Part One
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Two Parts
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1924
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DEFENSE PLEil
FOR JUDICIAL
last of Specialists Called to
Establish Leopold and
Loeb's Mental Irresponsi
bility Concludes
LEOPOLD SAID TO HAVE
PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES
Hulbert Illustrates By X-Ray
Pictures Glandular Ir
regularities CHICAGO, Aug. 9. (By Assoc
iated Press.) The defense today
Beared the end of its plea before
Judge John R. Caverly for mitiga
tion in the punishment of Nathan
. Neopol Jr.. and Richard Loeb,
eclons of millionaire families, for
the kidnaping and murdering of
groans Robert Franks. '
The last of four eminent spec
ialists through Whom the defense
has attempted to prove the youths
are mentally sick." spent the en
tire two hour session of court on
the witness stand today. He dis
cussed Leopold's personality as be
had that of Loeb yesterday. Leo
pold he said, was fit mentally to
fall in with Loeb's plan; to "com
mit the perfect crime." Because
of the mental, state to which he
had been reduced through physical
deficiencies,' failures of certain
glands to function normally and a
strange ; "king-slave" j phantasy
which had persisted from' child
hood. Having put Loeb's person
ality to vivisection yesterday, the
mental pathologist, Dr. H. S. Hul
bert of Chicago, dealt almost sole
ly with Leopold today.
'Neither Guilty Alone ;
' "The psychiatric cause of the
franks crime Is not to be.J0un4.ln
cither boy alone, but in an Inter
play of their friendship," he- said.
Leopold was described as by na
ture, kind and almost unwilling
partner in the murer of 14 year
old Franks boy. Only Leopold's
obedience necessary to his "dream
king" kept him a. partner even af
ter his intellect told him commis-
ton of a "Derf ect crime." was im
possible, testified Dr. Hulbert
Leopold wanted to postpone the
kidnaping and murder and go to
Europe, he added.
Illustrating to Judge Caverly by
use of large X-ray photographs of
Leopold's anatomy. Dr. Hulbert
coin ted out what he said were
erandular Irregularities. He men
tioned the pinal, pltuary,' adrenal
and thyroid glands. He described
the functional irregularities as re
sponsible for Leopold's admitted
ly far-advanced Intellect and the
stilling of his emotional growth
after the age of 7 or 8 years.
X-Ray Picture Used
Dr. Hulbert said that the X-ray
disclosed tthat the cartilage, be
tween the plates of Leopold's skull
had become bone, unusual in one
of J9 years as the process gener
ally develops after the age of .so.
- The youth's Intimate associa
tions was not always a pleasure to
them, asserted the witness, but he
declared '-'each boy felt inadequate
to carry on the life most desired
unless some one else in life was
found to compliment . him."
Leopold wanted a superior for
companion, and Loeb wanted
come one to emulate him, said the
doctor as he analyzed the alliance
that led to the murder of the
Franks boy.
1 Dr. Hulbert still was on the
stand-when the hearing was j ad
Innrned at noon until 10:30 a. m
Monday. I . j
- Clarence S. Darrow, chief of de
fense counsel stated after adjourn
ment that possibly four additional
witnesses would be called and the
defense rest its plea for mitiga
tion of punishment Monday after-
soon.
Crowe to Demand Death
Allen and Jacob Loeb. brother
and Uncle, respectively of Richard
(Continued oa page 8)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair Sunday ex
cept cloudy or foggy along the
coast; no change In tempera
ture; moderate westerly winds.
; LOCAL WEATHER
(Saturday)
Maximum temperature, 79.
'Minimum temperature, 50.
River. -2.-. falling.
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, northwest.
Readings taken at 7 p. m.
DEMOCRATS OF
OKLAHOMA ARE
TORN BY STRIFE
Several Members of State
Committee Ready to Bolt
j Walton Ticket
. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug.
9? After a morning of oratory
during which several members de
nounced J. C. Walton, democratic
senatorial nominee, declaring they
would not support him this fall.
the democratic state central com
mittee this afternoon adjourned
without bringing the Walton issue
to a,vote. The democratic na
tional platform wasspproved and
preliminary plans for the state or
ganization perfected.
Although It had been declared
a number of the committee mem
bers would bolt the meeting if
Walton was indorsed or approved
there, were no defections.
ESCAPED CD
S PICKED OP
Fred Howard Who Left the
Prison August t Appre
hended in Seattle
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Fred Howard, a convict who es
caped from the prison flax field
on August 1, waa apprehended
yesterday in Seattle according to
word received here last night from
the chief of police of the northern
city. With the capture of How
ard only two pf the convicts who
recently escaped remain at large
Davis , Pen'well, . Howard's com
panion, and W. A. Anderson, one
of the four who escaped from the
brick yard. " j . ,"
Howard was received at the
prison August 6! of last year and
was serving a three-year term for
burglary. E. C.j Charlton, prison
guard, left last f night to return
Howard to the penitentiary.
'. Two other convicts were recent
ly picked UP In Salt Lake City.
So regular and efficient have been
the returns that prison escapes
may not be so popular In ' the
future. " . f
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CALLED BK DEATH
Claire G. Gray Dies at Home
Saturday; Was an Elk
and Cherrian
Claife G. 'Gray, 49, for many
years -employed by the Statesman
job printing department and more
recently employed in the state
printing department, died at his
home on North : Capitol at 1:40
o'clock Saturday afternoon. He
is survived by his wife and one
daughter. Miss; Olga Gray. ' Be
fore coming to Salem, Mr. Gray
lived at Forest Grove.
Mr. Gray was an active member
of Capital Typographical ' Union
No. 210 and served in the capac
ity of secretary-treasurer for a
number of years. He was also
identified with j several local or
ganizations, including the Elks
and the Cherrians, in which he
was a member of the band.
Mr. Gray was stricken with a
cancer deep in his throat where
medical aid could do nothing to
bring relief. - !
The funeral will be held at the
Rigdon chapel Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Elks
and with Rev. J. J. Evans of the
First Chrsitlan f church 4 delivering
the address. Interment will be
in the IOOF cemetery- The Elks
and the Cherrian band ' will each
attend in a body. The band mem
bers will wear uniforms but be
without instruments.
Wyoming Bank Is Robbed
Of Thousands of Dollars
CASPER. Wyo, Aug. 9. -The
bank of Salt ; Creek at Lavoye,
Wyo.. 42 miles due north of here,
was held up by; two masked men
shortly ' before I noon today, ' who
escaped $3000 to 110,000 in cash.
John Mondell. 34, was captured a
short time after the daring hold
up when he took.; refuge in a tent
on the outskirts of the town. It
is said that citizens who made up
the possee which-took the . chase
after Mondell fired more than 50
shots at the tent in which the
man : was . hiding before he sur
rendered, j -
- Honduras Is Quiet ' ;
: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. Aug.
9. An. official statement was is
sued today announcing that the
government ' is in complete con
trol ol affairs la Honduras,
NETQ.K.S
ALLI EO MEET
AND HERRIOT
French Ministry Unanimous
ly Endorses Action of Con
ferees at the Reparations
Conference
FIRST PROTOCOL IS
SIGNED BY GERMANS
Reparations Commission Ne
gotiates Agreement for i
Loan Undertaking 1
PARIS, Aug. 10. (By Associat
ed Press.) Unanimous approval
has been given by this cabinet to
the action of Premier Herriott and
bis colleagues at the London re
parations conference.
This was announced at the con
clusion of the special cabinet coun
cil at 1:30 o'clock this morning.
. French Press Doubtful
A communique issued shortly
after the cabinet council adjourn
ed says: "The ministerial coun
cil was acquainted with what was
done at the London conference
and agreed unanimously to give It.
full approbation. ; Consequently
M. Heriott, M. Clementel and Gen
eral Nollet will leave Paris for
London todav (Sunday.) ?'
Despite the communique stat
ing that the cabinet fully approved
the course pursued In the London
negotiations and the plans M. Her
riott, M. Clementel and General
Nollet will follow upon their re
turn to the conference, newspaper
editorials this morning were some
what less optimistic The echo de
Paris predicts stormy days ahead
and reproaches Premier HerriotC
for having totally ignored his pre
decessor's program.
Protocol Is Slgnoii ; . ' ;
- LONDON, Aug. 9- ( By Associ
iated Press.) The first of three
protocols near to put the Dawes
reparations plan, into operations
was signed this afternoon by rep
resentatives of the German gov
ernment and the reparations com
mission. The document formally
accepts the Dawes plan and by it,
the reparations commission releas
es all German assets so that they
will be available as security for
the proposed loan to Germany.
One of the other two protocols is
between the allies and the German
government while the third con
tains an agreement among the al
lied nations. The effectiveness of
the protocol signed today is condi
tional upon the signing of these
two protocols, a conclusioun which
depends upon the success of Prem
ier Harriott's mission in Paris,
where he will meet the French
cabinet tonight.
X I NEWS BRIEFS T
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Seeley Not Guilty
BILLINGS, Mont.. Aug. 9.,
Earl W. Seeley was found not
guilty of the murder of William
Frink, taxicab driver on the night
of May 25 by a jury in district
court Saturday. . . :
! 3Iarines Not Of fered .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Al
though government officials to
night preferred not to discuss the
Nicaraguan election situation un
til more, complete advices are at
hand,- it is understood that this
government has made no offer to
Nicaragua of American marines to
supervise the coming elections In
that country. ' ; ,j
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Post Office Robbed
WEST LINN, Ore., Aug. 9.
Willamette post office and store
was - entered early today when
several registered packages and
merchandise valued at $350 were
stolen. The value ( of the mail
matter was not determined. The
stolen merchandise consisted of
women's and children's silk hose,
men's shoes, neckties, dress goods
and case lots of groceries.
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Planes Maneuver 1
PORT ANGELES, Wash.. Aug.
9. Bombing planes from battle
ships went through formation fly
ing j drills as a part of summer
fleet maneuvers here today.
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Man Is Exonerated
CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 9.
Dave Steele of Rif f e, eastern
Lewis county, hasbeen exoner
ated of charges in connection with
the slaying 22 years ago of a map
in Pikeville. Ky.. according to
word received here. Three weeks
ago Deputy. Sheriff Johnson of
Pikeville arrested Steele In Riffe
and took him to Kentucky. ; . ;
CAB!
FORGER MAKES
GETAWAY WITH
MEDFORD COIN
Merchants Lose $100 to Man
' Who j Steals , Stamped
j Checks From Firm
MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 9.
Medford police are looking for a
forger who made away with $100
and probably more from local
merchants yesterday,;
Eight checks were taken but
only two of them have turned up
thus far, each Tor $50, both made
out to Gj E. MuHen and the sum
stamped in by a local company's
check writing machine.
FORD DECLARES
T
Manufacturer Does Not En
dorse -Plan to Give Him
Senate Seat
! SOUTH SUDBURY, Mass., Aug.
9. Henry Ford resting at his
wayside j inn here tonight, de
clared he would not become a can
didate for "the United States sen
ate even in the face, of reports
from Lansing, Mich., that he had
become an involuntary candidate
for the republican nomination con
taining sufficient signatures to
place his name on the primary bal
lot September 9 were filed with
the secretary of state.
' Mr. Ford was emphatic in his
declaration, "I am not a candidate
and will not be one."
He gave no hint as to what ac
tion he. would take to prevent his
name from going on the ballot,
expressing a desire for more de
tails of the J circumstances that
had brought his name into the
Michigan primary, before elaborat
ing on his simple statement that
be would not run.
WASHINGTON U
N
Several Thousand Witness
Ceremony in Open Yaki
ma Valley Fields
YAKIMA, t Wash., Aug. 9. Un
der a cloudless, moonlit sky in a
field lighted by a towering flam
ing cross several thousand people,
according to various estimates, to
night were participants in, or
spectators of a statewide public
Ku Klux Klan initiation on the
farm of Joseph Vance, Ahtunum
valley T farm, about five miles
southwest of this city. ,
WO
RUN
HOLDS
TATO
Interest Grows as the
Statesman s Seashore
Trip Contest Proceeds
; EXTRA!
The Gray-Belle confectionery
will furnish each winning con
testant In tht Statesman's Sea
shore; trip contest with a large
box of Grey-Belle randy to mi
joy while onthe trip, Jfr - was
officially announced last night.
'? Everyone entitled to votes bal
lots issued to all subscribers ac"
cording to amount paid on" their
subscriptions, this morning's pa
per has 10 votes;; in it why not
clip them out for your candidate?
Summary of Prizes Offered.
; The ten ladies receiving the
highest number of votes in the
contest up to August 30th will be
awarded a splendid trip to the
seashore, whlchjwUl be doubly de
lightful when It Is understood that
all the expenses will be paid by
The Statesman.
.'Since the first announcement of
the early candidates in The States
man great popular voting contest
the interest has Increased and Is
becoming more widespread every
day. This interest is growing
with each announcement and more
candidates are being put forward
by admiring friends,
It is an honor; to any young
woman - to be selected by her
friends and relations - and to be
nominated as one of the contest
ants in the Statesman's great Sea
shore Trip Contest. It is a pleas
ure to the Statesman's patrons to
be put In a position to favor their
friends and acquaintances, by vot
ing for them. The list is still
open and. it is desired that every
one who may , wsh to ;enter the
contest make the necessary nom
ITALIAN PLANE
AT HOUTON BAY
ON WAY NORTH
Locatelli Follows the Flight of
, American World Fliers to s
- Iceland
: KIRKWALL, Scotland1. Aug. 9,
(By Associated' Press.) Lieu
tenant Locatelli, the Italian air
man who Is flying in the" wake of
the American world filers, arrived
at Houston-bay, Kirkwall, from
Broagh. England, at 6:30 o'clock
tonight, j He remained here : an
hour and a half and then took off
for Stromnesr, about 15 miles west
or KIrkWall. . ' ?
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Change Meeting Productes
LViaence. Tor . An rx- i
Policeman's Arrest
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. A woman
who desired to meet the bride of
a man acquaintance accidentally
ran Into the midst of a $2,800
holdup yesterday at the Bon
Marche, Seattle department store,
and caused the arrest through the
King county sheriff's office of Joe
O'Neal, .a former local policeman,
his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Fasick, four suspects, declared
Captain of Detectives' Charles
Tennant tonight. Captain Tea
nantj refueed to divulge the wom
an's name. ; . :
S. E. Douglas, a fifth suspect
released today, was re-arrested
following ; a liquor v raid in bis
apartment. i
FLAPPEDISM TAKES
E
Mexico Goes Wild on Jazz
. I nstead of Melodies Says
7 j Opera Singer..
CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Flapper
ism i has taken the place of the
delightful Romance of Old, in Mex
ico, j Jose Mojica, Chicago Civic
Opera tenor said today upon his
return from a visit In .Mexico City.
Guitars, once played by moon
light lovers, now1 are heard only in
Jazz orchestras. Spanish combs
have been laid away and the girls
are all regular patrons at the bar
ber shops. The bars still remain
on the windows of the old houses,
the tenor said, but the doors' are
either; unlocked or daughter car
ries her latch key, i -
The old life in Mexico City ie
gone now, the tenor said, "and
Mexico is Americanized, jazzed,
motorized and bobbed."
ination at once, as it is an ad
vantage to get an early start.
Nominations may be made in per
son or by mail. You can nomi
nate yourself or a friend, using
for! your convenience the blank
published in this paper. It-costs
absolutely nothing to nominate
or vote in this contest. ;
Nominated by Their Friends
In nearly every" case nomina
tions have been made by the
friends of the candidates, or where
made by the candidates them
selves it has been on the sugges
tion and solicitation of . others.
This proves beyond a doubt the
high standing of the candidates
and that they are representative
ladies in their district.
-Voting is not restricted in any
sense whatever.. Any body may
vote as often as he pleases and
for whom he pleases. This is a
voting contest and the ten,, ladies
receiving the largest number of
votes will be awarded the prizes.
The list of candidates will un
doubtedly gTow, from day to day
with a steady increase of votes for
those who have resolved to win
one of the ten prizes offered Jby
the Statesman.
Readers of this paper and
friends of the candidates can help
their favorite by. very little trouble
on their part. To cut the coupon
from the paper or pay a candidate
their subscription is a small thing,
but they may be the means by
Which some lady will win a de
lightful trip to the seashore.
- The list of votes polled by the
contestants ; is printed elsewhere
in the paper. Miss Mabel Macy of
81 0 South 14th has flashed into
f frst position ' and now leads Miss
Violet Snyder, who la now running
recond by 10 rotes.
SEATTLE BANDITS
ARE APPREHEND
PLACE OF DDHC
THER HURLS
OWN SON INTO
; RIVER DEPTHS
Criminal Annals of Iowa
Fail to Reveal Parallel for
Crime Woman Wishes to
Hang for Murder
SUICIDE CONTEMPLATED;
INSANE THEORY SCOUTED
Prosecutor Prepared to Go
the Limit to Obtain Sen
tence of Death
. Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 9. The
criminal annals of Iowa today
failed to reveal a parallel-for the
crime by which six year old Nich
olas Maharies was thrown into
the Cedaf river -to drown by, his
stepmother, Mrs. Marie Maharies,
because, according ' to her signed
confession, she "hated the boy and
wished to hang for the murder,"
rather than commit an often con
templated murder.
; The authorities -refused to be
lieve Mrs. Maharies when she told
them Thursday she had killed her
stepson, but with the finding of
Nicholas' ; body today the theory
that MrsJ Maharies was demented
was discarded and a charge of
first degree murder was. brought
against her.
Woman I.s Jubilant
The county prosecutor said he
would ask the death penalty. In
custody in the county jail Mrs. Ma
haries maintained a' stolid indif
ference since she made her con
fession, but today when-she was
told Nicholas' body had been
found an expresion of jubilance
crept Into her face and she con
sented to eat a light meal the
first since Thursday. She said she
was "glad she had been proved
truthful."
The story of Nfcohlas' slaying,
aa told In Mrs. Maharies' confes
sion, is one of cunning and of care
fully laid plans. She told how her
"extreme hatred for her stepson,
coupled with her wish to end her
life, had led her to plot the slay
ing of Nicholas In the hope that
she she would not only vent her
desire to rid herself of him but
also to be put to death for the
crime. She told how she had se
lected, after several trips to the
river, a deep spot and then lured
the boy ! there Thursday on the
pretext that she would allow him
to go wading.
tioy Was Tricked j '
uThe boy apparently was jubilant
over his stepmother's .unusual
kindness and went with her, clad
only in blue overalls, without
stockings or shoes. When they
reached the river, Mrs, Maharies
said1 she waded into the river
twice to test with a stick the depth
and finding a spot sufficiently
deep, she lured the boy away
from the" bank. Then she allowed
the boy to pass in front of her
and while she, with seeming non
chalance threw stones Into the
water, she waited until the boy
had reached the perilous position
and then gave the thrust which
sent Nicholas to his death, the
signed confession relates.
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ENDING FLIGHT
Flight Commander Will Not
Listen to Stopping To
v (Take Chances
REYKJAVIK, Iceland. Aug. 9.
(By the Associated Press).
Lieutenant .Lowell H. Smith,-commander
i of the American army
around the world fliers, will not
listen to any plan for abandoning
the remainder of the flight be
cause of unusually bad ice condi
tions along the east coast of
Greenland.
Lieutenant Smith apparently Is
worrying continually about the ice
difficulties but rather than aban
don the flight at this stage, he as
serts that he would prefer to go
directly!' from Reykjavik to the
west coast of Greenland. Reports
from the east coast. Indicate that
the ice continues to present seri
ous obstacles and that ' under
present conditions a landing , at
any. place on the coast would be
imnnftsibla.
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TWINS
OBREGON GLAD
EVANS MURDER
DONE BY THUG
Mexican President Relieved
That Crime Was Commit- .
, ted By Highwayman
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9 (By
Associated Pres.) President Ob
regon, talking to newspaper men
this afternoon said vthat it was
most fortunate that the assassina
tion of Mrs. Aosalie. Evans had
been shown conclusively to have
been the work of ordinary com
mercials and that the efforts of
political enemies to turn the Inci
dent against both the agrarian
party and the administration had
been , of no avail.
. The president stated the agrar
ians completely controlled the
Huejotzingo district, state of Pue
bla where the - Evans crime was
committed throughout the recent
revolution without a single 'com
plaint of excesses.
BYll&HBORS
Democratic Nominee Is Wei
corned Home With Fer
vor Thanks Friends
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 9.
John W. Davis, was. back home
tonight to receive official notifica
tion of his nomination as the dem
ocratic presdential. -candidate.
Crossing the West; Virginia line
early today from New York he had
his first welcome at Grafton, his
official reception here, in the place
where; he was born and his second
home! coming tonight at Fair
mount, the rock of. his early polit
ical strength and the home of his
field tnar8hai, Clem L. Shaver.
Addressing his friends and
neighbors from the veranda of his
old home, Mr. Davis assured them
that It was neither by accident,
nor by caprice, nor without fore
thought,, that in this crisis of his
life, he had; returned home for
strength, for; sympathy for encourr
agement and for support.
"In the presence of this wel
come, in sight of these familiar
faces, my heart goes out of me,"
he said. : " ". .
"Although fate has made me a
wanderer here and there over the
earth, you, hot I. are responsible
for that. You, 14 years ago, call
ed me from the practice here I was
enjoying and made me that wan
derer on the face of the earth.
But I never have cut the ties of
affection that bind me to Clarks
burg; to West Virginia and their
citizens."
THUNDER SHOWER
STRIKES VALLEY
Salem Has First Rain in
WeeksAlbany Lighting ;
and Telephones Out
Salem was visited with a short
thunder shower about 10:30 last
night. An electric display of in
tensity unusual to the Willamette
valley accompanied the storm. The
ralni fell in! large drops for per
haps a quarter of an hour the
first precipitation around Salem in
several weeks. The thunder cloud
passed off to the northwest.
Indications were at midnight
that; other light showers might
be expected during the early
morning. The official weather
prediction is that Sunday will be
fair.; PIcncs, games, and open-air
services may be called off as a
result of the. unexpected rain.
ALBANY Ore., Aug. 9. A se
vere electrical storm, the first in
this section ifor three years, put
out all electric lights in the city
at 10 o'clock tonight, reported the
Mountain States Power company,
who supplies the current. All lo
cal telephones were also reported
out of commission. )
ASTORIA, (3re., Aug. 9 Lights
in this city were put out of com
mission shortly after 10 o'clock
tonight by an electrical storm, the
most severe to visit this section of
the state In three years. No other
damage was reported. 4
MIXKRS ARE ENTOMBED 4
TOKIO, Aug. 10. ( By Associat
ed Press.) Fifty miners were
trapped In the Irlyama coal mine,
Fukushima province, when a gas
explosion occurred : there yester
day evening. ' It' is feared that all
are dead. Nine bodies have been
recovered. - .
DAVIS FETED
PERS SAYS
Labor Federation Head
, Writes Wilson That noth
ing in Record Shows Nom
inee Worthy of Support
PAST TIES DON'T BIND
V LAB OR FOR ALL Tl U E
Lincoln's Acts or Wilson'
Acts No Longer Under
Consideration
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., "Aug.
9XBy the Associated Press).
Samuel Gompers today amplified.
In reply to a second letter from
William B, Wilson of the demo
cratic campaign -committee at
Washington, the reasons why the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor considered
John W. Davis undeserving of
labor's endorsement as 'a presi
dential candidate. ;
The Gompers letter to Wilson
of today reiterates Mr. Gompers
assertion that Mr. . Davis was not
responsible for the draft or enact
ment of the Clayton law and de
nies that the democratic, nominee
had a part in framing "the labor
ofa human being is not a com
modity ot "article of com merce."
"Your letter makes .. reference to
the "eight hour law for govern
ment employes," said Mr. Gomp
ers. "Let me remind you that the
law was first passed' by a repub
lican congress." The labor leader
relates again his version of nego
tiations which prevented the war-"
time railway strike, and again de
nies that Mr. Davis or the su
preme court earned the credit.
- - , Past Acts Do Not Count
Gompers continues, in part :
"it was a republican congress
with Abraham Lincoln as presi
dent that abolished human slav
ery In America. If the reasoning
employed in your letter were to
be followed it would logically en
sue .that labor and the ppople gen
erally must for all time follow
the republican party- the party
of Coolivigo and Dawes a party
which has fiiown itf-elf to be com
rpsod of aud tied "up with the sor
did interests of the mighty few.
"That the democratic party,
with the. martyred Wilson at its
bead, enacted into law a fair con
cept of human relations and hu
man fredom can no more 1-ind us
forever to that organization than
the emancipation proclamation
could bind us-forever to the re
publican party.
Democrats Failed
"But the democratic party re
cently held its national conven
tion for the purpose of declaring
the principles upon which it now
stands." Compare the democratic
platforms of 1912, 1916 -and
1920 with the jumble of the 1924
platform upon which Mr. Davis Is
a candidate.
"Every principle of freedom
and justice which found expres
sion In the platforms of 1912,
1916 and 1920 is conspicuous by
Its absence from the 1924 plat
form, which even fails to recom
mend to the people 'or ratifica
tion the child labor constitutional
amendment. The framers of that
platform contented themselves
with taking some unction to their
souls because a few democrats
voted for submission of an amend
ment in the house of representa
tives and the senate."
No Statement Yet Issued
On Anglo-Russian Pact
MOSCOW, Aug. 9. (By the
Associated Press). No official
statement has yet been issued con
cerning the Anglo-Soviet treaty
and trade agreement signed at
London yesterday and the first
particulars of the London nego
tiations, together with comment
on the outcome, appeared in the
soviet press this morning.
- Igvitsky holds that the oil
groups were responsible for. the
early ; breakup of negotiations,
saying that they hoped "it would
be easier to come to terms with
jthe soviet government after fail
ure of the conference."
' KITTV RI SiTEl.s VITCTT
Ridgefield. Wash.,- Augv 9. A
300 acre farm here set what is
believed to me a record Jjeld of
wheat by averaging elxtyhush-
els to the acre when the yield was
checked here today. The wheat
waa of , the white winter variety
planted from seed obtained fron
the Oregon Agricultural collets, j
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