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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1920 T PRESIDENT OF STRIKING BRITISH MINERS' FEDERATION. JAPS IfJ CALIFORNIA TO KiW FATE SOOm who own land from euch guardian ship." The measure has two distinct pur poses, according to Mr. - Irish,- and these are: "First, to forbid the leas IS HELD MISQUOTED ing of land to Japanese and Chinese; and, second, to take land-owning mi nors of these races from the natural guardianship of the parents and com mit them to the control of tne puDiic administrators." Concluding his argument to the Guarantee in Excess of $1 Is Not Opposed. Land-Leasing Privilege May Be Much Restricted. voters of California, Mr. Irish says: "Considered in its effect upon the land-owners of the state, the initia tive measure, under penalty of con fiscation, prohibits them from leas ing land to a certain class of persons. If the state can do that it can also compel land-owners, under penalty of confiscation, to lease their lands to a certain class of persons." REPORTS BRANDED FALSE DECISION .UP TO PEOPLE a package STEVENS TO HELP TAX Republican Headquarters Explain Reference In Speech Was to Pre-War Scale Only. Initiative Measure) to Be' Passed Cpon Xovember 2 Would . Dras tically Change Situation. Before EX-FIRK MARSHATj TO RETURN TO SAVE BUREAU. HAP! DING toe war CHICAGO. Oct. 24. Republican na tional headquarters issued a state ment tonight that Senator Harding's opponents were widely and menda ciously circulating- reports that the senator opposed , "guaranteeing- the American farmer more than a dollar a bushel for wheat during: the war." "The tacts are that Senator Harding voted to guarantee the farmer $2.50 wheat, while President Wilson, when the power was placed In his hands, fixed the guarantee ostensibly at $2.50, though as a matter of fact the farmer got much less than that," the statement said. "Senator Harding's reference to dol lar wheat, made in an address at the Minnesota state fair grounds, had no reference to the price of wheat in war time. Pre-War Price TJisenased. "He was talking about the price of wheat in times of peace prior to the great war. He was not even talk ing of the price of wheat under con ditions since the war ended. "While the Lever bill to encourage food production was before the sen ate, July 21, 1917, Senator Harding Slated: " I said that raising $1 whe"at was a profitable occupation in times of pi ace: and I said to the senator from North Dakota, Mr. McCumber, that the knowing farmers of the country, are buying land Jn Ohio at $150 an acre fi.r the very purpose of going into a commercial proposition of raising wheat profitably at $1 a bushel in times of peace to be sure.' Statement Held Garbled. "This was a reference to wheat pro duction in the days of peace, when di-llar wheat was looked on far dif ferently from what it was in the war period or would be now In the un st tled conditions following the war. "Senator Harding's opponents, though th;y know perfectly well that Sena tor Harding voted for $2.50 wheat, lit vertheless garbled the statement which he made by cutting out the last seven words 'in times of peace, to be sure' and circulating the rest of it so as to give the impression that Si nator Harding wanted to hold the farmer down to dollar wheat in war times," COLLEGE BOOK STARTED Annual Publication of Willamette Junior Class Progressing. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa le n. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.) Work on the 1922 Wallulah, annual year book of the junior class, is progress ing under direction of Dean Pollock ol' Joseph. The Wallulah, to be pub lihed in June, will be practically the sr.me size as that of last year, but will contain many additional features of art work and arrangement. Mr. Pollock Is editor. Associate ed it rs are Sheldon Sackett. Sheridan, and Bertha Leitner, Portland. Other members of the staff, all of whom are In the junior class, follow: Cam pus section, Vernor Sackett, Sheri- d-itn: class section, Grace Collins, Portland: athletics, Ralph Curtis, Bend; organizations. Lorlei Blatch- ford, Salem, and Emma Shanafelt Salem: student activities. Lucille Tucker, Salem: feature section. James l:ohle, Falls City, and Hugh Doney, Salem; art work, Margaret Legge and lirace Presley, both of Salem, and Yaldo Kelso, Yakima, Wash. Harry Rarey of Tacoma, Wash., is handling the business end of the hook, having as his assistants Lester Day of Bremerton. Wash., and Mil dred Brown of Outlook. Wash. TEACHERS' MEET SUCCESS Coos County Institute Declared Most Profitable in 12 Years. MARSH FIELD, Or., Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) The Coos Bay county teachers' institute, held in Myrtle Point over a 1-ariod of three days, was declared by i lany Coos Bay instructors the most i rofitable gathering in 14 years, the entertainment arrangements the best i-ver, and the whole affair of the highest order. Myrtle Point residents extended the warmest hospitality, meeting the guests at the train with uutomobiles, conveying them to the assembly room for registration, for accommodations and afterwards de liverins them to their quarters. All merchants decorated their windows wit:i welcoming placards and after sessions automobiles were' at the command of the teachers .Tor rides to the neighboring districts. Sessions of the institute were held in the high school building, the ALrmory and the churches. The at tendance of about 250 instructors re luired a much greater arrangement than usual. ROAD'S CONTROL CHANGES . ... jjri , - Photo from Underwood. Robert Smlllle, wh called strike which threatens to paralyze British Indus try. Smillie states "this fight la the most serious In British history" and urges everyone to aid In the fight against the government, which, he says, "plans to use all its power to detent us." E PUT IN.' PARLEY INCREASE HIXGES OX BOOST IX OUTPUT IX SEW OFFER. Belief Is Strong Both Side Will Submit "Difference on Equal Basis in Few Days. (Continued Prom First Pare.) While the conference was in progress Baron Stamfordham. private secretary of King George, arrived and remained tor a brief period. Emergency Bill Postponed. One indication of a hopeful turn was afforded tonight by a report from a well informed source that the government contemplated postponing bill which would virtually place the country on a war basis. It had been intended to attempt to pass this measure through all its stages in parliament tomorrow. U. S. SHIPPIXCt PICKS UP Scores of .vessels Cease to be Idle, Due to Strike. WASHINGTON. D. G. Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) The nation-wide strike of coal miners in England is having a tre mendous effect on American shipping. Though in progress less than a week, the strike already has stimulated shipping in American bottoms to the extent that scores of vessels that had been tied to docks because of no cargo are again at work. The effect is especially apparent in the coal trade. It is stated here that shipping has been offered more coal for export than can be accommodated on the vessels now available, despite the fact that much of the tonnage that became idle during the recent depression has been put into service. The strike also has had the result of tending to raise ocean freight rates. which had slumped sharply tollowing the announcement of the Freneh line that it had declared a rate war and the known attitude of other foreign lines because of the antagonism to the alleged discriminatory provisions of the shipping act. Another factor in the stimulus shown in shipping by American bot toms is the fact that the shipping labor situation is the quietest it has been in many months and it is now confidently expected that a satisfac tory arrangement will be concluded with both the radio operators and ma rine engineers. The announcement by the shipping board Friday that a lot of 31 ves sels had been authorized for construc tion bv American companies also had a steadying effect on the general shipping situation. nents stand for. I stand for a united America; a humane America; an effi cient America; America first." Cowlitz, Chetialis and Cascade Iilne to Be Improved. CHEHALIS. Wash., Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) Control of the Cowlits. Che- halis & Cascade railway, the local line operating out of Chehalis into eastern Lewis county, has been taken over by C. L. Brown, a well-known Chehalis sawmill man. and W. E. Brown, formerly district superin tendent of the Milwaukee's Willapa Harbor branch line. J. K. Corlett of Seattle retires from management and control of the road. Messrs. Brown and Brown expect immediately to put the road into first-class operating condition, that it may better serve the various local Industries and also those operating southeast of here, with the purpose of furthering the early development of the great timber and other re sources of the upper Newaukum. Cow litz and Tilton river valleys. RAIL DELAY HALTS PLANT Xorth Bend Firm Unable to Secure Road to Xew Site. NORTH BEND. Or.. Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) Delays in securing a roadstead to its holdings on the water front in the city, will likely cause the Men asha Woodenware company, which contemplated ' constructing a large plant this fall, to abandon the idea until spring, according to the resi dent manager, Herbert Armstrong. Site for the industry was purchased under supposition there was access to it from the city, but it developed there was none and a crossing was asked of the Southern Pacific which railway adjoins the property. The railroad company was - willing to comply, but in dealing a mistake was made and the crossing was not satis factory. The particular point at which the crossing is asked is in the land de partment of the railway company and it is not believed the matter can be put through in season to permit any work beforespring. ', m ASSAILANTS GET 90 DAYS Peace Officer Says Attack Was Worst In Career. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Oct. 24.' (SDe- cial.) Judge Coke sentenced Charles McGrath. George Fitzhenry. Warren Levin and John Darling. Powers log gers who were convicted by a jury of attacking James Brown, an officer of Powers, to three months in the county jail. The men were surprised in a drink ing bout at Powers and placed under arrest by Brown, but they attacked him and for a time it was thought he might not survive his injuries. Brown declared that in-his career as a peace officer he has been attacked on an average of once a year, but the Powers incident was the worst. Friends of the prisoners raised $500 for a defense fund. Centralia Lumber Drops. CEN'TRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) The Menefee Lumber Co., of Winlock, has announced a harp re duction in the price of lumber. The reduction was made. H. W. Revis, manager of the mill explained, to en courage home building and owing to the fact that shipments to the east are slack, resulting in an accumula tion of lumber at the mill. HARDING DEMANDS REPLY (Continued From First Page.) upbuilding and safeguarding of our agriculture, and for a merchant ma rine. "As to our foreign pWMcy and Amer ica's full expectation of becoming a member of a wise association "of na tions, with the preservation of our own independence and national spirit, I have given a conscientious and prac tical proposal. America la Put First. "I have stated that I am wholly against the proposal to. approve our membership in the league of nations, as our opponents insist that it shall be written. Even in the hands of our opponents that programme is impos sible. Even in the hands of ourop ponents, it would result in a hopeless blockade. "I have endeavored to serve in this campaign, not merely to be elected, but to set before the American people, sincerely and clearly, a definite policy for the administration of the United States to bring our people out of the jungle of mismanagement and into the light of a stable good fortune. I have endeavored to serve by doing what 1 could to harmonize public opinion and unite America behind a foreign policy which shall be wise, generous and hu mane, though it refuses to mortgage America 10 tne Old world. ".We do not know what our oppo- BRITISHERS BIT ENVIOUS Growth of American Merchant Ma. rine Xot Much, Liked. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 24. (Special.) British residents of Argentina have no love for America, for they dislike to see the growth of the American merchant and to see goods being shipped out under the stars and stripes that formerly were carried by ships flying the union jack, John E. Belcher, Tacoma attorney, said upon his return today after two years spent in the southern republic Mr. Belcher was attorney for the International Products company of South America. The high cost of living in America is but a hint of what it is in Argen tina, he said. SAN FRANCISCO.. Oct. 24. The fate of Japanese farmers in California will be decided Tuesday. November 2, when the electorate- of this state passes on an initiative measure that would drastically amend the present alien land law by withdrawing en tirely the three-year agricultural land-leasing privilege from aliens who are Ineligible to American citizenship. The measure aims also to place minor land-owning aliens under the guardianship of a public administra tor. The actual ownership. of farm lands by aliens ineligible to citizen ship already is prohibited by the alien land law enacted by the state legislature fn 1913. 'The initiative measure. Its pro ponents assert, will conform - strictly to the letter of the treaty between Japan and the United States, in which Japanese residents were granted cer tain privileges. The opponents of the proposed new law declare that the issue raises the question of an interpretation of phraseology in the treaty, wherein, it is provided tl -t Japanese resident in the United States "may own or hire and occupy houses, manufactories, warehouses, shops and premises and lease lands for residential and commercial purposes." It is pointed .out by persons opposed to amending the present law tnat tne leasing of land Tor "com mercial purposes" contemplated the privilege of leasing agricultural lands. The voters of the state have had the legal verbiage of the meas ure clarified by arguments for and against it, respectively, by V. S. Mc Ciatchy, publisher of the Sacramento Cal., Bae, and by JohnP. Irish, an extensive land-owner of Stockton, uai. In Behalf of the measure. Mr. Mr- Clatchy says in part: "Through the measure, California eeks, as is her inherent right.- to preserve her lands for Americans, precisely as Japan preservesjier lands for the Japanese. Its primarV pur pose is to prohibit orientals who can not become American citizens from controlling our rich agricultural lands. ... 'Our present treaty of commerce and navigation with Japan deliber ately omits from the privileges grant ed the Japanese in this country either ownership or lease of agricultural lands. Japan has always p-ofiitited ownership, or lease, or use of agn cultural lands in Japan by Americans or other foreigners.- Orientals, and more particularly Japanese, having commenced to se cure control of agricultural lands in California, there was enacted in 1913 the alien land law, which prohibited ownership or lease beyond three years of agricultural lands by aliens ineligible to cHizenship. In defiance of that law, through various subterfuges, including use of dummy-corporations and - minor- native-born children, orientals, largely Japanese, are last securing contro of the richest irrigated lands in the state, through lease or ownership, the proportion already controlled n some counties being from 50 to 75 par cent. "The initiative measure simply closes tne- loophole in the 1913felaw which permits violation and evasion thereof. In addition, it forbid- even short leases. Irish Opposes Measure. In his argument against the meas ure, Mr. Irish discusses the commer cial treaty with Japan and declares that "in its economic definition com merce consists of production, trans portation and exchange; production is the ranking element, because without it there can be no commerce. "The treaty is intended then," the opposition argument continues, "to give the Japanese privilege to enter upon complete commerce, and there-1 fore protects their right to lease land for productin. Any other interpre tation twists the plain language of the treaty into vain repetition. "Considered in the light of the 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States, which says. 'No state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, we find the initiative meas ure is in conflict with our constitu tion, 4Hnce it proposes a discrimina tory classinca'.ion - of aliens, confer ring upon one class the protection of the law which it denies to another class. "This discrimination, applies also to the leasing of land denied to Japa nese and permitted to other aliens. It also applies to the feature of the initiative measure which subjects Japanese minors who own land to the guardianship of the public adminis trator, but exempts other alien minors Giles Beys, a printer of Paris, in troduced the letter "J" into the alpha bet in 1550. Harding Continues Kayorite CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) F. B. Hubbard, Centralia lum berman and trustee of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, who has re turned from Chicago, reports senti ment in the east is strong for Senator Harding. In Chicago Monday, Mr. Hubbard says, bets of 8 to 1 were placed that Harding would carry Cal ifornia; 4 to 1 that he would carry Ohio. 4 to l tnat he would be elect ed,and even money that the repub lican candidate would carry as many states In the south as Cox does in the north. S. St 17. greets stamps for cash Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 680-21. Adv Defeat of Three-Mill Lery Would Cripple Portland's Work, Says Prevention Expert. Because he believes that defeat if the three-mill .tax, which the city council has asked the voters to authorize for next year as it did a year ago for the present year, would destroy years , of fire prevention ef fort In Portland, ' Jay Stevens, in charge of the fire prevention bureau of the national board of fire under writers, has decided to come to Port land to aid in the campaign for the re-authorization of the tax measure. Mr. Stevens., -who was formerly battalion fire chief and fire marshal of Portland, is scheduled to arrive in the city this morning, accord- ng to a letter received Saturday by City Commissioner Bigelow. So that he might take an active part in the three-mill tax campaign, Mr. Stevens delayed the inauguration of several fire prevention campaigns in eastern cities and is making a cross-country journey direct to Portland. "I have decided to come to Portland and should arrive Monday morning," reads the letter received by Commis sioner Bigelow. "Although there- is much important fire prevention work to be launched in the east, I do not know of anything more important in my work than to aid in the campaign to obtain a re-authorization of the three-mill tax. "While I am not so concerned over the financial difficulties of Portland, insofar as they affect other depart ments, I am decidedly worried over the effect of a defeat of he tax measure on the fire bureau- Know ing Portland conditions as I do, it is easy to realize that a reduction which would be necessary in the event of such defeat would demoralize the Portland fire department. "Much time and effort has been given to fire prevention work in Portland and it now looms as a city iwhich. is in the forefront in this work. But a reduced fire bureau, inadequate in equipment and manpower, would wipe out all effects of fire prevention work. It would even affect the fire prevention bureau, for I cannot see ho.w this department will be able to escape uncut any more-' than any 'other department.'" - Mr. Stevens until recently was in charge of the fire prevention bureau of the Pacific, operated by the board of fire underwriters. Recently he was placed in charge of t ire preven tion work throughout " the United States. According to Commissioner Bige low, Mr. Stevens has kept a close watch on Portland and conditions here, especially in the fire bureau. It is probable that meetings will be arranged for Mr. Stevens in various parts of the city, although definite plans will not be made until he arrives and has had a conference with city officials. - Venison Feast Flees Trainmen. ASHLAND. Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) While taking the work train on the Southern Pacific from here over the mountains Friday Walter Frulen, conductor, and I. R. Bateman, engi neer, struck a spike deer with their engine near Steinman. They slowed down and with visions of a feast of venison they hastened out of the en gine cab to pick up the priae. To their great chagrin the animal suddenly bounded to its feet, leaped over the cowcatcher and disappeared into the forest, none the worse for its encounter with 'the engine. Willamette Head Goes East. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Sa lem. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.) Dr. Car! G. Doney, president of the university left for the east Saturday for a two weekjS' trip. President Doney will at tend tne annual session or the uni versity Senate, which- meets this year in unio. Tne ooay is composed of representatives of Methodist colleges and universities in every section of the country, and meets each year to discuss problems which arise in con I nection with the denominational I schools. ' Centralia to Start Armory. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) It has been announced that work will begin within ten days on an armory for Co. L, Washington na tional guard tank corps. 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