Morning Oregonian., June 21, 1922, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1922
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WARNS RAILROADERS
Strike Would Mean Disaster,
Says Mr. Hooper.
UNION ACTION REGRETTED
Vote on Walkout at Time When
Conditions Are Mending Is
Held 111 Advised.
CHICAGO, June 20. (By the As
sociated Press ) Disaster for the
striking railway unions and unfor
tunate results for their membership
was predicted to follow the threat
ened walkout, on which a strike
vote is now being taken by nine
railroad organizations, in a letter
from Ben W. Hooper, chairman of
the railroad labor board, to the
union leaders today.
Answering a letter from the union
chiefs to the boiV, which declared
the executives would authorize a
strike if the employes demanded it,
Chairman Hooper made categorical
reply to the "fierce assaults" on
the board, for which,, he declared,
there was no ground.
"With the degree of friendly in
terest that I feel in these organiza
tions and with the recognition I ac
cord to their great service to their
membership, I am hopeful that they
will not adopt a course that would
surely prove disastrous to the or
ganizations and unfortunate to the
men composing ' them," wrote Mr.
Hooper.
Step Held Regrettable.
"It is regrettable "that such a
step is contemplated at a time when
the country is just entering upon
an era of more stable industrial
conditions that give promise of an
enlarged degree of prosperity to
railway employes."
Although Chairman Hooper said
In his letter, which was addressed
to B. M. Jewell, president of the
railway employes' department of the
American Federation of Labor, that
he felt no reply was required to
the union's strike avowal, he ex
pressed "a willingness to go beyond
the strict limits of my official au
thority in tho interest of railway
peace." He said he felt it his duty
to reply because the threatened
strike "contains such possibilities
of loss and detriment" to the strik
ers. The chairman added that a
strike vote should ' not be taken
on any misunderstanding of the ac
tion or attitude of the board, but
declared the union chiefs' letter
manifested "a strikingly distorted
conception of what the board has
done and why it did it."
- Board's Acts MiMConBtrned.
"Tour statement that the board's
last decision 'states openly that
pressure of circumstances was such
that the board was unable to de
termine just and reasonable wages'
is not correct," the letter said. "The
decision contains no such statement
and none that can be fairly so con
strued. '
"lour statement that this board
says that the establishment of just
wages for railway- workers must
awajt the complete -satisfaction of
ownership in the matter of rehabili
tation and profits is an inexcusable
perversion of both the language
and meaning of what the board in
fact said. A strike of railway em
ployes, involving their wages, their
employment and their welfare, based'
upon such misleading statements of
this board's itiments and declara
tions, would be unjust to the men
and to the public."
Economic Lair Rulen.
"Tile statement in the board's de
cision 'that labor cannot be , com
pletely freed from the economic
laws which likewise affect the. earn
ings of capital,' Is bo obviously
sound that it Artll not b questioned
anywhere this side of t'he kingdom
of tho bolshieviki. And yet, you
mentioned tluis as an occasion for
offense.
"Your statement that the board
'fatled to take into consideraitiion the
principle that even, the lowest paid
railway, employes, such as section
man aaid laborers, should receive at
least a living wage,' is utterly base
less." Mr. Hooper then attacked the
ciMuuiuii.i isolation and accentua
tion" of the miiinitmum 23-cent rate
for common tabor, which he declared
was made misleading by the union
men. He .pointed out that section
men. receive a rate of from 23 to 35
cents an hour, the maioritv consid
erably (higher than tbe mtoimium, as
nowm Dy tine average rate of 32.7
cents, a3 compiled by the board.
Pre-War Wage Exceeded.
The 23-cent rate, he said, was
iourai on tew roads, mostly in the
south, where the oast of llvinir is
unusually low and where the mem
are iurnasned free living quern-tars
He pointed out that this low Twa.M
class of comumjon labor in 1915 re
ceived put 15 cents an hour n.n -im
1917 19.3 cents, increases of 11$, and
03. par cenx, respectively. Thie av
erage pay of the section hands, the
cnainmian added, will. U'Tidir t.Tt.ch .Tiller
1 reduction, still be 119.7 higher than
VR -110.
"Surely the leaders of these ra.1T.
way labor organizations cammot ex
pect to win the approval of the peo-
Itio or tne unuteo stares by a rigid,
unyielding resistance to the imeviJ
able process of readjustment which
has been, in progress for the .past
year, me le-ner comuium. "If the
public is satisfied that the railway
employes have been eve'n'more than
falrty dealt with by comparison with
are usually due to training
when constipated
Nujol being a lubricant keep
tbe food waste soft and there
fore prevents straining. Doctors
prescribe Nujol because it not
only soothes the suffering of
piles but relieves the irritation,
brings comfort and helps to re
move them.
Nujol is a lubricant not a
medicine or laxative so cannot
gripe. Try it today
Piles
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imilar labor and in view of the
conditions surrounding their work.
there will be no demand that they
shall be treated &s absolutely im
mune from the operation of the
economic processes through wKoli
everybody e-toe must pass." v -
B. S. OWNERSHIP NOT ISSUE
Reaffirmation of Labor Federa
tion's Stand Withheld.
CINCINNATI, June 20. (By the As
sociated Press.) Government own
ership and operation of the railroads
will not be an issue in the threat
ened strike of 1,000,000 shop work
ers and others,, spokesmen for the
rail unions today told the' American
Federation of Labor convention,
which responded to their request by
withholding a reaffirmation of ths
federation's stand in favor of the
adoption of such a policy.
"The rail- unions have not aban
doned the programme of public
ownership or grown lukewarm or
indifferent," declared -William t).
Johnston, president of the machin
ists' union, in explaining the re
quest. "We ask a declaration, how
ever, because we have a most un
friendly and unsympathetic adminis
tration at this time, and our ene
mies would say if the strike occurs
in the near future that the fight
was for government ownership. I
believe the strike is inevitable, for
there is no other way out. and we
want the issue clear-cut. The issue
Is the amelioration of the wrongs
committed by the railroad labor
board."
. Similar pleas by others, who are
the prospective leaders in the
threatened wu-ikout, led Max Hayes
of Cleveland to withdraw his mo
tion for a re-declajiation of the gov
' ernment ownership policy. The mo
tion was Injected into the conven
tion's work when It for a second
time during the day went on rec
ord as favoring repeal of the trans
portation act, in which connection
it denounced the railroad labor
board for its orders, especially those
reducing wages and changing work
ing conditions.
In addition to its big programme
of work, the convention was marked
by. the beginning of a movement to
run Mr. Lewis as a candidate for
president of the federation in oppo
sition to Samuel Gompers. Although
Mr. Lewis declared he "was in no
sense" a candidate, efforts were
pushed in his behalf during the day.
PETITION THROWN OUT
REFERENDUM ON . LINNTON
FRANCHISE DENIED.
Only Small Number of Signatures
Are Declared to Be Those
of Registered Voters.
The referendum petition filed in
an effort to prevent the granting of
a franchise by the city council to
the Linnton Transit company 14 not
valid, because of lack of signatures,
according to an opinion given out
yesterday by City Attorney Grant to
C;ty Auditor Funk.
The petition, filed with Auditor
Funk several weeks ago, contained.
2171 signatures, but a check by the
county clerk revealed that only 932
of the signatures were those of reg
istered voters residing, within the
city limits. ,
Mr. Grant called attention in his
opinion to a charter provision which
requires 2000 registered voters on a
petition to call a referendum upon
franchise ordinance, and also to
en ordinance which requires such
a petition to contain a number of
legal voters equal to 15 per cent of
the votes cast at the last city elec
tion. ) .
Therefore, Mr. Grant held that the
petitions had failed to comply, with
either the franchise or the ordi
nance requirements.
The franchise, which has been
granted by the council, calls for the
operation of bus lines between Port
land and Linnton, and bars the op
eration of jitney busses in competi
tion. As a result of the ruling, the
franchise granted is now in effect.
BARS UP- FOR REPORTERS
Public Service Commissioners
Decide Not to Talk.
SALEM, Otr., June 20. (Special.)
Although 'but little water has
passed under the bridges since the
new public service commission of
Oregon was organized here, there
already . have appeared some in
novations in that public office.
Time was, under the old regime,
when newspaper men sauntered
right into the offices of the differ
ent commissioners and there put
questions of varying degrees of im
port. This afternoon when reporters
entered the sanctum of Newton Mc
Coy they were told that the com
mission now speaks only through
its secretary, William P. Ellis.
"We had a meeting today, he
explained, "and decided io let our
secretary give, out information to
the newspapers."
It was also decided at the meet
ing that the commissioners in the
future -will have daily conferences
among themselves.
All members of the1 commission
declared they had nothing to say
relative to the lowering of the
telephone rates or streetcar fares.
FREIGHT RATES EDUCED
Cherries and Berries Covered by
Sweeping Rail Cut.
THE DALLES, Or., June 20. (Spe
cial.) Reduced freight rates on
cherries, strawberries, loganberries
and raspberries, between The Dalles
and Hood River, and Takima, Wash.,
were announced here today The
new rate is 30 cents, with a min
imum of 20,000 pounds. A new rata
of 42 centB a hundred on cherries,
from Lewiston, Idaho, to Takima,
also was announced.
Thesg, rates are the result of ef
forts of R. B. Wilcox, district super
intendent for Oregon and Washing
ton of the Libby, McNeill & Libby
company, It was stated. The Libby
company now plans to buy 4ruit in
Hood River valley and ship it to its
Yakima plant for canning.
The local cannery of the company
will handle all Wasco county fruit
It gets, however, and it is not be
lieved that there will be any ship
ments to Takima from here, Mr.
Wilcox said.
Man Found Half-Dazed.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or- June 20.
(Special.) A man believed from pa
pers in his possession to be John
Neira of Emeryville, Cal., was found
by the police wandering about in a
half-dazed condition on a street
here last night. He said he remem
bered being 'in Sacramento recently
but did not know how be came
here. He did not remember f he
had a ' wife, although a notebook
contained the name of Mrs. John
Neira with an Emeryville address.
An old scar on his head indicated
that he had been injured at some
time. , .
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
COPY OF DIVORCE
GIVEN M'COUCK
Rumors of Coming Marriage
Are Revived.
PATIENT IS , RECOVERING
Glandular Operation Completed.
Interview With Millionaire
Gained in Hospital.
CHICAGO, June 20. Harold F.
McCormick head of the executive
committe of the international Har
vester company, today received an
exemplified copy of the decree of
divorce obtained last January by
his wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller
McCormick, daughter of John D.
Rockefeller? With the decree was an
exemplified copy of the record in
the case. '
The records were delivered while
Mr McCormick was at the Wesley
Memorial hospital recovering from
an operation performed a week ago
by Dr. Victor D. Lespinasse, widely
known for his research work in
the field of rejuvenation accom
plished through glandular opera
tions. Considerable mystery waB thrown
about the procuring of the records,
it being pointed out by the court
attaches that the certified copy
might be used in other states or in
Europe as documentary evidence of
the divorce, should it become neces
sary to produce such evidence, as
in procuring a marriage license.
Marriage Rumor. Revived.
This revived rumors that Mr. Mc
Cormick, who is 51 years old, might
be married soon to Mme. Ganna
Walska, but his attorney, John P.
Wilson, denied that this was the"
reason for procuring the records.
At the Wesley hospital Mr.. Mc
Cormick, sitting up in bed, received
reporters during the afternoon and
talked freely on any subject except
his operation and the future plans
for himself or his 17-year-old
daughter, Mathilde, who has an
nounced her intention of marrying
Max Oser, Swiss riding master and
27 years her senior.
"And what's -the latest from
Madame " A wave of the invalid's
hand stopped the reporter.
"Oh, now, quit that," he " urged.
"That's unfair."
Mathilde Ends Interview.
The arrival of' Mathilde. accom
panied by Edwin H. Cassells, 'attor
ney for Mr. McCormick recently
when Mrs. McCdrmick sought to
place a legal obstacle before the
marriage of Mathilde and Oser when
Mr. McCormick was appointed his
daughter's guardian, brought the
interview to a close.
Mr. McCormick has been reported
as favoring his daughter's marriage
to Oser, and his appointment as her
guardian was seen as an effort to
clear away legal obstacles to the
"match, the Swiss law requiring the
consent of both parents to a minor's
marriage or that of a legal guard
ian. Mrs. McCormick from the first
has indicated her -unalterable oppo
sition to the wedding, both on the
grounds of the disparity in ages and
also because of the fact that Oser
was a comparatively poor man.
Testerday McCormick's daughter.
Muriel, arrived in the family umou
sine, alighting at an alley entrance
to the hospital boiler room and
slipping thence into her father's
tightly - partitioned .ward. The
chauffeur sped from the alley and
circled the hospital. As he1 passed
the entrance he paused as if expect
ing a signal, then kept on, turn
ing again around the building. Sev
eral other expensive cars, whose
owners were not identified, joined
the round-the-hospital procession.
Lacking definite explanation of this
mysterious maneuver, observers
guessed the McCormick party was
arranging for hasty flight.
The operating surgeon. Dr. Vic
tor Lespinasse, a pioneer of inter
national fame in gland transplant
ing, at noon yesterday issued a bulle
tin on Mr. McCormick's health. Like
the surgeon's only other statement,
issued Saturday, the bulletin made
no reference to .the nature of the
operation. It read: "Harold F. Mc
Cormick is in excellent spirits this
morning and his surgical condition
is all that can be desired."
" Unnamed Subject Tested.'
Already the second party to the
giving and taking of human proc
esses has gone his way. His name,
of all the secrets in the closely
guarded transaction, is the least
likely to be known. He is under
stood to have been one of several
roving men picked up on the street.
with the intention that their iden
tifications be obscure, and given
blood tests.
The unnamed subject, tests show
ing that his system met the require
ments of Mr. McCormick, submit
ted to his share of the operation.
He was not told the name or any
of the circumstances of the man he
was aiding. It. is understood he
received 1500. V
The removed gland was taken to
the hospital from a physician's of
flee, where, it is understood, that
phase of the transplanting was only
a matter of minutes, and delivered
to Dr. Lespinasse. It is understood
that the preservation of the gland's
vitality is comparatively simple, re
quiring only the temperature of an
ice dox.
- Isolation Is Complete.
Mr. McCormick, who is a trustee
of tho hospital, then entered his
specially prepared ward on an upper
floor. Several days before he had
given orders for partitioning off a
space to afford complete isolation
,from visitors, and even from hospi
tai attaches outside a small group
required for duty.
So desirous was Mr. McCormick
oi complete secrecy that he is re
ported to have offered Dr. Leant
nasse S50.800 if none beside thn ir.
scribed attendants learned of the
operation.
All who had knowledge were
warned that 'summary dismissal
would be the penalty for talking
precautions were - ordered thot
might have been more than enough
to guard any other prominent per
sonage. Mr. McCormick, though, has
become so important a news figure
through the romance of his younger
daughter. Miss Mathlide, and the
Dwiss, Max user; through the M
vorce obtained by Mrs. McCormint
the daughter of John D. RockefiiA.
and through his' own interest in the
Polish prima donna, Mme. Ganna
vvaisica, mat nis presence in a hos
H.A Biiiuuiaieu irresistiDie curi
osity.
, . Operation Kept Secret.
So for five days tbe millionaire
succeeded in secluding himself from
the public. He entered the hospital
a week ago yesterday and that night
Dr. Lespinasse and two trusted in
ternes started the operation. Satur
day it was learned that Mr. McCor
mick had been under the knife and
immediately afterward the nature of
the ease became known. The opera
tion, rare in any event, was re
garded with intense interest because
Mr. McCormick is the first man of
his prominence to undergo it. a
When he learned that the infor
mation had been published he is re
ported to have been enraged. lis
feeling was reflected visibly in a
squad of plain clothes men set to
day at the hospital entrance. Only
his daughters Muriel and Mathilde
and his close friend, Howard Colby,
were permitted to visit him.
It is understood that shortly Mr.
McCormick will depart for Europe.
Mme.. Walska, recently separated
from her husband, is now living in
Paris.
CLEIilt ISSUE MAY III
SCHOOL BOARD MAY . HOI
TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
Director Thomas. Denies, He Will
Make Attempt to Displace
R. H. Thomas Tonight.
Development yesterday indicated
possibility that members- of the
school board who have been opposing
retention of R. H. Thomas as school
clerk after expiration of his con
tract at the end of this month may
not bring up the matter of selecting
a clerk at the board meeting to
night. George B. Thomas, director, wnu
has most openly, opposed cierK
Thomas, denied that he would seek
to displace ' the clerk at tonight s
meeting.
This was on interesting develop
ment. Another was the fact that the
calendar for the session, closed with
out listing the clerkship as a mat
ter to come before the board- The
directors are not bound to conline
themselves to the calendar pro
gramme, but, mindful of the public
criticism engendered when a ma
jority some months ago put through
an unscheduled project of im
portance, they stick much closer to
calendar listings than heretofore.
There was yet another develop
ment In the evidence of increasing
demand that Clerk Thomas be re
tained. City Commissioner Pier and
County Treasurer Lewis were among
those who openly declared their
support for the clerk, and it was
shown that several, leading bankers
favor him as the man best fitted to
assist the district and board in its
coming building campaign, follow
ing success of the bond ana tax
issues in last Saturday's election.
The board tonight will begin for
mation of plans for new buildings,
made possible through the ?J,0uu,-
OOfl bond levy authorized by the
electors.
JURY IS HELD IN ERROR
Supreme Court Reverses Decision
in R. R. Turner Case.
SALEM, Or., June 20. (Special.)
-The Oregon supreme court today
reversed a decree of Circuit .Judge
Knowles of Wallowa county, hold
ing that the Wallowa grand jury
exceeded its authority when it con
sidered for the second time, and
without an order from the court
the case of R. R. Turner, charged
with assault with intent to kill.
Subsequently Turner was sentenced
byyJudge Knowles to serve a term
in the state penitentiary.
Turner was accused of assault
with intent to kill Crawford Hunt
er.
In the case of Livesley versus
Strauss, and in Adler versus Rosen,
the petitions for rehearing were
denied by the ;ourt.
The case of Quarles versus Wick
man was dismissed and the case
of the Camas Stage company versus
Sam Kozer, secretary of state, was
advanced for -.argument.
$225,000 SUIT IS FILED
Federal Action Is to Collect Taxes
From Aberdeen Shipbuilders.
ABERDEEN. Wash., June 20.
(Special.) r ederai action to collect
more yian J225.000 from officials of
the Grays Harbor Motorship corpo
ration, Aberdeen shipbuilders during
the world -war, was announced to
day in Us penuens information filed
with the Grays harbor county audi
tor. The" specific amount. $225,503.11,
is held to be due the internal rev
enue department tn taxes on in
comes and jrofits.v
The suit will be heard in United
States circuit court in Seattle. The
action was started by Burns Poe,
collector of internal revenue. It
was understood that a large part of
the sum due the government is in
terest accrued from unpaid income
taxes during tbe last period the firm
operated in Aberdeen.
SLAYING IS CONFESSED
Laborer at McCloud Declared to
1 Have Admitted Killing.
TREKA, Cal., June 20. Antonio
Delmos, -laborer in the employ of
the McCloud River Lumber company
at McCloud, has confessed. Sheriff
Calkins said tonight, to tne slaying
of Frank Delmare, who was killed
nine miles from McCloud Saturday.
Sheriff Calkins said that Delmos
had told him that he and Delmare
had a quarrel while standing on the
river bank near the falls. In the
fight, Delmos shoved Delmare over
a 50-foot cliff, and when he found
that Delmare had been killed in the
fall, dragged the body to the bank
of the river and placed two stones
over it, the officer said Delmos told
him.
Delmos was held in the county
jail at Treka.
EXPLOSION KILLS MINER
Two Expected to Die as Result of
. Accident Near Seattle. ,
. SEATTLE, June 20. One miner
was killed and two so badly burned
that they probably will die in an
explosion 800 feet in the tunnel of
the Beacon Hill coal mine at Black
River Junction.' four miles south
of the Seattle, city limits, this after
noon.' . The dead: Oscar Stiles, 40, Du-
wamish. The injured: E. M. Van
Slyck, superintendent of the mine;
Tom Korfus, 38.
The explosion is said to have
been. caused by gas after a powder
blast igniting from a miners' lamp.
Fight on Firecrackers Lost.
SALEM, Or., June 20. (Special.)
A. C. Barber, state fire marshal,
has failed for the second time in hi9
effort to prohibit the sale and use
of. firecrackers in Salem. Last night
Lthe city council considered a com
munication irom air. tsaroer in
which he urged , legislation which
would keep explosives away from
Salem youngsters on the Fourth of
July. He even enclosed cample
ordinances from other cities. A
motion to instruct the ordinance
committee to bring in the requested
ordinance died a quiet death.
Land "Possessive. Rights'
Would Be Permanent. : '
NATIONS GIVE SUPPORT
France, However, Begins Battle
on Economic Formulas Upon
, Arrival at The Hague.
BY SAMUEL SPEWACK.
(Copyright, 1922, by the New Tork
Worjd. Published by Arrangement.)
THE HAGUE, June 20. (Special
Cable.) Without waiting for the
Russians to arrive the French today
began a battle over economic form
ulas. They opened fire on the sub
commission with a secret memoran
dum of their demands on Russia and
their non-plussed conferees held a
meeting this afternoon to endeavor
to keep the irrepressible French
quiet at least until the Russians
get here.
It is a battle over the historic
right of private property a heated
controversy between the capitalist
nations and communist Russia.
he French insist that the Rus
sians recognize the 'principal of pri
vate property. This the Russians
refused to do at Genoa, and the
British, knowing" they will refuse to
do so here, insist that no such prin
ciple is involved. But the French,
several of their experts told me,
feel secure in their position because
it is that maintained in Secretary
Hughes' notes and the French take
consolation even in 'the distant sup
port of America. '
. British AVork Out Scheme.
As at Genoa, the real business of
the conference is conducted out of
conference hours. In form, the
meetings are only Drelimimirv. to
lay down methods of approaching
uis xiussians. wnat actually hap
pened is this all the nations rep
resented here were invited to sub
mit confidential memoranda of
ineir position toward Russia.
The British have worked out a
scheme whereby the Russians need
not recognize, the principle of priv
ate property. Instead they will give
"possessive rights." This means
Russia still owns the Drooertv. hut
the user holds it for life, can sell
li ana aerive profits from it
Even hereditary rights are safe
guarded under the British plan,'
which maintains that foreigners in'
Russia are really under the juris
diction of their home laws.
t Italians Support Plan. .
.This plan is supported by the
Italians, who are anxious for a
quick settlement with Russia, by the
Japanese and the Dutch; Even the
Belgians are inclined to listen sym
pathetically; As the "author of the
plan told me: ' 1
We have got to let the Russians
save their faces so far as com
munist principles .are concerned.
They can keep their principles; we
will enjoy the same privileges as
elsewhere under the British plan.
"The point is foreigners are going
to Russia to make money, not for
sentiment.. They want to make sure
of their profits. It will be done this
way and the , Russian delegation
need not surrender their theories
on paper." . .
But the French say in their mem
orandum that the situation is un
changed since Genoa. - Russia will
have to abandon communism before
the French consent, to talk busi
ness. From the strategic position
as a reluctant guest at liberty to
depart at any moment, the French
quibbled over every act of the con
ference, Including the sending of a
formal telegram to the Russians,
notifying them that the commis
sion and the three sub-commissions
were working.
Japanese Buck British.
The Japanese, who had been keep
ing in the back ground, made it
plain today that they are supporting
the British. Mr. Sato, the head of
the delegation, told me he had de
cided to change from supporting the
French because Japan is anxious for
peace with'Russia. He indicated that
Japan would make her -own peace
with Russia on Siberia questions.
America's role on the surface
non-existent is being discussed.
Some experts declare an American
consular attache in: Berlin is now
here and will report to the state de
partment what is going on. but
there is no confirmation of this.
Mynheer Patyln, the Dutch pleni
potentiary extraordinary, will prob
ably be elected president of the gen
eral commission tomorrow. The
British are angling to have the
French preside over the property
commission so as to keep them too
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were made and sold under
. the name of Edwin Clapp.
dfThey were made with that
bid New' England honesty of
purpose that all the world
talks about. And they were
made by a man who knew
how.
, (H.NO leather was too good for
them. No shoes were , made
better. None gave more wear
or more genuine satisfaction.
CLike every good workman,
Edwin Clapp stamped his
UZM (2fOTT?V Established 18!
busy to maintain their pose of a
cynical, exacting observer.
'The British themselves will prob
ably head the ' debt commission.
Foreign Minister Van JCarnebeek,
retiring in the background as hon
orary president because he is a dip
lomat instead of an economist, gave
a tea to newspaper men this after
noon. He arrived half an hour late,
however, stayed only a few minutes
and refused to answer pertinent
questions.
STREET CAR FARES RISE
Kugene Fays 6 Cents and Tariff
to Springfield Is 12 Cents.
EUGENE. Or., June 20. (Special.)
The 6-cent tare schedule on the
Southern' Pacific company's street
railway lines in Eugene went into
effect today. The fare between
Eugene and Springfield at the same
time was advanced from 10 cents
to 12 cents. The company several
weeks ago gave notice of its con
templated advance in fares and as
there was no protest on the part of
the city council or- individuals the
public service commission allowed
the company to carry out its plan.
Several months ago an effort was
made by the company- to advance
the fare in Eugene to 8 cents
and between Eugene and Springfield
to 16 cents, but as there were pro
tests from both Eugene and Spring
field the public service commission
disallowed the company's applica
tion. BERRY SEASON NEAR END
More Than 10,000 Crates Market
ed at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 2D.
(Special.) The peak of the straw
berry season has passed and this
week-end will see the last of the
crop on a large scale. The Wash
nlgton Growers' association again
handled - the , crop this year with
profit to the owners. More than
10,00-0 crates have been sold. The
local trade took only a fraction of
the crop, the Oregon Packing com
pany took a large part and many
more crates were shipped to the
bigger cities. .
It was a bad year for berries
-though. The late spring kept the
blossoming time back, and iuat as
the young berries had started to
ripening naturally a three days' eaBt
wind, very hot and strong, forced
the berries to ripen before they
were matured and reduced the crop
and stunted the later berries. .
Keep them
fresh in a
Mason Jar.
Pacific Coast Biscuit Co.
Years Ago
product with his name and
the shoes began to speak for
him and for themselves.
H, People discovered them. More
people wanted them until today
the man and woman who buy a
pair of Edwin Clapp Shoes add
their sanction to the general ap
proval by always wearing them.
Edwin Clapp Shoes are the fin-1
est footwear it is possible to make.
For style for comfort fjpr keep
ing their shape for durability
for goodness, through and through
-they stand supreme.
(II, Try a pair.
O&dktn of Kimint Jtiatralian Kangatoa
!BooU tail Shoa jot men and aomm
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AMERICAN VESSELS CALLED
"BOOTLEG SCOWS."
Foe of Liquor Refuses to Sail on
Other Than British Craft
' and Says So, Too.
NEW TORK. June 20. Special.)
The shipping board suffered another
stinging reverse, today. William E.
Johnson, a resident of Smithville
Flats, Chenango county, N. T., but
an extensive traveler nevertheless,
announced that be was going to
Europe Thursday and that he most
decidedly would not sail on an
American vessel.
Mr. Johnson is - perhaps best
known from here to Shanghai as
"Pussyfoot," . the uncompromising
foe to booze. , "No, sir," said Mr.
Johnson to a reporter who cornered
hipi in the McAlpln hotel, "I would
not even consider sailing on one of
those bootleg scows."
"There'll be a flock of liquor on
that British boat," suggested the
reporter.
"That's right," countered the foe
of liquor with a hearty chuckle sug
gestive of other days, "but that
boat's honest about it. It isn't vio
lating any British law. It's living
up to its tradition. But these
American boats well it's like this
if I were a drinking man I'd cer
tainly patronize an open saloon and
not a speak-easy. Why, in Europe
it's constantly thrown up at "me
that the American vessels are full
of liquor and that we're actually ad
vertising the fact in continental
newspapers. I can't make any an
swer to that because it's true. It '
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makes me so mad I can't do any
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FRIENDS ELECT ENVOYS
Society Closes Yearly Meeting at
Newberg, Or.
NEWBERG. Or., June 20. (Spe
cial.) The departments of Bible
schools, temperance and social serv
ice yesterday presented their annual
reports at the last full day's session
of Oregon yearly meeting of Friends
for 1922.
Delegates to the five years' meet
ing were chosen as follows: At
large, L. Clarkson Hinshaw, yearly
meeting superintendent, Newberg;
Levi T. Pennington, president of Pa
cific college, Newberg; Chester A.
Hadley, chairman of yearly meet
ing evangelistic, pastoral and church
extension board and pastor of First
Friends' church, Portland; from the
quarterly meetings, Portland, Fred
erick J. Cope, pastor Second Friends'
church, 1ents, Or.; Boise Valley,
Lindley A. Wells, pastor, Greenleaf,
Idaho; Newberg, Carl F. Miller, pas
tor, Springbroo'k, Or.; Salem, Edgar
P. Sims, pastor, Scotts Mills, Or.;
Tacoma, Calvin Choate, pastor, En
tiat, Wash. L,. Clarkson Hinshaw
and Effie R. Tamplin were named
as members of the American Friends'
board of foreign missions from this
yearly meeting for the coming five
years.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
S DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
AT
WINDEMUTH
Darby's Orchestra
Boats Foot of Morrison St. or
Brooklyn Cars