THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1920.
DECLARES BRYAN
San Franciadb, June 2. U. P.)- W.
J. Bryan today for the first time came
put Into the open la his flffbt against
a platform plank making the League
of Nations the paramount Issue of the
campaign. ; :
. "It U a crime to drag the peace treaty
into the mire of politics." he declared,
addressing a luncheon of the Common
wealth club. "Shame on any 'Democrat
or any .Republican who would drag this
question down into party politics.' -
Bryan declared that a campaign with
the leafrue as the big Issue which Presi
dent Wilson wants would be a "sham
battle."
"And we don't want a sham battle in
this, country this fall," he said.
Bryan announced that liquor was the
paramount issue, in his estimation. -.
"And there will be no dodging it." he
cried. : "Liquor will either control the
Democratic party or be out of business
forever. This convention must kill
liquor as dead as slavery.
He declared he would demand that
. every delegation be polled . when the
convention votes on a wet or dry plank
if t goes to the floor, "and then see
whether they can vote wet and go back
and face the people at home."
Bryan also- declared for planks to
stop profiteering- and to provide for in
vestigation of industrial disputes and
a "cooling off period before strike cr
lockout, -i
Woodruff Is Named
Business Agent of
Shrine Publication
Recognising " his experience and his
achievements as general secretary of the
general Shrine convention committee, the
imperial council of the Mystic Shrine
has appointed Mark Woodruff of Port
land as business manager of The Cres
cent, official international Shrine pub
lication. ...
. Woodruff, a former Portland news
paper man and later publicity secretary
'of the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and in a similar position with the 8 Ira-
horn railway developments, will be re
quired to go to Bt Paul, Minn, the
Crescent's home office.
The new Crescent business manager
will remove from Portland as soon as
' the mass of detail work remaining from
the Shrine convention is cleaned up, a
task that probably will demand his la
bors for several weeks. ". -s .u
Woodruff admittedly had : a big part
in making the i 920 Shrine convention
the biggest and most important In Shrine
history, and his selection for the im
portant position is not only a reward
for his efforts here, but a recognition
of his experience in publication works.
Lowden Campaign .
Fund to Be Used in
, MissouriHeturned
St. Louis, June 26. tl. N. S- Louis
L. Emmerson. campaign manager for
Governor Frank O. Lowden in the lat
ter's race for the Republican presiden
tial nomination, stated over the long
distance -telephone . from Mount Vernon,
I1U, that "Nat" Goldstein and Robert
E. Moore had each returned the $2500
of Lowden campaign money they had
received for campaign expenditures In
Missouri., -
Goldstein and Moore were delegates
to the Chicago convention. Tha money
they received was part of the JJ8.000
of Lowden money, the receipt of which
by.K. L. Morse, Jacob L. Babier, Mis
souri national committeeman, and other
leaders has caused a split in the G. O.
P. in Missouri.
Halfway Organizes
Improvement Club
Halfway, Or., June 26. Residents "of
Pine valley are making an effort to im
prove their cemetery, long neglected. A
box supper was held and 9165 raised for
a fund to carry on the work. At the
annual1 meeting of the cemetery associa
tion ths following trustees were elected:
Henry Lee p. Guy Hughes, Mrs. Wllda
Reed. X. W. Sample and Mrs. Kate
Bloom. At the same meeting another
society, called the Community Improve
ment club, was organised for the pur
pose of -helping to raise funds.
Festival Center Is
To Be Kept Intact
- C. P." Keyser, city park superintend
ent, said today that the festival center
probably will be continued intact for
several weeks, possibly ail summer and
.the plant sale announced for Monday
will be only ' those flowers and plants
'displayed in the beds built in the street
intersections crossing the ; park blocks.
The beautiful landscaping in the park
blocks proper and the electric lighting
win be unaisturttea.
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Homer S- Cummings
Stands for 'Suave'
San Francisco., June 2.--TJ. P.
piece entitled "At Mome With Homer" :
Home S(uave) Cummings, Demo
cratic national chairman. In direct con
tract to the cyclonic Mister Hays of the
Republicans, - wafts; himself about the
temporary domicile of his party like a
gentle sephyr, breathing peace and se
renity upon all and aundrjr. ;
To further illustrate the unlikeness
of these two party leaders. Hays -- is
short fraJL intensely nervous, hag' aa
expansive grin and converses in a pip-1
Ing treble ; cummings is tau. nuany,
smiles slowly, and his voice is a re
verberating , bass.
When Hays is . on the Job, he is al
ways in evidence, covering -vast dis
tances with incredible speed. , Cum
mings appears and disappears so qui
etly that be seems to materialize out
of thin air and then melt away.
The Democratic chief, when he gath
ers the reporters about-him in his di
urnal conferences, always sends them
away staggering under a load of bright,
painted epigrams. ' guaranteed 'Strictly
home-made and ; fresh. He never an
swers an interrogator Immediately, but
turns his answer over in his mind, pol
ishing and repolishlng it, and when it
is brought out into the light it is a
thing of beauty and a Joy forever. ,
But Cummings owns a keen - sense of
humor, as one - who . seeks a mental
joust with ; him quickly learns. Rough-
and-ready comedians among tne news
paper men or the commltees over which
he presides, seeking to kid" the chair
man, Cnd themselves more v kidded
against than kidding. ' And all the
while Cummings is laying down his
counter-barrage of wit hia face is
Immobile as the sphynx.
Without i seeming effort Cummings
has so ordered things that the tempo
rarv bailiwick of ' the Democrats has
been put in - complete order and the
national convention could be -started
today if necessary.'
STATESECRETARY
IS IT1NERAMT HOST
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By Fred S. Ferguson
Ogden. ) Utah -(Aboard Overland
Limited), June 25. Secretary of
State Bainbridge Colby, speeding to
the Democratic convention, is acting
in the capacity of itinerant host to
representatives of three South Amer
ican republics.
They are Ambassador Thomas Le
Breton of Argentina, Ambassador Bet
ran Mathieu of ' Chile and Minister
Federico Alf opso Peset from- Peru. They
are traveling to San" Francisco as "ob
servers." but they are very much inter
ested not only in the possibility of Presi
dent Wilson's nomination, but ' also in
the continuance of his policy guarantee
ing the , free development or Latin
American governments. r r '
During the trip out. Colby has been a
frequent visitor at the compartments
occupied by the South Americans and
generally acting as host whether inquir
ing- as . to their welfare in the dining
car or explaining interesting facts about
the - country . through which they were
passing. : . f
It is perhaps a rather unusual thing
for foreign " diplomat to take a direct
Interest in an American political con
clave, especially so direct an interest as
to take them actually to the scene of the
affair. But talks with these foreign
ers developed the fact that they regard
the two great conventions this year as
especially significant in indicating the
interest, generally, in foreign countries.
They are interested even in events here
tofore regarded as of distinctly domestic
importance.
Nebraska Delegates
Select Bryan for
Platform Committee
San Francisco," June. 26. L N. S.)
William Jennings Bryan was named a
member of the resolutions committee at
the caucus of the Nebraska delegation
today. ' The - entire delegation. which
has been headquartered at the Turpin
hotel, moves down to Bryan's rooms at
the St. Francis hotel today.
The caucus decided that the first bal
lot will be. cast for Senator Hitchcock
under primary instructions. After this
obligation has been taken care of, the
stat will probably decide the way that
Bryan dictates on whom they will vote
for. i i . . i; :
The commoner spent the entire morn
ing meeting hundreds of delegates who
called upon him. - t . .
Fireworks Not to Be
Sold or Discharged
In 4th Celebration
An earfy reminder that no fireworks
can be sold or discharged within. the
city ' limits te included in a warning
about the Fourth of July issued today
by Fire Marshal OrenfelL
Attention is invited in the fire mar
shal's statement that the ordinance pro
hibiting I absolutely the discharge of
anything ' in the way of fireworks or
firearms, and this renders liable to
prosecution. Grenfell says, those persons
who buy fireworks in the adjoining
towns and bring them to Portland. Even
the little so-called ; sparklers, whick
manufacturers claim cannot set fire to
anything, but one of which burned
hole through a bed in an east side fire
house dormitory, several years ago, are
banned.
In his statement ' Grenfell calls at
tention to the high death-rate of 1860
lives in s IS years from Fourth of July
celebrations and 42,089 injuries.
Turks' Imprisonpent
Of American Jvpman
Starts; Investigat i o n
Wshington, June 2S. (I. X. S.) The
department of state has instituted a
vigorous investigation of unconfirmed
reports that Mrs. Paul Hilson, an Amer
ican missionary,' has been . taken pris
oner by, Turkish nationalists near Tar
sus, in Silesia. Acting Secretary of
State Davis announced today. "The de
partment has cabled 'its agents to do
everything possible to effect Mrs. Hil
son' release if she is being held. '"and
to take -steps to issue protection to
other Americans in that region.
News, of the reported; arrest of Mrs.
Hilson came by telegraph from her
father. H. A. Fischer - of Wbeaton col
lege. Wbeaton, IU. - .
FAITH AKD PRAYER
RESTORE- HEALTH,
SAY 20 PERSONS
Fruits of several weeks of fiivine
healing znissions were displayed this
morning at Christensen's hall when
the Rev. John G. ; Lake of Spokane
called : in review some 20 " persons
who - claimed they ; had been healed
by faith and prayer through the
ministrations of Lake and his com
panions. Some still had the appear
ance of; sickness, .with faces pale
and wan; others had tinges of. re
turning health in their cheeks; all
professed that divine agency had ac
complished what physicians and sur
geons '. had failed to do. t
Lake held several meetings recently
at The Auditorium which were attended
by thousands. Some claimed to have
ulcers, goitres, ills of all sorts that bad
defied ordinary means of remedy.
Lake expects to leave soon, but during
his visit he organized the "Church of
Portland" with a - charter membership
of 100 persons, which, under the ministry
of the Rev. William Wright, will . con
tinue the healing work. , ,
Among those who today claimed resto
ration of health were : ?
Mrs. A. Anderson of 796 East Thirty-
third street, who testified that after suf
fering for nine years with rheumatism.
she was entirely cured after being min
istered to three times through prayer and
a laying on of hands.: t
William Wright of Spokane, associate
minister and war veteran, who obtained
immediate relief when incisions, results
of six operations for tubercular, bone.
healed and his health returned. I
W. Cliff Harned of 748 Sixty-fourth
atreet north, who was given just I two
months to live, and although that ! was
but two weeks ago, claims that he is
now cured of Bright s disease.
"Until two weeks ago I had a goitre
which at times nearly strangled me,"
said Mrs. Carrie Gar lick of 4214 East
Morrison street, "and with which ' I had
been Buffering for 18 years. I; was
prayed for at the meetings in The Au
ditorium and within three days jhe goitre
was gone.". -;-"t t
Miss A. Culp of 228 North Twentieth
said she obtained relief for the first time
being a sufferer from spinal trouble.
: Meetings will be continued for the
present at Christensen's halU ''
Democratic Wetfc : :
From Pennsylvania
Decisively Beaten
San Francisco, June 26 TJ. P.) The
Pennsylvania delegation today defeated
a motion to instruct its members of the
resolutions committee to vote for a wet
plank in the . Democratic platform.
By a vote of CO to 13 the resolution
proposed by Thomas F. Greevy of . AI-
toona. instructing Vance . McCormick.
the Pennsylvania member of the , reso
lutions committee, to work for a plank
pledging the -party to modify the Vol
stead act, was laid on the table. ; This
action was taken after Bruce F. ; Sterl
ing, chairman of ' the delegation, had
declared that every delegate would have
an opportunity in - the convention of
meeting the liquor issue but that the
delegation should not go on record at
this time. . .. i . , -
The delegation adopted a resolution
favoring a plank for Irish independence.
Tennessee Solons
Are Pro-Suffrage,
Straw Vote Shows
Washington. June 26. X N. S.)
Preliminary results of a suffrage poll
of the Tennessee legislature begun since
Governor Roberts' announcement that
he will call a special session to consider
ratification of the suffrage amendment
indicates that the legislature is pro-
suffrage in sentiment. : the national
woman's party announced ' this after
noon. - Replies to the . suffrage aues-
tionnaire sent out are flooding every
mail, it was said, and only two mem
bers have thus far expressed antagon
ism to suffrage, - ,
Earlier Arrival of
Eastern Mail Plan
Arranging for an earlier arrival of
through mail from points east of Omaha
and Chicago, officials of the O-W. K, &
X. have announced that mail train No.
5. now arriving at noon, will arrive at
? :4S a. in., after - July 7. - The through
mail has been arriving from the Fast
almost too . late for distribution that
day, but the earlier arrival time will
insure quick delivery. .
Hallowell Ordered
Committed to Prison
An order committing W. Ft Hallowell
to 13 months at McNeils Island was is
sued this morning by Federal Judge
Bean upon the return of. a report from
the circuit court of appeals confirming
the findings of the local court.- Hallo
well was sentenced December 2. 1917. for
conspiracy to defraud, by use of the
mails, in connection with the Oregon &
California land fraud cases.
Shriners Cut-Into
'Democratic Show
San Francisco, June 26. (TJ. P.) The
Shriners refused to let the Bourbons
hog the show. Gaily - clad ' Shrine pa
trols en route from the Shriners; con
vention at Portland marched the streets
today behind . drum corps and bands.
Jubilant Cox - supporters attempted to
steal one Shrine parade by Iming up in
the van, armed with Cox pennants and
uttering Cox battle cries.
Bank at St.; Paul Is
Looted by Bandits
St. Paul, Minn- June. 26J CU.iP.
The Great ; Northern State bank was
held up by - bandits here ,. Friday and
robbed of ' an. undertermined ' amount.
Victor Hedman. cashier, was Injured.
Louis W. Hill, until recently president
of the Great Northern .railroad, estab
BAPTISTS REQUEST
ENFORCEMENT OF
PROHIBITION ACT
Buffalo. N. T June 2 6. -(XT. P.)
Acting in response to a telegram
from the 'Her. Clarence Ford,, Red
ding, CaX, the Northern ; Baptist
convention today-: wired the Demo
cratic national convention urging
enforcement of the ..- eighteenth
amendment, '
The telegram follows: . ,
'The Northern Baptist convention.
with 4000 members present, represent
ing a million anc a half communicants,
strongly and . hopefully call upon the
national Democratic convention to make
fn their platform an unequivocal decla
ration for enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment to the constitution and the
Volstead act of congress."
The convention adopted without oppo
sition the program of the board of pro
motion. The budget for $900,000 for the
board's work for . the coming year was
adopted.
A resolution authorizing the 'assump
tion by the convention of notes amount
ing to 3750,000, which the board has al
ready been forced to borrow, and credit
up to 33.000,000 should borrowing be
come necessary, was also approved..
The convention voted to cable, a copy
of the v resolution previously adopted
bearing upon' the friendly relationship
of the country with Great Britain to
our Baptist brother, David Lloyd
George of Great Britain.
Approval was also given a budget of
upward of 310.000,000 to carry on the
work of the various societies and boards
of the convention for the coming year.
Liberal Platform Is
Necessary to Secure
Democratic Victory
San .Francisco, June 26. (I. N. S.)
The Democratic party can win in 1920
only by the adoption of a liberal plat
form which will appeal to labor and
those Republicans who : are disgusted
with - their party's "reactionary plat
form.: Mrs, Kellogg Fairbanks, Demo
cratic leader of Illinois, declared today.
"Without the labor vote the Demo
cratic party cannot win," Mrs. Fair
banks said. "Unless we-hold the faith
of the people we cannot win. We must
appeal to the liberal minded. We must
appeal to the labor vote, we must appeal
to the unattached woman vote. , and we
must appeal to those liberal - and pro
gressive Republicans who are alienated
from ; their party. ..' , -
Smith for President
Boom Is Launched
"By Home Delegation
San Francisco. Jim iKrr tc n
Before going into 'caucus today, the New
York delegation launched a boom .for
uorernor Airrea smiui lor president.
New York, delegates unfurled a huge
banner reading "Governor. Alf red Smith
for President" from their hotel, and
announced the New York delegation will
vote ; for ? Governor Smith on the first
oaiiot. .......
. Franklin B. TtaotwmUt wm iIm
iaally greeted and some of the delegation
nave siarxea a vtce-presiuenUal boom for
him.. lie tendered. an invitatlnn t th
delegates to visit the batUeships now in
me oay,. parucuiarry tne New York.
Delegate Injured
When Airplane Is
Run Against Tree
Los Angeles, June 26. I. N. S.) B.
H. SchwarU of Cleveland, Ohio, a dele
gate to the convention at San Fran
cisco, and Bernhard Franzen, the. pilot,
were slightly Injured today when the
airplane Avion of the California Aerial
Transportation company hit a tree as it
was leaving on a flight to San Francisco.
Robert Friend of .Kentucky, also a dele
gate to the convention, and Charles Mo
Henry Fond of Stockton, CaL, other
passengers, were uninjured.
Mysterious Deal Is
Reported to Be On
In Democratic Camp
San Francisco, June 26. (X.- N. &)
There was a secret conference of hard
headed Democratic leaders here ' last
night and there was some mighty plain
talk about the candidate situation.
These hard-headed politicians agreed
to meet again Sunday. The word is out
today among delegates that there is a
mysterious "deal on.
I'm Not a Candidate,
Meredith Declares
San Francisco. June 2. (TJ. P.)
secretary of Agriculture E. T. Meredith
issued a statement today, in which he
declared that he is "not in any sense a
candidate for the Democratic presiden
tial nomination. -
Alessandri Elected
Chilean President
Santiago, Chile. June 26. (TJ. P.) Al
though official returns from the presi
dential election were still Incomplete to
day. Indications were that Arturo Ales
sandri, candidate for the liberal .' alll
a nee, bad been elected by a majority of
eight or 10 electoral votes.
Ten Injured In Collision
San Franeisco. June 26 (tr. P). Ten
persons were : injured. . six ' seriously,
when a motor truck met in collision with
a streetcar at Twenty-second and Third
streets today. . ,v
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APPR0PRA1S
COMMITTEE
HAS
MUCH TO SPEND
Washington, June 26. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) The house ' appropriations
committee, now started on its way to
the West for inspection of reclama
tion projects and national parks, is
soon to be. '.under new rules adopted
by the house, by far the most pow
erful 'body of men. in the - country
over the expenditures of the govern
ment. .V :
The new rule enlarges the committee
from 21 to 3S March 4. 1921. and gives
to these' 35 men control of practically
all the appropriations by the - federal
government or all purposes. The spend
ing of Uncle Sam's annual budget is
their Job, and experts say they will have
to dispose of $3,000,000,000 or $4,000,009,
000 a year regularly.
; Only three of the 21 present members
of this committee live in states west of
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
These three are. French of Idaho, 5 Ev
ans of Montana and Buchanan or Texas.
The future of the Wesj. so far as ap
propriations for reclamation, the parks
or the forests go, is in their care. Some
of them have not been very friendly to
reclamation, and speeches they have
made show 'they are not familiar with
western problems, - They do not know
what irrigation means to the West and
to the nation.
As an educational trip It is . likely to
be a revelation to several members of
the committee, and it can hardly : fall
to be a benefit to the Western states.
In this way it has merit beyond the us
ual "Junket of a congressional party,
for these' men have new responsibilities
and - believe that they should have the
benefit of direct observation. - '
Representative' N. J. . Sinnott of Ore
gon,' chairman of the public lands com
mittee of the house, will travel with the
committee until it has completed inspec
tion of the Oregon projects at least, and
may go on with it through Idaho. Mon
tana and Wyoming. v
CONGRESSMAN J. W. GOOD TO
HEAD COMMITTEE AT YAKIMA
Yakima.1 June 2. James W. Good,
congressman " from Iowa, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, will
head, the contingent of 20 members - of
the committee, which accompanied by
Tl
Tty
"Bryan might swallow McAdoo, but he won't swallow Cox or Edwards. Cox is both able and
popular; he would probably poll a larger vote than McAdoo, who has aroused opposition among the
business interests' of the country. If there is a deadlock at San Francisco a 'dark horse may be
nominated. John W. Davis has been mentioned as a possibility. Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
although .he comes from the 'Solid South,' would make an idal . president" thus the Birmingham
Age Herald presents a bird's-eye view of the situation at San Francisco. And these are not the
only men who have a chance, according to the American press.
Should there be a strong provision in the platform indorsing, the League of ' Nations, with or
without reservations? Should the platform contain a "wet" or a "dry" plank? Should there be an
appeal to the labor vote? ' J .
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for this week, June 26, the (Democratic platform and the various
planks that it should contain, as proposed by Democratic editors,-is discussed, as well as a summary
of the chances for nomination of various men who have been jput forward.
. : Other important articles that will interest you in "Th"e Digest" this week, are:
An Epitome of Newspaper Opinion of All Shades of Political Thought Upon the
, for the, Presidency
Labor's Disappointment at the
Republican Platform
State Socialism Constitutional
Postal Pay Raise Criticized
What to Do for Armenia
What the German Election Forebodes
Turkish "Watermelon Intellects" ;
Persia's Test of the League '
How Europe Views Harding
Shall We Mend the Liberty Bell?
The War's Cost Forty Million Lives
The Grape Is Still Lively
Why Iron Rusts
Fallacy of Our Literary Bolsheviki
American Statues for France
Many interesting Illustration
June 26th Number on Sale To?da
lSLA nriiOKoijry ; jjm
United States reclamation officials will
be In Yakima July 14 to inspect the
irrigation system here, according; to
word :: received here. : "Uncle ; Joe"
Cannon of Illinois will . be , on of the
prominent members of the delegation.
Among the reclamation men will be A.
P. Davis, director of the service, and
F. E. Weymouth, chief engineer. Stephen
T. Mather, director of the bureau of
parks, will be with the committee, and
it is likely he will be asked by the
Yakima Commercial club to look over
the , site for a national park proposed
for the Mt. Adams district. The party
will spend two days looking over the
Yakima project. : , . .
PAJEtTXDTIE TO tOOK OVER
OREGON PROJECTS JUNE . 16
Pendleton, June . 1 8.- Hermiston
Btanfield and Pendleton are prepar
ing to entertain 20 members of the
house appropriations committee on
July l: when -they - come to this
county to look over the proposed
McKay creek reservoir and project.
They will vpend the morning "going
over existing projects in the Hermlston
Stanfield country and see lands which
would be put under water by the pro
posed extension. In the afternoon they
will come to Pendleton by -special train
and visit the McKay creek dam site
from here by automobile. Representa
tive James W. Good of Iowa is chair
man of the committee. -
A joint committee from Hermiston and
Stanfield , has ' been - appointed to look
after the congressmen. John D. Wat
son of Hermiston is chairman. The Mc
Kay creek project. lor which government
aid is expected, is estimated to cost
$2,500,000.
Arrested at Bend (
For Issuing Checks
Without Any Funds
Bend, June 26. Following the return
of checks given by C E. Stead, with
word that hie had no funds in the banks
against which they were drawn. Stead
was arrested. He had been negotiating
with J. Edward Larson for the purchase
of the Bend laundry for $40,000. He
said : he represented the . Pacific Coast
Cooperative association and planned to
turn the laundry over to the unions of
Bend to be operated as a cooperative in
stitution, s .";,Tne- Bend Central" Labor
council made good the checks.
s An emergency plant to assure pure
water to Bend and to eliminate pump
ing water within the city is the latest
improvement to be- begun by the Bend
Water. Light As Power company at a
cost of $15,000. -
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"Sizing Up" Harding
FUNK & WAGTiALLS COMPANY (TuLTn
Farmers'Ask That
Miners Turn Back
; "Water After Use
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Baker. June 26. Proceedings have
been started by William Justus and
Fred Cosers to enjoin Frank, and Russell
Powell from diverting water from the
north fork of Dixie; creek, a Burnt river
tributary. ' without returning it at a
point from which the plaintiffs can take
it out for irrigatloni pdrposes. ' The Pow
ells are operating. placer mine above
the property irrigated by the plaintiffs.
September 29 and 80 and October 1 and
2 have been selected as the dates for the
Grant county fairlRev. Henry Young
of Canyon City has oeen elected fair su
perintendent for-thej third Jime.
State President Churn way of Milton ot
the Oregon Farmetis' union will speak at
the annual Baker county farmers' picnic
on Rock creek Thursday.
Thieves robbed the Standard Oil com
pany's office in Bken of a few dollars
la change, $ in stamps and an army
mackinaw. : '
Landmark and Bank
Of. Chirifese Burned
Baker, June 2 Fire destroyed one
of McEwen's .landVnarxs, with at least
$800 in currency, Recording to word re
ceived in Baker. fThe building was oc
cupied " by a Sumpter. Valley - railway
Chinese" section gang. Two members
had placed their savings in a can and
buried the receptacle .under the house.
One said he -had $800 in the crude sav
ings bank. The other did not know
the extent of his loss. All (hat remained
in the can was ashes.
Leaders of Gotham
-Ring of Oil Stock
Promoters Nahbed
Tfew York, June 26. (I..N. 8.) Addi
tional - indictments,- reaching into high
places in the financial and business
world in the nationwide oil stock fraud
probe, were, predicted today by federal
investigators.- It was admitted that the
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BARE KNEES BRCX
RHYMED PROTEST
FROM u.s. era
By Hudson Ilawlcy
(Cniud News Staff Comspoodant)
, Washington, June 26. Just pic
ture, girls, the awful plight of Mis
ter Howard lgt, engaged in swat
ting H. C. II. and with it all. no prir
The. national garment retail foTV t
today sent models fair to see ti
'foresaid Mister Figg in Mitchell
Palmer's lair.
, These mannequins, In knee-lenT'!
gowns, were beauteous lo behold ; then
underpinning shapely left naught urther
to be told. "What ho 1 Look well i" the' -
.mentors cried ; "here's clothing con
vatlon I If we can keep styles short t t
fall, much Jack we'll save the nation. &
v But Figg looked up, and Firg loo:. !
down, and mainly down' looked he. !'e
lamped beneath each kilt-like sklr: -i
neatly dimpled knee. Attorney gener.
aides are calm and masterful of po'
but with the stirring of a breeze, 11
Figg let forth this noise: "
No! No! No! No! It csn't
so! Far better that girls pay what s
they must for garments, than to - -about
this way! This is not dari '
Africa, nor yet a Scottish moor ; kn -must
be draped in these here Stat. ,
though prices keep us poor. You m't
get by with skirts like that In Fra.c-.
at Longchamps races : but In the dry ti .
U. 8. A. you can't kick over traces. '
Then Figg turned pink, then Fig
turned re4, and murmured. "Pressint
business " "Oh, do stay and be film
with us !" the models cried : but diz
ness had seised the foe of IL C. I.. t. I
out a door be hustled ; so. girls, next I.
you'll have to dress like grandma, : i:
be-bustled 1 . . vr
Boston, former secretary to Thomas A.'.
LawBon, is regarded as the most i mpo .
ant and $20,000 bail was asked In 1. -case.
Warrants for the arrest of the fti In
dlvtduala Indicted were sent, hroadca ,
today to United States marshals t
service. Most of the indicted promot ,
are residents of New York City. 1
others are: B. V. Hole. BUrlingame, C 1 :
W. P. Williams. Irvine, Ky. ; C D. Pri i
Lexington, Ky. ; Edward A. Nelson .ut
Jack A. Nelson, Detroit; Samuel J-1
Oreenbaum, William Greenbaum a- i
Louis D. Blgelow. Chicago ; W. H. Ha
lin, Minneapolis; Btickney, Rawllnga e l
Colclough. Boston ; W. B. Ilaffron. for..i
erly of Syracuse. N. Y.
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