THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, TITURSDAT, DECEMBER 1C, 1020
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CABLE WAR KEPT UP
WESTERN
President Says Company
Will Try Mew Trick.
CUBA LINES TO BE USED
Amcrlchn Government Notified of
Intention to Cgnnect Up Barba
does System With IT. S.
South America after an application to
do so was passed by the authorities."
"American cable connections with
Brazil." said Mr. Carlton, "are subject
to a contract made many years ago
between the Western company, a
British corporation, and Brazil,
whereby the right to connect coastal
cities Is reserved until 1933.
"We were convinced that the best
and quickest plan foa connecting
dlrectlv thft two rnnltnBnta troo t n
I use the Western system for the South
American end.
Mr. Carlton told the committee his
company had applied to the American
government for permission to land
connecting cable at- M' .mi and that
the application had been "passed by
tho authorities, which, however, had
formally notified the company that
the president's permission must be
obtained before the cable was landed
In American territory." The witness
went on to say that the company had
been invited to appear before the
state department, "who talked pleas
antly to us of our South American
plans."
$800,000,000 LEVY
ONIHIESISPnID
VTASmSGTOX.- Dec 15. Ey the
Associated Press.) Notice was given
the American government today by
Newcomb H. Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
that his company Intends to connect
Its new cable from Barbadoes with
its lines in the United States by
means of existing cables to Cuba, re
gardless of the opposition of Presi
dent Wilson and the state depart
ment. Mr. Carlton's statement was made
in testimony before a senate infer
ctPte commerce sub-committee,
which has before it an administra
tion measure giving the executive
department absolute control over the
landing of cables on American son.
He was one of four witnesses exam
ined at the opening of an inquiry
into the whole subject of cable com
munication and from whose testi
mony the committee developed, among
other things, that the All-America
Cables. Inc., an American concern, is
engaged, with the support of "the
state department, in a fight against
the Western Telegraph company of
Great Britain and the Western Union
in an effort to break the cable mo
nopoly enjoyed by thj British com
pany in Brazil. '
Other Monopolies Charged.
There also was testimony that the
All-America, company enjoys cable
monopolies In several Central and
South American countries; that the
international communications confer
ence here has reached a tentative
agreement that no censorship, shall
be imposed upon cable messages
merely passing through relay points;
that there is no cable communica
tions between the United States and
Germany except over British-controlled
lines; that some foreign gov
ernments are subsidizing news agen
cies disseminating reports in other
countries, and that the Western
Union plans further independent con
nections through American cable
lines to Italy, Holland and Scandi
navia. The committee will continue its In
quiry tomorrow and again next week,
end it plana to inquire particularly
Into the matter of the diasemination
of American news abroad and han
dling of cable messages of American
linns seeking foreign business.
Subjects Touched Generally.
These subjects were touched upon
generally today and the committee
received suggestions from Mr. Carl
ton that independent cable lines be
established between the United States
end Japan and the United States an J'
China for the exchange of news be
tween those countries.
Mr. Carlton said that the censor
ship of foreign cables was not to be j
feared in time of peace. He said it
required a very big organization to
' censor communications and '"""it these
had been broken up by. ..jropeac
countries generally since the war.
Mr. Carlton discussed at length fhe
Tefusal of the American government
to permit the landing at Miami, Fla.,
of his company's cable from Barba
does. which is to connect with the
Britisti line there to Brazil, and
charged that, by its action, the gov
ernment was seeking to preserve a
"United States-South American mon
opoly in favor of another company."
Different Version Given.
Elihu Root Jr., appearing for the
All-America cables, gave an entirely
different version. He said the ques
tion in stopping the Miami cable land
ing was that it might lead to the
British company giving up its Bra
zilian monopoly and charged that the
Western Union entered into a con
tract with this British company by
which the American concern would
direct to the British lines all the
business collected by it in the United
States. ,
Mr. Root said this contract with
the Western Union was a counter-attack
by the British company on the
All-America cables as a result of the
latter company obtaining through 1 it
i5ation in Brazil permission to Build
its own lines to banlos and Kio uc
Janeiro. Ho added that the AH
America received the option "of re
taining its west coast monopoly and
giving up its lines on the east coast
of South America or taking on in
commercial war the two greatest
commercial communication compa
nies. . Offer Declared Refused.
The All-America company, he said,
refused the offer. The British gov
ernment, the witness testified. Is sup
porting the British company in the
fight.
Acting Secretary of State Davis,
testifying as to the controversy be
tween the government and the West
cm Union, said the president has re
Iu8.!d to permit the landing of the
liarbadoes cable because it would
connect with the British line, which
enjoyed a monopoly in Brazil and
that this action was "in conformity
with American precedent and tradi
tion." Secretary Davis also said that the
president bad decided that decision
on the Western Union landing should
be postponed pending the meeting of
the international communications
conference and that when it appeared
that the -Western Union intended to
disregard "this warning" the navy
Has ordered to act.
Miami Stand Discnused.
Mr. Carlton testified that -when the
raatter of the Barbadoes connection
"was first broached to. the. state de
partment, no objection was raided and
that no peply was made to the notice
that the company was preparing to
land the cable until American war
ships appeared off Miami. ' . .
"I have lived abroad enough to
know that there is only one kind of
news free from government color
more or less and that is the news fur
nished by American press associa
tions. It is immensely important that
we keep its impeccable- reputation,
particularly in South America, the far
east and the near east. If we think
that the people of South America can
be fed on telegrams shot in by
foreign government agencies and yet
be kept in toucn with the United
States by some invisible vibrations in
ether so that they will know the true
state of affairs anyhow, we are mistaken.?
jvtr. canton saia me v estern Union
company had planned for further in
dependent connections through
American cable lines to Italy, Hol
land and Scandinavia.
"We will take these up, however;
under the next administration," ha
aid.
"Arbitrary use of the armed forces
of the United States," he said, "had
prevented the company from extend
ing its system to a connection with
Battle of Miami Related.
Mr. Carlton said that when the
cable was nearlng completion the
state department was formally not!
fied and told that once the cable ship
was loaded the plans could not be
changed. No answer was received, he
said, but four months later, early in
August, the cable ship was met by
American warships, with decks
cleared for action, with every man at
hp a station prepared at whatever cost
to defend the shores of Florida from
the landing of a cable.
"Thus began the bloodless and his
toric battle of Miami," he said. "This
was the first definite assurance that
the government, which initiated the
cable, was now opposed to it."
The state department's efforts are
In effect to preserve a United States
South American monopoly in favor of
another company, Mr. Carlton charged.
Competition Is Held Aim.
"The service the Western Union
seeks to inaugurate is competitive.
The need for United States news in
South America is urgent and the cable
we have laid will furnish -that serv
ice, which is meager and unsatisfac
tory and must be dispatched via Lon
don. "
"Objection has recently been made
by the state department that this
connection will perpetuate a prefer
ential position held a British com
pany. It ehould be noted that there
is not a cable connection on Argen
tine or Brazilian shores which does
not connect with and thereby, accord
ing to the state department, perpet
uate monopolistic and preferential ar
rangements overseas. The Ail-American
company enjoys monopolies In
Colombia, Nicaragua and Salvador.
"The Commercial company aiso had
an agreement with the Western com
pany identical with the proposed
arrangement on the Western Union,
except that the Commercial connected
with the Western for the Azores. The
French Cable company has practically
a monopoly In France and insists upon
a monopoly between Brazil and the
United States."
Une, to Japan Proposed.
Mr. Carlton said that the greatest
aid to American business and the
cause of international peace would be
obtained by the extension of the Pa
cific cable system.
"My idea is for a cable from Seattle
vja the Aleutian islands directly to
Japan." he said. "Don't think of it as
a commercial line, but as a great
channel for the diffusion of public in
formation. An interchange of news
of great volume between the United
States and Japan would finally bring
about understanding. A second cable 1
over the same route to China is also
very important and I have the assur
ance of British authorities that there
would be no trouble about a landing
in that country. Both of them should
be exclusively American and Chinese
and American and Japanese communi
cation lines." ,
Uncle Sam Also Shells Out
$700,000,000 Same, Day.
$40,000,000 IS MISSING
Corporations and Unemployed La
borers Send Regrets; to Be
Fined 5 Per Cent.
NEW YORK, Dec 15 Uncle. Sam
'got -rich quick" today. Then he
turned around and paid out all the
money.
It was the last aay for his nephews
and nieces to pay their final 1920 in
come tax installments of about 800,
000,000. But it also was the day on
which .certificates of indebtedness
worth $700,000,000 and interest of lib
erty and victory loans amounting to
$140,000,000 fell due.
All day long butchers, baiters ana
candlestick makers thronged the cus
toms house here to pay Income taxes.
Mail carriers unloaded pouch after
pouch filled with checks, money or
ders and cash of others who settled
with the government for the last
time this year.
Midas in all his glory was never
surrounded with all the wealth that
accumulated around Collector Ed
wards. It was estimated that nearly
$100,000,000 was paid in New York.
But about $40,000,000 due in income
taxes failed to appear. Big corpora-
ions and unemployed laborers alike
sent their regrets. The swelling tide
of money which swept into their pock
ets- last spring was gone, tney saia.
Rendering unto Lrncie bam tne
things that are Uncle Sam's was made
impossible this December by "tight
money" and "business depression,"
Collector Edwards learned from many
sources. He was asked o grant ex
cuses in innumerable instances, out
was powerless to do so.
The government will bide its time,
the collector said, but while doing so
a 5 per cent penalty plus 1 per cent
interest monthly will be imposed on
those who failed to square their debts
today.
TODAY TOMORROW SATURDAY
That'
bright eyed
minx
GLADYS WALTON
In a picture
that's rf$it ud
tothe minute
A.
PORTLAND'S MOVIE: STAR
Panama was met in the senate today
with a prediction by Senator Poin
dexter, republican, Washington, that
the treaty was "not likely to be rati
fied at this session."
EXPLOSION INJURES DOZEN
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NAVY CONTROL IS URGED
Daniels Would Centralize? Ship Di
rection in War Time.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Legisla
tion giving the navy department au
thority to manage and direct the op
eration of all government vessels in
time of war and for six months there
after was asked of congress today by
Secretary Daniels.
In his letter the secretary quoted
from a report of the general board
of the navy which said that "in the
future the development in submarines
and aircraft will make the danger of
navigation of merchant ships as great
as, and perhaps greater than, in the
late war," and that "the best protec
tion for our merchant and auxiliary
fleet under such conditions will be
found by putting it under one direct
ing head' the navy department."
Two Persons
Probably Fatallj
Hart in Heavy Chemical Blast.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 15. More than
a dozen persons were injured, two
probably fataliy. In an explosion at
the Plant of the Monsanto Chemical
company today which started a fire
there, resulting in damage estimated
at $100,000.
The cause of the explosion was not
determined. AH of the injured were
employed at the plant.
Colombia Treaty May Fall,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. An inquiry
ISSUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED
Treasury Certificates Called For
$200,000,000 in Excess.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 Secretary
Houston announced tonight the over
subscription by $200,000,000 of the two
issues of treasury certificates offered
last week.
The total subscriptions aggregated I
more tnan vu.uuu.uuu, ne saia, ior
the combined issue, which was fori
approximately $500,000,000.
Woolgrowers Ask Embargo.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Dec. 15.
The Wenah Wool Growers' associa
tion in meeting here today called on
congress to place an embargo on for-
concerning the treaty with Colombia , eign wool and enact protective tariff I
growing out or tne partitioning or legislation.
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Then for big brother, that natty Water
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And even if father has a dozen watches,
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These are only five of fifteen models;
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.Better see tne dealer at once to avoid i
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Christmas time." "
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