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Tin Weather f)K'(.l Tonlttlit mid Ktiturilay fair war'1 nV!,t P"-1'"'1 Saturday, in,Hkruto i'irly wliMh., tjOCAIj: Mln. temperature 38, tim. e5 mean 55. KulnfuU .2 ludi. Klvor .1 'feet, falling. JRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 152. " : " '" ' -f ?V ::' " i Heads Union Seek to Halt Rail Strike Chicago. June 25. Officials repre Bntlng all the recognized railway .un ions met here today In an effort to icon their men In. line and put a halt - (o the series of unauthorized strikes '''which have oeen sweeping me coun try for several weeks. . . w. G. Lee, president of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen and spokes man for the union leaders, laid respon- -'. (ibllity for the present situation at the : Joor of President Wilson in a state ment Issued before the meeting open ed. Mr. Lee charged that the president 'hid permitted the railway administra tion to "dally along" for nearly a year after the men presented their demands and that it took the present forty days to appoint the railway labor board aft er the Esch-Cummlngs bill, authoriz ing it, had become law. :. "One of the biggest dangers to be faced now," Mr. Lee said "is the one (jig union idea, propaganda of which is' responsible for the sporadic strikes now going on. It is up to the powers (9 decide whether they want the onej big union idea, which caused strife in ; 1894 or whether they want the strong, dine organization which has kept the men in reasonable mood for many yir." Cooperation Needed Chicago, June 25. Heads of fif teen railway men's organizations In conference today declared the rail sit utlon the most menacing they have boen called upon to face since the war and expressed doubt of their abll - tly to prevent complete "paralysis of transportation" unless they are giv en cooperation by the railway labor board now considering wage demands "The men have reached the break ing point, in patience," declared W. O. tee, president of the Brotherhood of . railway Trainmen. "Demands of my organization have been presented more than a year but the dilly-ually-lng policy of the administration has Ihem still pending." Strkers Tarry For Rose Show Portland, Or., June 25. Although the forty sixth annual sessions of the Marine imperial eouneil ended offi cially yesterday," thousands of Shrin etn still were in Portland today, await iiig the departure of their special trains to their homes. Approximately , thirty specials were despatched from this city last night, many going by way of San Francisco, where the fez wearars will witness the doings of the democratic convention . for at least one day. . " Applications for 16 temples in var ious parts of the country were aenied by the council yesterday. The follow ; till? three dispensations were grant Mi Al Kayll temple: Pueblo,- Colo; Maakah temple, Wichita Falls, .Texas J'ana Amina temple, Topeka, Kan. No - dispensation was granted to Amaril- : l, Texas, an error In the recorder's announcement beinn resDonslbln for the report that Amarillo had received charter. Northwest Mills Cut Near Normal One hundred fifteen mills reporting lo West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion for the week ending June 19th Uow a total production of 84,320,423 'eet, which was .77 per cent less than normal. New business totaled 46,058,787 feet an average of 400,611 feet per mill. Shipments totaled 65,210,092 feet," including 6,201.967 feet coastwise car Soand 11,698,999 feet export cargo. Delegates Flock Into 'Frisco Loaded Down With Platform Planks San Francisco, June 25. This was '""rival day for delegates to the demo nic national convention. The first ?reat '"rush began early In the morn 's" and continued all day with the eatner man taking vigorous part In ' reception. He produced another 'ear, cool, comfortable day, typical of Francisco's best summer efforts to Mcome the train weary travelers. : A , J".,1 rea breeze, cooled by the fog that (ml 1U masses far off the coast, '"npered the brilliant sunshine aha J"5 the blood even tf men who had ront a we6k crossing the continent. ' Man-V Delegations Arrive. Among delegations reaching their ''"quarters during the day were from New York, four parties of -. ..uiu iNurrn I'jirrt tin Mnntflnfl. 0SUH. Abh. j r, - c i-ney were getting settled at their r.iil 3t forml scenes of the party Wag h.ii n '.,. .1 . i BltjniM cLrtgcu at me great lrt auai'rium the citv had Nln il the disDosal of "8 guests, tint committemen were busy ' maklns UO the ImnnMn.' rnll r which the convention wi"ll or- f !"ilJ" Cummings of the national lwZ8 continued today to receive , , Proposals from various sour te ij",nr!iminatin discussions witK fcitteeV18 bef0re the resolutions com tf gan wrk on the platform it- lJrts . win piay important Xh this Wnrlr lnnl.it'n. TI' T a Senator Walsh of Montana, Cab fi tailM(fl)fUi ma I ; Director And Clerk Elected At Independence Independence, June 25. At the re cent school meeting held in this city 7'ne was elee" derk and Frank McLean was elected on the board of directors. Both officers were the unanimous choice of the meeting., fl' T?" elected Beveral mths ago to fill the vacancy made by Mrs Henkle, who resigned when she mov ed to Portland. His efficiency in the work made his reelection the choice of all. The meeting was adjourned until Monday, July 8, when the annual bud set win oe submitted for approval or rejection. Turks Refuse to Sign Treaty If Smyrna Taken Constantinople. June 24. The Turk ish peace delegation In Paris hna been Instructed from Constantinnni that the Turkish government will un compromisingly refuse to sign any peace treaty which deprives Turkey o t the Smyrna district, Adrianople, or eastern Thrace. In the main, it is in dicated the government agrees with the other territorial limitations fixed Dy tne entente. Centralia Fire Chief Killed In Bakery Blaze Tacoma, Wash., June 25. Fire that broke out about 4 o'clock this morn ing in the Golden Krust bakery at Centralia, caused a property loss that may reach $75,000 and resulted in the death of Fire Chief Tom Cun ningham. Cunningham was suffocated when he smashed a glass door of the bus iness college, the glass cutting his mask. The body was found an hour .later by firemen who missed him and started a search. Cunningham had been chief of the Centralia department since 1915. He was 36 years old and single. , The fire gutted the bakery and caused extensive damage to the Ber lin grocery, business college and cham ber- of commerce at Centralia. The auditorium floor of the chamber of commerce collapsed, a piano crashing tnrougn into tne battery below. The greater part of the loss to the gro cery and business college was from smoke and water. Most of the loss is covered by Insurance. Cumming Warns Against Plague Washington, June 25. Calling at tention to the discovery of bubonic plague in several American and, Mexi can gulf ports and renewing his warn Ing regarding the introduction of the plague from Mediterranean ports which are known to be infected, Sur geon General Pugh S. Cummings today urged communities throughous tuu country and especially along the coui, to Inaugurate rat extermination cam paigns. "The extermination of rats also is to be desired because of the tremendous economic damage they cause," said General Cumming. According to conservative estimates by the public health service based on numerous surveys, there Is at least one rat for every person in the United States. The same authorities say It costs the United States (180,000,000 a year to support Its rat population. This does not include mice. " were expected during the day. The movement to put Senator Walsh for ward for permanent chairman of the resolutions committee Instead of the convention seemed to have gained im 'petus over night. Senator Glass of Virginia previously had been slated for the job. Proposed Planks Many. Among platform proposals reaching Mr. Cummings was one group of planks expressing the views of a co terie of leaders whose opinions are certain to have weight. The Irish question was the only one of a highly controversial nature dealt with In this suggestion, it was understood. In sub d.nn. the Irish plank advocated by these leaders follow the line of Irish resrvations resolutions put forward oj democratic senators during the treaty fight and pledged the party to instruct American representatives in the league of nations when appointed to bring up J the Irish problem for adjudication by that body. Other plangs put forward by this -o,,n ini-lt.ded a labor declaration en dorsing unionism and collective bar gaining, coupled with proposals for a non -compulsory federal arbitration tri bunal to deal with laDor aispui Compensation for teachers and postal emploves also was dea!t with and a policy of providing full opportunity for ex-se'rvice men of the great war ad fl oated but no cash bonus urged. Hoover Pact Minus Article Teh New York, June 25. Speedy rati fication of the treaty of Versailles, after the elimination of article X of the league of nations covenant, was urged by Herbert Hoover In a state ment published today in the New York Evening Post as the platform on which the republican party should stand in the coming presidential elec tion. mi. noover took the stand that the implied threat of employment of military force to guarantee the integ rity of foreign states was out of place in a league which he declared was "the product of the liberal ideals of the world." The league's power, he declared, would be more potent it ihe tnreat or military force were remov ed and the league relied wholly on Its, moral and economic power." Redrafting Needed it appears to me to be time to raise the question," said Mr. Hoover, "as to whether this same cause I re fer to the guarantees and the use of military force that has bruught about the dissension in the United States is not also undermining the league in Europe. Has not ex perience and discussion shown that the time has arrived to reconsider this part of the league foundation?" The basic need for such a "military alliance" Mr. Hoover pointed out, was to "control slates which persist, in armament which renders them cap able of aggressive action." He declared "the first and foremost duty of the league" was reduction of all armaments, and he suggested that America's continuance as a league member be conditional on the achieve ment of, a reduction within a upeci fied time. New Treaty Talk "Bunk" Mr. Hoover declared that sooner or later the United States must ratify the treaty of Versailles In some form, and that talk of negotiating a new treaty was "bunk." "The treaty of Versailles," he said, "is the charter of independence, of Poland, Czecho?Slovakla and Finland, and the warrant of increased nation al territory of several great nations. ' It is the guarantee of the dis armament of four great autocracies and no European-nation is going to risk their revival. It Is a mortgage upon the enemy staes, and hey -are not going to' Offer the opportunity to Germany,- 'Austria;1 Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, to escape their debts by intrigue at a new peace conference Iieogue Essential Unit "The league of nations covenant is an essential part of the treaty. It does possess two functions: first, - H gives the title to mandates; it today governs certain neutralized areas; it ramifies the score of details of set tlement with enemy states. Its sec ond function is Its provisions for pre vention of future war. The first phase can no more be reopened than the treaty itself. The second function re lates to the future and is subject to amendment; it can be amended by the league organization itself. "In the face of these conditions," he concluded, "cannot the republican party strengthen its own position by adopting the definite constructive pal icy of ratification, subject to the min or reservations and a wider vision of strength of the league by excluding the guarantees and their military en forcement and making membership in the league conditional upon disarm ament within a given period? Such policies will protect American inde pendence, free us from every en tanglement except the use of our mor al and economic strength to enforce peace. It will leave our democratic friends fencing upon the ground of advocacy of a. practical military alli ance upon which their safety devices only further endanger the real val ue of the league." 0'Dowd Unable To Stop Ortega Portland. Or.. June 25. Miku O1 Dowd, claimant of the middleweight nhamDionshin of the world ana uai time Ortega of Oakland, Cal., fought . fen round draw here lasi nigm. The mill was full of action from start finuh with O'Dowd landing the harder and more often, but Ortega was Dersistent. his aggressiveness earning him an even break in the eyes of the referee. Johnny Noye, St. Paul ugmweigm. Youne Brown oi hob ""b". fought a ten round draw In the semi- windup. Allie Nack oi r.ew torn Frankie Murphy. Denver middle weight, went to an eight round draw; Danny Edwards. Oakland bantam weight, boxed a six rouna ore. Frankie Garcia of Los Angeles and unnv Fiske of Rock Island. 111., beat Ted Hoke of Portland at 130 pounds Old Eli Beats Harvard Crews In Annual Race T3att Course. New London, Conn. June 25. Yale crews scored a dou ble victory on the Thames river course this morning in the prelimin ary races of the fifty second dual re gatta with Harvard. The blue blades of the Ell oars men swept the Yale shells across the finish lines of both the freshman and junior varsity two mile races well ahead of their Crimson rivals. , The Yale adherents, as a result , were predicting a clean sweep by a third victory in the four mile varsity , contest late this afternoon. Asks SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE Suffrage "Dose" :: Gags Bickett :: But He'll Take It Washington, June 25. President Wilson has sent tnessages to Govern, or Bickett and Senator Simmons and Overman of North Carolina suggest ing that he need not point out to them the "critical importance" ' of the action of the North Carolina leg islature on the federal suffrage amend! ment when -the ' assemhiv mata in I mem wnen the assembly meets special session next month. Raleigh. N. C. June .S.rComment ing on -the telegram reoeived from President Wilson late last night, re garding the suffrage amendment, Governor Bickett expressed, the nope ioaay tnat tne Tennessee legislature would meet and ratify the amend ment and thus make Immediate act ion by North Carolina unnecessary. "We have neither the. time nor the money,-; said Governor Bickett. , ! have said all I intend to say on the subject of ratification. -While I will take my medicine, I will never swear that it tastes good, for it doesn't." W est Side Highway Plans To Be Made Here On June 30 Urging persons interested In a new west side highway from Portland up the Willamette river, to be present at a meeting at the! Salem Commercial club, Wednesday June 30, at which plans will be formulated, letters arc being sent out by the club to hund reds of persons. : "This is simply a earner those in terested in the construction of the proposed Capital highway to connect with the Rex-Tlgard road at a con venient point with no definite route outlined," it is explained. A big representation is expected at this meeting, officials stated. Bureau of Red Propaganda In Washington, June 25. Establish ment of the Latin-American branch of the third Internationale of Moscow at Mexico City to spread bolshevik prop aganda in North and South America is reported by Excelsior of Mexico City, copies of which have been received by state department officials. ' According to Excelsior, the Mexican capital lac the center at bolshevik ac tivity on mis comment, i ! ..i The Mexican police authorities, Ex celsior says, have begun arresting ae- tive agents of the Moscow soviet gov ernment. Nationalities reported in clude Russians, Rumanians, Germans, Hindus and Americans. Some of the Americans fled from the United States to escape the drart. Excelsior says the leader of the or ganization Is a Russian named Grum- enberg, who with two others is now on his way to Moscow to obtain a fund of $18,00,000 to finance the work of the bolshevik! In the Americas. Plot for Armed Revolution Is Nipped In Bud Washington, June 25. Evidence of the formation of a united communist party by the consolidation of the com munist labor party and the commun ist party, with the avowed purpose of fomenting a revolution against the ex ulting government, was received today at the department of Justice. Steps are being taken, officials said, to guard against the spread of the propaganda. Communist publications In the hands of the department declare: "The program of the party declares that the final struggle between the workers and the capitalists, between exploited and exploiter, will take the form of civil war ana tnat k is me function of the united communist par ty systematically to familiarize tn working class with the necessity of armed insurrection as the only means through which the capitalist system can be overthrown." American Relief In Smyrna Ends New York, "June 25. American re lief activities have been' discontinued in Smyrna, it was announoed here to day by the Near East relief. Stabilization of conditions and the organization of the Armenians them selves Is given as the reason for the discontinuance. Crowds to Swarm Streets Bargain Day Here July 10 With hundreds of farmers and resi dents of nearby towns signifying their Intentions of visiting Salem o its fourth annual Bargain Day. July 10. those in charge are confident that local streets will be jammed durin? the entire day. Although it Is known that excep :ional bargains In every line ot :--r-chandise are to be offered by each oi the many merchants who have agreec to take part in the event, but few de tails of the program of entertainment have been divulged by those in charge Fol!"wipr is the list of stores who (Continued on page four) 25, 1920, a w W M a , " " " '"" ' " I' ' in mil Hitchcock Refuses to be Sidetracked By Vice-Presidential Nomination; Democrats Start Hearing of Contests BULLETINS Washington, June 25. Bcno dlct Crowell, assistant secretary of war, has resigned, effective July 1. He plans to enter private business. Chicago, June 25. Four men were injured today when one floor of a hotel under construction col lapsed. More than twenty otho workmen escaped when cracks in tlie floor heralded, tlie Impending; crash. Bantry, County Cork, Ireland, June 25. What was apparently a concerted series of outrages against Sinn Feiuers occurred here last . night, one death and llte burning of several homes and shops resulting. r ' . Londonderry fast Resuming Normal State Londonderry ..(June, 25. Londonder ry, since Friday last, the scene of vi olent street warfare between union ist, nationalist and Sinn Fein fact ions, today was approaching a nor mal condition. The banks and many shops were open and people ventur ed into the streets. The food supply was short, however and the town still was without gas. Fighting between the warring fac-' Hons since midnight was confined to sniping. British troops rushed here from Belfast, drove the warring elements off the streets and out of their strong holds. The death toll since the riots start ed now stands at seventeen, two per sons having died yesterday. . They were Patrick Mallet and a youth named Peter Campbell,. . , . Snipers Still Busy . , London, June 26. Snipers were busy in "Londnderry ' during the past night, according to a Central' News dispatch from that city. Troops fired on disorderly elements several times and also dispersed looters. A former soldier named Austin was killed. ''"". Yankees Again Humble British Tennis Players Wimbledon, June 25. William M. Johnston of California and William T. Tildan of Philadelphia, the Ameri can Davis cup pair, defeated Andre Gobert and William M. Laurentz, of the French Davis cup team. In tneir match today In the British champion ship tournament. The Americans won 6-2, 8-0, 4,6, 9-7. The greatest interest centered to day in the international tennis dou bles match as it was regarded an in dex to the Davis cup tie to be played of at East Bourne by the French and American teams. King George, IQueen Mary, the Duke of York and Princess Mary again appeared to see the Americans play. The match was held back 20 minutes In order to give the royal group a chance to see the opening. New Chancellor Names Cabinet Copenhagen, June 25. Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chacellor, sue ceeded in forming a cabinet comprising representatives of the centrist, demo cratic and German peoples parties last night, according to a Berlin dispatcn u the National Tidende. Those accept ing portfolios In the new government Include: Carl Helnze, minister of justice and vice-chancellor. Dr. Wirth, finance. Herr Kohc, Interior. Herr Gessler, defense. General Groener, transport. Herr Scholl, commerce. Johann Giesberts, postmaster gen eral. Herr Von Braun, labor. Helnze, Werth, Goho, Gessler and Giesberts were members of the Fehren bach cabinet formed June 21, which resigned Immediately after formation when the maority socialists refused to support it. Public Utilities Plank Sought For Platform . i .v, j.alif incorporate rr ... """-""-"m,.ilaii hon drv declaration on his platform declaring lor preservation of public utilities will be made to morrow before the resolutions com- mittee in San Francisco, according to! announcement by the American Gas association. Shortage of essential materials and great increase of cost of labor and materials necessitate public regula tion, the announcement said. The banks of Linn county have pur chased county road bonds to the amount of $75,000 paying par for them. . Washington, June 2. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, an nounced today that he woud not accept the democratic vice-presidential nomination. ., " Senator Hitchcock's announcement was made in a telegram to Arthur F. Mullen, a member of the democratic national committee from Nebraska, answering a letter in which Mr. Mullen had said the senator was being prominently mentioned for the vice-presidency. ; V . , " ' . , '. "I am not a candidate for vice pres ident and would not accept the nomi nation for second place," the telegram said. ' The democratic platform will . not contain either a wet or dry plank, In the opinion of Senator Hitchcock but he expressed the conviction today that it will include a strong league of na tions plank "I cannot conceive that the demo cratic party will place a plank In the platform declaring for or against pro hlbition," he said. ' "Prohibition is not properly an Issue between democrats. If a dry plank were inserted it would mean the reading out of the party those democrats who had not favored prohibition. If a wet plank were adopt ed it would mean that the men who believe in prohibition must be out side the party." Work Opens Today. - San Francisco, June 25. First guns of the democratlo national convention were fired today when the national committee met to draw up the tempo rary roll of delegates. Three contests had been called to the committee's attention but only one of them, that involving efforts to give Senator Reed of Missouri a seat with the delegation from that state, promised more than routine Interest. Only one contest that from Georgia has been officially f!led with the committee. The Georgia contest results were ex pected by party leaders to bo settled tn favor of delegates friendly to. me candidacy of Attorney General Palmer for the president nomination the decis ion carrying with it confirmation of Clarks Howell as national committee man from that state. . . Reed Case Difficult. The Reed case may prove more dif ficult to deal with. An effort to place on the senator on the floor bi tae convention although the Missouri state convention rejected him as a delegate at large was expected and because of his Attitude, toward the administration during senate battles over ihe peace treaty it was said to be possible that strong resistance would be met before the committee. . ; , , The third contest from Oregon, was hot regarded as a -serious case and might not, it was said, materialize at all. In fact, national committee of ficials did not know before they as sembled tj. examine credentials what appearance was to be made In any of the contest cases. Overnight development showed two matters that have been In nebulous stage since the first democratic lead ers arrived here to be approaching more definite shape. These were the mysterious and persistent boom for nomination of William G. McAdoo, even against his flat declaration that he was not a candidate, and the con flict as to a prohibition enforcement plank In the platform. McAdoo Friends Busy. MsAdoo adherents were said early today te be shaping their plans to withhold his name from the balloting! CUsed of breaking Into a Portland throughout the early stages. They have lgarage recently and stealing a car. learned that the former secretary of, "while towing the machine away, the the treasury has still a strong follow-1 theft was discovered and Hurlburt ing but are said to feel that In view j and Parker arrested, the two men lat of his attitude It would not be expe- er confessing, Portland reports assert dtent to present his name unless the Parker managed to 'evade the Port expected deadlock between the leading land officers and recently returned candidates Palmer and Governor Cox to Turner, evidently not being aware of Ohio shoud deevlop. In that event 'that officers were looking for him on there apepared to be little doubht thar the trunk theft charge. The trunk McAdoo would be put forward to' theft mystified many In this district, break the blockade with the assurancevthe trunk having been taken from of considerable strength at the start. .the hotel in a wheelbarrow and later His friends are said to have put their .hurled m the woods before being splr heads together to formulate plana of,1ted to Portland as1 later devejop thls nature and map out strategy of ments disclosed. , ' the subsequent campaign to obtain for Should Parker and Asher be releas him the necessary two-thirds majority ed on the Portland charge, Marlon on which democratic nominations must pounty officials will press the first " .warrants, they state. The trunk, mln rest. . ... ,,",.., , ji......i On the prohibition enforcement ques ...r.1 " I.... .v. t nmminent subject of discussion there developed yesterday a sudden movement to Ig nore the question entirely on the plat form. Suggestions of this nature came to Chairman Summlngs of the national committee from camps representing various shades of opinion ranging from bone dry to almost as compiei:fy wet. These feelers towara a narmoiiy program were not clear enough, how ever to show that all parties to the contest had arrived at the conclusion that such a course would te wise. Bryan Closely Watched. While It was pointed out tha the Virginia democrats had followed tr- course of silence on the Volstead en- forc.-ment act in framing tne plat form which President Wilson has ap proved, which might Indicate the ad ministration attitude, it was suggested much depends on the course William J. Bryan plans to folow on nis arrival today. He Is credited with having de termined to carry the war into the en emy's country In meeting the "wet" drive at the platform which began more than a week ago ana oner, an emphatic bone dry declaration own account. The movement for platform silence on the enforcement measure is said to have sprung in part from considera tion of this report as to the Nebras kan's plans. Some at least of Its ad vocates are said to desire now to head off a vote on such a bone dry program ..nsrllonrv. If the ls- . a - iirn on the Platform druggie these strategists argued ItTlgM be more prejudicial to their XoxZ for modification of the. Volstead "ct than beneficial while Circulation Average for Six Montba ndlng March II, 1030 5259 Member of Audit Bureau of Clresriaooa Associated Press FuU Leased Wire complete silence would leave party rej resentatives in congress free to act Workers Are Active. ' : There was increasing activity today among Workers for various president ial candidates. The first of the large delegations will arrive within the next two days and preparations for mis sionary work among the members were In progress. Various combina tions for the ticket were being talked!. over -Witn.f vlew arranging to se cure for this or that aspirant votes to be brought to his standard through a pre-arranged agreement as to the vice- Presidency. None of these tentative tickets appeared, however, to have more behind it han the speculation of campaign managers. Platform To Be Progressive Is Daniels' Guess Los : Angeles, Cal., June 25. The platform which will be adopted by the democratic ' national ;..conventlon will "embody the progressive spirit of the nation," Josephus .Daniels, secretary of the navy, said here today during 4 brief stop on his way to the conven tion. Mr. Daniels said he was going to San Francisco "to watch them nomi nate the next president of the United"" States." , . " ' "The candidate as well as the plat form will be progressive," he said. "To permit the slightest scintilla of reao tion. In either would be to Invite dis aster." . 1 '" ' 1 ' v - ".. Mr. Daniels will go north aboard n battleship New Mexico. ' Alleged TKief Taken at Turner For Two Charges With two charges hanging ovar him, Lloyd Parker was arrested at Turner, Thursday- evening, -Sheriff Needham and Deputy Sheriff. Bower taking him Into custody; Parker was arrested while at the Baker 1 hotel. Turner; from which place he is al leged to have stolen a trunk with ...ft valuable contents of silverware and laces sometime In March. . -. Parker Is also wanted in Portland on a charge of attempted auto theft and will probably be returned to the Rose city, Saturday, according to Sheriff Needham. With William Hurt- DUrt an(i Albert Asher. Parker Is ac- " " -"" in the Portland garage where Asher has been employed. Crowded Stand Falls; One Hurt Buffalo, N. Y., June 25. A tempo rary platform at the Broadway audi torium on which about 100 delegate to the Northern Baptist convention were having their pictures taken, col lapsed a few minutes after the cloo ofthla morning's session. Three per sons were severely hurt and several others were cut and bruised. Mrs. Maud Northrup of McMinnvllle, Or., suffered a wrenched back. Most of the 3500 delegates had left the build ing. The convention today by a unani mous vote condemned "propaganda, religious or political, which seeks to Induce the government of the United States o meddle with theinternal af fairs of Great Britain." High Court Will Sit at The Hague Th Hague. June 25. The commis sion of jurists In session here for tho 'formation of a permanent court HE International justice a. provided f.r in the league of nation, covenant, has unanimously decided that th.. court shsll be located at Th. Hague.