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Th2 Weatiier I j-i.O.N: Tonieht end Tlmrs-i.iy uir arn.'r Thursday ; gentle trills. inc.I- Min trtnepratnre . w , Bwio S. " rainfall. River .8 fcjt. falling. CO Sip 11 i r I I I .t I 1 5 2 5 9 ' ! I f f Member of Audit Buivau of Clff''kid Associated Press Full Lon- J V, -': -i ( i i 1 ft :i , fc -J rTY-THIRD YEAR. 'NO. 132. Delegates For Johnson Are Seated CHicago. June I. In Its; first de loa affecting the Johnson forces in tUf convention, the republican nation- $ committee by S6 to 12. voted to seat delegate from 1 the tenth Minnesota jjjgtrlet who are counted as favorable w th candidacy of the California sen itor. C. S. Hebert of New Orleans who fig , rd in the committee a decision yes- trday denying a rehearing In the chal ijnge of Mr. Kuntx's seat; appeared for 1 ! contestants. ue was. comrontea ; Ttin signed agreement made In 1918 I which he and his-associates agreed I not to tile a contest.' Committee mem- jjg said the case' had been' Investl- gted thoroughly last year ana aeclar ;. sd the new contest violated. the 1918 1 jgreements. ' . 1 . Georgia Case Purzles. Furthr time to check evidence in the Georgia case was given to the sub committee headed by Charles B. War ren of Michigan who said a compari ng of duplicate state convention rolls would take much more time. H. L. Eemmel of Arkansas proposed that! both Georgia delegates be seated with i half vote each but this was voted town. , In taking up the tenth Minnesota, district contest, between two Wood and two unpledged delegates, Secre tary Miller announced .: that both claimed to be the regular delegates. Representative Schall , the blind con gressman, was one of the unpledged delegates. ' . ' Battle Grows Hot. ' . Julius E. Haycraft of Fairmont, Minnesota, spoke for the Wood faction mi John 0. Priebe of Minneapolis for the unpledged pair, who were reported to favor Senator Johnson. Involved In the fight were the bolt by the Wood delegates in the district convention and regularity of convention call. Mr. Priebe imputed "strong arm" methods to the opposition while the Wood con tingent declared the Schall fatclon un fairly demanded increased representa tion In the convention. Representative Schall of Minneapo lis and L. M. Mithun of Buffalo, Min nesota, were seated today as delegates from the tenth Minnesota district by a vote of 86 to 12. Their accompany ing alternates also were seated. The, Mississippi contest, which, fol- ! lows Minnesota's, involved 12 dele gates pledged to. Wood against 13 un initructed chosea at separate conven tion March 31 and May 5 respect ively. The Faction was led by Perry 'Howard, a Jackson negro, and W. O. Ligon of Gloster, while M. J. Mulvl-i hill of Vlcksburg, national committee man, headed the unpledged group. ! Both Clal m"Regular" . t The fight pivoted on the question of party regularity, each side charg ing the other with holding an unau-i thorised convention and with each de claiming to be the "regular" re publicans. . In connection with the1, contest, ii was developed in the senate investiga tion that $4000 of Wood funds had been sent fo Mississippi but Frank H. Hitchcock, Wood manager, testified "it lie had nothing to do with it and regarded the Wood delegation as "il legal." ;. . . Faster Action Sought J ., Chicago, June 2. Claims of - con- t "ting delegations from Florida and Georgia continued today to occupy the attention of the republican national committee. Every effort was being ade to speed up consideration of the! wees so the committee might pass on to the claims from ten other states Wch have not yet even been heard, "he prospect of night sessions to clean up the slate before the convey "on meets next Tuesday seems to be growing. The first order of business today supplemental hearing for the regularly reported delegation from Horlda, headed by national Commit (Contlnued on page four) Hoovers Request for Sugar Control Ignored IsClaimofTinkham Washln Won, June Conv of a egram nt from Paris July 23, 1316 . - y Herbert Hoover to Julius H. Earn, President f ih. nnuaA atoto. "n corporation, for transmlssal to rodent Wilson declaring that "de- CLT" f tne P" re- Ld. Ilnmdiat consideration" was RenLH" lc in the h0U8e tlav by ferit Trnkham- ub,i"' ml' I'nkham charged that responsl PlaoM high prlce of ""I?" was PresiT f,uarel' n the shoulders of rnr . ilfon-" The Massachusetts dent "tlve d,clBred that the presi o h, , reliev the 'tuaUon even ni rati 0Wing Mr Hoover's advice Mr J"11"8 "on-essential consumers, tt,. "oover, in his 'xtoiom nC68ary 40 teke important wiintn,k, "ugar control In this Utins 7 r!er to """e'Pate the mar tle th n"w blt harvest and to """tyear """ WUh Cuba for thf lrtaaM0nUnUation 01 eonfol will re U4, ...n'" b" congress." Mr. Hoover . th must embrace approprla tarr con,iniatlon of power and Wb. conto, of speculation, prof- Rc"r n ,itribu"on-" Uli u"1' l hl recommendation in P HiL,"1 lurcha of th, Cuban LATE BULLETINS t a.- i- . moment uson xoaay signed a joint! I desolation eliminating from the agricultural appropriation bill theTO Comer amendment affectine cotton fri,r LLa ..ww,.. lU a clerical error was included in Washington, June 2. The . l it. , xcyuii va we navai appropriation bill, which was approved iiuojr ujr uic iwuse. now XT r . i itew loric, June 2. A shortage -of Sftftn u..vUvjr wmh uviu ui pocKets rv. -T "" toaay xviuuiieia ana ruwic -Administrator Hoes who have reported K-ueif uit,covery to tne aistrict attorney's office for cresentation to megrauujury. Indianapolis, Ind., June 2. WLocal No. 6, New York City, was national Typographical Union, , . .v vwuvu, owuiuiug t,u compuea at Headquarters in Indianapolis, it was announced today, McDonald to Contest Right of MoCamant to Seat At Convention Portland. Or.; June2. Sanfield Mc Donald,, who managed Senator Hiram W. ; Johnson's presidential primary campaign In Oregon, and who failed of election as a delegate to the republi can national convention, left here last night bearing ,a petition to the na tional republican committee asking that Wallace McCamant, who had the highest vote among the republican del egates elected, be not seated. The petition alleges that McCamant obtained ' his election by fraud, and that he refuses to obey the marinate of the republican party, whose servant he is under the election laws of the state. McCamant has announced that he would not "vote with the other nine Oregon delegates for Hiram W. John son. In McDonald's petition, stress is laid on McCamant's pre-election state ment in the voters' pamphlet, In which he Is quoted as saying: ,"I have avoid ed committing myself to any candidate for president In order that I might be in a better position to support the can didate who wins out at the Oregon pri mary.'' . -t '.. ' . -. : The petition is signed by McDonald, aS a contestant for" McCamant's eat as a member of the Oregon' delegation It was prepared by Thomas Mannix, attorney, and secretary of the Johnson campaign committee in Oregon. Mc Donald took a large supply of the pe titions to Chicago, where it is under stbodi he will circulate them among delegates to the convention. Repeal of War Emergency Acts Urged of House 1 Washington, June 2.-By uiuuii- mous vote, the house Judiciary com mittee today ordered out a resolution repealing, all war time emergency legislation-excepting the Lever food con- trot act, the trading with the enemy act, and the District of Columbia rent profiteering measure. Chairman Volstead told the com mittee that he would attempt to have the house adopt the resolution before adjournment Saturday. House action, he said, would be attempted under suspension of the rules, which would permit only 40 minutes' of debate. . r Pnrtin nrt. student of the Oregon university, has been awarded a scholarship In Eng lish at Bryn Mawr for next year, -ihe scholarship Is for $200. done, Mr. Hoover said, at the time his cablegram was sent, the United Stateej was the "only large nation possessing liberal supplies for the entire year and at' a saving of four cents a pound un der the world price." Decision roust now be made, he add ed, "as to whether congress should be recommended to legislate authority for the continuation of these measures over the vear 1920 providing again for 'purchase of the Cuban crop and the control of domestic production, siaoi lization of price and distribution." Mr. Hoover called attention to his lack of intimate knowledge of affairs at home .after an eight months ab sence on European relief work, and suggested that Mr. Barnes "request Professor Taussig, Mr. Zabriskie and other members of the sugar equaliza tion board to present you their recom mendations in the matter independent of myself.'' ' " In the event they should decide to propose to congress that control be continued, Mr. Hoover urged that a chairman b? named in his place. Mr. Tinkham, author of the resolu tion for the sugar investigation de clared Mr. Hoover's warning was rein forced by a request from the sugar board "for executive approval and pur chase of the Cuban crop ana 'na'lTnn., and was well known in tne both warnings were unheeded by thejcoeur fAlen, district of Idaho. A Whit House. the original measure, signed yes- senata .T" -T"V "IC vumer- goes to the president. oi unidentified dead at the city oy ummissioner of, Accounts John MePartlan elected Dresident nf th Tnf,.r. defeating Marsden G. Scott, who uiiuiiiciai tauuiation oi returns Cotton Crop Small. Washington, "June 2. He- porting the condition of the cotton crop May 25 at 62.4 per cent of normal, the depart- ment of agriculture announced that this was the lowest in its record of fifty years and that , the recurring statement "worst ever known" was confirmed. Everett Grey Is Victim of Smash Near Corvallis Everett Grey, age 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Grey of Corvallis, was the victim of- the motorcycle-auto col lision four miles north of Corvallis Monday night, instead of 'Chttungey Reed, as' wajf first believed, it be known Wednesday. The lifeless body was viewed bjr Dr. and Mrs. D. X. Beechler and Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Miller of Salem,' who happened to pass along the highway a short time after the accident occurred; The drive? of the automobile that figured in' the accident that his been mystifying authorities all along- the valley became known Tuesday eve ning when Bert Pilkington, A farmer, appeared at the office of the sheriff of Benton county .and reported the accident. i. ". Aocording to Pilkington he was drlv ing his maohine at -a rapid rate of speed along the highway at the scene of the accident, attempting to meet a southbound Southern Pacific train at Albany,-Young Grey, who was re turning to his home at Corvaltis trom Portland, where he had attended rac es Sunday and Monday, was coming in the opposite direction. .,. j The guard of the motorcycle caught on the hub cap of the auto, breaking the running board of the machine,1 the lights and windshield. The mo torcycle merely veered to one side and continued onward, Pilkington said. This caused him to believe that1 nothing serious had occurred so he did not stop. It is believed that when tne motor cycle veered to the side of the road and continued upngm h. men carried the . lifeless body of young Grey. . Sheriff Kendall, of Linn county, be lieved that glaring headlights of 'the auto caused young Grey to ride too close to the machine. Investigation shows, it is said, that he was on the lefthand side of the road Just before the -machines collided. r ' ' Census Figures Washington, June 2 Wor cester, Mass.. 179,741, Increase 83,755 or 23.1 percent. Pawtucket, R. L, 64,248, increase 12.82 or 24.5 per cent. - i ... Woonsocket, R. I., 43,438, jncrea8e jfi or 14.1 percent, Central Falls, R. I.. 24.I74 increasa 1428 or 8.2 percent. Cranston, R. t. 29,407, in crease 1300 or 39.J percent. East Providence, R. I., 21, 793, increase 5985 or 37.9 per cent. Bayonne. N. J., 78.754, in crease 21.20!, tor 38 2 fifr cent. - Winchester, Mass., 10.391. increase 1082 or 11.8 per cent. Postmaster at Medford Passes Medford. Or, June 2. Colonel George P. Mlms, postmaster, age 88 years, died in hi hotel room early this morning of indigestion. He was prominent in democratic circles, of southern Oregon and a friend and college chum of Postmaster General Burleson and" Secretary of the aavy Daniels. He was born at Newport, SALEM, OREGON,. WEDNESDAY JUNE Salcpl Ships breigners I pproved Washington "June J. Sale of Amer ican ships to foreign interests if after diligent effort, the. shipping board has been unable to. dispose . of them to Americans is' provided for in the mer chant marine bill Us finally agreed up on by senate and house conferees aft er vitrually an ail night session. . Limitations Dropped. , The conferees eliminated senate pro posals to limit th sale to foreign in terests of ships more than ten years old and not exceding (000 deadweight tons; Under the bill as approved not less than five members of tho board must vote tor such sales and the beard must state as a part of its records the reasons for the sate. v The bill also would require that ru per cent of the Btock of companies en gaged in coastwise trade be American owned. ,: The bill provides no. time limit in which the board would be compelled to dispose of the government-owned merchant ships. . , , I : Easy Terms Offered. Americans would be given fifteen years in which to pay for ships, but foreigners would be "allowed only ten years and they would be required to pay not less than five per cent Inter est. The interest to be paid by Amer ican purchasers would be fixed by the board. '...:).-'.','.", , A permanent shipping board of sev en members is provided for, two each from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, and one each from the Gulf, Great Lakes and central west regions. Not more than four Members of the board could be members! of the same politi cal party. - 5 1, , ,.: Senate provisions that no sale could be made at a pride below the cost of construction at th time of making the sale with a proper reduction for de preciation Were eliminated. r V Washington, ' June J. A complete agreement on the bouse merchant ma rine bill was reached by house and sen ate conferees today after virtually an all night session. : . i . Under the agreement senate provis ions providing for a permanent ship ping board of seven members were re tained but the senate amendment au thorizing the board to set aside annual ly for the next five years 150,000.000 from proceeds of charters and sales for construction of "new ships was modi fied so as to provide for a reserve fund or only zt,woo,o(n anmatty. - Invitations to Visit City Gladly Received in East Numerous acceptances of invitations sent out by the Salem Shrine club and the Salem Cherrlans to potentates tthroughout the United States to visit Salem -on "Salem's Day during the vast convention at Portland are being reecived by King Bing C. B. Clancey. One of the letters of acceptance re ceived from the potentate at gallna, Kan., highly commends the people of Oregon for their hospitality In the fol lowing sentence taken from the letter: "You Oregonlans are certainly not overlooking any courtesy and. enter tainment that possibly oould be iu forded us on an occasion like this." The receipt of these letters of ac ceptance from all parts of the country emphasize perhaps more than any oth er pie the necessity of providing au tomobiles to accommodate the visum when they do come to Salem. - In the opinion of King Blng Clancey "everj man In the valley will have to help to entertain these visitors, and the best way he can do it Is to register his auto tor their service on the trip from Port land to Salem and return." . Registrations of automobiles Is com ing slow, according to reporK and frantic efforts are being made by the committee of the Shrine club and by the Cherrlans, to rouse sufficient in terest to Induce residents of the coun ty to furnish their cars. Republicans to Hear Nominating Talks Thursday Chicago, June 2, Nominating speeches in tne republican national convention next week probably will come Thursday, with balloting Fri day, L. W. Henley, secretary of ar rangements committee, announced today. Following the keynote speech of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, temporary chairman, and appointment of committees Tuesday, Mr. Henley said the convention probably would adjourn until Wednesday for commit tee work. Permanent organization, rules and order of business are on Wednesday's tentative program. Af ter the nominating speeches Thurs day Mr. Henley said the tentative pro gram would leave Friday and Saturday and possibly part of Thursday for balloting and consideration of plat form. ' On Monday caucuses of many state delegates are scheduled to select .na tional committeemen and make com mittee nominations. There are more than 150.008 appli cations for tickets for 13,289 seats, Mr. Henley stated, and 1100 applica tions for 57 press seats. Increased interest of women In politics was as signed by Mr. Henley as.a reason for the ticket demands. Distribution of tickets is to begin Saturday, througn national committeemen. 2, 1920. Present Wheat Standards Will Remain In Force Washington, June2. Continuation of present federal wheat standards was decided upon today by Secretary Mere dith in an opinion covering hearings held to Inquire into dissatisfaction in the central northwest with existing grades for hard red spring and Durum wheats. Requests ofr lowering the present standards, the secretary an nounced, would tend to decrease the return to farmers, while advocates of the change argued that the producer would receive more money for his wheat. "' ' I The federal standards established In 1917 and revised in 1913 have been operative only under fixed prices and war conditions, the secretary stated. adding that opportunity for fair tests of their merits or defects has not af- fected under normal markelng condi- Clolhing Finn Fined $55.00 As Profiteers Syracuse, 1?. T., June 2. The John A. Roberts corporation of Utica, deal ers In wearing apparel, was today fined 355,000 by Federal Judge Har land B. Howe, following Its convict ion of profiteering on eleven counts. In imposing the fine, the heaviest the law would permit. Judge Howe said: "I believe thai convicted profiteers should be sent to jail. That would do more than anything else to im press the merchants who are doing business that they must confine them selves to fair and reasonable profits. "But the defendant being a corpo ration In this case there can be no prison sentence. I believe it is plain ly the duty of the court to impose the maximum sentence which Is $5000 on each count or a total of $55,000 and such Is the sentence of this court. Johnson's Lead In Oregon 2393 The official lead of Hiram Johnson over Leonard Wood In the Oregon race for the republican presidential nomi nation Is 2SB8 votes, according to the returns received from every county in the state and canvassed by the snore- tary.s1f.jHteto. , ' ' ' Mr. Johnson received total of $!, 163 votes and Mr. Wood 43,770 votes. Frank O. Lowden finished third with 15,578 votes and Herbert Hoover fourth with 14,567 votes. For vice-president, Henry Cabot Lodge received 68,814 votes ,or more votes than were cast for both of his opponents. In this contest Elwood Washington finished second with 20, 931 votes and William Grant Webster 'third with 18,188 votes. The votes for Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wood by counties follows: County'- Johnson. Wood Baker 808 , 602 Benton ............ .......,.' 063 Clackamas ,..,..., ., 8,129 Ctatwtn- s.,.j 1,877 Columbia . 774 Coor y. 1,298 Crook 1... 285 Curry - 845 1,660 1,771 887 646 678 165 75 449 1,347 22'. ,257 164 691 1,461 104 431 226 . 86 J.Slk 666 1,357 488 3,134 263 Deschutes ............ 61s Douglas 1,258 Gilliam ......,..,.... 182 Grant 719 Harney 895 Hood River .. 201 Jackson .,... , ...... 898 Jefferson 221 Josephine 886 Klamath ........ : 911 Lake 401 Lane '. i..'..-..". 1,86$ Lincoln 895 Linn 1.135 Malheur .:....., 818 Marion 3,114 Morrow .......... 251 Multnomah ...1T.010 15,758 polk 861. 1,061 Sherman 152 283 Tillamook 628 626 Umatilla .V... 858 1,342 Union .....J 898 475 Wallowa 452 888 Wasco. 830 777 Washington 1,640 1,249 Wheeler ". 159 156 Tamhlll 837 1.428 Totals 48,163 48.770 Tv..ala nt thA vita fnr nreeldent are included in the certificates Issued dele gates to the national convention. Another Missing Woman Thought Wife Of Watson fiimrr Alta.. June S. Dan Mc Donald today identified the photo graph of James P. Watson .alleged polygamist, now serving a life n tence la 8nn Quentin, Cal., penitentiary 'as that of the man who married his former housekeeper, Mrs. Eleanor Fisher, In Seattle, two years ago, since when no trace of her nas been rouno. Mm Fisher was employed by McDon ald in his hotel at Okotoks, Alberta, he said. McDonald readily identified tne photograph at the Calgary police sta tion. Congress May Investigate In Bergdoll , Case Washington, June 2. The resolu tion ordering a congressional Investi gation of the escape of Grover Cleve- ' land Bergdoll, rich Philadelphia draft ! evader, was ordered favorably rport jtd today by the house rules committee. ennsvlvania - Allowed to Remain 0p2ii By Palmer Says Witosso Washington, June 2. Charges that the campaign for the nomination of Attorney General Palmer as democratic candidate for the presidency had been conducted in Pennsylvania with an open appeal to the distillery and brewery interests in the' slate- were made today before the senate investigating committee by Eugene C. Bonniwell, of Philadelphia. M. Bonniwell, who disrlbuted stick- f ers during the primary campaign seek ing the nomination of W. G." McAdoo, said that saloons and bonded ware houses In some parts of the state were now running "wide open" and that this was proceeding under the eyes of department of justice and prohibition enforcement" officers off the federal government appointed "with Mr. Pal mer's vise." The witness charged that the Pal mer campaign in Pennsylvania had been a "ghastly and degradion of the law." He added that the qampalgn he conducted for Mr. McAdoo had been entirelw the work of himself and his colleagues and against the specific per sonal refusal of Mr, McAdoo to allow his name to be used. ' ' Mr. Honnlwell said that' at Scran ton, Pa., where the district attorney was Mr. Palmer's partner, the situa tion was particularly bad with rela tion to open violation of the prohibi tion law. He added that men directly connected with the liquor interests were among the Palmer delegates Ao the national oonventlon elected at the recent primaries. . Claims Much Information "I organised a campaign in apposi tion to Attorney General ; Palmer," Mr. Bonniwell said, "and I -know all about what was done In It, and a great deal about what the other side did." Falling to get permission from Mr. McAdoo to use his name, Mr. Bonni well said his friends had endeavored to get voters- to write his name' In, "and we came within 200 votes of beating Palmer In Philadelphia." "t was making a battle for nation al committee man," Mr. Bonniwell said, "and I'm frank to say that the McAdqo work was a great benefit to me.", '., " Plumb Plan Manager Heard. Washington, June 2. California's presidential primary election and the expenditures made In it by supporters of Senator Hiram Johnson and Her bert Hoover were given nearly a clear track at today's session of the senate committee investigating the subject. John ii. Rosseter, who headed the first finance committee organised for Sena tor Johnson and Manager Gregory of the Hoover organisation .were the principal witnesses summoned by the committee. - Before going Into the California o jnj tost, the committee examined Edward Keating, former member of congress .,,, oiuuer ol congress 7 , . . VT , i . . . . from Colorado, and now manager ofrvo've'1 tn that BOtlon ta U"09100 fh pik i - A, be the same as Hlllman traded to he Plumb plan league. He said thewlneman( upon whi0 traMael,on league has not contributed "a dollar" present charge Is brought Defeated Candidates For Delegates Will Be The four candidates for de'eg-ate to the republican national : convention from the state at large and the two from each congressional district re seiclng the next highest vots In Oregon wiyll be seated as alternates in the Chicago assembly on June 8, according to information received by Secretary of State Kozer this morning from Ralph K. Williams, republican nation al committeeman from Oregon, who Is now In the "windy city" attending a session of the committee. The alter nates will be seated uon telerranhlc credentials from the secretary of state who is today wiring Williams the re sult of the vote In this state. Unftjr this rule the alternates from Oregon will be as follows: State at large Sanfield MacDonald, Portland: Daniel Rovd. KntnrnrlM' William T. Harrison, Portland; R. R. Butler, The Dalles. First district Joe! fi. Booth. Ttte. non; Frank T. Wrlghtman, Salem. Second district -M. Z. Donnell, The Dalles; F. 8. Curl Pendleton. Third districtDavid M. Dunne and Dan Kcltaher, both of Portland. Working until after midnight last "Politics Is Just one rotten segar af ter another." 7TT Dft ter' Hit PRICE TWO CENTS Saloons to the campaigns of any of the candi dates tor the erpubllean and demo cratic presidential nominations. a , "It Is taRiug no part in the cam-, palgn." 'he testified, "except as it la distributing Information . through its weekly paper, Labor. . , ; Denies Any I'avorllisaa. . i "I've rather gathered the Impression that your paper is supporting McAti.in for the democratic nomination and Senator Johnson for the; republican,", said Chairman Kenyon. . Mr. Keating replied that the pepef had probably been more "critical of the other candidates than these. He added that the sixteen railroad labor unions supporting the leagua had s, campaign committee of which he is a member, co-operating with the cam paign committee of the American Fed eration of Labor and that this com mittee had taken no part In the presi dential campaign. "It's duty will be to convey Informa tion to members of the organisations; principally about senators and con gressmen," he said. . Capitalist Held Upon Charge cf -Attempted tczl San Francisco, June 2. Clarence !. Hlllman, Pasadena capitalist was at liberty today on $5000 ball, foliwii the return of grand jury indictment early today charging htm, K. McKay and D. J. Walsh with conspiracy to de fraud Edward Wlneman of Ran Luis Obispo of property the value of which was said to exceed $900,000. - Detec tives have McKay under surveillance,, It was said, while Walsh's whereabouts wers unknown, .-.- According tot the federal court rec ords Hlllman was Indicted In Washing ton Mate .tried and convicted on the charge of using th. mails to defraud, At the 'time of his Indictment. Octo ber 1910, he was hfad of the Boston Harbor, Steamship ft Land company, the HUlman Investment company, C. D. Hlllmnn Snohomish. County Rail road & Land company, The Indict ment, aocording to the records, was hased on sales of land and the land In- as Alternates night In order to complete the official canvass of the vote for delegate ta the republican convention the secretary of state's office Is today forwarding un der special delivery stamp certificates of election to the ten delegates. Dupli cate copies of these certificates will al so be sent to Williams at Chicago ru order that those who fall to receive them before leaving for the convention Thursday morning, may be seated wllbr out any difficulty after reaching Hub convention. Graves Shifted To Command At Fort McKinley Washington, June 3. Major Gen era I William 8. Graves, who com manded the American expeditionary forces tn Siberia has been assigned to command f ort William McKlniey. Rlzal, Philippine Islands. Extensive road Improvement iw planned for this summer by the Linn county court. Including 21 mUca of market roads. - ABE MftRTfi. America's Famous Humorlut will report the republican and demo cratic national conventions for thn Capital Journal.' Abe will deal with politician as they should be dealt with and h won't overlook th crowds, events, situations and women vot- --!? Among other things Abo is ex pected to pick the winner at each' convention and he wilt probably make a keynote speech. Hut whatever Abe Martin dins will b a riot of Itutghler that you can't afford to mis.