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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920 WET PHI VICTORY SEEN . BY - DEMDGRAT Prediction Made by Cam paign Manager of Edwards. DRY ACT HELD EXTREME Walter W. Vick. Declares 7 00 Del egates at Convention Will Urge Amendment. CHICAGO, June 18. Walter W. Vick of New York, campaigrn manager for Governor Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey. In Chicago today on his way to San Francisco, declared in a state ment that there would be "not less than 700 delegates in the democratic national convention in favor of a modification of the Volstead act. per mining the use of' light wines and beers in such states as wish to do so, with state control of regulation under a general and liberal federal act. "Opposition to the 18th amendment Is not today a political issue," Mr. Vick's statement said, "but the Vol stead act is open to amendment, as has been pointed out by Oovernor a wards and by such a distinguished re publican authority as Senator Knox of Pennsylvania. Act Declared Extreme. "The Voltetead act Is so extreme that it has placed in the criminal class millions of women who make of the home-grown fruit light wines for domestic use; millions of farmers who make and mature cider from their own orchards. It places under a ban millions of our citizens who for venerations have regarded light wines and beer a much a part of their daily food as the bread upon their tables. "Kvil consequences have followed the enactment of this unwise and undemocratic law. Moonshlning has grown twentyfold. In place of the harmless light wines and beers we have the increasing use of the harm ful liquors in illicit trade. Halt to Be Called. The democratic party is going to call a halt on this and rescue the country from the hands of a fanatical minority whose numerical weakness is shown every time they attempt a separate fight. The platform will be clear, fundamentally democratic, pro gressive and, I hope, brief. It will embody one sentiment which ought to be taught in every school house in the country. That is, respect for the president of the United States." The rooster should supplant the donkey as the democratic party's emblem, according to Mrs. Frederick Tahl, chairman of the finance com mittee of the . Illinois democratic women committee. She says that mil lions of little silver roosters will be taken to the national convention at San Francisco by democratic women. She said: "The rooster is a proud bird and has something to crow about. I find the donkey was wished on the party just after the civil war when the democrats stubbornly refused the re construction programme of the op posite party. . The democrats are not mulish," only 'firm.' " The Illinois delegates will leave Sunday night on a special train for San Francisco. she had no doubts of Brake, and thought he was worrying about a tri fle. The incident may prove of vital importance in the trial of Brake, however, inasmuch as he told the girl of hearing about the. murder about three hours before the Dubinsky fam ily reported the chauffeur missing. The next day the Shodahl family read about the murder and Immedi ately went to St. Johns to Insist that Drake report his suspicions and clear his own name. Brake still demurred, and since that time Miss Shodahl and her mother and brother have been watching the progress of the case with intense interest, hoping every minute that the real murderers would be detected and all possible suspicion shaken from Brake. Girl Confident of Brake. ixooa heavens, he wouldn t hurt a fly, said. Miss Shodahl last night, referring to Brake. "I know that boy too well t5 suspect that he would kill anyone." Miss Shodahl ami a girl friend, met Brake on the street. Later he called at her house, where he said his father was a retired doctor, and a wealthy real estate dealer in Chicago. The whole family was won by his talk of wealth and his charm of manner. Even . when they heard he was charged with murder they did not suspect, for a considerable time, that he might have been "spoofing" them. Mrs. Shodahl at last made the sug- HOOVER ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF Mill Wings of Party Are Called Upon to Unite. PLATFORM IS APPROVED Former Food Administrator Says Planks in Main Are Con structive and Progressive, WASHINGTON. June 18. A letter by Herbert Hoover to friends Indors ing In the main the action of the re- "u""t1" - country against legislative reaction. cago was made publio today after ..... r,nhiiM, nrtv not ti of compromise will be found In the democratic convention. " 'Nothing could be more disastrous than the development of several party organizations representing the complexion of every group in the country. With the legislative and ex ecutive functions more widely sep arated than In any other democracy, the whole process of constructive groups will come to an end if we have mora than two dominant parties. It we should come to this position, there will be no possibility of the American people securing an expres sion of the will of the majority and we shall be entirely ruled by log rolling minorities or sterile political coalitions. H Gronp Control Seen. Tm convinced that those of v and I believe they are the majority of the party who hold more definite views, could not, even were we so Inclined, successfully effect the con summation of such views outside the party, and that our duty is to en deavor to bring them to realization within the party organization Itself as the issues on which they bear arise. The tendencies of 'the party will gain their meaning only from actual administration. " 'I am convinced that unity of ac tion among the liberal thinkers of the party, especially If they exert themselves In the current of con gressional elections, will insure the FEDERATION AGAIN ELECTS G0W1PERS James A. Duncan of Seattle Only One Voting "No." . Our Store Opens at 9 A. M. OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN YOUTH ACCUSED OF KILLING HARRY DUBINSKY, TAXI DRIVER, AND PAL WHO GAVE POLICE STORY OF KILLING AND ADMITS BEING IMPLICATED. :4 X. LJHwm: f'fm -jA I.iMII IHIl'thl RUSSELL BRAKE, Alleged Slayer. GEORGE MOORE, . Confessed Accomplice. If the republican party is not to be irrevocably split 1 cannot conceive that Senator Harding will for one moment submit the administrative side of the government to the domina tion of any group or coterie. Fur thermore, we have the possibility of having administrative measures and policies determined by full cabinet re sponsibility and of having co-operation restored with the legislative side of the government. " I need not reiterate my convlc-, tion that the constructive ability so critically needed for the vigorous business reorganization of the fed eral government and to meet the many economic Issues before us lies in the republican party. " 'For all these reasons I believe that those of us who look upon party organization not from the point of view of partisanship, but solely from the point of view of Its usefulness as an agency of maximum service to the country, should support the re publican party at the polls." P01TLH TO BE FAVORED CITY FOR BTJIIDERS' CONVEN TION IN 1921 TO BE SOUGHT. gestion, and the whole family was horror-stricken. Miss Shodahl stoutly defended her 'friend," but shuddered when she thought that she might have been riding with a criminal. She did not follow her mother's suggestion that she visit Brake In jaiL Brake told the inspectors that he had purchased the machine from' Harry Dubinsky, giving him a check for it. He denied that he had killed the driver or knew anything about his mysterious disappearance. He said that he was a couple of blocks away watching the car when it was discovered by the police late Sunday. He could give no good rea son why he did not claim the automo bile. The unraveling of the mystery snr- rounding ' the disappearance of the taxi driver was the work of inspec tors of the Portland bureau, worxing under the leadership of Captain Cir cle and Lieutenants Goltz and Mo loney. Girl Gives Murder Clew. The clew which led up to the actual arrest of the two men was obtained yesterday afternoon when Inspectors Hellyer ; nd Leonard apprehended he had conferred with Senator Hard ing, the republican presidential nomi nee. The letter called upon all ele ments of the' party to support the na tional ticket at the polls. Mr. Hoover declared that vthe "greater part of the Chicago plat form is constructive and progres sive," and that nothing prevents the compromise planks on labor, the league, etc, from being given a forward-looking interpretation. He added, however, that "some things, including a reorganization of our election expenditures and the pri maries, are not adequately dealt with." Nothing could be more disastrous. Seattle DeOenites Enlist to Win Meeting Aid of OUier Sound Cities Is Expected. SEATTLE. Wash., June 18. (Spe cial.) Portland will be favored as the meeting place of the 1921 convention of the National Association of Build ing Owners and Managers by the Se attle delegation which left tonight to attend the 13th annual convention of the association, which will be held in Minneapolis, June 23 to 26. Seattle had the 1912 convention and the Seattle ' Building Owners' . and Managers' association has determined to assist Portland in an attempt to bring the convention west again. It is expected that the Tacoma, Spokane he continued, "than the development nd other coast delegations also will KILLING LAID TO YOUTH (Continued From First Fare.) of the taxi driver at Sixth and Wash ington streets, how they engaged the I Klrl to 'whom Brake had been paying zation Itself. of several party organizations, rep resenting the complexion of every group in the country. If we should Come to this position, we. shall be en tirely ruled by log-rolling minorities or sterile political coalitions." All to Be Represented. The former food administrator de clared that it was tne duty of those republicans who hold "more definite views' to endeavor to bring them to realization within tne party organl- driver and went to Oregon City under the guise of going there to see a friend of Braite's. Brake leit the ma chine for a time, he said, while they . were at Oregon City. Just before they left Oretron Citv they chatted a moment with a night police officer who came to the side of the car. It has since been ascer talned from this officer that he con versed with them at 2:10 A. M., as - he looked at his watch at the time. The time of the murder, according to Moore s story, was only a few mln uates later, or between 2:20 and 2:30 A. M. Brake Declared Man In Gray, Moore told the Inspectors of return ing to Portland with the machine after the killing. Brake, according to his confesion, is the man in gray who was seen to aDandon the car "at. Kleventh and Burnside streets Sun day afternoon and who since that time had been sought by the police. Previous to abandoning the machine. however, he was said to have taken "his girl out riding. Girl Dlnenssed Case Freely. Miss Shodahl, whose name the police obtained from a girl friend to whom she had talked, freely furnished the police with all the information she could concerning the case. She said she tried to persuade Brake to go to police headquarters and tell his sua picions concerning the car he said he had bought, but that he wanted to wait until his father arrived here from Chicago, 111. Brake told Miss Shodahl that he had paid $2700 for the car early Sunday .morning. He had broken an engage ment with her Saturday night, saying that he would be busy. The girl knew attention. .1 "If the republican party is not to be 'i nis girl told of having ridden 1 split irrevocably. " declared Mr. Hoo- with . Brake Sunday in a machine I ver, "I cannot conceive that Senator which was spattered with blood. She I Harding will for cne moment submit told the inspectors where Brake lived.) the administrative side of the govern- Moore was his roommate. I ment to the domination of any group inspectors were placed to watch 1 or coterie. the house where the two men stayed. I Mr. Hoover In this connection said Others watched the Gerlinger build ing, where the girl worked, and still others were sent to Second and Alder streets, where Brake was said often to wait to take his sweetheart home. On no less than two occasions Inspec tors Philips and Tackaberry, who were covering the St. Johns district. just missed meeting their man, of whom they had a description, given by Miss Shodahl. It fell to the lot of Inspectors Hyde, Abbott and Collins to make the actual arrest of Brake, the first taken into custody. . They had been dispatched to Second and Alder street, and from the description given they easily apprehended Brake. Shortly after the arrest of Brake Lieutenants Goltz and Moloney and Inspector Coleman took Moore into custody at the room of the two men in St. Johns. Brake Says Father Wealthy. Moore told the Inspectors that they had informed Dubinsky that they wanted to go to Oregon City to see a man who owed Brake money. He said they promised him $8 for the trip. Moore said his people lived at Baltimore, Mi Brake said his par ents lived at Akron, O. He told the inspectors that he had considered sending to his father to get the money to purchase an automobile. He said his father was a wealthy auto mobile dealer of Akron. Moore said that he had met Brake the senator had stated to him that the views of both the conservative j and progressive wings of the party 'would be fully represented in the ad ministration," and that he "repre sented no particular group." I breakfasted with Senator Hard ing this morning at the senator's Invitation," said Mr. Hoover's state ment. "I presented the views which I believe were held by a considerable group of independent and progressive republicans on various questions. The senator stated that it was his most sincere desire to be the Instrumental ity for bringing the divergent ele ments of the parly together; that the views of both the conservative and progressive wins of the party would be fully represented in the adminis tration; that he represented no par ticular group, but that he considered it was his first duty as leader of the party to consolidate all elements into a united front. He will, of course, issue no statement until after the demo cratic convention, and then after con sultation with all sides. Platform Held Not Radical. My own position on various issues is well enough known, and as to the party situation I cannot make It more clear than the following letter which I sent to my friends In different parts of the country two days ago, and before I had any communication with Senator Harding: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. I have received many support Portland. The conventions are attended by building owners and managers from practically every city of size in the United States and Can ada. Members of the local association who left-for the convention by boat via Vancouver and the Canadian Pa cific tonight are: R. J. Kinnear. pre a ident, and J. T. Curran, secretary of the association; David Whitcomb, president of the Arcadian building; Charles E. Horton, president of the Charles E. Horton company; Gros- venor Folsum, fuget Mill company J. H. Carter, of Carter, McDonald & Miller, and C. B. Brown, manager of the Hoge building. J. F. Douglas, secretary and manager of the Metro politan Building company, who also is a delegate, left for the east Mon day, accompanied by his family. Mr. Carter is accompanied by his daugh ter. Together with delegates from Port' land and Tacoma, the Seattle dele gation will be the guests of the Van couver association tomorrow, contin uing their Journey at 7:45 P. M. President in Accepting Nomination Denies Reported Attempt to Modify Dry Law. MONTREAL. June 18. The Ameri can Federation of Labor again ex pressed Its confidence in the leader ship of Samuel Gompers, its veteran president, when it re-elected him to day for the thirty-ninth time at its fortieth annual convention here, and returned to office his entire admin istration cabinet. His election was virtually unani mous.. The only delegate who voted against him was James A. Duncan of the Seattle central labor council, leader of the progressive wing of the federation. The delegates gave the elderly labor leader a tremendous ovation when he declared: "I accept the call to duty and I will obey." He -was much affected by the demonstration. Perkins Makes Nomination. Representatives of the railway workers' organizations seconded Mr. Gompers nomination, which was made by George W. Perkins of the cierarmakers union. They pledged their hearty suppor to his leadership,' declaring that the convention's action of yesterday in endorsing govern ment ownership of the railways should not be construed as a repudia tion of his administration. Others re-elected were W. D. Mahon of Detroit, fifth vice-president, and T. A. Rlckert of Chicago, sixth vice-Dresldent. Jacob Fischer or inaianapons. was re-elected seventh vice-president In a contest with W. H. Johnston, inter national president of the Machinists union, who was nominated by the railway workers' organization. Fis her's vote was is.z ana joansiono 18,195. Matthew Woll of Chicago was unanimously chosen eigntn vice- president. Others Are Re-elected. D. J. Tobln of Boston, and Frank Morrison of Washington, D. CJ-, were re-elected treasurer and secretary. respectively, without opposition. In accepting re-eieciion, jar. Gompers denied a published report that he had attempted to get tne executive council to incorporate In labor's demands to the dominant political parties a request for modi fication of the oroniDition laws w rermit the sale cf light wines and beer. While admitting that the matter recently had been discussed by the council, he added that he had not taken any stand on tne question snu had not "suffered any defeat at the hands of the executive council." "I accept the call to duty," he said. and will obey." The support of the organized rail road workers In the federation was pledged to President Gompers by Charles J. Macgowan. wno seconaea his -nomination. He said the conven tion's action in Indorsing government ownership of railroads should not be construed as a repudiation of the labor leader's administration. Sure Relief 1 INDIGEST0J MS 1 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief EE L1-AMS FOR INDIGESTION about three months ago when they he wanted to get a machine and sup- were working at the paper mill there, hundred communications from friends posed that was what kept him. I Later he said that they had been em- I advisinc various courses with resnect it,v, i. ,13 c7iiuuH.il, nunuv' naa riBQH DlQven M. L L II O WUQ1BJ1 I II 1 1 La in 3l.ltrh V, a altiiatinn flint .vonr.,, t rl i n Dunaay morning r ra K e drove me 1'u- I jonns. binsky car to their house and called I The authorities announced last night that a search would be made for the body of the driver immediately. With information from Moore as to the ex act point on the bridge from which the body was thrown it was consid ered likely that it could be located. for Miss Shodahl to come out and go lor a ride. "I am not dressed yet, she called out the window. "Oh, I'll wait," he called back. Brake Remains In Auto. Brake remained in the automobile ifnMZe y compromise planks until Miss Shodahl appeared, and they MtL fn, Th. erovi'of th. leaue e,tc" from D went for a ride before breakfast. She Th" VJltl "JL JJTnna'.l- ward-looking inter Chicago, for undoubtedly many of the independent and progressive republi cans like myself are greatly disap pointed over some tendencies that were apparent at Chicago. The Chi cago platform is not radical; the greater part of It is constructive and progressive; nothing prevents the on labor, the being given a for- terpretatlon. Some things, including a reorganization of our election expenditures and the pri maries, are not adequately dealt with. Divergent Views Foaae, In these times when the great problems and issues created by the war are new and so complex, we must ex GALA DRESS MAY BE KEPT f'le.w t0 m . t Vi rrl Kv which thffv Bf tn M mat her it was oil. The young pair went! Mayor Orders Investigation of Cost lit follows, therefore. If there was to , I have Been unity in tne convention. said he manifested the delight of child with a new toy and told her that man's body was raised to $1000 yes terday. When arrested yesterday Brake was Dte e r?VtJiM??e t " wearing a brown suit and a light-col- 1110 iimuiuuo uu uau wctueu & round I v. v. the Western Union office until 3 A. mJ 1,010 tne PPrance of being new. when ms tunas nnaiiy arrived. Miss Shodahl said she noticed the stains in the tonneau of the car and spoke to Brake about them. He told ored cap. Both the suit and the cap for a ride around the city and then Brake took the girl home. - He called at the Shodahl house at 7-P. M. Sunday and told the girl that he was greatly worried about his new purchase. He had heard on the streets, she said he told her, that a taxi cab driver had been murdered and he had begun to fear that the men who sold him the machine might have come by it dishonestly. "That might. be blood on the floor rug, she said he told her shudder lngly. Father Coming. Girl la Teld. "Why don't you go to the police station and report what you know?" the girl asked. on, i intnK t il waif until my father gets here. the girl said Brake replied. "Then Til be able to prove where I got the money to pay for it." Miss Shodahl said she thought but If the cost Is not too great. Port land's festival center, comprising the area bounded on the north and south by Jefferson and Salmon streets and there had to be a large measure of compromise. The compromises on the platform and the candidate are proof that we have not arrived at an era of new political and social tendencies. the east and west by Park and and for this same ason the same di- West Park streets, will be kept "dressed up" all summer, according to Mayor Baker, who has ordered mem bers of the park bureau to Investi gate. The chief item of expenditure will be the flowers and the electric lights. As soon as the investigation is completed the plan will be laid before the city council. 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