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VOL. L.XI NO. 19.104 E"r(iii Putun iowm PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS PACTS Oil IMS SEIITTOSEHATE President Pleads for Early Ratification. BORAH MAY SUPPORT ARMS CUT TREATIES HARDIXG SPEECH IMPRESSES IDAHO SENATOR. 200 RUSSIAN RELIEF SOCKEYE SALMON RUN DRIVES ARE BY REDS RESUMES IN COLUMBIA 4 EUGENE FUGITIVES ARE RECAPTURED S IS QUIZZED. AGAIN TAXES FOR BONUS SOVIET GETS FUNDS, SAYS HOOVER IX REPORT. FIRST ONE OF YEAR CAUGHT IX YOUNGS RIVER TRAP. ONE IS FOUND ASLEEP BARN NEAR CITY. IN A MABEL NO M COMMITTEE MAPS i HOP ASKS DUN SUCCESS IS PREDICTED Democratic and Republican Leaders Think Action Soon Will Be Taken. MACHINERY PUT IN MOTION First Consideration Slated for Today Emotion Shown in Harding's Speech. WASHINGTON", D. C, Feb. 10. "(By the Associated Fress.) Presi dent Harding today asked the sen- ate to approve the arms conference treaties so that America's professed desire to rid the world of war may!Gerry 0 Khode la,and. not become "a hollow mockery "If we cannot join in making ef fective these covenants for peace," he said, "and stamp this conference with America's approval, we shall discredit the influence of the repub lic, render future efforts futile and unlikely and write discouragement ' where today the world is ready to acclaim new hope." , Delivering his message in person, in a voice and manner that betok ened deep emotion, the president was answered repeatedly by ap plause from floor and gallery. He asked that ratification be given without delay and before he left the capitol senate machinery was set in motion to hasten a vote. Five Main Treaties in Lot. Five principal treaties and two supplemental agreements, the frui tion of the 12 weeks of negotiation just concluded herewere in the bun dle of international covenants taken to the senate chamber by Mr. Hard ing. They propose, in short, a lim itation on naval armament, a new bill of rights for China and a four- power concord to preserve peace in the Facific. All of these agreements, said the president, are related portions of the effort "to put an end to contradic tions, to remove ambiguities and es tablish clear understandings. None of them," he asserted, "commits the American government to any kind of V an illiancc, entanglement or involve ment." Ratification Is Predicted. After the address, republican and democratic leaders predicted the treaties would be ratified without long debate and by substantial ma jorities. Only one, the four-power Pacific pact, is threatened now with organized opposition, and its oppo nents have not yet demonstrated how large a vote' they can command. Actual consideration of the cove nants is to begin tomorrow at a meeting of the foreign relations committee, to which they were re ferred without debate and on motion of the committee chairman, Senator' Lodge of Massachusetts. It is thought unlikely, however, that to- morrow's meeting will do more than make a preliminary examination. Included in this data is a tran script of the proceedings of the con- ferenee and its committees and a long report by the American delega tion to the conference, declaring the treaties are the result of a new world "state of mind" tending away from suspicion and apprehension and toward mutual trust and confidence. Senate Doors to Be Opened. So far there has been no move for public hearings by the committee, but the senate leaders propose to open the senate doors when the cov enants are under debate. It is prob able that discussion on the floor will J begin before the end of another SEIZED DRUGS DESTROYED week. " Prompt action was requested by Narcotics Worth 93.500,000 Are the president, because, he said, it Made Useless by Police would be impossible to shape the NEW YORK. Feb. 10.Fif,een po naval policy of the government until linnltn today destroyed U.500.000 it was known whether the naval , worth of confiscated drugs and opi treaty is to become the accepted u,n layouts. covenant of the nation. Until the' worii'A ,uder the dl'7"ioa f . , . .,. , . , , ,i Dr. Simon Carleton, special deputy whole series is ratified, he declared, !poIica commissioner in command of vBc.ii4-l fas . Comiun x th narcotic division. Underwood Democrats Applaud as President Delivers Address in Capitol Hall. THE OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU Washington. D. C. Feb. 10. Senator Borah's statement late today that be would support the four-power and other treaties If convinced that the president's interpretation of tbem was correct, created some surprise. The Idaho senator stuck to his seat throughout the reading of the mes sage, and expressed his pleasure sev eral times by a broad smile which was believed to have been misunder stood in the galleries. To all inter viewers after the president had con cluded. Senator Borah said emphati cally, "It was a great speech." and he repeated this remark several times. Interest of the spectators was cen tered on the democratic side largely for the purpose of gauging sentiment among those senators who do not be long to Mr. Hardings party. It was noticeable that from 12 to 13 demo cratic senators applauded as vigor ously and as enthusiastically as the republicans. It was a fact generally commented upon that those demo cratic senators who are known as fol lowers of Senator Cnderwood. a mem ber of the American delegation at the conference, gave hearty approval to much that Mr. Harding had to say. Democratic senators who were In on the applause at every outburst were Senators Myers and Walsh of Montana, Pomerene of Ohio. Overman j of North Carolina. Shepherd of Texas. Fletcher of Florida, Ransdell of Lou- lsiana, Heflin of Alabama, Swanson of Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who Is expected to support the treaties, did not applaud at any time. Should Senator Borah support the treaties, the states of Oregon. Wash ington and Idaho would be unitedly on the same side of a great question In the senate tor the first time in three years. The other senators from those states declared themselves for the treaties unqualifiedly and without reservations at the end of the presi dent's address. - KENY0N HELD QUALIFIED Attorney-General Says Appointee Can Hold Judgeship. , WASHINGTON. D. C. yen. 10. Senator William S. Kcnyon of Iowa can legally qualify as judge of the United States circuit court In the liiKlflh district, to which he was re cently appointed by President Hard ing and confirmed by the senate, Attorney-General Daughcrty held In an opinion transmitted to President Harding, which was made public at the White House late today. The opinion was requested by the president after doubt bad arisen In some circles concerning the senator's eligibility because of the constitu tional provision which prohibits a senator or representative being ap pointed to a civil office under the federal government if "the emolu-J merits whereof" have been Increased during the time for which the sen ator or representative was elected. The salaries of circuit judges were Increased from $7000 to $8500 on Feb ruary 25, 1919, whereas Senator Ken yon did not begin his present term until March 4 of 1919, so that he does not come within the meaning of the prohibition, the attorney-general de clared. WEEKS ORDERS CLEAN-UP Extra Army Officers in Washing Ion to He Assigned to Troops. WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 10. Rigid review by the inspector general of all war department activi ties in Washington to determine how many of the approximately 1100 of ficers on duty here can be made avail able for service with troops or in es tablishing the organized reserve sys tem has been ordered by Secretary Weeks Wtth various post-war agen cies, completing their work, it is be lieved possible that from ZOO to 300 officers' can be obtained in this way for service in corps areas. ' As the training system for the new army of the I nlted states, compris ing regulars, national guard and or ganized reserves, gets under way in its preparation for the civilian train ing camps this summer, a heavy de- I mnnri fnp minlfft.it Affti,ra hn. Ha- , eior,d .nd ma-y ave already been detached from service In Washington to thi3 work. DOLLAR COINAGE JIESUMED Relief of Peace Coin Lowered, Says Mint Director. WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 10. Coinage of the new silver "peace dol lar" has been resumed. Director of the Mint Baker announced tonight. No change has been made In the design or model of the peace dollar, he said, but the relief of the piece will be slightly lowered. Chauffeur Also Is Ex amined in Murder. PAIR IS LAST WITH TAYLOR Actress Is Reported to Be "Extremely Nervous." MACK SEN NEXT IS ILL Xo X'ew Evidence Is Disclosed by Probe Into Killing of Film Director. LOS ANGELES. Cal, Feb. 10. Ma bel Normand. motion picture actress, who was among the last persons to see William Desmond Taylor alive. was questioned again by the district attorney tonight. With Miss Normand was William Davis, her chauffeur, who drove the actress to the Taylor home the night the director was murdered, and who previously, in her statements to the police, corroborated her declaration that Taylor accompanied her to her automobile when she departed. Aetresa Extremely Nervous. The actress was reported to be "ex tremely nervous." Mrr Woolwine, after the quiz, emerged from his office and an nounced he had obtained from Miss Normand "nothing that would throw any further light on the case." Mr. Woolwine said that he would summon Miss Normand's chauffeur, Davis, but expected to question no further witnesses tonight. "1 believe Miss Normand has told me practically everything she knows about the case," said Mr. Woolwine. Notklas; w Learned. "This included nothing that would further connect Edward F. Sands, the missing butler, with' the .slaying. Sands occupies the same position he has from the beginning. X. have learned nothing tonight to make roe believe he is the guilty party any more than 1 have learned from the police evidence already submitted to me. The case is as baffling as ever," said Mr. Woolwine. Before Miss Normand emerged from the district attorney's chambers, Davis' was called in. Miss Normand issued a statement through her manager that she could "not vffcr any solution whatever concerning the tragedy," and desnied that she was in love with Taylor or had quarreled with him. Tne statement follows: "No one will ever know how I re gret the terrible tragedy. I have told truthfully everything I know and am very sorry, indeed, I cannot offer any solution whatever as to the motive which prompted the ter rible deed. I have satisfied the Los Angeles authorities, both police and district attorney's office, that I know nothing ' about the murder and have offered my services or a statement at any time I may be called to help apprehend the assassin. "The handkerchief and gown found in Mr. Taylor's apartments have been identified as other than mine. It has been . established that I was not in love with Mr. Taylor; that he es corted me to my car that evening and chatted until I drove away, when we' waved good-bye to each other. "Please tell the public that I know absolutely nothing about this terrible happening, and that Mr. Taylor and I did not quarrel." The manager, A. McArthur, said Miss Normand was ready to "do her utmost" to solve the mystery. Miss Normand was confined to her home and isolated from visitors dur ing the forenoon, as Bhe has been since the funeral of Taylor last Tues day. It was declared at the office of Mac!- Sennett. who tor years has besn her director, that he was confined to his home ill. j KANSAS SUSPECT NOT SANDS Underwood, However, Admits That He Knew Taylor. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 10. Doubt that Walter S. Underwood, helB In the Shawnee county jail here, is Edward F. Sands, wanted In connection with the murder of William Desmond Tay lor, was expressed at noon today by Under Sheriff Carlson, after further Investigation. Underwood maintained I h knew both Taylor and Sands but declared he knew nothing of the murder. Underwood is sought by a bonding company on a charge of appropriating funds from the Pacific Electric Rail-, way, an interurban system company here, by which he "was employed as a coletor or auditor. He left the apart ments of Maddox January 18. regis tered at a downtown hotel and left the hotel Sunday night without leav ing a forwarding address. Police and deputies have announced that they did not associate him wtth the Taylor murder. While admitting that he knew Tay lor and that he had been at his house several times. Underwood denied he knew anything about the murder. Underwood was taken off the train here on receipts of a message from I .a Junta that he was wanted at Los (Cundutied en iise ti. Column !. "Communistic Committees" Are Declared to Be Operating In United States. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10. More than 200 Russian relief organlrj zations operating in this country were described as "frankly commun istic committees" by Secretary Hoover in a report to President Harding, made public tonight at the White House. The report, submitted in re sponse to an inquiry from the presi dent, divided the relief organizations at work In this country into groups and declared that the American Federated Russian Famine Relief committee of New York, acting as agent, apparently had received about 350.000 in cash and some $200,000 in supplies from organizations connected with the soviet government, operat ing in New York. Chicago and other American and Canadian cities. "One group of this committee," Mr. Hoover said, "comprising the friends of soviet Russia, the Soviet Russian Medical Relief society, the technical aid to Soviet Russia, and some 200 affiliated organizations whose ac tivities are under the general direc tion of Dr. Jacob Hartman. are frank ly communistic committees appealing V the communistic and socialistic sections of the United States and sending their supplies to the com munist authorities in Russia. "Another group of committees is affiliated with the same purchasing agency and. centers around the Rus sian Red Cross, whose directing head. in the United States is x Dr. Du browsky, an agent of the soviet gur eiament The Russian Red Cross in side Russia is under the general con trol of the soviet government. The corrlmittees affiliated with the Rus sian Red Cross comprise the Ameri can committee for Russian famine re lief of Chicago." PLATINUM DUTY URGED Senator Poindexier for Tariff of $30 on Each Ounce. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Feb. 10. Senator Poindexter urged the senate finance committee today to place a duty of $50 an ounce on platinum, pallldium and related metals, which, he said, would produce a revenue of $7,500,000. This tax. he said, would work no injury because these metals are used almost exclusively in , the manufac ture of luxuries. At the same- time, he said, such a duty would give aid to certain, mining investors in the northwest states. He also urged that the house duty of $20 a ton on magnesite be re tained in the senate bill, which it is understood will be done. Another suggestion from the Washington senator was that non-edible fish be excluded from the 1 cent a pound duty carried in the house bill. He explained that there are several plants in the northwest which manu facture"poultry food and fertilize? from non-edible fish. PATHE SEEKS INJUNCTION Censorship of News Keels Held to . Be Unconstitutional. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. (Special.) Pathe exchange, which releases mo tion picture films of current events throughout the country, has sued in the 'supreme court the state motion picture commission, charging censor ship as applied to news reels is un constitutional. The exchange asks for an Injunction to restrain the state censors, George H. Cobb. Mrs. Helen M. Hosmer and Joseph Levenson. from exercising Jurisdiction over news pic tures. Pathe contends that motion picture operators have the same constitu tional rights as newspapers In mak ing public photographs of actual hap penings. Theic deny the state com mission any right to censor such films or to control their exhibition, sale or lease. CAT TAKES HOME LOOT Tabby Steals Rubbers, Caps and Gloves Box Now Full. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 8. (Special.) A cat with one pink and one blue eye has committed enough thefts to cause it to be confined for the rest of its natural nine lives, but it probably will not be punished. The cat, belonging to Mrs. K. C. Luithle of 700 West Tenth street, a few months ago began to drag things home, and by this time there is a large box of various and sundry ar ticles that have been stolen. Among the loot are many pairs of rubbers, a dust cap, boys' caps, work ing gloves, a teddy bear, stuffed doll, knitted cap and carpenter's apron. Pur Pur sleeps daytimes, as most turglars are supposed to do, but at night he goes out strolling, returning Uh his loot. FIVE ENVOYS CONFIRMED President Harding's Nominations Are Approved by Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 10. The nominations of Alanson B. Houghton to be ambassador to Ger many. Theodore Brentano to be min ister to Hungary, and Albert Z. Wash burn to be minister to Austria, were confirmed late today by the senate. The senate also confirmed the nom ination of Fred Morris Dearing of Missouri to be minister to Portugal and that of Roy T. Davis of Missouri to be minister to Costa Rica. Indications Are That Much-Wanted Entry Is "Likely This Season. Chinooks Also Enter. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Four years 'ago several millions of Puget sound sockeye salmon fry were released in the waters of the Colum bia river and Its tributaries. Owing to the falling off of the run of chi nooks as one o. the results of purse seining, all connected with the fish ing Industry have been hoping that many of these sockeyes would return during the coming season and thus provide an early run of high-grade fish. The indications are now that those hopes will be realized in part at least, as a few of the sockeyes al ready are entering the river. The first one was caught yesterday In a' Youngs river trap and was on display at the Paulsen fish market, where it attracted much attention. The fish, which was a beauty and of fine gual ity, tipped the scales at 514 pounds. The first of the winter chinooks also are entering the Columbia now and are about three weeks late, when compared with their advent in for mer years. These "fish are the choicest of royal- chinooks and while their price is high, they find a ready sale. Speaking of - the expected run of scckeye salmon In the river this sea son, an old-time fisherman remarked that these fish should enter the river during May and June and thus ma terially help out the early pack, as not many chinooks can be expected before July t.nd August. He added, however, that during this "year, at least, the lower river gill netters will realize but little benefit from - the sockeye run. This is on account of the mesh of their gear being too large. Further up the river, above Al toona, there are quit a number of blueback nets with five-Inch mesh and these will be suitable for catch ing sockeyes. The seines, traps and wheels are expected to take large quantities of them. BABY PRESENTED TO BOY Woman Offers Lntf 50 Cents t Take Infant to Asylum. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. (Special.- Marl'a Ulnick, ; 14, was standing at Sixty-eighth street and Lexington avenue late thi3 afternoon when young woman approached him. She had just ascended the subway stairs and was carrying a baby in her arms. The baby was wrapped in a red, white and blue blanket. The woman offered Ulnick 50 cents to take the baby to the New York Foundling asylum. Ulnick accepted and the woman disappeared. Ulnick then took the baby to the East Sixty seventh m street station to "-inquire where the asylum was. The police there took charge of the baby and later took it to Bellevue. Ulnick couid not describe the woman who left the baby with him. The baby is a boy, about a week old. DANCE ANTIS TO MEET Opponents Invited to" Attend Mass Meeting Tuesday Night. Parents and all those oppc-od to dancing in public school buildings are invited to attend a mass meeting in the East Side Baptist church Tuesday night. This is the meeting which was originally planned for Sunday after noon. It is hoped by the Methodist ministers committee, which arranged the meeting, that some definite plan, of action regarding school dances will be taken at this time and that a cam paign against such dances can be planned. No set programme will be arranged, according to Dr. Charles MacCaughey, who is chairman' of the committee of ministers. Mr. MacCaughey will pre sent his suggestion for a state-wide organization for "the development of home life." POLL TAX REFUSED WIFE Man Pays Levy on Dog, But Says He Can't Afford Woman's. WINSTED, Conn., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) Connecticut women for the first time in their lives are paying a per sonal tax of $2 each as a result of getting the ballot. A resident of Tor rinfon today In reply to a sugges tion that he pay his wife's tax, de clared he would not do so under any circumstances. "I won't pay taxes for any woman," he said, "I can't afford It." Before leaving the office he inquired the way to. the town clerk's office. "I want to pay my dog's tax while I ajp in the city hall," he remarked. ELEVATOR CAUSES DEATH Spokane Man Is Crushed Between Sidewalk Lift and Doors. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 10. Ed ward H. Schreiber, aged 30, was al most instantly killed here today when crushed between the platform of a rising sidewalk elevator and the sidewalk doors, whlle his brother. Otto, looked on. The man stepped upon the eleva tor without first opening the doors, evidently intending to raise the doors as the elevator approached them. The doors failed to open. He died at the emergency hospital. Schreiber was a Mason and a member of the Wood men of the World. One-Cent Levy in Gaso line Is Included. PARCEL POST IS ASSESSED Six Other Schedules Also Are Outlined. . LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS Programme Is Submitted to Ma- jority Members of Senate Finance Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C. Febf 10. This programme of soldiers' bonus taxes was agreed uffon today by a house ways and means sub-cemmit-tee: Two and one-half pe cent on the undivided profits of corporations. estimated to yield $22,000,000. On parcel post packages on which the postage amounts -to 25 cents or more, a tax of 1 cent for each 25 cents or fraction thereof, $20,000,000. One cent a gallon on gasoline, $70, 000,000. Twenty-five cents for each horse power on automobiles, $50,000,000. Double the present 10 per cent tax on admissions where the charge ex ceeds 25 cents, $60,000,000. Double existing documentary stamp taxes, except in the case of sales or transfers of capital stock, on which the rate would be increased from one-fiftieth of 1 per cent ' to one tenth of 1 per-cent, $64,000,000. An increase of 50 cents for each 1000 in the tax on cigarettes, $25, 000.000. ' - An increase of 2 cents ""a pound on smoking and chewing tobacco, $5, 000,000. Programme Is Discussed. . Thfs programme later was sub mitted to the majority members of the senate finance committee, who discussed . it with the house sub- kcommittee members. The conference will be resumed tomorrow and after an agreement has been reached the plan will be presented to President Harding. Meantime another sub-committee of the house ways and means com mittee will continue work on the bonus bill itself. Chairman Fordney hoped to have the completed measure with the appended tax programme ready for the house within a week or ten days. Except for the taxes on undistrib uted profits and on, parcel post pack ages and the-elimination of the pro-; posal for a tax on bank checks, the programme, as finally drawn by the sub-committee, was that tentatively agreed upon yesterday. 9316,000,000 Total Estimate. The total estimate or revenues is $316,000,000. or $34,000,000 short of the $350,000,000 a year the committee has figured necessary to cover the cash bonus payments over the 2 years beginning on January 1, 1923. Among the documentary stamp taxes doubled are those on real es tate conveyances. The present rates are 50' cents where the sum exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, and 50 cents for each additional $500. The only exception in the increase in these taxes, it was said, was made in the case of playing cards. Demand that the administration use $136,000,000 claimed by the presi dent to have been saved by the bud get in the last six months toward payment of a soldier bonus instead of levying new taxes was made in the house today by Representative Byrnes, South Carolina, democrat, member of the appropriations com mittee. FALL SAYS RUMOR FALSE Secretary of Interior Denies Any Thought of Resigning. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 10. Secretary Of the Interior Fall took notice today of widespread rumors that he was planning to resign soon from the cabinet and made the follow ing statement: "Although I have received tele grams from newspapers in my own state and elsewhere inquiring as to these rumors, I am ,at a loss to ac count for them. I am not resigning. I have not the matter in contempla tion, and my official relationship, so far as I know, is entirely satisfac tory. Nor have I received any offers from oil companies." DAWSON, Y.T., GETS CHILL Temperature Drops to 62 Degrees Below Zero. DAWSON, Y. T., Feb. 10. Follow ing the mildest winter in the memory of white settlers, the temperature dropped to 62 degrees below zero here today and to 65 below at Selkirk. This temperature came at the end of a three-day spell, of more than 60 helow. v . Practically no traffic has moved in the Yukon for. several , days, except the mails, which are still handled by horse- team, between relay stations. Two Others Caught on Highway and Fourth - Surrenders Self to Sheriff. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Of the nine prisoners who escaped from the Lane county jail here at 12:30 this morning, four were In cus tody again tonight and had been lodged in jaii. No trace of the' five other men had been found. Harold Stuman, 18, held on a charge of automobile theft, was found sleep ing in a barn near the home of Mrs. Delia Wheatfill, whose son also was implicated in the theft. C L. O'Brien ami young Wheatfill were recaptured by -Sheriff Stickels near Santa Clara, four miles north of Eugene, on the highway,- tonight. William H. Ne'sbitt, charged with passing bad checks, gave himself up to the sheriff a few minutes later. He had been walking about the streets of Eugene. O'Brien "' and Wheatfill were found by a farmer in his barn and the sheriff was noti fied by telephone. Stuman, according to Sheriff Stickels, admitted that he and Wheatfill, who had been left each night in the corridor of the jail, broke the locks on the cell doors. Stuman said he picked the lock of one of the outer doors with a case knife and some one opened a second door, allowing the prisoners the free dom of the hallway, where several of them lunged against the outer door of wood, breaking it off the hinges. Sheriff Stickels was at a party with his wife at the time of the break. A maid heard the noise when the outer door was broken and .gave the alarm. OLD PULM0T0R MUST GO New Means for Resuscitation of Gas Victims Found. t NEW YORK, Feb. 10. (Special.) A new inhalation apparatus for the resuscitation of victims of illuminat ing gas has been put into use in this city, according to Dr. H. G. MacAdam, chief of the division of institutional inspection of the health department. The new method of resuscitation is the discovery of Dr. Yandell Hender son, of the laboratory of applied physiology of Yale university. It is the . result of experimentation on small animals. It has been taken up by officials it the.;. United States public health service'the bureau of mines of the department of the interior and the American Gas association. Dr. Stuart Scott said the new resuscitation method consists of a gas, a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide, which when .inhaled expels the injurious carbon -monoxide from the. system. The new gas works In approximately" one-third the time the ordinary pul motor takes. STATE FIRE LOSS $152,120 January Report of Oregon Marshal Lists 42 Blazes., SALEM, Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Fire losses in Oregon, exclusive of Portland, for the month of January, aggregated $152,120, according to a report prepared here today by the state fire marshal. A total of 42 fires were reported, the most disastrous of which occurred at Wallowa. This fire destroyed the high school building with a loss of $50,000. Nine teen of the fires Ignited from unde termined sources. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 degrees; minimum, 35 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; winds mostly southwest erly. Foreign. Strikers in Cork seise railways. Page 6. .National. Borah, may support arms cut treaties. Page 1. Court action may be needed to put through Muscle Shoals deal. Page 2. Mutual faith declared-life of arms treaties. Page 2. House committee maps out taxes for bouns. Page .1. Harding asks senate to ratify arms treaties. Page 1. 200 Russian relief drives conducted by reds. Page 1. Domestic. Mabel Normand quizzed again in Taylor murder. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Oregon wool men discuss problems. Page 3. State politicians meet in Seattle. Page 7. Four Eugene fugitives are recaptured. Page 1. Sockeye salmon resume run in Columbia. Page 1. Steamer Bessie Dollar crippled at sea. Page 3. Slagle case goes to jury today. Page 6. Sports. Looked-for storm in boxing flivvers. Page 14. Leonard is victor by judges decision. Page 14- Spokane fighters outclass Armory associa tion's men. Page 14. Aggies defeat Oregon in basketball, 41 to 19. Page 14. - Commercial and Marine. Wheat selling in northwest checked by rapid advance. Page 21. Proposed transfer tax. has weakening ef fect on stock prices. Page 2L Wheat shipments almost doubled. Page 20. Portland's return on capital biggest. Page 20. Sale of war-built wood craft pends. Page 2. Portland and Vicinity. Eggs plentiful in local market and price is tending downward. Page 12. Interest needed in chest drive. Page 22. Holman pummels warrant shaver. Page 13. -National park merger urged by engineer. Page 16. Oregon guard plans drive for recruits. Page 5. Drive for funds for Pacific university not to be abandoned. Page 8. Wayson witnesses quibble about word. Page 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 20. Bishop Sumner asks Dean Hicks to resign. Page 1. ' FOR RESIGNATION Very Rev. Mr. Hicks Says He Will Not Quit. CHURCH SUPERIOR DEFIED Pastor Is Accused of Disloy alty to Prelate. SERMON IS ONE CAUSE Proof Before Congregation of AH .. Charges to Be Demanded, Is r Declaration in Reply. The Very Eev. R. T.-T. Hicks, dean of the diocese o'f Oregon and St. Ste pBen's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, was asked to resign his position with the church and' diocese in a communica tion mailed to him yesterday by Bishop Walter T. Sumner of the dio cese of Oregon, according to state -njents obtained from the bishop. Request for Dean Hicks' resigna tion, it was said, came not merely from the bishop, but was made in accordance with a vote of the chapter of the Pro-Cathedral,, corresponding closely to the vestry of all other Epis copal churches. t Dlsloyalty Is Charged. Bishop Sumner said the demand for the resignation was made on grounds of disloyalty to his superior and to the traditions of the Pro-Cathedral and because of unsatisfactory admin istration. He admitted that a sermon which Dean Hicks had preached a wee)t ago Sunday morning. In which he was understood to have criticised the bishop, had something to do with the action. Dean Hicks last night said that he had not yet received the communi cation from the bishop, which was sent by mail.. He added, however, thathe would refuse to resign and that he would demand that any cliargua made against him be proved. "Bishop Sumner will have to prove to me and to my congregation his right and authority to demand my resignation," said Dean Hicks. Action Is Challenged. The dean charged that Bishop Sum ner's displeasure was due to the fact that he "refused to be led around by the noise." A meeting of the chapter of thje Pro-Cathedral, called by Bishoii Sumner to act on the request to the! dean for his resignation, also was declared by Dean Hicks to have been illegal, owing to the fact that it was called without his knowledge and consent. Bishop Sumner declined to elabo rate on the charges against Dean Hicks, although he said that in ask ing for the resignation he was com plying with a resolution adopted by the chapter of the Pro-Cathedral. He said that seven out of nine members of the chapter voted in favor of the request for the resignation. One member was absent. The communication directed to the dean, the bishop said, requested that the resignation be effective March 1. Although mentioning the fact that he had been criticised In a sermon preached by Dean Hicks, the bishop declined to, specify just what the na ture of the criticism had been. Bishop Declared Inlstent. The action taken by chapter was declared by Dean Hicks not to have . represented the real feeling of the members, but to have been taken upon the insistance of the bishop and after the bishop had told them he had the power to demand the resig nation without any expression from the chapter members. "I was told by one member of the Lchapter that if left to themselves they would not nave taicen any eucii action," declared the dean. Dean Hicks denied, that he had criticised the bishop in his sermon as charged, alleging that this charge was merely being taken as an ex cuse. "The bishop was not present at the time the sermon was delivered and any information he received was second-hand," he said. "Why did he not come to me and ask me what I said?" IV o Name Is Mentioned. The sermon in question was from the text: "Brother, if any man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness." The dean said he referred to the attitude of Chris tians toward one another and de cidedly did not mention any one by name in his discourse. That Bishop Sumner's antagonism is the outgrowth of a quarrel started at a recent convention of the church also was the declaration of Dean Hicks. The dean said he .there de clined to vote for a certain man for membership in the standing comm't tee of the diocese and also refused to instruct his delegation at the gather ing to vote for this man, .contrary to the wishes of the bishop. "At that time," said the dean, "the bishop came to my office and called the Pro-Cathedral and myself disloyal The whole trouble is that I ha.ve a mind of my own. If I were content to be a manikin and move every time he pressed the button, I would be ae ceptable to him." The action was spoken of by th (Concluded uu Puge 2, Column 4.) 1