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THE MOKNTXG OREGOXIAN, '.-WEDNESDAY, 3IARCIT 29, 1922
WO OPPOSITION MET
i BY NAVAL TREATY
Unanimous Ratification
Senate Is Expected.
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ACTION IS DUE TODAY
'.Throughout Discussion Not Single
Voice Is Raised Against
f: -Pact on Limitation.
. WASHINGTON. T. C, March 28.
-Five hours of debate on the naval
"limitation treaty today revealed a vir
tually unanimous senate sentiment In
-ittt favor and resulted in an agree-
,:,mtnt to vote finally upon its ratmca
Jtion at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
'-. Throughout the day's discussion not
fa. single voice was raised in opposi
tion, although from the. -democratic
eide there were numerous expressions
... . of disappointment that the. treaty did
"J;not go further in the direction, of both
" land and eea disarmament.
Claiming- a ehare of credit for the
reduction actually accomplished, the
.democrats at the same time sought to
f show that the whole idea, of an arma
7 ment conference originated with the
"'democratic congress of 1916 and final-
iy was forced upon a reluctant re
publican administration.
Inanimona Approval Predicted.
Tonight the administration leaders
r -vcera predicting that the ratification
f .would be unanimous and that the sub
'"marine and poison-gas treaty would
". lie approved by a like vote before ad-
journraent tomorrow night. The sud-r-oen
sweep of progress aroused hope
. in some administration circles that I
T the two Chinese treaties also might
. be ratified and the whole group of
arms conference covenants, returned
to the White House with senate ap
Tproval by the end of the present week,
. ' Debate on the naval treaty, which
v began with today's session, was de
! void of the colorful toucheB which
- iiad characterized the fight over the
' four-power pact. Senator Lodge of
'Massachusetts, the republican lead
' er, explained the treaty's provisions in
" a detailed statement of more than
two hours, and later Senator Under
i. wood of Alabama, floor leader for
' the democrats and like Senator Lodge,
- a member of the American arms dele-
4 cation, added his approval in a short
speech declaring the treaty would be
, accepted as an epochal achievement
; by the American people regardless of
- party.
Hitchpoclc Takes Load.
senator Hitchcock or Nebraska, se-
'- Jilor democrat on the foreign rela
-.. tions committee, took the lead in
' claiming for his party the credit to
e derived from the accomplishment
of the conference. He pointed out that
' the naval appropriation bill of 1916
contained a. suggestion for such a
J conference and declared that the
2 resolution for a conference introduced
. a year- ago by Senator Borah, repub-
, iican. Idaho, was heartily supported
by the democrats of the senate and
was opposed actively by President
; Harding.
The assertions of Senator Hitch
cock regarding the president's attl
; tude were denied by Senator Kellogg,
lepublicah, Minnesota, who said Mr.
-Harding has been anxious for an in
ternational meeting of minds, al
though he might have withheld ap
proiiu irora some or the specific pro-
iuais in mat airection considered in
congress. The discussion finally re-
cuivcu uoen inio a league or nations
:. argument, in which Senator Williams,
democrat, Mississippi, predicted that
the league would remain a political
" issue until the United States had be-
vvuia a. Jiieni-uer or it.
Lodge iunni rharftra.
Making his only observation during
-the debate. Senator Borah, author of
.the conference resolution, asked how
it could remain a political issue, "with
"one partv groins- in the fmnt dui. h
J the other going in the back door."
In the course of his address Sena
tor Lodge replied in detail to charges
5 recently made by Senator Reed, dem
ocrat, Missouri, that the treaty would
fnot in fact establish a five-five-three
naval ratio between the United
T States, Great Britain and Japan. Such
; a conclusion, Mr. Lodge declared, was
.based entirely on - misinformation.
".Senator Reed, the only senator who
-has made a general attack on th
j naval treaty, is absent from Wash
't ington and is not expected to return
in time for tomorrow's ratification
said, "who will you have for presi
dent?" W. S. Raker, president of the Ore
gon Audubon society, was on his feet
quickly, and after paying high tribute
1 1 iu wui a ui me numune notieij
for the last year and lauding-. Colonel
Hofer as the guiding genius of the
organization, placed him in nomina
tion. Instantly there was applause
lasting for some time. Quiet being
restored, the nomination was seconded
and there was more cheering.
Motion Is Withdrawn.
Then someone arose and moved that
nominations be closed and Colonel
Hofer be. declared unanimously
elected. There seemed no leadership
on the anti-Hofer side and nothing
was said until the colonel gestured to
Mr. Raker to put the motion.
"Were I the chairman, I would not
put that motion," said Mr. Raker. "I
CHILD CRUSADERS
TO ASK CLEMENCY
Release of Political Prjsoners
to Be Sought.
KATE O'HARE IN CHARGE
WHAT CONGRESS Dill AS ITS
DAi'S WORK.
Senate.
Debated naval reduction
-treaty, an agreement being
' made to take final vote at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
First 20 articles of naval re
duction treaty adopted, indicat
ing its unanimous ratification.
Adopted resolution for inves
tigation into conditions and
compensation of postal em
ployes engaged on night work.
Bouse.
Adjourned .upon announce
ment by Representative Sum
mers, democrat, Texas, of the
' death of Representative Harris
of Texas.
dislike it, for it appears unfair; I
favor giving every member a chance
to nominate from the floor."
The motion was then withdrawn.
and Just at that moment Circuit Judge John JL Fosa' Seattle; Mrs. Olin S.
KODeri xucaer, nimsen a ions wui.Ci Anderson. Roxford. Mont: Mrs. J. T.
Women in Northwest Request to
Be Represented, Although
Unable to Participate.
ST. LOUIS. March 28. -The "chil
dren's crusade" being organized by
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, socialist
leader, to go to Washington and plead
with President Harding for the re
lease of their fathers and other pris
oners, totaling 113, convicted of vio
lating war-time acts, will depart from
here between April 12 and 15, Mrs.
O Hare announced today.
The "crusaders" will make stops at
Terre Haute, Chicago, Indianapolis,
Cincinnati, Marion, Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia,
Mrs. O Hare said.
Women living in the northwest who
have asked to be represented in the
mission but who are not certain they
can join the expedition are: Mrs.
James Thompson, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs.
Louis Parenti, San Francisco; Mrs.
in the society, entered ana imme
diately started . "the fireworks" by
placing- Mr. Jaeger in nomination
The nomination was seconded and the
battle was on.
Atmosphere Is Tense,
It was then evident more than ever
that the contention was to be cen
tered upon the presidency and both
sides were arrayed, a tense atmos
phere reigning and everyone wonder
ing what was going to happen next.
It was then that Fred L. Olson, ex-
municiDal ludee. cried out.
"Mr. Chairman, you have ruled that
members must sign the constitution
and I demand to know why, when I
went to the courthouse and tried to
sltrn it. I was denied the privilege.
"I can't compete with lawyers ask
ing questions," retorted Colonel Hoier
and that was settled.
Still another man arose and, ex
plaining that he was a member but
did not have hia receipt with him.
asked if the ruling barred him.
"It certainly does," said the chair
man. ,.
Faint Hisses Are Heard.
"Shame." someone cried, and faint
hisses were heard, followed by vo
ciferous applause from tho Hofer con
tiTurent. men and women joining.
During the process of balloting and 1 proper nourishment
while the tellers named Dy ine cnair-
man were busy among me crowu, i jjjqioX'S PLEA
woman i.ruae tbiiu annv . . .... . r. -
mie-ht tint rise and say a few words:
that she thought the members wouia Kate O'Hare Jot
Doran, Tukwila, Wash.
Mra. O'Hare Paroled in 1920,
Mrs. O'Hare was paroled from the
Jefferson City,, Mo., penitentiary in
May, 1920, by ex-President Wilson,
after she had served 14 months of a
five-year sentence on a charge of
having violated the espionage act.
Mrs. O'Hare was charged with mak
ing a seditious speech at Bowman, N.
D., in which, among other remarks,
she was quoted as saying "mothers
who raised their sons to be - cannon
fodder were no better than a farmer's
brood sow," and "young men who are
foolish enough to enlist or volunteer
are only good enough for German fer
tilizer." Children of 20 to March.
The "crusaders" will be children of
20 prisoners but the youngsters also
will plead for 93 other prisoners, Mrs.
O'Hare explained. More than $1500
already has been collected for the
journey, she added.
"We expect at least 50 children to
visl the president," Mrs. O'Hare stat
ed, "the children of 20 war-time
prisoners. ' These children are in need
and we will make our plea one of hu
manity. The health of some of the
children has been impaired by lack of
IS DENIED
1ITH TROOPS JIDirJUB
MERKULOFF FORCES SAID TO
i EE COMPLETELY BEATEN.
."Army of Far Eastern Republic Re
; ported to Be Steadily Work-
ing Toward Vladivostok.
; WASHINGTON, D. C, March 28.
'Troops of the far eastern republic are
j advancing steadily toward Vladivo
t stok, "pursuing the demoralized and
completely defeated bands of the
i Merkuloff troops," according to a
I cablegram received here today from
Chita by the Washington office of
the "dalta," the official news agency
of the republic
;. The message adds that the far east
' ern government has delivered a note
to the Japanese government declaring
it regards the agreement establishing
j a neutral zone along the railroad lines
i between Vladivostock and Ussuri as
; having been annulled, "as it was vio
. lated by the Japanese command"
' when the latter "permitted armed
Merkuloff bands to cross the neutral
.zone in December in order to take
Khabarovsk."
J The allied Japanese action, the note
contends, gives the far eastern gov-
w m mo Jlgai LQ SeUO LrOOpS
across the neutral zone for the pur
C pose of finally dispersing the Mer-
kuloff bands." The cablegram de
. scribing the Merkuloff force as "in
J capable of resisting the army of the
C fr eastern republic," says "their only
hope is Japanese aid."
t "By March 25," the message adds,
, "the armies of the far eastern re
J public occupied stations at Iman and
5 Ussuri and had advanced about 276
; miles south from Khabarovsk."
;HUIVlANt MtfcHNli . WILD
I (Continued From First Page.
i rived, every seat, all standing room
, ' -. . mo sLivDia ueiu 1 1 j t: ii una
i the Hofer regime of the past year or
ousting the officers and replacing
"? announcing that It was the annual
X election, read the article of the con
stitution relative to balloting and
like to see and hear him.
"He can't do that while this elec
tion Is in progress," ruled the chair
man without a moment s hesitation.
Loud cheering greeted that.
However, a little later, wi-.en oe-
mands were being made by men who
said they were, members but did not
have their receipts with them. Mr.
Jaeger arose and, stepping to the
platform, hushed the crowd and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, wniie x
have allowed my name to be put in
nomination. I now withdraw it; 1
cannot permit my name to be used
n this connection under such rulings
as those made by the chairman.
Stay put, Jaeger," cried some on
from the crowd, and there was pan
demonium.
front I.aaa-ha and Hisses.
Several tried to talk at once and
hisses Intermingled with applause and
Judge Kraemer arose and attempted
to speak
You can t put yourself above the
constitution." he cried, waving a hand
at Colonel Hofer. "You
"Get off your foot, said a male
voice rrom the rear or the audito
Hum.
You can't "
Sit down, you bolshevik," was the
next greeting the judge received from
the crowd, and hisses and laughter
drowned him out. so that he never
completed his speech.
With the squelching of Judge
Kraemer there came renewed de
mands from various men who said
they were members withont receipts
for the 1922 dues, for a revision of
the ruling of the chair, but he was
adamant. An effort to appeal was
made by John L. (Jack) Day, but he
didn't get to first base, the chair rul
ing. "You cannot appeal from the de
cision of the chair in a mixed audi
ence like this when we do not know
who is or is not a member." "Jack
tried to say more, but the Hoferites
laughed him down and he quit.
From that time on it was "Hofer'
throughout The supporters of the
administration and the members whe
set out to relieve the incumbents of
their jobs joined together and made
it unanimous. There was much
laughter throughout, and except for
several occasions when hisses were a
feature, it was a pleasant gathering
Wag Cannes Laughter.
Then came the next event. With
quiet fairly well restored after It had
been announced that Colonel Hofer
of Salem was "unanimously re
elected," he asked:
"Who will you have for vice
president?"
"Colonel Hofer," yelled eome wag.
and there was laughter.
It was then that W. C. Alderson,
superintendent of schools of - Mult
nomah county, got on his feet and
nominated the following
For vice-president, W. S. Raker;
secretary. Miss Vivian Cooley; treas
urer, F. L. Beach; members board of
trustees, Charles G. Benson, Frances
H. Whitehead, Judge J. P. Kavanaugh,
Mrs. F. W. Swanton, W. A. Mc
Dougall, Mrs. L. D. Thomas, F. F.
Smith.
"And," said Mr. Alderson, "I take
the greatest delight in moving that
the nominations be closed; that we
vote by acclamation and that these
nominees be declared unanimously
elected."
And the ayes had It decidedly.
"No further business. A motion to
adjourn Is in order," said Colonel
Hofer and before ten could b9
counted, the meeting was through
and people were hurrying home or
to Be Excluded
From Wisconsin State House.
MADISON, Wis., March 2S. Gover
nor Blaine will not refuse Kate Rich
ards O'Hare the privilege of speaking
the Wisconsin state house.
urged by the American Legion, it was
said at the executive office today.
Mrs. O Hare la to address university
students under the auspices i of the
Social Science Club. Because of re
fusalfof university, authorities to per
mit her to speak from a university
platform, students, obtained consent
to have the address made in the cap
itol building. Lieutenant-Governor
Comings will introduce the speaker,
Is during mid-winter, will be of no
detriment to our planes. These air-
ships will be of the greatest aid to
us in mapping and charting the far
northern territory. - .
"Oscar Omdahl, the best flyer of
the entire military corps of Norway
and his close second, Odvar Dahl, will
be my aviators. They are bothlieu-
tenants and under 30. Through their
ingenuity we Fhall attach skis to
at least one of the planes. Both will
have boat bodies, and a flying radius
of between one and two thousand
miles.
Maud Is Small Boat.
"The Maud Is a small boat, smaller
even than Commander Peary's ves
sel. It is made of Norwegian tim
ber and by Norwegian hands. She is
equipped with every sort of conven
ience that space will allow. We have
a nice little library and a phono
graph with a cabinet full of the best
records. Our provisions include
dainty desserts, as well as the stren-
er things eaten by arctic explorers,
The Maud. Is provisioned for seven
years. There will be ten of us all
told, and I am proud of my whole
crew. They with me share the old
viking hardihood of our ancestors.
and I sometimes feel that I owe the
spirit of the explorer in me to my
viking blood. Should we want to
live outside the ship we have material
for a hut or huts.
We shall use skis a great deal, as
we found them of great service in go
ing to the south pole. Skiing is sec
ond nature to us Norwegians, you
know.
"By easeful calculation we have
come to the conclusion that it will be
a matter of about 2000 miles from
that point above North America to
that point where we hope finally to
emerge somewhere between Greenland
and Spitzbergen."
PROBST WINS HIS FIGHT
COURT RULES DEPORTATION
ORDER WAS ILLEGAL.
CHICELLOR WIRTH
B11PS REPARATION
Germany Said to Have Been
Aroused by Demands.
MARK TAKES NEW SLUMP
Sharp Note Is Said to Have Added
28 Billions to Budget as Re
sult of Exchange Drop.
PLANE TESTED FOR DASH
(Continufj From First Page.)
Omdel of the Norwegian naval air
force, who arrived' today with the
explorer, took up the question of
testing the monoplane at Central
park. Omdel, who will pilot the ship,
is an expert mechanic and as he will
have to look after the plane himself,
he plans immediately familiarizing
himself with it
Conferences Are Planned.
Amundsen has not decided tonight
whether he would carry out his plan
of flying from New York to Seattle
the plane. Aeronautical experts
have tried to convince him that such
trip would put an unnecessary
strain on a ship that has so much
flying before her in the next few
years. . The explorer plans to leave
for Washington in about a week for
conferences there with government
officials and scientific authorities and
then will proceed to Seattle, where
the Maude is to be drydocked.
One of the objects of Captain
Amundsen s visit to Washington is
to complete arrangements for wire
less relays.
His radio plan at present consists
of flashing reports from airplane to
motorships. The plane is equipped
with transmitting apparatus of 2000
miles radius. The ship then will
communicate with Alaska and Nome
will relay to the powerful station St,
Paul on the Bering sea. St. Paul will
send the messages directly to Wash
ington.
Ten Men to Be Taken Along. .
Amundsen said he would take ten
men with him when he sets out for
Nome to drift to Spitzbergen, .with
food sufficient for seven years. Be
cause of ice and dangerous currents
in the north pole regions the explorer
believes the only investigation possi
ble there will be from the air.
Besides Omdel, Amundsen will take
with him another pilot. Odd Dahl, also
a Norwegian, who will have charge of
the Avro, and who is proceeding to
Seattle by way of the Panama canal.
Captain Oscar Whisting will com
mand the Maude, and G. Olonkin will
be chief engineer. Dr. H. U. Sverdrup
will be the scientist attached to the
expedition. The others of the person
nel will be seamen.
Hard Work Is Kxpeeted.
'It is all a great adventure to me,"
said Captain Amundsen, "and I look
forward to my venture with much
genuine pleasure. Of course, I real
ize that there is hard work to be
done and that there are hardships to
be undergone, but the glamor of the
whole thing minimizes all of that
As you may know, I purpose doing
that which no polar explorer has
ever yet tried, and that is to float
over the north pole on an ice field.
I shall leave Seattle, Wash., early in
rushing forward to grasp the hand June, not later than the first of July,
of the victorious man from Salem.
Oil Station Till Looted.
N. C. Lien, tender of the Shell fill
ing station at Broadway and Couch
street, reported to the police yester
day that while he was giving a cus
tomer service outside the station
sneak thief entered and stole $44.10
from the till. Lien said he saw
man enter, but thought be was an ac
quaintance of another tender. When
he re-entered .the station to ring up
the sale he had just made he found
the money drawer empty.
Best grades of coal, well screened.
Diamond Coal Co.. Bdwy. 803T. Adv.
Orpheum matinee today. 15-25-50-Ad.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. I and. the intense cold, constant as
should there be any delays. By the
beginning of winter I shall be well
into the north, far above Alaska. As
the great northern nights being to
settle, I shall allow my vessel, the
Maude, named after the queen of my
country. Norway, to freeze into the
Ice and from then on for from three
to five years we shall remain Ice
bound, as it were, and drift, we hope.
directly over the north pole. This
scheme is not original with me, Nan
sen having conceived the idea years
ago.
Airplanes to Fly About.
"As we drift with the Ice, our air
ships wil fly here and there, studying
with infinite care every square mile
in our path north. The clearness of
the atmosphere will aid us materially.
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Love Affair With Pittsburjr Girl
Regarded as Mythical, but
Insanity Not Proved.
NEW YORK, March 28. August
Probst, ex-butler at the Rolling Rock
club, near Pittsburg, who charged he
was being "railroaded" out of the
country because of a love affair with
Miss Virginia Craigie McKay, prom,i
nent society girl, was illegally or
dered deported. Federal Judge Knox
ruled today, in a decision on
Probst's habeas corpus action. Probst
was held, however, for further de
portation proceedings.
Judge Knox considered only the
question of whether Probst, a Swiss
national, and . admittedly an alien
seaman illegally in the country
through desertion of his ship, had
had a fair hearing. Allegations of
insanity made in the complaint on
which he was ordered deported pre
viously had been disposed of by Judge
Knox.
Unless a board of special Inquiry
of immigration quickly gives Probst
a new hearing, supplementing the ex
amination by a single immigration in
spector. Judge Knox said he would
consider another application for
Probst's release.
Judge Knox, while pointing out that
he had not gone into the merits of
Probst's allegations that he was be
ing "railroaded" out of the country
because of the alleged " love affair,
commented that there appeared to bo
little to support them.
Probst's claim was that" ha was
escorted from the Rolling Rock club
by two armed men and brought to
New Tork and imprisoned by two de
tectives, ' after he admitted he and
Miss McKay had "exchanged vows."
Mr.: and Mrs. H. A. Mellen, rela
tives of Secretary Mellon, arranged
for his, removal from Pittsburg and
for Institution of deportation pro
ceedings, based on allegations of In
sanity, he asserted, after he admitted
to Mrs. Mellon that he and Miss
McKay were in Jove.
Frank. Arronaw, who appeared for
the Rolling Rock, club, denied all
Probst's charges and asserted that
he had been dismissed because some
of his actions about the club were re
garded as peculiar.
FARM BLOC VICTOBJOUS
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
ADOPTS TARIFF RATES.
Schedule Covering Agricultural
Products Accepted and Whole
Programme Is Successful.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, March 28. Com
plete victory for the western farm
bloc appeared to have been accepted
today when the finance committee
agreed to adopt the last of the rates
on agricultural products presented
by Senator Gooding of Idaho, chair
man of the bloc.
The rate of 1 cents a pound on
dried beans, carried in -the Fordney
bill, passed by the house, was in
creased to 3 cents a pound. The
rates on clover, alfalfa and all grass
seeds were raised from the sliding
scale of 1 to 3 cents, carried In the
Fordney bill, to a flat rate of 4 cents
a pound. The farm bloc rates on wool
already have been adopted.
'Every rate asked by the farm
bloc will be in the bill when re
ported out of the senate finance com
mittee," Senator Gooding said. "For
the first time the producers of farm
products have received everything
they asked, and what they are en
titled to receive, because their sena
tors effected an organization which
was able to go out and demand what
was right. The woolen schedule,
which supplants schedule K in this
bill, is the first absolutely honest
wool schedule ever presented to any
congress."
The finance committee decided to
day on a rate of $6.25 a ton on magne-
site ore, and a rate of ?8 a ton on
magnesite dead-burned, which is
much lower than the rates carried
in the house bill. Senator Polndexter
said that he would make an effort
to Increase the rate by an amend
ment on the floor of the senate. The
rate of 1 cents a pound on zinc,
in the house bill, has been reduced
by the senate committee to 1 cents
pound, but Senator Gooding was
confident this afternoon that the
committee would restore the house
rate before reporting the measure.
AUTO CAMP DISCUSSED
Committee of Canby Business Men
Appointed to Investigate.
CANBY, Or., March 28. (Special.)
At the second luncheon of business
men of Canby, plans for an automo
bile park for the accommodation of
tourists during the coming motoring
season were considered today.
Two sites were proposed. One was
In the vicinity of Good's bridge in the
northeastern part of the county on
the Molalla river, while the other
was In a grove near the fair grounds.
The latter location would be close
to the Pacific highway.
A committee was appointed to. In
vestigate the proposal.
BERLIN, March 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Genoa conference
will either be a shining star or a
will o' the wisp, Chancellor Wlrth told
the reichstag today at the conclusion
of an hour's discussion of the de
cisions of- the reparations commis
sion.
If the Genoa conference proves a
will o' the wisp instead of a ehinlng
star that will brighten tjie' path of
reconstruction," he added, "then the
problem of rehabilitating Europe In
general, and Germany in particular,
will continue to be treated in a spirit
of arbitrary dictation."
Throughout his speech the chancel
lor was unusually frank in his criti
cism of the allies' treatment of the
reparations problem, charging that
the commission either was unamen
able to everyday logic or had per
sistently neglected to. acquaint itself
with the actual status of Germany's
economic situation. The reparations
decision, accompanied by a note
which the chancellor said was couched
in a needlessly severe tone, had not
only aroused national indignation,
but incidentally had added 28,000,
000,000 marks to the German budget
in consequence of the unprecedented
slump of the mark, which set in auto
matically with the note's arrival.
He reminded the allies of their pre
vious assurances that the reparations
commission was not entitled to such
prerogatives. ,
Wastefulness Is Denied.
Denying that the German govern
ment was wasteful in the conduct of
its administrative -organism, the
speaker pointed out that two entente
generals are receiving more pay than
President Ebert and the entire cabi
net. He estimated that two-thirds of
the budget, as now computed, was
reserved for the entente's demands,
leaving one-third for the nation's
needs.
With regard to the question of an
international loan, Dr. Wirth hoped
the government soon would be able
to start active negotiations, but he
feared the barriers reared by "world
capital" in the Versailles treaty would
effectively militate against Germany s
ability to obtain financial relief
abroad under tolerable conditions. A
moratorium, he said, would have
definitely stabilized German exchange.
In the course of his analysis of the
various points in the reparations de
cisions, Dr. Wirth rejected the de
mand that the German government
levy an additional tax of 60,000,000,000
marks on the ground It was both a
financial and technical impossibility.
Hearers Applaud Chancellor.
Liberal applause greeted the decla
ration that the German government
must politely decline, the suggestion
of financial and economic guardian
ship. "This," declared the chancellor," "is
Incompatible with the dignity of the
nation and is opposed to the spirit of
democracy which we founded at the
entente's behest. Such an invasion of
a sovereign state is also in violation
of the principle of self-determination.
we already have had our fill of un
satisfactory experience with control
commissions of all sorts, and must
summarily reject the proposal that
the reparations commission be given
a still wider latitude than already has
Deen concedes it in connection with
its supervisory functions."
"We are badly in need of a breath
ing spell," he continued, "in order to
co-ordinate our affairs a.id put the
financial and economic measures
adopted into active practice."
Keonomy Is PromiHed.
The only comfort afforded the rep
arations commission by the govern
ment'a statement was conveyed in the
promise that Germany would proceed
to inaugurate the most stringent econ
omy in all governmental departments
She would endeavor- to extract the
maximum revenue from the various
tax sources to be opened through the
laws about to be put into execution.
The government would also subject
the commission's recommendations to
a further scrutiny in an endeavor to
arsive at a mutual working basis.
Alluding early in his speech to the
taxation compromise, which had been
reached by the good will of the oppos
ing parties In the reichstag. Dr. Wirth
said it would form an integral part of
(.iermany s foreign policy which, how
ever, would become involved and dis
turbed by the reparations commis
sion's demands. Germany's direct
taxation, he declared, was developing
on a scale unparalleled in the world
The chancellor then emphasized the
exhaustion following the war, to
which must be added the unseen bur
dens falling on the nation through the
exchange conditions.
Proof Is Offered.
As striking proof that a "policy of
violence cannot further reparations,
he pointed out that the effect of the
reparations commission's demands
had been "to upset the whole plan of
the budget and through depreciation
of the mark to augment the budget
deficit."
The reichstag was crowded and the
chancellor Irequently was applauded
his speech apparently winning favor
with all except the communist party
PAPER " MONEY IS TARGET
British Delegation Wants Cessation
of New Currency Issuance.
LONDON, March 28. Premier Lloyd
George, it was authoritatively stated
tonight, will himself move a resolu
tion in the house of commons inviting
a vote of confidence in his Genoa
policy.
Proposals for obtaining cessation
of the practice of issuing uncovered
money in Europe will be included in
the programme of the Genoa confer
ence, Lieutenant-Commander Edward
H. Young, financial secretary of the
treasury, announced in the house of
commons today. He said the British
delegates would do their utmost to
influence such action.
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refused to let him land at Pago Pago
last year.
Ripley, who gave his residence as
Richmond, Cal., but said he was at
torney in fact for his parents, wealthy
land owners of Samoa, alleged that a
congressional Investigation followed
his complaint to Washington of the
administration of American Samoa by
Captain Evans.
He was twice denied permission to
land, he asserted, once on his out
bound trip from San Francisco to
Sydney, Australia, in August, and
again on September 6, when his
steamer touched at Pago Pago re
turning to the United States.
Captain Evans arrived in San Fran
cisco today en route to his new post
at the Great Lakes naval training
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EX-ISLAND CHIEF SUED
$40,000 Damages Demanded of
Former Governor of Samoa.
MARTINEZ, Cal., March 28. A suit
for $40,500 damages against Captain
Waldo Evans, former naval governor
of American Samoa, and Lieutenant
W. A. McDonald, one of his subordi
nates, was filed here today by Sam
uel S. Ripley, who charged that they
SWIM FOLK INCORPORATE
Portland Natatorlum Files Papers
at State Capital.
SALEM, Or., March 28. (Special.)
The, Portland natatorium, with a cap
ital stock of 11000, filed articles of
incorporation here today. The incor
porators are J. W. Coughlin, Ruth
Coughlin and B. W. Sines. Headquar
ters of the corporation will be In
Portland.
The Woman's club of Independence,
with a capital stock of $400, has been
incorporated by Prushia Sloper, Mary
C. Fletcher and Ivy B. Robinson. The
Alaska Plumbing & Heating com
pany, with headquarters in Portland
has increased its capital stock to
$50,000.
Assassination Plot Uncovered.
RIGA, 'March 28. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Discovery of what the
secret police describe as a well-organized
plot to assassinate the Rus
sian soviet delegates to the Genoa
conference, while passing through
Lativa, resulted in a large number of
arrests today. Among the principals
of the alleged plot were several Rus
sians who were said to belong to a
monarchist movement making its
headquarters in Germany.
GROCER IS HIT BY AUTO
Charles A. Purccll Suffers Frac
tured Leg In Crash.
Charles A. Purcell, a grocer living
at 1241 Greeley etreet, sustained a
fractured leg and other injuries yes
terday when he was struck by an au
tomobile driven by H. F. Potter, a
banker of Ridgefield, Wash. The
driver was not held, as investigation
showed the accident to have been un
avoidable. Mr. Purcell was on his bicycle de
livering groceries when he turned the
corner of Greeley street and Alns
worth avenue. A motorist, turning
the corner just as the Potter machine
reached that point, caused Mr. J'o(tr
to ewerve to one aide of the street,
striking the cyclint. Mr. I'urrell was
taken to Good Samaritan hospital by
the Arrow ambulance company. li
will recover.
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