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Newspaper Page TextTHE MOKXLNG OKEGONIAi THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919. BORAH ID JOHN JUSTIFIED, THEY SAY Position on League of Nations Confirmed by Conference. MORAL OBLIGATION BINDING Cse of Force Held to Be Required to Check Aggression; 'Wilson Rapped on Shantung. WASHINGTON'. Aug-. 10. Senators Johnson. California, and Borah. Idaho. republicans, declared In a statement last nitrht that upon the facts developed at the White House conference today the position they had maintained "in respect to thia covenant of the league of nations Is justified and confirmed." "The league of nations as construed by the president." they said, "leaves It clear and unmistakable that when we enter it we are under a 'compelling' moral obligation, to say nothing of the legal obligation which other support ers contend we are under, to take part In the disturbances, the conflicts, set tlements and the wars of Europe and Asia. If any should arise, and It is equally true that under his construc tion, Europe would necessarily be under the aame Impelling force to take part In the settlement of American af fairs." The senators said that In their opln Ion "the significant facts developed by the Interview with the president were Other Treaties Waltlag. "There yet remain treatlea of peace to be made with Austria. Hungary. Bul garia and the Ottoman empire. These treaties deal with subjects as Impor tant, territory as extensive and mat ters aa intimately affecting the United Mates as the treaty with Germany. The obligations of the United States, there fore, that our country assumes In the future, cannot be determined until thee treaties are completed and pre' sented to the United States senate. "Ths president regards the obliga tlons which will be assumed under the league of nations, and particularly under articles 10 and II as moral obli gations. Theae. however, are of 'com pelling' force, and would require action upon our part. For instance, the presi dent concedes that in an undoubted eaaa of aggression from the Balkans upon the newly acquired territory of Italy, it would be our duty to come to the assistance of Italy and prevent nch aggression. The president's con struction of article 10 is at variance with the construction of the democratic attorneys of the senate. Moral Obligation Rrata. "A moral obligation, the president Insists, rests upon us to carry out the terms of the vaVious treaties of peace. This moral obligation, the president states, requires us under the German treaty for IS years to maintain Ameri can troops In Kurope. "The president did not know, nor had he heard of the secret treaties for territorial acquisition and partitioning various territories until he reached Paris. (Here the senators outlined the treaties referred to). "The president opposed the Shantung decision. It was officially conveyed to him that the Japanese would not sign unless the Shantung rights were given to Japan. The United States experts advised the president that Japan's verbal promise to return the sovereign ty of the territory in Shantung while retaining the economic concessions was a return of the shell of the nut by Japan white she retained the kernel. The Chinese insisted the retention of the economic privileges meant practical sovereignty, but the president says he disagrees with this view. Secret Treaties Adhered V. "England. France and Italy adhered at the peace conference to their secret treaties disposing of peoples and ter ritories in the Shantung case; therefore, the president was only the disinterested Judge. The decision, however, was made unanimously. "The United States asked China to enter the war. "The American commission at Paris urged that a definite sum of repara tions be fixed in the treaty. Why this view did not prevail, the president felt he could not state without divulging mattera respecting other governments he felt he should not divulge. . "For this reason, he could not divulge the vote upon racial equality nor how the United Statea commissioners voted. to the great law of evolution. Our physical eyes no longer perceive them, our lips, or our hands cannot touch them, but their eyes behold us and their hands touch us. They walk with us. they know our trials, they help us by mental suggestion and they com fort us with loving tenderness. Psychic Waves Fellow War. "It is a sad habit we have formed of believing that this earth, the phys leal of nature, is all that concerns us. Under this deadly and false assump tion all wider views and spiritual con ceptlons are stifled. A tremendous psychic wave Is now sweeping the country. The vast and devastating war brought certain spiritual tendencies and aspirations, certain grave needs. certain desperate urgings Into the lives of a multitude of men and women, an has led to a great unrest and searc for non-earthly thine Lowell ex pressed it when he wrote: We but half the causes of our deeds. fchins them wholly In the outer life. And heedless of the encircling spirit world H hich. though unaeen. Im felt and sows tn u All srms of pure and world-wide purpoaesu I believe that all those whose bod les shells I call them lie in Flanders fields and all others who ever were on this earth, do persist. I know that souls over there In the beyond still take an Interest In what we are doing, that they help us, and know vastly more about things than do we. I believe, too, that from time to time they are able to communicate with us. I refuse absolutely to be limited by accepted laws. I have devoted 27 years to thought on conditions prevailing be yond what is generally termed the ma terla! and by combining the mental and vital with the tangible and physi cal forcea I have held communion with those passed on. Jaagllag of Bella e Heard. I do not mean please get this straight that I have had bizarre and sometimes repellant manifestations. Jangling of bells or rappings on tables. Those to me are meaningless, and ac companied aa they usually are by charlatan methods, trances and what nots, they do not, to me. demonstrate the operation of unknown intelligences and forces. But I do emphatically be lieve In the survival after bodily death. without material demonstration. It comes to me in response to yearnings and with the aid of faith. I do not find In automatic writing or other spiritualistic, so called phenomena, a channel for communion of souls. It Is a state. Independent of all material agency, and attained only In seclusion and aerenlty of soul. "However," smiled Alexander, "the weightiest evidence cannot Impress a mind unwilling to believe and even undeslrous to be instructed. A lot of folk discredit anything outside their limited range of learning, and while a wholesome skepticism Is to be desired, still there's such a thing as a closed mind. If (0 years ago I had predicted that an air trip could be made from New York to California in four days, that an airship could cross the Atlantic safely In six daya. if I'd forecaat electricity in general use. mon ster guns, wlrless or telephoning across the continent, even automobiles, I'd have been escorted to the nearest lunatic asylum. I am net a forecaster. But this I do say. We are in the grip of a psychic wave. Ignorance and superstition are giving place to an earnest desire to know what trustworthy evidence exists in behalf of the super-normal often but erroneously called super-natural phenomena. Nothing In nature is hidden from man. no problem but that can be under stood, provided we labor long and earnestly toward a goal." Portland's Coolest Theater CTc' y ry-i.'--i.. .m nw. irnnY, fea5 JL- OLIVE THOMAS IN LOVE'S PRISONER How would you like to arrest the girl you love- for common thievery? There was a way out, though. 1 Also An Outing - Chester. Big game hunting in Africa. and A newsy edition of the Screen Maga zine. TODAY COMING SATURDAY f ck Plekford as Bill Apperaons Boy MAYORS OF 4 CITIES UNITE TO CUT COSTS Ian to Prosecute Profiteers and Hoarder Laid at Seattle. HANSON TO USE POLICE Portland, Tacoma, Spokane, Seattle Executives Against Exportation of Food to Producing Nations. At the Theaters. BT LEONE CASS BAER ALEXANDER at the Heilig has a message for those that mourn, ths mothers and fathers and sla ters and brothers and the little ones and all the loved ones of the brave boys who will never come home from the war. Alexander's message Is quite sepa rate from his entertainment. It has nothing to do with the theater. It comes from the mind of a man who has given IT years to a devoted study of psychic research. He. too, has lost four dear and near ones in the war. He speaks convincingly: "There is no death. I say to those who grieve, there are no dead. Those we loved and who love us, have simply gone on. progressed, to a new exist . ence. a new plane of life. In obedience GIRL, 8, IS HIT By AUTO LEOLA WILSON IS PERHAPS FA TALLY IXJCRED. Car Driven by R. Rosa in my Report ed to Hate Traveled 35 Feet After Hitting; Child. Leola. Wilson, aged 8, of 364 Vi East Morrison street, waa perhaps fatally Injured Tuesday when she was struck by an automobile driven By M. Ro sumny, 127 Front street, at Second and Salmon streets. She was rushed to Good Samaritan hospital, where it was said the child was In a critical condi tion. According to witnesses, Rosumny was traveling at a good rate of speed at that point when his light auto truck bore down on a group of three children, of which the Wilson girl was one. The other children were not injured. Ac cording to a report made to the police, Rosumny's truck traveled 35 feet after hitting the child. The child's mother. Mrs. Ora Wilson. is the support of the family of three children and she was engaged in can vassing for household articles last night. Hospital authorities were unable to get in touch with her. The child's father la an invalid and at present is in California. GAME WHEN PROTESTS DISMISSAL FROM CNION FOR REPORTIXG HUNTERS. Special Deputy Declares Delegate In formed Him to Resign or Give Up Longshoremen's Card. r 7 s & Jecommend Resmol to that friend with skin trouble! If yoo hare a friend totTering with eczema or other itching, burning- eruption, what greater kindness coo Id you do aim than to say : " Why don't you try Resmol ? I know yoo have experimented wish a doaen treatments, but I believe Resmot is dtffrratl. It docs not claim to be a 'cure-air simply a soothxtg, healing ointment, free from all harsh drugs, that physicians prescribe widely in jast such cases asyasrs. D ret a jar today I " Xwl OhaMkaUtTalinam Charging mat tne local longshore man s union had put Mm out or their oiganization because he did his duty as a special deputy game warden in reporting two union members for kill ing deer out of season, L. D. Payne Tuesday filed a protest with the atate f:sh and game commission. Payne had been commissioned a spe cial deputy, according to his protest, and while fishing in the Nehalem sec tion met two fellow members carrying what he believed to be Illegitimate game. He reported the fact to the of ficers and the men were arrested and fined 3S each for having killed a deer out of season. Payne declares this action was re ported to the local union and that Monday a walking delegate informed him either to give up his 'commission or his union affiliations. An attempt will be made by the fish anu game commission officials to arrange an am icable settlement. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.) War against the profiteer was de clared and plans for his downfall made at the mayors' conference held here Tuesday at the New Washington hotel and attended by the executives of Port land, Tacoma, Spokane and Seattle. The mayors declared against the exporta tion of food to European countries now producing foodstuffs; protesting against what they termed "American prices made In Europe" and formulated plans for a co-operative system of price checking in all parts of the northwest. The meeting was called by George L. Baker, mayor of Portland. "We will lend every facility to the national government for the prosecu tion of profiteers and food hoarders," declared Mayor Baker, speaking for the other executives after the meeting. Police to Get Evidence. "The police department of Portland has a complete check of almost every warehouse in the city and I have pre sented the United States attorney with positive proof of huge supplies of beans. coffee, esres and cereals in ruruana warehouses. We favor publicity which will present the price differences In every city in the northwest and which will show weekly or monthly the cost of livintr in each city and which will suggest remedies for excessive cost." Mayor Baker said he nopea to rau meeting of all mayors in tne uniteo. States. Mayor Ole Hanson will use, ne saio. tonight, policemen in plain clothes, health and sanitation department in spectors and port -commission em ployes if possible, in the obtaining of evidence against food hoarders. Exportation la Opposed. 'Huge quantities of fish are being concealed in warehouses In the city," he declared. "I do not know whether they are legally held or not. but given the Information, 1 will see mat tne government obtains it and receives full co-oneration in prosecuting prouteers. in Dart. a. proclamation of the mayors said: "We stand ready to co-operate with the federal government to the fullest extent in curbing profiteering in the essentials of lite and in the establlsh mtnt of fictitious prices. "It is manifestly unfair to over charge the industrious people of our country in order to supply the volun tarily idle of foreign lonas.' our dead, to perpetuate the memory of those who well on the field of honor. A committee has been formed for the erection of a commemorative marker the public square. Thirty names have been Inscribed thereon, but we believe it is our duty to preserve their names for future generations. "A public subscription is opened in our commune and all donors will be entitled to inscribe their names in a book of gold, which we shall preserve in our archives. "We feel very much honored, gentle men, if you will permit us to inscribe the name of your city and in sending an offering, no matter how modest. It will be a matter for Just pride that you have Joined us again in the glorifiva tion of our dead. "Please do accept. Mr. Mayor and gentlemen of the council, our best wishes for a perfect confraternite. THE PRESIDENT. "THE VICE-PRESIDENTS. "THE SECRETARY. "THE JOINT SECRETARY." Before the war Flace-les-Macon had a population of 650. Thirty of her men were killed and many wounded, which shows the tremendous cost paid by trance in the defense of her land. It is said Macon is a Freich name. with the accent on the first syllable. The Macons in the United States were named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a natea soldier and statesman of North Carolina, who had a powerful influence in shaping the political affairs of the country in the early past of the last century. He died on his North Caro line plantation June 29, 1837. There are 12 Macons in the United btates, the largest being in Georgia. Macon. N, C, is a village of the fourth class. The other Macons are in the following states: Arkansas. Illinois. n-entucity, Missouri ft Michigan, Missis sippi, iveDraska, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. SOLDIER ACHES DETAILED VIVID PICTURE DRAWN BY DR. BROUGHER IN LECTURE. Longing for Home Nearly Unbear able by Doughboys Who Were Overseas After Armistice. CAPTAIN CGRBETT RETURNS Portland Man Crosses Continent in 12 Days With Auto. After nearly two years scent In the artillery service of the United States army in France. Captain Hamilton F. Corbett arrived in Portland Tuesday by automobile, driving from .Portland. Me., to Portland, Or., in 12 days. Captain Corbett received severe wounds while in France and for gallantry in action was promoted from the rank of lieutenant to that of captain. Captain Corbett loua. the officers' training course at the Presidio and afterwards received his commission as a lieutenant, being later sent to France in the artillery service. The automobile trip ac. oss the conti nent taken by Captain Corbett on his way home is said to set a new record. He covered considerably more than 3000 miles. The longest run made in any one day was 602 miles. 50-GALLON STILL IS SEIZED Joe Sagala and Outfit Are Taken by Two Inspectors. A still capable of making SO gallons of corn whisky daily was seized Tues day at SS5 Elliott avenue by Inspectors Russell and Van Deusen. who also ar rested Joe Sagala on a charge of violat ing the prohibition law. Police say the still was in full operation when they found It. The copper kettles were still hot when taken to headquarters. Police also seized five barrels of corn mash, which they will take to head quarters today and several gallons of newly-made whisky. The still is one of the largest ever seized in the city. In search for' sources of phosphate fertiliser in the Netherlands phosphor ite, fields have been discovered in two provinces. TOWNS TO HONOR TOWNS Macon, France, to Erect .Monument and Put Names in Book. MASON. Mo. The municipal beads of Macon, France, have thought up tne hinDv idea of representing an tne towns of Macon, in' the United States, on a monument or marker to be erected In the public square oi tne f rencn town. It is assumed that the Macons of this country have all contributed men for the American expeditionary force that saved the soil of France from the Hun invaders, and when the translation of the letter from the French town was read to the Macon city council this week, a resolution in recognition of the honor was passed unanimously, together with a liberal appropriation to entitle Macon, Mo., to representation in a record book of gold In Macon. France. 1ne letter from France follows: "Flace-les-Macon, le 20 May, 1919. The commune of Flace-les-Macon (Saone and Loire) to the city of Macon, Missouri, United States of America: The Honorable Mayor and Gentlemen of the Council. Gentlemen The little village of Flace-les-Macon, situated in the county of Saone and Loire, has in the neighborhood of 650 inhabitants. It is, after a fashion, a suburb of the city of Macon, which lies to the north. We are proud and happy in the thought that but a thousand leagues separate us from other Maconltes. We have been sincely touched by the news that people of this region spring from the same stock as those who founded your important city. These bonds which unite us have been sealed by those who poured out their blood in order to as sure the triumph of that cause of right and justice. Your disinterestedness and your valor have asserted themselves on the fields of France, where you ex tended the hand of succor. "The horrible is finished and in Flace-les-Macon we propose to honor GRUDGE LEADS TO JAIL Revolver Snapped, but Cartridges Fail to Explode. Robert Leeman, 46, was arrested Tuesday night by Patrolmen Scott and Norene and charged with carrying con cealed weapons and with drawing a re volver on Charles L. Gnasier of Flower and Macadam streets. Bail for each charge was fixed at $500, which the prisoner had not furnished at an early hour today. Police said Leeman admitted snapping his revolver at Mr. Gnasier twice last week, but failed to injure him because the cartridges did not explode. Lee man is alleged to have borne a grudge against Mr. Gnasier "on account of the stories the prisoners said were told about him. The arrest was made in Mr. Gnasier's back yard. Trials and tribulations of the dough boys in France after the armistice was signed, when they were fairly sick with the desire to get back across the ocean to the homefolks. were Pictured Tues- aay nignt by Kev. J. Whitcomb Brough er, former Portland pastor, in an ad dress to an audience which taxed the capacity of the White temple. Dr. Brougher's lecture was distinctly "dif ferent. He did not touch upon the war or upon the destruction in France in a general way, but filled his address tun or human interest by a running fire of descriptions and anecdotes of the boys themselves. Dr. Brougher was formerly pastor of the White temple in this city and now occupies the pulpit of the Temple church of Los Angeles. The receipts of the lecture are to go to the Daugh ters of the Temple, one of the young women's organizations of the church. Dr. Brougher was sent to . ranee under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and traveled over a large part of the battle area addressing the soldiers, and he also went into Germany to aid in entertaining and cheering up the men with the army of occupation. In his address last night he carried his audi ence with him from one camp to an other, telling many amusing incidents. But the address was not without its serious portions, and - r. Brougher spoke a strong word for the work of the Y. M. C. A. in France. He told of the sightseeing tours conducted in Paris of which 1,500,000 soldiers took advantage and of the river trips on the Rhine carried out without a penny of cost to the doughboys. "The American army in France was the finest, most magnificent body of men ever brought together," he de clared. "SThe Germans, makers of dyes, found out that there were three Amer ican colors that would not run, the red, the white and the blue. But after the armistice was signed the men became homesick and it was a tremendous job to try to grip them and to keep them from becoming downhearted. After viewing the horrible devasta tion of France it made one sick at heart to see Germany without an out ward sign of war. During that trying time prior to the signing of peace the American and the French and the Brit ish soldiers were hoping that the Ger mans would not sign and were ready to spring forward to complete the work that was halted by the armistice." Praise for the religious and moral attitude of the American soldiers was given by Dr. Brougher, who declared that over one-third of the men whom he met did not drink and that those who say that the army in France would have voted overwhelmingly against prohibition are mistaken. Rebel Strongholds Reported Cleared. MEXICO CITY. General Francisco Murguia, in charge of federal forces in the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nenvo Leon have been cleared and the country pacified. He declared the towns of lturbide, Zaragosa, Aramberri and Noreiga, which have been held for some time by the rebels, are now in bis possession. The reconstruction of railroad, telegraph and telephone lines is now in progress, he reported. NEWS WRITERS ON STRIKE Omaha Reporters Walk Out and Or ganize Union. OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 20. Twenty members of the staff of the Omaha Bee went on strike yesterday, demanding an increase in pay and shorter working hours. After walking out the report era met at the labor temple and organ ized the American News Writers' union. affiliating themselves with the Ameri can Federation of Labor. They have applied for a charter and are going to attempt to call out tne otner craits on the paper in a sympathetic strike. Overtures are to be made to the news writers of the other two papers here to join the union. Striking reporters will call on the publisher tomorrow morning ror an other conference on their demands. Alaska to Try. Goat Raising. FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Experiments raising Swiss milk goats of the Saanen-Toggenburg strain are to be Dont Experiment With Catarrh; It Often Leads to Serious Trouble You Will Never Be Cured by Local Treatment With Sprays. Catarrh is a condition of the blood and cannot be cured by local applica tions of sprays and douches; this has been proven by the thousands who have vainly resorted to this method of treat ment. Catarrh should not be neglected or experimented with. The wrong treat ment is valuable time lost, during which tbe disease is getting a firmer hold upon its victim, and making It more difficult for even the proper treatment to accomplish results. Though Catarrh makes Its first ap pearance in the nostrils, throat and air passages, (he dise&se becomes more and more aggravated and finally reaches down into the lungs, and everyone rec ognizes the alarming conditions that result when the lungs are affected. Thus Catarrh may be the forerunner of that most dreaded and hopeless of all diseases, consumption. No local treatment affords permanent relief. Experience has taught that S. S. S. is the one remedy which attacks the disease at its source, the blood, and produces satisfactory results in even the worst cases. Catarrh sufferers are urged to give S. S. S. a thorough trial. It is sold by all druggists. You are in vited to write to the Medical Depart ment for expert advice as to how to treat your own case. Address Swift Specific Co.. 254 Swift Laboratory, At lanta, Ga. Adv. LJI 1 Lmi I Li Tin aaai 00 , -LL E3 D Hj D DEE. QE1 L J STARTS SATURDAY FREE Matinee-Women Only " , 10 A. M. SATURDAY The ' First S00 Women at the Doors Saturday, 10 A. M Star Theater, Admitted Free. CJTasl1 1 AM afJ PL do 1 - 'm zj "" ci-n i ' - " . ' " - " ' "P f 1 GO SEE IT 1 E23 THE YOUNG GIRL "WHO oTtTq I CSS FORGETS HER MOD- CALjLiCS ff'l jj ESTY JUST ONCE, IS A SPADE Lfj rwi LIKELY NEVER TO RE- . , jjifj 1 I MEMREK IT AGAIN. J A SPADE .M8jVwiiii!i 1 jui inaw wii. in 111 1.1 i 1 1 1 ii mi ur. , 1 n ,., ,,,, st :.V.:...' .. I ' This picture is sponsored by the United 3 States Government, Public Health Serv- ice and they request everybody over 16 MM in the United States to see it It's well worth your while. XA R TH B AT E R 25c 25c Li i V7J2 J rrrvua attempted at the government farm near here. Sheep raising also will be experimented with at the farm. Hawaiian Sugar Crop 600,000 Tons. HONOLULU. T H. Estimates by the Sugar Factors company place the 1919 Hawaiian sugar crop at 600,000 tons, exceeded only in the years 1914, 1915 and 1917. The dendrograph is an instrument that has been invented for recording growth and other variations in the di mensions of trees. STOPPING SATURDAY MIDNIGHT Sunday WM. FARNUM in "The Lone Star Ranger." TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Dofoflwr A Great Big Story of the Frozen North. Of Lawless Men and a Homeless Girl. As Gripping, Thrilling and Intense as "Hell Morgan's Girl. PATHE REVIEW MUTT AND JEFF MURTAGH . and oox $50,000 Organ.