THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ; SUNDAY. MORNING. MARCH 277 lfcl.
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European
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How France Views Race for Naval Supremacy Bavaria Jeal
ous of Her IdentityGermany Produces Super-
.. Egotist Why
French View
of Naval Rivalry - -
; 'A T THE present moment Franc can
2. npt be taken seriously as a naval
power, but many French writers point
v out that with her dependence on coiomai
wealth and foreign trade the French na
,tion must look forward to holding a po
sition of power on 'the seas. Thus the
Echo de Paris says, apropos ""of theriri
. ansrular naval face now in progress t
"While England : Is doing U in her
' power to maintain naval supremacy, the
United States and Japan are engaged In
a tiaval rivalry for the supremacy of the
"Can we remain quite indifferent to
. this competition? Some say quite rightly;
we have enough trouble In Europe wun-
out turning our attention to this distant,
- and, in name at least, 'Pacific' ocean,
But although we may admit that , our
-possessions in Oceania, In the China sea,
and the Indian ocean would have noth-
: ing to fear from a possible conflict (even
If this conflict were to remain localize a
between the two most-interested powers
we have seen bow. easily, the Ausuro
Serb conflict in 1914 became a world
- conflict) if we declared at once our in-
. flexible neutrality, it seems all the same
important for us today, now that we
have a French fleet to reconstruct, to see
"how two great nations . understand the
creation of a navy. -
"Why does the United States want
such a powerful navy? First of all to
protect her merchant marine. On June l,
1920, she possessed 3064 ahips of more
than 600 ton, that is to say two-thirds
' of the commercial tonnage of England.
' , Secondjy. to insure the safety of her
colonies (Antilles,, Philippines, the Ha
waiian Islands)' and to guarantee the
protection of their coasts. The develop
ment of these coasts, the distant situa
tion of her colonies, the' scattering of
her merchant fleet, all this necessitates
that the battleships charged to protect
them have a large radius of action. This
is why the United, States has had. to
build battleships and battle-cruisers.
"Finally," says the writer, "the neces
sity of dividing her strength into two
squadrons. Atlantic and Pacific, to be
able to meet should occasion arise
the alliance of two enemies, has forced
her to develop the number of her
unities." J
Turning to Japan, the writer thinks
that this country will watch all this de
velopment with great interest. The new
Japanese naval program is' to be ter
minated about 1927 when her fleet will
comprise about 800,000 tons which would
. at least give her a chance, should a
conflict arise, against the American Pa
cific squadron. If this were not relieved
In time by the Atlantic squadron.
"But the floating material is not all,"
continues the writer. "At the present
time a fleet must be feble to find in its
ports and In the Industrial - districts
. where it. calls, an equipment capable of
insuring Us increase, its up-keep, and Its
repairs. In this respect the United
' States has great advantages and Japan's
resourses are : decidedly inferior at
present.
"Finally the industrial power of a
country is nothing unless the crews are
sufficient, well-trained, and led by com-
; petent officers.- Still more is necessary ;
material power and living power are all
of no use unless a powerful organization
Insures their co-ordination and their di
rection. -
"In studying other people's efforts at
a time when she, herself, is repairing
her ruins, France should gain some ideas
of how to establish her programs of ac
tion as soon as she will be In a position
to do so; she should at the present time
define her policy and afterwards deter
mine the amount of industrial and hu
man resources and confide to a compe
tent staff the care of creating a fleet
the best adapted to her policy and her
means." . . : '
Bavaria Jealous
of Independence
A TRAVELER In Berlin who learns
that .he must get a "vise from the
Bavarian embassy" in order to go to
Munich Is astonished. - It is as if he had
to get a vise from the Ohioan embassy
to go from New Tork to Cincinnati. But
' since the war, as Were Is no strong cen
tral government In the German empire,
Bavaria has seized the opportunity to
. assert her always strong? feeling of inde
i pendence. The Munich correspondent of
the Independence Beige (Brussels), de
scribes this sentiment with Interesting
particulars :
"The Important part which Bavaria is
playing in German politics has never
-- been so much discussed as Just now. It
' might be said that the director of the
r symphony played by the press and the
statesmen of Germany on the subject of
the Parts conference, is at Munich and
it must be said that the musicians have
not too much discipline.
. "Th point- Jn question is a double
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ss Comment
Easter Wanders.
one ; it Is national and ' International.
Since the war the supremacy of Prussia
in Germany is becoming less and less.
Its influence, in spite of the big words
which Berlin is always using,' Is con -
Usually deecreasing.' On the borders of
the Rhine as well as in Silesia one cry
is heard : autonomy. ? The greatness and
the power of Prussia was the result of
brutal force ; a military failure like that
of 1918 would naturally overthrow-such
a power, , f - , -
Ravnrin rrrlllnn Nannlenn I.
at least in Its present form, was always
th rival of Prussia. Thev are two noles
which naturally repulse each other, the
difference of race and character being
very great. Nowhere in Europe has the
Prussian of pure race been so reviled as
In Bavaria i .
"The revolution of 1918 started In
Munich. - It was a revolt against the
V, : I t . l- l - V. jm . I. ....
Bpin. which usks utuugui WTi -
many to ruin. Bavaria formed itself
into an dependent state, elected its am-
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France. She opened the war record of
fice and published Prussia's shame. The
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victory of the south seemed certain. But!
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fanatic. - Terror reigned in Munich and
this fact gave moral support to Prussia
and allowed of her sending troops against
tne .Bavarian capital in ine name 01 of -
j i iti ... - in 1. . .-
uer kuu iivci fcjr. iius i co i. us wjvwii ,
north ' triumphed once more.
" "Kapp and his followers helped Ba
IXX .JZiiluZX f J,. tLu rtw rnir"
V?JtlUi.J?lf
man was Jhrieader ;"-von Kahr "became
president From that time a skillful
balance has been kept between Bavaria
and Prussia; the least shock might pro
duce-; a catastrophe. Bavaria is now
making tremendous efforts to regain,
first of all, her economic Independence.
and soon (in 1923) she will no longer
need : Prussian coal
and she has ob -
talned enormous influence in the south
and west.
"But Bi
But Bavaria wants more." continues
the writer, "she wants to have an army.
She pretends that she is the -one who
must keep order i a Germany; she claims
a sort oi manaaie over me rest oi me
empire. Everywhere she sees the Bol-
shevist peril. To give up our arms is our
ruin, i Is written in all the papers in
large j, letters, and oratora at meeUngs
and many-colored advertisements say
uie same thing. ! j -
"The empire and Bavaria exchange
notes like two foreign powers. Bavaria
aecnnes an responsiDimy wiw regara
to disarmament, which means that if
the empire intends to disarm the militia
01 muauiianui mey niuw mu ineMura
to ao so, eavaria wm not neip mem in
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German "Sunerman"
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rrtHE remarkable case of Geoige Kaiser,
. JL a German playwright, guilty of steal-
ing thousands of dollars from personal
friends, is attracting wide attention in
Europe, according to the . London Tele-
graph. Kaiser, who was penniless do-1
spite-his success,; pleaded that any
crime he might commit was excusable if
it was necessary to preserve so great al
genius as himself. At the time of his I
arrest he was supervising the rehears-
als of his play, Europa, at Relnhardt s
urosse Hchauspiemaus in Municn. tme
of the leading Oermj klnematoaph
marks for the production of his dramas
on the film and a further 250,000 were
expected to accrue from the sale of the
American rights. During 1920 he had
received 200,000 marks in royalties.
Head over ears in debt, and utterly
Incapable of managing money, the au
Ihor had sold for the first offer Persian
,culcu "- I
ml rem. He had ! done the same thing
,V';",J w. CI: ZZV. "IT r.. r;:lthe San Francisco board of supervisors.
.lAnt Jnrii III. C-nartanla mla In
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some time her husband's
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making 1 both ends meet, . had gone one
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of another of her friends. The total
value of the articles misappropriated by
. , .k.,,. itniwiii .,, I eration of Barbers and the state rea
ms pair was about 150,000 marks, but ! - T o. .,
the amount realized by them was a mere
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among the strangest of literary exist
ences. They paid 16,000 marks yearly
for one of the villas which they rented
and kept a manservant, but for weeks
at a time they and their three young
children lived In this magnificence ex
clusively on bread and water. In their
dealings " with tradesmen they ' were
scrupulously punctilious, and the only
people to suffer from their depredations
were their personal friends. There can
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be no doubt that Kaiser sincerely in
tended to make good the losses he had
caused, and but for' the opposition of
one of the sufferers the case would
never have come before the courts.
Kaiser's defense, if it may be called
so, was also very remarkable r as the
first attempt in a court of law openlyt
plead the Nietzsche ethics of Buperraan
as overriding both normal Human mor
ality and legal prescription. According
to his views, his importance to humanity
I is so great that it is wrong to apply to
I him any ordinary standards, of right and
1 wrong. He described himself as "one of
the most remarkable authors of all
1 time." who bad -"opened up to the Ger
1 man language fresh possibilities like
I those which had resulted from Luther's
I translation of the Bible." He told the
I bench that the owners of the stolen
property should have been grateful to
I htm for having given, them the oppor-
I tunity to, facilitate t his literary pro-
I dUCtion.
At one point in the proceedings ne rose
tr the following flight of megalomania
j auoweo to siaugnuer my on
J children if that Is necessary to enable
ro reacn wis woria m irawa uwi
I ,u"u
I lowed to believe my uaemon. tor we are
not children of this time ; we stand out
side society; I am an exception to which
the law has no application. I am a god
j Kmm li -,- a nH nil InatW Tli.lv in
I thA , fiPHt dlltVj Mor.nv
myself - was the first duty Morally
I have not done wrong, for duty to my-
self w hihatytoe laV
With all this superhuman egoism.
Kaiser did his utmost to exculpate his
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1 the wnol responsibility on herself.
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I Wandering
IT?3ctr
FTVHB occurrence this year of Easter
j Sunday ; on Aiarcn z. wunin .live
days of Its earliest possible date, has
revived the proposal for a fixed Easter
In -Great Britain. No fewer than 1
h?n Jt?"
nrfl"dft,th cl "V1 "ISS
aver?? of4on? eve,"r JJfTS
something is done to prevent the erratic
wandering of the festival between March
22 and April 25.
Under the existing ecclesiastical rule
fi" Sund
1 " f - .J 7 ' .7" "
I IlcLt. eClCIl Ul UKIW fiaiCB XCUUXB wuto
SS years, or, roughly, three times a cen
tnrv "Rut ao.tuallv that la not so. owins
to the essenUal condiUons that Easter
day must be a isunaay, ana mat ma ec-
pwia-tipni full moon f which is not the
,ha rMi maon Unon which it
i depends must occur on one of the seven
I days immediately preceding it.
I of i.t. -rear, iho Inmnvenlenm of a
I ,aw Trtt- . inrtnoed calendar re-
tormen to propose reforms which will
elUler make Easter a fixed festival or
ereatlv restrict Its Wanderings.; It has
k... -t-d tht Easter Sunday
should h assiened to tho third Sunday
after the spring equinox, which would
it - ,. ic-ht davs. between
April 5 ana April 12. according to the
Qate an(j day of the -wreck on Which the
1 equinox falls. Other proposals aim at
I - v.tr hinliitv filed to nun date.
That, of course, would necessitate a
I radical reform of the whole calendar,
I under which the same day should al-
ways fall on the same date. A bill to
I reform the calendar. In which April 14
I would have always been : a Sunday,
I scheduled as East day, was introducea
I m the house of commons, but never got
I beyond a first reading. Members of par-
liament, business people, lawyers and
I schoolboys would all welcome such
I change, but the church is strongly op-
posed to it, and the tradition or the
church concerning a movable Easter
I will not easily be overcome.
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UalllOrilia O 6 II Bi t G
Urges Passage of
Sunday Closing Law
Sacramento, CaL, March 26. (1. 1 N.
$1 Th RpnatA Indirlarv committee has
vm will 1- ..( n . nt
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committee adding the mining industry
. . . - . ..... I
urwtAftAic-a AU-txkcs 1115 oava wvvwrwvw
agencies 10 uie list, ui nvuviucs auu w
cupations exempted from the operating
of the proposed law. About . 20 other
r-,r ,CT .rS.
The bill is sponsbred by the State Fed
V . . -il., Ill'
dent of the San Francisco .Barbers
union, has bee. active in urging the pas-
Oi Lit7 v( ocvui ui viio xa vi a avv
mendation of the committee.
Union1 Labor Wins ;
Important Victory
In i San Jose Case
San Jose Cal, Mar. 26. (1 N. S.)
Union labor won an important victory in
the superior court here today when Su
perior Judge J. R. Welch rendered a de
cision in favor of the defendants in the
Buit oMhe Henry Cowell Lime Sc. Cement
company against the Building Trades
council. 1
The - limes company sued for $50,000
damages because of an alleged boycott
of their business by union following a
wage dispute. Judge Welch held that
the case was similar to that decided by
the supreme court of the state 14 years
ago in Parkinson versus the Santa Clara
Building Trades council and found for
the defendants, i
30 Flour Mills of
Kansas Seeking to
Reduce Production
Topeka, Kan.. March 26. (X. N. S.
l Thirty Kansas flour mills today had up
plans before the state industrial court
for permission to reduce the amount of
I producUon. ; The mills, compelled to pro
duce within 75 per cent of capacity
through' a specific ruling of "the court,
petitioned they are operating' at a loss
I under present conditions.
The court's order compelling produc-
! tion was issued during a recent strike.
I It was aimed at possible restriction of
production by miUowners with It view of
Increasing prices.
Original Thirteen
Calif oiiiia Ballots ;
Given to Harding
Washington. March 26. (I. N. &)
National Committeeman Raymond Ben
jamin of California, has presented to
President Harding the original 13 ballots
cast by the electors of California in the
recent rational election. - The committee
man, who was Introduced to the presi
dent by Senator Shortridge, made the
presentation of the souvenir from admir
ing CaUforniana. .
856 Oregon Men Wounded
t U K K m K t t .
List of Soldiers Compiled
- ' " "" ' ' " .:":; - . ;
Herewith Is presented the list of the 856 Oregon men who were
wounded during the war while serving in the ranks of the army. The
names, which were compiled under the direction ; of " Adjutant General
George .White, are arranged alphatbetically by counties:
MtXTNOJIAH COU5TT
1 City of ForUand . -
Baltis Allen Jr., Gfortt A. Adair, Wesley H.
Ani-on. Clemrat A. AlttcH-k, Rulph E. A1to,
Andrew Amarbed. Albert O. Anderson. John H.
Andenon, Otto W. Andenon, Bndolph A. An-drson.-
Muttn -Aree, Frederick S.. ArmUon,
Grorer C. Aahlock.
Bernard B. Baird. Oostare Ik Baillien, Robert
Bucom,: Charles Wilmer Beaver, Herbert C.
Bergler. Morris Berlint, Herman Bergner, Frank
Bino, Hobart M. Bird, Conrad Blatter, Oirrad
Cecil Blarkborn, Charles W. Blinco, Ueorge
Boiaons, Waiter Bolitho, Orazie Bonaduee, Hr
ejr W. Boylan, Andrew Braitenbach. Char lea R.
Rrim. Max A. Brown. Hovd J. Buckler. Wil
liam Bnehler Jr.. Alfred C. Bukowakr, Vernon
Krneat Btirliniham. Michael K. Burke. John Bust,
Frank Byineton. Krol V. Byrnea. .
Karl J. Campbell. William E. Campbell. Geor e
Carrara, CbarW W. Chamberlain. Willie Ch"
tenen. Bnel P. ChnrchiU, NaUte Culla. Bui
Collana. Albert R. Colson. Howard 8. Coleman,
Uoyd E. Coleman, Charlea K. Conner, Webster
E. Corlisa. Antonio Cotonxariti, Dewey "ox. John
C. Craio. Kichard J. Crombie, WilUam Cr.
IToyd Im. Daly. Henry A. Daniel. Helmer Dan
ielson, Vernon E. Daugberty. Tony Defabroa.
Rvhuil W rvnt. Ram 1 DeDO. Josenb Dea-
chepper.Loola F. ' Dillree, Jamea H. Dole, Frank
U. Xolan. Jamea tl. uowney
Marion C. Eaton. George A. Erbert. Jamea B.
Eifort, Abe Eiente1n. Jack M. Elliott, WUlUm
H, Klliott, Kogene M. tmery. rnen luneDere,
Samuel J. JUngnoim.
Efstathioe J. Fappaa, Wflmot H. Tatrow, Al
hrt W Fallner. Robert M. Feseenden. James K
Fields, Dana C. llrman. i. Phillip Fischer, Bay
Fordyee, Cosmo A. FranclscoTlcn. wuium
Huxley T. Galbraith. William E. Gamer, Ben
jamin Gardner. Domenieo Gtanaante. Albert Gib
bons. Willard Clinton iiu. Harry it. 1 . liuoert.
Harold I. Gilrnan. Mai GoWstaub. George A.
Goode, John Goaka. Stere' Gokb. Martin Grass,
Adolpta Grano. Ernest Harold Green. George F.
Green, Carl Hilmer Groth.
Milo E. Haddix. Kirby C. Hager. Mi reus W.
Hainea. Edward Hardy. Iter J. Hawkins.
Vemon M. Heckart. Edward Heffernan. Thomas
1. nenuu, iiiron uewui, nvr a. juu. x,v,w .
Hoard. Russell Uogan, Jacob A. Hollock, Henry
7. Hcnl .
v Clarence C. Johnson. Edward K. Jonnson,
Harlow M. Johnson, Harlan M. Jones.
James C. bsne, Kant Kane, Martin 1,. &im
mel. Carl W. K nam. Ernest A. Koeser. Fred li.
Konkle, Rudolph Krausse, Wano Kraua. Anton
launus, Herbert l. Huns.
Georze Liadeen. Vernon S. Ianirdon. Jim
1arin, Maurice P. Liawson. Elmer E. Leavens.
Waletr Lieisi. John- E. Lembcke. Alfred 11- Xewis,
Richard T. - Vewia, Alben Lindell, George J.
Uoyd, Knute Loth berg. Theodore . Loregreen,
Edgar D. Lushy, George C. Lyons.
Carl M. Mack. Nies B. Madsen, Harry F.
Madison, Lee Maggio, Sam Margnlies, Charles E.
Martin. Joseph Marino. Enrico Martini. Edward
V. Mai Hand, Elmer R. Maples. Manuel O. Mar
shall. Wade H. .Matheny, Samuel McCollough.
Richard McCabe, WUUam S. McCarley, Frank
C McClsflin. Eugene McEntee, Frank McGourty.
Elmer McKenzie. lan I. McKmnon. Donald L.
McMicken. IJnns T. McMahon, Robert D. Mead.
AJrie L. Memll. George J. Mexes, John v.
Middlcton, Karl AIi, Conrad Miller. Pierre A.
Miller, William Miller, Ole P. Mohtad, Jack
Montgomery. Harold W. Moore, Clayton C.
Moore. Don H. Moore. Homer Morgan, Leslie K.
Morgan. Carl MorrelL
Arthur W. Nelson. Arthur E. Norton. Alleti JS.
Norton, Howard E. Norwood, Joseph M. Noyes.
Henry 8. t'EK. Aueust W. Ulin. Clarence 8.
Olson. Emil Olijeo. '
Clyde G. Parker. (Jeorge T,. Parker. Zenith 11.
Paul, Merrill N. Penn. Melrin D. i Pennoyer,
Arthur W. Peterson, Charles H. Peters, Charles
M. Pickard, Leonard A. Pinard, Herman D.
Pippy. John Polioudakis. Jamea E. Poole. Walter
K. Post. Roy W. 1" rather. Augustus J. Prind-
ville.
William Rasmnssen. "Guy R. Read. Boss B.
Read, Phillip J. Redmond. Otto A. Rieger. Albert
Reeves. Elmer E. Reimann, Thomas J. Reynolds,
Ector C. Roe, Joseph Rose, William PJ Rose.
Harold E. Kan ford. Lawrence 1. rJchnelL
treorge JScniewe, Oscar Bcott, Koger B. snay.
Oral C. Sherwood, Ole Shield,' Charles M. Sigle.
WUina J. elnclair, James Smarnes, Asa r..
Smith. Louie E. Smith. Theadore A. Sauires.
Clare IL Starrett, Clarence L. Sterens, Leroy O.
Steinke, Elmer G. SteTartus, Victor O. Stirnweis,
Arthur W. Stockman. Louis H. Strickland, John
Sullivan. Roliie E. Sumner. Earl Sumner. John
Suran, William W. Sutton, Alfred Swansan.
W Uliam E. Taylor. Albert E. Thomas. Clar
ence W. Thomas, William Tierney, Herbert O.
Thompson. Jamea Thores. ' Eugene M. Tilton,
Thomas J. Tobin. . ,
John L'rdea, .it
George R. Tan. Andrew H. Vogel. Jacob
Vines.
Robert A. Waiste. Walter R. Walker. William
B. Ward. Albert Waste 11. Frank E. Watson.
Vernon G. Weber. George Webber. George Weiss,
Vanghn . H. Wells, Wesley T. Wells, Jesse V.
Westlund, Fred C. Wheaton. Joseph Wilson,
Malen J. Wilson, Koscne A. Wuhams Jr., Nick
Williams, Leslie A. Williams. Ford B. Williams.
James M. Willis, Carl A. Winans. Dooglas Wine
brener. Earl M. Wood, Herbert, A. Wood, For
res F. Woods, William J. Wood, Homer 8.
Wright. Roy A. Wright, Sronte W. Wiita, Sam
uel H. Wunder. Hans Wyttenburg.
Iran R. Yates.
Richard G. Zeisler. Leonard V. Zelwick,
Chris Uan Zeller, GioTaai Zolezxo.
Ontslde of Portland
Albert D. Camp. Gresham; Fred W. Dunham,
Hemlock: Marcello Gazzalo, Hillsdale; Oscar
Gregg. Corbett ; Curtis C. Hendricks, Gresham s
Allan R. Joy Jr., Gresham; Ray C: Kesterson.
Greshsm; Kurt H. A. Koehler. Hillsdale; Adel
bert W. MetEger, Gresham; Elmer L. Phelps,
Gresham; Leslie H. Stockmann, Springbrook;
Joseph F. Teerin, Gresham: Adolph Teuscher,
niiiwiaie; AUen m. loung, Hillsdaie.
' BAKER COUXTT
John W, Christy, Keating : Frank R. Coulter,
sker; Claude K. Decker, Richland ; Arthnr D.
rerney. Weatherby; William J. Flohr. Halfway
Elmer Looney. Baker; William D. Maxwell
Baker; John Miller, Home; Lowry Miller, Home
uu Dtepnenson. Baser.
BEXT05 COtTJTTT
George Leslie Albin. Philomath : Jarri E.
Buliia. Corrailis; Ernest O. I Uru, CorTRllis; La
ISoiel B. lis Tin, Corrailis: Walter H. Eberting,
corrailis; Golden W. Flewelling, Alsea; Glenn A,
r rniK. corrailis; Arthur k. liolgate. corrailis
Willis D. Law. Corrailis: Harry A. Lillard. Phil
omath; Leslie A. M in ton, Corrailis; Franklin D.
Pace. Corrailis: Guy R, Pickens. Corrailis: Fred
C Powers. Corrailis; Tlorace B. Ritchie. Cor
railis; Jacob K-.Ubaier, Corrailis; Wayne A.
Scott. Wallace W. Smith, Corrailis; Walter M
estrange, Corrailis.
CLACXA3IA8 COXJKTT
Ernest J. Baurer. Sherwood: Georre E. But
son. WilsonriJle; Floyd K Dorer. Cherryrille
Milton 1. Erana. Estacada: John Fields. Eta
eada; Daniel J. Finucane, Oregon City i Alex
Gray. Sandy: Carl P. Hoffman. Oregon City
Oscar L. Holman, Estacada; Herbert Holmes,
Milwaukee: Archie Howell, Estacada: Barney
Johnson. Oregon City: Lonis F. Kieung. Canby
( art Kimmel, Ikstacada; luarl K. Kiser, Oregon
City; Albert D. Lee. Oregon City: Edward Lee,
Miiwankie: Ralph H. Manderille. Canby : Earl F.
Mathews. Miiwankie: Maurice C. Milsted. Oregon
City; Fred c Morns. AlUwauXle; Hueb t. emrrj.
Oregon City; Timothy A. Power. Estacada; Tora
quigley. Oswego: John Ring. Msrqnam: Eatul It.
Smith. Oregon City: Albert L Todd, west Linn:
Knnia S. Townsend. aim itun; Rallael Tunzi.
canoy.
CLATSOP COITWTT
John W. Baird. Astoria: Howard Bellinger.
Astoria: William J. Berg. Astoria: John T.
Burke, Wauna; Charles H. Dixon. Clifton; Albert
K. - Engbretson, Astoria : Alnn Enge. W est port
Christ Frank. Astoria: Oscar G. Hansen. Astoria
James Hamedy, Astoria: Frank O. Helen ins.
Astoria; Jesse R. Hinman, , Astoria: John i
1. . . X'; . 4 v-.n..nvl , .... .
Joseph C. Letsinger, Astoria; Erik W. Lindgren,
Muruie: Georze Logatnetis, cut ton; ouii Loms-
land, Astoria; Tennei B. Msthisen, Seaside;
Howard W. Milligsn. Astoria; Chester H. Moore,
Hammond; Harold L. Morran. Astoria; Gustaf
a. Kelson. Astoria; Jorm m. (jiausen, Astoria;
Julian Ridlnti. Astoria: James A. Ryan Astoria:
Delia A. Smith. Astoria : Andrew ; Stangland,
Astoria; isnck iuonla, Astoria.
COLUMBIA COUTTTT
Louis T. Birkenfeld. Birkenfeld: Charles F.
Brough. Rainier; William Brown. Apiary; Florian
R. Bums. Rainier; John J. Conlon, Deer Island;
George W. Deal. Rainier; Jack Delbroi. St.
Helena: Albert Erickson. Clarskanle: Bord 8.
Hocli. Rainier; Jamea E- Hoffman, Temonia;
Martin Johnson. Clatskanie: Wains Lofbera. Co
lumbia City; Henry Moreland, Clatskanie; Josepn
ti. iNteisen. frescott: ueorae ixones. bL uetens
Jerry Preston. RMnier: Raymond O. Walt.
Aumsrille : Justin H. Winona. St. Helena: Wal
ter c. woaeaaT. ocaDpoose; Jean c Zsmbnck.
; COOS COCKTT
Andrew D. BuUras. Powers: Hunter H. Carter.
nortn eena; cstrus n. urneu, Jdarsmieio: Jesse
R. Cotton. Graielford: John N. Demos. Marsh-
field: Herman Gardner, North Bend: Charles Al
bert Haines, Marshileld : Dewitt Haworth, Ban-i
aoo; r rea A. jams, empire; uiara w. 1 si.
CoqutUe; Jess J. Long, Manhfield; Ernest C
Unyd. ProsDer: Jack R. Ocheltree. CooulUa:
Otto E. Parry, Myrtle Point: Oscar M. Peterson,
coquuie: Homer a. Kntiedge. Myrtle Point.;
Melria Solre, Bandon; Ernest L. Taylor, North
Bend; Jamea B. Weidncr, . CoQuills; Victor E.
West Eastaide. .
o- v CBOOK COXTSTT ' -Enni
A. Barnett. Prinerille: Willie C. Cabe.
Bend: Clyde E. Moore. Powell Butte.
. CUBJtT COXTJTTT
Milton Foster. Brookings: Carl W. Jones.
Brookings; Dolpb Silbmirn, Gold Beach: Lewis
Alfred Marsh, Port Orford: William T. Waggle,
Brookinc: Artbnr G. Walker. Gold Beach: tul-
aav A. Walker. Gold Beach.
, DESCHUTES COtTSTTT
August BratTOld, Bend: Frank T. Clark, Bend;
Ralph Thomas Cooper, Bend; Samuel I. Denghea
baugh, Millicum; Frank O. Gray. Bend; Thomas
Wearer Griffith, Bend; Kenneth E. Helleum,
Stauffer; Irving B. Horner, Bend; Charles A.
Niekell.- Bend: Willi are- W. Wheeler Redmond;
Frank X. Zieliniki, Bend. ?
DOUGLAS COTJSTT;
Fred N. Andrews. Myrtle Creek ;' Harold C
Bellows.. Roseburg; Charles Cbadbourne, Drain;
Ray ft. - Petrequin, Melrose: Earl Groadidier,
Rnnebnag: Kenneth H. Grubbe. Elktnn; Earl
Howard1; Toncalla: Roy Kouns. Olalla; Pete; Mar-kt-tta,
Comatock; Wayne Martindale, Camas Val
ley; Manie A. Porter. Tea Mile; Nolan J. Rom.
Roseburg; John M. Roes. Sontherlin; John B.
Singleton. Ruckles; Weldon W. Stone. Eden
bower; Oliver B. Walker. Reedsport.
GILLIAM COUNTY ;
Condon ; Patrick Corrigan, Condon; Edward
Arthur rtnlar -Condon: Willie L. Hollen. Con-
'don: Willard W. Keeney, Condon : Frank L.
Laughridge. Condon: Van Alfred N order. Alas:
Charles H. Norris, Bock Creek; Henry C. Osche,
uone noes; .pnnam Wilson, Ulsx.
' ' GRANT COUXTT" : '
Fenton W. Chase, 8uplee: Johannea Hansen
Long Creek: Lawrence K. Thompson. Prairie
city; Kurr H. Tureman. Prairie City; Harry C
Traiauia, uinyos ity, ;
MARKET COrS'TY
Herman M. Anernhamer, Narrows: Roderick
it. Bain. Crane; Horses Burdett. Diamond; Ben
jamin ii. carson. .gu: Jesse J. Jones. Urewsey;
Vernie Kern, Crane: Roy Llpford. Henderson
Valley: Eriok N. Mathews, Burns; Maurice New
ton, Beckley; ' Ernest E. Osterhout, Burns; Levi
U- tiimpeon, olUge: Frank W. Tnska, Bums.
HOOD RITE R COPSTT
Alfred F. Cooner. Hood River: Fred F. Hall-
man, Parkdale; Stuart E. Kimball, Hood River;
Louie w. i'regge, Uood River; . CUIIord li.
Tbotnas, Dee.
JACKSON COTTJtTT .
Delbert O. Brewster, feuch: Grover Cherrey,
Ashland; Roy R. Dmke, Asblnd: Frank J.
HiRbs. Ashland; William C. Kasshafer, Jack
sonville: Frank O. Love. Medford: Harrison T.
Morgan. Ashland; Charles F. Roecrana, Jackson
ville; Fred M. Schuerman, Ashland; Voss K.
Thnmrwin. Central Joint; l.ee O. Walker. Gold
tuii; noma it. waiters, f noenix.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Daniel 1. Brogan, Aabwood; Ralph Westley
Peck, CuJrer.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
' Cuthbert W. Courtney. GranU Pass; Wilbnr
Gulp. Merlin; Robert M. Gilliam. Wildervtue;
Lee Magistrate, Wolf Creek: Eugene F. Morrison,
Williams: Ry R. Reed. Leland: John H. Sen
ders. Holland; Charley I. SewelL Kerby; Francis
o pease, o rants 1'aaa : rrank A. xork, Mima.
KLAMATH COUNTY
Robert 8. Adams, Merrill; Rocoe W.' Biebn,
Chiloquin; Benjamin J. Brooks, Chiloquin; Her
man R. Chrisman, Klamath; Carl C. Crouse,
Klsraath Falls; Alrid J. Cyrier, Malin; Lars J.
Hedlund. Klamath Falls; PanI Hilton. Klamath
Falls; Willie llicb. Klamsth Falls; Vincent
.Teiinek. Malin; Andrew Kuehne, Merrill; Roy
It. Lewis, Klamath Fall; Robert R. Noble,
Klamath Falls; Noah E. Nyhart, Klamath:' Eu
gene Pmutr. Klamath Falls: Mat L. Shsdley,
Chiliquini Frank H. Vochatzer. Merrill; Delbert
. v mia, jvlamaw f ails.
LAKE COTJNTT
Charles ; Clark, Sink ; Lucius W. Franks,
Silrerlake; 1 Norman Isberwood. Arrow; Eugene
MeAnbffe. Lakeview; Robert U. Pardue,
Yocum; WilUam E. Parting Paisley.
. LANE COCKTY
Roy Adams. Eugene; Earl E. Albro. Eurene:
Roger F. Anderson. Florence: Jewish Anway.
Crow; Clyde J. Asbby, Eugene: Harry F. Bailey,
Kugene: Harold Dewey BeasoneUe, Eugene;
Clyde E. Boatman. Eugene: Alvin II. Crosby.
Eugene: Frank J. Emmerich, Walterville;
Charles David Farmer. Eugene: Henry A. Fisher,
Walker; Arthur Meader Fleteher, Eugene;
George U. Foster, Cottage Grove; Dand A.
Graham, Blachly; Rex W. Green, Cobnrg;
George M. Ham, Lorane; Dell Frederick Hin
son. Springfield: Lather Jensen, Junction City;
Henry C- Lee, Eugene; Charles J. Meier, Spring
field; Curtis C. Newman, Landax; Blair Paul.
Engene; Christian B. Peterson, Eugene; John II.
Quitter. Eugene; John M. Ranklns, Junction
City: Ira C. Richarrton, Junction City; Marvin
L. Smith, Cottage Grore; Arthur C. Streeter,
Creswell; Chester A. Van Denburg, CoUage
Grove. - .
LINCOLN COUNTY
- John V. Adams. SileU; Lumen S. Buurfield.
Silets; Clarence M. Daris, Harlan: John E. Ed
wards, Nortons; John Q. Gurnee, Newport: Ross
H. Hayes, Waldnort; Victor M. Detiser; Edwin
C. Sterena, Y achats; Par Ton J. Watts, SUeta.
LINN COUNTY i
Ieroy Blanklnship. Waterloo: Robert A. Carr,
Albany: Emol L. Blackburn, Brownsrille: Mike
M. Fink. Sdo: Frank W. Grores. Lebanon; di
rer T. Hall. Scio; 'Willard C. Holt. Albany; Ar
thur R. Howell. Lebanon; Frank N. Kel
ler, Lebanon; Clarence O. La Forge,
liebanon; John C. Miller, Brownsville; James F.
Moaer, Hcio; Vincent E, Paddock, Sweet Home
HaUie L. Pepper, Scio; Harrison N. Phillips,
Gooch: Roy C. Foe. Lebanon: Gail W. Powell,
Thomas: Glenn W. Richards, Lebanon"; Lavern H.
Smith, Tangent: Juris O. Thompson. Leoanon
Carey B... Tnoker, Crabtree; Thomas W. Weeks.
Crabtree; Henry L. Williams. Lebanon.
MALHEUR COUNTY
Peter T. Beckman. Ontario: William A. Bee-
ler, Ontario; Wendell E. Danielson, Nyssa; George
B. England, Brogan; Leland T. Fenn, Nyssa
Emmett S. Johnson, Ontario; CamiUioua 1'.
Ifcwrence. Ironside; William Franklin Lieberman
Westfall; Charles W. Long, Vale; Charles IL
Ijoreland. Rome; Gennetb Mclror. Isirerside
William McKennie. Juntura: Lewis I. Masters,
Ontario; Walter G. Mustard, Westfall; Herbert
B. Paul. Ontario: Edward A. Rermahan. Nyssa
Theodore Rust, Riverside; Morton C. Sells, West
fall; William C. Sterenson; Ontario; Frank Ward,
nyssa; f red 1. xost, Crastan.
MARION COUNTY
Marion Xt. Berry, Hubbard; Bert B. Bird,
scotts Mi us; Fred k. jtlrcb, Salem; Bert O
Broyles. Woodnura: Homer 8. Cboate. Woodburn
William M. Clem Woodburn: Lloyd M. Cole,
Turner: Lewis V. Corev. Woodburn ? Jar B.
Ooyle. Hubbard; Ernest Crabtree, Salem; Alonzo
Daly, MiU City; Eustace Daria. Salem; Joseph
jv. a v 4uuia, uiri vuuies Kj, iicnuaHi
Woodburn: Gontenos D. Hemes, Salem; Hel
muth B. Dewitz. Salem:. Franklin W. Durbin
Salem; Carl William Emmons, Salem; Lemuel
rl Esteb, Salem: Virgil Golden, Salem; Loon 1
Hansen, Salem ; Mel Tin Haynes, Silrerton ; Sidney
Howard, Jefferson; Samuel Wlnsor Hunt, Brooks:
Kalph M. Hnssey, Turner; Jack Irerson, Silrer
ton; laorn w. irlo, Salem : Herman P. Johnson,
Salem: Clyde N. Kaiser. Macleay; Roy O. Kelly
Stayton; Ulmont Keens, Woodburn: Jesse Ken
hart, ' Silrerton : Vernon I. Kloater, Salem; Ches
ter l .arson, tjuinaoy ; xtaymona j. leonarrl.
Woodburn : Michael J.- Maboney. Gerrais: Wil
liam R. Marsh. Aurora : Coodrich C. Moir. 8a.
lem; tnwrt r . Moore, nalem ; William M. Mur-
pny, Baiem; i nomas neer, aatem; ijewla H.
Nichols. Donald; Alford R. Nolan, Salem; Burl
It. Oliver. Salem: Uloy G. Parker. Silrerton
Monroe Parrisb, West Woodbnrn ; Theodora C
Peerenboom, Salem; pani . Pietrok, Stayton,
Howard E. Pittenger, Woodburn; Fred Rathkey,
Aurora: Roy Robnett. Detroit; George 8.
Bcbaeter. Mt. Ansel: joun w. HcUlIIerer. Turn.
er; Etburn T. Sims. Woodbnrn ; James L. Stew
art, woodburn; jfare A. nwagserty, balam ; Wil
liam R. Teller. Scotts Mills: Guy G. Weaver.
Hubbard; William F. Wilant. Salem; Raymond
G. Williams, Salem; Richard i. la tea, SUrartoa;
vnariea a. icieunsu. oaiem.
MORROW COUNTY '
Alezander Brander. : Echo; Rufus E. Bnr-
rnhgha, Heppner; Fred W. Griffith, lone; Henry
Kreba, Heppner; Guy H. McFerrfn, Heppner;
Glens H- Mcremn. ueppner; srana x. Peery,
Lena; Roy Scott, Heppner; Harry Snyder, Hepp
ner; William E. Stoops, lone: Raymond Turner.
lone.
- POLK COUNTY
Irving Balderree. Dallas; Henry C. Bogynska.
Dallas: Ralph E. Brown. Dallas; Uda
L, Burk, Alrlie; Willi A. Davis, DaUaa; How
ard E. Day. Dallas: Leonard A. FitzseraJd. In
dependence; George T. Haas. Independence; Eu
gene C. Hindman. Dallas; Jamea N. Lynn. Dal
las; William McKanney, Independence; Walter
w. uulier, uaiiaa; Kooerc li- MuseoUt Dallas;
Archie. E. Pollock. Airlie; Paul Praast, DaUaa;
Cyru v. iuci)snin, inoepenoenoe; Harvey v.
Robertson, Sheridan: Jeaepo Sampson, Falls
City; Charles L. Swensen, Dalias; Boy K.
Whtteaker. Dallas: Laird V. Woods. Dallas:
Amine O. Toong, Independence. ,
SHERMAN COUNTY ; f
Lewis I. Armstrong. Grass Taller : Rot E.
Boxarth; Wasco; Ralph P. Brisbine. Mora; Panl
D. Baker. Grass Valley; John K. Enckaon. Kent:
Jsmea Fox. Earley; George M. Hosteller, Wasco;
Theodore JOJtesen, Kent: Hirsm K- - ieedy,
Wasco: Robert C. Landman. Rufus: Arthnr S.
Hunger. Grass Teller r Gbristophar B. . Poiston.
Kent. .
TILLAMOOK COUNTY
William T. Coatea. Tillamook: Clifton A.
Cox. Wheeler; Phillip L. Froat. Wheeler; Osoar
W. Klein, Nehalera; James T. Sutton, Naakowin;
Lindley CL Wilton. Wheeler, . , .
UMATILLA COUNTY
Wflliara A. Bots, Pendleton: William V.
Boynton, Pendleton :- Emery Bronson, Pendleton ;
Earl F. Clark, Albee; Ezra J. Hazea, SUnfieM;
Tslie B. Howell. Freewater: Cbaries F. Hutsell.
Pendleton: Arthur C Lewis, Pendleton; Jeiw
L. Line ba ugh, Pendietoai Bllliott J. Nclaou. ,
Pendleton; Lewis H. Nelson. Freewater; Letcber
P. Norrell, Helix; John P. O'Rourke. SUnfield;
Theodore G. Psnagea, Hold roan ; Raymond J.
Ross, Gibbon : Frank E. Shelton. Freewater;
Theodore C Simmons. L'matlUa; OUa li. Thomas,
Echo. t I
:V "- UNION . COUNTY 1
Manuel V. Aires. Nye; Henry B. Bellmer, La
Grande; Stanley C. Bradsbaw. La Grands; John
Brant Jr., North Powder: Hngh E. Gibson, La
Grande; Frank B. Hamlin, La Grande; James
H. Houx. Cove; Hngh C Hub. La Grande;
Albert L. Lamas, La Grande; Orton K. Mudge,
Cnion; Claud J. Pomeroy, La Grande;. Earl R.
Sanders, North Powder; Carl H. Smith, Cove;
Walter L. Stringham, Tmbler; Lysl L. String
ham, . Imbler; Harold W. Veach. La Grande;
Lester A. Wilson, La Grand; Frank J. Zoung,
La Grands. -
WALLOWA COUNTY
"Jess J. Bennett. Minam; Eugene O. Bloom.
Loatia; Jamea A. Cook. Loatine; Alva L.
Young, Wallowa, f ,
' ' - . WASCO COUNTY
Henry C. Clark. Dufwr; Guy R. Duvall.
M osier; Robert J. Gilmore The Dalles: Hugh
at Knight, Criteriosi; Angelas Koro4e, Maupin;
Ralph E. Nelson. .Wamic; Albert L. Odell, Boyd;
William A. Smith, Antelope; Robert Watson.
The Dalles; Solon J. White. Friend; Harry C.
Worthington, Boyd. , " , j,
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Edwin Bartlett. Hillsboro: Chester P. Bern
Ins, Antelope: Odel W. Brandaw, Hillsboro;
Harry E. Cole, Sherwood; Arthur Connolly,
Banks; Benjamin C. Dennis. Gaston; Claude M.
pilley. Dilley; Charles W. Grsy. Hillsboro;
t hsrles F. Grsy, Mountaindale; Benjamin W.
Hearti.y. Tualatin; Alfred P, Hebeiaen. Hills,
boro: Philip Peter Holsheimer, Besvrrton; Joseph
A. Kraft, Sherwood; Claude D. McBreen, Besr
erton; Carl H. Olsen, Hillsboro: Archie O. Pit
man, Hillsboro ; Francis M. Kadditx, Hillsboro:
Charles A. Rollins, Hillsboro; William J. Ruff
Hillsboro; Arnold Stryffeler, Gsston; James B.
Ward. Gaston; Leonard Westfall, Sherwood.
WHEELER COUNTY
" Prank H. Foster, Fossil ; Glen W. Hoover.
Fossil; Hermaa Sabel, Fossil; Tompis Scoggin,
YAMHILL COUNTY
; Oria Brown, McMianvillg; Herbert C. Burk.
Grand Bonde ; Tony K. Cinnamon, Dayton s
Fred D. Coffeen. Carlton Horace L. Cooper,
Newberg; Frank S. Crawford, McMinnville;
Frenk Delleuslie, Gaston; Preston Dickey, Am
ity; Clarence F. Fay. McMinnvUle; Walter H.
Geldard. Yamhill: Harold L. Ooeldner, Car Hon;
Jay P. Green. McMinnville; Lawrence M. Hoff
man. McMinnville; William I. Howland. New
berg; Robert W. Jayne.. McMinnville; Elmer G.
Johnson. McMinnville; James E. Lawson. Mc
Minnville; George E. MUne, Tamhill; Marshsll
D. Moed, Newbers; Stephen T. Orr. YamhiU;
Tolbart Osborne, McMinnville; Harry W. Phil
lips. McMinnville;. Joseph E. R-an, Dundee;
Albert A. SeideT. Sherwood; Wayne T. Shrock,
McMinnville; James T. Smyths. McMinnville;
Earl Edgar Stewart, Wills nuna : AUen T. Bun
derUn, Sheridan: Ralph W. Thomas. Newport;
Jamea S. Withycombe, Yamhill.
General Wood Will
Extend. His Tour to
Districts in Orient
Washington, March 28. IV. P.) -
Major General Leonard Wood, desig
nated by President Harding to investi
gate conditions in the Philippines, also
will visit other points in the Orient, it
was revealed today when the war de
partment made public his official orders.
It is believed here that Wood may
visit Japan and China. His orders di
rect him to proceed "to such other, points
in the Orient as may be necessary in or
der to comply with the instructions of
the president." . . '
J apanese Wireless
To Lead All World
Washington, March 26. (I. N. S.)
The most powerful wireless station in
the Orient ia under construction at
Oshima. Nagasaki prefecture, by the
Japanese navy department, according to
a report received today by the depart
ment of commerce. When completed the
station will be able to communicate with
all parts of the world.
Road to Re - Harriod
Winnipeg, Manitoba,. March 26. -
Early completion of the Hudson's Bay
railway is assured by the federal gov
ernment, stated Premier Norris, In his
annual report which was submitted to
the Manitoba legislature. When fin
ished this line will be operated in con
junction with the government's trans
continental system.
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The National Capital
Postrnasterships May Be Assigned Under New Plan Harding
Resorts to Secret Diplomacy School Director
" Presents Claim.
Postrnasterships '
Are Puzzling
WASHINOTON, March '28. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) Postmaster General Will H. Hays
is deliberating on the beat method of
getting rid of an accumulation of Demo
cratic postmasters, and at the same
time not expose the new administration
to the charge of ordering a complete
return to the political (polls system..
In the meantime ' a questionnaire Is
being circulated among all Republican
members of congress, asking them
whether they favor the wiping out of
the executive order of 191? that estab
lished the merit system, or desire that
order to stand unchanged, or prefer to
have.it modified. No statement has been
given out as to how the answers are
running. Some of the congressmen are
not anxious to answer, believing that
Hays and Harding should take futl re
sponsibility and not "pass the buck" to
congress. ; - , . -
Mr. Hays did not send out the ques
tionnaire, but Congressman Simeon D.
Fees did. Mr. Feas was chairman of
the Republican congressional campaign
committee and in close relationship with
Mr. Hays, the chairman, of the national
committee. It Is assumed, that the re
sults are for the guidance of Mr. Hays.
Plan Outlined -
The outcome lav being already pre
dicted. The administration leaders at
first thought of using the president's
power to sweep the civil service out of
the first, second and third class officers,
but on second thought ltT was decided
that this would not be wise. The plan
now favored ui a modification of the
order which will enable rewards to be
bestowed on Republican, applicants, and
at the same time preserve the form of
civil, service. Here Is the plan : .
Provide that when a postmaster's
term expires the appointment shall be
open to examination, and that the names
of the three highest eligibles shall be
certified for appointment. In moat cases
there will be a Republican among the
three highest.
Under the executive order of President
Wilson the Incumbent Is continued In
office indefinitely from the expiration
of his regular term if his record as a
postmaster is good. When examinations
are held to fill vacancies, under the
Wilson order, the name of the highest
eligible only is certified, if he is qualified
and his standing as a citizen is good.
Recent inquiry showed that since 1917
the Wilson administration appointed
many more Republicans than Democrats,
simply because Republicans led the list
in the examinations in the big Repub
lican states of the Kast and West, and
the postmaster general certified the high
man. - .
Under the proposed rule, with three to
pick, from, it Usually will be easy to
find a Republican. The Republicans tay
it would not do to continue the selection
of the high men only, because experience
is given great weight In the examination
for the larger offices, and the postmaster
in office usually will - obtain a higher
rating on - this account than his com
petitors. . "
Secret Diplomacy.
Resorted To
TWASHINGTON. .March 26 (WASH
,VV .INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAD An air of secrecy and profound
meditation appears to be settling down
on the officials of the Harding adminis
tration. Occasional statements are com
ing from the heads of departments, but
they are mostly generalities, and news
correspondents who are looking for news
would be baffled If they depended on
these...
One can Imagine the "howl that would
Car Load
Received
Right direct from the New York
manufacturers comes this carload
of very latest designs, giving us the
finest assortment ever brought into
Portland, we believe. '
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have gone up If the senate In the days
when the senate was Democrat'lo had
kept secret a message from President
Woodrow Wilson. That would have Dcti
denounced as the height of -autocratic
government, and Republican venatorn
showed to what length they would go
to destroy any confidential treatment of ,
diplomatic affairs when they obtained
a copy of the Versailles treaty by secret
means in New York and started having
it read in the senate before it had been
transmitted by the president.
Yet It is a fact that the first and only
message which President Harding has
sent to the senate has been kept a
secret. It urged the ratification of the
treaty with Colombia and was received
by the senate in executive sesHlon on
March 7. Under Wilson messaged re
lating te treaties and diplomatic negoti
ations were usually received In open tc
aion of the senate, and apparently the
Democrats never thought of keeping
them secret. ,
Lodge for Secrecy
Harding's tnasaage concerning Colom
bia is said to have been short, to Imvce
contained nothing new, and to be devoid
of any reason for preserving set-recy.
Apparently Senator Lpdge, the Repub
lican bellwether, desires it kept crft
as a matter of policy. It Is a new policy
of secrecy, rather than anything that
needs to be kept secret, that has pre
vented up to this time the publication
of the text of the president's mensiiRe. '
The public has been given the freedom
of the walks In the White Ilouwa
grounds from the first' day of the new
administration. The gates were closed
as a matter of precaution during tho
war and kept closed afterward because
of the illness of the president. The
opening of the gates is heralded as the
"open dcor," and the president has per
sonally given evidence that he desires to
keep in contact with the public and the
press.
The secrecy thrown around the Colom
bian message and the atmosphere of
the departments, with . one or two ex
ceptions, are tending to create an Im
pression for which It may ba the presi
dent is not responNlble, but which Is
certain to react upon him Unless there
Is a change In the wind, and which Is
not at all balanced by the sight of
visitors strolling around the While
House lawn.
Director Thomas -
Combats Seattle
WASHINGTON, March 26. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) Director George B. Thonms of
the Portland school board came to
Washington the other day for a battlo
with the "Seattle spirit." Seattle in this
case having made way with $25,000 al
lotted by the federal board for vocational
education for Benson polytechnic school,
Portland. .
Thomas turned over documentary evi
dence to Senator McNary that $2D,00ft was
definitely allotted, on the strength, of
which contracts for supplies were en
tered into. The money was forwarded
to district headquarters at Seattle on .
March 26, 1920. As none of the money
reached Portland, tracers were sent out.
It develops that the district officials
at Seattle used the money and with to
be absolved from any claim by Portland.
They set up the claim that the Portland
school board was to appropriate a sim
ilar sum, and that this condition was not
fulfilled.
"No such thing," says Mr. Thomas.
Senator McNary is to take up' the,
matter with the federal board and ask
it to make good. -
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