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MEDFORD, Oft KG OX, MONDAY, . .TUNE 7, 1920.
NO. 66
RD
MAIL TRIBUNE
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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
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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
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