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7. BALFOUR EXPECTED ! 10 BE ONE DELEGATE means to limit armaments, military as well as naval, in order to diminish the frightful charges that weigh upon the peoples, at the same time safe guarding, it is well understood, our own national security. The govern ment experiences particular pleasure" in the fact that the conference will be presided over by President Hard ing." Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent of Columbia university, was pres ent in the senate when Premier Bri and made his announcement. Later Dr. Butler talked with many of the ... lators, and this afternoon he had an appointment to see President Millerand. These talks followed sim ilar ones with Premier Lloyd George last week and with Premier Briand and other French leaders yesterday. 5 WORKMEN ABE INJURED , Mr. Hughes is survived by his widow, I OI XOEXOX ioao a. uouiilci , ui a, a . vj uji niiu a, bum, Fred Hughes, all of this city. Nancy A. Williamson. SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.) Mrs. Nancy A. Williamson, for 17 years a resident of Saiem, died here today at the age of 77. Mrs. William son is survived by five children. o D o Lloyd George Inclined to Visit : Ameriba in Person. Second Act Is Scheduled to Open Today. Mrs. Dora Awbry. ALBANY. Or.. July 12. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Dora Awbry of Tangent, who died in a hospital here Sunday, was held this afternoon from the Fortmiller chapel here. The serv ices were conducted by Rev. B. F. Fellman, pastor of the First Baptist DISARMING BIG TOPIC DEFENSE SEEMS HOPEFUL church of Albany. Mrs. Awbry was o n 3 years of age and was born and reared at Eugene. For the last few years she and her husband had re sided near Tangent. She is survived by her' husband. Milton Awbry, and Interest Is Divided With Irish Peace Conference Xext More by United States Awaited. Case Now Rests on Ability or Wit nesses to Disprove Banker's Charges or Infidelity. two sons, Francis Awbry, aged 5, and Robert Awbry, aged 3. She was a SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY OX XEW OIL MILLS PLANT. daughter of Mr. and Mr. Charles Stickels, both of whom reside at Eugene. THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, ' JUET 13, 1921 cm um nnnDPC ul ILLmHii UIVIHIUL DRAMA IS RESUMED i I 1 LONDON', July 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The disarmament con ference continues to be the most prominent topic of discussion, divid . ing honors with the Irish peace con ference. No doubt is felt in London that all the nations invited -will ac cept, and as the French premier, M. Briand, seems already to have de cided to go to "Washington, it is con-' idered all the more likely that the British prime minister will also go, always provided that the state of affairs at home . at that time will permit his absence and that his health will permit him to make the trip, as there has been talk of the premier's taking a long rest in Switzerland by advice of his physicians. The belief prevails among the mem bers of his entourage, however, that the premier is strongly inclined to visit America and that Sir Auckland Geddes, the Hritish ambassador at Washington, is pressing him to go. Balfour May Mike Trip. It is assumed as a certainty that A. J. Balfour, lord president of the council, will be a delegate, and prob ably also Admiral Lord Beatty, Lord Lee of Freham. first lord of the admiralty, and Sir Laming Worth lngton Evans, secretary for war. Much interest is shown in the ques tion as to whether Germany and Rus sia will be, invited to send delegates, and in the press comment increasing attention is bestowed on the fact that the invitations are not confined to those powers especially interested in Pacific problems, but go also to Prance and Italy, which, it is hoped, "will introduce the more complex problem of general disarmament, mil itary as well as naval. New Announcement Waited. The premier's statement in the house of commons yesterday, welcom ing President Harding's suggestion for a conference to discuss the limi tation of armaments, probably will be the "only announcement of the atti tude of Great Britain on the subject until Washington announces the ex act nature of proceedings for organ ization of the conference and details in the customary diplomatic channels. Pending conclusion of these ar--rangements Downing-street officials declared today that it was impossible - to say definitely whether the premier ", would go to Washington for all or part of the conference sittings, but that it was "quite possible" jihat he would make the trip If only to attend the final plenary sittings after the details of the proposed international agreement had been worked out with the assistance of the premier's rep resentative. Viscount Grey's name figures prominently in "the conjec tures as to who may be entrusted with this task. EERLIX COJDIEXT FAVORABLE Newspapers Declare Step by liar dins Is In Right Direction. BERLIN', July 12. (By the Associ ated Press.) The Volks Zeitung de scribed President Harding's invita tion to a disarmament conference as a "political event of foremost im portance," and' said: "If the American president suc ceeds in carrying his undertaking to a successful conclusion then the na . tions of the world will have realized the longing of centuries and Presi dent Harding will have set up for himself a monument more durable than the fame of all the generals of history." The Tageblatt declared that Presi dent Harding had seized the oppor tunity to take the initiative which almost had been lost through Great Britain's suggestion that the Anglo Japanese pact be made the subject of discussion among the three powers. "It the complicated experiment proposed by President Harding suc ceeds. It will, in all probability, re solve itself into a gigantic clearing house enterprise," is the Tageblatt's prediction. At any rate, said the Tages Zei tung. the spirit in which President liarding's invitation will be re ceived will be a valuable index to the attitude of the different nations toward the project. The Yossische Zeitung declared that in designating Washington as the place for the conference Presi dent Harding proposed to avoid the error made by "his isolated prede cessor," at Versailles., as both the president and the American delegates then would be in a position to keep in close touch with congressional and public opinion. ALL BUT JAPAN AGREE (Continued Krnm First PkQ President Harding's idea when the announcement regarding the govern ment's action was made in that body It was said at the foreign office that Premier Briand probably would represent France at the proposed conference, but that whoever was sent would go with the idea of co operating wholeheartedly in any scheme for disarmament compatible with the security of France. The French government makes no reservations regarding the proposed conference, being willing, it is stated, to discuss the limitation of land as well as of naval armament, always with the proviso that ample protec tion be assured against any further eventua 1 aggression from the east. The general impression made upon France by President Harding's move was most favorable, as indicated by expressions on all sides. Financial circles were particularly appreciative. In view of the prospect held out of great economies In the maintenance of the navy and the army and the consequent relief of pressure upon the treasury. "France," said Premier Briand in his address to the chamber, "replies eagerly to the suggestion for a con- Xerence, from which we may hope will come the final peace of the world." The whole house broke into pro longed applause. M. Briand added: 4,I am sure I interpret the sentiment of the chamber when I thank the head of the state who has taken this noble initiative and who thought at once of associating our country with it. It is a homage rendered the pacific senti ments France has always shown in the gravest circumstances. In concluding, the premier said: "France will go to the conference without mental reservations or ulte rior motive. She will seek every Three Are Hurt Seriously and Two Are Bruised and Cut AVben Structure Collapses. Five workmen were injured, three seriously, when a scaffolding gave way while they were at work on the new vegetable oil mills plant at the foot of Twenty-second . street about 10:30 yesterday morning. The men fell 17 feet with the wreckage of the scaffolding. Virgil DeVieteo, 28 years old, Up shur apartments, was injured inter nally and his back was wrenched. His condition was serious, according to physicians at St. Vincent's hospi tal. John Anderson, 32, 692 East Twenty-eighth street, sustained a broken left leg, and Chris Hoyt. 44, 6810 Fifty-second avenue Southeast, sustained a broken right leg. L. H. Claussen, 30, and A. Benjamin, 49, were bruised and scratched. The accident occurred when a two-by-six scantling, on which the scaf fold platform rested, snapped in two and let the boards on which the men were standing drop. The five work men were placing reinforcing steel in the concrete wall of the building at the time. They were employes of Hurley-Mason company, contractors. The platform which gave way had been In use for almost a week and had been subjected to the heavy strain of wheelbarrows of concrete according to officials of the company! It was thought that the two-by-six was defeCLive. TRAFFIC LAW UP ' TODAY City Council Is Expected to Take Final Action on Proposal. ' Members of the city council will give final consideration to the pro posed traffic ordinance which would eliminate all-day parking in the con gested area and would provide vari ous districts for 15-minute, 30-minute and two-hour parking of motor ve hicles. The ordinance would also include a section forbidding lefthand turns in the district bounded by Third, Broad way, Yamhill and Stark streets. The new regulations were practi cally agreed to at a meeting of the council last Friday. Little opposition developed against the ordinance and it probably will receive final approval at the meeting today. FIRE THREATENS BRIDGE Winston Bucket Brigade Fights Flanges N'ear Roseburg. KOSEBURG, Or.. July 12. (Spe cial.) Winston bridge, located on the Pacific highway, a few miles south of Roseburg. was damaged by fire early this morning. The bridge was saved by residents and the Roseburg fire department. The fire, it is be lieved, was started by a careless smoker. Residents organized a bucket bri gade to check the advance of the flames until a call for help was sent to the Roseburg fire department. Had the bridge been destroyed it would have been necessary to detour all highway travel over the dangerous Roberts mountain road. KIWANIS HEAR REPORTS J. II. Rankin Relates Activities of National Convention. A review of the International Kiwanis club convention at Cleveland last month was presented to members of the local club at the weekly meet ing yesterday noon in the Multnomah hotel by J. H. Rankin, president of the Portland Kiwanis club and del egate to the annual convention. Among the resolutions adopted by the convention were those indorsing Portland's 1925 exposition, approving reduction of armaments and urging the teaching of the constitution of the United States in the public schools. Reward for Escaped Boys. SALEM. Or.. July 12. With the re sponse of the public to the notice of two boys escaped last week, both are back where they belong at the Ore gon state training school. Three larger boys escaped at 5 o'clock this afternoon, going into the Mill creek brush that joins the school grounds on the south. The public is hereby warned to look out for tfhem and asked to report by telephone, collect. No. 1257: Travis, age 17, fair, light hair, blue eyes, bad record as auto mobile thief and house breaker, Mil waukee; Engle. 17, dark, blue eyes, black hair, McMinnvIIle; Hartwig. 16. medium complexion, blue .eyes, light brown hair. Walla Walla. Five dol lars reward on each. (Signed) L. M. Gilbert, s-uperintendent. Adv. AV. II. Davis Visits Portland. W. H. Davis, general freight agent of the North Atlantic & Western Steamship company, known for brevity as the Nawsco line, was a visitor in Portland yesterday confer ring with Portland officers of the Pacific Steamship company, which represents the New Kngland concern on this coast. Buying is much more active in the east at present than in the west, according to Mr. Davis, and east-bound cargoes are accordingly more plentiful than those coming west. He said he expected an increase in the volume of west-bound business also as soon as retail merchants of this section decide to absorb losses and resume buying on a larger scale. Bath-XIouse Thief: Jailed. DALLAS. Or., July 12. (Special.) For a number of weeks petty thiev ing has been going on at the city perk, bathers and campers reporting loss of personal property to the police. A watch was maintained Sun day, and Frank Coon, a young man of this city, was seen to emerge from one of the bathhouses at the park, having in his possession a watch, a belt and a pair of shoes belonging to one of the bathers. Coon was ar rested, and Monday pleaded guilty before Justice of the Ptace Coad. Coon was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. T., July 12. (Special.) The second act in the Stillman divorce drama opens here tomorrow. The testimony for the plaintiff is all on record, and it now rests with witnesses for Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman to disprove his charges of infidelity and that which names as the father of Guy the Indian guide, Fred Beauvais. Mrs. Stillman will not be present when the defense begins, but will remain in Lake Forest, 111., where she is visiting the family of Harold F. McCormick. She will return to New York late this week or early next week. Despite the decisions by Daniel J. Gleason, referee, admitting in evi dence letters said to have been writ ten by Beauvais to Mrs. Stillman, attorneys for the defense do not ap pear perturbed. They profess to see in the decisions an indirect victory for Mrs. Stillman. Their attitude, it is learned, is that the decisions deprive the banker of his last hope for an appeal from the decision of Supreme Court Justice Morschauser, if that goes against him. If the letters had been barred, it is felt, the lawyers for Mr. Stillman would have had excellent ground upon which to base an appeal. It is still possible, it is learned, that Mrs. Florence Leeds, the former Century roof chorus girl, may be subpenaed by the defense. Although the defense is said not to be search ing for Mrs. Leeds, it is learned they know where Jay Leeds, her 3-ye;ir-old son, can be found. lie is in New York state with a nurse. Mrs. Leeds and her relations with the banker will be the object of the first at tack by the defense. Employes Baid to have been hired to wait upon Mrs. Leeds by Mr. Stillman will be the first witnesses. Mr. Stillman is expected to absent himself from the remaining- hearings. DELEGATES FUN FROLIC NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT TO PICNIC AT EAGLE CREEK. Election or Officers Will Clo&e Con vention of Organization in Ses sion in Portland. Re-election of Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdal as grand guardian of the Neighbors of Woodcraft was predicted yester day, the second day of the eighth quadrennial convention of the order. Election of officers probably will not be held until Saturday. Mrs. Van Orsdal has been grand guardian of the organization for 24 years. Nominations are made from the floor on election day. There is no nominating committee, so that no nominees can be announced in ad vance. Mrs. Van Orsdal is not pres ent at the session this year on ac count of illness. No reference has been made in the sessions on the possibility of moving the headquarters from this city to Los Angeles. Grand officers say the question will not be considered, and assert no change could; be made ex cept through vote of the representa tives in session here. Discussion of changes In the con stitution formed the programme yes terday morning and afternoon. Flor ence Wehrly, past grand manager, re ported on the Woodcraft Home at Riverside. Cal. .Reports of the committees on ap peals, distribution of business and laws will be read this morning. No business will be transacted tomorrow, when visiting representatives will be guests at a barbecue at Eagle creek. Automobiles will leave headquarters at 394 Taylor street at 10 A. M. ACKERMAN FUNERAL HELD President of State Xormal School Honored by Officials. MONMOUTH. Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) The body of J. H. Ackerman, who died here last Sunday was taken to Salem this afternoon- and In terred in City View cemetery. Serv ices at the grave were conducted by members of the Washington Masonic lodge of Portland. Honorary pallbearers were Gov ernor Olcott, Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state: O. P. Hoff, state treasurer; I. L. Patterson, state senator; J. A. Churchill, etate superintendent of public instruction; V. J. Kerr, pres ident of Oregon Agricultural college; I L. Cam-p-bell, president of the University of Oregon, and George H. Burnett, justice of the supreme court. The funeral services here were conducted by Rev. W. G. Eliot, pastor of the Unitarian church of Portland, with President Campbell of the university giving the eulogy. The services were attended by hun dreds of Salem folk who were ac quainted with Mr. Ackerman during his many years of service as presi dent of the state normal school. Obituary. Dr. C. E. Kline. Funeral services for Dr. C. E. Cline, pioneer Methodist minister, whose death took place at the family resi dence at 709 East Salmon street Mon day morning, will be held from the First Methodist Episcopal church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Joshua Stansfield. who will deliver the eulogy, will be assisted by Dr. W. T. Kerr of Portland and Rev. M. C. Wire of Xewberg.. The honorary pallbearers will be J. K. Gill, E. T. Johnson. M. C Thompson. Dr. J. E. HaU, Dr. William Parsons and A. C. Sloan. Active pall bearers will be Dr. D. L. Fields, Wal lace McCamant, Dr. J. L. Hewitt. Rev. M. C. Wire of Xewberg. Rev. W. C. McCullough and Dr. H. T. Atkinson. The Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was a member, will take charge of the services at the grave. N'athaniel Hughes. DALLAS. Or., July 12. (Special.) Nathaniel Hughes, for 35 years a resident of Polk eownty, died last Sunday afternoon after a long illness He was born In Canada March 9, 1818. Leroy Wallace. KELSO, Wash.. July 12. (Special.) Thomas Wallace, son of Leroy Wallace, who committed suicide last Wednesday, arrived today from Mid land City, Ohio, and the funeral will be held tomorrow. Interment will be In the Oddfellows' cemetery here. Mr. Wallace's act was due to de spondency on account of illness, which prevented him from working. RATE DECREASE ORDERED CHARGE ON" FARM IMPLE MENTS TAKES TUMBLE. Tariff Filed With Public Service Commission to Become Effect ive on August 10. SALEM. Or.. July 12. (Special.) Reductions aggregating between 15 and 36 per cent on western transcon tinental shipments of agricultural im plements will become effective on Au gust 10 under a new tariff filed with the Oregon public service commission today. The new tariff is based on carload shipments, with a minimum weight of 24.000 pounds, and allows for mixed con sign men '.s. From New Tork to Portland the present rate on agricultural imple ments is $2,88' a hundred pounds, while under the hew tariff this charge will be reduced to $2.66. Other com parative rates between eastern ter minals and Portland follow: Pittsburg, from 2.86 to $2.50: Cleveland. $2.76 to $2.42; Chicago. $2.58 to $2.33; St. Louis. $2.52 to $2.33: Omaha, $2.62 to $2.08: Colo rado, $2.11 to $1.95; Texas, $2.58 to 2.33. Members of the public service com mission said that the new rate on agricultural implements would be of great benefit to the rural merchant in that he would be able to receive the reduction on mixed lots when shipped on the carload basis. SAVE AGRICULTURE, IS PLEA Governor of California Sends Mes sage to President. SACRAMENTO. Cal., July 12.A telegram sent to President Harding j by Governor Stephens appealing for revision of trans-continental freight rates to assist California fruit and vegetable growers was made public at the office of the governor here today. Inability of the California growers to place their product's in the eastern markets, the telegram said, was caus ing the vegetable industry to be "slowly but surely strangled to death." "Numerous losses already have been sustained by our growers, most of whom have not realized production costs this season." the telegram said, "and they are confronted with prob able heavy losses on crops which will be ready for marketing during this and the next few months, the princi pal cause of these conditions being the excessive freight rates brought about by the horizontal increases which went into effect in August of last year. "The growers of California are not confronted by a theory in this matter but find themselves face to face with an in-surmountable object in these high freight rates, and unless relief is afforded immediately many thou sands of acres of food products, espe cially potatoes, will not be harvested as the growers will be unable to re ceive the cost of production after paying what seems to them prohib itive rates for the movement of their products." EAST-BOUXD RATES ARE CUT Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail way Announces Drop. Announcement wa3 made here yes terday afternoon by W. D. Skinner, freight traffic manager of the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle railway, of a number of commodity reductions eastbound as far as Chicago. These have not been sanctioned formally by the interstate commerce commission, but permission to put thm into im mediate effect by tariff publication has been granted. Lines east of Chi cago have not yet accepted. Tne reductions and commodities are as follows: Dry beans, proposed rate. $1.05; old rate, $1.25 on mini mum of 60.000 pounds and $1.42 on minimum of 40,000 pounds; canned goods. $1.05 per hundred pounds as against $1.20 on 60.000 and $1.42 on 40.000; canned salmon, $1.05 as against $1.16; canned milk, same: fresh frurt. $1.40, against $1.66 to $2.16; rice, $1. as against $1 to $125. MEAT ADVANCE IS FEARED High Freight Rates Must Be Cut to Aid Consumer, View. WASHINGTON.- D. C, July 12. High freight rates on livestock and feed prevent producers from re plenishing their ranches, and the price of meat will be advanced to the consumer, the board of railroad com missioners of South Dakota said in a brief filed today with the interstate commerce commission. "We believe," the brief added, "that general conditions warrant some re duction in rates on commodities, the movement of which is being stifled bv the present abnormal rate level. or where, as in the livestock indus try, various conditions. Including transportation charges . . . are crushing the life out of the industry." RUPERT CANNERY BUSY Community Enterprise at Falls City Well Under Way. FALLS CITi". Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) This summer marks the launching: of a community enterprise in Falls City, which bids fair to be a success. It is the Falls City can nery, formerly owned by the A. Rupert company, . which waa pur- A real money-saving clothes opportunity! The price cuts we are making in this big stock - reduc tion sale give you a chance to get the finest clothes, made at figures most interestingly low. See 'these a art H $60, $65, $70, $75 Suits Ai Q $ JLL. Fifth at Alder O a OC30I chased March 9 by an aggregation of local townspeople and farmers, involving- about $20,000 in the transac tion. C. J. Pughf ex-managcr for the Rupert company, was made president and manager of the new concern. The cannery is now in the midst of the season's run, employing' be tween 58 and 60 women and girls. The daily operating expense is be tween $1200 and $14 00, according to President Pugh. MOONSHINER FINED $250 Then Oregon City Judge Adds 2 3 Days In Jail to Sentence. OREGON' CITY, Or.. July 12. (Spe cial.) The most severe sentence to be given to a moonshiner here for some time was handed out by Judge K. J. Noble today, when he sentenced Charles Beuhler to Pay $250 fine and serve 25 daya in jail. Beuhler and William Schneider were arrested yes terday near Damascus. Schneider en tered a plea of not guilty and was released on $500 bail to await a trial July 20. When the arrests were made the officers confiscated a still and a quantity of mash and moonshine. Dave Hoffmei-ster, arrested by Sheriff Wilson in the Eagle creek country, was arraigned today in the justice court and pleaded not guilty. His trial was set for July 21. Two Sentenced by Judge. SALEM, Or.. July 12. (Special.) John Whitney, who recently pleaded guilty to burglary, today was sen tenced by Judge Percy Kelly to serve fps tt G? ft i ill ml sim jm 11 -SSSSW LSTEIN&COMP3NY and Up Chicago ' dZakcn Now York $0? Take a tip buy Paris today remember they've been Schaffner & Marx $45, $50, $55 Suits ami Rosenblatt & IOE an indeterminate term of from one to five years in the state peniten tiary. Evert Owen pleaded guilty to larceny of an automobile belonging td Peter Burg of Dallas and was sen tenced to an indeterminate term not to exceed two years in the peniten tiary. He was paroled to Percy Var ney, state parole officer. MUSICIAN WINS HONORS Xoted Pianist to Be -Guest at Studio Reception Here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Olson will hold a reception at 8 o'clock tonight in Mrs. Olson's studio. Til-ford build ing. Tenth and Morrison streets, in honor of Frances McElwee MacFar land, a distinguished pianist from New York city. Mrs. MacFarland, who, with her husband. Dr. W. L. MacFarland, is touring the northwest, studied piano with Leschetizky of Vienna. Besides Mrs. MacFarland there are in this city at present only three Portland people who studied with Leschetizky. Membership Drive Starts. SALEM. Or.. July 12. (Special.) A drive for 10O0 more members for the Salem Commercial club will start here tomorrow. The city has been divided into districts, and every ef fort will be made to swell the mem bership of the organization to 2500. The club now has 1200 members.. Albany Barley Marketed. ALBANY. Or. May 12. (Special.)- The few men who have not bought their second pair of PARIS Garters are the ones still wearing their first. Odds and Ends at $5 mm i i WW The first 1921 grain raised locally to be received in Albany was brought to this city and sold on the local market yesterday. It consisted of 75 sacks of barley raised by P. L. Holmes of North Albany. Miss Webb Goes to Pullman. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGK. Corvallis. July 12. (Special.) The Pen Luxurious -with Solid Gold Clip Here is a pen that combines simple beauty with perfect utility the SHEAFFER Ebony Finish. You can have your initials or name engraved on the solid gold band if you desire. And it has all the famous SHEAFFER perfections the patented leak-proof principle, the quick-filling lever, etc Writes instantly. AH good Jewelecs, Druggists, Stationers, Department Scores now featuring it-Two weeks trial at our risk. W. A SHEAFFER PEN For, i. 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