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I TiTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 12, 1922 MB. HUGHES MBED'sl5 BY NEWSPAPER MEN Appreciation for "Kindly As sistance" Shown. GOLD SCISSORS ARE' GIFT considered at a joint confer the public service commls of the four states to be held May 4, according to announce ment made here today by Fred A. : Williams, chairman of the Oregon public service commission. Any ac tion taken at this conference will be reported to the National Safety coun cil, which will convene Way 4. It was argued by Mr. Williams that because of the prohibitive cost of es tablishing separate grade crossings, excepting on trunk highways, greater care should be exercised by the rail roads and the public with respect to warning signs. After standardization is once ac complished. " Mr. Williams said, a camDaicii or education wouia oe e tablished in the schools in hope or Present First Ever Given Cabinet Officer Daring Incumbency by Correspondents. Washington; r. c. March 11. Washington newspaper correspon dents presented to Secretary Hughes at the state department today a pair of gold desK shears in token of their appreciation for his "kindly assist ance to them In their work" since as suming office. The gift was said to be unique in that it was the first ever given a cabinet officer during liis in combency by the newspaper men, who come in daily contact with heads of administrations. The gift, which was appropriately engraved, was presented on behalf of the correspondents by Mathew F. Tighe, who has been "covering" the state department for mors . than 40 years. In delivering the shears, Mr. Tighe expressed the hope that the secretary would make the use of the gift that Alexander made of his sword "in cutting the Gordian knots of in ternational diplomacy," to which the state department head replied that he was quite sure the correspondents would not permit any knot, Gordian or otherwise, to escape his attention. Difficulty Is Pointed Out. Secretary Hughes reminded the correspondents of the difficulty pub lie officials experienced in maintain ing the proper contact with public opinion. "It is not always easy to decide what should be done," he said adding it should be realized that the government was not "trying to put something over" when it was found necessary to refuse information on subjects prominently . in the public eye. "Of course, it is essential that nothing should be done which would impair administrative work by im proper or premature disclosures," he said. "On the other hand, it is just important that suspicion should not be allowed to get under way because of an undue reticence and a lack of a proper appreciation of the time and opportunity for a disclosure to which the public is entitled. A pub lic officer has always got to remind himself and he ought to say every morning as he approaches his task: 'I am a servant and it is my business to see what I can do for the Ameri can people. I am not a boss.' All Said Is Authoritative. "I have been very happy to think, by reason of your generous relation to ma since I have been here, that you have felt that I was trying to deal with this work in a manner compat ible with our theories of democratic institutions and to make our work as intelligible to the public as the cir cumstances of the case would permit. Of course that was especially difficult during the conference. "Anything I said was authoritative, not gossip or speculation. I knew the facts and everybody . knew that I knew; that what I said was not a mere supposition. I had to be espe cially guarded that I should say noth ing which would give free course to inadvisable reports, or, on the other hand, would be in any way a breach of that honorable confidence without which my usefulness in the depart' ment would soon be at an end." WHAT CONGRESS DID. AS ITS DAI'S WORK, Senate. Four-power treaty is debat ed. Underwood speaking at length in support of it. Letter from Secretary Hughes is read by Underwood acknowledging authorship of four-power pact. Deficiency appropriation bill, carrying $20,000,000 for the vocational training of veterans, is passed. Notice is repeated by Senator Lodge that on Monday he will seek continuous session until a vote is reached on the Robinson amendment. Rouse. Debate on agricultural ap propriation bill is continued. Chairman Johnson of immi gration and naturalization com mittee presents new bill revis ing naturalization laws. BONUS NOTES HELD BEST OF SECURITIES Iowa Representative Defends Collateral for Loans. VETO THREAT IS DENIED reducing the crossing accidents to minimum. - PRIZES AWARDED HEROES RED CROSS AND TAFT FUND HONORS ASSIGNED. Two Rescuers of 3 Drowning; Women Divide One First Prize. Other Acts Recognized. SALEM JOB STAYS OPEN Delay In Selecting Postmaster Is Predicted in Capital. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C March 11. Choice of a postmaster for Salem, Or., from the list of eligibles certified to the postoffice department by the civil service commission, probably will not be made for several days, it was learned today. It has been the practice of years through changing administrations of both parties to defer to a senator on the appointment of the postmaster in the city of his residence. Salem is the home of Senator MeNary, but the senator said this afternoon that he would not act without consulting Rep resentative Hawley, who also resides at Salem. The selection, it is believed, lies be ' tween John C. Farrar, who was sec ond on this list, and Andrew A. Lee, who was third, but only a fraction behind Mr. farrar in rating. August Huckestein, who led the list, is the present democratic postmaster of Salem. 0LYMPIA WOMAN IS100 Oldest Citizen in City to Celebrate Anniversary Today. OLTMPTA, Wash., March 11. Mrs. Amanda Wyman, the oldest woman in Olympia, will celebrate her 100th birthday anniversay tomorrow. She has been a member of the Order of the Eastern Star since it was organ ized in 1865 and so far as is known is the oldest living member of the order in the United States. Mrs. Wyman was born in New Hampshire and came west 35 years ago with her husband, settling at Battle Ground, near Vancouver, Wash. She is as healthy today as many persons much younger and can still see well enough to do her own ' sewing. FAMILY HAS HARD LUCK V. C. Blanchard, III, Strays From Home Wife and Brother Die. PHILOMATH, Or March 11 (Spe cial.) The Blanchard family, several miles out from here toward Alsea, has bad unusual trouble lately. Four weeks ago tomorrow W. C. Blanchard, aged 61, left home, supposedly in a period of mental derangement due to an attack of influenza. He was found in Coos county and brought back home.. Since then his wife, aged 41, has died, funeral services being held here March 7. Last night a brother, C. B. Blanch ard, living not far away, died, leaving six children, a widow in delicate health, and a father who is aged and feeble. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 11. Award of cash prizes to individuals throughout the United States for ex ceptional meritorious action in life- saving and rendering first aid to injured during the year 1921 were announced today at American Red Cross headquarters here. Red Cross life-saving prizes were awarded as follows: First prize, divided equally between Wray Farmin, 19 years old, of Sand Point, Idaho, and William Johnson. IS, of Spokane, Wash., members of Red Cross life-saving corps, who saved three women from drowning on Diamond lake, Pend d'Oreille coun ty, Washington. Second prize, Charles W. Kabiaiua of Ocean Beach, Cal.. life guard and disabled war veteran, who went to the rescue of Francis Lane Doyle in a heavy surf at great personal risk and brought the victim ashore, Mr. Doyle dying of heart failure on the way. Third prize. Miss Dorothy Davidson, 14 years old, of Brockton. Mass.. for plunging in a lake fully clothed and rescuing from drowning Miss Doris Buchanan of Melrose, Mass. Fourth prize, Frank Muscett. Silver Beach, Wash., for rescuing Mrs. Ed ward Lee Taylor and her two daugh ters irom drowning in 30 feet of water at the edge of a log boom. Prizes from the William Howard Taft fund," which are limited to per sons employed on railroads, are as follows: First prize, J. E. Woods, conductor. Atlantic Coast Line railroad, for sav mg ine me or a negro baby near Darlington, S. C. Second prize, Frank Knight, 13 years old, son of G. W. Knight, sec tion foreman, Atlantic Coast Line railroad, for saving the life of his sister, 2 years old, by pulling her from in front of a moving train near Cairo, Ga. Third prize, divided equally be tween Tommie Orman, engineer; W. H. Davidson, brakeman, and Fred Thompson, fireman, employed by the Santa Fe Railroad company, who saved the life of an infant at San Saba, Tex. Fourth prize, Henry Melton, negro brakeman on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, for rescuing a small girl from In front of a moving train at Wauchula, Fla. Four prizes were also awarded for meritorious first aid work of a gen eral character. The Lockwood cup, donated by Colonel John A. Lockwood for award to the Red Cross junior life-saving crew having the largest enrollment of bona fide members, will be held this year by the junior life-saving crew of the New Orleans Red Cross chapter. This crew has 308 members enrolled. SIX OREGON OFFICES OPEN Civil Service Examinations for Postmasters Announced. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C March 11. Civil service examinations have been an nounced for April 8 to select post masters for Carlton, Gold Beach, Hubbard, Jacksonville, Milton and Oakland, Or. It is expected that President Harding, immediately upon his re turn from the south, will send to the senate the nomination of Frank O. Northrup to be receiver of the land office at Portland. Republican Leaders Declare That President Never Said Bill Would Be Turned Down. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 11. Provisions of the compromise soldier bonus bill relating to bank loans to ex-service men have been "either misunderstood or misrepresented in some quarters," Representative Green, Iowa, ranking republican member of the ways and means committee, who helped revise the measure, declared today. , While the Iowa member made no direct comment on the announced in tention of Comptroller of the Cur rency Crissinger to advise banks not to accept adjusted compensation cer tificates as security for loans, it ,was generally, regarded that the statement was a reply to the opinion . of the bill's provisions expressed by Mr. Crissinger. Mr. Green's views were the first definite expression from republicans of the ways and means committee as to the stand taken by the currency comptroller. Coincident with Mr. Green's declar ation, republican leaders in the house declared that despite rumors reaching the apitol that President Harding was opposed to the present draft of the bonus bill, there had been no change in plans which call for a re port of the measure Monday by the ways and means committee and pas sage of the bill by the house a week later. Veto Not Threatened. Representative Mondell, republican leader, Chiarman Fordney and other members of the ways and means com mittee, said that to their knowledge the president had given no indication to any member of congress that he would veto the bill if it were passed without a sales tax provision. Two members of the committee. Represen tatives Longworth, Ohio, and Bacha- rach. New Jersey, who have advocated a sales tax to raise the necessary revenue, were not in Washington to day and it could not be learned whether they had been able to ascer tain the president's views. Chairman Fordney said the bill probably would be amended by the committee before favorable report is ordered, to do away With the require ment that a war veteran must decide within six months which of the options provided in the bill he would accept. The chairman said, however, that if an ex-service man accepted insur ance, it was to date rstroactively from October 1, 1922. Statement Is Quoted. Representative Green. in his state ment said: "When the ways and means com mittee struck out the cash provisions of the former bill, to which so much objection had been made, it was thought advisable to make some pro visions for soldiers who were or should become in need and for this purpose the bank loan provision was inserted. . "It seems to be assumed by some that all of these loans would run to October 1, 1925, but that date was merely inserted as the very latest which might be fixed for the ma turity of loans by the banks, in order that transactions with the banks might thereafter be closed. It was not intended that the banks would make the loan in the first instance for more than the time usually given on commercial paper, although a savings bank might do so. The government agrees to cash these notes if they are six months overdue. Security Declared Good. "The mere statement is sufficient to show that the ordinary bank holds little paper so well secured or upon which collection could so quickly be enforced if the maker fails to pay. If the 'frozen securities' now held in large quantities by many banks, the result of loans made with the ap proval of the comptroller of the cur rency, had been backed by such guar antee they would have been paid long ago." of electricity at high speed through f an extremely fine metallic wire. The wire explodes with a deafening report j as if struck by lightning which in a minor way it is. The flash is about 1 200 times as bright as direct sunlight but it lasts less than a hundred-thou sandth of a second. The pressure de veloped is about 1000 pounds per square inch and the temperature i momentarily over 50,000 degrees Fab renheit. Under such- conditions the atoms which compose the wire decom pose into simpler ones and the result is tne change of metallic tungsten into gaseous helium. , Chemical Laws Disproved. "One of the first laws of chemistry has been that the so-called elements are permanent and unchangeable. The i"ufe ol me aicnemisis aner cen- ) lunes oi eirort to cnange such com men metals as1 copper and iron into gold convinced chemists that the metals could not be decomposed. "Great advances as the result of the work of Wendt and Irion 'n dis coveries on the nature of the matter that composes the universe are con fidently predicted." Dr. Wendt was born in Davenport, la., in 1891. He was educated at Har vard and in Paris, and was for a time engaged by the United States bureau of mines to work on radium produc tion in Colorado. He was a captain 'n the chemical warfare service and s-ince then has been associate pro fessor of chemistry at the University or Chicago. ENORMOUS POWER REVEALED Release of Energy in Hydrogen Might Annihilate Earth. PHILADELPHIA. March 11. The quantity of hydrogen in & teaspoonful of water contains enough electrical energy to generate 200,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and the release of this enormous power may be brought about in the near future, Dr. F. W. Aston, British scientist, de clared today in the last of his series of lectures at the- Franklin Institute on "Atomic Weights and Isotopes." Experiments now being conducted, he said, would make possible the trans formation of hydrogen into helium. Through these experiments, he added, it had been learned that it is the hydrogen in the sun that accounts for ,the heat of that body. He warned, however, that the re lease of this tremendous energy might have serious consequences. "In the event that this energy is released," he said, "there is the dan ger that it may not be possible to control it. If that condition should come about then there would be enough power running about loose to annihilate the earth and scatter it into space." Rl that can be extracted from the mosphere of the assaying plant METALS ARE CHANGED (Continued From First Page.) metals are decomposed into the sim ple gases, particularly helium. "The method used was the same as that used in producing artificial light ning, recently announced by Dr. Stein metz of Schenectady, and was origi nated by Dr. J. A. Anderson of the Mount Wilson solar observatory at Pasadena, Cal. "It consists in charging a large electrical condenser to 100,000 volts and discharging this large quantity BOMBS ARE USED IN RAND (Continued From First Page.) the trouble to a widespread bolshe vist plot and said the Fordsburg com mando regarded itself as a red guard. He added that fighting was in progress throughout the Rand. He said he be lieved that the police would soon gain the upper hand in Johannesburg and Benoni, but admitted that, owing to the prevailing chaos, it was very dif ficult to verify the various reports. New Adv. cord wood J6.50, Edlefsen.- FOUR STATES TO CONFER Standardization of Railroad Cross ings to Be Considered. SALEM, Or., March 11. (Special.) Standardization of railroad crossing protective signs in the states of Ore gon. 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