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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-
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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.
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ADAMS DECLIHES HONOR
CITIZEX UXWIILIXG TO ' BE
CHOSEN COX ELECTOR.
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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.)
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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.
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CECIL
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At the Wnrlitsrr aad
In caorert today at
1:34 P. M.
Programme
National Kinblem . .
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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.
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FIGURES ! ! !
What City Service Now Costs in Coast Cities
San Francisco $17,454,659
Los Angeles ...... 8,500,000
Seattle 8,983,936
Portland 4,790,239
Per Capita Cost
San Francisco $34.44
Losungeles 21.81
Seattle 28.24
Portland 18.54
COMPARISONS FOR DEPARTMENTS !
8 EATTLE.
Fire department $1,531,896
Police department 1,225,822
Health 630,590
Auditing 120,727
Treasurer 100,220
PORTLAXD.
$962,030
865,598
117,775
70,060
35,630
A reduction of the fire department will mean at least 25 in
crease in insurance rates.
(Paid Adv., Insurance Federation of Oregon. T. H. Williams, Chairman Executive. Committee.)
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Permanent Reductions
All prices have been readjusted and
reduced to correspond with the low
est manufacturers' quotations for
next spring delivery. .
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