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FlRfiT SECTION Pages 1 to 8 SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1920 PRICE: FIVE CENTS nvo sections 15 Pae F 1 CHARGE BY SANDS IS BLACKMAIL Officials of CorporationDe clares Graft Charges Against Boiling Arc Ab solutely False CHAIRMAN WELSH ASKS PROOF OF INNOCENCE SUtcment of Sands Not toborated by Bank Ac- countants NEW YORK. Nov. 20 Testi mony given toaay oeiore me vraUh committee investigating hinolnr board affairs, naming the Downey Shipbuilding corpor ation of New York, in connection with alleged collusion to obtain mntrtcts. was declared by offic ials of the corporation tonight to be "absolutely raise." mey ae elare the company "did not pay say bribe of any kind to any par ty or parties." Allegations Are False. Denials of the allegations and i reauest that they be immedi piT snbooenaed to appear to disprove them were made in telegram sent, by officials of the corporation tonight to Chairman Walsh Charges that R. W. Boiling, brother-in-law of : President "Wil ton and treasurer of the shipping board, participated in the distri bution of $40,000 alleged to Hare been siren by a shipbuilding com pany for assistance , In obtaining t shipbuilding contract, were con tained in testimony today before tie Val8h InTestigating commit tee. - Rands Makes Charge. The money, It was charged by Tacker K. Sands, former official of the Commercial National bank in "Washington. and alleged go- tetveen. was given by the wal lace. Downey, Shipbuilding ebm pMj of Staten Island. Others, as alleged, participated, included Lester, BUler, former secretary of the , shipping . . board and., John Cranor.. said to hare been inter ested as a representative of the Downey company In shipping board contracts. Mr. Sands re plies to Questions proved contra dietary at times. He charged there was an un oerstanding that 115,000 was to go to Cranor and that the remain ing $25,000. was to be divided among Cranor. Bollng, Sisler and himself. He at first said he knew neither Mr. Boiling nor Mr. Sis ler had anything to do with the board contract and that he did tot believe Mr. Boiling received any of the money. ; Later he testified he gave Boi ling $1800 in the nature of a loan bat that Boiling paid back $300, and that he had taken no note from the treasurer, i Chairman Benson of the ship ping board, in a formal statement regarding charges of bribery made kfore the Walsh committee in New York against R. W. Boiling. treawrer of the board, declared that Mr, Boiling's explanation of tha report was -perfectly satis factory." Whole Story Related. ' The chairman - said that after Nr. Boiling was appointed treas "r Mr. Boiling told him "the wooie story of the alleged charg 't made jy Tucker K. Sands. 'His explanation was perfectly nUstactory." said Admiral Ben "In addition, the matter discussed witbColonel Goff, sr general counsel, and together directed that a thorough In flation he marie " Attached to the statement was copy 0f the report, of the in- . VJ - Ull IOI1U I Investigation, dated September . It was signed by Frank U. ehief of division. ' t&W Vfntictrtn TriArnnftnn President of the federal trade fmmistion and who was for some me np to the ,at.er part of assistant attorney-general. : report said, "who told me that tolling came to him about Tears ago and reported an I'lrned rnmmnnlriHnn had Cached Mr. Tumulty in which the Wter charged he had accepted Van nf tin aaa 1. 1 i i w Downey of the Downey ship ping company to Tucker ' Investigation is Made- .j. r. Boiling requested Mr. OmpSOn in molo thAmnrli In. 'gallon because of the fact " was charged with a serious J and if he was guilty le aoflld be Junished; if innocent ,7. 'nnocence should be restab The letter, it 'seems, was ."Cnotlnued on pace 2) While Jn .Portland S(op At HOTEL H0YT Statu and Hoyt Sis. TWO YOUTHS CONFESS PLANNING OF ROBBERY STOLEN PROPERTY $3,000,000 , WORTH Brother Is Placetl Under Arrest as Partner in Mail Coach Cleanup COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.. Nov. 20. Two youths, Orville Phillips and Fred Poffenberger, neither over 20 years of age, planned the robbery of the Burlington, mail car a week ago tonight, according to confessions they made, -Post-office Inspector Claude Glenn, of Council Bluffs said tonight. Federal officers were still at tempting to clear up further de tails in connection with the rob bery in which it has been esti mated more than $3,000,000 worth of property was stolen. In spector Glenn admitted that fed eral officers were anxious to learn the whereabouts of Keith Collins, said to be a former army, lieu tenant, as they wanted to inter iew him. Clyde R. Poffenberger. aged 24, brother of Fred F. Poffenberger. now under arrest and charged with robbing the Burlington mail car a week ago, was taken into custody here tonight by federal officials in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of the $10,000 which Fred Poffenberger is said to have taken from the T. A. Daly home last Monday. Clyde is a switchman, employed by the Bur lington. . JAP SMUGGLING PLOT REVEALED aiter Is Alleged Agent of Fraudulent Ring on Arizona Mara SEATTLE, Nov. 29. United States immigration officers an nounced two more arrests today of alleged agents of an international smuggling plot to slip Japanese laborers into the United States. The men held are Motogi Miyagis shima and Katsuzo Miyagishimi, manufacturers of soy bean cheese. Total arrests in the Japanese smuggling case in -the last three weeks now number 26. Motogi Miyagishimi, officers say, was to pay $1,700 passage money to Saijiro Hatta, now held in arrest, for the delivery of seven laborers brought to Seattle this week on the steamship Arizona Maru. Hatta, waiter on the Arizona Maru; is alleged to be an agent who has operated for some time on trans-Pacific steamships as an agent of a smuggling ring. Mi yagishimi is under investigation as an alleged offender in receiv ing smuggled laborers in Seattle. AGGIES AND OREGON TIE Both Teams Fail to Score When Opportunity Opens Way CORVALLIS, Or., ov. 20 The Oregon Aggies, in tjie state championship game today played the University of Oregon team to a standstill. The score was noth ing to nothing at the close. Outplayed in the first quarter where nothing except the 'breaks saved them from being scored on, the Aggies fought back and kept the game even in the second per iod, in intra penou uresun attack was at its best, but twice lust as the Eugene men were com ing toward the Aggie goat, me Aggie secondary defense grabbed Oregon's passes and on one of these Summers sprinted 48 yards before being down. That ended Oregon's hopes and from then on the Areiea onened up. In the final period, taking aa- vantaee of a lumDie Dy oieero, which eave the ball m uregon territory, the Aggies started series of passes with Kasbrger the nivot man. The last , one mtt the ball on Oregon s iour yard line for a first down. Then Oregon made a magnificent stand withstood four piunges. n . th A sr tries' best and only -i ctoors of Oreeon out- punted McKenna. Enthusiasm Over Retam of Constantine is Dying ATHENS. Nov. 19. Enthus iasm over the prospective return of ex-King Constantine seemed to be dying down today although the topic of the dynasty is virtually the only one discussed. Meanwhile news is being await ed as to the attitude of the French and British governments and a so as to the reports the ex-ruler will in ae.h Greece. aiMr de : Billy. French minuter, when calling on Premier Rha is. saw in the reception t i i,nr nnrtrait of Con- 17-- Told the premier sharolv that it was a mistake, to ?hf,rPy !2F iuo. would permit I neneve ..., .u r.r.-mor vine's return. Ti,. r-wtinn results have not 1 1 - - . , v . fr;iol1v announced. Queen Mother Olga has issued a message announcing she was as suming the regency "in the ab sence of my well-beloved son Constantine." AUDIT SHOWS VOUCHERS ARE LACKING Half Disbursements of Ship ping Board for 17 Months Are Unsupported by Proper Vouchers ACCOUNTS GIVEN TO SECRETARY HOUSTON'. Corporation is Unable to Render Systematized Report WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Nearly one-half of the disburse-j ments of the shipping board em ergency fleet corporation over a period of 17 months, totaling over $2,000,000,000, were unsupported by proper vouchers, according to the audit of the corporation's ac counts submitted to Secretary Houston today by the comptroller of the treasury in his annual re port. Congress Directs Audit. The audit was made by direc tion of congress for the period October. 1918 to February, 1920, and showed total disbursements of the fleet corporation were $2, 732.915,213, of which exception to the payment of $1,184,326, 243 was taken by the comptroller becanse of the "lack of support ing papers." Subsequent produc tion of supporting papers, how ever, the comptroller said, re sulted in a credit to the corpor ation of $70,625,898. leaving a balance as of February of $1,113.- 700,345 disapproved by the audi tors, j The comptroller presented fig ures only tip to February, but M. J. Gillen, former special assistant to the chairmnn of the board un der Secretary Payne, declared be fore the congressional InTestigat ing committee in New York last week that up to March 1. $2,700. 000,000 bad been submitted for the audit and payment or $1,500. 000.000 had been disapproved be cause vouchers were not support ed by the necessary data. Vouchers Unsupported. Comptroller Warwick declared that "at least 25 per cent of all vouchers received were unsup- ported bv documents or other pa- r.r oTKiAininir or iustifvine the " " -- " I payment." - "It would appear, he added, as if the emergency fleet corpor ation considered approval of the resident or district auditor as suf ficient authority or Justification for a voucher, especially In refer ence to 'imprest funds Imprest funds are explained as AtH11eViaf1 Iiv fh rnrnnr- ation and set up in. banks adja- cent to tne plants oi me ouiy tractors and expenditures were made from them under general oTders of the corporation. No Svstem in Accounts. Effective October 1, 1919, the comptroller" continued, the corpor- ation's accounts were to be ren- dered in accordance with the reg- ulations promulgated by the treasury but "the audit of the ac - counts to February, 1920, would indicate strict adherence thereto has not been made. Little tm - provement, if any. is noted in the February 1920 account over the previous period. "Despite the fleet corporation s original desire to obtain an audit of its accounts by the. treasury. Comntroller "Warwick asserted. the corporation JPP-ren found gether the scattered supporting papers necessary to a systematized rendering or its accounts. at toast" he continued, "no griminti werp submitted in re sponse to the request of the de - partment until the interchange of correspondence on the subject complimentary comment on Mar promised to reach an acute jon county methods of road work. stage. Tribute to Heroism of Topeka Crew Paid - PORTLANU. ISOV. .v, - A n TalhMtn . i,ero.m ot men iberj ; Jhta cr. t ih. rosriiK Of 3U DerSOHS wVrked steam schooner Joan of Arc was pai.i . --j Captain VV. A W"1"0";: "ed City of Topekaj which here today after "topping at Marshtieia. wnt c persons were leiu Twn women ana ieu " ,ir5LLl,tt ilre1 at pTt orford, ore. Monday night. Af ter the secona uuv iuu was picked up. u. , la. ; l toun .-.. iioii a -tniinc sailor on the -lopeaa ft toI ,i n t i vi ii carpenier on .u, . wiiii me iiiiiu U II VC - v r - and three memhers ot tne civ th Joan of Arc, and made three trips until all on the wreck were taken off. Captain Hall also praised Chief Engineer L. Skrl linger of the Topeka, who he said manned the searchlight and kept a beam on tuo lifeboats and the wreck until the rescue was completed. MISS DOYLE APPOINTED HEAD OF COMMITTEES CLAIMS OF KX-SKItVICK MEN TO BE SETTLED CensuR of All Hospital Cism To He Taken and Records Kept at National Headquarters PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 20. With the appointment of Miss Jane V. Doyle as chairman r-f a newly organid hospitalization committee, the state executive committee of the Americaulegion, department of Oregon, bsgan to day on this state's share of the legion's national movement to clean up all cases of sick ex-service men who have unsettled claims against the government. A census will be taken of all hosDital cae3. records will be kept in national headquarters of the leeion. and all claims will be cleared up with the least possible delayj according to Edward J. Fivers, state adjutant, who has Just returned from a conference of department adjutants with Frederick V. Galbraith. Jr.. nat ional commander, in Indianapolis. MRS. STEWART HEADS SOCIETY Salem Florists Elect Offi cers Plans Made to Beautify State Street The election of officers Tor the coming year was the principal business of the Salem Floral so ciety, which met in the auditorium of the Commercial club last night. Mrs. Frederick S. Stewart was named president, Mrs. L. T. Harris vice-president. Miss Eliza beth Iord treasurer, and Mrs. W. Everett Anderson secretary. The new board of directors will consist of Mrs. William P. Lord. E. S. Tillinghast. Frederick S. Lamport. Mrs. William H. Burg hardt, Jr., and Mrs. Ennis Waite. Action waa taken to begin shortly the planting of Caroline Testout rose 'cuttings along the north side of State street, from the supreme court building to the state penitentiary, the cuttings to be donated by Individuals and the state hospital. , Mother Places Baoy on Red Hot Stove NEW YORK. Nov. 20. After she had been arrested, accused of placing her seven-months old boy on a red hot stove, airs, urace Randell told the Brooklyn police tonight that her husband, whom she loves "better than anything , .v else in the world." had "treated her cooly" since the child was born. The child, taken from the top of a stove by police whom neigh bors summoned, may die, hospi tal physicians said. The husband is serving a sentence in jail. Firemen tit Dallas At i - - -. fir J Teoiea Oy CflRTCfl IT vmen DALLAS. Or.. Nov. 20. (Spec- hal to The Statesman.) At the annual chicken pie supper given Dy the women of the Christian church last night the firemen ot Dallas were given a banquet by the church in appreciation of the 1 heroic work done by that organ! I zation at a fire which seriously damaged the building the early i,)art Qf the summer. The fire. which caught from a defective flue, baffled the efforts of the I firemen for more than an hour Several firemen were hurt by fan j ing glass during the fire. ft Qomly JJ , (jlVen Wide Advertising Successful Methods", a maga Tin, nublished in Chicago, re- oontiv rpnrnrtuoed the nrint tak- 1 en cf a Marion county asphaltia concrete pavement, and made very Recently the Austin-Western Road Machinery company, also oi cm raco. out out a new catalog and adopted this same view for the front page of tne puDiication. Thp mctiire snows me aaiem Rosedale road in district No. 28 1 t i .v. -mthm AAwinlorA1 In 1919 1. - h,,t I m II It II Tf awB VJ 1U S V U " w " . - .Vd o. . . r-i ....vns the street car The curve nort by and grades of the finished road leading through the rolling av leadinc "ills into the celebrated farms of the Rosedale secti. ce.rl nown and the pictu prune- section ara re has attracted much attention Miss Beardsley Head of Parent-Teacher Society i x,,aa v,nrPnr. Keardsley of Sa lem waa eiertod president of thf - Marion County Tarent-Teacher as- . at th. .pmi-annual con i r . . . . frronce which wa held yestcrua at the hish sclmolr The rmftinK was attended ny delegates coming from all parts of the couniy. WEATHER: Probably Rain, cloudy east portion of state; mod erate easterly winds. CZECH AND GERMAN CLASHES CONTINUE ONE KILLED AND SCORES AUK - .WOUNDED IX COMUAT Crowd Stoned Prefecture When Tocsin Wn Sounded Which Brought On Fight PRAGUE. Nov. 20. There was a continuation lat night of the disorders growing out of the feeling between Czch and Ger man elements. A crowd tried to storm the German opera, but was driven back by the iH:.ce. In the face of an increasing crowd, the government withdrew the police and stopped the performance. One person was killed and a score wounded In a clash of Czech soldiers and German inhabitants of Asch, Thursday night, when the soldiers removed the monument of Joseph II and began firing to celebrate their act. The Tocsin was sounded and a crowd stoned the prefecture. Reinforcements were attacked and fighting fol lowed. YEON ACCEPTS ROAD POSITION Portland Man Persuaded to Take Place Left Vacant by Simon Benson John B. Yeon of Portland is the new member of the state highway commission to take the place of Simon Benson, resigned. A telegram from Mr. Yeon. an nouncing his acceptance, was re ceived by the governor's office late yesterday. Mr. Yeon was the governor's first selection for the position, bnt declined to accept because of the pressure of private -affairs. The governor then appointed Eric . Hauser who also declined. Gov? ernor Olcott renewed efforts to In duce Mr. Yeon to accept and he finally consented. Yeon Is a wealthy Portland business man. and more than any other person, perhaps, is to be credited with bringing into exist ence the famous Columbia River highway. Under the law It was necessary for the governor to appoint a citi zen ot Multnomah county, since the statute" requires that each con gressional district be represented by a commissioner. Recommenda tions were received ,by the gov ernor In behalf of several able and prominent men of other parts of the state, bnt under the law they were not eligible. j FORESTRY MEN LACK QUORUM Adoption of New State Pol icy Must be at Meeting in Two Weeks Lack of a quorum yestetday prevented the state board of forestry in a meeting at Corvallis from adopting what forestry men say will be the most complete and comprehensive state forestry policy that ever has been adopted by any state in the union. And which will be a model that other states doubtless will follow. C. S. Chapman, forester for the Western Forestry and Conserva tion association said here last night that because of Oregon's vast timber resources it is im portant that the state should take a lead such as that represented in the policy' to be adopted. Governor Olcott and other members of the board who re turned to Salem last night, de clined to make public a gist of the new policy, explaining that they wished to wait until it is adop.ed. which doubtless will be.two weeks from today at a meeting In Port land. The new state policy was drafted by Mr. Chapman and Dean George W. Peavy. head of the forestry department at Oregon Agricultural college. Those who attended the meet ing in Corvallis yesterday were Governor Olcott. chairman of the board; F. A. Elliott, state forester and secretary of the board; Dean G. W. Peavy. GeOrge Gerlinger. District Forester Corgo H. Cecil. C. S. Chapman and A. . Cooper, a representative of the pine manu facturers of eastern Oregon. Importation of Wheat From Canada Increases WASHINGTON. Nov. 2 De cided increase In the importation ot wheat flour from Canada dur ing the second half of October was hown in figures issued todav by lb? federal trade commission in further response to President Wilson's direction for injuiry into the decline in wheat prices. Figures gathered through cus toms sources, the commission aid. also indicated that the rate of relatively larga importations from Canada in the ame period was substantially maintained. HOl'SK MOTHER DIES. CORVALLIS. Nov. 2V Mr. A. D. Crane, house mother of Delta Delta Delta house here, died sud denly last night of heart failure. She formerly lived at Los Angeles. U.S. FIGURES SILENTLY IN CONFERENCE a . j r m di ' tvalUDg t& rough a qmt a ln Attitude ot America rlays:m,eAmer Parlrn,aa Wta Presid,Bt. Par in riamntr Pn1Icil ran in onaping roiiciei of League of Nations in . I session at ueneya i LABORS OF ARMAMENT COMMITTEE BEGUN Dr. Koo Urges Careful Ac tion Considering Advice of Outside Nations GKNEVA. Nov. 20. (by AsM. Press). Although the United States is not represented by a delegate In the assembly of the league of nations, there is hard ly a session in which the United States Is not referred to. The United -States today had a vol unteer spokesman oa the speak ers stand In N. W. Rowell of Canada, who warned the assem bly against any policy involving Interference in the Internal affairs of any country. t. S. limn Am laflnetM-r "Canada." said Mr. Rowell. "will never consent to any such interferences." adding: "You cannot expect the great country to the south of Canada to become a party to the league if there is any pretension that the league can Interfere in its in ternal affairs." Signor Tittonl. of Italy.. reply ing, regretted that the delegate! took such a radical position on a subject he thought open to dis cussion. Today's session concluded the first stage of the assembly's work. The agenda now is In the hands ot the committeos. which are x pected to i e port esrly oa ques tions susceptible of quick aoia tioa. so that the full session can act on these while committees continue their work. Advice of Xatkms Songht The armament committee be gan its labors today In open ses sion. Christian Lange. of Nor way, and Dr. Wellington Koo. of China, gave a general sketch of the work. The former suggested that the only measure that' could be adopted to gauge limitations of armaments was the budget. Dr. Da Cunha. ot Itrasil. intro duced a resolution providing that the manufacture of armaments and munitions be limited to state monopoly. Dr. Koo said it was necessary to go slowly to progress surely He said that the United State and Russia were not members of the league and that other coun tries which it would be necessary to' consult are out of the league. Winter Travel Developed From Yukon Silver Camp DAWSON. Nov. 20. Extensive winter travel has developed be tween Dawson and the new Yukon silver ramp at Mayo. The Keno Hill operations are continuing all winter with electric equipment. The Guggenheim have started hauling three thousand tons of ore from the hill with sleighs, ready to ship to the smelter when the river opens. The ore ranees in value from one hundred to one thousand dollars a ton. Indl vidual operators also will hlP this winter. Farmers Face Situation of Credit or Bankruptcy LAUREL. Neb.. Nov. 20. -Farmers of the country will bel forced Into bankruptcy unleos the! federal reserve board arrange emergency CTedit extens-on. ac cording to a petition circulated by the Laurel Commercial club anl signed by hundreds of farmers and business men. W. F. Wrst rand. secretary, says the petition is being circulated In all parts of this and surrounding states and will be forwarded to Governor W. I. G. Harding ot the federal re serve board. New Orleans Wharfage Is Destroyed by Fir NEW ORLEANS. 1.. Nov. 20. The loss involved by a river front 00. according to a Ktateraent Is- Mied tonUht. The blaze con - sume-l 2m fivM of wharfage In in.? onsninwn section. Sparks from a switch engine are Mlieved to have started the blai which destroyed a new: banana warf. eight box cars LlJ.-d with gtvernmnt material, two gov ernment derricks, damasjed tha stern of the steamship Poncelot being fitted for the French tins and vast quantities ot export goods. HARDING REACHES HALF WAY MARK PARTY ENCOUNTERS ICKAL TROPICAL II HIT Fair Weather Favor Seaator Who SfwntH Day Walk lag. Read las , and Ilaj Irig taunea ON BOARD STEAMER PARIS MINA. Nov. 20. By Wireless.) elm Mlng d party al ,onjJtht approache1 lhe half yk ' h ,0,aK Orleans to Panama. from Except for the i;ht rain and moderate wind, fair weather favored the senator and he pent mot of the day on derk walking. reading and playing ship game. Mrs. Harding remained in her stateroom on the advice of her physician. It was explained she was not III. bat waa In need of rest. Real tropical heat was en countered today. THOUSANDS GO INTO BUILDING Nearly Half Million Do II art Represented in Ten Months9 Permits Ask the average resident ot Sa lem If be thinks the property val ues of tbt city have Increased much during the past ten months. and Invariably the reply will ba that the city has grown very lit tle. But figures do not lie. al though sometimes liars fig-arw-and a careful compiling ot tb building and repair permits Issued In the cftf recorders office this year offers a revrlatioa to tha ordinary busy worker ot Salem who has had little time In which to look around and see tha hap penings in the city. During the past 10. months 8 permits for -tha erection of new buildings have been Issued, the valuation ot which Is S3T2.4S9. This amount does not Include th paper mill, for which a bnildln pennlt was not Issued, and whicb would swell the figure about quarter of a million dollars. Sixty-flva permits have been Issued by tha recorder for repair. Ing and remodeling bull dings, cit ed at a cost of 9S3.190. Tnesa figures show m, total of S42S.C40 lnereaa la the value of Salem properties. In th last 10 months. Steers9 Father Is Hurt in Automobile Accident THE DALLES. Ore.. Nov. 20. II. P. Steers, father of Cap'ain "Dill" Steers of the University of Oregon football eleven, who was Injured In an automobile accident yesterday, was doing well today and his recovery was believed to be assured. The family tele graphed the son to play the game today at Oregon Agricultural col lege. He was expected to come to his home immediately after the game. CORVALLIS. Nov. 2. Bill Steers. University ot Oregon quarterback, played through to day's game against Oregon Agri cultural college with sorrow clutching at his heart. Steers' father was Injured perhaps fatal ly In an automobile accident at The Dalles Friday night. Rather than desert his team, which de pended so greatly on his efforts he remained with tha eleven and played through the game. The moment the battle was over Steers hurried Into his clothes and took the first train for The Dalles. If his father's condition shows any Improvement he will go to Pasa dena to play with his Oregon teammates there on Thankgiving day against the University of Southern California. Otherwise hewill remain at his father's bed ride, he Mid. Silverton High School is Defeated by Dallas DALLAS. Or.. Nov. 20. (Spec, iJ to The Statesman.) The Dal- U high school football team de feated a team from the Silverton hich school on the local ground ester1ay afternoon by a score of to o. The game was a hard fought contest, the field being a sea of mud and water. Silverton and Dallas have be-n rUalt In athletic sports lor the paM seve ral years and the high school boys are enthiiidas tic over their victory, iullas ban made an entlable rec ord this eeaon. having lot but one game. They play their lat game Thankscivtng day with a team from the Forest Grove high school. 1 J Is Acceptable to Japan LOS ANGELES. Cel.. Nov. 20 Japanese newpaper today an nounced the completion of the new treaty between Japan and the United States and stated It was to a cable frota Toklo recelted bere today by the Japanese Daily News. It was declared .the Jtreaty would la no way affect Hawaii. SHIPPERS TO OPPOSE ANY RATE CUTS Existing Schedules to Con tinue Until Competition Forces Rerision is Agree ment of Conference EXPECT NO CHANGE BY MITSUI COMPANY Any Rerision of Rates Re uired to Meet Competition FaTored by Members SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 20. Shipping men. members f law Pacific Westbound conference, la session here todsy. took action tor protection against threaten ed rata 'cutting on trans-racise freight, by going oa record as favoring any revision of exist teg rales required to meet competi tion, with proper not lea to all members. Hairs Not ta be Cat At the asm time, J. J. WlJ Als ton, resident agent for tha Blss Funnel line, which concern had been reported contemplating ruts In rates, made positive statement that wail his company cannot andsr tha rales ot tha Holt cor poration enter aay conference, tt would abide by tha rates ests fe ed at tha conference. The Mitsui Company, which also wss reported preparing to cut rates, is a member - ot the conference aad local members said they anticipate no rata cutt ing from that concern. Krrhitoe) la Favored Shippers attending tha confer ence today declared the two com panies, neither of which was re presented at the meeting, are ac cepting freight at less thsa con ference rates. It was agreed todsy list the existing ec&edole ot rats win he malatalaed as til com petit too forces revision, and that, with no tice, to all members and to tha United States shipping board. -the conference will cut Us rates to any degree necessary to meet competition.- Dallas Lodging Houses Musi Have Fire Escapes DALLAS. Nov. 20. f Special to The Statesman.) ilhla lie next few weeks all of the build ings la this city need as hotels and rooming houses with two or nor stories will be equipped with fir escapes as an ordinance to that effect Is now pending before ,ina city council and undoubtedly will be passed at the ncxt regalar meeting. The places affected by the or dinance wilt be the Gall hotel, the Dallas hotel, the Imperial Room ing house and the old dormitory building now nsed as aa apart ment house. The Gail hotel Is the only one of these buildings which Is cow provided with fire escspes. but more will be Installed on the building in the near future. VAXCOUVF.R MILLM CLOSE. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 20. The Vancouver flour mills were closed .today. The management announced the mill wss shut down owing to the condition ot the flour market. Fifty men were employed at the mills. ACCIDENT LIST e What narrowly escaped Z being a serious accident oe- curred yesterday at the In- tervction ot Church and Court streets when la auto- 'mobile driven by Roy Ro- land of f0i North Summer 4 street, collided with a bug- gy. the occupants of which were thrown to the pave- ment. William Hawkins ot - S25 North Capital street. who wss riding in the buggy. 4 received injuries sbout the bead bnt William William- son and sister. Hilda WIU liamson. who were also In A the buggy escaped nnln Jnred. Tb- buggy was 3 slightly damaged. A report sent Into police. , r-adquarter yl-ttrdav by Carl E. Miller of SSS North Fourteenth stre-t, ay that 1 while he was driving an aa- tomoblle east on Court street between Liberty and High . streets, he wss run into by an antnmobil turning eudd-a- ly In front of him. wlthoat , any warning on the pert ot the driver. Miller said his maehin- was slightly dam- U aged tv the collision hut no 4 one was Injured. He dl4 not succeed la getting the name of the driver or the number on his car. - "1 m.w 1 1 T