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THE MORNING ORECONIAN, TUESDAY. DUCTOrRER 6. 1021
BEZDEK WELCOMED
IT GREAT RECEPTION
Oregon University Alumni En
tertain at Dinner.
CHEERS GREET MENTOR
Great Desire to Have Coach Back
at Eugene Is Expressed, Itut
Ho Sidesteps Question.
Hugo Beidek came home again to
his own state of Oregon Sunday night.
The man who ranks today as the
greatest football coach in the United
States, on the basis of his work at
Venn State this year and last, was
the guest of University of Oregon
tlumnl at a dinner at the Benson.
They gave their former football chief
a vociferous welcome.
When Besdek entered the room
where the banquet was held, the 50
or more alumni present stood up and
chfeered and cheered and cheered.
There was no mistaking the en
thusiasm and spontaneity of that
creeting.
And then In the course of the eve
i lng it came out, because they sim
ply couldn't keep it back, how much
they want him to return. Bex didn't
commit himself as to that but he
told them that he loved Oregon, the
state and the university and the peo
ple, that the pleaaantest memories of
his Hf8 are associated with his coach
ing years at the university, and that
many a time he has felt homesick
for the varsity days and the old mill
race. Pean Hayes Toastmaster.
Dean Hayes was toastmaster and
among the speakers were Lloyd
Tegart, the 191(1 end; George Hug.
center of the 1906 eleven; Clarence
Bishop, who played football in 1898,
long before the days of Bezdek:
Terry Beck. Arthur M. Geary and
several others.
In the course of his own talk,
Bezdek said he honestly believed that
his 1916 eleven at Oregon, the one
that gained the championship of the
United States by beating Pennsyl
vania 14 to 0 at Pasadena, was the
best team he had ever had, east or
west, and that It could have defeated
any football team in the country.
'Never- have I had .a football line
that measured up to the line of that
team," he said. "It was a great team
and I have not seen a better one
since I have been coaching in the
east.
Bait and i About Same.
"I know that you all arc interested
In hearing something as to the rela
tive merits of football In the east
and in the west. To tell you the
truth, there isn't much difference.
The coaches in the east have more
material from which to build up their
elevens, and there a coach has keener
competition from a greater number
of good teams, any one of which may
have a good day and beat you. And
then a coach must keep absolutely
abreast of the times In fact. Just a
little ahead of them.' He must have
something new to spring on the other
fellow. But aside from that there is
little difference.
"One thing I have noticed, how
ever, fs that much more interest Is
taken In sports In the east than In
the west. There everybody, not only
the men but the women, too, seem
to be informed about football. They
can talk intelligently about the game
and they discuss the strategy of the
different teams and coaches. They
know Inside football better than the
spectators do in the west.
Character Grasrt Asset.
"More and more, as I grow older,
I have learned from my varied ex
periences In athletics that character
Is the greatest asset -an athlete can
have. A man to succeed In athletics
or life must have the personal equa
tion. Freo lances without standards
of life or ethics don't stand the test
in the long run.
"The challenge of the football field
is .duplicated in the problems' thai
come to a man in after life. A coach
must teach character to his players
9 well as football or baseball."
Bezdek will go to Eugene today as
the guest of the university. In re
sponse to a personal invitation from
President Campbell from the student
body and from the Eugene chamber
of commerce. Mrs. Bezdek will ac
company him.
The members of the Penn SJate
football team, accompanied by As
sistant Coach Harlow and Graduate
Manages, Fleming, left Portland for
horns at 11 o'clock last night. They
were taken out the Columbia rivar
highway yesterday as guests of the
Multnomah club, and they certainly
enjoyed their day's visit. Mr. and
Mrs. Bexdek will follow them later.
WATER DAMAGE SLIGHT
Streams in Grays Harbor County
Reported Receding.
MONTESANO, Wash., Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) Grays Harbor county streams
fell slowly yesterday with the cessa
tion of the downpour that has contin
ued almost unbroken for the past ten
days. Schafer Brothers' mill. Monte
sano's principal industry, is closed,
with the water up to the fireboxes in
the boiler . room. The South Elma,
South Montesano and Oakville roads
ure still under water in places, while
practically all highway traffic west of
Hoquiam Is at a standstill.
All of tne lowland between Monte
sano and South Montesano Is a vast
lake, with a few Isolated farmhouses
entirely surrounded by water. Aside
from serious slides on the North Itiver
road, the high water has done very
little material damage.
14,462 0FSCH00L AGE
Reports Announced by Marlon
Superintendent.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 4. (Special.)
There are 14,462 persons of school
age In Marlon county, according to
annual reports received at the of
fices of the county school superin
tendent from the various school dis
tricts. This is an Increase of 397
ever the year 1920.
There are 129 schools n Marion
county. One district, Elkhorn, has
only one pupil of school age. This
pupil is being sent to another district
for educational purposes at the ex
pense of the Elkhorn district.
BRIDGE DAMAGE AVERTED
Snow-Shoveling Rrlgadc Prevents
Collapse of Klickitat Structure.
OOLDENDALE, Wah., Dec. 4.
(Special.) According to members of
the crew working on the steel bridge
under construction across the Big
Klickitat river, on the highway from
Goldentlaie to Ulenwood, near the
base of Mount Adams, the super
structure was prevented from col
lapsing by hard work on the part of
the members of the crew who formed
a snow-shoveling brigade during the
recent heavy snow. The snowfall In
the upper Klickitat canyon was 42
Inches on the level and the Big
Klickitat grade was covered In places
with slides reaching a depth of SO
feet.
Three members of the crew ar
rived at Ooldendale today after a 25
mlle hike through the mountains.
The trio started on sklla. but had to
discard them on account of soft snow
caused by chtnook winds and recent
heavy rains. Work on the bridge
has been discontinued on account of
high water in the Big Klickitat river.
T RISE SEEN
BIG INCREASE OF EHEIGHT
HATES HELD LIKELY.
General Opinion of Merchants in
Raymond, Wash., Is That
Prices Will 'ot Drop.
RAYMOND, Wash., Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) If the opinion of retail mer
chants and others in this section of
Washington Is well founded prices of
articles of consumption are going to
be greatly Increased after January 1,
and as a consequence the present
high cost of living will be Increased
InsUad of diminished. -
An Increase of from 50 to 70 per
cent on rail shipments of merchan
dise over present rates from whole
sale centers like Seattle, Tacoma and
Portland, it is said, will add greatly
;o the retail prices unless dealers do
business on a narrower margin of
profit, which, it is asserted, cannot
be done: It is said here that rates
are almost prohibitive now.
According to information received
here the increased freight rates- are
not the only. factor that will cause
an increase In retail prices, if state
ments sent out to dealers by the
Washington State Retailers' assoc'a
tlon are reliable. Circulars In the
hands of merchants in this city con
tain figures that are intended to show
that under the scheme of the Fordney
tariff bill, now pending 'n the senate,
the valuation of imports If changed
from foreign to American values will
result in heavy Increase In duties,
although the rate may remain the
same and that duties will be paid on
the selling price in this country. That
this simply means that duty will be
collected on all additional items that
enter into our selling price. Including
Inland and ocean freight. Insurance,
1 rokerage commissions, fees, handling
Charges, etc., all of which will amount
to as much as the foreign cost.
They figure that this will cause
an increase of from 40 to 70 per cenl
in the selling price. This may be
propaganda with some ulterior mo
tive behind it, but in any event It
appears to cause consternation here.
SOVIET IS HELD FAILURE
ALEXANDER SCHWARTZ TELLS
OF RU1XOUS REGIME.
Emma Goldman Is Quoted as De
claring She -Would Itather
Live in American Prison.
Conditions In Russia under the com
munist rule are 100 per cent worse
than they were under the czar, ac
cording to the declaration of M. Alex
ander Schwartz, who recently escaped
from that country after being con
demned to be shot, in an address at
the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon.
The speaker declared that both the
former Russian government and the
present One were illustrations of class
rule.
"Before It was the aristocrat rule
and now It is the proletariat rule," he
said. "They have both shown that no
class is good enough to rule another.
We do not want more classes, we want
more equality."
Mr. Schwartz told of the change
which the once beautiful city of Petro
grad has undergone as a result of the
bolshevik regime. Previous to the
war ho was a resident of Petrograd
and served in the'army there until he
was banished to Siberia on account of
certain activities in which he partici
pated. He. said that under the czar there
was protection to life, property and
religion, but that now there is protec
tion for nothing.
The speaker told of calling upon
I'mma Goldman while he was in Pe
'rograd. He quoted her na having told
htm that she would rather live all hes
life in an American prison than be
free in Russia.
"There is no government in Russia."
he said Emma Goldman told him in
summing up her description of the
communist regime, "merely a clique."
The speaker told how he went to
Russia enthusiastic for the commu
nistic regime there and how he came
away seven months later with the
realization of what a great failure a
a government it really was.
ALLEGED SPOOKS BUSY
Salem City Recorder's Wife Quits
Neighbor's Home In Hurry.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.)
Mrs. Earl Race, wife of Salem's city
recorder, while visiting at the home
of a; neighbor recently, thought she
heard a peculiar noise In an adjoining
room. '
"Is there someone else in the
house?" she Inquired of the hostess.
"That is my sewing machine you
hear," replied the hostess. "We hear
It often, sometimes during the day,
but more frequently at night. Also
we often hear footsteps In the room
and sometimes our doors are strange
ly unlocked.
"Not long ago my husband and I
rocked the back door of our home be
fore we retired. During the night
we heard footsteps and heard the
door close. We Investigated and
found the inside bolt had been re
moved. 'Whatever it is, it has made
Its home here ever since, we came,
about three years."
"Ghosts!" exclaimed Mrs. Race, as
she bade farewell fo her hostess and
departed for her home.
CLOSING DINNER IS DATED
I praters and Merchants to Meet
Again at Aberdeen December 16.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) What probably will be the last
of the Aberdeen chamber of com
merce f a r m e r - merchant dinners,
which have been successful in bring
ing farmers and merchants of the
county In closer touch on matters of
mutual Interest, will be held Friday
evening. December 16.
W. C. Mumaw, chairman of the
chamber of commerce agriculture and
logged land committee, has evolved a
plan whereby future dinners of this-)
nature will be held under the Joint
auspices of the Aberdeen, Hoquiam,
Montesano and Elma commercial
bodies. In this way it is believed
greater Interest will be developed and
more constructive activities evolved.
JAPANESE PROPOSE !
BIGGER CONSORTIUM
Substitute for Alliance on Far
East Offered.
ECONOMIC AID IS BASIS
Political Agreement Among Four
or l ive Great Powers on Re
construction Is Wanted.
WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 4. (By
the Associated Press.) Extension of
the Chinese consortium o- its develop
ment into s more comprehensive
agreement was suggested tonight by
unofficial Japanese as a suitable
and practicable substitute for the
Anglo-Japanese alliance Mutual ab
rogation of that Convention by Japan
and Great Britain is viewed as a pos
sibility of the' conference.
It was suggested that. the consor
tium be developed or merged into a
general political agreement among
the four or five great powers. The
ioea was based, its proponents ex
plained, on the contention that any
definite political agreement as to the
far east, including especially China,
must, during world reconstruction,
give way to or be built upon economic
essentials. In other words, it is con
tended that keen economic rivalries
affect political stability and are
liable to create friction and serious
pisputes necessitating conciliatory
conferences from time to time. This,
it is polnted-out. oolncides with Presi
dent Harding's suggestion for con
tinued conferences.
Co-operative Action Favored.
The Chinese four-power consortium
of October 15. 1920. declares that the
national groups composing it believe
that the Interests of the Chinese
people can best be served by co
operative action in procuring for the
Chinese government the capital nec
essary for economic reconstruction
and improved communications. It is
remarked that a particular political
mnortance attaches to the agree
ment because the powers were able
to make fairly definite arrangements
with Japan concerning the so-called
special Interests of Japan in south
Manchuria and eastern inner Mon
golia. Declaration by Japanese delegates
Friday that Japan had no intention
of relinquishing her holdings in the
Manchurlan province or Kwantung
has bea interpreted in some quarters
bs official notice that Japan Intends
to hold al.l her legitimately acquired
Interests In Manchuria and Mongolia.
Consortium Not in Operation.
The Chinese consortium has not yet
been accepted by China and it has
rot yet operated.
The British position as to the al
1'ance was today summed up by Brit
ish correspondents as emphasizing
that England has no wish to desert
an ally who so -gallantly supported
her In war time, but that In con
sidering the renewing of the alliance
she has to bear in mind strong an
tipathies in the United States as well
as in certain British domains.
GLEE CLUBS IN CONCERT
JEFFERSON STUDENTS AND W.
R. BOONE ON PROGRAMME.
Event In Public Auditorium Before
Large Audience Both Attrac
tive and Enjoyable.
Excellent music from the Boys and
Girls' Glee club of Jerferson ton'n
school. William R. Boone orgaBlst.
and others formed an attractive unit
enjoyable programme. Sunday aft
ernoon in the public auditorium be
fore a large audience.
George Wilber Reed, conductor of
the BoyS' and Girls' Glee . club,1 de
serves great credit for the vocal
training and patient drilling evident
yesterday. Many of the voices in a
chorus like this, of more than 250
voices, is of constantly changing
membership, with new voices coming
in, and good ones going out, at grad
uation times. That is why such a
position as a. high school chorus di
rector Is no. sinecure. . But Sun
day's chorus Is a good one, and It
sings well and heartily, with keen
intelligence and obedience to the di
rector's signals. It is pleasant to
know that Mr. Reed is succeeding
so well In this his llfework. He has
had many triumphs as a grand opera
star, but after all' there are better
rewards of the spirit, in making oth
ers sing well. "Oregon 1925," dedl
lcated to the Jefferson" high Girls'
Glee club by Jean McKercher, was
sung with spirit and was cordially
received. It Is a meritorious compo
sition, and ought to become widely
known. The "Amer." in Sullivan's
"Lost Chord" was thrillingly sung by
the girls. The Boys' Glee club sang
well, and also was kindly received.
Mr. Boone played with masterly
ability several organ solos. He was
down to play one closing organ num
ber, and the curtain had Just been
pulled for the conclusion of chorus
singing. Mr. Boone began to play
selections from the opera "Carmen"
when a portion of the , big audience
began to walk out. Mr. Boone Im
mediately stopped playing. He was
applauded, and urged to continue.
When quiet had' been restored, he
played the conclusion of the "Car
men" music.
Martin WIgton. baritone, Beulah
Blackwell, violinist, Allan Duncan,
pianist, and Laurette Blackwell. Jean
McKercher and Alice Freeland. ac
companists, all did well.
Joseph Bonnet's Recital on
Organ Delightful.
Idol of Paris appear before
crowded house at Snnnyslde
Congregational chur-u.
JOSEPH BONNET, the Idol of Paris,
ex-soldier of France, recognized
as one of the great. If not the great
est of the world's organists, appeared
In organ recital before a crowded
congregation Sunday afternoon la
Sunnyside Congregational church. It
was an Important and educational
event, one that gave new musical
vision to professional and layman
alike.
It was an enlightening experience
to hear Bonnet bring out astonish
ing, delightful, harmonic music from
such a small but excellent pipe or
gan, small In the sense of comparison
with the big organ at the public au
ditorium, also the pipe organs In
Trinity Episcopal, First Church of
Christ Scientist, and St. Francis'
Catholic church. It was asked more
than once yesterday why Bonnet bad
not been engaged. Instead, to give a
recital at the audltorlumT The truth
la that Bonnet's agent, when busi
ness terms were discussed with the
auditorium management, did not see
his way to accept the terms offered.
The church authorities induced Bon
net to play at Sunnyslde.
After coming under the spell of
Bonnet's magic organ playing the
reverent listener is convinced that
this French genius Is a dreamer, a
poet, a great tone creator, a master
of technique, a musician who has per
fect taste and all these elements are
fused into Bonnet's organ playing.
That la why It has a stamp all its
own, and Is extraordinary.
Bonnet's programme was unusual,
and skillfully selected not only to
show off to best advantage the pipe
organ played upon, but a programme
to entertain antd please professional
musicians and ordinary concert goers.
Bonnet's organ playing is clean, com
pact, spontaneous and its unanimity
is marvelous. This was noted espe
cially In the Purcell "Prelude" and
the Couperln "Soeur Monique." His
own "Romance San Paroles" aud "Va
riations de Concert" are not heavy,
but attractive, beautiful and. opposite
In character. In the Bach and Widor
pieces, and also in his own "Varia
Hons," Bonnet displayed a mastery
of pedal work rarely met with.
The fact that the recital was In a
church did not prevent applause, and
it was hearty and sincere. Bonnet
has a quiet "seat" 'at the pipe organ.
Is a cairn, nonsens.it ional player, and
in personal appearance his strong
body suggests that It was specially
built for organ playing.
CHURCH ENACTS PflSEANT
EPISCOPALIAN" MISSION IS PIC
TURED DRAMATICALLY.
Medical, Educational and Evan'
gel 1st ic Activities Shown by Ac
tion. Dress, Word and Song.
A pageant, 1n costume to represent
by dress, word, song and action ths
mlsslon and work of the Episcopal
church, was enacted Sunday morn
ing in St. David's -Episcopal church.
East Twelfth and Belmont, under the
direction of Mrs. Stauffer.
The title of the pageant Is "The
Mission of the Church." Tl.e pageant
was written by William C. Langdon.
The text shows, by living, clothed
pictures, the beginning of the church,
Its missionary work in medical, edu
cational and evangelistic depart
ments and the people to whom mis
sionaries are sent In foreign and do
mestic fields. The religious part of
the, picture was helped by sacred
music sung by the choir, under the
direction of Tom G. Taylor, choir
master and organist.
Boys and girls dressed as Chines.
Japanese, Indians, Arabs, cowbojs,
Mexicans afld city mission people and
others walked. at Intervals, to the
church chancel, facing the altar, and
enacted the parts assigned to them.
The three principal speaking parts
In the pageant were dramatically
enacted by David B. Mackie repre
senting the appeal of the human
spirit; W. A. Stone, representing
the word God, and Ernest A.
Brokenshire, representing the voice
of divine meditation. Near the lat
ter character stood throughout ths
entire recital Miss Susan F. Taylor
and MIfs Gwendolyn Stevens, two
girs, who gracefully enacted the
parts of two angel visitors. They
wore white and had wings.
Representing the medical or heal
ing mission of the church, a sick boy
was, carried in a stretcher tr th.
altar, where he was cared for by a
medical missionary and nurse.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins, refctor of St.
David's, and Rev. John Brian Mc
Cormick, rector o-f the church at
Woodstock, took part In the cervices.
The characters were all portrayed
by young persons connected with St.
David's church and mission churches.
The young pageant workers have
been trained in their parts for sev
eral weeks. A "large congregation
was present.
CONDUCTOR IS DEFENDED
J. A. Allison Declared Blamed Too
Much for Wreck.
J. B. Rhodes, general district chair
man of the order of railway conduc
tors, gave out a statement yesterday
saying that the published statements
of testimony before the Investigator
of the Interstate commerce commis
sion, in connection with , the blame
for the Union Pacific wreck last week
tended to put too much blame on
J. A. Allison, conductor of No. 12,
the eastbound train.
"I believe that when all of the
testimony Is in It will be shown that
the blame will be divided among
several sources and not rest entirely
on one man," Mr. Rhodes said. "One
of the matters that will come up in
connection with the Investigation
will be the matter of verbal clear
ance of trains."
Mr. Rhodes said It was his under
standing that the hearing at The
Dalles was public and the report that
It was secret came about through a
misunderstanding.
Court Opens Session Today.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.)
The December term of state circuit
court for Linn county, which, before
its conclusion, will be marked by the
trial of Carson D. Beebe on a charge
of murder In the first degree, will be
opened here tomorresV morning with
Judge Percy R. Kelly presiding.
From present Indications only four
civil cases will be tried this week
and court will then take a recess
until December 19, when the trial of
the Beebe case will begin.
School Boy's Skull Fractured.
Loren Hayes. 10-year-old schoolboy,
sustained a fractured skull on Linn
ton road late Sunday afternoon
when a "motorcycle, which he was
riding with another hoy. skidded and
dumped them both. He was taken to
St. Vincent's hospital in a serious
condition.
Object to burning I I uselessly?
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that hard packed phlegm. Clears the
air passages.
Take Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey
yourself for that heavy cold.
Get a bottle from your druggist
today, 30c.
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