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: PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6,
Third Party
wUl be result at Chicago.
Johnson's defeat is certain.
California boost not enough.
Nomination by' anti's held
Inevitable
JBj, David lawrencc.
(Copyrlchted 1S20.)
WashinEton. May 6. Both Repub
lican and' Democrats, whose influ
ence in their respective party is con
trolling and whose political Judg-
- ment Is usually accurate, now are
convinced: that a third party is in-
- cvitable. . ' 1 '
Primary results in California, where
Senator Hiram , 'Johnson has defeated
Herbert Heover.ihave accentuated the
lines of pellHcar strength as the time for
- the two bis conventions approaches.
Republican senators' friendly to Sena
tor Johnson concede that he cannot be
nominated at' Chicago i
JOHXSOK THEIR LEADER
They say he is not really radical, hut
behind, him are grdups of voters whose
hupport-of the Republican ticket Is not
so much based upon a conversion to Re
publican doctrines as It is upon personal
- rondness for Hiram ' Johnson. To permit-
Johnson to be nominated would In
sure the domination- of these elements,
something; which the conservative lead
er of the i Republican party do not wel-
oome. r '-' "- " - ' ' ' ' ;
But to fail to nominate. Johnson means
a possible defection and a third party.
The California senator himself may be
persuaded to remain loyal to his party,
but hit following will , not stay. It's
. Johnson or nothing with them.
AKTIS J0I3EI TOGETHER
Preparations are already under way
for a third party. composed of some
of the elements which broke away in
1812 and formed 1 the Progressive party,
seme-ot. the radicals who like neither
the Republican or Democratic party, the
...i.H rntvnttl hr'thoehain of Hearst
newspapers and the numerous" groups
who are lrrecoociiaDty oppoaeu iw w
ratification . of the peace treaty . even
with reservations. - v
Many of the supporters of the third
party would be drawn from the Demo
cratic anks.-.. It looks, for Instance, as
if the Democratic convention will not
nominate a radical ot the ' Bryan type;
McAdoo, Cox ." and: palmer who are in
the lead for the Democratic nomination,
are more or leas conservative. They . all
favor the treaty and League of Nations.
. Disappointment-over the . allure of the
Republican or s Democratic convention;
respectively, - to " recognise - the Johnson
or JBryan strength, would compel , their
.spporters to turn elsewhere, , They would
' be weloomeu wnn open arms in w
'parly. , - f . - ':
REPUBLICANS 5FinET
v "The Republican leaders themselves,
'would prefer to go to the country this
year with a man admittedly conservative
than a candidate with a taint of radical-
Ism that might cause tne duik oi ine
nation's voters to turn to a Democratic
Republican leaders are convinced that
husiness efficiency and conservatism in
domestic and foreign policy are demand
ed this time and that the day of ex
perlmentallsm in government and quasi
sociallstio theorising is gone. ,
While- some of them foresee a third
r-arty, they do not fear it. They are
honestly convinced that there are more
-Republican voters in the country than
Democrats today, and that the forma
tion of a third party would draw almost
a msny Democrats as Republicans, and
when these elements had been subtracted
from both parties the resultant strength
of the Republican party In each of the
important states would still be sufficient
ti carry the electoral votes for the Re
publican ticket. .
DBPE5D OJT BOLT '
But in the Democratic camp ,the fore
cast of a third party IS accompanied by
a sense of jubilation and expectancy.
The Democrats are basing their hopes
on what happened in 1912. They think a
third man means an easy victory. Of
.curse, they are assuming that Hiram
Johnson, if : defeated at Chicago,, will
raise the cry of "fraud" and the fa
miliar slogans of 1912 and bolt the con
vention and start a third party.
They imagine a dominating personal
ity like Roosevelt will head a i third
party, and that Johnson will be the
nominee. The Republican leaders will
maxe every enori 10 Keep jonnson in
line. While they think a third party is
unavoidable, they will try to prevent
Johnson from leading it.
So far as the Republican leaders are
concerned, they are satisfied with the
(Concluded on Page- Nineteen, Column Six)
HUGE FINANCING
Washington, May . (U. P.)
Government loans of $600,009,000 in
addition to the. $300,000,000 revolv
ing fund provided in" the railroad
law and a 28 per cent increase in
freight rates, will be required to put
the countryl? railroads on their feet,
railroad; executives today, told the
senate Interstate ; commerce com
mittee. -
Warmest Day So Par
This Year Lures Out
Masses of Blossoms
. " With - a.''- combination . of warmth r and
cloudless skies,, th weather man. showed
visitors in Portland today what a per
fect spring-day in Oregon can be.
Under rthe" influence of smiling sun
shiner a billion seeds are literally "bust
ing" themselves to send up their young
shoots and orchards are- turning from
. green to" Clusters of whi te.
- The temperature at 1 :30 this i after
noon' was "78 and- the mercury was still
going up. Thisi was-one degree higher
than on April- 28, which had held previ
ous ' heat records for the year.. The
, maximum temperature- Wednesday was
' 70 above. ' ' -
RAILROADS DEmAND
HIGHWAY BOND
ISSUES TO B
SOLD, DECISION
State Board of Control Assures
Road Body Securities Will Be
Marketed to" Meet Obligations
; Despite Condition of Market.
Salem, May .Faced. by the. fact
that the stated highway department
has already entered ; into contracts
for post roads ' and forest projects
in cooperation with the federal gov
ernment aggregating, approximately
$8,000,000, and the further fact that
the credit of the state Is at stake,'
the state board of control this morn
ing, assured members ;of the highway
commission that it stood ready to
abide by the consequences and dis
pose of the $2,500,000 in, Bean-Barrett
jbonds requested, as needed.; to
the best advantage of the state. the
condition of the bond market at th
time.! of sale considered.- ,
' '. Today's conference between the- board,
of control and highway, commission fol
lowed a i statement by Governor Olcott
and State . Treasurer Heff Tuesday, , to
the effect that no further Issues of Bean
Barrett bonds would be approved until
the bond market had recovered from its
present demoralised condition, the high
est bid for a $1,000,000 issue of highway
bonds a few weeks ago having been
only 91.63. ; , . ' ".
IS8EE HELD IMPERATIVE -"
-"Tha" issue of these 'bonds Is abso
lutely imperativet" declared S. Benson,
chairman of the state-highway commis
sion. ) this, morning. "These ; torltracta
were ilet .a year ago at a time when the
law-made it mandatory upon the state
board , of : control to sell Bean-Barrett
bonds upon th demand of the highway
commission: Blnoe then ' the state
legislature has made the- sale of these
bonds discretionary with' th board of
control. , But that does snot alter the fact
that lhe; state highway commission has
entered into these obligations, which
must be met. t ' - " -' '
, "The credit Of th state " W at, stake.
Unless these bonds are sold, every con
tractor engaged in ' tlie construction ' of
post roads -und ' forest "projects in -this
stat 'will go broke because of the Inabil
ity of the highway department to meet
ita obligations. All highway work would
stop at once, and the state's good roads
program would be brought to an abrupt
and most embarrassing end.4-
NEW CONTRACTS FEW
; The state highway commission , was
not: inclined to let - many new road con
tracts this- year," Benson -explained, but
would be content with completing con
tracts let last year. The foresight of
the commission in pushing contracts a
year : ago, I Benson claimed, had saved
the state between $1,000,000 and $1,250,
000 because of the increase in prices of
materials and wages since the contracts
were .let. Other states, he pointed out,
which had held off in the- hope of a
break in the-market.' are suffering the
consequences In that they are contract
ing for roads .under' greatly advanced
prices, j -. ' c ,- r .
Both Governor Olcott and State Treas
urer Hof f expressed themselves as op
posed to the sale of additional bond
issues under present market conditions,
but admitted, that the situation left them
little ichoice in the matter, inasmuch as
the contracts had been 'entered into a
year ago,, as Governor Olcott expressed
it. "before the ; legislature passed the
buck to the board of control," and the
bills must be .paid.'
K. jE. Kiddle of La Grande, commis
sioner from the Eastern Oregon district
also attended the conference this morn
ing.
: i j By L. C. Martin
W"ashington, : May . -(U. P.)
Senator Warren Harding of Ohio to
day spiked reports that he would
withdraw from the fight for the Re
publican nomination for president
and turn over to some other candi
date the delegates pledged to him,
"We never quit. There will be
no withdrawal." said Harding.
Wealthy Seattle
Man Says Daughter
"Victim of 'Slaver1
On icomplaint "of Kdgar K. Worthing
ton, wealthy father of Miss Emma K.
Worthington, iWllliam R. Salnsbury.
salesman, . formerly .of New Tork, was
charged : with violation of the Mann act
in bringing Miss Worthington from
Wenatchee, Wash., .to Portland. ,
According to Salisbury's statement o
the federal prosecutor, he had been liv
ing with the girl, who is attractive,! at
the Garland apartments for about three
weeks. They were arrested Wednesday
right! by deputy sheriffs and today a
warrant charging white slavery t was
signed by Miss Worthlngton's father. , -
According to government investigators.
the raodishly dressed and pretty young
woman who appeared before Commis
sioner Frederick H. "Drake today' was
infatuated with Sainsbury. - - - -
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" Worthington Is Timbcrman ;
SeatUe. Wash- May S (V. P.) E!dgar
K Worthinjslon Is .president of. the
Washington Tug- A Barge company' and
secretary of the Sioux Timber company.
He lives .in the heart of a . select resi
dence district. . -
HARDING INSISTS
HE'S STILL IN RACE
State Insurance
Commissioner Is
Confused With
Capitol Porter
' Salem, May-6. A. C. Barber, state
insurance commissioner, ".state fire
marshal, etc., is taking no more
chances on having his position on
the ship of. state misinterpreted by
any visitor because of .the khaki suit
wbich he is ; wearing in J company
with the majority of his fellow work
ers 'in the state, house in an effort
to beat down the high cost of keep
ing clothed. ,..)' , (',
. Tuesday a stranger, a pompous East
erner and evidently an important per
sonage In th insurance world, entered
Barber's office.. Approaching1 Barber as
the only person in sight at the time, he
asked for certain documents : on file in
the department., These : were forthwith
produced.. ' Other documents . were re
quested and --'-Just as promptly produced,
by " the "accommodating- insurance com
missioner himself, the visitor using, the
commissioner's desk in perusing the doc
uments. After ' satisfying the visitor's
wants Barber seated himself at hie cus
tomary place just across the desk from
the visitor. This seeming Intrusion into
the sacred precincts of the commissioner
on the part of one clothed in so humble
a garb as. a plain khaki suit evidently
was not in keeping with things as they
are in the sphere in which the visitor
from the t effete East ordinarily moves
and has his being. The visitor stared,
then stared some more and was on the
point of beating: an indignant retreat
when Barber- arose to explain that he
was.no cither than the state insurance
commissioner himself and that hie: garb
was in keeping with the move of the
state, house staff as a protection against
clothing-profiteers. - . ,
4 Wednesday morning Barber appeared
for duty in his khaki suit as usual. ' As
usual, that is, plus two' additional decor
ationsone a neat lKtle badge proclaim
ing the wearer thereof to be the state
insurance commissioner and the other an
immense, brass star which herolds to the
world that he who wears it is the fire
marshal of the great sovereign state of
Oregon.: . , , .;
-J Tm taking no more chances on being
mistaken for the state house porter,"
Barber explained. ' .
THROW CASE OUT
Indianapolis, May 6. (I.-N. 8.)
An effort to have the case against
bituminous, coal miners and opera
tors charged with conspiracy to vio
late the Lever act, thrown out of
court ' on ' the grounds that Judge
Anderson's- Instructions to the fed
eral grand Jury which Investigated
the coar industry were prejudicial to
the defendants, was made in the
United States district court here to
day, when Charles Evans' Hughes,
chief counsel for both the miners
and operators! filed a plea In abate
ment.
The government was given until
10 o'clock tomorrow to file an an
swer. ' ' ,:. ' '
Mark Potter Named
For Commerce Board
Washlngtpn, May . (t X.! S.) Pres
ident Wilson today nominated Mark W.
Potter of New York to be a member of
the interstate commerce commission.
Potter is a lawyer and president of the
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad. He
has been prominently identified in farm
development work. .. ) - 'It !
Financial Crisis Is
Threatening Japan
London, May . (L N. S.y Japan is
faced with a serious unemployment sit
uation and a financial crisis as a re
sult of widespread stoppage of ; opera
tions In the weaving industries, accord
ing to a News Agency dispatch from
Tokio today. Wholesalers of cotton and
silk are reducing their prices 50 per cent.
Corn Price I Soars
To New High Record
Chicago, May Corn ' prices went
to a new high record on 'the Chicago
market during the day. A sale of a
car of No. 2 yellow ' corn was made at
$2, and this started , the- entire market
upward. July oats and all rye options
also reached new high records during
the session. . ; , ; ' t! y
Tillamook Favors
- Rbads and Schools
Tillamook, May : .Following an; ex
planation by James S. Stewart of Cor
vallis of the road and educational meas
ures to come up at the primary election,
the Tillamook county Business Men's as-,
sociation went on record unanimously in
favor of all. . Business men from all sec
tions of the county attended. . ;
MamRepairing Gas
; Engine Loses Life
:i j'
Roseburff. May 6. Guy Martin, aged
25, of Oakland. Or., was killed there
Wednesday night, when caught in a gas
engine used' by the Southern Pacific
company to pump watery His arm was
caught and his body drged into the
machine he was making repair
HUGHES MOVES TO
BHTJOHNSON
STRIKES SNAG
Oregon Managers for Hoover and
Lowden Declare It Would Be
Poor Politics to Withdraw
Their Candidates at This Time.
' Hoover and. Lowden .managers in
Oregon do not take at all kindly to
the suggestion of the Wood head
quarters that Hoover and Lowden
supporters abandon their leaders and
turn to Wood in an effort to "single
shoot" the ticket against i Johnson.
In tW first place they do not think
it is good politics. In the second, !
they contend that. those who are sup- j
porting Hoover and Lowden are very !
probably doing so because of prin
ciple and not for reasons, of party ;
expediency and in the third place,
so far as the Hoover headquarters
are , concerned, they are not at,, all
ready to admit that Wood has the
leading, or even the second place in
the Oregon5 field. f
AMAZING APPEAL FOR WOOD
"The' Oregonian carries an appeal;
both in . its advertising and its news
columns, urging supporters of Governor
Lowden and of Hoover to turn from
these candidates to General Wood in
ah effort to defeat Senator Johnson in
Oregon," said W. B Ayer. in -discussing
the question from the Hoover stand
point,' "It is an amazing appeal, in
view ; of the fact that Senator John
son, as a Republican, has as' much
right to contend in the Republican pri
maries In Oregon as any other candi
date. Also, it is fair to presume that
those citizens who are supporting Gov
ernor Lowden, as well as those sup
porting Hoover, are doing so because
of principle rather -than because ; of
party expediency. Hoover, who has
been put forward by bis friends, stands
for the same ideals and principles today
that he stood for before the California
primary election, 1 and I" can see no
reason why those who havel been sup-
i porting him because of those Ideals
and principles should abandon -their
position because v of the California vote.
WUOUJPROSABAIrr6lJZIC'
7vf consider ,the jWood proposal to be
bad : politics." Ayer continued, "for if
the Lowden and Hoover supporters
have not been back of these men be-.
cause of ; principle,' the chances are
that In the break-up quite as .many
would turn to Johnson as to : Wood. -"
- "Personally, I believe Hoover is .the
best equipped and the most available
man ; In the country the ' Republican
party could nominate. He is thorough
ly progressive, not reactionary on . the
one side or -radical on' the Other. - He
appeals 1 to the people as a whole, who
are less interested in playing partisan
politics ' than in having a man in the
president's chair who can; lead the
country out oft the miserable condi
tion in which we find ourselves 18
months after the close- of
the world
war. m .J .
HOOTER LEADS POLLS
. "More than ' that," Ayer
concluded,
I do' not concede that General Wood
Is in a leading position in Oregoh.
Polls taken here in Portland - show
that Hoover leads all the other candi
dates, with Johnson second and Wood
(Concluded on Fags Two, Column Two)
PRODUCERS HALTED
BY VIOLATED LAW
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Washington, May 6. -tU. P.)
The house Judiciary committee to
day reported a bill of Chairman Vol
stead of Minnesota to regulate co
operative asociations of tbe farm
ers, dairymen and other food pro
ducers.' The measure is a substitute
for the Capper-Hersman measure.
Requests of such organizations for
complete exemption from anti-trust 4aws
was denied. The measure provides that
no such association can make more than
8 per cent annually and gives the secre
tary of agriculture power to issue or
ders against unfair trade practices or
the . illegal restraint of trade.
La Grande Woman ,
Awarded Broken
Promise damages
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La Grande, May . Alleging that she
promised to marry A. P. Connally, mem
ber of a well known Union county fam
ily,, the wedding to be in June, 1?19, and
that on -account of her alleged promise
she remained single. Mrs. Cel la George
was' awarded ' $12,600 damages in a
breach of promise suit here.
In her- complaint, Mrs. George stated
her 'willingness to marry Connally, but
he. although single and marriageable,
"has refused and still refuses' to marry
her,; she said. Connally did not contest
the case, which went against him by de
fault.
Light Beer Bill Is
Vetoed by Coolidge
Boston, May . U P.) Governor
Coolidge today vetoed the bill permitting-.'
manufacture and sale of 2.75 per
cent beer and light ; winea The,;- bill
was : passed by the legislature by ' more
than two-thirds majority and may now,
be enacted over, his veto. . '
Jazz Cat Gamble
Of Mayor Wilde
Scored by Court;
Oil Deals Halted
San mso. Cal.. May 6. (U. PO
Superior Judge Luce set May 11 as
the date for hearing a suit brought
against Mayor Louis J. Wilde for an
accounting! of funds in theComntu
nlty Oil Well fund. !
' In the meantime he has issued a tem
porary, in junction restraining Wilde from
purchasing any further property owned
by; himself for the community fund ;
from further speculation in Texas lands
and leases, 1 and ; from any further at
tempt to dispose of the Community Oil
fund money or property to a third party.
f The court held that Wilde has "reck
lessly disregarded the taw" as to trusts
and trust funds by buying property
owned by himself with Community Oil j
funds, and ; by speculation in Texas !
stocks, when his fund was raised for the
advertised purpose of drilling for oil
in San Diego county. I
Wilde's fundi' termed by. himself a
"jazz cat gamble" : in advertisements,
totals almost $204000 and was con
tributed to by hundreds of persons in
eight western states. j
EVANS WILL ACT ;
IN PLACE OF U. S.
Complaints were, issued this after--noon
in the municipal court against
eight members of the Communist
Labor party who were arrested in the
January raids,? charging them with
violation of the state criminal syn
dicalism act, and District Attorney
Walter II. Evans announced that all
will be prosecuted as soon as . pos
sible. . ''-;: - -H,.--r: '-:
The action was taken as a result of the
declaration of Secretary of Labor Wilson
that members of the Communist Labor
group were not subject to deportation on
that charge. s. 'n ...
"If the machinery of the federal gov
ernment is not equal to handling the
present, situation," said the district at
torney today, -"the state of Oregon f will
have to etep in and try to protect society,
against a situation which is really more
of a menace to the governmentthan to
th state." T: ';T R., " . ! t " '
; Evans' action was also prompted by
th statement today by Raphael P. Bon-
ham of the United 'States, immigration
Office, that the edict of the secretary of
labor meant the release of all the alien
radicals herd in ' this district, so far as
the government" was concerned. .:
LOOKS PECULIAR, 8 ATS EVAITS
"The .situation is certainly peculiar.
Kvans said. . "It appears that the fed
eral government "does not consider mem
bership in the Communist Labor party by
aliens sufficient cause for deportation;
yet under state law. men have been sen
tenced to the state penitentiary on proof
of such membership."
If", indictments .are found by i the
county grand jury. Evans will urge
that the trials be carried forward as
speedily as possible. It is probable, in
case there are indictments, . that out
side Judges "will be brought In and
that some of the local judges will re
main on duty during the usual vaca
tion period, the courts continuing their
work all during that time.. i
BO HAM IS ISCESSED i
:' While Bonham had received no defi
nite official information as to the edict
of Secretary Wilson, he was frankly
incensed.
"I feel an -alien has no inherent rights
in this country," ' said Bonham, "and if
he cannot adapt himself to our laws and
our constitution, but tries to overthrow
them; he should be expelled, and I hope
congress will give us legislation to do
that." i -
Should itbe found, however, that the
alien in question not only was a member
of the Communist: Labor party,-but in
dividually believes in the things it advo
cates, he is still subject to deportation,
says Bonham. i
AMONG THOSE EFFECTED
Among the men 1 arrested. In Portland
whose cases have been held in abeyance
awaiting the ruling, on this point are
Max Schmidt.' German : Augustus- Uney,
Russian; George llavelock, Austrian
Victor Saul it, Julia Saulit, Russian,
both very prominent in the organization
of the Communist Labor party ; Herman
SctRuter, Helnrich ; Eggers, German ;
Frank Cusack, Irish; W. J. Kiewell.
Canadian. I
State warrants Issued - were directed
against all but Eggers.
Now that the ruling has been made.
Bonham expects i each . case will be
promptly examined and where the indi
vidual is found to advocate violence, an
order of deportation will - follow ; but
where it is established he. only had mem
bership in the organization, it is likely
proceedings will be cancelled. ! .
"I hope the senate will pass the Immi
gration act that passed the house six
months ago. providing for these cases,'
said Bonham. ; T -
Post Must Answer. ,
. Washington. May . (TJ. P.) Louis
F. Post, assistant - secretary of labor.
will appear before the house rules com-
mUtee tomorrow to answer charges by
several ' congressmen that, he has , re
fused, to carry out the deportation laws.
Representative Campbell, Kansas, stated
today. . . - .
Fire Wipes Out Half
' Of Town of Merrill
Klamath Falls, May $. Fire originat
ing from an unknown source wiped ou
more than half of the business section
of Merrill. 22 miles southeast of here,
Wednesday night. All buildings on the
north ' side of Main street were - de
stroyed, including a theatre, general
store,- drug store and several small
places of business. Inadequate methods
of fighting fire Increased the destruc
tion. 4
LADY ASTOR '
IS CHEERED
E
Editor's Vicious Attack on Yan
kee Girl -Causes Commons to
Tender Her Great Ovation as
She Enters to Take Her Seat.
London. May 6.- Horatio Bottom
ley's bitter attack on Lady Nancy
Astor In his paper, "John Bull," all
based on his assertion that she is a
hypocrite and posed as a widow in
stead of a divorcee before her, mar
riage to ; Astor, is reacting to the
humiliation of the anti-American
editor. . '.
When; Bottomley entered - the j house
of commons this afternoon the majority
of members showed him that his attack
on- the only' womarj "M.'P.," far from
making the hit which he had counted on,
was .being deeply resented. There was
a hostile hush as he strode through the
aisle toward his seat. When he arose
to, speak boos from all parts of the houee
cut him short. The speaker intervened
to calm the members, but the booing and
hissing continued, v .
LADY ASTOR EN TEES '
At the height of the row Lady Astor
entered the chamber. Lrfud cheers
greeted her, virtually the whole house
joining in the ovation. With flushed
face, head erect,' and her eyes shining
with gratitude, she took her seat, which
is only si few yards from that of her
journalistic assailant. Throughout the
session she pointed her gaze from his
direction.'
I hate to be rude " to a woman, but
my public duty compels me to denounce
Lady Astor as a hypocrite of tha first
water, 'said Bottomley .in his four col
umn attack on Lady Astor. : "
ARTICLE CREATES 8E8ATI03
Bottomiey's article created both a, po
litical and-social sensation when it -ap
peared on the front page of his publlca
tion. He referred to Lady .Astor aa a
"hypocrite of the first water," in having
opposed "with eyes upturned to heaven
and unctuous tones," any tampering with
the sanctity of thei marriage vow dur.
ing the recent debate in , tne commons
op a bill providing-for easier divorce. ; , ,
Bottomley' claims thai he consulted
many members of parliament before
making the attack on Lady Astor, and
he understands . that they . were unani
mous in upholding his assertions.
The "John' Bull" article asserts ; that
Lady Astor was divorced from ; Robert
Gould ,Shaw in; Virginia 1 in 1903, on
(Concluded; on Ful Nineteen, Column Serra)
Washington, May 6. (I. N. S.)
An exhaustive probe of the alleged
misuse of campaign funds of Gen
eral Wood's campaign agents is the
purpose of a resolution introduced in
the senate this afternoon by Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho. '
Borah's resolution calls for sweeping
investigation, not only of the conven
tion funds, but of "promises of patron--age,"
the : providing of funds for set
ting up contesting delegations and "use
of any other means of influence" in the
nominating campaign.
Borah announced that the investigat
ing committee will sit at Chicago dur
ing the hearing of contests for seats
In . the . Republican national - convention.
Non-partisans to
at Grange
Meeting in Odell
Hood River. May 6. The invasion ' of
this section by the Non-partisan league
will be inaugurated May 19. when Paul
McKerchner of White Salmon will ad
dress' the ranchers of this section. Curi
ously enough, the invasion comes at the
request of residents, McKerchner having
been Invited to speak by Pomona grange
of Odell. McKerchner comes from the
White Salmon district and Is well known
as a Non-partisan adherent. A number
of his fetters have recently appeared in
The Journal and he Is -considered to be
an authority on the subject on which he
is to speak, "The Work of the Non-partisan
League." ''. " ; '-. ,.-'.'!
The request for information on the
part of local-ranchers comes as a result
of the attack, made on the league re
cently by Arthur Foster, who was sent
here. by. a taxpayers' league. -The feel
ing here is . that the sending of Foster
was a mistake and ill timed. ' .
. The debate by correspondence in ' the
Hood River News continues and it is now
developing that ;. both opponents and
friends of the league have discovered
that they have much in . common. Sev
eral ranchers here ' are avowedly in
favor of the -league and the -real tesj of
lis sirengui ia mis section win oe ascer
tainable after the coming' grange meet
Ing. - . . ,
$28,866 Is Verdict
For Injury to-Foot
Chicago. May 6. (I. N. S) One of
the largest verdicts ever given a railroad
employe Injured while , op .duty : was
banded, down today when a Jury , in a
local court; awarded- Joseph E.. Bush, a
switchman - for the - Pennsylvania ; rail
road, $2s.s6 for a permanent Injury to
his left foot, which. was-crushed between
two car ; '
UNDER ABUS
Rods fund
PIGEON IS
FAITFUE TO
HOME COTE
A ITER 15 months in the pos
session of forest service war
dens at Bend, a blue checked
homing pigeon sold to the gov
ernment by It. C. Ilammil of
Portland, returned to its hame
cote at "3 o'clock Monday after
noon and proceeded about Its
spring hour-! cleaning.
The bird Was one of a num
ber sold to fhc forest nervice in
February, 119, and taken from
Portland to' Bend. The bird
wears a 1913 band,-No. 393, and
the band carries Hammil's ini
tials. If Ilammil applies the
conditions under wbich he sold
the bird. It! again becomes his
property, f$r tt was provided
that If the birds came home aft
er two pair of young had been
obtained, thje ownership of the
pigeons would revert to the sell
er,. " Once before a bird sold by
Ilammil returned to the home
cote after being in the posses
sion of another for four years,
LOS ANGELES
' San Franclsjco. May 6,-r(U. P.)
Senator Hiran Johnson held a lead
of 15S.579 over Herbert Hoover,
based on ah iunofficlal count , com
piled at II am. today. This count
represented complete returns from
24 counties ajid incomplete returns
from all but jone of the remainder
of California's .68 counties. Mono
county has not yet been heard from.
:: The total figures at this hour were :
Johnson, SoS.M'j ; Hoover,. 203,S3t.. These
represented reQrna from 5383 of 'Cali
fornia's :'872i" precincts, i ;
Johnson's mifjn "predicted 'the senator
would 'continual to gain until the last
vote is counted!
f .Less than 709 of the state's 572 pre
cincts are still i out. The count has de
veloped merely! Into a routine matter, f
The race is jstlll' a good'one": in Los
Angeles county however, , where Hoover
had regained tfie lead a Blight one of
less than .2000 1 votes out of more than
127,000 counted) . ' ' " V
Alameda couhty, complete but Unof
ficial, gave Johnson .0,923, Hoover
25.087. j ; - t-:-'- .
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Women's American
Home Missions ils
In Annual Session
- - r- . ; .
The sixth annual meeting of the Co
lumbia river district of the Women's
-American Baptist. Home and Foreign
Mission society opened at -thei White
Temple - this rrjornlng with an ! official
board meeting, which is to be followed
this afternoon I and Friday by general
sessions. r ' j
This morningrMrs. W. A. Waldos wife
of the pastor jbf' White Temple, deliv
ered an address of welcome, to which
a response was- expressed', by Mrs. A. V.
Willey of Jerome, Idaho. Mrs. E. t.
Burton of Cenfralia, Wash., opened the
meeting;, v I . j -. i
Reports on state surveys will be made
by Mrs. Wines' for Idaho, Mrs. R. -A.
Rathbone for Montana. Mrs. A. eIL
Bailey for Eastern Washington, Mrs.
GeOrge Begleyffor Western Washington
and Mrs. O. CS Wright for Oregon.
Mrs. J. H. Burch of Tukwila. Wash.,
will give the Results of the world-wide
guild survey, asnd Mrs. Roy Ovelman of
Portland -will report on. the survey of
the children's krusade ; Mrs. Wells II.
Hurlbutt of Portland and Mrs. Carrie
Over of Everett, Wash., will read pa
pers. ; ) '"" '
0 a sv w ywA w .
S. F. td Portland in
. 34 Hpurs Running
In spite of ill reports of the terrible
rcondltton of the L Pacific hlRlaway be
tween Portland and the California line.
Wayne Heamei ad eastern business man.
drove a large touring car through from
San Franciscoi over Smith Hill and all
the rest of it! this week in 34 hours'
actual running! time,. This would indi
cate, in the- opinion of local motorists,
that by the time the Ad club caravan
gets ready tof leave for .Stockton the
present good -Weather will have put the
road in fairly fgood condition. ,
Heame's feat in making fast time In
a ca with a Bong wheel base when it
has been reported that short cars were
having difficulty in getting through. Is
an indication that the bark of the south
era bad roads must be worse than their
bite.- . i ' , . . . . , . -. . ,.
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Hours for Passing 1
Columbia HigHway
Construction Fixed
In order tq accommodate motorists
who -wish tftjdrive over the Columbia
highway between Hood River and Port
land the staite highway commission
announced today a schedule of hours
during which gravel over the road no
under construction wtll be permitted
These are : I to 9 a. m., 1 to S p. m..
to $ p. m., 12 p. m. to 4 a. m. The road
under - construction Is between., Wyeth
and Hood Rier. all but eight or nine
miles being hard surfaced and not more
than one mile of crushed rock to drive
over. Work oi hard surfacing is being
rushed so as to have the h!ghwa- com
pleted by Shribers' week in June.
HOOVER HAS LEAD
BREAD PRICES
TO RISE WITH
FLOUR Mi?
Increase of One Cent Per Loaf
Predicted Following Retail Ad-
, vance of 10 Cents Per Sack;
New Charge Effective June 1.
Following notice served upon the
public today that flour will rise 60
cents a barrel wholesale, meaning
a retail advance of 10 cents a' ack.
prospeets were that bakers would
advance the price of bread 1 cent
loaf, effective June 1, or at noon
as stocks .now on h;ind arc ex
hausted, j F
Individual bakers -were, reluctant to
comment on the flour advance, but it
was intimated that the Increase .in bread
would have to come. ' '
Master bakers, against -w hom the Jour
neymen are now conduct lug a strike, ex
plained that they are now paying higher
wages than any other coat city.
The millers' advance of 60 cents a bar
rel of local patent flour ; Is effective-at
once. This is fractionally less than 10
cents a sack to wholesalers hut the re
tail price will be boosted that much.
The new - wholesale price of patent
flour is $13.75 per barrel, which means
$11.90 per' barrel delivered at the aver
age grocery store. The new wholesale
price would therefore mean a retail sell
ing price to consumers at $4 per 49-pound
ssck. but many retailers still have stocks
of flour which cost them much leas
money. Therefore, until these stocks are
exhausted retail prices will be mixed,
with some selling aa low as $3 to $3.10
per sack.
Because the East is aaain taking hard
wheat from this section, millers expect
another price advance in flour.
1 BAKKRn;S SIGN' TOTl
CLOSED SHOP, SAYS UNION
No appreciable change In the strike of
the Bakers' union is noted on the sixth
day, although both the union employes
and the Master Bakers' aattoclatlon ex
press absolute confidence in the final
outcome . of the open and cloed , shop
controversy. -
Richard Kroll, secretary of the Bak
ers' union, states that 19 bakeries have
signed the ironclad closed shop scree.
ment, although he does not know wheth
er they are members of the Master
Bakers' association. The list given out
by Kroll includes the following bakeriefl :
Pacific, East Side, - Supreme, Rotary,
Olson, Modern, James ; N. Anderson,
Stein, Sealy-Dreaser, Star, Sterling,
Montavilla, Dally Bread " company.
Ltiors. Bake Rite, 3 shops ; Federal Bf-
temr, 2 stores.
(Stein's bakery la the only one of thoss
mentioned that is a membeF of the
Master Bakers' association, say tho-o
in authority for the organization. Thy
contend that Stein has not signed the
agreement Only 10 per Mzrnt of the
bread of the city is manufactured by the
19 bakeries mentioned, is the contention
of the Master Bakers' association.
Beginning today cakea, pies, douch-
nuts and mixed breads Vill be put out
along with a full supply of while bread.
according to the Master. Bakers' asso
ciation. : It "Is said that the Bakers'
union will ask the Central Labor coun
cil to purchase bread from clo.ed shops
only.
WOMAN DIES AT
AGE OF 102 YEARS
Yielding at last to the infirmities
of age, Mrs. Sarah .Thompson, prob
ably the .oldest woman In Oregon,
died W'ednesday night at the home
of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. L. D.
Coleman, 66 North Nineteenth strcot,
at the age of 102. She was born in
Ohio November 16, 1817.
The body was taken toKI-iley' and
will be forwarded to Ha lorn Friday,
where' funeral services will In: Ueld at
Webb A dough's undertaking establish
ment at 2 o'clock.
, Mrs. Thompson was the mother of
H. T. Thompson, Kamaliel Thompson
and Frank - Thompson, all deceiutod.
Surviving grandchildren are Wtsa F.thel
Thompson, Mm. Fay Catlin and Mrs.
Oeo'rge Tyler Taglieri of Portland, and
Mra.5. T. Thomas of Halt lAke City.
Joseph Thompson of Portland, for many
years : a i Jeweler at Siilem, is her
nephew, "j '-"-.' -'
Federal Bank Agents
Accused of Secretly
Financing Hoarder
s
Washington, May 6 (I. - X. S.)
Charges 'that SBCnts of; the federal re
serve banks have financed hoarding with
the understanding that they receive half
the profits, were made today by Rep
resentative Edward J. 'King-of Illinois,
before the house rules committee, urpins
an Investigation of the federal rcrve
board for having ' practiced "feats of
financial chicanery
Uncle Joe Cannon
Making 25th Race
Danville, 111., May 6.U. P.) Uncle
Joe Cannon,, holder of the long dlstanca
record In retaining congressional office,
was again chonen to be the Republican
congrenelonal candidate by the di!.ri -t
convention here. Cannon has ben t'
O O. r. candidate in thia dislri t ; ;
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