles ap peared for the suspended assembly men. Twenty-four days were consumed In the hearings: . By its action the assembly establish ed a precedent altogether Unique In tho , as never before has an entire party legislative history of the United States, delegation been ejeete. from any leg islative body. Webster is Again Seeking Oregon's Help In Contest William Grant Webstel of Ner York City, who was nominated by tho Oregon republicans as their choice for vice-president of the United States In the primaries four years ago, filed to day for the same office. Webster was the only vice-presidential candidate on the republican ballot in this state four years ago. and Oregon was the only state which he carried, according to hU own admission. In a letter accom panying his nominating petition, re ceived by Sam A. Kozer, deputy sec-"" retary of state this morning, Webster declares his opposition to the league of nations wtihout reservations. He also declares himself as favorable to forci ble Intervention In Mexico If necessary, for fredom of speech and of the press and for universal military training. Other candidates filing today were: T. L. Davidson, Salem, republican, candidate for state representative from Marion county. W. S, Burleigh, Enterprise, demo crat, candidate for district attorney for Wallowa county.