More Industries Are Coming to Shlbm,; Still More Are Just Around the Cbrneri bn Their Certain Waj; He:
Fish Cdmmittee Going to Washington Legislature Should Help Outline Program to Clean Up Columbia Rhro
'Ti
WEATHER FORECAST: Cibiidy and
unsettled: colder over east portions; gen
tle to moderate variable wlnd.s. Maximum
yesterday, 52; minimum, 35; river, 7.2;
rainfall, cone; atmosphere, cloudy; wind,
southeast.
The Detroit Free Press says. "The cov
ered wagon Just naturally had to pass out.
It -was slow, 'and hardly ever ran over
anybody. , . i
'SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SOLONS EAGER
FOR BIG IBS
DISAPPOINTED
Announce Committee Ap
pointments for Both Legis
lative Houses
WAYS, MEANS FAVORITE
Muring County Senator and Rep
resentative! Fare None Too
Well Brown Heads
Agriculture
It was a sevj-re Jolt to some
abb-bodied legislators to learn
yesterday that their assignments
m the night-shift of. the 14th leg
islature were not all they hoped
' for from the president of the sen
ate" 3r the-Kpeaker of the house.
In other words, committee ap
pointments were announced yes
terday. It is at committee meet
ings that much of the deadly work
of! the legislature is done. Mem
bership on important committees
involves hard workjrlong hours,
entails responsibility, and gives
legislators ray hair or makes
what they have give way to baldness
Yet without exception members
strive to get on the important and
the hardest-worked committees.
It is when committee appoint
ments are announced that legisla
tors wonder why they so placidly
voted for the presiding officer the
day before.
There are In either the senate
of fthe house only about four or
fire really important committees.
Most Important for this session.
iiSiow seems, is the ways and
means' committee. Next perhaps,
comes the assessment and tax
ation committees. For sheer bulk
jof work it is hard to beat the
-'udiciary committees.
Then there' are those that are
: doped to have a bey iime because
of the nature of legislation that
will be introduced. Such commit
tees are those on education, insur
ince, irrigation, and drainage, re
rision of laws, found in both house
arid senate, and these others In
the house automobiles and roads,
taxation and revenue: and in the
r Continued a 'paca 3.1
PASS MEMORIAL
ON NEW BRIDGE
SOLOXS SEEK TO SAFEGUARD
SHIPPING ON COLUMBIA
Port of Portland Would Donate
; Funds to Secure Correct
Bridge Type
Roth the senate and house yes
terday approved a memorial urg
ing the United States congress -to
favor amendments offered by the
Oregon delegation to a "bill now
pending before the house of repre
sentatives providing for the con
struction of the proposed Long
view brdge across the Columbia
rirer.
"The entire state of Oregon is
vitally interested in the Port of
Portland as its main outlet and
inlet of its products and com
merce." read the memorial. "The
erection of a bridge across the Col
umbia river between Portland and
the sea. if not properly construct
ed as to height and clearances,
would seriously jeopardize the in
terests of this state in limiting and
impeding the movement of its
shipping, resulting injuriously to
the business and prosperity of the
state.
I "There is now pending a bill in
the house of representatives of the
r-Aitifroua B.-Ktfh has alffeariv nflnaeri
the senate, authorizing the erec
tion of a bridge across the Colum
bia river at Longvlew, Wash., and
the Port of Portland has requested
an amendment 'wbich if adopted,
would permit the port of Portland,
if it believed that the specifica
tions approved by the secretaries
of war. commerce and agriculture
might jeopardize the interests of
waid port Portland, to pay the
difference between the cost of a
bridge built according to such
specifications so approved and the
cost of a bridge of the heights and
clearances reasonably desired by
, . "Whereas, it is desirable that
Ah' Xt only all reasonable safeguards
provided, but that even extra
ordinary precautions-be taken that
tbwi interests of this State may be
properly guarded ai cared for;4
''Now, therefore, ,your memor
ialists respectfully beg leave to
pray and petition that the amend
ment proposed In the house of rep
resentatives by the Oregon repre
sentatives, and all other safe
guards requested by the Oregon
congressional -delegation, 'may be
incorporated in the measure now
pending before the congress, or in
any other measure which maybe
proposed."; ' ' ; .
?RosoIved,'that the secretary of
State be. and fie is hereby directed
XCoatiaaal p fax l.X
AMITY MALADY
CLAIMS FOURTH
PHYSICIANS DISAGREE IN DI
AGNOSIS OF ILLNESS
A. R. Griffith Dies of Same Dis
ease that Killed Three
Children
McMINNVILLE, Ore., -Jan. 11.
,(AP) The mysterious malady
which killed three members of an
Amity family within a week,
claimed its fourth victim today
when A. R. Griffith, the husband
and father died. Of the family
fo seven, the mother alone has so
far escaped the disease. Alice and
Barbara, two younger girls, are
afflicted but doctors expressed
hope of their recovery following
their removal from the home.
Mrs. Griffith yesterday collaps
ed from the strain but doctors
found no symptoms of the malady
that has carried off her husband
and three children.
Physicians have disagreed radi
cally in their diagnosis of the dis
ease. Some attributed it to pois
oning, some to acute influenza and
others maintained is a peculiar
disorder of the brain.
The family have been in strait
ened circumstances for some time
and unsanitary living conditions
were thought to have been a pos
sible source of the disease. The
Red Cross has taken measures to
provide for future exigencies.
Arthur Griffith, 16, was the
first victim in the family. He
died New Year's day. Francis,
11, died a week later, and Alda,
8, died Saturday.
Precautions have been taken to
prevent spread of the disease
should it prove contagious.
TEXT CASE GOES BACK
Supreme Court Refuses to Assume
Jurisdiction on Rooks
The state supreme court yester
day refused to assume jurisdic
tion in mandamus proceedings
brought by Row, Peterson & Co.,
to compel Governor Patterson and
other members of the state board
of education to sign contracts with
the publishers for certain text
books adopted by the state text
book commission at its annual
meeting held here early in Novem
ber. Under the ruling of the su
preme court it will be necessary
for .the publishers to initiate pro
ceedings in the circuit court, and
later appeal 'the action to the su
preme court for final determina
tion. An injunction was issued
recently in the circuit court for
Multnomah county restraining the
state board of edu :ation from en
tering into contracts with the
textbook publisher 1.
STAGE SCHEDULE FIXED
Action Follows Complaint by Other
Competing Lines
The public service commission
yesterday issued an order pre
scribing the schedule of operations
of the Silverton Transit stages.
These stages operate between Sil
verton and Portland. The com
plaint was filed by the Oregon
Stages, and a number of other
lines competing with the Silver
ton Transit stages.
STEWART CALLED AWAY
Member of House Called to Port
land by Death of SLster
Representative S. L. Stewart of
Rickreall received word of the
death of his sister, Mrs. Glen
Graves of 121 East Twelfth street,
Portland. Mr. Stewart was ex
cused'for the balance of the week,
and left immediately.
Mrs. Graves has been suffering
from cancer for the past five
months. She leaves a husband and
two children. She and Mr. Stew
art were the only members left
in the family.
YESTERDAY
IN WASHINGTON
1 Associated Press
The senate decided to investi
gate the Vare election.
Four farm organizations en
dorsed the McNary-Haugen bill.
Restoration of the 1920 rates
on second class mail was recom
mended by the senate postoffice
committee.
Congress, for the most part, re
served decision' on President Cool
idge's Nicaraguan message trans
mitted yesterday.
Use of poisonous denaturants in
alcohol is required by law. Secre
tary Mellon told the. senate.
Shipping board reported that
operation of a privately owned
merchant marine without govern
ment subsidy, was impossible.
Senator Steck of Iowa withdrew
charges that Senator-elect Brook
harfwas a '"paid lobbyist" for
Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania.
. Two house democrats'; ftuddlea
ton Of Alabama and Lozier of Mis
souri assailed President Coolidge's
Nicaraguan stand ; Wood of In
diana, a republican defeuded JW'
RURAL BODIES
FAVOR PJllRY
BILL IN HOUSE
Four Organizations Place
Blanket Endorsement
Before Committee
OTHER MEASURES URGED
Reasons for Not Adopting Cnrtls
Crisp and Aswell Bills De
scrllied ; McNary-Haugen
Held Practicable
WASHINGTON. Jam 11 (AP)
Four farm organizations tonight
laid before the house j agriculture
committee n blanket endorsement
of the new MeNary-Hdugen bill,
climaxing a day spent In bitter but
successful fight in committee to
retain its equalization fee for con
trolling crop surpluses.
The endorsement was signed by
the American farm bureau federa
tion, the cotton growers' exchange,
the corn belt federation and the
executive committee of 22, and
was conveyed to the louse com
mittee aefter the McNary-Haugen,
and Curtis-Crisp bills had been
considered.
In view of this organised action.
Chairman Haugen said his com
mittee might not wish to consider
further either the Aswell or Curtis-Crisp
bills, particularly since
the equalzation fee, which has
been the center of farm relief con
troversy was approved: by a 13 to
6 vote at a morning session.
Four farm organisations ar
rived at the conclusion that both
the Curtis-Crisp and Aswell bills
will put the government into the
business of buying and selling
farm commodities while the McNary-Haugen
bill would not.
"The price formula in the Crisp
(Continued on pajge 8.)
WOOD ALCOHOL (UPHELD
Congress Demands Poison Dena
turants, Mellon States
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (AP)
Congress has required the use
of poison denaturants! for indus
trial alcohol. Secretary Mellon to
day informed the senate in a reply
to its request for information on
the subject.
"The treasury does not wish to
use dangerous substances as dena
turants," Mr. Mellon said, "but
congress has Imposed upon the
treasury the duty of specifying an
effective denaturant readily 'avail
able to industry."
Wood alcohol is "the simplest
denaturant" meeting the require
ments of the law, the secretary
said, and while the treasury has
been searching for years for a sub
stitute, none has been found.
'
VETO MESSAGES
Accompany bills
THREE APPROVED BY 1925
LEGISLATURE RETURNED
Proposed Bills Call for Experiment
Station, Armory, Four Fifths
Vote
Three bills approved at the
1925 session of the legislature
and later vetoed by Governor
Pierce were returned to the sen
ate yesterday, with copies of the
veto messages. The bills were re
referred to senate committees and
probably will be reported out later
this week.
Senate Bill No. 207, which was
Introduced in the 1925 legislature
by the Umatilla county delegation,
provided for the establishment of
an experimental station and car
ried an appropriation of 12000.
Under the provisions of the bill
the station would be located In
Umatilla county. Governor Pierce,
ih vetoing this bill, held that there
already were a number of experi
mental stations in the state and
that another station was not neces
sary to care for the wants of the
farmers.
Senate bill No. 257, which was
vetoed by Governor Pierce at the
192 5 legislative session, provided
for the erection of an armory at
Cottage Grove at an estimated cost
of $30,000. It was set out in the
governor's veto message that while
the armory was needed, it would
Create a large expenditure at a
time when the state was short of
funds. This bill was introduced
by the senate committee on mil
itary affairs.
Senate bill No. introduced
by Senator Corbett at the 1525
session, provided that a four-fifths
vote of members of the child wel
fare commission would be requir
ed to pass any act of that organ
ization. Governor Pierce, in his
Veto message, held that this bill
was unreasonable.
LOGGING CAMPS TO OPEN
Three Week Shutdown Will End
at Four Plants
PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (AP)
Four large logging camps operat
ed by lumber mills in the lower
Columbia river district will open
next week after being closed down
for three weeks. ,
.. These camps will absorb approx
imately 1200 of the idle men of
Portland who are already prepar
ing; to leave.
The camps to open are the K-P
camp at Knappa. Crosset-Western
camp at Knappa. and Clark-Wilson
camp at Goble, which begin
operations on Jan. 10, and the
Oregon-American camp at Ver
nonia on Jan. 18.
Other camps which are at high
er altitudes will not start opera
tions until the snow disappears.
SCHOOL CLERK'S SALARY.
Pay Not Less Than $25 According
to Proposed Measure
A bill introduced In the senate
yesterday by Senator Hall of Coos
would make it possible for school
boards to pay clerks in districts
of the first and second class, an
annual minimum fee of $25
RUB-A-DUB-DUB!
GOVERNOR'S AX
CHOPS SIMPSON
SfcCICKTAKY OF MUNCS COM
MISSION IS FIRSfT TO GO
General White Makes Motion That
Puts Major Out of Two
Year Job
Major W. P. Simpson, for the
past two years secretary of the
World war veterans state aid com
mission, was relieved of his offi
cial duties at the first meeting of
the organization under the Patter
son administration, held in the
executive 'department yesterday
with all members of the commis
sion present except E. F. Bailey of
Junction City.
Frank M. Moores of Portland
was elected by unanimous vote of
the commission to succeed Major
Simpson. Mr. Moores was traffic
manager at the Olds, Wortman &
King store in Portland for a nuiri
ber of years, and prior to the pri
mary campaign was employed in
the campaign headquarters of
Governor Patterson. He served in
the engineering corps overseas
during the World war.
The motion to dispense with the
services of Major Simpson was
made by George A. White, adju
tant general, and a member of the
commission.
"I feel." said Adjutant General
White in presenting the motion,
"that the secretary of this com
mission should be a man in whose
capacity and integrity the commis
sion has confidence. I move that
Major Simpson be relieved of his
official duties and that any action
the commission may take become
effective immediately."
Members of the commission who
voted for deposing Major Simpson
were Governor Patterson, Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state; George
A. White, adjutant general, and
W. C. Culbertson. The same
members voted for the election of
Mr. Moores.
Immediately following the elec
tion of Mr. Moores the commission
went into executive session, and
Major Simpson retired from the
room. At the request of Adjutant
General White the commission
then voted to reinstate Edward B.
Hamilton as field inspector for
the bonus commission. Mr. Ham
ilton previously was employed by
the commission in. this capacity,
but was removed from his posi
tion soon after Major Simpson
was elected secretary of the or-
(Continued on page 8.)
MUST PAY LICENSE FEE
Proposed Bill Exempts Operators
of Commercial Vehicles
Owners or operators of commer
cial vehicles are exempted from
the provisions of the so-called
peddlers' law under the terms of
a bill introduced yesterday by
Senators Banks, Hall and Dunn of
Multnomah. Owners and operat
ors of commercial vehicles, under
the existing laws, are compelled
to pay a license fee 50 per cent in
excess of the regular license fee.
This bill has the support of vir
tually all of the motor vehicle or
ganizations In the state.
nElEDi SOUGHT
SOME STREilS
League of Oregon Cities Hold
Meet and Discuss Proposed
Legislation
BARBUR ELECTED HEAD
Resolution Opposing Any Action
by Legislature Now Met
Defeat; Other Proposed
Bills Approved
Realizing the gravity of a situ
ation which may be forced on them
through hurried legislation aimed
at remedying the pollution of the
Willamette river, the cities of Ore
gon are going to take a hand in
the problem themselves, Jt was
decided at the meeting of the
League of Oregon Cities here Tues
day. The league authorized a com
mittee of representatives of seven
cities which are affected, to be
appointed by the city governments
which will cooperate with the ex
ecutive committee of the Anti
Stream Pollution league, and with
the Association of City Engineers,
in working out a solution of this
problem.
If the cities on the Willamette
river are required to construct dis
posal plants as the anti-pollution
league proposes, some of them
(Continued on paga 0.)
ROSE CROIX CLUB ELECT
Committee Appointed to Arrange
For: Big Banquet Soon
The annual election of officers
of the Rose Croix club, local or
ganization of Scottish Rite Mas
ons, was held at the Masonic hall
Monday night. Judge O. P. Cosh
Ow was chosen as president for
the ensuing year and Harry Levy,
vice president. Chester Noland
was re-elected secretary treasurer.
A. B. Hansen, who has been presi
dent of the club for the past two
years, was elected a member of
the board of directors to serve for
a term of three years. A commit
tee was named to arrange for a
banquet to be held in the near fu
ture to which members of the
legislature, who are Scottish Rite
Masons will be the honor guests.
Following the business session re
freshments of sandwiches and cof
fee were served.
HEADS HEALTH BOARD
State Body Favors Establishment
of Water Commission
Dr. W. B. Morse of Salem was
elected president of the state
board of health at a meeting held
here yesterday. Dr. E. B. Picket
of Medford was elected vice presi
dent and Dr. Frederick D. Strieker
of Portland, secretary.
The board went on record in
favor of the formation of a sani
tary .water board, which would
establish a department of sanitary
engineering. A bill already has
been prepared looking to the
establishment of the sanitary en
gineering department and will be
introduced during the present ses
sion of the legislature.
The board also -voted to refuse
to recommend for use any anti
toxins not approved by the United
States health service.
CHAPLIN ESTATE HELD
Two Receivers Named Br Super
ior Judge in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.
(AP) Superior Judge Walton J.
Wood late today appointed two
receivers to handle the properties
of Charles Spencer Chaplin pend
ing the outcome of the divorce
suit brought by his estranged
wife, Lita Grey Chaplin.
The receivers, appointed on the
petition of Mrs. Chaplin, are W.
I. Gilbert and Herman Spitzell.
Each was required to post $200.
000 bond. .
Gilbert was chief counsel for
Aimee Semple McPherson during
the evangelist's preliminary con
spiracy hearing and also was per
sonal attorney for the late Ru
dolph Valentino.
FIRE LOSSES $181,750
Most Disastrous Conflagration He
, ported At Enterprise
-j i ' 't-v-'j-vl-P v,
. Fire losses in the state ot Ore
gon during the month of Decem
ber, exclusive , of Portland, were
$181,750,' according to a report
prepared: by the state fire marshal
here yesterday.' ' . r ;
There were . 58 T fires reported
during .the month. The most dis
astrous fire was at Enterprise
where A mill': and contents were
destroyed with aIo$s of $40,000.
Two of the fires resulted from ex
plosions. ; - '.
MONEY FOR STATE
HOSPITAL READY
REPORTS INDICATE flOO.OOO
APPltOPRIATION TOO SMALL
New BUI Calls for $200,000; In
stitution to Be Located
at The Dalles
Attorney General VanWinkle-,
in a legal opiriion prepared here
yesterday, held that the appropri
ation of $100,000, carried in the
measure authorizing the establish
ment of sl state tuberculosis hos
pital in eastern Oregon, is avail
able at any time for the construc
tion of the required buildings.
The measure, as approved by
the voters at the November elec
tion, carried an appropriation of
$100, 00ft for payment of salaries
of officers and employes, and for
the maintenance of the hospital up
to and including December 31,
1926.
As a result of the time limita
tlod , contained in the measure the
board . of control recently asked
the attorney general for a legal
opinion as to, whether the- appro
priation was still available.
"It is clear," read the opinion,
"that the intention of the legisla
ture was that the. moneys appro
priated should' be available for
salaries, maintenance and contin
gent expenses until the end of the
year 19 26, and also for acquisition
of land and the construction of
buildings without time limitation."
Reports here indicate that the
appropriation of $100,000 will fall
far short of erecting and equip
ping . the new,, tuberculosis hospi
tal, and that more than double
that amount of money wiU be re
quired. It was said that a bill
now being prepared would carry
an appropriation of $200,000 for
the hospital, and that additional
funds would be sought as they are
needed.
The hospital will be located at
The Dalles, and construction work
will start as soon as the appropri
ation is authorized by the legis
lature. TEXTBOOK PROBE COMING
Controversy Raging Since Meeting
Held in November
Reports here yesterday indicat
ed that a legislative investigation
of the textbook situation in Ore
gon would be .requested at the
present session.
Purposes of the investigation, as
outlined in the resolution now be
ing prepared, follow:
To probe the existing textbook
controversy to the; bottom.
To determine whether any book
company or combination of book
concerns now or in the past had a
monopoly on the textbooks in this
state.
To ascertain whether the price
paid for textbooks has been exces
sive and as to whether the ex
change value has been reasonable.
To determine i whether any
remedial legislation is needed.
The textbook j controversy in
Oregon has been raging since last
November when members of the
state' board Of education refused
to sign contracts with the publish
ers for textbooks adopted by the
state textbook commission.
AIMEE LEAVES ON TOUR
Evangelist Boards Train, for Lec
ture Trip Amid Hymns
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.
(AP) rAimee Semple McPherson,
Angelus Temple pastor, left here
today for Denver, Colo., on the
first leg of a nation-wide lecture
tour during which she will speak
In virtually every section of the
country
Apparently In hsppy mood over
dismissal yesterday of the crimin
al conspiracy; charges which have
been pending against her for sev
eral months, the evangelist board
ed the Santa Fe train while 500
of. her followers of the Four
Square Gospel sang hymns.. Mrs.
McPherson appeared on the rear
platform and led the chorus as the
train-moved-but of the station.
BILL ON STATE LOANS
Time for Filing Applications Ex
pires June 30 This Year
: A. bill will be introduced in the
senate later in . the week extend
ing the time for filing applications
for loans under the state soldiers
relief act, , for . a period of i two
years. The time for- filing appli
cations for loans under the present
law expires June 30 of this year.
It; also Is likely; that an effort
will be made" to reopen to service
men the privilege of tiling appli
cations for cash bonus. - The time
for filing these 1 applications al
ready, has expired.-i
M PRO" ELEVATOR .BURNS
Fire Causes $120,000 ; Loss,-' ln
' eluding Building and Grain ; :
MpRO, Ore.. Jan. 11 -(AP) -Loss
amounting to approximately
$120,000 resulted from the de
struction by ; fire , tonight of the
Farmers Elevator and Supply com
pany' buiWing': here, :, ; More .than
$00$ bushels of whfeat was In stor
age in. thejbnild in About half
6f the grain 'was. covered by In
surance..' The elevator and equip
ment was fully insured. ; r -s -.
HDUSESiiS
INTO REGUL1
GRIIDE11K
Resolution Provides forCom.
mittee to Investigate Fish
Legislation .
CONGESTED SESSION DUE
Joint Memorials Call Attention to
Work Done on Columbia ,
. arid Xeed to Keep Open
Channel for Ships -
The second day of the legisla
ture in the house of representa
tives was called to order by Speak
er Carkln at 10:35 a. m. and Rev.
Mr. ; Acheson of the - Jason Lee
Methodist church opened with a
prayer. 1 '
Representative Meindl moved
that the, journal reading be dis
pensed with, and his motion car
ried. . - 1 -. '
Mr. Carkln announced his com
mittee appointments, after; which
he addressed the house a lew min
utes, stating that he had devoted
considerable time to the choice
of his appointments and had made
his best efforts to place members
where he thought they would b
best suited for their special com
mittees, and those who would bo
most Interested in I their several
capacities, thus giving the state of
Oregon the fairest and best. re
sults. Mr. Carkln hinted that this
would in ell probability be the
most congested session ever seen
in the legislature, and mentioned
that there were piles of legislation
for the members" to take care of.
chiefly regarding - roads, taxation
and finances, which would call for
the very best efforts of every man.
House bills numbered 31, 74.
199. 232. 239. 258, 259, 274. 284.
416. 418, 429, 430, 445, 467, 517
and 466, 474. 478, 483, 491, 494.
506 and 508, which were intro
duced at the 33rd legislative as
sembly were read and Repre
sentative Graham moved that bills
numbered 81 and 74 be laid on
the table, and the motion was car
ried. Mr. North moved that all
Other bills from last session be in-
( Continued oa pf .)
CONGRESS TALKS :
COOLIDGE POLICY
PRESIDENTS SPEECH ON NIC
ARAGUA DRAWS FIREt ,
Kellogg Expected to Discuss , Situ
ation Before Committed
- .
, Today
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11(AP)
Another attack upon President
Coolidge's Nicaraguan policy was
made in the house today by Rep
resentative Huddleston, democrat.
Alabama, who termed It a "plain
affront to Mexico." ; Representa
tive Lozier, democrat, Missouri,
also 'delivered a -verbal broadside,
but apart from these, and an Inci
dental thrust by .Senator. Borah,
republican, Idaho, on the floor of
the senate, little was heard from
tne administration s opposition.
On t heather hand. Representative
Wood, republican, Indiana, rose
to the defense ot the president's
message of yesterday ''as an ad
monition to the two countries, but
not 'the big stick'."
j While silence on' the subject
was maintained in quarters where
comment was looked for, it was
said at' -the-? White House that
President Coblfdge had nothing to
add to what he had said in yester
day's message to congress further
than to stress the determination to
afford protection to American life
and property! in any part of the
world, that the government would
do everything in its power to that .
aa. if 2.- .
I With r interest centered on the '
expected appearance tomorrow of
Secretary Kellogg before -the sen
ate foreign relations committee,
td discuss the Nicaraguan situa
tion, most -senators continued to
withhold comment. Senator Bor
ah's was prompted by a request
by. Senator. Bingham, republican. ,
Connecticut, that he be permitted
toj straighten out in the congrei
sional record some confusion over
bis reference to President Dias of
Nicaragua in a speech yesterday.
On mention of the name, the Idaho
senator remarked that Dias, whose
administration is being supported
rbyj the United States, - had been a '
conspirator with General Cbao
orro in the latters elevation to the
presidency. - .
Alejandro Cesar, the new Nicar
aguan minister to Washington, ar
rived here tonight, vile had be a
quoted,' as saying ; fa Ne w Yc r k
that -the taction . of the United
States in backing up the Dias d
tuiolstration met with the appro ?
al jof all good Nicaraguan?. -inoa
it Was believed to be the plan c
Russia to "plant bolshevism la
fContisued o ye ,
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