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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1920-
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
VAST SHIP BOARD
GRAFT IS CHARGED
SHAKE-UP PROMISED
IN SAMOAN INQUIRY
MAXY HEADS IX ISLAND. GOV
ERXMEXT MAY FALL.
GIANT SEA FISH
ESCAPES HARDING
Tarpon Sport Delights
President-Elect.
PRICE OF BREAD HERE
IS REDUCED ONE CENT
WILSON SENDS COLBY
TO BRAZIL, URUGUAY
VISITS OF PRESIDEXTS OF RE
PUBLICS TO BE REPAID.
? JLEAGUE PROBLEM
IU linL.1 lUUULIULO
ALREADY TACKLED
PROMISE MADE DURING WAR
IS KEPT BY BAKERS.
5 0 HOLDUPS IX ONK DAY IS
PHILADELPHIA RECORD.
WAR ON CRIME IN
PORTLAND BEGUN
v
Loot Reported to Mount
Well Up in Millions.
HIGHER-UPS FOUND CORRUPT
Political Influence Said to Net
Bulk of Plunder.
BENSON REFUSES TO TALK
100-l'ag Surrey Made Public by
House Committee Which Is
Conducting Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 9. (By
the Associated Press.) Corruption of
employes and officials of the ship
pins board emergency fleet corpora
tion, grart in purchasing supplies IjT,
and in repairing government owned
merchant ships, and the use of polit
ical or other influence in obtain
ing contracts for ship construction
and the allocation of completed ves
sels to operating companies, are
among charges made in a report sub
mitted to the house committee on
shipping board operations by A. M.
Fisher and J. F. Richardson, former
employes of the board.
Chairman Benson, of the shipping
board refused tonight' to discuss the
reports, declaring any statement he
might make would be to the house
committee, which is conducting its
investigation of the board's opera
tions. 100 Page in Report.
The report was made public tonight
by the committee of which Represen
tative Walsh, republican, Massachu
setts, is chairman. It covers more
than 100 printed pages and deals ex
haustively 'with many phases of ship
ping board operations as observed by
the committee's investigation over a
period of more than a year.
Mr. Fisher, who formerly was con
nected with the federal'trade commit.
pionxnada a survey for Um Shipping
board as to record keeping Bystems,
in the office of the lumber adminis
tration. Mr. Richardson, for 30 years
a newspaper man, was employed for
several years in the board's depart
ment of Investigation. . "
In presenting the report, Mr. Fisher
explained that it was designed to deal
only with problems which could be
Eolved wholly by the shipping board
Itself and"left untouched" 14 general
subjects in connection with the
board's operations. Among these were
enumerated organization of the board,
technical errors in the construction
programme, German-American deals,
assumption of the diplomatic func
tions by board officials, enforcement
of the" new merchant marine act and
evasions of the selective draft act.
I'unds Recklessly' Squandered.
Taking up in detail seven general
phases of the board's activities, the
report charged gross waste of govern
ment funds. Improperly drawn con
tracts which cost the government
large sums and failure of the various
divisions of the board to co-operate
efficiently, and the almost complete
failure of some of the divisions to
function properly.
Padding of payrolls by firms re
pairing shipping boa.rd vessels, own
ership by companies operating gov
ernment vessels of stock in companies
furnishing supplies to those craft at
prices ranging anywhere, from 40 to
60 per cent above wholesale costs.
wholesale theft of supplies and equip
ment from ships and the loss of mil
lions of dollars through improperly
secured loans, made to contractors
building government vessels also
were charged.
The investigators alleged that in
ome cases the fleet corporation
loaned money to contractors and ac
cepted as security bond issues by
companies incorporated by the con
tractors, "which bonds have since
been found to be worthless."
Contractor Reap Harvests.
The charge also was made that In
many cases shipbuilding plants
"which are going concerns are turned
back to contractors as salvage propo
sitions and the contractors thu reap
large profits at the expense tf the
fleet corporation." ." - -;
Another allegation in the report
was that many of the firms holding
construction contracts ' inaugurated
liberty bond selling crusades In their
plants and charged to shif construc
. tion 10 per cent of the money thus
secured as the cost for selling the
bonds. It was further charged that
in some cases the fleet corporation
authorized contractors to take from
"their ' appropriated funds" turns to
purchase libe-ty bonds and that sub
sequently ,Jn some cases the bonds
were sold os hypothecated at a loss
and the money thus realized, used
"for plant purpo s."
"They (the contractors) then put In
a claim -.against the United States
chipping board emergency fleet cor
poration for the losses, thus incurred,"
declared the report-
13.5 on Dollar Tor Stocks-"
Going into thai matter of salvage of
shipbuilding pi nts. .incompleted lulls
. and materials and stores, the report
alleged that it was "asserted by per
sons in position to know" that "the
sale of the millions of dollars' worth
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Sensational Disclosures Following
Suicide of Governor Terlmne
m
Said to Be Coming,
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) Many heads will fall before the
navy department has finished with
its investigation of affairs in Amer
ican Samoa' under the regime of Gov
ernor Warren J. Terhune, who sent
a bullet through his breast on the
eve of. a board Inquiry. This is the
prediction of Mrs. W. C Ives, who
arrived here today from Samoa aboard
yie liner Sonoma with her husband,
a naval physician.
Mr. Ives said that Governor Ter
hune was of a weak and vacillating
disposition and that he permitted
himself to be unduly influenced by
several high ranking subordinates.
These, she declared, are more to blame
for the condition of affairs in Samoa
than was the governor. Mrs. Ives
declined to give their names but said
the brunt of the official investiga
tion would fall heavily upon them
since Governor Terhune side-stepped
responsibility by taking his own life.
She described the governor as being
aged and crabbed and as conferring
greatest favors upon those who flat
tered and cajoled him, adding:
"He was governor of Samoa and he
impressed that fact heavily upon
every one under his Jurisdiction. The
natives feared and hated him. At
tim i uprisings were imminent."
FIRE CALL BARES MASH
Occupants Hurriedly Disappear
When Flames Are Discovered.
When the fire department answered
a fire alarm from a residence at 996
Kelly street last night, very little fire
was discovered, but in the basement
three barrels of corn mash were
found. No one was in the house wlien
the firemen arrived.
The alarm was turned in at 5:45
and the discovery of the mash was
reported .by tho fire department to
the police. Patrolmen Spaugh, Burk
hart, Huntington, Russell and Ru
dolph went to the house, which was
but slightly damaged by the fire, to
Investigate the contentB of the base
ment. The police believe that when
the occupants of the house found
that the building was on fire, they
left hurriedly. The police did not find
them.
GIRL COMMITS' SUICIDE
Miss T. Saunders of Laredo, Tex.,
Kills Herself In Hotel.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Miss T. Saun
ders, 25,- . of Laredo, Tex., plunged aaj
Mexican, dagger into her heart while
talking to her ex-fiance, and ended
her life "on the mezzanine floor of a
downtown hotel today. -'
H. H. Garver of Chicago" declared
that an engagement -between the two
had recently been broken off.' The
young woman left no explanation.
Garver refused to discuss .their re
lations. MOVIE COSTS $40,000
Democrats Spent Huge Sums for
Film 'Propaganda.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 9. Bernard M.
Baruch of New York spent $40,000 for
the production of a motion picture in
support of (thedemoe'ratic .party and
the league of -nations in the election
a week ago, he notified the secretary
of state today. .
Mr. Baruch wrote that he was not
a candidate for public office in the
recent election, and -.was not certain
that the law required him to file a
personal campaign statement,
REPUBLICAN IS VICTOR
Lon A. Scott Elected to House
From Tennessee District.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 9. An offi
cial canvass In the 8th congressional
district gives Lon A. Scott, republican,
a majority of 638 votes and the vic
tory over his democratic opponent.
Gordon Browning.
This fixes the political alignment
of the Tennessee delegation in the
next house of representatives on the
face of the returns as five republicans
and five, democrats a net republican
gain of three members.
PORTLAND SOLDIER DEAD
Peter B. Roth of Lents Reported
to Have Passed at Coblenz.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. (The Ore
gonian News Bureau.) Peter B. Roth
of Portland. On, a private in the I
Thirteenth provisional guard com
pany, died November 3 at Coblenz,
Germany, the war department an
nounced today.
The soldier was a son of Valentine
Roth, 6731 Eighty-seventh1 street,
Lenta, Portland.
WILSON STAND INDORSED
f.: -
Legion Adjutants Approve Refusal
to Pardon Debs.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 9. President
Wilson's refusal to pardon Eugene V.
Debs, socialist candidate tor- presi
dent, who is now serving a term in
the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., was
Indorsed by department adjutants of
the American Legion who. met here
today.
Debs was convicted of violation of
the espionage act.
LINE SNAPS; CATCH FREED
Senator Goes Home Empty
Handed, Despite Bites. .
DAY SPENT ON . WATER
Companions on Trip Describe Mon
ster That Got Away as About
Six Feet In Length.
'POINT ISABEL. Tex., Nov. 9. (By
the Associated Press.) President
Elect Haramg went tarpon fishing
today, and although his prize catch
got away after a 15-mlnute tu-sls, he
liked the sport so well that he stayed
out from morning until nightfall.
It was the breaking-of a troll line
tangled in the wreckage of an old
wharf that lost him hia fight with
the biggect fish he e.cr had hooked, a
tarpon,' described by his friends as
measuring more than 6 fee. The
president-elect's boat had pulled In
close to shore, and the sea iant was
showing signs of giving up when the.
line caught fast and snappsd in two.
He had several other bites, but came
home empty-handed, favored on the
first day of his . vacation by clear,
hot weather.
Senator Llkn Sport.
Mr. Harding set forth on the expe
dition shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning. At the Point Isabel life
saving station, three miles out, he
transferred from his motor launch to
a skiff and went to work. .
The fight with the tarpon took
place soon afterward and when it was
over he decided to make a day of it
and sent the launch back to port to
bring out his luncheon. Previously
the president-elect had planned to
play a game of golf during the after
noon at the Brownsville country club.
Mr.' Harding's- companions on the
fishing trip today wer-T. E. Scobey
and B, B. Creager, his hosts here,
and Senators Male of Maine and El
kins of West Virginia. Harry M.
Daugherty, a personal advisor of the
president-elect, alio Joined the party
this afternoon.
Appearnnce Is Carefree.
The appearance of the president
elect as he began his vacation was
anything but that of a man worn out
by the cares of a national campaign.
He looked .-obust and vigorous and
told the vllagers that he had come
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Heavy Losses Predicted for Many
Because of Getting Flour Sup
- ply, on High Market.
The price of a loaf of bread will be
cut 1 cent, effective Monday morning,
Portland bakers decided last night at
a meeting held In the Oregon building.
The ' bakers made this reduction in
price in keeping with the promise
they made during the War that they
would. reduce Ihe price of bread as
soon as conditions permitted, i
The bakers said that this reduction
would mean that the majority of them
would sustain losses, many of them
heavy losses. 'They said that in epite
of thisfact they had decided to lower
the price because they felt that they
should keep their pledge to the public.
Beginning Monday the 17-cent loaf
of bread will retail at 16 cents and
the 12-cent loaf at 11 cents.
The bakers declared the losses
would be caused by their stocks of
high-priced flour. They called atten
tion to the fact that during the war,
out of 33,000 licensed bakers in the
United States not -one was convicted
of profiteering and only a few were
accused of it.
Wages, they maintained, are higher
than ever before, and machinery, sales
and delivery costs are higher than
during the "war.
The bakers denied that the reduc
tion in the price of bread was made
to stimulate the market in any sense.
"Beginning Monday," reads the
statement of the Master Bakers' as
sociation, "the retail price of bread
will be reduced 1 cent. This reduc
tion is being made voluntarily be
cause the bakers collectively prom
ised the public that the price would
be reduced just as soon as conditions
made it possible, to do so. A reduction
at this time is not Justfied for the
reason that the bakers are stocked
with high-priced flours which cannot
be all used for periods' ranging
from three weeks to two months. As
a result they must each individually
stand - losses, some of them heavy
losses, on the flour stocks now on
hand. They believe, however, that a
reduction should be made at this time
in keeping with the pledge given
when rising prices of raw products
forced bread up.
"Although recent drops in flour
prices have opened the way for lower
bread prices, the operating costs of
the baking industry are much higher
than they ever were and the volun
tary price reduction now being made
Strings the margin, of profij; down to
K close point. The new low.er. level.
however, will remain unless there is
an advance in flour prices, or some
thing equally costly that will compel
a return to present bread prices. It
is hoped that nothing of the sort will
occur and that the bakers will be able
to continue to give Portland and Ore
gon bread of high quality at prices
which are the loweBt on the Pacific
coast.
"During the war there was not one
of the 33,000 licensed bakers in
America convicted. of profiteering. In
Portland the bakers were made the
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American Executive Expresses Re
gret at Inability to Make Sooth
American Trip Himself.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.) President Wilson
announced tonight that he had di
rected Secretary Colby ( of the state
department "on my behalf and in my
stead to visit Brazil and Uruguay in
acknowledgment of the recent visits
to this country of the presidents of
those republics." The president also
said he would be gratified if Mr.
Colby took the opportunity to visit
Buenos Alres'in response to a recent
invitation.
"It has long been my hope that I
might personally return these visits."
the president's statement, issue.! at
the conclusion of today's cabinet
meeting, said regarding the recent
tours in this country of Presidents
Brum of Uruguay and Pessoa of Bra
zil, "and I can conceive of no worth
ier object to which I could dedicate
my time and strength; but I am pre
vented from doing so and cannot
longer postpone the agreeable court
esy of their reciprocation, which this
country Is strongly desirous of show
ing to the governments and peoples,
both of Brazil and Uruguay."
The president's statement follows: I
"The history of the relations be
tween , the United States and the
friendly republics in South America
was marked in 1918 and 1919 by two
Incidents of the most agreeable char
acter and outstanding significance.
I refer to the visit to this country
in August, 1918, ot his excellency. Dr.
Baltasar Brum, now president of Uru
guay, and at the time of his visit,
minister of foreign affairs of his
country, and in. the year 1919 to thtf
visit of his excellency. Dr. Epitacio
Pessoa, now president of Brazil and
at the time of his visit the president
elect to that exalted office.
"Both these visits called for the
demonstrations on the part of the
people of the United States of the ut
most cordiality and good will toward
the distinguished visitors and the
friendly nations whom they repre
sented, and every thinking person in
this country was impressed with the
potency of such visits as instruments
for cementing the sincere attachment
and deepening the genuine Intimacy
between the self-governing democra
cies of the western hemisphere.
"It has long been my hope that I
might personally return these visits
and I can conceive of no worthier ob
ject to which I could -dedicat n
time and strength; but I am prevent
ed from doing so and cannot longer
postpone' the agreeable courtesy of
their reciprocation which this coun
try is strongly desirous of showing
to the governments and peoples, both
of Brazil and Uruguay.
"I have, therefore, directed the sec
retary of state, on my behalf and in
my stead, to visit both Brazil and
Uruguay and to extend to the peo
ples of both these countries through
their governments the most emphatic
assurance of the esteem and friend
ship of the peopie of the United
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A DOC S BftRK KlGHT
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Better Policing of City Is
Ordered by Mayor.
UNIFORMED FORCE INCREASED
Men on All Beats in City Are
Warned Against Neglect.
CURFEW TO BE ENFORCED
Effort to' Rid Portland of Horde
of Burglars Is Began; Sus
pects to Be "Watched.
.With t-- determination of ridding
Portland of the horde of burglars,
whose nightly raids in residential sec
tions have -netted them thousands of
dollars in valued loot. Mayor Baker
yesterday Injected himself into what
is admittedly a demoralized condition
in the police bureau and announced
that he would demand immediate re
sults. At a meeting of all captains, lieu
tenants and sergeants at police head
quarters yesterday the mayor laid
down the law 'n no uncertain terms.
"I am going to hold every captain,
lieutenant and sergeant immediately
responsible for the men under them,"
he sad "Every man in the depart
ment must be on his toes. The first
officer or man who is found to be
neglecting his duty Is going to be
fired, and I doji't care who I hit."
Uniformed Force to Increase.
As the first step in the reorganiza
tion of the department, Chief Jenkins
will Increase the number of uniform
men. Police now working in plain
clothes will be put back in uniforms
and given patrol duty. This will af
fect police b th on the morals squad
and in the other divisions of the po
lice bureau.
Further withholding of news on the
part of Captain cf Inspectors Circle
will not be tolerated.
"The public has a right to know
Kt is jcoing on in the way of crime
and I Insist that there shall be no
shielding of reports of this charac
ter," the mayor said. "I believe it
will be of assistance in cleaning up
the city to let the public know of
these burglaries. It will give them a
chance to be on their guard."
Drivers Law to Be Enforced.
The state law which prohibits a
garage from renting an automobile to
a person who doec not have a state
driver's license will be rigidly en
forced. It was brought out during
the -conference that many of the
burglaries during the the last two
weeks have been accomplished by
men who have rented automobiles
without drivers. A tareful check on
every garage is to be kept. This was
started last night.
The mayor also announced that
there must be more co-operation be
tween the detective bureau and the
uniform departments. Petty jeal
ousies between these departments was
given as one of the principal causes
for this lack of harmony between
these two divisions.
"Every man on every beat must in
vestigate every suspicious person and
every suspicious automobile," the
mayor ordered. "And every officer
must be notified of any suspicious
circumstance. If a crime is com
mitted in one part of the city every
man on the police force must be noti
fied immediately."
More Conferences Slated.
Mayor Baker annoOced that the
conference yesterday is the first of
a series to be held with commanding
officers of the police bureau. The
next probably will be held next week,
at which time the mayor will be In
a position to know whether or not
the police bureau Is getting better
results.
Chief of Police Jenkins last night
issued instructions to patrolmen on
the north-end beats that, the robbing
of white persons by negro women
must be stopped Immediately. Bob
beries of this class are of a nightly
occurrence, and tl.a chief, in his in
structions to Captains Harms and
Inskeep, insisted that the patrolmen
put an end to this form of crime.
The chief " likewise served notice
on 27 temporary policemen that they
will be dismissed within the next few
weeks. Thes- are men who have been
working pending civil service exami
nations. The men failed to pass the
required tests and will be replaced
during the month with men who met
the requirements. .
"The eligible list is sufficiently
large enough for me to fill the places
of these men." the chief said. "Some
of those who failed to pass the civil
service examinations are good men
and I hate to lose them."
Vigilance committees will be ap
pointed by the mayor to assist the
police in suppressing the crime wave.
SoHpiciona Characters Hunted.
The curfew law will be stringently
enforced as a means of breaking up
crime by minors. The "after hours"
law will also be enforced as a means
of getting suspicious characters Into
custody.
Additional patrolmen have been
transferred to the second night re
lief, under command of Police Cap
tain Harms, and the automobile theft
division, unaer command of Lieuten
ant Thatcher, has concentrated It
efforts, not alone on automobile
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Automobiles and Motorcycles for
Policemen Armed Witli Rifles
Wanted to Aid Campaign.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 9.
(Special.) Fifty holdups In a single
day have put the city officials on
their mettle to cope with the orgy of
crime. The . decreasing value placed
on human life by the criminally in
clined has increased the use of fire
arms to an alarming extent by bur
glars and robbers when they meet
with resistance. Added to the rob
bery i epidemic the police force has
been confronted by an ever-increasing
number of homicides. Many of
the latter remain unsolved.
Determined to put an end to the
operations of the lawless, George T.
Cortelyou, director of public safety,
has asked the city council for an ap
propriation of $1,500,000 to employ
men and purchaseequipment for their
use.
The money will be spent in the
purchase of a fleet of hig.i-po--'ered
automobiles In which policemen
armed with rifles will fce stationc i at
strategical street intersections where
they can best serve to halt motor
bandits and where they will be on
duty day and night. In Addition to
this, it is planned to purchase 150
side-car motorcycles and to have
riflemen in the side cars. These will
be an auxiliary to the motorcycle
force already serving.
An extra force of 1000 uniformed
policemen also is needed, but the
budget of the police department will
permit of only 250 more being added
to the force, and further to augment
the numbers at his disposal. Director
Cortelyou will order every clerk in
the police bureau into uniform for
street duty and the department will
run with skeleton forces.
AGED PORTLANDERS WED
Dexter Buell, 83, Marries Mary
Lee at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 9.
(Special.) Dexter Buell, S3 years old
and as spry as the proverbial cricket,
today again went to the altar, and
took as his bride Mary I. Lee, who
said she was of legal age, but who
looked but slightly younger than her
aged sweetheart.
When Mr. Buell entered the office
of the county auditor, he was so
exuberant that he danced a jig to
show the astonished spectators that
he was still young. His son, F. L.
Buell, acted as witness for the couple.
Their home will be 482 Seventy
third street. Southeast, Portland.
RAINIER FOLK FEEL SHAKE
People Aroused From Sleep and
Woodpiles Overthrown.
RAINIER, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
At 12:25 ollock this morning this
section way visited by two distinct
earthquake shocks, which aroused
people from their sleep. In some parts
of the city woodpiles were thrown
over and doors opened and dishes and
other loose articles rattled.
Several report an explosion similar
to that of a week ago when a quantit"
of powder was set off near Kelso.
Persons in the country adjacent to
Rainier also report feeling the quake.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 56
decrees: minimum. 37 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; eaateriy winds.
Foreign.
Paris tomorrow pays honor to poilus who
sacrificed' life for country. Page 2.
TJnlted States Red Cross man and two
nurses slain by bolshevik cavalry.
Pse 3.
Britain has Ireland at bay, says Lloyd
George. Page 5. '
National.
Vast shipboard Kraft is charged. Page 1.
Move to clear league of nations situation
already started by president-elect.
Page 1.
Fight over canal tolls expected when new
congress convenes. Page 4.
Wilson details Oolby to repay visits of
presidents of Brazil and Uruguay.
Page 1.
Domestic.
One million, five-hundred thousand dol
lars asked to - halt Philadelphia crime
wave. Page 1.
Giant sea fish breaks Hard'lng's . line.
Page 1.
Childs' restaurants everywhere In United
States to cut prices. Page 2.
General shake-up expected to follow probe
, ot Samoan government. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington plan for paying veteran
bonuses told. Page T.
Toncalla women keep secret as to election
plans. Page 4.
Sports.
Benson high defeats High School of Com-
merce In sensational football game.
Page 16.
American t-snnis stars duo here today.
Page 18.
Darcy eager to lay mittens on Palmer.
Page 16.
Ban Johnson declares baseball war to
finish. Page 17.
American League's hold on players of
three clubs that withdraw is denied.
Page 17.
Commercial and Marine.
Demand for this year's crop of "prunes
backward. Page 23.
Chicago grain prices lowest in four years.
Page 25.
Losses tn Wall-street stock market severe.
Page 25.
Swedish ship to call at Portland. Page 24.
Portland and Vicinity.
Sheriff Hurlburt urges adaption of Vol
stead act by Oregon for prohibition en
forcement. Page 8.
City council cuts budget figures to fit estimated-
income of city. Page 8.
Hundreds of ex-service men to march on
Armistice day, tomorrow. Page 18.
State interests hereafter to work as unit
in boosting Oregon. Page 26.
War against lawbreakers demanded by
Mayor Baker. Page 1.
Two convictions, one acquittal, three dis
agreements result of war stamp case
trial. Page 14.
Famed three-legged deer Is slain. Page 28.
Movie employes and Jensen Von Her
berg settle strike. Page 8.
Price of bread to be cut 1 cent a loaf
Aiuaday. t'tm i.
Harding Starts Move to
Clear Situation.
ARTICLE 10 COUNTED DEAD
Other Features of Covenant
Also Must Go.
COURT IDEA PREDOMINANT
Real Power of Association to Ite-
side in Tribunal Council and
Assembly to Be Advisory.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the Xew York Evening Post.
Inc. Published by Arrnngemeut.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. (Special.)
Senator Harding already has begun
the process of inviting responsible
and well equipped leaders of thought
from both parties to confer about the
precise form which the American
variation of the league or nations
should take and what should be the
first step toward bringing it about.
That this should have been the
first and only thing done by Senator
Harding before taking his vacation
Illustrates both his appreciation of
the urgency of this problem and also
his concern to live up strictly to his
campaign obligation, frequently re
peated In his speeches, to make this
subject the first burden of his thought
Immediately after his election.
Aside from what Senator Harding
Is doing, other steps, less known to
the public, are being taken by leaders
in European thought looking to the
same end.
Article 10 Counted Drnil.
Article 10 is regarded as dead.
Whatever the outcome of the new
deliberations about the league of na
tions, the one certain thing is that
article 10 .in dead.
Article 10 was the point of the
contest and the dividing line between
the league that Vilon would have
and the league the republicans would
have. The number of persons who
utood with Wilson on the point being
small, not many leaders in the demo
cratic party stood with him and of
these the major part did so as a
member of party discipline and
loyalty to tholr leader rather than
as a matter of conviction.
Not even many statesmen in Europe
stood with Wilson on this point. This
is a fact not widely understood in
America. Article 10 was Wilson's
own pet child and he forced it on
the European statesmen quite as
much against their wills as he tried
to force it on the American senate.
ProviNlon Held JnconttlMtcnt.
Article 10 never really belonged in
the league of nations. Elihu Root
was well within the truth when ho
said, in the only speech he delivered
during the campaign, that article. 10.
"was a provision standing by itself,
quite outside of the league for the
preservation of peace an? forminoT
no part of the scheme, but creating
independently of it a hard and fast
alliance between the membens of the
league to preserve In perpetuity the
territorial and political status quo.
Article 10 was no part of the main
scheme of the league of nations. I
go further and assert that article 10
is inconsistent with the purpose and
spirit of the league."
That this theory of Senator Root's
about article 10 Is correct can be
proved readily by a history of that
particular section. It arose sepa
rately from the rest of the convenant
and originally was devised by Presi
dent Wilson for a wholly different
purpose. However, the genealogy of
article 10 can await a separate article.
It is no longer important, anyhow.
Article 10 is dead.
Other Features to Go.
Assuming that the will of the
republican leaders la to prevail about
the- league o nations, and in the light
of the result of the election no tne
can doubt that th will of the re
publican leaders 'a to prevail, not
only 13 article 10 dead, but that under
lying principle of the league, which,
resided especially In article 10 and
appeared in several other articles Is
also dead.
The precise distinction between
this principle which underlies the
league of nations and the contrasting
principle which the republican lead
ers want to substitute for It Is Hot'
easy to make simple. It is very clear
to lawyers, once it Is brought to 'their
attention, ut it is less easy to make
clear to the laymm. It will be neces
sary to carry on a considerable cam
paign of education to make this dis
tinction clear.
World Court Paramount.
Briefly and very incompletely, the
dominant principle in the association
of nations which the republicans have
in mind is that there shall be a court
which shall function, as every court
does, under codified laws and under
the restraints of precedents. The
dominating Institution in the asso
ciation of nations which the repub
licans have In mind will be this court.
The dominating institution of the
league of nations, as it now exists, is
the council and the assembly of the
league. The intention of the repub
lican leaders is that council and
assembly of the league shall be de
prived of all real power; and. if-they
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