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VOL. LIX NO. 18,538
Entered at Portland (Oregon!
Postoftlce Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920
PRICE FIVE r.XTS
Dill HORSE Mil!
WOMAN DIES WHEN
TRAIN WRECKS AUTO
COUNCIL DECIDES ISSS
IMPORTS OF GOLD
SHOW BIG INCREASE
CAILLAUX EXILED
FOR HELPING FOES
DIVORCE ON "TRUMPED Mm CfTQ RIP.
IIP rHARPCQ" nFPRIFn UUIIIlUUli ULIU Ull
TO FREE ARMENIA
MKS. E. SCHOOR, HUBBARD,
VICTIM OF COLLISION.
EXGLAXD SENDS $38,000,000
IX 10-DAY PERIOD.
FASCINATION l'OK SOMEONE
ELSE" MAKES TROUBLE.
1 CONVENTION
LEAD IN MONTANA
Choice of Wood Regarded
as Problematical.
FIRST BALLOT MUST DECIDE
Camoaian Animosities Mav
jj Become Disadvantage.
SECOND VOTES PROBLEM
fc-tern Warfare Policy Good One
Provided It M'ins Majority on
first Kollcall of Votes.
EY MAliK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New Vork Evening Tot. !
I'nh h ipiI hi- Arrflnmont I
WASHINGTON". April 23. Less than
seven weeks from today the repub
lican nomination will be made. Who
the nominee will be is not any clearer
now than it has been at any time
heretofore. And in the six weeks and
a day which will elapse before the
convention opens there is not any
event now foreseeable which will
make- the outcome more esaily pre
dictable than it now is. The most
probable thing that can be said about
the situation Is that It will be an open
convention in which the nominee will
be determined chiefly by events oc
curring within the convention after it
opens.
It is still true, as it always has
been, that General Wood has more
first-choice delegates instructed for
him. or otherwise favorable to him,
than any other candidate. But the
nomination is going to be determined
not by first-choice delegates, but by
second-choice delegutes.
Calculation Are Difficult.
liven if General Wood should have
the most exceptional good fortune in
the various primaries next week and
throughout the remainder of the cam
paign, it is still difficult to compute
where he can get much more than
half, the number of delegates neces
sary' to nominate. (The total number
of delegates is 984 necessary to nom
inate 493.) The actuarial politicians
who figure closely on such matters
say that about 280 is the maximum
that General Wood can expect to have
on the tirst ballot. He may have ap
preciably less.
If this estimate is correct. General
"Wood must how depend for success
upon the ability of his managers to
obtain for him about 250 additional
delegates, more or less, who will vote
for him as second choice after they
have ceased, for one reason or an
other, to vote for their first choice.
For the getting of these second
choice delegates General Wood is
handicapped beyond any of the other
candidates. He artM his managers
liave followed a policy of stern war
fare against every other candidate.
That is a very- good policy provided
it is successful enough to roll up a
majority on the first ballot.
Policy Creates BittrmcM. ,
But lacking that degree of success,
It is a poor policy, for it creates bit
terness and arouses enmities which
make delegates and leaders disin
clined to turn to the aggressor. In
the campaign so far General Wood
lias lived by the sword, and in the
convention lie must abide by the
-sword. However, Prank Hitchcock
is now supposed to be engaged upon
a gumshoe rounding up of the re
quired number of second-choice dele
t gates. He is operating in great se
crecy. What success he is having
rone of us will be permitted to know
until the convention opens.
Governor Lowden of Illinois con
tinues, as heretofore, to be likely to
Ttiave the second largest number of
delegates on the first ballot. When it
comes to getting additional delegates
from other candidates who drop out,
or from delegates who change their
allegiance for one reason or another,
Governor Lowden is in a much better
position than General Wood. The
feeling among delegates and leaders
alike is generally friendly to him.
Johnnon Furreant ai Third.
Senator Johnson of California will
have the third largest number of del
egates on the . first ballot. In the
campaign he has had some spectacu
lar successes and these have given
him credit for a strength in the conv
vention beyond what he is likely ac
tually to develop. It , is commonly
said, for example, that Senator John
son can prevent the nomination of
anyone he doesn't like and that he
can swing his delegates this way or
that way. It is not. true that Sena
tor Johnson will have any large num
ber, of delegates that he can swing
this way or that way. The number
of delegates that he can swing will
not be so large as the number who
will feel obliged to vote for him. For
example, Johnson carried Michigan
mid every one of the 30 delegates from
that state must vote for Johnson for
at least as many ballots as will sat
isfy the rather vague requirement of
Jie Michigan primary law. But among
those 30 Michigan delegates I think
there is scarcely one who is friendly
to Johnson personally.
Every one of them will welcome
the chance to get out from under his
primary obligation and cast his vote
for someone to whom he is in his
(CuuciuUed on Page 3, Co'.uinn 1.)
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Husband Jn Critical Condition
From Injuries and Shock
of Accident.
H LB BARD,. Or.. April 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. E. Schoor, 34. is dead and
her husband. Dr. E. Schoor, is in a
critical condition from nervous shock
as result of their automobile in which
they were riding being struck ' by a
northbound Southern Pacific freight
train here at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. Schoor was thrown several yards
by the collision and received a frac
ture of the skull. She died three
minutes later at the home of Dr.
Weaver where she was taken follow
ing the accident. The automobile
was demolished.
Dr. Schoor, when thrown from the
car, sustained internal injuries but
his nervous condition as result of
the shock rendered diagnosis diffi
cult. The accident occurred at the north
grade crossing near the city limits.
Witnesses, of whom there were about
23, assert that no whistle signal was
given by the train as it approached
the crossing. The view of the track
is obscured by buildings.
The CUllIlt V Coroner nt Kalom vaa
notified at nnne nrl or,
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be held at 10:30 o'clock tonight. .
FRANK GOULD SUMMONED
.Service in Divorce Action on Cruel
ty Charge Is Ordered.
NEW YORK. April 23. Supreme
Court Justice McAvoy today granted
an order to Edith Kelly Gould to
serve summons and complaint in a
suit for separation trom her husband,
Frank Jay Gould. Service upon Mr.
Gould is to be made by mail at his
address, Maison Lafitte, & Avenue
PiacarU, Paris.
Mrs. Gould was divorced by " her
husband under a decision of the civil
court at Versailles, Prance, in April,
1919, but she refused to recognize its
validity. In her reparation suit she
accuses Mr. Gould of cruelty and
intoxication, alleging it is "alto
gether unsafe and improper for her
to live with the defendant." They
have been living apart, for more than
a year.
FIRE LOSS $325,000,000
Arson Plays Little Part in Dam
age Throughout U. S.
CHICAGO, April 23. Fire losses in
the United States in 1919 totaled
1325,000,000, John G. Camber, presi
dent of the Fire Marshals' Associa
tion of North America, said today at
a meeting of the executive com
mittee. Shingle roofs, lmjierfect electrical
installation and carelessness were the
causes of a majority of the fires.
Fires from- arson amounted to less
than 2 per cent of the total. An
extensive campaign of education
against fire losses will be conducted
this year, he paid.
POTATOES TO GO HIGHER
Another Price Advance Coming, Say
The Dalles Dealers.
THE DALLES, Or., April 23. (Spe
cial.) Potatoes .ire due for another
price advance, say local dealers. The
present price is 9 cents.
New potatoes, which are just be
ginning to arrive from the south, on
the - basis of wholesale quotations,
will retail for 18 cents a pound. This
high price, however, will not stand
for long, say dealers. Produce firms
have con-tract-d for Texas potatoes
at $8.75 a hundred. When these po
tatoes reach Oregon they should re
tail for about 15 cents a pound.
MODERN' DANCES TABOO
Catholic .Church of Friburg, Swit
zerland, Permits Waltz.
GENEVA, April 23. Modern dances.
including the tango, fox trot and
others, have been prohibited as "im
moral" by the Catholic authorities of
the canton of Friburg.
Only the old dances, such as the
waltz, will be permitted in public
places and at balls. Visitors at hotels.
however, are not affected by the reg
ulation.
The question of decolette also was
discussed by the Catholic authorities
but no decision on the subject was
reached.
DOME IS MARRIAGE ALTAR
Portland Man Weds on Topmost
Peak or California Capital.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., .April. . 23
L. A. Stockdale of Portland,. Or., and
Miss Lillian Jones of Sacramento se
lected the dome of the California
state capitol as a place to wed. Ac-n
companied by a clergyman they
climbed to the scaffolding ori 'the' top
most peak of the dome and ' there
plighted their vowa
The marriage altar, therefore, was
240 feet from the ground.
GERMAN RUHR FORCE CUT
Government Notifies France Troops
Within Treaty Limit.
i LONDON, April 23. A note has been
dispatched to Paris by the German
government, according to a Berlin
wireless message received here.
The note states that the German
troops in the Ruhr district no longer
exceed the number stipulated by the
peace treaty.
Refusal of Mandatory
Prompts Council Act.
NITTI PREDICTS NEW WAR
Italy Will Not Send One Man
to Keep Peace, He Says.
LEAGUE SEEMS IGNORED
Council Kcfuses to Float Loan or
lo Grant Troops to .Keep
Peace In Turkey.
SAN RE MO, April 23. Armenia is
to be created an independent state.
This decision was reached by the su
preme council of the allies today be
cause neither the United States nor
any other power was willing to accept
a mandate over the country.
The Turkish treaty has been almost
finished by the council. Premier Nitti
of Italy gave his opinion of the treaty
in the remarks he made to the council,
saying. "I am constrained to tell you
that this treaty to my mind, is a more
imperfect production than anything
the peaoc conference has done." "
"You will have a war in Asia-Minor
and Italy will not send a single sol
dier nor pay a single lire." said Signor
Nitti, in an interview today follow
ing a critical analysis by him of the
Turkish peace, treaty.
"You have taken from the Turks
their sacred city of Adrianople," said
Signor Nitti. "You have placed their
capital city under foreign control; you
have taken from them every port and
larger part - their territory. And
the five Turkish delegates whom you
w11 select will sign a treaty which
will not have the sanction of the
Turkish people or the Turkish parlia
ment." .
The 'boundaries of Armenia have
not been defined, and the new repub
lic will probably be rather contracted,
as it is believed that the smaller the
country the more, easily can t take
care of itself, because If too many
Turks are left within its confines they
might overthrow the government.'.
League Declared Slighted.
The comment of those in close rela
tion ' with the council is that the
league of nations has" been rather
slightin-gly treated respecting Ar
menia. Th- council-gent a somewhat
vague letter to the league asking it
to take the mandate. The league
executive at a meeting in Paris re
plied favorably, but called attention
to the fact that it had no funds
and no staff, suggesting that the
council shoulJ. authorize an interna
tional loan guaranteed by. the powers
composing the council.
The council was also requested to
eject the Turkish forces from the
borders of the new state. These
proposals have not been accepted by
the council, which thus declines to
avail itself of the league as a suit
able mandatory. it is understood
that if the league had been provided
with money it might have arranged
w'ith neutral governments , to exer-
(Concluded on Pe
io;uma 1.)
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LOGGING FIREMAN" , BRAKE
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Boiler of J j motive on Line of
Boolh-Kel)' Lumber Company
Hurled High in Air.
ECGENE. Or., April 23. (Special.)
Two men were killed and one was
badly Injured when the boiler of one
of the logging locomtlvcs of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company, on the
railroad between Wendling andthe
upper camps, exploded this.aft'. .oon
about 3 o'clock. Charles ' jhultz.
fireman, aged 32 years, wi . killed
almost instantly, and Chauncey
Meacham, brakeman, aged 20, died on
the way to Eugene an hour later.
Oscar Parrish, engineer, was se
riously injured, sustaining a painful
wound in the leg, and he was badly
scalded. He was sent to the Eugene
hospital.' Little hope was held by the
physicians for his recovery. Ord
Crow, a brakeman who was on the
rear of the short train which the en
gine was pulling, was uninjured.
The cause of the explosion of . the
boiler is unknown, but it is presumed
that the water had run low.
The train was on the way from
Wendling to an upper camp to get a
load of logs for the mill. It was
climbing one of the grades when the
explosion occurred. .Fireman Schultz
was thrown 300 feet away by the
force of the explosion and the boiler
was hurled 200 feet into the air.
Schultz is survived by a widow.
He was the son-in-law of J. H. Kis
singer, a pioneer of Fall Creek, and
had been in the employ of the com
pany for a number of years. The
other men also have been working
for the company for a considerable
time.
Cojoner Branstetter and a boiler
inspector arrived at Wendling to
night at 7 o'clock. An inquest will
be held. '
A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth
Kelly Lumber company, said a thor
ough investigation of the accident
would be made.
S. C. PIER ELECTED CHIEF
Portland Man President of Coast
Park Commissioners.
BELLING HAM, Wash.. April 23.
At the closing session of the Interna
tional Association of Park Commis
sioners of the Pacific coast here last
night S. C. Pier of Portland was
elected president; John .Duncan.
Spokane, vice-president, and C. P.
Keyser, Portland, secretary. The
next convention will be held in Port
land In June. 1921.
City Commissioner Pier, who was
elected president of the International
Association of Park Commissioners of
the Pacific coast, is commissioner in
charge of the park bureau of Port
land. C. P. Keyser, who is the new
secretary of the association, is park
superintendent in Portland.
Both officials left Portland early
this week for Bellingham to attend
the convention, which includes park
commissions of all cities on the Pa
cific coast from Vancouver, B. C, to
San Diego. Cal.
MEXICO' ALONE PROTESTS
Landing of V. S. Marines in Guate
mala Is Disliked.
WASHINGTON. April 23. Mexico
alone protested against the landing of
American marines in Guatemala to
protect foreigners during the recent
revolution there.
This was' told in advices today from
Guatemala City.
TOO
Imports of Silver Trom All Coun
tries Aggregate $3,139,738,
and Exports $7,321,703.
"WASHINGTON. April 23. Gold im
ports from England jumped to nearly
$38,800,000 during the first 10 days
in April, according to figures made
public tonight by the federal reserve
board. The great increase in gold
movement from England was shown
by the further statement that for the
first three months of the year less
than $12,000,000 was sent to this
country.
Imports from other countries for
he 10-day . period were negligible,
with the exception of Ecnador, which,
in Its first shipment to the United
States this year. Bent $124,874. Out
side of this, imports from South
America were only $500. Imports
from Asia were $103,975; from North
American countries $342,350. and Eu
rope - $39,003,183. New Zealand de
livered $104,596.
Gold exports for the 10 days aggre
rated $6,543,402, of which $3,500,000
went to Argentina and $2,571,553 to
China.
Exports of silver exceeded the im
port movement of that metal for the
10-day period by approximately
$4,100,000. The total imports from
all countries were $3,439,738, against
exports of $7,521,793. Mexico sent
$2,773,988 in silver. Of the 'exports
the largest shipment. $5,067,733, went
to China. The total Imports of sil
ver, by grand divisions, were: From
Europe, $11,936; North American
countries, $2,773,988; South America,
$519,87$; Asia. $133,936. Exports to
the same divisions were: To Europe,
$125,400; North American countries,
$1,000,947; Asia, $6,395,446.
INDIANAPOLIS SHOWS GAIN
Increase of 34.5 Per Cent Over
Population of IS 10 Is Shown.
WASHINGTON. April 23 Census
returns announced today were as fol
lows:
Indianapolis, Ind., 314,194. increase
80,544, or 34.5 per cent.
Wilmington, Del., 110,168. increase
22.757, or 26 per cent.
Warren, Pa., 14,256, increase 3176.
or 20.7 per cent.
Kokomo, Ind., 30,060, increase 13.-
057, or 76.8 per cent.
Ironton, O., 14,007, Increase S60, or
6.5 per cent.
Dodge City, Kan.. 5061, increase
1847, or 57.5 per cent. - " ' '
Marysville, Cal., 5461, increase 31,
or 0.6 per cent.
Carnegie, Pa., 11.316, Increase 1507,
or 15.1 per cent.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., 9130, In
crease 21'7, or 2.7 per cent.
Springfield. Ohio, 60,840, increase
13,919 or 29.7 per cent-
Webster City. Iowa, 5657. increase
449 or 8.6 per cent.
Clinton. Mass.. 12.964. increase 111
or .8' per cent.
Westfield. Mass., 18,603, increase
2559 or 15.9 per cent.
Homestead. Pa.. 20,452, Increase
1739 or 9.3 per cent.
Gadsden, Ala., 14,737. increase 4,180
or 39.6 per cent.
FORMER SENATOR IS DEAD
Judge Nathan Goff of West Vir
ginia Passes Away Suddenly.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. April 23.
Judge Nathan Goff. former L'nited
States senator from West Virginia,
died suddenly late today, aged 78
years.
Kor many years he was a federal
judge and served in the lower house
of congress six years.
BUSY.
Ex-Premier of France Is
Convicted by Senate.
ENEMY COMMERCE CHARGED
Five-Year Banishment and
Disfranchisement Given.
VOTE LOST FOR 10 YEARS
Three Years' Imprisonment Also
Imposed, but Already Served
Wliile Awaiting Trial.
PAK1S, April 23. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Joseph Caillaux, ex
premier of France, tonight in the
Neullly hospital listened to the read
ing of the sentence of the senate
which, sitting as a high court of jus
tice, yesterday convicted him of
"commerce and correspondence with
the enemy."
Three years' imprisonment, five
years' forced residence in a town to
be selected by the minister of the
interior and' ten years' loss of po
litical rights, the latter clause car
rying with it Inability to vote or hold
office, was the sentence imposed.
The document was read by a court
officer sent to the hospital for the
purpose, after it had been promul
gated before the senate tonight by
Leon Bourgeois, the presiding of
ficer. Caillaux wag not present in
the senate chamber.
Calllanx Makei Ma Comment.
The prisoner made no comment
after the oYficial made known the
contents Of the document, but his
face showed- signs of deep sadness.
Asked by the newspaper men whether
he desired to make a statement,
Caillaux replied: "I shall be at your
disposal tomorrow or the next day
when I am released."
It is understood that a a secret
meeting of the high court prior to
the reading of the terms of the ver
dict against Caillaux it was agreed
that the time Caillaux has spent in
prison and in the hospital shall apply
to the. three years' Imprisonment
term imposed and that therefore Cail
laux will be liberated tomorrow.
The prisoner was in Jail for 27
months and this time, added to the
period lie has been in the hospital
constitutes the service of the full
term of Imprisonment imposed by the
senate.
;ullt IJeard Pronounced.
The decision not to bring Caillaux
before the senate tonight provoked
rumors that he would be released
during the night.
M. Moutet of counsel for Caillaux
said the prisoner was willing to ap
pear before the senate to hear the
verdict of condemnation. At the
morning session Caillaux had listened
to the court pronounce the verdict
'of guilty of violating article 78 of
the military code, and declared in
reply to the usual question that he
had nothing to say.
After the morning session the court
went into secret session to frame
Concluded on Pse -. I'oiiimn 4. t
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Evil "Worse Plague Thau Saloon
Ever Was," Declares Advocate
of I-'edcraf Divorce Law.
WASHINGTON. April 23. iXore
than 50 ner nnt nf it, ,iivnn-j!
(granted in this country are based on!
for some one else. Francis Minor
Moody, of Chicago, executive secre
tary of the International Committee
on Marriage and Divorce, declared
yesterday before the senate judiciary
committee.
Appearing in support of a joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment providing for uniform
rederal marriage and divorce laws. Mr.
Moody charged that the newspapers
refused to print articles dealing with
the seriousness of the divorce situa
tion because many of the men con
nected with the newspapers "are of
that kind."
The witness" declared that the di
vorce evil "was a worse plague than
the saloon ever was," and that the
remedy was in federal legislation. He
toid the committee that in 1916 the
divorce rate in the United states was
13b per 100,000, exceeding that of
Japan where, he said, the divorce
situation always had been recognized
as serious.
PALMER NOTICES DROP
Decline in Clothing Prices Said to
He Result of Campaign.
WASHINGTON. April 23. Attorr ey
General Palmer it. id today he was
convinced from reports to the depart
ment of justice "t'pat definite results
are now showing themst-lve-." in the
government's campaign to font ai-n
living costs. Mr. Palmer tit! th:,r
while the drop has been 01
in the last month, the rami-iM
acted as a brake against risiv c
Some articles, however, he - -. i
ticularly olothiner. ' have dr ;
much as 15 per cent in coj-
consumer.
Mr. Palmer said he beli-
overall movement indicated
pose on tha part of the pul.l o
more carefully."
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BONDS TO BE CONVERTED
Permanent Issue to Rcplaei on
Coupon Paper Anuou !
SAN FRANCISCO. April ;
manent, bondN beajriftlp the t..'.
her (if interest coupons "will i.- i:
beginning May 1 to replace the
porary "short coupon" boni i :
first, second and third libe:tv
John V. Calkins, governor et the
federal reserve bank has ann.-u
The decision to set the its'-
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May 1, he said, was dictated l..-
fact that holders of the fir.'t -j
ond loans must present bono.- .
version prior to June 15 ai'i v ,
in order to receive benefit .! .i. in
creased rate.
Honda of the fourth loan will not
be exchanged at this time, but prob
ably will be taken care of before next
October.
HEIGHTH RECORD BROKEN
French Aviator Sets New Altitude
for Hydro-Airplane.
NICE. France. April 23. A French
aviator named Sadi today established
what is said to be an altitude record
lor a hydro-airplane.
He flew over Monte Carlo and
reached a heisiht of 635U meters in
1 hour 7 minutes.
I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
I The Weather.
4 YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
oS degrees; minimum, uj dtsr.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly
winds.
foreign.
Indepemlence to be granted Armenia by
supreme council. i'aire 1,
I S. waryhtps sail today for Mexico.
Pa Be 2.
' Kx-Premier Caillaux exiled by France for
live yeara. luge 1.
Uermana thinkinfr of tryinic again, says
1'ans correepouufnt. Page 3.
National.
Divorce evil worse plague than saiion
ever was, says Francis M. Moody.
Page 1.
Domefttir.
Mexican general and woman ur.lcr ar.-ost.
I'aee !.
Switchmen refuse to return to work unless
demands are concetied. Page '1.
Troops quiet Butte. Face ".
Dark horse may defeat Wood at conven
tion. Page J.
Senator Johnson flayed by New Jeracy
whip. Page 4.
Johnson takes lead in Montana primary
eariy returns. Page 1.
Pacific Northweat.
Sa'.em- Oherrians Invi-e all Oregon to ca'.l
on blossom day. Page 5.
Woman dies when train wrecks auio.
Pago 1.
Xortiive.t tourist season to te extended
to take In greater part of year. Pastes 1 'i.
Increase In Pacific coast office rents fore
cast. Page 4.
Two killed, one Injured when :-iir of
logging engine explodes near Wcrditnff.
Page 1.
Sport
Seven colleges enter big relay carnival.
Page VI.
Three ten-round fights scheduled for Fri
day. Page 13.
Coast league results: Portland 3. Los
Angeles !: San Francisco 1, Seattle O;
Oakland 10. Salt Lake 0; Vernon 3.
Sacramento 1. Page 12,
Local golf club ready for tourney tomor
row. Page VJ.
Commercial and Marine.
List of Japanese steamers to call here In
creased to four. Page 20.
Cereal crops on coast are making slow
progress. Page liL
Oil stocks adversely affected by reports
of Mexican troubles. Pae 21-
Corn weakens with heavy selling after
firm opening. Page 'Jl.
Portland and Vicinity.
Democrats called to elect chairman to
replace 'J. IX Brown, who is said to
hold office illegally. Page 7.
Ordinance permitting cheap homes la plan
to cut rents. Page lu.
s. i i.-,-e 11.
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Junge Is indicted on four counts
Portland ship probe disclosure
ftderal .-rand jury. Page 14.
Early Returns Indicate
Sweeping Victory.
ALL RIVALS FAR OUTPACED
Lowden Noses Out Califor
nian in Only 5 Precincts.
NO DEMOCRAT IN RACE
Under .--late Law, People Vote Di
rectly on Choice for President,
Electors and Delegates.
HELENA. Mont... April 23. Early
I returns from Montana's presidential
primary today" indicated a sweeping
victory for Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, although few returns had
been received from the rural districts.
Registration for tne primary was
estimated at ISO.000. but the vole was
said" to have been light.
Under the Montana primary law the
people vote directly on their choice
for president, in addition to express
ing their presidential preference,
electors and delegates to the na-ttoi-al
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night from the race for democratic
leader of the senate, thus virtually
assuring the selection of Senator
Cnderwootl of Alabama at the demo
cratic conference called for Tuesday
night.
Senator Hitchcock's announcement
was made in a letter to senate demo
crats. He said his withdrawal from
the fight would conduce to demo
cratic harmony and would accord
with his individual plans. which
would not permit him during the re
mainder of the year to undertake the
duties of minority leader which de
volved upon him with tne retire
ment from the senate of the late Sen
ator Martin of Virginia.
The withdrawal of the Nebraska
senator breaks the deadlock wnich
developed at the party caucus Jan
uary 13. when the first effort was
made to select a successor to Sena
tor Martin. ,
"I now desire to terminate this
deadlock." wrote Senator Hitchcock,
'and hereby withdraw my name from
the contest. This will conduce to
democratic harmony and will accord
with my individual plans, which will
not permit me during the remainder
of the year to undertake such con
tinuous service in the senate as I
have had during the past 12 months.
"The year during which I havo
acted as democratic leader has been
one of responsibility and difficulty,
but one of pleasure also, because of
the consideration shown me by party
colleagues, whether they agreed with
me or not.
"I desire particularly to thank
those who have supported me in this
contest and to say to all that I shall
be glad, in resuming my position as
vice-chairman, to co-operate as here
tofore with the chosen leader."
Senator Hitchcock was the demo
cratic leader throughout the long
peace treaty fight and it was explic
itly stated at the White house and
by Senator Underwood that, irrespec
tive of the outcome of the election
for leadership, he would continue as
the administration spokesman should
the treaty fight be renewed.
NF.imASKA IS WOX BV BRYAX
Commoner Has 10 Delegates to
Hichcock's 6.
OMAHA. Neb.. April IZ. W. J.
Bryan will control the Nebraska
delegation to the democratic national
convention, returns from 1467 pre
cincts out of 1S49 precincts compiled
by the newspapers indicated here to
night. These flguraa give Bryan
ten delegates and Hitchcock six.
Previous returns showed an even
split.
Bryan's own position in the con
test for delegate-at-large was not so
secure as it appeared yesterday. He
dropped from first to second place In
the vote outside Douglas county and
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was leading Berge (B) by 1136 votes
for fourth place. Among the counties
tCobc'.uded on Page 2, Column 4.)
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