THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922
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WREKE PLEA
T?gJio Senator Assured That
tiarding Is on Job.
OPINION ABROAD PROBED
Enrope'a Feeling Regarding New
Session, Declared Under In
vestigation Now.
WASHINGTON, I. C, Dec. 29.
The flgrht over the proposal of Sen
ator Borah that President Harding
call an economic conference came to
a. substantial climax In the senate
today -when the Idaho senator an
nounced that he would withhold his
proposed amendment to the naval
appropriation bill on administration
assurances given by Senator Wat
won of Indiana, that the president
already was sounding out the situa
tion in a way that might lead to
some movement that would air the
arjustment of conditions prevailing
In Europe.
Senator Borah made known his
decision during the debate after
Senator Watson, one of the admin
istration spokesmen, who was in
etrumental in lining up the admin
istration forces n opposition to the
proposal, appealed to the Idaho
senator not to- press his' proposed
resolution for substantially the
same reasons outlined in President
Harding's letter yesterday.
Senator Watson disclosed that ad
ministration "feelers" had been
made as to European policy and re
ferred to the statement in Presi
dent Harding's letter that it was
necessary first to ascertain whether
overtures for a conference would
lie welcome. .
Conference Is Likely.
"And I go so far as to say," said
the Indiana senator, that that has
toeen done and that the things that
Ehave been undertaken may, if suc
cessfully continued, go so fas as to
result in the holding of a confer
ence in. the future."
Senator Watson then suggested
that Senator Borah withhold his
amendment on the ground that the
administration's : course would be
embarrassed.
Senator Borah asked whether the
Administration's negotiations were
for the purpose of calling "this
conference."
"No. not negotiations," Senator
"Watson replied. "What I said was
that 'feelers' had been put out; that
the foreign nations were being
sounded with a view to finding out
whether the United States may be
helpful, and that in my opinion, that
it might lead to a conference; that
I had no authority whatever to say
that. I speak purely for myself as
an individual and give my personal
views, representing the 'opinions of
nobody in authority. At the same
time, I am not ignorant of the fact
that these feelers have been put out
Just as the president in his letter
EtateB." -
, Feelers Are Put Out.
Senator Watson admitted that the
situation was not one of "negoti
ations," but of diplomatic "conver
. Bations." Senator .Borah, pressing
for more definite information, asked
if the administration course might
"ultimately lead to a conference cov
ering the question of the economic
conditions."
"Or, to some gathering for the
purpose of determining the prob
lem," Senator Watson replied. t
"But the senator does know that'
the feelers have been put out?"
Senator Borah pressed.
, "That is my understanding," Sen
ator Watson replied. .
"And that it has for its ultimate
object the adjusting of- the condi
tions, which now prevail in Eli
rope." "The aiding of the adjustment,"
said Senator Watson, adding that
"feelers have been out for the last
two or three months for the pur
pose of ascertaining the situation
and just how far we could go." He
declared, however, that he was not
advised that they looked to the con
ference proposed by Mr. Borah, and
added that he did not know to what
length the administration's efforts
had gone.
Position Is Emphasised.
The administration position was
further emphasized by Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts and McCor
mick of Illinois. The former de
clared that American ambassadors
and ministers for months had been
Inquiring as to the possibility of
American action and contended that
Senator Borah's amendment, If
- adopted, would be "harmful" to the
administration's efforts. Senator
McCormick referred to negotiations
for the Brussels conference, but re
mained silent when Senator Borah
pressed for Information as to wheth
er the United States proposed to
participate in that conference.
"On the statement made by .he
senator from Illinois (Mr. McCor
mick) and the statement made by
the senator from Indiana (Mr. Wat
eon) and theostatement made by
the senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
Lodge), I am perfectly willing to
decline to offer the amendment,"
eald Senator Borah, who soon there
after picked up his papers and left
tne cnamner.
Harding Approves Hove.
At the White House it was said
the -president regarded Senator
Borah's action as a "wise move."
High officials alfeo said that the
president was not now contemplat
ing the calling of a general eco
nomic conference, but at present
proposed American participation in
an economic conference on repara
tions. Arjustment of thi3 and of
the allied debts question, the orea
ident was said to feel, are necessary
before the administration can oro
ced with further steps in Europe's
behalf.
Senator Borah said privately he
was prepared to offer his amend
ment to some later bill if the neces
sity should arise, but his action to
day was considered as finally dis
posing of the amendment, although
it did not stop the flod of oratory
on European questions.
Tmpestuous debate preceded Sena
tor Borah's action. Two republican
irreconcilables, Senators Johnson of
California and Moses of New Hamp
shire, flayed the proposal of their
colleague on the league of nations
fight and declared it would lead to
European entanglements. The Borah
amendment also was attacked by
Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri,
who declared, however, that he was
willing for the United States to use
its good offices, In an economic
conference of experts, but without
bringing obligations upon the na
tion. Naval Bill Discussed.
The senate late in the day dis
cussed other provisions of the naval
bill including an amendment by
Senator McKellar, democrat, of Ten
nessee, to cut the navy's enlisted
personnel from 86,000 to 67,000 men.
This went over until tomorrow, to
gether with the house provision
asking the president to start nego
tiations for further naval limita
tions, affecting vessels under 10,000
tons and aircraft. Also pending is
an amendment by Senator Reed,
democrat, of Missouri, requesting
the president to recall the American
troops on the Rhine and an amend
ment by Senator King, democrat, of
Utah, proposing wider naval arms
limitation.
PARIS WANTS CONFERENCE
Harding Wants More Freedom for
Debts Question, Theory.
PARIS, Dec. 29. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) President Harding's
letter to Senator Lodge is inter
preted semi-officially here as show
ing the desire of the president to
obtain sufficient freedom to enable
him to treat the debts question with
a little more elasticity .
Concerning the president's re
marks rp.earrilnflr thft nmnnanA. nrniM
economic conference, it was com-
mentea tnat the French government
has shown that It favors, such a
conference by insisting upon the
holding of a meeting In Brussels for
the discussion of reparation's and
inter-allied debts, which it ta
sidered would amount to the same
thing as proposed by Senator Borah
if the United States were represented.
Swatow, China, where thousands
were killed by the recent typhoon,
manufactures 8,000,000 pounds of po
tato starch by a very primitfve pro
cess.
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PROOF PRESENTED TO SHOW
THAT MOON RULES WEATHER
Definite Evidence Given to Indicate That as Lunar Illumination of
Earth Varies, Changes Occur in Mundane Temperatures.
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Diagram showing how temperatures swing; above and helow normal tn
response io phases of moon. Bright moonllgrht nights are usually
warmer time of month while dark of moon is coldest.
BY SEL.BT MAXWELL.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) On December 1 the
Tribune predicted warm, damp
weather for Christmas day. The
prophecy was fulfilled. Today will
run 10 or 12 degrees warmer "than
normal while the air is so damp
that haze and fog lie' everywhere in
the cool places, sidewalks are wet
from condensation, and the skies
are readyto drop their water at the
first cold7 gust.
The moon influences weather.
Times of full moon are always times
of greater heat. This is a fact that
people have vaguely realized for
many years. Definite evidence ds
here put forward for the first time.
I.tke Great Reflector.
The' globe of our satellite acts
like a great. reflector and sheds its
borrowed sunlight upon us. As the
moon goes through its phases, the
illuminated portion turned toward
the earth varies, and our weather
varies with It. ' At old moon, when
the dark side of the moon is toward
the earth, .we get no heat, and our
average monthly temperature is
coldest. At full moon we receive
heat from an entire hemisphere, and
our weather then Is warmest. Times
of full moon run about 12 to 15 de
grees warmer than, times of the
dark of the moon.
If this were all there were to the
discovery It would be convincing.
But there is more. The moon does
not run In an. entirely perfect orbit,
due to the attraction of the sain
upon It.
Warm February Moon.
These perturbations should ap
pear in t,he weather. They do.
The largest lunar irregularity,
called the -"eviction." a cycie oil one
year and one month, figures promi
nently and occasionally causes an
old moon to bring warm weather.
The old moon of February 15, 1923,
will carry warm weather from this
cause.
"Why haven't scientists ever dis
covered this before?" you ask. The
fault has been with their mathe
matics. Figures are not supernat
ural fetishes that have all power,
but are very imperfect man-made
things. You can get nothing out of
them that has not been put into
them. Arithmetic is hopeless for
weather computations; algebra is
not much better.
Saner-Einstein Theory.
Einstein recently confounded
mathematicians ;by showing that the
three dimensions usually employed
were not all there are, but that
there Is always a fourth dimension
to be reckoned with.
Weather is predicted by
"spherics," a sort of super-Einstein
mathematics that can deal not only
With the fourth but with the fifth
and sixth dimensions, all at once.
The present mild weather Is to
continue until January 4. There
will be two cold -spells, one on De
cember 27 and 28, the next on the
31st, growing milder on New Year's
day. The lowest average tempera
ture of the first snap will be about
18 degrees, and of the second about
24 degrees.
MOON BOTH HOT AND COLD
Temperatures of : Planets Found
by New System Revealed.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Dec. 29. The
temperature on the moon probably
ranges from well above the boiling
point, when the eun is at its- zenith,
to far below zero during the night,
scientific observations indicate.
Donald H. Menzel of Princeton said
in a paper submitted today to the
American Astronomical society. The
paper outlined new methods of cal
culating the temperatures of the
planets. !
"The values for Venus and Mars
are very dependent upon the water
vapor and very little can be got
from the observations," continued
Professor Menzel. "Both planets
have an atmosphere. Mars' being
very thin and that of Venus resem
bling ours to a certain extent. The
results indicate that the atmosphere
of Mars does little to shield the
surface, and that the temperature
at the equator during the day may
be as high as 20 or 25 degrees
centigrade, with a large fall during
the night. We must have further
evidence as to Venus. -It is certain,
however, that its temperature is
higher than our earth's.
"For the two larger planets, Ju
piter and Saturn, it is very definite
that they radiate some heat of their
own. If they were warmed only
by the heat of the sun they would
be 160 to 190 degrees below zero
centigrade. The temperatures ob
tained for these planets are proo
ably fairly accurate and we have
for Jupiter obtained something less
than 90 befow zero centigrade, while
Saturn is hotter by some 20 degrees,
a result not unreasonable for Saturn
is much less dense than the former.
The heat measurements as made
at the Lowell observatory in Ari
zona involve the use of a delicate
instrument known as the thermo
couple, which is capable of detect
ing the heat from a tallow candle at
a distance of many miles.
in a reasonable time we will get the
relief that everyone Is demanding."
Captain Lewis, of the- traffic com
mittee, eaid one-way traffic without
the streetcars routed In one direc
tion only on each street would not
be satisfactory, but he held that it
was practical to approach the prob
lem gradually, so that the worthy
plans might be left in operation and
such plans as proved to be imprac
ticable could be discarded.
A new ordinance will be drafted
and additional hearings will be held.
No action on the ordinance as drawn
will be taken by the council until
Mayor Baker returns from his east
ern trip.
DEAN ALLEN HONORED
Oregon Man Elected President of
Journalism Association.
CHICAGO, Dec. , 29. Some men
working on newspapers should be
driving trucks, George P. Stone of
the Medill school of journalism at
Northwestern university said today
at the convention of the Association
of Teachers of Journalism. Origi
nality was the great need of news
papers, he added, emphasizing the
danger of stereatpyed newspaper
style.
E. W. Allen of the University of
Oregon was elected president of the
Association of Schools and Depart
ments of Journalism. The Associa
tion of College News Bureaus elect
ed Al'ce C. Hunter, Nebraska TCes
leyan college, secretary-treasurer.
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MAX OSER TO WED SOON
Marriage of Swiss and Mathilde
. Expected In January.
BASLE, Switzerland, Dec. 29.
Friends of Max Oser, Swiss fiance
of Mathilde McCormick, daughter of
Harold F. McCormick of Chicago,
are sure that the couple will be
married some time in January.
The McCormick party, accom
panied by Oser, has returned to
Switzerland from Italy and is visit
ing the scenes of winter sports at
St. Moritz and Arosa.
TRAFFIC LAW IS ORDERED
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of Mayor Baker, who held that the
council must relieve traffic conges
tion regardless of what hardships It
might work on any particular group.
Fair Trial Asked.
"I do not mean that we are out to
injure anyone or work unnecessary
hardships," said the mayor, "but this
traffic problem Is a big one and so
big that we must begin somewhere.
If the council is committed to one
way traffic then I believe the best
thing to do is to proceed along the
lines of suggestions laid down to
day, give each plan a fair trial and
I fie iSdouegger s 0 aj
Ways and Big Profit
.The lazy and dreamy old Nassau that in other days traded in sponges and tropical fruits,
is today a busy commercial center. The sponge-baths are now used as the small craft of the
smugglers to reach the South Atlantic coast of the United States, while vessels of all sizes that
range from sea-going tugs to a converted Spanish battle-cruiser, carry the cargoes of rum to
New York and the New England coast. In the bar-rooms, at the dining-tables, in the lobbies
and on the porches of the hotels and boarding-houses at Nassau, the capital city of the Bahama
Islands, the bootleggers and whisky smugglers "talk of their plans, tell of their profits and laugh
at Uncle Sam." v There, according to Frank K. Dolan, who went to the Bahamas to study the rum
runners' methods f or the New York Daily News, "a man is either 'right' or 'queer.' " If a stranger
is suspected of being "queer" thought to be a revenue officer, a detective, or some one likely to
interfere with the rum-smugglers' operations "he is curtly told to leave town, and in some in
stances blackjacked and beaten."
In THE LITERARY DIGEST this week, December 30th, there is an informative and inter
esting account of the methods and operations of the whisky smugglers.
Among many other news-features of timely interest are:
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Correct Your Faults
Improve Your Came
Lessons by Appointment
American Gold to Save Europe Again?
Now Comes a "People's Bloc"
American Blood and Oil
England's Unemployment Plague
Niagara Not So Valuable
Death's Revelation of a New Author
Baptists Enforcing the Golden Rule
Our Transportation Strangling .
Snags in the Way of a Loan to Germany
Austria's New Start in Life '
How Paper Barrels Are Made
Radio Eliminating Sea Distances
What Now Replaces Opera and, Ballet in
Russia
Tim Healy and His Ready Tongue
Many Interesting Illustrations Including Humorous Cartoons
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