TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, , FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1920 s COX STARTS TOUR OF WESTERN STATES Month Will Be Spent in "Swing Around Circle." 22 STATES TO BE VISITED 9000 Miles 'WUl Be Covered, Mak ing Tour Most Extensive Since Bryan's Trek of 189 6. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sept. 2. Gover nor Cox left tonight on a "month's ewlng around the circle" through the west. In Michigan tomorrow he starts his speaking trip the most extensive political tour undertaken since Will lam J. Bryan's in 1896 which will take him around 9000 miles through 22 states and end October 3 at St. Louis. He expects to reach many hundreds of thousands of persons with the doctrines of democracy on the tour arranged to traverse the northern tier of states to Bellingham, Wash., back to Utah, thence to San Francisco and east via Los Angeles and the south and central west states. The governor started his journey just two months before election day and will spend the last month of his campaign In the east and middle west. Job for "Dirt Farmer." i Governor Cox declared that if elect ad president he would appoint "dirt farmers" to responsible governmental positions, including the secretary of agriculture and members. of the Fed eral reserve and regional reserve boards, tariff commissions and the in terstate commerce commission. The democratic presidential nomi nee discussed agricultural questions and outlined his proposed policies in an address at the executive office to about 100 representatives of the na tional board of farm organizations, holding a convention here. ' Federal regulation of cold storage iacinties, a lair test or private rail road ownership and operation and co operative buying and selling by farmers was advocated by Governor Cox. He also declared that business, labor and agricultural interests must have limitations defined by law which they can understand and stay within In their future conduct. Cox Congratulate Farmers. Declaring himself to be "a farmer and not an agriculturist." Governor Cofi said he congratulated American farmers upon "ending their Rip Van Winkle sleep," and moving toward organized betterment of their condi tion. "Farmers are not only entitled to larger representation In government," he said, "but the public service will have its efficiency advanced by larger representation of agricultural thought." Advocating appointment of farmers to the federal reserve board and also regional boards. Governor Cox added: "I mean by that 'dirt' farmers. You know what I mean. "I wish thcra were more farmers on them now. A great many interests do not look with favor on my elec tion because they want to change the law (the federal reserve act) by making bankers only eligible for membership. Nothing could be more menacing to the farmer. The time has come for the farmer to have h's feet under the table when policies are being made." Farmers Needed on Commission. Farmers are needed on the tariff and interstate commerce commissions, Governor Cox said, to aid In super vising, respectively, agricultural ex ports and transportation. "I don't believe there is a man on the interstate commerce commission," he said. who knows much If any thing, about farming. I'm not crit icising the policies of the adminis tration that have led to this thing, but I'm contrasting what la with what ought to be. "More than this, I favor appoint ment of a dirt farmer as secretary of agriculture. You may recall I have tnat policy in my speech of accept ance. the time is here, the governor continued, "lor farming to make th sme development in efficiency r. manufacturing-, by buying as cheaply as possiDi3, producing as much as possible in a working day and havir.s a selling department en the farm. In the past farmers have had only one department, the selling. Manufacturer His Competitor. "The manufacturer 1 the competi tor of the r.lrier lor labor. iou cant get the help that you want unleu.9 you organize your busi ness policy along the same funda mental linss. You've got to buy more intelligently than in the past, ana that means you've got to buy co operatively n America." Agricultural sales, the governor de clared, are involved In the conduct of cold storage, grain and, livestock marketing. Great interests, the can didate said, control their purchase of farm products and, also, control sales to consumers by "keeping the supply Just behind the demand." Urging federal regulation of cold i storage. Governor Cox added: I "Unsupervised cold storage plants have caused some city people to look upon the farmer, without any Justi fication whatever, as a profiteer." In. discussing transportation prob lems. Governor Cox said more ter minals and material are needed. Private Ownership Best. "But private ownership," he de clared, "is entitled to the very best test possible. If service and prices can be satisfactorily guaranteed to the public, private ownership, I think it has been demonstrated as best in practically all endeavors, should con tinue and public ownership not thought of." Governor Cox also urged further development, of waterways with fed eral aid. Advocating a definite statutory dec laration of business conduct. Gov ernor Cox said: "Farmers, laboring people and the public must know their limitations. Instead of spying and snooping around to see who is violating the law, we ought to give help by telling you how far you can go and let busi ness and labor, know how far they can go." FUND PROBERS ADJOURN (Continued From Flrgt Page.) committee supplemented this with the remark, "not yet." Senator Pomerene had the wltne&s tate that the i00,000, if divided equally a,mng the 32 states in which senatorial elections are to be held this fall, would average $6250 to the state and he then called attention to the federal statute limiting cam paign expenditures of a senatorial candidate to $10,000, except In states where a lower limit had been set by statute. "Now in view of the J176.000 ex pended in Michigan for a nomination, did your committee think that 200.r 'C00 was a reasonable sum for all the senatorial elections?" asked the Ohio senator. "It was fairly reasonable so far as the purposes of our committee were concerned," responded Senator Poin dextcr. Moral Improvement Noted. He agreed with Senator Pomerene that organizations within the states probably would spend some money of their own. Senators Reed and Poindexter agreed that there had been some moral improvement In politics in the last eight years, the former assigning as the reason that "the courts have been In action in some cases." "Would you regard the existence of a campaign fund of 115,000,000 as a menace?" asked Senator Reed. "I would," said the witness and he added that a fund of 5,000,000 would be "an abuse." How about a fund of Jt. 800,000?" was the next question from Senator Reed. "That is too large in my personal opinion," replied Senator Poindexter. Senator Kenyon referred to the democratic expenditure of $2,300,000 in 191, and the probable doubling-of ccists since and' then obtained from Senator Poindexter a promise that he would let the committee know "any thing he found out about that 115, 000,000." ' . SO State Fia-hta Plnnned. Senators Reed and Pomerene ques tioned Senator Poindexter at length APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP HARDING-COOLIDGE REPUBLICAN CLUB Headquarters Motel Portland, Broadway Entrance. Main 8263. I herewith apply for membership In the Harding-Coolidge Repub lican Club of Multnomah County, and agree to use my best efforts to secure the election of Harding and Coolidge on November 2, 1920. Name. Res. Address. as to republican campaign plans and developed that there were approxi mately 20 states in which the party expected to make a fight for the senatorial elections. After much questioning Senator Reed remarked that after the repub lican senatorial committee had paid for its own expenses and work that an average of $9000 of its funds would be available for direct cam paign use in each of the -20 states. Senator Poindexter remarked that the Missouri senator's use of the word average" covered a wide range, but he would not agree that some states would receive as much as $40,000. There has been a good deal of sneering here at the idea of its being possible to buy the American electorate," said Senator Reed. "Do you believe that money can be cor ruptly used In. isuch a fashion as to change the result of a presidential or senatorial election?" "That opens a wide field of specula tion." said Senator Poindexter. "But so far as national campaigns are concerned, the vigilance exercised by both parties would make it very likely that defeat would come to any party which attempted corruption." PERMANENT LEAGUE, PLAN WASHINGTON- WOMEN VOTERS TAKJi UP PROPOSAL. Annual State Convention Opens by Taking Up Consideration of Constitution."1 SEATTLE Wash., Sept. 2. (Spe ciaL) Consideration of a constitu tion, the adoption of which will re sult in the Washington league of women voters becoming a permanent organization, was taken up at the first annual state convention of that body, meeting in the auditorium of the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday. The pro posed constitution was presented by Mrs. Helen N. Stevens. Mrs. C. B. Simmons of Portland, regional director of the National League of Women Voters for Pacific coast states, said she was not in favor of keeping women out of the league who cannot afford to join, but declared that in her opinion it Is up to every state to work out its own constitution to fit its needs. The discussion had the result that every woman is eligible to join one of the two divisions of the organi zation, first, a dues paying division with vote and the second a non-dues paying without vote. Mrs. Fick pointed out that the Washington league is not interested in what political organization is in control, but in parties bringing about changes that affect the betterment of the race Under direction of the child welfare committee of - which Mrs. George B. Littlefield is chairman, three talks were given. The names of the speak ers and their subjects follow: Mrs. N. S. McCready of Snohomish, "Baby Week Campaigns:" Mrs. Bar bara H. Bartlett, assistant professor of public health and nursing at the University of Washington. "Maternity Centers," and Miss Gertrude Watkins of Little Rock, Ark., on "Food Supply and Demand." An Informal dinner was given last evening at 6 o'clock at the New Wash ington hotel. Professor Edmond S. Meany of the University of Wash ington, was the principal speaker, his subject being "American Citizenship." Miss Peshakova, field director for the national league of women- voters, talked on "Citizenship Classes." ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT Ben Hickman in Jail After Shoot ing and Killing Wife. BIG HEART, Okla., Sept. 2. Ben Hickman, escaped convict from the Utah penitentiary, where he was serv ing a life term, is in jail at Pawhuska, near here today, having been captured after he had shot and killed his wife on a street here last night. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2. War den George A. Storrs of the Utah state penitentiary declared today prison records fail to show a Ben Hickman having been confined at the institution. He said, however, a J. S. Hickman served two years for second degree murder, j. to. Hickman was released from that institution De cember 17, 1919. U. S. Cruiser at Danzig. BERLIN, Sept. 2. The American armored cruiser Pittsburgh arrived at Danzig to which port it was ordered for the protection of Americans, Tues day, according to advices from Danzig today. An American destroyer and the collier Marco arrived at Danzig today, tne advices say. France Ignores German Envoy. PARIS, Sept. 2. France will not' ac cept the credentials of the German ambassador until she has received reDaration for the recent attack by a German mob on the French consulate at Brelau, says the Journal. Phone your want ads to The Oregon-Ian. Main 7070, Automatic 660-95. FORMER AMBASSADOR ASSAILS DEMOCRACY Henry Lane Wilson Makes Attack on President. WORLD DISTRUSTS U. S. Friendship of Italy Lost, France Is Cool and1 Britain Suspicious, Says Speaker. OGDENSBURG, N. T., Sept. 2. Pres ident Wilson was described as an "autocrat of secretive methods and unknown purposes." and his admini stration characterized as a "reign of autocracy and incompetence" in a speech before a republican gathering Precinct No. Phone. here tonight by Henry Lane Wilson of Indianapolis, formerly American ambassador to Mexico. Dr. Wilson said the democratic na tional convention at San Francisco indorsed the Wilson administration but rebelled "at the dictation of the French Lick political syndicate" and nominated Governor Cox. "For the moment this nomination was believed to be the signal for throwing off the shackles of Wilsonism" continued the speaker, "but this belief was soon dissipated, for the standard bearer of the democratic party made his pil grimage to Canoosa and standing Daren caded In the presence of the autocrat of America, made his sub mission, received the autocratic bless ing and the autocratic kiss of peace ana went on his way to make Ameri ca safe for democracy. Transfer Is Accepted. "The mantle of Elijah with all its patchwork of autrocracy, wasteful ness, internationalism, secrecy, arro gance and intolerance was trans ferred to Elisha and humbly accepted by Elisha. Mr. Hyde was transformed into Dr. Jekyll." The greater part of Mr. Wilson's speech was devoted to an exhaustive commentary upon President Wilson's- administration. Some of the speaker's comments were: The American people have been asked to join In an adventurous ex periment in internationalism and in the exploitation of new doctrines for eign to the spirit of our institutions and inimical to our highest and best interests. Shirt-tall Diplomacy. To this has been added what might be appropriately described as "'short-tail diplomacy," a phrase which aime to describe the state of - mind that induces us to get up in the middle of the night and "see what our neighbors are doing and If they are doing it. to tell them not to do it; and if they are cot doing it, to tell them to do it." This "restless and opaque visioned diplomacy" the speaker said, "led to the extension of American sovereignty over Haiti and Santo Domingo, to the overthrow of one Mexican president and the autocratic Investiture of another and has cost us the friend ship of Italy, the bitter criticisms of France, the cold distrust of Great Britain and the reproachful com plaints of China. "Too much false altruism and not enough plain, everyday common sense" 'was one of the speaker's char acterizations of the Wilson admini stration. "And then, too, it must not be forgotten that 'He kept us out of war'," the former ambassador con tinued. President Wilson, the speaker said, appointed four nobodies and himself as delegates to the peace conference and then with a retinue of ethnolo gists, etymologists, psychologists, geographists, secretaries, valets, hotel cooks and fiddlers, sailed across the ocean with oriental pomp and cere mony to make the world safe for de mocracy." Four Points Untimely Fate. The speaker reviewed what he called the "untimely fate" of four of Mr. Wilson's 14 points at the hands of the peace conference, declaring that Jap an obtained the approval of the con ference to "the great robbery of Shan tung." Mr. Harding, the speaker said, had declared that if elected president he would immediately sej out to accom plish peace with Germany. This Mr. Wilson said could be accomplished by resolution of congress without a treaty with Germany and afterward "we can call together the nations of the world for the creation of as sociation of independent nations which may become the instrumental ity of accomplishing the peace of the world without threatening the sov ereignty of the nation." STATE PRIMARIES COMING (Continued From First Page-) back to the republican party, and has been a diligent republican worker since. Mr. Miller is described as an orator, a good mixer and a good strong vote-getter. He is well known in the state, having been prominent In Liberty loan drives and In the - - - LANPHER HATS This hat has a likaLle personality - character istics of line, color and texture that are' decidedly pleasing. council of national defense. He is a lawyer of recognized ability. The other two candidates for the republican nomination are Sardis Summerfield and Charles E. Wharton. Your correspondent has not been in Nevada recently, but is informed that the race is likely to go either to Oddie, Adams or Miller. Adams and Oddie are more or less dividing the regular republican vote, and that di vision seems to constitute Miller's best chance to win the nomination. Woman Also la Race. If Miller should win the nomination he would have a hard time to beat Senator Henderson, because he could not command the solid support of the republicans in the election. His pre vious socialistic affiliations are against him. On the other hand, it is believed that either Adams or Oddie might give the republicans a fair chance to best Henderson In Novem ber. The chief issue In the election in November will probably be the League of Nations. Henderson was one of those senators who was a thor ough-going supporter of the league. The situation is muddied a little by the fact that in the election in No vember there will be an independent woman candidate In Miss Martin, who is a university graduate with an in stinct for public affairs and who got some 5000 votes In the last campaign for senator. Five thousand votes in state like Nevada, whose total nor mal vote is only about 30,000, is a considerable factor. Miss Martin is probably the first woman In the coun try who ever made a serious contest to get into the United States senate. It is not possible now to make any prediction as to the republicans' chances of winning this democratic seat in the senate away from Hen derson. BLUE SKY TO BE TOPIC T POXZI CASE FORMS SUBJECT FOR BANKERS' CONTENTION'. Efforts Will lie Made to Secure More Stringent Legislation in Every State of Union. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 2. Bankers of the United States Intend to make use of the wide publicity involved in the Ponzi case to encourage the at tention of state legislatures to enact ing and perfecting more stringent blue-sky legislation, according to Richard S. Hawes, president of the American Bankers' association, who says that considerable time of the national convention to be held in Washington, October 18 to 22, will be devoted to a discussion of effective means to reduce questionable financial operations. "There is no way of telling whether the implications against Ponil are well founded or not, but, whether they are fully sustained or not, ques tionable dealings are being etaged in never ending numbers from coast to coast. Only the amount of the fi nances involved has made the Boston case of wide interest. "It is possible few, If any, towns In, the United States are free from the operations of eome get-rich-qulck game, many of them carefully cloaked in the semblance of great respect ability. The annual losses involved can be talked of In billions, at least one or two, and at a time when every bit of capital is legitimately needed to finance, our reconstruction efforts.' Blue-sky legislation is scheduled for a place on the state bank section programme and will be considered by the state legislative committee at the Washington convention. FRENCH TAX.RELIEF FOOD AMERICANS ASSESSED FOR FLOUR FOR STARVING. Mersina Under Fire Three Days ' Turkish Hostile Activity In creases; Hadjin Besieged. NEW YORK, Sept. 2. The food sit uation in Adana, in the French zone of Syria, where 18 American relief workers and the French garrisons were besieged by Turkish nationalists for two months, had much improved, according to a cable message received by the near east relief today from Dr. Dodd, physician in charge of medical work in Adana. The message from Mersina, Asia Minor, dated Auguet 28, said: "Turkish -hostile activity has In creased. The city has been under rifle fire night and day and under shell fire three daye. The French made i successful sortie, capturing the of fensive guns. "Hadjin is still unrelieved. A thou sand tons of flour for relief has ar rived from Constantinople. The French refused to grant exemption requiring payment of the full customs and port dues amounting to 18,000 Turkish. Rev. Rambo, Adelaide Crane and Webster Anderson (American workers) left Mersina for Constan tinople. Myself and wife proceeded to Constantinople. SLAYER TO HANG TODAY Montana County to. Execute Its First Criminal. HELENA, Mont., Sept. 2. Alfred Dane is expected to be hanged at Forsyth at dawn tomorrow morning for the murder of Harry Theade, a neighbor homesteader. At a late hour today no appeal for executive clem ency had been received at the etate house. Sheriff Grierson of Rosebud county has completed all arrangements for the Lane execution on Friday morn ing. It will be the first in that county. Martial Law Protested. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 2. The presi. dent and secretary of the Houston 25 T is count on- Portraits of Children Only During September by the erger tubto 328 Pittock Block Bdwy. 4544 O Regular, During Per September, Dozen. Per Dozen. $ 20.00 less 25 net. .. .$15.00 $ 25.00 less 25 net. .. .$18.75 $ 36.00 less 25 net. . .$27.00 $ 45.00 less 25 net. .. .$33.75 $ 65.00 less 25 net. .. .$48.75 $ 80.00 less 25 net..,. $60.00 $100.00 less 25 net.... $75.00 O All Sittings by Appointment 0 This special applies to studio sittings only. . O - No special sittings booked after September 25th . Oar Prints Have an International Reputation labor and trades eourrcil has sent a telegram to President Wilson, Secre tary Baker and Secretary of Labor Wilson protesting against martial law at Galveston. INVITATION GOES ASTRAY Marshal Foch Fails to Receive Bid to American Legion Sleeting. PARIS Sept. 2. Marshal Foch, who has not received the invitation of the American Legion to attend the na tional convention of the legion in Cleveland, O., supposed to have been sent through diplomatic channels, has indicated his wish to send an acknowl edgment to the convention. The marshal's friends, therefore, are in quiring into the whereabouts of the invitation. Delegates from two of the largest organizations or French war veteran will leave soon to attend the Ameri can Legion convention. They will discuss a project to make member ship cards of the veteran organiza tions of all the allied countries inter changeable. TURK ENVOY TO VATICAN Sultan to Show Gratitude for Aid to War Prisoners. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 1. B the Associated Press.) Turkey will send a minister to the Vatican, it w announced today. This is the first time Islam of ficlally has affiliated with Christen dom. the step being taken on th sultan's initiative as a mark of grati tude for the pope's financial and other aid to Turkish war prisoners through Monsignor Doloi, apostolic delegate here during the war. Before the minister is sent to Rome th Vatican will be asked If he will b received. Gold Discovered In Ireland. LONDON. Sept. 2. According to Athlone dispatch American mining en gineers have discovered gol deposit near Horseleap, County Westmeath Ireland. We have a few cars Utah steam coal - for immediate delivery, price based on old freight rates. Albina Fuel Co. Broadway 8000. Adv. Fulfilling a Definite Mission More So Than at Any Time in the Past Tike Qifa. Birthday Now in progress signify the long looked for Downward Trend in Prices This condition is especially apparent in all the Birthday Sales offerhrgv Lower prices are evident in many of our regular lines. 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