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THIEVES AT WORK IN ROSE CITY DISTRICT Seven Residences Are Entered on Sunday Afternoon; Valuable Furs and "Much Wearing Ap parels, Among Articles Stolen. .'Rose City Park was the rendez vous for r burglars Sunday. About the time the -shadows' began to fall they broke into seven fashionable homes and made away with hun dreds of dollars worth of loot. Roy F. Carpenter,. 687 Bast .Sixty fourth street north, told . the police a burglar entered his house through the bedroom window between 2 :30 and 8 :30 p. m. and stole .nearly all the family Jewelry. - C. G. Da vies, 692 East Fifty nlnth street north, and C Bonde. 485 East Fortieth street north. "report simi lar disagreeable experiences. At Bonde's home the Intruders stopped long enough to drink up all the milk, but they failed to help themselves to cigars. An unlocked bedroom -window gave easy .access to the E. H. Kuhlman home, 672 East Fifty-eighth street north. ; When Kuhlman arrived home at 8 :30 p. m. he found the house ransacked "and all the family furs and good clothing miss ing and an 1851 60-cent piece missing. GOLD TEETH STOLEN f ' H. S. O'Donnell, 700 East Fifty-ninth street north,- suffered the misfortune of losing a set of gold teeth In addition to all his Jewelry. Kntrance was gained through the bedroom window. At the M. O. Norman home. 698 East Sixty-second street north, the .robbers broke down the back door and stole all the Jewelry they could find. They then visited the house of M. Freeman, next door, and stole $11. 4 . By breaking a basement window, en trance 'was gained to the B. ,F. Rol lins ; grocery store. 132 Stanton street, where $30 was taken from the , cash register. . -"- ''..'. XI Alt LOSES CLOTHI3G 1 S. Thomas, 429 Main street, neglected to lock his apartment window Sunday. As a result he is minus a quantity of clothing. ' Boys are thought to. have broken Into the Victory laundry, - Sixty-ninth and Foster road, Sunday, .and 'stole two gross of pencils and a revolver. Mike . Poyle ..reports a brand-new suit purchased' Saturday 1 stolen from his In the pocket. He left, his door unlocked.- ' .. . ' '. ..- '. . ' r Burglars ransacked the - home - of J. A. Stein, 673 East Twelfth street, early Sunday, morning, and collected $1000 worth of Jewelry whlle members of the ..household slept The thieves roamed the house evident ly at will. They took what -they wanted and left without disturbing any of the family. Three bedrooms., were searched by the burglars and although the dining room sideboards gave evidence of hav ing ; been searched, no silverware was taken. ' Discovery of -' the robbery was made about 1 o'clock; Sunday morning When a member of the family, returning home from a dance, jnotloed that one of the kitchen doors was partly open. Fur ther investigation showed that one of the kitchen windows had been "jimmied" open. .. '' The police were immediately notified and Inspectors Cahill and Hill went to the . Stein home to ' Investigate. The police believe that the burglary was committed by the same pair of prowlers that has for weeks frequently entered homes In different' parts of the city and making successful getaway with Jewelry and silverware, - A diamond lavaliere . valued at' $350. and two diamond rings Valued ' at $200 each were taken from the bedroom of Mrs. Stein.' Two ruby rings, a pearl necklace and stickpins were taken. A purse containing $15 and a check for $10 was also taken. The Stein home was looted about six months ago, when jewelry valued at $1500 was taken. - San Francisco, Nov.: 8. (U. P) Plans to send a relief expedition to Banks island, off the Alatkan coast, in an attempt to rescue five -men, ice-bound aboard .he famous: Arctic steamer Polir Becjr, were being laid by H. ' Llebes & - Co., furriers and owners of the. vessel, today, " A brief nessage from Nome yesterday notified the company that the 4 Polar . Bear had been caught in the ice. Men along the waterfront acquainted with the ways of the North, feared that It might be the last of a long series of adventures in Arctic regions for the ves- -. set. - V- ... ' t. ., Names of those aboard the Polar Bear were not given In the message from Nome, which said the men were short of food. The vessel has aboard a cargo of furs worth $100,000. The PolBr Bear was the ship which led the expedition attempting to rescue Vflhjalmur Stefansson in 1914 and al most every winter has figured In some daring exploit of the Arctic regions. Nj P.Will Eesume I Baked Potato Eun - Reestabllshment of the' "baked pota to" service on the dining cars - of the Northern Pacific will be made within a week, according to advice' received by , A. D. Charlton, general passenger agent of the N. P. The N. P. was formerly called the "Baked Potato route." because of a specialty made of serving .two pqund baked potatoes on the dining cars. 51N PRISONERS: ON ICE-BOUND BOAT Reed College Insurgents Ask For Coeducation At Meals. Also i "We want co-education with our meals," say the latest group of in surgents at Reed college, a growing organization of men who demand "mixed" tables In the college' com mons, and whose ideas-axe finding hearty support among the feminine boarders. The present plan at Reed segregates the sexes at meals, which Is, according to James Gahtenbein. a Junior, In utter defiance of the co educational splt. : "I'm for It declared Gretchen Smith, a Reed senior,' when asked for her opin ion of mixed tables. jTt would do the boy good, although, of course, it would put limitations on the girls' conversa tion." Miss Smith i presided at the "scandal shop" at the House D county fair last spring. I Another note was sounded by Hobart Benson, who, as manager of the stu dents' cooperative store, has demon strated an eye for practical considera tions. . I "No, I can't see it,'1 he said. "I come to the dining room to eat," and fitting the action to the diction, he swaUowed his second potato, folded his napkin and left for the store. His argument was substantiated later when the men insti tuted a trial of the coeducational sys tem. They came to dinner half an hour early and sat three at every table, thus forcing the women to Join them regard less of their ideas on the subject of co education at mealtime, t As a result of the move, conversation was spirited, but no male had the audac ity to "go back," the Reed term for ordering a "second,? Benson's party. Which won adherents at this meal, now holds the floor at Reed and no further move will be made until after football season, when appetites are less exact ing. :.; . . r Automobile' accidents added two more names Sunday to the injured list. ' v: i i -.. . .- WhilAHLHuhv -.Smith. wood avenue, was crossing Twntv.iiYtH and Clinton street Sunday night with her husband, she was struck by a ma chine in charge of B. B. Kincaid, 1075 Woodward avenue. Her head was badly bruised In the tall to the pavement, her thumb dislocated and right hip and forearm lacerated. It was necessary to take two stitches in her left ankle to bind another laceration. Eyewitnesses told j the ' police Kincaid was driving In excess of the speed limit and that he was talking to other pas sengers In his machine when the acci dent happened and not watching the road. No charge has been filed against Kincaid. , Motorcycle Policeman R. TV Ballard, 29, missed his guess when he tried to "cut" In front of a streetcar at Third and Glisan streets, Sunday night and as a result Is lying in St. Vincents hospital with a broken leg. His machine hit the streetcar and rolled to the curb. : Tf i - Secretary Colby to Leave on Extensive Trip to So. America Washington, Nov. 8. Secretary of State Colby will shortly leave on the most extensive and most Important, tour of South America undertaken by Tan American diplomatic; official since Sec retary Root made his famous trip in the Interest of "Dollar diplomacy." The visit Is ostensibly in return for the recent visits, by the foreign minis ters of Brazil. Argentina, Peru and Uru guay to the United States.- It will, in all probability, however, be extended to other countries: . Mr. Colby is expected to travel on a warship. Boston liquor Ban Arouses Hotel Men Boston. Nov. 8. L N. S.) Boston hotel men were up In arms today over enforcement of a decree by Prohibition Agent McCarthy that "drinking in hotels and clubs must be stopped." The hotel men declared that if the law makes them criminally responsible because a guest has liquor It must give the hotel men the right to search guests. TWO INJURED IN TRAFFIC MISHAP Auto Hobo Product of Day Man Bums Way in Fine 'Oars Chicago, Nov. 8.- (XJ. P.) Rich ard (Friday) Lonsdale -drove into Chicago today In a 87500 touring car and thereby merged from the countless "sons of the road" as king of the auto hoboes. .The box car hobo Is passing, accord ing to Lonsdale, who has Just finished "bumming"; his way from San Francisco to Chicago via the soft, upholstered cushions of an automobile. Lonsdale, who said he belongs "to the race of men who don't fit In," told his story as follows: Tve been from coast to coast In box cars, tout concluded it was a hard life at best. I got the bright and shining idea to become an auto hobo by watch ing the cuties and flappers vamp their way downtown in . the morning. I de cided If a smile and a pair of pretty HARDING RINGS GAS ADVANCE CURTAIN, FOR CALL OF WILD President-elect Reaches Texas Retreat, and "No Admittance, Even on Business," Sign Is Hung Up, While Leader Rests. ; By David 3L. Church .En Route With Senator Harding. Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 8. (t. N. S.) High-booted ranchers, BOldiers on formal parade and swarthy Mex icans turned out in large number to greet President-elect Harding 'on his arrival here shortly after noon today. The senator closed his tri umphant tour of the state of Texas with a brief greeting to the people of Brownsville and then Was whirled to Point Isabe! in an automobile. At Point Isabel, the president-elect declared he will do his best to keep out of the newspapers and officials sur rounding him have let it be known that any visitors on Dusiness win oe unwei come. HITS GOLF XliSKS Anxious to get the business of I vaca tioning started, the senator was hopefftl of getting m nine "holes' before sun down today. Mrs. Harding, who has shaken thousands of hands between Marion and Brownsville, is somewhat fatigued and expects to enjoy a com plete rest.. ; The Journey of the president-elect through the Middle and Southwest has been a continuous ovation. Throngs have gathered at every crossroad and city station, and although he Is on vaca tion, the senator has responded to their welcome, leaving his breakfast table and staying out of his bed to greet those who have come to pay their respects. COMMENT IS REFUSED Despite the fact that he left Marion with no Intention of making any speeches, he has delivered at least a dozen. Press dispatches from ! Paris, which reported semi-of ficially ' that France Is -willing to cooperate with the United States, were called to the at tention of the president-elect, but he re fused ' to comment, He is extremely cautious , to , avoid anything which may be in any manner construed S3 'an an ticipation of his. taking office or lnter- - (Concluded oa Pace Two, Column Four) COLLINS, BARM E . Medford; Or., Nov. 8.- Two more indictments of the 'seven returned by the grand Jury Saturday in con nection with the failure of the; Jack sonville bank were made public Monday. They are against J3enJa-, min M. Collins, well known Grants Pass automobile merchant, formerly of the Jacksonville bank, and J. E. Bartlett of Medford. ' Two more secret indictments jremain to be made public, bench warrants for which have been issued in the ! circuit court. One man is in California and the whereabouts of the other unknown. The latter is said to be the "master mind," whose operations precipitated the fail ure of the bank. I Because Judge Calkins is holding court at Grants Pass, A. W. Walker, Chester Kubli and S. R. Johnson, indicted Sat urday, were not arraigned. They, with Collins and Bartlett, are indicted for alleged; overdrafts., Plans Are Made to - Entertain Navy Men To formulate plans for the reception and entertainment of members; of "the joint naval affairs committee and naval officers who will visit Portland; Friday and Saturday, a meeting of a special en tertainment committee composed; of rep resentatives of the port and dock com missions, the chamber and the naval re cruiting office, met in the Oregon build ing this afternoon. The committee will first make plans for a trip to Astoria so that the visitors will be enabled jto make survey of the Tongue Point naval base site. I . eyes could win an auto ride, a hard luck story could, too. :' v "I hailed the motorist at the edge of towns and' was only turned down in a very few cases, and, best tf allj I never was asked to do a lick of work the whole trip. "Some motorists with crowded cars made room for me and others allowed me. to ride on the running boards. On the trip 1 was put up at the best ho tels and had honest to goodness food. "I - never rode in a cheap i car the whole trip. Of all things. I crave com fort and couldn't be bothered by being bounced about In a rattletrap.") ; ' Lonsdale left Chicago four weeks ago with 89 and had 85. when he returned today. ' . j ; . i ' The king of the auto hoboes Claims to be the son of the dean of a western uni versity. '. ' . . .. . r. But the "curse of the gypsy blood," Lonsdale said., will soon take: him on another trip, HELD N BANK CAS OF 46 GENTS FACES USERS Application for Increase, in Costs to Consumers Is Submitted to Public Service Commission; Present Rate $1 Per Thousand. Portland gas consumers face a rise of 46 cents a thousand feet in the cost1 of this fuel, tf the state public service commission grants an application for authority to increase its rates for service, submitted this morning by the Portland Gas & Coke company. The price Is now 8 1, i The application is based on an ad vance inj the cost of crude petroleum used by the company in the manufac ture of its gas, from 74 cents a bar rel to 82.75. COSTEACT E3TDS SQ03T , . In thel application it is shown that the Portland Gas A Coke company made a I contract with the Union Oil Company! of California in 1915 for oil at 15 cents a barrel of 43 gallons de livered at the company's tanks at Linn ton. This contract became effective as of January 1, 1915, and expires December 31. 1920. Figures submitted by the gas company in its application show. that the price of crude petroleum has . been steadily advanced from 85 cents in .1915 to 82.50 in 1920, with a proposed increase to 82.75 in 1921. Guy W. Talbot, president of the Port land Gas & Coke company, accompanied by Hilmar PajMft, general manager, and Charles Adams, one of the directors, are In California negotiating with the Union Oil company for next year's supply. A telegram received today from Talbot stated that It would be impossible to secure more favorable terms than $2.75. The oH companies refuse to contract for' a longer period than one year. TANKS ABE LIMITED ' There ts a possibility that the gas com pany would purchase a large supply at the present price of 82-50 but in this the company is limited to the capacity of Its storage tanks. The estimated oil re quirements for 1921 amount to 825,000 barrels, according to the application. Officers Of the gas and coke company potatut in their atUcatwa creased irate during the six years end ing December 31 they will have saved "Jtthe gas consumers of Portland over $2,- T-oou.oou tnrough operation or their con tract with the Union Oil company. . Reports Submitted show ' the present price of gas in Portland to be much lower than in other Northwestern cities. The rate here is 95 cents per thousand, including the 5 per cent discount for ordinary household use, and 60 cents per thousand for heating purposes. Rates for gas of an inferior quality at Ta- coma are 81-70 per thousand feet: at Seattle, i $1.50 per thousand, and at per thousand feet, it is Spokane 81-63 alleged. I - 81.40 IS PROPOSED The proposed advance In rates asked in the application would raise the local price to about 81-40 per thousand for household use, and 90 cents for heating purposes. - . Approximately 9.7 gallons of crude oil are required to produce 1000 feet of gas, according to figures submitted by: the company. Under the existing cort- tract this amount of oil costs 17.3 cents while at the proposed price of 82.75 per: barrel it would cost the company 63 cents . per : barrel. An allowance of five cents per thousand feet may be made. In the cost of gas to the con sumer for deviations above or below the 82.75- rate, according to the report BEQUEST INDEFINITE 1 The application does not ask for a definite, advance in rates, stating that until the new agreement has been made with the oil companies in California it will be impossible to determine upon an equable rate. It is stated that the pro4 posed increase will be only enough to cover the advance in the cost of oil and the tariff of rates and charges, supple mentary to the application, will be filed with the public service commission within the next few days. A copy of the contract in effect for the past six years between the Gas and Coke company and the Union Oil com pany is attached to the. application. I COURT RESTORES 1 SEIZED WHISKEY Washington. Nov, 8. (I. N. S.)-f The United States supreme court to day held that liquor acquired for personal use prior to the passage of the Volstead act may not be seized under the . . . (- aW. t : Associate Justice Clark made this an - nouncement in connection with the de-i. clsion of the case of William G; Street of New York, who sought to get his liquors! that had been stored with the Lincoln. Safe Deposit company in New York, but which the revenue authori ties attempted to confiscate. Street la given his liquors. Associate .Justice McReynolds said that the Volstead act did contemplate the Bel sure of such llqutors, but that such seizure was unconstitutional. ' ; Schooner Oregon Is Pulled From Sands ' Nehalem. Or., Nov, ' 8. The schooner Oregon, which went aground inside Ne halem bay Friday. was floated on the midnight tide into the inner channel. Loading will begin Wednesday as the schooner was but slightly damaged. A damaged rudder; caused the accident The Oregon is under charter to - the Brighton Mills company and will load Washboard Used On Landlord Yho ' " it :- . ( Would Increase Woman's Rent $5 ;' Denver, Colo., Nov. 8. (U. P.) Tenants of the apartment houses owned by Charles L. Howe were paying the old rent rate today, thanks to firs. Mary Pickering and her washboard. . ,. . r ' Recently, according to Mrs. Pickering. Howe raised the rent, promising it would be the last time this year. -' "Take off your glasses, Mr. Howe, rm going to hit you," Mrs. Pickering told him when he called to collect. , . Smilingly, Howe called. It wasn't any bluff." Mrs.! Pickering smote him .with a' washboard. As he fled out the door. Mrs. Pickering let fly again. Howe took the count. v 1 Mrs. Pickering, pretty and diminutive. Is the idol of the other tenants. Howe hasn't collected the extra five and the burly negro Janitor acts as a bodyguard now when the landlord calls, the tenant say. -j JOLTED . DY U. S. JUDGE Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. . 8. (U. P.) Trial of 125 coal miners and operators on charges of conspiracy to violate : the Lever law, was con tinned today to January 10 by Fed eral Judge A. B. Anderson. Indianapolis, - Ind., Nov. 8. (U. P.) Powers of Attorney General Palmer in ordering the suppression of facts in the government's case against 125 coal miners and oper ators charged with conspiracy; to limit production, were investigated today by I Federal Judge A. B. An derson, before whom the case was called. j. :I don't! care what becomes- of this case,"sald Anderson when Charles Evans Hughes, caunsel tor the miners, took exception to the court's statement that the miners had "flouted his strike in junction for thirty daya" i . t "What I want to know is whether 1 am to be used as a mere puppet pulled by strings at Washington," the Judge continued. 1 "I want .to know by what power a United States law officer acts when he can order pertinent facts In a case before tnis court eliminated.' - Anderson quizzed Daniel W. Simms, former assistant attorney-general ; L. Ert Slack, special assistant United States attorney, and Frederick i Van Nuys, United States attorney, concern ing correspondence they had with Palmer.-. - i The attorney-general. Slack said, "had written, a letter which contained instructions to eliminate certain facts which, if carried out, would practically nullify the government s case. In making the motion. Slack quoted the following letter of October 1, 1920, from Attorney General Palmer to his special assistant, Dan W. Sims, at that time in charge of the government's case : , . EVIDENCE ELIMINATED . This is. to remind you that the case against : the miners Is to be based on facts obtained after the injunction pro. ceedings and - is not to be based on facts obtained before the injunction proceedings. This is in accordance with the un derstanding when I was in Indianapo lis. : Shortly after this, Slack said. Simms resigned. "I have written the attorney general. asking him if I Interpret his meaning correctly," said. Slack. SIMMS EXPLAINS 1 ' Simms said he resigned because the facts which Palmer suggested should be eliminated would take "heart out of the case." i I - ' Simms said he wrote to Palmer ex plaining his resignation. "Palmer never answered," Simms said. Judge Anderson asked Slack if Pal mer did not say he considered the call ing off, of , the strike "a surrender." Slack answered in the affirmative and Anderson: again asked: "And didn't I agreo that there had been a surrender, but was not quite sure who made the surrender?" . . : , "Yes," answered Slack. Taft May Succeed m To Chief Justiceship, If White Eesigns Washington, Nov. 8. (I. N. S.) I mci .i a. t coiuiiv - vruujun XlUWoTQ lToft 4t . fMa , -xA a . ing members of the bench and bar here today, may become the next chief r Justice of the supreme court of the United States, succeeding Chief Justice j Edward Douglass White, appointed by ; Mr. Taft while he occupied the White House. yi;--. . ijt Chief Justice White, considered one of the greatest . legal authorities who ever occupied the supreme bench, is desirous of resigning, according to persistent reports here, from the very exacting duties imposed upon - him by his high office. He is 75 years old and 'has the reputation of never hav ing spared himself at his work. Wyoming Snowstorm Causes Train Delay Railroad wire service has ' been com pletely destroyed and trains are being slightly delayed through the , state of Wyoming by a severe snowstorm which swept over that state Sunday, accord ing to advice received this morning, .v PURS BOAT BURNED; CREW FLEES; HERO MISSING Steamer Gold Destroyed at Peta luma, Cal.; Oil Blast Spreads Flames and Dock and Cars Are Lost; Loss Given at $250,000. Petalnma, Cal., Nor. 8. (U. P.) One man; a mess boy, whose true name has not been' established, was missing early Joday following a -fire which destroyed the steamer Gold, together with the wharf at which the vessel was lying, and did ocher damage totaling a quarter million dollars. ' Fifteen persons; all members of the crew, were aboard the Gold when the fire i broke out. Many reached safety by leaping overboard and swimming ashore. . BOY RISKED LIFE The" last seen of the missing boy, according to Captain Harris G. Bell of the Gold, he was running from room to room, arousing sleepers and giving the alarm of fire. It was be lieved he either was drowned or was trapped aboard the ship and burned to death. His home was said to be at San Francisco. . The fire was discovered at 12 :4S a. m. by Captain BelL "I saw the flames coming out of the hold," Bell said today, "and hardly had I turned to give the alarm before the whole ship seemed ablase." ' , Bell, through the traditions of his calling, was the last man to leap over board from the. burning ship. WAREHOUSE STBITS j , Two terrific explosions, believed to have been of fuel oil, spread the flames to the Santa Rosa and Petaluma Rail way company's warehoues on the wharf. It was totally destroyed with its con tents, which included quantities of mer chandise which had just arrived from San Francisco. From the warehouse the fire spread to eight freight cars on tracks adjoining and they were burned with their con tents. . . - ' - Larger warehouses-to the east and west of the wharf were saved after four hours of hard fighting by the Petaluma fire department, aided by many volun teers. . i Duluth. Minn., Nov. 8. (I. N. S.) -r-It became known here this morn ing, through unofficial sources, that a United States submarine chaser had docked at Ashland, Wis., and would proceed to Duluth today to assist federal : rohlbition agents of the Northwest district in carrying out their warfare against whiskey runners alleged to have been oper ating In fishing smacks along the western shores of Lake Superior. The chaser is of the type of water craft that composed the now famous "mosquito fleet' that was used so ex tensively along the Atlantic coast to dis courage operations of the German U boats during the latter stages of the war.. The chaser is armed with three long range guns and is manned by a crew of 13 men- besides the commander. According to federal agents, the whis key runners who are said to have been halted temporarily In their attempts to run the gauntlet of government officials in automobiles, has accomplished much of late through the medium of the ordl nary -type of fishing smack. The smacks. Is was stated, have proved elusive to available water craft at the lake ports and the government subchaser was called In as a final means of breaking op the most recent offen sive of the whiskey runners. The chaser, it was said, will begin op erations immediately and will have Du luth as its headquarters. Baby Drops, Out of Car; Parents Find It Asleep on Eoad Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 8. (U. P.) E. J. Brazelton and family fliwered into Los Angeles last night. When heads were counted it developed Baby ,June, 17 months old, was among those not pres ent Brazelton remembered having hit a bump in the road near Whi tiler. -The scene Bhif to to Whittler. C- A. Casady, also motoring to Los Angeles, espied something in the road ahead. His brakes Worked. Alighting, he found the object was a baby slumbering on all four.'-- -s-:..-.; ; s ,-. ...ft Brazleton arid family rattled up short ly afterward and retrieved Baby June, who was safe, sound and unscratched. Prosecutor Named ' . For Trial of Weston Salem, Nov. 8. Attorney General Van Winkle homed W. P. Myers of Bend, former district r attorney for Jefferson county, a special prosecutor in the case of A, J. Weston, under arrest charged with killing Robert EL Krug near Sis ters, Or., in March, 1919, and burning the body and Krugs residence. A re quest for the appointment of the special prosecutor was based on the fact that Arthur M. Jones, district attorney for Deschutes county, 1 is a' son-in-law of Weston and therefore disqualified from handling the case for the state. SUBMLL DRAFT TREATY ROLAND S. MORRIS, American ambassador at Tokio (above), and Mi juro Shidehera, Japanese am bassador to the United States, who are at . work on a new Japanese-American pact. I iff "'i''i ) I Q I 1 , - m WW- w 0 OTn, ,.- 1 Imwiwiismi i mi iiiiiwimimniiwiiiiisaisiiiii mm TREATY PROPOSED ON JAPANESE ISSUE V By A. lu Bradford . -p Washington,' Nov. 8.-IJ. P.)-A treaty under whlch Ja pan ese woul d be i excluded from American laws discriminatory to Asiatics is being considered at the state department, it was reported here today; . Such . a pact would be one way of meeting 'the Japanese protests against the new California law prohibiting own ership of land by Japanese and other Asiatics. Negotiations as a result of this protest have been in progress for some weeks. IftTLLIFT STATE LAW l " A treaty naturally would nullify all provisions of state laws contrary to Its provisions.. While neither the state department nor the Japanese embassy would admit such a treaty has been proposed. It is understood to have been considered In the negotiations, which are being con ducted by Roland S. Morris, American ambassador to Tokio, and Ambassador Shidehara, the mikado's envoy here. I The drafting of such a pact has not begun and neither has the United States offered the proposed treaty to Japan. President Wilson and Secretary of State Colby are understood not?yet to have decided on the plan. As now . being considered, the treaty would guarantee to Japanese subjects In i this country the same land rights given to most foreigners here, It is said. RESTRICT IMMIGBATIOW The treaty, now under consideration, if passed, would exempt Japanese from the . present . California law and the Webb measure, which first prohibited ownership of land, and all - other such laws In ether states. It is held. The amendments being drafted to5 the "gentlemen's .agreement," -under which Japan voluntarily undertook to restrict immigration, are now believed to be practically completed.: These amend ments are understood to. make the re strictions against Japanese immigration absolute.....:.- Should the treaty now reported being considered be agreed upon at the state department, the ratification of the sen ate would be necessary. It probably would be opposed there. . Flour Price Drops 40 Cents a Barrel; Total Cut of $2.75 " Declining wholesale prices in the flour market today came to climax with a cut of 40 cents a barrel, according to the an nouncements of millers, who declare the drop reduces the price 82.75 over the peak of high prices attained some months agO. .t : :V;V.V .:-., Today's drop of 40 cents brings the wholesale price down to 811 a barrel as compared with $13.75 at the peak. Bakers, who announce that they are provided with materials for approxi mately three months ahead, would not predict a lower price for bread, but gos sip has it that when present stocks run low a lesser price will be possible. . Prqmnient Flour Man Leaps to His Death Minneapolis; Minn- Nov. 8. (TJ.-P.) Charles Vogtel. 65, prominent flour dealer -of New VJlm, Minn., leaped from a window, on the ninth floor of Kad dison hotel here at noon today and died Instantly. A .letter to his wife, found in the room, was withheld by the coroner. Splea to harding Cablegram From London Advised " -Senator Not to Follow Extreme Negative Policy Advocated by Senators Borah and Johnson. By David Lawrence" :v (CopTrisht, 1920, fcy The Jeuraal. All BJfbts RMTTd) Washington. Nov. 8. Ellha Root has advised Senator Harding that Va new deal from the beginning by abandoning the peace of Versailles ts , impossible and that to : attempt it would bring chaos and an" entire loss of the -results of the war and generr.l disaster involving the United Btatea" ' This advice, it now can be disclosed, was given by cablegram from London by Mr. Root during the latter-part of Au gust and was an effort to keep Senator Harding from adopting the extreme position, on the treaty and league which Senator Johnson was advocating. The cablegram was sent partly as a result of an inquiry by Will Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, as to whether The Hague court could' not be so defined a to in clude the work supposed to be the ob ject of the League of Nations. Also there Is an interesting story of what happened at Marlon when the cable from Mr. Root arrived. First of all. this correspondent presents exclu sively today In The Journal the Ideas of Mr. Root as cabled' to a man who was stopping in Marion during the lat ter part of August and who showed the cablegram to Senator Harding.- Here Is what Mr. Root cabled : League is at wos : r "Declaration on which' Hays asks an opinion cannot be defined. The Hague court cannot be made to cover anything but justicable questions. Matters of state policy must be dealt with by eon-' ference of powers. See explanation In my letter to Hays of March, 1919. it Ir very unwise to declare the league dead : it would not be true. The league has hardly begun to function because the ( Ccincludrd oa Fag Two, Column Tare) - FINAL MESSAGE By ts. C Martin Washington, Nov. S(TJ. P.) President Wilson is ' preparing his final message to congress. The. roes sage is to be delivered to the final session of the sixty-sixth congress, which begins December 6. President Wilson has been at work on ' It for some time and is understood to have discussed portions of It with vari ous members of his cabinet, though he has not confided in any of them its ex act contents. The president has not told anyone whether he will mention the treaty and the league covenant In the message. - It Is understood that it will be devoted mostly to domestic matters and will contain recommendations for tax re vision; will repeat In effect' the previous recommendations for legislation to re duce the cost of living and may Include other legislative recommendations. Some part of each working day Is be ing devoted to preparation of the mes sage. The president makes notes with a pencil, later dictating them to his per sonal stenographer. No longer la he able to pound out his messages on the old typewriter which he used In the preparation of many historic state pa pers. . There Is small likelihood of the presl- . dent 'delivering the message in person. It is expected to be read to the house and senate by reading clerks on Tues day, December 7. Huckleberry Finn Is Model for Two Girls Who Ran Away As far as rivers, are concerned, the Columbia 1 Just as good a place to float a raft as the Mississippi, but Mark Twain displayed good Judgment when he- put Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer and a runaway slave on his raft instead of two school girls. 4 After reading the adventures ' of Huckleberry Finn, Jeanette Thomas, 15,' and Florence Welch. If, were so en chanted with the romantic adventures of the carefree runaways that they failed to observe the humorist's rare Judgment, They started out on a simi lar trip, using Vancouver, Wash., ! e their point of departure. :.' J. L, Thomas, 713 Commercial street, and E. N. Welch. 1351 East Lincoln street, the fathers of the two girls, re ported to the police Sunday that their daughters failed to return from a Sat- . urday afternoon shopping trip. They were found Sunday night by the Vancouver police. Suit Against Plane Company Postponed Federal Judge j Wolverton this mom ing overruled the objection of Attorney W. C. Bristol to having the suit of the . Union National Bank of Seattle vs. the Oregon, Washington Jk Idaho Airplane company going over another wettc, and set the- hearing, one' the demurrer " for ; next Monday, : Bert Haney, cooncel for the airplane company, filed the demurrer . and asked for . a . continuance of ono week, as a settlement outside of court is contemplated If 11 WHIG