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Knox Speech
-Widens Split in His Party.!
Knox After Johnson Clan, r
Reservationists Denounced, j
Plain Speaking in Senate
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-By David Lawrence-
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Washington, l-; C.., May 7. Pres
t i . -irn-.n haa tieert waiting in
jucnv, . ... .. '
Biienc tor the men who defeated j
the treaty of Versailles in the senate
to offer ; an alternative course of
action. , '-''.
Senator f Philander C. Knox, former
secretary of state and Republican
leader, a member of the group irrecon
cilably opposed to the treaty with or
without reservations, has "spoken in de
fense of the plan to make peace by
congressional resolution.
In so far as this brings out. at least,
the lines of battle, H marks a step
forward toward the great contest at the
polls, where the issue will be "decided
Jn so far as it emphasizes the hopeless
deadlock between i the executive and
legislative branches of the government.
1C050CXAST AT WORK
The statement breathes anew on the
passion of personal strife and party
bitterness which has ; prevented agree
ment for so long. The Pennsylvania
senator's speech made a deep impres
sion. It was carefully prepared and
skilfully pieced together.
But it was avowedly a destructive
criticism analysis of what had been
done, what might have been done, jwhat
i should have been proposed at Paris. . It
doesn't propose Jany concrete or general
plan for action in the face of today's
situation beyond a vague suggestion for
an International conference some day
wherein European nations shall be per
suaded to ,give up the provisions of
the treaty which they have already
ratified and pre . now. executing, and
set' up a new basis of International law.
TAKES EXTREME STAND
But' Senator Knox makes an honest
presentation ' of the viewpoint of the
irreconcilable. He doesn't take refuge
behind the cry for "proper reservations."
He brushes aside as "untrue" all the talk
about "Americanizing the treaty with
reservations"', indulged in by Lowden,
Harding. Wood. Will Hayes and others.
He defines the Issue exactly as Senator
Hiram Johnson has so persuasively put
it in his successful primary campaign.
I is against the whole treaty and the
league. Here is j the most interesting
paragraph in the speech. "-
"It has been, said that .reservations
proposed in the senate Americanise the
League. This, of course, is not true.
A more accurate statement of the effect
of those, reservations is that they tend
to : make it safer ; for America to- enter
the League by refusing to be bound
In many important matters toy its ,.a
tion. But it is not enough that the
League shall be made' safe for America, j
it must be made safe for'alFwho enter
It and safe for the world.'. As I see it,
nothing .could be -fraught, wjth more
danger than any nation having a special
ly insured -relation to a' league where
the other members are subject to the
dangers against which the immune na
tion attempts to secure . ItBelf. :
WAR REALLY ENDED i
The foregoing is what President Wil
son has contended in his opposition to
reservations and will explain to the
historian of the 1 future why Senator
Knrx and the irreconcilable Republicans
voted with the administration Democrats
against the Lodge reservations, and thus
prevented the treaty from getting the
Tiecessary two-thirds. It makes: it pos
sible for the: president to insist that
the Republican party is dominated by
the viewpoint of Senators Knox and
Hiram Johnson and not by Senator
Lodge. It foreshadows the division of
voters into three: parties on the treaty
issue .at least.
Senator Knox I marshalled precedent
"after precedent to prove that peace by
joint resolution is as - effective legally
a a treaty of peace. There isn't a bit
of doubt that if the president happened
to be on 1 the other side of the fence
thoso same precedents ' would be mar
shalled by him. No doubt exists here
that hostilities have ended in the war
with Germany and that for all practical
purposes the war is at an end. , I -CANT
OVERCOME TETO
But unfortunately the constitution of
the. United States isn't very explicit arid
both sides can debate from now until
doomsday about i the respective j powers
of each branch of the government and
there is no way to decide the dispute
unless a case were brought to the su
preme court of the United States, some
thing that would take many months to
bring about. I
y So the president is determined j to veto
the peace resolution If it passes the sen
ate as it did the house, and" everybody
admits that it will be next to Impossi
ble to get a two-thirds vote to pass the
resolution over the president's veto.
This Is so : universally conceded that
congress is getting ready to take a sum
mer recess in a few weeks while the
conventions and campaign are on.
' The Knox speech is campaign mater
ial. President Wilson will add fuel to the
. flames very, soon by returning the
treaty of Versailles as his . answer to
the attempt to make peace by resolu
tion. But he isi generally expected to
'turn over a new! leaf and so phrase his
statement accompanying the treaty as to
leave-open the paths. of compromise on
reservations.
That is b.e way he wants to have the
matter rest, as three factions In the dis
. puts argue the - case before the great
American jury. ; The , Republicans torn
between irreconcilable opposition to the
whole' treaty and the Lodge reservations
and the - Democrats solidly behind the
"Wilson viewpoint. :
i That's where the rub comes, however,"
as William ' Jennings Bryan and others
in the Democratic fold are themselves
irreconcilably opposed to Article Ten
and others things which "the president
thinks - fundamental. Wilson may - not
be a candidate, but from now on he will
f'ght to make the San Francisco con
vention indorse , his viewpoint on the
trerty and reservations. . : ::
Hamar Greenwood Is
Sent to : Parliament
London, -1 May 7.-(l, N. S.) Sir
Hamar' Greenwood, recently appointed
chief" secretary for Ireland; was elected
r to parliament by a good majority from
the Sunderland district, returns o -ich
were announced today
RIVAL ROADS :
SEEK CLOSER
WORKINGPLAN
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muiuai understanding tor better-
merits
in "? Northwest Include
Elimination of Duplicated Ef
forts;
Leaders Talk It Over.
.Rivalry
between the Hill and Har-
riman railroad interests which once
.swayed the destiny of - every trans
continental ; line in North America
still exerjs j Its Influence oyer the
railroad World j today, although a
closer understanding between the
two factions has been reached than
ever before in their history, j -
This fact 0 was , indicated Thursday
evening following, an all-day conference
of executives of , transcontinental lines
in the offices of J. P.0'Brlen, general
manager f the O-W.' R. & N. and
president of the North Pacific Terminal
company. . . ' ; ,
Heads or representatives of the heads
of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Great Northern, Northern Pacific,. S P.
& S. railroad ey sterns, , and' the North
Pacific -Terminal; company, -were pres
ent at the meeting to consider a gen
eral policy' of elimination of duplicated
efforts in -this territory.
From 10 o'clock in the morning until
7 :30 o'clock in the evening the officials
discussed consolidated use of the Union
station, particularly by the Great North
ern railroad, and the elimination of du
plicated trackage j of the Oregon ..Trunk
and the O-W., Up the canyon ; of the
Deschutes "into Central Oregon, i
Neither J of the ' two large questions
was definitely decided, although an
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column four)
DID INNOCENT MAN
DIE FOR BLUEBEARD
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Shelburne Falls, - Mass., May 7.
(I. N. S.) Wa Jack O'Neil's solemn
protestation ;f '- innocence - as ; he ,
mounted the gallows true? ' '
Was the real slayer of Mrs Hattie
McCloud j lln 1898, Newton " Harvey,:
the modern "Bluebeard"? ; ?
These questions are being .asked today
by the residents of Western. Massachu
setts as the .result of the sensational
statements! of O'Neil's sister, Mrs. Nellie
Ackerman,! in Cleveland, Ohio. She de
clares that ; she believes Harvey will
Confess tol the crime if the matter is
recalled to his memory. She demands
that her brother's name be cleared.
TOCNO WIDOW SLAMf , 7 ' - .
Mrs. Hattie McCloud. a young and at
tractive widow-, , was found dead in a
clump of bushes here January 7, 1897.
She had been strangled. . A heck for
80 was missing. John O'Neill, better
known ?asl "Jack." was lavish with
money the! day following the murder. He
could not explain where he got It, was
arrested and convicted of the murder.
He was 27; years of age when hanged.
Mrs. ' Ackerman in Cleveland - charges
that Harvey was an , intimate friend of
the murdered woman and would have
had more : of a motive to make away
with her; than O Nell.
BELIEVE! BROTHER INNOCENT
Mrs. "Ackerman said; "My sister and
myself believe that it was Harvey and
not our i brother who murdered Mrs.
McCloud. IProbably this is, one of the
crimes that he says he cannot remem
ber. We; intend tp make every effort
to nave 1 tne . western autnorities run
down this; matter and clear our broth
er's name,; if possible. -;- - I -
"My brother's last words as he stood
on the gallows were: 1 go; to. meet my
God, but X go an innocent man. My
father, who died as a result of the shock,
said that ' the . whole truth would be
known some day and I believe it is be
ing revealed now."
Bluebeard Story Denied
Greenfieldi Mass., May 7.--(I. N. S.)
County and i local police authorities de
clared this afternoon that the "New
ton Harvey" who formerly lived in
Shelbourne Falls is now a resident of
Canada and that they have been in com
munication with him today through the
Canadian police.- vi -
This, the police say, disposes of the
theory of Mrs. Nellie Ackerman ef Cleve
land that r "Bluebeard" Harvey at Los
Angeles was the slayer of Mrs. Hattie
McCloud, in Shelbourne Falls.
Campaign Begun by
American Legion to
Force Bonus Action
Washington, May 7, (U. P.) The
American i Legion today began a cam
paign - to force action on the soldiers'
bonus bill. Franklin D'Olier. ; national
commander of the legion, said that he
had sent telegrams to alt posts urging
them to state to their congressmen that
they demand the. passage of the Ford -
ney bonus! bill, , the measure recently re
ported from the ways and means com
mittee and now being revised, due . to
Republican objections.
Ludendorff Eeturns
From Hiding Place
Berlin! May 7, (L NV S.) General Lu
dendorff has returned to his residence
in Victoria Strasse after a , mysterious
five weeks' absence. His whereabouts
have been! unknown In Berlin, and it is
popularly supposed that be has been In
hiding for fear of investigation in con
nection with the Von Kapp episode.
MORGAN, HAimDIAN, ROCKEFELLER, CIIIEFS LN NOTABLE CONFERENCE
PHOTOGRAPH taken Thursday evening of beads of great transcontinental lines at the close of their three day. conference in
Portland. - These, sessions; were among the most-important held by railroad officials in the West in recent years and brought
together the controlling geniuses of the rival Hill and Harriman systems. The meetings were held in the offices of J. P.
O'Brien in; the .Wells Fargo building"' Shown in the photograph are: Seated,; Teft to rightJ. P. O'Brien, president North Pacific
Terminal company; William Sproule, president' Southern Pacific;" Carl R. Gray, president Union Pacific system; L.. C! Oilman,
president S., P. & S. ; Ralph Budd, president Great Northern ; George T, Reid, assistant to president Northern Pacific! Standing,
left to right J. H. Dyer, general manager Southern Pacific; A C. Spencer, general attorney O-W. R. & N.; James H. O'Neill,
general manager Great Northern; Ben. C. Dey, legal' counsel Southern Pacific. . ' j ' .
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Two Star i Pitchers,
Springs! Sensation
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San Francisco, ' May 7. I. N. s.)
A .Pacific - Coast baseball sensation was
sprung . this i afternoon. y! with : the i an
nouncement by the San Francisco base
ball club of" the t retease-of Pitchers
Tom Seaton and Casey Smith, Their
release ; was the result of . "rumors of
most BertoUs - hature,'' ' involving ir
regularity in their playing and atti
tude toward ; the club, according to a
statement; by' Manager Charley Graham.
While no charges of gambling were
made in the . club's announcement, there
was that implication. ;.
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$19,000 RECOVERED
St. Louis, Mo., May 7. (U. p.)
Nine masked bandits held up s the
Drovera National bank on the East
St. Louis,' HI., side ; of Black bridge
today. One bandit was killed. An
other bandit was captured in a pis
tol dueL The $19,000 in cash stolen
from the bank j was ' found later in
an abandoned automobile. .
No Relief in Sugar
Until Fall, Asserts
Chicago Wholesaler
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Chicago;' May 7. "We fail to. see any
material, relief in the sugar situation,
either as" to quantity or" price, until Sep
tember, when the new beet sugar crop
will come on the market." said Reid
Murdock & Co. today.
-Granulated sugar ' is retailing jn Chi
cago today: for -from .25 to 30 cents ; a
pound, under ordinary conditions, and
possibly, a .cent or, sp more In certain
outlying sections. - In New York and
Boston, where the : western freight car
rying charge does not have to be reck
oned with, the retail price is 'from 23
to 25 cents.' -,.,,; Y; v ' ' '
Autoist -Fined $75 i i
For Eeckless Driving
When' He Hit Child
: Fred Propp, Hillsdale, whose machine
ran over - 4-year-old - Esther V Honstein,
880 East- Tenth street, at ' Mason and
Ten th streets, Monday afternoon, was
fined 75 this morning by Municipal
Judge Rossman on a) charge of : reck
less driving. ' -.'. ; ,,j
Witnesses testified, that Fropp was
unable to stop his machine until he
had run 45 feet after striking the child.
Propp : stated i the . child - ran -out sud
denly "from behind another' machine.
darting ip front of him. - He was going
25 miles an hour, according to the tes
timony. The child has a fraotured rib.
0-W. Trains Held Up
When Bridge Burns
Pendleton, May 7. -Traffic vover-,. the
Pendleton-La " Grande 'division of the
O-W. R. & N. has been tied up since
9 :Z0 o'clock Thursday night, owing to
a burned bridge 14 miles east of here.
The damage Will not be repaired before
late today. Six -passenger train are
delayed by the damage. : :.
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SUEERAGE
Hartford,': Conn., 1 May T7 -(L N.
S.) After .the pleas , of Jhe repre
sentatives of the emergency week
suffrage campaign, Governor . Hol
comb this afternoon said lte would
give careful consideration to the re
quest; for. a special .session of the
legislature to - ratify the suffrage
amendment and thus his' decision
would not be biased by any personal
opposition to, suffrage.
Festival of Applei
Blossoms at Hood
River Is Called Off
On the promise of the Hood River
Commercial club and valley apple grow
ers to let the Portland A club in on the
fall harvest of luscious fruit, the local
club has submitted regretfully to the ne
cessity of calUng off the annual apple
blossom festival at Hood River. -
In " a communication from the Hood
River club attention is called to the con
dition of the Columbia river highway be
tween Wyeth and Hood River, .where
contractors have spread crushed rock for
several miles in advance of their paving
operation, making automobile travel pre
carious - and unpleasant. -- The letter.
-signed by C W. McCullogh for the Com
mercial club, says : r,
"We wish at this time to extend a very
cordial invitation to the Ad club to be
our guests at some time in the fall when
the harvest is on and when the highway
paving Will be completed. Commencing
in. 1921 the apple blossom festival will be
established as an annual affair."
Registers in Oregon '
Confirmed in Senate
Washington, May 7. - I WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
The senate has - confirmed -. Victor- G.
Cozad as register of the land office at
Burns, : William .H. Canon register at
Roseburg, and ' Andrew- J. Foster, re
ceiver at Lakeview. - '
Fish Yarns Are
HEED
Some Whoppers Being Told
Fish stories are quite In order. t
' Some' of : the best . of them, true
ones,, too,, can . be told" off Oregon
streams and Oregon fishermen, and
a page of the next Sunday Journal
magazine , win be devoted ! to thia
feature of outdoor life in this state.
The article, well illustrated, 'tells when
and where to ' best enjoy the pleasures
made famous by Isaak Walton. The
'how" of it one must learn for oneself,
and perusal of The Journal's masApine
story will stir the ambition to be uJTand
away; with rod and tackle. ' : ;-j y ?
'", How'on of the prettiest , romances of
the great war has ended the century old
feud between the famous royal bouse of
Bourbon and the equally famous Bona
partist family of Murat is another fea
ture of the magazine. - The romance be
gan in the American hospital In Paris,
and those who saw service overseas will
Plans to Protect the
Grain Markets Axe
Launched by Barnes
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; : Chicago. May 7.-(L N. ,6.) Following-
a conference here today, with repre
sentatives - of -the-- largest grain Interests
of the oouatry,i Julius H. Barnes,, direc
tor if-the United States Grain eorpor!
tion, -appointed ; a committee of 16 lead
ing grain men, -consisting of two from
each grain exchange in the country, to
formulate plans for resumption of nor
mal trading - when the government's
guaranty law ! and control expire on
June 1. ; - i -.!--
Ways 'and means to prevent a- raid
on the wheat market, by foreign coun
tries after that date also will be planned.
It was pointed -out by Mr. Barnes at the
conference that the subsidizing of foods
in Europe had placed the wheat market
In peril. ., . : i .:;.. ..;
SPOKANE EXHIBITS
E
Washington, - May 7.- (U. P.)
Announcing the ' 1920 population of
Spokane, Wash., as 104,204, the cen-.
sus bureau today showed that Spo
kane's 'population decreased since
i?io.; :! ,;: : r
. Spokane is the only large city so far
announced which suffered a population
decrease in the decade just ended. .The
decrease . was -198 persons,v or 0.2 ' per
cent. . - : .i '. ' ' ; - '
Other population figures given out to
day include : " T' 1
Wolf Point, Mont; 1920 population
2098. - J,- .':
.' Chico, . Cal., 1920 - population . 8872 ; in
crease since 1910, 6122, or 136.6 per cent.
Mrs. Gompers. Dead
I After Long Illness
v Washington, May 7. Mrs. Samuel
Gompers, wife of the president of-the
American Federation of Labor,- died last
night at. her. home here. She had been
in failing health for two years, but her
illness only, became critical on Tuesday.
At the time of her death she had been
in. a state of coma for 24 hours. -
Now in Order
probably be. familiar, with some of the
places and faces mentioned In the story,
Temperamental Tetrazzinl is the sub
ject of another article of interest, setting
mrui, u . uoeauiis iioLea einger s con
tention that a great singer does not need
to .waste her time rehearsing, and ; that
a", competent " conductor, with - properly
trained musicians, , ought to ' be able to
accompany a , real artist without re-
nearsai. waiter uamroscn, the "com
petent, conductor" in .-the case, thought
differently," and when these two copvic-
tions clashed read what happened.
The new "middle class" union presents
a new angle of the strike and labor sit
uation ; and another love story of' true
life has to do with the u welcome lover
of Mrs. Kleist Richter.
, The Journal magazine's usual hints for
the boudoir and the home, and the. new
fashion pagev are Included In Portland's
leading Sunday- newspaper, the " only
Fortland Sunday paper still selling for
scents... , ...
GROVTH DFCRFAS
ASTORIA'S RATE
STAND BASELESS
Returning from Washington, T. C,
where he Represented the Oregon
public service commission iji the ver
bal argument of the Columbia basin
rate ase before the interstate com
merce commission, - Assistant 'Attor
ney General J.. O. Balley said this
morning that 'there is' no Just basis
for Astoria's criticism of the publio
service commission's position in the
Issue.' . , ; . ' ' .
"Oregon's Interest in this, important
ease was clearly stated" before the Inter
state commerce commission," .said he.
"The public service commission's posi
tion was determined not by .discrimina
tion between communities. , I
FCIffBAME3f TAL UW BUE8
"The position of the commission woe
not based, upon the personal favoritism
of one commission for pne community as
against another.
"Fundamental principle alone governed
the public service commission s determi
nation to join in, asking for lower rates
based upon recognition of the Columbia
water grade, distance and cost of trans
portation, between the" Inland Empire
and Portland, than between! the Inland
Empire 'and Puget Sound terminals.
'."It was primarily a contest between
P,uget Sound and Portland between the
mountain lines ana tne vaiiey route.
. ("Astoria, with benefit to her own In
terests, could have joined ;
have joined in the fight' for!
and ' should
recognition
of the Columbia water grade. Astoria
elected o take sides with Puget Sound.
ASTORIA DEEMED SAFE
"I do not believe Astoria
will be In-
Jured in any degree according to her
fears should the interstate- commerce
commission, in its report, adopt and put
in force the 'recommendation: of its chief
examiner that the" rate between Portland-Vancouver
-and a zone south . of
Snake river , should , not. exceed . 90 , per
cent of that between this zone and either
Puget Sound or Astoria. -
"On a basis of rates and distance and
cost of transportation, a- lower rale be
tween the zone south' of Srtake river
and Portland-Vancouver Us Just and eco
nomic Harm cannot result from regula
tion which . follows nature's , lavs."
Harry Nudelman Is
Convicted: by Jury
Of Theft: of Woo
Harry Nudelman," one of six men In
dicted for stealing government owned
wool from the warehouse of Theodore
Bernheim & Co..; was found guilty by
the Jury 1 in Federal Judge, Bean's court
today on three out of the (four counts
preferred against him. Attorney John
Manning. was given 10 days to" move for
a new'trtal. ..;-'
' By directed " verdict during the ' trial
which ended Thursday ( evening. Jack
Hlmmelfarb and Harry Hafter were ac
quitted. The other three defendants all
entered pleas of guilty. : .
Predicts Increased
PassengerBusiness
."George B'. Haynes, general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul ' railroad at Chicago, arrived in
Portland yesterday to epend several days
in -this section renewing acquaintances
and making a survey of i the passenger
business of this territory. The C, M. It
St. P., is arranging to handle a large
number of tourists to Portland this sum
Lover House of
Congress; Likely
o Increase to
500 Membership
Washington, May 7. The house of
representatives, with 435 members,
may pass the 600 mark. in memberj
ship after the present' year. The
increase is Indicated by early census
return,. . ; ' -: !
As congressional -apportionment - Is
made on the basis of the decennial cen
sus, the problem ' arising from an en
larged house is placed fairly up to con
gress. Leaders, already are discussing
a plan to hold the house at least in its
present proportions, t :
Congressional cUstricts now have an
average population of 211,430. If states
are given added representation for pop
ulation increases.' the. house wMll have
504 members on the basis ef 110.000.000
inhabitants. ; " !
E. F. Campbell, .chairman of the rule's
committee, urgea the ; logical method. Is
to increase the population requirements
for each congressional district. This is
certain to meef serious opposition from
states where losses or no inct eases in
population have occurred. These states
would lose congressional districts., and.
Influential members, because of redis
ricting, might find themselves residents
of the same district. I . I
In past years the policy has been to
increase . the house membership along
with the population, j Ten. years ago 4
members were added. ! The result of this
continued policy has been to double the
size of the house since? 1840. Members
no longer have their individual desks be
cause of lack of room and much confu
sion in business results.. i
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Washington. May ' 7. (U. P.)-
Profits of practically all big corpo
rations dealing in food, clothing, fuel
and basic raw materials now are
more than 100 per cent greater than
before the war, W, Jett Lauck,
former secretary of the national war
labor board, told the railroad board
today. :;'"--V-. .;-- .:
In support- 4t his testimony,-, Lauck
submitted United States treasury reports
and published statements of groups of
corporations showing average net profits
compared with capital stock totals for
the three year periods, 1912-1B14 and
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Sugar profits, Lauck showed, increased
generally 800 per- cent ; meat packing
profits between 00 and 400 per cent ;
clothing. 600 per cent ; shoes, 100 per
cent, and coal. 400 per cent. .
WAS PROFITS HUGE : !
Profits of from 25 to 100 per cent on
capital invested were not uncommon for
hundreds of corporations during the
three years, .according to Lauck s evl-
dence, This would Indicate that many
big. corporations; earned enough during
the war period to entirely return their
entire investment, he said.
Lauck appeared in behalf of railroad
workers, asking the ... board to approve
their demands for wage increases total
ing approximately l,000,0t0,000 annu
ally.; He blamed advancing living costs
almost entirely upon profiteering.
Lauck called, the board's attention to
public statements of 205 concerns which
showed a net earning of 8.7 per cent on
capital stock in 1912-14 and 23.9 per
cent In 1916-18. These corporations in
clude 57 concerns dealing In the basic
raw materials, steels, copper and manu
factured metal products ; 29 dealing in
food, products, including meat packing ;
19 in clothing ; 64 In fuel, light ' and
housing, and 38 dealing in mercantile
goods and agricultural supplies. j
"The outstanding fact," said Lauck,
"is that during the years 1918-18 these
corporations earned $1,250,000,000 a year,
or nearly 24 per cent of their capital
stock. This appears to be nearly three
times the average for the pre-war year
of 1912-14. They , were due in large
measure to the fact that these corpora
tions took a large proportion of every
dollar spent by a purchaser." ;
Germany to Climb
Back; Passes Low
Poiritl Says Mayer
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' By Ktwtos C. Parke
Paris.f May (I. N. S.)-r-Germany
has reached and passed her lowest point
and has now begun the -upward climb
which is destined to place her once more
among the foremost nations of the earth,
according to : Herr Mayer, German
charge d'affaires in Paris, who has Just
returned from aJ trip to Berlin.
Herr " Mayer - returned from Germany
with a decidedly optimistic view of con
ditions east of the Rhine. - .
Roads Give Notice .
Of Kise in Freights
Washington May 7. I. N. S.) All
railroads west' of the Mississippi river
today formally filed with the interstate
commerce commission 'proposals for ad
vances in freight rates of 24 per cent.
Their brief declared such an increase
r.eseesary to increase by 8352,893,000 a
year, the' minimum necessary to bring
their net income up to six per cent on
a property Investment of 88,963,883,000.
Bread Supply Still
" Good, Assert Bosses
: Portland is , getting a full supply of
white, rye and graham : bread, as ; well
as rolls, doughnuts, pies' and cakes, say
members 'of the Master Bakers union.
on the t seventh day of the strike of
union bakers. Little change is noted
In the situation, both sides contending
that they -will eventually win out.
PRO TS MOUNT TO
HUNDRED PER CENT
BORAH PLAWS
TO DEODORIZE
'REPUBLICANS
Senator Would Inquire Into Im
proper Use of Huge Sums-and
Bare Evil iMethods of Carpet
baggers in Southern States.
Vashlngton.j May 7. Announc
ing a determination to "clean
up tne Republican party," Senator
Borah has set out to compel the
seriour attention of loaders to his
charges of undue and Improper pre-
conventlon campaign I expenditures
and activities.!
If Borah's "ilanH work out the way' he
hopes, the Republican nomination for
president may hinge on 'the quest Ion of
expenditures of money, and promises, It
seemed evldentj today, f
Borah will firt concentrate hlM energy
on getting his; resolution for a sena
torial Investigation adopted. The sen
ate election -committee is exiK-cted to
take It up this jweek. 1
CONTENTS LOjOKi MVSlflClOtK
The next move probably will be to
gather information concerning a large
number of contests in Southern states.
These contests, j which are being made in
practically every Southern state, are
being paid for" from .some mysterious
source, according to Horah' alleged in
formation. Investigation will show, he
asserts, that the contests In many cases
have been "engineered" bv Northern
politicians for jpurposea
of their own.
The provision calling
for an Inquiry
Into the contested delegation and offers
of patronage la the most significant fea
ture of Senator Borah's resolution. It Is
a direct hit at the activities of Frank H.
Hitchcock and others in the councils of
the Republican party who have drummed
up delegations in the interest of Wood
in the South, j.
PROMISES Tfj BE BARED
' Senator Borah proposes lo find out
what promises have been given to the
voters in those states to induce them to
turn their delegations over to the Wood
managers. j -
Another important feature of the
BOrah resolution is thai ths committee,
If authorized, will move to Chicago when
the convention opens and will stay In ses
sion there ut the same time as the con
tested delegation ; claims are being put
before tiie convention. I
This will afford an opportunity to In
quire Into all tho facts that the na
tional committee might not want to
know regarding the manner In which del
egation were chosen.
The resolution provides for a report
as soon as possible on the "campaign
expenditures of tha various presidential
candidates In botlt parties, the names of
the persons, firms or corporations sub-
tConeluded on I'ttt Two, Column Thru)
ODESSA FALLS TO
UKRANIAN FORCES
London, May 1. (I. N. S.) Odes
sa, the chief seaport of Southern
Russia, was captured by Ukranlan
troops a week ago, said a News
Agency, dispatch from Paris today.
quoting Lemberg advices.
Odessa has; been called "the granary
of Southeastern Europe" and is of tre
mendous Importance not only to Russia,
but to all Southeastern Europe. It was
through Odessa that Russia formerly ex
ported her enormous wheat crop.
It was the fourth city In joint of pop
ulation in the Russian empire. The Inst
census, taken in 1901, placed Its. popula
tion at approximately 500,(WO. .
POLISH MOVE ON ItKDS IS
DEFENSIVE, SAYS MINISTER
(B l'nitfd SrwnJ
New York, May 7. "The PoIlHh cam
paign against the Bolshevik! in Ukralnia
is defensive and indicates no desire for
acquisition of extra territory," Prince
Caslmtr Lubomlrski, mln'uter for Po
land to the United States, declared in
an interview here today.
. Reports that Poland intended annex
ing parts of Ukralnia he characterized as
pure German propaganda.
"The assistance Poland Is extending
to Ukralnia In this campaign against
the Bolshevik!," he said, "is proof that
my country Is a friend of the smaller
nations. Ihsfead of attempting -to an
nex Ukralnia, Poland, despite Its own
privations, has been sendlr g food to her
sister republic. . ' '
"The present drive is being made for
two purposes, both defensive. Until It
began the Bolshevlkl were streaming
across the Polish borders, marauding to
satisfy their hunger, and spreading dis
ease. The . Bolshevik army was con
stantly threatening, and It was Irnjios
sib'e to keep our army of 700,000 men
idly looking on at such things. Conse
quently the drive had as one purpone the
pushing back of the Bolshevlkl so 8s to
give Poland a breathing spell. There was
dire need for the troops at home in in
dustries, ' but we could not demobilize
with the Bolshevlkl threatening us.
"Besides this, the Bolshevlkl, having
control of the railroads In Ukralnia,
would allow no grain to be transported,
and this was serioua to all of Kurope es
well as Poland. The drive has released
the railroad centers and the lines."
Report on National
Banks Called For
Washington. May 7. (I. N. S.)-Th
comptroller of the treasury today Issue.!
a call for the condition of national banks
as of the close of business on Tuesday,
May 4.
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