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Ji m Part One 18 Page rn ;l- - ' ' , 4 ... Pages I to 8 ; Three Parto SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING,' JUNE 22, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 n x. ; r ; 1 t l .; a; r 1 i s u I i I! 5 ' 1 5 i TUG OF 111 AT cor, DECIDE11ER McAdoo and Governor Smith to, .Wage, Fierce Fight for Democratic Presidential Nomination RIVAL' CAMPS ISSUE CLAIMS' OF, VICTORY PartisahVof Dbien Favorite Sons Watch Struggle With Keen Interest ' NEW YORK, Juno 21. The fight for the democratic preslden : tiai nomination has become" a re solute tug of war" between i" the supportersTot McAdoo and Smith; with partisans ot a dozen favorite 6na jooktng on with aii apparent ; ajf of grim satisfaction oyer the .. prospect.' - -' - t Three days before the national convention begins In Madlspn . Square garden' the McAdoo and f Smith canips both 'are making un qualified claims of a rlctory al- ready .won; but none' the less the groups of unpledged ' delegates who hold the whip hand are be seiged bf scouts and' outrunners from the two contesting groups as they arrive In numbers. to swell the. convention crowds'. already here. , . ' ' , v The activities of the Held forces of the two leading candidates td- day cast into shadow1 'every other ; feature of the big quadrennial show' of the democrats" The Ku Klux Klan Issue which promises the most , bitter and spectacular contests ' to 'be waged over plat- - form policies, was thrown for the moment Into the background and .'all the other jealousies and dls- putea.that always characterise the ". final - p re-convention " period, were all - but'-obliterated - from the 5 scene. McAdoo , and -Smith and their political lieutenants not only hold the center of the stage, but almost may. be said to constitute the show Itself. . There is a complete reallxatloh, of course, that the alan question and some other problems before the convention are submerged but temporarily. They, are , expected , ! later on to kindle into flame with the rivalries they have created and to add' many, a colorful mo ment to the convention before It is over. Bat for today and proba bly for two or three days, or a week to come the delegates and their leaders are figuring the much, more personal and human , grapple of two outstanding denio- : crats to the greatest honor the party can bestow. In Its nature the scrap over the klan must .proceed up to a certain point . without : much v; outward manifestaiton. At the present stage It Is an nnder-cover issue, to be discussed quietly; but no lees gravity by party counsellors ,ln the seclusion of their confer- . ence rooms." It Is no less because of this quality, however, and when time and consultation have'ery ' stall Ized opinions, the fireworks . are expected to begin. : With the Smith-McAdoo fight it Is different.'- The ' time for the fireworks already 'Is here an J the political sky over Manhattan, is , . illumined tonight with a display of pyrotechnics that long has been in the process of careful preparation.- The' contest' has become a struggle matching in its Intensity the most celebrated in party his tory and with' the added modern qualities 1 of feverish ; haste and perfect organization. Distributed everywhere,' the" missionaries 'I6t Smith'' and McAdoo ' are carrying their gospels Into every nook and corner where delegates i are to be founds ' i ' Thre aire handshakes and wtel coming smiles for the -uninstruct-ed as they step from their tarins; candldatorial r literature, badges nd 'souvenirs are thrust upon them as they pass through; the lobbies of their hotels and slipped under-their doors; their ears are (Continued on page 8.) THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally ' cloudy Sunday; moderate westerly ' winds. , LOCAL WEATHER' ' (Saturday) Maximum temperature, 83. . Minimum temperature, 48. Rainfall, none. ;:r River. .05; falling. Alaiosphere, part cloudy . Wind, west. RHODE ISLAND . SENATE BREACH STTLL WIDENS Democrats at Loss to Continue Business -Without Missing , Itepubiicans PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 2ll (By the Associated . Press).- The. breach .in the. ranks of the state senate, , f reated . yesterday when Its i-epubl!can members left the senate, was still unhealed' to- - The. senate was in? recess until next .Tuesday T and the deserted democrats throughout the day gathered in ' little groups ' to dls; cuss ways and means of gettng the republicans back again. Leaders of . both parties de clared there was little hope ot peace; ' ; As I the result of a conference today at the Invitation of the Providence chamber of commerce between " representatives of civic and business organizations of the Btate, a committee was appointed io seek conferences with both parties, to endeavor to alleviate the present situation. ; ' Sunday Schools of. Marion County Spend EnloVable Day in Salem , Nearly 2000 men, women and children participated in the annual Marion county Sunday school pic hie held "at the fair grounds Sat urday, where the main program of the' day was given. - j , 'l ! , A' few 'minutes after the sched uled time the long parade got un der way, headed by the band from the boys training school. A fea ture of the parade this year was the barring of marchers, all those' taking-' placing riding in automo biles or . floats., A", counter march'was also an innovation. Fol lowing the completion ot the parade picnics were In order. Irvine Address Heard. j Speaking on "The Chicago Boy Murderers," ' BV -J. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal, of Port land, delivered the principal ad dress of. the ; day. illlg first ai peal was to the children and then he delivered his main message to the parents. Mr. Irvine was intro duced by John L. Brady., The pro gram was 'staged in the stadium. Other features' of the program were band selections by the boys' training school band; community singing in . charge of Edwin Socolofsky. and an .explanation of their work, an appear for support and several songs by six represen tatives of , the older girls :con ferencer' Following' this Fred' De Vries, president of the county association, announced the list of prize winners in the parade. Fruit Und Captures lrize. Fruitland captured first place for floats, with the Bungalow Christian 'church second and the (Continued! on page 2) 2000., McAdoo, Smith Both to Win 6i NEW YORK- Tnnn 1 Ti New York state delegation, 90 votes strong, today elet ted offi cers and chose its leaders to con duct the fight for the nomination of Governor Smith.-r -.,: : Franklin b. Koosevelt. the governor's campaign manager,' and the man who will nominate him tor the presidency. - was elected floor leader.- United States Sena tor Copeland of New York City was chosen toireoresent hta' state on permanent! organization com mute. The ; delegation which came uninstructed adopted a reso lution pledging , its loyal unani mous and continuous support to the governor, i ! Because Mrj Roosevelt will at tend the convention on crutches as the result of paralysis suffered several years ago. his choice as floor leader was looked on as an honor which actually and actively will be borne by Norman L Mack. Governor Smith returned to his neadqaarters just long? enough this afternoon for a chat with newspapermen.: . . . ; ' All, thai Smith or his campaign manager r said ; today indicated that confidence in his nomination was snow-balling among his sup porters. . "You caft writ? tje headjlae HaveDelearat 0F1IIII i Separate . Department to Take Care of Foreclosures : Soorf to Be Necessary, bays Accountant INSPECTION IS" HELD VITALLY NECESSARY Administration' of Act Busi nesslike Delinquencies ' are Totaled The handling ' and " disposition' of foreclosed real estate, under the state bonus and loan' act, will soon require an added depart ment", says a report to the ex-service men's state aid ' commission by Arch. J. Tourtellotte, certified public accountant of f Portland, who has completed .an audit of the accounts of the department up to May 1. - ' This, says the report, should be combined " at once with ! a strongly organized Inspection de partment, qualified to 'exercise1 rigid supervision Vot the recom mendations of county ' appraisers with' intent ' to safeguard future acts of the1 commission in' the ap proval of loans, i ! " Foreclosures Listed 1 ! IjP o. May 1 Vlt is shown, 12 consummated! foreclosures had been effected covering a property cost to the state of $25,113.46; Twenty-four more foreclosures are pending, covering loans and ad vances aggregating a net -total cost to the state of T64,4i2.56., In ad dition. 180 other loans show delin quent installments,, aggregating $16,492.58 on loans. of $466,205. Many, of ;thee, says the .report,' will be Inptocgsa pt .foreclosure before long,' Inasmuch as 80 are classified as unlikely, to be re vived. In all 116 loans are -either foreclosed or in prospect for such action. . . : A digest of transactions made up to May 1 shows the following figures: .t : Initial applications received and validated, 32,393; Initial applica tions received and rejected, 1247; cash bonus paid (average $223. 17). 21.667. or $4,845,628.07; mortgage loans (average $2 4 77. 67) '5285rW: $13,119,300; bonds issued to date, $20,000,000. " 3000' Applicants Coming - It is "estimated that about 300d qualified applicants who have nod heretofore availed , themselves ,0f any privilege under' the act will exercise - their right before . June 30 1927. the last date on which loan applications may be filed.-It is estimated that additional bonds required to meet future applica tions . will amount to $5,171, 411.37. , ' ; VT The report states that "while it Is yet too early to estimate with (Continued on page ) , : es,M Avers Mac now, boys, 'Smith Wins the Nom ination,' said the governor. To which Mf. Roosevelt added, "There Is not the shadow of a doubt about it." ' -M NEW YORK. June 2K A?mln- imium of '450 votes for William G. McAdoo on the . first ballot in the democratic national conven tion is the objective disclosed to day' by his campaign managers, j The bulk of the first ballot vote will come from : those state dele gations Instructed for McAdoo either through primaries or con ventions.' ; r i- f. j : While averting estimates In fig ures or names of slates; his man agers assert that the . total will swell after favorite son votes have been cast. "-"'v'' David Ladd 'Rockwell;; the" Mc Adoo campaign manager, gave out today . a list of : states which he classed . as McAdoo supporters and which are bound either by the unit rule or through the primar ies. - :. ' .Listed under the unit rnie and the vote of each follows: 7 I Iowa; 26; Missouri, 36; Okla- npma, zv; lexas, u; ueorgia, z; Tennessee, 24: South Carolina. 18 Kansas, 20; Nevada,- 6 ; Wash- - 1 ROAD IViERGER AWAfTS ONLV ICC SANCTION Onion of. Northern" Pacific, Great Northern and Dar lington Proposed ' . ST. PAtll., Minn., June- 2 J. The merger of the. Great North ern, . Northern Pacific and Bur lington railroads, planned years ago by the late 3. 3. Hill, now awaits only the action of the in terstate commerce commission, Ralph Budd. president of, the Great Northern, said tonight. All. testimony fn the Interstate commerce commission hearings on the consolidation has been' com pleted,, final arguments made and all briefs submitted,'; Mr. Budd safd,: .';, ;' L; ,. lv,' ;. ".,". , It Is generally believed in rail road circles in the north west, that the interstate commerce commis sion .favors the consolidation and that a plan of consolidation . will be adopted by the' commission, Mr. Budd said . , . . ( ' ; Mr. Budd said that at the' pub lic hearings' held before' the inter state commerce commission in Washington and In the Twin Cities that there was practically no ad Verse' testimony against the view that it would be in the public in terest to preserte the exisitlng re lations between' these properties. special mil Representatives of Pacific Coast Reach Chicago on Way to Convention CHICAGO, June ' 2 1: A special train' bearing' delegates from," the Pacific coast to the democratic na tional convention in New York ar rived here tonight under the name of the California McAdoo Special. On board were the delegates from California Oregon,',, Washington, Idaho, TJtah, and Wyoming" W gether with " delegates and alter nates from Hawaii and the' Philip pines. The North and' South Da kota delegations joined the spe cial before it left here' when It carried more than' 150 passengers representing a voting strength of more than one hundred. 1 , The 'train ..starting out as the McAdoo special, still carried' that designation "tonight,, those . on board " declaring that the voting strength is .100. per,: cent' for1 the former secretary of the treasury. The train came to Chicagd strip ped clean 'of its supply of cam paign buttons, ribbons and badges claimed by democrats who.' visited the strain, at the western towns where stops were made. . The California,, Oregon" and Washington delegations are in structed through' primary elections to vote ! for .McAdoo. John , P. Carter, '.chairman of .California delegation, said that the state will give its electoral vote for. McAdoo if he is nominated . and former Govrenor James H. Havey of the Idaho delegation' pridicted that McAdoo can win the electoral vote of his state,' even with a third party candidate in the field. NEWS ODDITIES J . WASIiiNQTON. June 21. The foot and mouth disease in , Cali fornia has been eradicated almost completely, department of agricul ture officials announced today. ' COMJMBrs, Ohio,' June 'al. THPiiry-ono persons in Ohio liave dicif during the last, 32 hours due to the fcessiT.e boat or in seeking relief from the torrid weather, ac cord! 11 k to a list of fatuities com piled "here today, i ROME;, June 21. Signora Lucia Sarto Boschini, a sister ot the late Pope Pius X, died today: - WAKHiNGTOV, ' June ai.-The treasury will be leady July 1 to refund 1 more ' than $10,000,000 overpaid in income taxes March. a a result of the subsequent 25 per cent reduction granted by congress. YAKIMA." " June 2 1 .-Members of the executive board of the Ya kima aVlley Guernsey breeders' association .today .went on record as opposed to all stock shows in the state for this year on account of the foot and mouth disease. ; - . - . NEW YORK, June 21r-The process of '.'drying' up New York tor the democratic convention got under way today with 46 raids lar different" sections "of the city and the seizure of liquor valued at fcY?rai .thousands of dollars, DELEGATES wijNitWy6RK: RECOVERS FROM STORM RAVAGES Visitation of' Most Severe - Tempest in Years Leaves ' Ruin in its Wake BUFFALO, N. Y , Ju ne 2 1 . Western' New York tonight was re covering from Its most severe visi tation by gale and lightning in re cent years. Prostrate trees Btrew ed many thoroughfares," blackened ruins dotted many towns and. vil lages and linemen were striving to restore disrupted - wire communi cation. 1 ' " .. Lightning' caused a' score of fires in Buffalo and the 68 miles an hour gale blew down telephone poles and trees." ti At 'Rochester, the storm caused the death of Mrs.' Francis La Blanche from fright. The storm today took a toll of one life' in eastern New York, and caused great damage to growing crops and property. Losses of barns and dwellings by fire after having been struck by lightning were reported from numerous places, and. in many instances, there were losses of livestock, hay and grain.. Glen McRoie,. at South Colum bia, .was, killed when struck by lightning while in his home. Herriot of France and Mac , donafd of England Hold ing Conference LONDON, June 21. -(By. The Associated Press.) New ways to peace' undertanding ' In' Europe with the experts report on repar ations figuring prominently;, are being discussed at Chequers Court tonight: by the British prime' min ister, Ramsay Macdonald, and the French premier,1 Edouard Herriot. wThe head of the French govern ment arrived this afternoon to be gin again" the personal negotia tions among the allied ' premiers which : were interrupted when ' M. Poincare was defeated. : In private confidential talks to night and-tomorrow, the. two pre miers will 'survey the whole range of European affairs" since the arm istice; exchange views on the ex perts' proposals and : territory to decide how they are to be made effective'"? ' "' 'j' . ' t ; '.M.'. Herriot' will return; to Lon don" tomorrow and proceed, to Brussels Monday for a conference similar, to that with Mr. Macdon ald, after which the date for the new allied conference will be an nounced. It probably will be held the middle of July. I Mr. Macdonald hopes to insure privacy' and informal discussions, which j he - Insists nust character ize his first meeting with M. Her riot... . ;j;;.j . ;. . .,: . When Mr. , Macdonald learned that French, correspondents plan ned to accompany M. Herriot he reiterated the private and. confi dential nature of the meeting. M. Herriot, on arriving in England, gave the following brief message to the British people: "I have the greatest faith in the Anglo-French entente and' have worked' for with" all niy heart. A reapproaenmem oeiwceu uur iwo countries has done much . in the past and. It is absolutely essential both now and in the future for the peace .f the world.- , . Convicts iri Solitary Protest Against Punishment Aft ; j ; er Misbehavior Prisoners at the slate peniten tiary who are in solitary confine ment and in the. ''bull pen" be cause of their recent attempted wholesale : delivery by .burrowing under the walls, staged a demon stration Friday night about' 10 bcl6ck ' as' a protest against soli tary'. Incarceration." It is thought they were' : aided hy Bonie " other prisoners. - ' '- '" '''' . For a time the' prison' was some thing of a bedlam , with the yell ing of the prisoners and the throw ing of tobacco' cans. Six window panes were 'broken by Ihecansv s- T . 1 ' wfaATtiKri : rotf TICK . WEI-nv Weather outlook for the week" be- irinhlng" Monday: Pacific state Generally fair except occasional local rains In Washington -and PBE1ERS COflFEB Oil I'JOiLD PEACE SMALL 11I0TIS STAGED AT PRISON portherj Qregqp, LAFOLLETTE FAVORED FOR THIRD PARTY Milwaukee's Mayor Would , Have Senator Run as Can didate of Entirely New Po litical Machine WOULD OPPOSE HIM IF HE RAN INDEPENDENT derger and Hoah Telf Socfal ists He Must Renounce Both of Old Parties ; MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 21. (By The 7 Associated Press.)-?-A resoluion favoring Rober M. La Follett'e to lead a new third 'party but showing opposition to him as independent . candidate of either of the major parties, wa3 intro duced to the platform committee of the state socialist convention here today by Milwaukee's social ist mayor, Daniel Hoan. Shortly afterward Congressman Victor Berger, socialist from the 5 let Wisconsin district in address ing the convention statjed that the socialists of this state should be formed, La Follete as' independent candidate on a third party ticket, provided they could do so "hon estly and fairly, ' without injury to the movement that the social ist party -stands - for; . Mayor Hoan explained his res olution to mean that be. favored La.; Follette to lead a ' new third party but was opposed to him if he ran' on an' independent republi can or as an independent demo crat. ; : ' - i ,."Ja Fofle'ttes ' platform Is' not yeryVYidical .but'- yia cannot re sis capitalism Jn one town alone and succeed sin hurting' it, eald Congressman Berger. t "I cannot see that my socialism would" brush off vety" easily by my brushing against La Follette. We must get results' quickly or be prepared' for feudalism. "La Follette always topk great care to hang on to the bandwagon but during the war, he stood firm, even when it was dangerous and I shall never forget that he stood firm." : ' ; "; t " " 1 The' convention permanently or ganized at the afternoon session by making its temporary organi sation permanent. Four commit tees were appointed, one platform and .policy, one party. administra tion, one labor and one to farm er organizations. Just before the committee re tired to go to work. Chairman Louis A. Arnold called for reso lutions to be presented to' the plat form committee and it was said then 'that Mayor Hoan presented his resolution relative to La Fol lette and Congressman Berger, made his address advocating La Follette under certain condition.. STATESMAN REPORTER FLIES IN POILAND-MADE PLANE AND GOES INTO REGULAR PAROXYSM OF JOY Salem shrank to a mere frac-1 tiori of its present size; the famil iar broad thoroughfares mere by paths, and the" lovely Willamette river a creek of no mentionable size. This is not a dismal picture of the future but an effort to' de scribe" how the city appeared from an elevation of several thousands of feet Saturday' afternoon when a ' Statesman representative was treated to an aerial "joyride" through the courtesy of Sarle N. Shahan. manager, and Art L. Wal ters, pilot of the "Skylark," Portland-made airplane. 1 "Salem the' beautiful" and the "Beautiful Willamette valley" are familiar slogans, but hpw appro priate can -only ; be appreciated from a vantage point such as was attained'' yesterday. Automobile rides around, the city leave the Im pression that there Is considerable paving, butywhen the entire hard surfacing Is spread out below, with the seyeralmaln arteries'leading to other districts dotted lack with motor vehicles, the extent of pavlnjg" leaves a lasting Impres sion.1" " t , . . For5 30 minutes the brilllaht hued ship gracefully and. steadily soared abovethe cltyV the motor roaring' and driving the steady breeze back into the faces of the Penger ajtf rjjoj wjj go ruch ' SANITY TO BE PRbVED BY ASSOCIATES Dozen Friends of Loeb and Leopold to Be Placed on Witness Stand ' CHICAGO, June 21.- A dozen friends, and acquaintances, some of them young women, of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, confessed kidnappers and slayers of 13-year old Robert. Franks, will probably be placed, on the witness stand at the trial in' an effort by the state to prove the boys are sane,' prosecutors indi cated today. The young men and women who associated daily with the, two lnilliohalresV sons, who Raid they killed for excitement, have been, summoned for ; ques tioning by the state's; attorney, w'ho indicated that he hoped ' to refute statements of alienists for the defense that the boys are not normal; mentally with the recital of tbeit daily activities as told by their youthful (cbmpanIons. f . Hiding Place' of , 2,000,000 Taken in Hold Up May Be Told By Suspect , CHICAGO, June 21. A woman may know the hiding place of se curities and money totaling more than $2,000,000 obtained by ban dits In the holdup of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul mall, train near Chicago ten days ago, federal officers Indicated tonight. ..The woman Is Louise E. Drafka of New London, Wis.," who says she is the wife of Wills .Newton, one of the men indicted for the robbery. She was arrested when she came, here . Immediately after Newton's arrest and secured $36, 000 from safety deposit boxes to give him to-buy his freedom. . ' ',The money waa'seized by "offic ers. , Indication of the importance which .the authorities attached to holding the woman was seen to day when it was found that she had been, turned over to the fed eral authorities by ' the police' and had been spirited out' of Cook county .and to .Sycamore, 111., where she is In jail. They declared that they are led to believe . that the woman drove in her own automobile to Joliet, 111.7 where the robbers, abandoned mail pouches, and an automobile In hlch they made their escape. The. inspectors believe they saw loot divided and if he did not know where it is. hidden was at least aware of who now holds It. REED IX POOR ' HEALTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 21. The condition of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, who Is confined to bed in a local hospital suffer ing from an attack of Arthritis, was "not so good" tonight, his physician reported. The senator was reported better during; the day.'. His condition however, is not considered dangerous.. force (hat it was hard to take a breath except in the shelter of the cockpit. Sensationally the trip was a failure and the 10-cent scenic rail way or roller-coaster provides more real thrills," for moving pictures had paved the way with "flights" in the news reels. The "Skylark" rose from the ground and climbed steadily to an ele vation of 3.000 feet. ; There was no pitching movement, no drops or "bumps" only the exhilerating feeling of flying. There was no particular sensation of speed after the ship had attained a few hun dred feet, yet she was traveling close to 75 miles an hour. The motor was throttled down while the pilot explained a few things about his occupation and the handling of the ship. Though sit ting behind the passenger . his voice could be easily heard. He obligingly banked the ship to give an unobstructed view of the glorious panomara below,. . ,. Owing to the type of wing con struction the "Skylark" finds it almost impossible to go Into either a nose spin or tail dive and, ac cording to its owners,. Is as safe as a davenport. . From : Its be havior In the air and Its ability to floatIts name should le changed J IlIKiWSi CACHE OF LOOT RATE DEB COMES TO n pi MPT CLO Columbia' Basirf Different' I Case Before Ccmrncr; 2 Commission Excrr,ir.:r Ends Suddenly CASE TO BE DECIDED BY ENTIRE COLIL'ISSIO Damaging Evidsncs Is lr.tr: duced By RepfesehtatiY3 lof Puet Sound . . WALLA WALLA. Wash.; Jur.3 21. The Columbia basin rate c ? hearing before F. M. .Weaver, ex aminer for the . interstate com merce; commission,., came, to r ; abrupt, end at 5 o'clock today c '- ter. six. days of battling over tl i required elimination of the ' di'J :r- entj.al of10 per cei)t now farc ¬ ing ..Portland freight shlrraer' 3 from. .the territory .south of . t"r Snake ; rlrer. Dismissal of thr- witnesses by the Portland d e f s r ants of .the differential mala r; -sible. the closing of the casa aft r it seemed probable that the hc r- ing would extend into, next .wr;':. Attorneys are given. until July ZZ to file their briefs, after which tl ) case, will be considered by thm i - lerstate commerce commisn'on. The defendants of the dlffcrc-- tlal called a number of witr.es: to the atand. today in an effort t" bring out, that the accnsatlca rT the complainants In regard to t: existence of ' a' lack of pro; s r c ; petition in the district owi- t the " operation of the different: ... Is entirely unfounded.. ,A. tense moment In tte t2r!" : came when IL; 7. Co'.ns, I c -dleton grain dealer who w? t; fylng , In behalf of the TKIr Interveccrs.. fas conlrc . . copies 'of ; two .letters, all?ri t have been written by. him ia 1S2I, In one of which he Is said to Lav 3 declared that- the , farmers wer 3 objecting because of. a Iz'jcr .' combination . and that the . f arr: ? r ? might make a "lot of trouble un less somebody is careful." The'other disclosed 'that ha . ; working with the Kerr-Gilfori company, a fact contrary to h!t previous testimony, according ti the counsel. for the complainanf-. Introduction of, the letters cans the .Portland attorneys to call tot a recess In order to confer witti their witnesses. Collins finally admitted he ta.i heard of a combination of Port land dealers but knew" nothing c it. Hev declared the differentlil now in existence to Portlani helped . the farmers but.adnitteJ that if a parity was established to throw open Sound markets it would also ,be beneficial. . Ila stated that, he preferred to ship flour through Portland but fre quently shipped through Seattle at a higher rate because he could get cargo space .there, and oriental buyers ' wanted ' faster service fre quently than Portland ships con! I give.; With equal rates he would ship to both, he declared. Carl Roe, district manager for the Kerr-Gifford company, with headquarters here, wag an Import ant witness - for the defendants. He read a long' statement to the effect that the differential was beneficial to growers south of the Snake river; that the market wa3 always active; that the growers in that section were in better con dition than those, north, of the Snake, and that Walla Walla and Pendleton farmers obtained . th 9 best prices. Competition Is " keen now, he asserted, that ccn isdering the number of buyers, would not in his opinion be bene ficial. He testified that the farm ers here received the full benefit of the differential. Fire Destroys Portland Ship Building Plant . PORTLAND. Orl, June 2 1. Fire of undetermlned origin lata today caused loss estimated at ap proximately $90,000 to the plar t of the Portland Shipbuilding company.- The plant was virtually d -atroyed and the river steamer Sarah. Dixon which was undergo ing repairs at the plant, suffered extensive damage when .fire, de stroyed Its superstructure. Ttrr small houses which were adj. to the plant alsa were burnetf. T; plant was located on the Willam ette, river on the Portland water front, v , ; SLX DEATHS JIEPOUTED ; COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 21. SIx more deaths in the state resulting from torrid v : t'.