-1 VCT. IMX NO. 18.374 Entered t Portlind (Oremnl V XJi-A. J Q,J Po,toffice as Sfcond-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS LQWDEN WINS 28 LAW HELD VIOLATED j AT RECENT PRIMARY LAWMAKERS-PUT ON STEAM NEAR FINISH VETERANS HOME AID BILL WINS APPROVAL GASOLINE LIMIT VEXES MOTORISTS RIVERS AND HARBORS . BILL FACES SLASH LSON USES AX VOTE ON BUDGET BILL LAX K COCXTV CKM) JL'RV WARNS OFFENDERS. LOXG NIGHT SESSIONS HELD TO CLEAN UP COXGESTIOX. FAVORABLE REPORT ORDERED BY PUBLIC IrAXDS COMMITTEE. SENATE EXPECTED TO FAVOR $12,000,000 BUDGET. WOOD REGARDED YET US BEST BET Only Certainty Now Is HID "Steam Roller" Tactics in Rulings Charged. SENATOR MOSES IS ROILED High - Handed Attempt Even Race Is Alleged. to POWER HELD EXCEEDED Decision in Scat Contests Declared Made on Personal, N'ot Judicious, Basis. CHICAGO, June 4. (By the Asso ciated Prebs.) Lowden forces counted 28 delegates into their columns as the result of today's decision of contests by the republican national committee. The Wood forces lost an equal num ber. All attempts at split decisions were lost. While various committeemen professed to see behind the argu ments advanced for party harmony a. reflection of personal views as they might be favorable to Governor Lowden and General' Wood, the com mittee in repeated rollcalls refused to make compromises and proceeded to make decisions on the evidence of party regularity in the local and dis trict machinery. Wood Managers Differ. The "Wood managers tonight appar ently were having a disagreement over whether the republican national committee has been "steam-rolling" the Wodd delegates, and whether they intend to take any action upon it Aroused by the steady dismissal of Wood delegates throughout the day's proceedings, until 28 were counted off and a like number added to the Lowden column. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, one of the general's cam paign managers, issued a statement denouncing the national committee's procedure as "steam-roller tactics." There were hurried conferences among the other Wood managers, who apparently had no notice of Senator Moses' Intentions. Chairman Han Held Pair. - General Wood himself finally was brought into the conferences and at midnight issued a statement in which he expressed confidence that Chair man Hays was "absolutely fair handling the situation" and said he was "loath to believe" that the com mitteemen were seating delegates on personal preferences ratner than on law and facts. "Evidently & mistake has been made," said Senator Moses. "The steam roller which was used so ef tcctively In the convention of 191; and with such disastrous results to the party in the election following has not been scrapped after all. It has merely been in the machine shop for repairs and for some new attach ments." , Contests Called Fraudulent. "The most important of the latter appears to be a patent reversing ap paratua which enables the national committee at will to disregard Its prior formal action In recognition of certain national committeemen and state chairmen against whose organ izations there has been trumped up a series of fraudulent contests. "The chain of procedure which the national committee formed at Its s't. Louis meeting In 1917 and at the Washington meeting in 1919 contained three links. The first connected the national chairmen with the recog nized national committeemen in the states, to whom were sent the official calls for the convention which as ecmbles next week. The natlona committeemen transmitted . this call to the recognized state chairman, thus constituting the second link in the chain. The third link connected the state chairman with his organization in the counties. Through the opera tion of this mechanism, delegate friendly to General Wood have been elected with entire regularity in every southern state, save two. Function Is Analyzed. xno luucuon oi me national com mittee at this juncture is not to de termine qualifications of members of the national convention; it is merely to establish that regularity which en titles a. delegate to be placed on th temporary roll, leaving the ultimate question of his right to a. seat to be determined by the convention through its committee on credentials. xet, the national committee, with Chairman Hays conveniently absent from the chair, is assuming to decide the matter In advance but to decide it upon the narrow lines of the com mittee s personal preference. "General Wood's friends have al ways understood that the national committee as at present constituted favored the nomination of Governor Lowden. We have never questioned their right to hold such a preference. But we do question seriously an vigorously their right to color thei decisions, which could be merely ministerial if not judicial, by such preference; and the conditions under which so many of the present national , committeemen hold their places only increases the strength with which w now assail the course which they are pursuing:. ab a resun oi me primaries an iCsacluded an Page, 4, Column Ui. Corrupt Practices Act Said to Hare Been Wilfully Disregarded in Election Advertisements. i EUGENE, Or., June 4. (Special.) Warning was given by the Lane county grand jury before it adjourned this afternoon that future violations of the corrupt practices act in print ing election advertisements in news papers on the morning of the elec tion and of violations of the act in other ways, which it is alleged took place in this city May 21, will be prosecuted, but that because of mis apprehension of the law in regard to printing advertisements no Indict ments for that offense were returned at this session. Doubtless referring to the activities of the local committee appointed to boost the higher educational millage bill, the grand jury in its report to the court says: "In the primary and general elec tions held in Lane county May 21, 1920, we find that the spirit and pro visions of this act were carelessly and ignorantly disregarded by some and willfully disregarded by others; I that in one instance at least there was premeditated plan to violate the act n a large scale, on the theory that there would be no arrests or prose- utions for the reason that the num ber of persons involved was so large that no one would oppose it. We con- emn this action as displaying an un- holesome condition in the public mind." The report stated that it was inad- isable to return indictments for vio lations of the act on that day for the I reason that specific evidence of vio lations now appears unavailable. The grand jury recommends that in fu- ure the officers of the law take a more active part in investigating and reporting violations of the act on elec tion day. APER SHORTAGE SERIOUS Circulation of Congressional Rec ord Is Ordered Cut. WASHINGTON. June 4. Senator Smoot republican. Utah, chairman of he joint commission on printing, an - ounved in the senate today that be cause of the shortage of print paper nly enough copies of the Congres- ional Record would be printed to supply members of the senate and ouse. lie announced it also had been-.dc- ided to limit the number of copies of peeches that might be printed for any one senator. CAMP ROBBED OF $1500 Los rcrs Robbed by Highwaymen Wlio Shoot to l'rigliten. ASTORIA, Or., June 4. (Special.) The employes at the Alger Logging company's camp near Skamokawa. Wash., were robbed Tuesday night of $1029 in time checks, more than $400 n cash and a J100 liberty bond by two unmasked men who entered the bunk house about 8 o'clock in the evening and held the men up with revolvers On entering the bunkhouse and also on leaving it a shot was fived by the robbers. RISH RAIDERS REPULSED Courthouse Xcar Barracks Fired and. Fierce Battle Fought. CAPPAGHEIHTE, M u n s t e r, Ire land, June 4. A large number of men, armed with bombs and rifles, at tacked the police barracks here thi morning. The police garrison, con sisting of two sergeants and eight constables, replied with similar weapons from the roof. The courthouse adjoining was set afire and a. fierce battle ensued. The raiders finally withdrew. WINTER COMING ON MARS First Antumn Snowfall on Planet Is Announced. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., June 4. It Is now autumn on Mars and the first snowfall of the season on the planet was announced in a telegram received at Harvard college observatory from Professor William H. Pickering, who is stationed at Mandeville, Jamaica. The telegram said the snowfall oc curred at Isidis, which is in the neigh borhood of the part of the planet known to observers as Syrtis Major. SOLDIER DELAY CHARGED Tactics of Vocational Education Board Held "Inexcusable." WASHINGTON, June 4. The fed eral board of vocational education waa charged in a formal report today by the house education committee with "inexcusable delays' in the re habituation of soldiers. The report, however, noted a gradual improvement in the work' and commended the increasing effi ciency. COW SELLS FOR $30,000 World's Record Price Paid for Holsteln-Freisian. ST. PAUL, June 4. A world's rec-i ord price of $30,000 for a Holsteln cow was paid'today at the Minnesota Holstein-Freisian sale. The price was paid by Gustav Pabst. Dousman, Wis., for Pal Korndyke Cornflower, purchased from Fred Pabst, Oconomowoc, Wis. The previous record price was $18,400. That Nothing Is Certain. RICHES HELD BEHIND JOHNSON Californian's Nomination Just Barely Possible. fs DRAMA. MAY BE ENACTED Only Thing Really in Sight for Convention Is Memorable Ses sion ; All Else Cloutfy. BY EDGAR B. PIPER. CHICAGO, June 4. (Special Edi torial Correspondence.) Six months ago Leonard Wood was the leading candidate for the republican nomina tion for president; and he is the lead ing candidate today. Six months ago the nomination of Leonard Wood was a strong probability; now it i3 some what less than that, for it can be said to be more than a strong possibility. Wood is by no means out of it. But in a short half year his campaign has achieved some militant successes and it has suffered lately some rather dis maying vicissitudes. The explanation is Johnson too much Johnson and too many million aires putting up money for him. Johnson is today the central figure in ; all calculations for the presidency. Situation Chaw Viewed. Three months ago the Californian's nomination appeared impossible; now it is possible, but nothing more than possible. The reason is the aggres sive personality of Johnson, his pri mary successes, his undoubted power, his popularity with elements of the republican party and, above all else, the division and uncertainty and po tential weakness of the forces opposed to him. Johnson made a Rooseveltian entry into Chicago yesterday. The crowds are verily for hirn; A noisy reception was staged for him. It lacked much of being a Rooseveltian afair in its spontaneity or sincerity, but it made its impression. Something more will have to be done to convey the John son idea from the man oi tne street to the delegates; but the Johnson in stinct for sensations and surprise is great and undoubtedly he will con trive to have the spotlight thrown on him all the time for the next week. Coercion Held Ponaible The delegates are not for him now, any more than they have been. If they ever are for him it will be under the coercion of an astounding political emergency. A majority of the in structed Johnson delegates outside of California are not even for him. In their hearts they want someone else and they look forward hopefully to the opportunity to leave him. But they do not know where to go, nor can they honorably abandon Johnson until it shall reasonably appear that he has no chance. Obviously he has a chance and will have until the contest has progressed through several ballots, when it will either improve or the reverse. If the former, they must stay; if the latter, they will be free to find the band wagon. Straddle of League Opposed. Mr. Johnson has boldly Insisted that there must be no straddle on the league of nations platform. He has (Concluded on Pave 6, C'oluoaa 1.) A FINE OPPORTUNITY WM M I ' : HE.Pf All Big Supply Measures Arc Re ported Completed at Long Sessions. WASHINGTON, June 4. Both sen ate and house held long sessions again tonight in a final effort to clean up a congestion of minor legislation and one or two important bills before final adjournment at 4 P. M. tomor row. The senate approved the con ference report on the merchant ma rine bill, as amended to meet house objections, which later was passed by both branches, and then ground out a number of private pension meas ures. Between times it went into executive session to confirm the nom inations of about BOO postmasters. Some 600 others remain to be acted upon tomorrow. Enactment of the third deficiency appropriation bill was completed late last night, house and senate adopting the conference report just before end ing long night sessions preparatory to sine die adjournment at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The measure carries $58,000,000, in cluding $14,000 000 to meet the deficit incurred during federal control of tel egraph and telephone lines. The total of all of the supply meas ures, including two deficiency bills and the railway deficiency measure, passed at this session, was placed at $4,122,385,143. This included per manent appropriations of $1,492,000, 000 for the public debt sinking fund, good roads and government depart ments and institutions not provided for in the 13 regular annual supply measures. The largest of the supply bills was the postoffice measure, which carried $462,539,490. The next largest was the army bill with a total of $394,929,000. The sundry civil meas ure carried the same amount as the naval bill. For the railroad defi- ciency $309,000,000 was appropriated, while $279,150,000 was provided for pensions. . The only other supply measure exceeding $100,000,000 was the legislative, executive and judicial bill, which carried $104,725,000. Several important measures failed of enactment. They included bills to regulate the meat-packing industry, to bar dangerous aliens from the country and tariff measures to pro tect industries built up during the war, including dyes, button manufac ture and certain mining industries. The cold storage bill, the measure to place an embargo on exports of sugar. and the bill giving the war depart ment authority to operate the Mussel Shoals nitrate plants also failed. FLAG BURNING DENOUNCED Senator Thomas Would Curb Fcm ininc Disturbers. WASHINGTON, June 4. Senator Thomas of Colorado, citing the action of woman sympathizers with Ireland in burning a British flag in Wash ington this week, today introduced resolution denouncing "all indignities toward the official representatives pr the flag of any foreign government with which the United States is at peace." The resolution also calls upon the authorities "to utilize all lawful means for preventing their occur rence." BILL AIMED AT PLANES Measure Would Prevent Dumping by Foreign. Countries. WASHINGTON, June 4. A bill de signed to prevent the dumping of for eign airplanes in the United States was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. It proposes special tariffs on ma chines manufactured abroad it 6oid at less than present reproduction costs in the country of origin. FOR THE CONGRESSMEN TO MAKE THEMSELVES USEFUL AS Measure Would Provide Maximum Loan of $3000 and Acquisition of Reclaimed Land. x WASHINGTON, June 4. The senate public lands committee by unanimous vote ordered a favorable report to day of the Borah bill designed to aid world-war veterans In buying of farms and suburban homes and ap propriating $300,000,000 for this pur pose during the next ten years. Not more than $50,000,000 could be ex pended annually. The bill will not be considered by the senate until the December ses sion, according to Chairman Smoot. The measure provides for a national veterans' settlement board of three members appointed by the president which would make loans to veterans for the purchase of farms or sub urban homes. The maximum loan would be $3000. Veterans also would be able to acquire reclaimed land. WARNING GIVEN STRIKERS Governor of Alabama Says Work on Canal Must Go On. BATON ROUGE. La., June 4. Governor Parker served notice today on employes on the new . industrial canal that there would be no closed shop and that attempts to "exercise bolshevistic power" to affect con struction on important public works would not be tolerated. The gov ernors warning resulted from a strike which has involved canal em ployes. MANDATE CASE UP TODAY Resolution Against Acceptance to Be Voted On in House. WASHINGTON. Juno 5. Republic an leaders in the house early thi: morning reversed their decision not to call up before adjournment the senate resolution declining to grant authority to the president to accept mandate over Armenia. Chairman Porter of the foreign af fairs committee announced that the resolution would be voted on during the day. MARINE BILL IS PASSED Measure Provltres for Sale of Gov ernnicnt-Owncd Fleet. WASHINGTON, June 4. After a tempestuous voyage, the bill estab lishing conditions under which the great government-owned merchant fleet eventually is to be sold to Amer leans if possible, to foreigners if not, finally was passed tonight by con gress. It will be sent to President Wilson tomorrow. , PREV0ST FOUND GUILTY Slayer of J. Stanley Brown Held First Degree Murderer. MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich.. June 4. Lloyd Prevost was found guilty of the murder of J. Stanley Brown by a jury in circuit court here tonight. The jury was out approximately three hours. The verdict returned' was "guilty of muxtl-ir in the first degree." WAGE RISE BILL FAVORED Postal Employes Measure Is Put Up to President. WASHINGTON, June .4. The con ference vote on the bill increasing the pay of postal employes beginning July 1 was adopted this morning by the senate. It now goes to the president. Many Fail to Realize Se rious Situation. DRIVERS THINK IT IS PLOT Companies Held to Blame in Many Instances. WORK- HAVING EFFECT 10 00 Cars Believed to Have Been Kept Off Streets but There Is Much Vet to Be Done. Portland motorists generally do not yet appreciate the seriousness of the present easoltne shortage, judg ing from a canvass of gasoline serv ice stations yesterday. The "no gas' signs were posted in all Standard Oil company stations in the city before noon.' and many of the tanks were empty by 9 o'clock in the morning. Mayor Baker, chairman of the gas oline conservation committee, has called a meeting of the committee in his office this morning, when a com plete check will be made on the re sult of the first day of the campaign. Arguments Are Frequent. Arguments between motorists seek ing a full-tank capacity of gasoline and attendants at the stations were frequent yesterday, many cf the mo torists holding that the conservation restrictions were not necessary and that the public was being uuped by the oil companies. However, many motorists accepted the situation aftd showed willingnes to co-operate. It was estimated by Mayor Baker that more than 1000 automobiles remained in the garages yesterday, a fact which was corrobo rated by a glance Through the re stricted area of the city. . Parking space was to be had at any time yesterday in almost any part of the retail district, and the districts just beyond the restricted area were not filled with automobiles as is the case when conditions axe normal. Pleaaure Mast be Curbed. Although members of the gasoline conservation committee, composed of representative business men of the city, are attempting to work out plan which will enable the motorist to use his automobile when necessary, it was pointed out yesterday, that un less Industry and agriculture in Ore gon is to be crippled, Portland motor ists must lay aside the automobile for pleasure and conserve gasoline as far as Is possible. Through statements issued by some of the service stations yesterday, be lief became general that the ration of gasoline recommended by the com mittee on gasoline conservation had actually been ordered by the mayor. Representatives of the oil companies were notified of this condition, and attendants were instructed that the mayor was merely chairman of the committee and that the ration rec ommendations came from representa tive business men and not from the mayor alone. Representatives of the oil compa nies announced yesterday that special provision will be made to care for the needs of Portland industry, and in the event that Portland motorists (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) WELL AS ORNAMENTAL. Final Action on Houe Measure May Be Had Before Final Adjournment. WASHINGTON, June 5. The sen ate early today receded from its amendment increasing the rivers and harbors appropriation to $24,000,000 and the conferees are expected to re port the bill with the house total of $12,000,000 in time for possible final action before adjournment of con gress. The senate voted on the measure three times and the house twice. After the first senate action, which followed long hearings before the merchant marine committee, the bill was sent to conference. It was reported out this week and the senate promptly approved the conference report. The house, how ever, held that the conferees had ex ceeded their authority in writing in legislation and sent it back. The conferees today struck out the section to which the house objected and the senate again approved the conference report. Not so the house, however, the measure again going back to conference as the result of a parliamentary tangle. The conferees made a third report tonight and it was accepted by the house by a vote of 145 to 120 after a long debate. j The shipping board of seven mem bers created by the bill is directed to make the sale of the government fleet as expeditiously as consistent with good business judgment. Sales may be on an installment basis, payment to be made over a period of 13 years f the vessels are taken by Amer icans and 10 years if taken by for eigners. Besides directing the private own ership of the fleet, the bill contains many provisions designed to promote the construction of new ships by pri vate Interests and for encouraging the extension of American foreign trade. WAR LAWS ARE REPEALED House Accepts Senate Amendments. Measure Goes to President. WASHINGTON, June 4. After only minute consideration, the senate adopted with minor amendments to day the house joint resolution repeal ing war legislation with the excep tion of the Lever food control act and the trading with the enemy act. No record vote was taken by the senate. The measure, which would remove about 60 war acts from the statute books, now goes to con ference. WASHINGTON, June 4. Senate amendments to the joint resolution repealing most of the special war time laws- were accepted late to night by thi housa without a record vote. The measure goes to the president tomorrow. MONTANA LEADS COUNTRY West Outstrips East in Support of Public Schools. BOSTON, June 4. Western states are out-doing those of the east in providing public educational facili tics. Dr. Leonard P. Ayres, educa tional director of the Russel Sage Foundation, said in an address to the school superintendents of the state today. "Up to ten years ago Massachusetts ranked highest in school attendance. money spent for public schools and equipment and teachers' salaries said Dr. Ayres. "In 1918 the state went Into ninth place. Montana leads the country." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YEPTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 77 degrees; minimum, degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. T'orelarn- Hungarian delegates, under protest, sign peace treaty at Versailles. Page 2. National. Hoover campaign In California costs SS:i.210.72. Page 6. Under-St-cretary of Slate Polk tenders resignation to president. Page 3. House fails to pass budget bill over veto. Page t. Lawmakers -hold night sessions to clean up congestion before adjournment. Page 1. Rivera and harbor bill faces slash. Page 1. Dnmtlc. Lowden wins 28 delegates from Wood at seat contest hearings. Pago 1. Negro delegates from Georgia are seated. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Corrupt practices law declared violated at recent primary election. Page 1. Peace Imminent in controversy of health board and city. Page 2. National exchange for grange predicted. Page 6. Sports. Inter-City league gets a new schedule. Page 13. Taciflc Coast league results: Portland 3. Salt Lako 4; Vernon 6, Oakland 3; Se attle 6, Sacramento 5: Los Angeles 3, San Francisco 2. Page 12. Aberdeen only outside team entered in Oregon golf championships. Page 12. Fifty-fifty split rule Is due for hot right today. Page 12. Benjamin defeats Shannon in seventh. Page 13. . Commercial and Marine. Condon wool sale prices disappointing to growers. Page 19. Corn higher at Chicago with small receipts. Page 19. , Lack of demand for stocks in Wall street. Page i. Portland and Vicinity. Will of late Xarlfa. 3. Faling. disposing of JoOO.OOO estate, found valid. Page 5. Wife says one last drink was too much for husband and Uvea of family were saved. Page 10. Film fame promises used to lure girl west. Page 7. Too many appendicitis cases operated on, ay doctors In convention. Page 7. A. L. Mills or l-irst national bank, sees no cause for alarm in present business conditions. Page 10. Sensational sugar probe impending. Pags 11. Gasoline limit vexes motorists. Page j. Measure Vetoed to Pro tect Authority. ATTACK ON VETO FAILS House Attempts in Vain to Override Action. CONTROLLER CLAUSE HIT Executive Declares Right to Re move OTficial Is Vested iu Him Alone. WASHINGTON. June 4. President Wilson tonight vetoed the bill cstab- lishincr a national fcudret svstem and n unsuccessful attempt was made i the house to pass the measure over his veto. The vote was ITS to 103. or nine l-ss than the required two-thirds majority. Thirty-five democrats joined with the republicans in voting pass the measure. The vote came at midnight and when the motion to override was de feated, leaders were undecided what would be their next 'move. Sup porters were expected, however, to. urge that it bo amended to meet the president's objections and repassed tomorrow. Ent'roarhment Is Charged. The measure was held by the pres ident to be unconstitutional be cause it took from the chief exe cutive the power to remove the controller-general and the assis tant controller-general, . of ficers who would be appointed by him with the advice and consent of the sen ate. The president said he returned the measure without his approval with the "greatest regret" because he was in entire sympathy with its ob jects." He added that he returned it at the "earliest possible moment with the hope that the congress may find time before adjournment to remedy this defect." Prr-nldent Kxprenmcji Tlearret. President Wilson, notifying con gress that he was returning the bill without his signature, in his veto message said: "I do this with the greatest regret. I am in entire sympathy with the objects of this bill and would gladly approve it, but for the fact that I regard one of the provisions con tained in section 303 as unconstitu tional. This is the provision to the effect that the controller-general and the assistant controller-general, who are to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the senate, may be removed at any time by a concurrent resolution of con gress after notice and hearing, when in their judgment the controller-general or assistant controller-general is incapacitated or Inefficient, or has been guilty of neglect of duty or of malfeasance in office, or of any felony or conduct involving moral turpitude, and for no other cause ex cept either by impeachment or con current resolution of congress. It has, I think, always been the ac cepted construction of the constitu tion that the power to appoint of ficers of this kind carries with it. as an incident, the power to remove. Poirfr Held Escreded. "I am convinced that the congress is without constitutional powers to limit the appointing power and its in cident power of removal derived from the constitution. "The section referred to not only forbids the executive to remove these officers, but undertakes to empower the congress by a concurrent resolu tion to remove an officer appoint ed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate. I can find in the constitution no warrant for the exercise of this power by the con gress. There is certainly no expressed authority conferred, and I am unable to see that authority for the exercise of this power is implied in any ex pressed grant of power. "On the contrary, I think its exer cise is clearly negatived by section 'i of article 2. That section, after pro viding that certain enumerated offi cers and all officers whose appoint ments are not otherwise provided for shall be appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, provides that congress may by law vest the appointment of such Inferior officers as it thinks proper in the president alone, in the courts of law or in the heads of departments. It would have been within the con stitutional power of the congress, in creating the offices, to have vested -the power of appointment in the president alone, with the advice and consent of the senate, or even with the head of a department. "Regarding, as I do, the power of removal from office as an essential incident to the appointing power, I cannot escape the conclusion that the vesting of this power of removal, in the congress is unconstitutional and therefore I am unable to approve the bill. "I am returning the bill at the ear liest possible moment with the hope that the congress may find time be fore adjournment to remedy this defect." t : t