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li I - (!'.. , ' .' ' . CITY EDITION WHAT'S NEW IN MARKETS This problem to, solved U Mn. House-' wire will read the market basket each day on the market page of The Journal. It'a printed oa the market page for you. CITjY EDITION let All Here and, It's All True THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday. : rain on snow ; southeast winds. Minimum temperatures Sunday: Portland 84 New Orleans. , .. BO Helena .!. 20 New York. 28 Los Angeles..... 42 St. Paul ....14 VOL. XIX. 'NO. 275. Catered as Second Claea Matter Peetotfice. Portland. Ontos PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY ' 24, 1921: FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAINS UNO NCWS STANDS FIVE CENTS , Erench hot target Joseph's Attempt to Take Meas j uresOutof Judiciary Committee I Starts Big Fight; Multnomah Is Accused of Hogging Deal.' i State House, Salem, Or., Jan. 24. Port measures were this afternoon i ordered rexrted out of the judiciary committee to the senate Thursday j morning:, when they ill bo discussed by the senate sitting as a committee of the "whole. i. State House. Salem, Or., Jan. 24. iThe Port of Portland consolidation tangle roused the ' senate from its jdlgnlfied calm and swept it into a storm of heated oratory today -when Senator Joseph of Multnomah asked that the various bills relating to the question be taken from the senate committee on Judiciary, of which ' Moser is chairman, and submitted to the committee of the whole house for further consideration and final 1 report. ' - . 1 The Joseph' motion brought Moeer to his feet in battle array, and from, that time on until the noon adjournment the battle raged back and forth across the f senate chamber onjy to be interrupted by Senator Eberhard's motion for re cess and lunch, and then to be taken up again at 2 o'clock, . . . STATE INTEREST SEEN I Joseph, in presenting his motion, con tended .that the problems presented in the consolidation program were of state wide importance, that while Multnomah county was directtly interested because it would be called upon to bear the financial burdens of financing whatever ..was done, still the slate as a whole had Ha interest and should have its voice in the discussions, prior to the final shaping and enactment of whatever legislation would come out of the session. Senator Hume supported Joseph in his contention, and , Senator Thomas also swung Into line. He made a direct on- i slaught upon Moser, to whom he referred as the paid attorney of the Port of Port land commission.' . . i FAIHStSS QCEMTI05EO He contended that it was not fair or right that Moser, in that capacity, should preside over the hearings and guide the destiny of the port consolidation pro gram, and insisted that the matter should ; be put in the hands of the whole, senate, i - Moser heatedly resented the remarks ; made by Thomas. - He said ; that the L judiciary committee was composed of (Concluded on Pica Two, Column Two) FLETCHER MAY ENTER CABINET Rock Ledge, F4a., Jan. 24. The presence in President-elect Harding's vacation party; of Henry Fletcher, former ambassador to Mexico, led to the impression that he might j be tinder consideration ' as secretary1 of state as a compromise between Charles E. Hughes and Ellhu Root. Fletcher entered the diplomatic serv ice under Roosevelt. He is related by marriage to 'Henry P. Davison of 'J. P. Morgan & Co. j. - CiETS TACKLE OUT , . The trip of the. houseboat Victoria was halted here while Harding joined in a golf game on the Rock Ledge links. The president-elect's face was taking on tan today under the. southern j sun. He appeared much refreshed. j His. fishing tackle struck the waters 1 of Indian river shortly after daylight this morning. - Senator Harding ) has fished the Florida waters for years and this was his first opportunity on the present trip to supplement the larder of the houseboat Victoria by fish of .his own taking. The party, augmented by Senator A. B.. Cummins of Iowa, who joined the party at Qrmond Beach, spent the night at anchor in a quiet cove above Day ton! a. far from towns or habitations. IV BOLE OF FISHERMAN" Senator Harding expects to be able to play 18 holes of golf over the course here this afternoon and probably will continue his trip' before nightfall, j His three days of rest and outdoor life already have worked an improvement in the appearance of the president-elect. , 'Clad in flannel trousers, and a white sweater, he looked both happy j and hearty today. It is understood 'Sen ator Harding has begun to block out in his own mind certain portions of his in augural address. ; ''.-! Hotel Prowler feets . $270 in Cash From - Pocket of Sleeper - t While. G. W. Johnson was sleeping in his room at . the Oak hotel, 347 L Oak ' street, a room prowler rifled his trousers pockets, stealing $270 secreted in the watch packet. The room was entered r. between I and 7 a. m. Sunday, j The grocery store of J. E.? Martin. 808 Lombard street, was. entered aSturday ,- fight by a burglar who stole 1800 cigar : ettes and $12 in cash, entrance-was gained by removing the window to a small ante-room and then boring holes irf the door to the store. The cash was " tifken from the tilt and a cigar box hid den .under the counter. "' - OFF TO HANG GEORGE HOWARD, 23-year-old Malheur coun ty : boy,' who - passed through Portland Sunday en route for the Salem peniten tiary, under sentence of death. it "! V 4 GEORGE HOWARD IS PUTIN DEATH CELL Salem, Jan. 24. George Howard, 23 years old Malheur county boy, entered a solitary cell in the death ward at the state prison here Sunday morning,:, to remain until February 25, when he will pay the penalty for the murder 'of George K. Sweeney of Vale a year ago. : i Only a stay; of execution pending ap peal of his case to the supreme court or the extension of executive clemency can forestall the doom pronounced by Judge Dalton Biggs, and neither of these contingencies now seems likely. Howard, who was brought to the prison by Sheriff Le Noe of Malheur county, maintained his outward appearance of Indifference when received at the prison, although his nerve was somewhat shaken as the iron grated door of the death ceil clanged behind him. ' " Sheriff Noe stated that he had no dif ficulty with his prisoner on the trip from Vale- ,; Howard had nothing to say upon his arrival here. - A , . Chamberlain and McNary Are Both Regaining Strength "Washington! D. C, Jan. 24. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) Senator McNary was doing so well this morning that he went down stairs to breakfast at his hotel, but he will conserve hia strength by not ap pearing In the- senate today, although lie is extremely anxious to be there to assist in the; passage of the Kenyon packer bill. A pair has been arranged so his. vote will not be lost. Senator Chamberlain Is resting well after two days of abnormal temperature. These flurries in temperature, reduce his strength and retard his recovery, but appear tohave no other ill effects. CHAMBERLAIN' IS UP AXD I ABOinf IN GOOD SPIRITS Disturbing reports from Washington re garding the condition of Senator George E Chamberlain, who is recovering from an operation, are contradicted in a mes sage received today by-; the senator's eon, Dr. Charles i T. Chamberlain, from Dr. H. A. Fowler, noted specialist, who operated on the senator. The message said : :. . j i "Senator's condition excellent; wound very small.. ' He rides and walks about daily.- Appetite is good and he looks and feels fine." j Search Is Made for Society; Girls Who Went Snowshoeing ,. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 24. (I. NV S--earching- parties- are scouring the mountains and canyons west of here today for a panty of three young women and two men, 'i prominent socially, who have been missing since Sunday after noon. The' party left here early' Sunday for a snowBhoe 1 trip to a forest ranger's station. Early in the afternoon a ter rific blizzard broke in the hills and it is feared the party has been overcome and perished inJ the fierce storm that prevailed for several hours.' In the party Were Miss Mary French of Glenwood Springs, Miss Florence Goodyear of Denver, Miss Katherine Schroeder of Colorado Springs, and Howard Hubbard and' Chalmers Nor en of this city. , - i Policeman Feasts On Hen That Fed on Diet of Pure Gold The goose that got in trouble because it couldn't lay golden eggs 'fast enough, has a rival in Patrolman Hall's hen, which" quite : contrary to the original fable, has been making her diet of pure gold. " r u ! ; When slaughtered for the Sunday din ner at the Mall home, 607 East Twenty seventh 'street, the hen's craws was found to contain two gold nuggets about the size of a white navy bean. Experienced miners examined vthe nuggets and pronounced them pure gold. Mrs. Hall explained that the hen prob ably feasted on the expensive diet. "while pecking in i sand . brought from creek bottoms to be i used as a scratching place in the heu house'. : v ' SlSSUES Wilson's Note on Russia, German Reparation and Disarmament and Revision jof Turkish Treaty Now Before Supreme Session. Paris, Jan. 24. (I. N. S.) Ger many is concealing arms from the allies, General Nollet informed the meeting of allied premiers here to day. Paris, Jan. :24. The meeting of the supreme council was formally opened just before noon today, it is the most important conference of the allies since the peace conference. The United States is not represented. The sessions began in the tame gor geously decorated clock hall of the Qual D'Orsay in which the peace conferences were held. The chief objects of the conference were : ' 1. Fix German indemnity. ' 2. Agree upon a. scheme to enforce the disarmament of Germany. 3. Discuss the advisability f f revis ing the Turkish treaty in view of the new situation created in the Near East by the return of Constantine to Athens. 4. Consider a united policy toward Soviet Russia, WILSOS 1XJECTS SEW ASPECT A new aspect was given to the P.us sian discussions by the note of Presi dent Wilson to the League of Nations asking the great powers to guarantee Russia from outside " military aggres sion and to refrain from giving help to Russia's enemies. The morning session was brief, deal ing mainly with the order of debate. Premier Brland presided and introduced his colleagues, including ( Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, who once called him a "long-haired lawyer." Military and naval experts were called in to make brief reports, occupying about two hours. At the end of that time the following announcement was made : "After a welcoming speech by Premier Briand Of France, the first meeting of the program, disarmament was discussed by experts comprising: ? "France, Marshal Foch, Generals Wey gand, Nollet and Barthou ; England, Gen erals Wilson and; Bingham: Belgium, General Maplln ; Italy, General Martete. "Marshal Foch. presented a resume of the statements and a report Of the Ver sailles commission on disarmament and described the present situation in Ger many -in regard to troops and armament. "Generals . Bingham, Nollet and Ma riete furnished details. The discussion of armament will be continued this after noon. After reports . of allied experts have been presented, government heads will deliberate over the question." DISARMAMENT FOB GEBMA5Y The Midi today said the council prob ably would frame a disarmament ulti matum for Germany and rush it to Ber lin. The newspaper expected the matte; of coal payments to be considered at the afternoon sitting. Attending the opening session were Premier Briand, Marshal Foch and Gen eral Castelnau for France ; Premier Lloyd George, Lord Curzon and General Wilson for Great Britain ; Count Sforza for Italy, and Viscount Ishii for Japan. The session was scheduled to last two hours. , Lloyd George drove to the Quay d'Orsay in an automobile, a representa tive of Scotland Yard accompanying him. Reports that "President" de Valera of Ireland was in Paris and Lloyd George's unusual guard were linked in , rumors that- a Sinn Fein coup was feared. Shortly after the session began naval and military experts from the allied countries were admitted to the hall. French, British, Italian and Belgian of ficers were in the group. LINNTON MILL TO Announcement was made today by Charles E. Miller, vice president of the West Oregon Lumber company, that the company's mill at Linnton will reopen Thursday, giving em ployment to 175 men. The West Oregoa mill at Linnton was shut dowp befpre Cljristmas. Resume jpn by this mill will leave the Pen1fLla Lumber company. Port land Lurrfler company. North Pacific, St. Johns Lumber Co. and the East Side Mill & Lumber company among the larger Portland sawmills that are still shut down. The last named will open March 1 and give work to 150 men. More Inquiry Into Vladivostok Killing Washington, Jan., 24. (U. P.) Ad miral Gleaves, commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, arrived at Vladi vostok Saturday on the cruiser New Orleans to institute a further investi gation into the killing of Lieutenant W. H. ' Langdon by i a Japanese sentry, the state department was advised today. " Free Seeds Win Out; Congress Votes Fund Washington, Jan." 24. (I. SV S.) Free seeds, thei bone of contention in every congress. Won a victory, this aft ernoon. The house passed an amend ment to the ' agriculture appropriation bill appropriating $365,000 for free seeds to congressmen.! RESUM EOPERAT ON 15 Lose Lives In Explosion of ri ri uu riant in Memphis, Tenri. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 24. Be tween 15 and 25 persons were killed when a series of explosions wrecked the Colyar-Reese Oil company's plant here at 7:45 o'clock this morn ing, according to an estimate. First-, reports unofficially stated 16 be- persons -were missing and it was lieved they had been killed. Firemen arrived immediately after the first of the explosions and did worider- i . . . ful work in resculner the dead ana two dying. They roped off streets blocks away in preparation for a ond series of explosions. sec More than a dozen houses were blown up. In one house a mother and five dren were lulled, it is reported. Ten bodies were counted by one according to reports. chil- man, The Colyar-Reese plant was known locally as the Sinclair Oil company, be cause until recently it was the exclusive agent for the Sinclair company here. Fearing ' houses within a half j mile radius of the plant would be wiped out, should more explosions occur, poiice wre going over that section of North Memphis, warning residents to get as far away as. possible. ; : The explosions were caused by a spark from the chisel of a man working on a tank containing 15,000 gallons of gaso line which first blew up. No trace has been found of the man. t 'Twenty-four men,, including four whites, were due to be working at . the plant, when the tank exploded. The only hope given for arty of them is that some may have been late in arriving at work. SET FOR SATURDAY Efforts to nicably adjust Port land's railway- terminal problem will e started Thursday when the chief executives of five rail systems serv ing this territory will,. gather here for a preliminary discussion . of the problem. - :i- y:. . This meeting is being held In pursu ance with arrangements made by the Hill and Harrinmn lines with t5e inter,. l-stater commerce 'commission after the commission set a date for a hearing en the joint terminal question. - , v The Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Northern Pacific, members f . the terminal company, issued an ouster or der last December to Great Northern and S. P. & S. heads. The ouster order was stayed by request of the .interstate commerce commission following com bined efforts of the Oregon public serv ice commission and Portland. . POSTPONEMENT IS ASKED The interstate commerce commission set January 14 for a hearing on joint use of the terminal, but; a. few days before the meeting directors of the company met and requested that the hearing be postponed so that the railways might have opportunity of affecting a satisfac tory adjustment among themselves. Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacifio system ; William Sproule, presi dent of the Southern Pacific system ; Charles Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific ; Judge' George T. Reid, vice president of the Northern Pacific ; L. C. Oilman, vice president of the Great Northern system, and William ,F. Tur ner, president of the S. P. & S., are ex pected to be present at the meeting. The meeting will probably be held in the offices of J. P. O'Brien, "manager of the terminal company. j, BISCTJSSED OJTCE BEFORE , One similar meeting of railway execu tives was held here last summer when representatives of the Hill and Harri man lines gathered to discuss the ter minal question and the Deschutes lines of both interests which serve Central Oregon. Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern, was present at that meeting, but is not expected to be present at the meeting Thursday on account of ill health. The meeting this week will be prelim inary in nature and only the railway ex ecutives will be present at the session. If an agreement can be reached by the officials regarding Joint use of the Union station, another meeting probably will be called, at which 4 representatives of the public' service commission and others in terested will be invited. Patrolman Injured By Speeding Auto Struck by a speeding automobile, Pa trolman Carl Rekdahl of 504 Harrison street was thrown to the street at Foster road and Seventeenth Street, Sunday night, suffering severe cuts and bruises. He was taken to the emergency hospital and later to his home. RekdahW was walking with H. J. Knisken, a friend, when the machine ran up behind them, knocking him down and speeding away before either could get the number.. TERMINAL HEARING Watch The Sunday Journal Grow The, circulation of The Sunday Journal has increased .18 'per cent in one year arid 28 per These figures Jan. 23, 1921 86,250 s Jan. 25, 1920 r 73,175 Jan. 26, 1919 67,525 - The Sunday Journal Isells for 5 cents the copy as usual. Eight Sections of News, Reviews, Features, Fiction,. Pho ; v ' tographs and Fun DEFENDANT IN Pacific Marine Iron Works Is First Complainant in Series of Suits to Involve Millions; Fail ure in Contracts Is Alleged. The first of a long series of suits against the United, States shipping board Emergency Fleet corporation, involving about $3,000,600 in claims of PoAland and Columbia river out fitting plants, was filed In the United States district court this afternoon by Coy Burnett, counsel for the Pa cific Marine Iron Works. The suits are based on alleged failure to fulfill contracts. In the first suit filed today, which was signed by J. L. Jennings, the com pany seeks to recover 1590,000 damages and 6 per cent interest from April, 1920. "Things have arrived at a place where outfitting plants cannot collect their just bills," said Burnett. "The shipping board came along during the war and did just as It pleased and has left these men in a bad fix. , MANY OTHER SUITS I3T STORE "This is the first suit of this nature filed in this district, but it will not be the last. My clients "have been waiting for months to have their .claims for warded from the Portland office to Washington." .- . Thomas Bilyeu,' general manager of the Astoria Marine Iron works, said his company had been unabSe to get a claim out of the Portland office which was presented last April. "As yet we have no claim in Washington," said Bilyeu. "It is .not altogether unlikely that we will ask' that a receiver be appointed to straighten out the tangle which now in volves the shipping board. It is diffi cult to bring suit because the board claims so many international ties, con tending that certain boats have been leased to England or France, and' there fore suit cannot be brought."- The suit filed, today is for alleged failure to- fulfill contract. - The Iron Works company alleges that the Bhip- ( Concluded on Fan Throe, Column Two) MEASURE . PASSED BY SENATE Washington, jn. ;24. (U. P.) The senate today passed the Kenyon Kendrick bill for the regulation of the packing industry.' The vote was 46 to 33. Japan Not Opposed To Naval Holiday, Says Premier .Har a Loncfon, Jan. 24. "If a naval holiday is practicable I would welcome it with all my heart," is the declaration of Pre mier Hara of Japan, . according to a dispatch from Tokio to the -Daily Ex press. " ' . "I fear, however, that wev have not reached the stage where' we1 shall not require navies and armies," adds the Japanese statesman. "Our navy,, even when completed, will be far less than re quired if we dreamed of attacking Amer ica. The day is gone when militarism was a ruling force in Japan, as our re cent policy toward China proves. "We Intend to withdraw from Shan tung, also Siberia, as soon as peace is restored. In the meantime can Great Britain or America or any other power protect the Japanese there If we with draw from Vladivostok immediately? That district would become the front line of , Bolshevist propaganda against Japan. v ' "I assert with all possible emphasis that Japan has no territorial ambitions. We know our limitations." Alice Copper 'Mine Sale Set A!side by U.S. Supreme Court Washington, Jan. 24. (I. N. S.) The sale of the Alice Gold. & Copper Mining company property in Montana to the Anaconda Copper Mining company was set aside today by the United States supreme court on the ground of inade quacy in price. The sale was contested by minority stockholders who alleged that $1,600,000 paid was not enough and that there was a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law by the Anaconda company in an ef fort to control copper production in the Butte district, Montana. cent in two years. tell the story IQ REFUGEES IN. TO BOSPHORUS 150,000 Friendless Wanderers, Many Diseased and Many From Wrangel's Army, Add Fuel to Flames of Hatred, Discontent. By A. K. Johnson ; U-iUd Htm Staff Correspondent J Constantinople, Jan. 24. - One hundred and.thirty thousand friend less, homeless, poverty stricken refu gees from Crimea, many of theijn diseased, some former soldiers j Of General Wrangel, some civilians who had fled from soviet domination, are spreading the' poison of discontent and hatred along the banks of the Bosphorus. ' ' .. j These refugees constitute today the greatest, most delicate ' problem .before the allied nations. And that is saying much, for the allies are confronted.1 iu the cockpit of Europe now shifted east ward from the Balkans: to Asia MlnorJ with four other immediate problems burdened with disaster. But the most pressing is that of these refugees. THREE OTHEE OBSTACLES . The second in importance is the ever bolder conduct of Mustapha KemaL The third is the necessity of taking Joint ac tion on the Greek if redendist aspiration. Then there is the constantly increasing menace of th spirit of Bolshevism and the clash of allied interests in the Near East. - ,;. What. will happen to these refugees? Repatriation is impossible. They would not go back If they fcould, for they would be going to almost certain death under the soviet dictatorship which they have fled to escape. They are starving and unclothed. They are restless, nerv ous, apprehensive. A hundred or mioije. rather than face an Uncertain future under the charitable arm of relief asso ciations, with the promise of a more pr less precarious existence, have chosen Mo "desert" and accept service in 'the legions of Mustapha Kemal, the Turk.! ROUTED TROOPS SCATTERED 1 Thirty thousand of Wrangel's troops are encamped at Gallipot!. Twenty thou sand more are at Tchaldia, Seventeen thousand are at Lemnosa. Twenty-five hundred, have found quarters at Salon ika. Another 30,000. are scattered through various parts of Greece and Tunis,, according- to the American Red Cross. Near Constantinople there are 7000 civilians, hospital cases number 2000, of whom the wife of Baron Wrangel, a sufferer from typhus, is one. Through all this horror there are still 10,000 unaccounted for, while confined to narrow, cramped, unsanitary quarters (Concluded on Pace Three, Column Foot) COX PREPARES FOR By John Glcissner United New guff Correspondent Washington. Jan. 24. Former Governor James M. Cox of Ohio, late Democratic nominee for the presi dency, prepared for his comeback jin 1924, at a conference of Democratic leaders here Wednesday. OrnL -Labelled "a dinner in honor of former Governor and Mrs. Cox." one of the most notable gatherings of Democrats assem bled since the San Francisco convention will take place at the Chevy Chase club on- the evening of January 26. Timothy T. Ansberry, former congress man, and compatriot of the defeated can didate, will be host. The list of invited guests ranges all the way from the vice president of the United Stat, to demo cratic chairmen of several states. To soften the political significance of the "dinner" four Republicans of national note have been invited. They are "Uncle Joe Cannon, 8enator Poindexter, of Washington. Senator Borah of Idaho, and Congressman Ira C. Copley of Illinois. Leaders of the (Democratic party ex pect that Governor Cox, immediately after his arrival in Washington, will con fer with President Wilson. George A. White, chairman of the national commit tee, and Homer Cummings, White's predecessor. ! ' Cummings left Washington Sunday for New York, but he expects to be here Wednesday when the - gathering of the clan takes "place. "It is natural,") he said, before leaving, "that there will be some discussion of the party's future, but nothing can be said pf that unUl after th discussions take place." ' An enedavor will be made at i the Wednesday conferences and others fol lowing to "smooth out" the differences that have rent the Democratic party asunder. 1 House Committee Cuts Appropriation Of Diplomatic Corps . Washington. Jan. 24. . N.' S.) The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1921-1922 was re ported out by the house appropriations committee this afternoon. The bill car ries an appropriation of $8,534.6j0, or $828,8S7 less than the appropriation for the current yean and $3,440,195 less than asked for by the -state department. : The bill provides for the raising of the legation in China to an embassy and reducing. 'the embassy in Turkey to a legation. Tlt bill provides $600,000 for passport .control, as compared with $400,000 appropriated for that purpose during the current year. i COMEBACK IN 924 Ship Board Is Eager to Know Who Got Voucher r $259,543.53 '-M.v ' - .. , - ' ! Ifew York. Jan. 24. (U. F.). The congressional committee investigat ing: the shipping hoard today started the task of ascertaining who, if any body, obtained $100,000 from the board in October, 1918, by means of voucher number 114980 of the Beth lehem Shipbuilding: company. j This voucher called for the payment! of $259,543.53 by the Bethlehem company for; expenses to "C M. S" and; It is alleged, provided that $100,000 of . tin is amount should be charged to the gov ernment for the building of ships. ' Following the denial of Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board 6rthe Bethlehem Steel, corporation and former director of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion, that He drew this money, the com mittee today called to the stand Peilley Morse, head of the company of expert accountants whose audit of the board's books revealed the voucher. j Morse said that previous to his audit of i the Bethlehem books, his relations with that company had, been very cor dial, but that after the audit was dis continued, the company "began circulate ing propaganda against me. calling me a crook and even a murderer." ' I U"You desire the committee to under nd you believe that the reason (the Bethlehem people objected to your audit was 4 because you found the $2601000 voucher T' Representative Steele of Penn sylvania asked, j i T 1'Not only that voucher." Morse replied, "but other things improperly charged to the coBt of ships. The voucher showed we were ready to disclose other things." HOUND GROUNDLESS j The charges, of certain property owners that East Fifty-eighth st-eet Was not paved In compliance with the city's specifications by the War ren Construction company are wlth ott foundation, the . city engineer's office has notified the city council, following an inspection made by R. it Kramer, chief engineer, Saturday.";.;,- ..-.(: ,: ;IiU compliance with an order froftj.the council. -Kramer went to Mrs." GJ H. Williams of 66 liast Fifty-eighth, who recently specifically stated before the council that the street was not' paved to the thickness of; Vie specifications, ahd asked that she! point out the) im properly paved sections. Mrs. Williams said she had no definite knowledge of faulty paving, but pointed out. a section ojr pavement ini front of her home to be tested by the engineer. " I Samples cut from the street by the engineering department tested 2 tq 2 iAches thickness of wearing surface! and a. thickness of 7 inches including the base. The test ' showed the paving to be superior to the: specifications, the wearing surface averaging from one fourth to one-half inch thickness more than required under the paving contract, the engineer's report states. i. " ! Other property; owners have With drawn their objections to paying) . the paving contractors ifor the pavement, and final acceptance and payment will doubtless be ordered at the, Wednesday session of the council, it was announced. Cuban Solution in Sight, Says Crowder Washington, Jam 24. (I. N. S.) en- eral. Crowder has reported to' the state department he believes the Cuban situa tion will be untangled before President Menocai -leaves oilice in May, it was announced today. Wilson Announces Rowell'sResignat on Washington, Jan. 24. (I. N. S.) f 'resident Wilson today announced the esignation "of j Chester Rowell ' of I Cali fornia as a member of the United States Shipping board. Mr. Rowell has j been appointed to the railroad commission of California. Fo Retailer Can Aid HomeGoods je . v. r. . K . , ? Adequate Display Sale Factor By Marshall N. Dana l The retailer has remarkable bp jportunityto help keep Orego v in dustry n operation by unusual sup port until business conditions have become more normal and there is Jess to. fear from unemployment and business depression. ; ' . He can ? easily give the products . of local Industry; at least as good di splay las the articles of distant manufacture. jHe can tell the housewife or thei busl jness man when either comes, into his jstore that the support of home indus try Just now is support of general! pros perity and la not more i important to any manufacturer; than any Individual citizen. ' ':i : -. . X He can refrain from I substitutions iwhen purchasers go out of their way !to call for local products. I 'HE STARTS THIKKIA& ' ".t our home we have all been) read ing the series of articles in The Journal about the necessity for Immediate sup port of home industry to and Oregon prosperous,' keep Portland said 4. 'well known Portlander "We hadn't In the past thought so D THEIR CARGO OF WHITENESS Get Out Shovels and Snowshoes, For -Snowman Is Said to Be Ready to Besiege City and Vi cinity; Heights Show 3 Inches. As if In surprise j at the scene of whiteness ; spreaJVbeforo Portland residents this mornRig, Old Sol sent a f ewtlmely rays thr&jgh the clouds during the forenoon, f Then it was all off. Rain, turning to unow, fol lowed .the, cold brightness of Sunday andT' by 'daylight quite a snowstorm was,, in. regress. On the hills the fall lingered;': but downtown streets soon became-, a mess of slush. Weatherman Wells was not sure what would be the net result of the day. .,' v i . .- . a - "Maybe yes and' maybe no; maybe rain and maybe snow," he said, in effect. BEGAN St.NDAY SIGHT About 10 o'clock Sunday night, snow started falling on the higher portions rt Portland for the 'steenth time this win ter. But,, as usual, the downtown Sec tion took Its administration of weatheT in the form of rain. On the East Side it was mixed rain and sleet For in hour this mixture : of weather lasted. Then the east wind howled as the morn ing hours came and by 6 o'clock this morning brought heavy laden clouds In from the southeast,. The clouds held up admirably, until they got to Portland, then dumped their, whole white cargo upon the city as they sailed over. The weauthef bureau dirt not get snow or rain reports froin any other part of the state. The thermome ter is reported low at-all points. ItAIX SOT FAR OFF "Temperature is so close to the rain edge this : morning that I'm hot sure whether we will be having rain or snow ' by tonight,? said K. I Wells, weather forecaster. "The barometer is rising, but the sea Is rough at North Head and this may indicate a storm -brewing off the coast. Ifa storm should come the temperature will rise and we will have . (Ctoclodad on Ja Three, Column Two) HI JOHNSON TO BE STEAMROLLERED IJjr Fred S. Ferguson United Newi Staff Comcpondent) New York. Jan. 24. With Fregi-deqt-elect Harding on vacation in Florida, waters, and the -political establishment at Marlon closed, there Is now quite a concentration of "best minds" in the East. Some have talked with Harding-with-: in the last week, others not so recently.. But all; agree that while the long series' of conferences in Marlon may. not have resulted in the selection of a cabinet,, they have contributed much toward clearing party atmosphere. Harding -is anxious to establish a reputation as a. harmonizer. He has listened to all' that almest everyone visiting Marlon had to say and has sent them away In a happy frame of mind. But the time has now been reached, in the opinion of -those who have been in touch, when the preal-. dent-elect knows ' with whom' it " in necessary to "harmonize at length, and those he can Ignore. .One of those ' whose wishes do not figure With Harding, is said to be Sena tor Hiram Johnson of California. One authority went so far- as to say. that Harding's feeling toward Johnson was now such that anything the California senator might say against a man, con sidered for the cabinet, for instance, might be considered by Harding as a boost, i j . . Johnson's unalterable opposition to any sort of connection with European powers will not Infli nce HarBing in his desire to affect an ' 1'asnociation" which (Coocluiied on Pace Two, Column Three) 1 much about the relation of manufac ture to) production iSLnd the circulation of the payroll dollar among all our' pocketbooks." A veteran farmer who came into a store at Castlerock, Wasiu. a flourish-. Ing town which is considered as within the Portland territory despite the fact that it is located in ia neighboring state, was even more direct. :The Salesman of a Portland broom manufacturing company was' endeavor, ing to sell the dealer sme of his wares. GITEJf REAL TIP - "I think we. have ail we need," eald the merchant. . ' ; Further Inquiry showed that his stock was composed of sweeping Implements manufactured in a penitentiary. "See here," interrupted the farmer, "do you represent homes industry?" "Tes." said the salesman, "I'm from the Portland Broom company." "I've been reading In The Oregon Journal about the fight the broom com panies of Portland are having for home Bupport," cotnlnued the countryman, "and, Mr. Uealer, 1 11 Just tell you this. If you want my custom any more you'll just go to handling some of the goods made' by manufacturers that buy their raw products from us farmer." - .