MANY BQIEVE
HOOVER WOULD
ACCEPT CALL
Prospects of Scrap Spreads
Much Glee Among the
Delegates
BY JAMES R. NOURSE,
Universal Service Correspondent.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 9. — Dele
gates to the republican convention
cheered themselves Monday with the
belief that they were in the midst
of a mighty scrap for second place
on the Coolidge ticket. With the vice
presidential nomination apparently
“up in the air,” and the Coolidge
managers declining to name their
choice, things took on the appear
ance of a real contest, to the great
enjoyment of the boys and girls who
have come all the way from their
homes to have a voice in the naming
of the candidates.
Herbert C. Hoover, secretary of
commerce, figured most conspicuous
1> in the day’s maneuvering. There
was a considerable impetus to his
boom despite the fact that he has
stated that he does not want the
nomination
Hoover Leads Field
Undoubtedly, Hoover leads the
field end unless his declination is
final, or he refuses to be drafted,
chances strongly favor his selection.
The women delegates, many of
whom served on food control boards
in their respective communities dur
ing the war, when Hoover was food
commissioner, are almost unitedly
demanding Hoover’s nomination.
Hoover’s supporters during the day
quoted the president to the effect
that Hoover would not be “unac
ceptable" to him, which was used as
a compelling argument in his favor.
Tiie California delegation, composed
of the old Hoover crowd which
fought Senator Hiram Johnson in
several battles In that state, is boost
ing Hoover on the ground that his
nomination would make it easier for
them to carry the state for Coolidge
In the November election.
Has Higher Aspirations
Hoover has been holding off on
the vice presidency because he en
tertains the notion of being a can
didate for the presidency in 1928.
Besides, he shares with Coolidge a
contempt for the Senate which might
make it decidely embarrassing for
him to sit there day after day as the
Senate’s presiding officer.
But whether Hoover makes an
outright declaration or not, there are
those who assert he will not resist
tire draft if a majority of the conven
tion puts him on the ticket.
The Coolidge managers made a
complete shift of tactics Monday
morning with respect to the vice
presidential nomination. They an
nounced they had no choice and that
the delegates themselves must make
the selection. They did this to head
Off the impression, which was gain
ing ground among the delegates,
that the convention was going to be
merely a “cut and dried” affair, that
botli nominations and the platform
were going to be made for them by
the White House and Generalissimo
Butler.
Delegates Disgusted
The impression was becoming so
strong among the delegates that
many of them were on the point of
going home, laying their gilded
badges away in the moth closet and
forgetting they were ever chosen as
delegates. So Butler sent out word
that the fight for second place was
open and that it was anyone's race
So as the day wore along, there
was much milling and buzzing among
the delegates as they began to feel
they were really going to have some
thing to do after all, even if it were
only the selection of one who might
never get beyond the vice president's
dias in the Senate chamber.
The platform fight is all over.
World Court opponents who came
here determined to resist any effort
to put the party on record in support
of the Hardlng-Root-Hughes-Cool
Idge League of Nations court, made
a weak-kneed surrender. They threw
up the sponge and decided to pennit
the adoption of a plank which will
pledge the party to American en
trance into the World Court which
Is under the domination of the
League.
Victory for Hughes.
This capitulation is a victory for
Coolidge and Hughes and_a concil
iation to the Taft-Wickersham-Root
faction of the republican party,
which went to the help of Wilson
In his efforts to put the Leaguo
of Nations through the Senate. It
is an abandonment of the Lodge
plan, the Pepper plan and all others
which proposed American member
ship in a court independent of
league control.
This business of “treating 'em
rough,” which has been Butler’s
policy with respect to the power
ful republican leaders in the Sen
ate, is leaving a good many sore
spots which will be long in healing.
Lodge surely did net merit the
treatment which was accorded him
by the delegation from his own state,
when It denied him any place of
honor whatever in the convention.
Lodge has seen presidents come and
go; he has seen others nominated
for the presidency and defeated,
and his term in the Senate was
Japanese Government
To Abide By Agreement
Universal Service
Washington, June 9.—The Japanese
government intends to abide by the
gentlemen’s agreement “at least" un
til the new Immigration law becomes
effective, according to a cablegram
received from Tokio by the state de
partment
The message was dispatched by the
American embassy in Tokio speaking
In behalf of the Japanese foreign
office.
FAMOUS LECTURER
AND AUTHOR ENDS
OWN LIFE WITH GUN
Universal Service.
San Francisco, June 9.—Placing a
revolver to his head In front of the
morgue, Clark MacFarlane, author
and lecturer, of this city, committed
suicide Monday night.
ISotes found In his pocket, ad
dressed to Byron McDonald and Dr.
Rufus Rigdon of this city, indicated
the writer had carefully prepared
his plans of suicide. In both notes
he said he was suffering from dia
betes and was getting despondent
over his condition.
MacFarlane was born in St. Clair
county, Missouri, March 8, 1871.
outlast that of the president elected
In November.
Takes Blow Like Soldier.
But Lodge took his chastisement
like a soldier. He appeared be
fore the delegation Monday morn
ing with full knowledge that stiff
punishment had been prepared for
him. Not only was It planned to
deny him the place on the resolu
tions committee, but some of the
hotheads In the delegation had pro
pared a resolution of censure be
cause of his vote against the presi
dent's veto of the soldier bonus bill.
Lodge stopped It all by addressmg
the delegation, speaking only about
20 words. In which he said, In ef
fect:
“I ask nothing from this delega
tion. I seek no honor In the con
vention. All I want Is to be let
alone and pot Insulted.’’
That ended it, and the matter
passed without the resolution be
ing presented.
Many Candidates in Field,
The announcement of the Cool
idge managers that they were keep
ing hands off In the • vice presi
dential contest brought a whole
flock of prospective candidates into
the field. John Wingate Weeks,
secretary of war, declared there
was still hope of getting Frank Low
den. and revived the boom which
was flattened out by Lowden’s
statement of refusal Sunday night.
But. Lowden came through with an
other statement, declaring his re
fusal meant just what it said, and
that he would not accept,
Iowa came to the front with no
less than four candidates—Judge
Kenyon, who won’t have it; James
W. Good, Coolidge’s western man
ager; Representative L. J. Dickin
son and Gen. James G. Harbord.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
was hovering around and some
thought he might also be a candi
date since lie hails from Iowa, too,
but lie denied it.
There was revival of the talk for
Gen. Charles G. Dawes, but it did
not get very far.
Wrigley Mentioned.
A Chicagoan came through with
a suggestion of William Wrigley,
Jr., chewing gum magnate, who
started out to be for Hiram John
son and dropped him In the middle
of the fight to take up with Cool
idge. There has been no expres
sion from Coolldge as to whether
Wrigley would be acceptable to lilm.
The Oregon delegation, pledged
to Lowden in the primary election,
made no effort to break away to
Hoover after reading Lowden's final
message.
Senator Fess of Ohio, delegate
at large, Jumped into the fight for
Hoover.
Considerable noise was made by
“Big Bill” Thompson, former mayor
of Chicago, when he arrived with
a declaration that things were not
being run to suit him, and that he
might find it necessary to jump
over to La Follette
La Follette Causes Stir.
Announcement of the La Follette
demands for the platform caused
a mighty stir early In the day.
Former Attorney General Daugherty,
against whom one of the “planks”
was directed, is here, but declined
to make any comment. There Is no
question that the resolutions which
will he picked by the convention
will down every one of the La Fol
lette proposals.
George Harvey is here and tak
ing a hand in the drafting of the
platform. He is jus< as active now
In the republican camp as he was
in ' the democratic ranks in 1912,
when he hacked Woodrow Wilson
for the nomination.
Worth a Million, But
Walks Across U. S.
Cedar Rapids, la., June 9.— (Spe
cial)—Harold E. Steer, wealthy bank
er of Scranton, Pa., left here by foot
Monday night for Omaha, enroute
for Denver, to attend the Internation
al Kiwanis convention to which he Is a
delegate. Steer is said to he worth
a million dollars, yet he is engaged
in what he calls a “hitch hike,” walk
ing when he has to and riding when
he is invited. He had walked only
12 miles of the 1,275 between Scran
ton and this city, and eight of them
were through Iowa mud Sunday. He
left Scranton, May 28 and expects
to be in Denver on June 20. He was
a guest of Kiwanis and Rotary here
and plans to speak at Kiwanis at
Omaha.
WAYNE HIRES GEOLOGIST
Wayne. Neb., June 9.— (SpecialI—
A geologist will arrive here Tuesday
to make a survey of the proposed oil
field northeast of Wayne and on his
report will depend whther drilling
operations will take place.
KILLER RELEASED
Count Arco, who on, February 21. 1919.
shot the Communist Premier of Bavar
ia. Kurt Eisner, has been released from
prison. The death sentence passed
upon him was commuted to one of 15
years' penal service.
KINDERGARTEN INCREASE
An Increase of 44,881 in the enroll
ment of the kidergarten of the United
States Is reported for the years 1921
22 by the Statistical Division of the
United States Bureau of Education. The
total enrollment is now 550.830. This is
11.7 per cent, of the children of the
country who should have the benefit
of kindergarten training—that is, those
from 4 to S years old, Inclusive.
Uses Plane to Prevent Court Delay
-I
Miss Beatrice Hollnstat, a United States deputy marshal, comman
deered an airplane In Detroit, Mich., to carry her to Bay City In order
that she might not delay the United States district court there.
JEFFERSON MAN
SHOT IN HEAD
BY COMPANION
Henry Montage Probably
Fatally Wounded Early
Tuesday
Henry Montange. Jefferson, S. D.,
tvas shot through the head and per
haps fatally wounded by a companion
shortly after midnight Monday about
200 yards northwest of the Sioux
river bridge. He was rushed to St.
Vincent's hospital in Sioux City.
Montange was found by farmers
when he crawled to a nearby farm
house in search of aid. The report
of the shooting was telephoned to
Sioux City police J>y Sheriff Sher
man of Klk Point, S. D.
Montange, when interviewed by
police about 2 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. was able to tell his version. Ac
cording to Ills story he and Brodgin
had been working at a down town
hotel, hut had quit Monday. They
were going to Soutli Dakota to look
at some cattle. Late Monday eve
ning they took Monlange’s touring
car and started for South Dakota
Shortly after crossing the Sioux rivet
bridge at North Riverside, accord
ing to Montange, Brodgen suddenly
drew a gun and shot him through
the head. Brodgen then took the
wheel and drove about 200 yards to
where a b dieorrssegde
where a bridge cross the Sioux river.
Brodgin stopped the car, and made
Montange alight. He then robbed
him of $7 which ho had. and began
to choke him. After choking him,
threw him into the river, Montange
said.
Montange said he did not remembet
how he managed to swim to shore
and crawl to the farm house for aid.
The farmers who brought him to
the hospital stated that they found
him dripping wet. in a semiconscious
condition
A different version of the shooting
was given by the farmers who
brought Montange to Sioux City.
They stated that Montange, when
first found, stated that lie and Brod
gin had been to Jefferson to look at
tome cattle, and that the shooting
occured on the return trip.
Neither Montange nor Brodglp are
listed in the Sioux City directory.
Brodgin escaped in Montange's
automobile, Montange said. Sioux
City police were searching for the
fugitive but at an early hour Tues
day no trace of him had been found.
O’Neill Citizens Have
Perfected a New Club
O'Neill. Neli.. June 9.— (Spocial)--tr
The General John O’Neill association
Is the name of an orgnnziation perfect
ed at O'Neill by citizens for the pur
pose of removing from Omaha to
O’Neill, the remains of General
O’Neill and the monument which
marks his present resting place in
Holy Sepulcher cemetery at Omaha.
T. V. Golden 13 president of the asso
ciation.
Convention “Keynoters” Shake Hands
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This is an unusual photograph to be taken on the eve of national
conventions of the two major political parties. Representative Theo
dore E. Burton, of Ohio, who will be temporary chairman and deliver
the keynote address before the republican national convention in Cleve
land, Ohio, is shown shaking hands with United States Senator Pat
Harrison, of Mississippi, who will occupy an exactly similar position is>
the democratic national convention in New York City.
Two Hurt When Auto
Turns Over in Clinton
Clinton, Neb., June 9,-»-(Speclal)—
Miss Mildred Hess was seriously in
jured. Hector Hess, her brother, suf
fered a mangled hand. Mrs. Seward
Hess, their mother, escaped unin
jured when the automobile in which
they were riding upset on Main street
here.
RIVER IS NAVIGABLE
The Yangtse river is navigable by
shallow draft steamers for nearly 1,
700 miles
Judge R. R. Dickson
Sustains Boyd Court
O’Neill, Neb., June 9.—(Special)—
Judge Rohert R. Dickson, in a de
cision Monday morning, sustained the
Boyd county court which held that it
had no Jurisdiction in the habeas
corpus proceedings In behalf of Wal
ter Ray Simmons. No attorneys
were here to represent Simmons.
GOOD FOR SOMETHING
Fertilizer and poultry food are being
u»ade from locusts by a South African
company,_
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LA FOLLETTE DON’T
WANT NAME BEFORE
G. O. P. CONVENTION
Universal Service
Washington, .luije 9—Warning that
Senator LaKollette and his followers
within the republican party are de
termined to make a finish fight to
“obtain the adoption of aprogressiv*
platform” by the republican conven
tion. was contained in a letter from
the senator to Governor Blaine of
Wisconsin, chairman of the state
delegation.
With pointed significance, LaKol
lette conveys his “brief message to
the progressive delegates elected In
the republican primaries in Wiscon
sin.” It states that Senator LnFol
lette does not wish to have his name
placed in nomination before the con
vention.
IOWAN’S BOOM
GAINING FAST
Dickinson Leaving “Favorite
Son” Class in Race for
Vice President
BY RICHARD KINGSLEY,
Tribuna Special Correepondent.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 9.—(Special)
•-The stage waa all set Monday
night for the opening of the repub
lican national convention. The cob
webs have been dusted from the
auditorium, the lights are in proper
working order, the door keepers have
polished up their official badges and
they are talking about Dickinson of
Iowa for vice president.
The Iowa congressman Monday
night was rapidly climbing out of
the "favorite son" class In the vice
presidential derby and had developed
Into r real contender for the nomi
nation. Lowden won’t take It, Borah’s
through and Kenyon out of It; there
fore the ‘‘dark horses’’ are coming
into the light and the name of Dick
inson of Iowa seems to lead all the
rest, at least so the whisperers say.
Issues Statement
Congressman Dickson was optim
istic Monday night regarding his
fight for the nomination, as was
George C. Call of Sioux City the
Butler, of the Dickinson fight. Mr.
Dickinson Issued the following state
ment to the Tribune:
“The republican party realizes
that the hour for resolutions and
bluster concerning the middle west
has passed. They know that our peo
ple demand action, that we want rep
resentation on this ticket and I be
lieve we will get It. I feel exceed
ingly well pleased with the progress
of my campaign."
The talk and gossip about Cleve
land on the street and in the hotels,
has suddenly picked up the name of
“Dickinson of Iowa" and the con
gressman’s backers are taking ad
vantage of the sudden change. Gen.
Charles O. Dawes seems to have the
pole so far but It Is thought that he
will not accept the nomination. How -
ever, it still Is anybody’s race and
"Butler and company,” of Massachu
setts, who will really decide the Is
sue, have their fingers in their ears
and are talking to each other by
means of the lipreading system.
Dawes, it is said, can have their
Indorsement, but If he turns It down
the race Is on, with Dickinson of
Iowa well up In front.
Nebraskans For Dawes
Nebraska Is unequivocally and
emphatically for Gen. Charles G.
(Hell and Maria) Dawes, of repara
tions fame for the republican vice
presidential nomination, according to
a statement Monday morning by E.
B. Perry, delegate-at-large from that
slate.
Although the Dawes boom for vice
president has not taken on any im
petus here as yet, the Nebraska dele
gates are for him to the last man.
Dawes, according to the Nebraskans,
was at one time a resident of that
state and they feel that, they are
furthering the interest of th<fr state
ant! constituents In drafting Dawes
as a "native son.”
According to delegate Perry, the
delegation was originally for Lowden
and Kenyon respectively, but since
Lowden's withdrawal and the punc
turing of the Kenyon boom they
have come out strongly for the gen
eral.
No one seems to bo sponsoring the
Dawes boom, if there Is one, hut
this does not make the Nebraskans
less enthusiastic. Mr. Perry said
Monday that if no one else does his
state will place the general’s name
before the convention.
Monday morning the South Dakota
delegation was still In doubt as to
whom they would throw their
strength In the vice presidential con
test.
INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT
Employment In manufacturing indus
tries in the United States Increased 0.2
per cent. In March, while pay-roll totals
decreased 0.3 per cent, and por capita
earnings decreased 0.4 per cent. These
unweighted figures are presented by
the United States Department of Labor
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and are based on reports from 8,320 es
tablishments in 52 Industries covering
2,735.069 employees whose total earnings
during one week in March were $73,299.
024. The same establishments In Feb
ruary reported 2.730,133 employees and
total pay rolls of $74,&OG,SO<>.
PAST HISTORY
In England, during the reign of Henry
VII It was Illegal to sell a woman's
hat for more than 2 shillings.
WILDS OF AMERICA
One of the largest unexplored areas
In the United States lies in a triangu
lar space, between the Colorado and
the San Juan rivers, in southeastern
Utah. Here an area as large as some
of the smaller eastern states still re
mains practically unknown to white
men.
TUNNEL BETWEEN FRANCE
AND ENGLAND
The municipal council of Paris at one
of Its recent sessions passed a resolu
tion expressing the hope that the pro
ject for the construction of the Chan
nel tunnel between England and Franca
should bo taken up again as such a
tunnel would be of commercial value
i to both ^oyntrlen
WOMEN READY
TO GO TO JAIL
FOR “RIGHTS’
Looms at G. O. P.
Convention Between Rad
icals and Conservatives
BY WINIFRED VANDUSER,
Universal Service Correapondent ..
Cleveland, June 8.—Alice Paul and
her crowd, the one time militant
suffragettes, moved in hero Monday
and set up their banners in token
that they’re ready to begin scrap
ping all over again.
Now that the National Women’*
party, of which Miss Paul Is vice
president and veternn leader, has
the vote, they want equal legal
rights.
“And we’re prepared to use (he
same methods to get those that we
employed to bring about universal
suffrage,” Miss Paul told me.
“If it means picketing the conven
tion, all right. If It means going to
Jail, were ready.
“I was imprisoned three times in
England for waving the women’s
flag. We are planning to do what
Is necessary to Insure teal equality.”
Brinaa Truce
"his announcement brought about
something of a truce between wav
ering factions of women republicans.
For both reactionaries and insur
gents agree that the militants are
the bad girls of politics. They con
sider their alms too radical and their
methods undignified. And they get
together on the notion that the lone
Party must be kept out of sight.
Try and do It. The challenging
gold and purple banners are the most
conspicuous things in Cleveland.
Mrs. Medlll McCormick had this to
say In denouncing the craving for
quick action on the part of the Na
tional Women’s party:
“Republican women, during the last
four years, have increased their
strength by. working through their
state organizations as well as by la
boring In party councils of precincts,
wards and congressional districts.
Sure Win Policy
"It Is a slower process and less
spectacular than some methods ad
vocated, but a policy sure to win
more influence In party councils."
As the national commltteewoman
from Illinois, Mrs. McCormick her
self is progressive. She Is so pro
gressive as to have drawn the erl
til'ism of various conservatives upon
the reformations she stands for.
Mrs. Harriette Taylor ITpton, of
Ohio, retiring vice chairman of the
executive committee stated:
"When we women look back upon
the little place we held in politics &
few years ago. we must realize that
we have a great deal now. Con
squently most of us look with dis
favor upon radical action.
"We strongly protest any sort of
bolting. Nothing is to be gained by
a split.”
Fireworks In Prospect
Meanwhile It looks as if a three
cornered feminine fight might liven
up this somnolent convention. For
the Insurgents insist that they must
have their 50-50 basis in party
affairs. The reactionaries go about
shush-shushing them for fear of
trouble; the militants are digging in
for the strategic foothold likely to
give them a chance to tell everybody
what to do.
MIsb Paul said:
"The reason women are sitting In
ns delegates here and now is because
the National Woman's party worked
for it eight years ago. No woman
voted before we began to fight for
suffrage: no woman yet would vote
excepting for our fight.
“Now we are making the first at
tempt in the history of the nation
to mobilize the feminine vote.
“After the farmer-labor conven
tion which we will attend in St. Paul,
we will hold our own national con
vention at Lake Champlain. There
we'll decide which party promisee
our aims most support, and we will
canvass the country in favor of that
party candidate.'
FORMER COLLEGE
BANDIT IS PAROLED
FROM REFORMATORY
Cedar Rapids, la., June 9.—(Spe
cial)—Police learned Monday that
Herbert Asby, former Coe college
student of Randall, la., who commit
ted one of the most sensational hold
ups in this part of Iowa,' which re
sulted in Louis Fine receiving wounds
which confined him to his bed for
months, was paroled from Anamosa
reformatory last Saturday. He had
served about four years of a 30-year
sentence, Asby and Charles Simon
held up the Fine pawnshop, June 29,
1920, and after shooting Fine, dash
ed through the crowded streets with
drawn revolvers, threatening to kill
any one who molested them. Police
cornered them In railroad yards and
forced them to surrender at the point
of shot guns. Simon, over whose
head a long sentenc was hanging in
a Canadian prison, was set back to
Canada, a few weeks ago to finish
his sentence, police learned Monday.
Asby becoms a school Janitor at
Oleweln, la.
Americans in Revolution
Section of Albania Safe
Universal Service.
Washington, June 9.—All Amer
icans are safe in the revolutionary
section of Durazzo, Albania, accord
ing to a wireless dispatch received
by the state department from ths
Flagship Pittsburgh. The U. S. S.
Bulger at Durazzo reported that
the roads and telegraph to Tirana
ire open.
