THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY
8, 1920
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ACT OF CONGRESS
Receipts of Medals From For
eign Governments Forbidden.
DANIELS REVEALS SECRET
When Permission Was Given
American Orfieers President
Asked Decorations Withheld.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 7. After con
gress passed a law permitting Ameri
can officers to accept decorations
from foreign governments. President
Wilson directed the state department
to inform all European governments
that the United States government
did not wish any awards made. Sec
retary Daniels disclosed today before
the senate committee lnvestiatlng
naval awards.
Before the president acted. -Mr.
Daniels said. Rear Admiral Sims had
been informed by the chief of the bu
reau of navigation of the passage of
the law and had accepted a decoration
from the king of England and had
authorized Admiral Rodman, then com
manding the American battle division
wilh the British grand fleet, and Rear
Admiral Strauss, directing the laying
of the North Sea mine barrage, to ac
cept decorations.
Sims Requests Advice.
Admiral Sims was informed by Sec
retary Daniels of the president's
action, the secretary continued, and he
wrote asking whether he should re
turn the medal to the king. Mr.
Daniels said he replied that in view
of the action taken, presumably be
fore President Wilson's request
reached the king, there was nothing
that could be done and that of course
the decorations already accepted could
not be returned. He expressed the
hope at the time, he said, that no
other foreign decorations would be
given except such aa might tre
awarded for courageous conduct in
battle.
The secretary said Admirals Rod
man and Strauss were reluctant to
accept decorations from the King of
Knulami and he read letters from
tiiem on the subject. Admiral Rod
man stated that he very reluctantly
"decided to accept for no other reason
than that I did not wish to giv
offense to the British government.
nhich holds such matters in high
esteem."
Admiral Strauss followed the same
rn;irse taken by Admiral Rodman, Mr,
Daniels said.
Jvnretarv Daniels and Rear-Admiral
Sims differed regarding the accept
ance of foreign decorations by Ameri
can officers, the secretary told the
sub-committee. The secretary aaid
Admiral Sims recommended that naval
officers be permitted to accept such
'decorations on the ground that it
would have a marked effect on morale
and efficiency, while he opposed such
plan.
Deroratfoas Opposed,
"I was and am personally opposed
to a foreign decoration upon the an
cient American principle based upon
the belief that if such decorations
could be accepted there would not be
wanting a few men in our services
whose desire to obtain them would
make them solicitous of securing for
eign approval and favor.
hen Mr. Daniels completed his
prepared statement, he was cross-
tiuestioned by members of the com
mittee. He conceded that Admiral
Sims had served where ordered, and
said that be meant no reflection by
his previous testimony that tha ad
mlral had served most of his time on
shore duty.
Recommendation Regretted.
Chairman Hale read letters written
by Secretary Daniels praising Admiral
Sims for his service during the war,
and Senator McCormick read testi
mony complimentary to Sims, given
by Secretary Daniels before congres
sional committees during considera
tion of a bill to make Sims and Ben
son full admirals.
"Every word that I have said of
Admiral Sims' ability and brilliancy
in certain lines Is true," said Mr. Dan
iels, "but if I bad known what has de
veloped since, I should not have rec
ommended that he be made an ad
miral for life.
Ambassador Is Scored.
Chairman Hale placed in the record
a letter from C. V. Cusachs, formerly
a lieutenant-commander in the navy
and assistant naval attach to Spain
during part of the war. Cusachs
eaid he was recalled after Ambassa
dor Willard had cabled the state de
partment that a Mr. Urgoiti. owner of
a Madrid newspaper, had Informed the
ambassador that Cusachs had told him
the United States contemplated estab
lishing nival bases in Hpain, the am
bassador's message adding, he said,
that "Cusache indiscretion is fatal to
our Interests."
The Spanish editor, Cusachs said, in
a letter later denied he had ever made
the statement attributed to him by
Ambassador Willard. The ambassa
dor's behavior in telling him goodbye,
the former officer wrote, was "a piece
of hypocritical acting."
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ACCOCXTAXT TO OVERSEE
EAR EAST CONTRIBCTIOAS
Preparations for Drive Completed
and Outlook Bright for Se
curing $73,200 Quota.
All money contributed for the ben
efit of the starving thousands in Ar
menia and the oher devastated lands
of the near east in the drive that is
to be inaugurated Tuesday morning
will pass through the hands of an
expert accountant and will be care
fully audited at headquarters, corner
of Broadway and Yamhill. For his
work State Chairman Samuel C. Lan
caster has secured" H. C. Anderson of
the Whitfield-Whitoomb company, a
veteran in this line.
State Director J. J. Handsaker re
ported last night that preparations i
for the campaign are now practically
complete and that the outlook for a
rapid rolling up of Portland's J73.200
quota is very bright, as the organ
nation this year is stronger and larg
er than for any previous near east
relief (formerly Armenian-Syrian)
campaign.
John C. Stille has accepted the
chairmanship of all co-operative work
to be done through the theaters and
George Estes will have charge of the
campaign in the fraternities, lodges
and clubs, with Mrs.' Bertha Lowey
as his chief aide.
costs. Unable to cause the return of
this property to Mrs. Burr without
payment of the indebtedness by her,
the council has caused all these com
munications to be filed.
Meeting after meeting found Mrs.
Burr a visitor in the council cham
bers. Always at some crucial moment,
during the heat of debate over some
proposed improvement, Mrs. Burr
would arise and ask if in the opinion
of the council "confiscation of prop
erty without due compensation was
not robbery."
For several weeks past Mrs. Burr
has been absent. The reason for her
absence was disclosed yesterday when
the following communication ad
dressed to the city council was re
ceived by City Auditor Funk:
Myrtle Point. Or.- Born. Jsnuarv 24.
10-', s grandson to Mrs. Viola Burr. Name.
Jack Howard Fennler. Happy New Year.
MRS. VIOLA BURR.
The communication will be for
warded to the city council next
Wednesday for consideration.
SUEUR STRIKE DISSOLVED
LABORERS RETURN TO WORE
OX PLANTATIONS.
Japanese Domestics, Who Helped
Strikers, Are Fired; Replaced
With Chinese.
HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 7. (By the
Asscoclated Press.) Indications of
weakness were reported today in the
ranks of Filipino laborers on sugar
plantations in the Hawaiian island
group, who struck several weeks ago.
Seventy-five per cent of the Filipinos
employed on Oabu plantation, approx
imately 275 men, returned to work,
and a few others returned on other
plantations.
Date today Curtis Iaukea, acting
governor, dispatched to Fablo Manla
p:l, president of the Filipino union, a
formal letter appealing to the strikers
to return to work. The Oahu and
Honolulu plantation mills were grind
ing yesterday with strikebreakersop
erating the latter.
Strikebreakers also were employed
on the Honolulu plantations, the
planters having enlisted 208 of these.
An exodus of striking Japanese labor
ers from the plantations Jnto Hono
lulu is expected Monday. Japanese
domestics, of whom there were said
to be thousands -Jn Honolulu, have
been aiding the strikers with funds,
according to the planters' announce
ments. As a result many housewives
are- discharging their Japanese do
mestics and hiring Hawaiian and Chi
nese servants. , I
50 "FLU" CASES LISTED
Death Rate Throughout State Is
Remarkably Low. -Nearly
150 cases of influenza, grip
and colds were reported to the city
health bureau yesterday. Three
deaths from influenza were reported
yesterday, bringing the deaths in the
city attributed to the disease up to 12.
One death was reported from Vale.
Although it was estimated that
there were approximately 500 cases
of influenza in the state, the death
rate is remarkably low.
Ten inspectors of the health bureau
were ordered yesterday to visit mo
tion picture houses to report on the
ventilation and handling of crowds.
Although Dr. Farrlsh has no intention
of closing the houses, he is eager to
obtain all data possible to turn over
to the theater managers for their con
tinued co-operation.
MRS. BURR HEARD FROM
INDICTMENT AGAINST SCP
. POSED AVIATOR DROPPED.
Six Weeks Imprisonment Held
Sufficient Punishment by
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Absence of Communications to City
Council Explained.
For months members of the city
council have listened to the reading
of communications written by Mrs.
Viola Burr, who was the owner of
property sold by the city because of
alleged falling to pay Improvement
G. Murl Gorden, supposed aviator
who attracted much attention about
two months ago by his proposal to fly
around the world, but who has ben
in the county jail for the last six
weeks awaiting trial on a larceny
charge. wiU not come to trial Monday
aa scheduled, the indictment against
him being dismissed py Presiding
Judge McCourt yesteraay at the re
nuest of th complainant.
Thouc-h an additional Indictment is
pending against Gorden charging ntm
with obtaining money oy laise pre
tenses, be was released from Jail yes-
terdav on his own recognizance.
J. C. AInsworth, president 01 me
United States National bank, was the
comnlaininjr witness against Gorden
on the larceny charge. In a letter
to District Attorney Evans yesterday,
Mr. Ainsworth expressed his desire
to waive prosecution, holding mat
six weeks' imprisonment had been
sufficient punishment and saying that
the young man, if released, had prom
ised to make good a shortage of 311.
Mr. Ainsworth had loaned Gorden
about $2000 for the purchase of ma
chinery in a shop owned by Gorden,
with the provision that if the machin
ery did not cost that amount the dif
ference should be returned. It was
charged that Gorden sent Mr. Ains
worth a bill showing that tne lull
price charged him was $2000, when in
fact it was $311 less.
The other indictment against Gor
den is on complaint of Ashley &
Rumelin, bankers, who maintain that
he secured a loan of $200 from them
by making a false statement of as
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By a vote of more than four to one,
thft members of the Chamber of Com
merce last week expressed their op
position to the proposed soning law
for the city of Portland. The election
continued throughout the week, bal
lots having been sent out to all mem
bers through the mails ana the polls
olosed yesterday at noon. In spite of
the publicity given the matter and the
interest which had been stirred up a
(very small vote was cast, scarcely
more than 10 per cent of the total
membership replying.
The polls were closed promptly at
12 o'clock yesterday, and the votes
were counted by P. Heatherton, office
manager of the .chamber, and T. H.
Edwards, a member of the board 0
directors, in the presence of Presi
dent H. B. Van Dusser of the-chamber.
J. P. Newell, president of the cit
planning commission, and Roger Sin
nott of the Portland retty board
which has taken the leadership in op
position to the proposed zoning.
The count of the votes cast showed
270 against zoning and 6 for. The
total vote cast was 335. aa r.nmirH
with a total membership of the cham
ber of 2200.
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debated before the members' forum
of the chamber Monday noon, follow
ing which the ballots were sent out.
More than usual Interest was stirred
up in the matter when it wa hi
ered that advocates of zoning had
prepared circular letters - containing
duplicate ballots to send to all mem
bers of the chamber, with instruc
tions to use the duplicate ballot in
case "you have lost your ballot."
Baltimore Firemen Warned.
BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. 7. The city
board of fire commissioners decreed
today that all members of the (Bal
timore fire-fighting fore must re
sign from the firemen's union by
Fohruarv 16. The firemen will be
nermitted to organise a welfare as
soclation. but it must be sanctioned
bv the commissioners and must not
be affiliated with any labor organ
ization. - . :
BARBER DIES IN SHOP
Oregon City Man's Bead Body Dis-
covered by Family.
OREGON CITY, Or. Feb. 7 (Spe
ciai.) J. E. Terris, 45 years old, pro
prietor of the barber shop in tne
Electric hotel, and who came to Ore
gon City from lndwpender.ee a ye
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Mr. Ferris is survived by his wife
and five children, living at Third and
John Adams streets. He had not been
home since last Monday night, at
which tim he had had a mlminrlpr-
standlng with his wife. An autopsy
will he performed by Dr. Guy Mount
to determine the exact cause of his
desih.
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