Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 21, 1921, Page 2, Image 2

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    TIIE MORNING OltEGOXIAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921
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WEWSHIPPIWG BOARD
Chairman Held General Man
ager of Exports.
FOREIGN TRADER WANTED
roshlon Is Declared to Need Man
Capable of Finding Markets
Rather Than Sailor.
BY MARK SULLIVAN'.
(Coprrlcht br th New Tork Evenlnir Post,
Ino- Publlnhed by ArrannmenL)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 20.
The three men whom President Hard
in ir Is nubliclv credited with hav
ing considered for the position of
chairman of the shipping: board are
James A. Farrell of the United States
steel corporation. Walter C. Teagle of
the Standard Oil company, ana Aiei
ander R. Legge of the International
Harvester company.
It will be observed that no one of
these men Is primarily a shipping
man. Kach is a man whose experi
ence and ability Is in the line of sell
ing American goods In foreign mar
kets. Farrell grew up In the export
steel business; Teagle's experience
has been largely In the export of oil.
end Legge's In the selling of Ameri
can farm Implements In Russia and
ether foreign countries.
This reflects something that is not
only In President Hardings mind aa
respects the shipping board, but is
a part of the widest and most fun
damental business policy of the new
administration. President Harding is
seeking for the shipping board not
a sailor, but a merchant, a man of
large administrative and merchandis
ing ability, who has knowledge ana
experience of international markets
and who understands commerce in all
its phases.
Export Manager Wanted.
The theory is that whoever shall
be chairman of the shipping board
shall regard himself as, so to speak,
general manager of the export busi
ness of the United States in all its
phases. The actual management of
ships will be but a subordinate inci
dent of his job. He is to look at the
world as a whole and consider how
the surplus of goods produced In the
United States over the needs of our
own people- can best be marketed.
This is a conception of the shipping
board and its chairmanship wbich has
not hitherto prevailed.. In the past
the position has been looked upon
-as purely a shipping one. The pres
ent chairman of the board is an ad
miral and all the previous chairmen
except one have been admirals or
men otherwise chosen for their
knowledge of shipping alone.
Tank Declared Hard.
The law does not make it easy for
President Harding to carry out his
ideas. The conception of the law un
tier which the shipping board non
functions was that the purpose of the
board should be to develop our ports.
Having that conception in mind, the
reason was that in many cases the
law was given a sectional turn, and
looks to the seven member of the
boArd being chosen from various sec
tions of the country, so that each can
look jealously after the Interests of
his local ports. It is certain, how
ever, that President Harding's con
ception of the shipping board and
Its chairman as the custodians not
merely of ships or of ports, but of
America's whole exportable surplus,
will prevail.
This picture of the business policy
of the administration cornea up again
and again. It Is shown in our pass
ing the Colombian treaty In order to
create good will for our oil Interests
In Latin America; it is shown in
Hoover's leadership of co-operation
among American business men for
foreign trade.
Exports fa Be Aided.
It is shown In the resurrection of
the war finance corporation for the
purpose of facilitating exports. It Is
shown in the fact that the greatest
vehemVace of manner which Presi
dent Harding showed in his recent
address to congress came when he
expressed the determination that the
United States shall have a mercantile
marine adequate to its share in the
foreign trade of the world.
Policy, !n Its working out, will have
historic consequences too large to be
dealt with In this space.
BODY TAKEN FROM WILDS
Gold Prospector Carried by Canoe
and Dog Team to Civilization.
PORT ARTHUR, Ont.. April !0. An
11-day journey by canoe, toboggan
and dog team through the wilds of
northern Ontario to bring back to
civilization the body of Ward E
';Brown, an American gold prospec
tor, ended today when T. Barker,
Ward's companion and brother-in-
'll-il law, reached this place. The body,
Jjjjwhlch had been hauled and carried
several hundred miles, was encased in
7,(;ii several thicknesses of tarpaulin and
.strapped to a board. It will be taken
by train tomorrow to PlainwelL Mich.,
tee for burial. .
n-Attfi: Brown died of pneumonia April
. d In a 'shack near Clearwater lake, 150
miles north of Sioux Lockout, the
nearest settlement.
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Cash Secreted Everywhere About
Place by Aged Reclnse.
KED CLIFF, Colo, April 20. Near
ly 112.000 It) cash, hidden in a cabin
owned by Charles Miller, aged recluse
who died recently, was discovered by
county officials.
The money was secreted behind pic
,yt;ture frames and in utensils, crevices
Dock Improvement Began.
"f-" jfEWPORT. Or., April 20. (Spe
ciaL) The Newport Navigation com.
pany has rebuilt Its dock and put up
a new ornce Dulldrhg, used jointly by
the Western Union company, the
Wells-Fargo company, and the Navi
gation company. Joining this dock,
P. M. Abbey c Co. have removed two
bulldinga and are constructing a new
r , dock, ins port commission is adding
fj if ' a slip and float to its dock for the
up..-.' accommodation of autos ferried to and
Yv ;. - from South Beach.
Redmond Attorney Dead.
BEND, Or., April 20. (Special.)
t . , j. a. vviicox, city attorney oi Kea
Jli'raond and the first man to practice
law in that town, died' early this
morning after a brief Illness. A na
Ser tlve of Iowa, he has resided in Red
Qi'mond for 12 years. The Knights of
Pythias lodge will conduct the fu
neral services.
WEALTHY MAX MO KILLED
HIS WIFE, WHO HAS
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BOTH SIDES APPEAR EAGER
TO REACH AGREEMENT.
Miners' Federation Declares Pro
posals From Owners Arc Too
Vague for Settlement.
LONTOJf. April 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) It is virtually certain
there will be no settlement of the
coal strike before next week. The
miners' federation has decided that
the new proposals by the owners are
too vague to afford a basis for nego
tiations. Both sides, however, continue to
display a desire to get together If
possible and should Frank Hodges.
secretary of the miners' union, suc
ceed in swinging the delegates' con
ference Friday to his side it Is be
lieved another joint conference will
assemble" Monday.
The statement of the miners' fed
eration regarding the owners' pro
posals said they were "vague and
meaningless." The federation added
that its proposals were clear a na
tional wage board with a national
tonnage levy to enable the poorer pits
to pay the rates of wages agreed on
out of funds contributed through th
levy by the miners and mine owners,
An appeal, signed by a number o
leading bishops and non-conformist
clergy, urged dispassionate consider
ation of the miners' demands on th
basis of the tonnage levy proposed
by the miners federation.
COLOMBIA PACT RATIFIED
Continued From First Paj?e.)
rubber stamps" of the White House
and declared that payment of 125,
000,000 to obtain Colombia's good will
would logically be followed by pay
ments to the other nations of the
world for their good wilL
Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa,
declared the treaty was "blackmail
and said the American people would
understand it.
"And it's not going to be any easier
to swallow because the bottle is la.
beled 'take with oil,' said the Iowa
senator, suggesting that -possibility
of cancellation by Colombia of Amer
ican oil concessions was a factor in
support given the treaty.
The proposed payment to Colombia,
Senator Kenyon said, would be "a
half-baked apology" and a "stigma"
on the name of Mr. Roosevelt as well
as "a sickly, pusillanimous policy of
buying friendship.
Large Policy Pointed Out.
Answering opponents of ratlfica.
tlon. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
the republican leader, said the pact
was part of a great national for
eign policy" projected by President
WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS
DAY'S WORK.
Senate.
The Colombian treaty was
ratified by a vote of 69 to 19,
without amendment.
Western senators visited Pen
rose and urged baste Id passage
of emergency tariff bill.
House.
The bill restricting immigra
tion was debated.
Attorney-General Daugherty
was attacked by Representative
Stevenson, democrat. South Car
olina, for permitting .Eugene V.
Debs to leave Atlanta prison.
Representatives of the South
ern Tariff association asked
ways and means for protection.
Intermarriage between whites
and negroes in the District of
Columbia would be prevented
under a bill introduced by
Johnson, democrat, Mississippi.
Harding "toward our neighbors in
the southern and eastern hemis
pheres. It is a matter of opinion as
to whether this treaty is a reflection
on Theodore Roosevelt and the United
States, and in my opinion such a re
flection is not possible."
Senator Borah, republican. Idaho,
said Mr. Lodge "had suggested in a
nebulous way" that the treaty was a
part of a large administrative pol
icy, adding:
'Possibly if that policy were un
folded and I could find where admis
sion by the United States of wrong
doing was necessary to that policy.
might be convinced."
Mexico, Nicaragua and the Domin
ican republic have equally valid
cla'ms against the United States, Sen
ator Borah declared, adding that a
delegation from the Dominican re
public preceded Secretary Colby
whnrAVOF ha wnt nn hi r.pent finnlh
American tour, asking what the 1
HIMSELF AT LOS ANGELES, AND
BEEN MUCH IN PUBLIC EYE.
P. (JACK) CIDAHV.
United States intends to no about
the republic.
"When you ratify this treaty," Sen
ator Borah continued, "you write In
black letters 'theft' across the great
est achievement of our time. Tou
write 'false, mendacious and unre
liable' across the names of John Hay
and Theodore Roosevelt. You ratify
the charge that Theodore Roosevelt
stole Panama.
Te Colombia treaty grew out of
tne cnarge tnat tne united states nad
wronged Colombia In the partition of
Panama. It was one event In a se
quence connected with the building of
the Panama canal, and what was
characterized by its proponents as
"the taking of the isthumus by Tfeo-
dore Roosevelt while congress de
bated."
Those who urged ratification
charged that when Panama revolted
from Colombian rule, American naval
forces prevented Colombia from re
covering her lost territory.
Those who opposed ratification
charged Colombia had long been en
gaged in trying to "hold up" the
United States for a large sum of
money for a canal route and that
Panama revolted from Colombia rule
for Just cause.
In the wrangle which has -lasted
over many , years few facts seem to
be uncontroverted. It does seem un
disputed, however, that President
Roosevelt negotiated a treaty with
Colombia by which the United States
obtained the right of the old French
canal company to build the canal,
with a cash payment of $10,000,000
and an annual payment of $250,000.
The treaty was ratified by the United
States senate, but the Colombian sen
ate refused to accept it.
American Force Landed.
D Lessepa, Frencn canal builder,
had spent millions of dollars and
thousands of lives in efforts to build
the canal and the project was the
world's dream for two centuries.
On November 3, 1903, Panama re
volted. A small American naval force,
less than 60 men. the record says, was
landed to protect Americans. Ten
days later the United States recog
nized Panama, guaranteed her Inde
pendence and later made the treaty
by which the canal zone was ceded
to the United States and the canal
was built.
The treaty was 'negotiated at the
Instance of W. J. Bryan, a democratic
secretary of state, submitted by the
democratic president. Woodrow Wil
son blocked in ratification by a re
publican minority, recommended for
ratification by a republican president.
Warren G. Harding, and urged by
:eaders of a preponderately republic
an senate.
Article 1 provides that the yeat
ment accorded citizens and products
cf Colombia In transportation through
tha Panama canal and over the ran'
Ki railway shall be equal to that
e-iven citizens and products of the
United States.
Article 2 obligates that the United
States pay Colombia $25,000,000 gold,
(5,000,000 within six months" after the
exchange of ratifications ana o,uou.
003 annually for four years.
Article 3 obligates Colombia to rec
ognize Panama as an Independent
state and defines the boundary be
tween Colombia and Panama.
ARCHIBALD MacLfAN DIES
Once Prominent Doctor Passes
Away In Poorhonse.
LEADVILLE. Colo., Apll 20. Arch!
bald Malcolm MacLean, former promi
nent doctor and titular head of the
Clan MacLean, a noted Scottish tarn
Hy. died today in the county poor
house. Fifteen years ago ha had
charge of the Iron Silver Mining com
pany's hospital. His brother. Dr. Don
ald MacLean of Detroit, a few years
ago was the president of the Medical
association, and another brother was
a prominent physician at Salt Lake.
For several years Dr. MacLean bad
been mentally incapacitated. He was
70 years old.
ROADS ASK CUT IN WAGES
(Continue From First Pare.)
ment and tracks through allegations
of incompetent and extravagant man
agement.
In the last class emphasis was laid
upon publicity and advertising and on
what the unions thought were un
necessary legal expenses. Such ex
penditures. It was claimed, . have
served to increase and have been
charged wrongfully to operating
costs.
It was also charged that much of
the defective equipment which the
management of the roads are using
as an argument tor tne need of de
creased wage costs could have been
avoided if the roads had declared less
liberal dividends and use a proper
proportion of their earnings to estab
lish replacement funds.
S H. greet stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co coal and wood. Mala
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PACKER'S SON ENDS
LIFE WITH SHOTGUN
John P. Cudahy Suicide in Los
Angeles.
DIVORCE ACTION RUMORED
Wife Denies Report That Shooting
Was Result of Any Recent..
Domestic Difficulties.
(Contlnoed From First tiKt.)
a telegram irom nis sister uiara in
Santa Barbara, iontalnlag the fol
lowing brief statement: ' ,
"Sorry, but find it Impossible to do
what you ask."
It l believed by the pollee- that the
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j failure to negotiate this loan was the
culminating disappointment which
drove the son of the famous packer
to end his life. .
Mr. Cudahy was knownthe police
further learned, to have been in ill
health for the last year and under
the constant care of his physicians.
Dr. L. J. Huff and Dr. Edwin C. O.
Palmer. Shortly after his return from
the Cudahy ranch near Calexico, Mex
ico, about 10 days ago, Mr. Cudahy
took an overdose of bichloride of mer
cury, according to the detectives,
which caused intense sickness for
some time.
At the Cudahy home, one of the
palatial mansions In exclusive West
Hollywood, yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Cudahy refused to comment upon the
affair other than to say there had
been no trouble lately between her
and her husband, and that Mr. Cud
ahy's action came as a shock which
she had never expected. He had been
despondent for some time, she said.
cut had never intimated that he had
lost hope of living his troubles out.
Divorce Action Rumored.
Mr. Cudahy'c chauffeur, W. M. Con
don, met all callers at the front door,
saying that Mrs. Cudahy was In such
a broken down condition that it was
Impossible for her to see or speak
to anyone. Through him she wished i
to deny the report that Mr. Cudahy's
action came as the result of any dif
ferences between them as suggested
In a report of a prospective divorce
suit some time aVo. Mr. and Mrs.
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Cudahy were divorced In
wprn remarried in 1912.
Funeral servloes will' be arranged
later.
Dr. L. J. Huff, who said he had
been attending Mr. Cudahy for the
past month only, declared tonight
that the packer's son had been In an
extremely nervous condition, brought
tiDon him bv Indiscretion In bis man
ner of living, and that he suffered
from insomnia.
According to Dr. Huff, Mr. Cudahy
had not been down in Mexico, Dut
had been living at the Rosslyn hotel
here under a fictitious name for
about six weeks until ten days ago.
Previously he had spent three months
In Dr. Jioss Moore's sanitarium. Dr.
Huff 'said he called Dr. Palmer into
consultation a little more than a
week ago.
Cndahy Debt-Swamped.
While residing In Pasadena In 1914
he was sued for $30,000 damages by
Dr. B. O. Coates of that city, i who
charged him with having violently
thrown the doctor's wife against a
table. One of the first sensational
occurrences In which the son of the
millionaire meat packer figured was
the Jere S. Lillis case in Kansas City
in 1910.
In January. 1919, Mr. Cudahy was
sued by the Hotel Maryland .of Pasa
dena for a two-year-old hotel bill
amounting to $9451. At the time Mr.
Cudahy said he had loaned $30,000 to
the president of the California Hotel
company, owner of the Maryland.
In the same year he was made da-
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Morrison at Fourth
1911 andffendant in an action brought by the
ery of a $10,000 board bill. His wife
was also named as a defendant.
Chicago members of the Cudahy
family apprised of the suicide de
clared they "had nothing to say."
MARITAL- TROUBLE RECALLED
Cudahy Factor in Sensational Af
fair in Kansas City.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., April 19. The
marital differences of Jack Cudahy,
who committed suicide In Los Angeles
today, and his wife, who was Miss
Edna Cowin, daughter of General J. C.
Cowin of Omaha, Neb., attracted con
siderable interest during the 14 years
the family lived here. The Cudahyo
left in 1914 for California.
Cudahy was general manager of his
father's packing plant here during
the family's residence In Kansas City.
He was married in Omaha, December
28, 1899. On March 6, 1910, Cudahy
figured in a sensational episode.
Police summoned to the Cudahy
home late at night by Mrs. Cudahy
found Jere Lillis, a local banker,
lying on the floor bound with ropes
and severely slashed. Cudahy and his
chauffeur were in the room. To the
police Cudahy said Lillis had wrecked
his home. Lillis recovered and Cud
ahy was not prosecuted.
Several days later relatives an
nounced that a separation had taken
p'ace between the Cudahy. On
an investment in good appearance
the house of Kuppenheimer good
August , 23,. 1910, Mrs. Cudahy was
granted a dlvopce, after she had tex-
tlfled of alleged indignities suffered
at the hands of her husband. The
decree provided that she should rt
celve $5000 a year during her life
time from Michael Cudahy, father of
Jack, and that a trust fund of 100.0(h)
shoqld be set up hy the elder Cudahy
tor tue four children, who were to
divide the sum on attaining majority.
The court alo provided that the cus
tody of the children should go to Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Cudahy.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy left Kansas City
several days later, accompanied by
the children. In Chicago she an
nounced that the children had disap
peared. A nation-wide search was
started.
Several months afterward It was
announced that they had been fouml
in a Los Angelus convent, where. It
was said, they had baen placed by
Mrs. Michael Cudahy, the grand
mother. The couple were remarried at Ex
celsior Springs, Mo., June 20, 1912,
and a court decree shortly afterward
set aside the original Civorce order,
Cudiihyovaa active In club circles
and took part In many uportlii
events. He was especially Interested
in polo and maintained a string f
polo ponies. His wife was prominent
in social affairs her.
An Iowa lawyer has recorded h'
will on a phonograph cylinder Insti-nd
of on paper. The names of the wit
nesses were recorded also, and the
cylinder KeRleri In a hox and filed
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