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m ' . ; . ;. . : .. . . . . ..... -. . ... , ' ' : Jlamber. The year's dsrelopmeat will ( V V VZ--ey3cl yAy VNSCtHFUOA WiCL O-XXAV0 T - v. . a. a be renewed 1. pietare d text. , " jV . . ' Jr H VOL. XVIII. NO. 36. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1920. SEVENTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS J' 115 Argentina's Revolt at Geneva May Be Cue for Several Other Powers of Western' Hemisphere Canada, New Zealand, Australia Already Swung Toward Support of - South American Nation. By Henry Wood United Press Staff Corraspondsnt. Geneva, Dec. 4. The League of Nations tonight faced a revolt of the ' powers of the western hemisphere v which threatened it with possible disaster. . The Argentina, delegation has with drawn from the assembly. Canada, ; New Zealand and Australia havei swung to the support of Argentina. 'There is no knowing where this will half," Arthur Balfour, British repre sentative, declared in an agitated man ner to the United Tress correspondent. Vlvianl of France and Tittonl of Italy also were plainly excited. Officials hur ried about with tense, worried expres sions. ' Many conferences were sched uled for the weekend In an effort to agree on a- line of action beforo Mon day's meeting. ol'd ARRAYED AGAIXSr SEW Several delegates said tha't what they feared would happen had happened that the new world was arraying itself against the old world's ideals and Ideas. Many well Informed delegates were ad mittedly alarmed, fearing that the whole league structure, built up out of the ; blood and agony of the war, was crum . bling away before their eyes. The breach was opened When the Ar : gentines absented themselves from to day's session on the ground that Presi dent Paul Hymans had"" unjustly over ruled the' vote of Honorio Puerrydon sgainst the proposal to defer .all amend ments until-1521. However, when Hy mans called on Puerrydon and told him the question 4 probably : would be re opened, Puerrydon refused to return unless further amendmentaJ&troduccd .by the Argentine delegation were passed at onee. ; , ... ' C.UADA WIPES S BREAK The schism !"was opened , wider when Charles J. Dohorty, minister, of Justice K'oncluded onPige-Tcn, Column Three) Modem Son Uses Law's Process On Old-Fashioned Dad . Salem, Dec 4. George Aschenbrenner, Co-year-old resident of the -.Jefferson district, is- evidently one of those ol4 fashioned fathers ,-who do not believe that a son should escape from under the jurisdiction of the parental slipper as soon as he dons long trousers. So when J. A. Aschenbrenner, the son, a man in the prime of life, remon strated with the father when he at tempted -to remove some, bidding from the farm home the older man- proceeded to administer some fatherly discipline. ! A complaint charging assault and bat tery was filed against the father by the son and the former is out on $400 bond awaiting trial lu justice court here Thursday. Grandfather Wins f In. Fight for Child Baker, Dec 4. Another chapter In the short but dramatic life of little Sylvia Riggs was completed when Judge Will iam Duby decreed In the juvenile" court that the child be left in the custody of Charles Waldo, her grandfather, re cently appointed guardian. . The case was brought up by Waiter Riggs, father of the ;httle 3-year-old girL Rate Decision . The - Journal , By Marshall IT. Dana The decision of the Columbia ba sin rate case announced last Thurs day by the interstate commerce com mission Is the most Important trans portation victory ever won by Port land, Vancouver and the Columbia basin. - , It was the first recognition of the Columbia water grade as a factor In Northwest ratemaking. ; -It struck a blow at the very founda- fmn r,f. h ortifleiol . North wt rate structure, for manv Wra baaed on the costs and hazards .. of. the mountain .t. r .,,. e mn.irt.in routes to Puget Sound. . It recognized cost of haul aa an ele ment In ratemaking coupled with the water grade.- ; ' It gave to the upper ports of the Co lumbia ; and the hinterland their first dollars-and-cents benefit from their geo graphic position. SEW ZOSE CHEATED It added to the non-competitive ter ritory of Portland and Vancouver the zone south of Snake river, an area of approximately 4200 square miles, pro ducing for shipment annually about 10, 000,000 bushels of grain. : . ; On all commodities moving by rail between this cone and Portland .and Vancouver the' rates, after Mar 2, 1920, 90 -days from the date of the Wheat Rise In One Week Is 22 Cents Men Who Sold Huge Quantities at Low Prices Frightened at Inability to Get .Grain. By II y man II. Cohen Bids for wheat in Portland are 13i to 22 cents a bushel higher than a week ago. At the closing of the period the scarcity of hard white began to show up and this resulted in bids on the local exchange climb ing to $1.65 or 22 cents a bushel above last Saturday. Strength so intense that shorts who sold huge supplies at low prices for ex port are thoroughly frightened has re appeared In the wheat trade, confirming once .again the contention of The Jour rial that there has never been a le gitimate excuse for .the previous de clines In price. FIGURES ABE INTERESTING Official figures of export tell a very Interesting story. The figures are in tensely bullish' and it is small wonder that the short sellers are alarmed. It appears from 'the official report- given out by the department of agriculture that wheat exports for 10 months, in cluding October, show a total from the United States of 166.34S.814 bushels, compared with 123,450,697 a year ago. The figures of exports for October are typical of the situation which has put the bears to rout and aided the pro ducer. ' .For October. 1920, the United States exported 35,802,977 bushels of wheat, compared with 13.686.675 bushels for the same' month a year ago. As startling as the figures of October -and for the 10 months show, they are a mere nothing as compared with what has been sold for November, December and January delivery, and export totals of these months are very likely to show that not only has the United States sold all of its usual export volume of wheat, but It has actually sold more, than-.it would be safe to deliver. WHAT CLIQUE HAS DONE It will be remembered that the for eign clique has been utilizing the De cember option to bear down -the wheat' market .generally. Now.' with the time for delivery at home and the farmers In t : : ( Concluded on Pigs Thirteen, Column Two) LISTED AS HEROES France, Great Britain, Belgium J Italy and Montenegro Paid Tribute to Bravery. Salem, Cr., Dec. 4. According to compilations, completed Saturday by Adjutant General George A. "White, 149 Oregon citijens were decorated by foreign governments for services performed during, the late warThe compilation is based on records fur nished by the foreign decoration section of the war department and the adjutant 'general is of the opin ion that the list is fairly complete. - ' The list does not include the names of those who were decorated by the United States, the compilation of which has not been completed. The decorations were conferred by Great Britain. France, .Belgium, itajy ana Montenegro. Two Oregon men, the records show are entitled to wear thecove.ted medaille militaire of the French government and six were awarded the cross of the black star by presidential degree. Most of the latter were regular army officers. wno eruerea west foint from Oregon, GEXERAL IS I5CLUDED , The Legion of Honor was conferred upon nine uregonians. largely army of ficers, - and 94 Oregonlans received the French Croix de Guerre, eiven out In large numbers in France for courageous conduct on me Dattleaeld, or, in a few cases, ror meritorious service In the rear. Ten Oregon men were .decorated bv Great -Britain, 14 by Belgium, five by (Concluded 00 ' F" Fifteen, Col-unn Three) Big Victory t K K Led in Fight order, will be 10 per cent less than the rates between Puget Sound and Astoria ana the same zone. The differential will be reached. If tne commerce commission's sue-srestlon is followed, by- increasing the rates, to Puget Sound and Astoria 5 per cent and decreasing the rates to Portland and Vancouver" by an equal amount. There should be no confusion of mind as to the general effect of the commis sion's order, It reads: the raica iur -interstate .application on classes and -commodities between nnlntn ' m wlu fcommoi in saia uowniDia river basin south of 1 Lh Snake river on the one hand - and Fortlanfl and - V ancouver on the other are unduly prejudicial to Portland and Vancouver In -so far as thev exceed 90 per cent of the rates contemporane ously applied on like traffic between the Columbia Tiver basin points on the one hand and Astoria, Seattle or Tacomasor points on Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay on the : other." " rv GKAIJf IS" IiTCLUDED .. The decision applies to grain rates. It applies to livestock rates. It applies to lumber, canned goods, groceries, dry goods, musical ; Instruments on all classes and commodities moving be tween the zone sotth of Snake river and Portlalnd-Vancouver. The order makes no exceptions. "Where Portland has been getting the (Concluded -on Pas Six,'. Column One) 149 FROM OREGON RED RUSSIA Soviets Preparing for New Of fensive on Frontier States, Asserts Anti-Bolshevik Paper. Poles at Same Time Are Getting Ready r for. Another Offensive, . Say Those Who Are on Inside. liy Carl D. Groat United Press Staff Correspondent . ' -, , Berlin, Dec. 4. Rumblings from the new "cockpit of Europe" the frontiers of, Bolshevik Russia indi cated today that preparations were being made for a resumption of hos tilities there before Heavy snows mate the ground impassable. Serftm. in close touch with the Polish tary situation informed the United Press correspondent that the Poles prob ably will start a new offensive very shortly. , A report printed ii the anti-Bolshevik newspaper Riilj at Helsingfors said the Soviets were preparing for a new, offensive- against frontier states and that Esthonia was strengthening its defenses and making ready for mobilization. The liettonian newspaper Jaunos Slnos re ported 400,000 Red troops concentrating at' Smolensk. It also had a report that a complete army corps was. en route from South Russia to resume the drive against Warsaw. Now that Wranerel is cruhdt the belief is that the Red troops wlltf be .rushed back to Poland to.-finis"i the task that was Interrupted there last summer by the activities of Wrangel in Crimea. .- , A Petrograd .dispatch quoted the Pravda as saying 15 Red army corps wer0. concentrated in Moscow and the provinces. -. German Shelless Cartridge Patent Bought by Japanese By Karl H. "ton Wiegand t.'nirereal Service Stiff Correspondent Berlin, Dec. 4.The Japenese, who have had a special detail Of army offi cers in Berlin Btudying the. German war macnim?..viai was, especially tne uer man war office and its methods of, in dustrial organization and mobilization for war purposes, have , purchased the patents to a new German war invention the shelless cahtridge. . It is named the "Iehmann cartridge" after the Inventor. It consists of ar rifle and' machine gun bullet which has the powder charge directly in the bullet and requires no shell around it. The claim is made for it that rifles and machine guns can be made " lighter, and their rapidity of fire greatly Increased. According to members of the former German general staff, the Japanese have been on the" scout for the latest German war inventions ever , since, the first Japanese came into uermany arier tne armistice. For a time they were so nu-f merous and so silent about their' pur poses and work that It caused com ment" among officers of some of the other allied missions. Owing - to the widespread publicity given to reports of the kindly manner In which the Japanese treated he Ger man war prisoners in Japan,, there is a distinct sympathetic feeling in Germany toward Japanese,: more especially in military circles. : Mayor Baker and Wife -Leave Today On California Trip Mayor George Xt.Baker and. Mrs. Ba ker this morning will be on their way to San Diego, Cat. where they contem plate enjoying two weeks of rest. Be fore 3-eturning to Portland they will visit Los Angeles- and Pasadena. Many in formal social functions are being planned by their southern friends to add sest to the contemplated fortnight's period Of rest . ' "- - ' ' " Commissioner of public affairs Bige low is .acting mayor and commissioner, of public, safety in the mayor absence. Witness Testifying Against Chinese Found FuU of 'Hop' Discovery " that Charles Anderson, a poisoner in the city Jail, who was taken to the municipal court Saturday to testify In a case against a Chinese charged with selling narcotics,' was unable to give his testimony clearly, started an investiga tion that revealed the fact that he had been getting drugs while in Jail. When questioned by Deputy City At torney Stadter, Anderson made replies that -caused the court, to send him to a physician . for examination. ,? The doctor stated that Anderson was under the In fluence of narcotics at the time. An derson refused to tell who gave, him the drugs, but said that a man who had been released . from Jail ' the same day brought them in secreted about his cloth ing. - i . Thieves Get Walrus rTiisksGrift of Beary Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 4. (TJ. P.) Valuable walrus tusks which the" late Admiral Peary, noted Arctic explorer, gave to the University of : Iowa, were stolen from the university's museum, university authorities announced last night f ROYERS PRIMP UP Public Invited to Inspect Six War- , ships in Harbor, at North Bank Dock, between 1:30 and 4. Rear Admiral J. S. McKeon and Officere Honored at Dinner Given, by Prominent Citizens. Shipshape and ready for inspec tion by the public, the six destroy ersi of the Twelfth division of the Pacific fleet are lying today at the North Bank dock just north of the Broadway bridge. They are - the temporary home of 1200 officers and men, of the Pacific fleet who came to Portland Friday evening. Until Monday morning the vessels will remain at the dock and will then start the return voyage to San Diego, their headquarters. And the "gobs" are hop ing that the heavy weather they en countered on their trip north will not prevail on the trip south. White caps and blue suits were to be seen everywhere on the streets 9 f Port land Saturday evening. Lieutenant Com mander James D. Willson having given all-the sailors possible shore leave after the vessels were placed in trim. ! 1:1 TO 4 ARE HOCKS The division is composed of the U. S. S. Lamberton, U. S. S. Radford, U.. S. S. Montgomery, U. S. S. Breese. U. S. S. Gamble and V. S. S. Ramsay, carrying the numbers 119 to 124 respectively. These ships will be open for inspection from 1:30 to 4 p. m. Saturday afternoon the sailors gath ered at Third and Gllsan streets, formed in platoons and behind their 100-piece (Concluded on Fua Fourteen. Column Fire) News Index Today ' Sunday Journal la CompleU in Eight - , Eaetioai Editorial Section 2. Pact 4. Foreign -. Argentina. Ketoltn at Genera Section I, Paa-a 1. Rum Mines in Bihu Section 1. Paee 1. Japanese by German Patent Section 1, Pa 1. Turkey to Fifiht Section 1, Pas 8. National . Hardinc to Tiait Preaident Section 1, Pags 1, Seamen Act Indoned Section 1, Pace X. McNary Alma Blow at Seinina Section 1 Pago 1. Cor 1 res Conrenes Monday Section 1. JCI Fanmen to Seek Belief Section 1, Pa Group Rate for Sawmills Section 1, Pate 8. Job Seekers Speculate Section 1," Pate 1. Plea atada for tanners Section 3, Paaa 2. Domectlo Mra. MacSwisey in New . Tork Section 1, Page 3. Flaahea From Journal Wires Section 1, Paw 4 Suspected Girt Win Return Section 1, Paas 8 Small Case Mystery Section 1, Fu 12. Bandito Steal $12,000: Section 1, Paca 12. NorUlwast Listed aa Heroes Section Oregon Men Pate 1. 1, Coca Bay Teachers Criticized Section 1, Pag 4 Smith Is Be-leeted Section 1, Pace 10. State Appropriations Discussed Section 1, Page 10. "Healer" . Lake Is Sued Section 1, Page 11, Company Buys Fir Tract Section 1. Page 12. Water Company Holdings Bought Section 1 Page 14. ' Fund for Market Roads Section 1. Page 15. Dairymen Throng Show Section 1, Page' 15. Funds to Combat Pests Urged Section 1 S, Page 2. Portland Tax Dodgers Face Inquiry Section 1, Page 1. Hold-up Men Kidnap Brotheri Section 1, Page 1. " Smoke Endangers Firemen Section 1, Page 1. Adrance in Wheat Prices Section 1, Page 1, Destroyers Await Visitor Section 1. Pag 1. Japanese Shot br Strangers Section 3, Pago 2- Woman Struck Down Section 1, Page 2. Booth Declares Position Section 1, Pag 13. City's Jobless Army Section-1, Pag 5. Woman Drinks Poison Section 1, Page 5. Drier's License Suspended Section 1, Paga 5. Portland Man Decorated Section 1, Page if. County 8uit Before Court Section 1, Page 11. "Did Not Mean to Kill" -Section 1, Page 11 Lima Purchases Admitted Section 1, Page. IS. Man Pinioned on Pole Bared Section 1 Page 15. , Business News ' , Real Estate and Buildings Section 3, Page 1 Market Section 3.. Page 13. Finance Section 3, Page 4. Marine Section 3, Page 4. Sport Section 8, Page 3. Section 6. Pagea 4-5. Automotive Section . Pages 1-6. On the Finer tide The Week in Society Section 4, Pages 4-5-6-7. Women's Clnb Affairs Section 4, Page 8. Fraternal Section 2,Pae 6. In Portland Schools Section 2. Page 7. American Legion News Section 4, Page 7, National Guard News Section 4, Page 8.' Drama and Photoplay Sections, Pages 1-2-3-4. The Realm of Music Section fi. Fag 5. ;. ; Feature Who's Who on Broadway Section B. Page S. Ring Lardner's Letter1 Seetiot 2, Page 3. Portlander in London Section 2. Pace 3. Park Cats Close to Curb Section 6, Pag 1 Watch Tout Brakea Section 8, Pajrs J. Cara of the Clutch Section O. rage X. Oregon's History Bound to Una Section C, Pace 8.. . Polk's First B-F.D. Sot Popular Section 2, Page 8. :,- , Magazine Pictorial News ReTiew Section T, Page 1. Man'a Earliest Art Work Section 7. Pag J. Romance of a Want Ad Section 7. Pag 3. Tailorine- the Skin Section .7. Pag 4. Trying to Explain Prodigies Section 7. Pag 5, Hats to Fit Character ecuou i, rag e. Health, "Beauty, Home Section 7, Pag 7. Miracle Costumes Section 7, Pag 8. ' ' Cemle ... Section 8. Pages 1-4. Auty License Tax Dodgers Face Inquiry Oregon Owners Profit by Using Washington Tags; U niform , ..Law Being Considered. Numerous automobile owners liv ing and operating their machines in Oregon have been purchasing Wash ington license tags, which are sold under" a different system and at a cheaper rate, according to Lieuten ant. Harvey Thatcher of the auto theft bureau. . Names of a number of men 'suspected of this practice are now in the hands of the police. Secretary of State Sam Kozer stated Saturday that he had been Informed that this license irregularity was being prac ticed In. Portland and would instruct state license inspectors to investigate such reports. LEGISLATION IS URGED Legislation which would facilitate the discovery and arrest of persons guilty of this evasion of state laws is now under consideration, Kbzer said. A law requiring all tourists to register with the chief of police in the first town they come to after entering the state has been suggested as the best means of checking up on such cases. I am heartily in favor of such a law.1 said Kozer. "I would certainly recom mend its enactment. While I have not been Informed of any specific! cases where automobile owners in Portland or other Oregon towns have failed to take outran Oregon license and have been operating under Washington .licenses. I have been told by a number of people that . this practice has been going on. would certainly like to obtain the names of any one w ho has been doing this." pbofit is made On light, low-powered cars, the dif ference in the 'two rates is small, in most makes Hot exceeding fa. But in high-powered cars the difference- IS greater, making ! the deception clearly profitable. . "It is a simple matter fr an auto mobile owner in Portland to take out a license In Washington," said Thatcher. He can even do better than that by taking out a license on a light car, at a very low rate, and transfer the same tag to a high power car, which he keeps all the time in Portland. Unless something happens - to start an investigation he. might continue to operate here Indefi nitely without ever being found out. "l have heard of several cases where men have been doing this for the last three or four years. Before the new Washington law, making the weight of a car the basis Of license cost, it was a much more profitable scheme, for then there was a greater difference In Wash ington and Oregon" license fees." rKIFO&X LAW PLAJfSED Kozer said that uniform, traffic and license laws were being drafted by a committee of traffic? officers which be gan its meeting December J. In Cleve land, Ohio. .Until' the recommendation from this committee is received, Kozer said, no steps would be taken toward further legislation in Oregon. A number of new regulations aVe under consideration and Kozer, said he was practically certain that a set of new laws would be drafted for presentation before thei new cession of the legislature. Firemen Endangered By Dense Smoke in Burning Basement Fire originating from an unknown cause In the basement of the General Cigar company, 84 North Filth street. and communicating with the basement or the Henrunger & Ayes -Manufactur ing company, 80 North Fifth street, shortly before midnight Saturday, necessitated the sending in of a second alarm. Damage by the fire could not be estimated. . The fire was discovered by Night Watchman O'Neal of the cigar company. General Manager Lew Is ton of the com pany says damage at his place is covered by insurance. ' - Great volumes of smoke rolling, from the basements of the building made the names almost ipcombatable. Firemen were threatened by the smoke. At 2:30 o'clock, the flames were not under con trol'. Great Project to Improve Columbia Kiver Lands Urged Salem, Dec. 4. Development of the Co lumbia river basin in the states of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana through the organization of interstate improvement districts is suggested by W. El Southard of Wilson Creek, Wash.. who has appealed to State Kngincer Cup per for moral support of- the proposed project. i : Southard's proposal contemplates con gressloral action approving the project, which s.ould be financed by a bond issue of between $300,000,000 and $500,000,000 to be underwritten by the federal gov ernment This money would be used as a revolving fund, the various districts to be made self-sustaining. G. 0, P. Leaders Do r Not Expect; Much From High Tariff Washington, Dec 4. (U, P.) Repub lican congressional leaders in general have eome to the conclusion that no huge sum can be raised by enacting a high protective tariff. Although Senator Curtis, Kansas, recently proposed a bil lion dollar tariff, and i Representative Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the ways and means committee, says he plans to raise a half billion dollars from customs, the prevailing opinion In the Republican, ranks is that the revived tariff schedules cannot, be much higher taxaja aJL present. ' '-i HARDING TO PAY RESPECTS 10 PRESIDENT . Gap Between Outgoing and In coming Administrations to Be Bridged' fay Visit of Senator. . Closest Cooperation Between Two in Interest of Entire Country Almost Unanimously Favored. By David Lawrence (Copyright, 1820, by T. W. Burgess.) Washington, Dec. 4. The gap in government between the Wilson and Harding administrations will be bridged. Senator Harding will call at the White House to pay his re spects. Conferences between mem bers of the future cabinet and the present executives of the different government departments will conle subsequent to thev announcement of new cabinet personnel. The response of Republican as well as Democratic editors to the suggestipns of close cooperation between the outgoing and incoming administrations for the best interests of the whole country has been almost unanimously, favor able. ! rresident Wilson himself is said to b.0 ready to tell Senator Harding all the facts of foreign relations as they have been conveyed to him so that in map ping out ' his own foreign policy' the president-elect .shall have the benefit of the latest information concerning the true attitude of foreign governments. TREATY HE-SUBMISSION UKGED The president is being urged, moreover, to send the treaty of Versailles back to the senate. It is true that the senate once adopted a resolution, saying It could not be ratified in its present form. buthe important happenings at Geneva nave aiterea we wnoie race or tilings, the unanimous interpretation given of ficially at Geneva by the assemblage of the League that Article X did not mean a guarantee of territorial integrity as has been suggested in the debates in' the American senate, but simply refers to external aggression, has been looked upon by friends of the president as good augury, lite statement, moreover,, of Denmark that she cotUd not furnish troops for a certain purpose called for by the League's council Is also regarded as a precedent that will bolster up the view taken by Mr. Wilson heretofore concerning the freedom of actioni of every nation on the subject of mili tary aid. ? - But there Is no suspicion here that Mr. Wilson will try to foist his views about the league on Mr. Harding. The latter will decide for himself whether the league is a dead issue or not and "what he will do about it. On the other hand, the particular problem before the president, as seen by friends of the league, is that unless he sends the treaty and covenant back to the senate, there will be nothing before that body. It is suggested, for example, that it would be difficult for Mr. Harding to send the treaty to the senate without first ar ranging with other powers for changes. Also the view Is being urged upon the president that full responsibility for the failure to ratify the treaty would rest to the upper house with his own sugges to the upper house wlh his own surges tions of changes that could be made to satisfy criticisms made heretofore. Indeed. It would occasion no surprise if Mr. ..Wilson, realizing his defeat at the last election, .would at last - make a compromise suggestion and leave it to the Republican senate to approve or reject, but furnishing, at any rate, a basis for a continuance of the discus sion. - WA5T TBEATY PIGEONHOLED The Republicans themselves would prefer that Mr. Wilson forget about the treaty and keep it in a . pigeonhole until Senator Harding gets inside the White House and begins cleaning- up his desk and examining his files. They are fear ful that the demand in the next few weeks will be for legislation to afford relief to the farmers of the West, the cotton-growers of the South, and agri culturists generally. The clash between the city and the farm Is a serious one. The attitude of the treasury de partment may be said to reflect Free I dent Wilson's vlews-namely, that the credit of the United States is already in such strained condition that to ex tend loans to any one class would only start a general demand for relief which would weaken the government purse and force down the price of Liberty bonds and other obligations. "Safety" Match Soon To Be Thing of Past Chico, Cal., Dec. 4. (L N. S.) The Diamond Match company plant here, the largest West of Oshkosh, Wis., will from,, this data abandon the manufac ture of ''safety" matches, it was an nounced. today. The entire output here will be devoted to. "strike anywhere" matches. Some unemployment has re sulted. Water Takes Place Of $85,000 Whiskey San Francisco, Dec. 4. (U. P.) Whiskey valued at $85,000 stored In the government bonded warehouse here was found to have been stolen tonight when examination of the barrels in which it was contained showed them to be filled with water. . - Late sports news will be found on Page 3 of Section 3. Addi tional sports news is on Pages 4 and 5 of Section & McNary Aims Blow at Sea Purse Seining Joint Treaty to Prohibit Salmon Fishing Beyond 3-Mile Limit to Be Asked. Washington, Dec. 4. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) Senator McNary at the first opportunity will . introduce a joint resolution in the senate requesting the president to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain and Canada for the protection of salmon from purse seining beyond the three-mile limit in Pacific coast waters. Discussing his purpose, McNary said : "From personal investigation while in Oregon last summer I became convinced that action of this kind was neccessary if te salmon industry is to be preserved. TO SAVE INDUSTRY "The purpose of this treaty Is to pro tect this industry from destructive methods and devices used by the seiner. and in order to accomplish . this It be comes necessary for the United States, Great Britain and Canada to enter into treaty extending jurisdiction beyond the present three-mile limit. As a matter of law these nations have a righjt to do this particular thing,' and it is my Judgment that in order to pro tect immature salmon, which feed and grow far off shore where salt and fresh water blend, purse seining must be pro hibited. lOUNG SALMON CAUGHT "The huge nets of the purse seiners clean the ocean bed of Immature salmon. This -is the practice I desire to destroy. At the present time state and nation are without Jurisdiction, to prevent Use of these destructive agencies far out on the sea feeding grounds, but as soon as these treaties are consummated' the salmon -Industry will be protected along the shores of the United States, Canada and Alaska." , ". Secretary: Payne of ihe Interior de partment has asked the Oregon con gressional delegation to meet him next Tuesday to informally discuss the man agement of Crater Lake National park, hotel by Alfred H ParkhursfV who has been criticised by Director Mather of the park service. Formal hearing may be called later. HOLDUP MEN Isadora, and Max Goldberg Are Dciven Away As They Sit In Own Car, Threatened by revolvers held by two daring holdup men. Max and Isadore Goldberg, 335 Jackson street, w'ere kidnaped from a South Portland street Saturday evening In their own , automobile, taken to a lonely spot on Terwillinger boule vard, relieved of their valuables and forced to the road, to see their auto mobile driven away. J The Goldberg brothers and Mrs. Gold berg and her baby were sitting in their machine 'in front of 844 First street, which Is near the corner of Curry street, waiting for Will Goldberg, a third brother,, to Join them, when two vounsr. rouehTv dressed mn nnnoarrul and ordered the Goldbergs to throw up tneir nanus. '. - '-y Mrs. Goldberg screamed, leaped from the car and ran Into the house In front of which the automobile was standing. Evidently frightened, the highwaymen jumped Into the car and menacing the Goldberg brothers with short blue-barreled revolvers made them get into the back seat of the machine. W. A. Willis of Kenton was about a hall block from the scene of the holdup and ran to the scene. One of the stick-up men succeeded in starting the car before Willis came very near and drove away with the Oar. From South Portland the Goldbergs were driven half a mile out Terwllliger boulevard and forced to get out of their machine. One of the hold-up men searched the victims, obtaining f 33 and Isadore Goldberg's watch,. "You will find the car at Oregon City tomorrow morning," said one of the men as the pair drove the machine away. The stolen auto bears license tags with the number 92908. KIDNAP BROTHERS Tots Are Facing . it t. tv : ; H: Hoover Pleads for Europe . According to reports received by Chairman Robert II. Strong, ... In charge of the European Relief Coun cil campaign for Oregon, 'from ''Her bert Hoover, who baa undertaken to raise a national fund of $33,000,000 to prevent wholesale starvation of children war victims In Europe, the need for a prompt and generous re sponse from the American public is a desperate one, and American aid is the only hope of ihe three and a half (million children who are 'now oh the verge of starvation. FORCES AEE JOIKEli Eight great relief organisations, each of which has been carrying n ' relief WOrit in some special territory or along some particular line, have concerted their efforts and Joined forces for Joint collection and economical distribution of the resultant fund to meet the des perate emergency, according to ffl- 01 ThelT0 ae the American Red Cross, American Kelief IntrtraOon F ed arai Council of Churches, Knights ol ' - -1 1 ' SEAMEN ACT IS INDORSED BY HARDING Declares In Norfolk Speech He Believes La FolIette Law "Rep resents Conscience of U. S." Tells "Old Hidebound Democrats" and "Mugwump Republicans" They Are Blind to Marine, By Raymond Clapper v United. Fnaa Staff Corraspondant Norfolk, Va., Dec. 4.4-Presldent- elect Warren G. Harding ended his vacation when he docked at New port News today and plunge into -a crowded? day more strenuous than campaign days. Five speeches, inspection of shipbuild ing yards at Newport News, the naval and army bases and the navy yard at Norfolk made up his busy day. His speeches contained , little he had not said before and he avoided, for the most part, current issues.' I cannot talk politics tonight," Hardr ing said at the Norfolk tabernacle. "Tou elect a president and then for four months place him where he must remain . in a state of lnocuous desuetude or face embarrassment. I am the last man that would give offense to the president by assuming to speak in advance of mjt time." ' At the business men's dinner later Harding dealt with commerce and thf FA TORS SEAMEK'S LAW Harding came out In -his tabernacle speech for ship subsidies provided the La Follette seamen's act is retained. "If the La Foltette seamen's law repre sent the conscience of America, and I believe It docftr" he said, "la all fairness the government ought to step In and . share the burdens it imposes on Ameri can shipping in higher wages." Opposition ,Ho ship subsidies , or sub- ventions came, he said, from the Ham? burg-American ; and North" German Lloyd interests, and this opposition may. have been linked with the Oermaa scheme of world supremacy. ; . OrV;. lot ot you old -hidebound Democrat and a lot ot miserable mug wump Republicans have' been utterly blind to the necessity of the American, government giving .thought to the mak ing of a merchant marine," he said. .Harding's talk at the tabernacle was largely informal and chatty "I don't want to cheat you," he said, laughing with a confidential nod. -TALKS TO BLUEJACKETS . . "Iam. no super-man; i am Just aa ordinary fellow American. . X. should hestitate to approach the responsibilities of the presidency if I didn't believe the American people with all their hearts were with me." Throughout all his speeches here today, Harding earnestly pleaded that section alism be ended. ' After reviewing the enlisted men at the naval base here this afternoon, Harding made a brief talk to the bluejackets. No nation, bav said, can hope to be eminent without a naval establishment adequate to protect Its Interests. . "I want a nation righteous in purpose, righteous in commerce, , and then ever lastingly determined to protect Its com- -mere and its rights," Harding said. "X can only speak as a private citizen, but X have In my heart the pride of a private ... cltlsen in. such a representation of Amer ican manhood. When It Is mine to come Into responsibility, I want to have your confidence -and I know you will have mine. I hope you will continue your, devotion and service to your country and ' I hope you will never be called on to fire a gun in defense of this country." Iowa Bank 'Closes; Gollections Slow ' . I I l : Clarinda, Iowa. Dec. 4. U. ' P.)--The Clarinda Trust A Savings, bank today voluntarily closed Its' doors because of slow Collections. Officials of the bank declared the bank's depositors would not suffer because of the closing. The bank was capitalised at 87S.0OO. ' ion 91 Columbus, T. M. C A. and T. W. C A-, Jewish Joint Distribution- Committee and American Friends Service Committee., Local representatives of these organi sations are active in the preliminary work now being done under the lead ership of W. B. Afer, personal friend of Mr. Hoover and food administrator for' the state during the war, toward the raising of Oregon's $250,000 share of the $33,000,000 which; Is to be raised by the first of the year; . ' SITUATION SEBIOrV ' Tt la simply a question of contino-. Ing the relief work, through which these children have been kept alive to the present time or of abandoning the work when the funds- and supplies are ex hausted on January 1 and letting the children starve. If we raise the fund," the children will be carried through the winter. If; we do not. they must . in-"' evttably perish. That la the situation. The relief ; funds are handled by busi ness men on business principles, both here and abroad, with the maximum of relief and the mlnjmum , of expense. Mr. Hoover's supervision is a guarantee of . that. Let Oregon . keep up her -splendid record made In the great war-, time activities - and j raise her uot promptly.": v ,';' - - " otarvat A V 6