THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1020
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REASuRY S 0 LS
FARMERS
HOLDUP
Democratic States Resent
Failure to Get Loans.
HIGH PRICES PREVENTED
Administration Stand ty Which
Party looses Votes Is Praised
by Mark Sullivan
BY MARK STTLLTVAN.
(Copyright by the New Yorfc Evenlns Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 1. (Special.)
There is one aspect of present condi
tions and especially of conditions dur
ing the recent change bo wholesome
and satisfying that it ought not to
become history without being defi
nitely recorded and brought to the
attention of the largest number of
people.
During the past three months and
especially during the month preced
ing the election there was a large
amount of pressure on Secretary
Houston of the treasury and on the
federal reserve board.
This pressure came and still comes
from a large variety of Individuals
and organizations. During September
and October it came conspicuously
from delegations of farmers led by
their local politicians. The object
was to press the secretary of the
treasury and the federal reserve
board into taking some action bene
ficial to those who exerted the pres
sure. Pressure Almost Intimidation.
If it should -be said that on some
occasions this pressure took and still
takes almost the form and vehemence
of an attempt at intimidation, that
phrase would hardly be too strong.
An election was pending. The party
in power was on trial and votes could
be won by acquiescence or lost by re
fusal. That the secretary of the treas
ury and the federal board refused to
take any of the various actions de
manded is a matter of record. That
the democratic party, being the party
in power, suffered by this refusal la
also a matter of record.
Acquiescence by the treasury would
not have won the election for the
democrats. But that its refusal to do
a thing which had been specifically
demanded by cotton farmers in Ten
nessee and wheat and cotton farmers
in Oklahoma was a large part of the
cause of those normally democratic
states going republican is easily
proved. The election of a republican
senator from Oklahoma is said to
have been due directly to resentment
on the part of the cotton raisers.
"Votes Lost Deliberately,
Whether the action demanded ly
these politicians and farmers was or
was not sound finance and whether
the refusal by the secretary of the
treasury and federal reserve board
was or was not justified Is not the
point. The point is that a secretary
of the treasury who holds his office
by appointment from the president
and a federal reserve board who hold
its office by appointment from the
president knowingly made the choice
and took the position which every
body knows well was bound to lose
votes for the party whose leader had
put them m office.
This is so wholesome a thing that
It is good to record it at a moment
when confidence in government Is
being Impaired by revelations of
ecandal in another department. It is
so wholesome a tfcing that cynics pre
ceding the event would have refused
to believe it. When the creation of
the federal reserve board was under
the discussion in congress, one of the
chief objections was that the appoint
ments would always be political and
that the board would yield in time of
stress to political pressure.
The episode in fact recalls a specific
conversation in which President Wil
son participated at the time when the
federal reserve board was being
created. This argument that the
board would become the prey of
politicians and would yield to political
or sectional or class press was made
to President Wilson.
He replied that this was not neces
sarily to be feared. Ho said that there
are always some offices which can be
kept sacred from political pressure.
He cited within his own experience
the higher courts of New Jersey and
pointed out that no matter how low
the levels to which politics in that
state had sunk from time to time the
higher courts were kept immune. He
said that it would be possible to
achieve the same immunity from poll
tics from federal reserve "board and
that one way of achieving It be could
himself attend to by making the first
appointments froroj men of such high
reputation that they would create for
the office a dignity above reproach
and of such high character that no
one could coerce them.
The resistance which thla federal
reserve board and Secretary Houston
of the- treasury, both appointed by
Mr. Wilson, made to a clamor from
politicians of the president's own
party, who, in some cases, made their
plea in formal delegation hid by sen
ators from democratic states, is one
of the very large entries to be set
down to the credit side of Mr. Wil
son's administration. If It is followed
as a precedent by future presidents
and future reserve boards. President
Wilson, in this case, along with some
other more obvious cases, will be en
titled to credit for giving one of the
.country's institutions a permanent
impetus in the right direction.
Whether the demands made on the
treasury were proper or improper,
whether the refusal waS wise or un
wisa from the point of vieV of sound
economics as well as sound morals.
aoes not matter. There will be Dlen
ty of occasions to discuss that later
on, for the clamor for treasury aid
continues, and the larger aspects of
this kind of things will be the bur
den of our domestic politics for years
to come.
Refusal Is Defended.
I happen to think that the refusal
WEis sound and that no assent could
have been made to the plea of the
farmer and others for treasury aid
in holding their goods for higher
prices witnout violation of both eco
nomtcs and morals. This belief was
shared by many of the very politl
chins who made the pleas. Privately
they said frankly they did not be
lieve in what their constituents were
asking, but tnat they had to go
through the motions for political rea
sons. The belief was also shared by some
larmers. J use arter Secretary Hous
ton issued this formal statement giv
ing his reasons for his refusal to do
what certain cotton raisers had de
manded he should do the foliowin
letter was written to iim by a cotton
farmer who lives near the little town
. of Forney. Texas:
"Mr. Secretary I beg just one min
ute of your time to express to you
my appreciation of your answer to
the farmers, as per inciosea clipping.
"I am a farmer have never been
anything else, nor have- I any inter
est in anything else. I came here
from .Appomauox, and rode the old
horse that General Grant, in the kind
ness of his heart, gave me. With a
scooter plow I opened a furrow and
my wife sowed the seed, with the
spring winds whipping -her skirts.
We made a crop, and have ever since.
Crop Is 10OO Bales.
"Thla year (I. always include my
children) have gathered over 1000
bales of cotton. I think I know some
thing of this business. I think I
lanow all the ups and downs of farm
ing, and I want to say to you this: I
had rather sell my cotton at 5 cents.
as I have done often., than to have
my government bankrupted by any
such foolish schemes.
"The trouble with the farmers is
mainly- extravagance"; I can live on
what some of my neighbors pay for
gasoline. We only need to cut down
expenses and to work and not to de
pend so much on having it done."
I tried to persuade Secretary Hous
ton to let'me print the name of this
farmer who is so sound in morals.
economics and sentiment. Secretary
Houston did not feel at liberty to do
this, but the neighbors of this farmer
in Forney,. Tex., ought to have no
difficulty In recognizing him, and
someone ought to see to it that he
gets more than a local glory.
GENERAL OBREGON
tory between the Willamette, Molalla
and Clackamas rivers, in which area
growers of strawberry plants are to
get a clean "bill of health," the state
board of horticulture, at a meeting in
in Purvinn'o ninrr i rtiand' remv4 tn ban from local
m Hill- III 1 1 I H 1 1 I I STOWers who were under contract
III IVll A 1 1 1 1 I llllll I I with California concerns for the ship-
IV I1IL11IUU W Ul 1 1 Ul ment of plants valued at many thou-
President Is Inaugurated
Brief Ceremony. ;
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U. S. CHARGE ATTENDS
U0I1 DENIES GUILT
DEFEXDAXT IX EVENING MAIfc
CASE TAKES STAXD.
Any Personal Connection With Al
leged Purchase With German
Funds Is rented.
'NEW TORK, Dec. 1. Norvin R.
Lindheim, testifying in his own de
fense at the trial at which he, his
law partner, S. Walter Kaufmann, and
Dr. Edward' E. A. Rumely, ex-publisher,
are charged with concealing
true ownership of the Evening Mail
-from the alien property custodian.
denied any personal connection with
the alleged purchase of the news
paper with German funds. The wit
ness admitted, however, that he had
given Dr. Heinrich Albert, the ex
German fiscal agent hre, a receipt
for a check for $150,000. which he
never had seen. The receipt was ex
hibited in court by the prosecution
and identified by Mr. Lindheim.
Lindheim was questioned regarding
the reports made to the alien prop
erty custodian by Rumely. He testified
he conferred with Dr. Rumely ana
advised him to append schedules con
taining reference to the Herman
Sielcken notes. He added he gave
further advice to Dr. Rumely, but
denied he actually made out the re
ports. Rumely did that himself, he
asserted. Sielcken, known as the
"American coffee king," furnished
funds for purchase of the paper, ac
cording to the defense.
Lindheim was interrogated regard
ing the alleged connection of his firm
during the war with the Bridgeport
Projectile cpmpany.
Lindheim said he acted as attorney
of the projectile company, which held
a $2,000,000 contract for shell cas
ings with the German government.
The casings were to be delivered after
th war, he added.
ELECTION PROTEST FILED
K. Kollermier Alleges Fraud Was
Used to Defeat Him.
OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) K. Koellermler, who was de
feated by J. E. Simpson for council
man of West Linn, Or., at the laet
election, has entered a complaint in
the circuit court here protesting
against the result, and has accused
L. L. Porter of west Linn or aetraua
ing him out of several votes in pre
cinct No. 1. Kollermier also alleges
that Porter had no right to call off
the count in precinct No. 1, and that
Porter was against'' him at the elec
tion, i
Kollermier also alleges that in
precinct No. 2 two ballots were
thrown out which were voted for rum.
Porter, who was accused of counting
the votes in favor of Simpson, was a
candidate for county judge in Clacka
mas county at the primaries against
Harvey E. Cross of Oregon City.
$17.50 INCREASE DENIED
Employers Say Demand Impossl
ble Because of Lower Costs.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 1. Efforts
of Employing Photo Engravers of the
Northwest and the engravers union to
agree upon a new scale following the
union s demand for an increase in pay,
failed after a conference here today.
The union demanded an increase of
$17.50 a week in the minimum scale
and an increase pf $10 for all men
employed. They are receiving an
average wage of $49.84 a week in Se
attle and $51.41 In Portland.
The employers refused to grant the
demands of the union on the ground
that it would entail an increase in
selling prices, which would be unwar
ranted in the face of falling costs of
materials, it. was said.
SPANIARD1 IS ELECTED
Rnsslan Is Vice-President of Agrl
cultural College Club.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Dec. 1. (Special.)
Guillermo Cifre, a student sent to
Oregon Agricultural college by the
Spanish government, has been elected
president of the Cosmopolitan club
for this year. Other officers elected
were Ivan Lapltsky of Russia, vice
president; Walter Spain of Mexico,
secretary, and H. Carbonell of the
Philippine islands, treasurer.
Students from nine foreign coun
tries besides Canada are represented
in the club which has existed on the
campus for several years.
RUFFIAN ATTACKS GIRL
Man. Seizes
Throws
Pedestrian by Xect,
Her to Sidewalk.
Lea Faye Archambeaux. 22 years
old, 63 North Eighteenth street, was
attacked at 7 o clock last evening by
a ruffian who accosted her as she
approached the trade school at Fif
teenth and Morrison streets.
Aocording to her story, the man
stepped) from the shadows, seized he
by the neck and throw her to the side
walk. She screamed, but befor
students of the school reached he
side the assailant had made his es-
cape. She was uninjured.
Ij. Antles Is Recommended.
BEND, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.)
Recommendation of L. Antles of Den
ver, col., as best suited to fill the po
sition of secretary for the new Bend
Coammercial clup, featured today
meeting of the club directors.
235 Marriage Licenses Issued.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 1.
(Special.) During November, 1920
13b marriage licenses were issued i
Clarke county. In 1919, the numbe
was 245, and in 1918, it was only 183
Braiding, embroidery hemstitching.
bwioi, Aiorgan Ding. Adv.
ew Ruler Takes Oath After Be
ing Guest of Honor at Ban
quet Given by City.
MEXICO CITT. Dec. 1. (By the
Associated Press.) General Alvaro
Obregon was inaugurated president of
Mexico at midnight last night. The
imple ceremony of taking the oatn
f office marked the fourth time in
the republic's history of 99 years that
the executive power has been trans
ferred peacefully. George T. Sum-
merlin, charge d'affaires for the Unit
ed States, was among those present
at the ceremony.
Provisional President De la Huerta,
who sat at General Obregon's right
as he was sworn in, in the chamber
f deputies, was the first to embrace
he new president, and as the success
ion of retiring and newly appointed
abinet ministers, members of con
gress and other officials greeted Pres-
dent Obregon, moving picture ma-
hines clicked-" and energetic photo
graphers kept up a fusillade of fiash-
ghts. The diplomatic gallery was
filled.
No Instructions Received.
It Is understood, Mr. Summerlin
attended the ceremony in his personal
capacity and without any of the mem
bers of the embassy staff having re
ceived instructions from Washington
to appear as a courtesy to the incom-
ng president.
The Argentine ambassador and the
ministers of Chile, Italy. Germany,
Spain and Belgium were present.
apan, China, Uruguay, Cuba. Peru,
Great Britain and France were rep
resented by their charge d-affaires.
while Guatemala, Salvador. Honduras
and Nicaragua eent special delega-
lons.
Prior to the inaugural ceremonies
the aldermen of Mexico City tendered
General Obregan a banquet in the
municipal building, at which the new
minister of industry and commerce.
Rafael Z. Capmany, welcomed on be
half of the government the American
and other visitors, his address being
replied to by Governor Larrazolo of
New Mexico, who spoke on behalf of
the visiting American governors.
Ceremony Is Brief.
Shortly before midnight those at
the banquet started for the chamber
or deputies, making their way
through a dense crowd that filled the
streets and threatened to overflow
the long lines of soldiers. General
Obregon entered the chamber with
Provisional President de la Huerta.
Immediately General Obregon has
taken his seat on the rostrum, the
oath was administered" and after brief
felicitations he retired in company
with Senor de la Huerta, who today
takes the oath as President Obre
gon's secretary of the treasury.
With its president safely installed
fit office, Mexico. City made carnival
for the remainder of the night.' The
cafes, which normally close at mid
night, offered special musical pro
grammes and dancing beginning at
tnat nour. In the streets holidav
crowds threw confetti and bands
playe4 everywhere.
Castle Not to Be Used. "
President Obregon planned to start
his official life with the reception at
the national palace today at which
the new cabinet was to be sworn in
and prooably short addresses made
both by the new president and the re.
tiring executive. Provisional Pre
dent De la Huerta.
His induction into office will make
small change in President's domestic
affairs. He has announced that he
will not live in Chapultepec castle.
the magnificent " presidential home
provided by the government, because
he does not "want his bovs to tear It
up." He has taken a house at the
foot of the huge cliff upon which the
castle stands and will use the execu
tive mansion only on state occasions.
Papers Reveal Revolt Plot.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Dec 1.
Wholesale raids by department of
justice officials conducted simulta
neously Monday at various border
points, including El Paso, Eagle Pass,
Laredo, Brownsville and this city,
netted a mass of documentary evi
dence of the formation on this side
of the border of a new revolutionary
movement against the Obregon gov
ernment in Mexico, according to a
statement made here tonight by W. A.
Viseman. special agent for the d
partment-of justice.
sands of dollars.
The state board, under the impres
sion that the strawberry root weevil
had made its appearance in the north,
ern section of Oregon, placed all of
that territory In quarantine, putting
a stop to the shipment of strawberry
plants.
Upon learning of the girder, Lee A.
Strong, chief deputy quarantine of
ficer of California, forbade the im
portation of plants from the restricted
area into California, leaving a num
ber of local growers facing ruin.
LEAGUE IS ADVISED
TO ADMIT AUSTRIA
Assembly Is Expected to Rat
ify Membership.
TAXES WILL BE REVISED
REPUBLICAN POLICY AFFECTS
EXCESS PROFITS REVEXCE.
Senate Committee . Will Arrange
Tentative Programme to Present
at Extraordinary Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (Special.)
-It is unlikely that any comprehen
sive revenue or taxation legislation
will be attempted during the ap
proaching session of congress. The
best expected by republican leaders
is the possible mapping out of a ten
tative plan. It is urged by many that
the ways and means committee work
industriously for the next four
months and have a measure ready for
presentation when the extraordinary
session, to be called by President
Harding, convenes. No formal agree
ment to that effect has been reached.
It is certain that efforts will be made
to enact legislation modifying the
administrative sections of the excess
profits laws and removing some of the
more objectionable features associat
ed with that tax. This was announced
today by Senator Watson, who is act
ing chairman of the finance commit
tee in the absence of Senator Pen
rose. He will visit Philadelphia Fri
day and confer at length with Pen
rose concerning the programme or
INITIAL STEP IS TAKEN
Official Xotification of Signing of
Protocol at Vilna Is Sent to
Leon Bourgeois. "
the finance committee in the next
session.
Chairman Fordney of the ways and
means committee will not arrive here
until next Monday. Senator Watson
will confer with him at the earliest
time and discuss the outlining of
plans for future legislation. Officials
of the treasury department have rec
ommended many changes in the ad
ministration f the excess profits. For
that reason, but little opposition is
expected to be encountered in the pas
sage of the remedial legislation.
PICKLED SPIDERS DOOMED
Alcohol to Preserve Collection De
nied Amateur Scientist.
, CHICAGO, Dec. 1. (Special.) Mrs.
W. S. Moffatt is cursing prohibition
in lady-like words. Her troubles
are an armful. Some women pre
serve peaches and pears, but in her
beautiful home in Wheaton Mrs.
Moffatt has been preserving spiders.
For ten years she' has been collect
ing spiders. They have come from
Java, Japan, Central America and
Tarantula land. Now ehe wants 2500
ounces of alcohol to pickle her pets.
The old alcohol has evaporated. She
cannot get the fluid because of the
law, and her collection is going to
decay.
"Think of it," she said today. "The
injustice of it. Just because the gov
ernment is afraid some dipsomaniac
will put alcohol in his grapejuice, I
am denied the drug for ecientifio
purposes. The government allows
the use of denatured alcohol in seven
different forms, thre of which
seemed to have possibilities. I tried
them, but they would not do."
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CHRISTMAS SHIP SAILS
Navy Transport Starts for Guam
With Traditional "Cheer."
VALLEJO, Cal., Dee. 1. Trans
formed from a grim troop and ord
nance carrier to a Christmas ship
loaded with "plum duff" and other
delicacies, toys and gifts, the United
States navy transport Newport News
left here today to bring holiday
cheer to the naval colony at Guam.
She is expected to arrive there on
December 24.
IRREGULAR KNOT HOLDS
pis
Kentucklan Who Married
Mother-in-Law Wins
PADUCHA, Ky, Dec. 1. Holding
the Kentucky statute barring mar
riage of son-in-law to mother-in-law
would not be sustained by higher
courts, County Judge Lang today dis
missed Walter Thornton and his wife,
formerly his mother-in-law, Effie
Hale, from custody.
Thornton previously was divorced
from his present wife s daughter.
AIRSHIPS TO BE ESCORT
President-Elect to Re, Greeted by
Fleet of Thirty,
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 1
Thirty airplanes from Langley field
will greet President-elect Harding
when he enters the Virginia Capes
Saturday morning, according to an
nouncement made'' here today. .
The machines will act as an escort
of honor for Mr. Harding, who will
land at Old Point and later visit Nor
tolk and Newport News.
GENEVA, Dec V (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Austria was unani
mously voted a member of the league
of nations by the commission for the
admission of new states here today.
It was expected the assembly of the
league would ratify this action.
GENEVA, Dec. 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Official notification
of the signing at Kovno yesterday of
a protocol ending hostilities between
the Lithuanians and the forces of
General Zellgouskl, the insurgent
commander at Vilna, was received by
Leon Bourgeois of the league of na
tions organization today.
Leagrne Arranges Protocol.
The protocol was signed as the re
suit of the efforts of the special com
mission of the league " sent to the
Vilna district.
GENEVA, Dec 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A letter to President
Wilson .accepting his offer to act as
mediator in Armenia, was being
drafted by the council of the league
today. Mr. Wilson's note, which was
received this morning, was read to
members of the council at 10:30
o'clock and was received with evi
dence of liveliest satisfaction.
It was announced this afternoon
that Spain and Brazil had offered to
join President Wilson in his role of
Armenian mediator. This offer has
been embodies in the reply to Mr.
Wilson framed by the council.
Great Impression Created.
President Wilson's acceptance cre
ated a great impression when it was
announced today.
"Poor old Europe will feel less
abandonment," was a remark made by
a member of the French delegation
while discussing the matter. The news
gave the assembly great relief, as the
Armenian question had become the
bugbear of the assembly.
There was much speculation as to
what form the mediation of Armenia
would take. A. J- Balfour, leader of
the British delegation, remarked to
the assembly the other day that in
order to. negotiate it would be neces
sary to offer Mustapha Kemal, chief
of the Turkish nationalists, some
thing, either money or territory, and
this remark was recalled in connec
tion with Mr. Wilson's known opposi
tion to the disposition made of some
parts of the territory of Turkey by
the Sevres treaty.
Fay by Greeks Considered.
Prediction was made here that in
the end the Greeks may pay the price
for saving what remains of the
Armenian people.
"President Wilson's action is a big
step toward a solution of one of the
most serious problems before the as
sembly,". was the way Lord Robert
Cecil characterized the American
president's acceptance.
"That is wonderful news," he de
clared when the Information was
given him. "It bring? relief to all o
us who are trying to find a way to
help the Armenians out of the diffi
culty. Mr Wilson's acceptance i
commendable and worthy of the best
raditions of the United States, which
ave always been a friend of Armenia
and taken the lead in alleviating her
sufferings.
'The decision of President Wilson
is not in any sense political, from
my viewDoint, and cannot give en
couragement to all those wIio wish to
see the' United States in the league
It is simply a natural development o
an old, humanitarian policy.'
Nanften Expresses Pleasure.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. who had been
one of the first to become interested
in Armenia and is a member of the
Committee considering developments
in that country, was rather inclined
to pessimism yesterday. When he
heard the news today, however, he
beamed with joy.
We have found the man," he cried.
"and the rest will be easy."
The reply to the American presi
dent, it was stated, expresses deep ap
preciation of the president's accept
ance. The allied high commissioners
at Constantinople, it said, are being
consulted as to the best wayfor Mr.
Wilson to proceed.
The council, it was added, believes
S there will be no (Treat difficulty about
the Dresident's mediators conferring
Al ' FIRHT IS FATfll with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the
fl0 riuni IO r"H Turkish nationalist leader, who has
EARLY SETTLER PASSES
Mrs. Amy Randall, Who Came Ilere
In I860, pies in Berkeley.
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Amy Randall, aged 80
years and a native of New xork,
died this, morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Grace R. Calkins,
2943 Pine avenue. She was the widow
of Captain E. G. Randall, and the
two were early residents of Portland,
being identified with the early devel
opment of that city.
Captain and Mrs. Randall came to
the Pacific coast in 10 via the
Isthmus of Panama and locate4 In
Portland. . They were among the
founders of the First Presbyterian
church there, and were prominent in
civic affairs. For the past seven
yeare Mrs. Randall has made her
home in Barkeley. ' She is survived
by two daughters and one son, who
are Mrs. Caikins of Berkeley, Mrs.
i n r iv.r ...... A A t oi'b rlar n ' fa 1
and P. L. Randall of Burns, Or. JT
Farmer Dies After Struggle With
Suitor for Girl's Hand.
CONWAY, la., Dec. 1. Lester
D'Happert, 21, young farmer, died
after having fought for three-quar
ters of an hour with Lester March,
17, last Saturday night, it was eaid,
because of a girl.
Although March was said to have
been the first to say he had enougn
in the fistic encounter, D'Happert
became ill and died in, a hospital.
He recently had an operation for ap
pendictis and physicians said death
was due to a bursted 'blood vessel in
the side.
- Rainier Woman Loses Draft.
RAINIERj Or., Dec 1. (Special.)
Miss Anna Jerzyk of this city, lost a
f 2Q bank draft in the Omaha mail
robbery, according to official notice
from the postoffice department. The
letter was addressed to the University
of Chicago and contained written
work . on a correspondence course
which Miss Jerzyk was taking. Among
the papers was a complete transcript
of work done at the Rainier high
school and at .he Oregon Normal
school at Monmouth, Or. These lat
ter cannot be repleced, but Miss Jer
zyk eipects to arrange with the local
bank for re-Issue of the draft.
STRAWEERRY BAN LIFTED
Quarantined Plants Again May Be
Shipped to California.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. l.fSpe-
cial.) Creating a non-infested terri-
Bend Calls for Bids on Bonds.
BEND, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) If a
fair offer can be obtained for Bend
municipal improvement bonds, the
question of extending the city's sewer
system will be taken up at the next
meeting of the Bend council, Friday
night. Mayor Eastes. eager to im
prove the sanitation of the city, and
at the same time to furnish work for
men who may be idle during the dull
season, has written to a number of
bonding houses requesting tentative
quotations.
Postmistresses Are Appointed.
THE 0REQONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec 1. (Special.) Han
nah Jane Clark has been appointed
postmistress at Drewsey, Harney
county, Oregon, "and Nelia BennetJ at
Pleasant Hill, In Lane county.
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Sale Price S495
Near Seal Coat, 30-inch lengrth,
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Sale Price .............. .195
Taupe Nutria Coat, 30-inch length.
Regular price, $425.
Sale Price S295
Black Russian Pony Coat, 35-inch
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Regular price, $250.
Sale Price , S195
Sealine Coat, 36-inch length. Ko
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Natural iSquirrel Dolman, 42-inch
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lar price, $1650. Sale Price $1050
Taupe Nutria Coat, 40-inch length.
Regular price, $575.
Sale Price S395
Natural Muskrat Coat, 30-inch
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been making war upon the Armenians,
Aid Put Up to Wilson.
The offer of Spain and Brazil to
join in the mediation came during the
morning session of the council. That
body left it to President Wilson to
decide if he desired this co-operation.
After further discussion of the note
in the council meeting this afternoon,
it will go forward to Washington in
the early evening.
Lord Robert Cecil announced he
was still anxious that the $20,000,000
which he had estimated would be
sufficient to equip an expedition to
help the Armenians be obtained.
Application by Bulgaria for admis
sion to the league of nations was ex
pected to be brought up. Serbia,
(Greece and Rqumania had indicated
they were seriously opposed to the
admissipn of Bulgaria and It appeared
probable they would make an issue
pr the matter.
Another attempt was made today
to gain approval of the league s bud
get for the forthcoming year. This
matter came before the assembly yes
terday, but objections were voiced by
several 'nations, delegates from New
Zealand, Australia and India, point
ing out that, in their opinion, 7,000,000
francs in gold was an excessive
amount- Albert Thomas of France,
head of the international labor bu
reau, explained contemplated expen
ditures by that organization, and Sir
Eric Drummond, general secretary of
the league, participated in the argu
ment, explaining the need of the
amount named.
As a result of the protests of dele
gates, another meeting of the econ
omic commission was held this morn-'
ing for the purpose of once more
going over the estimates, preparatory
to submitting the "budget at this aft
ernoon's session.
The council unanimously approved
the invitation drawn up by the mili
tary commission calling on the United
States to name a representative to
sit on the commission.
Aid of V. S .Is Desired.
The invitation, the text of which
was made public and cabled in news
dispatches last night, expressed the
'view that the general consideration
of the' subject of a reduction of arma
ments would be "greatly facilitated"
if the United States government could
see its way to send a representative
to sit in a consultativ capacity with
the commission.
Following the council's approval of
the Invitation at Its session today a
note embodying it was despatched to
the Washington government.
The Argentine delegates today gave
a dinner to the Spanish delegates. All
the South American representatives
were present.
STUNTS SHOW TO BE HELD
Girl Students at Corvallis Elect
Genevieve Kerr as Manager.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Dec. 1. (Special.)
Genevieve Kerr of Corvallis, daughter
of W. J. Kerr, president of the col
lege, has been elected manager of the
Women's Stunt show to be held next
term. , ... .
The show is an annual affair in
which each sorority, club and girls'
dormitory presents a short skit, usu
ally reflecting some campus subject.
A loving cup, presented by Mrs.
Mary E. Fawcett, dean of women, is
held each year by the winning or
ganization.
DAttl MT5TEOROI.OGICAI. BEPOKT.-
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. Maximum tem
perature 60 degrees: minimum. 41 decrees.
River reading-, 8 A. M., 7.8 feet; chance in
last 24 hours. 1.1 feet fall. Total rainfall
5 P. M. to 5 P. M. ), 0.11 inch: total rain
fall 'since September 1. 1B20. 13.82 Inches:
normal rainfall since September 1. 12.23
Inches: excess of rainfall since" September
1 mfi i r. Inches. Sunrise. 7:33 A. M.;
sunset, '4:27 P. M. Total sunshine Decem
ber 1, none: possible sunshine. S hours 54
minutes. Moonrise, 11:27 P. M. ; moonset,
ll--5 A M. Barometer (reduced to sea
level) at P. M., 29.61 Inches. Relative
humidity at 5 A. M.. 73 per cent: at noon,
90 per cent; at 5 P. M., S9 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
GIRL FRIENDS INVOLVED
PALS OF BETTY BRAIXERD TO
' APPEAR IN COURT.
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Sister and Associates to Testify in
Stags Kidnaping Case Set for
Trial .December 14.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 1. (Special.)
Six Seattle friends of Betty Brain
erd, including her own sister, will be
called as witnesses for the state in
the case in which she is charged with
kidnaping little Bobby Stagg, set for
trial December 14.
An order permitting the indorsing
of the names of these additional wit
nesses for the state on the Informa
tion ta-s signed today by Superior
Judge Fletcher upon the application
of Prosecuting Attorney Askren. The
new witnesses include Mary Beal Wa
hoski, sister of Miss Brainerd; Myrtle
Jones, Mary Waller and Maida Wal
ler, all of whom are supposed to be
able to testify regarding the keeping
of Bobby Stagg in Seattle after he
was stolen from his mother, Mrs.
Edith Cunningham Stagg, in Tacoma,
September 14, and prior to the time it
is alleged Miss Brainerd took him to
New York.
The other names are those of Jo
sephine Stuff, in charge of mother's
pension work in King county, and
Mrs. B. Hogel, who, under the pen
name of Cynthia Grey, writes for a
syndicate of newspapers.
George T .Stagg, former husfband of
Edith Cunningham Stagg, also ac-
cused with Betty Brainerd with tha
Kidnaping of Bobby Stagg, has not
yet been apprehended.
It has been persistently rumored
since Miss Brainerd. was brought
back here to face the kidnaping
charge that Stagg would appear be
fore the trial begins and offer to
shoulder all responsibility.
Students Raise Missionary Fund.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa
lem, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) A cam
paign of $600 is being conducted thia
week by the Christian organizations
on the campus in the interests of for
eign missionary work. Half of the ,
sum will be given to assist Aetna
the sum will be given to assist Aetna
Emmel, a 1917 graduate of the univer
sity and at present a missionary in
Kolar, India.
S. & H. green stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co. Main 363. 560-21.
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B WEEK-END
PLUS 8 WAR TAX
ROUND-TRIP FARE
TO
CLATSOP BEACH
SEASIDE AND GEARHART
FOR THE '
WINTER SEASON
Tickets on sale each Saturday and Sunday,
Also Fridays, Dec. 24 and 31. Return limit
Monday following.
The seashore offers many attractions for rest and recreation
during; the winter" as at other seasons. The new first-class
Seaside Hotel and other hotels and restaurants are open through
the winter.
Clatsop Beach is reached by a short, interesting trip along
the lower Columbia River on trains leaving: at 8:15 A. M. and
6:20 P. M.
TICKETS AND PART.OR-CAR PEATS AT:" CONSOLIDATED TICKET
OFFICE, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STS.; NORTH BANK STA
TION, TENTH AND HOYT STS.