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0&2G-JN STATE LIBRARY Nov 2 9 VOL. LXI NO. 19,353 Entered at Portland fOreifon, PostoffW as Second-c'afti Matter. rORTLAXD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS DEATH RATE IS LOW . IN COOL NORTHWEST sunny southern climes prove moke deadly. REBUFF TIPPLING MIDDIES GET: SEVERE REBUKE CONSERVATIVE VOTE FAVORS IRISH BILL STATES DIVIDED HARVEY SAYS WORLD IS TIRED OF KILLING 5 APPEAL TIGER OF FRANCE CONDUCT AT BALL-CENSURED BY SECRETARY DENBY. COMMONS PASSES MEASURE ' 'TO THIRD READING. ENVOY CITES GREAT EVENTS TO PROVE CONTENTION. YOUNG H LLSBORO chc CHARITY MERCER IN IS POISONED V. E. Boge Dies in Los . Angeles Hotel. LUNCH FOR TWO ORDERED Young Woman, Supposed to Be Wife, Sought. POISON IS FOUND IN CUP End Comes so Suddenly, That No One Is Able to Ob , tain Any Statement. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 27. Special.) A man believed to be Vaden Elwynne Boge of Hillsboro, Or., about 22 years of age, died in a room in the Alexandria hotel this afternoon from the effects of poison. Whether the poison was self-administered or the man was the vic tim of a fiendish murder plot, police were unable to determine tonight. The mystery will be solved when a woman who was registered at the hotel as Mrs. Boge is found, police believed. The man died following a lunch eon served in tha hotel room. It was a luncheon for two and a second party was believed to have been present when Boge drank the poison which caused his death. Dregs found in a coffee cup were analyzed by City Chemist Carmen and found to contain deadly and almost instanta neous poison, CircnrnMlnnces Are Mysterious. The circumstances leading to the dath of the man were as mysteri ous as the crime itself. About 9 o'clock this morning he came to the hotel desk and asked for a room for two. He signed the ho tel register as "V. E. Boge and wife, I'ortland, Or. Seeing the man was unaccom panied, Homer Lawton, the clerk on duty at the time, inquired about lrs. Boge. "She'll be along later with the baggage," the man replied. C'onple Assigned to Room. The clerk assigned the couple to a room on the fourth floor. After be ing taken to the room nothing was eard frm Boge until about 1 clock, when he called the house service and asked that a luncheon lor two be served in the room. Nono of the hotel officials or em ployes had seen any woman enter Ihc room previous to this time, they leclared. J. Lohry, 213 North Grand ivenue, a waiter, took the luncheon lo the room and was admitted by lioge. He declared that he saw no thcr person there. The luncheon consisted of two thicken sandwiches, a rice salad, two cups of coffee, some cranberry l;iuce and two pieces of pie. Shortly lifter 2 o'clock, while James Hirst, a house man, was cleaning a hall way near the room occupied by Boge he was startled by cries ema nating from the room. Suddenly the door was thrown open and Boge rushed into the hall, crying, "I be lieve I have been poisoned." Boge Collapses In Man's Arms. He fell into the arms of the house man and the latter carried him into the room and called for help. Dr. J. Marvin Williams was summoned and Roy Emory, assistant manager of the hotel, also rushed to the room. Efforts to revive Boge were unavailing and he died shortly after Dr. Williams and Mr. Emory ar rived. On a table in the room were found the remains of the luncheon. The sandwiches, the two pieces of pic and part of the. rice salad had been eaten. me coffee cup wag about half full, while the other one, w hich contained the poisoned drink, had only dregs left In it. City Chem ist Carmen, who analyzed the con tents of the coffee , cups, declared that the drug had evidently been placed in the cup when about half full, as no one could unsuspectingly have taken a full cup of coffee with the poison in it. This phase of the mystery caused detectives to believe that a second party had been present and had placed the drug in the cup from which Boge had been drinking, pos sibly when his attention was dis tracted momentarily. Hotel Officials Call Police. Police were called by the hotel officials aa soon as they were noti fied of the affair and Detective Dry den was assigned to the case. He found no baggage In the room. But from letters and papers taken from the man's clothing the victim was identified as Vaden Elwynn Boge of Hillsboro. An investigation was immediately launched to determine whether Boge could have had any possible motive tor taking his own life. Messages were dispatched to Portland and to Hillsboro. Harry G. Boge of Portland de clared that the man probably Mas A'aden Boge of Hillsboro. a son of hi3 brother, Fred Boge. He declared young Boge had left Oregon about ten days ago for Oakland and that he might have been married, as some such talk had been heard. An American Legion button was found on the coat worn by Boge. It-'oucluikil oa Page b'. Column 2.) Montana Is Healthiest of AH; Mortality Bate in Oregon Is riaccd at 10.4. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C Nov. 27. In the great outdoors country which stretches along the Canadian bound ary from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean may be , found the healthiest spot in the United States, according to figures announced by the census bureau today. Folk who hasten away from that section In the late autumn to spend their win ters In the sunny climes of Califor nia. Florida or the Bahamas may be flirting with death just to the ex tent that the death rates of those placid regions exceed the mortality of the cooler northwest. The lowest death rate in the United States In 1921 was in that country where the coyotes, jackrabbits, gophers and the non-partisan league are co-operating In a death struggle for eco nomic supremacy. Montana was the healthiest of all the states in the year mentioned, showing a death rate of 8.2 persons to each 1000 population. Oregon's death rate was 10.4, Washington's 9.5, California's 13.2, Florida's 13, Nebraska's 9.2, Minnesota's 9.4 and Wisconsin's 10.5. The highest death rate was in Ver mont, 14.2. i Of the cities, Portland's death rate was 10.9, Seattle's 9, Spokane's 12.6, San Francisco's 13.5 and Los Ange les' 14. In explanation of the more health ful conditions in the northwest it Is reasoned that the , sharp winter winds in that part of the country are a blessing in disguise, compelling- dangerous disease germs to keep moving on. As a consequence, the typhoid miccrobe and the tuber culosis germ are sitting their pretti est in those southern climes which are the Mecca of the affluent class searching for unbroken sunshine and possessed of the means to pay for u. SLAYER IS SENTENCED Mrs. Phillips Gets Ten Years to Life at San Qucntin. - LOS ANGELES, Cal.,. Nov. 27. Clara Phillips, who was " recently convicted of having slain Mrs. Alberta Meadows with a hammer here last summer, today was sen tenced to serve a term of from ten years to life in the state peniten tiary at San Quentin. The commit ment to prison was delayed, how ever, when her counsel gave notice of appeal in open court and sought and received a ten-day stay of execution. Attorneys said that the giving of notice of appeal did not necessarily mean that an appeal would be per fected. They said Mrs. Phillips would be in- jail here until the ten day stay granted today had expired and then would be transferred to San Quentin. NOTED REPUBLICAN DEAD Archie 31. Stevenson Passes Away I , . DENVER, Colo.. Nov. 27. Archie M. Stevenson, prominent as a na tional leader in the republican party a few years ago, died here today after a short illness. - He was 60 years old. Stevenson for many, years represented Colorado in na tional republican conventions. In 1912 Stevenson insisted that the Colorado delegation to the re publican national convention in I Chicago remain in the regular re publican convention and later was credited, according to associates In Colorado, by President Taft with being largely responsible for Taffs nomination at that time. ' POISON PLOT CONFESSED Woman Admits Mailing Candy Which Killed Mother of Eight. - CHILTON, Wis.. Nov. 27. Miss Anna Lentz, who lives on a farm near here, late today confessed that she had mailed the poisoned candy which caused the death of Mrs. Frank Schneider, a mother of eight children, last Tuesday. . The confession was made and signed before Federal Postal Inspec tor Niles of Fond du Lac. She said that she had purchased the poison for the purpose of sending poisoned candy to Mrs. Henry Schneider, a sister-in-law of the dead woman, but addressed the package by mis take to Mrs. Frank Schneider. NEGRO SLAYERS CONFESS Blacks Admit Killing Salesman in Denver Suburb. . DENVER, Nov. 27. John J. Jones and Fred Rhodes, negroes, confessed that they killed George E. Miller, Denver salesman, last night after luring him to a secluded spot near Globeville, a suburb, with the mo tive of robbery. . Chief of Police 'Williams made this announcement late today. WHITTIER, CAL, ROCKED Light Earthquake Shock Felt, But No Damage Is Reported- WHITTIER, Cal., Nov. 27. A light earthquake shock was felt here about 7 o'clock tonight. "o damage was reported. - - Chest Workers Snubbed at Many Homes. APATHY HINDERS CAMPAIGN Mother, Heart of Portland . Not Yet Aroused. OTHERS GIVE LIBERALLY Employes of Downtown Establish ments Increase Subscriptions; Colonels Gather Today. - SALIENT FACTS IX DRIYB FOR CHEST. Total amount raised last, night, $315,220. Budget for . calendar year, 1923, JS48.329. All colonels In campaign will meet today at 12:15 at Portland hotel. All workers throughout the organization will gather at Multnomah hotel tomorrow noon for big meeting to re port progress. : Everyone enlisted in the drive is urged to do his hard est work in order to 'complete a thorough canvass of his ter ritory and an end to his job at the earliest possible moment. Central Labor . council in dorses chest at meeting held last night at labor temple. Portland women were indicted yesterday as being slackers in the Community Chest drive. Campaign headquarters came to the unwilling conclusion they are- largely indif ferent to the appeal for charitable funds. At a luncheon of 400 women at the Multnomah hotel yesterday a speaker accused the women of Port land of not doing their part. Reluctance and indifference of women of the city to -help In the annual chest drive, one of the ma jor civic endeavors of Portland, has been remarked at headquarters for some time. ' They are missing in the ranks of workers, and the most refusals and rebuffs so far In the canvass have come from women. This is plain evidence of the sta tistics of the campaign so far col lected. E. C. Sammons, general chairman, declared . the situation regrettable. Mrs. Victor Brandt, chairman of the residence division, which is offi cered entirely by women, said she has had continuous grief to build up organizations to handle the ter ritory and she has, moreover, re- ceived too many reports from her workers of snubs and refusals on the part of women prospects. What was in the minds of some of those doing the worrying of the chest drive was expressed in a (Concluded on Page 3. Column 3.) Most of Men Believed to Hare Conducted Selves With Pro ; pricty Befitting Uniform. WASHING JON, D. C, Nov. 27.-r Midshipmen from the naval acad emy who celebrated overlndulgently after , the annual army-navy foot-. ball game Saturday were held up toj public, scorn today oy secretary Denby in orte of the most stinging rebukes ' ever administered by a secretary of the navy, ' Many members of the corps, Mr. Denby declared in a public state ment, not only disgraced them selves and the uniform, but by their conduct at. a ball which followed the game, in Philadelphia brought such shame upon the academy itself as it had never known before. , The . secretary said tie did not know how many of the midshipmen "drank heavily" and was convinced that the great majority.' conducted themselves with propriety. But, he added, enough of them had failed in their duty "to bring shame upon all."" He announced that an inves tigation would be begun at once and that steps would be taken to Insure that "such an occurrence will never be repeated." -; ' , ' , , " None of the guilty was named in the secretary's indictment nor did it appear certain tonight that the department would find it possible to single out any Individual mid shipmen for punishment. It was in dicated that the inquiry! probably would take the direction of a gen eral effort to establish what the conditions were that made the inci dent possible and that any disciplin ary action probably would fall upon the entire Annapolis establishment in such a way as to keep the corps hereafter within more stringent limitations. . RADIO TO EXTEND SOUTH Big Plant to Be Established at Miami, Fla. MIAMI,' Fla., Nov. 27. Immediate construct'bn of a huge radio trans mitting and receiving station in Mi ami for handling South American, Central American and West Indian business, to be relayed direct to New York, will be undertaken by the Tropical Radio Telegraph, company of Boston, a subsidiary of the United Fruit company,- it was announced here today by George S. ;DavlB, gen eral manager of the Tropfoal Radio company. , The towers of the sending station will be 437 feet high, said to be the highest in America, except those at the Arlington naval station. ' , BOATS COLLIDE, 34 DEAD Ferry and Launch Crash . Near z Bnenos Aires. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 27. (By tho Associated Press.) Thirty-four lives were lost in a col lision Sunday evening between a launch and a ferryboat in the Pana river near Zarate, northwest of Bue nos Aires. The collision occurred in the dark ness at 8 o'clock. The launch, filled with picnickers, many of them chil dren, struck the ferry boat while going at full speed. ' So far as known there are only three survivors of the excursion party and the launch crew. LET'S HAVE A LITTLE FRESH AIR. Party .That: Fought Any Form of Home Rule Now Fosters Act Creating Constitution. LONDON, Nov. 27. (By the As sociated Press.) The house of com mons, tonighi, without division. passed the second reading of the Irish c"onstituUon bill after a debate in a single sitting without striking incidents. That it has "fallen to the lot of a conservative- government to pilot through parliament final legislative sanction to measures granting Ire land such complete autonomy is one of the ironies of political fate. . The conservative party for two generations stoutly has resisted the granting of self-government to Ire land in even' the mildest, form, and no ..poIiticaL question during that long period had provoked anything like the. bitter.. animosities and con flicts in parliament, on platform and in- the pregswhich accompanied the fight around Irish home rule. Now the fight apparently. is ended and. parliament with a large con servative majority quietly accepts the principle of the new Irish con stitution without even challenging division. ' Premier Bonar Law, in his speech, dealt in an Interesting way with the question of the relations between the mother country and the domin ions. He moved the second reading of the bill and set the pace for the house by the frank adoption of the standpoint ' that no matter what opinions were held parliament could not go back on the treaty. . J.. Ramsay Macdonald, for the la borltes. and Sir John Simon, for the independent liberals, expressed com plete concurrence in the prime min ister's attitude. Thus all the great parties in the house found them selves on common ground in favor of ratifying the constitution. MASON LOCKOUT ORDERED Action in New York May Render 125,000 Men Idle. NEW TORK, Nov. 27. The Mason Builders' association today issued a lockout order to its 128 members, ordering them -to pay off all brick layers employed by them at 5 P. M. tomorrow, as a protest against the bricklayers' refusal toork with independent laborers. , The lockout, officials,' agreed, would affect about ' 60,000 . workers lh the building trades In the metro politan .district immediately, and would . render idle another 65,000 within a month. . . . About $100,000,000 in construction work in the metropolitan area may be tied up, officials estimated. MRS. UNTERMYER TO WED Divorced Wife of New York Law yer to Be Bride of Actor. . - ' LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 27. Adelbcrt Elliot Dexter, motion pic ture actor, and Mrs. Nina C. Uhter myer, former wife of Alvin Unter myer, attorney of New Tork, secured a marriage license here today. Mrs. Untermyer gave her place of residence as Riverside, Cal., where she was recently granted a final decree of divorce. The marriage ceremony will be performed this week, it' was announced. California, Nevada Ask for Consolidation. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAUDED Service Now Intimate, De clares Fleischhacker. WYOMING FOR DIVORCE Idaho Also Joins in Request to ' Commission to Let Separa tion Order Stand. - WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27. Railroad commissions representing two western states California and Nevada asked the Interstate com merce commission today to continue the merger of the : Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, which the supreme court has ordered dls tolved, while commissions of two other, states Wyoming and Idaho urged "approval of the separation. A group of California business men, also appearing in the hearing which the federal commission is conducting on the Southern Pacific's application for retention of the Cen tral system, came forward to argue for the merger as essential to com mercial and civic interest along the Pacific coast. Representative Mondell, house re publican' leader, made the principal argument for Wyoming in support ing the separation decree. He rested his case chiefly on the ground that national interest required mainte- nance of competent transcontinental railway service. An independent Central Pacific, he declared, would be of more advantage both nation ally and locally than' the present merger. . ; . FlrUh hacker trees Merger. "The Southern Pacific as it is now organized, gives us prompt decision ai.d Intelligent handling of our Real transportation," declared Mortimer tlelshhacker of San Francisco. "Its management is local to the Tacific coast and in intimate and sympathetic touch with our require ments. I have had reasons to ap preciate the capacity of the unified system to meet our transportation problems in the construction of 12 electric power plants. I believe that the business men and bankers of San Francisco feel that great harm would be done our state by a sep aration." " "The matter now before the com mission is undoubtedly the most im portant as affecting the interests of Wyoming and its people that has been or that is likely to be brought before this commission," Mr. Mon dell asserted. "Other gentlemen will undoubtedly go into details as to population dependent directly or in directly upon the road. I desire to refer merely to the larger and more general features of the situation. Unfriendly management of the Cen tral Pacific might easily create a situation in which the Union Pacific ralght lose a large part of its pres ent tonnage and business. On the other hand, with the Central Pacific under management and control sin gly and whole-heartedly favorable to the utilization and development of the transcontinental systems, the railroad's service now rendered in and to Wyoming would be extended, enlarged and improved." Conflicting Interest Feared. Even in the absence of a supreme court decision the commission would be obliged to "favor and Insist" upon an Independent control of the Cen tral Pacific, Mr. Mondell declared, adding that the decision had elim inated all questions as to the neces sity of the separation. Asserting he and the representatives of his state had no hostility to the Southern Pa cific, he said they considered the in dividual interests of the Southern Pacific would be opposed to the best interests of the Central Pacific as a transcontinental carrier. In cross-examination, Mr. Mondell conceded that he was not informed as to specific rates and service de tails, but insisted that, the general view taken justified the position. J. S. Shaughnessy of . the Nevada public service commission, coming to the sunjjort of the Southern Pacific's application, declared "the economic welfare of the state of Nevada is forwarded , by the present associa tion between the two roads." ' "The state government desires to Indorse its presentation here just as we would indorse the advance ment of any other industry we have," he said. . Lower Wage Total Faced. "We look upon unified operation of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific as one of our leading enter prises." Mr. Shaughnessy introduced statistical calculations to show that $797,000 per annum now being paid in wages to Nevada employes of the Joint system would be eliminated by separation. . . Claude L. Draper, chairman of the public service commission of Wy oming, followed up Mr. Mondcll's presentation with a study "of rates and service details which in his judgment made the separation de- IConciuded tin Page 1, Column 5.) Trcmcndous Happenings in Near East and Italy AVithout War Attract Little Attention. LONDON, Nov. 27. tBy the Asso ciated Tress.) Colonel George Har-I vcy, the American ambassador, j speaking at the Forum club tonight, j alluded to what he called "the com- monplaceness of great events." He pointed out that, during the last six weeks there had been a general election in England, tre mendous events in the near east with the deposition of the head of one of the greatest religious sects of the world, the fascisti revolution in Italy and other important occur rences, and, he added, "upon my word, we have paid not much atten tion to any of them." Even more remarkable, there had been no bloodshed. He deduced from this that the world was tired of killing and that it would be im possible to create any great war for years to come, because the peo ple would not have it. "A dominion of common sense has come over the world," he declared. "The British and American people never were since the civil war as free from resentful feeling as to day." LEGION CHIEFJS COMING National Commander Owsley Will Visit Oregon on Tour. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27 Colo nel Alvin W. Owsley, nationat com mander - of the American Legion, believes that the best way for the legion to serve the country, is for it to obtain legislation that would take care of all disabled ex-service men and to prevent unemployment. He announced that he would start on December 28 on a nation-wide tour of inspection for the legion. Texas, California, Oregon and Washington-will be among the first states visited. "I am appealing to the big busi ness men of the country to make a special effort to see that no man who fought or served in the war is allowed to be hungry and cold," Owsley said. Other matters that he said would be "looked after by the legion" were immigration, tha suppression of radical propaganda and illiteracy, ' J FRESNO TO FIGHT I.W. W. Movement to Reorganize Citizens' League Started. FRESNO, Cal., Nov. 27. A cit izens' vigilance . committee here hopes to ward off expected I. W. W. activities, following reports of plnns for repeating last year's activities in the San Joaquin valley by congre gating in Fresno. Steps were taken this afternoon for reviving the citizens' league, an anti-radical committee of Fresno citizens. . GERMAN LOAN PROPOSED Credit of $30,000,000 Urged by ex-Represcntatlvc Bartboldt. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nev. 27. 1 li-nrm. T! on rfw n t a t i VP RnrthnlHt of Missouri called on President Hard ing today to urge that congress make available a credit of $50,000, 000 for Germany, to be used In the purchase by that country of goods in the United States. There was no Indication of how the president received the proposal. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 39 degrees; minimum, 28 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; variable winds' Foreign. Houae of commons passes second reading of Irish constitution bill. Pass 1. Ambassador Harvey says world is tired of killing. Page 1. , Russia demands place In far east parley. Page 2. National. Americans resent advice of Europe. Page 4- Death rate Is low In cool northwest. Pars 1. Tippling middies get stinging rebuke. Page 1. Six amendments tacked to ship subsidy bill. Page 2.. WeMern states divided on rail merger. . Page 1. Labor and agriculture will control lower bouse in next congress. Page 8. Loan f.ir T.Iberia believed killed in senate. Page 8. Domestic. New complications threatened In Tiernan tangle by arrival of sister-in-law. Page 8. Chicago welcomes Tiger. Page 1. Young Hillsboro man poisoned. Page 1. Ford inaccessible to favor seekers. Page 4. . Pacific Northwest. . New parole laws advocated by warden of Oregon state penitentiary. Page fi. . Sports. Olympics will arrive in Portland tomor row in full strength. Page 14. Milwaukle . b o u t s . all top-notchers Paga 14. Jess Willard to appear In Portland. Page 15. . - Commercial and Marine. Wheat "buying in northwe slackens as prices decline. Page 22. Heavy selling of railway issues breaks bond market Page 23. Oriental line may Increase service. Page 16. Sterling exchange takes spectacular ride. Page 23. . Scattered liquidation features Chicago a-rain market. Page 22. (.County Commisslirner Holman balked in Page 6. Tramps and seines for salmon opposed. Page 6. , I'ortland and Vicinity. Women rebuft charity appeal. Page 1. Lightner'a case put in jury's hands. Page . Develop Oregon, is chamber's plea. Page 7. , Oakland, Cal., bids for 1027 fair. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 18. Demonstrative Welcome Given Clemenceau. GENERAL PERSHING ON HAND Great Interest Is Shown in New Senate Attack. CHALLENGE REPLY MADE Statement That No Black Soldiers Are Left on Rhine Is Declared Official.' CHICAGO. Nov. :7. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Georges Clemenceau today came back to the struggling little mid-western town he had vis ited as a young man more than half a century ago and found that it, like himself, had -grown to great stature and international fame. He promptly dubbed America's second greatest city his twin. "I was born in the year that this place was changed from a fort to a city," he said, "s-o we are twins. Yes?" The Tiger, of France, who came to deliver ne third of his series of American addresses in an effort to win American sentiment for his country, was accorded a demonstra tive welcome to Chicago. It start ed when his private car Bethlehem pulled Into the Union station and did not end until the doors of the Potter. Palmer mansion on Lake shore drive, overlooking Lake Michi gan, had closed behind him. Tiger Met By Pemhlng. Arriving at 3:25 o'clock, the eld war premier was met by a commit tee headed by General Pershing and Brlgadle'-General Charles G. Dawe?, ex-director of the budget at Wash ington. They led him through a lane of blucoats to nn open crtr . end drove to city hall where Mayor William Iliile Thompson welcomed him on behalf of Ciiicaso. The TIsrer was escorted up town by a troop of artillery from Fort Sheridan.' Beside hfm rode General Penshlng. Others in his car were Brigadier-Genera! Jacob M. Dickin son, ex-.secrcta.rj of war. and Colonel Stephen Bonsai, tour con ductor. Jackson Boulevard -and La Salle street, along which the procession moved, were lined with people some silently curious, others wildly demonstrative. Clemenceau Im Welcomed. TCscorted to Mayor Thompson's of fice, the mayor introduced him to the cabinet members as "our honored guest." "I am very proud to welcome you to our city," the mayor said. "Thank you,"' Clemenceau an swered. "I am sorry we have no sunshine for you," the mayor added with a gesture to the murky weather out side. "Isn't it at your disposal?" de manded the tiger. "I suppose they will blame me for It they blame me for everj-thing." the mayor said. "We have plenty of moonshine, but not much sunshine," put in General Dickinson. Mayer VNIted Few Mlnntes. The par'ty remained In Mayor Thompson's office only a few mln utes, returning to their cars to drive to the Potter Palmer home, where Clemenceau Is to stay during his two and a half day visit. When he had been greeted by Mrs. Palmer, Clemenceau granted the army of newspaper writers who had trailed him a five-minute interview. Entering the room where they were waiting, he raised his gray-gloved hands and exclaimed: "I plead not guilty." After he had given his impress ions of Chicago of today and com pared Its skyscrapers, and rich dwellings with the "yellow brick from Milwaukee." which be remem bered, he was informed that he had been made the subject ot another senate debate at Washington today. "Again!" he exclaimed with au expression of astonishment. Statement Held Offteinl. When he was told that Senator Hitchcock had challenged his Bos ton statement that all black troops had been withdrawn from the Rhine", he replied curtly that the informa tion he had given in Boston was "official." The only comment he would make on the uproar that followed an at tempt by a wounded negro soldier to inject himself into the senate de bate was, with a shrug: "That's no business of mine." "The tiger evinced great interest in the dispatches, however, and seized the first opportunity to read a sheaf of Associated Press "copy" which was left for him. He sent the Associated Press correspondent word later that he had nothing more to add to his Boston interview. The interviewers asked him I comment on the fact that Woodrov Wilson had once written a letter in which he, too, had charged that France was militaristic. "It is all forgotten," he declared. "That was centuries ago." He said he was looking forward tCoucludctT on Page i. Column s'