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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
<V wheat and flour and to stabilize
the wheat market.
The special committee, of which
John L. Kennedy is chairman, was
directed to use Its best Judgment In
calling a conference in Omaha to
further consider the plan of advanc
ing the price of wheat and of ob
taining reduced all rail export wheat
and flour rates. A resolution on this
rhase of the situation, offered by
Randall K. Brown, was adopted.
Reply to Rallroad-t.
Chairman Kennedy read to the
board of directors a reply he prepared
for J. E. Gorman, acting chairman
of the western presidents' conference
committee, representing 17 grain
carrying railroads, which met in Chi
cago last Monday and decided to
deny the Omaha request for an ex
port wheat and flour rat# reduction.
This letter will be made public to
day. the committee announced.
This means that the special com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
and the committee of the grain ex
change will not give up the fight for
a rate i eduction.
Will Continue Fight.
On this subject, IV. M. Burge«s of
fered the following resolution which
the board of director* adopted:
“Whereas, a duly authorized re
quest wa* made to the Association
of Railroad Executives for a 25 per
cent reduction in freight rates on
wheat and flour for export, and
"Whereas, representatives of the
western railroad* addressed, after
Joint consideration, declined to grant
such rate reduction, said refusal
being set forth in a letter dated
July 31, 1923, and signed by J. E.
Gorman as acting chairman of the
western presidents’ conference
committee,
“Therefore, be It resolved, that the
hoard of directors of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, believing
that the emergency calls for a re
duction in these commodity rates,
unanimously approves the state
ments expressed In the letter sub
mitted by the committee specially
authorized, and be It further
“Resolved, that the board of di
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Former Klan Organizer
Kesenls “Hot Air“ Charge
Hr AMtArlalMl Prrmm.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 2.—George B.
Kimbro, Jr., former grand goblin and
organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in
Texas and In Mississippi, today flVed
suit In federal court against Dr. H.
W. Evans of Atlanta, grand wizard of
the clan, for $100,000, alleging defama
tion of character.
Klmbnj alleges that statements
were published In a Houston news
paper, credited to Evans. In which
Kimbro was referred ,to as a "hot air
merchant" and "a man who Is not a
klansman, but a man who profited
through the organization of the klan,
both personally and financially, and
now won’t pay his debts." >
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 "
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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
