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THE 3IOUXIXG OSEGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, JAXUAKY 14, 1920 PEACE TREATY VOTE If! COLLEGES MIXED Compromise With Immediate Ratification Leads. ' LODGE RUNNING BEHIND Mild Reservations Strongly Sup ported Small Number Favor Rejecting Covenant. NEW YORK,' Jan. 13. Ratification of the peace treaty by compromise polled the heaviest vote in 32 colleges and universities throughout the coun try which reported complete returns tonight In the intercollegiate referen dum voted upon today by the student bodies of 400 Institutions of higher learning. In- the 32 colleges, which In clude the great eastern universities of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Colum bia, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, a total of 29,910 votes were cast. Of these 11,182 were in favor of ratification by compromise and the next highest vote cast, 9002, was for ratification without reserva tions or amendments. The students voted on ' four pro posals, unreserved ratification; opposi tion to ratification in any form, rati fication with the Lodge reservations and ratification by compromise. The 32 completed returns showed 6563 otes for the. Lodge reservations and 3163 cast against adoption of the treaty in any form. The results in the total returns re ceived so far represent virtually the same division of opinion as indicated by the individual returns for 332 col leges, all of which are situated in the east, south or middle west. Returns from the western etates are not ex pected before tomorrow, when the total vote for the country will be tabulated and made public by the in tercollegiate treaty referendum com mittee here. BOSTON, Jan. 13. Mixed results were shown in the balloting in New England colleges today on the ratifi cation of the peace treaty and the leasui of nations. In most of the col leges four propositions were voted upon: 1 Favoring ratification without amendments or reservations. 2 Opposing ratification in any form. 3 Favoring ratification with the senate majority reservations. 4 Favoring any compromise which would make possible immediate rati fication. Two additional propositions were on the ballot at some of the colleges as follows: Favoring a separate peace with Germany, leaving the question of a league of nations to be settled after ward. 6 Favoring a compromise on reser vations -at would avoid danger of defeating ratification while still mak ing clear that congress has sole power to declare war; domestic questions and the Monroe doctrine are outside the Jurisdiction, league plural votes are disqualified in any dispute in which this country is disqualified from voting and this country Is to be sole Judge whethe its obligations have been met if j,t withdraws from the league. At Harvard both students and fac ulty polled the highest vote for No. 4, with No. 1 running second. Smith and Mount Holyoke, both women's col leges, also cast the heaviest vote for No. 4, with No. second. In the four Maine colleges No. 4 led. Colby, Maine and Bowdoin gave second place to No. 3. Boston college cast a majority for No. 3, with No. 2 second. At Brown No. 6 led, with No. 5 second. Amherst favored No. 1. with No. 4 second. Massachusetts Agricul tural college polled the heaviest vote for No. 6, with No. 1 second. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 13. Compromise between the Lodge and democratic reservations was the peace treaty proposal which received the greatest number of votes from both tiie students and faculty of Yale uni versity today. Summary of the vote: Students For ratification. com promise, 930; for ratification with Lodge reservations, 313; for ratifica tion without reservations (Wilson stand), 205; for rejection of treaty (Borah stand), 82. Faculty Compromise, 156; Wilson, 45; Lodge, 18; Borah, 3. SEATTLE, Jan. 12. Students of the University of Washington, expressing their views on the peace treaty and the league of nations, today voted by a large majority in favor of ratifica tion of the treaty in some form or other. Only 275 ballots out of a total of 3045 cast were opposed to- ratifi cation of the league and treaty in any form. SPOKANE, Jan. 13. Opposition to the league of nations and to the treaty of peace in any form was ex pressed by a plurality of students of Gonzaga university in a vote tabu lated here today. Thirty-four op LOVERS OF REAL rtental&ugs can be assured in ad vance of selections here from varied and exclu sive assortments of high est quality at prices that cannot be duplicated, de spite the upward tenden cy in prices at the pres ent time. Large buying direct from the makers is what makes this pos sible. 10th and Alder Largest Oriental Rug Dealers in the Northwest. posed altogether the league and th treaty; 28 favored a compromise on the Lodge reservations: 21 favored the Lodge reservations, and two fav ored ratification without reservationa WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Jan. 13. Voting on the peace - treaty and league of nations. Whitman college students today voted as follows. For mild reservations, 82: ratification without modification, 73; for Lodge reservations, 32; opposed to ratifica tion in any form, 9. The faculty vote was: Ratification without change, 7; mild reservations, 19; Lodge reservations, 3. MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. 13. Stu dents of the University of Montana favored a compromise on the peace treaty, according to the vote taken today, which resulted as follows: Compromise, 99; ratification with Lodge reservations, 78; opposed to ratification in any form, 32; uncon ditional ratification, 40. Only 31 per cent of the students voted. Faculty vote: Compromise, 5; Lodge reservations. 2: opposed to ratifica tion, 1; unconditional ratification. 2. Only 12 per cent of the faculty voted. MOSCOW. Idaho, Jan. 13. Uni versity of Idaho students voted today on the peace treaty as follows: Compromise, 251; ratification with Lodge reservations, 198; unreserved ratification, 71; opposed to ratifica tion, 25. Faculty vote: Compromise, 37; rati fication with Lodge reservations, 9; unreserved ratification, 12; opposed to ratification, 3. BOZEMAN, Mont.. Jan. 13. A par tial vote on the peace treaty at the Montana State college showed the following results: For compromise, 23; Lodge reservations, 19; unreserved ratification, 11; opposed to ratifica tion. 11. The partial faculty Vote: For com promise, 9; unreserved ratification, 18; for Lodge reservations, none; op posed to ratification, none. The vote will be continued tomorrow. COAST "WANTS RESERVATIONS Early Ratification Without Change Second In Nine Schools. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Al though the proposition was not before the students at all of them, votes taken at ninA Pacific coast colleges and universities today showed a plu rality in favor of ratifying the peace treaty with reservations calculated to retain for the United States control of its activities under the league of nations covenant. This proposition on the intercollegiate league of na tions plebiscite ballot, polled 2036 votes .from five of the colleges re porting. In every case where any votes for this proposition were re ported, it secured a -plurality at that institution. Institutions favoring this were the University of Southern Cali fornia, Stanford University, Whitman college. Occidental college, University of Washington. Immediate ratification without res ervations or amendments received the next highest number of votes, 1751. Two colleges. Mills at Oakland, Cal., a woman's college, and the College of the Pacific at San Jose, gave this a plurality of student votes. The Mills faculty gav. it a he&.y majority. Willamette college and the Univer sity of Montana gave pluralities to the proposal favoring ratifl -tion with any reservations necessary to secure speedy action. This stood f'fth in point of student votes polled, with 588. The othtr propositions received stu dents' votes as follows: For ratifica tion with the Lodge reservations, 1123 in third place. For peace without rati fication of the treaty, 989 in fourth place. Against ratification in any form, 479 in last place. The faculty voting was light. The Stanford faculty favored unreserved ratification heav ily, and this proposition received a preponderance of faculty votes. Rati fication with reservations retaining broad powers to America to determine its action in the league of nations was second. The total votes reported on these propositions were 90 and 47 re spectively. Only one faculty member voted against ratifif"on of the treaty in any form. EARLY COMPROMISE FAVORED Pacific University Students Vote on Treaty Referendum. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) To day's balloting on the intercollegiate treaty referendum resulted in. in dorsement of proposition four, the "compromise between the Lodge and democratic reservations in order to facilitate the ratification of the treaty." Number three. favoring ratification, but only with the Lodge reservations, was a close second, re ceiving only two votes less than number four. Number two, opposing ratification in any form, had only three supporters. Number one, for unreserved ratification, was almost as popular as number three. The voting was by the secret bal lot system. The majority of the stu dents who took this opportunity to give their opinions are those who have read and discussed the question. OREGON" IS FOR RATIFICATION Some Would Have League to Be Settled Later. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 13. The stu dents and faculty of the University of Oregon in the vote on the league of nations expressed themselves as follows: For proposition 1 Students, 97: facul ty 24. Proposition 2 Students, 21; faculty, 1. Proposition 3 Students, 72: faculty, 1. Proposition 4 Students, 34; faculty, 16. Proposition 5 Students, 98; faculty 6. Proposition 6 Students. 81; faculty. 16. Total number voting, 467. Enrollment of students. 16S0; faculty, 103. ALLEGED RADICALS TAKEN Literature Possessed by Hodcarrier Is Confiscated. Andrew M. Madison, a hodcarrier. said to be prominent in union circles. was arrested last night by Patrol men Parker and Drennen and held for the federal authorities. The po lice seized a quantity of alleged rad ical literature as evidence, but Mr. Madison said he was studying the pamphlets for the purpose of com bating their tenets. Chief of Police Jenkins ordered his release on his promise to appear before the federal authorities when wanted. Jacob Bulthaler, an Austrian, who speaks three languages and is said to be influential among his country men, was arrested by Patrolmen Parmley and Davis, and also held for the federal officials. The police say he joined the communist labor party in San Francisco and later trans ferred his membership to Portland. Veteran's Funeral Today. August Maier. a member of Scout Young camp No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, will be buried today at 2 P. M. from the chapel of the East Side Funeral Directors. East Sixth and Alder streets. Services will be under the auspices of the United Spanish War Veterans. Mr. Maier had 30 years' service with the colors, and .it is hoped that his comrades will turn out to .his funeral. STUDENTS OUST OFFICERS MASS VIOLATIO.VS OF RULES LAID TO LEADERS. Robert Warrens, Junior Class Pres ident, and Henry Anderson, Yell Leader, Ousted. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Or., Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) The double, responsibility of student otficers in accounting for their organizations when involved in violation of college regulations was confirmed in the action Just an nounced by the student affairs com mittee barring from office two stu dent leaders. The men eliminated from their pres ent offices and barred from holding any others for the rest of the college year are Robert Warrens of Portland, president of the Junior class, and Henry Anderson of Aberdeen, Wash., student body yell leader. Both men were charged with having, as leaders of the student body and class respec tively, been responsible for the viola tion of certain college regulations just prior to the Oregon Agricultural college-Oregon game. Certain of the college rules were deemed by some students to be too strict and it Was thought that Infrac tion of them by whole classes or the entire student body would prevent punishment being dealt. This view was not taken by the committee, and the protection of numbers did not prove sufficient. A student body meeting will be held tomorrow when the faculty commit tee on revision of rules expects to have suggestions for changes made by students. WHEAT 1 BODY ORGANIZED Farmers of Washington to Co-operate in Marketing. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. 13. Organ ization of the Washington Wheat Growers association was perfected here tonight and plans were made for organization of similar associa tions in Oregon and Idaho, whereby farmers of the three states would co operate in marketing their wheat by means of their own warehouses and elevators. Under the plan adopted, the three state associations will have an inter locking directorate, in order to con form to the co-operative laws of the states. The plan contemplates for mation of a central association, which shall receive the wheat from the growers, giving warehouse receipts therefor. The receipts would be used as collateral to obtain funds with which to pay the growers in part for their crops, the remainder to be paid when the crop is finally sold by the association. A series of farmers' mass meetings will be held in the three .states Feb ruary 23, when efforts will be made to have all wheat growers become members of the association and sign contracts for delivery of their crop. A campaign of publicity will be carried on prior to the mass meetings under the direction of J. F. Langner, a newspaperman of Portland. WOMAN'S PARTY SCORED Miss Helen Taf t Says Women Ought to Work by Side of Men. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 13. Miss Helen Taft. acting president of Bryn Mawr college, in an address today to the Pennsylvania League of Women Citizens, opposed the woman party idea. "Nothing could be more disastrous than for women voters to endeavor to organize a separate women's party, she said. Miss Taft declared "women should stand Independently for interests ne culiarly their own and in which their Interests are keener than men These interests would be such ques tions as child labor and protective legislation for women. "When elected to office we should insist upon serving side by side with the men and not allow ourselves to be shoved off into separate com mittees merely for the purpos of blowing off steam, she said. SUPPORT ASSURED PAPERS County Agricultural Agents Inter ested in Press. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 14. (Special.) In recognition of the part the news paper plays in developing commun ity life and realizing the difficult po sition the newspapers of the country occupy at this time because of the newsprint shortage, the county agri cultural agents unanimously adopted a resolution pledging the newspapers of the country their full support. One of the ways in which they de cided to help local papers is by aid ing them in securing commercial ad vertising and by refraining from car rying competitetive advertising in the columns of the farm bureau publica tions. C. J. Mcintosh, editor of the press bulletins, addressed the county agents on how to help the papers by interesting: local dealers in the proj ects advocated by the farm bureau. LANE TO BUY HOLSTEINS Bank of Commerce of Eugene Has Plan to Aid Farmers. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) William Steuding of this city left laat night for the northern part of the state and Washington to purchase two carloads of pure-bred Holstein cows for the Bank of Commerce of Eugene, the animals to be sold to farmers of Lane county under a plan inaugurated by the bank at its annual meeting a few days ago. The bank has appropriated $50,000 to lend to farmers of the county at a low rate of interest, in order that they may buy pure-bred stock to improva the quality of their datry nerds. CENSUS TAKEN AT JAIL Inmates Not Asked If They Own Place in Which They Live. That portion of Portland's popula tion residing temporarily at the city jail were enumerated by Uncle Sam's census taker yesterday, in compliance with the law the proprietors of that "hotel" give the census man every co-operation in securing the names and other information desired of the boarders and residents there. The census man found 42 men and eight women in the jail, and an ad ditional 34 men working at Kelly Butte. The census taker failed to ask any of the inmates if they owned the place in which they lived. Prohibition Directors Named. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Appoint ment of E. C. Boom of Moscow and W. Truxon Boyce of Stanton as fed eral prohibition directors for the states of Idaho and Delaware, re spectively, was announced today by Internal .Revenue Commissioner Roper. m . I Ken Mr IMP w E BRANCHES OF "GIRLS' FRIEND LY SOCIETY" TO BE FORMED. Miss May Case Marsh of Detroit Is Visiting Portland and Working With Bishop Sumner. For the purpose of organizing branch affiliations of the "Girls' Friendly Society in America," the na tional field secretary of the order. Miss May Case Marsh of Detroit, is in Portland and has established head quarters at the Portland hotel, room 316. The organization is under the auspices of the Episcopal church and Miss Marsh is working with Bishop Sumner and other churchmen and women. Although the society is of the Episcopalian church, we take girls of .1! denominations." said Miss Marsh. There are 500,000 girls in the in ternational organization in every English-speaking country. Girls over 12 belong, but we have classes for younger girls, who are called candi dates until they are 12. n eastern I The work is well known oifies. It was established in 1875 in England by the archbishop of Canter bury and has for its aim preventive and protective work lor gins, tne upholding of a high standard of Chris tian womanhood and an equally high ideal of purity of life, dutifulness to parents, faithfulness in work and thrift. 'There are 900 branches in America. Girls who are members may be con- Mlu May Cane Marsh, who ere to organize slrla. nected with any religious body, or with none. It is practically a Chris- tion sisterhood within whose limits every member looks for sympathy, kindness and help. Purity of life and prayer are emphasized, and the qual ity of helpfulness to others Is taught." Miss Marsh will establish a Drancn of the society next Thursday night at St. David's and on Sundav will speak during the sermon hour at St. Michaels, forming a branch at that church in the afternoon. Branches are to be established in Oregon at Astoria, Eugene, Corvallis and Salem. WOMAN HELD FOR FRAUD Mrs. Violet Kruttschnitt Indicted for Falsifying Claim. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 13. An indictment Charging falsification of Claim for fire Insurance was returned by the county grand jury last night against Mrs. Violet P. Kruttschnitt, who says she is the divorced wife of Theodore Kruttschnitt. son of Julius Kruttschnitt, the railroad magnate, it was announced hero today. The in dictment will be filed with the su perior court on Thursday. The indictment followed Mrs. Krutt- schnitt's release in the police court on the same charge, it being held that the evidence against her was lnsuf f icient. JAPANESE NOT WANTED Oregon City Live Wires Oppose ' Aliens Leasing or Owning Land. OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 13. (Spe f. ...... ......... If'', 4 - ' j if t I ; ' - ' ' I 5 I c ' i s - s i i I - I; husy. - v y. j U Jcial.) By unanimous vole the Live OVERCOATS AND SUITS for the Young Men Upwards From $25 New arrivals in both suits and over coats show the latest weaves and color tones. They are being much admired and much sought for by. the young men. Leatherette Coats for Young Men $14.50 Exceptional quality at a modest price. Sizes 34 to 40 with either set-in or rag Ian sleeves. MY STORE CLOSES AT 6 O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING Morrison Street at Fourth:' Wires of the Oregon City Commercial club went on record as being op posed to the possession of land in this country, either through ownership or lease, by Japanese, and Arthur G. Beattie. L. A. Henderson. Rev. Mel ville Wire and Dr. L. A. Morris were named as a committee to draft a res olution for transmittal to the Oregon legislature. It developed during the luncheon today that Japanese have secured farms along the lower Clackamas riv er, and have obtained possession of valuable property adjoining country places purchased within the last few years by wealthy residents of Port land. POLL TAX LAW IS UPHELD Alaska Cannery Justified in Taking Money, Court Finds. SAJI FKANCISCO, Jan. 13. A deci sion upholding the poll tax law of the territory of Alaska following efforts of employes of the Alaska Packing company to collect the amount of the tax from the company was handed down by United States District Judge Rudkin of Spokane here today. Judge Rudkin is sitting in the district court here. Under the law the company col lected 5 each from the men of its Alaska fishing fleet to meet the tax. Tne men resisted on the ground that they were not residents of . ,!. putting their claims in the hands of i one of their number. John Heden- j SKary. wno orougni. bum. iBa...ii. company to recover, judge Rudkin upheld the payment by the company, saying that the law applied to the men and was constitutional in every way. MIDDLEMAN IS BLAMED Vancouver Hears Advocate of Non partisan League Plan. VANCOUVER, Wash.,. Jan. 13. (Special.) A plea for the elimination of the middleman, as a step to reduce the high cost of living, was made to night by J. L. Freeman at a meeting of Central Labor council, held in the boilermakers' halL C. H. Moran pre sided. W. P. Mills, representing the non partisan league of North Dakota, de scribed the league as a cure for eco nomic ills. He asserted that a move ment was on foot to procure control of the Washington state government by the farmers, organized labor and ' the railroad men, forming the "triple i alliance." The voters representing J the alliance, he said, numbered 210.- i 000 at the last election. A collection was taken to support the movement. William Bouck, master of the Washington state grange, was a speaker. ABERDEEN RACE GROWS Two Contests for City Council Al ready in Sight. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Two contests for the city coun cil already are in sight. O. T. Her mans, secretary of the Moose lodge, will contest the seat of U L Alex ander, who also has filed for re-election. J. A. Taft has filed as candidate In the 5th ward. This ward is repre sented by J. D. Walker, who is ex pected to be a candidate. T. H. Hill, city treasurer, has filed for re-election. Registration for the first week the books were open here totaled 809. This is considered an exceptional fig ure for the first week of registration. RELIEVES, TIRED ACHING MUSCLES Buy a Bottle of Sloan's Liniment and Keep It Handy for Emergency. "TF I only had some Sloan's Lini X ment!" How often you've said that! And then when the rheumatic twinge subsided after hours of suffering you forgot it! 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There are four year-long rangers for the Umpqua forest, each in charge of different sections. For about three months in the summer an addi tional force of nearly 40 guards and lookouts is put on. This summer fire force received a total of 19500 in wages last year. , In addition there was paid out 115,000 for fire-fighting crews hired for particular work. to reed tnese rire-rignters the gov- CI 1IIIICIIL JA1U UUL ,T V, Willi ail ttUUl- tional $500 for utensils, tools and other equipment. Th reDort Khow. . totai of . 32.000 ... ... , . . . mer ror guarding and fighting fires. Nearly all of this was expended in rouglas county and the southern end of Lane county. Colonel House Is At Home, HOUSTON. Tex., Jan. 13. Colonel E. M. House of New York, a member of the American peace delegation, ar rived today. 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