1 . " VOL.' LIX XO. 18,5G4 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postoffice an Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS JOHNSON LEAD ON LUTE RETURNS 953 Hope of Wood Forces for State Upset. CENTRALIA FUGITIVE 1920 CENSUS CHANGES STANDING OF CITIES PORTLAND FORGES AHEAD OF OUTERS FACE DEATH ON BLAZING LAUNCH E HI'S MANAGER ELATED BY OREGON RESULT SIGNIFICANCE IS PCT ABOVE WIXXIJKJ OF DELEGATES. inumrM CAMPAIGN ARMEN 1 A MANDT DAVIS IS LATEST DEMOCRATIC HOPE All Others in Race Are Running in Circle. IS BELIEVED SUICIDE COSTS MD4.8B4 BODY FOUND IX WOODS IDEN TACOMA PARTY, ADRIFT, FI NALLY SUBDUES FIRE. TIFIED AS OLE HAXSOX. DEXVEK, COLO. - 'LUMULIV WANTED BY WILSON y FARMER VOTE DISAPPOINTS 5000 Ballots Probably Are Yet to Be Reported. COOS HELPS JOHNSON Other Counties Prove to Be for California!! to Remotest Corners and Lead Grows It was a favorable day for John Bon in the belated election count yes terday and as the day wore to a close the California candidate had widened his lead over Leonard Wood until it stood at 953. The count on the two candidatesj then stood, John eon 42,864, Wood 1,911. These figures include complete un official returns from 16 counties Benton, Coos, Deschutes, Jackson, Jef ferson, Josephine, Lincoln, Linn, Polk, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Washing ton and Yamhill the official canvass for Sherman county and Multnoruah county complete with the exception of one small precinct. Farmer Vote Disappointing:. The returns as they came in upset the hopes and predictions of the Wood supporters. They had argued that in the Johnson counties the be lated vote, being from farming dis tricts, would be more on the Wood order, and they counted on the farmer vote in the Wood counties to increase the Wood lead there still more. But the Johnson counties seem to be Johnson to the remotest borders and In the Wood counties the farmer vote has not materially helped the Wood cause. Complete returns from Coos county, where Johnaon ran well above Wood, helped greatly to increase his lead, and the new figures gave bim small 1 sains here and there in various coun ties. Rural Vote About Halt. How great a vote remains to be counted can only be guessed at. It is Indicated, but it is not certain, that the vote outside of Multnomah county did not run much over SO per cent of the registration. On that basis about 6000 votes are still to be reported. In general. Hoover and Lowden to gether are polling about 30 per cent of the recorded republican vote. On euch a calculation there would remain less than 3500 votes to be divided be tween Johnson and Wood. It would require an unusually strong Woo? vote, as the votes have been running. for him to overtake Johnson in 3500 votes. So the sum of the day's count tends to remove lingering doubt as to the outcome and indicates that the republicans of Oregon have instructed their delegates to the national con vention to support Hiram Johnson. Standings Are t'Hkaafcd, Additional returns compiled yester day failed to make any change in the standing of the leading candidates for delegates at large to the re publican national convention. Wallace McCamant, Sanfield MacDonald Charles H. Carey and Conrad P. Olson continue to lead the field of 15 candi dates. John L. Hand of Baker is run nlng in flfth place. He is 1934 votes behind Olson. Although Rand is run ning strong in several of the outside counties where the count has not been completed, it is doubtful if he can in crease his vote sufficiently to dis place Olson as one of the four dele gates at large. The vote so far as counted follows: !t'Catnant MacDonald Carey Oiaon Rand Harrison Boyd Hutler .. . , , Cameron .. Mac Lean ., Maris Slrw.rt .. Hit-key ... Kollock ... Compton .. S2.8HS 28.J19 27.t;."4 23.7-.'0 21. C 24.2 -.2.T.-.1 jo.so.") 19.S1S 19.43; 17.1SS 1 5.60B 11.S41 For delegates from the first con' gressional district, two to be nomi nated. Walter L. Tooze Jr. and Frank T. Wrightman are leading, although F.. J. Adams and Joel Booth are both less than 400 behind Wrightman. The vote as far as counted: Tooze H.OSl IVrlEhtman 14.24 Booth .'. I3.SH0 Adams 13.K..I. ' Kendall 10.278 Brooke and Donnell Hold Lead. W. H. Brooke and M. Z. Donnell continue to hold the lead for delegates from the second congressional dis trict. The incomplete vote gives: Rrooke 4T.47 Donnell :.S- Cooper 3r.4 Curl 16iH Neither did later returns yesterday change the relative standing of the five leading candidates for presiden tial electors. The incomplete figures Indicate the election of Joseph Hume, John Y. Richardson. M. C. George, Clarence R. Hotchkiss and Charles E. Lockwood. although Lockwood is leading Walter L. Robb by only 1750. The vote as far as reported: Hume 41.SA4 I:jt-iiardson 41,71 Ccorgo 41.4SS tCont.uucd on Page 0. Column 4.) Sherifr Convinced I. W. W. Mur der Suspect Killed Self Xear - Oakvill-e, Wash. HOQUIAM, Wash., May 24. ISpe cial.) A body, practically identified by Sheriff Bartell as that of Ole Han son, alleged to have been an I. W. W. participating in the Armistice-day murders at Centralia, Wash., was found by a rancher northeast of Oak ville late today. Suicide was indicated by the finding of a 32-caliber auto matic pistol near the body and of a bullet of the same size in the head. The man had been dead several months and the body had been badly mangled by wolves. The rancher found the body in dense woods a short distance from the vil lage of Oakville. which is in the east ern end of Grays Harbor county. The body was brought to Aberdeen to night, and Sheriff Bartell sent a tel egram to Sheriff Perry of Lewis coun ty asking complete data on Hanson in an effort positively to establish iden tification. Ole Hanson, following the murders on November 11, 1919, in which four members of the American Legion, par ticipating in a parade, were shot, fled from Centralia and was pursued by posses, but succeeded in eluding them. A suspect was arrested, but proved that he was not Hanson and was re leased. BERGDOLL TIP IGNORED Attorney-General Disclaims Blame for Slacker's Escape. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., May 24. Colonel T. Q. Donaldson of the In' spector general's department. Wash' ington. and Colonel A. B. Cose of the army general staff corps, arrived to Cay in connection with the war.de partment's inquiry into responsibility for the escape of Grover C Bergdoll from two army guards here Friday. Bergdoll was on an alleged "treasure hunting" furlough. No trace has been found of tbe fugitive. WASHINGTON. May 24. Both the army intelligence corps and the de partment of justice were forewarned that Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader, planned an escape, Attorney General Palmer declared today, disclaiming responsibility on the part of the de partment of justice for circumstances which permitted Bergdoll to get away. BREAD UP; FLOUR DOWN Increases Announced Despite Xew ' Declines In Wheat. WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 24. (Special.) The price of bread went up 2 cents today to 12 cents, the high est it has been. Recent alleged in creases in coat of wheat'flour, sugar, paper and labor were given as the reason. One baker announced that he will hold his price to 10 cents as long as present supplies last. The price of bread recently dropped from 11 to 10 cents. MINNEAPOLIS, May 24. Flour made a further decline in price at the largest Minneapolis mills today, fam ily patent flour being quoted at (14.75 to $15 a barrel in 98-pound cotton sacks in carload lots. BOY KILLED BY TRAP GUN Mill Company Manager t Face Manslaughter Charge. OAKLAND, Cal., May 24. After a gun trap set tn his otnee naa ex ploded and killed Theodore Wieck, 14, son of Henry Wieck. a cook em ployed at a restaurant, F. L. Parker, manager of the Eureka Mill & Lum ber company, Oakland, threw the body in the estuary. He later told the police of the crime. The body has been recovered and identified Police say Parker will be charged with manslaughter. The gun had been set for a burglar who it was-supposed had been steal ing from the office. The boy had gained entrance through a rear win dow. The gun exploded when the door was opened. OLCOTT FINISHES FLIGHT Airplane Bearing Governor Reaches Stockton at 2:40 P. M. STOCKTON. Cal., May 24. Governor Ben Olcott of Oregon, with Lieutenant R. M. Kelley as pilot, reached Stock ton at 2:40 P. M., today b - airplane after a flight which extenled from the Canadian boundary. The air voyagers made Euger. Or., yesterday and today came on to Stockton with one stop at Red Bluff. The trip was in honor of the Pa cific Coast Ad club convention in Stockton, at which many northwest delegates are in attendance. SUGAR PR0BE0N TODAY Hearing on Charge of Profiteering Begins at Med ford. MEDFORD. Or., May 24. (Special.) The federal trade commission will begin hearings In Medford tomorrow on charges of profiteering preferred against the Utah-Idaho Beet Sugar company. The hearings will be held in the federal building. Alexander Nibley is here as a wit ness for the company, and George E. Sanders of Salt La,ke City, for merly of Medford, is one of the gov ernment's -.-Itnesses, Newbury Called Piker in Orgy of Spending. MONEY FLOWS IN OHIO Names of Large Contributors Offered Senate Inquiry. OREGON BILL IS $11,000 Senator Ioindcxter With $75,000 Shown to Be Third In Amount Actually Expended. WASHINGTON, May 24. (By the Associated Press.) Evidence that $404,984. 7? had been spent in behalf of Governor Lowden, republican, of Illinois, and a charge that the outlay- in the Ohio primary contest between Senator Harding, republican, and General Leonard Wood made Senator Newbury's Michigan campaign "look like a piker," marked the opening today of the senate's investigation into pre-convention campaign expen ditures. Frank H. Hitchcock, former post master-general, appearing as the rep resentative of General Wood, threw but little light on the gennral's cam paign expenses, and Senator Hard ing's manager will be examined later. as will several Wood managers. Friends Give f3.-i.rf 23. L. L. Emmerson, secretary of state for Illinois, speaking for Governor Lowden, came armed with records and canceled checks and gave figures. names, dates and localities. Of the total spent, he said, $379,175.78 was contributed by the governor himself. Friends gave $35,825, be testified, be fore collections were stopped on or ders from Governor Lowden. Detailing expenditures, Mr. Emmer son testified that a total of $156,243 was sent into different states, the Michigan primary campaign with $39,141 taking the most. The Lowden committee, he said, had sent $38,000 into Missouri. Senator Reed, democrat, questioned him to de termine the method of its use since there was no primary election. "Getting out the Lowden sentiment was the purpose," Mr. Emmerson said. adding that it had bepn successful be cause the delegates would support the governor's candidacy. Delea-ate Cost lfMH Eack. "Cost about a thousand dollars a delegate for Missouri's 36," comment ed Senator Reed. E. H. Moore, who testified to con tributions of about $22,000 to the campaign for Governor Cox, demo crat, Ohio, charged heavy expendi tures in the republican primary con test in Ohio and provoked a hot par tisan strife. He told the committee Colonel W. C. Proctor was "the angel" of General Wood's campaign In Ohio. He testi fied to extensive newspaper advertis ing in the primary fight. He was in terrupted by Senator Spencer, repub lican, Missouri, who said the witness (Concluded on Page 14. Column 3.) Akron, O., Shows Largest Per centage of Growth Among 100,000 or Better Places. WASHINGTON.' May 24. The popu. lation rank of the cities will show a large number of changes when the statistics of the 1920 census have been completed. Several cities have moved up into the 100.000 class, in which there were 50 municipalities in 1910. Some of the cities of that class, whose 1920 populations have been announced, have outgrown others In the came class, while some, having less than 100,000 ten years ago have taken rank well up among the country's 50 largest cities. Akron," O., has shown the most growth among the larger cities. It has passed eight cities having 100,000 or more in 1910, whose 1920 popula tions have been announced. The rank of the various cities can not be determined until statistics for all have been announced.. New York. Chicago and Philadelphia, first, second and third cities of the country, will continue to rank in that order, but the rank of other cities is uncertain. From statistics announced some of the changes shown in rank are: Portland, Or., passed Denver, Colo. Washington, D. C, passed Newark, N. J., Cincinnati and New Orleans. . Newark, N. J., passed Cincinnati. Camden, N. J., passed Albany and Spokane. Nashville, Tenn., and Al bany, N. Y.. passed Spokane, Wash. Cities of 100,000 or more popula tion in 1920 which have been an nounced with their 1910 rank and 1920 population include: City Rank. Pop. Baltimore, Md. ..... St. Louis. Mo. Pittsourg. Pa , Milwaukee. Wis. .... 7th 7:;:5.82 733.0H0 .... 4th .... 8th 12lh 16th ....14th .. . .13th lr.th 588. 193 4o7.147 437.414 41. .;( Washing-ton. t, C. . Newark. N. J. Cincinnati. O New Orleans. Ia. . 401.247 3S7.40S o80.4!8 SIS.SItt! S14.14 '27.B4 2r8.288 243.109 234.81I1 234. SILT 25B.3GSI IlltUlKl 208.4.(5 171.B47 162.351 158.17 lr.3.830 143.132 I. "JI.03fl 137.783 1 35.SOB 132.3."i8 129.338 11U.289 118.342 J18.110 11. 3(19 II. -..777 113.3.-V4 U 2.479 -l0.1S J04.204 101.078 Minneapolis. Minn. . ..18th Seattle. Wash ......21st Indianapolis. Ind. ......... ,12a Jersey City. N. J 19th Portland, Or 2nth Toledo. 0 30th Louisville. Ky 24th St. Paul, Minn ...20th Denver, Colo. ............... 27th Oakland. Cal 32d Akron. O 81st - Syracuse, N. Y 34tU Memphis. .Tenn. ........... .37th Dallas, Tex 58th Dayton. 0 4:id Bridgeport. Conn , 4.tth Hartford, Conn. ............. Mst Scranton, Pa . ...3Sth Paterson. X. J. ............. .40th Youngstown. O 7th Springfield, Mass BOth Trenton. N. J. .............. 52d Nashville, Tenn 4r,th Salt Pake City, Utah ,-7th Camden, X. J . . . . . stith Norfolk, Va Sad Albany, N. Y. .. .......... ijOth Ioeli. Mass.' .......... ,4nt-h Wilmington. Del. ........... el fit fcpoKane. wasn. ......... 48th Kansas City. Kan 6-th BOY SAVES GIRL, AFIRE Lad, "11, Rushes Into Home and Smothers Flames for Woman. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) Miss Lenora Landers tonight was in a critical condition at Aber deen hospital because of burns re ceived when her clothing caught fire as she stood in front of a range at the home of her brother, William Landers, 704 East First street. If she recovers she will owe her life to the presence of mind and prompt action of little Lloyd Davis- court, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Daviscourt of the Abcr deen bakery. When her clothes caught fire she tried vainly to ex tinguish the flames by beating them rout with a towel. Hearing her screams for help young Daviscourt rushed into the house and wrapped the burning girl in) a blanket. The flames were checked. ALL ABOARD Women Wait Signal to Leap Into Water; Engineer Receives Severe Burns. - w t TACOMA, Wash., May 24. (Special.) Sixty Tacomans. members of the Mountaineers club, narrowly escaped death yestefday morning, near Port Ward, when they were, trapped a mile from shore on a blazing launch, with a heavy w-asft - tossing the ' craft dangerously about, and waves enter ing the craft. Strapping life preservers about them, the women members of the party crowded . on the forward deck and awaited a signal to leap into Puget sound. The men, also wearing life preservers, fought off the flames that threatened to consume the little launch Fossberg. The sudden ignition of a can of gasoline with which Eaginecr Dem ming was attempting to prime the engine after a big wave had washed into the engine room and stopped the motor, started the fire.. The flames from the gasoline spread to the clothing of Demming. Attempting to fight them "ott. eye witnesses who told the story in Ta coma today, say the engineer ran towards the forward aeck of the craft. The blazing gasoline started to spread to various parts of the ship and it ap peared to those who described the ac cident today that the entire launch was being consumed by fire. After several thrilling minutes, during-which it was feared the engi neer would be burned to death and the launch destroyed, the fire was controlled. The launch was only slightly dam aged and proceeded under its own power to Port Ward, where Engineer Demming was taken to hospital and his burns dressed. The launch then proceeded to Chico. where the moun taineers left it for a hike. LETTER THIEF SENTENCED Charles Gels Begins Year Term for . Rifling Mall Boxes. For lifting letters not his own from apartment house mail boxes, opening and reading them, Charles Gers of Portland yesterday began a 12- months' prison sentence. Geis enlisted in the army but was discharged as a result of illness. His attorney pleaded mental incapacity and endeavored to have the young man sent to a hospital for treatment. but Judge Bean declared he had no authority for such action. ""v SHOE MILLS TO CLOSE "General Business Conditions" Is Given as Reason for Lay-Off. MARLBORO, Mass., May 24. The three shoe factories here of Rice & Hutchins, Inc., will be shut down for a week beginning Wednesday, it was announced today. "lienerai Dusmess conditions' were given as the reason. The plants here employ 2500 persons. 'PERFECT' PRISON BROKEN Twenty Escapes in Week Recorded for Escape-Proof Building. JOLIET, HL. May 24. For the sec ond time since the erection of the first unit, convicts proved architects erred 1 when they claimed the new penitentiary was escape-proof. Six men were missing today. This makes a total of 20 men who escaped since a week ago Saturday. FOR CHICAGO. Congress Requested to Authorize Action. "VOICE OF PEOPLE" HEARD President's Message Likely to Be Pigeon-Holed. BOTH HOUSES HEAR PLEA Nations Struggling for Indepen dence Declared Looking to United States for Aid. WASHINGTON, May 24. Authority to accept for the United States a man datory over Armenia was asked of congress today- by President Wilson. The executive said he was conscious he was "urging a very critical choice," but that he did so "in the earnest belief it will be the wish of the people of the United States that this should be done." The president's message was read in both houses, but was discussed in neither. Each referred it to its com mittee on foreign relations. Some senate republicans predicted that the-, message would lie in the senate committee indefinitely. Chairman Lodge, of the senate com mittee, had no comment to. make. In the past, he has declared emphatically his opposition to such a mandate. Harding; Opposed tn Mandate. Senator Harding, republican, chair man of the committee which Investi gated Armenian affairs, said he would never- consent to take a mandate over Armenia and added he did not think the senate would consent. Senator Harding is the author of the resolution adopted by the senate congratulating, the Armenians on the recognition of their Independence and asking the president to send a war ship and American marines to Baku. The president referred to this resolu tion -in his message, but senators pointed out this measure was" adopted as a substitute for one by Senator Williams, democrat. Mississippi, pro posing that the United States become the mandatory for Armenia. Arbitration Doty Accented. The president Informed the senate that he had accepted the invitation of the allied supreme council that he undertake to arbitrate the questions of the boundary between Turkey and Armenia, saying he had thought it his duty "to accept this difficult and delicate task." Provision for mandates is made In the peace treaty and it is set forth that such mandates shall be executed under the league of nations, -but since the United States is not & member. administration officials said if con gress decided that the United States should act for Armenia, the treaty provisions would be waived in this case. The question of a mandate over Armenia was discussed in the report of tlse American mission to Armenia, headed by Major General Harbord, recently presented to the senate. The general estimated that acceptance of (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) Johnson Not Only People's Choice, but Also Only Candidate of Ability Held Showing. CHICAGO, May 24. Senator Hiram Johnson's headquarters issued the fol lowing statement on the Oregon presi dential primary: "The Oregon -victory has much more significance than the winning of dele gates. It means that Senator Johnson has beaten the field and has upset the combined efforts of his opponents. Both the Lowden and Hoover forces threw all their strength to Wood and it was "anything to beat Johnson. "With practically no newspaper support and with a meager volunteer organization, the entire opposition, with Its highly-organized and sumptu ously-financed forces, was repudiated by the plain citizens of the state. "The state of Oregon has translated into fact the proposition that Hiram Johnson is not only the choice" of the people, but is the only candidate whose ability and principles will en able the republican party to carry the pivotal and doubtful states." ANT0NE VOTE DESTROYED Store Owner Burns Complete Rec ords by Mistake. FOSSIL, Or., May 24. (Special.) Complete returns from 11 precincts out of 12 gave Johnson a lead of three votes. In Rock Creek precinct, with about ten votes, the tally sheet and books were burned, leaving no record. The polling place was in a grocery store at Antone, and after the ballot was counted the Judges and clerks left the ballots, tally sheets and poll book on the table without posting an ab stract of the vote on the outside of the building as required. When the owner of the store opened the build ing the next morning, thinking that the papers on the table were left over matters, he burned them up, leaving no record of the precinct vote. ALCOHOL JJMIT FIXED New York Legalizes Beer Contain ing 2.75 Per Cent by Weight. ALBANY, N. Y.. May 24. The Walker bill waa signed by Governor Smith today. The law legalises the manufacture and sale of beer containing not more than 2:75 per cent of alcohol by weight. SCRUBWOMEN WILL QUIT Federal Buildings at Chicago May Have to Go Dirty. CHICAGO, I1L, May 24. Scrubwo men, elevator men, janitors and win dow washers In the federal building will resign July 1 unless they are granted an increase in pay. Custodian Charles Nagel said today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wexther. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees: minimum, 44 degrees. TODAT'S Cloudy. probably showers; westerly winds. Foreign. French president falls from speeding car, but escapes serious injury. Page 2. Bolshevikl attack on 90-mile front. I'ago 2. Huerta of Sonora named president ad in terim of Mexico. Page 3. Nntiona.1. Daniels clashes with leader of senate probe. Page 2. Wilson asks congress for right to take Ar- men lan mandate, rage i. Lowden's campaign bill is S404.9S4. rage 1. Possible labor wage increases not con sidered In railways' petitions for rate rises. Page S. Freight congestion declared beginning te break. Page B. Full-grown lion causes scare in New Tork hotel. Page a. Mr. Hoover's charges result in sugar probe. Page 6. John W. Oavis Is declared to be democrats' best bet. Page 1. Johnson headquarters elated by Oregon victory. Page 1. 1920 census changes standing of cities. Page 1. Johnson denounces profiteering and an swers charge or radicalism. Page 7. Paclfie Northwest. Sherman county first to complete count. Page 5. Tacoma outers, adrift, face death in blaS' ing launch. Page 1. Billy Gibson will direct Joe Benjamin fight. Page 13. Body, practically identified as Ol Han son, Centralia murder fugitive, is found. Page 1. Roort. Former Champion Chandler Egan likely to play with W'averley club In July tournament. Page 12. Beavers open at home today tn series of eight games. Page 12. Washington crew defeats California by scant six feet. Page 13. J. B. Troeh blazes way to 1920 Oregon trap title. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Heigho due June IS to take cargo of flour. Page 20. Wheat grading to be demonstrated at northwestern sbipping points. Page 21. Corn advances rapidly at Chicago with short covering. Page 21. Stock market Irregular with lighter .vol ume of dealings. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Bootlegger tries to sell whiskey to Internal revenue officer. Page 10. Wood forces will not concede victory to Johnson until last returns are In. Pag 6. Mr. Redfield scores U. S. isolation policy. Page 10. Old veterans to visit schools Memorial day. Page 11. J. L- Meier to bead chamber of commerce campaign. Page 9. J. K Gill building sold by Masonic associa tion for 1150.000. Page 7. Politicians all at sea. says Ole Hanson, former Seattle mayor. Page 4. Johnson keeps lead over Wood. Page 1. Mill destroyed by fire to b rebuilt soon. Pge 20. Contractors notified City cannot redeem warrants Issued for work. Page 20. Hearing begun in Plttock will case. Page 4. Chamber of Commerce to drive for 4000 members this week. Page 14. ONLY FRIENDS BACK LEADERS McAdoo, Palmer and Cox De clared Getting Nowfiere. PARTY'S CHANCE IS CITED Latest Possibility Is Regarded as Having All Wilson's Good Quali ties Xonc of Bad Ones. ' BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New Tork Evening Poet. Published by arrangement.) WASHINGTON, May 21. (Special.) The announcement of the New .Tork Times In behalf of John W. Davis is important political news. ' It is so not only because of the standing of the Timee and the impressiveness of its utterance, but also because of the inherent worth of the suggestion and most pointedly of all because of the peculiar timeliness of the event in relation to the present situation In the democratic party. The present democratic situation la tripartite race between the three men and their friends who get no where, but go round and round in wandering circle. The ccir.para- tively even deservlngnesj of the three men largely accounts for this. The considerations which determine the relative - standing of McAdoo, Palmer and Cox are not based on statesmanship nor on large Issues nor on superior ability of any one of the several men compared to the others. Candicfnten Considered Weak. It is not even based on political expediency, not even on consideration of party success in the coming cam paign. Most of the democratic lead ers recognise frankly the Improb ability of beating the republicans . with, any one of these three men There is a Phrase that has gone the rounds which you hear successively from the partisans of each of tha three. They say: "Let us nominate a clean candi date on a clean platform and take a clean licking." The thing that gives comparative ly even strength to all three is the very lack of consideration of Issues. statesmanship or traditions. The can didacy of McAdoo and Palmer and Cox are based almost wholly on con sideration of personal and factional loyalty. Palmer Han More V rlends. Palmer is ahead tn the race be cause he has more friends among the democratic leaders and for no other reason. He has more friends be cause, he has been in Intimate per sonal relations with the democratic committeemen for a longer time and because he has been more generous and punctilious about party regular ity in the dispensation of the large guaranty of patronage that he has happened to have at his disposal. Most of the personnel of the active workers for Palmer are men who are beneficiaries directly or indirectly of his administration of the alien custo dian office. McAdoo is now last in the race be cause he was niggardly about patron age and wanting in faithfulness, ac cording to the partisan standards of national committeemen and co-chair man. The specific episodes which- has recently set McAdoo particularly in the rear, by reason of the hostility of the party organization of his home state, hangs almost wholly upon the charge that he has been instrumental in defeating the wishes of the demo cratic political machine in ICew York in the matter of the appointment of a federal judge with a salary of $6000 a year. Cox Peraonally Popular. The strength that Cox has rests largely upon the personal popularity among democratic leaders of his prin cipal backer, E. II. Moore, demo cratic national committeeman from Ohio, and Mr. Cox' own personal popu larity among democratic leaders throughout the country with whom he served in congress a few years ago. Everything in the democratic situ ation, as it exists today is personal. The democratic leaders are going about the nomination of a candidate for president in the manner of col lege boj's selecting a president for a sophomore fraternity. Carter Glass tries to get the Virginia delegates for McAdoo because he is a friend of McAdoo. Ex-Representative Carter prevents this and gets tbe bulk of them for Palmer, because he Is an old congressional comrade of Palmer's and has other reasons for being friendly to him. Maryland) Move Considered. Ex-Ropresentative Covington tries to get Maryland for Palmer, because he, too. is an old congressional com rade of Palmer's and an appointee of Palmer's jn the latter's office as alien property custodian. He is suc cessfully opposed in this enterprise by Governor Ritchie because Gover nor Ritchie is a friend and ex-associate of Bernard Baruch in the war in dustries board and Baruch is a friend iConcluded on Page 2, Column .)