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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1920)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL FAGS TEN. Hoover Says U.S. Must be Represented New York. Mar. 17. Herbert Hoov r today issued a statement in which he had modified his opinion, expresseu in a. letter to President Wilson last April, that the United States should not be represented on the various boards provided to enforce peace in Europe. He now favors this country. having a representative on the repara tions commission in order that Amer ican Interests may be protected. He protests against the publication of his letter to President Wilson on the ground that it was not issued from the White House and he had not consented to its publication. The statement follows: i "1 have seen In some of this morn ing's papers a copy of a memorandum of mine thot was prepared In the course of the peace conference on the subject of our ; participation in the large number of international com missions set up in Europe. As to the views expressed in the memorandum, they were later modified as to the par-, ticular of our having a representative on tho reparation commission itself because of the large economic control finally given to It over a great part of Europe and the complete necessity of the United States to be represented thereon at once in order to protect American interests. Publicity N'ot Authorized. "Regardless of any personal point of view In this matter there Is to me nothing that is such a breach of good taste, or. the. very foundations of re lations among government officials ns for them to issue to the press corre spondence that may have passed be tween them and their superiors in the course of their service without appro-1 val on both sides. I am Informed it was not Issued from the White House. It U scarcely necessary for me to say that it was not released by me and thiit n searching Inquiry in my own office satisfies me that It tins not come from my staff." In his letter to 1 President Wilson published today Mr. Hoover expressed opposition to the continuance of the United States as a member of the vari ous comissions set up under the peace treaty, saying that such allies relation ship could only lead to vast difficulty and militate against the league of na tlonsi Representation of the United States on the commissions, he said, would mean the country lending itself to the political and financial Interests of other governments during peace, "a pituatlon that must be entirely repul sive to our national Interests, tradi tions and Ideals." He added that he was not sure that the revolution in Kurope was over and that "our people tire not prepared for us to undertake the military policing of Europe while it bolls itself out." Honor at Stake. The letter concluded: "It grow upon mo dally that the UnlUd Stntes la the one great moral reserve In the world todny and that we cannot maintain Independence of action through which this resorve Is to be maintained If we allow ourselves to be dragged Into detailed European entanglements over a period of yea. In my views, If the allies can . brought to adopt peace on the basis ot the fourteen points, we should lend n the whole world our economic and moral strength or the world will swim In sea of misery and disaster worse thnn the dark ages. If they cannot be brought to accept peace on this basis, our national honor is at stake and we "noma nave to make peace Independ ently and retire." Salem Invited To Attend Big Trade Meet In 'Frisco The Salem Commercial Club, In letter from the Portland Chamber of Commerce today, is invited to partici pate in the Seventh Annual National Foreign Trade Council meeting in San Francisco May 2. Manager T. E. MeCroskey is instructed In the letter to secure the names of those wlsum to attend, and to make reservation on cards provided for that purpose. The Portland Chamber, according to the letter, is sending 150 delegates. They will leave there on the "Oregon Special" at 11:45 p. in. May $, arriv ing In San Francisco on the morning of May IS. Hotel Pellevue In the Bay City has been reserved for the Oregon delegation. The trade council meeting Is called for the purpose of striving to open greater markets for American prod ucts in foreign lands, and the benefit Salem will derive from such a meeting is held great. Chilean Merchants Say The American Methods Are Poor . Santiago, Chile, March HI. Chilean merchants complnnln of delays in do livery of goods ordored from tho 'nlted States and that In some enscs their orders are not filled by North American manufacturers, because tho United States does not use the metri cal system of measures. Some Chlleuans declare that. In stead of consulting the wishes and peculiarities of the Chilean market, the American seems Inclined to soli only what h has to offer and to im pose conditions. As evidence, of this situation the Chileans cito the rase of a firm of wholesale -dealers who placed In the United StateB a larger order for light summer wear textiles which wers heeded here in December. They paid SO percent on -account and after awaiting shipment wers advised that It could not be made before the end nf Jnmiaary. This cost that firm its rZ Tha Chll"' y that no i explanations can condone that. . , . , wPrlnt BI)(,r bUNn(wl , d(1. clare have been completely taken ftway from tho United States by Nor weglan competitors because the Ame-lcsns cannot guarantee deliver ies nor prices. One firm of Iron founders placed a if order for material of various qualities and dimensions and two months later received advices that tha ,""" c"ma not be shipped as the manufacturers could deliver goods -..-r iv approximate metrical measure ments. There Is some complaint that there seems to be no system in the North American export business and that the sellers have lost sight of the prln-t-lple that the buyer is not forced to buy unless he choc that he has opportunity for choice and win buy whs- ... obtains satisfaction In qual ity, delivery and credits. Chile Imports about 1150,000 000 worth of goods annually and. now that the nitrate export trade is boom ing, there is an active market here for machinery for nniv. enterprises. Bteel end Iron for public works and rail roads, iron for privato industry petroleum, textiles, sugar and auto-i mcjjliea. Institutions for Insane are Panned by Stanford Head fhlnnmv Mnrch 1 Tha RltltAtlnn of American hospitals for the insane was termed "truly terrible" by Dr. Pnv T.vman ' Wtlhiir rtrAKltnt ttf Stanford University, In an address he delivered here today at the Annual Congress of Medical Education. teaching hospitals in every large city in the country. Dr. Wilbur had this to say of the hospitals for the Insane: "We put tens of thousands of the mentally sick into great isolated in stitutions. . largely without medical students or traalnlng schools for nurses. Though competent adminis trators we care for them reasonably well, but we bnve Unrned nnrl nrA learning but little of mental diseaases. "The ignorance of the averae? medical man of psychology and nsy- i-iimu-y ih puiiuui. livery sucn nos- Dltal should he a Uva nntlmluttn non. ter for study nnd jiot a pen for the lingering care of the hopeless or semi honeless. We rnnnnt think if mnrii. cal education in the future without bringing the stimulus of the student to all such hospitals and likewise bringing one such hospital, into the closest of contact with every medical school. "Perhaps with the establishment nf such conditions we can gradually place the decisions upon the questions of mental conditions In the hands of physicians Instead of In those of un trained Judges and emotional Jurors." Dr. Wilbur said thnt "enmmnnitu welfare depends upon the engineer ana pnyslclnn more than the politic ian, tie suggested that the stato foster the study of the causes of disease to reduce the heavy burden of "sickness, weakness and mental un soundness." Hut he rnntlnnuri ing the period immediately before us ' finer uiHnsier could come to the medical education thnn tn it ! all of Us necessary accessories fall completely into the hands of the state. The glorv of Anierlcnn cation lies in the bold initiative of sucn institutions as Huvard nnd Johns i-topkins. We may look ahead to a domocratlo state with governing bodies and a public wise enough to provide leadership in medicine, but for several mmointlniiM .- safely trust the future of medical euucation to the chance of politics. "The safety of the state university medical schools will come from the active presence of those Independent ly endowed setting the standards." When the existing medical institu tions of all sorts become centers of education of pno form or another, Dr. Wilbur said, "we envy the physical comfort and happiness of the race." Declarations of . Five Candidates Are Filed Today John A. Jeffrey. 414 McKay bloc., Portland, today filed with the secre tary of state"! office here Hfs nominat ing petition as a candidate for the democratic nomination for district at torney for Multnomah county. Jef frey declares that he is independent of' all cliques and faction" and promises to "fearlessly and honestly enforce the law." Elwood Washington of Hammond, Ind. intimation of . whose desire to serve as vice-president of the United States, was received In a letter to the secretary of state's of fie several days' ago, today filed his formal nominating I pettilon as a candidate for the republi-i can nomination. Washington's cam paign card declares that his is the first of his name to be presented before a national political convention since the first president of the nation. Other candidates filing today were: W. H. Brooks ot Ontario, republi can, candidate for delegate to the na tional republican convention from the second congressional district, Brooke declares for a "return to the principles of Washington, Lincoln, McKinley and Koosevelt." . P. J. Gallagher, Ontaria, republican candidate for re-election as represent ative from the twenty seventh legisla tive district Noble Andrews, Myrtle Creek, re publcan, candidate for nomination for representative from Douglas county. Long Residence On Farm Is Ended By Grim Reaper Death ended a residence of 81 years in the old home on the Murphy dona tion land claim, nine miles east of Sa- j lem, Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. ; Margaret A. .Frances died following a lingering illness. '-Mrs. Frances was born on the old farm (1 years ago, and has spent all her life there. The j funeral will be held at the chapel of j the Rlgdon & Son company at i p. w. I Thursday. Mrs. Frances Is survived by four children, Ray C. Rnmsden, residing on the farm: Roy J. Ramsden, Portland; Mrs. Edith Gage. Portland; and Carl Ramsden of Macleay. A half-sister. Mamie Hulbert of Portland and three brothers, W. H Murphy of Buena Via ta, E. G. Murphy of Whiteman and C. C. Murphy of Portland, also mourn her death! Mrs. Frances' first husband. R. H. Ramsden. died in 1900; and her sec ond husband, W. H. Frances, died here in 1914. Chinese Veteran and Church Leader Dies at Shanghai Shanghai, March It. The Rev. H. N. Woo, whose death has just occur red here, voted for President Abra ham Lincoln and fought with the Union forces in America's Civil war.! He was 86 years old. i He had acquired a smattering 6 English when Perry came to the Far East in 1854 to negotiate the treaty between the United States and Japan and when Perry's fleet returned the Rev. Woo went with it aboard the sloop of war Plymouth as a cabin boy. He saw three years of service in the war and returned to China in 1863 when the Taiping Rebellion was at its height. Soon thereafter ' he became asso ciated with the American church' mission at Shanghai and in 1866 he had a large part in establishing what was known as the tung Jen E. Chu, a free dispensary fim which has grown the St. Luke's hospital of today In Shanghai. He was ordained In 1880 and devoted the rest of his life to the work of Christianity. Tasting Canned j Goods to Detect Poison Is Risky Stanford University, Cal., March 16. Use your eyes and your nose, and never under any circumstances 'your tongue to determine whether any canned food is fit to eat, is the advice of Dr. Ernest C. Dickson of the Stan-, ford Medical School, who Is lnvestl- gating botulism, the poison which has recently caused deaths among people eating canned food products. j The bacillus of botulism is desroyed by heat and there will be no danger from this source if canned foods are boiled before they are eaten, accord-! ing to. Dr. Dickson, who said this is Uft sum and substance of what scl-j ence can tell the general public for. its protection. j Tho Stanford University Medical School laboratory under Dr. Dickson in cooperation with the Hooper Med-i ical Foundation of the University of California, with Dr. Karl Meyer inj charge, is conducting an extensive in vestigation of the methods of food preservation. This investigation Is being financed by canning Interests. Five Indictments Are Returned by Grand Jury Today Wnrkine raDidf on a number of: cases, the jiarion coumy grauu juijr returned indictments Wednesday af ternoon against five persons who had been bound over to await investiga tions. . Alice Smith, Joseph Lichty and Romeo Lais were each indicted on thej charge of contributing to the delin quency of a minor, and are held un der $1000 bond. Lichty and Lais, when arraigned before Judge Kelly, pleaded guilty "of the charge and will be sentenced .Wednesday afternoon. Alice Smith has not been arraigned for plea, but will be in court, Wed nesday afternoon. After a true . bill was returned against Joseph Burdune, charged with frtrtrorv n hpnrh warrant Wfljv Issued .-v." .."ti xor ms nrresi aim uk is ueiu uuuer $500 bond. Burdune was charged with passing a forged check upon the State Bank of Donald, John A. Hess and Nora Dennis were arraigned upon the charge of lewd cohabitation and after pleading guilty are held under $500 bond. With the completion of these Inves tigations, there remained two impor tant matters for the jury to delve into. Working under the direction of Attorney General George M. Brown, the jury will investigate the state treasurer's office In connection with charges brought by a Portland paper concerning the purchase of certain municipal bonds. It is understood that the grand jury will also be called upon to pass upon charges brought against the State In dustrial Accident Commission by E. Lee Roy Keeley, a Portland attorney. Keeley, in his charges, alleges that the accident commission made the award in the Dibbern case in order to pro tect the Crant-Smith-Porter Ship company from a possible award of damages from hte admiralty court, in which Keeley and Mrs. Dibbern had filed suit. ly been detected. Bladder-wort is adenry fr.7hITT"'""- fairly common aquatic plant, an nit the fa-i, a2se v very special Interest attached to it ere ! Mr. Sinnott wT ' ... ..o.. pruiwn&iuvs were dis-iJU'y 15, is? J rWft.. covered. Its tiny vesibles were know land t tnl H Ut to contain air. and the onlv u. nf ,,.. " 2 Fwr. e so far known, was ta keen ih. afloat a, belief, be it remarked, all uie more reasonable because many aquatic plants actua'lv h receptacles for that very purpose. The ' tiny bladders attached to-the leaves ana ieai stalks are each furnished with a door, the whole acting on the eel-trap principle, entrance being easy but exit impossible. Any water crea-' an mat vemu.es in to look around' out of mere curiousity never by any' i-itaiiu emerges alive. i - Political Pot. . Washington, Mar. 17. Represonta-' the Champ Clark of Missouri formal-1 ly has announced that he would not ' be a candidate for the senate because Uls unwillingness to swap "the democratic leadership In the house for we position or new senator." Brother Of Oregon congressman Dead Portland. Or.. Mar. n r i - - wcr oin nott, Portland lawver n,i k..., wiuiurr oi . J. Sinnott. representative in coo-! gress from eastern Oregon, died sud- 1 New Ministry In Bavaria Reported Munich. Mar. 17. A new mlnlti-v has been formed in Bavaria headed by Dr. voo Kahr, who takes the port folio, of foreign affairs in addition to the nremlershin. Heinrirh v.riiat Mueller of Meinlngen, a democrat, who previously had been reported as the man who would form the minis try, has been made minister of jus tice. Herr Kofler becomes minister of finance. The ministry is a coali tion of the democrats and the' popu lar parties. Previous to its formation. Dr. Von Kahr had been named min ister president by the diet. ii.vvrc vouit picnic l'NI)i:it A BKIX'H TREE When in full follnge the beech trw is remarkable for Its. close 'shade and coolness. The branches and such parts of the tree us cannot be more usefully employed mako capital firewood. Tho state highway commission has re ceived notice that Oregon will be allotted CO luldtiional auto trucks by the federal government for road work. Thus far tho state hus received 170 trucks. - , : BOWLING 1 Th most invigorating of all recreations. Try our ALLEYS CLUB BOWLING ALLEYS 122 N. Commercial Street Tool Tool One thousand five hundred and sixty-five women and girls in Idaho, Ore gon and Washington are 'taking the Red Cross course in home hygiene and care of the sick. Southern Timber Dealers Enjoined From Combination Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 17. The more than 300 members of the Ameri can Hardwood Manufacturers associa tion were restrained from further ex change and distribution of stock and sales statements and certain other) trade reports by.an injunction grant ed here today by Federal Judge Mc-Call. : The injunction will remain In force pending final hearings of the govern ment complaint against the "open competition planV which was filed tn federal court herei tVebruary 14. The government. In its bill of complaint, charged that distribution of certain trade statements nnd reports through the central offloe of the so-called plan here, constituted a conspiracy in restrain of trade in violation of the Sherman antitrust law In its answer the defense denied in detail the government's allegations. The plan was vigorously defended as wholly .within the law. VEGETABLE POACHER OP FISHES One of the most curious enemies of f-esh water fish in many parts of the world Is a small floating water-weed, b'artder-wort. Along its branch lets are a number of small green vesi cles or bladders, which, being furnish ed with mlnuate jaws, siese upon tiny fish, which are assimilated into Its sub stance. 'rhls is a subtle poacher, the t-ue character of which has only late- Wednesday mnnning, the suit of Lewis Johnson against Fairfax M. Parrish nnd others was filed In the county recorder's office. This ' is a proceeding involving clearance of title to Marion county property. TODAY Mae , Murray In "HER BODY IN BOND" anil "BABIES IS BABIES" A Ratting Comedy Bligh Theatre Remember Ladies' Matinee Next Tuesday Afternoon ALCAZAR STOCK CO. T House TOMght WEB. Gayest MudU (w With ! GCDRIA W.uERc Mrla and Ggwn. tha, Dazzle the Ey Trices 50c, l.oo ttJ. Seat Sale -Now .upera House Pham, YOUWILLFINDUSWITH Wonderful Valu es IN ALLDEPARTMENTSyWHETHER IT BE DRY GOODSy NOTIONS, READY-TO-WEAR OR SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN. THE ITEMS MENTIONED BE LOW ARE A FEW GOOD ONES:- White Goods Flaxon 29c, 33c, 39c, 45c Yd Voile .33c, 43c and 65c Yd Skirtiiig .. 59c Yd Oxford Suiting ; 33c, 39c, 43c Yd Beach Cloth ....45c and 59c Yd Poplin 25c, 43c, 49c, 65c, 79c Yd Teque - 35c, 45c and 53c Yd Middy Twill ..45c Yd Devonshire cloth 49c Yd Ripplelette . 35c Yd Dotted Swiss 43c Yd Organdie 35c, 39c, 45c, 49c Yd Batiste . .....49c Yd India Linon 21c, 25c, 29c, 35c Yd Silk and Cotton Crepe de Chine .65c Yd Plizze Crepe A ,..39C Long Cloth 25c and 35c Yd Nainsook . 29c, 39c, and 45c Yd Berkeley Cambric 39c, 42c and 45c Yd Muslin . ..29c, 35c, and 39c Yd Incorporated Ft M A NATIONWIDE INSTITUTION Household Specials To help reduce the high cost of living, For Friday and Saturday special we offer Pepper ell or Mohawk Sheetings, 9-4 bleached or brown 81 inches wide I . the yard ............79c j Huck towels, 1 6x33 striped border, j each.... ...........25c J Huck towels, 19x42, striped border, j each , -35c j Fed spreads, size 66x80, each J Bed spreads size 70x80, each $149 Bed spreads, size 72x84, each $1 Bed spreads, size 76x87, each ......JUS Table napkins, 18 in square, doz....$lM Table napkins, 15 in mercerized, dozen .$.25 Table napkins, 18 inches, merceriz ed, dozen J............. - -.69 Table navkins 18 inches, merceriz- ed, each - JLli Percales 36 inches wide, yd 2B j Gingham, standard quality.. 29c, 35c j As these prices are in many cases below present wholesale cost we reserve the ; right to limit quanitties. j GALE & CO. Commercial and Court Streets Formerly Chicago Store j For Sick Benefit -Local 889 STREE f CARMEN'S BALL At the Armory Thursday, Mar. IS Music by Ritchieys Orchestra Admission Ladies Free Gentlemen J1 JOURNAL WANT ADS TAT