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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN. SATTTRDAT. ;MAT 29, 1920 WILSONPEACEVETD l SURVIVES ATTACK House Fails to Override Pres ident's Action. 12 REPUBLICANS VOTE NO men who entered his haberdashery at I 800 Third avenue, today. "Scarfs? Surely; here you are." He placed the articles on the counter. "And tome thins else? Ah, yes belts, good strong belts, yes, gentlemen." One of the eentlemen thereupon produced an automatic pistol and they both backed Mr. Cohan to the rear of the store and with the "good strong belts" they made him fast to chair, hey stuffed the handker chiefs into his mouth and then tied the scarfs about his head. Then, after cutting his telephone wire, they made up several packages of goods. worth $300, and departed. Mr. Cohan rolled, chair and all, to the front door, where a friend who came alone1 liberated him. Me crave the detectives an excellent descrip- I VF R R ft I CHflT PYPHAMRPn tion of the thieves; but they had not been caught at last accounts. Seventeen Democrats Join 'With Be . publicans in Attempt to Pat Resolution Through. WASHINGTON, May 28. Lacking 23 votes of the necessary two-thirds, the house failed today to pass the Knox resolution to end the war with Germany and Austria over President Wilson's veto. The result was not unexpected. The vote was 220 to 152, 17 democrats joining with republicans In attempting to override the veto, while two republicans voted with the democrats to sustain it. Before start ing the fight on the floor, republican leaders predicted that the veto would Etand by a margin of ten, but an nounced their determination to make the fight and let the vote go to the people. . Preceding final action, which again ended efforts to establish peace, there was an hour of debate in which the president's position was assailed by republicans and defended by demo crats. Attacking the republican lead ership of congress. Representative Connally, democrat, Texas, challenged the . party in control to present etraight-out resolution for repeal of all -war time legislation and promised democratic support in an effort to pass it in the event of a presiden tial veto. Declaring that passage of the Knox resolution would fix the time of re peal of the war-time laws, Represen tative Mondell, republican leader, -came back with a challenge to the Texas member to give proof of his ability to "deliver democratic help but the answer was lost In the howl from both sides of the chamber. Later in the dav. however. Mr. Con nally without comment, threw into the house hopper a joint resolution providing for repeal of every bit of war-time legislation effective on the date of the resolution s passage. Soon after, Representative Acker, man, republican. New Jersey, present ed a similar resolution. Neither reso, lution is expected to be called up be fore the summer recess or adjourn merit The Connally resolution calls for repeal of "all acts and resolutions passed since April 6, 1917, and which by their terms are to be effective only during and for a specified period after such war or such present or ex isting emergency." Only four speeches were made in the veto fight. Chairman Porter of the foreign affairs committee and Rep resentative Mondell, pleading with the members to override the veto, while Representative Flood, Virginia, rank ing democrat on the committee, and Representative Connally, also a mem ber, urged the house to stand by the president. THEFT IS CHARGED TA lit ACCUSED OF STEALIXG CLOTHING FROM WAREHOUSE Elmer K. Zimmerman, Fireman and G. If. Lamberton, Salesman, Are Under Arrest. Theft of $6000 worth of cloth from the establishment of the Portland wool warehouse last Monday night i the charge on which Elmer E. Zim merman, fireman, and G. H. Lamber- ton, salesman, were arrested yester day afternoon by Inspectors Phillips and Tackaberry at Park and Glisan streets. The cloth was recovered In the basement of a house at 560 Walnut street occupied by Robert Leffe brother-in-law of Lamberton. Both Zimmerman and Lamberton are said to have denied any connec tion with the theft yesterday, but are declared to have been implicated by the testimony of Leffel. Leffel said he did not know tha the cloth had been stored in his base ment. He eaid, according- to the in pectors, that Zimmerman and Lam berton came to him last Monday n i; after he had retired and asked per mission to store a campaign outfit i the basement. He said he save them tJj permission. Both Zimmerman and Lamberton have been arrested before for bur lu.ry, according- to inspectors. On one occasion they are said to h&v been, brougrht back from San Fran Cisco by Inspector Swennes to face burglary charges. WAR OVER CAR DEAL Caldwell Denies Being Con sulted on Purchase. photostatic copy of a letter written by Mr. Rathom to Thomas W. Greg ory, attorney general, on February . 1918, and asked: "Is it not a fact that many of the war stories in which the Providence Journal claimed credit for unearthing German spy systems ware falser "That statement, the witness an swered, "is a deliberate wilful and absolute falsehood 'in all that it says and all that it Implies." Then he added his reference to the navy department heads. The first part of his answer was permitted to stand. Mr. Rathom said he was unable to add to his previous testimony any memoranda filed with the court re garding charges that the vice squad had been guilty of improper practices and with the knowledge and .consent of the secretary and assistant secre tary of the navy. In all his newspaper career the witness said he had never been "so li K SH UU HI I HkHM M Bctara of -Mayor to Seattle Is highly fortified with facta as In this in iiiiiiii ii i mil in iiiii 1 i -ww. witir w a w mm a wtiaa DOZEX BATHIXG BEAUTIES TO OPEX WEEK'S EXqAGEMEXT. Branded as Attempt to Sis credit Investigation. SEATTLE, "Wash., May 28. (Spe- Fashion Promenade Will Igsplay cial.) With Mayor Caldwell and ex- Mayor Hanson exchanging hot verbal shots, the Question of whether Seattle was "buncoed" in its payment of Costumes Some Elaborate and Others Less so. . TUFT VISITS UGENE EX-PIiESIDENT CHEERS YALE'S OLD "BOO IA" SONG. A girl show headlined by Bothwell Browne and his dozen bathing beau ties will be the Orpheum's offering at the Heilig next week for an engage ment of three nights and four mat inees. Tne show will close with the afternoon performance next Wednes day. Bothwell Browne's act introduces a bevy "of femininity, the grace and beauty of which has not been excelled in big-time vaudeville, say the news paper reviewers all along, the Or-pheum'circuit- In the opening of the act theater patrons are treated to a bathing costume fashion promenade in which the Misses Bee Allard. Mary en Aye, Mildred Browne. Dorothy Browne, Elinor Bell, -Harriet Gimbel. Mickey Burns. Tex Morgan and others display charming costumes, some elaborate and others less elaborate. Tho extra attraction of the Browne show is the patter act of Lloyd and Crouch, "Two Southern Gentlemen," who have been a laughter hit everywhere. Remaining acts of the girl show are Ernest Anderson and Marjorie Burt "Home, Sweet Home": George Fox and Zella Ingraham in "Song Show ers"; Swain and Ostman, cyclonic bump fiends; Margaret McKee, a Los Angeles girl, programmed as "The Queen of Whistlers," and Texas and Walker, who display, ingenuity in wielding the lariat. This is tne first girl show to be at the Orpheum in several weeks. $15,000,000 to the Stone-Webster in terests for the street railway system today developed into a heated contro versy between these two men as to actions- and motives. - The short and ugly word was ap plied today to Ole Hanson by Mayor Caldwell, who branded the ex-mayor'a statement that he had consulted Mr. Caldwell on the traction deal as "un qualifiedly false." "Some people think that Ole was brought back to hamper and delay my investigation into the street-car deal." Caldwell declared. "Ole has started his smoke screen by attempt ing a controversy over our work in Washington, D. C, on the Skagit-river project." Investigation Will Go On. The mayor announced that the in vestigation into" the street-car deal would not be abandoned because of the "efforts of Hanson, or anyone else, to discredit it." The statement that he was consult ed by Hanson on the purchase of the Delight Expressed' on Tour Throug-li Orchards ; ' Salem to Be Beached Today. EUGENE, Or.. May S8. (Special.) William H. Taft addressed 200 En gene citizens at a special luncheon in his honor at the chamber of com merce today at noon and lectured tonight to a packed house at the armory. At the luncheon the forme president declared that there Is little prospect of the adoption of the cove nant of the. league of nations by the United States until President Wilson is out of the presidential chair. Re garding the probable nominee of th republicans for the presidency h would not venture a prediction but emphatically declared that it would not be Hiram Johnson. When a quartet from the glee club of the university sang Yale s old "Boola Boola," Mr. Taft was loudest street-car system was laughed at by! of all in cheering. E IS SELECTED TRAVELERS NAME MEETING PLACE FOR 1921. Portland - Convention Opens AVith 50 .Accredited Delegates; Percy Martin Presides. Spokane was selected as the place of meeting for the 1921 convention of the grand council of United Commer cial Travelers of America at the open fcig session of the council yesterday at the Portland Elks' club. C. A. Flem ing, mayor of Spokane, wired the commercial men, inviting them to meet next year at Spokane and the invitation was accepted immediatly by unanimous vote. The meeting yesterday was devoted entirely to the reports of officers, committees and other routine matters which have arisen during the year. The session will be brought to close by noon today with the annual election of officers. Immediately after the close of the session the visitors will be taken on an automo bile trip over the Columbia river highway where a dinner-dance will be the closing feature of the con vention. Percy Martin of Vancouver, B. C, grand counselor of the organization presided. The reports from the vari ous local councils within the juris diction showed that all of them had made good gains in membership dur ing the year. The Everett, Wash council was awarded the $100 cash prize for the greatest per capita membership gain. The convention was attended by delegates of the -northwest jurisdic tion, comprising Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Local coun cils within this jurisdiction are at Vancouver and Victoria, B. C, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Bellingham, Ever ett and Portland. Approximately 50 accredited delegates are here for the meeting. the mayor. "Our relations were such that Ole went up and told the editor of a morning paper that he was going to remove me as corporation counsel. He was advised not to start anything he couldn't finish." Caldwell said that the matter of purchasing the street-car system was not brought to his attention until shortly before he resigned as head of the city legal department on Septem ber 6, 1918. He indicated that the dis cussions up to the first part of Sep tember were all to the effect that the city should lease the railways from the Stone-Webster interests. Effect on Policy Denied. As attorney for the city, I had no say"" as to the policy to be pursued," ne poinieu qui. - iu me preveuuig February I rendered - an opinion in which I asked the city council to ap propriate money for a valuation of the Puget Sound Traction company's properties, in order that we could meet their contention that certain of their franchise obligations should be rescinded by the city. In connection I scoffed at the Idea of the Stone-Webster people that their property was worth 115,000,000." Caldwell went through the official files Friday to prove that the ques tion of buying the lines had been lit tle mooted before the offer was actu ally made by the city. Letters sent by shipping board representatives to the mayor and city council on the last three days of August, 1918, were pro duced to snow tnat an enorts made at that time to obtain relief from in tolerable traction conditions were based upon the idea of leasing the lines from the private corporation. The ex-president was taken for I ride into the orchards and agricul tural section of this part of the county after luncheon and expressed himself as being delighted. Mr. Taft was a guest at the Uni versity of Oregon during a- part the afternoon and was busy durln his stay at the hotel with impromptu and informal receptions. Mr. Taft will be taken to Salem tomorrow morning by automobile. PLANES TO VISIT TOWN LANDING FIELDS "WANTED AT ASTORIA AND MARS HFIELD of 5 WIFE TOLD TD SELL RAGS FAMOUS MUSICIAN DIVORCED OX CROSS-COMPLAINT. Three Aircraft Leave Portland on Trip to Create Greater In terest in Aviation. As a means of creating greater in terest in aviation, three planes left Portland yesterday for Astoria and darshf ield,. to make pleas for the construction of permanent landin fields. Victor Vernon, manager of a local airplane company, piloted the sea plane which flew to Astoria, while Merle Briggs and F. E. Harding were pilots of the two ships which winged their way to Marshfield. In connection with the trip to As toria yesterday Sydney B. Vincent re turned from the Clatsop county me tropolis by airplane after perfecting arrangements for having an Astoria float In the Rose festival parade and talking over landing field sites and aerial mail service possibilities. Oth ers who went to Astoria by rail with Mr. Vincent on the same mission were Walter Conklin, George Rauch and O. M. Wilkins. Decree Is Granted Madame Rogo- voy From Noted Former Mem ber of Philharmonic Orchestra. AD CLUB SPIRIT LAUDED ItERBERT CtTHBERT DEEMS ? S : CONVENTION SUCCESS. Tnity of reeling of Northwest De- - scribed as Valuable to Bring ; I Ing Tourists. .ratification lhat the convention was a. success from every viewpoint was expressed yesterday by Herbert Cuthbert. executive secretary of the Roific Northwest Touring- associa tion, on his return from the meeting f Pacific coast admen at Stockton, Cal.. held from May 23 to 28. -In the meetings of tho convention Urokane. Seattle. Tacoma and Port land delegates worked and spoke in tinison, he said. There was no boast ing' as to the relative merits of the individual city, for when a Spokane man addressed the convention he owelt upon the ecenic beauties and commercial advantages to be found t Portland, and when a Seattle dele- prate spoke he told of the opportuni ties awaiting the visitor to the inland empire country, said Mr. Culhbert. - At the close of the meeting- it was ascertained that California delegates were enthused with the idea of tour ing througrh the northwest. Ed Strong, beading the Portland delegation, pre sented Stockton admen with a loving cup on behalf of the delegates from the northwest. CARE OF BOY IN DISPUTE Court Is Asked to Decide Between Mother and Stepmother. . Ownership of a boy whose father was killed in a logging: camp three weeks ago is the subject of a dis pute that was dragged into Judge Mc Court's courtroom yesterday. Two mothers are claiming the lad and the judge has set Tuesday as the date on which a decision is to tie given as to which is to have him. Oscar Dowler and Ethel Dowler were divorced, a year ago. the former being given custody of their son and the latter of their daughter. Both parents married again. Cpon the death of Dowler his former wife ap plied for a modification of the decree so she could have 7-year-old Ernest. His stepmother has been hiding with him in the woods of Washington county in order to avoid being sub- penaed. Both women were present yesterday. PATRONS PROVE ROBBERS Merchant Bound and Gagged With His Own Goods. NEW YORK, May 28. (Special.) Handkerchiefs? Yes. gentlemen." eaid Cam Cohan to two well dressed Fisherman Dies While Fishing, ASTORIA, Or.. May 28. (Special.) Andrew Kari, a fisherman employed by the cnion Fishermen's Co-opera tive Packing company, died suddenly this morning as the result of an at tack of heart disease. He and his companion, John Ahanen, had placed their net in the water about 4 o'clock this morning and then lay down under the shelter tent of the boat to rest. A few minutes later Kari passed away. He was a native of Finland, about 45 years of age and left widow and family residing in Quinay. Clerks at Bend! Strike. BEND. Or.. May 28. (Special.) Following the flat refusal made last night by the merchants' association of Bend to sign a contract submitted by the local clerks' union, specifying that the employers should agree to the closed shop principle, a strike was called this morning. Eighteen stores were included in the membership o(j the association, out oniy live em ployes walked out. ... No Court to Be Held Monday. There will be no session of federal ! court Monday because of Memorial day. according to announcement yes terday by Federal Judge Bean. The motion calendar will be postponed Usui Tuesday morning. SEATTLE, Wash., May 28. (Spe cial.) In a divorce suit Instituted by George Rogovoy, a famous cellist and former member of the New York Phil harmonic orchestra, at present em ployed In the orchestra of a local theater, his wife, Mrs. Florita Rogo voy of New York, testified in supe rior court today that he dissipated 110,000 of her money, paid attention to waitresses and, when she protested. told her "to get out and sell rags for a living."" On her cross-complaint, Mrs. Rogo voy was awarded, by Presid'ng .Judge Mitchell Gilliam a decree of divorce and $22. SO a week alimony. when asked on cross-examination what became of a three-karat dia mond ring valued at $200, which had belonged to her husband. Mrs. Rogo voy eaid she sold it in New York to pay her way to Seattle, where she came to contest .the divorce. "But how did you first get posses sion of that ring?" she was asked. "On a wager," she testified. "One time my husband bet me his ring against $1 that I couldn't get credit for $2 worth of groceries in a certain store." "You were betting on a sure thing?" "Certainly, I was," admitted the witness. "Of course I got tho credit." Mrs. Rogovoy testified that she managed all ber husband's concert tours, because he could not write or read English. She declared also that he tried to alienate the respect of their 5-year-old boy. They were married at Philadelphia January 9, lftll. Rogovoy was decorated by the late czar of Russia for musical accom plishments. PACT CHANGE OPPOSED Nippon Paper Says Japan. Will Not Consent to Shantung Modification. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL. May 28. The Osaka Malnlchi. Ahe largest paper In Osaka, Japan, suggests that if the council of the . league of nations amends the provisions of the peace treaty establishing Japanese rights over German concessions in Shantung, Japan cannot accept such amendment, according to a cable received, here to day by the New World, a Japanese language daily. It is the consensus or opinion or the Japanese press, according to the cable, that "as the peace treaty al ready has recognized the rights of Japan to succeed to the rights of Germany in Shantung, it is certain that China herself is to blame for re fusing past offers made by Japan to settle the controversy." Leave the Breakfast Untouched i The Baby With a Friend The Dishes in the Sink If You Have But COME! sirs HIRE The girl who wouldn't wear clothes because they "smelt missionary" Clad only in youthful innocence, leaf of the fig and .beads for. adornment This dainty mixture of France, Java, Samoa and MUCH SHIMMIE will dance her way to your heart in . D. W. GRIFFITH'S Beautiful, Exotic First National Special Production "THE IDOL DANCER" Never Before a Story Like the Tale of Her Strange .Love and Mating . m ...... iE-o.---' a ; 1 ADMISSION XA mmamm . I Tifafinf . 2Zr i lUJSihr o hf YA m Matinee .....25c Evening .... .35c War Tax Included cement $3200. ia in, the neighborhood of U'REN PROPOSAL FAVORED Central JLabor Council Decides to Circulate Petitions. Approval of the proposal of W. S. URon to reorganize the etate legis lature by having It consist of 100 members taken from the various oc cupations was voiced by the Portland Central Labor Council after the plan had been laid before it by its author. Decision was made to speed up the circulation of initiative petitions and have them in readiness by July in order that they might be placed on the ballot for the general election in November. Promises of financial as sistance were given by union offi cials and a canvass is to be made of the various locals of the city for further funds with which to carry on the campaign. Bend Fuel Supply Is Low. BEND, Or., May 28. (Special.) With a dally gasoline and distillate ration of 150 gallons being distributed among seven garages and supply sta tions for strictly Industrial purposes. word was received here today that no shipments are on the way to Bend. and that none will be started for at least five days. The supply now on band may be practically exhausted by that time. It is feared. Homestead Designations Enlarged. otlEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wshing-ton, May 28. The secretary of the Interior reported to Representa tive Sinnott this afternoon mat en larged homestead designations, ag gregating 293,730 acres have been made in The Dalles land district, covering more than, 500 applications on file. Pomme de Terre Win Race. LONDON, May 28. The race for the Manchester cup, at one and one-half miles, was won today by Pomme de Terre. Square Measure finished, sec ond and Happy Man ran third. Tne bertinar against the winner was 3 to 1. EDITOR CHARGES PLOT life underwriters meet SECRETARY OP XATY AXD AS SISTANT ACCCSED. John It. Rathom Testifies at In quiry Into Alleged Improper Practices of Vice Squad. WESTERLY, R. I, May 28. John R. 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ASTORIA. Or., May 28. (Special.) slstant secretary of the navv are in. I A section of the floor, about B0 by volved to Injure and degrade me." Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, at whose request Mr. Rathom had been recalled as a witness, immediately asked, mat tnis portion of his an swer be stricken from the records. The court ordered this done. 75 feet in the warehouse on the Mack dock collapsed this morning and ap proximately 4000 sacks of cement, be longing to the Creasy Anderson Hardware company and on storage there, were plunged Into the river. The damage to the dock will amoun The judge advocate bad firodufigd ftito about flSOO whUe. the loss. on. tie If s not always convenient to take your customer to your club then try Oregon rili Conveniently located where the exclusiveness of your favorite club will be found, together with an .excellent cuisine skilled service and in most congenial surroundings. 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