Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1920)
TIIE MORNING OREGON! AN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920 WIFE OF LORD MAYOR OF CORK LEAVING PRISON AFTER VISITING STARVING HUSBAND. wmm votes TODAY AT PRIMARY Candidates' Fate on Both Mj.lllllllllllllllllllllill)llllllllilHSlllii Hi RESTLESS NIGHT llllllllllllllllllillllllillillilliw Lord Mayor of Cork Is State of Collapse. in Tickets Up to Ballot. MSWINEY HAS BAD I STRIKE IS 32 DAYS LONG Wife, Sisters and Brother Address Appeal to American Ambassa dor and Other Embassies. LONDON. Sept. 13. Terence Mac- 6winey. lord mayor of Cork, was In state of collapse end exhaustion this morning at Brixton prison, where he Is continuing: his hunger strike. This Is the 32dday of his fast. MacSwiney passed a bad and restless night, ac cordine to a bulletin Issued early to- day by the Irish Self -Determination leag-ue. By mid-afternoon Mayor MacSwln' sv's condition had not altered mate rially. The leagrue's bulletin stated that he continued prostrate and ex causted. Mrs. MacSwiney. wife of the mayor. together with hla sisters, Mary end Annie, and his brother. Sean, have addressed an appeal to the American ambassador and the heads of other embassies and legations in London for submission to their governments. It expresses the hope that the united .councils of the nations . addressed "will prevent' the traredy now pend lug and thereby calm the peoples of the world." IRISH A3TD BRITISH FIRM Both Sides Arer There la No Binn ing In Case of MacSwiney. ' LONDON, Sept. IS. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Assurances that there Is no element of bluffing In the re spective attitudes of the British gov ernment and the Irish nationalists relative to the MacSwiney case were obtained from responsible sources of each faction by the Associated frees today "If the Sinn Felners think we are bidine our time and will capitulate when MacSwlneya condition . requires llth-hour action in order to save bis life, they are mistaken." This characterizes the British offi cial view as expressed to the corre spondent. "There can be no question abont our desires or intention of having Lord Mayor MacSwiney recede from the tragic stand he has taken," de clared an official at the London head quarters of the Irish nationalist or ganization. "If he is not released voluntarily by the government he will most certainly go down in history as the first Irish hunger striker to per ish In an English, prison." The home of fleewhich controls the prison commission, has all along strictly adhered to its policy of di vulging nothing about the prisoner. But It became known today that some of its reports from the bedside of the hunger striker havfe been surprising. Ten days ago the officials believed that a new Irish crisis was imminent when the prison physicians reported that the lord mayor could not live more than 36 hours. Since then the doctors have declined to predict but have confined them selves to what they believed to be the actual condition of the prisoner. They contend that the case baffles medical science that in such a case one man mipht have been dead days ago, while another might live many weeks. The doctors disagreed with the re ports of the Irish self-determination league which evidently are obtained from relatives of the prisoner, that he Is in great pain. The home office report today said that he was consid erably weaker than yesterday, but not In pain. HTJXGER STRIKERS STILL LIVE Two in Cork Prison Collapse; Con dition Cause of Anxiety. CORK, Sept. 13. (By the Associat ed Press.) The 11 hunger strikers in the Cork jail were Bttu alive today, but all of them were restless and ma terially weaker. Two of the striking prisoners. Burke and Kenney, col lapsed twice during the night and their condition is causing especial anxiety. Sean Hennessy. the 19-year-old youth, remains in a comatose state and in his semi-conscious moments he la refusing to take the customary quantity of water. During last night he accepted only two sips. It was learned today that both the government physicians. Doctors Pear son and Battiscombe, had received death threats. f- - .itr.Wi .ty-'.vA-". .'-i-'w f. vv.y -. '...'.y.jt-l-'.j'.ji'.is;-: l:-- iv. -V.-'.- .lO'.S.X.. o.-. z.4-:-.'Jssji-.-.v;j-...-. . t v..v....-y.y....- .w.-:.A..Mia....j .v?l;Z..vv?!X r-y.yr-y.ii'i.vyi yV-yy: MW dilw l-IS'ifP ?g 7?yy.y -r .y-r y iyajw-tt 1. m P S s . &iKHillM'r''mm:m . i -ja i4 11 " I V 3 S I if ' i ?1 II f . t t t ' a, Jill Ws JV fy;) '"'r3 llJSvt" - ! y F t - - :-' . ' - - .uJ! r X- I ; ny 2 - .falj it I s - " " j - ' L.ujt n t. . ' I - : s1': - . , $ - , M - t It ' ' r - - . ji a t : v . k ' - I s,vy,: ii a - : - - - -: k" t Hi " - - mHI ll "' , 1rt ,.. " , i, II' ? V,C' " - ' ''f--ii i" II ' ? - v 1 y ! ,4 ' - - - ' "..f-s ' - :Jf ' "i - - - .- - t M ALL FEEL EQUAL TO TEST Republicans Seeking: .Nomination for Governor Quit Exchanges; Speak on Same Stage. MRS. TEREJfCE MaeSWTSTET. PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER PATIJfG HER HT7SBAJTD A VISIT. Mrs. MacSwiney, In a recent Interview," said: "Tea, I am positive he will see his task through. Of course It Is only his conviction that he is fighting for an Ideal that has enabled him to survive. I am fully reconciled to hearing of his death. His battle is mine, for It is one I took on myself" when I married him three years ago while he was In England under a deportation order. "I wish to express to all the Irish people and many sympathizers with Ireland's cause in America my deep est appreciation of the messages and cablegrams I have received from them since ray husband started hunger-striking 25 days ago." Mrs. MacSwiney is a slender, bine-eyed, plainly-dressed woman of youthful appearance. MILITARY SEARCH FOR ARMS Troops With Fixed Bayonets Block Streets as Hunt Goes On. BELFAST, Sept. 13. (By the Asso elated Press.) Activities of the mill tary took a new turn today when they made a house-to-house search for arms in the unionist quarters of Londonderry. The search occupied all afternoon. Troops with fixed bayonets blocked entrances to the streets. Republicans have been busy in other places. The coast guard sta tion at the entrance to Lough Swilly was burned Saturday night. This morning a mail train was held up at Gortatlea and Dublin and Cork mail BeUed. RAIL MEN FOR HARDING . (Continued From First Pase.) breaking down under the great strain put upon It for war service. The country was apprenensive and were all deeply concerned In putting everything that we possessed at th command of the government for th winning of the war. "With such a feeling manifest throughout the country, the rail roads were taken over for the war. Undoubtedly there was back of th movement the insistent forces in ou country who believe In governmen ownership of railways. War seemed to offer the opportunity for the ap plication of their theories of govern ment and I suspect the taking ove of the railways was more impelle by the thought of modifying our gov. ernment policy than the developing of a better service for the conduct of the war. "This suggestion was later on con firmed by the insistence of the ad ministration that it be given author ity to take over the telephone and telegraph lines. When congress pro posed a grant of authority to take over these lines It was expressly stipulated that no such seizure would bo made unless the exigencies of war urgently required it. but after the authority was arlvcT vithout a nf exmenry TinviTjr arisen- unti withou telephone and telegraph lines were seized because an administration was in power which was disposed to take advantage of anxieties of people while involved In war, to revolu tionize completely our government policy in dealing with these public utilities.. Failure Prevents Control. If the experiment with the rail ways and these communication lines had been successful it reasonably may be assumed that the' policy would have been made permanent. Such was the undoubted Intent of the pres- nt administration. "I must emphasize one of the gross misunderstandings relating ' to the Cummins-Esch law. It did not pro vide for a permanent government guaranty of dividend's on railway capital. On the contrary. It placed a limit on these dividends. It did pro vide for a maintenance qf rates for a period of six months which would guarantee a sufficient railway earn ing to make possible the financing of necessary railway improvements un der the control of their owners. nut this guarantee of 6 per cent earning was limited to the period of transition of six months' duration and was universally recognized as being necessary because of the admitted failure of the government to main tain the railways in a state of pre paredness for efficient service. If we had returned the railroads without this temporary guarantee of earnings, in all probability the great American system would have broken down entirely and we should have found ourselves In a state of railway paralysis, which the country could not tolerate. Wages Xot Reduced. "We also stipulated that there had been no reduction of American rail way wages during that same period. In other words, we gave the American railway men the same guarantees that we gave to the American owners and in neither case was this done with a sole thought of owners or of work men, but congress was thinking of the welfare of all the American people. We have eliminated every specu lative phase of railway operation un til the railway business has become an extremely conservative (Tne with nothing left to Inspire efficiency and pride in management except competi tion in service. We have taken away that Impelling force known as money making and reduced railway opera tion to a service to the American people, with a very limited return made possible on capital employed. Theorists Kot Satisfied. "Naturally this enactment did not appeal to those radical advocates of railway ownership or those socialistic theorists who thought the railways ought to be seized by the government and placed at the disposal of the rail way workers for permanent operation and profit. Congress felt an abiding obligation to restore the property seized for war to those who held title thereto. To have seized railway properties and turned them over to a favored class in America would have involved the destruction of our very system or government and revolu tionized the republic. There has been much outcry against the act (Cummins-Esch) being hostile to labor and unjust to unionism and subservient to capital. On the contrary, it Is the very oppo site of these things. It does not in tenere witn collective bargaining; on the contrary, it facilitates collective bargaining. Moreover, it recognizes tha,t railway workmen' ought- to be employed under the most fortunate conditions for the good of all the American people. It, in effect, pro vides that they shall be abundantly ana generously compensated and tablished for the' first time In America a tribunal through which the govern ment's concern for workmen may be given expression." . Autocracy Is Attacked. In an address today to a delegation of Californians, Senator Harding said in part as ioiiowb: "Americans, I greet you who come from far places with deep gratitude for the honor you hava done the cause l represent, which I believe is the cause of all the people of America. "lhere is no sectionalism in the united states. " 'America first. That spirit is be hind our Individual citizenship,-which conceives government as being the expresson of a community of Inter ests, and not a paternal or autocracy or one-man source of pretended benevolence. "Today you have come here from the Pacific -coast. I do not doubt that Americans on the coast are trou bled about the . Japanese question That question raises every Interpre tation or our watchword, 'America first.' for it Involves four sets of obligations. It involves our obliga tions to a gTeat power. It involves the obligations of that power toward us. It involves the obligations of all America toward one group of Amer lean states and tbelr peoples. Bu It also involves the obligations of that group of states to the nation. Rapport to States Xecded. "In spite of the honor of a people and the great measures of contribu vancement. it is conceivable that they may be so different in racial char acteristics or in manner of life or practice from another people of equal honor and achievement that, no mat ter whether it be on the soil of one or upon the soil of the other, thJrae differences, without raising any ques tion of inequality, may create, as I believe they have created, upon our coast, without blame to either side, a friction that must be recognized. "The nation owes It to the Pacific coast to recognize that fact. The na tion owes it to the Pacific coast states to stand behind them in necessary measures consistent with our national honor to relieve them of their diffi culties. Solution Held Possible. "Acting . in fine friendship with Japan, it is possible by international action, friendly financial and com mercial co-operation to erect a Joint policy of greatest good to the far east .and its peaceful development. By working with the liberal forces within Japan which now have reached predominance. America can exercise her great influence In substituting for territorial aggression, the peace ful, righteous reclamation of op pressed and impoverished peoples on the Asian mainland br-the means of commerce and financing. Japan has even more than we at stake. Her re sponsiblities and opportunities are great and she knows that they can best be fulfilled by friendly co-operation with America. "Therefore, her interest In remov ing all sources of irritation is equal to, if not greater, than ours and I, and all Americans, shall regard her and her people as wise enough to con tinue to assist In solving the ques tion of Japanese immigration so that not only shall new and more stringent understandings be made and not only all understandings shall be observed officially, but so that evasions of these agreements by individual Jap anese shall be completely stopped." FAVORS BY GITY CHARGED MAYOR TOLD OREGON PROD UCTS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST -c mo. condition oX P.eri!, tli4 tion tUcy make to the world's ad NO BARNSTORMING PLANNED Hays Says Plans for Nominee Are Not Changed to Include Trip. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. There will be no "barnstorming" in connection with projected speaking trips of Sen ator Harding, Will H Hays, national chairman, said here today in com menting on a report from Marlon that the republican presidential candidate would travel from coast to coast. T.here has been absolutely no change in our plans as announced a month ago," Mr. Hays eald. He ex pressed doubt that Senator Harding would go farther west than Omaha. Before leaving for Chicago Mr. Hays said he did not believe that Senator Harding would speak in every state where there Is a contest for United States senator. Such a course would entail going to Utah, California, Washington and other far western states which are looked upon as being republican strongholds this year, he said, and do not need the personal presence of the presidential candidate. He said he was not at liberty to announce what cities .would be vis ited, adding that this Information must como from Marion or Chicago. With the exception of New York, the rule will be "one speech in a state," Mr. Hays declared. EUGENE SCHOOLS GROW Enrollment Is 1922 as Compared With 1710 Last Year. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) That the growth of Eugene has been marked during the past year is indicated In the increased enrollment in the city schools on the first day over the attendance on the first day last year. The "greatest increase, is shown in- the high school where the enrollment up to Saturday night and not including yesterdays figures was 598 as compared with 470 on. the first day last year. . The total enrollment In all' the schools today was 1922, as compared with 1710 on the opening day of 1919, an Increase of 212. The junior high school and the Lincoln school show a Blight falling off in attendance this year, but all other schools show an increase. Baker Orders Investigation; Soap Stored in Municipal Warehouse Free One ' of ' Complaints. charges that John l. Hooper,- as sistant purchasing agent for the city of Portland, is discriminating against Oregon made products in, favor of eastern products through purchases made by the city are contained in a letter signed by H. S. Mackay, man ager of the Coast Chemical company sent yesterday to Mayor Baker by A. G. Clark, manager of the associated industries of Oregon. Immediate Investigation of the charges was ordered by Mayor Baker In a letter to City Commissioner Pier in charge of the bureau of purchases. together with a complete report on the actions of Assistant Purchasing Agent Hooper in the case to be sub mitted to the mayor. . Six months were spent by salesmen of the Coast Chemical company In an effort to gain opportunity to induce Mr. Hooper to give the Oregon pro ducts a chance. "It is Mr. Hooper's policy apparent ly, reads Mr. Mackay s letter, "to give the benefit of the doubt to Chica go or some other eastern point." lh Coast Chemical company man ufactures a liquid soap which is pur chased by the city in large quanities Although Mr. Mackay is piqued at the alleged refusal of the city purchas lng agent to give the Oregon pro duct a trial, the principal complaint is against the allowance of the east ern manufacturer to store large quantities of the soap in the city's warehouse without charge. n ii!iifirMMthni'iimi' w iim fcjMus: II iilllllllll!lilli!IIIIIII!llllllll!lll!il!n?ll 1 Just Looking! FORESTRY PLAN FAVORED State Board Will Adopt Protection Programme Is Report. SALEM. Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) That the Oregon state board of fores try eventually will adopt in part the forest protection programme urged by w. B. Ureeley, national forester, was the information brought here today by F. A. Elliott, state forester, who attended a meeting of the state for estry board- in Portland Saturday night. Mr. Elliott said the plan proposed by Mr. Greeley included an intensive fire prevention campaign, coupled with an appropriation by the govern ment sufficient to provide adequate facilities and men to combat fires where they had once gotten under way. The tentative appropriation urged by Mr. Greeley aggregates more than $1,000,000, of which Oregon would receive in the neighborhood of $50,000. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Except for completion of rou tine work that comes at the end of campaign, most of the candidates for nominations on the democratic and republican tickets at tomorrow's primary election found comparatively little t'ney could add oday to the work they have done In tbe last few weeks. The polls for the primary election opi n at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning; and close at 8 o'clock in the evening, and most of the candidates consider today that their cases have been fully presented to the voters. For instance, at noon today Colonel Georga B. Lamping and Senator M. T. Coman of Spokane, both of whom are candidates for the republican nom ination for governor and have hurled challenges at each other for a week or more, held a second joint meeting In a theater. The two candidates spoke from the same platform last Friday and did not .do injury to -the feelings of either, and it was not ex pected that today's last-minute setto would materially disturb the amica ble relations of the rival headquarters. Hart Closes Campaign. Governor Louis F. Hart, who was in Seattle yesterday, started north for a last-minute tour through Skagit and Snohomish counties, hia early stamping ground, and to close his campaign in Everett tonight. Colonel Roland H. Hartley, who spent Sunday In Everett, came to Seattle to spend the early part of the day, but he, too, will close his campaign in Everett to night. He is also to address a meet ing in Monroe tonight. John A. Gel- latly closed his campaign In Seattle. Gellatly s position in the race re mains up to the last minute an enig ma to the political wiseacres. Gellat ly Is conceded heavy support by the states moral forces; he Is conceded the women's vote by many, but just how heavy he will poll in Seattle no one knows. He Is overly strong in spots here. Gellatly said tonight he believed he would carry Seattle by 10,000, judging from reports received today. Coyle Holds Last Meeting. Captain W. J. Coyle, candidate for lieutenant-governor, had a last meet ing with his workers in the Butler hotel at noon today. R. W. Huntoon presided, and the meeting prepared for a hard fight at the polls tomor row. . Among the democratic candidates for governor, rr. E. T. Mathes of Bel lingham was- in Spokane today to fill engagements to make speeches before six meetings of voters, while Judge W. W. Black and A. E. Judd, state senator, closed their campaigns on the West Side. Senator Edward T. Coman and his Spokane group of supporters left for the East Side tonight, to be at home when th,e polls open. John A. Gellat ly went home to vote in Wenatchee. Governor Louis F. Hart drove through Seattle from Everett to vote at his home town in Tacoma. Two Go Home to Volt. E. L. French, senator, of Vancouver, and John L. Sharpstein of Walla Walla, former senator, who closed their campaigns for lleutenant-gov ernor In Seattle, went home to vote. C W. Claussen, state auditor, who has been making (he pilgrimage from Olympla to Port Orchard to register and vote at every election during the past 15 years, passed through Seattle on this mission again today. A large number of state officials and em ployes who maintain their voting privileges in Seattle came to this city today to go to the polls in the morn ing. None of the political leaders today ventured a close guess at the size of the vote that will be cast In the pri maries tomorrow. The last compila tion of registration in the state "They come, they look and they leave." Not so here, however. They come, they look and they leave but they come back and buy. If a prospective buyer visits our place first, he returns after he has completed his investigations and has posted himself. If he has made the rounds and has gotten his bearings before he visited us, he is equipped to appreciate our offerings, and our goods sell themselves to him. imuriiiiitlijiimi ItmmiimiimiHin COME IN AND WE'LL PROVE OUR CASE Portland's exclusive agents for SAMPECK clothes For young men and their fathers, too WASHINGTON at SIXTH llllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllilllllllllllM showed 280.000 qualified voters, but it was stated at the time that politi cians felt several thousand other voters had been registered since the secretary of state's office made this estimate.' Willis Bloom, in charge of the elec tion division of the secretary ot state's office, confirmed this view to day. Votinc Strength In Doubt. We don't know now many regis tered voters there are In the state, said Mr. Bloom. "The county audi tors furnished us with a mailing list of approximately 280,000 voters in August, but this list was compiled before registration closed and before the final drive for the qualification of voters. I believe that there are be tween 350,000 and 400.000 registered voters in the state now. but while I have confidence in this estimate, it Is only a guess. At the headquarters or nearly 40 candidates who have maintained sep arate organizations in Seattle for con gressional, state or county offices the principal work today was in prepara tion for. tomorrow when the fiirht will be waged to get out as heavy a vote as possible. VOTE ON JITNEYS EXPECTED Seattle Electors May Decide Ques tion of Operation. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Seattle voters may be called upon at a special election on general election day, November 2, to say whether the jitney shall go from the downtown section or stay. Corporation Counsel Meier, at the request of Councilman Moore, is draft ing an ordinance to provide for the submission of two jitney bills to the voters on general election dary. One is the initiative bill which the Jitney men themselves have framed, which now lacks but 204 names of enough signatures to refer it to the voters. This bill would allow the jit neys to operate throughout the city. The other is the council bill, which would bar the jitneys from the down town district hounded by VirerinlR and Jackson streets and Eight avenue and Eighth avenue south and Klliott bay. Minister Is Banqueted. SALEM, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) Members of the Salem Ministerial association and their wives today ten dered Rev. R. N. Avison and Rev. L. W. Porter a farewell banquet at a local hotel. Mr Avison has accepted a call to Spokane, while Mr. Torter has not yet decided definitely where he will locate. Mr. Avison was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church here for ten years. Bridge Work Washed Out. SALEM, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) The falsework of the new Mchama Lyons bridge over the Santiam river near Lyons went out last night as the result of recent heavy rains. The i rush of water carried a Jam of about 7000 feet of logs down the stream. Although exact figures were not ob tainable today, the monetary loss will be considers hie. State School Asks Legal Aid. SALEM, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown today was asked by J. H. Ackerman, president of the state normal school, to defend the school in the suit instituted in Clackamas county recently to break the will of Rachael Phillips, who left $4000 to the educational institution. ' S. & H. green Holman Fuel Co. Adv. stamps for cash. Main 353.- 680-21. BRANDING CASE IS SET Alleged Wielders of Hot Iron to Be Arraigned Tomorrow. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 13. (Special.) Alvln Steigerwald and Homer Maulding, charged with brand ing Walter Groth with a branding iron at Washougal last summer, are to be arraigned before Judge Back of the superior court Wednesday. The case attracted much attention at the time and a hearing was held in Washoueal before a justice of tha peace, who held the men to answer to the superior court.' Read The Oregonian classified ads. c ( Cantrell u" Cochrnnes) Ginger Ale Write the importers SHERWOOD CO. 56 Beale St-, S. F. with name of your dealers if ' they cannot supply yon. i Cuticura Soap IS IDEAL- For the Hands SiMip.OlBtiBM4-Tmlrani.S5e.evaf T wh . Forsmmptee iMrw: Ottmra. lbaTUa.Jain.X. y-ld.m.lU . ft 'f . IN SPLAYING. IWNOW Doctors " Recommend Bon-Opfo for the Eyes Physicians and eye specialists pre scribe Bon-Opto as a safe home remedy ' in the treatment of eye troubles and to I strengthen eyesight. Sold tinder money refund guarantee by all druggists. USED CARS advertised by this company at special prices Sunday we will continue to offer until all cars are sold. See them as soon as pos sible. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO., Washington St. at 21st. Main 6244. No skill necessary No skill in stropping is necessary to renew the fine, keen edge of the AutoStrop Razor blade. Just slip the Strop through the razor head and pass the razor back and forth along the strop. You don't have to take the razor apart, nor even remove the blade. Quick, clean, comfortable shaves ONLY with a stropped razor blade can you get a really satisfactory shave every morning. Know the joy of a fine, keen edge for every shave use the AutoStrop Razor, the razor that sharpens itself. Built right into the frame of the AutoStrop Razor is a remarkable self stropping device simple and efficient. You don't have to take the razor apart nor even remove the blade, for you have in the AutoStrop Razor a safety razor and stropping device combined in one. Just slip the strop through the razor head and move the razor back and forth along the strop. In 10 seconds you have a new, sharp shavingedgel 500 cool, comfortable shaves are guaranteed from each dozen blades I Ask your dealer today about the AutoStrop Razor trial plan. 4uto-t5trop Razor On razors, strops, blades, etc., hereafter manufactured by us we shall apply the trade mark "Valet" in addition to the trade mark "AutoStrop" as an additional indication that they are the genuine products of the AutoStrop Safety Razor Co., New York. sharpens itself ; ; linn x4-w. ft