TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, , FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER 3. 1920
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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