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MEDFORD, 0"REC0Nr, MONDAY, FIOIiRl'AKY !, um
NO. 272
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SOLDIERS
UPON
I. W. W. ATT'Y EXONERATES THE
CLAIMS SERVICE MEN IMS ITALY
USED AS TOOLS WHEN TO ABANDON
I. W. W. HALL ATTACKED ALLIEDJAiflP
Attornev Vanderveer for Defense in
Surprise bvi Exonerating. American Leqion Men From All Blame
Maintains Service Bovs Were Used as Catspaws Business Men of
Centralia Real Criminals Held Meetinq at Elks' Club Before Armis
tice Dav and Planned Demonstration to Scare Wobblies Maintains I.
W. W.'s Given No Protection and Had to Protect Themselves in Self
Defense Avers Grimm Stated I. W. W.'s Were Harmless Trial
Really of Labor Organization Brought by Capitalists Is Claim.
MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. 9
The Americiin Lemon toitav was
completely exonerated for any part
in the plunninir of an alleged plot to
raid the I. W. W. hall nt Centralia.
bv Attornev Ocoree F. Vanderveer. of
council for the 11 I. W. W. defend
ants on trial here for their lives for
the Centralia Armistice dav shoot
ings. In on openincr statement - to' the
iurv in which he outlined what the
defense will offer during' the trial,
Vanderveer churned that the Ameri
can Lesion Members who miirbt have
participated in what he ullcires was
a prearranged affair, were catspaws
of commercial oruanizntions ot Cen
tralin. "I exonerate now nnd foro'cr af
ter the American Lcirion as an or
Canizution for any responsibility for
this attack on the I. V. W. hall."
Vanderveer said, in puttins forth the
defense's claim that the hall was at
tacked before a shot was fired from
the hall.
"Those members of the American
Icerion who did participate in this
laid were catspaws, without their
knowledge nnd consent." he added.'
Vanderveer outlined what the de
fense will offer to prove, nllcirinu
that commercial organizations H
Centralia bad planned to raid the
hall, and cited previous destruction
of a former I. W. W. hall in Centra
lia. He declared the rantter was
discussed at meetinirs of the Com
mercial club, held in the rooms of the
Elks' club, and that the plans ot the
raid were decided upon despite the
fact that the county nttorncv and tha
citv attornev, a brother of Wnrrer.
(). Grimm, for whose murder the 11
defendants are on trial, had said,
that the I. W. W.'s were not doina
nnvthine wrons.
"Vanderveer told of alleged perse
cutions of the. I. W. W.'s throughout
the country over a number of years,
mentioning specifically the Bisbee de
portations, the lynching of Frank Lit
tle at Butte in 1917, beatings nt Ab
erdeen, S. D., tarring nnd featherings
nt Tulsa, Okla.. nnd other alleged ill
treatment of I. W. W.'s at Kcd
Lodge, Mont.
I. W. W. Against Violence
"However, because it does not be
lieve in violence," Vanderveer suid
in describing the previous destruc
tion of the I. W. W. hall in Centrulin.
"the I. W. W.'s in circulars, appealed
WASHINGTON, Feb. !). Farmers'
organizations will not join the Amer
ican Federation of Labor in its cam
paign to elect this year only friends
of the trades union movement, ne
rording to T. C. Atkeson, represen
tative of the National Grange, whicii
lias 700.000 members.
Mr. Atkeson pointed out that rep
resentatives of the Orange, National
Farmers' union. International Farm
congress. American Farm Bureau
federation, Farmers' National con
cress, and National Milk Producers'
federation, recently met here and
formulated a platform of principle,
lnit decided that individual members
should he allowed to exercise their
right of personal preference in vot
ing. ,
. The procrnm bus been sent to ev
Centralia Massacre Trial Springs
to the citizens for protection. These
things happened, notwithstanding.
"Counsel for the stale said the
American Legion did not know ther
was to be a raid on the I. W. W. hall
on Armistice day. He was right. Bat
there were some who knew it. Lieu
tenant Cormier, in the meeting held
ill the Klks' club said it would 'be a
good idea to inarch down past the
hall and show them how strong wu
are.' "
Vanderveer charged that during
the raid Cormier rode up to a section
of the parade which had halted a
block above the hall and asked them
to go back and help "finish the iob."
"The 1. W. W.'s had appealed for
protection. They finally ceased to
appeal. The limit had been reached.
Thcv had to shoot to protect their
meeting place," he declared.
Attorney Springs Surpriso
JiOXTKSANO. Wash., Feb. !).
Taking the unusual course of deliv
ering its opening statement before
the prosecution had ottered anv evi
dence, the defense in the trial of 11
alleged I. W. W.'s charged with the
murder of Warron O. Cirinim, Cen
tralia Armistice dav parade victim,
lodav began to outline its case be
fore the iurv. George F. Vander
veer, attorney for the 11 defendants,
began his statement to the iurv
shortly after court convened todnv.
"We will stand or fall on the posi
tion that the shooting at Centralia
was dono in self defense."- he told
the jurors. "The big iiuestion is who
was the aggressor? Was it a delib
erate attack upon the marchers
wtihout .justification, or was the
shooting the result of n deliberate at
tack upon the I. W. W. hall by the
marchers?"
. An I. W. W. Trial
"There has been some effort on the
part of the state to sav that this is
not an I. W. W. trial. It is an I. W.
W. trial. No one can conceal the
fact. An I. W. W. trial is at the bot
tom of this. Not n an
aggressor,
however, but as a labor organization
And because it is a labor organiza
tion, this thing has grown into n
fight on the part of capital against
the I. W. W."
Vanderveer then outlined the be
ginning of the organization of the
I. W. W. in Chicago in 1905. explnin-
(Continued cm Page Six)
L
ery member of congress. Mr. Atke
son said, and it may be expected that
farmers will observe the attitude of
legislators on bills affecting their in
terests. "We decided," Mr. Atkeson said,
"that . tho interests of the fanners
and organized labor were not iden
tical, in fact were diametrically op
posed on some question
The union men want shorter ;
hours nnd Iiiirher pay, which means
hclicr prices to tho consumer. A I
similar attitude on the part ot the Kussia as a country or desolation, I will be one of the units of occupation
farmers would mean curtailment of i where many country districts are t IJiin.iir. has arrived in that city
production of food until the people j famine stricken. Ho says people aro ,m( ti,e jnst Gcnnun troops left ves
were so hunurv thcv would pay ex-drlven several hundred miles to get tcrday.
orbitant prices rather than starve. In-1 provisions and refugees aro robbed
stead, it is our policy to encourage : by red guards unless they are bribed. Followers of football at Colgate
as much work as possible to stiinu-:He
late production, so that normal con - -
ditiens; may be restored.-'
Deputy in Italian Chamber of Depu
ties Declares Italy Must Renounce
Anglo-French Alliance Unless Ver
sailles! Treaty Is Revised Break
With Allies Foreseen Unless Con
cessions Are Made Claims Wilson
Not Hostile.
ROMK, Saturday, Feb. 7. Italy
must not join tho Anglo-French alli
ance unless "the Versailles treaty is
revised and all odious, unjust and
harassing clauses' abolished," said
Deputy Fiammlngo, ministerialist, In
the chamber ot deputies today.
Slgnor Grazidei, socialist, asserted
the waj had been "advantageous to
England, who inherited the German
colonies." He criticized the anti
Italian propaganda abroad and said
Finnic must be internationalized, like
the Suez canal, the Stalls of Gibraltur
and all other great pathways ot world
cohimerce.
Deputy- Salyenin! defended the pol
icy pursued by former govornmenta
relative to the Dalmatian coast and
said that as soon as the treaty of Lon
don had been perused at Belgrade it
would be understood by Jugo-Slavla
that Italy could not reduce her
claims.
"President Wilson would have ac
cepted our proposals," ho asserted,
"if wo had not gone thru tho mis
takes we did at Paris and if Captain
d'AnnunzIo and Admiral Millo had
not discredited us before the world."
Ho reviewed policies of past cabinets
and said an agreement was signed
with Austria in 1913 for the division
of Albana. Premier Giolitti sprang
up and denied this. Tho deputy closed
his address by saying Premier NItti
had renounced Italian claims to Dal
matia in the compromise reached re
cently at Paris and that Italy should
retire from that region.
P.OMIC. Feb. 8. Premier Nitti's
speech is described ns "a paraphrase
of the interview he recently gave the
Associated Press," in an editoriul
printed bv the Popalo Romano, com
menting on the premier's address in
parliament Saturday.
"We have often observed," the
newspaper continues, "that whenever
Signor Nitti speaks in interviews to
foreigners he is more of a national
ist than when he addresses the cham
ber." In an article on the "financial he
gemony of America over Lurope,'
the Financial Italiana declares the
American government's "inconsider-
ate language toward Europe" can be
explained because of that country's
supremacy. The newspaper savs:
"America ought to be satisfied with
her enormous commercial expansion,
her exports having been uundi'uplcd
since 1014."
BUDAPEST, Feb. -Former Hun
garian soldiers who have returned to
Hungary after escaping from Russian
prisons in Siberia states there ure
200,000 Hungarian prisoners of war
In that country and that their condi
tion is pitiable. Some have been
there from three to six years and the
Hungarian government is unablo to
find the 15.000,000,000 crowns ncc-
essary for their repatriation.
Another returned prisoner pictures
declares bribery is the only way
by which a person can get
Itussia.
across
ALBERS CONITION IS
AFFIRMED. WILL CARRY
FIGHT TO SUPREME CT.
RAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.
The I'nited Stall's district court
of appeals here today affirmed
a decision of the federal dis-
triet court of Portland. Ore.,
imposing a fine of $10,000 nnd
three veal's' imprisonment on
Henry Aiders, n Pacific const
miller on charges of violating
the federal espionage act.
PORTLAND. Ore. Feb. 9.
,T. Uenrv Albers, Portland mill
ing man. whoso convict ion for
violat'linr the espionage act was
upheld hv the I'eder.'il mmcllnfn
court in San Francisco todnv.
will enrrv the ease to the Vni-
ted States supreme court in a
final effort to escape the pen
' ally, be said, when advise, I of
the newest development.
"I am verv much surprised'.'"
he said, "but I must take it as it
comes."
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R. R, STRIKE
FEB'Y 17TH
General Chairman R. R. Brotherhood
Calls Walkout of 300.000 Men Next
Week Tuesday Declares Hands
Have Been Forced bv Government
Promise to Lower Cost of Living
Not Fulfilled Original Demands
Were for 40 Per Cent Raise.
DETROIT. Feb. P. A slriko of
300.000 members of the Brotherhood
of Maintenance of Way employes
and railway shop laborers was call
ed for Tuesday, February 17, at a
meeting of the general chairmen of
the brotherhood here today.
Decision to order a cessation of
work was announced bv Grand Presi
dent Allen K. Barker, following ad
vices from Washington that the ne
gotiations with the railroad adminis
tration for wage increases offered
no hope of n favorable settlement.
"I am loath to call a strike," Mr.
Barker said, "but there is nothing
else we can do. Our hands have been
forced. I am tired of the treatment
we have received from government
officials."
The general chairmen of the broth
erhood who have been in session here
for several davs we're empowered to
order n strike hv a vote of the union
membership last summer. At u con
vention of the brotherhood last Sep
tember a strike was postponed in or
der that President Wilson might mvo
opportunity to attempt to bring aboul
a reducion in living costs. Accord-
inir to union officials his efforts have
been fruitless.
Oriirinul demands of the brother
hood were for an avernire increase ot
-10 per cent, the Greater increase to
t:o to the lower paid men.
Wants Berger in Leavenworth.
CHICAGO, Feb. !). District Attor
nev Charles P. Clinc has brouirht
suit in the circuit court of appeals lo
have Victor Heru'er, convicted social
ist eoiiirrossmun, sent to Leaven
worth penitentiary to serve out his
ten year sentence.
British Occupy Danzig.
IIKRLIN', Feb. 9. The advance .
em,rd of u llritish battalion, which 1
are highly pleased over the announce
iment that Larry Itankart will coach I
the team again next season.
NATIONWID
WILSON IS
OPPOSED TO
BRYANITES
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President Writes Letter Opposing
Caucus Plan of Democrats to
Make Partv Issue of Universal
Military Training Leave Question
to the National Convention Says
President Condition of World and
Late War Record.
WASHINGTON; Feb. !! 'President
Wilson opposes the plan to havo tho
domocralie memhei-s of Die house at
their caucus tonight innko an Issue of
universal military training.
The president's views aro set forth
in a letter to' Secretary Halter, trans
mitted today to democratic leaders In
tho house. Mr. Wilson says it would
be "unfortunate to make a party is
sue on tills subject, particularly since
within a Jew months the party will
assemble in convention and declare
tho principles upon which it deems it
wise to commit Itself In a national
election."
He recalls that ho gave his appro
val In principle to the various "very
moderate" training projects suggest
ed by tho general staff hud expresses
his "strong feeling" against action by
the caucus which would tend "to ln-
terposo nn arbitrary party determina
tion to tho consideration which this
subject should receive from the best
thought ot the members ot tho
house."
Tho call for the caucus tonight was
issued by Representative Clark, the
Ulcmocrat leader, on a petition at a
number of democrats opposed to gen
eral military training.
Military Is Needed
Tho president's letter follows:
"I am told that a caucus of tho
democratic members of tho house ot
representatives has been called to
consider pending military legislation,
and the suggestion has boon mado
that a resolution bo adopted commit
ting tho democratic membership of
the house against the policy of gen
eral military training. In tho present
circumstances, it would seem to me
unfortunate to 'inako a party issue
upon this subject, particularly since
within a few months the party will
assemble in convention and declare
the principles upon which it deems It
wise to commit Itself in a national
election. The present disturbed state
of tho world do'es not penult buck
suroness with rognrd to America's
obligations as to allow us lightly to
decide upon this great question upon
purely military grounds while the
demonstrated advantage to tho use
of tho country which 'came from mili
tary service In tho war plainly sug
gests that in the national Interest
quite apart from military considera
tions, the moderato and carefully
conducted course of military training
may havo the highest possible advan
tages. In our discussion ot the sub
ject, you will recall
gave my appro-:
vul in principle to the various very
moderate training projects suggested! On the heels ot tho report camo an
by the Rcneral staff and I would be appeal from Governor Edwin IV.Mor
very glad to havo you convey to ap-' r(,w f(. troops to nrotect tho necro
bronrlute members of the house who
wlM attend the caucus my strong
feeling against action by tho caucus i
wnicn win tend io iniorposo nn nriu
trary party determination to the con
sideration which this subject should
recelvo from the congress."
MT. LASSEN STARTS
liKDDING. Oil.. Kcb. 9. An ernp-
tion lit Lassen peak was noted this!
morninif bv observers here. This is
the first eruption in three months
Reds Claim Big Booty.
LONDON. Feb. II. Knormous
booty was taken bv Hiissinn soviet
troops when thev occupied Odessa,
according to a wireless message
from .oscovv. A Itritish end n Itos.
-miser are rcoort..,! ( I., lu.n.b.
ulim ll)e rc.di. IJm tuc llHrJurt
4 KILLED, 15 WOUNDED
WHEN H LEXINGTON
KY. AnICKS CT. HOUSE
Attack On Court House While Trial of Negro Murderer Is In Progress Has
Fatal Cousegiiences Crowd Repulsed Raids Stores and Pawn Shops
Receiving Fire Arms With Which to Avenge Death of Comrades
Further Bloodshed Feared Rushing Regular U. S. Troops From Camp
Taylor as Reinforcements Looting Reported Over at 2 p. m Color
ed Defendant Found Guilty bv Jury and Hurried to Place of Safety
Execution Set for March Many of Mob Wounded Expected to Die
Two Women Reported Killed.
JKXINGTOX, Ky., I'Yi,. ) Lex-
lllglnu was placet! under inai'llal law
at !J o'clock this aiicrnoou by Itrign
dier General F. ('. .Marshall, United
States army, who commanded npprox.
iniatt'ly 300 regular troops rushed
hero from Camp Taylor, near Ijollis
ville. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 9. At 2
o'clock the mob spirit seemed to huvu
been broken at least temporarily, and
the city was quiet. Large cruwdB were
still upon tho streets but the looting
oi pawn shops hud cuusu-d. it was
guueruiiy known among the crowds
iliiu United biaies regular , troop
ft ore on their way heiu from (Jump
iayior, at Louibvillo.
Aiiiho'i-iiics announced thu follow
ing list oi dead:
n. 1''. Carrier, Lexington.
John Thomas, Versailles.
William Ellington, Versailles
L. ,M. King, Lexington.
Several, of the wounded aro cxpoct-
ed to ate.
LisAi.NUio.N, Ky., Feb. 9. Four
poisons were killed and several in
jured hero today when a mob Intent
upon lynching William Lockett, a
negro, who conlessod to the murder
of tun year old Ueneva HurUuiun,
charged the court houBO during Lock
out trial und was firod upon by po
nce and state troops.
Two women wero reported to bo
umong those shot by the state troops.
The clash with the soldiers held oft
the mob while tho authorities inan-
aged to slip the negro- away to a place
of sufety.
Oroat excitement was caused by
tho shooting and thoro wero muttor
IngB of further trouble.
While the mob, the ringleaders of
which carried a rope, wus attempting
to get into the court house to get
Lockett, a Jury found him guilty of
first degree murder and a minute or
two later the negro was sentenced to
die in the electric chair .March 11.
LOUISVILLIO, Ky., Feb. 9. Re
ports received hero by telephono dur
ing tho forenoon, said mobs then
wero looting pawn Bhops and hard
ware stores at Lexington In an effort
to obtain firearms and had declared
the Intention of securing tho negro by
any means
and quiet the situation,
Arrangements wero Immediately
mB$e nt CaInp Znchary Taylor to
send flvo battalions of 1110 men oach
START TO DRIVE
LONDON. Feb. 9. Norhcrn Korea
has been evacuated by the Japanese,
it is clainieiin a wireless dispatch
irom .Moscow today rtuutinir an Omsk
niessmre. The population rose to aid
Korean forces from Chinese terri
tory it is declared.
The Omsk messimc ns irivon in the
bolshevik wireless savs that on Feb
ruary l, bands of Koreans raised in
Chinese territory, crossed tho fron
tier and attacked Hie Japanese.
Musses of the population lire joininz
the insurgents, it is added, the Jap
nnesc rctrcntinir and evacuutinc
northern Korea.
LEGION
and send thoin to Lexington. The
troops wore to he commanded by
uenurul I'', u .Marshall and were to
go by special train if ono could be
secured. Lacking railroud facilities,
11 was said, the troops would be sent
by truck. Lexington is about. 1U0
miles from Li-uisviile.
.Mobs Loot Shops
The. moo is uutv looting . pawu
ihoijs. i3i.u-tuo luvolvuis Kci'e- taken
.it ouo pUco. An ulUcli on tho troops
is feared by tho uuthoi'itiua.
.10 rui-.iuua Wounded
lu addition to the. tour pui'sous
killed, 15 persons wore wounded
when tiio troops fired into the mob,
! the authorities ascertained tutor,
I Four htinuiuu troops Ii oui'caiup
T a lor, ivy., havo been ordered to
Lexington, to prevent uuy further
Iroubiu and uru now enruute here,
oiiiciuls announced. Thu additional
truops woru roqtiesied as it was fear
ed that tho tlueo hundred tnllitiauien
could not handle the situutlon.
Soldiers and policemen continued
on guard near tho court house follow,
ing the shooting. Otllcluls feared
that another attempt might be mado
to lynch Lockett should the crowd
discover his whereabouts.
Troublo was feared by tiie author
ities us soon us Lockett was captured
und confessed to the assault and mur
der ot tho little Hurdman girl last
Tuesday.
Early today hundreds of farmers
from the surrounding country came
to Lexington to attend the trial. The
state troops closely guarded tho
streets' when the negro was taken
from a train and rushed to the court
house. Thft 'nrlnnnnr wna limntrtit
hero oarly this morning from Frank
fort on a special train. ,
Heavy wires and ropes had been
stretched along tho streets to prevent
tho crowds from charging the prison
er with his military escort. ,
20 Hurt In Railroad Wreck.
SCA.MMCW, Kas., Feb. 9 Twen
ty persons wero injured, none se
riously, when several coaches of n
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad
passenircr train were derailed near
hero this moriiiiiL'. Two cars turned
over. The injured were brdiluht here.
An open switch is said to have caus
ed the wreck.
Chicago Flu Dwindles.
CHICAGO. Feb. 9. Influenza to
dnv dropped below the 1200 mark for
the first time since the epidemic
started. New cases reported durins
the past 2-1 hours totalled 111". Sev
on v deaths were recorded, fiom from
infliieny.a nnd thirty-seven . from
pneumonia. -
JAPANESE INTO SEA
Added to these dispatches on the
atlack was the initiation of an netivo
rebellion in Koren. It was described
us "the beiriiminir of a tremendous
affair."
WASHINGTON, . Feb. 9. Official
dispatches received here today said
a force of 2.0(10 Koreans, armed
principally with equipment furnished
bv the bolsheviki crossed into northr
ern Korea from Kir.n. Mttnchuriii,
and attacked n Japanese, post of. 700
men nt ninlit. killed 300 of them and
outed the remainder.