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,.i . TTTE ST7XDAY OREG OXIAN, PORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 12, 1923 9 MUSEUM ASSAILED !il;RilCE FOR IMfPTPCMTCD II ULIllLli Murine the worl, HuLUUH ream of company F, second Oregon duty in the Fhllip- Chicago Metropolitan Rated Sponsor for Futurism. EVIL EFFECTS DEPLORED 'InvaMon' of Bolshevist Spirit and "Indecency" of Exhibit Draw Fire of Critics. CHICAGO. Feb. . Special.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art t ac cused of having plven public praise to the ery worst forms of futuristic art and bavins defended the produc- t.ons of some of the artists whose Krorks were exhibited in the post Im pression show last year. The accusa tion was made in an address before the feu-iiness Men's Art club by Charles Vexin of New Yorlc one of the leaders In the controversy that de veloped over the alleged "indecency and immorality" of the museum's of -Xerina; last fall. "The museum was not criticised for folding the exhibition." said Mr. Venn, "but because of Its indorse ment In print of the very worst things la the show. It fairly takes one's breath away to read the announce ment that the museum 'knows no partisanship in art' In the face of some of the views upon the subject put out by the spokesmen for tne luuseum." ( rime Wt Due te Slimy Art. The so-called "crime wave." the speaker raid, was principally caused j inw fume wave ix.ai overruns art and literature and makes its in fluence felt a national life. "So-called art. so-called poetry and fiction called literature." Mr. Vexin declared, "have contributed more to tne crime wave than ail other causes. "We attribute our moral collapse to the war. but it started before the war and it is worse among those un touched by the war. We have Jumped from f'lymouth Kock to Greenwich Village and from Sabbatarianism to a fustian paganism." Quotations from bulletins of the museum calling the attention of visit ors to the works of Van Gogh. Gau- fruln and Cexanne were read by Mr. Vexin in support of his contention that the directors are In full sympa thy with the efforts of the "modern" and part of his address was taken up with an answer to Sir Martin Conway, eminent British critic, who in a letter to the Metropolitan directors deplored Interference with the exhibition. Bolskevlst Iaflaeae lirplorrd. "One of the most disturbing influ ences of the day is the Invasion of the bolshevist spirit Into the museums." mid Mr. Vexin. "In the bulletin of May. 1321. the Metropolitan museum said : The Interest of visitors to the ex hibition is particularly aroused by Important groups of pictures from the minds and hands of three artists who have within a few years at tained w hat now appears to be a final and established place among the im mortals: Van (jisb. Gaugin and Ces snne. The seven paintings by Van Gogh dated from the great las-t years of his life when the fever of his neu rosis expressed itself In writhing fiames of color. "in other words. commented Mr. vexin. "when the painter's incipient Insanity had become scute. Verily ojt of their own mouths. There is more of the same sort in this bulletin and also In other bulletins, but the climax is reached in the catalogue l-ued by the museum, in which the following occurs: The dominating force In today's de velopment Is the great and mysteri ous figure of Cexanne. ( haage f Taste Apparent. Cexanne's rough. heavy handed manner suits the time. The old ideal f hish finish, and careful workman snip has now fallen into disfavor and in unlabored and sketchy ap rearaore has come to be character istic of our painting. The same change of taste has shown Itself in connoisseurship the critics have (uvea their admiration to arts fur ther and further back in history, searching ever for cruder forms. The 5-ui:ture of savages now occupies the place which pre-Kaphael frescoes held in the aesthetics of our grand fathers and the influence of the to tem pole and the negro idol is" found In the work of the typical artists of td"y. The identity of another painter upon which praise was bestowed by the mu seum dialogue whs not disclosed by the f-ifiktr. Quoting from the cata logue, he read: "Is the most conspicuous of living yslnfers. Its this work's) distortions have become more purposeful and startling in his hands. His drawing has the audacity and spontaneity of drawings by untaught children." Wlr Martin .! (mlort. Sir Martin Conway was referred to hr Mr. Vexin as "a rood man giving comfort to the enemy." "Sir Martin's letter proves nothing hut the wall of sophistry and confu sion we are up against." he said. "Perhaps if he were in touch with tills crowd and heard their argu ments and their stupid fallacies he would not adopt so benign an atti tude of tolerance. "We need the help of a healthy. practical mentality nd the aid of the mental and moral ciual.tics of you 1'iisir.ess men to curb the voodoo doc tors, the shysters and the degener stes who are fixing their ratty eyes rn what they call art who are reach ing out their clammv hands for the tender. Impressionable tuas of our art schools, and even invading the kindergarten with their rhythm, rot and riot, and who meet every protest against degradation with the mod ernistic linKo the thieves" Jargon of i.p-to-the-minute art literature, whose lexicon consists of 'mid Victorian, l'untanical. new angle and good Queen Victoria.' ' Mr. Vexin declared once more that he was not the author of the anonymous communication protesting against the vulgarity of the Metro politan museum's exhibition of post impressionism, although, he said, "he was Mill suspected of being the writer of that masterly document. rid war Mr. Stabiles acted as a special state officer. He was appointed deputy Cnited States marshal last September. He Is sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stubltng. . A sister, Mra John Heimrich. died la The Dalles last September. The body will be taken to Portland for burial. Funeral services will be held at the East Side Undertaking parlors tomor row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with members of the Scout Young Camp Spanish-American war veterans in charge of the services. The body will be Interred in the Spanish-American wsr veterans' plot In Rlvervlew ceme tery. SUPREMACY NAVAL E ND5 RATES FAR ABOVE 1813 INCREASE DECLARED TO 113 PER CENT YET. BE Wases of Employes Said to Be Only 84.6 Per Cent Above Levels of 1918. WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 11. Existing freight rates are US per cent above the schedules In effect In 1913, while wages of railroad em ployes are only S4.S per cent above 191 levels, Frank J. Warn, statis tical expert representing labor unions, declared toaay In the interstate com mere commission rate investiga tion. "Most assuredly these comparative percentage increases of freight rates on one hand and wages on tne oiner. he said, however, "Justify the stale ment that there can be now a con siderable reduction in transportation rates without any decrease In the wage of railroad employes." "But for the score of mors of de- vices invented by railroad executives to conceal the earnings of their properties. Mr. Warne asserted, "it would be seen that railroad opera tion is among our most prosperous industries, and that the railroads have enjoyed increasing prosperity since 1900. This is in exact contra diction to the representations made before this commission." PULLMAFj LOSES TO BEARS Basketball Game at Berkeley Ends With Score of S4 to 16. BERKELEY. Cal.. Feb. 11. Univer sity of California basketball team de feated Washington State college han dily. 14 to 1. tonight. The Callfor nlans led at half time, 1 to 6. Clsna. forward, and Harrington of Washington were stars, and Johnny Talt. forward, and Eggleston. run ning guard, were In the limelight for the winners. The Bears led throughout and the outcome was never In doubt. The lineup: Wash. State. California. Frell ICapt.) T Talt 7lsna F Douthit Fr.ren.on C Larkey I.oomls . O Lenane Harrington ti. . . . EBSleston (Capt.. Field aoa! -Cisna S. Sorenon. Loomli, Burke 2, Ta!t 4. Douthit 4. Larkey 2. c-g.t-Mon. Thompson. Free throws Krell t. Talt . substitutions Washington State: Fayers for Freil; Freil for Savers. Schroeder for lyoomis. Burke for Frell. California Thompson for Eggieston. Coop for Ioulhic Red Sox to Play Pirates. BOSTON. Feb. 11. A strenuous campaign on southern training fields is laid out for the Red Sox spring trip In the schedule of games an nounced today. A five-game series with Tittsburg will be played at Hot Springs, Ark., where Tirates and Red Sox will have their training head quarters, between March 17 and 26. The Red Sox will travel from April 1, playing games every day until April li, as follows: April 1. Little Rock, at IJttle Kock, Ark.; 2, Milwaukee, at Carutheravllle, Mo.; 3. Minneapolis, at Zyersburg. Tenn. ; 4. St. Joe, at Dyershurg, Tenn.; 5. Minneapolis, at Jackson, Tenn.; ft. Minneapolis, at Clarksville. Tenn.; T. regulars vs. second team, at Bowling Green. K?.: 8. Toledo, at Frankfort, Ky.; 9. Cincinnati, at Clncin nau; 10, Toledo, at Toledo. Arms Pact Eliminates Old- Time Competition. EVOLUTION IS ANALYZED After-TVar Movement to Avoid Co lossal Expense) of Building Sea Craft Effective, (Oonttnued From First Tage. the war, we erected plants for nier cantile shipbuilding which. In the ag gregate, are much larger than Great Britain's. By the end of the war we had begun to approximate Great Britain's strength In mercantile ship ping, and we had a shipbuilding plant which, if we had chosen to use it to Its fullest capacity, could easily and quickly outdistance Great Britain. As to armed naval strength, the end of the war found Great Britain practically as dominant as ever. During the war she had added greatly to her strength In warships. With the ending of the war. however, Great Britain allowed her building of warships to lapse, and at the same time we began a formidable pro gramme of naval construction. By the time the Washington conference came we had begun to approximate Great Britain's strength. The situation, therefore, at the time the Washington conference opened was this: The three elements hich compose world dominance were about equally divided between Great Britain and the United States. We had the financial supremacy ln contestably. The supremacy in mer cantile shipping, actual or potential. was about equally divided. The supremacy In naval strength was still wltU Great Britain. This has never been in all history a normal position. These three ele ments belong together. It is not normal and hardly possible for them to be divided. No nation can very well have any one of the three with out having the other two. No nation can have the naval supremacy alone because It is a tax consumer. It must usually be accompanied by the financial and mercantile shipping supremacy which are the producers of the taxation that support the navy. In the same way any nation which has the financial and mercantile shipping supremacy is pretty sure to go on and take the naval supremacy in order to protect the ether two. IT. S. Skipping . Ssprentacy Doubted f."ormalft the United States would have gone ahead, completed its su premacy in mercantile shipping, and would then have seized the supremacy ' greatest naval power In the world. There were many among as, includ ing some of our " most responsible leaders, who believed that it would be our proper course, la fact, that was the avowed purpose on the part of some of our most responsible leaders now In power. We had actually in augurated a naval construction pro gramme greater than any other nation had ever attempted. At the same time there were many among us who believed that this would be a mistake and we need only recall as recent a time as last winter to be convinced that there was a most earnest movement within the United States to avoid the colossal expense and other handicaps inherent in our becoming the possessor of the great est naval power in the world. Further more, it is always to be doubted whether Great Britain, in spite of her present apparent financial weakness, would have been willing to let any other nation, definitely and finally. supersede her as the greatest naval power. Somehow or other, through whatever sacrifices It might call for, she would try to find a way to keep her position as mistress of the seas. Supremacy Entrusted to Three. That was the situation at the time the Washington conference began. This conference went directly at the heart of this question of " naval supremacy. What has now been done by the results of the Washington conference is that naval supremacy, instead of being the possession of any one power, is trusteed, so to speak, in a group ol, three nations, Great Britain and the United States having each five shares and Japan being a junior partner with three shares. This trusteeship, this part nership in naval power, is unique in history. The adoption of it is. the thing which more than any other one factor causes the Washington con ference to stand out a distinct de- parture in history. That it is a glad escape from the alternative of naval competition cannot be doubted by anyone who wishes well to the hu man race. If we assume that this partnership in the position of mistress of the seas is to endure, and it is now decreed to endure for the 15 years of the naval holiday at least, then that leaves for consideration the one other element in world dominance, of which the possession is still in doubt. namely, supremacy in mercantile shipping. In this respect the Washington con ference comes to an end with Great Britain still outclassing us. Strong Fleet Wanted. It is true that we have a shipbuild ing plant which will enable us to out class Great Britain if we determine to do it and go at it by main strength. During the present period of depres sion, when there are not cargoes for as many ships as are already in ex istence, there is no incentive for us to build more. But the present de pression will end. A time will come when all the ships now in existence will be in use and when there will be a demand for more. What we are to do in anticipation of this future condition is now one of the major questions of the policy which Presi dent Harding must determine. He is generally believed to be strongly in favor of the United States having a mercantile fleet Inferior to no other nation on the sea. In public addresses he has announced this policy. At this very moment he has on his desk a re port from a group of experts, upon which he Is expected within a few weeks to formulate a policy and an nounce it to congress. The general NAVY RELEASES 4000 MEN Suspension of Capital Ship "Work Reduces Forces in Yards. WASHINGTON'. T. C. Feb. 11. The number of employes released at the navy-yards by the suspension of cap ital ship construction has passed the 4O0" mark, but no further material re ductions are expected, it was said to day at the navy department. Em ployes retained are believed suffi cient to carry on the present building programme and handle repair work, provided the naval treaty is adopted, and no hope of re-employing the men released is held out by the navy. It is estimated that men discharged or given leave without pay at the Mare Island, Cal., navy-yard will total laOO. The probability of our doing this expectation is mat un. nuc, wi.. w however. siihlerr to neelmi I way, and will look forward to our having a mercantile fleet in propor tion to our commercial and financial position In the world. Those who advocated this policy base their advocacy on the argument of commercial competition. They say that the United States can never have a position in the commercial world proportionate to its resources except by owning enough ships to take care of our own needs whenever conditions of business activity bring those needs to maximum. One of the most earn est advocates of this course describes it by analogy to department stores. He says that mercantile shipping is to a nation what delivery wagons are to a department store, and that no department store would be willing to leve the delivery of Its goods to government aid to privately Qualifications. There alwavs was and owned mercantile shipping In a large tin is a consiaeraDie section or weli- nformed opinions which considered it doubtful whether the United States would ever achieve supremacy' in mercantile shipping. We are not naturally a shipping nation. A na- ton does not naturally take to the sea If it has other resources within Us borders on which to expend Its energy and growth. With our great natural resources in land. In mines, and otherwise, the tendency would always be to use our manpower and our money in developing them. We could only become a great mercantile shipping nation by a prodigious ef fort, accompanied by large govern mtnt subsides. Also there Is some doubt whether we would have been willing to spend the monev necessary to make us the f customers to the mercies of a deliv ! ery system owned by & rival store. T. i . i . , I : I iiiey s& max so loui as vusiDeaa la dull the plan will work all right. When there Is not enough demand to consume the services of all the ships that already exist, our rival nations will be willing enough to carry our goods, but as soon as the time comes when the demand for goods is greater than the supply, then it is not to be expected that a rival nation will de vote ita ships to giving to our goods the same speed and efficiency in de livery as it gives to its own. v That is the argument for the United States going ahead and, through the device of government subsidies, be coming a great mercantile shipping nation. On the contrary, there is a considerable school of thought which will express itself In the debates in congress as soon as President Hard ina: makes his nroDosal. This nchool believes that since Great Britain and other nations are adapted to doing a mercantile shipping business more economically and efficiently than we are, we should. leave the business to them They fcay that we have an abundant field for our energies in the development of our mines and land and our other internal resources. They say that we have other re sources which are more than enough for us. and to which we ought to de vote ourselves. We have our wheat fields, our cotton fields, our copper mines and our iron mines. Great Britain, on the other hand, has none of these. To Great Britain mercan tile shipping is her greatest resource. It is to her what our mines and our land are to us. Under these circum stances, this school of thought claims, we should be content to leave the business -of mercantile shipping to the nation which can do It econom ically, without government subsidy or any other form of strain. This, stated In the broadest way. Is the decision which is Just ahead of us and which now. has the largest 'm portance in this whole field of the relation of the United States to the rest of the world. f PAPAL TICKETS SHORT 1000 AMERICANS WANT TO SEE COROXAITOX. Every large city has one newspaper which, by universal consent, is the Want-Ad medium of the community. In Portland- It's The Oregonlan. Rome Scoured In ETfort to Find Way to Attend Notable Event;. Speculators Are Busy. ROME, Feb. 11. By the Associated Press.) A thousand Americans so journing here have applied to the American college for tickets to the coronation of Pope Pius, but the al lotment by the Vatican to the college amounts to only 300; thus 700 Ameri cans are scouring Home in an effort to obtain tickets for tomorrow's his toric event. Tickets have been of fered by various speculators at 100 lire each. Monsignor Sanze de Samper, papal chamberlain, finds himself in serious conflict with various high .officials of the pontifical household because of his inability to, satisfy the demands for tickets. The secretary of state's department requested 200 tickets for the diplomatic corps, but when they were issued, the percentage consisted of only 180, then several important persons were refused admission to the chamberlain's office in the major domo's quarters. Cardinal Tacci sent a messenger to request tickets, but it is reported that the messenger was turned ab ruptly from the entrance. Some of the families of the Roman aristocracy also were confronted by either leav ing the Vatican premises or being es corted out by gendarmes. Following the announcement that the pope had been decorated with the white eagle of Poland, it is learned that his holiness also wears the high Italian decoration of Knight of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus. Many prelates in the Vatican are of the opinion that with Pius XI on the papal throne there will be a great op portunity for the Roman church to advance toward healing the schism between the orthodox and Roman churches. It is contended that from the manner in which the bolsheviki have dealt with so many of the clergy help from the Roman church will be welcomed while the pope is thorough ly familiar with the Russian situation owing to his sojourn in Poland. ALASKA TRADE SLUMPS 1921 Imports and Exports Amount to $65,954,566. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 11. Alaska's imports and exports during 1921 to taled J65,954,56S In value, according to the annual report of Collector of Customs McBrlde, made public today. Of this amount imports were valued at $20,209,208 and exports $45,745,338. The total commerce, the report said, was approximately $42,000,000 less than that of 1920. Suspension of op erations in many canneries, smaller copper, production, lower prices of cop per and all fish products and a heavy falling off In production of other min erals and products were ascribed as the reasons for the decrease. The gold and silver output was about the same as that of 1920, amounting to approximately $7,350,000. Gold and silver production in Interior Alaska increased by about $873,000, while that of other sections decreased slightly. TEACHERS GET PENSIONS CARNEGIE FOrNDATJOS PAYS OCT $8,920,6.1. RAILWAY" STRIKE SPREADS Use of Troops Granted to Suppress Intimidation in East India. LONDON, Feb. 11. A Reuter dis patch from Bombay reports that the East India railway strike is spread ing and the use of troops has been granted to deal with intimidation to which loyal workers have been sub mitted. A partially successful at tempt to tie up the railway is re ported, but efforts to., damage the line were futile. ; The Pioneer ' (Allahabad) says there is no doubt that the strike was actuated by political motives. Former Professors at 89 American Institutions Beneficiaries of s Former Steel King. NEW YORK. Feb. 11. During the 16 years of its existence, the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching has distributed $8,920,661 In retiring allowances and pensions to 999 persons, according to the annual report of the foundation made public today. Of this sum, $705,000 has been paid to former teachers of Harvard, $609, 000 to former teachers of Yale: $525, 000 to former teachers of Columbia: $407,000 to former teachers of Cornell and the remainder has been distrib uted among 85 institutions. Among the retiring allowances granted during the year were those of Presidents Dabney of the Univer sity of Cincinnati, Stanley Hall of Clark university and Hadley of Tale. Dean Victor Vaughan of the Univer sity of Michigan and Professor Paul Henry Hanus of Harvard. The report states that the. total re sources of the Carnegie foundation now amount to $25,513,000, of which $15,192,000 belongs to the permanent general endowment; $8,206,000 to a reserve fund to be spent in the re tirement, during the next 60 years, of teachers now in associated institu tions; $1,250,000 to the endowment of the division of education inquiry and $574,000 as a reserve fund to be spent in aiding colleges and universities to adopt the new plan of contractual annuities. The Investments all are in bonds. The prestige of Oregonlan Want Ads has been attained not merely by The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact that all Its readers are Interested In Oregonlan Want-Ada. ARTHUR C.STUBLING DIES Deputy I ttjtcJ State Marshal Suc cumbs to Heart liscae. THE PALLES Or, Feb. 11 (Spe cial.) Arthur Charlej Stubllng. 41 years old. died In the hospital early this morning, as a result of a compli cation of heart diseases of several years' duration. At the t:me of his death he was employed as deputy United States marshal. Mr. Stublitig was brought to The Palies from Portland about three weeks ago. He mas born in Hudson, Wis,. In 1S7S. and came to The Dalles in 1SS3. He received bis education in local grade and high schools, later Asea&ns tour year at let) Lniver- RUSSIA T0GET SUPPLIES Surplus Medical and Surgical Goods Ordered Sent for Belief. WASHINGTON. D. - C Feb. 11. Surplus medicines, medical, surgical and hopital supplies held by the war. navy and treasury departments and the shipping board will be made avail able for Russian relief under an exec utive order issued by President Hard ing and made public today. The order Is in accordance with the resolution recently adopted by congress. The supplies, the order said, will not exceed $4,000,000 in original cost to the government. 4 t .-.v i. i ill m:A hi i MARKET MEASURE PASSED Bill I. on 5 Before Congress Now Vp to President. WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 11 By a vote of 276 to 8, the house today ac cepted senate amendments to the farmers' co-operative marketing bill, and sent it to the president for his ap proval. The measure, long before congress in one form or another, would permit organization of marketing associa tions among farmers for co-operative dealing. i DR. B. E. WRIGHT Bad Teeth Bad Health Bad Breath J The bad health and breath are usually caused by bad teeth. J Why handicap yourself 'with conditions that are easily pre ventable? J A little dental care now and then will prevent all of these, ills. J Sly skill and kn? experience is at your disposal for a very moderate fee and better dental results you cannot secure in Portland or elsewhere. 5 Gentleness and prompt service await you here. X-Ray Examination When Necessary Dr. B. E. WRIGHT Xertftwett oraer Sixth sad WashlBgtom -Streets, Eat. Was.. Phoae Hdwy. 7210. Kalelch Bids:. Painless Extraction of Teeth Twenty Years in Active Service Office Hosn 8 A. M. to P. M. Sunday 10 to 12 A. M. Oses Evenlafre by A spot ittmeat. Consult attos Kree. I Confederate Veteran Dead. LAWRENCEBCRO. Ky, Feb. 11 Colonel James T. Ripy, 7S, retired dis tiller and Confederate veteran, died today of pneumonia. During the civil war he served under the command of General John Hunt Morgan, famous raider. Senator I'nderwood Better. WASHINCSTON. D. C. Feb. 11. Senator Underwood of Alabama, who is confined with a severe bronchial cold, today was reported much, improved GENUINE GERMAN AUTOMATIC MAUSER 32-CALTBER snnnnnnni -xj!,: seMJViiiA4l, 'P-UJil.n, "lUS",- . , v J 25-CALIBER WlJJ""" "'' " S ,- - - -. : y half the V m - a Swiss . Order ;.. .. 1 O. D. POSTAGE PAID . The world's best gun at former price. Built like watch. 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