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VOL. LIX NO. 18,531
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
lOKTLAXD OREGON, THURSDAY, 3IAY 13, 1920
PRICE . FIVE CENTS
'S
STATE GASOLINE PLAN
MUST WAIT FORO. K.
WLSON
OREGON
COST OF PRODUCING
SUGAR TO BE.PR0BED
FARMERS TO DEMAND
PLACE ON PLATFORM
IS
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
BELGIAN AMBASSADOR
RODGERS GIVES UP
SEATTLESHIPYARD
RELIEF PROPOSAL. SUBMITTED
TO OIL. OFFICIALS.
INQUIRY PLANNED TO RE5IEDV
SITUATION IX OREGOX.
SUPPORT TO BE PLEDGED TO
PARTY GIVING RECOGNITION.
MR. WILSON AND MINISTER
EXPRESS MUTUAL REGARD.
THOMAS PREDICTS
DEMOCRATIC EXILE
President's Letter Is Lik
ened to Cleveland's.
MAYOR
STRONG
FORlERICilSNI
V
CALL ROILS PARTY
Hot Battle Wages About
Peace Resolution.
CHAMBERLAIN IS EULOGIZED
Democratic Senators Clamor
to Get on "Dishonor Roll."
BUCK PASSED ON DELAY
Deatli of Democratic Parly Predict
ed if Convention P J edges Un
conditional Ratification.
WASHINGTON, May 12. President
Wilson's recent call to his party to
stand "four square" on the treaty
issue in the campaign played a
prominent part today in the senate
battle over the republican peace
resolution. Criticism and defense of
the president was voiced. Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, being
among: those who assailed Mr. Wil
son's position, declaring: it meant
"dissolution" of the democratic
party.
The Colorado senator was oppos
ing the peace resolution, but he took
occasion to express resentment
against the imputation, which he de
clared the president placed upon Sen
ators who had voted for treaty reser
vetisas, that their action involved
"dishonor."
Defending: the president. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, the adminis
tration spokesman, tfeclared the presi
aent in his telegram to Oregon demo
crats had "simply declared his de
votion to the league of nations and
denounced the Lodge reservations."
Republicans Charged With Delay.
Senator Hitchcock charged that the
republicans, in their "outrageous de
lay" on the treaty, and not the presi
dent, had delayed peace. The reso
lution, Mr. Hitchcock declared, would
not bring: peace but was futile in the
certainly of an executive veto. It is
-a. republican expedient, he said; adopt
ed by "distracted" leaders, and an
unconstitutional attempt ,to effect
peace regardless of the treaty, in
volving "dishonor" to America.
Debate was confined to Senators
Hitchcock and Thomas. Tomorrow
addresses are -planned by Senators
Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, and
Fomerene, democrat, Ohio.
Negotiations took place today be
tween republican and democratic
leaders for a final vote tomorrow on
the resolution. No agreement could
be reached, but with the few speeches
in prospect, leaders thought the mat
ter would be disposed of not later
than Friday. Senator Hitchcock ar
gued that the president's delineation
of his 14 points entailed a "pledge"
to support the league of nations plan
Senator Thomas denied that any
such obligation was binding and
counter charged that "pledges" made
in the armistice had been violated by
the president and the allies. He op
posed the peace resolution, he said,
because it transgressed executive au
tbority.
Stand May Rnin Democrat.
"It the democratic party pledges it
self at San Francisco to the uncondi
tional ratification of the treaty of
Versailles, It will do so because it
doesn't want to live any longer and
takes that means of making its disso
lution known," Senator Thomas said,
Referring to the construction placed
en the president's telegram, he con
tinued: .
I resent with all the earnestness
in my power the imputation and I de
cline to act in obedience to any com
mand that is not in harmony with my
conscience and my conception . of my
duty. And I am prepared to take any
consequence which the power of the
executive or the people may choose to
invoke.
"I want, every time I look in the
mirror, to eee a face that I'm not
aenamea ox. ana no question or ex
pediency or partisanship can influence
my conduct in dealing with this great
document the treaty).
"I protest against this mighty ques
tion being made a question of party
politics.
To man .can take a rope and put
it around the neck of my party and
drag it unprotestlngly to the fate of
utter dissolution."
Chaaibcrlala Given Praise.
Senator Thomas also declared that
the president's telegram had been
viewed as a movement to defeat Son
ator Chamberlain, democrat, Oregon.
for re nomination, and ho and Senator
Jonas, republican, Washington, joined
in praise- of Senator Chamberlain's
efforts in the war. Senator Phelan
democrat, California, said the prcsi
detains secretary had disclaimed such
an intent.
President Wilson's recent stand on
the treaty as outlined in his letter to
Oregon democrats was brought into
the debate by Senator Kellogg, re
publican. Minnesota, who asked Sena
tor Hitchcock for his views oa the
letter.
"The president, in his letter.
Senator Hitchcock replied, "empha-
sied tho fact that he would neve
consent to the Lodge reservations.
would never consent to them myself.
They were matched by this side. I of
fered compromise reservations, on
drawn by a former republican pres
tCoauiu&ud OA k'aa 3, Column 3.7
Several Days to Elapse Before Fate
of Scheme Will Be Known.
Allocation Continues.
Several days will elapse before it
will bo known if the plan outlined by
Governor Olcott and State Treasurer
ftott to relieve the acute gasoline
shortage in Oregon will be acceptable
to the executive officers of the Stand
ard Oil company, as well as officials
of other oil companies operating in
Oregon. . ,
The text of the governor's state
ment was forwarded yesterday to San
Francisco. ..-
Word was received yesterday that
the next tank steamer of the Stand
ard Oil company would leave Rich
mond, Cal., on May 17 and would ar
rive in Portland about May 21 or 22.
This steamer will carry about 600,000
gallons of gasoline for Oregon, al
though if the company agrees to ship
and use gasoline below the gmivlty
test in this state, it is probable that
more than one million gallorjs pf gas
oline will be allocated to Portland
from this steamer.
The allocation to pleasure automq
biles will be continuel until suffi
cient gasoline, is on hand to supply
passenger automobiles,
the industrial needs, as well as the
AERIAL OFFICIAL KILLED
Machine Blown Into Tree While on
Trip of Inspection.
OSKALOOSA, la.. May 12. William
J. McClendliss, superintendent of the
Chicago-Omaha aerial mail division,
was killed this afternoon when an
airplane in which he was riding was
blown into a tree four miles south
of here. H. W. Johnson, Fremont,
Ohio, pilot, was injured.
The airplane left Omaha at 11:30
o'clock this morning to go to Iowa
City, la. It was on an inspection
trip over the proposed air mail route
between -Chicago and Omaha. When
the wind blew it into the tree Super
intendent McClendliss was caught be
neath the gas tank and his skull
fractured.
Pilot Johnson said heavy winds had
interfered all the way and blown
them off the course. He was attempt
ing to land in a field when blown
into the tree.
DARING -HOLDUP STAGED
Two Young Men Force Restaurant
Owner to Uaod Over $126.
A daring holdup took place at 9
o'clock last night when two young
men entered the I-ittle Gem restau
rant, SI Russell street, and forced the
proprietor of the cafe, H. L. Kline, to
hand over the contents of the cash
register, which amounted to J126.
The young men wore no masks and
used small, nickel plated revolvers.
They first entered the restaurant
and ate, telling the proprietor to
hurry. When they had finished their
meal thy ordered the owner of the
cafe and another diner to throw up
their hands. The proprietor gave
them the money in the cash register.
Motorcycle Officers Forkin, Simp
kins and Abbott were called to the
restaurant but arrived too late to
find any trace of the fugitives.
GOLD FLOW IS SWELLED
British Send $4,663,000 in 10
Days, 9 0 Per Cent ot Imports.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Imports
of gold from England continued to in
crease during the ten days ending
April 30, and, according to figures of
the federal reserve board made public
tonight, amounted to nearly 90 per
cent of the gold imports in that time.
Shipments of English gold to the
United States were H.t3,000, an in
crease of tl.SJji.OOO over the previous
ten days.
Since January 1 the flow of Eng
lish gold to the United States aggre
gated "57,723.000, which is only S2,-
500,000 less than all imports from
Europe in the same period.
Imports of gold from all countries
for the ten days were $5,209,000.
LOOT IS MILLION FRANCS
Black Sea Pirates Speak Three
Tongues, Say Sailors.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12. (By
the Associated Press.) Loot amount
ing to more than , 000,000 francs in
cash and Jewels was taken from theH
passengers of the steamer Soulrah by
pirates on May 6, when they over
came officers and crew and made a
thorough search of the vessel. Sev
eral American women were on board
the ship.
Sailors interviewed declared the
thieves spoke Greek. Russian and
Turkish. Less than a year ago the
Russian volunteer fleet ship Constan
tin was robbed by pirates in a sim
ilar manner.
MILL AND H0USES BURN
Loss $20,000 in Veneer Plant Fire
at Raymond, Wash.
RATMOND, Wash.. May 12. Spe-
ciaL) The Weston Veneer & Basket
company's entire plant and two
drwellinga were entirely destroyed by
fire which broke out in the basket
factory's yard during the noon hour
today.
Pebris. around the veneer company's
plant burned like tinder and when the
fire department reached the scene of
the conflagration, which is situated
on the outskirts of the city, the en
tire plant and two houses were .in
flames The loss is estimated at
liO.UUO. . .
DEFEAT SEEN IN ATTITUDE
Party Bolt to Knox Resolution
Hinted in Senate.
LEADERS MORE ANGRY
Message to Mr. Hamaker Contin
ues to Rile Democrats Who Think
Tl'ey See Party Defeat.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU.Wash
ngton, May 12. (Special.) Demo
crats were not willing today to lor
iret President Wilson's telegram to
Gilbert E. Hamaker of Portland, Or.
which thev still insisted, was sent
to aid in the defeat of. Senator Cham
berlain for renomination
As time lengthens democratic anger
continues to grow apparently, and the
New York World eaid in its news
columns on the first page today that
the Oregon telegram , had divided the
democratic party in the senate to the
extent of threatening a party bolt to
tv,a w -,nv resolution, which the ad
ministration is seeking to defeat.
Tkornai Criticises President.
Th nresidenfs telegram was drag-
eH into the senate debates this af
ternoon when Senator Thomas, demo
crat, of Colorado, in replying to or
ator Hitchcock, sharply criticised th.
president. He likened Wilson's un
nrnmisin? DOSltlOU lO ine
,.m bv Grover Cleveland
Hnrini? his second term, which he
n 1896 drove the democratic
into exile for 16 years,
h.irarn again." he added
. if tv,o rtemocratic party at its con
vention' in June shall commit Itself
to. unqualified ratification of the
treaty it will do so because it has
determined that it does not care to
live "any longer." saio oei.u-.or
Thomas, "and will acceyt wo.w
for its certain dissolution.
st to "I'nkBoira,
T feel it is a necessary personal
j...., .hh . oainful one, to com-
. .v.- rT-o;irIent's telegram. The
ineni. u hi- f
almost " indirectly
telegram charges
who voted against the
. the treaty 'with the
treaty " 1 ' " - -
t reservations with dishonor.be-
h resident says such action
... ttrw inconsistent with the na
naO li l. vv J
inn'o hnnnr.
"This message, like a bolt from the
clear blue, was addressed to some un
known, obscure person at h-omanu,
.'hn chief- an 1 only claim to dis
tinction seems to be his animosity to
th senator from Oregon, Mr. Cham
berlain. With all due respect, I think
,i,i,.rn tnicrht at least "have
!.. th Hn-umfnt to the world
v
i, th.' nffici&l organization o
r'emocracv or through the party lead
"r in senate or house. He might a
least have selected some well-known
agency for the expression of hi
opinion. .
"I do not contend that because the
message was sent to Oregon it was
designed to aid the enemies of Senator
r-hamberlain. I do not know. The
message certainly justifies that im
pression which is the impression
that has been widely created."
Senator Thomas then paida warm
personal triDute to Senator Chamber
lain and referred to the fact that
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Assistant U. S. Attorney Lusk. Goes
to California in'Attempt'to Get
at Source of Trouble.
Complete investigation of the sugar
situation as it affects the entire state
of Oregon will be made by Hall S.
Lusk, chief assistant to United States
Attorney Humphreys, who left last
night for San Francisco. Mr. Lusk
will be in California for at least a
week. ,' m r'
Under telegraphic instructions re
ceived by the United States attorney
Tuesday, the present 2-cent margin of
profit now allowed to retailers of
sugar cannot be advanced. This order
came just as Mr. Lusk was beginning
an investigation to determine the ac
tual cost of retailing sugar. Grocers
maintain they are unable "to break
even under the present 2-cent margin.
Inasmuch as practically the entire
sugar supply of this state comes from
the California refineries, Mr. Lusk
is determined to inquire into the man
ufacturing costs at the point of pro
duction in an effort to determine for
certain whether or not the present
price exacted from wholesalers in this
state is just and reasonable and not
contrary to the provisions of the Lever
food-control act.
If he finds that Oregon wholesalers
are being compelled to pay an execs
sive amount, it is believed he will ask
that steps be taken to remedy this
condition of affairs.
U. S. TO BUY SILVER SOON
Purchases, Practically Suspended
by War, to Be Resumed.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Purchase
of silver in the open market, practi
cally suspended during the war, will
be resumed soon by the treasury.
Officials said today that they believed
the metal could be bought for tl
ounce, the maximum which the treas
ury can pay under the Pittman law.
Early purchases by the government,
however, will be small, in order that
the market quotations may not again
be forced upward.
FOUR CITIES SHOW GAINS
Jackson, Mich.,
Increase 16,941
Per Cent.
or 53.9
WASHINGTON,
May 12. Census
figures announced todajy were:
Jackson, Mich., 48,374; increase, 16
941 or 53.9 per cent.
Hornell, N. Y., 15,025; increase, 1408
or ,10.3 per cent.
Jackson. Tenn., 1S,S0; increase 3081
or 19.5 per cent.
Sagus, Mass., 10,874; increase 2827
or 35.1 per cent.
NEBRASKA TOWN FLOODED
Twenty Families Reported Routed
From Their Homes.
LINCOLN, 4'eb., May 12. Heavy
rains in Nebraska last night and to
day resulted in a flood that drove '20
families from their homes at Homer,
Neb.,and washed cut railroad tracks
in some sections.
Lightning caused the death of Will
iam. Maughn, aged 18, on a farm near
Lincoln.
RAILROADERS QUIT TODAY
Engineers ajid Firemen of Three
Lines to Strike.
PITTSBURG, May 12. Passenger
and freight engineers and firemen of
the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio
and the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail
roads, in session here, tonight voted
to go on strike at 7:30 o'clock tomor
row morning.
The vote for the walkout was al
most unanimous.
Decision Reached at Convention
Session in Chicago Points of
Contention Outlined.
CHICAGO, May 12. Recognition for
farmers will be asked of the platform
makers of each of the two great po
litical parties at their June conven
tions by representatives of farm or
ganizations of the country. This ac
tion was decided on today at the clos
ing session of the national board of
farm organizations' meeting.
According to Charles A. Lyman, na
tional secretary of the board, it was
the general opinion of the delegates
that the food producers of the country
never had received the attention of
either, the republican or the demo
cratic party to which they were en
titled. It was their purpose, he said,
to send representatives' to the Chicago
and the San Francisco conventions
with demands that they be recognised
in the formation of party platforms
and to throw the weight of their sup
port at the November election to that
party which gave the greatest consid-'
eration to the farmer in the patrty
declaration of principles.
The main points which the farmers
will insist on were outlined by R. D.
Cooper of Little Falls, N. T. They
follow:
The right of collective bargaining
by agricultural interests, as set forth
in the pending Capper-Hersman bill.
Conservation of forests with a view
to keeping down the cost to con
sumers of print paper and lumber.
Payment of the war debt through
direct taxation on "those best able to
pay," meaning corporations and per
sons acquiring great wealth during
the war.
Reduction of the high cost of living
through . elimination of the middle
man and provision for more direct
dealing with the consumer.
Appointment of a secretary of agri
culture who knows practical farm
conditions.
Legislation prohibiting corporations
and individuals acquiring great tracts
if land as a means of reducing farm
tenantcy.
Equal rights to corporations and
others in transportation facilities.
Federal control of the packing in
dustry. Arrangements for more elastic cred
its for farmers.
. Opposition to universal military
training', if such is to be made a
plank of party platforms.
MONKS
GO
ON STRIKE
Young Radicals Revolt and De
mand Freedom Froni Vows.
(Copyright by the Neiv Tork World. pub
lished by Arrangement.)
GENEVA. May 12. tSpecial Cable.)
The latest thing in strikes.is that
of the monks of the Capuchin mon
astery near Fiume. A. group of ycfung
monks broke into open revolt against
the superior and persisted in their
mutiny despite all threats to apply
the penances prescribed by the mon
astic rules.
The insurgents claim freedom from
their religious vows, secularization
and the right to .wear ordinary civ
ilian clothes.
5-YEAR-OLD DIES IN FIRE
Children
Play About Bonfire
at
Logging Camp.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 12. (Spe
cial.) Lucia May White, 5-Vear-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White,
was fatally burned yesterday after
noon while playing around a bonfire
at camp 2 of the Simpson Logging
company. She was" hurried to a hos
pital at Montesano, but died there
early this morning.
The little girl was playing around
the fire with her brothers and sisters
when her dress caught fire and she
was immediately enveloped in flames.
'Portland Executive Talks
of San Francisco.
FLAG EVERYWHERE HIS IDEA
Absence of Old Glory at Con
vention Noted.
TRADE DELEGATES GATHER
Meeting in" California Metropolis
Promises to Be Important One.
Co-operation Is Assured.
. BT FRANK IRA WHITE.
. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. The
Americanism of Mayor Baker of Port
land was the talk of San Francisco
tonight, as well as of delegates to the
foreign trade convention. At the
opening session of the convention to
day he called attention to the absence
of an American flag and asked .that
before the next session convened the
speaker's table bear the national
banner.
Chairman Farrell referred the mat
ter of display to the San Francisco
committee on arrangements and there
were two flags in evidence for the
afternoon meeting. Coupled with ref
erences by speakers to putting the
American flag on the sea. the incl
dent of .putting it in the convention
hall of the national organization be
came an outstanding incident of the
day.
fiuoLiier inciaent tnat was not on
the programme involved a bouquet of
choice blossoms -from Portland that
had been placed upon the sneaker's
stand by Otto W. Mielke director of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and chairman of its publicity com
mittee. According to report the flowers
were ordered removed by President
Farrell when the convention was
called to order, but it was afterward
explained that the .chairman did not
know that the roses had been sent
as a courtesy from a Pacific port
city to the chairman of the conven
tion. The flowers were given a place
of honor at the front of the rostrum
for the later sessions, and Mayor
Baker addressed an invitation to
President Farrell to visit Portland
on his homeward trip, as follows:
"Delegates from Portland to the
national trade convention today com
mented on the report that you had
ordered the flowers removed from
the speaker's table, at the auditorium.
"We felt somewhat chagrined to
learn of this, but at the same time
were certain that yoii were not ac
quainted with the antecedents of the
blossoms. 1 would like to have you
know that we gathered for your
pleasure the choicest specimens from
the gardens of the Rose City of the
West Portland. Oregon.
'That you may. know more of the
Portland rose and the great part
the Port of Portland is taking in the
shipping of the Pacific, I beg to in
vite you to include a visit to Port
land in your present itinerary upon
the Pacific coast .
"Portland is the port that built
snips .lor tne government more
speedily than any other during the
war and is now making a like rec
ord in the dispatch of cargoes.
"May I hope to welcome yourself
and party to Portland?"
At a meeting held by representa
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Envoy From Brussels and Repre
sentative of Uruguay First to
Present Letters.
WASHINGTON, May 12. President
Wilson today formally received Count
de Marchienne, the first ambassador
from Belgium, and Jacobo Varela, the
new minister from Uruguay, accep
tance of whose credentials was de
layed by Mr. Wilson's illness. Other
diplomatic representatives who have
been awaiting opportunity to present
their letters will be received in the
order of their arrival.
Ambassador dc Marchienne said to
the president that as minister from
Belgium he had learned to appreciate
the sterling qualities of the Ameri
can people, their noble spirit and the
inexhaustible power of their sympa
thy." "The world has been struck with
admiration," Ambassador de Mar
chienne continued, "at the magnitude
of America's effort in the war that
has now come to a victorious end:
nowhere more than in Belgium is this
fact acknowledged."
In reply, the president said that
the United States had given "partial
expression" to its admiration for the
Belgian people, by raising the post at
Brussels to an embassy, and added:
''The impression which your sov
ereigns made upon the American peo
ple when we were so fortunate as to
have them as our guests was univer
sally manifest and proved that the
bonds of an historic friendship has
been strengthened by the vicissitudes
of war."
Dr. Varela said his countrymen had
watched with admiration "the epic of
the 2.000,000 American soldiers who
crossed the ocean to assume on the
battlefields of Europe the victorious
defense of man's freedoniuid rights."
As peace plenipotentiary of his gov
ernment, the minister said, he had
watched the president's "solendid ac
tion in Paris crowned by the. voting
of the league of nations, which is now
the foundation of and an honor to the
treaty of Versailles.
President Wilson thanked the min
istry for "kind allusions" to his work
in Paris.
MILL FIRE LOSS $150,000
Willapa. Lumber Company Kiln and
Contents Destroyed.
RAYMOND. Wash.. May 12. (Spe
cial.) Fire broke out inithe Wiilaua
Lumber company's kiln today at 5:30
P. M., destrbying the kiln and its en
tire contents . of drying lumber, a
sorting shed and a quantity of lum
ber in the .storage yards. The dry
kiln, which was constructed of tile.
became overheated and the fire broke
out in several places at once. The
Raymond fire department responded
immediately to the alarm and fire ap
paratus from adjacent mills also was
brought into use. The mill plant
proper and the storage yards were
saved. Loss resulting from the file
estimated at $150,000.
This is the second fire at the
Willapa Lumber company's plant
within four days. On Sunday. May 9, a
blaze was discovered In the yards
which caused a $2000 loss before it
was checked. Officers of the company
state that a new dry kiln and sorting
shed will be constructed immediately.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
69 degrees: minimum. 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably showers. cooler;
northerly winds.
' National.
Extremist!" said to hav picked ticket for
proposed third party. Page 2.
Situation ot Caranza remains undefined.
Page 3.
Shipping bill now before senate has pri
vate ownership policy. Page 5.
President's messase to fciims declares Brit
ish In panic at sea and calls for own
plan for victory, regardless o admi
ralty programme. Page 2.
Senator Thomas declares president's letter
to Hamaker indicates attitude that mav
result in exile of party from power.
Page 1.
President receives Heiyian
Pace 1.
Car shortage hits industry
Page S.
Baker, Or., minister tcored
Page 6.
Democratic senators clamor
president's .''dishonor roll."
ambassador,
of. nation,
by Sinnott.
to got
I'aeo 1.
Jometic.
Attack on religion by radtcaia beaten at
socialists' convention. Page 4.
Mayor Baker's Americanism talk of dele
gates at San Krancisco trade conven
tion. Page 1.
Farmers to demand recognition on plat
forms of two big parties. Pago 1.
Pacific Northwest.
David Rodgers abandons Seattle ship
yard. Page 1.
State bond issue of 1,000, 000 sold. Page 7.
JSports. ,
Athletes on way to Stanford drop off for
few hours In Portland. Page 12.
Carpentler said to desire to capitalize war
record, while Jimmy Wilde left his war
record at home. Page J.'i.
Coast League results: l.os' Angeles 3.
Portland 1: San Krancisco S. Seattle 3;
gait !.age 5, Oakland 4; Sacramento 3,
Vernon 2. Page 12.
McCarthy wins decision over Frankie
Murphy. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Winter wheat heading in parts of Oregon.
Page --
Chinese steamer Hwah Wu has polyglo:
crew. Page 20.
Chicago corn advances with stronger de
mand for wheat. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Cost of producing sugar to be probed.
Page 1.
State plan for gasoline relief must await
nnroval of oil officials. Page 1.
aDDroval ot on ui s
Hiram V. Welch, candidate for county
assessor, has record in civic and mili
tary positions. Pagell.
Ten defendants fined for having liquor In
possession resembling whisky. Page 20.
Record of I. N. Day. candidate for stale
senator, given. Pasc 4.
Hoover and Iden forces declared to be
going over to Wood. Page 3.
Conscientious objector. Theophile Binkcle.
ia refused citizenship papers. Page 10.
Findings of board of Inquiry Investigating
Southern Pai-lfic wreck, will be reported
today. I'age 6.
Services are held for Cemille Down. Page St.
Intuest exonerates H-vly brothers, iu lur
. nilure tire. Vato U. . ...
Fleet Corporation Is in
Charge of Plant.
'CERTAIN INTERESTS' BLAMED
Builder Safs Efforts to Aid
Industry Fail.
OFFICIALS HOLD TONGUES
Letter. Calling; Retiring President
Obstaelc" Quoted in Pub
lished Statement.
SEATTLE, Wash., May IS. David
Kodgers, president and founder of the
David Itodgers Shipbuilding Corpora
tion of Seattle, abandoned possession
of the former Skinner & Kddy yard
No. 2 at noon today, withdrawing all
his organization from the plant. A
moment after the shipbuilder passed
through the gates Howard Cosgrove,
Seattle district attorney, for the
emergency fleol corporation, entered
the yard with a ferce of watchmen.
This, it is announced, ends tho deal
which Mr. Kodgers arranged with tho
shipping board for tho purchase of the
yard by his corporation.
Mr. Cosgrove refused to comment on
today's development, but it is under
stood that the fleet corporation did
not "accept" the yard back from Mr.
Kodgers, but that the latter "aban-
doned" it and in self-protection the
fleet corporation then marched its
men into the property. No explana
tion could be obtained here for the
technical distinction, but lawyers say
it would indicate the fleet corporation
refuses to recognize the Kodgers deal
canceled. .
RodgerR Issues Statement.
In explanation of his present posi
tion Mr. ftodgers today published an
advertisement in Seattle newspaper
in which he said:
"On account of my inability to ob
tain assistance from some of the
bankers and other intercstslbf Seattle
in financing the purchase of a ship
yard, resulting also in my inability
to provide satisfactory performance
bonds, I have been obliged to reject
contracts approximating J46,000,000,
which would have brought to Seattle
employment for nearly 6000 men, with
an annual payroll of J 1 0,000,000."
'I have spent a very large amount
of my own money in an endeavor to
put this deal over.and f have not only
been unable to get financial assist
ance but I have been very strongly
blocked by certain business interests
and confronted with obstacle after
obstacle, so that I have become en
tirely discouraged toward further ne
gotiations," the statement continues.
"A concrete example of some of
the things I have been up against is
contained in the following extract
from a letter written to Judge K. H.
Uary, chairman ot the United States
Steel corporation:
Lilian Stand Is "Obstacle."
"'.Seattle is turning to the open
shop plan in industry. The shipyards
are to open up shortly. Our associa
tion has been working with them for
open shop and I think it will be suc
cessful. We have one obstacle in our
way in this direction. Mr. David
Rodgers. It is reported that he is
trying to buy No. 2 yard of Skinner
& Eddy in this city and judging from
past experience with him, he will
unionize any yard he may acquire.
I am wondering if it is possible for
you to assist us in any way that will
not jeopardize your interests, as we
know that you favor the open shop.
If Mr. Rodgers opens a yard here he
will unionize as it is taken for
granted by union officials here. If he
does so it will follow that the other
yards will be forced to do the same. ,
I presume that he will como to you
or your corporation for steel con
tracts, and your influence might
change his attitude.
"My motive in again starting- ship
building activities in Seattle was not
actuated by the necessity of employ
ment for myself or for making large
profits, but rather my purpose was to,
provide employment for the thousands
of unemployed and produce a perma
nent and positive prosperity for the
city in general, and I sincerely hope
that those who predict the yards will
open will be able to accomplish the
same results for tho prosperity of all
concerned as my project would have
done.
Steel .Trust Influence 'Denied.
"1 heartily thank those of mT
friends who have earnestly endeav
ored to assist in my honest effort.
"Yours very truly,
"DAVID noGEr.s."
He denied the steel trust had any
thing to do with it. He said certain
.Seattle bankers and business men,
whotr he would not now name, had
thrown obstacles in his way. He re
fused to comment on statements that
his plans fell through because he pro
posed to run a union shop, thereby in
curring enmity of controlling in
terests in the associated industries.
About the Skinner & Eddy No. 3
plant there was gloom. Flags were
at half-mast, pulled down this morn
ing to celebrate as Fireman Earl
Vanhorn who pulled them down, put
it "The death of the Seattle spirit."
"Do you know' who sent the letter
to Gary that is guoted In your writ
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