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
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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."
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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. Rathom, editor' of the Providence
Journal, testifying Thursday before
the naval court of inquiry which is
investigating charges of Improper
practices by a naval vice squad at
Newport, declared his belief that a
statement made in the form of a
question by Judge Advocate Henry
Hyneman was "part of a plot In which
the secretary of the navy and the as
Returns of Campaign Held During
Week. Are Read.
At their regular meeting at the Ben
son hotel yesterday noonv membera of
the Oregon Association of Life Under,
writers received the returns of their
campaign during the week. Rivalry
between the two picked membership
teams was keen.
Frank M. King, associated with the
agency of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, was the speaker or tne ses
sion. His address was listened to with
interest by the other members, as he
is an authority In his particular branch
of life Insurance work. W. E. Crosby
sang several selections, being accom
panied by Mrs. waiter uarawtctc
Dock. Section at Astoria Falls.
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
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