Daily capital journal., January 15, 1917, Image 1

Ml
FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
llouraol
CmCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 13
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS SJlr
BILLS OF MINOR
IMPORTANCE ARE
PASSED BY SO 0
Sixty-Two Bills Introduced In
Senate Up To Noon
Today
HOUSE PASSED SIX BILLS
AT MORNING SESSION
Little of Interest To Enliven
Regular Routine Legis
lative Work
The president's gavel dropped
promptly at 10:30 and prayer was of
fered by Rev. F.. O. Shepherd, of the
United Mrethreu church.
The following bills were introduced:
S- B. No. 59, liy Lewis. Amending law
(elating to mechanics' liens.
v. H! No. 00, by Smith, of Coos.
Granting war veterans, their wives or
widows licenses to peddle, etc., without
payment of fee.
S. B. No. til, by Wilbur. Defining
conditions under which alien e'igible
to citizenship may acquire, possess or
lease real property in Oregon, and lim
iting ownership and leasing rights of
Other aliens to purposes and extent pre
eeribed bv treaty.
S. B. No. 02, 'by Wribur. Providing
that mortgages shall not become invalid
within 10 years after a partial payment
Bill Passes.
The committee on mining reported
back -senate bill 25, by Strayer, with "the
in'ommendation that it pass. The bill
provides for making record of sales
liuimiers ami urns upon mining proper- t
ty the same as those provided for trans
i t i , etc., o'f real estate. The bill passed
and goes to the house.
Senate bills 57 and 58 were read sec
oed time and referred to committees.
Create Another Judgeship.
Senate bill lilt, amending act creating
the nineteenth judicial district and fix
ing the terms of court in Washington
county , was up for third reading and
was passed.
.Senate bill 37 by Pierce, amending
code fixing the rate of interest where
same is not specified at five per cent
iu.stcad of six, and limiting it on con-
t :nts to eight percent, on third reading
i nuseu some uiscussion, as to wnat or-
feet it v8u,d have on municipal bond is-
sues and the like, but it passed with
only two dissenting votes. Cusiek and
Baldwin voting against it.
Senate bill 7, by Eddy, to amend sec-
ti-Mi 24H Lord's Oregon laws concerning
(( redemption of property sold at
sheriff 's sale;, and providing that pur
chaser shall have deed at end of 60
days, passed 2ft to 0.
Senate bill 51. by the judiciary com
lll ttee, authorizing the supreme court to
make rules governing conduct of cases
o original jurisdiction in that court,
a id requiring plaintiffs to deposit $15
j"id defendant:-! $10 on filing first, pa-1
pars in such cases. The bill passed bv '
vole of 29 to 0.
Senate bill 27, by Strayer, relating to
lomestead exemptions, was on the re
quest of its author, laid on the table, it
being understood the whole matter was
being provided for in another bill cover
ing the exemption lav.-s generally.
The desk being cleared the senate ad
journed at llllo until 2 o'clock.
House Passed Sir Bills.
Sir bills passed the house of repre-
sentatives this morning and completed
their first step in the process of be-
coming laws of the state of Oregon. The
session opened at 10:30 o'clock with
prayer by Rev. J. Bowersor, of the Uui-
ted Evangelical church, in whose honor
! ABE MARTIN
It's th' good loser that finally loses
out; Folks that sing at ther' work
never have nay vocal ability.
Wheat Has Steady Gain
After Slow Start Today
Chicago, Jnu. 15 Wheat had a steady
but rather slow start, gniui 1 slightly
early then dropped again. May wheat
opened up .t S then lost 14, guing to 1.
85. July opened down 1-4 and subse
quently lost another 1-4, going, down to
1.4! 12. September wheat opened up
1-8, then lost M, going to $1.4:! 3-4.
There was no crop news of importance
Heavy snow through the middle west
was favorable to the winter wheat.
Corn opened quiet and maintained a
small gain. Offerings were small and
locals bought on wheat strength. May
corn opened up 1-4, then gained ;l-S. go
ing to 99 l-H. July opened up 1-4. gain
ed 14, going to 97 7-8.
Oats were inclined to firmness. Trade
was light. May opened 3-8, they drop-
ed 18, going to 57 1-4. July opened
Op 1-8, then gained 1-8, going to 54 5-8.
Provisions ruled a shade lower. Early
transaction:! were small.
BEGIN LEGAL FIGHT
ON EXTRADITION
Johnson of New York Heads
Long list of Legal Star
Already Retained
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 15. Attorneys
for the Thaw family today began their
fight in defense of Harry K. Thaw, in
dicted for kidnaping and assault in New
York state. Protests were entered by
Henry Scott, of Philadelphia, against
extradition of Thaw and Oliver Brew
er without, hearing.
In the ense of Brower the request
came too late. Requisition for him was
honored late Saturday night.
Frank K. Johnson is head of the large
force of legal lights that drifted into
t Pllil.ldelnhin fnllowintr Thaw's attAmnt
to kjh himself, He declared the Thaw
family is perfectly willing that Harry
'ue put under restraint if the Hew
York district attorney desires it. Friends
of Thaw when told of Johnson's state
ment today declared they believed it
would prove true.
Mrs. Thaw is in Philadelphia today.
She remains in seclusion and will see no
one but her lawyers. Physicians will
not permit her to remain in Harry's
room but a few minutes at a time.
Thaw is stiii in a semi-conscious condi
tion and physicians fear constant com
pany of any kind would weaken him.
Josiah Thaw, Harry's brother, and oth
or members of the" family are expected
to arrive today.
"To think of the Thaw millions being
used to save Harry again borders on the
ridiculous," declared Johnson. "There
will be no attempt to keep up a long
legal fitrht.in Philndelnhin.
We feel sure Thaw will get fair
treatment in New York and if the New
York authorities apply for extradition
papers we will, in all probability, make
no attempt to fight against them. The
charge against Thaw is second degree
assault and does not worry us in the
least. We are willing to let the matter
follow its own course-"
Johnson refused to discuss the Fred
erick Oump, Jr., kidnaping charge
further than brand it "bunk for the
purpose. ' '
"You can't kidnap a great big 1ft-vear-old
boy," he declared sarcastical
ly. the new church, which hns been rebuilt,
was dedicated yesterday by the mem
bers of the United Evangelical church.
President Kerr of the Oregon Agricul
tural college, extended an invitation to
the members of the legislature to visit
the college and inspect the work of the
institution. Lunch and other features
of the visit will be provided by the col-
lege without expense to the members,
Representative Lafforty moved that the
invitation be accepted and the motion
carried. Speaker Staniield appointed
and the motion carried. Speaker Stan-
field appointed Representatives Eaton, er and Miss Daisy Polk, both ot San
Lafferty, and Anderson a committee to Francisco, California, U. S. A. They are
make arrangements. re building the village of Vitrimnnt,
House joint resolution No. 2 request- Department of the Meuithe and Moselle,
ing congress to refer to the people of Thanks to their efforts, Vitrimont will
I the 1,'nited States the question of na- not only be the first war-destroyed vil-
tional prohibition was read this nioru-llage of France to be completely restor
Jing. led, but, unless peace comes much quick-
The committee on resolutions recom-'er than is generally expected, the to
mended that the resolution allowing the! farmers of Vitrimont now seiving with
committee on roads and highways n.the French armies will return from the
stenographer be adopted. The report was ! front to find new homes awaiting them
adopted. i of a type of which they little dreamed
The resolutions eomittee recommend- j when they left the burning walls of
ed the house resolution No- 2, allowing their old ones to figlit.
the committee on engrossed and enroll ) Vitrimont is one of a score of towns
ed bills to hire help when needed, be'in Lorraine destroyed by the armies of
adopted; also that hiy.se resolution No.
B3, relating to keeping down the expense
cf the session and asking that a com
mittee be appointed to report on a plan,
be adopted. 'Both reports were adopted.
House bill No. ti, introduced by Rep
resentative Bowman, relating to taking
up and advertising for sale of astray
i:nimals, came up tor passage this morn
ing. Representative Bowman, in explain-
ing the features of the bill, stated that
the old law leaves everything cect'eru -
ing the picking up anu pre6Vure for
-IV 1 1 n A
,-mli- of astray animals practically alLtoiment, for France has promised that an
guesswork. His bill was to clarify the indemnity will be paid, after'the war,
proceednre and to specify time and 1 to every family whose home was de-metbo4-of
doing things ia order to dis-1 stroyed. The "after the wnr " payment
pose of the astray. He reduces the time ! meant that uone of the hundreds of
for holding until notice is given from j farmers and' little hone owner could
two months to 30 days. If the animal's 1 possibly begin rebuilding their home
1
LAW
m ycMTinmo
uu
Al LEAK PROBE
Names of Secretaries Mc
Adoo, Lansing and Others
Brought In
FORCED TO ANSWER
DIRECT BY COMMITTEE
Witness Says That Chairman
Henry Was First to Start
Report
By J. P. Toder
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Jan, 15. Chairman Hen
ry of the house rules committee, which
is conducting the note leak probe, was
the "member of congress" who gave
Thomas W. Lawson information that a
cabinet member profited through the
leak to Wall Street, Lawson told the
committee this afternoon.
Lawson ;then named (Archibald B.
White, 1 1 Pise street, New York, as
the banker who had given him addi
tional information.
' 1 wUl answer that statement lat
er, Henry retorted, flushing, after
Lawson had blurted out the name.
Lawson said Henry had left the im
pression that the cabinet man was
fully as close to the leak as if he
had speculated himself."
1-awson s naming of Henry came as
a bombshell. It was elicited in a re
plv to written questions which repeat
ed testimony Lawson had giveu on the
eighth.
Archibald 8. White, of White and
company, New York, wa3 named by
Lawson as the banker who hail told him
about another banker who had mti
mated that a cabinet, member was in
with a senator in sharing profits on the t
leak. I
The committee ordered White sub-i
pocnaed. Lawson declared he could not j
name any member of congress who had
been suying and soiling. r
.secretary ot tne Treasury mn.iaoo
was mentioned by Lawson as the cab
inet membor he "had heard" was in
volved in sharing profits from the al
leged leak.
Lawson declared Henry said the com
mi tee had heard that the "Gerojan
ambassador had profited over two mil
lion dollars in the leak.
On a woman's sav so, Lawson namecL
a reporter, Price of the Washington ;
Star, as go-between for Tumulty and
others in leak deals.
He likewise named big bankers one
as telling Him about a big leak deal,
the other having been named as aetual-
I'Gontinued on page ix.)
;i men i iuna
CHAIRMAN HENRY
American Women Rebuilding
War-Torn Loraine Town
By Henry Wood.
Cl'nited Press staff correspondent.)
With the French Army in Lorraine,
Jan. 3, (B" Mail.) Americans, how
would you like to re-build a real, actual,
wai -destroyed village in Lorraine, in
stead of merely buildin
all vour life
; dream-castles in the air?
Well you can do this, provided, first,
you have enough money, and secondly,
that you can get into the good graces
of the French government. This latter
isn't so hard.
Two perr.ons have already sue.ceedeo
in both. Thev are Airs. William Crock-
j the crown princes of Germany and Ba -
varia, who burned and destroyed more
villages than all of the other German
armies in France combined.
Before the war it contained about 7ft
houses. Of these U5 were razed by fire
or bombardment.
All houses sufiered
some.
The complete restoration of the entire
village has been undertaken by Mrs.
Crocker and Miss Polk. To begin with-,
. it was first necessary to come to an
understanding with the French govern -
, t . i . i. . .
Body of Clyde Armor
Unearthed in New Mexico
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 15. Interest in
the murder charges against y.iuug
Klbert V. Ulancett of Friday Harbor,
Wash., quickened today with the an
nouueement that the body of I lytic
Armor, who he is alleged to have
killed, has been unearthed 20 miles
from Santa Ke. N. M.
Ulancett attempted to suicide be
fore kissing his mother good bye at j
Friday Harbor, New Year's day. He'
was on a stretcher when he was taken
aboard a train at Seattle for Albu
querque, X. M., yesterday, self in
flicted gunshot wounds having only
partially healed.
Annul- was recently taking an auto
mobile trip from Jowa to New Mexico
and suddenly disappeared. Relatives
learned that a stranger had signed his
name to telegraphic requests for
money. The automobile was sold.
Ulancett was charged with being
Armor's traveling companion, whom
Armor picked up at Denver.
The body was found by a rancher.
Buried beside it was a shotgun. One
shell had been exploded. A dog drag
ged a human bone to the rancher and
the discovery of the body followed.
Ulancett attempted suicide rather .han
tell his mother of his arrest, he said.
BAY NEARS DEATH
Admiral George Dewey May
Not Live Throughout
die Day
DEATH IS EXPECTED
Washington, Jan. 15. At 3
o'clock this afternoon Admiral
Dewey's physician announced
his distinguished patient aa
''rapidly sink'ngj'1 It was said
death was ei.pi rted momentar
ily. ' . - ;
Washington,
this afternoon
Jan. 15. At 2 o'clock
Admiral Dewey 's at
tending physician issued a statement
that the patient was slowly sinking.
The 2 o'clock statement was as fol
lows: "Admiral Dewey has been slowly de
clining since early morning. The
primary condition is arterio sclerosis,
) sneers prsciicaiiy every ur(.
n tne way, especially uic siunevs ami
brain
"Although he has shown great rally
ing power at times, he is slowly sink
ing'. His heart is strong and his lungs
are clear but these organs may be sud-
(Continued on page three.)
(until the war was over and the indent
nity only promised 00 per cent of the
I construction costs.
But in re building Vitrimont, Mr
Crocker and Miss Polk will advance all
of the money for immediate construc
tion. The GO per cent indemnity from
the French government will revert to
them whenever it is paidbut the 40
per cent remaining is the gift of the
San Francisco women to Vitrimont.
Plans for the re-construction have
been drawn by the government architect
and fully approved by the minister of
the interior. They include the most
modern ideas as to sanitation, ventila
tion and beautil'icntion, while preserv
ing the general style of previous archi
tecture in the town. Curiously eniingl.
the hardest task in the re building of
tlit village was winning over of the vil
lagers themselves to the new principles
of sanitation and ventilation since
they were wedded to the scheme of
building of centuries ago, as exemplified
in their homes.
Gradually, however, Miss Polk who
took up her residence in one of the
little houses, has succeeded in winning
over all the villagers to the new ideas.
The cost of construction for each
house has been placed at abont $3,000.
jThis inolud: cost of granary and barn
The total for the re-construction work
in the village, therefore including the
town hall and school will be about
100,000, of which the government will
eventually pay back $00,000.
The re-construetion of the village
brings with it a moral help to the vil-
lagers almost as great as that of the
material aid. Like most of tne trench
towns in the path of the German armies
the inhabitant suffered terribly. In
1 the first bombardment, a German shell
i . x i. ,l. I. . I . : II :
struck the little market place, killing
eight of the women ot the village who
were meeting to sell their produce. One
of the women was-the wife of the may
or. Later the mayor's cousin was shot
(Continued o- rage six.)
RUSSIANS PRESS
STRONG OFFENSIVE
SOUTH OF RICA
Pressure Has Effect on Ger
man Operation In Rumania
District
CELEBRATED SOCIALIST
TO GERMAN PRISON
Capture of Another Ruman
ian Position Reported by
Germans
London. Jan. 15 Russia is exerting
such tremendous pressure on the Her
man line south of Riga that it may
etonceivably have its leffect Win the
German progress in Rumania.
At several places the Russians have
broken through the German lines anil
the positions they took were those con
structed in the Teutons' twelve months
of occupancy. The Russian advances
were made also despite heavy snow
storms, freewngly cold weather and
great stretches of marsh land. A mes
sage from (leneral Dimitrieif, publish
ed here today, pays a tribute to his
men 's heroism and cites their capture
of fifty machine guns, thirty cannon
and a vast amount of material includ
ing 100,000 bottles of brandv as evi
dence of the irresistible force of the
advance.
Already weakened at several places
by the battering of tho Russian assaults
it ib believed here the Germans muBt
make early reinforcement of their lines
in this theatre or undertake a general
withdrawal. If reinforcements are giv
en, it is believed they will bo taken
from the Rumanian front.
Ii, patches from Rumania today in
dicated that the Teutons aro again
making desperate efforts to approach
Galatza. For ten days the Teutonic
forces have been unable to make much
progress out of Urailia toward Galatz,
although the latest Berlin statement
claims occupancy of Vadeni, six miles
distant.
Socialist Sent to Prison
Zurich, Jan. 15. Carl Liebnecht, Ger
man socialist leader, has been sentenc
ed to four and a half years impwson-
mcnt at hard labor and expulsion from
ihe bar, according to Berlin advices
today.
Liebknecht has been, in almost con
stant trouble with the German authori
ties for his anti-war and socialist speech
es, both within and without the reich
stag. Probably the Zurich report is the
final sentence imposed on Liebknecht
after an appeal which has been pend
ing for months.
The charge on which he was arrested
was participation in an anti war May
day celebration in 1916 and on June 28
of that year he was sentenced to thir
ty months imprisonment. He took an
appeal and was re-8entenced August
23 to lour years and one month, the
court depriving him of all civil rights
for a period of six years. He appclncd
three days later.
The Zurich report of his latest sen
tence probably means that Liebknecht
has again lost an appeal.
King's Message to Kaiser
1 Amsterdam, Jan. 15, Lively appre
ciation if the kaiser's defiance to the
allies and acquiescence in his declara
tions that the entente's refusal of peace
shows their "boundless lust of con-
qnesl" was expressed in a message
trom the king of Vavaria to Kaiser
Wilhelm today, according to Munich
dispatches.
In part the sing's message reads:
"The stronc words expressing indig
nation over our enemy's arrogant reply
find a lively echo in nil our hearts. All
tho German people share your iron will
to break our enemy's presumption the
enemy who's war a'nis disclose their
Windless lust of coiiques't and desire
for our destruction.
'The self sacrificing heroism of the
troops Of tho empire and of the people
I...-.......!. '.i..t.. Ill JL ' .i
will henceforth defy all attacks and
I v I
Hod
iron n ..w.u.j. ;
with out just cause."
continue
Germans Capture Verdeni
Berlin, via fiayville wireless, Jan. IS.
Capture by stirra, in hand to hnnd
encounter, of the village of Vndeni,
the last city held by Russian forces
south of the Kiver Nercth, was announc
ed in todny's official statement.
The capture was effected despite un
favorable weather conditions.
North oi the Susitu valley, the state
ment said, recently captured German
positions were attacked by Russian and
Rumanian forces,- but the enemy was
everywhere repulsed.
Quiet on West Front -
Paris, Jan. 15. "No event of import
ance oceurred during the night." said
today's official war statement.
Got osed to 1JH7 yett The year
seem strange and far off up to the day
we move into them to live. Then we
treat them about as shabbily aa we
know how.
!
Winnipeg, Man.. Jan. 15 The
bndiea of four children were I
found frozen to death early to- i
day near t'adiallac, Sask. Two !
little boys were allowed to leave I
school Friday afternoon during !
a terrible blizzard. Their sis- :
ter, nged 13, went in search nnd j
a fourth child also left the j
building. All perished on the
prairie. When found the older j
girl had two of the boys in her
arms and the fourth child was I
found a short distance away.
Three were children of Ovitle '
Beschamps.
MEM BYMIR FACES
Mrs. Schofield Knew That
Daughter's Husband Had
Another Wife
By George Martin.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
HOW TO TELL
MARRIED MiiN
"It shows in their faces.
' ' They are considerate around
the house.
"They are artistic liars about
things wives like to bo lied
about.
"If they say something nice
about other women they say
something nicer about their
wife.
"A woman's tears don't
bother them.
"During a family tiff they
know when to talk and when
to keep still." Mrs- Anna
Schofield.
!.' nrnn .... xi t i..,. ik
Anna Mcho'field just chuckled and
chuckled today when asked to explain
her statement that "you can always tell
a married man by his actions." Then
she explained.
Mrs. Schofield is the Fast Orange
mother in law who just naturally know
her daughter's husband had another
wife stowed away somewhere. She sus
pected that of Captain Selwyn Joyce, of
Boer war fame, from the first; and aft
er he married daughter Dorothy, Mother
Schofield pooh-poohed his claim to bach
elorhood and sniffed out his other mar
riage record in fur off New Zealand.
Dorothy's marriage now stands an
nulled and wife No. 1 is waiting her di
vorce suit in jell, all due to Mother
Schofield 's eagle eye for benedicts.
"You can sec it in their faces," she
said today. "It sticks out all over
them.
" Marriage brands a man as plain na a
hot iron on a cow s hip. 1 saw 'wite
written on tho slick Mr. Joyce the first
time I ever set eyes pn him. He was too
considerate around the house to bo a
:i0-year-old bachelor. Like all average
married men, ho was an artistic liar in
a email way about things wives like to
be lied about. As to further accomplish
ments in this rospect 1 saw nothing, but
that he could praise coffee that every
body knew was vile in such a way that
THEY DIED TOGETHER
it tasted good- i one.
"What old bachelor would take the' "Statutory words," Justice Day
trouble to do that, even if he couldMield, "are uniformly presumed, unless
Only u married man would do it. , the contrary appears to be used in their
"Like his brother benedicts he knew ordinary and usual sense and with the
how to praise his wife's taste, whether meaning commonly attributed to tnm.
'good or bad. If a married man says "To cause a. woman or girl to be
i something about another woman he transported for the purpose of debanra
1 doesn't neglect to say something a lit- cry, and for an immoral purpose, to wit:
I tie nicer about his wife. That was becoming a concubine or mistress, for
j j0yce.
..jr0 had habits of cleanliness and
,., hnut the linn thut no l.nchelin -
of .'19 ever had. Ho didn't throw his intent to induce her to engage m pros
clothes on the floor, nor leave, things titution, debauchery and immoral prae
cluttcred up behind him. He showed tices, for which Hayes was convicted,
in a thousand little ways that a wife ; would seem by tho very statement of
wasn't new to him. facts to embrace transportation for
"Take tears for instance. Tears break purposes denounced by the act and
a newly and never-before married man 's I therefore fairly within its meaning,
heart. He gets all excited about them.! Of the plea of the defense that the
But they rolled off that man's back like1 law opens the doors to blackmailers, he.
water off a duck. ;said:
Rmm of his nilv sweetness miuht
; , ' ,
i have been
i..: i ie t. .. i i i.. l:...
, ,ia(,
jn()(J )iim H but R mu)i ,l0l?BI1
not tn.li in..i tin f nr ilm.st!. nu na
soldier of fortune.
' ' I kept quiet about my suspicions
until one day he and Dorothy were
fighting. He fought like a married man.
He knew when to talk and when to shut
up.
" 'Selwyn,' said I, interrupting them,
'I wouldn't be surprised if you've been
married before.'
" 'You can't prove it,' says he, get
ting red and turning around real quick
1 told him I'd show him, which I did.
"Not lone after wo got the goods on
s -r
him, he came in with an empty poiBon ,
bottle and said he'd swallowed poison
and was going to die and would we
shake hands and tell him good bye. We
said we'd be glad to if he really had
taken the poison. But when they used
the stomach pump on him at the hos
pital it waa as we suspected. They didn 't
find anything but free lunch.
"Yon can toll a married man every
time. They show where the harness has
rubbed.
CALIFORNIA WHITE
SLAVERS TO SERVE
FULL SENTENCE
Conviction of Diggs and
Caminetti Confirmed by
Supreme Court
HIGH COURT INTERPRETS
PROVISIONS OF MANN LAW
important Case Has Been
Fought at Every Point Dur
ing Three Years
Washington, Jan. 15. The supreme
court today held that the Mann white
a4avc law applies to non-commercial
vice and is constitutional, in upholding
the lower court trial resulting in con
viction of Maury 1. Diggs, F. Drew
Caminetti and L. T, Hayes for viola
tions of the law.
Tho question before the supreme eourt
was one of interpretation of the Mann
law.
- D'gg and Caminetti, sentenced to
prison and fined for transporting Lo'.n.
Norris and Marsha Warrington to an
other state from California homes,
pleaded in their appeals that the low
was not intended to apply noncom
mercial vice.
L. T. Hayes, convicted of transport
ing a girl from Oklahoma City, Oh hi.,
to Wichita, Kansas, appealed his convic
tion on a similar plea.
All the men were married.
The decision upholding the non-commercial
application of the law barely
got through.
Justice McReynolds took no part, aa
he was attorney general.
Of the other eight jutitic.es, the two
seniors Chief Justice White and Jus
tice McKenna and the junior Justice
Clark disoented.
The case itself was one of the most
bitterly fought in criminal history in
this country.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey woe chief
counsel for the defense in the supreme
court hearing, with Assistant Attorney
General Wallace acting for the govern
ment. Dozens of convictions under the Mann
law hinged on today's decision.
With the Manr. law applying only to
commercial vice, it would be impossible
for a conviction if a man transported a
woman across a state line for immoral
purposes, unless a oney consideration
was proved.
Justice Day read the opinion:
"There is no ambiguity in the law,"
he said- "It covers transportation of
a woman for immoral purposes, inclnd
ing purposes of debauchery. Tho plain
terms of the act must prevail."
"Congress," Justice Day said,
"plainly has the power to regulate tho
transportation of passengers in inter
state commerco and so to forbid the
transportation of women for immoral
purposes."
There is nothing in the act, he h-ld,
to limit itB application to commercial
vice.
Points of the Decision.
The decision was an unusually long
which Caminetti and Diggs wove con-
victed; or to transport an unmarried
! woman, under 18 years of age, with the
"The fact, it it tie so, that tne act. aa
,t ,u u-viMim i.immi
, mnilin(? OI)0rations on a large scale i
it is written opens wio ooor mj uim
... ... .1 A - V.I....Tfc-
t , no reason why the courts should refuse
nli enforce it according to its terms, if
' i!iii.l ...v-s.. ..
witliin tne consiiiuuoimi inunvoij
congress. Such considerations are more
f Continued on
page two.)
THE WEATHER
Oregon: To
night and Toes
day fair, een
tinucd eold;
north easterly
winds.
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