FINANCE IS
NEEDED FOR
Rehabilitation o! War Fi
nance to Foster Exports
to Europe is Asked by
Agricultural Interests
SMITH WOULD ACCEPT
CREDIT OF GERMANY
General Agricultural Meet
ings Concluded Com-
mittee Work -
WASHINGTON', Oct. 14. Agri
cultural interssts carried their
fight for amelioration of credit
conditions today to Secretary
Houston of the "treasury depart
ment They asked tot a, rehabil
itation of the war; finance corpor
1 ation to foster exports; to Europe
.and wera told by the secretary
that it was not jn line; with good
business for th government to
extend further credits ho Europe
which would be the result of the
request was granted. '
Trraary Not Tf Re Party
The treasury woiild not be
party. Mr. Houston! declared, to
the withholding of any commod
ity from market in order to main
tain artificially high prices.
Senator E.'D. Smith of South
Carolina and other spokesmen for
the delegates In urging restoration
of th finance corporation, de
clared in favor of extending credit
to Germany..
v ; "Germany," the senator, .said,
"must live.. 1 see no, reason why
her bonds should no be accept
ed -:f: y -
Situatinn Is Alarming
- Later th? delegates carried ont
tVir plan of asking a preferen
tial re-discount rate on agricul
tnral Taper at a hearing before
the (nil membership of the fedsr
sl reserve hoard, j They charaeter
ltd the situation facing the pro
ducers due to. the falling market
at "alarming" and insisted that
out et the main purposes of the
feaeTal reserve Jaw. was to.furn-
Uh elasticity of currency for the
ifrkiUaral intarestg in such em
ergencies. "'. :-'!?" ' I '
ask one specific thing." Sen
ator Smith said. TGlve the agri
cultural interests a lower rate of
discount in this distressing .time
than yon do anybofly else."
Europe's Credit Relieved
The delegates emphasized their
feelings at both conferences that
if they could obtain) some agency
for financing the efadits of Eur
ope and increase toe sale of ex
porta. their plight wfould be large
fly relieved. They ask the reserve
board to use it influence in hav
ing the finance corporation re
established for this purpoes.
"The general meeting of the ag
ricultural conference concluded
today but a committee represen--tatiTe
of each of the 30 agricul
tural groups will remain until a
Utement of credit policy in prep
aration by reserve banks and cov
ering 'the whole audit situation is
made public. . This committee
called tonight on; Secretary Mere
dith and th-j situation was gone
over again.' L
Idqftnlents Are r
Swinging to Cox
XTW YORK, Oct. 14. George
nite. ehainnan of the Democrat
ic national committee, tonight Is
Jl a , statement saying that
eleventh hour plans of the Re
Publicans would fail to check the
RlobHcan and independent
impede to Governor Cox,! whi b
tlready frjgun." "i h . ,
, The Republican campaign 'Is
disorder." Mr. White declared-
Firty rtnkghave been broken.
Those who tor years hae affiliat
nh ths party because they
e belieted it stood for high
Principle, tTt dessrting it.
independents who have often
Imported t r? turning to Oov
!rnor Co. la elose counsel and
rP recr. the Harding cam
wiga managers are peeking f ran
"faiiy to work out eleventh hour
piang to reea'a lost ground."
ne of these "plans". Mr.
t. ,4U h nnderstood. was to
"nounr in advance the person
utT, th fabfnei as Senator
l"tedS W0U,d contUa,e ,f' ,f
r"'1.1' t0 contain names of dis
h fnn who ming-
Cn! . rr,B thejr party obliga
,jf, l the "Pense of their con
and their consciences.
the plan is carried out, its
"root? vill Impress a disgusted
t Itn the fact that a weak
oent would surronmj himself
t2, men- 1 ould be a
iaViM of Jntticienev unpar
tj,, Wthe history of American
fianc roRTs superior
' 4f-iTTLE' h.. Oct. 14
OMf0 Iorts are superior to
Van1 tb Atlantic seaboard in
ifs'i n w ues afta markets,
X-Z Vallum. San Francisco,
I vT- f the California Board
taii f r Commlsioners declated
in ? ,a addrea3 before the Pa
Jla: , Association of Port
" -e,i 'a session here.
7
EXPERTS
DR. EQUl SENTENCED
FOR YEAR AND A DAY I
FEX DAY STAY REQUESTED TO
SHAPE HER AFFAIRS i I
Final t "onimitment Will IV fjirest
liefoiV fourt Today Say
- V. S. Attorney a !
PCriTLANIi. Or.. Oct. 14. Dr.
Marie Kiui. whose sentence of
three years in federal pviv.cn wa?
cut to $n year and n day by
President yil:5on today .wired
Washington a request for a t.tav
of 10 Uys in oftler to nut her af
fairs in shape, her aitorney.
Thomas Mannix an-nonnced Mr.
Mnnix said Dr. Eqiii, who was
convicted under the espionage act
dnring the war. had jpxp?ctei a
pardon and was not prepared to
leave for a federal prjism. 5ihe
ha-s been at liberty on $10,000
bail, which she had been grant
ed expires at midnight tanisnt.
TniOd States Attorney i Lester W.
Humphreys announced today
tfcat Dr.-Equi would )'re brousht
into court Friday mosfnin . . for
final commitment. Federal offi
cers here were informed today
that ther? are no quarters for wo
men at McNeill's island prison
and Humphreys wired for in
structions as to the proper place
to recommend for Dr Equi's in
carceration. SILVERTONHAS
GALA FESTIVE
Stores Close and Everyone
Participates in Cooper
- ative Celebration
SILVERTOX, Or., Oct. 14.
C Special to The Statesman) To
day has .been a gala day for Sil
vertonians. An all community
meet was held to further co-operation
between the city resident
and the farmer.
i The da y's" program was under
th? auspices of the Silverton com
munity club. There were, no
charges , of any kind for any en
tertainment during the day- nor
wa3 ther any soliciting olher
than that of co-operation with
ths community club.- The club
paid all the expenses. The Silver
ton stores were closed during t,he
afternoon session. i
ilnvitations had been sent to
a jout l'io farmers for the ban
quet given by the club at 12:30.
Th? serving of the meal was in
the hands of the Trinity Ladies
Aid soetety and rysrved iw;4hi
Trinity church basement:
' The afternoon meetings were
held in the Palace thaater. fThe
chief speaker of the afternoon
was Professor Mouris of O. Aj C.
who spoke on agriculture and bet
ter farming methods. . I'
Walter Dentin of Salem spoke
on community affairs in ;th3
evening. Moving pictures were
shown free after each session.! ,
RAILWAYS MUST
BE STABILIZED
Transportation: Business
Must be Run on Sound
Basis Says Speaker
XEW YORK Oct. 14. Rjtnrn
of the railroads to government op
eration would be but the forerun
ner of federal control of funda
mental source of prodaction such
as steel, coal and copper,' declared
Alba B. Johnson of Philadalphia
president of the Railway Business
association, in an address tonight
at ; a hanquet of the American
manufacturers export association.
i'The national welfare requires
us to stabilize the railway sitna
tian," said Mr. Johnson, "b-acause
we are Jn a conflict to preserve
the principle of indivrdual owner
ship of property and of individual
opportunity. The railway are
Ha first trench." f
The sneaker said his ! address
could h3 summed up in "a golden
text ' as iojiuwb.
"Transportation is a .business.
It is the business of businessmen
to put the transportation business
on a business basis. Let us get
biiesiness with a business program
for transportation." .
i Alfred Reerss, general manager
o'f the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, said that
the greatest development in au
tomobile sales must coma in for
eign countries; thus necessitating
greater exports from the United
States. Mr. Reeves said that in
this country tbera is one automo
bile for every 14 inhabitants,
whereas in the remainder or tne
world there is only one car for
every 2X40 inhabitants
Senator Harding
Refuses to Debate
OS EOARlTsEXATOlt ilARD
IXG S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct 14.
Republican managers on Sena
tor Harding's train announced
late today that the Democratic
proposal ; for a league of nations
debate between the Repubhcan
nominee and Givernor Cox wonid
not be accepted. .l.A nt
Senator Harry S. New. head or
Tjpnnblican speakers' bureau.
said he bad not received the pro
posal sent him by sena
Harrison, in charge of Democratic
speakers, arrangements and aa
j.j. ..i nnf fnr a moment
S.Wr Proposition so utterly.ent -two week, ago wa.
absurd."
IPAV nntMiO
Vi U A DlUWild
CAMPAIGN TO
HOME HEALTH
Governor Declares Motley
Array of Questionable
Groups, and Influences
Are Behind Harding
LEAGUE IS SOLE TOPIC
OR ALL HIS SPEECHES
He Told Audience That it
Was Sacred and Spirit-
: -r- j J- . . , r I
ual Issue
COLUMBUS, O.; Oct. 14. Se
vere arraignment of forces which
he said were supporting Senator
Harding.1 his Republican oppon
ent, was made by Governor Cox
here tonight in an "address at the
state fair grounds coliseum, clos
ing a strenuous day of campaign
ing in his home state.
"The candidate of the senator
ial ring has beWnd" him today the
most motley array of questionable
groups and influences that ever
wers behind a candidate an ar
ray that to survey . brings the
crimson blush of humiliation to
an American," the Democratic
presidential candidate declared.
!(;rtMip Are I lurking Harding
i More .than a, dozen i '"parties"
including tha "pro-German", the
"Afro-American," the "Antl
League of Nations", the "profit
eer,", the "Liberty Hond Specula
tors' and other alleged groupsj.
are backing Senator Harding. thT
governor asserted. Emphasizing
that special racial group appeals
were being made, tkrvernor Coai
said. that, the Afro-American
movsment includes '"false claims'
that it can bring social equality."
"From the front porch at Mar-i
ion something has been given to
everyone of these groups." the
governor said, "declaring that th3
primal object was to "evade the
issue of the league," by promot
ing minor and extraneous issues."
Speak to Large Crowd
The governor's address tonight
was "tnar
llr?a the
largest forum in the state capitol.
'It was the eleventh speech of an
exhausting day in Ohio for the
governor on his first full day of
home heath campaigning.
Ohioans at Van Wert. Del phos
Lima, Wapakoneta, Sidney. Ur
bana and Milford Canter turned
.out in force with bands including
the celebrated "Cox" band which
performed at the San Francisco
convention.
The governor, was cheered,
hustled and squeezed all day into
th?ater3, halls and courthouse
square rostrums. So strenuous
was the day's program that to
night he wired a protest to Sena
tor Harrison, chairman of the na
tional Democratic speakers com
mittee and demanded less exact
ing future programs.
league Is Main Tne
The league continued virtually
the sole subject of the governor'!
addresses. He told, audiences
that it was "a sacred and spirit
ual issue and that he was preach
ing tb3 creed of Christ" as against
"the creed of Cain." The league,
he said, was "as divinely inspired
as the declaration of independ
ence." He also charged that "a
senatorial oligarchy conspiracy"
was directed at world peace and
denounced Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts as "the basest conspir
ator in all history of the human
race."
Boys at Wapakoneta bearing
large lithographs of Senator
Harding and shouting for the
senator caused Governor Cox to
declare that he had discovered a
new "contemptible" plan of the
opposition. Told by local Demo
crats that the boys ware hired oy
Republican leaders. Governor Cox
questioned one boy who kept un
furling a Harding poster in a the
ater aisle directly before tha gov
ernor. Asked by Governor Cox
who had "hired or told" him to
flaunt the poster, the boy replied:
"Nobody." j
jt'Go home andtell your mother
that you didn't tell the truth,"
the governor replied. "There is
a great deal of money being used
in the campaign and ona of the
peculiar uses. is what we have no
ticed. In the last two days when
we started our meetings, one boy
or a group of boya will stand out
irt front of the speakar and unfurl
the lithograph of the. opposition
candidate. Now that hoy was paid
to! do it."
Governor Cox said he would not
permit the incident to disturb
hijni and said that "every trick
they have tried to play has ra
soflved itself in our favor."
S (At Van Wert, commenting npon
Former Taft's recent statement
that Governor Cox's election still
would laave sufficient anti-league
senators to defat the treaty, the
governor said that it indicated an
intention to override the result of
the "solemn referendum" on the
league and to repudiate the na
tion" mandate."
' His election and "a ereat vic
tory for worUl civilization" were
pred'eted confidently by the gov
ernor. Expressing pleasure at be
Jng-"at home arain" in Ohio, the'
governor said that his crowds .in
dicated that the "wave" of senti-
JUDGE BROWN WILL
ADDRESS CLUBMEN
KI.KVKX IJAI.LOT MHASlltKS
i TU K l,liK.SK.TKI.MOl.l
Ah Attorney (it-nrml, Supreme
4Vurt Mf iiiImt lrr uirtMl tall4
Titles to All IlilU
Judge Georgil M. Rrowu, who
has rei-eritly been iflevr.tid to the
supreme court bench, haa accep
ted the invitation or t.ie Commer
eial club to addr?si the menbers
of the urganizatiT.: at their next
Monday noon luncbor, October
18.
He will give an impartial ex
planation or the 1 1 Pleasures to
be voted upon November -.' He
prepared th; titles to each meas
ure, and will take up ach Htp
arately. duenssing it from an im
personal point of view.
Members of the ;dmmrcial
club are congratula'ins them
selves upon securing JudgJ
Brown, and it is anticipated that
attendance will be lar?A.
MOVEMENT
IS GENERAL
Farmer-Labor Organiza
tions Stirring in All Parts
of World
f DES MOINES, la.. Oct. 14
Parley P. Christensen. farmer
labor candidate for the presidency
in an address here tonight said
the league , of nations was not an
issue of the campaign but had
simply been dragged along for the
4lemocratic and Republican nom
inees to spar over.
"Both Mr. Harding and Mr.
Cox are in , favor of some league
or nations, whether it is Mr. Wll
fon's or some other brand. It is
a commercial proposition, practi
cally decided upon already, and
Cot and Harding are simply aruu
ing over the technicalities of.it
to throw dust in the people eyes.
1 am inj favor of a league of the
free pedples-of the earth."
Mr. Christensen said this farmer-labor
movement was not pe
culiar to the United States, but
was stirring in all parts of the
world. I
T1& premier of Ontario, Can.,
he pointed out. , was a farmer
labor man. The "great Ilritish
labor paty" in England was. in
back of the same movement.
"And the. movement is going on
to victory." be declared, ."per
haps not this November, but at
some date not far in' the future."
! i Mr. Christensen asserted that
there is now a fight being waged
in Minnesota against organized
labor. "A number, of the labor
leaders there." he said, "haje
been jailed, and the foes of the
toiling masses, camouflaging un
der the name of the citizens' al
liance, are out for more victims.
These men" are separated from
their families, incarcerated be
cause the rabid open shop fire
eaters are aiming their darts at
the destruction of the solidarity
of the toiling masses. But they
would not be in confinement were
it net for the court's say-so. That
is why I stress the necessity , of
preventing the further befoul
ment of the courts that would re
mit from the election of Harding
or Cox. A vote for Harding means
a supreme tribunal in this land
that would defeat any program of
recostruction proposed by labor.
It means a possible closing of the
door to social progress through
political action." I
Beck Jailed on Charge
of Shooting Frohmader
Truxton Beck is in the Marion
county jail on a charge of shoot
ing John Frohmader when the
latter was held op on a residen
tial street in Salem one night last
January. Beck was arrested in
Portland Ved)nesday night by
Verden M. Moffitt. police officer
of Salem, on a warrant issued by
Justice of the Peace Unruh.
Frohmader was shot through
the shoulder, but not fatally
wounded. Beck had been living
in Salem. His arrest was the re
sult of a confession by another
Salem man that he was implicated
and whose name is withheld by
the authorities. He Is under sur
veillance.
Beck was arraigned before Ju
tice of the Peace Unruh yesterday,
but took the statutory: time in
which to enter a plea, and win
plead guilty or not guilty today
iasT BOATS ARE OIT.
DAWSON. Oct. 14. The last
steamers N the year, the White
Horse and the Casea. sailed this
morning for White Horse, carry
ing 90 passengers for the coast.
Ice is running in the river which
is at a record low water stage.
but it is believed the steamers
will be able to get through safe
ly. They will make an attempt
to tow the damaged steamer Sel
kirk, which struck a rock near
Stewart, to White Horse.
DYNAMITE IS IUSYVERED
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Ten
cases containing about .00 sticks
of dynamite were discovered ' In a
wooden shanty on Buckwheat
Island, off Staten Island Wednes
day afternoon, it became known
today. s Two of the cases had been
'opened and part of the contents
j removed. The discovery, the po-
ilice hope may give them a lead in
solving the Wall Street explosion.
WHITE'S "BUDDIE"
LISTED AS SLACKER
ft m m. . .
"1 l.T fiKXF.lt I TIMVLi
FKIW N AME TO IIUNOIC LIST
ThrtMigli Error. Soldier With Ev
rellcnt ltecoril In Included
.Imuntc IHoluyalt'ruwU
That Oregon's slacker list. com.
piled by the government, is not
made up entirely of 100 per cent
slackers was discovered yesterday
when George A. White, adiutant
general of the state.
lihew an,e of one f his own "!"
Jdies" on the Jackson county roll
Ul rau ooagers. The name was
promptly transferred from th
"roll of dishonor" to the roll of
Oregon soldiers who acquitted
themselves honorably in the war.
."This particular man came to
me early in 1917." said the adjutant-general,
"and having difficul
ty fn enlisting for service because
he did not appear to be of stroni;
physique. He impressed me as be
ing a sound soldier in evenr wav
and I enlisted him personally.
iater he went overseas with me
in the 41st division which was
among the first over. When the
41st was ordered home after the
war this man was held at division
headquarters in France as too val
uable to spare for the time being.
He had been in France 18 months
when he was finally returned
home for honorable discbarge. I
know of no soldier who Is better
entitled to feel proud of his rec
ord." That the mistake was made by
the calling of the name in the
draft after the man had volun
teered sftd been sent to France, is
the theory of the adjutant gener
al's office in explaining the mis
take. When he failed to respond
to the draft board's call he was
reported as a draft deserter and
carried as such since then.
"The rcasons,for such a mistake
are going to be traced to the bot
tom." said Mr. White, who Is in
vestigating five other names of
men he believes were In the army
early in the war.
The slacker list, which now has
702 names, will not be given cut
for publication until every possi
bility of error has ben removed.
After all records on file here have
been, checked, each county clerk in
ttop state is to receive a confiden
tial llfct of the roll from his county
in order to get' a further check on
possible errors.
MERICANISM IS
(GOOD DOCTRINE
Johnson Pleads for Stars
and Stripes in Place of
Polyglot Banner
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 14.
The election of Senator Harding
as president was urged tonight by
Senator Hiram 'V. Johnson of
California, in his second speech
under the auspices of the Repub
lican national committee. He also
attacked the league of nations and
the treaty which embodies it.
"Eighteen months ago when
President Wilson called the
league of nations the greatest
magna charta humanity was ever
given," Mr. Johnson said, "and
when all of us, with the bloody
war on our hands, were having
a mental reflex, a psychological
reaction that was necessary, we
welcomed it with relief.
"At that time, it was treason
to denounce it. or to preaeft Am
ericanism and nationalism, tint
thank God, after a year and a
half it is respectable to preach
Americanism again.
"Gradually the mystical veil
which enveloped the document
was torn aside. We had expected
war prevention, bnt, oh! the dis
illusionment! The 14 points of
our president were ' one by one
forgotten or abanloned to Euro
pean and Asiatic diplomacy.
"We were handed the treaty
which divided up the earth ac
cording to secret treaties. .
"The league and the treaty are
the same instrument and inex
tricably co-mingled. Where the
treaty disposed the - league per
petuates for all time. Every
wrongful, wicked, territorial dis
position under the treaty of peace,
the league and its members are
pledged to maintain.,
"The great question before us
is: Under which flag do we
henceforth march the polyglot
banner of Europe and Asia., or
the Stars and Stripes.
Methodists Would
, Clean Up Movies
HELENA, Mont.. Oct. 14. The
Helena area council of the Meth
od Ut church, embracing North Da
kota. Montana. Idaho and Eastern
Oregon, at its closing session here
today, authorized a campaign for
finances for a number of institu
tions and launched a campaign
against unfit moving pictures.
Two institutes for young people,
during the next year ware author
ized in North Dakota, one in Mon
tana, four in Idaho and one in
Eastern Oregon. Financial quotas
to be raised by a campaign, in
clude Gooding College,1 Idaho,
110.000 and Lara Hot Springs..
Idaho. $10,000. The report, as
adopted on movies, declared the
average picture nnfit and an
nounced a battle to clean tip the
movie theatre.
WORLD PEACE
IS NATION'S
FIRST TASK
Harding Attacks Wilson's
Mexican Policy Atti
tude Toward Commerce
and League Covenant
SECRET DIPLOMACY
HAS BEEN PRACTICED
In Due Time Nation Will
Find Safe and Practical
Way for World Peace
LOUISVILLE. Ky Oct.. 14.
The administration's attitude to
ward foreign trade, the Wilson
policy in Mexico and the league
covenant written at' Versailles
mere the special objectives of
Senator Harding's assaults in the
Democratic lines in his campaign
ing today and tonight through the
borderland of the solid south.
K-xret Diplomacy.
Charging that '"secret diplom
acy." as practiced by Democratic
officials had kept American bus
inessmen from learning of trade
opportunities abroad, the Repub
lican presidential nominee de
clared the state and commerce
depattmnts must be reorganized
to give more active aid In de
veloping commerce with other na
tions. The president's Mexican policy
be- denounced aa having brought
uiMrujt in Mexico and humiliation
at home, and he advocated a pro
cram of amicable relations to in
sure protection of American ln-tt-rt-rts
on Mexican soil without
interfering unduly in the Internal
affairs of the Mexican republic.
He reiterated that he wanted
no council of foreign powers to
dictate America's part n the
world and. reading article ten.
told his audiences that as spokes
man for the Republican party, he
was "opposed to it."
4'oiiri to Come ln Time.
He added that fn due time the
nation would rind a way safely
and practically to organize the
conscience of the world for peace.
Reaching here late today Sen
ator Harding eluded a throng at
the railway station by leaving hU
train at the edge of town, but he
was recognized and cheered by
many along the streets and was
the center or a .rolling wave of
applause wherever be went.
Spending (he night here, he will
turn northward tomorrow for a
whirlwind swing through Indiana.
Stigmatizing the state depart
ment as representing the "lowest
possible ebb of government ser
vice." in dealing with foreign
commerce, the candidate declared
in his speech here tonight that
"a complete new policy" was
necessary If America was to take
its place in international trade.
The diplomatic service, be said,
had been ''demoralized" by the
appointment of men. "some of
whom had no other qualifications
than that of being very large cam
paign contributors.
World Peace 1 Taidc
The first task of the nation in
working for world peace, he said,
was to set its face toward an In
ternational - association "under
which we may be free to express
and maintain its own nationalism,
but In which mutual commercial
and trade problems may be work
ed out." He also outlined again
his plan to pat the nation's for
eign loans in negotiable form.
The candidate's Mexican policy
first was outlined to a crowd of
several thousand at Somerset.
Ky.. and was repeated In several
later speeches. He declared Dem
ocratic speakers were saying Re
publican victory meant war with
Mexico, but added that "this cam
paign scare will not deceive Atru-t
erica a second time.
laaagnrate Omridence
Confidence and' tranquility, he
said., would result from the pro
gram h? proposed to toaugnrate.
Referring to Governor Cox's
suggestion that the voters be sup
plied with copies of the league
covenant, the senator showed to
the crowd at Oneida. Tann.. a
bulLy print of the SO. 009 word
peace treaty and said that even a
reading of the English text would
be unsatisfactory tecause it dif
fered from the French.
"I hold in my hands. h said
"a ropy, of the treaty ot peace
with Germany and the league of
nations covenant. I got it ont be
cause J noticed in the morning
papers that the Iietnocratic candi
date and Mrae of his ardent sup
porters are iniiting that th cove
nant shall be printed ' and made
available to all America.
"The president so lntrvrov
the covenant into th? treaty that
yon would have to pint all of it.
and even then if you want to tin
der&taml it irtertlv. it would
have to be printed in both En-,
so written. I wih It might be fn
th hands of all Americans If thev
would only read ft. Bat some
how I supect yon' would be bet
ter satisfied if yon had just one
little Motion of it. I will rad
yon article 10. the heart of the
covenant. And. speaking for th
(Contlaoed on pace C)
LEVINSKY BOUT WAS
PERFECTLY SQUARE
V. RI'EMTIK.It BELIEVED THAT
AMERICA PLIYEIl FA lit
h'rrm lima a U ttajcrined llrrtiy
m HmM Fight Wa Only
a Fake
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Reports
circulated in sporting circles and
published In some newspapers In
timating that the bout TosdaT
night at Jersey City between
George Carpntier and Battling
Levinsky was not fairly fought,
tonight brought strong denials
from the principals and others in
terMed. "Before I came to America"
aid Carpentier in a signed state
ment. "I looked npon all Ameri
cans a t h pemonlf k-atioa r-f fair
llay: of sportsmanship in th tr
sense. In fact. I thought Ameri
ca was the land of the square
deal. Yon went to war to inture
the world fair play. I did all
you asked me to do. I fought th
man you selected for me to fight.
And this is what I get the fight
is called a fake.
"Give me a square deal. That
is all I ask.
"I pledge my honor as a soldier
and a citizen of France to the
gr?at American republic that I
fonght t the best of my ability
and I sincerely believe from the
bottom of my heart that Levfosky
did the same.
Levinsky's statement said In
part:
"It is not possibl? for me to do
anything to prove that this cow
ardly attack on my honesty Is un
deserved. In regard to the fight.
1 know my vindication will come
If ever Carpentier meets DempsTy.
In the second round Carpentier
hit me harder than I have v?r
been hit before. From that mo
ment to the end of the contest I
was dazed.
John II. Smith, chairman of the
New Jersey boxing eommission.
expre.-ed the opinion that tha
bout was absolutely square.
JUSTICE DONS
JUDICIAL ROBE
Oath of Office Adminis
tered to Brown and to I.
H. Van Winkle
George M. Drown, new JnUkn
of the supreme courts donned tha
judicial ermine at 1 o'clock p. ta.
yesterday when the, oath of office
was admiolsistered to him In tks
upr?me court room by Chief
Justice Thomas A. McBride. Im
mediately Justice Drown sat with
the court la tha hearts g of his
first case as saprema judge, that
of Dippoid vs. Cathlamet Timber
company, appealed from Msllno
mah county.
CVremosjy Simple
The ceremony attendant apon
Justice Brown's Induction Into bis
new office was simple, bat at
tracted to tha court room for the
occasion were state officials, at
torneys of Salem and of oth;r
cities who chsnced to be here for
the day. also a number of tha
Judge s personal friends.
Among the spectators were
Mrs. Brown.
I. II. Van Winkle yntcrdiy
took the oath of office aa attorney
general of the state, shortly after
J astir Brown, the mil whom he
succeeds, had qualified as a mem
ber of the supreme coart. When
Governor Olcott appointed Brown
to the supreme bench be appoint
ed Van Winkle as attorney gen
eral. Mr. Van Winkle had been
first assistant attorney general
for several years.
No ftuiaxes Made
Mr. Van Winkle announced yes
terday that be will make no
changes la the personnel of his
corps of assistants, and for the
present will not appoint a suc
cessor either to himself as first
assistant or to J. O. Bailey, an
other assistant who resigned to
become a candidate for the at
torney generalship.
The present assistants to the
sttorney general are Joseph A
Benjamin. J. M. Devers. Millar
McGilchrist and L. J. LUjeqvist.
The clerical assistants are Misses
Minnie Downing. Grace Smith
and Marie Pratt.
SI GAR DIRECTORS INDICTED.
POCATELLO. Idaho. Oct. 14.
The I'tah-Idaho Sugar company
and eUht directors. C. W. Nitley,
Merrill Nibley, Thomas R. Cutler.
W S. McCornick. David A. Smith.
Janres C. Mardork. W. ILWattls
and S. H. Love, were Indicted by
the federal grsnd Jnry here to
day on the charge of sale of ne
cessary food prodnets at unjist
and unlawful prices, in violation
or She Lever act. Thirteen counts
wefe found against the company
and the individual directors. .
STEAMSHIP IJXF. FORMED.
. SAN FRANCISCO. fVt. 14.
Announcement of a nw steam
ship line, with 32 1.000-ton es
elt f lying between Atlantic and
Pacific ports via the Panama
canal, was tnad here today. The
boats are owned and controlled by
the Submarine 'Boat corporation
of New York. The steamers ot
the new l.ne will call at San
Pedro. Portland and Paget Sound
ports and will also touch at Gray's
harbor and Wills pa harbor for
1 amber.
PROMINENT
MENENDORSE
REPUBLICANS
American Leaders Sign in
Favor of Warren Harding
and League Policies for
Which He Stands
PARTY TO PRESERVE
PEACE OF WORLD
Revised Covenant. Will he
Proposed for Acceptance
of European Nations
NEW YORK. Oet.-14. A state
meat explaining toe -positions la
the presidential campaign of 31
prominent men who have advocat
ed some 'form of International
agreement was Issued over tbelr
signatures toalght and announced
they would support Senator Har
ding. ...
laWa Kepport I Larding.
Elihu Root. Herbert Hoover.
Gecrge W. Wickers ham. Henry
L. Sllroson. A. Lawrence Lowell.
Henry W. Taft and Charles E
Huxheg were among tha signers
ot the statement which follows:
"The. andersfgned. who desire
that the L'alted States shall do
her full part in association with
the other civilised nations te pre
vtnt war. have earnestly con
sidered how we may eontrlbote
most effectively to that eal. by
our votes Is tha coming electloa.
"The question between the can
didates is not whether our coan
trv shall join la such aa associ
ation. It Is whether we shall Jola
under aa agreement containing
the exact provision aegotialed by "
President Wilson at Paris, or aa
der an agreement which .omits or -codifies
some of those provisions
whkh are very objectionable to
great numbers ot the American
peoole.
A Treaiy, Dat Not WUsoa'a.
The paper signed by 31 Re
publican senators In March. 111,
before the learns covenant wis
adopted at Psrls. advised the pres
ident that the signers could not
approve a treaty ta the form then
proposed, although It was their
sincere desire that the nations of
tha world should unite to promots
peace and general disanaameat.'
-"A majority of the senate voted
to ratify the leagae agreement
with modifications, which there If
good evidence to show would hsva
been accepted by tha other na
tions. Bat Mr. Wilson re fawn to
accept hes mod locations, and
lasisted apon the agreement abso
lutely a nc hanged, and Democratic
senators sufficient la number to
defeat the treaty' as modified, fol
lowed Mr. Wilson by voting
against ratification.
- That is sabslaatlally the dlf- :
ferenee between the parties bow.
The Democratic platform and can
didate stand anqvajlfiedly for tha
agreement negotiated at Parts
without substantive modification.
World Pere Preweered.
"On the ther hand the Repub
lican platform says: The Repub
lican party stands fcr agreemeat
among tha nations to preserve
the peers of tha world. Wa be
lieve that such an International
association mast bo based upon
Internationa Justice sad mast
provide methods, which shall
maintain the rale of public right
by the development of law and
the decision of Impartial courts:
sad which shall eerare Instant
and general international co-operation
whenever .v . ii v
threatened by political action so
,B" ne nations pledged to do
sad Insist npon what ts Just and
fair may exercise their influence
and power for the prevention of
war.
Association of Free XatlosM.. .
)fr. Hardlne ssiA in tt. .v
of Aagnit 21: There are dis
tinctly two types of International
relationship. One Is an offensive
and defensive alliance of great
wrr. - - - The other type
is a society of free nations, or an
oclaUon of free natlonf. or a
league of free nations, animated
by considerations of eth ..
Justice Instead of might and self
interest and not merely proclaim
ed aa ajency Ln pursuit ot peace;
urn o organ i red and so partici
pated In as to mak th t n.i
attainment of peace a reasonable
poMjoimy. sum an association
I favor with all my heart, and I
would make no fine distinction aa
to whom credit la doe. One need
not care hat it is called. Let It
te an association, a society or a
league, or what not. Oar con
cern is solely with the substance,
not the form thereof.
l'Oe Shoekl be ("usage!.
"Vfr. Harding eas since re
peatedly re-efrirnd the declara
tions of this speech, IB the most
positive terms.
"The question! accordingly. It
not between a league sad no.
league, bnt is whether certain pro- '
visions in the proposed league
agreement shall be accepted nn
ehanred or shall be changed.
"The contest It not about tha
principle of a league of nations,
but It is about the method of most
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