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TTIE MOItXIXG OltEGOXIAN. SATURDAY. DECE3II5ER IT, 1021
JAPANESE REJOIC
E
OVER 11 TREATY
Admiral Baron Kato Speaks
for People at Home.
ACCORD HELD DESIRABLE
Attitude at Conference Declared to
Kcfute Charges That Far East
Nation Is Bellicose.
WASIIINT.TO.V, D. C, Pec. IS. (By
the Associated Tress.) Japan ai
whole will rejoice, in the agreement
on limitation of armament by the
' three leadline naval powers "as com
- pletely. If not actually more fully.
than anv other country In the world
Admiral Baron Kato. head of the
Japanene arms conference delegation.
said tonight in discussing the agree
ment announced yesterday.
; In a statement to a group of news'
J paper men, mostly representing- Amer
ican newsnaners. Baron Kato. ex
pressed the hc-pe that the Japanese
. 'attitude at this conference will .
" make futile hereafter any effort such
as has been made in the past to pre
sent Japan to you in the aspect of
bellicose nation, dangerous to til
peace of the Pacific ocean."
Japnnrie Are la Accord.
"The agreements which the several
nations have reached will meet wltn
opposition In only a few unimportant
quarters in Japan," said the Japanese
delegation head. "Japan as a whole
; will rejoice In them as completely if
not actually more fully than any
other country in the world. Unless
the siirit of Japan were entrrely In
accord with that of the other grea.
nations that will participate In the
naval treaty, this agreement could
not have been reached. It has been
readied in substantially the form in
which it was proposed by the United
States and after less than five weeks
discussion.
"These extraordinary circumstances
show how unfounded was any pessim
ism that prevailed before Mr. Hughes
made his historic speech of November
12, and how unfair was the charge
of delay In view of the fact that his
drastic proposals came as a complete
surprise to all of the other nations.
Mutual Falrneaa Prevails.
"May I say from the day the pro
posals were made, the Japanese dele
gation, supported by its government
and the Jupanese people, were deter
mined that their country should not
be the one to prevent an agreement
or even to delay it beyond the barest
necessity of time for adequate con
sideration? As 1 have said before we
have never bargained. We presented
our case to the delegates of the pow
ers concerned and at all times re
ceived as we strived In our turn to
give fair consideration.
"Our attitude at this conference
will, we hope, make futile, hereafter,
any effort such as has been made in
the past to present Japan to you in
the aspect of a bellicose nation, dan
gerous to the peace of the Pacific
ocean, and for our part I am glad to
say we havd obtained unquestionable
evidence that Japan need have no
fear of hostile designs that may men
ace her security from the west. This
will be a most gratifying relief to us.
rhlnme Settlement Important.
"The ample promise which this con
ference gives of future co-operation
among the powers interested in pres
ervation of the integrity, Independ
ence and administration autonomy of
China will not only gratify Japan but
will Incalculably benefit China. The
past blight of political controversy
and conflict among the greater powers
In China has not been the cause of
her present unfortunate position, but
It has done good neither to the pow
ers themselves nor to China.
"China is now assured that she may
proceed toward unification and recon
struction unhampered by any of the
nations that have associated them
selves in support of the Root prin
ciples; and the security of China is
of vital concern to Japan as to no
other country except China herself.
Kfw Km Made PoNKlble.
"We are confident that we have
come to a new era which could not
have been made possible without the
leadership of the United States. Her
remote position, power and prestige
gave her this splendid opportunity,
and her desire for Justice enabled
her to assume that leadership.
"Only those who did not know
Japan could have thought that she
would fall to follow."
lest legal advisor that the commis
sion's programme In Polk county Is
the carrying out of an explicit agree
ment with the county court. If Polk
county wants to compromise. It might
hand over to the state $300,000, which
went Into the Dallas-Salem road, this
road being the price paid by the com
mission for running the west side
highway through on a straight line,
which misses Independence. The sug
gestion, made by Commissioner Bar
ratt, fell on cold ears.'
Wallula cut-off. a road that Is
merely talked of, but which has
aroused Pendleton to a feeling of
bitterness, came up for discussion.
H. J. Ottenhelmer, chairman of the
roads committee of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, requested that
the Wallula cut-off be designated as
a state road. Its completion, he ex-
WHAT COIVGRKSS DID AS ITS t
DATS WORK.
Senate.
Senator Reed concluded his
address In opposition to the
four-power pact for control of
the Pacific.
A resolution was offered by
Senator Harris expressing the
sense of the senate that there
should be no cancellation of the
war loans to foreign nations.
Notice was given that inves
tigation of the Watson charges
that American soldiers were
Illegally executed in France will
be resumed next Tuesday.
Hush.
Adjourned out of respect for
Representative Elston, repub
lican. California, who commit
ted suicide.
Storm of protest raised as
members planned to oppose
Postmaster-General Hays' pro
posal for discontinuing village
mall service.
FRANCE
PROPOSES
TO BUILD 10 SHIPS
Conference Startled by Brit
ish Revelations of Plans.
SESSION SPIRIT IS DEFIED
Italy Declares That It Must Have
Parity But Is Most Eager to
Seduce Its Navy. ,
(Continued Prom Flint Page.)
plained, would attract tourist trave
which would otherwise go to Puget
sound, and would save considerable
mileage.
Other Highways First.
Commissioner Harratt declared that
Oregon is connected with Washington
and Idaho by main highways now
and he didn't personally favor build
ing the Wallula cut-off until the
principal roads now on the state map
are completed. Chairman Booth an
nounced that the commission will
visit the proposed road In the near
future, but added that there Is little
use in designating It as a state road
until there Is money ready to build
It. The idea of Mr. Barratt was that
if the commission should designate
the cut-off as a state road pressure
would Immediately be applied to have
it constructed. Commissioner Yeon
considers the cut-off logical and that
soon or late It must be built.
Members of the commission will
continue their meetings in the state-
house at Salem next week, so as to
be accessible to members of the leg
islature when road measures are
under discussion. While In Salem the
commission expects to work on the
primary and secondary road maps
which must be submitted under the
federal aid act to the secretary of
agriculture. The commission will also
take stock of what money there Is
eft and make apportionment among
the counties.
FUND MAYJJiE RELEASED
(Continued From Flrt Paa-e.)
through. .Meanwhile the J2, 500,000 Is
Included In the road debt limitation
of the state. If the fund lapses then
the J2.5imi.000 will be released for
general state road purposes and the
Roosevelt highway will not be the
favorite child. The delegation which
called on the commission yesterday
appeared to think, however, that this
money belongs exclusively to the
Roosevelt highway, irrespective of
the failure of congress to match It.
Opportunity PaMHed I'p.
Rather than relinquish the sum, the
delegation declared that It would
create a highway improvement dis
trict the length of the coast, to raise
funds to match the 12,500,000. the
road district to take the place of the
government. It was to promote this
very plan of financing the Roosevelt
highway that a law was enacted at
the regular legislative session of
1921. yet not one coast county has
vailed Itself of the law, although
Washington and Lima are making
plans, but they are valley counties
The commission made known to the
delegation that the Roosevelt high
way has not been slighted and that
now the Columbia river and Pacific
highways are almost completed, the
commission does not consider any
other highway more Important than
the Roosevelt road.
Some Counties Slow.
As a number of counties bjive not
lived up to their obligations w'th the
commission and are very slow pay,
the commission adopted the follow
ing:
"No work not already under con
tract shall be undertaken In any coun
ties of the state that are delinquent
In amounts they owe the state, until
there has been a satisfactory adjust
ment wth the counties, either by
note, bond or whatever it may be."
Along the same ilne. the commis
sion resolved to make no more verbal
agreements with counties.
The ghost of the Polk county con
troversy stfOked the meeting for an
hour, withoTU scaring the commis
sioners. Unless the commission Is
willing to coniprom'se on Its pro
gramme for Polk county the threat
was held out that the county would
fight the commission Into the su
preme' court.
It was a new lawyer who made the
proposal, Polk county having changed
lawyers several times, so Chairman
Booth proceeded to enlighten the lat-
FRAXCK'S SPIRIT UEBIKED
Italy Demands Parity but AVants
to Reduce Armnmcnts.
WASHINGTON. U. C, Dec. 16. (By
the Associated Press.) Without go
ing Into a discussion of reported de
mands by France for an Increase In
naval strength, a spokesman for the
Italian delegation reiterated today
that all Italy wanted was to be placed
on an equal footing with France.
"It was our understanding in Italy
that this conference was called to
reduce armament not to increase
it," said the Italian spokesman.
'Italy wants no increase, feeling the
time at hand when, all the nations
need to spend money for other pur
poses than war. Our position corre
sponds exactly with that of the United
States as outlined to the conference
by Secretary Hughes.
"o far as any new naval situation
stands, we say that all we seek Is
guarantee of our safety and a navy
equal to that of France. We would
be satisfied indped to remain where
we are."
Being a Mediterranean country,
Italy, the spokesman Bald, felt the
need of adequate protection, with a
navy the size-of that maintained by
France.
"France seems to be asking for a
great increase," he added, "and Italy
came here, bellevtng that the main
issue was reduction of armament We
came In earnest, full of faith, and
relying on America. America gave a
good example by saying what she
would scrap, and America being the
richest nation could afford to build.
But America has ideals; It does not
want to provoke war, arid that is the
feeling of Italy."
BOOTLEGGER FINED $250
Suspended Jail Sentence Also Given
Hood Klver Man.
HOOD RlfcR. Or., Dec. 16 (Spe
cial.) Justice of the Peace Onthank
today fined A. O. Downey $250 and
sentenced him to six months in jail
when he pleaded guilty to a bootleg
charge. The Jail sentence was sus
pended, provided iowney pays the
fine.. City Marshal Hart arrested
Downey last night following dis
covery of a cache of bottled liquor
in a livery barn, recently leased by
Downey.
Downey was released until his ar
ra'gnment today .on $250 cash ball.
At first he pleaded not guilty, de
manding a Jury trial Monday. Dis
trict Attorney Baker, declaring that
the state would show that Downey
was a habitual bootlegger, stating
that he had been convicted on a
similar charge previously In Wasco
county, asked that the bail be in
creased to $500. After del'beration
Downey changed his plea to "guilty."
naval proposals, however, M. Briand
was understood by members of the
other delegations to have concurred
In the four principles underlying the
American plan. Apparently the French
group has pot regarded M. Brland's
statement to the conference as com
mitting France to the American pro
posals, even in principle.
Japan's desire for a 70 per cent
ratio as necessary for her national
security first brought up the sugges
tion that the national needs, not ex
isting naval strength, determine na
val relativities. Japan finally agreed,
however, that the question of national
security could not be made a prac
tical basis for a naval limitation
agreement and the first great forward
stride of the conference was taken
with the preliminary three-power un
derstanding on reductions and ratios.
Even as it was concluded, however,
the "national security" plea for naval
increases seems to have been brought
up again, this time by France.
Defeat Believed I nllkely.
.It s very certain that the confer
ence officials generally do not be
lieve a situation has arisen due to
French proposals, which will ulti
mately block the road to actual naval
reductions. Whatever discourage
ment any of them may feel at the
prospect of prolonged committee
wrangles to bring about a satisfac
tory adjustment of ratios for all five
powers, s tempered by great hope
that an adjustment can be found and
that no such building programmes
for all five as the unofficial dis
closure of France's attitude would in
dicate will be necessary.
Both the United States and Japan
have now on the ways ships of more
than 40,000 tons and Great Briatin has
ordered but held up work on four sup
er Hoods of 45.000 tons each. If It
should become necessary to revise up
ward, the tonnage of each power to
permit France to build on such a
scale as a 10-ship plan contemplates.
the other three powers. It was said,
hardly would agree to throw away
ail they have spent on ships of 40.000
tons or more and star, building 35.-
000-tonners Instead.
Holiday Wonld Be Srrapped.
In other words, so far as it is now
publicly understood, the French pro
posals seem to strike directly at al
most every phase of the American
Plan except the 5-6-3 ratio between
Great Britain, Japan and the United
States. Even the naval holiday would
te scrapped and there could remain
only the possibility of an agreement
to limit building at some future point
witn vastly Increased naval forces all
around .
The American delegates were In ses
sion late today, presumably consider
ing the situation In the face of the
French proposals, but no statement
was made af'er the meeting.
administrator of the estate of Sophia!
Machek, against the city of Seattle
for damages amounting to $35,000, on
account of fatal Injuries sustained by
the daughter, which was appealed to
the supreme court from a decision
of the lower court of Kings county,
has been reversed by the supreme
court, with orders to the lower court
to proceed with the trial.
Sophia Machek was killed when
Green Lake streetcar in which she
was riding was derailed and she was
thrown against an electric, light pole.
In reversing the decision of the King
county court, the supreme court held
that the parents at least suffered a
loss when their daughter was killed,
as she might have contributed to their
support had she lived.
POLES ARREST SUSPECT
COXFKSSIOX TO DISASTER IX
vVAIiL STREET REPORTED.
34 THEFTS LAID TO SIX
Gang of Youths Declared Ready to
Confess Many Crimes.
ELLENSBURG. Wash., Deo. 16.
Sheriff Thomas this afternoon an
nounced the capture of a gang of six
youths, three of them local residents.
who, he said, were ready to plead
guilty to charges of burglary, rob
bery and theft.
Thirty-four robberies are laid at the
door of the youths, who, It is said,
either individually or in numbers
committed the crimes. The alleged
robberies ranged from a highway rob
bery at Toppenish. Wash., to blowing
a safe at Ellensburg;, stealing an auto
mobile at Wallula, Wash., and petty
thefts of clothing 'and other email
articles from many Ellensburg stores
and even theft of clothes from
clotheslines In Spokane.
Those in the county jail Include
Hank and George Schlndler and Ted
Kinkade, Ellensburg. and L. F. Law
rence, Jack Edwards and Frank Ellis.
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Court Holds Parents Suffered Loss
in Death of Daughter.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) The case of Charles J. Machek,
Prisoner Said to Be Cousin of Rosa
Luxemburg, Who Was Shot
Dead in Berlin.
WARSAW 'Dec. 16 (By the Asso
elated Press.) A man by the name of
Wolfe Lindenfeld, alias William Llnde,
has been arrested by the Polish police
here as a suspeet In connection with
the Wall street explosion In New
York September 16, 1920. The War
saw police said they made the arrest
at the requeat of the American de
partment of Justice. They claimed to
have In their possession the man's
full confession of being connected
with the disaster.
Lindenfeld was described as a
cousin of Rosa Luxemburg, the Ger
man radical socialist leader, who was
shot to death In Berlin early In 1919,
after having been beaten by a mob.
His confession, the police state, gives
the names of the ringleaders and the
New York city ." address, where the
bomb was manufactured and says
also that the bomb was Intended for
J. P. Morgan, but exploded pre
maturely.
WASHINGTON, P. C, Dec. 16. (By
the Associated Press.) Justice de
partment officials would 'not discuss
tonight the rrest In Poland of Wolfe
Lindenfeld, in "Warsaw as a suspect
In connection with the Wall street ex
plosion. It was Indicated, however.
that official reports from Poland
were expected by the department and
that further details would then be
available.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Local of
ficials of the department of Justice
declared late today they never had
heard of Wolfe Lindenfeld, arrested I
Warsaw In connection with the
Wall street bomb explosion. It was
added that no request had gone from
the New York office for the arrest of
any person in Poland.
AMERICA SUPPORTS
III
Wholesale Abrogation of 21
Demands Not Approved.
JAPAN MAY YIELD SOME
Tentative Arrangement for Return
of Shantung Railroad Within
Nine Months Is Reached.
Volunteers Repair Highway.
GASTON. Or., Deo. 16. (Special.)
The Hill Cemetery association of
Gaston, -with Airs. Bert White, Mrs.
James A. Baker and Thomas Car-
michael as officers, has organized
volunteer road crew of townspeople
to repair the road leading to the
entrance of the cemetery, wh'ch in
winter has been almost Impassable
The. plan is to have about three
teams and a half dozen single helpers
every day and so far there have been
plenty of volunteers to carry on the
work.
Baker Has Winter Weather.
BAKER, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.)
Baker had its first touch of real win
ter today, when the mercury ranged
around freezing. A low temperature
for this winter was established last
night, when the government weather
bureau recorded a minimum of 12 de
grees above zero. The maximum to
day was SI. The lowest temperature
for the past 24 years was 24 degrees
below zero. In December, 1919.
Salem Invites Hotel Men.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 16. (Special.)
James Can of the Marion hotel.
George E. Halvorsen, Mayor of Sa
lem, and T. E. McCroskey, manager
of the local commercial club, today
sent telegrams to Seaside urging the
Oregon Hotel Men's association to hold
their next annual convention In this
city. '
Birth Records Appear Shattered.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec. 16.
(Special.) Birth records for this dis
trict probably were broken during
November, according to the report of
Health Officer Job, which shows that
there was a total of 17. with only
two deaths. December already is act
ing as if it intended to break the
November record.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16. (By
the Associated Press.lChina's ap
peal for a wholesale abrogation of all
of the treaties and agreements com
prised under the 21 points which
Japan propounded in her 1915 de
mands will not recelvs the support of
the American delegation, although
the Americans will endeavor to obtain
through voluntary concession bv
Japan a relinquishment of many of
the special privileges and concessions
which have proved so Irksome to
China, it was said today.
The American delegates, It Is said,
are of the opinion that Japan is pre
pared to go to great length to meet
"reasonable requests," from China
for the amelioration of vconditlons
arising under the application of the
l-oints which bear heavily upon her.
A tentative agreement to return the
Kiao Chow Tsinanfu railway in Shan
tung to China within nine months
was reached today during the con
versations between Japanese and
Chinese delegates. An -agreement was
also being approached on other points
concerning the mode of payment, it
was said by the Chinese.
It was decided that the road should
bo paid for in Installments, but no de
cision was reached on the period over
which the 63.000,000 gold German
marks, the price agreed upon, would
be paid.
Cash Offer Refused.
The Chinese offer to pay in cash
made yesterday, was not accepted by
the Japanese and the Chinese coun
tered with a proposal that payments
be completed within two or three
years, making the time as short as
possible. The Japanese, according to
a Chinese delegate tonight, said this
period was too short and suggested
what to the Chinese seemed a very
long term.
The sudden turning back of the
railway, the Japanese are understood
to have said, would adversely affect
Japanese trade interests. China will
not borrow from Japan any money
with which to meet the payments, the
Chinese said, nor will any loan be ne
gotiated. Progress Is Reported.
Mr. Hanlhara. of the Japanese dele
gation, after the meeting said:
"We are steadily coming forward
to a satisfactory settlement on the
questions- under discussion."
The following statement was Issued
by both delegations:
"The 14th meeting of the Chinese
and Japanese delegates relative to
the question of Shantung was held
in the Pan-American Union building
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The
discussion on the question of the
Tslng Tao-Tsinanfu railway was con
tinued. The meeting adjourned at 5
o'clock until 3 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon." .
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Portlanders on Committee.
THE OREGONIAM NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 16. Ben Selling of
Portland and Julius C. Lang of Seattle
have consented to serve on the Amer
ican Jewish committee which purposes
to raise 115,000.000 for the destitute
jews of Europe, it was announced in
committee here today. Dr. A. B. Star
buck has been named to membership
on the pension board at Independence.
Or. A favorable report on the
project to restore the north Jetty at
Coos Bay and to construct a south
jetty Is expected to be made by thel
board of army engineers next Tuesday.
CITY HAS HEAVY FROST
Official Minimum Temperature Is
Recorded as 3 2 Degrees.
A heavy frost mantled Portland and
vicinity early yesterday morning and
Ice was formed on the puddles, though
the official minimum temperature on
the roof of the customs house was
32 degrees. ' The whole state ex
perienced the first touch of real win
ter with clear skies and nippy air.
The lowest temperature was 14 de
grees at Baker, and the highest was
36 degrees at Medford. Marshfield
reported a minimum of 23 degrees and
Roseburg 26 degrees.
The forecast for today was:
Portland and vicinity Cloudy;
winds mostTy northeasterly.
Washington and Oregon Cloudy;
moderate nortnerly Winds on the
coast.
who escaped from the state prison
in a packing case today, was cap
tured in Newton late today while
trying to break Into a house.
Alleged Auto Tlilof Jaili'd.
SALKXt. Or., Dec. 16. (Speclnl.)
D. S. Patterson, wanted In Salem In
connection with the theft of cars
owned by A. B. W. Hughes and Will
iam Setak of Marlon county, was
brought here last night from Portland
and lodged In the county jail. Patter
son was arrested by the Portland
police. The cars were stolen almost
a year ago, but later were recovered
and returned to their owners. Patter
son will be arraigned in the Justice
court here tomorrow.
Convict's Freedom Is Brief.
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