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Package Addressed to U. S.
Ambassador Explodes in
(Valet's Hands Valet Se-
1 riously Injured and Resi
dence Wrecked Pershing
Aids in Search for Culprits.
PARIS, Oct. 19. s(By the Asso
ciated Press.) A bomb exploded to
day fn the house ofMyron T. Her
rick,( the American, "ambassador, se
riously Injuring tho valet who open
ed, the package containing It.
y The room Jri which the cyplosion
occurred was wrecked.
Ambassador. derrick arrive:! at tha
l.ouse two ml.iutes after, the boinr
... bil'W up. ' ...J
Tho bomb explosion . followed re
cc.pt of threateiilng ' letters which
hove been coming to the ambassador
in. the last few days In connection.
with the cases of two HalUns re
cently convicted of murder in Massa
chusetts.. ,;
Addressed to Herrick
The bomb was contained, in a care-
fully made , package, delivered this
morning and addressed personally to
the ambassador, who, it appears,
might well have opened it himself, as
It seemed to he a gift designed f r
'him. -'The ambassador's valet, how
ever; happened to' open it. .
',' Immediately, after the explosion
Ambassador Hen'ick went to the Ho
tel Crlllon, where-General iPershlng
is stopping.- The prefect of police
Joined the general and the ambassa
dor there and this evening they were
conferring. on the case while the en
tire detective service of Paris was at
work in an attempt to trace the or
igin of the bomb. ; .
Considerable damage was done the
' ambassador's residence.
a .- .
'' PARIS, Oct. 19; (By Associated
Press.) Threats to tear dowri the
American flag over trie American em
bassy here are contained in many let
ters which have been received at the
embassy in the last two days protest
ing against the conviction in the Unit
ed States of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolo
meo Vanzettl, two Italians, for the
murder of Frederick A. Parmenjar,
paymaster of a Bhoe manufacturing
establishment at Braintree, Mass.
Between 300 and 400 letters of pro
test have been received, at the rate of
more than 100 a day.
There have been numerous domands
by radical elements' in Italy over this
case and the communist newspapers
here in Paris have taken up the cam
paign urging their followers to protest
to the embassy, and announcing a mass
meeting for Friday. It-ls reported an
attempt to demonstrate in front of the
embassy is being planned to follow the
meeting. . ',-''
A pamphlet attacking American jus
tice and the American government was
circulated widely in the Paris street
cars yesterday and a copy of the
namnhlct was delivered at the em
bassy today.
DEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 19. Niccola
Bacco and BartoTomedV'ttnicttl, were
convicted hero July 14 of murder in
the Tirst degree for tho killing of a
paymaster and his. uard in payroll
robbery, at Braintree in April, I!i20.
The evidence turned on the riucstion
of .identity, counsel for tho men ad
vancing alibis. One attorney charged
that they wcro arrested becaiso they
were radicals. -
SENATE RATIFIES GERMAN TREATY
FOURTEEN DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR IT
WASHINGTON, Oct 19. The new
peace treaties with Oormany, Austria
and Hungary were ratified by the sen
ate in a session last night, the vote be
ing 66 to 20, or eight more than the
necessary two-thirds. The action com
pleted the administration's immediate
peace program but after the formal
exchange 01 ratifications by, the pow
ers, it is expected that diplomatic offi
cers will be appointed and normal re
lations fully resumed through negotia
tkm of trade Agreements and In other
ways which have not been announced,
Both Germany and Austria have al-
E PLOD!
1,750,000 Idle Men
in Great Britain As
Direct Result War
-
LONDON', Oct. 19. (By Assoc!-
ated Press.) The. situation in
England as regards trade and un-
employment is worse than at any
time since tho end of the Napo-
leonic wars, declared Prime Min-
ister Lloyd George in the house
of commons today, in outlining
4- the government's policy on these
two subjects.
At present, he said, there are
4 1,750,000 persoUB unemployed and
added that the greatest unem-
ployment, to the extent of 17 per
cent, was in the metal trades.
He declared that the causes for
this situation could all be summed
up in one word war.
R. MATTHEWS
Bill for Second Degree Murder
Returned By Grand Jury
Against Eagle Point Rancher
Wolgamott and Edwards
Also Indicted.
.Thlrieeh indictments- andione not
true bill were returned by the grand
jury Tuesday afternoon. Of this num
ber threel were John Doe indictments,
two of the number being for alleged
violations of the prohibition laws, it
is said. -. ...
Raleigh Matthews of Eagle Point,
was indicted on a count of seaorid de
gree murder, as a result of the fatal
shooting at Eagle Point last month of
Wilbur (Wig) Jacks.
True bills were returned against J.
Oswald and Jesse Housely, charging
the manufacture of intoxicating liquor.
The alleged infraction of the Volstead
Act occurred on a farm on Griffin
creek last summer.
John H. (Ham) Lewis was indicted
on a count alleging receipt of stolen
goods, knowing same was stolen. This
is a case arising put of thefts from the
local National Guard company.
John Goodwin, taxi driver, James
(Shine) Edwards, taxi driver,- and
Ernest S. (Dud) Wolgamott were in
dicted on counts charging selling in
toxicating liquor. Two indictments
each were returned against Edwards
and Wolgamott.
An indictment charging burglary
was returned against Ward Chamber
lain, and Charles Randall was indicted
for the alleged making of a contract to
dispose of intoxicating liquor.
A not true bill was returned against
Frank A. Mulligan, former Southern
Pacific depot ugent at Talent, charged
with embezzlement.
The grand jury continued its delib
erations today.
PHIIJPIMXE IjKGISIjATVRK'
ENDORSES WOOD REGIME
. MANILA, Oct. 19. A joint reso
lution offering support to and co-op
eration with the administration .of
Governor General Leonard Wood and
expressing the hope that the con
cessions already granted, tho Philip
pines will. .be extended as a result of
his administration, in order, to hasten
tho coming, of final complete inde
pendence was adopted today by the
legislature.
ready accepted and ratified (he trea
ties ana parliamentary action is ex
pected to be completed In Hungary at
an early date. Fourteen democrats
supported ratification on the final roil
call while only two republicans, Sena
tors Borah and LaFollette cast their
votes against the treaties.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Exchange
of ratifications at Berlin of the "treaty
of Rerlin" finally establishing peace
: between the I'nited States and Ger-
j many is to be the next step ending the
nation's legal war status. J
INDICTED
FOR
D
R, R. STRIKE
Labor Leaders Said to .Be
Hopeful Basis of Settlement
Will Be Reached in Confer
ence With U.S. Labor Board
Reduction Freight- Rates
Basis of Negotiations. .
CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. jPrlor to
their departure tonight for Chicago,
vhere tomorrow they will confer with
the railroad labor board in an effort
to find a basis for settling the nation
wide railroad strike set to begin Oc
tober 30, heads of the "big five" rail
road transportation organizations met
here today and discussed matters that
may ba presented at the Chacago con
ference, as well as those pertaining to
carrying on the strike.
Those attending today's meeting
were W. G. Lee, president of the.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen;
Warren G. Stone, head of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; W. S.
Carter, president of the Brotherhood
of Firemen and Enginemen; T. C.
Cashen, president of the Switchmen's
Union of Nortti America, and E. P.
Curtis, representing L. E. Shepard
president of the Order of Railway
Conductors.
While the '.'big five'1 leaders have
maintained nlmost unbroken, silence
in regard to the purposes of the con
ference with the labor bd"ard and its
possible results, it is known they are
hopeful that some basis of settlement
which can be (accepted by both them
selves and t'a railroad executives
will be evolved and paralysis ft the
nation's transportation systems
averted. 5 ;
llcfusi to Walk Ont
COLUMBUS; Ohio. Oct. 19. Na
tional headquarters here of the Rail
road Ynrdmadters' Association of
America, with membership of more
than ,uuu tnnougnout me country
sent out notices to its members to re
main ai worK neriorniiiis men iiautti
duties in the otant of a railroad
workers' strike. J
k
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. (By tho As
soclated Press. )-i-The first of a se
rles bt conferences in Chicago at
which representatives of all factions
In the railroad strike situation may
decido the outcome of the strike call
'sued by the big four brotherhood!
for October 30 began here today to
ontinue over the weok end.
Throe group meetings are sched
uled: ' . '
1 Executives of the, Bhopmen
maintenance of way, clreks, tele
graphers andyothers meet to decide
their attitude toward the announced
strike of the train service employes
with indications of a final decision at
a joint meeting Saturday.
2 Brotherhood leaders are on
their way here to loam the govern
ment's attitude through the labor
board tomorrow.
3 Railroad executives of the cen
tral division meet tomorrow in Chi
cago to discuss all phases of the
strike situation while executives of
other divisions meet simultaneously
in their own regions.
Freight rate reductions approxi
mately equivalent to the 12 per cent
reduction in wages ordered last' July
I by the railroad labor board were
Indicated as the probable basis the la
bor board will propose with the back
ing of the adlmnistration to avert the
strike.
I understand," said Commission
er Ben W. Hooper, a member of the
"nubile" group of tho labor board.
"that the Inter-state commerce com
mission haB a number of important
rate reduction cases on hand."
"While government efforts for set
tlement of the strike were proceeding
army officials, it was understood
were making preparations for oper
ating trains by federal troops.
'Dispatches from San Antonio said
officers of the eighth corps area in
the southwest had been Instructed
to compile and forward to Washing
ton lists of all officers and enlisted
men with experience In 26 lines of
railroad work.
Southwestern roads largely com
prise the group' under Instructions t
walk out the first day of the strike
and it is believed that the prepon
(Continued on Pae Eight)
SITUATION
IMPROVING
U.
Babe Ruth Hitting Homer
inv5 c t sittwjss . ast
Despito the onc-and-a-half-lnch incision .made in his mm to remove an
abscess, Babe Kutn' reiuseu 10 siuy o-.it of tho fuunh khio f tho v.o.UI
series. In the ninth inning Bambino made his first and only homo run of
the series by clouting the bnll into the right-field bleachers. Despito Babe's
circuit swat the .Giants won 4 to 2.
FRIENDSHIP
TO BRITAIN
IS PLEDGED
War Between . England , and
United States Unthinkable
Declares President in Speech
at Yorktown Commemorat
ing the Surrender of Corn
wallis Opposes Isolation. ;
YOHKTOWN, Va., Oct. 19. A doc
trine 01 enauriug iiteuanhin between
ml! United states und ureat Jjntum
wus pronounced by President Huruing
touuy at u ceremony eummomuiniliib'
me linul surrender of the' Biitmli ex
peditionary torcca hero to the revolu
tionary urmy of vv'usliington.
surrounded by high oiticials of his
administration and standing within
signt of tho Bpot where Cornwalils
lmd down hiH sword In 17K1, ine
president declared in dellberatoly
uiiosen words a sentiment of peacelul
relationship between tno two great
English-speaking nations for all limo
to come. That either should ever
again lift the sword against tho other,
ho said, must bo "unthinkable."
"in the trusteeship of preserving
civilization," ho continued, "wo' wero
naturally arrayed togothor and tho
convictions of a civilization worthy of
that costly preservation will exalt
ncace-and warn against conflict for
all time to come."
OppoHfH V- s- Isolation.
In his address the president took
occasion to renew tho nation's pledgo
of participation in tho broader affairs
of tho world and declared his belief
that tho time bud come for "esHon
tial co-operation" among nations gen
erally for the betterment of Jho world,
We must not claim lor 1110 now
world," said Mr. Harding, "certainly
not for our colonies alono tho liberal
thought of a century and a half ago.
There were llbenil views and attend
ing sympathy In England and a pas
Hionate devotion to nioro liberal ten
dencies in Franco. Tho triumph of
freedom in tho American colonies
greatly strengthened liberal .views in
the world. Inevitably ' thin . liberal
public opinion liberated and grown
dominant, brought Great Britain and
America to a policy of accommodation
and pacific adiuntment for all our dlf
flcultles. There has been honorable
and unbroken peace for nioro than a
century, wo came to common sacrifice
and ensanguined association in tho
world war and a future breach of our
peaceful and friendly relations is uif
thinkable. In tho trustee'snlp of pre
serving civilization wo wore naturally
arrayed together and tho convictions
of a civilization worthy of that costly
companionship will exalt peace and
warn aeainst conflict for all tlmo to
come.
"In our great crisis, nearly a ccn
tury and a hnlf ago France came to
our aid and made our independence
possible. In her supremely anxious
hour, wo gladly went to her Hupport
and did our part to secure her liberty,
A grateful nation filled an obligation
which the passing generations had
not dulled. t .
Hiinner for tndersUHidliiB.
"Reflecting today upon tho incvi
tablencss of our participation, on op
ties of kinship, friendship and fellow-
(Continued on Vise .Eight)
!
SOAK THE RICH
TAX PRINCIPLE
OF G. 0. P. BILL
WASHINGTON, Oct. - 19. Urg-
adpptlon of the Smoot manufacturers
Rale tax. Senator Moses, republican,
jw Hnninshire. told tho senate It
would "stiiko down the vicious prin
ciplo of-graduatcd taxation which ap-nnnr-
nn tho nondiiiK tax bill and
whlch .ls but a modern legislative
adaption of tho communistic doctiino
if Wni-l Miirjc."
senator Moses, a leader In ihe
group of eastern senators opposing
tho republican compromise tnx revls'
ion : program, declared that the fi
nance committeo measure had plain
ly drawn under tho inspiration of the
inspiring slogan 'soak tho rich..' "
Ho reforred to the agricultural
bloc which propoBOd tho compromise
nlan as r'thnt division of tho mvin
clblo empire which may be styled as
tho Ken-Cnp-Klan."
Senntorn Kenyon of Iowa and cap
per of Kansas are loaders in tho agri
cultural bloc. 1
I hold no brief for tho rich," Ben
ator Mosen said. . "Nclthor 1 nor any
of .mv kin have; ever stood within
tholr circles. Hut I cniinot holp think
lnir that the rich may loam from
much buffeting, even as Pctor the
Great learned from tho repeated as
saulta of Charles XII, how to fight,
ndeed, they hnvo already begun. Cap
ital has gono on strike."
Henntor Jones democrat, New Jex
ico, expressed regret that tho pond
ing bill -did not contain a provision
tnxing undistributed profits of cor
poratlons nnd said that ho would of
fer an amendment within n dny or
two designed to mnko this possible,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The box
containing Bergdoll Investigation and
private papers stolen from tho office
of Representative Johnson of Ken
tncky Monday night was found early
today on tho fifth floor of the house
office building brokon open and with
documents missing.
Employes of tho building reported
they located the liox covered with rub
hlsh In un unoccupied storage room
After a hurried examination, Mr. John
son announced that not a slip of papor
rolatlng to tho Bergdoll-Investigation
was left.
After a conference with Speaker
Gillett, who stated he proimsed to go
to the bottom of tho matter, Mr. Joh
son called on the Washington police to
obtain tho finger prints of all office
building police and workmen.
Ho said ho wanted theso for com
narison with finger prints found on th
window pane of the office which tho
thieves cut away to gain entrance,
No Reward 111 I'rliwt Oiso.
' SAN FKANCIHCO. Oct. 19. The
reword of J5.000 offered' by Arch;
bishop Edward J. Kanna for the re
covery of Father Patrick Ilcslln, wh
was uhductcd from his homo at Col
ma. Cal.. August 2 and murdered, will
not be nald. Chief of Police Dnnl
O'Brien announced today. Ho snld
It never had been offered officially,
Pullman Dcclnrcs Dividend.
CHICAGO. Out. 10. :Tho Pullman
company today declared tho usual
dividend of $2 a quarter for the pe
riods ending November 15 nnd Feb
ruary 15,
Joy Riders Drive
Into Astoria River;
Two Men Drowned
;:';"' -
ASTORIA, On, Oct. 19. Two
persons were reported drowned
when nn automobile plunged
through tho open draw of tho
Lewis and Clark bridge near
hero early today. Two women
nnd a man wore rescued by a
A !n it which was annroachlug tho
bridee.
Joseph Corrigan. of Warren-
ton, Ore., and the driver, whoso
name was reported to be George
Illckle, wero missing. Tho
river was being searched for
tholr bodies.
Harry Ewlng, who said he
was a barber of San Francisco,
and Pearl IlutchinBon, two of
those roscuod, were taken to a .
hospital suffering fl;om cuts nnd
bruises. Irene Scott, who was
) rescued unhurt, said tho party
lmd bopn drinking since yester-
day afternoon.
IS
HARDJffS PLEA
President Harding Urges the
People to Awaken to Need
of Stronger' Support for
Teachers and Education-
Welfare of Country at Stake
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Oct. 19. De.
clarlng tho nation confronts an "edu
cational crisis" through lack of teach
era end public school facilities Presi
dent Harding appealed in an address
hero today for patriotic support an
educational system commensurate
with national resources.
I wish it were possible, said the
nresldent. "to drive home to tne wnoie
An.nHnnn nnnilln the Conviction Of
needed concern for our educational
necessities. Wo must have mora and
better tenchers and to got them the
profession must bo compensated as 11
deserves."
Mr: Harding spoke before a gather
ing of students and alumni of tho Col
logo of William and Mary, a part of a
coromony which inductod Dr. J. A. C.
Chandler into the presidency of tne
Institution. An honorary degree was
conferred on tho chief' executive who
came here with a distinguished group
of govoinment officials after deliver
ing, an nddross during tho morning at
Yorktown. H - U .
It !b no exaggeration; sold Presi
dent Harding, "to say that the nation
confronts an educational crisis. From
overv corner of tbe land, from country
town and city comes the same report.
that the housing capacity for our. pub
11c schoolB is Inadequate; that tons of
thousands of pupils have no place for
their studios; that teachers cannot bo
listed In sufficient number's and that
school revenues are insufficient.
Ho long aB I find that the propor
tion of public revenue properly devot
ed to education Is increasing, I dosiro
to bo counted-among those in public
llfo ready and nnxlous to struggle with
the problem of raising the nccesBnry
revenues. More even than money -and
ondowmonts, our" educational estab
lishment needs' the' devout, unBolflsh,
sustaining support of pooplo moved by
Instincts of patriotism and service. '
I am not sure that our young people
(Continued on page eight.)
NINE YEAR OLD
SPEND IRE ON
EDUCATION
BOY FATALLY SHOOTS PL
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 19. Lynn
Petera, 8, son of John PetorB of Randle
is In a dying condition today in the
Ealonvllle hospital with a gunshot
wound In the abdomen.. The sheriff of
Lewis county at Chehalls was notified
that Herbert, 9 year old son of Jeff
Goleman of Randle fired the shqt yts
terday. The sheriff was Informed the
hoys had quarreled and the Coleman
boy fired a shotgun nt his playmate.
BHELD'S
PLOT WAS
Prosecuting Attorney in Ad
dress to Jury Declares Rose
burg Dentist's. Plan of Mur
der Showed Diabolical Cun
ning Insanity Plea Ridi
culed. ROSBBURG, Ore., Oct. 19. Ju
rors who are to decido tho fate of Dr.
R. M. Brumfiold wero today listening
to final argumonts by the state and
dofense attorneys who summed ui
and attacked tho evidence which tho
Btnto rellos upon to support its ro
quost for conviction and the death
penalty upon the accused for the al
logod murder of Dennis Russell whoso
headless .body was found bonoath
Iirumfiold s autoinoniie near nero
July 13.
Judge G. .G. . Bingham Indicated
that he expoctod to deliver his in
structions to the Jury late today.
Throughout the time Special Prose
cutor JIammorsly was making the
opening argument for tho atato,
Brumfiold never took his eyes off the
attorney.
Hammersly attempted to convince
the jury that the evidence showed a
logical sequence to the crime, first
conoelved, then carried- out, by,,. tho .
dentist, . ' ';'-"iS lkJ."i
Idea Was Horn Juno 20
"It was June 26," Hammersly de
clared, "that the defendant doncelv
od the Idea to take a human llfo. this :
enmo to him at the Meredith homo
when Donnia Russell was presont,'' . '
, "It Is not Incumber.: Upon tho
slate," he declared, "to prove the mo
tive for this crime, but it Is bo plain
that we could not help but show It."
One thousand dollars was borrow
ed from Roseburg banks, Hammersly
assorted, , to pay 'Brumfleld's ex- .
penses while a fugitive from justice.'
The money, he said the evidence had
shown was obtained under guise that
It was to bo used to pay BrumfleliTs
hired help and that it would be repaid.
as soon aB tho dentist received omo
oxpectod funds from Indiana,
"This getting of funds," the attor-.
noy said, "was Just a part of the dlar
bollcal plan concelvod on Juno 2 Q.".
Well Defined lMun
"Thero was a well defined and Bys-.
tomatlc plan In tho dentist's affairs
B3 shown by tho appointments made
In his offlco cnlondar. 'This 'shows
that ho mado professional appoint1'
monts up to and including July 13,.
but only In one or two Instances was
there nil oppolntmont at tor; that
date." '
The loiter to tho steamship com
pany in Vancouver, Inquiries rates
to. Australia and methods Of obtain
ing naturalization papers there wore
written after- Brumfleld had mDt
Dennis Russoll and Conceived the
murdor plan, Hammersloy declared.
KuBxclI Relatives Weep
Hammorsly'8 description of Den
nis RussoH's cabin once marked by
tho prosenco of a friondly man with
a smllo, a plpo and a dog, now mere
ly a vacant shack with a bit of crepo
clinging to tho door sent Mrs. Julia
Smith, n Bister of tho murdor vic
tim, weeping from tho courtroom.
Before Hammersly began Ills ar
gument, Judge Bingham announced
that ho would tolorato no demonstra
tion from tho court room. , Hammors
ly was to bo followed by A. N. Orcntt,
attorney for Brumfiold. Dexter Rice
(Continued on Page Eight)
Both families ore prominent In castorn
Lewis county.
A number of Randle school children
witnessed the shooting, which oc
curred after school last night. John
Peters, father of tho wounded lad, who
is at the Eatonvllle hospital with him,
today gave hlB son's version of the
arfalr.
According to tho boy Herbert had
threatened him following a quarrel
and fight,
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