THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, . 3IAY 13, lU'-iO
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PEACE RESOLUTION
Fl
GHT GDMMEHGED
Senator McCumber Declares
Move Not Honorable.
PRESIDENT IS ATTACKED
Adoption Thursday - or Friday
1'rivatc Prediction of Lead
ers of Both Sides.
"WASHINGTON". May 11. Opposition
fire was opened today in the senate
on the republican peace resolution,
Senator eCumber of North Dakota,
republican, a member of the foreign
lelations committee, delivering the
first salvo. Senator Hitchccck of Ne
braska, th5 administration spokesman,
"will follow tomorrow.
Adoption of the resolution probably
next Thursday or Friday was pre
dicted privately by leaders on both
tiides. It will bo Kiven exclusive right
of way beginning tomorrow, and there j
were no indications of a prolonged
debate.
When Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, republican leader, called up the
resolution today and announced that
it would be prt"5::nted continually.
Senator Underwood of Alabama, dem
ocratic leader, stated that while most
of the democrats would "resist" the
resolution, there would be no ob
struction nor many speeches.
McCuintH-r Attacks Bills.
Senator McCumber opposed both
senate and house resolutions. Both,
he declared, would bring dishonor
tpon the United States by a desertion
of the allies. As a substitute, he
urged his resolution to restore com
mercial relations with Germany, but
conceded that it had no chance of
adoption because, he said, the "lines
of di vision between the two factions
of this body have been cemented by
partisanship and hardened by time."
President Wilson was criticised by
Senator McCumber, who charged the
executive, with chief responsibility
for failure of the treaty of Versailles.
"This administration has made
many mistakes." he said, "but all will
become insignificant compared with
the colossal blunder of making the
president's individual and autocratic
stand on the league of nations a po
litical issue.
I'ifaidrnt Is Attacked.
"If this were the only issue, the
president would stand alone in his de
termination to subvert the will of
the nation to his individual convic
tion on this important national ques
tion. "But you cannot make the league ot
nations the real issue ill this cam
paign. It it were ... I would be
Krcatly concerned for the success of
my own party.
"The thought of the people of this
country is engrossed with the com
plexities that surround us. We stand
almost helpless while debts, national,
state, municipal and- industrial are
piling mountain high. We behold
idleness ever increasing, production
dangerously decreasing, currency be
coming more and more inflated, the
yoke of taxation over growing more
great and more galling, the prices of
all necessities of life ever advancing.
We are living in the midst of strikes
and threats of strikes. . -
War Not Unrest Cause.
"The very atmosphere is poisoned
with socialism's infectious breath,
while anarchy, fevered by hate and
envy, awaits only the opportunity to
work a reign ot hell which today is
consuming agonized Russia.
"The war is not the cause of this
threatening situation. The American
people . . . today are the victims
of the new system of purchasing po
litical support by enacting purely
class legislation.
"The American people . . . want
to get back as nearly as possible to
normal conditions and they will at
tempt it by an overwhelming vote in
the next elections for a change in ad
ministration and they will do this.
treaty or no treaty, peace resolutions
or no peace resolutions, league of na
tions or no league of nations."
Senator Knox Challenged.
Senator McCumber challenged many
contentions of Senator .Knox, made
in the latter's opening address last
week in support of the resolution
While agreeing that congress has the
power to repeal the resolutions de
daring a state of war, he denied vig
orously that peace actually existed.
I recognize. he said, "that the
president is more responsible than
any one man for the failure to enter
into a common treaty. He knew that
the senate had a right to make reser
vations. He should have accepted
them and our allies would have
adopted them. We refused to join
the allies in consummating this agree
ment, but while, we seek to compel
Germany to assure us all of the bene
fits and all of the rights which would
accrue to us, we decline toiaccept any
of the responsibilities of the treaty.
Resolution Laid Aside.
"No argument, no matter how cun
ningly devised or eloquently pre
sented, can hide the deformity in
volved in this course."
At the conclusion of Senator Mc-
Cumber's address the resolution was
laid aside until tomorrow, when Sen
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the ad
ministration spokesman, plans to
open the democratic attack.
Another bill proposing repeal of all
war laws was Introduced today by
Senator Jones, republican, Washing
ton. It would be effective upon enact
ment.
KNIGHTS END CONVENTION
Growth of Order During Year Re-
' ported 104 Per Cent.
HOQUIAM, Wash., May 11. (Spe
cial.) The 17tn annual state conven
tion of the Knignts of Columbus con
cluded last night with election of
state officers and other business. The
delegates have Deen busy since Sun
day morning. They spent today vis
iting local scenes and being enter
tained by Hoquiam.
The state officers for -the ensuing
year are: State deputy, x. is. Ijuby,
Spokane attorney; secretary, L. IX
Shiblen of Colfax; treasurer, R. L.
Klein of Bellingham; advocate. John
S. Lynch, Olympia; warden, Charles
McQuade, Walla Walla; chaplain.
Father Theodore J. Ryan, Tacoma.
State delegates to the supreme council
to be held in New York in August
are: N. B. Luby, Rev T. J. Ryan,
J. J. Donovan, John D. Oplesan, Dr.
J. Duran. J. J. Gibbs. W. O'Brien, Ed
Walsh and F McGowan. The next
state convention will be held In
Bremerton.
Delegates at the convention re
ported an Increase of 104 per cent
n membership during the year.
Veneer Factory Being Started. -KELSO.
Wash.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Bieger and Walter Sin
clair, recently of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
are completing arrangements for the
establishment of a veneer factory in
this city. Mr. Bieger was here a
short time ago and arranged for the
purchase of the old Kelso cannery
building In north Kelso. Machinery
has been ordered and the sidetrack
will be extended to the site. By rea
son bf his association with plants
using veneer products in Michigan,
Mr. Bieger has an unlimited market
for the output of the local factory.
Pe EH Boy Remembered.
CRNTRALtA, Wash., May 11. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. H. W. Weller, now living
at Eugene, Or., mother of Sergeant
Fred Belcher, the first Pe Ell boy to
be killed in the world war, is in re
ceipt of two memorials from the
French government, making six
awards that she has received in recog
nition of her son's bravery in action.
Young Belcher was in the marine
corps and was mortally wounaea at
Chateau Thierry.
Quarry Activity Assured.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) Indications are that the Tenino
quarries will experience some or their
old-time activities this summer, as
Tenino stone has been specified In
contracts totaling $257,209. let by the
state capltol commission for the erec
tion of a power house and heating
plant in Olympia. Federal and state
contracts recently have called for a
lighter colored stone than the Tenino
product.
.J. If. Jahnke Is Candidate.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 11. (Spe
cial.) Yesterday J. H. Jahnke. Cen
tralia attorney, announced his can
didacy for the republican nomination
for prosecuting attorney of Lewis
county at the September primary. Mr.
Jahnke has been serving as deputy
under Prosecutor Herman Allen, who
has .announced that he wi)L seek re
election, i
Major Bates Chosen Speaker.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 11. (Spe
cial.) Major C. O. Bates. Tacoma at
torney ajid prominent Elk, will de
liver the principal address on May IS
at the laying of the cornerstone of
Centralia's new Elk temple, it was an
nounced yesterday by the committee
in charge of the arrangements for the
event.
DEMOCRAT LEADERS
LOOK TO WALLACE
Ambassador Is Expected to
Unravel Party Tangle.
POSITIVE WORD AWAITED
Read The Oregonian classified ads. or so.
Factions Declared Sure of Effort
Being Made to TTphold President
at Xational Convention.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 11. (Spe
cial.) Democratic leaders in Wash
ington vho in the past have been
close to Hugh C. Wallace, ambassa
dor to France, and a resident of Ta
coma, and a former democratic com
mitteeman from this state, look to
him to straighten out the tangle in
the party's hostilities In this state.
It is understood in democratic cir
cles that, despite the handicap of dis
tance and time, Wallace has been
kept pretty well posted on bourbon
politics here. That he. knows all
about the political feud between
Collector of Internal Revenue David
J. Williams and National Committee
man A. . R. Titlow is generally be
lieved, for the story has been told
that it was Wallace's interference
that settled the controversy when it
was carried to Washington. Whether
he wishes now to go far enough to
interfere again in th"e Williams
Titlow rumpus is a matter. on which
democratic opinion is divided.
If Wallace has anything to say
about it the delegation to the na
tional convention at San Francisco
will not be in sympathy with William
Jennings Bryan. Wallace was a
Cleveland democrat in 1896 and, be
cause he was out of sympathy with
Bryan and his free silver platform
that year, the democratic state con
vention meeting at Ellensburg un
seated him as national committee
man and gave the place to "War
horse Bill" White of Seattle. It was
then that Titlow, up to that time a
republican, began his migration to
ward the democratic party through
the side door kept open for silver
republicans.
However, Wallace is expected to
have something to say about the at
titude of his friends toward President
Woodrow Wilson and the man who
will be nominated at San Francisco.
In democratic circles the story has
persisted for seven and a half years
that the important conferences which
led up to the formation of Wilson's
first cabinet were held in Wallace's
residence in Washington, D. C. It is
known among intimates of the Amer
ican ambassador that William Gibbs
McAdoo was one of the cabinet offi
cers who were approved by the dem
ocratic hosts which gathered" for the
conferences in Wallace's house. Bryan
was not approved, but the conferees
admitted they could not prevent his
appointment, as secretary of state, so
the matter' was ignored as much as
possible. - ,
It will be recalled by those demo
crats of what is known as the Lister
faction and who wanted federal ap
pointments some seven years ago that
Wallace wielded a stronger influence
at the national. capital than the dem
ocratic organization of this state. And
there Is no doubt in the minds of any
of the factional leaders but that Wal
lace would urge that the national
administration be thoroughly protect
ed by the democratic delegation from
his home state.
Confidence that Wallace will have
sonfc word to convey to his friends is
so great in democratic circles that the
positive declaration is made by some
of the Wallace men that they will
j hear from him within the next week
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CANNERY SITE IS SOUGHT
CLARKE COUNTY PRl'XE MUX
GATHER AT SESSION".
New Memberships in Association
Denied Because of Oversub
scription of Stock.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 11.
(Special.) A special meeting of the
Clarke County Prune Growers' asso
ciation was held here today to select
a site for the packing- plant, to be
built at once to handle this year's
crop.
The city council has promised the
association a site on the Columbia
river waterfront and rail connections
will be laid to the warehouse.
R. C. Paulus of Salem was one of
the principal speakers at the meeting
today. '
So many prune growers desire to
join the association that new member
ships have been refused because the
stock of the association is now over
subscribed. When work of signing up the grow
ers first began it was hard to get
them to sign, but now there are so
many that the association is not sure
that it will be able to handle all of
the crop.
One hundred and fifty prune grow
ers attended today's session.
Building Will Total $75,000.
HOOD RIVER. Or., May 11. (Spe
cial.) Workmen are now engaged In
completing new garage, warehouse
and residence structures here, the to
tal cost of which will exceed $75,000.
One of the garages will cost in excess
of $25,000, and another $20,000. Both
will be eqpuipped with every metro
politan convenience. A new coal
bunkers and warehouse will cost
about $15,000. The remainder of the
total sum represents residence buildings.
Architectural Work Exhibited.
TACOMA. Wash.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) Architects from different
northwest cities are participating in
an exhibit being held in Tacoma this
week. Plans of many buildings rang
ing from office structures and manu
facturing plants to modest cottages
are being displayed under the aus
pices of the Tacoma Society of Archi
tects. The first opportunity is being
given also for citizens to view the
new layout of capitol buildings at
Olympia. Perspective of harbor im
provements in Tacoma and other
cities will be shown also.
'Legion Week' Proclaimed.
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 11. The
state of Washington officially will
observe "American Legion week" May
17 to 23. Governor Hart decided in a
proclamation issued here Monday. In
the proclamation the governor asked
that all residents of the state
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CORONER
Sixteen years in practice of medi
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