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SU OUHOOMA&, ViSD, MAY 21, 1922 5 POLITICAL INTEREST CENTERS IN SENATE Several Who Must Face Mu sic Harding's Friends. FATE IS BEING WATCHED Action to Be Taken as Index to Favor of Administration, Declares Mr. Small. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. 'Copyright. 1022, by The Oreonian.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 20. (Special.) Although the entire house of representatives is up for re-election this fall and although the house offers the democrats their only chance of obtaining a share of au thority in the federal government, the political interest of the year seems to center in the United States senate. This is due to the fact that the house has been a sort of "submerged tenth" in the national government of late, and few of its members are nationally known. On the other hand some of the most prominent men of the senate are "in the running" this year and public interest naturally revolves about them. Senators' Pate la Watched. Several of the senators who must face the music this year, both in the primaries and at the polls are inti mate personal friends of President Harding, and their fate at the hands of the people is being watched as an Index to the favor of the adminis tration generally throughout the country. In an off year like this, however, local conditions very often obscure national issues and make general political deductions increas ingly difficult. The primaries thus far held have been of interest principally to the republicans. They have been spicy enough to show that unusual political undercurrents are flowing and more than one republican senator, usually complacent at this season of the year is wondering just what the fickle and revolving fates may have in store for him. The woman vote unques tionably is the enigma. It is the first time the women have taken part in party selections, and many of the old signs are going awry in the face of this new element in the body politic. Terms of 33 End March 4. The terms of 33 sitting senators expire on March 4 next. At least 28 and possibly 29 of these senators are seeking or have sought renomination and election. Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, close personal friend of the president, is the first of the sen ators seeking renomination to be de feated. The present makeup of the senate is: Republicans, 60; democrats, 36. There is every indication that this preponderant republican majority will be little changed by the elections of this fall. The republicans are claim ing that they will gain seven seats. Unquestionably there are eight doubt ful spots among the 15 democratic 6enatorships which expire next March. Democrats Expect Small Gains. Democrats are claiming that they will gain a seat or two, for there are perhaps five doubtful spots among the 18 republican senatorships which are up for decision at the November polls. Keen political observers who have studied the situation are of the opinion that a stand-off this year would be satisfactory to both parties and that is precisely what is likely to happen. No democrat is radical enough to predict that the political complexion of the senate can be changed this year, or even made close. In the house things are somewhat different. Many so-called rock-ribbed democratic districts crashed in the republican column two years ago un der the impetus of the 7,000,000 ma jority given to President Harding. Most to Swing Back Again. Most of these will swing back to normalcy this year and send demo crats once more to the lower branches. Some democrats are hope ful, but when it is considered that 85 of 86 districts must be overturned to accomplish such a result, the size of the task confronting the demo cratic party managers is easily ap preciated. Senators whose terms expire next March are as follows: Republicans Calder, New York- Crow Pennsylvania: Du Pont, Delaware; 'prance' Maryland; Frellnghuysen, New Jersey' Hale, Maine; Johnson, California- Kellogg' Minnesota; La Follette, Wisconsin; Lodge' Massachusetts; McCumber, North Dakota McLean. Connecticut; New, Indiana; Page' Connecticut; Pepper, Pennsylvania; Poln dester, Washington; Sutherland, West Virginia; Townsend, Michigan. Democrats Ashurst. Arizona; Culberson Texas; Gerry, Rhode Island; Hitchcock Nebraska; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrlck' Wyoming; King, Utah; McKellar, Tenr.es iree; Myers, Montana: Pittman, Nevada Pomorene, Ohio; Reed, Missouri: Swan son. Virginia; Trammel, Florida; WWliams. Mississippi. The republican managers are count ing on winning Rhode Island and Utah from the democrats and claim to have an even chance or better in Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Ohio, Nevada and Missouri. The democrats hold that there is doubt about republicans retaining New Jersey, Massachusetts and In diana. They claim they will win certainly in Maryland and that the republicans may have unexpected trouble in North Dakota. -Virtually all of the republicans have primary opposition opposition which has been spurred to renewed activity by the results in Indiana and Pennsylvania. There are but few contests among the democrats, the most notable of course being the fight of Brecken ridge Long, with the' assistance of ex-President Wilson, against Senator Reed of Missouri YOUTH KILLED ON CAMPUS Stanford Student Victim of Auto mobile Collision. PALO ALTO, Cal., May 20. R. S. Moore, a student at Stanford univer sity, registered from Jerome, Idaho, was killed on the Stanford campus last night when an automobile he was driving was struck by another car driven by Arthur Gobv, a fellow-student. Goby tried to avoid striking Moore's car, but his machine skidded on the wet pavement, strik ing the other car and overturning it. Moore's skull was fractured. Moore was driving to a dance with Miss Elizabeth Mayhew of Palo Alto at the time of the accident. NAVAL RADIO USE DENIED Request of Woman's Party to Send Out Addresses Is Refused. WASHINGTON, D. C. May 20. Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose velt today announced he had declined application of the national woman's party for use of naval facilities in ' broadcasting addresses to be delivered tomorrow at the dedication of the party's new headquarters here. The application was denied, Mr. Roosevelt said, on the broad ground that such use would contravene the naval order against employment of the naval radio for political purposes. The application of the woman's party has been before the navy de partment for some time, and several days ago a protest against favorable action on it was received from the Massachusetts Public Interest league, which declared that utterances of leaders of the party revealed com munistic ideas. President Harding, It was said at the White House today, plans) to at- WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. Photostatic copies of docu ments presented by Caraway to prove that Attorney-General Daugherty contracted to obtain pardon of Charles W. Morse for a fee of $25,000. Tariff debate continued, but night session abandoned because of republican absenteeism. Thomas A. Edison testified be fore committee on agriculture that he can perfect chemical process for American potash, thereby making this country in dependient of Germany. Bouse. Met and adjournd without transacting any business. Committee on election of president and vice-president de cide to work on plans for con stitutional amendment to regu late political campaign expenditures. tend the dedication ceremonies tomor row. A number of members of con gress and other officials also will attend. DAU5HEHTY IS TARGET DOCUMENTS AGAINST ATTOR-NEY-GEXERAL PRODUCED. Senator Caraway Offers Ijetters as Evidence In Course of De bate on Horse Case. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 20. Communications purported to have passed between Attorney-General Daugherty, Thomas B. Felder, ex Georgia attorney, and Charles W. Morse, New York shipbuilder, were presented to the senate today by Senator Caraway, democrat, Arkan sas, in support of his previous charges that the attorney-general was closely connected with the re lease of Morse from Atlanta federal penitentiary in 1912. One of the documents offered by the Arkansas senator was a photo static copy of a contract alleged to have been signed by Felder and Morse, under which the latter agreed to pay Daugherty, then a practicing attorney in Columbus, O., and Felder $25,000 for obtaining his pardon and release from the Atlanta prison. An other was a purported letteT from Mr. Daugherty to the New York ship builder and ex-banker making an en gagement to discuss payment of a "balance" of legal fees. Senator Caraway, after presenting the documents, declared the attorney general still was having relations with Felder, and added that Mr. Daugherty had requested Felder to employ as his assistant in defending the Bosch Magneto company in the pending investigation into the com pany's affairs, H L. Scaife, who re cently was discharged from the de partment of justice for alleged dis loyalty to the department. Mr. Cara way described Scaife as the govern ment's chief witness against the Bosch company. The Arkansas senator then pro. ceeded to tell the senate that in the light of these matters "there is only one decent thing for the attorney general to do that is to resign and not embarrass the administration any further." Submission of the documents pro duced by Senator Caraway came in the midst of a wrangle over'the Morse case, in which half a dozen senators participated, and in which Mr. Daugherty was both attacked and defended. Felder was also attacked and Scaife was described in the course of the rumpus as a 'man of high character and one who did not need depend upon a government salary for a livelihood. ENEMIES li WAR 5 FRIEND DEATH James Barrie Says Youths of All Lands Alike. WRITER'S TALK MYSTIC BIG SHARK IS PICKED UP Steamer Reports Monster Carried on Bow for Several Hours. NEW YORK, May 20. Wireless re ports today from the Steamship American Legion, speeding north from South America, said she had picked up one of the largest tiger sharks ever seen and carried it for several hours on -her bow. The shark was 30 feet long. Parent-Teachers to Meet. The dramatic section of the Penin sula park community activities will give three one-act plays at the com munity clubhouse Tuesday night, in which 16 of the young people of the district will participate. Between the plays a musical programme will be rendered. The plays are "The Floral Shop," "The Dear Departed" and "The Child In the House." New scenery has been painted for the presentation of these plays. A nominal admission charge of 15 cents will be made to meet the actual expenses of putting on tnis programme, and the general puDiic is invited. Centralia High Graduates 45. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 20. fSoe cial.) The 1922 class of the Centralia high school will graduate with a class average of 87 for its four years' work. according to an announcement yester day by W. R. Bailey, principal of the school. Lucille Teachnor leads the 45 graduates with an average of 94. The commencement exercises of the class will be held on the night of June 1, Dr. F. F. Nalder of Washing ton State college, delivering the com mencement address. Rev. E. N. Askey. pastor of the M. E. church, will de liver the baccalaureate sermon on May 28. London Immersed In War of Short Skirts Women Rebel Against Paris Decrees. BY NORMAN H. MATSON. (Copyright, 1922, by The Oregonian.) LONDON, May -20 (Special Cable.) When Sir James Barrie was in stalled as rector of St. Andrew's uni versity, he made a speech that could be characterized Justly as only one of rebellion, he deliberately Urged mu tiny by youth against the elders, and he added that if he were arrested upon leaving the hall he would feel that at last he had earned the right to be their instructor. .But It wasn't all sedition. "My especial difficulty," he told the students, "is that though you have had literary rectors here before, they were the big guns, the historians, the philosophers. You. have had none who have followed my humble ' branch, which may be explained as playing hide and seek with the angels. Pupils Seem More Real. "My pupils seem more real to me than myself. It is McConachie who has brought me to this pass. Mc Conachie is the name I give to the un ruly half of myself the writing half. We complement and supplement. I am that half that is dour and prac tical and canny; he is the fanciful half; my desire is to be the family solicitor, standing firm on the hearth rug among the harsh realities of the office furniture, while he prefers to fly around on one wing. I shouldn't mind him doing that, but he drags me with him." And from that characteristic be ginning, the writer turned to his propaganda. He told them to doubt their elders. Hearers Advised to Donbt. "Begin by doubting all in high places except, of course, your pro fessors. But doubt all other pro fessors. Your betters have done a big thing. We have taken spring out of the year. And having done that our leading people are amazed to find that the other seasons are not con ducting themselves as usual. The spring of the year lies buried in the fields of Flanders and elsewhere. By the time the next eruption comes it may be you who are responsible for it and your sons who are in the lava. All perhaps because this year you let things elide. Youth Declared Blameless. "Look around and see how much youth has now that the war is over. Youth got a handsome share while it lasted. I expect we shall beat you; unless your fortitude be doubly girded by a desire to send a message of cheer to your brothers who fell. You have more in common with youth of other lands than youth and age can have with each other; even the hos tile countries sent many a son very like ours, from the same sort of homes, the same sort of universities, with the same sort of hearts, who had as little to do as our youth had with the origin of the great adven ture. Can we doubt that many of those on both sides who have gone over and were once opponents are now friends? You ought to have a league of youth as your great prac tical beginning." London for weeks now has been torn by the war of the skirts. It is not all woman's war, though. The very biggest guns of the world of art and science are making a deafen ing racket. A sort of pantomime, cheese war, the end of which any body and everybody anywhere can foretell. The loudest noise is being made by the short-skirted die-hards. Now everybody knows, of course, that inasmuch as Paris has said long Bkirts, long skirts it is going to be, and already is, for that matter. "But," shout men and women alike, "let us never, never, permit the wear ing of sport suits with long trains." This is too dishonest for comment; nobody said the sport skirt was going to trail. It reminds one of that very clever and very French cartoon of M. Poincare as the breaker-in of open doors saying: If you insist that we walk we won't go to Genoa." There is not, however, any real or unreal, dispute as to what men are going to wear, and London knows all about this question. Firstly, the sack coat is to be longer, considerably longer. They are to follow the waist line and only one button or, in place of the button, a decorative link. The jacket being thus more open will given even greater scope for taste in faicy waist coats and neckties, but it is decreed that the well-dressed man shall wear a waistcoat of the same shade and material as his suit. The trousers will be slightly, but very slightly, tightened. As for collars. take it from me they are to be light grays and light browns, in new art shades. "If you are really elegant this sum mer you will wear a light gray morning coat and a silk hat or bet ter still, a gray white topper. While zephyr-weight derbies in light gray and soft hats are to be the favorites of young men, the ordinary silk is not to be displaced. So do not throw your silk hat away. The proper thing In boots have light gray uppers and the ultra smart are patent leathers with white tops. That settles the whole thing. Wireless Crase Hits England. Belatedly England Is accepting the wireless craze. Broadcasting, ac cording to British claims, was orig inated here two years ago, when Melba's note3 were sent out from Chelmsford. The United States leaped at the idea and Britain watched and waited. It is only in the last month that the country has really appre ciated the possibilities of the radio development. The government con trols the air and means to continue to do so, a decision that has earned no great criticism. For the privilege of picking radio sounds from the air one must pay the government 10 shillings, and these "listening-in" licenses are being sold in fairly large numbers in the postoffice. Because the post master has declared that it is impossi ble to grant all the applications he has received for the right to trans mit, the applying firms agreed to meet with him in a conference on the possibility of co-operation. Broad casting stations are being estab lished in nine leading cities of Eng land and Scotland. These are to be permitted to transmit only between the hours of 5 P. M. and 11 P. M., ex cept on Saturday, when there will be no limit. While there are but a small fraction of as many receiving outfits in this country as in the United States, members of parliament are predict ing that at the next general election "everyone will be addressing a large number of constituents by means of the wireless telephone." TRIP TO ORIENT FUTILE TRUCK SALESMAN BORROWS MONEY TO GET HOME. The Only Original nit imnuwmi or ouALrrr j 111 1 LMiLlLX) JS8.50 $171: $8.50 f I Month 1 I J Month I I 'FOR THE TEETH is used in my offices only. All others are ' 1 imitators. ! "It Puts the I Teeth to Sleep" ! There Is No Hurt Court Allows Portion of Represen tative's Claim Against Motor Company, In Receivership. . VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 2D. (Special.) In a hearing of claims against the Multnomah Motor com pany, in the hands of a receiver, Frank J. Lackaff, heard before Judge George B. Simpson of the superior court of Clarke county, O. J. Lennox, who presented a claim of J2067 for his salary and expenses on a trip to the orient, told of his trip. Mr. Lennox left San Francisco as chief engineer of the company to study the road conditions in China, with a view to building trucks suited for them. He was to get $275 a month and expenses. He left August 21, 1921, and reached Shanghai. A repre sentative of a firm he met and who had been in China, told him that China would not use in 35 years the 200 trucks his company proposed to build. Mr. Moi. associated with the company, was to have a letter of credit of 5000 a month, but the money was not forthcoming. After many varied experiences and failing to receive any money, Mr. Lennox said he was forced to go to the Red Cross and borrow J666.88 to pay his hotel bills and passage home. He arrived in Seattle November 23, and when he reached Vancouver the next day found his family in quar antine with diphtheria. On December 5, after looking In vain for Mr. Cavette. president of the Multnomah Motor company, Mr. Len nox filed his labor lien agianst the company, which had ceased to oper ate, and Mr. Cavette called on him that night at his home. There was a claim amounting to $450 which the court struck out, al lowing the balance of $1617. It is believed there is not enough money in the hands of the receiver to pay this claim. There are a large num ber of other claims for labor. Bend Votes for Auto Park. BEND, Or., May 20. (Special.) Bend decided three local measures in the election here last night Pur chase of a $3500 site for an auto mobile campground was authorized, & movement to abolish the woman's protective division was voted down, and a measure providing for the use of part of the present city park for m automobile park, was defeated. The only contest in the county of fices was won by J. H. Innis, repub lican, for nomination as commis-s'oner. Broker Sentenced for Fraud. OMAHA, Neb., May 20.i Samuel B. Musser of Omaha, who was president of the Amer'can Brokerage & Invest ment company, was sentenced to serve a year and a day in federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and Rachael C. Strickland, also of Omaha, was fined $1000 by Federal Judge Woodrough 1 I ! 1 1 l! The High Spots of Thrift in Clothes! When a man sacrifices quality for the sake of dollars he is sacrificing economy. Economically, he is walk ing backwards. Any man can beat the price of a Hickey-Freeman suit, but it costs him more than the difference to do it. Summed up, the difference in price represents a difference in workmanship and quality which cannot be measured by dollars. A few. dollars less may buy a temporary advantage, but a. few dollars more will buy the finest tailoring knowiL, Again, my judgment says Hickey-Freeman Clothes ! 6 EN SELLING mm i 1 MORRISON AT FOURTH Portland' s Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century. after denying them a new trial on a charge of using the mails to defraud in connection with sale of tracts of alleged oil lands in Montana. POLL TAX RETURNS SLOW t Large Delinquent List Expected In Spokane County. SPOKANE, Wash., May 20. (Spe cial.) Poll tax collections were still lagging at noon today, when, accord ing to County Treasurer Ennis, but 17,345 persons in Spokane county had paid poll taxes this year. The poll tax becomes delinquent .June 1, and at the rate payments are now being made, thousands will be on the de linquent list County Assessor Bartlett, on May 1, certified a list of approximately 5-0,000 people living in the city of Spokane who are subject to poll tax this year. Persons living in the county outside of the city will probably swell the list to 60,000. Cancer Control Method Improved. ST. LOUIS, May 20. A notable pro gression toward the control of can- Typical Caucasian Border. Even a Child- A (A True Incident) SMALL Persian Rug was sent to a home on approval at the wife's request. It was a radiant and typical example of the Oriental weaver's art. The exquisite hand-workmanship and perfect finish bespoke the master touch of one who wrought for the love of it. It embodied in miniature, ages of art, skill, traditions and secret color formulas,' Thick and soft as a rare fur pelt, it reposed under a reading lamp. The subtle and resplendent color har monies lent a sensible warmth and living touch to the room. i The approval of the husband was sought. He, how ever, was absorbed with the news and business of the day practical matters of more direct interest to him. But this pretty thing on the table had not escaped the inquisitive eyes and wondering mind of his alert young son, aged four. Chubby hands had caressed the thick warp, as soft as a loving mother's cheek. Stubby little fingers had traced and retraced every floral design. He toddled around to daddy's knee. "Daddy" the round upturned eyes glowed with the essence of a thousand star beams "have I got enough money in my bank to buy that?" The small Persian piece s now the permanent prop erty of that home. True art and intrinsic merit need no argument merely a fair chance. We keep open house to all true lovers of things beautiful. Your interested visitations will be much appreciated. We ivash-clean Oriental Rugs by hand. Repairing is done fcu native experts. Estimates gladly furnished. Dr.A.M.Abrams Portland's Painless Dentist COLUMBIA BLDG W. Park and Washington Sts. Phone Broadway 3433 CARTOZIAN BROS1- n?TTUC TPtTTOCK BLOCK UAMATM1C k.icw PORTLAND-ORE.. . 393 Washington Street at Tenth Cilablisbei. IUUV cer has been the development within the last year of the X-ray to nearly triple the penetrating power of pre vious machines, Dr. Albert Soiland of Los Angeles, president of the Radio logical Society of North America, stated at the society's mid-annual convention here today. Princess Elizabeth Is Better. ATHENS, May 20. Slow improve ment is noted in the condition of Princess Elizabeth, wife of Crown Prince George, who has a pleural ab scess and her physicians believe she is out of danger. SUBWAY LEAP IS FATAL ' Gambler Tells Barber Ponies Cost Wife, Home and $100,000. NEW YORK, May 20. Charles E. Cash, once a betting commissioner, today tipped his barber to "lay off the ponies" and threw himself under the wheels of a subway express. Hundreds of passengers saw Cash make his fatal leap. Five cars passed over his body. Cash was said to have inherited a fortune and to have lost it all on races. This morning, after being shaved, he said to his barber: "If you ever were to play the horses take a tip from me and don't. Leave them alone. I lost my wife, my home and $100,000 trying to beat "Sr lone, remember that tlD.H Sentimentalists argue that the "wedding finger was chosen because it is more directly connected with the heart than any other, but many young wives show scant respect for this ring lore. . t- V Jensen aJV&nHerberg xJfiresent i the following current photoplay attractions 8 111 I AW rfTESSSSSiggg li "MAN TRACKERS" l QQjGAr iM V 1 "LEATHER 'I JUDrrT4' ill '-1 I II PUSHERS" $lJlE, III .,;. I r:fjr.ir!TrrMw i" ' mmu j , SEE INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MOTIOST PICTURE SECTIOJS ' uiHiuiiiiiimmmuimmuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiuiuitiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiitiimuiui