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1 - : - t - I-. J , i , : I ,1 ; THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST T4. :1918. WILSON RUSSIAN NVASIOW FOR THE PRESENT .Few Troops Will Be Sent by United States and Japan to Safeguard Country. CIVIL COMMISSIONS FOLLOW State Department . Says Mer chants and Labor Missions Will Be. Sent Later. (Continued From Pats On.) 1 PURCHASES BIG WILCOX MILLS PUBLIC ARNED bo w illing to accept asaintance. Wheth r from Vladivostok or from Murmansk' and Archangel, the only 'present object for which American troop will be em ployed will be. to gruartl military store which may subsequently be needed by Kunalan forces, and to render such aid as may be acceptable to the Russians in the organization of their own seLfr defense. It Amrlran Proposition "With such- objects- In view, the gov eminent of the United States is now co operating with the governments of France and Great Britain In the neigh borhood of Murmansk and Archangel. " The United States and Japan - are the only powers Vhlch are Jut now In a position to act In Siberia in sufficient force to accomplish even such tmodest oDjeriives as those that -have Deen out lined. The government of the United States has, therefore, proposed to the government of Japan that each of the two governments send a fqjrce of men tj viaaivosroK witn tne purpose or coop erating a a single for.ce In the oocupa tlon of Vladivostok and in safeguarding, so far as it may, the country to the rear of the westward-moving CzechO' Slovaks; and the Japanese government has consented. ?To Interference "In taking this action, the government' of the United States wishes to announce to the people of Russia, In a most solemn and public manner that It contemplates no Interference with the political sov ereignty of Russia, no intervention in her International affairs not even ih the Ucal affairs of the limited areas which her military force may be obliged to occupy and no Impairment of' her territorial Integrity, either now or hefc after ; but that what we are about to do has as Its single and only object the rendering of mich aid as shall be ac ceptable' to the Russian people them selves 1n their endeavors to regain .con trol of their affairs, their own territory and their own destinies. "The Japanese government, It Is un derstood, will Issue, a similar assurance. Other Allies Assent "These plans and purposes of the gov ernment of the Uijited States have been communicated to the governments or Oreat Britain, France and Italy and those governments have advised- the department ,of state that they assent to them In principle. No conclusion that the government of the United States has arrived In this Important matter is intended, however, ' as an effort to re strict, the actions or Interference with the Independent Judgment of the gov ernments with which we associated In the wir. It is also the hope and purpose of the United States to take advantage of me earnest opportunity to send to Si berla a commission of merchants, agri cultural experts, labor advisers. Red Cross representatives and agents of. the Y. M. C. A. accustomed to organizing tne pest methods of spreading useful Information and rendering educational Belp of a modest kind, n order In some systematic way to relieve the Immedi ate economic necessities of the people tnere for which an -opportunity may open. Tne execution of this plan will follow and will not be permitted to em barrasa the military assistance ren dered to the Cxecho- Slovaks." Is - ' V-'-tif r;4-: . J ' " ! ''"::" r- T a,': :-; -' -:-', w : WTssX. . . M W'yyj.-yy .. . Jr X. iKiVi-fe.-S. .V.V Jr J I II t- .y ''''liiini una ' ft IS V AGAINST MAGAZINE - .---'Mi J FOR POOR CHILDREN Ad Club Investigates Children of the Poor" zine; Publisher Arrested. Magaj The better business bureau of the Portland Ad club issued on Saturday a warning against solicitors for a mara zine called VLittle Children of the Poor." This magazine la now in the second month of lta publication," reported Charles W. English, secretary of ihe bureau, who has been conducting a lo cal Investigation for the past week. 'Ilts home office is San Francisco. Three complaints charging petty larceny were recently filed in San Franci3do against James Gordon Worthlngton, ' proprietor of o the Western Printing company und publisher of the magazine, "little Chil dren of the Poor." It is claimed that Worththgton has secured tlOOlOOO through solicitation for this magazine. but. that the charges are for petty lar ceny because the amount In each in stance Is only $2. The representation of the solicitors has been that the money paid for subscriptions was to be used to buy milk . for needy children In this country every day of the year. "I found that the local representative of the magazine had taken offices m a local office building, but shortly akter my Investigation had begun and also after the charges were filed at San Francisco the local offices were vacated nd I have been unable to find the local representative. I understand, however, that the solicitation is proceeding With out a central office and wish to warn people against the scheme." Max II. Houser, w;ho has had a phenomenal rise to pre-eminence in the Brain business ot the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Houser has secured fha Portland and Puget Sound Flouring Mills company and their sub sidiaries. All profits on these industries above 6 per cent will go to the Red Cross land other recognized war charities. Houser 's Rise in Business World Remarkably Rapid Max II. Houser'sj rise in the business world has been phenomenally, rapid, yet it has been altogether due to. his own untiring energy and ability. From a small beginning in. Pofiieroy. Wash., 22 years ago, he has developed a grain ex port and import business that has ex tended his trade connections into every quarter of the world. He has shipped wheat by trainloads and there have been times when ; in every principal port of the United! States, ships under Ilouser charter have been engaged simultaneously in loading grain sent by him from interior! points. Though he was lh a fair way to add millions to the millions he already pos sessed when the war broke out. Mr. Houper resigned the active direction of his Pacific Grain company in-order to become northwest; agent, and subse quently vice president, of the food ad ministration grain corporation at a sal ary of $1 a year from the government. He made the sacrifice just as Schwab, Ryan and other of the country's big executives have nsadeIt. in order to help his countrv Win the war. All of his large profits . from his business holdings have gonf to war relief work since he accepted ; the, government ap pointment aind he announces his inten tion of following the same policy , with the ac- made for a much needed ' vacation "in cluding a trip abroad at the termina tion of . the war, It wa with a great deal of reluctance that I took part In acquiring- this property, for -It la need less to say that I will now necessarily hava to forego the much looked for vacation, as I feel at the close of" the war' there will be trade opportunities open and available for flour fronv the Northwest that have never been open before, and It Is my ambition ' to see flour from the Pacific Northwests go ing to the four corners of the globe. "This trade aggrandizement can bs best carried out by a Joint and , co operative effort on the part of the mills of the Pacific NoVthwest. as: this plan is now being outlined and In some instances almost perfected throughout many of the eastern manu facturing centers." One of Largest la Sorthwett. ; Isaac D. Hunt, chairman of the board of directors of the Portland Flouring Mills Company, who represented - tha Portland Flouring Mills Company ' and Its various interests in the negotiation with Mr. Houser for the sale of the prop erties, said : i T. B. WILCOX MILLS ARE PURCHASED BY HOUSER (Con tinned From Pace One.) "Mr. Houser ii' to bt; congratulated upon acquiring the properties of . the Portland - Flouring Mllla Company and lis subsidiary companies, as they consti tute one of the largest enterprises in the Northwest. The Portland Flouring Mills i Company, for mora -than a generation, has belonged to the Wilcox and Ladd families, and under the personal direc tion of the late Theodore B. Wilcox achieved a remarkable growth and suc cess. During the lifetime of Mr. Wilcox numerous overtures were made to him and his associates by ; various persona seeking to acquire the ownership of the business, but owing to the large amount of money involved and necessary to han dle such a transaction, a salewas ner consummated. I- . ',. 1 Fellow wueox't reuey,; .- t,.-. "After the death of Mr. Wilcox. bit family decided to continue the opera tion -of the Portland Flourmg Mills com pany under the direction of Raymond B. Wilcox, his eldest son.;! who several months ago was elected president to suc ceed his father, and at that time he was surrounded by a board of directors con ceded to be one-of tne strongest in tne Northwest, among whom were Edward CooUncham. vice-president of lhe'Ladd Tllton bank"? Chester Thorpe,' "president of the National Bank of Tacoma ; H. F. Alexander, president of the- Pacific Steamship Company ; E. A. Stuart, presi dent of the Carnation' Milk ? Products Company, and W.; P.. Hawley. president of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company. j "Recently unexpected overtures! from several different sources were made re specting the purchasing of the i Port land Flouring Mills Company and a number of conferences; were heldj Ru mors of euch negotiations undoubtedly reached Mr. Houser and he made a cash ffer for the properties consistent with the estimates of values which Mr. Wil cox had maced on the various plants during- his lifetime. Inasmuch as It was the policy of Mr. Wilcox during the pe riod of his active management to sell the properties whenever a purchaser fi nancially able to handle the transaction appeared and offered a fair value, this policy Was continued by the Wilcox family, and they had the additional In centive to conclude the transaction with Mr. Houser and his associates, inasmuch ou k. , Portland capitalist and the ownership of ne properties would 'be continued In Portland people with a local, management . The Wilcox family la par tlcularly gratified with 'the sale to Mr. Houser and it Is hoped that the burtnesa will grew and prosper fully as well un der the new ' ownership as under " the leadership of the late Theodore B. Wil cox and of his son, Raymond B. Wilcox.' .Mr. Houser .Informs me that he is Civing a certain portion of the earnings of the "business to various war relief works, "and It Is my judgment that the war tactlvlties which he may designate to be the recipients will undoubtedly re ceive substantial additions to their funds." ;' ' Twenty Years Without vacation 1 Madison. Id, Aug. N" George Austermuhle. of Madlso... claims thT honor of longest continuous service ?ilhhthe Standard Oil compa He ha. been In the employ of the k"" organization for 10 JM jnd has not been absent from hi. . r iiu mo oow.-i i . . a hr n&a W ' Portland capitalist sfld thej tnai k the lucrative milling properties, of Wilcox family which he has now quired. - , Mr. Houser is a westerner. He was born 45 years ago in Colville, Wash. He received his education from the public schools of Washington and at Willam ette university. IJe engaged in the grain business In a small wy at Pomeroy Wash., in 18?6. and a year later made his first venture in flour milling. He came to Portland in 1908. Theodore B Wllcoxad long been the towering- ure of: the western grain trade, but Mr Houser I made progress so rapidly Uia it wWa comparatively short time until he was 8tandinin a position of for midable competition to the miller and exporter. Many-, portlanders will now find a poetic element- In the fact that the mantle of Wilcox has fallen upon Houser and that the younger man will assume the work and influence both possessed prior to Mr. Wilcox death a few months ago. Mr. Houser is active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Arlington club. He is a champion of all substantial lo cal oort development efforts. He has been a heavy investor in the govern ment's war securities and one of the most generous contributors to worthy war relief causes. time, as with the wor kthat I am doing it may seem strange that I should be acquiring this property, but ;as Vnatterj developed, and having always in ttilnd the matter of local pride", and alsd for future uses in connection with my busi ness after we have won the war, having conferred with some . of friends, I was strongly urged .to over the property rather than to se tha control of It pass elsewhere and away from the Pacific Northwest. - "I am taking no interest In the man agement of the business while I am occupying . the position of vice piresl- dent of the grain corporation, rangements are being completed the placing of my stock In ' trust a trustee who will have full super vision of the books and the earnings ana ror an net proms due .me on my holdings over and above six per to be set aside for distribution to Red Cross and other recognized charity organizations. ; So Selfish Motlret "I think this should obviate or pel any feeling that I have taken this business with any ulterior selfish motives. In fact, having In mind the position I was endeavoring to fulfil and,., the plan that ' I j had ;immiimiiinmimiiiiumiimiiiiiii: Godowsky 4 Konenkamp to Meet Postmaster General Chicago, Aug. 3. (U. P.) President S. J. Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers' union will confer at Washington Wednesday with Postmas ter General Burleson. The conference, it is stated, will have to do with the alleged discharge of union telegraphers in Western Union offices subsequent to the assumption of wire control by the government Meetings of the telegraphers' union in many cities will be held tomorrow; The meetings. It was stated, will consider resolutions addressed to the postofflce department, requesting removal of President Newcomb Carlton of the Western Union Telegraph company from duties connected with govern mental operation of the telegraph. Klamath Girls to . Be Student -Nurses Klamath Falls, Aug. S.-Klamath county Is giving its usual generous reply to the call of the government for student nurses. Enrollment be gan last Monday and on that day. Miss Dora Savage, of Fort Klamath. 40 mile north of here; Miss Norma Probst, Miss Waive Jacobs and Miss lna Jould. of this city, signed en rollment caras. it is expected that oeiore tne opportunity passes tot reg ister ior mis service, several other Auamatn girls will Join the list. Fleecing in Fleeces ; Barred in Wisconsin Sun Prairie, Wis.. Aug 3. (I. N, S.) - W. F. Renk. secretary of th sin Sheep Breeder's association, is urg ing the sheepmen as well as member, of the state boys' and girls' aheep clubs, to communicate with their county agents ii-uemcrs nave any opposition to din. count the prices to be paid for their rieeces. Aitnough ;the government has set the price of wool. Mr. Ttcnu nA- that there is too little uniformity lnthe interpretation Dy uie buyer of the gov eminent rules. STEEL GUITARS $6.00 AND UP r FREE LESSORS GIYEJT McDou&all Music Co. Goat-Getting Is Popular in England London. Aug. 3. (U. P.) Goat get ting is coming right along as a national sport in this country. Everyone who knows anything about nannies is writing to the papers urging everyone to get one goat at least and more if possible and keep them. The right kind of goat yields about two quarts of milk daily and the gentleman of the species the boys with the Farmer Brown whiskers are said to produce first class' mutton. Cowboys Migrate to Northern Round-Up "Broncho Bob" Hall Stops In City F.n Route to Pendleton From Los An geles; Intends to Win First Honors. "Broncho Bob" j Hall, well known Round-Up star, is in the city with two companions on their way from Los An geles to Pendleton, where they will pre pare for the annual Round-Up in that city next month. They are making the trip by auto. LasS year Hall won sec ond place In the bucking horse riding events' at both the Albany and Pendle ton shows. The . year before he won third place, but. he states that this year he Is going out for first honors. After the Pendleton Round-Up Hall .states that he Intends to enlist ' In the army, although he has a wife and two children dependent on him and has been refused admission on that account before. H6 is registered at Independ ence. Or., his home town. Since last fall Hall -has been appear ing in motion pictures in Los Angeles, recently being' connected with Douglas Fairbanks' company,, taking part in "Bound in Morocco," Fairbanks' latest nlctiirA soon to hA ' rMfmAri TIoll ilrua trick and ancv ridlna- as well a atrato-ht ( "PPly will be eent in plain wrapper by the iriCK anaiancy riaing as well as straight I bctt Laboratories. Portland. Oregon, oa re- contest events. A Famous Specialist's Receipt tor Removing Hair and Fuzz - Master Piano Classes Aug. 26 to Sept. 21 Pemo-ant' Is a new scientific preparation, dain tily, perfumed, originally prepared by one of America's foremost fpeeialw. For the removal of hair from the face, neck and arms nothing will equal ' Oemosant'. After one application of Dcmosant' the akin is clear, smooth, of natural color and hairless. r Aa Ions as fashion decrees sleerelesa gowns and sheer fabrics for sleeves, the woman of re finement requires Demosant' to conform modestly to the TCTealment of arm and shoulders. De mount is daintily perfumed. . Drug and depart ment stores will sell Itomosant or a plentiful oeipt of eeTenty-fiTe cents. Ad. 4fc ft SPECIAL A NNO UNCEMENT I . - ... PROF. RINGLER has returned fromjSan Fran- Cisco witn xne iaiest-reaern aances, ana dur ing the month of August will give special pri . vate and class instruction at reduced rates. The new dances include the Pershing Trot, thej Tickle Tee, the Rainbow, Camouflage 5 Trot, American Waltz and others. Beginners'' . Class every Monday, Wednesday, Friday night, -7:45, at beautiful . - . ' COTILLION HALL, 14TH OFF WASH. BROADWAY 3380 ,1V LESSONS $5.(J0 DELIGHTFUL DANCING INFOFUV1ALS Every Tuesday, Wednesday, v Thursday and Saturday. Dartce in the coolest and most beautiful hall . in the West. Wonderful ball-bearing spring floor. Best music. 25c and 50c Strangers will receive a most cordial welcome if i I V j 'i: . - .! i Musical ! M :umty I of a Lifetime for Students and 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiriiiiiii nun S ' -For terms and details -writs EE SS EtlLISOS'. WHITE COXSERVATOKY OF MUSIC SS . . , Managing Directors Broadway Bnlldlng, Fortune NEW TODAY FOR FOUR DAYS ICE COOLED L00 Murtagh's concert today; in cludes a musical ijovelty a sight-seeing trip in New York. You visit Chinatcpyn ; you hear Jolson then you listen to Caruso a Wild night in a Cabaret, then We Won't Go Home Till Morning" "So Long, Ladies,'' 'N EVERYTHING. "You'll Enjov Every Minute of" It." . bo. AROUND NEW YORK IN 20 MINUTES" Plot by.. H. B. Murtarh , Henry B. Murtah CKJCslsVS -' J Music Dy.....--Henry Barnard MurUfh ; tit nut In the tamlly) to t 'A THE WD GROWS NUMB vtien it pictures the fate of those in the hands of the Hun over in shell-swept France, but even Mars, the War God, whose work of destruction seemed complete, could not cool the ardor of this brave girl's love. , A special song, written! for "MISSING," will be played before each per- formanice. as a . prologue liberty News Review THE LIVEST NEWS IN MOTION" "Her Blighted 9 Brimfull "of Breezy Brjinlessnejs . MACK SENNETTS NEWEST - JOY-JAG - 9tk AUer Street sear Broadway - -lUiiimiuimiimiimmmmimmmi . ' jr