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TTTE UIOISXTXXr (VREGOXTAX, TTTTJRSDAY, UIAUCTT 18, 1920 f VALUABLE BUSINESS BLOCK PURCHASED BY LODGE, WITH CONCLUSION OF LONG-TIME LEASE j TAKE ON FIRST FLOOR BY BANKING; INSTITUTION. FOR LEONARD WOOD GDI PROBE WEST The Latest Only Four Delegates of State Senators to Visit Portland to Not Certain. "-''.Get Houser Records. NORTH DAKOTA IN DOUBT HOOVER RAPS CRITICS Jolinson Charges, "Machine" and Farmer Who Becomes Caustic "Pretense" in Speech at Detroit General in South Dakota. About ' Food Administration Gets Special Attention. GOES COIIITTElIO ST. PAUL, Minn.. March. 18. TVith but two counties missing, reports at 1 A. M. today from the republican county conventions to elect delegates to state and district conventions, gave 50 delegates uninstructed. 27 in structed for Wood. 5 Instructed for Louden and 2 instructed for Johnson. ST. PAUL, Minn, March 17. Two delegates uninstructed from Minne apolis and two others pledged to vote -for Leonard Wood for the nomination as president at the national republi can convention in Chicawo were named today at two district conventions. At the Minneapolis meeting an at tempt to have the delegates instruct ed for Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, failed. Delegates pledged to the candidacy of Leonard Wood were in control of the Ramsey county republican con vention and succeeded in defeating tho Johnson and Lowden delegation on the first important tests Btrongth. Wood friends, with a raa jority pf the total delegates, named the credentials committee and elect ed Herbert Jxeller chairman of the convention. Keller is chairman of the-Ramsey county Wood' organization. Wood forces produced a maximum of 270 Totes out of a total of 502. Two delegates to the national con rention from --Ramsey county, -in structed for Wood, means that only four delegates out of Mintiesotas 24 are in doubt. It has been conceded that Wood has won the four dele catcs at large to be named by the state convention. Of the first 26 Minnesota republican county conventions to report, la de rided to send uninstructed delega tions to the state convention in St Paul, Saturday, fight conventions in dorsed Wood's candidacy and three indorsed Lowden. WOOD'S STRENGTH SURPRISE Advocacy of Military Training lias Not Eliminated General. CHICAGO, March 17.(Special.) Indications that sentiment for univer sal military training is growing are pointed out by political weather prophets here, many of whom pro fess to be enlightened by the results dhorn in the Minnesota primaries, where at least one candidacy, that of General Wood, had been reproached by opposing factions with the taint of this issue. Summarization of the Minnesota re sult is contained in today's Tribune, which prints the following ender a Washington date line: "Politicians who have doubted that Wood had any real strength with the people were startled by early figures showing the general with a DO per cent lead over his next highest com? petitor. Senator Johnson, and nearly four times as many votes as Lowden, although Minnesota, is the native state of the Illinois governor and has been extensively canvassed by him. "It had been freely predicted that the soldier candidate would be snowed under in an agricultural state, which, though traditionally republican. Presi dent Wilson almost carried on the 'he-kept-us-out-ef-war Issue." In an editorial the Tribune says: "General Wood's strength in the Min nesota primaries is an interesting revelation. Wood's organization is evidently expansive and effective. His activity has been greater than that of any other candidate. He is work ing for a popular vote in as many ctates as possible and he does not fCfra to suffer either because he is a military man or because he advo cates universal military training. He is the only candidate who candidly and warmly advocates that national policy, and it does not seem that in doing so he has eliminated himself. - "The suggestion is useful. It may re that politicians have cold feet and that the people really have coo leads. ' SpP s'VI II ' festal- i- ''--''ji I ' vxmevoniyonui i BECK BOf LOIiG IS SOLD I fit kVrl ''iuSJ Berk bnildlag. northwest corner of Ilroadway and Oak afreet, which hurl been purchased by the Ignited Artisan lodge from the Beck estnte. aad the first floor of which has been aecured through a long-time leaxe by the Lumbermeaa TruMt company for tta new home. At left. Above II. S. HudHon,supreme master of the Artisan lodge. Below John A. Keating, president of the Lum bermens Trnat company. of affairs In Minnesota. "This chine," the statement declares, "has been conducting the Wood fight." Although the states presidential preference primary law had been re pealed Senator Johnson said, the re publican organization in Minnesota called what it termed a primary, with a preferential vote for president. Fix ing or tns time or trie voting Between 7:30 P. M. and 8:30 P. M., with county chairmen empowered to fix the hours to 9 P. M., he alleged, meant in the country districts no primary at all. In mid-winter, with the present con dition of the roads," he added, "it was the disfranchisement of these farmers." Continuing, the statement says: "When recently I was in Minnesota demanded a half day in which vot ers might express themselves; , Fol lowing this Hoover and Lowden forces made a similar demand. Of course the machine, in absolute control and rep resenting Wood, contemplating a mere fake primary, which might be u$ed to influence other states, paid no attention to our demand. I then advised my friends in Minneapolis nd St. Paul to go to these night polls and fight as best they could. My advices are that I have carried Minneapolis and Hennepin county and perhaps St. Paul. 'This one-hour, machine-controlled primary was a travesty on the right of free expression." XORTIT DAKOTA IS IX pOCBT MACHINE,' CHARGES JOUXSOX Senator Makes Flat Accusation in Statement at Detroit. . DETROIT, March 17. The Minne sota republican primary, was charac terized as a 'pretense" and the "first 6trong-arm tactics of the 1920 cam paign" by United States Senator Hi ram Johnson i- a signed statement Issued here this forenoon. He charged that "the republican State machine is in absolute control" TAKE ASPIRIN AS TOLD BY "BAYER" "Bayer" Introduced Aspirin to the Physicians Over 1$ Years Ago. - To get quick relief follow carefully the safe and proper directions in each urf broken package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." This package is plainly stamped with the safety , "Bayer Cross." The "Bayer Cross" means the gen uine, world-famous-Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years. "Bayer lablets of Aspirin" can be taken safely for Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lum bago, Rheumatism, Joint Pains, Neur itis, and Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost but a few cents. Druggists also sell -larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of Salicylicacid. Adv. Returns Socager and Give So Indi cation of Vote on Delegates. FARGO. N. D., March 17. Returns from yesterday's presidential prefer ence election were still too indefinite and meager tonight to indicate the utcome of the fight for delegates to the national convention waged in the republican and democratic primaries etween groups of candidates indorsed by the .Non-I'artiean league, ana groups of candidates opposing the league. Four constitutional amendments voted on yesterday have been adopted on the face of meager returns avail able from the state-wide primary. In the cities the tickets opposed to the Non-Partisan league are leading, but the rural vote, where the Non Partisan league's strength lies, was light. Ransom county had the most com plete report available tonight, 18 out of 32 precincts, giving the league candidate for republican national committeeman S80. and the anti league candidate 359. Scattered re turns tonight indicated the defeat of the laws initiated to repeal the so called blue laws forbidding Sunday baseball, theatricals, boxing and tale of cigarettes. The constitutional amendments pro vide for the recall of public officers. reduce - the residence requirements of voters, permit cultivation of state-owned coal lands and permit cities to mortgage revenue-producing utilities without respect to the bond ed debt limits otherwise provided. Returns on the presidential prefer ence election and on the election of delegates were meager and were con fined entirely to a few of the largest cities. The few returns from the cities gave majorities for the anti-Non-Par- tisan league tickets in both the dem-. ocratic and republican primaries. The city of Bismarck gave Johnson B88, Wood 89. Lowden 41 and Hoover 9 on the republican ballot, and -4 on the democratic ticket for Bryan. The city voted almost three to one in favor of repealing the blue laws. took control of the Hennepin county republican convention here today, named a new county committee and elected State Senator Arch Coleman, who has been opposed by the Wood state organization, as county chairman.- 1 POIXDEXTER WILD DEBATE Washington Senator Leaves ' for Pierre, S. D., to Meet Opponent. WASHINGTON, March 17. Senator Poindexter of Washington, candidate for the republican nomination for president, left today for Pierre, S. D., to meet. Major-Ueneral Wood, also a candidate, in a debate Saturday on the issues in the campaign, as re quired by the state primary law. The Washington senator was re called from a speech-making tour through South Dakota earjy. in the week because of the treaty situation in (he senate. LUMBERMEXS TRUST SIGXS 15 YEAR LEASE WITH ARTISAXS. Company to Take Ground Floor of Six-Story Building and to Ex pand Business Considerably. (Continued From First Page.) MERCHANT MARIN E IS WASTED General at Huron, S. D., Makes Ap peal for Trade Extension. HURON. S. D., March I7.r-Ships built in American shipyards during the war should not be sold to foreign countries. General Leonard Wood, re publican presidential candidate, said in an address tonight. General Wood declared that the United States should develop a great merchant marine for the extension of its domestic and foreign trade and as a reserve for its navy. and G. L.' McKenna of Portland, and Ivan G. Martin of Salem. The officers of (he Beck investment company are Sam Beck, president J. P. Levy, secretary, and E. Beck, treasurer.. EXECUTIVE MEETS ATTITUDE TOWARD PROPOSED LEGISLATION" TO BE TOPIC. Adjutant Eivers Will Report Result of Conference Regarding State) Convention at Astoria. Members of the state executive committee of the American Legion are expected to gather in. this city to night for an important meeting called by William B. Follett, state command er, to consider the attitude of the veterans throughout Oregon on bene ficial legislation before congress and to discuss plans for the next state convention of the legion. The meeting will be held at state headquarters in the Morgan building. Commander Follett recently dis patched James O. Convill, as repre sentative of the Oregon department, to Washington, D. C, to attend a na tional gathering of legion representa tives .on behalf of pending beneficial legislation. . The next state convention is to be held in Astoria and E. J. Eivers, state adjutant, is to report at the meeting the result of a conference with legion members In that city this week con cerning plans for the convention. The date may be set as early as may, though indications are that Astoria veterans would prefer it a little lat er, to permit of more varied enter tainment for delegates at Seaside. RATE PLAN IS PROTESTED Spokane Rate Export Will Repre sent Idaho at Washington. BOISE, Idaho. March 17. (Special.) The public utilities commission has deputized J. L. Campbell, Spokane rate expert, to represent Idaho at a hearing March 20-32 in Washington, D. C, when the interstate commerce commission will consider whether or not to establish "rate groups" and "zones" for the purpose fit readjust ing freight rates under private con trol. Notice of the hearing was received too late for the Idaho commissioners to attend. The inter-mountain states, and especially Idaho, will protest against the rate' plan. Southern Idaho, served by only one railroad, would be certain to be grouped with a dis trict where revenues were less, there by raising Idaho rates to maintain the average. WOMAN POLITICIAN DIES to SHOE PROBE IS OFDEflED HIGH COST OF-. FOOTWEAR TO BE FULLY-INVESTIGATED. Senator McXary of Oregon Heads Senate Snb-Commlttee Author ized to Make Inquiry, Restful Results for Men Only a person who has experienced that awful "all ' night" cough that sometimes follows influenza can ap preciate what a good night's sleep can be. Mrs. Annie Davison,. 2Q80 Myrtle St.,' Long Beach, Cal, writes: "The result of using Foley's Honey and Tar was a restful one for me." Foley's Honey and Tar checks harsh, racking coughs; eases wheezy breath lijg; stops tickling in throat; .covers raw,, irritated surfaces with a sooth ing, healing coating. , Sold everywhere- Ad V, " I CANDIDATE IN SOUTn DAKOTA Repeal of Excess Profit Tax Must Be Lifted, Says Wood. REDFIELD, S. D., March 17. The excess profit tax and certain other taxes must be eliminated because they are "paralyzing initiative at a time when we need ItJ' General Leonard Wood declared in an address here today. The war debt, ' he said, should be distributed over a longer period of years In order to assist the development of American " business through lessening its present burr dens. American business both at home and abroad must be encouraged if it is to meet English competition, he said. Reciting his experiences in Cuba and the Philippines, General Wood advocated general teaching of the Spanish language to prepare American salesmen to enter the South American markets. Johnson Supporters Take Control. MINNEAPOLIS, March 17. Support ers of. Hiram -Johnson for president OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, March 17. Senator Mc- Nary ot .Oregon will be chairman of a subcommittee of the senate com mittee on manufactures which will Investigate under the terms of the McNary ' resolution," reported favor ably today, the present high cost of shoes. The resolution authorizes the com mittee "to ascertain In every prac ticable way the causes for the -increased cost of shoes in the United States, the labor, material and ofher costs, and the profits of manufac turers, wholesalers and distributors of leather, thread, shoe machinery and other articles required for the manu facture of shoes, with a view to de termining who or what may tit re sponsible for such high prices." The northwest will have powerful representation on the subcommittee of the senate commerce committee ap pointed today to draft the bill formu-r lating a merchant marine policy for the United States. Senator Jones of Washington will be chairman and Senators Chamberlain and McNary will be members. Other members will be Senators Fernald of Maine, Colt of Rhode Island, Fletcher of Florida and Ransdell of Louisiana. j Influenza at Sheridan Decreasing. SHERIDAN, Or, March 17. (Spe cial.) The influenza is beginning to decrease. The number of cases are less and few of them are serious. Read, The Oresonian classified ads. Dr. Ellen Ferguson Delegate National Convention in 1896. NEW YORK. March 17. Dr. Ellen Brooke Ferguson, who as a delegate from Utah to the democratic national convention in 1896 assisted in the first nomination of William J. Bryan for the presidency, died Monday at the home of her daughter at Whitestone. She was said to have been the first woman delegate to a national conven tion. Mrs. Ferguson, who was .born in England in 1844, came to America more than 60 years ago. She went to Salt Lake City and was one of the first women physicians to practice in the west. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 17. A subcommittee of the senate committee on manufac tures will bit named tomorrow to visit Portland. Spokane and other grain and milling centers of the northwest to investigate charges made by a Spokane federal grand jury against the United States grain corporation and Max H. Houser, grain administra tor ror the northwest. - This decision was reached at a meeting of the full committee today. Such testimony as is taken here in Washington will be heard by the en tire committee, but it was decided that the only method of making an investigation in the northwest would be to send a subcommittee, as the In quiry involves the examination of some records which it might be diffi cult to transfer here. . Hoover Resents Attacks. Herbert Hobver took the first seri ous notice today of the criticism lev eled at the food administration and the grain corporation in a letter to Senator Phelan, characterizing the attacks as "malicious propaganda." He pointed out in the letter that he had nothing to do with the fixing of prices on grain and cottonseed and submitted with .his letter the com plete personnel on the boards and commissions which handled all prices fixing matters, showing that' they were appointed by the president. The documents accompanying his letter disclosed the fact that all of the boards and commissions were composed of officers of farm organ izations, representatives of the fed eral and several state market bureaus and some such well-known champions of the agricultural interests as Pro fessor E. F. Ladd of North Dakota. He also paid his respects to those who have attacked him politically in con nection with his presidential boom. Barrett Also Rebuked. As C. H. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' union, had been widely quoted by critics of the food administration and grain corporation in connection with the government price on wheat and cottonseed, some personal reference is made to Mr. Barrett In h)s letter. He said: "So far as Mr. Barrett's views On the price of wheat and cottonseed are concerned, he was a member of a committee appointed by the pres ident to recommend a fixed price for wheat. In which I did not participate. He unanimously agreed with others on the price and I attach a copy of the committee report. The officers of his association signed the cottonseed proposals also. He can therefore scarcely complain in that matter. - Chance to Object Passed.:'' 'Subsequently he was appointed on an agricultural advisory board to represent the farmers at the food administration and apparently be cause he did not agree with the other 8 members he ceased to attend the meetings. Through this board he al ways had opportunity to make rep resentations to the food administra tion, and there was no case I know of where the recommendations of this board were not supported by me and carried out to the full extent. This board finally wound up with a very handsome and spontaneous resolution expressing gratitude to the food ad ministration for the way farmer In terests had been handled. Turning to political attacks on him, he continued: I do not assume that any amount of endeavor to keep out of politics! or any amount of sacrifice in publit service entitled one to immunity, soi have refused to take notice of these things." UNION MANJS SLEEPING First Case of Malady Appears in Eastern Oregon. BAKER, Or., March 17. (Special.) What is believed to be the first case of the dreaded "sleeping sickness" in this vicinity has just been reported in North Powder. J. O. Pitcher Sr. is the victim of the disease and he has been taken to Hot Lake for med ical treatment. The physicians who have attended Pitcher report that the malady with which the North Powder man is suf fering appears to be similar to that which has attacked several Portland people and Vhich, according to some authorities, comes usually as an after math of influenza. The annual freight bill of the lum ber industry is estimated at about $215,000,000. Lumber and forest prod ucts furnish about 11 per cent of the total tonnage of the American rail roads, or about 215.000,000 tons yearly. S. & H. Green Stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 60-21. Adv. I fume M l! 1 WORTH in 6owft Uy Mltfd I TO J, l STUDENTS RAISE CALVES Experiment in Connection Willi ' Agricultural College. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 17. (Special.) One of the most impor tant experiments of the extension work of the Oregon Agricultural Bol lege, according to Z. J. Allen, state leader of boys and ' girls' livestock clubs, will be the development -of pure-bred Shorthorn calves distrib uted among members of the Klamath County Boys' and Girls' "Livestock Men's Brogue Oxford Coco Brown Goodyear Welt Brockton Made Everybody Wants 'Em .WE HAVE THEM IN STOCK All sizes widths B, C, D Sold to dealers only. Write or wire for sam pies of this or any other up-to-date shoes The Live-Wire Wholesale Shoe House Goodman Bros. Shoe Co. 67 Fifth St. Established 1898 Portland, Or. club by the county farm bureau live stock committee. The calves range In value from $225 to $325. They were assigned by lot. Ea'ch club member Is under promise to exhibit his animal at the county fair this fall and at next year's breed ers' sale. Those allotted calves were Olive Hill, Phyllis Lester, Donald Patter son, Beth Klrkpatrlck. 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