4 TTIE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1920 legion s re CLUB ROOMS ARE OPENED Senator Chamberlain ' and Mayor Baker Speakers. BONUS PLAN INDORSED Reorganization so as to Have Cen tral and Community Posts Is Decided at Sleeting. There la nothing: the American people and their representatives are not willing: to grive to the veterans of the world war if their demands are Just and are made by a powerful organization. United States Senator Chamberlain and Mayor Baker told lefrtonnaires at the house-warming which marked the opening of the new clubrooms of Portland post, American IypKion, in the Flatiron building. Sixth and Ankeny streets, last night. A enappy business meeting of the post preceded the speeches and re sulted in the adoption of new ideas guaranteed to instill "pep" into the organization. .A strong central post and the organization of community pouts In the outskirts of the city were favored. Booh Hill I Indorsed. "In Its essential details, the four-e-ptlon bonus bill of the American Legion meets with my approval and It Is my belief that it will pass the eenate at the coming session without many modifications," Senator Cham- berlain declared, speaking on a sub ject near to the heart of the legion naires. "It will pass if men of the Arrerican Legion will do what Mayor Baker eays get behind it. The four million ex-service men in the United States hold the balance of power. "It a thing is worth having you must fight for it. Select some good legionnaires to keep their eyes on the gun all the time at Washington. Send back representatives to con gress who are in favor of your legis lation and you will get it through." Senator Chamberlain told of some of his activities as the head of the senate committee on military affairs, giving a resume of his fight for bet tor conditions in cantonments and in France and for the release of mili tary prisoners in federal peniten tiaries. Iln Iter In Declared TTnflt. Rousing cheers from 700 veterans present greeted his negative refer ence to Secretary of War Baker. "I won't say anything about the secretary of war. 1 guess," declared the. senator, smiling. Then his jaw fhot out, slightly. "But I haven't been afraid to say things:" When the din subsided a bit, the senator decided to go a bit further. "tie's a good fellow," he praised, faintly. "He's all right as a gentle man and a man. but in my opinion totally unfitted for the job!" The war is not over, was the warn ing sounded by Mayor Baker, in a brief address. The period of read justment is one of great concern and great danger, he pointed out, for it is not supported with the patriotism of war times though constantly men aced by a wave of unrest and rad icalism. He prefaced his remarks hyy expressing his reluctance in ad dressing such a meeting for fear that what he said might be consid ered political rather than sincere, insisting that his motives . were of most sincere, and that he believed he had shown in the past that there was no time, day or night, when he would not go to the front for men who had served their country. Orgnnlsntion Heclared Powerful 'If the senator by my side does not need the wishes of you men who of fered your all on the shrine of your country, wishes which are legitimate and fair, he has no right to occupy the high place he does," said the mayor. "There is nothing to which you men are not entitled and if you do not get it it will be your own fault. You are the natural successor to the Orand Army of the Republic and your organization a powerful machine which should get results." Discussion waxed warm during the business session over two plans for reorganization of the post, submitted by a committee composed of T. Henry Boyd, chairman; Arthur A. Murphy, W. A. Ekwall, E. W. Jorgenson, P. II. Holmberg, James S. Gay Jr., Joseph W. Hammond, Dow V. Walker, A. W. Monteith and K. S. Jordan. Follow ing many arguments, the post adopted what were considered the best points in both plans. Talks Given on PropOKaln. Among the Legionaires who talked en the proposals were: Thomas Sweeney, T. R. Mah'oney, George L. Ranch, T. H. Boyd. Jerry Owen, James S. Gay, Jr., G. L. Goodell, K. S. Jordan, Ben S. Morrow, Dow V. Walker, Franklin F. Korell. James Alexander, C. A. Beckwith and Cassius R. Peck. As finally adopted the essentials of the new plan are: monthly business meetings instead of bi-monthly; rou tine work handled by executive com mittee; monthly report of post com mander and resume of executive com mlttee action; public excluded from meetings; special attention to feat uring entertainment at meetings; en couragement of the organization of r.K.x.....i1u.. Vi posts in community districts such as ! i. ., . , . . . , . . . . I Sollwoood. Montavjlla and Lents, not connected with any other post: de velopment of clubrooms; publication of post bulletin monthly; employment of executive secretary by executive committee to handle all activities of post; and inauguration of member ship campaign of one week beginning Xovember. 11. BORAH ATTACKS LEAGUE (Continued from First Page.) of the republican party will never compromise this riuht. "The voice of Maine was the voice of Lincoln speaking through the (GRANULES) For INDIGESTION Taste good, do rood; diaWvo instantly on tongue or in water carry in Test-pocket or travel ing-case; take aa needed. QU.CI. RELIEF! Alao In tablet form for the who pref er thasnnu MADC BY SCOTT tk BOWMK MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION sturdy and patriotic men and women who have kept the faith. "The real question which this whole league scheme presents to the aw- i erage citizen is this: Shall we go into j Europe and take upon ourselves as 'a people and as a part of our bur dens and obligations the turmoil, the strife, racial conflicts -and the im perialistic schemes of the old world, or shall we stay out? Keep that plain, fundamental proposition be Ure you. "All these schemes lead to but one destination Europe. Whether you have it with or without reservations, it all leads to Europe and joins you and your children and your children's chidi-en to their councils, their set tlements, ' their standard of living, their conceptions of government, their wars and their eternal diplomatic In trigue just now tormenting Europe as it has for 300 years. Vault Held no Difference. ' "Whether you call the scheme a league, a concert of powers, an al liance or an association they all lead to Europe and place upon the already bended backs of American taxpayers their scheme of exploitation and waste, and upon the shoulders of the American youth the military burdens which must eventually grow out of this scheme. "This is the reason why Lloyd George Is perfectly willing for us to come In on our own terms. This is the reason which Viscount Grey Is willing for us to fix up our own method, gratify our own vanity as to the method of going in, for they un derstand and have so declared, that once in, the method of getting in is Immaterial Once there we must as sume all the obligations and deal with all the situations which our presence there inevitably incurs. "Witness some of the scenes at Versailles! such as the betrayal of China the deal by which Shantung was bartered away to an unfriendly power. America sat in the settlement and was silent. If not silent, then by reason of her association, powerless. That is the first time in all her his tory that she connived at the betrayal of a friendly people and broke every Pledge, legal and moral, which a peo ple could make. "And that is the first time that the United States ever sat in on a Euro pean settlement.' DR. C. W. HUETT TO BE AT ROSE CITY PARK CHURCH. Me-tliodlst Pastor, Recently MIs- . sionary to Japan, Scouts Possible War With V. S. Dr. C. W. Huett, one of the new appointees of the Oregon Methodist conference, has just come to Portland from Aberdeen, Wash., to take the pulpit of the Rose City Park Metho dist church. Dr. Huett passed ten years In Japan as a missionary in the Methodist Episcopal church, returning to this country in 1907. He declared yester day that there is no Japanese "ques tion" a far as a possible war is con cerned with Japan, "unles America is the aggressor." He said that he well understands the feeling that has grown up in this country over the agricultural question, but he main tained that harmony will prevail be tween the two countries. Dr. Huett enjoyed his work in Japan and would have remained there all his life if an independent Japanese Methodit church had not been formed, he said. With the crea tion of this new church the evan gelistic work was turned over to the native Japanese, and Dr. Huett found the situation of two churches. the Japanese and American Metho- dlsts, not as mucn to his liking. Dr. Huett entered the ministerial field In Colorado, where he spent 11 years. He is a graduate of the University of Denver, where he took , hi ma8ter of arts and honorary , u . . K , degrees. xie was in Aberdeen onlv - one year. Game Luw Violators Fined . une nunarea ana ten dollars in fines for violation of the state game laws was turned in yesterday to the office of the state game warden. P. S. Frharksen of Albany was fined ta by Judge Oliver for hunting with out a license near Albany; Merton Everest of Cloverdale was fined the same amount for having a quail in his possession; Loul Bossasco of Portland paid J25 for hunting pheasants on the Multnomah county game preserve: Tony Borri of Portland paid $40 for hunting on a game refuge in Clack a mas county, and W. Knudson of Portland was fined $25 for hunting witbuut a license. B. O. Powers Dead. BEND, Or., Oct. 4. Pending receipt of Avord from North Yakima, where B. O. Powers, a recent arrival in this city, who died suddenly at SisWrs, was a member of the Oddfellow lodge, no arrangements are being maae lor tne luneral services. Pow ers dropped dead of heart disease while conversing with his employer. Jack Tansey, at the end of his day's work. Missing Girl Sought Here. The Women's Protective bureau was asked last night to look for Miss Ada Ingram, 18. who came to Portland Jluly 4, from Hardman, Or., and has not communicated with her relatives since. She was on her way to visit a sister, Julia Adkins, in St. Helens, Or. S. & H. green stamps Tor cash. Holman Fuel Co. Mala 353. E80-21. t PASTOR OK ROSE CITY PARK f I RIKTHOrtlST t'HlRt'H T I ARRIVES. I if- J I ft-. ' ;M I Ns - - t t f Jf i & I Dr. C. W. Huett. T E Alaska Buys 250,000 Feet at Decline of 20 Per Cent. CANADIAN MARKET IS OFF Many Orders for Export Shipment Canceled; Montreal Keports Decrease of $18 a 1000 Feet. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 4. (Special.) Representing a 20 per cent drop in lumber prices in the last few weeks, due to the new high railroad freight rates, a contract for 250,000 feet of lumber, window and door frames and other building materials has been awarded by the Alaskan Engineering commission to the Pork Blakely Mill company on a bid of $9,438.32. An even cheaper price could have been obtained except for the requirement that the lumber should be delivered in Seattle within 10 days. The present condition of the lum ber market was reflected in the bid ding, no fewer than seven firms fil- ng tenders on the entire order, while another firm filed a tender on part of the order. The bidding was the liveliest known to the waterfront in a long time. Before the new railroad rates became effective the lumber and other items would have cost the Alas kan commission close to ?12,000 in stead of $9438. Compared to the prices that prevailed in February the contract represents a 40 per cent drop. Canadian Market Drops. The order to be filled by the Port Blakeley Mill company will be used in constructing living quarters for the United Stales navy coal commis sion in the Matanuska cold fields in Alaska. The lumber market took a decided drop all through Canada on Friday and Saturday and several Vancouver sawmills are making preparations to close, according to advice received here today. One firm offered dimen sion for 21 per 1000 and this quota tion, allowing the broker $3, leaves the net price to the manufacturer standing at $18. Another firm carry- rvg an overstocked yard was unload ing on a base of $14, and domestic buyers reaped considerable benefit by the cut. Foreign Business Falls Off. News that there was going to be a drop in the price of lumber in all manufacturing .centers has the effect or killing the trade in foreign mark ets. Only lumber already ordered is now moving. In many instances ord ers have been ruthlessly canceled. Since the increase in the freight rates the Prairie farmers are reluct ant to build extensions to their houses or new barns to house their crops and are assisting the Dominion in hus banding the timber resources of the country. Montreal reports a droD of $18 ner 1000 in lumber during the past week, rough clears,, selling at $82. timbers at $64 and rough cedars at $85. These prices take care of original cost, broker, freight and eastern retailer. WHEAT Firry KE STAKE DROP Decline of 10 to 12 Cents Bushel Made in Day. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. Wheat futures declined 10 to 12 cents a bushel today in the principal grain markets of the west, in some cases touching low levels not before reached since the government established the wartime wheat price. December deliveries closed In Chi cago and St. Louis at $1.95 to $1.95 and at Kansas City even a lower level was reached at $1.91. At Minneapolis the December option closed at an even $2, a drop of 11 cents from Saturday. March options closed at Chicago $1.91 to $1.91H. Kansas City $1.87-, St. Lou?is $1.93 Vi and at Minneapolis $1.98. Declines in wheat were reflected in new flour quotations from Minneapo lis, where declines of 60 cents a barrel since Friday were reported by two mills, bringing flour to $11.30 to $11.55 barrel in quarter-barrel sacks. Corn and oats likewise.touched new low levels, equaling quotations of 1916 and 1917 for December options. December corn closed in Chicago at 85486 cents, compared with $1.21 six weeks ago and $1.76 in July, 1919. Cash corn at that time reached $2.10. Oats established a new low record in both December and May deliveries. closing at 55 cents and 59 cents on the Chicago board. In May of this year May options went as high as $1.08. Lack of export demand and free Canadian offerings are given as causes of the decline in wheat and corn and oats are reflecting the wheat situa tion. LITTLE WHEAT IS OFFERED Slump In Values Fairs to Stimulate Walla Walla Sales. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 4. (Special ) The slump in wheat values UMBER CONTRAG SHOWS PR C sjamiimmmmmmimmaacmBauMMmmBMmammmmmmmE LAST TIMES 1UUAY ITlWs 1 CHARLES RAY 1 I something jf? f in -the village sleuth- I I j yotiUl&e Cli V) I and here's the feature m I r'll ) ' I PORTION OF OUR SHOW I - STARTING TOMORROW ; ! JLCJ8Rty t(? tSk ETHEL, I is not stimulating wheat sales in I Walla Walla at the lower prices as; rrntu.r. Tr.or.t thr... nrh hoH coll I early to get ready money to pay ex penses, are not anxious to sell. One dealer Saturday endeavored to get a carload of wheat and offered $2.20 a bushel finding little on the market. Most of the grain sold here has brought around $2.15 and $2.20. Owing to the higher prices in vogue on the coast, some growers receive as high as $2.30. Growers predicted to day, however, that the bulk of the grain would be sold around $2. Mill ers predicted today that flour in this region would drop about 50 cents a barrel early this week, or as soon as a meeting of the millers of this dis trict can be held. OREGON CITY FILING ENDS SOME CITY OFFICES TO GO BEGGING AT ELECTION. Names Are Expected to Be Written in on Ballots; James Shan non Out for Mayor. OREGON CITT, Or., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Filing "petitions for candidates for city offices closed tonight at 6 o'clock with very few aspirants on the lists. James Shannon filed for the may oralty race and will be opposed by J. J. Tobin, who entered his petition several days ago. Tobin is present councilman from Ward 1. Dr. William Krassig also filed to day as a candidate from Ward 3 and will be opposed by M. H. Long, who filed the first of last week. W. C. Oreen. present incumbent from W'ard 2, is again a candidate and will be opposed by George Griffin, who filed today. E. M. Howell and F. A. Metzner are the candidates from Ward 1. C. W. Kelly filed today as a candi date for city recorder and will have a clear field, as will George E. Swaf- rord for city treasurer. O. D. Eby filed Monday as a candidate for city, attorney and will oppose George L. Story. Ward 4 is without a candidate and it is probable that names will be written in on the ballot for this of fice. Two measures will be on the ballot for Oregon City a one-mill tax for the support of the library, and the McLoughlin Park as a site for the new city hall. The petition of J. F. Albright for a franchise to operate Jitneys from Or egon City to Portland, will be kept off the ballot on account of a num ber of the signers of the petition Hot being registered as voters. Of the 204 signatures on the petition it was claimed that about 60 were Illegal. PARADE ENTRIES MM FIRE PREVENTION OBSERV- ANCE TO BE HELD SATURDAY. Prisoners Serving Time In Peniten tiary for Arson to Bo in Line of March. Entries for the fir prevention pa rad next Saturd-ay night, a feature of the fire prevention week, are nu merous, according to Aaron Frank, chairman of the parade committee. The entries are being made by firms. individuals, organizations and divi sions of the fire bureau and are ex pected to form the longest fire pre vention parade "ever heid in the Pa cific northwest. Governor Olcott will lead the pa rade, with state, city and county of ficials occupying pr:inent places in the line of march. Hoy scouts have volunteered their services for the pa rade, according to Chairman Frank. Fire prevention week is intended to call the attention of the public to the danger from carelessness with fire hazards. Every person serving time in the Oregon penitentiary for arson will be entered in the parade to portray the punishment for deliberately set ting of a fire. Warden Compton will bring the men to Portland Saturday morning. The large clock at Sixth and Alder is attracting . mucU attention. One fire, which occurred in the Scott ho tel, prevented a perfect record. The clock will be set every noon during the present week. SHRINE NOT 'RESPONSIBLE Report Tlvat Wire Caused Recent Warehouse Blaze Disproved. Proof that a Shrine decoration wire did not cause the recent fire in the Meier & Frank warehouse at Broadway and Taylor street is given in a report presented to Shrine com mitteeemen by Inspector Going of the bureau of buildings, who made an in vestigation of the source of the blaze. Since the conflagration reports have been circulated that one of the wires used in decorating for Shrine week was responsible. Frank S. Grant last night said that all of these wires were taken down within three weeks after the carnival and his committee had no knowledge of any others that might be in the streets. "Rain Plays Havoc .Willi Prunes. DALLAS, Or., Oct. 4.- (Special.) Itain of the past few days played havoc to Polk county's bumper crop. In many orchards the fruit is rotting in the trees on account of the inabil ity of the pickers to harvest the crop In many instances the mud is deep in the orchards. j itmiiimiimimiiiiiiMimihmiimimimimmmimiiiiimmiiiiMiiiiiiiM Ps.c Insure! . In CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL Day Mwtag Dny Letter Blue Wight Mmm; Htt Nigm ttt , NL It nan ot trie bum symbols writs tit t c'teck (number of wordiltjit tm 1a, siMmaot.otlur wiMlkKtw KOr it indicated by tnt ymfcol tawrlns flf th thjefc. Send the following terms on back hereof, PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO. Tenth and Burnside .TitiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiMmmmiiiimiiimimiiiiimm BRIDGE TENDER ROBBED! OUTLAW ESCAPES OVER RAIL ING OP INTERSTATE BRIDGE. I George H. Albright, TK-kot Seller, Held ITp t Early Morning Hour, and $34.90 Taken. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) A robber held up Ueorje H. Albright, ticket seller on the Oregon end of the Columbia river interstate bridg-c at 1:35 o'cloc.K this morning oTiri tnok 134.90. A man drivinar a ma chine passed a few minutes later and paid his money for his ticket, dui Mr. AlbriKht was somewhat excited and failed to (rive a ticket. When the man reached the ticket-taker on the draw spanjie was held up until Mr. Albright could be telephoned. He said that he got the money for the machine all right, so the man was permtted to go. Mr. Albright said that he had been held up and help was -sent him at once, Mr. AlbriKht said a man about 30 years Old crawled over the railing shortly after a Vancouver car had passed and at the point of a gun. de manded that the money In the cash register be put in Mr. Albright's hat and handed him. This was don. The robber 'disappeared over the side of the railing. Later the cap was found under the bridge and tracks could be traced to the water's edge, which leads to the belief that the robber came and went in a boat. The robber was said to be of dark complexion, had a plaid mackinaw on and wore a light cap. This is the second time the tender was held up at the same place, tne Event of Reduction Purchasers Will Be Protected WESTE TEL, NCWCOMB CARLTCN. MESIOENT GEORGE W. E. ATKIMS.'vice-PRCSlOENT BELVIDERE BROOKS VICE FEJiOfNT message, subject to the which are hereby agreed to. Detroit, Michigan., Sept. 25, 1920 Portland Motor Car Company, Portland, Oregon. We have several inquiries in reference to prices of our products? Existing conditions do not Justify any reductions in these prices and we do not anticipate making any reductions. This com pany will guarantee its distributors against any reduction made prior to July first, nineteen twenty one, in the prices of new Packard cars and trucks of current model undelivered, to cus tomers as of this date. You are requested to notify your custo mers accordingly. Letter of confirmation follows. Packard Motor Car Company ime being November 19, 1918, C. G. Herman was robbed of by Cyril Laird, who later killed Deputy Sheriff Twombly. Laird was later captured and Is serving a sen tence in the Oregon penitentiary. M'SWINEY CHAPLAIN HERE Former I'ather of Irish Battalion located at Bend. BEND, Or.. Oct. 4. (Special.) Formerly official chaplain for Terence MacSwiney's battalion ot Irish repub lican volunteers. Father Gabriel Har rington of the Irish Capuchin Fran- rAn- -.1,. raianrlv Iniflprt t Vl P Catholic clergy In Bend, declared to- lair that Ma.-.Qu-inmv'M InnfT htinCfri strike In Brixton Jail is "a triumph of the spirit." Father Harrington came to America a little more than a year ago. "I remember Lord Mayor MacSwlney well." Father Harrington said in speaking of his old friend, "and I know that he does not want- to die. It is not an attempted suicide on his part, but unwillingness to admit, by receiving British-imposed punishment, the right of the empire to rule Ire land." Auto Vpsets; Two Are Injured. OREGON CITY. Or., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Adam Garrfn and Fred Wol fer of Hubbard were slightly injured Sunday when their automobile upset near New Era. Garren sustained se vere cuts on the face and bruises an his body, while Wolfer suffered in ternal injuries and bruises on his body. Girl Hurt in Auto Plunge. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) Miss Mamie McCulloirgh was serious ly injured last night when a car in j Prices UNION AM . which she was riding, and driven by H. E. Allen, plunged off the highway near Svenson and rolled over six times. The driver was not injured. He says he was blinded by the head lights of another car and this caused him to run .off the road Citizenship Rights Prized. Suit was filed in federal court yes terday to cancel action taken by the government to deprive Victor Walcr ian Lilja of his citizenship. G. E. Vanderveer, I. W. W. counsel, is rep resenting Lilja. who Is alleged to have defended the German cause dur ing the war: The attorney contends ' - - -rr-aff m i- - a- It ? .f jfr JPIJRE-C'TTaKj JENSEN -VPN HERBBR&fl aataMI I aaaill 1 IIHI1IPI 111 NOW PLAYING MADGE KENNEDY "DOLLARS and SENSE" An island of romance surrounded by an ocean of laughs. Story by Roy Cohen, famous Saturday Evening Post writer. JOE MARTIN COMEDY "THE PROHIBITION MONKEY" NEWS WEEKLY 6 c O M I N G 1 11 Will WIMR DOROTHY "PEP" GISH LITTLE MISS REBELLION Form 1201 CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL Day Mesmagg Day Latter Blua Want Meso Wlt NiaM Latter I N L It none of tfieso three symbols epoaars after the check (number ot wordsHhisleaday message.Other. arl90 its character ia Indicated by the eymbet aooearing alter the check. that the complaint is defective and the action of the court invalid. Ar guments will be heard on the motion next Monday. Polk County Pair Near. DALLAS, Or., Oct. 4. (Special. The ninth annual Polk county fair will open in Dallas Thursday with a greater display of farm products than has been seen here for many years. Exhibits have begun to arrive at the big pavilion. Tho second Polk county automobile show will also be held at this time and promises to be a big surprise to the fair-goers. ! m I UlilPF O 69 O 68 V 69 V 69 V 69 s A T 69 V 69