The Weather 1U (.V: TonUht and Thurxhiy fair moderate northwesterly nintU. LOCAL: Min. temperature S9. max. (, mean 51. Rainfall .0-1 Inch. P.iv w 8 tceU rising- Circulation Aterage fir Sis Month ecdlnj March 31, 1920 A 3 ! ! 1 I 1 It. 5259 Membet of Audit Bureau of ClroolatStaa Associated Press Fall Leased Wire qrTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 133. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1920. PRICE TWO CENTS Miiml 1 itf a v . tepuoiican convention Fight Over Peace Plank Not Settled Chicago, Jur.e 9. The league of na tions plank still was undefined today, !4 hours before the republican per form was to be presented to the na tional convenrion. Members of the sub-committee of thirteen when they went into session U smooth out the remaining platform troubles, expressed confidence that they could agree, but all of them were osmewhat hazy on how it was to be done. Agreement Predicted. Senator Watson of Indiana, head of the sub-committee, maintained that in the end the Indiana plank with some modifications, would get ihe support of all republican elements. Senators Borah of Idaho and McCormick of Illinois thought there would have to be material modifications to pacify the irreconcilables. The mild reservation group also wanted changes made but in the opposite direction. Bolstering the predictions of an agreement, however, was a feeling in ni iny quarters that the league ques tion must not be permitted to reach the convention floor, where everyone realized it might set off fireworks of (Continued oa Page Three.) I.ifp TWmer i o bhooting James Ogle, doing a life term la the state prison here together with Walter Banaster and David Smith for the murder of J. N. Burgess and G. E. Peringer In the Claremont tavern, Portland on the night of November 22, 1919, last pight made a written confession to "the effect that he was the man who fired the fatal shots. Aucording to Ogle's confession Smith upon whom an attempt was made to shift the blame at the trial of the! men, was in the dance hall at the time of the shooting while Banaster w.ib in the basement. The confession was made in the presence of Warden L. H. Compton, deputy warden lewis, Rugene Halley, principal keep er and J. S. Murray chief clerk at live penitentiary. Shot For Resistance. The Claremont murders came as the climax of a holdup of the tav ern. Burgess and ' Perlnger, both wealthy Umatilla were in Portland county stockmen,! attending the ln- ttruational Livestock show. Together with a party of friends they had gone out to the tavern the fatal night and were seated at a table in a private dining room when a masked man en tered the room and commanded the party to throw up their hands. When the men in the party refused to com h!lthe. ndU bega,r 8hootlnK kllUns,the building has been completed, and i me men. Ine tnree men were arrested a fswj flajs later, convicted and sentenced to , t terms in the state prison here, where thev were received on Novmbar a' ',' , , , . . meral days ago Smith approached Warden Compton with a statement come clean" on the Claremont mur- drs.. Ogle Confesses. Last night Compton called Ogle in- 'o tne warden's office and gave him n opportunity to make a statement. I want to make a statement to ,cmen out this shooting proposl- "on, he declared. Warden Compton asked him to tell "ie story in his own words warning hiin, however, - that he could expect ho leniency as a reward for any con fission he might make. "They can't try me again can "ley?" he asked. Warden Compton assured him they could not. Statement Written. "Well, after we had entered the ""use Smithy was to look after the dance hall and Dutchy and I pro ceeded to round them uo." Oele's confession reads. "I makes this roomj where they were gambling. They, playing poker there, women and 0 I ODened th iliuir anil .lid' nut 'em up', and they shoved thelrl Chicago, June 9. Chauncey M. De cnalrs back of the table and Pertngerj peW addressing the republican na- the door. They would have got; tional convention today as one' of the - put my toot against tne aoori "entertainment speakers, provoKe a nd kicked it back. I fired one shotlpippie of applause by. his humorous n the ceiling. I aid -you had better; references to the Wilson administra Mt them up' and Perlnger started Uon him8? Then wa wnen 1 l8n0ti "Senator Lodge says I'm an old man Th. V """"" aiiui mm tvn tnram nmPL v. ' t " ipiiow, Burgess, grabbea a ter bottle and drops it and made break lor his Docket mn when he t,l:l js - . he" ?1 ,hrfr ? '0t? ""II ut and - iwft Liir rest Ul mo uuiih . took them into the dance hall- Wrong PU Identified. "here was 8 mithv at lhat time, i Huirea warden r.,,n.,n l nrrier ... - clear un 1 .,..- t,'rt In the actual shooting. ao not know." Ogle decla was supposed to be In the dance! ai?o. Banaster was down in the w-menL It seems that there was a -"nun wno identlfieil th. nln S . . "i.j r.a.i as being worn by th oemz worn or tne man m shooting. The stick pin I; . uuitii5. me buck pin 1 as a little different color from urt haii- Sh mlht have Iden me first stick pin she - noweJ me th. stick pin wont! r omithy but . . . . . Mail Clerks To Convene In City The annual convention of the Ore gon "Mail Clerks and Carriers will be held in Salem, Saturday, Ju& ii. The convention will occupy the afternoon of the day, the program for which is as follows: 3 :00 p. m. Business session. 4:30 to 6:38 p. m. Sight-seeing trip around Sale"m. . 7:00 p. m. Dinner at the Hotel Marion. Storm Carries Death and Big Property Loss St. Paul, Minn., June 9. Four per sons were killed, thirty or more in jured and heavy property damage re sulted from a severe wind and electri cal storm which swept northern Min nesota and parts of eastern North Da kota last night, according to reports reecived here early today, " Four ears of a Northern Pacific pas senger train westbound from Brecken ridge were blown from the tracks near Foxhome and about 80 persons in jured, several seriously. The town of Foxhome, Minn., last night reported wiped out, was un harmed, according to advices received today. Confesses J. IN. Burgess Newfoundland Fixes Price Of Sugar For Year St. Johns, N. F., June 9. The New foundland food control board, in taking over control of all sugar' sales In this colony, has fixed the price at SO cents a pound. The price will be stabilized at this figure until the end of the year at least, Vick Building to Cost $50,000 or More, Estimate The new concrete store room, gar age an"d service station being erected at 280 South High street by Vick brotherg wiII cost , excess of $50,- 000, George Vick said Wednesday. A building permit was obtained Tues day evening by Vick Brothers for the erection of the building, ctilng $50,000 asthe cost, Due to the advanced cost of materials the structure may ex ceed this cost, it was said. arrangements are perfected for the , o the waIIg. Tne building is ted t0 be comp,eted by August g It ,g be, bum b Va Patton L gon contractor9. With the completion of the build- , v,ck Brotner. plan to hand,e a ., . Samn.nn tractors, trucks and autos. The building1 has a frontage on High street of 150 feet, and extends east on Trade street 83 feet. Original plans call for two more additional f, d eieva,or is being in- t d , anticipation of the erection I . materlal costs reduce, of i ... a(,ditl0nal floors. ' Italian Cabinet Resigns. Rome, June 9. Premier Nitti an- nounced in the chamber today that the cabinet had resigned. I DePew Amuses Weary Delegates With Humor; First Woman Speaks .... xiw TiAnow but he mistaKen r 1 1 nam m iniH Ktrii. aaiu a"- A mah down south who heAid me PDoak recently wrote me a letter and ... . . . , ka nnlv jriiji n, nearu 1 tmimcu w m ' M 'AM I have to say is.' he wrote, -is that you re either a miracle or a Him no A Har.'" I Mr. Depew said the country needed experienced staiesman.inip to deal ,,u nMh ami ffrowinff DUL Ul ..it w i"- ----- republican parry j war. declaring the after the' I Civil war, and ha s proven Its ability to naa nanaeu n do so, t ninaa s( ' Present Wilson's trip to Europe to ! "f1"1" . . . . h.!.M - ..hirla-lnri ,.t th.t'the .rreat amusement or me a-e. , had dealt j umrr i""'"'1"1 "w . . with foreign nations but baa wusi ,,,, (the best brains and men in the coun- trv to go and do it . i.-iirnne v, nsn nr. 1 1 c " . . ... - and the politicians ana a.pioiu-w ; . . . woMf?- n. reii:e. . leaffue of nations, a heaven i j 'I want a Labor Puts Demands to Convention Chicago. June S. Vigorous oppeai tion to federal legislation similar to the Kansas industril court measure, io unrestricted immigration and to the use of injunction proceedings in strikes was contained in a set of "de mands" which Samuel Gompers and Matthew A. Well of the American Federation of Labor, submitted today to the resolutions committee of the republican national convention. "Legislation which proposes to make strikes unlawful or to compel the wnge earners to submit their grievances oi aspirations to courts or to government al agencies, is an invasion of the rights or the wage earners and when en forced makes for industrial serfdom and slavery," the statement said re garding the Kansas law. La Support Pleileed. Labor pledged itself, it added, to up hold the federat - law ' protecting its rights against "unwarrantable issuance of writs of injunction, either prohibi tory or mandatory." "It is essential," continued the state ment, "that additional legislation reg ulating Immigration should be enacted based on two fundamental principles, namely that the flow of immigration must not at any time exceed the na tion's ability to assimilate and Amer icanize foreigners coming to our shores and that at no time, shall immigration be permitted when there exists an ap preciable degre of unemployment," , , Other demands included: ' Changes Demanded. Immediate relief from high cost of living burdens; extension of the farm loan act to give credit to all properly organized co-operatives and individual farmers; issuance of a monthly state ment by the department of labor on the cost of manufacture of staple arti cles; prompt federal Investigation of profits and prices and the making ac cessible of all Income and other tax re tturns; observance, enforcement and extension of the federal maximum eight hour aw in all civil departments of the government; revision of the federal compensation law to care for those not reached by state laws as well as sufferers from Industrial accidents and occupational diseases; exclusion from Interstate commerce of products of convict labor; repeal of the labor provisions of the Esch-Cummins law; direct election of federal judges by the people for terms not exceeding six jears and action to present federal leg islation being held unconstitutional. The statement also declares agawisr the use of force by the United States in Mexico to compel Mexicans to meet the demands of persons who purpose to "exploit Mexico's resources." Testimony of Dempsey'sWife Is Thrown Out San Francisco, June . The tes timony of Mrs. Maxine Dempsey, for mer wife of "Jack" Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, in his trial for alleged evasion of the draft, In regard to confidential communication between them while they were hus band and wife, were ruled out today by Judge Maurice T. Doollng In the United States district court. Two witnesses were put on the stand by the prosecution early Jn today's session to prove that his wife and parents were not dependent on him for support. u.in nnnrlmnn of Pasco. Wash.. told the Jury that Dempsey'g wife Maxine was a woman of the night life in Pasco for three or four weeks In 1917. on earth, of which I shall be the re cording angel.' " The convention got a good lauyh out of that. Then in ft serious vein,' Mr. Depew speaking as a veteran of sixty-five years on the republlacn platform, pro phesied that out of the convention . t j mnA a n t k 1 1 u i . m9m and that the nations "st.inding for th ii i pr,"L'"7 "l rT . , 11 V , -.-,. T xtond.v -rh. .n.hriii.. perlence In the guard or some other Roosevelt, would take Its place as ailn marriage Monday. The authorities J Liii,. ,, leader f-.r the iace and unity andiasrt that Mr. Zook had acted la an1branch 0,4 nillterjr rvlce and ch i iiuon of mankTnd." honorable manner and manifested j vung men are urged to enlist before The were ZTto, various speak- much surprise upon being mad. aware iuljr t, this year, in order to meet this em after Mr. Depew had rlred and! of his bride's MentM. Officer, of th-; ?e,.m m h. tlm. cheering Lodge Introduced Mrs. ..". . , Margaret Carter of Kansas who got rounds of! cheers. i The convention stood while Mrs. mc- Pari., t nnt the nlatform. She wore a close-fitting turban, with a neckpiece "'-""" " . Mra McCarter was in good voice and . faniir-t nart nf ' ' .i,, hail the hall. . . 1 .Iiai4 -" T "5. utr.A tur man t anu ww a u . . . .. - . . , . ..w . a resubll.! izu i ; i . - - - can platform. in b Qcon PENNSYLVANIA. CHOICE OF THE PENROSE MACHINE, WHO IS HERALDED AS STRONGEST OF DARK- HORSE CANDIDATES Eleven Killed t . . .1.. . bchnectady, N. Y., June 9. I m I I ii 1 1 I n , i. . ..-I.. - 1 i 1 .. .. i - 1 i I -. , ;. . '' '" " " - :' ,. s1 :''' " i - " ' ,.. . . '1 '" ': ..'' t , , . ':!'' . ; " -: ' v . - - 1 ' : ' :l ' .. i. '"...Sib, ..-. i ' .:. . ;- :'-;'-- ' ' t ; J t - - - ' s" t - ' 1 ! Injured In and 21 injured today when a train of express cars crashed into the . rear end of a passenger train which had stopped about two mnes irom ocnnecraay Decause or All but one of those killed were asleep in two Pullmans at the rear of the passenger train. The body jf Martin Doyle of Albany, engineer .if the express, was found in the wreck age with one hand fast to the throt tle, A Michigan Central special carry ing ten cars of express matter, dis regarded signals and went at high speed into a New York Central pas senger train, bound from Buffalo to New York, according to the story of C. Robinson, brakeman of the pas senger train. He said ha waved a red lantern In vain and finally threw :t into the cab as the express dashed by. The Pullman at the rear o tne train had 12 passengers and was de molished. Hurried Romance Is Spoiled When Bride ' Returns To School William Zook of Hall's Ferry took unto himself a bride. This was the result of a chance meeting with his affinity, Gertrude Hansen, Sunday, June 6. Monday, the appeared at the Marion county court house and se cured a marriage license. In her declarations, the authorities assert, that Gertrude made only slight one mis-statement. She gave her ns 18. She made up for this by telling, once in the Oregon national guard in a half-truth in herclalmtfiatshelsa', ,t,p recelve1 bjf 0owBor 0Cott resident of Marlon county. This latter , r has been verified; but Gertrude neg- from P' C' Harri' Juta"t general lected to mention that her residence; for th United States, period In this county Included sojourn ment at the state school for feeble minded. Gertrude with three other girls, Elsie Thompson, 21; Mable Johnson, 17. and Lllllam Marie Koth, 17, had fled from that institution Fat urday night, June 6. Authorities of the f-oble minded school claim that Gertrude Hansen is onv 1 years of age, the school records showing that she was born in 1904 The three older girls are reported toantee that such will be the case in the have been sent to Salem from Thejjutur)) ceaars, an institution near Portland. Upon escaoing Saturday night, thei four girl had mad their way to Halls' Kerry. Here, according to reports. wim. .nrn .mnw. f .h.. m. met th. .-irl. whn. --,i I,. I Ins 0 Inn I Hp railroad trark An sc - Uualntance followed which enlmlnated 10 uhfr f',r In th. nrnpurement nf th. Ilf-en.o nnH'mu1 r-av nsa ' 'M Mr. (school had learned of the wedding and Hllij with .deputy from Sheriff Needham's office had secured the runaway and returned her to the inirtltution. School afitists-I4l a r-A avail In 9 furf ftf ii velopmems in the case, as records! atlon in computing the length of his .. . .wrv'r. Anoilr-intM must be between snow mat tne nansen gin n oeen in trouble several time, previously. t . ... Tne oilier mree gin. nave not ; annrphpriried but are sunnoa to !e j ot Hall. Ferry. They! in the vicinity of Hall. Ferry. ... 4na.WK.il h.fnff ahla tft nut tin 1. ,, . .n(, . ,n to thVrmt? in the late war with Germany - ' rw - - tomnt to aid them In evading the au- , L 1 thoriUe AT CONVENTION. and Score 11 Train Wreck Eleven persons- were killed engine trouble. Appointments To Interstate Board Issued Washington, June 9. President Wilson today made recess appoint ments of Henry Jones Ford of New Jersey, Mark W. Potter of New York and James Duncan of Massachusetts to be members of the Interstate com merce commission. Marston Taylor Bogert of New York and Samuel W, McCall of Massachu- setts were named members of the United States tariff commission. Nicholas Kelley of New York was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. Candidates For West Point Told To Join Militia Oregon young men who aspire to entrance Into the United States mili tary academy are urged to enlist at There has never been a time slncH the passage of the law authorizing ap. pointments from the national guard when all the vacancies have been filled and every candidate from that source who has qualified and who desired en- i transe to the academy has been admlt i ted, according to Adjutant General Hnrri, who, however, does not guar- Dfinlt announcement a to the iim,.tr of admissions from Oregon for th of 1 2 1 will be available sometime in Juiy andexamlnatlons of I candidal, will be held during the first t weens in iJceniDcr out in uraer aumission canaiuaes one year's ex- "" v...-. --- ... - ' theif aupointment be a member of corded federal recognition hi. past mmtary ?rvice win oe givrr, c-."ier' --. . - ... . " "I l ana ti. ,.ar ee,,i 'th,.t rlnir 1921 anv atiDllcant w - ". ...,.,.,.. ha. serve'j non'raoiy mm .iiniuti not le than one year In the armed fores cf the United State, or allied armt?. in the late war with Germany , and who pnvteiw the other quaiifica- tio retired by law may be admitted up to the age of Z years. "Dark More Before ' Coliseum, Chciago, June 9. The republican national con vention assembled for its second session today with little more than routine in prospect. A brief session to perfect the perman ent organization was forecast During the first hour before the opening the convention hall was given over to the usual entertainment pre liminaries. The big band up In the balcony blared popular airs, a male quarette took a turn at a little jaxxl and a talking machine was attached to i the electric amplifiers which have been installed to carry the voices of the speakers to the farthereat galleries. Delegates and alternates were slow in arriving. The "drift .to Lowden" and the "growing strength of Wood" and the "turn ot the delegates to Johnson" which one heard so much talked about downtown were little In evidence in the convention hall. The delegates who arrived early seemed to be talking anything but politics. Sproul Karljr Bird. Governor Sproul was up early today and resumed conferences with party leaders after a series of meetings with delegates from different parts ot the country last night. The special telegraph wires from Pennsylvania headquarter to Senator Penrose's home In Philadelphia con tinues to carry the doings of the party leaders here to the Pennsylvania sen ator. At It o'clock, the opening time, the convention hall was not half full, It looked as If the convention would get away at least a half hour late as it did yesterday. The principal candidate managers knowing that today's pro ceedings were largely perfunctory were In no hurfy In coming. Many of the Im portant figures of the convention, too, were engaged Id the work of the reso lutions committee framing the plat form. At 11:15 Chairman Lodge arrived on the platform with Chairman Hays. A song leader tried to got the audien ce to sing the "Long, Long Trail" but had a hard time getting out the voices. Urports Arq Accepted. Chairman Lodge stepped out to the speaker's space at 11:S amy he 'got three cheers aleo'wlth a tiger. John Timothy Stone was today's chaplain. The convention stood while he offered prayer. A stout oak table was brought In for Chairman Lodge to whack his gav el on. He called for the report of the credentials committee. Chairman Duf fleld of New Jersey cam to the plat form to present It. ' The report recommended changes decided upon at last nights meeting of the committee, Mr. Duf field moved the adoption of the report. Robert R. Church of Memphis, who had been un seated by the credentials committee, said he would not ask the convention to eonrlder a minority report "I know I am entitled to alt," said Church, "but I shall take m tight back to Tennessee." Orgnnl7.ntbn Completed. The report of the credentials com mittee was adopted without dissent and the convention next heard the re port from the committee on perma nent organization. It was presented by Governor Morrow of Kontucky, Its chairman. As agreed upon ll recom mended that the temporary organiza tion be made permanent. The conven tion liked the idea of saving time and escaping another keynote speech and adopted the motidn with cheers. Sen ator Lodge got another demonstration when he stepped forward, this time as permanent chairman of the conven tion. "The best way to show mr gratitude to the convention for IU action," said Senator Lodge, will be to tell you there will be no speech by the permanent chairman." Paul Howland of Cleveland present ed the report of the committee on rules and order of business. rommltlec Enlarged. The renort recommended sealing delegates representation In the nation al committee et four delegates at large from each state one delegate from each enmrresslonal and one additional dele gate for each dlntrlct in which not less than 7009 votes have been cast for a republican candidate at the !t elec tion. The only new material In the rules. Phi, 1 1 man Howland announced, was an increase In the executive committee or the republican national committee from ten to fifteen members and a new niutiMtnnt secretary. "Without saying so In expressed terms," he said, "thl la to take care ot our reinforcement, to the republi can party the ladle Th. under standing Is that th. additional place, all will go to women." Th. conven tion speedily adopted the report. Depew ;iven Ovation. Chairman Lodge announced he would enforce the ml. limiting speak ers to five minutes and on. speech on th same subject on the same day, un less the convention ordered otherwlfe. The resolutions commute. Mnt word It could only report progress and was not ready to present a platform yet. Chairman Lodge asked the conven tion what It wanted to do In the mean while, and there were cries of "Depew. i " - . . . u.,m. epew. ro. . """Z was on the platform waiting to speaK Deoew." from the foor, Mrs. . . u" .1 .v,.,-h h. hnnor of aim buiiiu i" v, , first addressing tne convention w..um go to a woman. Mr. Depew warned out on the epeiker'. platform to en ac companiment of applaus. and eheers. "He needs no Introduction ta a re- (Coatimaed ea pJ t) An Horse" Talk Giws Insistent; Ballots Friday Not Likely Adjournment Not Due Before Saturday Hoon Colleum, Chicago, June . The re publican national convention was in session only .an hour today and da voted itself entirely 'to routine pre llminarles. The temporary . organisation wa made permanent, the report of the credentials committee was approved with the changes made lust night. some of which reversed previous de cisions of the national committee. , Kor Its second day sensation the convention heard a woman speaker, Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter of Kan sas, the first woman to address a na tional convention. The next session will be at ll o'clock tomorrow morning. Pltttfornt Chief Delay "Saturday noon, at the earliest," u the estimate of leaders whoa asked when adjournment may come. The delay is more attributable to . platform difficulties than to uncer tainty over a nomination. The word 'has gone out to give the radicals ev ery chance to present thoir views and stop any possibility ot charge ot steam rolling or as some call It, an "excuse for a bolt." And until the platform I. built there wilt be no one named to stand on It. The fuct that more than hair of the delegates are unlnstruoted haa added to the list of , nominating speeches, mere are inree or more iw some and in a tow Instances six or mote speeches In sight for each can didate. Between these speeches and the platform contests it would not be surprising if the actual nomination. of the ticket, wouM P, carried over till Saturday Second Pliiee rend. The reply to Inquiries as to "what Is In the air" on vice president are met wltH the unanimous response: 'Nothing, It depends on who la put over to head our ticket." But there are a lot of budding? candidate, for second with the loaders for first plae dodging. To those who flatly say they will not take It, the reply 1. "W. heard that from Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Wurren Fairbanks and oth ers, and we'll see." Poultry Growers To Meet In This City On Saturday The Oregon Poultry Produce' a, soctatlon, organization composed of poultry dealers in all part, of thv state, will meet in this city at the audi torium of the Salem Commercial club at eight o'clock Saturday evening. An nouncement of this was received !n letter to the Commercial club Tues day from IT, L. Upson, general man ager of the association, at Portland. The letter said that C. 8. Whltmore, In charge of publicity, would arrive In the city Wednesday. Cherrian Role In Rose Festival Is Distinguished One Outside of the Royal Rosarian. of Portland, the Salem Cherrian. will be the only organization in th. stats to be on the reception group of th. queen of the Rose Festival. The Cher rian. will meet the queen when h. come. In on her special barge, and with the Royal Rossrlans, will es cort her and the royal party to the festival center In the Portland park blocks. Thl. ttatement, evidencing th. Im portance of the role to be played bif the boosters of this city in th. me tropolis' big show, was made by B. J. Jaeger, prime minister of the Repar ians at the meeting of the Cherrtaiw in the Commercial club Tuesday -nlng. Mr. Jaeger, with seven other Knsarians, were feted at a dinner lit Hotel Marlon Tuesday evening before the meeting by the Cherrian Council ot Nobles. Cherrian. Paid Tribute A high tribute was paid to the Ba em Cherrluns by Mr. Jaeger when h4 said that a Portland Rose Festival would be "like pie without th. cheesa a flat affair," If Ihe Cherrian. dlit not take part. When he asked how many of the Cherrian. would attend! the festival, and a roll call was taken, all but two or more thsn on. hun ,jrrt of the Cherrlans declared they would be at th roe show. One phase of the participation by Cherrlans In the rose show that baa not been made public before cam. to tight at the meeting when King ISIng Clancy selected th. singer. .from the organization, callea men "Chanters." end ordered them to take place In the l' nH parade during the festival and chant son, to chs (Continued on Page Three.)