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SQUIRE EDGEGATE- He Throws Verbal Wrench Into the ConstableV Musical Works!
BY LOUIS RICHARD
ILliU
luTO TIP PUIGE
OUT SEAL TEAM
Browns "Accomplishes Long
Sought Objective Wik,
Jiams Gets Homer
Game Vlo'n in Sixth When
. Two Timely Hits Made
by High and Hale
Mere
Dies
linn
re
1)
" : . .. ....
7?D A AA 1eoPosnJ V 1 of S t 13? L0Jl I ()
WIT THE CO"SrAE - 1 .VIS&lSl 1 t i M&T-S.T ' J7jJL-J VQiJ DO T iftj
3 ' s
luuis. June 16. (Amerl
, can.) Accomplishing . their long
sought objectlre, the Drowns
moved Into the lead in the Ameri
can league today by overwhelm
ing Washington while the New
York 'Yankee were losing to De
' trolt. As a result of today's game
the Browns are one-half game
ahead of New York. ,
Kenneth Williams knocked out
his-16th home run and McManus
also crashed out a circuit drive.
It was the Browns' fifth conseeu-
tire victory. , ;
, Score.. ' IL II. E.
Washington ..... t 9 1
Ft. Louis ..... ......15 18 1
' Zacharr. ,Turk, ,Youngblood,
ThUlips and Gharrlty; Van Gild
cr and Severeld. . . ,; ' , - -V
Burton 8;, Cleveland 6 -
ft CLEVELAND, June 18. Ninth
- inning rally today gave Boston
its second victory over Cleveland.
.Manager Speaker of Cleveland re
turned to the; game after being
out for two weeks became of ill'
r.esj. ,r ,':,,... ,x - v
: Score., A ".Ln. R. II. E.
'Boston ...... ...... 8 13 1
- Cleveland 6 12 ; 2
Ferguson, Russell, Pennock
and Ruhl; hie, Bagby and O'Neill.
Cbk-ajfo 0; Philadelphia ft
CHICAGO, Jnne 16. Ernie
Johnson's single, to right fieI3 in
'the ninth Inning sent two runs
'home and gave Chicago a victory
' over Philadelphia. The game was
hard fought and see-sawed back
and forth.
' Score . t: R. II. E.
' Philadelphia 8131
: Chicago ............. 11 2
. ' Moore. Harris, v Naylor abd
Bruggy, Perkins; Schupp. Hodge
and Schalk.
Detroit P; New York 4
, ' DETROIT, June 16. Detroit
had. the best of slugging match
with New York today, defeating
the Yankees tor the third snccea
sive- tlme.-'W" -:'X"X-"
Both rtoyt 'and 6'Donl were in
""ef fective. while Dauss, who sue-.
- ceeded Ehnvke "when : the latter
was driven from the box in the
'second, beld New ; York safevthe
reBt of the way. ""The defeat C03t
the Yankees the American league
'lead. u '
' Score' ?'-- .R. II. E.
New York ... . .... .. 4 13 1
'Detroit! ...... , ...... 9 19, 0
. Hdrt, O'Doul and Hoffman. De-
"iTormer; Ehmke, Dauss and Bass-
;iiTio;ai meet
E0 TODAY
Stagg Field" Scene.of Com-
Irpetition by Best of.CoI--7
... lege Athletes
. STAGG FIELD. June 16-WIth
iiore ' than 300 ' athletes.' the
xream of America's . college ath
letic world, entered in the compe
tition. , the National, CnJleglate
Track and Field meet will be beld
on Stagg field here tomorrow with
indications favoring a shattering
of records. " ."
The crack ' California team
which won the eastern . iuter-col-"glate
meet-and Illinois, winner
tf the' western conference cham
pionship are regarded as the tav
orites. while Nebraska, winner of
the Missouri valley 1 conference
litler Pennsylvania State. Notre
Dame. Columbia. Wisconsin and
llinncsota are expected to be dan
corous contenders ' for second
place honors. ; - :' :
All the3e teams will have a full
quota of ten performers. There
will be S3 nnlverslties and col
leses represented. -
Richmond Tigers Defeat
Court Street Indoor Team
By a score of 20 to 3 the Rich
mond Tigers yesterday defeated
the . Court street indoor basebal
teara. The winning1 team lineup
and scored as wollows: '
Shedeck, shortstop 1 Busick
renter Teld, 2; Martin, catcher
3: Cummlngs, . shortstop, 4; A
Cummlngs, pitcher. 3: Blitten
left field, o; Cantield. third base
1; Green, first base, 2; Houton
t'ght field. 0;' IHrons, second
base. 3 i :. ' " "
Otlncer and Ross who pitcher
for ths ' Court' street team made
two and one runs respectfully.
WESTERN LEAGUE
At Oklahoma City 9; Sioux City
4.
At St. Joseph 11; Denver 14.
A I 1VI.HI, 7. OmaTia 5
M
D?s !Te!rr3 r.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 16.
Portland shut oat Saa. Francisco
todai 3 to 0. The game was won
In the sixth when High singled
and scored ahead of Hale, the
latter knocking a home run into
the left Held bleachers. . Port
land's other run was made in the
eighth on Sutherland's two-bagger,
Gressett's sacrlf 'ce ' hit ; and
McCann's sacrifice fly.
- Score: ::; U . . R. H. E.
Portland ... .....3 5 0
San Francisco ... .....0 6 2
Sutherland and Furham; Mit
chell and Yelle. . .
Vernon 7, Sacramento O
SACRAMENTO. June 16 Ver
non found the go'ng easy. In to
day's game against Sacramento
and won 7 to 0. With Dell blank
ing them all the way to the final
put-out the Solona never had a
chance. The Tigers put on their
heavy offensive In - the - eighth,
chasing Ken Penner to the show
er! and greet'ng Lefty Hampton,
who succeeded him. with clusters
of clouts. .Vernon made It three
out of four for the series.
'r.'X m''..'!- R. H. E.
Vernon . . . . ...... .7 14 ? 1
Sacramento . . . . .... 61
Dell and Hannah ; .Penner,
lampton and Schang.
Oakland 7, Rait hake 3
SALT LAKE CITY, June 16.w
Oakland batted three Salt Lake
pitchers for. 15 bits today, six of
them doubles, and a homer by
SVllle and won easily , 7 to 3.
Brenton- had 'the Bees at his mer
cy throughout. ,
' ' ' ' , R. H. E.
Oakland ... ...... . .7 IB 1
Salt Lake . ...... . ... .3 7 2
Brenton and Ml tie: Blaeholder,
Kalllo, Williams and. Byler.
. Angels 4-2; SoaUle 3-3 3
LOS ANGELES. June 16. Los
Angeles and Seattle divided . a
donble header here today, the An
gels winning. the first contest 4
to 3 and the Indians the second
to' i: Singles by Eldred and
Stump: In the second gave the
Indians a one-ran lead in the
first game. - The ' Angels tied :' it
up in the sixth and won in tne
seventh when three singles. '
walk and Cueto's error - netted
them three tallies. Burger held
the Seraphs runless and hitless
for five Innings in . the second
game wh'le its team mates piled
up a five-run lead. Hood's home
nan in the fifth featured the
game. '
First game: 3 14 1
Los Angeles ..........4 9 - 1
Grang, Mack and Tobin; Dum
ovlch, Wallace and Daly.
Second game:
R. H. E,
Seattle ... ... .....
Los Angeles
.5 14 ; 2
.2-4 2
Burger and Tobin;
McQuad.
Wallace and Baldwin.
ini
ens
THREE STRAIGHT
Giants, 'Brooklyn, Philadel
phia and Chicago Vic--torious
Yesterday , ; ;
' D i - e -i 'f r
NEW YORK," June 16. Na
tional) New York made ft thret
straight today rover Pittsburgh.
Jesse Barnes held the Pirates in
check while ; his mates knocked
Glazner off the mound in the sec
ond inning. It was the seventh
straight for the Giants and 11 vie
torles out of their last 12 games.
Score: R. II. E
PltUburgh Y.... . 1 8 I
New York 7 ll' 1
; Glaxner, Yellowhorse, Carlson
and Gooch; J. Barnes and Snyder J
.. Brooklyn 12, SU Louis 3
BROOKLYN. June 16. (Na
tional) Brooklyn made 17 hits
off Doak and Walker today, de
feating St. Louis and tightening
the race for second place. 'Every
one of the Dodgers made one or
more hits, Johnston, Wheat and
Mitchell getting three each.
Score: , R. 11. E
St. Loula . . . .V. ...... 2 11
Brooklyn 12 17
Doak. Walker, and demons.
Ainsmfth; "Grimes and Miller.
PhUadelpbia 7, Cincinnati 2
PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-
f National 1 .Relieving 'Meadows
in the third Inning with none out
and Dames' on second base Jimmy
Ring blanked Cincinnati today for
the remaining seven innings with
our a hit ind Philadelphia easily
defeated the visitors. ; -
Scorer; ' ' ' R. H, E.
Cincinnati '. T. 7i. S"'
Philadelphia . ... 1 U
Luque, Markle and Hargrave;
LEAGUE STANDINGS I
FiCmO COAST LEAGUE
- W. U.
Vvrnaa .2....Ji.L, 41 S7
San TraBciteo 42 80
l-o Ancelcs 4" 3
Portland 85 83
Salt Laka . 33 34
SeatUa .-..-...., . 33 40
Oakland , . 3t 43
Bacrameatv - 80 43
Pet.
.603
.5 3
.541
.515
.493
...444
.419
tH
Pet.
.SHI
.538
.529
.524
.458
.472
.412
.353
HATIOHAI. ZXAOVE
- A - .. - W. U
New York 37 19
St. lioais
......... 30 28
27 24
........ 30 27
........ 37 33
35 2H
23 29
. IS 33
Pittabnrc ...
Brooklyn .........
Cincinnati
Chieae
hoctnn .
Philadelphia . ...
AMEBICAH IXAOTTB
; W. U
Prt.
.603
.593
.509
.483
.474
,46rt
.440
.418
8W Loaii .. , 35 23
New York 35 34
Dtroi t....v , 29 2
f lf.Tol.nd U.. : 2 30
Chieara ... 27 30
Wishintton 27 81
Philadelphia , 22 28
Boston 23 32
Meadows, Ring and, Peters.
, Chicago 7, Boston 6
BOSTON, June 16. (National)
Grimes' home ran to the left
field corner in the 12th inning
proved the winning factor for Chi
cago over Boston today.
Score: . R. H. E.
Chicago ......... 7 15 1
Boston". ... .. 6 13 4
Jones, Osborne. KaKufman and
p'Farrell; Oeschger, McQuillan,
Fillingim and O'NeiL f J
White and McDonald Lead
in Spokane, Jrap Shoot
SPOKANE, Wash.. June 16.-
Dave White of St. Johns. Idaho,
and Jack McDonald, of - Yakima.
Wash., led, in the first day's shoo t-
ng here f or :: the Z8th annual
Washington State Trap Shooters'
association tournament, tying
with 193 targets out of a possible
00. -
Sam- Sharman, Salt. Lake City,
and Les H. Reld, Seattle, tied for
Becond place with scores of 192.
These four landed in. the money.
Medal events will be shot to
morrow and Sunday. Frank Troeh
of Vancoaover, Wash., Is not reg
istered this year, though two ol
his brothers are here. Registra
tion today totaled 65, but at least
100 are 'expected tomorrow,
Other high score shooters to
day included: J. A. Troeh,- Van
couver, and Earl Farmin, Sand
Point, 190; Guy F. Ebbets. Spo
kane, 189; John D. Ankeny, Wal
la Walla, and J. B Troeh, (Port
land, 188; A. D. Woodworth', Spo
kane, George B. Baker, Seattle,
C. E. Owens, Wenatchee. F. P.
Porter, Kellogg and C. W. Mc-
Dowel, Spokane, 186; Joe Bally,
Spokane, P. J. Holohan, Port
land, and Frank D. Stoop, Spo
kane 185.
Highway Nationalization
Resolution is Adopted
SACRAMENTO. CaL. June 16
A resolution proriding complete
nationalisation of the national
park to park highway association
and so throwing the membership
rolls open to men all over the
country was unanimously adopt
ed here today at a meeting of that
organization at which representa
tives of nine western states were
present. ' -
Under the new plan it is pro
posed to interest men of nationa
reputation in road matters In the
development of tourist trave
with a view to completing a chain
of highways over the : Rocky
Mountains to : the national parks
of the Pacific coast. t.
Another rvsoldtlon .; adopted
late today provides for closer co
operation" with the various travel
bureaus, all over the country for
the desseminatioa of .information
concerning road conditions.
Fred Williams Attends -'
. Conference at Seattle
, iii ,i j ii ''.-. -;
F"red A. Williams, former chair
man "of the public service com
missioa, will leave Sunday morn
ing for Seattle where he will meet
with a joint committee of five
members :: from 5 Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and California; on
the question of uniform warning
Blgns at all railroad crossings in
the western states, r . ' v
Read i3 Clarified Ads.
LEDGERS DEFEAT
VALLEY PLAYERS
Spaulding Lads Make De
termined Effort to Get
. Out of Cellar .
The Spaulding Loggers last
night jumped into the Twilight
league series alter losing three
games and administered a drub
bing to the Valley " Motor nine,
the score being 11 to . - :
Captain Boell's men are cheer
ed up by last night's showing and
will make a try. to climb Into
fourth-, or fifth place before the
series closes next tfeek, having
neen rather lonesome at the foot
of the ladder.:
Hooper of the Loggers, struck
out 10 men in addition1 to batting
two homeruns. Gilbert also came
In for a home run for Spauldingsr
Ruggles made one strikeout for
the Motorists. The Loggers se
cured eight hits and 11 runs
while their opponents were con
tent with four hits and the same
number of circuits.
Lineups:
Valley " Motor - Ruggles p:
GrosTenor c; Gardner ss; Zoell
lb; Proctor 2b; Perry. 3b; Kenny.
If; Shea cf; Macy rf.
Spauldings Klecker, 3b; Mc
Allister 2b; Dearing lb; Bozell c;
Hooper p; Emery ss; Gilbert rf;
BattaUon cf; Hash If; Albv util
ity. .,. .. vi
Sefton umpired the game.
The next game will be played
at Sweetland field Monday eve
ning at 6. o'clock.
Team Standing
American Legion ... 4
0
1.000
.500
.500
.250
.250
Valley Motor 2
1
2
2
3
Y.. M. C. A. 2 r
Bankers . . .. . ...,2
Statehousers 1
Spauldings 1
Umpire Baiting Likely
to Lose Out as Pastime
AUGUSTA. Ga., June-16. Um
pire baiting on the South Atlantic
circuit 'wis expected to -lose in
lavor as an outdoor pport as a re.
suit of the stand taken by Rich
ard Monoban, arbiter of today's
game between Spartanburg and
Augusta.
Monohan banished First Base
man Kolzth of the visiting club
after an argument in the eighth
Inning. The player returned to
his bench a few minutes later,
However, the altercation was re
sumed and blows exchanged.
Physicians who attended Kol-
eth said his nose was broken in
seven places. ""
Little Breaks Hands,
But ;ins Over Shade
NEW ORLEANS, June 16.-
Notwithstanding that be broke
both hands In the early rounds of
a;15-round battle here tonight
Happy" Littleton, of New Or
leans, was given a referee's decis
ion over Billy Shade of San Fran-
Cisco." ' ' .Vi'V -v
: Littleton weighed 161 pounds ;
Shade 166 1-2.
MORE SLASHES MADE
BY U. S. LABOR BOARD
iCooUnaed from page 4)
Signal foremen, assistant foremen
and Inspectors, however, escaped
-with no reduction whatsoever;
- ' Deppatchers Exempted
; Fi-r thousand train despatch
rs likewise escaped a cut, the
oard declaring the nature of
their work and ' their responsibll
ity warranting continuance of the
present wages, . - : .' ;
Stationary engineers, - firemen
and oilers numbering 10,000, es
caped with the smallest slice from
their pay envelopes, being cut i
cents' an hour;
Executives of the firemen and
tiers' union, the signal men and
the clerks brotherhood decided,
at a conference with eight other
labor unions in Cincinnati last
week to Issue a strike ballot 1
their wages were reduced. The
sit shop crafts and the mainte
nance, of way union, also in the
conference, already have their
strike vote under way.
Clerks' Loss Considered
The board explained that the
clerks' cut was lighter than some
ether classes because they had
"suffered considerable loss from
certain changes in their rules and '
because they never5 have been
highly paid compared with other
classes.'
i
McCOY CHAIRMAN OF
NEW SERVICE BOARD
(Continued from page 1.)
mlssioners were coming down
here to a den that is unfriendly.
so we just thought we would come
along."
He declared that he will not be
with the commission as secretary
of in any other capacity.
Some new stenographers will
be employed for the reason that
several of. them, assuming- that
the new commissioners would
bring in stenographers of their
own preference, stepped out into
other positions.
Corey Veteran Member
H. H. Corey, while a veteran
member of the commission, and
the only one against whom the
recall was not directed on May
19, has never served a ctaairman-
ahip.-. Mr. McCoy in years is the
older member, T. M. Kerrigan,
who succeeds Fred A. Williams,
also, recalled, for the short term
until next January, is the young
est of the three.
The meeting for organization
was without a clash. McCoy
was the only member: nominated
for the chairmanship and his
election was by unanimous vote.
He was nominated by Kerrigan.
Portland Branch Studied
Air. Kerrigan went to Portland
immediately to make a study of
the operation of the Portland of
ice, Including the grain inspec
tion' department, and .will return
here Monday. Mr. McCoy will be
in his office at the capitol today.
What is probably the last off!
cial act of the old commission Is
an order "Issued early yesterday
authorizing the state highway
commission to install night sig
nal devices at crossings of high
ways and railways for the pro
tection of motorists. ".
Reflectors Adopted
These are to be red reflectors
or other devices deemed by the
highway commission to be adap
table. The matter came before
the service commission on its own
motion.
LONE BANDIT HOLDS UP
GIRL, TAKES CURRENCY
(Continued from page. 1)
alls and a blue jumper.
The bank's loss is covered by
burglar insurance.
The Aurora bank was the
ecene of a $7,000 robbery about
three years ago when Mrs. Effie
Wlnfree. friend of persons em
ployed at the bank, carried off a
large Toll of currency whfch was
later recovered. 1
Joe Gorman Shades
Morrow at Portland
PORTLAND,, Or., June .16.
Joe Gorman of Portland won the
referee's dec'slon here ' tonight
over Lakey Morrow of Spokane
m a sensational 10-round battle.
Morrow; had the advantage in
cleverness in the early rounds but
la the ninth yand tenth Gorman
turned ' loose and overwhelmed
the Spokane boy with a musillade
of punches. . , Gorman weighed
127 1-2 and Morrow 128.
In the semi-final Battlin-g Or
tega and Eddie Richards, m'ddle
weights. went six rounds to a
draw. Spec Woods of Bend, Or.,
and Billy Gard'en of Boise. Id-,
middle-weights also fought a six
round draw. ; ..
CANTON TAKEN
PEKING, June 17. (By the
Associated Pressl)---The forces of
General Chen Chiang: Ming have
captured Canton, the capital of
the South China government, ac
cording to an . official dispatch
from Canton.
PORTLAND BASEBALL CLUB
IS EXPECTED TO BE SOLD
San Francisco, Cal June 16.
Despite emphatic denials by Pres-
ident W. H. Klepper that any sale
of the Portland coast league club
Is contemplated the belief is
strong here that he has quoted a
price to Harry Wtolverton, former
manager of the San Francisco
club and Joe Aurreachachea,
pportsman and promoter. Klepper
would not confirm this tonight.
He denied that the sale of the
Hanford MacNider and
Samuel Gompers Both
Speak at Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, June 16. fBr
the Associated Press. )-Unlty in
the principles of both the Ameri
can Legion and the American
Federation of Labor, was pro
claimed here today at the feder
ation s convention by leaders of
both organizations amid the ap
plause of the convention delegates
wno inciuae , practically every
prominent labor leader In the
country.
"The American Federation of
Labor and the American Legion,"
said Hanford MacNider, the legion
commander,., "both have as com
mon enemies tho6e who seek to
tear down the lawful integrity of
our nation." v
tiomperg Adds Remarks
Samuel Gompers, president qf
the federation, added later the
ieply "there can' be no division In
the joint ranks" of the two or
ganizations as long as both con
tinue to hold the high ideals of
freedom and justice.
In his speech, Mr. MacNider
told the delegates that the legion
knew "no creed, no sect, no class,
no distinction of any kind except
between constructive and destruc
tive . forces," and he added that
the ambition was to keep the
legion "fair, tolerant, clean and
American."
Adjournment KarIp'
The ; mutuality ' of , nurnoRe of
the two organizations, as declared
by their spokesmen, was the out
standing development of the con
vention session which adjourned
early when none of the commi t
tees was ready to submit reports.
'While at work the convention
was informed by B. M. Jewell,
president of the railway employes'
department r of . the federation,
that the rail chiefs contemplating
a strike, had decided to k kofri
cers of the , striking miners to
conference to consider joint ac
tion. He made It plain that fed
eration policies would not be con
sidered at this conference, the
rail union delegates having al
ready announced that they plan
to contest for a place on the fed
eration's executive council
.V One rlg. Vnfon Again Hit
Tha only importnat work done
by the convention was i ts secod
blow at the" 'oe big union" Idea
which came before the delegates
again by a resolution proposing
adoption of a universal label.
' The proposal was voted down.
Commencement Exercises
At University Are Begun
ElKJENE. Or.,-June 16. - The
rommerement exercises 'of the
University of Oregon began this
evening with the annual flower
and fern procession,' given' byi the
women of the -alumni to welcome
senior' women ! Into the alumni.
This custom was established 7?
years ago by r Professor Luella
Cay Carson, one of the pioneej:
instructors of the university. De
grees will be conferred upon 219
graduates Monday.
WITHtfiBDR
Portland club was d'scussed when
he had lunchi with the men nam
ed or later when he conferred
with them after the game. t.;
' Klepper, and James S. Brews
ter, vice president of the Port
land club and like Klepper, suf
fering from banishment by order
of Commissioner K. M. Land Is,
t.aid their trip to San Francisco
was to watch the Portland club in
action here. ,
Joint Action to Be Discussed
At Cincinnati Upon Ar
rival of Lewis
CINCINNATI, June 16. - (By
The Associated Presa)Joint ac
tion between members of the rail
way shop crafts and maintenance
of way uniuus in their, threatened
strike with mere bers of the Unit
ed Mine Wor ken of America will
be discussed by officials, of these
organiaztlons, upon the arrival
here, probably tomorrow, of John
L. Lewis, president of the miners.
, Strike IMscussed ;
Decision of the rail union lead
ers to ask the miners for a meet
ing came as a climax to a series
of conferences which .they have
been holding for the last few days
at which plans, for the threatened
strike were discussed.- N
B. M. Jewell, head of the rail
way employes department, an
nounced the rail union leaders,
decision during the afternoon ses
sion of the American Federation
of Labor convention. He said
that the conference would be held
in accordance with the prohibition
provisions of' the . "cooperative
agreement," between the ?mtne
workers and the railway organiza
tions entered into at Chicago last
February. - ; .' "f. '
''' Presental ions limited
j He said that "there would be
presented no matter, no subject
other than those properly permis
sible under the terms of that
agreement." ' . '. .'.
An agreement between the
miners and railroad men' pledges
closer cooperation between the
forces of each to "more effective
ly protect t the Integrity of those
engaged in "these essential and
basic industries."
Proclamation and Editorial
Comment Are Assailed by?
R.H.Sawyer .
Governor Olcott and the editor
of the Salem evening paper were
the subjects of attack at the
Grand theater last night' by Pr
R. H. Sawyer, a lecturer for. the
Ku Klux Kian.
have heard that-Governor
Olcott spends sleepless nights
waiting to be murdered by the
Ku Klnx KlanV said Dr. Sawyer.
"I wish that he 'were here tonight
as 1 believe ' that he would be
convinced that we do not take
h'm any more seriously tha the
people of Oregon do." - .
The speaker referred to Cover
nor Olcott's recent proclamation
as a "message issued by Benny
the Roman." He then displayed
a recent issue of the Capital
Journal and said that-Its head
lines and editorials indicated that
U SPEAKER ,
IPS GOVEHR
"whoever had written, these must
have somethitng on his mind."
"No honest man need fear the
Klan and the dishonest man need
only fear this organ1 tat Ion Inas
much as we demand full enforce
ment of the law," said Sawyer.
"We would like very ' much to
have Oregon's governor trace the
real pepetrators r'of ' incidents
which .have been attributed to
the klan in this and other states,"
"I can say one thing which ev
ery tlansman ; knows. 5 Our ac
tivities are confined to1 persooal
influence and ' to' the'?i 'order's
teachings in the lodge rooms. We
are as anxious as anyone to' for
bid the yearlngi,of ' gown and
masks except . for parade and
lodgeroom regalia requirements.
Our regalia is a part of the organ
ization as much as the wig arid
gTeasepaint to the theatrical per
former. We prove every day
that our members do not use this
regalia for these mythical lynch
ing bees." '
Federal Trade .Commission
: Asks Legislation for Ter-
; miBal : Facilities v.,
WASHINGTON, June , 16.
Legislation requiring .'operation
of public terminal grain elevators
by , railroad companies . was rec
ommended to congress ' today, lj
the federal trade commission in
report on terminal grain mar
keting which also urged Improved
banking facilities for the move
ment of grain in the northwest
(., Elimination of the, financing of
commission houses by terminal
elevators, improvement ! in the
methods of making up cash quota
tions and elimination or reduction
of so-called ' insurance charKcs
levied on country shippers at Du
luth were among , other recom-'
mendations. : : ' !'
The commission was of the .
opinion that "grain merchandis
ing on the part of the operators
of the licensed , . public elevators .
appears to be contrary to aound
princlplpe of public warehousing
leading to dissatisfaction on the
part of the growers end millers
and to ill-feeling throughout the
grain trade... This, situation ac
cording to the commission gives
large merchandisers a practical
control 5 of deliverable grain, at
the terminal markets, facilitates
the manipulation of futures and
has doubtless been at times re
sponsible for the failure of the
cash and future market to move
in harmony."
.The commission recommended
that railroads be required to op
erate elevators for the conveni
ence of their shippers. Restora
tion of a normal situation as re
gards the use of public storage In
the grain , trade the commission
asserted, would be so generally
beneficial to the trade and. to the
public as to justify such legislation..-
v . . ' ,
STOCK IAN WES
HELENA. Mont.,. June 16
John N, W. lelenberg, one of the
best known of the early day live
lock men, died here this morning
after an Illness extending over a
period of two months.
The goose bad been carved, and
everybody had tasted IL - It was
excellent. The negro minister,
who was the guest of honor, could
not restrain h's enthusiasm. .
"Data as fine a goose as I evah
see. Brudder Williams." he said
to his host. "Whir did you git
such a fine goose f.
'Weil,- now, Pahson." replied
the carver of the goose, exhibit
ing great dignity and reluctance,
"when you preacher a ' speshul
good sermon I never axes you
whar. you got it.. I . hopes - you
will show the same considera
tion. 8uccess. '
Read the Classified ttz
GRAIN ELEVATORS
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