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f TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921 JAPANESE PRAISE LAND NEGOTIATIONS Adjustment With States Held Possible. DIET HEARS ADDRESSES to pay Lucy Page Gaston, lta or ganizer, any more salary or to ba re- sponsible for bills Incurred In her campaign against the cigarette. Miss Gaston announced tonight, adding that she will. go to Iowa to organize a league. The controversy began when Miss Gaston announced that "Coffin Nails," a magazine devoted to Anti-Cigarette league Interests, would be published here. The national headauarters In llnitprl I Chicago refused to approve, Miss Gas- WililbU ..H a A A It c , , V a V. , ., .., muuk.q Ilia, UIC UCMll(Uti ters also refused to incur any more expense In connection with her work In Kansas. The Kansas branch will act Inde pendently of the national' headauar ters. Rev. M. W. Bacon, Its president, said. COMSAT 01ILAIAI CHANGES DEMANDED Torelgn Minister Cchlda Declares Exchanges on California Legis lation Are Satisfactory. E AUTOS AT LOGES TO BE OF FERED FOR S1ATIXEE. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S (By the Midnieht Affair at Liberty The- Associated Press.) Negotiations be tween Japan and the United States for adjustment of issues arising from anti-alien land legislation by Cali fornia were viewed as satisfactory ater Saturday Night Expected to Bring In $10,000. Through the auctioning of two atr- n hnroirul hv Premier Hara and I tomoblles, loges and sale of 2000 seats Foreign, Minister Uchida in addresses at J2.60 each, it is the hope of those yesterday at th. re-opening- of the n;7rThe Ho over 'European reMe -Japanese uiei. fund, to be staged Saturday at th Premier Hara declared tnai tne Liberty theater, to realize no less exchange of views through -aron than JIO.OOO. Gift of the second au Chimin .TansnHa ambassador here, tomoblle to be sold at auction at th. - c r.:. ifnorioon m-1 matinee was announced yesterday, "a " ?' ;::",, " Charles Berg will serve as auctioneer, bassador to Japan, were proceeding u was gaJ4 "in a most friendly spirit ior an amicable adjustment." He added that sume control of every administrative post the moment the decision is an nounced. Korfanty is housed in a larger hotel which he purchased. The street was thronged with silent crowds of men, women and children, many barefoot and thinly clad, although a storm-of snow and sleet was raging, when the correspondent called. The stairways also were thronged with those wait ing to see him. There were numerous guards in plain clothes. The Pole, who is rather short and yellow-haired, during the conversai tion was informed: 'The Germans say you have an army of 30,000 in Poland: that you have over 10,000,000 marks in contributions; that you are responsible for the ter ror; that you are the chief cause of the spread of boishevism in the min ing centers; that you have planned a massacre of German residents in the event of a Polish victory and that the Increases tor Pensioners Maderen" government is giving you fi I nancial support. Korfanty smiled and said: Washington Referendum Aim if Legislature Fails. REPORT FILED BY GROUP CRIME WAVE RISING RAPIDLY IN FRANCE Murders Not as Numerous as Bunco Games. POLICE ARE KEPT BUSY Widows Prior to 1919 and o JjJmlt on Children Sought. "The Poles and Germans are armed. That is a natural sequence to the I events of August. I am not training troops. We have sufficient money. but the French do not give liberally,. you know. The crime wave seems to me to be more the result of the war than local conditions, and you have it Japan was "confidently looking for. ward to a satisfactory settlement. Foreign Minister Uchida said that "a frank and free exchange of views Loges for the matinee will be auc tioned at a special society even scheduled for Friday afternon at o clock in the crystal room of the Ben son hotel. The ticket sale will be augmented with the proceeds from the auction and from candies and cor has been proceeding on various points I sages sold by society girls throughout involved." the theater. M.rf, Pnblle. . Mrs- William MacMaster. general chairman of the event which is be- Tne addresses of the two officials lng eiven for tne- Hoover European were made publlo tonight by the Jap- relief cause by the Motion Picture an-ese embassy. League of Oregon, with all expenses Both referred to the sending of the donated, has announced the names Japanese troops) to the Cnientao ais of 100 women who have promised trict of China, following the burning to be patronesses t the midnight of the Japanese consulate ana lao i rrollc and who will urge attendance k Ulnar of several Japanese at nun among their friends. The list, lnclud Chun, and announced that the troops ing women representing the social would be withdrawn wnen tne main- and civic life of the city, follows tenance of order was assured. Vis- Mesdames C. E. Adams. J. C. Alnsworth, count Uchida also told of the league W. C. Alvord, George L. Baker. Wilson E of nations assembly and declared that Beneflel. C. F. Beebe, C. P. Berg. EdwarH It was the intention or Japan 'to make endeavors in nearty co-opera, tion with other powers for the at. tainment of the lofty aims of the ieague." He expressed satisfaction that the meeting resulted In a com- TK?itlon of the differences between Japan and Great Britain relative to mandates, and, after saying thafthe Hague had appointed a disarmament commission, asserted: "As a matter of principle disarma ment is to be welcomed lor tne gen eral welfare of the human race, and the Japanese government is paying cpecial attention to the question. The end may be found Impossible unless all nations act in harmony and in good faith." Good Relations Cited. "The historic good relations be tween Japan and the United States jveeds no reiteration," said Foreign Slinister Uchida, in taking up what his colleague had termed the Cal ifornia question." "Relations between the two nations have steadily grown in importance. It is true that this friendly relation ship is not without an occasional mingling of Incidents; that is almost Inevitable in any international rela tions. But I am firmly of the opinion that fundamentally the relationship between Japan and America is as cordial as ever. I am happy to notice that in recent years the popular un derstanding between the two peoples has been greatly helped by the close and frequent contact of influential men of both countries. "I have to dwell here on the unfor tunate event which has occurred in our relations with the United States. I-ast November California passed through initiative the alien land law. The new land law is a oognnte law rf 1913. mad more drastic. That it aims at Japanese and is unjust and discriminatory cannot be denied. Re gret which the Japanese government .-xpreaeed at A he legislation of 1913 Is still more keenly felt by them at this new legislation. The difficulty arising between Japan and America from legislation of 1913 has unfor tunately remained unsettled. Dlwnio In Authorised The present question has therefore been engaging the most careful at tention of the Japanese government. They have approached the problem from the' higher standpoint of Japa-nase-Ameriean friendship and with lull regard to the close and important relations of common interests be tween the two nations, and they have jilaced supreme importance on a prompt and satisfactory solution of the difficulty caused by the unfor tunate movements in California. "They have authorized their repre sentatives at Washington to discuss the situation with the state depart ment and a frank and free exchange of views has been proceeding on var ious points involved. It is regretted we are not yet in a position to pub lish the results of these discussions, but we confidently trust an adjust ment compatible with the honor and interests of both countries may be finally arrived at." rremier Hara declared he was liappy "to note the ever-growing; cor diality in our relations with all for eign countries." ' "The government." he added, "is sincerely anxious to promote Inter national friendship." Boyce. Francis Burke, W. J. Burns. Charles H. Carey. A. D. Charlton, C. C. Colt, Wit son Clark. Edward Cookincham, Helen Ladd Corbett, Elliott R. Corbett. Homer V. Carpenter, R. M. Dooly Jr.. E. Dever- eaux, F. O. Downing, E. Ehrman. Slgmund Frank. Forest Fisher. E. N. (jeary. C. E. Grelle, Reorge T. Gerlinger. Wells Gilbert James F. Hill. Solomon HIrsch, Sherman Hale, Frank Hart, C. W. Huyhurst. D. I Honeymttt, Thomas E. Honeyman. Lee Hoffman, Max Hirsch, Joseph Hill, Reade M. Ireland, C. S. Jensen, M. R. Jacobson Everett Johnson, C. S. Jackson. Thomas Kerr, Peter Kerr, Kurt Koehler, John K Kollock, A. G. Labbe, John F. Logan. J. Wesley Ladd, Julius Louisaon, Walter Lang, C. Hunt Lewis, L. A. Lewis. A. J Meier, Roderick L. Macleary, Dan J. Ma. larkey, J, B. Montgomery, A. A. Morrison C. McKenna. V. W. L. MacOregor, William MacRae, George C. Mason. B. L. Norden, Robert H. Noyea, A. C. Newill. Sherman O'Gorneau. J. P. O'Brien, Harry J. Otten heimer, Norman Rupp, R. W. Price. Edgar B. Piper. Frank B. Riley. A. E. Rockey, Ben Belllng.C. B, Simmon. E. C. Shevlin. C. F. Swlgert, Cameron Squires. Mar Sear- borough, Walter T. Sumner, Estes Snede- cor, Alexander Thompson, E. L. Thompson Guy Talbot, W. H. Thomas. Van Duser. C. E. S. -Wood. Richard Wilder, George F Wilson, Lawrence Wheeler, W. D. Wheel wright, T. B. Wilcox and Misses Susy bmith ana Beatrice Locke. SUPER-SENATE IS PUN VAJTDERXIP SUGGESTS 30 MEX FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. League for Political Education Hears Ideas on Xew Body to Handle Relations Abroad. TOKIO. Jan. 12. At the re-open-inti of the diet today rremier Kara end Viscount Uchida, foreign min ister, addressed the house of peers and later the house of representatives. Minister of Finance TakahashI, in Ills address to the diet, said Japan should endeavor to develop her markets, especially in Europe and America. RAPS AT RENTS PROPOSED National Building Boom Promoted by Manufacturers. CHICAGO. Jan. 23. The conference irf manufacturers called to consider means of starting a national building boom to aid in reducing rents have adopted a resolution urging all man ufacturers of building materials to reduce prices as much as possible. The resolution declared that the United States was . short 2.000.000 Tiomes and that a slack period in building had caused unemployment. Iteduction of the cost of building, it f-aul. would tend to relieve these con ditions. Another resolution urged congress to modify the Adamson rail road act, the Clayton act and numer ous other laws. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. An elected council, a sort of super-senate, with supervision ' over the department of state and the country's dealings with the world, was suggested yesterday by Frank 'A. Vanderlip as basis for constitutional readjustment of the United States' machinery for foreign relations. This organization would make im possible such a situation, as "fraught with danger." now existinc between America and Japan, he said. Speaking to the League of Political education. Mr. Vanderlip launched bis scheme "Just for discussion" A change in the constitution would pro vide the suggested new arm of the government, with about 30 members chosen at large. "We would have this body elected with terms of ten years, three mem bers retiring every year," he said, "and I would have them sit contin uously in Washington, but never but half of them. I would provide that, one-half must always be abroad. "I think that would eventually build an Intelligent body to deal with foreign affairs. "I would take from the senate its treaty-making powers. Broadly .speaking, it would be idle to think that you could get the senate to agree to abrogating any of its powen but if there were 30 men in the senate who might go Into a super-senate, and if there were 96 men who thought they might, they might look with some degree -of complacency on this new oody. "I wouldn't change anything in re gard to the president's relations to foreign affairs. He must initiate treaties; he may still appoint the sec retary of state; he must appoint am bassadors and ministers. Their con firmation should lie in the hands Of the council on foreign relations. "I know a little of the Japanese sit uation, but enough to know it ti rraught with danger and unnecessa rily fraught with danger. There isn't any reason why there should be a clash between, these two great peo ples. - If it comes, it will arise from prejudices, from misunderstanding, from luck of vision, from unfair, un friendly and discourteous acts." SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2S. (Spe cial.) What is In effect a declaration of organized labor of Its Intention to everywhere. Feeling is intense- and draft and. submit to the voters of the I there probably will be trouble, but state under the initiative and refer- criminals have no nationality. endum act a revised workmen's com-1 He said that he expected Poland's pensatlon law, if the present leglsla- financial condition to improve shortly, ture declines to make the revisions He expressed apparent fear of the asked, was contained in a report sub- continued spread of communism, but mltted by the labor group yesterday believed that Poland could control the to the Joint committee of employers I situation In Upper Silesia and at the and workers. I same time "form a natural barrier The report was signed by the labor I against the spread of boishevism.' sub-committee, the members of which were Clair Covert of Seattle and Fred Germans Jfot to Sell Mines. B. Norman of Raymond, and was con- I curred in by the other labor members BLHLIN, Jan. 23. German mine of the Joint committee, Harry r. owners with whom the plebiscite in Wood. J. H. Northwav and F. M. Upped Silesia has been discussed are Sharp, generally agreed that in the event of Organization of Aerial Squadron Begun, Following Escapes of Criminals by Air Route. Fub- The report, giving the causes of a Polish victory they would make no was in part as effort to dispose of their properties, but would seek a satisfactory work ing agreement with the Polish gov ernment. the disagreement, follows: Widow Peaslon Lift Sonjtht. That In the caes of widows who were made pensioners prior to 1919,1 that the pensions of such widows be increased from $20 to S30 a month, and that the pensions of all children under 16, now or hereafter, on the pension rolls be increased from $5 to $7.50 a month, without limit as to AUTO THEFT BCItEATT SMASHES Qumuer or. cnuaren in one lamuy. I RECOVERY RECORD. CAR FOUND IN 5 MINUTES Corner Out of Way of Patron's; Easy, Say Patrolmen. These suggestions, however, were ubject to the reservations that such increases should be limited snly to I those widows who made formal appll-lBus Driver Pushes Motor Around cation within two years and date only from the time of filing application. The proposal covering the children! made pensioners prior to June, 1919, also will be subject to the same ques-I iZ" ... ::.;r..: L. 111' A qu'ck recovery of a "stolen . tnioblla was recorded in the auto v.. -6 ".. theft department laot night when Afldro cost Meld Trivial. the machine of C. H. Jliller, 405 As to the item removing limit on I Halsey street,, was in the custody number of pensioners In one family, or a patrolman five minutes after the added cost would be trivial, as was reported lost. Miller had parked this would affect less than 2y, per his car in front of the Irrperial.hote cent of the dependent families. In on Broadway, the cases of temporary disability, the During his absence the bua driver, proposed rise of limit of allowances return'ng with a load of patrons from two to four children would af- I moved it around the corner on Stark feet less than 12 tier cent of these street so that he could pull up to namam nrA i H ,1 iH wn1 I thft CUrb and V II U) tLl U A . ' 1 UU1 kUW UUU U U U , little. I When Miller returned he reported No increases whatever were offered tno theft, and th. investigator from for those who become widows in the th department went stwyght to his fti,a Vnthlnv fnrfhAp woo nffn.., I G 113,1" TV. in awards for nartlai or nprmnnenf I Another stolen car was recoverea disability cases such as loss of limh U Saturday right. It was a beauti arm. evesiirht. etc. No reduction fu-l eight-cylinder car, an.d the broken neartea owner lost no time in report ing his joss. Several hours later the car was located in a garage. Neme cis was still on the job. because it v.as the same garage which had sold the car to the brc ken-hearted owner time. Payments were three months in arrearo, it was said. The CIGARETTE FIGHTER FIRED 3ianas League Stops Salary of Lucy Gaston Page. - TOPEKA. Kas., Jan. 23. The Kan sas Anti-Cigarette league has refused AarcoUc Raids Are Made. KANSAS CITT, Jan'. 23. Federal narcotic agents late yesterday car ried out a series of raidsSipon a num. ber of drugstores and physicians, tine man, an alleged drug addict, was shot and probably fatally wounded, two physicians and one druggist ar rested, and more than 75,000 prescrip tions believed to have been exchanged for illegal narcotics seised. 12-IiuJi Mortars Fired at Mght. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Night target practice of 12-inch mortars firing at a target 9000 yards at sea was held tor the first time last night from Fort Scott. Illuminated air planes dropping flares aided the gun ners. Wireless messages from tho airplanes to the battery on shore gave the range. Mrs. Harding at "Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Mrs. W. G. Harding arrived today to pass sev eral days prior to joining Mr. Hard ins; at St. Augustina, Fia. would be made in the seven-day walt- ng period before an injured work man can begin to draw benefits. Other States Are Cited. The investigation that has been made by the labor group, of com pensatlon laws now in existence in practically all of the other states of auto theft department then washed the union, shows that in 40 states its hands of that particular case. awards are provided for injured work- I Coincidents are frequent In the men and pensions to widows and de-lwork of the autt theft department. pendents that range from 100 per I L'eutenant Thatcher recalled athird cent to 3U0 per cent higher than case of a reported stolen car. in awards provided for under the present I vestlgation disclosed that the owner Washington law. I had taken the cai from storage on Space will not permit a citation of I the same dajthat It was stolen; all of the inadequacies of the Wash-1 that it was insured for the same ington law as compared to other amount which the owner had paid states providing for workmen's com-1 for it, and further, that the owner pensatlon. I was to be married. in tnis case, One of the issues considered by the when the invest'gators addd two oint sub-committee, and on which and two, the sum was six. ine proD he workmen a representatives find lem of arithmetic was finally un themselves in complete disagreement raveled when thty found the mi- with the employers' representatives, I chine in the Mils near foruana. it s the position tanen by them rela-1 had been run of. the road into a ive to the original intent of the steep decline, where it reposea, paaiy law. They have maintained that it I smashed, in a email canyon. In the has never been the intent of the in-1 rear of the machine was a woman s dustrial insurance act to provide for small slipper. The presence or tne 11 of the needs of the injured work- slipper haa not yet been sausiac- man during his period of incapacity, I tonly explained but rather has it only contemplated partial assistance to him and his dependents. The position held by the workmen's representatives on this question is I that the original law did contem- he needs of the inlured workman and DISPOSAL OF BOD jl IIIImII kl. .1 .: : vi- , . . I incapacity, and this theory is CALSfc, Ot lumen... clared to be sustained by the pro- isions of practically every other in ustrial insurance law now on the statutes of the nation. ' In view of such glaring In adequacies of the Washington law as compare to compensation provided everywhere else in the nation, the representatives of -the workmen on I -.n,,i.h, h th Nenr York Worl.l. Pub- mJ juini Bui-vuiikm.l.L3e aeciarea mat I iinnea uy AriBiwduwuv, they could not be ethically bound bv PARIS. Jan. 23. (Special, by Wire ny agreement such as that proposed less.) It was publicly cnargea in by the representatives of the em- Paris today that French royalists ployers on the Joint sub-committee were attempting to throw ridicule on which- they averred would naturally the republic by publishing details re embarrass them in waging a fight garding the disposal of the rarious either before the state legislature or tarts of the body of Gambetta, by Initiative and referendum for the! whose heart was placed in the Pan theon last armistice day. It has been declared that the subject will be taken up in the chamber of deputies by admirers of the dead statesman. It is well known that Gambetta's body rests in the municipal cemetery at Nice, while his heart is in the Pan theon. Two months ago, it was said that his .right eye was in the posses sion of a Paris doctor to whom it had been given by another physician who had extracted it in an operation. The Paris faculty of medicine also de clares It has his brain for miscro scopic examination. L'Avinir this morning said that the head and right hand were not with the rest of the body in the Nice ceme tery when the remains were trans ferred to that place in 1909. French Royalists Are Accused of Trying to Poke Fun at Re-publio-by Printing Tales, establishment of an adequate work rf en - compensation law to meet the needs of the workmen and to bring the state in line with thi other pro gressive states of the union. EARLY PLEBISCITE ASKED GERMANS AXD POLES BOTH CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. Control of Region East of Oder Is Desire; Delay Said to Be . Pauperizing Population. s: i'.KUTH KS. Tapper Silesia. Jan. 23. (By the Associated Press.) Ger man industrialists, Polish propagan dists and men and women who wsk in the mines of Upper Silesia express hope that the council of ambassadors will fix the earliest possible date for the plebiscite, which, they believe, will ba the first step toward stabili sation of the unsettled condition ter rorizing and pauperizing much of the population. Germans, who are conducting a campaign to swing the region east of the Oder to their side, declure a further postponement of the elections to decide whether Poland or Germany will control, will only add to the ex citement and to the hatred between the Poles and the Germans. The Poles, apparently more confi dent of victory, assert they have al ways stood for an early plebiscite. Both sides say that the population is equipped with arms and that the fighting can hardly be avoided. W. Korfanty, Polish leader, whom the Germans charge with instigating the "organized terror" last year, has declared Poland is so confident of winning that he has arranged to ns- WAGE CUT LAST IS URGED Kansas Governor. Raps Asking .Rises During Readjustment. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. Wages should be the last thing reduced during business readjustment. Governor Al len of Kansas said in an address here yesterday. "Labor, however, must not kill the golden goose by demanding exorbi tant increases during the readjust ment period," he said, "and both cap ital and labor must proceed with caution. The time is at hand for the government to step In and see that both capital and labor get a square deal." Newspaper Man Dies. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Charles H. Bliss, assistant city editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, died here to day after a week's illness. He was 29 years old and is survived by his parents, his widow, a daughter and a son. Mr. Bliss had been active in San Francisco newspaper circles for the last ten years. BY LINCOLN ETRE. (Copjrlg-ht by the New York World. llsuea oy Arrangement.! PARIS, Jan. 23. (Special Cable.) The wave of crime in France is ris ing to tidal heights. It is character ized less by violence, perhaps, than appears to be the case on the other side of the Atlantic, but by a greater variety and volume of confidence games on a big scale. Business depression has left French producers and middlemen with large stocks of goods on their hands. To dispose of this surplus, they are will ing to take extraordinary risks. High- class swindlers have been quick to sense this and take advantage of it. In consequence, the Paris papers have reported in the last week alone attempted confidence enterprises which, had they been successful, would have netted their organizers a total of not lesl than 2,000,000 francs. All of them, however, were nipped and the promoters arrested. Police Are Kept Busy. The French police are by no means idle in the face of this epidemic of law breaking, which includes num bers of murders, assaults, robberies and burglaries, as well as big caliber swindlers. Dr. Locard, the distin guished head of the criminological department at Lyons, has just an nounced the perfection of a system known as proscopy, by which a male factor may be identified if he touches with any part of his body an object at the scene of his crime. This is an extension of the fingerprint iden tification processes .to the human pores, which Locard declares to be quite as distinctive as lines on the hand. A burglar who left the mark of his bare wrist on a bureau drawer he was prying open was identified througn a comparison of' the mark and an enlarged photograph of the formation of the pores of his skin at the wrl6t. Forgery Made Impossible. Locard also has invented what he calls graphotometrr which scientific ally assures identification of hand writing and makes forgery impos sible. Several crooks having escaped from France in airplanes, the ministry of the interior is organizing aerial po lice whose duty it will be to guard the frontiers and prevent the arrival or departure over French territory of suspicious aircraft. The police planes will be equipped with machine guns and must be of the fastest model. Travelers by air must leave or enter the country henceforth by certain routes and must start or terminate their flights at a certain airdrome. Inquiry will be made into the facil ity with which individuals "wanted" by the police have hidden them selves away in hospital It appears that detectives, desirous of looking for fugitive criminals among hospital patients, are frequently met with re fusal by medical directors, who argue that professional secrecy forbids their according the right of search even to municipal authorities. .Option Obtained by Yonth. The most Napoleonic enterprise planned by any French confidence man in many a long year was the recent attempted purchase of Ameri can war stocks at a great camp by a youth named Surron, whose capital was of even more doubtful quality than his antecedents. The contents of the camp were valued at 80,000.000 francs, birt nevertheless he somehow managed to get an option on the whole business. With an option in his pocket he readily Induced confiding bankers to lend him sums which totalled 100,000 francs. Then he vanished, leaving a trail of debts behind him. He was finally arrested at Bordeaux, where he had begun work on the same game in -connection with St. Sulpice camp( near that city. Less ambitious, but operating along more sound lines, were two amateur crooks who persuaded John Hamilton, an English banker, to hand them 1.- 600,000 francs for tne purchase or French securities. Handsome Profit Promised. These securities, they told Ham ilton if purchased in English mony. would, yield a handsome profit when the Franc regained its normal value. The banker carried what he supposed o be authentic stocks and bonds in a suitcase to Dover, where his bank was located. When he opened the suitcase, however, he found it stuffed with waste paper. Meanwhile the two swindlers had fled, but in a sleeping car carrying them to Mar seilles, one of them gave the other a glass of beer containing knockout drops and decamped with more than 250.000 francs in cash, leaving his partner unconscious aboard the train. The crook who had been duped "squealed" and his partner was cap tured soon after. The latest scheme unearthed by the Paris police is an Invention of one Abel Massieu, who opened a "com mercial inquiry" office last summer. In November ostensibly under the management of a young nobleman, Marquis de Bougy, he established an other office for the alleged purchase and exportation of French merchan dise. Through this second concern, he bought on credit goods valued at nearly a million francs. Those from who he purchased were always clients of his 'commercial inquiry" institu tion, which, of course, always assured them that the Morquls de Bougy's firm was entirely reliable. The mor- quis, however, being entirely honest and a mere dupe of Massieu, finally grew suspicious and notified the po lice, not. however, before Massieu had succeeded in amassing half a million francs by selling at bargain prices merchandise he bad acquired on credit in 1919. "FINANCIAL BACKING" This is not on exclusive term, as some folks seem to think. Every person can, through a pro gramme of thoughtful Thrift, insure himself against the embarrassing predicaments that very often occur, and that cannot always be anticipated. Your home should have financial backing. Start a Savings Account today. Ask for Mr.'Hoyt. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT . THE NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND. OREGON. 1 PAYNE LETTER PUBLISHED JUDGE SAID TO HAVE BEEN COGXIZAXT OF PACT. Epistle Acknowledging Receipt of Information About Agreement With British Givyi Out. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the Interna tional Mercantile Marine company, in a statement today, declared Judge John Barton Payne, formerly chair man of the shipping board, had been informed of an agreement between the company and the British govern ment to protect British shipping in terests. Judge Payne, in a leter to Senator Jones of Washington, denied he knew of such an agreement. Mr. .Franklin made public a letter from himself to Judge Payne, dated November 21, 1919, in which the agreement was se forth, as well as one signed by the chairman acknowl ing receipt of the letter, end thank ing him for the information. Senator Jones, who Is chairman of the senate commerce committee, has charged that the International Mercantile Marine company had entered into an agreement with England to pursue no "policy injurious to the British mer cantile marine or to British trade. Mr. Franklin denied that American ships would be subject to or affected by such an agreement. signed solely for the North eea, and was not f'tted to endure the open sea. These submarines are the larg est and most, complicated craft of that type 'n existence and need ex ceptionally well trained crews. K-5 SUBMARINE DECLARED XOT TO HAVE BEEN' RAMMED. BIG SHIPYARDS TO CLOSE Trip Last Vessel Sent on Tial From Hog Island Plant. ' PHIALDELPHIA, Jan. 23. Hog island, once the wor-ld's greatest ship yard, Saturday sent its last vessel, the army transport Aisne. on a trial run off the Delaware capes and with its delivery to the emergency fleet cor poration Thursday shipbuilding at the big plant will cease. Karly next month the American International Shipbuilding corpora tion will turn the yard over to the United States shipping board. Internal Explosion and Pressure of Water- on Submersible Are Possible Canses of Wreck. LONDON, Jan. 23. Beyond the fact that it seems established that the Rrltlnh submarine K-5 was not rammed, there is nothing to explain the cause of the disaster to the sub mersible off Lands End rnursaay. This was the first British naval dis i.r ninne the armistice, and the hmarine accident. Many theories are being advanced, but although an inquiry is being held, it 's doubtful whether anything more concerning the submarine's fate will be known. Wreckage has been found near the spot where the submarine wa last seen. It is believed the vessel may have been damaged by ar. internal explo sion or by the pressure of the water at the depth of 50 leet. Salvage is considered Impossible, and It is doubtful whether it will be possible to obtain a photograph of the wreck. The official list of those on board confirms the previous estimate of six officers and 51 men. Rear-Admiral S. fi. Hall, retired, who had charge of the submarine service during the war, theorizing on the cause of the disaster of the K-a. savs in the Times: "It may be taken as certain that the loss was due to some delay in checking the downward momentum gained by the vessels Deing over- trimmed in aivmg. He says that the K class was de SIMS WANTS 1 BIG BASE Repair Plant for Whole Fleet on Xarragunselt Bay Favored. NEWPORT, R. I., Jan. 23. The navy yards on the Atlantic coast should be sold and the money used for the building of one big base on Narragansett bay. In the opinion of Rear Admiral William S. Sims, pres ident of the naval war college. He -said he believed Narragansett bay should be developed by the erec tion of repair plants capable of car ing for a whole fleet. In the event of the navy requiring repairs after an engagement with an enemy force, he said the fleet would be forced to scatter to several yards for the neces sary work. TAX BILL HELD IN FAVOR Portland Board of Education Suid to Be Back of Gordon Measure. Jlerfiert Gordon, author of the rnuch-discrssed tax supervision bill, announced last night that he had received assurance fro. members constituting a majority of the board of education of Portland that there will be no opposition on the part of the board. Frank L. Shull and A. C Newill, directors, personally conveyed their sentiments to him. he said. The beard of education is one of the heavy tax-levying bodies of Mult nomah county. The proposed super visory bill, "with teeth In it.'' is scheduled to come up 'for a public hearing at o'clock tomorrow after loon before the joint committees on assessment ar d taxation of the sen ate and house. G. E. FRAMKEJS ARRESTED Man Charged With False Sale Held in Jail at Eugene. 1. E. 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