TITE MORNING OREGONIAX", TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1022
1 PLEDGED STATE
FO FIGHT 01 KLAI
President Promises Help if
It Should Be Needed.
GOVERNOR SEES HARDING
Louisiana Declared to Be Able to
Take Care of Itself, but Fed
eral Protection. Assured.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 20.
Assurances were given Governor
Farker of Louisiana today by Pres
ident Harding that where federal
interests were involved in the al
leged activities of the Ku Klux Klan
in that state the federal authorities
were ready to extend full co-operation.
This was in reply to a request
by the governor for government
help in cutting of from the organ
ization in Louisiana the support and
encouragement, which, he asserted,
it was receiving from the outside.
At the White House conference
between the president and Mr. Par
ker, attended also by Attorney
General Daugherty and the attorney-general
of Louisiana, A. V.
Coco.vit was agreed that the state
goverTient would be fully able to
take care of the situation. The gov
ernor called attention to the cam
paign he has been conducting
against the klan for months and
declared in a formal statement is
sued on leaving the White House
that "regardless of cost or conse
quences, a most thorough investiga
tion would be made of t reported
outrages."
Vassalage of State Denied.
At the same time he vigorously
denied that there was in Louisiana
any such situation as that described
in articles written by -a staff -correspondent
of the Washington Post
and published over the country. In
a letter to the Post, which he. made
public, Mr. Parker said the state
ment in those articles that the klan
"has reduced the sovereign state of
Louisiana to the vassalage of the
invisible empire," was "one of the
most amazing inaccurate observa
tions" he had ever known a news
paper man to make.
Arriving here early today from
Baton Rouge, Governor Parker con
ferred with W. J. Burns, chief of
the bureau of investigation of the
department of justice, before going
to the. White House. The conference
there lasted for more than an hour
and at its conclusion Attorney-Gen
eral Daugherty issued this state
ment for the president.
"It appears that the state of
Louisiana will be fully able to take
care of the situation. There is noth
ing at this time for the federal gov
ernment to do except to give as
surances, to the state authorities
that wherever federal interests are
involved, federal authorities are
ready to extend, full co-operation."
Article Held Slander.
In his letter to the Post, the Lou
isiana governor said that never since
lie had been reading newspapers had
he known a writer "to build such a
fanciful superstructure on such a
slight foundation of fact as was
done in the article sent to the Post
from Baton Rouge and printed with
such display in your issue of Sun
day." He added that the article was
a "t-lander on Louisiana and its chief
executive."
Asserting that the article was "HO
per cent inaccurate," and conveyed
a totally wrong impression, the gov
ernor wrote that "the damage was
done by it" and the importance
given it by the display in the Post
would "be made the subject of con
ferences on my return to .Louisiana,
at which time it will be decided as
to the further action that will be
taken."
"Masked men and invisible em
pires have no place in America," the
latter continued, "nd I have de
nounced the Ku Klux Klan as vig
orously as I know how in its own
stronghold.- We have only begun
to fight this movement, which
strikes at fundamentals of orderly
government. We will be able to rid
Louisiana of this vicious develop-
ment the more quickly if we can
have the- help of other states and
of the federal government. We can
deal effectively with our local sit
uation if it can be cut off from the
support and encouragement.it is re
ceiving from the outside.
"I have sought co-operation in an
effort to meet the situation in most
immediate ways and to free the peo
ple of some of our communities from
the terrorism In which they art
now held. Since the klan does not
work in the open, I may say that
the problem presented is largely an
investigatorial one."
UPTON BOOM IS UPSET
(Continued From First Page.)
of the Eddy contingent during the
afternoon and a war council was
held, at which Senators Eddy, Moser,
Staples, Farrell, Hare and Joseph
attended. It was while these sena
tors were talking things over that
the long-distance phone came from
Senator Lafollette from the Elks'
club at Salem. Thereafter the wire
was used freely getting in touch
with Senators Kenney and Clark.
Satisfied that four of the supposed
18 votes of Upton were jarred loose,
Kddy, Moser and the others began
talking turkey, with a view to com-
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Insf to an understanding. Eddy has
been the outstanding figure for
president for weeks past and accu
mulated 10 promises. Moser has
also felt his way toward the presi
dency and lined up seven votes.
Some of the Moser votes will not
go to Eddy and vice versa, accord
ing to reports, but if these aspirants
can hold the fort for a few days
longer one or the other is in posi
tion to land the plum.
There is another chapter to the
contest. The federation of pa
triotic societies does not want the
ku klux kan to control the senate
organization and there are many
anti-klan men who feel the same
way. The federation influence was
ready to go to Upton, if Hall could
not, be elected, but would not go to
Eddy, Ritner or Moser. Likewise,
klansmen do not want to go to Rit
ner or Eddy. None of the eastern
Oregon seven are klansmen or fed
eration members and some of them
do not entirely relish having Upton
receive support from the federa
tion. If anti-klan senators could
release themselves from .pledges,
declared an eastern Oregon senator
yesterday, they could get together
and elect a man of their choice with
ease and it could be a western Ore
gon man.
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FRESNO MIS FIREMAN
JOB AS CHIEF OFFERED BAT
TALION" CHIEF DILLAXE.
Plans for Raising $300,000
Fund Are Laid.
FEELING IS OPTIMISTIC
Portland Veteran, In Service for
25 Years Here, Undecided as
to Move He "Will Make.
James Dillane, battalion chief of
the Portland fire bureau, has been
appointed chief of the Fresno, Calif.,
fire- department, it became known
yesterday. Chief Dillane, .who is at
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Battalion Chief Dillane, to whom
has been offered the position of
fire chief of Fresno, Cnl.
Barview, Wash., on a short leave
of absence, is understood to be un
decided as to whether or not he will
accept the offer.
For several weeks officials in
Fresno have been in communication
with Chief Dillane. Jay W. Stevens,
ex-fire marshal of Portland and now
in charge of the first prevention
work of the National Underwriters'
association, also has urged Chief
Dillane to accept the post in the
California city.. .
Chief Dillane was born in San
Francisco, coming to Portland as a
boy. He has been a member of the
Portland fire bureau for almost 25
years, during most of which time
he was in charge of Engine No. 3
one of the best fire companies in the
city. .
During t'ie last five years he has
served as battalion and acting bat
talion chief, receiving his perman
ent appointment to his present posi
tion about two years ago. He is in
change of the district north of Mor
rison street from the river west, the
same district that Fire Chief Young
formerly supervised.
"1 would regret very much to see
Chief Dillane leave us," said City
Commissioner Bigelow, in charge of
the fire bureau. "He is an excellent
fire fighter and a fine executive. I
have known for some days that
Fresno has endeavored to get him
as its chief, but so far as I know
he has not yet made up his mind
definitely. From what I have learned
concerning the situation Fresno is
in need of someone to re-organize
its fire bureau. I feel confident that
if Chief Dillane accepts he will be
successful in placing this depart
ment in an efficient condition."
Fire Chief Young said tha't he un
derstood that the only 4asis on
which chief Dillane would consider
the Fresno position was one where
he could accept it as a temporary
proposition, taking a leave of ab
sence from the Portland bureau and
returning when he had succeeded
in placing the Fresno department
"on its feet again."
"If Chief Dillane goes south, I un
derstand it will be for only such
time as is sufficient to adjust af
fairs in the department," said Chief
Young. "He is an excellent man and
I do net want to lose his services.
However, it is up" to him as to
whether or not he will accept, foi
neither Commissioner Bigelow nor
myself have attempted to influence
him one way or the other."
Chief Dillane is scheduled to re
turn to the city today or tomorrow
and probably will make known his
decision soon.
Exploitation of Resources and
Upbuilding of State Goal of
Local Organization.
Preliminary plans in connection
with the Chamber of Commerce
drive to raise funds for its Oregon
development programme were out
lined at, a joint meeting of the
executive and advertising commit
tees yesterday. The advertising
features of the campaign were par
ticularly discussed and a movement
started that will carry the cham
ber's message into all quarters
where the best results may be ob
tained. It was determined that all
Portland and Oregon should be
made thoroughly aware of the
chamber's objective, the upbuilding
of the state and the exploitation
of Oregon's resources to the world.
However, what is considered by
those in charge of the movement
to be most important will be th
effort to place the farmers and
producers of the state already here
on a more secure and prosperous
footing. This is regarded as essen
tial before the real campaign to
bring settlers into the state can
be launched on the extensive plan
proposed.
Iiand Settlement Planned.
In order to accomplish this the
programme contemplates an educa
tional campaign which will include
such subjects as marketing, land
settlement in all its phases, pub
licity and organization for execu
tion. This branch of the work, how
ever, will not be launched until
the drive for funds to carry on
the entire work has ended success
fully. Assurances were given at .the
meeting yesterday that the entirs
fund of $300,000 would be raised
without difficulty. The whole mem
bership of the Chamber of Com
merce wili be enlisted in the en
terprise and those who have ac
quainted themselves with the plans
and purposes of the organization
are enthusiastic in their support of
the entire programme. The fund
will provide for activities covering
a duration of two years, but the
whole $300,000 Will be raised be
fore a start is made.
Commission to Spend Money.
The expenditure of this sum will
devolve upon a commission that
will be appointed later by the cham
ber. The present committees are
committed only to the raising of the
money and are not authorized to,
in any way, make pledges as to its
distribution.
The executive committee in charge
of the drive for the big fund con
sists of R. W. Price, chairman; Will
iam McMurray, J. P. Jaeger, James
D. Abbott, Cameron Squires, W. Q.
Bateman, C. C. Colt, Roy T. Bishop,
H. C. Wortman and A. J. Bale.
W. J. Hofmann is chairman of the
advertising committee' and his as
sistants . are George Hall, J. A.
Davidson, W. S. Kirkpatrick, W. P.
Strandborg, David M. Botsford and
Frederick Hyskell.
construction of loops and fieveral
new lines.
Loop Snggefitions Made.
It is recommended that cars com
ing over the Broadway, O.-W. R.
& N. and Burnside bridges loop on
Stark street and return as soon as
practicable on northbound streets,
thus eliminating considerable con
gestion caused by these care cross
ing Washington; Alder and Morrison
streets.
Recommendation is also made that
cars crossing the Hawthorne bridge
be returned by means of a loop ex
tending from Madison, north on
Second to Taylor, west on Taylor to
Fifth, south on Fifth to Madison,
and thence back' to the Madison
bridge, thus eliminating congestion
caused by this railway traffic cross
ing Yamhill, Morrison, Alder and
Washington streets.
The committee also recommends
tbat streetcars proceed west on Mor
rison street,, returning at Eleventh
street down Yamhill street and
reaching the Morrison bridge by way
of Front street. Streetcars coming
east on Washington should be
routed down Burnside street to
Thirteenth, thence east on Stark to
First, according to the committee,
thence south to Washington and
thence south up Washington.
Street Widening Advised.
Widening of Glisan street between
Fourth and Third streets is urged
by the committee, but until this is
done recommendation is made for
one-way traffic loops for streetcars
from the O.-W. R. & N. bridge north
on Third to Hoyt, west to Fifth and
south on Fifth to Stark.
An elevated roadway or ramp is
recommended for construction from
Second and Flanders on the east
side of Second street to connect
with the O.-W. R. & N. bridge, this
roadway to accommodate streetcar
as well aa vehicular traffic.
The report points out that the
cost of changes in new track con
struction contemplated under the
plan had been estimated by the city
engineer's office at $182,000 and by
officials of the Portland Railway,
Iyjght & Power company at $192,000.
Additional cross-overs and track
changes that officials of the com
pany declare are necessary for
convenience and for emergencies
would bring this cost to the rail
way to a total of $231,000.
S.ignul System Desired.
Installation of signs at the en
trances and exits of one-way traf
fic streets is recommended by the
committee. In addition the com
mittee recommends that automatic
signal traffic control, whereby traf
fic for a number of blocks could
be controlled simultaneously, be
considered by city officials seriously
as a means for expediting traffic
between Broadway and Third and
Yamhill to Oak streets.
A complete ban on parking on
Yamhill street between Fifth and
Front streets, where the public mar
ket is situated, is held to be essen
tial if the plan Is adopted, and rec
ommends tion is made that , during
rush hours, from 4:30 to 6:30 P. M.,
parking restrictions be inaugurated
on Morrison, Alder, Washington,
Stark, Burnside, Third and Fifth
streets and Broadway. This last
recommendation is similar to pro
visions in Los Angeles that have
proved successful, where beginning
at 4:30 all parking must cease on
the principal streets.
No changes are recommended by
the committee on the 30-minute and
two-hour parking restrictions, but
recommendation is made that addi
tional police officers be assigned to
the traffic division, so that these
restrictions may be enforced.
The committee also recommends
that the council enact such legisla
tion as will require pedestrian traf
fic at congested intersections to
comply with directions indicated by
traffic officers and semaphores. The
committee holds that-if these orders
are enforced vehicular, traffic will
be expedited and accidents reduced.
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SENATE
HOED BY JUL
Mrs. Felton Is Center -of
Everyone's Interest.
GALLERY CHEERS LOUD
TRAFFIC REPORT READY
(Continued Prom First Page.)
worked out for the routing of these
trains."
However, awaiting conferences
and hearings, the committee has
designated Columbia, Salmon, Fourth
and Tenth streets as two-way traf'
fic streets on account of these in
terurban trains. The report says
the Southern Pacific and Oregon
Electric are operating under fran
chises and for that reason it was
unwise to attempt any arbitrary or
sweeping changes until opportunity
had been given for the adjustment
of these routes.
Pending such conferences, the
committee recommends that passen
ger trains of the Oregon Electric
and Southern Pacific be routed so as
to discharge passengers at Front
and Jefferson streets and that inter
urban trains of the Portland Rail
way. Light & Power company be
stopped at the east end of the Haw
thorne bridge.
The committee recommends ad
justment of street railway traffic to
conform to the general plan by the
KNIFE-WIELDER IS FINED
Court Rebukes Irate Man for
Chasing Bystander With Bowie.
Gus Tarmakas' explanations in
municipal court yesterday that a
steak knife may cut steak but is
of no use as a weapon failed to
meet the approval of Judge Ekwall.
He was fined $25 for disorderly
conduct, a charge growing out of
a spirited chase conducted from
First to Third street on Madison
Saturday night. A. Skata was the
other party, in the role of the pur
sued. The row was over Tarmakas' in
sistence that $5 which he had spent
in a bootlegging joint be returned
to him. Skata, seemingly an in
nocent bystander, aroused the wrath
of Tarmakas and then followed the
chase. Skata had not completely
recovered from his fright. even yes
terday. "You can't run a man through
the streets with a Bowie knife like
that and get away with it, even
though the knife was meant for
beef,", the judge declared.
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ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 20. (Special.)
Pete Yaratis, an employe at the
Big Creek Logging company's camp
near Knappa, sustained severe in
juries today when he was struck by
a log truck. The muscles were torn
from hisjeft shoulder and his body
and head were badly cut and bruised.
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Payment Extension Planned.
THE OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C. Nov. 20. Legis
lation extending for three years the
time for payment of construction
charges on all government irriga
tion projects will be introduced by
Senator Nicholson of Colorado to
morrow. Sucji a measure was de
cided on today between the Colorado
senator and Senators McNffry of Ore
gon and Gooding of Idaho. ,
Adjournment Taken at Once in
Tribute to Late Mr. Watson;
Swearing In Is Today.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 20.
Georgia's "grand old lady," Mrs.
W. H. Felton, first woman senator,
was the star member of 'the cast
in the opening today of the con
vening of the congress. To be
sworn in and sit for a day was
forced over until tomorrow, though
in all other respects she enjoyed
a thrilling debut as the congres
sional curtain was raised. And
there was good prospect tonight
that success would crown her hope
of taking the oath tomorrow and
of becoming the first woman sen
ator in fact as well as name, if
only for a day.
. The 87-year-old woman, a breath
of "lavender and lace from the old
south," today was all but an actual
senator, occupying a seat on the
senate floor for hours, where she
was cheered by the gallery crowds
and was the object of congratula
tion by senators, representatives
and officials who thronged about
her in informal receptions.
Plea Is to Be Renewed.
She was feted also by crowds
about the senate and was photo
graphed and dined. Tired but happy,
tonight she was prepared to renew
tomorrow her plea for an official
place in the senate.
Of all senators, nast. present or
future, Mrs. Felton was the first
to appear today on the floor. Ac
companied by ex-Senator Hoke Smith
of Georgia and wearing a black
bonnet, fur coat and white gloves,
she arrived more than an hour be
fore the noon convening hour. Soon
she was "at home," hanging up her
bonnet and coat in the democratic
cloak room. Shaking out her silk
dress and lace collar, she was as
signed to an absent senator's chair
alongside Senator Harris, democrat,
Georgia, and was the cynosure of
all eyes and the lodestone of arriv
ing senators who hastened to shake
her hand and offer best wishes.
Uallery Is Enthusiastic.
Gallery crowds, largely composed
of women, overflowing into the
halls, cheered and applauded the
white-haired woman as, shortly be
fore the senate convened, she was
escorted to an ante coom to receive
a huge bouquet of 87 red roses.
Again the crowd broke into a noisy
demonstration as she returned to
her ' seat, where she remained
through the brief session, watching
each move intently through her gid
spectacles. Clasped in her lap, rolled
in brown paper, she held her com
mission as a senator, received two
months ago by appointment upon
the death of Senator Thomas E.
Watson.
All in the senate paid tribute to
the first woman member. She was
received by Vice-President Coolidge
and met nearly all senators, repub
licans and democrats, as well as of
ficials and pages.
No Disappointment Shown.
No disappointment was manifested
by Mrs. Felton when told that no
new senators could be sworn in to
day, she apparently grasping quickly
what many veteran senate leaders
for several days had forgotten
that the senate'had to be officially
notified of the death of a senator
before his successor could be re-
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ceived. And in accordance with
unbroken precedent, the senate ad
journed immediately out of respect
when informed -of the death of Sen
ator Watson, putting over the re
ception of all new senators until
tomorrow. Besides Mrs. Felton,
awaiting to be sworn in, was her
successor, Walter F. George, elected
last November 7, and several others
Mr. George tonight reiterated that
he would adhere to his programme
of giving Mrs. Felton an oppor
tunity to be sworn in and sit for a
day. Although -armed with cre
dentials and a commission super
ceding Mrs. Felton, he planned to
defer their presentation untii
Wednesday.
Ho Objection in Prospect.
Senate leaders said, with the pros
pect that no objection to this pro
gramme would be offered, it ap
peared that Mrs. Felton would be
allowed to take the oath tomorrow
and retire on Wednesday, when Mr.
George would appear officially.
A few senators however, were
said to be disposed to object to the
programme because of the precedent
it might set, and senate leaders re
Iterated that Mrs. Felton could not
claim pay or mileage allowances. It
was reported that objection from a
single senator would bar Mrs. Fel
ion and probably cause reference
of her commission to the senate
privileges and elections committee,
or a ruling by the vice-president,
which would deny her the senate
oath.
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New Dinnerware to Glorify
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