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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ATTEMPT TO TRAP
1SP0KANE BANK HELD
EX-ELECTOR DESERTS
WILSON FOR HARDING
EX-REPRESEXTAT1VE WOOTEX
OF TEXAS QUITS PARTY.
30-CENT SANDWICH
TO BE INVESTIGATED
TRADE PARTY SEES
REPORT AVERS KING
OF GREECE IS DEAD
OF 15
UP BY LONE ROBBER
HARDING FAILURE
' t.
MOTION NEEDS
PORT PLAN
LOOT IS $200 THOUSANDS IX
BIG BILLS OVERLOOKED.
SALE AT FIVE TIMES COST IS
ORDERED PROBED.
bulletix, however, sats
coxditiox uxchaxged.
WILSON FALLIBLE,
SAYS ELIHU ROOT
Control of Abstract Jus
tice Questioned.
COMMITTEE
BACKS
Cox's Naming French
man Branded as Trick.
ACQUAINTANCE IS DENIED
Republican Chief Issues De
Kobra Statement.
"COACHING" IS SCENTED
Journalist Traveling "With Ohio
Governor's Party Declared Ex
jiected to Slake Advances.
MARION. O- Oct. 19. An unsuc
cessful attempt by Governor Cox to
trap Senator Harding -was charted in
a statement by Harding- headquarters
tonight in response to suggestions by
the democratic nominee that Mr.
.Harding' nad eonierroo. wuu iaui"
I' de Kobra, a French Journalist, re-
garaing me j? rencn muluuq
the league of nations.
The statement, issued over the sig
nature of Judson C. Welliver. head
quarters director of publicity, said
that Senator Harding never had heard
of De Kobra until today, though the
latter had made an unsuccessful ef
fort to see him in Indianapolis last
Friday. It was asserted that De
Kobra. who said he had been travel
ing -with the Cox party, "was evi
dently expected by Governor Cox to
obtain an interview with Senator
Harding and to say certain things to
him."
Harding Declines Discussion.
Therefore," continued the state
Blent, "when Senator Harding on the
next day at Greencastle, InL. made
bis casual observation about France
having sent a spokesman to him in
formally. Governor Cox assumed that
the De Kobra mission bad been suc
cessful, and that Senator Harding had
taken the bait."
Senator Harding himself declined
to discuss the governor's references
to De Kobra or to say anything fur
ther In regard to his atterance at
Greencastle. He Indicated that with
his reply to President Wilson's let'
ter he was inclined to regard the in
cident as closed and that he did not
Intend to reveal the Identity of his
Informants or any other details of
the "informal" advices he received.
Hardlna; to Start Tonr.
Senator Harding will leave tomor
row morning on his last speaking
trip outside his own state. He will
reach Jackson, O., In time to make
an afternoon speech at a republican
barbecue there, and on the following
day will speak, at Rochester and
Buffalo. N. T.
Senator Harding had his first real
respite today from campaigning In
several weeks. No speeches were on
his programme, although he had sev
eral conferences and considerable
correspondence.
The front-porch campaign virtually
ended with the speech to first voters.
Statement la Made Public
Mr. Welllver's statement follows:
"In his speech at Rochester. N. Y.,
last night. Governor Cox is reported
as saying in reference to Senator
Harding's statement that 'spokesmen
of France' had informally asked that
America should lead the way for an
association of nations: 1 dare Senator
V xiaraing in lcii America puouci;
I whether or not the representative of
i ranee was .Maurice ue iobra oi
Paris.
"If this be true and I have strong
reasons for believing it is, I wish to
remind you of Senator Harding's oft
repeated assurance that he Intended
to take counsel always with others.
We have here an instance of the kind
of counsel he will seek in connection
with international affairs. Monsieur
De Kobra appears to be a fine gentle
man, but he is a humorist and in his
own behalf I doubt if he would say he
Is profound in international affairs.
Cox Meld Victim of Own Trap.
"Governor Cox has fallen into a neat
little trap that had been set for Sen
ator Harding. Senator Harding never
bjw M. de Kobra and never heard of
him until today. Tbe facts about this
pleasant little conspiracy are briefly
these:
"On Friday night last, a few min
utes after Senator Harding's train
had arrived at Indianapolis. M. de
Kobra came to me at the Severin
hotel, introducing himself as the cor
respondent of La Llberte of Paris
and asked that an audience with Sen
a tor Harding be arranged. I declined
and Mr. de Kobra became insistent.
He said he had been traveling with
Governor Cox's party and having se
cured the Cox viewpoint on interna
tional matters, was now desirous of
in interview with Senator Harding in
crdcr that he might present the re
publican side of the matter. He was
Very . Insistent upon seeing Senator
Harding and seeing him immediately.
1 finally told him it was Impossible.
"M. De Kobra did not, at that time,
r any other, even speak to Senator
Hardinsr. Senator Harding was not
Informed of M. De Kobra's impor
tunities: indeed never saw or met htm
at any time. Monsieur De Kobra was
evidently expected by Governor Cox
to obtain an interview with Senatoi
.Harding and to say certain things to
him.
"Therefore. wh-n Senator Harding
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Cashier, Bookkeeper and Vice-President
Are Locked in Vault at
Point of Gun.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 19. A lone
robber who entered the Union Park
bank, in an outlying Industrial dis
trict of the city, shortly before clos
ing time this afternoon, ordered Cash
ier Anderson and two other employes
into the vault and escaped with 200
in small bills, which he scooped from
the counter. He overlooked several
thousand dollars in bills of larger
denominations, bank officials said,
evidently having been nervous.
Today's robbery was the third time
within the last three years that the
bank has been held up in similar man
ner. The robber approached Cashier An
derson and asked to buy a draft, giv
ing the name of Myers. While the
cashier was preparing the draft away
from the window where is located a
burglar alarm. Miss Glenna Lee, book
keeper, was carrying books into the
vault and L. D. Means, vice-president,
stepped outside the cage to lock
the front door.
At this point the robber produced a
gun and forced the three persons into
the vault, which he locked. They ef
fected their escape shortly after he
bad left the building and gave the
alarm.
Alleged perpetrators of previous
robberies of the bank are serving
sentences in prison. Cashier Anderson
and Miss Lee were forced into the
vault on the occasion of the last pre
ceding robbery.
'RINCE SLOW TO MARRY
Heir to English Throne Determined
Sfot to Be Rushed.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub
lished Dy Arrangement.)
LONDON, Oct. 19. (Special cable.)
An editorial in the Times, which has
attracted much attention, advocating
the marriage of the Prince of Wales
to an English girl, is said at Buck
ingham palace to have no special
significance though its purport is ap
proved there.
The prince, according to his frlneds,
is in no hurry to marry and is deter
mined not to be rushed into matri
mony for merely public or political
reasons. What he needs most just
now, as is plain to any one who has
seen him, is absolute rest from all
public occupations, and it Is said that
the queen is resolved he shall have it.
His next brother, the Duke pf Tork,
is subject to a marriage rumor, the
young lady picked for him being the
granddaughter of Sir Ernest CasseJ,
Miss Edwlna Ashly, one of the richest
heiresses in England. She is also
pretty, but whether her German strain
would please public opinion is ques
tionable. GUTTER QUENCHES THIRST
Imbibers Take Copious Draughts as
Liqnor Is Confiscated.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 19. Wine
was drunk from the gutter in front
of the federal building here today
when 800 gallons of various vintages
flowed in the streets under the direc
tion of deputy United States marshals.
The pouring out of the fluid took
place during the siesta hour of the
Mexican colony. When the banned
liquid began to run into the street,
Mexicans, with a few Americans in
termingled, surrounded the truck from
which the wine was descending and
gathered up the output in tobacco
cans, cups and bottles. Several were
observed to swallow copious draughts.
Police officers took the containers
from others and returned the con
tents to the gutter.
No arrests were made.
J. C. WILSON IS SUICIDE
Resident of Forest Grove Kills Self
on University Campus.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Oct. 19.
(Special.) John C. Wilson, a well-
known citizen of this place, com
mitted suicide on Pacific university
campus here some time during Sat
urday night. He left a note saying
the act was done because of ill health.
. The body was found Sunday about
noon after a searching party had
been out all morning. There was a
revolver by his side.
He was about 60 years old and
leaves a widow, three sons and a
daughter. He had been a resident of
this community for many years.
RENT LAW HELD LEGAL
Protection of Homes in Power of
Police When Emergency Exists.
NEW TORK, Oct. 19. Supreme
Court Justice Edward R. Finch, in
the Bronx, today handed down a deci
sion holding that New Tork's new rent
laws are constitutional. He said pro
tection of homes is within the police
power of the state when a public
emergency exists.
The decision was reached in an
ejection proceeding brought by a land
lord who desired use of premises upon
which the lease expired October 1.
WEALTHY MAN MURDERED
Body Found Wrapped in Army
Blankets; Valuables Gone.
BROWNWOOD. Tei, Oct. 19. J. N.
Weatherby. a large landholder in Mills
county, was found dead today on a
lonely road eight miles from Brown
wood with the head badly beaten and
the body wrapped in an army blanket.
His valuables had been taken.
TREATY FLAWS DISCLOSED
President Held Main Obstruc
tion to Ratification.
ARTICLE 10 DISAPPROVED
America, Says ex-Secretary, Should
Xot Undertake to Carry Oat
Proposed Big Contract.
NEW TORK, Oct. 19. EHhu Root.
in his only address on the league of
nations during the presidential cam
paign, tonight declared that the treaty
of peace with Germany would have
been ratified and America would have
been a member of the league if
President Wilson "had been willing."
"Mr. Wilson, however, was not will
ing. He insisted upon the treaty
absolutely unchanged," Mr. Root said,
adding later in his speech.
"I do not question Mr. Wilson's be
lief that the disposition of the treaty
tor which he was contending on May
31. 1919, was just and fair. but. with
out disrespect. I doubt Mr. Wilson's
infallibility. I doubt the complete
control of .abstract Justice in the proc.
esses by which the four men who dic
tated those treaties, which undertook
to make over eastern Europe, reached
their conclusions.
Mistakes Quite Possible.
"I have an impression that there
was the accommodation of conflicting
interests; the giving of something
here to get something there; the
yielding of some things In order to
avoid losing others; the shading of
justice by expediency which has
characterized such conferences, since
history began. I have a strong im
pression that some of their conclu
sions were mistakes.
"And I think it most objectionable
that the American people should enter
into a solemn and positive agreement
to guarantee and maintain by force
of arms for all time the dispositions
of territory and sovereignty which
these four men made in the year 1919.
"That is a part of what article 10
undertakes to do."
Harding's Stand Indorsed.
Mr. Root declared that "we shall
promote the peace of the world" by
electing Senator Harding president,
whose stand on the league, he -mid.
was unchanged from the time he voted
for -ratification of the peace treaty
and league of nations with the sen-
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Prominent Democrat, Xow in Wasb-
. ington, Pledges Support to -Harding
Ticket.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. . 19. (Spe
cial.) Dudley G... Wooten, ex-demo-
cratic member of congress from
Texas, and for many years prominent
in the democratic party in Washing
ton, has joined the Harding-Coolidge
club of King county.
Wooten came to Seattle in 1903 and
entered the practice of law. He had
held many high political offices in
Texas under democratic regimes,
among them tho'se of prosecuting at
torney and district judge, as well as
being a member of the Texas legis
lature. He was a presidential elector
on the democratic ticket in 1892. and
sat in congress from 1901 to 1903.
-"I dislike) having to turn my back
on the old party now, but when it
commits itself to Wilsonism I am
compelled to take a vacation," said
Wooten in commenting on changing
party . affiliations. "Personally, I
look upon the election of Senator
Harding to the presidency as abso
lutely necessary to save this nation
from the greatest calamity that ever
threatened Its future. I refer to the
necessity of protecting our national
independence. Had Governor Cox cut
loose from Wilson and all that he rep
resents in the treaty of peace and the
covenant of the league of nations and
been his own master, he might have
stood his chance of election, but when
he surrendered to Wilson, he surren
dered the respect and support of thou
sands of conservative democrats who
are opposed to all that Wilsonism
represents.
"I am going to vote for Governor
Hart because I believe that he. rep
resents Americanism and stands for
the preservation and integrity of our
country. I know Robert Bridges and
count him a personal friend, but in
this campaign he is in with the wrong
crowd as I view it and I believe that
in this political crisis a vote cast for
Judge Black is a vote thrown away.
It is my belief that thousands of level
headed democrats will vote for Gov
ernor Hart next month believing that
the fight is between him and Bridges,
with Bridges representing the radical
elements in the state."
Wooten supported Woodrow Wilson
in 1912 and was a personal friend and
political adviser of the late Governor
Lister. ' - -
HANGING IN PLAY FATAL
Lad Killed Accidentally While Par
ents Attend Funeral.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 19. "Play
ing hanging" proved fatal yesterday
to Charles Weiss, 11-year-old son of
Sam Weiss of Eudoro, Ark. A rope
placed under the boy's arms by sev
eral companions as part of a game
of "co boys and highwaymen,
slipped, caught under his chin and
strangled him.
The victim's parents were attending
a funeral.
Boston Hotel and Restaurant Men
to Be Asked to Explain
Phenomenal Profits.
BOSTON, Oct. 19. The federal
grand jury was ordered In special
session October 27 by Daniel Galla
gher, United States attorney, today to j
decide whether present high prices
for food at hotels and restaurants
involve criminal profiteering. As an
exhibit for its consideration, he in
dicated that the grand jury would
be shown that a ham sandwich which
cost 6 cents was sold for 30 cents.
The announcement followed a con
ference with hotel proprietors, who,
like restaurant keepers who were
heard yesterday, said there was no
way they could cut prices and make
their dining rooms pay. Although
profits running to 3000 per cent on
vegetables and into hundreds of per
cent on certain dishes were admitted,
they said that in most cases their
eating places were being run at a
loss.
"Overhead expenses" were blamed
by most of those heard and this
reason Mr. Gallagher declared to be
"humbug."
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 19. The
25-cent haircut made its reappear
ance here today.
It had been absent for some time,
while those costing 35 and BO cents
took its place.
Its reappearance was noted only in
a few of those shops which had been
charging higher prices, but there it
was predicted It soon would become
general again.
With it reappeared the 15-cent
shave.
CHEAPER PAPER VISI0NED
Press Association Official Sees
Signs of Easier Market.
CHICAGO, Oct, 19. Fifty-five new
members were voted into the Inland
is 250.
Daily Press association today. The
membership of the association now
The report of a committee appointed
to investigate the newsprint situation
was read by H. J. Pape of Waterbury,
Conn., chairman, who stated that in
dications are promising of a "soften
ing market.'
Imported paper, the supply of which
from Sweden and Germany is increas
ing, can be sold for only 6 cents a
pound and Is of slightly better quality
than domestic grades ..selling at 12
cents, the report said.
30 STATES FOR HARDING
Republicans Predicted to Carry AH
of Xorth and Break Into South.
NEW TORK, Oct. 19. At least 30
states will be carried by Harding and
Coolidge In the November election,
Ccott C. Bone, director of publicity
of the republican national committee,
predicted today
"This means that the republicans
will carry all the north and break
into the south." he said.
Sage Country Close to
Idaho Line Visited.
CROPS DOT DESERT TRACTS
Portland Tradesmen Note
Benefits of Water.
VALUE OF LAND' SOARS
Typical Malheur Rancher Declares
Vast and Rich Territory
"Would Be Opened.
BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
ONTARIO, Or, Oct. 19. (Special.)
ose to the Idaho boundary and at
times on the deeply bitten ruts of
the old Oregoit trail, Portland's trade
excursionists toured the sagebrush
country today and learned at first
hand how potent is irrigation.
They saw the flats and valleys that
lie between the big buff colored
buttes, gray with the desolation of
sage where the kindly water had not
touched, but decked with huge hay
stacks, green alfalfa fields and pro
lific orchards, where the ditches carry
their precious burden from the Owyhee
and Malheur rivers.
From Nyssa. the eastern Oregon
outpost, on the Snake river, the ex
cursionists set forth by automobile
in the frosty morning to circle
through the Owyhee irrigation project
where land that sold for $1.25 an acre
but a few years ago now commands
a price of $300 with the water on it.
Lund Is Transformed.
Not so long ago it was thai the
sagebrush country was lightly
esteemed as fit only for jack rabbits
and the roving coyote. Today Mal
heur county points to its awards won
at the state fair for Its 18-foot corn
and its 65-bushel wheat as proof that
the answer to state 'development in
this section at least is in ths streams
that wind through the antelope pas
tures of yesterday.
"Help us to place upon this vast
territory of fertile soil the irrigation
that is feasible," said ths typical
Malheur rancher, "and ws will pour
Into Portland such an agricultural
treasure as will demand recognition
for your port."
At Vale, where the trade special
stopped for luncheon, as the guests
of community enthusiasts, the Warm
Springs irrigation project, with 30,000
acres of land under ditch, drove home
again the fact that a dusty waste
may be made to blossom and bring
forth as abundantly as the comfort
able old Willamette valley itself.
Wheat PrlK Taken.
And there is even room for argu
ment, from the standpoint of Vale, for
V. T. Herrem. a rancher of that com
munity, took first prize for wheat at
the state fair, while the district also
annexed the first award on barley and
first and second awards on potatoes,
not to mention any numrjer or minor
items of agricultural excellence.
To test the versatility of Malheur
county, certain ranchers have gone
far afield from ths routine crops.
They have grown experimentally and
with apparent success such crops as
tobacco and rjeanutn a n H tti.n - .- -
I pared to lay wagers to any amount
l that the tVDical saerebrnnH
plus water, will outvie the acres of
western Oregon in any sort of produc
tivity. They are partial to the belief
that Portland when it learns of the
undeveloped resources that are scat
tered so prodigally around will aid
them in bringing to fruition the
years of faith and toil.
New Trade Era Foreseen.
It was C. M. Crandall of Vale,
speaking at the noon luncheon, who
asserted this faith in the friendly
foresight of the first city of Oregon
and who declared that he believed in
the certain approach of a new era
of trade between the east and the
west when a commercial water high
way shall be opened down the Snake
and Columbia rivers to the locks of
Portland.
"We did not come hero to trade,
as the name of the excursion might
imply," said Nathan Strauss, chair
man of the Portland party, in reply
ing to the welcome extended by Vale.
"We haven't a sample case or an
order book on the train. We came
out this way to find out something
about the eastern district. And we
perceive here wonderful possibilities
for development, such development as
will make Oregon the greatest state
of the union."
Bruce Dennis of La Grande, speak
ing at the Vale meeting, declared that
eastern Oregon needs now, more than
ever, the financial support of Portland.
He pointed out that certain eco
nomic influences, due to the Under
wood tariff measure, are forcing down
the price of wheat and woo!, that the
lumber market is disturbed by the in
creased freight ra'es and that Port
land as the beneficiary of the pros
perity of eastern Oregon must aid
until the period of depression passes.
"This country has no grouch at
Portland," exclaimed Mr. Dennis.
"Forget it. The Cascade " mountains
mean nothing at all to us so far as
separating the loyal people of this
state is concerned."
Other speakers at Vale were: Paul
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Temperature- of Monkey-Bitten Ru
ler Is 102 Drowsiness Tak
ing the Form of Coma.
LONDON, . Oct. 1?. The Central
News' Rome correspondent says to
night that the Giornale d'ltalia pub
lished a report obtained by wireless
from the Greek steamer Brlndisl that
King Alexander of Greece is dead.
The last bulletin received by
Reuter's Limited from Athens, timed
11 o'clock this morning, said the
king's condition was unchanged.
ATHENS, Oct. 19. The condition of
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!from 1:,'ectln caused by the bite of
a pec monKey, was unchanged early
today, according to a bulletin issued
by his physicians. The congestion -if
the lungs persists, drowsiness is tak
ing the form of coma. His tempera
ture was reported as 102, pulse 124
respiration 34.
Newspapers here speculate on his
successor, should his illness terminate
fatally. A number of foreign princes
are suggested for the throne. It ap
pears that Prince Charles of Belgium,
younger son of King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth, is the favorite. Op
posing journals point out that the
natural heir to -the throne under the
constitution would be Prince Paul,
brother of King Alexander and third
son of former King Constantine.
PARIS, Oct. 19. A noted curgeon,
whose name has not 'been flisclosed,
l.f, L . . .
4C4L iicic mi- Ainens tonignt by spe
cial train in answer to an urgent
summons from the bedside of King
Alexander. It is understood he will
attempt a further operation on the
king.
LIQUOR HEARING HELD UP
Government Xot Ready to Show Its
Hand in San Francisco Case.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 19 After
stating that "the government was not
yet feady to show its hand," United
States District Attorney Silva was al
lowed a postponement today of the
hearing of the cases of Francis J.
Mannix, ex-federal census supervisor
here, and three alleged co-conspira
tors on a charge of conspiring to sell
liquor illegally.
Simultaneously x the federal grand
jury took renewed consideration of
an alleged illicit liquor conspiracy
said by government officials to have
been participated in by Harry Bro
laski, prominent broker, and others.
BOY SLAIN, FATHER HELD
Body of Two-Year-Old Child Is Dis
covered in Woods.
COBURG, Ontario, Oct. 19. George
Albert Hines, two years of age, whose
body was found yesterday in the
woods near here, was murdered, ac
cording to the coroner's jury verdict
today.
Albert Hines, shell-shocked Cana
dian soldier and father of the boy, is
held on a charge of attempted suicide
pending a further investigation into
the death of the" child.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
53 degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain; southwesterly
winds.
ForelK-a. t
British miners may o. Joined by 25,000
London transport workers. Page 2.
Report avers king of Greece Is dead. Pace 1.
National.
Inheritance taxes wise fiscal policy but
present detects are seen by Otto M.
Kahn. Pag. 16.
Farmers must Tiave help, says Secretary
Meredith, addressing bankers. Page 3.
Leaders plead for development of foreign
trade through merchant marine. Page 4.
Domestic
Grand jury Investigation of Boston's 80
cent sandwich ordered. Pago 1.
Jilted girl killed Denton, say Mrs. Peete.
Fage 4.
Politics.
Cox In New England makes scathing at
tacks on Lodge and Harding. Page 3.
Treaty would have been ratified but for
president, says Blibu Root. Page 1.
Partisan newspapers vary widely In com
ment on Wilson-Harding league tilt.
Page 2.
Cox's attempt to trap Harding by mention,
lng French Journalist Is failure. Page t.
Ex-Representative Cousins of Iowa stump
ing Oregon. Page IS.
Democratic ex-elector deserts Wilsonism to
support Harding. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest. -
Clew to kidnaping leads to Portland. Pag.
7.
Portland trade excursionists view irriga
tion needs of eastern Oregon. Page 1.
Spokane bank is held up by lone robber.
Pago 1.
Sport.
Multnomah - Willamette footgaJl ' gam.
transferred to local gridiron. Page 14.
Langford-Anderson mill tonight is 14-karat
fisht. Page 14.
Probe witness threatens Borton with libel
suit. Page 14.
New baseball pact raemtoer. deny Intent
to wage war. Page 15.
Commerce high school eleven defeats Jef
ferson at football, 6 to 0. Page 15.
Commercial svnd Marine.
Wool prices steadily decline at Australian
auctions. Page S3.
British miners' strike Is disturbing factor
in Chicago wheat market. Page 23.
Stock market oh more stable basis. Page
23.
Docks commissioner approves plans for
construction of new terminal pier.
Page -'H.
Bonds for harbor development sold.
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Portland and Vicinity.
James V. failing, pioneer or rorlland. Is
dead. cage la.
Bird refuge pnau held to bo a compromise
Page 9.
Parents who neglect curfew to go to jail
Pag. 12.
Want ad romance winds op in court.
page . -
Committee of fifteen approves port plan.
rage i.
Fourteen queries on Haiti propounded by
Portland writer missing tore, weeks.
rax. e.
Objections to Swan Is
land Project Flouted.
CHAMBER IS GENTLY CHIDED
Reversal of Opinion on Eve
of Election Is Rapped.
URGENT NEEDS ARE CITED
Unless Measure- Passes, Portland
May Be Denied Dcep-Draft
Vessels, Is Declaration.
ARGUMENTS OF COMMITTEE
OF 15 FOR SWAN ISLAND
PROJECT.
Present channel of Willamette
is so tortuous as to be danger
ous to navigation.
Dredging of . new west chan-,
nel will require removal of vast
amount of material and place
must be provided to deposit it.
Dumping of material on
Guild lake and Mock bottom
will answer this need and in
crease value of these lands as
factory sltee.
By acquisition of this proper
ty, public. Instead of private
owners, will receive benefit of
increased value.
Objections of opponents to the Swan
Island project are flouted ar.d the
vital necessity of the proposed legis
lation shown in a statement made
public yesterday by the committee of
IB. Beginning with a history of the
committee and its work for the last
year in determining the most eco
nomical and expeditious plan for de
velopment to assure the commercial
future of Portland, the statement
gently chides the chamber of com
merce for its reversal of opinion on
the eve of election, and then disposes
of the chamber's objections one at a
time.
One of the salient facts brought
out is that if the port of Portland
dock commission consolidation meas
ure does not pass at the November
election, deep-draft vessels at present
serving Portland's commercial needs
will be unable to come here because
the port of Portland will be without
funds with which to carry on the
usual maintenance work in the Co
lumbia river channel.
Committee's) HlMtory Gives.
The full text of the statement is
sued by the committee of IS follows:
"The attention of the committee of
15 has been called to the published
criticisms of the Chamber of Com
merce and others of the two measures
which will appear on the ballot at
the November election relating to port
development.
"The committee of 15 feels that
these criticism are the result of mis
understandings of the scope and pur
pose of the measures and therefore
submits to . the public the following
statement:
"1. History of committee of 15 By
a resolution adopted by the city coun
cil on April 25. 1919, the mayor was
authorized to appoint a committee of
15 disinterested persons to formulate
plans for waterways, public terminals
and water sites. The following per
sons were appointed: Emery Olmstead,
K. C. Knapp, E. J. Jaeger, George H.
Kelly, Harry Anderson, C. D. Bruun,
William Cornfoot, Max H. Houser,
John H. Burgard, Ira F. Powers. J. P.
Newell, F. S. Doernbecher, Nathan
Strauss, J. K. Wheeler and James B.
Kerr.
"Subsequently J. P. Newell and
Harry Anderson resigned on account
of absence from the city and press of
business, and FranlL M. Warren and
C. C. Hindmau were appointed in their
places.
"The city council directed the com
mittee to co-ordinate its work with
the' commission of public docks and
the Port of Portland commission.
"The commission of public docks
and the port of Portland commission
thereupon jointly employed an engi
neer to prepare and render a report
on the improvement of the Portland
harbor.
"This report was presented to the
committee of 15 on March 16, 1920.
Siru Island Project.
"The engineer's recommendation
submitted on Marca 16. 1320, showed
the following facts:
"a That the present channel of the
Willamette river to the east of Swan
island is so narrow and crooked as
to be a menace to navigation.
"b. That it is desirable to close the
east channel by a causeway to the
east shore immediately below the
Portland Flouring mills and to dredge
a straight wide channel on the west
side of Swan island.
"c That In dredging the pro
posed west channel It would be neces
sary to dredge out the west half of
Swan island.
"d That the proposed dredging op
erations would require the removal
of approximately 20,000,000 cubio
yards of material.
"e That only two methods of dis
poslng of this dredged material wore
.Concluded on Pago k. Column !.