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Maviuiiim yesterday 51
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Forty-ninth Ta&r.
MEDFOKD, OUKCiOX", MONDAY, .JANTAKY .'(!. l'rjo
NO. 2ii0
PDLANDASKS
ALLIED AID
COURT BILL IS TESTED
STRIKE OF MINERS
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M TIL
Court Denies Motion Attorney Van
derveer for Chanoe of Venue From
Grays Harbor Countv Claims!
Prejudice Exists Auainst Defend-
ants Court Room Crowded With!
American Leqion Men From All
Parts of .the Northwest.
MON'TKKAXO. Wash., .lap. (;.
VBv I'"' Associated Pros.) Jiiil-.:c
John Jf. Wilson In superior -ui-t
here lodav denied the motion n!' the
defense for a chnmro ol" venue in the
case of 11 aliened im-ni in-rw of the I.
V. W., chnnrod with the inuidcr
Warren 0. Grimm in connect ion will,
the Centrnlin Armistice tin v imriulf
November 11. J!10.
Jud:rc Wilson inude his ruling at
the conclusion of nnriimcnts liv conn -sell'
Tor both the det'enso ami prose.
I'tition.
"The onurt, is satisfied Hint the
sliowinsr made bv Ihc defense in its
motion for a chanire of venue is not
sufficient," Judire Wilson said in de
nviitir the motion. ''The law does no!
permit of a second change of venue
in cases of this character, in mv op
inion." he added.
The defense exhibited articles
which it nlloircd would tend to influ
ence the juriirs, aliening, on belief."
''that it was circulated in draws Har
bor countv with the contention of so
influencing iurors."
Newspaper Articles Submitted
The entire morninu- was spent in nr
simicuts on the motion, Ihc court rul
imr comintr at the noon adjournment,
which was delaved 120 minute's in or
der to allow the allornevs to complete
their arguments. Filed as exhibit:
were articles printed, it was alleged in
llic Washinirlonian, llouuium. Wnsh.,
the World, Aberdeen, the Chronicle.
Cenlralin. nntl the Vidcltc. Mnutc
sano. Attorney Vandervccr admilled
in court that (be workers' defenes
lentnie hud circulated appeals to
workers in which it was staled thai
Ihc "marchers started to raid the 1.
W. W. hall in C'enlralia before imv
shuts were J'ired." bill declared that it
had occurred before the trial had been
moved to this counlv. Ynndcrvivr
declared durinir his argument that he
would prove, in the course of Ihc
trial, that the shoolimr followed an
iillctnpt to raid the hall bv more than
"." witnesses, manv of whom he said,
hud been marchers in the Armistice
day parade.
A Tdibnr Case,
Organized labor was inlenselv in
terested in the trial. Ynndcrvccr de
clared durinir his nrirunienl. savitcj.
''this is in some scum' a labor case."
W. II. Abel, of counsel for Ihc pros
ecution, attacked the character of
l'o of the signers of affidavits for
Ihc defense, lie declared Nov L.i
Pitt of Jloipiiam. who signed an af
fidavit as an invrsli'.'.-itnr for Ihc de
fense had been especially active? In
1 !l 1 7 as a strike organizer: that he
bin! been arrested as a "draft ilod'.'cr
nd was later inducted into service
nd sent to France." ' ''
Too Many J'orsonnlillos
He also declared lo the court that
lo-eph H. Scbrovc'r of Aberdeen.
"bo a defense investigator who had i
siu'tied an affidavit allc'-'itiL' preiu-
dice prevailed mrainsl the defendants
in this enmity, hail likewise been an
active strike organizer and cited a re-1
fort of federal olficinis which declar-1
I'd in effect that Schrovcr had been I
under surveillance of the federal srnv-
ernmcnt during the entire period the'
Veiled Slates was eicau'ed in hostili
ties with the central powers. ,
IndLre Wilson was compelled to j
('"lion both Vandervccr and Abel fur
jndui;in!r jn personnlities. '
(Continued an Page Six) ,
IF fflU WANT TO BUM A
T.W'OMA. Jan. Ji;. William .l"-b
"' Spokane, recently an or-'nnizrr
Hie I. W. W.. de. hired on the wi!
"'" stand in the trial of members
of tin. ..w i i.l..,- ili-il .
; IIIAJI l Mill IICIC HMI.l..
had ori-inallv ioined the order be-
'"Use of thrnnfs .l.li who is'otllv
'-e ot threats. Jn. h who ts'oniv
v..,. :. .i.... i 1.1
18
" eet work in i.i.nber camps he f-nnd it ; "' ""7'"l,'Z
'- "if could show red card to oth- .shorter hours and be, '' " ;
" workmen ' ni elmiiL-e the f"'" nl iroyernment
A"eordinS to the witness. I. W- W. ' in the i...lin. ''" "' "" ,h"
embers arc permitted to rule free; -land bv the -talc-
' I'lTTSIllli,;. Kas.. .Iiln.
' 1 our li li ri 1 1. -,i Kansas miners
struck this morning before p:is-
' sage of the industrial court lull.
' A mine of ihc Wester,, cai and
M ' 'oi:iiiany at Franklin
mid a mini: of the Wear Coal
company at Dunkirk were idle.
1 1
TOI'KKA, Kas.. .Ian. :'ti The
strike of lour liiiiHiicl miners,
reported this morning, means
an ininiMilinic t.-st of the new In
dustrial relations court law,
(lovernoi- li. ,. An,,,, declared
this morning.
Bolshevik Military Successes in Rus
sia Aroi'se Ambassador Martens to
Adopt Prussian Slouan Reds Have
SOO.COO.000 in Gold and an Unbeat
able Army Therefore Urainq in
ternational Revolution to Stumor)
Them Abandoned hv Soviets.
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 2U. Knssian
soviet orKitnizat Ions have become
"strong enough to finht. tlu; world,"
Ludwij C. A. K. Martens, soviet
a Kent to the United States, told a en-
nte investigating committee today.
because iA this, lie said, the Soviets
have ceased to urge international
revolution to support them.
The Kussian Soviets have "between
$-l."0, 000,000 and ?:.OO,O00,00O,M in
the public treasury, Martens said,
which it wan now desired to spend in
foreiKn countries' on the purchase of
necessities. There was now no1 gold
in the hands of private hanks or in
dividuals in Russia, he added.
LOXUO.V, ,J;ni. I'll. A Moscow
wireless dispatch, describing the re
ception tendered the LM0 raidicals de
ported from the I'niled States as un
desirable aliens and brought lo flan
go. Finland, mi the I'niled States
army transport fJulord, says:
"Our ei, ninnies were greeted by
the red army's shouts of hurrah and
music pliiying the 'nternat ionale,"
while red flngs waved over the fron
tier stream S.vsterhak, the shores of
which were lined with red rifles fac
ing a mass of Finn soldiers on the
other bank.
"With a band and standing twenty
paces from the enemy guard of hon
(,t, the red army triumphantly greet
ed its comrades from across th?
ocean."
ASQUIJH TO START HIS
LONDON'. .Ian. 2fi. (Via .Mon
treal! Former Premier Herbert
II. Asquith is expected lo arrive at
Paisley today when- he is a candidate
lor parliament at the hyc-election to
lie held in that cnnstilueucy, . the
catnpulKii for Uio scat openfnK today
to end with the poilins three weeke
hence.
RIDE S
SOVIET CAN
KM FIGHT
THE WORLD
THE BRAKEMAN YOUR RED TICKET
' ,,f char-.- on m-t railway freight
: trains in the n..ithc-t.
; "f you want lo bum a rub-, all von
! need to do i- show tin' hrakcninn vour
, ., ' he said. "II vol! can i
i.r,,vc veil
wobiilv' von are
;' ,
i thrown ol I ' he ram
,1'din -"Ml lie Had
red all rcla-
.101.11 .....
ti..i,s with the organization liec.iu-
If
stgTt' V
;
TURKS TO FIGHT
1
CONSTANTI.NOPU-;, .Ian. 1. llol
shevism hn no appeal to the Turks,
heiiiK contrary to their religious
tralninK and their palriotie sentiment
says Mustapha Kemal 3'aslia, politi
cal and military lender of the Turk
ish nntir.'nalt8t movement in Asia
.Minor. Recently there have been re
ports that the bolsheviki have made
inroads in Turkish Asia Minor, and
that linvor Pasha, minister of war
here in 11)1-1, has sponsored a bolshe
vik uprising in Turkostan.
.Mustapha Kemal denied his adher
ents in the nationalist cause were
leagued with Knvnr Tasha or with
Talaat Pasha, former Brand vizier,
who is reported to have been convert
ed to bolshevism. 'Holshevism mlKht
result, however, from a peace which
mnkcs-tlie Turks a Hiiliject people, Jiu
assorted but he added that such an
alliance with tho soviet power would
be but temporary.
Hloodshed wr.-uld follow a peace
settlement which placed (Ireeks in
control ot this cily, he said, and tho
Klvinft- of Thraeo to Greece would
have the same result.
U. S. HAS SUPPLIED NEAR
5 BILLION BARRELS OIL
WASHINGTON, Ja. 21. The
t'nited States has produced more
than fil per cent of thn world's crude
petroleum since the discovery of that
product and at" latest reports was
producing mere than (i!) per cent of
the world's annual supply. Compila
tion of production statistics just is
sued by the geological survey kIiows
that from 1 8 r 7 to and including 1!MS
there were produced thrurut the
world 7..'o:;.l 4 7,57 1 barrels of crude
petroleum, of which the I'nited
States supplied 4,00, T.7 1 .7 1 li bar
rels. Russia furnished almost 25 per
cent.
TIBER LOSS 1919 By
SAI'KM, Jan. 2fi. Monetary value
of Oregon timber damaged or de
stroyed by fire during the year
totalled $.".10,921, while the loss of
buildings, logs, equipment and fm-prr.-vementn
from the same source ag
gregated $241,142, according to the
annual report published by V. A.
Klliott, statu forester.' Of the total
of H.'I,4t;;E acres of land burned over
.t;,7S 1 acres were classed as mer
chantable timeber, 24,9:i." acres as
second growth timber and ft 1,897 as
old burns and cut-over lands.
AMERICANIZATION Bill
PASSES SENATE ALSO
IL!
4 "J 4
WASHINGTON. -Inn. '2i. '
Tb(! setinte bv a vole ol'-IHI to I I '
(odnv passed the Kenvoti Anieri-
ciininl i'n bill which would re
quire all residents ol' ihc I niled
States of Hi to 'Jl vears of jiL'e,
not mentallv or hvsicnllv ilis
(Kialil'ied, and nil alien residents
between the 'nues of lli and 4.")
w!m can not speak, read or
write Knglish. to attend school
not less than J(M) huiirs a year.
WASHINGTON. Jan. J(i l!v
a vole of !) to .", the senate mil
itary committee lodav approved
provisions providing lor com
pnlsorv military trainiirj; for
hovs hehveen IS and 2 vears
iiH'lusive. and onlered n favor
able report mi the urmv re-or-raniation
bill.
4 J 4 5-
1
LONDON. .Ian. 2i. The British
navy may soon be given a new and
"unsurpassed" weapon in n large cal
iber shell which will pierce the heav
iest armor without shiitterluK, said
Sir Itobert Iladfield, chairman and
mnnuKinK director of llndfield's lim
ited, steel manufacturers, recently,
lie Indicated that possession of such
a shell durinw the croat war would
have been of Inestimable value to
the Itritish fleet.
"Thn feat has been accomplished,"
he said, "within the last few days of
KottinK the largest caliber of armor
piercini! shell unbroken thru the
thickest of mr. lern hard surfaced ar
mor pinto. This result will render
the llritlsh gun unsurpnssed. Incom
parable and the master in any naval
ciiKnKementB of the future."
40 Below in New Entilantl.
IWISTIIN. Jan. lilt- The mcrcutv
was lor'-cil to new officials low lev-
, 1 I,.- It... ,.,,1,1 nil U'liicli - .1
over northern New Kn-jbind bit ni-jht.
Sortbfield. t.. reported a readnc ol
:iO minus. Cnolticiul litriires rctiort
cil -111 below at Van linrcn. Maine, and
.Muntprlier, Vt.
Bolsheviki Reach Chinese
I'AKIS. .Ian'. -Mi. An olllcinl -latc-ment
i"llcd bv the -oiet coverlllnelil.
at Moscow says that the bol-bcviki
peasants' corps has reached the fhi-
nese frontier in the vicinity of Kobd
on the western, border of Muiiisoliii.
REPORT CAPTURE
U. S. El
WASHINGTON, Jan. lili. No re-
j port reunniiiiii the capture bv the hoi
islieviki forces of a L'ronp tif Aincri
ican raihvuv engineers ami a party of
Americurl Kcd Cross workers at
Kaichinskava. iSberia. reintrted in
press dispatches from Chita. Siberia,
hid been received todav lv the state
or war departments or at national
lieathpiarlers of the lied Cross.
At lied Cross henilipinrtcrs, rec
ords show thai the Captain Cliaret'c
referred to as-captured probablv was
Kdwanl Hercules Charette, a phar
macist, of Stockton. Oil., who went
(jver with an earlv detachment. There
was no record of a ".Miss Konl," also
reported captured.
The Colonel I Hunt referred to as
having been captured was believed 'it
the war department to be Krank lios
coe Mliuil of riano, Iill.. a member of
the Stevens railwav commission.
At the tine he joined lie SI evens
commiinn, Mr. Illtmt, who held a
commiss:o!i as major in the engineer
reserve corps, was t'encral iiianau'ei
'f llie Chilean national dailwavs,
I'revioiisjv he had been general su
peripteiidenl of Ihc Chicairo Great
Wt sleru railroatl.
STOCKTON. Cal.. .Ian. L'li.- t'ap
tuiu Kdward Hercules ('burette, who
is reported us linviii'j been cnplurcd
bv holsheviki loi-cr-s ul Kinchiiisknvn.
Siberin, is a vctci-un of the Siianish
Americau war. hu-vinu served with the
.Motitutia volunteers in the Philip
pines. tl
I.OS AXOKI.KK. Cul.. .bin. 'Jli.--(lenenil
.lohn .1. I'crsihnL' arrived here
lodav shortly alter !) o'clock for u
Hi hour i.-it. The ircncral utid his
-tuff left almost imuicdiafi-lv lor-Ifo-s
f eld. Ihc I'niled Suites nnuv
bulloon school ut Arcudiii, near here,
and after an iu-pectiou there he is to
tetiirn to l.os AiiL'cles anrl dcotc
most of the day to civic film-lions.
At -I o'clock (Jencral Pershin'.' and
his staif were tdotiuili'.' to l'o to Cul
wt City where Ihcv fc -i-iu t ,vo
Lours .-ccin.' -oine noted inrcctor-, ami
cctoi- "make a movie." lie will leave
toniL'ht lor S.m DicL'o.
SENATOR LA F0LLETTE HAS
TROUBLE WITH TEETH
MADISON". Wis.. .Ian. -JR. As n
icsiiit of an infection due to his
teeth. Senator li. M. I.a l-'ollcttc i in
a ho-pital nl Rochester. Minn. His
condition is not con-.idcrcd criticu!
and he is expected to return to his
home Hie latter pail of the week,
S V
ItlOltl.lN. .Ian. I'll. Manilas
Kr.beriicr. the minister of fi
! lliincc. was wounded by a shot
fircil at bint today.
! Ilerr l-:r.tierner was sliot as
S he was leiivint; tlie criminal
! courts buildliiK after a hcaiini;
in the llelft'ei-ich libel suit. Only
' one shot struck the minister,
who was slightly wounded In
: the shoulder. Ills assailant, u lio
f:ave his name as (lltwi; vi.il
J I lirschfcld. was arrested.
PEACE PACT
Rciuililicnn Irrcconcilihlcs Refuse to
Consider Chnmies in Modifications
of Article Ten ami Monroe Doctrine
Aqreemcnt Hatl Been Reached
When Johnson and Borali Bolted
Senator Hitchcock and Associates
Retire for Private Conference.
WASIIINllTON, .Ian. 211. No
change in the 1'oservutlons affecting
article ten of tho I.eaKilo of Nations
covenunt or the Monroe doctrine pro
vision of the peace treaty will bo ac
ceptable to tho republicans, Kenator
l.(.'dl?o todiy informed Henalor 'Hitch
cock and other members of tho Infor
mal democratic committee which has
been conferring with Senator Lodge's
committee in an effort to reach 11
compromise t.n tbe treaty.
Senator Lodge's statement was
form u luted after his conference Sat
urday with Senators Borah, Idaho;
Johnson, California, and other re
publican senators, t.'pposing tho
treaty.
Immediately after tho statement
was presented today tho bi-partisan
conference adjourned, Senator Hitch
cock and his associates retiring for a
private' conference. They will make
their reply to Senator Lodge tonior
rt'w morning.
Hitchcock Statement.
Senator llllrhcock later Issued tills
statement :
" "When the conference assembled
Senator Lodge advised the senators
'present that he had been called Into
a meeting by certain republican Hon
ntors and for that reason had not
been alilo to attend the last confer
ence Friday, lie regretted ti.' say that
ho found it Impossible to resume the
conl'erenco for a compromise except
upon thn understanding that no
change shall he made In the reserva
tion on article ten or on the .lonri.-c
doctrine. Tho democratic, members
retired for a private conference and
will make their reply to Senator
Lodge Tuesday morning at a meeting
at 10:30.
"The conference up t the time its
meetings were postponed had tenta
tively agreed upon the preamble and
all sections of the reservations except
that relating to article ten, the Mon
roe doctrine and onu or two minor
uinlters anil an agreement was appar
ently also consummated on .article
ten when adjournment suddenly came
followed by the Intervention of the
Irreconcilable factions."
U. S. SENATE APPROPRIATES HALE A
TO
WASIIlN'tiTON. Jan. ail. A reso
lution currying an appropriation ol
.Tollll.llllll to be used bv the public
health service in eoinbattiii'.' influ
enza was adopted todav bv the .-cn-ute.
Clllt ACO. Jan. '.'(I. "Today's death
toll from inl'liien.ii and from pneu
monia was the highest since the epi
demic Imtuii, Health Commissioner
Robertson reported this morniiiL'. but
the total f new eases of both dis
eases showed a very marked de
crease. Dr. Uobertson is confident
that the epidemic in on the wane.
New infliicna eases reported to
day numbered 1,U58, as compared lo
EA FRONT
Initial Meetino of Ambassadors Re
ceives Warninti Front Poland of
Probable Offensive bv Bolsheviki
Ask That Situation Be Called to
Attention of Marshall Foclt Pre
mier Millerand Presides Germany
Worries Rcqardimi U. S. A.
. M
I'AUIS. Jan. 'Jli. The replv to the
icfii-ul of Ihc Dutch u'overniueiit to
comply with the ileiiiuud of the allies
lor Ihc surrender of former F.mprror
William was Ihc first subject discuss
ed today at Hie initial meeting of the
no il of the anibiissiidors. created
lo carrv on the unfinished routine
work of Hie supreme council of tho
lu.n.cc conference, which disbunded
lust week. It was decided that the.
French leiinl cxprrls available should
m into all Ihc aspects of the ease an.)
prepare the replv, which probably will
be submitted lor approval of the
council early next week.
The council was presided over by
Premier Mllleriiud. Iluuli ('. Wallace,
the American ambassador, was presr
cni with the other members of the
body. Afler disposing for the duv of
Hie exlrudilion oueKtion the council
decided to L'ive the reiiresentilliees ot!
the Jmio-Slavs four dnvs additional
time to replv reirardimr tbe propos
ed compromise on the Adriatie ones
lion, iiicluilintr the disposition o
Finnic. This curries the (itioKtion
ulotiy: until Wednesday.
Poland "Worried
The council received a letter from
Slunislaiis Pclck. Polish minister of
foreign affairs, cullimr attention to
the possibility of ti stronir niritressive
movement bv the bolsheviki imninst ;
Polish territory and recoiumendinir"
Hint a plan be adopted for defensive.-, p
measures. The letter asked lllut the
nuestion be called to the attention of.
.Marshal Foch. i
The council also bad before it i
pole from the (ierinun plcnipntcn
tinrics raisiiin- certain points regard
ing the makeup of Ihc hnundnrv com
missions provided for hv the treat v
of Versailles.
, Xo l. N. Commissioners
The questions were raised bv the
(ieriuuiis because of the iion-ratiftea-tion
of Hie treaty bv the I'nitsit
Slates and the consentient lack of
Amcriciin members on the commis
sions ns provided for bv the pence
dociiiucul. The nbsenee of Hie Ameri
cans also raised a fiuestion its to the
presidency of the commissions to
cool nil the plebescite in the Teschen
territory on the (.'zecho-Slovitk-I'ol-ish
fronier. II was pointed out that
the French member would act, pend
ing the nuiilifieation of the American
member throiiuh the riitificalion of
the pud. such such action be taken by
the I'niled Slates unvernment.
At Hie close of the mornim; session
the council decided to hold another
meet in; this iiflcrnoon.
Want Women for Fire Patrol
I'H'tiKNK, Ore., Jan. lib The work
of the women forest fire lookouts in
I he Cascade forest last summer was
so successful that X. V. Macduff,
supervisor of the forest, wants a
bii-jc number for next summer's work,
he declared toduv.
Crude Oil Ui Aaain.
PITTSIH Ufl. Jan. 20. f'ennsvl
vauia crude oil was advanced -
cents n barrel to .".2." bv the prin
cipal pim-husimr uuencics here toduv.
(Ilhcr '.'null's of crude minted In this
niurket were iificlutni.'cd.
EIGHT THE
last Friday's hn.li murk of '2,'W.
New cases of pneumonia totalled 'J.'ill
durim; the past 24 hours, nuuinst 321
Inst Friday.
Heaths from influenza today niim-'
bcri-d lit) and from pneumoniu Gil.
while the tolul deaths from all eaitseH
were 2."itl. a new hiirh record for a
sini;le duv.
I'OItTLANH, Jan. 2. Tho first
death from Influenza here this winter
occurred last night when a woman
succumbed to llic disease. There
I were fourteen cases here today, ac
j cording tr the hoard of health and
I several others were being inveiitlgat-
ed to dotermlne It thty should bo
claused 8 Influenjn. y u
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