- TTffi MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY. JTTTT 29, 1921 SOME CONCESSIONS JO ALLIES REQUIRED Mellon Cites Commitments Concerning War Debt. TOTAL OVER $9,000,000,000 Government Held Pledged to Post ponement of Interest in Event Funding Is Arranged. WASHINGTON. D. C, July 28. Sec retary Mellon formally advised the senate finance committee today in a letter replying to a committee In quiry, as to his views regarding the extent to which the United States has been committed under the Wilson ad ministration on deferment of pay ments of allied war loans and interest. The government was committed, he said, to postponement of interest pay ments for two or three years and sub sequent spreading out of postponed payments, "contingent uponvsucn for eign governments carrying out with reasonable promptness, after this gov ernment is ready to proceed, a satis factory funding of existing short-time obligations to this country." "So far as concerns the principal debtor powers," trie letter said, "which together owe us (without accrued in terest) more than $9,000,000,000, there is no intention or thought of accept ing in payment bonds other than those of the debtor countries." Authority now asked, however, covers debts ow ing to us by Czecho-Slovakia, Greece, Koumania, Russia, Serbia. Poland and a large number of other countries." Regarding acceptance of German bonds, the secr-Uary referred to cer tain negotiations at the Paris peace conference where representatives, of Oreat Britain, France and the United State recommended the acceptance of German reparation bonds in pay ment of loans made by the three coun tries to Belgium prior to November 11. 1918. This agreement has been before the Senate since February 22, 1921. and no action has been taken on it, he said. . German Bonds Considered. Mr. Mellon suggested that it might be possible to provide in subsequent negotiations for the payment of de ferred interest and payment of In terest on interest by increasing in terest rates of the bonds to be is sued by the debtor countries in sub stitution for securities now held. This plan, he said, met with the ap proval of the president and the in creased interest rate would probably facilitate marketing of the bonds. The administration bill to give the treasury department blanket author ity to fund the J10, 000, 000, 000 of allied debt and interest, was reported fa vorably today by the senate finance committee. The vote was 9 to 6, Senator Williams, Mississippi,' demo crat, voting with the republicans, and Senator La Follette, republican, Wis consin, with the democrats. Repub lican leaders said consideration of the bill probably would go over until after the "recess of congress. Five Tears limit Fixed. The administration draft was ap proved with only one amendment, that offered by Chairman Penrose, requiring funding to be completed within five years. There was no re corded opposition to the amendment, but further efforts to revise the bill were defeated. In contrast to the action of the committee, negotiations were re ported proceeding between republican &nd democratic committee members toward an agreement under which the authority granted the secretary of the treasury would be restricted. Such a change was considered as likely to bring to the support of the bill many senators who declared their intention to oppose it in its present form. GEIUUXt OWES $240,744,511 Weeks Reports Obligation for Main tenance of 17. S. Troops. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 28. Germany owed the United States up to April 30, last. $240,744,511 for maintenance of American troops on the Rhine. Secretary Weeks sent the figures to the senate today in answer to a resolution by Senator Borah, re publican, Idaho. The- total cost of the American V occupation forces December 18, 1918, to April 30, the last date for which accounts were available, was placed at $275,324,143. There now are E00 officers, ' 13,241 enlisted men r.nd 54 nurses in Ger man territory. Secretary Weeks said. The resolution was understood to be preliminary to agitation for the return of the troops Canada "Will Pay Debt. OTTAWA. Ont., July 28. Sir Henry Prayton, minister of finance, an nounced today that the 815.000,000 loan due in New York next Monday would be paid without any further government borrowing. SENATOR HAS COLLAPSE Morris of Nebraska Is' Exhausted by Three-Hour Speech. .WASHINGTON. D. C July 28. 6enator Xorris. republican. Nebraska, suffered a partial collapse in the sen ate today at the close of an address of nearly three hours. The effort, combined with Intense heat, exhausted him and he was taken to an adjoining committee room, -where first-aid remedies were applied "by Senator Bati pf Delaware, a physi cian, who said Mr. Norris' condition was not believed to be serious. L,ater Senator Xorris was taken to his home and tonight it was said he was much improved and out of danger. him physically unable t6 pursue "his usual occupation of punching1 cattle. Ivan J. de VilUers took to stunt fly ing, and now defies any flier in the country to do a stunt that he cannot duplicate. De Villiers, who came from Seattle, is in Portland seeking an opportunity to do stunt flying be fore Portland airdiences. He said that he is the only man in the world who can "bulldog" a steer from a plane. He stands on the upper wings of a plan in a "loop," change from one plane to another in the air, and does any number of things according to" his press notices that would startle a daredevil of the most modern type. The Canadian veteran-learned fly- WH AT CONGRESS DID AS ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. A favorable report was or dered on the administration bill to refund foreign indebtedness after Secretary Mellon had been further heard. The war department furnished Information desired regarding the number of American troops in Germany and the cost of maintenance. The farmers relief measures were discussed throughout en tire day, Norris collapsing after he held the floor for nearly three hours. Decision waus reached to pre pare a report in the Ford Newberry election case next, week, without putting Senator Newberry on stand. Southern senators presented letters and telegrams to demon strate that no epidemic of pel lagra prevails in their country, and that famine does not exist. House. Republicans were criticised in . house for a secret White House conference and for attempting to ' rush through the tax bill without proper consideration. Building and loan associations and jewelers asked relief from taxes. Chairman Lasker of the ship ping board and his aides con tinued testimony in secret ses sion of the appropriations com-" mission bn requests for funds for operations. A bill to place a graduated tax on automobiles in interstate commerce was introduced by Representative Appleby, repub lican. New Jersey. inf from his sister Elsie, who is well known over the entire country as a stunt flyer. COSTS NOW ON DECLINE LABOR AXD MATERIAL GRAD UALLY WORKING BOM. Considerable Decrease In Year In dicated by Reports ol Clack amas County Officials. OREGON CITY, Or., July 2S. (Spe cial.) That the costs of material and labor are actually on the decline, and that the decrease is appreciable, is indicated by the semi-annual reports of the county clerk and county treas urer, just issued. With an increase in the actual volume of road work of probably 1O0 per cent, the Increase in the cost has been almost negligible. Iuring the six months ending July .1, 1921. the county expended on roads and highways .4265.496.12, an Increase of but J14.808.57 over the correspond ing period for 1920. This proportionate decrease, ac cording to County Clerk Milfcr, is due to the decline in the cost of ma terial which the county is using and the lower wages that are being paid. In 1920 the average wage was from $4 to $5. in cases running as high as $7. The average wage paid for common labor today is J3, and for special help rarely running higher than $4 50. Administration expenses of the county show a corresponding de crease. During the first six months of 1921 salaries and general expenses of the entire county totaled $60,283 28, as compared with $62,582.40 in 1920 GAS PLANT HAS BLOW-UP Works at Los Angeles Damaged and Five Employes Hurt. LOS ANGELES, July 28. A gas ex plosion of unexplained origin seri ously damaged the plant of the Los Angeles Gas & Electric company here today, injured five employes and tem porarily threatened a serious fire. It also curtailed the gas supply of patrons, but arrangements were made to supply natural gas until the plant could be put back to manufacturing. Windows for a block around crashed In. Some lumber-spiled across the street toppled over, and persons working in nearby buildings were thrown to the ground. A near-panic resulted, but was quieted when trie nature of the trouble was made known. NEW CREDITS BILL ORDERED IH SENATE Two-Biflion Dollar Bond Issup Proposed. NORRIS CRITICISES PLAN Chance for Wall Street to Make "Rake Olf" at Expense of Farmers Is Feared. "WASHINGTON,' D. C, July 28. Bi partisan senate forces today cleared the way for passage, possibly tomor row or early next week, of an agri cultural credits bill embodying the administration plan to make the war finance corporation the administra tive agency. By a vote of 10 to 2. the senate agriculture committee reported a new substitute for the Norris. Kel logg and other agricultural credits bills. The new measure, presented by Senator McNary, republican, Ore gon, had the general backing of democrats as well as republicans, and leaders said passage of the substi tute was .assured. i Besides adopting the plan for fur nishing of agricultural credits by the war finance corporation, the com mittee bill would increase the au thorized bond issue to $2,000,000,000 and also authorize direct loans to producers and foreign governments. N'orriM Supports Old BUI. Senator Norris, republican, Ne braska, today spoke again in sup port of his original bill and in bitter criticism of the substitute plan which he, with Senator Ladd, republican. North Dakota, had opposed in com mittee. The former declared that all "sins" charged against the Norris bill applied with equal force to the substitute which, he said, proposed a "rake off" for-bankers and would increase farmers' interest burdens. Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis consin, declared the new substitute was "in the real interest of the farmer." He deplored the "temper." he said Senator Norris had displayed, adding that Mr. Norris appeared "not in his usual, normal frame of mind." Lefrtalntive Source Discussed. Disclosures regarding the genesis of the administration legislation were made by Senator Lenroot, who said that after being informed that Sen ator Norris refused compromises, he. with Senato.- Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, held conferences with Secretary Hoover and Director Meyer of the war f inancccorporatipn, which resulted in framing of the adminis tration measure. The first sugges tions to have the war finance cor poration take charge of issuing agri cultural credits, he said, came from senators, while the "principal mover" behind the Norris bill, Mr. Lenroot said, was Carl Veroman. former as sistant secretary of agriculture. CONDITIONS REPORTED GOOD Agricultural Credits Discussed by Federal Reserve Bankers. SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. Agri cultural credits and business condi tions were discussed at a conference here today called by A. C. Miller, member of the federal reserve board, and attended by representatives of 12th federal reserve district banks at San Francisco, Seattle, Ios Angeles, Portland, Spokane and Salt Lake city. Mr. Miller stated that the policy of the federal reserve board in regard to loans was discussed, the primary purpose of which was to promote bet ter understanding. Conditions of the 12th federal reserve district were characterized by Mr. Miller as "good and favorable." N0RTHCLIFFE IS SNUBBED Contlnued From First Tage.) GRAIN MOVEMENT LARGE Railroads Report Volume Greatest In Three Years. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 28. "Grain and grain products are moving in greater volume than at any time within three years, despite the in crease in freight rates," said a state ment today by the American Railway association. Between Jnne 4 and July 16, the statement said, 297, S81 cars were loaded with grain and grain produces or 67.403 more than during the cor responding period of 1920, and 70.043 more than in 1919. SENATE FOR HAITI PROBE Committee of Five Ordered to Look Into V. S. Administration. WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 28. The senate has adopted a resolution by Senator McCormick. republican. Illi nois, providing for an investigation of American occupation and admin istration of Haiti and Santo Domingo A special committee of five senators will conduct the inquiry. Senator Jones, republican, Wash ington, told the senate that the in vestigation meant only that "some senators will get a nice trip and noth ing will come t it." FLYER AFTER POSITION Ivan J. de .Villiers Wants to Do Stunts in Portland. Because a -wound suffered with the I Hill Military Academy, Portland Canadians at bt. i-loy in 1917 mauo , Oxtgon, gets results. Ads. CALL RATE AT LOW MARK 3 M Per Cent Quotation Reflects Light Demand for Money. NEW YORK, July 28. The rate for call money or demand loans fell to 3hi per cent on the stock exchange tcday. This is the lowest quotation for such accommodations In several years and reflects not only the easier bank position, but the light demand for money due to extreme dullness in the market for seenjity. Time money rates held t 5H per cent to 6 per cent for the short ma turities, the lower rate applying only to high grade collateral. BEAUTIFUL OSWEGO LAKE Ideal for the family picnic, a day or week-end outing. Only 30 minutes from Portland. Fast and frequent electric train service. Extra train service on Sundays. For tickets And information inquire of ticket agent. Southern Pacific, at Fourth and Stark streets- Adv. v S. & H. green stamps for cash. Holman .Fuel Co.. coal and wood. Main 353; 560-21. Adv. ' while a tentative list of guests had been drawn up. the formal invita tions never, were issued, undoubtedly for the reason that the occurrence of the rupture between Lord Curzon and the London Times and its owner. occurring as it did, made it evidently impossible to carry out these plans. It must be understood that the British embassy building, with most of its furnishings, is the property of the British government, and while it is stated authoritatively that Am bassador Geddes did not receive in structions from London In regard to Lord Northcliffe, the ambassador was fully aware of the Impropriety of the use by him of the property of the British government to entertain even a personal friend if that person had fallen under the ban of the foreign office. The incident which caused the rup ture arose through the publication in the London Times, July 12, of an article in its editorial columns dis cussing the possible British repre sentation in the Washington disarm ament conference. The Associated Press cable dispatch of that date summarized the editorial as follows: Both Held L'afltted. "It declares that neither the pre mier nor the foreign minister i: 'fitted by his position, his tempera ment or his past career to take a direct part in these negotiations. Concluding, the Times said: "It is for the same reason of avoid ing suspicion that the attendance of Premier Lloyd George and Lord Cur zon in Washington seems particularly undesirable. The great qualification needed "ry the representative of this empire ischaracter for conspicuous straightforwardness and honor. Mr. Lloyd George dots not possess this character. Of all statesmen In Eu rope he probably Is most distrusted. In America he is widely regarded as a man who encompassed President Wilson with his 'wizardry."' The newspaper then turn to Lord Curzon alleging that his "pompous and pretentious manner and inca pacity for business do not fit him to discharge the responsible duties the mission would impose." mally extended to all newspapers, I without regard to their attitude to the government, and the Times took full advantage of these privileges. "But courtesy should beget courtesy. I need hardly explain that official in formation is available to the Times through the ordinary agencies. The fullest courtesy has at all times been extended to its representatives. "The fact that it has pursued a course of virulent opposition, and notably to' the head of the govern ment, has not in the least influenced government departments in the facil ities they have extended to Its repre sentatives, and personally I have never made a single effort to induce the withdrawal of a single facility from the Times or- its associated newspapers, the Daily Mail, the Eve ning News and the Weekly Dispatch. "On Wednesday,-the 13th instant,, however, the Times- published a per sonal attack of a peculiarly offensive and mischievous character upon the secretary of state for foreign affairs with special reference to the mo mentous and delicate negotiations on which he was engaged in pursuance of a policy representing not only the government of the United Kingdom, but the prime ministers of the do minions and the representatives of India. "Such an attack at such a time seemed to us to fall below alKnormal standards of English journalism. "It is, therefore, essential that the British government as a whole mark strongly ..its disapproval of such an attack on the secretary of state for foreign affairs at such a critical mo ment. Official information is, of course, available, as before, to the Times, but the special .favor accorded it by tradition in the past is entirely withdrawn." Following the announcement of Lloyd George it was stated in Lon don that the premier had received an "apology" from Lord Northcliffe in regard to the article in the London Times which argued that neither the prime minister nor the foreign sec retary was a fit and proper person to represent Great Britain at the Washington conference. No details were given. It was not stated whether word had been re ceived ' direct from Lord Northcliffe, either by letter or by wireless, or whether an indirect message on his behalf had been forthcoming. Mr. Lloyd George's statement in the house of commons respecting the Northclifre press drew no comment from the London Times, but the Daily Mail, in an editorial headed "Much About Nothing." said: "If it pleased Marquis Curzon to assert his dignity in this way, we have nothing to say about it except that It does not hurt us. We get our foreign news from our own corre spondents abroad, and we usually get it more quickly than the foreign office does." Only one of the other London morning papers referred editorially to the matter, thia being the Daily News, which took the view that Mr. Itloyd George had sought to confuse the issues. "The real Issues," it said, "are two freedom of the press and the proper function of the government in regard to news distribution. When a paper i deliberately deprived for any reason of news which has been put by the government at the service of other papers, no justification can' alter the fact that there has been a grave infraction of the liberty of the press. Once admitted as legitimate, it might manifestly be carried to the most startling lengths In almost any direction." The Daily News contended that Mr. Lloyd George betrayeLthe weakness of his case by his-line of defense, knowing that a real boycott of news papers would not be tolerated by pub lic opinion. The Westminster Gazette pokes fun at the official attitude in an article headed "Lese Majeste," suggesting ironically that Lord Northcliffe, in stead of being on his way with a large retinue for a progress round the world, should at this moment be a prisoner in the Tower of London. The liberal organ deals one blow by saying "fudge" to Mr. Lloyd George's view, that the foreign office's chief must not be mixed up with politicians like prime ministers, and proceeds to administer another by suggesting that Mr. Lloyd George himself has done more to impair the dignity of the foreigi secretary because of per petual confusion of boundaries in late years between the functions of the prime minister and the foreign sec retary. "That Is in a measure Inevitable,' added the Gazette,, "when foreign af fairs are conducted by a supreme council, but it is useless for the prime minister to speak in tones of awj of the foreign secretary unless he takes scrupulous care that the greater de cisions' pass through the foreign of fice and .plainly and coram populo makes the "-foreign secretary at least his principal coadjutor in foreign af fairs. The foreign office and foreign secretary will, we imagine, be grate ful to the prime minister for his recognition of their special position in proportion as he caraies it into his own practice in foreign affairs." JUDGE YIELDS BENCH Relationship With Attorney Makes Xecessafy Court Change. NEWPORT.'Or., July 28. (Special.) The term of court in Lincoln county to open at Toledo tomorrow had no case of unusual interest on the docket, yet bad one trial, a damage case, which changed the entire per sonnel of the court. John Pipes of Portland was rep'reeenting a client suing. Newport for damages. Judge Skipworth of Eugene, who holds court, is a relative of John Pipes so to Insure satisfaction he has waived his office and Judge Cakk of Marsh field will hold court in his stead. Judge Skipworth, accompanied by his family and S. M. Calkins, motored to Newport from Eugene today. The Skipworths will occupy a cottage at Newport and the judge will motor to Toledo for court when necessity re FORMER ROW IS RECALLED Times Loses Privileges Following Attack on Government. In the. British house of commons July 18 Lloyd George replTfed to a number of questions as to the. re ported withdrawal from "certain daily 'and weekly newspapers" that is, the Northcliffe press of facilities for obtaining official news from the foreign office. The prime minister began by ex plaining how the greater part of offi cial news was issued through agen cies which carried it to papers as a matter of routine. He continued: "For some years past it has been" customary for facilities to be given to representatives of news-papers to visit government offices and make Inquiry on their own behalf on events l of the day. These courtesies are nor- FORD ROAD FILES RATES Drastic General Cnt in ' Freight Charges Proposed. Hnlrni t Tni .iln & Trnnlnn ' railrnnri I owned by Henry Ford, filed new rate schedules yesterday with the lnter- f f , " " W " JA Mow v A Mill! 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The new rates would be effective August 29 on heavy traffic, includ ing grain, anthracite and bituminous coal and coke moving from the Ohio river to Detroit and other points on its line. . ' - FORBES FIGHTS RED TAPE Director Wants Direct Action in Behalf of "Veterans. WASHINGTON. D. C, July 28. Ex amination of the four and a Tjalf million former service men and elim ination of the statutory red tape was suppested today by Colonel C. R. 66 1 one-eievenI (0cigarettesf jgzs Mid-Summer Sale of Furniture Now On at homeTfusNISHERS 63 -TO-FIFTH ST. Always Your Money's Worth During This Sale More Than Your Money's Worth Forbes, director of the war risk In surance bureau, as the best solution of the soldier Telief problem. It would cut off much "justifiable criticism." he said, and build a firm foundation for future dealings with veterans. 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