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A nip of the w Earope, ahowisr the . - A A JL 1 - 0 I C -llm VJ ViJ WTT T , or'&.turly'w B,t7"-S"day' arged to file It for reference. Vy- ' ' '-L.'T Hg ' '"" erate aortaeasterly wladu VOL. XVIII. NO. 48. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1921 - SIXTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS to COOLNESS IS NVOKED BY CABINET LIST With Hoover, Root and General 5 Wood Missing From Possibil ities, N. Y. Lacks Enthusiasm. Wall Street Is at Bottom of Dis content, Because One of Its Group Isn't Given Mention. By David Lawrence (Copyright. 1921, bj The Journal) New York, Feb. ,12. One doesn't have to Investigate sentiment very far in this,' the nation's metropolis, to learn that President-elect Hard ing's list of cabinet secretaries will not evoke outbursts of enthusiasm if it should prove to be the slate that practically all the correspon dents, both , in Washington and St. Augustlne. have been publishing during the last few weeks. Of course, New York's point of view may not be national, but here, at any rate. : are some influential Republican leaders and newspapers, and it is signif icant that many of them are finding fault publicly and privately. REPORTS DISAPPOINTING Harding may have selected what any president might regard as a good work ing cabinet, but the trouble is New Tork had come to expect a super-cabinet with General Wood, Herbert Hoover and Klihu Root in it and authentic dis patches from Harding's headquarters have indicated that none of these three giants of Republicanism would be chosen. Take the secretaryship of state, for instance. Now, Charles Evan Hughes is well known in New York and his ability is fully recognized, but Klihu Root would have been more enthusiastic ally approved . because his training has been 1u international affairs and dip lomacy. I However . the objections 1 to Hughes are relatively lnsignificent com .paredStto the murmurs of dissatisfaction over tho omission of men like General Wood and Herbert Hoover. TRIBUNE FINDS FAUrT ; v., The New York Tribune, for instance one of t the. leading .Republican, pswspa-v, pers, seems to think it is not too lata to persuade Harding to change his. mind, and accordingly publishes today 'a par toon showing the shadowy figure of; Abraham Lincoln behind Uncle Sam, who is admonishing the. president-elect thus: "Don't forget, "Warren, the kind of men he (Lincoln) picked for his cabinet." r 4 While Gotham admires the genius and ability of Andrew W. Mellon of Pitts, burg, who Is slated for the secretaryship of the treasury. some Republicans are uneasy over the way the Democratic newspapers have insisted upon catalogu ing the large financial holdings of Mel ton. ' They wonder - if the country .will approve the selection of a man whose wealth is safd to be . next to that of John D. Rockefeller. But New York really doesn't object to wealth, nor does it consider Mellon's business connection as a handicap. WAIL STREET HAD HOPES The bottom of the trouble Is that Wall (Concluded on Fui Three. Column Thro) CONGRESS YESTERDAY By United Press SENATE Foreign relations committee heard Secretary of the Treasury Houston on foreign loans. Commerce committee favorably re ported rivers and harbors bill Senate debated ' legislative appro priation bill and knocked out bonus for government employes on point of order. . " Senator New introduced resolution for test of aircraft in attacks on war- . ships. ' HOUSE Approved reduction of navy 100, 000 men In continuing consideration ' of naval appropriation bill. Edward N. Hurley, former chair man of the shipping board, defend ed the work of this agency before . Bhipping board investigating com mittee. Ways and means committee con- -tir.ued hearings on articles now on tariff free list. HomeGoodsDeserveDisplays V e k s -',' , i Jobbers in Position to Assist :. By Marshall N. Dana The' host Of letters and personal statements which are 'part of the re sponse to the S. O. S. appeal for sup-, port of home Industry contain -some criticism of .the jobber "and whole saler. ' . ..-.. The; failure of the wholesaler to en courage and support Oregon industry . it is often stated, lies at the bottom of difficulties which numerous home manu facturers are now experiencing. ; , The absence of . aggressive advertising and sales policies is as often responsible, if one may judge fairly from the re view of the . industrial situation up to the present point.' But here, applied to the jobber. Is a statement offered by A. O. Clark, manager of Associated Indus tries of Oregon? ''.l: -" '" "In company with an Oregon manu facturer, I' called upon a local Jobber w ith ;,tho hope of Influencing him to handle the Oregon line of products. Reed Student Saves 1 3 From Chilly Lake Floyd Woodings Pushes Over turned Canoe Ashore With Boys Clinging to Its Sides. Three 10-year-old Woodstock boys, Leonard Rands, Jim Finbollo and Donald Weatergard, escaped from what might have been a watery grave In Crystal Springs lake, about 4:15 o'clock 'Saturday afternoon, through the efforts of Floyd Wood ings of Wash ou gal, sophomore stu dent at Reed college. When Woodings was attracted by the loud cries of the boys, he ran to the lake, removed his outer clothing, jumped into the water and swam 100 feet to the three lads who were clinging to an over turned canoe, if "Save me first, mister." one of the frantic lads cried, as Woodings neared him. : " " But Woodings ordered all three to keep tight hold on the' canoe, while he pushed the craft and its load to shore. Harry McCoy; a freshman, waded out to his depth and assisted Woodings in the rescue, after Woodings had pushed the craft out of the deepest water. A few m mates later the badly scared boys were gathered around the stove In the men's dormitory of the college, dry ing out their clothes and wondering what "dad" would have to say when they arrived home. DAWmSSlED FOR BIG U. S. JOB Persistent Rumor Has It That He May Reorganize Government Departments for Harding. By W.? B. MacNamee UniTcml Serrtoe Staff Correspondent T St. Augustine, Fla.,' Feb. 12. The big task of reorganizing the gov ernmental departments in Washing ton and putting the government on a busiess like basis probably will be entrusted by the incoming adminis tration to Charles G. Dawes, the Chi cago banker.'! ; V- s Mr. Dawes .had . long conference with President-elect Harding today. -; ; , As purchaser of Supplies of the Ameri can Expeditionary forces In , France, General Dawes achieved a reputation which, caused him to be mentioned fre quently as a possibly for " secretary : of the treasury in the next cabinet, but it was made plain today that the job slated for the Chicago financier Was to be that of reorganizing the government depart ments. . . 4 DAWES, MAT GET JOB President-elect Harding has frequently declared for a reduction in the expense of government; by means of more effi cient management of the various bureaus of government in Washington and it is believed that Dawes will be the man decided upon to solve the problem, Following his interview with President-elect Harding today Dawes prom ised to return on Monday for a game of golf with Mr. Harding. Somebody addressed him as "general" when he left "the conference ' room. : . "Oh, hell. I'm not a, general, I'm Dawes," he said. , ' ' He declined to discuss the details of his conference and Insisted that he was cot a candidate for any official position. LOWDE3T NOT SIDETRACKED A new cabinet boom was launched to day that of Frank O. Lowden, who was one of- the principal contenders for the Republican nomination at ,the Chicago convention. He is a close friend of Mr. Harding and for some time it has been known that the president-elect wished to employ his services. It caff be stated definitely that Mr. Lowden is still ,in mind as a cabinet, possibility. "I think you may safely assume that an extraordinary' session of congros will be: called for an early date in April." said President-elect Harding to day.. , . ' ' ' He indicated that he is keeping In close touch with legislative affairs In Washington and is hopeful that - the danger of having appropriation bills left on the hands -of the new congress will be obviated. ( 1 . If representatives of foreign powers were to suggest a disarmament congress in Washington he stated flatly today that he would assist in every way pos sible to reach a common ground. Mrs. Harding, who arrived In St. Augustine last night, will make no en gagements for. several days, as she Is considerably fatigued from her journey South, and today remained in her room. " "The jobber put us off until near the close of his fiscal year. Then we called again. After ' restating the whole pro gram, the jobber told us that the com petitive line of the local product under discussion had been marketed - here for 20 odd years, and if he gave it up one of his competitors would grab it. f" "If the- Oregon manufacturer, denied support by the Jobber, succeeds in sell ing to retailers-until he reaches a su perior position, what need will he then have of Mr. Jobber? : And, of course, the jobbers complain when the Oregon manufacturer goes directly to the retail trade. , 4 1 . - . . -p ; "Who is to blame for these conditions? ' "Is jt the glamor of distance, tho de sire to handle a line not sold by some one else. or. merely, failure to take thought that fair support of home , in dustry .;. strengthens the whole buying field and adds to the -prosperity which outside manufacturers consider ' in es tablishing their plans for Oregon terri tory?" , : ' GAVEL WEEK Stage Set for Whirlwind Finish This Week; Highway Bills Promise to Be Hotly Contested. Stiff Battle on Teachers' Tenure Measure Looming; Usual Jam at Last Minute Is Foreseen. 4 By Ralph Watson, State House, Salem. Feb. 12. One week more, if the gears do not slip too much in the meantime, will see the thirty-first regular session of the Oregon legislature an incident of memory. "According to program." the end is to come during the witch ing hours of Sunday morning next, accompanied by all the usual scenes' of hurlyburly and riot which always by custom, and seemingly by legisla tive necessity, must be witnessed and endured at the close of a legislative session. The senate and house adjourned at noon until 11 o'clock ! Monday morning. GOBDOX BILL PASSES Up to the present time not much has been accomplished of definite im port by the five weeks that have rolled over tho session. The Gordon tax su pervision and conservation commission bill, of much interest to Multnomah county, has passed both houses,, and the remaining step before the bill goes to the governor is the certain accept ance by : the house of the senate amendments. The fish commission bills have run th gauntlet and are safely on their way to the archives, but there never was much question as to their -, ulti mate fate. , The Port of Portland consolidation measures are through both houses and out of danger. - The Burdick-Gallagher irrigation bills are dead , and that fight is out of the (Concluded on Ptce Four. Column One)' Elderly Couple Die5 ; -In Gas-Filled KoomV Of Home in Eugene Eugene, Feb. 12. Two ; elderly and well-known residents of Eugene were found dead today in their rooms at 908 Fifth avenue, death resulting . from as phyxiation. The aged couple, Mr. 'and Mrs. Harvey L. Smith, had not teen seen by neighbors for a day or two previous to the discovery, and an investigation was made. - Smith, aged 78, was found on the bed, and Mrs. Smith, aged 77, was lying on the floor, partially disrobed. It was evi dent she. Had been taking a bath and had forgotten to turn off the gas,- as one of the cocks was open and the house filled with gas. . There will be no In quest. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had been residents of Eugene since 1911. They had only one son Fred E, Smith of this city. Winter Tourists Bring Goat Along Across Siskiyous Ashland, Feb. 12. The first tourist goat of the 1921 traveling season, snugly crated to .the fenaer of a cart passed through Ashland from over the Siskiyous this week. Three cars were in the party. It's a safe guess there was a baby in the crowd, who especiaUy loves ; goat's milk, or else his goatship is of such pure breed that his owners would not trust him to the railroads. A car from Kansas passed through this week and the driver reported they had shipped their car from Dunsmuir ro Hornbrook and that from Hornbrook to Ashland the Pacific highway was fair traveling. A Growing Appeal To an Increasing Audience " ; The Journal is the only one of the three largest Portland daily newspapers to show an increase in the volumi of want ads , car ried during January r over the same month ' of . the preceding year. ' '; i ' ? :. J; , The score is as follows: , T . Gain Lon .C ' ' - ' Line. Tini. Journal .............. 6.700 Telecram , .... 8,600 Orefooiaa ............ . . . 17,700 , Four cardinal principles , gov ern, all.dvertisements.i To be effective, they must be read, must be understood, must be Relieved and must be acted upon. Want ads, because '; of their i intimate character, are especially sensi tive to these principles. The In creased lineage of Journal want ada, therefore. Is significant. I v Weekday editions of The Jour nal are read by more tha?r300, 000 people. The Sunday "Journal's audience exceeds 450,000. i The Journal's want ad ratet is "a dime a line," weekday - and Sunday. CLEAN ADVERTISING PATS. ' Pastor U. S. Judge in Parole Case Clergyman Declares Jurist Took Right Course in Setting Free Poorly-Paid Embezzler. Chicago, Feb. 12. (U. P.) The country will back Federal Judge Landls in his action in paroling Francis J. Carey, 20-year-old bank teller, accused of embezzling $96,500 cash, in the face of any action by congress. Dr. M. P. Boynton, pastor of the Woodlawn Baptist church, and a prominent reform leader said here tonight. "Attacks on Land is in the United States senate at Washington today be cause he paroled Carey, whose salary was $90 a month, are unjust and Land is critics will have to back down," said Boynton. . "Banks ought to pay sufficient wages," said Dr. Boynton, "as a maximum of honesty and integrity is required." "If ; cheap wages are paid they can obtain only the help of those who are most susceptible to temptation. Of all places in the world banks should pay the highest grade of wages." Boynton declared that Landls was right in criticizing the directors of the National City Bank of Ottawa, HI., which employed Carey, for paying him only $90 a month. "Ninety dollars is not a sufficient wage in these days and while I cannot condone a theft, I cannot help but feel sympathy for Carey. I understand he supported his mother and two sisters on that $90." Rumors Caruso Has ' Had Relapse Denied (By TJniTeraU Serrice) New York, Feb. 12. Renewed consul tations of physicians gave rise to rumors here today that Enrico Caruso, who is confined -to his apartments at the Hotel Vanderbilt with pleurisy, naa suffered a serious relapse. This was denied by the four , physicians who were called into consultation by the tenor's secretary. News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete In Eight Sections : Editorial Section 2, Pace 4. . -.(-'.- Foreffln . M liner and Jxyag Quit Section 1. Pace 1. Finnish Socialists Quiet Section 8, Faca 2. C&Wrtet List teTOfcea" tooinfett Section ' 1, - ,Pac 1.- " Wi'V Dawes Slated for Job Bectfaw I, nn I Ltneela's Nomination ' BeeaUed Section 1, Pa 2. Blackmail Laid to War UrlUca Section 1 Paga S. Japan Most Explain Section 1, Pace 8. Domestic Ford Explains Attacks Section 1, Pace 1. Pastor Backs Judge Section, Pace 1. Leg Mature Stace Set for Whirlwind Section 1, Pace 1. Bankinc Bills Indorsed Section 1, Pace 1. .Would Legalize CooperatiTe Idea Section 1, Pace 4. Teacher' Tenure Measure Section 1, Pace 5. Interstate Span B0J Section 1, Pace 5. Northwest Telephone Decision. Delayed Section 1, Pace 1. Elderly Couple Asphyxiated Section 1, Pace 1. Fasting Slayer Passes 54 th Day Section 1, Pace l. - , Umatilla Power Project Section 1, Pace 2. Oregon Minerals CocTention Topic Section 1. Pace 8. Grays Harbor Riven Orerflow Section 1, Pace 8. Christian Endeavorer Elect Section 1, Pace 10. Arrests at Wena tehee Section 1, Pace 10. Man's Back Broken Section 3. Pace 2. Portland ,. Old Guard Dodces Convention Plan Section 1, Page 1. Anti-Japaneae lecisiatioo Opposed flection 1, Pace 2. . . . Banquet in Lincoln's Honor Section 1, . Pace 3. Clercsvnen to Assemble Section 1. Pace 4. Forest Superriaora to Meet -Section 1, Pace 6. Apollo Club Gives Concert Section 1. Pace 7 Noted .. Church Workers Arrive Section 1, Pace 7. New Trial of Lotisso Section 1, Pace 7. ' Man Injured by Auto Section 1, Pace 7. World Fair to SeU - Stock Section 2, Pace Monday Portland's Birthdaj Section 2, Page 3. Business News Beat Estate and Buildings Section 3, Markets Section 3, Pace 12. Finance Section 8. Pace 12. Marine Section 3. Face 2. ' '' Sport Section 1, Page 11. Section . Pages 4-6. Autewietlve Section 8, Pages 1-6. On the Finer Side Page L The Week in Society Section 4. Pages 2-3-4. Women's Club Affairs Section 4, Pace 8. In Portland Schools Section 4. Face 6. Fraternal Section 4, Pace 5. American Lesion News Section 4, Page 4. The Grand Army Section 3, Page 2. National Guard Section S, Page 2." Drama end Photoplay Section 5, Pages 1-8. The Realm ol Music- Section 8, Page 6- Features " - . The New Europe (map) Section t. Page 6. Just a Little of Everything Section 2. Pace B. Who's Who on B roadway Section 8. Pace . Bine Lardner's Letter Section1 4. Page tt. European Press Comment Section 8, Pace 6. The National Capitol Section 3, Page 2. Letters From the People Section 2, Page 6. Who's Who in Legislatare Section 2. Psge 3. Who Says Loee'a Blind? Section 4. Pace 6. Valentine Day Section 4, Pace 6. Mountains Stage Shimmy Bcition. 2, Pace 3. Seattle's Early Railroad Fight Section 2, Page 3. President Wilson's New Home Section 2. Fag 2. "T" Girls Team to Be Pavlowas 8ection 2, -Page 2. '' : W -i ; -: -:':V-Portland Girl's Hasardona Tfe Section ' 2, Page 8. - ' A Modern Tenns (pictorial) Section 6. Page 1. Magazine General News (pictorial) Section T. Pace L. What the Stan Predict Section T, Pace 2. - Mrs. Taaderbilt Mores to toe Slums Section 7, Pace S ; De. Buickholdt's Wife's Ingenious Swindle Section 7, Pages 4-8. Palm -Garden Gowns Section T, Page 6. Health. Beauty and Home Section 7. Page. 7. Ne Mother to Guide Her. by Lucian Gary Section 7, Page 8.. -. Cornice Section 8. rages 1-4. CONVENTION PLAN DODGED BY OLD GUARD Republicans Get 'Cold Feet' After Advocating Restoration of Old System Nominating Candidates Talk Runs Along Smoothly Until D. C. Lewis Hurls Monkey Wrench; Resolutions Rejected. Restoration of the pre-primary county convention and radical changes in the present direct pri mary laws were advocated at a meet ing of delegates to the annual meet ing of the Republican League of Or egon Clubs in the Imperial hotel Sat urday afternoon. A resolution supporting restoration ox the pre-election convention was submit ted to the meeting and seemed to have full support of all the delegates present until X. C. Lewis called attention to the fact that something more to the point should, be accomplished than mere pas-sago- of the resolution. ITEMIZES PROPOSALS Lewis also expressed the opinion that the methods employed in elections pre vious to adoption of the direct primary system were anything but perfection. The meeting was opened by H. L Ganoe, chairman, who said that when the call for the gathering was issued he was of the impression that election of offloers for the organization was one of the principal matters for considera tion. He explained that this was a mis take, as officers were elected every two years. Despite this mistake, Ganoe said, there were a number of important mat ters to be considered and proceeded to itemize the, proposals he had in mind. PAYORS C03TTENTI03T "The present direct primary system Is not the acme of perfection," Baid Ganoe. who then outlined to the delegates just how advantageous a return to the pre primary convention systerat Would. be. He said that under this method the ablest citizens would be drafted and the self-seeker and self -advertiser would be (Conclude on Faae Four, Column Four) DecisiqnDelayed Two Weeks More In Telephone Case Salem, Feb.- 12. Th Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company and Its pat rons must wait another two weeks for a conclusion of the telephone rate case before the. state public service commis sion. V' '" N ' ' ' '. .; ' . This is indicated in a letter forwarded to the telephone company by the com mission today, in which the hope is ex pressed that it will be possible "to reach an equitable and ultimate conclusion on or about March L" The commission, in a letter issued pre vious to this time, had Intimated that the rate order would be handed down about February 15. This has been found to be physically impossible because of the serious congestion of the commission's docket and the lack of sufficient expert assistance in the department to com plete the investigations within this time. The letter today asks that the company withhold any contemplated ' curtailment in its working force until the commis sion has - completed its investigations and handed down the rate order. Fasting Slayer of Wife Enjoys Pipe; Passes 54th Day Dallas: Or., Feb. 12. On the fifty- fourth day of bis fast, the condition of George F. West, wife alayer, shows little change.. Beyond being greatly emaciat ed and weak, he seems to be no nearer death than at any time during the past two weeks. West expresses no desire for food and it is no longer offered him by his attendants. Little water passes his lips, but he enjoys bis pipe every afternoon. , . Word was received this week by Dis trict Attorney J. N. Helgerson that West was mixed up in a previous shooting scrape about seven years ago at Neeleys vtlle, Mo, when he is alleged to have shot and wounded F. W. Biggs of that city. Biggs subsequently recovered and West was not prosecuted.. Ptomaine Followed By Typhoid Is Fatal Aberdeen, Wash Feb. 12. Charles E. Seaman, 62, pioneer of Gray's Har bor and for 2 years lumber Inspector for the Gray's Harbor ' Commercial company, Cosmopolis died here today from ; typhoid fever. Seaman leaves his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Scott Snyder and Mrs. R. G. Laynd, and one son, Chester Seaman. - all of this city. Seaman was . stricken , two weeks, ago with -ptomaine poisoning from eating canned tomatoes which developed into typhoid. ., -. ' . : . McArthur Speaks at Lincoln Program . - " eea eaaHeeyBnaeetaeBe . Washington. Feb. 12. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Representative McArthur.- spoke . with Senator Frelinghnysen at the Lincoln day banquet tonight before the Newark Republican club, Newark, N. J. He also has accepted an Invitation to address the University club at Harrisburg, Pa, Feb ruary 25, on "The Dead Hand la Gov ernment.' ... . . . ' ' . i" ' . v ' . k . FORD BELIEVES HE'S RIGHT HENRY FORD, who in an exclusive interview today, ex - plains that his anti-Semitic campaign is directed against . "international bankers who encourage war for financial reasons" and not against a race or religion. II ' t " t " - S . T t Measure Defi.ning ; Purposes! for 'Whch Banks May Hold ReaT Estate Tares Badly. f State House Salem, Feb. 12. The house committee : on -banking this afternoon gave, its approval to five senate . bills, pertaining- to . bank af fairs and ' recommended that ' one senate bill do hot passT ' The bill which met the disapproval is senate bill 30, by Senator Thomas F. Ryan of Clackamas county, defining pur poses for. which banks may hold real estate.- ' -. J S- - . ' 1 Approval was given to-senate bill 159, by Senator O. B. Robertson "of Gilllarh, Sherman arfd 'Wheeler counties,: relating to deposits ; by county 1 treasurers ' of county funds 'in depositories.' "7 This, bill 'If it becomes ' a' la w, would have special application" to such situa tions as developed not many months ago in Jackson county ' and it is believed it will,, have a tendency h to eliminate squabble In, many counties- over depos iting of county funds.( It provides that county '. moneys shall ' 'be 1 deposited lti the various banks , designated ' as , de positories in the proportion at the capital -and surplus of such depositories be restored to the total public: fund. Should the county treasurer fall, neg lect or refuse to apportion' the county funds among the county depositories as provided herein, as .'near' as can be and is practicable,-he -.may; be compelled to comply ? with the requirements ,of this section by mandamus, in which case, in addition to the costs of , the .proceedings, be shall be "liable to ; plaintiff in the sum of $100 damages.' says, this bill. The other ,. bills receiving the official O. . K. of the banking ' committee - were senate bill 47 by Robertson, relating to the' examination fees to be i collected from 5 banks; senate, bill 160. by Robert son, relating tor f ee to be collected for the state banking funds; senate bill 230. by Senator Ryan, relating to . capital stock of trust companies, and senate bill 234. by Ryan, relating to bank re serves..':, ' : . .-.. . Senate bin 230 changes the require ment of the amount of money that may be deposited in' other; banks i or : trust companies, -i. under certain t conditions, from two-thirds to three-fourths of the reserve required by law to be main tained. " Prunes Free With Journal Want Ads ThisWeek . This is Prune -week- Each day during 'the .weeks' every person J who brings, a 'Dime a Line cash want ad . to . be Irun any rday, to The Journal office or any of, its' five want ad service stations, will receive a v package , of Oregon prunes f ree- T. On Thursday- and Friday , prunes will be given in addition to , the .candy .of which detailed announcement will be found on " Page S of Section o to-; day. iX :J.,:"1': ;-.: - ' 'X ' Journal want ad service sta ions are located in the Owl pros ; company storev Broadway and Washington; Frederick CT"orbes ; Drug company, Grand , avenue '.and East Morrison; Klllingsworth Drug company, Killingsworth and Albina; St,' Johns Pharmacy, St. Johns; Matthieulrug store. Rus sell and Williams. . 7 v ;:.. J) BX'aitswwwamiwiiiiiili lllllllll.JJsXJyAJ'""- i bum m 5 BANKING BILLS GET INDORSEMENT 'J-: f - - THREATENED SLIDE MORE ALARMING Grave Apprehension Over, Block o'ri"WiIIameite' Heights :En , I tertained by Engineers With the continued rains threat ened slides of the. residence section of. more than one . block on Willam ette Heights at Thirty-second street. near ThurmAn, becomes more alarm ing, and grave apprehension Is en tertained by, CityEngineer Laur- gaard "and H. C. McMtillin, chief of the bureau of maintenance, who are resorting to heroic methods to. stay the slide..-" rx-;?. 'J '''T" ::r. k r t The, affected district, situated over the gulch which, was filled in 'several years ago to create the present residence tract, shows 'a depression of three to six' inches, according' to McMullln, ?, who 'completed a ' triangulation survey Saturday eve ning. l:f .:'- '.j. ' Residents of the threatened section are still in their4 homes, and "the city en gineers do not" consider the . condition of the hill, serious enough to-advise imme diate' abandonment, although' a section of .Thirty-first street threatens to slide should the rains continue. ; 1 Some., of .Portland's-? most .attractive modern homes are located on and in the Immediate section , of the " threatened slide, including the residences of Richard W. Montague J. O. Elrod, II. W. Stone and Dr. N. R, COx. . V t Paderewski : Will : Arrive in Ui Si Today ICew Tork, Feb. 12. (TlT P.) Ignace Jan Paderewski,. famous f.planlst and former premier of Poland will, arrive here tomorrow on , the, steamer Ia France. He is expected : to spend most of his time in this country on . his estate kt Paso Robles; Cal.; ' where he will de vote himself to composition, C . J- " Eat Prunes, Save Chinese Price to Be Low 'Prune Week' When the ..housewife .places Ore-i gon prunes upon her table this week, February 14 to 10,f which has been designated as Prune, week by a proc lamation of Governor Olcqtt, she will be doing a good . turn for a great many people in at least two nations. "In the first place, she will be - help ing her. own family "-by placing before them one of the most healthful of foods one which has - been found to have a medical ' value, - and , is also a good spring tonic. ' ' . TKSOLP . Prune growers in Oregon will be benefited because of the fact, that, due to unavoidable circumstances, there is a large stock. Of last season's prunes still in ;the -warehouses.' Of s the 80, 000,000 pounds of ' prunes produced In the state last year,, there are still 22, 000,000 pounds unsold. , Growers need to sell these prunes in order to be able to carry on operations and to produce the - crop during the" coming season. The producer is meeting the consumer more than half way and is marketing the prunes at a cost considerably below the . cost . of production ; in fact, dur ing Prune week housewives will be FORDTOS FOR ATTACKS Automobile Magnate Breaks Si- V lence Regarding Anti-Semitic Propaganda Circulated by Him. Declares One Object of Campaign Is to Stop International Bank ers From Financing Armament. By Frederick Roche ( International New Serrirs and Roatoa Amnrt- csb Htaff Corrupnndent. t (CopTrirht. 1921, hr K Knsiaad Kespapr I'ublicfainf IkxnpaDT.) . (Copyrlsht. 1921, by the InUrnatiooal Mews Kvrric.) Detroit, Mich., Feb. 12. -Henry Ford today, for the firBt time,- broke his silence regarding his anti-Jewish propaganda in an exclusive interview with the; Boston " American. - The widely discussed anti-Jewish articles in Ford's paper, the Dearborn Inde pendent, are really a continuance of the voyage of the famous peace Bhip, They are to promote world peace, as Mr. Ford himself explained. - The publication of these articles re sulted in 'leading Oentiles circulating a protest against anti-Semitism. The pro test was signed by President Wilson, William Cardinal O'Connell and other leaders. -FOBD BREAKS SILESCE Various reasons have been alleged for the publication of the articles. . Rome said Ford did it to revenge himself on Jewish bankers who refused to give him a big loan. Others thought he did it in the hope of getting a big loan. Others thought he did It in the hope of get ting such bankers to buy him off by of fering the loan at a low rate. It has even been Intimated that it had soma connection with- a plan to finance Ger many. ; Now comes Ford with his own expla nation and that proves to be an echo of the famous Ford peace ship, which sailed to get the boys "out of tha trenches by Christmas' and proved a fiasco. His present Interview might be rum mariznd this'-wayt -- Tu- Ford is attacking the laternaUonai Jewish - bankers in order to -promote world peace. . - -3TOT AOXI3rST JEWS ' ' i. He denies that he, is anti-Semitic, claiming 'he employs 6000 Jews and would have signed the anti-Semitic pro test had he been given opportunity. . His desire is to wake up "boob" Gentiles . and get them to display the same energy and earnestness as the Jew,-. . - ' Not through dislike of the Jews, not because of anti-Semitism, but because I want the Jews to cooperate with the -(Oanatwlad en Pace Stz. -CMnaaa Three) Milner and Long Quit British Cabinet; v Ohurcliill Appointed Ixndon, Feb. 12. (V. P.) Viscount Milner, minister of colonies, and Walter Hume Liong, first lord of the (admiralty, have retired from the Lloyd George cab inet, causing several important ministe rial changes, it was announced here to night. After accepting the resignations of Milner and Long, King George appointed Winston; Churchill to the portfolio va cated by the former, and Lord Iee of Fare ham to head the admiralty. Succeeding Churchill, Sir Worth In gton Evans was made minister of war and air. The vacancy at the head of the agriculture ministry created by the shift of Lord. Lee was filled by Sir Arthur Griffith-Bo sco wee, former under secre tary. , ! Viscount Milner is known to have been greatly disappointed at the failure of the government to act on his recommen dation of a liberal home rule system for resignation may be explained by opposition to the present British pol icy of eliminating capital ships from the present naval program. able to buy prunes from reliable cers at 10 cents a pound. A committee has been appointed who will handle all prunes sold during Prune ' week. This will avoid any chance of profiteering by any firm or Individual during the week. HELP FOB CHHTESE For every 20 boxes of proses sold, one box will be given to , the Chinese relief fund. If every man, woman and child, in Oregon would buy a 25-pound box of. prunes, there would be no sur plus' on band. ; By a special ' arrange ment, those who do not wish to con sume 25 pounds of prunes will be able to help the Oregon producer and at the same time save a few livea in China by sending a $2-b0 1 check to the Chi nese . relief fund, 606 Stock Exchange building, who will purchase prunes m large quantities with the money and send them along with the salmon and wheat - which is now . being collected to be 'shipped to China to relieve the famine situation. In addition to this, prune growers throughout the state are contributing large quantity of prunfs which were slightly cracked and were not marketable as firt-clas good". (CoactTXled OS rase Eight, Colnms n) i ' V.