VftT, T,'n 18 837 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
ul XjJ.J J. 10.0OI Postoffic as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 6, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SI, 700.01
DEAL
TOO HASTY PEACE
OPPOSED BY HARDING
PRESIDENT FAVORS CAREFUL
DELIBERATION, EVSTEAD.
EX-EMPEROR CHARLES
QUITS WEST HUNGARY
SPECIAL TRACT TAKES RULER
FROM STEIXAMAXGER.
RESERVE OFFICERS
1.
BABE, 24 HOURS OLD,
DESERTED BY MOTHER
y
NOTE SAYS FATHER, IS OF
WELL-KNOWN" FAMILY.
BEGIN OWN TRAINING
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REALTY
SPENT FOB
WAR DEPARTMENT ACTIOX IS
XOT AWAITED..
'RIOTS BREAK OUT
IM BRITISH STRIKE
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MINING EXPERTS
OPEN CONVENTION
ID
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Chamber of Commerce
Building Goes to Railroad
NORTH BANK TRADES GROUND
.Mpritz Thomsen Gets East
, Side Waterfront Property..
EACH WORTH $850,000
Concentration of Railroad and
Other orficcs la Xewlj Ac
quired Strnctnre Rumored. '
An exchange of properties involving
values of $1,700,000 between the Spo
kane. Portland & Seattle railway and
Moriti Thomsen, millionaire 'Seattle
A
iller, has been arranged, giving to
the railway right and title to the
Chcmber of Commerce building, a big
downtown business block of 10
stories, and to Mr. Thomsen 11 parcels
of ground located between the Haw
thorne and Burnslte bridges, on the
east side. Bach :s valued at 850.6'00.
hence the trade Is equal. Papers prob
ably will be signed in the near future.
The deal was handled through the
realty firm of Keasey & Keasey.
After the deal, one of the largest
reported in Portland for a long time,
had been made public through an
other source, W. F. Turner, president
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway, and of the other so-called
Hill lines in Oregon, reluctantly con
firmed the transaction.
Contracts Not Yet Signed. '
He added that Jt had been hoped by
those interested that it would not
"get out" just yet, as the actual s'gn
Ing of contracts has not been accom
plished. However, he said there was
no doubt that the exchange would be
perfected soon.
Having confirmed the transaction
to this extent. Mr. Turner announced
that the S. P. & S. general offices,
now located in the Plttock block,
would be transferred to the ninth
and tenth etorles of the Chamber of
Commerce building as soon as pos
sible. There wero some leases to be
considered, he said, and as nearly as
he could judge, it might be one year
before the entire headquarters of the
Hilt lines here was established in
the new home.
The property of the railway com
pany Involved in the deal is all
within three blocks of the water
front, block 10 being directly north
of the Hawthorne bridge, now oc
cupied by some sand and gravel com
panies. The other parcels are farther
away from the harbor line. They
are all surplus land from the pur
chases of the Hill people here some
years ago, when their east side ter
minals were under contemplation, but
have not been used directly by the
lines.
The Chamber of Commerce building
was constructed of sandstone 27 years
ago and, according to Mr. Turner, is
as good as new,- as it is regarded as
substantial now as it was when first
built. It is one of the largest of the
city's business structures, although
doI as high as several.
Large Froataare Is Held.
It has a frontage of 100 feet on
Third and Fourth streets and 200 on
Stark. It houses, among numerous
other features, the Bank of California,
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the
Hartman & Thompson bank and
safety deposit vaults of large pro
portions, all on the ground floor.
There was a strong rumor last
night to the effect that tne Spokane,
Portland & Seattle, having exchanged
the east side property for the Cham
ber of Commerce building, that it was
the plan to center all of the railroad
offices and probably eifme of the
steamship headquarters here in that
structure. It was even intimated
that, should the consolidated ticket
office, now located at Third and Wash,
inglon streets, be continued by the
railroads, that it. too, might be moved
to this new location.
At Seattle last night Mr. Thomsen
declined to go into details regarding
the exchange, except to say that he
"has plans" for the property in Port
land. Until the deeds are signed and
full transfer is made, he said, he
would make no extended statement
Mr. Thomsen Is one of 'the most
prominent business men in the north
west and has long been engaged In the
milling business. The big Centennial
mills in Seattle are a part . of his
property. He is identified with sev
eral other large concerns, including
the Seattle Dock company.
LAND BRINGS $2855 ACRE
Quarter Section Valued for Oil Sells
for $456,800.
VISALIA, Cal.. April 5. A quarter
section of government land In the Elk
hills oil district of Kern county was
sold at a United State land office
auction here today to E. L. Doheny of
Los Angeles for a bonus .of 456.800.
In addition to the bonus Doheny must
pay the government tl an acre and
2S per cent royalty on the oil pro-
I duced fi
I All th
from the land.
the large oil companies in the
rere represented at the auction
and three other quarter sections were
told at prices almost high as Dob.
any paid,
.
Chief Executive "ot Committed to
Programme Announced by
Some Republicans.
"WASHINGTON. D. C, April 5.
Whatever may be th "expectations of
republican senators who want an
early declaration of peace .with Ger
many, it was made known authori
tatively today. President Harding has
not thrown the influence of his ad
ministration behind the movement,
but was inclined to iooU. with disap
proval on , any prospect of precipi
tate action.
It was revealed that the president
has not committed himself to a pro
gramme, though he was said to be
leaning more and more to a belief
that the Versailles covenant cannot
in any practical way be used now as
a basis for his association of nations.
He has begun canvassing the situa
tion, and although a part of his pro
gramme may be decided soon, it
probably will be many. weeks before
it is revealed entirely. -
In his consideration of the peace
resolution, which some of the senate
leaders want to press to an early
passage, in the special session of
congress convening Monday, the
president was understood to have
held that in the settlement of so im
portant a question the nation must
proceed with care.
It was said he had not withdrawn
the approval he gave the resolution
in the last congress, but was con
vinced that the situation does not
require haste as much as deliberation.
There have been Indications that
the administration would
consider
itself in a better position to make
advances for an association of na
tions if the peace declaration were
delayed.
Intimations have come that states
men would consider passage of the
measure a great handicap in the ne
gotiations for a peace concert, weak
ening the position of the American
government with its ex-associates in
the war and making them less sus
ceptible to American suggestions.
It has been hinted to the president
by some advisors that, like the out
standing war debt, a pending resolu
tion of peace might be used as a lever
to bring the allied governments into
accord with the proposals of this
government.
At a dinner last night some sen
ators were understood to have in
formed M. Viviani of France that his
government need not hope a peace
declaration would be long delayed.
They plan tp bring , the measure
quickly into the programme of (The
special session and they express con
fidence that it -will be adopted quickly.
mere has been no indication that
the president would have an open
tight to delay action, but what he
says in his message would be studied
carefully for delicate shades of mean
ing, and the impression he conveys
is expected to have much weight with
many republican senators.
ANKENY WORTH $1,500,000
Will of ex-Senator Leaves Whole
Estate to Four Children.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 5.
(Special.) The will of ex-Senator
Levi Ankeny was filed today, his for
tune being left in trust until his
youngest child, Mrs. Harriet Pope.
wife of Colonel Francis Pope, is 35
years of age, which will not be for
about six years. The property Is to
be divided equally between the four
children.
The will, which was drawn July 18,
1913, names his wife and his son John
as executrix aud executor and leaves
his wife that part of his property
which would go to her had he died
intestate. She died about a year ago.
leaving John Ankeny sole executor.
There are no outside bequests. Th
heirs are John, Nesmith, Robert and
Mrs. Pope. No estimate of the value
of the property was given, but It was
approximately $1,500,000. The exec-
tor is empowered to advance any
part of shares to any of the heirs.
PAPER DELIVERY SPEEDED
Toronto Evening: Telegram Begins
Use of Branch Plant.
TORONTO. Ont., April 5. To ex.
pedite distribution, the Toronto Ev
ning Telegram today began publish
ing part of each edition in a branch
plant four miles from the main office.
The branch turned out papers
simultaneously with headquarters. All
copy was edited and set in the main
plant and pages stereotyped before
being rushed to the uptown branch.
OMAHA; BEATS REFORMER
Ex-Mayor Da hi man Leads 8000
Totes for Nomination..
OMAHA, Neb., April S. James C.
Dahlraan, former mayor, was far in
the lead for mayor at the primaries
here today upon returns from 143
out of 161 precincts. '
A. L. Sutton, former district Judge,
making the race for mayor upon the
moral issue, trailed Dahlman by more
than 8000 votes.
AIR TRAIL BLAZER KILLED I
Aviator Who Piloted Army Planes
to Alaska Loses Life.
OTTAWA, Ont.. April . t Captain
J. A. Leroyer, who blazed the trail
through the northwest for the Amer
ican army planes which flew to
Alaska last year, was killed today
la an airplane accident at Camp Bor-
I den according to reports received
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Coal Pits Are Raided by
Mobs of Workers.
POLICE ARE OVERWHELMED
Concentration of Troops in
London Is Started. ,
PRODUCTION IS HALTED
Parliament Discusses Situation,
Does Xothing Public Wonders
"What End "Will Be.
LONDON, April 5. (By the Asso
elated Press.) With all coal mining
in Great Britain etopped, the public
was considering tonight whether the
naralvsis would extend to the ran
ways and other transport, and even
amonr workers generally.
Parliament discussed the situation
M.,. withnnt tikinr any steps. The
National Transport Workers' federa
Hon delegates conferred without
I .h.th to
;acning a ocu.,
call a strike in support oi tne .
The railway men, the transport work
ers and the miners will meet sepa
rately tomorrow.
The miners took strong measures in
several places today against owners
protecting their property. A success
ful attack was made on the guardian
of a mine near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Thousand Miners March.
A thousand miners marched to the
pithead of the Ocean collieries in
Rhonddo, Wales, end successfully de
manded withdrawal of the officials
working the pumps. Referees in sev
eral towns have refused applications
of strikers for unemployment pay.
Four hundred delegates, represent
ing a half-million workers, attended
the meeting of the transport men's
delegates.. It was reported they were
considering other measures to help
the miners as an alternative to strik
ing, one measure being a refusal to
transport coal.
Factory Closings Continue.
" Reports of factories closing con
tinue to be published... The attitude
of the public and workers seemingly
was that this Is as good time as
any for threshing out the vital prob
lem of reduced wages, which the em
ployers contend is necessary if the
country Is to continue doing business,
and which the workers Insist should
be accomplished by gradual 6tages if
it -cannot be avoided.
The government began concentrat
ing trooos in Kensington gardens, in
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Imposing- Escort Is Provided for
Dethroned Monarch Who Is
Returning: Into Exile.
BUDAPEST, April 5 (By the As
sociated Press.) Ex-Emperor Charles
departed from Stelnamanger, in West
Hungary near the Austrian border, at
10:35 o'clock this morning on his way
out of Hungary. Premier Teleky
made the announcement In the na
tional assembly this afternoon.
A special train with the Austrian
official escort was provided for the
ex-emperor.
The route was understood "to be by
way of Graetz, Innsbruck, and Feld
kirch to Buchs. i
The ex-monarch had .quite an Im
posing escort. In addition to two
officers and eight men of the Volks
wehr,. he had 16 members of the po
lice' force, a representative of the
Austrian foreign office, three entente
officers; Albert Sever, ex-governor of
Vienna; Herr Mueller, a Christian so
cialist member of the assembly, and
half a dozen Hungarian noblemen in
his personal suite, with a physician.
The detailing of the Volksweh.-
guard caused the resignation of Min
ister of the Interior Glax. according
to the Reichpost.
BERNE, April 5.. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Swiss govern
ment today received telegraphic ad
vices announcing ex-Emperor Charles
would arrive at Buchs, on the Swiss-
Austrian frontier,. Wednesday noon.
The government ordered Colonel
Kissling to receive Charles and no
tify him of the government's condi
tions. The ex-emperor has been ex
pressly prohibited from giving news
paper interviews in Buchs.
ROOSEVELT PLANS VISIT
Assistant Secretary of Xavy May Be
In Tacoma May 0.
TACOMA, Wash., April 5. Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, plans to be here May 9 when
the scout cruiser Cincinnati is
launched, it was announced by of
ficials of the Todd shipyards today.
Mr. Roosevelt, will be present un
less his executive duties make the
western trip Impossible, it was said.
The Cincinnati will be a sister ship
of - the ' Omaha and , Milwaukee,
launched here recently, and the three
will be the fastest cruisers in the
United States navy.
FARMERS T0GET FUNDS
Federal Board to Resume Making
Loans About May 1.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 6. The
federal farm loan board expects to re
sume making loans about May 1, Gov
ernor Davis of Idaho said in a mes
sage received here from Washington.
Governor Davis called upon the board
yesterday to urge early resumption ot
loaris to farmers.
The board advised him that priority
would be given to claims heretofore
filed and long held up and that it
would then proceed with new loans
as fast as they could be approved.
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Oregon Corps Members Meet at
Armory and Organize for
' Instruction Purposes.
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Oregon reserve corps officers took
the matter of "keeping themselves fit
for war into their own hands last
night when they organized f5r in
struction purposes. While the federal
government is struggling with the
problem of how to provide training
for citizen officers of the reserve
corps, 60 Oregon officers met at the
Multnomah county armory, heard the
first of a series of lectures and
planned to proceed , with their own
training rather than wait any longer
upon the government.
Following a lecture delivered by
Colonel C. E. Dentler, United States
army, on the new national defense,
the assembled officers launched the
Oregon Reserve Corps association,
destined to take In all citizen officers
cf the state. MajorL. Griswold, Ore
gon Reserve corpj, was elected tem
porary chairman and Captain Frank
lin Korell, Oregon Reserve corps, was
named secretary.
A second meeting was called for
Wednesday, April 13, at 8 P. M. This
meeting will be held. In the board of
officers' room at the armory. An ef
fort to have several hundred reserve
corps officers present will be made
for the second meeting.
Status of the reserve corps training
plans for the present year were ex
plained to the officers by Colonel
George A, White, adjutant-general of
the state, who had obtained this in
formation from Washington and who
suggested that the officers organize
in order to further their own training
interests. There is no provision for
field training for the present year,
he explained, although energetic ef
forts will be made by the war plans
division of the general staff to ob
tain a large appropriation the end of
this month. When funds are avail
able the government will proceed to
organize combat divisions, the 91st
division having already been assigned
to Oregon and other northwest :tates
with headquarters in Oregon.
FEMINISM GETS SETBACK"
Women Badly Defeated in Cripple
Creek Election.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., April 5.
Feminism received a setback here
today when present city officials were
re-elected, receiving a six-to-one vote
over the women's non-partisan ticket.
The women made their campaign on
a reform, platform, charging that
gambling and bootlegging were al
lowed to flourish.
Mayor ' Arthur's vote ' was - 605 to
101 for Mrs. Stella Nichols.
ST. JAMES, Mo., April 5. Mrs.
Maye Ousley was elected mayor of
St. James today by a majority of
eight votes over Roger S. Hall, ac
cording to unofficial tabulation to
night. Both ran on a non-partisan
ticket.. She Is the first woman in
the state to hold the mayoralty office.
Grade Contracts Awarded
by Commission.
$486,000 IN BIDS REFERRED
County Gets Behind Mount
Hood Loop Project.
$5,000,000 IN STATE FUND
Average of About $142,000 Re
ported Available for Counties
for Coming Two Years.
DOINGS OF HIGHWAY COM
MISSION". Bids aggregating $486,000 on
15.3 miles of paving on Pacific
highway referred to engineer.
Grading Jobs aggregating
$351,026, representing 37.13
miles, awarded.
Estimates made that of re
maining fund3 counties in next
two years will receive an aver
age of $142,000.
Request from Multnomah
county commission to proceed
with Mount llood loop, county
promising to repay $85,000 In
1923, received.
Action on proposed road Im
provement district in Scoggin
valley deferred.
Co-operation, by state on Oregon-Washington
highway for
about 12 miles west of Pilot
Rock assured.
Commission promises to ex
pend In Deschutes county as
much as CQunty expended on
road projects la3t year.
About $5,000,000 remains in the
state roai fund , and the highway
commission is working out a policy
to cover the next two years, which
will carry on the work until the leg
islature meets to provide further
funds or new money comes flora con
gress. With the funds available there
will be about $142,000 for each county
to spread over the two years,
Such was the information the state
highway commission Imparted to
county delegations yesterday when
the commission opened its March
meeting. The meeting will be re
sumed at 9:30 o'clock this morning in
the courthouse.
Today the commission is expected
to settle two Important matters, or
rather three. The commission will
probably announce the location of
The Dalles-California highway be
tween The Dalles, and Madras; it will
probably announce that it will assist
in building a north and south road
through Sherman county, and it will
probably take action on the Mount
Hood loop.
Loop Road Advocated.
The commission yesterday after-
j noon sent word to the Wasco county
I court requesting the presence of those
officials today, so The Dalles-California
highway location can be dis
posed of. Sherman county officials
are already in the city, but the Sher
man county road Is contingent on the
Wasco county proposition.
As for the Mount Hood loop, the
highway commission received yester
day a resolution from the Multnomah
county commissioners asking the com
mission to proceed as proposed and
declaring that $86,000 would be appro
priated from the 1922 road budget of
the county, insofar as the board of
county commissioners Is empowered
by law to authorize such an appro
priation. The offer of the highway
commission stipulates that the state
will match all money for the loop be
tween Sandy and Zigzag that Mult
nomah and Clackamas counties con
tribute; that If these counties have
no cash at present the state will ad
vance the money on condition that the
sum is repaid next year, and that
work will start at once. It may be
that the highway commission will or
der bids advertised on this Sandy
Zigzag section of the loop for the May
meeting.
Kew District Proposed.
One of the last laws passed by the
recent legislature was a bill authoriz
ing creation of road Improvement dis
tricts on the same principle as irriga
tion districts. This law will not be
come effective until about May 23,
but yesterday the first application to
create a district under the law was
received by the highway commission.
This body is authorized to approve
the boundaries of the proposed dis
trict and to approve the form of pe
tition. The law is in an experimental
stage and the commission has not yet
worked out its line of procedure. L.
M. Graham of Forest Grove headed a
delegation asking creation of a road
improvement district in Scoggin val
ley, Washington county. Opposition
developed from some of the petple
within the proposed ..district, so the
commission advised that the whole
subject be postponed until the May
meeting. 1
' Other delegations conferred with
tollow:
Jmatllla county On the Oregon-
tshington highway the county has
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Package at Fruit and Flower Mis
sion Found1 After L'nwed Girl
Call on Telephone.
A derelict baby boy, less than
hours old. Its only companion a ho
water bottle and its only clpthing
small bath robe, was picked up on
the front doorsteps of the Fruit and
Flower Mission day nursery, 444 Madi
son street, last night at 10 o'clock for
a bundle of old rags, by the matron
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Jehu! following
telephone call from an. unidentified
woman.
Pinned to the wrapping about the
baby was a note which was signed,
"An Unmarried Mother," and w'hich
tha h!lri'a father tn bft
' mmhp of a well-known Portlan
family and a resident of this city for
many years.
In less than an hour after the dis
oovery of the "Moses" by Mrs. Jehu
the baby had found a permanent home
with a Portland family. "There were
two requests for the child," said Mrs.
Jehu, "and where it has been placed
it is assured of good care."
"The mother and father are both
of good families," was part of the text
of the note, and went on to stat
that the mother, too, bad lived here
several years.
Whether it sas the mother who de
posited the baby at the nursery and
then telephoned tne matron was not
known. "The voice was that of
ydung woman, reficedi and pleasing,
said Mrs. Jehu.
The water in the bottle was still
slightly warm, indicating that no
great amount of time had elapsed i
oeLssa.se of the derelict from th
mother to the nursery.
"There was absolutely no clew of
any kind attached to the clothing to
make identification of the parent
possible," said Mrs. Jchiu
HARDING PAYS TO PLAY
25 Cents Given to Share Gol
Course With Scores of Clerks.
WASHINGTON', D. C, April 5. Pres
ident Harding played a round of golf
today on the municipal course, nea
the Potomac, where anyone with th
necessary paraphernalia and a spare
quarter may do 18 holes.,
The president had passed a busy
day. which included a two-hour cab.
Inet meeting, conferences and Inter
views, and it was not until 5 o'clock
that be left tha White House for
little recreation. He paid 25 cents to
share the course with scores of gov
eminent clerks, and also paid the ad
mission fees of his three companions.
VISCOUNT AST0R RESIGNS
Health Compels Retirement From
Government Position.
LONDON. April 5. The resignation
of Viscount Astor as parliamentary
secretary-to the ministry of health
is announced. Viscount Astor ha
been In Egypt and Is reported to be
suffering from lung trouble. . ,.
Viscount Astor Is the son of the
late William Waldorf Astor. He sue
ceeded his father on the latter's death
In 1919 to the title of Viscount Astor
ot never caeue.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
TESTERDAT'S Maximum, 04 decreed
minimum, 4; ciouay.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Forebrn.
British coal strikers start rioting. Pace 1.
Ex-emperor Charles leaves Hungary for
Switzerland, rage l.
British challenge American note on oil
policy. Faga z.
Note from America disappoints Benin
Pass 6.
Allies may order navy against Turks.
Pago T.
Death and ruin trail storm on Japanese
coast, rage 4.
National,
Careful Instead of too hasty peace favored
by Harding. Page 1.
Germany to get no encouragement from
separate peace, rage i
Betterment of veterans' relief Is started.
Page 3.
Vivian! Is guent of President and Mrs.
Harding at wmte nouse. rage a.
Domestic.
Twenty-sl railroads appeal wags dispute.
to federal la Dor ooara. rage a.
Parlflo Northwest.
nrnffi'i Irreducible scnool una Is
$7,037,200. rage it.
794.827 spent In schooling Oregon
veterana. .rago t.
Sporta.
Pacific Cnast league scores: At Ban
Francisco 7. rortiana ; at L.oa
Angeles 8. Seattle 1: at Sacramento 9.
Vernon 8; Salt Lake-Oakland same
postponed. Page 12.
Three diving champions In race for title.
Page 12.
Uickey Demnsey to fight at Milwaukle
Friday, l-age li
Raid in Cleveland exposes new baseball
scandal, rage J-.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat prices fall to pre-war level In
northwest. Paga 21.
Brilliant crop prospects weaken wheat at
Chicago. Page 111.
Stock market strong and broad when
money rates relax. Page 21.
Portland deitlned to become Paclflo center
of coffee trade. Pago 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Grading Jobs totaling $351,020 awarded
by state highway commission. Paga 1.
Success of league' milk sale at new pries
declared up to public. Page 11.
Council of- Jewish women takes up prob
lems of Immigration. Page 10.
Workers for chest move toward goal.
Page T.
Immediate' construction of Mount Hood
loop road urged. Page 10.
International mining convention opens
here. Pags 1.
$1,700,000 real estate deal made here.
Page 1.
Financial crisis over, says banker. Page 13.
Joseph N. Teal returns homo from ship
ping board duties. Page 9.
Oregon reserve officer begin own train
ing. Page I.
ChlX' Pa'sTi """ "h'
T,.h4 oia- aertea by unwei
mother. Fags 1.
International Session Is
Started in Portland.
CANADIANS CITY'S GUESTS
Flags of United States and
Britain Fly Side by Side.
FRIENDSHIP IS KEYNOTE
First Day of Gatlicrlny Devoted
Almost Entirely to Exchange
of Good Will Expressions.
10 A. M. Wylle Hemphill,
Seattle, presiding:
"Geology and Coal Resources
Washington andOregon'George
Watkln Evans, Seattle.
"Methods of Mining Coal In
Flat and Steeply-Pitching Coal
Seams," S. H. Green, Seattle.
"Preparation of Coal," E. It.
McMillan. United State bureau
t of mines.
I 2 P. M. J. Djckson, Tortland,
f presiding:
"Utilisation of Coal," Ralph
f Gault, fuel engineer.
f "Discussion of Locomotive
j Fuels," A. W. Perley, Portland.
T Motion pictures "The Story
J of Coal," U. S bureau of mines.
t P. M. High Jinks smoker.
I green room, chamber of com-
!merce. W. J. Hofmann, chair
man: E. N. Weinbaum, special
t features.
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Flags of two nations, the United
States and Great Britain, fly side by
side above the public auditorium
stare where the third annual Interna
tional Mining convention opened yes
terday. Rather more was heard about
those two flags at the first session
than about mining.
Mayor Baker started it In his ad
dress of welcome. He spoke of the
importance of preserving the good
feeling that extends across the border
between the United States and the
Canadian provinces.
Canadian delegates present echoed
the kindly sentiment. A Californian
took It up and carried it farther, de
claring that mora significant than
armies or navies, the treaty of Paris
or whatever, more hope of enduring
peace on earth lies in that miles
of unguarded border between Canada
and the United States.
Country Declared Safe.
I don't know whether there are
any Irishmen present or noc ana i
don't care," said Mayor Maker, "but
as long as those two flags are to
gether this country of ours is safe.
I am glad to see so many of you
mining men in our city. It is a regu
lar Amerlcaa city and we are proud
of It. Never, during the time of
great stress so recently passed, did
we come even near to the line of faU-
ng to put over our numerous war
drives. The resources of our state
have hardly been scratched, and we
are glad to have the mining men
come and delve into our ninles and
develop the mineral lodes that He be
neath the surface of the ground. '
I welcome you to the city of Tort-
and. I am particularly happy to
have you with us, and it is a pleasure
to welcome those from foreign soil.
k.iow you will be happy here. I
welcome you in that true western
spirit. I want you to come again
and I hope thlr. convention will bring
you great results and I wish for 'you
all the success in the world."
Hospitality la Accepted.
"In the name of British Columbia
and all representatives of the mining
ndustry In the province, I have very
great pleasure In accepting the hos
pitality so graciously offered by his
worship the mayor," said S. a. row
er of Nelson, B. C.
It is upon the furthering of Anglo-
Saxon civilization that we build our
hopes for the future. We are work-
ng, perhaps unconsciously, but after
11 we are struggling to extend our
civilization. In our section of the
northwest we are overcoming trou
bles we have suffered by reason of
foreign agitators."
T. A. Bickard, editor of Mining and
Scientific Press, San Franclsoo, who
responded to the welcoming address
for California, carried the entente
cordial still farther.
Fellowship la Enjoyed.
"I am enjoying the fellowship of
the English-speaking peoples," he
said. "It Is one of the subjects I
like to dwell upon. It does me much
good to see those two flags and I
hope they will always be found to
gether. Better than In armaments or
the treaty of Paris, hope for peace
es in 3500 miles of unfortified fron
tier between the United States and
Canada.
I esteem It an honor to respond to
these cordial welcomes for California.
The Californian who cannot speak
good word for California Is a poor
thing indeed."
A band concert by the Washington
iKh-sohool hoys preceded the ope'i-
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