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MEDFORD, ORlXiON, WT.PNT.SPAY, FF.HKl'AU V 11, 19li0
NO. L!74
.MEDF
STATE WINS
FIRST BLOOD
I.W.W.TRIAL
Alleged Confession of Loren Roberts
Admitted bv Court as Evidence
Counsel for Defense Loses Point
After strenuous Struqqle Claims
Roberts Insane When Confession
Was Made Confession Ic Damao
inp, to I. W. W.'s Defense.
MONTESANO. Wash.. Fob. 11.
What arc purported to be a confes
sion and n supplementary confession
of Lortm Huberts, one of the 11 al
leged I. W. W.'s on Iriul here for the
murder of Warren O. Grinmi. (.'en
tralia Armistiee dav parade vietini.
was inlrodnecd as evidenee in eoiirl
licre today.
The allcired confession and supple
ment were offered as evidenee earlv
nt todnv's session of court, but were
not permitted until both state and
defense counsel had uruued over the
admissibility, the latter miiintniiiint;
Hnberts was and is insane.
The alleged confession, or state
ment of ltoberts is reallv supplemen
tary to the one he is alleged to have
made in the eitv jail at C'entralin,
curly on the Friday morning follow
ing the shootings, which was publish
ed Sunduv morning November 10,
1919. It was mude at Olympia. in the
office of the sheriff of Thurston
county, on November 17, in the pres
ence of Hconun Allen, county attor
ney of Lewis county. Frank Ohris
tensen, assistant state uttornev gen
eral: A. C. linker, stenographer, and
Ben Kinn- and Sheriff J. II. Oifford.
Jtald Was Discussed
It differs from the one alleged to
have been made in the Centralia iail
only to the extent of being more de
tailed, nnd to the extent of implicat
ing more of (he defendans now on
trial.
Roberts, in the alleged confession
introduced in evidence todav, gave
his age as 21 years and bis residence
as Grand Mound, a small settlement
near Centralia. Tie became a mem
ber of the I. W. W. iust a year ago,
according to the document. In his
own purported words:
"I became a 'wobbly' on February
12 nnd attended meetings nt Centra
lia from time to time. I attended a
mectimr here Sunday nfernoon be
fore the shooting. Among those I
knew present were Britt Smith, a
man named Fnulkncr. Jfclncrnev,
Bert Bland," Roberts is then auot
ed ns saying Hint the purported raid
on the I. W. W. hull was discussed
only generally at that time. At the
meeting held Wednesday evening,
however, tho statement says, Hritt
Smith, Everest, Mclnernev and a
man named Davis were present.
U.S.
WASHUGTON, Feb. 11. Recom
mendations that an experienced work
man bo appointed to the next vacancy
on the shipping board and that ship
yard employes be given first oppor
tunity to purchase houses erected by
the government during the war were
made In a memorial sent to President
AVilson today by the national confer
ence of American shlpworkers, in
session here. Inclusion of a man
from their ranks on the shipping
board, the memorial said, would in
sure loyal cooperation of yard wor
LADY ASMS MAIDEN SPEECH TO BE
DELIVERED ON
LONDON, Feb. 11. The drink
onestion was briefly discussed in
both houses of parliament yesterday.
Karl Curzon told the lords that tho
hill on this subject to be introduced
would contuin provisions for shorter
hours of sale. The experiment of
state management certainly would not
be dropped, he said.
In the house of commons the sub
icct was alluded to by Sir Donald
cLean,
"The fact that America has eone
dry is nn economic fact of the grav
est importance to Great Britain," he
said.
lie declared the Hritish expendi
ture for drink absolutely staggered
Liu. Tho country spent more than
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
HAS 2ND MEETING IN
.J
LONlX.V, Keb. 11 Tho coun- v
cil of tho League of Nations for-
mully opened its meeting in St.
James palace here at noon to-
day. Arthur J. Balfour, repre-
seating Great Britain, assumed
the chair on the suggestion of
Leon Bourgeois, representative S
of France.
In his speech of welcome to
the delegates Mr. Hall'our said
there was only ono blot on the
meeting, and that was that
there were eight nations repre-
sen ted instead of nine. Jle said
that it was not desirable to
touch en the absence of the
United States, but he referred
to it marring the symmetry of
the original plan of the league. 4
M. Bourgeois in reply, added
a word of regret that the nn- !
tions represented were only !
eight in number.
II
E
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Robert
Underwood Johnson of New York,
author and editor and one of the
founders of the League to Enforce
Peace, has been selected by President
Wilson as ambassador to Home to
succeed Thomas Nelson Page who re
signed several months ago. The pre
sident is expected to send tho nom
ination to the senute within a few
days.
Mr. Johnson wus originator of the
memcTial to Keats and Shelley in
Home, originator and chairman of
tho Americuu pools ambulance In
Italy In 1017 nnd author of Italian
rhapsody and other poems of Italy,
published in 1917. lie was decorated
by tho Italian government in 1895,
was made cavaliere of the crown of
Italy.
.Mr. Johnson was born in Washing
ton 07 years age and was editor of
the Century magazine from Novem
ber 1909 to May, 1913. He Induced
General Grant to write his memoirs
and set on foot the movement which
resulted in the creation of the Yo
semite national park.
OIL LEASING BILL
IN FINAL STAGE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Enact
ment ot tho oil land leasing bill was
completed today with the adoption of
the conference repcrt by the senate.
jTho bill now goes to the president.
The senate's action terminated a
ten years fight. The bill provides for
i the leasing and development of gov
' eminent owned oil, coal, gas, phos
phate, sodium and oil shale lands by
private enterprise and affects approx
imately 75,000,000 acres of public
domuin, principally in western states.
German Mail to Mexico.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 11. The first
mail to Mexico direct from Germane
I since the beginning of the war ar
i rived nt Vera Cruz todav from Ilani-
i burg along with a cargo of dves and
' medicines.
THE BOOZE QUESTION
Ki-l.fliiO.flOO pounds sterling for drink
in 1!H4. he said, and this expenditure
increased until it was 259,000.0011
pounds in HU8 while it was estimnt
cd that the expenditure for the year
ending March 111 next would be
nearly 4110.000.11110 pounds. The
duty of 101S was 48.rin().0ll(l pounds.
It was a form of revenue that nil
chancellers of the oxeheuiier would
he pleased to dispense with, he said
The honor nuestion will he debated
in the house of commons during the
present week when, according to a
lobby report, l.adv Astor will spent
on the topic. It will not only be her
ladyship's maiden speech in the house
but tlie first time Hint a woman has
been heard iu piirliuuii'iit .
mm
0M
United States Government Tips Off
Peruvian Consul in New York That
Revolutionary Conspiracy Is Beinu
Hatched Up in This Country Try-
inq to Obtain Men antl Arms in
Mexico American Government
May Deport Plotters to Peru.
LIMA, rem. Feb. 10. (I!v the As
sociated Press.)- Charges declared
to he hacked bv tlie I'nited States
government information, that at
tempts are being made bv auti-gov
eminent Peruvians in tlie I'nited
States to organize an expedition in
Mexico for a revolutionary attack in
Peru, are made in a message from
Peruvian Consul General Iligginson
in New York to tlie government hero.
iccording to Kl Tiempo, a semi-oft'i
inl organ. Tlie alleged plot is de-
'lared to involve attempts to bring
Chilean nnd Bolivian interests into
tlie conspiracy. Consul General Hig
ginson's cable message is given bv
Kl Tiempo verbal i mas follows:
"An agent of the department of
justice in Washington called at Ibis
consulate Inst night and informed me
officinlv that ini'ormntion had been
received that Peruvian enemies to
the government and residents in New
York were Irving to obtain anus
and men in Mexico for the purpos.
of landing in Peru. The agent told
me the information was to the effect
that the aforesaid Peruvians were
endeavoring to arrange with ex-
President Monies of liolivia and the
government of Chile to support the
movement to disturb the public peace
of Peru. The agent called on some
of the conspirators and advised them
that if further lipliiinls were inudo
against them the American govern
ment would deport them to Peru ac
cording to law, or subject them to
trial before the courts in tlie United
States."
When iniiuiries were made of
President I.eguiu regarding tlie fore
going the president declared that in
formation in Consul (icnernl Iliggin
son s telegram was amply corrobor
nted bv prlviite advices received from
other sources.
T
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 11. Arous
ed by a guest who said robbers were
trying to enter his room, Mrs. Rena
Lamborn, proprietress of a downtown
hotel, today held two alleged burg
lars at the point of a revolver and
made one of them telephone to the
police. A third man escaped.
Mrs. Lamborn caught a burglar in
a similar fashion while conducting a
hotel in Kansas City two years ago.
COHVALLIS, Ore.. Feb. 11 Ef-
forts were continued todav to find
Mrs. Buol, who disappeared from
her home here Saturday. Word has
come to Corvallis to tho effect that
a strange woman was seen on th
road north of the city Saturday and
that she asked at one house to use
tlie telephone. She did not get tin
party she wanted so coninued on her
way. The countryside has been no
tified to he on wutch. Search, how
ever, is still being made in tlie river.
MARSIIKIEIiD. Ore., Feb. 11
The Tachonitch Timber company to
day purchased a one-hundred million
feet of timber at Lake Tachenltch
and will construct a sixty thousand
loot capacity saw mill at once.
The timber waB bought from the
I mpnua Timber company, of which
A. E. Adelsperger and W. J. Conrad
of Marshflclil are members. W. F.
McGregor, of Astoria, Is president of
the purchasing company, and H. K.
Hooth, also of Astoria, secretary. The
timber Is situated contiguous to Lake
Tachenltch and can be willed easily.
HOOVER WILL BE IN
OREGON PRIM AS
DEMOCRAT SAYS WEST
PORTLAND, OOn., K.-h. 11.
The name ot' Herbert Hoover
will bo submitted tor tin- appro-
val ot Orenon voters as the next
president of tlie I'nited Stales.
Oswald West, democrat, former
governor or' this state, annonne-
cd todav. Petitions will be eir-
ciliated hnmeduitelv. West said.
Keplviny to a siieiresiion thut
Mr. Hoover lias not nnnoiineed
whether he will he a democrat
or roimbliean. West1 remarked.
"That doesn't make anv differ
ence. We're deeidint: for him.
He is troiiitr to be a democrat.
OA1NKSVIU.K. On., IVb. 11.
Herbert Hoover is certain to
he one of the men voted on in
the democrat ie presidential
preference pritnnrv t be held
in Oeoriiia April 'JO. This was
assured when the necessary
100 democrats sinned a peti
tion presenting Mr. Hoover as
nominee of the party and re
ouestine the democratic execu
tive committee to place his
name on the preferential ballot.
BELIEVE OUSTED
BE REINSTATED
A MIA NY. X. Y., Feb. 11. Anoth
er dissension among members of the
assembly judiciary committee Irviiui
tho five suspended socialist assem
blymen charged witli disolvalty was
noted lit the opening of today's ses
sion. Assemblyman J.nuis. A. Cuvillier
took exception lo a statement issued
last night bv Assemblyman Maurice
Hlock and William S. Kvitns, in which
the two members of the tribunal de
e la red it would not surprise them "to
see a majority report recommending
the re-seitting of tile five men on
trial."
Mr. Cuvillier attacked "as an ex
pression of fit) per cent American
ism, not 100 per cent," tlie following
passage appearing in the joint state
ment :
"Loyalty is a test. It is a test
dangerous to representative govern
ment because the iiucstiou of what is
or is not loyalty is an opinion sub
ject to change. It is no definite
standard."
Before I he day's session opened
Senator Stcdinan, directing the so
cialists' case, stated he woud ask for
an adjournment this afternoon until
next Tuesday, before formally open
ing for his side.
Chairman Martin indicated he
would grant this request unless there
was vigorous objection from the
prosecution.
Before the noon recess Assembly
man Kvans declared a statement by
-Mr. Cuvillier that he had "predicted"
the outcome of tlie trinl was "un
true." He said be had merely "ex
pressed a stale of mind," when he
had said he would not he surprised
if a minority report recommending
reinstating was returned.
E FOR H. C, L.
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. II. Finan
cial aid for Europe and restriction of
domestic bank loans so as to deny
funds for speculation, was urged tu
day by Henry A. Moehlenpah, mem
ber of the federul reserve board. In
an address before the Dallas group of
the Texas State Hankers association.
America's effort, Mr. Moehlenpah
said, should bo toward Increased pro
duction and individual economy.
Declaring that "the war, financial
ly has Just begun," Mr. Moehlenpah
urged a campaign of education "to
stop the people In their debauch
their spree, their extravagant living
and spending.
Altho different plans to deflate
credit are being advocated, the speak
er declared that increased production
and conservative regulation of cred
its should be tho present policy.
The Edge foreign finance law was
praiHed by Mr. Moehlenpah, who also
urged entrance Into the federal
serve system ot statu bunks.
TREAT! IS
TO SENATE
Reservations as Revised in Bi-Parti-san
Conference Presented for Con
sideration Eight of 14 Reserva
tions Are Modified Under Senator
Lodge's Proposal Preamble fjlianq
ed So Onlv Affirmative Acceptance
bv Others Powers Is Necessary.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 11. The
peace treaty reservations as revised
tentatively in recent unofficial bi
were formally presented in the senate
todav bv Senator Lodge, for consid
eration when the Jrcalv conies no
next Monday.
'flic modifications do not agree en
tirely witli tlie draft which democratic
members of the bi-partisan commit
tee have said were tentatively agreed
on.
Kiglit of the fourteen reservations
would be modified under SeniUor
Lodge's proposal, and tlie preamble
would be changed so Hint affirma
tive acceptance bv the others power
would not he retiuircd. Four of the
ieuiainiiig six reservations were ac
cepted bv the democratic conferees
without change, the republicans of
tlie committee sav, while .the other
two relating to article ten and tic
Monroe doctrine were left unchang
ed. Clenioncctaii Satisfied
PARIS, Feb. It, How the allies
accepted President Wilson's fourteen
points in connection witli armistice
negotiations was revealed for the
first lime by the Kclio de Paris to
day. It was at a meeting in the of
fice of Stephen Piclion, foreign min
ister on November .1, litis. Prei
vious meetings at Versailles bad fix
ed the military conditions of an even
tual armistice and tlie government
chiefs hud met foil final delibera
tion. David Llovd George, the British
premier, (lie F.clio de Paris savs,
turned to Colonel Hones nnd declar
ed: "If we have thoroughly under
stood President Wilson's thought, the
armistice negotiations which the
American government is disposed to
open with fierninnv in concert with
the allied powers are subordinated bv
the acceptance by the said powers
of tlie principles and conditions of
pence defined by the president on
January 8 and in his siibseuuent
speeches. In a word wo must give
our assent to the fourteen points."
Colonel House is reported to have
answered that was so. Premier Clem
eneeau broke in: "is for the four
teen points I have not rend tlieui vet.
Let me know what thev are."
How II Points Wired
Colonel House hegaii, hut after he
had read the first point (relative to
"open covenants of peace openlv ar
rived at,") M. Clemenceaii exclaimed:
"That cannot be accepted. You can
not negotiate "in tlie middle of a pub.
lie street."
A. J. Balfour. British secretary of
slate for foreign affairs explained
this point meant only publication of
a result and not the steps bv which
thev were reached, and the French
premier answered: "In Hint case my
objections full lo lint ground."
Heading of tho second point, In
which Mr. Wilson declared In favor
of "the freedom of the seas," brought
a reservation from Premier Lloyd
lioorge but the Important third point
(regarding the removal of oconomic
barriers) and others went through
quickly. Only when the seventh (re.
gardlng the evacuation and restora
tion of Belgium), tho eighth (declar
ing all French territory must he
freed and restored and that tho
wrong done Franco by Prussia In
IN 71 (relative to Alsace Lorraine),
and the eleventh (In which the fu
ture status of Rumania, Serbia and
Montenegro was considered) were
read, were there further reservations,
as the matter of reparations entered
Into the situation.
Kaercnient Is Adoptml!
After all the points had been read
M. Clemenceaii turned to Colonol
House saying: "In case we reject the
fourteen pr.ints what would happen?"
. "President Wilson would consider
conversations he has engaged In with
the allies on the subject of the armis
tice as ended," was Colonel House's
reply.
"Would ho also con.-'der as ended
the conversations ho began with the
Germans. In October?" asked the
French premier. "I can give you no
assurance of that," replied Colcnol
House.
BKrtL!Nr. Feb. It). Announcement
is made of the death of iiichurd
Dchmcl, n widely known poet. He
wua burn November IS, 1B03.
AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.
OFFERS 60 BILLION TO
FRANCE FOP MONOPOLY
PARIS, Feb. 11. Proposals
by four great tobacco growers !
associations in the I'nited Slates
for an immediate loan of i;o,-
0 0 0.00 0,0 no francs in return for
a concession involving a tobacco !
iiH.'ilnpoly in France were made
several months ago but were re-
4 Jcctei! by l.ouis Klotz, then mill-
ister of finance, according to
4 tho .lourual.
The newspaper has learned, it
asserts, that tho proposition has 4
f been renewed since Frederick
h Francois-Miirsal assumed tho
port folio of finance.
4 Uovernment exports estimate
the profit Irom the sale of to
bucco iu France Is about fiOO,-
000,000 francs a year.
SEATTLE "
OF $20,000 JEWELS
SKATTLi:. Feb. 11. Police wero
searching here today for thieves, who
In two robborles last night, stole dln
mends which tlie owners told tho po
lice wore worth botweon $20,0110 ami
(23,000.
C. C. Cohen, moving picture thea
ter owner, reported two thieves hold
up the Cohen automobile ns it was
entering his garago shortly before
midnight iTml, at the point of gulfs,
compelled Cohen's two sisters to hand
over Jowols valuod at botweon $17,
(I0U and $20,000. The robbers thou
eomniundocrod tho automobile and
escaped, tho police wore advised.
Alexander Dickinson, the other vic
tim, reported that two burglars en
tered his apartment late yesterday
and carried away a steel safo contain
ing diamonds worth approximately
$3000.
IN PLEBESCITE
FKF.NSlUtltC,, Fob. 1 1 Publica
tion of the final result rf tho plebcs
clto held In Schlcswig to determine
the future status of that district has
boon prohibited until this evening by
the international commission In con
trol hero.
APENRADE, Schlcswig, Tuesday.
Fob. 10. Overwhelming victory for
the Dunes In this zone of tho province
of Schloswlg, the future status of
which Is to bo determined by the
plebesclte held toilay is Indicated by
incomplete returns received here.
Country districts shewed lurgo ma
jorities for Denmark while tho vote
In the towns showed larger figures
than the Danish estimates.
' Donder, Apenrndo and Sonderborg,
however, have been carried by the
Germans.
. News of tho veto Is being received
with wildest rejoicings by the Dunes
In this city.
F!
TIE IN A WEEK
'MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. H. For a
second time within a week flour
dropped 50 rents a. burntl at the
aifirkct herr todav. Tho declirio is
attributed to the uncertain and er
ratic wheat situation.
PRESIDENT WILSON
ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 1 l.--Munlc-ipal
buildings, places ot business and
private homes here wore decorated
with flags and bunting today In hon
or of tho 73rd birthday of Thomas A.
Edison.
The number "73" which played a
prominent part in tho day's proceed
ings was promptly recognized as the
telogrnph code ft-'r "good wishes," by
Mr. Kdlson, who was an operator In
his youth.
President Wilson was among those
GOV'T MAY
TAKE HAND
R. I -STRIKE
Director General Hines Confers With
Attorney General Palmer Latter
Refuses to Declare What Action
Contemplated Kansas Railroad
Workers Will Not Walk Out If
Strike Called Tell Governor Allen
They Don't Fancy Prison Sentence.
TOl'F.KA, Kiis.. Feb. It. Offi
cials of the sections hands and shon
laborers union in ull nrobabiiitv will
not issue u strike call in Kansas,
should a iroiieru! order for the strike
be issued, ns scheduled. This was
the opinion expressed by bends of the
local unions in ouestion. at a confer
ence today with Governor Allen and
members of tlie industrial relations
court.
Tlie union off'cinls said thev had
no desire to court a prison sentence
for violation of the stato's anti
strike lnw.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 11. Direc
tor General Ilines conferred with At
torney General Palmer todav on the
threatened railroad strike situation,
llr. Palmer refused to discuss the
conference further than to sav he
had been mude ncouainted with the
problems faced bv the director cenr
ernl. He denied that the department,
of justice was coHtemplatine action,
dcolnriiii: that any such statement,
were unwarranted at this time.
Mr. Palmer would not sav, how
ever, that the department wSuld even
tually take a hand in the contro
versy. "Where, when, or how its
action niiuht be taken was a matter
for the lilt n io to determine," said '
he. ''.,.:
Tho attorney ceneral (lid hot die
cuss the possibility that the Covcrn
nicnt miulit resort to injunction pro
ceedines to stav the threatened
strikes of trainmen and maintenance
of way employes as it did in the case
of the bituminous coal mine strike. '
A BEAUTIFUL GESTURE
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, Feb. 10.
'Former Crown Prince Wllhelm of
Gormuny sent his telegram to the
heads of allied governments offering
to surrender In place of Germans de
manded In the allied extradition list
utmost on the impulse of the moment
according to an Interview with Major
von Mulholm, tho former crown
prince's adjutant, published in the
Tolegraaf.
"Tho former heir to the Gorman,
throne," said tho major, "took hlB
resolution without thinking lone
about It. The return of Baron von
Lersner from Purls nnd tho serious
situation which has arisen In Berlin
In consequence prompted the prince
to send his tolegram. Ho hopes by
this to nvort serious difficulties for
Germany.
Dutch nowspapors describe Wil
liam's action as a "beautiful ges
ture." '
French Receipts Grow.
PARIS. Feb. 11. The reeoiptB of
the French treasury for Jununrv last
totalled 88".41!l,900 francs, compar
ed with .ri3:t.B:i8.800 francs in Jan
uary. 1010. nnd the hudtet estimate
of (UH.OS'J.mifl francs.
LEADS CITIZENS
who sent messages of congratulation
to Mr. Kdlson.
"I cannot deny myself the pleasure
of sending a message to be retd at
the celebration of Mr. Edison's 73rd
birthday," the letter said, "t am
proud to count myself among'' the
friends and admirers ot Mr. Edison
and I beg that you will convey to him
my warmest congratulations and my
hope that ho will see many very hap
py returns of tho anniversary, mark
ed by an increasing number of scien
tific triumphs."