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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIATf, MONDAY, 3IAHCH 6, 1923
FRANCE ALONE HELD
INJURED IT PARLEY
Sending of Briand to Amer
ica Held Mistake.
CONFLICT TALK FLOUTED
Good Relations With America Still
Maintained by French Peo
ple, Says Tardieu.
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.
Former French Hig'h Commissioner to
America.
(Copyright. 1022. by The Oregonlan.)
PARIS, Maroh 6. (Special cable.)
Everybody recognizes that 1 ranco
Brttflsh j-elaAtons were Immensely ben
efited by the Lloyd Geor&e-Poincare
conference at Boulogne. I think that
Kxajnoo-American relations also will
Jertefit indirectly by the comiferervce.
But today I am goin to take the
kuli by tine horns, wirtih your penmia
BivD. Sinoe the "WashJnigton confer
ence the American opinion of France
has been rather below par. France
was badly represented. To the best
of my ability I tried to warn you
when the conference opened not to
confuse France with France's spokes
men, but this confusion arose and
the errors predicted were committed.
Concerning naval armaments, M.
Briand silently let pass the moment
when France could properly have in
sisted upon recognition of her im
mense maritime and colonial inter
ests. This moment was the opening
session when Secretary Hughes an-,
nounced the 6-5-3 formula for Great
Britain. th United States ana Japan,
.Another big blunder was committed
when in the absence of the French
plenipotentiaries our naval experts put
in their absurd claim for 350,000 tons
of capital ships. Finally, concerning
land armaments Briand breathed
scarcely a word of France" need for
keeping the means of action against
a manifestly recalcitrant aeDtor.
TJ. S. Psychology Ignored.
Furthermore. I cannot Ignore our
delegates' astonishing negligence of
the American press ana tne aosenct
rr,m the, delegation of any man Know
lnir American news methods and
American psychology. The final re
suit was what it had to be. When the
conference ended the majority Amer
ican opinion was thoroughly con
vinced that France had become a na
tion impossible to treat with or even
In talk to.
Following this, M. Briand having
meantime collapsed on account of his
nnnnrdonable faults at Cannes, tn
debate opened between Poincare and
Lloyd George concerning Genoa. This
served as an occasion, for part of the
press of Great Britain roundly to ae
nounce France's intransigence. The
denunciation deeply impressed many
Americans, though hardly Justly, for
as the United States had decided to
abstain it could scarcely blame France,
who agreed to go, for asking certain
preliminary precautions.
Poincare's note on the subject of
Genoa was very generally regarded
as fair, yet how many people continue
crying that France was putting spikes
In the wheels and was lacaing in
entente spirit.
. Conflict Seems Dissipated.
The Boulogne interview came just
In time to show that things were not
as bad as pictured and that the
French arguments had a cogency
which even Lloyd George recognized.
Of course I do not claim that the two
premiers in a few hours' could settle,
or even thoroughly examine the man
ifold problems, both political and eco
nomic, on which the views and inter
ests of the two nations differ." Nev
ertheless, the Franco-British conflict
so noisily proclaimed by the newspa
ers of all countries not excepting. the
French socialist organs seems- dis
sipated. If It ever Indeed existed,
draw from this affair some useful
I do not doubt that Americans will
draw from this affair some useful
conclusions concerning biased exag
gerations with which certain newspa
pers endeavor to disturb our good re
lations. France Alone Held Injured.
I realize that somebody will seek
to confound me by. saying it is not
the fault of the United States if that
country is deceived about France by
the men who unfortunately headed
the French government for so long.
Had we not let Briand go to Wash
ington, his mistakes would not have
occurred. And had not Louis Louch
eur been a cabinet minister for a
whole year, his ridiculous speech
about France's inability to pay her
debts would have passed unheeded.
AH of this is, true, but every country
lias its blunderers and people must
learn to judge another not by words
but by facts.
On this basis America can see that
France has not changed and that
the blunders committed in her na
tion during the past year injured her
self alone and not others.
AU of this is not very comforting
to us, but it warrants us in hoping
that our friends will not aggravate
the injury we have undergone by
passing a severe judgment which we
do oot feel we deserve.
1849, Layton and Davis settling in
1S51 on what is now Layton's prairie,
in southern Lewis county. Mrs. Prince,
a sister of Davis, was a widow with
one child. She later married Captain
Terrell and located in the Skookum
chutk valley above Bueoda. Mrs.
cerrilda B. Layton, 85, daughter of
Mrs. -Terrell; Charles Layton, 87, son
of Samuel Layton, and Andrew Davis,
son of J. C. Davis, are the three oldest
descendants of the pioneers in hono:
of whose memory the picnic was held.
SHORTAGE OF LOGS
S
GROW
MORE ACUTE
LABOR COUNCIL IS SPLIT
Only Two Coal Locals Keep Mem
bership in Centralia Body.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 6.
(Special.) Alleged radical tendencies
HARSHFIELD ElKS ELECT
EXALTED RULER.
ROY J. GORMAN SOUGHT
Ex-Seattle Man Is Accused of Lar
ceny at Chehalis.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 5. (Spe
cial.) Roy J. Gorman, formerly of
Seattle, but who for some time has
been connected with the Western
Storage Battery company of Chehalis,
Is wanted here for grand larceny.
Some months ago Gorman came to
this city and became associated with
& number of prominent business and
professional men in an organization
which is ready to begin the manufac
turing of storage batteries for coast
trade. Recently he lost the confi
dence of the officers of the company.
His authority was taken from him
and he was compelled to quit the con
cern. After surrendering the keys,
however, he was alleged to have
stolen a quantity of supplies worth
upwards of $100.
Gorman left here for Portland by
auto late Saturday. A warrant for
bis arrest was issued late last night.
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A. L. Martin.
MARSH FIELD, Or., March 8.
(Special.) A. L. Martin, man
ager of the Mountain States
Power company, was elected
exalted ruler of Elks lodge of
this city. Mr. Martin has been
a resident of Marshfield for
six years, as manager for the
company, and before then had
managed the plants at Cor
vallis and Dallas. He served
two terms as president of the
Marshfield cnaml of com
merce and was also president
of the Dallas chamber for one
term. He is 40 years of age,
and has spent 20 of those years
in the employ of the H. M.
Byllesby company.
The local .lodge looks for
ward to an active year under
Mr. Martin's guidance.
of the .Central Trades and Labor
council have disrupted the organiza
tion, only two coal miners' locals.
Nos. 1717 and 4313, , retaining mem
bership in the organization. The
cooks and waiters were the last to
withdraw following resolutions
adopted by the council demanding the
release from the state penitentiary of
the eight I. W. W. convicted of Cen
tralla's armistice-day murders.
The carpenters, brick layers, musi
cians, barbers, moving picture opera
tors and printers hadi previously
withdrawn from the council.
Half of Camps of Northwest
Are Closed.
SNOW HALTS OPERATIONS
LUMBER OUTLOOK BRIGHT
West Coast Product. Rapidly Be'
' ' -xming Better Known.' '. "
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 5. (Spe
cial.) When tha national lumber
market is stabilized there will be little
difficulty In developing -a huge mar
ket in the east for Pacific coast lum
ber, C. J. Hogue, manager of the
West Coast Forest Products bureau.
with headquarters in New York city,
told the members of the Kiwanis club
at luncheon here Friday.
"The farmers need lumber," assert
ed Mr. Hog'ue, "and there will be a
demand for it in the recognized trade
channels. West coast lumber Is rap
idly coming into its own and will have
its own market as the Pacific coast
section becomes better known and
understood."
Radio Outfit to Be Installed.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 5.
(Special.) A public radio outfit will
be installed about May 1 in the local
battery station of Ray Hatch, accord
ing to an announcement yesterday by
Mr. Hatch, who has taken the agency
for radio instruments and supplies in
this territory. It will be arranged so
that Centralians can enjoy free of
charge concerts and similar enter
tainments held in San Francisco, Los
Angeles and other large centers, and
receive market and weather reports
and news dispatches. A. similar in
strument was recently installed in the
local armory for use of members of
company L, national guard tank corps.
Squirrel Drive Organized.
HEPPNER, Or., March 5. (Special.)
An effort is being made to line up
every community in Morrow county
where equirreis have been doing dam
age to get behind an effective cam
paign for their control. The county
agent, C. C. Calkins, scheduled poison
mixing demonstrations in ten com
munities in the county, and with the
assistance of R. T, Jackson has mixed
304)0 quarts of poison in the last week
in those communities.
'DESCENDANTS AT PICNIC
More Than. 100 Attend Outing at
Bucoda Grange Hall.
CENTRALIA, Wash, March 5.
(Special.) More than 100 descendants
of J. C. Davis. Mrs. Rebecca (Prince)
Terrell and Samuel Layton. pioneer
i .into nf cnnthwPKt WflRhinfrtnn
held a picric yesterday at the Skoo
kumchuck Grange hall, near Bucoda.
A dinner at noon and dance in the
evening were features. An organiza
tion was effected, with Elsie Nine
inire as president and Mrs. C. E. Prince
of this city as secretary-treasurer.
Japanese Try to Avoid Buying
Squares, But Resumption of Ori
' ental Business expected Soon.
If sales conditions in the lumber
Industry were suddenly to return to
normal the mills of the entire north
west would find themselves unable to
fill their orders. The logging situa
tion is more acute than in many
years. Snows In the high altitudes
and severe rains in the lower levels
have shut down more than one-half
of the camps of the northwest and
there is little prospect for them to be
reopened for some time.
Of the 42 camps on the Columbia
river at least 23 are down. In some
places the snow Is as deep as four
feet and logging is impossible.
Though some camps expected to open
early in March, conditions have made
opening Impossible before April 1
Snow Falls In Camps.
The snow which covered Portland
Heights and other points of high altl
tudes around Portland Friday night
fell to a much greater depth in the
localities where many of the logging
camps are sltuatea.
Mills of the Columbia river district
are struggling along and making the
best of the log situation. Their ef
forts might be termed "hand to
mouth." It would be almost impos
sible for them to turn out more lum
ber with conditions as they are,
in tne export ena or tne imnoer
business the Japanese seem to have
developed an idea that they can do
better through the purchase of logs
than they can through the 0-called
Jap squares. Several orders; of no
great volume, have been placed for
logs and these are being shipped to
the orient. The mills and the whole
salers of the northwest will combat
any attempt on the part of the Jap
anese to buy logs.
Japanese Declared Dissatisfied.
Such an act would mean that the
Japanese would deal directly with
the logging companies. These com
panies depend almost entirely upon
the mills and the wholesalers and the
latter organizations will try to pre
vent the purchase of any great num
ber of logs. An exporter who re
cently returned from the orient made
a statement several days ago in
which he declared that the Japanese
were dissatisfied with the prices they
were paying for squares and would
come into the markets of the north
west for logs.
The Japanese business has not ap
peared promising dur'ng the past
week. There have been many in
quiries but few orders. This condi
tion cannot long remain. The Japan
ese must have lumber. They will be
blocked from purchasing logs and
must go into the markets for squares
When they will start buying in earn
est is problematical.
Business Is Scanty.
Business in general is scanty and
tentative. Purchasing agencies are
holding back for more favorable
prices or conditions.
One of the correspondents of the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum
bermen declares that everything
points to large buying in the near
future and that on the strength of
these indications several mills are
preparing to open.
Wholesalers are taking orders at
lower prices but are finding it no
easy task to place large volumes of
lumber. A scramble among the
wholesalers for more business has
been responsible for the weakening
of prices. The bidding of the whole
salers has confused the buyers. In
other words, the buyer observes the
wholesalers scrambling among them
selves for business and sits back
waiting for a posible decrease in
prices.
Steadier Prices Needed.
What the market needs is a steady
ing in prices so that purchasers will
be less reluctant to buy. The South
ern Pacific recently placed an order
for more than' 3000 refrigerator cars.
None of the lumber going into these
cars will be taken direct from the
mills- The wholesalers attempted to
i
outbid one another to receive the
order and as a consequence the rail'
road company received the benefit.
There seems to be more inquiry
from all points for lumber, despite
the fact that orders are scanty. The
condition in California remains un
changed, with much inquiry regard
ing prices but no great number of
orders. The lumbermen expect the
market in California to be greatly
Improved within a short time.
Eastern Inquiries Increase.
Buyers from the extreme east are
making more inquiries and lumber
men can see a greatly increased
business from that section before
long. The inquiries are chiefly from
the industrial centers where there is
a disposition on the part of manufac
turers to' remove the cobwebs from
the wheels of their long idle plants.
The central west is still frozen up
and buying is at a standstill but
there seems to be a disposition on the
part of the wholesalers iri the Mis
sissippi valley to purchase. They are
making inquiries relative to the best
grades of lumber. Weather condi
tions have held up the buying in
Denver and Salt Lake and such cities,
but lumbermen are expecting orders
from these sources before very long.
Fugret Sonnd Camps Closed.
Tha logging companies of the Co
lumbia river are not alone in their
difficulties with the weather. The
camps in and around the Puget sound
district are aiso shut down because of
snow. Hundreds of men have been
thrown out of employment and are
waiting for more favorable condi
tions, to present themselves so that
they may return to their tasks.
According to correspondents of the
Four-L., the log prices will remain
firm and possibly advance, due to tha
fact that weather conditions have cut
down the normal supply to such a j
point that there Is an actual shortage.
Vasa Prihoda Is Acclaimed
"Wizard of the Bow."
Young Bohemian Fiddler's Play
ing of Tschaikowsky Concerto
Gives Proof of Right to Title.
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for quality in manufac
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BY CAVERLET BEAUMONT.
HEN a young boy puts his violin
under his chin and says: "It is
the will of God that I should speak to
the people with the voice of music
make them laugh, make them cry,
make them pray, that is genius.
The world acclaims Vasa Prihoda,
the young Bohemian fiddler, a genius,
and his playing of the Tschaikowsky
concerto for the violin with the Port
land symphony orchestra at the Hei
Hg theater Wednesday will be a proof
of his right to the title "wizard of the
bow."
Why? Well, here Is a true story,
When Tschaikowsky composed this
concerto, so well pleased was he with
his creation that he dedicated it to
the great Petersburg virtuoso, Leo
pold Auer. But Auer said that its
technical difficulties were so great
that it was impossible to play it! So
this unfortunate child of the com
poser's imagination was for two years
consigned to the land of forgotten
things. Then Brodsky played it in
Vienna and even he wrote to Tschai
kowsky that it was crowded with dif
ficulties, but he assured him that.
these once overcome, its beauty was
such as to tempt one to go on playing
it forever!
The work is typically Russian in
spirit, intensely romantic daring In
rhythm, bewildering in its rates of
movement, and such that the sense
Impressions flit before the imagina
tion like a drama in sound.
"On wings of music roaming,
With thee, beloved, I glide.
"Where the gay flowers are blooming
"On banks of Ganges tide.
In the exquisite- melody of this
Mendelssohn number, "On Wings of
Song," we shall hear all the tender
ness and poetry ot a love song, trans
porting us to
t
"Where in a garden of roses,
"While moonbeams calmly shine,
"The lotus-flower uncloses
"Her eyes to gaze on thine."
Then from the exotic delights of the
orient we shall travel to Greece, and
Prihoda will stir us with the lively
strains of Beethoven's Turkish march
from "The Ruins of Athens." Heard
at first very faintly in the distance,
then nearer and nearer, the spirited
tune delights us With its gaiety, till
our feet are almost on the march, too,
to join the soldiers as they pass on
their triumphant way.
A deliciously sprightly bit of music
is Bazzini's "Ronde de Lutins," in
which Prihoda will make the goblins
dance for us, showing how he appears
to play on the air itself and make it
sing for him.
Tentao Girl Wins Prize.
CENTRALIA, Wash, March E.
(Special.) A $10 prize offered by the
Olympia Rotary club for the best
Corns?
just say
Blue jay
to your druggist
Stops Pain Instantly
The simplest way to end a corn is
Blue-jay. A touch stops the pain in
stantly. Then the corn loosens and
comes out. Made in two forms a
colorless, clear liquid (one drop does
it!) and in extra thin plasters. Use
whichever form you prefer, plasters
or the liquid the action is the same.
Safe, gentle. Made in a world-famed
laboratory. Sold by all druggists.
Frees Writ Baur& Black. Chieaaa. Dtvt. 119
for valuabU book. " Comet Cora of Out Fort.
The pioneers crossed, tha plains la :
fjjjj It taf(es only a handful of copper cents to' make
I I a dollar, but it takes a headful of common sense I I
to save one.
j . Garry a 1
1 savings account
y Whether .. your income be large or j J
jj small carry a savings account. jjjj I
I Make it a joint account if you wish so ( I
j your wife can draw on it in an emergency. If! j
!i Ready' cash is the best kind of jj
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Opportunity knocks, ready cash is the Jj j J
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Why tire your back and strain your
eyes and wear, yourself out over such
a simple thing as ironing?
Use an iron that is so built that
you can see where you are ironing
without bending over the Westing
house M-Iron the iron with the
beveled base. Not only does the
bevel give you always a clear view of
the work, but it also permits a larger
ironing surface. Furthermore, it
makes possible a big iron that does
the fussy jobs beautifully.
Over the
oard?
The M-Iron is a practical Iron.
It is
The only Iron with the bevelled
edge;
The fastest iron;
The best-looking iron ;
The iron with the largest,
perfectly heated, ironing
surface.
Its new price is so favorable that
anyone can own it. Save your back
and your eyes. Get one today.
More convenience outlets make more convenient homes
essay on the disarmament issue has
been won by Melba Field, a Tenino
girl. The essay contest was open to
all high school pupils in Thurston
county.
Child Burns Mouth on Kettle.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 6.
(Special.) Samuel Gossman, aged 6,
of Bucoda- was painfully burned
when he placed his mouth over the
spout of a kettle filled with boiling
tea. His mouth
badly scalded.
'amdi throat were
Carpenters Demand $6.
EUGENE, Or.. March 5. (Special.)
The carpenters' union of Eugene
has decided upon a daily wage scale
of $6 and will demand that of all
contractors here. The official wage
scale of the union in Oregon is $7.20
a day, but it is pointed out here that
but few are actually' getting this
price for their work.
PLAYING THIS WEEK
(Oh, Yes! You Better Come a Bit Early)
THE STORY OF A PIRATE HELL SHIP OF
THE PACIFIC THAT SAILED THROUGH A
THOUSAND THRILLS.
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MARINERS' NIGHT
TOMORROW AT 8 P. M.
Programme in honor
of visiting Skippers
in Portland
Harbor
Paris Honors Americans.
PARIS, March E. An official de
cree issued today confers the medal
of honor nf the muntplpfll police on
15 members of the New Tork city po
lice force.
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