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BergdOU Planned
Flight, Court Told
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which Bcrgdoll is confined here. testi-
ffed that he had made n physical exami- E
natiOhOf Erwin since his surrender here
last month.
The examination showed. the wit
ness said that BPrgdoll was in good
condition and would make fine sol
der. physically. No traces of any dis
ease or ailment that might have hindered
his service at the time Of his fight were
found during the examination, Major
Ilsley said
Captain Clover consulted with Berg.
doll a minute and after much shaking
of heads and whispering. excused Major
Ilsley without cross examination. Ma
jor Ilsley's testimony is expected to
knock the props from under any defense
for Bergdol that might be advanced
because of physical grounds.
Colonel Cresson was disappointed in
two of his witnesses today, They were
Mr.. and Mrs. II. o. Cost. formerly
Miss Irma Dayhoff. of Hagerstown,
Md. whom he relied upon to identify
Erwin as a member of parties in which
Grover was member which stopped at
the new Vivian Hotel, Rt Hagerstown,
during the flight of the brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cost were employed at
the hotel. They were unable to make
certain Identification of Erwin and
were excused.
George @. Barber. Sd. secretary of
the draft board, testified that Bergdolrs
sole claim to exemption, entered when
he registered, was on the ground that
he was farmer.
His plea that he had a dependent
wife was not advanced until he fed and
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Poles Mass Troops
for Big Offensive
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the Danzig railway, the Soviet cavalry
Is reported to have turned southwark,
being closely followed by infantry,
which has marched close along the
Prussian frontier.
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then his wife, who has since died,
entered it at Harrisburg.
Mayor II. p. Kennedy, Of Lancaster,
a member of District Board No. 4, for
eastern Pennsylvania. (which had the
Ridley Park local board under its juris
diction, was the next witness called. He
told of the action taken in Bergdoll' :
exemption plea.
Leslie Sullivan. chief clerk of the
local board, bore out the testimony OF
Doctor Taylor.
To set at rest any reports about Sulli
van and his failure to enlist, Colonel
Cresson questioned him and brought out
that he had tried to enlist three times
and had been turned down. When he
served with the draft board he was only
twenty years old and ineligible to the
draft.
Met at Growers Trial
The Cost romance is one of the good
things emerging from the Bergdoi
scandal. Little more than acouaint-
ances in their home town, the two
were thrown together much in New
York at Growers trial. Friendship ran
Idly developed into love and they were
married before returning home.
'"The only drawback to our scom
plete happiness" Cost said, "is ou,
appearance here. The government al
lows us 81 so day witness fee. THAT
don't even pay our room charges"
The courtroom in Corbin Hall. wher,
Grover was court martialed and sen
fenced to five years only to escape later
not to be recaptured, will be the seen,
of another legal battle today.
Captain Ambrose Clover. veteran
with two years overseas service to hi.
credit. chief counsel for Erwin Berg
doll, is making bitter fight for hi.
client. He is ably assisted by Lieuten
ant Samuel Gone. Both strenuousl,
oppose Colonel Cresson and his assist
ants, CAPTAIN Robert r. Hannay ant
.''Pumphandle Jimmie" Romig, tn,
handshaking expert, a close persona
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friend of Erwin. although he il here
as witness for the prosecution. ia
authority for the statement that sew
eral witnesses will be called for the de :
fepse.
Captain Clover would not substan
tiate the report. He did admit that he
will try to show Bergdoll merited de-
ferred classification because he was
married and was farmer and manu- :
facturer. He and Romig say no civilian
counsel has been retained.
General Grants Civil War policy Of
pounding until something gives" is
being followed by Colonel Cresson. Wit :
ness after witness was called yesterda .
to testify to the legality of all the stems
taken by the draft officers in the Berg
doll case.
May Tell Of Visit
Today others will be called IN
offer similar testimony. Chief of Po :
lice Hallisey, of Haverford township.
and Squire Hatton, of BroomaIl, where
Erwin lived, will be called to testify
that the, draft board made the neces
sary legal notification of the delinquency
to the civil authorities.
AL Hall, chauffeur in the Berpdol
family before he married one Of the
daughters, may be called today. He
will be asked to tell of visit ne, Err.
win and George Deeves, a friend, mad,
to the home Of William f. Ellis, chair
man of Local Board No. 8, with
headquarters at Ridley Park, to ge,
exemption for Erwin.
The visit was made on the night ol
April IA, 1913, the day before Erwir
was scheduled to appear for physica
examination.
Erwin, Mr.. Ellis testified yesterday
asked to be excused from fighting be
cause he might have to shoot som,
relatives"
IF convicted Erwin may be punished
by death or any other penalty tn,
court martial may direct" the law
| says.
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diplomatic service OF the BolxhcvlGt
Government would become channel tQt
intrigue and the propaganda Of revolt
against the institutions and laws }6f
countries with which Il was at peace,
which would be an abuse of friendship
to which enlightened governments can
not subject themselves.
I'm the view Of this government there
cannot he any common ground upon
which II can stand with a power whose
conceptions Of international relations
are so entirely alien to its own, so ut
tcrly repugnant to its moral sense. There
can be no mutual confidence or trust, no
respect even. If pledges are to be given
and agreements made with cynical
rcpudiation Of their obligations already
in the mind of one of the parties We
cannot recognize. hold official relations
with or give friendly reception to tho
agents Of u government which Is deter
mined and bound to conspire against
our institutions whose diplomats will
be the agitators of dangerous revolt
whose spokesmen say that they sign
agreements with no intention of keep
ing Them.
government, I would say, therefore, In
response to your excellency's inquiry
that it would regard with satisfaction
declaration by the allied and asso
ciated powers that the territorial In
tcgrty and true boundaries of Russia
shall be respected.
These boundaries should properly
include the wAble of the former Rus
sian empire. with the exception of Fin
land proper. ethnic Poland and such
territory as may by agreement form a
part of the Armchair state. The as
pirations of these nations for inde :
pendence arc Legitimate. Each was
forcibly annexed and their liberation
from oppressive alien rule involves no
aggrcssions against Russias territorial
| rights. and has received the sanction Of
The public opinion of all free peoples.
Such declaration presupposes the
withdrawal of all foreign troops from
the territory embraced by these
boundaries. and in the opinion of this
government should be accompanied by
the announcement that no transgression
by Poland. Finland or any other power
| Of the line so drawn and proclaimed
will be permitted.
Thus only can the Bolshevist regime
be deprived of it's false but effective
appeal to Russian nationalism and com
PEELED to meet the inevitable Challenges
Of reason and self respect which the
Russian people, secure from invasion
and territorial violation. are sure III
Sddress to a social philosophy that de :
grades them and tyranny that on :
presscs them.
"The policy here in outlined will
command the support of this govern
mcnt, - t4aa
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BOLSHEVIKI NAME
ARMISTICE TERMS

London, Aug. 11.-Leo Kamenev.
Russian Soviet emissary here. sent Pre-.
mier Lloyd George yesterday the fol
lowing outline of terms which Soviet
Russia is laying down for an armi-
stice: -
First. The Polish army shall be re =
duced to one annual contingent of
$4,000 men. together with an army
command. and an army Of administra-
tion' apparently permanent force)
to aggregate 10000 men. -.
Second. Demobilization Of the Polish
army shall occur within a month.
Third. All Polish arms, excluding
those needed for the army forces speci
fed. shall be handed to Soviet Russia
and the Ukraine.
Fourth. All Polish war industries
shall be demobilized.
Fifth. No troops or war materials
shall be allowed to come from abroad.
Sixth. The line of Wolkovish
Bialystok and Prawevo shall be placed
fully at the disposal Of Russia for COM
mercial transit to and from the Baltic.
Seventh. The families of all Polish
citizens, killed. wounded or incapaci :
tated in the war shall be given land
free.
Eighth. simultaneously with the
Polish rehabilitation. the Russian and
Ukranian troops shall withdraw from
the Polish front.
Ninth. Upon termination of these
operations the Russian troops on the
frontier line shall be considerably re-
duced and fixed at a figure to be agreed
upon.
Tenth. The armistice line shall be
the status quo, but not further east
than the line indicated In the July 20
note Of Earl Curzon. The Polish army
shall withdrew distance Of thirty :
four miles from that line, the zone be-
tween being neutral.
Eleventh. The final frontier of the
independent state Of Poland shall be in
the main identical with the line in Lord
Curzon's note. but additional territory
shall be given Poland on the east in the
regions of Bialvstok and Chelm.
Mr.. Lloyd George last night read
the terms to the Commons and said he
had communicated them to Poland
France and Italy. He did not think IL
fair, he added, when the delegates OF
both sides were to meet, perhaps to
morrow. for him to express an opinion
concerning the terms which might EN-
barrass the discussion. There were GER
tain things he did not know the mean
ing of, and the Polish delegates 'woult
certainly ask for explanations, he said
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brutal force, Russia shall be weakened
still further by a policy of dismember-
ment, conceived in other than Russian
interests.
with the desire Of the allied powers
to bring about a peaceful solution of the
existing difficulties in Europe, this gov
ernment is, Of course. In hearty accord
and will support any justifiable steps to
that end. 1t Is unable to perceive, how.
over, that q recognition Of the Soviet
regime would prOm0te, much less ac-
c0mplish this object, and II Is, there
fore, averse to any dealings with tho
Soviet regime beyond hte most narrow
boundaries to which discussion OF an
armistice can be confined.
THAT the present rulers Of Russia
do not rule by the will or the consent Of
any considerable proportion Of the Rus
sian people Is an incontestable fact. AL
though nearly two and half years have
passed since they seized the machinery OF
government, promising to protect the
Constituent Assembly, against alleged
yet permitted anything in the nature Of
a popular election. At the moment when
the work Of creating a popular repre-
sentative government based upon uni
versal suffrage was nearing completion,
the Bolshevists, although in number an
uncomfortable minority Of the people,
by force and cunning seized the powers
and machinery Of government and have
continued to use them with savage op-
preston to maintain themselves in
power.
without any desire to interfere in
the internal affairs Of the Russian peo-
pie. or to suggest what kind of gov
ernment they should have, the Govern :
ment Of the United States does express
the hoo De that they will soon find a
way to set up government represent
ing their free will and purpose. When
that time comes, the United States Will
consider the measures of practical as
sistance which can be taken to promote
the restoration of Russia, provided
Russia has not taken itself wholly out
| of the pale of the friendly interest oil
other nations by the piilage and oppres
sion of the Poles.
Recognition Not Possible
'Tt is not possible for the Govern
mept of the United States to recognize
the present rulers of Russia as a gov
ernment with which the relations com
mon to friendly governments can be
| maintained. This conviction has moth
ing to do with any particular political
or social structure which the Russian
people themselves may see fit to en-
brace. 1t rests upon a wholly different
set Of facts. These facts. which none
dispute have convinced the Government
of the United States against its will
that the existing regime In Russia is
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based upon the negation OF every prin-
cipIe Of honor and good faith, and every
usage and convention underlying the
whole structure Of international law;
the negatiOn. In short, Of every prin-
ciple upon which II Is possible to base
harmonious and trustful relations,
whether Of nations or Of individuals.
The responsible leaders of the regime
have frequently and openly bOastrd
that they arc willing to sign agreements
and undertakings with foreign powers
while not having the slightest intention
of observing such undertakings or car
rying out such agreements. This atti-
tude of disregard of obligations volun.
tarily entered into, they base upon the
theory that no compact or agreement
made with a non Bolshevist govern
ment can have any moral force for
them. They have not only avowcd this
as a doctrine. but nave exempliied it in
practice. Indeed. upon numerous occa
sions responsible spokesmen of this
power and its official agencies. have de-
clared that 1t Is their understanding
that the very existence Of bolshevism
in Russia and the maintenance OF their
own rule depends. and must continue to
depend. upon the occurrence of revou E
tions in all other great civilized nations.
including the United States. which will
overthrow and destroy their govern =
ments and set up Bolshevist rule in
their stead. They have made it quite
plain that they intend to use every
means. including. of course. diplomatic
agencies. to promote such revolutionary
movements in other countries
''It is true that they have in various
ways expressed their willingness to give
t.,n. a l.t
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ambition to acquire frontier from sea

ambition to acquire frontier from sea
to sea-
I'VE, your senior comrades at arms,
address ourselves, in this critical mo
ment to our country, to your sense Of
love for and devotion to your native
land, and appeal to you to forget all
the grievances however and wherever
inflicted on you, and invite you to come
voluntarily compelled by self abnega-
tion to join the Red army and to take
service at THE front or behind 1t wher-
ever the Russian Soviet Government
OF workmenj and farmers may assign
you.
I'VE invite you to come, not from
fear. but from impulses Of conscience In
order to save, by honest service and
sacrifice Of life. our dear Russia and
not to permit of her being broken up,
as In the latter case she will be ire
trievably lost and our progeny will in
full justice curse us aud will accuse us
of forgetting the Russian people and,
from egotistic motives born Of class
struggle, of bringing perdition to our
dear mother Russia. ~
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i 5, POLISH NOTE
SENT TO ALLIES
,,,.rs Also Found to Commune
cate Contents to Rus
sian People
SMALL STATES HARD HIT
pv ,bc Associated Press

ny 4, nroot prit :
Washington. aug. .,i;aJ ard ne .
ain, Frcnce and the o'ne. nv. ", n;uar COMES
sociated powers nave oeen nota 10
N the American 'over"n; e,;o, thS
italy announcing tne pVh roserv . '
United States IN 1avor ,.;.p y, m =, noth
tion Of the territor'"i 'n''s''
Poland and Russia. ,.. ho,,o
At the same tlne n.ahS .aun, ne,,;oiiy
found. II was sta.eu Wuas p,;o 49,
for the note to reacn ,., .ne n''n ., a pevt .ha,
themselves. Ihis is WIN ,ne hope p;aa., .,
tbe expressed views o. WV ~ D.,sa,n
Government as TO the tuture y. n"eS,a .,,
will have weight III eoun,era'.,s ,. tnt .n.
appeals to Russian nationa,isii no" 'e-
ing made by the Soviet autnorl,ies.
The fact that the note was adnresseo
10 Italy rather than 10 "reat DrI.a,n
or France was discussed generany Ut
official and diplomatic quarters. SEM .
oaicially the opinion was expressed that
Italy, In requesting statement OF the
american Governments views, was act
ine in entire accord with It's allies.
,.,,,,s Jrterest Acute
whi;o Italv has not taken an active
mart in the discussions between the
French and British premiers on tine
Russian Polish situation, 1t was stated
that its interest in the situation created
bv the Bolshevik advance into Poland
was no less than that of England and
France and that it was equally as de
sirous as they in developing the view
noint of the United States.
Whether there will be further ex
changes between America and the AL
iiss will depend largely, it was said,
mon @ events in Poland. AS the Amer
insn Government has made clear its
riews eny further move would be ex =
nscted to be on the initiative of the
European governments.
While the United States and the
Allies annareptly are in accord as to
tha fnture Of Poland. the divergence of
,iows ,ae " az 70 Russia were sufficiently
ewLod ~ ne m cause comment. The
niaitsu a.;s;on token bv this country against
p.i.;on posn,oi. nf tbo indenendent Ralt;c
lecosn,'.oap a .ho rsnuhi;cs pf Georo;o md
aa.es s.II;nn aha ,"1 .as so;d IN aJm;n;stra =
a,erpaIuyan naI SUI nons;stont ,,;th tho
uon clrGles' .h w ouonnu,u+ wiz" 'n'
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POLAND FORCED WAR;
|. REVENTLOW ASSERTS

Berlin. Aug. 11.-(By A. P.)-Po-
land forced war of conquest on Soviet
Russia and was aided and abetted by
France, (which sought by this means
to make Germany's isolation definite
and permanent" says Count Ernst Re-
ventlow, editor of the Tages Zeitung,
writing on the Polish appeal to the
League of Nations in connection with
peace negotiations with the Bolsheviki.
''The Polish appeal" he says,
equally Eliminates the Polish Gov
ernment and the league with touch Of
unintended drollery."
Count Reventlow declares Poland s
note to the league, if examined closely,
must result in the conviction of Poland
and France of violating the statutes
of the League of Nations. He says
further that Great Britain possessed
knowledge Of their intentions so to Of
fend.
"One must ADMIRE he continues,
"the gift of divination possessed by the
author of the league, who failed to con
slider the emergency that would arise
when member of the league should at
tack a nonmember.. The league in its
present stage of construction is not
qudllueu Ut tquippeu 10 give opJcNIiNe
criticism to the Polish French war or
invasion. Poland, now that she is re-
ceiving a drubbing. calls upon the
League of Nations from which she ought
consistently to be excluded"
Paris. Aug. 11.-(By A. P.)-Few
Paris newspapers printed editorial com :
ment this morning on the address of
Premier Lloyd George, of Great Brit
ain. before the House of Commons yes =
terday, because the text Of his speech
was not received here until late hour
last night
The Petit Parsien declares the Brit =
ish premier evidently sought to con =
vince the Laborites of the Legitimate
aims of the Allies" while the Journal
expresses the fear the speech will en-
courage the authorities of Soviet Rus
sia to press unreasonable demands upon
Poland. The Figaro regrets Mr.. Lloyd
George refrained from discussing the
Russian problem In connection with the
German question, which, 1t says, "are
mingled more and more each day"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-17

Mueller. who are getting along in
years. Il IS not decided how long they
win remain away. 1t win be their first
trip east since coming here about u
dozen years ago.
George A. Smith has sold his prop
ersy q the Catholic church and has
purchased the residence of Warren
Richardson. west OF the school house.
Mr.. Smith sold his place 10 a man
from Nebraska. who has not yet To-
Gated here.
Pieser Bros pool han is row located
in the W. f. Thomas building. having
to vaeate the building they have been
occupying to make room for the bans-
I. j. W. Mayo has been cinfined to his
home by illness the past couple Of
days.
Frank Smith. who resides in the
Waldo Hills. has sold his farm to a
brother in-law OF c. j. Ruettgers, who
recently arrived from South Dakota.
S. Fl. Heltzel has been absent from
town the past several DAYS. He is
contemplating locating in eastern Ore
gon.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-17
Former Owner Of
Stayton Wooden
Mill Sells Home

Stayton. Or, Apr. Ill. z. Wilbur.
former owner Of the wooden mills has
sold his handsome residence in Stayton
TO Byron Denny. and is packing his
household goods preparatory TO NOV
ing to Portland. where he has pur~
chased a residence in Rose City park.
He has opened an electric bakery in
Vancouver, Wash, and expects to open
two in Portland. He may also open
bakeries In other coast cities.
The high school stuednts presented
The Hoodoo" at Mill City Wednesday
night to a crowded house. clearing over
$50 by their trip. At the presentation
Of the play here they cleared about
$3.50. and by these Two entertainments
secured sufficient funds to clear the
gymnasium of debt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Mueller leave
Saturday morning for Wisconsin, CALI
ed by the Illness of the parents of Mrs.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-17
VOodburn Plans
To Hold Annual
Cleanup Day

April 17.-Mayor J. }.
". s, .lssss that wOOdourn WIZ ln. SsV Sr y
~ a.sn day as soon as the roa"s ars
dssAu % trucks can gather the
graage' ..or suffered a paralytic
Ansn saturday. This makes the sec
srsks ,ssE, He is not improving very
rpISy' M,.lkey of Kerry, Or.
Ms ,,.S At the home Of her par
; ISL. md Mrs. o. f. Larson. east
q town. oome nm from Port
ann .,nrday to see her father. She
.sirrned Monday -. Worry p
ss..' AZ champoeg. at the home OF
seasa s.su,t.'s parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. ualIer Of this city. April 9Th, a
" sny DR.. J. L. Shorey. who was
oaas "a was the physician at
u. slr,h Of the mother.
u, W. elizabeth Miller is visiting at
.,,s Of her daughter. Mrs. Hen
.sv,sn at sellwood.
nen,s" pLseillas we're entertained by
NJ. Bitney last Friday after
MI. Mrs. Henry Miller assisted her
naas. in serving refreshments. Add
n NV, r,ssts were Mesdames Frank
u uous' lafayette Lawrence, F. w
s',,IsuIer, Keith Powell. Fred Even
s = s. Graves ana Eugene Court
". Alfred Klamp will be the agent at
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-17

this point this season for the Newberr
cannery. f. H. Riches win do the
trucking.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
\ Yoder on the 7th.
Paul Coleman has purchased a Ford
one-ton truck and is going into the
:. business.
The Woodburn Independent pub
lished a letter this week said to have
been written by. Christ.
The senior class at the high school
is working on its annual play. THE
JONAH" which will be given some
time in the near future. Miss Irene
Forsythe Is the director.
Evangelistic meetings are. being
held at the Church Of Christ by Evan
,gelist Lennon. Rev. Hartman has
charge Of the singing. .
Paul Foiquet. who hauls the chill
,dren to school from the Cooley dis
trict, has purchased a Ford truck
chassis, upon which he has mounted
an old hotel bus body. It will accom-
modate moro than 4 touring car and
be much more comfortable for the
little ones in bad weather.
Miss Helen Kent entertained a few
friends at her home Wednesday ' e
ming. Cards were played. honors GO
ing to Miss Lois Beebe and Wiley
Bonney. S. F. Scotland received the
consolation. Dainty refreshments were
eerva1 The rouita hard kaIroa na.-
a delightful evening. Those present
were: Misses Ethel Bonney, Mile
Branigar, Gladys Adams. Sadie Rich
ards. Lois Beebe. and Messrs Wiley
and Willard Bonney. George adams
and Stephen F. Scollard.
DR.. G. E. Butcher has opened an
office at First and Garfield streets
with Mrs. Butcher as lady attendant
P. L. Love. proprietor of the Tire
Shop. recently added $500 worth OF
tires to his stock, He is doing NIGEL,