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VOL. LXI NO. 19,339 Entered at Portland (Oreronl Poatofficp hjs Second -cla&s Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, NOVE3IBER 13, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS lid LIVES LOST III CHILE QUI Many Thousands Left Hungry and Homeless. HOUSES DROP ON VICTIMS 500 Known to Be Dead in 'Vallenar Which Was Vir tually Wiped Out. TIDAL WAVE WRECKS PORTS Seaports Are Flooded and Docks Are Wrecked by Huge Walls of Water. TREMENDOUS TOLL TAKEN 4 BY HUGE QUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE. Thousand persons known to . be dead, while many thou sands are left hungry and homeless. Vallenar virtually destroyed and 500 persons killed. Coquimbo is terrorized when, lights go out after violent shock. Sea, after receding 300 yards, hurls self twice at city.. Seaports are flooded and docks destroyed by furious . blows of ocean. President Alessandri orders relief steps taken. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 12. Slight disturbances were again noted today by the seismograph in Buenos Aires. They were of Chilean origin. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 12. (By the Associated Press.) With partial re-establishment of commu nications, Chile's earthquake catas trophe has been revealed in even greater magnitude than first re ports indicated. , It is estimated that at least 1000 were killed and many thousands left in distress, needing food and shelter. ' v In addition to heavy casualties of dead and injured at Copiapo and Coquimbo, it was reported today that 500 were killed at Vallenar i and the surrounding district. Val lenar was virtually destroyed and the survivors were left in a critical condition. It seemed certain that there have been casualties in other towns and villages around Copiapo to the south, concerning which no news is available. Falling Houses Kill Some. Already 24 bodies have been re covered at Coquimbo, where there were 100 or more dead. At Chan aral a number were killed by fall ing houses. It was earthquake and tidal wave combined that accounted for the vast destruction in the provinces of Antofagasta, Atacama and Co quimbo. The movement of the ocean was described as phenomenal. It gave evidence of a terrific dis turbance in the bed of the Pacific itself. There must have been such m a tearing at the bottom of the sea that immense quantities of water were sucked through, causing a tremendous recession of the waters along the Chilean coast. Seaports Are Flooded. Several times the ocean swept outward, and came back in the shape of a great wave, flooding the seaports and, in some instances ' sweeping away the water front. The violent effects " of the tidal waves were felt from Antofagasta on the north to Valdivia on the south, covering about 16 degrees of latitude, or more than 1200 miles. All types of craft lying in the various harbors were swept on shore, wrecked, or left high and dry, and at scores of small ports, wharves and quays were destroyed Chilean naval vessels in the harbor at Talcahuano, about 300 miles south of Valparaiso, when they felt the force of the waters, slipped their 'tables and proceeded out to the open sea. Relief Measures Ordered. President Alessandri has ordered (Concluded on Page 6, Column 2.) UNARMED FOOTPAD ROBS THIRD WOMAN MRS. PACIV MAYER LATEST VICTIM OF HOLDUP. Crime Is Committed Within Two Blocks of Police-Station, But Man Escapes.' A deserted waterfront street yes terday furnished cover for the third appearance of the unarmed burglar r; hzcb:L TeerARMOR Worn by scientists fistic persuasion. rt encountered! ' . Mrs. Paul Mayer, 614 Fiist street, -f . : on First street, between Washington and Stark, aM:15 at a time wheir rio I : J A-pac Ppnptrfltpd' pedestrians Were anywhere in sight! UlcdocU HI Cdo ,r ClICll cUCU, and, w.fthout. weapon and without! violence, relieved her of $15 in bills. Police detectives were sent to the scene of the holdup, two blocks from I the central station at Second and Oak streets, in the hope that the fellow was at last to be taken into custody. 4. thorough search of the district-showed no trace of him. Mrs. Mayer said'thjit he ran toward Washington street and turned the corner. The woman described him as tall, heavy and about -45 years of age, a description which tallies 'with the accounts given by the two women held up last week. His mode of oper ation was likewise the same. With clenched fists seemingly ready to strike should his request be denied, he approached her, Mrs. Mayer said, and demanded her money, pocketed it and ran. CO-EDS SOW HAPPINESS Girls Do Away AVith Dances and Will Use Money to Cheer Poor.. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire. J CHICAGO, Nov. 12. Co-eds at Northwestern university have in- augurated what they call a "cam- I Paign of kindness." Eighteen soro- iiiira nave voiea to discontinue their regular semester dance, and will use the $2500 or more thus saved in a Christmas fund for Evanston's poor children. In additio'n they will cut out fudge and theater parties and in the places of these pleasures they -will take a party of 25 factory t girls to the Northwestern-Monmouth - football game, paying all transportation ex penses arid treating their guests to a dinner in Willard hall after the game and a dance in the evening. EQUALITY DRJVE TO OPEN Women to Seek Welfare Legisla- - , tion in 42 States. A (By Chicago Tribune Leases Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 12. Coming out flat-footedly in opposi tion t special welfare Jaws for in dustry and in favor only of legis lation as to hours, wages and work ing conditions which ' tieal equally with men and women, the officers and delegate of the national wom an's party today decided to continue worlt on the drafting of an equaf rights amendment to the constitu tion and a campaign immediately for equal rights legislation In 42 states, for which $85,000 of the pro posed budget of $150,000 was raised this "afternoon. '. A national and state campaign for full equality for women In all fields was mapped out and approved, and will be put in operation bv the state branches of the woman's party with out delay. FLIER DIESJN CRASH Plane Strikes Tree as Machine Is About to Land. HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 12. Lieutenant John Blaney, army flier from Mitchell field, Long Inland, was killed instantly thrs afternoon at Brainard municipal field here while taking part in an airplane relay in the Hartford aviation meet. His plane struck a tree and crashed when about to land. Lieutenant Blaney was completing the third leg of the race, and flew close to the ground. He was flying about 140 miles an hour when the plane hit the tree. Officers from Mitchell field decided tnat tne accident was due to a mis calculation on the part of the avia tor. Twenty thousand spectators saw the crash. SOVIET SEIZES VESSELS Act Held Reprisal for Mussolini's Severity Towards Reds. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The Lloyd Triestino steamship Graz and the French steamer Phragis have been seized, at Batum, -Trans-Caucasia, by the Russian bolsheviki. ATHENS. Nov. 12! The seizure of Italian steamers by Russian bol sheviki, including one at Batum and eight otners at ttussian Black sea ports, it is declared, was in reprisal for( Mussolini's severity toward Italian cofcimunists. - AUT0IST NAPS1N WRECK Sheriff Pulls Man Out of Upset Car Beside Roadway. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) MUSKEGON, Mich., Nov. 12. Her man Havenga is a sound sleeper. His automobile plunged down an embankment early today and on its side in a deep ditch. When Sheriff MathewB arrived he found Havenga sleeping in the car and had to hoise him out through the door. He was charged with driving while intoxi cated. " "I couldn't get out, so I went to deep," explained Havenga, EW X-RAY BUILT FOR CANCER CURE Powerful Apparatus 'Is Demonstrated. Organs Protected. SAFE USE WORKED OUT Machine Which Photographs Lead and Aluminum - Applied to Rats 'and Pigs. (By Chicago Tribune Leases Wire.) NEW YORK, Nov. 12. The most powerful X-ray apparatus ever built for.the study of cancer was demon strated todav at the Crocker cancer I research laboratory .at Columbia uni versity to call the attention of ,th public to the subject of the treat ment ot cancer. During this week medical men In every part of the country will hold meetings and carry on propaganda to induce per sons afflicted with cancer to obtain treatment immediately. More than 20,000 persons a year, according to Dr. Francis Carter Wood, loW their Itoes because of superficial Vancer, which could in every case beeasily and painlessly cured, if taken Nearly. y Raya Penetrate Lead. The X-ray apparatus, builti on plans worked out by ..Professors Hull, Collidge and Davis, is! so powerful thatTio one is allowed, in the same room with it while it; is producing rays. The machine will drive rays through a quarter of an inch of lead, a foot of aluminum and a couple of feet of brick. . It will photograph the bones of the hand a block away. X-rays of Cesser power used in the Crocker research laboratory have penetrated brick watts and concrete floors, "fogging'' or partially developing photographic plates pn the first floor when, the X-ray apparatus was used on the third. 1 Scientists Wear Armor. Scientists wear lead armor when they enter the same room with the less powerful tubes. They take no chances with the new super X-ray, staying in another room and watch ing its action through - thick lead glass, which absorbs the' most dan g,erous rays. The new X-ray runs on a 200,000 volt current. It produces rays less than a fifth part of a billionth of an inch in length. The higher the voltage, the shorter the wave length.J The shorter the wave length, the more deeply it will penetrate. Be cause of the extreme, short length rays which it produces, this ma chine can be used with great ef fectiveness in killing cancer cells in the internal organs. But it will kill other cells, too, and until the technique of its use; is developed, there is danger that it will kilf the patient as well as the disease, so that for some months at least it (Concluded on Pace 3, Column 2.) i ' " ; . I .. . ' . r : ' ; : ; . s ' LICK ALL TtVE. Lv'.V ' V, '-;."'" r3 oftms mfvusx ' FRANK-BACON, ACTOR STRICKEN SUDDENLY STAR OP "LIGHTXIN" " TO BE TAKEN EAST FOR REST., Figure, ori Pacific Coast for " Period of 'Years Collapses After Acting Part. CHICAGO, Nov. 12. Frank Bacon, a figure on the American tage for the past 45 years, was strlckegi last night after his appearance in "Light nin"' of which he is the star' and part author. His illness was said to be of a se rious nature and will compel his temporary retirement. He" will be taken east within the next day or two, if possible, according to mem bers of his family. Frank Bacon, one of the most famous actors in America, is a Pa cific coast product). For years be fore he went east and leaped into Kfame and fortune with his 'Light- nin'" he played up and down the f Pacific coast, in road corffctianies. and in stock. "The Hills of California" was onte of the plays in which he was best known in the coast states. Bacon's home in those days was in California, ind for years he had a continuous struggle to earn enough by his art to keep the wolf from the door. In . some of. the companies which he took out on Pacific coast tours, his daughter, Besse Bacon, supported him as Ingenue and later as leading woman. Bacon has fre quently appeared in Portland, at the Baker, the Heilig and Cordray's theaters. t SENATE CHOICE MADE Tennessee Governor to Name Guy Ii. Smith for Toga. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) KXOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 12. Governor Taylor tonight announced "whom he will appoint as United States senator in the event Presi dent Harding names Senator John K. Shields to the supreme court "bench as Justice Day's successor. Guy L. Smith, editor, owner , of the Johnson City Chronicle and graduate of Princeton, the gov ernor's Alma Mater, is to receive the toga. . Governor Taylor made the statement, which he said would set at rest rumors that he intended, to name Newell Saunder, Chattanooga millionaire, overwhelmingly defeat ed by Senator McKellar last Tuesday. , . . Names of Mrsv L. C. French, dem ocrat, and Miss Mary Boyce Tei pie of .Knoxyille have been prominently- mentioned, for the appoint ment. ARMS GREETINGS SENT Japanese Salate America on An niversary of Conference. TOKIO, Nov. 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Four members of the Japanese delegation to the Washington' armament conference last winter Admiral Baron Kato, Kijuro Shidehara, Prince Iysieto Tokugawa and Masano Hanlhara joined today in a cablegram of salu tations to Secretary Hughes bl the conference anniversary . . "We send salutations on the an- niversary of that 'memorable and fruitful proposal," the message said, "May the nations forever be able tol celebrate November 12 in peace and friendship. Accept our warm re gards to yourself and the others of the American delegation to the Washington conference." IT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE TO HIS 2 VESSELS COLLIDE IN LOWER COLUMBIA ... v STEAM SCHOONER HALCO . IS SUNK -AS RESULT. Motorship Challambra Sustains Damage to Plates and Planks in Mishap Near Altoona. ASTORIA, Or.,' Nov. 12 (Special.) The steam schooner Halco, lum ber laden from St. Helens for San Pedro, and the motorship Challam bra, carrying lumber from Port land for South America, were in collision about 9:30 this morning in the Columbia river a shorty dis tance below Altoona. The Halco's stem Was smashed below the water line and he now lies at the Harn- mond Lumber company's wharf, resting on the bottom, with about six feet of water in her hold and her fires extinguished. The Chal lambra is at the Astoria terminals with some of her chain plates cracked and at least two of her planks split. . She is not leaking badly. 1 The Halco was en route down stream when the". Challambra and the steam schooner Solano, also lumber laden, started to run past her, one on either side. The Halco was caught by the suction and swerved from her course, her bow striking the Challambra at the main rigging on the starboard side. Both vessels' were able to cojne to Astoria under their own power. The city fire department's pumper tried pumping the Halco out to keep-her from capsizing, but could make no headway against the water and quit. It is expected a considerable portion of her cargo must be discharged. Captain Mc Naught, surveyor for the San Fran cisco board of marine -underwriters, arrived tonight to survey the two vessels. , The motorship Challambra Is owned by the Ocean Motorship com pany. She is a wooden, twin-screw, oil-burning vessel of- 1791 tons net and has engines of 1000 horse power. She was built at Olympia, Wash., in 1918, and Is 262.2 feet long, 46 feet wide and 21 feet deep. The Halco belongs to the Ham mond Lumber company. She also has a wooden hull and was built aX Fairhaven, Cal., In 1917.1 She is a vessel of 552 tons net and with 604 horsepower. She is-211.9 feet long, of 42-foot beam and 14-foot depth. The Challambra arrived at Port land October 27. The Halco ar rived here November 8. WAPAMA SINKS CRICKET Tug Goes Down Near ! Warrior Rock, But All Hands Saved. The tug Cricket of the Columbia Contract company was sunk near Warrior Rock lighthouse in the Co lwnbia 'river about 5 o'ejock last night when . she collided head on with the McCormick steamer Wa pama. Two members of the crew of the tug were knocked overboard when the two vessels met, but a boat lowered from the Wapama rescued them from the water. The news of the accident was received in Portland last night by telephone, but the cause had not yet been determined. The tag was en route to the new plant of the Long Bell company near Kelso, at the time of the ac- cident, with a barge ot sand. The Wapama was coming upstream on the way to Portland from San Fran cisco. The tug had left Portland about noon and the Wapama had (Concluded on Page 2, Column 5.) HEAD. PARSONS REVIVE S Methodist Trail-Blazers of Wesf Reunited: HARDSHIPS MET AND BEATEN Long Rides and Swims Taken' to Reach Flocks. TJR. MacCAUGHEY IS HOST Crusaders of AVest Gather Again to Rejoice Over Victories m of 40 Years Ago. BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN. At the first cautious step into the swollen stream the horse plunged from sight, his master thrusting free from the stirrups with a split second to spare. The foam-flecked water tugged and, tossed the swimmer, striking lustily for the farther shore. He gained the bank, seized the reins of his dripping mount, glanced at the flooded saddle bags. emptied from each a cascade of cold winter torrent and went on his way rejoicing. Yet this is "not in se quence, and it befell full 40 years ago. Dr. Charles MacCaughey, pastor of Centenary -Wilbur Methodist Episco pal church, was host yesterday in that edifice to a dozen or so of venerable historians preachers, re vivalists, circuit ridrs, long since retired, who in the days of their youth carried a stern but happy faith through the wilderness of the northwe&t. They weYe pioneers of the old Oregon conference,- stretch ing from the California line to Brit ish Columbia, and eastward to the. Rockies, and much that passed be fore' their eyes is not in the books and shall fade with the memory of men. "Trall-lllaer?' Day Obnerved. "Trail-blazers'", day, ; Dr. Mac Caughey named theSunday, and it is his hope that it may become an annual event in Portland, summon- ing retired members of the Method ist ministry to fraternal worship 3.nd to cheerful, jocular gossip of the good old days, which, as everyone past 60 reairy knows, were the finest days of all. The doctor's historians, white of beard and bald of pate or crowned with stubborn gray, de" vflutly wish that this may come to pass. They said as much with many an "Amen!" and ."Praise the Lord!" not as a younger generation would, but as men of the ministry did when they saddled a nag and rode into the hills to search for a flock. l4 Old-Time ParNonK Meet. There were present at the serv icesand most actively present at the informal service of experience in late afternoon just 14 of the old time parsons, though there are sev eral more yet living, but in distant California or some far-off state. The Nestor of therh all was Dr. George F. Round of Newberg, yet scarcely less venerable and ripe with a varied experience was Dr. T. L. Jones of Portland, smitten with blindness as to the vision, but keen as a boy in his heart. And, there, as well, were Dr. D. T. Sum merville, Eugene; Df. H. R. Ken nedy, Portland; Dr. W. T. Kerr, Portland; Dr. D. G. Stephens, Port land; Dr. M. C. Wire, Dr. C. A. Lewis, Portland; Dr. John Parsons. Portland; Dr., J. T, Abbett, Port land; Dr. Hiram Gould, Newberg; Dr. Deirnis Alonzo Watters, Port land ; Dr. S. H. Dewart, Linnton, and Dr. C. Ot McCulIoch, Portland. They were happy as boys. John Newton'n Sons Heard. When, at the experience meeting, Dr. Wire had ted them in prayer. with Dr. Jones stroking his beard and lending emphasis as only a lis tening circuit rider can, they sang a song by John Newton, with never a glance at the hymn books as Methodist ministers should. And over the other voices rose the voice of the sightless parson, who was once famed as an ex'angefist. The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to'look gay, But when I am happy In him, December's as pleasant as May! "And now," said Dr. MacCaughey, "there are several" of you, fathers, to speak thi3 afternoon, and " "Better time 'em!" warned the ex perienced Dr. Watters, "Better time em! Upon this agreement it was pro posed that Dr. Round, as the eldest of them all, should speak of his early ministry. ' But he demurred, with pleasant dignity and modest self effacement, saying that the la bors of Dr. Jones had been greater than his, and that he much desired to hear the voice of the veteran evangelist. : They helped the latter to the rail before the pulpit, a tremor in his voice that was not age. Pastor Swims Rivera. "In 1S71 " said Dr. Jones, his dimmed eyes lifted above the row before him, "I was made supply pas tor for all of Josephine and half of Jackson county, with 16 preach ing places to visit. : I swam the rivers, brothers, and thank the Lord I was a pretty fair swimmer I swaml the rivers. HAPPY OD "I recollect how one time I came " (Concluded on Page Column S.) i ovvLL.ro uil mmo HUGE PITS IN TEXAS FIELD DESTROYED BY BLAZE. Flames Caused by Lightning Burn More-Than 1,000,000 Barrels and Spread Rapidfy. HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 12. More than 1,000,000 barrels of oil were doomed early tonight and indica tions were that, a similar amount probably would be consumed in a spectacular fire sweeping the Gulf Production company tank farm at Humble. Lightning caused the blaze, which was spreading over an artificial lake formed from rains Sunday. Three, enormous underground res ervoirs, said to have a. capacity of 400,000 barrels each, already were ablaze and the boiling inferno was spreading rapidly toward three other nearby pits. The whole farm consists of 20 tanks, all of which niay be lost. The blaze could be seen for ten miles in every direction. V Workers were handicapped in fighting the blaze, both from the heat and the condition of the field. Rains the last two or three days have almost flooded the section and fire-fighting apparatus could not be moved quickly to the scene. Shortly after 8 o'clock tonight it was said that some oil was being drained from three tanks not yet ablaze, and efforts were being made to keep the fire back by throwing steam against the leaping flames. The farm is situated on a prairie and fears were entertained that oil would spread ' beyond immediate property. The site is three miles from Humble, however, and will not menace the town proper. While the oil beldngs technically to the Gulf Production company, the earthen storage belongs to the Gulf Pipe Line company, a subsidy. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR Boiler of Locomotive Thrown 400 Feet Ahead of Train. CORNING, N, Y., Nov. 12. Four men were killed and three injured late last night as the result of the explosion of a locomotive boiler at Moreland, 13 miles from here. The dead are Frank Fermer and Frank Harding of Corning; W. C. Thompson of Penn Tan and C. W. Hostrander of Dresden. The loco motive was one of two attached to a southbound New York Central freight train. The boiler was thrown 400 feet ahead of the train. It landed on the rails and the head engine crashed into it. The cause of the explosion has not been de termined. DIVA HITSAJ0WN SEX Mary Garden Says That Woman Is Inferior to Man. CHICAGO, Nov. 12. "Woman is the inferior of man.' Her, brain ia two ounces lighter and she is cen turies behind man in mentality." Mary Garden, famous grand opera diva,' thus gave hert opinion of her sex today when she arrived at home from a summer in Europe. She said she agreed thoroughly with Ambas sador Harvey, who recently stirred a tremendous storm by expressing the same opinion. "Fancy a woman building a great) railway system, continued iiiss Garden. "She couldn't. It is not in her." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. 55 degrees; minimum, 35 degrees. , TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. Foreign. Thousand persons killed in Chile quake and tidal wave. Page 1. Russians dispatch ' Polish ultimatum. Page 2. British reported fleeing from Constan tinople. Page 1. National. Both parties face change in leadership. Page 8. Easy ship sales object of subsidy bill. Page 11. Domestic. New York city spends money like drunk en sailor. Page 3. Xoted actor-author Is ill in Chicago. Page 1. New X-Ray built for cancer cure. Page 1. Con an Doyle plays joke on conjurers. Page 6. Spectacular fire sweeps oil tanks. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Two vessels collide in lower- Columbia Page 1. Old-time politicians lone out in Washing ton state. Page 12. Denison blue law held necessary. Page 11. New woman Judge has definite aims. Page 11. Rumor of cut in guard allotments denied by Secretary Weeks. Page 4. 8 port. Franklin high cioaes season Friday page 10. Princeton strengthens position for title. Page 10. f Oregon has ehance at Pasadena game. Page 10. Golf stars want to play In city. Page 11. Commercial and Marine. Taibu Maru leaves river with lumber. Page 1. Wage rise causes lull in building. Page 17. , Ships to continue intercoastal run. Page lfl. Bond offerings Increase. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Unarmed footpad robs third woman. . Page 1. Boy, 11. is ohot hy peanut vendor. Page 18. Methodist parsons revive happy, old days. Pago 1. Eleven Chinese sent back to orient. Page 4. Police arrest 96 in night armistice. Page 9. Lumber piling up waiting for cara. Page 16. Authority's decay declared menace. Page 18. -Ejection results encourage Oregon drys. Page 4. Roosevelt great Christian, says Dr. Vil lers. Page 5. TURK, IS REPORT Code Message Is Sent From Constantinople. HARINGTON REPORTED GONE Intent to Open Headquar ters in Cairo Indicated. SITUATION HELD SERIOUS Grave Developments in Near East Declared Either at Hand or Already Under Way. (By Chicago TrSune Leased Wire.) PARIS, Nov. 12. A telegram in code, indicating that British offi cials and civilians have begun flee ing Constantinople, was delivered today at the AVorld office In Paris. The message was signed by a fic titious name, but it was obviously sent by a correspondent of the New York World in the Turkish capital, in whom the World has every confi dence. The message read: "Harding left today for Alexanr dria on a British destroyer with the intention of opening his main office in Cairo." "Harding" apparently meant Gen eral Harington, British high com- missioner in Constantinople. The message indicated that the serious situation in the capital had farced him- to leave the city and that he planned to escape and establish headquarters at Cairo. War Rumors Are Heard. Fcjr several days 'rumors have been coming from Constantinople to the effect that war between the Tiirks and allied forces is imminent. Earlier reports leaking out'from British sources indicated that Gen eral Harington was seeking to de clare martial law and a state of. siege in 'Constantinople, but that Admiral Pelle had refused to concur, pending instructions from Paris. Other rumors from Italy hinted that important grave . developments in the near east were imminent or in the process of happening. Nevis Declnred Stifled. It has been pointed out here that military authorities have been stifling news and bottling up the knowledge of the real situation in Constantinople to enable themselves tb take whatever measures political bargainings demand without letting the world know the real conditions. BRITAIN HOLDS IP PARLEY Peace Conference .With Turks Postponed to November 20. BY HENRY WALES. (Chicauo Tribune Foreign News Service. Copyright, 1922, by the Chicago Tribune. PARIS, Nov. 12. Great Britain today wona round In the diplomatic preliminary doui to ino uum cv.w at Lausanne. Standing pat on its original assertions. Downing street announced it would not participate if the conference opened tomorrow and refused point-blank the French request to send an underling to Lausanne to receive the Turks and hold a formal meeting. ' Thus, Premier Poincare, who thought Lord Curzon was bluffing and the British would not dare re main away from the meeting, to which they ar'e among the invited member and the fact is that not a single one of the other delega tions of the nine powers invited has arrived in Switzerland either has been forced to consent to a week's delay. But Lord Curzon still clings to his original demand for a prelimi nary conference, where France must reach an agreement with the British in the attitude toward the Turks in Lausanne and a common policy on the near east. Otherwise he will not go next week either". Meanwhile Ferid Bey, Angora's representative In Paris, was tele graphing every station at which the orient express stopped, advising Ismet Pasha to remain on the train at Lausanne tonight and continue to Paris, where the train is due tomorrow morning, but Ismet stopped at Lausanne, where he evi dently decided to stay. Premier Poincare's acceptance of a week's postponement has left the door open for another British diplo matic triumph, as the French pre mier himself already has suggested a conversation with Lord Curzon at the, end of the coming week after the formal conference is open. Lord Curzon, through Ambassador Harding, today accepted the pro posed meeting Friday or Saturday, which Premier Poincare cannot well refuse. The entire discussion at this pre liminary meeting will hinge on one question will the British support the French at the Brussels finan cial conference in December while the questions of reparations are brought up if the French back the British aims in Constantinople and the pardanelles next week at Lau sanne against the Turks? Well-informed quarters even af firm that Premier Poincare will bring up concretely the old question (Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.) i