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2 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1919. IS Blew Director Making Effort to Straighten Out Matters. OREGON CASES IN POINT Inquiry in Case of Carl Fenton of Dallas Brings Information That v Will Be Surprise o Father. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. IS. (Special.) Desperate efforts to straighten out the tangle at the War Risk Insurance bureau appear to be of no aTalL The new director. R. G. Choltnlcr-Jones has impressed those who have come to know him as an earnest, well-meaninic man who wants to get at the trouble, but there are abundant evidences that be is not succeeding. The bureau issues frequent publicity natter explaining that the difficulty in identifying cases is due to similarity of names. For example, there are sev eral thousand John Smiths and several hundred John Browns and so on for ever. But this explanation is not alto gether satisfactory for two reasons. There are some large private life in surance concerns in the United States which are handling without confusion many more names than the bureau of war risk insurance has ever had in its files. And while there are several thousand John Smiths who wore the United States uniform In the late war there were not several thousand of that name from Stayton. or Dallas, or Antelope. Or. Some recent efforts to get at Ore gon cases In the bureau demonstrate beyond dispute that it is practically impossible to get either Intelligent ac tion or information. rase ef Carl Fm Cite. Take for example the case' of Carl Fenton of Dallas, Or, mustered out of the' army on March 15. this year; his death following on May J. His father wrote to the war risk bureau to In quire about the son's insurance. Some time after a letter reached Mr. Fenton under date of June IS saying that the adjutant-general had been called on for official notice of the soldief s death, after which ar.y claims for insurance or compensation would be Investigated. Failing to hear further from the bureau Mr. Fenton wrote another let ter on July 20 making further inquiry and saying that he had paid two months' premium on the son's policy though having reasons to believe that the premiums had been paid by the son before his death. on August 7 a letter from the di rector of the bureau said he was in vestigating the case, and on August 12 another letter was written from the director's office which Indicated that the bureau was each day getting fur ther away from the actual data in the case than when the correspondence be gan. Among other startlimz disclos ures, one which will be a revelation to H. U. Fenton. is that he himself died several months ago. although he wrote a letter under a Dallas. Or, date line as late as July 20. This last letter from the bureau written August 12 reads; father's Deatk Heperted. Replying to letter in behalf of H. L. Fenton of Dallas. Or- relative to pay ment of insurance benefits on the life of his son. Carl B. Fenton. I have the honor to advise that this soldier had applied for Insurance In the sum of Jlo.000, payable to his father as sug gested. "However, the father died subsequent to his discharge from the military serv ire and the final adjudication of the case has necessarily been held in abey ance, pending an Investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not premiums were paid by the soldier, fol lowing his separation from the serv ice." Several statements in this letter are interesting, the first of which la that Carl Fenton had "applied for insur ance." This statement is indeed inter esting when one sees in the corre spondence an original premium notice calling for payment of July premium mailed to Carl Fenton at the L Creole club. Dallas. Or., from the same bureau which says he "had applied for insur ance." And this notice went out months after the bureau was notified of the soldier's death. i'oafllrtiag Statements Made. On April 24 a letter was writtln to the bureau of war risk insurance In quiring about the insurance on the life of the late Albert W. Pugh. soldier son of Walter D. Pugh. of Astoria. Or. After an investigation the bureau wrote on March 19: "Evidence in our files indicates that the above mentioned soldier applied for war risk insurance, but our index has failed to furnish us with the ap plication number and we have been un able to locate any trace of the insur ance. We would appreciate any infor mation that might aid in disposing of this claim. A statement giving us his rank and organization, the names of tlie different camps in which he served and his location at the date of his death would assist us considerably." The information desired was fur nished and in a letter under date of April 29. the bureau wrote: "The files of the bureau have been carrfutly consulted, and it has not been disclosed that contract insurance was applied for by the deceased soldier." It will be observed that this Is con trary to the letter of March 1. which said. "Evidence In our files Indicates that the above-mentioned soldier ap plied for war risk insurance." Since this last letter a definite ruling has been made by the bureau that Al bert W. Puch was not insured. WILSON FACES QUIZ TODAY tt"nnHnnel Kr.m Flmt lage. I ment meaut war. He had heard that a similar view was expressed in the letter from General Bliss to the presi dent which tho latter haa declined to send to the senate as a matter of public policy. The United States, the witness assertea. could not avoid being drawn into such a war. Japaa Rrapert Oaly Fern. Mr. Millard gave it as bis personal view, based on 20 years' experience with far esstern politics, that Japan never would leave Shantung until she was confronted with "a superior force" Asked whether he meant a superior moral force imposed by the league of nations, he reputed: "I mean material force Japan does net care a snap of her fingers for moral fnr-e. Concluding a detailed story of the Shantung negotiations, which he 'said came directir from delegates to the conference. Mr. Millard said: "tn my opinion if a marplot bad aet out deliberately to put China in an em barrassing position, the outcome could not have been more unfavorable. China has lost out entirely on her Shantung claim. Py reason of advice given her by the United Statea she did not raise at all ether questions in which she was interested. And by reason of her re fusal to t'.gn the treaty under those circumstances she is completely iso lated. Mr. Millard-declared the original ac quisition' of German rights in Shan tung was largely responsible for the Hay open-door policy and was one of the Indirect causes of the Russo-Japanese war. The German rights were acquired, he said, with the secret aeseut of the former Russian czar. In the event of China's rupture of diplomatic relations with Germany, Mr. Millard said.' China tried to get guar antees from the allies that the integ rity of Chinese territory would be pro tected at the peace table. Unable to get more than a "negative" reply, the witness said, the Chinese foreign office appealed to American Minister Reinech at Pekin. At 'that time, however. Pacific cable communication was interrupted and for several days Dr. Reinsch could not get word from Washington. "Dr. Reinsch told the Chinese for eign office, however," continued Mr. Millard, "that he felt justified in say ing that China could count on the diplomatic support of the United States in seeing that China's rights were pro tected in the peace conference. China then broke off relations on the advice of the United States." The Lansing-Ishii agreement of 1917, the witness said, was concluded with out the knowledge of China. When the text, as sent from Toklo, was made public In Pekin. he said, the clause by which the United States recognized Japan's "special interest" in China was translated Into both Japanese and Chi nese "in a way to amount to a recogni tion of Japan's paramount interest in China." "Japan stuck to her interpretation, and we stuck to ours," continued the witness, "and there the matter has stood. China threw up her hands and said 'the United States will not back us up, and we must do the best we can.' " Chinese delegates told him it was on the advice of the United Statea that they did not raise ques tions of extra territoriality, fu ture financial co-operation in China, and abrogation or the 20 or more "regional understandings." The Ameri can government "was fully sympa thetic" with China's stand on these subjects. Millard said, but thought it might "befog the issue" if matters not directly connected with the peace set tlements were introduced. SecreteAarreesaeats Revealed. When the Shantung question arose. President Wilson, Millard said he had been Informed, suggested it be left for the league of nations. Japan, objecting. revealed for the first time the secret agreements by which the allies were to support the Shantung claims. On April 23, Millard continued, China submitted a compromise proposal that she would consent to cede German rights in Shantung to Japan if the other four members of the council of five would agree to stand In the posi tion of "co-trustees" for eventual re turn of the province to China; that China would reimburse Japan for her expense in taking Kiao Chow; that Tsin Tao should be made an interna tional port, and that Japan should de finitely promise to return Shantung within a specific time. If this issue does not lead to war between the United States and Japan within ten years." said the witness, "the ice will at least get so thin that we won't know whether we can get over or not." O pea-Door Policy la Peril. Asked how the Shantung agreement might lead to war between Japan and the United States, the witness said there, were many dangerous elements Involved. As an example, he said, the cumulative effect of Japan's successes in China might easily encourage her to assume commercial rights which would trespass on the Hay open-door policy -or on the special commercial treaties the United States has with China. "This Japanese situation," he said, "has been . creeping up on us Just as the German situation crept up on us. and you are going to have to beat it, and you can't - beat it with words. You'll have to fight. "It may start with a fight between Japan and China. But American mis sionaries will be killed and American rights violated, and sooner or later we will be swept in." Mr. Millard said he believed thd senate could overcome the Shantung feature without touching a word or a comma In the treaty. He suggested that there be a covenant in connection with the special defensive treaty with France, which would bind France and Great Britain to stand with the United States if the Hay policy in the far east ever was threatened. Debate Breaks Out Again. During the day the strategic posi tions of the opposing forces in the treaty ratification fight in the senate showed no signs of change, but there was another outburst of debate during which Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. declared that news of unrest abroad waa being suppressed by British and French news agencies "while the senate is being whipped to ratify the treaty before the facts are known." The large number of questions senators want to ask the" president made it appear doubtful to some com mittee members whether the White House conference tomorrow could be concluded at one sitting. The presi dent Is to meet the committee at 10 A. M. in the blue room and it is as sumed that after a two or three-hour session the discussion will be inter rupted until a later date, if the com mittee etill haa questions it desires to aak. Repufclleaas to dais oa Negotiations. It seems likely that most of the questions from republican members will center around the peace negotia tions, rather than the president's in terpretation of the treaty provisions. The republicans have indicated that they are anxious to learn how various decisions were reached, but desire to shspe their opinions on their own In terpretatlons of the treaty as it now stands. Members today said that as a matter of course there would be no attempt to cross-question the president, but It was assumed some sharp exchanges might develop from the discussions. In the committee membership are included some of the bitterest opponents of the treaty in Its present form, including Chairman LrfMlge. Senator Borah, Idaho; Senator Johnson, republican. California, and Senator Fall, republican. New Mexico. REGEP-T DENIES HE IS EX-EIYIPEROR'S TOOL Reported Letter From Charles Declared Forgery. INVADERS ANGER AMERICA General Bandholz Wants Early Ac tion; Food Blockade Urged Until Seizures Cease. BUDAPEST, Aug. 18. By the Asso ciated Press.) King Ferdinand of Rou manian according to reliable reports, visited Budapest last week incognito. Four Hungarian monitors, manned by British seamen, have arrived here. Archduke Joseph, head of the Hun garian state, denied today that he had received a letter from former Emperor Charles, as charged in dispatches from Budapest to Berlin newspapers. The latter, it is alleged, ordered him to take over the power in Hungary and thanked him for his services to the Hapsburg dynasty. The letter as published in Berlin, ac cording to those familiar with Haps burg court documents, bears the stamp of forgery. It is pointed out on behalf of Arch duke Joseph that he cannot exercise the power of a sovereign but can. act only as regent for the interests of the former emperor and his eldest son. According to the law of succession in Hungary, it is said, no archduke can ascend the throne while a male - de scendant of a king is alive or even if the king has been banished. Brigadier-General Harry H. Band holtz. American member of the allied military mission here, is urging his col leagues to ask the peace conference to act quickly in regard to the presence of Roumanians in Hungary. This action was taken in view of reports coming n from all sides that the Roumanians continue to requisition food supplies. Captain Thomas C. Gregory, chief allied administrator in Central Europe, takes a strong position regarding food and will permit none to enter Hungary as long as the Roumanians continue their seizures. This food was pur chased by him with Hungarian money wnicn ne obtained In Vienna when the communist regime collapsed. EATE TE IGNORED IX BUDAPEST Government of Archduke Joseph Made Up Without Consultation. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by arrangement.) LONDON. Aug. 18. (Special Cable.) "A new Hungarian government has been definitely constituted without the approval or disapproval of the com mission of four entente generals now in residence at Budapest." So wires A.- Beaumont, the Milan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. He adds: ''An agreement has been reached by which Count Paul Teleki withdraws from the Szegedin govern ment and enters the Budapest coali tion government without portfolio. He la intrusted especially with all nego tiations with the Paris conference and with the preparation of the prelimi naries looking to peace. "So the Szegedin (anti-communist) government ceases to exist, and the entente will now deal directly on all Hungarian matters with the govern ment of Archduke Joseph, who was designated as royal prince in a procla mation announcing the constitution of the new ministry last Friday." Count Paul Teleki is well known as an authority on the history of geog raphy. He is 50 years of age, and has received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Budapest, where he was educated. He is president o the geographical institute and secre tary-general of the Hungarian geo graphical society. Our Store Closes at 1 P. M. on Wednesdays During July and August J In Order That Our Employes May Enjoy a Well Earned Weekly Half Holiday During These Hot Months., Help to Make This Movement Universal by Arranging to do YOUR Shopping in the Forenoon on Wednesdays. A New Warm Weather Relief Destined for Wide Acceptance t "Futurist" Underwear for Women "Athletic Style," With Feminine Daintiness Union Suits with elastic material across the back, to permit utmost freedom of movement; in correct design, and of exquisitely fine material ; cool, pretty, practical. Women's "Futurist" Union Suits At $1.50 of white and flesh batiste, and in either style round or square neck. Athletic Union Suits of fine nainsook, in pink or white; with bodice top, at $2.00. Women's "FUTURIST" Union Suits of other desirable materials are priced at $1.75 $2.25 S2.50 $3.25. '. Advance Showing and Sale The New Season's Dresses Charming Styles in Popular Materials at A 11 PricesFrom $18.50to79 rr Would you enjoy seeing the jl new styles ? Accept our invi tation to do so at your earliest convenience. Here you'll find the most charming styles in popular materials satins, tricolettes, paulette, serges, tricotine, jer sey, etc. Models suitable for all occasions and for both women and young ladies. Our usual moderate prices prevail $28.50 to $79.00 Standard Quality Dress Ginghams at 35c Yd. ffi Pretty plaid styles es pecially desirable for women's house dresses and for children's school dresses. Fancy Curtaining at 39c Yd. ! A special clean-up sale il of broken lines and odd bolts of fancy cur tain materials Madras, Scrim and Bungalow Net, in white and colors. EverythingDesirableinDaintyLaces At Prices Important Because of Their Lowness. 95c a Yard for beautiful Filet Laces, es pecially suitable for collars. Most exceptional values. Sc a Yard for Zion Val Edges and Inser tions, Cotton Cluny Edges and Imitation Filet Laces. 10c a Yard for Cotton Cluny Laces Edges and Bands, suitable for curtains and fancy work. 15c to 40c for Imitation Crochet Laces, Edges and' Bands, all widths and choice new patterns. 25c a Yard for Brassiere Laces in both Filet and Cluny designs. Priced this sale at 25. NEW VESTIN GS $2.75 to $6.75 Yard Pleated Organdie, Ruffled and Tucked !e. l ucked Georgettes. MEN'S UNDERWEAR RELIABLE QUALITIES FAIRLY PRICED. $1 a Garment Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers in all sizes up to 50. $150 a Suit Men's Porosknit Union Suits of perfect fit and finish. $2 a Suit Men's Richmond Union Suits of .seasonable weight in cream and ecru. $10 a Suit Men's Standard Athletic Union Suits of cross-bar nainsook. - $2 a Suit Men's Copper Bennington Spring Needle Union Suits. $1 a Suit Men's Athletic Union Suits of fine quality nainsook. Turkish Towels fn A complete stock in all tJ white. Sizes to suit all 20tf to $1.00. r Colored bordered, in all 11 sizes and prices from 50 to $1.50. GUARD TO OPEN NEW CLUB Ex-Members of Multnomah Defense Regiment to Dine Thursday. Formal opening of the Multnomah Guard clubrooms. at 232 Chamber of Commerce building, will be held next Thursday night. Supper will be ten dered to all former membera of the home defense regiment and their friends. Reservations should be made by calling Main 5144. Occupying spacious quarters on the second floor of the Chamber of Com merce building, the clubrooms com prise all the customary conveniences and comforts, including ' rest room, reading room, pool and billiard tables and a cafeteria service. Officials of the club extended an open invitation to ex-members of the regiment, now disbanded, and to their friends, to -visit the clubrooms at any time- Officers of the club are D. C. Bowman, president; Umar S. bpencer. vice-presi dent; Lu P. Campbell, secretary; R. J. Kirkwood, treasurer, and F. I. Whit tlesey, manager. BRITAIN NEARLY "BROKE' ronllniied From K!rt P I r. ) consuming more, and we are producing less. These are facts. It cannot last." K lKi Cost S200 .000.000,000. The war coat f40.000.000.00u the pre mier declared. Most of this sum was spent for purposes of destruction. He asserted that tha change from war to peace conditions would take just as Ions; as the change from peace to war. The national debt, he declared, had grown from 641.000,000 to I7.S00.-000.000. MEIER & FRANK TO BUILD Cnttniiei From First Pare.) chinfe and additions," concluded Mr. Meier. "th business of the firm in Its $2 year In Portalnd will have shown a development unparalleled in the his tory of the northwest. With the new enterprise there will be given the same standard of service and satisfaction that permeates the present business of Meier Krsnk company. Phon your want ad to The Orego nian. Main 7070. A C09&. - PROTESTS GO TO COUNCIL Assessments for Proposed Viaducts Prove Far From Popualr. Protests that are pouring into the city auditor's office against the pro posed assessments against property owners for construction of the Oregon Washington railroad regrade and ac companying viaducts will come before the city council Wednesday. Many of the protests declare the improvement would benefit the entire city and should be paid for from the general fund. Under the plan adopted for con struction of the viaducts, the railroad company was . held responsible for 60 per cent of their cost, the city to as sume 20 per cent and the balance to be met through the assessment district plan. Notices have been sent to prop erty owners in the district and the remonstrances now coming indicate that the assessment is anything but popular. GILLETTE FUNERAL TODAY lone Woman Victim of Auto Acci dent; Husband May Die. Funeral services for Mrs.' M. K. Gil lette of lone. Or., who was killed Sun day morning when the automobile In which she and her nusDana were ria ing was struck by an O.-W. R. & N. train on the Heppner branch, will be held this morning in Portland from the Chambers chapel, with private serv ices following at Sellwood crematorium. Mrs. Gillette waa formerly Mrs. Ella Pettigrew of this city. M. H. Gillette, the husband. Is un conscious In the Heppner hospital, with but little hope entertained for his re covery, according to Joe H. Jordan, who was Mrs. Gillette's son-in-law. The collision occurred four miles from fone Sunday- morning, when train No. 2i crashed into the auto in which Mr. and Mrs. Gillette were or their way to church. The auto was tossed frc .1 the crossing and demolished. 1 Tlie Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Opens at 8:30 A. M.; Saturday at 9 A. M. Store Closes at 5:30 P. M.; Saturday at 6 P. M. Women'sPumps4 rn High - grade, fashionable D Pumps in patent colt and vici kid leathers, styles with high or low heels. All sizes. Considerably underpriced at $4.85. E SEVEN" MILLION DOLLARS SPENT IX WAR WORK. IS Given Vast Amount of "Comforts" Soldiers In Field and Big Military Camps. NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Approximate ly J7.000.000 of the funds expended by th Knights of Columbus for war work iiirtnir the vear ending June 30 were devoted to purchase of "creature com fr.rt" which were distributed to the mi.n of the. army and navy free of cost, according to a report on war activities issued tonight. Amnne the comforts which were dis tributed were 900,000.000 beef cubes, cignoooftfl cigarettes. 3,750,000 pipes, S4 RSI Dounds of Pipe 'tobacco and 3.000.000 Dounds of candy. During the 12 months, says the re nnrt the kniehts received 117,000,000 of the 125.000,000 allotted them in the united war work campaign, 10 wnicn was added 31.776.409 which had been collected by the knights prior to the war work drive. Disbursements were for activities in the United States, fo. is nfirt.79. and for overseas, ,iau, 082.62. a total of 315.018.143.41, leaving . , . 1 1 'i an unexpenaeu omaato ul 151 4R The knights maintained overseas its huts and clubs of substantial size and enuiDDed about an equal number of smaller clubs. Thirty-two clubs were aintained In Germany, four In Italy nine in the British isles ana one in Antwerp. The Knights sent xuto wom en overseas. known origin destroyed the Ryan Fruit company warehouse here early this morning, causing a loss of 3100,000. The building and large quantities of stored food were destroyed. Butte Has $100,000 Fire. BTJTTE. Mont., Auer. 18. Fire of an- Resinol keeps skins clear 27t spile of everything The smoke and dust of city life, the sun and wind of the country, the steam and dirt of housework all spell ruin for pood complex ions But the regular use of Resinol Soap, with an occasional application of Resinol Ointment, keeps the skin so clean, clear and fresh that it simply cannot Jtelp being beautiful. All draCTistsMnllcvfoolSotpsvdOrat. smt Wbr doa't yoa bcia mmai Acmi PASTOR Y.M.C.A. SECRETARY Rev. James Jlvhi, Returned From France, to Receive $200 a Month. SALEM, Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) Rev. James Elvin has been elected sec retary of the Salem T. M. C. A. ai a salary of 3200 a month. The selection was made at luncheon of the directors of the institution held here yesterday. Mr. Elvin was pastor of. the Fjrst time the United States entered the war, being previously located at The Dalles. He served as a Y. M. C. A. secretary in France during the conflict, and later was sent back to America to assist in raising funds. Near the close of the war he returned to Europe to help in closing up the affairs of the organiza tion in that country. with the 10th Held artillery, which sailed from Brest for New York on the Prinz Frederick Wilhelm August 14. General Drake, chief of the motor transport corps, today denied a request that the transcontinental motor trans port train be sent north from San Fran cisco through Portland and Tacoma to Seattle. vp tz T!7 C. C3! NORTHWESTERN MEN SAIL f 2 4 Oregon and Washington Boys Leave Brest for New York. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 18. One officer and 23 Congregational church of Salem at the men from Oregon and Washington are 1 fonozo I05MM Id vou fl file, pom w. tit omtid errs cvnd. oxuti- 9 Women and Girls Wanted For Cannery Work Now working larger fruit, assuring steady work and big wages. 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Secure your tickets at these low summer rates before prices advance. Tickets are good until used. FALL OPENING DANCING PARTY Saturday evening1, Auerust 80. Dancing1 parties every Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Best muistc. Popular prices. Mr. DeHoney will Kive exnioitions in beautiful Spanish and classical dances. Don't uitiis this opening party, fhous lUaiu 7Cid. k Tell your Irieudo.