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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL- 13, 1921
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CONTENTION
America Held Not to Have
Surrendered Rights.
HUGHES' NOTE ANSWERED
Britain Still Silent and Believed
to Be Exchanging Views With
Japan Before Replying.
WASHINGTON I. C, April 12. (By
the Associated Press.) France, in re
plying to Secretary Hughes' notes re
carding mandates, is understood to
liave agreed with the American gov
ernment's contention that the United
States had surrendered none of its
rights in the former German over
seas possessions.
The reply as received yesterday.
It was described today as a formal
response from the French foreign of
fice. The reply from Great Britain, also
received yesterday, was no more than
n acknowledgement of the receipt
of the American communication, it
was learned today. This serves to
mtrenethrn oDinion in some circles
that Great Britain would exchange
views with Japan before making
final response.
France is understood to have re
Iterated its expression of the hope
that the Yap mandate question may
be settled by direct negotiation De
tween the United States and Japan
without involving her as a principal.
altered. "We must try to get the.
Washington government to make
peace with Germany in a manner
least unfavorable to our interests,"
he writes. "Americans will permit us
to say there is something lacking in
the Knox resolution. Cannot the
United States recognise with a phrase
at least the validity of the treaties
concluded with the reich wfcile de
claring them of purely European in
terest and not imposing upon Amer
ica any precise responsibility? Can
not they approve by a brief declara
tion the agreement which it is hoped
will in the future regulate the prob
lem of reparations?"
L'Homme Libre, while saying that,
at first sight. Harding's policies seem
utterly antagonistic to Wilson, as
serts that they are not really so far
apart.' "No Versailles treaty, -but
none the less a treaty which will reg
ulate the same problems and co-oper
ate with the allies if the peace of Eu
rope is menaced. No league of na
tions, but an association for the
Maintenance of peace a separate
peace with Germany, but a declara
tion that Germany is responsible for
the war and ought to pay to the limit
of her capacity."
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FORGERY
EvIDENC
PROMISED
E
oy state;-
Trial of Hough Bond Case On
in Spokane.
RED CROSS, CETS HELP
SECOXD-HAXD GOODS POCBED
IXTO TIY SHOP.
BIG SWINDLE IS CHARGED
Prosecuting Attorney Will Attempt
to Prove Bogus Paper 'Was
' Printed in Spokane.
bltion enforcement agent, returned
Monday morning from a foray into
Skagit county, telling a story of a
ghostly experience on a wild forest
path at midnight with a gallon Jug
of moonshine. With a deputy eheriff.
the agent waited on the path Friday
::igbt, just outside Mount Vernon, to
catch a distiller.
The agent heard soft footfalls and
looking up. he said, saw a dim-outline
of what appeared to be a jug
of moonshine passing him. He. leaped
up and dived for -the jug. touching
a ghostly arm. The agent got the
moonshine, which proved to be real,
but the "ghost" lost no time in leav
ing the place and deserting the Jug.
The agent fired several shots, but
this only added to the speed of the
footfalls. The agent said he suspects
the identity of the "ghost," but was
unable to find the individual during
a search lasting Saturday and Sun
day.
Wear Your Bnttoa.
POLITICS GLEAN-UP UHGED
LEAGUE OF- WOMEN VOTERS
r ADVISES CONFERENCES.
Clcan-Cp Week Is Here and AH Old
Goods Will Be Sold to Aid
Disabled Veterans.
TREATY VFi.n CLOSED ISSUE
BMriKh Official Does Xot Take
American Claims Seriously,
BY JAMES M. TUOHT.
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iifthd hv Arrancement.
LOXDON. April 12. The British
government Is only willing to discuss
with America questions arising from
the peace treaty on the basis that
present decisions are binding and not
that the treaty provisions arc "
the melting pot, it has been learned
from an important and influential oi-
f iria?.
While unhesitatingly admitting that
the United States is not bound by the
treatv. he emphatically pointed out
'Forty-two nations signed it and Its
decisions have become binding. Of
course we are willing to discuss either
in a conference of ambassadors or Dy
riinlomatic notes any question the
American government wishes to raise,
but such discussions must be on the
basis that the treaty is in operation
ar,d not still under negotiation.'
Discussing the question of the Is
land of Yap, he recalled the ract mat
Japan took it from Germany in 1914
as a prize of war and that at the be
ginning of 1917, when Great Britain
needed further Japanese naval aid
aaainst the unrestricted submarine
warfare she agreed to recognise the
laiter's claim. "The Japanese are
thtre and again their claim baa been
recognised by the signatories of the
treaty," he added.
Regarding Mesopotamia, he reiter
ated the statement that America will
have equal opportunities with other
nations, although he humorously
pointed out that under the league
covenant its members were entitled
to greater privileges in mandate ter
ritories than non-members.
"Of course," he said, "when Amer
ica refused to join that provision be
came a mere technicality." Refer
ring to the American request to be
consulted regarding the distribution
and administration of ex-enemy ter
ritory, he emphasized the fact that
fter the treaty was signed America
was without representatives from one
allied conference after another at
which many of these question were
discussed, and said the nations of
Kurope could not wait until America
Jiad decided what attitude to take re
garding the treaty.
"Of course we would not have
vgreedi if she had.'' he went on. "But
1 don't recall that America asked the
allies to suspend consideration of the
treaty pending the presidential elec
tion." Although he did not foresee the pos
sibility of various differences arising
between the British and American
rcvernments as a result of the
Slughes note. It Is plain the British
attitude and most probably that of
the other allies will leave America
In the position of having taken up
what are considered closed issues on
this side of the Atlantic It is felt here
that the Hughes note was written
rfrom a purely legalistic standpoint
without consideration of the realities
of the situation."
MISGIVINGS SEIZE FRAXCK
Fear Felt lor Result or Harding
Administration's Policies
BT LINCOLJJ EYRE.
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PARIS. Apr'l 12. (Special Cable.)
Misgivings as to the effect upon
the interests of France of the Hard
ing administration's foreign policy as
outlined in the Hughes note are in
creasing fast in the French official
mind.
While the authorities at the Qua!
d'Orsay still affect to regard the
president's insistence upon America's
right to veto the supreme council's
rulings as in harmony with the
French viewpoint. Premier Briand's
statement in the senate regarding Anglo-French
arrangements in Asia
Minor is difficult to reconcile with
any application of the state depart
ment's doctrines.
"I repeat that I won't give Eng
land the Impression that we are desir
ous of abrogating that which has
been agreed upon," the premier de
clared.
Previously be had observed that
whatever the parliament's attitude
might be, be himself was bound defi
nitely by the conventions with Great
Britain, among which is that of San
Kemo.
Ambassador Wallace was closeted
with M. Briand in the foreign office
yesterday for more than an 'hour.
The conversation. It is understood,
dealt with France's desire of obtain
ing more precise Information from
Washington regarding the presi
dent's views on methods for satisfy
ing the American claim for a voice in
all settlements, past and future, aris
ing out of the allies' victory.
In governmental quarters I am In
formed that no interallied conference
is being planned, but one of the most
prominent members of the parlia
mentary foreign relations committee
tells me it will be essential that the
entente statesmen meet bfore May 1
in order to decide exactly what steps
are to be taken against Germany,
provided, as seems inevitable. Berlin
remains recalcitrant. Press comment
on the American note fluctuates be
tween pessimism and moderate opti
mism. Pertinax in the Echo de Paris hopes
tie Jxnoi resolution, will be somewhat
Red Cross clean-up week, as pro
claimed by Mayor Baker, has turne
truck loads of discarded clothing,
second-hand housenold articles and
books into the tiny Red Cross shop
that, small as it is, furnishes the
fund that cares for more than 200
disabled veterans in Portland hospi
tals and private homes. And the
week, as the workers phrase it, is
young yet.
"Quite literally we have been
swamped with donations of goods
suited to our uses." said Miss Helen
Whitney, in charge of the shop. "But
we have gladly accepted the challenge
to care for all that may be offered,
for the gifts of clean-up week will
stock our shelves for the coming year
and furnish the all-important relief
fund.
"Some rather fine things happen
here all in the course of a day's
work. One woman who some weeks
ago received clothing, at a price
suited to her poor purse, for her
little girl, came back today bearing
the tiny frocks and the warm woolen
coat They came to us originally
from a home where the small daugh
ter had died. Now they were back
again. 1 want you to have these,
said the mother, 'My own girl will
never need them again,' Even in her
bereavement she had not forgotten
the mission of the Red Cross."
Miss Whitney and her co-workers
have asked the Portland public to
continue the search for salvage, no
tify the Red Cross shop, telephone
Broadway 4532, of any gifts that
await The goods will be called for
as speedily as possible and taken
away In the shop s truck on its col
lection rounds.
Saturday as the closing day of
clean-up week will be devoted to the
collection of wastepaper, old maga
zines and newspapers. All residents
are asked to bundle this salvage and
place it on their front porches Sat
urday, where truck dr'vers will spy
it and add to the collection. The
paper is sold at highest market prices
and proceeds are applied to the home
service and nursing fund.
Wear Your Buttou. .
SENATE CLASH BREWING
SPOKANE, Wash., April 12. The
prosecution and defense concluded
their opening statements and two
wltneses were examined at the trial
In superior court here today of Jay
u. Hougb, charged with forging
bonds of the Teel irrigation district
near Echo, Or. The two witneses
called identified exhibits to be used
at the trial.
Prosecuting Attorney Meyer In his
opening statement declared the state
would attempt to show that the for
gery of the Teel bonds, was planned
at the time the firm of Mllholland &
Hough, now defunct, was negotiat
ing for their purchase. He asserted
that the $100,000 worth of Teel bonds
which Hough is charged with having
forged were printed in Spokane and
delivered to James F. Callahan. Wal
lace. Idaho, mine owner, three days
after the original bonds had been
placed In trust in the Ladd & Tilton
bank in Portland, Or., for Mllhol
land & Hough.
Mr. Meyer charged that the- firm
of Milholland & Hough had received
about J365.00O in cash and good secur
ities from Mr. Callahan, giving him
worthless bonds instead.
Attorney Plummer, for the defense.
In his statement declared he would
attempt to show that Hough signed
the bonds only under duress and at
the point of a revolver in the hands
of Milholland. his partner, who com
mltted suicide the night Hough is
purported to have confessed to the
authorities.
What was said to be a victory for
the state wu a ruling by Juge Oswald
that evidence of the alleged forgery
of Hill county, Montana, and port of
Newport Or., bonds could be Intro
ritict.i nt this trial. Houeh has been
acquitted on one forgery charge, and
three others, including the one for
which h is now being tried, are
still pending against him.
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ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY
Highwayman Admits He Helped to
Terrorise Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash- April 12. Wil
lard Wren, 22. today confessed at his
trial in superior court on a cnarge
of highway robbery that he was one
of the men who had terrorized the
residents of the Woodland Park dis
trict in January. When arraigned
with Einer Sorenson. with whom he
wm arrested on January 18, after
gun battle with fthe police in which
he was wounded, wrenpieauea gumj.
Sentenc was deferred."
Sorenson. who is contesting tne
cases on a question of identity, was
placed on trial today.
ARMY AXD X'AVT ATILL MEET
POLICY OF ECOXOMY.
IiEORGAMZnVG . COMMITTEES
TO BE UP TODAY.
Republican Members Agree to In
dorse Plan to Increase Tea
Major Organizations.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 12. A
controversy is expected in the senate
tomorrow over republican plans for
reorganizing committees. At a con
ference of republican senators today
it was agreed to Indorse the plan to
increase the membership of the ten
major committees from IS to IS, to
provide an extra place for a repub
lican and to give the democrats but
six places.
The republican programme will re
quire a change in the senate rules.
nd democratic leaders said tonight
they will oppose the plan.
The republican committee assign
ments were approved at today's con
ference, which also authorized in
crease of the banking and currency
committee from 13 to 15 members.
The only important change in chair
manships is that of Senator Norrls
of Nebraska to be chairman of the
gricultural committee, succeeding
former Senator Gronna of North
Dakota.
Wear Your Buttou.
R ISOMER WELL RELATED
Wounded Man at Yakima Xephew
of ex-Senator, Says Attorney.
YAKIMA, Wash.. April 12. (Spe-
lal.) Donald Hanlan, wounded by
Sheriff Bear while running from the
heriff and other officers at Top-
penish a few days ago, and now in a
hospital here under guard, is a
nephew of a former United States
senator and brother of the mayor of
city of 100,000 persons, according
to a local attorney, who said he rep
resented Hanlan.
The attorney was denied access to
the prisoner at the hospital and ap
plied for a writ of mandamus to com
pel the sheriff to grant the desired
nterview with Hanlan.
SALEM'S OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Building Permits Totaling $25,
900 Issued in Week.
SALEM, Or., April 12. (Special.)
Building permits aggregating 25,
900 were issued by the city recorder
. s , . . , j a ; 1 A tA
April U according tc records made! coming in just 21 hours 19 min
I Jl.. . -, I utes behind the machine. The seconi
$3500 will be used .in repair work.
The recent reductions in the cost of
lumber, together with the voluntary
cuts in the wages of mechanics, are
felt in Salem, and a number of sub
stantial structures will beerected the
coming year. v
Secretaries "Weeks and Denby Say
Reduced Appropriations Will
rt Weaken Defense.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 12.
Declarations that, the navy department
is ready to take wnat congress will
appropriate and keep the fleet "ready
and fit to fight." and that the war
department is pursuing a policy of
retrenchment in an effort to get down
to "normalcy," were made .by Secre
taries Denby and Weeks tonight be
fore the American Legion post of the
National Press club. ,
Other speakers included Ambas
sador Jusserand of France, who
urged the "gentlemen of pen and
sword" to keep in their hearts "the
spirit of '76 and the spirit of 1917
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and a
number of army and navy officers.
Mr. Denby spoke enthusiastically
of the romance of the navy." The
navy, he added, "is ready for peace,
ready for war."
A pressing problem of the war de
partment. Secretary Weeks said, "Ib
to cut the cost of the individual sol
dier." "I have become a real economist,"
he added, "and I expect a tremendous
amount of wearing and tearing until
we get down to normalcy."
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MANNIX SHIFT SUGGESTED
Archbishop's Transfer to Dublin
Might Be Difficult. '
DUBLIN. April 12. The possibility
of Archbishop Mannlx of Australia
being nom'nated to succeed Arch
bishop Walsh of Dublin, who died
Friday, is being discussed.
A more unusual development of the
Irish Situation could scarcely be
imagined than the appointment of
Archbishop Mannix. Churchmen with
whom the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press discussed his possible
nomination today said they knew of
no technicality which would prevent
Archbishop Mannix from transferring!
to Ireland.
Since Archbishop Mannix still is
refused permission to enter Ireland,
Dublin churchmen declared their be
lief that the British government
would strenuously oppose his nomina.
tion.
Organizations' in Each State Told
to Study Efficient Government
and How to Obtain It.
CLEVELAND. O., April 12. Recom
mendation that each state league of
women voters call a "clean up" con
ference to study efficient government
and how to obtain it was made at
today's session of the second annual
convention of the national league ot
woman voters by the committee on
election laws and methods.
The report recommended the study
by each state conference of state elec
tion laws and how they may be Im
proved, election of officers, election
booths, ballots and voting machines,
the primary law and how it may be
improved the elimination of corrup
tion and trickery, . campaign funds,
corrupt practices acts.
The committee recommended that
efficiency in government be made the
chief department of the national
league.
The committee urged that the
league oppose any attempted repeal
of state primary laws.
The American citizenship committee
recommended that the Towner house
bill for the federal standardization of
schools be indorsed.
. The. committee also recommended
a separate bill for the independent
citizenship of women and the appoint
ment of a committee to study and
present recommendations to congress
for " the general revision of the
naturalization laws.
The women in industry committee
returned a resolution approving the
eight-hour day for working women
through state action.
The social hygiene committee pro
posed a resolution demanding strict
prohibition enforcement
The convention sent to President
Harding a telegram thanking him for
his indorsement of the Sheppard
Towner maternity and infancy bill
in his message.
SOCIETIES TO BE PROBED
Salem School Board Takes Steps
Against Secret Organizations.
SALEM, Or., Aril 12. (Special.)
The Salem school board tonight
adopted a resolution giving so-called
secret societies in the local schools
until May 15 to submit to the board
copies of their by-laws and obligations.
The resolution defines as a secret
society "such a society , as requires
its members to take an obligation or
pledge not to divulge any of the pro
ceedings of work bf said organiza
tion to anyone whomsoever other
than to a member thereof." Physical
violence in initiations was prohibited.
I tie board conducted an investiga
tion as a result of agitation arising
from violent treatment of girls In
itiated into the "T. A." club.
The board re-elected George Hug
as city superintendent of schools for
the coming year.
PIGEON 21 HOURS BEHIND
Two of Three Birds in Race With
Airplane Reach Cotes.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. In the
race between an airplane and three
carrier pigeons from Portland. Or., to
San Francisco, the first pigeon, a navy
bird caned u. . & California, reached
its cote in Oakland at 10:59 A. M. to-
DISTILLER . DESERTS JUG
Dry Agent Grabs Moonshine, but
"Ghost" Scurries Away. .
SEATTLE,
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Wash.,.
Stetson.
. April, 2.
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second
bird to be released, a marine corps
entry called Secretary Denby, reached
Its cote in San Leandro, a suburb of
Oakland, at 11:15 A. M.
The experiment was to test the
relative efficiency of the bird and the
machine. All conditions were said to
be ideal.
The third pigeon, released a few
minutes after the other two, had not
been sighted up to noon.
REDS CALLED TO COUNT
49 Convicted I. W. W. Must Re
port for Trip to Prison.
CHICAGO, April 12 A rollcall of
the 49 Industrial Workers of the
World who were denied yesterday by
the supreme court of the United
States a review of their 1918 convic
tions, was announced for today by
Charles F. Clyne, United States dis
trict attorney.
"I expect about 40 to report for
rollcall," District Attorney Clyne said.
"The others, I believe, will report
at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth."
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CLATSOP BOYS LAUDED
Need of Training School Lacking,
Declares County Judge.
SALEM. Or., April 13. (Special.)
T. S. Cornelius, county judge of Clat
sop county. In a letter to R. B. Good
In. secretary of the board of control,
acknowledging instructions not to
send any more boys to the state
training school until accommodations
were available, said that all the boys
In Clatsop county were of good char-
acter, and that the institution could
be abolished as far as it concerned
that section of the state.
Letters similar to the one received
by Mr. Cornelius recently were sent I
to all county judges in Oregon. This j
action was necessary Decause 01.
report from the superintendent of
the training school to the effect that
the accommodations there were
crowded to capacity.
Hospital Book Shower Planned.
OREGON CITT, Or, April 12. (Spe
cial.) A meeting of the Clackamas
County Health association in the
Commercial club parlors in this city
this afternoon was largely attended.
It was arranged to hold a book
shower for the children's ward In a
hospital as a result of an appeal from
the Oregon Tuberculous uNaociatlnn.
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