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BEDFORD, OKEGOX, TUESDAY, JUXK 1, 1920.
XO. 61
REDS FRIEND
IN CABINET
"AUTOCRAT"
Attorney General Palmer Testifies
Secretary Post "Factor in Revolu
tion Plan" With "Passiv Toler
ance" of Bolshevik Did it "Un
consciously" Counsels Deporta
tion of Portland Teacher From
France. Who Had Romance With
"Y" Worker Case Attracted Wide
Attention.
WASHINGTON, Juno 1. (By As
sociated ProBS.) Charging that Louis
P. Post, assistant secretary of Jabor,
had a "perverted sympathy"- for the
criminal anarchist, Attorney General
Palmer told a house committee today
that in dealing with attempts of the
government to rid the country of dan
gerous aliens .Mr. Post had employed
a "self willed and autocratic substi
tute of his own mistaken personal
viewpoint for tho obligations of the
public law."
Mr. Palmer was testifying before
tho rules committee which Is Invest!-
catine the official conduct of Mr.
Post in deportation proceedings.
In answering Mr. Post's state
ments that he had cancelled deporta
tion warrants "only where facts war
ranted such action," Mr. Palmer cited
numerous individual cases which ne
claimed placed the assistant secretary
in a position of "passive . tolerance
and encouragement" of bolshovlk
propaganda.
Mr. Palmer declared Mr. Post had
"become a factor in the revolutionary
plan" but ha credited the assistant
secretary with having been led Into it
"unconsciously." -S-,;;".;.' -
! -WASHINGTON, June 1 -Warrants
ifor the arrest and deportation of
Madeline Ilabln and her mother and
sister on charges that they entered
the' United States from France for im
proper, purposes, were cancelled to
duy! by Assistant Secretary Post.
Evidence in the case presented at
hearings at the -department of justice
said the women came to America at
tho invitation of Lee Shippey of Kan-
srs City, Mo.,' formerly a Y. M. C. A.
worker in France. Shippey, it was
testified, lived with the Babin family
while oversoas ond an . "attachment
arose between him and tho eldest
flaiiffhtpr.
"Upon his return to the tfnitod
States," it was added, "he and his
wife became estranged and are now
living apart,, he In Los Angeles and
sh In Kansas City.
- "Evidently he wlshos her to insti
tute proceedings for a divorce and
she rofuscB. Evidently, also, if ho
wore divorced he would marry tho
alien who is about to be. it she has
not already becomo the mother of his
child."
From testimony, Madeline Babin
came to the United States to accept
a place as a teacher at Portland. Ore
gon, "which Shippey had obtained for
her. On her way to Portland she
stopped at Kansas City, the report
said, "with the expectation or mar
riage to Shippey if he were lawfully
free to marry her." .'
EAST TO WEST
WASHINGTON, Juno 1. Opera
tion by the United States Steel Pro
ducts' company of a line of steamers
between ports on' the east and wost
coasts via tho Panama canal is ncin
by the Inter-state commerce commis
sion not to violate the prohibitions
nf the Panama canal act. While
there can be no doubt, the commis
sion said, that the application Is in
terested in railroad lines which might
be competitive, such competition "is
unsubstantial and nominal."
Tho company plans to place as many
of the thirty steamers under con
struction In the coast to coast traffic
as conditions may warrant.
"The railroads of the country are.
and probably for some time will be
.faced with an acute condition of car
shortage," the opinion said. "And
they arc and undoubtedly will be
taxed to their utmost capacity to ren
der In a reasonably satisfactory way
(he servlco demanded of them."
PAPAL LETTER URGES
'LORD'S PRAYER' FOR
44
ROME, -May 31. Pope Bene
dict has issued an encyclical let
ter, announcing that, while he
maintains the claims of the holy
Bee to temporal power, he re
scinds ' the order forbidding
Catholic rulers to visit the king
of Italy in Rome. It is under-
stpod the first monarch to visit
Rome under the new conditions 4
wfll be King Alfonso of Spain. 4
Pope Benedict emphasizes the 4
necessity of "eliminating the 4
germs of discord which have 4
prevented tho full establishment 4
of peace 'and seriously injured 4
not only the temporal interests 4
of the nations, but the life and 4
spirit of Christianity as taught 4
by the Lord's prayer and the ex- 4
ample of our Saviour." - 4
EASY SPENDING
Columbus Publisher Testifies He
Wanted to -Aid "Favorite Son,"
But Supporters Too Much
Indiana Votes Cost General $57,
000. With $17,000. Unpaid Hope
to End Senate Hearings by Thurs
day Night for Convention.
WASHINGTON, . June 1. A score
of witnesses were here today to testi
fy at the resumption of the senate
conimittee's investigation of pre-cqn-vention
campaign expenditures. Ef
forts wore being made to expedite the
hearing so that a temporary halt
might be called Thursday night lie-
cause of the Chicago republican con
vention.
Robert F. Wolfe, publisher of the
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatoh and the
Ohio State Journal testified that his
papers "had taken an active part"
in the recent Ohio prlmury contest
between Major General ' Leonard
Wood and Senator Harding of that
state.
"Politics in our state," he said,
are in the hands of an Inside coterie
of men, whom. I have felt it a duty to
oppose. I wanted to support Senator
Harding but told him that I could not
do so If his candidacy went into the
hands of this group. Our fight after
ward was against an element in the
republican party 'rather than for any
individual."
Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
asked "what evidence of expenditure
tho witness had seen."
"My estimate is that each sido in
Ohio Wood and Harding made a
fight that cost about $100,000," he
addod. His own papers, he said,
"didn't care a snap" for the advertis
ing involved.
Frederick A. Joss, the next witness
said ho supervised all the expendi
tures for General Wood in Indiana.
"We spent between $".7,000 and
$38,000, $17,000 of which is In un
paid bills," he said, adding that every
precaution was taken to put the cam
paign management under terms of
the Indiana corrupt practices law, al-
tho "other candidates have taken the
position this law does not apply to
presidential primaries."
Joss would not attempt tto estim
ate expenses for other candidates.
Mr. Joss said he had told Colonel
William Cooper Procter, general
chairman of the Wood forces that "a
national committee could collect
money for the Indiana contest easier
than a local committee could.
'Mr. Jobb said tho volunteer assis
tance in organization was "the finest
thing I ever saw in politics."
Senator Pomercne, democrat, read
from the Wood national statement
filed with the committee Saturday,
the report that $45,000 had been
spent on the Indiana campaign. Mr.
Joss explnined that his total contain
ed unpaid bills.
ran mm
OF MP.
CHICAGO. June. , On motion of
T. C'olcmnn Dul'ont of Delaware, the
repnblienn national committee todnv
tinanimousv adopted a resolution
cnllinc on republican states -which
have not done so to pass the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment'.
WOOD
HARD NG
OHIO
PRmARY
ARMENIAN
MANDATE
DEFEATED
Effort bv Hitchcock to Soften Sen
ate Rejection of Wilsonian Scheme
Beaten Dozen Democrats Vote for
Move Final Action Delay Fails
"Economic Rehabilitation" Help
Sought.
WASHINGTON', June 1 Bv
ovenvhelminir vole the senate late
lodny passed anil sent lo the house
the resolution declining to irratit
President Wilson's raiucst thut con
gress authorize u uiiindiitc over Ar
menia. WASHINGTON. June 1. Bv a vote
of -13 to H4 the senate today rejected
a plan of democratic lenders to de
lay congressional action on the pro
posed Armenian mandate until lifter
a peai'O settlement had been el lei-ted
with the central powers.
Tho vote was on a million bv Sen
ator Hitchcock, dcnioi'ratii', Nebras
ka, to lxyi'onnnit Hie resolution de
n villi: authorization of the mandate,
with instructions "to report it after
ratification of a peace treaty with
the central power."
The amendment proposed bv Sena
tor Iliti'hoek of Nebraska, rankinu"
minority member of the foretell rela
tions committee, proviilihir fur a joint
commission to work out an economic
rehabilitation projiram for Armenia
was discussed.
Supportintr Hie resolution. Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, an
nounced that lie would vote nirninst
nil proposed amendments.
In order to put the democrats on
record Senator Hrnndciree, rcpiihli
can,. Connecticut, moved to amend tiic
resolution no as to authorize a man
date The motion tot the support of
twelve senators, all of I limn demo
crats. The vote imainst it was (12. .
YOUTH DIES BY
O.A.C.
COKVALLIS, Ore.. June . Seve
ral hundred students at the Oreiron
Agricultural college here passed the
bodv of a man liaimiinr from a brunch
of the largest fir tree on the campus
todnv, but none of them noticed it
until a- keeper on the grounds found
it nnd cut it down. Tlie man, said
to bo about '20 years of age, had been
dead but a short time.
In the pockets qf the dead mnn
were found two letters addressed .to
a Mr. Ludwig of Astoria. Ore., and
efforts are now being made to ascer
tain the identity nf the suicide
through Ludwig. John Wells, cam
pus watchman, suid today be saw the
voung mnn about the caniput early
this morning.
RUSSIA TO TRADE
LONDON. June 1. Ab tho first
result of yesterday's meeting of Gre
gory Krassln, Kusslun bolshevik min
ister of trade and commerce, with
Premier Lloyd Georgo nnd members
of the British cabinet, the soviet gov
ernment has been granted permission
to open Immediately a central trading
offlep in London.
SALEM!, Ore., June 1. T. 11. Hund
ley of Tillamook today officially
r,uulificd as state corporation com
missioner, a position' to which be yr.s
appointed bv Governor Olcott to suc
ceed II. J. Scbiildcrmnn. R was first
necessary for Mr. Hundley to resign
as state senator for Lincoln. Wash
ington, Tillamook nnd Yamhill coun
ties and as attorney for the slate
hind board in Tillamook county.
HANDlEY qualifies
COURT HOLDS
TAX ILLEGAL
SUPREME COURT
'.
WASHINGTON". Juno 1.
The suprthno court today do-
clared unconstitutional provia-
ions in the war revenue act of
1919 requiring the president of
the United States and all fed-
erl judges, including members
of the supreme court, to pay any
income tax on their salaries.
WASHINGTON, June 1.
The supreme court hold today
that federal constitutional
amendments cannot bo submit-
ted for ratification to a referen-
dum vote in the states having
referendum provisions in their
constitutions. ,
The court declared inopera-
tivo the Ohio state constitution-
al referendum amendment inso-
far as it affects ratification of
federal amendments.
Ohio supreme court decrees
dismissing injunction proceed-
ings brought by George S.
Hawke of Cincinnati to prevent
submission of the prohibition
and woman suffrage amend-
ments to the voters were1 set
aside by the court.
T DISGRACE
OF G. 0. P. MEET
IS DULY NOTED
.CHICAGO, Juno 1. In tho District
of Columbia contest, the commltteo
voted to seat the regularly reported
delegates, Prank J. Hogan and Jumos
A. Cobb of Washington, D. C. Com
mitteeman Howell of Nebraska, char
acterizing the.,.whola contest as a
"disgraceful affair" sought to have
all threo delegations thrown out, but
his motion was lost.
Hogan and Cobb are unlnstructod
but ure said to favor the candidacy of
General Wood. The committee thon
reverted to the three cornered Flor
ida contest. Committeeman Warren
made tho report of a sub-committee
on the law and tho fucts. Some of
the Florldu attorneys, however, wer
not ready to go on and the committee
turned to the Georgia contest which
promised to be the most sensational
of the crop. The regularly reported
delegation headed by Henry T. Lin
coln Johnson, an Atlanta negro, was
opposed by a delegation headed by
Charles Adamson of Cedarville,
known as tho "Roscoo Pickett fac
tion." ,- '
The Pickett faction has been sup
porting the Wood candidacy.
CORN PRICES UP
E
CHICAGO, June 1. Dig jumps In
prices were witnessed today in the
corn market. Tho uteepest rise was
for the July delivery, which touched
$1.7354, a not gain of 7 -compared
with Saturday's close. Failure of
supplies to arrive from the country
as freely as had been hoped for mado
buyers anxious and sellers scarce.
GIVEN RELEASE
VERA C'UfZ. June 1. (llv (he
Associated Press) General Candido
Aguilar, governor of Vera Cruz and
son-in-law of the late President Ciir
ranzn, lias surrendered to the new
government and will be allowed to
leave the country.
IT
T
WASHINGTON, Juno 1. Without
a record vote, the couse today adopt
ed a resolution offered by Represen
tative Mondell of Wyoming, republi
can leader, providing for a sine die
adjournment of congress at 4 o'clock
Saturday. , I
WOMEN ROIL
SENATE: ASK
RISH FREED
Denounce England From Gallery
. During Brandagee Speecb Vice
President Orders Their Removal
and Ladies Run From Ushers
Suspend Session Till Annoyers
Chased From Chambers.
WASHINGTON', June 1 The Unit
cd State ssennto was heckled from
the eallerics today bv a dozeu women
sympathizers with the cause of Irish
freedom.
The women beiran when Senator
Hrandctreei republican, Connecticut,
speiikiur nuainst tho Armenian man
date, made a pnssimr reference to the
"lavishes of the i Inn."
"Whv not eject tho English Hun
from Ireland?" shouted the first in
terrupter. The ushers bad nut out a ball'
dozen of the disturbers when the
inicstioniii!; suddenly broku out
afresh. ,
"Why don't vou put : them
out ?" asked Vice-President Marshall.
"Haven't you enough nerve to move
I hem?"
"You haven't enough nerve to tro
imninst Kmrlnnd, not any of you," re
plied one of the women as an usher
escorted her mil.
Several of the women were taken lo
I lie capilol ttiuird room, but miickly
released. Thev said tlieirNiuestion
iner was not by pre-nrranueinent.
Two women later uained admit
tance to the floor of Hie house and
shouted an appeal for Ireland. Hot'
were hurried to the corridors, mem
bers assisting the doorkeeper.
Siiiiiillaneoiislv five other wmr.cn
sprnni; up in. tho naileries chullimiriu','
manil,na I.. .1 ,i...:.. ..1.... 1.
N,I,"ln'ln ,i,-iiy men- pica Jor Ansa
sympathy. Proeeedimrs were sus
pended until tlicv could bo ejected.
Keprescnlntivo Wanton, democrat,
Texas, asked that tho irnllcries lie
closed and that the sciVeant at arms
take tho women into custody. '
"You can't do that, the whole crowd
can't do that," one of the women
shoaled. Doorkeepers attempted to
take them out. Thev ran around the
naileries however, and it was sevn-
nil minutes belore thev were finally
ejected.
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WHEAT PRICES
ENDS BY LAW
WASHI.GTON, June 1. Federal
control of whent and wheat products
ended today, the wheat director ceas
ing to function nndor tho limitation
of tho law creating Ins office and
the food administration control end
ing by proclamation of President
Wilson. This menns tho passing of
tue government gunranteo of $2.20
bushel for wheat. As soon as some
remaining contracts are carried out
by the United States grain corpora
tion, that body will turn over Its fi
nances to the treasury department.
Licensing of dealers In wheat nnd
wheat products has been In the hands
of the wheat director and tho food
administration and this automatically
ended today. Dealers without fixed
contracts aro free to buy and soil at
such prices an conditions warrant.
OFF TO NEWPORT
OUEENPOHT, L. I Juno 1. Tho
sloop yacht Vunltlo, candidato for
the honor of defending tho America's
cup against Sir Thomas Upton's
Shamrock IV In the serlos of race off
Snndy Hook in July, left hero thin
afternoon In tow for Newport whero
bIio will resume horBorles against tho
Resolute Thursday. It wus snld to
day that removal of tho Vunltio's
guard rail has lightened tho sloop by
Bomo 2700 pounds. . t
Name Alaska Postmasters.', ".
WASHINGTON, June l. Post
masters reappointed todnv bv Presi
dent Wilson include Charles If. SclicC.
flcr. Cordova, Alnsku: Zinn if. Unid-
ford. Juneau, Alaska, nnd William K,
Kout, Kewurd, Alusku.
BURN WAY OUT OF
CELL IN TACOMA JAIL
TACOMA, Juno 1. Claude
Sellers, alleged to be one of tho
leading I. W. W. of the North-
west, nnd T. C. llarty, accused
of a series of local burglaries, -J
burned their way out of tho city
jail here early this morning.
Sellers, who is said lo bo tho
former editor of tho Bulletin,
! tho official publication of the 4
Metal Mine Workers Union in
! Hutte, was arrested Friday
night. Tho two men who occu-
pied tho same coll, obtained
gasolino from a small stove,
climbed up a pipe and burned a
hole two and u half feet across
into the city controller's offico
above. They then broke a win-
(low out of that office and
escaped. A passerby happoned
to see tho flames after tho men
escaped und his discovery, it is
bolieved, prevented tho city hall
from being consumed.
FIRS! BALLOT
MP.
Presidential Candidate Named Fri
day, June II, Prediction Chicano
Takes on Flurry of Convention
City All Candidates Confident
Rumpus in General Wood's Ranks
Not Likely Delegates Busy-
Flags Flying. .
CHICAGO, Juno 1. Whlloihe na
tional committee Is grinding away
at the contests things aro boginnlng
to stir about the heudijuarters of tho
presidential candidates and their
managers. Chicago hotels, already
overcrowded with an abnormal bust
neBS, aro 'beginning to show tho flrBt
symptoms of a campaign week of
noise and confusion. Headquarters
aro blossoming out with banners, but
the campaign managers have not yet
emorged from the state of confident
predictions. Only two of the- man
ugera, Governor Lowden and Major
General Wood, are in tho city, but
Senator Harding and Senator John
son will arrive later in the week.
' Estimates of the probable duration
of the convention are as numerous aB
the candidates aro various. Somo
confident ones have made railroad
reservations to . return homo on
Thursday of convention weok. The
prediction that a presidential candi
date probably will be nomlnatod Fri
day night and a vice presidential can
didate Saturday seems to bo regarded
among most of the politicians as
probably being more accurato than
any othor.
The general accepted tentative pro
gram seems to bo Tuesday for tem
porary organization and keynote
speeches; Wednesday for permanent
organization and work of tho resolu
tions committee framing tho plat
form, leaving Thursdny und Friday
for balloting If two days bo needed.
All tho politicians seems agreed
that no one Is going to lie nomlnatod
on the first ballot. .Many of them aro
going so far as to make predictions
of what is going to happen on tho
first, second and third. Then come
the sanguine predictions of what Is
going to happen on tho fourth.
It took three ballots In 1D1G to
nominate Charles Evans Hughes and
(aht was tho first time since 1K9I!
that more than ono ballot had been
required to nominate a candidate, in
1900 and 1:101 (ho nominations wore
mado by acclamation. ,
Princlpul Interest outside the na
tional committee meetings toduy cen
tered about a conference of tho Wood
manages which has been called to
decide who in to take cliargo of the
general's forces on tho floor of tho
convention.
Thoro has been talk of a showdown
botwocn Frank II. Hitchcock nnd
William Cooper Procter, but Mr.
Hitchcock's friends declared nono
would ho precipitated by him. Mr.
Hitchcock's attltudo has been de
scribed as ono of agreement with
whntevor the general's managers de
cide upon and his friends are saying
today that anyone expecting a rumpus
in the Wood camp over the question
of lcudorHhlp will bo disappointed.
A II Kendal! of Dowaelac. Mich..
nnd Mr nnrl Mm. Lester Burnett Of
San Francisco are stopping at the
Holland,
NO NOMINATION
NO DECISION
ON VALIDITY
OF DRY LAW
Supreme Court Adjourns Till Mon
dayUphold State Courts That
Federal Amendment no Subject to
Referendum North Dakota In
dustrial Program Held Valid.
WASHINGTON'. June 1. The su
preme court' failed nirain. today to
decide the validity of the prohibition
amendment and portions of the en
forcement act und recessed uutil next
Monday when tho present term will
close.'
Seven other proeeedimrs hnvo been
brought to prevent submission of the
prohibit ion amendment to n referen
dum. The Washiimton supreme court
took virtually the Hiimo view of tho
question ns did the Ohio court, while
the courts in Oregon, Maine. Colo
rado, Arkansas, California ' and
Michigan held that federal constitu
tional amendments were not subject
to referendum. -
WASHINGTON, Juno 1. The su
preme court today refused to inter
fere with decisions of the North I)
koln supreme court declnriiur consti
tutional n series of state constitu
tional amendments und statutes to
carry into effect an. industrial pro
irrain in North Dakota and porinit
linir state bond issues to finance the
enterprises. ,-...
YKUA CRUZ, May 31. (llv the
Associated Press) President Wilson
has offered to send hospital ships,
nurses, doctors nnd medical supplies
to Vera Cruz immediately to assist
in - coiubattinctbo bubonic plau'iii:-,
which bus mado its appearance hero,
eleven authenticated cases Imvinc
developed to ditto und five deaths re
sulting. ' ,.'.: '
The outbreak appears to dute back
to Jl'jiy l.'i when tho first case is be
lieved now to hnvo doveloped. Too
victim in this case died May 22 und
tho seeon dvictim May 24.
Vera Cruz is already completely
cut off from tho rest of the republic,
llclief bus bcirun to arrive.' Medical
authorities believe the pbiuuo hits not
vet attained the character of on epi
demic, - 1 ,
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SEATTLE, June 1. The threat
ened strike of incniliora of the Seattle
Building Trades unions In support of
tho "closed shop" was onllcd today.
Contractors and builders in tho Mas
ter Builders' association, declared
they were not worried while union
representatives asserted all non
union Jobs would be tied up thru the
calling out of skilled union workers,
a large majority of whom wore car
penters, it was said.
According to union Claims, about
four thousand workers will bo affect,
ed. '." . '
WELL KNOWN NEWS
WRITER IS DEAD
LOS ANOELES, June.l Tho fu
neral of Arthur M. Nelson, for many
years engagod In nowspapor work In
Soattlo and Los Angeles, was held
hero today. Mr. Nelson had boen
omployod as dovolopmont agent for
Imperial county for some time, hav
ing gone there for tealth conBldora
tlons. Ho was a veteran of tho world
wur, having attalnod the rank of ser
geant In Company I. 364th Infantry,
91st division. His malady was appar
ent when ho entered the army and
grow worse as he campaigned, his
comrades in service salrd, hut ha re
sisted every move to discharge him
nnd served thru the war, .
DREAD BUBONIC !
PLAGUE BREAKS
OUT VERA CRUZ