VOL. LXI NO. 19,210 Entered at Portland (Oregon i
Postofflce as Second-claps Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1932
.28 PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AMERICA IS HELD
BIG BOOTLEGGER
COURT'S RULING HITS
STATE'S ROAD PLANS
HIGHWAY . COMMISSION IS
SUES FORMAL STATEMENT.
II
TAID1NG
DANGER SIGHTED IN ,
DIVORCE OF ROADS
SCHOOLGIRLS GIVE.
FINE RADIO CONCERT
SPID ARTIST
NORTH DAKOTA JOINS
WEST'S WHEAT BODY
NE TO MEET
U.S. CAPITAL
ICU
ber MUCH
DRAWS TO MUSIC
CEXTRAL-SOTJTHERX PACIFIC
UNION IS DEFENDED.
PICKED CHORUS DELIGHTS
THE OREGONIAN FANS.
COAST CO-OPERATIVE GROW
ERS STRENGTHENED.
n
U. S. Ships' Declared
Wettest on Ocean.
BREWER NOTIFIES HARDING
August A. Busch Encloses
Copy of Wine List.
LAW DEFIANCE CHARGED
Government Said to Ignore Its
Own Statutes and to Pave Way
for Other Offenders.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14. A letter
charging the United States Is "in
comparably the biggest bootlegger
In the world," written by August A.
Busch, president of Anheuser Busch,
Inc., while en route to Europe
aboard the steamship George Wash
ington, and which has been for
warded to President Harding, was
made public here today, together
with an accompanying letter by
Adolphus Busch III, his son. A
third letter by Anheuser Busch, Inc.,
addressed to members of congress,
requests an investigation into the
enforcement department of the gov
ernment in relation to the prohibi
tion act.
The letter of August A. Busch,
addressed to his associates, says in
part:
"We are now approaching the
coast of France. As this vessel is
operated by the United States ship
ping board, I was amazed to learn
that the shipping board vessels are
the 'wettest on tte ocean.'
Guarantee Is Given.
"I learn that passage on these
ships has been sold with a positive
money-back guarantee that the bars
for the eale of Intoxicating liquors
will be thrown wide open as soon
as they pass the three-mile coast
line.
"This makes the United States
Incomparably the biggest bootlegger
in the world. , "
"Two reasons I believe should im
pel us to bring this information to
the attention of the president axe
that the chief executive .Is charged
with the duty of defending the con
stitution and taking care that the
laws are faithfully executed and
should bo informed of t,his fact.
"As manufacturers of legal pro
ducts we have been forced for mora
than two years to meet unfair and
unlawful competition in practically
very town and city In the United
States. For the United States to set
aside its constitution and laws, in
the operation of its own business
enterprises, Increases our difficul
ties manyfold. because it encourages
violators of law to renewed and'
greater activity.
Profit Declared Object.
"I understand that the shipping
board has brought to the notice of
high officials of the government the
fact that it could not compete on
the high seas with the ships of
other nations and obey the consti
tution and the Volstead act." And
either by direct or Indirect means
the shipping board is permitted to
do In the dark that which It is il
legal to do In order that it may
make money. . . .
"We should submit to the presi
dent that the government's tolera
tion of the violation of the law by
the shipping board is proof that
prohibition laws as now written are
either impractical and non-enforceable,
or are being disregarded de
liberately. . ; ,
"The fact that citizens of the
United States would not buy passage
on ships of the United States so long
as the Volstead act was operative
upon these ships gives us a real
sentiment of a considerable part of
the American people with respect
to prohibition and we believe that
a great majority desire a modifica
tion of the Volstead act. . . .
Son Writes to President.
The letter of Adalophus Busch III,
which accompanied the letter of his
father to the president, writing from
this city under the date of June 8,
1922, says in part:
"1 am transmitting herewith a
letter we have just received from
my father, August A. Busch, presi
dent of Anheuser Busch, Inc., writ
ten on board the United States
steamship George Washington. A
copy of the wine list enumerating
Intoxicating liquor of every char
acter is enclosed for your Informa
tion. "Because it is axiomatic that Amer
ican ships wherever they float are
American territory and under the
jurisdiction of the laws of the United
States, the government's liquor pol
icy regarding the ships of the United
States shipping board constitute a
violation of the constitution and the
Volstead act in at least three im
- portant respects:
"As American sovereignty follows
the flag it Is a violation of the con
stitution and the enforcement act
for the government to sell intoxi
cating liquors or permit its sale on
board any ship of the United States
anywhere in the world. It is a vio
lation of the constitution and the
tOonciuded on Pace 13, Column L)
Ban on Vse of Market Funds for
Oregon's Main Traffic Arter- '
ies Is Deplored.
SALEM, Or., June 14. (Special.)
The decision of Judge Kelly of
Marion county, " in the west, side
highway case, in Polk county, in
which he held that market money
cannot be used on a state highway,
may prove a great hindrance to the
entfre road programme of the state,
according to a statement issued by
the state highway commission this
afternoon.
"This not only hinders the road
programme in Folk, but in various
counties," the statement - declared;
"A prominent case In point is in
Lane county, wliere the citizens
voted a 2,000,000 bond Issue, but
did not provide any part of -the
bond issue for doing the work le
gally required by the county in tlje
Pacific highway, but appropriated
it to roads mostly lateral to the
Pacific highway or other market
roads. It - necessarily followed,
therefore, in doing the part that
the law required the county to do,
they would be hindered or prevent
ed at least for another year in fin
ishing the work on the Pacific high
way through the county, unless they
could use the market funds. The
same thing occurs in several of the
counties of the state."
. In Oregon, the highway officials
pointed out, practically the entire
system of state highways are mar
ket roads. "It will prove a great
embarrassment to the counties, if
they are not' permitted to use the
market road money on the state
system," it was declared in the
statement. :
In the matter of improvement ot
that part of the west side highway
in Polk county, the commissioners
are of the unanimous opinion that
it should be hurried to completion
as soon as possible. Kegret was
expressed that the controversy so
long delayed action.
The statement concludes that "it
becomes very important in the work
of the highway commission to know
whether the interpretation of the
law given by Judge Kelly would be
sustained by the Bupreme court, and
If sustained by the higher court,
whether it would remain the law of
the state or be modified by the
coming legislature. Until this is de
termined the highway work will be
handicaped, both for counties and
state."
KING RECEIVES MASONS
Ex-Vice-Fresident Marshall and
Party Visit Emmanuel.
ROME, June 14. King Victor
Emmanuel today received Thomas
R. Marshall, ex-vice-president of
the. United States, and a large group
of Scottish Rite Masons who had
been attending the congress of the
supreme' Masonic lodge at Lausanne.
With Mr. Marshall were John
Cowles and Leon Abbott, grand
commanders;" Baron Smith, ex-commander,
and Representatives in
Congress Treadway and King.
Victor Emmanuel questioned the
Americans regarding their trip and
expressed himself as delighted they
were able to . visit Italy.
LYNCH M0J3JS FOILED
Jackson, Mich., Citizens Again
Fail to Get Slayer.
LAXSING, Mich:, June 14. A sec
ond attempt by a number of Jack
son citizens to seize George Straub,
alleged confessed slayer of Miss
Alice Mallett, a Jackson welfare
worker, was frustrated here tonight
by state and local police.
A score of automobiles left Jack
son about 11 o'clock for Mason,
carrying men and some women, who
declared their intention was to seize
George Straub, who is alleged to
have confessed to the slaying of
Miss Alice Mallett last Thursday
night.
VICTORY NOTES ARE DUE
Interest to Cease Today on All
S Per Cent Securities.
WASHINGTON, X. C, June 14.
Interest on all Z per cent victory
notes will cease tomorrow, and all
these securities should be pre
sented for payment. Secretary Mel
lon stated tonight.
To date approximately $140,000,
000 of these obligations have been
redeemed, leaving about $240,000,000
of the notes outstanding.
QUINTUPLETS ARE BORN
Louisiana Woman Gives Birth to
Five Children at Once.
MONROE,- La., June 14. Five
children were born to Mrs. Willard
Prestage, wife of a farmer of the
Old Floyd neighborhood, 60 miles
northeast of Monroe, according to
word -received here today.
Five years ago, she became the
mother of triplets.
CARFARE CUT IN CHICAGO
Seven-Cent Rate Goes Into Effect
on Surface Lines.
CHICAGO, June , 14. A 7-cent
cash fare, with three tickets for 20
cents, went into effect on the Chi
cago surface lines tonight.
The reduction from the present
S-cent fare was ordered some time
ago by the United States district
court.
North Dakota Senator
Faces Hard Fight:
ELECTION ALMOST HERE
Finance Chairman Stays on
Washington Job. ' v
FOE BUSY ON GROUND
Some Advantage May Be Gained
by High Position on Commit- ,
tees and Tariff Stand.,
BY MARK, SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1922, by New York Evening
Post, Inc. Published bv arranarftmentl
WASHINGTON, D. C June 14.
(Special.) Things are breaking
badly for Senator McCumber of
North natrnta T h - -
determinjs his fate will be held onel
week from next Tuesday. McCum-
oer nas relied upon the same method
of campaigning as , Senator New of
Indiana. He has stayed here in
Washington, working-hard at his
duties as chairman of the finance
committee, while his" opponent is
busy on the ground.
One of the . thine-s whir-h tut..
Cumber undoubtedly must have be-
neveo. would nelp him Is his sol
diers' bonus bill. It was Mmnhr
who first introduced that proposal
a little more than a year ago and
who pressed it to such a noint Hunt
the other republican leaders who
were opposed to it became a. litt.ls
panicky. In order to hold off this
old McCumber soldier bonus bill at
that time, the other lenders ap
pealed to Secretary Mellon and got
from him a letter in whinh he airt
that the treasury was not in a posi
tion to pay the money.
President Answers Plea.
This letter, however. Droved in
sufficient and Within a. fero J...
the senate leaders w're nhiiroq
ask President Harding to come to
ice senate in person. He did sd and
delivered a public address in which
ne said that the state of the treas
ury would not permit of a soldiers'
bonus at that time. It was . this
action that killed McCumber's first
bonus bill 11 months ago." That- it
was deeply disanDointinir tn Tjfn.
Cumber was apparent at the time.
mow within two weeks of his pri
mary election McCumber's second
bonus bill is drifting into a situa
tion where it must be eauallv rlinnn-
pointing to him and cannot tin him
much good in, the primary. It has
been .made known that President
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Asked to Take No Action Till
Hearing Can Be Held.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. The
San Francisco chamber of commerce
tonight telegraphed to the inter
state commerce commission at
Washington requesting that no
action be taken by that body on
the recent dissolution decision of
the supreme court of the United
States in the case- of the Central
Pacific and Southern Pacific lines
until a public hearing can be had
to determine sentiment in the terri
tory served by the Southern Pacific
company. "
- The telegram follows:
"Hon. Charles C. McChord, chair
man interstate commerce commis
sion, Washington, D. C:
"It is the conviction of the busi
ness community of northern and
southern California that the dis
memberment of the Central Pacific
and Southern Pacific lines would be
fin irreparable calamity to the ship
ping public. Our chamber has ap
pointed a statewide committee on
the subject and collected consider
able data. Many organizations in
the interior , of the state have signi
fied their desire' to be heard and
are co-operating with us and we be
lieve public sentiment will be prac
tically unanimous. We trust that
a hearing will be held at your ear
liest convenience.
"SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, ,
"Wallace M. Alexander, Pres."
GIRL, 12, IS GRADUATE,
Minnie Keiser to Enter Street
Home High School in Fall.
SWEET HOME, Or., June 14.
Special.) Minnie TCeiser, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keiser
of this place, will be the youngest
scholar to enter the Sweet Home
High school in the fall. She is 12
years old and has just passed the
eighth-grade examination. Though
having finished only the seventh
grade, she was permitted to take
the test on account of her high
scholarship record.
A sister, Dorothy, also passed the
eighth-grade test. Another sister,
Mrs. L. T. Horner, of Pleasant Val
ley Is music instructor.in -the Sweet
Home school. v
GERMANS TO PAY TODAY
Government Ready to Meet Its
Monthly Obligation.
PARIS, June 14. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The German govern
ment notified the reparations com
mission today that it would pay the
regular monthly installment ."of
50,000,000 gold marks tomorrow
the date fixed for this payment.
The commission, it was announced.
wiflKsend another note to Germany
requesting further minor improve
ments is the budget and in the
arrangements for financial reforms.
COMING DOWN TO EARTH.
Polytechnic Students Entertain
Audiences, Assisted by Salem
and Portland Soloists.
Thirty school girls, as intensely
interested in the radio apparatus
as they were in their singing, and
visibly impressed by the marvel of
broadcasting, sang with all their
hearts last night in The Oregonian
radio tower. The chorus was a
picked one from the Girls' Poly
technic school chorus of 125 voices.
The concert wras directed by Min-
netta Mjagers.
The fact that their voices were
being carried out to all the Pacific
northwest Inspired the singers and
their enthusiasm did much to make
the concert the success which hun
dreds of appreciative listeners de
clared ItJo be.
Every member of tlie chorus who
was not singing, and the parents
and friends of all members sought
radio receiving stations. . Because a
number of soloists and artists on the
programme were from Salem large
radio parties were held there, and
similar parties were held in a dozen
different towns nearby: making the
concert one of the biggest radio at
tractions ever offered in Portland.
Most of 'the Portland receiving
stations were crowded to capacity
and nearly all homes where small
sets are owned were scenes of
parties. J. B. Weed, manager of the
Shipowners' Radio service, superin
tended the broadcasting and had
The Oregonian set in excellent
working order, so that no difficulty
was experienced in hearing the mu
sic.
Only . few minutes after the pro
gramme had been started a S. Bart
on of Salem called by long distance
and said the music was being re
ceived clearly there and that many
Salem folk were listening. Calls
from other towns were received at
various times during the concert
and everyone- seemed to be hearing
plainly. It was declared one of the
most successful programmes The
Oregonian has yet broadcast.-
Besides the chorus music, the pro
gramme included vocal solos by
Frederick L. Boynton, Laura Hud
son, Leon Jennison of Salem, Mil
dred Pratt, Florence Warmouth and
Minnie Schaller Dickman. Piano
solos were played by Margaret Notz
and Ruth Bedford of Salem, and
Miss Margaret Laugh ton played a
flute solo and an obllgato.
The complete programme follows:
GlrlB' Polytechnic school chorus Min-
netta Magers, director; Eva Pittman
at the piano. a) "La Spagitola" (Di
Chiara); (b) "Cradle Song" Brahma).
Tenor solos Frederick L. Boynton: Eva
Pittman at the piano, (a) "Allah Give
Ms Mine" (Roma): (b) "A Little Bit
o' Honey" (Bond).
Soprano solo Laura Hudson of Alaska,
member of the Girls' Polytechnic chorus.
"From the Land ox the Sky Blue Water"
(Cadman).
Girla' Polytechnic school chorus (a)
"Will o' the Wisp" (Cherry).
Girls' quartet "I Love a Lassie."
Thelma Hay at the piano.
Baritone solos Leon Jennison, Salem;
Myrtle Knowland at the piano. "Come to
the Fair" (Martin); "Duna" (McGlll).
Pianolsolos Ruth Bedford. Salem, (a)
"Fragment" (Haberbier); (b) "Sequi
dllla." Soprano solos Mildred Pratt, Portland;
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Chopin Leads to Picture
of Mother at Cradle.
LISZT WORKS DIFFERENTLY
"Liebestraurn" Provokes
Vision of Cyclonic Embrace.
GAS MAN ALSO PAINTER
Exhibitor at Spirit Art Show Says
His Control Is Austrian Who
- Lived 1824-75.
NEW YORK, June 14. (Special.)
A new angle to the problem of
spirit; painting developed today at
the Anderson gallery show, where
the alleged work of dead artists, ac
complished through the passive
hand of the living, is being shown.
Mrs. Mary B. Sawtell. a teacher,
has discovered that when she hears
music her hand begins to swing rap
Idly over the surface of the table
on which she is resting. If there
happens to be a pencil in it and a
piece of paper underneath the re
sult Is a rhythmic drawing.
Scriabie is the artist whose mu
sic most strongly inspires Mrs. Saw
tell. Her drawings have something
of the stark simplicity and power
of a Rodin cartoon.
Normally, Mrs. Sawtell is a teach
er who. had dabbled in water colors
and oils as a pastime. She began
her automatic drawing after her
husband's death. -
. . Artistic Sense Disavowed.
"I am the most commonplace, ord
fiiary person in the world," said
Mrs. Sawtell, "and my susceptibil
ity to music is only the ordinary
person's love of it. I am quite unable
to appreciate the beauties of Scrla
bine until they have been pointed
out to me. -
"When the music begins my hand
begins. .When the music stops my
hand stops. I am conscious of a
clean break between this and my or
dinary work. The drawings are made
m from three to five minutes.
' "They come upside down and side
ways, so that my friend and I have
to turn them around until they seem
to make something. Then we fix and
mount them." - -
A curious feature" of Mrs. Sawtell's
work is that the music of any other
pianist, but her friend, Miss Kath
erine Ruth Heyman, a well-known
New York pianist, does not inspire
her.
Cyclonic Embrace Depicted.
The regular procedure is for Miss
Heyman to sit down at the piano
and, play whatever comes into her
minfl, without telline- Mrs Rawtoli
the name of her choice. The char
acter of the drawings varies accord
ing to the identity of the composer.
Among those shown were delicate
wistful sketches done while hearing
DeBussy.
One, a drawing of a cyclonic
embrace of two rather indefinite
figures, was suggested by the Liszt i
Liebestraurn." These are in stronir
contrast to the somber, 'heavv lines
o !.- . """" "nes
of the Seriabine-inspired drawings. '
Huge muscular torsos writhe in a I
struggle with the elements. I
Perhaps the most striking of all I
is a sketch of a woman rocking a
cradle. It was done to the Chopin
prelude in E major. ' Ultra sim
plified In form and rhythmic in out
line, it seems to have a strange
inner significance. It mieht well
be used to illustrate a storv hv
Sherwood Anderson. .
Gas Man Gets Bee.
Another new contributor to the
exhibition, which will be kept open
another week in response to numer
ous demands, is Charles Epworth
of Brooklyn, a dealer in gas aoDli-
ances: Mr, Epworth in his SDara
time has been responsible for several
inventions. He is handy with a
ruler and compass. His drawings
have a precision and regularity
which suggest that he has carried
his wordly taste over into his spirit
life. .
Mr. Epworth said that during the
war he tried to use the ouija board.
uui. wiLuuui success. Alter his
mother' died a month "or so ago, he
suddenly heard knockings on the
wall of a. closet .where the ouija
board . was kept. He took it out
and received instructions to go in
for spirit drawings. ' ,
Druggists who were filling pre
scriptions for Mr. Epworth were
declared by the spirits to be sup
plying him with inferior stuff. They
demonstrated their knowledge of
20th century conditions by telling
him to go to a drug store which
was situated "under the elevated
railway." .
Austrian Control at Work.
The artist who guides the hand"
of this latest convert to spirit draw
ing is Joseph Selleny, an Austrian,
famous at the court of Franz Josef.
'At first," said Mr. Epworth,-'!
had no idea who Joseph Selleny
might be. I was told to go and
look him up In the public library.
Here I found that he lived from 1824
to 1S75 in Meidling, near Vienna and
was president of the Vienna art
league."
Epworth Is a middle-aged man.
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Association Controlling 10,000,
000 to 15,000,000 Bush
els Is Admitted.
The North Dakota Wheat Grow
ers' association, which controls be
tween 10.000,000 and 15,000,000
bushels of wheat, has joined the
Northwest Wheat Growers assocl-
j ated. Arrangements for the inclu
sion of the North Dakota organiza
tion were concluded at a meeting
of the board oftrustees of the
Northwest Wheat Growers associ
ation just held in this city.
George E. Duis, manager of -the
North Dakota association,' repre
sented that state at the meeting,
which authorized the sone agree
ment admitting the state to the
coast co-operative establishment.
The agreement, as approved by the
Northwest's attorneys, was accept
able to all the state representatives
and awaits only ratification , by
North Dakota and Peclfic coast
association boards of directors as
a final, detail. The northwest or
ganization includes the state grain
associations of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana. ,
"Needless to say we are all more
than pleased with the new arrange
ment," said Walter J. Robinson,
manager of the Wasnington-Idaho
Wheat Growers' association. "It
means greater power for the asso
ciations toward stabilizing wheat
prices, the opportunity to provide
even better facilities than 'we had
during the last year at a less ex
pense and a more stable organiza
tion throughout. We appreciate the
fact that the North Dakota organ
ization enters as one of the biggest
of the state associations; that it has
chosen officers competent in their
work, and that it has been carefully
and conscientiously put under way."
The North Dakota and Montana
organizations . -will market their
wheat in the east and in order to
take care of ' their business the
Northwest Wheat Growers associ
ated will establish a sales office at
Minneapolis.
WOMAN QUELLS BURGLAR
-
Ex-Member of Police' Force Too
Much for Day Prowler.
-LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 14.
Mrs. Ella A. Glfford, formerly a
policewoman In Salt Lake City,
found, a man ransacking her apart
ment here today. She threw him
down and held him until neighbors
responded to her calls.
The prisoner gave his name as
Ernest H. Utley at police headquar
ters, and, according to the police,
said he was a deserter from the
United States army. He was held
on a charge of burglary.
BLACKS WANT NEW TOWN
Negroes Would Incorporate Sec
tion of Tulsa, .Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., June 14.
A petition signed by more than
2000 Tulsa negroes, asking that a
special election be called to permit
them to vote on withdrawing their
section of Tulsa and incorporating
it as a new town, was presented
today to Governor Robertson.
The petition was not in proper
form and was returned for correc
tion before being considered.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
70 degrees; minimum, 53 degrees,
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign,
Members of Pekin cabinet appointed.
Page 8.
Russian predicts fall of soviet Page 18.
Delegates agree on Ireland is report.
Page 3.
National.
Senator' McCumber has hard fight la
North Dakota. Page 1.
"Francis Scott Key memorial unveiled.
Page .
Domestic.
Busch family tells president America is!
greatest bootlegger. Page 1.
Shrinera choose Washington, D. C, for
next convention. Page 1.
Gothamlte called worst hick of all
Page 26.
Labor fcants curb on supreme court.
Page 4.
Cabinet official lauds President Harding.
Page 2.
Inspired rtist draws to music. Page I.
San Francisco business men oppose
divorce of railroad systems. Page 1.
Father of girl wizard ex-convict. Page 12.
Pacifie Nerthwest. .
State's road plans hit by court ruling.
Page 1.
Sports.
Programme for state golf championships
completed. Page IT.
Pacific coast league results: At San Fran
cisco 4, Portland 1; at Sacramento S,
Vernon 1; at Los Angeles 7, Seattle 3;
at Salt Lake, Oakland game post
poned. Page M.
Jess Willard announces willingness to
light Dempsey. Page 15.
Cleveland defeats Boston, 3-0. Page le.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon grain crops greatly benefited by
recent rains. Page 2S.
Wheat higher at Chicago, owing to crop
damage reports. Page 26.
Mexicans strongest features of bond ma
ket. Page 21.
Great river pageant will feature open
ing day of Rose Festival. Page 17.
State board of arbitration shelves long
. shore trucking issue. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Flag day is observed vin Portland.
Page 4.
Carnivals and traveling shows to be
barred after January 1. Page 19.
North Dakota wheat growers admitted
to northwest association. Page h
Present no time for retrenchment In
schools, says Dr. Rebec. Page 2S.
Masons dedicate new home for needy at
Forest Grove. Page 13.
Oregon citizen soldiers begin summer
training today. Page 5.
Site for Roosevelt statue now issue.
Page 12.
Warriors of west hold 62d reunion.
page 12.
School girls give fine radio concert.
. Page 1. ' '
Charge that business here Is diverted to
- rival' ports Ir domed. - Fags 4,
Washington Chosen for
1923 Convention.
MR. M'CANDLESS HONORED
Honolulu Man Elected New
Imperial Potentate.
ONE OFFICE CONTESTED
Earl Mills of Des Moines Wins
Place as Grand Outer Guard
Over John Fouche.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14.-
Washington, D. C, was chosen to
day by the imperial council of thai
Order of the Mystic Shrine for its
next meeting place. The' council
also re-elected two trustees for the
Shriners' hospitals for crippled chil
dren. They were W. Freeland Ken
drick of Philadelphia and Dr. Oscar
M. Landstrum ot Helena, Mont.
A human river of - color, even
more barbarically gay under the
glow of electricity than by daylight,
flowed through the streets of San,
Francisco tonight, the Shriners' wel
come to the election of James S. Mc
Candless of Honoium as imperial
potentate of the order.
Scores of bands and Arab patrols
dressed in the bright-hued oriental
garb that has become the most fa
miliar part of downtown San Fran
cisco scenery the last few days
briskly marched their way through
banked masses of spectators to
highly American music and Amer
ican songs. .
Parade Is Duplicated.
The procession was practically
a duplicate of the opening parade
yesterday morning, but the sky fUt
nally cleared and left the rain a"nJ
"unusually" damp fog, merely a rec
ollection.
Most of the bands and patrols weTfl)
out of town today while the inn
perial council went through part ot
its business, electing imperial offiH
cers and hearing committee reports.
There was only one contest, thxea
men being in the race for gra-nd
outer guard, the lowest rung of thei
ladder that leads from this poind;
without further struggle to thai
rank of Imperial potentate.. Earl
Mills of Za Ga Zig temple of. Desj '
Moines won the honor over John,
Fouche of Alhambra temple, Chan
tanooga, Terai., and E. J. Scoonovet!
of Murat temple, Indianapolis, Ind,
Mills was chosen on the first ballot
and the election then was madei
unanimous.
Mr. Dykeman Elevated.
Conrad V. Dykeman of Kismet
temple. Brooklyn, N. Y., succeeded
McCandless as imperial deputy po
tentate. The two officers who have
handled the business administration
of the Shrine for many years were
re-elected. They were William S.
Brown of - Syria temple, Pittsburg,
Pa,, and Benjamin W. Howell of
Aleppo ' temple, Boston, imperial
treasurer andi imperial recorder, re
spectively. Other Imperial officers
were advanced on grade.
The report of the board of trus
tees of the Shrine-re' hospitals for
crippled children occupied most of
the rest of the day.
Tomorrow applications for new
temples will be considered. Many
imperial representatives said that
probably only a few, if any, of the
nine cities applying would receive
charters.
Hilarity in Full Blast
Where the threat of rain yester
day seemed to put a slight- damper
on the enthusiasm of the many
thousands of nobles of the mystic
shrine gathered here for their an
nual merrymaking, tonight nothing
held them back and fancy and in
tricate drills, impromptu bits of
hilarous practical joking, hastily
improvised humorous songs and '
various kinds of new spectacular ef
fects kept up in never ending suc
cession. '
Right behind the patrol and band
of Islam temple, the host of this
year, came Aloha patrol, fellow no
bles of the new imperial potentate,
carrying spear heads illuminated by
electricity. Fireworks spread color
into the sky and buzzing ail-planes
added a novel touch to the oriental
scene. . ...
A number of patrols which ar
rived too late Po be in yesterday's
opening parade were in uniform to
night, adding their multicolored
oriental garb to the bright stream
that filled the downtown streets for
several miles.
Oakland Is Visited.
Nearly half of the patrols and
bands were guests of Oakland today,
parading through the streets there
and . being taken on .sight-seeing
tours. Most of the others went to
the automobile races at San Carlos,
where they gave fancy drills. To
morrow all the patrols wtll join In
giving a drill exhibition at the
Golden Gate park stadium.
Tomorrow night there will be a
parade of a .different type, a his
torical pageant with, a series oi
floats portraying the part played by
(Concluded on Pag 2, Column 4.1