TTTE 5IORNTNG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1921 4 4-PDWER PACT FIGHT IS E Treaty Is Both Denounced j and Defended. BORAH AND REED IN aRMS Idaho Senator Devotes Attention to Article 2 of New Compact Covering Puciflc. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12. The senate got its flrst taste today of the promised fight on the new four-power Pacinc treaty. The pact was both denounced an ! defended. Practically all of the new treaty was read Into the record in advance of formal submission. The attack came from two "lrrecon cilables" in the Versailles covenant controversy, Senators Borah, repub lican, Idaho, and Reed, democrat. Jlis aourl. Mr. Borah devoted his attention to article two of the new treaty, which he compared to artiole ten of the Ver sailles covennnt. He declared that the treaty compelled the conference to make "real disarmament an actual ity" or made the treaty a "straight out military alliance." Attitude la Explained. Re explained his attitude toward th treaty would be governed to an extent by progress of the conference (ward "real disarmament" a oil set tlement of Chinese questions?" The c nference's work, ho said, would be "discouraging" if It adjourned with out barring by the treaty use of sub marines, poisonous gases and other barbarous weapons of warfare. Defense of the pact, conducted largely by Senator Poindexter, re publican, Washington, resulted In the opening of the question of what obll-frsti-ins were entailed on the Untted State? by the new agreement. or Polndexter said that article two could not be construed as the eiu.valent of article 10. i Senator Reed, answering Senator Poinaexter's statement, said that the new treaty was worth little as a binding agreement. obligations Held Compelling. Senator Borah said he regarded the moral obligations of article two as Compelling the use of force as did . article 10 of the league and In this he was supported by Robertson, dem ocrat, Arkansas. Senator King, democrat, Utah, In quired of Mr. Borah whether the four power agreement did not contain more possibilities of war than did the league of nations covenent. "I'll discuss that and some other provisions of this treaty later," Mr Borah replied. The manner of Secre tary Hughes in his presentation of the American naval reduction pro gramme was commended by Mr Borah, who described the programme of naval reduction as worthy of praise, but he added that the confer ence, "so far as the public has been Informed, has not dealt with the weapons with which the next war will be fought." DELEGATES SOON TO GO ALL OF BRITISH BUT GEDDES PLAN TO SAIL DEC. 31. Ex-Premier Vivlanl of France Is Arranging to Start for Homo Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) All- of the British delegates to the armament Conference with the exception of Sir Auckland Geddes, Britain's ambassa dor here, have arranged to sail for tome December 31 on the steamer Olympic, feeling that the main issues f the conference will have been dis posed of by that time. 'V Rene Vivlanl, ex-premler of France and head of his nation's delegation at gfche armament conference since the 'departure of Premier Brland, also znade plans today to sail for home Wednesday on the steamship Paris, together with Mme. Vlvianl and sev eral other members of the French delegation. f M. Sarrau't. minister of colonies, pjavill succeed M. Vlvianl to leadership ef the French delegation. He expects -,'Jkhe conference to conclude consid eration of major questions this month and he then will make a trip to Cali fornia, returning to sail January 18. LITIGANTS GETTING TIRED Supreme Court to Dispose of Pro tracted Idaho Case. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 11. A ease of protracted litigation from Idaho will receive attention of the upreme court. Chief Justice Taft an nounced today. Lawrence F. Con aolly. In his own right nd as ad xninlstrator of the estate of John Corbet, and J. J. Connolly appealed to the court to protect them against hat they consider endless litigation Charging them with fraud in connec tion with the Corbet estate. During Jhe last ten years, their petition said, .Ahey have been seven times haled into court r.nd their counsel has argued The case 18 times. Idaho courts five times have found them entitled to the Corbet estate and four times have held them not guilty 'jnf any fraud. POLICE CHIEFJS ACCUSED Hoquiam Officer Is Charged With Assault in Second Degree. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) A warrant charging Clint F. Hards, chief of police of Hoquiam, with assault In the second degree on Wilbur C. Wlngrove, son of Mrs. M. C. Corbett, proprietress of the Savoy "Jiotel, here, was issued through Jus Sflce of the Peace Baumert's court Sat urday night by Prosecuting Attorney Acret. i- ine information was based on affi davits by Wingrove, J. H. Wheeler, Iiss Madge McWhinney and - Mrs. .Jfellie Rosner. The assault was al- leged to have taken placed In sn alley "tack of the Virginia apartments here "riday night. Hards, in an Interview today, denied the charge. HARDING GIFTS ARE READY Indian Worker to Present Mocca sins and Beaded. Rag. .' President Harding can sit by the White House fireside with his feet ancased In Nea Perce moccasins after SEMT Christmas, and Mrs. Harding will be the possessor of a fine beaded bag. These two gifts have been prepared and will be presented to them by Miss Hope Elizabeth Haupt, authority and writer on Indians, who has just re turned from a sojourn among them. "Nez Perce is a misnomer," says Miss Haupt. "The name was applied by Lewis and Clark because the In dians pierced their noses and wore rings in them. The tribe has never done that and the name was applied because of some visiting Chlnooks who wore rings and were present when the Lewis and Clark expedition went through." Miss Haupt Is known for her work among the Indians and her writing about them, also for various exposes and attacks on government super vision. At the present time she is preparing a book, "Little Pilgrim ages to Idaho Tepees," and also re cently made an investigation Into conditions on the Celllo Indian reser vation. She passed through Portland last night, en route to San Francisco, and will go to Washington from there. PROBLEM HELP EM, ONE citizkns asked to relieve im:mi'lov.mi:t situation. Work Enough In Portland to Pro vide for Emergency, Say Mem bers of Mayor's Committee. Wh'le hundreds of men with families and dependents are baunt- TtiK lie municipal employment bureau in hope of getting work, residents of Portland have wltnin their power solution of the unemployment prob lem without heavy financial drain on anyone, according to announcement yesterday of members of the mayor's unemployment committee. The com mittee urges that every resident give at least one day's work this month to a man and another In January. If one-third of the homes in Portland would comply with this request there would be no unemployment during the balance of the winter, it Is said. Reports indicate that unemploy ment Is getting worse rather than better. The waiting lists at both the men's and women's employment bu reaus is growing longer day by day and the number of positions seems to be decreasing. It was to meet this growing emergency that the plan of giving odd jobs to men, cleaning basements, building or repairing walks, etc., was suggested and the public urged to assist. Arrangements have been made by the employment bureau to give the work to the most needy men with families. "Every home owner in the city Is figuring on some sort of Improve ment In the future." said Director Jones of the employment bureau yesterday. "Most of these people figure on doing the work in the summer, but It can be done just as well now and It will help meet a serious emergency. We have hun dreds of deserving men who must have work, whose families are actu ally suffering now because of lack of employment. These men are willing to do any kind of work. If a half or even a third of the people who plan Improvements will stretch a point and have the work done now it will make a tremendous difference and will help a host of worthy men." Arrangements are being completed for the opening December 19 of the wood yard, where single men will be given work for meals and a place to sleep. A raft of logs has been moved to the plant which will occupy the old site of the Northwest Steel com pany, and tools and other equipment are being assembled. This plant is intended to give relief and the work test to single men and floaters. A campaign Is now being waged to in duce all employers of labor to get their help through the municipal em ployment bureau. By doing this the better and more permanent work can be given to men with families in stead of to floaters and others hav ing no responsibilities. Persons having odd jobs can obtain worthy men by calling the municipal employment bureau. The telephone numbe'r Is Main 2765. SEWER BEING REPAIRED Bulch Creek Job Near Completion Following Storm Damage. Repairs to the Balch creek sewer will be completed before the end of this week, according to R. G. Mc Mullen, chief of the bureau of main tenance The sewer, which recently was completed, suffered considerable damage during the storms. Four remonstrances were filed against the assessment district for the payment of the cost of construc tion of this iewer. One protestant holds that the district is too large and that property assessed will re ceive no benefits. The protectants are the Henry Welnhard estate, G. C. Nlckerson for the Pacific Lime 8c Gypsum company. F. W. Isherwood and Dinwiddle & Co. These protests will be referred to City Auditor Funk for investigation. BONUS RULING EXPECTED Decision of Supreme Court Slay Be Handed Down Today. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) The Oregon supreme court is expected to hand down an opinion here to morrow In the case involving the legality of the eo-called benus law, enacted at the last session of the leg islature and approved by the voters at a subsequent special election. The suit was brought by John H. Boyd, commander of Portland post, American Legion, and was directed at Governor Olcott and other members of the world war veterans' state aid commission. The case was argued here three weeks ago. Previously the circuit court of Multnomah county had upheld a de murrer to the complaint filed by the defense attorneys. Object to burping III uselessly? Phone Broadway 70. Edlefsen's. Adv. At its Best The strongest compli ment ever paid to SCOTTS EMULSION is the vain attempts at imitation. Those 2 who take cod-liver I oil at its best, take I Scott' Emulsion. FLOOD CONDITIONS WASHINGTON Rivers Are Swollen and Rail roads Are Tied Up. SLIDES ARE FATAL TO TEN Conditions in Seattle Are Declared to Be Worst In History of City Wires Are Down. (Continued From First Page.) out near Coquitlam, and on Vancouver Island the heaviest rainfall since 1874 was recorded. City Bremen today were searching the ruins of a house In West Seattle, a suburb, in an effort to recover the bodies of Mrs. Irwin Samuel C. An drews and her. two stepsons. Jack, aged ' 5, and Tom, aged 7. who are believed to have lost their lives when their home was struck by a landslide and demolished last night. Ad ditional slides, caused by the heavy rains of the last three days, made the work of the searchers difficult. Watrhman la Killed. Joseph Horan. a nightwatchman living at Medina, a suburb, was killed Instantly early last night, when his home collapsed from (he impact of a landslide. His wife, who was in the house, was not injured. The rains of the past three days have been the heaviest in Seattle since offices of the weather bureau were established here, bureau offi cials said today. Slides were reported In various districts of the city and portions of Rainier valley, a residence district, were under water.. Property damage in that section. It was re ported, was heavy. Hainfall here in the 24-hour period ended at 5 A. M. set a new record of 3.37 inches, as compared with the pre vious record of 2.94 inches established December 12-13, 1897, it was an nounced. The rainfall continued steadily today. BASEMENTS ARE FLOODED Automobiles I'sed to Transport Citizens in Areas Under Water. CENT KALI A, Wash.. Dec. 18. (Special.) Centralia had its first taste of high water In several years today as the result of a heavy rain the last two days. China ditch, which bisects the city, overflowed last night, flooding basements. Automobiles were used to transport pedestrians over the flooded areas. There was no let-up in the downpour today, the rain being accompanied by high wind. The Eastern and Martin mills were forced to close and school attendance was greatly reduced. The Oakvlew school on Waunchs prairie, north of the city, was closed. The Skookumchuck and Chehalls rivers went over their banks just be fore noon. Increasing the inundation. O. W. R. A N. train No. 44. due here at 2 A. M. from Grays Harbor, arrived about noon after having been held up by a slide four miles west of Galvin. WIUES DOWN IN MANY PARTS Five Inches of Rain Falls in South west Washington. TACOMA. Wash., Dec 12. Flood con ditions prevailed throughout south west Washington today, and high ways, railroads and telephone and telegraph lines are down in all direc tions. Flood conditions in Grays Har bor county are reported the worst in eight years. Five inches of rain had fallen here up to noon since Satur day morning, but no records were broken. Streams were also augmented by melting snows in the Cascade moun tains. A Northern Pacific railroad conductor at noon reported that at Stampede, the highest point on the Northern Pacific line. It was 70 de grees this morning, and that most of the snow has disappeared on the west side of the mountains. WARNING ISSUED FARMERS Storage Reservoirs Used to Hold Back Peak of Flood. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 12 Recla mation officials said storage reser voirs at Kachesl and Keechelus, In the Yakima headwaters, and the Bump ing, in the Naches, were being used to store the flood and hold back the "peak" In hope of preventing a seri ous flood. Sixteen thousand second feet of flow were passing over the Sunnyside dam late today, and Project Manager Lytel Issued a warning to residents on low grounds along the Yakima river to guard against being caught in any possible heavy rise. GALE OFF COAST DIES DOWN Rainfall Is Heavy and Sea Rough at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 12 (Special.) The strong southerly gale which has been sweeping along the coast since Saturday blew Itself out today. The wind shifted to the west and the bar- Correct Evening Attire Must be flawless in the matter of fit, style and finish. In a Norman - Tailored Full Dress Suit, or Tuxedo you are instantly recognized by your well-groomed appearance as one familiar with correct social usages. MAY WE SERVE YOU? NORMAN BROS. Tailors to Men and Women 101-106 Mezzanine Northwestern Bank Floor, Bldg. ometer. which had fallen to 23 75. started up slowly this morning. Dur ing Saturday night the wind outside attained a rate of 52 miles an hour from the south, while last night It registered 65 miles. The rainfall has been heavy, a rough sea was atirred up along the coast and as a result the departure of vessels was delayed. The tank steamer Captain A F. Lucas, which dropped to the lower harbor Sunday afternoon. Is still there and the steamer Cordova, carrying a full cargo for Honolulu, is waiting better weather before sailing. While all the small streams in the river district are running banks full, no damage of note has been reported. Should the storm continue until the over-10-foot tides of Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, Injury to dikes and highways may be expected. TOWN PARTLY UNDER WATER Two Bridges Are Carried Away and Highway Is Flooded. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) As a result of 36 hours of continuous rain, the various streams In the Olympic peninsula are out of their banks, causing consid erable damage. The railroad bridge over Morris creek, five miles east of Port Angeles, has been washed out and the bridge over the Dungeness river near Sc quim has been carried away. Trains over the Seattle, Port Angeles & Eastern railroad, a subsidiary of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, have been unable to move. The floods have caused considerable damage to the Olympic highway. In several places a stretch of the road bed has been washed away, causing traffic to suspend. A portion of the business section of Quilcene is under water. Tele graph and telephone poles between here and Port Angeles have been car ried away, cutting off wire com munication. (.MIL IS BELIEVED DROWNED Farmers Travel in Boats and All Communication Cut Off. ELLENSBtJRG, Wash, Dec. 1J Grace Shafer, 13 years old, is believed to have been drowned and her father and brother seriously injured when their bbat was overturned in the flood waters of the Yakima river near Wymar, southeast of here, this morn ing. Warm rains in the Cascade moun tains west of here melted snows and caused the Yakima river to rise rapidly last night and this morning. The farming section at Thorp, near here, was reported to be In danger, some farm houses being cut off from all communication except by boat. At 10 A. M. the river was within two feet of the record water of 1918, which swept away Northern Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad bridges. COFFERDAM IS THREATENED Corewall of New Dam May Be Filled With Mud by Flood. YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 12. Rushing torrents from the melting snows in the headwaters of the Tieton river today surrounded the Clear creek dam which has been holding the flood back from the Rimrock storage dam site and It was uncertain tonight whether or not the cofferdam built at Rimrock to divert temporarily the river through the tunnel completed some time ago would hold. Should It fail the excavations made for the corewall of the big dam would be filled with rocks and mud, causing a loss of about 13000. The cofferdam Is about 20 feet high, but it is not believed other serious damage would be caused If it should collapse, WATER CUTS OFF MONTESANO Culverts Go Out and AH Roads Are Blocked by Floods. MONTESANO, Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) Montesano Is entirely iso lated so far as possible road traffic is concerned. The last straw was this afternoon when a culvert over a tide slough between here and Aberdeen on Olympic highway went out. The Give Dividends 730 Northwestern Electric Company First Preferred Shares Sound Well Secured Write for Booklet Northwestern Electric Co. 10th and Washington Sts. Portland. 3 two other roado were previously cut off, the one by the Wynooche flood and the other by the Chehalls flood. To the east all traffic is blocked by the Satsop river flood. Partial train service i still main tained but all roads are threatened by the Chehalls river flood which has not yet reached its highest stage, though higher now than in eight years. LKWIS TOWNS ARE ISOLATED Chehalls Threatened With Dark ness Following Floods. CHEHALIS. Wash , Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) Flood reports received here to night from various portions of Lewis county and southwest Washington grew worse instead of better. At the Chehalis and Newaukum river Junc tion, this city, the water rose steadily today until it is within a foot and a half of the record-breaking flood of two winters ago, when all rail con nection through this section was tem porarily abandoned. Owing to the fact that the two Chehalis sawmills from which the North Coast Power company obtains its hog fuel supply are shut down there is serious danger that light and power service in Chehalls and other southwest Washington cities may be cut oft inside the next 24 hours if the water continues to rise. The wa ter was still rising tonight, though the rainfall today was not as heavy as was that of yesterday. The Milwaukee track was under water between Main street and River side. As a storm result rail traffic between Hoquiam and Tacoma now goes via Centralia. owing to flooded conditions near Gale. The Grays har bor O.-W. R. & N. train service was seriously Impaired by a big slide near Galvin. At Bucoda the main business streets were flooded and just north of that city the main highway was covered with six feet of water, the Skookumchuck river being on an un usual rampage. Eastern Lewis county towns. Min eral. Morton and others, were cut off from the outside world by a bridge washout on the Tacoma & Eastern across the Nisqually river. Owing to danger from washouts of bridges at low points. County Com missioner Somerville today Issued a warning to the public to stay at home until flood dangers are past, as travel over any of the highways is extremely dangerous at this time. Bessie Monroe, a paroled inmate from the Oregon insane hospital at Salem, was taken from the north bound Great Northern train here to day and will be returned to the hos pital. The woman was taken to the La wi county jail for safe keeping. TWO TOWNS ARE FLOODED Everson and Marietta Are Partly Under Water. BELLINGHAM. Wash., Dec. 12. The Nooksack and Skagit rivers, as well as numerous smaller streams, were out of their banks in places this morning, as a result of almost con tinuous rainfall since Saturday night The water was a foot de-p in the streets of Everson. on the Nooksack last night and had entered some of the stores, but had fallen about three feet this morning. It was expected to rise during the day, as a heavy rain was falling this morning. Mari etta, at the mouth of the Nooksack, was partly under water. The Skagit river broke through the dike at Riverside, two miles above Mount Vernon during the night. A large crew of men worked most of the night on the dike. The river was still rising early to day and had flooded a large area south of Mount Vernon. Train service into Belllngham was suspended by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern yesterday. Tele phones were out of commission in various parts of the county. 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A practical and much appreciated gift is a pair of gloves. $2.25 and $3.50 the Pair HICK OK BELTS with initial buckle, $1 and $1.50. Handkerchiefs in attract ive gift boxes, 50c, $1.50. Fancy Silk Socks, 75c pair. Wool Cashmere Socks 50c. Wool Socks, 35c and 75c. Bath Robes (Pendleton), $18.50. Pendleton Robes, $8.45 to $13.95. o'clock Saturday night and 6 o'clock this morning and still coming down at 10:30. Vancouver Rain Heavy. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) An unusually heavy storm reached Vancouver today. The sun shone for several hours, but heavy black clouds later covered the sky. It grew dark and rain began to fall. By 4 o'clock today It was pouring in torrents. No damage has been re ported here yet, but Walter A. Schwarz, county engineer, has a re port that the Pacific highway had been closed because of a washout near Castle Rock, Wash. Clarksfork, Idaho, Under Water. CLARKSPORK, Idaho. Dec. 12. The greater portion of Clarksfork Is under two feet of water following the breaking of the dyke on the east side of Llghtnlnig creek. A section of the main line of the Northern Pacific railroad was washed out. Lumber Vh; inBAWMHMii OREGON - - - - - - MENS". Men's Wool Sweaters We pride ourselves in having one of the largest, most com plete and most reasonable stocks on the coast. Natural ly, this is the best place to buy woolen goods. All Wool Slipons in school colors $8.50 and $9.50 Jumbo Knit, "Huff - Nock" Sweaters $10.85 Boys' Sweaters, $2.45 and up. BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILL STORE (S. W. Cor.) Third and Morrison Sts. yards have been swept by the flood, the lumber being carried to the south et.d of town, where a Jam has formed. High water caused by warm winds melting the snow caused the dam to break. Train Forced to Detour. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 12. Traffic over the Northern Pacific railroad Is tied up between Olympla and Gate as the result of a washout at Perclval creek, about 14 mllos west of here, the railroad agent reported today. The trains are being routed from St. Clair, 12 miles northeast of here, to Centralis and Chehalis Rain has been falling steadily In this section for 36 hours. Educational Kntortainniont Hold. WHITE SALMON. Wash Dec. 12. (Special.) Evan Childs post of the American Legion gave an educational fr jStly fcOpJK-tisaa je Ever eat breakfast without bread? Not often ! It is almost indispensable that is, unless you're reducing and merely indulge in an orange and a cup of coffee. Conservatively speaking, you eat Bread, usually toasted, three hundred mornings in the year, don't you? Really good Bread is the finest, most healthful food the market affords. You'll find none superior to HOLSUW It's made by the Co. 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