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1 w fcuLUC, ST AIL LiCFAlvY VOL. LXI-NO. "Ihl66&f - - ,. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1022 PRICE FIVE CENTS SOVIET T EDITORS IN QUARREL; ONE SHOT AND KILLED OBSTACLES CONAN DOYLE ADM IRES GIANTS IN BALL GAME SUB-CHASERS USED BY RICH RUM RING OUIZZ ATINOUEST INVESTIGATORS. FIND WHERE METEOR HIT SHIPPING BHD JOINS BUTE WAR CONFERENCE COLD LIGHT CONTROVERSY OVER -ARTICLE ENTDS IX COMBAT. PliAY HELD UNEXCITING WITH-'.- OUT BABE RUTH. CUSTOM OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO END SMUGGLING. DIVE INTO SEA MADE 5 MILES FROM GUARD STATION. HREATEN TWO AGAIN I WD AT KLAN ng Out of All War Debts Is Demanded. " LOAN ALSO IS REQUESTED Aid Asked in Reorganizing National Life. STEP CAUSES SURPRISE Allied Chiefs Frankly Admit Agree ment Will Be Difficult Unless fcovlet Changes Attitude. GENOA. April 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Another new twist in the Russ'ia.n tangle again has caused inquietude in conference circles Seemingly the Russian delegates have developed a new set of proposals. It is understood that at the meeting of the experts on the Russian ques tion this afternoon the soviet dele gates argued for the complete wip ing out of the war debts and also relinquishment of all arrears in in terest on pre-war debts. Simultaneously they asked for as surances -'hat the powers would grant loans sufficient to enable Russia to reorganize her national life. Demand Causes Surprise. As the soviet had previously given the allies to understand that a Scal ing down of the war debts would be accepted, ihe demand of the delegates for a protocol canceling these debts caused great surprise 'to the repre sentatives of the powers, who re ported to the chiefs of their respec tive delegations that the trend of to day's meeting with the bolshevik! in dicated the possibility of insuperable difficulties' in coming to some ar rangement with the soviet. The Russian request fo.' extensive loans caused dissatisfaction because It is recognized that it would be ex tremely difficult to guarantee credits to Russia without some reasonable as surance that they would be handled by a truly responsible Russian gov ernment. Experts Adjourn Sine Die. The allied chiefs tonight frankly expressed their opinion that an ar rangement with the soviet will be ex tremely difficult unless the Russian delegates show a reasonable attitude Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, the chairman of the commission, said he could not discuss the matter further if the Soviets adopted such an Impos sible attitude, and thcretore must re fer the situation to the respective governments of the allies. The experts adjourned sine die be cause of what they termed the ex cessive Russian demands, which pro posed also that the powers accept noa-restit jtion of the private prop erty of foreigners. The Russian delegates declare that the terms they were willing to grant were conditional first, on the rec ognition cf their government, and, second, receipt of a loan from foreign countries, in addition to cancellation of arrears in interest on the pre-war debts themselves. Financial Circles Depressed. The Russians declared that restitu tion of property was contrary to their policy of nationalization, but claimed that Russians had the right to pos sess property in foreign countries be cause these countries were under a beurgeoise regime. The breaking up of the experts' meeting has caused depression in con ference circles. It is realized that th new incident endangers the good re sults of the conference, especially after the French premier's declaratiot: that France would withdraw from the conference unless the Cannes resolu tions were scrupulously adhered to. HURON RUSHED TO CHINA 1 lsliip of -American Fleet in Asiatics Sent to Keep Peace. MANILA. P. I., April 24. The flag ship Huron of the Asiatic .squadron received rush orders today to sail for China, because of the disturbed con ditions there. All officers and men were ordered aboard the Huron tonight preparatory to departing tomorrow morning. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 24. The orders to the Huron were under stood tonight to be of a precautionary nature only, in view of conditions in China. Should lives of Americans be endangered it was pointed out, as sistance could be rendered by the Huron, although, it is believed, no landing orders are involved. CAMP LEWIS TO BE SEPT Intention of Abandoning Post Is Denied by Secretary Weeks. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C-, April 24. There is no intention of completely aban doning Camp Lewis. Secretary of War Weeks assured Senator Poindexter today. The number of troops to be main tained there, however, it was re Iterated, depends upon the size ot the appropriation congress makes for a-rniy personnel and post upkeep. Assailant, After Suffering Broken STose, Fires Two Shots, Then Surrenders to Officer. DURAN30. Colo.. April 24. Will iam L. Wood, 35 years old, city editor of the Durango Herald, was shot and killed here today by Rod S. Day, 47, editor of the Durango Democrat. The shooting took place on Main street in the business district. Day gave himself up and was held at the sher iff's office. No witnesses to the shooting have been found. The trouble between the two men is said to have grown out of editorial articles printed in the two papers. It is said to have begun when the Herald printed a clipping from another Colorado newspaper, which declared" the Democrat was one of the few newspapers in the country fight ing the 18th amendment to the con stitution. The exchange of editorial comment had been going on about a week. It finally grew personal. When Day and Wood met today, the latter is alleged to have started an argument. Wood then is alleged to have struck Day with some unde termined weapon, breaking Day's nose and inflicting other injuries. Day then is alleged to have drawn a re volver and to have fired two shots. Wood died in a hospital an hour later. Day declined to make a statement. Wood was married and came here from Montrose, Colo. NEW ADMIRAL ANNOUNCED 9 Lieutenant Zeusler Now Head of Prohibition Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 24. The prohibition navy has changed admirals. . Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Zeusler of the coast guard, it was said today at dry law en forcement headquarters, has been made liaison officer in the coast guard and prohibition units for the handling of the fleet of nine sub marine chasers in the war on rum runners at sea. He assumes charge as a result of the transfer of R. L. Jack, coast guard, the first pro hibition admiral, to Milwaukee for duty on the cutter Tuscorora. Lieutenant Zeusler was formerly stationed at Port Angeles, Wash, and came here on board the ' new coast guard cutter Modoc, which re cently made the trip from the Pacific coast to Washington. BRIDE, 68, WON BY MAIL Halfway Farmer, 7 5, Is Benedict After 1 4 Years' Courtship. HAINES, Or.. April 24. (Special.) A courtship by mail of 14 years' duration resulted in the marriage of W. A. Flower of Halfway, this county, and Miss Linda Free of Mil waukee, Wis., Saturday. The bride groom is 75 years of age and the bride 68. Added romance was given the courtship by the failure of "the marriage license to arrive by stage mail from Baker in time for the wedding to be performed on the date originally set. On account of the bride not being known at Halfway or Baker, the license clerk would not issue the permit, and the wedding was post poned until the legal requirements could be met. The couple will re side on a ranch owned by the bride groom in the Halfway vicinity. GOVERNOR'S TRIAL BEGUN One Juror Tentatively Chosen in Case of Leu Small. WAUKEGAN, I1U April 24. (By the Associated Press.) Governor Len Small of Illinois went on trial here today charged with conspiracy to embezzle state funds. At the close of the first day's work one juror had been tentatively accepted by both state and defense. Both sides tonight were predicting that a jury can be obtained within a week or ten days. Governor Small, his son, Leslie, and a number of personal friends at tended the opening day s session. Judge Clair C. Edwards announced today it will not be necessary ' for the governor to remain in court throughout the trial. CANADA GETS NEW LOAN I J. P. Morgan & Co. to Offer $100,- 000,000 Bond Issue Today. NEW YORK. April 21. J. P. Mor gan & Co. . announced late today 1 that it would offer tomorrow $100,000,000 government loan for the Dominion of Canada. The bonds 1 will bear 5 per cent interest, and will Vun for a period of 30 years, the Canadian government reserving the right to recall them in 20 years. They will be offered at par and interest. The proceeds will be used by the i Canadian government to refund the existing debt of the dominion. BOY, 11, IS DROWNED! Lad Falls Through Bridge Into I Stream Swelled by Flood. CANYON CITY. Or., April 24. (Special.) Arthur Geinger, 11, of Monument. Or., was drowned yester day in Cottonwood creek a short dis tance above Monument. The .accident occurred when an old bridge gave way allowing the boy. who was riding horseback, to fall into the sw if t' stream, now bank full from melting snow. The body had not been recovered at latest report, although search was being made. Scientist Must Find Way to Apply Luciferin. INTENSE GLOW NECESSARY Discoverer Tells of Work to Perfect Illumination. CRUSTACEAN PUT TO USE Synthesized Proteins Are Basis of Process t& Get Results That Can Be Utilized. NEW YORK. April 24. (Special.) There are two obstacles to be over come yet before cold light will pos sess any great economic importance, according to E. Newton Harvey, pro fessor of Princeton, who recently an nounced an important discovery along those lines, after eight years of re search. First, tha scientist must find a way to synthesize luciferin, the chemical substance producing the cold light second, the intensity of the glow must be increased by obtaining larger surface of the luciferin. The Princeton professor has made great progress along these lines, and has solved the problem of continuous light. Luciferin Basic Principle. Working with a small Japanese crustacean. Professor Harvey has ob tained a substance known as luciferin, which is manufactured by chemical process within the minute organism. Professor Harvey is not interested in the use the animalcule makes of this light but rather of the chemical process that creates it. Unless this substance can be made artificially, and the possibility of this is remote, the only method by which one can obtain this cold light would be to gather together millions of the small organisms. Professor Harvey has. preserved a great number of these animals by drying them. Then by pouring water on them a brilliant blue glow is ob tained. Duration of l ight Unknown. - He has not yet worked out def initely the amount of time that would elapse before the substance would finally cease to give off light. .How ever, he believes that it would be a long time. "The question as to whether we shall ever be able to produce living light becomes the question whether we shall be able to synthesize the proteins," .-aid Dr. Harvey. "Per sonally, I think that will come 'in time. We can synthesize fats, -Sugars and some of these polypeptids,- which are very simple proteins. So it be comes a matter of time when it will be possible to synthesize the more (Concluded on Fa&e 2, Column I.) t A PRACTICAL USE THAT. MIGHT BE MADE OF THE RADIO. t t : CoNCE-PtCE-D t t rw? ic-o rACjo , i ' j t c T&Vl d& 'Q rT-n-rr t7?ZMjJ&. 111 : - .. bvi i t - 4 I - - - - - I ..MJ.M.J.Af .A. .A. -.. ...... . . ...... . --.... C reator of Sherlock Holmes Thinks That With Little Practice He .Could Become Star. NEW YORK, April 24. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,' creator of Sherlock Holmes and general authority on things supernatural, saw the blg leaguers in action at the polo grounds last week. Today, after due consideration of the psychic phenomena of the dia mond, he announced he had made the following deductions concerning the greatest American pastime: "No. 1 The average fan is not satisfied without the spiritual pres ence of Babe Ruth. The game lacks excitement unless the king of swat is there in person." "No. 2 Baseball did not originate in America. It is simply a reincarna tion of the old Egyptian game of rounders, considerably elevated and glorified." "No. 3 Sir Arthur will henceforth be a baseball fan, instead of a cricket enthusiast." " "No. 4 The way the Giants fol lowed the ground balls was wonder ful. The way they judged the flies was remarkable. Outffelders are more impressive than infielders." Continuing his deductions. Sir Arthur said there really was nothing to prevent him from spiritualizing in professional baseball, as he had been taught the game years ago by his American author friend Hamlin Gar land, ftnyone who could star at cricket could star at baseball, he de clared, and since he enjoyed some what of a reputation as a cricketer n his youth, equal fame as a "base- baller" should be easily attained, with a little practice, he thought. The principal merits of the Ameri can game, as seen by Sir Arthur, are that it is livelier and quicker than cricket and does not require such an expensive outfit. On the demerit side, he places the tendency of base ball to become a sport for specialized professionals, played almost entirely by the young, while in England most men continue their cricketing until they are well past middle age. As far as the English are con cerned," he continued, "there seems to be something in the national tem perament that is attracted to cricket. For this reason baseball has never achieved the same popularity in Eng land that cricket enjoys in this coun try There are, nevertheless, quite a number of baseball clubs springing up in England and in the future I think there will be more. I think the reason why men in this country do not keep up baseball as the English keep up their cricket is that here the sport is so highly specialized, the great object being to win, rather than the mere enjoyment of the game. On this account a man of middle age might feel he was making a spectacle of himself to in dulge in baseball. , 'Competition is undoubtedly much more intense m this country and that is probably why in the various sports, you concentrate to an extent that is unknown to us. We play far more for the sake of the game than for the victory." i Fleet Believed to Have Been Mo bilized to Meet Creation of America's "Dry Navy." NEW YORK, April 24. Customs officials announced today that they were working to smash a rich boot legger ring which they charged had mobilized a fleet of ex-submarine chasers to meet creation . of Amer ica's "dry navy." The federal agents are working on the theory that the swift craft that once pursued German U-boats and were sold after the war ,now are posing as naval vessels and, com manded by officers in the uniform of the United States, already have suc ceeded in running $3,000,000 worth of rum into the United States from Ber muda and Havana. The announcement of the discovery of the alleged smuggling scheme was made after ex-submarine chaser 101, rechristened the Fldus, had been nabbed in New York harbor by a police boat and customs launch after she had passed quarantine and was darting toward a pier. Customs men claimed that they had found aboard her numerous charts with marked landings along the. Atlantic coast and Hudson river. No liquor was found aboard her and the crew told a hair raising tale of having had their cargo plundered by pirates off the Long Island coast yesterday. - The ex-chaser, said to bear British registry, was tied np at the Battery, where she tonight ,was held on a technical charge .that she left Ber muda without clearance papers. Her captain, who gave his name as "John Kelly," and his crew of seven, were taken to the customs house for a severe grilling. After the examin ation, which was attended by a rep resentative from the office of the Brit ish consul-general, assistant United States Attorney Falk said: "Kelly wore the uniform of a United States naval officer. We have not as yet made any charges against Captain Kelly and the crew. It is understood that the-' Fidus carried .2100 cases of choice Scotch whisky from Bermuda and . that- is what we want to And out. The ves sel failed to show on her manifest any cargo and after questioning by customs agents it was decided to take her into port and question the crew." Among papers found in the cap tain's possession was a recommenda tion from his commanding officer stating1 he served in 1919 as an en sign" on " the Northern- 'Pacific" . and as executive otticer. on submarine chaser 70. All of the members of the crew were taken to the barge office and locked up in the brig 'until tomor row, when they will be taken to the federal court in Brooklyn for further questioning. Captain Clarke told newspaper men that he could see no reason why he or his men should be questioned when he was at all times outside the three-' mile limit. Auartnient Has $500 Fire. OREGON CITY, Or.. April 24. (Spe-: cial.) About $500 damage was done by fire today in the apartment over the Park Place pool halL The apart ment was occupied by a family by the name of Faubian. The blaze was put out by a bucket brigade. Probe to Be Made Today Into Raiding Party. MARSHAL IS HELD JUSTIFIED District Attorney Backs Of ficer Who Shot Raiders. WOUNDED MEN CALLED Son of Dead Constable, Grand Goblin and Kins Kleagie Are to Be Interrogated. 1 LOS ANGELES, April 24. The in vestigation of the raid by masked men at Inglewood, a suburb, Saturday night, in which three men were shot, will take shape tomorrow morning at an inquest over the body of M. B. Mosher, Inglewood constable. Con stable Mosher was one of the raiders. He died from wounds 'received when Frank Woerner, night marshal, opened fire on the party. Officers of the Ku Klux Klan in Los Angeles county will be subjected to ques tioning. This programme was announced late today by W. C. Doran. chief deputy district attorney, following a conference with District Attorney Woolwine. Mr. Doran was assigned to represent that office at the in quest, scheduled to be held at Ingle wood at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow..' Mr. Doran said that while the prov ince of the inquest is simply to estab lish the cause of death, he proposed to go further in the case Shooting Held Justified. "We will endeavor to ascertain who composed the mob which raided Mathias Elduayne's home and made Eiduayne and members of his family leave the place, after the 'shooting," the deputy district attorney said. "Furthermore, we shall try to learn what was .the inspiration for the raid and who- inspired it.". - - So far as responsibility for the death of Mosher .was concerned, Doran said there was no doubt Woer ner shot the constable, and was Justi fied in so doing. Walter E. Mosher, son of the slain man, and Leonard Ruegg, - a deputy sheriff,' who were, wounded by Woer ner. have been subpenaed as wit nesses, Doran said, and will be ques tioned about their connection with the affair if able to appear at the in quest. Young Mosher, according to authorities, made a statement today in which he admitted the raid was made by "an organization made ud of Picked men," but declined1 to say what name the organization bore. He said his father, Ruegg and himself were members of the party. K u Klux Men to Be Quizzed. William S. Coburn, grand goblin, and W. G. Price, king kleagie of the Ku Klux Klan in this county, -will also be questioned, it was said. Co- burn, according to information re ceived by the district attorney, was at Inglewood, eight miles from his home here, within half an hour of the shooting. The grand goblin said he had been told of the affair by Price, who had received word of it from the sheriff's office. It was stated at the sheriff's office that no one there knew of any way by which Price could have gotten such information. Night Marshal Tells Story. Night Marshal Woerner's story of the. shootings was as follows: "I received a call that there were stlckup men. there. We started to ward the place," referring to the start on the motorcycle with Clyde Bannatta, a youth wose motorcycle he commandeered. "When about 200 yards away from the crossroads where the crowd was, a man stepped out into the road and ordered me to halt He carried a revolver in his hands. "Throw up your hands!" he said to me. "'Throw up your hands yourself: I am an officer," I replied, and placed the rays of my flashlight on my badge so that he could see it. I waited awhile. The man continued to point his gun at me and made a threatening motion. Then I fired. "Two more men came running to ward me, firing as they came. I think other shots "came from the bushes. I fired at the two men and they fell. Then the whoie crowd came forward and a car started down the road. I ran . into the field, jumped on the motorcycle and got back to the road and went to town." Woerner Sm Exonerated. William Mosher, in a statement to officers exonerated Woerner of all blame for slaying his father and de clared if he had not been wounded he would have killed Woerner. He also admitted that the crowd had gathered to talk over a matter of law enforcement which, according to him, had not been handled by the authori ties in the proper manner. ' "An organization made up of picked men, with every man a real man, made up the band," young Mosher said. "We went out there to get a couple ot bootleggers who had been operating in this city for a long I time. With me went my father and Leonard Ruegg and many others. I iConcluded &a Column !. Huge Kolliiig Waves Said to Have Been Caused by Huge Pro jectile Landing In Water. ASBURT PARK, N. J.. April 24. The shooting super-star, described by New Jerseyites as "bigger than the moon." which last night ended a brier but lurid" pyrotechnic career with a plunge into the Atlantic, struck about five miles south of the Toms river coast guard station, it was estab lished today. Officials of the station reported to headquarters that the meteor's demise was' witnessed by a lonely beach pa trol shortly after 9 o'clock last night. His attention was first drawn to it by the appearance of a bluish light in the sky. This -resolved into a ball of fire, which, according to the guard, exploded like a clap of thunder and dove into the sea. A prolonged hissing followed, the witness s -id. Several minutes later the disturbance which had been caused in the ocean was evidenced by a suc cession of huge rolling waves. It was reported in the vicinity of Toms river that slight earth tremors accompanied the meteor's plunge. NEW YORK, April 24. It's a long, hot journey from Los Angeles, Cal., to Asbury Park, N. J., even for an ambitious little star. In fact, it's the oretically impossible, according to Professor Edmund O. Hovey, curator of the department of geology at the American Museum of History. In this fashion Professor Hovey disposed of any conjectural rela tionship between two celestial bodies of unusual brilliance which made their appearance last night on opposite sides of the continent. "It was probably just a coincidence," he said. "I do not believe a meteor or shooting star consumed by the heat of intense friction set up when it strikes the earth's air cushion, could last from Los Angeles to As bury Park. "Besides, the angle of descent Is too steep. Meteors usually strike the earth within a few miles from the point directly beneath where they become visible in the heavens." MANY ARRESTS ORDERED Court Acts to End Lawlessness Among Kentucky Moonshiners. . MANCHESTER, Ky April 24 The arrest of every person more than 12 years old in the Mill Cresk neighbor hood of Clay'cpunty has been ordered by Circuit Judge Johnson In an effort to break up lawlessness which cul minated last week in the ambushing of county officers who went into the district to arrest moonshiners. Two hundred warrants were issued by Judge Johnson and orders were given to confiscate any high-powered rifles and large calibered pistols. JUDGE CAMPBELL IS ILL Member of Circuit Court at Oregon City Taken lo Hospital. OREGON CITY, Or., April 24. (Spe cial.) Judge J. U. Campbell of the circuit court was taken suddenly ill early today and was removed to a hospitai. where his physicians had not yet diagnosed his illness. As a result of the illness of the judge all of the cases before the court here were postponed indef initely. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum 64 degrees; minimum 44 degrees: clear. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Foreign. Russo-German treaty reveals strong- com bination. Pag-e 5. Soviet again threatens conference. Pace 1. Reparations issue is raised at Genoa. Page 6. France demands enforcement of Versailles pact. Page 2. National. Court orders truth in clothing labels. Page 2. Shipping board enters rate war to South America. Page 1. Harding against makeshift bonus bill. Page 6. Domestic. Episcopalians plan to eliminate some of 10 commandments. Page S. . Editors quarrel;, one shot and killed. Page 1. High living costs caused by high wages, say farmera. Page 3. Subchasers used by rich rum ring. Page 1. Qulzz at inquest to be aimed at Klan.. Page 1. Conan Doyle aamirea oiants' way or play ing ball. Page 1. Two obstacles impede development of cold light. Page 1. Investigator fir.d where meteor landed In sea. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Trial of Charles Von der Ahe on murder charge opens at Pendleton. Page 7. Sports. Streak of victories of Pirates broken by Cubs. Page 13 Landis stands pat. so court may be asked to decide in Kenworthy case. Pag 14. Commercial and Marine. Flour market rises. Page 22. Traffic in stocks less. Page 23. Wheat imports started. Page 22. Bond selling heavy. Page 23. Waterfront strike at standstill, with both sides marking time. Page 4. Portland 'and Vicinity. French woman begins fight to prove she Is widow of Ernest Descamps. Page 7. Women's Research club entertains dis abled veterans. Page 12. Work on 3100.000 church to start next week. Page 8. Stepfather Jailed on charge of brutality. Page 13. Bootlegger suspect found not to have been Hecker's accomplish. Page 9. 17 proposed sites for hospital viewed by Shriners 'committee. Page 4. Ex-officers of defunct Stata bank accused of fraud. Page 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 8, Action of "British Flag Line" Held Unfriendly. CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED Fares to South American Ports Greatly Reduced. ATTITUDE IS EXPLAINED right Declared Forced by Private Company V. S. Craft "Mag nificent," -Others "Inferior." WASHINGTON, D. C. April 24 The shipping board, as a result of "the rate war" of the Lamport & Holt Steamship company to South America, through the four shipping board ves sels of the Munson line, has not only met those rates, but made a further reduction to S295 to Rio de Janeiro. $345 to Montevideo and 1360 to Buenos Aires, Chairman Lasker announced today. The Lamport & Holt rate were re duced from 415 to (315 for Rio de Janeiro, from $475 to $360 for Monte video and from $490 to $370 for Buenos A!res, but these. Chairman LaBker said, were for "their three Inferior ships" and did not apply to their Van Dyke, which, he said, corresponds to the shipping board vessels. Pan-American, Southern Cross, Western World and American Legion, Rio de Janeiro Rate Ala Cut. Lamport & Holt also announced effective July 1, a reduction in the round-trip rVte to $500 for Rio de Janeiro, and to meet this the shipping board has decided upon a rate of $450, effective the same date. Chairman Lasker said the new "straight rates" would become effec tive immediately. The Lamport Holt action, he added, was taken without consulting the Munson line or the shipping board and could only be In terpreted as a "declaration of mar in the South American trade." This war, he continued, may be the forerunner of similar ones In oilier ocean passenger service In an effort to drive the American flag off the seas, "but our hat Is In the ring," he declared, "and we will stick as long4 as necessary to assure American domination of the passenger traffio on all oceans." Action Is Held I afrlendly. , Asserting that Lamport & Holt "are running a British flHg line," Chairman Lasker said the action of this company was out of a clear sky, although the. old rates were "subject to adjustment and were, we all believe, too high. "We can take the action," he added, "as nothing but an unfriendly olio intended to cripple tho American mer chant marine and Its establishment of the first high-class service under the American flag between North and South America. The whole action In cutting the rates without conference with us, when we admit they should have been adjusted, could only be Interpreted as a declaration of war in this trade . . doner Relation Kxnerted. ' "We believe that the four beauti ful ships now plying regularly be tween North and South America under the American flag are the forerunner to closer relations, better relations and expanding trade between the United States and South America; and in order there may be no mis understanding so far as this govern ment Is concerned, that so long, as it operates its ships It will keep the flag flying and these splendid ac commodations going, the shipping board not only meets Lamport at Holt rates that they make on their Inferior ships, but announces rates effective at once of $295 to Rl" le Janeiro, $345 to Montevideo and $.16' to Buenos Aires. It always has been contemplated that a lower round-trip rate would be made beginning in Ji:L because of the exposition in itio Janeiro,. Lamport & Holt announced for their Inferior ships a round-rli rate of $500 beginning July 1. He ginning that date, the shipping board on Its magnificent ships announces a round-trip rate of $450. Attitude I F.iplalned. "The shipping board wlnhes to make it clear that we did not seek this thing; that we were In frlend'y relations with Lamport sc Holt, and that we wait to keep In friendly relations with the privately owned ships of every flag. But we believe that this may be a test fight in all the oceans as to whether America U to continue expanding its merchant marine and maintaining it and we are prepared to meet the fight at every point for any length of time as we are meeting this one. "We had expected greatly to re duce the rate and we hope that with the superior sertice we have, as ad mitted by Lamport & Holt, and at the lower rates that we glv.-. the trade will be so encouraged that out net showing will be better than be fore, and that increasing numbers of Americans wilt get acquainted with South America. Our hat i I,, the ring and we are going to siir-u as long as necessary to insure, tlm dominance of American flHttshlps he- twecn North -and South America." i