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PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1921
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Nation Is Determined to
Keep War Gains.
PROBLEM CONFRONTS POWERS
Japan's Outstanding Industry
Is Militarism.
EXPANSION IS REQUIRED
iNon-Intcrfcrencc to Be Demanded
In Exploiting China, Cores,
Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia.
BY LOUTS SEIBOLD.
'Copyright by the Nw York Herald. Pub-
llahad by Arrlng,ment)
TOKIO, Sept. 26 (Special cable.)
The mint fascinating romance of the
far east possesses few of the senti
mental, poetical, picturesque or high
ly aplced featurei that appeal to pop
ular Imagination in the western
world. It is more correctly reflected
In the amaxlng growth of the em
pire of Japan, which, within 70
years, has developed Into one of the
five most Important powers on the
globe.
And what Is mora astounding than
any other phase of Japan'a progress
toward political, military and eco
nomic supremacy is the tremendous
advances it haa made during the last
IS years. Today U is at once tbe
last stand of reactionary imperialism
in the world and the most disturbing
Influence In international politics.
It is the one nation, in fact, whose
outstanding Industry la militarism.
Umpire la oa Defensive.
Kemmed In by the narrowing clr
eJe of universal revolt against mlll
.tsrram, Japan, to avoid destruction of
its power In the far east and In the
raclfle ocean. Is manifestly preparing
to resist every form of pressure that
may be employed to deprive her of
the substantial benefits of her diplo
macy, her military prestige, her po
litical Intriguing with the govern
ments of her less capable neighbors,
and her unrelenting struggle for eco
nomic expansion prosecuted without
regard for the rights of less aggres
sive peoples.
This doea not mean that Japan
seeks war with any power, for It still
hopes that the subtle processes of
diplomacy will avoid such a calamity.
Hut It does mean that Japan, deter
mined to hold on to what she has
won with the gun and the sword,
knows that she will either have to
fight agalnnt any curtailment of her
ambitions and her necessities or sub
mit to conditions that will reduce her
to the status of a aecond-rate power.
Realatence Clearly Coming.
Every move made by the mikado's
government In approaching the ar
mament conference advocated by
President Harding is viewed by the
political and diplomatic observers of
other countries as Indicating grim
determination vigorously to oppose
any attempt to take from her the
tremendous advantages she has won
In her struggle to provide her people
with an opportunity to exist under
more favorable conditions than Is
now possible, as also to perpetuate
her control In Asia and In the Fa
eiflc. The Toklo government Is running
true to form by approaching the
project with the utmost caution,
though there is scarcely any doubt
that It will be compelled to play the
game, unless the disarmament move
ment assimes a wider scope. In thi
event competent authorities feel fully
Justified In predicting the Insistence
by Japan that Great Britan and
France (with which governments she
has no quarrels, but rather complete
sympathies) shall be compelled to
surrender the great advantages they
have enjoyed In India, China and the
Pacific if the Japanese are compelled
by universal sentiment to abandon
the role of dictator in the far east.
It Is quite certain that not only the
government but the people of Japan
as well will resist any demand that
Japan withdraw from the territory
she occupies without legal rlht or
the consent of the defenseless popu
lations terrorised by her militaristic
policies.
World's Arts Borrowed.
Kvery modern device that Japan
eould not Invent she has mastered,
and In some respects improved upon.
From Germany she borrowed the art
of making an army, from England the
skill with which to build her navy;
from the United States the best meth
ods for developing her Industries and
from all of them essential features of
her government, which Is wholly Im
perialistic, modified by certain fea
tures of democracy.
The fighting spirit of Japan Is
seemingly as militant today as It
existed undpr the savage Shogunates,
whom Commodore Perry found en
gaged in tribal wars In 1854. The
Japanese themselves, when In a more
amiable frame of mind toward the
United Btates than they are at pres
ent, credit the grea,t American ad
miral and diplomatist with having
opened to them the gates of civilisa
tion. They date their progress and
ascendency from his coming to In
troduce the benefits of modern meth
ods and devices. Including the uses
of electricity, steam and education.
Perhaps the moat Imitative people
(Concluded oa re 3, Column I.)
Letters Containing Money Orders
'and Draft Not Stolen.
Cash Thought Gone.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Sept. 25. (Spe
cial.) A registered mail pouch was
stolen here last night while stored
In the baggage room at the railroad I
station. Letters containing money
orders and drafts were taken from the
pouch, but were thrust back in with
out being opened. It was supposed
that some cash was taken, but the
amount had not been determined to
day. Local postal and railroad of
ficials refused to discuss the case
pending the arrival of a postal In
spector. The pouch was taken last nfght
from train No. 15 by A. B. Dorman, a
railroad employe, and stored in the
baggage room. The loss was not dis
covered until this morning, when the
mall was taken to the postofflce.
The mall bag was discovered later
by P. R. KImbell, a prospector, who
saw It lying In a ditch about a mile
south of the railroad station. Be re
ported his discovery to the author!
ties.
The baggage room evidently was
entered through a coal chute. The
grating on the chute had been re
moved. The locks on the building
were not disturbed.
The authorities here suspect a drug
addict, who has been in Grants Pass
for some time. He could not be found
today, although he was around last
night
COAST STORM FORECAST
Oregon and Washington Seaports
Send Oat Warnings.
Southwest storm warnings were
ordered up last night at all Oregon
and Washington seaports. The storm
was said to be coming from the north
Pacific, and strong gales off the
coast were predicted for today.
Rain for Portland and for all Ore
gon and Washington was forecast
for today.
The storm predicted for Saturday
night and yesterday failed to strike
Portland In Its full strength, although
there was rain for about two hours.
The tall end of the gale struck North
Head, where the wind blew at the
rate of 60 miles an hour.
Yesterday In Portland was ona of
the nicest days of the autumn. Thou
sands ' took advantage of the fine
weather to go on auto trips and hik
nlg parties.
PAVED STRETCH OPEN
Light Traffic to Use Hard-Surface
Between Barlow and Aurora.
8ALEM. Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.)
Because of the state fair, which opens
here Monday, the state highway de
partment today Issued orders opening
to light traffic the new concrete
pavement between Barlow and Aurora
on the route of the Pacific highway.
Trucks will be compelled to use the
old road for another week. With
the opening of this stretch of road
the trip from Portland to Salem can
be made on pavement, with the ex
ception of two miles.
Travelers from southern Oregon
will find pavement all the way from
Albany to Salem the detour south of
Salem having been eliminated by or
der of tbe highway department last
week.
COAST SWEPT BY GALE
Wind Attains 00-Mlle Rate-
North Head; Rains Heavy.
ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 25. (Special.)
The southerly gale which swept
along the coast last night was ac
companied by a heavy rain, but con
tinued only a short time. The wind
at North Head attained a 60-mile
rate, but inside the harbor the gale
was not so strong. The barometer
dropped to 2. 60. but went up rapidly
all day, and tonight registered 29.80.
The weather Is unsettled, however,
as the wind Is still from the south
and registered It miles an hour at
North Head at 4 o'clock this after
noon. COLLEGE GOWNS ARE HIT
Corvallis Co-eds Asked to
Dinner Dresses to Dances.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Sept. 25. (Special.)
"I have requested college girls to
wear dinner dresses to dances instead
of evening gowns, as many have been
accustomed to wearing," said Miss
Mary A. Kolfe, dean of women.
"The men have my respect for In
stituting a custom of not wearing
dress suits to college functions, and
I believe the girls should be Just as '
fine in that respect. The fact that
sucn b large percentage oi stuaents
are paying their own way makes this
custom desirable."
FIRE FROM AIR SURVIVED
Old Battleship Alabama Still Floats
After Attack by Planes.
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 25. Armor
piercing shells were hurled from
army airplanes yesterday on the old
battleship Alabama In Chesapeake
bay in the tests being conducted
against the ship.
Although considerably battered by
the attacks of the last two days, the
battleship was left practically Intact,
although officers maintained bombs
would have been fatal to any crew
aboard.
Brumfield Crawls on AN
Fours in Cell.
WIFE STILL CALLED SISTER
Prisoner Knows .Enough to
Have Washing Done.
SHAM SCENTED IN POSE
Roscburg Residents Think Memory
Lapse Is Faked as Defense;
Sheriff Charges Acting.
ROSEBURO. Or, Sept. 25. (Spe
cial.) The lapse of memory, whether
feigned or real, of Dr. R. M. Brum
field, alleged slayer of Dennis Rus
sell, continued today. He recognised
Deputy Sheriffs Webb and Hopkins
this morning when they entered the
cell, but he has been- unable to recog
nize others who approached him. His
wife continued to be his sister Mamie,
while bis aunt, who also visited him
In his cell this morning, was a
stranger to him, apparently.
During the night he was restless,
and as one of the officers entered the
Jail Brumfield dropped on all fours
and went crawling up to the bars,
growling like a wild animal. This
morning, however, he greeted the
deputies pleasantly and asked for
nome rice or rolled oats for breakfast.
He, declared that his head did not
sche as badly as It had the day be
fore, but that It was very sore.
Brumfield Is Incoherent.
When his attorney. Dexter Rice,
appeared, Brumfield was still unable
to call him by name but remembered
that the attorney had been there the
Cay before. Mr. Rice was unable to
get Brumfield to talk except to, in
quire for hto s'ster Mamie.
"Whera is Mamie, why don't she
cftme?" Brumfield kept asking of At
torney Rice.
"You brought her bare yesterday,
why don't you bring her today?"
When Mrs. Brumfield apreared the
prisoner began to cry and talked in
coherently to her.
Although Brumfield may be Insane,
he still retains sufficient faculties to
Lave his dirty clothes washed.
Mrs. Brnmfleld Does Washing.
Sines her husband's confinement
Mrs. Brumfield has been taking his
clothes home and washing them. To
day when she went to his cell she was
not recognized as his wife, but as his
rister. However, Brumfield, while
talking to his wife and addt easing her
as "Mamie," called attention to a pile
of clothing and said:
"Look, I have so many dirty clo'.hes
and I don't know what to do with
them."
"Why, I'll wash them for you," Mrs.
Brumfield responded.
"Will you do that, Marnier asked
the doctor and without loss of time
(Concluded on Pare 2, Column 1.)
WONDER WHAT SOME OF
WONDER WHAT SOME OF THE THOROUGHBREDS AT THE STATE FAIR WOULD THINK
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First Complete Story or Fatal Party
In Hotel Suite Expected to Be
Told at Hearing Today. aj
SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. Ros
coe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle. film come
dian, charged with the murder of
Miss Virginia Rappe. motion-picture
actress, passed a quiet Sunday In Jail,
while the district attorney prepared
a list- of witnesses for examination
when the police court hearing is re
sumed tomorrow.
Arbuckle had as his visitors rela
tives who are in the city, and under
his attorney's orC"- refused to dis
cuss publicly the. charge against him.
. The first complete story of the
party in Arbuckle's suite In the Hotel
St. Francis on Labor day, which was
followed by the death of Miss Rappe
four days later, is expected to be
told at the hearing tomorrow when
the prosecution calls Mrs. Bambtna
Maude Delmont, who preferred the
Blake and Miss Zeh Prevost. who at
tended the party. The order In which
charge against Arbuckle; Miss Alice
the witnesses will be called was not
announced.
The defense has not indicated how
it is to combat the testimony so far
offered by the prosecution. The only
witness who has been cross-examined,
and he only briefly, was Alfred
Semnacher, who yesterday testified
for the prosecution, but as a "hostile
witness," according to the police
Judge. The police Judge is to decide
whether Arbuckle is to be heed to the
superior court, and, if so, -whether
on the' murder charge or on the
grand Jury indictment, which charges
manslaughter.
The defense has made no attempt
to check the prosecution in the ques
tioning of witnesses, taking advan
tage, it was said, of the opportunity
to learn the state's case against Ar
buckle, afforded by the hearing.
HOOD RIVER SCHOOL FIRED
Junior High Burns With Lows of
$15,000; $12,000 Insurance.
HOOD RIVER, Or Sept. 25. (Spe
cial.) The Junior high scnool nere
tonight was destroyed by fire. The
loss was about $15,000, with 12.000
insurance. In addition, the SO pupils
who attended the school lost their
books and equipment, valued at about
$400. City School Superintendent Can
ron has arranged to .hold school (or
the two grades tomorrow in the Bap
tist church. ,
The fire was believed to have been
started accidentally by one of a crew
of plumbers who installed a hot-wit er
heating system in the building this
afternoon. The' building was the lust
fiame school structure In the city.
5-CENT LUNCH STARTED
Chicago Schools Serve Soup, Meat
and Potatoes, Milk, Dessert.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25. Soup or bean?,
choice of two sandwiches or meat
and potatoes and a cup of milk or
chocolate and a dessert price 6
cents.
Beginning Monday that Is the
menu to be served in the penny
lunchrooms of Chicago schools. Last
year the various items were priced !
at 2 and 3 cent seach.
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THE THOROUGHBREDS AT THE
OF THEIR ANCESTORS?
7 f
Jongrcgatlon That
.pted Charge With
Memorial Church.
Mr
V
JT ua Stansfield, for five years
past .1 the First Methodist Epls
copalvchurch of this city, announced
to his congregation yesterday that
he h. d accepted a unanimous Invita
tion to be pastor of the McCabe Me
morial church In Chicago. The an
nouncement came as a great surprise,
since only Bishop W. O. Shepard and
one or two church officials had been
told the news previously.
Dr. Stansfield will leave here about
October 11. He said yesterday that
he is going east solely to be near
his family, and that an Increase In
salary had nothing to do with his
decision to go east. Hs will receive
16000 a year at the Chicago church.
No announcement has been made
as to his successor. Bishop Shepard.
the only one who can speak officially
on this matter, was In Seattle last
night.
"I have now been pastor with you
In this church for five years, a very
happy and successful pastorate, you
think, but this past week I have
received a unanimous Invitation
through Bishop Nicholson to be pas
tor of our McCabe Memorial church
In Chicago, the church nearest the
Chicago university." said Dr. Stans
field to his congregation. He made
his statement after the benediction.
"I shall accept the Invitation, being
assured by Bishop Nicholson that I
was the type of preacher needed at
that university center.
"Of course, it Is true that I am to
receive a larger salary than here,
but that is not the consideration.
The principal reason for my going
back east Is that I may be nearer my
family and long-time Intimate asso
ciations. When I came h,ere five
years ago I did not know this church,
but I came to do a certain kind of
work for the church, and It has been
done. I do not mean finished, but It
has been done up to this point.' name
ly a steady, constructive work in
building up Intelligent, stable Chris
tian character among young people
of the families of the church, and
among thoughtful and intelligent
citizens of Portland. My ministry
was to be pre-eminently a teaching
and pastoral ministry for the devel
opment of the best, broad-minded
Christian citizenship.
"Of course. $.om -of. .you .may think
that, this change is coming now be
cause It seems to be the order of
changes and surprises In the . leading
churches of Portland, but I assure you
that this Is not in that category. Yes
terday a man canje up to buy some
thing that my wife is disposing of and
said, 'your husband Is going away, I
suppose, because they would not stand
for him telling the girls whft kind
of - clothing they shoujd wear at
church socials.' My wife said. That
Is not my husband. Our church Is on
the corner of Twelfth and Taylor.
" "Oh. said the man. then your hus
band Is the minister who went away
on Saturday night and did not preach
the next morning.'
"'We are at the First Methodist
church. My husband has not gone
away,' replied my wife.
"So I suppose there may be some
who think that this change is coming
because the
tmosphere seems so
(Continued on I'ase 12. Column 1.)
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STATE FAIR WOULD THINK
Minister
He Ha
Personnel of Exposition
Committee Named.
GREAT BENEFIT IS FORECAST
Portland and Oregon Are Ex
pected to Get Boost.
FULL SUPPORT ASKED
Mr. Meier Declares That More
Members May, Be Named
as Occasion Arises.
Personnel of the - state-wide or
ganization which Is to have charge
of tbe staging of the 1925 exposition
was announced yesterday by Julius
L. Meier, exposition chairman.
The appointment of this organiza
tion was recommended at the state
wide conference held at the Multno
man hotel In Portland on September
S, at which time representative men
from all sections of Oregon met to
determine plans of financing and
other matters pertaining to the hold
ing of the proposed world's fair.i
In announcing the names of the
members of the state-wide organiza
tion Mr. Meier said that other names
might be added later if advisable
He also said that the selection of
an executive committee from the
state-wide organization would follow
at the earliest possible date In order
that the preliminary work for the
exposition can be rushed without
delay.
Statement. Is Issued,
Mr. Meier Issued a statement In
which he pictured the success of the
exposition and what It will mean to
the state In the working out of a
greater development and the crea
tton of a wealthier and more pros
perous community. He declared that
the small sums to be asked of the
taxpayers to take care of the ex
pence of putting? op the exposition
would be paid back many times over
by the. money which would be spent
In the state by visitors to. the fair,
to aay nothing of the increasing
property wealth caused by the arrival
of new settlers and the great develop
ment which would undoubtedly come
here as a result of the undertaking.
"The selection of the list has had
the utmost care, taking Into consid
eration the magnitude of the under
taking, the geographic locaion of Its
members, the Instruction of the con
ference to make It of state-wide
scope, and using every precaution to
give each section of the state the
most forceful representation possi
ble," said Mr. Meier.
Many Conference Held.
"Many conferences have been held
covering the need of the exposition,
and I feel that the men selected will
not only serve the state, but will
bring an element of strength to the
organization that will Invite confi
dence over the entire northwest and
ultimately win new laurels for Ore
gon. "The most essential part of our
programme rests In the early com
pletion of the public approval of our
financial policy. This plan calls for
a city election' in Portland next No
vember, when the people will vote
upon the question of raising $2,000.
000. This will be followed by a pub
lic subscription of $1,000,000, and In
the early spring the state vote for
$3,000,000 will be launched. This
means that a total capital of $6,000,
000 is to be raised, of which Portland
will provide $4,000,000.
Co-operation Is Promised.
"The necessary legislation for na
tional recognition; the freedom to
hold an exposition in 1925 without
conflicting dates; the co-operation of
Pacific ioast states, all have been
provided within the last year, so that
Oregon .need but plae Its house In
order to stage the greatest event ever
chronicled In the history of the great
west.
"Selection of the executive commit
tee will follow at the earliest pos
sible date. These appointments will
give Oregon representation from
every district on the exposition board.
The state-wide organisation will be
charged with the duty of directing
and educating the people on the Im
portance of providing the funds to
carry out the project. The state
wide representation will be called
upon to meet in conference at stated
intervals upon the general exposition
theme, exploitation of Oregon's re
sources, foreign policy, concessions
and other voluminous duties asso
ciated with the holding of a world
wide demonstration of this kind.
Responsibility on Committee.
"The committee naturally will have
the responsibility d? initiating ideas
and planning the departments, of
which there will be many. In turn
these plans and suggestions will be
presented to the state-wide commit
tee for approval. In this manner the
whole scheme will have Its birth and
reach Its development with, the most
constructive methods, the greatest
economy, the highest efficiency that
is possible within the mind of man.
"Care is also to be exercised in the
personnel of the men and women who
will be called upon to adminster the
details oi me worn. j
"The public should be Impressed:
""iCoaciuded pa i, Column J I
Committee Authorizes Drive for
$8,000,000 Charity Fund
for Children.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 25. Authority to
launch Immediately an $8,000,000 hos
pital building campaign was given
in a meeting of the hospital commit
tee of the Imperial council of the
Shrine today, after which it was an
nounced that the central hospital, to
cost approximately $1,000,000, will be
located here. Subsidiaries will be
established In San Francisco and
Portland, Or.
The hospitals will specialize in aid
ing crlpnled children.
The hospital to be built here by
the Shrine will be an orthopedic
surgical hospital, primarily for the
treatment of deformed and crippled
children, and will be open to all
children needing such treatment, re
gardilees of color, race or creed.
Two sites for the hospital have
been offered; one consisting of three
acres adjacent to the medical school
of the University of Oregon on Mar
quam hill, and the other of ten acres
on the Oregon Electric line near this
city. Two acres o the three-acre
site were donated by the medical col
lege and the remaining acre by James
Moffett. The ten-acre tract has been
offered by an Individual whose name
has not been, made public.
Mayor Baker went to St Louis to
attend this meeting of the hospital
committee of the Shrine and to pre
sent Portland's claims for recognition
as the medical center of the north
west, and was accompanied by Dr.
S. M. Strohecker, who presented the
technical and scientific points of the
argument. Among the contentions
of the two were Portland's geograph
ical position In relation to the ter
ritory to be served, the mild climate
of this city, the purity of the milk
and water, and the availability of
all kinds of transportation.
A feature of the recognition ac
corded Portland by the hospital com
mittee of the Shrine is the fact that
one of Its members. Bishop Keator, is
a resident of Tacoma. John D. Mc
Gillvray, another member of the com
mittee, makes his home In San Fran
cisco. A staunch friend of Portland
on the board Is W. Freeland Ken
drick, who was imperial potentate of
the shrine when it met here last year.
Frank S. Grant, Illustrious poten
tate of Al Kader temple, the local
Ehrlne organization, was elated last
night -when Informed of the designa
tion of Portland as the location for
cne of tho subsidiary hospitals. .
"Mayor Baker has done great
work," he declared, "In winning for
Portland this substantial recognition.
The operation of this orthopedic hos
pital here will make Portland's po-
rition as the medical center of the
northwest unoljestionable and will
make this city'one of the important
scientific centers of the country."
PRACTICE BABY ON JOB
Alice I.n Crandall to Reign at O.
A. C. Through Conilns Year.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. Sept. 25 (Special.)
Alice Lu Crandall Is the fortunate
baby who will reign over the co-eds
taking practice housekeeping. Alice
Is 19 months old and Is the third
"practice house baby" to be taken on
the campus for a year.
The college girls take turns In
working out the housekeeping prob
lems and having complete care of
the baby. They will see that she
eats the proper food at the proper
time, that she sleeps at the right
time, that her clothing Is comfort
ta'ble and warm. The co-eds will su
pervise all her social training.
When the baby was 8 months old
she scored at a county fair as one
of the perfect babies In Harney
county.
INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TKSTBRDAT'H Maximum temperature, 70
degrees: minimum, 1- desrera.
TODAY'S Rain; lncrcaaln aoutherly wind.
Vorrtm.
Brltlatl resret that Lloyd Ororse can't at
tend arma conference. I'asa a.
Japan ready to flxtu for power. Page 1.
Hardlns aaka alnserlly at arma conference.
Three killed. 37 hurt in BeKaat rlola.
fata 3.
Iometlc.
Rlsamv defendant held for perjury. Pase 3.
Arbuokle kills time; proaecutor bu.jr.
I'ase 1.
Portland will get Rhrlnera' hospital. Page 1.
Mildred Hanan, ahot by chum, dies. Pae 4.
Autnmobilra caue loaa of billion dollar.
in year. Pace 4.
United matea probe of Chicago police la
atarted. r .
Brumfield growls like wild beaat. Page 1.
raelfle Northweat.
Rea-latered mall bag looted by burglar.
Page 1.
(ttate fair to open at' Salem today. Page 11.
Mahnney's defenae attacks Identification
of body as tbat or missing wise, rage i
((porta.
Tllden la defeated and west wins tennis
tourney, rage lu.
Yankees again ona full game In lead.
Page lO.
Commercial and Marine. .
Spagilah steamer is here to load grain.
Page 14.
Pacific Coaat league reaulta: At Portland
2-2, San Franrlaco 4-7; at Seattle 2-3.
Ixa Ancelea O-J; at Loa Angelea, Vernon
Salt Lake 0-1; at San Franclaco,
Oakland 3-4. Sacramento 8-7. Page 10.
(.oral.
Lives of lono children In near east de
pend on Portland. Tags 18.
State-wide committee on exposition la
named. Page 1-
Four hundred optlmlatlo bankers vl.lt
Portland. Page L
Soil aurvey work shown at state fair.
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Bend will boost Oregon product.. Page 1.
Bankera optlmlatlc over bualneis here.
Pas 1".
Two Ruaalan scientists vl.lt Portland.
Page IS.
Dr. Joahua Stanaftetd accepts call to
Chicago. Page i.
Easterners Say Situation
Is Bright.
PARTY OFF TO CONVENTION
Everybody Has Great Praise
for Columbia Highway.
GRANDEUR IS NOTICED
Portland Guests for Day Promise
to Return In 1925 and
Dring Friends.
In business parlance. Portland was
"sold" yesterday to 400 of the leading
bankers of the Atlantic seaboard. And,
what Is more to the point, possibly,
the Rose City gained the enthusiastic
approval of the wives and grown
daughters, accompanying the eastern
financiers.
The special train de luxe, arriving
In three sections, was side-tracked for
17 hours here yesterday while the
travelers became acquainted with
Portland and the surrounding scenic
country. They are on their way to
the forty-seventh' annual convention
of the American Bankers' association
to be held In Los Angeles October
3 to 7.
Leading Centers Represented.
Those In the group represented Che
leading commercial centers of the At
lantic seaboard from Florida to Maine.
New York bankers predominated, but
every section had its Important leader
In the party.
The bankers were loath to discuss
business.
"So far as business Is concerned we
are a cheerful bunch," Francis H. Sis
son, vice-president of the Guaranty
Trust company, New York City. said.
"The keynote of the convention and
the expression that will be heard the
most will be: 'V have turned the
corner.' One year ago we were at the
top looking down. Now we are at the
bottom lurking up. It is a healthy
state to be In."
Cheerful Reports Forecast,
Mr. Sisson Is chairman of the public
relations committee of tbe American
Bankers' association. One of the big
gest meetings of the convention will
be under the direction of this dl-'
vision.
"At this meeting reports will ' be
made that are cheerful." he continued.
"We have turned the corner and have
a stralsht-away ahead. There will
be a few chuck holes along this way
but on the whole it will be a very
nk'tly paved road and continually Im
proving. Conditions throughout the
.uunlt,y are to be Increasingly better."
Mr, Sisson had cheering words for
the northwest.
.Harked Improvement Noted.
"You In this section have every
right to be cheerful. You are grow
ing fast. There is a marked Im
provement In tvery way since my last
visit here six years ago.
"Why should you not be cheerful?
The country's future greatest pros
perity lies here. Y'ou will share in
any prosperity that comes to the
country but to a greater extent.
"For the future business conquchts
of this country He across the Pacific.
You have wonderful resources and
you have grand buslncaa leadership.
"As to living conditions, you are
In the garden spot of tho world.
Everything Is here that is conducive
to happy living conditions. YoU have
everything here worth living for."
Colombia Highway Landed.
One of the leading bankers of the
south Is J. Elwood Cox, president of
the Commercial National bank, High
Point, N. C.
"I am greatly Interested In your
Columbia Jtlver highway, not only
from the scenic standpoint, but from
the construction angle," Mr. Cox said.
"1 shall ask many questions here and
give the pavement as much attention
as the scenery. The reason of this is
that I am a member of the highway
commission of North Carolina. That
state recently has appropriately o0,
000,000 for a highway stretching 2j0
miles entirely across the stale. We
already have many paved highways,
but this one especially Is important.
"I so enjoyed your beautiful and
clean city this morning In a tour of
the downtown and residence sections.
The flowers are perfect. But I am
little surprised, for I have heard al
ready so much concerning Portland."
Business Better In Month.
"Business is looking up in the
south," Oscar Wells of the First National-
bank of Birmingham, Ala.,
said. "Almost- overnight blueness
changed to uhecrf ulnesa when the
price of cotton began to go up. Be
fore that, however, there had come
a change for the better In the In- .
dustrial aituatlon, although it had
not made itself felt publicly. The
steel and iron industries which mean
much to us down there hadj been in
bad condilloa but they are on the
mend now.
"I cannot refrain from speaking
about that which will make our party
long remember FortUnd. There is so
much variety In your scenery. One
should never tire of it In a lifetime.
We shall all hope to have a chance
soon to return for s much longer
visit."
Coming from New England T must
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