THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921.
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
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HARDING
PLAN
OUT
LEAGUE:
IS GIVEN
FROM PARIS
j By David Iwrenec . ' j
' (liopyc&it, 1021. by Th Journal) I
Washington, Jan. 27. -Copies of
an article appearing: recently in the
"Petit ;ParisianV' purporting to give
in detail President-elect Harding's
plan for a new ' association of na
tions, -have just reached here and
have provoked considerable dlscus
jtion among international lawyers.
The French writer maintains that the
-plan had been worked out by Mr. Hard
ing with the assistance of eminent law
yers from the American Institute of In
ternational Law. . While the French ver
sion of the Harding plan is somewhat
confusing, it does, nevertheless, have at
bottom some Interesting: Ideas, which
may eventually be reutiltzed.
FOB KAt.n PART OF WOULD j.
In a. nutshe'l. the French authority
declares that Mr. Harding has in mind
'a continental league for each part of
the world, so that the United States
and other countries in Central and
Kouth America will preserve their pollt
leal and . Judicial independence in all
-purely continental conflicts and will
only cooperate with the other continents
in case of world conflict. The United
States would, for instance, alone decide
whether an. affair in which it is a dis
putant were purely continental or
whether .lt is of world interest. How
ever, here is the outline of the plan:
"International disputes of a universal
. "character and those affecting world
peace; are to be decided by political and
judicial organizations representing all
the world t states and would form a per
manent court of legal arbitration after
. the model proposed at the second Hague
conference.
MOIE OF SETTLEMENT
.' "Thedisputes of a continental char
acter; must be decided by organizations
representing the states of the respective
; continents. The states of ether conti
nenti would In this case observe friendly
neutrality. If. however, they have a
direct interest in the dispute, they may
I only present their claims r observa
! tions; to the organs or institutions who
have; to settle the dispute
j "The continental orgaizafens repre
i senting the states of aJ'.tontinent are
' constituted in the form of a court of
arbitration or council of reconciliation
-. between ail the states of the continent
each; state sending a representative. Un
der .certain conditions these councils
' will adopt sanctions to make their res
! olutions and judgments respected, while
these sanctions may have a moral, .po
litical, economical or .material character
and In the last Instance alone would re-
j- sort ;tp the use of arms.
"Ira a case where It is difficult to de
cide whether It is a world or a conti
! nental dispute, the continental councils
of arbitration can, If they wish, carry
i the debates before the world court of
arbitration." .
PIA5SED IX JASCABT, 117
After careful investigation it would
: appear that the foregoing plan was
originally proposed in January-, 1917, at
-. the Havana meeting of the American
institute of International Law, at which
. representatives from the entire Pan
American group of states were present.
' While the plan wag presented by Ale
jandro Alvarez, a noted international
lawyer who represented Chile, it was
not acted upon, but simply filed as were
other plans at that time, because it was
felt that the peace conference ending
the JKuropean war would have to deal
wlthj such questions. '
However, at the same Havana meet
ing seme general principles were, adopt
ed which have lately been stressed by
. -Nicholas Murray Butler, a caller at
Marion, Ohio, and one of the influential
men; in the" Republican party.
.MORE LEGAL THAJf POLITICAL .
1 Those general principles have to do
more with the legal than the political
phases of International cooperation and
it is more than likely that they will
be given serious " consideration, because
unlike the Alvarez plan they were unan
imously adopted. The plan of the Chil
ean .envoy has not met with much favor
with .the Republican international law-
yers who might be expected to have an
influence in Mr. Harding's policies. They
say it Is, after all, purely political and
that the same defects which apply to
the r present League, of Nations would
apply to three , separate leagues of na
tions constituted after the same fashion.
PROVIDES FOR, COJTFEREXCE
The so-called '"recommendations of
Havana" provides for' the call of- -the
third Hague conference, to which every
country shall be invited, and the ap
pointment of a committee to j meet at !
regular .intervals between the various
meetings of the. conferences themselves. I
This committee shall be charged- with
hei duty of procuring ratification , of
conventions -and declarations. More-
over, there would be created an inter
national council "of conciliation "to con
eider, to discuss and to report on such
questions of a non-justiciable character
' as may be submitted to such council by
. an; agreement of ' the powers for this
purpose." . . ! o
Also it provides for the "employment
. of good offices, mediation, and friendly
composition for the settlement of dis
putes or a non-justifiable nature." -.ESSEXTIALS
OF HAVANA PLAN
The Havana plan calls for "the nego
tiation' of a convention creating a judi-
. c-iat legion of the nations to - which all
civilized nations and self-governing do
minions are parties, pledging the good
faith of the contracting parties to sub
mit their justifiable disputes, that is to
. say. their differences involving law or
s equity to a" permanent court .of this
Tenants iWin in
Court; Landlady
' Must Stoke Up
By United Km)
Chicago.! Jan. 27. Chicago tenants
flew the victory flag Wednesday
when a'jury awarded Joseph Z. Will
mer $8p.85 damages because his
landlady, Mrs. Anna Conwisher,
failed to provide sufficient heat.
A janitor who told his troubles
In trying; to ride the wave with
Mrs. Conwisher threatening to dis
charge him, according to his testi
mony. If he was too liberal with the
coal, and a l house full of tenants
threatening to inflict more material
damage on him if he didn't, enliv
ened the proceedings. ,
union, whose decisions will bind not only
the litigating nations, but also parties to
its creatiom." i
It should be borne in mind that the
representatives of the United States ap
pointed to attend the Havana meeting
were Kb hu Root, Robert Bacon, Robert,
Ldinsing, Leo S. Itowe and James Brown
Scott. The comment of Nicholas Mur
ray Butler j on the Havana plan is as
follows:
UNITE ON PLATFORM
"Fortnnaately,!' in the recommenda
tions of Havana concerning Interna
tional organization, adopted by the
American Institute of International Law,
after the great war had been In prog
ress more than' two and a half years,
there is provided a platform on which
all American governments and people
can stand.! Representative jurists from
many different American republics
united in formulating and publishing
this impressive declaration. It may now
be offered to the peoples of Europe and
r Asia 9m America's' rtositive . contribu
tion to the solution orHhe problem of
providing a form of international coop
eration which will avoid the creation
of a super-government and rest inter
national cooperation on respect and rev
erence for .law,
CALLED PATH OF PROGRESS
"This Is the path of progress to which
the traditions of American foreign pol
icy point, and this Is the path on which
the government of the United States
may well invite other nations speedily
to enter."
Of one thing the reader may feel cer
tain. The emphasis in all Republican
councils Is ojS the legal stde of Inter
national cooperation rather than polltl
cal and the most that the Harding ad
vlsers seem willing to admit is some
general understanding along the lines of
the famous paragraph 5 of the Ktiox
resolution, namely, pledging that the
United States will consult with other
Dowers if any emergency arises threat
ening to disturb the peace of the whole
world.
Episcopal Minister
To Defend Himself
For Marrying DuPont
WINE OF PEPSIN
SEIZED FOR TEST
AS TO ALCOHOL
Forty-three cases of liquid labeled
Wine of Pepsin." were sealed Wed
nesday in the storeroom of H. L.
Hamblett & Co., wholesale druggists,
at 443 Stark street, by District At
torney Evans pending legal interpre
tation as to its liability to seizure
under federal or state prohibition
laws. : !
According to Ithe statement of Kvans,
the preparation, under a superficial ex
amination, indicates that it is sherrv
wine into which some alcohol and dis
solved pepsin have been poured. The
bottle confesses to an alcoholic content
or Za per cent. The retail price has
been $2 a pint.!
Hamblett claims that the mixture had
been imported ; in good faith and was
being distributed to druggists -with the
understanding that its sale is not in
violation of the law. He said he had
received the. approval of the federal au
thorities to handle it.
AGE$ APPROVED, HE SATS
erore taking the agency for the
product, the wholesale .concern consult-
ea Johnson S, Smith, nrohibition en
forcement officer, and was told by that
oinciai. so Hamblett avers, that the
sale was not banned by the federal
government, and that, so long as it
was sold only to retail druggists having
license to sen patent medicines, no law
would be violated.
The Hamblett firm offers to ship the
43 cases in stock back to the Califor
nia manufacturer and cease distributing
ii nere n me authorities believe its sale
is in violation of the prohibiton law. :
ASSORTED DRINKS SEIZED
i ouowing the visit to yie Hamblett
store several cases of assorted drinks
and 6j bottles of the wine of DeDsin
were seized by the state authorities at
the Basket Grocery & Delicatessen com
pany, 248 Alder street.
In addition there was found "Horke
Vino. prepared by the Druggists'
wnoieeaie supply Corporation of Call
fornia, as was the pepsin wine, under
the trade name of "Payko." It was
printed on the labels of the bottles that
the wine was "not to be sold for bev
erage purposes" and dealers were
warned that such sale would render
them liable to prosecution.
materials furnished during the year
1919 to the O. M. Standifer Construction
corporation. Of this amount $35,000 was
for time lost in contracts on work.
The Pacific Marine Iron Works has
also filed two complaints against the
United States Shipping Board Emer
gency Fleet corporation, asking for a
judgment of $4093 for labor and ma
terials furnished in 191?.
Los Angeles, Jan. 27. (I. N. S.) A
vigorous defense, against the charge
that he violated an ecclesiastical canon of tableware valued at $326 from the
7 TRUE BILLS AND 3 SECRET
INDICTMENTS ARE REPORTED
Seven true bills and three not true bills
were reported to Presiding Judge Kav-
snaugh of the circuit court today. In ad
tion were three secret indictments.
The true bills included : D. R. Johnson
6n the charge of forging a check for $35
to which he signed the name of I. N
Skie and which was cashed by the State
bank of Portland.
Frank Green on the charge of larceny
of the Episcopal church by marrying
Alfred I. DuPont, multimillionaire, of
Wilmington,- Det, a divorced man. and
Miss Jessie D. Ball, here last Saturday,
was being prepared today by the Rev.
Baker P. Lee. ;
It Is said to have , been virtually set
tled that the clergyman Is to be tried
by 12 of his peers in the Episcopal
church.
Bishop Joseph H. Johnson, It waa re
ported, had t been invited to perform
the marriage of the multimillionaire to
Miss Ball, a beautiful society girl of
Virginia and Los Angeles, and declined
because the i divorce granted in a for
mer marriage to the Wilmington man
was "not according to the canons of
"the Protestant Episcopal church"
iAxUU never even
j I think of throwing
; away any
"RedRock"
Cottage
it's good to the
very last bit!
At your dealer's.
RED ROCK DAIRY
Hillsdale, Oregon
Money Irregularity
Not at All Implied
Injts news report of the efforts to be
made on behalf of Mrs. Alevla Alexan
der to r.estore her to the principalship of
the Girls Polytechnic school, The Jour
nal stated January 20. in Its report of
the several features of Mrs. Alexander's
fight to ; retain her position, that "she
was discharged on the grounds of irreg
ularity in accounts. In justice to Mrs.
Alexander, i The Journal explains that
no financial Irregularity was implied
or intended. The article mentioned the
legal battle that followed, ending with
the payment to Mrs. Alexander of $3800
by the school board ; and her reinstate
ment and assignment to . the principal
ship of Woodmere school, which she
now holds. -.-'.,'
1
residence of August Von Roosendahl
George Pantland and Frank Evans, on
the charge of assault with intent to rob
L. E. Wasser, December 5,
Earl L. Kersting. defrauding a board -
inghouse keeper.
William Smith, forgery of check for
$50.
W. H. Cyrus, alias Robert Harrison.
assault with indent to rob Robert L
KimbaU. i
Milo J. Elliott, forging check for $13.50,
using the name of A. B. Reynolds.
COL. GARDENER'S ESTATE
OF $50,000 PUT IN TRUST
The last will and testament of Colonel
Cornelius Gardener, a retired army officer
and former resident of Portland who
died in Los Angeles county, California,
January 2, was filed for probate Thurs
day by the Portland Trust company,
executor of the estate. An order was
made that the testimony of the subscrib
ing witnesses living in California be
taken.
It waa shown that the estate in Oregon
is valued at $50,000. of which $26,000 is
in real property.
The heirs include the widow, Bessie P.
Gardener ; two sons, Allen W. and Fred
A., and three daughters, Mrs. E. M.
Sargent, Barendia and Martha. The lat
ter two are minora
According to the will, the widow, as
long as she remains unmarried, is Ao
receive $2000 from the net annual inr
come of the estate which is to be held
In trust until the youngest minor child
reaches the age of 21.
At that time the estate is to be equally
apportioned.
Leaves $282,699 Estate
The estate of James 1L Huddlesbn is
valued at $282,699 in the report, of the
appraisers which has been filed in the
probate division of the circuit court.
Of this amount, $154,199 was in bonds
and fl2S,00 in real estate.
Divorce Mill
Divorce suits filed : Elizabeth P. Fref
fles against Andrew Freffles. desertion ;
R. E. Lambert against Cleora Lambert,
desertion ; Clara Vail against A. P.
Vail, cruel treatment ; Betty M. Hale
against D. R. Hale Jr., cruel treatment.
Harold F. Davis against Ernestine W.
Davis infidelity.
Gusta Simon against Morris Simon,
failure to provide and desertion ; Jane
Gray Holton against Ernest .Holton,
eyuel and inhuman treatment.
Divorce decrees granted : Belle from
Elbert France, Hattie from Karl Muller,
Edna M. from H. H. Arnold. Carrie from
A. D. Berry, Daniel from Emma Shea,
Addie from M. Kalac, Mabel from W.
Michalak. E. B. from B. E. Oviatt, Floyd
from Elizabeth C. Born,' Florence M.
from Elmer D. Tyler, Mabel from Albert
Higley.
Gratke Analyzes Why
Exposition of 1925
Should Be Supported
To centralize the attention of the
Cnited States on the 21.000,000 poten
tial horsepower now going to waste In
the Columbia river basin and to bring
about its development, was the reason
given by John E. Gratke In-his plea for
the support of the Progressive Business
Men's club to the Pacific International
Hydroelectric exposition of 192$, at the
club luncheon this noon at the Benson
hotel. Gratke also dwelt on the advan
tages, of the tourist trade the exposi
tion would bring to Portland.
Dr. Basset of Reed college: gave a
snori lain on vocational aptitude as a
factor in modern education.
The club voted its unanimous ap
proval of the A. M. Grilley fund upon
the report of J. B Jaeger. 1
JUDGE CLASH IN
MURDER TRIAL
By Charles E. Hughes
Los Angeles, Jan. 27. I. N. S.)
In a hot courtroom clash, , the first
real ' fireworks of the case, District
Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine to.
day threatened to withdraw from
the trial pf Mrs. Louise Peete,
charged with the murder of Jacob
C. Denton, after a dispute with Su
perior Judge Willis over a question
in the testimony.
Woolwine and Judge Willis crossed
swords In a verbal duel in which Che
judge ordered Woolwine to be seated
and the district attorney came back
with the threat to retire from the case.
WOOLWINE REBUKED
The clash came during the - testimony
of Thomas T. Miller, who rented the
Denton home from Mrs. Peete shortly
before Denton's body was discovered in
its basement crypt.
"The court is constantly censuring me
for my conduct, and I represent the peo
ple of the state of California," Woolwine
declared, glaring at the Judge.
"You don't represent them any more
than I do," said Judge Willis. "Take
your seat. I will not hear any more re
marks' of that kind."
Woolwine then threatened to with
draw.
"If the court has a prejudice against
me, the court should state so and 1 can
retire from this case," he said.
"I will endeavor to see that you con
duct the case properly, so far as I can,"
said Judge Willis, and the taking of tes
timony was resumed.
James W. Crowhurst. the plumber
employed by Mrs. Peete at. the Denton
home, took the. witness-stand today.
TESTIMONY SENSATIONAL
He testified Mrs. Peete gave him
Denton's clothing to sell, asked him
not to open the basement room in which
Denton's body was found, and wanted
him to board up a door leading into
the cellar from outside the house. He
said Mrs. Peete complained the water
heater In the basement made a noise
"like a graveyard groan."
Mrs. Miller, wife of the firpt witness
called today, corroborated his testimony
that Mrs. Peete wanted them to keep
out of the basement.
Mrs. L. D. Prough of Bakersfield. a
tenant, preceding the Millers, and Miss
Sarah Devlin, Denton's housekeeper,
were expected to follow Crowhurstr on
the stand.
A Japanese, Hayata by name, who
attended to the Denton lawn last sum
mer,, was on the stand late yesterday.
He related many things of interest from
the state's standpoint, two of which in
particular were sensational. One was
that Mrs. Peete borrowed his shovel,
kept it for some time, and he later
found it in the basement. The other
was that at Mrs. Peete's direction he
had burned a package containing a
number of men's collars, some canceled
checks, a tablecloth and some towels.
Wolverton such forms are illegal. The
forms which the agent is endeavoring to
sell are said to be worded in such a man
ner as to. deceive the debtor into believ
ing his bill had been taken into court.
This form of fraud is prohibited by a
xeaerai law.
Vancouver Marriage Licenses
Vancouver. Wash.. Jan. 27. Marriage
licenses were , issued Wednesday" to
James McXnjtee. legal, Portland, j and
Vera T. Reynolds, legal. Centra,: Otto
L. Dentkey, 26, and Eva Hansen, IS,
suver Lake; Warren B. Lister, 33.' and
rxlna Fashbaugh. 35. Portland ; Henry
Shacht, 30, and Lillian Bud ion jr. 30.
Portland : John Switt, 37, Oregon City,
and Bertha Manning, 48, ' Portland;
Richard Stubb, 42, and Ethel King. 3L
Roseburg, Or. j
Tolice Were Rough
So I Killed Three,
Declares Murderer
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 27. (L N. S.) "I
shot those policemen because they were
overbearing and ; rough when they
stopped me. One of them reached in Ms
pocket as if he was about to draw a gun
and ,1 pulled first," said John Schmitt,
25, before he went on trial here today
foe murder iri the first degree as a re
sult of his killing three policemen last
Friday night. -
When court opened the corridors of
the courthouse were thronged with peo
ple. By "noon IS jurors had been passed
for cause, four of them women. Schmidt
has pleaded guilty, but under the law
must have a Jury trial.
Fined for Refusing
, To Aid Injured Dog
- .' M i
K. E. Wilson was fined $10 by - Mu
nicipal Judge Rossman this morning on
a charge of faillng to render assistance
after he had Tun over a dog owned by
Captain Lewis of tljie traffic department.
L. Finny witnessed the accident and gave
chase, stopping Wilson after several
blocks and getting the number of his
machine. j - ' i
STAND LEER CORPORATION
SUED FOR LABOR, MATERIAL
The Pacific Marine Iron Works has
begun suit in the circuit court to re
cover $48,166 for labor, services and
Motorist Fined $50
Howard Rebstock, who wasj arrested
at a downtown restaurant early Wednes
day morning after he had been "joy rid
ing" about the city for several hours in
defiance of the police who could not stop
hii, was fined $50 and sentenced to one
day in jail by Municipal Judge Rossman
I Wednesday afternoon. (
Doctors Are Warned
Of Collection Fraud
A warning was issued this morning by
United States Attorney ' Lester W.
Humphreys to all doctors In Portland to
beware of an agent trying to sell collec
tion blanks which resemble a court
proee88.
In keeping with a decision handed
down last Monday by Federal Judge
MX
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