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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1920)
Till: MORNING- OREGON! AX. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1920 LUMBER PRICES OF DOWN 28 PER CENT Dealers' Association Makes Nation-Wide Reduction. HARDWOOD CUT BIGGEST Decrease in Prices of Flooring and Cheaper grades or Building Material Is Greatest. of the majority of the retail mer chants of Oregon. The Oregon State Retail Merchants' association repre sents but a small per cent of the mer chants in the state and. from the fact that tho majority of its members are located in the smaller cities and towns, who depend largely upon the farmers' trade, it is very doubtful if that resolution speaks for more than, a few of its members. "The large retail specialty mer chants of Portland are not affiliated with the -Oregon. State Retail Mer chants' association nor does that body represent the clothiers, the fur niture dealers, the druggists, the shoe dealers, the jewelers or the hardware merchants of the state of Oregon. Each of these lines has its own state-wide organization. To overcome another erroneous impres sion, the Associated Retail Credit Men. of Portland are not members of the Oregon State Retail Merchants' association; it has merely co-operated with that association on matters of credit." JAPAN 1 S. SECRET DIPLOMACY TARGET 100,000 Orientals in Amer ica No Menace, Says Okuma. REDS HELD' REAL DANGER COX'S SHOWING POOH 2 BT JOHN J. LEART. CHICAGO, Sept. 26. (Special.) On the eve of the session of the National Construction & Building Trades con gress, the American Wholesale Lum ber Dealers' association, through L. R. Vutnam, its managing director, today announced an average cut in lumber prices from last February's list of 28 nrr cent. The cut, nation-wide, is heaviest on hardwood floorings and on the cheaper grades of lumber used in concrete construction. lieai-mg in mind that the call on iht, nno-rM. issued at a meeting of buildinE Hades unions, contractors. engineers and architects, organisa tions in Atlantic City last month fol lowed general denunciation of the material men as gougers and Prof iteers, the announcement of the wholesalo lumber men is interesting. Letter Is I liferent Injr. Of interest, 'as much because of what he does not say as what he does is a letter to all building trades unions by John H. Donlin, president of the building trades department ol the American Federation of Labor, warning them, lest they wish to in vite destruction, to avoid strikes be cause of quarrels with other unions as to who shall do certain work. These strikes. commonly called jurisdictional, have been practically on-existent since the establishment ! the national board for jurisdictional awards in March, 1919. The importance of Donlin's warning becomes apparent only when it is stated that one of the largest of the unions shows a tendency, to kick over the traces and undo the work of the national board. Harmony ed Held Hreognlied, Taken together, the action of the lumbermen and Donlin may be inter preted as recognition by two of the most powerful interests in tho build ing trade that harmony and fair deal ing must be the rule in the industry in the building season of 19-1. It is to clear decks for 1921 that the congress meeting tomorrow is called. The moving spirit behind It is the American Institute of Architects, through which Robert IS. Kohn of New York presented to the Atlantic City conference a request that united action be taken to put the industry, thrown out of joint by the war. n a healthy basis. This conference agreed that the chief trouble lay in the high prices demanded and the gouging and prof iteering being practiced by certain material men. Other Branrhen at Fault, Too. Other branches of the industry, it was admitted, were not without sin. architects and union men, building contractors and engineers admitting faults of their groups, but all agree ing that until the material men' came into line and behaved a settled con dition was impossible. Therefore it was decided to hold a national congress, to which material men and bankers be invited, that a national survey of stocks be had so that a national building programme could be laid down. By such a pro gramme it was agreed more stable prices might be had and artificial In equalities in price wiped out. w nue no threats were made, it was understood then, and is understood now, that a -large stick is ready for use on such malcontents as will not agree to work in the common cause and give up extra profits, as has been the rule. GHOST OF QUEEN HAUNTS 1I1IJNCH VOW MARIE AXTOI MvTTK HAS WAVKD TO THIiM. WOMEN Or" NORTHWEST NOT SO EASILY DECEIVED. Former Premier Wants Negotia tions on Nipponese in This Coun try Open for AH World. Mrs. Raymond Robins Tells of En thusiasm That Greets Re publican Leaders. CHICAGO. Sept. 26. (Special.) "Governor Cox made not the slightest impression on the women voters of the northwest with his league of na tions aDDeal. I have never seen the women more keenly Interested in any subject than they are in this issue. And I want to report to our women everywhere that the women of the northwest will vote overwhelmingly against Mr. Wilson and Mr. Cox and their league." This was the' statement made today by Mrs. Raymond Robins, who has just returned from a speaking tour of the northwest. ' Mrs; Robins will go into Ohio" next week and then back to Wisconsin, where she begins a speaking tour that takes her to the coast, on the trail of Mr. Cox. "I have had perfectly wonderful meetings In Minnesota," said Mrs. Robins. "At Minneapolis I talked to a packed house in their great audi torium and it was perfectly amazing to me, an old-timer, to see the keen ness with which the women have grasped this league Issue and mas tered it so completely. "My impression is that this issue is the paramount one with the women of the northwest. They are against the Wilson-Cox league almost unan imously, for they believe that It means more war. 'Another outstanding aspect of the tuatlon in the northwest is the splendid organization that has been ccomplishcd already among the new onion voters. It is just wonderful, nd 1 make the prediction now that hey will surprise all of us when their votes are counted. They are verwhclmlngly for Senator Harding nd Governor Coolidge." by the woman. Mrs. P. E. Keith, 1323 J Kigrhth avenue, when she seized his I gun and chased him from the house. The gun was turned over to the Po lice and found to be. unloaded. Mr. and Mrs. Keith -were awakened by the noise made by the robber when he entered their bedroom through a window. They wqj e ordered" to stand against a wall. The boy de manded $25 from his victims. Keith had about 18 in change with him and gave this to the robber. The youth then asked for a kiss from Mrs. Keith, and when he attempted to take it she grabbed the gun. He made his escape through the door. Shade floats iiraccrullv Around Versailles Park; Indicates Re turn of King, Say Royalists. (Copyright by the NVw Tork VTrrld. Pub lisncd by Arrangement.) PARIS. Sept. 26. (Special.) Royal ist families living- at Versailles vow that the ghost of Queen Marie An toinette haunts the Swiss village in in parti ui ine nine iriunion. utile nwciiers at Versailles refuse to ap proach that spot after dark. Many persons lcclare they have seen the ghost of the unfortunate queen. The apparition wears a tal powdered wig, a silvered satin bodice and voluminous frock, a hoopskirt and red heeled shoes. The shade floats gracefully around the park and vanishes into the dair where Mane Antoinette made but 1er, being inspired by Jean Jacque Kousscau s ideas. Tourists also hav seeji the ghost which, when any on approaches, disembodies and dissi pates through a door of the dairy which has been boarded up for years, uevoted royalists say the appear ance of the ghost fortells the return of a king to dwell at Versailles, for, they say, the queen always waves he hand to them encouragingly before she vanishes. BUSINESS FAWOH MME STATE MERCHANTS CENSURE " "NOT REPRESENTATIVE.' Executive for Three Associations i State and Portland Defends Commission Bill. That the action of the Oregon Stat Ketan Aiercnants association in con derailing; the state market commis sion act. to be voted upon this fal is not representative of the opinio of most of the retail merchants Oregon. Is the declaration of Jare Wenger, secretary-manager of th Greater Portland association, secre tary of the Oregon Retail Fiirnitur Dealers association, and assistan secretary of the Oregon Reta Clothiers association. A statemen issued by Mr. Wenger is in part follows: "The Oregon State- Retail Me chants' association has seen fit to pass a resolution condemning the state market commission act. That resolution does not voice the opinion ETEHAN DIES AT REUNION II REE 9 1ST BUDDIES HELD AFTER CELEBRATION. istol Drops From Dead 'Youth's Pocket; Black Jack Found on One; All Had Been Drinking. TOKIO, Sept. 26. (By the Assoc! ated Press.) An attack against se crecy in connection with Japan's di plomacy in the California problem ii made In a statement by Marquis Oku ma, former premier. He demands that the government respond to national opinion, which should be awakened to the gravity of the issues. The presence of 100.000 industrious Japanese is no menace to America, says the Marquis. The real menace is from the anarchists and bolshevik! which are coming to the United States from .Europe. Fair Judgment Aked. After pointing out that many Jap anese subscribed to the American liberty loans and made donations to the Red Cross and that some of them volunteered for army service. Mar quis Okuma declares: "We must appeal to the fair judg ment of enlightened Americana and if necessary to the nations of the world. Moreover, there is ample ground for the Japanese (to insist on their legal rights, so there is no need to jump at hasty conclusions and high-handed J measures. i Negotiations between the Japanese and United States governments re garding the Immigration question are entering "the serious stage," Baron Sakatani, former minister of finance, has informed the Koseikai party in the house of peers, reporting an inter view with Viscount Uchlda, foreign minister. Baron Sakatani quoted the foreign minister as saying both gov ernments were making the utmost effort to arrive at an amicable settle ment. CommUiton to Be Urged. .Yomo Uri. newspaper, says it un derstands the government will pro pose appointment of a high commis sion to deal with the problems. The newspaper quotes Viscount Shibus- wa, president of the American-Japa- e society, as .".emitting that the ommlssion project is being discussed but saying he would recommend to Premier Hara that the result of the California anti-Japanese referendum awaited. If it were unfavorable, added, he thought representative apauese should go to America and iscuss the problem with men like x-President Taft arid Frank W. Vanderlip. Personally. Viscount Shibusawa is uoted as adding he believed exten- lon of. the naturalization privilege to the Japanese in California would e the best solution of the difficulty, s they and their posterity would thus escape "further persecution" by Americans. Foreign Minister Uchlda today con ferred with Field Marshal Yamagata.l upreme military councillor and resident of the privy council, re garding the California situation. AiORMAL SCHOOL GROWS Increase of 10 Per Cent Made Id Fall Term Attendance. MONMOUTH, Or.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) The first week of the fall term of the Oregon Normal school closed with a 10 per cent increase, in attend ance over a like period last year. So many signed up for the new commer cial teachers' course that a double supply of typewriters 'had to be or dered. On Friday, President Roberts of the new normal school at Centralia, Wash., addressed the students and faculty at the chapel hour, bringing to them the story of service In a new and impressive way. GIRL ACCUSES FIREMAN ASSAILANT THREATENED TO SHOOT, SHE TELLS POLICE. END1 OF CROWNS IS SEEN Milton A. Miller Addresses Meeting of Knights of Columbus. That the time Is not far distant when there will not be a crowned head remaining In Europe was the theme of an address given last night by Milton A. Miller, internal revenue inspector, before a meeting of the Knights of Columbus Service club. He told of the wonderful progress made by the United States since the days of Washington and of the op portunities which present themselves to the young men of today. Four reels of motion pictures and musical selections of Gus Studer and Joe Miller completed the programme. WOMAN FALLS, HIT BY CAR Mrs. K niiii a Barroughs, .59, Sus tains Scalp Wound. 1 Mrs. Emma Burroughs, 59, of 605 Twenty-first, street, stepped in a hole in the pavement at East Twenty-first and Clinton streets last night and fell directly in front of a street car. The car struck her head, inflicting a scalp wound. She was taken to Good Samaritan hospMal. Pipe ma n Has Wife and l-'ive Chil dren; Stranger Who Interfered Beaten; Victim in Hospital. SEATTLE, Wash., SepU 26. (Spe cial.) After awakening Miss Norma Blackstead, 23-year-old stenographer, 1 at her home 2635 East Seventy-second street, at 7 o'clock Sunday morning, John Skinner, a city fireman, 33, forced her to accompany hira down town at the point of a gun, severely beat a man who answered her calls for help, seriously bruised the girl, according to her statement, and was later arrested in his room at the Strajid hotel, 22122 First avenue. He is held on an open charge by the police while MissBlackstead is in the city hospital, suffering from painful bruises. Skinner is married and the father of five children. Skinner, who is a pipeman with hose company No. 20, appeared at the house where Miss Blackstead lives with several other girls and forced his way in when 'the housekeeper answered the repeated ringing of the door bell. He had a suitcase with him and gave it to the girl, ordering her to pack up her clothes and go with him. When she refused, he produced a gun and told her he would kill her if she did not-obey his command, she told the police. She packed up her effects and accompanied him down town on a street car, she said. He kept the gun fn his pocket during the trip on the car, but repeatedly warned her against making an out cry, saying that she would be sorry if she did. - The couple got off the car at Sec ond avenue and Pine. street, where he seized her arm and told her to follow him to his room. She demanded the gun, saying that if she had it she would go with him. He unloaded the weapon and gave her the empty gun. It was following the passing over of the gun that Miss Blackstead ap pealed to the luckless stranger who was beaten up and frightened off that Skinner was arested in his room. OAKLAND. Cal., Sept. 26. Arthur zevedo, Sacramento overseas vet- ran who came here today to attend he 91st (Wild West) division re- nion, is dead tonight and his com panions, Frank Stone and Earl McCue f fcacramento and r red Morect of San Francisco, were held without harge by the Oakland police. A police officer at the reunion cele bration at Idora Park broke through crowd which had, surrounded the four men as they argued over riding he roller coaster to find Azeveuo dead. A pistol dropped from his pocket as he toppled over, the police say. A blackjack was found on Moreci, and all of the men had been drinking, according to the author i ics. Azcvedo had been wounded In 'Yanco. He was a cousin of Joe Atevedo, the pugilist, and he and Stone and McCue are said to have been "buddies" in France. An autopsy will be held tomorrow in an effort to determine the cause of Azevedo's death. KISS UNDOING OF ROBBER Woman Kouts Youth When Enforc ing Oscillatory Demand. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) A youthful robber, dissatisfied with the amount of money given him. demanded kisses from his fair victim 1 PARIS. Sept. 26. Anatole France. whom he had held up, together with I the author, is to be married soon to her husband, in their apartment at 2 , Mile. Bmma La Prevotto. according o clock this morning. He was routed to an announcement In TOeuvrc. BARUCH GIVES $110,000 (Continued Prom Firrt Page.) But in no way did the democratic campaign committee participate in it funds or benefits. "Mr. Baruch has had no part ii contributing for the pamphlet o newspaper plate republishing Miss Montague's story, Uncle Sa-m of Free dom Ridge. or the motion picture of the story he has advanced $25,000 to a producer who intends to show it on its merits. He didn't write the story himself, nor did anyone con nected with the democratic campaign I understand he will accept no prof Its, but will get his money back. Tha is his legitimate affair and not th affair of this committee. "I know nothing of the Stars and Stripes, except that this committe has had nothing to do with it. So fa as this committee is concerned, Mr Baruch is not officially connected and he has contributed only $5000. Therefore, he can hardly be called th 'angel of a campaign which ought to have at least ?2. 000. 000. I wish h were. Any man with his record public service and his interest in th worlds greatest moral issue, th league, is a very welcome supporte of our campaign to any extent. ' The league to enforce peace, in statement tonight, declared that it is a non-partisan organization an the contributions of B. M. Baruch its news bureau maintained in Wash ington last winter were not in an sense contributions to the democratic party. "The fact is known to every news paper in the country," this statemen said, "that the league to enforce peace gave a complete demonstration of its non-partisan character by do ing everything fn its power to kee the league of nations from becomln a partisan issue in the presidential campaign. The league urged the rat ification of the treaty without regard to party. The news bureau was con ducted in Washington for the earn purpose. Man Hit, Driver Speeds On. ABERDEEN', Sept.' 2. (Special.) L. T. Mitchell, living in the western part of Elma, coming out onto a paved street from his home heard an auto approaching rapidly. He stepped to the edge of the pavement, but not quickly enough to escape being hit by the fender. One arm was broken and he suffered other bruises. The driver of the auto did not slacken sped. S. &. H. green stamps for cash. Holman fuel Co. Main 353. 580-21. Adv. Irish Convention Called. SAN' FRANCISCO, Sept., 28. Cali fornia members of the order of Friends of Irish Freedom will hold their state convention at Fresno. Cal., November 28, it is announced by An drew J. Gallagher, San Francisco, state president. The order claims a state, membership of 500,000. Plans to win official American recognition for the "Irish republic" will be dis cussed at the convention. DOCK HAND FOUND SLAIN niree nuueis t roru .rune 1'ass Through Body and House. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 26. (Special.)- Charles E. Ppllard, 30, a long shoreman, was found dead in his room at Everett, Wash., late last night, and is believed to have been murdered, ac cording to advices from the Everett police, received here. The body was found by L. E. Smith of Seattle. Three bullets from a high power rifle had passed through the body and through the side of house, police investigators said. Warning Issued to Unions. CHICAGO,. Sept. 27. A warning to building crafts that unless they "re sort to reason" and put an end to jur isdictional disputes the unions may be destroyed and the open shop come into vogue, has been issued by John H. Donlin, president of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. Paving Plant Is Burned. PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Sept. 26. Fire of unknown origin today de stroyed the plant of the Barber As phalt Paving company near here. which covered several acres. Thefire will throw 2000 men out of work, it was estimated, and the loss will be over $1,000,000. Anatole France to AVcd. The Second Tooth May Go More Quickly Than the First When a person has teeth with . unmistakably hard enamel, it naturally takes an exceptionally long time for "Acid-Mouth"- to. destroy them. But when one tooth decays, it stands to reason that the enamel everywhere in the mouth must be weakening, - too, and so the other teeth seem to go more quickly than the first. . the Body Taken From Morgue. The body of Mrs. Ivy McBride. who committed suicide Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Minnie Starr, 2020 East Glisan street, by drinking car bolic acid, was removed from the morgue yesterday to the Gable under taking parlors, 1973 East Glisai street. Funeral arrangements will be announced today. . Community SeVvice to Meet. For the purpose of considering neighborhood development Community Service will - hold a meeting at o'clock tonight in Library hall. The principal speaker will be Dr. J. A. Parsons, professor of sociology aX the University of Oregon. m rs FX iT l ,f lt." w OjT r a-Or -J.T- 1 -rgi w VS ill m ON SATISFACTI yours and mine I I AM SATISFIED to have the privilege of selling you America's best clothes even at profitless prices. 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