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CITY EDITION CITY EDITION AU Hr and ie AU Tm: ;41THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday, fair ; north to east winds. -t - y -r .; Minimum ttmwnturei Sunday; " ' i fa All Htm and If All True SECRET TREATIES And how nearly they lost the war to th Hie, will be.tokl by Ray Stannard Baker in the ninth chap-, trr of his narrative, The Peace," In next Sunday's Journal.' iocatello ....... rew tot.... .. 4 J 32 Los Angelee .69 St. Paul... VOL. XX. NO. 299. TmSMf M Irtmdui . Matter I PttoflW, rnrUao4, . Oiwsoa PORTLAND, OREGON, MON DAY EVENING,, FEBRUARY 20, 1922.SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. EZ?!AY28i OF WIS DECLARED AIM Shift in Part From Tangible to Intangible Property Through Tax on Incomes Not to Mean Increase, Asserts Commission. To dissipate a possible misconception In-the public mind that the special coin mlmtion created by legislative action to make an Investigation of- the tax situa tion is- seeking to provide rriore revenue and Increase the tax burden by recom mending an Incomo tax. the commission today emphasised Its policy as one In tended not to Increase taxes, tut to rquaiiz ui dutoch oy smiting a pari from tangible to intangible property through a tax on incomes. The invest) cat ion of the commission thus far has led it to the conclusion that one half of the taxes for atate pur poses can be raised by an Income tax, thereby leaving the other half to be borne by Tangible property which now bears SO per cent. JfSCTtOX IS EQUALIZED In the matter of tax redaction, the commission Is proceeding on the theory that lis function is to equalise taxes and thai its study of tax reduction should go only to the extent of Us bear I rig on the equalisation problem. In opening a new source of revenue through the Income tax. It Is proposed to make a corresponding reduction In the tax on tangible property. ' A comparative statement of taxes levied by the state and subdivisions from the years 1910 to 1920 taken up by the commission today shows that in 1910 the total was 113,113,461.. liROVYS 1144 PER CE.NT in insft it was 141.117.3(7. an increase of 124. i per cent. In 1910 the tax for sutc purposes was $1,122,214 as com .pared with P. 493,105 In 1920, an Increase of 74 V per cent. -Other items were: 1I0 130 lnrrraM b ounty . . 84.SM4.3I5 83.KO. T l.rn.ral -hrtnl.. I.434.SA4 8,08.22 1 lit rr!t wbnnL.. t.NOM.VI S.OOO.S1S 16 . vn.nl roa.1 .. 1.780 J7T 2.A71,27 54 PHal mm4 ... A3T.ST 1.0ft. S34 4 Id.. and town 8.6TS.69S ,. 1 1.08S.1S0 1.I2S.429 13. OFF; HE Wi DIE A. O. Van Rossen, 4S, an employe ef the Northwest plahlng mill (51 East Ti nth street, received injuries which may prove fatal when Ma clothing caught in gears of a heavy machine at the mill this morning. Ilia left arm was torn off below the shoulder .and hla right thigh was fractured. A physician from the emergency hospital administered first aid Van Tlossen was taken to the Emanuel hospital, where nurses reported his con ilitlnn very grave. Van Rossen'a Injuries were eaoaed wrten he waa drawn Into the gears and whlrted around, striking the artel machine with Ms body. Me lives at hast Eighth street and Woodward ave nue. 4 1. t - Oregon Merchants Open Convention; , Many Attending Roeeburg. Feb. 20. -The eighteenth annual convention" of the State Retail Msrcnante' association opened here at 10 o'clock this morning. Two hundred and fifty delegates are here, and at least tM more, are expected. The chairman for the day was C. a Helnllne, secretary The local merchants' association in- traduced J. K. MrClintock. president of the city council, and J. II. Booth, local merchant who gave welcoming- ad dresses. Response for the visiting dele gates was given by H. II. Haynea, presi- dent of the Hay nes-Foster Baking com pany of Portland. A. C Marsters.-presi-dent of the State Retail Merchants as sociation, apoke. and reports were read by tf. J. McPherson. secretary, -and Thomas C. Watts, treasurer. The after noon was devoted to appointment of com mittees on auditing, nomination, trade relations, resolutions and ways and means. An address on organisation will be given by I I Thomas, and on "Mod ern Business" byXr. W. J. Hlndley. Pioneer and Baker ." Spellers Are Tied Kilgefd. Wash., Feb. 20Under ; the auspices of the Pioneer Community renter, near this place, a return spelling match was held Friday night between the Pioneer and Baker" schools at the Pioneer srhoolhouse. The Baker school was victorious. Perry F. Weber, teacher, spelling down. Winifred Eaten. Each tam comprised 20. spellers. Each school has won a match and the tie will be plled off at the Baker school house March '3. at a Parent-Teacher associa tion entertainment J. P. O'Brien Back From Two Months'; Trip for Health J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O-W. R A N, returned to his duties today afters an absence of tw months during which he recuperated from a se vers attack of pneumonia, wklcn be con tracted in December. O Brietr spent his time at the beaches of Southern Cali fornia, la Arlsona and In Northern New Mexico. -; I - - MI S If II TO! Sues Governor. TV pSS FRANCES BIRK I VI HEAD, former secre- tary of Governor Lee M. Russell of Mississippi, who claims he ruined her life. j GHESTTURNSPLEA TO Optimism prevailed among officials of the Community Chest today on the open ing of the fourth week of the chest drive and the beginning of the occupational plan or re-canvassing; the ctty. Every detail of the chest campaign was changed today. The district method of oanvasHing has been abandoned : and as rapidly as complete classification of accupationg and trades can be made, the fists of those who have not subscribed or have contributed onjly a small portion will be placed In the j hands of special committees Workers at campaign headquarters, who have seen the drive drag along for tnree weeks, were confident that the 1288,000 which remains to be raised would be raised quickly through occupational canvass. They were cf the opinion, too, that a permanent method of ' raining the community fund for the city's charitable enterprises would likely grow out of the new system.'-':-': ;' --V-p' -v Under the district plan of canvassing, workers found that too much was left to chance and the momentary impulse upon the part of the prospects. The whole plan lacked cohesion and -fell short of the object aimed at The new method is expected to eliminate the disadvantages of the old. FVch division having In charge an cccu pstVnal group will first of all be backed by aVe idea of what may be expected from ?ach prospect, because those in one business or profession can bring more or less group pressure to bear that will be reflected In the totals. Officials of the chest campaign now wish that this method had been tried when the drive opened.' A vast amount of detail' work is still to be done, but; this will be dis posed of In a few days, and then the new plan of mopping up will be launched vigorously. Headquarters of the campaign com mlttee were opened In the Lumbermens Trust company bank today and all de tails of the recanTass will be handled from there. New subscriptions will be welcomed at - these headquarters. Pay merits. on subscriptions may be made either at window It of Iadd A Tilton bank, or at room E16 Oregjm building. Plot to Murder .Japanese Prince Nipped in Time Toklo, Feb. 20. (C. P.) Arrest of young . Japanese for the attempted s sa sal nation of Prince lseyato Tokugawa on January 30 has been made by Tokio authorities, it became i known today. The plot to kill one of the leading Liberals of Japan who was largely re sponsible for -the policies. of the. Japa nese delegation to Washington has been kept secret by officials and the young man has been held for some time. It is believed Prince Tokugawa was to have been assassinated on his arrival st the station here on ;hls return from America.- ' '; PRIXCE ITESATO TOKXGAWA MARKED FOR DEATH BT BOT San Francisco, Feb. 20. (I. N. S.) Ac cording to a cable dispatch' from Tokio to the Japanese American published here In the Japanese language, a plot. to as sassinate Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, head of the Japanese delegation to the Washington conference, was frustrated. According to the dispatch, vigilance or officers prevented a school boy who was to have assassinated Prince Tokugawa from getting, near him at the Tokio sta tion. In some mannar the police learned of the plot and later arrested the boy.-J said to. have been employed at the home of a" Toklo university professor. The plotted assassination was to have taken place Saturday, the dispatch said, when the prince arrived from Yokohama. . ' . 1 T7k Association Formed To Boost Pass Road Chehalis. Wash., Feb. I 20.4-The Carle ton Pass Highway association, was formed here Saturday f evening at. a meeting of Southwest Washtngotn road boosters. The organisation iwUl Include representatives of the Yakima district and 'mill comprise, members of good roads and commercial bodies, r Early opening of the Carle ton pass 'highway, which enters eastern Lewis, county, is the object in view. Officers chosen were : N B. Coffman. .Chehalis, presi dent ; TL T. Slier. Rand leV! 'vice presi dent: Oeorge R. Walker. Chehalis. secretary-treasurer. - J. A. Waste represent ed the Portland Chamber of Commerce. l sr. At f - i f SI 11 1 ytf0fm: ft HON Farmers and Trade Unionists Are Asked to Unite for. Political Action at Chicago Conference;! Say Harding Has Done Nothing .Chicago, Feb. 20. (U. P.) Farmers j land trade unionists fere called upon to I take united political action by' William Johnston, president, of the Brotherhood I f Machinists, in. sounding the keynote or trie iarmer-iaDor ponucai conierence here today. More genuine fanners . and workers must be placed in legislative positions," Johnston declared. Me bitterly attacked the present ad ministration. . "It is a notorious fact," Johnston said. that not one piece, of remedial, helpful legislation looking toward general re construction, tending to benefit the whole people, has been introduced by any member of congress known to be in active co-operation with the chief execu tive." einrs vnTnur. nvvcTiniT, . , . , . President Harding, Johnston said, not sent to congress a single suggestion that can be construed as being physi cally or spirtually beneficial to the P- I pie of the unuea states since laiung office.' Forces of reaction nave gained control and become entrenched in government he stated. "Those now in control of the govern ment have sanctioned wholesale corrup- tlon of the electorate by seating in the senate of - the United States Newberry, its most notorious beneficiary, said Johnston. ThAv havA iiaeri the federal reserve I system, controlling, the life blood of. the nation's credit as an instrument to de flate and crush .farmers ana independ ent business men, and caused nation wide unemployment , ':. " ATTACKS COURT BECISI05S . , . j.si ana tne. lower vuur i Tr'l 'Z I woraersoi mr r. by one and seeking to bind them with tUBJnB BV Uicu in m..o ...... impunity scourge them Into submission." Johnston urged coalition oi all larmsr ami labor organixatiows to bring about sited politiaai -actioa, ut declared- ne believed It would be unwise to ; torni a new nolltical. Party at present." ' Anoroxlmatelv ' 100 delegates from railroads, -miners and other wions and various farm, organizations were present at today's session. The Socialists and the Committee of Forty-eight were also represented. Leaders predicted that an entire na tional ticket of the contemplated party would be in the field for 1924. Until that time candidates of other parties, if satisfactory, will be given the support of the new party. In case all Other, candidates are unsatisfactory, the party will put their choice in the field. LABOR TO COOPERATE Ijabor. according to Johnston, will not I find It dlffciult to cooperate with the Farmers National bloc "We expect to build up the senate farm bloc and make a real American bloc," he said. Sessions will be executive and will continue for three days. Besides the 1$ standard railway unions, representatives of the Socialist party, the : United Mine Workers, American Federation of Labor, American Society of Equity. Committee of Forty-eight. Farmer-labor party, Non-partisan league. Single Taxers and many other groups will attend. Representatives of the American Teach ers' association and prominent clergy men are also expecteO to take part in the meeting. LEWIS TO ATTEVp President John L. Le wis of the United Mine "Workers- will attimd tomorrow and wilf hold a conference with officials of the railway unions relative to the threat ened coal strike. The rail unions will probably promise him moral support in the strike and pass resolutions to that effect, according to Johnston. , "Labor has no Idea ot forming :a sepa rate third party." Johnston told the United Press. -"I- am fully acquainted with the new United Farmers' National bloc and am sure that we will have no difficulty In cooperating wlth.it. "After free ' discussion I belfeve all the groups will reach the same conclu sion. We find fault with existing con ditions, but we are not blameless. Our fault is due to division which has existed in our various forces.' Morris Hilquit, leading New York So cialist, addressing the conference late to day, demanded formation of a third party along the lines of the British labor partyt ' "It i. most unfortunate that it has been denied." ' ; It was believe Johnson would bring before the committee at its nert meeting the question of calling Hughes. Girl Marries and : Forfeits $60,000 Willed by Fiance 'i Worcester, Mass., Feb. ,20. The ques tion whether Miss Eleanor Berlin, pretty Worcester . stenographer, would remain single forever and ever snd thereby se cure a. 8(0.000 bequest from a. deceased finance, or marry and forfeit It, is set tled for good. Miss Berlin solved her problem by marrying Raymond i. Coding, her em ployer in New York, according! to word received here. ' , ; ' Charles A. .Hamilton of Chicago, was the , man whose will contained.; the un usual provisions. He also stipulated that the girl should go to Chicago and live with his mother. He died during the war following an airplane accident In Texas.: .: ,..--'C--- ,-.;&;"5'V-, I - Relatives of Miss Berlin eayUhe hid decided to become. Mrs.' Coding some time biXore leanUng of Hamilton's will Petitions Circulated in House Against Such Means of Rais- ing Bonus, Many , Sign. After Secret Meeting Called by Freer Washington. Feb. 20. Petitions, pledg ing the signers to oppose the sales tax as the means of paying the soldiers bonus were put in circulation in -the house late today" bv Midwest concrresa. men. The petitions were started, off with the signatures of 22 congressmen, most of them from the Western states, who at tanded the secret meeting against the sales tax at the call of Representatives Frear. Wisconsin, and Dickinson, Iowa. After this meeting petitions were started out in the hands of Representatives Cranston, Michigan ; John M. Nelson, Wisconsin ; Rhodes, Missouri ; . Kopp Iowa ; Keller, Minnesota ; Evans, Ne braska ; Kelly, Pennsylvania, and Brooks, Illinois. Republican members of the house ways and means committee - have decided .to go aneaa wnii me sotuier oouu tegisia tion.. abandoning the meeestlon that th, tion,- abandoning the suggestion that the bill be delayed until later in the session. Chairman Fordney announced after meeting today. CRT FOR BOWtFB IS STROKO BUT HOW, IS BIG QUESTION By David Lawres.ee (Onrrieht. 1922. by The Journal) Washington, Feb. 20. The bonus prob lem gets bigger and bigger. Mere nega- tivee from the executive end of the gov- err.ment fail to. stem the tide of senti rnent on Capitol Hill for some kind of a bonus. The Democrats, who are not dis- r.leased over th nntitiejil dinenmfilur of the Republicans, are telling the Le gion men mat it uio republicans realty wanted to pass a bonus and pay it they could Buf where would the money be ob tained? It s here the complexity of the ixviuo. vpyvi kujiny tul Mil Boris vi schemes. One Democratic senator told the wrlt er, f or instance, that the British . ,.. '., . (Concluded ea Paca To. Column Three! . Washington, Feb. 20. (I. N. S.) The first of the conference treaties, that which settled the long-standing dispute between the United States and Japan over the Island of Yap, was favorably re ported to the senate today by the for eign relations committee. & The committee voted the treaty out ten to one. Senator Key Pitman. Demo- crat of Nevada, casting the only dissent ing vote. ' Reporting of the Tap treaty 'followed two hours' lively debate on it by the m Tn harl affai L'nno tn. TSm-oI, P.nnkll- ........ k u uviaui j.t. .ut.i can of Idaho, and other Republican "'ir- reeoncilables," bad reserved the right to PPfe . - or offer reservations to it Senator Lodge, Republican of Massa chusetts, committee chairman, said he wanted to get the treaty out of commit tee and agreed that "full opportunity" for debate oil it would be provided when it Is taken up by the senate. It was understood discussion of it was largely confined as to what extent Ja pan was given "administrative sover eignty-' over Tap and whether the one fifth interest in the Pacific island origi nally reserved by the United States at Versailles was abnegated by the treaty. Changing of Street Names Cost $164.18 Cost of restoring American -names to five streets .in the Brooklyn district cost the city. $164.18, according to a report fled today by.R,- G. McMullen. chief of the bureau of maintenance. The change of names necessitated replacing the names In the curbs In 158 corners. The names changed were Frederick to Persh ing, Karl to Haig, Rhine to McLaughlin, Frankford to Lafayette and Bismark to Bush. Chicago, Feb. 20. (U. P.) The baby granddaughter of John 13. Rockefeller today wonthe right to marry the man she loves a Swss groom over thrice her age. ... Mathilde McCormick, If, persuaded her father, Harold F. McCormick, head of the International Harvester company, that her happiness depended on her mar riage to Max Oser, of Zurich. Switzer land: McCormick then-made the an nouncement of the engagements-Only one string is attached to the con sent of McCoromlck Max Oser must quit his fatherland and come to' America to -live, friends of the family stated. This provision, it was said, was a con cession to the world's richest man. John D. P.ockefeller. the patriarch of the fam ily, who has prided himself publicly that fortune-seeking men of Europe never married into his family. MOTHER 3TOT FEESEKT " ' MathUde.' it fwas beHeved, I wiB leave for Zurich to meet the horseman fiance in May. She recently traveled the 500.0 miles 'from her betrothed, to gala con sent or ner tauter. - - FAVORABLE REPORT Of! TREATY OF YAP MISS M CORMICK S ENGAGEMENT TO SWISS RIDING MASTER ANNOUNCED 40 Hip Sing Tong Men Flee City , Sipping silently through the deserted street the Hip Sing tong deserted Port land in a body this morning. Taxieabs a dozen or more with drawn curtains, drove quietly up to Hip Sing headquar ters' in old Chinatown, and. once filled With nervous, tense tongmen, .glided cautiously away. ' A Special' policemen were on, duty ttf guard the fleeing Orientals. This was the exodus of Hip Sings from Portland. Recent tong troubles between the Bing Kung-Bow Leong tong and the Hip Sing tong . are said to be responsible for the migration. . .. . , . . The tongmen left on the o'clock O-W. R. 4c N train. Their destination could not be learned, except a vague sugges tion. ."Eastern Oregon.' . Probably a dozen taxieabs were re quired to carry all the fugitives, police said.' It was not known how many in dividuals were in the party, but esti mates were that fully 40 took the early train for the East, : m SENATE BLOC TO Washington. Feb. 20. (I. X. S.) -A senatorial alignment having all the ear marks of a "bloc," made its appearance in the senate today with the agreed pur nose of forcing early . passage of the McNary reclamation tUL The bill provides for the reclamation by irrigation ot millions of acres of swamp lands in the South by drainage and of arid lands in the West. The bill also provides for the utilization of tfiA urviiva nf nil vAfprani of fill ufiM In the work of reclamation, and provides I for priority entry rights for all vet erans. ti,.' ,imct!nn hw win., nuriv all natnr, f both nartiea in the West and South. Week-end conferences be- tween senators favoring the measure re- ...lt.rf it. th nrtieHonJhv one of their number that the McNary re-- lam.rw, hill win h wnt tJ swift vWtt- hofnrA f ho. nl nf Marrh " l . Secretary of the Interior Fall in a let- ter to Senator McNary, author or the 1 measure, made public today, declared j the measure ehad the support or iTesi- aent tiaraing. I SovietEails to ; Get, Recognition in SlJwdeiijMpicirw (Special Cable to Th "Journal . and CMeao DaDy New), (Copyright. 1822) ' Stockholm. Feb. 20.-Soviet Rossi: has failed In Its efforts to secure recog nition, de jure from Sweden and Norway, Negotiations with Sweden for a trad agreement, alter reacning tne point oi signature by both parties,- has now been postponed until- after the conclusion of j the Genoa conference. I This marks the definfte failure of the soviet Dlans to secure recognition de lure from Swedeen and Norway. i Within the last two months the two Scandinavian governments were strongly Inclined to recognize the Soviets politi- cally. especially after the Moscow au- thorltles had made liberal oners in re- lation to paying the debts contracted under tne -csarist regime. it is more man eviueni now mat aids- r cow inaue o- iuiBi&a 411 uiicrtug icimjr- mmn nnl Irnnwln hp 41,a th.M w.M via f nr r a for such disbursements -nor sufficient I products to secure future Daymen ts. The Norwegian government has been thor oughly disillusioned, having failed to secure the smallest part of the exchange goods promised by the soviet govern ment. Seven-Mile Logging Road Is Being Built Centralis, Wash.. Feb. 20. The N. & M. Lumber company, operating a mill nai. Pm-hMlpr. Is huildlnp seven mil of logging road into a tract of timber. This tract will run the mill for a period of several years. Slagle Gets Life For . Wife Murder degree murder for kUling his wife. Selma Slagle, in a local rooming house. Decern' ber 31. was sentenced Saturday to a term of life imprisonment. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. who recently divorced Mathilde's father. did not take part-in the family council that ended is making the . formal an nouncement. It was believed. She remained in her Lake Shore home, where she haa been living apart f roan her husband since she returned from a seven years sojourn in Switzerland. MauiHde'B sister, Muriel, and ber brother. Fowler, both In New York now, also held out against, the marriage, it was said. From who the story of the man who is about to marry Into America's wealthiest family, BESK OSES IS SI . . , . Burgy said that. Oser Is 57, not 47, as has been reported. "He is toy age. said the cousin. I know, biro Intimately. Burgy said the father ef hla cousin. Max, was a German nobleman named Count Von: Der M uehL "Max took the name of his stepfather, who cleaned up' 81,600.000 in the cotton IfinerlartM as, fata.Thirteaa. Cnlntaa Oal BACK MIRY BILL PURSE SHE IN U. S. COURT Constitutionality of Oregon Act Questioned; Claim Made That Right to Regulate Offshore fishing Lies With Congress. Constitutionality of the Oregon : purse seine fishing law is attacked in a-com plaint filed today in the federal court by George Jurich. a lower Columbia river fisherman residing in Washington. The complaint allege that the state legislature has no power to make laws governing the method of fishing in the ocean off the Oregon coast, alleging that such power lies wholly within the right of congress. Jurich also charges the legislature with discrimination by for bidding possession of purse seine caught fish in the state. Jurich states that ocean-going vessels cannot enter- the Co lumbia river and reach a Washington port without passing through Oregon waters. EARLT RULING ASKED Jurich says he appears as complainant for all the purse seiners of the lower Co lumbia river, and expresses a desire that an opinion be rendered before May 1, the opening date of the next fishing season. On February , 1S15. committees ap pointed by the Washington and Oregon legislatures met in Portland and passed a resolution against purse seining . for salmn,' 15lhe2 Imon. when it was found that this method of fishing was . depleting the salmon run. The action of - this com' mittee was ratified by the- two leg! si a lores ana congress -was men asaea to p5tafy "e Pact between the two states. "lrYa 1WK 'UL" cu. ?prl1 On February 25, 1921, the Oregon legis- ature pa88f? law Prohibiting after January 1, 1922, purse seining In Oregon waters or m me i-aciiic ocean ouisiae f tD state., and also prohibiting the "c l "8"i mi emm. CLAIM DI8CRI3II9ATI09 j :" , -. The purse seiners aUeged this law uri constitutional also, because It Is dis criminatory in that It gives- the gill net fishermen a monopoly of the industry. tOoeelorbd ea Pas Thirteen. CoIumv Two) .rtW-v'i DAYLIGHT ROBBERY New York, Feb. JO. U. P.) Three banditg attacked a . messenger of the fircenwlch bank at Nineteenth street and aevemn avenue nere in oroaa aayiigm today and escaped with 822,000. DISTILLERY IS ROBBED Versailles, Ky.P Feb. 20. (I. N. S.) Twenty masked men early today held up three guards at the Old Pepper dis- tillery near here and escaped with three truckloads -of bottled whiskey. The value of the haul is variously estimated at between S30.000 and 840.000. boot i.r7oH J( M p Q lV CX YTt Hll h 1 1 0 UAHjO f f CX XI X UU11U Against Operations Of Expert Yeggmen A warning against expert safe burglars thought to be preparing to operate tn Portland or small towns in the vicinity was issued this morning by Captain John T. Moore, chief inspector, and Captain of Inspectors Leo A. Harms. Captain Moore urges all . firms with large amounts of currency on hand to take added precautions against yeggmen. The warning was Issued after a report rt-ceivea irom is. M.' iucxer, auio sooy Shop, 429 Belmont street, who reported burglars entered his place and stole a vrluable electric drill of the identical type most effective in safe burglaries. : The drill was used in rebuilding automo biles. The thieves entered through an unlocked rear window. The burglars robbed the telephone pay fr .1 Vi TT". "Z " I tlon was also robbed some time Sunday, according to a report tiled this morning at police headquarters. i Ministry Announces Japan's Plans for Scrapping Ships Toklo, Feb. 20. (U. P.) Announce ment of plans to scrap a total of 24 ships in the Japanese navy was made by the naval -ministry today as Japan's first step towards placing into effect thee Washington arms -limitation agree ments. The ships to be scrapped, according to todays announcement. Include 10 obso- I lete cruisers, six battle cruisers now in I course of construction and eight capital snips which have been planned, but keels for which have not yet been laid. Aged Man Without , Matches, HI; Found; Conditioh'Is Serious La Grande. Feb. 20 Living in a lonely cabin near Hilgard.' Dan Mc Water, an aged man. was discovered Suffering from pneumonia and -, from exposure..' . Mo Waters bad been without matches for three week and could not kindle a fire to cook h Is , meals. . The stock of provi sions in his cabin was low when.-he was found. He was brought, to a local hos pital and - us condition U considered eerioua, , , . . , LOOT S22.000 III " Cliicago's "Ponzi R) Q. BISCHOFF, young Chic a go an. whose . j Jiuits are said-to have lost $4,000,000 as result of his PARIS DAZZLED BY PEGGY'S GEMS (B, Ca!erl Sefrteel Paris, Feb. 20. The "million dollar Jewel box" for ; which federal custom sleuths - hunted "all last year suddenly reappeared Sunday when Peggy '.Hop kins Joyce removed it from her safe de posit' vault, ; where it has' been ajl the wnue. t -'.", - . - " Peggy's bject . In opening the bst of jewels-was her desire tw wear the fa WrOus' MaTstanJdiida, tan ImperUl chain of diamonds, and her pearl neck lace.at the, opening .of. the Autuil races. - All -a , counter . attraction to the rae fng,. Peggy proved , Irresistible to the huge crowd and she was Surrounded as soon, as she appeared. - She was accom panied r by ' Pierre- Merriion. the young Franco-American millionaire, i who, re fusing to be rebuffed by Peggy breaking her engagement to him, has been laying renewed, siege to her. affections ever since she arrived in Paris. . On the right hand Peggy wore the two famous Marr quise diamonds, each almost an inch In length. , One. of them, a gift, from her recent husband, is said to rival the Kohinoor diamond In. purity. .... Around' her neck and reaching below her waist was a double necklace of first water pearls, abont which a contest Is now 'raging between. Joyce and Jeweler Cartier. r- . - , ; 'The- reason I didn't take 'the . pearls to New York," said Peggy, "was that the. value of the necklace is 8375.000, the duty on which, would be too heavy. So I -decided to leave it here and run over to- France now and then to wear it" Commenting on Joyce's sarcasm re garding Peggy's gem purchasing fever she said: "Such remarks are-very uniusL . Joyce knew Uiat Jewels are my very life and soul. When he married me - he knew could never resist the lure of dia. monds." . Men inBattle. Over Girl; Fall-Down 4 Stories; Both Die Chicago. Feb. 20. (U. F. Two . men were dead today' after a battle to death over the girl they .loved. John Hussey, fiance of pretty Miss Irene-Nolan, called on her. He . found James Horne, 63, In her company. Other friends were present ,- Someone ' produced a bottle of . moon shine. The men quarreled. They, threw furniture at each other and wrecked the Nolan ' apartment- In ' a struggle ' they backed against a window and fell' to the ground, four stories below. Both were dead when police arrived. Japan . Will Receive Mrs. Sanger, but Bars Birth Control Talk Tokio. Feb. 20. L N. a) Mrs. Mar garet Sanger, noted advocate of. birth control, will .be permitted to land, in Japan despite tbe refusal of tbe Japan ese consul general at San Francisco to vise her passport, it was learned official ly this afternoon. . . The official refusal of a vise Is regard ed as a hint to Mrs. Sanger that she is not wanted here and will not be allowed to advocate birth control if she persists in coming, although she will be allowed to land.- r . : -- -- -k r --. . Pupils to Meetr to , , Honor Washington Schools will be open only one and one half hours in the morning of W ednesday, wnicn is wasningnm oircnaay. : j nia is in compliance with the state law which requires that that amount ot time be so spent In some form of patriotic ex ercises. - Programs, in connection with the life of Washington.- will be held in all the schools. Following the programs the schools will ' be dismissed or . tne remawaer oi we aay. - - . TREATY KEPI, SAYS HARDING Many Discussions Were Outside Conference, Yet Vital to Suc cess, but Are Lost, Says Pres 'ident in Reply to Hitchcock. Washington. Feb. JO. (L X." S President Harding .today Informed the Ur-tled staus senate that tt is niterally impossible for him to fumlbh the sonata with the Information It requested last eek as to th negotiations, records and data concerning the adoption of the four- powered Pacific treaty, which replaces the Anglo-Japanese alliance. The president conveyed this Informs tion to th! senate in toe shape of v let tor designed as a reply to the Hitchcock resolution, adopted last week, calling on the executive for all Information as to ina details of negotiating the pact., XOT IX OFFICIAL RECOED There were many conversations' and discussions quite outside the conference yet vital to its success. said the presi dent's letter. Naturally, these are with out record." The text of the president's letter fol lows : - "To the Senate : -"Responsive to senat resolution No. 37. asking for records, minutes, argv- ments. conversations, etc.. relating to the so-called four-power treaty, I have to advise that It Is impossible to comply, with, the senate's request. Many of the things asked for In the resolution it Is literally impossible to furnish. . because there were many conversations and dis cussions quite outside the conference, yet vital to its success. Naturally, these are without record. - -, : THISES IT 1 7f DELICATE "T do not believe It to be compatible, with public Interest or consistent with the amenities of international negotia tion tct attempt to reveal informal, and confidential conversations or discussions, of which no record was. kept, , or to sub- ' mlt tentative suggestions or informal proposals without which the arrival at desirable international undersfandlnya (Ccaetaeed am Pace Three. Cotasui Two t - DOUGLAS FIR GETS Douglas fir shipments to the Atlantic coast states would total 5W.OOUKM feet during 1S22. according to Ohesfer J. Hogue, New York representative- of the West Coast lumbermen's association. who arrived today from Seattle, where he attended the ' annual meeting of the association last week. Shipments ot lumber to the Atlantic onant by west coast mills totaled 50.0OO.0O6 feet tn 1920. and approximately 200.000.000 feet In 1S21. Hogue stated. The market for west coast woods te gradually enlarging in eastern and mid dle western territory through cutting out or forested areas tn. the eastern and northern stales and in the southern pine region. Hogue stated. This -movement is constant, thoufeh not rapid, and eventu ally the Northwestern mills will be re quired to gupplyXthe entire needs of the ; eastern market. Between 5,000.000.000 and 6.000.OA0.000 feet of lumber is consumed annually In the industries of. the country and only about one-tenth of this amount is sup plied by Northwestern mills. H. 8. Slro nach, manager of the Industrial depart ment of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, ot New York, arrived here ' last week and is engaged In a survey of the mills of Western Oregon and Western Washington to determine meth ods of further introduction of their out put in the industrial market. ' The outlook for the lumber industry. of the Northwest Is bright, according to. Stronach. and the mills of this section will be kept working to. capacity during the next five years. New building con struction In' the Eastern and Middle Western states during 1922-23 would In sure a revival of the industry, accord ing to Chester Hogue, and tbe Increas ing popularity of western woods would ' place the market on a firm basis. - RM HOLD IN EAST De Valera Gaining Strength in Fight; ; Against Free State (Special Cable to Tbe Journal aad CliioM , Dailj News.) ' ' - Copyriehf, lt25 Cork. Feb. 20. Eamrnon De Valera is still a power in the Sinn Fein movement, it was apparent here today following Sunday's great demonstration during tbe , leader's personal appeal to the people. to -repudiate the free state treaty and stand . by the republic. But such a meeting as that held here ., Sunday affords no sure indication of what the electors will do. De Valera is inclined to exaggerate his hearers' agree- rr.ent with him and there are. large masses of voters who were never tn the Sinn Fein ranka. - The army turned .up In new uniforms at the meeting Sunday' and all appear- ances indicated larger support for De Valera. Japanese Accept.? Genoa: Invitation Tokio. Feb. 20. P.) Japan has) accepted tbe Invitation of the Italian accepted tbe invitation of the Italian. government to. attend, the financial -con. fere nee at Genoa, it waa off! daily an nounced today. ; ' -- ' . i i ; . ' , Count Uchida today declared, address ing the diet, that Japan was consider ing recognition of soviet Russia, " - "Russia will be -recognised. ' he said. j "if the soviet government accepts Ui . terms oi u ucsus cooicrcsue.. V"