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LEAGUE FACTIOUS
AGREEOHPLAHK
Parly Split Avoided By
Final Compromise,
CONVENTION AGREES
TO NOMINATE TODAY
FIXAIi BALLOT TO BE CAST BE
FORE ADJOURNMENT.
WOOD DECIDEDLY
IN LEAD IN RACE
HOT FIGHT LISTS
Platform Adopted and Way
Cleared to Make Nomi
nations Today.
WILSON'S PACT CONDEMNED
Principle of Peace in Har
mony With American Tra
ditions Indorsed.
CHICAGO, June 10. The repub
lican national convention today, res
cuing the party by eleventh hour
compromise from a threatened split
on the league of nations issue,
adopted a platform and then ad
journed to nominate a candidate to
morrow. Harmony on the league issue was
reported after many hours of heated
negotiations, revolving about the
sub-committee on resolutions, but
fringing into consultation, first and
last, virtually all the big men of the
party. In the end, the irreconcil
ables and mild reservationists ac
cepted a treaty plank drafted by
Elihu Root before his departure for
Europe several weeks ago, but re
vised in some details to meet the
views of the contending elements.
Wilson's League Condemned.
Session to Begin at 0 This Morning.
Nomination of Vice-President
Left for Tomorrow.
COLISEUM, Chicago, June 10.
After adopting the report of the reso
lutions committee and thereby adopt
ing its platform, the republican na
tional convention at' 7:35 o'clock to
night adjourned until 9 o'clock to
morrow morning.
There was no fight in the conven
tion over the platform with the hard
fought plank on the league of na
tions. An attempt to substitute a
minority report went down under a
landslide of noes.
When the convention reconvenes
tomorrow morning, it will be under
an agreement to nominate a presi
dential candidate before it ends its
session. All the nominating speeches
are to be delivered and the seconding
speeches will be limited to two for
each nominee and five minutes each.
Under that agreement the conven
tion must finish its balloting before
it adjourns tomorrow night, leaving
the nomination of a vice-president for
Saturday.
The much-discussed plank . on the
league of nations is the one which
had caused the long delay in bringing
the platform before the convention.
As finally agreed upon in the resolu
tions committee and accepted by the
convention, it harmonizes the views
of the conflicting elements, some of
which had threatened to bolt the
party.
Victory Not Sure Nor Is
. Defeat Certain.
STRENGTH INCREASES DAILY
Lowden Markedly Second and
Johnson Poor Third.
MAYOR KILLS FARMER
IN ARREST ATTEMPT
MAX, WANTED OX CHARGE OF
ASSATJIT, DIES IX FIGHT.
SUGAR HIGH PRICES
SHOW SIGN OF FALL
WHOLESALERS GET NOTICE OF
$1.30 A BAG DROP.
CRANE WHISPERS
OBVIOUS IS HAPPENING!
Threatened Surprises, Threatened
Sensations and Overturns All
Fail to Appear.
FREIGHT-RATE LIFT PENDS
Hearing on Intrastate Schedule for
Washington Slated. :
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 10. (Spe
cial.) Railroads operating in Wash
ington will not be permitted to in
crease freight rates on intrastate
shipments until after thorough hear
ings by the public service commis
sion and production of evidence es
tablishing the necessity for such in
creases, it is held by the commission.
The roads have aeked the commission
to accept in Support of their petition
for horizontal increase rates, the
testimony offered at . hearings held
by the interstate commerce commis
sion on interstate rates. Commercial
bodies and shippers have been in
vited by the commission to attend the
hearings..
It condemns President Wilson's HOOVER CLUB IS HOPEFUL
league covenant, upnoias ine senate
in its rejection of the treaty and in'
dorses the principle of an interna
tional peace concert in harmony with
American traditions.
After impatiently marking time
all day for the resolutions committee
to complete its work, the tired con
vention received with cheers the
reading of the platform by Senator
Watson of Indiana, committee chair-
Hood River Telegram Sent "Chicago
Urging Nomination.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 10. (Spe
cial.) The Hoover club of Hood
River is still hopeful. The organi
zation's secretary, R. K. Scott, to
day sent the following telegram to
Judge Carey of the Oregon delega
tion of the Chicago convention:
Dark horses not popular. Local
sentiment very pessimistic as to re
man, and adopted it with a great pubUcan 8uccess th way Chicago
clv ,vF in... nd interviewea ou today
V-S. 1 1 T .
1 c o vici wAiiLB a. sure Business
It nearly drowned out a minority man and executive. General con-
report presented by Edwin. J. Gross, elusion but one man can carry re
the Wisconsin member of the com- publicans to success. Herbert Hoover
n;io. oJ K u:! tnat man.
The substitute Drovided flat reiec
tion of the league idea, advocated LHtAr bUllb hKLIMCH AIM
government ownership of railroads
and contained other proposals which I'rcss Clamors for Sale of Cloth hy
the convention hooted as "socialistic." Government
Candidates Little Affected. TARIS, June 10. Men's suits at 45
1 franrs fin norcnal t i m a hour SQV
The relative chances of the presi- wui be possible in Paris, according
dential candidates apparently were I to newspapers, if a campaign being
little affected by the platform agree- conducted by them is successful.
ment, and on nomination eve there i f'f'nf..""
was in evidence no development for ci0'thns, and u being urged to
wnicn cnanged the Situation with release sufficient for 700,000 suits
Wood, Johnson and Lowden leading, under an agreement with manufac
but without anv of thpm havino- turers ana unions Dy which each suit
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by New York Evening Post. "Inc.
Published by Arrangement.)
CHICAGO. June 10. (Special.) To
morrow the balloting begins. As to
the probable result, one positive thing
can be said: The candidates all stand
in exactly the same relation to each
other that they stood six months ago.
Wood is in the lead markedly in
the lead. He has always been in the
lead. With the exception of possibly
a week or two in January or Febru
ary, there never has been a time when
Wood hasn't led the rest. Again, there
was a day or two last week when
Wood seemed to have slipped behind
Lowden, but !n my judgment that was
merely hotel atmosphere.
Chicago is Lovden's town, and
Lowden's state, and the more impor
tant local papers favor him. That is
all the temporary eclipse of Wood
meant. As soon as the delegates be
an to arrive and as soon as their
opinions began to make the color of
the atmosphere. Wood was again
where he always has been emphatic
ally in the lead.
' Lead Incrcnned Dally.
Wood's lead has increased from day
to day. Today he is farther ahead o
Lowden and everybody else than at
any previous time. I think he is gaining
a small number of delegate from day
to day. Certainly ho has been gaining
every 24 hours, if not in the number
of delegates, at least in the not less
imDortant element of ' compactness
loyalty and prestige.
There is not now and never has
been any reason to forecast Wood
certain defeat. Wood may not win
no one can predict that he will win
but he i3 and always has been In th
strongest position. At the opening
of the balloting all the others are in
the same relation to him that the
always have been Lowden decidedl
second, Johnson a poor third, and th
dark-horse field so big and so mixed
that there is not any use of distin
guishing amqng them.
In this campaign the obvious has
happened at every turn. There h
been threatened surprises, threatened
sensations, threatened overturns. Non
of them has happened. Of all the ex
citing events no one ot them has had
a permanent effect on the relation
of the candidates to each other. The
expected and the predicted has hap
pened every time. The event this
morning is a marked example of that.
The normal thing, the expected thing,
was that the platform should be
against ratification. For 48 hours
W. H. Smith Accused of Forcing
Irrigation Water Tender to Pay
lor Alleged Damage.
PENDLETON, Or., June 10. (Spe
cial.) W. H. Smith, Echo farmer, was
killed this afternoon on, his ranch by
Mayor Asa B. Thompson, of Echo, who
went to aid the sheriff in arresting
Smith on charges of robbery and
assault. Smith, who was an elderly
man, last ' Tuesday at the point
of a revolver is said to have
compelled Joe Ramos, who has charge
of the gates on the Irrigation ditch
watering Smith's land, to write him a
check for J53.60, which Smith alleged
was to reimburse him for 10 he said
he lost as a result of Ramos' failure
to shut off the Irrigation water at the
proper time and for $43.60 paid for a
revolver and cartridges bought to en
force collection of the damages. .
Smith was said to have lelt Ramos
with the threat that if he stopped
payment on the check or reported it
to the authorities Smith would shoot
Ramos on sight. Ramos, however,
came to Pendleton and swore to
warrant, charging Smith with assault
and robbery. The marshal of Echo
sent to arrest Smith, was turned back
by Smith's threat that he would
rather kill himself than be taken
alive.
Deputy Sheriff and Mayor Thomp-
son then went out ior smun, anu
found him in the. field armed with a
revolver and rifle. When he opened
fire the mayor returned1 his shots and
Smith fell dead.
AbANST JOHNSON
Rationing as in War-Time to Go
Into Effect. Says Assistant
to Attorney-General.
The era of high sugar prices ap
pears to be drawing to an end.
Wholesalers were notified yesterday
by California refiners of a decline of
$1.30 a bag on the next allotments,
which probably will arrive here the
latter part of next week. This is the
first reverse that the upward trend
of the market has received. !
Raw sugar has been easing off in
the east for several days, due In part
to the plans Argentina is making to
ship 100,000 tons of sugar to this
country.
SAN FRANCISCO, CaL, June 10.
Announcement that It had put an al
lotment of sugar on the market today
for 125 a hundredweight, a reduction
of $1.30 from the previous figure, was
made by the California - Hawaiian
Sugar company here today.
The Western Sugar Refining com
pany previously bad announced a
similar reduction.
Convention Slows Down
for Uncle Murray.
OREGON DELEGATION
TO STICK TO JOHNSON
ALLi EXCEPT McCAMANT
CAUCUS ADOPT PLAN.
AT
8CENT CARFARE
ORDERED FOR CITY
State Not to Participate in Test
Voting but to Walt Until Able to
Choose Sure Winner.
EVERYBODY HEEDS WARNINGS
Haste Regarded asMaker of
Unwelcome Nominees.
DRAKE C. O'REILLY WEDS
Mrs. Nina Miller Bride of Portland
Man at Pittsburg, Pa.
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 10. (Spe
cial.) The wedding of Drake J.
O'Reilly, prominent Portland business
man, and Mrs. Nina McKelvey Miller,
of this city, took place here at 6:30
o'clock this evening at the home of
the br'de's sister, Mrs. Frank H. Rea,
North Negley avenue. Judge Stephen
Stone, of Allegheny county court,
officiated. Mrs. " Robert Richford
Roberts, of Richmond, Va., was ma
tron of honor, and Richard J. A.
O'Reilly of Portland, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man.
The wedding wc3 a quiet home af
fair, attended only by members of
the family. Following the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. O'Reilly left for White
Sulphur Springs, Va., where they will
spend several weeks. They will be
at home in Portland this fall.
CHARLESTON. W. Va., June 10.
The Sehon - Stevenson company, a
wholesale grocery concern of Hunt
Ington, today was fined $35,000, upon
onviction of profiteering in sugar,
in federal court here.
Judge Pritchard eaid he was im
posing the heaviest fine the Lever
law permitted.
NEW YORK, June 10. Rationing
of sugar as in war time will go into
effect in hotels and restaurants
throughout the country June 21.
Armin W. Riley, special assistant
to Attorney -General Palmer, made
this announcement here today.
WORST IS OVER- IN JAPAN
enough delegates to nominate.
So far as the talk of those on the
inside revealed, the attainment of
harmony over the troublesome treaty
plank had no reflex on any of the
candidacies except possibly in the
case of Senator Johnson. He will not
now appear on the convention floor
and that is a disappointment to his
supporters, who had believed that
the appearance of their leader in a
could be
possible.
made at as low a cost as
HEARINGS ARE POSTPONED
Washington Public Service Com
mission Announces Change
OLYMPIA, Wash.. June 10. (Spe
cial.) Hearings announced by the
public service commission to be held
in eastern WasRington from June 14
to 19 on rates ot the Pacific Power
treaty fight would help his fight for & Light company, have been post
the nomination. poned for several weeks.
T A ...uv, n, lne hearings involve gas and elec
v.iv wlc .o,. i trie rates at Yakima nd Wall, wu.
up the convention's work on a skip- and water rates at Prosser and Ken-
stop schedule, it was agreed to con- newick. . The exact dates for the
vene at 9 A. M. and to hurry through hearings have not been determined.
the nomination speeches and remain
in continuous session until a candi- ALABAMA- TOWN GROWS
date is nominated.
Delegates Are Worn 'Out.
The plan seemed acceptable to
most of the campaign managers, and
it suited the delegates because they
are worn out and anxious for the
big show toend.
Dolhan, Ala., Gains at. Rate of 43
Per Cent.
WASHINGTON. June 10. Census
returns announced today included:
Passaic,. N. J.,. 62,824, increase 9051,
or 16.5 per cent.
Passaic county, N. J., containing
The convention held two sessions! Paterson, 259.148, increase 43,248, or
20 per cent.
Dothan, Ala., 10,034, increase 3018
or 43 per cent.
HUNGARIAN CABINET OUT
today. Meeting first at 11 A. M., it
quickly adjourned when word was
brought that the work of the resolu
uons committee still was uncom
pleted. The second session began at
4 P. M., and then two hours were Inabiiity to Cope With Terrorists
wruiea away in music, speeches and , ,
, . v t c jT r x Causes Resignations
cheenne before Senator Watsnn
brought in the platform. VE' 11 10A7Tha Hu"arian
, . , , . . , , , cabinet, headed by Alexander Slmonyi
The treaty plank was adopted by Semed, premier and minister of the
the resolutions committee with only interior, has resigned, according to
One vote against it. advices from Budapest today.
TV, :. j t: ,iJ The resignation, advices said,
XCoacludad oa Pace 3. Column 1.1
caused by its inability to cope with
the terrorist situation.
(Concluded on Face 2, Column 2.)
Cable Indicates Financial Condi
tions Are Improving.
NEW YORK, June 10. The worst
is over, according to a cablegram re
ceived here tonight by the Guaranty
Trust company from a special repre
sentative sent to Japan to investi
gate the financial situation there
after failure of several banks and
suspension of trading on various ex.
changes.
"The foreign and Japanese bankers
of Yokohama and Tokio are opti
mistic regarding conditions." read the
cablegram. "These bankers and also
the governor of the Bank of Japan
consider that the worst is over."
The cablegram further stated that
while June 30 as a settlement hat"e
is expected to bring difficulties and
losses, tio failures of"great Import.
ance are anticipated.
NVALID COMMITS SUICIDE
STANDPATTERS PAY HEED
Enough Votes Wanted to Choose
Anyone Except Callfornian,
With No One in Sight.
BY JAMES MONTAGUE.
(Copyright by -he Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Published by arrang-ement.)
CHICAGO, June 10. Uncle Murray
Crane, who has been quiescent, even
for him, suddenly came to life during
the night and took charge of one end
of this convention, vice B. Penrose of
Pennsylvania, who is writhing on a
couch of neurasthenia in Philadel
phia. Said Uncle Murray to himself:
"If I don't run this convention, who
will?"
Nobody," said echo, sententiously.
"In that case," said Uncle Murray,
"Hi Johnson may be the nominee, and
the myrmidons of radicalism un
leashed on a defenseless country."
"You said a mouthful, Murray," said
echo.
ommission Signs Rise
Effective Tuesday.
Frank Lichens, With Broken Back
Cuts Throat and Wrists.
MEDFORD, Or., June 10. (Spe
cial.) Suffering and despondency
over his condition, due to a broken
back sustained while walking in his
sleep at his home in Scott's Valley,
Cat., some time ago, led Frank Lich
ens, 35, to end his life at his tem
porary home here today.
He cut his throat and wrists while
his wife and nurse were out of the
room. Hospitals had pronounced his
case hopeless.
HARDING. TALKS OF BOLTS
Minority, He Declares, Should Not
Control Through Threats.
CHICAGO, June 10. Senator Hard
ing declared today that talks of bolts
probably were . not authorized, but
that certainly no minority "should
be permitted to control through
threats."
"Those who are ready to' bolt the
party or assail it. after a majority
decision is recorded," he added,
"should have no voice in its deliberations."
STEEL ORDERS PILING UP
Report for May Shows Increase in
Unfilled. Business.
NEW YORK, June 10. Unfilled
orders of the United States Steel cor
poration for the month ending May 31
were 10,947,466 tons, it was announced
today.
This is an increase of 587.719 tons
from the previous month, when the
figures were 10,359,747.
Murray Starts WhlaperinK.
So Uncle Murray, , who weighs 90
pounds and is immune to hot weather,
went irUo the party councils and did
a lot of whispering.
Uncle Murray does not talk much
louder than the average Bluepoint
oyster, but people listen to what he
whispers, especially if they are stand
pat republicans. He whispered to
Nicholas M. Butler, William M. Barnes
Jr., Charles R. Brooker of Connecti
cut, and even to Cabot Lodge. Result
the brakes on the convention began
to grind noisily, the machine jolted
and jarred, and suddenly brought up.
all standing.
If you read in the papers that this
just happened, don't believe it, even
if 'Sam Blythe or Ring Lardner
says so.
Reason la Quite Plain.
It happened because Uncle Murray
wanted it to happen. And Uncle Mur
ray wanted it to happen for the same
reason that a man in a row boat
that is merrily whizzing along toward
the upper story of Niagara Falls
wants somebody to stop the boat.
Haste, as you know, makes waste.
It also sometimes makes presidential
candidates that conservative gentle
men like Uncle Murray don't want
made.
While the delegates were listening
to the nominating speeches tonight.
Uncle Murray and his little pals were
sitting somewhere in a room that has
a lot of electric fans in it. and finding
out just how Johnson can be stopped
once and for all.
Bitter Words Expected.
They will offer him the vice-presidency
again, as they always do. He
will refuse to accept it, with hard,
bitter words, which will characterize
Uncle Murray and his friends in a
CHICAGO, June 10. (Special.)
All of the Oregon delegation to the
republican national convention, with
the exception of Judge McCamant,
met in caucus this afternoon at the
Sherman house and voted to stick to
Hiram Johnson until all vhance of
his nomination Is gone. This plan
was determined upon after home lit
tie discussion in order that the re
publican voters of Oregon who made
Senator Johnson the plurality choice
may feel that their mandate has not
been disobeyed.
The caucus went further, however,
and decided that it might be wise to
stick to Hiram even after his last
hope is gone, the purpose being to
make sure that Oregon lights on the
winner 'when it does jump. The plan
is for Oregon not to participate in
any of the test voting that will fol
low the early ballots when one candi
date after another Is being tried out,
E. J. Adams of Eugene, 1st distric
delegate to the convention and ex
member of the Oregon state highway
commission, feels rather proud of
little monument which he erected to
his own memory in the platform today
when he obtained the adoption of a
plank covering his demand for addi
tional federal aid for highway con
struction in the public land states of
the west.
Mr. Adams-is alone responsible for
that paragraph of the public roads
and highways plank which reads:
"In determining the proportion of
federal aid for road construction
among the states, the sums lost in
taxation to" the respective states by
the setting apart of large portions
of their area as forest reservations
shall be considered a controlling
factor."
Mr. Adams made a strong showing
for the western states having large
areas withheld by the federal govern
ment from settlement, and therefore
from the state tax rolls, and there
was sincere sympathy among the
members of the resolutions commit
tee for his proposal. He submitted
through Judge McCamant. Oregon's
memoer of the committee, a printed
pamphlet showing that lands ana
timber worth S100.000.000 are with
held from the state tax rolls of Ore
gon alone, thus depriving the state of
large sums on taxes for the construc
tion of modern highways.
REVENUES HELD INADEQUATE
Voters Blamed for Failure to
Pass Relief Measures.
PUPILS' FARES NOT RAISED
McADGO SEES CONVENTION
Prominent Democrat Slops Over for
Afternoon In Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 10. William G
McAdoo, accompanied by Mrs. Mc
Adoo, stopped over to attend the
afternoon session of the convention.
They have been on vacation in the
west.
"I think national conventions are
very interesting, Mr. McAdoo said.
(Concluded on Pace 2, Column 4.)
LOG OF ONE DAY AT THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
BY EDGAR B. PIPER.
CHICAGO, 111., June 10. (Editorial
Correspondence.) A hot day and
a red hot time are in prospect for
the convention. Here it is 11 o'clock
and the merciless sun is already bak
ing the sweat out of the streaming
delegates, the exuding spectators
and the swearing and peevish corre
spondents. Fans are waving every
where, the band is playing a sultry
tune, the atmosphere ol the great nail
Is stifling.
When Chicago sweats. It sweats
for itself and everybody in its un
happy environs. I suppose that
p.eople live in Chicago because they
don't know any better or can't get
away. .Frank Branch Riley's elo
quent missionary orations on the
snowcapped mountains and cool
breezes of the far northwest have
evidently been regarded by the
sweltering, residents here as merely
the rhetorical visualization of a
Boreal dream.
Crowd Large and Tight and Hot.
The crowd -s larger and tighter and
hotter than on previous days. It is
looklns: humidly for something to
happen, and hoping that it will he
over aft$r a due season ot excitement
so that It will not be Inundated by
the rising floods of perspiration. But
it is here for business and wants 'to
see it through at any moderate sacri
fice of comfort.
Rumors are rife that the platform
committee is not able to agree, and
that the convention will go ahead
with its nominating speeches. Heaven
help us, but if superheated oratory
is a counter-irritant let the spell
binders do their worst.
Chairman Lodge, the only cool man
alive in Chicago, takes the platform
and has some difficulty In - making
the delegates and the crowd sit down.
He has a good voice, which is helped
greatly, by the curious audiphone over
his head. There hang over it
quintet of transmitters that look like
huge megaphones, and they serve to
send every syllable to the farthest
corners. Yet the confusion of a vast
crowd is cbnstant and there is no
chance for a speaker to be heard by
everybody unless he speaks loudly and
distinctly.
Cardinal Gibbons Praya.
The frail and venerable Cardinal
Gibbons, clad in his scarlet robes.
in striking contrast to the plainly
dressed human mass about him, is
brought forward for the invocation.
He has a manuscript in his trembling
hand. The audience rises respectfully
as the aged prelate crosses himself
and begins his prayer in an almost
inaudible voice.' But soon it gets
stronger and much of it can be heard.
The crowd joins him in the Lord's
prayer. Some of them know it.
Medill McCormick, the slim and
dapper senator from Illinois, demands
hearing. He says in a stentorian
voice that he has a message from the
platform committee. This silences the
crowds. He says the subcommittee
has agreed on a platform, including
the league of nations, but it is desir
able to give the full committee time
to consider it. He asks a recess till
4 P. M. This dismays the suffering
crowd, which wanted to get part of
its money's worth, and there is grum
bling but audiisle protest. The chair
man puts the motion and the ayes are
strong, but are later drowned in a
storm of noes, plainly from the gal
leries. Chairman Lodge blandly asks
for a rising vote, and the delegates
mostly get up and the motion is de
clared carried, and the great conven
tion hall is slowly emptied.
If there is a cool place in Chicago,
the present chronicler is going there
and stay till 4 o'clock. But he Is
hopeless that there is such a place
anywhere, now or hereafter.
Cool Place la Found. -
Four o'clock P. M. I found a cool
place all right. They still call them
cabarets, but it had a big sign out
side forbidding the 'sale of liquors
and offering a reward for violations
of the rule. Not encouraging for -a
very moist stranger but he went In
and stayed. . There was skating, how-
ever, on ice by handsome young
ladies, and good things to eat, at only
about triple their value, saying noth
ing about the cover charge. The low
temperature was entirely artificial,
but the frigidity of the management
when a fuss was made about the bill
was genuine enough.
Now here again is the convention
hall, which is to all Intents and
purposes located about 18 inches
above the infernal regions. Coats
are being ehed. collars removed, and
negligee is the rule. Ten- thousand
moving fans make no apparent im
pression on the air currents. There
are none. Nick Longwortn ana nis
wife, Alice Roosevelt, take seats on
the front row of the balcony. A dar
ing photographer climbs up on the
press benches and tries for her pic
ture. She nonchalantly puts on her
big hat, covering her features. No
reason for it.
Light Thrown on Important Subject.
That famous lady novelist who re
cently announced that she had been
married secretly for five years, main
taining one home and her husband
another, to everybody's satisfaction,
has just entered her press seat. Her
husband breakfasts with her only
once a week. I understand it how.
The distant band strives heroically
to be hears" above the babel, and
somebody somewhere starts to sing.
Why and what nobody knows or
cares. The patient police keep the
Incomers moving along the aisles, but
everybody is standing up. The crowd
gets uneasy, and begins a scattered
hand clapping, in an apparent effort
to persuade the chairman to call
order. But Lodge is not one who can
be hurried or flustered. Somebody
who looks like W. B. Ayer Is wig
wagging from a far-away seat in the
first balcony. The lady next to me
responds enthusiastically, with her
fan, but it transpires that he is sig
nalling to me.
. Another wave of restless cheering
about nothing passes over the hall.
Chairman'-Lodge appears and a wild
cheer breaks out. But it is only to
MRS. CATT QUITS OFFICE
Suf
Presidency of International
frage Alliance Resigned
GENEVA, June 10. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt resigned the presidency
of the international woman suffrage
alliance at the session of that body
held this afternoon.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
announce that the roll of the states
will be called for the naming of na
tional committeemen.
Roll Called on Committeemen.
A sign of the bitter row n Illinois
appeared when the name' of Lawrence
Y. Sherman was called out as commit
teeman. His defeat qf Mayor Thomp
son is evidently popular here, if not
at the city hall.
Pennsylvania named Boies Penrose.
The delegation got up as a v t
ana gave three loud cheers to
which the convention reacted uproar
iously. It was the first genuine dem
onstration of the day. , A ripple was
caused by introduction of a resolu
tion limiting nominating speeches to
five minutes. The delegates want no
oratory. '
Word comes that the platform com
mittee will be delayed tor another
hour, and a groan arises. The gal
leries yell for Joe Cannon, and he
appears and raises a glass of water
in the air and delivers an apostrophe
to it, to the great amusement of
everybody. The old gentleman wave
his arms vigorously and pitches his
voice somewhere near high C, but his
habit of dropping his words at the
end of his sentences leaves one in
doubt about what he is saying. When
he gets through, the human buzz of
many voices marks the wait for the
platform report.
Snonta Raised for T. R. Jr. '
Shouts are raised for Roosevelt J,r.
and Beveridge. but they soon subside.
Nothing to do but wait and sweat.
A strong-lunged announcer calls on
the crowds to join in singing "The
Long. Long Trail." but only awakens
disorder. Nevertheless Strong-lung
starts in, but the band misunderstands
and plays "Hall. Hail, the Gang's All
Here." It certainly Is. - Then Strong
lung tries "Smiles" and gets away
with it. and gets cheers for his per
sistence. More shouts for Beveridge, but the
chairman can't hear them. Murray
Crane steals quietly along in front of
the press seats, coming .from the
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The Westhrr.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
tiO degrees: minimum. 47 degrees.
TODAY'S Shower, (allowed by fair,
westerly winds.
Foreign.
Labor federation re.lecla propaganda bu
reau proposal. Page 2.
Persian c?UaI expected to fall Into hands
of bolsheviki soon. Page 5.
Indians of district where Carranza was
killed scout theory of suicide. Page 7.
Domestic.
Republican convention agrees to nominate
president today. Page 1.
Georgia delegation confirms seating of ne
gro. Page 2.
Wood decidedly in lead in race. Page 1.
Republican party pledges to end autocratic
government. Page 8.
Crane's whisperings slow up convention.
Page 1.
Picture of Eempsey cause of slacker
chprees. wife declares. Page 7.
League factions compromise on piank.
Page 1.
Oregon delegation to stick to Johnson.
Page 1.
No mention of Irish mad In platform.
Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Echo farmer Is slain when mayor attempts
arrest, rage l.
Oregon G. A. R. Installs officers at As
toria. Pago 4.
Pacific university graduates class of 11.
Page 17. "
Sports. '
Fistic bill tonight expected to be hummer
Pass 14.
Coast league results: Oakland S, Portland
3: Sacramento 1-1. Los Angeles 3-0;
Salt Lake 5. San Francisco i; Vernon U
Seattle S. Page 14.
Smith. Straight. Watson and Wilhelm in
golf semi-finals. Page 14.
Haywood and Cody recommended for
Olympic team coaches. Page lo.
Commercial and Marine.
Price is
sugar
an-
First decline in
nounced. Page
Oats market at Chicago demoralized.
Page 25.
Tendency of stock list generally down
ward. Page 23.
Frank M. Warren elected chairman of port
commission. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Public service commission authorizes 8
csnt carfare for Portland. Page 1.
More testimony taken lo Hanvills libel
suit. Pge 26.
S3S.68S still required to complete Port
land's quota for stale chamber of com
merce. Page 1.
Reckless driver fined $500 and sent to
prison for six months. Page 12.
California Shriners to distribute oranges
in Portland. Page 13..
Wholesalers receive notice of reduction In
present price of sugar. Page 1.
Democrats In row elect Or. Hedlund coun
ty chairman. Page 17.
Central Labor council votes to support
SUuO.OOO school ax. Page .
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Public Service Body Brands Prac
tice or Making Other Branches
Pay for Car Service Wrong.
Street car fares in Portland are to
be advanced from 6 to S cents, effect
ive on Tuesday, June 15. according to
an order issued by the public service
commission of Oregon yesterday aft
ernoon. In the findings of the com
mission the new rate was held to be
necessary in order to increase the
revenue of the company to meet its
expenses, the voters of the city at
the recent election having failed to
pass any of the so-called relief meas
ures for the line.
Tickets in books of 50 coupons will
be, under the new rate. $3.65 per book,
an increase of 90 cents over the old
rate of 2.75. Tickets in strips of
six coupons may sell for 45 cents,
according to the findings. Increases
in the fares are granted to the elec
tric railway system in all except one
instance, which is that of school chil
dren. Under the new provision lim
ited school children's tickets will' be
4 cents each, which is the same as
they have been under the booklet
rate of a book of 25 tickets for L
Commission Blames) Votera.
Failure of the voters to adopt any
of the suggestions put before them
in the form of measures at the recent
election is given by the commission
in its report as the indirect cause of
the increase. Had the measures been
carried, the report states, the valua
tion of the railroad system would
have been lessened by several million
dollars and reductions in operating
expenses made possible which would
have brought about a saving to car
riders of several hundred thousand
dollars.
"The commission has repeatedly
pointed out the fallacy of the city
imposing upon the company certain
public charges, namely, bridge rent
als, franchise taxes, car licenses, free
transportation to city employes and
paving charges," says the report, "and
in the recent opinion suggested that
the city relieve the company, and
through them the car rider, of their
obligation to meet this expense."
Application Filed August 15, 1010.
The decision granting the increase
In fares to the street car system was
handed down yesterday after nearly
a year of consideration. The original
application for increase was filed by
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company on August 15, 1919, ang dur
ing the fall a large amount of data
was gathered and a thorough inves
tigation of the company's receipts, ex
penditures and valuations made. As
a result of these studies the commis
sion came to the conclusion that
either greater revenue or less ex
penses for the company must be pro
vided, and chose the latter method as
preferable if it could be brought
about.
Recommendations were presented to
the city commission along the lines of
lessening expenses of the company as
above stated and .these suggestions
were in turn placed before the voters
by the city council. When all three
relief measures were snowed under
on May 21 the company immediately
pressed its claim for higher fares,
and the decision giving an advance
of 2 cents was made public yester
day. The new rates will not go into
effect until the middle of the month,
however.
Financial Troubles Shown.
The financial difficulties of the
company are traced to increases in
cost of operations, it is stated, labor
and material both being much higher
than several years ago. The sugges
tion that the profit which the com
pany la declared to make from its
electric light atid power business be
used to make ' up the deficit in the
street car service is not looked upon
with favor by the commission in its
report.
"The principle of permitting one
branch of a utility's operation to sup
port another and totally different
service Is wrong." the report states.
"Finally, the facts before us show
conclusively and beyond question that
the light and power division of this
utility is not financially able . to be
of assistance to the street railway."
Operating expenses tor the company
are shown to have mounted to over
$300,000 per month, of which $255,000
is for payroll and $16,000 for taxes.
Text of Report Given.
The complete report ot the commis
sion follows:
In the matter of the application of the
Portland Railway, Light at Power
company for Increase In fares on street
railway lines in the city of Portland.
Application brought by the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company for
authority to increase fares on its street
railway lines in the city of Portland.
On August 15, 1019, application was filed
with this commission by the Poreland
Railway, Light & Power company re-
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