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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, ArRIL 21, 1021 FARMERS TO CALL T Oil Hi 00 fish fauna of Chile and the Pacific slope of Ecuador. The relation between the chromatin of the nut-leu and similar materials In the ceil body. Malnutrition as a cause of Irresularltlea In the segregation of oenotheral brev lstyiis from crosses with Oenothera lamarckian. Growth and other changes in tree trunks measured by the dendrograph. The effect of bases and salts on the hydration of biocolloids and cell masses. tnninhiitlnna t a Hnlal nhviiiolozy. The turtle nredon layer." or .red lEAffV RPflllfiTlftn in Freirjht ; laW contribution to th trtlrrath- - Pates Will Be Pressed. CONFERENCE IS OPENED Lower Transportation Cost Key to Agricultural Revival, Assert National Delegates. "WASHINGTON, April JO. Delegates t the National Farmers' union, ac onmpanied by congressmen, will call on President Harding tomorrow to urge an Immediate reduction In freight rates. Leaders tonight Indi cated that the president would be eked to call a conference of labor, capital, representatives of the basic industries, the railroad labor board and the interstate commerce commis sion. The engagement was arranged to day after the farmers had held informal conference with the inter state commerce commission. This conference was described by dele gates as unsatisfactory. The com mission, it was said, indicated that several weeks would be necessary to put into effect any reduction, but suggested that the farmers meet with representatives of labor, steel and the basic industries to decide on some programme for reducing operating expenses of the railroads so neces sary to the reduction of rates. The farmers declared they would toll the president that a reduction in rates would start a revival in agri culture, manufacturing and other in 4 ue tries. Farmers Opes Conference. Farmers from various sections of the country affiliated with the Xa Cional Farmers' union gathered here today for a three days' conference to discuss various problems affecting liieir welfare. The meeting was called by Charles S. Barrett, presi dent of the union. In opening the conference Mr. Bar frett urged the creation of a joint, con gressional committee to inquire into snd suggest remedial measures for the agricultural situation. "Money and credit have been denied formers despite the fact that more money was available in 1920 than in any previous year," Mr. Barrett said, sdding: "It is a notorious fact also that agricultural organizations have not ceen afforded by the transportation eystema of the country the facilities given corporations to distribute the products of the farm." Redaction Ose Factor. Mr. Barrett urged immediate enact ment of "co-operative enabling laws" In a 'generous spirit and without nullifying . reservations." Unable to market their own products, the farmers, spokesmen said before the commission, are virtually on a buyers' strike. i Commissioner McChord asked Na tional Secretary Davis of the union whether with cheap freight rates farmers could market their- products at a profit. , "Possibly not," Mr. Davis replied, "but a freight rate reduction would be one factor and it would be foolish to reject any plan that, would re duce the farmers' loss simply because it does not solve their whole problem." of the White river ollgocene. (Result or the Princeton university 120 expedition to South Dakota). A new hoplophonena from the plpano- thorium h.H. Entelodotus from the big badlands of South Dakota In the geological museum of Princeton university. ' Rose atoll, Samoa. In Its relation to re cent change in aea leveL On the origin of Laccolltic mountains. Intermittent vision at low intensities. A general catalogue of stellar distances. Measurement of star diameters by in terferometer. Discussion of the application of the method of the Interferometer to certain astronomical researches; (a) to astro nhvxwl nrnhlema: b to the measure ment of double stars; (c) to the determl-H nation of stellar parallaxes. Recent astronomical explorations in space and in time. The atomic theory and ideal numbers. Universal volcanlsm and the cosmic atomic numbers. On mean relative and absolute stellar parallaxes. The signs of sanity. Hereditary influences bearing on the re sistance to tuberculosis. Cinemlcrographs of living cells. Some recent researches on yellow fever. An electro-chemical theory of normal and certain pathologic processes. Further Investigations on the relation between terrestrial magnetism and atmos pheric electricity. Production of radiation by electron im pact in helium. The field of archaeological exploration in Mesopotamia and the outlook for the future. Toblt's blindness and Sara's hysteria. A symposium on "atomic structure." aE FACES STRIKE WEST WILL TACKLE JAPANESE PROBLEM Members of Congress Join t Stop Immigration. r 11 STATES IN CRUSADE Senator and Representatives Form Organization to Conduct Fight for Exclusion. JOB PRINTERS AXD BAKERS THKEATEX WALKOUT. May 1 Date? Set for Action Unless Wages and Working Conditions Remain as at Present. SPOKANE. Wash., April 20. (Spe cial.) Job printers ana bakers of Spokane were ready to go out on strike on May 1, if necessary, to gain wages, hours and conditions provided for in working contracts indorsed for 1921, according to statements made by Fred Barker, president of the typo graphical union, and Glen Warren, secretary of the bakers' union. The employers were equally deter mined that the demands made by the unions shall not be granted. With the date of expiration of the present con tracts but ten days off, no sign of an adjustment or agreement has been reached. "The bakers are determined not to accept any reduction in wages," said Secretary Warren of the bakers' union. "The master- bakers have asked that the wages be reduced SI a day on May 1. The bakers feel that there has been no reduction in the cost of living, when everything is considered. We find reductions on foodstuffs and clothing are nearly eaten up by the Increases In rents and extra charges on public utility service." KLAMATH HEARING IS SET Courthouse- Case to Be Argued Be! PROBE BY tXXJfGRESS ASKED Facts on "What's Wrong With Ag rlcnltnre" Wanted. WASHINGTON. D. C, April 20. Congress was urged in a resolution adopted today by the national farm ers' union to appoint a joint commis sion to determine "what is wrong with agriculture" and to enact legis lation to "correct the established evils." "The farmers have -been branded ss profiteers," said the resolution. "and have been accused of taking or threatening to take measures which would result in a dangerously diminished quantity of available pro ducts, adding that the country was entitled to know the facts and that congress was the only agency quipped to '"ascertain the truth." On the other hand, it charged that farmers have been discriminated gainst in credit and transportation and that they had been forced to Mil their products below the cost of production while residents of the cit ies had been compelled to pay "for their food five or six times the Amount the producers obtained." Secretary of Agriculture Wallace tirged that the farm organizations take constructive steps to build up an organization adequately to protect snd promote agriculture. Resolutions were adopted for the appointment of committees to report on the losses of the farmers and the amount of credit extended in com parison with other Industries and also on the "unfair practices and discrim ination against co-operative con cerns.'" Members of the farmers' union were said by Mr. Reed, their secretary, to have J30.000.000 invested in co-operative organizations which did a turn over in business volume last year of more than $600,000,000. "When you see boards of trade and chambers of commerce patting any farm organization on the back," he continued, "it's not worth a cuss to the farmers," adding that "we have blood in our eyes for that crowd." FRANKLIN SOCIETY MEETS Wide Range of Intricate Topics Listed for Discussion. PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 20. The American Philosophical Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, to give It Its full name, will discuss a wide range of subjects at its annual meeting to be held April 21 to 23 in the hall of the society on Independ ence square. This society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1727 and in which he took great pride, attracts scientists and others from ail parts of the United States. A glance inrough the three days progranfme shows the following subjects to "pro mote useful knowledge" will be Mis cussed: The Roger Bacon cipher. The peopling of Asia. On population growth. Influence of the Humboldt current on the distribution and abundance of marine jiie. Transportation problems confronting the American people. Kngllsh-German commercial rivalry in the late 16th century. Early methods of communication be tween China and the Mediterranean. Notes on the Manlchaean fragments from Turfan. - Propylene glygol dlnltrata. The conduct of mixtures of nitrogen and chlorine in a flaming are. Discussion of a kinetic theory of grav itation. The nature and origin of fresh water fore Supreme Court. SALEM, Or... April 20.-A(SDe'cial.) Next Wednesday has been set for hearing arguments before the su preme court in the mandamus pro ceedings filed by J. M. Dougan of Portland to enforce, payment of ap proximately $20,000 alleged to be due for the erection of a courthouse in Klamath county.. The Klamath county treasurer is named as defendant in the action. Two courthouses wete erected there, but after years of litigation the su preme court legalized the so-called Dougan structure and awarded the contractor a judgment for about $100,000. Mr. Dougan -asserts that $20,000 remains unpaid. The records before the supreme court indicate that the Klamath county clerk issued warrants for the payment of the money alleged to be due Mr. Dougan, but that- the treas urer refused to honor them. WEDDING LONG SECRET L. W. Magee Announces Marriage Four Months Ago 'In Portland. SALEM, Or, April 20. (Special.) L. W. Magee, prominent Salem young man, after harboring the secret for more than four months, today, while in bed convalescing from measles, announced to friends that on New Tear's eve in Portland he married Miss Ruth Lillian Herigstad of Scotts Mills. Since the marriage Mrs. Magee has been residing with her parents at Scotts Mills, while her husband has been employed by his brother in this city. They had intended to keep the secret until May 1, when they had planned to start housekeeping on Mr. McGee's ranch jiear Shaw. 6000 TO PAYP0LL TAX Fudging by Women in Giving Age Causes Some of Them Trouble. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 20. (Special.) In Clarke county are 6000 persons who are eligible to pay the poll tax, according to J. G. Eddings, county assessor. The poll tax -is bringing to light many amusing incidents. One at tractive matron gave her. age to the city clerk when she registered to vote at 42. That was before the poll tax law went into effect. As a matter of fact, she is 50 years old, and would not have to pay the poll tax had she registered her age truthfully. Now she will have to go along for eight years and pay $5 a year poll tax. WASHINGTON. D. C April 20. Active work by the organization of senators and representatives of far western states, perfected today" to unite efforts for dealing with the Japanese immigration problem, wi!l begin within tbe next week. Senator Johnson, republican. Call fornia, was made- chairman of tbe organization and directed to appoint an executive committee composed of one senator and one representative from each of the 11 states Califor nia, Oregon. -s. Washington. Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. He announced tonight he would name as representative from each of the states this week. . The first .work, It was announced. would e to survey the situation with the expectation of submitting infor mation collected to other states for possible action. White Race Held Menaced. - V. S. McClatchy of Sacramento, rep resenting the Japanese Exclusion league of California, declared that un less the Japanese were excluded they ultimately would swamp the white races. Within the last three months, Mr. McClatchy said, several states had shown a desire to co-operate with California in enacting anti-alien land bills similiar to that recently passed in California. In Oregon and Idaho, he added, land bills had been proposed in the legisla tures, but action on them had been postponed indefinitely because of tel egrams from Washington saying that such action by the states would, em barrass the federal government. McClatchy declared Japanese had established a birth rate per thousand three times as great as that of the whites and that if further immigra tion were not prohibited in 100 years there would be more Japanese than whites in California. Rich Lands Under Control. "The Japanese today control one eighth of all the rich irrigated lands of California," Mr. McClatchy said. "They will not and cannot make American citlzeifS." Under the so-called gentlemen's agreement, Mr. McClatchy added, "there has been no suspension or re striction of immigration." "We have done the extraordinary thing," he continued, "of passing to Japan one of our sovereign rights of determining who and how many may come in The agreement should be abrogated. Why should we longer surrender a supreme prerogative of this character which is to our mani fest detriment and ultimately will be our undoing?" In the- house today Representative Raker, democrat, California, pro posed an amendment to the constitu tion providing that no child "here after born In the United States of foreign parentage shall be eligible to citizenship in the United States un less both parents are eligible to Be come .citizens of the United States." suit for divorce. Once, he said, hiso- wife went away from home to visit I. Tl I 1 I . I. . hfa ' iu rcuuoivaaia wnuvui ummmniB , consent He was married once before to an American woman. She died. They had a son who was of normal stature. His second wife was much I younger than he. NAVY ACCEPTS SITE TITLE Early Survey for Base at Tongue Point Indicated. ASTORIA, Or., April 20. (Special.) That the navy department has formally accepted the title to the naval base site at Tongue Point is shown by . the fact that the deed, whereby the county transfers the site to the government, was fried for record in the county clerk's office this morning. The ereed reserves a right of way 50 feet in width along the shore line of the property for the construction of an extension of the belt line railroad. According to advice received a few days ago from Washington, a naval officer and crew have been assigned to begin work in the immediate fu ture on surveying the property, pre- j paratory to constructing the required I docks, machine shops and warehouses. The site comprises about 2200 acres of property. ROAD DECISION EXPECTED Governor and Board Likely to Visit Hoquiam Soon. HOQUIAM, Wash., April 20. (Spe cial.) Governor Hart and members of the state highway board are ex pected here Friday, en route to Lake Quinault. On their return they will probably be honor guests at the monthly dinner of the Hoquiam Com mercial club, according to Secretary Mathias. The purpose of the visit Is to In spect the Olympic highway to the !ake and the new road around the foot of the Quinault bridge, and to de cide on the extension to Queets. Hinging on this inspection is the let ting of a contract for clearing, grub bing and possibly planking the exten sion to Queets as discuseed at a recent meeting of Hoquiam and Queets resi dents in Olympia. DALLAS AUDIENCE SMALL Thomas R. Marshall Evades Dis cussion of Partisan Politics. DALLAS. Or.. April 20. (Special.) Only a small audience greeted Tnomas R. Marshall at the Majestic ineater here Tuesday night. Mr. Marshall's lecture on "Some Governing Princi ples" wag rated by those who heard it as one of the finest platform talks ever delivered In 'this city. - Discus sion of partisan politics was carefully avoided by the speaker. Prior to the lecture Mr. Marsnaii was entertained at a dinner given at the Gail hotel by Dallas citizens. Preparations had been made by the Dallas Woman s club to entertain Mrs. Marshall also, but ehe was taken ill at Albany, and was unable to ac company her husband nere. Mrs. Blanche Muellenberg Sues. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 20. (Special.) Mrs. Blanche Muellenberg brought suit for divorce from ner husband. J.- F. Muellenberg, whom she married in Tacoma, July 5, 1919. She asked the restoration of the name of Blanche D. Lieser. She was a widow of Dr. Miles U. Lieser. in her complaint she alleges that her husband treated her m a cruel ana inhuman manner, failed to proviue for her and abandoned her February 2, 1921. - BONDED WHISKY SEIZED Liquor Worth $3000 Taken Xear Vancouver; Two Are Fined. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 20. (Special.) At current prices, $3000 worth of old bonded whisky, includ ing such well-known brands as Old Crow, Old Taylor and Canadian Club, were confiscated by Sheriff Thomp son last night in the barn of C. A. Wigen on Salmon creek. Martin Foil also was arrested. Foil was fined $250 and costs to day and given a 90-day suspended sentence. The fine was paid. Wigen was fined $250 and costs and Mrs. Wigen, who was brought. in with her husband last night, wasreieased. Wi gen alleged that Foil had stored the liquor in his barn in 16 sacks, piled in a heap without covering. The sheriff was of the opinion that Wigen's place had been used as a storehouse for whisky runners from Canada and the sound. Foil told the sheriff, that he bought the liquor in Seattle for $85 a case and was going to dispose of it for $150 a case. He said that in Se attle one could buy all the liquor he had money to pay for. Inman-Poulsen Wins Rate Case, THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. D. C, April zo. repara tion was granted by the interstate nnmmerce commission today to the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company of Portland, in aVcase brought against the Southern . Pacific railroad. The commission held that the rates charged on fir and hemlock lumber and lath in straight and mixed car loads from Portland to California points were unduly prejudicial. Forest Tourists Target. BEND, Or.. April 20 (Special.) Better sanitation must be had In the public camping places furnished by the national forest service for tour ists, it was deciBed today at the con ference of rangers and supervisors of the Ochoco, Deschutes and Fremont rational forests in progress here, especially strict regulations may be necessary to prevent the pollution of streams, it was pointed out. k - Ex-Convict Is Buried. BEND, Or., April 20. (Special.) Robert E. Colvin, formerly a convict at the Walla Walla penitentiary, whose body was found in a box car here yesterday, was buried here to day. The condition of the body pre vented shipment to Toppenish, Wash., where a brother and nephew reside. The cause of Colvin's death remains a mystery. OWNERS WILLSELL PLANT Douglas County Light and Power Holdings Offered to Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or., April 20. (Spe c'al.) J. L. Kendall of Pittsburg, who Is one of the owners of the Douglas County Light & Water company, told the city council ths morning that the company was desirous of selling the entire plant to the city of Roseburg and that corporation bonds would be accepted In payment of the property. Mr. Kendall further said the money derived from the sale v.-ouli be used in establishing a sawmill here to handle the logs from the Kendall timber holdings on the North Imp- qua river. Offender's Sanity Questioned. ROSEBURG. Or, April 20. (Spe cial.) Charged with writing vicious and obscene letters to persons in this city, a man giving the name of Tom Patterson, recently from San Fran cisco, was arrested here this morn ing. Ee will be examined aa to his sanity. MIDGET WANTS' DIVORCE Reputed' Smallest Man in World Brings Suit Against Wife. i LAPORTE, Ind., April 20. (Spe cial.) Che Mah, Chinese midget. 83, reputed to be the smallest man in the world, has sued his American wife, 5 feet 6 inches tall, for divorce at Knox, Ind. Che Mah is 28 inches tall and weighs 40 pounds. For years he was a head line attraction at circus sideshows, but retired-a decade ago and has been living on his savings. Incompatibility was charged in the DANCING Guaranteed The Blngler Dancing Academy offer better advantages and more modern instruction at lower rates than any other first-class school in the city. Private Lessons Daily at Cotillion Hall and Broadway Hall Classes at Cotillion Hall Monday and Thursday eves. New class forming for Broadway Hall on Tuesday and Friday, beginning April 26. All classes work under direction of Montrose M. Ringler, Master of Dancing, President of Oregon Dancing Teachers' Association. OH Wig Reliable! a. AT present there are two . ways of making a cigar reliable : one is to raise its price ; the other to increase its sale. And the R'B policy chose the latter with the result that R-B are the same today and sell ing faster than ever. Local Distributor, Hart Cigar Company 30S-8O7 Fine St Portland, Or. ar Londres MJbr 59. trapped for our Protection Rue de la Paix Chocolates J- n Merchandise of c Merit Only" Mail Orders Filled Mr. Edward Weinstein, Buyer of the Men'4 CIotRing Store, Will Sail for Europe, . May 3, on a Special Buying Trip Mr. Weinstein leaves Portland today for New York, sailing May 3 on the steamship Aquitania of the Cunard line. He will remain abroad three months, visiting England, France, Scotland and Ireland, where he will purchase merchandise for both" the Men's Clothing Store and the Men's Furnishing Department. While he is away he will be glad to make special purchases for our customers, and any merchandise .you 'may wish will be bought for you, provided orders are left at the Men's Clothing Store. , Lipman, Wolfe & Co. have found the demand for imported goods has increased noticeably within the past year in the city and from now on intend to carry at all times wide stocks of sifch merchandise. 400 Beautiful Blouses in This Sale! Priced a Trifle More Than Their Cost $5.00 Georgettes, Crepe de Chine and Mignonettes One of the Season's Very Best Blouse Offerings Tomato, Porcelain, Jade, Honeydew, Cold, Grey, Bisque, Flesh, White Eight Models Are Pictured Here There Are Scores of Others Equally as Pretty One of the best purchases and consequently one of our best sales. Any woman wanting a $5.00 Blouse which has everything you expect to find in a blouse for which you cheerfully pay more, can get it in this event. The Trimmirigs Trimmed with embroidery, novelty lace, fancy stitching in contrasting colors, deep pleating, clusters of pin tuck ing and hemstitching. Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. This Store Uses No Comparative Prices They Are Misleading and Often Untrue -'-m0'a( i o Summer Excursion Fares to v5 S tiS3sS&4353& 8 ASTERN CITIES Will Become Effective on the Union Pacific System Wednesday, June 1, 1921 and daily thereafter till and including; August 15 as follows: Chicago $106.80 Minneapolis $87.60 Denver 77.40 Omaha 87.60 Kansas City. . . 87.60 Pueblo 77.40 Memphis 111.60 St Paul 87.60 St Louis $101.40 8 WAR TAX TO BE ADDED and proportionate reductions to many points East. Tickets at these fares will be pood for return within three months, but not later than October 81. Liberal stopovers. For more complete details, inquire of L. E. OMER, City Pass. Agt., 701 Wells Fargo Bids., Broadway 4500 CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, Third and Wash. Sts.. Main 3530 UNION STATION, Broadway 802 Bjr. 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