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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, APRIL. 11, 11)22 STEWART'S ESCAPE FROM BOAT DOUBTED Concealment Impossible, Pi lot Testifies. NO ONE SEEN IN. HIDING Jnipeaelilnent of Testimony Thai Banker AVas Seen in California Is Attempted by Plaintiff. TACOMA, Wash., April 10. (Spe cial.) Architecture of the ferryboat Queen, from which, it is alleged, Fred E. Stewart, missing Kelso banker, disappeared, was studied today in the federal court here by attorneys for the defense and plaintiff in Mrs. Maude K. Stewart's suit to force pay ment on $43,000 life insurance by the Prudential and Mutual Life insurance companies. Captain Thayer, who had been pilot on the boat for a number of years, testified that there was not room in the small afterhatch for one to get into and that the rudder post was in the way to prevent one getting- in this section of the boat. It had been preivously said that Stewart might have concealed himself here or been able to walk about the guard til of the boat to the stern and . then get ashore without being observed by crew or passengers. Captain Thayer on cross-examination declared he had not been discharged from the boat by Captain John Reed, but left vol untarily. Peculiarities Are Asserted. "When questioned regarding auto mobiles standing on River street and designated by the "sign board" Cap tain Thayer declared this was not at all unusual. Captain Pomeroy, who etated he had worked on the Queen tor seven years, ueclared ha had never Been anyone go around on the narrow guard of the boat. i Percv Brush. Tacoma, formerly at torney for the Kelso bank, told of peculiarities about Stewart that would make him noticeable and spoke of Stewart's teeth which he declared were gold crowned. Both he and Stewart wore their hair the same way end had taken up similar styles about eight years ago. Mr. Brush identified several photographs of Stewart as having been taken before the change In hair combing style was made. Impeachment Is Attempted. Attempted impeachment by the plain- lift of the' testimony of George LI1 wood and other witnesses who swore to seeing Stewart in California after his disappearance was begun today. In his rebuttal of the defense's case, Maurice Si Langhorne, attorney for the plaintiff, endeavored to show that Ellwood had several times stated he could not swear to the Identity of the man he took to be Stewart, and that the photographs of the missing bank cashier' used in his identification by the defense were old pictures, which did not resemble him at the time of his disappearance. Ellnood'i Statement at Issue. Henry J. Asbury, a Tacoma barber, who knew Stewart, testified that it would have been impossible for him to have returned to his old style of hair brushing. This evidence was in troduced to combat the contention of the defense that Stewart had re turned to his former method as a dis guise. Paul Shotwell, purser on the fer ryboat Queen, from which Stewart disappeared, declared that Ellwood had told him in May, 1921, that he had seen Stewart in Hanford. Cal., on February 22. and that he fixed the date by the fact it was a holiday and no stores were open. He declared that when Kllwood was told that Stewart did not disappear until March 17 he said he probably was mistaken in the man. On the stand Ellwood had denied positively ever making any such statements. E. M. Taylor, a Kalama barber testified to a conversation he had in his shop regarding the Stewart case and swore that Ellwood had said he could not swear to the identity of the man he took to be Stewart. It is ex pected that the evidence in the case will be all in tomorrow. the dim halls of the shrines, where' the priests of Buddha and of Shinto , preach monotonously, the spotless , matting paved with offerings of coin. Incomparable craftsmanship is all about. Each panel bears its history and its meaning. They are the com plex record of a superstitious symbol ism and moral philosophy. They are art as well. To attempt inscription is to mire oneself in adjectives and suppositions. It is very fcood to be curious, but better still to i-land once more in the sunlight beneath the inter-racial cedars, breathing a breeze that might have been born :n Oregon. As for moral philosophy, evident to the outlander. you must turn to the Shogun's stables a rather down-at-heels structure that houses t.o ponies. There the three monkeys tw:ne them selves above the ancient doors hands to ears, hands to mouth, hands to eyes. "Neither see, hear nor speak any evil." O wise and comprehensible monkeys! buide Is Cynical. The guide is a cynicai fellow, though an excellent guide. He looks with jaundiced eye on the splendor of Nikko and for the squatted priests in black, amid the flaming, gorgeous peacocks, the multi-colored flowers, of the panels, the gilded giory of the shrinos, he reserves the smile of the disillusioned. He is alicr to the Buddha; alien to the Christ, and athe ism is his creed. To him religion is a weight that rests upon lhe foolish necks of the people, and presses them ever into the mire. That which he relates is his own viewpoint in which I have no part. Nor can I .lay that it is the opinion of others, similarly minded, for you cannot talk with the chance-met stranger as y'ou may talk with your guide. Permit ma to quote him : "If you ask any man who are the wickedest people in Japan, he will tell you the priests. Ah, -very wicked! Very licentious! It was not eo in for mer times, when priests devote their lives to their calling and do not eat meat nor marry. Today they are as other men, only worse. They aro rich. They spend much money in Ways that are not good. Priests Sentenced for Grafting-. "Ten priests of this vry temple were arrested three years ago for what you call grafting. They were sentenced to eight years at hard la bor. Ah, yes. For ten yen they per- t visitor to enter the very interior of the shrine, where Buddha sits, and from this theft and dishonor they make much money before the authori ties apprehend them. The people of Japan pay them much money to live in idleness and wickedness, nor are their eyes open by these ten. "Buddhism is not as it was in my father's day. You have seen the priestess? Hah! She is very old, very ugly, very scrawny. Such a priestess! It used to be the law that this priest ess should enter the temple when very young girl, of 9 years about. Pure in heart. There she itay until young womanhood, dancing and pray ing for prosperity. But when she is no longer a girl she must go into the world, for her thoughts aro not the thoughts of a priestess. That was very good custom, but now it is no more. Now it is shrewd old woman, such as you see, who will stay for al ways. She is called Miko, or 'God's child.' Ha! She is neither God's nor a child. Both priest and priestess marry today.' In Japan there are many people who do not believe who not believe anything." We should like very greatly to see Nikko when the wild azaleas are in bloom, spreading pinkly -ver those tawny hills, crowding to the edge of the timber, where the monkey folk peer frcm the branches. For Nikko is both magnificent and Japanese, and the magnificence of Nikko ;s not the glitter of her world-famous shrines. Her charm is her locality, her most enduring monument the knightly ce dars that an impoverished governor planted because he had nj gold to give to the memory of the Sliogun. GENOA GATHER OPEMITHCLASH Wreck Is Threatened by Dis armament Tilt. PLEA MADE FOR PEACE Iiloyd George Makes Powerful Ap peal to Delegates to Work In Unison and on Equal Footing. Continued Prom First Page.) sembled on this continent, and hav ing regard for the magnitude of the assembly, the character of its repre sentation and the importance of the topics we are here to discuss, the re sults, of the conference will be far reaching in their effects either for better or for worse, upon the destiny not merely of Europe, but the whole world. II TOO SLOW TIME MADE B' JUIilUS MEIER'S PARTY. TEMPLES ARE INSPIRING 'Continued From First Page.) thought came to him that- he must keep this precious presence, must cheat the years of forgetfulness, and so it was that Jingoro begaa the cre ation of the statue of his wife, the well beloved. Builder Takes Time. There was no haste to hia hand. His edged tools touched the insensate wood ' caressingly, lingeringly, for more than a decade. Time and again It seemed that Hatoko's likeness would smile at him and speak fond names.. He toiled another yetr, if love be toll, and the silken garments all but swayed in the breeze; the warmth of life all but flushed the lruit-like cheek. Into one last touch of the steel he cast his soul and as the fleck of teak fell to the matting Hatoko stepped toward him and outstretched her arms. Love had bested death. Candor com pels the recitation of that ai:ti-climax which the playwright seized upon. Thereafter Jingoro the left-handed had but to thrust a mirr-r in Ha toko's girdle to win his wife again; had but to draw the mirror forth to ee the etatue stand as a statue and nothing more.. Let us hope, though the myth denies it, that he had the good sense to shatter the mirror into, fragments and live happily ever after. Bancrr Lark, Knthuxlnxm. For a handful of coppers or a ten sen note the priestess of Bvddha will dance for you at Nikko, io the ac companiment of her own nasal chant. Robed in white is she, as ti c priests are robed in black, and none would ever mistake her for a debunnte. Wa were informed, as sne jangled the bells of a wand and trod stifHy to and fro. that her dance would bring us, by its prayerful significance, a deal of prosperity. Her eye was chill and lusterles., her performance without enthusiasm. The floor at her feet was strewn with copper and e.lver and paper. Of the same there w-ie several small sacks already neatly parceled. She seemed a maiden aunt ol acquisi tive tendencies and coldly certain her self of that material endowment she bespoke for us. I could no; reverence her, try as I would, and much pre ferred to leave her bobbing and to climb the giant stone staitcase that mounts the hill to the tomb of the first Shogun, who overthrew his em peror and penned him as a fox is penned. There at least was candor. Temple Is Attractive. The temple of the tomb of the Sho gun prospers so well that the banks of Japan vie for its deposits Shinto ist and Buddhist both hold it in sanc tity and worship there. Kven thus early in the year, when roads are bad and the fields need planting, hundreds of pilgrims arrive daily, by train and afoot. Each pays a substantial ad mission fee and all shed their geta j to walk In bare or stocking feet into ' Feature Writer for The Oregonian Sends Cablegram; Don Skene Is to Travel to Paris. Ben Hur Lampman, the feature writer of The Oregonian, who is ac companying Julius L. Meier, chair man of the state-wide committee man aging the preliminary work for the proposed 1925 exposition, on a tour that was to encircle the globe, will not proceed, as was planned, but will return home within a month. The Oregonian has received a cable gram from Mr. Lampman, at Shang hai, advising he would sail for home late this month. Information given in the cable was meager, but it was understood that Mr. Meier will proceed with his tour as planned originally. Repeated delays in the itinerary of the Meier party is believed" to be re sponsible for the decision of Mr. Lampman to return home. He is weeks behind his schedule and the contemplated brief trip around the world would lengthen ' into many months if the slow time that has been made were to continue through out the journey. Don Skene, of The Oregonian local staff, had already made arrange ment to meet Mr. Meier's party in Paris, where he plans an extended stay, and he will leave Portland this morning for New York, whence he will sail for France. While away, Mr. Skene will fur nish special correspondence to The Oregonian. that will be of interest to its readers, as showing the post-war Paris, and the differences that have come in the Paris of war days, with which so many of this'paper's readers are familiar. Rabbits Few in Tumalo. BEND, Or., April 10. (Special.) Rabbits are comparatively few in the Tumalo section this year, it was dis covered by hunters who took part in a drive yesterday. Where 1500 rab bits were slaughtered last year only 200 were bagged Sunday. HEADACHE POWDERS ed fox Is Absolutely Harmless to the Heart f 1 JCY tUCIC i M Mi. buAmntH f L Contains no UfSafo "TOY THE DRUG STORK. FIRST." Terms Are Declared Equal. "We meet on equal terms, provided we fecept equal conditions. We are not here as allied and enemy states; we are not here as belligerents, or neutrals; we have not come together as monarchists or republicans or sovietists; we are assembled as the representatives of all the nations and peoples of Europe to seek out th bes; bethods for restoring thve shat tered prosperity of this continent. So may each build up in his own land, each' in his own way, a better condi tion of things for the people than the world has yet enjoyed. But if we meet on terms of equality it must be because we accept equal condi tions. "The conditions Inviting the powers were laid down . at Cannes. They apply to all alike; they are the con ditions which heretofore have been accepted by all civilized communities as the basis of international good faith. They in themselves are honor able; they are essential to any inter course between nations; they do not derogate from the complete sover eignty of the state. We fully accept them ourselves: they are the only conditions on which we can consent to deal with others. I will summar ize them in- two or three sentences. Aggressive Operations Barred. lhe first is, when a country enters a contract obligation with another country or its nationals for value received, that contract cannot be repudiated whenever the country changes its government without re turning value. The second is that no country can wage war on the insti tutions of another. The third s that one nation shall not engage in aggressive operations against the territory of another. The fourth is that the nationals of one country shall be entitled to impartial justice in the courts of another. "If any people reject these ele mentary conditions of civilized inter course between nations, they cannot be expected to be received into the community of nations. These condi tions were laid down at Cannes; they were incorporated in the invitation to this conference: thev are the fundamental basis of its proceedings and all those who accepted the invita tion must be presumed to have ac cepted the conditions and have every reason, to believe that that is the view Rrhich every nation represented in this assembly is prepared to adhere to in letter and spirit. Common Effort Is Needed. "Europe undoubtedly needs a com mon effort to repair the devastation wrought by the most destructive war ever waged in this world. That war came to an end three years ago. Europe, exhausted with its fury, with the loss of blood and treasure it in-, volved, is staggering under the colos sal burdens of debt and reparation it entailed. The pulse of commerce is beating feebly, wildly; in some lands artificial activity is stimulated either by demands for repairing the ravages of war or by generations of thrift by the frugal and industrious among the people; but the legitimate trade, commerce and industry are everywhere disorganized and de pressed. ' There is unemployment in the west, there is famine and pestilence the east; the peoples of all races and classes are suffering. some more, some less, but all are suffer ing, and unless some common effort by all nations of Europe is made and made immediately to restore European efficiency I can -see symp toms not merely that the suffering will continue but that it may even deepen into despair. Real Peace Declared Needed. "What is the first need of Europe peace, a real peace. We propose to study the currency good. We pro pose to examine the question of ex changes. That also is good. We propose to discuss transport and credit. That is all good. But un less peace is established and good will amongst nations all these dis cussions will be of no avail. "On the other hand, if real peace is the issue of this conference, all those things will be added unto you. But there is no peace in Europe. It is true that actual fighting has ceased, but the snarling goes on, and as there are many dogs - in every country who imagine that the loader they bark the deeper impression they make of their ferocity and determin ation, Europe is defended by this canine clamor. Confidence Held Destroyed. "It is undignified; it is distracting; it destroys confidence; it has rattled the. nerves of a nerve-ruined contin ent, and we shall only make a real contribution to the restoration of Europe at this conference if we can stop the snarling. " Europe needs rest, quiet and tranquillity that is she needs peace." "If we act together in the same spirit we shall succeed not in the spirit of greedy vigilance over selfish in terests, but with a common desire to do the best to restore the world to its normal condition of health and vigor. We shall do so if we measuie the suc cess of the conference we achieve, not by the good we prevent We must not roll boulders in front of the plow. Let us think more of what can be ac complished than what can be restrict ed. We have all of us one common re striction in the public opinion of our countries. The public opinion of one country is concentrated perhaps mow upon one aspect of affairs, the puDiic opinion of another country upon a dif ferent object. That undoubtedly cre ates difficulties. Task Declared Not Easy. "It is not easy to reconcile these divergent opinions, even when they are hot conflicting. But public opin ion is not a rigid fact like the Alps or the Appenines. It is amenable to guidance, to direction, to the appeal of reason and conscience, and I feel confident that in every way it will yield a good deal to an appeal made to its mind and heart by the common statesmanship of Europe. It can be taught that the good of another coun try is not necessarily an evil of its own; or. the contrary, that which ben efits all the lands must necessarily be best for its own. "The world is one economic unit. Economically it is not even two hem ispheres it is one round, unbroken sphere. For that reason I regret that the great American republic is not represented here. However, much that has happened and is happening in Europe makes Americans cautious in interfering in our affairs. But if we can set these things right at this conference, I feel sure that America will rot merely come in, but come -in gladly. "The world will follow our delib erations with . alternate hopes and fears. If we fail there will be a sense of despair which will sweep over the whole world; if we succeed a ray of confidence will illuminate the gloom which is resting on the spirit of mankind. . "Europe is the cradle of the great civilization which, during the last 500 years, has spread across the globe. That civilization has been menaced with destruction by the horrors of the last few years, but if we do our duty manfully, fear lessly, we shall prove by this con ference meeting, as it does in a sa cred week, that civilization is capable of -achieving its exalted purpose by establishing on a firm basis peace and good will amongst men." By agreement among the delegates Premier Facta was elected president of the conference and Signor Schanzer, vice-president. Representatives of 33 states were present when the conference opened. The ambassador from the United States, Richard Washburn Child, took his seat in a section reserved for emi nent guests. A list of all the nations and states represented, with the rize of their delegations, follows: , South Africa 4, Albania i, Austria 6, Australia 14, Belgium 14, Bulgaria 15, Canada 2, Czecho-Slovakia 30, Den mark 10, Esthonia .25, Finland 7, France 60, Germany 80? Great Britain 128, Greece 22, Ireland 6, Italy 400, Letvia 6, Lithuania 7, Luxemburg 4, Norway 8, New Zealand 16, Holland 16, Poland 40, Portugal 9, Roumania 22, Russia 12, Jugo-Slavia 12, San Marino 16, Spain 16, Sweden 10, Switzerland 8 and Hungary 7. OH N ew Springtime Draperies That Are Fascinating in Design and That Charmingly "Will Give Your Home a More Springlike Atmosphere The glorious sunshine of the early spring days, dancing playfully through the windows, throws light on the need for new draperies and new rugs. The season furnishes delightful inspiration for the beautiful new hangings, and vivid, varied and gay cretonnes and chintzes bid for high favor at Lipman, Wolfe's are these materials in the better grades also curtains and curtainings in a showing that embraces most every pattern one could wish for. With the usual Lipman, Wolfe standards rigidly maintained, with prices even more attractive than they've been in past years, you could not wish for a more advantageous opportunity to pur chase the required draperies, curtainings and the rugs. New Cretonnes and Chintzes at 39c, 68c and 95c a Yard Hundreds and hundreds of yards cretonnes especially those in floral terns cretonnes so highly desirable for the the dining room or the bedroom. Some at others at 68c and 95c a yard. of the more beautiful and conventional . pat- livine room, yard 39c tor and STATE INVESTS IN BONDS $50,579 of Accident Commission , Funds Put in Securities. SALEM, Or., April 10. (Special.) Segregated state accident commission funds aggregating $50,579 today were invested in school district and county road bonds by the state bond commis sion. Included in the purchases were bonds of Washington county school district No. 23, totaling $14,000; bonds of Klamath county school district No. 53, totaling $8479: bonds of Clatsop county school district No. 10, in the amount of $500; bonds of Malheur county school district No. 26, totaling $7 6 00, and Umatilla county road bonds in the amount of $20,000. With the exception of the Umatilla county road bonds, which will yield 5 per cent, the other.bonds purchased by the board will return to the state interest at the rate of S1 per cent. The New "Sunfast" Draperies at $2.50 and $2.95 a Yard And other "Sunfast" draperies at $3.50 a yard the ex cellent quality of the famous "Sunfast" materials is to be considered now, as the sun grows hotter and more substantial drapes are required; 45 and 50-inch widths wanted colors. New Filet Curtain Nets Some for As Little As 39c And others at 68c, 95c and $1.29 a yard an extensive assortment of the better kinds in widths ranging from 36 to 45 inches. They're in small figured patterns so desirable for the living room or for the dining room. In white, cream and ecru. New Casement Curtain Nets at 95c and $1.19 a Yard The new season has brought forth beautiful new casrmrnt nets in patterns such as never before have been shown by thin store the nets are in widths ranging from 45 to 50 inches, and are in cream shade or ecru color. Excellent values at 95c and $1.19 a yard. New 9x1 2-Foot Wilton Rugs Are Splendid Values at $74.50 A new group of Wiltons that have just come to this store; they're in unique oriental patterns and in highly attractive con ventional patterns, featuring such colors as rose, blue, taupe and tan. Imported Braided Rugs in the Better Color Combinations 18x36 ipch braided rugs are priced $2.95 24x36 inch braided rugs are priced $3.95 27x54 inch braided rugs are priced $6.45 30x60 inch braided rugs are priced $7.65" 36x63 inch braided rugs are priced $9.95 Consult Miss Stoddard at Lipman, Wolfe's regarding all the proper harmonies in' the decora tion of the home. Miss Stoddard's advice and estimates cheerfully submitted without charge. The Knga and Draperies Are on the Fifth Floor Upmnn, Wolfe V . oL i-pmoit rvoiie ckd v-o. Merchandise of J Merit CW Brush Prairie Thieves Busy. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 10. (Special.) Chicken thieves have been operating near Brush Prairie again, this time stealing four dozen fine Barred Kock chickens. A wire fence between two posts opposite the chicken house was cut with nippers. OH HO 30 years of age and served the war as. a private in the 48th company, 166th depot brigade. He had worked at the camp only a few days, coming there from Grays River The body was taken in charge by Coroner Hughes. during I brought by Linn county to condemn land for highway purposes, owned by Laura H. Burkhart and Chester Cur tis, were taken to Albany in automo biles today to view the property in disput. Mrs. Burkhart claims dam ages in the amount of $8759 and Mr. Koatl Koute Viewed by Jury. SALEM, Or., April 10. (Specials- Members of a Jury drawn in the cir cuit court here Saturday to hear suits Curtis in the amount of $6519. cases are being tried jointly. The $2,6 1, 000 Loans Approved. AV'ASHINOTON. D. t, April 10. Approval of 80 advances for agricul tural and livestock purposes atrfcrr- gatliitf $2.fil6.0no uiis Hniionm-ril to day by tho " finance corporation. Hint rlbution of the loaiiM Included; ''a llfornia. $9100; Colorado. $iK.''t"! Idaho, $10.0110; Iowa, IIX.il00; Mon tana, $7I.imh; TVxhh. $101, nan; Utah, $;!''.'. una. and Walilii(.-tii. 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