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THE MORNING OR EGO NT AX. "WEDNESDAY. JTJIT 13, 1921 " HOUSE TO VOTE DW TARIFF ON JULY 21 Rule Also Limits Amendments From Floor. DEMOCRATS IN ATTACK "Gag Rule Method of legislation' Declared to Have Caused "Con dition Beneath Contempt." WASHTVGTON, D. C, July 12. After patting through a rule calling for a final vote on the tariff bill on July 21. and limiting amendments from the floor to hides, oil, cotton. asphalt and dyes, the house held its first night session tonight in order to accommodate the multitude of members eager to discuss it. The rule wai adopted 23 to 100, by almost a straight party vote, five republicans from Wisconsin opposing it and three democrats from Louisiana voting for as adoption. Republican leaders, on the face of the vote, de clared the bill would be passed by substantially the same majority. Attack Made on Rale. Democrats made a sharp attack against the rule declaring that by it the house would surrender its powers to the ways and means committee. Representative Garrett of Tennessee, acting democratic leader, and Repre sentative Bourke Cochran of Iv'ew York took charge of the fight, the latter asserting that by 'the gag rule method of legislation" the house had "sunk into a condition almost beneath contempt" and that it no longor was regarded by the country as a serious legislative body. A letter, understood to deal with the proposed duties on oil, which the president sent to Chairman Fordney became the basis of discussion today among members. Mr. Fordney ad mitted he had lately received a "per fconal letter" from the president, but declined to discuss it or reveal its purport. Reciprocal Pacta Kavortd. It was reported, however, that Mr. Harding expressed the hope that if the houwe saw fit to place a duty on oil, a proviso would be attached simi lar to that on certain kinds of lum ber which would permit reciprocal agreements to be negotiated by the executive. Representative Longworth of Ohio headed the republican speakers to day and talked for nearly three hours on four phases of the bill; dye control. American valuation, wool and the bargaining clauses. His state ments frequently brought fire from the democratic side. Mr. Long worth defended the entire bill, but concentrated on an explanation of the woolen, American valuation, dye control and bargaining clauses which have bttn objected to by democrats In nearly every speech thus far. He said he believed a trial of the measure would demonstrate it to be the best tariff measure ever laid be fore the house and described the new wool schedule, supplanting the old schedule K. as a future asset for the country. The American valuation policy, he added, was one which should have been adopted years ago, and he was convinced it could never be more sorely needed than at present. S If! DISC CH.VXCES TO LAXD FEDERAL JOB ARE OX DECLINE. Internal Revenue CoIIectorship for District of Washington Said to Be Lost. THE OREGON! AX NEWS BUREAU. Washington. D. C, July 12. Here is a little prophecy: Mark Davis, touted for months as the next collector of Internal revenue for the district of Washington, will not land the job. Things have been going against him, both psychologically and politically, for several days. First, a Seattle newspaper filed a protest against his appointment after having carried an editorial which as eerted the journalistic right to inter vene in the process of selecting the new federal Jobholders. Then came an ominous silence on the part of some of .Mr. Davis' supporters, in dicating that they may have been frightened away by the outburst of this new "Major Inkinpen" who op erates in a Seattle sanctum. When asked today if there were any other candidates for the internal revenue collectorship. Senator Poin-dextc-r said there were several, but he could not remember their names, but he added that federal appointments were not necessarily limited to those who are candidates. "There are several good men in the state of Washington." he asserted. nuiingiy, wno are not running for anything.' ROTARIAN HEAD REPORTS DL-iinct World Value Seen in Edin burgh Meet by A. J. Bale. That the recent convention of Ro tary clubs held at Edinburgh, Scot land, will in the future he considered a distinct step in the relationship of nations was the prediction of A J Bale, president of the Portland Rotary club and the first of the delegates from this city to return from the gathering, in an address delivered at the luncheon of the local club at the Benson hotel yesterday noon. "We found a sincere feeling of friendship on the part of the British men who attended the gathering." said Mr. Bale. "And we discovered that the Knglishman is a regular fel low and that he has a great deal the same ideas that we have." The speaker complimented the man ner in which Kstes Snedecor of Port land, handled the convention as pre siding officer. He also told of the trip across. When the other two members of the Tortland delegation at the convention return a formal report of the gather ing will be given. Mr. Bale announced. Milton Meyer gave a brief address on the Rotary code of ethics. H. L. Camp was chairman of the day. MURDER STILL MYSTERY Death oT Chinese at Astoria Xot Cleared Up at Inquest. ASTORIA. Or., July 12. (Special.) The coroner's jury investigating the cause of the death of Murphy Chung, the Chinese found in a dying condi tion Sunday evening, returned a ver dict today that the victim came to his death as the result of being hit on the head with a blunt instrument in the hands of- an unknown person. About the only new developments at the inquest were the testimony of H. T. Chan, a local Chinese merchant, that he visited Chung in the hospital and the latter said a negro struck him, and the announcement that $16.42 had been found in the dead man's pockets. Douglas Roberts, the negro boot black, was still in custody, but no formal charge has been placed against him. The police have learned that Roberts was arrested in British Columbia during July of last year on a larceny charge. He maintained his innocence of causing the death of the Chinese, but has told two different stories regarding finding the injured man. The police were said to have two or three persons under surveillance and at least one more arrest was expected to follow. T . SERVICE IRKSOME APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE ARE COMING FAST. Largest Percentage From Com mands on Mexican Border, Sec retary of War Reports. WASHINGTON". D. C, July 12. Twenty thousand army enlisted men applied for discharges in the first ten days of this month, and 12,000 have been released from service. Secretary Weeks announced today. The largest percentage of applications came from commands on the Mexican border, which, he said, amounted in some cases to DO per cent of the enlisted strength of the units. Replacements will be sent from other border posts, although it is not expected that more than a frac tion of the vacancies will be filled, Mr. Weeks aid. Location and the nature of duty apparently influenced the ratio of ap plications, he added, as it varied widely. Mr. Weeks said he did not expect the application rate of the first ten days to continue and that probably in the remaining weeks there would be a total of not more than 20,000 applications for release. Later reductions through expiring enlistments at the rate of 6000 a month are expected to continue until the army's enlisted strength drops to ISO.O'OO. In the second division, stationed on the border, 1946 men were actually discharged from July 1 to 10. The strength of the division July 1 was 12.752. In the 3d corps area, head quarters at Fort Howard. Maryland, only 629 men out of 14.339, exclusive of divisional commands, went out. In the 2d corps area, including New York. New Jersey and Delaware. 216 resignations were received from 10,726 men, exclusive of divisional commanders. DYNAMITE STORED IN BANK Convict's Letter to Wife Reveals Hiding Place or Explosive. PHILADELPHIA, July 12. Enough nitroglycerin and dynamite to do great damage, was found cached in a safe deposit box In one of this city's largest banks today. The explosive was discovered by the city detectives after Joseph Berger, who is serving a sentence in a Cleveland prison for safeblowing. admitted in a letter to his wife that he had concealed the material in the bank. "I will not be out of here for many years." the convict wrote, according to the police, "and I've been worry ing every .day for fear something might happen to explode that nitro glycerin. "The nitroglycerin and the dyna mite are in a lady's handbag. Some body's liable to get careless, and if they do there's enough high explo sives to wreck a whole city block. Thousands of innocent people would be killed. "Please do something at once be fore I have the deaths of God knows how many people on my soul." ALBANY COLLEGE VISITED Report Is to Be Made to Presby terian Synod Meeting. ALBANY, Or., July 12. (Special.) The committee of the Oregon synod of the Presby terian church on col leges and education inspected Albany college today preparatory to making its annual report to the synod which will convene at Corvallis tomorrow. This committee, which has kept in touch with the college work, today made a final review. The annual report of the president and trustees of Albany college, which will be presented to the synod to morrow, will show that the past year of the college was the most suc cessful the institution has ever en joyed. In the college proper 78 stu dents were enrolled during the year and in the music department 113. IJliminating duplications in the two departments, the total enrollment in the college was 173. POSTAL RECEIPTS uAIN Stamp and Stamped Paper Sales at Astoria Increase. ASTORIA. Or., July 12. (Special.) The report of Postmaster Wise for the fiscal year ended June 30 showed that the receipts of the local postof fice from sales of stamps and stamped paper for the period were approximately 7 per cent larger than were those of the preceding fiscal year. While the .exact figures are not given out until after they are filed in Washington, the receipts were in ex cess of 170,000. BEAUTIFUL SWEGO LAKE Portland's Xcarest Lake Resort. An ideal spot for a day's outing or a week end. Fast and frequent elec tric train service, via Southern Pa cific lines. For tickets and informa tion inquire of ticket agent, at Fourth and Stark street. Adv. Burglary Attempt Is Charged. " VANCOUVER. Wash., July 12. (Special.) A charge of attempted burglary was placed today .against J. V. Manley, who was arrested last night when caught prowling in the alley of a block of business buildings at Ninth and Washington streets. Manley lives at 1013 West Eleventh street. He was released under $250 bail. G. C. Seward Adjudged Insane. GRANTS PASS. Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) G. C. Seward has been com mitted to the state insane asylum following a hearing before the county court. Seward was arrested a week ago and since has maintained silence. He refused even to speak to his sister when she visited him in the J county jail to bring him some food. LIMIT ON WOOL DUTY TRvcnnu I House Ways and Means Com mittee Hears Protests. SPECIFIC LEVY WANTED Limitation to 35 Per Cent Ad Valo rem Is Declared to Be Vn fair to Producers. THE OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, July 12. Senator Stanfield and Representative Sinnott of Oregon and Senator Gooding and Representative Smith of Idaho ap peared before the house ways and means committee today to protest against the 35 per cent ad valorem , provision in the Fordney tarni oui. "The wool growers of the United States object to the provision in the Fordney tariff bill which limits the duty on wools to 35 per cent ad va lorem and which, when applied to the present value of wool in this country, will, afford protection of only 9 to 18 ce'ntsa pound on and ?i-blood cleaned wool instead of 25 cents a nound specific duty which the growers anticipated would be car-. ried in the Dill, saia ncpresciuiin. Sinnott. Specific Duty Wanted. "It had been generally understood that the tariff committee was in favor of a specific duty of 25 cents a pound on cleaned wool and the growers were greatly surprised to learn that a limiting clause had been introduced which provides that in no case shall the duty exceed 35 per cent ad valorem. "With the present abnormally low prices of wool and with small pros pects for materially higher prices, the wool interests pointed out that 70 per cent of the wools produced in the United States will be protected only to the extent of 35 per cent ad va lorem. They object to ad valorem duty because it gives the domestic wool grower no protection when he needs it when prices are low. "In no case, according to the pres ent tariff schedule, can the duty go above 25 cents a pound on cleaned wool, and the average price of wool in this country for a long series of years has not been sufficiently high to afford adequate protection, in the minds of the wool growers, on the ad valorem basis. v "The great bulk of the western wools is known as and 9s-bIood wools. South American wool of this grade is now quoted at about 11 cents a pound. Under an ad valorem duty of 35 per cent they would pay a duty of 5.8 cents a pound cleaned basis and 3.7 cents a pound in the grease. This means that the importer could bring this grease wool into the United States at a total cost, includ ing duty, of 14.7 cents, whereas the same domestic wool is selling here at 24 to 26 cents. "The wool imported from South America of J4 and -blood comprised 50 per cent of the total imports for the last five years." "As the schedule now stands, it not only works great hardships to the producer of wool, giving him a mini mum protection when he needs the maximum, but it fails to pass this re duction on to the consumer, as the compensatory duty to the manufac turer is based on 25 cents clean-content wool duty throughout, where in some instances he is securing his wools at one-fifth that value, as in the case of the" South American -bIood wools, and in no Instance is he obliged to pay more than 25 cents per pound clean content," said Sena tor Gooding. Action CoDNldered Unfair. "We believe that this is unfair and unjust to both the producer and con sumer and that it is a repetition of the discrimination shown in the Payne-Aldrich tariff that incited the public to resentment and brought the whole tariff into disrepute. "The. wool-producing industry is in no condition to be handed a joker in the form of a tariff bill. In the last 18 months enormous quantities of wool have been rushed into this coun try pending the enactment .of the tariff bill, and we now have enough wool to take care of normal require ments for from 18 months to two years. But what of the future? The sheep population of the United States has decreased 28 per cent during the last ten years and the wool-producing industry is in the dumps." VALERA IS IN LONDON (Continued From Virst Papa ) men took part in the 12th of July demonstration here today in celebra tion of the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. The demonstration was the largest in many years. Up to noon, it had not been attended by turbulence of any kind. The calmness with which the anni versary of the battle of the Boyne was celebrated was not attributed particularly by observers to the truce in Ireland, the promulgation of which, met with a mixed reception here. The hospitals were kept busy all day yesterday as a result of clashes and the death roll was added to by the shooting of a youth in the Falls district by a sniper. York street, where the rival forces intermingle as nowhere else in the city, simmered with excitement until a late hour. The police, both regular and spe cial, have been disarmed throughout the province and the specials in civil ian garb have been dispensed with where they did not resign on being deprived of their revolvers. Today's procession, in which there were many bands and drums, occu pied three hours passing a fixed point. The leading figure was Sir James Craig, who arrived from Eng land this morning. Naturally the new developments in Irish politics fig ured prominently in the speeches, the keynote of which was: "What we have we hold." Sir Dawson Bate, home secretary in the North Ireland cabinet, said: "The sooner some people in the south realize that Ulster is not going to change the principles she fought for in the last 200 years, at the re quest of the leader of a body of men whose hands are red with blood, the better it will be for all. Under no circumstances will we go under a Ou-blin parliament." At An Orange demonstration at Hillstoorough, near Lisburn. attended by 20.000 persons, a resolution was adopted calling on Sir 'James Craig as the Ulster premier, and his gov ernment, "to disassociate yourselves from the action of the Imperial gov ernment in trafficking with traitors and setting a premium on disloyalty, murder and outrage." Sir James, speaking at Finaghy, gave his reasons for accepting the invitation of Premier Lloyd George. "First," he declared, "if we did not go to the conference we would be misrepresented behind our backs. We would have nobody to say a. word for-- us. "Second, we are a small community on the face of the earth and foreign countries, as well as our own do minions, would misconstrue Ulster if she stepped aside. he would be con demned in her absence and told 'you would not go to the conference: therefore, you must be ruled out of court.' "Third, it gets into the minds, even of some of our friends, that we have something to give away. While I and my colleagues are there, there will be nothing to give away. There fore, while it is distasteful to many of us, we are not going to flinch from what we consider our duty to the well-being of our own people in the north." Another reason given by the Ulster premier was' the fact that it would have created a "bad impression if we did not accept the premier's in vitation, after the king's speech on Ulster soil." Sir James said he had tested the minds and feelings of people worth knowing during his recent visit to London and that they believed the Ulster parliament to be sacrosanct in the eyes of those who brought it about. "That is something gained" ie added. Pointing olt that the whole situa tion had changed since June 22. Sir James declared: "I no longer am James Craig, ex cept to my friends, but to those who would tamper with Ulster rights I am prime minister of northern Ire land. The way of peace is impossible without these murderers first coming to their senses and stopping murder. All the onus lies upon them." BONUS HEADS TO MEET IWOUSTRIAL CRUX GN Session Will Be Held in Salem to Plan Distribution. S.VLESr, Or.. July 12. (Special.) The so-called soldiers' aid commission will meet here Thursday when plans for putting- the bonus law into opera tion will be completed. Members of the commission said today it was possible that applications for county attorneys and appraisers would be considered at this session. The bonus office is now functioning-, and many letters of inquiry have been received during the last few days. Captain Brumback, secretary of the commission, was in charge of the office. Eloper Held for Kidnaping. ALBANY, Or.. July 12. (Special.) "Billy" Rhodes, one-legged ex-soldier and carnival habitue, wa bound over in the justice court here to await the action of the Linn county grand jury on a charge of child stealing growing out- of his elopement with 6-y ear-old Alma Rowan of Alhany. His bail was fixed at ? j00, and as he has been unable to furnish w bail thus far he is yet in the county'jail. Thomas Mellor and Raymond Stone, who were arrested with Rhodes Fri day night when all three were hang ing around the residence of Mrs. Flora Cox, Alma Rowan's foster mother, re ceived sentences of 30 days in the county jail for vagrancy. Bar Examinations Held. SALEM. Or.,' July 12. (Special.) Forty-four applicants for admission to the bar in Oregon were taking the required examination here today. The examinations were held in the house of representatives. Among the applicants were four women. This was said to be the largest class of applicants that has appeared for bar examinations in Oregon in recent years. Cub Bears Given Grants Pass. GRANTS PASS. Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) Two cub bears, a male and female, have- been presented to the city by Dr. P.. W. Stearns of this city. The bears, which are of the Canadian brown bear species are about a year old and are quite tame. They will be kept in the city park on Rogue river. Salem Man Is Fined, SALEM, Or.. July 12. (Special.) Lewis Tanzer, arrested here recently on a charge preferred by a minor girl, today paid a fine of $50 in the justice court. This was the third time that Tanzer has been arraigned in the local courts charged with an noying little girls. Prize Offered Tor Song. GRANTS PASS, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) The Grants Pass chamber of commerce has offered a prize of $20 for the best song submitted about the city or valley. Other prizes are aiso offered, about 20 songs being wanted. Home for Aged Proposed. SALEM, Or., July 12. (Special.) Erection of a new home for the aged here will start this summer, accord ing to announcement made today fol lowing a conference of the board of managers. The structure will cost ?50,0O0. fi & H. greeb ackmps for c&trn Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Main 253- 660-21 Adv 1" 1W- Cigarettes Ouryearsof making good withmillions of smokers suggests that we know how. Just buy a package and Vimd out Ocigarettesl5' h V Ladies Keep Your Skin Clear, Sweet, Healthy With Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Talcum WAI, SAYS HOOVER Secretary Declares Thrift Has Turned Tide. PRODUCTION ON INCREASE Farmers and Workers More Effi cient Since Fighting Commercial Crises, Delegates Are Told. r,.0??- July The country has turned the corner of the industrial depression. Herbert Hoover, secre .f commerce, said here today, with labor improving- in efficiency, farmers putting in more work than for a dfcade, ajid over-speculation and wastefulness checked, the turn toward good times has been made, he said. Secretary Hoover spoke twice, his principal address being at the na tional shoe and leather exposition. In the shorter address Secretary Hoover said: "We . have turned the corner be cause we have given up speculation and wastefulness and our people are gaining more efficiency and interest in their work. We had lost much of our efficiency and interest in work, and, I am sorry to say, more or less of our business honesty. Our people have gone back to work in earnest. Labor is 20 per cent more efficient than it was six or seven months ago. "Farmers are putting in more ef fort than for ten years. The crops this time will be the cheapest for ten years. The farmers are working longer hours, using old machinery as much as possible and buying less. As a result the cost of living will come down for others in industry." "Governmental and government encouraged combinations are being created to control exports and im ports to exploit foreign marketa They are seeking special concessions for development and trade through out the world. These policies com prise a militancy in commercial ex pansion that compares with Eliza bethan England. "Any improvement in European production of manufactured goods will favorably affect our market for raw materials such as cotton and copper. I am confident . there will be a return to pre-war demand for these. But as to our manufactures, we must get production costs down. It means smaller profits. It means we must have ultimately much lower transportation rates. It means we must have better organized market ing machinery abroad, under Amer icans. It means the establishment of adequate short-time credit ma chinery, and much more care in for eign risks than our merchants have shown in the last 12 months. "It means the government must remove as quickly as possible those unnecessary domestic burdens upon commerce to which the government is a party, by the reorganization of our tax system, the -settlement of the tariff question, the reduction in gov ernment expenditure and by the set tlement by the government of the outstanding claims of our railways. "It means we . must cease trying to drive American shipowners off the sea with tax-paid shipping losses. I am satisfied we can hold our mar kets, our higher standards of living and of wage, if we will all put our backs into it." Discussing the foreign debt owed to the United States and its citi zens, which he placed at "between 13 and 15 billions of dollars," Mr. Hoover said: "If we stop giving more credits and demand payments of interest on debts due our government, our ex ports will further decline, and the decline will find Its Interpretation in more unemployment among our own people and more displacement of our industries. I am confident our debtors can eventually carry the debt due to us." Clackamas Couple to Wed. OREGON CITY, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) A marriage license was Issued here Monday night to Jack F. Lang man and Emma Haber, both of Clackamas. Legion Commander Protests. TOPEKA, Kan., July 12. A' tele gram of protest against President Harding's opposition to the readjust ment compensation bill was sent to After Shaving and for Irritations, Cuts, Scratches, Sunburn, Windburn, Poison Oak It's Beneficial and Delightful to use TRAOe MARrRttiiaTCRSO 50c the boUle At Toilet Counters Esbencott Laboratories ; Portland, Oregon the chief executive late today by Thomas A. Lee, Kansas American Le gion department commander and chairman of the Mississippi valley conference of legion executives. Statutory Charge Causes Arrest. OREGON CITY, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) Carl Stitt of Milwaukie was arrested by deputies of the sheriff's office today. He was' charged with a statutory offense. He was lodged In the county jail in default of $500 bail to await a hearing before Justice E. J. Noble. Phone your want ads to The Ore- gonian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. I MSTDRy OF THE RED MAN THE TOKEN OFPOSSESSIOK - ' .- BY "INDIAN" Indians regarded unth vender the customs hey were able to observe of the first white men uho came to America. The cus torn of planting a cross in token of possession tuas established at the very beginning. When Columbus first landed in America he planted the cross on the beach, observed from a distance by the wondering natives. When sailing for the hing of England, John Cabot redlscovi ered America and Newfoundland in 1497, and planted the cross on the newly found land in token of possession.' When Cabral, commanding a Portuguese fleet, reached the mainland of South America in 1500, he raised a cross in token of possession and named the .land SantaCruz, whichmeans' Holy Cross. We may suppose safely that the first French navigators to reach the New World performed the act of possession in the same way ; so that Spaniards, Englishmen, Portuguese and French men came planting the cross in token of possession in the names of Christ and their separate kings. ? Much could be told of that strange ceremony, which the Indians, of course, did not understands Christians of that day invested the cross with many wonder- ful and magic attributes. In the Spanish history of that time. not discredited yet m Spain, is a story illustrating this point ; and we will briefly outline it here. It i aid that a cross ua raised in Santo Domingo In the West Indies by the first expedition of Columbus, and after the Spaniards were gone the Indians tried to'throtv the cross doum, and though many Indians combined their i efforts they could not budge it. Then they laid wood around it in prepar- J ation to bum it, it is said, and at that juncture a beautiful lady, the appa-! rition of the Virgin Mary, appeared and drove the Indians auiay from the sacred cross. In modern history tue find a custom similar to this Token of Possession We refer to the claims of manufacturers for their products. Each are apt to proclaim their make of article superior to all others. Tests of usage, however, prove or disprove the justness of their claims and possession remains with the fittest. L The new Savage Cord tire is fit and claims superiority proven by pei formance. It is Built to Excgl. THE 5 PR ECKELS SAVAGE" TIRE CD. 5 AN DIESO. CALIFORNIA- OUI? BEST as SET IS THE SATISFIED CUSTOMER 7"""nnmlriiiiw .....T.. -Tr" 1 ttf r- Portland Depot, 102 NORTH BROADWAY , .Wholesale IMUIMIiUtnMillllUk JE" TIRE COMPANY, HENRY WARD, Buick Expert, 110 13th St Retail A A