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THE WEATHER-TOnlght and r'rlday,
fair;, easterly winds. : - . . ,
Minimum temperatures Wednesday :
Portland ....... 42, New Orleans ... 64
Helena .......... New York ...... 88
Los Angeles . 64 St. Paul ........ 10
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WAR VETERANS CELEBRATE DAWN OF PEACE
HUNDREDS of veterans of three wars, with their allies, the nurses, war mothers and aux
iliaries parade in big Armistice day ceremoniaL Above Red Cross war nurses. Cen
ter A column of uniformed youth. : Below A Civil war veteran with the flag he and his
fellows fought to save. ' i !
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1 ' IT-' the shipping board, tcdav aporoved
1, m v. I ' ' .v a contract with j Barde Industrial
j j ?' ''il corporation of Portland, for th pur-
" I ; ' chase of surplus building maU rials
s " t " on the" Pacific coaf.t. Jt is fcrftimatil
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. San Francisco, Nov. ll. (I. N.
S. Clearing up a score of daring
holdups in Golden . Gate park and
possibly! a hundred robberies of
homes in the Richmond district, po
lice today arrested Marvel Gilbert
and Patricia De Vin and recovered
a wagonload of loot from their
apartment, the value of which was
estimated high in thousands of dol
lars. Jewelry, clothing and silverware made
up the llstof articles recovered. .Per
haps most valuable, f-however, was a
trunk packed with expensive liquors of
all sorts. Including champagne.
Police iare seeking other members of
the gang.. The arrest of Gilbert and the
Pe Vin woman was characterised as the
most . important in years by the police
department.
Sinn Feiners Fire on
Armistice Paraders
Belfast. Nov. 11. (U. P.) An Armi
- stice day parade was broken up here to
day when alleged Sinn Feiners opened
fire on the flag bearers. Shots were ex
changed, wounding a number of persons
on both sides. ;.
Lloyd George Will
' Offer Plot Proof
London, Nov. 11. The British gov
eminent has decided to publish docu
ments found In possession of Sinn Fein
leaders in 1918 to prove that they were
' involved in a German plot,' Premier
! Lloyd George announced in the house
I ex commons this altar noon. i
Washington. Kov. 11. (I. N. S.) A
bid of $10,000,000 submitted by Barde
Brothers, ; supplementing their original
bid of $4,000,000, and - aonther bid of
1 16,000,000 for Hog Island shipyard eub
i mltted last -week, was rejected today by
Rear Admiral Benson, chairman of tho
shipping board.
ist Is Injured
When Knocked Down
By Skidding Auto
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All automobile eklddlhg' records for the
city were shattered early this afternoon
at Portland boulevard and Albina ave
nue, when a car driven by Harry Kaiser,
763 East Thirteenth street, skidded 132
feet, knocking down and seriously injur
ing a bicyclist. Phylias Loofburrow, 15,
of 1249 Borthwlck street.
Kaiser was passing an auto truck go
ing south on Albina avenue. He de
clared he . was going 17 miles an hour.
Witnesses attested the speed at being be
tween 35 and 40 miles to Motorcycle Po
licemen Freiberg and Keegan. In pass
ing the truck the machine started skid
ding, hitting the bicyclist broadside. The
car was overturned, but Kaiser, who po
lice declare had been drinking, was un
injured. Loofburrow suffered a concus
sion of the brain and was taken, to his
home. '
Dodson Will Eeturn
Saturday Evening
W. D. B. Do&on, general manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, will return to
Portland at 7 o'clock Saturday evening
after five months spent in the East on
commercial matters. Dodson left for
the East June 15 and has spent most of
his time at Washington. D. C, Through
his activities Portland has received rec
ognition in shipping matters and sev
eral . new industries. He will probably
return to the East in January. ; i
Girl Loses Life in
Automobile Crash
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. ll.-(U. P.)
Katherine - Baker, 17, was instantly
killed on the Puyallup highway early
today, when the car In which she was
riding with four men was hit and
knocked into 'the ditch by another ma
chine. The driver of the other car .did
. not . stop, and his .identity , is not. known.
t rt t i and others chugging along in n
By David M. Church
Brownsville, Texas, j Nov. 11. (I,
N. S.) President-elect Warren G
Harding came out of his seclusion
today, struggled with' a stiff collar
and a badly sunburned neck and
paid his tribute to the fighting men
of ; America a! the Armistice day
celebration here, j j
Late this afternoon the president-elect
will deliver the first formal speech he
has made since his election.
Thousands swarmed into Brownsville
to see and hear, the next president.
Wealthy ranchers coming from the Rio
Grande valley in their high powered
carl1, cattlemen riding; in on spirited
mustangs, sheepherdera trailing in on
foot covered with alkali dust, and- hun
dreds of Mexicans coming In from all
northern Mexico, some riding tiny burros
and others chugging along in rattling
automobiles, and gobs on foot-
MIXED CKOWD SEES HARDING
It was truly an international affair
that the president-elect attended today,
for the crowds were of wide varietyXand
picturesque indeed, with stalwart Amer
icans of the border type and dusky Mex
icans gayly Bcarved in huge silk bah
danas of the most brilliant hue. In shy
retirement among the mobs were many
black-eyed . Mexican women,'s--wearlng
mantillas of shrieking colors and laces
of their own making which were almost
priceless. j
Mexico is vitally Interested in this
event.- for Mexican leaders hope the
president-elect i will make some utter
ance which will indicate his probable
future attitude towards Mexico. Under
a beating Texas sun the president-elect
was to review a truly, frontier parade,
with dashing cavalry,; brawny Texas
rangers under the leadership of Captain
Hinson, gold striped veterans of the
world war, and greyed' veterans of the
Civil war all represented in the parade,
and typifying those legions who have
fought and given their lives for their
nation, the hero dead who the president
elect paid tribute to today.,
WRITES ADDRISS TS, STATION
Governor W. P. Hobby was expected
to arrive in time to hear the president
elect deliver his address on the parade
grounds of Fort Brown.
Italy Agrees With
Jugo-Slavia About
Dispute on Adriatic
Santa MargherltaJ Italy, Nov. IL TT.
P.) Italy and Jugo-Slavia have agreed
on a settlement of the Adriatic dispute,
according to Premier GiolitU.
" The premier let it be understood Jugo
slavia had accepted a boundary line
along the Julian Alps and the independ
ence of Flume with Italian contiguity
for that section.
Discussions will continue over Italian
sovereignty. in Flume and disposition of
several Dalmatian Islands.
tMIXEB CKOWD RFE TI A PTIXrj
Grim Khaki Suits and Red Cross
Costumes Mingling With Blue
and Gold of Sailors and Ma-
nnes
Recall Nov. 11, 1918.
Portland .is celebrating today,
with 'glad acclaim, the second anni
versary of Armistice day. And her
neighbors from 'round about are
oining in the festive event. It is a
general holiday. ,
Up from the farm, the ranch and the
logging camp ; in from the dairies, the
orchards, the adjacent towns and vil
lages; out from the stores, the factories
and the great industrial plants, and
even from some of the ships that sail
the seven seas, the flower of Oregon's
young manhood, which laid its service
before the high altar in the struggle for
world freedom, poured forth into the
highways of Portland to participate iti
this heart-stirring event. j
WEATHER IS IDEAL "I
Ideal was the weather. The command
had said; "The rule followed in 1317
18, which made Armistice day possible.
will be followed on this occasion-
There is no weather.' The parade forms
and moves regardless of rains,, snow or
sunshine." But nature had a kindly
smile for Armistice day. The sky was
bright and cloudless ; a brisk wind pre
vailed and there was a crisp snappiness
in the air that gave zest to the march
ers. '
It is estimated that fully 50,000 people
stood on ' the sidewalks along the line
of march. The columns of khaki and
navy blue, bearing , the ever-brilliant
American colors, passed through cani-
yons human-lined, and received ova
tions of applause. Hats were doffed as
the colors passed by, and there were,
hand-clapplngs and cheers for the' vari
ous contingents representing the arms
of service In the army end navy, and
the "great mother," the American Red
Cross. ;
The veterans of Great Britain and of
Canada and Australia were heartily
cheered as they passed along. . j
JOT AXD PATHOS MINGLE j
There were smiles and joyous shouts
to the men in line ; and there was also
the huah following a tightening of the
heart-strings as the gold star float.
bearing the silent emblems of the da-
parted and the words "In Memorlam,"
turned the thought of the spectators to
the men who did not come home. , M
Just previous to the formation of the
parade body a solemn and unique serv
ice took place In the Grand Army of the
Republic hall at the courthouse. It was
the Armistice day memorial of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars or the united
States, Over the Top Post No. 18, which
has more than 1000 members.
The hall was filled with former serv
ice men of the world war and the Spanish-American
war, with a sprinkling of
G. A. K. veterans as spectators. Com-
: Concluded on Pisa BeTentecn, Column Three)
REORGANIZED TAX
Salem,. Or., Nov, 11. That an ef
fort will be m&de at the forthcoming
session of the state legislature to
reorganize the. state tax commission.
to consist of three members, two
to be field men and one an office
man, is Indicated by sentiment ex
pressed by assessors for the various
counties assembled here in the an
nual convention of the State Asses
sors' association. The proposed plan.
it is stated, would abolish, the pres
ent commission, composed of the
governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer.
Back of the move, if is explained,
is a feeling - that the assessors ' are
placed at a serious handicap under the
present system in arriving at a valua
tlon of public utility properties
in jthe
various counties. Some of the as
sessors go so far as to declare that It
is impossible to get a square deal for
the individual property owner under
the commission as now constituted, add
ing that it is not the personnel of the
commission, but the system, at wuich
their objections are directed. j
Under the present plan, it is explained,
the county assessors are absolutely; in
the dark as to the valuation of the
utility properties, whereas tha utilities
have ready access to all county records.
the assessors being compelled to depend
entirely upon the opinion of the com
mission for the utility valuation and the
commission as now constituted, it is de
clared, has no means of ascertaining the
percentage of assessed' valuation as re
lated to actual valuation placed upon
private property In the; various counties.
Winnipeg Observes;
Armistice Day
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Winnipeg. Man, Nov. 11. (L N.
By order of the government all traffic
on railways and all work in stores and
offices ceased for two minutes at 11
o'clock today in commemoration of the
anniversary of Armistice day. ; , .,
Labor Raises Fund
To Fight Open Shop
New York, Nov. 11. A fund of 20,
000,000 to fight any attempt to put! the
country on an open shop basis is to be
raised by organized labor, it was ' an
nounced here last night by a prominent
.labor leader.
BODY PROPOSED
Plea for Cooperation of Public
and' More Efficiency From Po
lice Department Followed 4?y
Widespread Work of Thieves.
As if in answer to the challenge
of Mayor Bak.r, who demanded bet
ter . cooperation and more efficiency
from the heads of the various' de
partments of the police bureau in a
conference Tuesda, burglars in
creased their activities Wednesday
night, robbing four more homes and
attempting to ireak into nine others.
Following the conference between the
officials of the department and Mayor
Baker, rumors of a general police shake
up have been circulating .about head
quarters. Uneasiness and a feeling of
Insecurity seems to be felt In a number
of cases by officers of long standing.
No definite announcement of the pro
posed changes has been made yet. ;
G. F. Neff, 618 Gantenbein avenue,
reported that his home was entered
about midnight Wednesday through a
broken glass in the front door. All the
family silver, an electric perculator with
a cut glass top, a rifle, . napkins, and
luncheon sets and a leather suitcase were
taken.
JEWELRY IS STOIEX
W. N. Sponaugle, 909 Borthwlck street.
was awakened by the sound of someone
moving around In his house. When -he
umped out of bed, he heard the burglar
jump from a first story window. : A
survey of the house revealed the loss of
quantity of jewelry, an 1851' gold dol
lar and a revolver. Entrance was gained
through a jimmied bedroom window.
T. F. Metcalf. 1824 East Yamhill
street, was robbed of a revolver,. a lady's
leather purse and jewelry.
Mrs. Emma E. Jones, superintendent
of the County hospital, reported that her
room In the hospital had been entered
and 875 taken. Other rooms in the hos
pital were robbed of a total of S20,
she reported.
Dye Hardwlck. East Water and Yam
hill, reported that a. box of tools was
stolen from his home.
Mrs. C E. Bartlett, 1061 Tibbetts
street, reported that a burglar was
frightened away from her front norch
Wednesday night. For several hours
Wednesday night three men were seen
watching the house of Mrs. H. C. Hun
derup. 60 East Eighty-sixth street north,
according to a report made to the police.
M. Manville 638 East Eighteenth street
north, reported that a burglar tried to
enter his home but was frightened away
wnen a noise waa made in the house.
IfO CHIFS TAKES' !
Burglars entered the Saratora Chin
factory at 9 :30 Wednesday night Noth
ing was reported lost. Mrs. A. L. : Fields.
605 East Twenty-eighth street north, re
ported that robbers tried to. break into
her home through a side door about
9 :45 Wednesday night. The attempt, was
unsuccessful. B. Ralbek, 728 Eaist Sev
enteenth street north, reported that an
unsuccessful attempt was made to
enter his home through a rear door
Wednesday night.
S. W. Northcutt, 733 East Sixty-sec
ond street north, was awakened Wed
nesday night by the sound of burglars
in a rear room. When he opened the
door, the burglars rushed out of the
back door, which had been left open.
No trace could be found of them. , Sur
prised while at their work, they failed
to carry away any loot.
HOUSE IS RANSACKED
George Shephard. 838 Borthwlck
street, returned late Wednesday night
to find that burglars htfa ransacked his
house In a search for valuables. Koth
lng was found missing. The : robbers
had shot through the lock of m bureau
drawer in an effort to get it open.
Another unsuccessful burglary was
reported by H. S. Tuthill, 1611 East Sal
mon street, who reported that an at
tempt was made to jimmy a window of
his home Wednesday night.
Charles E. Shepard, 18, son of E. W.
Shepard, and Willis Prather, 16, son of
Harry Prather of Mount Scott, were ar
rested Wednesday night by Patrolman
R. A. Ripley, after a cache of alleged
stolen articles was found in their room.
The boys are said to have confessed to
the robbery of a house near Island sta
tlon. Revolvers, rifles, masks, ; field
glases, kodaks and ammunition are said
to have composed-the loot.
Bodies of Twelve
Are Laid at Best in
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, Nov. 11. (U. P.) The
sad notes of taps rang out over the
Potomac today as the bodies of 12
American soldiers brought home from
France were interred In Arlineton ceme -
tery, where the remains of the boys in
blue of 1861 and 1898 rest beside those
of the boys in khaki of 1918. The Vir
ginia hillside was crowded with spec
tators, who stood with bowed heads as
this solemn scene in the commemora
tion of Armistice day was enacted in
sight of the nation's capital.
'Armistice day. said General Persh-
ing in a statement, "will come to mean
to the civilised world what Independ-
ence oay means to the united states.
100,000 Ukrainians
Move to Aid Wrangel
London, Nov. 11. (L N. a) An
army of 100.000 Ukrainians, under Gen
eral Parlenko. haa launched a general
offensive against the soviet Russians in
an effort to relieve the Red pressure
against General Wrangel on the Cri
mean front, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
today. Violent fighting is reported from
the region of Kherson, northeast of
Odessa. . e ,;. . :; .: .
PAPER LAYS
UNION FIGHT
Members of Rival House Wreck
ers' Union Meant Wall Street
Bomb for Job on Which They
Had Been Abused,1 Says World.
New York, Nov. 11. (U. P.) The
Evening World today, under the
headline ''Wall Street Explosion
Solved." declared that through an
Independent investigation it had dis
covered that the bomb which killed
more than 30 persons in Wall street
September 16 was intended to blow
up a house wrecking job near the
Morgan office. -
It was sent by Independent members
or sympathizers with House Wreckers'
union, local No. 95, which hada griev
ance against the Brindelt Building
Trades council. Dock I Builders' and
House Wreckers' union No. 15, mem
bers of which were working on the house
wrecking job, the Evening World said.
The bomb wagon was driven by '"a big
etolid Pole," who did not know what was
in it, the newspaper asserted. The bomb
was a clockwork machine set for 12 :02
n. m. it said, and was consigned to the
contractor at work on the liouse wreck
ing job, Albert Volk & Co.
DRIVER ESCAPES BY CHANCE
There was some delay in crossing the
street Intersection, and when the driver
left his wagon to ask where to deliver
his load, the Evening World said, the
hour arrived and the bomb exploded.
And now," said the World, "it is for
the police and federal detectives and
their privately organized competitors to
find out who planned the ticking clock.
In its barrel of broken sash weights and
dynamite, which was hauled almost to
the entrance of the Wall and Broad
streets Albert Volk & Co. job by the
broken-down 4 horse and ramshackle
wagon driven by a man who did not
know what was in his load and who went
away when he found out and never came
back, or even Bent word. r
The motive of the Independent mem
bers of or sympathisers with liouse
Wreckers' local No. 95, 4 in seeking to
blow up the. job, was largely a desire for
revenge on Robert P. BrlndeU and his
allies, the newspaper Said.
Brlndell, head- f . the buildlnr trades
(Concluded on Pig Two. Column Two) ,'
2 PATROLMEN AND
Wanton misuse of evidence gath
ered during liquor raids by Patrol
men Huntington and Russell will
probably be shown at the police ef
ficiency board hearing Friday morn
ing. Twenty-four quarts, of whikey
out of 39 are said to have gone
astray. The two patrolmen and
Sergeant Ray Ellis have bem or
dered to appear before the eff.'ciency
board and explain.
According to information received this
morning from government investigators,
the officers have, been using evidence
liquor to "pay" witnesses because there
was no police fund to pay "stool pig
eons." As nearly all liquor cases called
to the attention of the police are pros
ecuted In the, federal court, the officers
may find themselves in a serious predic
ament, should the United States attorney
lay the information before the grand
Jury.
IS QUABT8 TUBNED IX
The liauor involved In this investiga
tion is said to be 39 quarts seized from
Lewis Emera and William S. Filbert
when they were arrested. Only 15
auarts are ald to have been turned in.
A man named Marshall, who is said to;
have been Huntington's and Russell's
'stool Pigeon." is said to have received
12 quarts at two different times for in
formation , supplied the moral squaa.
Huntington and Russell wanted informa
tion from Seattle concerning the move
ment of liquor into this city, but were
unable to get police funds with which to
make the trip.
They are said to have proposed to Ser
geant Ellis that he allow mem to ntre
Marshall and pay him for the two trips
with confiscated liquor. Ellis is said to
have agreed. The liquor is said to have
been given Marshall by Huntington and
Russell in the presence and witn the
sanction of their superior officer.
Out of the first lot Marshall la said
to have sold several bottles to a promi
nent railroad otnciau rne second jot
was cached In the brush near St. Johns.
When the United States attorney's of-
-i'f ice learned of the affair Joseph .Beer
1 man. internal revenue agent, was told
I to locate the cache. Beeman found three
bottles when he unearthed the cache.
The other nine Marshall had disposed of.
Part of the second lot he Is said to have
used personally. Tb officers also seized
two army revolvers during the 'raid,
which were not turned in as evidence.
Federal officials state that the offloers
were given permission 10 doitow us
guns and use them, provided they would
surrenoer ui
I POLICE a nr. wtasi
The sweeping . investigation which
Mayor Baker has ordered in . the police
department seems to have caused a lit
tle uneasiness today. All morning lit-.
tie groups of officers were seen whisper
ing to each other, and whenever a re
porter approached tee conversation sud
denly changed to discussion of "the
weather."".--- it '
It is probable that the investigation
will reach farther than the moral squad,
as no action has been taken regarding
the detectives who testified in the recent
War Saving Stamp trial in the federal
court. Several police inspectors are
said to have known that Robert La
Salle had received altered stamps, but
failed to give their information to their
superior officer.
SERGEANT CALLED
40,0 0 0 VETS
SNUB MAYOR
DURING MARCH
prTTSBURG, Pa Nov. ll
Fortjfc thousand World war
veterans today refused to march
past the reviewing stand where
stood Mayor Babcock. The vet
erans had previously announced
they would take this action be
cause of the mayor's recent re
fusal to call off a tag day for the
benefit' of German and Austrian
children. ; T
. Jnst before the marchers
reached the reviewing stand they
turned and marched into' another
street.'. -'! I
BENSON'S AIDE
New York, ;Cov. 11. (I. N. S.) -Commander
Abner B. Clements, as
sistant to Ad -ilral Benson, chair
man of the United States shipping
board, on the witness; stand before
the congressional investigators here
today, declared he had "found noth
ing defi. He to show that there was
corruption of shipping board of
ficials," but admitted that contrac
tors have been overcharging I the
board. j ' ,1
. Commander Clements further admitted
that , his Investigations I had disclosed
that it was true contractors had been
listing laborers at 80 cents and 80 cents
an hour and then paid them only 40
cents an hour, pocketing the difference.
"Interlocking contracts are an abuse
generally quite common," testified Ad
miral Benson's right-hand man. "I do
not know what losses have resulted from
allocation of ships to. Interlocking com
panies." He urged legal steps to remedy
this practice. i
The witness admitted the present 'sys
tem of handling funds- derived from op
eration of allocated ships was "not a
sound one," and that 1 the accounting
system also was bad.
"There is no standard as to a uniform
method of bunkering shipping board
vessels, provisioning them, or manning
them." he said. "These matters are left
to the operating agents and their dis
cretion." - - - ..' -
Commander" Clements testified : thai
4000 employes, of the shipping board are
busy on books, getting data in shape. .
TAKE OVER PLANT
! By Carl D. Groat
Berlin. Nov. 11. (U. P.)--Ger-
man workers seized a metal factory
here today and extinguished the
fires.; Other factories were invaded
lmiiHnnnillv.
i Police surrounded the metal factorles,(J
planning an attack to dislodge the oc
cupants. Other workers took possession
of a gas plant on the north side of Ber
lin, establishing a, soviet there, police
reported.
The seizure of the metal factory was
evidently carried out by the workers in
emulation of the Italian strikers, who
captured and held plants In Italy dur
ing the recent labor disturbance there
This was the first instance of any.
thing of the .kind in Germany and the.
government immediately rushed meas
ures for meeting the new menace.
Police reserves and detachments of
troops were held in readiness for action
in event that the seizure of factories
should result in iignting or aeveiop in
another' Spartacan outbreak.
ABSOLVES BOARD
BERLIN WORKERS
Britain Canonizes Soldier
K ft H R at t t It It- It It
Unknown Is Buried in Abbey
By Wcbb MlKcr l
London, Nov. 11. (U. P.)--Tom
Atkins was canonized by ( Great
Britain today when she buried the
remains of an unknown soldier
among her illustrious dead in West
minster 'Abbey.
The soldier, name and regiment un
known, was burled with the highest fu
neral honors paid Britain's great fight
ing men. King George was chief
mourner, army officers of the highest
rank were pallbearers and the highest
officers of the church assigned the war
rior's body to its final rest -
In addition the entire empire sent rep
resentatives to attend the services and
thousands upon thousands massed In the
streets to glimpse the plain oaken tas
ket, swaging on its caisson as It pro
ceeded from railway station to abbey;
THOUSAITBS TISIT MEM OBI AL f i
Not satisfied with this glimpse, thou
sands waited for conclusion of the cere
monies that they might visit the newly
unveiled monument, recording the hon
ors paid the unknown. ; j
The" bronse tablet became a mecca.i
.Police and military, lines opened the
way for the funeral procession , when
finally the unknown's remains were car
ried from the chapel In Victoria station.
Champing at their bits and tugging at
the gun carriage which they had drawn
in France were six famous horses from
Battery X of the Royal Horse artillery,
which fought the great battle at Ie
Cateau. They were In mourning, black
plumes nodding from their bridles. .
HISTORIC FLAG TSED ' : '
Officers for the " army, navy and air
forces carried the casket from the sta
tion, laid It upon the carriage and
draped the British flag across it. It was
the same flag that had - been used al
most continuously At funerals in Tpres.
SLICE OUT OF
RUSSIA BOUGHT .
BY VANDERLIP
Tract Lies in Siberia and Kam-
chatka and Is Said to Be Em
pire in; Itself j! Russians re
to Spend One Billion in IL S.
By IjOuIho Bryant
8prlI Correpphndmt International Nw 8Ip "
tCnpyrtght, llt'20. International. Nw Sriw)
! Moscow, I by Wireless to Berlin.
Nov. 11. The soviet government of
Russia has contracted to purchase
f 1,000,000,000 worth of merchandise
in the United States in 1921 through "
the syndicate healed by Washing
ton D. Vander'.ip, a banker of Los
Angeles, Cal., it was announced hero
by Mr. Vanderllp before his depart
ure for Revel in a special train. The
American financier said ho was well
satisfied with .he result of his ne
gotiations jwith the soviet govern
ment and. this sentiment was echoed :
by Russian officials.' The- commer
cial ord: secured here for fulfill
ment in .he United States Is the big
gest in the history oi the world.
BCTS AW EMnttK .
' The correspondent of the International
News Service met Mr. Vanderllp at the
foreign office just after he had signed
the contract for a long lease on a gigan
tic slice of Siberia and" Kamchatka a
tract as big as an empire. The banker
was smillngtand happy over, the success
of his deal. -He gave the International
News Service the following signed state
ment: ! : ., . - . -.
"For the foreign press and the Amer-...
lean people:; i : ! ,
"It has been brought to my attention
that our secretary of state, Mr. Baln
bridge Colby, made a statement to the
effect that I waa In. Moscow at the In-'
stigatlon of Senator (now president' -elect)
Harding," negotiating for recognl- ,
tlon of soviet Russia by the -United
States. I came to ttnssia to acquire for
the Vanderlip syndicate on terms, of 0
years 400,000 square miles of Russian
territory rich in oil. coal and fish. This
acquisition gives the United States con
trol of the oil situation on the Pacific I
hsve also obtained !-an understanding
whereby the Russian government will
purchase In the United States during
1921 merchandise worth $1,000,000,000, of- -fering
payment gold, platinum, furs, oil,
oil products, manganese, copper, timber,
pulp. wood, hides, grain and other raw
materials, j j -JAPAW
HAS MONOPOLY
"Great quantities of these supplies are
ready for immediate shipment to Amer
ica. The commodltfes not needed In the
United States will be distributed
(Coneladad ok Pat Two, Column Poor)
Music! Societies
Too
Noisy; Must
Seek Other Eooms
Music societies, with the exception of
the Portland Oratorio society, will not
be permitted to meet In Central library
as a result of the action of the library
directors Wednesday night. Disturb
ances caused to library patrons by the
noise is the reason for such sctlon.
The Portland Oratorio society will be
permitted to meet henceforth In room A
oaly, Isolated from the main reading
and reference rooms and sound proof.
This society was favored because of long
established precedent of hospitality by
the library; v
I.ow-volced commands passed down the
line of soldiers and sailors forming the
guard of honor. A clatter of arms fol
lowed and the British fighting forces
stood at attention as a nameless war- '
rior passed down (he street to his last
rest. i
, Field Marshal Halg. General Catless
of the marines. Admiral Earl Bcauv
and Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trencher
paced at the side of the carriage. ; -
Immediately preceding the honor guard
was a huge massed band, drawn from
many branches of the service. Its great
brass throat burst Into the solemn
strains of the dead march as the proces
sion moved out from the station, the '
slow rhythm of muffled drums rever
berating through the narrow street, f ol
lowing the cofflrt were long lines, repre
senting the fighting men of all the na
tions of the- British empire.
The gun carriage baited shortly after
11 o'clock at1 the "monument to: the
glorious dead." ..
KI1CO U5TEIL8 M05UMEXT
King George awaited It there. The
king unveiled the memorial as "Big
Ben" tolled.
As the sound of the bell died away,
the crowd uncovered and for two min
utes stood la alienee.
The silence waa finally broken by the
sound of bugtea and the funeral proces
sion reformed, with King George and
other members of ths royal family fol
lowing , the , casket - afoot v as chief
mourners.- ; -'.".!'-;
At Westminster Abbey there waa an- ,
ft'ier halt and the casket was transferred
irem the carriage to the altar, where the
archbishop of Canterbury conducted the
solemn funeral ritual.
An the coffin finally was lowered lm
its crypt a battery Of artillery -tu lh
adjoining St. James park fired a field
marshal's salute of If guns the hichnpt
military honor accorded anyoae outside
royal ranX