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Entered at Portland (Oregon )
PostofYice as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
1TRAVELERS OPEN
CONVENTION HERE
POPULATION OF BEND
GROWS 910 PER CENT
HARDING IS BUSY
OREGON CHEERED AT
TITLE AND RICHES GO
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WOOD SACRIFICED
TO SAVE PARTY
CANADIAN VETERAN
LEAVES SUICIDE NOTE
JOE F. THOMPSON THOUGHT
TO HAVE ENDED LIFE.
JOHNSON ATTAINS
GOAL OM LEAGUE
Willingness to Sacrifice
Presidency Tested.
BAY STATE CAPITOL
TO SPOKANE ICEMAN
TONGS TO BE IiAID ASIDE FOR
EARL'S CORONET.
l.VCRBASE FROM 536 IX 1910
'' TO 5414 IS ANNOUNCED.
COOLIDGE HOLDS RECEPTION
AND MAKES BRIEF SPEECH.
AS P TYN MNEE
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I 'Pep" and Parade Liven
Day Despite Rain.
TEXAS MARCHERS TAKE PRIZE
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Milwaukie Float Captures
First in Industrial Unit.
GOVERNOR BIDS WELCOME
girls' Band Serenades Visitors;
Committers Appointed and Ses
sion Gels Down to Business.
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(Vain, so Far as Known, Is 3Iost
Phenomenal of Any City or
Town in Oregon.
WASHINGTON. June 14. The cen
sus for Bend, Or., was announced to
day as 5414, an increase in population
of 4879 persons, or 910.3 per cent over
that of 1910.
Other census figures were an
nounced as follows:
Sandusky, O., 22,897, increase 2908
or 14.5 per cent.
Fort Scott, Kan., 10,693, increase
230 or 2 per cent.
Cumberland, Md., 29,837, increase
7998 or 36.6 per cent.
Hoboken. N. J., 68,166, decrease 2158
or 3.1 per cent.
Revere, Mass., 28,823. increase 10,604
or 58.2 per cent.
Granite City, 111., 14,757, increase
4854 or 49 per cent.
Moundeville, W. Va., 10,669, increase
1751 or 19.6 per cent.
BEND, Or., June 14. (Special.)
The gain of 910.3 per cent from 536
to 5414 in the last decade by Bend's
population, so far as is known is the
most phenomenal growth shown for
Candidate Silent Until
Notified of Choice.
VACATION WILL BE TAKEN
Campaign Smile Is Caught by
Movies; Messages Answered.
radded expense accounts may have- any town r city in the state of Ore
gon Dy me ibzo census.
Ten years ago Bend was a village.
Logging camps in the immediate vi
cinity of Bend, it is estimated, would
bring the population of 1920 up to
more than 6000.
The pine milling industry was
firmly established here in 1916, when
plants were constructed by the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company and
tne sneviin-iiixon company, with a
payroll amounting to more than
2, 500,000 annually. More than 1800
persons are employed in the mills,
woods and factories throughout the
year.
Bend's prosperity rests on a foun
dation of white pine.
MARK TWAIN HERO DEAD
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j to pay a few tailor bills and for new
; straw hats and other things which
'.traveling men wear just as ordinary
'mortals do, but when that bunch of
.' delegates to the Travelers' Protective
Association of America got started
l at their national convention here
1; yesterday there wasn't any stopping
". j them.
"Honest, this kind of rain for Ore
' ,'j gon is unusual in June." was the
trite excuse that some of the local
,! "boys" started to offer when it
( looked for a time during the fore
'j part of the afternoon that the rain
1 it couldn't be classed as showers
j would prevent the big parade.
I "Rain, huh? Where do you get
, I that stuff?" questioned a Maryland
? delegate in white flannels. "Don't
'. you boys know that it's always fair
'.- j weather when a real bunch get to-
i gether? Let's go!"
, j Enthnnlnsm Not Dampened.
I And go they did. There wasn't
il any stopping them. The raindrops
J may have dampened straw hats and
( added a few wrinkles to newly
' . I pressed suits, but it didn't dampen
? the enthusiasm of Portland's guests,
? nor put any wrinkles of care on
J' happy brows.
- .' As the big opening feature of the
i convention the parade yesterday aft-
ernoon through the downtown, streets
. v lived up fully to all advance notices
and expectations. Marching clubs
from various posts in uniform, deco-1
rated automobiles, the industrial
i floats, and, of course, the bathing
giris, atracted wide attention through
5 out the long line of march.
if Texas made good all its pre-con-i
vention boasts when it annexed first
prize for having the largest number
and best appearing marchers in the
parade. Each man from Texas wore
a uniform of blue coat, white shirt,
hat and trousers and blue tie. The
girl marchers from Texas also were
a feature1 -of the Texas division of
the para-'e. The judges were .unan
imous in awarding first honors to
the men and women from the Lone
Star state.
Milwaukee Float Wins Prize.
j The- Milwaukee float, which de-
J picted the various commercial and
industrial activities of the city once
i noted for its brew, received first
honors in the industrial section
while second prize was won by the
J VPortland Flouring Mills exhibit.
Evan J. Foulds, Long Friend of
Noted Writer, Passes.
BERKELEY, Cal.. June 14. Evan
John Foulds, a close friend of Mark
Twain, died today, aged 72. Foulds
came to . California from England
when he was 20. He was a participant
in the gold rush to California and
Nevada. .While studying law he met
Mark Twain. They became close
friends and were associated in many
adventures in the mining districts of
California and Nevada.
Foulds furnished Twain with njany
of his story plots and was the domi
nating character in most of Twain's
mining tales. Foulds was the lawyer
who in "Roughing It" became the
principal character of every mining
town in California.
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OFFICE IS FLOWER-LADEN
Senate Employes Welcome Member
and Day Is Spent In Effort to
Finish Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, June 14. Senator
Harding today found the life of the
republican presidential nominee stren
uous, although he held no important
political conferences. He went to his
office at the capitol shortly before
noon, posed tor motion picture men,"
greeted senate employes, received
personal friends who called to con
gratulate him, went over piles of con
gratulatory telegrams, played golf
and then worked far into the night at
his home in an effort to catch up
with correspondence.
He declined to make any statement
regarding his position on party pol
cies. Indicating he would have noth-
ng to say until in his spe.ech of ac
ceptance. He also said that pending
his official notification, he would
withhold making public his campaign
plans. He also declined to say wheth
er he would resign his senate seat.
Hays to Confer Sandfly,
Senator Harding's plans are indef
inite. He intends to remain here until
late this week, when he will leave for
a brief vacation. He does not con
template reaching his home in Marion,
O., before about July 1. The notifica
tion ceremonies are expected to take
place soon after, as the vacation will
give him an opportunity to prepare
his speech of acceptance sounding the
campaign keynote.
Chairman Hays of the republican
national committee and several party
leaders are expected to confer with
the senator, probably Sunday, al
though the date has not been defin
itely fixed.
Senator Harding's return to his
office was the signal for an Informal
reception by senate employes. Short
ly before his arrival his office was
Congratulations of State Delegates
and Officers Declared More
I.asti n s Than Honors.
VBOSTON, June 14. Governor. Cool-
idge, vice-presidential republican
nominee, received congratulations
from Massachusetts party leaders at
reception -at the statehouse today.
He was greeted by Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Cox, Frank B. Hall, chairman of
the. republican state committee, and
Massachusetts delegates.
' Cheers were given for the "next
vice-president" and the "republican
national ticket." Then someone sug
gested "three cheers for Oregon." The
response was hearty. It was an Ore
gon delegate who placed Governor
Coodildge in nomination.
Replying to the congratulations,
Governor Coolidge said:
'The great office to which the na
tional republican convention has nom
inated me is one for which I hold the
greatest respect. I am mindful of the
great honor conferred upon me, but,
besides that and apart from it, I ap
preciate very much, more deeply the
mark of friendship that has caused
you men and women, tired as you are,
to come here the moment you arrive
and to assure me of your friendship
and of your good wishes.
"After all, offices are ended and
they fade away. Friendship and the
esteem in which men hold each other
may remain forever. And, great as I
regard the honor that the convention
has conferred upon me, I regard with
much more .satisfaction and much
more honor this tribute of you who
know me, who have lived with me and
worked and wrought with me, and the
confidence that your presence here
shows that you have in me."
Veteran oT Cambrai Notifed He Is
to Receive Grandfather's
Rank and $60,000.
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Butler Says New York's
Votes Turned Tide.
DEFEAT BLAMED ON MONEY
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Buying of Presidency.
WOOD DECLARED "GOAT"
SPOKANE, Wash- June 14 (Spe
cial.) Barl Miller. Spokane Iceman,
is now an earl of England. Incident
ally he is also worth. $60,000, which is
the best part of his inheritance, ac
cording to his statements.
Mr. Miller is now employed by the
Diamond zee oi tuel company ana . n ,
neddied the frozen blocks on fashion-1 General Doomed to Prevent
able Cannon Hill route of the com
pany. Saturday he received the glad
news which will cause him to lay
aside his ice tongs for the coronet of
an earl and the bank account of a
near-capitalist. The news was
brought by J. McCoy of Burke &
Burke, attorneys, of Chicago.
'I've been expecting this so long
that it doesn't surprise me but It
sure is great.
'I don't care anything for that earl
stuff, although it wouldi stand me
good in England. But I'm not going
there for a year and then only on a
visit. The United States for mine."
The new earl was with the 42d en
gineers of the A. E. F. in France. It
was this regiment , which received a
blaze of fame when its men, with
picks and shovels, defeated the Ger
mans at the time when they broke
through the British lines at Cambrai
in 1917.
"That sure was hot." is Miller's
characterization of the melee. He
spent 11 months in France.
Mr. Miller inherits the title of earl
and an estate near Liverpool, England,
LUMBER PRICES AGAIN CUT
Car Shortage Material Benefit to
Hood River Consumers.
HOOD RIVER. Or., June 14. (Spe
cial.) The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany, operating a large retail yard
here, today announced a second cut in
the price of lumber. A 5 per cent re
duction was made last week. The
new scale of prices shows an aver
age reduction of 12 per cent, which
is said to be due to car shortage.
The fall in prices will result in
material saving, it is said, on the
construction of a new grade school
work on which will begin here at
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PREMIER HARA IN DANGER
Gamblers and Other Money Inter
ests Back General, Much to
Regret of His Friends.
through the death of his grandfather.
Earl Edward Miller. His inheritance
is from his mother, now deceased. He
was born at Denver, and has never
been in England. Besides the title
and the $60,000, he also becomes the
owner of certain valuables in safety
deposit boxes in a Chicago bank,
where his mother's pearls and valu
able relics and papers are stored.
INDIAN UPRISING FEARED
Alarming Reports Reach London;
Reds Behind Movement.
LONDON, June 14. Alarming con
fidential reports of an intended up
rising in India in the autumn are
reaching the government, according
to the Star today, which says that
bolshevik literature is known to be
behind the movement.
The India office when questioned
with regard to the Star reports de
clared that it had received no such
information.
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College in Distinguished Class
Military Instruction.
WASHINGTON. June 14. Annual
inspection of leading colleges and
schools of the country which conduct
reserve officers training units, show
that the grade of military instruction
is "decidedly more thorough and of
higher quality than ever before in the
history of our country," said "an an
nouncement today by the war depart
ment. The 20 colleges listed in the "dis
tinguished class" for general excel
lence of military instruction included
Oregon Agricultural college.
v Other local, or northwest manufac
turers, had interesting exhibits, and
gave the parade the needed touch of
color to hold the interest of the
thousands of people who lined the
sidewalks all along the line of march
C. F. Beebe, grand marshal, with
his official staff, led the parade, with
county and city officials following
in automobiles. Campbell's Ameri
can band led the several musical or
ganizations.
Under the leadership of E. J. Krae-
nick. the first division held march
ers from the states of Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Flor
ida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
tucky, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
sota and Mississippi. .
W. A. Ron Leads Division.
The second division had W. A. Ross
for its leader, and these states were
represented in the line of march:
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas. Utah, Virginia, West Virginia
and Wisconsin.
The third division was composed
of marchers from the Oregon and j
Washington division, the giris' band
from Sheridan, Or.; the women's aux
iliary of the northwest division and
visiting women in decorated automo
biles. The division marched under
the leadershp of Earl Bunting. The
industrial floats came at the rear of
the third division.
The list of delegates reached a total
of more than 1500 yesterday when
blated trains brought the quotas from
South Carolina, Nebraska and Iowa.
Hotel accommodations were found for
all, and the newly arrived "gang"
quickly became acclimated and joined
in the general festivities.
Band Serenades Visitors.
During the early afternoon while
waiting for the parade to form the
visitors were serenaded by the girls'
band from Sheridan, Or. The young
women have assembled a real band,
which won enthusiastic applause.
Impromptu dances were- staged in the
lobby of the Multnomah hotel, where
the band held forth
Preceded by cheers and songs and
good-natured fun that kept the dele
pates in high humor, the opening
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RAIN UNUSUALLY HEAVY
18-Hundredths of a a Inch Falls In
About an Hoar.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 14.
(Special.) One of the heaviest rains
in Walla Walla's history fell this
afternoon, in five minutes .009 of an
inch being recorded. The total rain
fall in about an hour was .18.
The rain delayed the Pacific coast
zone handicap tournament and also
interfered with, the commencement
pageant at Whitman college. It fell
so hard that some damage was done
to strawberries and hay.
Fanatic Attempts to Take Life ol
Japanese Premier.
HONOLULU, June 14. (By- the As-
decorated by a large American flag i sociated Press.) An unsuccessful at-
and flowers, while today many bou- ' l!ral" waB ou,lul" msni 10
quets were received from friends.
4 Smile Taken by Movie.
Despite his strenuous week at the
convention, the senator seemed in
fine fettle and kept up a running fire
(Concluded on Pag 2, Column 2.)
sassinate Premier hara or Japan, ac
cording to cable advices received by
Nippu Jiji, a Japanese language news
paper. The assailant, who is reported to
be a Japanese fanatic, was arrested,
the dispatch adds.
OMAHA STILL SWELTERS
Heat so Intense That Schools "Are
Ordered Closed.
OMAHA, June 14. Because of the
heat, all public schools were closed
at 10 o'clock today. For the seventh
successive day the temperature today
reached 90 degrees. The highest was
96 Sunday.
One death and two prostrations
were reported today.
HE MUST HAVE GOT HIS ORDERS MIXED UP!
CHICAGO BUDGET BROKE
Increased Demands Presented and
Big Deficit Certain.
CHICAGO, June 14. With the city's
budget already over-appropriated by
$4,500,000, new wage schedules of
members of union crafts employed by
the city were presented to the finance
committee today.
increases asKea averaged 20 per
cent above their present pay, and if
granted would add nearly $900,000 to
the budget.
MEN REMAIN ON STRIKE
Irish Railway Employes Will Not
Handle Munition Trains.
DUBLIN, June 14. Railway men re
fuse to abandon their strike, although
ordered to do so by the National Rail
way union.
The' strike was an outcome of the
men's refusal to handle munition I
trains.
NUDE "WILD MAN" HUNTED
Farmers' Wives In Iowa Terrorized
During Last Two Weeks.
RED OAK, la., June 14. A posse
of more than 600 men and boys spent
Sunday combing a large timber tract
near here for a nude "wild man,"
who has been terrorizing farmers'
wives for the last two weeks.
They did not find him.
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NEW YORK, June 14. Charges
that "a motley group of stock gam
blers, oil and mining promoters, mu
nition makers and other like persons
seized on so good a man as General
Wood and with reckless audacity
started out to buy tot him' the presi
dential nomination" were made in i
statement given out tonight by Nich
j olas Murray Butler, an unsuccessful
republican candidate.
"It was the cause of genuine sor
row to me as to many others of Gen
eral Wood's personal friends," he
said, "to see him put in this unhappy
position. There was nothing to do
to save the republican party but to
defeat the band of men behind him
with their bank accounts. This meant
we had to defeat General Wood.
"The forces defeated in their inso
lent attempt to buy the. nomination
represent all that is worst in Ameri
can business and American political
life. It is really too bad, they hit
upon General Wood as their choice,
They should have found someone to
support for whom the country has
less respect and less regard."
Defeat Credited Sew York.
"The. chief task' of "the convention
was to prevent the. sale of presiden
tial nominations at auction to the
highest bidder. Had this, not been
done the party faced not only certain
defeat but crushing dishonor. The 68
New York delegates who voted for m
en the first ballot were the chie
factor in stopping the Hindenburg
drive to overwhelm the convention by
the power of unlimited money and by
strong-arm methods in preferential
primaries."
The story of New York's 68 vote
for Butler, shows, the statement said
how General Wood was defeated. It
points out that the first ballot gave
General Wood a substantial lead an
that "the first task, therefore was to
bring the vote of his nearest rival
Governor Lowdon, at least up to
Wood's vote."
Owing-to local snd stato complica
lions, the statement explains, . there
were few sources fi"om which new
i Lowden strength could be drawn so
early. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts,
Michigan and! Ohio could not help, it
added, because the release of dele
gates in those states probably would
give Wood more votes than Lowden.
Party Honor Pnt First.
"It was clearly necessary there
fore," the statement continued, "for
New York to become the Belgium of
the war, and I cheerfully gave my
approval for the plan to turn New
York's vote to Lowden in increasing
volume on the second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh ballots. I sent
word to the New York delegation that
with me party success and party
honor came first.
"I also Laid no personal interest
should be considered until party suc
cess and party honor had been protected.
"It was this New York vote for
Lowden taken from the 68 votes cast
for me that gave Lowden his lead
irf the fifth ballot and that enabled
him substantially to equal the Wood
vote on the ballot following. When
after the seventh ballot it was clear
Lowden could not be nominated, we
helped the drift toward Harding and
on the ninth ballot became the de
cisive' psychological factor by giving
Harding 66 votes.
"The New York votes that contln
ued to support me were cast in pur
suance of earnest requests from dele
gates in Connecticut, New Jersey,
Michigan, Minnesota. Illinois, Iowa
Missouri, North Dakota. California,
Washington, Texas and Kentucky, so
that if the effort to nominate Sen
ator Harding should fail, my name
might still remain upon the list of
candidates.
Result Held Satisfactory.
"The New Yorkers who care for
the republican party and for the suc
cess of its principles and who are
Jealous of the honor should rejoice
and take satisfaction that their rep
resentatives in the national conven
tion, although by no means unified in
sentiment or in organization, were
yet able to exert so commanding an
influence in a great emergency.
"Harding and Coolidge are first of
all patriotic Americans and next re
publicans. We are to have the sat
isfaction of supporting , and electing
a real republican ticket. We may
now look forward with complete con
fidence to the restoration of the na
tional government to its old founda
tions, which are love and reverence
for the constitution."
Albany Man Disappears and Is Be
lieved to Have Been 'Unbal
anced by War Suffering.
ALBANY, Or., June 14. (SpeeiaL)
Joe F. Thompson, former Canadian
soldier, suffering from being wounded
and gassed in France, disappeared
from his room here Saturday night
leaving letters indicating that he in
tended to take his life. Members of
the local lodge of Knights of Pythias
to which he belonged and of the
American Legion, of which he was a
honorary member, searched all day
without finding his body or any defi
nite trace of him.
Thompson was one of the few sur
vivors of the 72d Seaforth Highland
ers and went through many months
of the hardest kind of fighting when
the Canadians suffered terrible losses.
He was one of only 15 left in a large
unit in one engagement.
Because he was of a cheerful dis
position despite the , wounds from
which he yet suffered, friends be
lieve that, unable to Mot from his
memory terrible war scenes, which
preyed on his mind and caused him
to have nightmares, he became men
tally unbalanced.
Thompson was gassed twice and
suffered several shrapnel wounds. He
often said he belonged with his bud
dies in France, and in one of the let
ters left he referred to the fact that
EXACT ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
Powerful Opposition in Con
vention Overcome.
OWN WORDS RECALLED
Senator's Desire to Put Issue Be
fore People Regarded as Over
shadowing Nomination.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(CopTdisht by the New Tork Evening; Post,
rumiBuca oy Arrangement.)
CHICAGO. June 14. A word about
the losers' day after.
Of all three, Johnson has least rea-
his body might be found but that his I son to feel disappointed in the out-
ghost would be in France where it I come of the republican national con-
belonged. I vention. He made, with Borah's help.
He was about 30 years old. He was the fight to prevent ratification of a
born in Scotland and had worked in I league of nations, and on that point
the diamond mines of South Africa. I he won a 100 per cent victorv. He
won it over the determined opposition
DAI I Pll most tormiuaoie ol the
DALLnUUIVI old guard leaders. Murrav Crane, and
against tVlA nr?flnf,J ,ffnrt.
Zuhrah Temple to Dance Way to of the most powerfui eiements in the
Portland Convention. I republican party.
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VIVVF.4Pni.lS .T.,n 14 fSn.cial i tampaign jonnson
TRAIN HAS
Zuhrah temple, Order of the Mystic
again and again declared that his main
Shrine, will dance its way to Port- , i
,,, league of nations before the people.
In the special train, carrying the " oet Pcn oi nis campaign ne
Minneapolis crowd of almost 400
members of the temple, their wives,
daughters and sisters, in 14 cars, one
car will be equipped as prettily as
any ballroom. The seat,s of the steel
coach having been removed, hard
-wood floors were laid. The last
polishing of the floors was done to
used to say that for that purpose he
was willing "to leave his path strewn
with wrecked ambitions." a figure .of
speech which most of us interpreted
as meaning that if he could make the
league of nations an issue in the cam
paign, he would be perfectly willing
to forego the presidency. In that pur-
day. The Zuhrah temple band will Dose he has succeeded perfectly.
play the dance programmes.
i The." other Minnesota ' temples,
which leave this week are Aad al
Duluth and Osman at St. Paul. In
their trains will probably be 600 passengers.
. . Issae Meets All Demands.
The issue of tha campaign will be
exactly what Johnson demanded it
should be. If fulfillment of his
avowed purpose brings satisfaction to
a man. Johnson should have that sat
isfaction. This satisfaction ousr'.it to
ive the answer to the question
everybody is now asking will John
sen support the ticket and put his
shoulder behind it? Will he take the
stump for it?
The leaders think he will. They
think they settled that question when
they gave him what he demanded
about the league of nations.
. For that matter, the convention did
another thing that Johnson and Borah
demanded. Thsy turned down the can
didates who had figured in. the cam-
raign fund investigation. The lead
ers think that if Johnson is not" satis
fied with all this, they had better go
on the theory that it is not worth
while to try to satisfy him. Johnson
is rather acutely on trial just now.
Convention Little Sa.plclou.
The net of the feeling the conven
tion had about him was ODViously a
DF TODAY' WFW9 little unfriendly, a little suspicious.
MYSTIC SHRINE INVITED
San Francisco Seeks to Be Scene of
"ext Annual Conclave.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 14. The San
Francisco board of supervisors today
adopted a resolution inviting the
Mystic Shrine to hold its 'next an
nual conclave here.
DECISION COMING TODAY
Announcement Kxpected as to Fate
of Waterpower Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 14. At the
White House it was said today that
an announcement would be made to
morrow as to President vilsons ac
tion on the waterpower bill.
The Weather.
TESTEM)AT'S Maximum temperature,
iO degrees; minimum, 53 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers. followed by fair
southwesterly winds.
Xoreisn.
President Gompers calls on labor to sup
port league of nations and demand ac
tlon of congress. Page 2.
British press speculates on Harding's nom
ination. Page -.-
National.
Appropriations by 6oth congress total
4.801.bUO.oT. rago 1.
Harding finds being party nominee is no
easy Job ana puts in strenuous days.
Psge 1
Prospect of third party with LsFoliette
leading worries democrats. Pase 4
Population or Bend Increases 910.3 per
cent. Page 1-
Domestlc.
Dempsey denies breaking wife's jaw.
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General ood declared to nave been sac
rlficed to save party honor and pre
vent buying of presidency. Page 1
Murder of wealthy New Tork turf man
still puzzle to detectives. Page 3.
Oreffon cheered at Massachusetts capitol by
delegation congratulating Oovernor
Coolidge. Page 1
Johnson's great purpose of putting league
issue betore people is realized. Page 1
Harding unsatisfactory to progressives
but strong with average republicans.
Page 6.
Pacific Northwest
Public service commission reported averse
to shifting date of carfare lift. Page 5.
Fish pirates busy In Alaskan waters de
spite presence of patrol boats. Page T.
Earldom and we&Itn go to Spokane ice
man. Page 1.
Sports.
Need felt in Oregon for state golf asso
ciation. Page li
Johnny Sheppards here but his bout Is in
air. Page i-.
Salt Lake Bees coming strong. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Boxed apples displacing barreled fruit in
eastern markets, rage u.
Corn strong at Chicago with light arrivala
Page .21.
Stock market is under selling pressure.
Pase 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Thirty thousand dollars sought by State
Chamber oi commerce iouiij. page 10.
Travelers open national convention here,
Page 1.
Prices likely to stay up two years more.
y Engllsn mercnaats touring onited
page iv.
States.
Big killing" plans of alleged crook are I been excused in Wood.
nipped in bud. Page 11
More than 1500 Kiwsnians expected
here for convention opening tomorrow.
Page 13.
Children of Willamstte Heights hold an
nual rose festival. Page 6.
Evidence of presence of woman in death
car found by police, rase 4.
Grand chapter Royal Arch Masons of
Oregon hold annual convention. Page lo.
Portland car fare goes to 8 cents today.
Page SOv
That impression was heightened by
the unfortunate spirit of the speech
of the man who put him in nomina- .
tion. But Johnson has never wandered
quite so far outside the party as to
be permanently and definitely an out
sider. He can yet figure as a leader
of his party. But if he fails to come
in now and come in whole-heartedly
and support the ticket, he will pretty
certainly be allowed to go his way.
It is a perfectly proper thing for
man to stay out if he so desires.
In many cases, no conformity Is the
greatest of virtues. But Johnson
can't have his cake and cat it too.
He. must conform, or, if he fails,
forfeit the perquisites that go with
conformity, . including presidential
nominations from the republican
party. The price of non-conformity
martyrdom and when fate comes
around with the bill you mustn't
whine. Johnson is right now under
the necessity of deciding whether he
is going to be a party man or the
alternative to be a La 1-oilette. every
mention of whose name the conven
tion jeered. La Follette may be a
more exalted figure, measured by
standards of individual conscience,
than those party leaders who make
nominations and accept nominations,
but you can't be both a La Follette
and also a republican presidential
possibility. That is the choice that
Johnson must make and the party is
watching to see how swiftly he
makes it.
Wood la Moat Uallant.
Of all the candidates. Wood was
the most gallant figure in defeat. He
met defeat standing squarely in his
solid military boots in" the middle of
the entrance to his headquarters, giv
ing to every comer smiles of almost
jovial composure in return for condo
lences. That is what duty and taste
call for at such a time, and that is
what Wood would always do. He is
one of the most completely self-disciplined
of living men.
Disappointment could readily have
In any other
kind of gathering he should have been
the winner. He had the only consid
erable body of delegates in the con
vention who really believed in their
candidate. Wood had substantially
the same number of delegates on the
last ballot that he had on the first.
Among his delegates was example
Concluded on Page 2, Column X.)
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