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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OBSOLETE METHODS ICHRISTMAS LIBERTY
KEEP WELL MESSAGE
FLASHED BY RADIO
51,000 IS VOTED
DEBS IS SET FREE
WEATHER IS WARMER;
RAIN AGAIN FORECAST
CHARGED TO POLICE
GIVEN 1000 ALIENS
LACKS' 01 VOTE
OfJ BELIEF BILLS
E
NEW SEHVICE INAUGURATED
TAX COMMISSION DECLARES
THRONG DETAINED UNDER- IM
MIGRATION QUOTA LAW.
BUREAU'S PREVIOUS PROMISE
FAILS TO MATERIALIZE.
BY V. S. BUREAU.
EFFICIE 1 IS LiOW.
VICTORY
O S
28 OTHERS
Test on Amendment Is
Taken in Senate.
DEBATE LASTS FOUR HOURS
Substitution of Minority Re
v.. port Is Refused.
BATTLE IS HARD-FOUGHT
Senators Banks, Moscr and Joseph
Lead Fight for Exposition
Against Eastern Delegation.
STATE HOUSE. Salem, Or., Dec. 23.
(Special.) On a test vote in the
state senate at the hour of recessing
for the evening meal It was shown
that one more senator is necessary to
enact the constitutional amendment
resolution for the 1925 exposition. If
the resolution carries, then the gaso
line revenue act will also be adopted.
Meanwhile, in the house, the Income
tax is expected to be offered and shot
over to the senate to replace the gas
oline finance programme.
Senators Banks. Moscr and Joseph
put up the battle for the fair in the
senate, debate running from 2 o'clock
until almost 6 o'clock, while attacks
were directed by the eastern Oregon
delegation, led by Upton, Dennis,
Strayer. Ellis and others.
Minority Substitute Rejected.
Test uf strength came when the
senate refused to substitute a mi
nority for a majority report on the
proposed constitutional amendment.
Senator Ryan hesitated when his
name was called, but finally voted
with proponents of the fair, explain
ing later that his mind Is not made
up but that he did not want the fair
idea indefinite.y postponed at this
time. Senator Smith announced that
be Intends casting his vote against
the exposition legislation, but wished
fuller consideration of the subject,
and therefore stood temporarily, at
least, with the friends of the fair.
All that the exposition advocates
requested of the senate was to vote
to refer the matter to the people and
not block the plan of leaving the fair
and its financing to the judgment of
the residents of the state.
Eastern Senators Against Fair.
Eastern Oregon senators are united
against the fair and they have some
strength in the valley and coast coun
ties. The contest Is now a fight to
the finish, with each trying to make
Inroads in the ranks of the others.
Three reports on H. J. R. No. 3, the
constitutional amendment for the ex
position, were submitted by the sen
ate committee on roads and highways.
The majority ' report was signed by
Hare, Patterson, Eddy, Banks and
Porter, the latter having deserted
Hall, Dennis, Upton and Robertson.
Two minority reports were submitted
No. 1 signed by Hall, Dennis, Upton
and Robertson and No. 2 by Upton.
Theater Tax Flan Defeated.
Senator Upton moved that minority
rrport No. 2 be substituted for the
majority and this gave him occasion
to advocate his idea by financing the
fair by a tax levied on theater tickets
and other amusements. This motion
was lost. Then came the motion to
substitute minority report No. 1 for
the majority report, and this precipi
tated the debate which was ardently
carried on by the rival groups of
senators.
The debate, which consumed almost
four hours, ended with the motion de
feated, thereby placing the majority
report before the senate for consld
eratlon for passage. Following an
other skirmish, the resolution was
made a special order for 8 o'clock to
night. Advocating his own measure
of taxing amusements. Senator Upton
announced that if the legislature will
finance the fair from any other source
than to "roo the down-trodden farmer
or rob the highway fund. I will vote
for the fair." The speaker said that
"fait advocates say all we have to do
is to pass it lip to the people to vote
on, but we have the right, I maintain,
to use our own Judgment as to what
we shall submit and whether it is just
or not. It is not Incumbent on us to
put this measure up to the people
when we do not believe in it."
Bunks Opens Fight for Fair.
In making the motion for substi
tuting minority report No. 1 for the
majority report. Senator Dennis de
clared that the vital thing to con
sider was bow the measure will af
fect the road programme.
"1 realize." began Senator Banks,
opening the fight for tile fair, "that
the vote on this motion is the crux
of the situation and If the motion
carries we leave the state house to
day without an exposition. It was
never intended to be a Portland fair,
but an Oregon enterprise; somejhlng
to benefit rural Oregon. Portland is
the great clearing house' for all Ore
gon products. Senator Upton knows
it is to be an Oregon exposition, for
be and the rest of the legislature last
winter unanimously voted to Invite
the rest of the world to come to an
Oregon exposition In 1925."
Continuing, the senator said that
the most enthusiastic fair supporter
never expected a four to one vote In
Portland and he explainedMhat fotir-
JL Concluded un 1'afio ti, Coluwa l.J
Wlrelcss Health Bulletins to Be
Broadcasted From Virginia Sta
tion Tuesdays and Fridays.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23. The
United States public health service
tonight Inaugurated & bi-weekly
"wireless .telephone h'ealth -bulletin
service," by broadcasting through the
naval radio station at Anacostia, Va.,
a message of holiday good cheer to
the country. It is planned to send
through the same facilities at 9 P. it
every Tuesday and Friday a wireless
message comprising advice as to
how the average men and women
may insure continued good health.
The messages will be of such wave
length, it is said, that any radio sta
tion, amateur or professional, which
has a telephonic attachment, may be
abl'e to read them. Under very favor
able weather conditions the service
expects its "helpful health hints" to
be heard on the Pacific coast, in Eu
rope and northern South America.
Promptly at 9 o'clock tonight the
Anacostia station, which is a Part
of the naval aviation depot, began
calling "Q. S. T.." a code signal mean
ing "all stations."
"United States public health service
speaking," the local proceeded, and
after outlining the purpose and plan
of the new service, gave a homily on
the value of health.
"It is the duty of every American
to keep well," the message read.
"Every individual should take special
pains to safeguard his own health and
thereby promote health of the coun
try. Every man, woman and child
in America has a share in the pro
tection of the public health of Amer
ica. It is the duty of every Individual
to secure as much reliable informa
tion as possible concerning ways and
means of safeguarding the puDiio
health. The United States public
health service hopes that knowledge
disseminated by means of the radio
phone will be of assistance in pre
venting the more common diseases
and help to safeguard and improve
the national health.
"Preventable diseases are robbing
the nation of Its vitality. There are
probably at all times one million per
sons in the United States seriously
111 and a great deal of this sickness
could be prevented by certain simple
precautions which we are going to
tell you about in radio health mes
sages.
"The resources of radio for the
spreading of educational facts have
scarcely been touched," the public
health service statement said. "It li
conceivable that with the develop
ment of the radio telephone the day
will come when the radio phone will
be as essential a part of the Ameri
can home as the telephone today.' It
is conceivable that the sending of
these first public health messages
will be but the beginning of a far-
reaching radio educational service by
other governmental and educational
agencies that may Include lecture
courses, concerts and the more im
portant International news of the day,
"It is peculiarly fitting that the
United States public health service,
one of the oldest branches of the
national government, dating its origin
from an act of congress passed in
1796, should be the first public health
service In the world to Inaugurate a
radio information service and to at
tempt to bring general free health
information into the homes of
America." .
CHITA ASKS FOR HELP
Far Eastern Republic Protests Jap-
' anese Aggression.
RIGA. Dec. 23. The parliament of
the far eastern republic at Chita has
sent out an appeal to all nations
against what la described as the pres
ent Japanese aggression in Siberia,
said a dispatch to the bolshevik
Rosta News Agency today.
The appeal, said the dispatch, calls
atteentlon to the claim that Japan
now controls the entire Pacific coast
of Siberia.
RUM SMUGGLED IN TREES
Bottles Nestle In Christmas Firs
Shipped From Canada.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23 Christmas
tree dealers were surprised today to
find bottles of liquor nestling in the
branches of firs shipped from a point
near the Canada border.
This disco-very.- the - retailers- said,
may explain why wholesalers showed
reluctance, to. .distribute . the , trees
when they arrived last night and
doled them out only after loud clajnor
by the dealers'.
CONVEYOR KILLS' WORKER
J. A. Adair Caaght -la -Shaft and
Ills Head Is Crushed.
RAYMOND, ' Wash.,' Dec. 23. (Spe
cial.) J. A. Adair of Seventh street,
this city, was caught this afternoon
In a conveyor shaft at the Siler mill
and was killed Instantly. His head
was crushed and his arms oroken.
He is survived by a widow and four
children.
TOT STRANGLED TO DEATH
Body of Child Found Packed in
Suitcase In Hotel.
' NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Dec. 23.
The mutilated body of Tease Kuchar
skl, 5 years old, who had been miss
ing from her home at the Bellmore
hotel, operated by her mother, was
found packed today in a suitcase In a
closet at the hotel Albany..
She bad been strangled to death.
Sum Probable Total of
Session's Appropriations.
$90,000 IS GIVEN BONUS BODY
Commission Expects Money
to Be All Necessary.
$30,000 TO PAY FOR FLAX
$5000 Given Lionise Home and
Clven Lionise
95000 to Defray Auditing
of State's Finances.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or, Dec. 23.
(Special.) At 9 o'clock tonight.
when It . was apparent that adjourn
ment hour of the special session of
the legislature was rapidly approach
ing, there had been authorized ap
propriations aggregating $180,000.
The largest of these appropriations
was recommended by the joint ways
and means committee of the house
and senate at the request of the
world war veterans' state aid com
mission. This money, it was said. Is
necessary to continue administration
of the soldiers' bonus law until the
next regular session of the law
makers in January. 1923.
It was said today that the appro
priation of $90,000,' together with the
amount of money allowed for admin
istration purposes in the-original act
creating the bonus commission, prob
ablywlll be sufficient to carry on the
work until January, 1923.
Farmers' Relief Toted.
Another appropriation bill provides'
$30,000 with which to relieve the
farmers of western Oregon who sold
their flax to the state prison plant
here last fall. -
The flax was purchased by the
state under contract, but because of
the uncertain market conditions and
financial stringency the finished prod
uct could not be sold to the best ad
vantage. As -a --result no money was
forthcoming to pay the growers.
The sum of $5000 was appropriated
for the Louise Home of Portland, for
the purpose of completing a school
building of the institution. .
Another bill carried an appropria
tion of $5000 to defray the cost of
auditing the state's finances under a
resolution introduced by Senator Den
nis of Union county. This money will
be ' paid out of the legislative ex
penses.
15.000 to Pay tar Session.
There was atso appropriated today
$15,000 with which to pay the mile,
age and per diem of legislators and
other expenses in connection with the
special session.
There were a total of 43 bills in
troduced until 9 o'clock, and It was
not expected at that hour that any
attempt would be made to further
clog the wheels oT the session. Of
these, 30 originated in the bouse and
18 In the senate. There also were a
(Continued on Page 6. Column 3.)
Considered 'Ncccs
6ary tr
a ng Bureau Up to
St Jrtd of Other Cities.
ilce system now In fores In
Pf
d is obsolete and a general
revv. Jn is needed'in order to put it
on an efficient basis in accordance
with the actual needs of the city, de
clared the tax supervision commis
sion, in a report following the slice
of $72,000 taken off the police budget,
in which it scored the police depart
ment and pointed out Its various de
ficiencies.
The commission advocates. In it
report, a motorized system for all of
Portland except the congested busi
ness districts, and the elimination of
the foot patrol now in use. except in
the congested districts. Motorized
squads and booths in the outlying dis
tricts are suggested in tha- place t
the foot patrolmen, and a signal sys
tem is also recommended, whereby
communication between headquarters
and patrolmen and between squads
of patrolmen can be had at any time
without delay, as Is often occasioned
by the present system of reporting
every half hour.
Some of the plaints made' by the
tax supervision commission about the
police are:
There are too many officers above
the rank of sergeant.
Many beats in the city are left un
covered. Patrolmen are detailed to special
duty while their regular beats are
left without police protection.
Means of communication now used
are inadequate.
Insufficiency of motorized ve
hicles.
No control of expenditures within
the department.
Portland actual police personnel
larger than that of any other city of
similar area.
Criminal Identification bureau uses
two different methods of identifica
tion. Funds appropriated for salaries are
not used through vacancies left un
filled and diverted to other channela
Chief of Police Jenkins said he was
heartily in accord with some of the
suggestions of the commission, par
ticularly those about needed motor
apparatus, and signal systems, but he
said he could not understand some
of the points taken against tha de
partment He contradicted the asser
tion that Portland has a larger de
partment than other cities of similar
area, and named a number which cover
as much ground and have greater-
population. Portland, he declared, is
exceptional In that particular and has
greater area for its population than
almost any other city in the country
He expressed himself in favor of the
plan to cover the outlying districts
with motorized squads and booths,
with a modern communication system,
in place of the present foot patrol sys
tem and the custom of reporting every
half-hour by telephone.
He said the points taken about in
sufficiency of motor equipment and
the signal and communication system
were true; that the police department
was Badly in need of both but had
been prevented from getting this
equipment through the shortage of
funds available.
"Beats are often left uncovered," he
continued, "because we have not
enough men to put on them: our force
has already been cut to the bone. It
is absolutely necessary to detail men
to special duty for certain kinds of
(Concluded tn Pag 8. Column 2 )
Many Char
UNCLE WARREN MAKES A DANDY SANTA
ALU KVOrtVY - UL
I
Privilege to Pass 00 Days AVith
Friends and Relatives Granted
by Labor Secretary.
NEW YORK, Dec 23. The gates of
Ellis Island swung open late, today
freeing more than 1000 aliens, de
tained under the immigration quota
law, so that they might pass Christ
mas with friends and relatives in the
land of promise.
They will be at liberty for 90 days,
under an order Issued in Washington
today by Secretary of Labor Davis", but
must return at the end of that time
for deportation, unless promised at
tacks on the constitutionality of the
restrictive law have borne fruit, or
the government decides to make more
exceptions in their cases.
The order arrived shortly after 3
o'clock and two hours later 200 of
the aliens had packed their belong
ings and left the island. Others de
parted before night, all employes at
the immigration station working to
help the aliens get away. Immigra
tion Commissioner Tod said all of
them would be released by tomorrow
evening.
Hungarians, Poles and Greeks out
numbered other races in the swarms
that signed the necessary papers and
bolted toward the ferries that
brought them to New York and to
railway terminals on the Jersey
shore. ,n
Many of the foreigners immediately
boarded trains that would take them
west. Others landed at the Battery
and scattered to the various foreign
colonies in the polyglot metropolitan
area.
The news from Washington came
so unexpectedly that the delight of
the aliens became almost a frenzy.
Many had been in downcast spirits at
the,, prospect of a penned-in Christ
mas followed by deportation from the
land to which they had come with
high hopes.
Each was released on his or her
own bond, all agreeing to make ar
rangements for passage back home
6t the end of the 90 days' stay on
American soil.
Commissioner Tod said he did not
know the motive for Secretary Davis'
release order nor the plans of the
government regarding ultimate dis
position of the men and women freed
today.
Under the law most of them would
not be admissible until the fiscal
year opening1 next July. None of
them should have been brought to
this country. Commissioner Tod said,
placing the blame for their condition
on the Bteamshlp -companies.
SANTA CLAUS ABOLISHED
Children In Apostolic Home Will
.Not Need to Lie Awake.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Children of
Zlon, III., home of Wilbur Glenn Vo
liva's catholic apostolic church, will
sleep peacefully tomorrow night with
no thought of lying awake in hope
of hearing reindeers on the roof or
Santa Claus coming down the chim
ney.
For. Vollva has issued a decree
abolishing Santa Claus. The Kris
Klngle myth has- gone the way In
Zion of the round world and the
law of gravitation. Vollva says they
don't exist.
Vollva, however, has arranged for
a distribution of Christmas toys, di
recting that the children shall be told
they were "sent down from above"
and distributed by parents.
CLAUS.
4
Five Are Yankee Soldiers
'Serving for Murder.
VETERANS GET FULL PARDONS
Commutations of Sentences
Are Granted Rest.
CITIZENSHIP IS LOST
Big Vote Debs Received as Social
ist Nominee for President Is
Factor In Rcleusc.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 23. Eu
gene V. Debs, ex-socialist candidate
for president, serving a sentence of
ten years at Atlanta penitentiary for
violating the espionage act, and 23
other persons convicted on various
chargesof hindering the government
during the war with Germany, re
ceived today from President Harding
commutations of sentences to become
effective Christmas day.
At the same time five American ex
soldiers serving life sentences pro
nounced by a military court for the
murder of a British officer while serv
ing with the American army on the
Rhine received full pardons, effective
Christmas day.
The action was taken after the de
partment of justice had studied sepa
rately the cases of 197 persons serv
ing sentences for violating war-time
laws and after Attorney-General
Daugherty had discussed the situ
ation at length with President Hard
ing, who was said to be desirous. If
possible, of granting some pardons
for Christmas.
Citizenship Not Restored.
The commutations, it was explained,
do not operate to restore citizenship
lost by the felony convictions, but the
pardons do. Several of the civilian
offenders will be deported to the Eu
ropean countries of their nativity,
two a-re under observation at hos
pitals for Insane and others are now
out on paroles which were granted
by President Wilson.
Announcement of the action taken
was made personally by President
Harding late today.
Other given commutation were
K T. Cumbl, convicted afOklahoma
City and sentenced to six years for
violation of the espionage act; Thomas
Carey, convicted at San Francisco for
violation of the espionage act, serv
ing a two-year sentence; Joseph M.
Caldwell, convicted at P-ovldence.
R. I., for violating the espionage act,
Bervlng three years; Mojlck Fieron,
convicted at Detroit under the espion
age act, and sentenced for 20 years,
but already given a commutation of
sentence to. five years by President
Wilson.
Gun Plan Seller Freed.
Claus Freese, who was sentenced at
El I'aso, Tex., to five years at Leav
enworth for departing from the
United States unlawfully In time of
wir in an attempt to sell to the Ger
man consulate in Mexico plans of a
new gun and sentenced to ten years
under the espionage act; William J.
Head, sentenced at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
in 1917, for violating the espionage
act; Gustave H. wacobsen, convicted
at Chicago and sentenced to three
years for attempting to set on foot a
military enterprise in India against
Great Britain during the war; Mrs.
Idell Kennedy of Los Angeles, Cal.,
sentenced to ten years for attempting
to cause insubordlr on and ref sal
of duty among selective service men.
Jack Law, convicted at Chicago for
violating the espionage act and sen
tenced to ten years; John L. Murphy,
sentenced to five years at Sacra
mento, Cal., under the espionage act;
Walter Phillips, convicted at Okla
homa City for hindering the selective
service law, and sentenced to ten
years, though he was released on pa
role January 10, 1921, by President
Wilson.
Newspaper Mas Set Free.
Charles Ashleigh, a former news
paper man and a writer of poetry,
who was convicted at Chicago for '
conspiracy under the espionage act i
and given a ten-year sentence. His
sentence was commuted upon his
agreement to accept deportation to
England, the country of his nativity.
Orville Anderson, convicted at
Deadwood. S. D., October 0, 1918, un
der the espionage law, and sentenced
to four years; Giovanni Baldazzi, sen
tenced to ten years, after espionage
set conviction at Chicago; David T.
Blodgett,' convicted at Des Moines,
la., and serving twenty years on j
charges or opposing the selective
service act, and now lnSt- Elizabeth's
Hospital for the Insanefor observation-
Jose Prado, sentenced to two years I
for bringing aliens into the United j
States unlawfully in time of
war; 1
Albert B. Prasbner. sentenced to ten
years in 1318 after conviction at Chi
cago for violating tbe espionage act;
Wilhelm Schumann, convicted at Fort
Dodge, la., under the espionage act
and sentenced to five years; Joseph
A. Schur and Maurice L. Snitkin, both
serving six-year terms to which they
were sentenced at Indianapolis in
iCouuluded on Page 3, Culuiun S.y
More Snow Falls . and Quickly Is
Turned Into Slush in Down
Town District.
Weatherman Wells stuck to his
guns last niglit and continued to fore
cast rain for today, while he basked
In a temperature of 33 degrees at 1
P. M. The looked-for rain, predicted
consistently for the last two days,
has failed to materialize, but the
weather has been warming up grad
ually. The official thermometer reg
istered 35 degrees for a few hours
yesterday afternoon, and this is the
highest-It has gone since last Sunday.
The lowest temperature yesterday
was 26 degrees, recorded shortly after
5 A. M.
A heavy fall of snow yesterday
morning was converted to slush In
the downtown district under the com
bined influence of warmer weather,
heated basements, steam pipes under
the pavements, the pressure of auto
mobile tires and the footsteps of
Christmas shoppers. Snow continued
to fall throughout the day, with a
flurry now and then, but the late fall
melted as fast as it came down and
the result' was .a fluid mass which
filled gutters and slpashed over the
tops of rubler overshoes.
Winds today are expected to be
mostly easterly, but the high-velocity,
low-temperature cast wind- that
chilled Portland early this week ap
pears to have moved on to seek new
victims.
Sllverton Mercury Hits 2 0.
SILVERTON. Or.. Dec. 23.(?pe.
laL)-Silverton has had the coldest
... , ...
weather experienced here since the
December of 1919. During the last
few days the thermometer has stood
at from 20 to 25 degrees. Very little
snow has fallen, but the little which
did fall during the early part of the
week has remained on the ground. It
is reported that there are several
Inches of snow In the hills above
Sllverton. The logging camps there
have not been in operation for some
time.
Snow Several Inches Deep.
BROWNSVILLE. Or., Dec. 23. (Spe
cial.) Snow still lies -an the ground
here to the depth of several Inches,
and In the Ash Swale district north
of Brownsville Ave and six Inches of
snow are reported. Ever since Mon
day night, by far the coldest of the
winter, freezing ' weather has con-
- "-"'"" vrr
ries (he water from mill race to gri.-jf
mill ithere are icicles from three to
ten Aet long.
Astoria Looks for Snow.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.)
While the temperature here today has
been the mildest of the present week,
It was falling slightly this evening,
and the clouds were gathering, caus
ing a fear that snow would be falling
before mornlngv
OPERA DEFICIT EXPECTED
Chicago Manager Says Shortage
Will Be Less Than $500,000.
CHICAGO. Dec. 23. Grand opera can
be maintained in Chicago "on its pres
ent brilliant artlstlo scale st a def
icit of less than $500,000 a year," a
statement Issued by Clark Ashaw, act
ing business manager, said tonight
following a meeting of the board of
directors of the Chicago Opera as
sociation. The future of grand opera in Chicago
rests with its citizens, the statement
said, and announced that the execu-1
live committee will proceed with the
completion of a five-year guarantee
project launched some time agiy.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 33
degrees; minimum, 28 decrees.
TODAY'S Rain; winds moid easterly.
Disarmament Conference.
Harding defends four-power treaty. Psgs 1.
Conference (till discusses divers. Page 2
Foreign.
Chances for Anglo-Irish ratification fa
vorable. Paga 2.
Economic change in Russia stirs com
fhunisls. Page 13.
National.
Debs and 23 others are set free. Page I.
Proposed treaty reservations ascribed to
partisan motives by Wilson. Pugs 4.
Wireless health bulletin aervlce Inaugu
rated by government bureau. Paga 1.
Domestic.
Watterson
Page 3.
Christmas
Page 1.
funeral service Is
private,
aliens.
liberty'.- givtn 1000
I-illatar.
legislature appropriates lnO.OOn. Faga 1.
House members loaf, waiting for senate.
Page 6.
Victory for fair lacks one vote.
Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Tacoma to push Us Lake Cushmaa power
plana. Page 5.
Kports.
Soccer breach beyond repair. Page 14.
Exhibition golf match called off. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Hllgher prices on winter apples are ex
pected. Paga 21.
Wheat strength at Chicago due to signing
ol reuex Diu. rage 21.
Liberty bonds rally In New York market.
Page 21.
French line opens new service soon.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Three private operatives accused of Il
legal liquor raid. Page la.
Christmas gifts sent city's poor. Page 16.
Weather Is warmer with rain again
for
mil Jr-age 1. f
Fowla and other foodntuffa abundant for
Christmas. Page 12. r
Bustnes college head recounts "playful
acuffie" with woman. Page 22.
Portland police methods are declared obso
lete. Page 1.
Salvation Army distributes more than 800
Christmaa dinnera. Page 12.
Judge Ronaman givea Jail sentencea as
Christmaa preaenta. Page 16.
Coast truFt companies aho biggest gain.
Page 21.
4-PDWEH TREATY
Differences of Interpreta
tion Unimportant.
SENATE FIGHT UNJUSTIFIED
'No Alliance' or Entanglement'
Contemplated.
TRADITIONS HELD SAFE
President Asks Thut Small Things
Be Not Allowed to Obscure.
Major Purpose of Puct.
WASHINGTON, P. C, Dec. 23
(By the Associated Press.) Presi
dent Harding, in a formal statement,
today declared that the differences of
Interpretation which have arisnover
the four-power Pacific treaty are to
his mind "unimportant."
Declaring that an unjustified effort
had b,en made to magnify his differ
ence of View with the American delu-
regarding the treaty the pre-l-
j " T ,"T "
satisfied with the work of the d-.-.e-
gates and that tliey had his full
confidence.
He also asserted that an unjusti
fied charge had been made that the
American delegation was "withhold
ing Information," and that ho could
not permit such a charge to go un
challenged. No Alliance Contemplated.
Reverting to another feature of the
fight that is being made agaliiht the
treaty In the senate, Mr. Harding
asserted that the pact contemplated
"no alliance or entanglement." It is
In full accord, he said, with cherisntd
American traditions.
The president asked that "unimpor
tant" controversies as to Interpreta
tion should not be permitted to ob
scure the major purpose of the treaty,
which, he said, was to preserve peace
and to provide for a means of con-
sulfation when puace Is threatened.
The president's statement.
Ident's statement, which
was delivered orally and then for-
j mally given out. follows:
"The president will offer no com
ment on the disputes which -attempt
to magnify the differing constructions
on the four-party treaty. To him
these are unimportant. The big
things aimed at are understandings
for peace, an agreement to meet and
d.scuss the preservation of puace
whenever It Is threatened.
"No alliance or entanglement Is
thought of, none will be negotiated.
If- will be better to rejoice over
things accomplished than to dwell on
dilfurlng views which can be of no
great consequence.
"The president Is unwilling that
the unjustified charge that the
United States delegates are withhold
ing information shall go unchal
lenged. He had full confidence, else
he had not chosen them, and he has
full confidence now and is more than
gratified over their efforts, because
they are working out the greattst
contribution to peace and good will
which has ever marked the Christ
mas time In all tho Christian era.
Actuality Is Bin Thing.
"It Is one thing to talk about the
Ideals of peace but the bigger thing
is to seek the actuality. This the
conference Is doing, tn harmony with
an overwhelming American senti
ment, and a world sentiment, too, aud
In full accord with cherished Ameri
can traditions."
Replying to the question:
"Do you feel that tho world has
made great progress In the direction
of peace and good will?" President
Harding said:
"I think I made yome such reply to
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In The Oregonian annual
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features in Oregon. Included
will be the University of Ore
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college, state normal school
and various others.
The country schools of Ore
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an article by the state super
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will tell about them.
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This concerns millions of dol
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children an absorbing story.
With many excellent illustrations.