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TITE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1922 3 SHIP SUBSIDY VOTE IS SET FDR NOV. 29 poor Opened to Unlimited Amendments. PASSAGE IS PREDICTED light and Common Sense Will Prevail at Final Moment of Decision, Says Lasker. "WASHINGTON'. D. C. Nov. 17. Plans for piloting the ship subsidy in throuerh conerress eot under way fcm3ay with an agreement by the epublican leaders to open the door o unlimited amendment of the neasure on the floor of the house. but with the stipulation that a tnal vote shall be had November 9. At the same time Chairman ifasker of the shipping board pre- licted that it would be enacted into aw, because the "miracle of Amer ca is that at the final moment of decision right and common sense Kvill prevail." The agreement for a vote in the .ouse was reached at a conference ttended by Speaker Gillett, Rep esentative Mondell, republican sloor leader; Chairman Campbell of It he rules committee and members lof the merchant marine and of the steering committees. Chairman Jampbell suggested and the other eaders present agreed that a rule hould be presented under which f.he bill would be taken up for gen- ral debate next Thursday. Three i1ull days would be given over to general discussion and then the neasure would be taken up, item fry item, with three days ' for imendment before a final vote. Conference Is Eliminated. Chairman Campbell said the agreement for the open rule would liminate the question of referring the measure to a party conference ind would give the house the op portunity to frame the sort of mer- hant marine measure it wanted to pass and which it would be willing jio stand on. There was said to be Rigorous opposition in the repub- ican ranks to attempt to give the bill right of way under a rule which would prevent other than commit tee amendments, and already with amendments in order indications were that democrats, . working jointly with republicans who op pose the bill, would endeavor to re- mpose excess profits and surtaxes as a means of providing funds for ships. Democratic leaders predicted a flood of amendments would be of fered, including a provision spon sored by the dry element barring liquor" on American ships. An other point expected to result in a fight would be any proposal under which foreign ships would be per-.-mitted to engage in coastwise trade. Senate Meld Most Dangerous. Notwithstanding signs of an im pending fight in the house, the senate is regarded by advocates of the measure as the most aanger- ous point. No rule limiting debate is possible there and a number ,of republican leaders have expressed doubt whether the legislation can be disposed of by March 3, when all bills die with the end of the con gress. The democrats already have declared individually and through their organization in the last cam- pagn almost solidly against the measure and a large number of re publicans, including Senators Bo rah, Idaho; La Follette, Wisconsin; Capper, Kansas, and others, have made open declarations of war against it. Senator Ransdell, Louisiana, how ever, has spoken in its behalf and the administration leaders are counting on a few more democratic votes if it is found possible to obtain a vote before adjournment. The senate, commerce committee is expected to report the bill promptly, but not until after the ex tra session lapses into the regular December session. - Considerable amendment of the bill is expected in the senate com mittee. , the form the transportation should take ahouid be determined as is any economic question. Where rail is best It should be used, where water is best it should be used. But the proponents of neither form should look on the other as an enemy to be done away with. Low Conta Essential. The tonnage which ordinarily seeks the water where rail transportation is available consists mostly of the low grade commodities. To handle economically this class of tonnage requires powerful steamers with low operating costs, cap able not only of carrying loads, but of handling loaded barges at the same time. That under proper conditions and where circumstances justify, water traffic in creases and is the dominant if not con trolling factor In industrial development, is demonstrated by results where such conditions exist. Volume Is Sufficient. For present purposes I will consider the Columbia river at above Celilo only. Througout its length there are a succes sion of pools below rapids. The volume of water, if properly controlled, is suffi cient for all purposes and all uses. Navi gation is difficult and at present barges cannot be safely handled on the river. The current is swift substantially throughout its length and the rapids re quire very considerable power to over come. The river flows through what has been sometimes termed a desert extend ing back for some miles on either bank it is largely a desert now. Some of the lands are owned by the United States, some probably by the states, and some owned by individuals. But every acre is a part of the United States and owned either by citizens as individuals or col lectively as a state or nation. And there it is hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, unused, untitled a desert with the Columbia river flowing through it, drooling away its usefulness as it flows idly by on Its way to the sea. The problem in such a case is to se cure the navigability of the stream and the development of the adjacent terri tory through the use of the soil, not only supplying transportation facilities, but creatine conditions under wnicn a desert would be 1 transformed into a gar den: a dwelling place of coyotes and jack rabbits, into homes and schools where thousands of our people would live and raise their families In comfort and plenty. ' - 0 Irrigation Possibilities Big. Not including the Horse Heaven nor the Columbia basin project, from about the .vicinity of Priest rapids in Wash ington to Celilo in Oregon, Immediately adjacent to the Columbia river and to Snake river for a few miles above Its mouth there are in round numbers 6o0,- 000 to 700,000 acres of good land sus ceptible of irrigation, much the larger portion thereof by pumping. The climate is all that cou.d be desired, and the waters of the Columbia are ample for alt purposes- Two lines of railway bisect this territory, and the river to some ex tent Is navigable. We have tne lour important elements of development of industry, and population land, water, climate and transportation. The diffi culty Is that they are not co-ordinated. Canals Are Necessary. - Returning to the problem of river im provement for navigation, beyond ques tion the character of the obstructions to navigation above Celilo is such that to secure effective water transportation the river must be canalized. That is,' at each serious obstruction the river must be dammed and locks built, thus cre ating long pools of almost slack water navigation. Every dam so constructed will create power which can be used In pumping water on thte soil and for va rious other purposes or be allowed to go to waste unused. In this way, and in this way only, can this river be made truly navigable and adjacent territory productive. The- moral or my tale is tne state ment I have so often reiterated through out this address that any project for waterway improvement should contem plate all the uses the water in the river may be put to. The government has been given, and rightly. Jurisdiction over our navigable waters. This jurisdiction it jealously guards. It has able men trained to work out all such problems and the machinery and the means for carrying them on. It has departments in touch with every branch or tne ques tion and should when opportunity offers do Its full duty In the interest of all the people. It should co-ordinate all its instrumentalities to tne ena mat the public may secure the fullest pos sible uses of the country's natural re sources. . In this direction lies the duty of the state. A policy of this kind will appeal to the country, to all of those who love to create, to serve, to be useful, and with the policy and ends such as I have out lined in view, not only for the purposes I have described, but for all that are useful and proper, the opposition to appropriations for the Improvement of rivers and harbors will end, for--aIl will understand that all will benefit by their improvement. Three states united Contlnuefl From First Page.) OREGON'S TRIBUTE PH.1D1 Delegation of Women Visits White House. FLOWERS PRESENTED President's Wife, Too 111 to Re ceive Guests, Is Represented by Personal Secretary. " THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. D. C, Nov. 17. Twelve Oregon women, members of the Order of the Eastern Star, iit at tendance at the annual convention of the general grand chapter here, called at the White House today, piloted by E. J. Adams, secretary to Senator Stanfield, to pay their respects to Mrs. Harding. They were received by Miss Harlan, sec retary to Mrs. Harding, - to whom they presented for Mrs. Harding a bouquet of white chrysanthemums with greetings and good wishes embodied in a written message signed by each member of the dele gation. Miss Harlan responded for Mrs. Harding and conveyed the latter's deep regret that, owing to illness she could not greet them in person. The message addressed to Mrs. Harding read as follows: Flowerj Are Presented. "The undesigned delegates from the Order of the Eastern Star, rep resenting the chapters of Oregon, while attending the national con vention of that order in the Capital city, take great pleasure in pre senting you with these flowers. "We are fully appreciative of ,the veVy great responsibilities resting upon you as the first lady of our republic and desire to express to you the satisfaction it has afforded us to know the grace and gentle dignity with,, which you have met the responsibilities of your position in health. "We regret exceedingly your Ill ness and pray the Almighty Father that your health may soon be fully restored. -Home Life Id Inspiration. "The delightful companionship between you and your beloved hus band, the president, is an inspira tion to the home life of our coun try, for which we are deeply grate ful. - "We bring you greetings from the representative women of Oregon and trust that God in his infinite wisdom may spare both of you for still greater service to our people." It was signed by Mrs. Charles H. Castner, Hood River; Mrs. Robert McMurphy, Eugene; Mrs. Frank Settlemeier, Woodburn; Mrs. George Houck, Roseburg; Mrs. Nellie Mc Gowan, Medford; Mrs. W. W. Let son, Ontario; Mrs. F. G. Schielke, La Grande; Mrs. J. J. Mendenhall, Mrs. Pauline Riley, Miss Nellie Mc Kinley, Miss Delia Houston and Miss Clyde Evans" of Portland. Judge Harris Banquet Chief. SALEM, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) Judge Harris of the Oregon supreme court has been selected to preside at a meeting and banquet of the alumni and former students of the University of Oregon 4o be held here next Thursday night. The meeting is for the purpose of organizing, a Marion county branch of the alumni association and to arrange for par ticipation in the endowment cam paign of the university. Injured Logger Dies. DALLAS, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) Roland Bookhammer, 18, who suf fered fractures of the skull, thigh and arm when he was struck by the top of a falling tree while employed at the logging camp of the Willam ette Valley Lumber . company at Blackrock Thursday afternoon, died today at the Dallas hospital. . He is survived by his mother, Mrs. J. L. Sherwood, formerly, of this city, but now residing at Tucson, Ariz. ALLIES WILL LEI I Withdrawal Suspended, De clares Note to Berlin. TEUTONS ARE CENSURED Fullest Satisfaction for Alleged Flagrant Violations of Peace Terms Is Demanded. PARIS, Nov. 17. (By the Associ ated Press.) The allied powers, through the .council of ambassadors, have informed Germany that all questions concerning the withdrawal of the military control commission in Germajiy have been suspended until the German government gives the fullest satisfaction for what -are termed flagrant violations of the military clauses of the treaty of Versailles, committed during the last six months, and shows willing ness to abide by the commission's instructions. The note of the allies ws sent after the receipt of a German com munication on the subject which was termed "Insolent to a degree." In this communication Germany was eaid to have disregarded totally the long series of notes of complaint sent by the allies and to have de clared she was glad to learn the allies were about to end their mili tary control and permit Germany to revert to normal. Further Compluintu Ignored. . The note also, ignored formal al lied representation to the Berlin government of September 29, conse quent on the large number of acts of aggression against the . allied J military in their work of inspection. The allied note of today demands an apology and reparations for re-, cent incidents at Passau and Stet tin. In requesting an immediate reply the allies said their patience is about exhausted. - . The council of ambassadors also is making another demand for the German naval enlistment list, which has been repeatedly refused them the lasf six months. It was said the allies suspect that Germany is exceeding her qeota of enlistment's and violating the conditions of training provided for in the peace treaty. ; Wnrninc to Be Sent. The allies have decided to warn Germany that she will not be per mitted to manufacture new war in ventions, in which she at present is said to be actively engaged. The al lies, however, cannot prevent ex periments in such Inventions. "Germany has worn out the pa tience of her creditors," said Pre mier Poincare in, the chamber of deputies this afternoon. Reviewing the whole reparations question once more, in reply to interpellations, the premier said: "We shall never get anything from Germany so long as we limit our action to prayers and suppli cations." . WOMEN WILL FACE JURY Indictment of Alleged Husband Poisoners Sought. CHICAGO, Nov. 17. William Mc Laughlin, assistant state's attorney. announced today that he would go before-the grand jury Monday and seek indictments for murder against Mrs. Tillie Klimek and Mrs. Nellie Sturmer Koulik, being held on mur der charges pending examination of the bodies of a number of husbands they are alleged to have poisoned. He said he would seek Mrs. Klimek's indictment as a result of the death of her third husband, and Mrs. Koulik's as the result of the death of Wojik Sturmer, a former husband. Dr. Hickson, of the municipal psychopathic laboratory, examined both women and reported that they are not insane, Resfd The Oregonlan classified ads. 00 COST BILL HEARING SET Case of Attorneys for Governor Olcott Is' Scheduled. sat.-F!t Or Nov. IT fSDeciaM Hearing of the cost bill submitted by attorneys for Governor Olcott in the election contest - proceedings brought by tl. xt. coster oi roruanu following the May primaries, has Kaon cot r thA Marion countv cir cuit court for November 20. Mr. Olcott's- attorneys have aakea lor $2000, the amount of the bond filed hv Mr. Coster at the time the con test was instituted. The actual ex pense of defending the action ex ceeded that amount, Governor Ol cott's attorneys said. Roy Shields of Salem and Jay Bowerman will represent Governor Olcott, while Mr. Coster will be rep resented by Attorneys Colier and U'Ren of Portland. engineers and to see that a full report is submitted in order that the same may be had by the rec lamation department or the federal power commission or any other de partment of the federal government or board authorized by congress to proceed with such work if the same is to be found feasible; and be it further resolved: That as part of the canalization of the Columbia river and for the de velopment of hydro-electric power end for the irrigation of now waste land, this association believes that the Umatilla Rapids presents a proj ect worthy of immediate considera tion and action by the general gov ernment, and that as one means of procuring necessary government funds for the puprpose of reclaim ing arid land this association strongly urges the enactment of the Smith-McNary bill now pending in congress. Mr. Teal said in part: Until of late years the improvement ct a waterway contemplated its use for navigation only, other uses being ignored or given little, if any, consideration. It is on this phase OC the subject that 1 epeak. Transportation Changes Required. Changes in methods of land transpor tation require and compel changes in methods of water transportation if the waterway is to be economically usable. And unless it can serve a useful pur pose there is no justification for the ex penditure of public moneys on waterways. Jn the face of the widespread and very intelligently directed propaganda, against the expenditure of public money for the improvement of waterways and the diffi culties placed in the way of their use, it behooves the friends of the waterways to act with prudence, discretion and wisdom. Moreover, the various forms of trans portation must supplement and comple isnfc each other. Whether this genera ilJM f transportation managers must go CM. Vcy of all flesh before the warfare, bout open and concealed, on waterway improvements and transportation will cease I cannot tell. But this much is certain, if we are to compete in the markets of the world with, the nations of the- world, we must have the use of the cheapest and best forms of all kinds of transportation agencies, and the na tion's welfare will ultimately be the yard stick by which this question will be measured. Furthermore, it is not prudent, even were it , now possible, to depend only upon the railroads to furnish all the needed transportation facilities 'for the business of the country. It would cost too much money, even if sufficient rail transportation could be secured, and It is doubtful if with our constantly expand ing commerce rail transportation alone would be able to care for it. Even lf this were possible, the billions it would re quire to furnish all the needed trans portation would .be too heavy a charge on industry and commerce to even con template. 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