VOL. jLX XO. 10038
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postofflce as Rrronri-Clans Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 26, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LITTLE HOPE HELD
FOR IRISH PEACE
ELECTRICAL STORMS
HIT 2 OREGON CITIES
SOME DAMAGE CAUSED TO
TELEGRAPH" WIRES.
(AUSTRIA!. SUCCORS
HEIR TO JAPANESE
THRONES REGENT
MORE OF WRECKAGE
FROM TUG IS FOUND
HARDING SUGGESTS
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS AS
GOOD AS NATURAL
SCIENCE UNABLE TO DISTIN
GUISH ANY DIFFERENCE.
GOVERNOR CALLS .
SPECIAL SESSION
Legislature to Convene
on December 19. .
AMERICAN
M IE
L
CROWN
. IS NAMED TO
-VER REINS.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES FROM
SEA EAGLE CAST UP.
ill
MEETINGS
What Is Feared to Be Last
Effort Is Made.
SINN FEIN INFLEXIBLE
Oath of Allegiance to King Is
Refused.
DUBLIN CONFERENCE HELD
Cause of Virtual Breakdown of Ne
gotiations la Expected to Be
Revealed Tuesday.
LONDON, Nov. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press. What is feared to be
the last scene In the effort to bring
peace to Ireland was enacted today
when Prime Minister Lloyd George
and Sir James Craig met In the pre
mier's official residence In Downing
street, where the Imperial premier
told the head of the northern govern
ment that Sinn Fein Ireland had not
consented to own allegiance to the
king, a prerequisite to Ulster's agree
ment to enter an all-Ireland parlia
ment. The Sinn Fein delegates were con
sulting with members of the cabinet
In Dublin on the crisis thus brought
about, while Sir James packed his
bag and returned to Belfast, where
he will report to his parliament next
Tuesday and possibly disclose the
cause of virtual breakdown of the
Irish negotiations. (
Notes May Be Published.
The official correspondence that
has passed between the various dele
gations also may be published at the
same time In London. Week-end ef
forts, meanwhile, will be made by
peacemakers in an attempt to per
suade the Sinn Fein to modify Its at
titude on the question of allegiance
to the king. The Dail Eireann mem
bers have taken the oath of alle
giance to the Irish republic, and thus
far they have refused to substitute
for It recognition, within Ireland, of
King George.
The furthest concession from the
Sinn Fein has been their willingness
to recognize the king as the formal
president of the community of free
rations which Ireland might choose
voluntarily to join, but even this was
not definitely promised.
Precedent la Sought.
Lord Chancellor! Birkenhead and
Attorney-General Hewart, law offi
cers of the crown, have ransaceka the
constitutions of all the British domin
ions to find any precedent for th's
kind of relationship with the British
crown that Sinn Fein will consider,
but nothing can be found, and the
Evening News, the first London news
paper to ind'eate the real cause of the
crisis, has suggested that the rela
tions of Bavaria with Prussia In the
German empire might furnish auch a
precedent.
But Mr. Lloyd George, It was un
derstood, would not admit of any ar
rangements which would leave Ire
land's allegiance to the crown in anv
doubt, and the government would J
support Ulster in refusing any asso- i
elation which would weaken Its Brit- i
ish citizenship. I
Peace Vp to Sinn Fein.
I
me only prospect lor peace was
said to rest on Sinn Fein's conceding
allegiance to the crown, and the In
fluence of the advocates of modera
tion has been Invoked In a final ef
fort to change Its position. The ques
tion is being put as to whether the
point Involved Is worth renewed war
fare, for a break-down of the nego
tiations on that issue, it Is believed,
weuld be followed either before or
after the general election by the hand
ing over of Ireland to military rule
and the displacement of the civilian
officials in Dublin castle, to whose
influence Is attributed the previous
failure of military measures.
All along the Sinn Fein delegates
have held the belief that no matter
what the result of the negotiations
might be. the British public would
oppose the employment of the mili
tary; and In this they have the sup
port of ex-Premier Asqulth, who, at
a meeting of the liberal federation
today, said the liberal party had not
Ycceded from any pledge given
against the forcible coercion of the
Ulster minority. At the same time
he asked all liberals to assent to the
proposition that it was equally true
that they were not going to be par- j
lies, at me instance or lor the sake
of a corner of Ulster, to coercion of
the great mass of Irish people.'
IilMEBICK WORKHOUSE BURNS
Incident Is Regarded as Most Se
rious Since Truce Proclamation.
LONDON, Nov. 26. According to
the London Times' Dublin correspond
ent the Rathkeale workhouse, County
Limerick, was burned yesterday, al
legedly by the Irish republican army.
The British military had announced
the intention of taking over the work
house despite protests received
through the republican liaison officer.
"The incident," said the dispatch,
"seems to be one of the most serious
since the proclamation of the truce.
There appears little doubt that-the
destrurtion of the workhouse was de
(Concludsu oa Page 2. Column 3.)
Scries of Southerly Gales Off Asto
ria Continue Wind At
tains 84-Mile Rate.
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 25. (Special.)
Two electrical storms visited this
section today, one about 6 o'clock
this morning and the other about four
hours later. Each brought approxi
mately a dozen vivid flashes of light
ning with heavy thunder.'
The series of southerly gales still
continues and during last night the
wind outside attained a rate of 84
miles an hour and the sea Is exceed
ingly rough. This evening North
Head reported a 42-mile blow from
the southwest with the barometer
rising slowly.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 25. (Special.)
An electrical storm of unusual
severity, but of very short duration
occurred here this forenoon. The
lightning caused some damage to
telegraph andi telephone wires. Such a
storm ts unusual here at this time
of year.
- MARSHFIELD, Or., Nov. 25. (Spe
cial.) Twenty minutes of rain this
morning between 7 and 8 o'clock
flooded the streets, drove rain through
the window casings, short circuited
electric light wires and put the Myrtle
Point telephones out of commission.
It was the first time this winter that
there was no telephone communica
tion to the outside. Western Union
telegraph wires were broken at Bufe
by falling trees. Trees also fell on
the Southern Pacific railroad tracks
here and east of Mapleton.
COOK TOJGET LEGACY
Mrs. Hanna Leaves $23,000 to
Woman Who Cooked for Senator.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 25.
(Special.) Maggie Maloney, whose
corned beef hash breakfasts were in
separably linked with statecraft while
Mark Hanna was In the senate, will
receive a legacy of J25.000 under the
will of Mrs. Hanna, Just filed for pro
bate. Senator Hanna lived only a
stone's throw from the White House
and President McKinley was among
the statesmen and diplomats who
were said to have formulated their
policies under the Inspiration of Mag
gie's hash on more than one occasion.
Maggie cooked the senator's break
fasts long before he left Cleveland
and continued to provide him with
the hash of which ho was so fond un
til his death.
PRINCE'S VISIT WELCOMED
Stay in Bombay Is Declared to Be
Great Success.
LONDON, Nov. 25. The Daily Mail's
Bombay correspondent surveying the
entire Btay of the Prince of Wales in
Bombay after the prince's departure
from the city, said it was an un
qualified successand both the prince
and the people had every reason to be
well content that all anticipatory mis
givings were swept away by the tu
multuous popular receptions.
Referring to the rioting, the corres.
pondent said:
"To us here, though deplorable, the
whole thing -was trivial."
GERMAN CREDIT PLANNED
Rothschilds Willing to Provide
Loan on British Subscription.
BERLIN, Nov. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The English banking
firm of Rothschild has declared Its
willingness to provide German credit
to the amount of 10.000,000 to 15,
000,000, but only on the understand
ing that the loan be taken up by the
British public within a year.
This was announced by Dr. Krae
mer, a prominent manufacturer, at a
meeting of the Berlin Merchants'
guild, according to the Allgemeine
Zeltung today.
LIVING COST ON UP GRADE
Increase Six One-Hundrcdths Per
Cent In October.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The cost of
living rose six one-hundredths of one
per cent during October to a level 63.8
per cent higher than in July, 1914,
the monthly compilation by the na
tional Industrial conference board sets
forth.
The Increase was due almost en
tirely to a rise in the price of coal, it
edded.
TRIESTE BOMBINGS RECUR
President of Typographers' ' Union
Killed in Attack.
TRIESTE, Nov. 25. Bomb explo
sions attributed by the authorities to
an anarchist element, have been re
curring for the past few days in vari
ous parts of the city.
Senor Miller, president of the Tri-"
este Typographers' union, was killed
in an attack by the fascistic. Miller
was blamed by the fascistic for
"fighting" the newspapers.
STAGE LINE PROTESTED
Tacoma-Portland Service Taken
Under Advisement by State.
OLYMPIA; Wash.. Nov. 25. The
department of public works today
took under advisement an application
to operate a stage line between Ta
coma and Portland.
Companies running busses between
Intermediate DOinta hitterlv ran.
tested the application. Represents-j
tives of the railroads also protested.
?
Free Clinics Repay Aid to
Starving Children.
SURGEON NEARLY PENNILESS
Hundreds of Cripples Besiege
New York Hospital.
POLICE. CONTROL THRONG
Noted Expert Says Country Seems
to Have More Invalids Than
Any Other In World.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Misery so
poignant and so widespread greeted
Dr. Adolph Lorenz, famous Austrian
orthopedic surgeon, on the steps and
in the halls of the hospital for Joint
diseases today, that he said he had
almost decided to devote the remain
der of his days to alleviating the suf
ferings of America's cripples.
Dr. Lorenz said at the end of his
first "gratitude" clinic that never In
his career had he been affected as
he, was by the sight of hundreds of
maimed, distorted humans, clamoring
for his aid, And never, he added, had
he seen a land so sorely In need of
relief from spinal and other troubles,
superinduced by Infantile paralysis.
Endowed Hospital Offered.
His observations so far, he declared,
led him to believe that there were "10
or 15 times as many" such sufferers
in. the United States as in any other
country in the world. He was ap
palled, he said, at what He found
since coming here to try to repay
some part cf America's bounty to
starving Austrian children.
Whether he will accept a 20-room
hospital in Brooklyn, which M. G.
Collins, an oil man, has offered to
equip and to endow with the proceeds
of a $100,000 fund, or will accept an
invitation to become consulting sur
geon at the hospital for Joint dis
eases was still to be decided. ' '
The question of when he will make
a proposed tour of other cities also
was undetermined.
Many Clamor for Aid.
So many cripples are clamoring for
his aid here that Dr. Lorenz is unwill
ing to leave. Dr. Weyman, his assist
ant, eatd.
That it will be impossible for the J
noted surgeon to give more than a
fleeting examination to many of his
patients was emphasized at today's
clinic
After working like mad for more
than five hours. Dr. Lorenz had seen
125 cripples, scarcely one-tenth of the
supplicants .for aid who crowded the
hospital and the streets outside, com
ing on crutches, in wheel chairs and
in automobiles.
During those busy five hours, be
said afterwards, he had advised
enough operations to keep one sur
geon busy for six months. Police re
serves had to be called to handle the
(Concluded on Faee 2. Column 2.)
NOW IF THE BEAUTIFUL INDIAN PRINCESS WILL
O CV n Make-Up of Household
jcted Under Administration
of Youthful Ruler.
TOKIO, Nov. 25 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Crown Prince Hlro-
hito has been designated regent of
Japan. An imperial rescript making
the announcement was issued by Em
peror Toshihlto yesterday afternoon.
It said:
"We are unable to attend in person
to the affairs of state, on aecount of
protracted illness, and accordingly
appoint Crown Prince Hlrohlto regent
with the approval of the council of
princes, the Imperial family and the
privy councilors."
It bears the imperial signature and
that of the crown prince and is signed
also by Baron Makino, minister of
the Imperial household; Premier Tak-
ahashi and the cabinet ministers.
Simultaneously a bulletin was Is
sued stating that the emperor's men
tal condition was such as to preclude
his further attention to state duties,
traceable to an affliction of his in
fancy. It added that there was no
serious development in his physical
condition.
According to Dr. Ikebe, chief physi
cian to Emperor Yoshihlto, his con
dition has changed little since last
October. Restraint of speech and
nervous debility are declared by the
physician to be his chief ailment.
Th emneror continues the eccen
tricities which have marked his con
dition, but Dr. Ikebe reports they are
not m frenuent formerly. He re
quires assistance only In mounting
stairs. His appetite does not snow
signs' of serious decline. While there
is no prospect of prompt recovery
there Is no reason to look for an
aggravation of his condition in the
near future.
Thn emnernr and emDrcss. It is
stated, will Dass the winter at Hay-
ama. removing to the Aoyama palace
In Tokio in the spring, cnanges in
the makeup of the imperial house
hold. Including the retirement of
Prlnr Yn mnrntn from his position
as chief of the privy council, are ex
pected by the newspapers.
Designation of Crown Prince Hiro
hito as regent of Japan follows re
ports which have been In circulation
for about a year that Emperor Yoshi
hlto was in bad physical condition. A
dispatch to a Honolulu newspaper in
May of last year reported that he had
suffered a mental and physical break
down. Early last month a rumor that he
was dead circulated In Tokio and the
imperial household in denying t at
that time stated that he was so ill it
was feared that he could not recover.
The emperor's physical and mental
condition had become aggravated, it
was said, and the difficulty he had
experienced in walking and holding
conversation had been augmented,
while his memory and capacity for
attention had declined.
Yoshihlto became emperor upon the
death of his father, the Emperor Mut
suhito, on July 30, 1912. The formal
coronation, however, did not occur
until November 10, 1915. He was born
at Kioto August 31, 1879, and was
married in 1900 to Princess Sadako,
daughter of Prince Kujo. There are
three other children of the Imperial
pair besides Prince Hlrohito Prince
Yasuhito, born in 1902; Prince Nobu-
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 3 1
Can of Sea Biscuits Bears Name of
Boat That Is Believed to
Have Met Disaster.
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 25. (Special.)
Captain Wlcklund of the Point
A H a m . nnnat 0unl4 ir,ar tnnav rp-
ported finding additional wreckage
from the tug Sea Eagle.
Among the articles found were a
can of sea biscuits marked the Sea
Eagle, a sidelight screen deck ladder,
a pillow with blood spots on it, a red
buck'et rack, a life preserver, a broken
pilot house window frame, made of
mahogany, painted black on the out
side and with- natural stain on the
Inside.
Captain Wlcklund says the fact
that the wreckage drifted ashore at
Sunset beach indicates the craft was
close to shore near Tillamook rock
light, when she met disaster, other
wise the current would have carried
the drift farther north. Local chip
ping men believe the crew of the
craft may have escaped in small boats
to the schooner Ecola and base this
hope on a fact that no wreckage from
any of the lifeboats has been found.
They also think the schooner off the
mouth of the Columbia on Wednesday
was the Eleanor A, bound for Grays
Harbor, and not the Ecola. The craft
seen was a five-masted "bald-headed"
schooner, while- the Ecola Is known
to carry topmasts.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Nov. 25. The
Coos bay wireless station today sent
broadcast an appeal for vessels at
sea to keep on the lookout for the
schooner Ecola and the tug Sea Eagle.
Late this afternoon no trace of either
had been found. The Sea Eagle was
supposed to have only six days' fuel
when she left San Francisco. Ecola
is a five-masted schooner and will
carry nearly 2,000.000 feet of lumber.
PEETE APPEAL IS LOST
Woman Must Serve Life Impris
onment Sentence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25. A peti
tion for rehearing of the case of Mrs.
Louise L. Peete, convicted in Los An
geles of the murder of Charles Jacob
Denton, was denied today by the su
preme court.
Upon conviction Mrs. Peete was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. The
district court ot appeals denied her
petition Sr,r a -ew trial and today's
decision jbusta'ins that of the district
court'. i
The decision of the court was unan
imous, all of the justices concurring
with the exception of Justice Lennon,
who was absent. No written opinion
was handed down, the opinion deny
ing the rehearing being ordered
spread upon the court minutes.
ZITA WANTS TO SEE SON
Permission to Attend Operation to
Be Asked of Allies.
FUNCHAL. Island of Madeira, Nov.
25. (By the Associated Press.) Ex-
empress Zita of Austria-Hungary,
who, with her husband, is living in
exile here, has expressed the wish to
return to Switzerland to be present
at an operation on her son for ap
pendicitis. She will ask permission of the allied
council of ambassadors, through the
medium of the Portuguese govern
ment, to make the Journey.
ONLY STAY WITH US.
General Approval Voiced
by Arms Delegates.
PLAN IS ONLY INFORMAL
New Day in International
Relationships Is Hope.
PEACE PRESERVATION AIM
Results of Present Parley May Be
i
Submitted to Other Nations of
World for Approval.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 25. (By
the Associated Press.)r In the midst
of developments that helped clear the
air for all the big aobjects before the
arms conference. President Harding
let it be knoWn today that he had
taken the first step toward a contin
uance of individual discussions, which
may lead to an "association of na
tions." Conferences among the nations
once a year to. consider whatever may
menace good understanding have
been suggested by the president' in
formally to some of the foreign dele
gates and their replies were said to
have encouraged a hope that a per
manent plan of consultation will re
ceive world approval.
Lacking all the properties of a for
mal proposal, Mr. Harding's plan was
declared to have been offered only as
a personal suggestion without any
hint as to the details of its accom
plishment. Conference Makea Progress.
Whether a more formal approach
to the subject will be taken before
the end of the Washington conference
remains to be developed.
Within the conference itself defi
nite progress was made In both the
far-eastern and naval negotiations
and it became apparent that although
the 'quebtion -of land armament had
been laid aside for the present, with
out an attempt to agree on limitation
of armies, some of the delegates
hoped later to translate the senti
ment of the conference, into a Joint
declaration of general policy.
The naval discussions centered for
the moment about Japan's recapitu
lation of her present naval strength
In connection with her hope for a
modification of the "5-5-3" ratio of
the American plan. Experts of the
British, French' and Italian delega
tions withheld their decisions, but the
American advisers made known their
conviction, reached after examination
of the Japanese data, that no change
in the ratio was warranted.
China'a Plea Approved.
Resuming the far-eastern negotia
tions, the delegations of the nine na
tions approved "in principle" China's
plea for amelioration of the extra-territorial
rights now enjoyed by the
powers. ,A plan of modification with
a view to final abolition is expected
to be worked oulf by an international
commission of jurists.
So far as the suggestions cf Mr.
Harding have been made known they
contemplate a meeting of nations
about the council table once a year to
thresh out troublesome questions and
devise means for the preservation of
peace. It is said to be the hope of the
president that in the end all the
smaller governments will Join with
the great powers in whatever discus
sions may concern them or the world
situation generally.
There is no indication that any
covenant or any constitution would
bo proposed as the basis of the plan,
or that any elaborate International
machinery would be suggested to
convey it into effect. The meetings
might be convened to consider spe
cial subjects, or merely to survey
international relationships and look
for danger points in a general effort
at good understanding.
. "World Court Problematical.
Whether an international court of
justice might be one of the results,
is a subject which the president Is
said to consider nebulous for present
discussion, although he is known to
regard some such tribunal as a
logical part of the plan he has ad
vocated for an "association of na
tions." His opinions on that subject have
been expressed In several public ad
dresses during the last year, but he
never has made a detailed public
statement of the exact method by
which a court could be established.
In fact in his preliminary consid
erations of" the best means toward
international co-operation, Mr. Hard
ing is said by his friends to have
tried to keep his proposals as free
from detail as possible with the de
liberate purpose of reducing to a
minimum the probable causes of com
plication. His Intention is declared
to have been to apply to the world
situation in the broadest sense the
principle of "a meeting of minds" as
he employed It In his pre-lnaugura-tion
days at Marion.
So far as he is willing to go toward
dispendlng with details, it is declared
that he is ready to let the results of
the present conference and the plans
for future meetings rest on a "gen-
(Concluded on Fag 2, Column .)
French Academy Makes Report
After Study of Formation of
Japanese Variety.
PARIS, Nov. 25,-PearIs are pearls,
whether produced by the Japanese
method of artificially stimulating
their production in oysters or formed
In the usual manner, bo far as French
science can determine. M. Boutan, In
a report to the Academy of Science,
shows that the process of formation
is the same In both cases, and the
only difference ie in the larger core
of the "Japanese" pearl.
In the "Japanese" method some
small object is placed in the oyster,
which promptly protects itself by
depositing about the intruder the
pearl substance exactly as It does
when such an object gets into the
shell accidentally. There was no ex
planation as to why "real" pearls
are found only about small cores.
SOLDIER BURIAL SLATED
Unknown Canadian Veteran's Body
to Be Put in Victory Tower.
OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 25. The body
of an unknown Canadian soldier Is to
be brought from the old western bat
tle front and burled beneath the Vic
tory tower of the new parliament
buildings, It became known today.
It Is proposed that the body shall
be placed in a vault excavated In the
solid rock foundation under the great
archway of the Victory tower and be
tween the two portals which give en
trance to the buildings. The grave
will sit almost immediately below the
altar in the memorial chamber over
head and will be marked by a marble
slab raised above the grave level.
Thus, all who enter the parliament
buildings through the two portals
under the archway of the tower will
pass' by the last resting-place of Can
ada's "unknown warrior."
COURT RULING ACCEPTED
Trustees of Scientist Publishing
Society Give Up Fight.
BOSTON. Nov. 25. The trustees of
the Christian Science Publishing soci
ety today notified the board of direct
ors of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, the mother church, that
they would accept as final the Mas
sachusetts supreme court ruling that
the directors have power over the
trustees.
They announced that they would
co-operate with the directors In the
appointment of their successors. The
statement was signed by Herbert W.
Eustace, Lamond Rowlands and Paul
Harvey.
The directors were Informed in a
separate letter that the trustees had
received the resignations of Fred
erick Dixon as editor and John R.
Watts as business manager of the
Christian Science Monitor.
TEMBLOR CAUSES PANIC
Kingston and Guatemala. City Are
Centers of Earth Shocks.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, Nov. 25 (By
the Associated Press.) A sharp earth
shock lasting three seconds occurred
here this afternoon. The tremors
were so pronounced that the popula
tion was momentarily panic-stricken,
but no damage has been reported.
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 25 Sev
eral earthquakes have occurred in
this city during the last few days.
None of them, however, has caused
any damage.
INDEX OF .TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 32
degrees: minimum 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds.
Disarmament Conference.
President suggests annual world confer
ences. Paso 1.
U. S. naval experts firm for original limi
tation plan. Page 2.
Arms conference sensation sprung by
Corean. Page 3.
Abolition of extra-territorial rights in
China approved In principle. Page 3.
Foreign.
Crown prince of Japan Is made regent.
Page 1.
Artificial pearls as good as natural.
Page 1-
Little hope Is held for Irish negotiations.
Page 1.
National.
German submarine threat brings United
States Into war. Page B.
Domestic.
Miss Rsppe drunk, testifies doctor at Ar
buckle trial. Page 4.
Noted' Austrian nurgeon succors crippled
Americans. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Electrical storms strike two cities of Ore
gon. Page 1.
Governor Olcott calls legislature to meet
December 10. Page 1.
Additional wreoxage from tug Sea Eagle
found on beach. Page 1.
Sports.
Coast fighters face acid test in east.
Page It.
Golf treat spoiled for Portland follower.
Page 14.
Hunting spoiled by flooded lakes. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Apple stocks In United States less than
five-year average. Page 21.
Chicago wheat higher on crop damage re
ports. Page 21.
Bond market strong on large dealings.
. Page 21.
Three big steamship on way up river
from oriental ports. Page 20.
Tortlaud and Vicinity.
Turkey supply nt quite exhausted by
Thanksgiving day demand. Page 10.
National grange ends convention. Pago .
Historians favor arms limitation. Fage 16.
Scores of divorces Invalidated by Judge
Tucker's ruling. Page I).
t)lio.l Pacific only main line In Portland
district still blocked by storm. Page 1.1
Water rate rise looms for Portland. Page 7.
World gradually returning to normalcy.
Page 20.
New estimates o bo made on east side
produce terminal. Page 13.
Truck and trect.v blaze path through Ice
bound highway. Page 13.
Solona discussing legislative plans. Tata 8.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
1925' Exposition and Road
Laws Paramount Business.
SPEEDY ACTION WANTED
State Executive Declares Regula
tion of Trucks and Stages War
rants Prompt Consideration.
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 25. (Special.)-
Submission to the voters of Oregon
the question of levying a tax of
S3. 000, 000 for the support of the
world's exposition to be held In Tort
land In 1925, and enactment of legis
lation tending toward conservation
of the state highways, are the two
paramount Issues that should be con
sidered by the legislature which has
been called to convene in special ses
sion here Monday, December 19.
This wai announced by Governor
Olcott today when he Issued his for
mal call for the special legislative
assembly.
To assist the legislature and to
cause no unnecessary delays, Gov
ernor Olcott today selected a commit
tee to prepare the bills dealing with
highway problems. It Is the gov
ernor's plan to have these bills ready
for submission at the opening of the
session. Members of this committee
Include Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state; Kred A. Williams, chairman of
the Oregon public service commission;
John B. Yeon, member of the state
highway commission; Frank M. War
ren, rortland, and Edward Cuslck,
Albany.
Tito Problem Paramount.
"Two general topics of paramount
Importance are to be considered at
the special sesalon of the legislature,"
Governor Olcott said today In a state
ment supplementing his official call.
"Either of these topics I consider of
sufficient magnitude to warrant the
calling of such session.
"The matter of submitting to the
people of the state the question of
whether the state at large shall Join
with rortland in sharing the cost of
an exposition In 1925, of course, is
one of them. When the people of
1'ortland voted so overwhelmingly In
favor of the proposal. It plainly be
came the duty of the executive to call
such session of the legislature. It Is
no more than right and Just that the
remainder of the people In the state
should be given an opportunity to ex
press themselves through the ballot
at an early date.
Truck Regulation Urgent.
"I believe the legislature should
consider two problems In this con
nection. One of these. Is a stricter
regulation of the speed and weight
of freight-hauling motor trucks. Tha
necessity for guarding carefully our
highways against excess In either
particular Is obvious. To continue to
permit either excessive speeds or
loads means an early dissolution of
the expensive system we are con
structing. Road Are Damaged.
"Safeguarding the roads In thU
manner means extending their life by
a long period. The lateral and mar
ket roads of the state, constructed
almost entirely with county taxes or
taxes voted by the road districts, com
prise 90 per cent of our mileage.
These roads are being constructed of
narrow and light macadams, and are
being destroyed in many Instances by
a single overloaded truck. The lo
cality burdening itself for these roads,
which are the life and vitality of our
state, must be protected against these
Juggernauts of destruction.
"The other problem Is that of deal
ing with motor vehicles operating for
hire on public highways, including
those passenger-carrying vehicles
popularly known as Jitneys. Unques
tionably there should be some Just
but adequate regulation of this form
of traffic. In addition, provision
should be made for deriving a revenue
from them. They are permitted to
operate upon expensive roads pro
vided and maintained by the people
of the state. The wear and tear they
cause to the highways Is a matter of
grave concern, let alone the incon
venience of highway traffic in gen
eral. It is Just that they should com
pensate the state for maintenance of
our road system, and the revenue de
rived from whatever fees may be Im
posed for this purpose, I believe,
should go into a fund used for such
maintenance purposes.
Speedy Keaalon Wanted.
"It Is my belief that the legislature
should confine Itself to the topics I
have suggested. I am certain tho
public will appreciate a speedy and
business-like dispatch of the work
placed before it, and an adjournment
as early as may be consistent with
enactment of well-considered legisla
tion. "In order to assist the legislature
and to cause no unnecessary delays,
I am selecting a committee to pre
pare the hills dealing with hishway
problems, to have surh hills ready f"r
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