THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920
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MILLIONS IN CHINA
DOOMED BY FAMINE
Presbyterian Mission Board
Makes Appeal for Aid.
DEATH RATE APPALLING
Oriental People Are Facing: Most
Colossal Horror That Ha9 Af
flicted Mankind Since War.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Completing
by cable a survey or tne lamine ais
tricts of China, the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions has organ
ized its 212 missionaries on the spot
Into a relief force to administer hon
estly funds and food from America
and thwart corrupt Chinese officials.
"The most appalling calamity that
mankind has witnessed since the
world war," the Presblyterian board
characterizes the famine in China. Ac
cording to the board, it is "impossible
to exaggerate" the "colossal horror."
Already the death rate has reached
"appalling proportions," and only
America can save this myriad of peo
ple from extinction. The present sur
vivors are "walking skeletons," ac
cording to the board's advices.
Official Appeal I Made.
After carefully reviewing all the
reports by cable from its missionaries,
the Presbyterian board issued the fol
lowing official appeal, signea Dy -lt.
Arthur J. tirown, secretary:
"The first reports of the China fam
ine were not exaggerated. Indeed,
later reports Indicate so distressing
a condition that it would be ftnpossi
nl to exascerate it. Over a vast
inn in northern China long cc-ntin
nrH drought caused an almost total
failure of crops. This is one of the
most densely populated parts of that
great country, the famine area hav
ing between 35,000,000 and 43,000,000
of people. Even in prosperous times
, a large proportion of these people
subsist near the hunger line, and a
crop failure plunges them into starva
tion.
Food Supply Exhausted.
"The entire food supply has been
consumed and families are pitifully
trying to eke out a wretched subsist-
n'l-n on crass, roots and leaves. What
few animals they had have been used
for food, and every utensil and ar
ticle of clothing and furniture that
could be pawned has been sacrificed.
A 1 read v the death rate has assumed
appaling proportions, and myriads of
the survivors nave Decome so wean,
and emaciated that they are hardly
more than walking skeletons. In their
utter desperation parents are selling
their children rather than see them
die.
"It Is estimated that at least 10,
000,000 of people, or nearly one-third
of the population in the famine dis
trict, will perish of cold and starva
tion this winter unless help is given
promptly and on a munificent scale.
Co-operation Is Necessary.
"The board notes with gratification
that President Wilson has appointed
a national committee on famine re
lief for China. The board earnestly
hopes that Presbyterians everywhere
will cordially co-operate with this
committee.
"There need be no concern lest con
tributions may fail to reach the actual
sufferers by reason of the fees and
peculations of corrupt Chinese offi
cials, regarding whose methods much
has recently been printed. The Pres
byterian church has 213 missionaries
In the famine area. These men and
women are actually on the ground,
speak the language of the people, are
experienced in dealing with them,
know exactly who the most needy
persons are and can deal directly with
them. '
Treasurer to Receive Money.
"Presbyterians, if they wish to do
bo, may send their money through
the board's treasurer, Dwight II. Day,
156 Fifth avenue. New. York, who will
transmit it direct to our missionaries
in China. The board will make no
charge for handling and forwarding
such funds and, of course, it will not
credit them on its books as gifts for
the budget obligations which the
.board has assumed for the year.
"The famine in China is the most
appalling calamity that mankind has
witnessed since the world war. There
in imminent danger that its distance
from America may obscure its colos
sal horror. Never has there been a
more importunate appeal to help a
nation in distress.
turope Cannot Give Aid.
"Our sister nations in Europe have
keen so impoverished by the world
war that it is not reasonable to ex
pect them to contribute to this need.
Indeed, we must help them to keep
3.500,000 of their children from starv-
inar this winter.
"America alone of the nations is
able to give help on a large scale
.. both to China and Europe. We are
i' confident that Presbyterians will be
among those who will make prompt
and generous response in the spirit
of the compassionate savior.
"In behalf of the board of foreign
! missions of the Presbyterian church,
"ARTHUR J. BROWN,
"Secretary. 156 Fifth avenue. New
York."
provides for abolishing the stato
superintendent as an elective state of
ficial and for the appointment of the
state superintendent by a state board
of education named by the governor.
Mrs. Preston attacks these two fea
tures of the report as an attempt to
take control of the school system of
the state from the people. Legisla
tion affecting the school system ap
pears likely to occupy a prominent
part in the programme of the coming
session.
Defeat of the Carlyon road bond
plan at the general election will tend
to make highway legislation an im
portant feature of the coming session.
In previous sessions a member with a
pet highway project In his pocket was
fairly well equipped with trading
stock and to the system of log-rolling
in operation heretofore in con
nection with the establishment or
construction of highways may be
traced many needless appropriations
for. other Dumoses with which the
taxpayers have been burdened. High- J
way commissioner Alien, in ms ui
ennial report, has urged that present
established highways be completed or
construction advanced before any new
projects are established. If tnis
recommendation is approvea Dy me
legislature, a long step will have been
taken toward making possible the ac-
comDlishment of a programme or
BUOn"!JaOJUQ8 UI AUlOUOJd
AMERICA
OF
WORLD
IS HEART
S TRADE
Foreign Outlets Necessary to
Domestic Prosperity. -
COMMERCE IS SPREADING
CEMENT CASE NEAR END
CLOSLXG ARGUMENTS ARE TO
BE MADE TODAY,
Car Shortage Is Blamed by Wit-
for railnre to Book
Orders in Some Sections.
ness
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Indications are that the case of the
United States against Clark Moore
and R. P. Butchart, officers or me
Oretron Portland Cement company.
charging a violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law, will be completed this
week in time to release the jury for
the Christmas holidays. The govern
ment comDleted its case several days
ago and last night the defense stated
it had only three more witnesses 10
call. The attorneys should begin their
closing arguments some time today
and the case go to the jury tomorrow,
L. C. Newlands of the Oregon Port
land Cement company said that the
reason his firm did not book orders
in certain territory was because of
an acute car shortage. This witness
testified that the cost of manufacture
of cement that sold, for $2.30 a barrel
at that time did not exceed S1.18. and
other , witnesses told that the firms
acting as agents did not get more
than 20 cents commission on each
barrel.
Phil Easterday of the Concrete Pipe
Works, Vancouver, said that his firm
bought cement 10 cents a barrel
cheaper after, the Oregon firm en
tered the field.
Melvin J. Ballard of Salt Lake City
a member of the board of directors
of the Oregon firm, stated that he
knew nothing of any combination. H.
S. McCracken, local dealer, said that
he handled the Oregon cement and
that his firm received 20 cents com
mission a barrel. W. F. King of
Prineville, Or., declared that it was
impossible to get Oregon cement in
eastern Oregon, and C. W: Kleppel
of Nottingham testified along the
same lines.
Depression Regularly Follows
Great War, bnt Stagnation Is
Regarded Only Passing Phase.
ADMISSIOX IS ATTRIBUTED TO
THOMAS G. CCXLEX.
SOLON BATTLE EXPECTED
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of a state system of income taxes.
The measure is understood to contain
a provision for the creation of a
commission of three members at an
annual salary each of 6000.
The State Sportsmen's association,
in session at Olympia last week, in
structed its legislative committee 'to
urge the enactment of a measure
separating control of game fish and
game birds from that of food fish, and
providing for a separate department
for supervision of game birds and
Xish.
These measures are mentioned with
no reflection upon . their merit or
chance of enactment, but merely as an
illustration of the difficulties that
will confront members whose fore
most purpose will be to cut appro
priations to the bone and limit ex
penditures to the minimum consistent
with necessary and efficient admin
istration of the affairs of the people.
Nor do the proposals mentioned con
stitute any considerable part of the
total number that will call for addi
tional administrative force.
School Ckanirea Opposed.
The recommendations of the school
code commission, in its report recent
ly submitted to Governor Hart, pro
posing radical departure from the
present system of school administra
tion, take on added significance with
the opposition to the programme as
outlined in the biennial report filed
with the printer Saturday by Mrs.
Josephine Corliss Preston, state super
intendent of public instruction. The
recommendations of the school code
commission, among other things, call
for the abandonment of the present
school district system and substitutes
the county unit plan under a cen
tralized board of education. It also
Ex-Private Detective Said by Sirs.
Pearl Punatty to Have Told
Her He Cracked Safe.
Charges that Thomas G. Cullen, ex
private detective, now on trial before
Circuit Judge Morro for alleged rob
bery of the home of Ding wing on
November 20, admitted to Mrs. Pearl
Puhatty that he had stolen the safe
and cracked it in order that he might
have money with which to induce her
to run away with him, were made
yesterday by the woman, when on the
witness stand. Mrs. Puhatty, who said
she was acquainted with both the
Chinese merchant and Cullen before
the crime took place, was called by
the state.
Detective Collins and Lieutenant
Goltz of the police department told of
examining Cullen when he was taken
in custody and of finding him in pos
session of a number of gold coins
wrapped in paper. They testified that
Cullen had told them he bad some
times "made good money" at private
detective work.
The state had not completed its
case last night and will continue to
call witnesses this morning.
Rosebnrg Bread Prices Cut. .
ROSEBTJRG, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Housewives of Roseburg were
agreeably surplsed today when it was
announced by the two leading baker
ies in the city that a reduction from
11 to 10 cents a loaf would be made
in the price of bread beginning to
morrow. . ' .
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
Uhc Superfine Small Car
The Templar
makes its appeal
to those who by
instinct select
the finer things
of life. "
WRAY MOTOR CAR CO,
11th and Couch Streets
Phone Broadway 3247
THB TEMPLAR MOTORS COMPANY
Oew!aad,OlM
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The Unit
ed States has been made the heart of
the world's business by the west
ward trend of commercial affairs and
has reached the stage in its in
dustrial and commercial develop
ment where the maintenance of for
eign outlets is necessary to continued
domestic prosperity. Director .R. S.
MacElwee of the bureau of foreign
ana aomestic commerce of the depart
ment of commerce, announced today
in nis annual report.
Declaring that the present statrna
tion in the business world was onlv
a passing pnase insofar as this coun
try. was concerned. Director MacEl
wee urged that the development of
roreign markets are taken up with re
newed vigor.
"Our foreign trade in the fiscal
year 1920. with a total value of $13,
349.S61.401. was larger than in any
previous year," he said. "It exceeded
by J3.000,000,00q the former high rec
ord in 1919 and was more than three
times the value of the combined im
ports and exports in 1914. the last
year Deiore the war.
Interest In Trade Grows. "
"Many persons are more interested
now than they were a year ago in
foreign commerce-. There were a few
firms who had the foresight to take
out lite insurance while they were
in good health. Others now wish
they had done so. The only real in
surance that will spread the risks pf
depression between the crests of the
waves of domestic demand Is the al
lotting of a substantial quota of the
lirm s product for foreign commerce
and the building up in the world's
markets of a selling organization and
clientele that will not necessarily
fluctuate with the waves of demand
at home.
"A depression regularly follows a
great war, and its time of occurrence
may be estimated, from historical
analogies, as about two to three years
alter tne close of hostilities. We are
not going to have va panic in the
United States, but we certainly feel
tne Kind or reaction that the sur
geons call shock after an operation."
To meet the increased demands of
business and carry on the work of
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce $1,493,270 was asked of
congress for the next fiscal year.
That is an increase of more than half
a million doMrs over the present
year's appropriations. Of the total
for next year 1,100,000 would be
spent for commercial attaches abroad
and for the promotion of commerce
Mi
$1.25
a
Plate
More Experts Are Proposed.
It is proposed to double the number
of commercial attaches, making 24,
and to increase the number of trade
commissioners abroad by 17, making
a total of 56, while commercial agents
would be tripled with a total of S3.
Estimates include $300,000 for com
mercial attaches, 1500,000 for pro
moting commerce in general, $150.-
000 for promoting commerce in
Central and South America and $150,
000 for' promoting commerce in the
l ar .bast.
APPLE COMBINE FORESEEN
Organization Declared Needed to
Fight Eastern Competition.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial) Leroy Childs, superintendent of
the Hood River experiment . station.
believes that indications point to ulti
mate co-opefation between North
western apple sections in the distibu
tion and sale of their crops. Bankers
and growers, snys Mr. Childs, are
evidencing a keen interest in methods
that will put the business on a firmer
basis.
To date, Mr. Childs says, the differ
ent northwestern districts have been
competing among themselves. But this
old competitive feeling, he declares, is
lessening, growers having learned
that they must combine to meet the
keen competition arising from eastern
orchard sections.
Punchboards Put Under Ban.
served
from
12
to
9
P.M.
Xmas
"specials"
served
all day
just one of a flock
of-"prize" fellows ex
clusively and especially
for
Y-O-U-R
Dinner
with all the "fixin's" and lots of
Christmas Cheer.
Menu
Merry Widow Cocktail.
Hearts of Celery. Olives in Oil.
Potage Noel Chicken Okra Princess.
Consomme Bellevue.
Aiguillette of Sole Normande.
Roast Stuffed Turkey, Giblet and Cranberry
Sauce.
Filet of Mignon Rossini.
Baked Suckling Pig, Apple Sauce.
Peas a la Francaise. Candied Sweet Potatoes.
Lettuce and Tomatoes, Roquefort Cheese
Dressing.
Special Imperial Ice Cream, Fancy Cake.
English Plum Pudding, Hard and Lemon
Sauce.
Hot Mince Pie, Pumpkin or Apple Pie.
Coffee. Tea. Milk.
imperial ?$oteI
SLATER FXVALLT TELLS HID
ING PLACE OF VICTIM.
Murdered Man Carried From River
and Buried in Garden at Wat
son Inquest Is Held
BEND, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Christmas will be ' the last day of
punchboards in Bend. Mayor Eastes
today ordered . their removal after funeral will be held in Vale Thurs
that date. I day and services will be conducted
VALE, Or., Dec. 20.-!-(Special.)
The body of George R. Sweeney, trav
eling salesman of Vale who was mur
dered by George Howard September
15 on a lonely road near Vale, ao
cording to , Howard's own .confession,
was located today in the garden at
Arthur Palmer's place at Watson by
county authorities who were directed
there by Howard after he had first
sent them out on many false hunts.
A coroner's jury identified the body
as that of Sweeney and also returned
a verdict to the effect that Sweeney
met his death at the hands of How
ard. The inauest was held by cor
oner R. C Payne, with acting District
Attorney Lytle appearing for the
state.
After more than a week of drag
erinsr and searching the banks of the
Owyhee river where Howard declared
he had sunk his victim, sneriir woe
obtained from Howard the admission
that he had become frightened the
body would rise to the surface of the
water and reveal his crime and one
dark night had waded out in the
river, recovered tne Doay, wrappea it
in a blanket and carried it to the
Palmer garden where he dug a deep
grave and buried it.
Howard .gave the officials a dia
gram of, the field but the frozen con
dition of the ground made recovery
of the body difficult.
Twenty men and 11 head ,of horses
were used in plowing up the field to
locate the grave. In Sweeney's
clothes were found a few trinkets
and keys which friends Identified.
and a peculiar -etickpin with a ruby
set in a silver nugget was found in
the tie
Mrs. C. D. McEachem, a sister of
Sweeney, has been found at Oroflno,
Idaho. She was notified of the re
covery of her brother's body. The
by Boise lodge of Elks,
Sweeney was a member.
of which
Suspected Portland Thugs Caught
bUGEXE. Or, Dec. 20. (Special.)
A negro and a white man tallying
very cioseiy wun the description of
the two footpads who beat Patrolman
Chamberlain of Portland, yesterday
morning, were picked up by Deputy
Sheriff Croner and a Southern Pacific
special agent here this morning. They
are in the Lane county jail pending
investigation. The men had "beaten
their way" to this city from Portland
on a train, say the officers.
. Xerr Industry at Chehalis.
CHEHALia Wash.. Den. Snro. -
ciaL) The Chehalis Box, Basket &
Christmas Neckwear
At Bargain Prices
YOUR CHOICE
of 1500 Men's Silk Ties
Regularly $2.50
Special $1.55
3 for $4.50
1000 Men's $1.50 Silk Ties
Special 95c
The Biggest Bargain in Town!
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
Morrison Street at Fourth
ty auditor and the secretary of state
it nivmnla th ranlLa.1 stock being
Veneer company todav filed nrMh finH at f 100.000. The Incorporator
of incorporation with the Lowls coun- and, trustees are L. J. Stlcklln, Pr.
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Offer Extraordinary!
PHONOGRAPHS
$150 Values in
Pathe -Phonograph
and Records
Special for this week only at
$100
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hr-p
This offer includes our Model 7 Oak Pathe
Phonographs that regularly retail at $125 and
$25 Worth of Genuine
Pathe Records F reel
This Christmas Offer Good Only Until Friday
SOULE BROS.
166 Tenth, Just South of Morrison
Fullest Values Obtainable
The growth and success of the jewelry es
tablishment of A. & C. Feldenheimer is
based upon giving generous values, utmost
quality and conscientious service. Prices
are as low as is consistent with quality.
"
Cfjrfetmas; tfte of
"speak volumes. The prestige, dignity
and character of such gifts as are
obtainable here always reflect the
good taste of the giver and more than
delight the recipient.
"Gifts That Last"
A. & C. Feldenheimer
Jewelers Silversmiths Opticians
.. Established 1868
Washington Street at Park
J. T. Coleman, W. F. Wert, Dan W.
Bush and F. M. Tower, of this city.
It is planned to convert the Stlcklln
factory in th north nd of rhhfiHx
Into a box, basket and veneer plan
and operate IL so that It ran handle
rarge volume or tne l-.'.i ouins I
th various 1tn noti1.
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THE BRUTE!
Bo or man (Noah Beery),
slayer of his wife, yet flinch
ing before a determined girl.
TODAY
Ma
LAST TIMES TODAY
Shirley Mason
as
"THE LITTLE
WANDERER"
Comedy Review
PEOPLES ORCHESTRA
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Commencing Tomorrow
"MILESTONES"
As Delightful as the Odor of Lilacs
Beautifully Told as a Song at Twilight
IT-
LADIES !!
Here's the official
rest headquarters
and amusement
shop for Christ
mas week.
GO ANYTIME!
America's Greatest Screen Beauty
Katherine MacDonald
IN
CURTAIN
Adapted from the Saturday
Evening Post story of
the; same name.
ELABORATE
CHRISTMAS
PROLOGUE
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HIS YOUTHFUL FOLLY'
Two Reels of Fun