VOL. LIX NO. 18,645
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoRtoffice as Second-Class Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG-UST 27, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COX LETS FLY HIS 1FS!,,?RSDIEU10PE'SLEI10ERS
BOOKS WILL SHOW UP
COX, DECLARES HAYS
CHARGE OF EEPCBLIC.VX COR
RUPTION BRANDED AS FALSE.
OREGON GIRL NAMED
IN HEART BALM SUIT
MISS M.' E. BAKER SUES SEAT
TLE DOCTOR FOR $40,000.
OF YQUTH
MANY ARE WOUNDED
IN BELFAST RIOTING
GQLBY PROCLAIMS
REPUBLICAN LEADER
PROMISED SHAFTS
LOOK TO HARDING
PUT
IN 3i HERE
COX CHARGE OF $50,000 PORT
MXD LEW SCOUTED.
TROUBLE STARTS WHEN CHILD
STONEXg' IS REPORTED.
VOTES FOR WOMEN
V
V
-Republican Slush Fund
Charges Renewed.
QUOTA HERE PUT AT $50,000
$15,000,000 to Buy. Presi
dency Declared Sought.
CITIES' QUOTAS $8,145,000
Lories Alleged, for Leading Mu
ulcipalities Range From $25,
OOO to $2,000,000.
COX'S CHARGES ARB UN
TRUE, SAYS WILL. H.
HAYS.
NEW TORK, Aug. 26. The
charge of Governor Cox made
tonight In Pittsburg- that mil
lions had been paid into the
republican national committee
by sinister influences to cor
rupt the electorate is untrue
and will have to be proved.
Will H. Hays, chairman of the
republican national committee,
declared here tonight.
"I will prove that the state
ment regarding 'millions raised
by the national committee' is
untrue," said Mr. Hays.
"It is an insult to tho thou
sands of good citizens all over
tho country who are contribut
ing to the republican party.
The names of every single con
tributor of every single dollar
will be given to the senate com
mittee next week and the qual
ity of the citizenship which
constitutes that list will be such
a. condemnation of the veracity
and judgment of Cox that the
whole country will know him.".
PITTSBTJRG, Aug. 26. Information
to support his charges that a republi
can campaign fund exceeding $16,000,
000 was being raised "In a conspiracy
to buy the presidency" was presented
by Governor Cox of Ohio, democratic
presidential candidate, in addressing
a public meeting tonight.
Governor Cox'a data consisted
almost entirely of matter taken from
the "Official Bulletin" of Fred W. Up
ham of Chicago, treasurer of the re
publican national committee, but his
chief exhibit was a typewritten list
purporting to show republican cam
paign quotas imposed on 51 principal
cities in 27 states and aggregating
(8,145.000.
Naines Ornrrrd Concealed.
Names of local subscribers. Cover
nor Cox said, were ordered kept sec
ret. These quotas, given as $2,000,000
for New Tork city. $750,000 for Chi
cago, JaOO.OOO for Philadelphia, and
ranging down to $25,000 for smaller
cities like Albany, N. T.. and Atlanta,
da., were said by Governor Cox to
have been announced about the
middle of July.
That Senator Harding, his rcpubli
can opponent, "was acquainted with
the details" of the quota plan and
that it was also approved by "Will H.
Hays, chairman of the republican na
tional committee, was charged by the
"democratic candidate.
Cities' Quotas Submitted.
The typewritten list of cities' quo
tas presented by Governor Cox fol
lows:
Official quotas
Ken- York City J2.O00.000
Cliicairo
' 750.000
Philadelphia, .....
I'ctroit
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston ..........i
C'ilH'innatl
lxui .........
Huffalo
tan Krancisco .....
T.uh Angeles ......
Tndianapulis ......
Toledo ...........
Columbus .........
prattle ,
Minneapolis ......
St. Paul ,
Providence ......
Newark ..........
Youngtitown .....
Akron . .
Oakland
Milwaukee ......
1'ayton
lialtilnore .......
New Orleans ....
Rochester .......
Kansas City .....
.l)enver
New Haven ......
Omaha ..........
Scraliton ........
Spokane
Syracuse' ... r ... .
Prldgeport. Conn.
"Washington
Louisville ........
Ies Moines
fJchenectad v .....
l'ortland. Or
IHtrmtnsbam
Canton. O
"Worcester. Mass.
Lynn, lass
Albany, N. T
A t lanta. .........
Memphis ........
Jululh
Jersey City
Lowell, Mass. ...
r.oo.ooo
4SO.OOO
41)0.000
400.000
300.000
'JHO.OOO
.......... 2.M1.00O
50.000
l.-.o.ouo
150. Ono
I'J.VOOO
loo.ooo
loo.ooo
100. 0OO
loo.ooo
5 00.0OO
loo.ooo
loo.ooo
R0.000
80.000
75.0O0
75.0O0
60.000
50.000
50.000
50.0O0
50.000
.10.000
' so.ooo
, so.ooo
so.ooo
, so.ooo
so.ooo
SO.OOO
so.ooo
SO.OOO
SO.OOO
so.ooo
50.000
so.o
ioloool
2. 1.000
25.000
!!.. OO0
25.IM10
25.0O0
I'S.OOO
25,000
Total $8,145,000.
Workers t.oinc; Over Top.
From subsequent issues of the Offi
cial Bulletin Governor Cox quoted
many reports from republican work
ers throughout the country, report
ing going "over the top" and in ex
cess of tho alleged quotas.
Announcement of the $8,145,000
metropolitan quotas, Governor Cox
aid, was made by Harry M. Blair,
assistant to Treasurer Upham. A
meeting was held in Chicago, Cover-
t Concluded pn Fare 2, Column 1.)
I
Xothlng to It "Whatever, Declares
John It. Day All Oregon
Asked for $25,000. ,
"Absolutely untrue!" was the Com
ment of John L. Day, chairman of the
republican county central committee.
last night when informed of the -assertion
of Governor Cox that Port
land's quota for the "$15,000,000 slush
fund" of the republicans was 150,000.
"There is nothing to it whatever."
he continued. "Either Governor Cox
has been deliberately misinformed or
he is drawing on his imagination for
another of the extravagant state
ments which have characterized his
campaign.
"The truth is that the quota given
Oregon republicans to raise for the
national campaign was $25,000. This
amount was fixed for the entire state.
not Portland. Of that sum $20,000
has been raised and sent east. So
licitations have ceased and no more
money will be sent from this state.
"The latest campaign charge will
not be credited by anyone who has
any knowledge of affairs in Oregon.
This was raised some time ago and
it is my understanding that a por
tion of this money was used in de
fraying expenses of the national con
vention." BOISE SHOWS INCREASE
Idaho City Census Records Gain
of 2 3.2 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The fol
lowing census figures were given out
by the census bureau today:
Boise, Idaho, 21,393; increase. 4035,
or 23.2 per cent.
Hutchinson, Kan., 23,298; increase,
934, or 42.4 per cent.
Independence, Kan., 11,902; increase,
1440, or 13.7 per cent.
El Paso, Tex. (revised), 77,543; in
crease. . 38,264, or 97.4 per cent. Pre
viously announced, S3, 836.
Marion, O. (revised), 27,591; in
crease. 9659, or 53 per cent. Pre
viously announced, 28,591.
Vicksburg, Miss., 17.931; decrease,
883, or 13.9 per cent;
Richmond, Va.. 171,667; increase,
4,039, or 34.5 per cent.
Ardmore. Okla., 14.181; increase,
563, or 64.6 per cent.
Watertown, S. D 9400;
390, or S4.1 per cent. '
increase.
COAL-PRICES ARE LIFTED
Advance In Freight Rates Held to
Xeccfesilatc .Advance.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2$ The Re
ail Coal Dealer's association of San
Francisco, giving -the increase in
freight rates as its reason, raised
the price of domestic coal today an
average of $2 a ton. Utah coal was
placed at $18.50. Wyoming coal at $19
and New Mexico coal at $20.60 a ton.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 26 The re
cent increase in freight rates, accord-
ng to dealers, brought about an in
crease, in coal in Spokane today. The
increase on 11 oh tana coal being $1.05
a ton. and on AVashington coal .70
cents. A still greater increase in Utah
coal was forecast by dealers.
The Standard - Oil . company raised
its price on gasoline to 32 cents today,
an increase of l'-j cents
"because of
freight increase." ,
VOTERS URGED TO SIGN
Thousands in County Have Only 31
Days to Get Xame on Books.
From 125,000 to 130,000 citizens of
Multnomah county are eligible to
participate in the presidential election.
but many thousands are not now
qualified because they are not reg
istered. These have exactly 31 days
from this morning in which to per
form this duty.
A warning was Issued from County
Clerk Beveridge's office yesterday
that citizens must act promptly In
getting their names on the registra
tion lists or the department will be
swamped the last few days the books
are open and voters will suffer much
inconvenience in awaiting their turn.
Voters are urged to register at once,
and the books are open daily from
8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
LOGGER'S NECK IS BROKEN
H
Monner Killed in Accident at
Camp Near Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) H. Monner was killed and Joe
Hogan injured in an accident at the
logging camp of the Tillamook Lum
ber company this morning. The two
men were standing near the haul
back line when it struck a stump and
tightening, struck Monner under the
chin, breaking his neck. Hogan was
knocked down and bruised consider
ably. Ho was brought to the Boals
hospital and is improving.
Monner has a brother at Rocka-
way and a sister in Portland, who
have been notified. He was a stranger
here, having recently come from
Cochran. . -
16-YEAR-OLD BRIDE FREE
Youd; Wife found Not Responsible
for Husband's Death.
DENVER, Aug. 26. Mrs. Virginia
Thompson, 16-year-old bride, who was
arrested yesterday at her husband's
grave, was released today.
Thompson, a farmer of Westmln
ster, had died after an illness of five
days. An autopsy proved death due
to natural causes.
Republican Substitute for
League Liked.
VIEWS RELATED TO NOMINEE
Herrick Declares Wilson
Blamed for Failure.
is
SENATOR MEETS ROOT
Russo-Polish Situation Cited as In
stance of Inefficacy of
Article 10.
MARION, Or., Aug. 26. Present-day
opinions of European statesmen on
the part' this nation should take in
the peace settlement were laid before
Senator Harding today for his con
sideration in shaping details of a. re
publican peace programme.
The report was brought To the nom
inee ' by Myron T. Herrick, ex-am
bassador to France, who has just re
turned from a series of conferences
with the public men of various
European nations. Mr. Herrick said
the western European statesmen were
hoping for a return of the republican
party to power and would welcome
the peace settlement proposed by Sen
ator Harding.
League Issue Also Discussed.
The ex-ambassador also intimated
that the world court plan, now being
formulated bv Elihu Root and tne
representatives of European nations,
would have a large place in the party's
oroeramme.
The league of nations issue also
was discuesed by the candidate with
ex-Senator Sutherland of Uta-h, dis
tinguished lawyer and close student
of international affairs. To both his
callers Senator Harding was under
stood to have outlined the speech he
will make here Saturday detailing
his foreign policy and elaborating on
his proposal .for a new association of
nations to "preserve world concord.
Play Part, Advises SomliWi
That the nation must not hojd aloof,
but must "play its proper part" in
the world's affairs was emphasized
by the nominee in a bort talk to a
group of Marion county school teach
ers. He declared himself as anxious
as anyone to see peace preserved, but
he'add-ed that the republic could ac
complish its real mission in the world
orlly if it remained unfettered. He
.lso promised to use his influence for
higher echool standards and for bet
ter pay for teachers.
jMr. Herrick related In detail to the
candidate the sentiment he had found
abroad as a result of the senate's
failure to ratify the peace treaty. He
tConcluded on Page 4, Column 3.)
IT DOES SEEM AS
jr....
Mention of Sinister Influences Re
garded as Insult to Thousands
of Good Citizens. .
NEW TORK. Aug. 26. After read
ing Governor Cox's Pittsburg speech.
Will H. Hays, chairman of the re
publican national committee, said
that "his statement of the case mado
earlier in the day, referring to -the
utter falsity of Governor Cox's
charges, was all the reply needed at
present.
"It does not make any difference
what Candidate Cox may say at
Pittsburg tonight relative to the re
publican campaign contributions," the
statement said. "I hope he divulges
the source of the funds which are
being received by the democratic na
tional committee and other agencies
to be used in an effort to elect him.
Every activity of the republican na
tional committee in connection with
the raising and spending of money
will be shown by us with real satis
faction before the senate investigat
ing committee next week. Inci
dentally, Mr. Cox will have to do
likewise.
'He has charged that millions have
been paid into the republican national
committee by sinister influences to
corrupt tho electorate. That charge
he will have to prove. It is an in
suit to the thousands of good citizens
all over the country who are con
tributing to the republican party.
"The names of every single coi
trtbutor of every single dollar will
be given to the senate committee next
week and the quality of the citizen
ship which constitutes that list- will
be such a condemnation of the ver
acity and judgment of Cox that the
whole country, will know him." I
It was stated at republican national
headquarters here that Mr. Hays
would give some startling figures re
garding democratic campaign funds in
Chicago next Monday when he testi
fies before the senate comimttee in
vestigating presidential campaign ex
penditures. Although none of the party's lead
ers would state the exact nature of
the facts to be presented by Mr. Hays,
the impression given was that they
would deal with sums raised by the
democrats since 1916, "greater than
the republicans have raised in the
same period."
"I will try to confine the senate
committee's attention to the funda
mentals of Governor Cox's, charges."
Mr. Hays said. "Regardless of the
amounts he has quoted, however ri
diculous their size. Governor Cox may
not attack the integrity of those who
have contributed toward the fund of
less than, a million which we have
raised.- Theso sources are not 'sin
ister" nor 'corrupt.' They represent
the best of our American citizenship.
"Then I will prove to the committee
that the statement regarding 'millions
raised by the national committee' is
untrue."
Mr. Hays, refused to go into detail
on the facts that he would present
regarding the democratic funds.
George White, chairman of the
democratic national committee, said
that he had no comment to make on
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.)
II" HARDING OUGHT TO PICK
Miss Maude Kearns, Instructor in
University of Washington Prom
Ieaburg, Or., Held Rival.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 26. .Spe
cial) Miss Mattie E. Baker, 32, ex-
bookkeeper tn the employ of the
Frank Waterhouse company, entered
suit for $40,000 heart balm against
Dr. C. N. Maxey, Seattle osteopath,
today, charging he had spurned her
love and broken their engagement.
Miss Maude Kearns, instructor in
the art department of the University
of Washington, was named as "the
other woman in the case." Miss
Kearns is visiting in Leaburg, Or. Dr.
Maxey promised to marry Miss Baker
on November 15, 1918, it was claimed.
The marriage date was set for June.
she said.
June arrived. Dr. Maxey requested
her to postpone the wedding for a
month, declared Miss Baker, because
of business precluding & honeymoon.
The girl thought nothing of the de
lay, 6he declared. When July arrived
and he again requested a postpone
ment, she said, she consented. Dr.
-Maxey told her that he was unable to
get away at this time, because he was
compelled to extricate his son, by a
former ' marriage, from a boyish
scrape.
Thanksgiving day he again delayed
the marriage, she asserted.
Delay then followed delay, the com
plaint alleged, and on August 2 he
definitely repudiated his engagement
vows.
., ..... . t --.-a. ... ,
covered that Dr. Maxey was main
tainlng a correspondence with Miss
Kearns, an artist living at Leaburg,
Or., and an instructor at the local uni
versity.
REDS DESTROY PLANES
!, 000, 000 Allied Seizure on
Spree River Is Lost.
LONDON, Aug. 27. Munitions and
hydro airplanes valued at nearly $2,-
000,000, recently confiscated by the en
tente commission in the Pitsche
works on the Spree river, were de
stroyed last evening by the 3000 em
ployes of the plant, many of whom are
communists, says a Berlin dispatch
to the London Times.
.The Reichswer was summoned but
proved powerless to act. The gov
ernment is sending representatives to
the scene.
MILITARY PARTY WARNED
Seats in Chinese Parliament De
pend on Renunciation.
PEKIX, Aug. 23. The parliament
will not bo dissolved, according to
the Asiatic News Agency here today,
but control by the Anfu military
party will be broken by other steps.
The government has announced that
Anfu members will be permitted to
maintain their seats in both house
if they publicly renounce affiliation
with the Anfu party.
Estimates Indicate that the recent
hostilities in Chihli province cost
$13,000,000.
MORE THAN COX.
Goats Used in Operations
, or) Portland Patients.
EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESS
Dr. M. G. McCorkle Relates
Ten Months' Practice.
SEVEN WOMEN BENEFITED
Only Local Anesthesia Required,
Declares Physician Lasting
Benefits Are Predicted.
The transplanting of goat glands
to the human body has been success
fully performed in Portland in 34
Instances, in all of which the patient
has been made fully ten years young
er in vitality and general good spirits.
This was announcerd yesterday fol
lowing a series of experimental oper
ations performed by Dr. M. G. Mc-
r-n . i .
period of ten months. Each of the 34
operations. It was declared yesterday
nan proved successful in rejuvenating
me patient.
me operations have not been con
fined to men alone: Kfvnn u,r,mn
hiving undergone the gland trans
planting and receiving benefit, it was
announced.
Great Future Is Predicted.
Th. ,
uciauuns nave all proved so
successful that Dr. McCorkle yester
day predicted a great future for the
gland operation method of ma Irlnt.
v,.u icei jouns and the vnnni?
icei gay.
I have so much confidence in the
results of my experiments that I con
sider the gland operation, discovered
few years ago by a Chicacro nhv.i.
cian, to be one of the medical achieve
ments of the ge." he declared. "I
also believe that this work will prove
one of the big fields for medical de
velopment and activity of the near
ruiure.
Dr. McCorkle said that he Minn.H
to go east and confer with other pio
neers in experimentation, with tho
goat gland operation. This, he said.
would givs him a chance to comnare
notes with some of the best authori
ties. During the coming winter, he
said, he intended introducing a large
numoer oi tnc patients who had un
dergone his operation, to the lnr-ai
medical society.
Anastheaia Is Only Local.
The operation, as it has been tier.
formed during tlese series of experi
ments, is a simple one and i
under only local anasthesia. There is
but little pain involved for the pa
tient and the immediate after-effects
are not of a serious ohrr-ti- r,-
McCorkle said.
ane experiments which Dr. Mc
Corkle has been performing for the
last several months have meant an
outlay of about $7000 with no return.
as all the operations were performed
free of charge. (The expense Includ-
ea ine purcnase or about 300 goats,
which were cared for under the phy
sician's directions, to insure the
greatest cleanliness and health of the
animals. The physician announced
yesterday that the most important
part of the operation is to get prop
erly prepared and fresh glands,
In this particular case, the Angora
goat was the "goat" of the operation.
The selection of the type of animal
was made because goats are immune
to many diseases that attack man
kind, including tuberculosis. The use
of monkey glands, which has been
practiced by some eastern physicians,
was said to Invite the risk of trans
ferring disease
Glands Expected to Live Years.
Dr. McCorkle said yesterday that
the goat glands, judging from experi
ments which ha had made in the ex
amination of patients who had under
gone the operation, would last for
years, presumably the natural life of
a goat, which is 18 years. After the
gland had ceased to be of value it
could be replaced by another, he said.
"These glands may be absorbed in
a year's time," he said, "but some im
plantations of five and six months'
time after operation show atrophy to
such a small extent that one would
be justified in stating that they would
last for years. However, the benefits
are so marked and the inconvenience
of the operation so slight that, even if
they last only a few months, every
person operated on will be a re
peater." In speaking of the benefits Dr. Mc
Corkle declared that the patients
showed remarkable improvement in
boili their mental and physical condi
tions. Patients formerly morose and
worried regain their spirits and face
life with a new outlook, he said. In
addition, patients with extremely high
blood pressure have bad almost un
believable reductions in pressure and
their .various organs function more
normally.
All Women Patients 45 to 4$.
Of the seven operations performed
upon women all the patients averaged
from 45 to 48 years and a number
were suffering from nervousness and
other women's illnesses. In each case.
Dr. McCorkle said, there was a notice
able benefit from operation.
The men who were operated on all
ranged In age from 61 to 74 years.
Dr. McCorkle said '.hat it was a con-
lUoacludcd pn Pace 4, Column li
Mothers I'ly to Scene and Excite
ment Rises to Fever Heat.
Workers Leave Shipyards.
BELFAST, Aug. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Serious rioting broke
out in Belfast tonight, during which
there was considerable shooting and
some incendiarism. A number of
wounded persons were taken to hos
pitals. The rioting originated in a report
that Nationalists yesterday atoned
children leaving the Comber - street
national school at Ballymacaet, a Bel
fast suburb. Robert Caldwell, princi
pal of the school, denied that the
pupils were attacked.
As the rcpo'rt spread, mothers flew
to the scene, and the excitement, al
ready inflamed by tho Lisburn event.
rose to fever heat. Word reached
the shipyards and main- workers left
in a mood for the events that fol
lowed. The authorities banned a
meeting which the carpenters' execu
tive had called at the suggestion of
headquarters in England to consider
the question of expelled Sinn Fein
workers.
LONDON, Aug. 26. Terence Mac
Sweeney, mayor of Cork, despite two
serious collapses last night, due to
his critical condition resulting from
his hunger strike in Brixton prison,
was brighted this morning when vis
ited by Father Don-inick, his personal
chaplain. He was too weak to speak
more than a few words, however.
It was officially slated today that
13 policemen were injured, none seri
ously, during last night's disturb
ances outside Brixton prison, when a
crowd engaged in a free fight with
the police.
OFFICER GETSNEW POST
Commartdcr at Fort Wright Is Or
dered to Camp Icwis.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 26. Brigadier-General
George B. Duncan,
commandant of Fort George Wright,
near here, has been ordered to leave
September 1 for Camp Lewis to as
sume command of a brigade of the
fourth division recently transferred
to Camp Lewis under the recent army
reorganization . plans, according to
announcement today at Fort Wright.
During the late war General Duncan
was a member of General Pershing's
staff and later commanded a brigade
of the first division and also the 87tu
division. Colonel Americus Mitchell,
now executive officer at Fort Wright,
will succeed General Duncan here
FLORIDA COUNTY LEADS
Growth in Population Since 1910
Is 258.1 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S. Dade
county, Florida, containing the city
of Miami, leads all counties in the
United States of which population
thus far has, been announced in its
rate of growth during the last ten
years.
It now has more than three and
one-half times the population it had
in 1910, its percentage of increase
having been
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTiRDArs Maximum temperature, 71
degrees; minimum, 65; part cloudy.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer.
oreifrn.
Many are wounded In Belfast rlotins
Pago 1.
Russian reserves being; brought np on
battis front of Poland. Page 4.
National.
Prices start downward move, says federal
reserve board. Page 2.
Politics.
Secretary of State Colby proclaims
na-
Uonal woman suffrage. Page 1.
Cox discharges his promised thunderbolt
against republican managers. Page' 1.
Burleson declared to have blocked postal
pay Increases by shifting offici&.sl
Page 4.
Mrs. Catt tells Oregon suffragists to cele
brate. Page 10.
Cox charge of $50,000 Portland levy false,
says Oregon republican leader. Page L
Joy of suffragists dampened by Colby.
Page 6.
Leading European statesmen look to Hard
ing to clear league situation. Pago 1.
Hampton Roads $41,000,000 scandal re
called by F. IX Roosevelt's economy
promises. Page 4.
Republican executive committee of state to
meet Tuesday. Page 14.
Books will show up Cox, declares Hays.
Page 1.
Zomeitie.
Plumb says distance from coast to New
Tork Increased 1000 mllcjs by rail In
creases. Page 3.
James Wilson, former secretary of agri
culture, dies. Pagb 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Oregon girl named in 40,0O0 heart balm
suit. Page 1.
Soldier aid fund of state Is scant. Page 7.
Sparing of forest to preserve scenic beauty
receives approval. Page 6.
Sport..
Eilthelda Blelbtrey lowers Olympic mark in
300-meter swim. Page 12.
Aggie football prospects are doused in
gloom. Page 12.
Coast league results: Portland 3, Vernon
1; Seattle 3. Oakland 2; Los Angeles 5,
Salt Lake U: San Francisco 3. Sacra
mento 1. Page 12.
Dempsey and Miske settle down to earnest
training. Page 13.
Dr. Willing loses Gearhart title when
Nicol proves winner. Page IS.
Commercial and Marine.
Wholesale commodity prices continue to
show downward trend. Page 21.
Export demand Is slow and wheat bids
from anroaa are lower. f-age 21.
Railway stocks and bonds are strong
and higher. Page 21.
Oregon-Pacific company wins agency for
Holland-American line. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
John M. Jones named Portland postmaster.
Page 5.
Thirty-four goat-gland operations per
formed in Portland. Page 1.
Teachers resigning without giving due
notice may lose certificates. Page 10.
Tariffs on lumber to be discussed at Port
land conference. Page 11.
Travel on decline first day of fare in.
creases. Page 20.
Dairymen s head testifies league benefits
uulk consumers, face 14,
National Ratification An
nounced Officially.
SIGNING OF DOCUMENT SIMPLE
Suffrage Leaders Disappoint
ed by, Not Seeing Act.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
becretary
Daty
of State in Performing
Predicts New Era
, in Politics.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Without
pomp or ceinnony. Secretary Colby
today signed the. proclamation de
claring the woman suffrage amend
ment "to :iil Intents and purposes a
part of the constitution of the United
States." The secretary's signature was
affixed to the proclamation at his
home at 8 A. M., a few hours after he
had received from Governor Roberts of
Tennessee the certificate that final
favorable action had been taken by
the legislature.
The quiet manner in which Mr.
Colby acted was a disappointment to
some suffrage workers who Had
hoped to make a ceremony of his act.
but they contented themselves with
their own jubilation ceremonies, in
cluding a mass meeting tonight. They
united in statements that nothing
now can be done to prevent the
women from voting in November.
I". . Seal Is Affixed.
"The seal of the United States has
been duly affixed to the certificate
and the suffrage amendment is now
the 19th amendment to the constitu
tion." Secretary Colby announced.
A desire to avoid the limelight and
to prevent arousing the feeling among
suffrage workers as to whom thould
be present prompted the quiet setting.
Mr. Colby explained also that hi3
"only purpose was to pursue a slfrffflc
duty."
Mr. Colby was awakened at 3:15
A. M. by a state department employe,
who notified him that the Tennessee
certification had arrived. The sec
retary then'callcd F. K. Neilsen. de
partment solieitor to examine the
Tennessee papers, also instructing
the solicitor to bring the proclama
tion to the secretary's home at 8
o'clock. -Undue
Kanierncss Avoided.
"While It was my thought," the ,
secretary explained later, "to avoid
undue eagerness in signing the proc
lamation, I found no reason to loiter
conspicuously. I had an aversion to
sign in the wee small hours of the
night and 8 A. M., I thought, was
the earliest hour 1 would begin the
function."
When he reached the department
the secretary found several members
of the national woman's party, headed
by its chairman, Alice Paul, awaiting
to witness the signing. Their disap
pointment was not concealed when
it was learned that he had acted and
tho secretary's later invitation that
they hear a statement was declined.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president
of the national American Woman
I OUl iraj,C aaBULLitvu, ov -.. w - -
suffrage workers, however, accepted.
Statement Is Issued.
Secretary Colby's statement, which,
was read to the suffrage leaders gath
ered in his office, follows:
"The certified record of the actios
of the legislature of the state of Ten
nessee on tho suffrage amendment
was received by mail this morning.
Immediately on its receipt the record
was brought to my house. This was
in compliance with my directions end
In accordance with numerous requests
for prompt action. I thereupon signed
the certificate required of the secre
tary of state this morning at 8 o'clock
In tho presence of F. K. Neilsen, the
solicitor of the state department, and
Charles L. Cook, also of the state de
partment. The seal of the United
States has been duly affixed to the
certificate and the suffrage amend
ment is now the 13th amendment of
the constitution.
"It was decided not to accompany
the simple ministerial action on my
part with any ceremony or setting.
This secondary aspect of the subject
has regretfully been the source of
considerable contention as to who
shall participate in it and who shall
not.
Simplest Methods Followed.
"Inasmuch as I am not inter st-d
in the aftermath of any of the fric
tions or collisions which may have
been developed in the long struggle
for the ratification of the amendment.
I contented myself with the perform
ance in the simplest manner of the
duties devolved upon Hue under the
law.
"I congratulate the women of the
country upon the successful culmina
tion of their efforts which have been
sustained in the face of many dis
couragements, and which hare now
conducted them to the achievement of
that great object.
"The day marks the openiieg of a
great and new era in the political life
of the nation. -1 confidently believe
that every salutary forward and up
ward force in our public life will re
ceive fresh vigor and reinforcement
from the enfranchisement of the
women of the country.
"To the leaders of this great move-
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