VOL. LIX XO. 18.770
Entered at Portland Oreon)
TVstofftr Spronrl-Cla.w Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MORE TAX DM FUEL
VETERAN AWBREY'S
LIFE EVENTFUL ONE
COUNT SAYS SCHOOLS
ONLY CURE FOR REDS
TOLSTOT THLXKS EDUCATION
REMEDY FOR BOLSHEVISM.
MEDALS ARE GRANTED
5 NORTHWEST HEROES
McMIXXVILLE AXD CEXTRALIA
MEX AMOXG WIXXERS.
HINTS OF DEATH
FDR WIFE RELATED
OUSTER OF UTILITY
OFFICIALS IS ASKED
CHARGES AGAINST PUBLIC
OWXERSHIP DEXOUXCED.
DELAYS
BEATEN 188 TO 77
E
DEATH RECALLS TRA D I TI OS
TO OLD-TIME FRIEXDS.
BIGGER HOUSE BILL
HARDING
FOR
ROADS
LOOMS
CABINET
Increasing GasoJine.Levy
Suits Joint Commission.
FUND SOUGHT FOR 'UPKEEP
Booth Would Regulate Loads
and Speed on Highways.
MANY LAWS REQUESTED
Two Bills Vetoed by Governor Ol
cott Recommended for Pass
age; Committee Agrees,
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or, Jan. 19.
(Special.) There Is a prospect of
an additional tax being placed on
gasoline to help raise a fund for the
upkeep of roads. Such is the conclu
sion" drawn from the attitude of the.
Joint roads and highways commission,
which met with the highway commis
sion tcday for the first time.
Here are the suggestions for legis
lation as made, orally, by R. A. Booth,
chairman of the commission:
rrovide new revenues, so that a
fund can be created lor the main
tenance of highways.
Etnpowtr the commission to fix the
rate of interest of road bonds sojhat
advantage can be taken of the market
and bonds sold for par.
Give trie commission the right to
relocate, or have the legislature re
locate, the northern end of The
Dalles-California highway, so that it
will not have to go to Shaniko, pen
alizing traffic 20 extra miles.
Loan Would Be Validated.
Valida'.e the loans. which tlie com-
mission has inode to various counties, I
and authorize the commission to make
temporary loans In the future.
Also validate paving work done by
the commission in corporated towns
sr.d autborize such work in future
where towca are unable to pay.
Regulate the leads and speed on
the highways.
Authorize the state highway com
nusMoa to determine what new roads
should be placed on the state map.
These were the principal sugges
tions. There were others, euch as re
questing the joint committee to ask
the legislature to pass two vetoed
bills over the governor's head, one to
Increase the salary of the state high
way engineer, Herbert Nunn, and the
other to Increase the size of the
revolving fund to about $60,000. The
committee promptly went on record
In favor of passing these two meas
ures over the veto and on the other
hand agreed to sustain the governor s
veto on a dozen road bills and one
or two other highway measures.
95,000,000 All .Needed Now.
While Commissioner Booth said that
io.ooo.000 would.be all that the com
mission could use in the next two
years. Commissioner Yeon, when
called on to advise, the gathering,
eaid that he believed it was the best
policy for the legislature to authorize
the commission to sell all the bonds
remaining of the 4 per cent limita
tion, as occasion required. The limit
rougmy ss.ooo.000. If the money
is not needed the bonds do not have
to be spent, but is it Just as well to
have everything In readiness, observed
Mr. Teon.
Maintenance ' Is now becoming" an
Important problem in the road game,
explained Mr. Booth. The cost will
steadily increase until some day the
amount will be formidable. The com
mission has agreements with 22 coun
ties for maintenance on a 50-50 basis
while four counties have refused to
contribute a cent.
Some counties will require more
maintenance than others, due to the
character of the country. Mr. Bootn
thought that the best method of han
dling the question would be for the
state to take charge of the main
tenance, relieving the counties of this
expense, providing that the legislature
could find some new source of revenue
to bear the burden.
Gasoline Tax One Way Omt.
The commissioner hinted that ai
additional tax on the gasoline would
about handle the maintenance matter
nicely.
Loss by discount of bonds has been
considerable. The commission can
realize par and save $1,500,000 if the
rate or interest Is fixed by the com
mission instead of by the legislature.
The interest rate would be governed
by the bond market, but In no instance
would it be higher than 5', j per cent
Mr. Veon suggested that when there
is a strong demand for immediate
money short time bonds might be is
sued by the commission at S per cent
this being tor emergency purpose
only.
It was pointed out to the joint com
mittee that if Governor Olcott's spe
cial message Is carried out and the
one-quarter mill road tax Is diverted
f the boys' training school, it will re
duce the bonding power considerably.
This year the quarter-mill 'tax brings
1260,000, which would carry a 12,600,
000 bond Issue. Mr. Booth did not
suggest that the legislature follow
the recommendation of the governor,
simp'y confining himself ,to the
financial statement.
It should be within the province of
the state highway commission to put
Aged ex-Soldier Who Recently
Passed Away Is Remembered
In Central Oregon.
BED, Or, Jan. 19. (Special.)
News of the death of Marshall C. Aw-
brey, Mexican war veteran, at the
soldiers' home at Boseburg recalled
many traditions associated with his
name to pioneers of Bend and Tumalo,
where Mr. Awbrey resided for many
years.
Awbrey was a friend of Ulysses S.
Grant when the man who later com
manded the armies of the north In the
civil war was stationed at Vancouver
barracks. He was the founder of the
city of Treka, CaL. and for two years
ran a pack train between that point
and Oregon City. He took part in a
number of Indian wars and was a
resident of central Oregon during the
old vigilante, days.
Serving as a boy In the Mexican
war, he heard the conversation carried
on in Spanish when Santa Ana made
his formal surender to General Taylor
commanding the American forces.
It Is related of, him that he never
used liquor or tobacco in any form.
His first ride on a steam train was
taken when he went to the soldiers'
home from Bend two year ago.
AERIAL. WRECK THRILLER
En
ine Goes to Pieces 9000
Feet
Vp; Pilot Lands Safely.
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) After escaping injury and pos
sible death In a daring landing after
his engine had fallen to pieces 9000
feet over the Sacramento valley. Farr
Nutter, air mail pilot, reported over
long-distance telephone to the Marina
air field today that his machine was
in a wrecked condition at Mather
field, Sacramento, and the mall for
Reno, which he was carrying, had
been dispatched by train
According to the brief report sent
In by Xutter, his engine fell to pieces
without warning, throwing out two
cylinders, the carburetor and several
parts. The shock of the sudden break
was terrific, he. said,' and amost re
sulted in a complete wreck of the
plane. Fortunately, the wings were
undamaged and It was possible to
glide down into Mather field, a few
miles away.
13 CARS OF PRUNES SOLD
Other Orders Pending, Clarke
County Association Announces.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 19.
(Special.) M. J. Newhonse, manager
of the Clarke County Growers' asso
ciation, which last year built a big
prune packing plant here, today an
nounced that from January 4 to 18,
13 carloads of prunes of 50,000 pounds
each, were sold, and other orders are
pending. '
The pool for the 1920 crop will
definitely fclose January 25, after
which it will not be opened for last
year's crop. Tayments will begin on
or before February 15. The books
will soon be opened so that all who
desire may enter the association for a
period of our years, beginning with
the 1921 crop.
CHARITY CHARGE IS MISER
Aged Woman Sent (o Alms House
Has $6000, or Her Own.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 19. An 80-year-old
woman, sent to the city alms
house by charity workers, was refused
admittance today when it was discov
ered that she had $6000 of her own.
The woman, who had been living on
charity for 15 years in a single attic
room, admitted she had "some money
in an old trunk. The trunk, unopened
for 20 years, was filled with bills and
gold pieces.
There were $1000 in bills and $2000
worth of $5 gold pieces and bank
books showing savings of $3000. Each
gold piede was wrapped in tissue
paper. .
MYSTERY SHROUDS FIRES
Properly Damage of $1,552,000 Is
f Caused by Flames.
WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 19. The
origin of the fires that caused $1,552,
000 property damage in the business
district today had not been determined
tonight.
While militia companies were held
ready for assistance to the exhausted
firemen, state police searched the ice
shrouded ruins for clews.
The flames started In the Krjowles
building and shortly afterward a
building more than three-quarters of
a mile away was discovered arblaze.
STEAMER 0RANI. ASHORE
Seattle-Bound Vessel Sends
Out
Call for Assistance.
. LONDON. Jan. 19. The steamship
Oranl. bound for Seattle, sent out a
wireless, according to Lloyd's, that
she was aground off the Humber and
asked for assistance. f
' The Oranl arrived at Hull from Rot
terdam on January' 3, later proceed
ing for Seattle.
9000 VIENNAJBABIES DIE
Child Mortality for Six Months
Causes Drop in Population.
WASHINGTON. Ja'n. 19. A decrease
of 9000 in the population of Vienna
in the first six months of 1920 wns
shown in figures made public today
by the American Red Cross.
Ths decrease was due to child
mortality.
.
Session Most Turbulent
'of Present Congress.
FIGHT KEPT UP FOB HOURS
Effort Is Made to Prevent
Vote on Measure.
ROW BECOMES BITTER
Reapportlonmen Bill Passes With
Amendment Preventing Increase
for Another Ten Years.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. At the end
of the most turbulent session of tne
present, congress. the house today
adopted the reapportionment bill
with an amendment limiting its mem
bership for 10 years to the present
total of 435.
The fight to prevent Increase to
483 was won several hours earlier.
however, when the house, in commit
tee of the whole, refused to postpone
consideration of redisricting, and
then voted 198 to 77 to keep the pres
ent maximum. It was after long par
liamentary wrangling .that the bill
was brought before the house Itself
for a final showdown. The 435
amendment finally was agreed to, 267
to 76, and the measure made ready for
the senate.
At the start the effort was maae
literally to knock'the bill on the-head
by striking out the enacting clause.
It started a veritable row.
After deciding to go ahead with the
measure, eRepresentative Barbour, re
publican, California." member of the
census committee, made himself
heard above the din and proposed the
435 maximum amendment, around
which the battle was -'waged. Other
amendments were offered, one to cut
the membership to $07, and another
to raise it to 460. Both were voted
down.
After the real fight : had been
settled. Representative Tinkham, re
publican, Massachusetts, came up
with a proposal to reduce house seats
in states where negroes are denied
the right of franchise, and the battle
started afresh. After nearly two
hours' debate a point of order against
the bill was sustained.
Another wrangle developed over an
amendment by Representative Bar
bour to perfect the bill by providing
the machinery for redistricting
In the 11 states which will lose seats
after March 4, 1923. The Barbour
plan and many substitutes finally
were defeated. ..-
As the bill stands, the states which
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Russian t Writer, at Corrallis,
X rges Hearers to Work for
Universal Brotherhood.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL "COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 19. (Special.)
"The, only way to fight bolshevism
Is through education and religion.
believes Count Ilya Tolstoy? famous
Russian writer and son of he famous
Leo Tolstoy, who addressed a record
crowa or etuaenis, iacuuy ana iuwuo
people at assembly today. More than
4000 .persons crowded into the build
ing.
"There are four stages In the abil
ity of man to love." eaid Count Tol
stoy. "The first stage is that where
man learns to love himself; the sec
ond, where he develops a sincere love
'for his friends and family, and a third
when this love Is extended to include
his country, this being termed pa
triotism. Love does not end with even
this broad field, for patriotism often
leads ua 4nto war. The fourth stage
of lovje Is that evidenced In an uni
versal brotherhood, a love for all
mankind, and to this end let us all
work."
Count Tolstoy described conditions
In Russia as he had recently seen
them. He stated that the one great
accomplishment of the bolshevlki was
that of printing money, the only
limit being a. shortage of paper and
printing presses. Russian, laborers
who were paid 50 cents a day before
the war now receive $2000 to $3000
a day, in bolshevik money- Sugar
sells for $10,000 a pound and butter
$3000. The people carry their money
in baskets. People traveling between
Petrograd and Moscow often have to
get out of the train and cut wood for
the locomotive, so great is the short
age of fuel. p
: "The ultimate ideal of the bolshe
viki Is commendable, but their meth
ods for Its attainment are criminal,"
Bald the count. "In the first place,
communism cannot be enforced, but
mut be adopted if it Is a success. The
DOisneviKi give power to tne luweoi
elements In the country and the low
est instincts In mankind are awak
ened .by this class of workmen, who
cannot .be compared with the work
ers of America, who have an oppor
tunity for education. The land ques
tion in Russia is paramount, and the
people are rapidly returning to the
primitive conditions of life."
Count Tolstoy arrived In Portland
last night from Corvallis, en route
to New York City, where, following
the bolshevik! regime in Russia, he
has maintained a home.
The count is accompanied on his
lecture trip by Countess Tofstoy. The
count and countess declared they in
tend soon to make their home in
Portland, but their present visit will
be of anly a few day's duration.
PASSPORT RECORD BROKEN
State Department Issues 164,334
Such Documents In 1920.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. All records
for passports issued by the state de
partment went by, the board In 1920.
During the year 164.354 such docu
ments were issued to American citi
zens.
BETTER BUILD YOUR OWN CABINET, MR.
Carnegie Hero Fund Makes Awards
for Saving Lives, in Most
Cases, From Drowning.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 19. Awards of
bronze medals to five persons in the
Paciffc" northwest for deeds of nero
ism were made by the Carnegie hero
fund commission at its midwinter
session here today. The commission
made awards of one silver medal and
25 bronze medals.
'Of those residents of the Pacific
northwest whose hero'lsm was recog
nized Iwo are dead, having sacrificed
their Uvea' In .vain efforts to save
others." Phey were: Charles C. Mich
ener, Chewelah, Wash., who tried to
save the life of Dorothy M. Hunter,
13, In the Kettle --river at Grand
Forks, B. C, August 14, 1919, and
Edwyn B. Lewis. Deer Park, Wash.,
who tried to save Winfred Wonch
from drowning at Deer Park, Septem
ber 14, 1919.
A bronze medal also was awarded
to Walter J. Wood, MeMinnville, Or.,
for saving Fleeta N. Johnson and
A. Violet Grove from drown'ng at
Amity, Or., July 10, 1917.
George B. Chittim of Centralla,
Wash, won his medal when he saved
August W, Caldwell from drowning
at South) Aberdeen, Wash., November
30, 1918.
R. Vernon Callaway, Valley, Wash.,
13, saved the life of Roland J. Cyr at
St. Joe. Idaho, January 10, 1918, and
a bronze medal for his heroism was
awarded.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) "Gosh, that wasn't anything,"
said George R. Criitten, of this city,
when he was informed tonight that
he had been awarded a Carnegie
medal for having saved Gus Cadwell
from drowning at South Aberdeen
November, 1918. Cadwell, an employe
of the Anderson & Middleton mill
at South Aberdeen, was .thrown into
the Chehalis river while unloading
logs. Chitten, O.-W. R. & N. Co.
broken. an, was working nearby and
leaped into the icy water to aid
Cadwell, who had been rendered help
less by his fall.
The fact that the tide was going
out added to the hazard , of the
brakeman's act, the two men being
in. the water 30 .minutes before other
aid reached them. Cadwell as a result
of his experience was in a hospital
three weeks.
Chatten is 32 years of age and Is
still in the employ of the O.-W. R. &
N. company, running between Cen
tralla and Hoquiam. He is unmarried.
MRS. CATTJWERTS SUIT
Heirs to Leslie Millions Receive
$160,000 and $100,000.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, who inherited the
bulk of Mrs. Frank Leslie's $2,000,000
estate, made settlements with two
heirs to avoid a contest of the will, it
was disclosed today.
Mrs. Leslie's niece, who was -bequeathed
the income from a $50,000
trust fund, received $160,000, and an
other prospective, contestant received
$100,000 from Mrs. Catt.
HARDING.
I
Lotisso Said to Have Pon
i dered Over Killing. ;
JAILER HEARS CONFESSION
Policeman Says Woman's
'Scream Causes Shooting.
DRIVER HEARS NOTHING
Judge. Dcich Recounts Story of
Murder as Told by Prisoner
on Xlght After.
A reSnark of Thomas Lotisso, slayer
of his 19-year-old English war bride,
Tessie Lotisso, five weeks before he
killed her. and two comment made
by him within a few hours after'
firing the fatal shots, were the most
damaging evidence produced by the
prosecution in Lotisso's trial for mur
der In the second day' of the hearing.
"I came pre.tty near dropping the
old" lady at Broadway and Washing
ton last night," commented Lotisso to
a casual acquaintance,. B. I. Fenne,
poolhall proprietor, five weeks before
the death of Mrs. Lotleso, according
to Fenne's testimony yesterday.
"'What do you mean?' I asked
him," continued Fenne. " 'I mean I
came pretty near killing her. I caught
myself just in time. She said she
wouldn't give me a divorce or let me
leave.'" Fenne testified that Lotisso
had come to him before for business
advice and that the conversation in
question had been led up to by in
quiries on the part of Lotisso as to
the chances of getting a job on a
ship goingxto China or Japan.
As Lotisso sat in jail about five
hours after the killing. Patrolman
Lathrop, assistant Jailer at that time,
heard him reply to a question as to
what he was doing there, "Oh, I just
bumped theo!d lady off last night!"
This was the testimony of Lathrop
on the stand yesterday.
( Killing Laid to Scream.
"Charles R. Vaughn, one of the ar
resting patrolmen, testified that
Lotis'o said to him that he had not
intended to kill his wife, but did so to
keep her from screaming.
"If she'd kept her mouth shut, I
don't believe I'd shot her," was the
assertion the policeman attributed to
Lotisso.
According to Vaughn, Lotisso said
directly after the killing that when
his wife would not "shut up," he took
her by the arm and fired two shots
into her body, walked away from her
and when 10 feet away saw her at
tempting to rise from where she had
fallen, and fired two more shots.
The defense Is basing its case on
the contention that Lotisso did not
know what he was doing when he
fired the fatal shots, that his mind
was an absolute blank, due to a
species of fit which had attacked him
at other times, during which he lost
consciousness. His attorneys contend
that Lotisso had been wrough op to
an emotional height by unfaithful
ness of his wife and was not respon
sible for his acts.
Judge Deii-h on Stand.
T. B. Rosellus, one of the patrol
men who arrested Lotisso the morn
ing of the shooting, testified that
Lotisso told several contradictory
stories, but that he did not seem in
coherent or out of his mind.
Richard Deich, ex-deputy district
attorney, now district court judge,
testified concerning Lotisso's con
fession at the police station in which
the killing and events leading up to
it were related, he said, in a "quiet,
unemotional manner. Lotisso declared
at the time that he turned his auto
matic pistol on himself twice in an
attempt to end his own life, but that
it had refused to work.
Ed Goneau, for-hire automobile
chauffeur who piloted Lotisso to a
Chinese restaurant, after midnight of
November 29, from which Mrs. Lotisso
was taken, and drove both to Alder
street, near Fourteenth, near the spot
where the killing occurred, told an
unusual story on the witness stand,
with the' result that the prosecution
requested Judge Tucker to order him
to remain In attendance on the trial
until excused.
Jio Cries Heard, says Driver.
Goneau heard no shrieks from Mrs.
Lotisso at Fourth and Everett streets;
he heard no outcries of any kind as
" " - I
the automobile proceeded from Nine-
. Tr,fth u.J
to
streets; he sasy no struggle between
Lotisso and his wife; he only saw
her run, without screaming or out
cry of any kind, from her husband
after the automobile had stopped and
Lotisso was about to pay the driver.
This was his testimony.
After Lotisso had pursued h's wife
out of sight around a corner, Goneau
heard four shots. He drove to the
corner of Fourteenth and saw a body
lying In the street between Alder and
Morrison. He couid not tell whether
it was of a man or woman. He saw
two or three men standing by it.
Without going closer, he turned and
drove to the center of town where he
told a policeman that he thought
"Dago Tommy" had shot his wife. To
these things, he testified under oath.
That Tessie Lotisso was dragged
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Government Control of Railroads
Is Declared Xo Test of Prin
ciple Involved.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. In an analysis
issued today by Carl D .Thompson,
secretary of the public ownership
league of America of the report
adopted last November at Washington
by the National Association of Rail
way and Utilities Commissioners, the
latter's conclusions that popular pos
session of utllitlea was non-economic
were denounced as "fallacious, spuri
ous and unwarranted."
The league's report contended that
commissioners Individually and as an
association had distorted the truth and
demanded their renoval from public
office. In contravention of the report
of the utility commissioners, the pub
lic ownership league asserted that
more than 3500 cities owned and
operated water works and that their
rates had been reduced to an average
of 43 per cent. I
In 1917 more than 2300 cities owned
and operated light and power plants,
Mr. Thompson said.
There was no public ownership in
the federal administration of rail
ways, the league maintained.
"The roads belonged to private own
ers all of that time," Mr. Thompson
said. "It was in no way a test of
public ownership."
Regulation of public utilities was
condemned by the league as "a miser
able failure if not actual fraud."
The people, the report said, spend
annually $6,000,000 on its interstate
commerce commission; almost every
state has a commission which costs
from $100,000 to $200,000 or more
yearly.
"And have rates been reduced?"
asked Mr. Thompson. "Has the cost of
living but cut? Has the service been
improved? Has the 'watering' of
stock been stopped?"
BONDS "STOLEN VALUABLE
Part of Chicago Robbery Loot Val
ued at $413,000.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. Circulars
describing 66 stolen bonds valued at
$413,000 were posted in Wall street
today, giving the first hint of the
value of the securities stolen in the
mail-pouch robbery at the Union sta
tion in Chicago yesterday.
These circulars said that the trans
fer of the bonds had been stopped.
EX'EMBRESS IS SINKING
Augusta Victoria of Germany Said
to Be Growing Worse.
DOORN, Jan. 19. A communication
Issued last night by Dr. Haehner, the
physician attending former Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany, Who is
111 with heart disease, said:
."The former kaiserin's heart At
tacks are less frequent, but her gen
eral state of weakness and of wear
ing away is increasing."
INDEX- OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4i
degrees; minimum. 30 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Cork fire and looting that followed are
charged to crown forces. Page 2.
Turkev declared to be starving because
of blockade. Page 5.
Debate on Austria may occupy premiers.
Page 4.
National.
Bigger house bill defeated. Page 1.
H&rdinE will name all of his cabinet
at
once. which will delay
selections.
Page 1.
Irish accuse England of attempts to stifle
American maritime trade. Page 2.
Status of O'Callaglian determined "upon.
. Page 2.'-
republican rift aims of democrats. Page 3.
Morrow denounces Calder coal bill as revo
lutionary. Page 4.
Road legislation urged on congress.
Page 18.
Domestic.
Suffering pictured by balloonlsts for naval
court. Page 3.
Big bankers desert high tariff ranks.
Page 3.
Half billion declared lost through fake In
vestments In America in year. Page 19.
Carnegie medals are granted fire north
west heroea. Page 1.
Removal of public utility commissioners is
asked. Page 1.
Three women jurors vote to convict mur
derer. Page 20. .
Negro kills naval nurse to get $8. Page 4.
National Wool Orowers' association con
cludes its annual convention. Page &
Legislatures.
increased gasoline tax to raise fund for I
uDkecp looms. Page 1
Rise for four'state officials urged. Page 6.
Rental of state picketing law is sought
Pace 6.
Idaho legislature ta'-ea up financial
nrdtolems. Page 7.
Fishing Interests of Washington compel
amendment of proposed civil adminis
trative coae. raiie i.
Law to regulate children's homes planned.
Page .
Facific Northwest.
Count Tolstoy at Corvallis declares educa
tion ia only cure for bolshevism.
rage
Death of Mexican war veteran recalls old
ume associations. Paget.
Page 1-
Sports,
Forfeit money of Dempsey and Carpentler
declared vo vv iiuawu. Ago
James John defeats Commerce In basket
ball. 35 to S3. Page 1J.
Youngsters in boxing game face turning
point of career. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Twenty per cent of wheat crop remains
to be exported. Page 19.
Wheat lower at Chicago with lack of
support. Page 19.
stock prices advance and dealings are
broader.- Page 1
Five American vessels to take out wheat
cargoes this month. Page 18.
Julia Luckenbach will sail tonight. Page
18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Council denounces state tax commission
measure introduced at Salem. Page 11.
Board of county relief abolished and
Henry D. Griffin, at head of work,
ousted from public service. Pago lu.
Lotisso said to have hinted death of his
wife several times. Page 1.
Three needle victims treated by local
Uwctor, Page 10.
Members Are to Be
Named at Once.
NO DEMOCRAT' IS IN MIND
All of Advisers Will Be Repub
lican, Says Statement.
BUSINESS WAITS RETURN
President - Elect Will Postpone
Cabinet Matters Until After
Vacation in Florida.
MARION, O., Jan. 19. The task of
selecting a cabinet has been found.co
difficult by President-elect Harding
that he has given up his plan or mak
ing early definite selections for two
or three of the more Important port
folios. Without Indicating the nature of
the complications, the president-elect
said tonisht that after several weeks
of consultation he was not disposed
to commit himself In regard to any
one cabinet place until he was ready
to make final selections for all. He
added that he considered his diffi
culties only normal manifestations of
personal and factional cross currents.
His attitude generally was ac
cepted as indicating no definite se-
lections will be announced until prior
to bis inauguration.
Cabinet to He Republican.
"I had thought originally," he said,
"to name two or three cabinet places
in advance to permit the parties
named to take up Informally the
work. But I have found it so diffi
cult to fit in an administrative or
ganization that I am not disposed
to make definite tenders and have
men accept, until I have made up a
complete organization.
"There Is no semblance of any
marked dr'.va either for or against,
either In support or in opposition to
any individual. There is the natural
current of both political and personal
recommendations and the natural
cross currents of personal, individual,
factional opposition. It is all normal
and does not keep me awake nights.
"'I am thinking of getting an or
ganization best fitted to serve the
country. I am partisan, i am going
to have a republican cabinet. But no
election will be made because of
party obligation, without considera
tion for the uest service oi ine cuu-
try."
Selections Wait on Trip.
The emphasis placed by the presi
dent-elect on his desire for a "re
publican cabinet" was taken to have
direct reference to stories that he
would disregard the usual method of
giving cabinet positions to those who
had been active in party politics and
might name a democrat to one place.
Mr. Harding does not expect to re
vert to the cabinet business until the
end of his two weeks' houseboat trip,
which begins Saturday at St. Augus
tine. Fla.
Announcement was made tonight
that the president-elect would return
from Florida to Marion before the
Inauguration. He will spend only
one day here, , however, arriving
March 2 and leaving March 3.
President-elect Harding res'-neu
tonight as president of the Harding
Publishing company and thus relin
.,!UKori the active direction he has
exercised for 30 years over the edi
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