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MIE S AND BRITON REFUSING TP YIELD Mediation Still Far Off and Both Sides Shun Other. FEW RALLY TO RADICALS Leaders Strongly Against 'With drawing Pumping Staffs from Pits. LONDON, Oct. 20. (By the Associ ated Press. Tho day brought no new developments in the coal strike: neither side to the dispute made any approach to the other and no outsid-e mediation was instituted. It ia still honied that the. proposal of William Brace, president of the South Wales Myiers' federation, may eventually lead to renewed negotia tions, but It is admitted that it must first be adopted officially by the miners' executive committee, which has so far been impossible, as mem bers of the executive committee are scattered all over the country. Few Supporting- Radical. Advocacy by some extremists of withdrawing the pumping staffs from the mines finds few supporters among the miners generally. Robert Smillie and other leaders are strongly against it. Renewed efforts were made at the ministry of labor today through ne gotiation by the parties concerned to avert a strike on the railroads and in the transport industry. The nego tiations, however, were adjourned un til tomorrow. The national council of the inde pendent labor party adopted a resolu tion to4ay expressing grave apprehen sion over the attitude of the govern ment toward the miners, "conveying a it does, an aggressive challenge to the whole working class move ment.'! - The resolution requests the labor party to convene a special con ference. Living; Coats May Rise. One effect of the strike will be an increase in the cost of living owing to the decline in the value of the pound sterling and the Increased cost of inward bound freights, caused by the diminution of exports, declared Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, in answering a question in the house of commons today. Official estimates of the number of persons thrown out of employment In other industries, aa the result of the coal strike are lacking, but news paper estimates place the number at 100,000 at least, with the total grow ing steadily. Reports from Morrlston, Wales, state that many 'of the steel workers there who have been made idle by the strike have decided to emigrate to Canada at an early date. Miner Guarantee Promised. Thomas Ashton, general secretary of the miners, at Manchester, today said If the premier called the mine owners and the miners' officials into conference regarding more production out of the mines the first meeting would give the premier all the guar antees to increased output he needed. The miners' leaders were willing, Ash ton said, to attend such a conference. The London branch of the Commer cial Road Transport Workers' union had already voted to strike in sym pathy with the minera, but the order was held up until after today's meet ing. A walkout of this union would Involve upwards of 180,000 men. Further .curtailment of shipping services ia impending. One daily boat Instead of .three will run between Dover and Calais, and dally service between New Haven and Dieppe will be supplanted by steamers plying be tween eastern English ports and Hamburg. Rotterdam and Antwerp will be suspended entirely. TWO STATES GIVE UP WASHIXGTOX. OREGON" GOV ERNORS HONOR REQUISITIONS. 31. O. Anderson, Arrested at Asto ria, Delivered to Ofricers on TJesertlon Charge. SALM, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) Not until the executives of both Washing- ton and Oregon had honored requisi tion papers issued by Governor Burn qutst of Minnesota, were the officials of the eastern state abla to gain th custody of Magnus O. Anderson, alias Magnus O. Tollafson, who is wanted at Duluth. on a charge of abandon ment of minor children. Anderson had been residing on Puget Island in Washington and was first arrested by the officers at Cathlamet. Before the Minnesota officer arrived. however, the prisoner had been re lesed by the sheriff there and al lowed to go to Astoria to visit with friends; When Anderson refused to return to "Washington the Minnesota agent was compelled to cause his arrest in As toria and seek new requisition papers directed to the governor of Oregon. These papers arrived here today. John C. Brown. de-puty sheriff at Duiuth. left Salem tonight for Astoria to take charge of the prisoner. Although living in Washington prior to his arrest Anderson had been em ployed by the Crossett Lumber com pany at Wauna, Or. CANADA SEEKS MARKETS l'LAX" EXPERT OP GOVERN. M EX T SAILS FOR EUROPE. 6000 Tons of Fiber and 200.000 Bushels of Seed to Be Sold; War Developed Industry. OTTAWA. Ont. R. J. Hutchinson flax expert of the Canadian govern ment has sailed for Europe to market for Canad'an producers 6000 tons of flax fiber and 300,000 bushels of flax fiber seed. Production on a commercial scale of flax fiber and flax fiber seed Is -an Industry developed In Canada by the war and dates from 115. It was at first confined to Ontario but it haa become an increasingly Important part of farming in Quebec and the western provinces, especially Mani toba. The rapidity with which It is being taken up by farmers is shown by the phenomenal annual Increase ia acreage. In ISIS 4000 acres were de voted to the fibre flax; in 191f 5200 acres :tn 191'. $000; in 191S. 20.000; In 1919, 20,262. and in 1920. 31,300. Canadian flax fibre proved its quality' when it topped the market last year in Ireland, famous the world over for Its high-class linens. The total value of flax fibre products in Can ada In 1915 was only 1399.600. In 1919 It had reached $5,523,900. Recent government Investigations have proved the value of flax straw, not of the fibre variety, for the man ufacture of binder twine and paper pulp. Several factoriea of this kind have been erected. This new use of flax will provide a commercial outlet for the vast quantities of straw which lias gone to waste heretofore. It is estimated that the yield of flax seed In the prairie provinces will be 10,- 109.000 bushels this year. This variety ia used mostly in making linseed oil. The average yield an ere of linen fibre flax in Canada was 318 pounds, valued at from 80 cents to $1. The year before the yield was 310 pounds to the acre. To insure high quality of fibre seed for export, the dominion department of agriculture provided an inspection and grading service, which saw to it that all seed shipped abroad was sound, dry, clean and well graded. Ninety thousand pounds were shipped to Ireland in 1919, which was sold at $10.75 a bushel. COX CHARGE' HELD FALSE DUPONT ACCUSES GOVERNOR OF "GROSS INJUSTICE." Not to Know Untruth of Assertion on "Corruption Fund" De clared Unbelievable. WILMFNGTO-V, Del.. Oct. 20. Pierre S Dupont, president of the Dupont Powder company, in a statement to night said that Governor Cox had done the company, as well as Cole man Dupont, a "gross injustice" in referring in an address at Cleveland Saturday night to the methods em ployed by the republicans in collect ing an alleged "corruption fund of $15,000,000." Governor Cox was quoted as having said that Coleman Dupont headed the republican propaganda en terprise and declared he was not sur prised that Mr. Dupont, "a member of a family which ljad profited by munitions manufacture," was oppos ing him, in view of his world peace advocacy. The statement said in part: "It is almost unbelievable that you did not know the untruth of your as sertion, or that you should seek to injure a man by a statement subject to easy investigation as to its truth. Your statement does gross injus tice to Coleman Dupont, because it is absolutely untrue. You do grosser In justice to those who were responsible for the furnishing of powder during the recent war by your insinuations that their preparedness in saving the nation in its hour of need was planned for profit and is still being planned in the hope of future profit." The statement added that since 1915 Coleman Dupont "has had no interest in the Dupont company. 42 STOWAWAYS ON BOAT Organized Ring: in Station Ports Smuggling Aliens Over. NEW TORK, Oct. 20. Forty-two stowaways who boarded the steam ship Logan in Naples were removed under guard when the boat arrived today and taken to Ellis islaad. According to immigration officials this breaks all records -'in stowaway traffic. Officers said the men were not discovered until the ship was well on the way to New Tork. Officials of the Logan said they be lieved there is an organized "ring" in Italian ports attempting to smuggle immigrants into America. M ROYALTY MUST PAY TAX Italian King's Estate Valued at Approximately $3,500,000. ROME. Oct. 20. King Victor Em manuel has estimated the value of his estate at 92.000,000 lire, which at the present rate of exchange amounts approximately to $3,500,000, in com pliance with the law establishing a tax on patrimony. The tax the king will pay will amount to about 1,000,000 lire. The estate of the queen Is valued at only 1,000,000 lire. LETTS ACCUSE RUSSIANS Commissioner Reported Shot and Treaty Terms Violated. RIGA. Oct. 19. Refugees returning from Russia say that Waldemar Grin' berg. Latvian commissioner to Rub sia, was shot at Ekatinerado 10 days after the treaty of peace between Letvia and soviet Russia was signed. They also declare that. Lettish troops in the soviet army are not be ing demobilized as stipulated by the treaty, but are being sent to fight against General Wrangel. HARDING POSTS REWARD (Continued From First Pftg.) memory now," and its labor provisions and article 10 were made the prin cipal targets of the senator's at tacks. Under the labor division of the league, he said, conditions of labor and of commerce would be determined by a council in which the United States would have four votes and foreign nations would have 128. He also referred to the democratic charges of a senate oligarchy and- added: "God strengthen the hand of that so-called oligarchy if there is to be another democratic administration.' The Harding special train will reach Rochester at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow leaving at 10:30 A M., will arrive in Buffalo at 3:30 P. M. VIEW'S DECLARED DISTORTED Harding Favors- League Rejection, Declares Senator Johnson. HOBOKEX. N. J., Oct. 20. Senator Harding, republican presidential can didate, stands for. outright rejection of the league of nations and there 1b nothing ambiguous or uncertain in his declaration of attitude. Senator Johnson of California declared in an address here tonight. "For reasons of their own." Senator Johnson said, "certain Interested in dividuals and newspapers may mis represent and misinterpret his words. I regret these imputations upon the sincerity of the utterances of the candidate and the manifest endeavor in some quarters to distort his plain languages. "From those who believe as I do he is entitled not only to the warmest commendation but to the strongest advocacy and most enthusiastic sup port. The issue today is the league of nations as presented by" President Wilson, which Cox says he will take this country Into, and which Hardjng says he will not." S. & H. greei, stamps for cash Holman Fuel Co. Main 353, SSO-21. Adv. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ASSAILED Bankers Criticise Methods Affecting Non-Members. REGULATIONS DENOUNCED Governor Harding Styled 'Usurper' and Par Clearance Plan Held Ruinous and Arbitrary. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. While a survey of the financial policies of the government by Secretary Houston drew the attention of delegates today at the general session of the Ameri can Bankers' association convention. state bankers, in the section meeting which followed, brought the admin istration of the federal reserve sys tem under fire. They adopted resolutions "eotidem-n- ing and deprecating methods em ployed by ths board" In Its relations with state banks which are not mem bers of the reserve system, although the board did not lade defenders dur ing the discussion. Indignation against the board's regulation compelling the collection of checks and remittance of the face amount at par was freely expressed. Governor Harding was styled a usurper" of authority and a commit tee was named to seek amendment of the reserve act so as to "guarantee to all bankers the rights and priv ileges" of fixing a charge on the handling of checks drawn on all ex cepting local banks. Force and Coerciom Charged. Speakers declared Governor Hard ing had "employed force and coercion" by forcing the use of the par .clear ance system under which many state banks were said to have been com pelled to enter the reserve Bystem or lose certain classes of business. This was "not only unfair, but without basis in law." it was asserted. Charles DeB. Claiborne of New Or leans declared the service . rendered by the banks In the transfer of cheeks was legitimate and that the banks were entitled to compensation; He asserted that the arrangement or dered by the reserve board for par clearance 'does not make every chck worth 100 cents on the dollar because there is nearly always an xchane charge, bo- the merchant who sup ports par clearance does not gain any thing." If the merchants have bene fited by the system, Mr. Claiborne contended, the public "has not been able to see it reflected in reduced prices." Reserve Board Is Defeztded. The reserve board's staunch.st de fender was O. H. Wolfe of Philadel phia, who asserted that abolition of the clearance and remittance charges and establishment of the country wide eold settlement saved bankjrs and commercial interests 135. 000.000 last year. This amount, he said, would have been exacted as a "tax" on busi ness had not the board organized a system to clear all exchanges of bank drafts. Although.' he Joined in the protect against the par clearance regulations, E. C. McDougal of Buffalo, who was elected president of the state bank section of the association, expressed unqualified approval of the reserve system. He declared it had "come to stay" and urged the state backers to work together for Its growth, instead of "complaining about it all of the time." Mr. McDougal warned the bankers that ,the "fool's paradise" through whichyou have lived for the past two or three years "would not always continue." He urged restoration of the conservation which prevailed in banking circles prior to the arrival of the "sellers' market when any body could make money" because "Im munity from losses," cannot continue indefinitely. Foreign Trade Gets Support. Approval of a proposal to organize a 3100,000,000 corporation to finance the nation's foreign trade was given by the association. President Hawes was authorized to call a meeting of bankers and business men to work out plans for the formation of such a corporation urrder the provisions of the recently enacted Edge law, as proposed in the -report of the associ ation's committee on commerce and merchant marine, presented today. Fred I. Kent, vice-president of the Bankers' Trust company of New York, until recently a financial adviser to the reparations commission, said that complete restoration or Europe de pended upon the annihilation of bol- shevism in every country, fixation of the German Indemnity and reeonstruc tion of the devastated regions. Characterizing bolshevism as "the underworld force," Mr. Kent said its power was so great that the people could not relax their fight against it for one minute if they would not be overwhelmed. "Intellectuals" Are Attacked. "By stealing the wealth of the world and using It to bind labor to false promises, the Russian propagandists hope to obtain the autocratic power of their desires," he said. He attacked the "so-called intellec tuals," who "are adding the weight of their prestige to the false mouth- inn of the vicious. He declared that ministers conscientiously but thought lessly invited men and women without integrity or responsibility "to explain tneir perverted theories to their con gregations on the plea of broadening tneir eaucation. "When a minister Is himself willing to play upon the passions of his peo ple for the purpose of making a name for himself, he stoops to the class ot the thrower or bombs. ROOT STATEMENT DENIED (Continued From First Page.) who are for the league associated with him in a statement issued to secure support for Senator Harding, whom they know by his own words is against the league, are attempting to deceive the voters. They are permit ting their partisanship to rise above their patriotism and trusting perhaps that trie last wooDie of senator Hard ing may be in their direction. Fair Play Demanded. "1 am trying to be charitable to these men in view of the fact that in their partisanship they may not be reading my public addresses, in which I have invariably said that it would be my purpose to accept any helpful reservations that will make certain the ratification of the treaty and the league: and that my election would be expressive of the desire of the American people for going Into the league; whereas, the election of Senator Harding, upon his own state ment, upon the statements of Johnson and Borah, would be indorsement for staying out of the league. "I am asking the newspapers to carry this statement and a copy of the telegram sent to Mr. Root as a matter of fair play because the asso ciation of pro-leasue republicans led by him has not riven the facts and Is not giving the facts to the people. Only last night Dr. Charles W. Eliot, who baa been one of America's fore- i most educators for more than 40 j years, called attention to this very thing to a group of student -voters at Harvard, In my presence, and pointed out that in the statement signed by 31 men, all of whom he knows, and with most of whom he b&s been asso ciated, they have recommended their countrymen to put into the presidency a man who rejects the only league of nations which has bean actually brought Into existence and is func tioning. They advise voting for the man selected by the very group of re publican leaders who have brought the present disgrace upon the repub lic Mjstet j, try Eliot. rr. El tot also said that many parts of the statement" issued do not con form to the- well-known faota, that they are misleading and that clear ex pressions of Senator Harding's stand are suppressed. Ths 31 signers of the statement,' Dr. Eliot further said, "are all honorable men. How they signed sueh a paper La a mystery. Let all you voters,, women voters, independ ents and republica-ns, who are in doubt consider whether this statement of 31 eminent republicans is candid, whether its fundamental premises are true or false, whether Its reasoning Is sound or specious, whether Its con clusion is sane and patriotic or in judicious, dangerous for the country and at the bottom immoral.' "Nothing I caji say would improve upon the expressions of Dr. Eliot; but it would seem to me that these eminent republicans, recognized as leaders of thought in America, cannot afford to rest under the cloud which this statement casts uDon them." Governor Cox's response to Mr. Root's speech came at the close of the gov ernor's New England campaign. The candidate made ten speeches today, all championing the league of nations and attacking the league stand of Senator Harding. Crowds Cheer Governor. Through Connecticut Governor Cox called upon the voters to defeat Sen ator Brandegee, republican candidate for re-election, because of Mr. Bran degee's enrollment in the "round robin." Large, cheering crowds greeted the governor throughout his final New England journey today. Special ap plause was given his frequent state ment of his plan to bring the cause of Irish independence before "the con science and bar of public opinion of the world," represented, he said, by the league. One of the largest crowds of the day was at Waterbury, where thousands were massed in Library park. The governor' train passed through a few towns where no stops were scheduled, but where crowds. one with a band and torches, cheered the passing cars. Governor Cox made apparent refer ence to today's denial from Marion that Maurice de Kobra, a French au thor and humorist, identified yester day by the governor as the French man who had told Senator Harding that France was receptive toward a new "fraternity" of nations, had seen Senator Harding. The governor said that since Senator Hardin's "blunder" the senator had been "locked up on his front porch." BILLIONS DECLARED' IDLE Too Much Cash in People's Pock ets, Says Banker. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The people of the United States are carrying around in their pockets or hiding at home $3,000,000,000 of American cur rency, or nearly one-half"of the total supply, Fred W. Ellsworth, vice president of the Hibernia Bank & Trust company of New Orleans, de clared in an adress here today be fore the convention of the American Bankers' association. He declared that this sum as a basis of credit "would enable the banks to take care of a very large proportion of necessary business which Is suffering, for the lack of financing." WILSON SEEKS BALLOTS White House Prepare for Coming General Election. TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 20. It was announced today President and Mrs. Wilson had applied to the Mercer county election board for general election ballots. The ballot3 will be mailed to the White House October 23. Read the Oregonian classified ads. Templar prices are based on true value. They will be main tained always on that basis. Wray Motor Car Co. 34 Eleventh St., N, Cor. Conch St. Telephone Broadway 3247 TUB TEMPLAR MOTORS COMPANY Cleveland, Obia Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief E LL-AWS FOR INDIGESTION STATE LEADS WAY IX "MISFIT' 1XVESTIGATTOX. High Praise Given Workers in Statement Issued by TJ. S. Health Service, WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. (Special.) Under the caption, "Oregon Leads the Way." the United States public health service has issued a statement telling how Oregon, in co-operation with the public health service. Is carrying on aa investigation of the state's misfits, including those who show neither the ability to work nor ngnt. me statement begins: "For the first time in American his tory th citizens of a state! directed by a representative of the United States public health service, are by- voluntary service, with almost no money, carrytnie out a successful staie-wiae investigation into the num bers and condition of the misfits and down-and-outer of the community. The state in Oregon and the classes Investigated -am the dependent, de linquent and mentally deficient. The work is not yet complete, but enough has been done to show that the re-; suits will vie with that of similar work done in other states by a trained official force. It Is amazing that the public could be brought to take such interest in such abstruse work and the United States health service con eiders that Oregon's example might well be followed by other etates where similar work Is hanging fire because of lack of money." The Statement goes into consider able detail as to the method in which the work was carried on by the co operation of the University of Ore gon and several thousand citizens of the state. The result of the work is a complete card Index, according to the statement, of all delinquents, de pendents and mentally defective in the state, explaining the purpose of the work, the statement continues: "The object of the work is of course twofold, first, to give the people of the state an idea of the problem that confronts them and the heavy annual loss that it involves; and second, to serve as a basis for conservative recommendations which may enable the legislature to wipe out much of this loss, and at the same time to save' the classes involved from much of their present misery by applying well-proved remedies. Theso ends will certainly be attained." LEAGUE DAY IS REFUSED Governor Walsh of Montana TTrges Voters to Study Pact. HELENA. Mont.. Oct. 20. Governor Stewart of Montana today declined to issue a proclamation declaring Octo ber 24 league of nations day in this state on the ground that the league of nations has become the big issue of the oampaign and he does not feel justified in the issuance of a proc lamation on a matter that is-the sub ject of a political controversy. Governor Stewart, however, urged the people of Montana to study the league of nations pact. - Teachers in Joints Session. PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 20. Spe cial.) A Joint session of Umatilla and Morrow county school teachers' Lewis tl'lS-U eamt ta win tie game, x LOTTJ COMFORT tot there Freedvm is the middle name Of LaeiaMuma UnJermisam. 1ACKA WANNA Twins Underwear is the fitting underclothing for boys and girls ancT - infants. It fits everywhere and holds its fit always. For it is designed to the physique of the real child and the pre-shrunk fabrics' never shrink and bind from washing. Lackawanna Bands for infants eive warmth and support to the abdomen. 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