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VOL. XXXTX NO. 20 Entered at Portland Oreeon
' Postoffice a Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, M AY 1G, 19'0
PRICK TEX CENTS
E
COURT SENDS JURY IN
HOWELL CASE BACK
SEATTLE POPULATION .
IS GIVEN AS '315,652
EVCREASE OF 78,484 OR 33.1
PER CENT ANNOUNCED.
"HOOVER 13 SPOOFIN'.
OREGON," SAYS HIRAM
JOHXSOX ATTACKS STAN D FOR
LIBERTY BONDS NOW
BARGAIN FOR BUYERS
T
ETIES
IS INVITING FIGHT
T
BOOST
DISAGREEMENT REPORTED
BUT IS SOT ACCEPTED.
MARKET QUOTATIONS SHOW
"RESERVATION" TREATY.
ALLCRING INTEREST.
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Permanent Leadership Is
Big Republican Issue.
BORAH OPPOSES BEVERIDGE
Wood Forces Candid in Stand
Against Idaho Senator.
SELECTION HELD UNLIKELY
lodge to Be Temporary Head of
Session and to Deliver Key
note Address for Parly.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, Mav 15. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge will be temporary chair
man of the Chicago convention carrying-
with it the privilege of sounding
the republican keynote. This much
seems assured, but a contest is loom
ing over the selection of a permanent
chairman. Albert J. Beveridge, ex
senator of Indiana. hold3 the lead for
the latter honor with tho support of
the Leonard Wood. forces. One of the
peculiarities of this situation is that
ex-Senator Bevcridgc, who sounded
the keynote in the third party pro
gressive convention of 1912, which
nominated Theodore Roosevelt and
Hiram Johnson for president and
vice-president respectively, is now
opposed by the Johnson following.
Borah More L,ikely to Fail.
The reason appears to be, in the
first place, that the Johnson support
ers have set out to bring about the
selection of Senator Borah of Idaho,
who has gone the limit to help the
Californian reach the White House.
Th Tdnho senator, however, will not
i.tio(un. ht
bri with the
republican party if It fails to nomi
nate his candidate. Hiram Jdhnson, or
if the convention turns down a plat
form plank, to be proposed by him,
committing the party irreconcilably
against a league of nations in any
form, have tended to make republican
leaders cautious.
Furthermore, tho "Wood forces have
been quite candid about saying that
ihpv will not- support Borah. The
Johnson opposition to ex-Senator
Beverldge is predicated on the fact
that the latter has been instructed by
the republican voters of Indiana to
cast a vote for General Wood. Bever
ldge is one of the Hoosier "big four"
to this convention.
Conference to IJe Held.
A conference will be held in Wash
ington the coming week which is ex
pected to go far toward settling the
question as to both temporary and
permanent chairman. Interest in re
publican delegate contests has almost
wholly subsided with only two presi
dential primaries of any consequence
et to be held.
Tho only struggle being watched is
the contest in Oregon next Friday.
West Virginia republicans will vote
on May 23 but there is such a common
impression that Leonard Wood will
be the winner there that interest has
been lost. The Oregon contest in both
parties has suddenly taken on na
tional interest by reason of two de
velopments of the last week. One of
these is the perfunctory indorsement
of Hiram Johnson by Senator McNary
and the other is the telegram of
President Wilson to Gilbert E. Ha
maker of Portland, unquestionably
designed to defeat Senator Chamber
lain.
Oregon Contest Gets .VlrVntion.
The cast had apparently overlooked
the Oregon primary contest until the
president sent out his now famous
telegram, proscribing Senator Cham
berlain and 20 other democratic sen
ators. Then came tho McNary indorse
ment of Johnson, accompanied with
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Verdict for Manslaughter Held
Be Possible if Killing of
Girl Was Xot Planned.
MARSHF1ELD, Or., May 15. (Spe
cial.) The jury in the third trial of
Harold Howell, charged with the
murder of Lillian Leuthold, had not
agreed at a late hour tonight.
The instructions of the court were
given to the jury this morning and
the jurymen retired at 9:30 A. M.
Later In the, day they returned and
said they could not agree. It is un
derstood, though not officially, that
they stood seven to five in favor of
conviction. Judge Coke told the
jurors they must retire and deliberate
further. It is believed that Judge
Coke will not accept a disagreement
and discharge the jury until all hope
of arriving at some conclusion Is
gone. The jurors may be kept out all
day tomorrow if they cannot agree.
in the Instructions the court told
the Jurors that if they thought
Howell killed the girl without pre
meditation they could find a verdict
of manslaughter. Howell was indict
ed for second degree murder, the
penalty for which is life imprison
ment, but the instructions permit of
a verdict for lesser crime. The trial
of the case lasted two weeks. Some
of the testimony on both sides which
was given at the first and second
trials was left out in the third trial
and the conclusion of the case came
sooner than was expected.
MAYOR JUSTIFIES RAID
Search of Building Trades Room,
However, Aot Intended.
i.ic rm on ine Headquarters of the
Shipyard Laborers," Riggers' and
rasieners union early this month
was justified by information in the
nanus or the authorities, according t
a letter sent to the Central Labor
council by Mayor Baker. The raid on
me neaaquar-ters of the Building
Trades coucil in the room adjoining
was not intended, however, tha mayor
slates.
-.s lar as tnis administration Is
concerned," says the letter, "there is
' i""1-0 " x uriiauu ior ine rea radi
cal nd we everything possi-
ble to clean them out wherever they
may be found."
SUGAR BUYING "FUTILE"
Cuban President Says Purchase by
America Would Boost Prices.
WASHINGTON. May 15. Action by
I the United States government to ac
quire the remaining portion of the
Cuban sugar crop would only stimu-'
late prices. President Menocal of
Cuba declared in a cablegram re
ceived today by Senator McNary of
Oregon.
The present crop, the president said.
is 20 per cent less than estimated in
December, due to drouth. An unusual
demand, coupled with speculation, has
helped to increase prices, he said.
SHOPPER WIELDS HAT PIN
Woman Arrested on- Charge of
Third Degree Assault.
SPOKANE, May 15. Because she
was charged with having used at hat
pin in a bargain sale rush at the
opening of a new 10-cent store here
today, Mrs. F. J. Brown was arrested
on a charge of third-degree assault
on F. Langeloh, a fellow shopper.
"What else could a woman do?" she
asked at the police station, where she
was booked for trial Monday.
TURKISH SULTAN TO QUIT
Throne to Be Resigned in
Protest
Against Treaty.
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 15. (By
the Associated Press.) The Turkish'
sultan will resign his throne in pro
test against the severity of the peace
treaty presented to Turkey by the al
lied powers.
Rumors to this effect, which were
credited in many quarters, were in
circulation here today.
Open Republican Session
Held Most Likely.
PLEDGES NOW MEAN LITTLE
Any Leader or Dark Horse
May Be Nominated.
BALLOT TIES ONLY" MORAL
AlrCandidales Expected to Enter
Meeting- In Abont Same Order
as Standings Arc .Today. .
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
tCopyright by New York Evening Post.
Inc. Published Dy arrangement. i
WASHINGTON, May 15. The pri
maries are practically over. Of the 984
delegates who will compose the con
vention 823 have been elected.
Of the primaries yet to be held only
one Pennsylvania; Is in a large state;
and in that state none of the major
candidates is entered.
So far as primaries and instruc
tions are concerned, all the candidates
will enter the convention! in substan
tially the order in which they stand
today. Nothing foreseeable in the in
tervening four weeks is likely to
changer their relative standing.
Under these circumstances the read
er will expect that somewhere there
ought to be some one able to say
something tangible about the prob
able outcome. Some politician, or
many politicians, it will be argued,
must have surveyed the elected dele
gates with sufficient minuteness to
be able to predict the net result of
the aggregate of their individual
wills. And something can fce said. J5ui
not as much as the reader expects,
and not as much as some candidates
and their friends are venturing to say.
Tabulations Mean Little.
Tl-a" papers every day or so print
box 'scores showing how many in
structed delegates Wood "has, how
many Johnson, how many Lowden.
and so on. But except as mere tabu
lations of figures these box scores
mean almost nothing.
The box scores say, and say accu
rately, that out of the 823 delegates
so far elected 357 are instructed."
But just how. little is meant by this
word "instructed" is well known to
those of us who are familiar with the
facts.
The casual reader thinks when he
reads that the 30 delegates from
Michigan are "instructed for John
son," that these delegates are John
son delegates; that they will vote for
Johnson first, last and all the time,
and that they will do all in their
power to make Johnson president.
But the truth is these "instruc
tions" are a most variable quantity.
It all depends upon the primary law
of the state which the delegates come
from. In this very case of Michigan
the statute says:
Pledge Only Morally Binding.
"The candidate receiving the high
est number of votes ... shall be
declared to be the candidate and the
choice of the political party for this
state."
But just how far is .this binding
upon the action of the individual dele
gate when he gets to the convention
and 'is called upon to cast his vote?
It is really only morally binding.
Four years ago Henry Ford received
the instructions of the republican
presidential primary in Michigan. The
Michigan delegation to that conven
tion interpreted their obligation as
being satisfied with one ballot. On
the first ballot they voted for Ford
and then went elsewhere.
The statutes regulating the prima
ries of the other statesare all like
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-INK IMPRESSIONS
" rB "
Centralia, Wash., Has 7549, Gain
or 238 Two Detroit Suburbs
Break All Records. '
WASHINGTON, May 15. The popu
lation of Seattle, Wash.,, as shown by
the 1920 census is 315,652, it was an
nounced here today. This is an in
crease of 78.484, or S3.1 per cent.
Other population statistics announced
today were:
Centralia, Wash., 7549; increase, 238,
at 3.3 per cent.
Clinton,' 111., 5898; increase, 733, or
14.2 per cent.
MobiTe. Ala., 60,124; Increase, 8603,
or 16.7 per cent
Raleigh, X. C, 24,418; increase, 6200,
or 27.1 per cent.
LlncolnNeb., 54,934; increase, 10,961.
or 24.9 per cent.
Livingston, Mont., 6326; Increase,
967, or 18 per cent.
Abilene, Tex., 10,274; increase. 1070,
or ii.6 per cent.
Cheltenham, Pa., 11,015; increase,
258J. or 30.6 per cent.
' Kalispell, Mont., 5147, decrease, 402,
or 7.2 per cent.
Trenton, K. J., 103.190; increase, 22.
474, or 3.2.
Waltham, Mass., 30,891; increase,
3057, or 11 per cent.
Dunmore. Pa., 20,250; increase. 2635.
or la per cent.
Carbondale, Pa., 18,640;
1600, or 9.4 per cent.
Beaver Falls, Pa., 12,802;
611, or 5 per cent.
increase,
increase.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.' .
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
71 degrees; minimum, 4U' degrees.
TODAY'S Kair; northwesterly winds,
departments.
Editorial. Section ii, patse 8.
Dramatic. Section 4. page IT.
Moving picture neWB. Section 4., page 4-
Ileal estate and building news. Section 4,
page 10.
Music. Section 3, pago 10.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Schools. Section 5, page 6. '
Books. Section 3, page 9.
Garden chats. Section 3. page 3.
Automobile news. Section tf.
Women l-'eatures.
Society. Section 3, page 2.
Women's activities. Section 4, page 0.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page .
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 4.
Special Feature.
City Tarm at The Cedars ia health restorer.
.Magazine section, page 1.
Forehead Jewelry is latest finery. Maga
zine section, page
Romanoff princess earns living by song.
Magazine section, page 3.
World news by camera-. Magazine section,
page 4.
Admiral Sims' own story. Magazine sec
tion, page 5.
Scientists look to sky as source of dis
eases. Magazine section, page 6.
Own children model for artlnts's mas
terpiece. Magazine section, page 7.
Salem woman is writer of short stories.
Magazine section, page T.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Agricultural college war showing source
of pride.- Section 3, page 7.
Cattle and horse raisers to meet at Burns.
Section 3. page 11.
Public utilities series by W. C. Benbow.
Section 4, page 3.
Portland clocks hand out assorted time.
Section 4, page tt.
History of Oregon pageant to be given at
Corvallis. Section 4, page .
Oregon's rivers series by Addison Bennett.
Section 4, page -7.
Former servant girl may go to parlia
ment. Section 5, page 1.
Sermon by Rev, H, H. Griff is. Section
-". page 9.
Darling shows events of the day in car
toon. Section t, page x.
Foreign.
Canonization of Maid of Orleans draws
Vatican closer to France. Section 1,
page 4.
British and French premiers in conference
report plans - progressing. Section 1,
page 10.
National.
Seattle population announced as 315,652.
Section 1, page 1.
Peace resolution is adopted in senate and
and now goes to conference. Section
1, page 2.
Slump in-McAdoo stock following Chicago
convention la predicted. Section - 1,
page 2.
Permanent chairmanship of republican
convention is inviting contest. ' Section
1, page 1.
Congressmen are told about Oregon's
btauty. Section 1, page 6. ,
Rebl democrats fear Wilson telegram.
Section 1. puge 7.
Republican convention may nominate al
most anyone. Section 1, page 1.
Domestic
Rev, C. E. Locke, formerly of Portland, om
ot three new bus hops chosen by Meth
i odisls. Section. 1, page 1.
BY CARTOONIST PERRY OF SOME OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN THE
I i'i
Palmer in Separate Statement An
swers ex-Food Administrator
on High Sugar Prices.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Two state
ments dealing with recent public
utterances of Herbert Hoover were
Issued here tonight; one by Senator
Johnson of California, dealing with
Mr. Hoover's message to Oregon re
publicans, and the other by Attorney
General Palmer, commenting on the
ex-food administrator's testimony on
the sugar situation before a house
committee.
Senator Johnson attacked Mr.
Hoover's plea to his supporters in
Oregon to elect delegates to the re
publican national convention who
stand for ratification of the treaty of
peace with reservations.
Mr. Hoover Is spoofin" Oregon,"
the senator said, and added: '
"Mr. Hoover In a contest with three
sides has the advantage of having ad
vocated in turn each of the three."
Mr. Palmer replied to Mr. Hoover's
contention that the Cuban sugar crop I
should have been purchased by the
sugar equalization board; and asserted
that congress failed to give the board
power to take such action until after
the Cuban crop was out of hand.
He added that he had attempted to
persuade Jhe board to purchase the
Louisiana crop, but failed.
Commenting on Mr. Hoover's sug
gestion that sugar be rationed now as
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Duiuful ic. I
Chase for putative "master mind" in .
$ 5.0OO.000 bond plot ends. Section 1, i
page 3.
Present market quotations prove liberty I
bonds are bargain for buyers. Section
1. page 1.
Rclat ionnhips established at national lor-
ign trade convention boost Portland.
Section 1, page 1.
Hoover i spoofin Oregon, declares John
son. Section 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
X on -partisan league yet factor In Idaho.
Section 1, page U.
Court tends jury In Howell case back to
ac liberate lurther when disagreement is
reported. Section 1, page 1.
Washington democrats hope for peace be
fore convention tomorrow. Section 1,
pago 10.
Salem Arts league closes successful year's
work with notable exhibit. Section 1,
page 8.
Prison figures and record refute senti
mentalists. Section 1, page 8.
Ex-Soldier and alleged bigamist reasserts
love tor Wife No. 2, but cynically dis
cusses No. 1. Section 1, pago 21.
Sports. "
Washington leads high evhool league. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
Coast A. A. U. bodies quarrel over Olym
pic trials, section 4, page 9.
New golf stars threaten old guard in state
tournament. Section 4, page 8.
United States marksmen to shoot In Eng
land. Section 4, pago 9.
Jefferson runs away with in tcrschoJastic
meet. Section 2. page 7.
Coast League results: Los Angeles 2, Port
land 8; Salt Lake 9, Oakland 4; Sac
ramento 4, Vernon 7; San Francisco 1-7,
Seattle 10-5. Section 2, page 1.
Dates pet for Portland center tennis of boys
ana gtrib. section 2, page 3.
California takes second coaM conference
t track meet. Section 2, page 1.
Callahan selected to oppose Leonard. Sec
tion page 3.
"Puggy" Morton shows sathering of fans
wnac ne can ao in lighting line. Sec
Lion 2, page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Potatoes again moving in volume to Cali-
iornia markets. Section 1, page 23,
High record prices are not maintained in
Chicago corn markets. Section 1,
page ,
Wall street stocks stronger at close of
market. Section 1. page 23.
Six big steamships of one line in port.
Section 1, pagc 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Miss Hariett Cumming and Hamilton F.
Corbett are married. Section 1, page 18.
Xon-partisan "army" to invade Oregon
June l. section l, page ill.
Judge McCourt rests candidacy for noml
nation on his record in office. Section
1. page 20.
District attorney issues warning as to
making false charges againbt candi
dates, section l, page 2v.
Chamberlain fight is expected to get out
heavy democratic vote. Section 1.
page 10. ,
General gasoline shortage declared certain
and motor spirits taking its place. Sec
tion 1, page Iti.
Change in etate livestock contract sought.
Section 1, page 3 7.
Early entries for floral parade of Rose
Festival urged. Section 1, page 14.
23 -year veteran of United States army is
man without country- Section 1, page 11.
Republican convention candidates take
stand on league. Section 1, page 19.
Hardship on Pacific coast predicted If
freight rates are lilted. Section 1,
page 19.
i inn
3 NEW BISHOPS
Rev. C. E. Locke, ex-Port-lander,
Is Chosen.
UNIFICATION NOT FAVORED
Special Committee Averse to
Amalgamation.
FRATERNAL VISITORS TALK
Presbyterian Delegate Says Days of
Denominational Debate and
Rancor Are Over.
DES MOINES. Ia., May 13. Three
bishops of the MethodUt Episcopal
church were elected today. They are
Fred B. Fischer of MuncH. Ind.; E. L.
Waldorf, Cleveland, O- and Charles E.
Locke, Los Angeles. Cal.
Announcement of their election was
made tontjrht.
After the announcement and the
ia ins 01 ine third ballot the eve
ning: programme consisted of hear
ing- the addresses of fraternal dele
gates from other churches. Bishop
J. C. Kephart of Kansas Citv brought
message from the United Brethren
church. The Presbyterian denomina
tion was represented by Dr. Frank C.
McKeart of Des Moines, who stated
that the days of denominational de
bate and rancor are over and prac
tically all of the differences' between
the various churches are on non-es
sentials. Dr. Herbert L. -Willctt of
Chicago, president of the Chicago
Church federation. renrfaenlfH tho
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
In America, speaking- of the work of
that body in co-ordinating: the work
the different denominations.
Indications are that the report of
the special committee to invent irst
the plan of unification with the
Methodism-Episcopal church, south,
win te unfavorable to the proposed
Plan.
V
ur. Ltiarlcs Edward Locke, uaalor
of the First Methodist church of Los
Angeles, who was elected bishop yes-
leraay, was formerly pastor of the
First church in Portland. He has
been for many years a distiniriilshort
Methodist leader, and achieved na
tional mention when he conducted the
funeral of the late President Mc
Kinley. Dr. Locke was In Portland from
1S92 to 1S97. Following his pastorate
here he was In Buffalo, then at
Brooklyn. J'rom 1897 to 1899 he oc
cupied a . leading- pastorate in San
Francisco and since 1908 he has been
at Los Angeles. He is a 32d degree
Mason and a Shriner. In Methodism
he 1s known as a writer, one of his
books, ;-The White Slave , Traffic In
Los Angeles, creating a widespread
sensation. He has also written on re
ligious subjects.
BY R. H. HUGHES.
METHODIST OF.XERAL CONFER
ENCE. Tes Moines, la.. May II.: (Spe
cial correspondence.) Probably the
most important single matter before
the conference is that of union with
the Methodist Episcopal church.
South. Early in the session a large
Committee was appointed, on whtch
are five bishops, two ministers and
two laymen from each of the 20 Epis
copal areas in the United States; two
ministers and two laymen from
couthern Asia, eastern Asia and Latin
America; on minister and one. lay
man from Africa, and two ministers
and two laymen for Europe. ' This
makes a committee of more than 100,
to whom is committed the plan of 'uni.
fication which the two commissions
have evolved and submitted to this
Ec-nerai conference for consideration.
The representatives on this com
mittee from tho northwest are: Revs.
Tt. N". Avi3on. Salem; Andrew Warner
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fOR THE. OE.M, CONVENTION
Yield of Nearly Six and One-Half
Per Cent on One Victory
Issue Is Revealed.
v
SAN FRANCISCO. May 15. Interest
yields of liberty bonds, based on mar
ket quotations at the close of business
Friday, May 14, as computed in a
weekly report issued today by the
federal reserve Dank, showed a yield
of nearly 614 Per cent by victory loan
4 per cent bonds. Last week the
yield reported was 6.20 per cent. The
approximate yields of the various is
sues were a? follows:
First liberty loan ZVt per cent, mar
ket value $91, yield 4.05 per cent;
first liberty loan 4s, SS4.50, 5.13 per
cent; first liberty loan 4Us. $86, 5.23
per cent; second liberty loan 4s, $84,
5.27 per cent; second liberty loan 4Hs.
$84.62, 5.44 per cent; third liberty
loan 44s, $88, 6.10 per cent; fourth
liberty loan 4 Vis, $S5.12. 5.54 per cent;
victory liberty loan 3s, $95.37. 6.46
per cent; victory l-'berty loan,
$95.37, Per cent.
SEAPLANE WRECK FOUND
I'cars Felt Regarding Safety of
Two California Aviators.
NEW ORLEANS, La., May 15. Dis
covery today of a wrecked seaplane
far out on Lake Borgne gave rise to
apprehension regarding the safety of
the two civilian aviators. William
Manning and Douglas Campbell, both
of California.
Cards bearing their names were
found on the plane when it was
boarded by lighthouse-keepers.
PUBLISHERSSJEK RELIEF
Menace Said to lie Presented ly
Congestion or Freight Cars.
NEW YORK, May IS. President
Wilson and the railroad labor board
were asked today by the American
Newspaper Publishers association to
take action which would relieve the
menace to newspaper publication.
The menace is presented by the con
gestion of freight cars which has fol
.owed the railroad strike.
THE OREGONIAX'S CON
VENTION REPORTS
WILL EXCEL."
Mark Sullivan, premier au- J
thority on national politics, 4
whose articles have been fea-
tured in The Oregonian for t
several weeks past, will cover
the two national conventions
for this paper, telegraphinj
his reports directly from San
Francisco and Chicago re
spectively. ,
James J. Montague, once of
The Oregonian staff and now
one of the most widely known
and ablest of political writers,
will cover both conventions for
The Oregonian. -
The editor of The Oregonian
will attend both conventions
and will telegraph his per
sonal impressions of the events
therein for publication in this
newspaper.
The matchless service of the
Associated Press will be avail
able to The Oregonian, and its
dispatches from the conven
tions will be published in full.
As always when great events
are afoot The Oregonian will
cover the national conventions
for its readers in fullness and
variety and excellence not
matched by any competitor in
its territory.
I
NEWS.
KKOw
Advancement in Foreign
Fields Promised.
PACIFIC COUNCIL ORGANIZED
Harmonious Co-operation Is
Coal of Movement.
PARTIES PLAN VISIT HERE
Chicago Delegation to Tie First to
Stop Over Max H. Houser
Reports on West Coast.
BY FRANK IRA WHITE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. (Spe
cial.) The relationships established .
by Portland traders, financiers and
shipping men at the national foreign
trade convention, which closed here
tonight, mark a noteworthy step in
advancement of the Port of Portland
as a foreign business center. To a
arge extent the Portland delegates
were business men who have entered
the field of world commerce onlv re
cently or who are just about to do so.
The opportunity to benefit by the
experience of the largest export ship
pers of this country and especially
those of distant lands, relative to the
demands of their people and how the
demand may be best supplied, was
studiously accepted. In the final gen
eral session. Max H. Houser reported
on behalf of the group on "Pacific
problems." which became the clearing
hou.e for many issues not exactly de
fined in other groups.
I'onat Port Have Slosaa.
As has been brought out in the new
coast ports' slogan. "The eyes of the
world are on Pacific ports." the Pa
cific is expected soon to center the
commercial activity of the world. As
chairman of the Portland delegation.
Mr. Houser expressed a. .-eciation to
the officers of the council -nd to the
people of San Francisco for the snirit
of fellowship and courtesies extended
to the visiting delegates.
The formation of the council of
Pacific coast foreign trade organiza
tions, designed to take up as a cen
tral body the working out of a. har
monious system of co-operative effort
in developing the trade and movement
of trafic through the west-coast ports,
also was accomplished today. This
organization was an outgrowth of tha
plan to send an exhibit ship to visit
trans-Pacific p'orts.
Port lander Heads Council.
In recognition of leadership in the
project, J. Fred Larson of Portland
was elected president of the new
council. B. C. Dailey of San Fran
cisco was elected secretary.
At the meeting there were also
present representatives of the various
chambers of commerce, all of which
will support the movement for trade
development. The directorate of the
organization will consist of the presi
dents of the foreign trade clubs, as
vice-presidents of the coast body.
Another conference at which mat
ters affecting the interest -of the
coast were taken up was that called
by F. J. Koster, as an executive of
ficer of the United States Chamber of
Commerce. M- H. Houser, W. D. B.
Dodson, Nathan Strauss, A. C. Callan
and J. Fred Larson were among those
who discussed with delegates from
other ports the question that should
be brought before the component
chambers of the nation in the inter
est of coast development in the off
shore trade.
Support Given Proposal.
One project that was not a part of
the programme because it was dis
tinctly local in its application, was
the proposal made by Mayor Baker
in the train conference of the Port
land party for the organization of a
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