a v ft 5250 CIRCULATION (23,000 BEADEB3 DAILY) Only Circulation in Sales Guar anteed by the Audit Bursas of Circulations, FULL LEASED WIRE Weaker R ... wit Owgos: Tonight fair, too.tr eit portion; Friday fair, geatfe westerly wind. - DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS SERVICE SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919. FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 1T3.-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS CtN -TRAINS AND BTAXDtJ FIT1 CiLNTS l sA ' I5tn A 1r A A m I ,11 UH -U It 11 II II II II h ' MM II fl ft II A LL REVEALS DETAIL OF AHEMPT T coiEira OARRANGE WITH VILLA No Direct Communication Be tween SenatorXTid Bandit Leader, Letters Skow. Washington, July 24. Senator Albert B. Fall, New Mexico, today made public correspondence referred to in an announcement at Mexico City yesterday as showing an attempt to .arrange a conference between Fall and Fran cisco Villa. None of the letters showed any direct communication or connection between the senator and the Mexicun bandit leader. Among the letters made public by Full were two litf wrote to Charles 1 Hunt, El Paso broker. Included also a letter Fall said he had been in formed the state department had inter cepted. This letter was said to have been written iu 1917 to Villa bv Hunt, offering to arrange a conference be tween Villa and several influential Americsns including Fall. Fall also Rave out a letter he wrote to Secretary Lansing March 12, 1917, after he had been informed that George 0. C'uroiliers, the state department agent on the ltor der, had probably obtained a copy ot Hunt's proposal to Villc-. in this letter PROSECUTION IS NOT UKELYF0R FLYERS .'Absence Of Laws Prevents Pacing Baine Of Accident la Chicago. Chicago, July ?4. In the absence of laws governing f he ease, criminal prose cution was believed unlikely today to follow the halted inquest into the thrv Fall declared he hnd done nothing llle- multlng f om th. fall of gal ami he had no apolg.es. ,h( Wwi diri il)Uf thri , roof fall made nublie thn corresnnniienec ! ..a .t. ,,".!. m . ,..,.v... - r- - i -ui uie Mtiuuis irusi anu cuvings uanu following an announeeraent in Mexico Monday City that the Mexican govornmont Coroiior iPetor Hoffman declared he would publish letters recently enptnred believed fhe net resnlt of the double nt Juarez. One Of the letters purport- jury investigation he is conducting, ing to have been written by Villa to will ibe drafting of laws restricting air Hunt, -containing a referenceto "cx-inavigation above cities. Governor" Charles C. Hunt, which, it' Meantime State's Attorney Maclay is believed here, caused Mexican of f i- j Hoyno continued his quest for evidence (TiorffA Pin! Tn RocrAr-A ciuls to confuse him with Governor U. ,u Iur" UVOT 10 K Jury. "U cnn-' vuiugv a ivi iv iivoivi V iinueii to ntna .p. a. nocmicr, pilot oi SeBclsheyik Literature Is Found On Russiaa Sowing Sentence As "Moonshiner John Vaweliff, the Ruseiaa wk is serving a entac erf 0 days ia the county jail for manufacturing moon shine whiskey, claims no leaning to wards the bolshevik ideas. However, there was found ia bis possession a booklet issued by the official bolshe vik social nt government whith he claims was distributed among working men ia Portland. The tiooklet is entitled: "Constitu tion of the .Russian federated so v iff republio," and is the complete consti tution of what the socialists axe work ing far in Russa. According .to this document carried about by the Russian, the laud owners in Russia are in hard luck just as f he farmers ia this valley would be in hud luck should the boL&evik doctrine ever become effective here. For here is sec tion A of chapter 2, of the constitu tion of the soviet government: "For the purpose of realising the so cialisation ot the land, all privsfa prop erty in land is abolished, and the en tire laud is deolared to be national property, and is to be apportioned Smong the husbandmen without auy compensation to the former owners, in the measure of each one's ability fo till it." . The Russian said that the printed copy of the 'Russian constitution trans lated into English, has been distribut ed freely in Portland and fhat the teachings of socialism were being push ed iby the bobhevik element of Rus sia. However, while spending his 60 days iu the oounty jail, John Vasseliff put" in the time in scrubbing the jail flours, washing windows and cleaning the iron 'bars of the jail. He cannot read Knglish but expects his family id Port land to send him some Russian liters Wife Sees Freedom For Mooney Through Congress fct. Paul, Minn., Jj.ly 24.-P.ena Mooney, Recused with her husband, aft er the San Fruucisco preparudnw day bomb explosion, today declared the John 13, Densmore report submitted to cougress yesterday means freedom for Tom Moouey and prosecution of District Attorney 0. M. Fickert, who obtained the convictions. Mrs, Mooney addressed a crowd on a street corner from an ice cream freezer after police hud barred her from Rue I'ark. SHOVMS COM TO RELIEF OF FIRE FIGHTERS light Rain, first To Fill b Weeks, Checks Cceir D'Alese Kaze. BURNED AREA EMBRACES AROUND 400,000 ACRES Oregon Forests Except Ia Few Sections Kept Free Frca AH Damage. Missoula, Mont., July fii Light show s, the first to fall In Montana for weks, abated the forest fires in the Coeur D'Alene country today. Fires are still serious however (long Ratlesnnke and Pwsrts creks, with the flames still spreading. The Pack river blase in Tend Oreille is running wild. It cover 40 square miles. - The Thompson Falls fire U under con trol after having burned 100 afres, Kt. Regis is now sale. The tvaro fire is still bad. There is a 150b-aer fire near Elk City in the et. Ferce forest. The White Fish and Columbia Vails fires are tho worst burmiug today. . W. P. Hunt of Arizona. The first letter written to Hunt by Villa in January, 1917, said: "If you will meet me at a place des ignated by you on the border I promise tn bring to Our conference i,e of the most eminent statesmen in the t'liiled States with, powerful influeneo with Imtli our politlcr.l parties relative to questions pertaining to Mexico. 1 refer to I'niteil Htntes Senator Albert I?. Fall, vho appreciates the Mexican people and no. living American knows the condi tions in Mexico better than he." ' Hunt also snid in the lettei that he bud discussed "this question" thnr the death ship and V. C. Young, aero nautical expert of the Onodvcur Tire and Kulaber company, Akron, Ohio, owners of the "blimp." The men were allowed the freedom of the city, how ever in conipauy with detectives. The thirteenth victim died Into yes terday. He ns 'Marcus A. Cnllopy, a l feller, who was burned by flaming gas oline. 1. M. Starelnian. vice president of the tire company, who arrived here yes- King Of Montenegro Trieste July 2:1. -Reports from Ag ram declared today that at a recent meeting if the council of atate Great Kritaia and Italy was accused of plot ting to restore i.Niiholus 1 fo the Won tenegrin throne. Nicholas, former king f Montene gro, was deH)cd during the war by a proiJugoeilav ' faction. Agram, the source of tho foregoing report, is the capital of 'Croatia and Klovama. teniav, today issued a statement in which he said the Goodvcar company j was conducting an ' investigutinn, the T1 1 Af QMft Jpvl result of which would be turned over to Ulffil ill O.lvl) lUliCS ity for the accident will he shirked by iking this step on his own ! lur vup " """,'"" "F :tlie company, Mmlclman said. Around States Started Washington, July 24. Colonel R. F. While firea are reported in all enrts . Ifnrtz. army air service. ' 'homied off" of Gray Harbor county, little damage today for Augusta, Maine, on the first has resulted thus far, and blazes now leg of a flight around the United Stales are n-ported under control. tcfaMing eight thousand miles. ..ughlv with Senator Fall. He added j )" auuionrie rcsp...tJu thut he was Ink initiative, Hunt then wrote to Fall staling what lie hud done. Fall replied at length ex plaining his position under date of Feb ruary 1, 1917. He said: "I presume that you had simply writ ten to Villa or some of his friends along - the line of our conversation when visited you at the hospital in El Paso and that if you hnd mentioned my name at all yon had possibly in doing so, sta ted your conclusions from this conversa tion. "I stated to you thnt in the event Villa came to Border or had his repre sentative come, that I would have no hesitancy in talking with theia only and discussing Mxecian matteia with them,' , but that I would not discuss with anyj yieana. July 22. Hungaiian rrpreseniBiive or any lactioa nnytnmg troopS( h , loarneil here t0iyt have 'stuff. , .u. ...... a.,.Ho r.cn.i - V"- crossed the Tiszir-rivcr, defeating the It i,..rn..i , :,,, , liminary thereto. There musi be tn ab- Ku,uaniau forces, and are advance on!... 1 " T. ' !aU"i. t0 solute pledge of respect for American Grosswardein ie Kn w.me aimy, cm Hungarian Reds, Still Led By Bela Kun, Are Driving Rumanians Back From Tisza FiAYUATE HIDES BODY OF DEAD FTUEND, BUT BLOOD REVEALS CACHE Portland, Or, July 24. (United Presa.) Oeorge Miller, Jr., aged 10, vho hid the body of his playmate, Frank KcOauley, aged 7, In Ue attic of the Hitler borne, admitted today that he killed the HcCauley Jad accidentally while showing him how to work the automatic aimy pistol of Goorge Miller, Sr. Few Fires Near Rose burg. Roseburg, Or., July 24. Agents of the forest service here reported today that yesterday's lightning storm start ed 23 fires iu the forests hereabouts. Forest men, however, had been warn ed of the approaching storm and had; stationed men throughout t'le forests. The result was thut-the firea were all extinguinhed with slight losa. Portland, Or., July Zi. When blood soaked through the plaster of the ceil iag above the bed of George Miller and his wife, they called the police to in vestigate. Above them for two days and nights had lain the Baked bleeding body of Frank McOauley, aged 7. killed with an army automatic pistol. Then George Miller, Jr., aged 10, told his story, lie eaid he had found his pliiymate dying from the bullet wound. After the boy died, he said, he earried the body into the bath room, lemovea all the clothing and washed away the blood. Then, he said, he carried the boy to the attic and hid it, too fright ened to tell. Blood stains were Jtotind In the bath room and in the closet through which a trap door leads into the attic. Blood stains also were found on the floor, but the lad had washed away ninny of the stains. His story as told in a frauk manner. He will retell it today to Coroner fcinith.' For two days J. C. McCauley, Frank's father, had conducted & search for hts little son. Creeks had beon dragged. No arrest have been made. The cor oner and juvenile court will hnndle the case. New York Judge Says 2.75 Percent Beer Intoxicating U. S. SHIP TO BulLDV LARGEST V PING BOARE VORLD'S 111 fSSILS Si Jr. New Liners Will Be SO Feet Longer Than Largest Ship ' Afloat and Faster. Washington, July 24. Two gigantic ocean liners, swifter and larger than anything afloat, will be built by the United States Sh pping Board, it was announced today. Each vessel is designed for a apeei 400,000 Acres Burned. Missouln, Mont., July 24. (United Press.) Forest fires still threatened 8t. Regis today, according to reports re ceived by the government forest serv ice headquarters here. Thompson Palis, although still menaced, piobi.bly will oscnpe the flames. The most disastrous fires since 1910 have burned over 2."0,nno acres In Mon- tunnii and 1 50,00 acres in northern Ida ho. Thirty million feet of timber in Mo-itanc have been destroyed,, 73,000,- (Continued on page aix) Telephone Strikers Gven Retroactive Pay Frcn Jan, 1 San Francisco, July 24. That t!l further concessions than a slight wage increase were won by the telephone op erators of the Pncific cuait by the strike just ended was shown toduy in announcement that they will receive retroactive pay since JaniiLrj I, The wire font ml board in Washington made the award, according to telegrams re ceived today from John V. Noonan, vice-president of the Intel national Brotherhood of Klectrical Woikrrs. Approximately 17,000 electrical aork ers nnd telephone operators wiii benefit by the order. The incerase, dating fiom January 1, will offset the Ins.. of Wages during the strike. Xew Vork, July 24. Beer of 2.73 percent alcoholic content ia intoxicat ing, according o tho war time prohi bition act and the revenue laws, Judgo Thomas I. Chat field of the United States district court in Brooklyn held in a decision announced today. Tho decision was in answer to a de murrer fiWd irr a test case by attorneys for Martin Hehammler, who held an in dictmcnf charging fjchmauder with vi olating the law by soiling heer after July 1 did not specify that 2.715 beer was intoxicating. Judge Chatfield held that Kchmnuder must plead to tho in dictment. . It was indicated fhe case probably will be carried to the United Htates su premo court. Illinois Bank Looted Of Securities Worth $100,000 Hill4oro, 111., July 24. fl'he State Bank of Donnelson, 111., 12 miles south of here, was looted of liberty ibouds and other securiies valued a beween ")0.000 and 1113,000, early Wednes day morning, i win learned odny. Charles K. Mmmfield, president 'of the bank, declared loony the registered liberty bonds and negotiable papers taken amount to 50,000. Ho said the unregistered papers and securities may iucrea-ie the loot to 115,000. TAFT PLAN II PROVE A SETTLEMENT BASIS sniss Wilson Rumored Ready To Ac cept Suggestions In Part By L. O. Martin (United Presi taff correspondent) Washington, July 24. Uisnuwion of the possibility that William Howard Tati m .iifrirnatinn fnv 0XllnnntlrV res ervation to the peace treaty may pro vide a compromise by which the pact will ibe ratified, was general today in congressional circlet. The former president's friends pre dicted that his program will become the basie of an arrangement acceptable to President Wilson. This forecast had two promises. ' First That Taft, next to Wilson, has been the most consistent support er of the league of nations thus giving his suggestions great weight anion ad ministration leaders. Second The increasing belief that the president ia gradually approaching a mood for acceptance of explanations or interpretations, so as not to endan ger the ratification of tho treaty. All of the president's republican call ers, including those who saw him yes terday, declared they carried away the distinct Impression that, while he is not encouraging fhe domtwd for reser vations, ho will not seriously object to mere explanation or interpretations. There was imiie disposition to be lieve,, however, that Taft' program will not ,bc acceptable ss a whole. But on certain point, if was hold by many senators to lie the first suggestion of a middle of the road course between drastic reservations, amounting to amendment, and unqualified accept ance of tho treaty. Crowds Swarm Chautauqua Tent To Hear "Commoner" And Miss Ida Tarbell Speak of 30 knots, making it possible to cross the Atlantic in less than four days, tke board said. . They will measure about 1000 feet in length, 50 feet longer tha the Leviathan, now the largest vessel afloat. Tho new liners will have a bears; ef 100 feet, a gross tonnage of 55,000; a draft of 33 feet ; a depth of 74 feet and are each to accommodate 3000 passen gers, 1000 saloon panseugers, oOOO sec ond cabin and 1200 steerage. Tho crew will number iUHO officer and men. The ships will each be driven by four propellers upon which will lie thrown the strength of 110,000 horse power. They will be of tho oil burning type, with a gleaming radius of seven thousand miles, 'his mesas tiiey make a round trip actoss the Atlantis without wasting an hour's tune in re newing fuel. The. vessels will he hutlt With a view to converting them Immediately luta commerce destroyers Iu event of war. The liwrs are to be divided knd sub divided into compartments o as te make them unsinksble. They will be fitted with nn inner and outei "skia." The decision to build the racer eaase following a conference by Ciiainuaa Hurley of the shipping board, Uo chief constructor of the navy and presidents of the shippiug yards. Hurley asked the navy department to tuke general charge of conxtructio l work, wnilo a committee consisting of AdainU II. AT. Taylor, rhief of the huresit of construc tion; Homer L. Ferguson, p.viuol of the Newport News (shipbuilding com pany ; Joseph Powell, N. A. i-.cciuu.il, president of the New Vork Shipbirilfltnjt company; II. G. Mull, president of the Cramps Shipbuilding company, and W. F. (Ublis, navyarchitect, ould supervise ull details connected with the undertak ing tlibbs drew the plans for the. ships. The shipping board will puy all ca pe nscs. What company will tnt'ld the ships is not known. Fort Pond Hay at the east ern end of Long Island, may be selected as a terminal for the ships. A com pulsion has ben appointed to investi gate and report on the feasibility of tnia feature of the plan. Crazed Mother KiSs Little Daughter And Then Herself With the exception of fiakerkfield. Cal., where the oil worker' union is ',, nmna(?Pl to squeeze In and about a minute description of the conference - - i - --ft-., ---the cnouiauqua veni iv n.j;.ii o .w.v. ... , - red Colonel Julier. chief of th. bp l'cltlt'" on tne eoM rePort "vice nor- thn ,ni,,htened crowd in.Murion soualitie at the table, among wlioin lives and property, of respect for treaty (Continued on page three) nlnvilli thrive divisions rtf It. f.-i ill rv atwl j The Hungarian reds apparently havetLi;ty battoH.,si of artillery. Attacks begun the offensive plana reported in!arl ,,,nB(.d ttom vfrlll jirP(,i;onj. ; recent oispstcnes. urosswaruc.n, one oi rMl Kun , m.nt , nott , illc j the oldest towns in Hungary, dating ton(erl.a,.r ex,, ,iat t,e tFi, THOUGH BOOZE GONE j from the middle of the eleventn een tury, is 1.7 miles east of Kti lupcst. Amusement Features Draw Well Despite Weakness - Of Refreshments. . Bela Kun Leading. Vienna, July 21 The Hungarian reds, continuing their offensive against the Rumanians, were advancing today all n.ilog the entire lines of the east bank of the Kisia river. Reports received here stated the red were obliged to attack the Rumanians because the later had disregarded the "will of the entente." Geraan-Americaas Launch Drive To Aid Hun Victims New York. July 24. A eamuaiun will offensive was being directed by Bela soon be launched by German-Americans Kun. jin this country to raise at leist 135,- (This apparently refute the report ! Ooo.Ow for the relief of war ufferer that Bela Kun had been ons.ed a di-Un Oermmy and German-Austria, sc ireetor of the Hungarian eoniniui.ist gov- cording to a decision reached t a msis . New York, July 24. The rsll of the i eminent or indicates that he has re i meeting here last niiht. The meeting cabaret is not being downed by pro-i turned to power.) jwss attended by about six hundred lutiition, save in a few dreary ots. tj,,. forces, in their drive toward ' prominent citizens of (eruii aocestory. Rep.,rr from the '.arge cities ia nil , Grosswardeis, had captured the import- i A committee of 33 men and women T.arts of the country brought out thejBntt 8f Rentes and Torok Hr.ent-! were appointed to conduct the cam f:ict today thst pun.'hless punch . vin,,. .., r. hnir.. n,,,!- ',... n ... .;a .!,. .i...:u. ... drawing thrill hunters to an extent i pest and their objective. Ihey aln " TJV:lT r.rV., -V,."-'! targe quantities of war ma lights burn brightest, has mrrendered ,,'rla'- tnme of its gavest gilded amusement Eedi Plead Excuse. ;i.atiuris i;l be formed iu (.iiicao, Cin cinnati and Kt. I.ouis. Aiuuiig thoe baeki-ig the project here are James J-peyiT, bsnkcr; lluliert Gillis, president of the (iuirdisn Life Insuia.ice com ninl aguin. , ABE MAKTW HollWcr, Cal., July 24. (rniUd I Pi-ess.) Apparently swept by a. udde . mitv of the task and the rinsons orLra74t jir,. j. p, Berwirk early today That portioa of the Kalem population both demy and eoinpromiso. Hhe gave . ,a ( B at tht h(.i 0f aer Dine- year old daughter, Jessie, and blew U child's brains out. fhe then shot her- n ... ., .... . .1.. I'.lt..) Ui.i... .Inn,l county to domestic anil international me prcsmcin oi vim lh problems, having atiwirhed nil ttia w in ; rceognir.ca as iue iciumik p..n, u. ism Jennings Hrvsn and Mihs Ida M. ' petty differences and demands Hint came Tari...li tll'thnm in the course of like stinging anat to distract attention t-n hours and a half. from the main Issues. Listening to her: I Hoth speakers dealt with subjects and visuulizing account of all tttese t'KMrou.lt tut th.e woman' act. I.ituation that have been canvassed by Her auu.ei.ee was i.ro..K..i io .ee newspapers "ad wearyum," but these, me c.v..,cu " a- two distinguished people coming from great reform, that have bee., or bo it wtual close co tact with the powers .hed and unsat.sfac or y pcac, treaty and tribunal that a.e negotiating for that we have. Admitting that this trea- tfa destiny of ft world, brought to thaMT contains e.emonx. i MIKA 1 il F 1,(11 . ' M iue ' world's hope. Wie was heard with the most respectful attention, due to one of the strongest personalities of the day. audience both informr.tin and inspira tion. Mix Tsrbell, who spent four months at the pence conference, not only gath ered data but with a woman' keeu i;i ttution snalywd the situation in which the delegations found themselves, and was able to show her audience the enor- self through the head, dying bhortly aft erward. Mrs. Berwick is the wife ol the UkuX manager of the Hihm Hammond Lumber company. Berwick is unable to a- RYAN BLAMES SALEIT FOR SHAPtKG CAREER Airplane Races Stork And Wins By 10-Hmute Margin New York, July 24. In the first race between a stoik and aa airplane, the stork lost by ten minutes. Byron Brooks, naval tfrrhitcet, the winner, was on Htaten island, dben he received the summons. lie n.oloted to yineola, rent.-d an ro taxi wml paused shol but other are cliek'isg right I meir neieai oi ine jiumjnir.ns. meior rue mr.nsn i.ne insuia.ice com I yisk ion um; to '" " - . ..:. ..:- .:-...t. 1 reds erosied the TUzji nt numerous-r.anr. and Victur Riibler. r.iilor nf the'Tonr oet Cora toe against th' baby' CVninz bv air. Ask Jean to wait." tmnA a. t.nitirmUk a"nrie. hieb tdaeea b-tween Tohaje and seugrad.iHaats Z,-;tun2. It was said the mect llron toy whan lookln' for a lifcht. Lot; Brooks made th entire 71 miie trip Th, under command of ("oinmis ;ing was sanctioned by th stale depart I o' wives dispositions boil over a hot from Htaten island to Kast llaiiipton, (Continued on page three) Isary Las jler and f.irruer Lieulrnanl aient. stove. I L, ia an hour and 22 niiiiute. Speak Here Swerved Him From Flan To Qrrt Politics. By the time tho "Great Commoner . . came to tho platform every scat in .u lOYIutUuu IU sboot tho big tent Was occupied ai d n fringe of tardy ones stood about thej side walls. He greeted his audience as! old time friends, for it was in hilcm.l mnm iksn vrifi airo. tlist he made ! his first address on a great public ques-j William JeninK Bryaa rather tion and he has visited the cit many blames Nnlem for his politic! career, times since. He spoke, not with thej In an sddress last evening at the fire and fluency of the days of "Id tot dinner tendered him at the Marion hot! 1," but with a force and conviction' he said that about 24 years ago, after born of a quarter of a century oi experi-, serving In congress, he had about de ence and observation. Probably no man Vidcd to retire from politics and take on earth is ia better position to say up the practice of law. told you so" than Bryan, End he ninn- About that time he racier d a J"" nges'to extract a lot of humor out ofrora Judge William Galloway wh the fact. ' t thnt time was a member f the atati Tho opening portion of h.s audress, fttir board, asking: turn to rms was devoted to a review of the four, silver question at the state fair. (Continued on p2 three) i ' (Continued on r t"") At