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VOL. XIX. NO. 198.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1920. TWENTY PAGES
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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-
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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
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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. '
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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
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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.'
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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.
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