The purpose of advertising is -to
get an idea from the.'miud of one
man into the mind of another and
make it stay there. - - -
. The advertisements' show you
. how to gave money and steps
and time. Walch them carefully.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1924
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
'.: -'I ' . :T' . v:-. - - - ,
t
i
4
i
it
. t
t
; 1
i :
I
f;
I
:i
t '
f
EI1IGRI
If .
Iflgll
Detailed Offer Is Presented
- for Union of ffive Bjg Com
panfes' Under Producer's
Control
DETAILS OF FINANCING
- TOTAL MAMY MILLIONS
Farm ' Bureau Considers
Means of Raising Huge
! ' Sinking 'Fund; UlV
CHICAGO. Juna 20, (By The
Associated ' Press.') A detailed
plan, under which five large graii
concerns and 6000 cooperative ele
vators" would come , under pro
ducer control was formally sub
mitted today to the executive com
mittee of ' the American farm bu
reau federation.
"It is understood that, the' ten
tative plan has. been presented to
other farm ' organizations." the
farm - bureau announcement, said
"A selected committee, headed by
President O. - E. Bradfute of the
American Farm Bufeau federation
has been appointed to examine the
plan and shape the legal details of
the merger. The personnel -of the
committee, prohahly' wlu Tie an
nounced within the' next few
weeks, and the report of the ex
aminers will be ready for. the-en
tire farm bureau membership be-
; fore fall; according to the, present
plans of Mr. -Bradfute.'
- 'Th flnanclnr of the eonsolida
tion -is expected to be: cared for
with, the funds which ; ordinarily
raake tie "rebate'to the producer
'n?r "cooperative Imarfcetiflffr'sys-
terns. -
1 "While the legal and financial
details of the plan were not made
public by the federation; It ""was
suggested that the "rebates"
mljcht be diverted Into a sinking
fund for the amortization of the
rrmM!fTaMnn debentures, stocks
and bonds. :
I Details of financing reaching
many millions of dollars will
make the chiefs demands upon the
efforts , of the committee In the
view ot those who have, followed
the trend of recent negotiations in
the rrain trade. The formal an
nouncement of the farm bureau
follows: - ' i t
"A plan contemplating acquir-
Ing the' mechanical and manager
ial facilities of five large grain
concerns and five thousand coop-
' erative elevators has been pre-
sented to the American Farm Bu
, reau federation."
' "Thla nlan proposes that the in
ternatlonat grain marketing sales
agency resulting become grower
owned and finances controlled.
'"This Dlan was presented to
()' oTBintlT 'committee of the
American Farm Bureau federation
thn vppk. After a four-day dis
cussion, a resolution was adopted
authorizing the present ortne leo
: eratlon'to appoint a committee of
which he shall be the chairman of
' such size and personnel as may by
' him be -deemed proper to complete
the study and analysis of the
oroDositlon above referred to for
the purpose of determining the
. nrartlcabilitv of the producer un
dertaking to own the marketing'
facllitls'e for grain and the practi
cal mejhod by which it may.be
successfully accomplished to the
best advantage for the producer.
"The" proposed plan includes ac
quiring, the facilities - of the Ar
mour drain company, Rosenbaum
grain corporation, Bartlett Frazier
&& Co4 Rosenbaum Brothers and
J. C. Shaffer and company.
GAS PRICE CUT
OMAHA, Neb., Jnne 20. The
price of gasoline was cut from 15
to 14 cents a gallon here yester
day at the municipal station oper
ated by City Commissioner John
llopkins. who announced ahqther
one cent reduction would be made
today. tThe cut was made possible.'
he said, by better p-tyee at the re
fineries. THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair and warmer
Saturday; moderate north
westerly winds. ;
LOCAL WEATHER
(Friday).
Maximum temperature, S2.
Mini mum - temperature, 59.
Riyer, 02; rising.
Rainfall, none. 1
Atmosphere, clear. l -Wind;
west, - - i"
M'ADOO; HOLDS
CONFERENCES
WnH LEADERS
Calif ornian Making Prepare
tion to Secure Needed Vote
, of Convention
NEW YORK, June 20. Carry
ing' out a definite plan designed
to strengthen and consolidate his
pftsition,1 Wrilliam G.v McAdoo de
voted virtnally all his time today
to conferences' with chairmen of
state delegations members of the
national committee and other de
legates to the democratic national
convention. Abrogatfon of the two
thirds rule for. the nomination of
A presidential candidate was one
subject discussed. Decision as to
the attitude ; that the McAdoo
forces are to take on this' ques
tion, , however, will be deferred.
probabry' untll Sunday or later. It
.was. formally announced that for
mer. Senator James D,' Phelan. of
California, who will arrive here
tomorrow t from Paris, will place
Mr. McAdoo In nomination before
the convention. - 1 :
Seconding speeches probably
Nril! be limited to three, two to be
delivered' by men and one by a
vOmaV Charles M. Hay, delegate
at large, from Missouri,' will make
one of these addresses.
David Ladd Rockwell, campaign
manager ; lor Mr. mcaoto, an
nounced that, the convention floor
management of the McAdoo forces
probably would be conducted- un
def a zoning plan with 13 one
managers acting .under the direc
tion ot Mr. Rockwell.
Majority 96 Sunday Schools
in Marion uouaty. to
Farticipate
'With" 96 Sunday "schools In the
county.- of which one-nau nTe
nromised : to enter floats, the an-
nual Marion county sirnaay scnoui
- l
picnic will be launched from tne
Marlon square promptly- a i
o'clock this morning, wending its
way to the fairgrounds' where the
main program and . picnic win pe
gtvenv Schools -which do not en
ter floats are expected to nave
marchings represenaties 'In the
parade.' Judges will be stationed
at the post office to make their
awards. Last year more than 300
youngsters participated in - the
athletic .events, a feature ot me
picnic. j . ,
B. F. Irvine, editor ot me ure-
gon Journal, .of Portland, will be
the principal speaker of the day,
talking on i some phase of home
life and the Sunday school as an
institution, Thd entire, program
1 in "charge of a committee head
ed by Dr. F. E. Brown, with R. R.
Boaraman, iesiie opot n-o onu
Mary Findley in charge .of the
athletic events'.
After the parade is disbanded
at the fairgronpas me picmc
luncheon will be served, each fam
ily making ' their; own provision
for the meaL. The athletic events
will be the feature of the after
noon. Someming lor eierjuuo uo
been the keynote of those in
charge, ' and ' every ' one is guaran
teed a good time. .
Col.' Carle Abrams, of, tne pa
rade committee, will be grana
marshal ot the' day, . while Loyl
(Continued on page 2)
"GHWIKS" BU1W
Threatening Letters Recent
ly Received Attributed to
. Misguided Fools
CHICAGO, June 20. -"Cranks"
were blamed by the police today
for new tbreatening letters receiv
ed in connection with kidnaping
and slaying of Robert Franks, to
which Nathan Leopold, Jr.,' apd
Richard Loeb, millionaires' sons
and neighbors of the slain hoy,
have confessed. '
Chief Justice John R. Caverley
oi the criminal, court, who' will
breside at the trial of Leopold and
Loeb today revealed that he had
recently received a letter threaten
ing the life of Josephine Franks,
17 year old sister of the elain boy.
Meahwhile-. Irrin" Hartmann,' Jr.-,
0 year old son of a wealthy fur
niture dealer and playmate ot the
Franks bov. had been taken out
Piiia PLfifis
MEOLIBE
GfiS PRICES TO
BE SUBJECT OF
FEDERALPRDBE
Attorney General Stone An
nounces That He Intends
tO G04 tO BOttOm Ot the.
Situation .
PRIHF P.IAIFJTPPJAfJHF
BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE
mm- www wwj ,w wmww w - a wm
UOnipiete. ACUVIlieS OT UII
Companies tO Come Un-
rjer Investigation
WASHINGTOK, June 20. The
government's intention to go to
the bottom of the 'whole gasoline
price situation, probably through
the.courts, was Indicated today by
Attorney General Stone.
Inquiries instituted by the fed
eral trade commission and the de
partment of, justice are to form
the basis of fdiptwhich
was 6iieu w.i. o tna or
the federal government Results
of the commission's 'study of the
price question, made , at . the re
quest of President Coolidge -are In
the' hands of the department of
justice and Mr. Stone announced
that; he bad. directed members of
his staff to collect data offered by
department ' - Investigators j with
that obtained, by the trade com
mission
-As the next step Mr. Stone will
hold
a conference early la July
with attorneys general of certain
states whose identity is nrithheld
for the present. '
After that ; conference, which
Mr. Stone said would provide a for-administration of the depart
comprehensive . survey, of ; the ment, onry 1 57 f.20 remains, lless
whole situation, the department of than enough to pay the June sal-
Jnstfee wtrf : m4k Baewa-the char-?
acter of the proceedings it Intends
to employ.
Whether.the department has un
covered some semblance of price
maintainance arrangements t was
not stated. Mention was made by
Mr. stone in a formal statement.
however, that part of the depart
ment's inquiry nad been directed
toward determining whether the
several standard Oil companies
nad obeyed the federal court dis
solution decree of IS 11 - -
When ' the department com
pletes its preparatory study 'of the
gasoline question it expects to be
able to lay before the public a
complete picture of the oil indus
try In this country from nroduc-
tion tn rough refining and distribu
tion. Biloxi of Farmer-Labor Rartv
neDUfl aifis wnrw nt set
v ' . J " V
Paul Gathering
DENVER, Colo., June 20
C. 1. Warner of Biloxlj
Dr.
Miss. I
chairman of the national campaign
luuiumitB oi tne .farmer-labor
party of the United States in a
signed stateent tssuedt here today
declared: ; ; '" . . . :
'The recent conference held in
St. Paul - by the progressive 'ele
ment in the United States does not
have the confidence of the farmer
labor party of the United States."
"n,s Paul conference,' said
his statement, "originally was In
tended to nnite all progressives In
this 'country, but itwas soon "dis
covered that the communists pro
posed, to seize control and; the
more conservative element of the
progressives refused to take part.
The farmer-labor party of the
United Stales was Invited to come
Into the conference. hot refused
to do so. It is unfortunate .that
so many radicals have seized upon
tne name of farmer-labor to desig
nate themselves. It is a popular
name and they hope to improve
their chancee thereby, t
"The farmer-labor party expects
to take an active part in the pro
gressive conference which 'meets
at Cleveland on July 4 It U ex
pected that a good progressive
platform will be adopted and that
Senator Robert M. La Follette will
be our candidate. From Informa
tion which comes to us, we are
confident that a very large part
Lof the-votekf the west -and 'the
northwest will be for Mr. La Fol
lette and that the election of pres
ident will eventually be made ; in
CLIMB ATTEMPT
UP. MT. EVEREST
IS DISASTROUS
Word Received That Two
Members of Party Meet
Death Near Summit 1
LONDON,. June 20. (By the
Associated Press). Sir Francis
Younghusband, president ' of the
- Geographical society, to-
"'i. , : new!pa1pe
by the Mount Everest expedition
committee in London to the effect
that the attempt to scale ' Mount
Everest had ended in disaster, in-
volving the death, of two members.
- .
JS? - gn a?lorjr and c
' The expedition, according to Sir
tance of the summit at a greater
height than ever had been reached
before. It had experienced great
difficulties, ' forcing its ; way
through tremendous-blizzards
which lasted for some weeks. '
DLII
TO BE SUHD
Cajj ssuec. for June -30
. . fci l J t l
IVIUIiey MtJCUCU IUI MIUUIIIO
Tax Department
Sam A. Kozar, secretary of
state, yesterday 5csued a call for
a meeting of the state emergency
board on Moncay, ' Jwne Sty. at
10:30 o'clock,", tho purpose , being
to provide funds to maintain for
the rest of the Tear the lneorrle
.T artmt r.r h t t4
L. . !
. .. .
v yirji-iwm-ui ,vvM
maae Dy tne Ssiature oi izj
I aries. It "is - estimated" tfiat 2i
000 will be needed for the re-
mainder of the year, divided as
follows:,. Salaries, $13,500; trav
eling expenses, 94500; postage.
printing, supplies. $1250; counsel,
$1750. : : : '
So far, since the department
became - operative.
salaries and
I ages by. months,
exclusive. ; of
attorneys' salaries and ' fees, have
been as follows: December, two
employes, $193.87; January, 20
employes, $1008.12; Fehruary, 20
employes, . S 1414.73; March, 32
emDloves. $2704.36; April, 29
employes, $2314.81; May, 16 em
ployes. $1593.77.
Three rehabilitated world war
veterans who have been with the
department since February 1 at
government expense, went on the
state payroll June 1 at $125 a
month each. This will make the
aggregate payroll for June $1315
for 15 employes. " .
Up to date the department has
filed 66,021 individual returns,
4770 corporation .returns, 39$1
- .
partnership returns, 163 fiduciary
returns and 467 amendei1 and
ipcicui """" -
of 75.402 returns, of which 44,225
are Uxable. The sum of $69T,-
223.05 has been collected : and
turned over to the state, treasurer,
and it is estimated that the total
yield for the year will be $1,250,-
000
rr'nv nnjiDn
Ul UUHIIU
Gleanings Fypm Day's News
Measure for
States Send
VANCOUVER; B. C June" 20.
Larger towns in the province
have defeated a measure proposing
the sale of beer by th glass un
der government control according
tov incomplete figures tin today's
elections received at 9 o'clock to
night. S-n(IlnK Fruit
NEW YORK, June 20. Geor
gia and California each claims Mc
adoo as a favorite Son. Georgia as
his birth state and California as
his residence. California, having
advertised that its delegation was
bringing McAdoor two carloads of
fruit for distribution among dele
gates, the Georgia fruU growers
exchange wired today that its state
delegation would take to - New
York the choice of the! first pick
ing of this year's crop of Georgia
peaches. - ' . '
-
Camp Lewis Crowded
CAMP LliVVlSrWash. Juno 20,
SED A PHOTO
BY NEW RADIO
TRANSMITTERS
Belin, Inrentor - of. the Wire
Picture Transmission.
; Perfects Device
PARIS, June 20. '(By the As
sociated. Press). The first photo
graph ever transmitted by.-radio
was printed today in the Matin.
- The picture was sent by the
process of Eduoard Belin, the in
ventor of - the method for- trans
mitting pictures and photographs
by wire.
M; Belin is filled with confi
dence that he can 'send wireless
pictures across the Atlantic and
an attempt at such transmission
between Paris and New York Is to
be tried within a few weeks by, I
him in cooperation with Matin.
- The' first wireless picture sent
by M. Belin was from Malmason,
a few miles' outside of Paris, to
the. Matin off ice; - -
GfiS RESULTS IfJ
SMTE
Rhode Island
I PfTllatlVftl
Branch: Is ;Stranded By
Lack of Quorum
PROVIDENCE, R- I., June 20
-(By The Associated, Press)
The senate : ship - of state long
stranded' upon the rocks of dead-1
lock lost more than halt its crew
today, due to the exploding of a
poison , gas bomb in the senate
chamber yesterday. All those af-
fected had recovered but 21 of the
22'repubHcan members kept away
and i the i democrats hamnered bv
lack of a quorum assembled only
to assail their republican collea
goes and to recess until Tuesday,
Fifteen republicans were arrest
ed yesterday by High Sheriff Jona.
to resume : their ' seats at the re
quest of "Lieutenant Governor Fe
lix A.' Toupin democratic president
of the senate. Today William C.
Pelky, chairman - of ' the r republi
can - state 'central committee au
nounced he had advised the repub;
lfcan senators to leave the sUte to
escape1 "probahle violence" in the
senate. ' Charges : and counter
charges flew thick and fast during
the day. Mr. Pelkey asserted
thugs' and gunmen were circulat
ing among senate spectators' to the
neril of '"republicans ahd by the
conivance of democrats. Lieuten
ant Governor Toupin
declared
fr-nm ffca rnstrnm that Sheriff An-
drew Was eullfv of treason and of
malfeasance In permitting the ar-
rested republicans to leave his cus-
tody.
PASSEXGERS LAXDED
SAN FRANCISCO June 20.-
Passengers from the Pacific mail
liner Colombia, wrecked early this
morning off ' the ' west coast of
Costa Rica, were landed late to
day on the rocky and barren island
of Cano, 12 miles from shore, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch to
the marine exchange of this city
The passenger list of 64'lnclud
ed many persons from Pacific
coast cities. "
JAPANESE MURDERED
, BAM FEUKU, uat, June
i wo Japanese, riuuicu. wmi uu.i
. I l J Jl J .!U
wera found today Under a cliff oh I
tne wnues ruin roaa near ub.
Bieer Defeated
McMop, FruiJ;
What to do with an overflow
of about 100 men in the cltisens'
military training camp here was
' problem confronting officers of J
the camp today. - '
' t - -
; Mnrdew Own Mother
CLEARWATER. Fla.. June 20.
-Franlc McDowell was convicted
here today.' in circitlt'conrt of the
murder of his mother at St Feters-
burg last ! Febf nary.
Says Prohibitien Pays
- NEW-YORK.'June 20. Charles!
W. Fsv former oostmaster of San
Franclseo. and an ardent McAdoo
booster announced today be wasjtheft a.t the. Union station herejmorrow ana Monday; part of I
an eouivocal dry "for economic rea-1 three years ago. 'kbem going to the Northwest can-1
sons ' ' ' ' ,; j
""Infthe old saloon days." he
sald, "California grapes sold fori
S22 to 2 3 A' ton. Now we getitigate the robbery, said that' Unl-ling,
S85 to tin 0 a. ton for them as raia-1
ins and our annual output has ln-l
creased to 25,090 cars nbontiotn oi vnicago as was aone inreeimcm w uisui me suusuou una
4 ftrt ftoft tntiH. That Snakes na knlyear ago ATtcr Bereral mail rob-1
economical dry"" "; - -
LIS. HEAT
Twenty Lives Lost and Prop-
orr nomonaH in Thurrlo
bl IJ 1UIHUytiU III IIIUIIU&I-I
showers and Heat Wave
in' Middle West
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
HAS TEMPERATURE 101
Santa Rosa Reports Mer
cury Highest of f Year;
Pittsburgh Swelters
CHICAGO. June 20. Storms
and heat in the Mississippi and
Ohio river valleys during a period
of 24 hours ending, tonight took a
toll ' of more than' 20 lives and
caused injuries or prostrations to
more than a score of others and
property ioss estimated at more
than ?2, 000,000.
Chicago suffered comparatively
1 tt,e tTota sudden thundershowers
that threatened to equal yester
day's record of 94 1: The thermo
meter had climbed to 85 at 3
o'clock when the thunderstorm
temporarily. put an end to the hot
weather;. One bathing beach fa
tality was recorded here.
Northern Illinois and southeast
ern Wisconsin suffered most from
the wind, hail and rain; A storm
in Winnebago county, Illinois,
caused damage upward of $1,000,-
000 and farm property in the vi-
cihity of Racine, Wis., was dam
Bsea 10 nan tnat amount
1 Ohio and Michigan late in the
day ' stlrT suffered ; from the heat
however, and 14 deaths-were re
ported In the Buckeye state alone.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20.
Northern California had Itn warm-1
est day so far In 1924 today, with
Zrr;rLYl I!
fi,. vAM.A i Tt-n.j
SIR
Till HEAl'Y
TOLL OF LIFE
SttA wMthk h.irM)i in Pro.nnlalso be Included in the present
" " - -
and Red Bluff. At Sacrament0j and
oau -uoc, oo naa icgiovercu. oa
Francteco had 87, San LuU Obispo
, ou, i oif ui -
ego 72 degrees above zero at their
uiaiiuiuun,
PITTSBURGH. June 20 Four
deaths due to beat prostrations.
I ttU ae uem juairecuy aue to
I . . .
the torrid weather were reported!
here J today. The thermometer
regisierea si aegrees in tne mia;-
u we Buenioou.
TENURE OICTEO
- ' I., .1 i -V 1 ! . I
Charges of Participation in
Mail Hold-Up Laid
Against Bandits
CHICAGO, June 20.- Ten per
Ron wern nntnnH hv (tin fodarnl
mnf 4..T. tnrf,v on inrfi.man
Pha,nf ,hom ,wlth nt,HMtin
I " I"" " I
thft hoi,...- rhlrnB. nn
M
t,, .,,.- Ph,0 J,u..i,ney8 declared they were too ex-
& gt. paa, mall trafn by bandits
who obtained about s2.000.000 in
curranev and cnrftl
Ail were indicted on nine
counts, based on robbing with a
weapon, robbing the mails and
conspiracy to rob the mail. Those
named are James Murray, Chicago
politician; Walter McComb, in
whose flat several of the suspects
were arrested ; Carlo and Ernest
Fontano, Chicago gansters; Max
Greenberg, St. Louis, a member of
Egan's rats, a St. Louis gang;
Willis Joe and William Newton,
brothers, and Sam Grant Blackle
wiicox, - Dotn escapea irom ; a
Texas prison
All are in custody,
except Greenberg, Grant, Wilcox I
tt . -r. I
auu Liuwi ruuiauu. i
1 1 .I I
raigned and the Newton brothers!
and Carlo 'Fontano were held un
der 1 00,000 bonds each. :
McComb was held nnder $50,-1,
000 bonds. Murray, who has been
at liberty after scheduling more I
than $200,000 in real estate, was
re-arrested during the day on- a I
warrant charging him, with having
taken part In the $1,500,000 mall
Rush D. Simmons, chief post I
office inspectdrrho arrived here
from w ashtngto it today to lnves-
ted States marines may again be I
assigned to ride the mail' trains j
lgncf y ' i;,
I AL SMITH SAYS
BOURBONS WILL
NOMINATE HIM
New York Governor Does Not
Think; Any Dark Horse Is!
in the Running .
NEW YORK, June 20. After a I
day spent in greeting delegates
from 17 ' states,' Governor Alfred
SmIth ton,ht '' certain
of tn democratic presidential1 no-
mination that he refused to dis
cuss dark horses or second choice
candidates. --.
"There are no such, things,"1 he
declared. "I believe I'll be nomi
nated. I am convinced thafwhen
the convention gets through pay
ing . its compliments to favorite
sons, it will get down to figuring
who could most assuredly win the
race to the White House."
t Mayor Devor or Chicago was
among the visitors at the Smith
headquarters today, and ' although
the mayor is credited with having
ded up Chicago,' it was unorn-
daily announced that he is sup-
I porting the Smith candidacy.
I Governor Smith announced to-
I day that Franklin D. Roosevelt
1 bad been tentatively chosen to
place him Jn nomination.
The governor had an engage -
ment tonight with r Thomas Tag-
gart,' democratic leader of Indiana.
He said he would confer with
William Jennings Bryan if Mr
Bryan indicated a desire to call
on him. -
Kill
LQTEttW
F. M. Weaver, Examiner for,
the ICC Reverses: His
V Decision Once More '
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June
20. Reversing his decision on
day in which he ruled that
I class and commodity rates would
. .
hearing, F. M. Weaver, examiner
fnr thft interstate COmmeTCe COlIlt
mission declared toda? that only
,, onntvlnc crr-olr. fry.irt I
products, hay and livestock would
I Ua ....Horul In Ik. nrumrnia
in whifh uhont prnwori nf ihn io.
inrf annt f ii,. cnaVo riv0,
IpnffAf onn1 hinnn. ni.
I " O . w.-.
r ndPvnrinir tn h .hnikh
the ten nr 'rent"''dirfArintfiii in
rates which Portland now eniovs
from this district.' ' I
Testimony given to date apply-1
ing to class and commodity rates I
was ordered stricken. The broad:!
ening of the scope of the case, duel
to the introduction yesterday oft
diss ' and fnmmoriltv tpotlmnn.l
would have broncht in manv t
things not thought necessary, at
this' time, it was stated. If a par
ity is reestablished on grain it is
possible that Seattle and Tacoma
may try to have the other rates
changed also, it was intimated by
counsel for interests in those cit
ies.
Somewhat different conditions
may apply to the two cases, it was
asserted. Efforts made at adjourn-
me" "me " afternoon for a
uigui e1Ua jaueu wnenaiior-
1 l. . I m , .
uauBieu l? BPPBr ai ine aaai
Von" e88'oi fla DOW inere 18
.t , . . . . -
Prospect mat tne case wui
. "n"e ,nT um wee.. was
oniy a remote possiDimy
hxi8t8 0f cIo8,ng te8t,mony iomor'
row.
bindings tO Be Presented at
tl i! r r i -
MPPi ntr ni k no hrnw.
0 UW VIIWM
Vo iviunuajr uvu
There will be a meeting of the I
outside loganberry growers at the
Salem Chamber of Commerce
Monday evening at 7 o'clock. -
The committee will be ready to
report. They bavo found an out-
let for a lot of berries today, to-
nery.
Thoy exrett to have further ar-
rangemenis,, ipr canning ana ary-j
to report at the meeting
Monday evenlnr. They are In
touch with parties who will help
Keep loganoemea in tnts district
W0 C?i?5 to smt.
REPORT
IDEM
COMMTTEE READY
EKCTFI P"
Stiffening Rivalry t:l
" : Smith and U.zhdzi
Fight Over - Anti.
Plank Forecasted
BITTER STRUGGLE 0V:
VOTE RULE. UAT EI :
Partisans of. Favorite C:
Said to Be Lcckini fcr
, Voting Dead! j
I w w
NEW. YORK, r June 20. V,
their lesser disagreements ahac l
forgotten, the chieftains of tl .
democratic party are preparing f-
two momentous' political Lattl i ! i
I the opening phase of tne nan
1 convention which begins Tup
in Madison Square Garden.
'One of them will result from tl
stiffening rivalry between Will: .1:
G.i McAdoo and Alfred E. C. :t
for the nomination for the rrc :
dency The other is fast devr ,
lag around the proposal to cr
demn openly the Ku Kluz Kian 1
the 'party platform. ,
To these' may be added a t' '
struggle that will make to'"'
history a sharp and bitter tksr
lsh over retention of tbe 1
standing rule requiring a t .,
thirds; vote- of the delegates t
nominate.' t ! ....
Should McAdoo and Eralth I
be forced out of the tul. !: : t.
at prolonged deadlock; thti-e
come another ep'rited t. I l
selection for a- com pro n;! i
didate but" for the nio.-v; . t
the partisans' of the favcrii; .
and dark horses ire lid.: ; J
TartafO-'-th9fUta-e'-- ' r".
"The McAdoo men with ttc'.r
every resource tojg :er . t:
force, to a point that will I
I a nomination out .tney also
I kWBtv"tl '"
I w.111 a t ha v. r, r-r. t -
aga,ngt the. selection of 'any "ct
.kA n1tM or-. itA) in f
liking:
rw 11 M A A A ftS A n &A W b A. At . .
Similarly the supporters ci
Governor' Smith, realizing t: :
McAdoo will have the largest vet a
among the many to enter the rus
hing on the first ballot are wc:'
ihg night' and day to align at '
of, delegates large enough An I -
nesive enougn to exercise a c
nlte veto against selection of t
former treasury secretary as t.. c
stanaara nearer-or njs party. ;j
these two movements an or t: a
maneuverings of the dozen or t
ot other actlte aspirants are t
merged and they appear likely u
remain so until the ballotlns:
well under way.. Then if the
Adoo-SmltH duel results in a dra w.
other candidates may get tbe r
of the great body of delcfats n.
Outward appearances t- '.
showed little change in the lSi
of the delegates who are cc:
dating their - respective fore
about McAdoo and Smith. Th
McAdoo managers held to t!. :r
claim of more than a majority cf
the 1,098 delegates on the fir
ballot, " with a steady Incrc
thereafter. Those who spoke f r
Governor Smith were less definite
but it generally was conceded tl it
the governor would run a r I
second on the early roll calls. Thn
supporters of Senator Underwoo l,
John W. Davis, ' James M. Cor,
Senator Ralston and others all
professed to see their respective
(Continued on page 7)
SUNDAY HCIKKH'UA V
The Sunday school picnic
at the state fair ground) to
day will begin with parado
starting at Marlon park. ' It i
desired that, all possible j? t
In that parade -It thow t!o
rlRht spirit.
The mala speaker of tl.n
day will be IL F.' Irvine
the Oregon Journal, - a - f orc-
ible speaker with a real mes
sage to the ' Sunday h Ihk.1
workers. Tbe Sunday w Ihh.I
movement is one- that cor i-
mends Ilelf to CtiristUn r -
pie everywhere. It ' is f ." ?
feeding ground of the c ur:,.
This 'parade and tho t . -quent
picnlc-is an r; i .
ity to show your colors .
stand with the Sunday H'
people In the 'great "work" ,
being done in Marion couisf j .
It in time yt-t after re I-
ing this1 to decorate your car
and get" In tha parado or ft
In without ft bcinR dflifirt-
anyivy J - t wt-i ;;. :
rart'", i