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Newspaper Page TextSIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928. T AT G. D, P. Spirit Undiminished After Opening Day's Labors Chief Honors to Mrs. Willebrandt. By MARTHA IIALilYMPLE - ' Associated Press Stuff Writer) KANSAS CITY, Juno 13. A f weary lot they turned fn, but, women-like, they nil planned to get an early HlurL today to Heo It all from the beginning of Hie. second - The" women republicans of llin country huvu so far played u crud liable part In UiIh quadrennial con ' ventloii. They looked pretty and lent their colorful summers to the convention linll picture on the : opening day, and then betook themselves to tlio little rooms - where the four committees on cro- dentlals, resolutions, rules and or '.. der of business and permanent or - nnizntions met In the afternoon. Feminine noHes never once be canie glossy us masculine coats were dotted In deference to Ibe sultriness that blanketed Kaunas t . City during the afternoon and eve ning of (he first day. Mrs. Willebrandt Honored Mrs. Miila.l Walker Wlllelmie.ill . . .. assistant linlted Stales Attorney . llAtifirnl wiiu unt,.li.,l ua llw, n,.,.. niniienl ehnlrmiili nf the liminrtntil ' credentials committee, the only .'..woman in the convenllon so far to hold the chairmanship of a com . mittoe. She also holds tho honor of ho , lhg the first woman to addrosB the " convention from tho plulform. eiuijui tw y v.nun mini i' i.Hn uaiieu . 'upon her to pluco the motion for tho nppolutment of members for the credentials committee shortly nfter committeo motions were vin order during the morning. Calmly, undisturbed by the bent, the excess of mnnhood and the . questioning political glances that filled tho tiny committee room, Mrs. Willebrandt culled tho cre dentials group lo order and with precision disposed of the roll call and the calling of tho first ense. In n loud, clear voice, long used In prosecuting federal prohibition cases. she ordered tho room cleared of all hut members of tho committeo, the contestants and newspaper men, nnu forthwith the . room was cleared. Fellow women supporters of i .Hoover who enmo to watch tho most nctlvo member of tholr crow preside nt what promised to be ....heated fightB far-more than Blxty , sents in tho convention hall, wore smiled upon sweetly by tho chair woman, hut were unceremoniously honied from the crowded lltllo room along with tho lost of tho iinofflclnl spectators. How Others Fared , Of tho other committees (lint met during the first afternoon, the rules and order of business ooin inltlco boasted Iho Inmost retire ceiltntlon of women, five women delegntes being' appointed to help conduct tho business. Mrs. Julia M. Emory of Connecticut: Mrs. hnrn P. Anlolnn, Maine; Mrs. Min nie - it. Dwight, Massachusetts; Mrs. Mnrlo Ilurey, Nortli Dnkoln, and Mrs. Brick II. Johnson, Wis consin, hold up tho feminine end of this committee. Tho committeo on pormnnent or ganization contained one woman, Mrs. M. J. Cnples, of Virginia, while tho Important resolullnns committeo had no feminine .repre sentation upon it. The two othor committees whose members have been desimmted by delegation chairmen, but whose duties will not begin until tho pur pose of the convention bus been achieved, are those to notiry tho president anil Iho vice president of Iholr respective nominations. ! Mrs. Henry J. Shnrpe. Illiode Island; Mrs. I,. S. Gales. Utah, and Mrs. Hugh lOlridge, Washington, me ou the presidential committee. i Elizabeth C. Vergil. New Jersey; Mrs. Myrun A. Schlniller, New York; Mrs. Ilnrbura It. Parkinson, Norlh Dakota; Mrs. Hugh Clark, Ohio; Mrs. Thomas O. Hathaway, Washington; Mrs. John A. Thorn ley. Vib.1i, olid Mrs. H. W. ciou chek. Idaho, complete the vice presidential notification commit tee. Though no women sat in judg ment on the resolutions committeo several appeared before It seeking to have their pet plunks inserted In the platform. Mrs. Jane Nor man Smith: chairman of the na Honul council, and Mrs. Frances Roberta of the Industrial council f of the national women's puny. both spoke 1n favor of a woman's equal rights constitutional amend ment plank. Mrs. James W. Morrison of Chi cago spoke for the five point plunk sponsored by Hie League of Wom en Voters and Mrs. Frederick llag loy of Iloston represented the Na tional Education Association in its effort to have Hie party adopt a plank creating a department ol education. The feminine farm element was represented when six runners' wives joined their husbands In the demonstration of several hundred growers. TEACHERS TAKING EXAMINATIONS TODAY CARICATURES OF G O P. LEADERS Tfuchfrs' PxainlnntloriH uro lif Iiik livid in tho grill room or tho iJoufflus liotL'l today, Tlitirwluy and Friday. A f;w of (ho lippllcuntH nre Inking tosU Tor oxompUona. Tlio examinations Hchednli'd today were United States history and writing, during the morning, phym ology and reading this afternoon. Thursday morning arithmnlic tests will be given und in the af ternoon grammar and geography examinations. Friday, (lie last flay of Hie tests, theory and practice and orthograpiiy will he ofierrd In the morning ami In tho aftenioon school law and civil government tents will be given. Teachers registered today In clude Mrs. Fred Elliott ol .Myrtle Creek, Mrs. Klna SW),ci,'','r,n and Mrs. Bessie Lake of Drain, Miss Leah Kanlpe of Oakland, Lillian Settle of Oakland, Mrs. C, II. Arundel of It one burg, Mrs. Clara Trozello of Sutherlln, Mrs. Annlo P. Thomas of Anchor, Mrs. lieu lah Klncald of Oakland, Lucllo Aldrodgo, Mabel Williams and Mrs. (lllbreath of Myrtlo Crook, Mrs. Hornlce J. Jantzer of Azalea, Mrs. liertha Pennel of Tiller, Mrs. Lillian Mines of Heedsport, John Franklin Brown of Dlllard, C. E. Goodman of Oakland and Miss Bertha M. Lary, city. LOCAL NEWS J Senator Curtis . . . who thinks there is nothing wron with Kansas . , , having a presidential condi-dato. I From Myrtle Creek Mrs. It. W. A l pa ug 1 1 of Myrtlo Creek was in this city today visit ing with friends and shopping. Here From Tiller i Ouy I'ennull and son of Tiller arrlvod hero last evening for a few days' slay. Walla Walla Couple Visit Mr. and Mrs. Baker of Walla Walla were visitors hero over Tuesday. Mrs. Bakor fs a sister of Mrfl. J. E. Stearns of Oakland. Tho visitors leave this afternoon tor Eugene. Simeon Fess of Ohio . . . who must sound no sour notes in his keynote speech. ml Senator Norris . Muscle Shoals. his hobby is Pharmacist Accepts Position Arthur Smith. graduate In phar macy from the Oregon Hlulo Agri cultural College, has arrived from Corvallis to take a position at the jicx.m mug siure. mr. nillllll is taking the place made vacant by the resignation of Adelhert Voting, who leaves at the end of the week on n til) cast. Miss Dcnn Here for Visit Miss Annabclle Detin has nr livod from Mantccn, California, for n vlBit hero wllh hor brother, Joseph A. Demi, ami her parents at Camas Valley, where sho will spend part of the summer vnca lion. Miss Dcnn, an accomplished musician and organist, lins boon supervising music In tho schools nt Manleca tho past year. Homo From Lake Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chase and faintly and Mr. and Mrs. Unity I). (lotr returned here hint evening from Diamond Lake, where ihey enjoyed the week end oiillng mid fishing. The limit of fish was cuimhl. The party reported that the weather was rainy anil quite cold while they wero nt. the lake. Mr. and Mrs. tlofr, who are visit ing the hitter's parents, Mr. und Mrs. Chase, make their homo In Phoenix, Arizona, where Mr. flnff luiB been teaching. They go lo Cor vnllli. soon and Mr. (loff will lake n summer course at O. S. ( fit Andrew Mellon . . . the Peensyl vania delegation is supposed to fol low his cigarette smoke very closely. SFEAkBl- fc- I moose fyy, I . I I - I J Beau Brummel of politicians . . . Nick Longworth . , . a vice ores!- ttential possibility. Vice President Dawes ... he hopes to win In the stretch. Senator La Follette .... the youtigest senator . . . like his father a leader of the progressives. nnra Bill Borah . . . you never can tell what he will do. In' Hiram Johnson will fight to see he probably that platform Umppa Valley Lumte te Is today assuming complete charge of the L. W. Metzger plant at the corner of Oak and Pine Sts. p r ' ; ' FOR ANYTHING IN THE BUILDING LINE PHONE 38 GENERAL BUILDING MATERIALS s SHOP WORK OF ALL KINDS CABOTS PRODUCTS-THE BEST OF ALL PEERLESS BUILT-INS, ETC., ETC. For Your Specialties and Building Requirements, Call 38 UMPQUA VALLEY LUMBER CO. Successors to L. W. Metzger Cor. Oak and Pine Sts. Phone 38 PLATFORM PLANKS FAVORING NORTH WEST APPROVED (Continued from pnuo 1.) incident apparently was closed. Call for Will Rogers Thereafter Senator Fess re mained out of sight until he was brought ugaln to the front of the platform by a great outburst of cheering In one section 'of the gal lery, discovered to bo maiuly u chorus of demands for a speech by Will Rogers. Laughingly the rest of the ussembluge craned lis neck to see what would happen up outside the convention hall. Tney walked about the doorways but made no immediate attempt to gain entry.1 Neither convention ser- gount-nt-arnis, nor police guards Dut the Oklahoma cowboy liumor- nuiiioiiuu every wnure at ine en- ist Kept bis seat in the press stand trances appeared to bo at .ill con-1 lu,d the chairman pounded for or c0.1'l;ed' der until the outburst bad been 1 oe invocation enueu with tne 'auited MONEY APPLIED TO SCOTTSBURG BRIDGE PROJECT doesn't damn Boulder Dam. Lord s Prayer, repeated in unison y the standing delegates and snec tutora. At the "Amen" conversa- Hoover Texans Win Twenty-two districts delegates from Texas, hostile to Hoover Congressman Theodore Burton of Ohio . . . staunch Hoover sud porter and an able political (eador. tlou again broke all bounds on the ; failed to gain permanent seats In rioor and in the galleries, and the ! the conbontlon today after a fight bedlam continued while Senator wi h,.nn mu,i r,-nm tho ftnnr m Fess announced the acceptance by the chair of a gavel made of Utah copper and presented to the con vention as an evidence of Utah's resources and prosperity. Belated Honor to Teddy The temporary chairman then took a minute lo correct a mission he made yesterday, when, in at- place them on the roll In the place of Hoover pledged delegntes. The roll call vote, 3UB1 to 6731. was in reality the first test of strength in the convention between the Hoover and anti-Hoover forces. With few exceptions delegates lin ed up as parly leaders believed Uiey would A most Interesting address con cerning Douglas county, particular ly with regard to its resources, and its possibilities, together with an account of what is going on in an agricultural and industrial way throughout the state, and given at noon today by W. G.. Ide, manager of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce speaking at the regular forum luncheon of the Rosoburg Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ide told what othor communities" are doing and showed how these conn ties are forging ahead. He demon strated by actual figures Hint the agricultural industry is not in the temptins lo deliver his keynote: ,,n,,,i., i,. r., j deplorable condition that the pub- speech from memory, ho fomot tot .n , ...i.i r ... "; .uaP ueon lel to believe and mention the name nf Theniiine ' ... " ' . """'." .' '1,at mere Is n great opportunity presidents ,, , , , . eronieiy Interesting and profit- 1 . , lB- fiddle und northwestern states able. in ended io k o 1 Z.,r ' i 1 ?u"s a?"1"8' "00L '.. 'J? I . " ". W t special music to- niiivnniinn nwo n,i i uuy, me maie . V .""V i'iu-w i nomons t r a t 1 o n b when tholr tmm W MAIN MOTOR ROUTES TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WITH VOTES ALLOTTED EACH STATE . '-MAINE 'tUEttLMi. !..V1V .RISBUROK, - A v$z2 city Hr l --..V ,ii ;u "Lm,rtrJ ) "--V-r-i- ro-;J w Kuf-5M JAX- ' saw re N:- 1 r ISmfl Va p ' ; vnwt.i i '1 vJT ,, ) X-, JSrrH.tif&iA lotNixev . i i WV iv-. Jtr"J i "iiisY.mM -Ai-ksonI (?-Jf-" y p& X USJ!X lIy'T ItOUYES SHOWN AUE IHOM V Nl-Lrs-i ''' M STATE CAPITALS ONLY V HOUSTON tf ,L j v ;boston yifovirwt half a minute, the first real show pf spirit in the day s proceedings. There was a wnitlng of a few minutes while a messenger was on his way to tho hail with tho report of the credentials committee, and Senator Kess turned tho conven tion' over to the band. It began by playing "America," with most of the audience standing anil Joining In. Farm Worked Rebuffed While tint band played on the fnrm relief bloc from tho north west mado Its first bid lor a bear ing In the convention hall. 1'. U. Norton, of the North Dakota dele gation trying to mnko himself heard above the bnnd music, shout ed er It would be in order to hnvo some one strength was shown, particularly as Secretary Mellon cast tho 79 Pennsylvania votes to koep the nntl-Hoovor Texas delegates out of the convention. . chorus sane two and the entire group was "WE DON'T WANT HOOVER," IS CRY OF PROTESTERS (Continued from page 1.) tlmo nearly ovorcame tho opposi tion of the police. , Finally the leaders of the pro- parllamenlary inquiry wheth- Idlers got the upper hand nnd led be In-order to hnvo uhuns uii, .nnuimii Biieniaieiy address ibe ronvenilon. ! "' want Hoover' and bow led in a song by Lymon Spencer. i iciier was read rrom the Uusl nes Band Professional Women's club of the state, expressing ap preciation for Roseburg's hospi tality during the recent convention held here. SALEM MAY GIVE LEQION MEETING TO PENDLETON Trustees of Ibe Umpqua Highway Improvement, ills- trict met In.Kosehurg today to make an appropriation of $45,000 to be applied ou the district and county's share of I ine acousuurg oriugo con- 9 an uuiiuii. i ne cuuuiy iuck- ed $7,000 of having cnougli cash to meet Its share, and the district is advancing the county enough to make up the amount, as the district 4 has a small surplus in its treasury. The government is understood to be ready to go ahead with the Hancock mountain tunnel project, and the district nnd county are trying to work out a system whereby cash may be secured to match the government in this work. dlcton is si ill lo bo determined. The Pendleton post Is attempting to persuade Salem to withdraw, but at a meeting last night n ma jority seemed to be ngalnst it. However, action was deterred un til a later meeting. Tills year's convention Is to bo in Medford next August. SALEM, June 13. Whether Capltnl Post No. 9, American Le gion, will withdraw Salem from the iinn nn . ",e 1929 a,atc cnvpn- visiting with friends and shopping tlon and throw its support to Pen- here. Business Visitor Today .1. W. Thomas, resident of An chor, was In this city today at tending lo business affairs ami culling on acquaintances. Mrs. Elliott Visitor Mrs. Fre Elliott of Cnnyonvllle was here yesterday for several hours visiting wllh friends and transacting business. From Sutherlln Miss Hazel Parnzoo of Sulher lin spent several hours veBterdnv would not," said Senator i'"K tne'r neads to the tune of v (iuiiiti o r uiirnii .tiitiLii. as W1U ItOUTtS SHOWN AUE IHOM STATE CAPITALS ONLY There are other important connecting highways that are not shown It Frt. Tne North Dakolnn added that ' music enueo tne crowd shouted he had wanted to move that Sena-1 'Tn"t8 for Herbert Hoover's tu tor Mac.Master make a speech. neral. The temporary chairman merely ' . 11 was difficult to determine just shook his head and while tho band h(?w. m".n5r "f ,ho"B who Prtlclpal- i.Ihvp.1 on wiih.imv rY,,m ih fr,,i pd " tne demonstration were ac- Of the platform, out of eight oft many of the delegates. Norton continued to vainly ad dress the chair nnd then undertook to climb up for h personal talk with the cbnfiman. Hul a group of delegates from other states Inter cepted him ami after n short and apparently good nntured discus sion the North Dakotau desisted. As he was turning back toward his seat, he met Senator (.llllett of .Massachusetts with whom he had tually farmers. The leader of the group, Edgar r. Bush, snld all of them were protesting the veto of the McNary-Hangen bill and the nomination of Hoover. L. W. Price, n Los Angeles at torney .and a Lowden worker, at tempted to Incite the throng to break through the doors but Hush nnd W. H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, cautioned against this move and won out. After the second attempt tn Irpt into tho rnnr.nlltin hall iiaA Bcrvu aume j. s um faded, he protesters marched to no"8p- I the farm headquarters and "ad- "Why don t you make a speech?" jonrned for the day." The leaders asked Norton. said the demonstration would be Hut GUlett shook his bead and the i continued tonight and tomorrow. Other Presidential Campaigns 1892 (By The Associated Press.) i j T democra, ''" regarded Cleveland as the man to lead them to victory, and they nominated him again for pres ident in convention at Chicago. June 21. for the third time. Adlai b. Stevenson of Illinois was chosen as vice presidential nominee. , The republicans took their convention as far west as Minneapolis and again nominated Benjamin Harrison, with Whitelaw Reid of New York as his running mate. The democrats continued to make an issue of the tariff and during the campaign their speakers and the press friend ly to the party condemned the high tariff of Harrison's ad ministration as the robber tariff." . Cleveland and Stevenson won. and Cleveland became the only president to hold two terms not filled consecutively. But the ensuing democratic enactment of the Wilson low tar iff bill was charged by the republicans with the business de pression which followed Cleveland', second election, referred to by foes of his administration as "the Cleveland hard times.