THE MORNING OREGONIAN, ' TUESDAY FEBRUARY
" 24, 1920 5
HOOVER
TREATY AS-ISSUE
Ratification Lies in Mild Res
ervations, Belief.
FOREIGN VIEWS MODERATE
Extreme Attitudes on Political and
Financial Policies . Held
in Disfavor.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23. Herbert C.
Hoover, former food administrator,
declared today in an address at Johns
Hopkins university his cpposltion to
making the ratification of the treaty
with (Germany an issue in the presl
dentiai campaign. He insisted the
injection of the arguments for and
against reservations would "obscure
our pressing domestic issues by con.
flict over a question In which the
country already had made" up its
mind." and added, "it is my impres
sion that there is no party credit in
this position.
Hope for immediate ratification oil
the treaty rested, ne said, in the ac
ceptance "by the lesser reservation-
ists" of the proposals of the "mild
reservationists." The two combined.
lie said, could secure ratification.
"It also appears to us," he contin
ued, "that even from the point of
' view of the 'lesser reservationists'
they will have secured all of the ma
jor functions and values of the league.
For my part, if the league cannot
prove its value under the latest pro
posals of the 'mild reservationists,"
it will never prove them under the
proposals of the 'lesser reservation
ists." "
Europe Faces "Slow Decay."
The present danger Europe is fac
ing. Mr. Hoover said. 4s not so much
a revolutionary cataclysm as the
"steady degeneration of the standard
of living and the slow decay of the
forces of stability." Restored pro
ductivity, he insisted, is essential if
the allies are to receive the maximum
reparation. "Until then we shall not
have real peace," he said. ' "It will be
delayed as long as we hang the treaty
In the air. for we are a part of it.
"It would appear to an outsider that
both sides were In agreement on all
the great major ideas of the league
end the major ideas of reservations,
but that they -e in disagreement
mostly over secondary qestions in the
reservations. In the meantime the
world is held in suspense. Infinite
misery goes on accumulating. Forces
are net in motion that may yield new
conflicts. Already the distrust and
undermining of confidence and credit
in the world has crippled our export
market."
Regarding the part the United
States will take in the rehabilitation
of Europe, Mr. Hoover counseled
moderation. "We bave two extreme
views among our people," he said,
"upon the policies we should adopt
in all these matters. One contends
that the ideal is isolation of Europe
to herself; the other contends for at
least moral domination as a mission
of international justice. Many of. us
want neither extreme."
Reduced Armament Hope.
Assuming that the treaty would be
ratified "some day" in "some form."
he expressed a hope that it might
serve to bring about a reduction of
armament and "the development of
engines of conciliation, of arbitration
and codes and courts of international
justice."
Except where the interests of the
United States are vitally concerned,
Mr. Hoover expressed himself as op
posed to American members on the
various missions provided for in the
treaty for the settlement of questions
raised by the war. The loaning of
money except to alleviate distress was
also opposed. "Our best assistance in
healing Europe's economic wounds lies
in the promotion of the great proc
esses of private commerce," he Bald,
"not in loans from our government."
Mr. Hoover's references to the peace
treaty and its Ratification ' were pre
ceded by presentation of statistics
calculated to indicate what be called
the "heart-breaking underpayment"
of school teachers.
Mr. Hoover's address was delivered
at the annual commemoration day ex
ercises of Johns Hopkins university,
at which the degree of doctor of laws
was conferred upon him.
states that the state highway depart-
ment, in its effort to - build the best i
possible type of pavement, recently j
mixing specifications for . concrete
roads that will add very greatly to
the labor cost of road cdnstruction.
One of the Lewis county, commis
sioners in discussing the possibleroad
construction tnder the Donahoe law
declared that the condition is most
discouraging. :
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$2000 GIVEN UNIVERSITY
Theodore B. Wilcox Estate Donates
Toward Women's Building. .
UNIVERSITY OFOREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 23.-7-(Special.)-r-One tf the larg
est contributions ever - received -for
the .women's building fund was that
of $200 received, yesterday from the
Theodore B. Wilcox estate In Port
land. The gift was announced for
the first time on the' university
campus yesterday, at the same time
that a silver tea was being given for
the fund at Hendricks ball,, women s
hall of residence.
Another recent gift that lias come
to the students is that of 9563.12,
given by the Musical club of Port
land, to be used toward purchasing
a piano In the new building.
REPORT OF .SPOKAXE GRAXD
JCKX TO BE INVESTIGATED.
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ENEMY TRADE TRIAL OPEN
Three Accused or Trying to Send
Dividends to Germany. -
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 23. Alleged
attempts by Henry W. Westphal, C.
Swanberg and Robert R. Russ of San
Francisco to forward dividends of the
Russ Estate company to betrs of th
estate in Germany through Sweden
and Switzeiiand during the war were
testified to in the United States dis
trict court today at the opening ses
sion of the trial of the three on In
dictments charging them with viola
tion of the "trading with the enemy
act."
Two of the heirs were San Fran
Cisco girls who had gone to Berlin
to comlete their musical education,
according to the testimony.
SHIPYARDS ARE CLOSED
Unions Observe Day as Holiday an
Few Plants Operate.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 23.
(Special.) Today was observed, as
holidav bv union labor, so the C. M.
Standifer Construction corporation
shipyards and some other .industrial
plants did not operate.
The banks, oostoffice. county, state
and United States offices were closed
for the day and no delivery of mall
was made. As the schools have lost
so much time already this year be
cause of fuel shortage and other rea
sons, it was deemed best not to take a
holiday, and classes were held.
Traveling Men at Banquet.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 23. (Special.)
The first anniversary or tne travel
ing men's bureau of the Eugene
chamber of commerce was celebrated
with a banquet Saturday night. Louis
Larsen. chief of the bureau, acted as
toastmaster and those who responded
were E. C. Simmons, president -of the
chamber when the bureau was or
ganized: R. H. Holmes of Seattle
David M. Graham. Frank Jenkins. A.
L. Williamson, W. P. Fell. H. H.
Brlgham, Henry Gliskey, A. Anderson
and Robert Findlayson. Mrs. w. f.
Fell and Mrs. McElhose sang.
ROAD WORK DELAYED
Lewis Commissioners Find Cost Is
In Excess of Estimates.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Lewis county commissioners
have received a legal opinion that
may delay construction of the pro
posed paved road between Winlock
and Cowlitz prairie under the Dona
hoe road law. Labor and material
conditions have so changed within the
year since the estimates were made
that it is now impossible to carry out
the proposed improvement.
Just what the people in the district
through which the road will pass will
decide to do remains to be seen.
A well-known local road contractor
Wild West Events Planned.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 23.
(Special.) A Frontier Day show will
again be featured at the fair this
fall. This was decided yesterday by
the fair board, which held that it was
Impractical to put on a race meet this
year. The first day or tne lair, oep
terober 15, will be given over to
amateur sports. The last three lays
will be devoted to wild west events.
A night show will be arranged this
vear. Livestock win again De ieaturea
and the prizes will be one-third larger
than last year.
Woman Would Disrobe on Street.
WEED. Cal.. Feb. 23. (Special.)
A sensation was caused here when
Mrs. Beth Van Campen. until recently
a resident of Klamath Falls, left
north-bound train and attempted to
disrobe In the street. After a long
chase she was captured and sent to
the county hospital at Yreka for care
and observation. The woman is be
lieved to be the wife of R. S. Van
Campen. who has telegraphed from
Long Beach, Cal.. directing that care
be provided her.
Rute Conference Called.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 23.
(Special.) The Commercial club has
called a mass meeting for Wednesday
evening -to discuss the proposed in
crease in freight rates to sound points
and Astoria. . The public service com
mission will send O. O. Calderhead.
rate expert, to speak at the meeting
and explain just what the changes
in rates will meen to grain men and
merchants.
Remarkable Flight Reported. '
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 23. (Special.)
Loyal R. Adkinson. son of Mrs. A.
K. McPherson of this city made a
record airplane flight a few days ago,
according to word received by his
mother. He flew from Fort' Bliss,
Tex., to Columbus, N. M., a distance
of 97 miles, in 42 minutes, he reports.
He is with the 12th aero squadron
at Fort Bliss.
Lester W. Humphreys Arrives
' Carry Out Instructions of At- '
. ' torney-General Fklmer. '
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SPOKAXE. VVafcli., Feb. 23.-(Spe-cial.)
A. full and thorough exami
nation of the Spokane grand jury's re
cent report on the grain corporation's
activities under the direction1 of Max
H. Houser of Portland, vice-president
of the . United States Grain corpo
ration, and of the evidence on4 which
the report was based, will be made by
Lester W. Humphrey s of Portlanu,
United States district attorney for
Oregon, and William Bryon, a spe
cial agent of the United States de
partment of justice, who arrived in
Spokane this morning. They were in
consultation with United States At
torney F. A. Garrecht and assistant
United States Attorney C. H. Leavyi
today. ,
I have nothing to say about the
matter other than that I am here to
make such an investigation," said Mr.
Humphreys today. ' "I .have been or
dered to do .so by Attorney-General
Palmer aod will make my. report to
him. I do mot know howilong I will
be here, but it may be more than a.
week." , ,
He was asked if his investigation
would involve a thorough digest of
the rand jury report and allevidence
on wnicn it was Dasea.
. "Yes,' he replied. "That will be
our work here." '
The conference today with United
States Attorney Garrecht, Mr. Leavy
and Special Agent Watt of the depart
ment of justice lasted several hours.
Inasmuch as today was a holiday in
the federal building, active investiga
tion of the case will not start until
tomorrow.
had bought here from the Weyerhau
ser Timber company 25,000 acres ol
stumpage In southern Lewis county
between Vader and the Biostfort sec
tion has been confirmed by word from
Kansas City. The same concern has
also obtained extensive holdings in
northern Cowlitz county, adjoining
the Lewis county holdings. -
The total stumpage bought is said
to aggregate 30,000 acres, and prices
range from $3 a' thousand upward,
ROTARY OBSERVES BIRTH
Six Hundred Clubs to Celebrate
. . - . .
Fifteenth Anniversary.
More than $06 Rotary clubs in, the
United States, Canada and through
out the world are observing this week
with special programmes. The occa
sion is the fifteenth anniversary of
the birth of Rotary, and the founding
of the first Rotary club in Chicago,
February 23, 1905. The-week haa been
designated as "All Rotary week"-and
is . being observed with special activ?
ity along Rotary lines. .
The feature of the week.'as planned
by the Portland Rotary club, will be
the regular weekly luncheon of the
club at the Benson .hotel this noon.
Two addresses by members of the local
club will be given, upon topics re
lating particularly to Rotary club or
ganization, as follows: Dr. W. W,
Youngson, "The Progress of Rotary";
Estes Snedecor, international presi
dent of the organization, "A Visit to
international Headquarters.
SOUND BUILDERS COMING
Seattle to .Send Big Delegation to
Portland Convention.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) With interest in organization
for mutual benefit increased and
strengthened by the 'many difficulties
their profession has been forced to
contend with during the last, year,
Seattle builders and contractors are
planning to. send a big. delegation to
the third annual convention of the
Northwest Master . Builders' associ
ation, which will meet in Portland
next Thursday for a session of three
days.
The Seattle delegation, which will
be headed by J. B. Warrack of the
Warrack Construction company, who
is president of the association, is ex-:
pected to include 25 or more of the '
city s leading builders.
The association has. had a commit
tee out for several months studying
tne vocational training and appren
Uceship questions and its ' report is
ex pec tea 10 oe a, leaiure 01 me con
ventlon.
Seattle speakers on the programme
include: C. R. Aldrich of the Puget
Sound Bridge & Dredging company,
waiter cast, Kounds-ciist com
pany, and O. L. Willett, Warrack Con
struction company. '-
SENATE ASKS SHIP DATA
Information Sought on Proposed
Sales by Navy Department. .
WASHINGTON, Feb. tZ. Secretary
Daniels was requested by the senate
today to furnish all data concerning
vessels the navy department has for
sale, whether bids have been re
ceived for them and whether the
department will exact in any con
templated sales the pledge that the
vessels be keptin American hands
and sailed under the American flag.
Senator Jones, republican, Wash
ington, chairman of the commerce
committee, declaring there was -reported
to be a project for immediate
sale of vessels by the navy, - intro
duced the resolution under a unani
mous consent agreement. . -
LEWIS PASS IS FAVORED
Proposed Road Into Oregon Will
Open Vp 2 0,000 Acres." '
LEWISTON. Idaho, Feb. 23. (Spe-
clal.) At a meeting of the Clarkston
chamber of commerce Saturday
George W. Roup of Cloverland asked
the co-operation of that body in se
curing the routing of the- proposed
Blue Mountain highway into Oregon
through .Lewis pass and the Wenat-
chee canyon. He stated that the
Lewlston commercial dub had prom
ised co-operation in this matter, as
the suggested route will open up at
EDUCATOR TO BE. FARMER
Head of Marshfield Schools to Re
turn to Michigan Ranch.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) F. A. .Tiedgen, for ten years
superintendent of the Marshfield pub
lic schools, resigned .today and will
return to Michigan to farm. Superin
tendent C. A- Howard, of Eugene, has
been engaged to fill the vacancy.
The school board today announced
that the city schools would not re
sume tomorrow as intended, after
an interim of six. days, awaiting
clearing health conditions. More
teachers are ill and the situation is
not considered safe .for resumption.
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NO pen or tongue can de
scribe the breathless charm,
akin to pain, that possesses a
man in his first flight in a flying
boat. "
.
No more can we picture that
indescribable something which
makes men, old in this business,
love to drive and drive this car.
,The effect of body squeaks .
and rattles upon the human
nerves is striking. Like motor
vibration, they rasp the
temper.
You finally reach the point
where you have to slow down or .
stop altogether. In' the new
Silhouette bodies every
thing that body experts have '
learned has been done to attain
gratifying quiet.
With such a mf-tor car you
, may drive as fast as you dare
and you experience the sensa-'
tion of driving within the law. '
Sit all day at the wheel and
you return without fatigue, '
ready to go again.
uORDANl
9.
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak " Portland, Oregon
FARE MEETING CALLED
Housewives' Council Sponsors Pro
test Over Street Car Rise.
All persons interested in the pro
posed increase in the Portland street,
car fare have been invited to attend
the mass meeting to be held by the
housewives' council this afternoon at
2 o'clock in the story-hour room of
the central library.
Strong feeling against the proposed
fare has been indicated by members
of the council and it is intended at
today's meeting to perfect an organi
zation to fight the proposed increase.
J.ordan Motor Car Company, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
CITY COUNCILMAN QUITS
E. W. SCOTT ELECTED CHIEF
OF OREGOX CITY POLICE.
Hood River Men Attend Show.
HOOD RIVER, Or, Feb. 23. (Spe-
least 20.000 acres of fine farming land , ty motor dealers to Portland, bound
for the automobile show, began today.
All of the 14 garages and motor car
agencies here will be represented
throughout the week by one or more
now' inaccessible, thousands of acres
f timber land and coal beds.
Speaking of the latter. Mr. Roup
said. "One settler built his house
ight over a vein of coal, and I have
elped him dig it in his cellar. He
had started to rtll for a well, but
encountered the coal, which supplies
him with fuel the year round."
IMBER SALE CONFIRMED
Southern Lewis Holdings Taken by
Kansas City Concern. '
CHEHALIS. Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) The report that the Long-Bell
Lumber company of Kansas City, Mo.,
ir.en, and scores of individual car
owners will visit the show. In most
instances local visitors to the show
will travel to Portland by way of
the Columbia River highway.
Yakima to Fight Smallpox. '
YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) If smallpox exists in Takima
next fall no pupils will be permitted
to attend school who are not able to
show that they have either been vac
cinated or have had the disease, ac
cording to. a statement by City Health
Officer Smith. -
Plans for City Hall Asked For and
Bond Issue Will Be Proposed
at Next Election.
OREGON CITT. Or., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) E. W. Scott, for the past year
a councilman from the Fourth ward,
was elected chief of police at a spe
cial meeting of the council Saturday
night, resigning his place on the
council in order to take the place.
Chief Woodward filed his resignation
Saturday and has taken a position
in the paper mills. The council will
fill the 'Fourth ward vacancy at its
next meeting.
The council authorized W. A. White,
a local . architect, to submit at the
next meeting rough plans for a new
city hail building, with adequate ac
commodation for fire apparatus. It
H proposed to construct a one-story
building, with a basement, on city
property, placing the fire apparatus
and city hall in the basement section
with an entrance. On the main floor
would be the necessary city offices
and -the council chamber.
It is proposed to submit a ' bond
issue to the people to finance the
construction of the building, and to
ask for a 2-mill tax levy for the
maintenance of a paid fire depart
ment The bond issue would also
provide money for, the purchase of
modern fire apparatus.
HOOD RIVER HONORS DEAD
French Certificates Presented at
Memorial Day Services.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Hood River post of the Ameri
can Legion observed Memorial day
for seven young men of the county
who died during the war at River
side Community church. Kent Shoe'
maker, commander of the post pre
sided.
Eighty ex-service men, wearing
their uniforms, marched into the
church in a body. The thinning ranks
of blue clad veterans uf the civil
war were present and the church was
crowded.
Rev. W. H. Boddy, the pastor, de
llvered a memorial sermon. Presents
tion of memorial certificates from the
French government was
Captain George R. Wilbur.
made by
A partitioned metal tray has been
Invented that telescopes to fit a desk
dmwrr of any sire. '
No One Need Buy
Limcura Before He
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dress clearly. You will receive in re
turn a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kid
ney Pills for pain In sides and back:
rheumatism, backache, kidney and
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Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic, for, constipation,
biliousness, headache, and sluggish
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Kate for Infant or Adult. At all
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"GOOD - BYE,"
-Say-
MARGU ERITE
CLARK
ALL O F A
SUDDEN PEGGY
You'll have to see
this roguish bit,
of Blarney today
or not at ' all.
COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA
Afternoons and Evenings
V. C Knowles Director
HOWDY, BOY!
Says
"Taylor Holmes
in
NOTHING BUT
THE TRUTH
A laugh riot
COMING
TOMORROW
ORCHESTRA
MATINEE
2 to 4 P." M.
Portland's Beat - Ventilated Theater
Jicr fancy siOept her back through the ages, .and she UfoS
dancing before king Jierod for kc head ,
' . or John the Joaptist.
'rtfet she idas a rnodernidoman, a hot-house. ' ( 'sT-J w -v.
lrsJiVC; op tytOenheih Century. Society gfi C" r
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ALSO loathe Nevs & Comedy Cecil Teague at the Wurlitzer
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Playing stZ02 Today
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You Haven't Seen
NORMA TALMDGE
At Her Greatest
Until You Have Seen
Her as the Daughter of
Black Jerry Malone in
"A DAUGHTER
OF TWO WORLDS"
Next
Saturday.
- MARY
PICKFORD
ALSO A Prisma Picture? the
- Liberty Review
" Cartoon Comedy, and
; "A Reverie of the
South," an atmospheric
. melange of melody.