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' '''' '' ' ' ' ' x 84 Pages Eight Sections SectionOne Pages 1 to 20 VOL,. XT 0 4 Enter at ro rt 1 a n d (Oregon) -a. '" Poarnfrice Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS WILD MAN AVERS HE CAUGHT WIFE IN TRAP STRAXGE STORY OF TATTERED PAIR IXVESTIGATED. 8 VITAL ISSUES! BRITISH SUBMARINE NEW STEEL INVENTOR -WINS FRITZ MEDAL BIG SCALE GRAFT BUSINESS REVIVAL DECLARED AT HAND SINKS; ALL ARE LOST T K-5 GOESDOWX WITH 50 MEX SIR ROBERT HADFIELD RAXKS WITH EDISOX, WRIGHT, BELL. CXEMPLOYMEXT TO EXD BY JULY 4, IS PREDICTIOX. AXD 6 OFFICERS. BRITAIN SEETHING LET RUSSIA AIM, IS WILSON ADVICE DISCuNTEN NGTHIS WEEK 4 Erin and Far East Are Dis turbing Elements. UNEMPLOYMENT IS GROWING Cancel All Debts, Says One . Member of Cabinet. RAP TAKEN AT AMERICA Growth of Idleness Is Exploited .by Revolutionaries GoTern V. merit Blamed by Many, 4. ET GEORGE N. BARNES. Ex-member of the British War Com misolon and delegate to the Peace Con ferenca at Parit (Copyright. 1921, by The Oregonian.) LONDON. Jan. 22. (Special cable.) The political barometer of Great I Britain points to unsatisfactory con Y iitions. The many disturbing ele ments in the Irish situation consti tute one storm; the far eastern trou bles are another. Then, too, there are the barna cles In the government service, be queathed by the war. each sticking; to his Job like a limpet to its rack. Moreover, the unemployment has grown during- the past week or two to alarming proportions and Is now naturally being exploited by the revolutionaries. And last, but not least, the public mind has been star tied this week by two events of mag nitude. Slna Fein Agitates Leadoa. The first, was the publication of documents connecting the Germans with the Irish Insurgency during the war. The second was the Sinn Fein outbreak In London when an attempt was made to set fire to an oil ware . house. Many blame the government for all these troubles. Indeed, this fact has only lately been reflected in two elec tions. In one of these this week the government candidate retained his feat only by, the skin of his teeth. In the other, the government candi date was lgnominiously defeated. Normally such events would por tend an early general election. Lloyd George may Intend to bang on, hop ing to liquidate the war settlements before quitting, but this will tax to the utmost his genius for political etrategy. Debt Caaeellatloa Suggested. The startling suggestion was made the other day by a British cabinet minister that the British debts to the United States be canceled and tbat 11 debts of countries to Great Britain also be canceled. The sugestion, originating in such a quarter, is proof of the parlous state to which the war has brought us. Indeed It is. more. It is the finger of Nemesis warning us that peace time finance is not applicable to the debacle of war. There is much to be tald for reciprocal cancellation. Our debt was Incurred largely on behalf of our poorer allies early In the war. We never will be repaid, simply be cause those nations now and forever will be unable to pay us. And If they did, it would glut our markets and further paralyze our -trade. Moral Argnmrat Given. The moral argument for cancella tion Is that all the civilized countries of the world were concerned in the war, therefore none should benefit by belated participation in it. If Amer ica insists on payment. Great Britain will naturally pay, but the above points are surely worthy of consid eration in the United States. s At the great league of nations dem" onstration Wednesday, Viscount Grey (Concluded on Pag 4. Column 2.) con Yfc. .- r A? AS e ,W "U fc J' Y Woman Says She Was Captured -3 Years Ago Mate, 72, and Child, 2, Also Found. LAUREL, Miss., Jan. 22. Surround ed by the comforts of civilization, Al bert Parsons, the "wild man of the Leaf river bottoms," bis 60-year-old "wife," whom he aaid he caught 23 years ago in a bear trap, and a two-year-old baby girl, all of' whom strayed Into Lux yesterday like peo ple from another age, tonight were as much a mystery to authorities as ever. Interest centers in the babe's Iden tity. Authorities declared they did cot beliave she is the child of the couple, who, although in perfect health, show signs of scars of prim itive living. The woman has lost an eye, which, she declared, was scratched out by a wild cat" The man's clothes were in tatters. the woman wore the scanty remnants of a dress and the baby was naked. They had been driven out ' of their "home," a shack on a atrip of land In an Isolated section, by high water. Parson declared he owns the land. The trio had lived principally on roots, wild fruits and game, but there was evidence of an effort to farm with the aid of a blind horse which Parson said he had "captured." Although the man's mind was said to be more nearly normal than the woman's, he was unable to account for the child. Stories have been heard for years regarding a "wild man," but usually were discounted. The man said he is 73 years old, but looks older. The three were cared for at the poorhouse. MR. CHAMBERLAIN WORSE Oregon Senator Reported to Have ' Suffered Relapse. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Jan. 22. Senator Cham berlain was ntt nearly so well today as he had been for the last week. He was allowed to sit up for a consid erable per'od yesterday and early this morning he suffered a severe relapse, which drove his temperature up to 102. His physician said that these flurries were to be expected, but ap peared disappointed that the senator's condition should take such a distress ing turn. ' Meanwhile plans are going ahead In New York, Senator Chamberlain's office was advised today, for giving the senator a notable send-off at the close of his term In the senate, count ing on his being able to attend. At a meeting in New York last night plans were made for a banquet to seat 2000 persons to be given on the night of March 1.- POWDER MAKER MARRIES Alfred I. Da Pont of Delaware Weds Los Angeles Girl. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Jan. 22. Alfred i. Du Pont of Wilmington. Del., and Miss Jessie D. Ball of Los Angeles were married here today at the residence of the Rev. Baker P. Lee, who performed the ceremony. A few relatives and close friends were present. Mr. Du Pont is a member of II I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., powder manufacturers. The bride is a member of the Ball family of Virginia, another member of which was the mother of George Washington. RAINS ONLY OCCASIONAL Xormal Temperatures Predicted for . Pacific Coast Stales. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Rocky mountains and plateau re gions Generally fair with tempera ture normal or above. Pacific states Normal tempera tures, considerable cloudiness and oc casional rains. Each Is Calculated to Stir Legislature. PORT DEVELOPMENT IS ONE Tax Levying, Bonus, Roads, Reapportionment Others. NEW BILLS ARE EXPECTED Ways and Means Measures Also Are Already Before Solons for Early Decision. STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) Six important matters loom for the third week of the Ore gon legislature. They are: Port development; tax supervision and conservation bill; reapportionment of legislative districts; bonus for "ex service men, road bills, and theways and means measures. Each of the half dozen subjects is calculated io keep the membership stirred up and precipitate debate. Aside from these dominant meas ures, there will be others to fill in the time, and there will be the usual grist of new bills. Thus far, the senate Is forging to the front as a bill-production factory, having 138 introduced, while the house has 121. For the same period in 1919, the sen ate was content with 80 and the house had offered 191. Thus the house la 70 bills behind its schedule of two years ago and the senate is 65 ahead. Coaferraers Are Slated. The coming week will be one of conferences, largely. The port con solidation bills will be up for another hearing, two hearings having already been held. At the next hearing, an ircning out process Is expected, after which the group of port measures will probably make faster headway A determined effort will be made against the enactment . of the bill creating a tax supervision and con servation commission. This bill cen tralizes budget-making and tax-levying In Multnomah county. There are 82 tax-levying bodies In the count? and the commission would have au thority to supervise the budgets and virtually veto items. The commission would be similar to the ways and means committees of the legislature. Opposition has developed against the measure from members of the city commission in Portland. Brake Lacking Heretofore. Heretofore there has been no one to act as a brake on the budgets of the city commission, nor for that matter on the dock commission, the Port of Portland commission, the school districts, the county officials or other tax-levying bodies. Back of the bill is a desire by taxpayers to bring about economy in the ex penditure of public money and to In crease efficiency in the administra tion of public departments. Line of battle will be drawn by taxpayers on one hand and some of the tax-levying bodies on the other. The bill applies exclusively to Multno mah county, so that legislators from other counties, while called upon to vote for or against the measure, will be in the nature of mere spectators. A hearing has been set on this bLH for the coming week. Appropriatloa Pleas Heard. For two weeks the joint ways and means committee has been listening to delegations apply for appropria tions. There are few more delega tions to be heard and some time in the third week members of the ways and means committee intend getting tiown to brass tacks and whipping (Concluded on Page 8. Column 1.) Disaster Occurs During Practice With Four Other Divers. Inquiry to Be Held. , LONDON, Jan. 22. The British submarine- K-6, Commander John A, Gaines, was lost with all hands Thursday at the approaches to the English channel, the admiralty an nounced today. The complement of the lost sub' marine was not given, but vessels of this class carry approximately six of ficers and SO men.' The disaster occurred' 100 miles off Land's End. A full complement of officers and men was aboard. The K-class of submarines Is the latest type of British submersible, being 338 feet' in length, with a sur face speed of 24 knots and a speed submerged of nine knots. They carry eight torpedo tubes, one 4-inch gun and one 3-lnch gull. The cause of the disaster was not known. The disaster to the K-6 occurred while she was practicing with four other submarines. She submerged and never rose to the surface again. The four other "K" boats have been ordered to proceed to Vigo, Spain, where an Inquiry- is to be held. - i The flotilla formed part of the At- (Concluded on Page 13, Column 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 44 degrees; minimum, 31 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; increasing southeasterly winds. Departments. Editorial. Section 3, page 8. Dramatic. Section 4, page 4. Moving picture news. Section 4, paae 2. Real Estate and building news. Section 4, page 8. Music. Section 4. page 7. Churches. Section S, page 2. Books. Section 5, page 3. Schools. Section S, page 6. Automobiles. Section 6. Women's Features. Society. Section 3, page I. Women's activity. ' Section 4, page 6. Fashions. Section S. page 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4. t Auction bridge. Section 5, page S. Child-training article. Section S, page 5. Madame Rlchet's column. Section 5, page 8. Special Features. Agates World Industry built locally. Mag azine section, page 1. Splitting rainbow colors to cure disease. Magazine section, page 2. Woman's cabinet,- new phase of govern ment. Magazine section, page 3. News of world as seen by camera. Maga zine section, page 4. Grand-daughter of Henry Ward Beecher warns to be movie star. Magazine sec tion, page 5. Montague story. Magazine section, page 6. Mary is htre. Magazine section, page 6. Secretary Meredith tells miracle stories. Magazine section, page 7. Hill's cartoons, "Among Us MortalsV' Mag azine section, page 8. Park superintendent says he has plenty . of trouble. Section 8, page 7. Lost races of Oregon were pagans. Sec tlon 8, page 10. Story telling Is feature of Sellwood class. Section S, pnge 10. Winter fly-swatting campaign is new pol icy, section 3, page 12. Stories told on 'tlzens of Portland's busy life. Section 3, page 12. George Ade story. Section 4, page 5. Darling's cartoo .s on topics of the day Section 5, page 7. Home-planning articles. Section 5, page 8. Legislatures. Six vital measures ;o be before legislature tnis weeK. section i page 1. Measure fostering tax economy gains sup porters, section l, page v. State censorship of motion picture films proposed by bill Introduced In senate 01 Idaho. Section 1, page 10. Welfare and child labor board's offices will not be removed to Salom by con solidation, says Gram. Section 1, page 8. Foreign. British, submarine, lost with crew of 56 Section 1, page 1. New French ministry faces grave diffi culties, says ex-Premier lviani. Sec tion 1, page 2. Britain seeth:ng with discontent. Section 1, page 1. Domestic. Departing soviet "a;nbassado' cheered by hundreds or sympathizers.' Section 1, page 15. New York is stirred by controversy over 3-cent loaf section I, page 4. Wild man avers be captured wife In bear trap 23 years ago. Section 1, page 1. Inventor of new steel wins John Fritz medal. Section 1, page I. All conferees won by Harding's faith. Sec tion J, page 2. Robber, ex -pastor, says business partner heipoji in sihs.uoo mall robbery. Sec tion 1, page l.V 1 NEWS EVENTS OF WEEK AS DEPICTED BY CARTOONIST Manganese Used to Make Millions of Helmets During War; Prod uct Is Xot Magnetic. NEWYORK. Jan. 22. Sir Robert Hadfield, inventor of manganese steel and leader of the British steel Indus try, has been awarded the John Frit: gold medal for notaole scientific and industrial achievements, it was an nounced here today by the John Fritz medal board, representing five lead ing American engineering societies. Manganese steel was first discov ered by Sir Robert Hadfield in 1893. but it did not become generally known until the world war. Man ganese is not magnetic and millions of helmets made of this material were worn during the war by Americans. British and Belgians. In addition to inventing manganese steel. Sir Robert discovered a mag netic steel of permeability, especially suited for use In dynamos and mo tors. The medal was established In 1902 In honor of John Fritz, ironmaster of Bethlehem, Pa. Since then noted men have been honored annually, Includ ing Thomas A. Edison, General George W. Goethals, George Westing- house, Orville Wright and Alexander Graham Bell. National. ' Senator Borah of ldano says world can be disarmed. Section 1, page 4. Harding will find senate serious problem, - says Elizabeth King Stokes. Section 1, page 6. Houston opposes validating 'Insurance of Armistice day victims. Suction 1, page 8. Wilson says territorial integrity of Rus sia must be guaranteed to protect Ar menia. Section 1, page 1. Big scale graft in house revealed. Sec tion 1, page 1. Business revival is declared to be at hand. Section 1. page 1. Charges against shipping board wholly un- lounded, says Charles Plex. Section 2, page 5. Pacific Northwest. Lumber prices drop 45 per cent in year. Section 1, page 18. Depositors want Scmdlnavian-American banx building in Tacoma, Wash., com pleted. Section 1, paje 10. George Howard, young murderer of Mal heur county. Oregon, sentenced to death. Section 1. page 10. Oregon grain growers finish organizing. Section 1, page 7. Sports. Football Is best financial aid of colleges. Section 1, page 1. Army boxers go into training for return matches with British soldiers In Lon ' don. Section 2, page 4. Big bowling event scheduled for today. Section 2, page 3. Football" practice to start at Oregon in spring. Section 2, page 1. Keller once rated ahead of Dempsey. Sec tion 2, page 3. South Parkway squad to play Arleta. Sec . tion 2, page 4. Multnomah club to hold smoker. Section 2, page : Four Stanford men to help fix rules. Sec tion 2, page 4. LSeason of 1920 best in American goU. Sec tion z, page a. Baseball queer game . for breaks. Section 2. page 2. Multnomah to hold state diving and swim ming championships soon. Section 2, page 2. Commercial and Marine. Chicago wheat higher with continued ex port buying. Section 1, page 19. Report of university investigators opposes seamen's Institute In Portland. Sec tion 1, page 18. Better days coming, declare leading finan ciers and business men. Section 1, page 19. Shipping trade contract with Uritish to be investigated. S-ctlon 2, page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Sudden and violent deaths in Multnomah county for last year total 331. Section 3, page 14. High schools to give diplomas to 317 this week. Section 1, page 13. Preparations under way for third annual international mining congress. Section 1, page 14. Gas company tells how to cut bills. Section 1, page 13. Large building operations this year fore cast for Portland. Section 1, page 12. State commission on new sources of rev enue files report. Section 1, page 17. Elherldges sign over nearly .all property. Section 1. page 12. . Al Kader temple Initiates 200 candidates into Mystic Shrine., Section 1, page 16. Board of health to select secretary on Thursday. Section 1 page 16. The "Shadow" believed to have operated in Pasco. Wash. Section 1. page 16. Quick Income tr.x returns urged. Section 1, page 11. r- Northwest states agree on uniform automo bile regulations. Section 1, page 8. Flight of convict is thrilling one. Section 1. page 14. A Public Pays Non-Working Relatives Good Salaries. BOTH PARTIES ARE CAUGHT Uplifters and Economy Howl ers on List of Boodlers. NORTHWEST FAIRLY CLEAN Prominent "Friends of the People" Permit Hard-Working Stenog- y raphcrs Half of Allowance. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU Washington, Jan. 22. (Special.) Ne potism, which from time immemorial has been the favorite indoor sport in political circles, romps all through the annual report of William Tyler Page, clerk of the house of represen tatives,' made public this week. Incidentally, It has caused a heavy dark cloud to hover over the house end of the capitok because the New York Evening World gave publicity to an analysis of the report showing that 114 members of the house have 133 relatives on the payroll, draw ing from small to large amounts from the regular clerk hire allow ance. The part as to the relatives is not quite so bad as it sounds because some of the members of the house have sons or daughters on the payroll who actually work hard and perform service commensurate with the pay received. Many Do No Work. The report, however, does expose an amazing amount of graft in that i in many cases wives or other per sons In the" family are carried on the payroll, receiving good allowances, but performing no services whatso ever. One member of the house from a middle western state is shown to have carried his law partner on the pay roll. The chetJTt went to the law part ner each month and what he did with it is to be surmised. This startling form of graft is not confined to any one party but includes both repub licans and democrats, economy howl ers and uplifters. The northwest states show less of this practice than other sections of the country. Two years ago congress provided $3200 a year for clerk hire for each member and In the same law required that the names of persons, meaning clerks actually employed, should be entered on the payroll. This was to defeat the graft made possible under the old system where by each representative received the clerk hire himself and then dis bursed It in his own way. Dummies Pay Back Half. . Immediately a very large number of statesmen sought a way to pocket a portion of the larger allowance, which was solved by putting some one on the roll to receive part of the pay who could be trusted to hand It back to the representatives. The job trtien was given to a hard working stenographer, willing to do all the work for the balance of the allowance. Some of the men who have been doing this are among the active champions of the poor working people. This exposure has been thevsensa tion of the week around the capitol and at some of the quorum calls the assembly of the 435 had the demeanor of a funeral gathering. Those who have been exposed see trouble ahead when they go before the electorate two years hence. The Evening World was frank and fearless, sending a copy of the pa- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) PERRY. l GUESS THAT TH-E OLD OMEIS WORE. Low Mark of Industrial Develop ment Expected in Ten Days or Two Weeks. BY WARREN COLFAX (Copyright. 1921. by The Oregonlan.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (Special.) American industry has touched bot tom in our economic crisis. By March 1 activity in several leading lines will have 'increased. April 1 will find unemployment decidedly shrunk en from its present proportions. On Independence day every man who really wants a job should be at work. So says the crystal to business, locking with anxious eyes to the future. A symposium of views, rep resenting the conservative thought of no less than 25,000 big and little industrial and other firms and, ex pressed through their national or ganizations, leaves room for no other conclusion. These conclusions give employment to about 5,000,1)00 workers. Coming back to normal Is going to be slow during the next few weeks. This movement, however, is expected to gain impetus gradually. The low mark of industrial readjustment prob ably will be reached within ten days or two weeks and business Is so close to the situation that it is dif ficult to obtain a true perspective. A decidedly spotty situation exists today, but it is clearing. Some in dustries are stirring rapidly, others more slowly, and still others seem becalmed. For the test, the present hour seems to be the calm before the wind's revival. Here's what an analysis of the situation shows: The financial situation, according to reports to the federal reserve board is stronger today than it has been' at any time within a year. The immense volume of liquidation has reached the turn. It came during the present week. From now on, un less every indication fails, credit will be freer and loans expanded in a healthy ratio. It was bound to come, according to the board's calculations. It gen erally comes about the latter part of January. In normal times it means little, but in this year of eco nomic chance it means much. It is the difference between continued hard times and a revival of Industry. The railroad situation seems stag nant. Two weeks ago there were 258.000 itfle cars on the roads. At this time of the year there is gen erally a car shortage. A week ago the freight of the country required only 706,000 cars to move it. In October the record week's loadings were upwards of 1,000,000 cars. That's how the situation had gone in little more than two months. But today the outlook is better. There is a rumble of coming business. Already an increase has come in the demand for can of one type box cars for grain loading and indi cations of a pick-up in other lines are at hand. The car service division of the American Railway association would not be greatly surprised to find its cars all busy, or nearly all busy, within the next three or four months. "I, feel conservatively optimistic concerning the future, said Daniel Willard. . chairman of the advisory board of the Association of Railway Executives. "I find myself accept ing the general view that business will begin to get better shortly." The ra'lroads employ approximate ly 2,000.000 men in normal times. They have on their rolls now per haps 1,750,000. When business gets better with them it spells prosperity for many thousands. The shipping situation, likewise, is In what appears to be a dead calm. But the proportions of Idleness In shipping circles have great magnified. There are less than 250 steet ships of the shippir.r board tied up today. Here and there are indications of a revival. In the iron and steel industries, where wages have been cut, and other cuts, effective soon, have been an nounced, buying has been better dur ing the last week in the east. The movement has not yet reached the (Concluded on Page 4, Column 4.) Basis of Pacifying Ar menia Outlined. NOTE SENT TO LEAGUE CHIEF Solemn Engagement Among World Powers Urged. WIDE DISTRESS IS NOTED Territorial Integrity of cx-Czar's Empire Must Xot Be Violated, Declares President. WASHINGTON". Jan. 22. "Public and solemn," engagement among the great powers not to violate or to per mit the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia is regarded by President Wilson as the sine qua non of an attempt at the pacification of Armenia and other states bordering on the former empire. His views are given In a note transmitted to Paul Hymans, president of the league of nations assembly, by Acting Secre tary of State Davis, made public to night. The "distressful situation," of Ar- menia, invaded by both the Turkish nationalists and Soviets is only one detail of the Russian problem, the president said, and he urged his con viction that it Is only by a general and comprehensive treatment of tho problem, "only by full co-operation of. the principal powers," that a hope ful approach to the pacification and independence of Armenia can be found. Araied Invasion Opposed. The president said he has never be ,!eved that the problems raised by the oolsheviki coup could be solved by outside military actions, and he ex pressed the hope that the tragical events on the Polish front and in the Crimea have convinced the world that armed invasion Is not the way to bring peace to Russia. Air. Wilson added that these events have only strengthened his convic tion that the Russlun revolution must be Uevelopedto a satisfactory con clusion by the Russians with such help as may be "voluntarily re ceived." lliltrr Illxlruxt Noted. The problem, he said, is one of re iaiions between central Russia and surrounding smaller national groups. Uitter and mutual distrust, he states, is the cause of the unrest and in stability along the border; the strug gling new nationalities are afraid to disarm and return to peace, because they distrust the bolshevikl, while the Soviets contend that they are afraid to demooiiize, fearing new attacks. ilr. Wilson expressed the opinion that the present offers a "peculiarly pressing challenge" to an attempt at general pacification on tha Russian borders along the lines of a clear distinction between offensive and de fense. "Such an attempt seems to the president to be the only logical du velopment of the request to mediate in the Armenian conflict. . . It is obvious that these small struggling border states will not attack great Russia unless encouraged by promise of support from the stronger powers,'' the note said. Declaration In SnggrNted. The president suggested a "public and solemn" declaration among the powers to refrain from extending si h aid, declaring that in this way responsibility for any new war on the Russian border would be "clearly placed." "If the principal powers represent ed on the council of the league." Mr. Wilson concluded, "find themselves in (Concluded on Fage 3. Column 1.)