. TUESDAY, , MARCH 1, 1921. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.- PORTLAND, OREGON CHINESE RELIEF PLANS LAUNCHED BY100 LEADERS I c' The desperate need of China's 45, t 000.000 famine-victims and Oregon's i practical: plan of Bending relief to ; -.. them was symbolized in the menu of 'J a luncheon ; at the Hotel Portland today, when more; than 100 repre sentative business men from all part of the state and heads ( various "' state-wide 1 civic, ' fraternal, ' commer cial and philanthropical organiza tions attended the official launching of Oregon's combined China-Near : East relief campaign. Governor Ben W: Olcott presiding. The first cotirae was a small portion of the. diet upon which nncounted' mil- licns of starving men. women and chil dren In the Interior famine- sections of China are now sustaining .life. This consisted of leaves, bark, 'grass and roots gathered by Boy Scouts for the event. . These things. Governor Olcott explained, are ground into a kind of meal by the Chinese and mixed with - water and made into a sort of cake, in which form it is fed to millions of little children by parents Who can pro- viire no ouwr gtnu or iooa . The guests were not asked to tain pie this dish, but later were served a complete menu prepared from foods of which Oregon has a large unsold sur plus and which .will be sent in large t" shipments via free government trans portation direct from Portland to North China. Canned CoJrmbia river salmon. ; bread made from Oregon wheat, dehy drated Oregon potatoes and onions and home-grown prunes comprised the meaL .. Among thosa'who spoke were Mayor George JU Baker ; K. B. Piper, appoint ed with A. U Mills by President Wil son to take charge of the China famine fund in -Oregon ; B. F. Irvine, editor of The Journal ; George B. Quayle of the State Chamber of ' Commerce, who pledged the Buppart and active efforts of every- chamber in the state in the work of securing and asembling foods, for shipment to China; President t Oeorge Mansfield of the Oregon Farm - -bureau, who said word "had already been sent out asking the cooperation of all farm bureaus ; Frank S. Grant, po tentate of Al Kader temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., -who offered the entire machinery of the Shrine for the state-wide food drive; W. A. Sellwood. Y. M. C. A. secretary, who has just returned from 18 months service, tn Russia and China and who told of Indescribable horrors he witnessed while passing through the famine district . last month; J. J. Hand-i saker, state manager for' the Near East , relief, who is handling the executive work for the combined drives, and others- . ' Representatives of - the Federated Women's Clubs and various other wom en's organizations and a number of state -church and Sunday school asso tiations and other state-wide organi aztions were present and .pledged sup port and active aid for the drive. MOTHEIt WTOUIiD SEUi BABES I WHO ARE NEAR STARVATION Conditions too appalling for descrip tiori and. stark misery too awful to look - upon are reported by WV. A. Sellwood, International J A. secretary, who ' has ; Just-- returned from , North -. China, t where 45,000,000 men, women and chil-: dren are starving to death in the drouth ruined provinces where no crops have '- been harvested for two seasons. Bark, -leaves,' roots and grass are the sole diet of whole populations in the Interior dis- ' tricts. : Returning home from It months serv ice as a Y. M. C. A. secretary in Russia, "Bill" Sellwood,! who is -well known i mrougnout me .xorinwesi uirougu i " M. C. A, service at Camp Lewis and in r the" loceinit camna o? Washineton and OrejrorK during the war. passed through I NOrth. China, traversing the- famine i stricken- provinces last month. ' " "Ail Chinese mothers in the ' famine ! district are eager to sell their babies,' . said Kenwood, particularly to Amer leans. , It means, that "the child will be fed and have a chance to live, and the return xrom the sale wtu also mean a i -little food for themselves, and for , the children still left. ' I have a Utile girl of i my own, about the age of the, one a I poor mother wanted to sell roe for 50 .cents, and I. shall not soon forget that incident." In the more northern sections of the famine district, Sellwood says, the tern perature is from 3 to 6 degrees above r zero, and the starving people are clad ! .only in thin rags, many of them wear ing nothing but loin cloths. The inter i national relief organization, which ln ! etudes : the American , Red Cross and . other : American relief agencies. Is mak -ing a, brave. Struggle against heavy - i odds, , according to Sellwood, who says : v that there are now systematic arrange- ! menta for the .handling and distribution ' ot relief supplies, which.; mast be fur- i nished In' tremendous quantities if even I j a: portion of the starving population Is ...-to be saved. MEASURE VETOED (Continued from Ps One.) ; and the other being that . "there Is no such congestion In the business of the courts of the two counties as to war -rant the creation of this additional of- f Ice.- ,-'.;,., ' : U , :j: -. ' Other bills vetoed by the governor to ' day were: House bill. 400,- increasing the 'salary of the district attorney for Polk county. This salary increase, the MEA MARKETING --.. veto message, points out, was covered in. another bill which has already had : the governor's approval, making further legislation along this line unnecessary. Senate bill 258, limiting the traveling expenses of the sheriff of Harney county to SlOO . a month, a ' provision - which, the governor declares. In view of the -vast area of that county and the distances which the sheriff'is compelled to travel inf performing the duties of h's office.-would be very apt. to "crrpple severely the public service, Senate bill 367, making It mandatory upon the county officials of Clatsop county to close their respective offices , at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday of each week. ' "Such arbitrary effect J the law r. might work grave hardship upon the 'public, particularly during certain sea sons of the year, such as tax collecting time," the veto message reads. Five more bills went forward with the approval of the governor today also, .these cleaning up the. bills on the gov- - ernors desk. . : . These were: 1 H. B. 367. by roads and highways com mittee Providing an additional tax . of one cent per gallon on gasoline with ex emptions for certain uses. - f S. B. 50, by tills -Granting to and en abling certain parties tha right to in- tervene in actions and proceedings' and declaring what constitutes an Interven tion and the manner. In which It shall be done. ?:'- . - V-: . "-. ' ' " :. 8. B. 22lby Banker-Repealing statute relating to notes taken in payment of In surance premiums." --v - - : 4 ' ; a B280, by G1U Providing for hu mane education In public schools s S. B. 301. by Joseph IV'atlng to drainage -districts and the levying of as sessments and taxes, j Additional bills were signed by the governor Monday, as follows: ; 267. Bennett -Relating to condemna tion of lands for logging railways, roads or ways for removal of timber, j 36l. Committee of Agriculture Pro viding for the formation of weed control districts. - : ' " , S48, Hindman Amending section 494S. Oregon laws, relating to certification of teacMsrs on graduation from standard colleges. i 38o, Joint Committee on Ways and Means Appropriating!! money -to the Or(gon Agricultural college for experi ment station for and declaring an eraer- geney. -.;:! t -- . 368, joint . commvtlee on - ways and means To authorise the payment of ex penses incurred under the provisions of chapters US and 373 of the general laws of Oregon f 1919. Jfrom funds received by the state land board, other than those belonging to the irreducible school, university ; and' agricultural, college funds. . 103, Mr. McFarland Regulating and defining marine insurance and" the writ ing thereof, and amending and reenact ing sections 6498 to 6552, inclusive, Ore gon laws. 28a, Beals Maing a tax or- assess-, ment a personal debt of owners of the land and prohibiting removal of timber until all taxes are paid. 302, Sheldon Amending section 4457 Oregon laws, relating to the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the state highway commission. . 317. Joint committee on roads and highways Amending section 4442. Ore gon Laws, apportioning ; maintenance costs of state highways. 340. By joint Washington. Yamhill, Polk and Columbia county delegations Defining imitation milk and regulating production, and disposition of same. 358, McDonaldjProviding for market ing goat meat and governing selling or trading in such commodity. 365, Committee on. roads and high ways Authorizing the issuance and re tirement of. $7,000,000 in bonds for high way construction ; r - -' 398, Committee on roads' and highways To declare and designate the Roosevelt coast military highway as a state high way, and provide for improvement thereof. ' . . 353, McFarland Providing for pay ment of $102.75 to Leo Fischer, Bend, Or., from game protection fund. 220, by Jackson County Delegation Relating -to salaries of Jackson county officials. - -: i 259, by Perry Amending certain sec tions of Oregon laws relating to issuance of permits to purchase alcohol by cetaln persons. I 343, by Cordon Providing, for collec tion of tolls of Interstate bridge by gov ernor. 389, by Joint: Ways and Means Com mittee Appropriating money for state bureau of labor, the board of inspectors of child labor and the industrial accident commission. t . 109, by Korell Providing for the fur nishing and acceptance of cash, cer tified checks or 'certain obligations of the United States government or of mu nicipal corporations In lieu of bonds or ball. r .', '- ; , - ; . . SENATE BILLS-i- 293. Ryan To amend section 622flf Oregon laws, relating to savings depose its. - 336, Ryan Relating to payment by banks of deposits of interstates. ... 295, Hall To amend section 6245, Ore gon laws, relating to limits upon loans 01 trust companies. 315, Edwards Amending section 7166. 7206, - 7210, Oregon laws, relating to boards of commissioners of municipal corporations designated as ports. ' 210. Hall To amend section 6229. Ore gon laws, relating to capital stock ot l urn. wjiuiJiiiiy, 264, Dennis Relating to hisrhwav com mission contracts. - ' f 305 Hume- Provfdinir foi: taxation f cost in the . supreme court on "appeal, - 3UU, Joseph Providme lor. the or ganization of tunnel districts, constriic- uoiu operation and- maintenance X -tunnel system. ' : . . r 1 du. Joseph Authorising and provid ing for a special election to vote on measures enacted by the thirty-first legislative assembly . of the state of Uregon. 1 .. 343, committee on judiciary To amend section 3582, Oregon laws, i increasing salary of constable' of Clatsop county from $1080 to $13Su per annum. 344. Robertson To amend section S244, Oregon laws, 'relating to eradication of contagious and infectious diseases in sheep. 348. Committee on Revision of Liaws To authorize the supreme court to des ignate circuit Judges tp sit with the supreme court.. ' - 360, Josephine county delegation iTo amend section -3510, Oregon- laws.- relat ing to salaries, of Josephine county of ficials. 313, Norblad To authorize Clatsop county to pay Walter. Kallunki expenses paid by him for apprehending Walter Wagner, safe-blower. 829, Smith To amend sections !2846, 2878 and 2902, Oregon laws, relating to feeble-minded persona 340, Dennis To provide for a hydro electric power i commissioner and pre scribe his duties, etc 359, Hare-To authorize cities and towns of the state of Oregon to purchase sites for and erect and maintain 'com munity houses for the benefit of soldiers and sailors. 366, committee on judiciary Requiring record, etc, required by law to be writ ten in the English language. 304. ,Upton Appropriating $10,000 out of the general fund of the state of Ore gon for the purpose of investigating ar tesian well conditions In the Fort Rock basin, and- providing manner fit expend ing the same, i - 362, committee on roads and highways To amend, section 6719, Oregon laws, relating to protecting sub-contractors, material men and laborers. . 365, Dennis To empower state high way commission to acquire rights of way along state highways. ' 368, Washington county deegation--To amend section 3628, Oregon laws, relat ing to' salaries of officials of Washing ton county. 303, Hall and Bennett To appropriate money ior me;renei or Mrs. u acort andAJrs... Clyde R. Dindinirer. iiu, K.yan to amend 8ection324, Ore- msim ti!mffiim (Ml gon laws, .relating to the salary of the insurance commission,; -s - ' - r - 824, Nickelsen To amend section 18 of ao act regulating the practice of op tometry and creating a state board of examiners Jn opotometry. H&reTo amend sectiftn 8912. Ore- f on laws, relating to the Oregon State air. - '':. r69, Multnomah delegation Authoriz ing the county commissioners of Multno mah, county to fix the number of depu ties Sn the office of county treasurer, etc. 377. committee on county and state of ficersTo amend section 3623. Oregon laws, relating to salaries of Lane .county officers. .. t 1 165, Moser To appropriate money for establishing and maintaining Oregon em- I fiwj incut. iimuiuLitjii vir.;iMu iuiu . ud- Jclaring an emergency. T 974 T.-1 1 OT- it.. MAC Oregon laws,, relating to Union high school board. 328, Rittner snd Bean Authorizing the governor to aonoint a committee to in vestigate additional sources for public revenue. : . . . 339, Edwards Increasing the salary of 'district attorney of Tillamook county and declaring an emergency. 353. Hall To amend section F or section 196, Oregon laws, relating to capital requirements of state- banks. : 372, Committee on Roads and High ways To amend sectism. 4521, Oregon laws, relating -to the Bale of bonds by the board of control for highway con struction 'and declaring an emergency. 373,. CttJnmittee on Roads and Hlgh-ways-'-To amend section 4505. Oregon laws, relating j to the sale of bonds by the highway j commission for highway construction -and declaring an emer gency, i 331. Vinton To amend section i 1874, Oregon laws, relating to extradition of lugitivea rrom justice. 382, Joint Committee on Banking To amend section 6207, Oregon laws, re lating to limits .and conditions upon loans. i j. - I 383, Lachmund To authorize State Board of Control to exchange certain premises' used - by the Oregon State Training School for Boys for other premises. " i ' 358, by Committee on Revision of Laws Relating to the regulation of dealersMn the buying 'and selling of stocks, bonds, etc. i 1 354, by Roads and Highways Commit tee Providing i for the Incorporation of highway imprbvement districts.! - 95, by RyanRelative to closed season in Willamette river and tributaries. 351, by Patterson Authorizing reim bursement of. Jacobsen Construction company for expenses incurred in de fending personal injury litigation while working under provisions of workmenis compensation act. 361, by -Patterson Providing .protecr tion to emplpyjers under workmen's com pensation act. I t FILED WITHOUT APPROVAL : Bills filed with the secretary of state without the governor's approval were: ; S. B. 345. reapportionment committee -Reapportioning 'the state of Oregon. cution of claims of state of Oregon for recovery v of money illegally paid into federal treasury as a direct tax, etc. S. B. 378, Lachmund To' amend secT tioxi 2977, Oregon laws, relating to com pensation of state officers. -: H. B. 339, joint committee ion roads and highways Regulating use, licensing and operation of motor vehicles. H. B. 397, committer on irrigation To amend section 7325. Oregon laws, relat ing to sale of irrigation bonds. . H. B. 337, by Joint Ways and Means Committee Appropriating money if or or phans, foundlings and wayward girls. r Sinn. Fein Soviet Union Is Proposed ' London, Marcli I, (U. P.) Proposals for a Union of Sinn Fein and Jtussian soviet forces were contained- in docu-s ments" captured in Ireland, the Irish of fice announced today. a : Baptist ?CJonvcntlon Opens Walla Watla, Wash., March l.-'Pas-tors and women delegates of the Baptist congregations of Southeastern Washing tonyare here for the forty -third annual meeting of the Motint' Pleasant Baptist association, which": Opened Monday $.nd will close today. j After h or r 1 ' ina cunnK tncinB! . In bottles-Oi drought Everywhere. The Portland Brewing Co. DECISION MEANS F, The decision of , the United States supreme court," announced' yesterday, declaring the .operations of the fed eral land banks to be valid, Is news that will be very" encouraging to the farmers of the Northwest. "This decision. states A. W. Cau thom. Oregon member of the board of the Federal Land bank of Spokane, -"will enable the Spokane bank to resume mak ing loans In the near' future. J-ust one year ago today the Spokane bank, along with all other farm -loan banks.i ceased taking applications for: loans. . Now that the bank will soon resume operation a flood of applications for farm loans w-ill undoubtedly be received.. There will be no trouble In disposing of farm loan bank bonds, as they are tax exempt se curities for which - there 11 is a keen de mand. ' ' : . - - "The Spokane bank, which serves the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, has loaned to date about $12, 000,000 in each of the four states.: One or more farm loan associations are or ganized: tn every county of the four states. Those , interested in procuring loans should communicate with the secretary-treasurer of the association doing business within the county in which the land is located. ; " The reopening of the federal land bank will not only help the farmers, but gen eral business will undoubtedly derive benefits. " : . 1 VICTORY RECEIVED WITH jREAT SATISFACTION Washington, March 1. (WASHING TON BUREAU .OF- THE JOURNAL) Judge Charles EL Lobdel, farm loan commissioner and member of the farmer loan board, expressed : satisfaction over the decision of the supreme court in affirming the constitutionality of the farm loan act. - "I believe we will be able to go ahead with operations of the farm loan system very soon," .he said.: "It will require perhaps a month to print the new bonds, but within 30 days we. should be able to resume active operatlons.7 LOANS TO Br RESUMilD IN CLARKE SOON AS POSSIBLE Vancouver, Wash., March 1. The de cision of the supreme: court in holding the farm - loan act constitutional will mean resumption of farm, loan business in Clarke county, according to a state ment made by E. J. O'Connell,- secretary of the -Clarke County National . Farm Loan association. ' O'Connell said he had, received no offi cial notice of the decision-:; The' only funds 'A Paramount Picture 1 TO ARMERS f ' ' y From the Novel of Winston Churchill 1 . n Gilded sentry of the "better ort," prat ;fPr ' tl'mg of "social standing"! Defiling: the I f rS X'H church with their heartless hypocrisy. And y r then that pother sort" of person the heart- ; ... hungry girl who finds the narrow path too f i iTlikW. hard. Two mighty human millstones v uCr f7 grinding out life and radiant romance in TTf; -"ff Idj the thrilling scenes of this great picture. ;.i If STARTS TODAY , D ,4 COLUMBIA I r X v PICTURE ,JV' U" AtSf PLAYERS . v Ml XnI v KNOWLKS U. , : - -Z?' DIRECTING if. 7 ; - A ' R"""'TV available In the land-banks for. loan purposes at this time, he said, are those which came through. the sale of bonds, and it is probable the bond market will not be established for some time. A total of $100,000 In farm loans was cancelled here in April of last year, when the supreme court failed to act on the question, and the local office was closed at thact time, after, it had run several months without income of any kind. : During this period O'Connell served as secretary without jay. Loans totaling 4300,000 nave been made -toClarke county farmers by the Federal ; Loan association since its es tablishment In 1917, according to a re port published last year. Welcome Planned by Seattle Women for Wives of. Eotarians Seattle-, March 1. Wives of Seattle Ro-tarians- numbering nearly 300 are plan ning to welcome the wives of members of the 19 other 'Rotary clubs of Pacific Northwest cities, who will attend; the annual conference of the Northwest- dis trict to be held here March 14 and 15. Fully 500 visiting women are expected at the conference. i . ; An entertainment committee headed by Mrs. K. L. Skeel as chairman has perfected plans which will keep the com mittee busy from the time the visitors begin to arrive on Sunday, . March 13, until they depart at j the finish of the conference. Mexican Tourists Invited to Portland An invitation to visit Portland was extended to tile 11 Mexican business men who are touring the United States as representatives of the Confederated Chambers of Commerce of Mexico by the Chamber of Commerce this morn ing. The Mexican representatives are expected to arrive in Portland in about two weeks. " j I Anti-Alien Bill Is Defeated in Idaho Boise, Idaho, March 1. The "Van de Steeg anti-aiien land bill, was indefi nitely postponed in the Senate Monday. It will not be resuscitated again this session. The measure ' would legislate drastically against land tenure by Japa nese and would make it impossible for Nipponese to own or rent tracts in 'this state: '.. 1 Police Recover Loot : Before Store Owner ; Discovers Robbery Several hours before Mike Lozo dis covered that his store at 45 North Third street had been entered by .burglars at 1 :30 this ; morning, the police arrested Joe Roy. recovered most of the loot and got a confess&h from the alleged rob ber, according to the story told at police headquarters. ' ': Loso's store : was entered early this morning and about $500 worth of oigars, cigarettes and tobacco stolen. Several hours later Patrolmen Wells' and Love saw Roy carrying a suitcase in the north end, and when he failed to give a satis factory account of himself, he was brought to the police station for investi gation, i The suitcase contained a quan tity bf cigars;, cigarettes rand tobacco. Lozo reported the robbery later; After being questioned by the police, Roy is said to have. 'confessed. A large part of the loot was later recovered at a north end "rooming house. , Gillett Renominated As Speaker; Mondell 5 Retains 'Leadership (Br Universal Serrfca) Washington, March I. Representative Frank H. Gillett of Massachusetts was renominated for speaker of the, house at conference of the Republican members of the sixty-seventh congress tonight. The renominatlon is equivalent -to elec tion. Representative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming was renominated for Re publican floor leader. These selections were made without opposition. . The following officials of the house were renominated "without opposition : Joseph O. -Rogers of Pennsylvania ser-geant-at-arms l, W. Tyler Page, ' clerk ; Bert M. Kennedy of Michigan, doorkeep er, and Frank Collier of Wisconsin, postmaster. . Two hundred fifty-seven of the 301 Re publican members of- the next house an swered jthe roll call and a number came in later, bringing the attendance to about 275. -. ' - . s. Car Strikes Couple Stalled on Bridge While Attempting to move their ''auto mobile from the Hawthorne bridge, where the rear wheels had become caught In the car tracks,' Mr and Mrs. Peter Richner were struck by a Richmond street car. Monday - night. Both:- were taken to ' the emergency hospital-, where minor Injuries were treated. NEW SHOW TODAY Portland to Ship ; Largest Lot of Wool Ever Moved Portland Is preparing to ship the largest .Individual supply of wool that has ever been moved in one lot out of the Pacific coast. In fact' It is un derstood that the lot'- Is the largest ever, shipped :at one time In the United States by one, firm. The ship ment consists of approximately 1.000, 000 pounds of wool, which is being sent by the : Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse -Co.- of,-Portland to its Boston warehouse. The shipment will be made on the Bteamship Frank I.'Luckenbach. . I Careful Attention Is Given Lumber Rates ,By Milwaukee Line - " ' ?.-,''!-" Lumber rates are being given "most careful consideration" by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway ,Iri com mon with other transcontinental car riers, according to. a message received this : morning by the Chamber of Com merce from R. M. Calkins, vice presl dent : of the Milwaukee. ' The message came -In reply to mes sages sent' to the 'traffic heads of all the transcontinental rail lines by -the chamber Monday. The chamber In dorsed - the stand of the West- Coast Lumbermen's association that the 7-cent reduction In . rates on lumber was ln sufficient to permit mills of the North west to compete with mills of , the South, Calkins says : "We are deeply . Inter ested in the welfare and future develop ment of the Pacific Coast lumber trade. It is therefore essential It should have the most careful consideration, which, I assure you, la being given the entire subject. , : - ."- Fairbanks to Take Vacation in Mexico Los Angeles. CaL. March 1. (V. VA Mary Plckford and Douglas Fairbanks will leave here early next week for Mexico, where they Wll rest for sev eral weeks. It was announced today. Music By Salvation 'Army A musical entertainment will be given in the Salvation Army' hall, 128 14 First street tonight, at , o'clock. The proJ gra.111 win inciuae vocal ana instrumental music readings 'and recitations. Do, ' . ' ''' : ' 11 YOUFv: i NeigliJiKDr a Good f Turn I If you have: been to see Charlie H Chaplin in "The V Kid' at. The ' J . '- . , ; LiBerty Theatre, -: 'i - r ' on!t keep that good time ' 1 r . to yourself telLyour neighbor: - - . r Tell him it's the finest Chaplain picture you ever saw, full of -both laughs and tears. : - - ;' I Tell him ' about that w'on- derful little . .. -. '-- actor, Jackie Coogan, in the. title role. . It may be rain ing, outside, but ". r T . -' it-s-.all sunshine inside of The Liberty this week. i m 1 SMPK l I If