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V Iff 1Q2 Pages Eight Sections VOL. XXXIX NO. 47 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postoff'-ce as Second -C!a?s Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING, NOVE3IBER 21, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS IR OVER OCEAN. HATES IS PUT OFF TURKEYS ARE! SELLING AT 55 TO 60 CENTS RELATIVE GREAT DAY IS COMING FOR CATS "AND DOGS FLOOD OF CANADIAN WHEAT IS RISING . YEON ACCEPTS STOCK SHOW MONEY PRIZES DISTRIBUTED SectionOne Pages 1 to 24 WILSON 13,000 SEE AGGIES AND OREGON 1MTIE Scoreless Battle Fought on Corvallis Gridiron. SHIP SCANDAL PORTLAND DEALERS BELIEVE THESE PRICES WILL. RULE. GOATS ALSO PROMISED BIG THANKSGIVING FEAST. OCTOBER IMPORTS ARE KITE TIMES OTHER TEARS. BREEDERS RECEIVE $72,000 IN AWARDS FOR EXHIBITS. HIGHWAY POSIT ON British and Japanase Lines Not to Cat. TRAMPS STILL ARE MENACE Conference Notified That No Reduction Will Be Made. REVISION IS POSSIBLE Session Agrees to Meet Competi tion by Reduction of Rates as May Be Xeccssary. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 20. (Spe cial. While the Blue Funnel line., a British steamship corporation, did not actually join forces with the Pacific westbound conference at the meet ing here today and the representa tives of Mitsui & Co. did return to the fold, assurances were forthcoming from the former concern which in sures the stabilization of trans-Pacific rates for some time to come. The Blue Funnel line was not rep resented in person at the confer ence, but a letter was filed explain ing that all the shipping concerns controlled by Alfred Holt & Co., Ltd.. of London, were denied the privilege of conforming to any alliances throughout the world, but that it was the policy of the Holt interests to maintain a stabilized system of rates In all sections of the globe, and that such would be the practice of the Blue Funnel line In this section so long as no vessels Independent of the conference entered the field and cut rates. Danger Believed Past. The assurance of the Blue Funnel line on this score was greeted with more or less optimism by the mem bers after the trans-Pacific confer ence. It being accepted as an indica tion that there was no danger of a general cutting of rates-on the part of that company in this particular line of trade. i The assurance from this line, how ever, does not eliminate the possi bility of a rate war. At least, such is the view of a number of members of the conference, who say tramp lines, whether British, Japanese or French, continue to present a menace to the creation of anything like a regularly stabilized rate in trans Pacific commerce. Government Help Proposed. This threat to the maintenance of stabilized conditions on the Pacific is added to' because of the general use of the Panama canal by all na tions, thus affording the. one point of menace most threatening, in the view of the members of the conference. The members of the conference op crating shipping board vessels, with the consent and acquiescence of the foreign lines represented, took the fetand that an appeal should be made to the United States shipping board for -permission to meet any rate set by a foreign ship or line not in the conference at any time in the future, and upon the consent of the shipping board to such action, the foreign lines represented in the conference to be so notified. The action carried out the spirit of the conference, which was in the na ture of a co-operative alliance, it being deemed necessary- in order to assure a stabilization of rates which would otherwise create a chaotic condition, such as would be certain In the event of a general rate war in Pacific commerce. ' Air la Muck Cleared. . That the aspect of trans-Pacific commerce was not any too flattering In view of conditions governed by the (Conoluded on Pafifl 2. Column 2.) BONDER HOw rAV.CH TVlAT NTe.riE.VrS AN tX Largo Retailers Purchase Their Thanksgiving Stocks Direct ' From Growcsr or Shippers. Turkeys were selling in the retail stores yesterday at 65 to 60 cents, and the dealers believe these prices will hold until Thanksgiving. There were large express - eceipts ,in Front street, but most of the ar- rivals went to fill out-of-town orders previously received. The large re tailers have purchased their supplies direct from growers or country ship pers, and the others will buy their turkeys from the supply that comes on the wholesale market today and Monday. The dealers believe there will "e enough birds on hand to supply all comers and they do not look for any surplus. Heavy late receipts, however, may break the market. SVLEM Or., Nov. 20. (Special.) Fewer turkeys are being shipped for Marion county for the Thanksgiving trade this year than ever before, ac cording to local dealers who are pur chasing birds for the outsici markets. Only scattered shipments were as sembled yesterday and today, for which the growers received approxi mately 45 cents a pound. ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 20. (Special.) Turkey consignments were small here today, with very little activity. The market remained steady at 46 cents, j It Is estimated that not more than 4000 birds were shipped out of the county for the Thanksgiving trade. NEW ORLEANS HAS BLAZE WaterTront Loss Estimated $2,500,000 to $4,000,000. NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 20. The loss involved by a river front fire here today will be at least $2,500,000 and may be $4,000,000, according to a statement issued tonight. The blaze consumed 2000 feet of wharfage in the downtown section. Sparks from a switch engine are believed to have started the blaze which destroyed a new banana wharf, eight box cars filled with government material, two government derricks, damaged the stern of the steamship Poncelot, being fitted for the French line, and vast quantities of export goods. WILSON DISCARDS CANE President Is Expected to Address Congress Xext Month. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. President Wilson is now able to walk about the White House without even the aid of a cane, it was stated today at the White House. He uses his wheel chair only for occasional relaxation, it was said. White House officers declared that the president's health had so far Im proved as to make it possible for him to address congress In person when it convenes next month. SOME RAIN IS FORECAST Weather Predictions for Week in clude Normal Temperatures. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Northern Rocky mountain and pla teau regions Generally unsettled and occasional snows and rains. Consid erably colder, probably the last half o" week. Pacific states Unsettled, normal temperature and occasional rains. BANK REPORTS DEMANDED Condition at Close of Business No vember 15 Is Wanted. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The con troller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of all banks. The reports will be based on state merits taken at the close of business Monday, November 15. - kfM5,E..? R.W. Boiling, President's Brother-in-Lawf Named. CONTRACT PLOT IS CHARGED Witness Tells of Men Who Helped Distribute $40,000. JOB HOLDERS IMPLICATED Wallace Downey Company of Sen v York Was ITirm Favored, Is Testimony. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Charges that R. W. Boiling, brother-in-law of Pres ident Wilson and treasurer of the shipping board, participated in the distribution of $40,000 alleged to have been given by a shipbuilding company for assistance in obtaining a ship building contract, were contained in testimony today before the Walsh in vestigating committee. The money, it was charged by Tuck er K. Sands, former official of the Commercial National bank In Wash ington, and alleged go-between, was given by the Wallace Downey Ship building company of Staten Island. Others, he alleged, participated, in cluding Lester Sisler, former secretary of the shipping board, and John Cran or. said to have been interested as a representative of the Downey com pany in shipping board contracts. Mr. Sards' ' replies to questions proved contradictory at times. He charged there was an under standing that $15,000 was to go to Cranor and that the remaining $25,000 was to be divided among Cranor, Boiling and Sisler and himself. He at first said 'he knew neither Mr. Boiling nor Mr. Sisler had anything to do with the board's contrast and that he did not believe Mr. Boiling received any of the money. tlSOO Given Boiling. Later he testified he gave Boiling $1800 in the nature of a loan, but that Boiling paid back $300 and that he had taken no note from the treas urer. Afterward he Bald the $1800 was a "part payment to Mr. Boiling for his share" and that he carried it as a loan as he "did not think it would 'look right." "Don't you know, as a matter of fact, that this payrrfent had nothing whatever to do with the shipping board?" Chairman Walsh asked. "I can't say; I always thought it had," replied the witness. Sands testified he received the money in the form of "notes," some of which he discounted, and described payments to Boiling and Sisler as both "payments" and "loans." He also asserted the money was 'to be understood as a commission to him for securing a loan from the bank to the shipbuilding company, with which the witness was connected. Reporter Telia of Affidavit. The testimony of Sands was pre ceded' by that of A. W. McCann, a re porter, who' swore he had gotten from Sands an affidavit detailing the tran saction. McCann testified 'that when he took the affidavit to Sands to sign he declined to on advice of his attor ney. Previous to submitting the affida vit, however. McCann said he had taken it to the shipping board and had it protostateo. one copy car rying notations in what was testified to- be Sands' handwriting and which Sands testified to being correct, ex cept that "some of the facts may be a little different," was presented by Mc Cann in evidence. The document, how ever, was not made a part of thi stenographer's minutes. Sands said he did not think Boiling (Conclud-ed on Page 4, Column 1.) LITTLE CARTOONS BY PERRY, BASED ON E COVJUVi YT V. H(V-F "THE N Wr U"s (YCH G- TtV-a TfVPVt TA CAN rl fV'C' LTU Animals at City Pound to Be Made Happy by Unnamed Port land Lady Bountiful. A big Thanksgiving-day feed for the dogs, cats and goats at the city pound is being arranged by Mrs. F. W. Swanton of the Oregon Humane society, abd the menu will be sup plied by "a very wealthy Portland woman, whose grief over the loss of a pet collie is thus to be assuaged, to a degree," according to announce ment. For the dogs there will he one pint to each of Jersey milk, fresh from the dairy; next will follow a delicious stew of beef and chicken with rice, an-d for the third and last course there will be one cookie and one piece of chocolate candy per canine. No finger bowls will be provided and toothpicks are taboo. And the cats they will have crab meet and shrimp, the best the mar ket affords, topped off with rich cream, direct from the ranch. " Now for the goats, two of which have recently wandered in. having, Mrs. Swanton believes, heard, in some mysterious manner, of the big "feed1 that is coming on Thanksgiving day. Well, the dogs and the cats are not going to have anything on the goats, for Mrs. Swanton said last night she was going to ask Mayor Baker and Otto J. Kraemer, president of the Humane society, to solicit business men of the city for their choicest last summer hats, some out-of-gear um brellas and perhaps other delicacies upon which the nannies may feast. Doors will be open to the public at 9:30 A. M.' Thanksgiving day. Tables will be set and members of the four- footed tribes will take their seats promptly at 10 o'clock. All have been told to primp up and look their best (Concluded on Page 16, Column 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature degrees, minimum 48 degrees. TODAY'S Probably rain; easterly wind. Departments. Editorial. Section 3. page 10. Dramatic. Section 4. page 4. M ovine Dicture news. Section 4, page 6. Real estate and building news. Section 4, page 10. s Music. Section 4, page 9. Churches. Section 6, page 2. Schools. Section 5, page 8. Books. Section 5, page 3. Automobile news. Section 6. Women's Features ' Society. Section 3, page 2. Women's activity. Section 4, page 8. Fashions. Section 5. page 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section ft, page 4. Auction Bridge. Section 5, page 6. Special Features. . Bishop must be business man. Magazine section, page 1. The high cost of alimony. Magazine sec tion, page 2. Talks with T. R. Magazine section, page 8. News of world as Been by camera. Maga zine section, page 4. Sky shocks to answer Mars signals. Maga zine section, page ft. Haunted castles and mansions of England sold. Magazine section, page 6. Electrical science as a life work. Maga zine section, page 7. Hill's cartoons. Among Us Mortals. Maga zine section, page 8. Six musical attractions coming. Section 4, page 2. Senator-elect Stanfield builds gigantic eheep-growlng, industry. Section 4, page 7. . Plans completed for big Americanized "arena" at O. A. C. Section 4, page 12. Streams and creeks of louglas county. Section 5, page 1. Correct home building. Section 5, pa we 6. Woman elected Justice at Camden, N. J. Section 0. page 7. Foreign. League meddling taboo, saye Canada. Section 1, page 2. Domestic President Wilson's brother-in-law linked to ship board scandal. Section 1, page L Solid south soon may be memory, says Sul livan. Section 1, page tt. Five men and one woman formally charged with great mall robbery. Section 1, page 2. State department says trade pact between Britain and Russia Is de facto recogni tion of soviet government. Section 1, page 8. Census count of Japanese in California held to be 50,000 short. Section 1, page 20. National. New shipping board to consider rates. Sec tion 1, page 8. Millions declared spent by feet corporation without proper vouchers. Section 1, page 8. ' Oregon farm area shows big Increase. Sec tion 1, page 23. Of coup's. A h .nr tor VAE TO out Statistics Indicate Relation Be tween Imports and Price of Amer'can Wheat. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Nov. 20. Figures re leased today by the federal trade commission in response to a re quest of President Wilson are expect ed to cause quick action when con gress convenes with a view of stop ping the heavy influx of Canadian wheat and wheat products. The report is the result of an in quiry by the commission to determine the cause of the recent radical de cline in wheat prices, which many northwest wheat growers declare is driving them into bankruptcy. The figures, gathered through customs sources, indicate a decided increase in the importation of wheat flour during the second half of October, 1920, which was the beginning of the present slump of which wheat farm ers complain. The importation ot wheat also is shown to have been relatively large for. the same period. Wheat flour imports from Canada during the period October 15 to 31 aggregated 97,032 barrels, an increase of the latter half of the month over the first half of 31,086 barrels. The total Imports for October, 1920, were considerably in excess of those of any month during the period from Janu ary, 1913. to September, 1920, the highest single -monthly importations during this period being in September, 1917, when 108,288 barrels of wheat flour were imported. Wheat Imports from Canada into the United States during the period October 15 to 31 totaled 4.833,624 bushels, or a total for the month of 9,784,307 bushels. The largest single monthly importation during the pe Hod from January, 1913, to Septem (Concluded on Page 16, Column 2.) National. Commerce commission's figures show Im mense growth in Imports of Canadian wheat and effect on price of American product. Section 1, Page 1. Better commercial training wanted. Sec tion 1, page 9. Congress may have to weigh value of air mail in view of large toll of human lives. Section 1, page 21. Talk of republican split exaggerated, says Mark Sullivan. Section 1. page tt. Pacific Northwest. War over ocean rates is put off oy agree ment of shippers at Seattle conference. Section 1, page 1. Idaho democrats busy digging out from landslide. Section 1, page 2Ql Eugene Bible university at Eugene cele brates its 2oth anniversary. Section 1, page 10. Revival In lumber is expected soon. Sec tion 1,- page 10. Agricultural college files budget. Section -i, page xu. Sports. Oiegon and Oregon Aggies play to Bcore less tie. Section 1, page 1. California gallops by Stanford, 38 to 0. Section 2, page 1. Eighty thousand see Harvard tame Yale with three field goals. Section 2, page 1, Stockton declared bent player in inter- scholastic league. Section 2, page 2. University of Washington stadium is about finished. Section 2, page 2. Ohio State beats Illinois 7 to 0 In title game. Section 2, page 3. Fans expect thrills at Milwaukie fights. section 2, page 2. Willamette prepares for Whitman game. beet ion 2, page 4. Twenty-six Y. M. C. A. teams launch volleyball. Section 2, page 5. Topeka dares death to save lives of 30. Section 2, page 21. Commercial an d Marin e. Unusually wide range of potato prices, ow ing to condition of crop. Section 2, page ::3. Wheat decline make? American market cheapest in world. Section 2, page 22. Selling is renewed ,ln Wall-street market. section 2, page 2d. Portland and Vicinity. John B. Yeon accepts appointment to state highway commission. Section 1, page It- Turkey market In Portland rules firm 65 to 00 cents. Section 1, page 1. Dogs, cats and goats at city pound to hav Thanksgiving feast. Section 1, page Master of barkentlne Is sought as opium smuggler and jo.ooo in drug Is taken, Section 2, page 21. Official county canvass shows election measures conclusively defeated. Section 1 page 18. City may Increase license fees. Section page 14. Mayor Is expected to suspend accused pa troimen. section l, page n. State's strength in congress may Increase. Section l, page it. Livestock and horse show cash prizes total $80,000. Section 1, page 1. Thousands attend stock show. Section 1, page 22. SOME RECENT FEATURES IN THE NEWS YOOR HftT SET on voi P . A 'TV I C 1 c hope: vtwomv VVVa OUT THE Wr4DOfV Ex-R6admaster Yields to Olcott's Pressure. SERVICE MEANS SACRIFICE Commission Taken Out Of Sense of Public Duty. OB CARRIES NO SALARY Successor to Mr. Benson Is AVell Known for Devotion to Good Roads; Previous Service Cited. John B. Teon of Portland has ac cepted appointment as a member of the state highway commission, to fill the vacancy caused by the' reslgna tion or Simon Benson. Mr. Yeon did not make his decision until last night. atter he had considered the matter from all angles. He consented to serve out of a sense of public duty and at the Instance of Governor Ol cott and good roads enthusiast from all sections of Oregon. The position carries no salary. Upon the receipt of Mr. Benson's resignation Governor Olcott asked Mr. Teon to fill the vacancy and Mr, Yeon promptly refused, notwithstand- ng the governor's request was sup plemented by the urglngs of promt nent citizens. Mr. Yeon declared he had neglected his busin.ss and home for years -while building the Colum bia River highway and felt that he had performed his share of public service. Hammer Also Declines. Then a telegram was sent to E. V. Hauser, who was in St. Paul, inquir lng if he would accept. Mr. Hauser declined. A number of citizens were considered but preference always re turned to Mr. Yeon, and for several days he has been subjected to the strongest possible pressure to recon sider his action, change his mind and accept. Last evening he yielded. "Tour earnest, deiotioa.'io -the cause of good roads, Governor Olcott wrote Mr. Yeon, "your deep knowledge of the subject and all-around qualifica tions for such work make you, in my mind, the ideal selection on the com mission to succeed Mr. Benson and carry on the work which he has so splendidly fathered as a commissioner from Multnomah county. Road Programme Vital. "It is one of the most essential things confronting us at this time; in fact, probablr the most essential, that our road programme go ahead to a successful conclusion. I will eay frankly to you that during my term of office as governor I never had a more important appointment to make than this and have never so keenly felt the need of a man as I feel the need now for you to come to my sup port in this Important undertaking. "It is a thing vitally affecting all the people of the state and the road work is the biggest card in our deck. It has simmered down to the ques tion of my merely not allowing you to refuse to accept this appointment. You must do it for the sake of the state of Oregon and the immense things which are at stake." Yeon's Comment Brief. Mr. Yeon had little comment to make on his acceptance. "I served Multnomah county four years as roadmaster and for one year served the government, and I figured that as a citizen I had done about all that could be expected. But I have the development of Oregon at heart. Nobody wants to make the sacrifice to keep the thing going and pressure is the only reason I have surrendered to. "Expenditures of about $10,000,000 (Concluded on Page 14, Column 2.) UE-rVRN IT Entrants at Horse Show Profit $8000 in Cash Premiums, Mak ing Grand Total $80,000. Approximately $72,000 in prize money was distributed among the stock breeders of the northwest yesterday at the Pacific International Livestock exposition, where a crowd swarmed all day long before the window where the awards were being paid. Many drew amounts ranging: into hundreds of dollars, while others, less fortunate, but none the less happy, drew much smaller sums. Perhaps no individual record for prize winnings approached that of A. B. Cook of Townsend, Mont., who won in the neighborhood of $1500 on his Herefdrds. Edward Coles of Haines, Or., re ceived more than $600 in prizes on carload lots of fat steers and the Congdon & Battles exhibits of Aber deen-Angus drew heavily in prize money. But to the breeders themselves the prize awards in cash were secondary to the honor of winning In the Pa cific International. Heavy expenses of transportation and feed and, loss of time cut down the amounts re ceived by even the most fortunate. Great quantities of hay and grain from Portland supply houses were consumed, and, with personal ex penses, probably brought to Portland several times the amount of money distributed among the- breeders of the northwest. In addition to the awards paid to livestock exhlibtors, $8000 was given to horse show entrants, making the total of awards at the exposition this year $80,000. HARDING ENJOYING TRIP Fair "Weather Favors Senator on His Voyage South. ON BOARD STEAMER. PARISMINA, Nov. 20. (By Wireless to the Asso ciated Press.) Sailing through a quiet sea, the steamer Parismina, with Presi dent-elect Harding and party aboard, tonight approached the half-way mark In her voyage "from New Orleans to Panama. Except for a light rain and mod erate wind, fair weather favored the senator and he spent most of the day on deck, walking, reading and play ing ship games. Mrs. Harding remained In her state room on the advice of her physician. It was explained she was not ill, but was in need of rest. Tropical heat was encountered today. SOVIET TO START WAR Government Declares Poles Have Violated Peace. LONDON, Nov. 20. The Russian so. viet government declared in a wire less message from Moscow that it is compelled to carry the war Into the neutral zone between Poland and Russia. The attacks being made on the so viet forces by Polish volunteer forces which refused to cease fighting when the Polish-Russian peace was made caused the decision, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin today WILSON WINS NOBEL PRIZE Swedish Newspapers Declare IT. S. President to Receive Award. STOCKHOLM, ' Nov. 20. President Wilson will be awarded the Nobel prize for 1920, according to Swedish newspapers. The announcement of the prize committee, however, will -not be made before the end of November. BREAD PRICES REDUCED Chicago Bakeries to Charge Ten Cents for Pound Loaf. CHICAGO. Nov. 20. Several Chi cago bakeries today reduced the price of one-pound loaves of bread to "10 cents. Their 24-ounce loaf was also cut to 15 and 14 cent OVtT"5VJ"e I tl " Ui&S-i I FOOTBALL DOPESTERS UPSET Agriculturists Come Within Foot of Victory. LAST PERIOD IS TORRID Break In Otherwise Even Gams Comes to Corvallis In Final Chapter. STATISTICS OF OREGOV AfiRrOTTT- TlRAMtREUON GAME, First downs from scrimmage First quarter u" j Vf8' Second Quarter 1 n Third quarter..,. -i -, . Fourth quarter. .. I1II!I! Totals Total number of varH,"rm -4 97 ; RCrimmi,. ... Total number of" oiava' frnm '"'i'n .............. forward passes attamnt. 47 Forward passes succeHsful . . . . rorwara passes Incompleted.. Forward mr,m Total yardage from fnru,rri passes First downs 42 from forward passes .... Total numher f .,.""""" n Total yardage of punts! !! . . ..29:: 8 310 4. . 40 3 5 . o I lengtn of punts 3jti Number of times taken out... fi ..umber of penalties Total yardago lout on penalties 2r rumbles a - Fumbles recovered!!"!!!""""" ' H Attempted field goals "". 1 Successful field goals n BY L. H. GREGORY. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL. LEGE. Corvallis, Nov. 20. (Special.) This well-known and popular com monwealth will have to worrjr, along through the next 12 months without the luxury of a football champion. On a field soggy under Its veneer of wet sawdust, slippery, slimy, oozy, swampy, Oregon Agricultural col lege and the University of Oregon here this afternoon battled through four- fierce quarters to a scoreless tie. The final score stood nothing-all. But in that torrid last quarter, when everything In the world seemed to rise up and happen. Just before Its end. the Aggies came within one short foot of making it one touch down to nothing in their favor. Just four minutes before th. end of the game there c:-me the break. Chapman for Oregon had just hit rlfcht tackle for ten yards on the first play after an Aggie punt. Then an Aggie backtleid man fum bled. The ball went to Oregon Agri cultural college in a free-for-all scramble on Oregon's 45-yard line. There and then events began to pile up so fast that the hearts of 13,000 madly partisan spectators almost ceased to throb. On the very first play Oregon was ortsiae and suffered a penalty of five yards. This put the ball on the Ore gon 40-yard line. Kaabereer Smites Tackle. - Kasberger, the Aggie fullback, smote right tackle for two yards. On the next play he shot a forward pass for 20 yards into Wee Hugh Mc Kenna's outstretched arms. This brought the ball Just within the Oregon 20-yard line. Twice the Orange backs crashed at the Oregon forwards for scant gains. Again Kasberger stepped back for a forward pass. This time he hurled the oval In a high punt-like fly to Rose, the Aggie right end ' Rose gathered It in, plunged forward and went down to a fierce tackle on the Oregon three yard mark. Only three yards did the Aggies have to go, and they had four downs to make it in. All over that great enclosure fell a hush as the teams lined up for what all real- tConcluded on Page 7. Column 1.)