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KRMINK H Accepts Democralio Leadership MB UaviS Will C W H Indictments fiK THH W
II Hill"" - I JOHN AV. DAVIS, who Mondllv ,imlr nn Mm rnino nf UI-HIUUIIII I IU , m T . UUUIIUL lb
itiPJiiJM. TC,jr2: LtAUtn HI I a in Campaign rtfUMU I til IU
IMtiMON Ha1 RFP R CANS NFW fiflMMANIll WHF
I 111 U lllUll I IIU IILI UULlUnilU Having sounded the battle cry of II L II UUlllllllllIU I dlctiupnt of Albert H. Fall. K. I Do- I K 1 1 Ll
Ueh Premier's Cabinet
Vote of yuiwing auur
ta u Months Becomes
Object of New Rebate.
t nvDON. Aug. U.-Wh-The
Inch and German delegates to
International conference to-
L resumed their struggle, for a
LromisB on a time Umlt for
L evacuation ot the Ruhr one
lie questions which Is holding
the work of the conference and
Ihlch must be disposed of before
19 conference can proceed In a
finite way with the program
, instituting 'the Dawes repara
n plan.
Want Quicker. Evacuation
The Germans - say mat me
racuatlon should ' DO compieiea
Ithln six months, while the
rench are holding out for One
par.
it is believed, however, tnat a
Upromise will be negotiated.
It is understood tnai me dib
kurteen" after a meeting
Lntng street left there today
nhout having arrived at any
Ittlement on reparations in kind.
Germans Hold to Point
There is no Indication that the
fermans will yield the point on
Lis matter until, they reach a sat-
ttactory arrangement out ot tne
Inference itself on the Issue of
le evacuation of the Ruhr. .
legionnaires Will
Conduct frooe oi
Veterans' Hospital
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 12 Announce-
knt of the immediate appointment
a committee to draft resolutions in
Ipport of the demand by the Port
lid post of the American Legion for
complete federal Investigation of
e United States veterans hospital
loiber 77, in Portland, was announc-
by Carl Gabrielson, commander, at
le regular meeting of Capital post
Irober 0 here last night.
ACTION AT PORTLAND
I'OHTLAXD, Ore., Aug. 12. Vet-
kns in the United States hospital
it night added their vote to the de-
m formulated by Portland post,
teriean Legion, earlier in the day,
t Dr. C. W. Tinncy, receiving offi-
t the hospital, bo removed.
tThe resolution adopted by the le-
bn calls also for removal of Dr.
nnk N. Gordon, head of the hos-
hl staff, but the veterans them-
ilves favored "giving Gordon an-
pier chance."
GETS NEW PROPELLOR
CALCUTTA. Aug. 12. A- new
fopellor which Major Pedro Zan
Argentine around-the-world
pw.'has been awaiting. In order
make possible the continuation
his flight, arrived here today
fm Karachi. He hopes to re-
me his journey tomorrow.
e Is scanning weather reports
pin a view towards possible mak-
M a long non-stop flight across
Bay of Rangoon.
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Text of Nominee Davis'
Speech of Acceptance
Mr. Chairman and Members of
the Committee;, ;.. , . . .
Tou will understand,' with little
explanation oh my part, the feel
ings which have led me to fix our
meeting at this spot In the hills
of. West Virginia. These are the
hills that cradled me and to which
as boy and man I lifted up my
eyes for help. In this soil rest
four generations ot my people ar
tisans, tradesmen, farmers ana a
sprinkling of the professions, 'lab
orers all, who played in simple
fashion their appointed parts in the
life of this community. Amoing
them now He those who gave me
life, and towhose high precept and
example I owe all that I have ever
been and all that I can hope to be.
These witnesses who surround us
are the companions ot my youtn
and manhood. With them most or
my days have been spent, and when
circumstances have called me else
where they have followed me with
regard and affection that has laid
on me a debt ot gratitude greater
than I can repay. Twenty-live
years ago they first called me to
their service as their representa
tive in the legislature of this state,
and since that day, In public office
or in private life, I have lougni
with them, unceasingly the battle
for democratic Ideals and democratic
principles. Of their own free will
and motion they presented my name
to the Democratic Convention as one
deserving Its consideration. Bettor
than all others, they will know
whether what I shall say to you
today Is In keeping with the con
victions I have expressed and the
action I have taken In the past, and
more than any others, they will re
sent anything I may say or do that
shows their confidence misplaced.
It is in the presence of these hills,
these grave's, these witnesses, that
1 wish to hear your message and
give, you my reply.
Acknowledge" Notice
You come to give me official no
tice that I have been chosen by
the Democratic Party as Its nominee
for the highest office In the gift
of the American people. You In
vite me to take the reins of lead
ership and marshal lis hosts for the
coming campaign. No weightier
commission could be laid on any
man. Ho must be vain Indeed who
does not feel his own unaided
strength Inadequate to such a task,
and ho must be ambitious beyond
reason whom thought of fame or
. ,.mnt to undertake It with
out the fullest sympathy
vlth his
nirtv and Its alms.
I reflect, how-
ever, that you are the representa
tives of millions of Americans who
are dissatisfied with existing con
ditions, who long for the day when
America will set her face to the
front again and who are ready to
follow whenever the forward march
begins. And I have read your plat
form and It" declaration" of party
principle and find them such as I
can- heartily approve. Kor tlieee
things I thank Ood, and take cour-
"T take note Mr. Chairman, In
i passing, of what you were gool
tia v ronrern in i vmo.
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have no apology to offer for either.
The answer to any criticism on that
Bcore must come" not only Trom
those who like yourself, have won
the highest distinction at the bar,
but also from the more fhan one
hundred thousand other honest and
patrlotlo men and women who make
up the legal profession In this coun
try. They know and they will
gladly Join you In testifying that
the upright lawyor sells his serv
ices but never his soul. A word
of personal history In this connec
tion, however, 'may not be out of
place. ;
Hevered AH Connections
When I was advised of tho pur
pose of President Wilson to appoint
me to tpe high office of solicitor
general, my first act was to surrend
er all private employment and to sev
er my connection with the law firm
of which I was a member and of
which my revered fathor was the
head. From that day until my:
duties as ambassador to Great Brit
ain were ended, eight years later,
I had no other client or employer
than the government and ,the people
of the United States. Whether I
served them woll or faithfully, pot
I, but others must say.
As soon as the convention over
which yuu so ably presided, had
decided in my behalf, I realized that
I was f called upon to repeat my
former action within the week,
therefore, I signified to all my
clients that 1 could no longer serve
them and severed my connection
with the honorable gentlemen who
were my professional partners.
I have no clients today but the
democratic party, and if they will
It so, the people of the United
States.
Many Grave Problems
Many and grave are the prob
lems of the hour, and ail the re
sources of patriotism and states
manshlp at our command will be
taxed In their solution. The allied
(Continucd on page four)
ROSICBURO, Ore., Aug. 12T H.
W. Kirk, special deputy sheriff, em
ployed by Douglas county In an effort
to locate stills and violators of the
liquor laws, was arrested Monday and
held without bail to appear before the
grand jury on a charge of sssault
with a dangerous weapon, with intent
to kill. Kirlj, in attempting to arrest
Lyle Roudinun, a local hotel on
ploye, from whom he claims he made
a purchase of liquor, fired three shots,
one of which passed through Road
umn's hand. It is claimed that Kirk
at the time was under the Influence
of liquor, and officers state that he
admitted drinking with Itaadman be
fore attempting the arrest. Infection
has started in the wound, and this led
the court to refur-e bait for Kirk un-
til lbtkdnjkn.A coudiliofl i MtUed.
Makes Plea For Honesty in
Government in Accepting
Opportunity to Run as
Presidential Candidate.
OFF PLAZA, CLARKSBURG, W.
Va Aug. 12. M John W. Davis,
opened his campaign for the presi
dency of the United States last night
in a veritable torrent of rain, a rain
that soaked the thousands of persons
who had journeyed from many cities
to witness the formal ceremonies to
notify the candidate of his selection
b the standard bearer of the demo
cratic party. .' . .,
Undaunted by the weather, Mr. Da
vis stood under an umbrella held by a
friend and launched a bitter attack
upon the republican party, declaring
it bad shaken public confidence "to its
very foundation." And the grent
throng ' gathered to listen to ' htfi
speech, only a few of whom were able
to provide a makeshift shelter from
the storm with newspapers and other
non-water proof materials, stayed od
despite the rain. They listened to
Mr. Davis denounce the republicans
for having "exhibited a deeper and
more widespread corruption than any
this generation of Americans has been
called upon to witness."
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High Lights of Address
These are some of the outstanding
utterances nf T6lin W. Dsvfs spooeh
of acceptance! ' " rK
. The allied forces of greed and
dishonesty, or self-seeking and par
tisanship, of prejudice and Ignor
ance threaten today as they have
rarely done before, the perpetuity
of our national Ideals, traditions
end Institutions..
Today It Is the supreme need of
the hour to bring back to the peo
ple conutldence in their govern
ment. ' .
Shell-shock was late Indeed In ar
riving If It Is to be put forward
now as the excuse of these gross
misdeeds. -(In reference to the
statement of President Coolldge In
(Continued on page eight)
-STOP FLIGHT
STARTS FROM SAN-
8 AN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 12.
Lieutenants James H. Doollttle
and Ewart Tlant, flying In
specially equipped De Havlland
plane on what they planned to be
a non-stop flight to Denver, took
off at Rockwell field here at
4:44 a. m. today.
The big De Havlland roso from
the ground at Rockwell field juHt
as dawn was breaking.
To Follow Airline
, The aviators plan to follow a
virtually straight airline course
to Denver, skirting the northerly
edge of the Salton Sea end over
the Grand Canyon. They hope to
maintain an average speed of
about 120 miles an hour.
"All we are praying for Is s
brisk wind on our tall," said
Lieutenant Dooiittle, Just before
hopping off this morning. "If we
don't get this favorable wind and
our fncl supply runs short wo will
land at Grand Junction, Colo."
The plane has a gas capacity
of 192 gallons, sufficient for a
duration flight of nine hours at
top speed.
President Cutting
Most Engagements
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Presi
dent Coolidge's speaking engagements
are being held to a minimum and un
less the situation changes in the ear
ly part of the campaign, is considered
likely he will not leave- Washington,
except for his vacation, on any speak
ing tour.
Aside from his address accepting
the nomination, to be delivered here
Thursday night at the formal notifi
cation exercises, the president has
only one other speaking engagement
definitely listed -at the unveiling bere
October 1, of the First Ditiaion me-
1 mariii aIaiuo.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va Aug. 12.
Having sounded Uie battle cry of
his party, John W. Davis, democratic
presidential candidate, prepared to
day to begin an intensive drive over
the country. .
In a series of speeches, the first
of which will be delivered at Colum
bus, Ohio, on.AuBUKt 20, Mr. Davis
will treat in more detail those sub
jects which he announced in his ac
ceptance address here last night he
views as the outstanding Issues of
the campaign.
BIG 6. A. R. PARADE
ROSTON, Aug. 12,-Iore tiun 3.
000 G. A. R. veterans here for the
oSth anntinl encampment trudged
along the line of march of the parade
today. Comrades less sturdy, num
bering COO0 followed them in automo
biles. After the parade the sons and
wives and daughters of the proud
marchers, convening in their various
allied organizations, held meetings.
The commander-in-chief, Gnylord M.
Saltzgaber, was the gucBt of his nldes
at a complimentary dinner. Later the
Massachusetts department officers
gave an exemplification of the Grand
Army of tho Republic ritual.
WORLD FLIERS TO
LEAVE I
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug 12.
CP) The Gertrud Rask, Danish sup
ply ship of the American round-the-world
aviators, arrived lost night at
AngmagBalik (hi tho east .coast of
Greenland, Major Clarence E. Crum
rine reported this morning.
The supply ship, which broke free
yesterday of the Ice pack, in which it
had been imprisoned Bince last Tues
day, found the harbor ot Angmngsnlik
clear of Ice and weather conditions
generally Improved.
On receiving the news from the
Gertrud Rask, Lieutenant Lowell H.
Smith, commander of the flight an
nounced that he and Lieutenant Erik
II. Nelson would leave Reykjavik on
the next lap of their tnp on Thurs
day if weather permitted the take-off.
REACHES GREENLAND
ON BOARD AMERICAN AVIA
TORS' SUPPLY SHIP GERTRUD
RASK, Angmaisallk, Greenland, Aug.
12. P) -The Gertrud Rask, supply
ship of the American round-the-worll
aviators, arrived at Angmagsallk at
seven o'clock this morning, , (Green
wich time) after having escaped from
the ice which held her prisoner slnco
last Tuesday about 100 miles south of
Angmagsnlik.
Submarine Chaser
Sold By U. S. Put
Into 'Rum Service'
MANILA, P. I., Aug. 12 W
. An old submarine chaser, Num
ber 1, sold by the United Htates
government recently to privste
interests, is said to have carried
to China a quantity of rams and
ammunition stolen from the gov
ernment storehouse here.
Rhanghai advices say n at
tempt was made to land the mu
nitions for delivery to Chinese
revolutionists.
Authorities hers decline to
tats the smount of munitions
stolen. The srma were concealed
in a tank aboaVd the submarine
ebeser which was said to contain
fuel olL
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Girl Preacher Talks
Before Rotary Club
Miss Uldlna Maybelle UUey. the
child evangelist who has heen
preaohlng In Eugene tails week,
gave an address before the Hotary
club at Its weekly meeting In the
Osburn today. Bhe spoke on the
old-time religion.
Another guest at the luncheon
was K. J. Harper, pastor or the
Methodist church In Corvallls who
pok pa "ytunmuntty. uuuauig."-
Former Major at Salem is
Now In Charge of All
Oregon, Idaho National
Guard Units, Is Advice
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 12. Brigadier
General George A. White, who was
notified lost night by tho war depart
ment of his appointment as Brigiidier
General of the line of the army with
coiuiuaud of the 82nd infantry bri
gade, will assume- periunuent com
mand today ot tho infantry national
guard troops in Oregon and Idaho.
Headquarters At Salem
Permanent hendiitiartcrs of the bri
gade will be established tit Salem uud
Portland, with the beadtiuurtors com
pauy atl'ortland. General White will
huve the naming of the brigade stuff
which ho will announce IrJ a few
days.. The still will cousist of one
major, two captains, two utiles with
ranks of first lieutenant, and two
technical lieutenants. : A niedieul of
ficer ia also to be assigned to the
brigade headquarters. .
The order assigning General White
as the permanent commander of the
82nd brigade also niakoB him the sen
ior national guard officer In tho west
as- the order sets Ilia date of rank
back to July, 11123, the date when lie
was recommended for command by
Major-Gencrnl C. G. Morton, senior
mnjor-gcncrulof tho army.. The brl
gado laS.rnndo.up pi,Jhe 102ud and
INUth infantry regiments. With field
hospital, engineers ami other 'at
tached units tho strength of the com
mand ia 31100- men at tho prcsont
time. ,
Appointed By President
The appointment was mudo by tlio
presitient on' recommendation of the
secretary of war, following profes
sional examinations conducted hy a
hoard of army officers headed by
Mujor-Gonerul Hanson Ely, president
of the army war college at Washing
ton, D. C. It 1b effective until Gen
eral White reaches the age of (M
years, over 20 yeurs hence, contlugoiit
upon his remaining in physical condi
tion for field service during that tline.
OF
MINI WATER
SUPPLY PL
The Eugene city water board en
gineers have been autho'rired to make
an Investigation for a preliminary
survey for running a pipe line from
tho McKcnr.le river, and to investi
gate the possibility of securing a wat
er supply for Eugene from the Me-
Kensle. The action was taken st a
meeting of the board Mondoy night.
Was Long Considered.
"The matter of securing the wnler
from this place has been before the
board for many years, but as yet we
consider It only a speculation which
may not be realized for ten years,"
said (!. A. McClaln, superintendent
of the woter board, In speaking of the
project this morning.
If the Clear lake proleet becomes
a reollly the new system would bo so
built that It would connect with the
lake system.
At Monday's meeting a report was
given on the power eannl being con
structed near Wsltervllle by Morrison
and Knudson. The cnnsl Is completed
except for some corrections and small
Incomplete portions which, It Is ex
pected, will take but six n-ore weeks
to finish.
Canal Nearly Complete.
The canal will now carry about
1000 cubic feet per second, and the
power plant will develop above 4000
horsepower which is amrle for the
present needs of the city. It Is ex
pected that a later demand may be
met by the Installation of mors Im
proved turbines which will bring the
total horsepower up to 5000.
The Intoke which was neevesorlly
torn np when the cnnsl was widened
has been reconstructed to the poiut
of placing the new cedar timbers
which will bold the gravel bank in
place.
Indictments
in Oil Fraud
Are Attacked
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The In
dictment of Albert H. Fall, E. I Do
heny and E. L. Doheny, Jr., In con
nection with naval oil leases, was at
tacked by defenae counsel in District
of Columbia supremo court today on
the ground that - Senator Walsh of
Montana, prosecutor of the oil lu
veatigation. lead delivered a rndio ad
dress prejudicial to thein while the
grand jury was considering the case.
Walsh Held As Cause
An additional plea in abatement was
filed hy attorneys for tho Dohenys,
who declared the Montana aenator on
May 20 had talked through the micro
phone that was widely advertised as
one which would give tho public In
side information on the nil scandal.
At let 20 public places in Wash
ington had loud speakers, the.attnr
neys sold, which told audiences which
miKlit'liilvo Included niemlierB of the
grand jury, things which could not
have been received as evidence by
jurorH. , '
Tochnloal Point Arguod
In addition. It was claimed 40,000
radio receiving sets in homes had lis
teners, which might bavo included
grand jurors. .
Frank J. Hogan.'onn of the attor
neys, said ho wrote Senator Wulsli
that the grand jury -waa in session
and that his statements might affect
tho jurors udversely to tho Interest of
tho persons licensed, but that the
warning was not heeded. ' The entire
speech of Senator Walsh was included
in tho pleu filed. A former idea
claimed the grand jury room was in
vaded by the unlawful preoence of
District Attorney Gordon.' - '
'Bill' Hart To
Hunt Deer In
Klamath If-
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 12.
Bill Hart, "two-gun" movlo star
may come to Klamath county on a
deer hunt If tho rnlus fall and If tlio
projected closing of the seOBon Is re
voked by tho governor, W. I). Coyne,
Hollywood, who hits Just purchased a
Irago ranch here, announced today.
According to Coyne, who has long
been a friend of Hart, the screen
actor is an excoltcnt shot and main
tains in real life a good portion of
the reputotlon gained by his gun ex
ploits of tho silver sheet.
ussiinRi Mwirnc
I ui.iuiiiviiuLiia
SHOT f ROM AMBUSH
, WILBURTON, Okla., Aug. 112
OP) Ambushed on their way home
from work last night, five non-union
workers in tlio Bull Hill coal mlue,
18 miles east of here, were shot down
and one seriously woundid by un
identlfiA men hidden in an under
brush. As the men, the first ot a larger
party of miners, who had Just com
pleted the day's shift, started to cro'ss
a creek near the mine, they were met
with bullets, mowing them down. No
less than 20 shots were fired, the men
informed Sheriff Austin Park, who re
ported to tho scene an hour after the
shooting. '
BucJohot Is Used
Everett lidwiirds, 20 years old, the
most seriously injured, received two
chargf-s of buckshot in the abdomen,
chest aud face. Physicians believe he
will recover. The others, Owen Mc
Klyea, Caddie Coffee, Ace Williams
and Bill Wilson, received face and
chest wounds, but none of s serious
character.
McElyea said he saw three men run
from the scene.- The Bull Hill mine
employs f0 men and has been operat
ing as s non-union mine several
weeks. Although feeling in that vi
cinity is tense, work was resumed to
day. Lust week a non union worker
was fired upon from umhush and
wounded.
37 to Be Tried
Many persons from the Hartshorn
Wilburton mining district were gath
ering bere toduy for the preliminary
hearings of the 87 union miners
charged with participation in the raid
on the Knli-Iulft open shop mine at
Cambria last month.
BUSHELS OF
II LOST
Warehouse, Dancehall and
Two Dwellings Consumed
In Fire Starting From
Grain Company's Engine.
McCOY, Ore., Aug. 12. Fire start
ing In the engino room of the B. B.
Bnrner grain warehouse in McCoy
from an undetermined cause about 11
o'clock this morning, destroved the
warehouse, about 155,000 bushels of
wheat, two houses aud a dance hail
before it burned itself out.
The loss is estimated at between
?!0,000 and $100,0001 and it is not
yet kaown how much 13 covered by
Insurance.
Owner Partly Paralyzed.
B. B. Barner, owner of the ware
house, who Is partly paralysed, wos
badly burned about the face when he
attempted to save his books and rec
ords from the blazing office. He was
escucd from the flumes hy. firefight
ers and rushed to Amity for niedieul
treatment.
Men employed In ths warehouse
Biiid that the engino room seemed to
burst into flames all at cuce, and the
prograss of the fire was so rupid that
they had no chance to oheck It in kf
early stages. .
Lack of wnler prevented the firo
fighting apparatus : from McMion
villc, which responded to the cull for
help, from effiktively Battling the
fire and it spread rapidly through th
warehouse shd.to the houses, one of
which Was owned by George Paulson.
The other dwelling was old and un
occupied. S. P. Workmen Aid Fight.
Crews of Southern Pacific work
men utilizing a tank car of water
rushed to the scene from Dallas sue-'
ceeded in savlig"the railroad depot, '
across the street from the warehouse.
The principal loss sufficed was the
grnln destroyed, port of which belong
ed to iarner and the rest to farmers
In thoi vicinity. There was 27,000
bushels of whent loose in the blns'nnd
about an equal amount stacked in
socks on the floor.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN
. WASHINGTON PLANING MILL
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 12.
Sparks from it dry kiln plant of the
National Lumber and Planing mill,
started a firo last night which de
stroyed, the mill and 8,000,000 feet
of lumber, eaulnff aa estimated dam
age of 11,000,000 and throwing 300
men out of work.
Tho princlpul owner of the plant is
W. T. Culver, Chicago. It was built
In 1002 and has, s capacity of 750,000 ,
feet ot lumber dally when two shifts
were employed, . '
Although three locomotives of the
Northern Pacific railroad were rush
ed to the scene to nld In pumping
water from the Hoquiain river, the
fire ohtnined too grent headway un
der s stiff wind, to put under control -
before the plant was burned. Lumber
mill - workers from three nearby
plants and firemen of the Hoquiara
and Aberdeen fire departments also
aided in fighting the flames.
According to local officials, it was
believed the majority of the loss was
covered by insurance.
British Troops Are
Sent to Reinforce
Garrison in Sudan
LONDON. Aug. IS. f?) Tl.t
Itrltlsh government has sent a batal
llon of troops to reinforce the Brit-'
tsh garrison In the Sudan as the
result of a clash between Egyptian
and llrlttsh soldiers at Atbara fol
lowing disturbances in which- the
Egyptian troops are said to have
attacked the British with bricks at
their barracks. '
VVIIUAT Hll,; II Kit AIM IN
CHICAGO, Aa 12. Tho wheat
opening, which ranged from lo to
3 J-sc higher with September
$1.87 3-4 to I1.S9 1-2 and December
ft. 31 5-8 to 11.32 1-4, were followed
by a moderate sag from Initial top
figures and then by a fresh upturn.
After opening 1-8 to 7-8o higher
Decambor 11. 04 1-4, prices contln
uedw to ascend. . (Starting 1-4 ta
3-4o up, December 61 S-4 to S2o, .
oats held near to the opening gains.
Lowe quotations on hogs weakened
the provisions niarkst,
I.