CITY EDITION
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CITY EDITION
The Cat and the Burglar
The Cat and) the Burglar" will be the
best author's shWt story in. The Sunday
Journal Magasinb next Sunday. It is by
George F. Wort-and is most engaging.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TWAINS AND NCWI
STANDS riVI CENTS
NSIDE STORY
OF
IS LAID BARE
Wild Financial Maneuvers of
Morris Bros., Inc., Defunct,
Revealed by Receiver Whit
comb in Statement Issued.
. Weird financial maneuvers, over
drawn salaries, vanished securities,
astounding: operating costs and neg
ligible profits all together spelling
"carelessness" in bold letters tell1
the, story of tho wreckage of Morris
Brothers, Inc., bankrupt bond house,
as revealed today by Receiver "W. D.
Whiteomb and his staff of auditors.
A net loss . In the operation of the
business totalling S480.480.62 is the out
standing figure of the many that go
to make up the toul deficit of J700.022.53
that represents what is left of the "mil
lion dollar" corporation whose debris will
yield, it is hoped, about 75 cents on the
dollar to more than 3600-investors.
DREW BIO AMOC5TfS
Criminal phases of the manipulations
that wrecked the" bond firm are yet to
be determined, but they will be bordered,
the receiver says, by carelessness and
foolishness in the matter of handling
money.
- Some explanation will be called for
from Mr. and Mrs. John L. Etheridge and
from Fred S, Morris as a result of the
revelations' of the audit, which shows
.that in addition to a very large salary,
Etheridge drew out of the business with
out returning any compensation, $47,
865.12, and. that In apparently the same
direction went $31,641.20 charged to the
account of Mrs, Etheridge during the
. year. This' is all in addition to $51.
652.37 that was charged to Etheridge
during 1919 . and remains unaccounted
for.
LOSSES HEAVY
To Fred S. Morris the firm delivered
in 1920 a total of $45,456.69 worth of
bonds and in return Morris is credited
with the payment of $1 to make the
transaction legal. The whys and where
f ores-! of that little piece of business is
(Concluded Pas Ttana, Column Tbr) .
BANDITS BEAT, ROB
COUNTY OFFICIAL
Marion. Ohio, Jan. 26. (I. N. S.)
Two bandits entered the office of
the county treasurer early today and
after beating Harry I E. Forry, the
treasurer, into insensibility, escaped
with $14,000 in currency. Several
thousand dollars in silver" was left
in the vault.
The robbery was discovered half an
hour after it had occurred by a tax
payer who found Forry still dazedAForry
told the taxpayer to notify the police.
Mrs. 0. A. Kamm
: Gives to College
Whitman College! Walla Walla, Wash,
Jan. 26. Ten thousand dollars was add
ed to the endowment fund of Whit
man college Tuesday, when bonds at
that market value were received from
Mrs. C. A. Kamm of Portland, Or. They
were sent In memory of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Gray, her father and mother,
who in 1847 lost their Uvea in the Whit
man massacre. :
BOND CRASH
Seattle Times Yelps Again
; 5 at t
Portland Success Is Cause
To nullify the interstate commerce
commission's decision of the Colum-
bia basin rate case.
To force a Seattle man upon the
shipping board in place of Joseph
N. Teal of Portland.
Tbse emerge as outstanding ob
jectives in Seattle's "Fight-or-die"
campaign sponsored by the Seattle
Times, according to last Sunday's is
sue Of the Seattle Times.
Indicative of the Seattle belief that
extreme remedies must be applied to
cure the acute pessimism into which the
Puget Sound metropolis has fallen
through -Us business reverses, whichJn
clude a loss of over 170 millions In for
eign" commerce in 1920, the Times again
devotes a full front page and much in
side space to brass band publicity of
the city's woes.
It says:
j "Portland, asleep for years, finally
hmwaken'ed and has become a seri
ous contender for the commerce of the
North Pacific. -
. DECISION IS THOE5
; "Likewise, . there was the Columbia
basin rate case decision the most un
' fair ruling ever handed down by the
interstate commerce commission which
made four of Washington's big wheat
growing counties tributary to Portland."
Again, in a signed article by C. B.
Blethcn, editor of the Times, under the
heading. "Credo";
"I believe it is necessary for Seattle
to have a member L of the shipping
board."--.". : -: . .;
- And again, under the heading,' "City
Must Have Member on Shipping Board
. and Also Must Smash Unfair Rate Rul
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Jack and Imona "Ferguson," lltthe waifs abandoned In Centra 11 a by man
who claimed to be tlieir father and who' claimed their mother was
dead. But the chlldrea Insist they "ran away" from her and beg to
be taken back. .'' ; '. : '" ; ?' .'
Centraliar "Wash., Jan. 26. Aban
doned here by the man who claimed
to be their father; ' repudiated by
the girl who was believed to be their
mother, , Jack I and Leona Ferguson,
Centralia's pathetic little waifs, to
day seem to be no nearer a solution
of tho mystery, that surrounds their
parentage and home than, they were
when, they were lefwlth Dr. J. M.
leicher of Chehalis. ! '
" The last clew to be' run down and
which seemed to point to Louisa Mcin
tosh, of Union, Or., as their mother,
proved fruitless when Mrs. Mcintosh
wrote that she had taken care of the
children at one time, but that she did
not know who their mother was. Their
grandmother, she wrote, was Mrs. Lora
Li. Carver of Seattle.
- Last September a man who said he
was Charles H. Ferguson brought the
children. Jack, aged 2 and Leona, aged
2, to Dr. Sleicher for medical attention.
Labor Leaders Ask
Senate to Restore
Trade With Russia
Washington, Jan. 26. (I. N. S.)-Com-plete
restoration of trade relations be
tween the United States and Russia as
a means of stimulating American indus
try and relieving unemployment . in this
country was urged before the senate for
eign relations committee today. by Tim
othy Healy of New York city and other
labor leaders. . .
"The American workman is out of a
job today and the Russian needs cloth
ing, shoes and other necessities." said
William A. Maher, spokesman for the
Masters, Mates and Pilbts.
ing Favoring Portland" ;
"We must have a state rate that wijl
put Puget Sound ports on a parity with
Portland. Then we can tackle the other
matter. The outcome probably will be
that Seattle, not Portland, will have
the preferential rail rates."
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Also : .
"Our backs have been to the wall for
months and we have refused to recog
nize, our danger.
"But now we KNOW we are fighting
for the VERY LIFE OF SEATTLE."
It has been commented upon in Port
land that Seattle, in spite of noisy pro
tests and wildly flung printers' Ink. has
not as yet taken a definite step which
would be efficient in reopening the Co
lumbia basin case. Even the news
story, published in Seattle, that the
White-Dulany cbmpany, grain depart
ment of the Fisher Flouring Mills com
pany, had applied for a reopening of the
case has proved through local inquiry
to have been a request addressed to the
Washington public service commission
for guidance as to how the issue could
be handled. ' ;
DECISIONS AGAINST SEATTLE
There is Inclination in Portland to be
lieve that i Seattle has been unable to
find a reason In law which would induce
the federal commission to reopen the
case. - .
At the same time the Shreveport. N.
Y., passenger fare, and, more lately, the
Montana fare cases are regarded as con
clusive that' the Washington public
service commission is without legal au
thority to order a rate within the boun
daries of that state which will nullify
the effect of the interstate commerce
commission's order.
Both were suffering from lack of nour
ishment. Since then they have been
cared for by a practical nurse here. The
man eaid his wife had died in Nebraska
in June and since then he had been liv
ing in Onalaska. Wash. He has not been
here since last Christmas eve.i "" '
But the children still beg forJ their
mother "and tell in pitiful attempts to
make themselves pnderctsod of running
away from her and their home in a Se
attle apartment hbuse. Each repetition
of the story by little Jack always ends.
"But we are going back some day."
Both the children ' are golden haired
and blue eyed. The man who brought
them here is dark and the children in
no way resemble him, says Dr. Sleicher.
The doctor has received scores of let
ters regarding the children, not only
from those who believe they have a so
lution of the mystery, but from many
who wish to adopt the younbsters. But
Dr. Sleicher is still trying to find the
children's mother and the Seattle apart
ment house from which they say they
were taken. '
GORDON TAX BILL
State House, Salem. Or., Jan. 26.
Proponents and, opponents of Repre
sentative Herbert i Gordon's house
bill' No. 9, providing for 'the creation
of a. tax supervising, and conserva
tion, commission in, counties .having
a population .of tlOO.OOO or more in
habitants, admittedly ; designed ex
clusively for Multnomah county, had
their hearing Tuesday night before
the joint house jand senate commit
tees on assessment and taxation.
"A good time was had by all present"
and each side went away as firmly con
vinced as before that it was right, while
the legislators were non-committal.
The s'upporterg jof the bill, which has
had much newspaper publicity, were
Herbert Gordon, f. father of the bill ;
former Senator FJ W. Mulkey and Henry
E. Reed,' with various other business and
professional men of Portland present
who did not have: opportunity to speak.
The opposition was .expressed by
County, Commissioner Rufus . Holman
and City Commissioners Pier, : Bigelow
and Barber. City Attorney Frank S.
Grant and former! City Attorney W. P.
La Roche.
Mayor Baker said 'that personally he
welcomed the creation of some supervis
ing body as he thinks there is need of
close scrutiny of proposed taxation.
Commissioner Mann said it made no dif
ference to him whether the bill passed
or not. ' i
Grant and La' Roche argued that the
proposed body would be unconstitutional
in that it proposes to delegate the tax
levying authority of the municipal of
ficers by state law. r
Reed, former county assessor, declared
that in 1919 the j county commissioners
levied a tax in excess Qp-the 6 per cent
limitation by $107,525.59, and that In 1920
it levied a tax based to include this ex
cess and an additional 6 per cent so that
the 1920 tax levy is invalid and could be
enjoined by any taxpayer in Multnomah
county. ; j i -..j',;' i ;t .
.Whitney L. Boise, speaking In behalf
of the bill, declared that every man who
had opposed it before the committee is a
city official or an employe of the city,
while many large .taxpayers had come to
Salem; for the express purpose of show
ing their desire for the passage of the
bill. - "We want relief from heavy tax
ation and we are in dead earnest in this
matter," said Boise, , ' i
i Gordon, in his arguments supporting
his bill, said the Portland school board
tad expressed itself In favor of the
measure and is willing to submit its
budget to the proposed supervising body.
IDEAS CLASH ON
, I s . -
HUE'S BILL
ON PRIVATE
SCHOOLS LOST
Indefinite Postponement Is Fate
of Proposal to Deny Recogni
tion to Denominational and
Parochial Seats of Education.
State House, Salem, Jan. 26. -Sen
ator Hume's bill denying recognition
to graduates of private," denomina
tional and parochial schools went
down to defeat through indefinite
postponement this morning, wjth
ohly its author and Senators Jones,
Joseph, Moser and Thomas attempt
ing to stay the indefinite postpone
ment of the measure.
Hume's second bill forbidding the
wearing in the public schools of any
garb indicating adherence to any relig
ious order was laid on the table as the
clock struck the noon hour and propo
nents of the move have hopes of its ulti
mate success in spite1 of the adverse
sentiment indicated in the roll call this
morning, in which Hume's attempt to
bring the bill out for consideration on
a minority report was defeated.
CALLED ANTI-CATHOLIC
The two bills, it was declared by mem
bers of the educational committee who
had reported them out adversely, were
evidently aimed at the Catholic church,
although this intent was emphatically
denied by Senator Hume, who declared
that they merely represented an attempt
to protect the public schools of ' the
state from the injection of religious pro
paganda, regardless of its nature.
The bills are not anti-Catholic any
more - than they are anti-Methodist or
anti-Presbyteriani Hume declared, add
ing they were onfy anti-Catholic because
that church was the only one which In
sisted in forcing its graduates into the
public schools. v
SURELY ANTT, SAYS EBERHARD
Senator Eberhard, chairman of the
educational committee, insisted that j it
was very evident--? that the bills were
"anti-something," a.nd that fromf all the
information he could gather that "antl"
Washington. Jan. 26. -(I.iN. S.)
President Wilson today received Ex
Governor James M. Cox of jOhio,t de
feated Democratic candidate for
president. , i j
Cox eluded newspaper jmen and
photographers who were awaiting
him at the doors of the White
House.
"We discussed things in general," Cox
said when he left the White House after
more than half an hour with the presi
dent. He refused to say definitely what
j had been discussed. j ;
"i just aroppea in to ten tne president
I had decided not to move into the White
House," he said, laughingly, as news
papermen and photographers met him
at the White House doors.
Cox will leave Washington. Saturday
evening to return to Ohio, preparatory
to sailing for Europe. !
Attempt Made to
Kill President of
Armenian Mission
Paris, Jan. 26. (I. X. S.) An unsuc
cessful attempt was made here to as
sassinate the president of the Armenian
mission. Several shots were fired, but
all missed their mark. The Armenian
delegation came to Paris to put the case
of their country before the allies.'
Or earn Lacking Butter
Fats Brings Fines
i
The sale of cream registering less than
20 per cent butter fat according to the
city chemist's test brought jfines of $5
each to F. bishop and J. F. Schauele in
the municipal court this morning. Cream
sold by Bishop is said to have regis
tered 11 per cent and cream sold by
Schauele 16 per cent Both mfen sell dairy
products in the city market!
Can You
Read Faces?
That a man's face fits his job
is the conclusion of George W.
Harris, celebrated photographer
of Washington, D. C, who has
made a lifelong study' of facial
expression. In support of his
opinion, he has selected for The
Sunday Journal Magazine the
photographs of 10 distinguished
Americans which will be repro
duced next Sunday.
The Cat and
the Burglar
A sprightly short story by
George F.' Worts that bristles
with mystery and adventure, is
the fiction feasure of The Sunday
Journal Magazine next Sunday.
The Sunday Journal
5 Cents, as Usual
(Concluded on Pace Four,' Column Two) i
CALLS ON WILSON
Socialist Asks
Fellow Worker
To "Divvy" Up;
Lands in Jail
Chicago, Jan. 26. (U. P.) Ha
mon Christianson sat disconsolate in
the bastile, a wiser man. !
All he did was to try to share some
of the property of William Bross
Lloyd, millionaire Socialist under
sentence here, for activities in con
nection' with the communist party,
which believes in "share and share
alike." ' '
. Lloyd captured Christianson in his ga
rage back of his beautiful suburban
home. ,
"Hey, leggo ; I'm a comrade," Chris
tianson protested to his captor.
"Well1 you're going to jail," said
Lloyd. ,
"You're not a regular communtet,
then, or youd share your property,"
Christianson argued.
But Lloyd stopped the argument by
introducing his "fellow communist" to
the police captain, "who booked the in
truder on a burglary charge..
HOSPITAL PLANNED
"Plans have been accepted and we
are about to call for bids looking to
the immediate erection of the build
ing to be known as the Theodore B.
Wilcox Memorial hospital," Bishop
W. T. Sumner announced to clergy
men and laity in his annual address
before the convention of the diocese
of Oregon at St. Stephens Pro-Cathe
dral this morning.
"It will stand at Twenty-second and
Marshall streets, a gift from the estate
of Theodore B. Wilcox, representing
$100,000 for a maternity hospital and
$25,000 additional for its furnishings
and equipment
NEW WING PLANNED
"The old wing of Good Samaritan hos
pital is now being erected and the new
wing will be started at once."
The bishop said the attendance at St
Helens hall is the largest in its history
The accommodations have been in
creased and even larger quarters are in
4 demand. Fine attendance and manifest
interest is being shown in the church
school at St Johns, he said, and under
the direction Of the rector of St Davids,
three new schools have been started near
Mount Tabor, the Chapel of the Trans
figuration, St Peters chapel and St
James.
The general Episcopalian convention
will be held in Portland in The Audito
rium in 1922, Bishop Sumner announced.
FINANCIAL AID ASKED
He urged its financial support by cit
izervs as well as church people because of
its educational and inspirational value
(Concluded on Iage Three. Column Three)
Captain Koenig of
tJ-Boat Fame Goes
O T a m'
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Berlin, Jan. 26. (I. N S.) A report
that Captain Paul Koenig, commander
of the German commercial submarine
Deutschland, which made , two voy
ages to the United States in 1916, has
been lost at sea, was officially con
firmed by the department of high seas
fisheries today, according to a dispatch
from Cuxhaven.
Another dispatch from Rohr, home of
Captain Koenig. quoted members of
Koenig's family as saying they had
given up all hope for his safe return.
Captain Koenig was commander of
the fishing boat Senator Michaelis.
2 Riggers May Die
As Result of Fall
At Northwest Plant
F. Bergman, 176 Caruthers street and
Carl Frongen, 935 East Alder street,
ship riggers employed at the Northwest
Bridge & Iron works, were injured, per
haps fatally, this morning, when a large
beam on which they- were working
clipped from its sling and crashed to
the ground, pinning them both down.
Bergman suffered a fractured leg and
internal injuries. Frongen was badly
injured about the head. Authorities at
tJood Samaritan hospital were unable
to say whether or not his skull was frac
tured, .
Measure Relieving
Vote Bearers From
Fine Passes Senate
1 Washington, Jan. 26. The senate to
day adopted the joint resolution by
Smoot of Utah to relieve electoral vote
messengers from payment of $1000 fine
for failing to appear January 24 and
authorizing payment of mileage to such
messengers as appeared before Janu
ary 31. .
This resolution is expected to enable
all messengers to collect except the Ore
gon man, who is understood not to have
started on his journey and could not now
arrive before January 31,
Seattle Bank Is
Closed by Examiner
Seattle. Wash., Jan. 26. -(U. P.) The
North Side : State bank was closed to
day by H. S. Bennett a state bank
examiner. Bennett said there was ap
proximately $izu,uuo on deposit
WILCOX MEMOR AL
REMOVAL OF
AIM OF BILL
Framers of Measure Would Shift
State Engineer to Secretary
ship of Desert Land Board;
Seek Another Man for Place,
State House, Salem, Jan. 26. The
appointment of a new state engineer
by the desert .land board, possessing
qualifications of a construction en
gineer, and the possible shifting of
Percy Cupper to the position of sec
retary of the desert land board at a
salary to be fixed by the board, is
contemplated in a bill to be taken
up for conference consideration by
the Joint committees on irrigation
and drainage this afternoon. I
The sponsors of the bill contend that
present conditions prevailing in the state
engineer's office are retarding the de
velopment of the irrigation and drain
age work of the state. ;i
SAT WOHK DELATED !
They make no attack upon State En
gineer Cupper, but they do contend that
the bulk or the which which now con
fronts bis department is so great that
tne present organization cannot handle
it with efficiency and dispatch and that
as a result projects are being delayed
from two to three years, with the con
sequent hardship that comes to the peo
ple of those districts which are seeking
to take advantage of the existing law
for the purpose of financing their in
provements. -II
The proposed bill provides that the
governor shall, immediately after the
law goes into effect, appoint a state
engineer, at a salary of $3000, which is
paid at present.
It is required that this engineer "shall
be a technically qualified hydraulic en
gineer with not less than five years
experience in executive capacity as a
constructing engineer."
He is to maintain an office at Salem
as at present, and is to engage in no
private work during his term.
In order, . however, that It may be pos-
(Concluded on Page Four, Column One)
STOVE
BE ESTABLISHED
Establishment of a factory for the
production of stoves and metal and
tin products, is being planned by
the Northwest Metalware company
of Minneapolis, Minn., according ! to
announcement made today by M. T.
Bentzen, vice president and general
manager of the company, who ar
rived in Portland Tuesday to ar
range for a site.
! rr temporary quarters me company,
through Bentzen. purchased the Purdin
j Bros, plant at 203 East Water street
For temporary quarters the company.
this morning,, from F. A. Purdin, head
of the compapy. Purdin Bros, has been
established since 1905 in the production
of stoves, tanks and garbage cans.
Before Bentzen leaves Portland, he in
tends to purchase a site about 40,000
square feet in area, upon which the com
pany will erect a brick factory building.
The site is being sought along rail and
water frontage.
AH Pacific coast territory of the
Northwest Metalware. company will be
supplied by the new factory at Portland
This is the first company which has de
cided upon a branch factory upon the
Pacific coast since the increased freight
rates went Into effect last fall. Other
companies will likely follow in the steps
of this concern.
The Northwest Metalware company is
engaged in the manufacture of stoves,
sralvanized iron utensils, black ware.
dairy supplies and other tin and metal
products. They sell to Jobbers only. ii
Bentzen did not know exactly what in
vestment the company 'would make In
the establishment of a new factory here.
but said that about $30,000 worth of ma
chinery would be placed in the new fac
tory building. Tli company is planning
upon an annual output amounting to
$200,000 and the ultimate employment of
70 men,
Representatives of the company visited
Portland last December and practically
decided upon. Portland as their Pacific
coast location at that time. W.j H.
Crawford, manager of the department
of industries of the Chamber of Com
meree, carried on the negotiations which
resulted in the bringing of the firm to
this city. ; x
Miss Morris' Memory
Fails Her When She
Takes Witness Stand
"I don't remember," and . "I don't
know," proved to be a practical summary
of the testimony of Miss Henrietta A,
Morris in the half hour she spent on the
witness stand before A. M. Cannon, ref
eree in, bankruptcy, this afternoon. Miss
Morris was called to testify to business
connections with Morris Bros. Inc., prior
to the bankruptcy of that institution.
Her sole bit of testimony was that she
had sold the home of her mother at 190
King street, furnishings, automobile and
the like and had "added from her bank
account to amass a loan of $35,000
which. she gave to Fred S. Morris and
secured his note for it Fred Morris han
died every detail of bis sister's business
under a power of attorney made in 1914
and not since seen bv her. What he mav
have done with funds and What business
he may have done under her name she
declared she did not know. Morris him
self took the stand again at 2:3 this
afternoon. ,
FACTORY TO
Wild Women and
Wild Man Defy
Police in Wild
RideOyerCity
For almost two hours early this
morning the entire second night po
lice force made fruitless effort to
catch a high powered automobile
full of girls that was "menacing the
public safety by its speed and the
recklessness of its driving. Resi
dents of all parts of the east side
called headquarters and Informed
Captain Harms that wild, joyrider's
ad "just passed." -
All the emergency motorcycle men
were called into service, but they said
it was like trying to chase a streak of
lightning to keep up with this car. The
Chase started down Washington street,
across the Morrison bridge then over
many east side streets.
The joyriders became hunery after
two hours and dropped into House's res
taurant, near Third and Washington
streets, for a lunch. Three tiredpo
licemen dropped in the same place a few
minutes laterand placed the driver of
the car. HoiLffrd H. Rebstock Under ar
rest He was charged with reckless driv
ing and released on $109 bail. Patrol
men Fleming, Morelock and Jewell made
tne arrest v
The women, who had been sruests on
the ride appeared thoroughly subdued by
this time and were not arrested.
Several east side patrolmen reported
to Captain Harms that their efforts to
stop the driver by standing directly in
rront or tne rustling . machine were
fruitless.
MAN KILLE
OREGON RESIDENT
Vancouver, B. C-, Jan. 26. (U.
P.) On December 21 a man who
registered at the Empress hotel here
as Roy Cunningham, became en
gaged, in a drunken altercation and
fell down five floors to his death.
It has since been discovered that the
deceased was really Daniel Joseph Grif
fin, whose home address Is not known,
but who lived in various parts 'of Oregon
during the- last few years. Hm a
railroader. Why be toolt thenam of
Cunningham is not known. , -
News has reached the police that the
real Cunningham was a railroad con
ductor in San Francisco and is still alive.
although he was recently robbed of $2000
and all his private papers. ; Undoubtedly
these papers are those found in the ef
fects of Griffin in Vancouver. The police
are trying to trace Griffin's companions
m an efrort to discover some clue to the
robbery of Cunningham and solve the
mystery of why Griffin used Cunning
ham's name.
S. P. President Is
Here to Discuss
Union Terminal
-I
William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific railway system, ar
rived in Portland this morning to attend
the meeting of railway executives which
will be held for discussion of the union
terminal question Thursday. Sproule
was here less than a month ago on' his
annual Inspection tour.
Charles rtonnelly, president of the
Northern Pacific system, is expected to
arrive with Judge George T. Reid. vice
president of the same road, this evening
or Thursday morning. , L. c. Gilman,
vice president of the Great Northern,
will arrive Thursday morning. Carl R.
Cray, president of the Union Pacific sys
tem, and William F. Turner, president of
the S. P. & S. are already in Portland.
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Payroll Argument Is Gaining
By Marshall X. Dana
."People don't eat for patriotism,"
remarked a Portland grocer when
the salesman of a local house called
upon him. -;.
The salesman had used many min
utes to impress upon the grocer that
it was his patriotic duty to use the
products of Oregon Industry.
"People", buy-prepared foods because
they're hungry. By past experience or
elevens advertising they are confident
that the article they are "buying will
please their palates and satisfy their ap
petites. .- -.- -
"People buy by brand and they buy
to save money but they will only buy
the cheaper article so long as they find
the quality satisfactory.;
MERC HAST HAS IDEA
"Now," concluded this particular mer
chant, addressing the salesman,' "why
didn't you- tell me something about, the
quality of your goods and the price.
Quality and price being equal, the clinch
ing argument that to support home in
dustry is to maintain Oregon's prosper
ity will always get my order.
"But speaking from my position be-j
hind the counter, I want to say that
home manufacturers will go ahead much
faster if they use aggressive, methods to
inform, people as to the uniformly high
quality of theirs or any ; other Oregon
product. .
."Here, for Instance, are" some canned
beans. The Oregon beans are as good
as their Kastern competitors, but I sell
20 cases of Eastern canned beans to one
of those prepared locally. The answer?
Easiest thing In the world. The Kast
ern beans are sold before they, reach my
shelves. The printed page has already
introduced and recommended them."
THREATENSTO
BOLT COUNCIL
British-Statesman Stung by Crit
icism, of Press, Declares "Since
I Am Treated This Way, I.
Shall Never Return to Paris'
Paris, Jan. 26. (L. P.) Bicker
ing between French and British pre-.
miers in" the allied supreme: council
reached sich bitterness that DavlT
Lloyd George-threatened "never to
return' to . Paris," according to.
L'Oeuvre today. . -.
The newspaper sal a Lloyd George ob
jected principally to press criticisms of
his attitude toward. (Jerman : disarma
ment - . ' . .; -
"Since I - am .; treated ,in this way;"
L'Oeuvre quoted -him as saying, "I shall
never return-to Paris." .
Friction developed at the first Bitting
Of the council, the .paper said, when
Uoyd George branded Marshal Foch's.
report on German " armament inconclu
sive, and referred to; the marshal's "po
litical high conceptions."
Later, when CJeneral Wilson of Great
Britain and Koch disagreed on their re
ports on German conditions, Lloyd"
George rapped the table with a paper
knife and remarked . testily,' "If these
gentlemen are not' in accord, let them
discuss it elsewhere 1 and return when
they have agreed."- ' y
The officers left the roam, th paper
said. The disarroamenjXquestibn was
dropped then, and the tjouncirs program
rearranged. -.
Uncle Sam today became an invisible
participant in the allied supreme councfl
meeting" here. . Hts. attitude toward the
allies, toward Germany and the. League
of Nations became a question shutting
out consideration- of Austria and the
Near East temporarily. ...
The report f Sir. Auckland Geddes.
British ambassador to the United State,
will forn&the basis of the allied debat
as to what may be expected from the
United States. Tlie'Near East, problem,
involving the defiance of King Constan
tlne of Greece and procedure against
the Turkish, nationalists, will be taken up
at another conference In London .next
month. , Turks and Greeks wU be asked
to attend the conference, but? recognition
of the Turkish natipnalistsraa avoided.
COMMITTEE WILL
Washington, Jan. ft 6 . " ( XI. P. )
A statement exonerating Charles. M.
Schwab, following an allegation that
$100,000 of a general expense vouch
er , for IZSy.OOO In, the Bethlehem
Steel corporation accounts .was
'charged to the government for. ship
construction, is being- prepared by
members of the Walsh" investigating
committee, it was learned here to
day. . , -. .
Rioting Continues in
Indian Provinces
London, J an: " 26. I. NV BWa new
outbreak of rioting in the Indian prov
inces of Oudh and Agra,, in which police
men were killed, was reported in a dig
patch from - Allahabad today.' --A de
tachment of policemen,. who had- been
detailed to preserve order, was attacked
by- a mob. " .
But where one salesman made the mis
take of urging the patriotic motive with
out impressing the quality of hi goods. .
another salesman who approached a local
contractor went to the opposite Extreme.
He represented a Portland furnare
builder. He described all the good points
the furnace possessed, but he failed to
mention the place of-, its manufacture.
"I entirely forgot to speak about that"
he confessed lamely, when the coptractor
asked him where the furnace was manu
factured. - . . " '
"Let me tell you it Hs a big mistake
for any Oregon manufacturer to forget
fn tall nxnl. t-1 . . . .
- micro ii i n pruauci is made
and especially that local furnaces- are
built to meet local conditions and burn
local fuel,", said the builder. - .
oi;ti.ook is brighter
"We are getting an understanding that
we never before possessed about the rea
sons for supporting- home industry and
right now in "Portland, In Oregon and
Southwestern Washington, home prod-'
ucts. quality and price being right, have
a better chance to be sold than at any
time in the past",
A. G. Clark, manager of- Associated
Industries of Oregon, confirms the con
tractor's statement - He says that there
is evidence of unusual - interest all over
Oregon. The literal truth, that to keep
home industry in operation will keep
Oregon prosperous, has made wide ap
peal. The Study club of Med ford, for
instance,' has :ked for the information
on which to base a home industry pro
gram. The- Marshfield ..public schools
have written -.for the. literature w hich
identifies home products. Business men
of Klamath Falls have requested infor
mation as to how they can best support
the S. O. S. home Industry campaign as
a means of averting business depression.
EXONERATE SCHAB
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