THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1920 .1 "I .-1 ; I ;1 (f ' 'I - v -i SITUATION SAWlt AMONG CANDIDATES Leaders Are Endeavoring to Round Up Sentiment. at the outset it gave promise of being pretty prosaic and polite and some of the audience left. But those who stayed were well repaid. Chair man Cummings had something more of a task than tickling the ears In exciting the passions of the imme diate crowd. . He was talking to the entire democratic party and ' to so much of the whole people as would listen. He was the official yell leader of the lesser democratic rabble rousers and the crossroads speechi fiers the country over. Blodel Oration Attempted. It was to be the model oration for the whole campaign. Therefore It had to have punch, penetration, power, phrases and a fact, here and there. It Is no job for an amateur or an McADOO BOOMERS ACTIVE old fogy. Cummlng8 is neither. Nor I is he a consummate word artist. But Administration Friends Confident Platrorm "Will Be Thorough Goins In Terms. SAN FRANCISCO. June 2S. There was more McAdoo talk In the air to night but apparently there was no change in the real situation among was missed, for apparently everything the various candidates. he is an effective counsel for the defense, the defense being an admin istration much in need of adequate defense. And he knows how to plead his case and adapt it to the preju dices and the understanding of his audience. The speech was not only well delivered, but it will read well. Undoubtedly, it had been read in advance at Washington, and perhaps corrected and amplified. Here and there was a phrase which jnight have come from the skilled pen of the president himself. However that may be, he did not cut out anything that TAMMANY LEADER NOT NOW FOR COX Democratic Boss Feels His Confidence Betrayed.. MURPHY IN BAD HUMOR Nomination of Dry Candidate Would Injure Ticket In New York, Says Politician. Tonight snowed the first signs of a movement among the leaders ana managers to round up eentiment among the unlnetructed delegations and compute the possibilities of nom inating somebody. Principally, the night was given over to meetings of the four big committees in the great building which also contains the convention auditorium. The leaders and candi date managers are all under one roof, arM although they are principally en gaged in committee business, they are not losing the opportunity to con fer and possibly get together on the makings of a slate of their own, or possibly decide to accept one which the drift among the delegations may be forcing on them. Supporters Hope for Sign. McAdoo boomers hoped all day that their candidate would make some (statement amplifying the declaration of National Committeeman Love of Texas, that the nomination would not be rejected. Some were disap pointed and others thought Mr. Mc Adoo in view of repeated previous declarations of declination was pur suing a wise 'course in remaining silent. Palmer people continued their ef forts to make a strong showing on the opening ballots and the Cox peo ple were doing the same. About the only point the three forces would agree upon was that there would be no nomination on the first ballot and most of them seemed to agree that there would be no nomination in lees than three to five. The McAdoo people today agreed upon Sam B. Amidon of Wichita, Kan., as their floor leader and at the same time began picking out a represen tative on each of the state delega tions. His selection was made at a conference of McAdoo supporters who described themselves as "bitter end ers." Cone Johnson of Texas, a for mer solicitor of the state department. Representative Haley of South Caro lina, and Mrs. Peter Olesen .of. Minne sota, were among: the assistants se lected for Amidon." ; Tammany Help Not Expected. " Most of the McAdoo boomers are saying they do not expect any sup port from the Tammany delegation of New "fork unless it becomes appar ent that the former secretary will be nominated. Talk of Secretary Mere dith for second place as McAdoo's running mate, continued to be heard in the convention gossip. , The talk of candidates on the wtioll tonight is almost where It was last week without any appearance of strength enough for a nomination at any corner of the triangle'. Mr. Bryan and some others still feel that the question of candidates cannot become a thoroughly active one until the plat form issueo have been settled. Ad ministration supporters said tonight they were confident that the plat form would be written in thorough going terms of support for President Wilson and his administration and many of them predicted that It would contain neither a wet nor a dry plank. SNAKY COMPLAINT FILED Husband Avers Wife Took Part In Frolicsome Dances. "We danced and drank until we were all seeing snakes," boasted Selma Wisdom to her husband, Grover Wisdom, following a little party in Seattle on March 6, 1920, says the husband in a divorce complaint filed in the circuit court yesterday. She made the further assertion, it is main mined, that "every guy that dances with me has to pay me." In his complaint the husband gives was there, even the significant sug gestion that the republicans could find not & word to say for Ireland, carrying with it the inference that the democrats should and would sup ply the omission. In the same paragraph was a tear ful reference to Armenia, 'but there are some who remember, if Orator Cummings did not, that the demo crats in congress voted down this presidential plan for an Armenia mandate with substantially the same fervent unanimity as the republicans did. But Cummings was making a Wilson speech, he was not Justifying j nor explaining democratic opposi tion to Wilson nor democratic divi sion and confusion out of any of his policies or actions. Bid Made for Irish Vote. The one unexpected feature of the Cummings keynote was the open bid for the Irish vote by his mention of Ireland. It was a hint as to what the convention should do, and probably will do. It will give three cheers for' Ireland. That is all. Angels could do no more, if they had other wise committed themselves to a league of nations which includes standpat article 10. Except for article 10, sympathizers with the Irish cause mightly easily be reconciled to the Wilson league of nations or something like it. But with article 10 every friend of free Ireland is opposed to the league and all its works. They think It spells the doom of Irish- independence and all the unctuous persuasions of demo cratic platform eloquence will not convince them otherwise. It has been a difficult problem to solve for the democrats, and it appeared until today that they had decided to give up all the specious attempts to fool the un foolable Irish. Now it is clear that the platform is at once to contain an indorsement of article 10, which commits the desti nles of Ireland forever to Great Brit ain and commits also the United States to a policy of non-interference for Ireland,' and is to have also tender and beautiful sentiment about the Irish cause. He Valera Wants Declaration. De Valera is here and he wants a declaration favoring the independence of Ireland. Nothing less. Probably he will have something to say on the Question, later. One notable merit of the Cummings effort was that it appeared to please all factions. If Mr. Cummings, as ono voice of the president here, has any preferences as to candidate, he did not show it today. It may be questioned whether an outright hint from the White House that the presi dent wants any particular person nominated would help that person. The McAdoo movement has reached swelling dimensions without the White House sanction. The president has played no favorites as between McAdoo and. Palmer. The latter is going ahead with a somewhat shaky candidacy as if he expected to be nominated. All the mechanics of convention promotion and manipulation are be ing employed for him. He has brass bands and marching clubs, pictures, badges, booze and every other known device to keep alive the enthusiasm of his followers and to impress the gen eral public. Palmer Clique in Evidence. At the convention today an organ ized Palmer clique was much In evi dence. But the convention takes but languid interest in Palmer. It looks for him to drop out early in the bal loting amidst exclamations of gen eral approval. The pins are all set up for McAdoo. The McAdoo strategy has been to make it appear that the call for him came from the convention itself and was in no way inspired by the White House nor by the ex-secretary. It has succeeded, wonderfully. The Cox a very unsavory reputation to the Dreamland dancehall of Seattle, say- balloon which a day or two since was true that it was a notorious, disrepu- soaring high is showing alarming table place which his wife often fre- signs of collapse. quented. The Wisdom were married The decline started when Ohio gave in Seattle July 8, 1919. Mrs. Wisdom out, through Governor Campbell, that started on the cabaret and roadhouse Governor Cox would be well pleased route shortly after marriage, avers to have omitted from the platform all her husband. references to prohibition. It was an Dieua .fins xuea sun ror .civorce yesterday against Jack Pitts, alleg ing cruciiy. CITY ' THREATENS TAXIS Quarterly Licenses to Operate Must Be Obtained by July 1. "For-hire" car drivers in Portland must have quarterly licenses by July 1. or stop operation. Usually ten days' grace' is allowed, but according to Motor Bus Inspector Gill the grace period will not be In vogue this year. The reason given by Inspector Gill Is the lack of protection which re sults because of the period of grace. Automobile drivers cancel their bonds on the day that the license expires and do not renew the bonds until the ten days has expired. During this time they operate without protection to the public and in case of accident no redress is possible. awkward subject for a wet candidate running in a dry tune, but saying nothing, and leaving both the wets and drys to hope for the best ap peared to Ohio the wise course. , The pronouncement, leaving them, high, if not dry, greatly incensed the wet states of New York, New Jersey and Illinois, and they began to lose interest in Cox. Now there are signs that Murphy and New York are ready to open negotiations with McAdoo. If they can make any kind of terms it may be found that they are not irrec oncilable - toward the presidential son-in-law. Some of the Cox people are talking of the Ohioan for second place. Mc Adoo and Cox would satisfy the old Ideal of a winning combination, the one from New York, the other from Ohio, the one dry and the other wet. Fine work. BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. (Copyright by the Bell Syndicate. Pub lished by Arrangement) SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. (Spe cial.) If there were a Homer in thii town he would be engaged In singing the horror of Charles F. Murphy. Mr. Murphy came to San Francisco ex pecting to assist in the nomination of James W. Cox as a presidential can didate. Cox, he figured, was a good, liberal candidate, living close enough to Kentucky to favor high alcoholic content in hootch, and a very free construction of the Volstead act. Mr. Murphy had a good deal to say in Cox's favor, both in public and in camera, to borrow a phrase from an exalted source. He allowed that while the boys from Fourteenth street. New York and vicinity, would be constructively tor Al Smith, they would be ready to leap lightly into the Cox camp when ever their votes were wanted. So .vfr. Murphy, co-operating with Nor man Mack of Buffalo and other grave and reverend counselors, made all the necessary arrangements to support the Ohioan. And then, 'without the slightest warning. In dropped one of the Cox men, and told Mr. Murphy that Cox was not nearly as anti-prohibition as he was painted; that, in- fact, he would be perfectly willing to run on a dry platform. Murphy Is Nerrons. Mr. Murphy, who Is considerably more than an eagle's talon about the waist, gasped. And he doesn't 'gasp easily. The noise of his rasping was heard in several adjoining rooms and r-umber of his attendants hastened in to see what was the matter. They soon found out. Mr. Murphy was in :i state of nervous fury. He felt that his confidence had been betrayed, that his efforts had been wasted, that altogether he had been foully dealt with. And when, along with the rest of the delegates, he went into the con vention today to listen - to -Homer Cummings sound -the keynote of the campaign,' he had already begun the formulation of new arrangements. From now on, until Mr. Murphy can find a candidate to his liking, his followers will stick firmly to Al Smith in the balloting. Meanwhile, .Mr. Murphy will seek out a man who is positively, unqualifiedly and phatically wet, and who will insist on a plank that is equally so. Mr. Murphy is a democrat all right and would like to see a democrat in the White House. But he is also boss of Tammany hall and wants to win for that organization just as many offices as he possibly can. And he firmly believes that any candidate who has the least taint of prohibition on him, not only will lose in the nation, but will drag the New York ,state and judicial ticket down with' him. Mr. Murphy has seen too many state and judicial tickets dragged down to care for that sort of thing. AVhich is why he is off of Cox, and will doubtless remain off of him. ... Murphy Is Limp. The Murphy defection has, of course, heartened some of the other candidates and there is a great deal of McAdoo talk around today. But there is not enough of it yet. And too much of it is done by delegates who will have nothing whatever to say in the final decision. It would be fool ish to prophesy that Murphy will support no candidate who is dry. but he will not do so unless he absolutely has to. The shock he suffered when he dis covered that Cox was not as guaran teeu has left him pretty limp. But ho will get going again' before the end of the week. And inasmuch as he has practically the whole New York state delegation in his vest pocket, -what he does will make a difference. As for the Cox' people, they are now insisting that Cox is just as liberal as he ever was. And that doesn't help matters much, for every time they try to placate Murphy, they infuriate Bryan. And that is the rea son that you will read in the news chronicles of papers today that the outstanding feature of the conven tion's opening is the dropping and withering of the once highly promis ing Cox boom. escorted . to the platform, the hall finally hushed and prepared, to listen with close attention to his keynote address. Delegates expected some thing to cheer at. They were in the mood for it and they were not.dis- pomtea. Crovrd Soon ftulted. Mr. Cummings began in a quiet voice. A few shouts of ."louder" camel from far back in the hall, but he I had not proceeded far before thel great throng was so still that every syllable was carried to the highest I galleries. It was a long speech. Mr. Cummings suggested that to his) hearers, but cries of "go on," "take your time!" met him. He drove his points home hard and his audience! was alert to cap them with shouted approval. At one point he chided the Chicago platform .of the republi cans Decause it contained, he said, no word of hope for Ireland, no word of I mercy for Armenia and because it "concealed a sword" for Mexico. Back among the alternates, a wom an leaped to her feerat the mention of Ireland, shouting hysterically something about "British tyranny in ireiana. "That's the answer: we're not mem bers of the lepgue!" Chairman Cum mings called back at her, but even as he spoke the serjeants-at-arms were moving down to prevent further interruption and delegates, intent on their chairman s arraignment of re publican policies, shouted "Sit down!" Attacks Win Approval. When Mr. Cummings characterized the Chicago platform as a master piece of . evasion," a shout greeted the attack, and a moment later, when he declared that "old guard" had sold the honor of the nation at Chicago to name a reactionary candidate, it grew into a roar, punctuated with cries of Go to it!" "Hit em again! That's the stuff!" The chairman went through the history of the league from the first mention of it in diplomatic corre spondence before the United States entered the war to the second re fusal of the " senate to ratify the treaty that contains it. He quoted utterances of Senator Lodge and the late President Roosevelt as saying that some concert of powers must be formed. He said the last of the 14 points enunciated by President Wil son had . contained practically the language of article 10 of the cove nant and that no word had been raised then against it League Roll Is Called. "The real trouble with the treaty,' Mr. Cummings said, "is that it was negotiated by a democrat." Uproar- ous applause welcomed the jibe. When the chairman called the roll askld'e8 dites" ifhewtn'ed But comfort in summer, you know; depends a lot on the shirt you're wearins. I t r htar a lr r f nnl r-u 1 tntn that I 'SrF rh t r-- - rt I - . . . t 1 T . i . had or were about to joinT shouts of ,jr fc IUMSS uu lcct at ea5e- IC musc designed lOf COmtort 3S Well 85 looks. tell us answered -him. Nation by nation, he named them, and then I t , atked if the delegates wished to know what nations had not joined the league. Cries of "yes, yes, tell us came from all parts of the floor. "Revolutionary Mexico, . bolshevist Russia, unspeakable Turkey and- the United States of America," he answered. A roar swept. the hall that it took minutes to quiet. ' - . - - When . Mr, Cummings. concluded. there remained but routine business to be done and it was rushed through without incident and adjournment taken until tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile committees were at work. Enjoy "Shirt Comfort" This Summe These days, dont you like to pull off your coat and settle down to solid comfort relaxation eniov yourself? 8 A REAL COMB1 NATION OF STYLE AND COMFORT si kirf s Beau Brurnmel Shirts will satisfy your utmost requirements in fine fabrics in 5vv5 IooT?s attractive patterns. ' fc iwo ALEXANDER IS Ex-Governor Is Chairman of Idaho) - Delegation. elected More than that, they'll give you real wearing comfort. For built into every Beau Brurnmel Shirt are "comfort points, features of design and cut that make them fit. -. For instance, the collar of your Beau Brurnmel never pokes you under the chin. 1 here s amole room in the armholes. across the shoulders and chest and at the elbows. Its five button center pleat keeps the front neat looking and dressv. There are manv other reasons why you'll like these shirts better. Sold by good stores everywhere OVATION GIVEN WILSON (Continued From First Page.) SAX FRANCISCO. June 28. (Spe cial.) Ex-Governor Alexander was elected chairman of the Idaho demo cratic delegation in a secret caucus this morning. The caucus was called to order by Senator Nugent. t James R. Bothwell, of, Twin Falls, was made vice-chairman of the delegation and C. C. Wilburn, of Jerome, secretary. Places in the convention organiza tlon were filled as follows: Credentials committee, T. A. Walt ers, of Boise. Resolutions, Senator Nugent. Permanent organization. James R. Bothwell. Rules and permanent order of busi ness, James H. Hewley. To notify presidential nominee, D. L. Kvans. Malad. To notify vice-presidential noml npp V) r Susan RrncA rtf T.Awitnn Hnnnnrv rip.-nh. irm. n th. I will take olace on Saturday, July 3 convention. R. D. Lecnrr nf Coiur I at Peninsula park. The M.E.Smith &Co.,Omaha Makers of Good Shirts for More Than M Years Portland Offlrr 432 Sherlock Bid D'Alene. Honorary secretary of the conven tion, Mrs. S, Grover Rich of Burley. Mrs. Teresa M. Graham of Coeur D'Alene was elected national com mit tee woman. TURNER CARRIES STANDARD afternoon will be given over to renewal of old acquaintances and the business meet ing. The basket dinner wur De ai o o'clock. Colonel Robert A, Miller Is president and Mrs. Mattie Gilbert Palmer secretary. Several hundred former Salemltes enjoy this meeting every year. Oregon Delegation Takes Part 'Wilson Demonstration. in Fireworks Kills Little Girl. MOUNE, 111., June 28. In prema ture celebration ot tne rourin ot SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. (Spe- July, Thais Jennlsch. years old. was OUTBURST SEEMS STAGED (Conttnasd From First Pace.) a preliminary keynoter is somethfng new in national conventions, but it uited the crowd, for it was of the bull's-eye hitting, smash-hades-out-of-everything variety which only your frue -spellbinder knows how to . furnish and which all political gather ings are eager to hear. The very first sentence of the vice chairman's oratorical appetizer was a bitter sneer at the late Chicago con vention. The crowd was almost im mediately on its feet and hungry for more, which It got. Vice-Chairman Kremer is a somewhat cocksure little person, with a hard voice and a school-book delivery, but he put it over. OREGON PIONEER DIES Mrs. Phoebe 31. Dekum, 80 Tears Old, Succumbs in Los Angeles. Word has been received In the city that Mrs. Phoebe M. Dekum, 80 years old, one of Oregon's oldest pioneers, died Saturday evening at Los An geles. Her death was due to an at tack of paralysis. Funeral services and cremation took place at Los An geles yesterday and the ashes will be sent to The Dalles, Mrs. Dekum's old home, for burial. Mrs. Dekum came to the Oregon country . in 1853, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jack son of Youngstown, O. The first family residence was established at Oregon City, but later was changed to -The Dalles, where in 1S67, Mrs. Dekum met and married her first husband. Judge Orlando Humason. When it comes to campaign oratory, I Several years after the death of Judge there is nothing the matter with the democratlo party. They don't shoot over the heads of the grown-up boys and girls with, too much high-brow stuff, as some others do. , Chairman Cummings' address was. to be euro, of a somewhat higher literary order, but it did not depart from the accepted democratic formula of a bang-up stump speech. It was all that and gooi composition. Right -Humason Mrs. Dekum married Frank Dekum, who died In 1894. Six years ago Mrs. Dekum moved from Oregon, where she had spent practically all of her time, to Los Angeles to make her home with her daughters, Mrs. Clara A.' Waldo, Miss Elva Humason and Miss La villa Humason. Besides her three daughters Mrs. Dekum .is survived by a son, Ivaa Humason of Portland. grew and grew, a formless, toneless thing that had in It something that stirred the blood and stirred the emo tions. Delegates leaped on their chairs, waving and shouting. They stampeded into aisles, jostling and cheering in a packed mass before the platform. Delegates Join in Parade. Over in the Virginia section a man ripped the state standard - from the floor and charged toward the speak er's stand, waving it high in the air. Other states followed. Some of them were slower to get in motion, but as ti shouting and tumult continued standard after standard came up and the march around the hall began. In the New York section Assistant Seo- etary of the Navy Roosevelt seized the standard and pushed into the crowded aisle, battling with others who sought with eager bands to up hold the sign. But there were some among the New York delegation who struggled with Roosevelt to prevent him carry ing the state standard in the demon stration for the president. There was a lively scrimmage akin to a center rush in a football game, in which fists were flying and there seemed danger of bloody noses. A policeman who interfered got a pummellng, one man lost his coat and several men lost their nose glasses. No one was hurt, the protesting delegates changed their minds and Roosevelt triumph antly marched off with the New York standard to join the Wlison demon stration. A shout of added intensity marked the delegates' recognition of the in cident and a cheer for Roosevelt was all but lost in the general tumult. It was long before order could be restored. Even when Vice-Chairman Kremer had launched upon his spuech echoes of the storm still lurked In the air. He was repeatedly. Inter rupted by the clamor of approval that greeted every thrust at the repub lican party or any reference to Presi dent Wlison. When Chairman Homer S. Cum mings of the national committee had been elected temporary chairman and cial.) The Oregon delegation per formed its part in the Wilson demon stration at the convention today, when R. R. Turner of Roseburg carried the Oregon standard in the parade of del egates. Dr. J. W, Morrow, national commit teeman, with careworn countenance occupied a seat on. the platform. Dr. Morrow's distress was due to the pressing demand on him for conven tion tickets, the supply einbg equal to only half the demands. tiome dis appointed seat applicants were not ready to believe that he was unable to help them, which increased the an guish of his position burned to death here last night, when a chaser ignited her dress. Man Hurled 100 Kect to Death. NEW YORK, June 28. (Special.) John Wittman, 50. of Bayonne, N. J. was instantly killed when struck by a New Jersey Central railroad train today in that city. His body was thrown 100 feet and nearly every bone was broken. A flask which con tained wine and which he carried in a woman's handbag was smashed, but a glass and an egg toe had In his pocket were unbroken. 465 Enroll at Monmoulli. MQNMOUTH, Or., June 28. (Spe cial.) The second week of the sum mer session of the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth he(rini with a total enrollment of 465. The student body is taking hold of the work splen didly.' and the outlook for a suc cessful session is very auspicious. The extension school at Pendleton has an enrollment of 60. Body to Be Sent East. The body of Hugh M. Price, 69, member of Abba Shrine temple. Mo bile, Ala., who died at the Good Samaritan hospital early Sunday morning, will be sent to Mo bile for burial, his widow and daugh ter of that city having arrived here to take chHrfp. Mr. Pric had been ill since last Wednesday night. He was a prominent hardware dealer of Mobile. Auto Tonrist Robbed. SALEM, Or., June 28. (Special.) E. L. Sutton of Phoenix, Arts., .who is touring the Pacific coast by auto mobile, attributes the loss of ap proximately $100 to the Oregon cli mate. Arriving here late at night Mr. Sutton arranged a bed and slept in the open at the fairgrounds. When he awoke in the morning he found his clothes some distance from his I car. and his money gone, CONTRACT FOR DAM LET I Irrigation Work to Be Finished Within Seven Months. GRANTS PASS, Or., June 28. (Spe cial.) The contract for the construc tion of the dam for the- diversion of water from Rogue river to irrigate 10,000 acres of Rogue valley lands was let Saturday afternoon to the Shattuck Construction company of San Francisco; This contract also in cludes the construction of the main canal and the laterals. The Portland Bridge company re ceived the contract for a suspension bridge across Rogue river to carry water from the main canal to the northwest unit of the project, the price being $22,999. The work let to the Shattuck Construction company will cost well up toward a half mil lion dollars. The dam is to be fin ished within seven months and the bridge by December 1. CHINESE EDUCATOR HERE S. C. Schao to Visit All Large Cities on Pacific Coast. S. C. Chlao, of Fresno, superinten dent of Chinese public schools of central California. Is In Portland. on a tour Of investigatioa along educa tional and industrial lines, which in cludes all large cities on the Pacific coast. This trip is being made under the aDProval of. and subject to the Instruction of the Chinese consul at San Francisco. Chlao's father, who was commer cial attache -to the Chinese legation at Washington, D. C, is now in the consulate-general's office at Ottawa, Canada. 22 J,H?fattUir. Former Salemltes to Hold Picnic. The annual picnic, of the former residents of Salem and their families Real Enjoyment in Dining is dependent upon Cuisine Service Environment These are all found at Broadway at Stark St. Extensive choice of the finest prepared foods skillful and respectful service and in an' atmos phere of luxury, congenial company and enchanting music. Music and Dancing Evenings Saving Is Not Speculative I -r rS.. t if win Meeting the' Requirements o'f Trade at Home and Abroad Hp THERE'S no element of risk in saving. The only point of uncertainty is whether you are a good saver or a bad one. And that phase of it is your own re sponsibility, of course. But whether your Savings Account here at the United States National Bank be large or small, the rate of interest and degree of good service are the same. Resources Over 35 Millions UnitedStales National Banlo Sl.vth and St&rW 'r N -.' V'