TUESDAY, JANUARY 31,' 1922. GEORGE IRVEY AND POINCARE IN CONFERENCE (B Cattad Xml Paris, Jan. 1L George llirvty. Amer ican tnbtmdor to London, and Pro wler Polaoare held as extended confer. A (Wv I.Ia . . ft . .. . . . ' , Ajuiougn riarvey ce- n1 mAi "purely form can 01 courtesy- the United News loarna cm good authority that the Pro posed GflOa. NMlhMIIM . lut .,..1 straining of Franco-American relation yrs fully discussed. It appears that rolncar let the American ambassador now that he entertained no more enthu nam for the Qenoa conference thaa American official are understood to feeL ai u same time thv new premier con siders mat Arutide Brtand, as premier, oouna France to participation In the masting II It la held. Potncare la then understood . to have Indicated that be isould be extremely grateful if America aaw m to make the Genoa sessions irn poealblo and thus spare France the neces sity of etundlng. and at the same time avoid breaking her word. 1UBTCT tTXPATHETIC Tbs French premier Is said to have iouna Ambaasodor Harvey a sympa ineuo uauner to his well known ob jections to meetinf with representatives i tae Kuaatan uolahevlk , government. t-oineare pointed out .the necessity of prolactin; French Investors In Rum Urn nondeei the csar'a regime and contend d that a meeting of representatives of outers power with the Bolshevik! would be tantamount to recognition of the inia.Trotiky government. This. Poln csre contended. Involved the danger of irrnruirning Ui Bolahevlkl unduly. The so-called "Josserand Incident." waicn waa completely dented, but nev ertheleaa resulted In considerable dis ruuloa In France, waa retarded ai eiosed. But. In the course of the confer enc. It la reliably Mated, the premier showed that he was extremely aware of in need of regaining American confi dence and smoothing out the hitches that nave occurred at Washington. BFCALL IS r5LIIF.LT iiwjre is no prospect 01 Ambassador juasersnd being' recalled from his post at Washington, it la now understood. Polncare. It caa be stated, hold Jusser- ana in nigh esteem a a scholar aa well aa a diplomat. And finally Andre Tar flieu a attack upon Juaaerand In the chamber Friday waa enough to make ma position secure with the premier. Rate Reduction on Several Commodities Announced by U. P. Reductions In rates on a number of eommodltiea moving over tranacontl nental rail lines were announced today to.- jl u. Liounabury. general freight agent of the Union Pacific system, bv 1U H. Count ls of the transcontinental freight tariff bureau. The reductions will range aa much as 40 per cent. The effective date will be announced later. The new rate on adding machines from Eastern territory will be 17.60. where The new rate on Iron and steel barrels. drums and' kegs will be from $1.(5 to 12. H. aa against former rates of $1.87 , IO .. t-iaie glass win be reduced to - I II .. . m . . n ka m m . K . . I t New rates have been proposed as fol lows: Cotton bags to terminals, only (subject to Fourth section relief). $1.0 ; sibatos pipe covering, from II. JS to jvii j magnesium auipbate. 73 cent from Chicago and west; cigarettes and tobacco (export). $1.15. Students to Tell of Necessity for Loans Orejron Agricultural College. Corval 1 la, Jan. SL. Students desiring to borrow money from the student loan fund will hereafter be given the privilege of ap pearing In person before the committee, announced Dr. W. M. Atwood. chairman vt the committee. This la made neces sary because of the unusual demand for rtudent loans this year. Professor 1L S. Roger of rhe school of engineering la th new member of the committee ap pointed to replace 1L M. Tcnnant, regis trar, resigned. Arbuckle Offered Job " With' Show Touring Oregon If Tatty" Arbuckle la acquitted by Um San Frandaco Jury that Is hearing evidence on charges of manslauxhter filed against him. be caa have a Job entertaining the people of Oregon at 12100 a week. Arbuckle. in fact, has actually been of fered a contract to work In Oregon and the Northwest by Eddie LaMontagne, owner of the "Country Store" attrac tions, which have aaccesafully been play ing tne smaller citiea of the state for several months. In a wire to the rotund comedian Mon day La, Montague proclaimed his antici pation of Arbuckle'a acquittal and asked his prompt consideration of a contract to come to the Northwest. I really believe Arbuckle will be ac quitted." La Montagne said, "and If he la be win be a great drawing card. So good a drawing card. In fact, that I win sena mm a contract for 12500 a week as soon aa he la freed. He would more important Oregon towns and fre quently In Portland." queuntly In Portland." THE x OREGON DAILY JOURNAL -PORTLAND.-' OREGON DO W'OIffl POWER WEAK, EAST SIDE CARS CRAWL The old alibi about the alarm clock not going off waa not necessary this morning for East side residents who de pend upon a dosen trolley lines to carry them to places of employment Trouble in station L. of the P. R. L. at P. Co, at the foot of East Lincoln street, xave a real excuse. Cars on Hawthorne. Woodstock, Ore gon City, Granham, Eataeada. Sunny side, Mount Tabor, Mount Scott, Rose City and other East Side lines barely crept along until well on toward 9 o'clock. The power station waa not entirely-out of commission, but it was too badly crippled to aupply the "Juice" necessary to operate the heavily laden cars of the early morning traffic. By early afternoon almost all cars were running on schedule. Cars crawled up hills like turtles. Mo tormen kept power on continually, for fear that If they shut it off their cars would not muster enough energy to start gain. No atops were made once a car waa under way. Women were aided off the moving cars and hoisted on as the ears passed street crossings. . Oregon City cars, about one hour late, stopped at the east end of the Haw thorne bridge Instead of crossing to the rirsr street station. By twitching power from stations on Jefferson and Taylor streets normal service was partly recovered by about S o'clock. The burning of a set of cables, caus ing a grounding or waste of several hun dred volts caused the trouble. The break occured at about 1 :30 o'clock this morning. KILLED III SCUFFLE ENTITLED TO FUND Salem, Jan. tL Wanda Stark of Port land, widow of Ray Stark, victim of a Portland shipyard scuffle. Is entitled to compensation under - the Oregon work men's compensation law. "according' to the state supreme, court, which today handed down an . opinion affirming the decree of the Multnomah county, circuit court to this effect Stark died as a result of Injuries In flicted upon him by an air hose in- the hands of a fellow employe with whom he had engaged in a friendly scuffle. At the time of the death Mrs. Stark, was suing for divorce and waa living apart irom her husband. On the ground that Stark was the in stigator of the scuffle which resulted in his death, the commission held that his dependents - were not entitled to com pensation. The commission further con tended that-even though Stark's death was covered by the compensation act his widow was not entitled to compen sation because of the fact that she was not living with him at the time. Suit was brought in the circuit court of Multnomah county to collect the award, which was ordered paid, the court holding that Stark died as a re sult of an accident while engaged in the performance of his duties and, further, that Mrs. Stark had . not deserted her husband In a legal sense. The commis sion appealed. - Other opinions handed down today were : Selma L Wallace vs. Portland Rail way, Light & Power company, appel lant ; appeal from Multnomah county : action for damages. Opinion by Justice McBride. Judge C. U. Gantenbein re versed and the case remanded. Harry H. Couch vs. the Scandinavian American bank, et aL. aDDellant: an- peal from Multnomah county ; objections 10 cost, oiu sustainea in part in opinion uy justice crown. 1922 LOOMS AS YEAR OF PROMISE (Cootftratd Froax Face One) Smoker Planned for Department Workers v smoker for the workers In the de pawment of agriculture will be held at the University club Wednesday night at whk.-h C W. Pucaley, amlstant secre tary from Washington. P. C, will be the rrlnclpal speaker. From S to 70 em ploy of the forest service, bureau of nubile roada. bureau of markets, blo-l-Hrtrel survey, horticultural board, plant 'ethology department and weather bu reau have signified their Intention to attend. COCAUE rOVFiacATF.n -Eight grains of cocaine bearing a Jap anese government stamp on the pack r were confiscated Monday night by tne police When c J. Cooper. 405 First Klreet waa arrested on a charge of v touting the- Harrison narcotic art Ac cording to the police Cooper has been engage in aistriDuting narcotics to drug addicts. Oregon Girl Will Organize Peking Economics Bureau The University of Peklnr is to have a department of home economics and an Oregon woman. Miss Ava B. Milam, ; dean of the school of home economics. uregon Agricultural college, Is to or ganize It Announcement of Miss Milam's ar- polntment waa coincident with a visit which she paid Portland today. She has been granted a two-year leave of absence from the agricultural college be ginning next September and she will be accompanied by an O.' A. C. graduate who will study the language and prob ably will remain in China. The first year will be spent In study of the home life of China. Miss Milam would not admit that there is any plan to substitute Oregon baked salmon and applesauce for chop suey and birds' nest soup. She announced that the date of the American home economics convention to be held at O. A. C. has been deferred from July - to August 1-5 this year, in the interest of a larger attendance. Home economics experts will come from atl over the country, including a spectal train of delegates from Chicago. The visitors will spend July 31 in Portland and win be entertained with a Colum bia river hlirhway motor ride under the auspices of local business and civic or ganisations represented In the Presi dents council. Young Hunter Lost 18 Hours in Sand Heppner,-Jan. 11. After 40 men had pent Sunday night searching the sand dunes near Heppner Junction, George Cochran, son of an lone confectioner, waa found about 11 o'clock Monday morning, exhausted from tramping 18 hours in search of human habitation. With companions the youth had gone rabbit hunting. He had become separ ated from the party and lost his way. HCBT BT SLIPPING Oeorge Dittmer. a chauffeur, clipped and fell from a gang plank at tne Port of Portland drydock Monday night suf fering a fracture of the right leg. He was taken to St Vincents hospital. Ditt mer lives at SO) Clay street Policeman Shot JV DeadiiiliEerce With J Boston, Jan. IV CL is. SI) Patrol man Daniel Mac Shane was shot to death here today In one of the most spectacu lar gun battles the city, has ever wit nessed. More than 200 shots were ex changed, in a prolonged battle between itamsey Hurray, a, fl-year-old negro, who barricaded himself in a brick house in the south end. and nearly SO police men who finally disarmed and arrested hinv - .. - t - ... - MaCShsne was. shot down as he was vaulting through . a window tn an at tempt to enter the house. Reserves were called when it was discovered how des perate was the colored man. Riot guns were brought out. for. the first time in tne history of the city. Fire aDDaratus was also called out but tha neerro wa dislodged before the firemen carried out tneir intention of "drowning out Murray.. .1S$ Distinguishes the Good Host In bottles On draught ' tfvtrywhmrm Portland Brewing Co. V valuation of $728,816; general cargo, valuation $754,518. FRESH APPLES US EXPORT Fresh apples and mild cured fish formed an Important factor in the vol ume of the export trade to the United Kingdom and the continent The re frigerator lines have been in regular operation and three partial lots were cleared during the, month. - Intercoastal business was exception ally heavy both in and out Wool played in number one place with two big cargoes on two of the Luck en bach line steamers. On the Edgar Lucken bach, clearing last week, more than 2.000,000 pounds were sent to Boston and New York. The Harry Luckenbach got away late last night with 1,000,000 pounds for Philadelphia. In addition the latter craft carried 145 tons of dried prunes for New York. Coastwise busi ness is holding up wen for the month. 4? ships having passed out throughJfUie uuBwuia uvuae uuriug January. r BTJIXDrSG PERMITS 8S A total of 862 building permits, valued at 11.080,460, were Issued during: -the month, compared with 656 permits, val ued at $646,560. issued during January of last year. Residence permits for January numbered 207. with an um. gate value of $673,100. compared with 115 residence permits, calling forfan ex penditure of $358,085, issued duHris the same month of last year. The outlook for the year In the build ing game is more promising than at any time during the last 10 years, according to H. K. Plummer. chief building In spector. Plans now under consideration by the building inspection department for issuance during the next month ag gregate approximately $2,000,000 and In clude specifications for the new Elks temple at Eleventh and Alder streets, the proposed east side wholesale market of the Italian Ranchers and Gardeners' association, and the proposed Imperial Investment company auto storage plant i r uuria ana fine. POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW The growth of the valum r K,oinK. handled in the city Is reflected in an in crease of 5.63 per cent in postoffice re ceipts for January of this year, com pared with 1921. Express companies and rauroaos report better business than uunny recent months in the carrying trade. Merchants are not Jubilant over their takings for the month, but report a trend toward careful buying on the part or consumers, which augurs well for future markets. Bank clearings for January aggregat ed $117,143,216.39. according to the report of the Portland Clearing House associa tion, compared with $122,493,098.79 for the same month of last year. The de crease of approximately 4 per cent in the volume of clearings cnmninat oHti 1321 is accounted for by decreasing val ues of merchandise, wages and mate dials used In construction and manufac turing industries, according to officials me clearing nouse association. GoddairL Arrested Again on Charge Of Annoying Girls John B.. Goddard. real estate broker, was arrested Monday nl?ht in hi. flee in the Couch building on charges of disorderly conduct and violating the prohibition law. Mary Brown, a clerk said to be In his employment was also arrested on a charge of disorderly con duct Goddard was arrested, tried and convicted in a similar case and later pa roled some time ago, according to the police. Nrmerous cornpluints have been re ceived by Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin and other operatives of rae women's pro- wk-utb oureau trom girls who stated they had answered Goddard's advertise ment fori a position and had been an- noyro ana tosuuea. according to Mrs, Baldwin- Two bottles partly rmd with liquor were found in the office when tho notice entered.. Goddard was released on $259 wii mo. proamnion charge, and on his own recognisance - on the other cnarge. Mary Brown was released her own recognisance. Week$ Eepresents i Harding in Shoals Contract Matter Washington. Jan. L N. & As surance that Secretary of War Weeks speaks for the administration with re gard to Henry Ford's offer to buy the Kovenunents nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals was given at the White ni this afternoon, following meeting. The Ford contract win be snhmiftMi to congress either by President Harding uiiuaeu or gr me secretary or war, it was said. If by the president it was stateo. Harding would merely indorse me recornrnenoations of Weeks. Secretary Weeks announced this after noon that the Ford Muscle Shoals con tract would be transmitted to the senate and house at noon Thursday, February 2. Aberdeen Forgery Case Suspect Is Taken in Portland Montesano. Wash.. Jan. 21. Tho t-. land police have notified Sheriff Elmer L. Gibson that W. J. Robinson, wanted in this coanty on a forgery rharge, was arrested at the request of Sheriff Matt Starwich of Seattle. The warrant will be served at the conclusion of his trial In Seattle. He is alleged to have rIbo the names of officiate of the San Carlos ximoer ana Trading company to worth less cnecas in Aberdeen last summer. KODinson waa taken to Seattle this morning by an officer from the Sound city. 6 Women Qualify as City Phone Operator .Six women passed the civil Rprvi re examinations for city telephone operator. w. tu. man on, secretary of the rivi' service board, announced this morning Those passing were placed on the eligi ble list In this order of standing:" Mrs Ora E. Wllley. Mrs. JoRenhine rt.,. Mrs. Dorothy M. Lee, Mrs. Agnes John- sou, airs, urace T. Luesir.g and Mrs Nuena O'NeHL - LD DEFENSE OF HO IS MOORE Witness after witness was called In Circuit Judge Taaw ell's court today and testified that they "simply couldn't" be lieve that Mrs.: Jessie Elrod Moore had ever been cruel to Her stepdaughter. Mrs. Greta. Moore Thompson, aa Mrs. Thomp son aneges ra contesting the will of her father, Lv K. Moore, by which she was disinherited and the property left to her stepmother. w Mrs. Minerva I. Elrod,' wife of J. O. Elrod and sister-in-law of Mrs. Moore. said she had known Mrs. Moore for over zo years, lived in a .house adjacent in Moro, Or..- and had never known any instances of cruelty- . She said she would have heard the screams if Greta had been beaten as had been testified to. COCLDJTT BE COKTI5CED "Ton wouldn't believe these things no matter who testified to them T At torney E. B. Seabrook inquired. "I wouldn't" was the answer. Mrs. Bessie Wilson characterised the Moore family as "unusually happy." She visited them at Cascade Locks when on a vacation and later spent a week at the Moore home in Moro, she said. . "Greta was a quiet sweet girl." the witness said. "Did you ever hear that Mrs. Moore accused Greta of Intimacy with certain oi ner relatives 7" Mrs. Wilson was asked on cross-examination. "No. I would have to see these ac cusations made to believe it F. Li Harnett, banker, whn nwt T. V Moore in 1897 and had close business relations with him between 1915 and 1920, testified that Moore was a strong minded man, quick to come to decisions and cot easily influenced. The contest ants have claimed that Mrs. Moore in fluenced Moore in making his will. FLAYED POOL BEFORE DEATH Louis E. Joy, who had desk space in Moore s office, said Moore kept his strength of mind to the last -even when he was playing pool an hour and a half before his death. Judge Tazwell warned the attorneys today that unless they finish the case by Friday evening it will be put over indefinitely, as the court has other urgent work to attend to. 3 Tax Conservation,, . : Head Advises City ; IToGliePropty IV W. Mulkey, chairman , of "the tax auperrisioa and conservation commission. today iilitreaaed ay" letter1 to the city council recommending that physical ln- "W7 oe laaen or ail property in the custody of the various city departments. The letter was prompted by the discov ery that two boxes of streetcar tickets valued at about $900 had been found in tne vault tn the city treasurer's office, apparently Ion forgotten. . "It Is apparent that thie awti. i due to lax methods." reads Mulkeya let- . tag inventory ' should Indicate when the Drooert waa rJviMt inA r. custody of the person having the same.' STATE CHAMBER WILL REORGANIZE (IS BUREAU WORK Disagreement Leads To the Divorce Court A. P. de Keyser, head of a Portland optometry school, filed suit in circuit court Monday afternoon for a divorce from Thelma de Keyser, who. he al leges, prefers reading "cheap novels" to mending her husband's clothes, and is of a very Jealous disposition. "She Is obsessed with the Idea that-she has ability as Ian actress, and associates with people of like disposition," the com plaint says. MRS. B. K. WEST Hoquiam, Wash., Jan. Jl. Mrs. B. E. West 51. died Monday after a month's ilness. She is survived by her husband, four si6ters, including Mrs. John Crook of Portland, and four brothers. William Richard. Henry and Hugh Moore of Portland. - . Complete reorganization of the de partmental work of the State Chamber of Commerce has been authorised by the new board of directors under the leader ship of William Hanley of Burns, presi dent A director will be placed in charge of each department which new branch organization and service aumonzea at the annual meeting of the chamber early this month. Boy T. Bishop has been placed In charge of the organization and service department and announced that the ap pointment of a : field organization ex pert would be made soon, following iucn active worn would begin In each section of the state. The following departments and direct ors in charge have been designated : Marketing. Arthur Clarke. Corvallls; publicity. L. D. Drake. Astoria t irriga tion. R. a Hamilton, Bend; Industries, T. B. Kay. Salem; legislative. William MacMaster, Portland ; roads and high ways, u. la. Goodrich. Eugene; land settlement J. T. Rortck, The Dalles; tourist L E. Vlntng, Ashland; traffic and rates, George W. Hyatt Enterprise : finances, Leslie Butler. Hood River ; ag ricultural, js. a. Halt Klamath Falls resources and exploitation. Alfred A. Aya, Portland, and waterways and harbors, Charles Hall, Marshfield. "The . reorganization of departments means greater service to Oregon, which in turn means greater development of the state." said Hanley in announcing me new personnel. New Tariff to Cover Articles in Motion imports moving to this country at the time the new American tariff be comes effective will be dutiable under the new law Just the same as articles which are shipped after the law becomes operative, according to a message sent to we (jnamoer or Commerce today by Dr. Julius Klein, director of the TTnltd States foreign and domestic trade de partment Dr. Klein said that the ef fective date of the new tariff ia umr. tain, but that it is unlikely for several monua CONGRESS URGED : J TO SPEED BONUS BY LEGION CHIEF Washington. Jan..' XL (TJ. P. Be tween WO, 000 and 700.004 ex-eervice men are walking the streets oat of work, "wondering, why' congress doetut help them.. Hanford MacNIder. national com mander of the American Legion, told the house ways and means committee today. urging Immediate passage of the bonus biU. "The longer. , congress delays the bonus," MacNider declared, "the more 111 will the men and women who served wHl store up toward the rovernment." The legion. MacXider said, will conduct a comprehensive campaign to get the veterans to choose the Insurance or home help options of the proposed bonus meas ure, whicn, ne said, would cost the gov eminent .less money. " ' "But" he declared, "with so many of our men walking- the streets hunting- for Jobs, the legion feels w nave no right to say that any man shall not take the cash payments. That is the veteran's prerogative and be earned the right to use it. MacNIder rapped Secretary Mellon for his stand against the bonus. "Instead of opposing the bill by point ing out the difficulties of financing It' MacNider declared. "Mellon would do better by raiding and suggesting: proper memoes oi raising the money. The na tion, whom Mellon is supposed to be serving, wsnts Its debt paid MacNider branded aa false the state ment of bonus opponents that the ex service men are divided on the bonus. John Thomas Taylor, legislative repre sentative of the legion, told the commit tee that in his opinion SO per cent of those entitled to a bonus would choose the paid up Insurance policy which would eventually bring them three and a half uxness much money ss the cash option. Hiram Johnson's . x Traction Fight Fee Big in New York New York. Jan. JL U. P. Senator Hiram Johnson of California will re ceive $25,000 for his legal services up to date In connection with the city's fight against Governor Miller's traction bills, which were recently upheld by the state court of appeals, if a voucher for 111.000 is accepted by the finance department of the city. The voucher was approved by Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien aad submitted today. Senator Johnson re ceived IS 000 last year for his services. Counsel O'Brien announced today that ne win taxe me city's traction fight to the United 8tates supreme court in which esse It is expected that Senator Johnson's services will be retained and his emoluments will be stin further increased. SMALLER CITT PROPOSED Nam pa. Idaho. Jan. 21. A petition for detachment of liS acres of land from the corporate limits of Nampa. slcned by 44 Individuals snd four corporation. win oe neara February It The detach ment ts aaked because the land la uw exclusively for agricultural pwrposia : News of an . a 5 v important ; ; i coming, event! - H.Liebes&C6. xvill open their Hat Shop i Saturday, February Fourth Introducing original crea tions and clever reproduc tions 'from the "world foremost millinery mxk r. t ' Establishing .a unique millinery service. Broadway at Morrison on TAKE TOBACCO A8 LOOT; .lrars. cigarettes and candy valued t HO mere ctoten from the Club pool room. 1137 Mississippi Avenue. Monday ninc, according to a report made this morning to the police. The burglars entered by breaking glass from a front N. ST? eT Fill QUITTING BUSINESS of the WHITE HOUSE BEGINNING AT 9:30 TOMORROW Beginning at 9:30 Tomorrow ANY COAT in this house, qualities ranging as far up as $35.00, to go at The climax of all our very fin est and choicest styles of the season qualities which run up as far as $100 will be sold off unceremon iously at $29.50 Our Entire Stock of DRESSES going in just two groups as follows: L Consisting of any kind and style up to $45 XL Our very best and h i g h e s t grade ,i ones, irrespective of mate rial or style values to $65 Si 0;75 . At these prices we expect to be sold out completely and out of busi ness m a very brief time. Merely a matter of days before we pass out of exist ence entirely. As the prices advertised here indicate, we are going the extreme limit in order to dispose of everything in the briefest space of time possible. We have been closed since Saturday, getting everything in shape for this affair. All we can add is Come Early. ANY SUIT IN THE HOUSE Heretofore Selling Up to $45 $1475 Any of Our Finest, Clear Up to $100 We place at the disposal of the public ANY WAIST in the house without any ex ception, which means to $18, for Choose Any of Our SKIRTS in the house, and we have them all the way to $20, at 360 Morrison Cor. Park Unbelievable as it may sound, we shall nevertheless sell . ANY UkT; in the house of any. sort and style which sold up to $10, for V ' ' ALL THE OTHERS And that means our very choicest Hats, both Fall and Early' Spring styles. Hats which sold as hirh as - o, tor 2oBO This is practically giving .them away, but we are in a hurry to get out . ; - ' Starting at 9:30 Tomorrow ' An Assorted Odd Lot of COATS AND DRESSES many of which were $35 before, at There will be no favoritism or pref erence shown to anyone. In a case of . this land it is naturally first come, first served. . III ooor. -