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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
S
ROBB IS NOT NEEDED
TO ELECT PRESIDEN
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
WORK HELD ASSURED
BUILDING OF $450,000
OIL MILL CONTRACTED
PORTLAXD VEGETABLE PLANT
WORK TO BE STARTED.
TAX LEVIES'
DOCTOR BATTLES ICE
TO REACH PATIENT
DENIES SHIP GRAFT
CALLED PERJURER
AT
BELATED OREGON MESSENGER
SUBSTITUTE FOR JIcARTRUR
BILTj IS REPORTED.
RACE OP 442 MILES INTO
ALASKA'S INTERIOR BEGUN.
ADVISED TO REMAIN HOME,
IN TEARS
10TISS0 WITNESS
BRAKE
BOU OHES
SALEM
S BADLY NEEDED
Ex-Chief of Fleet Corpora
tion Defends Self.
SENATORS PRAISE TESTIMONY
Jalk With Morse After First
Quiz Is Admitted.
AIMS DECLARED HIGHEST
Assistance In Straightening Out
9100,000 Tangle Reported to
ilavo Been Sought.
KEW TORFC, Jan. 15. Overcome by
lis emotions, Charles M. Schwab
temporarily broke down on the wit
ness stand today before the Walsh
congressional committee Investigating
ffairi of the shipping board. v Ith
tear-fillcd eyes, he denied charges of
witnesses that $100,000 of a $269,000
voucher charged to his account In
the office of the Bethlehem Ship
building corporation had been allo
cated to expense of construction of
government ships.
Mr. Schwab had been recalled to
give testimony regarding Bhlp con
struction matters while he was director-general
of the emergency fleet
corporation. After his testimony his
attention was called by Representa
tive Foster to testimony that since
making his denial last Friday of the
charges he had conferred with Pcrley
llors of Per'.ey Morse & Co., audl-1-,;.
who ft'und the alleged voucher.
4 Conference la Admitted.
M . Sehv-at admitted he had talked
' t r.'orse; that a Mr. Wildman.
w.ir.i h "idd known several years.
cn.iW him with the statement that
' .Vr. M jr.-a was a man of the highest
rep'. '
' 1 listened," Mr. Schwab added, "and
""aid that 'If what you say is true,
and what I assure you I can prove
Is true that I received none of this
money should not Mr. Horse be will
ing to make a statement that he has
trade a. MittakcT .Mr, Viluuiau Saiii
be thought he would do so."
As a result of this conference, a
ireetlng between Mr. Schwab and Mr.
Morse was arranged later and the
witness said he repeated to Morse
what he had said to Wildman "that
I was now at the end of a 40 years'
business career and' that It was a
matter eo Indescribably deep in my
heart to be charged with something
of that kind that I hoped he would
correct It."
Refusal Is Reported.
"He would not do it," Mr. Schwab
continued. "He said there were ex
planations and reasons
Here the steel man's voice became
husky and his frame shook with
suppressed sobs.
"I hope you will excuse me," Mr.
Chairman and gentlemen of the com
mittee," he started to continue,
"but " and here his voice broke
again.
For a moment he endeavored to
control himself. He gave up the at
tempt and from his eyes rolled great
tears, which he wiped away.
The committee room was filled and
It was evident that he had the sym
pathy of all by the silence that pre
vailed a silence broken by Repre
sentative Foster, who said:
Appreciation Is Expressed.
"I cannot help making this reflec
tion. I want to express on the record
my appreciation of the manner. Mr.
Schwab, in which you have intro
duced evidence concerning this
voucher. Aside from my membership
on this committee I want to express I
my appreciation as an American clti- '
ren for the services you have ren
dered our country.
"There is no Jury to be affected or
court to be Influenced, but I say that
out of an appreciation of the sitna-
Vice - President Marshall Rules
State Vote Brought la Mail
Will Answer Purpose.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 23. W. L. Robb of
Portland, who failed to deliver Ore
gon's electoral vote to Vice-President
Marshall, here, before midnight last
night, today was advised that it wa
useless for him to make the trip to
Washington.
The vice-president ruled that the
return received by mail was sufficien
and that he could not recognize the
belated arrival of Oregon's messenger.
who said in a telegram today that he
was ready to leave Portland immedi
ately.
The vice-president's office said that
if Mr. Robb should make the trip he
would have to Pay his own expenses,
as no legal service would be per
formed by his coming at this late day.
Two messages from Senator Mc
Nary, touching on the electoral vote
misunderstanding, were received yes
terday by W. I Robb, presidential
elector who was selected to carry the
vote to the national capital. One of
these telegrams inclines Robb to be
lieve that he may yet be summoned to
Washington as bearer of the official
electoral vote.
"Senator McNary's first message,"
Id Roob, "advised me that Vice
President Marshall has received the
copy that I sent by mail and that
inasmuch as this is certified it will
be deemed sufficient.
The second telegram from Sen
ator McNary. however, leaves room
for the belief that I may yet carry
the vote to Washington. It reads:
Am having another conference with
the vice-president Do nothing until
you hear from me." "
SNOW CRIPPLES OMAHA
!0 00 Telephone Poles Leveled by
Sleet Damage $75,000. '
OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 25. Telephone
and telegraph facilities were crippled
in Nebraska today by snow and sloet.
It was estimated that 2000 telephone
poles had been leveled by the weight
of sleet on' the wires and that the
damage would reach $75,000. Snow
was falling in eastern Nebraska fol
lowing a heavy fall in the western
part during the last 24 hours.
The storm apparently was working
Its way eastward, it was avid at the
weaclier bureau.
Taxi Driver's Denial of
Girl's Screams Scored.
Passage of Measure Authorizing 1 Part of Site of Old Foundation
INSANITY PLEA HELD SHAM
Prosecution Attempts to Be
wilder Defendant.
STORY IS NOT SHAKEN
Two Important Pieces of Evidence
Ruled Out Case May Go to
Jury by Tonight. .
DEATH NARROWLY MISSED
Woman Pulls Trigger on Negro but
Weapon Fails.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 25. While 40 or
50 women spectators shouted "Kil
him! Kill him! We'll stick by you
Mrs. Lillian Bangham at a court
hearing today pressed the muzzle o
a pistol to the side of William Wil
son, a- negro charged with assault
ing her. She pulled the trigger, bu
the pistol did not go -of f.
County detectives quickly sur
rounded the prsoner, and after much
difficulty succeeded in getting him
into an automobile outside.
SUB VICTiM BRINGS SUIT
for
Cncle Sam Asked to Taj
Steamer Sunk In War,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The first
attempt to recover damages from the
government for a ship sunk by sub
marines during the war was begun
today in the court of claims by the
New York & Porto Rico Steamship
company.
The company claims $2,750,000 for
its steamship Carolina, attacked by a
German submarine and sunk off the
New Jersey coast June 2, 1918
! $21 0,000 IS CONTRIBUTED
Chairman Hays Issues Statement
on Campaign Deficit.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Will H.
Hays, chairman of the republican na
tion, I feel 1 am compelled to give I tional committee, announced today
expression to It.
This statement was greeted by ap
plause. .
1 thank you very much" Mr.
that $210,000 had been contributed
since the election toward the repub
lican campaign deficit of approxi
mately Il,500,0t0.
Contributions, he said, ranged from
very
benwao replied. "That was the sub
stance of my conversations with Air.' 10 cents to $100, the remaining deficit
Morse." being met by states on an apportion-
He had regained control of himself ment of 10 cents for every re-
and in answer to the chairman's ' publican vote .'.ast.
question said he had never instituted ! 1 1
any steps to have any audi stormed. I
lie said such matters were never
brought to his attention.
He again thanked the committee Builder of Remarkable Clock Dies
ana isnea mem to excuse him for his
! FAMOUS INVENTOR PASSES
display of emotion and, arising,
walked from the room, passing close
to where Mr. Morse sat.
Previously Mr. Schwab took up in
cidents showing that he devoted much
time in visiting shipyards to inspire
toe men to greater efforts.
He asserted that the shipbuilding
programme was an emergency one,
that General Pershing was urging
more ships and that nothing was al
lowed to stand In the way of con
struction. He declared at least two
billions of the three-billion dollar
cost ought to be charged off as war
cost.
SM.OOO Held Paid Sands.
"The ships should be realized on,"
he added, "at any price within reason
to private operators." Wooden ships,
lie said, should be scrapped.
Wallace Downey, head of the Dow-
y ney Shipbuilding corporation, whose
rams was menuonea Dy ucKer K.
Fands In connection with the alleged
at Hazelton, Pa., Home.
HAZELTON, 'Pa., Jan. 25. Stephen
D. Engle, aged 83, inventor and build
er of the famous Engle astronomical,
musical and apostolic clock, famous
a generation ago as a theatrical at
traction, died at his home here last
night.
He was also the inventor of a de
vice for fastening porcelain teeth to
silver and gold plate and numerous
other devices.
iConciuded on page 2, Column i.)
HARDING NOW IN SOUTH
President-Elect Expected to Reach
Palm Beach Tonight.
VERO, Fla., Jan. 25. The house
boat Victoria, bearing President-elect
Harding on his vacation trip, an
chored off here tonight.
She will continue her journey to
morrow and may reach Palm Beach
by night. .
'A sham, frivolous defense of In
sanity, coupled with an effort to as
sassinate the character of a woman.
as the woman herself had been as
sassinated," was the characterization
of the defense of Thomas Lotlsso,
accused of murdering his pretty 19-
year-old English war bride, given by
Earl F. Bernard, deputy district at
torney, in the opening argument for
the state before a jury in the court
of Circuit Judge Tucker yesterday.
"If this man is freed, the decision
would mean that a man is the final
arbiter of. the fate of his wife, that
He can censor her acts, and it her
conduct Is unsatisfactory to him can
kill her like a dog," declared Bert
rard. "I am confident that an'analy-
is of the evidence in the case will
how conclusively that the defendant
is and was absolutely rational and
that cold-blooded murder stalked the
treets on the early morning of No-
ember 30."
Charge of Perjury Made.
The charge of perjury was flung
at Ed Goneau. driver of the for-hlre
utomobile which took the young
woman to the scene of her death, who
had testified that there were no
screams or anything untoward In the
actions of husband and wife that
ight, in the face of testimony of
persons In the neignoornooa or me
killing who said, they were awakened
by the screams or soos if the fright
ened woman as she fled from her
husband.
t .
"If ever a man's perjury should
come back to haunt, him, Ed Goneau
should spend sleepless nights with
the sobs and shrieks of Tessle Lotlsso
in his ears," said Bernard. "Goneau
was more than a witness in this
case."
Analysis of the testimony followed.
Court adjourned at the conclusion of
Bernard's argument. Albert B. Fer
rera and Joseph H. Page, counsel' for
Lotisso, will address the jury this
morning. Joseph. I Hammersly, dep
uty district attorney, will close for
Appropriation of Million Dollars
. Confidently Expected.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 25. A substitute
for the McArthur road bill was re
ported favorably by the house com
mittee on road3 this morning, with
the authorization for an appropria
tion of $100,000,000 for federal aid in
co-operative highway construction
and $3,000,000 for roads and trails In
forest reserves for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1922.
The original measure so'ught to au
thorize a four-year programme, but
members of the committee on roads
felt that the incoming administration
should be consulted before the pro
gramme Is authorized beyond the next!
fiscal year. The substitute measure
will come up in the house under sus
pension of the rules February 7 and
undoubtedly will pass, sentiment
among members being overwhelming
ly in its favor.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho will
benefit measurably by a provision of
this bill amending the present law
so that the ratio of state co-operation
is reduced to make allowance for the
large Indian reservation areas from
wTiich the states derive no taxes.
Under the present law the western
states receive reductions in the ratio
of co-operation required of them on
account of national forests and
other non-taxable public lands. The
amendment reaches out to include In
dian lands also.
Upon reaching the senate the meas
ure will be referred to the commit
tee on postoffices and poBtroads, over
which Senator Townsend of Michigan
presides. Senator Townsend has a
bill of his own on the subject of fed
eral highways and the McArthur bill
undoubtedly will have rough sledding
at his hands, but its passage is expected.
'The measure reported today does
not carry an appropriation, but Is
merely an authorization. The actual
appropriation will be made after the
pending bill becomes a law and will
be carried as an item in one of the
urgent deficiency bills.
Representative Summers of Wash
ington declared today that the bill
is certain of passage, "because," he
said, "when it reaches the senate that
body will begin to feel some of the
pressure which has been brought to
bear so steadily from all sectionsf
the country since the bill has been
under consideration In -the house com
mittee on roads."
Passage of the bill will' assure con
tinued development of the general
road programmes in all of the states.
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
FORD GAINS 2495 VOTES
1718 Out of 2232 Michigan Pre
cincts Recanvassed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. A net
gain of 2495 votes had been made by
Henry Ford over Senator Newberry
when the senate privileges and elec
tions committee closed its day's work
In the recount of the Michigan sen
atorial contest.
Of the 2232 precincts 1718 have been
' recanvassed.
Shipyard to Be Used Machin
ery to Be Bought In East.
The Hurley-Mason company - re
ceived the contract for putting up the
proposed $450,000 plant of the Port
land Vegetable Oil Mills company at
the annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of that , concern yesterday. The
plant will be put up on the cost-plus
basis, it was announced.
The plant is to be erected on a part
of the site of the old Foundation
shipyard as soon as the deal for the
property can be put through. It was
announced that officials of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Naviga
tion company, owner of the property,
arrived in the city yesterday to com
plete the sale of the property, a part
of which ia to be taken by the Vege
table Oil Mills company, a portion by
the Willamette Iron & Steel company
and the remainder by the Portland
Railw'ay, Light & Power company.
It was reported at the meeting that
$703,500 of the stock of the company
has been sold and that the organiza
tion expense had amounted only to
$29,000.
C. A. Palnton, president of the com
pany, it was announced, will leave
for the east in about a week or ten
days to obtain the necessary machin
ery and similar equipment for the
plant.
The directors of the company were
re-elected as follows: C. A. Painton,
B. C. Ball, S. L. Eddy, C. A. Edwards,
M. S. Hirsch, 1L H. Ward and F. W.
Watson
Joint Committee Hears
Opposing Factions.
MAYOR FAVORS SOME CHECK
Executive Non-Committal on
Specific Bill.
RATE HELD EXORBITANT
Speakers In Favor of Supervision
Measure Declare Assessments
Endanger Property Rights.
MOUNTAINS MOVE NORTH
Berkeley Scientist Tells of Earth
Strain and Rebound'.
BERKELEY, Cal., Jan. 25.r-The
mountains of the coast range in the
vicinity of San Francisco are moving
slowly northward, causing enormous
earth strain and producing rebounds
in one of which Mount Tamalpais
jumped back 6.6 feet, according to
Professor A. C. Lawson of the Uni
versity of California in a geological
bulletin made public today.
Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, he
said, moved northward at the rate of
four feet a year from 1893 to 1903,
but after a sudden shift in that year
continued at the rate of 2.2 feet.
ALLEGED ENEMY-IN) COURT
American Citizen Who Served In
Austrian Army Arraigned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. Oscar
von Windshagen, a naturalized Amer
ican citizen, charged with treason
through having served in the Aus
trian army while that country was at
war with the United States, was ar
raigned here today.
Von Windshagen returned to Aus
tria in 1915 to visit relatives, ac
cording to the authorities; joined the
Austrian army and served until June,
1919. Recently he filed a homestead
claim near Ukiah. He is a landscape
architect.
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STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or., Jan. 25
(Special.) Taxpayers of Multno
mah county, anxious to apply the
brakes upon the ever-increasing
levies In that county, and city and
county officials, opposed to check up
on the powers held by them to levy
taxes for government functions with
in the county, were arrayed one
against another In controversy over
the tax supervision and conservation
bill before the Joint committee on
assessment and taxation tonight.
Henry E. Reed, ex-county assessor
and one of the proponents of the pro
posed act, spriAg a sensation when,
in an effort to show the need for
supervision over the tax levying
bodies within Multnomah county, he
informed the delegation that the 1920
levy made by the county board of
commissioners was Invalid because
the county commissioners in 1919 had
exceeded the 6 per cent limitation by
$107,525.59 and in 1920 the levy in
cluded this amount, plus 6 per cent
1920 Levy Called Invalid.
"The 1920 levy made by the county
board of commissioners is invalid,
said M. Reed, "and can be enjoined
by any taxpayer within the county.
I make this statement to show the
absolute need for this bill and I make
it without the slightest fear of con
tradiction." Although both . County Commis
sioner Holman, chairman of the com
mission, and County Commissioner
Hoyt were in the room, no contradic
tion of the statement of the ex-county
assessor was offered.
City Commissioners. Barbur, Bige
low and Pier, with the aid of City
Attorney Grant and W. P. LaRoche,
ex-city attorney and now legal rep
resentative of the Commission of
Public Docks, were the main oppo
nents of the bill.
Claude Baker, Popular Iditarod
Banker, tics III; Dog Teams and
Mushers Assist in Fight.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 25.
(Special.) Reiays of the most fam
ous dog teams and mushers in the In
terior of Alaska, aided by the iron
horses of the government railroads
along the stretches where the steel
trail is completed, are racing 442
miles against death In an effort to
save the life of Claude Baker, Idita
rod banker, one of the most popuisr
men in the Iditarod district, a famous
camp hundreds of miles from here.
Answering a call for help, when
other physicians refused to undertake
the hazardous journey over the blind
ing snow and treacherous glare of
ice that marks long sections of the
trail, Dr. J. B. Beeson, of the United
States government hospital at An
chorage, Is the lone passenger on a
13-dog team piloted by Bill Cory and
Harry Wanstead, two of the most
famous mushers In southwestern
Alaska, now driving at top speed
through Broad Pass, the snow trail
bridging the gap between the coastal
and interior sections of the govern
ment Alaskan railroad.
Leaving the special train supplied
by the'government, which carried the
physician to the end of the steel train,
extending from this city Into the in
terior, the first dash of the dogs is
S5 miles across the open country of
Broad Pass to Healy, where a special
train of the northern division, as the
interior section of the railroad is
called, is waiting to take the Sa
maritan's party to Nenana. From
Nenana It will be a journey of 243
miles to McGrath and thence 114
miles to Iditarod, where the patient
is being buoyed up by hopes of medi
cal relief.
Coincident with the start from Ne
nana, army dog teams will begin
breaking the trail out of Iditarod.
Relays have been arranged en route.
It is believed the journey will take
14 days. Baker is one of the most
popular men in the interior, and vol
unteers along the trail are getting it
in shape for a speedy trip.
Leader Who Can Rally
Democrats Desired.
FACTIONS STILL FAR APART
Cox Available, Say Some,
Likewise Mr. McAdoo.
BRYAN NOT YET SHELVED
Clean Sweep and New Deal De
mand of Anti-Cox Element.
Party's Deficit Also Problem.
BABY VAMP OUT OF JOB
Wate by County Denied.
County Commissioner Holman also
opposed the bill in general terms,
contending that so far as the county
was concerned no waste or extrava
gance exists and the only criticism
directed against this board is due to
the lack" of expenditures for festivals.
county fairs and similar projects.
"With my intimate knowledge of
county affairs," said Mr. Holman, "I
do not believe that there is any waste
or extravagance which can be charged
against the county commissioners.
The only criticism which we receive
is for lack of tax levies for festivals,
county fairs and the like. I am not
opposed to supervision, but I believe
that the members of any commission
should be elected by the people. The
board appointed In 1919 did not even
make a recommendation to our board,
although we submitted our proposed
levy 20 days prior to the date for its
adoption.
Reed Offem Explanation.
Ex-Assessor Reed Informed Mr.
Holman that the reason for the pro
posed bill, sponsored by the taxpayers'
league, and the reason that the pres
ent tax conservation and supervision
commission did not make any recom
mendations to the county commission
in 1919 was because the members of
the tax commission were aware from
former experience that any recom
mendations made would be absolutely
ignored.
F. W. Ilulkey, ex-United States
senator, was one of the flrBt of the
proponents of the bill to speak. He
informed the joint committee that
the proposed bill was introduced be
cause unless some relief was gained
from excessive taxation in Multnomah
county, the taxpayers would go broke
and lose all their property.
Oppressive Taxation Charged.
"An oppressive state of taxation
exists in Multnomah countq," argued
Senator Mulkey. "The taxpayers'
league, which framed this bill, to
gether with many large taxpayers of
Multnomah county, is seeking some
centralized, responsible body to re
view the tax levies proposed by the
80-odd tax-levying bodies in Multno
mah county."
Senator Mulkey and other pro
ponents of the bill Informed the com
mittee of the constant increase in
taxation, an increase, which could be
curbed only through the enactment
of a bill such as proposed.
Mayor Baker, who was in attend
ance at the meeting, at first declined
to discuss the bill, declaring that he
was there only to hear the arguments,
but. later In the meeting held that
some supervision over the tax-levy
ing bodies of Multnomah county was
essential. . He did not voice opposi
tion to the present bill, but held that
the city's levy was such that he was
certain that a fair-minded supervi-
No Paint, Powder, Fancy Garters,
Says Long Beach High School.
LONG BEACH, Cal., Jan. 25. A
resolution restricting the dress to be
worn by .girls attending the-Long
Beach high school, adopted today by
the board of education, contains the
following provisions.
"No paint or powder.
"No extreme hair dress or large.
fancy combs.
"No immodest open work or lace
stockings.
"No fancy garters conspiciously
worn.
"Only Cuban or low straight heels
and dresses of modest length with a
modest neck line."
Concluded flu Page 7, Column 1,1
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The W-tber.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum, 33 decrees.
TODAY'S Rain: easterly wlndi.
I-1 reign.
Two Italians killed when socialists fire
on tuneral procession. Paso 3.
French and British premiers In clash.
Page 4.
Starving Austria places last hope for re
lief upon inter-allied . conference.
Page 12.
Kutlonal.
Washington advises belated Oregon elec
toral messenger not to make trip.
Page 1.
Joint congressional committee selects Ala
meda, Cal., as main base of Pacific
fleet. Page 3.
Leader fho can reorganize, party row
democracy's pressing need. Pai;o 1.
European governments indicate desire to
help United Stales solve Its Immigra
tion problem. Page 2.
Xumber of workers In mechanical In
dustries found to be 3.473.4WS fewer
than year ago. Page 4.
Continuance of road development' pro
srramme In nortbwest held assured.
Page 1.
Palmer In reply to criticism calls Unter-
myer pro-tierman. rase i..
Doctor battles way Into Alaskan Interior to
feave popular Danaer. r.so i.
.cond parley on German cables will be
held soon. rB"!
Domestic.
United States commissioner of Immigration
urges scientific distribution of alien ar
rivals, rasn -.
Schwab tearfully denies ship graft charges.
Page 1.
I.eglslatnre.
Idaho state senate rejects salary rise bill
for Judge. and house adopts antl-ailen
land resolution. Pago 7.
House by one vote is pledged to uka up
reapportionment. Page 0.
Governor Hart agrees to two cods bill
changes. Page 7.
Port plans to be presented to legislature
again tonight. Page 6.
Kubli says state printing costs are exces-
iv. Page 7.
Tax supervisory bill argued before joint
committee. Page 1.
Sport.
Trio of classy hoop games schedules this
week. Paga 15.
Jack Dempscy to swing Into action tonight
Page n.
Coast league season cot from 28 to 20
wee-is. mse
Pacific Northwest.
Demand for best meat boosts prices.
Page
Commercial amd Marine.
Pacific coast egg prices regulated by east
ern marKeu rs
Foreign selling breaks wheat prices at
Chicago, raise -j.
Stock trading proressionai ana price
changes niiu.
Mobile City sans touay tor England,
page 20.
Britlih control is denied. Page 20.
rortlnnd and Mclnitj.
Lotisso's taxi driver is caueo perjurer.
Page 1-
State test of dry law teeth in supreme
court near.
Contract for $450,000 vegetable oil mills is
let. Page 1.
Carl Gray here to confer on terminal with
other railway chiefs. Page 10.
Gasoline declines 2 cents In east, but holds
present level here. Page 10.
Morris creditors to select trustee. Page 22.
Police Sergeants Ellis -nd Sherwood sus
pended for 30 days for playing cards.
Page 12.
Episcopal clergy of western Oregon con
venes here today. Page 13.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evening Post,
Inc., Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. (Special.)
Ex-Governor Cox is spending this
week In Washington, and several
other democratic leaders are here be
cause Cox is here. Some of them
came to renew pledges of loyalty and
others for quite an opposite purpose.
Cox Is going to Europe and It is
insisted that before he leaves the
country for a prolonged stay the
party machinery shall be reorganized,
and especially a decision made as to
who is to be, so to speak, official
party leader.
On that point a factional feeling
that has been growing ever since the
election Is close to a head. Ex-Governor
Cox's friends urbanely take the
position that the party leader was
chosen at the San Francisco conven
tion, and that Cox is the man. Cox's
friends are not at all disposed to re
linquish his leadership. Their atti
tude leads to the Inference on the
part of Cox's opponents within the
party that he, having nothing to do
since his terra as governor ended,
would like to spend the next four
years leading the democratic party.
Cox's coming trip to Europe is inter
preted as a sign of his intention to
equip himself for continuing leader
ship by familiarizing hlnisell with
foreign affairs :id all t!ise Issues
that haiig about tbe league of nations.
Another Chance Demanded.
That he should have the privilege
of leading the party In the formal
sense of being its presidential candi
date again three years from now Is
openly demanded by his friends. The
opponents of Cox and while they
hase their arguments and actions on
the good of the party it might as well
be conceded that most of them are
friends of McAdoo claim there should
be a clean sweep and a new deal, and
that the party should at once pull it
self together under compact and ener
getic organization to take advantage
ot the republican ml. takes and em
barrassments which obviously are
just ahead. The Immediate point at
issue Is' the meeting of the party
deficit and the question whether or
not a new chairman shall be chosen.
The present official head of the
party organization. ex-Representa-tive
George White of Ohio, was chosen
by Mr. Cox Just after the latter was
nominated last July. It is always
the custom to accord to a candidate
for president the privilege of select
ing his own chairman to conduct the
campaign. Those democratic leaders
who want to reorganize the party take
the position that this tenure by cour
tesy ends with the election, and have
been frank in their demand that
White now resign and let others take
the leadership.
While Itefnses to Quit.
The Cox group Is practicing the pol
icy of resistance by inertia. White
declines to resign, and his opponents
say that in this position he is influ
enced by Cox and Cox's political man
ager, Ed Moore of Ohio. The other
group declares that if White persists
in his refusal to call a meeting of the
national committee they will bring
such a meeting by a round robin of a
majority of the committee. The com
mittee now has 104 members, S2 men
and 52 women. The anti-Cox group
claim they have the adherence of the
bulk of the women members and that
with these they have much more than
a majority.
The men who are mentioned for
chairman If the anti-Cox group win
their purpose are Robert Woolley.
former interstate commerce commis
sioner; Daniel S. Koper, lormer in
ternal revenue collector, and Thomas
L, Chadbourne of New York. The
last named seems to be a curious
combination of rich Wall-street law
yer and supporter of such liberal men
and Institutions as the Rev. ercy
Stickney Grant and the Association
lor Labor Legislation. All three have
been adherents of McAdoo. But their
suoDorters claim the movement is not
in the Interest of any prospective
candidate for honors in 1924, but is
wholly In the direction of party com
pactness and aggressiveness for the
present.
Kx-Gwernor Organiser,
Cox, In spite of the overwhelming
quality of his defeat. Is not to be
looked down upon for the position of
party leader, official or unofficial.
Ho is experienced and effective In
organization. He is rich and has no
other public duties. He could give
the bulk of his time to the work,
and, barring the atmosphere of recent
defeat, he could and would do a guoii
Job of pulling the party together in
the sense of detailed organization.
In addition to Cox and McAdoo.
(.C'oocluucU on Pat 2, Column 2.)
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