THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POTtTXAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1920
2 POWERS AGREE ON
REPARATION METHOD
Procedure Is Outlined by
France and Britain.
ALLIED ENVOYS TO MEET
Conference at Geneva to Be Held
After Plebiscite Is Taken in
Upper Silesia.
PARIS, Nov. 13. A definite agree
ment concerning the Troceaure to be
followed with regard to the repara
tions due from Oermafiy -feas been
reached between the French and Brit
ish governments.
M. Leygues, French premier, in a
note to the British ambassador, the
Earl of Derby, notified the ambassa
dor of the definite agreement be
tween France and Britain based on
the four points previously arrived at.
The note showed that the Geneva
conference of the allies' ministers
will be held after a plebiscite lias
been taken in the upper Silesia or at
the latest in the first fortnight of
February. It also indicated that the
fourth stage of the meeting of the
premiers will discuss the plebiscite
and sanctions and that steps will be
'taken to obtain the consent of other
interested states to the ' procedure
arranged. "
Text of Note Given Out.
Following is the text of the note
sent by M. Leygues on November 11
to the British embassy in Paris rat
ifying the agreement reached be
tween France and Great .Britain upon
the procedure to be followed on the
reparations question:
"The French premier highly appre
ciates the spirit of cordiality with
which the British government has
agreed in a general way -to the pro
cedure proposed by the French gov
ernment and the examination into the
reparations questions will be as fol
lows: ,
"First A meeting at Brussels of
technical experts of the allies with
German experts. The experts after
ward will report to their respective
governments the minutes of the pro
. ceedings, which will be communicat
ed to the reparations commission.
Conference to Be Held.
"Second A conference of allied
. ministers will meet at Geneva after
the plebiscite in upper Silesia, but not
later than the second week In Febru
ary, In order to discus the repara
tions ' question as a whole, the total
amount of the debt, and to examine
into Germany's capacity for payment.
Representatives of the German gov
ernment will participate in this con
ference in a consultative capacity, as
at Spa. The members of the Geneva
conference will report to their re
spective governments, after which
each government shall inform Its
representatives on the reparations
commission the conclusion it has
reached concerning the report of its
representatives at the Geneva con
ference. Third The reparations' commis
sion will then proceed in conformity
with the terms of the Versailles
treaty to fix the, total amount and
the method of payment of sums due
by Germany, reporting to the allied
powers its decision upon Germany's
capacity for payment.
" "Fourth A meeting of the supreme
councjl to examine into other meas
ures to be taken, including pledges
and securities.
"Fifth Negotiations will be opened
with other interested powers to ob
tain their consent fo this mode of
procedure."
GOLD PRODUCTION TOPIC
STATTTS OF OREGOX IXDPSTRT
TO BE MADE CLEAR.
Henry M. Parks, Director of State
Bureau of Mines and Geology,
to Attend Convention.
Gold production In Oregon, which
nas ianen ort more than 60 per cent
in tne last five years, will be the
topic discussed with the principal
mining men of the country by Henry
jjo.. x-ai-Ks, airecior oi tne Oregon bu
reau or mines and geoloev. who left
last evening for Denver to attend the
annual convention in that city of the
American mining congress.
According to records compiled by
the bureau ' of mines and geology,
$2,000,000 worth of gold was mined
i ninis state in 1915, but the output
this year will be less than tl, 000,000.
This decrease in production, Mr. Parke
says, is due not to any material les
senmg oi tne available co d remain.
ing to be mined, but to the fact that
me goia mining industry has suffered
more neavuy than any other from
me general increase in
costs in recent years.
increases in the expenses of all
commodity
Down, Down, in a day,
to where it will take
''The System" a year
to reach thru
their system
of "sales" and
"resales"!! ! ! !
To steady the economic situation to restore
confidence in the minds of men-to save them
further waiting to see how far prices will
drop we absorb a year's colossal loss OVER
NIGHT and revise immediately CLEAR
DOWNWARD and return at one bound to
our former policy of 3 prices on the celebrated
CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES FOR
- MEN AND YOUTHS
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$39-$49-$59
All Suits and Overcoats up to $60 for $39
All Suits and Overcoats up to $75 for $49
All Suits and Overcoats up to $90 for $59
You can now "go ahead as usual" because we fully fortify you with
OUR GUARANTEE AND YOUR PROTECTION!
Buyers will be fully protected against any possibility of
further decline until A pril 1, 1921, . by our Guarantee, of
Refund in such case, that goes with every purchase. ,
As a symbol of the above guarantee, we have adopted "Keeping the
Faith, by the Golden Rule," as illustrated aboveand emblematic of.
our established policy of "Looking Out for the Other Fellow."
washington
; at
WEST PARK
HELD OVER BY
POPULAR
DEMAND
TILL TUESDAY
ONLY!
other industries," Mr. Parks said yes
terday, "have been countered by a
proportional increase in the price of
the product. This relief has been im
possible for the gold miners because
the value of their product is fixed by
statute and is unchangeable."
The particular topic" upon which
Mr. Parks will "address the mining
congress is "The McFa'den Bill as It
Affects Oregon Gold Production." The
bill in question is one introduced last
March by Representative McFadden,
chairman of the house committee on
currency and banking. It provides
that an excise tax of $10' an ounce
be placed upon manufactured gold In
order that the gold producer may re- L
ce've from a fund derived from the
tax a premium of, $10 an ounce for
newly produced gold.
LUMBER SALES
WAR DEAD SLANDERED
(Continued From First Pare.)
of the adjutant-general's office, were
caused by enlistment of men in the
army after they had been registered
in the draft. When-their names were
called they were away .with their
units and were posted as deserters,
being removed from the desertion list
as- rapidly as their presence in the
service was located. Most of the IS
names on the final stacker list were
detected by 'county officials, co-operating
with the office here, since
the state's present records are .not
complete.
Arrangements whereby a detailed
record of servieiw of every soldier.
sailor and marine from Oregon will
be on file in the state's records here
nave Deen completed with the war
department.
Read The Oregonlan classifier! ads.
DECLINE IK EASTERN SHIP
MENTS CUT DOWN VOLUME.
Rise in Railroad Rates Hampers
Expansion Beyond Mississippi ;
River, Says Review.
Volume of sales in the lumber busi
ness continues to be under normal
as the result of tne continued inabil
ity of Pacific coast manufacturers to
compete' in the territory east of the
Mississippi river since the rise in rail-.
road rates, according to. the weekly
lumber review issued by the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
Largely liquidating stocks at less
than cost, association mills sold 64,-'
019,409 feet of lumber the week end
ing November 6. -
Railroad purchasing, which " has
been active since the decline in prices,
represented 25 per cent of the week's
sales.
California contlnud fairly active In
both water and rail business, with
indications, however, that California
requirements will soon be satisfied.
The unshipped balance of orders for
rail delivery, including railroad busi
ness, is now down to 3931 carloads.
In the domestic cargo trade, the
unshipped balance is 115,110,051 feet;
in export. 22,022,944 feet.
Production at 66,929,693 feet was
approximately 20 per' cent below
normal.
With the output of lumber exceed
ing both sales and shipments, stocks
The Thanksgiving Silver
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UR patterns are well chosen our quantities are
abundant. We invite Vou to nnmfl in nnrl spa
what beautiful silver you may have by choosing here.
In Sterling Silver
Cabot; Washington; Carthage; Livingston; Hampton; West Point;
Etruscan; Sulgrave.
In Silver Plate
Gorham Shelhurne.
Community Adam; Patrician;
Sheraton.
Alvin G eorge Washington;
Molly Stark.
R. Wallace & Sons Vogue.
Holmes & . Edwards J a m e s
'town; Carolina.
1847 Rogers Cromwell; Her
aldic; Queen Anne; Louvain.
Complete Services in Holloxv Ware in
Silver and Silver Plate
ARONSON'S
s. Washington at Broadway.
are accumulating, notwithstanding
miu erions 10 liquidate. This accu
mulation largely consists of side cut
developed, in tilling railroad specifications.
Shipments for the week under re
view amounted to 50,386,719 feet, in
cluding both rail and water move
ment.
Bread Drops Cent
VANCOUVER. Wash..
a loaf.
Nov. 13.
(Special.) rThe price of bread in Van
couver wU drop one cent a loaf, be
ginning next Monday, according to V.
G. Leltcbe manager of a baking com
pany here. While flour has dropped
some Mr. Leitch today said that the
present cost of operation does not
warrant the cut, but it is being made
by the Master Bakers' association to
make good a promise made during
the war. .
Road Contract Awarded. '
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 13.
(Special.) O. D. Wolfe of Washougal
was awarded the contract for the ex
tention of the North Bank highway to
the Skamania county line, the bid be
lng 36207. The distance is 3000 feet
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and the grade is not to exceed 5 per
cent though the old grade is 20 per
sent in, some places. The county of
Skamania- last year built the road to
the line at a cost of 315,000. .
Southern Pacific Manager Coming.
J. H. Dyer, general manager of the
Southern Pacific system, with head
quarters in San Francisco, is sched
uled to reach Portland -today. Just
what his programme is has not been
made public.
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I Supplying Telephone Service
' Occasionally subscribers move and ask us for a continuance of telephone
service at their new location. They may be told that compliance with their
desires is immediately impossible owing to lack of "telephone facilities"
E in a particular locality. "Why," one will say, "the poles and wires are on
N . the street and the house is already wired."
We wish that the problem were as simple as it-sounds. There may be
poles and wires, but every wire may be in use "in giving service to others.
S There may be a cable, but every circuit in it may be assigned to telephones
- already installed. There may be a telephone in the vacant house or- apart-
. ment to which you move but no spare wires and circuits from your location
EE ' to the central office. J'here may even be sections of switchboard in the
central office but not available for operation on account of the lack of
necessary switchboard apparatus such as ringing keys, relays, etc.
t The reason for the shortage of telephone equipment is simple. During
' thevar period we were unable; to maintain our reserve or stock plant as
the same materials we use were required and taken for government pur-
poses-and for industries properly favored by the government. Since the
EE war, with the unexpectedly prolonged problems of reconstruction, produc
es tion and delivery of materials needed to meet even current demands have
been delayed. Every business concern is having similar experiences. The
E5 manufacturers of telephone equipment have been bending every effort to
EE fill our orders, but they, in turn, are meeting the same difficulties in
securing rubber, paper, silk, glass, porcelain, tin, thread, shellac, metal
EE; parts and other articles not generally associated in the public mind with
EE telephone service.
EE At the same time with this abnormal situation with reference to mate
EE rials there exists an unprecedented demand for telephone service, and
EE ' 1 even under these circumstances our record is one of fulfillment of demand.
EE In the first nine months of 1920 we made a total net gain of over 7300
EE telephones in the State of Oregon. A fact worthy of consideration in our
EE ' operations is the large number of telephones handled in proportion to net
Es increase. In those nine months we disconnected, connected and moved
EE 41,140 instruments to secure the net gain above mentioned.
EE v We desire to give service as much as a patron wishes to receive it. We
EE - desire to promptly comply with the suggestions of public authorities who
EE have taken a proper interest in the situation. We are facing abnormal
EE conditions but we. are trying to overcome our difficulties.
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