The Omaha A i >rn mg [See _____ # VOL. 53-NO. 41. _sag g yg-.gr« m&fm_OMAHA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1923.*_TW0 CEXTS “ 'ZZUT* Underwood Candidacy Formidable Strategy Is on Side of Senator and Ablest Leaders of Party Will Espouse His Cause. McAdoo and Ford Strong By MARK SULLIVAN. Washington. Aug. 2.—Senator Underwood'* candidacy for the demo cratic nomination Is formidable now and certain to grow In potentiality. Every politician familiar with that union of strategy and circumstances which determines nominations can see that Underwood, by a curious combination of coincidences, is going be the beneficiary of something like the same conditions that nomi nated Cox In the democratic conven tion in 1920, as well as Harding in the republican convention. Like both Harding and Cox, Underwood's friend* will not make a vigorous fight for delegates in hotly contested primary states, and will avoid the handicaps of political antagonisms which arise out of such fights. Underwood, like both Harding and Cox. will probRbly enter the nominating convention with fewer delegates than his opponents, but with the backing of a group of leaders, who include probably the ablest political strategists in the party. MrAdoo In Lead. If tile democratic primaries were to be held during the coming month, and if the democratic convention were to be held Immediately thereafter. It is probable that McAdoo would enter the convention with roughly a third of the delegates. Henry Ford, likewise, might have close to a thtrd of the delegates. The remainder of> the con vention, coming chiefly from states where there are no direct primaries, or which are otherwise firmly under the control of local leaders, would be distributed nominally among several different candidates as local state favors. But this latter third, as things stand todaj', would be a unit for pur pose* of convention strategy, and Underwood would come more near to BpVffS the ultimate beneficiary bf it than any other one man. Strong Veto Power. The democrats have a rule to the effect that it takes two-thirds of the delegates to nominate. In contrast to the republican rule which gives the nomination to the candidate who first gets a majority. This democratic two thirds rule give* a strong veto power to any group of experienced conven tion leaders, wfio have an understand ing to act as a unit. It is generally possible for such a group to hold their third of the delegates sufficiently con solidated to beat off and tire out the delegates of candidates who have had greater success In the party primaries. In other words. McAdoo’s friends will need to be very energetic in the states where popular primaries are held, and will need to build up an (Turn 'o P»*e Tire. Column Four.) New Marriage License Law Effective Today No marriages in Douglas bounty for 10 days, starting today. It is due to the new law that goe* Into effect which provides that all persons applying for licenses must post a public notice of their applica tion for 10 day*. If one now seeks betrothal, the ap plication for such will be hung on the wall of the county court where the ^^world can know it. ^^■^g^think we will lose business on account of this law,” said County .fudge Bryce Crawford. "No doubt couples will hike to Council Bluffs.” Crawford wishes to remind intended honeymooners that they need not have certificates from a doctor. They must only answer certain question*. Public Safety Bill Is Passed by Dail Eireann By Associated Tress. Dublin. Aug. 2.—The Dali Eireann last evening passed the public safety bill, under which the government may continue to hold prisoners who are charged wtlh having been actively op posed to the free state government. The measure was presented to the dail for urgent action, owing to the fact that the court of appeals in a decision today in habeas rorpu* pro ceedings declared that a state of war did not exist arid granted a writ re turnable tomorrow. Farmer Not So Bad Off «* Pictured, Say* Meyer Itn International !*•«• Her-rle*. Chicago, Aug. 2.—The farmers ef the nation are not nearly so bad off aa It has been pictured to the public, Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing editor of the War Finance corporation, said here today. He la here for one of a aeries of conferences between agri cultural loan agencies and finance ^#rporatlon representative*. Many •^fMruera, Meyer sHld. resent the ea aggerated report* of their flnsnclal status. Report* bused on conference* In 10 central Mates Indicate, Meyer added, lhat there la steady improvement in agricultural and hanking condition!, with the exception of those Area! de voted almost exclusively to wheat cultivation. Two Men Wounded in Duel With Knives Edward Bell, 6443 South Twenty fourth street, is In St. Joseph hos pital suffering from knife wounds dangerously near the jugular vein and cuts on the left side of his face as the result of a quarrel with Wil liam M. Brown, 6434 South Twenty fourth street. Bell Is alleged to have called on Brown shortly after 6 last night and accused him of Improper conduct to ward Mrs. Bell. Brown resented the charge and a duel with knives fol lowed. Brown is confined at home with severe cuts in his neck, shoulder and right hand. Both were charged at the South Omaha police station with cutting with intent to wound. Buy Wheat Campaign to Be Pushed Committee Will Insist on Cut in Freight Rates for Export; Broadening of Move ment Considered. Farmers Not Bankrupt The board of director* of the Cham ber of Commerce approved the cam paign being made by the special com mittee of the executive committee of the chamber to promote the buying Turkish Treaty Signing Is Expected This Week Washington, Aug. 2.—Despite re ports from Lausanne that further complication! had arlaen to delay the signing of the Turkish-Amerlcan treaty of amity, It would cauae no surprise in Washington If the slgna turea of the Turkish and American negotiator! were attached to the docu ment before the end of the present week. Col. Amos Thomas Erases for [National (iuard Camp Officers of the Nebraska national guard are gathering at the permanent national guard i-amp at Ashland. Neh.. for a four-day instruction period be fore the annual encampment, to lie held at Ashland from August 8 to 20. t'ol Amo* Thomas of Omaha left lust night for ths camp. HARDING CARRIED CREAT STORE OF PATIENCE A N D WISDOM TO WHITE HOUSE No Peace-Time President Ever Faced Greater Problems— Lent Moral Assistance of Government in Effort to Bind Up Wounds of War-Torn World — Settled Many Questions. CALLING OF ARMS CONFERENCE OOTSANDING FEAT OF HIS TERM By Associated Press. Warren O, Hardin* brought to the presidency an infinite patience and kindness In dealing with public ques tions and men which enabled him to handle the problems of government without the stress and worry which had handlcaped many of his pre decessors. Whatever else historians may say of him, there probably will be little dispute that few chief executives came to office in peace time facing problems more complex in their na ture or greater in number. All In ternal affairs were unbalanced as never before, with many principal settlements of the great war still to be effectuated. Athorne the work of reconstruction had only Just begun, with business depressed, agriculture prostrate and unemployment general. Type of Man Needed. How Mr. Harding measured up to the task before him muat be left to the historian, but his friends said that coming to the presidency as he did, with an open mind, a desire for counsel and an intimate knowledge of the processes of government ac quired In Ills services In the senate, he was the type of man needed for the Job at such a time. Preaching upon every' occasion the doctrine of Americanism, he set his face reso lutely against “entangling aliances.” While thus adhering to what he was pleased to term the principles of the founding fathers, he nevertheless lent the moral assistance of the gov ernment In the efforts to hind up the wounds of the world. That influence was once declared by him to be not inconsiderable, and so America, under his guidance, had a part, silent though it was in the main, in effecting the settlements of many vexing world problems. tts chief contribution was the Washing ton arms conference, at which the principal powers covenanted to limit the size of the navies, and thua lift from tax weary peoples the burden of maintaining the race for naval supremacy. Insisted on Rights. Along with the proffer of counsel in effecting wdrld settlement went an insistence tha* American rights be recognized. Tn polished pi'rase, but with a directness of expression that was not to be misconstrued, the world Was given to understand from the very first of the Harding ad ministration that the United States, freely respecting the rights of the other nations, asked for Itself only that to which It was entitled In simple justice and that it could accept noth ing else. While in his dealings with congress Mr. Harding preferred the role of counsellor rather than dictator, he speedily removed any doubt that his gift of patience denoted any lack of purpose, once he had charted a course. Thus he told congress that soldiers’ bonus legislation either should carry the means of financing or be postponed, and when the legis lator put aside his advice, he prompt ly vetoed the bill they sent him. Fought for Economy. His tenacity of purpose was further exemplified in his continual pound ing for economy tn public expendi tures and again in his Inaistence that congress pass the merchant marine bill with a view of curtailing the con tinusl drain which the operation of the war built commercial fleet had be come upon the treasury. His great est single effort in the field of domee tlc legislation was in behalf of this measure. Not infrequently Mr. Harding was called upon to play the role of peace maker in governmental sflalrs. He Intervened in s dispute between con gress and the treasury ss to the form general tax revision was lo take, and the program he approved waa carried out in the main with the reduction of more than half a billion In the na tion’s tax burden. Likewise his counsel settled the long controversy between th* house und sena’e on the question of Amer ican valuation In the tariff law. lie proposed, In Its place. a flexible tariff arrangement under which the tariff commission wag given authority with his approval to Increase or lower rate* within prescribed limitation*. I'pon signing the bill, the president declared it conatltuted th* greateet tariff reform In American history. Came of Hardy Stock. Mr. Harding cam* of hardy pioneer stock. He was horn at Blooming Grove, Morrow county. Ohio, Novem ber 2, 11(6, the eon of a. country doc tor, George.T. Harding. Like moat country boys, h* went to country school between morning and night choree, nud later attended college gt Iberia. O. He tried school teaching for a year, hut having had a smell of printer's Ink while setting type for hia college paper, the line drew him into the newspaper field. Hie family, meantime, had moved to Marlon, In an adjoining county, where he obtained hi* first newspaper Job and where hie life interest* were can tered thereaftfj. >Jr, TlajiJlpga gm bltion was to become a publisher and it was realized at the age ot 19, when he bid in the Marlon Star at a sher iff’s safe. The paper was purchased under a heavy mortgage and hla friends have often said that the Strug gles and hardships which were his in making this paper a success had much to do in fashioning his character and developing a broad patience and tol erance which were his chief charac teristics for 20 years. Great Pride In Profession. Whatever his other attainments, Mr. Harding's greatest pride was In his professional accomplishments and training as printer, editor and pub lisher. Nor did the interests and ex acting duties of his high office serve to dull his delight In puttering about a composing room. On his first trip back home after his inauguration, he went to the Star office, pulled off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, borrowed a chew of tobacco and helped "make up" the paper. His luck charm was a printer's rule, carried always in a vest pocket. As his ambition had carried him into the ranks of publishers, so his fancy took him into the realm of poli tics. From the first he was an ar dent partisan and his insistence upon wearing a "stovepipe hat." the badge of support of Jamea G. Blaine, while a reporter on a democratic news paper, brought ' him a sharp repri mand from hia chief, who held it to be inconsistent for a worker on a democratic paper to so prominently display the symbol of his republican ism. Great Stump Speaker. The future president's ability as a stump speaker won him early recog nition from his local party leaders. Marion county than was In ths demo cratic column and he undertook lo •witch It to the republican party, but his effort al office on his party ticket resulted In a defeat, though he com manded an unexpected vote. Mr. Hardings flrkt political office was that of Ohio atate governor, to which he was elected at the age of 14. He served two terms and later was elect ed lieutenant governor of his stats In 1?10 he sought the governorship, but was defeated. Pour years later he was elected to the United States senate, where he served six years, much of the time as a member of the Important foreign relations committee. From this place hs was elevated to the presidency, the first senator to be elected chief executive. Friend of McKinley. Early in lita years of political aerr lcs ne met William McKinley, to whom his close friends have most often likened him and with whom he had in common the predominant pas si on for obliteration of class and sec tional lines. A friendship sprang up between the two men. Mr. Harding also wrs close In later days to Theo dore Roosevelt, Senators Foraker and Penrose and other* high in his party counsels. The president was a lifelong Bap tlst and was a trustee of his church In Marlon. He also had been a mem bar of the Elka and Moose fraterni ties for years and after hie election aa president he became a 32d degree Mason and a Shrlner. Golf was his favorite recreation, but he also liked to fish, although his opportunities to that sport were lim ited after he came to the White House. He played hard and possessed the faculty of putting all hla worries behind him during his recreation hours. Man. at 44, Sails for Pari* to Find Out if He's Paigtrr New fork, Aug. —At the age of 44. Gray A. Ruthrauff of Oakland, Hal., soiled today on the Kuffren for Paris to prove whether he Is designed by fate to he a painter or a freight agent. With him sailed hla wife, con ducting a similar experiment, whether she would not have been caat for in ferior decorator instead of housewife. When he was In hie !0s, Ruthrauff daubed canvas, but hla work did not sell fast, so he laid aside Ills hrushea to work for the. Southern Pacific rail read. Now, years later, his superiors have become Interested In his paint ings and have granted him a year's leave of absence to ace whether lie cannot acquire the technique to make him famous. U. S. Sailor* Fight (Jiineer. Hr AmrltlaA Peeae. Pekin, Aug. 2.—In A fracaa aboard the American ateamer Allca Dollar, rauaed when a crowd of C'hlneee aol dlera boarded It at Jchang and de manded frea trunaportatlon, the cap tain of the ship and three women, Including the wife and daughter of the Dollar line agent, were Injured, according to a report reaching rti* tomg official* here today. A patty of American bluejacket* for a gunboat, responding to * call for help, overpowered the rioter* and arrested IS of them. Hhota were fired before the trouble wag ended. The Chlfleee eoldlere had become threatening when their demand for e free r|d* **a refused &ti EXECTTIVE OF UNITED STATES SUCCUMBS AT 7:30 WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VISITING WTH MRS. HARDING -APOPLEXY BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE Ilf Aiaoriated fra*. Presidential Headquarters, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Aug. 2.—President Harding died instantly and without warning tonight at 7:30. Death came to the chief executive while he was conversing with members of his family and, acording to an official statement issued by physicians, was apparently due to some brain involvement, probably apoplexy. The fisrt indication that a change had occured in the condition of Mr. Harding came shortly after 7 o’clock when Mrs. Harding personlly opened the door of the sickroom and called to those in the corridors to “find Dr. Boone and the others quick.” At that time Mrs. Harding was understood to have been reading to the president, sitting at his bedside with the evening papers and messages of sympathy which had been received during the day. The end came so suddenly that the members of the official party could not be called. It came after a day which had been described by Brigadier General Sawyer, the president s personal physician, as the most satisfactory day the president had had since his illness be gan. The physicians, in their formal announcement of the end said, that “during the day he had been free from discomfort and there was every justification for anticipating a prompt recovery. Warren G. Harding Mother Granted Custody of Boy V J Col. Huger William*. Former Omahai). Father of I .ad. F« tranged From ^ ife. District Judge I .sal e Thursday granted custody nf Roger Williams, Jr., S, son of Col and Mrs Roger Williams, to Mrs. \\ illtama on a writ of habeas corpus Estrangement of Colonel Williams, former Omaha boy and a member of Ooncrat Pershing's staff during part of the war. from hts wife. Rose, for mer society hello of New York, was brought to light during the hearing on the writ. The writ was obtained by Mrs Ro selle Bellow, sister of Mrs. Williams, who arrived In Oinnha with power of attorney, after she testified that the bo.v's grandmother. Mrs Elisabeth Williams, 1?* Smith Thirty fifth strset. with whom he has been living for the last month, refused to give up the child on demand. The Judge denied a supersedeas bond, declaring It would defeat the purpose of the writ of habeas cor pus. Mrs. Williams has two daughtsrs. isillierta. a Central High school tench er, and Isabelle, a former Omaha teacher, who * now studying music In New tork. The Williams famllv ha» lived In Omaha S7 years Switzerland Note* Solti. New tork, Aug I .1 P Morgan A t'O today announced that the aulwertpUon hooka to lhr 120, 000 000 three tsars u tier cant gf" eminent • »f ZwUaerlgnd note* had been clogej Railway Board Claims Control of Rights of Wav r . Rental < iliarpe* for lndu&trx Site* W ill Be Fixed I*} State if Contention I* l plieltl. .IJnColn, Aug. i.—The state rail way commission, In an opinion handed down today, held it has juris diction o\er Industry sties on railway lines und h.ts a right to fix rental charges commensurate with a reason-1 able return on reasonable value of land leased and occupied. Complaint was tiled by- the Ne braska Farmers' Cooperative Grain and Tdteetock association and the Nebraska Farm federation against the Northwestern. I'nlon raciflc and St. Joseph and Grand Island roads. It waa claimed that unreasonable and Increasing charges for tonseholda for elevator sites located on rlghtsof way were being assessed by rati ways Railroads asserted that nominal rentals produce discriminatory condi tions; that federal government slone hae control, that relationship be tween railways and leaseholders !e purely private and not subject to state control; that railroads own tin ground and do not have to lease It unless they desire. Cologne Printer* Strike; Mone> Shortage hollow* Cologne. Aug ? The printers of the city went on strike demanding *,400.00(1 marks weekly lne(eed of the present at-tlo of 110.000. which Is hardly enough to buy a week's sup ply of potatoes lot a tingle family ~ Man Sw ims ; \eross Lake Erie |(!oM“rs 32 Milrs in 20 Hours Logs Trmporarilx Pirilytrd. Pit iMortalfd rrfM Cleveland, O., Aug I —Cartis A. Walker. Central V XI C. A swimmer, landed at lyoraln at 5 30 a m. today, tost in hour* and 15 minute# after he started hi* J! mile swim across luvke Erie from Tele# passage lighthouse, Ontario, according to a telephone message to the News here The feat had never before been ac-1 cotnpllshed. I.oraJn. O.. Vug I.—Cartas Walker, Cleveland Iona distance sw immer and formerly of Honolulu, after complet ing a mini across lavhs Erie arriv ing here at this morning from Point Peiee where he left at J 15 a m. yesterday, rouseii himself today to sav; "Never again " The Weather V-'r :« hour* •nltn* T r m. l^jtHI 1. Twwymdir* • dwrsi 41 Ts Tv»tg1 gv im .l*nti«ry 1. :• i\ •luntMll*. r»nrm»|# T • * I N l p %i • , It. •*iInn ln« hr* •wet HnndmHN* I'om i Ton, nine* J*ru*< It tl: (Ifflr!#! > | M llmirlt * ft IV . . . . . . « * ft ni T ft. n • <* lam m I ft. m i«' a m ?* J I ft m 14 u noon ■ Xi \ p m .. .in i i* nt......si! S p. M.......... ft i \ «« . .n ! I p m .......t * | • r tw .. si ■ r «• ..Si #l ir -UJ I The story of the president s tragic end w as told officially !n this way; "The president died at T:30 p. m. Mrs. Harding and the two nurses. Miss Ruth Powderly and Miss Bus Dausser. were in the room at the time. Mrs. Harding was reading :o the president, when suddenly without, warning a slight shudder passe/ through his frame, he collapsed, ard all recognized that the end had come. A stroke of apoplexy was the cause of his death. "Within a few moments all of the president's official party had been summoned.” Secretary Hooter was the first of the four members of the president's cabinet who are in ban Francisco to learn the sad news He went into the room at once and In a few minutes came out, obviously deeply distresses and in a low voice said to newspaper men. most of whom did not know of the burned call almost half an hour previously "Boy*. I can t tell you a thing.” "The president had a moat splendid afternoon " said Lieut. Com. Joel T. Bootve. assistant to the president < personal physician "When I left the roam I commented, doesn't fed look splendid ?’ "Then, all at once, he just went like that—” The commander snapped his fingers "Just like that," he repeated Somethin* just snapped, that's alii* By twgdxti rrm Presidential Headquarter*. Paiact Hotel. San Francisco. Aug. i.—A hut ried call for phj-stcians »as sent out by Mr*. Harding shortly after 7 to night. Messengers ran in search foi Ins Work and Boors, two of the physicians attending Perstdent Hard ing. while Brigadier General Sa«Te-. the president's personal physietar was in the aick chamber, ths on'y medical officer at that time on duty. There was an obvious and sudden charge in the quletne* which had prevailed throughout the afternoon and early evening hours and reports that the chief executive had suffered a sinking spell could not be re rifled, it being irriptassible lr. the eonfusio-i to reach thoee tn position to tre.v what had occurred within the sick room. The first cell wee given person ally by Mr*, liarding, who ope-ed the door to the room occupied by the president and called to those In the corridors to "find Pr Boone quick." Others in position to know what had taken pine# eoon came from their room* She erung her hards in a highly nervous manner and appea'ed to those about her to "find the doc tor ” Pr. Boone w^s found by one of ;bs messengers who had been sent Into the city streets, and entered the presi dential quarters at ?:J7. wearing • grave expression on his face arrt walkirg rapidly, passed through the door Into the president's chamber. Rf tMrtal«4 fmi Piesidentlal Headquarters. Pa’ar Hotel, San Franotaro. Cal., Aug I.— President Harding today had wha: h!» chief physician, Brig. Gen. Charles E Sawyer, described as "a very good day." General Sawyer made thla ar nounoement after a day during which there had been every indication that the chief executive was tr.akir.g further progress In what the ph' siolans have described as "the lor* and tedious task of recovery Tte plying to Inquiries. Pooler Saw ye. said it was safe to aay that the prt« ldent waa convaleecent. Summarising Mr. Harding s eord tlon as ascertained at 5 this afternoon. Pr Sawyer said the temperature hat been normal moet of the day. the pulse getting nearer to the president e norma! of about t<*. and the respira tion had decreased to 54 The presi dent's rabid breathing the doctor eg plained, could be aecribed to eihaue tlon and undoubtedly would diminish as the effects of fatigue were more and more dissipate,! The president w vs kept on a mil;, diet during the day the physicians evidently playing safe since the eltgbt ,n digest ion of Wednesday carted by the eat>cg of two egg* Genera! Saw ver gave every Indication of eatiafsc tion with the da> a progiesa and late In the day weni « ut t >c an automobile ^idr Ore cause of gratification was that none of the "downs" which the physicians have warned might he ti ter mUed with the • np» had put to [ the\ tppe*raii«e du: ng the dan