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REPUBLICAN
I
STATESFAVOR
it ' V C:fil PrilMiil1?1,ce 8Ut,on frequently as in
HarclSz riSl I (qq ag few diva, the nolle A
ir...i,nhfinn of the!
. .Murepreseniauon oi uw
Party V Attitude on Suf
frage Question.
im REPUBLICAN STATE
vuii! ncirrTcn ITI ?e,aiag ino nln,- fw cans
ONLY HAS RtJttIr.U It (had to be neglected because the'.of
. ': ''" " ,1 ticerls we- away, to speak Sn the
" I
Senator Hopes Women Will
Ha?e Vote Before
November.
Senator
Harding In a statement tonight re
tented what he characterized as vper
ilstent misrepresentations" bt tho
Republican party's attitude towards J
woman suffrage and said to mat par
ty belonged the credit for that re
form ever havinic a chance for suc
cess.
He deplored, however,
efforts to
make nolitlcal capiUlout of the sit-J
uation. and said he hoped yjtwicauon
wnnii hci acromDllshed before .o-
vmber no matter whether5' 4 lemv
f r.iift or a KeDublican state was the
36th to approve the auffragei a.mena-
ment. - . t ,
Kvftn if a Democratic state shall
finish the business, the record will
still show that 2 Republican and
seven Democratic states made up the
roll or honor," Senator Harding said
: yie? ilf;t8n
sentatlon of the Hep ubi lean party, its
state governors and legislatures, m
thta matter of woman suffrage. Whe
ther It emanates h orn mere mischief
makers or from partisan, desires 1
cannot help resenting it. ; We must
insist on having fair .treatment ot
that party without whose persistent
support the great 'reform would never
hav had a chance of success.
"A Republican senate and a Re
publican house submitted tu con
tutlona.1 amendment for equal auf f
raes. A Democratic senate had pre-
Tiously refused to submit it.Twenty-
nlne Republican anr six iemocrauc
states hate ratffied it. :,
sir nmocratic states hale re
iected the ratification resolution ui
another, Louisiana, nas jusc fern
to give it consideration, une epuw-
iicaa biic juoi -wmw -
has rejected.
ine iirsi iwm w
Republican states. r '
'When in isi, me vppuyu.
senate finally mustered tne neceasdryi
majority .to submit tne amenamem, i
there were 36 Republican and oniyi
tn rwmwratif' senators votlnjr for it;
but there were 17 Democratic and
eniy eight Republican senators vol
In aalnt It.- .
"Whether in the senate or In the
hnnaa innerMi or state legislature,
the record shows that th Republi
cans have been persistent and effect
1 annnorters of this measure, In
such -circumstances circumstances
that should be familiar to everybody
It U srmply amaiing tnat ueraocra-ic
. t.miif tinv na.ve me u-1
daelty to be assuming that tney
the friends of whom the cause m
depend II It is to succeed. .
:S Tor myself and the .Rpohiifan
party. I earnestly desire inai raun-
cation may be accomplished In time
to give the whole body of American
women the ballot next November.
ri am wearied with efforts to
make partisan advanUge out of tne
. situation. I hope there will be a
.ratification and -I do not care atl
whether . it U securer mivu -;
Republican or Democratic state. I
will rejoice if North Carolina win o
it," or If Tennessee wiu
as I would rejoice if
cr lo AtA it. !
do it. Just
Republican
"There will be glory enojigh fot
nnnhllran oarty. no matter whe
ther the 36th state is Republican tor
.'tint: If anr word of mine could P0S-
Blbly be Influential with any Repub-
Ucn in the North Carolina leglsla -
ture or in the Tennessee legislature
that word would he ;vote tor rai.i -
cation and don't worry do wot
. . . . . . . I MWA.' "
aets tne creau lor puuun,
"ThreerFingered Jack'
Jt
is Geared of Charges
"Three-fingered Jack" Godwin.
(Turiu wba at one time conduct -
ed a series of meetings at Leslie
Methodist church in Salem; is again
In Pnrtimrt. hivinr heen cleared of
the charge of arson which was made!
against him In a calliornia city. 4UCI
case was deferred from time to time
and .linally dismissed. r 1
Durinr the war and afterward
Godwin wared a cam DaiCV' agalntt
the I. W. W., causing many! members
to throw away their red cards. The
charre aaainst him ,' In California
was apparently a frame-up and no
semblance of evidence eould be found
against him. - , j
AXTMAP FEELING STRONG
HONOLULU. July 14. Antl-Ja-
Panese outbreaks are feared In Korea
nd government buildings and the
reBiaence ot M. Salto. military ov-
ernor, have been placed under heavy
fuara, according to Toklo cables to
the Nippu JIJI - Japanese f languagel
ewpapeT here. ' ! - -
POLICEMEN ARE BUSY
'WRANGLING CATTLE
Nl JIKnol S COMPLAINTS MADE
ABOUT INtlUDIXU BOV1XKS
Residents , Simultaneously Elect
to
Allow 3Itlk Ylelders to Rao at
Large on Street.
It complaints about Intruding
cows continue to be received at the
ment wlR"'. "be constrained to come
equlpped wlth cow whipa ln8teaa of
me omciai "DUlie-ClUDs. '
Judging, .from the reports that
have been registered within the last
few days, the cow owners of the cltr
have simultaneously elected to per
mit their milk producers to run at
Urge. The officers have been busv
parlance of the
parlance of the plains, punching
cows.
Yesterday a report wis registered
from residents at Twelfth and Oak
streets that a cow had been brown
ing In their gardens. Officer Engel
was detailed to Investigate.
Another call was phoned Into
headquarters saying a cow was at
large at Leslie and University streets
The report also stated that the cow
had an obstinate disposition, refus
ing to surrender into the hands of
the complainants. "Officer Morelock
was sent out on a herding expedt
tion.
Another complaint came that
cow was being pastured In the mid
dle of North Commercial street. The
cow seemed to enjoy the street pave
ment, for it persisted in remaining
in. the center of the street." An of
Ucer was detailed to inform the
owner that, the-streets are not in
tended for cow pasturing.
SEE REASON FOR
GAS SHORTAGE
Early Report? Indicate Illegal
Curtailing in Pro
duction.
LOS ANGELES, July 14. Re
ports of Investigators of the depart
ment of Justice on the shortage of
gasoline in southern California, in
dicate the possibility that certain
companies are illegally curtailing
the production of oil, J. Robert O'
Connor, United States district' at
torney, announced here tonight,
Mr. O'Connor said he would con
fer Friday with these investigators
and it information' then laid before
him bore out early reports' he prob-
ably would proceed against these
producers unaer me Lerer act.
in. m -M :
otOTm Louses vantage
.. n r
IJl ncglOn OT UCWlSlQn
LEWISTOX, Ida., July 14. The
ralt hajl and winigtorm developing
- pi, a8t eTenine caused rraln, dam-
age conservatively estimated at a
million dollars in the western half of
Asotin county. Wash. The district
devastated embraces; what is known
as the Asotin flat, upper Peola and
Cloverdale districts. ' embracing an
area seven and one-half by 15 miles
William liouser, a brother of M
IL-Houser, Portland grain dealer lost
a crop valued at 12a.000.
.Two farmers alone lost crops val
ued at ngs.QQO. in the Cloverland
. i . H it.i
i would have returned fifty bushels
tn acre. The present Lewiston grain
I market Is $2.30. with but little of
the new crop being offered at that
ngure,
Asotin county, on the east . Is
bounded by Snake river when Idaho
u entered. It appears that the hail
zone extended ony t Wfthln a few
mieg of the river, for in the grain
belt directly ejast of Lewiston In
Idaho, no damage is reported by
hall
Reports from the fruit district
along the Snake river, between Lew
iston and Rlparia shows heavy dam
age was sustained there by waier
spouts that followed the course of
Ceep re vines from the range of steep
bills that crowd close to the river
line. The fruit ranches in most in
stances occupy bars that have formed
ilnrlnr' tlift nar hv the vaahlmr Of
l d--Td .baaalt down the ravines.
1 vnltc ; Brothers and Crum. heavy
i dealers In fruit throuj
throughout the
northwest, "suffered aloss of J100-
000.- C ;v s. ; ' k: t !
vet:raxs ciiOSK hki'iox
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 14.
Veterans of the Rainbow dlvUion
closed their first annual reunion b-?re
1 with a parade in which many of
I them marched together for the rirtt
I time since they ,Jert France a year
I aeo. Veterans of the Civil war and
Gold Star Mothers marched with the
zna aivision men.
At the closing business session of
the reunion, , Cleveland was chosen
as-lthe next place of meeting and
CoTWel Matbew A. Tinley of Coun
cil Bluffs, la., commander of ' th
16Sth Infantry, was elected president.
SHOOTING IXi A.IEA.
X)RVALLIS, Or. July 14 Frank
Sites of .Alsca. Or.; was shot today
at Ma home and Mrs. George Peters
ne:m 7"
cnargea wua n.n "V"" ""I
taR . wa d by V J
t - .nd
11 6". Mrs Peter, ta . ,Mow "d
wu u u
Slough to hnve bee on frlegdly
terms with Sites until recently.
YOUTH KILLS
LEONARDI IN
SELF DEFENSE
Coroner's Jury Finds that
Shooting of Italian Maniac
Wit NM Al nJ N
V v r'r'lshootlne at hawks and had taken th
Crime Committed.
DYING MAN ADMITS
HE FIRED BUILDING
onooung lakes riace on
Farm East of Salem When
Fugitive Is Run Down.
While resisting capture and
threatening the life of one of his
pursuers, John Leonard!, escaped
Italian Inmate of .the state insane
hospital 'farm, wits shot and fatally
wounded on the farm of A. J. Pat
ton, 12 rules east of Salem yester
day. He; waa.shot by Ernest II. Pat
ton, son of the owner of the farm,
while Leonard! was rushing upon
young Patton with a pitchfork which
he bad carried since his escape late
last 'Sunday night.
While dying in the receiving ward
of ; the hospital yesterday. ; a few
hours after the shooting. Leonardl
confessed that he aet fire to the
large ,brh on the hospital farm
hlch was entirely destroyed, to
gether with .300 tons of hay, early
Monday morning, with a total loss
of about $26,000.
Two Wound Inflicted.
(Leonard! was shot twice by Pat-
ton. ' One bullet pierced the left
lung land passed through .'the body.
The other penetrated- the right side
at the ' front ' of the body, possibly
passing through the liver. At
?
coroner's inquest at the hospital last
night, conducted by Coroner A; M
Clongh and James G. Heltiel, deputy
district " attorney, a Jury returned a
verdict - that Patton : had acted " in
self defense and that no crime had
been committed
i Investigation showed that be first
fired into, the ground as a warning
to the maniac, then fired twice, ac
cording to Patton's testimony, with
the intention Of wounding the insane
man la the feet, tat missed his
mark. His next two shots were
aimed at the middle of Leonard!'?
body and were fatal in their effect
Stelner Cautions Party.
Information ' that a man believed
to-be Leonardl had been seen about
three miles, easfof Macleay reached
the hospital " yesterday" forenoon.
Supervisor Simpson of the Cottage
farm. R. A. Bleyins, an attendant.
and another attendant named Ennis
Immediately left to brthg him in " if
ttAlhlL- RororA IoavTne the farm I
they were Instructed by Dr. R. E. L.
rpltal, to have plenty of help before
risking injury at the hands of Leon
ardl and to avoid Injuring the insane
man if possible'. Upon arrival at the
Patton farm the hospital employes
found a number' of farmers on the
scene, among whom were Patton, N.
O. Taylor, J. O. Martin and others.
Approaching Leonard!, who was in
the middle of a summer fallow field.
the attendants attempted to reason
with him i and to persuade him to
throw aside his weapon and accom
pany them. Bepldes the pitchfork
he was armed with a large harrow
tooth. Leonard! refused.
"I will die first." he la said to
have told the attendants.: l will
leave my spirit here. Give me that
gun and I wilt kill myself."
, Leonard! Tries Jo Kticape.
Patton was the only member of
the party who was armed with a
gun, a 25-30 calibre Winchester.
Some of the attendants had pitch
forks and rocks with which they
hoped to harass Leonard! so that
they might close in and overpower
him. When the Italian refused to
surrender the attendants decided to
call the hospital for help: Blevtns
was driven to the Patton home, a
quarter of a mile away, in an auto
mobile, where be phoned for help.
Hd bad just left the house when he
heard the shots.
. Inquiry showed that while Blev-
ins was -at the house Leonardl bad
attempted to 'escape. Ennis and
Simpson -attempted to intercept him.
Leonardl started for Simpson. The
attendants and other, members of
the party started , to run. Patton
recently suffered a broken hip and
other injuries and was 1 unable to
run. Leonard! then directed his at
tack at Patton and was rushing at
him with the pitchfork leveled when
he was shot. Patton told the jury
that be first fired Into the ground
while Leonardl was 30 or 40 yards
away and that he did not fire di-
krectly at the man until he was with
In 20 feet- Wben Leonardl fell.
Patton testified, he was about 1 0
feet awav. This testimony was
borne out by that ot other witnesses.
brother at San .Luis Obispo. Cal.
What disposition will be made of
his body has not been determined.
" Many Wltnewse Heard.
.The members of the coroner's Jury
were W. W. Powell, foreman; F. W.
Edgar. J. N. SkaRe. W. W. Paulson.
M." 8. Perlirh and J. H. Moyer.
Among the witnesses called were Dr.
(Continued on page 5)
OLD MAN ACCIDENTALLY
KILLS SELF WITH RIFLE
PI LLED UX TOWARD HIM WITH
MIZZLE FOREMOST
Had Hern Prarticlnjr Khootlnir
' lfawkM and Had Taken Jun
to Ilia Hunk In Yard.
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ROSEBURU, Ore.. July 14.
ThomAs Alexander, an aged resident
of Dillard. was accidentally killed at
his son's ranch near Dniard
SSnX S'w bSS SftdK;
Alexander had been DracUclne
gun With him to a bunk he had fixed
under a tree in the' yard.
No 'one was present at the time of
the accident, but Indications were
that he bad pulled the gun toward
him with to muzzle foremost.
Chinese Premier Tries
to Resign Three Times
PEKING, July 14. A striking ex
ample of the office seeking the man.
or rather pursuing him, U afforded
by the present cabinet situai'.on:
Premier Chin Yun-Peng, who became
leader of the chlhli" political fac
tion after the death of former presi
dent Feng Kuo-chang, wants to re
sign his post but the president won't
let him. - I
The ostensible reason of his de
sire to quit is the difficulty the gov
ernment imas in iinancing useii.
The real reason is said to be found
in a contest which is in progress be
tween the "Chihir and "Anfu" fic
tions, the latter being the militar
group.
Jbevth.lritJ.m-e.t.!,f It-fv!
tendered his ' resignation and three
times the president has refused to
accept It, offering in lieu a leave of
absence, each resignation bringing
forth a new extension of the leave
In the meantime Atlniiral Sah Cheng
pen g, minister of the navy is reluct
antly filling the post of premier. "
Much political .maneuvering Is ko-
ing on under the surface. and at tne
moment it is regarded as probable
Chin Yun-peng 'will eventually re
sume his post f possibly with some
cnanges in me ministry upon wnicn
he is said to be insisting..
GIVE HINT AS TO
CATtlPAlGN PLAN
Democratic Candidate Will
Get Oat and Try to
Know People.
SALT LAKE CITT. Utah, July 14
-Hints at campaign plans of tho
Democratic presidential and vice
presidential candidates were given
in a statement today by Homor ri.
Cu minings, chairman of that party's
national committee, while here on
nis'way east rrom San Francisco.
"I am sure both the Democratic
candidates will get out and get ac
quainted and give the people i
nanc.e. to get ciaaloted wit them.'
I e saia.
I Preparations fot 9000
Mite t light Lomplete
MINEOLA. N. Y., July 1 4. Prep
arations for the 9000-mile flight to
Nome, Alaska, and return, which
army air service airplanes will at
tempt at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, virtually were completed here
tonight. Kelectlon of an 'observer
for one mai-hlne only remains.
The planes were "tuned up" and
inspected late today, completing a
weekjs careful grooming for the
journey which ha been officially
termed the Alaska flying expedition.
With the placing of emergency ra-
tlons and water bottles on board.
officers " In charge-tonlght said the
expedition was "ready for'the gun.
r r r fir f.
rrencn experts uotk
CLL,aIii-
Oil ouuuuuic but uoj
PARIS. June 30. France's x
penditure abroad ot 1.500.000. oooiof the Polish army on the condition
francs last year for gasoline has
aroused parliament and the newspa -
pers to a point wnere tne govern-
ment has renewed efforts to bring
about industrial use of alcohol.
Experiments here have proved to
the satisfaction of investigators tfcai
automobiles ana otner internal com -
oustlon engines may be operated
satisfactorily npon varying mix-
tures of alcohol and petroleum prod-
ucts.
SPOKANE SUFFERS LOSS.
PPOKANE, Wash., July 14 Crop
damage estimated at from $2o0.000
to $400,000 was the result of a se
vere wind and rain . storm which
swept Whitman county. Wash., and
Nez Pe'rc county, Idaho. Tuesday
eveninr. it became apparent as re
turns came into Spokane today. In
addition there was much material
damage to buildings, railroad lines
and! telephone and telegraph lines.
CHIEF CHAPLAIN "NAMED.
NEW YORK. July 14. Secretary
pt War Baker has appointed Major
John T. Axton of Hoboken. N. J..
Lchiet chaplain of the United States
army. according to Information re-
reived here .today.
. NEW SWIMMLNG RECORD
NEW YOR. July 14. Miss Ethel
da Blelbtrey. today made a ' - new
world's swimming record ' of four
metre sirim for women. In the finals
nirmnl, Irvmilt at Manhattan hpnrh.''niercuurw,
w.j m.,.. 7
BRITISH MAY
REOPENTRADE
WITH RUSSIA
yester-(Proposed Armistice Between
Soviet Russia and Poland
Hostilities to Cease and
Both Armies to Withdraw.
ANXIOUS TO RESTORE
PEACE TO ALL EUROPE
Suggest Conference under
League Auspice s for
Powen Affected.
LONDON. July 14. The note of
he Britten,' government to (soviet
Russia, agreeing to continue- nego
tiations for a resumption of trade
relations and proposing an armis
tice between soviet Russia and Po
land; also between the soviet forces
and General Wrangle, anti-Bolshe-
vtlr rnmmanHor In th frimni vm
read in the house of commons to-
day, by 'Andrew Bonar Law, the gov
ernment spokesman.
The note , takes cognizance of the
acceptance- of the , Russian soviet
government of ; the . principles' laid
down in the British memorandum of
July 1 and -agreed to a resumption
of negotiations for definite trade
relations as soon as the Russian del
egates -return ' to England. Then;
proposing an armistice with Poland,
the note said: '
"The British government is anx
ious to restore peace throughout
Europe' add therefore proposes the
following arrangement : .
"That an immediate armistice be
signed between Poland and soviet
Russia, under which, hostilities shall
be suspended. That the terms of
this armistice provide on the one
hand that-the Polish army shalV im
mediately withdraw to the lines pro
visionally ' laid down last year by
the peace-conference as totlw-east
ern boundary, to which Poland is
entitled to establish a Polish ad
ministration. "On the other hand, the armistice
should provide that the army of so
1 viet Russia should stand at a dis
tance of 50 kilomtters east of this
line. In eastern Galicia each army
rill stand on the line they occupy
at the date of the signing of the
armistice.
"That as soon as possible there
after a conference sitting under the
auspices of the peace conference
shall ".assemble in London to be at
tended by representatives of soviet
Kussia. roiana. utnuania, Letvia,
and Finland, with the object of
gotlatlng a final peace between Ruir,nnt,, , ,h ani,i ,rtvntin of
Ui a and its neighboring states. Rep-
reseniaiives oi eastern uaucia also
would ' be Invited to London to state
their case.?
The note said the armistice with
General Wrangle should be on the
basis t fiat Wrangle retire Immedi
ately to the Crimea and that during
the armistice this must be a neutral
zone. Wrangle would be invited
to London to discuss the future of
his troops and of the refugees under
his protection but would not be a
member of the conference.
"The British government has
bound itself to give no assistance to
Poland for any purpose hostile to
Russia and to take no action itself
hostile to Russia. It is. however,
bound under the covenant of the
league of nations to defend the in
tegrity ot Poland within Its legiti-
I mate ethnographical frontiers.
-if, therefore .soviet Russia, de
spite its repeated declarations, will
not be content with the withdrawal
of a mutual armistice, but Intends to
take action hostile to Poland, in Po-
land s own territory, the British cov
eminent and It allies will feel bound
(to assis the Polish nation to defend
it, existence with all meana at their
dtanoaal
1 -Th Pniuh rnvmmni ha At-.
ci-r-d it- willtnrness to make a Deace
wfth gOTlet Kus8,a and to negotiate
f arTnlBtlce on the ba.Ig .et out
i above directly it is informed that the
soviet government also agrees.
'The British government would
therefore beglad to receive a definite
reply with a week as to whether
soviet Russia is prepared to accept
the British government's proposals
to put an end to further unnecessary
bloodshed and restore peace to Eu
rope
Mr. Bonar Law, replying to a
question, said the note had been sent
with the approval ot the allies.
Mr. Bonar Law's statement was
accompanied by a memorandum giv
Ing In detail the conditions upon
which England would agree to trade
with Russia. These provisions, which
already have been made public In
outline form, comprise renunciation
lot propaganda, mutual release of na-
Jtlonals and recognition of the prin-
cipies oi compensating pniw uw
zens who supply eoods or service.
The memorandum further declared
the British government had no In
tentton of debarring any Russian on
the ground of his communist opin
ion, provided the agents ot the Rus
sian government comply with normal
conditions of friendly
international
INVESTIGATORS SAY JAP
SITUATION CAN BE MET
FAVOR SOLUTION AYOII; THE
It.U K PROBLEM
Can't Have Two Million People in
Conslajnt Fear for Tlwir Irj
erty Is KtatenienL
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 14.
nve members of the Immigration
and naturalization committee of the
bouse of representatives declared
luemseives tioaay as in lavor o a
(Solution of the immigration question
on tne.facmc coast that would
avoid a race problem as far as pos
sible. Their statements came at the close
of thre days of hearings on Immigra
tion problems in California and were
made at a dinner given by Chairman
Albert Johnson of the committee In
honor of Governor Stephens and
other state officials.
Ve are going to try and recom
mend a solution of the question that
will be agreable to the empire of Ja
pan but will keep all of the United
States for the kind of . people who
made it." said Chairman Johnson, j
who is a member of congress from
Washington. "Some good legislation
is coming out of this investigation.
"We will have to meet the Issue
by diplomacy." said Representative
Seigel of New York. "It ought to be
settled now. The solution must be
found and there is no use saying It
can't be.
' can't have two million peo
ple on the Pacific coast In constant
fear that they and their possessions
will twi wiped ouL . .
CUE COURT
BEING FORMED
Organizers Complete Work of
Writhig Principles.
THE HAGUE. July 14. The first
part of the conference of purists who
are organizing a permanent court of
International justice oil the invita
tion of the league of nations, was fin
ished ' today. The. principles on . all
Important subjects, including the se
lection -of judges, the competence of
the court, the law to be applied and
the procedure of the court, were
agreed upon at the first reading. ' .
Democratic Platform
Nearer Labor tDi
WASHINGTON, July 14. Weighed
against the specific demands of or
ganized labor;, the - democratic plat
forjm adopted at San Francisco "more
nearly approximates the desired dec
larations ot human rights than do the
planks found in the republican plat
form." Samuel Gompers, chairman of
the' special committee appointed by
the American Federation of Labor to
present labor's demands to both par.
ty conventions, said today in report
ing the ., result of the committee's
work. . . f
WRh tho report .was made public
an analysis of the labor planks in
LEA
ne-!... . tIwl "... nrriram
adopted by the annual convention of
the federation In Montreal.
"In summarizing, it is but fair to
say that the democratic platform
marks a measure ot progress not
found in the platform ot the repub
lican party," the report asserted.
"The men and women ot labor in the
United States and her liberty-loving
people must judge between the dec
larations of these parties. The Im
pending campaign is upon us and the
citizenship of our coountry must de-
trmine is own course in electing those
candidates who are most friendly dis
posed toward labor, justice, freedom,
democracy an d to defeat those who
are less friendly or more hostile to
these principles.
"Labor of America is not partisan,
to any political party. It is partisan'
to principles, the principles of Jus
tice and freedom: It undertakes
neither to dictate nor control the
choice of the workers or the citizen
ship generally for which party or
candidates tney snouid vote, nut
would be palpable dereleetion of duty
did we tall to place the facts before
the voters of our country upon the
records of both parties apd their r-
spective candidates for public of
fice.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
SEATTLE. July 14. Tolice to-
night were attempting to solve the
mystery surrounding the death-' of a
woman, believed to be Mrs. Clemen
tine Cash. 33. of Ashland. Ore..
whose body was found In a room in
hotel here today. Analysis of the
drugs In three bottles found in the
room has been ordered.
The woman registered at the hotel
Sunday under the name of Mrs, E.
W. Jacobs, police learned. A man
wbo registered with her. is reported
to have left the room Tuesday morn
ing, asking that "Mrs. Jacobs" be not
disturbed, as she was feeling 111. Late
today the door to the room was
broken in and the body found.
AMUCANS ARE MARKSMEN
BISLEYCAMP. England. July 14.
The South African ream of marks
men today won the historic Kolapnre
cup. Great' Britain was second and
Canada third. The South African
team established a lead at the first
range 00 yards and maintained
its advantage at the other ranges
500 and 600 yards finally winning.
THE WTLVNIER:
Thursday,
fair; moderate
winds.
4
westerly
3
SENATOR REED
CENSURES THE
LEAGUE PLAM
Will Support Democratic Can ,
didate Because of Party j
Principles But is Against
Foreign Policy.
UNITED STATES MADE
TO LEAD ON THIS SIDE
Ordinarily Not More Than Six
Votes Would Be Cast
for League
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. July 14. Reit
erating his opposition to the cove
nant of the league ot nations as It.
is now framed and declaring that he
will not recede one.lnch from the po
sition he has previously taken. Sen
ator James A. Reed of Missouri,: ad
dressing a. meeting here tonight .c
ciared. that he intended to support
the Democratic candidates in the
coming election, notwithstanding
the declarations ot the party in re
gard to the league of nations. -
"In" intend to support the Demo
cratic candidates." Senator Reed as
serted "because the great, principles
of the Democratic party which baa
survived the vicissitudes of the-Century
still live. 1 ' ' ' . ;
. "Upon the league ot nations, the
platform of neither party suits me.
But there is something greater than
the platform 'of a political conven
tion. It Is the platform ot Ameri
canism. . That platform - was ' pro
claimed in . the declaration of inde
pendence. It was baptized In th
Dlood. of the revolution, and it was
formulated ' by George Washington. '
"As an official." be continued. "I
have never violated a 'Democratic
platform or failed to support Dem
ocratic policy.", .
. One of the principles which he as
serted was one of "the very cardi
nals of Democratic faith" is ?that
this government should i const It dte
he leading power on this7 side of the
lea tic; shielding ' and - protecting
against foreign aggression the weak
er countries - of the western 'hemi
sphere and that it' should forever
keep itself free of entanglement
with ' European and Asiatic powers,
refusing to take part In their wars,
controversies or intrigues. . except
where our interests -were - directly
concerned.". , .
Senator Reed outlined the his
tory of the treaty negotiations, say
ing that the president took back tho
first draft of the league of nations
covenan because it contained defect
so serious as to the insuperable In
America and obtained revision. It
required every effort ot the administration,-be
asserted, to prevent
ratification of the covenant 'with th
Lodge reservations. . '
"if there had been no Interfer
ence by the executive department,"
I Senator Reed declared, "there would
not have been three senators who
would not. have voted radically to
amend the treaty. I also unhesltat
tnly state that if it had not been
for an Immense propaganda financed
by international bankers plua th in
fluence of . the White House, there
would not have been a halt dozen
senators wbo would have- voted for
the league In any form."
Even the lemocratle platform, the
senator added, "recognized that res
ervations or amendment are neces
sary." . ... ; V '
STATE COUNCIL1
IS DISSOLVED
nin r g
I aciCu5C urgaoizaaOU
'Li.: VJJt, - M'J I. IV. :
banded by Governor.
-
Because it is no longer A necessary
organization in the state, ' Governor
Olcott has dissolved the state council
na a.wIltt.n lUer to
W. F. Woodward of Portland, chair.
man, and to each of the other mem
bers of the council, advising them
that they are relieved of their duties.
The, governor's action Is In response
to a letter from Mr. Woodward, ad
vising him that the council ha com
pleted its work.
The governor writes:
"la advising you in this retard it
gives me extreme pleasure to eomplt-
ment t?very, member of the state
council of defense upon the remark
able manner in which your work was
done. The -task -you were set to do
was one of extreme Importance. In
volving, as It did. practically every
phase of war development work In
the state. This work was. I know,
attended at many time with diffi
culties, -some of them seemingly insurmountable.-
but, regardless ot
these difficulties. It was carried on '
to a successful conclusion and every
citizen is proud of what Oregon ac
complished. The members' of the
council of defense are to bo highly
congratulated on' what tbey did ant
I am certain that their deepest re
ward lie in the fact that at, a criti
cal' time they accomplished' some
thing for their country when their
country -needed their services th
most." - - , . '