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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY. APRIIi 2S, 1922 rflTIOI NEEDS MOE GRITS, SAYS CHIEF President Pays Tribute to Great Union Leader. 15,000 VISIT BIRTHPLACE ; nation preserved, and yet the one j sweeping utterance from his great ' heart was 'let us have peace.' I "Many years later, when his life ' was ebbing and he struggled to the ! end of his memoirs, all the Amerl . can people knew of his brave f?ht i and the inevitable outcome and the man of magnanimity fe-und himself the recipient of a genuinely nation wide sympathy. "He saw union follow disunion. but It was not for him to live to see I complete concord where discord had I flourished. I wish he somehow migrnt Know mat in tne more man a third of a century since his one and only surrender, the indissoluble ties of union have been more firmly riveted and In the shared burdens and triumphs of American progress we have indeed continued at peace Jlr. Hard inj, Grand Army Veter ans and Others Join in Honor ing Memory of Soldier. POINT PtEASANT.. O., April 27. (By the Associated Press.) Stand ing in the, shadow of the spot a here General Grant was born 100 .ears ago today, President Harding ortfQght fcrth great applause from i 5,000 persons when he expressed his oelief that the great union leader w ould have approved all the repuDiic ias so recently done in joining other 'tations in lifting the burdens of arm ament and promoting understandings '.i hich- make war less likely. The- audience, composed mainly of ihioans who had Journeyed here to celebrate the centennial of Grant's oirth, cheered also when Mr. Harding declared the "sacrifice and nation wide service in he world war re vealed the common American soul. Mr. Harding spoke from a stand im mediately adjoining the spot on which .Hood the cottage where General Grant was born. Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Fred Urant and many other distinguished people prominent in the official life it the nation and Ohio were on the jjiatform. A group of Grand Army vet- . rans followed closely every word of praise bestowed on their leader by the president. Country Nation's Hope. In the absence of Governor Davis, who was ill. Judge Hugh Nichols, i-hairman of the centennial commit tee, introduced the president. Before beginning his prepared ad dress Mr. Harding expressed his pleasure, at coming to a village like i'oint Pleasant for an occasion like that of today. "I would rather have ome to a spot like this," he said than to any other inrthe- republic ;hat I could choose- Not that I have not reverence for the genius, deter mination and capacity belong to great cities, but if my observations in life count for anything I want i,p say to you that the one ever lasting anchorage of this republic is in communities like this in which we are gathered. In the simple life of the hamlet and the village there is the typical sturdy life of our America .ind I rejoice to come among you and participate in this celebration. He praised the union leader as a gre&t hero and military commander, :!-. "unnnnHitinnnl -surrender Grant." it the army, who immediately on the wrenaer of General Lee at Appo .nattox, became "Grant, the mag namlnotis. Ovation Continuous One. The trip of the president and his party to Point Pleasant on the gov ernment tug Cayuga was made through a continuous ovation from ".-ns of thousands of people who hied the Ohio river on both the Ken ucky and Ohio banks. Salutes from 'iver craft and towns .and houses along the shore, the Stars and Stripes lloating from nearly every home and ihe cheers of the people greeted the chief executive and Mrs. Harding along the way and Joined with the acclaim from the thousands who lined Cincinnati streets through which the president passed in welcoming him back to his native state. Mr. Harding and his party returned to Cincinnati immediately after his .iddress and were guests of Charles i. Taft, publisher of the Cincinnati Times-Star, at dinner before leaving on their return journey to Washing ion. A picked company of regulars md a band from Port Benjamin Har rison met President Harding in Cin cinnati and rendered military honors, other regulars did police duty at Point Pleasant. Such Hen Needed Now. "I sometimes wonder," the presi dent said, "if the magnanimity of Urant, the dogged, persistent, un alterable Grant in warfare the un conditional surrender Grant would not be helpful in the world today. The great world struggle, which we might reasonably designate the civil war of western civilization, and in which we so creditably and help lully participated, left peoples and nations prostrate, hardly knowing which way to turn for restoration. 1 cannot help but believe that some '.hing of the spirit with which Grant welcomed ( victory, something of his eagerness to return to peaceful ways, would have speeded the restoration and hastened the return to prosper ity and happiness without which there can be no abiding peace." Mr. Harding paid tribute to Grant as "the military hero of the republic, a commanding figure in the military history of the world." "It is 67 years since Grant gar landed victory with magnanimity. It is 37 years since he laid down the wearied autobiographer's pen and made his one and only surrender: His fame is secure. The republic has not forgotten and will not forget. "What of the republic Itself? It will not be unseemly to say that American example and American con ception of justice and liberty since then have influenced the world little iess significantly than Grant's serv ice to the union shaped the course of our land. Civilisation Rein Secure. "A score of new republics have un furled their flags and democracy has opened new avenues of liberty and mads justice more secure. Civiliza tion meanwhile has made such ad vances that there has seemed a divin ity pointing the way. And yet that very civilization, more advancing than entrenched, was threatened by the world war and in war's aftermath established order has been assaulted and revolution has threatened throughout the world. "In our own land the enemies within have been more threatening than those without. Greed and anarchy have menaced. But calm survey gives every reassurance. Twenty cen turies of modern civilization could not have been builded on foundations which are false. A century and a half of gratifying American achieve ment dates from the sacrifices of the founding father, and their firm atxvLcture was reserved by the pa triots wham Grant commanded, and will be held secure by the patriotic citizenship of the republic today and the grateful Americana of the tomor row." Declaring at the outset that he had pondered over the attributes of the character of Grant, the president said the union leader "looms majestic in the blend of them all his fame is secure. S "In the supreme t icment of vic tory, with the union saved at unutter able cost, he seems to have surveyed the many disappointment the meas ureless JScrif ices and the mdescriable sorrows. He felt the assurance ol the WHAT COXGHESS DID AS ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. Adjournment taken almost immediately after convening in order that senators- might at teid the memorial services in honor of Grant. Brief tributes paid Grant by Watson of Georgia, McCumber and King. House not in session. at home. Geographical sectionalism Is only a memory now and Mason and Dixon s line remains only a his torical record, where an ambiguity in the federal constitution was wiped out and the nation resumed the onward -marca on us aestmeo way. "Seemingly it was a long time hi which to re-establish a concord so manifestly essential to the nation's greater achievements, but the un derstanding of the magnificent Lee was not universal throughout the north. Wounds had to be healed and partisan politics temporarily profited more in irritation than in healing. But the war with Spain consecrated north and south to a common cause and the sacrifice and nationwide service in the world war revealed the common American soul. Humble Birthplace Noted. "Grant was himself the supreme example of American opportunity. Standing before his humble birthplace,- amid the surroundings of his obscure boyhood life, one doubts if three-quarters of a century ago any one would have sought here for the military chieftain of a century. We have not a few, even today, who think small-.own vision to be piti fully circumscribed. And yet this little Clermont county furnished in Ulysses S. Grant and Henry C. Cor bin two of the 13 lieutenant-generals who have been commissioned in all our history. "Many an 'ncident of the ar, many a revelation of his sturdy character showed that his face was set on the one supreme achievement union and the preserved ark of the American covenant of liberty. No hurting heart, no rivalry, no triumph of other com manders, no promotion of the aspiring or deserving could remove his gaze fromthe great end sought. He wrote Sherman, in Grant-like simplicity and sincerity, that he would serve under him as willingly as over him, to at tain preserved union. "Out of such consecration, out of such unchanging devotion came his signal victory. . . . He 'fought ta a preserved union andi restored nation, and succeeding generations are richer because of his example. One may guarantee security of this republic so long as leaders among men put the country's good above' personal and political advantage." GRANT MEMORIAL DEDICATED Statue Is Unveiled With Impress ive Ceremonies. WASHINGTON, D. C. April 27. The massive bronze memorial to Gen eral U. S. Grant, the gift of the nation to the memory of the great ex-Union soldier and president was dedicated in' the botanic gardens today with Impressive ceremonies, in which not only surviving comrades of the great general participated, but also the vice-president of the United States, Chief Justice Taft and associate Jus tices of the supreme court, members of the senate and. house, General Per shing and other high officers of the army and navy. The dedication included a paraae made up of soldiers, sailors and ma rines, midshipmen from Annapclisand cadets from West Point, patriotic so cieties and veterans in blue and gray. And when the memorial was unveiled by Princess Cantacuzene, granddaugh ter, and Princess Ida Cantacuzene, great-granddaughter of General wrant, scores of pigeons swooped from captivity at the base of " the great equestrian statue and a salute of 21 guns boomed forth at Fort Myer, across the Potomac, while the "doves of peace" circled above them, as It loath to leave the statue of the man who brought peace to a stricken na tion nearly 60 years ago. As two large American flags were unfolded from the towering figurs, a green wreath with the inscription, "Let us have peace," stood forth in bold relief. MORSE AA10 3 SONS INDICTED FOR FRAUD 20 Other Persons Also Are Named in Charges. PLAN HELD DELIBERATE Defendants Are Declared to Have Known Facts Were Misrepre sented by Mail. NEW YORK, April 27. Charles W. Morse, N3W York financier, his three sons and 29 other persons, some prom inent in shipping, legal and brokerage ircleg. were accused in a federal in dictment today with having used the mails to defraud investors in the stocks of various steamship compa nies. The aggregate authorized capital of the sundry corporations ran into scores of millions of dollars, and included- the United States Steamship company and its subsidiar'es, United States Transport company Inc., and the holding organization known as the United States Shipping corpora tion. "The pr'nclpal defendants," cnargeq with conspiring since May, 1919. to defraud investors and put their al- eged sw;ndling scheme into effect by use of advertising matter sent through the mails, were named as follows: Charles W. Morse and hi Sons Erwm A. Morse of Washington, Benjamin W. Morse of New York and Harry F. Morse of Greenwich, Conn. Martin J. Gillen, formerly assistant to the chairman of tha United States ship ping board. Ex-Attorney-General One. William' A. Barber, ex-attorney-reneral of South Carolina. Mark L. Gilbert, ex-president of the Ship Construction A Trading company, Stoningrton, Conn. Georg-e M. . Hurditt, attorney for Morse interests. Nehmiah Campbell, Brooklyn, one-time head of several Morse enterprises. Richard O. White, New York, ex-presl- dent of the United States Transport company. Stuart G. Gibboney, lawyer. Glenard S. Foster, Orange, N. J., ex- head of G. S. Foster & Co., curb brokers. Henry K. Boue-hton, Wttrren, Mass., ex- head' of a concern dealing In Investments and securities. William H. Dennis, certified public ac countant of New York. Rupert M. Much. Augusta, Ma. James Gill, publicity man for Morse, and Milton Qulnn, alias Milton Quimby, ex-Morse agent. Conspiracy Is Alleged. These men, the indictment alleged. have since May 11, 1919, conspired to defraud investors with a view to their own profit by divers schemes and artifices. Among these, was alleged misrepre sentation in advertising that the United States Steamship company, with an authorized capital of 25,- 000,000, and Its underlying companies were going concerns with large con tracts, both governmental and pri vate, for building and repairing ships and carrying freight and that they were paying bona fide dividends and were backed by valuable assets and that, therefore, to buy stocks in these organizations would prove profitable to investors both in speculation and in dividends. Dividend Held Not Paid. The contracts weTe not . as repre sented, the grand jurors alleged, nor i were the assets, and the companies were not paying dividends. The In dictment charged that the defendants knew investors had been precluded from profiting by their own misman agement. The principal defendants "knew" when they sent 1000 letters through the mail, the indictment alleged, that the assets- an-d prospects of the com panies were not "as valuable as rep resented. The defendants were accused of having intended to pay themselves excessive salaries "to waste and dis sipate'' the resources of the United States Steamship company, appropriate its assets to themselves along with some of the - capital stock without making any valuable return and to permit the corporation to incur ex cessive obligations. Alleged Aajreememta Cited. - Included in the indictment were copies) of agreements alleged to ha' been entered into by Mr. Morse as the representative of Charles W. Morse & Co., and James O'Brien, whereby James O'Brien & Co., brokers, were given an option to buy 800,000 shares of the stock of the United States Shipping corporation, with a par value of $10, at from $3 to S8.50 a share. A subsequent agreement provided for a joint venture in stock promo tion. A letter from Morse to O'Brien in 1920 concerned the delivery of 10,000 shares "which can be used for the purpose Of protecting the market which you may create in this stock." Innocence Asserted by Two. There were also letters saying the companies had a 140,000,000 contract with the Emergency Fleet corpora tion and that if the Bhipplng board had lived up to its contracts instead of having "done everything possible to wreck our subsidiaries," the con cerns would be in better shape. Mr. Barber and Mr. Gibboney. in state ments tonight decclared themselves innocent of the charges against them. Both said they would ask for immediate trials. . Along with those previously listed, these were indicted today: James O'Brien, James R. Nelson. Arthur W. Kohler, Lawrence N. Bremer. Maruice M. O. Purdy and Ed ward Lucas, all curb brokers, and George E. Wells, attorney. 8 MORE TOWNS FLOODED (THntlnqfrd From Flrat Page.) IRISH ARMED FORCES CLASH, KILLING TWO 7 Also Wounded in Battle of Regulars and Irregulars. others seen to drown added to the list last night. Belief that the crest had passed was expressed by officials early to day after a decided drop was noted last night in both the Trinity river and in Clear Fork creek. Wilbur Academy Reunion Set. ROSEBUHG, Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) June 3 has been set for the annual reunion of the students of the Old Wilbur academy and from pres ent indications there will be a much larger attendance than in many years. This will be the sixth reunion for the students of southern Oregon's first academy. R. A. Booth of Eu gene will make the principal address, J. W. Hamilton of Roseburg will be toastmaster and Dr. William Kuyken dall of Eugene will preside at the campfire session. Douglas Oddfellows Hold Picnic. ROSEBURG, Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) At the annual picnic of the Douglas County Oddfellows' associa tion at Myrtle Creek last night I. A. Dean of Riddle was elected president, R. A. Hutchinson of Oakland, J. L Pickens of Roseburg, Mrs. Bessie Her mann of Myrtle Creek and Mrs. Stearns of Yonca.lla vice-presidents; Mrs. Bell Stephenson of Roseburg sec retary, and V. T. Jackson of Roseburg treasurer. DAIL HAS HOT SESSION Fir knots for furnace and fireplace. Edlefsen's, Broadway 70. Adv. Be Valcra Gives Jjie to Griffith In Discussion of Blame for Dis cord In Country. MULLING AR, Ireland, April 27. (By the Associated Press.) Two men were killed and seven were wounde-d in fighting today between the regular and Irregular Irish republican army forces stationed here in anticipation of Eamonn de Valera's anti-treaty meeting on Saturday. The hostilities began at 5 A. M. and continued for two hours, both sides using rifles and machine guns. One man was killed on each side. The regulars captured and disarmed a lorry load of republicans. DUBLIN, April 27. The republican haQitmiiiFtn.a n t Ttatrera-rst Hush bar rack confirmed the story of the. fight between regulars ana insurgents at Mullingar early this morning. The official version was that the five or six official .troops who had been taken prisoner last nignt. jm oial troops went to obtain liberation nf thnir pnmnilos who were handed aitai. Hut nrliAn tha naptv ill) COT1 ft some distance Irregulars quartered In tne ponce DarracKS openea m e, which was returned. Hot Battle Ensues. A battle ensued, resulting in the death of one official and one insur gent soldier, and seven wounded. After the fight the irregulars vacated the police barracks and Joined tneir comrades, who had established them selves in the county hall. The official troops are reportea to have presented an ultimatum demand ing that the insurgents quit the county hall within five hours. The town Is said to be quiet, but tele graph and telephone service has been interrupted. Machine guns have been added to the defense of the Four Courts build ing in Dublin, which was occupied by irregulars some time ago, and t'he occupants threaten to burn the place if any attempt is made to expel them by force. Documents to Be Held. -Inquiry regarding the safety of cer tain valuable documents today elicited the reply that so long as the arrison was not molested these papers would not be injured. The provisional government has an nounced that the whole work of the public record office has been held up on account of occupation of the building. Bitter exchanges between Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eireann, and Eamonn de Valera, the republican leader, more Intense than any heretofore, marked the proceed ings of the Dail Elreann. today. Charges and counter charges of re sponsibility for the prnt disorders characterized the debate. fcsC Mr. Griffith in a strong nttack en deavored to show that De Valera, while professing rigid republicanism, was willing to compromise. 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MORRISON at THIRD Valera's return from America, he had entered into negotiations with the British,. Griffith declared: "When I went to London, De Valera RSked tne to get him out of 'the straight-jacket of the republic' " This led to an angry acene, Mr. De Valera exclaiming: "I deny it. It is a falsehood," while his supporters shouted at Griffith, who retorted: "I won't be intimidated by any gunmen here." A fresh uproar arose and Mr. De Valera demanded withdrawal of the offensive expression. The Dail presi dent refused to withdraw, and asked how many speeches De Valera was to be allowed to make. Mr. De Valera replied: ''One for every lie." Mr. Griffith also alleged that when ho went to London, Mr. De Valera told him there might have to be scape goats, and. he added. Michael Collins and himself were willing to be scape goats to save De Valera's face. CAMPUS ELECTION FAILS Willamette Student Body to Hold Another Contest Today. "WILLAMETTE TJNIVKRS1TT, Pa lem. Or., April 27. (Special.); The annual election of the officers of the associated student tody of Willam ette university, which took place yes terday, resulted in a tie for one office, and a lack of majority vote in an other. Bruce White of Turner, Or., running for student body presidency, came within seven votes of getting a ma jority from a field of four candidates. Truman Collins of Portland was next highest. Ben Rickli, student body president, today announced a second election, taking place tomorrow, to decide the presidency and treasurership of the body. Linfield Wins Debates. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., April 27. (Special.) In the third annual debate with tha Lin field college, Pacific university lost both decisions 2 to 1. The debate was on the adoption of unemployment insurance in the United States. To morrow night the same teams will debate with the College of Puget Sound on the same question. r Verne Bright and John Conroy represented Pacific university on the affirmative at Forest Grove and William Har rison and Frank Broderson upheld the negative at McMinnville. Irish Organizer Here. L. J- Madden, national organiser of the Irish-republican party, arrived in Portland yesterday. . Mr, Madden is here to arrange for the mass meeting in this city May 9, at which the Countess Constance Markievlez will jP MI1LB oi andmellovO " 3 ' M V And Gato hasn't varied since 1871. It's always M "Old Reliable". ifu Cubans make it. The r tobacco is ALL Pure ill Havana, aged for years, fy Jr On Sale Everywhere i yjr AH popular shapes and siict GATO. The Hart Cigar Co, Portland. Oregon Distributors for the Northwest , ftr ifljfrT" , ; be the principal speaker. 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