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SENATOR
2,000 ARE KILLED IN GERMAN REVOLUTION
m
IBUNE
NEWBERRY
NEWBERRY IS
GIVEN 2 YRS.
81 IllliiGFINE
Michigan Senator Will Retain Seat
and Carrv Fight to the Supreme
Court Motion for New Trial Over
ruled Senate Will ' Investigate
Charges Juror Declares Evidence
Introduced by Defense Convicted
Defendant.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Mar. 20.
Senator Newberrv announced Ibis
afternoon lie would "continue to
represent in (lie United States senate
the people who elected me." lie will
carry the ease to the Supreme Court.
Sentences were pronounced upon
the convicted men this afternoon, as
follows:
" Senator Newberry, two vears in
Leavenworth and $10,0(10 line; Fred
erick Codv, two vears in Leaven
worth and $10,000 fine: Paid Kins:,
two years in Leavenworth and $10.
000 fine; Charles A. Klovd, two vears
in Leavenworth nnd $5,000 line; Wil
liam .J. Mickel, two veal's; Allen A.
Tenipleton. one year and six mouths;
Roger M. Andrews, one vear and six
months; Milton Onkinan, one year
and six months; Richard II. Fletcher,
one vear and three months; James F.
McGregor, one vear and three months;
Fred Henry, one venr and three
months; Hannibal Hopkins, one, vear
nnd one day; K. V. Chilson, one vear
nnd one dav; John S. Ncwbcrrv, fined
$10,000: Harry O. Turner, fined
2.000: B. Frank Emery, fined $2,000;
George S. Ladd, fined $1,000.
Judge Sessions overruled motion
for a new trinl ponding nu appeal.
Others Arc Discharged
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Mar. 20.
Senator Truman H. Xewberrv and
sixteen of his 84 co-defendants were
found guiltv of criminal conspiracy
in the 1018 senatorial election hv a
jury in the United States district
court here today. Besides the senator
the men convicted were his brother,
Johu S. Newberry; Paul King, his
campaign manairer: Frederick Codv.
New York legislative agent; Charles
Flovd, Grand liupids; Allan A. Teni
pleton. president of the Detroit
hoard of commerce : Hannibal Hop
kins, publicity director; B. Frank
B. Emery, office manager: Hnrrv O.
Turner, Detroit; E. V. Chilson, of the
national republican hendnuartors:
Roger Andrews, Minominee, pub
lisher; Milton Oakniun. Detroit, poli
tician: William J. Mickel. O.-dikosh.
Wis.: Richard Fletcher, state labor
commissioner: James F. McGregor.
Detroit: Fred Henry, Flint nnd Genre?
, S. Lndd, Ktrubriilge, M'iss
All ot-her defendants were ncnuitte-1
on the first charge nnd none was
found guilty on the sixth count.
Defense Convicts
Testimony offered by the defense
was the determining factor in bring
ing the iurv to the verdict of guilty.
"Without Paid King's testimony
that he told Senator Newberry the
campaign would cost ,$.r)0,000, the
government had a weuk case nnd
without the King-New berry letters,
no case at all." said one of the jurors.
"We could find no other wav, how
ever, after the defense itself had
supplemented the senntv govern
ment proof that Xewberrv had taken
an active part in the campaign and
shown hv his own writings that he
directed almost every important
move."
"We are nil with von. senator."
said several freed defendants as thev
crowded around him. The chief fig
lire in the trial grasped their hands.
His wife, brother anil son were with
him. Mrs. Xewberrv showine the . ef
fects of the verdict only in the de
termined composure with which she
met the tearful condolences of wives
of other defendants.
What tears there were appeared in
fact onlv among the wives of men
who had been freed.
"The fight has onlv begun," said
Chief Counsel Murfin, of the defense
and his thought was echoed hv Mar
tin W. Littleton of New York. The
eastern attorney add cd that the find -
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LLOYD GEORGE DEFIES
LABOR PARTY. A FIGHT
10 THERNISH LOOMS
UNI)ON Mar. 20. Keen re
sent incut is I'cli hv moderate
labor lea tiers over the attack
made upon the labor jiartv hv
Premier Llovtl Georire when he
launched proposals tor a liberal
unionist eoabttioa on Thursihi V.
Thev declare the premier was
"preacbintr class war" in out
iininir his reasons oL' the new
political alignment.
Arthur Henderson, leader of
thf labor partv in the house of
(Munitions, hits issued a state
ment sayinjf:
"Labor aeoopts the ehnllencc
of Mr. Llovd Ueortre. We are
arrnmrinir to appeal not onlv to
organized workers but to everv
sympathizer. The labor i:irtv
aims to raise a fund to enable it
to fit: lit the condition and pro
poses to ask for substitutions
totalling '2.000.000 pounds ster
ling in anticipation of an early
election.
THREE PORTLAND
II
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 20. Three
alleged members of the communist
party of Oregon, on trial here fur IS
days on charges of violating the s.tatt
syndicalism act, were found guiltv
by a .iurv in circuit court todav. Sen
tence will be passed March 2"). court
announced. The penalty provides for
a maximum of ten vears imprison
ment. The jury recommended leni
ency. The three men found guiltv nT?
Karl W. Osier, state secretary of the
communist labor partv: Claude Hurst
and Fred W. Fry. The case was
given to the iurv late yesterday and
was the first to be tried in the state
under the Oregon criminal syndical
ism law.
Circuit Judge Morrow, presiding,
instructed the iurv that the terms
"mass action," "dictatorship" and
other like phrases appearing in the
platform and program of the partv,
as offered in evidence, should be pre
sumed to have their usual meaning,
as in common use.
T
PIERRK, S. D., Star. 20. Ar
rangements have been completed forj
the joint debate here tonight between
Major General Leonard Wood, major
ity republican presidential candidate
In South Dakota and United States
Senator .Miles Polndected, an Inde
pendent republican candidate. Jus
tice McCoy of the state supreme court
will preside Heforo debate startr.
Genera! Wood will speak at Fort
Pierre.
C.E. LADD OF PORTLAND
T
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 20. Chns.
j K. Ladd. a native of Portland and son
! of William S. Ladd, founder of the
! Ladd and Tilton bank, died last night
i at his fa rift at Carlton. Ore. He
had been afflicted with impaired
heart action for some time. For sev
eral vears Mr. Ladd has been living
j at Carlton, near where lie had ex
tensive timber holdings besides a suw
t mill and a farm. He is survived bv a
! widow.
iJtr. nnd Mrs. P. F. Swayne of the
! Applegate, are in thecjity for a short
j visit, having arrived Friday.
LORD MAYOR
OF CORK IS
MURDERED
England and Ireland Thrown Into An
Uproar Over Killina of Sinn Fein
Leader Source of Crime a Mysj
tery Constable Murtoq Also Shot
Down Fear of Reprisals Stir
Irish Rumors of Revolution at
Easter.
CORK. Ireland. Mar. 20. The sen
sntional murder this morning of Lord
Mayor McOuriii has not vet been
solved, but it has become known that
two davs ago he received a threaten
ing letter which he regarded as a
joke. The letter directed the lord
mavor to prepare for death as he had
been doomed.
Two hours before the lord mavor
was murdered Constable M'tirtug of
the Rovnl Irish constabulary, was
shot dead in the street. His bodv was
riddled with bullets.
The lord mayor's bodv, draped in
the Sinn Fein volunteer uniform, lies
in his residence which is guarded hv
volunteers. The bodv will lie in state
in the city hall from tonight until
Monday when n public funeral will
be bed. Thus far the indentitv of
the murderers has not been discover
ed, nor has i.rv motive for the crime
been assigned. It is held that the
crime could not have been committed
bv Sinn Feiners against one of their
own number and manv residents of
Cork are expressing fear of reprisals
which may effect all Ireland.
Many Murder Attempts
The murder of MacClurin folows nn
attempt Thursday night against the
life of Professor Stocklev. who was
an alderman in the. Cork corpora
tion in the Sinn Fein interests.
LOXDOX, M'ar. 20 Xot since the
atempted assassination of Viscount
French, Lord Lieutenant of IrelaniJ,
has anv Irish outrage of the scores
perpetrated caused such a sensation
throughout the United Kingdom as
the murder of Lord Mavor MncGurin
of Cork. Reports from Cork indi
cate that the people decline to at
tribute the affair to the Sinn Fein
and already there is talk of reprisals,
which, as some put it, mav affect the
whole country.
The Mucgurin tragedy comes on
the heels of sinisler rumors of a Sinn
Fein plot for another revolution in
Ireland at Master time. If such a
plot exists, it is pointed out. the mur
der of one of the Sinn Fein lenders
would not tend to throw water on
the fires of conspiracy. At the mo
ment, the whole nffuir remains u sen
sational and dark mystery.
HOUSE FOR DEBS
CIIlCAflO, Mar. 20. A "spectacu
lar, but dignified" effort to secure
jthe release of Eugene V. Debs from
! the Atfsmta. On., penitentiary will
be made in Washington. I). C. April
i PI the national socialist headquarters
announced todav.
j Debs, who will probably be the next
socialist presidential candidate, was
! convicted under the espionage act and
; put into the prison April 13, 1019.
i Delegations of socialists and radi
!ciils from nil parts of the country will
! arrive on special trains, and march
; up Pennsylvania avenue, carrying
; tdaeards and headed bv a brass band
according to the plan,
j The procession will go to the White
S House, where it is planned to have
in pre-arranged conference with the
i president. General amnesty will be
! asked for "all socialists and radicals
confined or under prison sentence
under espionage act sentences.
1L MINERS
GIVE THEIR SUPPORT
TO DEFY KANSAS LAW
I'F.OHIA. III.. U;,r. .'n.-The
11 II . 1 11 ;i 1 1 1 1 -, I support of Oil. Illlll
uiinei-s, through repre.-cntul ives
in session here today, was given
State President Alexander llo
va( of Kansas, when be an
nounced a program for the
launching of a reiieral miners
slrike in Kansas in defiant f
state laws there, whieh are said
to now prohibit strikes of anv
nature.
Ilowal was one of the leaders
of the coal miners rerentlv cited
for contempt bv Federal Judge
Anderson of Indianapolis.
EXPECT aid
IN EVANS CASE
It looked at noon today as if the
fate of Lurk Evans who Is charged'
with tho sensational kidnaping and
robbery of W. G. White of Grunts
Pass last Sopt ember, would lie in the
hands or the jury at the court house
In Jacksonville about 3 o'clock this
afternoon, and it was generally ex
pected around the court house that a
verdict would be reached before
night.
Tho testimony in the case was all
in and District Attorney G. W. Rob
erts had completed his argument for
tho state just before court adjourned
for the noon recess. When court
convened this afternoon Gus Newbury
uttorney for the accused man began
his argument.
The trial was interesting to the
large crowd of spectators Friday and
today, tho the evidence was very con
flicting. Witnesses for the state
identified the young man as tho kid
naper and robber, but the main wit
nesses for tho defense established a
strong alibi for Kvans. Nevertheless
It was anticipated that the jury would
not be long in reaching a verdict.
AV. G. White, "Chief of Polico Mc
Lnne, Andrew Shade, Harry Couglc
and a .Mr. Darker, all of Grants Pass,
positively identified Kvans as tho
man who accompanied by a woman
employed White ut Grants Pass about
5 p. m., Sept. IS, to drive them out in
his auto a short distance from that
city, and then when outside tho city
placed a revolver at White's back and
compelled him to drive In a round
about way to a lonely road near Jack-
jsonville, where they rclibed him,
uoiiiiu mm mill ten. nun uppaicuuy
helpless on the ground, and drove
away in this car. Uiter White work
ed loose from his bonds uud made his
way to Jacksonville and gave the
alarm.
Kvans arrest followed some time
later at Klamath Falls where he and
his wife had located and where he
was employed in a garage.
On the other hand the witnesses
for the defense testified that Kvans,
who had been an employe in nines &
Snyder company's garage in Medford,
was at work in the garage that after
noon and the time sheets and records
of the company showed this. Mr.
Snyder and Hookkeeper Curry were
among the garago witnesses, and
Master Jlc'chaiilc Hooker testified
that he had personally seen and talk
ed with Evans in tho garage late that
afternoon.
This alibi was reinforced by C. P.
Krlbs or the grocery firm of C. P.
Krlbs & compuny who positively tes
tified that late that afternoon Evans
had been in his grocery and made a
large purchase of, grocery supplies.
Mr. Krlbs declared that he remem-
ibered the date well because It was
I his birthday.
1 It was such testimony ns this that
the Jury has to contend with. The
! accused could not have been in
Grants Pass and Medford at the same
time. Evans freely adnilttcdjn his
testimony, In which ho denied the
truth of the charge against him In
toto, that he and his wife wero In
i Grants Pass the afternoon of Septem
j her tith and that was when the
1 Grants Pass witnesses had seen him
self and wife.
E
E
Peace Treatv Returned to President
anil Plans Launched to Declare
War Willi Germany Over 28 Re
publicans, 21 Democrats Vote for
Treaty. 23 Democrats, and 12
Republicans Aoainst President
Makes no Statesmen):.
WASHINGTON, Alar. 20. With
the peace trealv .on its wav buck to
the White House toilav a uipauied
bv notification to the president that
the senate had finally "refused to ad
vise and consent to its ratification,"
Senator Knox's' resolution to declnre
a state of peace with tlermanv will
take its place on the senate floor.
Consideration last night after the ad
verse vote on ratification, was blocked
by adjournment until Mondav.
ltepublicun leaders expect some
such measure to be pusscd. The
treatv iiueslion was regarded as al
ready injected iuj.0 the presidentiul
campaign as one of the main issues
on which republicans and democrats
will fight for national endorsement in
the fall.
The Vote on Treaty
Ratification was defeated last night
bv a vole nf 10 to A.r, the linoun
being 28 republicans and 21 demo
crats for and 2!) democrats and 12
republicans against. The net result
of four months of compromise nego
tiutions was the 'addition of seven
teen democrats to those voting for
ratification.
Action bv the house of representa
tives would be necessary to coiisum
mute a declaration of peace bv reso
lution, as contemplated bv Senator
Knox. His resolution proposes the
repeal of the joint resolution declnr
itig wur and provides that unless Ger
many notifies the Tinted States of its
acceptance of all undertakings con
tained in flic treatv of Versailles, the
president would have the power to
prohibit bv proclamation commorciul
intercourse between the two tuitions
or Hie giving of any assistance to
Germany.
Declare War Kndril
WASHINGTON. Mar. 20. The
treaty of Versailles was relumed to
President Wilson todav bv the senate
alter il hud failed of ratification last
night, for the I'ourlh time.
There was no inlimation as to what
President Wilson would do with the
treatv. While House officials said
I lie usual procedure would be lo semi
it to the stale department for "bur
ial" in the archives there.
Mr. Tumulty, who was given the
treaty, said there would be no state
ment, from the president.
'flic senate was not in session lo
dav, but when the house met. Repre
sentative Tlnkhnm, republican. .Mass
achusetts, offered a joint resolution
declaring a state of peace between
the l iiited States and Germany.
Under (lie resolution Germany
would recognize all rights which the
I'nitcil Stales might have hail under
the VcrsuiMift trealv. Should tler
manv fail to agree to this, (be presi
dent would be authorized to prohibit
I resumption' of trnde relations or the
extension of loans or credits.
Mr. Tiukliam's resolution was re-
ferreil to the foreign affairs commit
tee without discussion.
Republican senate leaders made a
canvass of the situation todav anil
decided to defer for several davs
j their attempt to bring up for action
j t he resolution of Senator Knox dc
! elaring the state of war ended. Sena
tor Knox is ill and it is likely Hint
consideration of theincasiire will be
delayed until late next week.
The majority leaders apparently
were not entirely certain how much
support thev could muster for the
resolution.
PfUfrr.A vn r.,.. on !
are being taken to provide Oregon!
with a new food law that will uio'
it nn eoual standing with other states,
according to J. I). Mickle, state dairy)
and food commissioner, who has up- j
pointed a committee to draw tip ft'
WorL-.'iliIi. mimviiru tt,t ..-ill l.n ..... I
. ,,,. ,,, J(. ,,;.
'sented to tho next session of the'
Itiiislutui'c.
KNOX A
1
E
TO CONCLUDE TERM
AS A PRISON INMATE
1
I'OKTS.NUil'Tll, X- I f , tar. j
1! H. - Lirui t'lwui! 'iMiiiiKinilcr !-
Thomas Mot I Osborne, who has
ivsinnetl as commandant of the
naval prison here, will spoml his
last days at Portsmouth as a 4
voluntary prisoner. Ho route- j
tered as "Tom Itrown" and an- l
4 nounctMl that he would remain
4 In confinement until he rolin-
uuishi's com tun ml next Tuesday, 4
4 as a final test of his welfare
4 system. f
Hefcro he assumed command 4
4 of tho prison three years uko ho
4 served a voluntary senteuco,
cutting1 loo and coaling ships
4 with prisoners. .1 lo also tuibmit-
J ted to the prison hair cut.
OR. CLANCY TO
I
Only parents with children In the
schools are Invited iO attend touighi's
meetlnK to discuss tho school situa
tion In tho public library at 7 : :i 0
o'clock, and every such qualified par
ent Is Btrongly urged lo be present
by the Parent-Teacher council.
IShould tho largo assembly room
of tho library prove too small to
house tho expected big gathering
comfc'rtably, an adjournment will at
once bo taken to a largo auditorium.
Tho ihuln point is to havens largo a
representation ns possible at this
meeting to demonstrate where the
majority of tho opinion of tho par
ents with school ichildrcn lies In the
controversy. No pupil of tho public
schc'ols will lie admitted.
Judgo Glenn O. Taylor will act as
temporary chairman of tho meeting,
and Dr. It. W. Clancy has agreed to
servo as permanent chairman. The
latter announces ho has no opinions
on either side of tho controversy nnd
that ho will Insist on perfect order.
Uoth Bides of! tho controversy will
bo heard and speeches or talks will be
limited to four minutes duration for
each person expressing an opinion.
The Parent-Teacher council in ad
dition expresses tho wish that the
mooting be free from nil personalities
and heated discussion.
AMKIIONGKN. Mar. :i0. (Bv the
Associated I'ress) The week of
strain following the events in (ier
many has apparently made a great
impression upon the mental and
phvsicul condition of the former Ger
man emperor. His nervousness nnd
sleeplessness arc increasing. He be
haves in a manner which seems
utterly strange to his servants.
While formerly he drank onlv light
wines at meal time, the former mon
arch now calls for wine during the
intervals of his wood siuving. His
nervous huhit of straddling chairs has
increased. The exile's anxiety is
heighlened bv the illness of his wife,
who for a long time bus been a suf
ferer of heart disease. Tlieso re
curred frequently this week.'
The outings of the former kaiseriu
are spent in the sunshine in the gar
den, where she lies in a reclining
chair. She is under the almost con
stant euro of Dr. Koerstner. for a
long time her personal physician.
POKTLANI). Ore.. Mar. 20. Ac
cording to advices reaching here to
day from the Western Sugar Re
finery at San Francisco, the whole
sale and retail prices of sugar, effec
tive immediately, will be advanced
one dollar per 100 pounds in this
city. This will make the wholesale
price $10. said to be the highest mark
ever reached in this market. The. re
tail (imitation to the consumer, it
was suid, would be 18 cents.
KAISER NOW HAS
TO HAVE DRINK
ASHDSAWSWOOD
SOCIALISTS
WIN OVER
EBERT GOV'T
General Strike in Germany Called Off
With Accentance of Workers' De
mands bv Ehert Govt. Far Reach
Iny Concessions to Be Made to
Independent Socialists Entire
Ehert Govt. Leaves for Berlin
Americans Rescued.
LONDON, ftarch 20. The general
strike in (icrninuv has been culled off,
according to llerlin udviecs received
here this afternoon. The government,
tl i ctnteit tins accented the work- -
ers' demands, including fur-ranching '
concessions to I lie independent social
ists, which will be made public
shortly. "'
HKHLIN, Mar. 20. Representa
tives of (treat Britain. Itnlv and Bel- '
gium in this city visited Vice Chan- 1
cellar Sehiffer yesterday and ooa- ,
grutulatcd tho government on tho ,
"speedy removal of the Kappist
usurpers," according to a semi-of-f
ficial news agenev announcement.
Thev assured llerr Sehiffer, it in
said, that entente representatives hid.
not recognized the leaders of the re
volt. . Lord Kilmarnock, British chariro.
d'a f fairs hero, is miotod ns snvinK '
the granting of supplies and rttw mti
teriiils to Germany would ho possible,
onlv if constitutional conditions pro
vailed and there could he no such as
sistance if peace and order wero dis
turbed. Train for Yanks
COMjENZ, Mar. 20 A special
I rain mudu np bv local German au
thorities at Hie direction of Ameri
can army officers left this city at .
2:15 o'clock this morning for Ijoipsio .
to bring out 200 American und allied
business men who are stranded thcr3 .
and reported in danger.
The train will reach I.einsio this
afternoon and is due to return here
tomorrow night.
The train crew is in charge oil
Lieutenant, Huns Frisehmnnu, the
adjutant of the German military mis- ,
sion witli the allied forces of occupa
tion. Hy skipping way stations it
would be possible to make the run
to Lcipsie and return in twelve hours.
SIMM) Are Killed
hy the . associatkd press,
Mar. 20. Large .sections of Ger
many arc resounding to the rattle of
machine guns uud rifle fire in the
civil warfare, which so far, since the .
beginning of t lie llerlin revolt last
Saturday, is estimated bv some Ber
lin coniputors to have cost 2,000 liveB. ,
The industrial district ill tho.
lihinclaiid appears to bo tho strong
hold of the ultra-extremist forces,
which ure reported to have captured
Ksscn, the home of the Krupn plant,
tho important industrial centers of
Duesseldorf and Klbcrfcld and other
towns in this region.
Advices from Cologne reflect wor
riment by the allies over tho situa
tion in the Hhine district, close to the
occupied area. One report, which is
unconfirmed, declares there ore indi
cations that the were preparing to
advance further into flermunv if the
situation does not improve.
In Lcipsie the Kbcrt forces nppcar
to be regaining control after a.
bloody conflict. At Kiel, where the
workers recently gained control, con
ditions are reported iiuiet for the mo
ment. Kbcrt Government Leaven
STUTTGART. Mir. 20. (Bv the
Associated Press) Tho entire Ehert
government, including Minister of De
fense Noske will leave for Berlin to
dav nn a special train. General von
Seeelit ill command nt Berlin, has
sent a wireless message savinir that
everything is nuiet in the capital.
Predict Fair Weather.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 20. Weath
er predictions for tho week beglnuinir'
Monday, are:
1'ncific states -Gonerally fair ex
cept occasional rains during the first
IlllIP nVPr niirllinm nnrlinn, Aanvln
'normal temperatures, - - J