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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920 THEJUY G0MPR0M1S E SPLIT IS AVERTED Article 10 and Monroe Doc trine Are Disputed Points. LEADERS TEST FEELING I'inal Showdown May Conic Thurs day Visiting "cw York Dele gation 1,'rges notification. WASHINGTON". D. C Jan. 27. I'cace treaty compromise negotiations, hoveringr on the vergre of dissolution, were given today a new 48-nour lease of life. But there was nothing in the development which changed the pessi mistic view of the senate leaders as to the final outcome. The democrats, replying to the re publican refusal to compromise on ar ticle 10 and the Monroe doctrine, charged at a stormy session of the bi-partisan compromise conference that republican leaders had suddenly changed front after most of the con ferees had consented to an article 10 compromise in definite form. To this the republicans opposed a categori cal denial, declaring no one at all had agreed to the proposed compro mise draft. After two hours of wrangling, dur ing which the democrats threatened to transfer the whole subject to the open .senate, the conference agreed to meet again Thursday in another ef fort to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion. Sentiment 1 Teed. Kumerous private conferences on both sides followed, with the leaders feeling out ecntiment carefully as they approached the final showdown that mav come Thursday. In some quarters it was believed that in the interval Trcsident Wilson would take a hand to stiffen the resistance of the democrats, but White House of ficials were silent and Senator Hitch cock declared he wps proceeding with out knowledge of the president's views on the specific compromise res ervations discussed in the conference. During the day a plea for imme diate ratification, either witli or with out reservations, was presented to Senators Wadsworth and Calder of New York, by a delegation from New York city, headed by William Church Osborne and representing the League to Knforce Peace, Ihe League of Na tions association, the New York Fed eration of Churches, and Daughters of the American Revolution. Spokesmen expressed the belief that the time was ripe for compositing of differences oyer the treaty. Only Ttco Ioint Disputed. The whole treaty negotiations, it was said by senate leaders, were hung upon article 10 and the Monroe doc trine, tentative agreement having been reached on all other points of difference. Some of the republican 1 eservations, it was declared, had been accepted without change by the democrats while numerous changes of wording had been made in others and two of them had been rewritten entirely. Differences over the Monroe doc : trine reservation also were said to be of minor magnitude compared to the big stumbling-block presented by the obligation of article 10 to help pre serve the territorial integrity and po litical independence of other mem bers of the league of nations. The re publicans insist that no such obli gation should be assumed; the demo crats are standing out for an obliga tion conditional on the action of con gress in each specific case. Failure of the senate to ratify the peace treaty at its last cession caused great rejoicing in China, Paul Keinsch, formerly American minister to that country, told the house judi ciary committee today. Dr. Reinsch appeared before the committee to urge passage of a bill which would encourage the incorpora tion of American firms for business in China. - BERNE, Switzerland. Jan. 27. A Belgrade dispatch says that the Jugo slav government has decided to ac cept the allied ultimatum with regard to settlement of the Adriatic con troversy. The decision to accept the ultima tum was reached by a small majority and after a long discussion, the dis patch adds. The Jugo-Slav reply -will be sent to Paris within 4S hours. Under the settlement plan as set forth in the allied ultimatum to Jugo slavia, now reported accepted, the city of Fiurae was to be independent under a. league 'of nations guarantee- The port and the railroad terminals, the allied note provided, were to be con trolled by the league of nations. The suburb of Sussah was allotted to Jugo-Slavia. A strip of territory along the coast was delimitated to connect Fiume with Italian territory. In Dalmatia it was provided that the city of Zara should constitute an independent state under a league of nations guarantee. The terms stipu lated that Italy should retain Avalona, and have a mandate with Albania, ex cept that the northern part of Al bania, it was set forth, should be made an autonomous province under Jugo-Slav administration. Italy was given the islands of Lussin and Lissa, the remainder to go to Jugo-Slavia, All the islands are to be demilitarized, PARIS, Jan. 2 7. (French Wireless Service.) A conference of Scandi navian cabinet ministers will be held early in February at Christiania, ac cording to advices from that city. The question of Norway, Sweden and Den mark joining the league of nations Is to be considered, it is said. The German government has sent a note to Paris trying once more to in duce the allies to renounce execution of article 228 of the peace treaty dealing witn tne surrender of person accused of acts of violation of the laws and customs of war. L0WDEN, WOOD GET STAR (Continued From Firpt Page. ) candidate will have both Idaho and I Oregon as well as Washington "until Poindexter is nominated." Just now the Poindexter fight is centering In New Hampshire, which will hold the first presidential pri mary March 9. Senator Poindexter's managers see a partial victory in the fact that only two candidates for delegate who have filed have stated a preference for General Wood. These are Governor Bartlett of Portsmouth, and Frank Knox of Manchester. Six others are unpledged. Hoover Still In Spotlight. Meantime Herbert Hoover is receiv ing all the attention of the democrats and chiefly from those who are bit terly opposed .to him. The New York World today finds a vindication of Mr. Hoover's claims to residence in this country through the most of the years of .his life in data placed in the congressional record several months ago by Sena tor Chamberlain. Senator Chamber lain inserted this information in the record at the time when Hoover was being viciously attacked by Senator Keed and others. It traces Hoover's life from his birth in Iowa and his residence in Oregon down to date, showing that at no time did he abandon his resi dence in the United States. ARMY SLANDERED BY SIS SAYS "Hyphenated Politician" Ex coriated in House, REPORTS BRANDED FALSE CMS RHP D. S. SALES SURPLUS STOCK IS DECLARED Ol-'ERED BELOW COST. Government Is Severely Criticised for Unloading Supplies at "Critical Period." CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 27. The government was severely criticised for unloading its surplus stocks of canned goods on the market at a "critical period." by delegates of the tomato and baked bean industry at tending the joint convention of three national canncrs associations here today. "The tomato product has been sell ing at figures far below the cost of production for the past six months," D. H. Stevenson of Baltimore de clared, "and the one dominant factor has been the government's inexcusable method of disposing of its surplus ocks of canned tomatoes, although he. canning industry came nobly to the front during the war in assisting he government to supply food to the rmy and navy. The government sold below cost. Air. Stevenson said. Higher food prices for 1920 were redicted by delegates. The canners have honestly and arnestly striven to reduce the cost production," Frank Gorrell of Washington, secretary of the fanners' -sociation, declared, "but the year 920 faces them with probable price ncreases over those of 1919." Lack of production, inflated cur rency and riotous extravagance of the newly rich were blamed for the high cost of living. RMY MEDAL PROBE SET REPRESENTATIVE JOIIXSOX AT HEAD. Ol' COMMITTEE. Legislation Is Proposed to Bestow Badges of Merit on For mer Enlisted Men. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Investiga- ion of the award of military decora- ons in the army during the wax will e begun next week by a. house war nvestigating committee, its chair man. Representative Johnson, repub lican, South Dakota, announced today. In general it was said' by commit- eemen that the inquiry would deter mine the advisability of asking con gress to enact legislation authorizing the bestowal of badges of merit on former enlisted men for djstinguised service during the war. Representative Bland, who has pre pared a bill with this end in view. -eel are d that information already ob tained by the committee showed that he distinguished service medal could be conferred only upon those who oc cupied places of great responsibility. nd that a private could not come within that class under war depart ment rulings; that the distinguished service cross could be given only to fficers and men who were in actual contact with the enemy, and that the oneressional medal of honor was for xtraordinary conduct beyond the call of duty. which is the only state bordering th Pacific that furnishes a free-for-all rhance. Washington is conceded t Poindexter by all of his opponent and California to Johnson in the sam way. Of the candidates now in the field only four intend filing in Ore gon, these being Wood. Lowden, John son and Poindexter. Harding says h lias no intention of making any con test in the Paciric coast states. Just now there is keen rivalry be tween the Johnson and Polndexte forces over Oregon and some feelin has been engendered by a statemen given out by Angus McSween, John con's eastern manager, in which he said : " Johnson will have California, Ore gon and Idaho and will receive the support of Washington after its dele gation casts a complimentary vote for Poindexter. This brings the Poindexter manag ers back with the claim that their Rear-Admiral Should Be Made to Answer to American Doughboy, Representative Asserts. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Rear-Ad-miral Sims, a leading figure in the naval decorations controversy and in the pending senate investigation of the navy's conduct of the war, was vigorously attacked today in the house by Representative Byrnes, democrat, South Carolina. Declaring that if the admiral was admonished by a high naval official not to let the British "pull the wool" over his eyes, as he testified recently before the senate naval decorations committee, he violated a confidence in making the instructions public. Rep resentative Byrnes said he deserved the "condemnation of every American and a dishonorable discharge from the navy." Characterizing Admiral Sims as "hyphenated politician," Mr. Byrnes charged that when serving as com mander of American naval forces in European waters during the war he naa libeled the army and deprecated the work of the navy," and had urged that the United States leave control of the seas to Great Britain. IVrxhinK'a "Failure" Cited. "While in Paris, on October 30 391S," said Mr. Byrnes, "Admiral Sims told Representatives Glass of Virginia, Whaley of South Carolina and myself that the armistice asked for by the enemy would have to be granted because of the failure of Pershing to break through, the Ger man ranks, due to the disastrous breakdown in transportation behind the American lines. We visited the headquarters of the service of sup Plies and found that only a few days previous Pershing had written th service supply congratulating it upon its wonderful work in supplying the forces in th field. His statement was false, and for his inexcusable slander he should be made to an swer to the American dougboy. "He not only libeled the army, but he deprecated the work of the navy," continued Byrnes, who read from the London Times, quoting a speech of Admiral Sims, giving credit to the British for transporting and convoy- ng twice as many American troops and merchant ships to Europe during the war as did the American navy. and declaring that only 3 per cent of the anti-submarine craft in European waters' was American. Statement Branded Kalse. "This speech," continued Repre sentative Byrnes, "was false from be ginning to end. Sims was so busy fighting the war over the dining ta bles of London that he did not know how many vessels he had under his command. "His statement that we had trans ported only one-third of our troops was false. "His statement that we had escorted but one-half our troops was equally false. "His statement that we escorted only one-third of the merchant ves sels that came here was false. "Having visited the battlefields of Ypres and the grand fleet during the year, I was impressed with the mag nificent part played by British arms in the war and nothing this hyphen ated politician could say will either add to or detract from the glory of the English people. His efforts to flatter them by slandering the army and navy of the United States will meet with the contempt of every true Englishman as it does of every true American." BYRNES 1 Qnly yf More Davs i M y of the 1 11 pJ 56th Annual FUR SALE Our entire stock of made-up Furs 20 to 50 off regular prices. Sale ends on Saturday. CSTABLtSUeO -55 YARS PURS f9 tsr BROADWAY milllMlltllllirnplVlllllMfTr7TTITTTT77rlHnilllM"''ninm UNIVERSAL TRAINING HIT FEATCBE OK- ARMY BILL. IS BITTIORXY CONTESTED. Scheme Would Cost Billion says Mondcll Political Oblivion for Advocates Seen. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Variance between republican leaders of the senate and house on enactment of universal military training legisla tion today came out into the open. Closely following incorporation yes terday of a universal training pro vision in the army reorganization bill by the senate military committee, with seven out of nine republicans voting in the affirmative, Represen tative Mondell, Wyoming, republican leader in the house, declared in an address today that leaders of the party responsible for inauguration of such legislation would be cast into political oblivion. The government. Representative Mondell said, would be compelled to spend $1,000,000,000 and to raise the money by a bond issue to put the universal training plan into opera tion. Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the senate military committee, yesterday estimated that adoption for four months' training for all youths between the ages of 18 and 21, inclusive, would enable such a reduction in the regular army establishment as to cut the present annual expenditure of $1,100,000,000 to approximately $500,000,000. Representative Mondell estimated that 50,000 additional officers would be required under universal training and that $300,000,000 would be re quired to put camps and cantonments into condition and $60,000,000 would" ba needed to maintain them. not meet the requirements and the $11,000 additional was required be fore the building could be con structed. The school must be completed fo occupation at the commencement o the school year in the fall. MURDER IS SUSPECTED Body of Woman Found in Room of Hotel in Michigan. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 27. Investi gation was being made by the police today into the death of Mrs. Maud Scott Richards, whose body lying across a bed was found in her room at a downtown hotel this morning. According to physicians, the woman had been deal for three days. The disordered condition of the room leads the police to believe Mrs. Rich ards was murdered. Among the letters and notes strewn about the floor was one signed "H. E. D." and dated January 20, which read: When I come to Detroit I will get to your room if I have to break in or bribe a bellboy." Mrs. Richards, about 30 years of age, 'was connected with a Waukesha (Wis.) company, manufacturing table delicacies. BUILDING JFUND GROWS Pledge of $100 gent for Work at Oregon University. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Kugene. Jan. 27. (Special.) Subscriptions for the women's building, solicited during the Christmas holidays by students of the university, are still being sent to the university. The latest to arrive s a pledge of $100 from the Lab be brothers in Portland, sent by C. Henri Labbe, consular agent of France and vice-consul of Belgium. Many small amounts ranging from $1 to $25 have been coming to the university during the past weeks, most of them anonymously. All these pledges were solicited by the university students during vacation and the total in this recent student drive will soon reach $10,000, it is expected. British Minister Resigns. LONDON, Jan. 27. (By the Asso ciated Press.) George Nieoll Barnes. minister without portfolio, has re signed from.the cabinet. R0TARIANS GET PRODUCTS Collection of Oregon Goods Distrib uted at Lunelieoii. Rotarians were all prize winners yesterday at the weekly luncheon of the club, for each received a gen erous collection of the products of manufacturers affiliated with the Associated Industries of Oregon. A. B. Manley told his impressions of "What Makes Conner's Syrup Stick," and Charles E. Cochran spoke on "A Recent Decision of Huntington's Rub ber heels." A. G. Clark, manager of the Asso ciated Industries, said fostering of industries will benefit every Rotarian. NUT .EXPERT COMES WES Orchards to Be Examined in Salem and) Other Oregon Cities, ORE GON I AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Jan. 27. Dr. J. C. Reed nut specialist of the department agriculture, left tonight for Oregon where he will co-operate with Or. D. !. Fisher, government plant path ologist, in the examination of frui and nut orchards around Mcdford lijiigene, Salem and McMinnville which suffered , from the severe Decembe freeze. The Indian bill, as reported by th senate committee on Indian affairs today, carries an appropriation of $122,000 for the Chemawa Indian school at Salom. It fails, however, to make any provision for a new dor mitory at the school, for which an ap propriation was asked. New postmasters are to be appoint ed in Oregon as follows: Sweet Home, Linn county, Mrs. Alice Gilbert: Pais ley, Lake county. Ora S. Bannister; Pleasant Hill, Lane county. Bertha G. Manning; Boyd, Wasco county, Arthur A. Marvel. CHARGE PURCHASES NOW ENTERED ON MARCH 1ST STATEMENT Special Camisoles Priced at $1.95 ALLEGED RADICAL HELD Suspected Writer for "Red" Papers Locked, in City Jail. Harold) Roland Johnson, said to be a writer for "red" papers, wan ar rested last night by Patrolmen Dren nen and Parker and locked in the city jail pending investigation of his ac tivities here. Johnson is said to have been arrested in CentraHa, Wash., following the Armistice-day murders. He was released on that occasion. Police say they found some radical literature on Johnson's person, and more in his room. No definite charge was filed against him last night. SCHOOL CONTRACTS LET Portland Concern to Erect Building for Coqnille High. MARSH FIELD, Or., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) The collegiate board of educa tion awarded contracts for the con struction of the new high school building separately, the structure go ing to A. E. Sykes of Portland for $49,433, and the plumbing and heat ing to C. L. Willey & Son of Coquille. for $8942. Both contracts are con tingent upon the electors of the city voting an additional $11,000 bonds at a special election on February 14. The appropriation first made did MURDER APPEAL FUTILE Federal District Court Kulin; Stands in Nebraska Case. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 27. Word was received here today that the United States circuit court of appeals at St Louis had dismissed an appeal from a federal district court decision here re fusing a habeas corpus writ to Alson B. Cole, under sentence to be electro cuted next Friday with Allen V. Grammer for the murder of the lat- ter's mother-in-law. Hoquiam Judge to Qnit. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) 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ENVELOPES Extraordinary Values at $2:95, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95 Good qualities of crepe de chine, combined into artistic fashions with filet and Valen ciennes laces, hemstitching effects and hand embroidered designs, delicate and deep flesh tints. ENVELOPES and GOWNS Exquisite at $7.50, $8.50 Made of extra hpavy crepe do chine of rich flesh tints, into beautiful effects, fpaturtnt valenciennea and filet laces, hand embroidered designs, rose bud and satin ribbons as trimmings. ESTABLISHED T I S5 YEARS PURS the police department and John D. Ehrhart, police judge, reported to have arisen over the ligrht fines im posed in police court on certain al leged offenders against the prohibi tion laws, the latter official late yes terday tendered his resignation to Mayor Philbrick, commissioner ot public safety, to take effect February 1. Judge Ehrhart s successor will be appointed the laer part of this wek, according to a statement by Mayor Philbrick. Astoria Men to Entertain. Astoria business men will furnish the talent for the programme of the Portland Ad club at its regular lunch eon -meeting at the Benson hotel to day. It will be a booster meeting at which the orators of Astoria will hold the boards. The programme will he devoted to community development in which the two principal cities of Ore gon may join hands. New Sorority to Be Formed. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON". Kugene, Jan. 27. (Special.) Twenty women who are advanced students in the school of education have undertaken the formation of a new honorary edu cational sorority. Miss Ruth Mont gomery, a graduate student of Kugene. was elected temporary chair man. The committee on constitution and bylaws is made up of Ruth Pear son, chairman; Mrs. Ruth Wheeler and Grace Knopp, all of Eugene. The membership committee appointed con sists of Laurel Canning of Monmouth and Alarian Andrews of Eugene. Mem bership will be confined to upper-classmen. 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