TIIE .SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, . AUGUST, 8, . 1920 1 TENNESSEE SOLONS 1 TO ACT ON SUFFRAGE 3 Poll Indicates Rejection, Says Farmer-Labor Candidate. BIG FIGHT IS EXPECTED Conflicting Claims as to Ultimate Action Made by Leaders of Both Sides.- v. ; S-1 NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Arnr. 7.-Gov- - ernor Roberts issued a call today for ' an extra session of the Tennessee leg . islature to convene Mbnday .noon. Of , the 139 subjects mentioned for action. r .- the first was ratification of suffrage, .','' the second would fix the legal status of women, the-third prescribes quali fications of women for voting. . "r A Po11 ot tne Tennessee legislature . on the suffrage amendment indicates ..411 its rejection, P. P. Christensen, farm- '!55 er-labor party candidate f6r president tonight notified Senator Harding and " ; Governor Cox . in telegrams, placing vvo responsibility for the fate of the S amendment on them. Mr. Christensen is here to address the Nashville Trades and Labor coun cii in behalf of ratification tomorrow. The special session of the legislature to consider suffrage Is called for Mon day. "You are well aware that unless the I Tennessee ;. legislature ratifies suf- j f rage the women cannot participate in. the November elections." the mes sage said. "You are well aware of your power to influence' members of your party in ,the Tennessee legisla ture on this question, inasmuch as your party platform pledges you and your party to immediate application of the principle o universal suffrage. Fur Vote Are Pledged. "If you cannot hold members of your party faithful to the party's Pledges before election, the country will doubt your ability to carry out your pledges if you should be elect ed." "This is to notify you that out of 26 democrats in the state senate only eight are pledged to ratification, and out of 73 democrats in the bouse only are pledged to ratification: that off, they are accomplices in his oppo : eition and must be held responsible accordingly." - . ; ' Chairman Hays in his reply declared 1 the ' suffrage issue is one that "can properly be settled soon, and ex pressed the opinion that the demand for a speedy settlement was due to many other questions awaiting solu tion. "A special legislative session is a small price to pay for a clearer political atmosphere,", he said. Helieve the American woman from the necessity of claiming her consti tutional right and her sister from the fancied necessity of opposing the claim and you will liberate a ' body of public opinion upon the campaign and its issues which will prove itself to be one of our greatest national assets. - . - But there is a deeper reason ' for immediate action upon the suffrage amendment. Democracy in the United States is really nothing but a sham unless election day gives all Ameri cans a chance to express their polit ical opinions. Casting the vote is the only way to express opinion effec tively. "To hold American women bound by the results of an election, to train them in schools and colleges to think for themselves, to accord them free dom of utterance as a constitutional right, 'and then to attempt to deny them the opportunity to stand up and be counted on election day- is governmental blunder of the first magnitude." DENVER STREETCARS TO RUN AGAIN TODAY Military, State and Civil Conference Decides. TROOPS KEEP CITY QUIET Tramway Official Declares Men Have Forfeited Right to Part in Company Affairs. ; out or seven republicans in the state j-j senate only three are pledered to rati- . flcatlon and out of 26 republicans in .T2 tbje house only eight are pledged to ri ratification. Many of the unpledged j members have said they will stand by ?- the decision of their party caucus. ... "Tennessee Is ,the show-dpwn of ". your sincerity in this matter. Any Hi thing less than immediate action re suiting in immediate action would be accepted by the thinking people ...... the country at Its face value of 100 per cent campaign bunk. The people ZZZ nave had . sufficient sympathetic words on this question from politi- clans of both old parties. , Bin PlKlit Kxpeeted. In anticipation of the fight, suf j fraelsts and anti-suffragists are ar ... riving. Many members of the legislature i.J probably will be unable to arrive jr-jj time for the first session. News V' ne ca'l cannot reach. some until Mon- -- f-enate floor leaders for suffrage will be senators Albert E. Hill, demo ZZ crat. and J. S. Cook, republican. In tne nouse the suffragists have askfc - T. K. Riddick to lead. . .Both sides appear confident. Suf- t. fragiRts undoubtedly have been cheered by the results of the special "2 elections to fill 13 vacancies. They claim to have pledged most of those elected. Nevertheless an undercur rent of antl-ratif icatlon sentiment has t gained Ftrennrth through formation o VZt tne constitutional league of Tenne see , tne anti-suffraglsts are as active as the suffragists. AUTO DEALERS 'TO AID Snpport Pledged Mr. Kozer In En forcing Motor . Vehicle Laws. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) In a conference at the state capitol Fri day night, Sam A. Kozer received as surances from the-automobile dealers of Salem and vicinity that they will co-operate , heartily in the- enforce ment, or, the motor vehicle laws, in cluding the operators' license law. T. A.' Rafferty, O. M. Shields and J. H. Saltzma'n, -the three newly appointed field deputies, also attended the meet ing. J. T. Welsh, head of the Salem police department, and O. M. Bower, deputy sheriff, were present. Similar conferences will be held at other points. The' laws " were thor oughly explained by Mr. Kozer, who made plain the necessity of the field deputies and the peace officers work lng in close co-operation. Walla AValla to Honor Taylor. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.) Walla Walla will take an active part in raising funds for a monument to Til Taylor, late Sheriff of Umatilla - county, Oregon. K. J. Kauaamat, George Drumheller and E. H. Storie have been named as local trustees of the fund, and Fred Hull, secretary of the. Elks lodge, as treas SUFFRAGISTS see: HAYS DENVER, Aug. 7. At a conference tonight of military, state and civil authorities, it was decided to start street cars running on every line In the city tomorrow morning. , " Present at the conference were Colonel C. C. Eallou, commandant .of the troops now on duty here; Mayor Dewey C. Bailey, Joseph E. Moore head, secretary to Governor Oliver H. Shoup, and "Black Jack" Jerome, leader of the strikebreakers. Sixty cars will be in regular oper ation by tomorrow night, it was planned at the conference. They will be manned by strikebreakers. Armed guards, posted on every car which has come out of the barns sin-ts the strike was declared, will be dispensed with The crews will not be armed. - Troop to . Patrol Routes. Police will not follow the cars In automobiles, as they have done on previous efforts to operate the tram way system. The routes the cars will take, however, will be patrolled by the .troops now here and those ex pected early in the morning from Camp Funston, Kan. ' "The cars will certainly carry pas sengers," Mayor Bailey said. With every downtown street patrolled . by armed military and civil guards, troops on duty at every car barn, and squads of special police at every station waiting, rush calls. Denver was comparatively quiet tonight. Police- answered a few riot calls, but they proved groundless. There were no concerted attempts at destruction. such as marked Thursday and Fri day nights, when several persons were killed and 50 -injured. .- i' Police Autos Are -Stoned.'-.-'. Eight automobiles bearing police-1 men were stoned tonight while" an swering a riot call at the plant of the Denver Gas & .Electric- company. . Two hundred and fifty regular army soldiers from Fort Logan took charge of the situation early this morning when Mayor Bailey issued a proclama- troops from Camp Funston, Kansas, were called by Governor Shoup. One company of soldiers was sent to the East Denver car barns soon after their arrival, while the reraain- er were held at the municipal audi torium as reserves. It was at the East Denver barns that the principal trouble last night occurred. No trou ble was reported after the arrival of the soldiers and & crew of workmen sent to salvage four wrecked street cars early today was not molested. .-' Lesion Gives Aid. American Legion and other civilian volunteers were aiding- the police and troops. - Colonel Ballou ordered all strikers disarmed. Troopers were to ride on the top of each car leaving the barns. Frederick W. Hild, general manager of the tramway, reiterated his state ment that the company would stand firm in the determination tp take back whom it pleased and to retain men brought in from other cities to op erate care during the strike. At a meeting the men voted to return to- work if the tramway company met certain conditions. One was that the men would be per mitted to come back in a body. An other was that strikebreakers should be discharged by the company, while third called for a working agree ment between the union and the com pany. Hild declared the union men for feited all right to a part in company affairs when they struck and asserted they would be dealt with as Individ uals only. He also declared the com pany - would discharge no strike- hrftakers. Whippet- tanks, hand grenades. one-pounders firing Bhrapnel shells, and sawed - off "shotguns were brought to Denver by these troops Major E. L. Pell, who preceded the Camp Funston Boldiers to Denver to make arrangements for tnelr accom modation. conferred with Governor Shoup and Mayor Bailey. The man killed during Thursday night's rioting, who previously had been-identified as "John Blake." to day was positively Identified as John W. Shoemaker of Smith Center, Kan. BIG SUM SAVED SHIPPERS RAIL INCREASE IS DECLARED TEMPERED BY 1XTERTEXTIOX. mitted advances aggregating 34 per cent, while the northwestern section including this state, will be allowed advances of approximately but 25 per cent. This means that the increased railroad revenues for the northwest .will be approximately $17,000,000 sl year less than had the entire classi fication territory been grouped. HOSPITALITY IS URGED BUYERS' WEEK CALL ISSUED BY -XATHAX STRAUSS. Washington Public Service Bod; Saves 10 Per Cent by Prevent ing Single Grouping. OLTMPIA. Wash, Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) That more' than 1. 000, 000 an nually was saved to the shippers of Washington by the Intervention of the public service commission be fore the interstate commerce commis sion In the. recent rate hearing at the national capital. Is the statement made In a report to Governor Hart by the state commission. The public service commission. through its experts, pointed out at the hearing that the railroads operat ing in the northwest particularly, were in some instances, under the present rates, earning in excess of the SH per cent guarantee, while other roada in western classification territory, notably those operating in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the southwestern portion of the United States, were in bad financial straits. To make increases in the territory as a whole sufficient to recoup these southwestern roads would place an enormous and unnecessary burden on the western shippers. As a result of the commission's showing, . the interstate commerce commission announces that It has divided, western territory for rale in crease purposes and the southern part of western territory will be per- WALLA WALLA FIXES FAIR Varied Programmes Arranged lor Four-Day Celebration. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.) The Walla Walla Farm bureau has taken charge of the first day of the Walla Walla fair, which will be held September 15 to IS, and say they will make It the biggest day in the history of the fair. They plan to bring several speakers of national reputation who will speak on farm bureau tonics. E. B. Wilcox, repre sentlng the Country Gentleman, has already been secured. "Bill" Switxler, who has charge of the frontier day entertainment which features the last three days of the fair, has received the contract -of Charlie Irwin to bring his string of relay horses here, and Eddie McCarty, Jim Roach, Scoop Martin and other leading riders of the northwest have signified their intention of coming,. Turnstiles Under Ban. ers wees. peak. Many Visitors Arriving at Hotels for Programme That Will Open Here Tomorrow. Citizens of Portland have been urged to extend all hospitality to vis itors in the city during Buyers' week. which opens tomorrow, in a call sent out by Nathan Strauss, general chair man. The call was as follows: Portland has established a repu tation for its hospitality. Another opportunity to maintain this reputation will present itself dor ing the week of August 9 to 1, 'Buy ers week. . "During this week we will have sev eral thousand merchants and their families visit us from all over the northwest. "Visitors can be dietinguisheed by their gray badges, and it is earnestly requested that Portland residents, es pecially those driving automobiles. offer a 'lift' to the wearers of gray badges and extend whatever cour tesies they can in showing our visit ors about our beautiful c'.ty Additional telegrams poured into the- office of the Buyers' week com mittee yesterday from buyers who will be in Portland for the big event, and hotels were rapidly filling up with early arrivals. Plans were com pleted yesterday for the banquet on Friday night,- which promises to be WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Turnstiles which register the number of persons admitted to places of amusemen when used in lieu of tickets wl'.l not be allowed by the tax-collecting aerencies of the government, it wa announced by the bureau of Internal 1 one of the most successful ever held revenue today. in conjunction wun a r-oriiano puy Frank.3ran.cbj Eljejr will . . i i i IMBER TRACT 'J BOUGHT rzi ; v, Pelican Bay Company ; Obtains 160,000,000 Feet or;PIne. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) The Pelican Bay Lumber company-has purchased 7000.-acres with 160,000,000 feet of white pin Umber from the Soper-Wheeler com pany of Portland, according to H. D. Mortensen, president oi me reucau Bay company. The timber is In the Klamath Indian reservation and adjoins an area now being logged by the company. Its purchase increases the reserve supply and it will be several years before the timber is cut. Eventually it will be milled at the plant here, said Mr. Mortensen. - SCHOOL v HEAD RESIGNS Miss Sussane Homes Succeeds Mr. Ager at Ashland. . ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. 7. (Special. ) County Superlntenent of Schools Ager has resigned and Miss Sussane Homes, who was nominated on the republican ticket at the May primary election, has been appointed to head the county school, system. Mr. Ager as his reason, for resigning declared he was unable to support his -family on the salary paid by the county. In a le'.ter to the school boards of the county Mr. Ager strongly -advocated the centralization of. the con trol of tho schools in a board of per haps five members. Four Fatalities in June. SALEM. Or., - Aug. 7. (Speclal.)- The casualty report of the state in dustrial accident commission for the week ending August 5 shows a total of 524 accidents, of which four were fatal. -Of the total number 472 were subject to the workmen's compensa tion law 29 were from concerns that have-not elected to come under the act and 23. -were from public utility corporations-, hot - subject to the act. The fatalities were ueorge Bowman, Sheridan, truck driver; N. H. FennelL Algoma. lumberman; J. Houston, Klamath Falls,' miller; J. A. Blair, Knappa;- -logger. Hearing Dates Are Set. Destroyer Preston Launched. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. The de stroyer Preston was launched at the Risdon yards of the Bethlehem Ship building corporation today, after it tion turning the city over to the con had stuck in the ways during the trol of the military under Colonel. C. first attempt. C. Ballou. Five hundred additional SALEM, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.) Additional hearing dates that have been set by the, public service com mission are: ". August 13, St. Helens Milton Creek Logging company crossing. AugustV12. Salem Spur crossing on I church- street. August 18r- Portland Southwest Side Water company tariff case. S. & H. Green Trading Stamps Woodard, Clarke & Co, . S. & H. Green .Trading Stamps w d. 1 P ecial 1 J. V Republican Chairman to Urge Ac tion in Connecticut. NEW YORK, Aug. 7.--The repub lican national organization and Sen ator Harding are doing everything that they can "consistently" do to bring about ratification of the woman suffrage amendment to the constitu tion. Chairman Will H. Hays told a committee of Connecticut wemen who visited him here today at republican headquarters. Chairman Hays told the suffragists that he believed it would be wrong for Senator Harding or any other party leader to attempt to coerce the governor or legislature of anv of the states which have not acted upon the amendment. At the urgent request of some of the women, however. Chairman Hays consemeaio send another communlca lion to Governor Marcus H. Holcomb of Connecticut, telling him of the republican national committee's stand in lavor or ratification. Miss Katherine Ludington. head of the delegation of 33 which saw Mr. Hays, said the republican suffrage plank as originally proposed was emasculated at the request of Con necticut and Vermont delegations to the republican national convention, who did not wish to embarras the governors of these states. A change in the wording of the plank, she said, was "an affront to the intelligence of women and mockery of the Connect icut and Vermont legislatures, which would ratify the amendment with large majorities if the governors of these states would call an extra session." The true, test of republican sincer ity, she added, could be shown by de manding action by some republican governor. Chairman Hays told the delegation that "personal persuasion was being used as much as possible without re sorting to political force." Miss Ludington told Chairman Hays Connecticut republican leaders close to Governor Holcomb had declared tnat the governor never received request from the national republican organizations to call a special session. we submit," said Miss Ludington, "that so long as the official leaders of the party In the state are in har mony with the governor opposing us. and the national party keeps hands SmMmm Ol. $72.00 Wardrobe Trunk $55.00 Wardrobe Trunk ! . IN Ih ww ti- H II II fclf II W 14 Wood-Lark Building ALDER ST. AT WEST PARK How to Travel Well "Okly" Leads in Ljiggage Needs "Likly 99 i ravelin ags HOBART BOSWORTH SURFACE- ILi A Thos. H. 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