Morning Oregonian., May 06, 1920, Page 3, Image 3

THE MOItXIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920
M1THUR ATTACKS
PLUMB PLAN AGAIN
Challenge Answered, Move
Held Up as Socialistic,
DEBATE OFFER DECLINED
Champions ol .Radical Movement
Arc Invited to Go to Work, and
Help Relieve Labor Shortage.
OREGOSIAX NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, May 5.-Jtepresentative
McArthur has looked horns with the
Plumb plan league in his campaign
for renominatlon. He recently in
serted some advertising matter In
several Portland newspapers in which
he described tr.e Plumb plan as a
scheme to operate the railroads of
the country for the benefit of the
employes and at the expense of the
traveling public, the shippers and
the taxpayers.
The Portland branch of the Plumb
plan league apparently took offense
at this description of Its parent or
ganization, for Mr. McArthur today re
ceived a telegram in which it brands
his statement as false and at tho
same time challenges him to a .de
'bate on the Plumb plan. His answer,
which was mailed today, is even more
caustic than the statement in his
advertisement.
Statement Held False.
The full text of the message from
Portland is as follows:
Statement appearing in your political
advertisement that Plumb plan is a schem.
to operate the railroads of the country
for the benefit of certain classes of em
ployes and at the expense of the travel
Iris public and shippers and taxpayers is
absolutely false. In your position, you
know all of the facts which should be
made available to the public. We chal
lenge you or any person you may desig
nate to act for you to a debate or series
of debates upon the Plumb plan. You
may state the question. We will pay
for advertising; and will arrange the
places for the meetings, it you desire.
Wire reply.
PLUMB PLAN LEAGUE.
521 Beck building.
The following is a copy of Mr. Mc
Arthur's answer sent today:
"Tour telegram of May 4 is at hand
and answering the same, I beg to
reiterate the statement in my recent
advertisement to the effect that the
Plumb plan is a scheme to seize and
operate the railroads of the country
forj the benefit of the employes and
at the expense of the traveling public,
the shippers . and taxpayers. It is
simply a step toward socialism and
soviet government.
"Furthermore, your league an its
disreputable paper called 'Labor,'
published here in Washington, are
doing more than any other agency to
create unrest and dissatisfaction
throughout the country. Your paper
continues to abuse and malign all
who dare to disagree with your selfish
programme and men of tho purest
motives are maligned and abused in
its columns.
"On August 7, 1919, Mr. Glen E.
Plumb made a statement before the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce indorsing the prediction of
a St. Louis man who said that there
would be revolution in this country
if the Plumb plan were not adopted.
The aim and purposes of Mr. Plumb
and his organization is to brow
beat and intimidate weak-kneed con
gressmen into supporting the Plumb
plan, but I wish to assure you that
this plan will receive no support at
my hands.
Debate la Refused.
"I have no intention of engaging
In a joint debate with you. If you
wish to advertise your proposition
why don't you get one of my op
ponents to indorse it? lf there is any
merit in it, surely one of them will
come forward to support it.
"There is a great labor shortage in
this country at present, and if the
Plumb plan league would disband
and those engaged in maintaining
it would apply themselves to some
useful occupation, they might help
reduce the high cost of living. Under
the present arrangement, they are
gouging the honest railroad workers
of the country cAit of a lot of hard
earned money. The American people
will never adopt the Plumb plan and
some day the railroad workers will
wake up and find out how they have
been handed a gold brick by those
who are now enjoying high salaries
and living in luxury on their con
tributions." IRRIGATION TOUR URGED
i
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
MAY VISIT PACIFIC COAST.
Western Members of Congress Fa
vor Trip as Means Toward
Obtaining Money.
OTtEGOM NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 5. With prospects of the
adjournment of congress about June
5 western members of congress are
seeking to have members of the house
appropriation committee make a trip
to the Pacific coast.
The purpose of the invitation is to
get the members of this committee,
.which appropriates all the money for
public works, to visit the west and go
over particularly the reclamation
projects. Western representatives are
encountering more difficulty now
than in former years in getting the
needed appropriations for irrigation,
which, they lay to lack of familiarity
by many members of the present com
mittee with what has been achieved
by putting water on arid lands.
There are severarnew members on
the committee who have but little, if
ary. knowledge of what reclamation
me. 'is, but invitations extended in the
last two or three days by Representa
tives French and Smith of Idaho have
brojght a favorable response and
they are hopeful that the committee
will make the trip.
The house Indian committee will
leave the latter part of this week to
visit several of the f.-estern Indian
reservations and schools but will not
get into Oregon and Washington. The
committee will go by the southern
route to Los Angeles and will cover
California reservations, returning by
tne central route, hort Hall reserva
Uon in Idaho will be visited.
SEATTLE BAKERIES BUSY
Master Bakers Claim Decisive Vio-
tory Orer Unions.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 5. (Sne
rial.) Baking of rye, graham, Irish
and other special breads was re
sumed today in seven open shop
bakeries j?rat4 Pi the Master
Bakers"assoclation, in defiance of the
bakers' and salesmen's strike.
For the first time since the strike
Sunday, non-union bread was being
wrapped today. Trade marking will
not be resumed until all the .non
union shops resume baking.
The master bakers now claim a de
cisive victory over the unions.
"We have reached the point, said
Secretary Thornhill of the Master
Bakers' association, "where we will
no longer talk with representatives
of the union. From now on our
bakeries' will be run as open shops."
Thornhill said the associa tion'now
has more help than can be taken care
of. Recruits are put into the oper
ating batteries and given instruction
by master bakers. As soon as, the
new men become proficient, they are
to be placed in other shops, which
are to be reopened as speedily as
possible.
RESERVE BANKS PROSPER
EARNINGS FOR TEAR ESTI
MATED AT $100,000,000.
Increased Discount Rates Held Xol
Responsible for Present Price
of Liberty Bonds.
WASHINGTON, May 5. Increased
discount rates allowed by the federal
reserve board to member banks are
not responsible for present market
prices of liberty bonds. Governor
Harding of the board declared in a
letter today to Senator Owen, demo
crat, Oklahoma.
The board's efforts to curb infla
tion, will do much to increase the mar
ket value of the bonds, Mr. Harding
said. -
Earnings of the federal reserve
system this fiscal year were estimated
at $100,000,000 by Governor Harding,
in testifying today at the house rules
committee hearing on the resolution
proposing an investigation of the ad
ministration of the federal reserve
act. These earnings, he said, would
exceed by $10,000,000 those of last
year, which he said represented a re
turn of 110 per cent on capital- stock.
Without explaining his statement.
Governor Harding told the committee
that serious problems confronted the
country in the next six months. Com
plaints of country bankers against
the universal par clearance order of
the reserve fund, he said, were to the
board "like fleas to a dog, who must
have fleas to know he is a'dog."
Mr. Harding said he had no objec
tion to any investigation of the
board's methods.
Representatives of state bankers
later appeared before the federal re
serve board with a protest against
the par clearance order, which they
said is working a decided hardship on
state banks in more than 30 states.
Governor Harding informed them
that the board could not consider any
revision of the regulations and said
that the number of non-reserve banks
not observing the regulations was
gradually decreasing. This, he de
clared, was sufficient reason for a
continuation of the regulations.
HEPPNER WANTS WATER
John Day Project Finances Have
Bright Future.
HEPPNER, Or., May 5. (Special.)
State Engineer Percy Cupper was
in Heppner last evening attending a
meeting of the board of directors of
the John Day irrigation district. A
number of problems were discussed
with Mr. Cupper, and it is believed
the preliminary work will eoon make
possible financing ;the district for
sufficient funds to carry on the first
development work.
Arrangements are being made for a
big picnic-barbecue to be held about
the last of the present month on the
dividing line between the developed
Boardman projects and the undevel
oped John Day district. Two thou
sand guests, including several hun
dred visitors from Portland, are ex
pected to take part in the festivities.
ROAD TAX BILL INDORSED
Measure Favored by .Tillamook
Business Men's Association.
TILLAMOOK, Or., May 5. (Spe
cial. ), The measures for higher edu
cation and elementary schools and the
4 per cent road amendment were
unanimously indorsed Tuesday night
at a business meeting and banquet in
the Tillamook hotel of the Tillamook
County Business Men's association,
which was largely attended by mer
chants and dealers from all over the
county.
James S. Stewart of Fossil and Cor-
vallis, author, of ihe road amendment,
was present and explained the meas
ures to the meeting.
Oregon Must Wait for Guns.
SALEM, Or., May 5. (Special.)
Oregon will 'not get any captured
German field guns or . other confis
cated war equipment until congress
passes an act providing for the dis
tribution of this class of material.
according to a telegram received at
the executive offices here today from
P. C. Harris of the adjutant-general's
office at Washington. One bill is
now before congress, however, which,
it passed, will allow Oregon a num
ber of guns of 77 caliber and above.
Salem Subscribes 51200.
SALEM, Or., May 5. (Special.)
The first day's solicitations in behalf
of the Salvation Army netted approx
imately $1200, or- about one-fifth -of
Salem's quota, according to reports
filed at the campaign headquarters
last night. The entire county has
been organized for the drive and every
district will be covered by solicitors.
Former Tacoma Editor Dies.
MEDFORD, Or., May 5. T. E
Scantlin, 68 years old, former editor
and publisher of the Tacoma Evening
.News, Tacoma, Wash., and the La
fayette Courier. Lafayette, Ind.. died
here last night. Mr. Scantlin was
born in Evansville, Ind., and had lived
in Medford for 10 years.
British Columbia Prospers.
VICTORIA, B C, May 5. Agricul
tural products of British Columbia are
expected' by the department of agri
culture to approximate $64,000,000 for
the year of 1919, an increase of more
than $14,000,000 over the previous
year.
Sure
Relief
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
;E LL-ANS
FOR INDIGESTION
WIFE HEARS RIVAL,
THEN HURLS STONE
Chauffeur to Rich Divorcee
ALIENATION TRIAL BEGUli
Women Fight in Bedroom -After
Overheard Conversation, Tes
tifies Plaintiff.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 6. (Spe
cial.) What she heard as she crouched
beneath a window at the home of Mrs.
Freda Pollak, recently divorced wife
of Henry Pollak, millionaire president
of the American Hat Manufacturing
company of Norwalk, was told by
Mrs. Florence Valentine of Norwalk
in the superior court yesterday. Mrs.
Valentine's husband is chauffeur for
Mrs. Pollak. Mrs. Valentine charges
the Norwalk hat man's divorced wife
with alienation of Chauffeur Valen
tine's affections. When Mrs. Valentine
could contain her emotions no longer
as she crouched beneath the Pollaks
window, she hurled a brick through
the glass and followed after, she tes
tified in court.
One night in February, Mrs. Valen
tine testified, she went to the Pollak
home on West Rock road, Norwalk.
As she neared the home she heard the
music from a phonograph coming
from the house. She said she crouched
beneath the window sill and listened.
The first thing she said she heard
was Mrs. Pollak's voice. "Don't get
up, dearie, you are tired. I will change
the record," she testified that Mrs.
Pollak said.
"You're My Baby," SlnKS Woman.
Mrs. Pollak then put on the record,
according to the testimony, "You're
My Baby." Mrs. Pollak then whistled
the song and at its conclusion sang,
"You're My Baby, Frankie." according
to Mrs. Valentine's testimony.
According to the story told on the
witness stand by the chauffeur's wife
she then heard Mrs. Pollak say, "Drink
more champagne. There's plenty
of it."
The plaintiff then heard Mrs. Pol
lak say. according to the testimony,
.'Kiss me, Frankie; what's the matter
with you? You act cross with me.
W hy don't you hug me tonight?"
"I love you, Frankie. Eighteen years
I was in hell and God sent you to me
when I needed you most. I love
vou o."
After a little while Valentine said:
must go home now, dearie." Mrs
Pollak said, "What for?"
He answered, "You know my wife
always makes trouble for me if I
stay out late." Then Mrs. Pollak is
alleged to have answered:"Why should
she make trouble? You are my chauf
feur. You are working for me. I
can call on you 24 hours a day. Why
should she make trouble?" ,
Wife Hnrl Stone.
Then a quarrel started. Mrs. Valen
tine said, and the chauffeur said he
would stay- all night. Mrs. Pollak
and the chauffeur entered the bed
room. Mrs. Valentine moved to the
bedroom window and after listening
for some, minutes threw the stone
through the window and climbed in.
The two women then grappled and in
the scuffle Mrs. Valentine ripped Mrs.
Pollak's night robe with a table knife
she testified.
SAWDUST SIC1IB FOUND
PITTSBURG CHIjMIST ALLEGES
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
Robert Hyde Declares Tlrat Pound
of Sweets Can Be Made From
Excelsior at 3 Cents Cost.
PITTSBURG. Pa. Max- K -c;-i,i
High-grade S11 TH T Pan Via ma .
of ordinary sawdust at a cost of about
o tenia a. pound, according to Robert
Hyde, a chemist of Oolwell street,
this city, who sava hp Vi a inVAn&rt
a process for effecting this wonder-
iui transmutation. Jne pound of
sawdust will make three-quarters of
a pound of sugar.
The chemist displayed a' sample of
sugar which he said had been ex
tracted from sawdust. In discussing
his invention he said: "While I was
studying chemistry in Germany, an
old professor made a statement one
day about the properties of sugar
that left a lasting impression on me.
I set out to apply his statement to the
extraction of sugar from wood. Ex
periment after experiment failed.
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When You're Alone Fox
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One Step
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Left All Alone Again Blues
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1S57 He Went in Like a Lion
and Came Out Like a Lamb
By Billy Murray
How Sorry You'll Be
(Wait'll You See)
By Esther Walker
1863 Hand in Hand Again
By Campbell and Burr
All That I Want Is You...
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74613 Carmen Habanera
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C4S63 Chanson de la Touralne
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Alder.
CHICKERING, MKHLIV,
ROKD PIANOS,
CHiu-Li ruuyuiiAPus.
After eight years' research, quite by
accident one day in my laboratory I
upset a flask containing a certain
liquid on some excelsior. The effect
was peculiar and I investigated. The
result was the realization of my
dream.
"If made by hand the sugar 'will
cost approximately three cents
pound while if manufactured on an
extensive scale by machinery the cost
would be cut to less than half that
amount. The process consumes about
ten hours."
vrr Hyde a a graduate of the TJni-
of Manchester, England, ana
completing- his" course there he
t to Germany, where he took a
st-graduate course and later fin
ished his scientific education in Can-
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BORROWERS MUST WAIT
FEDERAL FARM LOANS AWAIT
ACTIOX OF COURT.
More Than $7 0,000,0 0 0 in Appli
cations Said to Rave Aecumu-
latcd In 'Few Montbs.
WASHINGTON, May 5. Federal
farm loan officials, in conference here,
have fotfnd no way to avoid a sum
mer of inactivity in loaning opera
tions. The sessions, which were prac
tically concluded last night, brought
convincing evidence, members "said,
that no further new business could
be handled until the supreme court
had passed on the validity of the
farm loan act.
Despite the fact that the 12 land
banks have borrowed approximately
$16,000,000 from private banks to
loan, more than $70,000,000 in appli
cations for loans have accumulated.
In going Into the open market for
funds the banks are losing one-half
of one per cent in Interest, the gov
ernment rate being 6 per cent and
the private rate 6 per cent.
To offset this loss, however, the net
income of the 12 banks has averaged
$240,000 monthly since the first of
the year.
The banks have assets of 430,000,000
on which no liens have been placed,
and Commissioner Lobdell said there
was no reason fof uneasiness as to
the financial situation.
GOLD PRODUCERS TO MEET
Hearing on McFadden Bill to Be
Held at Capital Tomorrow.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 5. Congressional
delegations from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho will meet Friday with del
egations from other western gold
producing states to discuss the Mc
Fadden bill to aid the gold mining
industry.
The meeting was arranged today
by Representatives Baker of Cali
fornia and Slnnott of Oregon, to be
held in the offices of the public lands
committee, of which Mr. Sinnott is
chairman. The meeting will be ad
dressed by Harold N. Lawrie, econo
mist of the American mining con
gress, who will discuss the princi-
pies embodied in the McFadden bill,
which proposes, to levy a tax of $10
an ounce on all gold used for manu
facturing purposes.
The money so collected would go
to the producers of gold as an extra
stimulant to the gold mining indus
try, which is practically at a stand
still as the result of after-war eco
nomic conditions.
WARSHIPS CANNOT COME
Dispatch of Fighters to Portland
for Shrine Meet Impossible.
OREGONIAN, NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, May 5. Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt advised
Senator McNary today that it will be
impossible to detail any battleships
of the- Pacific fleet to Portland for
the national Shrine conclave, June 22
to 26.
Such vessels as might be spared. It
was said, would be. either in repair
or engaged in target practice at the
time.
EIGHT JURORS SELECTED
Evidence in Howell Case Xot Likely
to Start This Week.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. May's. (Spe
cial.) Two more jurors have been se
cured in the Howell murder case, but
with four yet to select, the attorneys
anticipate that the jury will not be
completed for several days. Over 100
men were examined and rejected in
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France Concedes Ownership or cx
Gcrraan Carriers.
RIO JANEIRO, May 4. The French
ambassador today transmitted to the
Brazilian foreign office a note from
his government declaring that France
recognizes Brazil's right to owner
ship of former German ships seized in
Brazilian waters.
President Pessoa yesterday said
that France, had not yet replied to
Brazil's request for a definite state
ment of France's attitude in the
matter.
Wife on Trial on Murder Charge.
DEMING. N. M., May 5. Mrs. Maud
! Doster of Columbus, N. M., today was
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here on a charge of murder in con
I nection with the death of her hus-
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