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r -THE TtfOHXIXG OTIEGONTAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1910. PRESIDENT WHS TREATY FDR ISSUE McCumber Sees Plan to . fer Senate Action. De- SENATOR STILL. HOPEFUL an afternoon paper, which declared the embargo to have been placed In effect yesterday morning-, and pre dicted serious consequences for the lumber industry of the northwest. Owing- solely to weather conditions, said railroad officials in reply, a purely temporary embargo has been placed in effect on certain classes of freight, to be removed as soon as storm congestion passes and traffia returns to normal. The embargo ap plies strictly to 'shipments east of Salt Lae City and similar points 'on the transcontinental lines, and excludes from such shipment alL freight save fuel, perishables, livestock. food stuffs, governmental supplies, etc. Such a temporary ban "on certain classes of freight was determined upon at a meeting of railroad offi- PERSHING REPORT ON 1E.F. REM K E Jfortli Dakotan, on Visit to His Former Neighbors, Says Some Reservations Are Sure. EUGENE, 'Or.. Dec 15. (Special.) President Wilson desires to make a campaign issue of the peace treaty, Bald Porter J. McCumber, United States senator from North Dakota, who was here today to visit his old friends and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Bogart. "We've got to have- a treaty and will have one sooner or later." said Senator McCumber. "From last re ports it looks as though the presi dent desires to make it an issue in the campaign, defer the treaty until the campaign is over and keep the question alive until then. I think he is making a grave mistake if he does that, because there is no better way by which the American people may express their convictions and preju; dices than at the polls next election. Republican Victory Forecast. There will be, in my opinion." continued the senator, "a change of administration. The change will ha brought about by a very decisive ma iority. and that change will come about whether the treaty is ratified or whether ft is not ratified. As a sup porter of some advanced step and agreement between nations to main luin the peace of the world I hope there will be no great delay In the ratification of some kind of a peace treaty, but one thing is certain, and that is there will be very little, if any change in the reservations which were finally udopted. "The president must either accept these reservations substantially as adopted or the treaty will not be ratified." said the senator. "While 1 would like to see further changes in the reservations, we. must remember that each and every one of them, is a result of a compromise between those who are .called radical reservation ists and the mild reservatlonists. They represent months of endeavor to se cure a set of reservations as mild as could be obtained and at the same time assure the necessary 64 votes to put the treaty through. ModiScatloa Not Likely. "Xt we were able to make some of the reservations less radical and to me more acoeptable, we would lose votes in the final action and a suf ficient number to defeat the ratifica tion. These reservations, while some put this country in a selfish attitude, are, after all, of no great-consequence. It is not true, as many assert, that they take the heart out of the treaty. "They do operate as an amendment to article 10, withholding our assent to any binding obligation to protect the independence or. territorial in tegrity of any other nation, but there is still retained the solemn obligation of every nation party to the agree ment to reEpect the territorial integ rity and . political independence of every other nation. "And if these nations honorably ob serve that agreement there will never need to be armed intervention to pro "tect any weaker nation, and if we cannot depend upon the honor of each nation to maintain that part of its agreement we could scarcely depend upon them to maintain the agreement to assist by uee of the army or navy. National Honor Big: Question. "In either Instance," continued' Sen ator McCumber, "we have to depend upon a sense of national honor. So, also, there is still retained the posi tive agreement on the part of each nation that in case of any dispute with another it will either be sub mitted to arbitration, which would be entirely outside the league, or an investigation of the facts eoncerning the dispute by the council and the further agreement that no nation will make war upon the other until the tacts have been fully ascertained and published to each disputant country and to the world. "If we put this treaty thr6ugh, and I think we will before spring, we will have taken a further step to end for ever a war like the world has wit nessed since 1914." The senator further said that under the league of nations the United States would be the strongest member and that Great Britain would absolutely nave no control over me vote of Can ada, Australia or any or the other British possess'ons that would have a vote In tne leagua. GAR SHORTAGE IS DENIED TEMPORARY FREIGHT ESfBAR. GO ATTRIBUTED TO STORM. NATIVE PORTtANDER, PROM NEAT IN JEWELRY TRADE, .'- DUES SUDDENLY. What It Doesn't Say Is as In - teresting as Its Facts. OWN POLICY IS STRESSED h .'Aim ' Edwin James Monk. The announcement of the death early Sunday morning of Edwin James Munk. prominent Portland jeweler, comes as a shock to his many friends and business associates. Mr. Munk "was born in Port land January. 23. 1877, and was educated in-the public schools of the city.- After a short time spent in San Francisco, he asso ciated himself with Butterfield Bros. .P'or the past 12 years he was associated with the jewelry firm of F. Friedlander company. Surviving- Mr. Munk are hia widow, Edith Schuyler Munk, and two chllren, Jane and Ed win, as well as his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Munk; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Hayes and Mrs. 'William Wood ruff, and one brother, John C. Munk. cials recently -held, with all lines of the eentral western region, the Union Pacific, the Northern Pacific, the Mil waukee and the Great Northern, def initely making it operative yesterday. But railroad officials pointedly deny that car shortage has any thing - to do with the step taken, and 'assert that the order will "be rescinded al most immediately. DEATH CHARGED TO 'ROLL' i MURDER OP SOLDIER LAID TO - FOOLISH DISPLAY! Comrades Tell Police Private M. A. Matthews Desired " to Create an Impression of Wealth. Railway Officials Declare Weather Is Solely to Blame for Par tial Restrictions. Denial that any freight fembargo has been instituted by railroads of the central western region, owing to a shortage of cars, was made last night bv local freight traffic officials, fol low'lnir tne appearance of an item in Good Furs an Investment CHERRY CHAT . Unlike other articles of wearing apparel, furs retain their value and sometimes increase in value. Like diamonds, they are a good invest ment. " Secure valuable, fashionable furs at Cherry's for a few dollars a month enjoy the comfort and the style of wearing them while paying and have something to show for your money later. The prospects are that furs bought now will actually be worth more money next year, for furs are going up. Cherry's has a splendid stock of choice pelts developed in smart coats. coatees, stoles and all fashionable fur apparel. Sold on Cherry's regu lar monthly terms. Cherry's, 391 Washington street His desire to "flash" a roll of bills and lead casual acquaintances to be lleve he was carrying a large sum of money is believed to have caused the murder of Private Mark A. Matthews at Eleventh and Main streets on the night of December 7. This was the theory advanced yes terday by Police Captain Circle after he had conducted a lengthy examina tion of Sergeant Parrish and Corporal Kule of the special Camp Lewis de tail which passed through Portland early last week en route to Corvallia. The murdered soldier was a member of this party. Sergeant Parrish told Captain Cir cle that Matthews admitted he wanted to cut a dash" immediately upon hisj nilllAl 1H i VJ 1 L 1 .1 1 1 u. "He had nine 1 bills, two 30 bills and some small change," Sergeant Parrish said. "He -wapped the $1 bills around a wad of paper and then wrapped the two 20 bills around the bills of smaller denomination. When he paid for his room at the hotel he unrolled a $20 and again when he paid for his meal at a Sixth-street cafeteria he pulled out his roll and paid an 80-cent bill with another $20 Dill. At tne time 1 told him he was foolish for showing such a roll out on the streets at night, but he laughed and said he wanted to create good impression while he was in the city." Other than this statement, the po lice were unable to procure informa tion of any kind from- the two sol diers. Both said they had known Matthews but slightly. Determination to Keep American Army Intact Emphasized Of fense at Soissons Vrgcd. BT ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH. (Staff Correspondent of the New York" ' V Globe.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec 15 i (Special.) Interest in the final report ef General Pershing on the work of tne A. IS. F. has been intensified in army circles by the strained relations known to exist between General -Per shing and General March, chief of the general staff. Army officers who have been associated with- General Pershing consider that the report is as remarkable for what it does not say as for what it actually contains. Another feature of the report which is attracting the attention of overseas officers is the emphasis which Gen eral Pershing lays again and again upon his insistence during the war that the American troops in France should be .held together under their own flag, except when emergencies arose which demanded their loan to the British or French armies by reg iments,. brigades or divisions. Own Activity Understated. Marked as are General Pershing's statements on this point, however, it is said that he had understated the extremes in which he was pushed in carrying his contention, and it is un derstood to be the belief of Pershing himself and his principal subordi nates, hat only his insistence upon the organization of American field armies in the fall of 1918 enabled the allies to win the -war. General Pershing's friends likewise cpntend that he has slipped over the part which he played in inducing Mar shal Foch to start a general offen sive in the summer of 1918, instead of waiting until the spring of 1919. Foch Ignorant of Offensive. - "The bare truth is," said an Ameri can officer, in discussing the subject, "that Foch know nothing about the Soissons offensive which started the crushing-in of the Marne salient. "Petain had discussed this project several months before it was actually undertaken. Then he abandoned it. Then ho took it up again with Foch. and Foch said go ahead. Then Foch changed his mind, and said it would be better to wait. "Finally, about the end of . May, Pershing became interested" in it. He supported the idea, and in the end he argued Petain into attempting it. re tains' objection was that he had no shock troops available. Pershing's re ply was that the first and second American divisions were available. Petaln'a Objections Overruled. "Petain objected that they had Just come out of the line. "Pershing said: 'Very well, put them in again." Petain objected once more that the American- divisions had not been used in a major offensive. Per shing declared they could do it, and Petain gave in. . The offensive was undertaken as a local affair and f ocn did not Know of it until he heard of the result. This will be proved, I think, when and If Foch's military diaries are published." Similarly the opinion is held by American officers who were over seas that Pershing was the only one of the allied high command who had any definite conviction that the war could be won before the winter of 1918-19 set in. ence to aliens, to Japanese and to married women whose husbands are employed and able to support the family, while the Legion men cannot find work, will be branded by the or ganization as un-American and un worthy the support or defense of the Legion. - The sum of $1000 was voted as a fund for immediate relief of destitute ex-service men, and a committee was appointed, consisting of the members of the four following committees: Em ployment, patriotic, grievance and benevolence, headed by Captain Con vill of the employment bureau. As a step for Immediate relief. Colonel Creed Haroomnd, head- of the 3d Oregon, announced that the armory would be fitted up immediately with about 300 beds for use of ex-service men who could not find places to sleep, and had not the money to pay for lodging. During the cold spell, particularly, It has not been uncom mon for ex-service men to be practi cally destitute. It Is asserted, although the demand for snow shovelers has aided materially. CLAIMS DECISION HELD COMMITTEE . DELAYS REPORT OX AUDITORIUM BILL. TACOMA MAN HAS 25 0 1 T " TTrTT ' Recommendation Expected Soon Regarding $70,000 Contractor -Asks From Municipality. The claims of Hans Pederson of Se attle, contractor who built the- munic ipal auditorium, and his bondsmen and creditors, for an alleged deficit between the contract price and the actual expense entailed, amounting to $70,000, were heard yesterday after noon by the special board of Inquiry, recently appointed by Mayor Baker. No action was taken by the board toward a recommendation to the city council relative to the claim, but It is understood that such a recommenda tion will be drafted at a second and final session to be held in the near future. It is definitely understood between tne principals, city officials, contra tor and bondsmen, that any recom mendation made by the special com mittee will not be necessarily bind ing, inasmuch as the city admittedly is not legally bound to pay the defi clt incurred by the contractor. Testimony given before the com mitten was to the effect that the original bid for construction was $317,000, ani that later an additional izi.oza was allowed lor clerical er- jor8 In the compilation of items in eluded In the bid. The claim itself is for unpaid bills incurred by the con tractor, Hans Pederson, amounting to about $7000, and for $59,000 borrowed by him to defray the expense of ex tra material, with interest. The com bined deficit amourts to $70,000. "I Feel as Fine as I Ever Did in My Life" He Says Tan lac Built Him Up. 'Tea, Sir. I have actually gained twenty-five pounds rince I began tak ing Tanlac and I feel as fine as i ever did in my life," was the state ment made by C. N. Schmidt, of French Block, Tacoma, Wash., In a conversation with the Tanlac repre sentative a few day ago. 'I was In such a weakened, run down condition that I was not only unable to do any work but I could hardly get about," continued Mr. Schmidt. "My stomach was in such a bad fix that I was hardly able to eat a thing that would agree with me. and the little I did manage to force down caused me to suffer something awful. I had rheumatla pains in my limbs so bad that if I started to walk around all 1 could do was to hobble and limp. I was very nervous and at night I was so restless that I could get but little' sleep. I fell off in weight until I actually weighed only about one hundred and seven pounds and from morning- till night I feit draggy and all fagged out. "A friend of mine had taken Tan lac and he told me what It had done for nim and advised me to try It. I took his advice and I have found out that he knew what he was talking about, for- Tanlac has put me back on my feet again in better health than I have ever been in all my life. My appetite was never better than it is now and it makes no difference what I eat. it agrees with me per fectly and is giving me strength. As I grew stronger the rheumatic pains in my limbs grew weaker until now they have completely left me and I am able to get about and do as big a day's work as I ever could. I am no longer nervous and I can sleep like a log all night long and get up of mornings feeling rested and re freshed. As I said, I have gained be tween twenty-five and thirty pounds in weight, am stronger than I have been In vears and just simply feel fine all the time and couldn't ask to be in better condition." Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Co. Adv. GAS KILLS H. BERGER Sleeper Asphyxiated and Wife Is Made III When Pipe Bursts. Henry Berger, aged 42 and married was accidentally asphyxiated at his home, 2197 East Yamhill street, early yesterday, when a gas. pipe In the home burst because of the cold weather. Mrs. Berger and their two children escaped. Mrs. Berger was rendered violently 111 by the escaping gas, but recovered. ine two cnnaren escaped the gas iumes, as tney were sleeping in an other part of the house. Mr. Berger was employed in the freight department of the O.-W. R. & N. company. 1 - 0WER GENERATOR MADE (Continued From First Page.) LEGION ASKS PREFERENCE Phone your "want ads to the Oretro- nian. Main 7070, A 6095. POSITION'S ARE WANTED 150 0 IDLE MEX. FOR some maximum. I know no reason why it should not last until time rots the Insulation, away from the wires." Machine Not "Motion" Plant. Hubbard denies that his device seeks perpetual motion. He main tain that It taps the vast storehouses of eosmie energy and that the appa ratus is founded upon sound' scientific principles. ' 'I have hitched my wires to the tall of the universe,1 you might say," he said. Hubbard has a high school educa tion. His father is an electrical en gineer, he said yesterday, and the family formerly lived in Spokane. It was while he was employed in- charge of an air compressor at the Hercules Discharge of Aliens to Be Asked, II Necessary to Care for Men. " Relief Fund Voted. "N employer in Oregon is 100 per cent American who employs aliens while ex-service men walk the streets hungry and out of work?" Such is the slogan adopted by the Portland post of the American Legion at its meeting last night at Library hall, when the problem of lack of work for the former men of the army, navy and marines was grappled with In an effort to find solution. Fifteen hundred men just back from service are out of work, according to the report of Captain Convill, head of the legion employment bureau at Liberty Temple, and another thousand will be idle by the middle ol January To take care of this situation, em ployers of Oregon must find places for ex-service men. It was declared 'at the meeting, and those who give prefer- 8 LAST TIMES TODAY "THE GAY rna OLD DOG" " ' - MURTAGH and our gSp if &JS $50,000 ORGAN STARTING CJ -Z&Pil TOMORROW V I ! FOR THREE l ..I DAYS V v J ONLY ,- . VX Another Z!-- fm nbjg fLEW SK A Tfl j Northland in" w I Story V"Jrie LAST OF 7 ; ' T M wswwuiaaa HIS PEOPLE" vmsbsbbbss- 1 . I . I 7 : . I Work Done Electrically Is Work Done Efficiently Do All the Cleaning With the World-Famed Hoover Suction Sweeper mine, near Coeur d'Aleme, Idaho, that he firBt became interested in the problem. WOULD-BE ROBBER FOILED 2 SHOTS FIRED IX ATTEMPT OX GROCERY STORE. Masked Man Makes - Escape When George J. Smith, Proprietor, Offers Resistance. Two Bhots were fired, with no cas ualties, during an attempt to hold up a grocery store owned by George J Smith, at East Sixteenth and Clinton streets last night. The robber fled without obtainlnr anything. Mr. Smith reported to the police that he dodged behind, a partition and seized his revolver when the robber entered wearing a mask and carrying a pistol In his hand. When the pro prietor appeared armed, the highway man fled. Mr. Smith ran Into the street and shouted, whereupon R. T. Stewart, ex-patrolman, who lives next door to the grocery, ran out of his home. The footpad fired at Mr Stewart and the latter fired one shot in reply. Captain Harms and his squad took five suspects to police headquarters and interviewed . them, but charged none with the crime. They were: Fred Mankurts, William Noonan. Thomas Moran, Edward J, Kelly and Peter J. Dowling. They were held for investigation. ROOSEVELT RECEIPTS DUE Engraved Certificates of Memorial Fund Carry Portrait. Engraved certificates of member shin in the Roosevelt Memorial as sociation are being prepared In New York, and will be mailed to individual members of the organisation shortly, KNIGHT SHOE CO. 342 Morrison St., Near Broadway Meeting the Footwear Needs of Men LIPMAN WOLFX f5 -7 Li-V -J II - .r citrcTRfC &. QO:S I NEWEST FEATURE 17 ioas-c strvcArfi floor Err jm J r rteif 1 r-s CTCLL work saver "The Hoover is the only elec tric sweeping machine that has a vibrating motor - driven brush. 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