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(MIDGE SECOND Ohio Senator Is Nomitated on Tenth Ballot. COOLIDGE ON FIRST Lowden Forces Throw Most Strength to Senator When Own Cause Is Hopeless Sprout Aids. Chicago, June 12.—Warren G. Hard ing, United States senator from Ohio, was nominated for the presidency to day by the republican national conven tion on the tenth ballot, after a dead lock which had lasted for nine buliots and which finally forced out of the running all the original favoritles. As his running mate, the convention named Governor Calvin Ooolidge of Massachusetts, upsetting a plan of a combination of the Harding backers to nominate for the place Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin. Coolidge was nominated by Wallace McCamant, Oregon. The collapse of the forces of Gov ernor Frank O. Lowden and their transfer in large part to Senator Hard ing put the Ohio candidate over. General Wood lost heavily, how ever, when the Harding drift began, and Senator Johnson, the third of the trio of leaders on the early balloting Friday, also went steadily down hill. Entering the convention four days ago as a candidate distinctly of the “ dark horse" class, Senator Harding got only 64 votes on the first ballot Friday and on the second he dropped WARREN G. HARDING means for promoting good will be tween capital and labor recognized. Administration denounced for fail ure to demobilize military forces and retrench in expenditures following Republican party congratulated for enactment of legislative budget law and president censured for its defeat. Farmer Is declared backbone of na tion and entitled to adequate represen tation in government. Administration oi farm loan law so as to facilitate acquisition of land by men desiring to become owners de manded. Program of constructive legislation In great part nullified by vindictive ve toes of president. Republican congress has stopped flood of public treasure recklessly poured into the lap of an inept ship ping board and laid foundations for a great merchant marine. Permanent woman’s bureau in de partment of labor established by the republican congress. Party denies right of workmen to strike against government, but insists that rights and interests of employes must be safeguarded. Compulsory arbitration not advocat ed, but in Its place impartial commis sions and better facilities for volun tary mediation and conciliation. Credit claimed for legislation in be half of civil war veterans and provid ing for needs of service men of recent world war. Sound policy demands real reduction of tax burden and substitution of sim ple for complex tax laws and proce dure. Prime cause of the high cost of liv ing has been 50 per cent depreciation in purchasing power of dollar, duo to gross expansion of currency and credit. Republican party pledges itself to earnest and consistent attack on liv ing costs by rigorous avoidance of further inflation of currency and pro motion of production. Party reaffirms its belief in protec tive principle end pledges itself to revision of the tariff us soon as condi tions make it necessary. Promotion and elevation of stand ards of living and citizenship declared CALVIN COOLIDGE r \* N om inated fo r Preaidant by’ Repubtlcana. to 56. When the convention adjourned Frlduy night at the end of the fourth ballot he hnd 61. In ull-nigiit conferences among the party chiefs, however, ho was men tioned many times as the most likely to break the nomination deadlock should neither Wood, Lowden nor Johnson take a commanding lead to day. They all failed to do so, Wood uiul I.owden running a neck and neck race for leadership on four ballots, while the strength of the California cnmlidate dwindled steadily. Meantime Harding pushed his total to 133, individual delegates from many states swinging to him from the columns of the leaders and of various favorite sons. Thu Johnson managers, fearing a landslide was Impending, then made u last play to save the fortune of their candidate. They moved to recess for a couple of hours in order to take an inventory and seek a new combination. The Wood and Lowden forces, both virtually at the peak of their strength but dishearten ed at the long string of ballots with out material gains, fell in with the recess plan and the convention adopt ed it. In the dramatic succession of eon fereneos that followed the fate of the candidates virtually was sealed. Some of tho Wood ami Lowden managers tried ineffecutally for an agreement which would hold their delegates in line and kill off the Harding boom. Home tried to get a Wood Lowden- JohtiHon agreement to adjourn till Monday without muklng a nomination There also were a conference between Johnson and Harding supporters In which the Ohioan's supporters tried without success to have the remaining Johnson strength swung to Hurdlng. Reform Along All Lines Demanded In Platform of Republican Party. Republican party reaffirms its un yielding devotion to constitution of United States. Democratic administration unpre pared for war and equally unprepared for peace. Demonstrated Incapacity of demo cratic party has destroyed confidence and weakened authority of govern ment. Republican party undertakes to end executive autocracy and restore con stitutional government. Justice of collective bargaining ns Riche« Taken by Error. Chicago.—A customer who hud left his coat for pressing at John J. Me- Kay'a tailor shop in IVtrolt, Mty 29, left the place >46,000 richer than when he entered, If the story told the local police by a man who gave the name of Henry H. Barles Is true. The police arrested Sarlea. who they said admit ted stealing >60,000 in securities from McKay's «art, but said he concealed all but $6000 In a coat belonging to some one else. Nominated for Vico President by Republican* founded upon no principle and direct ed by no definite conceptions of our nation’s rights and obligations. It has been humiliating to America and ir ritating to other nations, with the re sult that, after a period of unexam pled sacrifice, our motives tre suspect ed, our moral influence impaired and our government stands discredited and friendless among the nations of the world. “ We favor a liberal and generous foreign policy, founded upon definite moral and political principles, charac terized by a clear understanding of and firm adherence upon our own rights and unfailing respect for the rights of others. We should afford full and adequate protection to the life, liberty and property and all inter national rights of every American citi zen and should require a proper re spect for the American flag; but we should be equally careful to manifest a just regard for the rights of other nations. A scrupulous observance of our international engagements when lawfully assumed is essential to our own honor and self-respect and the re spect of other nations. Subject to a new regard for our international obli gations, we should leave our country- free to develop its civilization along the lines most conducive to the happi ness and welfare of the people, and to cast its influence on the side of jus tice and right should occasion re quire.” “ The republican party stands for agreement among the nations to pre serve the peace of the world. W e be lieve that such an international asso ciation must be based upon interna tional justice and must provide meth ods which shall maintain the rule of public right by development of law and the decision of impartial courts, and which shall secure instant and general international conference when ever peace shall be threatened by po litical action, so that the nations pledged to do and insist upon what is just and fair may exercise their in fluence and power for the prevention of war. We believe that all of this can be done without the compromise of nationul independence, without de priving the people of the United States in advance of the right to determine for themselves what is just and fair, when the occasion arises and without involving them as participants and not as peacemakers in a multitude of quarrels, the merits of which they are unable to judge." Facts About Warren G. Harding, Re publican Nominee for President. ltirthplace— Corsica, Morrow county, Ohio. Born November 2, 1865; is therefore is 54 years old. Education—Attended Ohio Central college. Graduated, Iberia college, 1882. Occupation—Newspaper man since 1884. Business— President Harding Pub lishing company, publishers of the Star of Marion, Ohio. Ch u rch—Baptist. Family— Married to Florence Kling of Marion, Ohio, July 8, 1891. Career— Member Ohio state senate, 1900-1904; lieutenant-governor of Ohio, 1904-1906; member United States seq-> ate from Ohio, 1915-1921; republican nominee for president, June 12, 1920. Warren G. Harding, the choice of the republican party for president of tlie United States, is a native of Ohio and has always been a resident of that state, being a publisher and busi ness man of the city of Marion. Al ways a staunch member of the repub lican party, Mr. Harding entered the political field in his own state a score of years ago and by his leadership and keen mind soon gained recogni tion outside of his own state. In 1914 he was elected United States senator from Ohio and took his first official step into tlie national political arena. For some years before this time, how ever, he had been prominent in the councils of the party and had carried on studies in Europe and elsewhere which well qualified him to handle the problems of a national and an in ternational nature which he was called upon to take after assuming the senatorial toga. first duty of government. Recent legislation by republican congress to promote and maintain American merchant marine Indorsed. Existing policy of United States for practical exclusion of Asiutlc immi grants is sound and should be main tained. No ulleti should he permitted to be come a citizen until he has become genuinely American. Right of free speech, free press and free assembly must he maintained, but advocacy of overthrow of government must not he permitted. Transportation service heat assured through private ownership and opera tion of railroads under proper regula Facts About Coolidge, Vice Presi dential Nominee. tion and control. Galvin Coolidge, Massachusetts' gov l.nws against combinations in re straint of trade approved, but amend ernor, who was elected upon the plat ments held necessary to muke busi form of “ law and order," was born near Plymouth, Yt., on a little farm ness situation clear. Immediate resumption of trade re located 12 miles from a railroad, July lations with nations with which Unit 4. 1872. He is a direct descendant of John and Mary Coolidge, who came ed States Is at peace demanded. Liberal appropriations In co-opera to the shores of America on the May tion witli the states for construction flower and settled ten years later— in 1630, on land near where Coolidge of highways favored. Comprehensive reclamation policy was born. As a youth he worked on his fath to increase nationnl wealth and pro er's farm and like Lincoln, was forced duction demanded, 1‘arty holds in Imperishable remein to earn the greater part of the money brance the valor uml patriotism of the which gave him his legal education. soldiers ami sailors who fought in He attended the school at Plymouth great war for human liberty and and successively thereafter the Black pledges itself to discharge obligation. River academy at Ludlow, the St. Republicans welcome women into Johnsbury academy in Caledonia coun full participation in activities of party ty, Yt., and Amherst college, Massa chusetts. Graduating from Amherst in and of government Party Is pledged to prevent evils of 1895, he went to Northarnpton where child labor through rigid enforcement he entered the law offices of Ham mond A- Field, both of whom took an of adequate laws. Equal pay for equal service should active interest in the politics of the rule in all branches ot government in city and county. which women are employed. At this time Coolidge was 23 years He gained admittance to the Nation of home-owners best guaran old. ty of maintenance of principles ot lib state bar in 1897 and two years later was elected to the city council. From erty and law and order. Republican party will oppose now j that time on Coolidge held several and hereafter the acceptance of a man city offices. It Is said of him that date for any countrv in Europe or he has never lost an election. He Asia. acted as city solicitor of Northampton, from 1900 to 1901 and clerk of courts, Republican Platform Plank on League , from 1901 to 1903. In October, 1905. Complied. he married Miss Grace A. Goodhue of The plank on the league of nutious Burlington, Yt.. and in 1906 his first says: son, John B. Coolidge, was born. His " ( A ) League of Nations.—Foreign other child, Cahin Jr., was born in policy of administration has been 1908. Harding to be Notified. Treaty to End June 19. Marion. O.—United States Senator Warren G llanllng will be officially notified of his nomination for the presidency by the republican party at hla home in Marion within the next fewr da.va. It was also learned that Senator Harding will adopt the custom of former President McKinley snd re ceive party lenders at his home for conferences during the summer. These oonfervnces will be held on the lawn In front ot the Hardiu residence. Ottawa. — Canada's treaty with France will terminated, June 19. France has becu Informed that the dominion will be ready to resume ne gotiations concerning It when circum stances are more opportune, he said. The French government about 15 month« ago ga\e notice that the trea ty would be renounced. Alter that an arrangement was made by which the treaty would continue In effect tem porarily. . SHOE PRICES ARE REDUCED ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ A A A ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ u r S o ♦ NEW STATE IN BRIEF. Three St. Louis Makers Cut Costs— Tight Money One Cause. St. Louis.—Reductions in the whole sale prices of various styles of shoes should be placed in the general funds and not in the current expense funds, of from 25 cents to $2 a pair were according to an opinion given by the announced Wednesday by officials of attorney general here. three of the largest shoe manufactur Baker.— One of the most sensational ing establishments here. horn mountain district opened the The reductions are on all shipments eyes of the prospectors throughout made after June 1, it was explained, Baker county, when large nuggets were picked up in the Belmont mine and are retroactive to autumn orders last week, according to mining of placed prior to June 1. ficials who arrived in Baker from The companies announcing the re Greenhorn. ductions are the International Shoo Salem.— The shortage of gasoline company, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe and eliminating of half of the annual company, and the Brown Shoe com license fee after July 1 have com pany. Officials emphasized that the bined to reduce materially the demand new prices were not the result of an for motor vehicle licenses during the agreement by^ the three firms. past few days. A. C. Brown, president of the Ham Salem.— Bonds in the sum of $116,- ilton-Brown Shoe company, asserted 000 issued by Multnomah County that “ tight money” and the resultant Drainage District No. 1 arrived here difficulty of retailers to borrow money recently for recording to the offices was the chief cause of the lowered Reduced prices of certain of the secretary of state. This district prices. has issued a total of $400,000 in bonds grades of leather w-ere assigned as a and considerable development work is contributory cause. Shoes that formerly sold at whole now under way. sale for $12 a pair have come down to Aurora.—Aurora’s new artesian well as low as $10. is now flowing at the rate of nearly 40,000 gallons a day, which is several thousand gallons more than the city uses. The water is pure and free from every sort of harmful baccilli, according to the report of the test made by the state board of health. Washington, D. C.— Despite an im Stanfield.—One of the heaviest provement of 19,000,000 bushels in the downpours of rain for this time of the year started Sunday night and contin winter crop during May and an indi Salem.—Interest on county deposits SHORT WHEAT CROP FORECAST FOR YEAR Bend.— To work against the threat ened crop shortage in Deschutes coun ty by supplying badly-needed labor to the farmers of this section, the Bend commercial club has voted to create a farm employment bureau. An ef fort will be made to divert the labor turnover at the local pine mills, esti mated at 300 per cent, to the ranchers of the county, as a partial solution of the problem. Salem.— That the deficiency appro priation of $250,000 authorized at last Friday’s meeting of the state emerg ency board probably will be sufficient to insure operation of the so-called soldiers’ sailors’ and marines’ educa tional aid law until next January, when funds derived from the 1920 tax will begin to reach the state treasurer, was the statement made here by Sain A. Kozer, secretary of state. Salem.—An initiative petition pro viding for the complete abolishment of cigarettes in Oregon has been filed with the secretary of state, and will be referred to the attorney-general for ballot title. Under the proposed law it will be a violation to sell, keep for sale, solicit, advertise, receive orders or possess cigarettes, cigarette papers or what is generally known among smokers as “ the makings.” Persons violating the ptoposed law will be subject to both a fine and county jail sentence. Salem.— Receipts of the motor ve hicle department of the state govern ment for the month of May, 1920, to taled $99,696, according to a financial statement prepared by the secretary of state. Yarious transactions which made up the fees for the month in cluded 4277 automobile registrations. 321 motorcycle registrations, 17 deal ers' licenses. 195 chauffeurs’ licenses, 18if3 nutomobile transfers, 71 motor cycle transfers, 102 automobile license plates, 11 motorcycle license plates, 14 dealers’ plates, four chauffeur badges and 36 dealers' additional sets of license plates. Salem.— In a signed confession re iterating statements made previously to fellow convicts but the truth of which were doubted by Dr. R. Lee Steiner, until recently superintendent of the penitentiary, James Ogle, now- serving a life sentence in the institu tion for the murder of J. N. Burgess and George E. Porringer of Pendleton In Multnomah county last November. Wednesday assumed all blame for the shooting of the two men and exonerat ed David Smith »nd Walter Bannaster as far as the actual killing was con cerned. Smith and Bannaster also are under life sentence for the part they played In the murders. Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events o f Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Samuel Grossman, president of the defunct Riley-Shubert-Grossman com pany, a Chicago mail-order concern, was found guilty of using the mails to defraud by a jury Tuesday. Secretary Colby, on behalf of the American government, has tendered a verbal apology to the British am bassador for. the burning of a British flag here last week by Irish women. A landslide has buried part of the village of Achupayas, in the province of Chimborazo, Ecuador. Several houses were buried. Fourteen bodies have been unearthed. Many persons were injured. Lillian Snowgrass, swimming for Oakland, California, Athletic club, won the Pacific association women’s junior 100-yard backstroke championship in cated spring crop of 68,000,000 bushels the Neptune beach pool at Alameda. greater than that of last year, the total Her time was 1 minute 32 seconds. wheat production for 1920 was es Dr. C. H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn., timated Wednesday by the department received the distinguished service of agriculture at 781,000,000 bushels, medal Tuesday. It was pinned on. him or 160,000,000 bushels less than the in Chicago by Major-General Wood. Announcement of the award of this total for 1919. From its condition on June 1, the medal to Dr. Mayo was made some spring crop was estimated at 277,000,- time ago. 000 bushels, or 18,000,000 bushels more Herbert C. Hoover, candidate for than the five-year average. A total the republican nomination for presi winter wheat production of 504,000,000 dent, made the commencement ad bushels was forecast. This is 228,000,- dress at Swarthmore (Pa.) college 000 bushels less than that of last year Tuesday and received an honorary de and 59,000,000 bushels below the aver gree of doctor of laws. He did not age for the five years ending in 1918. touch on politics. ued until early Tuesday morning. A few ranchers had started haying, but the majority had not, and little dam age is reported. The rainfall is most opportune, as wheat has just begun to head out and will put thousands of dollars in the wheat ranchers’ pockets. Portland.— Purchase c f practically all of the Clatsop county holdings of the Hammond Lumber company by the Crown Willamette Paper company was announced recently by R. L. Herren, timber superintendent of the paper company. Although the exact pur chase price was not made public, it is known to range between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The deal involves 17,- 500 acres of timber land in the Necani- cum country with approximately 650,- 000.000 feet of standing timber. This timber Cruises 88 per cent of spruce and hemlock. $ DF GHENT WEEK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STARTS EXPANSION DRIVE Portland.—Eighty community exec utive committees have been organized for the intensive canvass throughout the state of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce in its expansion move ment which begins June 14th. The canvass will continue until August 1st. Leading men in every section of Oregon are affiliating with the State Chamber, in the capacity of committee chairman and members, in the move ment to raise a budget of $450,000 covering a 3-year period with which to carry on the development work of the State Chamber. More than two hundred endorse ments have been received, approving the expansion movement and citing the need for such an agency as the State Chamber to take the initiative in the development problems affecting the entire state. Mexico Election is Set. Mexico City.— Members of the cham ber of deputies and the senate will be elected August 1 and the presidential elections will be on September 5, ac cording to a decision reached by Adol fo de la Huerta, provisional president, Sunday. Declaration was made that the government had determined not to enter into any negotiations with Felix Diaz, a revolutionary leader in the state of Yera Cruz. Chinese Areas Agreed. Shanghai. — (By the Associated Press.)—A definite agreement on terms of peace between northern and southern China has been reached be tween Wang Ylh Ting, northern pleni potentiary peace delegate, and the southern leaders, Wu Ting Fang. Tang Shao Yi, former premier of the Pekin government, and Dr. Sun Y'at Sen. Although peace delegates have been here for nine months, they met for the first time in conference Wednesday. Fourteen persons were killed, 100 others were injured and many build ings were destroyed by the explosion of 80 carloads of explosives near Turin, Sunday, according to a Rome dispatch to the London Exchange Tel egraph company. The Dominion government will in troduce legislation this week compel ling Canadian makers of the news print to supply 15 per cent of their total output to Canadian publishers, according to the Citizen. The bill will not fix the price. The Mexican embassy in Washing ton has been formally delivered to Alvaro Torre Diaz, representative of tho de facto government in Mexico by Salvador Diego Fernandez, minis ter and charge d'affaires appointed by the late President Carranza. Mayor Charles Davis of El Paso, Tex., issued an order Monday that “ every loafer in El Paso must go to wrork,” because of the acute labor situation which he declared was im periling ,E1 Paso industries and the agricultural district about'El Paso. Another appeal for the return of her baby, who was stolen from its crib last Wednesday, was issued Monday night by Mrs. George H. Coughlin of Norristown, Pa. More letters claim ing to be from the kidnapers, and de manding ransoms ranging from $6000 to $20,000, were received at the Cough lin home. The share of the United States in the first 20,000,000,000 marks gold of reparation bonds w-hich Germany is required to issue under the Yersailles treaty will be about $500,000,000, it was stated in Paris Monday. This sum will be for the first 20 months’ occupation of the Rhineland by Amer ican troops. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, operated on at Rochester, Minn., Monday, was declared “ out cf danger” in a statement issued by Dr. W. J. Mayo, attending surgeon. The operation, which was for the removal of the gall sac, was successful al though more serious than anticipated, the surgeon announced. Cow Sells for >30.000. St. Taul.—A world’s record price of $30,000 for a Holstein cow was paid Saturday at the Minnesota Holstein- Freisian sale. The price was paid by Gustav Pabst, Dousman, Wls., for Pabst Korndyke Cornflower, purchas ed from Fred Pabst. Oconomowcc, Wis. The previous record price was $18,400. The first real test of the leaguq of nations as a practical working body will be made when the council meets in London on June 14 to deal with the case of Persia versus the bolshe- viki. The greatest importance is at tached to this case by the supporters of the league, partly because the case has unusual complications. Swiss Buried By Gold. Geneva. Switzerland— According to President Sarasin, of the Swiss bank. Geneva is being buried in a golden avalanche. Gold stored in banks has no outlet in Europe, he said, and many industries are at a standstill and the situation is becoming worse. Three thousand Czechoslovak troeps who fought under Admiral Kol chak in western Siberia arrived at Vancouver, B. C., from Vladivostok \ Sunday on the steamship Ixion and , were immediately disembarked, marched to the Canadian National rail way station and started for Montreal, whence they will sail for Trieste.