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VOU'35:No..223.
HOUSTON TEXAS;THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13. 1919.
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RAILVOWNERSHIP
. : IS BELIEVED DEAD
ISSUE IN CONGRESS
All Sentiment Disappears
' Judging by Action on
Proposed Bill
MUCH OPPOSITION
AGAINST CONTROL
Measure for Delay in Re-
turning Roads Is
Promised
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. Whatever
sentiment there may have existed in con-
gress for government ownership of the
" railroads is dead. This fact more than
any other has been demonstrated In open
discussions in the house on the Esch
railroad bill which provides permanent
. legislation for the assistance and further
regulation of the railroads on their re-
turn to private ownership by the govern-
. ment.
- Chairman Esch of the house interstate
and foreign commerce committee who re-
ported the bill alluded to the popular de
mand for return of the railroads to their
-'. private owners at tfie earliest possible
date and said that this had been a con
trolling factor with the committee in pre
'paring the legislation that has been pre
sented. Strong as this demand for re
v turn of the railroads he said was' the
Opposition against any plan of operation
by the railroad workers of the railroad
properties under any scheme of public
ownership.
' Substitute Planned.
Following Mr. Esch's statement Repre
sebtative Sims of Tennessee democrat
announced that he might later present
as a substitute for the Esch bill a meas
ure of providing for delay in returning
the roads to their private owners with a
scheme for ownership by the government
of the rights of way and physical prop-
rtiea of .the roads leaving to the Olittrte
owners the right to operafeii''tion of bis paying her debts up to
either through continued interest. o uJl-T'IU addition to other provisions
der lease. 1 Ra gjot o encouragement for
this plan.
Mr. Sims charged that the railroad ex-
ecutives were a union and he condemned
the high salaries paid railroad presidents
and lawyers. He said he would offer an
amendment to the Esch bill providing
that no salary over $50000 shall be
charged to operating expenses of the
roads as such charges tend to increase
rates. -..
"If any one wants the $1QO000 presi-
dents let them pay for sucb out of their
own pockets nines gets but $25000
and be is running all the railroads of the
country efficiently and economically" he
said. Sims said he would oppose the
permissive consolidation provision of the
bill favoring instead unified control of
the railroads.
Among other amendments to be pro-
posed to the Esch bill during its consid-
eration in the house are the following:
Striking out provisions permitting rail-
roads to enlarge their ownership of water
carriers by changing provisions of the
Panama canal act.
Preventing interstate commerce com-
mission control over water carriers by
- requiring such carriers to build docks and
placing all docks including private and
miblic docks under the commission aa
terminals.
Authority Stripped.
Stripping the interstate commerce com
mission of proposed authority over water
carriers by permitting the commission to
control the minimum rate of water car-
riers in joint rates with rail lines.
The Panama canal act required Uie
withdrawal by railroad companies from
the operation of ships in competition with
their rail lines leaving to the interstate
commerce commission discretion in ex-
tending the time within which such water
service by rail lines must be withdrawn.
During the seven years' existence of the
Panama canal act the commission has
denied but four applications by rail car-
riers for continuance of railroad water
service ingress contemplated in pas
sing tbe Panama canal act that private
capital owning independent water lines
should build up a water service beneficial
to the public in that it would not be rail-
' controlled as to its rates and would con-
stitute a competition such as could never
be obtained from railroad owned ships.
5 The pending bill it is claimed would
perpetuate railroad owned water lines
and grants to the interstate commerce
commission additional autority to per-
mit the railroads to extend further their
water service except only through the
Panama canal act which would prevent
active private ownea water competition
with rail lines sucb as would guarantee to
the nublie who could be served by water
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'earners just and reasonable rates based
on the actual cost of water transporta-
tion : - . '
FORECASTS OF THE WEATHER.
Associated Press Report
' WASHINGTON. NP. ll.--Eatt Ttxtu
Tlmnday partly dowdy tittpt oceanenal rains
fm futktvt -warttam; taliar aatt and tenth for-
Ken. . . '
r -Wat JTms Tkartiat gersy fair: taldar
aamlhtait partian. - - "
Lnuianr Thnrtday ttnarilty fair in itort.
SMri . frabaatj rain in tat ami aanlh tartlantl
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Cold Hard Winter
Looms foiv
Swindling Prince
By PARKE BROWN.
Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune. By
Leased Wire to rue uouston rpsv
(Copyright 1010.)
BERLIN. Not. 12. Thla will ba
long cold winter for princes. Nicholas
Von Haklakoff. Prince of Golitsin. baa
been arrested in Frankfort on charges
of fraud in a "con frame." Although
fundlesa he obtained 100000 marks from
business men. promising shares in big
ventures in Ruaisa. He formerly was a
captain in the royal Imperial guard.
MRS. SHONTS WILL
FIGHT TO RECOVER
FAMILY ESTATE
Charge Made to Surrogate
Husband's Apartments
Have Been Looted
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post
NEW YORK Nov. 12. The charge
was made in the surrogate's court Tues
day that tbe apartment maintained by
Theodore P. Shonts president of the In-
terborough after he and his wife sepa-
rated bad been looted since his death.
George W. Files attorney for Mrs. Mills
D. Shonts. made the assertion in the
course of the. preliminary hearing before
Surrogate Fowler of an application made
by De Lancey Nicoll one of the execu-
tors of Mr. Shonts for the removal of
the widow as temporary administratrix
Mr Files added that Mrs. Shonts' pur
pose in having her self appointed by tbe
court was to take steps for the' recovery
of the property which it is said has
been taken from the apartment of Mr.
Shonts and on which a value of $50000
has been placed by his widow.
The 1017 separation agreement by
Theodore Shonts and bis wife .was made
public 1 today by attorneys for Mrs.
Shonts. i
..The agreement stipulated that in con
contained in a private agreement each
was to permit the other to live tbe rest
of his or her life "as if unmarried."
After obligating himself for Mrs.
Shonts' debts to tbe extent of $80000
he agreed to pay his wife $20000 year
during their joint Uvea the provision to
expire upon his death. The provision
was. also made in the agreement for the
iUbtishment of a trust fund of $100000
frith 'the Guaranty Trust company for
the benefit of his two daughters.
Mexican Plot to Kidnap
Consular Agent Balked
Associated Press Report
EL PASO Texas. Nov. 12. Native
police recently prevented capture by
bandits of another American consular
agent in Mexico It was learned on
Wednesday.
William Callar consular agent at Pa-
chuca. Hidalgo was the object of the
bandit campaign which was to have tak-
en place immediately after the Jenkins
affair according to a dispatch from Mex-
ico City published in El Heraldo at
Chihuahua City. Pacbuca is about DO
miles northwest of Puebla home of Wil
liam U. Jenkins.
The bandits believed that Callar was
planning a trip to mining property of
which he is manager at Real Del Monte.
five miles northeast of Pacliuca. They
planned to waylay him. The Pacbuca
Police learned of it and Rumvptinl in
captured Julio A'costa said to be leader
of tbe bandits.
Peace Conference Will
. ' Close by End of Month
Associated Press Report.
PARIS. Nov. 12. The American
delegation to tbe peace conference has
notified the supreme council of its in
tention to leave France during the first
days of December. This fact was made
known by American peace conference
circles Wednesday afternoon.
The British' peace delegation has also
expressed the same desire and the gen
eral impression in French conference
circles is that the conference will con-
clude its work at tbe end of this month.
The members of the American delega-
tion will probably aail from Brest on the
seesmer America but the date of their
sailing nas not been definitely fixed.
Germany Acts Only When
Allied Mission Nears
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
BERLIN Nov. 12. Beginning an ex-
amination of the official records of Ger
many's offer to recall her rebelling troops.
representatives of the inter-allied mili-
tary mission for evacuation of the Baltic
provinces verified . an interesting fact
That was that not Until the announcement
was received that -the allied mission waa
coming hare war the most drastic or
ders issaed. 'Thex constituted an .ulti-
matum to the rebel threatening revoca-
tion. of theis citlsenship and prosecution.
The government's previous action merely
appeal to the troops to return to Ger-
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OVERALLS BETTER
THAN KHAKI WHEN
PAY CHECK COMES
Two Thousandth Regular
Army Officer Resigns
Within Year
SALARIES FAIL
TO PAY BILLS
Loyal Service Doesn't Keep
Wolf From Door as
Trade Wages Do
By Leased Wire to The Hons ton Post
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. The two
thousandth Regular Army officer to re-
sign since the end of hostilities in Eu-
rope one year ago has filed his release
application.
This emphatic demonstration that the
high cost of living and the inadequate pay
of the soldiers who led the fighting in
tbe great war are rapidly demoralising the
regular personnel waa made public from
Secretary Baker's office without any
comment as to what the war department
proposed to do to remedy the -situation.
The two thousandth resignation was
that of Captain Edward Canfield Jr..
coast artillery corps a native of New
York State and graduate of West Point
who after serving in the temporary grade
of colonel was forced to return to tbe
rank of captain with smaller pay than is
drawn by government bricklayers in
Washington.
Railroad Pay Better.
In the general ststement settng forth
the dangerous situation the army s fac-
ing the war department said:
"The average pay of a railroad train-
master is $325 per month about equal to
the base pay of a colonel which is $4000
per snnum. Bricklayers employed on
government work in Washington and
vicinity are paid $9 per day or at tbe
rate of $2862 per annum the base psy
of a captain ts $2400.
So Captain Canfield who is an
pert in spnatTuction resigned ;e
a position in dtil Ufa. f'JB? P"' 01 !"? service"
Z .n.diW wHh W&F dV-l ? he f U
Army officers are. Jsaving ' the. service is
shown by tbe latest edition of the army
directory. Betwees August 29 and Sep
tember 23 1919 275 resignations .wert
accepted divided at follows! Lieutenant
colonels 1; majors 6; captains" 3&; 'first
lieutenants 116; second lientenenta 12.
Academy Latks Cadets.
"The resignations of traJiM tfrmy offi
cers is apparently having a" psychological
effect upon the military acadesoy from
which under normal c attlonaj officers
would be drawn t4 Tplact hose going
OUt. 'SsiS!
"Effdrts have been' made 'to keep upl
the strength of the corps and in 1916 787
cadets were appointed. In that year 125
cadets resigned a number equal to 16 per
cent of those appointed. To October 15
1919 480 cadets had been appointed and
1 44 resignations accepted October 3 and
4 alone 18 resignations were received of
which 11 gave financial reasons as the
cause.
"On November 3 the adjutant general
reported 503 vacant appointments to
West Point. Of these 289 are to replace
the June graduating class but 214 are
vacancies in the authorised strength of
the cadet corps.
GOLD WAVRCOYERS
COUNTRY EASTWARD
FROM TBE ROCKIES
Lander Wyo. Has Tem-
perature 20 Below Zero.
Freeze to Hit Gulf
Associated Press Report. .
WASHINGTQN Nov; 12. Lander
Wyo. with a temperature of 20 degrees
below sero was the coldest place in the
United States Wednesday according to
reports to tbe weather bureau. A cold
wave covers the country from the Rocky
mountain region eastward to the Mia
sour! valley with the line of freesing
temnerature extending into Northwest
Texas.
East of the Mississippi river however.
temperatures were well above the sea
in nl v Tjti. ax a rule and were gen
erally higher than Tuesday.
Cold wave warnings were ordered for
Tennessee tbe Interior of the gulf
States and the Mississippi valley south
of Minnesota. It will be much colder
at night and Thursday In Tennessee and
in the East gulf States and the Atlantic
States except Southern Florida.7'
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 12. With
freesing weather in the interior and
frost to the coast Dredieted for nirht
damage to tbe sugar can erop in the lower
Louisiana is feared. ' The cold wave also
will be felt In East Texas according to
the weather bureau forecast. There will
be frost to the coast at night with frees-'
Ing in the sugar and trucking region' '
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Democratic Senate Leader
: Diejl After Long Illness
Associated Press Report.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Nov. 12.
Senator Thomas S. Martin the demo-
cratic leader in the senate died here
Wednesday after an illness of several
months. He was 72 years old.
Senator Martin bad been confined to
his bed since last July when be was
forced to give up active work in the sen-
ate after a continuous service of 24 years.
While his condition had been critical for
more than two weeks the end came
rather unexpectedly at 1:30 p. m Four
hours earlier the attending physician had
issued a bulletin saying the senator had
spent a good night and was doing better
than usual.
Senstor Martin suffered from s leak-
ing heart valve and was moved to a bos-
pits) here soma weeks ago when he grew
worse. Two weeks ago his condition be-
came critical and members of his family
were summoned to his bedside but he
rallied within a day or two and later re-
ceived some visitors and showed a keen
interest in public affairs.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. The death
of Senator Martin was announced to the
senate by his colleague. Senator Swanson
and the senate aa a jnark of respect ad-
journed immediately after adopting reso-
lutions providing for a committee of 18
v-tenatoi'" Ssranson.laTljrif eulogy.. aklf
rrlrf i
sacriflea
super-
senate dur-
ing the war.
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COMMiJNIST PARTY
Leader Discovered by
Raiders
By Leased Wire to The Hoiitibsn Post.
NEW YORK Nov. 12. Proof that
Lenine himself had dictated tbe bolshev
1st operations in this city is said to be
in the hands of agents of the Lusk com-
mittee. It was stated that among the
documents obtained by the State investi-
gating body in its recent raids were some
signed by Lenine personally. These will
be offered in evidence in due time.
At the hearing of the anarchists Magis
trateMcAdoo said:
"I hold that the communist party has
declared a state of war against the
United States and the government of
tbe State of New York and that the
establishment of the communist party in
the State of New York is the highest
crime known to our law and I will not
reduce tbe bail one dollar."
Mr. Recht attorney .(or the prisoners
ssid we were not legally at war with
Rnssia.
"Who killed tbe 111 American soldiers
whose bodies sre being brought bsck
from Russia?" demanded the magis-
trate. The attorney shrugged his shoulders.
'1 don't know" he said.
"Well said the magistrate "it was
the soviet guards of ItttsisaAiNow let'B
get back to tbe trial."
Recht did that quickly maknjg a plea
that tbe bail in the case of Moses Zim-
merman be reduced as he is "a former
service man."
Zimemrman was interrogated by tbe
magistrate and said that he bad been
drafted but served only 11 days be-
cause his heart was weak and be was
discharged on account of his physical
condition.
"Give me a man who" volunteers to
serve his country." said tbe magistrate
declining to reduce the bail.
Danes Hope for Early
War Claim Settlement
By Leased Wire to The Honston Post.
COPENHAGEN Nov. 11. Through
the Danish trade corporation' discussion
with the allies and central power win
be started concerning damages to Dea
mark for losses the country has suffered
during thenar. "The damages amount
to a hundred millions. As soon as the
allies and- Germany 'have- agreed to dis
cuss the matter a conference will ba held.
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50 TROOPERS TO
FACE TRIAL HERE
BY COURT MARTIAL
Men in 7th Texas Charged
With Being Absent
Without Permits
DISOBEDIENCE
IS ALSO ALLEGED
Proceedings Started by Wol-
ters Under Orders From
Washington
Court martial proceedings have been
ordered against approximately 60 troop-
ers enlisted men and noncommissioned
officers who belong to the Houston
squadron of the 7th Texas cavalry.
They are charged with being absent
from official formations of tbeir outfits
and a refusal to obey superior officers
by absenting themselves from such for-
mations. Acting upon instructions from the
bureau of militia affairs at the head-
quarters of the Southern department
which in turn is acting under orders
from Washington General J. F. Wolters
commanding the 1st brigade cavalry
Wednesday afternoon ordered troop
commanders to prefer chsrges against
all absentees from official formations.
Before Summary Cosrt.
Acting upon the .same orders General
Wolters has designated Lieutenant Colo-
nel James E. Sullivan. 7th cavalry as
summary court officer before whom tbe
absentees will be given a military trial.
As soon as troop commanders prefer
charges the papers will be placed in
the hands of Sheriff .Binford and ab-
sentees and those who refuse to obey
orders will be arrested and taken before
the summary court officer.
Under the provisions of the national
defense act the punishments may be im
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posed as follows:
Seduction to the ranks of eOncoramisT
sioned oncers' fcJUMJ ' 1 1 iL. ;
Forfeiture Of all 0rknd Ubwaqcft.
Fines not exceeding: 128 or confine.
ment in lieu thereof.
Ta Be Jailed
Tbe question of confining those found
guiltv has been settled by military and
civil officials.
The army regulations say prisoners
can be confined in tbe armories of their
organizations or turned over to the civil
authorities and confined In fail.
However as it is not convenient to
confine refractory troops in the Honston
Isrmnrv. or work them in building stables
and barracks they will be turned over
iu iuo wuuij umonues xor a Dnex
spell in prison.
It is understood that some of those
derelict in military duties expect to se-
cure civil counsel to appear for them
However a recent decision of the judge
advocate general of the army rules that
an accused can not have counsel before
a summary court official.
WAR PROHIBITION
HALTED BY JUDGE
IN PROVIDENCE R. I.
Grants Injunction Against
Federal Officers; First
Ruling on Law
Associated Press Report.
PROVIDENCE. B. I.. Nov. 12 Judge
Arthurd L. Brown in the federal district
court Wednesday issued a temporary in
junction against Harvey A. Baker United
States attorney and George F. Shaugh-
nessy collector of internal revenue re-
straining them from enforcing the pro
visions of the war time prohibition act.
The injunction waa Issued upon the peti-
tion of the Narragansett Brewing com-
pany. The sale of 4 per cent beer was
immediately resumed by Providence
liquor dealers.
The commissioner will work under the
bureau of internal revenue and will have
charge of the field force which will be
used in enforcing both the temporary.and
the constitutional dry laws.
lhe court in hanrhna down its de
cision said:
"In view of the probability that tbe
act in question will ultimately be held
unconstitutional and of the irreparable
damage that would result from its im
mediate enforcement and as in view of
the evidence afforded by the presidential
proclamations and other circumstances.
Its immediate enforcement is not im
perative. I am convinced that the plain
tiff's right to a preliminary injunction is
clear."
The decree will be entered Thursday
when it will become effective.
The opinion is the first construction of
the Volstead (prohibition) enforcement
act handed by any court in the country.
LOUISVILLE "Texas. Nov. 12
Federal Judge Walter Evans in open
court declared Wednesday he is "firmly
of the opinion' 'war time prohibition is
unconstitutionsnd and indicated a dispo-
sition to enjoin Elwood Hamilton col
lector or internal revenue from Ken
turky from
from Interfering with the sale of
1.000000 gsllona of tax paid
.anM mMh .1
about
whisky known aa "floor stock." - I
Americans Must
Be Assured Fair
Safety in Mexico
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. Secretary
Lansing in a statement Wednesday de-
signed "to make clear the government's
attitude on the question of responsibility
of Mexico for the safety of Americans in
that country" declared it was "the privi-
lege as well ss the right of this govern-
ment by diplomatic intervention to see
to it that justice is accorded its citizens
and their rights given proper protection.
Mr. Lansing explained that he Issued
his statement because some newspapers
in connection with tbe kidnaping of Wil-
liam i O. Jenkins American consular
agent at Puebla had made it apparent
that he had said "that Americana in Mex-
ico bad no greater rights to protection
than Mexicans."
MINERS TO DEMAND
WAGES AND HOURS
STRIKE INYOLYED
Original Proposal Presented
to Operators Goes Before
Scale Conference
Associated Press Report.
SPRINGFIELD III Nov. 12. Orig-
inal demands of a 00 per cent increase in
wages a six -hour day and a five-day week
will be presented to operators by mine
workers fn the joint scale conference
called' for Friday in Washington at the
I instance of Secretary of Labor Wilson
according to Frank Partington chair-
man of the miners' scale committee who
came here Wednesday en route to the
national capital.
- Asked whether the miners wonld G?ey
the strike rescinding order of acting
President Lewis Farrington said:
''In my judgment the miners will not
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4th he 'Pkt Qnl or "! niinow.dis-
trfct of. which be is president.' '
Farrtngtoir said the' Impression that
the "slate had been wiped clean" so far
as denfands were concerned had no basis
in fact although the miners stood ready
to negotiate a new scale without reserva
tions.
"The old demsnds will stand" Mr. Far-
rington said. "They were formulated by
the Cleveland convention. All of them
however are subject to negotiations."
Miners' rrpresentativea will insist he
declared that any new agreement be ef
fective at once and not on March 1 1020
as operators formerly contended.
Arms and Dum Dum
Bullets Seized
Associated Press Report.
CHARLESTON W. Va. Nov. 12.
Deputy sheriffs acting on an executive
warrant issued by Governor Cornwell
Wednesday seized a quantity of arms and
ammunition in tbe express office at
Dawes a mining village in the Cabin
Creek district today.
The rifles which were taken to the
governor's office proved upon examina-
tion by Colonel W. F. Harrell command-
ing federal troops here to be regulation
army pattern and the steel jacketed bul-
lets in the ammunition cases were the
type used in regulation army rifles and
machine guns.
Careful examination of the ammunition
seized with nine military rifles at Dawes
W. Vs. by deputy sheriffs disclosed the
presence of some 300 soft nosed dum-dum
bullets among the regular cartridges it
was announced at Governor Cornwell's
office this afternoon.
The arms were consigned to a miner
living in Dawes atid were received at the J
express office Tuesday. Nine rifles and
1000 rounds of ammunition made up the
shipment it was announced at Governor
Cornwell's office.
OWNERS TO ATTEND.
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON' Nov. 12. Thomas T.
Brewster chairman of the coal operators'
scale committee announced Wednesday
that the mine owners had accepted Sec
retary Wilson's invitation to meet rep
resentatives of the miners here Friday to
negotiate a new wage agreement
"We will be there" said he.
John I.. Lewis acting president of the
United Mine Workers of America already
had notified Secretary Wilson of his ac-
ceptance meanwhile declining an offer
from Brewster to meet the latter'a com
mittee nere Monday to negotiate a con
ract to De in torce upon the termination
oi tbe contract now in effect.
Spokesmen for the miners said this
proposition could not be considered for a
moment and tnat tbe only way to bring
peace to the coal fields was through
adoption of a pay scale to take effect
immediately.
LIGNITE MINES TAKEN.
Associated Press Report.
BISMARCK N. D. Nov. 12. Gov-
ernor Lynn J. Frasier Wednesday de-
clared martial law in the coal mining
districts of tbe State and announced he
would take over the lignite coal mines of
tne state.
In a proclamation the governor ordered
Adjutant General Eraser to assume
ot the' mining industry of the
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MURDEROUS CLANS - .
TO BE ROOTED OUT
FROM NORTHWESf
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Attack on Armistice Day
Paraders Last Chapter in ; '
Anarchy Story
DEPORTATION
TO BE GENERAL
Shots at Service Men Were
Defiant Answer io Step
to Curb Radicals
Associated Press Report. ' '
CENTRALIA Wash. Nov. 12. Nn
tional Guardsmen Wednesday are patrol-
ling Centralis where Tuesday four mem- '
bera of tbe American Legion met death
during an Armistice day parade when '
alleged members of the I. W. W. fired oa "
the marchers. i 'i'.
Seventeen alleged Industrial Workers;
are in jail and Brick Smith believed to .
be the aecretary of the Industrial Work-
ers union was banged by unidentified
men and his body riddled with bullets .
Tuesday night.
Smith's body which was left hanging .
from a bridge after two undertakers ft- '
fused to handle it had disappeared
Wednesday morning and it was said the ;
rope had been cut causing the body to
drop into the river. .
Hand bills were posted by Centralia au-
thorities in all parts of the city asking .
residents to report sny knowledge of tha
shooting or of any I. W. W. they may
have seen. The drive has been launched .
to clear the I. W. W. from Centralia it '
was said and former service men Who
came here during the nigbt from neigh-
boring town j are- to be used in the work '
One woman Is among the prisoner fn
the jail. She conducted a hotel in which )
tbe I. W. W. hall was situated. Accord-
ing to one version she and her husbahd
when th paraders'stsvteJ to ransack-th '
pUceyra.n out carrying a small American 1
flag demanding ntoleftkB. .The men )t
was alA iiik.th Ttt.'a th.m
Reds AstlvV for Years'.
Centralis has been combating a radical "
element several years and Tuesday' '
shooting Vas the climax of a aeries of v .
conflicts. Two years ago when the first '
Red Cross bazar was held here it waa
reported before the bazar opened that.';
I. W. W. intended to dynamito the hall
in which the affair was conducted. At
that time citizens burned the fixtures In "
the I. W. W. hall and drove the secre-.'; .''
tary from town. '.' '
Recently the protective league was or-
ganized. Every I. W. W. was to be listed..'
it was planned and ordered to leave. Aa '
a direct answer to the citizens' declaration 1
of war came the attack according to tha ."v.
belief of officials. ' ;.'V
Former Soldiers on Hunt. ;
According to information reaching local ' "i
newspaper offices several former sol
diers here quietly organized s party and
left in automobiles for Mendola a mining
town four miles northeast of here to ar
rest several alleged I. W. W. working ia
coal mines there. It was reported that '
the man who shot Warren Grimm Tues- '
day had taken refuge at Mendola. f
I. W. W. PRISONERS REMOVED. '
Associated Press Report. ." v
PORTIXI Ore. Nov. 12. A spa-
cial to the Telegram from Centralia says .
a nnmber of the I. W. W. prisoners were '
removed Wednesday from the Cell trail a i
jail and taken under heavy guard to tha '
county jail at Cbehalis. Among the pris-
oners left in Centralia was one said to '..
have killed Warren Grimm. Threats of
violence against him were said to be loud.
Immediate proceedings toward V porta- rm
tion of all aliens among the men arrested .
Tuesday night in a raid by the police at '
I. W. W. headquarters here will be taken v
according to announcement made by Bar-'
nett Goldstein assistant United States (
attorney.PROPAOANDA THREATENED. L3
Associated Press Report. i
SPOKANE Wash. Nov. 12. That
Industrial Workers of the World are pre
paring to launch from their lieadqija'era '
here a propaganda campaign throughout v
the Northwest and perhaps through the ytr:
entire West in the near future was the ''
declaration here Wednesday of officials 'i1'
of the department of justice. So far ! ' f '
they said. . no orders to proceed against J; . '
them have been received.
Associated Press Report. 'JV ' -WASHINGTON.
.Nov. 12. Attornejf f -
au Mini- i .-inta iirU(ii uiucio Mst4 .
been sent to department of justice agents
to prevent an 1. W. W. propaganda cam- -.;.
paign in the Northwest because the de "
partment could not act under present '
laws until some overt act bad been cxuB-'.V''
mitted. '
JOHNSON SEES REVOLUTION;
Associated Press Report ( i 4-
WASHINGTON Nov. 12. The shoot- '
ing of four ex-8ervlce men in an' Arm-'
istice day parade in Centralis Wash.'
was described in the house Wednesday by '
Representative Johnson republican of
Washington chairman' of the immigrar
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