TTTE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 20, 1923
Remarkable Value!, .
That's the -Least to J
Be Said of This
Economy
Outfit
It's in the front window by the
Fifth-street door today. Pold
completely or separately. An)
piece substituted with that which
you personally select, if the b-ts
as shown do not please loO pr '
cent.
Term on Any Honinrul
10 Cah, fi Week.
On Ihe Knltre Outfit
X2.1 Cash, 3 Week.
No Interest Either Way.
Living Room
Jacobean Oak Table with
Settee. Arm Chair and Arm
Rocker. ., upholstered cushion
seats and backs. Four Jg(J Jfj '-
Dining Room
Oblong shaped top Extension
Table with set of six Chairs with
genuine leather b11i$q9 75
PRESIDENT'S TALK
HELD UNFORTUNATE
ance during July as compared with
a year ago, will help the interna
tional exchange situation, the com
merce department declared today in
a statement making public the re
sults of the country's foreign trade
for the month.
Substantially increased gold im
ports, but slightly increased com
modity exports and imports, the de
partment stated, characterized the
foreign trade of the country for July
as compared with June.
The decided reduction in the fa
vorable trade balance from 1147.000,
000 a year ago to 154,000.000 for
July, the department declared to be
a "healthy sign, pointing to a grad
ual return to more normal relations
between our exports and imports.
AUSTRIA BANKRUPT:
CREDIT SOLE HOPE
Gompers Says Rail Strike
-Settlement Delayed.
Former World Center of Art
Near Collapse.
MR. HARDING CONDEMNED
AMERICAN AID INVOKED
Labor Leader Believes Meaning
"of Executive's Words .Was
"ot Realized by Him.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 19.
President JJarding's address to con
gress was "unfortunate" and It in
terfered seriously with negotiations
in progress to end the rail strike,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation, of Labor, de
clared in a statement today.
"It was unfortunate that the pres
ident should have gone before con
gress yesterday with the coal strike
well on its way to complete settle
ment and with satisfactory progress
being made towards settlement of
the rail strike." said Mr. Gompers.
"I am informed from New York
that the executives assumed a dif
f.rcnt TnonH and attitude after the
conference adjourned for lunch and
they learned the nature of the pres
ident's message.
"The president suggested nothing
that couid alleviate the present sit
uation and his address might well
have been deferred until the
negotiations had ended one way or
another or until an opportunity was
had for the exercise of cool judg
ment.' Address la Condemned.
Mr. Gompers strongly condemned
that portion of the president's ad
dress recommending the ultimate
strengthening of the Cummins
Esch law so as to make the deci
sions of the railroad labor board
enforceable.
He declared he had "the utmost
faith that congress would never en
act such a law," which he said would
impose a condition of slavery upon
the railroad workers.
"The president's position Is noth
ing new for him." said Mr. Gompers.
"As a member of the senate he was
paired in favor of a provision of the
transportation act which contained
a proposal to outlaw strikes and
compel men to work against their
will.
"In his first regular message to
congress in December, 1921. he rec
ommended measures of the kind
that would invoke the power of the
government to compel workers to
obey the decisions of a body or
court affecting wages and condi
tions. "He says now that the decisions
of the railroad labor board must be
made enforceable. No other con
struction can be placed upon that
statement, but that .if the raiiroad
labor board or any other similar
body renders a decision further re
ducing wages or imposing repug
nant conditions upon the workers,
they will have to go to work or go
to jail.
President Believed Ignorant.
"In .other words, the penalty of
fine or imprisonment will be used
to enforce decisions of the board
and men wiy be forced to work at
the points 01 guns. I am not willing
to believe that the president had
in mind the full consequences of
such a recommendation.
-"If there is to be compulsory
labor imposed upon working people,
it may well raise question whether
compulsory labor may not be en
forced upon everyone and not upon
tii wage earners alone."
Notwithstanding Mr. Gompers"
views, the president's determination
to use every power at the command
of the federal government to keep
the railroads in operation was gen
erally regarded here as constituting
a potent influence toward success
of the mediation conference now in
proeress in New York between the
leaders of the railroad lr jcherhoods
and the railroad executives, to the
shopmen's strike.
Compromise Is Expected.
Officials close to the president
declared that the president, in his
message to congress yesterday,
meant every word he said in his
warning to the strikers and rail
road executives that government by
law must be maintained and that the
conspiracy laws and safety laws
would be Invoked to the limit.
With the union leaders facing
prosecution for conspiracy in ef
forts to tie up transportation, should
the strike be extended, and the rail
roads to be held strictly to the laws
safeguarding railway equipment,
officials here believe that a compro
mise agreement will be reached be
tween the disputing forces next
week.
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WHAT COJfGRESS DID AS
ITS DAY'S WORK.
Senate.
Passed the Fordney-Mc-Camber
tariff bill by a vote
of 48 to 25, Borah being the
only republican in the nega
tive. Took up the soldiers' com
pensation bill, making it the
unfinished business,, but de
ferred consideration until
Wednesday.
President Harding accepted
the Borah plan for a commis
sion to investigate the coal
industry and recommend plana
for drastic federal control.
Senators receive thousands
of telegrams urging early
action on bonus legislation.
, House.
Representative Huddleston.
democrat, Alabama, protested
at refusal of republican lead
ers to allow debate on presi
dent's message, and said the
working people were greatly
dissatisfied with it.
Adjourned until Monday
after finding but 177 members
present.
which is bound to have a beneficial
effect on the international exchange
situation."
Commodity exports for July ag
gregated $305,000,000 against $334.
000.000 in June and $325,000,000 In
July, 1921. while imports totaled
$251,000,000 against $260,000,000 in
June and $178,000,000" for July a year
ago.
CROP TO OBVIATE RELIEF
Russian Grain Output to Enable
Country to Feed Itself.
WASHINGTON. D. . C. Aug. 19.
Russia's 1922 crop of bread grains,
estimated to be at least E, 000,000
torts more than the production of
the famine year of 1921. the depart
ment of agriculture said today, will
put that country in ajjosition to feed
herself. In addition, it will furnish
seed grain to increase the sown area
even further during 1923.
The department's estimates were
based on conditions in the growing
area ae of June. The American re
lief administration has made similar
calculations and has announced its
expectation that continuation of
famine relief will probably be un
necessary after the new crop, comes
to hand.
PORTLANDERS GET OIL
Well in Arkansas Produces 500
.Barrels of Petroleum Daily.
EL DORADO. Ark.. Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) The Washington Oil-& Re
fining company, financed by Port
land business men. today completed
its first well, good for 500 barrels
of pure pipeline oil of high gravity.
This company entered the El Dorado
field last October and purchased
leases in what is now called the
sonth field. The first well was
drilled too deep and tested salt
water.
The property owned by this com
pany is in the center of the proved
territory and is very valuable.
Charles McLean of Portland is local
manager of, the company.
AID IS GIVEN EXCHANGE
Nation's Favorable Trade Balance
for July Reduced.
WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 19. A
reduction of more - than $90,000,000
in the nation's favorable trade bal-
ill THOUGHT FAKE
RICH DOCTOR SAID TO BE IJf
BUENOS AIRES.
Man With Missing Million Dol
lars Believed to Have Figured
in Queer "Resurrection."
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 19. Exhumation
of the supposed body of Dr. J. New
ton Roe, buried more than, a year,
has not served to quiet the persist
ent reports that" he has figured , in
an amazing "resurrection" and is
now in Argentina along with a
million dollars missing from his
estate.
Secret service agents, federal.
state and municipal tax officials,
prohibition officers and plaintiffs
in suits against Dr. Roe are banded
together in the effort to solve the
mystery. Examination of the body
whioli had lain many months in a
cemetery near Valparaiso, Ind., has
failed to prove that it is that of
the doctor.
Dr. Roe was the owner of the New
Southern hotel, director of several
meiical schools, stockholder and
director in some- large embalming
companies, and was once head of
toe Chicago School of Dental Sur
gery. He became involved with the
government in 1920 as the result of
sales of liquor at the New Southern
hotek About. the same time he was
sued by Mrs. Neva A. Brown, sole
heir of the late President Henry B.
Brown of Valparaiso university,
who sought to force accounting for
several thousand dollars of the
funds of the Chicago College of
Dental Surgery. Action was still
pending in this suit when Judge
Iandis sentenced Roe to 18 months'
imprisonment in the federal peni
tentiary at Atlanta.
Dr. Roe took an appeal and then
became very ill at the Plaza hotel.
He was rushed to Lakevlew hospital,
where, according to the records, he
died April 27. 1921. He left no heirs
and his estate passed Into the hands
of the public administrator. But
when an attempt was mode to locate
the assests only a few thousand dol
lars in stocks could be found.
It was at this time that the rumor
started that the doctor ha-d fled
with the bulk of his estate and a
"made to order" corpse had been
substituted. Men who knew him in
timately assert they have seen him
in Buenos Aires since his supposed
death. It is claimed that the body
that was buried was snatched from
the slab at an embalming school.
treated with paraffin and formalin j
and burled as that of the doctor.
Loan T $75,000,000 Would Save
Situation, Says Banker Ade
quate Security Is Offered. '
BT WILLIAM BIRD.
(Copyright, 1922, by Tne Oregonian.)
PARIS. Aug. 19. (Special by
Wireless.) Failure . of the London
conference has had an almost dis
astrous effect on central Europe.
Austria, a state that has plenty
of skilled workers and good equip
ment, is about, to collapse because
It has no foreign credit. The heads
of neighboring states realize this
and have completed preparations to
meet that eventuality.
Hungary wants Burgenland. but
this would conflict with the inter
ests of Czecho-Slovakla. Italy and
Jugo-SIavia are competing for the
province of Carinthia, while Bavaria,
with expectations that the Bavarian
monarchy eventually will be re
stored, desires the Austrian Tyrol.
As the tension tightens any move '
by any of these states in anticipa
tion of the almost certain crash of
Austria must precipitate events the
outcome of which no one can i.re
dict. And the collapse, unfortun
ately, can be prevented only In
one way.
Banker Fears Disaster.
I asked Dr. Wilhelm Rosenberg,
head of the Anglo-Austrian bank
who has just left the recent con
ference of premiers in London,
whether in his opinion Austria
could be saved.- He said:
"Only through the extension of
foreign credits. The situation at
present is extremely dangerous.
There is general distrust every
where and the kronen loses value
steadily. The point may c6me when
social disturbances- will break out.
"When we see a war fought in
the name of humanity and civiliza
tion end In the complete smashing
of the world center of culture and
art Vienna we naturally must
feel resentful. We feel that former
President Wilson is the'author of
Austria's misery and that therefore
the United States should assume
certain responsibilities.
"With half of our population
industrial, we were unable to secure
any fuel until the summer of .1921,
thanks to Mr. Wilson's action in
making a peace treaty which left
the government without . credits
anywhere. Our situation is dif
ferent from that of Germany, which
rests on the reparations apportioned.
It has been recognized that we
cannot pay reparations, also there
has been no hatred for Austria for
her part in the war.
Loan Security Offered.
"The powers always promised to
save Austria, but now they leave
her in the lurch. There is an out
side possibility that we yet can
weather the storm. The government
has evolved a scheme to finance a
new note bank which will be estab
lished in a few weeks. The neces
sary capital of 60,000,000 Swiss
francs already has been raised in
ternally. Every effort Is being
made to halt inflation, but this
cannot continue unless there can be
arranged a loan from outside. I
am convinced that any internal
financial measures which are not
accompanied by foreign credits will
save the situation only temporarily.
"Seventy-five million dollars
would save Austria. We have
offered as security customs to be
collected in gold amounting to
$15,000,000 or $20,000,000 annually
and also to create a tobacco monop
oly. Lenders say the psychological
effect of restoring the confidence
of the people in a currency that for
seven years has been falling steadily
is too difficult and that anyhow
the matter Is to be considered from
the political standpoint. Now the
United States is a political nation,
but we all' realize that if Austria
is to have a future it will be only
through the magnificent work of
American relief."
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gonian. Main 7070.
Suspect Caught in Hiding.
NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C Aug.
19. James Austin, farmer of the I
Douglas district, south of here, who
was sought in connection with the
slaying of Henry Green, a neighbor,
tL'hursday, was arrested today. Of
ficers found him hiding in a hay
mew in his own barn. The slaying
of Green is alleged' to 'have arisen
from a long standing feud between
the two men.
New Zealand Ratifies .Treaties.
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Aug. 19.
The house of representatives yester
day ratified the Washington treaties.
FRIED SPRING
. Chicken
or
ROAST YOUNG
Turkey
DINNER
$1.00
Served 5 to 8 P. M.
Today we have roast young
turkey or fried spring
chicken dinner. Both
temptingly served
with other
seasonable
dishes.
Swetland's
269-271 MORRISON ST.
A Pleasant Place to Dine
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TYPEWRITER CO.
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Phone Broadway 7481.
Stores San Francisco. Seattle.
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348 Washington Street
Rugs, the Same
as on anything: elae you select at
Edwards' term to please each
personal requirement will be arranged.
New Patterns Arrivals of the Past Week Are Included
at These Interesting Prices
All Are Size 9xl2 Feet, and From Seven to Twelve Designs at Each Price.
' Washable ' Seamless Wool Velvets Linen Fringed
Art Fibers Brussels
Bedroom
, $14.75
The Above Mentioned
$19.85-
.and Axminsters
$33.85
Your Want May Be
Wilton Velvets
$49.50
are typical Edwards' values. Look 'em over your decision
will be pleasantly abided by. What you and every other
home furnisher wants is Honest Value. Edwards' bids you:
Investigate Before Tou Invest!
for Whittal's "Anerlo-Pefsian." "Ansrlo-Kirman" or "Tenrac."
Perhaps a "Karnack," "Sedan" or "Imperial Sarouk;' In sires
large, medium or small. Again Edwards' bids you: Investi
gate Before Tou Invest!
In Ivory enamel; Bed. Triple
Mirror Dressing Table. Chif
fonier, Slipper Rocker CQ 7C
and Chair; also at , 03il 0
S20 Cash S3 Week.
No Interest.
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Values in the Front
Windows Today
LIVING ROOM
DINING ROOM-BEDROOM
All-in-One
For your apartment or bunga
low - with, combination living and
dining room and possibly only one
bedroom. As the illustration shows,
there's a tapestry overstuffed bed
davenport, . tapestry overstuffed
rocker, library extension table,
two Windsor-back straigrft chairs
and two Windsor-back arm chairs.
Pieces Will Be Sold Separately aa
Pollgira Brown Mahogany Finish i
Overstuffed Bed Davenp't.. $75.00
Overstuffed Arm Rocker. .$39.73
Library Extension Table .. $36'.00
Straight Chairs, each ..... .$11.75
Arm Chairs, each. ........ .12.6o
"Queen Anne
Walnut or Mahogany
Table and Six Chairs
$105
Of all periods, you'll no doubt agree,
there's none so choice or charming, yet
simple as Queen Anne. Notice the grace
ful lines and, when the table is extended,
whether one or two leaves are used, the
base remains evenly divided. The back
panels of chairs vary slightly from illus-r
tration. Seats are covered with genuine
leather In the New Blue color. All chairs
are carefully finished to match either table.
li VIS It I ti rL
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Autumn's Carnival of Attractive
Loveliness Where the Artistic Is
Blended With Stability. New and
Charmingly Distinctive Suites With
ow-Foot Beds
All are priced separately, so yon may select Jnjit the ones
to fit Tour Individual requirement. Terma to fit each per
sonal need will also be arranged. If desired..
Walnut and Decorated Ivory
Princess Vanity . S5S.OO
Dainty Cane Bench ; H.oO
Bow-foot Bed -v J"AX
Novelty Slipper Rocker lvS2
Inside Tray Chif ferette .- - 3 4.25
Desirable size Dresser - 3S.OO
Silver-Tone and Mahogany
Bow-foot with Cane Eed 848. OO
Lovely big Dresser . 852
Vanity; also a beauty 62.75
Chiffonier with mirror
Table Lamp Stand 12.75
Cane Bench for Vanity. .11.50
Ivory and Walnut
Pieces as Illustrated
, Exquisite Vanity . $98.75
Character Bow-foot Bed 63. oO
Dresser you'll admire..... Zx-Zvi
Tudorose Chifferette 59. QO
Quaint Bench for Vanity 15.25
Rocker or Night Stand . X6.SO
OK THE THIRD FLOOR YOTJ SEE A VARIETY OK FOITR
AND FIVE-PIECE SUITES NOW PRICED FROM
$59.75 to $114.00
Discarded Furniture
RUGS AND
RANGES
Taken as part payment on new furnishings, regardless of what
you may select. The Exchange Floor is a place of wonderful
convenience. . "
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Steel
Cots
(Single SUe)
$0.95
$26.75
$42.50
RA YV AC
ELECTRIC
$32.50
9200 R. P. M. speed motor.
With phosphor bronze
alloy bearings.
One-piece cast aluminum
fan.
Wheel-driven soft hair
brush that will not pull
the nap out of carpet.
Weight 10 pounds. Heavy
enough to be durable and
light enough to be easily
carried around.
Full Web Construction and
Three Spring-Filled Loose
Cushion Overstuffed
Tapestry
Davenports
That Would Be Conservative and Honest Valns
at K11O.0O and lS.OO.
$89.50--$98.50
Beside having full web base and back con
struction, these Davenports have all-coil springs
securely sewed Into separate pockets. For your
convenience Edwards has a frame with this
skeleton construction displayed on the Main Floor.
(Chairs and Rockers to match all Davenport ara
built the same way.)
Two Separate and Distinct Ranges
Built Together Upon One Bae
TAKES I'P ONLY 3S-INCH SPACE!
Set Up Complete With Hot
Water Coils and Gas Connected
$155
2-Inch Continuous Post Bed,
High Riser Steel Link Spring,
45-Lb. Felted Cotton Mattress
$3.00 Cash $1.00 Week No Interest
Tour choice of Ivory or V. M. (Gold Color) finish Beda Premier wire steel link
springs are suspended from heavy Helical coils at both ends and the mattresses have
Imperial rolled edges', leaking them reversible. tl
1 ' ',
The saving on this bed, spring; and mattress is very appreciable an amount thafa '
really worth while; 'as for the terms, they will be arranged to please your personal
need If those stated are not entirely convenient.
2 Cash. S3 Week No Interest.
Tir Old Stove Taken As Part PaymenC
Four-burner gas top; two-lid wood and coal cook
ing top.
Separate wood and coal ovens and separate gas '
baking oven.
Separate broiling oven with boiling burner in the
bottom.
Beautiful polished top and plain nickel trimmings.
White enamel splashers and white enamel door
panels.
Ga'Xle-Ushter, eliminating tha need, of Ir'l'm,