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I'OIMLAXD OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1920
PRICK FIVE CENTS
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PRESIDENT WILSON
JGHAMBERLA1N EXIT
GASOLINE CRISIS HELD
FAULT OF U. S. POLICY
LACK OF PROTECTION IN FOR
EIGN FIELDS CITED.
PEACE RESOLUTION
VETO HELD CERTAIN
IS FORGING
HOOVER CALLS FOR
RATIONING SUGAR
NO RELIEF IS IN SIGHT FOR
TWO YEARS, IS VIEW.
PORTLANDERS LEAD
TRADE DISCUSSION
STILL "VERY SICK'
SURE, AVERS REED
'FLASHES OF MKXTAL VITAL
ITY" OXLY GAIX.
ADOPTION BY SENATE TODAY
IS FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
HOOVER SQUARELY
FOR OPEN SHOP
Individual Freedom Held
V
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AHEAD DF PALMER
Prestige of Attorney-General
Suffers.
PRUDENCE OF ACTS DOUBTED
Way of Suppressing Radical
ism Being Questioned.
MARSHALL IS CONSIDERED
Vice-President Deemed' or Wifely
Presidential Timber Among
Circle of Democrats. '
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copy-right by Ts'ew Tork Evening Post.
Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, May 14. (Special.)
The democratic presidential situa
tion has in a way and for the present
become fairly definite. At the same
time, whatever exists in that situa
tion now may be wholly changed by
events at the republican national
convention. The republicans hold
their convention, on June 8, the demo
crats on June 2S. This will enable the
democrats to adjust themselves to
whatever the republicans do. De
pending upon what kind of a plat
form the republicans adopt and upon
what kind of a candidate they nomi
note, tho democrats . will be sure to
make certain adaptations in their
programme.
Subject to these changes, it can be
said that just now McAdoo is de
cidedly a greater possibility than any
other one person. A few weeks ago
McAdoo and Palmer stood more or
less equal and Palmer is not yet out
of the situation. Undeniably, however,
-Palmer's fortunes have been disap
pointing during the last few weeks.
In the first state-wide primary in
which he was entered, Michigan, he
made a poor showing.
Palmer's Frestisre Sorters.
Palmer made a aggressivo effort to
carry Michigan; he delivered 10
speeches in the) state and the Michi
gan organization was in favor of him.
Jrtevertheless, the vote there received
was almost negligible and was less
than that given to Hoover, who made
no campaign whatever, and less than
that given to McAdoo, who made no
campaign and had. tried to have his
name withdrawn. Also Palmer's pres
tige has suffered a good deal because
of his prediction and warning of
nation-wide labor troubles on May 1,
a, prediction which conspicuously
failed to come true and led the pub
lic to think of the prophet as being
excitable and an alarmist.
Palmer's prestige has suffered in
other ways: people have come to won-
der whether his official acts in the
suppression of radicalism have been
of high quality. The public cannot
tell because theso actions are neces
sarily tied up with tho work of the
national secret service. The public Is
not able to "know all the details and
is permitted to know only the conclu
sions that the attorney-general comes
to and the acts which are based upon
these conclusions.- Rightly or wrong
ly, there has come to be a widespread
questioning as to the prudence and
3ustic of many of the official acts of
the department of justice. Further
than this. Palmer's prestige has been
lowered by the fact that he long ago
accepted the responsibility for reduc
ing the cost of living and has not
made progress toward success.
Promise Not Met.
It is now nearly a year elnce the
railroad men applied to the adminis
tration for an increase of wages and
were denied this increase with the
assurance from the administration
that tho cost of living would soon be
reduced by Mr. Palmer's Activity and
that the increase in wages would not
be needed. At various times official
announcements from Mr. Palmer's
office have repeated both the promise
and the prediction of reduced living
costs. This failure has come to be
considered a reflection upon both Mr.
Palmer's wisdom and the effective
ness of his office.
In spite of all this it remains true
that a large number of the demo
cratic leaders are' still bound to Mr.
Palmer by the strbngest ties.
In a way Mr. McAdoo is a benefi
ciary of the sheer Jack of other strong
candidates. In .the. absence of other
outstanding figures and in the ab
sence of organized advocacy of any
other man McAdoo stands out. If
Mr. McAdoo's friends should decide
that the time Jias come to put his
fortunes Inj organized hands it is
likely that the man who will manage
Bts campaign win De ex-commissioner
of Internal Revenue Daniel C. Roper.
Mr. Roper resigned from the internal
revenue office a few months ago and
Is now in private business, assocl.
. ated with Thomas I Chadbourne, a
New Tork lawyer and business man.
who 18 a power among the democratic
leaders, and especially among the
group of leaders who are friends of
McAdoo.
Roper sb Able Man.
Mr. Roper is an able and popular
man. In his administration of the in
tcrnal revenue department, where he
served under Mr. McAdoo, who at that
time was secretary of the treasury,
Mr. Roper made a reputation for fair
ness and consideration. Previous to
that Mr. Roper was in the postof
fice department and in that capacity
.(Coct.'iu-.iui yu l'ai j, Cuiumn 3.).
Countenance Shows Depression:
Body Spectral; Three Nurses
. in Attendance. "
OREGO.N'IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 14. Notwithstand
ing contrary reports. President Wilson
is still a very sick man. Infrequent
automobile trips, which give the- ap
pearances of recovery, it has become
known, are to be accepted in only a
small degree as indication of return
ing health and strength.
The White 'House physician. Ad
miral Carey Grayson is devoting more
time to his distinguished patient now
than for several weeks and there is
no reason to question the information
that there are. at least three trained
nurses in constant attendance.
The president's recovery, it was said
today by one who should have au
thentic knowledge of the' facts,
amounts to but little more than in
termittent flashes of returned mental
vitality. Physically, it appears Mr.
Wilson has made no progress and he
has aged 20 years in the last ten
months. This latter statement is veri
fied by those who have caught recent
glances at the executive as his auto
mobile whizzed away from the city
throngs to quieter thoroughfares in
the outskirts of the national capital
where he would be'less observed. He is
but a specter of his former self,
emacialed and pale, and his coun
tenance impresses one as the reflec
tion of Borrow and depression through
which the light has not broken in
many weary weeks.
There is no evidence that he has
ever walked and there is every rea
son to believe the repprts that his left
leg and left arm remain helpless..
While he has taken several trips in
the White House automobile no one
outside has ever been able to see the
method by which he was transferred
from his wheelchair to the car and
back again.
The wheelchair as some have under
stood, has not been discarded and
cabinet members will not be inter
viewed on the question of the presi
dent's mobility as they have witnessed
it at the several recent cabinet meet
ings.
MAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO
P. Foxley Waiting for Street Car at
Time of Accident.
While standing at the edge of the
curbing at East Seveitieth and Glisan
streets waiting' for an inbound street
car, P. Foxley, a railroad man of 14
East Thirtieth street, last night was
struck by an automobile, driven by
G. E. Baughnian of 98 East Seventy
fifth street North.
Foxley was removed to his home,
suffering from a fractured collar
bone. Waiting for the car with Fox
ley when the accident happened were
his sisters, Mrs. - F. Welsh of Van
couver, and Mrs. J. Tindale, 14 East
Thirtieth street, and his brother, A. R.
Foxley of 270 East Sixty-ninth street
North.
Baughman said that he was driving
parallel with the street ear Foxley in
tended boarding and speeded ud to
pas3 the street car. Foxley, he said,
stepped out into the center of the car
tracks and as the machine approached
him, tried to dodge. He was struck a
glancing blow by the automobile
Baughman was taken to police head
quarters and held for investigation.
DENVER COSTS RISE MOST
Increase in Living: of 38.19 Per
Cent Reported for 1917-1919.
WASHINGTON. May 14. Changes
in the cost of living in 13 .industrial
centers in the United States from De
cember, 1917, to December, 1919,
made public today by the bureau of
labor statistics of the department of
labor, show the largest increase reg
istercd in Denver, Colo., with 3S.19
per cent. Richmond, Va., was lowest.
with an advance of 32.02 per cent.
The next 11 cities showed increases
as follows:
Kansas City, 38.16; Atlanta, 37.89
Scranton, Pa., 37.10; Indianapolis,
36.53; Pittsburg, 36.17; Cincinnati
35.24; Memphis, 35.23; Birmingham,
34.32; St. Louis, 34.24; New Orleans,
33.S6.
SPRINTER DIES AT TAPE
Peter Pongen of Walla Walla
Gassed in France, Collapses.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 14.
(Special.) Peter Pongen. aged 19,
freshman at the high school, partici
pated in. the 220-yard dash in the
interclaes meet this afternoon, toppled
over as he crossed the finish line and
died while being taken to a hospital
by his chum, Dick Jones.
Pongen was gassed while fighting
in the American expeditionary forces
in France and his heart was affected.
His death brought the meet to a sud
den end. Pongen was an orphan and
enlisted in company K from the Odd
lenows nome nere, where he was
raised. One small brother, living a:
the home, two sisters in Portland and
a stepfather in Cle Elum survive him.
BIG TAX BILL PROMISED
Estate of Mrs. Hetty Green Mast
Pay on $28,000,000.
NEW YORK, May 14 Mrs. Hetty
Green had $38,000,000 invested in the
state of New York and her estate must
pay a transfer tax on approximately
$28,000,000.
An opinion to this effect was
handed down today by the appellate
division of the supreme court, revere
ing a decision of Former Surrogat
Blow, by Wilson Seals
.Fate, Says Colleague.
ISSUE DRAGGED INTO SENATE
Co - Reservations! Backs
Knox Peace Resolution.
OREGON FIGHT STUDIED
Ill-Feeling Between President and
Senator Traced Back to Mis-
sissippl Campaign.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, May 14. President Wil-
on's attack on Senator Chamberlain,
arried ; in a telegram last Sunday
night to Gilbert E. Hamaker of Port
land, was dragged into the senate
iseussion again this afternoon.
Senator Reed of Missouri in the
course of a long speech, saying that
he . intended to support the Knox
peace resolution, said:
With the senator from Oregon, Mr.
Chamberlain, who is the victim of the
president's correspondence, I voted for
reservations, 1. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
and 14, for all of the reservations, I
believe, but one. When he faces his
constituency and his opponent pre-
sents the letter from the president.
what will be the chance of Senator
Chamberlain to come back here?
Political Aspect Discussed.
He must meet, first, an overwhelm
ing republican majority, and he has
carried his state for the democratic
party by sheer personal popularity.
How long can a party live thus con
trolled? When one's will is to be set
up regardless of the political situa
tion for now I am dealing with this
as a political situation Decause tne
president by his telegram makes it a
political question for the first time
there can be but one fate."
Some additional lierht was shed on
the president's action today wh&h
concerns the state of Mississippi. Sen
ator Chamberlain's old home, quite as
much as it interests Oregon. It de
velops that the president has always
resented a letter sent into the sena
torial campaign in Mississippi two
years ago by Senator Chamberlain to
aid Senator James K. Vardaman, who
was then a candidate for re-election.
Chamberlain Aids Vardaman
The president had written a letter
to Mississippi designed to defeat Sen
ator Vardaman, condemning the lat
ter for having opposed the adminis
tration on many measures, several of
which related to the war. Senator
Vardaman's answer in Mississippi was
letter from Senator Chamberlain,
saying that, wniie ne old not agree
with Vardaman on several measures.
he admired the Mississippi senator
for his courage and independence.
Senator Chamberlain's letter on that
occasion was understood to have come
back to the White House from many
sources.
PEACE RESOLUTION IS URGED
Missouri Democrat Attacks Wil
son's League Proposition.
WASHINGTON. May 14. President
Wilson's proposition on the league of
nations issue was attacked again in
the senate today by Senator Reed,
democrat, Missouri, who urged adop-
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Oil Official Says British. Have
Gobbled Up Leases Assuring
Eventual Control of Supply. .
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. There
is not going to be a famine of gaso
line and other pet. oleum products in'
the United Stat. A. CL Bedford.
chairman of the board of the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey, told
the seventh annual national foreign
trade convention here today.
"These maybe, however, a possible
shortage at some points before the
summer automobile touring season is
over," he said.
"The fact Is that there is a short
age of crude just now, which means
that the least essential uses of oil
must be curtailed. Production in the
United States has for a long time
been close to what must continue to
6e the peak unless some new field of
importance is discovered."
Lack of government support to
American in foreign fields has been
disastrous to the industry, he said.
Referring to British gaining control
of the world's future oil supply, he
said:
"While we In this country have
rested in fancied security in the pos
session of some two-thirds of the
world's production of petroleum, our
stolid, phlegmatic but wide awake
cousins across the water have been
actively bent on getting a mortgage
upon much of the potential produc
tion, not only outside the United
States, but actually within a few
miles of this very halL So securely
entrenched do they feel themselves
now that they have taken to com
miserating us on the distress we
are shortly going to feel when we
cease to be the pre-eminent petroleum
nation and begin paying tribute, to
their foresight.
"American dollars will go into any
field where there is the remotest
possibility of getting oil if the state
department will tell the companies
what its policy- toward them will be
after they get established. I am
speaking for all the American com
panies when I say that we are not
getting a square deal in foreign
lands.
"It is not right to send men and
dollars into a foreign field with every
line of communication to Washington
cut off."
ROYAL PAIR DELAY VISIT
" '.
King and Vnftn of iioumauia to
. Come to V. S. Next Spring.
BUCHAREST, Roumania, May 14.
(By the Associated Press.) King
Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rou
mania have decided to postpone their
visit to the United States until next
spring. Problems facing this country
are so numerous and serious, the
king said, that he is unable to leave
the country at the present time.
King Ferdinand is giving all his
time to the formation of a stable and
permanent government and extending
Roumania's administrative functions
to new functions acquired under the
treaty of peace.
Queen Marie who was present dur
ing the interview, jokingly remarked
to the correspondent that the Amer
ican people "would have no time to
receive a queen while busy selecting
a president."
"As practical people, you must be
more interested in presidents than in
queens," she said. . ,
UDINE FEELS EARTHQUAKE
District of Italy Shaken but No Fa
talities Reported.
LONDON, May 14. An earthquake
shook the plateau m the region of
Udlne, according"to a Rome dispatch
to the Exchange Teleerapt company.
No fatalities were reported.
Democrats Expect Proposal Will
Have Majority of From Five
to Seven Votes.
WASHINGTON. May 14. Arrange
ments for the senate's vote tomorrow
at 4 P. M. on the republican peace
resolution were completed tonight
with its adoption and a veto later by
President Wilson foregone conclus
ions, according to leaders of both' par
ties. Democratic estimates were that the
resolution would have a majority of
from five to seven votes, depending
on whether another republican joins
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
in opposition.
The president's veto message is ex
pected to define more clearly the
campaign issue on the question of
peace and the treaty of Versailles.
Democratic leaders tonight predicted
that the treaty would not be returned
to the senate with the veto message,
but that the president would outline
more extensively his position in his
veto message and thus let matters go
"to the country."
The president's position given in his
telegram to Oregon democrats was at
tacked today by Senator Reed, dem
ocrat. Missouri, who spoke for more
than two hours in behalf of the peace
resolution.
$418,919,141 IN PAY BILL
Army and Navy Measure Adopted
and Goes iu President.
WASHINGTON, May 14. Enact
ment of the army and navy pay bill
was completed today with the adop
tion of the conference report by the
bouse and senate. The measure now
goes to the president.
As finally agreed upon the bill car
ried $418,919,141, an increase of $42.-
153.317 over the house measure.
One amendment would authorize
American school teachers in Porto
Rico and Hawaii to be brought back
to the United States on army tran
sports during the vacation months.
STRAWBERRIES BRING $12
White Salmon Valley Makes First
Shipment for 1920 Season.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., May 14.
(Special.)--White Salmon valley
Kipped its first strawberries for the
1920 season from the Henderson ranch
at Blngen, Wednesday. The berries
brought 50 cents a hallock, or $12 a
crate. It is reported that Kennewick
was one day behind this section.
having shipped its first berries Thurs
day.
A substantial additional acreage
has been set this spring to this fruit
MOSCOW SENDS MESSAGE
Wireless Resumes Operation After
Several Days' Silence.
LONDON. May 14. The Central
News announces that the Moscow
wireless station has recommenced op
erations after some days of silence
and the first message was received in
Kcval, Esthonia, last night.
It is understood, the Central News
says, that the stoppage was due to a
strict military censorship.
SUGAR PRICE IS SLASHED
Oden Jobbers Get Allowance at
$13.73 Fer Hundred.
OGDEN, Utah, May 14. The Amal
gamated Sugar company allotted
2575 bags of sugar to the jobbers of
this district for $13.73 per hundred
pounds today.
The action was taken after consid
eration of local conditions.
to Be in Balance.
LEGAL REPRESSION OPPOSED
Compulsion Will Not Settle
Disputes, Says Candidate.
PROFITS AFFECT LABOR
Ex-Administrator in Senate Testi
mony Thinks Unrest Partly
A Due to Excessive Gains.
WASHINGTON, May 14. "The prin
ciple of individual freedom requires
the open shop." Herbert Hoover de
clared today in testifying before the
senate labor committee at hearings on
proposed legislation for the settle
ment of industrial unrest.
Mr. Hoover, who was a member of
President Wilson's second industrial
conference, said he did not believe the
relationship between employers and
employes could be settled "by tny
form of legal repression, whether it Je
by injunction, compulsory arbitration'
or industrial courts.
"Fundamentally," he declare!, "all
such efforts lead inevitably to "he
Ufe of jails as -x solution for d'spuce3
as to respective participation of labor
ai.d capital in industrial profits and
proceeds swiftly toward compulsory
lihor or .comfuisory wages, or mar
tyrdom. Individual Freedom Irjed.
"No one doubts that the modern
consolidation cT the employers over
large units o' employes gives every
Justification and tight for tho organ
ization of employes similarly into
units for the excition of equality
bargaining powers. Such organization
nas a right to undent its own repre
sKtatives in bargaining. On tha oth
r hand, there ubould be no compul
sion to join such i t organization. The
principle of . individual freedom re
quires the open shop."
Mr. Hoover heartily approved the
plan of the second Industrial con
ference fdr voluntary settlement of
labor troubles through co-operative
agreement.
Senator Jones, democrat. New Mex
ico, wanted to know if labor had not
been disturbed by excessive profits.
Wnsrcs Affect Labor.
"It has," replied Mr. Hoover, "but
it is difficult to say liow far this
has helped to cause industrial unrest,
now with the rising cost of living.
There is no question as to the enor
mous increase in profits, but what
weight is to be given this requires
very careful attention. There has
been a big increase in profits over
the cost of labor, but I cannot say
as to proportion."
On the quostion of strikes, Mr.
Hoover said a distinction should be
drawn between conditions in this
country and Europe, declaring that
strikes for political ends had been
resorted to in Europe, which had
caused unnecessary alarm in this
country.
"There has been no taint of such
strike order in this country," he de
clared. "No attempt has been made
by leaders of organized labor in the
United States to override the ballot.
rand labor leaders have discouraged
that ' use. There seems to be a mis
apprehension as to whether the strike
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Administration Is Blamed for Some
of High Prices Because of
Failure to Buy Crop.
WASHINGTON. May 14. Herbert
Hoover, former food administrator,
and candidate for the nomination for
the presidency, gave his views to con
gress today on the sugar and indus
trial situations. ' Appearing before a
house committee investigating the
sugar situation, Mr. Hoover declared
that the world shortage in that prod
uct was likely to continue two or
three years. The pressing need was
rationing, he said, with immediate
government action to control the sup
ply through commercial, not legalistic
methods.
Although the hearing related pri
marily to- the action of Attorney
General Palmer in approving a max
imum price for the Louisiana crop, it
reached out into a broader field after
Mr. Hoover said he would give only
an "off-hand" opinion as to that pro
ceeding. Mr. Hoover said, however,
that the government should have
bought the Louisiana crop last year,
pocketing the loss or else selling to
the luxury trade at an advance.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Hoover, who
was a member of President Wilson's
second industrial conference, told the
senate labor committee he did not
believe that the relationship between
employers and employes could he set
tled by any form of legal repression.
whether it be by injunction, compul
sory arbitration or industrial courts.
He said labor had unquestionably
been affected by reports of the exor
bitant profits of some employers, al
though hewas emphatic in asserting
that, unlike Europe, the United States
had not been threatened by any at
tempt by labor leaders to use the
strike as a political weapon.
"Prices have never neen fixed by
the government or mortal man by
threats of fail," declared Mr. Hoover.
"They have got to be fixed by the
business process of purchase and
sale."
The witness said the Cuban price
was due to ;a "far wider cause the
world's shortage."
Purchase of the Cuban crop last
July with government control over
distribution would have given the
people 12'i-cent sugar at this time
instead of 25-cent sugar, Mr. Hoover
testified.
SIX CITIES SHOW GAINS
Casper, Wyo., Records Population
Increase of 333.8 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON', May 14 Census
figures announced to-day were:
Casper, vvyo., 11,447: increase 8808.
or 333.8 per cent.
Cripple Creek, Colo.. 2325: decrease,
3737. or 62.5 per cent.
Canton, O.. 87.091: increase 38.874.
or 73.4 per cent.
Oil City, Pa., 21.274; increase 5817.
or 35.9 per cent.
Cohoes, N. X.. 22.987: decrease 1722.
or 7 per cent.
Farrell. Pa.. 15.115: increase 49?5
or 48.3 per cent.
Lake Charles, La., 13,088; increase
1639. or 14.3-per cent.
Marshall. Texas. 14.271; increase
2819, or 24.6 per cent.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weathrr.
YtsTtK-DA V'S Maximum f-m perature
70 degrees; minimum. 40 desrecs.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Kiev is rapturttd with flovrcr-hedccked
puna. Page 2.
American consul at Vera Crui arranged for
foreigners to leave Mexico. Pago 3.
. National.
Hoover sfruarely for open shop, r.se 1.
Efforts of house to pass federal appropria
tion bill over president's veto fall
Page 3.
President Wilson "still very alck man "
Pago 1.
Chamberiain's defeat certain, declares Sen
ator Reod. Pace 1.
Stock dividend tax may be bonus source.
Page 4.
Hoover thinks norma! conditions In sugar
will not be reached in less than two or
three years. Page 1.
Daniels says Sima robbed Yanks of glory
P.-ise '-'.
Roads ask biff fund to end freight jam
Page -0.
Vomwl ir.
Great trade opportunity in South Ameri
ca pointed out by speakers at trade
convention. Pago 4. "
Gasoline crisis blamed to C S. foreign
policy. Page 1.
Portlandt-rs lead trade discussion at fc'an
Francisco. Page 1.
McAdoo Is forging ahead of Palmer
Page 1.
Socialists reaffirm allegiance -to third
(Moscoe) Internationale. Pago tf.
Pacific Northwest.
Hood River instructor, back from east,
faces theft charge and hearing may be
today. Page 1.
Evidence closed in Howell murder trial
and counsel addresses jury. Pago 14.
Sport.
1 Pete Herman, bantam champion, to box in
i fortiana June n. l age 12.
Pacific Coast league results I.os Angeles
4, Portland 7; San Francisco J, Seattle
2; Kalt Lake 1. Oakland 4: Sacramento
, I, Vernon 3. Pave 12.
Kirkpatrlcks to meet Centennials of As
toria for final place in semi-pro league.
Page 13.
Racquet wlelders open spring tournament
today. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Heavy fruit crops indicated in all Pacific
coast states. Page 21.
Stock market shows signs of sold-out con
dition. Page 21.
i Corn sells at highest prices of season at
Chicago market. Page -21.
Stevedores waiting for answer from long
shoremen. Page 20.
Admiral line to do its own stevedoring.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Proof of charges of dishonesty demanded
of Mickle. Page 11.
Sixteen former service m'en win in gov
ernment land drawing. Page 13.
John C. McCue in race for representative.
Pago 10.
Gasoline rations for pleasure autos In
creased to 00 per cent of tank capacity.
Page 5.
Ten persona hurt in traffic accidents.
Pago 10.
Hoover state organization shifts campaign
to plank on league, advised by with
drawing candidate. Page (i.
Treaty will bring next war, declares Ray
mond Robins, at Johnaon booster meet
ing. Page 6.
Pacific Problems Center
of Convention Interest.
HOUSER CHAIRMAN OF GROUP
Oriental Markets and Mail
Service Occupy Attention.
COMMITTEE MEN NAMED
Five Local Delegates Appointed to
General Body to Take Vp
Plans of Next Meeting.
BV Fit AX K in.V WHITE.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Spe
cial.) "Pacific Problems" was the
group session in which interest cen
tered today and in which tho coat
ports were leaders in the discussions
of subjects brousi.t 'out by speakers
on the regular programmes. M. H.
Iiouscr, general chairman of the
Portland delegation, was the chair
man of this group.
In the discussion of the particular
phases of the questions embodied in
trade with the orient and of the ef
fect that pending legislation and im
proved mail service by American
lines will have upon- the establish
ment of permanent and extensive
trade, Portland delegates took a prom
inent part. There1 were present the
commercial attaches of the Chinese
and Japanese legations, of the Neth
erlands government in the East In
dies and of the chambers of com
merce and trade organizations of
Shanghai, Hongkong and of the prin
cipal ports of all of the oriental
countries.
Portland Get ttecojcnitlon.
Portland received recognition in the
general committee, with five mem
bers M. H. Houhcr, F. JL Ran; rr.
A Ci C. iian H. B. Ainsworth ;,ncl
George M. Cornwall; and two vice
presidents, O. M. Clark and Mr. Cal
lan. Heretofore there was no Port
land member of the committee which
has to do with the plans for the
next convention and its administra
tive control.
Preceding the morning session the
members of the port and dock com
mission and their engineers were the
guests of the state board of harbor
commissioners for a trip around the
San Francisco water front. Members,
of the delegation have been invited
to join an excursion tomorrow, fol
lowing the last general seseion, to
include a bay trip and a ' trip up
Mount Tamalpais.
Party Han Same Train.
For the return trip the Portland
party will have the same special train
on which the southward trip was
made. There will be added a number
of delegates who cither came in ad
vance or joined the party here. The
train is scheduled to arrive early
Monday morning.
Kfforts of Sydney B. Vincent to have
the Portland exhibit thrown open to
the public resulted in the decision ot
the local committee to open the con
vention hall to visitors on Saturday
and possibly Sunday. Tho rigid rule)
has been enforced that only those
wearing the official badge of delegates
were admitted, the registration hav
ing reached almost 2400 and exceeding
by more than 300 the number at any
preceding convention of tho foreign
trade council. The character of the
exhibits is highly educational and the
contention that the exhibitor should
) have the opportunity to invite tlia
pUDHC to learn ui ine port lacuiucs
neighboring cities and the advantages
that are shown for Portland, which Is
emblazoned as the clearing house of
an empire, won out with the manage
ment. The public interest in the foreign
trade has been demonstrated by the
large number who have endeavored
to obtain admission but did not have
credentials.
Solutions Being Worked.
In the discussion that followed the.
papers of the group session F. C.
Knapp, R. W. Neighbor and W. P.
LaRoche took part and presented
some of the solutions that are beintf
worked out in the port facilities of
Portland to handle the products of the
orient.
On the question of relations with
the people of the countries beyond the
Pacific, Julian Arnold, commercial at
tache of the legation at Pekin, who
accompanied the Portland delegation
to S"an Francisco, was an exponent of
the, high standards of business prac
tice established among the Chinese
trade and defined some of the things
essential to maintaining the favor
that is generally accorded to Ameri
can trade at the present time. He
advised the closest scrutiny by man
ufacturers in producing goods for ex
port, and, after being certain that it
comes up to guarantee and conforms
in every respect to the samples sub
mitted, to always be ready to make
good any deficiency or fault that calls
for adjustment.
The crowning social feature of the
convention was the banquet and ball
in the hall where the general sessions
have been held tonight. Covers were
laid for more than 1100 persons. The
fifth and closing general session will
be held tomorrow forenoon, at which
time it is expected that a general
programme for American activity la
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