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6 THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 31, 1920 NATIONAL FORESTRY POLICY FORMULATED Lumbermen, Paper Makers and Others Indorse Proposal. PORTLANDER AIDS DRAFT Hestnlts of Conference by Heads of Many Industries of Import ance to Coast. NEW YORK. Oct. 20 (Special.) The first definite proposal of a ra tional forest policy to receive the in dorsement of representatives of con Burners, lumber manufacturers, paper siwi pulp makers, newspaper publish ers and the United States forest serv ice has been formulated as the result of a nat'onal conference held here October IS. The programme provides specifical ly, through co-operation between the government, the states and owners f timber lands, for adequate protection against forest f'res, for reforestation of denuded lands, for extension of the national forests, for obtaining essen tial information in regard to timber and timberlands. and for other steps essential to continuous forest pro duction on lands chiefly suitable for this purpose. The proposal was drafted by a com mittee composed of T. T. Allen of ort land, forester of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, as chair man; Slbert II. Baker, chairman of the forest conservation committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, and P. S. Kosdale of te American Forestry association. Conference Affects Coast. The results of he conference are of direct importance to the Pacific coast, to which lumbering operations are being: gradually transferred from the southern pine districts. Accredited representatives of the nation-wide lumber and prper indus tries which control most of the com mercial forests in private ownership met with similar representatives 01 the United States chamber -f Com merce; the American Forestry asso ciation, speaking in behalf of the general public; wholesale lumber dis tributors, newspaper organizations vitally interested in the general eco nomic welfare and in the newspri- supply, and the great wood-using in dustries such as furniture and vehicle manufactur'ng, railroad operation and gimilar industries. Unanimous agreement was reached on all essentials of a federal legisla tive programme, more specific in de tail but substantially in accord with the recommendations made last June to the senate by W. B. Greeley, chief forester. Colonel Greeley was also at the conference by invitation and gave its conclusions his full approval on behalf of the United States forest service. It is expected that this agree ment will receive the ratification of all the public and private agencies and that it will be acceptable to the majority of others Interested, Includ ing the forestry departments of the everal states. 17. S. Activity to Expand. The paramount aims of the pro flrramme are a considerable extension of direct federal activity in forest ownership and production, and the development with federal aid and en couragement of such systematic poli cies in the several forested states as, being consistent with local conditions, will bring about adequate forest pro tection and reproduction in the in terest of these states and of the' pub lic at large. Much of the responsi bility proposed lies with states and private owners. - Legislat'on proposed for the consideration of congress fol lows: ,. Authorizing the secretary of agri culture, after consulting appropriate local agencies to approve an ade quate policy for each state, covering the essentials of fire protection oj timbered and restocking lands, re forestation of denuded lands, cutting and removal of timber crops so as to promote continuous production of timber on lands ch'efly suitable, and authorizing the secretary's co-operation in the work required, provided there is also satisfactory local com pliance 1n state legislation or admin istrative practice. Appropriation of not less than 11.000,000 annually for co-operation with the states n forest fire preven tion. - . Resources e Be Surveyed. A survey to obtain necessary in formation as to forest resources, for est production and forest require ments of the nation. Provision for -studies and- experi ments in forest reproduction methods, wood utilization, timber tests, wood preservation, development of by products and other steps to bring about the most effective -rse of the nation's forest resources. Provision for a study of forest taxation, to assist states in dev'sing tax' laws which will encourage the conservation and growing of timber; also methods of insuring against for est losses by fire. Provision for more rapid replanting of the vast areas of denuded lands with'n the national forests. Appropriation of $10,000,000 a year for five years for the purchase of lands which should be added to e national forest system, whether or not on the - headwaters of navlgahle streams, as such purchases are now limited. Acquisition by Kxrkange Favored. Authorizing acquisition of similar lands by exchanges of land or timber when , clearly in the public interest. Authorizing the addition to national forests of lands now in other forms of government ownership but t found chiefly suitable for permanent forest production. Accredited representatives at the conference were: President Charles I Pack and Secretary P. S. Rldsdale of the American Forestry association: S. P. Weston and Elbert H. Baker of the American Newspaper Publishers' association; Geo. W. Slsson Jr., D. A. Crocker. W. E. Haskell, R. S. Kellogg and C. H. Worcester, American Paper & Pulp association: John Foley, Asso ciation of Wood Using Industries; W. McCullough, chamber of commerce of the United States; George S. Long of Tacoma, Wash., chairman of the forestry committee, and E. T. Allen, forester of the National Lumber Man ufacturers' association; E. F. Perry, secretary of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' association. ILLITERACY U. S. PROBLEM Fourth, of Population Inexcusably Ignorant, Says Educator. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, Oct. 30. (Special.) More than 25 per cent of the population of the United States is unable to read a newspaper intelligently or write an intelligent letter, said Dr. William Chandler Bagley, eminent educator and author, of Columbia university, before an assembly of university stu dents. He declared the rural school educational system utterly ineffi eient. "Before the war," said Dr. Bagley, "the people looked upon illiteracy as a misfortune that should be relieved. Since the war a mightly problem has presented itself and it must be solved in order that everyone may meet the responsibilities that appear." Dr. Bagley pointed out the exis tence of whole colonies of foreigners in the cities, in which no English Is spoken. "So long as we permit these alien islands to be perpetuated in the United States we cannot progress in the education of the people," he said. FIGHT FOR FORTUNE OF SI 10,000 BEGUN Wife of American Institutes Suit in Berlin. WEALTH NOW TIED UP Property in, San Francisco and Honolulu Held by Trustee lor German-Born Widow. BY CYRIL BROWN. (Copyright by the New Tor World. Pub lished by Arrangement. I BERLIN, Oct. 30. (Special wire less.) Following a vague clew, the World and Oregonian correspondent has learned- ome of the details of a suit brought by Mre. Erna Herrscber of San Francisco, a prospective heiress of $1,800,000 In American money, to give tier immediate free use of that fortune upon the death of her aunt, a Mrs. Grinbaum. its possessor, an American widow, who la old and in firm. The sum In American values I tne largest amount that has ever figured in a private suit in a German court. Sphinx-like secrecy la maintained by the attorneys on both sides, but it is admitted that the case has been brought before the first director of the court of Berlin. The fortune was-made by a San Francisco merchant named Grinbaum. It consists mainly of property in San Francisco and Honolulu, and it is held by the Mercantile Trust company of . San Francisco, acting aa trustee for a German-born childless widow. She is American through her marriage to Grinbaum. Klece Nnmed as Heiress. Mrs. Grinbaum lived with German relatives in Berlin prior to the entry of the United States into the war. She is also said to have sojourned con siderably In sanitariums and asylum's. After the war she was placed in a sanitarium m Kreuzlingen. near the German border, where she still re mains. The big estate was to go to Erna Goldschmidt, ber German-born niece, now aged 30 years, in the event of Mrs. Grlnbaum's death. The corre spondent understands that the pro vision of Mrs. Grinbaum's will in respect to the legacy is irrevocable. Last December Miss Goldachmidt surprised her Berlin relatives by an nouncing visitors from America were soon coming to see her.. Soon afterward- she Introduced to them Edmond Herrscher Jr., law partner of Samuel Rosenheim, the firm having offices in the Chronicle building, San Fran cisco. Herrscher, who is young- and hand some, was accompanied by his father. They stopped first at the Esplanade and then at the Hotel Bristol. Ac cording to accounts, the young man paid high - pressure court to the prospective heiress, lavishing expen sive presents upon her, amongrthem a fur coat that cost 70,000 marks. Relatives Oppose Murrlace. Herrscher's ardor seems to have won Erna's heart in record time, for within a few dayis of his arrival she announced to Berlin relatives her in tention to marry him. They seem to have cut the German red tape for malities and to have obtained a mar riage license within three days. Relatives are said to have done their utmost to persuade the young woman not to marry, wkrning her that haste would surely bring repen- M km mm mm sPondenfaVf Just before the time set for the BB " . wedding her relatives persuaded her gB to go to Samuel Oronemann, a Berlin gpj , lawyer, and get his advice as to mean aa for the protection of ber prospective 2 , fortune. Gronemann advised her to give an irrevocable power of attorney to a BM trustee for a period of two years, and KM she gave such a document to Richard KM Lowenthal, director of a publishing (B bouse. On the next day Erna Gold- g)g schmldt became an American citizen by marriage to young Herrscher. Soon a afterward they sailed lor the united . States. Hard llaeetlotia Raised. Mrs. Erna Herrscher has nov brought suit asaliwt Richard Lowen- i thai hl triiataa thrmtrh Attnrnev. Juetisrat Leopold GolUcbalk. to force KB the revocation and annulment of the two-year irrevocable power of attor. t KM ney given to him as the guardian of I KM ber prospective fortune. 'KB In. the legal hair-splitting that th ease ia likely to develop the questlo! may be raised as to the status of the ! 52 petitioner. If she had become an j ?5 American during the war she would ; certainly have been classed as an 1KB enemy alien; and the question eeemsIBB to have some present pertinency from 'EM the fact that formal peace has not t been concluded between Germany and tne united states. A leading Berlin lawyer informs the correspondent, however, that in mar rying an American the woman not only freed herself of possible war claim, but that she will also escape the confiscatory German inheritance and other taxes whenever the estate shall fall to her. 1SS5SSS BM BB BM Save ADAMS DECLIHES HONOR CITIZEX UXWIILIXG TO ' BE CHOSEN COX ELECTOR. urn mm mm urn mm Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts Selects Candidate Without His Knowledge. BOSTON, Oct. SO. A complication in the vote of the Massachusetts mem bers of the electoral college in the event that this shate should go demo cratic in the November election is possible. This because of the inclu sion on the ballot, among the demo cratic candidates for electors for Cox and Roosevelt of the nam of Charles Francis Adams 2d. treasurer of Har vard college and skipper of the yacht Resolute in the America's cup races, who had requested that his name be withdrawn. Mr. Adams eaid that he had been selected by the democratic state con vention without his knowledge and that he did not wish to stand as a candidate for elector. The letter requesting withdrawal of his name, according to Michael A. O'Leary, chairman of the democratic state committee, did not reach the committee headquarters until 25 min utes before the expiration of the time for withdrawals on September 30. Mr. Adams was notified immediately by telephone that withdrawal could be accomplished only by sworn state ments by the candidate, according to the chairman, but the time limit ex pired without action and the name of Mr. Adams was placed on the ballot. The vote of Mr. Adams, should he be elected, is in question. - He has said that he understood an elector had a legal right to vote as he wished. Chairman O'Leary expressed the opin ion that Mr. Adams, if elected, would vote in accordance with the apparent wish of the people who elected him. Residence Sections for Gordon. Reports from residence sections throughout the city show that Her bert Gordon is the favorite candidate of the voters. (Paid Advertisement. Gordon-f or-Mayor club; Ralph Coan, Pres.; C. C. Stout, Secy.) I ' .vs . C V' ' II Rockies in the wild I fit'- -, vr X V mm mm mm ma a mm mm urn mm am mm mm mm am mm mm mm wa sim a a EM mm mm mm urn mm mm n mm mm mm Every Newspaper, Every Civic and Business Club, Every Bank ing Institution of Portland Clearing-House, 20 Ministers, the La bor Council and All Locals, the Chamber of Commerce and Many Other Organizations, the Federation of Women's Clubs ALL SAY Vote the 3-mill tax and prevent cutting out 100 or more policemen, 8 to 10 Ore companies, 100 or more firemen and a complete disruption of all other city service by a one-third reduction. The 3-mill tax is not a new tax and involves no increase in taxes. Unless it passes at Tuesday's election the city, because of a tech nical provision of law, can only collect two-thirds as much money for city service next year as we raised for 1920. A forced reduction of one-third will mean disas ter to Portland. After election will be too late. Portland Taxes for City Service Are Now the Lowest of Any City on the Coast. nm mm 1 mm KM rm mm na MM MM DM an mm MM MM MM MM MM mm mm mm RM MM KM MM MM MM MM mm mm mm MM MM MM MM MM MB MM KB MM MM DM mm MB MS CECIL TEAGUE At the Wnrlitsrr aad In caorert today at 1:34 P. M. Programme National Kinblem . . BalT To PpHnjr. Crier Kastie of Spring-.. Kinding A Halloween Night mare. ....C. Temave Faoiftt ....... .GooiUMl In the foothills of 1 Rockies in the wild cow country Joan Carver was branded with her husband's cat tle brand. A story of hereditary passion. J m m Pathe Also News .jaUmAuxam- ' faYHi!AwiM7 -jm?mmsL&aiz&immmtomi .bmsmmbbmmmmm. 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