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Entered aa Seeond-ClM Matter Pontofffce, Portland, Own PORTLAND ibREGONJ FMDAYl EVENING; JUNE 111920.TWENTYTWO PAGES , , . . .1 ''..1. :fcr--rrss ri-1 . !::y...... ", ,.. : .. ' . 1 1 - m ii ii i Hi 11 - ii 1 n .i .i wj ' 7.""i7"" '' I, '" "" '" "' "' ' " a a 11 hi . 1 .' t , 1 J. Jj J1L .-'-',"1 11 1 1 1 .i ii 1. 8-CENT FARE ORDER MADE FOR JUNE 15 Car Riders to Dig Up to Relieve ' Street Railway as Result of Failure of Voters to Lift Bur . dens, Rules Service Body. Salem, June 11. -Effective June 15, cash fares on the city lines of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow- .er company will be increased to 8 cents under the order of the public service commission Issued Thursday afternoon.' " Patrons may, however, by. purchase of unlimited tickets in blocks of six for 45 cents or 50 for $3.65, reduce the fare to aeven and one-half cents. The limited tickets for school children remain at the old rate of four cents. . , MEASURE FAILURE CAUSE ' Failure pt the car riders of Portland to pass the measures on the May ballot providing for relief from fixed charges and of the city of Portland v to accept suggestions, relative to municipal owner' ship of the steel rails of the company made necessary the radical increase In fares, the order points out. v. ; Continuation of adequate rapid tran sit in Portland demanded immediate financial relief from, some source, the order says, and in view of failure of efforts to lessen expense, the only alter native 3, cent fare is turned to by the commission. .... ' . " Referring . to Its previous order, in hlch the commission held the definite decision in- the rate case in abeyance 'pending action upon its suggestions for relief of the car riders, the order, says : SOLUTION WAS SUGGESTED "It was then and still is our belief that an equitable proportion of the nec- "essary expense of providing an efficient street - car service could and should - be, paid by the general taxpayer, and that .this expense should not be borne in its entirety by the car rider.- The adoption of our - suseetions would have resulted In . lessening the value of the railway system . by several million dollars, and aU the same time jiermitted, through reductions in operat ing expense and a reduced valuation, a saving to the car rider of some several hundred thousand , dollars.". . The order declares the commission Concluded on - Pace Eighteen, Column One) CHARGES AGAINST L MAN QUASHED New York. June 11. (TJ. P.) In dictments against the American Woolen Mills company, and William J. Wood, : president, charging viola tion of the - Lever act by alleged profiteering in sale Of woolen cloth, were quashed today- by Federal Judge Julian Mack. Judge Back sustained the demurrer brought against : the indictments. He . held there was a substantial difference . between wearing apparel as mentioned . in the Lever act and pieces of cloth. The ; Lever . act ; prohibits, charging excessive . prices for wearing apparel. Trial Set on Charge Of Selling Hard Cider . First of the soft drink men to be tried in federal court on charges of selling hard cider will be Jim Cocas, 293 Burn side street, and Lewis Mitchell, Fifth and ' Bumslde streets. Trial was set for July 16. Abooit 19 days ago federal agents raided . several places, arrested the proprietors and seised a large quan tity of cider. Following the raid, an agreement was made with cider manu facturers that no more sweet cider would be cold retailers who were con victed of letting it harden. G. O. P. Crazy With Heat st n R st st st kt;" at . Ring Interprets By Ring Lardner ;- Chicago, June 11. To the Editor The Republican convention has gone crazy with t h e heat, "and it jnow looks like Governor Sproul has - a c bancii though Che iron constitution of the 'United States says that ? nobody- that ;was not , born in iJ this 'country c an e president and where - ia Chester? Personaly the writer is beginning to get convinced that, the national' committee - are framing against "me as X can't no sooner gst' to the dodr of the Coli seum when all of a sudden they 6k I W Sister of TR. Brings Delegates To Their Feet in Speech for Wood By William Phillip Simms - V Coliseum,. Chicago, June 11. N- S.) The snappies sharpest drawn speech of the forenoon was that of Mrs. Douglas Robinson . of New York, sister of the late Theo dore Roosevelt. It was like a cameo. It j brought ' the convention to its feet as no other oratorical endeavor has done. l , - Delivered slowly, with perfect assur ance, it was heard in the far corners of the halt. - It was reminiscent of her great brother. j - Dressed simply In black, Mrs. Robin son' at once made a great appeal to the delegates. . . When she spoke as the rep resentative of the great Republican leader whose -name had 'been repeatedly cheered, the delegate seemed to throb with emotion-t : i'- v , ' Mie. Robinson ' spoke In short, " epi grannie sentences. She snapped her words. Her words' ; were . powerfuL Women - delegates and the thousands of women visitors seemed, spellbound by her dignified eloquence. Ko man had come so near to the heart of this vast assemblage of 14.000 representative Americans. f BOMBARD REBELS London, June 11. (L N. S.) .Italian warships at Aval on a have be gun bombarding the Albanian Insur gents, said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from ..Brindisi this : after noon. Avalona was reported sur rounded . by . Insurgent. Albanian troops. - , ; 1 : 5 LIBERAL LEADER SrCCEEDS NITTI AS ' ITALIA PREMIEU . London.'; June "-1L N. .1 Frn- clscr Ollotti, ' leader of the Italian Lib- mlership, succeeding - glgnor Nitti, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Rome today. The dispatch said that Gilotti'a acceptance had been officially announced in Rotue. ITALIAN STRIKE: IS ENDED ; ANARCHISTS ARE ARRESTED London, June 1L . (L N. S.) The strike of Italian workers at Bar! has ended and order has been restored after a series of fierce clashes between strik ers and .police, according to a Central News dispatch from Rome this afternoon. quoting the Roma. Hundreds of Italian anarchists are being arrested. , Asks for New Cabinet . Rome. June 11.-KU.1P.) King Victor Emmanuel today asked former Prerhier Giolltti to form a new cabinet. 600,000,000 Feet Of Timber Will Be ; Logged in Clatsop Logging operations involving the ex penditure of over J 1.500,000 in the de velopment of a tract of 600,000,000 feet of timber in Clatsop county hftve been started by the Saddle Mountain Legging company, : headed by Lexis H. Mills of this city. Contracts for cutting and hauling the- logs were aigned recently by M; H. Houser, owner of the Lewis tt Clark railroad, -which. ' taps tie tract, and; the .Merrill Lumber company of Wisconsin, owners or the timber. The contract covers an eight year peiiod. Sugar IProf iteering Is Laid to Company Pocatello. i Idaho, June 11. I. N. S.) The United States government today Instituted . legal action against the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, a corpora tion of Utah, and the principal . offi cers of the company,- charging prof iteering in sugar, v New Platform adjourned.- I missed morning pray ers this A. M., and got in just too late "for vespers this afternoon. C j about all as I could do for my read ers and constituents was get a hold of the platform and, condense it into such shape so as people who aren't on their summer vacation will have time to read it and I will also leaf e out the non essential planks witch is in the huge majority." Peace Treaty Postponed ; rain. - Taxation The; burden of taxation im posed upon . the American people is stag gering and, so "are the delegates. '; Lynching We urge congress to - con sider the most effective means to start lynching in this country, , the lack of witch continues to be a terrible blot on our American civilisation. Oppressed Peoples The Republican party desires to place on record its eym- Concluded oa Face En. Ooluma TvoJ ITALIAN WARSHIPS KNOX WIAY EMERGE AS Cut Throat Game of Johnson -and Lowden and Wood May Give Old Guard Opening to ' Put Pennsylvania " Senator Over- By David Lawrence " .h (Copyright, 1920,- bf Tha Journal.) - Coliseum, ' Chicago, J June :v 11 Even If the public could be told all that is said, all that was promised in the conference which- lasted ; well J into the morning, the said ptfblic I would . only; know the strategy not the- result. . For- as the Republican national convention ' enters into Its final stage, r the . actual . naming ; of ; candidates for, president and vice president. I the pledges and i assur-" ances exchanged behind closed doors by the busy managers of individual aspirants for the nomination, mean only ' a concerted , effort to name a conservative acceptable to the regu lar Republican organization. ; HOW THE:- CARDS STACK UP . ' The order of events, based upon - some knowledge of what the board of strat egy is - mapping out on the inside of this convention, i is this : ; ? . 1 Let 5 Wood ' show his maximum strength on the first, few .ballots, and let Johnson hold bis delegates intact. 2 Let Lowden come ' up and ', pass Wood in the totals. Make a final drive inside' the New - York, Pennsyl vania and Massachusetts delegations for Lowden. , ; J; 3 If Lowden does' not get the break and merely holds bis Mnes intact, with no evident chance of taking delegates' from Leonard Wood, a ' ballot or two ' for Johnson's benefit will be tried," . i , ; X50X MAY XHESGE 4 If all three leaders fall to get a , majority, toe board of - strategy . will offer Knox or Sprout or Harding,- With the- certainty t that;" Harding will v at least be giverr , the . vice presidency ' if Johnson declines it. Millage Tax Law Is " Indorsed by Labor The Central - Labor council has In dorsed the special millage tax measure for construction of school buildings. Thursday night It sent a , telegraphic request to President Wilson to pardon Dr. Marie ' Equi, under, conviction of violation of the espionage act.' On in vitation of the- Portland Federation of Churches a delegation of five will be sent to an .- industrial conference. A committee- was appointed to have charge of the campaign of A- W. Jones and Samuel Murbard for school director. December Storm Has Echo in Damagp Suit ' An echo of the big snowstorm last Be-H ( Concluded on Pate Tovr, Colmnn Two) J : -? , .. . . I ; . .. . X ' f , V , S ' f '4 " ' 1 - -5 i j ? ".0CV ' - J?. HsssMBasasassBMBSMaMeBlls eRimimiiBBtB0mr9llB&X HWMKHiiMMSaA cember. when city traffic was paralysed for four days came today when Attorney W. A. Ekwell asked the city to compeiw sate damages estimated at $275 done at the Ausplund drugstore, 110 North. Sixth street, when a lamp post fell through one of its show windows. A heavy truck being ioadfed with snow backed against the post when shovelers undermined its rear wheels, and it was sent, crashing through the window. . . . f TlffiYiROiCHICAGO SHAKES rpHREE of the commanding figures at the Republican na . I tional convention: -Above is Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, . Hiram Johnson's chief of staff, . who put over the anti-treaty plank' in the convention Thursday. At the left is Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas,, who made the speech nom inating General Leonard Wood. At the right is Charles Stetson Wheeler, San' Francisco attorney, who placed Senator Johnson's name:before the.convention in behalf of California. m BASEBALL PLAYE8S KILLED IN STORM V Detroit, June 11. ill -.'"f NS. j- Seven p.rsons were killett by light ning or drowned, and 13 seriously in jured during a combination hail, electrical, and' windstorm bat raged over Detroit early last jjight Of the dead were members ; of an amateur baseball team at ! Northwestern" high school, who had taken' refuse from the storm binder' .the, shelter ' of a 'tree on the grounds. Six other players were injured ' by the bolt. - ' ' Counterfeit Statiipy y gfSaIe&R Samples of counterfeit War Savings Stamps have ' been received by acting Postmaster' Robert Barclay' at' the; post office .with instructions to be - on the lookout for such - stamps -presented for Dayman t. IV 1 r - f a. - 1 J 1 . ' I V : s. ; a. 4 TESTIMONY FIRM San Francisco, June (U. P.) Maxine Dempsey was subjected to a "gruelling cross examination by At torney Gavin McNab in the "slacker" trial of jack Dempsey in federal court' today.. ; . She clung firmly to her story and ef forts tp break her testimony failed. , She' denied she had plotted to get $40 000 from- Dempsey in -case 'he won the Carpentier, fight.-: -f-" 'Asked concerning incidents In Nevada just prior to : and following; publication of her , slacker": charges, she . replied. "I can't, remember." Forceflv to. .fery' on his wlti alone, Dempsey- will": "enter. the ring" today to defend himself against the government's charge that he Is a "draft slacker." . Forced! to -;rely on his wits alone, DmpseyDempsey will "enter the ring" today ' to "defend, . himself against the government's-charge that-he is a "draft slacker.""--:- Deprived' of his usual -means of de fense, Dempsey will face "ikUled lawyers who will feint with words. i .4 :: -Dempsey has been nervous during the trial. -- , .; jl----:." ; ;-. 7 ; t The famous '"slacker" letters said to have, been written to Maxine Dempsey, the champion's f divorced ; wife, ' iwcre barred from evidence as , "confidential teommurrtUors:.tO'JeMaxiBe- r.-i- .if&fr Gbicagb Hatf bfml : Not Constructive, : Asserts Cumminff s " Satt Francisco, June 1L - (U. P.) Commending on the Republican .'plat-! form. Homer S. Dimming. Democratic national chairman., said today : - -rHlgh sounding jmrasea will mot take the place of ? constructive suggestions. The' platform" is a- work of destructive cHti'cism.',It.'wilI1 be searched in vain, for one affirmative and clear-cut prop osition to remedy any of the conditions , fof which it compJaiha", . . . f , , ', -. lliLR'S TALK llilll JOHNSON IS -ICTOITH-' I 3H01 OF MMk - s . . . ; " i-- r 1-. i - ' : ' Referenced Bankers' Support of Califorriian Is Signal for Prolonged Booes and Hisses and Lauh- ter; Governor' Alleys Speech for Wood Brings Wild, Enthusiasm; "Lowden Demonstration Is Loudest and Noisiest; Spectators :Are Plainjy Bored as They Swelter in the Terrifhc Heat. Coliseum, Chicago, June -11. (U. P.) Casting aside' the enthusiasm and cheering, whether mechanical or otherwise, which greeted,the nom inations of General. Wood and Gov ernor Lowden,- the one outstanding feature of the Republican convention-today was its marked Ill-temper toward and unfriendliness foir the CANDIDATES FAVOR PARTY'S Chicago, June N. S.) Universal approbation was given the Republican party platform today by various presidential candidatesone of whom will Jbe' 'asked to stand solidly on it. in the; 1920 campaign. 1 Comments were as follows::- : ' Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio It It a good, platf orm. The commenda tion of the senate for its, stand on the treaty is particularly gratifying:' to me. Major General Leonard "Wood Every Republican candidate can whole-heartedly accept .the provisions of the 1920 platform. It Is a sound, wholesome ap peal to the American , people,. .;. -! Governor William C Sproul of Penn sylvaniaThe platform , suits me. It is in accord With Republican eentlment and tradition.; '. It is . American and con structive, -v Nicholas Murray Butler of New York The fullest strength of the Republican party can be mustered In support of this document. Senator Miles Foindexter of Washing ton I " approve of the" league plank heartily. Republicans always have and Republicans always will stand against any surrender of the rights and sover eign - powers of the ' nation such as is proposed by the Wilson League of Na tions. . , . Irrigation Subject: Will Be Discussed . At Seattle Session - For discussion of reclamation work- in the Northwest, particularly, in regard to the; gigantic--Columbia basin, irrigation project, the Pacific; Northwest Irrigation and development congress will meet in Seattle" September .16 and IT.' according to arrangements made by representatives of the Seattle, ; Tacoma. Spokane , and Portland Chambers of Commerce at a roeeting-heid in Seattle Wednesday. - - Invitations will be extended to railroad presidents, congressmen, governors of states' and mayors of cities in the North west, -Eastern - financiers reclamation experts and ' cfvie leaders of -Oregon, Washington," Idaho and Montana. Kd Itors of newspapers in the Northwest will be taken over the Columbia basin project July's, 9 and 10 as guests of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. ' Portland was represented at the meeting this week by Whitney L., Boise, .v.: . .... 1 - - ' v , v v ...;.:r,--: r m '" " "imm8 !"T"li'i'f l ' ill ' '"'ii "i i ii l'"'""l' iiii'! " ' '" ttmSmmJli ' PLATFORM candidacy of Senator Hiram John son. " - - - - The crowd's dislike at one time as sumed the proportions of out-and-out rudeness to Charlee S. rWneeler, who was making the nominating speech. Booes -and hisses and laughter greeted Wheeler's statement, that the business sense of .the country Is . behind John eon because he carries the support of A. L LONG PENALTY i A. L.'Long, former Portland po liceman, was : fined $1000 and sen tenced to nine months in the county jail this morning by -Federal Judge Charles ' E, Wolverton on a charge of representing, himself to be a dep uty United States marshal. ' Early - this year Long stopped L. L. Adcoxv near . Prlne11le r and, by repre senting himself as ft government officer, secured a valuable Stock of liquor which Adcox was bringing into the state" from California. - Ever since - his arrest. Long refused to disclose Where he had hidden the .liquor until. last week, when he ac companied federal 'officers to the place and discovered that the liquor had been stolen,,- ;.---. :, - John Stevenson, Long's counseL asked the court for leniency, reciting Longs sTOod record in - the -police department and. in civil life and also that he. had gained ' nothing by, the transaction. In reply the court said to Long; "This is a serious offense which you have been found guilty of. Men cannot be al lowed to go about '-and-represent them selves to be ; clothed with the high powers' vested in A United States mar shal.' I am not going to make the pen alty severe in this case, but you cannot go unpunished." Stevenson asked for a stay of execu tion of CO days in which to .file excep tions. . .... - Gasoline Storage Soughtto Continue v Shipbuilding Work .The Northwest i Bridge st iron com pany, in a communication to the city council today, asked, for - permission to tore 8000-gallons i Of gasoline in-a tank on the property; c the Columbia. River Shipbuilding corporation. t , a The)comrauBlcailon, signed by W. H. Cullers,. - president f of the corporation, mentioned that - extracts for" construc tion of seven 12,000 ton tankers are held, and-that the gasotine "is absolutely nec essary for the work. Not only are heavy trucks for' general . work used by the plant, .but tractors and other gasoline burning engines are used in 'the yard. Four thousand men will be employed for one and one half years in this work, the communication said. The tank is built four feet underground and . has already been approved by Fire Marshal Grenfeil. - - - three California bankers, whose wealth is reputed to be $270,000,000. Wheeler's voice failed in the midst of his speech, but instead of being po litely tolerant of this, the spectators seised upon it aa a pretext for more Jibes and sneers. At one time Wheeler was so apparently heckled that he turned upon the audience tn anger. Bored to the point where conceal ment seemed impossible, the spectators and delegates sweltered all day in the torrid heat and fidgeted in their seals whenever a speech seemed to them to go beyond bounds. They appeared ter ribly tired of the tried and true ma chanica of a political convention. Despite the discomfort, it Is the ex pressed purpose of tne men In tha rise of the machine to keep running until at least one ballot has been cast. So I far, Wood, Lowden, Johnson, Coolldge, Prltchard. Butler. Hardin and Hoover have been placed In nomi nation. There may be -five others, ex clusive t of dark horses, who may be given nominating speeches. jBy Hugh BallHe " Coliseum, Chicago, June 11. (U. P.) The Republican convention to day plunged into the dramatic busi ness of nominating a candidate for .president. " - "The first nomination was that of Gen eral Leonard Wood. 4 , There was. -a lot or gaveling before .Chairman Lodge could bring the con vention to order. Lodge's hammorir ;r continued for a full minute before 1 1 voice could .be heard. The Rev. Johnston Meyer of Chicago delivered the invocation. He prSyed that the Republican plat form might, please, the Almighty and that the choice of the convention for president might also be the choice of God. ; BOOSETELTS NAME CHEEKED After the prayer. Chairman Lodie recognized H. Hampton Moore of Penn sylvania, who offered a resolution pro viding ' that the convention record Its sense of "Inexpressible loss" n the death of Theodore , Roosevelt. The reading was greeted with applause. The cheering continued o Lodjre could not put - the question. The noie died down and broke out again. The resolution was adopted by a ris ing vote. - ' Chairman - Lodge declared that the convention was open for nomlnationa. The roll Of states began. Alabama passed and Arizona yielded to Kansas. There was a great bursting of cheers at- this. Several large flags were pro duced and waved. 'The stale of Kansas," again cried Lodge. Governor Allen came forward to nomi nate General Wood. He received one yell of ' applause, then there was a R'vi eral call for silence and Alien .iwunj into his address. The Coliseum was packed to ihe roof as Allen, In a strong voice, audible to the gallery, fought his verbal fight for Wood's candidacy. LIKE A BIIADOW BOXER - Allen presented Wood's case like a man engaged In a vigorous argument with an Invisible opponent. There was enthusiasm in his every gesture and he cut right into the applause, not wait Ing for it to subside. Allen held his glasses In his right hand, his manu script in his left, and gesticulated with both.'- . The first mention of General Wood s name passed almost unnoticed. It w;i mentioned by Allen twice more In th next minute, and each time there wm a burst of applause, each a little loud er than the one before It. As Allen read Roosevelt's praine tt Wood, cheering broke out and cor t.-i-ued until he motioned for silence. The perspiration streamed down Al len's face. '"Some object to him because of fc! uniform," he said. "Ah-h-h ! Whenri l the uniform . become an emblem of dis qualification in this country?" -CROWD GROWS NOISIER The crowd grew noisier as AVm talked. Cries of "Good, good," an'! a long, nasal blast on a tin horn renuit? 1 when Allen defended "Wood against those who call him a mllttarixt. Wood, Allen said, dominated the trou bled labor situation at Gary, Ind., with (Concluded oa.Paca Two, Column On) Workers Comb' City For Tloral Entries With several hundred workers comb ing the city for entries for the grand floral parade, of the Rose Festival, June 21, gratifying results are shown In daily reports. Individual entries are not be ing filed as rapidly as is desired, but women working In every district of the city are expected to bring in many of these entries within the next few days. Desire of several charitable Institu tions to participate in, the floral parade !ed to" the arrangement for a new clari fication which, will admit such oran irations and hospitals to take part in the parade and compete for prlxes. Try make this section particularly attract) cash awards of $150 and $100 for f r and second prize respectively have t olfered. ...... .. - f r.
