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VOL. LX NO. 19.037 Entered at Portland Orgon) Po.tofflre a Second-Clami Mutter PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1921 TRICE FIVE CENTS FOCH JOINS AMERICA WRECKAGE FROM TUG lorn irr Drconr dadu 36 PERSONS KILLED IPITy riTC JIIRKFY IN PRAYER OF THANKS IS CAST UP BY SEA LEFT ALONE IN AUTO IN RIOTS IN BOMBAYr" 1 L,,,u T IN FIRESIDE OUIET HOLIDAY GREKTIXO SEXT TO DAMAGE TT' Mt WRECK OF'SEA CHILD DISCOVERED CRYING IN FRONT OF IMPERIAL HOTEL. EX-RESIDENT OF RENO SAID TO HAVE BEEN SLAIN. LEGION COMSIAXDER. EAG' NaS INDICATED. PESSIMISTIC VIEW HELD UNJUSTIFIED RANGE WARNED TAXATION REFORM URGED BY GRANGE gains E1ITY Mark Sullivan Says Con ference Will Win. BRIAND SPEECH EXPLAINED French Premier's Appeal Is for Home Consumption. SEA FORCES BIG ISSUE Far East Also to Be Settled, Writer Declares Military Agreement Later Is Predicted. ' BT MARK SULLIVAN. Copyright by the Nfw York Evening Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON. D. C.. Not. 25. (Special.) Probably persona close to the situation fall into a state of mind where they take for granted things that the more distant public does not ee so clearly. Few of us Un Wash ington at least, few of the Ameri cana who are disinterested share the pessimism which seems to have col ored public discussion of the disarma ment conference during: the last day or two. - This pessimism seems to hare started with Premier Briand'a speech at noon on Tuesday. Properly under stood. Premier Brland's speech is not a cause for pessimism. More truly. It is a cause for optimism In that it was a final expression of a spirit of compromise within the conference. To understand Premier Brland's speech you must understand that he was talking primarily for France to hear rather than for the conference. Brland Is premier of France, and his hold on that office is precarious. Practice) Hard to Understand. In France, they have a practice difficult for Americans to under stand. In France, when a premier does or says something unpopular, he goes out of office automatically. For example. If the letter that Presi dent Harding wrote to congress ask ing for lower surtaxes had been written by Premier Brland to the French chamber of deputies, and it the chamber of deputies had done what our congress did, namely, re fused to follow Harding's leadership, then Harding, If he were the premier of France, would have gone out of office automatically and the leader of the opposition would have taken his place. Most of the foreign delegates to the conference who followed this episode In congress were puzzled to understand how It was that the day after that episode, Mr. Harding was still in the White House. Brland Solves Difficulty. Premier Brland had to avoid say ing anything that might have caused the present exigencies of French politics to vote him out of office be- fore he left America. That speech I was what American politicians call "A leave to address the house" speech, or "A leave to print" speech. It was designed, as many speeches In congress are designed, not to affect pending legislation, but to be I kins for the pies were sent from the read by the voters back home. I United States, the turkeys were The other members of the confer- bought from German farmers and ence understood Mr. Brland's positloi cost only 11 cents a pound, as com perfectly and, as politicians, sympa- . pared with 80 cents paid last year for thlzed with it. They were entirely . turkeys shipped from America. willing to let him take a position which was practically a refusal to submit to limitation of armament on land. Speech Is Prearranged. The concession that led Mr. Brland to make the speech he did was a sign of the success of the conference, not of its failure. France expected Premier Brland to get something big out of the confer ence. They expected him to bring home a guarantee of support from Great Britain and the United States. It did not take Brland long to learn that he could not get that Since he had to go home empty handed, the conference was quite willing he should be permitted to make the speech he did. That was all carefully arranged beforehand. It is true that the limitation of land armament is officially on the con ference agenda. But the men who are dominant in the conference al ways regarded it as a minor subject, and are. not much disturbed by the fact that nothing Is to be done about It. The two main subjects of the conference, the limitation of arma ment on the sea and problems of thei far east, are progressing with a speed and a degree of satisfaction that, lit erally, nobody anticipated. Details Now Discussed. Mr. Hughes. In his speeches and dis cussions, always shows unconsciously what he regards to be the main pur pose of the conference to be. Whenever Mr. Hughes gets around, as he does with a frequency which is in itself significant, to saying that "offensive war on the seas must be made impossible." he puts an empha sis on the words which reveals com pletely what he conceives the main purpose to be. That purpose is al ready achieved. All the discussion Is about details, and no one of those details will be settled in the end in any such way as to Jeopardize the main purpose. Tt Is true there Is a good deal of (Concluded ou ir'ttjftt ii. Column ei.) French Marshal Invokes Blessing on ex-Soldiers and Expresses Feeling of Gratitude. HARRISBURG, Pa.. Nov. 24 Mar shal Foch, in a Thanksgiving day message to Hanford MacNeider, com mander of the American Legion, sent on his arrival in Harrisburg today, Joined with the people of the United States In "prayers of gratitude for the blessings enjoyed by the world." The message said: "On this, your day of thankfulness, I join with all my spirit In the prayers of gratitude for the blessings enjoyed by the world. ... "My prayers go up today for the continued welfare and happiness of the American people; for her men who fought for world freedom, and above all. for her wounded soldiers, whose bravery and sacrifice we do not forget on this solemn day of re Jolclng." The marshal also sent a message of greeting to the wounded soldiers of the United States through the public health service. TRAIN ROBBERS ESCAPE Spokane Police Without Clew to Identity of Outlaws. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 24. Offi cers were without a clew today to aid them In their search for two men who. unmasked, boarded the observa tion car on the North Coast limited train on the Northern Pacific railroad In the station here last night and robbed the passengers of money and valuables. Among the passengers of the ob servation car who were robbed were A. L. Marsh of Seattle, who lost J22 and a watch, and T. L. Dunn of San Francisco, robbed of a check for $2.50 and $29 cash. The robbers left the train before it had cleared the yards. The robbery was committed In full view of station employes and passengers. TWO AUTOS JUMP BRIDGE Women Lose Lives in Black River at Port Huron, Mich. PORT HURON, Mich., Nov. 24. Two women were drowned and two other persons narrowly escaped a similar fate early today when their machines went through the north draw of the Black river bridge here. - The dead are Mrs. D. Earle Mlnne and Mrs. Emelle Gerrle of Port Huron. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henson, also of Port Huron, were rescued by members of the crew of the steamer Gunnel, for which the draw had been opened. The Henson car skidded on the Icy planklngt crashed through the guard gate and plunged Into the river. A moment later th machine driven by Mrs. Mlnne went through the broken gate at almost the same point. TROOPS ON RHINE FEAST TJ. S. Soldiers Eat 11,000 Pounds of German Turkey. COBLENZ. Nov. 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Eleven thousand American soldiers stationed on the Rhine tucked away 13.000 pounds of t,,rv ni... a ...i.i,.,. their Thanksgiving dinner. There were the usual "trimmings" of cran berries, raisin and pumpkin pie and hot plum pudding. While the plum pudding: and rjumn- GERMAN COLLAPSE FEARED Belief Growing That Reparations Scheme Is Impracticable. LONDON, Nov. 24. The federal convention of British industries com mittee announce that opinion, here is growing to the belief that the present reparations scheme is unreliable and that any attempt to enforce it will lead to the collapse of Germany. There should be, the committee holds, a comprehensive agreement of all the allies, defining the goods and services which Germany can provide and Indicating the lines along which German Industries can develop with out Inflicting serious Injury on the Industries of the allied countries. ' PORTUGAL FEARS REVOLT Troops in Lisbon Held Ready for Possible Eventualities. MADRID, Nov. 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Dispatches from rhe Portuguese frontier today reported that another revolution is brewng in Portugal and that the troops in Lisbon have been confined to their barracks in readiness for eventuali ties. Carvalho Mesquita, the messages said. Is refuted to be behind the revo lutionary preparation. PAPER MARK VALUE LOW German Customs Dues Raised to 390O Per Cent of Gold Value. MATENCE. Nov. 24. The inter allied high commission has approved the action of the German finance min istry In raising the customs dues pa d in paper marks to 3900 per cent of their value In gold marks. The new rate went Into effect today. Britain Holds Injury to Germany Impossible. PARIS POUCY IS ASSAILED Safety Is Declared to Lie in Confidence of World. SPEECH IS REMARKABLE Determination to Bring; Germany Into Comity of Nations Ex pressed by Lord Curzon. LONDON, Nov. 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) One of the most out spoken warnings addressed by the foreign minister of one nation to an other friendly nation was delivered today by Marquis Curzon of Kedles ton to France. The British foreign minister declared lf France pursued an Isolated and Individual policy she would not In the long run Injure Germany and would fail to protect herself. The address was directed primarily to the Washington conference, but It was clearly an Intimation to France of the effect of that country's atti tude toward disarmament. It also applied with equal force to the French policy in the near east. Safety Put la Confidence. 'Peace will never be achieved." he said, "if any one power tries to steal a march on another and conclude an arrangement on Its own account." He reminded France that her safety lay In the confidence of the world. He cautioned France that she could not succeed by a revengeful policy toward Germany or be permitted by Isolated action to frustrate the work at Washington. The speech was remarkable for the expressed determination to bring Ger many into the comity of nations and for Its enunciation of Great Britain's duty In the new world which suc ceeded -the war. New Nations Discussed. Alluding to the new struggling nations, he eald: "We are largely responsible for the creation of these new nations. There fore, it devolvesjm us to do our best to curb their rivalry, help their prog ress and make them instruments of future peace." Marquis Curzon delivered his ad dress at a luncheon in London today. "The real strength and protection of France," he continued, "does not consist In the strength of her arms, potent as they are. It does not con sist In the Inexhaustible spirit of her people. It does not consist even in the Justice of her cause. "It consists in the fact that the conscience of the world and the com bined physical forces of the world and In that I Include the great powers (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER TOMMY OR THE TURKEY GOT -THE WORST OF IT. 3 ue 2? aves San Francisco on V" iesday to Tow Schooner 3 Ecola Into Coos Bay. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 24 (Special.) A telephone message from Sunset Beach, ten miles south of here, today said that wreckage had come ashore there marked "Sea Eagle." The Sea Eagle Is a San Francisco tug which came north to Coos Bay last week with orders to tow Into the harbor there the four-masted schooner Ecola, en route from Honolulu. Information from Coos Bay is that the Sea Eagle picked up the schooner, but was un able to enter the harbor because of rough weather, so stood off to sea with her tow. It was feared here that she had met disaster. Captain Wicklund of the Point Adams government lifesaving crew said tonight that patrols of his men had walked the beach from Sunset Beach to Columbia jetty late today and had seen a considerable quantity of wreckage. .A pair of oars bore the Sea Eagle's mark. There were also furniture from her cabin, a wall mir ror, a chair and a spring mattress. Captain Wicklund said that yester day he made out a four-masted schooner, appaifently the Ecola, off Peacock spit. She was not in tow and he saw nothing of the Sea Eagle at that time, indicating that rough weather had forced the tug to cast loose the schooner. The fate of the tug following this could only be sur mised, but the wreckage Indicated that she had been either partially or completely wrecked. The gale had moderated tonight and the sea was less rough than for two days past. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24. The Sea Eagle is owned by the Red Stack Tug company of San Francisco and Is commanded by Captain George Gove, earring a crew of nine. She had been ordered to tow he schooner Ecola, en route from Honolulu to Coos bay. into the latter harbor. EUREKA, Cal., Nov. 23. The gaso line sobooner Martha, with a crew of three, is being sought today after having been swept from her moorings outside the Humboldt bar during a gale last night. The Martha was awaiting repairs to her engine, whicn had become disabled recently, and it is believed that she Is being tossed about in a helpless condition. Captain Elleson of the United States coast guard asked today that a coast guard cutter be sent from San Fran cisco to search for the Martha. ' ' NEW GALE HITS COAST Departure of Several Vessels at As- torla Held Up by High Seas. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 24 (Special.) Another of the series of southerly gales swept along the coast last night and the wind outside attained a rate of 61 miles an hour while a nasty sea was stirred up. Today the wind moderated materi ally and the barometer was rising. On account of the high seas the departure of- several vessels was delayed. Pershing's ex-Secretary Dies. NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Captain W. C. Eutrtis of Washington, 60, personal secretary to General Pershing during the war, died tonight following the recurrence of an attack of pneumonia contracted In France. IN . Craft What TotrAV t Parents Explain That They Went to Motion Picture Show and Left Boy Asleep. A 3-year-old boy, said by police to have been left in an automobile parked in front of the Imperial hotel last night while the parents were at tending a picture show, was taken to police headquarters by Patrolmen Forken and Ballard and held until the parents called for him three quarters of an hour later. A note left in the front seat of the car told them where to find the child. The boy was Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Benson, 708 First street. Mr. Benson said he was a hatmaker and was aocompanied to police bead quarters by bis wife, a small baby and a woman relative.-who were said to have been in the theater party. The police said F. Ashford, 408 Washington street, and a Mr. Brandes living at 128 Sixth street, telephoned the officers that a small child was alone, crying, and ill in an automo bile In front of the hotel. They found Robert in the tonneau, crying as if his heart were broken. He was cold and altogether miserable. Ballard and Forken are experienced nursemaids, as they have little ones of their -own. They took Robert into the basement of the Imperial hotel, where they washed his face and hands. A package of milk chocolate which one tiny fist clasped was en trusted to Ballard without protest. Robert liked the polioe, who offered him chocolate. The police matron cared for him -until the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Benson. The father is said to have admitted that Robert was asleep in the car when they left him. He told Ser geant Clement that he did not wish to awaken him. Both mother and father were glad to escape from the hostile atmosphere, declaring that never again would Robert be neglect ed In the same manner. v WOMAN BEATEN TO DEATH Widower ol Mrs. Dora Hanley Is found Drank in Adjoining Room. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24. Mrs. Dora M. Hanley, 34, was found beaten to death In her home today. Her widower, Joseph H. Hanley, was in an adjoining room, apparently Intox icated. On the back porch were a 50-gallon still and a tub of mash. Police be lieve the murder may have been due to a scheme to manufacture and sell Illicit liquor. Three men lodgers who left the house hurriedly were sought by the police. DIAZ IN SAN FRANCISCO Italian Commander Welcomed by Mayor and Citizens. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov; 24. General Armando Vlttorio Diaz, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in the world war, arrived In San Francisco today for a visit of three - days. Crowds lined the streets to witness his arrival. , Officers and men ' of the Italian cruiser Libia, now In San Francisco bay. Joined with Mayor Rolph and other civic and military authorities in welcoming General Diaz. Kin IHftVE . - . ..... Better Distribution of Bur den Demanded. INCOME- LEVIES COMMENDED Luxury Taxes in Emergencies Held Warranted. SOME EXEMPTIONS URGED All Citizens Should Bear Just Pro portion of Burden of Govern ment, Says Report. A plan of taxation drafted with a view to providing a more equable distribution of the burden and rec ommending the exemption of real es tate on account of Indebtedness and a system of state as well as national Income taxes was adopted at yester day afternoon's session of the Na tional Grange convention. The tax plan as finally adopted represented the report of the com rojttee on taxation and included 12 recommendations dealing with the subject of taxation in its various phases. The preamble to the document as submitted by the committee declared that the burdens of government are not equally distributed. It also de clared that little was being done to correct this fault. ' "Any honest and patriotic citizen of a state should be willing to bear his Just proportion of the burden of gov ernment, and no more than' this ought to be required of anyone," the report declared In outlining the policy for the body. Details Left to States. The 11th recommendation in the report, which urges the levying of taxes in such a manner as to encour age home-owning and discourage speculation and tenantry, came in for considerable discussion. Some dele gates held that this recommendation should specify means for bringing about the desired end. It was finally decided, however, that this was a matter which should be left to the different states to work out. Inas much as conditions differ so widely In different sections of the country. The 12 recommendat'ons adopted follow: "Since taxation Is necessary for the nforcement of laws, for the protec tion of property, individual or cor porate, therefore no property either real or personal which is protected by law should be exempt from taxa tion, except such property as may be specifically exempt by state constitu tions. "In order to secure equality In the distribution of the burdens of gov ernment, if personal property Is to be exempt from taxation on account or the indebtedness of the owner thereof, then real estate should be en titled to the same exemption. "In case of mortgages by far the wisest system is to tax the mortgagee on the amount of the mortgage and the mortgagor on the value of the property minus the mortgage, the mortgage to be considered as real estate and not as personal property, and taxed in the locality where the mortgaged property lies. Assessment Equality Urged "All corporation real estate and personal property to be taxed for lo cal purposes as the same kind of property is taxed when owned by In dividuals. The local tax of railroad property to be levied on a valuation equal to the market value of the capital stock plus the market value of the bonded debt. Each taxation unit to receive such part of the tax as the mileage of the road In said unit Is to the total mileage. "Every possible precaution should be taken to secure equality of assess ments between Individuals and be tween assessment districts. ''No city should be permitted to make a separate assessment, and all property everywhere should be uni formly assessed at Its fair cash value. "We favor the enactment of a law that will secure a fair and equitable taxation of bank property, whether personal or real, upon the basis that other property is taxed. "For state and national purposes we favor an adequate and equitable system of Income and Inheritance taxes as a source of permanent In come. Lunry Taxes Approved. "Excess profit, luxury and excise taxes afford Just and equitable meth ods of meeting unusual government expenses. "All taxes should be levied so as to encourage home owning and to discourage speculation and tenantry as far as sound public policy will permit. "The grange Is opposed to any form of so-called classification of property which would discriminate In favor of any class of property as against any other class, for purposes of taxation." The organization adopted commit tee reports on home economics, for eign relations, production and dis tribution, and the National Grange Monthly at yesterday morning's ses sion. The Fess amendment to the ICuccluseU ua 3. Coluoio 1.) I William Francis Dougherty Re ported Victim of Disorders Which Occurred in India. LONDON, Nov. 24. In the recent disturbances at Bombay, India, coin cident with the visit of the prince of Wales, the total casualties, according to Reuter's correspondent In that city, were 38 killed, including two Euro peans, and 150 sent to hospitals suf fering from injuries. The situation is becoming normal, the correspondent added. SACRAMENTO,-Nov. 24. William Francis Dougherty, reported In dis patches Tuesday to have been killed In rioting in Bombay, India, during the visit of the prince of Wales, for merly was a resident of Reno, Nev., said a dispatch to the Sacramento Bee, and was a graduate of the Uni versity of Nevada, according to friends in Reno. He was a member of the 1903 rugby football team of the university. He was well known in Nevada engineering circles. LONDON, Nov. H4. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Inquiry Into the suf focation of 4 Moplah prisoners re cently while being transferred In a closed railway wagon In the Madras district of India has revealed that the Incident created a sensation among the natives and provided the nationalist press with effective prop aganda material. The Times' correspondent said that examination of the railway wagon showed that the ventilating panels had been recently painted, this par tially closing their mesh. The Mop lahs were imprisoned In the car five hours on their Journey from Tlerur to Bellary without examination. When the conductor went to give them water he found many of them dead and the remainder unconscious. Only 36 of the 100 in the vehicle survived. There were evidences of a fierce struggle for life, the dying prisoners having bitten one another in their desperate fight for air. DOUBLE SERVICE PLAN Murdered Husband and Wife, Sui cide, to Be Curled at Same Time. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24 Arrangements for a double funeral for Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Graham, manufacturer, who was shot -and killed Monday, were being made today. Graham was the son of the founder of the Graham Paper company and a member of the board of directors. Mrs. Graham shot and killed herself last night at the family home while the body of her husband was on the main floor of the home. Graham was shot and killed by his negro chauf feur, following an altercation. RACE WITH STORK IS WON Fine Boy Born Following Hurried Journey on Sleds. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. 24. A race with the stork was made last night by E. Z. Tomlinson and neighbors, who. by means ot teams and hand sleds, brought Mrs. Tomlinson to the Cottage hospital. The party arrived about midnight. The baby, a fine boy, was born three hours later. DEPUTIES VOTE BUDGET Financial Programme of Brland Government Meets Approval. PARIS, Nov. 24. (By the Assoclat ed Press.) The chamber of deputies tonight, by a vote of 347 to 180, gave its support to the government on Its financial programme. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 19 degree.; lowest, 4.1; cloudy. TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds. Disarmament Conference. Premier Brland's peech on army Is Joker as far as conrerence la concerned. Pare 1. Japan's delegates uncertain whether to laugh or weep. Page 2. Efforts to dislodge Japanese In Manchuria will be bitterly fought. Page 8 Briton warns France against enmity with Germany. Page 1. Discord enlivens far east conference. Pogo 2. Foreign. Belfast rioters kill two, wounding tight. Page 3. National. Shipbuilders fear ruin by naval reductions. Page 1. Wilson with war progressing sees crisis for America coming. Page 6. Dolneatle. Foch Joins America In prayer of thanka Page 1. Thirty-six persons killed In Bombay riots. Pag 1. Defen3 plans to prove Arhurkle not re sponsible for Miss nappes aeatn. Pag ltt. Fscirie Jiortnwesi. Tug with crew of nine reporttd lost in gale. Page 1. F. 8. Stlnson drops dead at Seattle. Pas It. Sports. Washington state defeat Washington, 44 to 0. Page 12. Oregon defeata Multnomah, 21 to T. Pag 13. Two boxing carda lack main events. Page 13. Everett high defeats Washington hig.l, 4b to 7. Page 12. Hearne wins auto race on slippery track. Page 13. Cornell defeats ' Pennsylvania, 41 to 0. Pagii 12. Commercial and Marine. Norton, Lilly A Co. II. ts 39 ocean sailings for December. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. City eats turkey In fireside quiet. Page 1. Orange goes on record for better distribu tion of tax burden. Page 1. Public is stirred by school Janitor's case. Page 8. . Another snow-bound train towed Into city. Page 4. Storm oft coast blows Itself out. Pag Portland replies to phone company on raU. Page 15. i Slanting Showers Send Wanderers Home. ' FEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS GIVEN Hunt Club Chase and Gridiron Classic Notable. CHURCHES HOLD SERVICES Thanksgiving Tables Derive New Charms From Contrast With Overcast Sky Outside. BT BEN HUR LAMTMAN. Thanksgiving came to Portland with a sky overcast, a scurry of rain clouds, and slanting showers. .Thus did the weather conspire to make home even more enjoyable, and to cause all diners to linger over their turkey, and by contrast to evoke more placid appreciation of the day and Its traditional contentment. There was, of course, the gridiron classic to engage some hours of the afternoon, and the morning had Its scores of church services but twi light found the burghers with but few exceptions safe within the four walls of home well padded with good fare and pleasantly contemplative. It was the conventional, enjoyable, old-fashioned Thanksgiving day. No official edict or ukase could have more effectually cleared the streets and closed the shops than did the accepted proclamation of a ven erable holiday. Social Events Few. Social events were few. The hunt club hld Its annua paper chase at Garden Home, galloping gaily through acres of splattering mud. The duck hunters crouched In their blinds and whanged and banged at the northern flight. But the premier affair of the day, without question, was the recep tion and dinner te Portland newsboys at the Multnomah hotel, where Erlo V. Hauaer was host to 600 two-legged appetites. Nor was Mr. Hauser, bonlface, alone In this seasonable thought for the cheer of others. It was estimated, by an ex-member of the craft that the average newsboy disposes of at least three Thanksgiving dinners In the coursw-of his celebration. The news boy Is ubiquitous, said this author ity, and garners at least two dinners at large and frequently a third at home. Remorse Comes Later. He Is often, as twilight falls on a successful Thanksgiving, as uncom fortable and remorseful as the whale that swallowed Jonah. Yet there are those who lack the fortune of being newsboys, and to such more than 25 agencies, operating through the me dium of the welfare bureau and the Salvation Army, send the good cheer of Thanksgiving. At the welfare bu reau 140 dinners were packed and de livered. Arms Meet Eoloailaed. In practically every church In the city where Thanksgiving services were held the sermons pointed to the need of thanks for the conference for the limitation of armament now being held in Washington, which was In variably eulogized as the greatest step taken In the advance of civiliza tion In centuries. Rev. E. II. Pence, preaching In the Westminster Presbyterian church in Irvlngton. said that Christ must have seen several generations ago the need of putting the sublime blend of God In a human being to lesd the world through the present crisis, referring to Charles Evans Hughes. "Two high duties," he declared, "are enjoined on the Christian conscience, to pray for the things that are needed and to be thankful for the blessings bestowed. One is the duty of de voutness and .the other Is sheer ap preciation. Thankfulness as a mood and a habit Is only me pari oi ap preciation wrought into a grace of character. Hughes Is Lauded. 1 thank God that humanity will learn by bitter experience that God Is the god of diplomacy, of chemical laboratories and of the moral law. I can imagine that God knew two generations ago what he would need to work mankind Into sublime human passion on November 12. 1921. So he filtered the genius of those Welsh strains through the soul of a Bap tist preacher, and fabricated the sub lime human dynamic which Amcrira now gives to the world In the stu pendous personality of Charles Evans Hughes." A unique comparison was made in the effort of Rev. D. Lester Fields, preaching in the Mount Tabor Metho dist church, to show why the modern citizen should be thankful for the common mercies of life such as sight, health, normal bodies, and the freedom of access to sound Christian reasoning. Lesson's Power Surpassed. "We should be thankful, If for no other reason than that progress has been made In the march of history toward civilization In its perftcteil stages. Caesar had the power to make or dethrone kings and to buiM empires, but not in all his empires did he have a single subject en- (ConcluUed un l ag. i, Culuiun 1.) 153 102.2