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
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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
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IMBER TRACT 'J BOUGHT
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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.
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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
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