VOL. LlIX 0. 18.535 Entered at Portland (Oregon) I'...j PoBtoffice as Second-Class Matter. I'OKTLAXU OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920 2G PAGES TRICE FIVE CENTS HOOVER IS OUT OF SUGAR TO BE RAISED ANOTHER NOTCH SOON CHARGES AGAINST HOUSER BASELESS BISHOP COOKE CALLED USURPER OF POWERS PORTLAND PROPOSED FOR AIR MAIL ROUTE LIVES SAVED AS GIRL GIVES FIRE WARNING BAR CHAMBERLAIN RUSSIAN TRADE HELD LIMITLESS Speakers Point Out Enor mous Needs. DREGON CAMPAIGN ADVANCE TO 2 8 CEXTS XEXT WEEK HELD LIKELY. METHODIST SESSIOX IS ASKED TO FIX ACCOUNTABILITY. yiSK-HOCB RCX TO SAX FRAN" CISCO IS CONSIDERED. JAEGER APARTMENTS BLAZE CAUSES $20,004 LOSS. V Managers Cease Efforts in His Behalf. WOULD FIGHT NO-LEAGUE Primary Contest Should Be for Principles, Not Men: HOPES TO BEAT JOHNSON Declares L'ffort for Mini us Candi date Is Impractical Wants League Delegates Chosen. Herbert Hoover, candidate- for president, has requested cessation of all effort in his behalf during the pri mary campaign in Oregon, asking that his local management devote ex clusive attention henceforth to the selection of republican national con vention delegates who are committed to the principles of the league of nations. In taking this action he makes it clear that his unselfish retirement from the etatc primary is designed to further a concerted expression, by the republic voters of Oregon, for the loague of nations with senate reservations. Move Aimed at Johnson. Inasmuch as the only important candidate before the voters of Ore gon, representing "no-league" senti ment, is Hiram Johnson of California, the request of Mr. Hoover can be con strued only aa an urgent request to defeat Mr. Johnson at the local pri mary of May 21. His action is not understood, however, to be in any sense a withdrawal from candidacy before the Chicago convention. Such is the construction placed Troon a telegram received last night from Mr. Hoover by Chester G. Murphy, chairman of the Hoover re publican club of Oregon, and O. C. Letter, secretary, who declare that his Instructions can have no other interpretation. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Letter acted Immediately In conform ance with the instructions of Mr. Hoover and cent the following mcs- sago tn. reply: "Tour telegram of today received. Subordinating 6ur own desires, we shall follow your wishes and etop our campaign efforts in your behalf in the Oregon republican primary, and will, as requested by you, devote our energies toward influencing the peo plo of the state of Oregon to choose only delegates to the republican na tional convention who are committed to the league of nations with senate reservations. We are tonight releas ing your message for publication in tomorrow morning's papers." Poindexter ot Considered. Discussing the Oregon situation, with reference to the league of na tions significance, Mr. Hoover de clared .in his message that the five candidates appearing on the republi can ballot render hazardous a proper expression of united public sentiment for the league. In the reference to five candidates it 13 plain that Mr. Hoover has not taken cognizance of the retirement of Senator Miles Poin dexter as a candidate, inasmuch as the name of the latter, appeared on ball6ts that were printed prior to hia announcement of withdrawal. "I understand there are five candi dates on the republican ballot," runs the message to Mr. Murphy and Mr. Leiter, "all of whom have friends. Some of these candidates are for and some against the league. No one of these candidates can withdraw. Cori- BexrueDtly there will be a great split in the votes between mere names re sulting In the clouding of the vital Issues. The total vote recorded against the- no-league' candidates may give some indication of Ore gon's views and every effort should b directed to this end rather than to the advancement of my name." Telecram Is Surprise. When asked to comment further upon Mr. Hoover's telegram, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Leiter made the- fol lowing statement: "Mr. Hoover's telegram came as a complete surprise to us, and is only another evidence of his supreme fit ness for the presidency of the United States. It is an evidence of his will ingness at all times to subordinate self to the best Interests of the nation. Wo have no further, comment tr make, other than is contained In our tele Craphlc reply to Mr. Hoover. Asked regarding the attitude of the local Hoover campaign strength to ward any of the candidates who are committed to the league with rcserva tiona. both Mr. Murphy and Mr. Leiter aid that they had no recommenda tions to make with regard to repub lic&n national convention delegates- save that the weight of their effort would be directed toward the selec tion of delegates who are pledged to presidential candidates favorable to the league. 1 Extremes Are Opposed. The text of the Hoover message to nis Oregon management is as fol lows, under date of New Tork, May 13: "I beg to reply as follows to your request for my views on various mat tcrs arising in the Oregon primaries. "The president has declared that the democratic party must demand the ac (CoacIuUnl uo page 0, Column 1.) Housewives Could, if They Would, Bear Market hy Boycott, Says Local Jobber. Some time next week the retail price of sugar may climb to about 28 cents a pound, judging from the actions of the raw sugar market in the east at this time. Yesterday New Tork refiners raised their bids and bought, Cuban raw sugar at 21 cents. The Pacific coast refiners have agreed to pay Hawaiian planters the New Tork price on the day sugar arrives, and that means that the California refiners, when they make their next allotment of new sugar from the islands, will charge the jobbers 24 54 -Or 24 cents. The jobbing price to the retailers will be about 26 cents, or 1 cents over the present price. "There is no way to beat the re finers' game," said a local jobberyes terday, "unless the consumers of the United States voluntarily agree to boycott sugar for a certain length of time, and this I doubt whether they will do. The administration might have settled the matter some months ago and given us 9-cent sugar, but for some reason it turned down the opportunity and it is now too late for such action. "That the refiners are not 'averse to paying the Cuban and Hawaiian planters exorbitant prices for their raw sugar is not-surprising when we know that the stockholders in the big American refineries are also stock holders in the sugar plantations. "If th6 housewives of America would agree to boycott sugar for a month it would bring about such a slump in the market that no one could complain about the price. The times are too prosperous, however, to think that this will be done." dan McCarthy, 102, dead Oldest Vaticnt at Stale Hospital Parses at Salem. SALEM, Or., May 13. (Special.) Daniel McCarthy, 102 years of age and the oldest patient at the state hos pital here, died this afternoon. He was committed to the old Hawthorne in stitution in Portland in 1868 and re mained there until 1883. when, with other patients, he was transferred to Salem. Nothing is known of Mc Carthy's early life, as the records of the Hawthorne institution were lost in a fire which destroyed the struc ture many years ago. The Hawthorne institution was con ducted by two Portland p'ioncer physi cians, who had a contract with the tate to care for its insane. McCarthy had been in the state hospital for 62 years and based on the average per capita expense, had cost the common wealth approximately $10,600. BRIDE, NOT STATE, WON Senator Wise Goes From Hawaii on One Mission, Completes Another. HONOLULU. T. H., May 13. (Spe-( rial.) Senator Wise, a territorial sen ator and member of the commission that went to Washington from the island to seek statehood, is on the mainland at present arranging a tour for Hawaiian hula dancers. But that is incidental. The commission did not get state hood but the senator obtained a bride. for he and Edith McDowell of Okla homa City, a fiction and feature writer, were married recently. The two met in Washington when the commission from Hawaii visited the capital. Senator W'se'a first wife died over six months ago. GRAZING FEE FIGHT FAILS Legislative Rider on Agricultural Bill Goes Through. WASHINGTON, May 13. Western members of the house lost their fight against a legislative rider to the ag ricultural appropriation bill, which they said would result in increased grazing fees on fortst reserve lands. By a vote of 148 to 134 the house instructed its conferees on the bill to insist on adoption of the original house provision, eliminated by the senate, which would direct the agri cultural department to make an ap praisement of Ahe value of the pastur age on the national forests, the basis of charges for granting permits. MARSHALL TALK ANTI-DRY Vice-President Thinks Star Session Would Have Doomed Prohibition. RICHMOND, Va., May 13. Vice President Marshall, speaking today before the Virginia Bar association, declared that if national prohibition had been considered by the senate in secret session not 20 votes would have been cast for it. He asserted that there should be less tinkering with the constitution and expressed the opinion that con stitutional amendments had "brought a very large measure of evil to the republic." - FLOUR SOARS UP AGAIN Another 50 -Cent Rise Announced by Great Falls Millers. GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 13.- Flour advanced 60 cents a barrel in Great Falls today, the wholesale price being $15.50 per barrel, the highest since 1917, when the price was near $18. This Is thej second 50-cent rise an nounced by millers here since May 1. Grain Corporation Offi cial Exonerated. FEDERAL INQUIRY FINISHED Accused Held Entitled to Pub lic Commendation. TIME, SERVICE DONATED Grand Jury Allegation of Manipu lation, of Wheat Market Is Wholly Discredited. Vague and indefinite charges made by a federal grand jury at Spokane against the administration of Max H. Houser as vice-president, of the Unit ed States grain corporation are wholly discredited and found to be in every way baseless by United States Attorney Humphreys of Portland, who has completed an investigation of these charges. The report and findings of the United States attorney were made public yesterday, and disclose that Mr. Houser not only is exonerated from any charge of wrong doing, but is entitled to universal public com mendation because of hi3 sacrifice of time and service to the nation while it was at war with Germany. Profits Declared Small. "I find that Mr. Houser personally and through his companies did not make immense profits," reads a para graph in the signed statement given for publication yesterday by Mr. Humphreys. "The profits were small. There was no violation of law, no im proper use by Mr. Houser of his posi tion, and no evidence of manipulation of wheat prices by officials of th grain corporation. "On the contrary, the evidence shows that Mr. Houser sacrificed his time and business to the work of the grain corporation." A resume of the charges and sub sequent investigation shows that on February 7, this year, a federal grand jury sitting at Spokane, submitted a report in which it accused Mr. Houser of having manipulated the business o the grain corporation with immense profits to himself and milling com panies. It also charged that present high prices of grain products were due to this alleged wrongful manipu lation. Houser Demands Inauiry. Immediately following the publica tion of this grand jury report, Mr. Houser telegraphed to Washington and demanded a full and complete in vestigation of these charges. United States Attorney Humphreys was in structed by Attorney-General Palmer to institute an inquiry and. report findings as soon as possible. Assisting Mr. Humphreys in his in vestigation were William Eryon, chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice in this district, and George R. Mayo, special bank ac countant for the department of jus tice. Included with the Humphreys' report is a statement from Mr. Mayo, dealing entirely with the financial side of the investigation. His report likewise disproves all charges made against Mr. Houser. The signed statement given for (Conluded on Pace 2. Column 2. 1 ' Sii ll' Reappointment of District Superin tendents, Violating Church Discipline, Is Charged. GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 13. It was made known here today by Rev. A. E. Poutch, pastor of the Warren Methodist church, that a petition and memorial had been filed asking that acts of Bishop R. J. Cooke of the dio cese of Montana, which includes Idaho, who resigned at the Methodist gen eral conference at Des Moines a few days ago, be Investigated. - The conference was requested to answer the question, "Should the bishop not be held strictly to account for his bad precedent and usurpation of power?" The act charged is the reappoint ment of district superintendents for the seventh consecutive year In viola tion of the church discipline. The superintendents appointed were the late Rev. W. W. Van Orsdel and the Rev. J. A. Martin. The latter is now at the general conference. The peti tion and memorial is signed by the Rev. F. A. Riggln, dean of the con ference in which the alleged viola tion occurred. Rev. J. A. Alford of Valier, the Rev. Mr. Foutch of this city. Judge R. W. Berry and A. J. Flegal of the local church. Bishop Cooke's resignation was an nounced at Des Moines several days ago. LINE LAID TO LIGHTHOUSE Keeper, Long Isolated, Today Will Be Able to Talk to Shore. ASTORIA, Or., May 13. (Special.) The laying of the six miles of sub marine telephone cable to connect the Tillamook rock lighthouse with the shore, was completed late yesterday afternoon and the line will be con nected ready for service by tomorrow afternoon. The cable was taken out by the lighthouse tender Manzanita, Captain J Moder, and the coast guard crew ran a line from the vessel to the shore at Kcola Beach, where George Walters, Jack Mclrwin and. "Dutch" McCrosky of the port of Astoria, pulled the cable ashoro with a donkey engine. The Manzanita is still at Tillamook rock, assisting in making the proper connection there. This telephone cable will be con nected at Kcola with the telephone line extending to the coast guardyfita tiotn' at Hammond 'anu to Asxvrr-a. Within the next few days the Man zanita will leave for St. Georges Reef. Cal., where she will lay six miles of telephone cable from the lighthouse to the shore. I NO AN A GOES FOR WOOD Four l)clegafe-at-Large Increase Pledges In- State to Ten. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 13. In diana republicans in state convention today by a margin of seven votes in structed the four delegatcs-at-large to the national convention to support Major-General Leonard Wood for the presidential nomination. The vote was 753 to 746. One of the closest contests was on the question of instruction for the "big four," the Wood forces winning after the Marion (Indianapolis) coun ty delegates had been polled twice. Six district delegates to the na tional convention in Chicago also have been instructed for Wood, giv ing him ten supporters from Indiana Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Cali fornia, who ran second to Wood in the state primary election' last week, will have four instructed district del egates. Sixteen others were unin structed. 'EVERYTHING IS Second Assistant Postmaster-General Makes Announcement on Arrival in South. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. A nine hour air mail service between Port land and San Francisco is under con sideration by the postoffice depart ment. Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster-general, said today upon his arrival here in connection with the contemplated San Francisco-New Tork air mail service. Mr. Praeger said he believed this route would likely be the first to be established after the inauguration O.X the trans-continental service, which will probably be about September 1, it was stated. The San Francisco-Portland route would be more feasible than the San Francisco-Los Angeles route, Mr. Praeger declared. "The fastest mail train between San Francisco and Portland is 30 hours," he said. "With air planes we can make the trip in nine hours. If by establishing an air mail route we can save, say $50,000 a year, I can enter into a contract with a private indi vidual for the operation of the serv ice. There might possibly be a serv ice greater than this." Landing field conditions in Port land were described by Mr. Praeger as "ideal." GUARD GAINS STRENGTH Statistics Show 1316 Enlistments or 2152 Authorized. SALEM. Or., May 13. (Special.) Statistics show, according to the war department statement, that Oregon's enlisted strength for its national guard is 2152 men, of which 1346 have been enlisted. During the month ending May 1 there were enlisted in Oregon two companies of infantry, two companies of coast artillery, one company of en gineers with 117 men and four offi- cers, and one quartermaster detach- ment of 24 men. composed mostly of commissioned officers. The company of engineers, .which is located In Portland, was the first to win federal recognition in the na tional guard in the United States, ac cording to the adjutant-general. FARMER ADMITS MURDER Xorth. Dakota , Man Confesses to Killing of Family. WASHBURN. N. D.. May 13. Henry Layer, farmer, has confessed to the killing of the Jacob Wolf family and their chore boy, .Jake Hofer, on the Wolf farm threo miles west of Turtle Lake, N. D., April 22, It was an nounced here today by J. E. Williams, state's attorney for McCIean county. Ill feeling of long standing, cul minating in a quarrel over injuries administered to Layer's cattle by Wolf's dog, was responsible for the crime, according to 'Layer's confes sion. $15,000 REPORTED STOLEN Express Messenger at Spokane Is Beaten; Unable to Talk. SPOKANE, Wash., May 14 An ex press messenger, so badly beaten that he was unable to talk, was taken to the emergency hospital late last night from the express office at the Great Northern railroad station. Although no information could be obtained from the injured man, there were reports that a robber or robbers had obtained the keys to his strong box and had made away with $15,000. Officers early this morning started an investigation to ascertain the loss. HARMONIOUS." I-S WILSON EDICT Split in Oregon Democ racy Inevitable. CHALLENGE CLEARLY MADE Message to Dr. Smith Affirms Hamaker Letter. HUGE BOYCOTT ESSAYED President Asserts Support of Sena tor in Oregon Is Inimical to the Administration. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, May 13. It was evident from private telegrams reaching Washington today from Oregon that a number of democrats in that state favor making a clear-cut Issue be tween Senator Chamberlain and the president. The view of these democrats ap pears to be that since the telegram sent by Secretary Tumulty yesterday to C. J. Smith, chairman of the Oregon democratic state central committee, there is nothing to do but accept the challenge and say to every democrat in the state, "You must either stand for Chamberlain or the president. Tou cannot support both at the same time." Chamberlain Aimed At. It was late today before many of the leading democrats iad seen the Tumulty telegram to Chairman Smith, which, to their minds, clinched the fact that the president's telegram of last Sunday night sent to Gilbert R. Hamaker of Portland, anti-Chamberlain leader, was for the purpose of injuring Senator Chamberlain. The apparent intention of the White House was to withhold the telegram from eastern newspapers, and only one of them "got it, the New York World, which seems to take the view of it already attributed to. others, which is that it was meant to beat Chamberlain. the telegram was a surprise, how ever, because Secretary Tumulty had promised to send a disavowal of any intention to injure the Oregon sena tor. The explanation offered today by senate democrats was that when the matter reached the president he demurred to any disavowal and chose instead to have Tumulty send a wire which would emphasize his opposi tion. Mtuase Cart Enongh. Democratic friends of Senator Chamberlain read the curt telegram to Chairman Smith over and over. It read: reiegram received. The presi dent s telegram to Mr. Hamaker i to be taken exactly for what It is the answer to a question." una conclusion was that the pres ident was not only confirming the general public impression of what his earlier telegram meant, but that he was trying in the Smith telegram to "get rough about it." And then came expressions of regret from some that the president's son-in-law. Will lam Gibbs mcaooo, had been per mitted to have the field all to him self on the democratic ballot in Ore gon Chamberlain democrats, it was asserted, should have some anti (Concluded on Papa 4, Column 4.) Fireman Injured Fighting Flames. Two Persons Carried "From Fourth Floor to Safety. Presence of mind on the part of Miss Elacita Thatcher, pretty young daugh ter of Dr. Alexander P. Thatcher, ownerof the Jaegar apartments, 701 Washington street, corner of King street, resulted in saving lives when Are, which did $20,000 damage, was discovered in that structure at 9:50 o'clock last night. The only person injured was a fireman who sustained a slight burn. Two persons were car ried to safety from the fourth floor. The 32 apartments in the building, which has four floors, all were oc cupied. The fire originated in the base ment at the rear of the building at the foot of the freight elevator shaft, either- from oily rags or an electric drop light; which weoe found near a pile of badly scorched newspapers. Mrs. C. B. Bloodgood. who occupies an apartment on the first floor, dis covered smoke coming from the base ment and notified the Thatchers. Miss Thatcher immediately rang all the telephone buzzers in the various apartments simultaneously by a spe cial system of alarm, and after all the residents were thoroughly aroused. sent in an alarm to the fire depart ment. ' Many persons had retired for the night, while others in all forms of decollete attire made their way scant ily clad to the street, using the stair ways, while others used the fire escape. Only one person became hysterical, Mrs. A. E. Koss, who, with her hus band occupied an apartment on the fourth floor. BLINDED DRIVER HITS CAR Chauffeur of Grain Truck Strikes Electric Train. Blinded by the sun's reflection on the windshield of the large grain truck he was driving late yesterday afternoon, Chester Stewart of Hills- boro, swerved his machine directly into an inbound Southern Paotfic elec tric train near Front and Hamilton streets. Fred Blatter, 10, of 390 Ham ilton avenue, jumped just before the collision and escaped injury, but the driver of the truck was slightly hurt. The truck received a smashed hood while the front of the interurban car was but little damaged: ' "Both " ve hicles were proceeding at a low rate of speed. $100 SET AS AERIAL FARE Regular Service" to Start Between Los Angeles and San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 13. One hundred dollars has been set as the fare between Los Angeles and San Francisco by an aerial trans portation company that plans to in augurate regular passenger service between here and the southern city Monday. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, tin degrees; minimum, 41 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly wind. Foreign. Poland obtains access to Black sea by agreement with Ukralnia. Page 7. National. President's fear of encroachment by con gress surprise to lawmakers. Pago 4. Railroads worried by freight congestion. Page 2. Daniels declares cablegram to Sims forged. Page 2. Bar Chamberlain, says "Wilson In holding Oregon party split inevitable. Page 1. Domestic. Debs nominated by socialist party. Page 5. Carranza is reported to be in desperate straits. Page 3. Marshill Field 3d opens attack on grand father's will. Page ill. Bishop Cooke accused of usurpation of power. Page 1. Russian trade held limitless. Page 1. vian Franclsco-Portiand air mail route pro posed. Page 1. Pacific Norlbwewt. 'Open shop" labor opposes unionizing Se attle, shipyard but denies fighting Itod gers. Pago 4. Student officers elected at University of Oregon. Page 10. Isadore Grecnbaum of Marion County, Tax pavers' league annoum-t-s he will sup port levy for higher education. Page 6. Young Howell for third time denies killing of girl at Bandon. Page s. iSport. Sam Ross. Vernon outcast pitcher, signed by Beaver skipper. Page 17. Portland Golf club names team for Clcmson trophy play. Page 18. Coast league results: Los Angeles 1, Port land 3; San Francisco 3. ifcattle 0; Sacramento 3. Vernon 7; Salt Laks o. Oakland 3. Page 16. i Brown-Gorman go expected to be pugilistic classic, ruse Trouble threatens over question of what motor polo team shall represent America at Olympic games. Page 17. Commercial and Marine. 4 1 Ten Oregon w uuuv n l..- . w ........ v. . i I coal. Page B. Barley in stronger ucmaiiu m vi".i - cal cereals. Page 25. Rallies in Chicago corn market fail to hold. Page 25. Selling pressure relaxes in stock market. Page 25. Portland and Yit-initj. Portland consumers may pay 28 cents a pound for sugar next week. luge 1. Charges against Max H. Houser groundless, says United States attorney. Page 1. Senator McXary asks state to support Johnson. Page 11. Offer of H daily for rooms by Shrine committee is denied. Page 2ti. Early morning joy-ride ends in grief for Pnrtlund Quartet. Page 11. t I Board of inquiry holds crew of electric T I v-n V'-l all eouallv to blamo for Bertha wreck. Page 26. Decline of Lowdcn denied by manager. Page 4. Girl's warning saves lives In J20.000 fire in Jaeger apartments. Page 1. Hoover out of Oregon's campaign. Page 1. 4 I Students m windows snow scnool work. 4 j Page 6. , standard's claim of gasoline shortage dis 4 I proved by government. Page 13. Labor refuses to indorse streetcar relief A measures. I'attc ti. HOPE FOR STABILITY FAINT Friendliness of Orientals Told at Convention. GOVERNMENT IS RAPPED World Center of Commerce to Svinr to Pacific With Develop ment of Iial, Is Assertion. SAX FRANCISCO. Cal., May 13. The imporlasc'O of Russia as a factor in world trade was emphasized here tonight by speakers at a group ses sion of the seventh anual convention of the National Foreign Trade council. Addresses at the session, which was on the topic, "American trade With Russia," were given by William C. Redfield, former secretary of corn merce and now president of tho American-Russian chamber of commerce; Dr. David P. Barrows, president of tho University of California, and Jerome Landfield, former adviser to the state department on Russian af fairs and now executive vice-president of the American-Russian chamber of commerce. "There are several points of view from which Russia and America are so interdependent as to concern every one of us in his personal life," said Mr. Iledficld. "One acre out of every six on this globe is a Russian acre; one out of every eight human souls in this world is an inhabitant of Russia." Itrat Trnde Walts Culm, "No real trade with Russia is to b looked for until the catastrophic trans portation system in that country in reha-bilitated and production begun again, and there is no hope of either of these eventualities under the pres ent soviet governments. But when th time comes that real trade with Rus sia is possible, it will be found that Russia will constitute by far our most important customer and an unlimited field for profitable enterprises." Potentialities of trans-Pacific trade possibilities and harriers to foreign trade by what was described as gov ernmental inefficiency and lack of co ordination were subjects discussed to day. Oriental Friendship Told. Trade leaders from the far east told how approximately 1,000,000,000 peo ple, a vast majority of them much more friendly to the United States than the American can imagine, are waiting upon the Pacific shores for long-needed idevelopment of cable or wireless communication facilities, and ships. Representatives from China, Japan, the Philippines, French Indo china and the Dutch East Indies de scribed the wealth of resources of these countries awaiting development of commerce that will swing the world cemer of trade to the Pacific. American experts discussed neces sary governmental steps to pave the way for world -trade by Americans. Henry Suzzallo. president of the Uni versity of Washington, declared that reorganization of governmental agencies and legislation to remove barriers the United States has set against American foreign traders is the first essential. Chinese Connol Speaks. Greater means of transportation and communication between me United States and the countries of tho far cast would result in increased trade between these two portions of the world, as .comparative lack of these facilities alone has hampered proper development of commerce in the Pa cific delebates were told by Chu-Chao-Hsin, Chinese consul-general in San Francisco. Mr. Chu pointed out that the ex istence of only one cable between America and the orient, and the fact that there were no facilities for wire less communication across the Pa cific Without relay, had hampered in terchange of commodities in tho past. He urged that the delegates advocate the establishment of more cables and more powerful wireless apparatus. Despite this handicap, trade be tween China and the United States has steadily increased in the last dec ade, and indications were, that the In crease would continue, Air. Chu said. America Debtor 40 China. "The general subject of this con vention is 'the effect of being a cred itor nation.' but the United States ia not a creditor, but a debtor, nation, in its relations with China," Mr. Chu said, "andi Amorici should be content to remain a debtor nation, respecting China, because the purchasing power of the Chinese people is steadily in creasing because ofv the abnormal gold and silver exchange situation." Mr. Chu advised American manufac turers to approximate more closely to the tastes and customs of China than has been done in the past. He pointed out "a growing menace'' to American foreign trade in the resumed compe tition of European powers whose ex ports were restricted during the war. He advised American manufactur- crs tosend men to China to study th commercial situation, markets, cus toms and tastes of that country, and to compare their products with those of European manufacturers which