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CITY EDITION CITY EDITION tea All Here and It's All True THK WEATHER-Tonight and Thursday, fair; froatThursday morning. Maximum temperatures : ". Portland k 66 New Orleans . .7 63 Boise 68 . New York ...... 40 Los Angeles s St. Paul ........ 62 Scire "Queer Business" i The way a woman -picks a husband Is queer business, and you'll agree after you . have read "Queer Business." by Arthur Crabb, the fiction -feature in Tbe Sunday Journal Magazine next Sunday. . VOL. XX, NO. 19. Cofcrcd a Reennd Claw Matter t Foatoffic. Portland, Oregon j PORTLAND, , OREGON, , WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, ; 1921. TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS I TWAINS STAND r I AND W VI CUNTS rr. IB STEPS TO CUT FREIGHT RATE President Finds Immediate Re- lief Is Necessary; Argentine Ships Grain Cheaper than U. S. Farmer; Conferences Called ; By Robert J. Bender United Sews Staft I'orrerpcnderjt - , Washington, March 30. Railroad freight rates have reached the j olnt where they must be decreased in the Interest of American farmers and industries, the Harding: admin istration has definitely decided. And because of the growing seriousness of tho situation the point has been ' reached where immediate action by the government has been outlined. The first step will be a. conference in Washington . between President Harding and the' chairman of. the in terstate . commerce commission and the railroad wage board. This discussion will be given over first to a study of freight tariffs, which the administration has been informed and believes are too great for the traffic to bear. Secondly, the general expense of railroads, embracing detailed informa tion at the command of both the Inter state commerce commission and the rail road wage board, will be studied with an eye to determining, if possible, why it Is that the roads, now operating under a serious deficit, seem unable to get back on their feet. , The latest figures compiled by the American Railroad association show that for the week ending Marcn 19, the load ing of revenue freight fell off 10,360 cars, as .compared with the previous week, and dropped 163,353 cars as com pared with the corresponding week a year ago. With the exception of mer--charidise and miscellaneous freight there was a decrease in the shipment of every (Concluded oif Page Two. -Column Three) E NOT EXAGGERATED That the original estimate of eight billion feet of timber -destroyed by the January ; storm on the Olympic peninsula, were not exaggerated, was ,the statement today' of George H. Cecil, district forester, who has just completed .a survey by airplane of the devastated region.' : The heaviest damage- Is . between Clearwater and the Hon and between the Hon and the Bogachlel," Cecil de clared. . -.'-. .. The planes were , out again Tuesday and a sketch map of the storm ridden areaTs"l5eing prepared. - Cecil reports the fallen timber "spot tod" among standing? trees.-- The planes f w at an -altitude of less than 3000 feet fo as to obtain the best view and some times dropped as low as' 50u feet. . It fwill.be difficult to make accurate maps showing the damage, said Cecil, because the . long flight made it necessary for .Ahe plane to go very fast. Youth,. Handcuffed - In Student Prank, . . " Falls to His Death Lamar. Colo.. March 30. U. p.) The custom of handcuffing the loser in high school students poker games caused the death here of Emory Fisher when he fell from the third story of the city hall. Fisher, with two other high school boys, was playing poker in a room on the third floor of the building, according to the statement to the coroner. He lost and was handcuffed and placed in "solitary" In an adjoining. room. Yanks Slip One lan By George R. Holmes Washington, March 30.(L N. S.) --Frustrated in their persistent ef forts to oust the Americans from the possession of Russian island, the most powerful wireless station In the Orients the Japanese 'have at last despaired and have undertaken the construction of a powerful station in J apan - proper, according to official advices reaching Washington. Japanese naval engineers have begun the erection of a station afOshims, in Nagasaki prefecture, some 700 miles couth by east of the American station at Vladivostok. -When completed It will be the -Arlington" of Japan and will be capable of communicating with all parts of the world. , . v JAPAX LOSES OUT Ak " ' Back of Japan's decision to build this new station is a record of several years strenuous and futile ; effort to secure possession of the Russian island wire less, which is now held and operated by tew American naval officers and some 35 -men recruited from the Asiatic fleet. The seisure and operation of the plant by American naval forces,- despite Japanese protests, has been a source of constant Irritation to the Japanese occu pational troops in Vladivostok. Much of PENINSULA DMG Russ Island New Photographs L : : : : : f r ' . r r r--.' : fr: k "'V1 vv'. I j A I . I- . at li "n 'Ttia"-i? " ' " '" 2"-'-J 1 - 'i. A n- . . .. Will ... -.r!:. ' v f'v'. I-; aaaaMali LANSING FALSIFIED, SAYS 11(10 OFFICE Tokio. March 29.- (IT. P.) The Japanese foreign office j- delegate, Saklno, who represented ; Japan at the Versailles-peace conference," to day declared 'that-; two i of : the con ferences, said, in advices here to have been described ' by .Robert itianslng, former Arnferlcan secretary of state, in his book on the peace conference, were; never held. A. ; : : .; ; J The conferences referred. t were said to have been' between Lansing and Jap anese delegates. -C, '--H- The foreign of nee. it was stated, will issue a formal dental. ,x ' rrT EasteK Week;St6rms I Hurt Kansas Wheat I ConcordiaT Kan.. March 30.-Mt. N. S.) A new" snow- storm." accompanied by low temperatures, struck Western Kansas early -today. Tiie r snowfall, extended Into Eastern Colorado, later taming into rain. 'Upland wheat has been consider ably damaged in the Kansas belt by Easter week storms. . ' Over on Japan io eiz Uie trouble between the Japanese and Americans in . the Vladivostok district could be traced back to the American seiure of this; wireless station, accord ing to naval officers. . ; FACTS -riTTLE KSOWK . " The fact ; that American naval forces occupy and operate this powerful station is but little known outside of official circles. When the ill fated; Keren sky government capitulated the situation': of the small Russian garrison at the sta tion became untenable, the Japanese were preparing to move In. ; While the Japanese were laying plans to seize the station, the Americans moved in quickly and took possession. - Whether the com mander of the American forces acted on orders from Washington or on his own initiative has neTer been divulged. la all events ' the Japanese were . furious when they found the American in pos session, according to naval officers. . f The Japanese officials virtually de manded that the Americans vacate and give them possession. : The ; Americans refused and have held the station ever sine in the face of persistent efforts to oust them, -t , , ; ';- : ; J The Russian island, station Ireally be longs to Russia, and it is expected by American naval officers that it will be returned to Russia "as soon as-we can find out who i Russia , is," as described by one naval officer IsS v -1 Kad ed of Mrs. Stillman i and Fred Beauvais ' - - ; " : f x 1 : 'Trf ' - JZCJp'l ' " 14'. '?T" av . Stumped By Odd Tooth - Bearing bits of a mastodon tooth and tusk and a curved tooth that is puzzling scientists, A. G. Ames, gov ernment trapper on the Santiam na tional forest, came to the U. S. bio logical survey office today with his treasures wrapped : in- a bandanna. Stanley Jewett.. head of the preda tory' animal division of the survey wili, send the tooth toVernon3ailey, chief biologist at Washington,5 DC, for, identification.' 1 -:. ' ' Ames found : the prehistoric relics at an old farm house on Ames creek, about three miles above Poster,' in Unn .coun ty. He was "packing along a trail and stopped at the farm house to rest. . On the. porch rested the tusk. Residents at the house, whose names Ames has for gotten. Bald they found it. on their place sometime ago; -and they s never knew What' it was.- They : also ' eald another tusk had been discovered about like it in the neighborhood, but they didn't know who had . it. -The. ranchers readily, gave permission te Ames to chl p off a few bits, of it to bring to .Portland. f :.,. Jewett believes there may be old fos sil beds in the region ; that . will rival those of the John Day -eountry. , i ' In Harney; 'county,? says Jewett, ; are millions of dollars worth of relics, whose value the residents do not 'know, used for , bordering walks leading to farm houses, for" gate posts and other uses around the farms. v i - j . TURK. CAPITAL " .'(By Caitad Na i. t T K Athens, March 3 0. Reports from Salonika indicate that an extensive movement " s against the i Turkish regime has broken out in Constan tinople. : f.,- Mother and Her ! Three Sons Facing; 'Ohargeof Murder . Warsaw, In.. March .80. (X K.- S.) The Koaciuako county grand jury, this afternoon returned indictments arralnst Jame VirgU - Decker, ; his- mother, . MrsJ xyaia jjec&er, and his brothers, Fred and Cal Decker, charging them with first degree murder. They are charged with the murder of LeRoy rAvett,.20, of Elk hart, in a cabin on Tippecanoe river, on March 12. . All are under arrest. REVOLT: REPORTED Latest Photographs of Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman -,-,, and Fred Beauvais, Indian Guide, Named in Banker James A. Stillman's Divorce Suit. -.v.- Mrs.' Stillman's Picture . Was Taken at Lakewood, N. J., Last . ! Thursday, Beauvais' was sV , Photographed in His .... Montreal Office. : STILLMAN BREAK CAME AS BLOW . ' By James R. Kelly " ' - -.Latuque, Quebec, March 30. (TJ. P.) -The break - between -James A. Stillman. president of the National City bank, and his wife, .Mrs. "'Fin' Potter ' Stillman, . whom 1 he is . suing for; divorce.; came as a great disap pointment to the' Beauvais family. , This information was given : to me to day, by' Arthur Beauvais, brother of . Fred Beauvais.. the - French-Canadian 3 guide who5 is, named 'by- Stillman as j. the fa ther of l2-year-old Guy Stillman, co-defendant with his mother. BBE1X COXEa J - - V Arthur . explained that .'not 'only- were he and his brother, and .other, employes of the ranch at Orand 'Aunse'friepds of both' the Stnimans, but they had planned on , pleasant employment at the ranch. Plans had- just . been ' completed for in-tensive-culUvatiOn. of the place,' - which was to have been made a model farm, when the break came. - - Arthur came here with me from Mon treal last.', night ,to aid in interviewing several persons who had testified at a secret hearing before Referee Gleason. He remarked that It looks queer" that none of the regular employes of - the ranch was summoned as - witnesses in stead of those temporarily employed or residents of nearby towns. STILLMAN ADOPTS BOT None of the witnesses would discuss the case. J. A. Lai ontaine. agent at Grand Piles, said the testimony waa pri vate, but that he was willing "to go' to New Tork and' repeat his story even if he were called on to do so 20 years from now. : -.'-.:.. - -.' Arthur Insisted that Fred .' and Still man were always, the best, of friands and that the banker had made Fred nu merous gifts. He said Mrs. Stillman had never given. Fred any presents. Arthur declared the StiUmans at - one time adopted Frankie Beauvais, 1-year-old .cousin of Arthur and Fred. The boy's; mother became lonesome for. him; however, and the Stillmans later, re turned him. . ' - . . , , : v ' Bread Sells for;6c i In Columbus, Ohio Columbus. Ohio, March JO.-rTJ. .P.) Six cents was the retail -price for a pound loaf of bread here, following an nouncement of a reduction " by a larger wholesale .bakery last - night. The pi-e-war . price was 5' cents for. a 14 ounce loaf. - . SleepingSickness Is Fatal to ;U, of I. Girl Lewtston, Idaho, March 30. Stella L. Nelson. 21 years; old and a member of the freshmen class at the University of Idaho. died here Monday of aleepine sickness. Her parents are residents of Clarkston, Wash. ' , ;-v ' AMNESIY FOR IMMUNHY- IS- ALL PRISONERS BARRED IN BIG IS Attorney General Daugherty Has in Mind Plan for Retommend ing Pardons for All Espionage Violators; to Consult Senate. Washington, March 30. (U. P.) Attorney General Daugherty is con sidering making recommendations on the "question of a general amnesty for all political prisoners, he said to day. - . ' - . If he decides on euch action the casa of Eugene V. Debs probably will be In cluded with others and not - treated separately as was originally Daugherty 'a intention. Daugherty said his decision would not be made until he has had time to confer with members of the senate -judiciary committee, which is considering a reso lution for a general amnesty and It is possible that he may withhold - action until congress has registered its opinion on this measure. ' . . Senator Sterling. South Dakota, and Senator King. Utah, had talked with him informally on the amnesty resolu tion, Daugherty said. Before or shortly after the special , session of congress opens,- Daugherty expects to meet other members of the senate judiciary com mittee and get their opinion before he takes any action of " his own. . Daugherty made plain that he has not made up his mind what his recom mendations will be concerning .Debs cr any other, of the political prisoners. . It was indicated, however, that his recommendations to President Hardinx. would probably be held up for some time. Had the Debs case been consid ered by itself, recommendations on the pardon of the Socialist leader would have gone forward son.. 4 . . Daugherty denied that he had laid down any conditions that Debs . must live up. to to obtain a pardon when he talked ; with the Socialist leader here last week. ; :-; - : ; . r (Br FniUd New) it New York, ' March 30. -The 'In crease of the American Telephone & "- Telegraph company's dividend rate from to 9 per cent, was of par ticular interest to every New Yorker whjo pays a telephone bill. The New York ; Telephone company, the most prosperous telephone company in the world, and the largest component of the A. .T. s'T recently wen a 28 per cent increase in rates. The increase was granted on the representations of the New York Telephone compapy that the old rates made it impossible for the stock to pay a sufficient dividend to at tract new capital. 1 : There has been no time In the last two years when the A. T. & T. earnings were not enough to pay a higher rate of dividend." President H. B. Thayer of the firm announced. Although President Thayer said the dividend rate was raised to create a market for the stock. the company's report -for 1920 discloses the' fact - that the stock -was becoming more and more popular as an invest ment, even at the old rate. The stock jumped from 100 to 108 soon after the announcement was sent out on the stock tickers. ..." fm II - : . ' men ran to Agree in Hedderly Case; Retrial Next At 9:05 o'clock this morning the Jury in the Lena M. Hedderly f 7500 damage suit against three federal revenue agents appeared before Federal Judge Bean and announced that it could never agree on a verdict, after having spent the entire night in deliberation. ; t The Judge discharged the Jurors. The three officers being sued were . W. R, Wood.. J. J. Biggins and D. C. Smith. They were charged with killing Robert W. Hedderly. husband of the plaintiff, en ' September 10, while - attempting to arrest him as a suspected bootlegger. f Barnett H. Goldstein, counsel for Mrs. Hedderly, said this morning: "We will keep on trying this case In the federal court until a jury either condemns or condones such a wanton act." - The case will probably not be set for retrial during the present term of court, unless the judge agrees to calling a new Jury, as the present panel was almost exhausted in the trial just ended. Un official - reports about the court room were that the jury stood 7 to S in favor of the plaintiff for awarding . S300C damages.- - ' , - Two city policemen, who were present with the revenue agents at the time of the killing, still face a civil suit in the state ' court. ' Criminal action against the five men charging manslaughter has teen dismissed. . Harvester Stock ; Drops 11 3-4, Points On New York Mart -New York, March 30. U. P.) In ternational Harvester - dropped 11 points on the New York stock exchange today The decline Was credited on re ports of financing to be undertaken by the company. . The stock-sold at SL Baldwin and Pan-American Petroleum also- dropped to new " low levels at the close. , Despite . occasional rallies, ' the trend ' waa lower.' CONSIDERED N. Y. WONDERS AT . 'PHONEOIWIOS RELIEF DRIVE Community Chest Drive Workers Plan to Follow' Up Those Who Try to Dodge the Issue; Some Plants Respond 100. Per Cent. "Portland is going over the top In her Community Chest drive," said Mayor - Baker this morning, in dis- " cussing the phlegmatic attitude of many of those who should be the largest contributors, but are not. We may not do it ... this week, in fact I don't know when we will do it, but the main thing I want to get over is the fact that we are going to, do it, if it takes all summer, so people may just as well dig down in their jeans and thus shorten up the campaign." The total subscriptions up to noon to- . day aggregated $210,118. This sum. is not satisfactory to the officials of the chest, and the noon luncheon at the . Portland hotel was featured by speeches of deter- : mination and admonition to the colonels and captains. . . , PLANT WORKERS AID D. A. Patullo reported three new sub scriptions from the flying squadron as - IDIinWi ' hi rut Nit nn, Rnnli oiul ftti- cers of bank. $11.050 ; Allen & Lewis. SS000; Inman-Poulsen Lumber company,' 52000. ' . ,- .... - , The. first payroll plant in Portland to go over the top with 100 per cent sub scription to the Community Chest on the part of its employes is the Ira F. Powers Furniture company.- It reported this morning that every one of its 65 ,' em ployes had contributed to the chest, the total subscriptions amounting to $1002. The Nlcolai Door Manufacturing com pany will be 100 per cent complete by to night, over 250 of its employes having contributed. . - -;... . ' c h, v , -; The Covey Motor Car icompanyhas turned in $1230 among Its employes, and is now about 75 per cent complete. The Portland Flouring' Mills company is about - CO per cent complete, with, a turningof $1067, raised exclusively among its employes. - . ,.: 11000 PARTIAL REPORT ', A,. " J Olds, Wortman ak King has made a partial report aggregating $1000, rapra senting approximately ,M per, ce,at of. its employes.: -:' vj. : ; The Oregon ! lan ' has completed one third of its cahvass among its employes, with a total of $350 reported. 1 1 Lipman, Wolfe & Co. employes have subscribed - $2008 so far. I representing about 50 per cent of its working force.. 'The Eastern Outfitting company em ployes have raised $370 among one. half of its staff. fi ; '.-v:,:-; --,--!-,: "Favorable progress is reported front all of the 210 concerns in my depart ment." said , Chairman .E. N Strong of the industrial and mercantile division. . : "Complete returns from 'three plants with 103 ' employes average ' more than $15 to the subscription. - If we can keep up this ratio the employes included In my division will . raise over . $150,000. " "One 'or - two small concerns have turned . in subscriptions averaging ' only (Concluded on Pass Three, C'c'umn One) LOWE FINED $1000 Bob Lowe, well known local 'res taurant proprietor, was . fined $1000 this morning by Federal Judge R. 8. Bean for, having liquor in his pos session and for transporting it in violation of the Volstead act. , The fine was the r, maximum under the law. ; .. ., . - Tt is a matter of regret to the court," Judge Bean said, "that the statute Coes not give the court authority to impose anything but a fine in this case. The evidence clearly showed, at least It per mitted the court tp draw, the inference, that sales of liquor were being made. It is evident to the court that a man could not use such a large amount of moonshine liquor as this defendant had in his possession, unless he had it for sale." ' -:. j;;- , , - - - Under the prohibition law the maxi mum fine for first conviction in , tho federal court for - possessing liquor' is $500. and also a similar penalty for transporting liquor. : At the request of his attorney Lowe waa given ; 30 days in which to pay the fine or appeal the case. He was released ; on .. his - owit recognizance by the court after the judge remarked, . Tt would do him no good to try to get away, and I don't think he wilL" The court made this re mark : after; being informed that Lowe owns his home near Lents Junction and that he recently purchased a downtown restaurant.' .- ..- ''',' Lowe was convicted upon the testi mony; of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Worth In gt on rof ; Oregon Oty, who 'testified that they operated a - still and made liquor for Lowe. A check for about $175 which Xiowe issued to Worthing-' ton was . introduced as evidence. ' The jury - did - not believe Lowe's story that the check was in payment for an auto mobile. : ,..-,,Jr Baaeon 1 Doane. who appeared before Federal Judge C E. Woiverton at the same hour but In another courtroom, was not fortunate enough to escape JaiL He was fined $100 and sent to the county jail for 60 days, this being the min imum tinder - the - law . for his offense. Doaae pleaded guilty to having liquor, a still and mash in bis possession on the Umatilla Indian - reservation when the sheriff at Pendleton arrested him. Doane' s previous good record caused the court to impose the - minimum penalty. Having liquor on , the reservation was considered the serious . phase of ; this case. Doane has a wife and child liv ing on a farm. near Pendleton.' . XOIIIllJNlTr CHEST THERKOHETER. 350,000 Zoo, ooo 75o, OOP 7oo ooo 650,000 606,000 550; 000 5oo, ooo- 450, 000 400:OOQ 550,000 300,000 '250,000 IOO.OOO 1 50,000 r 1 lOQ-,000 50.000 EX-KING DRIVES IN, THEN OUT AGAIN London, March 30. (I. N. S.) It is reported that the Hungarian ministerial council . has decided to crown, Charles, the former' empe'rop of Austria king of Hungary within two or, three days, said a Oentral News dispatch from Vienna today. .: Advices front '; other ' sources made a mystery-of the whereabouts of : the for mer emperor king of the dual roonarcby --but the Central News correspondent reported that Charles was at Steina manger, near the Austrian frontier, con sulting "arriving army officers and civil officials." ' ALMLS PROTEfSTT ' - Count Andrasey, former Austro-Hun-garian foreign minister, . and Count Pithlen, who visited Charles at Steina manger, informed the , ex-emperor-king that the allies would not consent to hla return to , the Hungarian throne, ac cording to a dispatch from Geneva. This dispatch said that Austria was taking precautions to prevent Charles from re maining in that -country. It was re ported that warrants had been issued for the arrest of the persons who en abled Charles to ; enter Austria from Switzerland. . -:, ' A dispatch from the Berlin bureau of the International News Service, dated Tuesday, said that the Spanish consul at Vienna was arranging wiih -the Aus trian government to permit the return of Charles to Switzerland, This dispatch added: , ASKED TO LEAVE , "Former Emperor Charles arrived in Budapest from Vienna by automobile on Sunday. He - visited Colonel Letter, brother of the famous Austrian 'musical composer. . and called j upon Admiral KConehalad on Paa Two. Column (Twe) Mempliis Apartment House Outs Rental Down $15 Monthly Memphis. Tenn, March 30. (U. P.) The Carter apartments, one of the most fashionable here, today announced a $15 reduction in rentals, effective-May 1. This Is the first rental reduction here in several years. Other apartment owners indicated they will follow suit. Cambridge - Beats - Oxford in Bowing , London, March 30. (U. P.) Cambridge defeated Oxford in their annual rowing classic today. Bullet Removed From Brain ttv Maniac May Ossinlng, X. T." March 30. By one of the most remarkable opera tions in 'brain surgery ever attempt ed, Roman LeondowskL a 40-year-old convict, hitherto regarded as in sane, may yet be restored to useful citizenship. ;, ' - ;:; '?-). ;. '' :-';; Dr. William L Chapman, of Brooklyn, partially .'paralysed as result of a stroke suffered three months ago, sat propped Up on a high stool beside the operating table : in Sing Sing infirmary Tuesday and delved into Leondowski's brain, successfully removing one of two bullets which has- been imbedded there for four years, impairing Leondowski's reason,.'".; ':':- ;',. .- : . -DAHGEROUS OPERATI03T SUCCESS The prisoner came out of the anaes thesia several'hours later and the opera tion was pronounced succesuful. . ' Dr. Chapman was engaged to perform GAS PRICE IS REDUCED FIVECEW Public Service Commission Or ders Cut, Effective April 10, y on Every Thousand Cubic Feet; 97 Per Cent of Users Affected. . Salem, March 30. -The price of gas to patrons of the . Portland & Coke company was reduced 5 eenta a thousand cubic feet by the public service commission this morning. The order is effective on nil meter readings on and after April 10 uiul affects 97 per cent of the patrons of the company. "'The reduction," according a state ment of the commission, "will mean a saving to gas users tn the Portland dis trict of approximately $100,000 annually." CAUSED BT OIL CirT .Today's reduction the commlnlou said, is based on a reduction in the price of oil to the gas company amounting to 15 cents a barrel under the price oi which the order of January 15, Intrwaj ing the gas rates, was based. It is in line with the action of tUf commission in reserving the rttht to make such' modifications and revision.1 In the gas rate as future changes in' tin price Of oil or other gas making factor might justify. - Patrons of the company at Oregon City, Hilisboro, Forest Orove. Oresham and intermediate points, as well as those living In and adjacent to Portland, will benefit by the reduced rates. It la nn expected that patrons of the company in Vancouver will ultimately benefit by the reduction, although the Oregon commis sion has no authority to fix rates ap plicable to the Washington territory, FURTHER CUTS EXPECTED Members of the commission expluin that, consistent with this reservation, further reductions in the price of g can be expected to. follow Immediately upon any further reductions In tbe cost of manufacture. ' ; ' : Under the new order the price of sri' to consumers using from 300 to in. tut. tConclndad on Face-. Throa, Column ThrotJ M. VIV1ANI GALLS AT WHITE Washington. March 30. -(I. N. S. t iFrance's special envoy to th United States, Rene Viviani, was re ceived at the White House thin afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Presi dent Harding. He was accompanied by Jules" J. Jusscrand. the French ambassador. . Neither Secretary of State Huhe.-. Under Secretary of State Fletcher nor any stats department Official accompan ied the visitor to the White House, whkli was taken as Indication- that thevlMil was purely a personal one. CONFERS WITH HtUilF.8 It is diplomatic, custom for the nec re--tary . of state to accompany a foreign visitor of ambassadorial rank in his first" visit to the chief executive and the ab sence of any state department represent ative aroused considerable conjecture. ; M. Viviani and .Ambassador Jusse rand were with - the president . less than 20 minutes. .When they emerged they posed for a young army of photographers and then returned to the embassy. It wan apparent that the call was wholly formal. Viviani was presented to Secretary of State Hughes earlier in the day by Am bassador, Juaserand. The three states men remained In conference for nearly an hour, "-v . , DECLINES TO TALK Secretary of State Hughct, at the con clusion of the conference, j-aid that M. Viviani had called as a matter of cour tesy and he would not di.H'Una the con ference further. Tlie secretary Imo rt fused tor discuss the credentials of' Viviani In any way. ' ....- Viviani has planned, tentatively, to attend the funeral of Cardinal Uibbj:i in- Baltimore tomorrow. " Definite discussion of Franco-American relations, centering : around the" "modified" League of Nattons, is 'ex pected to begin Thursday when -Ambassador Jusserand will entertain 8nat:rs Lodge, McCormfck, Moses and other members of the foreign relations com mlttee in Vivlani's honor. : - 5 5 It Recover Sanity the operation three months ago, shortly after Leondoswki's term of two yearn fjr assault, served in the Insane ward of the Dannemora prison, had expired. The warden of Dannemora refused to releate Leondoswkl on his own responsibility, although his time was up, because he regarded the man a menace to society owing to his mental disability. Dr. Chapman was to have operated at that time but was stricken with paralysis from - which " he partially re covered only recently. LeondowskI war, brought from Dannemora to Sing Sing so that the doctor's journey would be shortened. IJfVALID "SVRGEOJr OPERATES The surgeon himself , had to be lifiM from the train to an automobile and from the machine to a wheel chair ti reach the operating room, iris son, It. William Lu Chapman Jr.. stood by, wit h several' other imrreonn and rrimino'T (Ceacludcd on Page Two, Column Zarw, V,