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'. NEXT SUNDAY -. . - v ti Xext Sasday the magaslae seetloa of . the Ssasay Jairul wlU bare nsasaal variety of excellent features, one' of the rt belsg ataer of Irwla 8 Cobb's U." rle. This time It ITae Gold Brick ' (TwIb,, and It Is great. - ; ? THE WEATHER i v.- Portland aid vicinity Saadar, ikon rsi soatsweaterly w1d4. ' Oregon aad - AVasBlsgtOB ' Sunday, ho wen strosg oathwetrly wind west portleai saoderat wstherly wladi act portion, f VOL. XIX. NO. 5. CITY EDITION PORTLAND," OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING . MAY -'1, . '1821'. SEVENTY-SIX " PAGES price five 'Ct:::t.- - X V -x. ' 1 I WHEAT CROP JO SET NEW OREGON MARK Increase in Acreage; Surpasses Any Year of Past; Other North- , western States Show Advances Ninety Million Bushels Estimate of Cereal Yield " for Oregon, ' Washington and Idaho in 1921. . .: W . TTirma.! TT; fYhMi ,-' It looks like a 80,000,000 bushe .wheat cropt T , s' Oregon.'. Idaho and "Washington have planted a greater area In grain for : the ' 1921 harvest than during any previous season, 1919 excepted. Acre for acre and condi tion lor condition, This year's plant ing promises a far greater crop of grain than, has ever before been grown in the Pacific Northwest. Add ed to this is the excellent showing expected by Montana this season as compared with recent near, failures in that! Btate. Hie entire Pacific Northwest is destined to gather more grain by farthan ever' before. ": "Wheat Acreage Galas . The showing -of wheat planting la espe cially favorable. In face of the fact that wheat prices ' dipped unusually severe during theeeason and that grain grow ers have been srenerally disgrusted. and disheartened with the - situation, there has been more., wheat planted in. the three states of the Pacific Northwest ' for 1921 than any other year,, only ,-1919 being excepted. Oregon's acreage ! for , ijxzj. is me greatest in us msiory oi ne wheat industry.. Eliminating ' all dam aired area and counting only that winter wheat which has come through in srood shape.- t the : showing , with the spring planting reaches a . total ' of 1,200,000 . acres. In . Washington the combined sowing1 -of . Spring and winter wheat reaches a total of !s,300.00 acres,, while In Idaho the showing; is 1.000,000 acres. Ground Considered , While the total showing of wheat area planted in the three - states .; for 193V readies-.slightly below ; the grand total for'1919, it must be remembered that a large, per cent of- the 1919 crop was planted on ground that had not been properly prepared; This was done at the earnest solicitation of the government. U'oBc-hided on . Fife Fourteen. Coluatta One), Farmers Borrow ; Money From. Uncle Sam to Buy Seed j -''. Washington. April 30. CL. N. S.J The thousand farmers in the drought-stricken areas of North Dakota ;, and Montana have received money loans from the de partment of -agriculture with which to buy seed grain to" plant thisvyear's crop. North Dakota farmers .received $663,000 and Montana farmers $679,000. : 5 Secretary of-Agriculture Wallace today sent Representative ? Young of North -Dakota a detailed report on these loans : to Northwest farmers. Additional loans amounting to $125,000 are being arranged. Calif ornia Solons Kill Osteopathy-Bill Sacramento, CaU. April SO.- (J. N. S.) The West osteopathy bill was defeated lit the senate today, after several hours of bitter arguments between spokesmen for the , "regular" physicians and the drufrless practitioners. - The yote was 14 to 25. The bill was designed to reduce the educational requirements preliminary to the issuance of licenses for osteopathic physicians, - and to give them the right to practice minor surgery and use certain drugs' now -. permitted - only to 1 the TeguIsfrB. .. Churches Passe, Ybuths Snared - . " 'Until churches in.J?ome way ettet attractive relaxation they .cannot hope , to' compete with pool hails, moving picture theatres and, other places of amusemerii - in the opinion of 'Municipal . Judd Ttossraap,- who delivered a..' sermon Saturday after noon at the close of the trlaj of two . pool ball operators' ? Albina. j, . ' - The' remarks were directed i a bench filled with members of the Church f the Brethren ; In ; Albina, who had atr tended the long-drawn-out trial and tes tified against!, the pool 'hall men. - II. F. 'Valkenstein and - J. II. McNamara. ; charged. wHh allowing minora in : their P:4ees and Tobstructing. the entrance. . -The charge of 'obstructing the' en trance": was dismissed, - The court an nounced', a decision would., be rendered Wednesday on-th other charge. - CBCECHES BEEISD TIMES - v "In olden times the church was about the only institution "Which said Judge KoMitiwi..- "Now It in hun dreds of years behind the times. - When churches were new, they erected irnpos . ing i building's . and ' developed architec tural style that called attention. ' -TheM reared hijrh spires that mig-ht be seen from tije ticlds. they Installed bells tuid Mount Hood vSaid.jtipvjBev Hitfing Pipe Mt. ' Tabor, Residents Decfars They Saw' Smoke From Peak, - Weather Man Doubts It i - s . t -. . r -v- v- t;- r. ' . "Aha smoking "kgain. eh?" ; t "No, honest I a(n't; I quit smokln" a million years ai I don't' smoke nothin'-H-not;even tcrnsllk, I ' And so Mount Hood is trying to alibi again. Tet residents of the Mount Tabor district affirm by every ocular evidence that they caught the old peals1 in the act Saturday afternoon. - They declare that a streamer of white; pluming-upward r and northward was - emanating from the topmoBt pinnacle. ;' The phenomenon- continued until the growing dusk shut off the view. i ' " - .. Edward L. ; Wells, weather observer, was called to the witness stand to act as a character witness. ( - "Mount Hood , is not -smoking. No signs of an eruption are apparent. While I canno.t see .the mountain" distinctly from here, I am convinced that what may appear to be smoke Is probably a cloud hanging about the peak and car ried by air currents into the shape of a smoke pillar. i r - . ; ' - "These"" apparent 'smokings' come from two things. Elther-la cloud forms oa the mountain top which takes the shape of a column of smoke, or else the ob server is in line with a column of smoke from the city that makes It appear, to come from the mountain." . Nevertheless, residents of the- higher portions of the city watched the -smoke" with considerable uneasiness. 41 ML COOS COUNTY CELEBRATES ROAD Chairman Booth, of Highway Bod Announces Roseburg-Coos Bay Link Planned. . Coquille, Or.. Apr'l 80.- No event ever held in Coquille .y alley can com pare wih the , highway celebration today, in which tvry part ? of the county participated. It is estimated that fully ' 6000. people were here this afternoon., "The weather,, fine this morning, turned cold laterjwlth, a strong south wind, but could .not cool the : ardor'; ,whJt which ICoos county celebrated this epoch -mak ing event. I" ' ' .'irl - Arrival thla morning of Governor Ol cott. State . , Highway Commissioners Booth, Yeon, Barrett, State - Kngliieer Nunri and Secretary Klein of the com mission marked the opening of the tUy, which has been a, complete .success from start to finish, ;; preceded by a band and ' followed j by. Hundreds of ' citizens, the procession traversed the principal streets to Myrtle Grove, where . more than lOQfr greeted speeches by ; the gov ernor ana commissioners. . - ... .. Booth- assured the " people - of " Coos county that, with the main highways of the state, the ' Pacific and Columbia river, nearing completion, the next im portant links j which would receive first consideration f were-! the highway from Roseburg to i Coos " Bay. through : Co quille. and the highway i. from ."The Dalles to Klamath Kails. ,-He urged Coos people to be fair and not expect to receive morethan their . share or to have all roads paved,1 ahead of, other counties...... .-...- . 4 ' FAB4SE I? FINEST t I Commissioner ! Teon v told- what the highway commission- is: doing ;and try ing to do for the state Of Oregon. Gov ernor Olcott i rev lewea me- ciswry oi Coos county's first re f forts toi enlist state, aid in road building. This is his first ; trip to Coos and he is delighted with the .cordiality -and v reception i ac corded; hinv He gave as his honest con viction that never in. four years has there been a 'stronger commission. Indi vidually and. collectively; than the pres ent commission. : 't,:.'--"'-' '.' j- ' .The parade at 2 o'clock was the long est and finest .tfver held In Southwestern Oregon. Every city In the county was represented by floats and decorated cars. Ban don. with a teara schooner, won the first prise? and Marshfield . was second Says By Pool Halls ' i .. . ' . 1 ),, ' - 1 - " - " chimes to calt the worker to services. ' .But compare the churches of . 'today With the modern, well-lighted, properly ven-j-Ilated; ' cheerful " pleasure house, either pool hall or theatre. ! ' Legally the- facts of- tus case can not be disputed. There has been testi mony , that minors entered these pool halls. True, they were asked their age, and true,-: they lied . about their age. But the law does not excuse the man ager on that score. . . . POLICE ARE" POWERLESS . V - "But that Is not the question behind this case. : The Question is in the home and the church : and the other institu tions which should prevent them from desiring, to; go to pool halls.,' ' - ''Until you make them content With other things, they will go to pool halts and" lie about their ages, and all ' the police In Portland working all the time cannot stop them. , "If - they do ; not find recreation in one, place they : will hunt for it in an other." j j 'j : Lou Wagner, counsel Tor the pool hall operators, , bitterly v -denounced - the church people t that district, who, be asserted, appeared in court with a special prosecutor for the sol pur pose of having hts clients' licenses re voked and driving them out of the dis trict. . Rossman WARM ALLIED DEBATE ENDS IN DEADLOCK Britain' and Italy Oppose French ;' Plan, for Immedtatei Military -Action in Seizing Ruhr Areas. Supreme Council Futile r Against French Determination j Anotfier Meeting Is;' Called for Sunday. - " By Ed JU Keen- ' - j United Ire 8Uff Correpondnt ' . - London, April 30.-- Deadlocked on German " reparations, the, sillied, su preme council adjourned tonight tin til Sunday; after iour. and a half hours of spirited . debate. .. . The French representatives insisted on Immediate punitive action against Ger many, - While the British and Italians favored a plan to send an ultimatum .to Germany - setting- a period, fori acqui escence or refusal. j -f - .Immediately on adjournment j of the supreme council meeting. Premier Lloyd George - called a meeting of the cabinet to consider the attitude of Great. Britain at tomorrow's conference. . J ; . , DEBATE IS SBABP . . r T , It was stated authoritatively that the session was marked by sharp divergence of opinion. Thei Krerich, represented by Premfer- Briand, stated their demand for immediate occupation of the Ruhr valley and dung to it despite all arguments by Premier' Lloyd ; George, and Foreign Minister . Sforsa of Italy.' ; l ,- The already complicated situation was made more so by the report of the allied reparations! commission which last Fri day - declared Germany's total war in--debtedness to be 6,600,000,000 pounds sterling. ' i Members of the supreme council recog nised that the reparations, commission 1 had reached its decision under the rules laid dowD-i by the Versailles treaty, ; -' - corscii; Borso bt saxb ;. - , Lloyd .George and the Italian repre sentatives were said to h.ave argued that the council would have to take that fact into consideration. It would have to observe all the terms of the peace treaty i'm ' n. i t i ..'I i. . in. ii, T I - i . ,1. iCrmoladed ea Thrt. Column oel; 20.CS0 lilAilTS House Renters in Chicago Refuse to Sien New Leases, and V- Refuse to Move. i -Chicago. April 30, (TJ. P.Jt Eve of May day found the most hectic (U. P. and unsettled conditions ever experi enced by the city on that -anniversary. Twenty thou land tenants who refused , to sign aew leases fat in creased rentals sat tight and refused to move. The total number of evic tion' suits filed hy- landlords was 1695. :: ; . ' , t : ; ;i '; ; Building in Chicago came to ' a dead standstill today. Work on all new buildings was stopped on agreement by the . Associated Builders and Building Construction Employers? association. Builders i declared there would be no resumption of work until the men agreed to accept a cut of 25 cents an hour in pay.- The rate is now i.25, Thirty-five million 1 dollars' worth of construction, ' now under way, was held up by the action. Ten thousand Bkilled 1 workers were thrown out of employment, bringiiur the. total number, of unemployed in the city now to nearly 200,000. - London Is Perturbed Over May Day With Millions Unemployed - '- & ' - "' j. - '-nil I'm i 111 ' , S J -. London. April 30. (U. P.) British of ficials faced May day with perturbation. ; .With the- list of unemployed reaching to the millions and with radicals stirred ,by the coal miners strike,, tomorrow's demonstrations : threatened serious trouble ' . 1 , . ; k -Circulars - distributed 'today - called on the masses to, "Arise and- show their power." Organizers went about among the unemployed and the strikers, urging them to participate in the next parades and meetings set for tomorrow. , Motor Boat Proves ' Faster- Than Train New York, April 30. (IX. P.) The 60 foot motor boat Gar II arrived here to day from Miami. Fla., beating the fast est train time from that City . by 2l 'min utes, t The boat's actual running time for the "1241 miles was 83 hours 0 min utes, an average : of slightly less, than 3,ff miles an' hour. She left Miami -on r Monday morning,, but made Several stops owing to stormy weainer. ,.- 6erman-Madet Fihn -' Pictures Protested , lo9 Ansreles, CaLs April 'S0.-rL K. S.) Resolutions- adopted ; by-- UpIIywoad post pfv the American Legion,; protest ing against the . importation to America of German-made motion , pictures, were forwarded today to President Hardioir and to congress. mm ORDS TARIFF AND TA)( PROGRAM NEARER VOTE Emergency and ; Regular Tai iff i ' Bills Speedetl Up in'. Washing- ton and .Sales JaxLUp May 9 Some Senators: Take Stand "That ; . Sales Tax' Increases Cost of Living, While1 Others Are For It ' H By Clarance - DoBow " . United jm Staff Correspondent . 'Washington,' April . 30. Congress tonight was a (rifle closer to formu lation of the new tariffs And taxa tion programs ! This, when com pleted, will affect toe living cost of every person in the country. It will rinflueoce in some form virtually every. American " business, ' demoi cratic or foreign. i The thrM idniirM rvn ti.a'. ,tJ. ejects were? ..;. . 1 Emergency tariff bill reported by the senate nnance committee. Regular tariff bill considerably more man nair completed in . subcommittee of the house ways and means committed. SALES TAX TJP MAT t , . .. 1 :,: : - vA decision reached to take up the sales tax May s tn, the senate finance com mittee. .Sales -tax; hearings will be fol lowed Immediately by hearings on all forms of;: revenue ; revision. . - " The emergency j tariff ; bill will be brought up in the senate Mondav and probably passed in a week, Senator Pen rose, ;, chairman of the senate finance committee, said. Another week or two mar pass before, final agreements are reached between the house and . senate oa differences, in amendments. . ; 'vThf permanent tariff bill, 'according to the prediction given Penrose byj Chair man Fordney of the house -ways and means, committee,; is -exoected f to be passed by the house and in the hands of the senat .far arlv Inn. s - '. -. the senate .fa-r earlv .Tnm. S3IOOT PIOHTA POR -i "' ' By the-, time,- this -gets through ' the branches, Pentoso hoje??the: finance and ways and memw 'committees wiil li ve ,JyZ'gimiili, rieutHne; of tax revise -liesaidl however, that it would be September before th(Vfcjaatirm Am. J-gram couW be en Urfy completed. 4 f Although the sales tax &r regarded "as gooa as dead already" by some .of the leaders, -a hard fight will be made for ft bf Senator JSmoot of Utah and others. Although ' it ' would add $1,500,000,000 to the taxes paid by , the people who pur chase, Senator Smoot says that when other ; proposed "reductions of expenses, profits and Income taxes are considered the net result would hot be to increase the coat of living. I .. v '-j PREE ilST SLIPPING f ' TJa-is denied,! however, jby many members, who insist the sales tax of itself and as an excuse to the profiteer (Cvnchided on Pace Throe. Colamn One) G. 0. P. BEATEN ON Administration Suffers First De feat When Enlisted Personnel Is Cut to 150,060. : (By UniTera! Serriqle) T Washington, sApril' 3. The ad ministration and Republican leaders In the house suffered their first de feat this afternoon when -a coalition of Democrats and "iimall army Re publicans forced through an amend ment fixing' the size of the 'army at 150,000. , - ; This action was taken-In the commit tee of the whole by a vote of 109 to 82. An ffort will be made to reject the amendment and restore the strength of the army to 168,000 when the bill - is taken up in the house. Republican lead ers pfedicteoVthee coalition victory will be short-lived.:.-..:- '. , :,i-..-r ' . The; amendment ; by Representative Kahn ' of California, chairman of the military affairs committee' to increase the size of the army toM75,000,1was lost, 97 tO-74,. -if1 -'-.-Ap..-TT' - ? Secretary of -War Weeks- had recom mended an enlisted personnel of 183.000, and the appropriations committee, which drafted the bill, had allowed 168,000. America Never Could Be MineBlocaded Says Paul vKoenig ' Berlin, April; 20.-r U. P.) Subma rines will be dangerous weapons in fu ture wars,- and America's' long sea coast would, prevent Aer: - being blockaded, Captain Paul ! Koenig, former' com mander of the' Peutschland; declared tonight, t t i ' - ' Koenig admitted- the mining, of . the "German Bay" l had hampered i the -effectiveness of the undersea craft and played a part in Germany's defeat. , .. "America never " could, be-, mine blocked in that way,- he said. l " ; . "A v country . like Great Britain, - de pendent upon ' its commerce, can be un conditionally ' defeated . through the- use of. submaries and battleships,"! . he- de clared.. - , ' 4 -Jt -' - -The U-boatr he said." "will i be ued in future wars and it will be a. danger ous weapon if employed to bring about a -decisive outcome of Uie struggle.. The U-boat Ibfelf cannot- replace the major baUleshiOK-" P.t'-V-'.- LARGER ARMY B LL MarVCard's : Job. Slipping; f ; Opera Shaky Big. Chicago Organization Must j Qisband,. Unless "Angels" at I 1 $1000 Per Volunteer. ' f Chicago. April 30-CU. P.)--Mary Garden's 6p was slipping away from her $tonight;" , ' , i On the eve of the' homecoming of the Chicago Opera company, of which Miss Garden is the director, : from its tour ef the country,, announcement was made that the company : would ' be disbanded -er would be .-transferred to, another city unless , greater ' backing could, be ob tained . here. Five hundred guarantors Cf $1000 each for hve years would be necessary to keep the company here, offi cials reported. , - 1 . I Harold F. McCormlck, the "angel' of die company for the last 10 tyears,. is stepping down from that expensive post to become simply one of the 500. ii Miss Garden has ai whirlwind 10 days in prospect after her arrival here' before leaving for a summer of rest in Paris. ;;. .. .-. - n i ,1 i i i . . '. i"';.- ': T Laurence O'Neil ; Reaches New York ' - . ' ' (By Dslvatsai 8rrie) . ,. . , -I New. York, April , 8. Laurence J. O'jSeil, lord mayor of Dublin, arrived today-on the British liner Aquitania. to -obtain American aid' for needy and starring Irishmen, women and - chil dren. He is here as chairman of the Irish White Cross, a relief organization. and will not discuss political questions while In-America. - ..: ' Larry Stone. Auto ; ! Racer, Badly Hurt i .. . x , , i Atlanta, Ca., April 30. Larry Stone, autoniobtle racer, was perhaps fatally Injured when his Bens car overturned in the races, at Lakewood park here this afternoon. Stone's mechanic - was also seriously injured. . ", - . News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete in ' . . - tight Sections ; . - , - ttdlteelal ' - , ' , " A Section 2, page 4. .: ; ' 4. . W' ..v. ...... ; .?r. ...f - . , Fereles Dabet Jnd to ttdloc-W SectUtri " 1, Fas .1. Kuropeaa Pre- Cemnieni--cafJS, Fas 'JJ. 3f'$mm: :"?;,'5tl:i'!"u Tariff ami fat Kear -Vote -SeeUOa 1, Pa 1. Knbz lfotiea Pasaed Section 1., Pac 1. :. Near-Diplomats in ' Uixup Secuoa 1. Pac 1 . Par-. ?- ,orror Frm t'nele 6am See turn 1, Pac L - f.- S . - Vcni ji4nU pis Na- Sectioa 1. ,Pag . 8:. I J- r -. befflHtle; Chicaaw Opera Siik- aectioA 1., Pae 1. - -Ail ' Set. for 'Marine Strike Section 1. ' Pace "1. 4 " Northwest ' , . Ojpe- iCounty Celebrate Section : 1, Paee 1. Oreson'a ' Wheat Crop Section j . Is -. Pag 1. Short togaobenry Crp i Section' 1, Pae 4. Train Derailed in Blue Mountaine Section -1, - Pare S. . . " i -, - : '. i. . Seaside Spruces Cp Section 1, Pat 10. MUlioes Toted for Scboob Section 1, Pas 11 Blasting of Tunnel Besnn Section 1, Pas 12, Toledo iS-Mill " . Employ 'Injured Section 1, , Paw IS. I . SilTetton-'- Poetcoaster - Beaisns Secuoa , 1, '-.."Pas 12... -'fiV'-V . V . '". . Al Kader Temple St Seattle Section ,1, Pace 14. Beekeepers Organire Section'!, Fas 13. ( Portland: Mount " Hood Hits Pipe -Section 1 . Pas 1. Noted Film Aotok ; Hera Section 8. Pas 2. Portland ffl Writes Book Section 1 . Page 5. Giria on Lons Hiie Section 1, Pas . Best "flower Show Planned Section 1. Fas 4. Baby.. Clinic Aoeoropliahe Much Section 1, . --Pas 4.. 4 . . ' Bos PehtdTal Totter Section 1. Par 4. BaQ . Ban Bide f to Be Opened Section 1, - Page 5. - ' i ' . Training Ship to! Arrite- Section 1, Pas '6. Aero Section to B Selected; Recti cm 1. Pace 8. Inquiry BecardinC Cbestr Answered Seotio 1, Pace 8. .1 :"-.. . j- ' ilra. Jenktna Condition CriticaJ rcUon 1. rage 10. Odd Fallows, to C elebirate Section 1, Pag 11. ' Hoilneaa New . ' . ' v- Beal Estate and Buildings Section S. Paget 1-3, Market Section; S,. Par 14. - Finance Section 8. Page; 15. v'-". y Tdarin SeeuoS' 1. Pag IS. ' - Section '24 Pagei S-7-8. .'-fi - (.-i! Drama V :. ' 4 :-:i-',i J' - Section 5. Page 1-S. . : - ; Automotit ! Section 4tt Page 1-6. On the rin'er 8oe ) . ; . Th Week m Soqiety Section 4. Page 5--T-8-. Women'. ub Affairs Sectton 4. Pag 10. tn Portland School Section 4,. Pas f 12..-..-; PraternaWection 4, Pag 12. ' ... American Jcion New Section 2, Paget S-v. The Grand Army Section 4, Page T. - ; -: The Beam of Music Section 4, Pag 11. ' National Goard-r-Section 4. Pac 7. - L-'M i ; ItetaeM Bine iArdner' Letter Seeeios 4. Pas S.-. Letters Prom th People Section 2, Pag 5. V Methodist Bishops to-Visit Portland (pictorial) Hatfnn '2. VmBH S. :.''..''" ' VI y .'.-''-.'. ftethodist Bishop'. College Section . 2,' Pas S. CorraUEs Plana ImprovementsSection 2. Pag 2. Just a Uttle lof Everything Section Page 2.; Meteoric IMsplay Pricted Section S. Par 2. ; W. D. ' Fenton,! ITer of Jnataoa Section 2, Pag 2- I - Annual Trap Shoot Tbit Week 'Section 2. Pas 8. - .- k ' '.- : '",. '. Wfc Can Tell What May Will Vol pictorial) Section 5. Pae 1. '-'4. -, '. .- ..- Check Wires in Timing Motor 'Section T. Fag 1- Mystery Mounds Explored Section 7, Pag.l.-.i Progress of Paving (chaTi.)- Section 6, Pag 6f Hew Is the BoadT Section 6, Page S. ' i Maoaifn General Xewa fpictorUI)- Section 7, Par 1. ; Who Wife U Peggy HopWnar Sectioa "it. Vwm- 2 . '.-''''-. ,. i . Gasoline, the Fir Fighter Section 7,. Pas 3-1 That Fee at th Window Sectioa 1,' Pas 4. i Using" Morie to , 8prrd GaJpel Section ., Pag . tv , . : - t .'.I- 1 The Now Summer Walking Suits Sectioa t. Pas 6. ' ' " - i , Health. ..Beauty and Hume Sectioa 7, Par -7 Tb Long Ixmg- Shot." by , Boyal Brown - -Section 7,' Pag S." v - . - f. .;.-. i Comic - ' , - I Bringing tp Father' Section Si Pas 1. i ".itti Junmy" Section S, Pare "2. " '- i Maud" Section , I'age 3. ... .'J- Th Katzenjammer SUds" A Section 8, . Pag Mifflin Following President's Refusal, to ' Mediate,. Only Backdowrf'on Part of Men Can Halt Walkout Shipping Board Orders Wage Cut ' Effective- Tonight;, ' Private Owners to ; Be; More Drastic. New Tonk, April 30. (U. P.) Strike orders to local . shipping unions had - not' hten rescinded at midnight- when the oid wage agree ment expired. It was stated, how ever; that developments at Wash ington would be watched in the be lief that steps would be taken to reach an agreement before the strike was' fully effective. - Leaders here persisted the strike orders stood. i(By Cairersal Senrle) . I' ' . Washington. Aor'l 80. With Pres ident Harding"; refusal to interfere In the shipping controversy an nounced late today there Is nothing now standing -between a strike to be called at midnight tonight . but the surrender of ,ho voiona. The shipping board sent out orders this afternoon putting into effect the IS pec cent wage cuts and changes in working condition effective at midnight and' the private ship owners and operators have stated their determination to make even more drastic wage reductions.' , . .. , In an effort to get an eleventh hour postponement of the , strike the union leaders, W. II. Brown of the Marine En gineers. Andrew Furuseth, president, of the .International Seamen's union and Benjamin , Beckerman.. ttead "of! the United Radio Telegraphers.- called on President Harding . this.' jmorntagi, but were refused k a .hearing.1 4-x . .' DA Tift TEASMITS BEQUEST V Later hey" prevailed on -fieeretary of: ILbor- Uavta to transmit to. the presi dent amemorandum expresslns-tttelr de. .MaBekided bre- -Page ' Two -Column Use) NEW NEAR EAST Z FAMINE DIREFUL Scores 4 Dying From Starvation in. Turkish District China's , - Plight Challenge, i . " A new., famine itrta n the Near East has been opaned for the work of the American, rsltef 'organizations and an urgent appeal for funds has been, issued .from New York head quarters, according to a telegram re ceived Saturday by J. J. -Handsaker, state director of China-Near' East .re lief.' : from. Edgar B.. Piper, who .is in New York. j .''' --Political changes In the Near East have made accessible large 'famine areas In the vicinity of Constantinople,, the mea se re stated. The eituation Is critical and scores, of- thousands ' are- dying from, starvation.'? America has been urged to rush supplies Immediately, and a relief ship with a cargo of ' food,. Will leave the Pacific coast on June,' 15. - '- The situation in China Is : described as desperate, with 5,000,000 people In the famine .district entirely dependent on American assistance until the new har vest, which cOmes late ln June. An epidemic of 'typhun has added to the horror of starvation, and ' whole families eeek escape in suicide.' . T lw Cables from China and. the Near East describing the world's most - desperate situation, are a direct challenge to America,- Mr. Piper stated, and I am confi dent' that Oregon will do her share, in meeting the emergency, call. , f Portland church workers have volun teered their services anew to the cam paigns In an' effort to put across the drive ;in the : territory OutstdeJ of Port land. 1 Durinar the week, the Rev. "W. W. MacHenry of Mount Tabor Presbyterian church, the Rev. Carroll Roberts of the , Montavllla Christian church -ana Mrs, Ruth P. Adams have been working ,1a .Willamette valley counties. Mr. Roberts plans to assist the Rev. - J. L. Bogue, chairman of . Wasco county, .within I a short time. Other .clergymen, who are constantly assisting are CP.' Qates, D. JLester Fields, Thomas Jeniuns, to ward Constant, R. E. Close and A. F. BIttner. ' '- ' " i i ; ,i m i ' i n r: . - American Consur V- Says -Tampico Port ; , Favors Germans ;-, . - , ' I , .-J; Tampico. AprU 80. U, r.)-j-A vigor ous protest against aiscriminatiorr against American ships- in favor, of, German vessels has been made to Tam pico authorities by Claude L Dawson, American consul here. ' r --, - The protest followed Mexican officials allowing' the German . ship Marie to dock as - soon as she arrived, while. because of harbor congestion, a number of American vessels had been waiting for berths for several weeks, i Americans declared several incidents have occurred . recently showing pro-German and anti American sentiment here. - . . ; WANT TO MOVE HERE af e ' the three ' lead-, ing Oregon ' candidates for diplomatic posts. E. EL Brodie, Oregon City; at the top, "wants to go to Siarn; Fred L.: Boalt, i Portland, in theicenter, Vwduld take Uru guay ; 'Daniel Boyd of Enter prise has eye on NicaraugtsT ; ( .: ; . .'.:'.:,.' ' V .J s ' y ' - -f ' i ' -' ' ?i -.A ,-",vy. f -vA 3-:'::'-' " ;-' i , '. J " 'i. .vi V ' r Y-r:- " r - NEAR DIPLOMATS INViDlXUP Three j,rOregon. Candidates for Ministerial Jobs Victims of " Comedy of Errors. '.' Washington, April 3. (WASH. INGTON BUREAU OK THE -JOURNAL.) Speaking OZ Oregon' candi dates for diplomatic post,,- an arnus (ng .story- is told of" three ; of them, making" up a comedy of errors al most, tragic in its. possible .conse quences, as all diplomats -and near dlplomata "will v realize. 'To begin somewhere-nesr' the begln niie. K. ii. Btodie. edttor of the Oregon City Knterpritie, atairted abut -sarly . as a candidate for minister to Slam. Also, Daniel Boyd, lawyer of Enterprise, let it be known in sthe proper ,circles that he was perfectly willing to represent! the nation In Nicaragua. 'Both have been In Washington and both- have been duly recommended by- the senators at . the White House. ' : : ... -. '' Thei along came a flood -ol indorse mentsTor Fred L. Boalt, Portland news papsr man, ' for minister to 6iam. It is supposed . here -that Boalfs. friends, had overlooked the fact that another Oregorr man had already picked out Siam, and (Oondluded 'as Pas ynrten, Cclnisa Two) Allies Seek U. S. Attitud 2 t K ' . X, - tH I K . s . K : t 1 : Berlin Would Assume Deb: .' .By Daridl Lawrence - ' ! (Coprrisht, 1921. br The Journal) - ..-' Washington, AprlJr - 30. -Though the " United States government has thus far avoided any comment on the merits of the latest Qerman' pro posal on Teparatis. there is one paragraph' in the note on which the allied ' governments would . like an answer 'from 'Washington, be it of ficial, unofficial, Informal -or coached in any . ether dlplomatie language available. . " It is the paragraph In whlfh Germany formally expresses tree -wH".!nn-s to assume allied indebtet3rii to the United States, approximately $ic,C-00,OOCi,000. Ger- ill. IS PASSED !i l SENATE.4S- .ft Action Fulfills Boast That-S Group" .Woujflx Fcreign Status, Says-Senator Hitchcock Approval by House Will Be Fol lowed by Separate ;,Pact' With Germany, Senator lodge Hints .. Washington, '.April vSO. IT. P.) The senate tonight p.itsod the Knox resolution repealing tho state of war between1 the Uniti'l States and the central powers.: The vote was 4 9 to 23. Three Democruts voted for the resolution. NO Republicans voted against- it. Tho democrats who voted , for it were: u , - Myers of Montana,.; Shields of, 1en- nessee and Watson of .Oeorgla. f It was announced tliat ' Senutor r.t--1 of M!ssourland Senator Wulsh of Jslas sachusetts, Democrjats, would have fet ed for -the resolution i had " they , been present. .... , . 1 ., ' Senator Nelson, : Minnewofa, a Repub lican, -was paired against them but-wus not permitted to vote because of the ab sence of this pair. AMK5DME5T VOTEO DOWN . The resolution was admitted without amendment after the senate voted dow n, 8 to 44, a proposal by Senator Town send, Michigan, to eliminate tho repeal of the war declaration, leaving j the reso lution a simple statement that the elate of war was envied, i ;The resolution. In addition 10 repeal ing ho war declaration, protected Uia rig-fat of the United States in Austrian and German properties held toy Die alien property custodian until a final dlepofition has1 heen settled either by congress or by treaty. - ;The resolution now goes to the house. CMABGS AI1E HtltLED The final hours of the discussion wer marked by charges from the Democratic, side that the resolution 1S an .e'f- y by "a coterie of Kepublican senators dieUte President Harding's foreign , icy, fcnd by a counter chart on the Republican side that Democratic opposition- is based on the fear that the reso lution end for all time the hope of ratU ficatlon of the Versailles treaty, i It also brought from -Senator Lodjr. party leader, a statement that a treaty with Germany ' probably would foU?w the resolution, and that it would require 72 additions to sepasate the VersaUU-a treaty from the lea (cue" covenant. Taken tog-ether, the statements were Interpreted by some senators as indicating- that the Harding policy contemplated a separate peace treaty with Germany, which.wlll disregard the Versailles treaty entirely. . '. - FOBCISG HAHDING'S MA4D Senator Hitchcock,. Nebraska, leading the Democratic fight.-said the resolu tion is an attempt tp -force Harding's hand. . , I "It is an effort by a coterie of Re publican senators," he said, "to make good the boast beard during the cam paign, that hereafter the dominant group in the senate would run this na tion's foreign affair-. It is a deliber ate .attempt to - force him finally to give vo the Versailles treaty as a means ef settlement and to make a separate treaty of peace." - Senator Borah of Idaho, made the charge that - the treaty is being disre garded by France and. Great Britain. "The allies are in Germany today, not In accordance with the terms of the treaty, but in vain of them," said Borah, - ' ' BOttAH 8EES 8LTJSE89 T'Orah said there was -a, covert ef fort by some Ilepubllcans and Demo crats to get the treaty ratified by the senate. "Kurope will never recover until tKn treaty has been abandoned or. revised," he said. It is", reducing Europe to a state of chronic revolution. -I have little doubt, if Woodrow Wil son were called on wow to help execute the 'treaty, he would refuse." Coal Will Advance. 25 Cents in St. Loui St .Louis, April SO. ( I. N. S.) I'.e. tall coal from Carterville ana ilou. t Olive mines will advance 25 c-nts tr Jon to $7.50 and $6.2S, respectively, it was announced by dealers tnis after noon. Increases at the mines is n.c-r,t-1 as the. cause. "many-says on this point: "In -case the United States and the allies should to "desire. Germany would be d;po?e i t : take over to the limit of her capacity the payment of the allied obligations to tM United States ortunccount of their d. tt, to the latter." y ALLIES Abe willing The allies are perfectly wining. .TTir always have been. Ihey Vvo .! ! f. ' . . transfer the debt they owe t' e Ut;". I Statrt to the backs of the Ger, n prer!fcillng odminiatration sgr i to f . -mit a similar proposition wi n-- .- t to'- the Dftzian debt, . ut H i-" '"'v " been acted upon by - ct-." r-j-n. J " " the. question ariftti "" t f ; n , sugRrfelion nipets t t A (Cow!n'1."l oa rag 1 i . ..