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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DKCEMREI& 1C, 1010 iOBOOYSC ARED BY LATEST WILSON BULL Treaty Manifesto Is Hardly Taken Seriously. PACT'S FATE UNAFFECTED Too Much Party Politics Seen in Pronunciamento Holding Re publican Leaders Responsible. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 15. There was so much democratic party politics mixed up in President Wilson's statement yes terday that he had no concession to offer as a means of accomplishing ratification of the pease treaty that quite generally it is interpreted here as not affecting the future 'of the pact in one way or another. His mention of the republican party and the responsibility of its leaders for failure of the treaty is not re garded as material. The "republican leaders" to whom he referred were used only as a barricade to protect his movement in attacking a faction of the democratic party which has been making it exceedingly uncomfortable for administration leaders by their insistent demands that something be done to secure early 'ratification of the treaty by compromise, thus as suring its elimination from the com ing national campaign. Problem Purely Domestic. This latest White House statement Is not even viewed as of national importance,, to say nothing of giving it an international Interpretation. It concerns, according to the .common estimate, a purely domestic problem, so narrow as to be confined to the 47 men who compose the democratic Bide of the senate. Its only connec tion is with the contest between Gil bert M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska and Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama over the minority leadership of the senate made vacant by the death of Senator Thomas S. Martin of Vir ginia. When Senator Martin died it was naturally accepted that Senator Hitchcock, who conducted the admin istration's fight for an unamended treaty aiyl is ranking member of the committee on foreign relations, would succeed to the minority leadership. This impression, however, did not last long because within a few days it was found that practically all of the democratic senators from the south had lined up behind Underwood, who was for four years the successful leader of the democrats in the house before he came over to the senate. Underwood Takes Reins. All at once the Alabama senator became more active in debate and began to project himself into every discussion, to the point of almost totally obscuring Hitchcock. And in taking the reins Senator Underwood began to voice the sentiment of those democrats in the senate and through out the country who want the treaty ratified and eliminated from politics. He was successful in getting the question discussed for several days in succession, and last Saturday he obviously trenched on what Mr. Wil son considers the sole office of the oc cupant of the White House, to dictate any action or suggestion whatsoever with reference to peace. Senator Underwood displayed a readiness to make sacrifices it need be to reach soma understanding with the repub licans by which the treaty could be ratified and that his conciliatory methods were pleasing to a large ele ment on the democratic side is evi dence'd by the resentment expressed privately today by several of those statesmen relative to the Wilson declaration printed this morning. Hitchcock Called South. " Senator Hitchcock could not be seen today, but his friends were manifestly pleased at the president's sudden par ticipation in his behalf, which, how avp r rhv nTini'Hrpri to Viava known was coming. Senator Hitchcock had left for North Carolina to try to make ome plausible explanation of the ad ministration's attitude toward the . . .v.A . , . Y. ...... -.. .1 .. trict, where a special election takes place tomorrow. He is understood to have gone In answer to a call which said that democrats in droves were threatening to knife the party can didate on account of their opposition to some features of the league of nations covenant, which the president has demanded should be accepted without amendment. The district has never elected a republican, but many prominent dem ocrats have declared for John M, Morehead, the republican candidate, and have been campaigning actively and openly against their own ticket. PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD (Continued From First Page.) edge," the opinion continued, "some of which- have been referred to, that the treaty of peace had not yet been concluded; that the railways are still under national control by virtue of the war powers; that other war ac tivities have not been brought to a close, and that it cannot even be said that the man power of the nation has been restored to a peace footing, we are unable to conclude that the act has ceased to be valid." The war time act. the court said Is not confiscatory, asserting that more than nine months were given distillers to dispose of their stocks, which time the court believed to .be adequate. The act also was not re pealed, the court held, .by the pro hibition constitutional amendment, which it asserted was binding not only during peace but also In war times. ' War announcement was made to night that the house agricultural com mittee will meet tomorrow to vote on the motion to table the bill of Rep resentative Gallivan. which would re peal the war time' aot. Internal revenue officials explained tonight the court's opinion would not affect the bureau's plans for enforc ing national prohibition, as all prep arations had been made upon the Assumption that the act was consti tutional. Judice Braadela Gives Decision. Justice Brandeis' decision in part follows: "To establish that the emergency has passed, statements and acts of the president and of other executive officers are adduced, some of them antedating the enactment of the stat ute here in question. ... But we also have the fact that since these statements were made and these acts were done, congress on October 28, 1919, passed over the president's veto the national prohibition act; . . . . that the senate, on November 19, 1919, refused to ratify the treaty of peace with Germany; that under the provi sions of the Lever act the president resumed, n October 30. 1919. the con- trol of the fuel supply; .... that he is still operating the railroads, of which control had been taken as a war measure; and that on November 18, 1919, he vetoed senate bill 641 be cause it diminished that control; that pursuant to the act of March 4. 1919, he continues to control by means of the food administration grain corpo ration, the supply of grain and wheat flour; that through the United States sugar equalization board, incorpo rated, he etill regulates the price of sugar; that in his message to con gress on December 2, 1919, he urgently recommended the further extension for six months of the powers of the food administration; that as - com. maner-in-chief he still Iceeps a part of the army in enemy occupied terri tory and another part in Siberia, and thathe has refrained (rom issuing the proclamation declaring the deter mination, of domobilization for which this act provides. .... Motive Is Unquestioned. "No principle of our constitutional law is more firmly established than that this court may not, in passing Won the validity of a statute, in quire Into the motives of congress. Nor may the ctrurt inquire into the wisdom of the legislation. Nor may 't pass upon the necessity for the ex ercise of a power possessed, since the possible abuse of a power ia not an argument against its existence. "Conceding, for the purposes of the present case, that the question of the continued validity of the war pro hibition act, under the changed cir cumstances, depends upon whether it appears that' there is no longer any necessity for the prohibition of the sale of distilled spirits for beverage purposes, it remains to be said that on obvious grounds every reasonable intendment must be made in favor of its continuing validity, the pre scribed period of limitation not having arrived; that to congress in tne exercise of its powers, not least' the war power upon which the very life, of the nation depends, a wide latitude of discretion must be ac corded; and that it would require a clear case to justify a court in de claring that such an act, passed for such a purpose, had ceased to have force because the power of congress no longer continued. In view of facts of public knowledge, some of which have been referred to . . . we are unable to conclude that the act has ceased to be valid. DECISIOX HITS WAUL STREET Liquor Stocks Affected by Action df Supreme Court. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Wild trading in United States Food Products, which has large stores of liquor on hand, followed receipt in Wall street of the news that the United States supreme court had declared wartime prohi bition constitutional. The stock, which had been selling a few minutes before at ' 78 to 81, immediately dropped to 73. United States Industrial Alcohol was less severely affected, losing about two points. The general list was moderately unsettled. LAND COMPANY FORMED Million-Dollar Milk Concern Is Also Incorporated at Salem. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.) The Fartland-Deschutes Land com pany, with a capital stock of $300,000, filed articles of incorporation here today. The incorporators are George L. Burtt, M. M. Matthiessen and Rich ard Montague. Headquarters will be established in Portland. It is the purpose of the company to engage in the development of lands. The Western Milk Products com pany, also of Portland, was incor porated here today with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The incorporators are R. D. Funtana, Ben C. Dey and Alfred Hampson. AL3ANY SCHOOLS QUIT Kffort to Keep Going Despite Weather Is Given TJp. ALBANY. Or.. T)v IK fSnoxial Efforts to resume work in the local scnoois amid record-breaking weath- ... - - - .. . . ... u uv c v. i. w v. n j. and tho schools were closed definitely until December 29. Bursting pipes had made it impossible to occupy the Madison school and Maple school and difficulty of heating buildings and of traffic conditions arfmprnllv raiieoH the decision. For the same reasons Albany col lege also closed today and will not reopen until uecemoer 3u. Ladies Read M. Sichel's adv. on page 5. Adv. 3 ft I) 9 THOMPSON'S Deep-Curve Lense Are Better 3) ft (Trademark ftesiatra THE SIGN OF PERFECT SERVICE Thoroughly experiences Optometrists for the examina tion and adjustments, skilled workmen to construct the A ;enaea a concentrated serv 19 "L", ln"-1 guarantees depend- able glasses at reasonable l prices. (? A V? Complete Lent Grinding st Factory on tne Premises 5 (f SAVE YOUR EYES ) THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS Portland's Lamat, Most Mod era. Best Equipped. Exclusive Optical Establishment. 209 - lO - 11 CORHKTT BLDG, FIFTH AND MORRISON Since 10U8. I) ft ft" 0i ft it jg& "SJS? 2j Q re Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Reliefs FOR IN DIGESTION "f si 5 o 0 GLOOM 10 THIRST ARE LEFT TO WETS Decision Dashes Hopes of Nip at Yuletide. ONE CHANCE REMAINS Some Look for Congress and Pres ident to Save Day Yet and Saloons Are Holding On. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. The knock out delivered John Barleycorn today by the United States supreme court, in declaring wartime prohibition con stitutional, came as a tremendous blow to leaders of the "wits," dis pensers of liquors; the wiseacres who have been predicting a wet as well as a merry Christmas and the average man ' with a thrist. "We do not care to criticise the supreme court and have no comment to make at this time." was the only statement forthcoming from A. W. Skaight, executive secretary of the Association Opposed to National Pro hibition. He added, however, by way of a "chaser," that his organization was concerned chiefly with combat ting the 18th -amendment and had "no direct interest" In the war tima act. ... "Wct" Not Hopeless Vet. - But the "wets" had not entirely 1 :st their optimism. E. R. Buckner of the firm of Root, Clark, Buckner & How land, who have- led the legal ft-rces of the "antis," declared it all rested with the president and senate' whether Americans were once more to taste "red liquor." If the senate ratified the peace treaty before Jan uary 16, when the constitutional amendment becomes effective at,d the president immediately issues a proclamation declaring war and war time prohibition at an end, then all will be well, according to Mr. Buck ner. r The blow fell hardest on the thou sands of saloon keepers and their white-aproned assistants, who have been preparing to pass the yuletide with unprecedented sales. Motor trucks were- tuned up awaitin the signal for a dash to the warchouci and return; advertising posters and pamphlets had rolled from many a printing press. All that was lacking was immunity from the law. Prosecutions to He Pushed. In this connection, Assistant Fed eral District Attorney Matthews, in charge of prosecution of offtnders against the law in this district, said there is likely to be an acceleration of the trials of some 300 offenders al ready arrested for illegal sale of liquor and a decrease In the number of arrests of new offenders. Mr. Matthews was unwilling to pass upon the verdict of Colonel Daniel L. Porter, chief of the revenue agents in this district, who recently stated that New York was the dryest town in the United States at present, but said that those in a position to judge intimated that there were many communities where liquor was less difficult to obtain.r t Colonel Porter, who is intrusted with the enforcement of the prohibi tion law in the district of New York, said that his office was going on with its work as usual, averaging 15 arrests a day for violations of the act. Portland Boys Captured. REDDING. Cal., Dec 15 (Special.) uy Yedd and Lloyd Burke, each aged 17, both from Portland, were captured this morning near Coram after they had broken into three sec tion houses, according to officers. The boys are said to have fired sev eral shots at their pursuers" before they surrendered. No one was hurt. Mount Angel Notes. MT. ANGEL, Or.. Dec. 15. (Spe- cial.) A fire starting from a kero- sene stove destroyed the barn of Mathew Byer, whose place adjoins the city. The stove had been placed there to keep 500 or more bushels of potatoes from freezing. Besides the building, which was partly Insured, there was considerable hay and feed in the barn, as well as several hun dred bushels of wheat. Some of the grain as well as potatoes perhaps can bo iaved for feed. Although the fire spread quickly all of the cows and horses in the barn were rescued. Few of the farmers in this vicinity will be fortunate enough to save all of their potatoes from this unprece dented cold spell. A" good price on the remainder will no doubt make up for part of the loss. There appear to be more potatoes in the growers' hands than usual, although the crop was not a large one. Schools opened again today after having been closed since the 10th. WETS SHOCKED BY EDICT JOYFIL ANTICIPATION TUKXS TO SORROWFUL, REALITY'. Even Carrie Nation Would Have Found Difficulty in Suppressing Tears at Court Scenes. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Dec. 15. Carrie Nation would have found it difficult to sup press tears at the scene around the supreme court today when the de cision upholding the validity of war time prohibition was handed down. Why on earth the "wets" felt so cock sure that they were going to get a favorable decision no one knows, but they were so confident that they came unprepared to shed any tears. They came ready to smile and be happy, thinking that the decision would be one to call for a four weeks' celebra tion. Maybe their tongues were not lit erally hanging -out, but some of them exhibited signs of high fever which must have turned to chills and sup pression of heart action when they heard what the court had to say. The fact was that many persons had tak en leave from their regular employ ment for the day, and anticipating the emancipation of John Barleycorn intended going, suitcase in hand, to Baltimore this afternoon to greet the repatriated prisoner. One individual who passed out of the courtroom with uneasy step gave vent to his distress in a celebrated quotation attributed to General Sher man, with some paraphrasing. l-ie admitted that he had brought with him to the capital suitable luggage for an excursion to Baltimore and he did not conceal his disappointment at having the trip spoiled. LUMBER COMPANY SOLD $1,500,000 Deal in Grays Harbor County Is Closed. HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) The sale of the National Lum ber & Manufacturing company for more th'an 1.500,000 was closed Fii day, when all of the stock was taken over by W. T. Culver, vice-president of the Stearns Salt & Lumber com pany of Luddington, Mich. The sale involves the big lumber ing, box and veneeer plant here and 3000 acres of timber land in the east ern part of Grays Harbor county, Mr. Culver succeeds A. L. Paine as manager. Eighty per cent of the stock Headache Relieved quickly BAUME ANALGIAS I QUE BENGUE does it. Direc tions with every . tube. Get one now Tsm. Lsnlsg C.. N. X. The Need The world needs nothing- so much as it needs plain, old-fashioned common sense! And this Christmas especially should be a time of common-sense giving', Our store is filled with innumerable articles for gifts that are really appreci ated, always acceptable and, above all, entirely sensible. H Winthrop Hammond Co. j . CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN j ' 127 Sixth St., Bet. 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John Mc- Cormack $1.00 45121 Battle Hymn of the Repub lic, Kelnald Werrenrath; Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, Lambert Murphy. . . ,$1.00 Victrolas and Other Talking; Machines Foley & Van Dyke . 106 Fifth Street Just Off Washington Pianos, Phonographs, Records was held by the Finch and Campbell estates of Spokane and the Wick es tate of Yoiins-Htown. O. of San Francisco Announcement: The exclusive agency in Portland for Kratz' Distinctive Chocolates has been placed with Bob Cleveland Northwestern Bank Build ing Lobby and Selling; Building; Lobby A complete line of the Kratz chocolates, freshly made and packed for Mr. Cleveland's trade, will be kept at all times. V Our Store Opens at 9 A . M. r i A cents for the Buttenck Pat- terns and Delineator all styles f.f, and sizes now showing. Only Eight Shopping Day s Until Christmas There's No Time to Delay Come Direct to This Helpful Store Where Everything Has Been Arranged to Serve You Promptly This List of Special Priced Offerings Will Prove Advantageous to Christmas Shoppers Who Would Purchase Gifts for the Home or Person That A re of Dependable Qual ity and Most Moderately Priced: Ourgxeat and vast Christmas stocks are now at their best ready for you. In every aisle, in every nook and corner of the store the Christmas spirit of helpfulness and readiness reigns supreme. It is the same spirit that fills every one of our employes to help make this Christmas a very happy one for you. Here you'll find gifts for men, women and children practical, useful, artistic and ornamental. We are prepared to serve you and would appreciate it if you would shop early in the forenoon when possible. For Christmas Slippers A Gift Always Welcome Again we advise immediate selection for although we have a generous supply at the present time, indications are that "last-hour" purchases will experience difficulty in securing desired sizes. 2? Felt Slippers For Women on sale at $1.89 Fine quality Felt Slip pers in various styles, neatly and attractively trimmed styles with leather soles, all sizes and colors. Gloves Always Favored! Gloves always a favorite will be the gift of more people than ever. We have therefore purchased for our customers the largest stock of gloves in many years every good style being represented and the varieties covering gloves for al occa sions. " - Our advice is to buy your gloves here and now. Particularly desirable are the celebrated Centemeri Gloves, in French lamb and kid styles with plain or fancy embroidered back. All sizes in all wanted staple and new shades. Priced at $2.50, at $3.00, at $3.50 pair. Mocha Gloves $3.50 Pair Genuine Mocha Gloves in styles with full pique seams in gray, brown and fawn. All sizes. A glove of unsurpassed durability. . Leather Purses $1.25 Up to $13.50 Real Leather Purses in envelope and many other styles, both small and large shapes, with inside fittings in pleasing variety. Some are shown in real seal. Values are most exceptional at the above prices. Velvet Bags and Leather Purses $2 Up to $1250 Endless Variety JJnequaled Values Your every taste and desire can be quickly satisfied by selections from the almost limitless assortment. Beautiful Panne and Chiffon Velvet Bags in all good sizes and shapes black, taupe, brown, navy, garnet, etc., both plain and beaded effects. Silk Umbrellas Black and Colors $5.95 Up to $16.50 What could be more acceptable? A beautiful Silk Umbrella will delight any woman. Our showing is second to none, including as it does all colors and a fine lot of novelty handles. All prices $5.95 up to $16.50. Silk and Satin Camisoles Of A Wonderful Gathering of Cleverly Designed Articles That "Are Not Only Beautiful but Are Practical as well. As a special offering we are showing some 12 different styles in dainty Cami soles of fine wash satin' and crepe de chine. Styles with pretty filet or Val. lace or ribbon trimmings. Also Brassieres in well-known makes and the best style. And at the same low price we include a great lot of ' Bandeaus in rich flowered brocades and fancy materials. All are remarkable values at sale price, 98c. . An Ideal Gift ! Knit Scarfs Every woman should have one. Our showing includes the best styles in large and small shapes. All wanted colors in plain yarn or in combed effects. All prices from $3.50 to $12.50. . Our Store Now Opens at 9A.M. The "The Store That Undersells Because It Sells for Cash" Felt Slippers For blisses and Children $1.49 The popular fur trimjned Felt Slippers with leather soles sizes 8V2 to 2 on sale at one orice as above. Practical Gifts Fine Lace Brassieres, Brocade and Fancy Bandeaus, all on Sale At Most in Value The Best in Our Store Opens at 9 A. M. Mail Orders Receive Ourj Prompt and Careful Attention Same Day as Received. r3 If 1 "I 4 Leath'rSlip'rs For men at, Pair $3 to $4 The extremely popular Romeo and opera styles in black and 4an leathers slippers both neat and durable in all sizes. $2 L4 5 6f 1 98c Store Closes at 5:30 P. M. Saturday at 6 P.M. Quality 3 74 . m I I 2 m n M 3