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Newspaper Page TextMedfo The Weather Maximum yesterday 7(J Minimum today 57 Predictions Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, Oft KG OX, MONDAY, . .TUNE 7, 1920. NO. 66 RD MAIL TRIBUNE t First Ballot Will Eliminate One of Big Three Convention Has No Boss, and Delegates are Lost Real Show -of Strenpth Tnmorrow Second Ballot Vital Much Talk, No Decisions. CHICAGO, Juno 7. All the man agers look for Uib first ballot to set tle the outlook considerably for the big three Johnson, Lowden and Wood. They feel that the candidate who gets tho highest number will have a potential advantage and the candidate who stands ut the bottom of the list will ha decidly on tho de fensive. The candidate . who can make a gain on the second ballot, the nit ' 9 is feel, will provide his man as . 1th very valuable ammunition ir nding up things for the third. i. :k horse talk was still in the background today and there was a strong undercurrent of Hughes talk. Senator Borah of- Idaho, one of the Johnson supporters said that as yet he was not considering dark horses, but that he would regard Mr. Hughes as "a very formidable man," if the dark horse stage were reached. , No changes have appeared today in the convention lineup and none are expected... Twenty hours before the convention assembled, it is an abso lutely unbossed, unled affair and as the bewildered delegates mill around the hotel lobbies bewailing the ab sence of leadership,' the men who were the real leaders In the years gone by, find a grim , satisfaction in referring to the charges of bossism vhlch werfl so freely hurled at them nt -former conventions-;;,. Thoy are osking delegates it it is not better to be led than lost. 1 , ' . ; Such overnight and early moaning Conferences as were held were of the same inconclusive nature as those which preceded them and only served to strengthen the progro:. of letting the convention learn by its prelimin ary ballots that none of the candi dates now having the most delegates has enough to nominate him. . The socalled leaders are still ex plaining to inquirers that attention is being concentrated on the platform which they einphusize is very impor tant. The best informed observers, how ever, see evidences that this is merely a screen to hide the fact that tho so called leaders are no longer leaders. The passing of the old line party whips, it becomes rnoro and more evident, has brought up an entirely new' crop of soculled loaders, many of whom do. not know one another and that is one of tho things which explains tho lack of cohesive notion In getting down to deflnito conclu sions. ' Wo campaign manager has been nblo to strengthen his lines enough to go In with confidence for a real test vote. Each one Df them Is wait ing for the first ballot to demon strate how good are the assurances iii received, from the uninstruct fd delegates. WASHINGTON. June 7. Imme dinte appropriation of $l'25.0l)0,(iun of government funds lor the use oi the railroads to purchase new rollintr stock was announced today bv the iiilor-stntc commerce commission. The n-.onev will lie advanced out of the fctOO.Onn.OOO revolving fund provided in the transportation net. Of the total to ho ndvnnced for rollinc stock 7.j.000,000 will lie set aside for the purchase of freight cars. wth preference given to 20.000 re frigerator enrs to move fruit crops mid 5fl,000,O00 will be set aside for the acquisition of locomotives, with preference Eiven to freight and switching locomotives. J In each case first allotments will he made to roads miikinir the greatest advances to meet tho government loans. Quito Bank Fails. OrATAOl'ir., Ecuador. June (i The Vank of South America nt Quito has licen forced to close after n panic uud heavy withdrawal of deposits. DM US TALK POINTS TO HUGHES VERBAL APOLOGY GIVEN WASHINGTON, June 7. Secretary t'olbv, on behalf of the American government ha:; tendered -ia verbal apology to the jtritish ambassador for the burning of a Hritislt flair here last week by Irish women. .Mr. Colbv said this action had been taken pending receipt of an official report on the incident which Ibe District of Columbia authorities have becu asked to Kubmit. When this report is in baud a formal upologv probably will be made to the Hritish gov ernment. HAS EDGE FOR Lowtlen. Wood and Johnson Lead- All Claim Much. But Neither Has Vantage Leanue Plank Favorable to All But "Last Ditchers" Bcver- ide Leads for Chairmanship Situation Still Beclouded. CHICAGO, June 7. The imminence of Hie republican, convention whi.'h begins its sessions at noon tomorrow apparently worked today to further becloud instead of clarify the situa tion as to who is to he the nominee for pres'dent. Wood, Lowden mid Johnson sun porters were driving hard for the ad vantage and all of them were claim ina: gains as the balance of the iinin structed delegates rolled into Chicano. But the best claims lor any of I lie three amounted to little more than one-fourth of the total delegate strength on the first ballot, , and it takes a majority to nominate. .With 'prospects of a deadlock thus becoming hourlv more likelv favorite sons and dark horse possibilities in creased their nctivi! ie... and further tangled tiie knotted reins of control for which the party leaders were wrestling. t , , The outlook helped, too, to eiiliv;n the squabble over contested conven tion sects and the struggle over per manent organization of t lie conven At. least some, and possibly all of the l.'J7 contests decided bv the national committee will be brought before the credentials. committee for a lie-hearing, and a few mav he decided finally on the convention floor itself. Kenli.ing the power which might bo wielded by a friendly staff of pcrniu ncnt convent'on officers, tiie iniiiia gers for all the candidates are study nig caretully helore nicy lamp one wuy or the other in the choice of a permanent chairman. Senator Me Corniiek, of Illinois and former Sena tor Jtvveriilec of Indiana, are most prominently mentioned for the chair manship, but the strength behind neither lias vet become prominently mentioned for the chairmanship, but the strength behind neither has vet become clearly defined and a choice may be postponed until the last min ute. Most of thc'Ienders agree that the situation as regards platform, at least is beginning to take form. Only n few of the mora troublesome planks remain to be agreed on, and although some sharp struggles are in prospect no one seems to think that any of them will lead lo serious conse quenccs. There were indications today that a League of Nations plank, over which one of Hie bitterest convention fights had been predicted, might soon lie given the approval of all the leaders except a small group of mild , reser vation senators. The Johiison-Iiorah irreconcilable! have a plunk of their own ready to submit if the platform conferences do not yield a result ac ceptable to them, hut they indicated confidence today that no open fight by them would be necessary. The m;ld reservntionists are dis satisfied with the plank under con sideration in the platform conferences because it would have the force, t'icv say, of merely declaring against the league covenant as contained in "the treaty of Versailles. They want an affirmative declaration for rutifica tion of the treaty with safeguarding reservations. In the fight over permniient orgnni (Continued en Page SIi) NO CANDIDATE NOMINATION ANTI-STRIKE LAW THORN 10 GOMPERS Legislation Enforcinq Compulsory Labor "To Be Resented at All Costs," Says A. F.'-of L. Leader at Montreal Convention Pacific Delegates in Fitiht fur Plumb Plan Endorsement Membership Gains. JIOXTVUQAL, June 7 Any attempt to enforce compulsory labor by mak ing strikes unlawful must ha resisted at all costs, Samuel C.onipors. presi dent of the Federation of Labor, de clared today in his address at the opening of the federation's fortieth annual convention. "I have no fear as to what the re sults will be,1' he said.' "As long as I have life and my mind is not im paired, I shall stand for the right of the men and women toilers of the world to be free, untrammelled and unowned by any force. MONTREAL, Juno 7.--Tho Amer ican Federation of Labor, meeting for the second time on foreign soil opend its fortieth annual convention here today. More than 500 delegates were present when tho convention was called to order by President Samuel Gompers. The opening of the convention was preceded by a labor parude. President Gompers opened the con vention business session by reviewing the various Issues involved, lie laid particular stress on tho enforcement of a non-partisan labor policy. 'lie will leave tonight for Chicago to lay before the republican national resolutions committee labor's desires in political reform. ,- The federation's membership re port discloses that it now has 4,078, 740, a gain of SIS, 072 in the last year. The recent steel strik cost, the federation $;i4S,50. According to a report on steel strike expenditures there is still $G!), (Kit available foi sted organization work. Delegates from the Pacific Coast Metal Trados Council announced to day they would renew the fight bo gun at Atlantic City last year to ob tain unqualified indorsement of the Plumb plan for railroad control. Glenn E. Plumb will arrive later this week to addross the delegates. Z DEAD, 4 INJURED AUTO ACCIDENT K.KATTLK, June !. McOiirer re-' ports from North I lend. Wash., lo dav sav Mrs. Kdna M;cKenna and a man luimlul Kreese lost their lives four olheVM were injured when the auioniobile in whieb thev were ridinu left the hinbwnv and plunged into a creek on tho Monriowhrook road lm twoen North Bond and Snonualntie last liiiiht. Mi-m. MeKenna was landed under Hie car ami despite efforts of her companions who held her head above water, f?he died in a few min utes. 1rersc was buried under 'lie automobile, the report stated; andln slnntly killed, 1 ' Chicago Coliseum, Where the Republicans Meet ElUrlor of the Coliseum, on Wubusli GAS SUPPLY iiVlPROVES. NDUSTRf NORMAL.BUT PLEASURE CARS BELOW SAl.EM, June 7. -Voluntary consorviitiun of gasoline by mo tor car owners ban brought re sults, aecordini; lo a tolegram received by Governor Olcotf to day. .1. 1 Halsloy of Portland, district mtloH manager of the Standard Oil company, who Kent tho tah'gi'nm. that from now until .Inly u, sn f licionL supply of gasoline, will bo avail able lo enable all essential In dustries in tho state lo function normally and pleasure cars to operate up Ui about :0 per cent of thoir normal mileage. 4 J WITH AX KiLLLS tlERKICLEY, Cal., June 7. Seized suddenly with a murderous mania at 0 a. in. today toiierl. u. Ktcnurns killed his young -nn with an nxe and wounded bis wife and .daughlor. After he had killed his' son, Mnr viu Richards, wijli an axe, Richards was overpowered by another son who held him until, the arrival of tho po lice. The wife, Mrs. Grace Richards, and a daughter, Miss Geneva Richards, are at an Oakland hospital where they are not expected to live. Richards is being guarded at the receiving hospital in Oakland. For some time be had been brooding be cause of the illness of bis son, Mar vin. This morning he entered the young man's room and killed him while he lay In bed. lie then went to the room of Mrs. Richards and began striking at her with the axe. Tho daughter, Genevieve rush in and struggled with Richards. She was cut on tho head and badly wounded. Leonard Richards arrived in. time to save the life of tlus girl . and to over power his father. With the aid of Henry Culler, a high school boy" who lives In the same house, Rich ards was held. An ambulance was sent for and the wounded women were taken to the hospital. ' PARIS, Juno 7. The share ot the United Slatcis in the first twenty bil lion murks gold or reparation bonds which tierinuny Is required to issue under tho Versailles treaty will be uboiit $500,000,000, it was stated : ere today. TU's sum would bo for .be rirst twenty nicmUis occupation of the Hhinelund by American troops. Iowa Primary Vote. DF.S MOINKS. Jji., June 7. low.iV shiti'-widu primary uletHJon to sclft (undUlates on liolli relmblieim and domofi'utii- ticket from L'liiled States senntor down to count v offices, was held todav. Then! were few contests on the democratic ballot. United Slates Senator Albert II. Cummins was oiiposed by Colonel Smilli lirook hmi for the republican nomination for United Stnto jwnnlpr. uvciiuc, Chicago, the luccllug pluce SUNCREST 1250 000 Jones Bros. & Co., Fruit Juice Makers Purchase Orchard One of Valley's Show Places Comprises 461 Acres Means Much to Fruit Industry Page-Dressier Co. Make Deal May Build Factory.. A ouiirfer million dnlhir oeliard deal by which Sain I'. Jones becomes the purchaser of (be famous Sunerost Orchards, is niinmineed. Mr. Jones is the vice-president ol the .Jones liros. & Co., main offices in San Francisco, Cal. This company lias plants located in Watsonville, Cal., Portland, Ore., Newburir. Ore., Yakima, Wash., Boston, Mass., for the manufacture of louanberry Juice, apple juice, vinenar, and the ennniim of various products, and while Umir plans are as vet nut completed, it is understood thev have in contempla tion the .erection of a plant" here siiui- Lir to those thev are operation' in These places. The SuiKTCst Orchards consist of -Kit aeres, river four hundred nciviR hein'4" in orchard from six to eiiihlaen years old. Tin's acreage is about equally divided between Newtown apples and pears. The pears are all of the best commercial varieties, with (he laruer part beinu' Hartlett and Anions. Tho improvements on the property are of the best, includiiur a very larixe up-to-date packing and wa rehouse. A lodue for men, with reading room, hot and cold water, baths, and evorv tliinir for their comfort. Foreman's res deuce and a beautiful e'uilit.-room bunuhlow for the owner. A splendid water system supplies nil buildlitffs and water is piped into the orchard for spray purposes.' , : Suncrest, Orchards' is one of, Lhe show places of Soutlwrn Oregon, haV iny,' the most uniform Iarue block ol orchard in the whole Northwest. This sale means much to the fruit, industry of this section, and men of the cnlibro of Mr. Jones are most welcome here. Paire-Dressler Co., who neiiotiutod the sale, inform that mnnv lantc operators in orchard propositions are looking towards this district, beirnr attracted not, only bv the nualilv of Hie fruit urown here, hut also by the climatic conditions, uood roads, and the installation of irrigation. 1UHN GIVEN 15 DAYS 10 REPLY LONDON, .Juno 7. Turkey lins been given an extension of time amounting to fifteen duys In which to make its reply to the terms' of I'c-nco presented by the allied nations. The roply, under tho new arranga ment, will bo duo Juno 25. Golfers Meet. IfOCK ISLAND, Ills., June 7 One hundred and fifty mid-west uoll'oix are entered in (he trans-M5ssisrti)pi olf association tournament which started here-today. of the Republican national convention BERGDOLL TO RESULT iN ACTION BYJAR CHIEF (, t J iff J J, J, tj j jt tfi Jt $ i b ! WASHINGTON, Juno 7 Kvl- I deneo taken by the inspector ! ! general of the urmy In connec- '! tion with tho eacape. of drover ! Cleveland Uergdoll, wealthy draft evader, will bo nubmKted ! to tho department of justice for determination whether it jasli- - fies prosecution of civilians In- S volved iu tho escape. ! Secretary lialtur In making Ihla announcement today said I the reeoiumenilatiduH of the ia t( spec tor general Involved "dlsclp l Unary action against aeveral ! persons.' No names were made public. it FEDERAL PLOI Administration Blamed for Shipyard Labor Conditions and Will Picket Democratic Meet Reimburse Builders for Losses bv Walkouts. Called "Shame and Disarace." SAX FRANCISCO, Juno 7. Strll ing shipyard workorn here are .to picket tho national democratic con vention because they are "convinced that the present administration Is re sponsible for their difficulties and tho convention can remedy the sit uation," M. J. McGulre, vice president of the San Francisco Day district Motal Trados Council announced here today. McOuIre said he was "convinced that tho government was paying the I shipyards for. the losses suffered thru mo sumko una uiui uiu nuvk uuiiib turned out by tho non-union crews us a result was a shamo and a dls; grace." "Every effort will be made," ho said, "to convince tlw convention Unit tho policies being pursuod by the government in tho shipyards Is hurt ful to all concerned." - The shipyard executives have maintained thruout that tho work is being expertly done, and has stood rigid tests. A big nGi'contuKo of "'one who liavo returned to the yardB under the strike conditions tiro skill od mechanics, they said. Meetings of various striking unions yestorduy to consider a meniorundUM that they return to work resulted In tho Sun Francis"! machinists going back today, it was announced. Tun hollern.nkors, however, voted to re main out until tho shipyards would rccognl.o their union organl.utioii, Mr.Ciuiru said. Previous to .ves'.or day's mooting the boilormakos had conducted a week of negotiations with tho shipyards, "which got them nowhere," -ho said. FIND 4 GUILTY BOX CAR 1HEFTS SEATTLE COURT KKATTLK, June 7. Four of the oiiuinul 17 defendant!! in the Auburn railroad theft conspiracy case, one n Seattle merchant were found etiiltv of conspiracy to steal from Northern I'ncific railroad cars, bv n tui'V whiol: reported in the United States district court today. 1 licv lire Lemuel b Fowler, If. V. Hanson, Creed Lane and Thomas Siniter. . The four dcfcndanls were found (ruiltv of each of the three counts of the Brand .lurv indictment on which thev were tried. Those found not guilty were cleared on all counts. Those exonerated were: Cleorure R. White, Francis II. Slellison. Lords Trcpimnicr, Mrs. Sarah Lewis 'I re punier. Mrs. Surah Lewis, Joe Var eus, Thomas E. Jones, Mrs. Snrnb Jones. David Jones, Kthvl (Mrs. Ft, V.) Hanson, Clarence II. Helltimv and Albert lirucc l'nris. William Hntcliff, one of the de fendants, pleaded Euiltv on tho open inir of tho Government's case Mav 2f, last, and turned state's evidence. Vnreuti. Trcpanier and l'nris were discharged lust Mondnv nt the con clusion of the eivcrnmenl's case, on the uround of insufficient evidence. FRISCO UNIONS CLAIM SUES DRY LAW IS HELD VALID BY DECISION Petitions !y Rhode Island and New Jersey Dismissed Near Beer In junctions Dissolved Opinion Brief and lo Point Wets Lose Every Contention Offered All Justices Affirm Rulinq. . WASHINGTON', June 7. Both the federal prohibition niiicndiuent and lhe enforcement act passed bv con gress were held constitutional today bv lite supreme court. The court, dismissed petitions filed bv the stale of lihode Island to have federal officials enjoined from en- -forciiur prohibition in that state. The court also dismissed injunc tion proceedings hrouaht by the state of New Jersey to prevent enforce ment of prohibition within that state. Injunctions rostrnininsr prohibition officials from interferina: with tho Manitowoc Products company, n Wis consin corporation, in the manufac ture' of beer contnininir .more than half of one per cent of alcohol were dissolved bv the court. Tho court upheld federal court' de crees dismissing proceedings brought to enjoin the prohibition amendment from beina: enforced nnuinst Christian Fciiicnspahn, d brewer of Newark, N. J. - . Federal court decrees denvins; simi lar injunctions sought by the St. Louis Krewintt association ' likc'wifjo were affirmed.' ; ; ''.! The court's opinion was very short, setting forth only the court' conclu sions. Chief Justice White.WHtdeWd a supplemental opinion coilelirrinu; in the one rendered by Justice "Vflrtdc'-i vanter, ut going more fully into tho issues involved. ' ;' ',' . Other federal court decrees dis missing injunction ploas instituted; by the Kentucky Distilleries and; Ware house company-of Louisville, Iy.; to onjoin enforcement of the act against it wore sustained by the court. In junctions sought by Cleorgo C. Demp soy, a Boston, Mass., wholesale liquor dealer, to restrain enforcement of the, enforcement act against him were also denied by the court. ' ' Associate Justice Morteynolds. while not dissenting from tile court's opinion said ho confined Ills "con clusions to tho fnct that It is impos sible to say what construction should be given to the eighteenth amend ment. A multitude of nuwiuns will arise und I prefer to remnln flee when they arise."- ' '. Associate .Tiisllcn f.'k or.tiii 1ti nidi mother opinion said'., .' "Tho court declares conclusions only without giving roasons for them. I must at least excuse If I cannot jus. tiry my dissent." Justice SIcKenna said' the Ithodo Island and New Jcrsoy canes should have been decided on their Merits. He added that ho did not agree with th uctlon of the court In reversing tho Wisconsin caao. Permission to file motions asking for re hearing ofr tho cases was given by the court at tho request ot the attorneys in tho various prohibition cases. "'.-',.''.' i Tho court held ns follows) V ' . ' "1 The adoption of both houses of congress oach by a two-thirds vote, of a Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution suf ficiently shows that the proposal was deemed necessary by all who voted for it. An express declaration that they regarded it as necessary Is not csstntlal. None ot tho resolutions wheroby prior amendments wore pro posed contained such n declaration. . "2 The two-thirds vote In each house which is required In proposing an amendment in a vote ot two thirds of tilt members present as suming the presence of a quorum una not a vote ot iwo-tniroa ot mo entire membership present and ab sent. MiRsouri Pacific Railway Co. vs. Kansas, 248, U. B. 276. "3. The referendum provisions of state constitutions and statutes, can not bo applied, consistently with the constitution of the United States, in lhe ratification or rejection of amend ments to it. Iluwke vs. Smith, U, S., decided June 1. 1!)20. . . "4. The prohibition of the mnnii-; fneture, sale, transportation, impor tation and exportation of intoxicating liquors for beverneo purposes as em bodied in the 18th amendment, is within the power to amend reserved by Article V of the constitution. ' "f. That amendment . bv lawful proposal and rntificiition hns become i h part of the constitution and must be respected nnd given effect tho (Continued on rage Six).