(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.
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SHOE PRICES ARE REDUCED
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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.
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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.
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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.