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to H. CROMN. VXEILL, ' ,£BRASK-A 'Although th» S¥3iel Men’s assoctft-' lions were • fftohg the most active opponents of -fife "dry” law, they are now admitting that prohibition has not Injured 'their business, but has practically -Iwlped It, by bringing ah increasingly larger "number of pat rons. The Hotel, association’s em ployment bureau, says, In asking the public's co-oparation in regard to rates. ’This/is the first winter for years fant ivhad no bread line; the first 'Winter /that the municipal bouses ’ were practically empty, due to pro hibition.” ■Burope/ls confronted with the Rus sian refugee problem which Is grow ing more serious as the .probability Of their return grows more remote; 'while their numbers are rapidly In creasing. In many localities, the na tive populations are hostile to them, especially where food aftd necessities are scarce. General M-vstemn* n, a member of the entente commission of control in Germany, in a report made pliblic to today, severely arraigns Germany for the way the inter-allied commission has been obstructed in its work. The report declares that Germany is dis posed to execute the treaty of peace, but that the government is entirely in the hand* of the military party. The famous ride of Paul Revere, #nd his equally courageous companion in the undertaking. William Dawes, was reproduced in Boston In the celebration of Lexington Day last week. The lantern was hung in old North church by Miss Pauline Revere, a direct descendant of the famous continental soldier. Twenty thousand tenants In the tironx. rn rvew rora cuy, nave or ganized a secret unton for the pur pose of fostering a movement to re fuse to pay rents, fair or unfair after May 1, the chairman of the mayor's committee on 'rent profiteering lias been informed by central office de tectives. The movement is fostered by radical agitators. Indians of a dozen tribes will smoke ithe pips of peace with Sir Kobert Kindersley, G. B. E., gover nor of Hudson's Bay company, at Impressive ceremonies at Bower Fort Garry during the celebration of the company's 260th anniversary on May 3. For more than throe years almost every man In the Mexicun slate of Sonora has been a committee of one in preparation for the revolution that is now under way, says a cor respondent. Yaqui Indians have been acting as a unit getting ready for •-heir day. Ottawa announces that legislation which would provide penalties for violations of contracts made between union organizations and employers is ifndor consideration. It is said such legislation would end outlaw strikes and would uphold the rights of unionism. Few are aware that in the littis town of Wrexham. Wales, is the grave of Elihu Yale, founder of the Univer sity. His tombstone bears the follow v lug Inscription: Horn in America, In Europe bred, In AI l ira traveled, and in Asia wed, Where long lie lived and thrived; in London dead. A -Chicago woman of 87 told tbs court of domestic relations recently that her husband was a "terrible person who slept with his collar and shirt on." She testified she had married him to reform him, and limit his Liquor allowance to half a gal lon of whiaky a week.” The supreme court is to decide whether the federal fair price com missioners have the power to fix prices. Tlie Detroit commissioner un dertook to reduce the price of milk from i6 to 14 cents a quart and the case Will be used as a test. American and allied activities in Siberia havo bean a complete failure in the opinion of a handful of Ameri can soldiers who returned on the transport Thomas, and further Jap anese activities will cause the bolshe vist u»£»' other factions to Join, they said. A Br.ititsh Columbia saw mill re cently wrecked one of its saws on a huge log. opt at Dunc&n Bay, which proved to have a large old-fashioned 25-pound cannon ball Imbedded in its trunk, completely covered by the growth of the tree. A California paper, which lias had a shipment of linotype metal held up^for" several weeks, has appeared sprinted with white spaces, in the - midst >or wtucn is me statement; ■ "DedictVed, as are the other holes . in this .Issue. to the striking switch men." Four hundred Vermont women marched to the state house in a down pouring r \in Wednesday to make a final appeal to the governor to call a special sest Ion of the legislature to art on the t tiff rage amendment. The city c Darmstadt, one of the German town, ^occupied by the French in their recent ^forward movement has secured a ioa, * of 10,090,000 marks from a bank in \fhe United States, ac cording to news vaPor announcements. To meet the f Vod shortage in New Vork occasionec\ by the railroad strike, the gover Yinen^ recently re leased beef to de; tier® at 10% cents a pound. At that Itime the packers’ price for beef was a 18% cents a pound, it is said. ' Bread prices will be increased again following rising flour i Wd wheat quo tations, government rt f°rts indicate. Wheat now selling far i toove the gov ernment guaranteed pric ». has not yet reached a high level. In the United Stater 20 [W cent ol the adult rural population^ can not read; in 7 states mors tha n 20 pei cent, of the total population \over 1C years of age is illiterate. The Grand Duchtss Olga, sitler oi the late czar, with her husbano\ and two sons, have gone to Denmark, where she expects to reside pernH licntiy. Itcal estate men arc discussing the possibilities of utilizing the wooden Itulied ships now lying idle in the Del aware ii r|.v .to vciit:ye tine house ritOtS-uic ,u U;c’ elite's rikjifj that fiver. - FLOODS ISOLMf. PDBTOFMOLK Elkhorn Rivev Cuts New Chan nel and Creates an Island —Jftjjsidents Short of y Provisions. FArfolk, Neb., May 3.—Appeals fur OGWisions and boat sendee are be .afng shouted across the flooded Elk Tiern river by persons who were cut titt from the mainland, when the chan nel of the Elkhorn branched out and cut a second course from the South Thirteenth street bridge to a point about 300 feet north of the South First street bridge. It isolated from the outside world most of the inhabitants of Homeacres addition. About 160 acres are included on what men familiar with the river declare will remain an island for many weeks and probably many months. In the meantime the families on the island are running short of food and some of them were without matches last night. —f— PREACHER UP IN COURT, DISTRIBUTED GERMAN MATTER Scottsbluff, Neb., May 3.— Two men, one of whomi 1b the pastor of the haled into police court when it be Adventist church at Gering, were came Known that they were distrib uting among the German Russian people of this community literature printed in the German language and without the English translation of the contents being made a part of the printed mutter. The Investigation which followed proved that the literature in ques tion was but religious tracts con iivviiu niui mo uuvu me vi«v enth Day Adventist, church, lint there is also a rumor cunont that other printed matter in the German language was laHt week distributed to the beet tenders of the valley, which contained matter far more sinister. The Rev. Mr. Fischer, the Gcrlng pastor, admitted having foretold on one or more occasions trouble for this country, and in justification of his statement, said that the bihle had foretold the downfall of the father land, and that It also fortells of the fate of the United States. —+— OMAHA MOONSHINERS HAD BIG STOCK ON HAND Omaha, Neb., May 3.—Seven bar rels of raisin and peach mash, 150 gallons of whisky, 52 gallons of wine, and the largest still ever seised in Omaha, were taken by police and federal agents when they raided the home of Abraham Stolr. I^arge quan tities of dried peaches and raisins were also taken. When the raid was made Stolr was not at home. His son, Harry, 18 years old, was taken Into custody and when the father came to the po lice station to seek hls son's release he was also arresteed. Both were later released on bonds, furnished by O. White, former saloon keeper and now a real estate dealer. NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN DECISIONS Lincoln, Neb., May S.—The Ne braska supreme court has handed down the following decisions: Brown vs. York Water company, appellant, judgment reduced to J7, 500. Merkoures vs. Burlington, appel lant, Lancaster county, reversed and dismissed. State ex rel. Carl Berg vs. Metro politan Water District of Omaha, re versed and writ asked for issued. Farmers' and Morchants’ Bank of Dewitt vs. Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank of Walton, appellant, Lancas ter county, affflroed. Meyers, appellant, vs. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias. Otoe coun ty; reversed with directions. Missouri Valley Trust company vs. Nelson .appellant, Phelps county; af firmed. O'Connor, appellant, vs. Omaha Street Railway company; affirmed. State vs. Riley Fimple, appellate Harlan county; reversed. State vs Dick Girck appellant Fur nas county; affirmed. State vs. Barnhart, appellant, Dodge county; affirmed. Clnv vs. Palmer, et al.. aDDellants; reversed tn part. Sheridan Simon, appellant, vs. Lon don Guarantee and Accident com pany. Lancaster county; affirmod. Huenlnk vs. Hritbrtnk, appellant; Lancaster county: affirmed. Baker, appellant, vs. Vincent, Lan caster county; affirmed. OMAHA NEW8PAPER8 RAISE THEIR PRICE8 Omaha, Neb., May t—The World Herald has advanced Its subscrip tion rates because of the increased cost of print paper. The price of the daily World-Herald by mail has been fixed at $8 a year and the pries of the Sunday edition at $4 a year. The retail price of the dally will be 5 cents a copy, and of the Sunday paper 10 cents a copy. LINDSAY AGAIN MADE 8UPREME COURT CLERK Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—The Ne braska supreme court today an nounced the reappointment of Many Lindsay, of Lincoln, as clerk of the court for a four-year term at a sal ary of $4,000 per year. WAYNE DEBATER8 WIN CONTEST WITH PONCA Wayne, Neb., May $.■—By winning a decision over the Ponca team, the W ay no high school debating team for the second consecutive year has won the championship of the North Nebraska debating association. It will now meet West Point in an elim , ination contest, the winner of which > will enter the contest for the state f championship at IJnooln on high | School fete day. :sar*ni rS c Will Meet at Grand Island Next Tuesday to Put Up Men to Oppose Old Party Nominees. Lincoln, Neb., May !. — Nebraska politics will assume a new phase next Tuesday when the radicals of the state meet at Grand Island for the purpose of Indorsing in whole or in part existing state tickets or put ting up one of their own. The dele gates will be accredited representa tives of the nonpartisan league, the workers’ nonpartisan league, the eofnmlttee of 48, the railroad broth erhoods, the state federation of la bor and the women’s farmers’ auxil iary. It is planned to name only a can didate for governor and one for at torney general. Four names are sug gested for the former place. These are Robert Mousel, a rich cattle breeder of Cambridge; B. E. Youngs, alfalfa king of Dawson county, who was’ drafted to enter the republican primary, but declined; Mayor Ar thur G. Wray, of York and former Representative J. N. Norton, of Polk county, a farmer. For attorney gen eral, A. H, Bigeloy, of Omaha and C. A. Sorenson, of Lincoln, are men tioned. Senator Taylor, of Custer, is out of the gubernatorial race because he failed to win the democratic nomina tion, and the law bars him from try ing it In the election. The same fact puts George C. Porter, of Morrill, out of the race for attorney general. Democrats are rather fearful that the new movement will lose them more Votes than it will the republi —f BARROWS IN CAUSTIC REPLY TO GOVERNOR Lincoln, Neb., May 1. — Lieutenant Governor Barrows, replying to Gov ernor McKelvie’s caustic criticism of him, says he is glad to receive the as surance that he intends to remain in the state so as to prevent any further use of the pardoning power by the lieutenant governor. He takes direct issue with the several statements in the governor’s letter, declaring them to bo untrue. He says that some of his friends seem to think he has made a great mistake In this matter, but that he has no apology to offer. He adds: "If I was expected to sit in the office of governor tor 94 days and simply wiggle my thumbs, I did not understand it so. 1 am In the habit of taking matters which are brought to me and settling them according to their merits as I see it and not put ting them off until another time. If 1 settle them wrongly then it is my mistake, but as long as responsibility It put up to me I shall face it. The clamor of the multitude Is for my po litical scalp at the next election. If that is to be my punishment for hav ing made a mistake, let the rule apply to all and elect only men to office who have made no mistakes. "I do not feel that I have made a mistake. If I have I suppose It will have to stand and defeat will be my portion. But I want to say that I had rather go down to defeat knowing that I had done my duty as I saw it rather than to be elected feeling that I had shifted responsibility that was given me.” —♦— GOVERNOR EXPLAINS DELAY IN PAYING HAIL LOSSES Lincoln, Neb., May 1. — Answering complaints of farmers’ organizations because the state has not yet paid all of the losses due to hail last year. Governor McKelvie has issued a statement in which he says that the state has no money with which to make such payments save as it col lects the premiums. There are col lected as taxes, and are not paid very promptly. Half of the losses were in February, and the remainder will be liquidated when the money is sent in by tax collectors. The governor sug gests that the next legislature create a temporary fund out of which to make payments promptly, and reim burse it from tax moneys. LINCOLN—Fifteen buildings in the city of Omaha have been condemned by the state fire prevention bureau and torn down since the first of January, according to reports in that office, :uid 51 more have been ordered down. Most UI (U« uunuiuigo " >-1V uiuugii a few were of brick which had become un safe. GRAND ISLAND—C. Li. Houghton, 80, a bachelor recluse, was burned to death In his home at Palmer, northeast of this city. The supposition is that he was overcome by heart troublo while smoking and fell, the fire from his pipe igniting his clothing and the house. The house was partially destroyed. PLATTSMOUTH—J. E. Douglas, for mer judge of Cass county, and a prom inent attorney of this section, suffered a fatal stroke of paralysis at his home, dying instantly. PRINCESS WAR NURSE WEDS ARMY OFFICER Washington, April 30.—With at tendants from the naval hospital, where sho has been working as a nurse. Princess Nadeja Vasilievnaf Troubetzkoy, was married here last night to Capt. Wallace Strait Schutz, of Milwaukee, veteran of the filed ar tillery. The princess, a Russian, was decorated by the czar for work on a hospital train on the eastern front. BATTLING LEVINSKY WINS. Chicago, April 29.—Battling Le vtnsky, of New York, defeated Tony Melcholr. of Chicago, last night in a 10-round bout at Kenosha, Wis. The men ore heavyweights. Tokio, April 24.—The Japanese force on Its way to the relief of the Nikoiaevsk district in eastern Sl ber.a occupied the northern section ot SagbaUn i'slhnd '(Rugs'an terri tory) unopposed ft wen ..unourjoed in < rf ofi. v e -porn-,ntr oa today. .ffiii 81 in 5MIJIL ALASKA Mrs. Ruth Wilson of Fremont Returns from the Frozen North and Relates Her Experiences. lireroont. Nfb., April 30. — Mrs. Ruth Wi’rSG'.i, the first woman to reach Mt. McKinley and to "mush” by dog team through McKinley Nation:*! park, has returned to Ne braska after a year spent in Alaska, where she wintered near the Arctic circle, hunted b'g game and traveled more than 5,000 miles into the in terior by sledge, by steamboat, by stage and by railroad She went a nervous wreck, after her husband, Frank AVilson, former wire chief of the Nebraska Telephone company, had been killed in Fremont. She came back in perfect health. "I could mush’ my 20 miles a day with any man in Alaska,” said Mrs. Wilson, "but here the pavement hurts my feet. After months in man’s clothes it is hard to get back to woman’s attire.” At Roosevelt City, the ghost of a town that was th? scone of a big gold strike in 1906, Mrs. Wilson met Mrs. Fannie McKenzie Quigley, Alaska's most noted woman. She was the first white woman Mrs. Quigley had seen in seven years. Together they went into the region of Mt. McKinley and Mrs. Wilson de clares that the first sight of the mountain, the highest on the North American continent, breaking through the clouds four miles above her, made her scream. Its immen sity and grandeur frightened her. The women hunted moose and car ibou, watched the aurora borealis light up Wonder lake, and then, in three months behind a sledge. Mrs. Wilson journeyed back to Fairbanks, where baseball Is played at midnight under the midnight sun. —^— FATHER OF FAILED BANK CASHIER IS BEING SUED Wahoo, Neb., April 30.—Suits to recover $8,882.3S on seven promis sory notes and an overdraft have been filed in district court by E. E. Flke, receiver of the Valparaiso State bank, against L. J. Johnson and D. B. Lower, formerly cashier of the bank, who wrtll soon be tried in district court on charges of falsification of the bank’s records and embezzle ment. Fike asks judgment against Lower for $3,360 on four promissory notes, alleged to have been made by John son, payable to Lower and sold to the bank by the latter. He holds that $5,112.95 is due him from John son on three promissory notes and $409.43 on an overdraft on the bank. FLOODS CONTINUE TO BOTHER EWING PEOPLE Ewing, Neb, April 30.—On account of the continued flood conditions here, augmented by a ntne-day rain, two ferry boats have been pressed Into service to transport people in and out of town. The Southfork on the SOUth continues to rise and fall and on account of the rains little im provement is noted in the Elkhorn. RECENT BUZZARD REAL EXPERIENCE Sioux Falls People Also Are Forced to Cope with Floods to Get Home. Sioux Falls, S. D„ April 29.—After a thrilling experience during the re cent blizzard, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fox arrived in Sioux Falls "Wednesday from their ranch in western South Dakota. Mr. Fox is superintendent of mails in the Sioux Falls postof fice. They were marooned at ths ranch for a week by the heavy snow, which in some places had drifted 10 feet deep. White river separates their ranch from Stamford, the nearest railroad point. There was not a bridge with in 60 miles, and when finally able to leave their ranch they were com pelled by floods to make their way across White river on a crude bas ket and cable contrivance, the bas ket often dipping dangerously neaf the raging waters of the river. CHAMBERLAIN WINS ON ENTIRE BUDGET PLANS London, April 29.—Austen Cham berlain, chancellor of the exchequer, has carried the whole of his budget proposals. Motions for the rejection of an increase in the excess profits duty and the corporation tax were defeated in the house of commons last night by a vote of 287 to 75. Mr. Chamberlain, defending his proposal, said it was his duty to make effort while trade was pros perous to reduce the vast load of debt which was a potential danger to the country's credit Nothing was more important at this moment, with British dependence on overseas sup plies of food and raw material than Great Britain’s international debt should stand high with the United States. “GOOD NATURED.” St Louis, Mo., . April 29.—“De natured alcohol?” asked the doctor after Josephine Kemper, 20, pretty, became convalescent at the city hos pital. "Naw, you poor simp, good natured alcohol,” answered Josie. PIONEER K. C. DEAD. New Haven, Conn., April 29.— Michael E. Tracy, one of the eight men who founded the national order of the Knights of Columbus in this city, in 1882, died last night at his home in Orange. He was born in Ireland 70 years ago. A month’s boycott of candy, soda water and pastry, is advocated by the New York City commissioner of pub lic markets, to relieve the sugar shortage and reduce prices. n. faili Atlantic Fleet Gobs Bring Man Anxious to Fight Carpen tier and Parrots De manding Beer. New York, May 3.—The best liberty port in the world—take the word of Secretary Daniels for that—is so full of sailors today that you couldn’t toss an anvil without hitting 10 of them. But nobody in New York wants to toss anything at 30,000 gobs of the Atlantic fleet who came in here Sat urday with the secretary's blue flag the white anchor flapping at the main of the Pennsylvania. Storekeepers in other ports may try to overcharge them, lodging house people to jack up the rates, and slickers to sell them yellow- fiaii>,ed sparrows /or Hartz Mountain canaries. But New York is different and the navy knows it from the secretary himself down to the we lowest rating above or below docks. They began coming ashore on “for ty-eights" at 1 o’clock Saturday from the eight great battleships, 33 de stroyers, 13 submarines and the cruisers, mother-ships, repair ships, mine-sweepers and layers, tugs and tenders. When those 7,500 have had their turn around the city they go back to release another 7,500 for 48 hours on the hospitable beach of the big town. Gobs Are “Waylaid". waylaid by the navy club or the New York community service and invited 'to a tea-fight or prize fight or dance or something. This probably is the youngest crowd of sailors that ever manned a great fleet. The two-year enlistment attracted thousands of boys under 20 and there were others who shipped four years after envying 4heir broth ers in uniform throughout the wars. Their inexperience cost the fleet some training time which had to be used as a shake-down period just after the ships reached Guantanamo for the winter. Devote Month to Cruise. After the youngsters had learned how not to fall out of their hammocks Admiral Wilson, the red-faced, gray haired "old man,” made good the im plied promise of the recruiting post ers, "join the navy and see the world” by devoting a whole month to a cruise of foreign ports. On the run into New York with Secretary Daniels abroad the Penn sylvania, the oil burners showed him something new. This was a speed at 19 knots on two-thirds boiler power without the mission of any smoke. Aboard a ship it is hard to get a fair estimate of the commander from the gobs serving with him. But It seemed a fair compliment to Admiral Wilson, when two seamen of the Pennsylvania, encountered ashore al lowed the “old man” to be "one white guy.” Why, he let them come up from Cuba with a whole hennery full of parrots which landed in New York Saturday, calling names at the civil ians and demanding beer. There may be some scraps between fleet champions and local profession al fighters while the fleet is In. The gobs claim a heavyweight named Martin is just about the right size to measure Carpentier for a mourning suit. And he Is anxious to reach the Frenchman. And there’s a welter weight named "Ding Dong Bell” rat ed so good that he got the champion ship by default. SOLDIER BONUS BILL INDEFINITELY DELAYED Royal Johnson Declares It’ll Carry with Sales Tax Eliminated. Washington, May 3.—The soldier bonus bill, is in for a course of remodelling and dry cleaning before it can come up again for considera tion. The action of the republican caucus precluded any possibility of its be ing brought up tomorrow under sus nnncion ♦ V,.. iko nnsllnnl that it can come up under similar conditions is two week hence. The caucus, at which the “insurg ent” republican element, clamorous for an excess profits tax measure, startled the ways and means commit tee bill's adherents by actually mus tering the strength claimed before hand adjourned "subject to the call of the chair.” Junt when the chair will be moved to take up the question again is a matter on which anybody's guess is as good as another's, but the prob ability is that the chair will not be inclined to call another caucus be fore Friday night. Representative Royal Johnson, South Dakota, leader of the republi can “insurgents,” declares the bill “must and will be pass%l”—with, however, the reservation that ij^must and will be passed in the way that his 68 signed-up supporters and 95 per cent of the house democrats sse fit, with the sales tax eliminated. Canal engineers are keeping anxious eyes on the danger spot in Culebra Cut these days. When the British cruiser Renown, with the prince on board, passed through the cut recently, a large rock was found to block its way. It had to be blasted out, even though it did not risk more landslides. Just How True. From the Houston Post. A girl and a man sat under the palm just outside the ballroom. “Is your love true?1 ’asked the girl. "As true,” the man answered, in low passionate tones, “as true as the deli cate flush on your cheek." "Oh-er-ah," the girl stammered hur riedly, "isn't—doesn't the band play nicely?” The Ottawa, 111., jail has been turned into a hotel, because prohi bition has emptied it of prisoners. PARTY LEADERS ^ SEEKING CONTROL California Primary Hoover Johnson Fight — Wood Ap pears Winner in Maryland— Lowden Figures in Indiana. .. BY ROBERT J. BENDER \ (United News Stuff Correspondent) New York, May 3.—Maneuvers of' the ala line ‘'regular” leaders of the republican and democratic parties are now directed at gaining absolute con trol of the respective party conven i tions. Primaries to date have revealed no overwhelming preference on the part of the people for any of the candi dates entered in either party: Convention selections, for the most part, have been so controlled by the respective state leaders as merely to hamper the chances of some candi date not liked by the organization, oh to keep control of the delegation. fa hands where It can be turned at the direction or party leaders later. On the eve of the last Important primaries before the conventions, two striking moves have been made, in dicating what is in the wind. K nny “Har m n n F.anrlirlsto Senator Penrose, “chief of the re publican old-line leaders, announcing primaries have proved nothing of importance, has trotted out Senator Knox as a fine possible presidential nominee for the party. Something was regarded as neces sary to bring about a connecting link between the Penrose element and the strong progressive element headed by Senator Hiram Johnson. This was; held to be even more vital In view of the sturdy showing Senator John son has made at the polls during re cent weeks. Senator Penrose doesn’t want Sen ator Johnson as the nominee and neither the Penrose element nor the Johnson following want Wood. Senator Penrose apparently decided that Senator Knox was that entente cordiale personified, because of his intimate friendship with the old line, leaders on the one hand and his strong personal friendship with Sen ator Johnson on the other. And with Senator Knox given “favorite son” control, for instance, of tho 78 Penn sylvania delegates, he would be the man put forward by the old line lead ers to reach some compromise with Senator Johnson in Cicago. Lowden Or a Dark Horse. "Ha The Knox smoke raised by Senator Penrose must be regarded, therefore, merely as the sign of fires, started by the "old guard” to blaze the path to ward control of the Chicago conven tion. With the forces behind Senator Harding, Governor Lowden and Sen ator Johnson, coupled with Senator Watson’s Indiana delegation, and' confidence In the eventual control of the New York delegation, the old line leaders believe they can prevent the nomination of General Wood. But **“ the basis of an ultimate agreement with Senator Johnson had to be ar rived at, too, and the Knox offering by Senator Penrose is looked upon by political analysts as a shrewd move to that end. The Penrose move also may be re garded as a possible obstacle in the path of Governor Lowden, for Senator Penrose has indicated he was not en thusiastic over Governor Lowden and Senator Johnson has indicated he, too, did not favor the Illinois gov ernor. If the Chicago convention settled down, therefore, t« a com promise between these two factions it would appear that Lowden would have difficult work ahead. Nevertheless, as the republican sit uation is crystalizing, it would appear that it is slowly but surely arriving at a stage where it will be Governor Lowden or some dark horse for the nomination. With a big majority of the dele gates actually unpledged, the conven tion promises to be a wide-open af fair with all the possibilities there in. In Democratic Circles. Next to the Penrose contribution to the week's festivities perhaps the most significant thing that has hap pened was the speech of the secretary of state Bainbridge Colby at the New York Press club Saturday night. Aside from the fact that it was a studied, dramatic defense of Presi dent Wilson, which actually brought his audience to their feet cheering, it was noteworthy in that Secretary Colby has been recently suggested as the possible dark horse entry of President Wilson in San Francisco. Secretary Colby declared President Wilson was “coming back” into his former leadership. He indicated the League of Nations would be carried through as a clear-cut issue of the campaign and spiritedly defended it. It is the purpose of Secretary Colby and other democratic administration spokesmen to keep control of the party in the hands of the president. Friends of W. G. McAdoo have in dicated it as their wish that the parly be in control of the lieutenants out in the field, where McAdoo is strong. Attorney General Palmer's ma chinery is looked to by the adminis tration to help keep control in the White House. And this control Is said on reliable authority to be only lukewarm to the candidacy of Miy Adoo. Johnson la Roosevelt Heir. The democratic primaries in Georgia mean little except in respect to Hoke Smith'S'-grouch, but the republican pri maries in Nebraska have left little of General Wood's claim that he is the Roosevelt heir. Hiram Johnson may not have been mentioned in the will but he is getting the goods, and the goods are what count in republican politics. _ — _ The Reason. Mrs. Richleigh—Why is it, doctor, that the weather has a more depressing ef fect on me than ca most people? Doctor—Because. m-vNm, you have more ..