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Organization Splits and Uin
" " ority Go to Federated
Group; 9 Individual Plat
' forms Are Planned '
POLITICAL BETTERMENT
. SAID AIM OF GATHERING
Dictatorship in Russia Is Not
i Desiredr Declared ;f.ow
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CHICAGO, July 6.- (By jthe
Associated ; Press. V -The, federat
ed Faer-Laoor party iand the
Farmer-Labor party of the United
'States.' with .individual platforms
and candidates, are announced as
entries In the 1924 political field.
." The majority of': the' Farmer
Labor party today refused to af
filiate with the federated organi
sation, a group horn In the Farmer-Labor-
convention and idecid--ad
t on Br 'platform and ticket of
its nwDi A minority went orer to
the federated party, splitting the
. r Fiv Bolters Accepted ,r
t cToiiiitfwa rnmmU-
tee of the federated party accept
ed i fJVd '-or the bolting f ariner-la-borites
as members of its exe
cutive- committee .and proceeded
. to the SeieCllon ;Ol jan wecume
council od an Intensive .progranr
' of actirity. Headquarters "of -the
federated party ' probably ' will ' be
" here, C.,;E.:Ruthenbarg of Cleve-
iana, eonvictean mcmiui
i communistic tendencies and a
leader in the new Oarty antfotfne-
f Cd. i - "i' . ,. K- ' ,
The farmer-labor convention
; was adjourned after a day of ora
. lory over a motion of M. Toscan
Bennett, member of 1 the party's
- sat tonal executive .-' -committee
which would have placed ?flve of
its members on the ieaeraiea
. croup's executive committee with
I reservations. After its defeat
J Bennett announced ' he would
1 minority faction filed out.
Break: With Radicals
Non-participation by the Farmer-Labor
party with the' feder
ated organisation which Bennet
characterised as ''threatening sui
cide of the ) farmer-labor party"
Was not shared by the soJgd-HH-'nniB
nnit. which Is credited by its
, speakers with having established
a clean break with the extreme
- . a .
: ra.aica.ia; is now uudu".o. -
possible red menace and is on us
;. feet , stronger than ever In the
pursuit of independent political
satisfaction." ' " " ' ' '
John Flttpatrlck, presiaent oi
the Chicago Federation rof Labor,
who declined the chairmanship of
today's meeting In favor of Rob
ert M. Buck, Chicago-labor leader
; and editor, sounded the keynote
i of non-participation .on the part
' of the Farmer-Labor party, v
Want Ballot Control
"We want political- betterment
for the workers and farmers but
we want control through Jhe bal
lot In our own ranks and not from
a dictatorship in, Russia," Fitz
patrick asserted.): "Union men
and women will not subscribe. to
the tinted platform of the feder
ated party its - leadership of
' Ruthenburg, William Z.1 Foster
- aad Joseph Manley being suffic
' lent to describe 'Its. ommunistIc
- : The break with the radicah ele
ment in the workers' partyT In
strumental In forming the feder
ated party's platform, was a step
that ultimately had to be taken,
.(iald Buck, and now that it had
been taken , "the Farmer-Labor
party stands unfettered.rmorer ef
r sou raged than any time since
(continued on page S)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Unsettled with
. showers Saturday.
LOCAL WEATHER
(Friday).
Vaximum temperature, 60.
Minimum temperature's!,
liver, .6
Uinfall. .53. .
Wind. west. ,.
Atmosphere, cloudy.
FFBT
S, POTERS:,:' !!
av !r
Governor Pierce yesterday1; announced that he has ap
pointed Seymour Jones, J. J. McDonald and B. W. Powers as
the tax supervising and conservation commission for Marion
county. The list for all the cdunties of the state will be an
nounced in a few days. i f ;
Mr. Jones was formerly a member of the legislature and
served as speaker of the house at the eession of 1919. He
formerly? practiced law in Chicago and is now engaged in
farming and fruit raising in Marion county. 1
ft McDonald 'is a resident of Salem and formerly was mas
ter of the Pomona Grange fori Marion county. f ' i
- Powers lives on a fruit ranch easj of Salem. He was
once Uriited States marshal for South Dakota. ; 1 i
."It is understood that one of the appointees for. Polk
county.wjll be Frank Fawk. ; - 1
GOtORELD RAZED
FEUDS
Bootleggers Blamed for Con-
flagration; Only ' Six
Buildings Remain
TONOPAH, Nev.. July 6. The
town of ' Goldfleld, with the ex
ception ' of six ' buildings, was
burned to the ground today. One
man 13 dead from causes attribut
able to the fire; a woman is miss
ing and is believed to have per
ished, and several persons were
treated fori burns as the result
of the conflagration now believed
to have been of Incendiary origin,
(tarted as part of a bootleggers
feud. " "V i. ;
Fire Chief I. X : Gaililc of
Goldfleld declared that he be
lieved an enemy of a known boot
legger started the blaze In a build
ing in the rear of a garage.
Fire Chief Galliac asserted the
fire-had too big a start to permit
it to be put out with the poor
water pressure available through
an old pipe line from Lida, ,30
miles away.. . ,..v'
The alarm was , turned in by
Mrs. Charles Allier. who arose
early, intending to go to Tonopah
and noticed the flames. This was
at 6:15 a. m. Nine hours later
the town had - been destroyed."
"Goldfleld will come back." was
the word sent here after the camp
had hastily checked up its losses
and had estimated the damage at
between 1800,000 and $1,500,000.
It 'was j not possible -tonight to
make any, exhaustive . survey of
the fire area, of one and one half;
miles wide, by a mile long, where
the flames' .had cut a . cyclonic
swath through the heart ot- the
Ltawn. '
I!
SUSPECT SOUGHT
Slayer! of New .York Gover-
nessoim ai Liiigci ring
er .Prints Taken
SCARSDALE. N. T., July 6.
After the' release lcte today of
James Clark, a negro arrested on
suspicion of being the murderer
of Dorothy Kaufman, young gov
erness' who was brutally slain
Tuesdayi night in the home of
Magruder Craighead, police again
turned their attention to search-1
ing for a! negro ; said to have .
jumped aboard a Buffalo freight j
Iiusiua ..a j mmm
Finger prints have been made
from the handle of the knife with
which the girl was stabbed to
death while alone In the Craig
head house, and from a cracker
box said to have been dropped by
the murderer In vaulting ajfence."
- 4Iiss , Kauff mail's body will be
sent to her home In Westover,
Md where her parents and ' four
brothers and sisters reside. -:
James Clark, the negro arrest
ed today, was taken from a. motor
truck on 1 which he had obtained
a lift toward New Tork Police,
however,! found he did not cor
respond In any way to tho de
scription of the murderer, ..
EGRO MURDERER
MEXIOAfJ MEETING
Several "Hurdles" Still Re
main Minutes. Made Pub
lic Next Week
MEXICO CITY. July 6.-(By
the Associated Press. ) 1 Several
hurdles still remain to be passed
before the "views" of the United
States and Mexican governments
can be placed into the minutes of
the conference Of American; and
Mexican representatives discuss
ing questions Involved in the re
cognition 'of Mexico. ' Charles " B.
Warren, one of the American del
egates, said before entering what
was regarded as an important ses
sion today. - These t preliminary
hurdles, he said,' must be sur
mounted before the "views" of
the two governments can be con
sidered a3 finally presented. '
It was learned today, that com
pletion of t he minutes will , not -be
delayed beyond the middle of next
week, although it is almost cer
tain that full details of the-understanding
then reached will not
be made public until after; the
American commission reports to
Washington. '
fflispra
e?ws
Attempt to Land Regiment
Is BlockedMany Cas
ualties Reported1,
. SOFIA, July 6. (By the As
sociated -- Press.) -A "report re
ceived tonight from ' Constanti
nople says the Greeks attempted
to land a regiment at Kara-Burum
near the Dardanelles, and that the
Turks repulsed them after severe
fighting. There were many" cas
ualties on both sides, the report
says. ; " . :" ;
" Intjie fianting a Turkish tor
pedo boajink a Greek ship, ac
cording to the Constantinople re
port, and many were drowned.
The. fighting took place Wed
nesday night, but . the report did
not Teach here until today. It
said that the Greeks occupied the
coast line, and the battle ensued,
many being killed and j wounded
on each side. 1.
The Angora -government, the
report added, ; has . telegraphed a
protest to the Near East " confer
ence at Lausanne. It Ja; known
here that the Turkish frontier has
been closed for the last three
days. . ' !
New Man Appointed On -
Livestock Sanitary Board
One change is made in the per
sonnel of the state livestock sani
tary board by appointments made
yesterday by Governor Pierce. M.
R. Biggs of Prinevllle f3 appoint
ed" to take the place of K. G. War
ner of Pendleton, resigned. Harry
West-of .Scarroose. J; H. Dobbin
of Enterprise and Walter K. Tay
lor of - Corvallis are reappointed.
J. R. Colo of Molalla and R. T.
Sims of Oregon Agricultural col
lege are hold-overs.
DLDERS
UTTEODGTOR
Prosecution Resulting From
Number of "Wet" Pre
scriptions Is Invalidated
By Montana Solon ;
HOLDS THAT CONGRESS
CANNOT SET QUANTITY
Physician Is Permitted to
Give Patient Alcohol Un
der New Ruling
. HELENA. Mont., July 6. (By
Tho Associated Press.) Congress
once having said that alcohol can
be used for medicinal purposes
cannot now dictate to the physi
cian as to the number of whiskey
prescriptions be shall write or the
quantity ho shall prescribe, .Fed
eral Judge' George M. Bourquin
held today: In hia decision Judge
Bourquin invalidated the prose
cution of Dr. J. B. Freund a Bute
physician who it was charged is
sued moro than 190 prescriptions
within a 90 day period and pre
scribed more than one-half pint
of alcohol to one patient in 10
days.-: : ' . '
The decision in substance held
that eon gr ess cannot substitute
its judgment for that ot the phy
sician, ruling similarly to Feder
al Judge Knox of New York, who
on May 9 last granted an order
restraining prohibition "authori
ties ' from - Interfering ' with t , the
praciice of . Dr. Samuel, W. Lam
bert with respect to the amount of
whiskey which might be prescrib
ed to ono patient.
Number 'Not Questioned
The ruling of the 'Montana fed
eral jurists,- goes farther and
holds that the portion of the fed
eral prohibition enforcement act
which seeks to limit the number
of prescriptions is invalid as well
as that portion limiting the quan
tity" prescribed. s : " '
The invalid section of the law
with reference to the pnmber of
prescriptions is "nothing but an
arbitrary-restriction on the ques
tion of the number of patients a
physician shall treat in ordinary
course-of circumstances, or is an
unreasonable mandate to malprac
tice in respect to them" read the
court's decision, f
, All Not Alike
Continuing the i o u r t said
that if therapeutics were an ex
act science and diseases and their
courses .of unvariablo diagnosis
kand patleats were all. constituted
alike" the Drovision ; arbitrarily
fixing the amount $of alcohofl
which could be prescribed might
be , valid but "since iaf respect to
all these factors; . the truth is
otherwise, every - patient present
ing to these physicians a differ
ent solution, this provision of the
statute is invalid." s
The court held that the bureau
of internal revenue has the power
through its regulations to cope
with; abuse of the use of alcohol
without attempting to dictate; to
the physicians in the treatment
of cases where alcohol is pre
scribed. ' ,
STATE EXECUTIVES
CRITICIZED BY NEA
Resolution Denounces Poli
ciesThat Curtail Educa
' tion; Meet. Ends
OAKLAND. Cal., July 6. The
1923 convention of the National
Education association, the world
conference on education and al
lied educational organ ix a 1 1 o n s
here and in San Francisco closed
tonight following the election tof
Mi sd Olive M.- Jones, New York
school principal, as president of
the N. E. A. to succeed William
B. Owen of Chicago. .-K
At the final meeting ot the
representative assembly. of the N.
E. A. a resolution was adopted
criticising " governors of states
whose economy-policies made ne
cessltp the curtailment of educa
tional activities . . ' .":
CORSETS ARE
ADVISED F0R
YOUNG GIRLS
Roll 'Em
Down'
and Quit
Bobbing Hair Also Advice
Given By Alice Robertson
-MUSKOGEE. Okla.t July 6 -"Office
girls employed at the fed
eral soldiers' hospital here must
go back to corsets, quit bobbing
their hair, roll up their hose and
adopt high neck dresses, accord
ing to the ultimatum laid down
My Miss, Alice Robertson, former
congrcsswoman no.w welfare chief!
at the 'Institution. . Vi
"Thece has 'been too much
laughing . and talking down the
hall with the patients," Miss
Rgbertson 8aid "Give the boys
a run for their money; the girl.
a man admires most is one whom
ho must fight for. ' " 'i
' "The woman, who flagrantly
displays , her charms soon ''will be
a bsck number.- They are ' only
toys with which men play , and
then cast aside.
"Go back to corsets, girls, tend
to business, wear decent clothes
and don't try to hark back to the
days of Adam and Eve." j , ;
SHIPS TO COMPLY
Nationality of, Owners Not
Considered By Decision
- of Treasury
WASHINGTON, July 6. Ship
liquor allowances to foreign ships
in American .waters under a de
cision today by the treasury wiil
be based hereafter on the require
ments of the laws of the country
in whose trade the vessels are
operating, regardlesa of the na
tionality of the owners.
By this addition to th ship
liquor regulations a British owned
ship engaged exclusively In Ital
ian trade will' receive allowances
of intoxicants sufficient t com
ply with the laws of Italy. If a
vessel's -vassenger list ant! cargo
come from several countries, each
of which has laws requiring liquor
stores, the' general medical sup
ply will be granted and specifSc
provisions of the several laws will
be met, in addition. r -
The decision resulted from , rep
resentations made by the owners
of the Cunard liner Tuscania and
the White Star liner Arabic
through, the . British embassy.
Each ship came in conflict with
the laws of Italy requiring wine
stores for steerage passengers and
their owners appealed to this gov
ernment for relief." -
OREGON VISITED :
BY HEAVY RAINS
Grain Benefitted, Hay Dam
aged Forest fire Dan
ger Is Lessened
j PORTLAND, July 6. Heavy
rains fell over many parts of Ore
gon throughout today. . Eastern
Oregon points reported that grain
would be benefitted, but there
was some damage to hay in the
fields. : Forestry officials in, var
lous districts said the rain was of
incalcuablo value in lessening
the probability of early forest
fires.' More rain was. predicted
for tomorrow. ' - . ' .
PORTLAND, Or.. July . As
reports continued to eccie in from
grain growing districts tonight
some of them told of damage to
growing wheat in eastern Oregon
districts In Sherman and Was
co counties it was said the dam
age would run Into thousands of
dollars. Reports from s up the
Willamette valley said that dam
age to wheat .would result with
another day's rain. -
Higginbotham Trial Will ;
f ' Be Delayed; Juror Is III
LAKE CITY, Fla.. July 6.
The trial of Thomas Walter Hig
ginbotham tonight hangs in the
balance. Court was abruptly re
cessed, today by the Illness of L
M. Chambers,: a member of the
Jury,' who Is in a serious condition
according to physicians and prob
ably "will have to be removed to
a hospital. . The Juror is threat
ened with appendicitis. "
WT
TRADE LAWS
m
Jury Finds Orey Not Guilty
of Allowing Minor in Hall
and City Council Rescinds
Closing Order !
GOOD FAITH APPARENT
IN LICENSE AFFAIR
Is Card Table Part of Bil
liard Room? Is Hair
splitting Question
Dismissal of alt charges against
the ' Blessing & Orey pool room,
located at 356 State street, was
effected -yesferday when George
Orey was found not euiltv bii a
charge of permitting a minor to
visit the pool room, and at a spe
cial meeting of the city council.
held late in the' afternoon, the
order closing, the rear of the es
tablishment was rescinded.
, Evasion Was Suspected
Orey was arrested on the charge
on May 25, and after a jury had
been selected to try the case, City
Attorney Ray jSnith, believing
the defendant wilfully attempted
to evade the law, brought the pro
posal before the city council with
the result that the aldermen In
structed, Chief of Police Birtehet
to close the portion of the estab
lishment occupied by pool and
billiard tables. Evidence brought
before the council at that time in
dicated that the firm of Blessing
& .Orey . had tried to evade the
payment of a license fee.' '
Explanation of the situation, as
made by Mayor J. B. Giesy last
night, was that E. F Blessing had
filed , the fund necessary for the
license with the city recorder and
believed his ' part of the proced
ure had been fulfilled. Papers"
were misplaced, with the result
that the firm was held to the
opinion that it had maliciously at
tempted to evade the payment.
The rescinding order was passed
after those on both, sides had a
complete understanding, at! the
special session of the council. .
Hali-Splitting Indulged In
Trial of George Orey yesterday
afternoon occupied . considerable
time in Recorder Poulsen's court
at the city hall, and was given to
the Jury about 6 o'clock. The
verdict of not guilty was returned
within a few minutes. "
Attempts at hair-splitting were
made by both - sides, centering
chiefly over the question; ;as to
whether or ' not ' the card j tables
were properly a portion of the
pool hall; or if they" were classed
separately, as was the ciar stand
or' tl.e soda fountain and lunch
counter. "
Orey at Disadvantage
Testimonyby George Orey was
to the effect -that' the minor In
question, Hugh Walp, was bellev
ed io" be under age contrary to
h'tf reply to Orey. -Evidence of
fered tended to show that the pro
prietor did not have sufficient
ti ne after making the Inquiry to
have Walp sign a statement to
the effect that i he was of age be
fore Officer Olson obtaired a con
fesslor from fthe youlh tltat. he
was not yet 21 years of ag. "
"trymen who tried the ' case
were John A. Patterson. William
Gahlsdorf, Frank B. oouthwick.
J. C. Perry, Earl H. Anderson and
D.' A. Larmer.1
Rural Credit Unions
' Are Under Banking Act
' Organizations of rural credit
unions must come under the state
banking law ; for the reason that
they do a banking: business, and.
therefore, the members are sub
ject to double liability in event of
the failure of the corporation, ac
cording to an opinion of Attorney
General Van Winkle in reply to
an inquiry by Frank-C. Bramwell.l
state superintendent of banks.
The particular case in point aris
es from Douglas county where the
farmers are attempting to organ
ize a rural credits union.
' , While the opinion does not touch
upon this angle, it is said such a
corporation cannot be ; exempted
from taxation, as contemplated by
an . act passed by - the legislature
ot ms,
PREPARING 10 QUST
basic
Abolishment Depends Upon Importation of Scfficicr-i
Labor, Declares GaryChange Estimated to Rec;u:ro
60,000 Additional Laborers and Will Increase Ccst
of Finished Products by 15 Percent
NEW YORK, July 6.(By Associated Press.) Influx
into northern industrial centers of negroes from the south
and laborers from Mexico, the Philippines,. Canada and a few
European countries soon will make possible "abolishment of
the twelve-hour Jday in the steel industry, Elbert II. Gary,
chairman of the board of the United States Steel corporation,
announced today.' vr. v ' -
CHEF PUGS
VISIT TO COAST
Wires San Diego That He
: Wiil Stay Two Days
,Longer Than Planned
SAN DIEGO, Califs July p.
Change f in President Harding's
plans - by which hfcs stay on the
Pacific coasC will be prolonged two
days more than had been outlined
In his original program, Is an
nounced in a telegram today from
Seattle and sent to the local re
ception" committee vny Walter F,
Brown who recently was here tq
arrange details of the President's
stay in San Diego. Brown's tele
gram said: j, ;; ;': 4 -"
"Impossible to omit . Santa Ca
tania island trip without greatly
disappointing Mrs. Harding. Have
therefore arranged 1 for president
to sail from San Diego August 6.
You will be able to carry out
the long program with slight mod
ifications. Am mailing today de
tailed program.
Reichstag Now Adjourned;
Surnmer Recess Declared
BERLIN, July 6. -(By The As
sociated Press.) The Reichstag
will adjourn indefinitely tomor
row for the summer recessj it was
authoritatively stated today..
Chancellor' Cund Continued hia
conference today with Monsignor
Pacelli,' papal nuncio". It -was an
nounced that a . special : courier
had arrived 'froin" Home bringing
new instructions for the nuncio
from the Vatican. The govern-,
merit's anticipated declaration o'f
sabotage in the Ruhr is said to
ba mef y a a,mtter of form and
the federal cabinet is consulting
with the Prussian government on
the formulation of the statement.
Penitentiary Preferred
To Vancouver City Jail
WALLA WALLA, Wash;, July
6 George ' Wlritfield, ; Clarke
county young man ' sentenced to
death some time ago, and who
has been in the Washington State
penitentiary here since May, left
today" In charge of deputy 'sher
iffs for Vancouver, where he will
be lodged In jail pending the re
suit of an appeal to the supreme
court. Whitfield is "reported as
saying he preferred to stay In the
penitentiary to being taken back
to The Clarke county jail.
His appeal will riot probably be
deeided within the next six
months, officials state. V ,
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NOTICE TO OUR READERS
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monthly collections today. I ' " ' ;
Your newspaper boy is just starting; in business fcr
himself." This is his 'first effort to learn business cr.
his success or failure depends to a considerable exlct
on your good will and co-operation. A pleasant smij
and a cheery word will encourage your boy and kz.j
him, make a success of this, his first venture in busir.c-1
life.v He will appreciate it and show his good will in cny
way he can. " ; . i -
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: . STATESMAN PUBLKimTG CO.
' Mrl Gary, asserted he could not
say when his corporation or any
other , company , would get rid of
the 12-hour day. entirely, but sail
would begin to act In that di
rection very soon and would Ls
diligent In their, efforts.
Mr. Gary's announcement fol
lowed action of President Hard
ing making public yesterday be
fore sailing from Tacoma, Wash.,
for Alaska, of correspondence be
tween , tne president - and the di
rectors of the American Iron ar.l
Steel Institute In which the lat
ter pledged themselves to abolllx
the long day when a sufficient
labor supply was assured.
Mr. Gary estimated that the
change would require 60,000 ad
ditional laborers' and would in
crease the cost of finished stctl
products by 15 per cent.
URGHEOTS GLOBE
fiDCPfnni
III UUiildhtL
Jury Will Receive Instruc
tions in Kearny Hearing
; 1 ins iviurning
LOS ANGELES. July 6. Argu
ment's were, concluded late today
In the case of two army officers
and six merchants charged wi.i
conspiracy to. defraud the govern
ment in connection with auctic a
sales at Camp Kearney' in Febru
ary. 1922. United States Distil::
Judge" William P. James -announced
that he' would deliver t'.i
instructions to the Jury at niz
o'clock tomorrow.
Kleagle and 69 Klansmcn
a ;V;:Arrested at Sprincfic'J
r SPRINGFIELD, Ohio.. July 6.
W- K. Cortner, : Kleagle of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, e .1
69 . other members pf the 1. A
Klan, ' many of them prom I:; : zt
business men, were arrestej t j a
squad of police this afternoon ts
they left Fernclift ceraerory, fI
lowing funeral services at tle
grave of a brother Klansman.
' ' Arrests" were ' made - under tL &
recent ruling of 1 PollceV Jud ;a
Golden C. Davis that three cr
more persons appearing on tie
streets masked would constitute
disorderly conduct.
OUi 3IEX IXDICTCD
PORT WORTir, Tex., July C
The "federal grand Jury returr i
indictinents against 17 oil 1 ro
moters today, making a total ct
104voil men to be Indicted f'3
the government began lt3 ell
fraud probe last October. .
irj;wn
111 UHl