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.'
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VOL. XX. NO. 299.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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(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,
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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)
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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
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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..
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