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VOL. Li VI II. NO- 18,394
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
""stofflce as Second-Clans Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OVE3IIii:R 8, 1919,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NATION-WIDE
BATTLE NURSES WILL
AID RED CROSS DRIVE
157 WOMEX WORKERS TO BOX
UNIFORM AGAIX.
SCIENCE SENDS
CHIEF OF POLICE POST
REFUSED BY WALKER
JAPAN TO BROOK NO
U.S. ADVICE IN SIBERIA
COOLIDGE NAMED AS
MATE FOR LOWDEN
E
REDS IS
E
. CATT'S PLAN
MAYOR BAKER REQUESTS RE
CONSIDERATION. INSTRUCTIONS NOT WANTED,
TOKIO INFORMS AMERICA.
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR IS
LOUDLY APPLAUDED.
WILSON BEATEN IN
RESERVATION TEST
Senate Indorses Treaty
Changes 48 to 40.
WOMEN DIVIO
DON
ID
GONVIGTTO PRISON
MFIS
Arrests in Various Cities
Total Hundreds.
MANY ARE TO BE DEPORTED
Russian Soviet Headquarters
Scenes of Hauls.
VIOLENCE NOT OFFERED
Much Radical Literature
Seized
by Department .of Justice
Agents in Charge.
Hundreds of radicals, including
many described as among the most
dangerous anarchist agitators in the
country, were arrested last night by
department of justice agents in simul
taneous raids upon radical headquar
ters in maoy cities of the United
States. It was learned that 36 war
rants had been Issued by Commis
sioner-General of Immigration Cami-
netti for men in New York consid
ered particularly active in creating
unrest, and it was reported that
these men had been caught.
A nation-wide plot to defy govern
ment authority openly is said to have
been nipped in the bud upon the eve
of the second anniversary of the es
tablishment of the Russian soviet
government. This plot, it is alleged,
had been advocated for weeks by
combined radical elements throughout
the United States, including the I. W.
W., anarchists and Russian agitators.
Plans for the raids, which took
place in New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Detroit, St. Louis, San Francis
co, Newark, N. J.; Jackson, Mich.;
Waterbury and Ansonia, Conn., and
other cities, have been in preparation
for weeks, it was said in Washing
ton. .. William J. Flynn, head of the de
partment of justice's division of in
vestigation, had general supervision
of the round-up of agitators. The
more important prisoners, it was said,
would bo held for deportation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. A nation
wide raid on anarchists began here
tonight. Agents of the department
of Justice, led by William J. Flynn,
arrested more than 200 radicals as
sembled in the headquarters of the
Russian soviet republic and after
they had been taken to headquar
ters of the department of justice and
cross-examined, 50 were held for de
portation as undesirable citizens.
Eight women were taken in the
raid, of whom two were held for de
portation. A large quantity of radical litera
ture was seized.
Seven Agent Make Raid.
The raid was made by seven agents
of the department of justice under
the direction of William J. Flynn,
their chief.
They were assisted by five mem
bers of the New York "bomb squad"
and four patrolmen. A big crowd
fathered in front of the building.
Patrolmen were assigned to watch
the building during the night.
While the man were being examined
reports were received of other raids
which were made on radicals at
Philadelphia, Detroit, Newark, Jack-
eon, Mich.; Waterbury, Conn.; Chi
cago and other places.
Moat Wanted Persons Cnnght.
It was learned that 36 warrants had
been issued by Commissioner-General
of Immigration Carr.inetti for radicals
known to have been particularly ac
tive in the industrial unrest. It was
reported that these persons, who were
particularly sought had been caught.
The raids, taking place on the eve
of widely-advertised celebrations of
the second anniversary of the estab
lishment of the soviet government in
Russia, were said to have nipped in
the bud a cou itry-wide plot openly to
?efy governmeatal authority. This
has been advocated, it was said, for
several- weeks by combined radical
elements, the I. W. W., anarchist and
Russian agitators. Pamphlets and
other literature to this effect are in
possession of the department of Jus
tice, it was said.
Literature J a Seized.
Heavy boxes filled with inflam
mable literature seized at soviet
headquarters were brought to Chief
I'lynn's office. Dozens of brief cases
containing typewritten and printed
literature also were among the seized
property. The raid was third made
upon Manhattan square this year.
SAN FRANCISCO, ' Nov. 7. Two
men were arrested here tonight by
the police under instructions fro
agents of the department of justice
in a raid on alleged headquarters of
radicals. A wagonload of books.
pamphlets and leaflets was seized.
One of the men, William Bums, was
charged with criminal syndicalism;
the other, Jack Kovals, with va
grancy.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Plans for
the raids tonight on headquarters of
radical organizations throughout the
country, with arrest of many of the
leaders, have been in process of for
mulation for several weeks, it was
understood here.
While officials of the department
of justice who could be reached to
night refused to discuss the raids.
eaying that all statements must come
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Veterans of Real Service in War
to Solicit Subscriptions on
Streets Armistice Day.
One hundred fifty-seven Portland
Red Cross nurses, every one of whom
has nursed wounded and dying sol
diers on the battle fields of France
or Russia, Bulgaria. Roumania, Bel
gium, Serbia and Palestine, will take
part in the Red Cross campaign on
Armistice day.
The nurses are fighting mad at the
slowness of the Red Cross campaign.
They have all had personal experience
of what the Red Cross has done.
Some of them have been in advanced
stations, literally working in a wel
ter of blood. Others have been at
the big base hospital. Several of
them in the Balkans w;ere but a few
hundred yards from the firing line.
The nurses are being organized by
Miss Grace Phelps, Miss Jane Doyle,
and Miss Edith Duke, each of whom
saw service in France. The nurses
will meet today to organize and will
start work from the Portland chapi
ter of the Red Cross on Tuesday.
They will wear the Red Cross nurses'
uniform.
"The Red Cross nurses know what
the Red Cross has done and is do
ing," said Miss Doyle. "The slow
progress of the campaign in Portland
has raised their indignation, and al
though they have never done it be
fore, the battle nurses have resolved
personally to go upon the streets
Armistice day and solicit subscrip
tions." The appearance on the streets of
the nurses will undoubtedly be the
most spectacular feature of the en
tire campaign.
BOSTON POLICEMEN LOSE
Supreme Court Denies Petition to
Restore Union Members.
BOSTON, Nov. 7. The supreme
court today denied the petition
of the officers of the Boston po
licemen's union, who sought restora
tion to the positions from which they
were removed by Commissioner Edwin
Curtie, because of their affiliation
with the American Federation of La
bor. The court acted on the request
of the ex-policemen, headed by John
F. Mclnnis, president of the union, for
a writ of mandamus to compel the
commissioner to restore them. Judge
Carroll held that they were not enti
tled to reinstatement ' because they
had failed to avail themselves of rem
edies contained in the anti-coercion
act.
It was the suspension of the 19 offi
cers of the union by Commissioner
Curtis that precipitated the strike of
police September 7.
LIQUOR MAKES 40 BLIND
Denatured Alcohol in Drinks De
prives Many of Sight.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) Blind, or nearly blind, 40
strong, healthy, able-bodied men are
in custody at the county stockade and
will be wards' of the taxpayers of
the state during the rest of their nat
ural lives as a result of drinking
denatured' alcohol.
John F. Sullivan, special investiga
tor of alcohol permits of the prose
cuting attorney's office, told these
facts to members of the Seattle Retail
Druggists' association today, in out
lining the letter and interpretation
of the state and national prohibition
laws at a meeting at the chamber of
commerce. V
Denatured alcohol is one of the
most serious menaces to the health
of a certain class of people in the
city, he said.
"DIVINE" ADVICE IS LOST
Police Interrupt Gallery Occupant's
Address to Senate.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. J o s e p h
Horan of New York attempted to Join
with the United. States senate today
in its debate on the peace treaty.
"Gentlemen," he cried, rising from
his seat in the gallery and drawing
from his pocket an American flag,
"I want to express ," and then the
guards reached him. He explained to
capitol police later that he had "di
vine instructions," to tell the senate
a few things about the treaty, and
was held for investigation.
AIR MAIL TO SPAN NATION
Transcontinental Routes to Be Es
tablished Soon, Says Official.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Transcon
tinental aerial mail routes will be es
tablished in the near future, possibly
as early as January 1, Otto Praeger,
second assistant postmaster-general,
told the house postoffice committee
today, adding that the department
also contemplated an aerial mail route
to Alaska.
Mr. Praeger said a number of cities
had offered free landing fields and
other facilities.
HELPLESS MAN IS SUICIDE
Caretaker. 60, Shoots to Summon I
Aid, Then Kills Self.
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn., Nov. 7.-
Helpless because of an infected leg
and slowly starving and freezing in
a cabin near Webena lake, James
Francisco, 60 years old, a camp care
taker, fired cartridge after cart
ridge in an unsuccessful attempt to I
summon assistance. Then he com
mitted suicide with his last revolver
bullet
Fugitive Returns After
Three Years Out.
ONE YEAR IS SERYED IN ARMY
Governor Frees E. E. Bar
nard, Who Has Made Good.
PAROLE BRINGS TEARS
Executive Learns of Long Flight
Over Mountains and of Priva
tions Suffered in Escape.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.)
Unable longer to resist the gnawlngs
of a guilty conscience and fearing
that some day the misdeeds of his
past would be found out, Elmer E.
Barnard, who escaped from the Ore
gon state penitentiary here in com
pany with Cecil Griffin and Ray
Lindsey on the night of August 2,
1916, walked into Governor Olcott'a
offices today and Informed the execu
tive that he was a fugitive from
justice and had returned to Salem
voluntarily to serve out his maximum
term of ten years.
"I couldn't stand it any longer,"
said Barnard as he grasped the hand
Of the governor and recited in detail
the story of his movements from
the time that he and his companions
outwitted the guards in their flight
from the flax camp until he reached
the capitol at noon today.
"I have been through the experience
and I want to add my testimonial that
the road of the fugitive convict is
hard."
Party Crouca Mountain.
In his story to the governor Bar
nard said that upon leaving the prison
camp shortly after 1 o'clock in the
(Horning he and his companions
walked in the direction of Silverton
until the following morning, when
they concealed themselves in the
brush awaiting a more opportune time
to travel. Under the cover of dark
ness and without food they gradually'
made their way across the Cascad
mountains and finally arrived in
Wasco county. There they separated,
Barnard accepting employment with
a threshing crew while his compan
ions continued their journey.
"The trip across the mountains was
one of the most bitter experiences in
my travels," Barnard told the gov
ernor, "and when I arrived at the
farmhouse where I got my first job
my feet were a mass of blisters and
I was hardly able to walk."
Without food, other than a few
sandwiches which they appropriated
at the prison' camp, Barnard said he
and his companions existed on raw
squirrels which they killed on their
trip.
With the harvest finished, Barnard
got a Job on a ranch and continued in
this line of work in Wasco county
continuously until September 15, when
he responded to the call for soldiers
and Joined the heavy artillery. He
was sent to Camp Lewis and after the
period of quarantine was assigned to
the motor truck school.
Completing this course, he was
placed in charge of an army truck
and continued in this capacity until
January 17, 1919, when he received his
honorable discharge and returned to
the ranch of an ex-employer near The
Dalles.
"A few days ago I was called in a
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I " " ---,
AND IT'S GETTING ALONG TOWARD QUITTING TIME. J
Creation of Office of Police Com
missioner Proposed; City's
Emergency Referred To.
Dow V. Walker will not accept the
post as chief of police of Portland.
His refusal of the place was voiced
in a telegram received from him by
Mayor Baker last night.
"Your telegram Just received,"
reads the telegram Mr. Walker sent
from Minneapolis. "I appreciate con
fidence and honor but cannot accept
the position of chief of police of Port
land." Determined to bring every influence
to bear upon Mr. Walker to recon
sider his refusal. Mayor Baker last
night forwarded another telegram to
Mr. Wfclker urging him to consider
the matter further and advise him of
any obstacles which might be in the
path of an acceptance.
The mayor sent this telegram to
Mr. Walker last night:
"I think if you fully understood the
situation In Portland you would ac
cept as a patriotic duty. Please con
sider the place as a little different
from ordinary chief of police. I want
in fact a police commissioner. If I
can get the proper man, such as you,
I intend to give the position a high
executive standing, making it similar
to the place in which Roosevelt made
a national reputation. Big emergency
confronts the city this coming winter
and I think you are the man to meet
it. If there are any obstacles to your
acceptance, I am confident I can
overcome them. Will you not give
further consideration to my request?"
In commenting upon Mr. Walker's
telegraphic refusal last night. Mayor
Baker said he would not give up
hopes of procuring the Multnomah
club superintendent as chief of police
until Mr. Walker insisted that he
would not take the post under any
condition.
"I firmly believe Dow Walker to be
the most suitable man for the place,
taking into consideration conditions
which confront the city and nation at
the present time, and I want him to
consider the proposal from every pos
sible angle before he definitely re
fuses the place," said the mayor.
Mayor Baker telegraphed the offer
to Mr. Walker after the latter had
left Portland to atte..d the national
convention of the American Legion
at Minneapolis. Mr. Walker is can
didate for national chairman of the
legion. He had left Portland for the
legion convention' when- Chief of Po
lice Johnson tendered his resignation
to the mayor to enter private business.
COAL PUT INFINE GOWNS
Weil-Dressed Viennans Pack Away
Load Surrounded on Streets.
VIENNA. Nov. 5. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Well-dressed men and
women in Vienna were attracted to
day by trucks filled with coal. They
demanded to know for whom the fuel
was intended.
When they learned it was for the
use of a private citizen they sur
rounded the carts and began unload
ing them, the women turning up their
skirts and filling them with coal,
while the men crammed their over
coat pockets and dispatch cases.
POLICE QUIT LABOR UNION
Pueblo Department to Withdraw
From U. S. Federation.
PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 7. The Pueblo
police department, which was union
ized and affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor three months
ago, today voted to surrender its char
ter. It will withdraw from the federation.
Allied Railroad Commission Will
Be Disregarded Proof of Lack
of Co-operation Is Requested.
TOKIO. Nov. 7. (By the Associated
Press.) The Japanese government
In its reply just forwarded to Wash
ington to the American note of last
September complaining of a lack of
co-operation by Japanese troops in
the operation' of the trans-Siberian
railroad, draws a sharp distinction
between the military protection of
the railway which it is willing to
undertake and obedience to instruc
tions of the allied railroad commis
sion under John W. Stevens or the
subsidiary railway board, which is in
nowise contemplated.
The correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press finds that the note,
which is moderate in tone and which
as a diplomatic document bears evi
dence of the exceeding care expended
upon its composition, Ceclares that
no Information in the possession of
the Japanese bears out the conten
tion in the note of the American gov
ernment that Japanese troops have
flatly refused to protect lives or
property of allied railroad inspectors
in the territory controlled by the
Cossack General Semenoff.
Miannderatandina; la Charged.
The note expresses the opinion that
the American contention is based
upon some misunderstanding and
suggests that the Ar. erlcan govern
ment bring forward any concrete
facts upon which" it bases Its case.
In this event the Japanese govern
ment would be glad to furnish ma
terial which might explain the Jap
anese side of the case.
"It is a matter of no small regret
that information in the possession
of the United States in regard to
misunderstandings and difficulties of
this kind arising between nationals
of the United States and Japan in
Siberia seems at variance with in
formation reaching the Japanese
government," the note observes.
Protection. Is Limited.
The American government, the note
goes on to say, appears to believe
that the Japanese government under
stands that the protection of the
trans-Siberian railway system is
limited to safeguarding the railway
and keeping the line open, entailing
no obligations whatsoever fur co
operation by Japanese troops in fur
thering the general railway plan. If
the expression "general operation"
and "railway plans" mean beside the
defense of the railway itself such
matters as succoring railway inspec
tors in case of emergency, it goes
without saying that the Japanese
railway forces are and have been
devoting their efforts to the fur
therance of the operation of the rail
way plan.
The government wishes especially
to emphasize the fact that the pri
mary duty of the military is the de
fense of the railway itself, believ
ing that this is vital if the railway
is to be operated at all. It is thought
too, that the government of the
United States will recognize the great
efforts and sacrifices made by the
Japanese troops in defense of the
railway.
Japanese Promise Co-operation.
If. however, it is declared' in the
note, the American government thinks
that the allied military forces should
be made subordinate to the inter
allied commission or to the subsidiary
technical board, the Japanese gov
ernment regrets to say that it is
unable to fall in line with that atti
tude. Apparently desirous that the
foregoing statement should not cause
fresh misunderstandings, the note
continues:
"However, the Japanese govern
ment would in no case insist that
their military forces are under no
obligation to co-operate in forward
ing the general operation of the rail
road. The Japanese troops will put
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REPUBLICANS SOLIDLY UNITED
New Democratic Offer to
Compromise Rejected.
SAFE MAJORITY PLEDGED
President Supports Deadlock to
Block Ratification If Reserva
tions Are Adopted.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. The first
affirmative step toward qualification
of the peace treaty was taken today
by the senate after administration
leaders, with the backing of Presi
dent Wilson, had reaffirmed their in
tention of voting against ratification
if the reservations drawn by the sen
ate majority are adopted.
The initial test of strength on the
reservation prommma of th fnrin
relations committee found the repub
licans almost solidly united behind it,
the group of mild iM..,w;r,.i.t.
who helped kill the committees
amendments and the irreconcilable
group of treaty foes standing to
gether for the first time since the
long treaty fight began.
Reservation Preamble Approved.
By a vote of 4S in an tv,.
approved, after all efforts to amend it
ia lanea. the committee's preamble
to the reservation group, requiring
that to make the treaty binding at
least three or tne rour great powers
must accept the senate qualifications.
The only republican who did not
swing into line for the proposal was
Senator McCumber of North Dakota,
while three democrats. Senators Reed,
Missouri; Gore, Oklahoma, and Walsh.
Massachusetts, voted with the ma
jority. When adjournment was reached the
first of the 14 reservations was under
oebate. and republican leaders were
claiming that they had safe majori
ties pledged for the entire group. The
mild reservationists, it was declared,
had turned down a new democratic
offer of compromise, while the ir
reconcilable Wins' WHS l).vUin l
a. (flail
of action by which they hoped to
treaty entirely. The best
claim made by the administration
forces was that the treaty would be
wedged into a deadlock, which in the
end would make a compromise inev
itable. Wilson Supports Deadlock.
The plan to vote against the treaty
and thus deadlock the ratification
fight was declared to have President
Wilson's unqualified support. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, democratic
leader, saw the president for the first
time since Mr. Wilson returned from
his speaking tour and went over the
entire situation surrounding the
treaty In the senate. Afterward Mr
Hitchcock said the executive regard
ed the committee reservations as "de
structive" and the preamble as "very
embarrassing" and advised the ad
ministration senators to stand by
their guns.
The president was said to have as
serted, an aggressive opposition to
acceptance of reservations which
would impair the treaty, but to have
shown a willingness to leave the
matter of a compromise in the hands
of the administration senators, to be
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Presidential Candidacy of Illinois
Executive Launched by Edi
torial Association.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Nov. 7. In a
keynote speech tonight launching the
candidacy of Governor Frank O. Low
den of Illinois for the presidency of
the United States, Representative
William A. Koaenburg of East St.
Louis presented the name of Gov
ernor Calvin Coolldge of Massachu
setts as a running mate for Lowden.
at a meeting of the Illinois republican
editorial association. The mention of
Governor Coolidge's name brought a
storm of applause.
Significance was attached to the
linking of the two names because ot
the fact that Representative Roden
burg has been picked to make tho
Lowden nominating speech on the
floor of the national convention.
Governor Lowden was given an
ovation when he was referred to by
Representative Rodenburg as "the
nation's next choice."
Preceding the Rodenburg address.
Governor Lowden spoke briefly. He
paid tribute to the history of the re
publican party.
STUDENTS CROWD IN JAIL
Berkeley Boys Refuse to Pay Fares.
Conductor Summons Aid.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Nov. 8. A
"pajama parade" intended to advertise
a college football game here tomorrow
went astray last night and its student
participators, as a result, are crowd
ing the local Jail to the corridors.
They are accused of delaying a mail
train an hour and 110 minutes.
The pa jama-clad students, accord
ing to the version given by the train
conductor, boarded the train at Davis,
seat of the agricultural school of the
University of California. tonight, say
ing they wished to come to Sacra
mento, but refusing to pay fares. The
train crew refused to start the train,
but later relented. Two miles outside
the city the engine was cut off and
an appeal sent by it to the local po
lice for help.
Meanwhile, instructions had come
from San Francisco to hold the per
sons charged with causing the delay.
and. instead of aiding the conductor to
collect fares, the police took several
hundred students into custody.
POSTAL PAY LAW PASSED
Bill Providing Graduated Increases
Automatically Takes Effect.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. The bill
providing a graduated increase in the
pay of postal employes, pending ac
tion of the congressional committee
Investigating the salaries of such em
ployes, became a law; at midnight to
night without President Wijson's sis
nature. The ten days since its enactment by
congress had expired.
The president had until midnight to
veto the measure or sign it. It lias
been the custom of White House of
ficials to hold bills until the last day
since the president has been ill, be
cause Rear-Admiral Grayson has not
wanted him troubled with unneces
sary executive affairs. In this case,
as the question of veto was not in
volved, there was no need to bring it
to the president's attention unless he
particularly wanted to sign it.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTETSDAT'S Maximum temperature.
4S degrees; minimum. 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and colder; moderate
northerly winds.
Foreign.
Japan refuses to obey instructions of allied
railroad commission. Page 1.
Bulgaria must pay share of war debt.
Page 5.
Zimmerman creates sensation at German
war probe. Page 2.
National
Lodge treaty programme makes progress.
Page 4.
Governor Hart of Washington ready to
protect mines and miners. Page 6.
Vice-President Marshall advises labor to
be friendly to capital. Page 2.
Samuel Gompers hears final word from
government. Page 6.
Administration 'forces beaten when reser-
ation preamble pa.st.es. Page 1.
Domestic.
I. W. W. ask Germans In U. S. to Join
revolt. Page 2.
Will H. Hays says republicans will solve
economic problems. Page 3.
Wilson outlines treaty course In confer
ence with Hitchcock. Page -4.
Trailing Jurors In Pan-motor case charged.
Page 4.
Coolldge proposed for vice-president,
flt'age 1.
Miners to request dismissal of injunction
proceedings. Page 5.
Nation-wide raid made on reds. Page 1.
Drys win Kentucky. Page 3.
Falmer asks right to curb profiteer. Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Conscience drives convict back to prison.
Page 1.
Sports.
Oregon and Pullman each lose star play
ers from lineup. Page 12.
Washington high defeats Franklin eleven.
12 to O. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Women divided on Mrs. Catt's plan for
voters' league. Page 1.
Court upholds Forest Grove's rejection of
sewer system. Page 10.
Realty board speaker shows need for econ
omy. Page 19.
City lacks 12000 in Roosevelt drive. Page
11.
Kozer blazes trail for big crop of candi
dates in Oregon. Page T.
Thirty thousand dollars pledged to stock
show. Page 14.
Basis of alleged bootleggers' hope for
clemency shown In court. Page 9.
Red Cross workers will ask to see your
button today. Page 7.
Validity of court of domestic relations at
tacked. Page 10.
Battle nurses to aid Red Cross fund drive.
Page 1.
City attorney says 11 -mill 'measure is. for
1920 only. Page 15.
Dow Walker declines to accept appoint
ment as chief of police. Page 1.
Work to start on bix flour mill. Pass 14.
Voters' League Criticised
as Superfluous.
CITY LEADERS LEFT TO ACT
Call for State-Wide Meeting
Rests With Mrs. Corbett.
PUBLICITY IS CONDEMNED
Visit to Portland Accompanied by
"Disagreeable Welcome," Says
Noted Suffragist.
Although the strongest condemna
tion of the publicity accorded the visit
of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and the
other visiting suffragists was given
yesterday by Mrs. Catt. she had a
"full house and there was standing
room only' In the gray parlor of the
Multnomah hotel, where women rep
resenting scores of women's organi
zations met to hear what Mrs. Catt
had to say about the need for calling
a special session of the legislature,
and to express her views on the rea
son why a league for women voters
should be organized.
Mrs. Catt was very decided in her
statements concerning the publicity.
She said it was "unfriendly, disagree
able, discourteous. Inhospitable, and
that the meetings had not been cor
rectly reported." and she added that
she "didn't know but that her coming
to Portland had mussed things up
worse than they heretofore had been
mussed."
SuHsrestion la Accepted.
In .--pite of this statement, and al
though most of the leaders had ex
pressed themselves as either opposed
to the formation of an additional
woman's organization or could not see
any need for It on the ground that
the organizations now in existence
are doing everything the league
wants to accomplish, the Portland
women courteously decided to act
upen Mrs. Catt's suggestion and leave
It to Mrs. Elliott Corbett to call a
meeting of representatives of all the
women's organizations of state-wide
Influence and the legislative council
to determine what Oregon shall do
with the League for Women Voters.
The biggest fight of the confer
ence yesterday was over the question
of asking the governor to call a spe
cial session of the legislature to rat
ify the federal amendment
South Again.! Amendment.
Mrs. Catt explained to the delega
tion the reasons why the "solid eouth"
could not' ratify the amendment. She
said that many of the congressmen
of tnc south had fought against rec
ognizing the 14th and 15th amend
ments and could not. therefore, accept
this amendment. She said that rati
fication before January is urgent be
cause the southern legislatures that
meet then are sure to oppose the
measure. Mrs. Catt said that Tennes
see cannot ratify because of & clause
in its constitution that Florida has
the same situation and that "they
have to put ten states in the discard.
That leaves 28. and of these New Jer
sey is corrupt politically, is one of
the wettest states In the union and is
in one of the worst political messes
imaginable and so one would regard
it as highly doubtful."
Borden Declared Shifted.
Of one New England state Mrs. Catt
said the "governor is an old man
strongly opposed to the adoption of
the suffrage measure and the lieutenant-governor
is in favor of it," and
unless the governor shall be called
to his heavenly home "ratification
probably won't come."
She enumerated the dangers in
which the prospects of ratification
stand and the reasons why she came
to this state to ask for the women to
take up the proposal of a special ses
sion. "Those who don't ratify now put the
burden heavily upon others,' said Mrs.
Catt. She proposed then that a repre
sentative committee be appointed
which should raise a little money, that
a letter be written telling why Ore
gon "must ratify," She proposed that
the legislature be polled and pledge
cards sent legislators asking them if
they would sign up according to the
governor's stipulations and. if not.
asking "under what conditions you
are willing to meet?"
Compromise la Souajht.
"Go to the governor with the re
sults and see if he can compromise,"
she suggested. "It will require care
ful work, but quick work," Mrs. Catt
said.
She commented on the governor's
stipulations as "hard and rather auto
cratic," but later in her criticism of
the newspapers she said: "As the
publicity given our meetings here has
been unfriendly and disagreeable, for
fear some little word might go to the
governor making him believe we were
unfriendly, the committee should get
out a letter to the public stating the
facts and let this letter be signed by
all the committee."
One of the newspaper women pres
ent answered Mrs. Catt's criticism of
the press.
It rests with Mrs. Elliott Corbett
to call a meetlnr of representative
women to draft the appeal to the
legislators and to urge the special
session. It also rests with Mrs.
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