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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1923 5, 10 PACT CI PLEASE It DECLARES KATO Chinese-Japanese Settlement Is Discussed. PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO Admiral Says No Action Could Satisfy Kvery Factor In Every Country. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The ad justments reached between China and Japan in the Washington conference in relation to the future of fahan- tung, "however just and honorable to the parties immediately concerned, could hardly be expected, in the very nature of things, to please every fac tion of every country," Admiral Baron T. Kato, member of the Japanese delegation, said tonight in an address here. Admiral Kato's address and one by M. Hanihara, another delegate, were made at a banquet to them by the Japanese society of America. Ap proximately 200 American and Japa nese attended. Admiral Baron Kato, Mr. Hanihara, llajor-General K. Tanaka, military adviser to the delegation, and 30 of the secretarial force will leave for home tomorrow. "What is of supreme importance, from the broadest point of view," Baron Kato continued, "is that the lonc-standine and vexatious ques tion between China and Japan has been definitely removed. That de eirable end has . been achieved fully and completely. Feeling Declared Good. "I shall have the pleasure of re porting to my government and peo ple that America and Japan under stand each other better than they have for a quarter of a century. Never have their aims and aspira tions been more sympathetically understood than at the present time. Much of the distrust and suspicion of other years has been swept away and fear has given place to mutual trust and confidence. Discussing the details of the con ference. Baron Kato said: "With regard to the limitation of the. total tonnage of submarines and light cruisers, the Japanese delega tion hoped for an agreement in ac cordance with the original American plans. We greatly regret our failure to achieve these ends, but are grati fied with our success in limiting the size of auxiliary craft as well as the size of guns. Submarine Are Favored. "In our opinion, submarines, if leg! timately used, do not materially differ from destroyers and torpedo-boats. Because of the insular character of Japan and the extensive line of her coasts and because of the location of our harbors, we feel that we must have a certain number of submarines which, properly distributed, may be depended upon for adequate defense and national security. It goes with out saying that we are in perfect ac cord with the sentiment which con demns the abusive and inhuman em ployment of submarines as illustrated irt the late war. Hence our agree ment here as to the future use of submarines will. 1 am sure be ac credited as a noble piece of work. By. this agreement we prohibit the illegitimate use of the undersea craft." BANDIT SUSPECTS TAKEN Three of Robbery King Believed Arrested at Parkland, Wash. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 20. Seattle detectives, co-operating with mem bers of the- sheriff's office of this county, today arrested three men at Parkland, Wash., near here, who are believed to be the nucleus of an or ganized gang of highwaymen and burglars who have been operating- in the cities of the Pacific northwest, the arresting officers said. According to the Seattle police of ficers all three of the suspects are known to have criminal records. The three men, in connection with a fourth who is said to have turned state's evidence, are wanted specific ally in connection with the robbery of a construction paymaster at Seattle about three weeks ago vihen W was secured. The three men were placed In the Pierce county Jail here, and later locked together. with leg Irons, were takenktd1 Seattle by automobile. YOUTH'S BODY IDENTIFIED Lcroy Stalcup, 22, Drowned Dec. 17,' Washed lip on Beach. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) The body of the man found on the beach south of Westport Saturday has been identified as that of George Leroy Stalcup, 22 years old, of South Bend, Wash., drowned December 17 last wnile fishing for crabs. Three others were fishing with Stalcup in two small launches at the time of the accident off Willapa harbor. In the boat with Stalcup waa an Indian boy named Rial Lewis of Tokeland, and in the other boat were Alvin Odds, also of Tokeland, and another boy. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stalcup of South Bend were in Aberdeen yesterday and made positive identification of the body by means of clothing and tatoo marks. The body will be buried at South Bend Wednesday. Young; Stal oup served in the navy during the war. Obituary. Marion and Paul Samson. CANBY, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) Aiarion faamson, pioneer of Clackamas county, whose home is at Needy, died at a Portland hospital "on Sunday evening, where he was taken three weeks ago for medical treatment, lie was sixty-seven years old. Paul Samson, 29, only son of Mr. Samson, whose home is also at Needy, died on Saturday afternoon, the day previous to his father, his death being due to influenza, con tracted while at the bedside of the father. Miss Lola Samson, daughter of Marion Samson, is also critically ill in Portland. William H. Kirkpatrick. HALSEY, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) William H, Kirkpatrick, Halsey cit izen and civil war veteran, died at the Albany hospital after a pro longed illness following an operation. He was 62 years of age. Burial was in Pine Grove cemetery. He leaves so family. William W. Quinn. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) William W. Quinn, one of the ' most prominent residents and pio neers of Oregon City, died at the family home at Canemah Sunday evening. Peath was due to a stroke I of apoplexy. Mr. Quinn was born in ! Waterfrn cniintv Ireland. Novem ber 14, 1840, and came to the United I States with his parents when he was nine years old. For many years he was employed by the Portland Flour ing mills. Mr. Quinn is survived by his chil dren: William W. Quinn Jr. of Al mota, Wash.; Ferd, Frank, Miss Ella Quinn of Oregon City; Mrs. Clara Bruce, Miss Adele Quinn, Mrs. Theo McLaren of Portland; Miss Charlotte Quinn of Oregon City; two grand children, Robert and Jean McLaren of Portland, and a sister. Mrs. Jo hanna LaTean of Springfield, Mass. Funeral services will be held from the St. John's Catholic church Wed nesday morning at 9 o'clock, with Monsignor A, Hillebrand, pastor, officiating. Interment will be In the Canemah cemetery beside his wife, who died in 1908. . . Henry Schomaker. SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) Henry Schomaker, prominent Salem Shriner, died here today at the age of 75 years. - Mr. Schomaker had been a member of the Masonic lodge for mo,re than 40 years. He had filled every chair the Masonic lodge has to dffer, his friends said, including worshipful master. Mr. Schomaker is survived by his widow, a resident of Salem, three sons and two daughters. His sons are, Ivan of San Francisco, Dean of Salem and George of Portland. His daughters are Mrs. Mabel Mortensen of Springfield and Mrs. Pearl Devoe of Salem. , Carrie E. Burks. Carrie E. Burks, 39, died February 13 at her home, 959 Vernon avenue She was born in Texas and for a number of years taught in the public schools of Dallas, Tex. In 1J06 she married James A. Burks. She is sur vived by her husband, two daughters, Mildred and Ruth; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Prator; two sisters, Miss Moina Prator and Mrs. Claudia Home of Springfield, Mo., and three brothers, Hampton Prator of Dallas, Tex., Philip Prator of Phoenix, Ariz., and Kemp Prator of Fresno, Cal. Lawrence Russell. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Lawrence Russell, a veteran of the world war, died today.. He had been ill with influenza for two days. Two blood transfusions failed to save him. Elmer Russell, ex mayor of North Bend, is a brother of the deceased and was one of the brothers who gave blood in the effort to save the dying man. The victim will be buried with Knights of Pythias and American Legion honors, BOYS' AXD GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES REVIEWED. Publication Prepared by State De partment of Education to Be Sent All Over Oregon. . SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) The so-called "Red Book," prepared by the state department of education and dealing with the progress of the boys' and girls' industrial club work in Oregon, is now ready for distribu tion. H. C. Seymour, state club leader, with headquarters in Corvallis, in a brief contribution to the publication, reviews club work in Oregon as fol lows, in part: "First let me say that in 1920 there were 2989' boys and girls who com pleted all their work and filed their final reports in our office. This year there were 4189 . completed all work and filed reports. Last year the value of products produced by members of the state was $111,584.66, and this year it was $127,359.68. The cost of carrying on the work in 1920 wag $55,641.76, while this year the cost was $60,581. 13. The profit in 1920 tc the club members was $55,942.90. while this year it is $66,778.55. In the year 1920 there were 124 clubs in the state that finished 100 per cent strong. Now, I know you will be sur prised and happy to know that this year there were 254 of these clubs that finished 100 per cent strong." Several thousand copies of the book have been printed and they will be sent to practically every section of the state. 3 ROBBERS GET 522.030 NEW YORK BANK MESSENGER HELD TIP. I Negro Employed at $ 1 6 a Week for 15 Years Forced to Give Up Gold and Currency. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. A robber casually, walked up to a motor truck used by the Greenwich bank today, took $22,000 in gold and currency away, from a negro messenger, walked around the corner of Seventh avenue and Twentieth street and drove away in an automobile with two compan ions. They were still at large to night. Sitting beside the messenger, Will iam A. Russell, when he handed the bag of money to the robber upon be ing fold to "give me that bag and give it to me quick," was a driver, and behind them, in the back of the truck, sat Clarence Brown, another negro messenger. Brown was guard ing $18,000 in silver, which was un touched by the robber. None of the three was armed. It was said at police headquarters that Russell had been employed by the Greenwich bank for 15 years and received a salary of $16 a week. A woman who witnessed the holdup said she thought she was watching the filming of a movie and only when she looked in vain for a camera did the thought come that this was the reaf thing. Police Court Fine Appealed. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Elmer Smith, ex-I. W. W. at torney of Centralia, has served notice of appeal from the $5 police court fine imposed upon him Saturday aft ernoon for speaking in defiance of Mayor Bailey's proclamation. At the same time he announced his intention i to speak in Aberdeen soon, probably next Saturday. DRINK HOT TEA j FOR A BAD COLD Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea at any pharmacy Take a tablespoonful of this Hamburg tea, put a cup of boiling water upon it, pour through a sieve and drink a teacupful at any time. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as it opens the pores, relieving conges tion Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking a cold at once. It is inexpensive and entirely vege table, therefore harmless. Adv, PLANS FOR IDLE WEIGHED CITY PAY CUTS PROPOSED TO HELP VANCOUVER JOBLESS. Councilman Enright ' Would Have New Dock Bulkheaded Sale of . Gravel Is Suggested Also. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special) A. G. Enright, a member of the city council, at a meeting of the Vancouver Realty Board, ex plained his plan to provide work for about 80 heads of families. He sug gested that the Port of Vancouver donate $1000, the committee handling the funds raised by the charity bazaar here last week $1000, and $1000 . be raised by cutting the pay of the city employes 10 per cent. He proposed this fund be used to hire men at $3.50 a day to bulkhead the new city dock, using old planking that has to ba torn off the old dock. The good plank can be saved and the old plank turned over to the city woodyard, which has given about 400, cords to poor familes this winter, he said. Work for half time would be pro vided for about five weeks Mr. En right said, and he added that by that time other work will have opened up. Mayor Kiggins and Floyd A. Swan, chairman of the Port of Vancouver, thought the plan impractical. Herbert J. Campbell suggested the city hire men to get out gravel and sell this to Portland builders, if pos sible. A resolution was adopted favoring any feasible plan which would create work for heads of families in the city. FRATERNITIES PLEDGE 28 Light Rushing Season Closes at Washington State College. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Feb. 20. (Special.) With only 28 men pledged to 12 different fraternities on the campus, the light rushing season of -the men's social groups has about closed. To date the following men have been pledged: Sisma Phi Epsilon Weldon Terxa, We-natchee;- James Baker, Hoqulam; Roger Harrison, Cheaey; Carroll McCoy, Oakes dale. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Murray Baxter, Spokane; Ronald Miller, Seattle; Keen Brundage, Havre, Mont. Kappa Sigma Jack Bennett, Walla Walla; Herman Whltaire, , Vancouver; Howard Duncan, Tekoa. Sigma Chi Paul Otto, Tacoma: Curry Mitchell,- Sunnyside; Owen Adair, Long Beach, Cal. Lambda Chi Alpha Edgerton McAllister, Spokane; Phil Jensen, Seattle; Harrie Bahlke, Grandview. Alpha Tau Omega Harleth Steinke and Richard Howerton of Spokane. Sigma Nu Richard Smith, Spokane; Edgar McDougal, Seattle. Theta XI Russel Glenn, Sunnyside ; John Harris, Issaquah. Phi Delta Theta Albert DeMeri, Eureka, Mont. Beta Theta, Pi Afton L. Fraser, Spo kane. Gamma Phi (Local) Aaron Kiehn, Rltzville;. Robert Prescott. Kamiah, Idaho; Robert Bueklln, Port Blakely. Delta . Tau Alpha (Local) Chester Reese, Lewiston, Idaho. REED STORE HAS PROFIT Bonds and War Stamps Bought Besides Dividend. Besides returning a dividend on sales next fall, the Reed college co operative store will give its members a return upon outside- investments. The sales the past semester have been so profitable that Manager Hobart Benson has invested in bonds to the sum of $2500, besides 84 $5 war sav ings stamps. With the moving of the store from the arts' building to the new commons building. It was expected that trade would fall off, but on the contrary business has improved. The total sales from September 1, 1921, to Jan uary 31, 1922, was $5852.57, or an in crease of $789.37. Although this sum is small, yet when it is considered that only 286 members belong to the enterprise, and only purchases are made .by the students while on the campus, the record is proportionate to other business ventures. Liquor Operator Found Guilty. MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) Dujo Varkovich, second defendant at ,this term of court to be tried on a jointist charge, was found guilty by a jury Saturday. Gus Hahn was found guilty Wednesday. The conviction carries with it a pen alty of imprisonment in the state pen itentiary for from one to five years. 0. O. Melvln, when arraigned on a liquor manufacturing charge, pleaded guilty and exonerated his uncle, G. J. Melvin, who has been held on ttie same charge. On the recommenda tion of Deputy Prosecutor wade, Judge Homer Kirby sentenced the nephew to pay $500 and serve 90 days and dismissed the action against his uncle. Both were arrested in Aber deen last December. Schools Adopt Milk Feeding. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) A glass of milk twice a day is cheaper than an extra year in school, according to the bi-monthly report of Miss Louise Zorn, county nurse. As the result of her inspec tion of school children, several dis tricts in the county have made ar rangements to provide a glass of milk in the middle of the forenoon and again in the afternoon to those children who are underweight and in other ways show that they need an extra amount of nourishment. Interest .in Bus Line Sold. ABERDEEN'. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Earl Hurlburt today closed a deal for Walter Galusha's half "in terest in the Twin City Transfer com pany, operating busses between Aber deen and Hoquiam. The consideration was not named. Hurlburt is now sole owner of the line, having purchased the interest of Walter Coldiron, who with Galusha started the line in De cember, 1920. i $100,000 Case Off Docket. MONTESANO, ' Wash., Feb. 20. enume! ItS V (Special.) Notice that the A. P. Stockwell versus W. J. Patterson suit for $100,000 damages would be dis mised or settled out of court was received by the county clerk - this morning and' the case, originally Bet for next Monday, was -stricken from the Jury docket In the complaint Mr. Stockwell charged that Mr. Pat terson had attributed the rumors which led to a run on the Hayes & Hayes bank one year ago to Mr. Stockwell, thereby injuring the plain tiff's reputation and credit to the extent of $100,000. S TO GET OFFER WEEKS TO SUBMIT ALABAMA COMPANY'S PLAN TODAY. Proposals of Auto Manufacturer and Power Concern Will Be An swered at the . Same Time. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20. An nouncement by Secretary Weeks to day that he would submit to con gress tomorrow for acceptance or re jection the Alabama Power company's offer to purchase and lease the Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and waterpower projects submitted to him last Tues day, added to the possibilities of fur ther delay in congress of considera tion of Henry Ford's offer for the same properties. The Alabama company's offer, it was said, would be addressed tomor row to the speaker of the house and president of the senate, and be re ferred by them upon receipt probably to the military affairs committee of the house, and agriculture committee of the senate, both of which are en gaged in investigating the Ford pro posal. Chairman Kahn announced to night that the house body would con elude its study of the offer submitted by the Detroit manufacturer before undertaking hearings on the new pro posal, but would not report them sep arately to the house. Joint Report to Be Made. The plan in recommending accept ance or rejection of the offers to the full membership of the house, the chairman said, would be to prepare a joint report on all proposals congress might receive. In this manner, it was explained, .the Ford offer would re main in the committee's hands, pre venting action by the house until all the proposals the war secretary might submit were thoroughly investigated. Mr. Kahn said he expected to con elude the hearings on Mr. Ford's offer this week and would immediately be. gin an examination of that from the Alabama Power company, which Sec retary Weeks indicated today was considered a better offer in some re spects than that of Henry Ford. TARIFF TROUBLES AIHED DISCUSSION OF VALUATION PRINCIPLES IS HELD. House Committeemen Hold Out Strongly for American Plan As in House Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. Differences between republicans of the senate finance committee and the house ways and .means committee over tariff valuation principles were aired today at a three-hour secret conference without any concrete re suit. Neither side tonight appeared hopeful of an early agreement. The house committeemen, Repre sentatives Fordney, Longworth and Green, who would constitute the majority conferees for the house on any tariff bill proposed by the sen ate, held out strongly at today's con ference for the American valuation principle as written into the house bill. This was resisted by the sen ate committeemen, who, in under taking to rewrite the house measure, long ago abandoned that principle. The conference was requested by the senate committee majority, fol lowing the declaration Saturday of Mr. Fordney that if the senate sent back to the house a bill carrying a foreign valuation basis as tentatively agreed upon by senate committee re publicans,' the ways and means com mittee would rewrite the measure on the basis of the American valuation principle and the house would return that to the senate. Chairman McCumber said it w.as desirable to bring about an agree ment between the two committees 11 passible before the bill was reported to the senate, aB time probably -would be saved in that way. It was explained that any change m the valuation principle underlying the bill would Involve a recasting of most of the ad valorem rates or a rewriting of a great part of the whole measure. -. Road Contracts to Be Let. KELSO, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) The Washington state highway de partment will let the contract few grading one mile of the Pacific high way within the city limits of Kelso Tuesday, February 28. This contract involves an entire rearrangement of the Pacific highway through the north and about 20,000 yards of earth will be required to make the fill. At the same time a contract will be let for the construction of the Pacific Men! here's the acme of this season's values Heavy CTTTTTC! BlueSerge OUl 1 O $29 Clothes of quality clothes of style; well-tailored models for both, men and young men. See . . Fourth - street window display. Finished an4 tjnfinished Worsteds in Men's Suits $35 '.You'll recognize values in this group. Men's and young men's models in every desirable shade, pattern and style. "RTTTVT QTTT T TATf LeadingClothier -EHlN O j Lj JL 1 1M Kj Morrison at Fourth highway through Kalama, where more than one mile of the nignway win De graded. Later a contract for gravel ing the highway from Kelso to Kalama will be awarded. Bolo Club Will Meet. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor bolo club will hold an open meeting at Montesano next Friday night, with every ex- service nian, whether a member of any organization or not, invited. Grant Hinkle, secretary of state; Ed Clifford, supervisor or laDor ana in dustries; Bob Arkley, state president of the organization; Dr. Raymond Cary, county physician, ana .ttoDen A. Le Roux are scheduled as speakers. The . Oregonian publishes practi cally all of the want ads printed in the other three Portland papers, in addition to thousands of exclusive advertisements not printed in any other local paper. -Dhn.-na rt-.. . !inr-ona tft til A OrP- g-onian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. j HE'S HERE NOW! At LON CH ANEY In His Lnteat and GreateHt Production THE NIGHT ROSE" BLUE MOUSE ORCHESTRA Week day 35c Coming? 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