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: AM Htr. and ie, AU Trum y Y 1 VOL. XX. NO. 276 "T",J5 M.it SPOTLIGHT In Political Show Preceding, Election TURNED ON President Harding's Big Conference of FARMERS -By David Lawrence- (Ottfrtabl. ItJJ. by Th Joaraal) Waahlngton, Jan. 21. The firmer cam Into hla own today. H heard tit president of tha Urlted State a tow r" " that the farmar must have long-time cred- It to flnaitc hla crop and that atrrt- t culture haa a right i to aa much consid- rN f'' i eratlon by tha bank it I, '01 "-' country , ' ' M any other busl- - Tha president's ad. dress waa a signifi cant climax to the movement which tha agricultural laments Af lh. n . f liln h.. eiane m tne last yaar for bettor treat- "i rarming interests oy tne govern ment. Tha fartnaro applauded again and again aa Mr. Harding expressed not merely sympathy with their sufferings but a conviction that agriculture muit be put on a buelneea basia with the aid f th banking facilities of th govern ment. Back of the president's speech was a cooaclouanesa of th Immense political power which the so-called agricultural bloc, a group of Republican as well as iJemocrstlo memtxirs of Congress, haa begun to wield aa a consequence of the active demands of the farmers In th agricultural voting districts of th coun try, and while Mr. Harding sought to Impress hla hearer that th Issue waa not one of a class or a bloc. It waa plain that th farmer at last had made his point and that th summoning of th conference itself was a notable victory. for It la an answer to th protesting voices of farmers for th last three years. It la an effort to placate the re bellJoua element in th Republican party which baa always drawn Its major suih pert from th farming communities, and U Is laatly an effort to harmonise the peace-time machinery of th govern ment banking system with th admit ted emergency of an after the 'war dis turbance. Behind th discontent of the farmer that he has to borrow money on short -- - - - -I wram.cu nun blra Immeasurably by passing word along to th banks not to lend any mors money, , Th revival of th War Finance cor- ' - ' iTeaiaeniuu veto I but a tininirini..fhi. tl. . niernc joqks toward Something more rermaaent than aa. emergency corpora Uo et of th members of th agrU cultural Moo to ooncreaa think th. - . . a ii prevsm ewer 1s t b found In extending ih. ICeeeavtod aa Pate aulas-,. Cbtaaa roar) William N. Qatens, circuit Judge : re ceive approximately 170.000 of the es Ule of hla aunt. Mary Cremen. who died January It at the ag of 13. ac cording to th will filed for probate in circuit court today. Th remainder of the estate' is dis tributed among relatives and tnutu- TV" ?m "P-flenjr "tales that 120,00 of th amount left to Judge Catena la for "valuable services ren dered and performed by htm for ma." Th judge receives the balance of the total after th other beneficiaries re celv th tmninti specified for them. Bequeeta ware mad aa follows : Archbishop Christie, $1000; th FUv. K. V. Ollara, Eugea pariah, $500: th R. w. R. Cronin, Xaurelhurst parish. IS90 i tXe Rev. A. Q. D torlmler. for fnerty f Cathedral pariah. S00; th Rer. It J. McDevett of Marsh field. $500: atsters of Charity of th Mom or I'rcv Idenc f St. VlnceaU. $1000: Andenon Induatrtajl Home at Be vert on. $1000: Hister ft Oood Rhepherd of Portland. $:(K; Clrlatlaa Brother, for th edu railon of a boy. $1000; Sisters of Holy Name of Jeeus and Mary. $4000. for th perpetual scholarship for th educa tion ef a -young girl; Congregation of Krred Cross or Holy Cross of Columbia university. $i00. for a perpetual schol arship for tha ed uc lion of a boy; 8o rUrty of Holy Name uf Jesus and Mary. $IM0. for orphan girls, and Bisters of Presentation, $1000. JUDGE GATENS IS WILLED WOO Farmers Hold Political Key . at v Wallace Defies President y ttabert J. Bender , Me Surf CriwvMVst . (Ovrnsbt. 1131. br tka V sited Mm) Washington. Jan. tl Watchfull po Utlcal yea are centered on th agricul tural conference now under way here. Th reason la th combined In'- est snd faar of th two old parties ta the bi-partisan farm bloc, watea has estab lahed tH.lo consrreaav An- frhar no greater evldenoe of this interest could ba offered than th praaanc at th opening session of th onfereac of Presidekt Harding. Wil liam Jeanings Bryan and Bernard Ba rn h. , .. . rresldcnt Harding' delivered a long and studied address of encouragement to th. fanners and stepped out of his pre Pfrer long enough to warn that th farmers problem la not a question tor "Ptea" to settle alone. BBTA SKKW8 CAMfAISM Will tr 1 senau e7 Ium . William Jennings Bryan, veteran Dm sua csnaiaai ror ut presidency, la from Florida, where? he is brewing a to rial eambaU-n hark t ,i lust U visit around with r sectloa of th country which has always honored hbn with his greatest tratea Bernard M. Baracfe la th man whore rnancial geaarealty constituted , th NEW REVENUE FOR STATE IS BEING SOUGHT Committee Appointed by Governor Opens Session; Believes Bur den oh Real Property Should! Be Lightened; Debt Is Large. Destruction of fertile little valleys In Eastern Oregon in dredging for gold and the consequent loss of taxable property was touched on today In round table discussion by the committee which la formulating recommendations to be sub mitted to the next legislature relative to taxation. In Sumpter valley, said Wal ter M. Pierce of the committee, thou sands of acres have been bought by dredging companlea which are digging them up for the placer gold. He under stood that options had also been taken on the acres of little John Day valley It la In these little valley, he said, that hay la raised for the support of stock. Their destruction " " -" '"0 UCDUV8 th land, but also affecta th stock in dustry. As to what the dredsins- com. panles get out of the ground in value. Pierce aald no on Vnw Th. turn to the state Is the small tax on the ynsmi areager. some land, he said l-rurnt oy -rJlng companies at MO an acre. Wilt GATHER DATA Co A. MrKnna nt Ik. . v,w VVIIlIttiLLCQ thought tha Question inn r f l - - . f w sidered by th committee. It involved we principle, be said, of how far a man cah control hla property Independent of government authority. nerce contended It was destroying property on which society has Bome claim. Chairman Dav draw a iio.tinHnn tween natural wealth ant nroi.h -vi iai- ed bv man. In tYi mntmi 1 wealth, he thousrht aocietv hmM k.,.. om aay, but as to wealth created by uie muiviauai, ma right waa absolute. Agreeing with Pierc in k. a.- structitfm htn. .... i .i , - - uj we auu dredger. Day distinguished between In- ""'"J uai uesiroys natural wealth and Induatrv that rMi ..uv . Th result of th discussion waa the w gainer inionnation regard lng dredclnr for mticuu dkiih The commit t - .w uio V1 est and discussed superficially the quea- wuugn vi umoer. anotner xorm of natural wealth whfoh it wa. nlaad would soon disappear' If no pro vision waa mad for' reforestation. As nrnrii principle, chairman Day e praaaed th thniis-ht t u .w . slow development of the forest, the tax va umoer anouto D uueen mainly at the time tha croo waa KarrMtti iv seemea to b the sentiment of the cpmmltt that th raU of taxaUon on lURMr IJLnflat ChAtllrl si r lAfsr V J. I lng growth. ss sewv 3 1VW UUr- . Th income tax bill introduced by IConcleded aa Fate Sixteae, Cotaaa Fear) Renew Attempts to Have Woman Slaver Put in State Prison rTiends and attorneys of Mrs. Alma Louis Wurtsbarger were renewing their efforts todar to hav tha r.. confined In th Oregon penitentiary at ostein, ana not in tne Colorado state prison as punishment for killing , husband. They have persuaded United owes aiaraiuu Hotchkisa to keep her In th city for a few days until a re ply can b bad from AttArn n..i " " vj. lst Saturday Daugherty ordered her eonflnad . In m (VlmiiA ..... i I avuv m-VDn, Monday morning Judge It 8. Bean di- recwa , a now oroer committing Mrs. Wurtsbarger to th Colorado prison for 10 years. Physicians for Mrs. Wurtsbarger claim removal to another climate will shorten her life, as she is suffering se verely from asthma. The Oregon cli mat seems to sgre with her health. United States Attorney Humphreys haa arranged for th government physician. Dr. Uoyd W. Brooke, to examine the prisoner today. Ilia report will proba bly Influence federal officials in their next move. Mrs. Wurtsbarger was sentenced to prison for killing her hus band with hammer September 4, on the Chemawa Indian reservation, v foundation for the two campaigns of too row wiison, and who, sine the war. nas interested himself constantly in rarmers' problems. And in the offing Of the mnfNn . n J - . .v., . witv. wiisnw men dropped in for quiet chats with the sricHKurai aeiegatea w i "sTicuiturat bloc, according to DO In RerMihllcsn mnA rwm.u. i -- " w.hv. OH r1 on freat potential pollti- i. lnl must be watched. It has established it.lf i- . of confese, and. according to its mem- ii nere to stay, it is probably .P'V0 fr aay It has iu eyes vtou 1 to use. SO SEXTS VISIBLE President Hard Ins: U banging away at It On verv AimirtDnitv a j leaders, including members of bis cabl- S .1 T. JO""n ln oangtng procedure. But If any denu are being mad ln the bloc they are not viaihu i k. ... b. Indat? tVtSE-!2?.i5H . , , , vwmii 01 uie eryan and Baruch are not asvtr..- ranch tmt watching mmA k.. " d listen! na. fbev are not delegate to th convention, butl Interested observers. -They are mter-f ' nmsw. Cotaaa Two) PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY JSVENlNO; JANUARY 24, 1922.-TWENTY PAGES. ; Widow's Mite Goes to Help Chest Drive y : The greatest contribution to charity in the world's history waa the widow's mite. It has multiplied millions of times in it stimulus to giving. . It was the widow's mite, enhanced, that dropped Into -the Community Cheat today. "This was a weddlnsr nrnt " M an aged woman who came into Com munity onesi neaaquarters. "I can't do more and I wont do lees.' She offered an old-fashioned gold watch and chafn.- In the hands of W. X Hofman, chairman of the features bu reau, the gift may rank with the largest contributions secured by the fitHns- squadron, for it is to' be sold at auction at one of th committee campaign meetings. OPTIMISTIC REPORTS The flying squadron, headed by Frank lin T. Griffith, made hiehlv nntlm.t. reports after its first advance toward larger subscriptions. i-" "'" Diainesa xirm so rar tn-I tervlewed has given less than last year No Portland business firm so far in- toward the $798,777 quota of the chest ana one nrm suoscrtbed more. The fly In e sauadmn is work with every encooragement. The enlistment of workers was said this moraine to be nmrvuwtinv wttw th same responsive WillinrneBS. wnere is volunteers were on duty in the card classification under way in the COUrthOUSe tinder Arfttnn nt County Clerk Beveridge and Deputy James Gleaaon there are 28 today. These workers, tucked away in an obscure corner of the courthouse nixed as making one .of the moat Im portant Of the contrthnt chest System in subscripUon work would be impossible without their aid. DIYISIONS JfEAR COMPIETIOX That SUbscrintion rlivl.lnn. v. - .-v.... n .. . completed by the time of the big klck- (Cosclnawt on Paga Sixteen. Colnras Foot) TODD IS VICTIM. ATTORNEY SAYS j utiii My. ioaa, ex-saiem school su perintendent was held court jury this morning by one of his attorneys. Charles Roblson. to be as much a vtctltt'Of Orlha I. any. of .th 13ftl Salem- people who W $50,000 In Ihe deal. Todd Is on trial on a charge of using the mails to promote or iana xraiviij. J No effort Wait mflflo fi 4antr V.e.a- . . ' mvsi mat 4. vyviAl money, but it was denied that h knew h waa linked Upt in a fraudulent schema, t jp . Vnnwii . m a.fTalra.owing Jh & fact that Todd haa ""s wwr sui ota in, was Hyen by Robison as the reason for his aIIaTIW tint .( -J to investigate : ZI LZ? t , . - -rvu- lng so deeply involved. DEFENDS TODD Roblson was followed by Judge A. I --.ici. wiuiotr oi lOQQ i attorneys. "I admit Todd ought to have had sense enous-h nrt tn .nni, . .1.1 5ldK Miller drin" nl8 argument, but ' criminal intent. He didn't conceal anything in the .entire scheme. "-"ki posBioiy iiyron s reputation. Ev ery thing was open and above board. w nave brought witnesses here from Salem." he muMhhi - - . wv very plac where this incident occurred, to v. ' 100 n,n aianaing he still has ... wBununny. a man who haa bulk up a reputation as Todd has Is en titled to some consideration for it" While discussing the lack of contra dictory evidence on the part of the de. iense the attorney said, "Qnllty men show less evidences of guilt than inno- vcui men. HUMPHREYS CLOSES utuvw , owes Atiorney Lester W Humphreys made th closing arrume.nt this sfternewn niuwu , Biases -Attnrnov T.. this afternoon.. The defense, rested I. o'clock Monday, after which Assistant vjuiwa oiaies Attorney Flegel mad th uoBins: anrument for t. ment Plesrel chare-ei Tkaa ,h. i ingly participating; in the scheme, and said he used his renutatinn in o.i Bs,stB,U as a means of getting his friends and P" wltn their money. ucieae maae a second motion ior a Otrected wrdM tki. i which Judge Bean denied. Th case ent to tn jury late this afternoon. Portland Man One Of Three Missine Men in Rqw Boat Hoquiam, Wash., Jan. 24. Three men. one thought to have been William .c.u.u ui x-oruana, are reported to I wi wu u Hrtemnn ior hsve loot their lives Saturday night j C11" Purchase of the Shantung salt while attempting to make- their nr ltilf!,d- ' , ; v . -- v- wicu m my m a row boat rram Tshnlah m t.m w .Mil river, zs miles north of here on the coast They are said to have started for the Queets district In search of a cold claim. At Taholah on man went ahead font .... mrnnn ana coast guard cut-1 terS DMln . Hn4fn. .u.. l. I - B vus- ui cTNtsx. I J 'V m Sa7na- ent at the Taholah 1 Indian rinjei ni.fU.M A. I - oDd km iiu&b in thre men left tn the boat against his advice, the surf being high and the en- sie in ine ooat raulty. Only one had -;pra-i-jnoai was saia. Logger Strockby Splinter Loses Eye Keaberr.- Ian. hIm.i in.. daugh, employe of the Spaldinr Loe- seriously injured about the head - this I Wrote thread. monunr wfwifi um .,n. w ,J r - vtnu..cr Mnm Wn in th head. Dr. J. s. Ranjrjj!, w reooem nrsx sui mmui had beats knoekesd mat . 1 hi fac was crushed and that his imi.. I !7iTv. T" w!Bn"w utat His brain 171 - l!Jf3UV!a' "-augh was taken I might be injured. Ailendauch waa taken ired. Allendaugh was taken rtlf? brain specialist TK .r!! ccldear-r th Arrow - - - M v i AiMnoaugh Is .0 1 vo uin wen anead. afoot, I e o a resolution declaring for aud waited at Raft river 24 hours fori faction of land armament, but wlth tne three In the boat to appear. He re- j ODl an agreement to put any limiUtions RUMBLINGS OF Powerful Group of Progressives Are Threatening Insurgency if Conference Fails in Pledging Farmer Definite Plan of Help. W&chlnrtoa. j. ti the agriealraral conference lost the first skirmish today when their efforts to have a committee on resolutions ap pointed failed.. Throagh saeh a eommtt- " s""P sopea to nave Its program adoPted y the conference. By James T. Kelbert Washington, Jan. 24. U. P.) A vol. cano is grumbling under the placid sur face of President Harding's agricultural conference. It threatens to erupt with devsuitatin political .effect if the conference fails tn produce a constructive program of agri- lurtural reliet .A powerful progressive threatening insurgency . In the confer ence unless the assembly goes on rec- cmpuauc-aiy in raver of what it .i i8 on,T Prosram that will aid the farmer. The nrorram 1 Financial relief, even If td. Sri"!'? must extend credits totalling Jl.000,000,000 or more. E e-!rWen.tyflv Per Cent reducUon ln freight rates. 3 Insurance of the farmer. ...t... iOSS. -B"o 4-rCooperative marketinsr and hmrin. BODIES APPBOTB IT This, in uhnta.noA .v. drafted at an executive meeting of the National Farmers' union. In attendance at this session nere Charles S. Bar ren, union city. Gil. president of the organisation ; C. j. Osborn of the Farmers' onion of Khra.t. . mi. t . 1111. . vmxx nvuu, farmers union of Iowa; A. C Davis. rarmers union of Arkansas, and W. C Lansdown, Farmers' union-of Kan sas. T . . Support of this nmmm im. l'' oeen pieagea by the National UHWunra , pmi at. Tin. .w, , , - ------ un . rvBBsyivailH, SUt-araad.4he NationaL Noa-partis&n :r'zr -v'-wnsK society o; vtuity, the Farmers' NaUonal ooaijcil and othsr. agricultural ortranlratl FBOOIIESSITES Sf AS MuCh. kit tmmmam tm the , progressives'-at the composition it ib various committees or the confer' ence. Thev dure. tVi -mm... u o vviiiuu.M:- im. lected bv a eommittiu .rvnntnti v.., o . - Kt-vtMWM JJ ecv retary of Agriculture Wallace, as being ln.il. J mI.i. . nucw wiio reacuonary oelegates. This, however, will not balk, th progressives who plan to bring in minority reports (Coachload en Pace Two. Column Three) SIBERIA IS GIVEN OVER TO JAPANESE By Cart D. Groat , - M W.. VW. .1.1. .WO. ern committee nt tha nma ne... -. ... wiuocuvc i today recognised Japan's aUnd on th Siberian auestian as valid Ttit I Japanese, troops can remain in Siberia mm- me present. It' developed this ' afternoon that v the Pacific . fortifications clauses-article " 11 Of th ' naval trearv mirtlrtaJlv tia been adjusted.- '.Under the. arrangement reached, the Bonin islands a potential TT W 1 . v .... . nw(wua near japan will not De for tified. Thouch no definite atxt made of this 'point, apparently an ar- laugcineai nas Deen maae wnereby the Bonin islands mav h mnriHrxi & m of the Japanese homeland, the mint Japan has pressed as a matter of pres tige, but they cannot be fortified as -the mainland proper could be fortified. The Far Eastern committee Is now nearly at the close of Its work. ConfereM Iniiv turn! y,m 'conversations? -would turn to the Shan- isng railway deadlock, while the main conference desired to clean up on the Siberian question. There seemed no tatfl. rBMH -tm Inn... delay over Shantung, though a Japanese spokesman suggested tne session called for mid-afternoon might be occupied with "details' of collateral issues. An the main collateral themes have been adjusted ; the last was an agreement for Should the railway tOnlc be. rfWn.au as desired. It will be several days before a fmal settlement ' is reported, the Jap anese indicated. . Passage of a resolution declaring for ,uto eneci ac presenv is now under eon- miAmmlm . ... . ' nvui nnw si ug coniereea 11 would be simply a declaration of pOI- ln- . .k-. . . . , . . . Icyeuch as. the recent resolutions on , This would not condemn (France !di rectly for blocking: limitation of armies in the. present conference. . but it might be a hint, to the. French that their pol icy of maintaining a Urge army does not meet w ith th approval of th world. fflassesFittediiLI ureece Made Here ??- d-T.' 'an St--A prescription. I. . , mkiwMimgi m W j -td Athenian oculiBt, has been filled wrmci nv Dr. RMiina rh,Mi. 1 i iiit i ii ii w lriaaia or rvn rn n9 ttMk Hnn. . Wm --.--- a. I frame, are en their t . -rn,. I hneasurement for the lenses was uk I measurement foe ha inHM ... 1.1.. j by tha Athonlaa oeulist for th father of ja young man residlnsT In this city. The un sjw nwH ana sent: rnsr boy had tha aiassea mads an . Agricultural Gnn0 Conservation assocution (kft).d Cs. Barret, chairman of the national board of farmers and president of the National Farmers tural lead" "nfercnce at Washington prior to the international conference of agricul- -vrt ,v ,MiS . ' MEIER 10 HERALD Julius L. Meier frill herald the ao- proach of the Oregon 1925 exposition In the capitals of Europe and Asia and .In vite 'participation of foretsn -trovern. inents 5ia the event; ardlnir. to an-; viu.i.cuicijv Hftua , oy - turn ipoay at a meeting; of stats exscitiv comnUtt of th eiposHion at the Multnoman hotel. Meier stated that Im, would leave San Francisco February .21 on a tour months' tour, making stops In Japan and China and reaching Europe through the Sues canal. "My reason for making this trip is that it is necessary that foreign coun tries be informed concerning .our ex position at the earliest possible moment, that they may hold themselves In readi ness to participate therein when formal ly invited." Meier stated. "Congress by 1oint resolution has authorised President Harding to extend an invitation to Eu ropean nations to Join with Oregon in 1925 and it remains for Oregon to inter est the people of those countries in the exposition." TIME IS PROPITIOUS "Economic conditions abroad in nnt so inviting now as they win b later. aald Meier, "and a great improvement u euuuiig rates will roiiow th rehs. bilitationlr European iXrtrT dffi tv. i JZ . . ofcr.; aurf u cuauwge rates am roUow the reha me mtervenlns' n Wn .v exposiUon. Trade expositions are being held In all leading commercial ; coun tries." England is nrenaiins- tA hnM m interhationaJ "ntriMitimi - Francs fa adontina. iinn. unuwiiallQ an exposition of .International -Import- uice at aiarseuies.and, in. each Instance American' participation is Invited."' t The disairhament.conference at Wash. Ington had opened the- way for closer relations between the larger na tions of the earth; Meier stated, and the time is opportune1 for Oregon to direct the interest of the rest of the world' In the Pacific Northwest. Meier will be accompanied bn hla trip abroad by Ben Hur Lampmui. who will keep the Port-t land press: informed as to the success of his mission: : '.". . . .- . "Durinr mr absenrw tnr tha uri months the preparatory work surround. wig tne sarnmistration of the exposition can go on unabated.: said Meier.. TO EDUCATE PEOPLE .- ' v- : "A-carii'pahrn of ' education can be In, augurated tbrooghout th state and th finances provided to'liuhir saccess. Th various etsie. leglsUtnres that are now in session along- the Atlantic coast and In the South -can 'be formally' iwvtted to appoint' commissions to ascertain what value-the- Oregon 1928 exposition wfll be to- therrt.-1 Plans may be ontHned and the found ation laid for active conatror! tfon to begin' ln the-earfr sprins- of next yea. - -- , ' ; -. i .a t ,-..7 eratiires Tddav With an of tne high and low Dresauri areas shifted around the weather tu.- a wens, tstrtct weather of weather conditions has began to look more lik normal than-It haa foe several weeks. Asa result of the changes that have taken place, rain . and moderate temperatures are, predicted for Portland uaiyesiern uregon today. f , Hearinon Resolutiori to Begiii ' Washinrton. Jan. 24. rrr t i tr Incs as th If vera tMnlntln. .tu . Ings oa the Myers resolution calling- for an investigation of the movies will t. beunrf Pocial senate sub-comtnlt- te within a few weeks, it was learned today.:; The resolution sraWfimriv ...it. tor aa' inquiry of th political activiUes 1925 FAIR ABROAD . , " " " . . - ...uciiuuu n ununmn stasia pioject. aceora- It thL1tn T,?h,a'c,af3r TOmn--ee j ln to a teleeram received by Director 4 ilMlli!l,HHn.,iilllliillVVU".ii-ii-""-!i"!iii; 11 'i 1 i I .'.".1 p f r-' Auto Show Hangs Up New Mark o one. It was thought could he more pridefuJ, vain, boaelful and full of swag ger unless it was a new father than an exhibitor of: champion animals at a stock- shaw.-; . . . 'hBut that sWortautora ,.,"Kithr th stock raiser" or ' the happy dad would appear by comparison as th humblest Of lh humble besid an ex hibitor of on of those high tempered, pedigreed and gorgeous automobiles 'at the thirteenth annual show tn The Au ditorium. Aside from their automobiles, exhib itors have another caose for bragga docio, to wit : It was the most successful, best at tended opening day of any Portland au tomobile show. Paid attendance exceeded the 1921 mark by a wide margin, snd sets a rec ord for the event. AFTEKNOOJf STARTS BC8H In the early hours of the day visitors were few snd scattered, and salesmen gTeeters had. plenty of Urn to wander about and view the cars of rival deal era But in the afternoon the rush be gan and at the peak hour In the evening Interested ones were obliged to peek Over Shoulders at anm tv. displayed. J ,deIer" were surprised and de lighted to find that attendance from out-of-town CitleS Was fullv m-nm ... as that a year ago. Dealers from as tar south aa Klamath Falls were on (CWtodaas Fasa.Sawm. Ootaaa Oaai contract between the. war department and nenry rnra.i for, the, Muscle. Shoals ni trate nroftertt waa mmi.t..fl . . .. . sent. to Detroit, for the automobile man- It Tm aej 1 1 BnSk ?"p b .saltaTi asaskak sj witiSVtTC . ' 1 f l . As soon as It is signed snd retsrned -.-v' . m tw bcu . wui ana 1 r tn congress, v. . - , Earners, Impatient VVitn iugh Oost-of w. a - - . . . m 7 liiyiiig.; Mk Kf3ason w. '"'By.'17rJljl fcrrW) VWsshhurton. Jan.. Jerarmers sre impatient wtth a situation that compels them to -per' prices from M to 10 pn cvnt -higher 'than 'before- the rar. ' ao cording to A. Sykes of Iowa, who IS at tetrdinr tS f natiowal agricultural corf. ference. Skee has 'figured out bow many bushels of com it takes to ' buy somecs the thlnga a. farmer needs: Why is It," be sskwl. -that farmers have to peT'40 bteshels -of .corn for. a agon- which they used ta buy for 159 burhetsT . . ,. , f "Why. musf they- pay, 1& bushels of corn for a gangplow which formeiiy coal I2S. bushels? or'lM bpshels for a sbCt of ctothee.thM-fcTDrtr. cost.SO 4oah ela; -or J. bushels for the shoes' that tor roerly ooenine bushessT- ,., " Farmer in the - con .belt ialso ' want to 1rnw.- be said, wrhy hanrrls eold at re tall througboTitthe- country" at about aix times the? price, of thre hogv when the noTmal jatio M .l:tolx . Gbbtlials Sobrf Will ; Star tdnasiii Work t 3 Ofvmnia. Waah Jan 9l TT T --' eraLOoethals' wOj leave New'Terk for Seokane next Sundsv ts fMam inMn. Uon of Columbia basin prelect, aecord- . ,v p fr '. . J rf - - ' ( t ' "'.' : 'riJ'-Nw t" - 5 lUlMUl l.IIHffilflHHIH'"HlLnnmi-iMtMiii .n. nl.,Mrr,,l.., SSrd i CITY EDITION : If AU ffr and f AM Trum - THE WKATHEH Torrtrtit aitd Wdne t:' . day. rata : southarty winds. - . " '' MtoUwusa temperature Monday: ' ' - -Cbkca.ro , t Kew Orleaas U " Nw Tor k ...... is ; ; Portland U St. Paul ,.vUr.nf,J ELLEO RAT III SHIP POOL With Portland making rapid strides la building up eorsjnerc thrdugh this port whUe;other porta are losing business st an alarming rat. Portland' most b shows that, efforts to farm a $Js.OM.eO0 shipping merger on the Paclttc coast.de not cloak motives which would check th shipping growth of the Columbia river. This attitude was made plain today by. members of the Portland delegation attending the ship merger conference st Ssn Francisco, last week. Th opinion was stia . further, voiced that Portland could not Join in any plan which might veU an attempt of the Pacific Steamship company and the Pacific Mall Steam ship company to rehabilitate their finan cial affairs. All .but two -of Portland's delegate have returned to the city. L' D. aunt, Peter Kerr, Frank Warren. H. B. Van Duser and W. D. B. Dodson are back. J. C. Alnsworth and W. B. Ayer are still In the Southland trying to gain some suggestion which may Indicate the real intent of the meeting. CA1I. IT CBA5D8TAXD PLAT Those who have , returned are of one opinion, and that is that. San Francisco and Seattle Interests, through, the ma nipulation of "stacked deck" tactics and "grandstand" plays, attempted to stem pede Portland Into a merger scheme, the details of which were guard with the utmost secrecy. Discussion of the plan for two days, numerous conferences and preliminary meetings were of no avail to Portland when the delegates from this port at- (Osees-dad de Pss Tsa, Cbimaui fear) Charles W.todin -:PJead8'N6tV6iiillgr Charles W. Purdin entered a formal Plea f not guilty this sXteraoon when he was arraigned before Presiding Cir cuit Judge Tucker on a charge of first degree murder. On th. night of ,De fmbr 8- Ila. tt U charged, kiried his wife. Alice, And ' Howard Slgsby whom he found in her home after anld- nlerht. Purdin waa fMinj - I Will aaTa I ( Sn SSB UOf. H SSSJIJ I ut of a soicide attempt.' from gas inhalation, presumably the re- 15' c -I Atonymous tvand;:;rgr6ced S'tions : syiH 'Be 13- i- - 1 i-A.' m liie'.cninqay- PORTLAND SM .PPTPT? TXn n? UTC a twltsa atra srwa , STSfeD-a iwa Dun Police Chief Jenkins Calls in Heir Men to Launch More Effective Drive on Yice ''-Conditions! Appeals for Cooperation. ;' Portland's mm) v. '- - ' - too much for R.fit -t.-w - and his band ef specially aasigaea p ..vwn .aa nmvm seen ngauas WW since last June. In aa order made poe- Uc today by Chief of Police U V. Jea- we squaa ts cceapletaiy rwargaa aed. aleegan ta sent back to tha traf fic desartiMBt. mhmm a-in - - the work of the semasassre in. aad has suooriiinaue are reasslcaed ta aalforsa. ue piace or th old scuad a new one is created. Sartwaat U. Oelanee taae Wms draftsd te "pot the lid" in U4 thai n in a so uawieldv that m m nj v.. i . .vl. to clamp It down--wa vtos tot b dtr. Records at police headuartars show that for the first few months of hla command of the snoraJs sqnad eWrgwaat "aan gave evidence of really cleanina op the dty. Arrests for every kind of trtc gambUng, bootletYiag. sUIcg arootlca. sUsordarly howee aad dlsor darly ooodoct were somerewa ,.. But after a bit the records show an appreciable decile in the squad's ae Uvttl from month Ja month. No secret Is mad of th fact that ' th police have not of 1st beea head line the vice situation satsmfactortty. Many reasons bar been eerancad. wet close observers ef th attnattoa are ef the eptnton that th real reason few the failure of th police really lo drive aut the undesirable elements Is the fact that the police make very slight effort to -clean Cp" the city. The efforts of lOBSKStdad aa Pass TWa, 'I. HARDWARE PRICES MAY GO HIGHER Consumers -will look la aala toe aay iwrsdlate-radaeOoa ta th prio of hardware aad implement, and ts some Unas of builders hardware prions are pretty certain to advance during tt summer months, t according te , Orne Dale Strong ef Spokane, editor of tha New West Trade, la aa address oa the rise and fall of prices. His talk was the principal - feature at th opening session of the sixteenth annual convew tlon of tha Oregon Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers easocSaUoa at the Imperial hotel today. A natlon-wld building campaign would stabilise th market. - which has been on a dews ward trend 'during the past year. Strong ststed, Approximately S0t saembere of the as soclatloa from Oreroa. Waahrngtan and Idaho, with their wives, were present st the opening of th convention and doable -this number Is expected before the doe. lng stesion Friday evening. Though the past rear has beea marked by a de cided want of activity la th hardware trade tn the Northwest,' the membershla of the Dealers sseoclatloa has Increased materially, according to E. E. Xaoss ef 8pokane. secretary of th rgsalsaUoo. Portland and "portions of th wuiass tte valley-have beea more preaperoos than the farming- sections of aatera Oregon snd Eastern Wsahlngten. Lexaa stated, and M, C Breaaler of Sprtsx ueis averrea uat trao la a rase rear. Oak Oea) Friends Deny Work : Has Quit Postal Job e Washington. Jan. Si-f't. P.) Cleaa friends tn the postofTioa eVpartmeait af First Assistant Postmaster GeoersJ Ha bert Work decried today that he had re signed from the governmest service. lia 1 rtrt salty certain te becoiw post master general la succeed Win liars, ehen the Utter eaters his rnovt mors. II I Ill ..JIA. CITY MORALS SQUAD GETS SHAKING UP mors or oil pen portraits; : ublish'fed :- ihi " jouriiai oegin m J.5 Scott today. :m.X a? c. ..-. .