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THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1920 COX FAVORABLE TO LEAGUE COMPROMISE Agreement With Senate Is Held Out as Possible. ELECTION TO DECIDE ALL Execntive Will Should Sot Control, Says Governor; Entrance Into League Held Imperative. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. Oct. 25. Governor Cox of Ohio announced today that if elected president ho would Bit down with the senate and make an 'agrreement' upon the league of na tions and that bis agreement should "to determined by the senatorial elec t.cins. The executive will," the democratic candidate said, "should not control, and it is unthinkable." he declared, "that American membership in the lrague should be postponed two years, when the next senatorial election is held." American memoership, he indi cated, was the primary consideration. He reiterated that he favored Amer ican participation with clarifying res ervations Hailed by members of the gov ernor's party as one of the most im portant of campaign developments, his announcement was in response to an open letter sent today to him and his republican opponent. Senator Hard ing, by 50 of their supporters urging tliem to accept whatever revision of tha Lodge reservations two-thirds of the next senate might approve. Governor's Position Stated. The governor's statement, issued during a rushing West Virginia tour today, read: "The situation is this: I favor go ing into the existing league with clarifying reservations. Senator Hard ing has said that he was not inter ested in clarification, but in rejec tion. "1 have every expectation that after November 2 much of the partisan spirit that has attended discussion of the league will have subsided. One third of the seats of the senate are to be filled this year. The people un derstand the issue and we will accept their decision at face value. I will therefore sit down with the senate and reach an agreement about our going Into this league. There is no other, and any talk of a new associa tion is idle. The important thing is to get a start and help to stabilize world conditions, which vitally affect the interest and welfare of America. For us to remain out of the league for two years or until another election could be held would be unthinkable. If too much has to be given in com promise now, in order to insure our entrance Into the league, the people themselves will have an opportunity to modify and correct later. Popular Will to Control. "It cannot be a matter of exercise of mere executive will. The popular will, as voiced at the polls, must con trol. The sort of agreement which I shall be enabled to obtain will be de termined by the senatorial elections." The governor's announcement fol lowed on the heels of his statement Saturday in New York that he would compromise the reservation contro versy. Attention also was called to the circumstance that it followed Klihu Root's statement that Gover nor Cox was as "unyielding" regard ing article 10 as President Wilson. More than a dozen speeches were made through the West Virginia mountain country by Governor Cox and the state gave him one of the most enthusiastic receptions of the campaign. Miners, railroad men and other toilers were prominent among the thousands which cheered him vo ciferously. Senator Harding's league statements came in for special attack by the gov ernor. Denouncing Senator Harding. Senator Lodire of Massachusetts and other senators who signed the "round robin" as "conspirators." he asked: "How can we reasonably expect one of the conspirators, if elected, to overturn the conspiracy?" Skell Game, Says Cox. Declaring Senator. Harding has taken 14 different league stands. Gov ernor Cox said his adversary's posi tion was "very much like a shell game." "There are three shells." he said. "One is mild reservations, one is death to the league, and one is the new as sociation of nations. When you vote for him (Senator Harding) you don't know where the pea is. You don't know what shell it's under." Special appeals were made through the state today by the governor to miners and others or the working classes and these were loudly ap plauded. He told of the "mine run" payment, the miners' safety, work men's compensation and other Ohio laws. Reiterating that "big business" was opposing him. because, he said, it did not like the "progressive adminis tration of six years of Cox in Ohio," he declared that "big business" op posed his "use of the golden rule in stead of the bayonet" In industrial controversies. At Hinton, a railroad men's memorial presented to the gov ernor said 100 had contributed $1 each toward the expense of the candi date's special train today. Miners C'herr Candidate. West Virginia gave the governor come or his most picturesque cam paigning, including 30 miles of mo toring through mining villages in . deep mountain gorges. Stores were closed, school children dismissed to line the roads with flags and smutty faced miners emerged to greet the candidate. A negro "jaas" hand on an automobile truck furnished music for the motor caravan. At Charleston the" governor spoke to several thousand persons about the state capltol steps and here tonight he addressed a crowd in a large hall and also a theater audience during a halt in the performance of a musical comedy star. A. B. Koonta. demo cratic gubernatorial candidate, and other Vi est Virginia candidates ac companied him. The governor's addresses today were at Hinton. Guinnmont, at the Oak Hill fair grounds. Beckley. Mount Hope, Ka etteville, Kayette, Mont gomery, Cabin Creek, Charleston. St Albans and here tonight. Several were brief rear-platform talks. SIX JURYMEN PROCURED Trial of W. R. Elliott for Alleged Murder Begins at Eugene. EUGENE. Or.. Oct. 25. (Ppeclal.) Six Jurymen were procured today to try William R. Klliott. Camp creek farmer, for the alleged slaying of his neighbor, Vivian I. Dunton. August 27. this year. The charge is murder in the pecond degree. Tii talesmen accepted by both stats and defense are as follows: John West, liveryman. Eugene; Clarence C. Fisk. farmer, Noti; George W. Hol land, farmer. Crow; Arthur G. Pirtle, farmer, Coburp; James H. Brummett. farmer, Springfield; M. C. Robbins. farmer. Cottage Grove. According to eyewitnesses. Elliott stabbed Dunton to death with a pocket knife during a quarrel. For scrtne time previous they had frequently had trouble over each other's hogs break ing through . fences and destroying crops, and it was during an alterca tion over this matter that the trag edy occurred. Klliott has been in jail without bond since the grand jury indicted him, but previous to that he was al lowed his liberty on ball of $2500. SAFETY MOVE PLANNED COMMITTEE TO FORMULATE BOILER CODE. Prevention of Present Practice of Bringing Csed Boilers to State Aimed At. SALEM, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) In order to create rafer conditions in operation of industries in Oregon, the state industrial accident commission is organizing a committee of advisers to consider adoption of a boiler code applying to the entire state. As pro vided in the so-called safety statute approved at the last session of the legislature, invitations have been sent to firms. organizations. Insurance companies and the city of Portland to appoint representatives on the com mittee. Members of the committee will be representatives of firms manufactur ing boilers, of companies as -users ot boilers; of stationary engineers, in surance firms handling boiler insur ance and several additional experts. The first meeting of the committee will be held in Portland November 1. Upon final agreement by the com mittee and formal adoption of the committee recommendations by the accident commission, it is expected to prevent the present practice of bring ing into Oregon second-hand boilers, operation of which is not permitted by the laws of other states. Another effect of such a code will be to establish certain minimum re quirements as to the manufacture of boilers to be hereafter installed in the state. LINOTYPE RECORD MADE Salt Lake City Operator Sets 12,5 4 0 Ems an Hour. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 25. Alder Hewitt, linotype operator on The Tribune, Sunday night established what is said to be the world's record for linotype composition, setting 82,500 ems in- six hours and 35 minutes, an average of 12,540 ems an hour. Hewitt's setting was entirely in nonpareil. The setting was in straight away composition and not in competition. CANDIDATES IN DEBATE (Continued From First Page.) booze." she said. "The prohibition amendment is the greatest health amendment ever adopted by a nation. The saloon door was the direct route to poverty lane." . Mayor Baker spoke in support of the extra 3-mill city tax levy, explain ing that ir the voters fail to adopt it, the city will be forced, because of lack of funds, to cut out practically one-third of all present service. Such a move would mean disaster to the city's fire protection, police protection, street lighting, street cleaning and all other departments. Yet there will be no alternative, if the 3-mill tax fails. "This is a vital matter for Portland and it should have the attention of every good citizen." Mrs. Thompson appealed for sup port in the drive for $25,000 for the Albertina Kerr nursery home. OF PARTY'S VICTORY Democrats Declared to Have Ignored Domestic Issues GREAT WASTE IS CITED Republicans Have Constructive Programme to Meet Difficul ties, Says Xominee. WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Senator Harding in a pre-election state ment to the American people made public here tonight declared the re publican party "goes to the people assured that they will recognize its superiority as an instrumentality of administration and that in the elec tion now impending they will give it the certificate of 'their confidence and trust." The republican1 party nominee criti cised democratic administration of governmental affairs, declaring "the nation is determined to be done with autocracy under the mere guise of democratic forms." The republican party, he asserted, "has proposed in its platform and developed in the ut terances .of its leaders a programme which contemplates equal opportunity for all," and "recognizes the vices ol exploitation and profiteering." . America's Rights Protected. As to the league of nations Lssue, Senator Harding summarized his party's position as follows: "The republican party purposes . such an association of nations as will most effectively further the aspiration for world-wide and per manent peace without sacrificing any part of the independence of the Amer ican nation. It believes America can and must bear its full part in the re sponsibilities of the world, but it al ways believes that America alone must decide what that part shall b." Senator Harding's statement fol lows: "In asking the suffrage of the American electorate this year the re publican party has In mind both the record of service from its beginning, whereof It is very proud, and the vision of opportunity for Bervice in the future, whlcn its spokesmen have presented during this campaign. We are asking that a great responsibility be Imposed upon us. It is a responsi bility that must be measured by both the gravity of the crisis that con fronts the world and the incapacity with which, the present administra tion has met th3 problems of the last few years. Onerous as la the respon sibility we seek, our party has no thought of evading, for it never has been guilty of that. Df Master Must Be Averted. ""Democratic economic and admin istrative policies had brought this country to the danger of disaster be fore the outbreak of the war in Eu rope. The vast expansion of our ex port trade and demands upon our producing facilities, which came with the war. saved us from immediate participation in that disaster. But that phase has now passed and noth ing but a return to those constructive and progressive policies which always characterized the republican admin istration can save us from early realization of the danger that con fronted us at the middle of 1914. "From the beginning of the war in Europe the democratic administra tion steadfastly rerused to prepare for the national defense In case we should be involved. In 1916, when it was apparent to most people that our country was in immediate danger of being drawn into the struggle, the democratic party made its campaign on the boast that it had kept us out of war, and the promise to continue to keep us out. Thus when we found ourselves at last in the struggle we were utterly unready for it, and our participation cost immeasurably more than it should have cost. "An administration that when all the world was in conflagration, re fused to realise the importance of preparedness, of course could not be expected to realize while we were at war the necessity of preparing for peace. So we entered into peace quite as unready for it as we had been for war. Our economics were disorga nized, our debt enormous, our foreign commerce devoted largely to supply ing the necessaries of war. Peace Put Off, He Says. Instead of settling Itself to reme- , dying these conditions, the adminis tration has devoted itself from the day of the armistice to promoting a project of world reorganization in which America should ear the lar gest responsibilities of guaranteeing a new scheme of things. Instead of making legal peace as. soon as actual peace had been won, the ' American people, alone of all the warring na tions, were denied by their govern ment the privilege of a return to the legal status of peace and to the en joyment of those rights which they had temporarily surrendered under the .circumstances of war. So long as war1 was on, republicans upheld the hands of the administration, forget ting party considerations, and gave their vote in support of war measures far more generously than did their political opponents. Yet an autocratic administration repaid this loyalty with the demand, in the campaign of 1918, that republicans be removed from every position of Influence and power. "That demand the country rejected. It was the first time in the history of this nation that an administration had been defeated in the midst of -a foreign war. That defeat would have been ample admonition to any ad ministration not entirely absorbed in its own peculiar policies and pur poses. But it apparently was un heeded' by the powers at Washington. Neglecting the acute domestic situa tion the administration suddenly con ceived an interest in foreign affairs that contrasted Impressively with its lack of concern for them- in the period before we were drawn into the war. Home Affairs Neglected. , "So while Immediate and practical concerns were being neglected, while reconstruction and reorganization of our own country were forgotten, the administration was devoting Itself to the chimera of a world reorganiza tion. The republican congress that had been elected in the autumn of 1918 attempted to, and did, initiate measures to set us on the right track once more. It devised a budget sys tem In the hope of putting an end to the treasury deficit and bringing economy and system into our national finances. But the president vetoed that measure. The administration went right on spending vast sums in excess of our revenues, offering no constructive inspiration or leadership and apparently forgetting our do mestic difficulties in its engrossment with the chimera of world reconstruction. "This, in a word, is the record of the administration now about to re tire from power, which seeks to have its policies perpetuated. The country will decline to give its confidence and its mandate to that party or those policies. It remembers that the re publican party fought the civil war and afterwards restored and unified the nation. It believes that the re publican party capable of repeating that service, and because it so be lieves, it is going to return the re publican party to power. Constructive Work; Wanted. "The nation is determined to be done with democracy under the mere guise of democratic forms; it is de termined that there shall be no re turn to the old order. The plain people who, on the whole, have been raised to a new and higher level, are not only convinced that they are en titled to remain on this new plane, but they must rely upon the con structive abilities of the republican party to keep them there. It is our purpose to accomplish exactly this. While we will oppose every sugges tion of revolution or disintegration, we do stand for . every 'measure of evolution and development that tends Highest Type of Service! Choicest Product of Forest and " Stream! Popular Prices Club BREAKFASTS 50c to 75c Merchants' LUNCH . 60c Table d'Hote DINNER $1 Served at any hour ; you want it In either restaurant Hans res to carry the banner of the nation forward and upward. "Curing the campaign now about ending the republican party has pro posed in its platform, and developed in the utterances of its leaders. programme which contemplates equal opportunity for all. It recognizes the vices of exploitation and profiteering. It has declared for wise and practical measures looking to co-operation in production and in marketing. It rec ognizes that in all measures to pre serve equality of opportunity there must be a recognition of the fact that greed and cunning must be held in check if we are to Insure that true character and worth shall be given every opportunity to share in the ad vantages that the community can ex tend to Its members. "The republican party proposes in the realm of international affairs such an association of nations as will most effectively further the aspira tions for world-wide and permanent peace without sacrificing any part of the independence of the American na tion. It believes that America can and must bear Its full part in the re sponsibilities of the world, but it always believes that America alone must decide what that part shall be. It goes to the people assured that they will recognize its superiority as an instrumentality of administration and that in the election now impend ing they will give it the certificate of their confidence and trust." Steam Scalds Log Scaler. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.) Victor Hendrickson, a log scaler em ployed at the Hammond mill, was se verely scalded abont the face and chest this afternoon when a steam pipe on the hauling engine broke. His injuries are not considered dangerous. This Special Sale of ME N'S OVERCOATS at 5 s $ Actually Worth $85, $80, $75, $70, $65 is making a host of new friends for this growing store. Included in this offering are Ulsters, Business Overcoats, Dress Overcoats and Raincoats. You should act at once, if in need of a new Overcoat, as by the end of the present week the assortment will be greatly broken. Don't forget, too, that you can buy any suit in our store and any overcoat in our store, aside from these special $55 coats, at a flat 20 Discount From Former Prices This reduction brings present prices much less than we can expect to quote next spring, as cloth and linings are the only items of manufacture showing a lessened cost; wages for labor remain ing as heretofore. Every item of clothing in our entire stock is included in this 20 per cent discount ! Winthrop Hammond Co. Correct Apparel for Men. 127 Sixth St., Bet Washington and Alder Sts. v : WE OPEN AT 9 A. M. AND CLOSE AT 6 P. M. Formerly Buffum & Pendleton Est. 1884 Hue de i la Pa'ix Chocolates - c) "Merchandise of Merit Only Mail Orders Filled f An Attractive Reduction Sale f 750 Charming' and Practical S Including Babies' Creepers and Short While Dresses. Little Girls' Gingham Dresses, Rompers and Boys' Wash Suits Mothers will find this event of first impor tance, malting, as it does, for worth while savings on worth while garments, all of which have been in our regu lar stock. CREEPERS Of colored gingham and chambray, I and 2-year-old size $1.15, $1.45, $2.45 SHORT WHITE DRESSES 1 and 2-year-old sizes $1.85 to $6.85 WHITE WASH DRESSES 2 to 6-year-old sizes, at . $3.15, $4.15, $5.15 COLORED GINGHAM DRESSES 2 to 6-year-old sizes $1.85 COLORED GINGHAM DRESSES 2 to 6-year-old sizes $1.45 150 GARMENTS Including Rompers, Dresses, Boys Suits, Colored Aprons, choice ...,...$1.00 CREPE BLOOMERS 2 to 4-year-old sizes, each.$ .55 FLANNELETTE SLEEPERS 2-year-old sizes only - -....$1.45 SWEATERS Slip-over, sleeveless style, 2 to 4-year-old sizes . . ... jjiji: i'jx $ 1 85 And in the Baby Room There Is a Worth-While Special on MERCERIZED COTTON and WOOL "VANTA" SHIRTS All Sizes. Reduced 20 This noon at 12 o'clock, R. R. Hamilton, M. D-, a prominent physician, will give a helpful talk about babies, in the Baby Room, Fourth Floor. You are cordially invited. , Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co, Wilsozi El i win At Less Than Wholesale Cost ectric Rotary Special! $55 f Special Easy Terms YOU KNOW the name you know the fame of this wonderful sewing machine you know that the regular price is many dollars more than $55. No sewing machine offer has been made to equal this and neither we nor anyone else could make an offer to surpass it This saving is for a limited time only, subject to withdrawal any day. Ask for a Demonstration Today. Seventh Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Last Day of Our Sale of jfikrt Needlleworfi At 20 per cent Savings This event has created a furore among the women of Portland, for as every woman knows, now is the time for Christmas gift making. From week to week she has been putting off purchasing gift-making essentials. This great price concession, however, on just the articles she has had in mind for her gifts, lifts the burden of ex-1 pense and makes the purchasing of it simpler. Note the amount on the price tag and then deduct 20 per cent, which will give you the sale price of the article. Stamped Needlework Luncheon and Tea Sets, Luncheon Cloths. Centers and Doilies, Table Runners. Pillow Covers. Guest Size and Large Towels, both plain and fancy huck; Bath Towels, small and large; Pillow Cases, Dresser Scarfs, Gowns, Combinations. Aprons (bungalow, sewing and house). Card Table Covers, Hot Dish Covers. Roll and Toast Covers, Bed room Sets, Boudoir Pillow Slips. Combing Jackets, Crepe Smocks, Children's Dresses. Underwear and Novelties. Lamp Shade Frames, plain and fancy silk, silk and chenille fringes; gold and silk trim ming braids. Lamp Shade Classes 9:15 to 12 and t to 5:30. Art Needlework Classes 9:15 to 12 and I to 5:30. Novelties French Novelties Fancy Veil, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Salts Bottles, Pin Boxes, Night Lights. Doll Telephone Covers, Dresser Cabinets, etc.. Silk, Velour, Tapestry and Cretonne Pillows. Cretonne Sewing, Handkerchief and Glove Boxes. Hand-Painted Tin and Brocade Cover Candy Boxes. Big variety of Ribbon Novelties. Plain and Trimmed Baskets. - Choice Van Briggle Pottery. Arts and Crafts Luncheon Sets and Cloths. Artificial Flowers. Black Patent Leather Bags and Novelties. Velour and Tapestry Table Runners. Model Candle Shades, Shields and Lamp Shades. Madeira and Italian Pieces. All Minerva Yarns 20 Per Cent Less Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Factorv Demonstration of Hoover Sweepers t - - "ome in and Ieam all about the Hoover from a factory representative. Sold on easy terms and offered on Free Trial in Your Own Home for Seven Days Street Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. This Store Uses No Comparative Prices They Are Misleading and Often Untrue i