ti . , ...". : . 7 u J y t. ,.T.J. .; .-- , , . r v SectionOne 98 Pages Eight Sections Pj? i to 24 'I VOL WVfV rt 0- Entered at Portland (Oregon) VA.VIA SVJ. " Pn.-.tomee as Second-CJara Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1920 ERICE TEN CENTS i -a 3 IS SiGjy ALL Each Manager Predicts His Man Will Win. GIFTS POUR ON DELEGATES Candidates' Service . Sta tions Provide Every thing Free. WIVES CAN HAVE NEW HATS League and Industrial Rela tions Planks Are Now in Limelight. CHICAGO, June 5. (By the As sociated Press.) The contest be tween the various aspirants for the republican presidential nomination is momentarily obscured by prelim inary contests over the platform. One is the league of nations plank and the other is the industrial rela tions plank. The latter is acknowl edged to be loaded with dynamite and the former is so surrounded by counter-claims, both that it has been, and that it has not been arranged, that the real truth, of the situation is not apparent. Most of all the practical politi cians, however, were predicting that any coalition of party leaders which presents the successful solution for the league of nations plank will be able to nominate their candidate for the presidency. Indiana Plank in Spotlight. The league of -nations plank in the Indiana state republican platform brought here by Senator Watson, foremost candidate for chairman of the resolutions committee seems to be the nucleus around which the dis cussion is centering and it may pro vide the basis for the agreement. It declares in effect that the repub lican party denounces the league of nations covenant as it was brought from Versailles by President Wilson, but it does not close the door to its acceptance with reservations. At that point the reservationists of various degrees and the irrecon- cilables appear as the elements to be brought into harmony. Most of the party whips seem to be agreed that the convention cannot take any ac tion which could be construed as a v repudiation of the republican leaders Vi the senate. Compromise seems to - inevitable, and the predictions of ' -,e field marshals are that the com- ;omise will .develop the candidate. Leaders in Scrimmage. , , On the sidelines of the big fight there is a scrimmage going on be tween the leaders of the party in congress and the leaders of the party throughout the country. Many of the latter who have come to Chicago openly expressed the feeling that senators and representatives have had too much to say in the decisions (Concluded on Pago 6, Column 1.) Yow W ON- GET fvY Tvo.t tKERtiSE.TiU ATTER TWt C OHM C fSTVO H'S JOHNSON RULES EVEN BET AT PARTY POST WOOD ODDS IyAID AT 1 FOR NOMINATION. TO McAdoo With Favored Wilson of and Democrats Bryan Quoted at 2 0 to 1. T V NEW YORK, June 5. (.Special.) The republican candidates in the bis Chicago 'convention, ' which opens Tuesday, have goxitf to the post with Johnson an evenmoney favorite and Wood leading .JLowden a .bare frac tion; Hoover is fourth chance place, with Hughes trailingamong the dark horses at 51 to 1. A good many shrewd prognosticators in the street believe that Coolidge has a very much better chance than is shown by the odds of 8 to 1 quoted against liim. James W. Ball & Co., No. 67 Exchange Place, air th.e consensus of opinion, or wall street as expressed in the betting, and post the follow ing odds on the leading lepublican candidates, and the odds at the be ginning of the campaign: Post Opening Republican. Odds Odds. Johnson 1 1 8 5 Wood 7 5 2 1 Lowden 8 b 5 1 Harding 8 1 20 1 Butler 10 1 20 1 Hughes 5 1 5 1 Knox 1.10 1 10 1 Coolidge 8 1 15 1 Allen 6 1. 8 1 Davis 7 1 8 1 Ball & Co. likewise ' quoted today these prevailing odds and opening odds against the principal candidates on the democratic ticket: Post Democrat, Odds. Edwards 6 5 McAdoo 1 1 Cox 2 1 Clark 4 1 Wilson 20 1 Bryan 20 1 Marshall 10 1 Opening Odds. 7 5 3 r 3 1 4 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 PROSECUTION IS .ADVISED Action Proposed to Curb Alleged Newsprint Profiteers. WASHINGTON, June 5." Prosecu tion under the Sherman anti-trust and Clayton acts of print paper manufacturers suspected of profiteer ing was recommended today by the senate manufactures subcommittee, which conducted an investigation of the paper situation. The committee furthermore recom mended that should government ef forts to maintain a reasonable price meet with failure a federal news print board be established "to super vise the manufacture and distribu Hon of print paper." GOVERNOR BEEKMAN . UP Rhode Island Executive Suggested for' Vice-President. NEW YORK, June 5. Announce ment was made Tast night that the name of Governor R. L. Beekman of Rhode island would be presented at the republican convention in Chicago for nomination as the party's candi date for the vice-presidency. It was also announced that a cam paign committee had been organized to that end. WILSON RELAPSE DENIED Reports of Turn for Worse De clared to Be Unfounded. PHILADELPHIA, June 5. Reports that President Wilson's condition has taken a turn for the worse were de nied today by Dr. Francis X. Dercum, in this city. The president's health was said to be improving. SLAYER GETS LIFE TERM Michigan Court Imposes Sentence Upon Lloyd Prevost. MOUNT CLBMONS, Mich. .June 5. Life imprisonment at hard labor was the sentence imposed today upon Lloyd Prevost. Prevost yesterday was convicted of killing J. Stanley Brown last De cember. COW ING- 0 1 H 1 ' H 'If III . ' l':l l-i t-T 171 I 1 I .:i II I'sS . V . G-- '' II CONVENTION LEFT WITHOUT LEADER Penrose Unable, to Be Present This Time. CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED Some One to Be Named Soon to Take Command on Floor. CANDIDATES NOT SURE nything Likely to Happen When Session Undertakes Task but All Is TTnccrtain Now. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Post Inc. Published by arrangement.) CHICAGO, June 5. When the news finally came this afternoon that Pen rose would not be here, it carried Implications not merely of his ab sence from the convention but of the passing of that dynasty altogether. One would have supposed that in stantly, there would have been a new chieftain for all eyes to turn to. One would have supposed that an ancient and powerful organization like the republican party would have been studded here and there with ambitious men, trained for the vacant Dost and ready instantly to step into It. But it is not so. Not only an in dividual but a generation has passed, and in the younger generation there are no figures camparable to Penrose in power or personality. Conference to Be Called. What is happening, so far as any thing definite at all is happening, to fill Penrose's place is that informal conferences will be held within the next two or three days to agree upon the generalship of the convention. For the moment, Penrose's feeble strength ebbs along a thousand miles of telephone wire to a room in" the Congress hotel, where his words are received by John T King of Connec ticut and Senator -James Watson of Indiana. If the situation here is chaotic as to leadership, so also is ix cnaotic as to candidates. There is, as 1 nave said, just a faint beginning of coagu lation looking toward leadership; but, as respects the candidates, noth ing grows more definite. There is not a candidate who is confident of win ning; there is not a manager who is confident of winning. There are men scheduled to make nominating speeches who have not any confidence in the success of their candidates; there are men. scheduled to make nominating speeches who are spending today in earnest discus sion looking to the selection of a candidate other than the one they represent. There is no candidate who is adding to the number of his dele gates. One or two candidates must be conscious that their delegates are weakening in loyalty. There is noth ing definite; nothing that takes form. Wood-Lowden KlRht First. j Under these circumstances your correspondent has a strong distaste to share in the predictions that are so common. But it would be reason ably safe to say these things? Somewhere in' the early ballots there is likely to be a tug-of-war be tween Wood and Lowden. In the deciding of that tug-of-war the 984 delegates can be divided, roughly, into four groups. There are about 300 delegates who are, in varying de grees, loyal to Wood. There are about 250 delegates who are, in varying degrees, loyal to Lowden. There are about 250 delegates who compose what may roughly be called the "balance-of-power" group. They (Concluded on Page 3, Column CARTOONIST PERRY -r-7Tr r yy xv zzrr ' , , BATTLE ROYAL TO BE PUT ON IN CHICAGO SENATORS THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE TIMBER. Convention Expected to Be Ended as Quickly as Possible Be cause of Hotel Rates. BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. (Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndicate. Published by Arrangement.) EX ROUTE TO CHICAGO, June 5. (Special.) In a battle royal six or eight men, usually blameless ethlo plans, are set at large in a ring equipped with boxing gloves and urged to fight until the best man wins. Sometimes there Is a general scrimmage. Sometimes all the little fellows pick on the big one as long as he lasts. Anyway, there are side wallops, and wallops on the bias, and punches on the jaw, and belts on the back of the head and even the foul line is seldom scrupulously respected. You may have seen a battle royal. If you have you will have a fairly good idea of what is about to happen at Chicago. If you haven't seen one. the foregoing two paragraphs to some extent will confer upon you the gift of prophecy. In Chicago there are two big ones Wood ajid Johnson and a lot of little ones, including Lowden, Sproul, Coolidge, Kenyon, Beveridge, Allen, Borah, Hughes and all the members (Concluded on Page 21. Column L) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 72 degrees; minimum, 53 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; winds mostly south erly. Departments. Editorial. Section 3, page S. Dramatic. Section 4. page 2. Moving picture news. Section 4, page 4. Real estate and building news. Section 4, page 8. Music. Section 3, page 10. Churches.. Section 0. page 3. Schools. Section 5, page 8. Books. Section 5, page 2. Automobile news. Section 6. Women's atures. Society. Section 3, page 2. Women's activities. Section 4, page 5. , Fashions. Section 5, page 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page Auction bridge. Section 5, page 4. Special Features. Moulding children's minds by play. Maga zine section, page 1. Crimes of the modern Blubeard. Maga zine section, page Woman in the hands of master designers. Magazine section, page 3. World news by camera. Magazine section, paga 4. Admiral Sims' own story. Magazine sec . ,tionr page 5. Is modern American woman too busy to , marry ? Magazine taction, page 6. B. T. Meredith, new secretary ot agri culture. Magazine section, page T. Hill's cartoons, "Among Vb Mortals." Mag. azlne section, page S. Elk lake, where trout want to be caught Section 3. page 11. Nile temple to attend Shrine convention en masse. Section 3. page 12. Prospective "first ladies of the land." Sec tion 5. page 1. Sid&lKhis on the presidential situation. Section 5, page. Sermon by Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara. Sec tion 5. page 8. Thoughts on the week's news by Car toonist Darling. Section o, page 9. GlimDses of the bird world, by G. K. Sykes. Section 5, page 10. Foreign. Attacks by negro troops on German wo men denied. Section 1, page 7. Peace with all is desire of Russia, says Chlcherin. Section 1, page 4. National. Many cities change in population rank ' during last 10 years. Section 1, page 4. New York city's population announced as 5,621.151. Section 1, page 20. Chicago to put on battle royal during con vention. Section 1. page 1. Johnson declares all his delegates will vote for him until released. Section 1, page 3. Scope of campaign probe extended to presi dential activities, section 1, page z. Congress adjourns until December 6. Sec tion 1, page 17. President vetoes 11 bills and resolutions signs 58. Section 1, page 1. Wilson blames high costs of living to con gress. Section 1, page 16. Senate committee recommends-.legal pro ceedings against paper manufacturers. Section 1, page 9. Domestic. Delegate contest decisions completed, with - Lowden getting decided advantage, Section 1. page 1. Johnson rules even-money bet for repub lican nomination. Section 1, page 1. Managers of all candidates join In victory chorus. Section 1. page 1. Mayor Thompson declines re-election as national committeeman. Section 1. page 20. ILLUSTRATES THE VIEWS HE TAKES OF SOME 11 BILLS VETOED; ' PRESIDENT SIGNS 58 INCREASED PAY FOR POSTAL SERVICE APPROVED. Appropriation, Army Reorganiza tion and Merchant Marine Measures Indorsed. WASHINGTON, June 5. Eleven bills and resolutions passed by con gress in the closing days of its ses sion, including the water power meas ure and the joint resolution repealing most of the war-time laws and proc lamations. were killed by President Wilson through a "pocket veto." Fifty-eight measures, including the merchant marine bill and that provid ing for the exclusion and expulsion of aliens from the United States who are members of anarchistic organiza tions, were approved. The president explained that the measures which died with the ad journment of congress without his signature were not reported to him in time for their proper consideration. The water power bill was passed sev eral days ago and had been referred to the interior and war departments for their opinions, since it would af fect matters under their jurisdiction. Most of the other matters reached the president during the day. Among other bills which received the "pocket veto" was that authorizing the detail ing of naval officers as Instructors in the navies of South American re (Concluded on Page 21. Column 2.) I Domestic. i ivnox goes over to Governor Sproul. Sec- iinn i no cr i. t convention is left leaderless. savs Mark ouiiivan. Section 1. page 1. Fool friends deceive Wood, says Edgar B. -riyer. oection l, page I. Seats at premium for Dempsey trial. Sec tion j, page xi. Pacific Xorthweot. State grange ends 47th annual convention. oection l. page 10. State director tells of difficulties in con nection with part time school law. Sec tion 1. page -8. Four Idaho delegates to Chicago will sup port, wood on first ballot Section 1 page 8. umclal list of Oregon s casualties in war compiled. Section 2, page 4. Sports. Illinois wins western meet, with California intn. section 2, page 1. Boxing added to list of collegiate sports. section 2, page 1. Sheppard signed to meet Leonard here bhrine week. Section 2. page 1.- Noted racers sign for Tacoma events Inde pendence day. Section 2. page 1. Coast league results: Portland 2. Salt Lake 6; Oakland 4, Vernon 9; Los An geles o, San -Francisco 1: Seattle 8, Sac ramento o. section u, paga 1. Waverley links to bave Oregon, title event all week. Section 2, page 2. High school annual tennis 'championship tournament opens, section . page a. Batting averages of .400 becoming usual in major leagues. Section 2, page 3. Benjamin vindicates himself In eyes of Portland fans. Section 2, page 3. Oregon's athletic pilots for next year are 11 stars. feectlon 4, page 6. Charles E. Dorais selected as coach ef Gonzaga college. Section 2, page 7. Commercial and Marine. All wheat markets depressed by better crop prospects. Section 1, page 23. Increased movement of corn expected at Chicago. . Section 1, page 23. Stock market Is firm at close of week Section 1, page 23. West Hartland named to load wheat here. Section 1, page 22. American tonnage to reopen former trade routes of Hamburg-American lines. Section 1, page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Hazel Irwin, accomplice In murder, pa roled from penitentiary. Section 1 page 22. Uniform salaries for state and county offi cials planned. Section 1, page 19. Get ready now to let Shrlners rule town. . Section 1, page 18. June conventions will crowd city. Section 1. page 18. High school pupils attracted by city life. Section 1, page 16. Probe of wooden-ship building of Columbia river district under way. Section 1. page 22. Fish and game feud dormant: legislative committee asks: "Who wants investi gation?" Section 1. page 16. Sincere hospitality shown clubwomen at annual convention. Section la page 15. Shrine features for convention practically all ready. Section 1. page 15. Fuss over "Kibosh" film fizzles. Section 1. page 14. American Legion condemns effort to secure bonus for soldiers. Section 1, page 11. Gasoline conservation commission will in troduce rationing system if ' necessary. - Section 1, page 9. Chamberlain's foes may renew attack. Sec tion 1. page 8. Cigar dealers indicted on charges of gam bling. Section 1. page 9. F. E. Taylor, Portland realty dealer, elected president of national associa tion. Section 1. page 21. Tn. tamva "Qovrr RULINGS ON SEAT CONTESTS CLOSED Decided Advantage Won in Day by Lowden. 65 DELEGATES ARE GAINED Seating of 18 Favoring Wood Is Reported. FOUR. GO TO JOHNSON AH Decisions Are Expected to Be Appealed to Convention Cre dentials Committee. (JHUJAUO, June i. Delegate con tests which have furnished spectacu lar features of the pre-convention period were finished tonight by the republican national committee with decided advantage to Governor Low den. Although on actual instructions of the 137 contested delegates General Wood received 12 and Governor Low den seven with 116 uninstructed, the reported leanings of the disputed delegates favor the Illinois governor. The committee in the two Missouri contests refused to seat any contes tants. All of the II dlstrtct delegates from Virginia aligned with the Slemp fac tion were seated. gro Pleas Rejected. The committee rejected earnest pleas of negro contestants for seats and also decided separate anti-organization contests In the third and eighth districts in favor of the Slemp faction. According to the reports of the can didates favored by the delegates seat ed the 135 delegates involved were distributed as follows: Wood 18, Lowden 65, Johnson 4, Judge Prich- ard of North Carolina 17, tininstructed and scattering 31, with the two Mis souri contests rejected entirely. All of the contests are expected to be appealed to the convention cre dentials committee and subject to re vision by the convention itself. Wood Has 124 Delegates. The committee's decision left the actual instructed lineup on the con vention temporary roll, without re gard to uninstructed delegates' known leanings, as follows: Wood 124, Johnson 112, Lowden 72. Harding 39, Poindexter 14, Sproul 76, Sutherland 16. and Judge Pritchard of North Carolina 22. The resolution for reorganization of party affairs in the south followed acrimonious battling tpday between whites and negroes during disposal of 43 contests, of which there were 23 from Texas, 15 from Virginia and five from Georgia. In nearly all the negroes charged and the white dele gates denied racial discrimination. The resolution by National Com mitteeman Jackson of Maryland had the support of southern committemen The resolution follows: Whereas, It is increasingly appar ent that the so-called solid south i in fact an economic issue strongly inclined to the principles of the re publican party, and Speelal Committee Asked. Whereas, It is obvious from re peated contests before the national committee and other facts no less noteworthy that republican votes in many of these states are not increas ing in proportion to the increasing belief in republican principles; "Resolved, That the chairman of the national committee appoint a special committee of three of its mem bers, one of whom shall be from the south, who shall very carefully and impartially study the whole political situation in the south and also its Concluded on Page 6. Column 3.) RECENT NEWS EVENTS IHWCINQ "Tre r CAS. THE j KNOX GOES OVER TO GOVERNOR SPROUL SENATOR DECIDES TO VOTE BY PROXY AT SESSION. Pennsylvania Delegation Also Is Declared to Be Tor Sproul. Statement Is Issued. WASHINGTON, June 5. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, who recently was indirsed by his colleague. Sen ator Penrose, for the republican pres idential nomination, came out tonight for Governor Sproul. Senator Knox also formally an nounced that he would not attend the republican national convention, to which he had been chosen as a dele gate at large from Pennsylvania, be cause of "private business." His proxy, he said would be held by Judge A. It. Reed of Pittsburg. The following statement was Is sued by the Pennsylvania senator: "I am sorry' that private business compels me to stay away from the Chicago convention especially as 1 would like to cast my vote for Gov ernor Sproul. My proxy, however. will be in good hands Judge A. R. Reed of Pittsburg, whose views on the subject are the same as mine. "Governor Sproul's republicanism and experience admirably fit him for the highest office in the country. There can be no question as to his ability." CHICAGO, June 5. W. W. Atter bury, vice-pre&ident of the Pennsyl vania railroad, and one of Pennsylva nia s delegates at large, in a formal statement tonight declared the Pen syivania delegation would be for Governor Sproul first, last and all tiie iime.- xnis, coupled with the statement by Senator Knox that he regretted he could not be at the con vention to ha,ve the pleasure, of cast ing his vote for the Pennsylvania governor, was taken by the political sharps as having the makings of a Sproul "dark horse" boom. ADMIRAL DIES SUDDENLY Albert Wimerliaiter Victim of Pneumonia at Washington. WASHINGTON, June 0. Rear-Ad miral Albert Winterhalter, a member of the general board, and former commander In chief of the Asiatic fleet, died suddenly at the naval hos pital here today. Pneumonia was the cause of the admiral's xdeath. Admiral Winter halter was born in Detroit, 64 years ago. He served on the flagship of the Pacific fleet. GEORGIA IS FOR JOHNSON Estimates Made at Kalcisrh Show Senator Leading Wood. RALEIGH. N. C. June 5. The Ra leigh News and Observer announced at midnight tonight that estimate.- from Its correspondents showed Sen ator Johnson to be leadinc: Malnr. General Wood in today's state-wide primary for the republican preferen tial indorsement. jniy tne most meager returns the contest had been received. on E. E. BRODIE HONORED Oregon City Editor Vice-President National Editorial Association. BOSTON. June 5. William Wilkie ot Grey Eagle, Minn., was elected president of the National Editorial association at the last session of the annual convention today. Other of ficers elected included: Vice-president, E. E. Brodie of Ore gon City, Or., and treasurer, W. W. Aiklens of Franklin, Ind. CHINA LEADERS REBEL Secession of Six Provinces From Southern Canton Proposed. SHANGHAI. June 3. (By the Asso ciated Press.) At a meeting of prom inent southern Chinese leaders here today It was voted to issue a mani festo proclaiming the secession of the provinces of Yunnan. Kweichow. Nu nan. Shensi, Szechuan and Hupeh from the Canton administration of the southern Chinese government. ViTTE.. FOOL FRIEHDS DECEIVE I0D General Is Victim of Many Blunders. LUOSES FURNISHES CLIMAX Senator Uses Indiscreet Language in Arraigning National Body. CONVENTION IS LEAOERLESS Absence of Penrose Meacs Old Practices Will Be Largely Missing. BY EDGAR B. PIPER. CHICAGO, June 5. (Editorial Correspondence.) Leonard Wood is the victim of fool friends, and his political bark is making heavy, very heavy, weather. He may be nomi nated, but if so it will not be because his campaign has been wisely man aged, but in spite of its many mis takes. The climax of a damaging series of tactical blunders was reached when Senator Moses took it upon himself to arraign the national committee for its action in seating certain Georgia delegates favorable to Lowden in language that was not discreet and scarcely parliamentary. The committee had devoted itself conscientiously and judicially to the troublesome task of settling the quarrels between the many rival southern delegates, and had sought to decide them on their merits. This may seem a new and strange pro cedure for a political organization. Certainly strict impartiality has not been the rule in the past, out in these present days of the uplift, po litical management has become im bued with the spirit of virtuous and dispassionate action, and the com mittee was nobly going forward to its work without regard to the inter ests or desires of any candidate. The Lowden delegates won in Georgia, and in some other place, because their credentials were regular and the record was clear, and for no other reason. It is easy to work up a contest in any southern state. Suspicion Well Defined. There is a well-defined suspicion that in certain districts the familiar game of sending on a contesting delegation was engineered from the outside. It would be unfair to say that the Wood organization was alone in any such scheme. They all do it. But it happened in the Georgia case that the delegation which had only the shadow of a claim to regu larity was avowedly for Wood. Low den had been there first and the machinery was in the hands of his friends. The committee has no proper alternative in such a contest but to put the regular delegates on the roll. The total number of southern dele gates is something over 200, and the value to a candidate is not small, for (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) VvftlT AWHILE. OV3 VfCst '. THE-ftCS "iTiV-L A r