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6 THE MORNING OKECrOXIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 BOURBONS tLOADING UP 10THEER BUI Bombshell Will Turn Tide to Cox, Is Warning. SENSATION IS MYSTERY Landslide Credited With Answering Slush Charges and Appeal for League Wilson Desires. OREGON IAN NETWS BUREAU, "Washington, Sept. 16 While admitting- that the overwhelming repub lican victory In Maine last Monday was somewhat of a setback, demo cratic leaders here say that the effect 1 only temporary and hint that "something Is going to drop" which will turn the political tide before No vember 2. Darkest mystery shrouds this "something which Is going to gravi tate between now and election day. btrt there is no doubt that some leacb Jng supporters of Governor Cox place great faith in its possible effects. This hint has been handd out since aome time yesterday afternoon and is understood to have come from Sena tor Pat Harrison! of Mississippi, chair man of the speakers' bureau at na tional democratic headquarters in New Xork. Sensation. Lose Effect. Republicans, still Jubilant over the Maine results, are not alarmed and assert that the public has been bo vatiated with sensations since the war began in 1914 that no political party can change national opinion overnight. The Maine landslide is said by republican leaders to be the answer to the Cox charges of large republi can slush funds as well as areply to the democratic appeal for the league, of nations covenant as -Wison would have It Many a democrat frankly admits that the Cox slush fund charges have froa. their party nowhere, and the average voter appears not to have been impressed by these so-called sensations, as is evidenced by the Pine Tree state verdict. While re publican leaders are Indignant at the Cox charges, the masses of the party as well a9 a great many democrats have regarded it all with indiffer ence. Public Not Perturbed. The ordinary fellow has been rath er disgusted that the republican lead ers have taken Cox's accusations so much to heart, and many have criti cised the manner in which the charges were met. It is quite evident that the rank and file of republicans would think more of their leaders had they answered something like this: "We are not seeking to raise $15. 000.000 or anything like that sum, but wish we could. It ceTtalnly would be worth many times that amount to turn out of office this outfit which has squandered the people's money durlngand since the war and been guilty generally of maladministra tion; an administration which bought 900.000 saddles for 86.000 cavalry horses and 36 spurs for every officer in the army entitled to wear such a contraption under the most liberal construction of its use; an adminis tration which sunk millions of dol lars In political training camps and millions more In cost-plus contracts that produced nothing essential to winning the war." Cox Keeps Own Chest Empty. In fact the foregoing quotation is taken bodily from a copy of a letter written to a member of the republic an national committee by a promi nent republican in this city. Demo crats In large numbers express dis pleasure with the Cox plan of cam paign, declaring that his slush-fund charges have paralyzed their own ma chinery and fastened a vacuum In the party treasury at a time when liberal funds are needed to carry on the fight against the enemy. For example, a very well-known democrat has been commissioned to go to San Francisco and begin organ ization work in California, Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Nevada, but he has proceeded no further than this city because of a paucity of funds. On the whole, the Cox charges have apparently not made a dent in publ'c sentiment, exciting nothing more than a slight admiration for the candi date's ability to make them, and to iud new allegations each day as ex pressed by Opper, the noted cartoon ist, who exclaims: "The light brigade has nothing on Cox for charges." , Harm of Overeonfldence. At the same time there is the re publican criticism that the republic M-jl leaders are too extravagant in their claims and are endangerini party success by the constant reitera tlon in public statements that Sena tor Harding has a walkaway. These claims are, of course, based on recent tests of public sentiment made through - straw ballots in sev eral widely separated sections. It is si fact that these polls show that at this time' Harding and Coolidge are far in the lead. Even Ohio is shown to be inclined strongly to Harding as against Cox, whom it has elected governor three times. Cox has never won Ohio without the support of Hamilton county (Cincinnati), which is a normally republican county. ' All tests taken so far Indicate that Harding will carry the county this year by 10. 000 to la, 000, and through out the state there is a noticeable swing toward the republican party, One County Won for Cox. Cox won the governorship two years ago by carrying Hamilton county by 17,000 votes. This elected him by 11,000. One of the polls taken in Hamilton county, now going on, is managed by a newspaper which here tofore has supported the democratic ticket but this year is neutral. Up to yesterday a total of 36S1 voters bad been polled representing all classes, professions and trades, with this result: Harding, 1666; Cox 1550; Debs, 369; Watktas, 36. More significant Is the change from partj . to party, which is as follows: Repub lican to democrat, 191; democrat ta republican, 346; democrat to socialist, S7; republican to socialist, 51. At the start of the poll. Cox led. but Harding has been gaining stead ily for some time. Inside republican claims on New Tork are 200.000 to 250,000. Indiana on Pence. The republican claims generally would be accepted with added confl dence if just a little more conserva tism were exercised toward Indiana. The Hoosier state is not nailed down for either party yet. If anything, the democrats have somewhat the better of the fight now, notwithstanding republican claims to the contrary. Senator James E. Watson Is the storm center, the charge "being that he attempted to be a czar at Chicago and sought to overturn the will of the Hoosier masses, which was ex- pressed In favor of General Wood and Hiram Johnson. He is accused of pulling votes away from these two candidates to Hardin? before there had been suffi cient chance to try out the people's preference. The last republican leg islature . passed a tax law which makes almost everybody contribute something to the expense of state government and such laws are al ways unpopular. If the republicans win Indiana, In the opinion of those surveying the field, the work Is yet to be done that will turn the trick. The betting, which has Jumped from 2 to 1 in favor of Harding; to 3 to 1 and 5 to 1. Is said not to be justified at this stage. It is laid to too much repub lican enthusiasm and corresponding democratic depression growing; out of the Maine balloting. As to Cox's western tour the Im pression is broadcast here that it has tiff x - I hV 't f ? - -M it 0i-Zi ' ' - ' '11 if t - ,; A n ' ; k i ,' , J, I if ' - tt Dr. GantaT Baar, -vrho has fooe to Cech-Slovalti to Mve brothers from cxeeatlom. been a failure, and tt is freely pre dicted that there will b an entire change of strategy. One prophecy is that the democratic nominee, discouraged with his western tour and the league issue, will come back east and make a straight-out appeal to the wet vote of New York, New Jersey, and three or four other big eastern states, which was the original plan mapped out for him by the men who engineered his- nomina- tlon at San Francisco. 'S PAY LIFTED INCREASES GRANTED ALSO TO VARIOUS WORKERS. Acting Chief to Get $3 00 Monthly Beginning May 1 New Sched ule Made for Others. Salary Increases were granted to the acting librarian and to various group workers of the library by the Library association of Portland at its regular monthly meeting last night at Central library. Miss Zulema Kos- tomlatsky, acting librarian, was voted a salary of 1300 monthly, beginning May 1 next. Forwarders in the library and Its branghes hereafter will receive $45 week instead of 4U. Btitcners in the bindry will get J24. an advance of $3. Men apprentices have a sched ule that leaves the salary "open" the first year of employment and allows J17.60 a week the second year, J24 the thlrd. 30 the fourth and 336 the fifth year. Salaries of women apprentices were fixed at 313.50 a week the first year, 316 the second, 317.50 the third ana 320 the fourth year. The salary of foreman of the bindery was increased from $183.33 a month to $216.37. Cler ical assistants to librarians in high schools, now receiving $60 monthly. will draw the same salary next month. after which they will get $70 for five months and $75 thereafter. Ponzl and his get-rich scheme sent many aspirants for similar fame to the reference room of the library in Au gust, according to the report of Miss Kostomlatsky. Books on foreign ex change and postal rates were in such demand that the waiting list stood months ahead of the supply. In the reference department the cost of pro duction and distribution: of milk came next, this subject also being much discussed! during the month. HAZELW00D SUES FOR TAX Assessment and Collection of $14,- 476 Alleged: to Be Illegal. The Hazelwood company has filed a claim against Milton A.' Miller, col lector of internal revenue, ror ir4.- 47'6.76, which the company paid. re cently as a spelcal tax. The department of Internal revenue assessed against the Hazelwood eome time ago more than 112, OvO for the alleged making of adulterated butter. The Hazelwood filed a claim in abate ment on the ground that the company was not engaged In the manufacture of such butter. When the internal revenue department denied the claim, the company finally paid the money with extra taxes which had accrued in the meantime, to prevent seizure of their property. The company now claims that the assessment and collection of the tax are unlawful. The trial is set for October 20. Murder Suspect Detained. MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 15. Morris Fox was detained for identification upon his arrival here at the request of American authorities because of bis resemblance to Eugene Leroy, al leged perpetrator of the "trunk, murder." FIRST STATE NEAR EAST RELIEF CONFERENCE WILL OCCUR IN PORTLAND TODAY WITH NOTABLE SPEAKERS PRESENT. liiiigiil V. iC 7 ami BAAR WAY TO SAVE BROTHERS Relatives Face Execution in . Czecho-Slovakia. $100,000 RAISED HERE Mortgage Placed on Hotel Proper ty and Some Other Goods and Trip Made to New Repn-bllc. Dr. Gustav Baar, prominent phy sician and surgeon of Portland and Los Angeles, was -en route yesterday to Marovia, Czecho-Slovakia, on a mission to save two brothers from death at the hands of that govern ment. Friends In Portland, as well as counsel for Dr. Baar, stated that he had been successful, by cable and mail, in staying an ordered execution of the brothers, but that he now de sired to clear them of charges in con nection with the operation of a bond and brokerage business. Mrs. Baar, in Portland with their 2-year-old baby boy, declared that siie presumed this to be the mission of Ir. Baar, who, before leaving for Sacramento and Los Angeles, had converted considerable of his assets in Portland Into "approximately $100,000." She and Roscoe Nelson, counsel for Mrs. Baar, stated that a letter written by the doctor in Los Angeles on August 16 reached Mrs. Baar shortly before another letter, also written by the doctor, but mailed in New York on August 17. Hotel Property MortRajccd. Mrs. Baar added that Dr. Baar had mortgaged theSt. Ge'orge hotel prop erty at 301 First street for $25,000, the money being advanced by W. P. Hawley Sr., and that this was part of the large Bum which Dr. Baar con templated using In his efforts to free his brothers. Sh said also that Dr. Baar's action was "rather hurried and a great surprise to many." At( effort wai made by Mrs. Baar, she said, to determine ' how it happened that she received a letter from Dr. Baar tn Los Angeles and received a second letter, written only one day later, from New York to "notify us he was leaving for his native land." Before leaving Sacramento, Dr. Baar passed . the California medical examination, his announced intention being to - practice during the winter months in California and the summer months in Portland, members of the family said yesterday. Return Is Bxpected, Harrison Allen, counsel for Dr. Baar in his business enterprises and his practice, informed Mr. Nelson that he had received a cablegram from the doctor asking that he bold certain papers in a business transaction In Portland. Mr. Allen infened. a,s a consequence, that Dr. Baar would re turn to Portland before going again to California, on his return from Europe. At no time since Dr. Baar's absence from the city have his offices, in the Stevens building, been closed. His secretary is in charge of the offices, Mr. Allen said. Mrs. Baar, in her apartments at the Mallory hotel, declared that she un derstood Mr. Allen had cabled the doctor yesterday, but that neither she nor her counsel had made an effort, as yet, to cable him. Mr. Allen said he. expected an answer to his cable shortly. NEAR EAST RELIEF MEETS HOOVER OF PERSIA TO SPEAK AT FIRST CONFERENCE. Sessions Will Be Held in Central Library; What Portland Can Do Will Be Discussed. With Dr. Isaac Yonan. known as the "Hoover of Persia" because of his work in' directing the food admin istration of the Persians, as the prin cipal speaker, the Oregon Near East Relief association will hold its first annual conference today. Sessions will be held morning, afternoon and evening. The conference willopen this morn ing at 9:30 o'clock in room H of the central library. The morning session will be given over to an address by Dr. Isaac Yonan and discussion of what Portland can do to aid the near east relief work. The afternoon ses sion will, also be held at the library, beginning- at 2 o'clock, when Dr. Yonan will again speak. At 2:30 o'clock a special meeting will be held for the women under the leadership of Mrs. Florence Spencer Duryea, director of women s work. The evening session will occur at the First Christian church, corner of Park and Columbia streets. Dinner will be served at 6:30 o'clock and at 8 o'clock Dr. Yonan will give the final address of the conference. Another address by Dr. Yonan will be given at noon, when he will talk before the Progressive Business Men's club. SAFETY HEADS CHOSEN Local Division Shows Good Gorwth In First Year. The first annual meeting of the Portland And Columbia basin division of the National Safety council was held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Tuesday night. Officers were ,5!rtaC' v.- v elected at this session, many of those placed in positions of leadership being re-elected from the existing set of of ficers B. C. Ball was re-elected president, Hugh H. Herdman was retained as vice-president and general manager, and C. C. Colt was re-elected treas urer. Vice-presidents elected or re elected were: F. H. Ransom, B. F. rJoynton, A. R. Jacobs, A. J. BaleT George Gerlinger, B. T. McBain and H. J. Carman. Reports were read at the meeting and showed a large increase in mem bership d-urinig recent months. The loca-J division of the National SafetJ council has "been in existence but one year. At the Theaters. Heilis BY LEONE CASS BAER. TO TRANSPOSE - the old nursery jingle "What are" little girls made of, what are little boys made of, etc." one asks what are musical revues made of, etc.? The answer to the nur sery jingbe was "sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of." The answer to the other one, short musical revues, could begin and end at the 'n' everything." In the instance of the Marcus revue at the Heilig this week it is mostly er limbs. The owners of the limbs some 80 or 40 girls are billei along the advertis ing highways and byways as peaches and some' of them are. In fact, several are. A few others might belong to the prune family and an occasional lemon has drifted into the collection. They wear tinsel trappings around their waists and wrists and on their heads and dance 10,000,000 miles to indifferent music. The revue is a vaudeville show in two big parts and, just as in vaude ville, there are some good acts, an oc casional very good act and some not so good. Out of the entire show the artistry of two girls Florence Law rence and Jane Frane. They have a series of specialties, appearing first in a cornet duet, and later in a musi cal moment with Miss Lawrence whistling like a bird while Miss Frane plays an excellent interpretative ac companiment at the piano. Both Miss Lawrence and Miss Frane are of attractive cultured presence and their specialty is of artistic value on the programme. Another memor able bit is the toe dancing of Loletta, a French sprite of merry moods. Another dancins'palr, moderns and extremists, are Mile. Marion and her partner, Martinez Randall, who have sensational whirlings and acrobatic departures among their steps. Two mwi dancers, Fred Bailey and Harry Mack, are well worth while and ply their terpsichorean novelties busily. Oliver Vespo and Maria Vespo are accordionists who play nicely, and Charles Abbate and Mike Sacks, the two comedians, have a clever turn with Sacks at the p'ano and Abbate playing a violin. The costumes are odd and colorful andat times pretentious. There is one, "By the Old Church Gate," which is novel and attractive. In It a bride, pretty Bee Winsome, watches her groom, .Billy Dale, renounce all his former loves, the cards, billiards, smoking, dancing, racing and kindred alleged vices. Each especial vice is cleverly suggested in the gowning of the girl. The one representing smoking is a beautiful symbolic fig ure and worth a paragraph. Wreaths of grey soft smoke cloth curl and whip about her as she moves, a soft crimson glow from her gown suggest ing embers. A unique way of Introducing each participant to the audience opened the programme, with Bee Winsome introducing the others who passed in promenade before the ' footlights. The cast includes: Miss Revue of 1920.... Miss Bee Winsome Sg. Accordion......... Oliver Vespo Bella Accordlona Miss Maria VeBpo Miss Trumpet Miss Florence Lawrence Her sister Miss Jane Frane Mr. Ban Jo. ... - ......... .Don Carducci A. Hoofer......... Fred Balle? A. Nother Harry Mack Miss Terpsichore Mile. Lolett Spirit of the Dance... . .Martlnec Randall Queen of Grace... Mile. Marion Miss Melody Miss Cnarlotte Allen Miss Warble .....Miss Ruth Kim ore Beau Brummei .n Bob Alexander Youth . Billy Dale Father Time........... Dave Harris U. Luff ... Charles Abbate TJ. Lafagin II. Mclfally The Funny Man ............... .Mr. Sacks The revue will round out the week at the Heilig, with a matinee on Saturday. , HEALTH OFFICERS ELECT 200,000 Infantile Lives Sacrificed In TJ. S. Annually. - ' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. The mmmM mmm I ei 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r d 1 11 1 n jlBlifi ' I in : IeIIeeeeI Mgtffltttttfli r 1 -1 1 1 1 , 13 IH I t I i I lift i t H ul . - I fcsW mZ.,: K have all American Public Health association closed its 49th annual convention here today with the election of officers. Selection of a 1921 convention city was referred to the executive com mittee, with the understanding that an eastern city would be chosen. 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