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CITY EDITION Road information Before you- start out driving this un certain Kuon read The Sunday Journal's How Is the Roadr It you don't find what you want there call The Journal personally or on 'phone and ask tor the "road information department." CITY EDITION It All Here and tVAM Trui THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, . rain ; southeasterly winds. - Minimum temperatures Tuesday: Portland ....... H New Orleans ...40 Helena... It New York ...... ft Los Angeles .... 61 8t Paul I2 'K-i"- ' '" .'H,'v' VOL. XIX. NO. 198. Estertd m ssgond-Clais ftstUr Posfe-Hlea, Portland, Orasoa PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1920. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS en trains, and rtwe ; STANDS S yg OKNT "COVENANT IS ONLY BARRIER AGAINST WAR" Republican and Independent Del egation Hears President Ask . That Every Candidate's Test Be League of Nations Issue. Washington, Oct. 27. (I. N. S) "The whole future moral force of right In the world depends upon the United States rather than upon any other nation and it would be pitiful indeed if after so many great peoples have entered the great league we should hold aloof," de clared President Wilson today in an address at the White House to a delegation of Republicans and inde pendents, headed by Hamilton Holt of New Tork, who pledged their support to the League of Nations. Holt, In addressing the president, stat ed that he felt sure that there were many Republicans and independents who were opposed to the league being made a party Issue and that they would support the loague. Although the president delivered the address to a small delegation at the White House, It was addressed to "My Fellow Countrymen." "I ""Rgest that the candidacy of every candidate for whatever office be tested by this question : 'Shall or shall we not redeem the great moral obligations of the United States?' " the president de clared. 8ESTIMEST 18 SFCBIOCS "The so-called Americanism which we hear so much prating about now is spurious and Invented for party purposes only. No one who opposes the ratifica tion of the treaty of Versailles and the adoption of the covenant of the League of Nations has proposed any other adequate means of bringing about settled peace. There I no other available or possible means and this means Is ready at hand. They have on the contrary tried to persuade you that every pledge contained In Article X, which Is the essential pledge of the whole plan of security, is Itself t a threat of war. It Is, on the contrary, an assur ance of the concert of all the free peo ples of the .wwl."-?; v;r '-wAf Hamilton Holt and the other members of the Republican delegation said they were deeply touched by the physical ap pearance of the president, who received them sitting down. The voice of j the president choked, they said, especially when he referred to the soldiers who Shad fallen in battle. . PRESIDENT IS STRONGER, DECLARES DR. GRAYSON Washington, Oct 27. (L N. a) "The president is stronger today than at any time since Ills Illness," Rear Admiral Grayson, the president's physician, an nounced this afternoon, following the White House conference. The president "came through the meeting in excel lent shape," Dr. Grayson declared. Some days the president Is more worn than on others. Dr. Grayson added. Industries Are to Pay, for Insurance Olympla, Wash., Oct. 27. A general assessment of all classes of industries has been ordered by the state industrial insurance commission, with the excep tion of tm paper industry, already over drawn. Various forms of shipbuilding have been assessed for one half of the total annual pay roll, coal mining, two thirds ; wood working plants, one third ; newspaper industry, one sixth, and fish canneries, one fourth. The commission also Issued an additional call for Sft per cent for April, May and June. Girl Missing After Tuss With Teacher Seattle. Oct. 27. (U. P.) Search was being conducted from the sheriffs of fice today for Hazel Collins, 13-year-old daughter of Oscar Collins of Enumclaw, who disappeared - yesterday morning after a quarrel with her school teacher. Teal Denounces Port Bill K K X H K Plan Menaces Home Rule Grave warning against adopting the Port of Portland dock consoli dation bill, also known as the Swan ...: gs island bill, la con tained In a state ment today by 3. N. Teal. Teal is execu tive chairman of the Taxpayers' league, counsel for the Portland Traffic and T r a n s p ortation association and the West Coast Lumbermen's as- . soclation. ; , & nationally recognized authority on rates and traffic, and a pioneer leader in water transpor- 't A - N 1-, I Hear CoL WMs35 Full Text of Appeal to U. S. From President My Fellow Countrymen: It is to be feared that the su preme issue presented for your consideration in the present campaign is growing more and more obscure rather , than clearer by reason of the many arbitrary turns the discussion of - It has taken. The editors and publishers of the country would render a great service if they would publish In full the text of the covenant of the League of Nations, because, having read that text, you would be able to Judge for yourselves a great many things in which you are now in danger of ling misled. I hope sincerely that it will be very widely and generally pub lished entire. It is with a de sire to reclarify the issue and to assist your judgment that I take th'e liberty of stating again the case submitted to you, in as simple terms as possible. WAR SUMMONS RECALLED Three years ago it was my duty to summon you to the concert of war, to join the free nations of the world in meeting and ending the most sinister peril that had ever been developed in the irresponsible politics of the Old World, Your re sponse to that call really settled the fortunes of war. You will remember that the morale of the German peo pie broke down long before the strength of the German armies was broken. That was obviously because ' they felt that a great moral force which they could not look In the face had come into the contest, and that henceforth all their professions of right were discredited and they were unable to pretend that their continuation of the war was not the support of a government that had violated every principle of right and every consideration of humanity. SUMM05ED TO PEACE It is my privilege to summon you now to the concert of peace and the completion of the great moral achievement on your part which the war represented and in the presence of which the world found a reassur ance and a recovery of force which It could have experienced in no other ''i way.; .Ws.-entered, tne.wa.: as you renWitoer;5 not merely W. eeat tier-if many, but to end the possibility of the renewal of such .. Iniquitous scheme as Germany entertained. The war will have been' fought in vain and our Immense sacrifices (Conctadad on Pas Two, Column Thrtc) Hearst Declares Harding Wobbling On League Issue By CnlUd Newt) New York, Oct 27. W. R. Hearst, in the New York American of Wednes day morning, gives, the first inti mation of a possible eleventh hour shift of his support to Governor Cox. He de clares, in a front page article over his signature, that "Senator Harding is be ginning to wobble on the league," while, in Bis opinion, "Governor Cox has finally realised that the people of the United States do not want the League of Na tions." The Hearst newspapers have hitherto opposed, in editorial and cartoon, the candidacy of Cox. Now Hearst declares, "the Hearst papers gladly support any Democrat standing staunchly for the principles of the fathers of this repub lic and the founders of the Democratic party." Voiceless, McAdoo Quits Speech Tour Los Angeles, Oct 27. (I. N. S.) Wil liam O. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, who has been campaigning through the west in behalf of Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt has been forced to abandon the remainder of his speaking dates, it was announced today at Democratic headquarters. The strain of continued speaking Droved too I great for McAdoo, whose voice gave out tation and public dock projects of Portland and the Columbia basin. He said: "The people of the Port of Portland In substance the city of Portland can be taxed and their property mortgaged against their consent by the vote of those who, while they may be interested, do not live within the port district and pay no portion of the tax or of the bonds. PLAN PTirDAJf ENTALXT. BAB "This Is fundamentally wrong, a vio lation of the principles of home rule principles we fought long and hard to establish in this state-and. in essence. taxation without representation. There is no good reason why this bill should not have contained a provision requir ing at J east the approval of the, voter of the port before the provision respect ing the issue of bonds or the grant of taxing powers should become effective. ; (Coactadad ob pace Two. Co una Fin) STANFIELDS BEEF FOUND IN SWIFT CAN Effort to Fool Voters by Argen tine Beef (Imported by Swift) Story Gets Rise From Citizeff; Swift and Stanfield Linked. By Ralph Watson Swift & Co., of the "Big Five? of the meat packing combination, is supporting R. N. Stanfield for United States senator. Stanfield is affili ated with Swift & Co. in business. Swift & Co. want him in the United States senate. It wants George E. Chamberlain out of the United States senate. Stanfleld's managers have been con tending that Chamberlain should be de feated because Argentine beef has been shipped into Oregon. They have biased their charges on, and sent them broad cest over the cattle country of Eastern Oregon, through a letter written by J D. Fairman, a merchant of Harperi Or. Here is what Fairman says in his letter ; CLOYEIT HOOF SHOWS "Harper, Or., Oct 4. 1920. "The writer Is a merchant, doing busi ness at Harper. Or. Harper Is a town located In the center of the Headquar ters ranch of Miller & Lux. the largest cattle outfit on the coast if not in the United States. "Last week I ordered from Swift & Co., Boise, among other goods a case of one pound cans of corned beef. Today they came and this is what we itead : Companie Swift, deLa Platta, Argentine. "Argentine beef In the heart of the (Concluded on Pat Two. Column Four) HART DENIES PLOT E Salem, Oct. 27. Nell Hart, await. tag-execution In ah penitentiary here ior iae rauraer or tu Taylor, former herlf f of Umatilla county, Wednes day signed a statement In which he denied that there was any prear ranged plot among the prisons, i in volved In the crime to shoot them selves out of the Pendleton Jailj, It was also said that Hart assumed full blame for the shooting of Taylor and exonerated Owens and Rathie from any connection with the actual killing of the sheriff. The officers place little credence on Hart's statement, however, and: look upon it as an eleventh hour ply to save his companions, Rathie and Owens, from the gallows. James Owens and Jack Rathie, under death sentence for the murder af Til Taylor, sheriff of Umatilla county,; were pleasantly surprised when informed by Warden Compton of the prison Usatt their execution had been stayed pending an appeal of their cases to the supreme court Should the verdict of the (lower court be sustained it would then be necessary to return the prisoners to Pendleton, where the trial judge of that district will again impose sentence and fix the date of the execution. In event of reversal of the lower court verdict the defendants would be entitled to a new trial. i REPRIEVE GrVEXJtERBY AND RATHIE PENDING APPEALS Pendleton, Oct J7. Stay of execution for Khrie X. Kerby and John Rathie, sen tenced to hang in December for the mur der of Sheriff Til Taylor here on July 15, was signed Tuesday by Circuit Judge O. W. Phelps, pending the appeal of the case to the supreme court, after he had issued a writ of probable cause. Legal steps are only the first j of a long series of proceedings which will carry the case through until the spring term of the supreme court Following the filing of the writ of error. Which the judge will certify, a transcript of the testimony win be submitted to him for verification. At the same time a dupli cate and brief of appeal will be pre sented to District Attorney R. J. Keator, who will in turn file an answering brief. This will be returned to the coun sel for the defense which will prepare a reply brief before the appeal is set for argument j AH Indications that the three men sen tenced to die for the murder of the sheriff here, would be banged this year are now gone. Attorney Bolin stating today that he would fight the case to the last straw, believing that the alleged third degree had some influence on the confessions of the men upon which! they were convicted. Accused Slayer of Wife Cheats Law; Kills Self in Jail Astoria, Or., Oct. Z7. Olaf Anderson, awaiting trial here on an Indictment charging murder of his wife, commuted suicide early . Wednesday morning by hanging himself with a towel la the county. Jalt The lifeless body was dis covered by the deputy sheriff (at t o'clock, when be opened the door ft the cell. . j Anderson confessed, to the murder of Mils wife about three month ago, j when ne pusnea ner xrora a nahboat la the Columbia- river, five miles above As toria. ' - I TO SHOO TANYON . Famous Leader of the Lost . Battalion in the Argonne Forest, - When I He Speaks k Harding Lays Issues Before U. S. Citizenry The foUowltic artiela Xy Senator Warren U. Harding is the fint of a series of four, written by the presidential candidate at the r quest of tli United Press. Governor Cm' article will be carried tomorrow. Thosa by Parley Christen sen and Eugene Debs will follow on success!? days. V. f.Jx By Warren G. Harding (Republican Candidate for President) (Written for th United Press) (Copyricht. 1920. by the United Press) &'arlon, Ohio, Oct. 27. The experience of this candidate has -decidedly strengthened the opin ion which I entertained at its beginning; that the American people will insist that those who seek the office for which I have been nominated shall make their appeal for support with consis tent and becoming dignity. They do insist, as is their right that those who seek the greatest gift within the nation's power to be stow shall frankly present their cause and claims; and It has been my earnest purpose fully and frankly to comply with that proper requiremeat of the American people. 8EJ!8ATIOALI8M AVOIDED But I am also convinced that what ever 'savors of the sensational or theatrical should be avoided by whoever makes this appeal. So far as It lay in me, I have done my best to insure that this election should be the great solemn referen dum for which President Wilson asked and I am confident that when the result is known it will be recog nised that the people have been thinking deeply and rightly on the great issues that have been Involved. It will be recognised, in the light of the result that the people were in no mood to be diverted by ap peals to prejudice or by efforts to introduce irrelevant matters Into the campaign. To me this has brought gratifying reassurance of the security of our national future, RESPONSE GRATIFIES The country has splendidly re sponded to our efforts to show the true nature of the project of inter nationalism to which some would commit us, thoughtless of the ef fect upon our nationality, and re gardless of the danger that accept ance of that project would sacrifice, both our national independence and our best Influence in the councils of civilisation. a . America stands at -the threshholdf v of world leadership and has the courage to grasp it America real izes, too, that this opportunity of leadership wss well nigh lost to her through the misapplied ambition to shape a world order, regardless of every other consideration save am bition's own determination to ''con trol. AMERICA IS LEADER Today the world looks to unselfish America to lead the way to con cord and peace. The Republican party, and I as its spokesman, intend that this hope shall not be in vain. Believing this, I have discussed with all earnestness the dangers lurking in the Paris League of Na tions. This Is no time for trifling appeals and thdughtless words. This is a time for sincere and earnest consideration and I know that the American people will agree with me, and that their- agreement will be very clear to all the world when we shall have before us the returns from our national referendum on November . CITY REVENUE CUT By Ward A. Irvine Revenue for eonduct of municipal affairs received by the city from the six principal sources of revenue other than taxation has decreased , more than $800,000 during the last nine years. Had that shrinkage in receipts not occurred, the city council would not now be forced tot ask for re-authorization of the extra three mill levy granted by the people last year. The three mills would provide 1117,000 or only $117,000 more than was lost by shrinkage in revenue from the .six principal sources of revenue other than taxation. In 1911, the city received from -the six Items 1,0717. That included $571,100 from liquor licensee, $4,95 interest on deposits. $145,009 en charges for en gineering. $91,000 on premiums on bonds, $47,719 from the municipal court.'- and fd.Slf from, general licenses. Today the greatest source of revenue exeeot taxation, the liduor licenses, has fben completely wiped out By Vote of tne people more than hair a million in revenue was swept away. No revenue has been provided to replace it Whereas the city received $44358 from Interest on deposits im 1911, only $9682 was derived from that source In 1919 and $4171 until September J, 1920. The engineering charges, the second largest item of revenue, in 1911, like the liquor licenses, have been entirely elim inated by vote of the people. They were collected for the- last time in 1919. The Income from premium on bonds has been reduced from $9t.4U in 1911 to $974 In 1919. IV Only two items have provided .increases since 1911, Income from the municipal court was $79,000 in 1919. as compared with $47,719 eight years before, and the inoom from general expenses increased 1500 in eight years. . - AND FUNDS NEEDED IS FADING LIKE I Sacrilegious Comic by Official G. 0. P. Cartoonist in Harvey's Weekly Helps Turn tide; Sen ate Within Democratic Grasp. By Lonis Seibold (Copyright. 1020. by Press Publishing Co.. New Tork World. New Tork, Oct. 27. Democratic chances for winning the control of the United States senate and mak ing a surprising .showing in the presidential contest have steadily improved during the last week. The Republican managers admit they have been compelled to put up' a more vigorous fight for supremacy in the senate than they anticipated a month ago. They entertain no doubt of their suc cess despite the unmistakable slipping of their candidate and a marked shift of votes hitherto responding to Republican propaganda designed to create wide spread prejudice sgalnst the Wilson ad ministration and Cox' championship of the League of. Nations. The latter issue has become the one outstanding and almost sole contention between the two parties. The Repub lican managers, who are thoroughly sat isfied with the result of their alignment of nationalistic groups against the Dem ocratic party for grievances real and imaginary, have been considerably wor ried by the manifest approval Indicated by voters in the eastern part of the country to whom Governor Cox has ap pealed. They do not deny that the movement away from their own can didate evidences the readiness of the people to change their original opinions regarding him. Whether this movement has approxi mated the volume claimed by the Dem ocratic, managers is problematical. Sur face indications and close scrutiny of conditions as well as figures prepared by the managers of the two parties do not justify the Democratic claim that it will be sufficiently large to overcome the- lead which Harding secured early in the campaign and which his support ers assert he has. not lost though they admit a falling away from him. There, Is no question 'but . that the iOoncladed tm Pas Eiht. Column On) Pendleton, Or., Oct 27. Opening his 'attack on Robert X. Stanfield, his opponent in the race for the sen ate, here before a crowded house, Senator George E. Chamberlain last night charged him with seeking elec tion so that he might stand for bis business interests, and charged that Swift &' Co., national meat packers, were' Interested in Stanfleld's elec tion so that he would represent them In the senate in opposition to anti trust legislation. Applause filled the auditorium as the senator denounced the Stanfield campaign in Oregoli as being gup ported by bit: business Interests In Washington and California. INVICTXE3TT ANSWERED "This campaign has taken a peculiar turn," he said, statins; that much of the political fight in this state was cen tered on him.' He answered the indict ment that he had stood In the way of reclamation legislation, citing his record ss evidence. The senator met the argu ment that Stanfield should be returned in the interests -of harmony, by asking if Stanfield would be a tool if sent to Washington. "If you want a . l-ubbar stamp . in Washington on the United States senate, don't elect me." he de clared vehemently.' After discussing his own campaign the senator turned to a review of the constructive legislation enacted by con gress during the last eight years, dis cussing the rural credits act the federal reserve act and road legislation., and showing that more was accomplished In forward work in the last administration than 'ever before RECORD IS CLAIMED This administration has passed more humane legislation than was ever passed before In the history of the nation. he said. - . In closing, the senator discussed the League of Nations. He reviewed the aw fulness of war and touched the heart strings of his auditors with, a powertai appeal te.be prepared tor war by having preparedness for peace. His defense of the league was made oa the ground that it was a sure preventative of future war. Ovation after ovation was given the senator as he swept the audience with his masterly address.. WashingtoiEailway Under New Oxmtrol Chehalis, Wash., Oct 27. Omtrel and management of the local CowUts, Che halls A Cascade railway has been taken over by C .L. Brown of Chehalis and W. E. Brown.' The road penetrates the ter ritory south and east of Chehalis for 17 miles, tapping a rich farming district and as immense body of fine timber in Eastern Lewis county. HARD NG M ST N EAS SHIELD'S OIG INTERESTS DARED WHITTLESEY SPEAKS TONIGHT COLONEL CHARLES W. WHITTLESEY, commander of the Lost Battalion in the Argonne forest, who will tell at the public meeting in The Auditorium tonight why his war experiences have made him leave the Republican party to support the League of Nations. ' I iM0 I II :J:- Iff 4 GO-TOHELL' IS One 'thousand extra seats have been provided In the wings of The Auditorium for the big League of Nations meeting to be addressed by Colonel CaiaflesW,- bert Parsons and Mrs. Nancy Shoon maker, natiom "y known league ad vocates, at 7:45 tonight " .The ad ditional syatlns; capacity - was ar ranged by the committee in charge this morninr to meet the require ments of the crowds that are ex pected to attend the league meeting. "Oo-to-Hell" Whittlesey, the famous American fighter, will be the first speak er this evening: He wears three war medals and is internationally known as the commander of the famous "lost bat talion," and as the man who told the Germans to "go to hell when they commanded him to surrender. PARSONS ASTOUNDS NEW TORK Herbert Parsons, New Tork Repub lican leader, is the man who recently astounded New Tork state by resigning from the Republican national committee to support Cox and the League of - Na tions. He is a former ' congressman from New Tork, and 'Was a delegate to the Chicago convention. . Mrs. Schoonmaker, the . New Tork suffrage leader and author, is the third member of the League of Nations special to .visit Portland. She has, written text books on the government of New Eng land states, and is a well-known dra matist novelist and contributor to cur rent magasines. The speakers arrived In Portland at t p. m. and were greeted at the Union station by Dr. C J. .Smith, Dr. E. T. Hedlund and a group of committeemen. They are guests of the Multnomah hotel, where they will rest until the meeting tonight. TO STZAX AT OSESHAX Following bis address at The Audi torium, Colonel Whittlesey will be taken to Oresham for a talk there. . Miss Anne .Shannon Monroe, noted writer; wiQ pre cede Whittlesey at Oresham.. Milton A. Miller will preside at The Auditorium. No seats will be reserved at Th Audi torium, the committee to, charge prefe ing the. "first come, first served.' slogan. The doors will open early, and the meet ins; will open- promptly at 7 -AS to allow Colonel Whittlesey half an hour at The Auditorium before, proceeding to - Gres ham. :':-.-)? : ; fc ") Campbellv Haill Is - 'NameMectedffor f Women'slJpniiitory trnlversity of -Oregon, Eugene. Oct ST. The executive committee ef the board of regents of the University of Oregon has named the new dormitory for women, Bearing completion, "Susan Campbell halt,' in honor of Mrs. P. I CarapbeO, wife of the president of the university. The school f physical education was authorised to act as agent for the Ore gon Social Hygiene society, and several school districts lit arranging for the ap propriation of SSOM for conducting as experiment hi teaching social hygiene. To Let People Vote ; ; Vilna's Nationality Brussels, Oct 27. U. P. League of Nations councillors here hare virtually decided on a plebiscite : to determine whether th city of VUn shall be Polish or Lithuanian.- ... , . . . . . .. TO TALK TONIGHT PORWASTORIA ROAD NEARS FINISH The laying of the base for the Columbia river highway pavement between Scappoose and Warren , la Columbia county was completed to ay.v,:. THcTf ow rere sins to; be laid only; about 2500 lineal feet of . the top surface to complete the 'work, according to Raymond D. Hoyt, general manager of the Warren Con struction company. .. "If we get a fair break In weather," he said, "we. will finish up by Satur day. Despite' the unfavorable weather conditions of the' past month It Is be ginning to Jook as though we would fin ish the pavement between Portland and Astoria yet this fall "A few days will see the finish of ths Scappoose-St. Helena section and the small strip at Tide creek on which work was begun today. "That will leave us only a gap of one mile and a half between Westport and the eastern slope of Bugby hill. On this short stretch the plant at Westport and the one at Wauna will be concentrated. A double shift will be worked. Under reasonable weather conditions I think you can. predict that by a week from next Saturday the paving of the high way between Portland and Astoria will be finished." Tacoma Salesman Lost-While Hunting In Goat Hock Wilds Morton. Wash.. Oct -27. No details were given in a message late Tuesday night from Lewis, 40 miles east of Mor ton, saying that C, O. Harris, Tacoma automobile salesman, is reported lost While hunting. Deputy Sheriff W. B. Coston of Mor ton, a N. Nash, another, automobile salesman,' and Harris left Sunday for the Goat Rocks, back of Lewis. Nothing was heard from them until Coston tele phoned that, Harris was loat Owing to difficulty in talking orer the rural line, the conversation was not distinct Searching parties have been 'formed. Governor in Party : Inspecting lEoute1 ' Of Proposed Ktfad ' is. i" - -. ' Salem, Oct 27. Herbert Nunh. state highway engineer yDr.-R. ELee Stelner, superintendent of the state hospital, and Governor Olcott, left' here Wednesday for a trip of inspection over the proposed new road to be constructed from Astoria south! to- Lincoln, county. , The officials will make the .trip as far as Neskowln by automobile, from where they will walk to fctletx. The proposed nsw.road. if constructed. will open up a rich, umber and dairy district and will provide means of travel along the beaches Jfrom .Astoria to th Lincoln county seat. The party will- be absent from Salem untU November.' ii : . King Alexander's . . Body Lies- in State Athens. Oct 27. U.- P.)-i4Clng Alex andefs body lay' In state in the cathe dral of the Oreek church. Draped with flags and simple wreaths,- the casket stood In the center of the rotunda, under guard ef picked troops.' Funeral serv ice and burial will be Friday.. , USER FIRM OPPONENT PORT BILL Grain Man Refuses to Yield From Position Which Holds Proposed - M at ft a ft seja f t HiiiM as a a alaJ rjasi J . f ineatuio uiiwaiiaiiicu t-xuciiu - - iture of Taxpayers' Money. "Frank Warren is not the only per son behind this port consolidation measuVe," declared Max Ho user, former chairman of the Port of Port land commission, in an address re-; iterating his stand against the con solidation measure, before members of the Ad club in luncheon noon to day. There are others interested, declared Houser, and when they come forth and make their stand clear I will be ready to sign the petition to put this measure : over. RETAILS POHITIOIT . "In the meantime I have not sur rendered. Let us go slow. Let us give more deliberation to any measure which means expenditure of vast sums of the public money." "This Is not a tlms to act hastily upon any great expenditures," said Houser in discussing the Swan Island-Port con solidation measure which will ibe voted upon next Tuesday. "The sea of commerce is troubled. War-time miainoaa la nnt smlnv tn l.ar rforever. Kvery Indication points out the need of going slow until business is settled. We must not place too great a spread of canvas upon our ship the port for it "may mean disaster wben the storm breaks." said Houser. OBJECTIONS STATED , V "Our port has no reason to worry now. We must. not be alarmed for we will : come through alright If we do not mort- ;'f gage ourselves too heavily. . S "When this measure first came up plead to have certain features cut out If we want channel Improvement let us . proceed with that but let us not mix ; up too many details. r "I'm not In favor of advertising so ex tenftvely throughout the state telling the people . In the country - to vote , for the . , tmasure as it will net meu any' expense upenhem. It Is unfair V J. B. Kerr, speaking In favor of the measure, said that the present prosper- " Ity of the port depended upon a safer and -deeper: channel; and pointed out : that the port commission did not hsv funds to 4v necessary, work 'lor ths next ' current year. ATTEMPTS TO AMK9B FAIL Eleventh hour attempts to repair the Swan island port scheme and make It ' ' acceptable to the hostile voters of Port land and Oregon had at a late hour this afternoon failed of tangible result Y A statement by Frank M. Warren, a , member of the port commission and of the committee of 16, that, no bonds would be Issued from f 11,500,000 bond- -ing guthorlty contained in the port bill except for channel work, still stood as " ' his unsupported verbal expression. Other members of the port bodies were not represented In any formal ' pledge to submit bond issues for land . purchases and dock construction to the . voters. In connection with Warren's expres sion, a statement from W. B. Aysr ap peared Intimating conditions upon which he would withdraw his opposition. w. b. Ayer said, mis morning mat his withdrawal of ' opposition to the , Swan Island or port consolidation bill Is premised entirely upon a formal : pledge by the port bodies that If ths port bill carries none of its bonding an- "V thority will be used ssve for the channel work which every thoughtful . cltisea recognises is necessary. : DENIES HAYIirQ CAPITCLATD ' Ha made it clear that he has not "capitulated," but that a reservedly ap- proving expression Issued by him Tues day evening was based upon an assur ance, later to be formally confirmed, that the home rule violation contained in. the port bill would be -corrected by the legislature and that all bond pro- .; possls Involving land purchases and the v building of superstructures fer ocean s' and rail terminals would' be submitted to the people of the port district before : .-' any bonds would b iesroad. ' His statement did not imply any mod- . Ified attitude on the city charter amend- ment numbered M 0-411 on the bsllot This- measure contain grant of author- p . ity to transfer Portland's municipal docks from the city to the port com mission and thus, complying with the . . terms of the port act would open the ; way to the consolidation of the two ' , ; bodies. If the' charter amendment IS .. :' defeated consolidation cannot occur. ' Engineer's Charge $101p for 8 Days John Lyle Harrington, senior member I of Harrington, Howard A Ash, sent the r county commissioners today his 'state-;..', ment for services rendered In examining -and reportlng"on the Bumslde bridge. His total bill Is for $1019. or $100 a day ' ' for eight days and $21 for traveling ex- : ' penses and Incidentals The commls- . sloners ordered the bill psid. , Publisher of Post ; :i Will Vote for Cox New' York, Oct 17. (I. N. 8 ; Thomas W. Lsmont, owner of the New . Tork - Evening Post In a letter to Ed- , win V. Oay, publisher of that newspa- , per, today announced that although a ; Hfe-long Republican, he intended voting .t for Governor Cox because of the let ter's stand on th League of Nations. -St -iC'' -" -r Y A-