.TfTC OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PO RIXANP, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, JS20.,
f;!c: i hi;: is hie
mm that
CM IGfllTE BRttll
, By William Slavens SIcXutt
: failed Nw- SUff Corwpodnt. -San
.Francisco, Ju,n a. William
Jennings JSryan arrive4 Friday after
noon In control,? h aid, of 11 of th
18 Nebraska delegate. aiur4 of a
'place on th resolutions committed
and In strategical position permit-
tin Mm to wield whatever of lnflu
ence be I 'able to exert, '
The. extent of that influence Is mat
ter for worry that has been keeping the
Democratic leaders half awake nights.
The ghost of a beIHgerent Bryan who
has been repeatedly killed off And has
persistently refused . to stay flee nas
been haunting- the lobbies and rooms
where political would-be architects have
been draughting plane.
BET AX GEOWS OLD -
Is Bryan a' political Joke -who can be
at last successfully laughed at? Is he
really politically dead, or will the con
vention call be the sounding of a "Ga
briel' horn" to resurrect him to power
ful ItfeT Those re the questions to
which politicians here have been wildly
seeking an answer. - s
s, I met Bryan today at Sacramento.
The ones-time "boy orator of the Platte"
now grown stout and gray and ibald,
was asleep in his stateroom, A delegate
with the manner and appearance of a
successful farmer knocked on the state
room door and said, "Sacramento, Mr,
' Bryan. There's . a fellow here wit a
box of cherries for you, aad some news
., paper fellow that want tr talk to you."
LIKE AROUSED FAftMEB
There was a weary grunt of acqui
escence from within, the sound of a
heavy body moving tn cramped quar
ters, and a moment later the man whose
shadow has darkened the path of Demo
. crailc party leaders gathering here .ap
peared in the doorway.
Hia eyea were dull with sleep. His
' elothe were wrinkled and mussed. The
fringe of long iron grey hair that rims
his considerable bald spot was tousled.
His appearanee made me . think of an
014 farmer roused from his after-dinner
nap by a hired hand to give some neces-
sary order about the work. 'Bryan had
his shoes, on. That was the sole bit
out of harmony. To be perfect as the
aroused farmer he should have come
. 1 forth In his socks.
SUDDEKIT CHANGES
For a moment he appeared bewildered
and-somewhat diffident. One delegate
was trying to haul him to the forward
tend of the car, where a local committee
and some camera men were waiting,
k tenfl another was trying to tug him out
tthe back- way, where a Chamber of Cora
merce representative was poised with a
Jcrate of cherries.', .
"Just a minute, Mr. Bryan," said a
Tnewspeper man. "We want to get a
.short statement from you to put on the
" 'wire here, and the train only stops a
couple of, minutes."
The torpor of sleep went away from
'Bryan like darkness away from a room
where, a light is switched on, Where
;a bewildered, farmerish-looking old man
-had stood I saw a keen, cool thinker,
'carefully laying down the Initial verbal
barrage of the battle that was before
'him.
QUIET, CHUBCH kTFJICT
'" The only equivalent transformation J
have ever seen was once behind ' the
'scenes, when I watched David Warfleld,
, jauntily smoking a cigarette and talking
Broadway gossip with a friend, sudden
ly toss away his smoke and step on the
stage in perfect character in the part of
, theeld soldier iw the "Grand Army
,Man, 'The newspaper -man's question
'had recalled Bryan Instantly to the per-
, tformance of bis pot. He may be po--litlcaUy
dead, but If ' so, his political
TrRost performs In a' thoroughly profes
sional and fleshly manner. 4, f
Z The oar in, which Bryan waa riding
was given over to himself and the 11
'delegates he . says are supporting him.
'.Their families were with them, .Riding
' on toward San Francisco X was .im
pressed with the country church, atmos
phere of the coach and its occupants,
Bryan became for alt the world like a
benevolent' old country paator out on a
1 Icnlo party with his flock.
ACHATS WITH OLD FRIEND
C. W. Bryan, the commoner's brother
(peddled th? crate of cherries up and
down the aisle, and there was much
munching and much exchange of homely
pleasantries, and over all was the rural
ecclesiastical atmosphere that compels
subdued aonversetion. despite the levity
-of the sfroject matter,
". Bryan now had donned a dingy, fedora
shaped straw hat, decorated with a dull
' green hand dimmed by the dust of many
trains. It is the same hat he wore at
t. the Chicago convention. It was an old
hat then. It is older now. I waited at
the far end of the car while he talked
with an elderly man who was evidently
a personal friend of long standing. I
heard snatches of talk such as ; "How
is Maryr "Where Is John living now?"
KEFCSES TO TALK ,
'. ' "Come on up and sit near hlra.
.Charley Bryan, the brother, advised me
sociably. "I been at this thing for 85
,yeaf now and I know what's best. Sit
Tight alongside him and grab him when
o get the chance." ,
' I sat alongside him and soon the elder
'y man arose and I interviewed Bryan.
It was distinctly a frost. He had said
,all he was going to say for the time
being, when he was first roused. .He
'chewed,, cherries and repeated that he
didn't care to talk, at this time on what
'ever i subjects I broached. He began
.again to look and act like a comfortable
farmer or rural preacher. But there
rwaa nothing bewildered about him now.
He was comfortable and relaxed and
farmerish-looking but on guard. Very
tmucti so.
; But he did not seem like the Bryair of
old. I began to realise that there was no
fire in -his voice when, he talker He
.gave .forth no Impression of subsurface
dramat!o heat. He seemed to be just a
'comfortable, shrewd old gentleman tall
ying carefully,
. '!03TK ISSUE TA SAM 0 VST
Then X mentioned the wet and dry
DON'T eFEED A
- HORSE
you can't use Adver
. tisc him in Th e
Journal "Want' ads-.,
' Somebody will pay T
you real money for .'.
him and then you can
buy a flivver.
Fhcr.o r.lMN 7173
. . ...
fight Bryan did not raise big. voice in
the discussion, but vibrant in that quiet
voice was the compelling quality that
once, convulsed a convention of. practical
politicians. It was there only when he
talked of the liquor question. It seems
to be the only issue remaining that can
ignite the oratorical fire that once burned
so brilliantly.
J don't know what Bryan's going to do
on the Ieague of Nations.- I doubt if
profiteering, government ownershsip or
the labor question will stir him to attain
the heights be once occupied. But if
William J. Bryan, somewhat stout, now.
somewhat bald and gray and a little-old.
ever cets on the floor of the Democratic
convention fighting for a dry plank in
the platform the Democratic convention
of 1920 is going to have a living illustra
tion of the reason why the Democratic
convention of 189 f .went mad under the
hypnotic oratory of a man from Ne
braska. The only thing that can resur
rect the aid Bryan is the wet and dry
issue, for in that issue the young Bryan
of 24 years ago lives as dominant and
dramatically formidable as when he first
came out of the West to perform the
Impossible,
UP CONTEST TODAY
' By Harold p, Jacob
Can Francisco, June 36.-(U P.)
The first open f ia7bt between ad
ministration anj anti-administration
forces was scheduled for. today
when the Democratic national com
mittee took up : the contests for all
of the 8 seats from Georgia and
one contested from? the "Fifth con
gressional district of Missouri.
Senator James Reed, bitter opponent
of President Wilson,- claims on of the
seat from his home district In Kansas
City, which wa declared vacant thrpueb
action of the Missouri state convention.
The faction headed by Senator Hoke
Smith and Thomas Watson, former con
gressman, disputes th right Of delegates
elected under leadership of Attorney
General, A. Mitchell Palmer, running on
a prsadmiirfetraUon" platform, to rep
resent Georgia in the national conven
tion. x
John Jj. Schuyleman. Fofeaaud, or,,
who lost the first contest taken up by
the committee, today said he would ap
peal to the credentials body, we ran
fifth in a field of It candidates in a
state primary, from which four delegates
at lajwe were elected, . When the fourth
delegVte at large died Schuyleman laid
claim to his seat, s The state executive
committee, however, elected R. R. Tur
ner, Reseburg, to fill the vacancy. The
national committee voted unanimously
to uphold the action of the state body.
A difference ef opinion arose -yesterday
over whether the contests should bo con
ducted secretly or in the open. The
committee voted 89 to 20. for open ses
sions. ,
L
L
(Continued Fran Pate Oae).
night dnd the first man we met on the
train was Mr. Gerard, the author of My
Four Years In Germany.? , end he told
us the story, so I will tell you the story
or "My xnree Days on the Tram."
Well, in the second place we -overlooked
the whole train and found that it dldnt
contain nobody but Democrats and their
grandmothers and newspaper men.
tlXSS THEM JCOCKED V "
t On the morning of the second day I
eat breakfast with Mr, Gerard and
found out that his platform was to free
Ireland which is directly opposite from
my platform which Is to keen each and
every nationality and race in captivity
like my principal . opponent. Kugene
Debs. , . '
In the morning of the second day the.
second section catch ed up with us the
contents of which was some more Dem
ocrats and detecativo Wro. J. Burns and
J. flam Lewis and his whiskers. Mr.
Burns was sent along to keep an eye on
the train .barb&r and see that Mr. Iewis
didnt get robbed. .
The next day. was irvin cobbs ISth
birthday and 1 bought him a shave and
he promised to buy me a haircut on my
birthday which is the of -next March
or t days after my Inauguration , but
yon cant trust the promisee and vows
ot a man iiks ne i aiao oougnt nim a
box of matches as he travels very Usht
tnougn yon woutont never believe It to
look . at him.
JfOTHIJfG GOTTLD B;AP?J3r
On the third day we dumb up thou
sand ft high which is - probably this
years 'record for the Democrats but wile
I was eating breakfast with a chicken
of 60 summers from Pennsylvania the
train started to slip back on its haunches
and my ga sot kind of scared and said
did I suppose the brakes would hold and
X said J dldnt suppose they would, but
what was the different as the second
section was behind us and would stop
us at the foot of the hill. This cheered
the little kid considerable.
The train ; finely, got started ahead
again and a cuckoo brakeman come-in
and toldv n that this was the great
divide, but that dont affect the Demo
cratic party this ? yr. ' So we slept the
rest of the day and finely hit the Oak
land mole and was stopped by a mole
trap ana come acrost the bay to where
we are at and as I say everybody in
the world is here and fbeys nobody
home.
Ohio Delegation Is
At San i Francisco
Whooping for Cox
b&n VnMim lima S-rTT T
set eff the first real firework Of the
Democratic convention tndav unnn tha
arrival of her delegation.
Behind - two brass : band-on red
coated -the Ohjoane - marched - up Mar-
kel Street. VhMninv It lln fra, nwmrnnm
Cqx and megaphoning th glories of th
YJ. . aI. ...... b,.i. . .. . .. .
The Gem City Democratic club of
Dayton, arraved In -r Ann NnrfnlV 1a.lr-
ets, white trousers and ahoe and straw
uLi.a witn rea. wntte ana blue bands,
evoked . much applause from on lookers as
uiey swung along behind a band. Each
marcher was equipped with red Cox
pennants.
En route to their headquarters at the
8t Francis hotels th Ohioane staged a
VOCal and musical dmvnat-rtinn In
of every hotel they passed. - - ,
lyiiller & Tracoy
. Dext Funeral 5ervc r
C73-C3
DEMOCRATS TAKE
RING S
INGS MUD AT
mm
CANDIDATE
MI-ViLSOil MBI
TO CONFER TODAY
ON LEAGUE PLAI
' By J. Bart Campbell
San Francisco, June 2. (I.N, g.)
An antl-administratlon coalition
on the Jjoagu of Nation issue of
William Jennings Bryan and Sena
tors James A. Reed of Missouri
David I. Walsh of. Massachusetts
and Robert I Owen of Oklahoma,
was under way today. ;
A conference between Bryan, the three
senators and other Democratic leaders
unalterably opposed to the president's
proposal - to have the Democratic con
vention make the league the paramount
issue of the campaign, wa to take place
during the day,
WA&SB PI AH FIGHT
t Walsh declared Jhe Intended to fight,
as the Massachusetts member . of the
resolutions committee, for a plank he
himself was drafting which would place
tha Democratic party on record as favor
Ing the committment of the 'American
do d! to a league only with such safe
guarding reservations as II Democratic
senator voted for when tha treaty of
Versailles was before tha senate.
Advocates of an "Irish pjank admit
th best they expect from the conven
tion is a "mild" plank, such as is un
derstood to have been agreed to by for
mer ' Governor Dunne oft-Illinois and
Prank P. Walsh, who attempted to pre
sent the xrisn cause to tae peace con
ference. ' .
IBISH PXAITK ABYOCATEB
This plank is quoted as follows :
"Resolved, That this convention de
sire to place on record its sympathy
with all oppressed peoples and us rec
ognition of the principle that the peo
ple of Ireland have the right to deter.
mine freely without dictation from the
outside their own governmental Institu
tions and their international relations
with other jstate and peoples,"
: I ..- limn i, . n ii 'Ml m "M M umm mm '
MAY BE LONG CONTEST
(Ooattimed from Fes. One.)
fer to the prohibition question at all,
thus avoiding any quarrel with Bryan.
They have insisted, too, that Cox wasn't
member of the Wilson cabinet and
would not be held responsible for the
errors of the -administration, - .
FiaUBK OH PIADIOCK
Speaking ef strategy, however, each
camp has its own idea-ef how the battle
of the ballots will b fought Quietly
it is whispered by the Go men that
Palmer and McAdeo will get into dead
lock and Cox will be slipped in as the
logical choice. ? In the Palmer head
quarters, they talk about making a drive
for the attorney general, taking tha lead
and forcing th issue through the pres
tige of the long lead that Palmer will
hp . shown to have above his competi
tors. Now the McAdoo strategists fig
ure Jt out that the deadlock will be
between Cox and palmer and that both
wilt appear as unable to get two thirds.
Then, it is reasoned, wiU be the time
for the forces behind McAdoo to come
out In the open. One would Infer from
this that McAdoo delegates would on
the first few ballots support ; Palmer
or Cox as the case may be and per
haps give scattering votes Jo favorite
sons, only to shift at the psychological
moment and stampede the convention
for McAdoo when the drive does begin.
Out of this kind of business may, of
course, come the same thing that hap
pened at Chicago--naroely the elimina
tion of the main contenders In favor of
a dark horse. Among those reserve or
compromise candidates, the names -of
Carter Glass, Homer Cummlngs and
Secretary Meredith nave been men
tioned. . . . .
MeADOO iEWTIMET 8PREAPITTG
But at present writing the momentum
behind McAdoo is growing. He is hailed
as the friend of labor, a business exec
utive who has demonstratedhis ability
in the big office of the treasury depart
ment and in managing the transporta
tion systems of the country during the
war. The 'Democrats generally believe
him their most capable man, but tha
Itosstbls use by the Republican s of the
son-in-law argument Is advanced by
opponents of McAdoo as a reason for
turning to ether candidates. ; The men
behind McAdoo. however, aren't dis
mayed by that. They seem to have
perfected a smooth working organisa
tion. It. is handicapped by th absence
of that master mind in Democ ratio pol
itics, Daniel- C. Roper,' former commis
sioner of internal revenue -who would
bave this convention eating out of his
hand If he had come here. What is
really needed is not merely a strategist
but a harmonlser to gather in reserve
strength for the final ballots; How
much of this the McAdoo mere have
accumulated Is difficult - to tell. One
finds Texas solid for McAqo, Wisconsin
strong for him, California solid, Iowa
divided. New York divided, but the
western states inellnsd toward tha for
mer secretary of the treasury. Opposi
tion from Tammany will probAly be
an- asset for t McAdoo. At this writing
be appears to have the better of iC His
statement deciding , net to make 'the
race has : rebounded to hi advantage.
Th movement to draft him ha taken
on an enthusiasm which has no parallel
in any of th other campaigns. Whether
cr not it succeeds, it has more ginger
behind it and more appearance of
spontaneously than anything els in
this convention thus far. , ; s
. , . I.,.,, .in , i y, .I, i. 1 1. '
Democrats Reelect
I Isidore Dookweiler
As Committeeman
. i
San Francisco, June 2.TJ. P.)
Isidore B. Dockweiler, Voa Angeles, was.
unanimously reelected Democratic na
tional committeeman for California at
a meeting of th California delegation
here Friday,
' Gavin McNah. San Francisco, was
unanimously elected chairman of .. the
California delegation to the Democratic
national convention, H- H. MePik was
chosen secretary.
New Shoes Wear Out
-During Rose Festival
A case of alleged profiteering in shoes
wa brought te the attention Of Chief
United States Attorney Hall Lusk this
morning by a woman who purchased a
pair ef shoes for 93 and- who says they
wore out during - the Ros Festival pa
parade. Th shoes have been turned
over to usk with th request that he
asoertaia. whether -or rot. th fire qu4
, be prosecuted for profiteering.
CONVENTION BALLOTING
PEE-COinrciJTIQN
SLAIITS ,
A.
By " Baer
I fCopyriiht, l20, by Valnnat
1
San Franciaoo, June The
work
are packed to the ears with eandldates
at large, delegates at loose nd poutj
dan at sea. -.- -
, - i.. - ,
I Nobody knows where they are going.
Which may be a successful diagnosis.
Maybe they, ain't.
i Both the masculine and feminine ex
sre represented at this convention, The
taw recognizes no other,
' m m
! Th Democrats having copped : th
sravy durlnf v lull In good . Judgment
fmir vp a rm ap-rk. th mihHi la natuntllv
establishing a morbid curiosity in 4ne)
meh of organised office -holders who have
been chewing up the folks' income taxes
like moths in a wool vest.
) x - -., " , -I
A politician Is a queer bird and - !
ahoijt th only loafer who can't be ar
rested for vagabondage.
I ' - ..-, - -I
He spins a lot. But he does not toll.
Wher . there are creeks to - be paved,
boulevards to be deepened or mole hills
to be mountained, there you will find
the nimble politician ready to save his
country or as much of it as he can
crowd Into his safety deposit vault. ..May
his bribe increase,
i ;
The . pemoc ratio . politlsh, especially.
has beeri living so, lone; on th fat ef the
land that it has von to his head. But
h 1 no different from his Republican
brother In outlaw except that he Is on
uie fnstae looiung out ana nag- aturcea up
th keyhole.
- . e
! Racially there Is ne dotted ling of
demarkation between the two conven
tions, except the Democrats are a little
neater In their polltishtng. - It's a Jimmy
Valenune against a yegg who uses the
soup.
-
Where th Re pubs amputate, the Dent-
mies merely make the wound a little
deeper. Where th elephant gobble, tfst
donkey ,simply nibbles and stretebe out
the meal for two - administrations. It's
smooth sandpaper against the rough file
with the same result, r
! Tou can't spot the difference between
a Dem delegate and a-Repub delegate,
unless you grab a squint at the bank
accounts. Beth boys are members of
this elub. wear baggy trousers, suffer
from aphasia on the Instructions and are
good to their mothers, A plebescit ef
inhabitants would indicate that dandruff
wss a paramount issue of this campaign.
w w w
The delicate lady delegates ar also
sisters under their face enamel, pound
heels are epidemic in both parties, The
lady , delegates chorus was never picked
out by Flo Zeigfeld r Mack Sennett.
Admitting that th v finest Chicago
speeches were tossed Off by women,
that's as It should be, Ioolt at the
practice - they've had.
Th bos type is also identical. All
have fat crops of gray hair smacking
of certain rubfcerset qualities like the
Shaving brush. They look very wise
walking around, which mav be the, rea
son they never stand stilL Trying to
pin a political bos down to a statement
makes shooting rocket at the moon
com under the classification of minor
operations.
e e
Like poet, bosses '
makes th laws, provided the treasury
stamps are written in lead pencil and
f vw ruDoer en cno en.
'As to the minor convention tvoe such
as eandldates and things, well, they are
the same Chicago stamp with different
colored Ink, It wiU make no difference
to the worklnf man whether Chicago, or
San Francisco cop th gravy, except
that he will have a new administration
to blame it on.
The scenario 1 the same. althAuarn tha
location is changed. Party planks ar df
lerenu Because or tne soggy going the
Demmlea may have to substitute duck
boards for planks, A ; plank 4 means
nothing permanent, bene the Biblical
quation a easy as rolling off a plank.
Put no man can say what November's
ballots will bring forth.
Provided they count 'em.
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SWITCHMEN TAKE
VACATIONS PROtEST
(Cos tinned From Pes Ova)
E. E. Berberllng of the switchmen's
union.
MEN NOT TO RECEIVE FtTLIi
RAISE ASKED FOR, IS BEtXEF
By John Gletasser
ITJoited Nm &uf OomspoBdcat.)
Washington, June It,- News that the
railroad labor beard, sitting In Chicago,
would hand down its decision on the
pending wage demands ef workers by
July ZQ bxoutfbt relief to officials here
today.
Re ports ad been current all day that
there would be a resumption of the in
surgent strikes throughout the country
If the board did not make its award Im
mediately, and official were frankly
worried. The report were so persistent
that they came to the attention Of the
White House.- - .
Now, however, it is believed the men
will be satisfied with the new that their
demand will be disposed pf soon, and
the assurance that any Increase will be
retroactive to May 1. Complaint against
the delay of the beard ha been the chief
cause for dissatisfaction, and leader of
the men warned the president a serious
situation would develop unless substan
tial Increase were allowed at once.
Belief here Is that th board will pet
allow the' full requests, which would add
more 'than a billion dollars annually to
the railroad labor bill. However, it was'
believed the recommendations wold b
for a large share of th amount. ,
WAGES mOt CABSD FOB '
One of the Immediate effect of in
creased wage will be that the railroads
will, ask higher freight rate. Thev vow
have asked a ZS per cent higher schedule.
wnicn tn interstate commerce commis
sion 1 considering. Ne provision for
higher wage is included, railroad execu
tives asserting the entire added Income
will be needed for greater operating coete
ana eejtsioius.
If the full demands of the 'werkr
should" be met, it would mean another 25
per ceat freight rat raise, adding some
thing over a billion dollar a year to rail'
road income,
Harding Leaves for
New Jersey to Rest
Washington. 'Jane $ & K S.) ,
Senator Harding left Washington today
fer a week end rest at th home ef a
mend in pvew jersey, tie will return
to WashJnston Honda y r.!rC The rna
to wa j0cosBpai4 tor lm. i:rdwg.
1000-TIE ARE .
Ml BY BRITISH
III BOMBARDMENT
London, June 2.r(L N. S.)
One thousand Turks were Jellied In a
violent bombardment Of tha battle
positions pf tha Turkish Nationalists
on th eastern shore of th Sea. of
Marqaora, according to an Exehanga
Telegraph dispatch from Athena to
day. The dispatch follow : t
"The British report heavy attacks In
the region of Xsmld (Anatolia), Geive
at east of Bagtchdjlk, .where COO
Turkish . prisoners ' were taken. The
British fleet, violently bombarded the
Turkish Una, The Turkish dead are es
timated at looo.' .
JPSWMSSrSBjSJBSV'eMM'''
WAR BJLTYVKKN GREEKS AND
" TtTAKS THHEATENS TO WIDEN
f - - By Sir CeeU Phillips
Correspondent of the I. N. 8. and the London
. Sailr Eipreau
Constantinople, June 29,---l. N. S-
Warfare between the Greeks and Turk
ish nationalists threatens to spread from
Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey) to European
soil, Word was received at JBrjtlsh Tiead
quarters tday that the Turkish nation
alists In Three are preparing for a
drive against the Greeks.
" After Buffering a series of defeats
east and north of Smyrna, the Turkish
nationalist have withdrawn to a point
$0 miles east of Smyrna, where they are
concentrating for, a counter offensive
against the Greeks. ; It is expected that
Mustapha Kemal Fasha, the chief leader
ef the nationalists, will direct .this oper
ation in person.
Greeks Take Four Towns
Smyrna, June 26. -(L. N. S.) Greek
troops on the of feneivo ' against the
Turkish . nationalists between Smyrna
and the Sea of Marmora have captured
four more towns, according to a com
munidue issuad by Greek headquarters
today.
If ADOO'S EFFORT!
ELIMINATE SELF FAILS
-
(Oontianed Wtvm Fate One.)
the interviewer suddenly finds himself
subject of an interview and the auea-H
Hon, Is;
'"What do you hear of McAdoo? He'll
come through if we draft him, won't he?
He s sincere, but no man can decline a
presidential nomination,' and similar
talk, . .
8HBXHKS FBOM SfOTIilGHT
Very Intimate friend of the lanky war
secretary of the treasury reporting here
tell In circumstantial detail ef hi dis
position (o shrink from tha presidential
spotlight and denounce as "mean poll
tics" th story that his declination state
ment was a subterfuge intended to kill
eff "Crown Prince" slur and make him
net only ; the choice but tha demand ef
this convention. These gentlemen tell us
that McAdoo' reason a specified by
him at actual and that ha is no more
sincere in his disinclination to reenter
public life than Is hi wife, the former
Kleaeor Wilson, fer wfaem the White
House possesses :. no allurement and
whose desire is for obscured content
ment with her husband and their two
babies.
But- the gathering vanguard. . headed
by such men a Senator Carter Glass,
are not only discounting McAdoo's pub
lic' statements,'' but are actually, openly
booming his candidacy jand the medicine
Is "taking nicely," according to all sur
face evidence. ' - -
PALMEB FORCES ACTITE
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's
forces are the most active boomers here.
Palmer Is surrounded. He sweeps
through the corridors of the Palace hotel,
shaking hands with an comers anq may
be the baby parade, with inevitable oseu-
latory consaauencea, will commence to
form within a day or two. Considering
theltremendous volume of advertising; the
Palmer boom has enjoyed, oia-time re
porters seem to feel that it is not good
for much strength after early ballots.
The Governor Co and Edwards en
terprises similarly appear to lack "pep,"
though the former is much discussed.
Ohio will nominate Cox," said former
Governor James Fi. Campbell, chairman
ef th Buckeye delegation, "We- will
stand by the president and the league.
but we are ready to accept constructive
reservations. We will leave prohibition
alone." "
MTTTXIS GEBABB TALK
There is a little Gerard talk. James
Mee, national committeeman from South
Dakota, declare his delegation is
pledged for th former ambassador and
must carry bis name through three bal
lets, at leastu .,
Th genial, numoroua vice presiuent,
Thomas K- Marshall, who delights to
talk of Thomas Jefferson and a return
to old-fashioned Democracy, is the cen
ter of a boom au rus -own anq qutie
spontaneous In Its nature- He does not
attempt to conceal ma pleasure, wno
knows in the deep dark hours of "some
I night next week or In the week there
riftmr with all of these delegates home
after, with all of these delegates home
sick and broke and still searching for
votes to swell - a two-thirds majority
and break a deadlock. Hhe name ' of
Marshal : of Indiana may - be the big
flash over th wires, The folk back
home may not have thought of him
In that wise, but it is not at an out or
the possible plays. t
And then there Davia, the ambassa
dor to St. James court. On hears of
him her a a dark horse ,who would
find favor tn high international circles.
At present th possibility seems remote,
TAMMANY POB WET PtAS'K
New York's tower of strength wiU go
for Governor "AI" Smith of that Well
Known state, ana Tammany is ouay as
can be .with hi boom. Just as If It were
not ' the Just due of an honored son;
Tammany,- by th way, will support a
"wet" platferm Jf one I reported.
Just jrbieh way the Tiger will Jump
on second choice' is not vouchsafed by
the experienced ' delegate from New
York.
ft is eeciarea mat i oi fennsyfvanias
T6 delegates are pledged to Palmer,
palmer says so himself.
60FTH FOR M'ABOO
The South appears strong for Mc
Adoo. Delegates from Tennessee. North
Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi say
unqualifiedly that they AT her for th
former secretary and- no one else. Alar
bama's uninstructed force polled U fer
McAdoo, three Cox, two Palmer and
seven Undecided. They an said they'd
back up the president. Cox wa de
clared crennessee's second choice. Kortb
Carolina's compliment goea to Senator
J?umifold M. Simmon. McAdoo seati
ment 1 strong in our state, said Sen
ator rat Harrison of Mississippi.
Th California delegation, according
t presetnt ptan. WU1 piy & tactful
host on the first ballot by giving each
of the names presented to th convention
some of its votes. After the first ballot
the delegation 1 unpledged and unin
structed and la "friendly" to both Mc
Adoo and Cox.
Delaware will not vote as a unit and
almost every delegate ha his own man,
according to former Senator Willard
Saulsbury.
Iowa's first ballot of Z( votes goes to
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith, who
la not without hi friends here. If he
falls to show strength the state's vote
will be divided among McAdoo, Cox and
Palmer. ,
Nebraska i undecided, and the first
ballot may show It split four or five
ways, i - - - -
WEST YmGIXIA PAYORS DAVIS
: West Virginia 1. of course, solidly for
Ambassador Davis. Kentucky v is ' in
structed for Cox. Nevada delegates say
they're for him. Texas has a unit rule
and is claimed for McAdoo, but to
Switch to Cox If MeAdoo fall.
Virginia i for Senator Carter Glass,
but h is for McAdoo, .
"Kansaa la for McAdoe," said Na
tional Committeeman Samuel B. Ami
don, It Is uninstructed but means
business in that direction. We also
have Palmer and Cox in view and
Champ Clark is not out of eur minds or
hearts, v We want our former Governor
George H, Hodges for vice president,
We are for the president and will vote
dry," - . . -
Connecticut will cast her ballot for
Homer Cummlngs for president, accord
ing to Thomas jr. Spellaey and the del
egatlon want a light wines and beer
plank, he says.
Illinois will give a considerable part
of its vot to McAdoo, according to
Carter Harrison of that state. There
will be scattering support ef Cog and.
Palmer, a wet plank will "be urged and
the -League of Nation will be opposed,
according to the same authority.
MISSOURI DEIEQATIOJT ri4T
Burrt Jenkins, of Kansas City, says,
a majority ef Missouri will vote for Me
Adoo and the delegation is also split on
a wet plank but will "probably support
the League ef Nayons plan,"
Porto Rico like Carter Glass; Alaska
want McAdoo ; Hawaii will give Cox
three and Palmer three - on the first
Fallot,
And still they come delegations pour
Ing in on every train today. Yet no
one man knows the name and address
of th great man of the democracy. It's
a good-natured convention. .California
sunshine and the wealth of fruit and
flowers are tickling the delegates and
the elty Is - in th attitude of open
armed hospitality, A great flock of
women and children accompany th men
and politically-minded women ar In
great numbers, very spirited and urgent
.... a - . j . m . m m. a . 1
wiin jjiejr oemanos lor nut rvogiu
tion. They are even springing planks
on their brothers and insisting : upon
them,
Woman 1 playing an important role J
tl.lC iiUl JUU MM, W
there should be a woman vie president.
Too early to talk ef such things." they
say,, meaning that they want half a
loaf now, but they insist en that and it
will take th form of planks. By th
way, 'women politician appear to take
to political scandal talk like duck,
They are estimating the rot and spots
of th avowed gentlemen without minc
ing words. And also they have much
to say about "party ' principles" and
"good government,"
SAVE FORESTS, SAYS '
FORKTER GREELEY
(OentiBiMd Fro Pes One-) ' '
nothing ef th need for mor efficiency
in our protection methods,
-The starting point in a national pel
icy for keeping up our timber supply is
to extend the protection against forest
fires over all timbered land sfnd land
that ought to be growing timber. It is
Just as important to protect thaeutover
land as heavily timbered lands, t am
working to put across a large plan tor
much more general protection between
the federal government and th State in
which the federal government will b
prepared to assist the states with finan
cial help up to a half and half basis, and
on the general plan of having the private
timber come in on the half and half
basis with the public,
ECTEIfglQX OP POBK8TS
"As to Oregon and Washington, the
protection of the cut-over lands will, of
itself, practically insure continued sup
ply of timber and is the thing of imme
diate importance. The second thing I
to bave very large extension of public
forests, not only national, but state. I
am very strongly m favor of the Idea
being Initiated out here of having the
states acquire cut-over lands and grow
timber on them, and I think th federal
government should acquire a great deal
of cut-over land for the same purpose.
This is a question that concerns the Fa
el fie Northwest perhaps more than any
other part of the country, because one
half the total timber supply of the coun
try Is Jn the three states on the Pacific
coast. If we ean get at it in time, we
can make this supply perpetual."
Colonel Greeley was n town only over
night. The trip Is for the purpose of ac
quainting Congressman Haugen with the
work being don and th work needed to
be done by the forest service.
GOrSTRY 100X8 GOOJJ
"X never saw the country looking bet
ter," said Congressman Haugen. "I can
not say much about the forest service
yet, because I am just beginning to see
it, but thus far I realize the great in-
portanoe of this branch or th agricul
tural department." . , '
Greeley and Haugen were the guest
Friday nisrht of S5. T. Allen, eretary
pf the Western - Forestry ft Conserva
tion association. They left this morn
ing with District Forester . George Cecil
and Forest Examiner T. T, Munger over
the Columbia river highway to Eagle
Creek, whence they will ferry across the
river to visit the numerous wind River
operations. Their entire trip win take
In road building, recreational, timber
ale, reforestation, grazing, forest ..pro
tection and other activities of th for
est service.
Colonel Greeley will return to Port
land, July 26, accompanied by O, C
Merrills, chief engineer Pf the forest
servic-at -Washington, on hi way to
Alaska for an investigation . of pros
pective water power development and
road construction.
Colonel ureeiey - sueeeeaea coionei
Henry 8. Grave United State for
ester last April.
Women Delegates at
San Franoisoo Meet
Found to Number 308
San Fraacisco, June 26 (TT. P.) Re
vised figures compiled by Democratic
national commute headquarters - show
the following woman membership tn the
convention : '
Delegatea-at-large. 41 j district dele
gates, t alternate at-large. 83 1 dis
trict alternate. 16, Total. 10.
Of the women who wiU thus have
seats pn the floor of the convention Just
half" ar unmarried, th ethers being
uner wrr or wtosan,
NEGRO (MESSES
SHOOTING WES,
W. BRAKEMAII
Th PaJjes, Jwne liFInaily riv
ing way upder six . hours of grilllnir,
"Dies Brown, colored; alias 4ttle
OI. of peneacola, Fia., calmly, and
In a spirit of braggadocio, confessed
tn District Attorney jf, V, Calloway
and Sheriff Xvt Qhyisman Friday
morning at t . o'clock that h "hot
and killed Oti Mayes O-W, It. V I
brakeman. Wednesday night near
Chatfield, and threw Jhls body from
a gwrtdPla ?ar: In extra 2127, headed
west. I '
Brown and hi neKroj companions, Jo
seph Freeman and Lloyd Haydan, whom
he forced to aooompatny him at th
point of a gun, were captured at The
Jodge, a huntinf camp i 5 mile from
Hood Plvr, Thursday, afternoon, by
Sheriff Levi Chrlaman of Wasoq eoun.
ty and deputies. After trailing th men
for ?5 mile through deep underbrvsh,
they cam upon them n a ciearina peat
the camp, .
SLAYER TKtXS STOY
When Brown saw capture was Immi
nent, h reached for .hi, sun, but Sheriff
Chrisms!) stepped out of the bushes, cov
ered him quickly and disarmed him. All
were brought here Thursday night. .
Through Brown' consstgn an their
own admissions at an Inquest held Friday
rooming, Henry Allen of Kansas City
end Council Oliver of Norfolk, Va., both
colored, will be held pa accomplices,
they having assisted him (Brown). It Is
said, to throw th body ef Mayes from
the train Brown's confession wa full
of detaU. Ape-like in fice and motions,
he waxed enthusiastic, at times In his
tale . and seemed not fyo b perturbed
by his crime or future
.H admitted killing :a policeman In
Columbus, Ohio, and serving time.
SAYS HE SnOT TO SCABS
Brown's confession, & . substance, re
lated that Mayes Bought-to collect money
from him and six others to ride, that
he had non and said so, and that
Mayes made a threatening move as
I if rn niir him ff the trsJn. Brown then
Mihr nmt revolver. v.
ered Mayes, and said i
"Now you are o
You set down a while.
hardboiledl
Mayes sat down on top, of a boiler
and sought to talk to; Brown, saying,
.MYou wouldn't kill a main for that much
money, would yout" Mayes then made
a mov for Brown, and he shot te scar
him, said Brown. .
When Mayes' body. crah4 to the
floor of the car, Brown said that he,
Allen and Oliver picked it up and
heaved - It over the fde of th oar.
Brown forced Freeman-; and Hayden to
accompany him, atul the trio left th
train a It neared Hood Piver.
THBBATBir fcYSrCHUfO
All th men in, the car Thomas Burr
of Centralia and Bert Mitchell of Val.
lejo (white) J Council Oliver of Norfolk.
Va,, Henry Allen of Kansas City, Mo.,
Joseph Freeman and i Lloyd Hayden,
residence unknown, t colored), will . b
held awaiting the trie ef Brown,
Judge F. W. Wilson ealled th -grand
Jury to meet her Tuesday, Jun 29,
and stated that he expected Brown and
hi alleged accomplices, Allen and
Oliver, would be tried her th middle
or latter part of July,'
Feeling is high among the railroad
men and several have-, urged that the
men be lynched, but thejre is hardly any
prospect of . such action taking place,
the majority of the people feeling that
Brown, .Oliver and Alien will ' all face
the fallows shortly, Th body of Mayes
3vas taken to bis horn, 129 Graham
street, Alblna, Friday morning for burial.
Shriner of Dadwood
Dies En- Roiute Here
Claud Williams of Na.ia temple. Dead
wood, S. D., died last Sunday at Billings,
Mont., 'after having bee it taken from the
special train. Telegrams to Mr. Wil
liams wen astray and ftfa relative did
not learn of hi deathj due to' inflam
matory rheumatism, until Friday, .-;
s
? On Friday, May 28th, one of
r our big plants at Richmond was com-
pJrtely Ustroy4 bf fire, Clfarisf
away the ruins ftsrtetf Sunday i con-
stxuctjoQ of pew puUdinei the middle
ji pf th week, A terrific bmlding-pac
has been set, Qn month from the
idate of th fir a new plant, of the
I same capacity a the old, rUt
I . b f roduasjf
xnviaui r
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Heavy Punisliment
Given by Court to
Eecldess Drivers
Packless automobile driver drew
heavy sentences from Municipal Juds'
Itossman Fridsy.
Donald Hawes, 654 Everett street.,;
spent several hours In JaU follpwlng an
automobile accident at East BevontH
and Halsey. streets. Hi machine struck
a car driven by W, P. Gibson at 17$
Kast Sixteenth street north and demol
ished It. Judge Rossman released liawe
on a fine of 100, th payment of whiclt
wa suspended after the Insurance com,
pany which had given an insurance pol
Icy on Hawes machine allowed Gibsoit
11000 fo use toward securing a new car.
Judge Rossman was lenient with Hawes
he said,) in that the 14 supported hi
mother. ;
Bert Jones, a farmer1 from Salem, Or,
wa fined 50and sent to Jail for five
days as a result of reckless driving on
the east side late Thursday night. Jone
narrowly missed striking severs! pedes
trians In his wild ride. Ho was found
asleep in his car, which was parked in
the middle of Vancouver avenue, near
Russell street. A partially filled bottle
of whiskey wa found tn the car, .
Switchmen Appeal
To Chamber to Aid
In Restoring Jobs
Appealing to representatives of thev
Chamber of Commerce and other oj via
organisations to assist in their replace
ment with th railroad companies, local;
members of the Chicago Yardmen's as
sociation held a' meeting at their head
quarters, II Russell street, Friday night
and adopted a resolution saying in ef
fect that th switchmen now off duty
ar willing to return to their work pro-;
Vided seniority standing will bs assured.,
Th resolution points out the fact that,
partial servic which railroad of the
country have been affording the publio
i due more to the absence of thousands
of workers rather than te short gas of
roiling stock and equipment The reso-i
lutjon call attention to the appointment (
of the wage adjustment committee and,
to the refusal of the general managers';
committee to take the switchmen buck ;
Into service so th board could function1
properly,
A statement will be made to th board i
ef directors of th chamber by the rep-1
resentativ present at th meeting Vrl-,
day night and while nothing definite,
will b obtainable before that time it'
I Intimated that th report will express 1
sympathy for th eaus of th switch-1
men In this district.
All Shrine Trains
But One Depart
For , Their Homes
Every Shrine special train eeept the
en which will carry nobles of til Zsgal
temple to their homes at Fargo, N, U.
had left the city by 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The 1CI Zagal special remains
until It o'clock tonight to permit nobles
of that temple to visit Astoria, Seaside
and the mountain resorts.
All .officers of the Imperial divan de
parted Friday, most of them on the
Garreteon special for Tacoma, where
they boarded steamers this morning for
Juneau, Alaska. A number ef Shrinera
stayed over for several days to see
more of the scenic wonders of the
state. Automobile headquarter con
tinued to dispatch a number of auto
mobile over the Columbia river high
way today. -
Guilty of Breaking
Mann Act, Graham
Jailed for One Year
After pleading guilty to a charge of
violating the Mann White slave law, &
A. Graham was sentenced to one year
In the county Jail this morning by
Federal Judge Bean, Graham, who
bears a -Striking resemblance to Fatty
Arbuckle, traveled from Minnesota, to
Oregon with Tyne Nlemie, registering
at various hotels en route.
Government officials say Graham has
a wife and family living In Muttkegon
Heights, Mich. Graham is said to have
promised the girl he would take her to
California and put her in th movie.
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