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Delegates Find Battle Line at Convention Taut Ex-Senator Hitchcock, Ne braska Representative on Resolutions Committee; Mullen Committeeman. ________ • By GEORGE R. HOLMES. ! International News Smlre Staff Correspondent. New York, June 28.—To the ac ; companlment of blaring hands and sounds of conflict, the main body of delegates to the democratic national convention poured into New York to day to find battle lines tautly drawn, and atmosphere surcharged with political dynamite and axes being In dustriously sharpened by the man agers of a dozen rival candidacies. The found William G. McAdoo the pivotal point of most of the strife and fighting grimly to hold his acknowledged lead in the matter of delegates. They found the forces of Governor A1 Smith aggressively con i' fident and pursuing delegates with a business like efficiency that boded ill *for rival aspirants; and behind these two leaders they found the steadily growing sentiment that In the end New York, .June 23. — Former , Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock was selected today by the Nebraska delegation as its representative on the democratic national conven tion’* resolutions committee and other selections were made as fol lows: ■ Delegation chairman, Dan V. Stephens; rule*, T. S, Allen. Arthur F. Mullen was elected , national committeeman for Ne braska. V/ neither McAdoo or Smith will be the nominee, because of the very savage ry of their fight. Twenty-four hours before the con vention flnds-a "big four" among the dark horses—John W. Davis of West Virginia, Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana, Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama and Carter Glass of Vlr I glnla. All except Ralston are on the ground here and their managers are working like Trojans against the time when the "break comes in the ranks I of McAdoo and Smith. Smiths managers were smilingly inquiring whether It was true that In the Texas, Iowa, Missouri and Mlchl | gan delegations McAdoo was losing 1 strength and faced with a hard bat tle to keep his margin of control. There were reports that even In fi Michigan he has lost out and that In Missouri and Iowa, two large delega - tions. which have been banked on by his managers, internal dlasension has risen to such a. decree that both delegations may split into many Indi vidual lots and dissipat# their ■ strength among half a dozen candi dates. Smith managers said McAdoo has been placed on the defensive. Using the Ku Klux Klan issue as a batter ing ram. the Smith-Underwood coali tion' has carried the fight to McAdoo and bv shrewd tactics they have made it appear that the ex-treasury head la opposed to an antl-klan plank even to the point that he can not stand on a. platform that contains such a declaration. Esmond H. Moore of Ohio, who suc cessfully put over James M. Cox at San Francisco four years ago and who Is now among the anti McAdoo leaders here, asserted today that, there are 500 votea in the convention i pledged to an antl-klan plank, lrre j speettve of what the platform com mittee does about it. If the platform is silent or "straddles" on the klan Issue, he said, a minority report will be brought In and passed. A majority Is 550. .Midnight Conference. These [dans were completed at a | midnight conference held at the Bilt f more last night and participated In by all the nntt McAdoo strength of the convention—Governor Smith, George E Brennan e? Illinois. Joseph M. Onffev of Pennsylvania. Norman E Mack of New York. Fr»d L Lynch of Minnesota and several others who are Interested in the randldacles of Undetwnod end Ralston. There was a rareful rechecklng of figures at this conference and re newed assertions were made that Me Adoo has been "stopped." They con rede him between 40(1 and 450 dele gates on the first three hallots and a possibility of his attaining 550 by the sixth or seventh. But under no clrcttuTistances which they consider conceivable do thev believe he can get beyond 610. That, they believe, la the absolute maximum for McAdoo and It la still 122 votes short of nomi nation. The chief apparent weakness of the anti-McAdoo coalition Is that they have succeeded In concentrating on j no candidate. They have a common purpose—to stop McAdoo—but the common man to whom they ran throw their strength remslns to be developed. Odell to Have City Hall. Odell. Neb, June 23—A deal was closed her# last week whereby the village of Odell acquires the Lorenz Mock, north of the Odell Oracle office, on Main street. It is understood to he the intention of the hoard to rebuild the structure on the property and make It Into a combined city hall and I fire department, headquarters. Road Conditions. (Fhrhiflhed by th* Omihi Auto Club ) j Lincoln Highway Kaat (Primary No «)—*Roads reported food at Missouri Vai )ey and Danlaon. Lincoln Highway Wat (Primary No 6)—Roada muddy. DLL) (Primary No. 7)—Roada allp parv at Aahland. Will ha fair by noon. Meridian Highway (Frlmary No. 4)— Jloada muddy. Highland Cutoff—Roada muddy. 8 Y A—Roada muddy. Cornhuaker Highway (Primary No. • )— Rond* muddy. Fair north. Black Hill* Trail (Primary No. ■ )— Roada muddy. OmahaTulaa Highway (Primary No. 4; —■Road* muddy. Omaha Topaka Highway — Roadi muddy. King of Trail* *o>ith (Primary No. 5i •—Roada muddy. K'njr of Trail*. North (No. 12)-— Roada fair at VftMourf Vallay. Cqatar Battlefield H if hwa r—Roada fair ' g'ratelF* River to River High wav—R"«da re yort*d fair I ci a Short. Lina (Primary No. J4i — Ro*d* fair CaiOMU* No I—Roada nvuMy Brake-Testing Week Opens in Omaha litre are a few scenes which! marked the opening of the six-day brake testing drive which is being sponsored by The Omaha Bee at Fif teenth and Capitol avenue. At the top is the checking stand, showing Jerry Cavanaugh, manager of the drive; J. D. O’Rourke, T. E. Miller, brake experts and checkers, and Police Lieut. Albert T. Sigwart. In the middle, at the left, is one of the signs informing motorists that they may have their brakes tested free of charge. In the middle at the right, la a mechanic on the running board of a car undergoing the teat. Itelow l» Commissioner Clarke G. Powell of the Chamber of Commerce, a firm believer In good brakes, and one of the first to have hla car tested. Manager Cavanaugh is congratulating him on the good working order of his brakes. Fverjr conceivable make of ear. truck and bus underwent teats dur ing the first da.v of the drier. Wtfes and Daughters of Lions to Be Royally Feted in Omaha Wi ve* -; 1,^ daughters who will ac-1 compan: I."ns to the international convention in Omaha four days the coming week will not sit idle In hotels while the I,ions attend business ses sions and stag affairs. A committee consisting of Mrs. I. L. Kinsey, general chairman; Mrs. John Brownlee, entertainment chair man; Mr*. Roy Swanson, hotel* chair man: Mrs. Merle Taylor, hostess chair man; Mr*. J. Dean Ringer, registra tion and information chairman, and their committee membera have arranged to entertajn the visiting women from th* time they step off the train until they hoard Pullman* and automobiles for home. Visitors will he met at the stations. To obviate missing anyone, n canvas* will be made of the hotels. Hostesses will see that all ar* Introduced at df.nccs and other affairs. Today the women will participate in the parade and attend Ak Par Ben races and join the throng at the Krug park barbecue in the evening Wednesday tha women visitor* will be guests at a theater party at the Rialto at 10 a. m. and will be enter tain»d by the Altrusa club of Omaha and Council Bluffs st X p. m. In a rde through Omaha and Council Bluffs, ending in * dinner at the Happy Hollow Country club. They will be guests of the California dele gation at 11 Wednesday night. (---N Convention Program of Democrats Today Called to order at 12 noon, da» light saving time, by National Chairman Hull. Invocation h.v Cardinal Hayes. Singing of national anthem. Official photograph. Brief address by Chairman Hull Reading of the official call of the convention. Recommendations for temporary officers and their election. Appointment of a committee of three to escort Senator Harrison of Mississippi, the temporary chairman, to the platform. Address by Senator Harrison. Appointment, of committees and transaction of sundry business. Optional speeches. Presentation and adoption of resolution of respect In memory of Woodrow Wilson. Adjournment. ___J Speed Record Broken. Istres, France, June 23.—Radi J,e colnte, French aviator, competing in ths Beaumont cup speed races, today established a world's record for (100 kilometers of ons hour, 37 minutes and 43 seconds, or 30* kilometers an hetur. Brokers In Omaha—Louis V. Rter ling and B L. Taylor, members of th* firm of Logan A Bryan, were visitors In Omaha Mondav MILITARY RITES FOR WAR VETERAN' Funeral service* f.>r William II Easley, IS, a veteran of the world war, will bo held Wednesday after noon at 2 at the home, 1109 Pacific street. Easley died Sunday from pneumonia. Surviving him. heaid<\* hi* wife, are five daughter*. Bertha Bell, Ruth N'orene. Josephine I<ol*. Wanda Evelyn and Wilma Henrietta: hi* pa rent*, Mr. and Mr*. J. B Easlev, Eib rral, Mo.; one hrother, J. R. Isialey, Omaha, and one atster, Angie Kota Enaley, Eiberal. Mo. Easley had been employed a* a mo torman by the Omaha and I'ouncil Bluff* Street Rnilway company. II" wa* a member of St. Mihlel post. No. 247, Veteran* of Foreign War*. That organization la to aponeor a military funeral for him. Mrs. Knon Wants Frrrdnm. Oolumbue, Neh., .Tune 23.—Married for 30 year*, and charging her hus band with cruelty, Mr*. France* Koon ha» filed ault for divorce from Arthur E. Koon. prominent, real eatate man. The couple were married In *94. (ihargrs Dismissed. oharge* of petit larceny again*! TV O. Ising*. 1621 Xorlh Twenty fourth afreet, automobile dealer, were dla mleaed In police court thla morning. The rharg»* area# from a refuaal to refund money paid in on an automo hlle, Ijinge said. Record Set Here in First Day of Free Brake Test 1,700 Motorists Drive ITp for Examination — Officials Jubilant Over Initial Success. t Cent i nm-rt From Fog# One.) I'm going to ask every one with the chamber who drive* a car to have the teat made," aald Commissioner Powell.'' "All right-minded motorists should lake advantage of this oppor tunity to havs their hrakea tested free of charge. Bus Passes Test. "The white lines, 37 feet apart, en able motorists who have made the test to visualize In just what distance their brakes should work if In good condition." A large number of Yellow Taxicabs were tested during the morning. A majority of them passed. A fleet of Blue cabs also were tested and meas ured up to the requirement!. Every conceivable kind of car was tested. Trucks of ail kinds under went the tests. One of the big busses carrying passengers between Omaha and Fremont proved that Its brakes wera working regularly. I nanlmous In Praise. Cars from California and New York, Texas and North Dakota made dashes for the white line and applied their brakes. Some of them stopped In the proper time and aome didn’t. But these out-of-town drivers were unanimous In praise for the plan. "We'll tell ’em about It hack home," said a California driver. "Omaha has the right idea." The brake testing drive will be con tinued all week, beginning at * each morning and continuing till 6 each evening. Manager Cavanaugh hopes to test 14,000 cars before the close of the drive. A similar drive was con ducted recently in Denver, when 8,000 car* were tested. The drive Is being conducted under the auspices of The Omaha Bee, and with the co-operation of the police department and the Auto Trade aa xoriatlnn. Similar tests are being made in other major cltiea. It is being done purely In the Inter est of safety, and the pink sticker given those whose brake* are working right Is a label of honor; for It Is a proof that the driver who obtains It la a careful driver, who realizes his responsibility to his fellow citizens. GUILTY PLEA WAS WRONG, IS CLAIM An affidavit by Mr*. Row Rallonlo, i ■ now ##rving a y#ar and a day for illrg#d bootlrgging. m fll#d Mon flay afrarnoon by Attornry Jo# Tx>vt iy that ah# did not know what ah# wan doing wb*n ah# pl#*»d#d guilty io th* rharjr# without eoun*#l. .Mr*. Ballonlo. unabla to talk Kng li.*h. baa b*#n krpt In jail whflt hrr thr## rh!ldr#n *r« bring r*r#d for by nrlghhora Rallonlo la in Jail for an a**AU)t upon hi# wif#. RUTH LAW HERE ON WAY TO COAST Ruth Law, wall known aviatrlx arid stunt Avar, stopped In Omaha Mon day morning for JO mlnutaa an route to California. Visa Tjiw has been spending the last year at Mitchell Field, N. Y., and at MfCook Field In Ohio, perfecting plana for a n»w type of plane, tha helicopter This plane, according to Misa Law, haa many wings and can rise directly upward from the ground. The woman aviator will build this tvpa of plana in Cali t^lfnla at her own expense. Leonard Divorce (Granted. Lula M. Leonard, 4 6. was granted a divorce Monday morning from Frank W. Leonard. 47. in Judge* J. S DowpII'h court. The ground for the action wan deflection. The couple was m i ri led in Kfltllene, S. D.. July 2&, IftOfi. Leonard Wt hlfl wife Feb rtiary 5f. 1322. TWO NEW LOTS Lovely Summer Drsnei Imported Voiles and Irish I.inena brought to Omaha and go on aale— io.oo i.7' F. W. Thome Co. See the Newest Light ; Six Lions* Tales _.-> W. 3. Higgins of Austin. Tex., xlce president of the International, is slat ed for the presidency, although the promotion of vice president Is not an unwritten law. The lata Angeles delegation is out after the 1925 convention, backed by the entire California delegation. Of course nobody plays politics at * Linns' convention, but there are ru mors that Texas Is tying up for T-os Angeles, and California hacking Hig gins of Austin for president. C. R. Bartholomew of Denver waa the biggest I-lon in town until Wolf gang Schmidt of Fullerton, Neh., reg istered in. Wolfgang tops ‘‘Bart" by longitude, Isttltuds snd avoirdupois. The Whestland (Wyn.) delegation came In with anmbreroa, bandannas and perspiration, lacking only the chaps to he the real cowboy stuff. "Say, pilot us to some swimmln’ hole," was the plaint of hundreds of delegates Monday afternoon. The lo cal entertainment committee herded them Into autos and whirled them out to Krug park and Carter lake. One looks In vain through the Tex as delegation to see a tall, gaunt gen tleman wearing a Prince Albert coat, a flowing mualache and a long Im perial. Either Texas has reformed or the fiction writers are spoofing us. It ain’t right, nowhow. Every where the Iowa delegation goes It sings ths "Corn Song," and right be hind 'em la a delegation of Texans who warble to the effect that they “don’t give an adjective of condemna tion what becomes of the whole stale of Iowa, they being from Texsa now." The California songsters carry sn organ and an organist around with them, and when they warble, carol or vocalise they put a lot of harmony Into It. The Bee acknowledges a pleaaant snd enjoyable serenade. A wise bunch, thst crowd from To ronto. They have a couple of charm ing young women tying "Alphonse of Toronto" badges on the delegates. That means Toronto Is trying to land the presidency for Alphonse. The Pennsylvania delegations Is gumshoeing, so 'tls said. The Kef stone slatsrs have a candidate for president of the sable equie variety and may trot him out when the track gets good. On# Buffalo delegate who asked not to he quoted, Insists that A1 Smith Is not the real choice of New York dem ocrats "Orest goth," he ejaculated, "were flooded from Canada now. without having to build an ark for future contingencies Ilk# Smith." SHRD CMFWY YBC.K QHT HT T RITES FOR SUICIDE VICTIM TUESDAY Funeral service* for Mrs. Neill# Murdock, 29. wife of Frank Murdock, who committed suicide by saphvxl ation Saturday at the home. JO* Wool worth avenue, will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at ths home of her mother. Mrs. Oeorge MeDotlgsll, 2009 North Nineteenth street. Rev. K. M. Brown of Diet* Me morial Methodist rhurrh will offiHa'e Burial will he In Forest fjtwn ceme tery. Bluffs Man New Governor of lowa Nebraska District Braille Magazine for All Blind Children Approved at Meeting—Next to Be at Waterloo. {Continued From P»g* On*.) don. Ont., district governor of On tario, will respond. Singing will he led by H. Hoe Bar tie of Casper, Wyo., sfler which Pres ident Js'ole will give his annual ad dress, The report of Mevll Jones, secretary, will follow. A. Adam Bede, the humorist and former congress man from Minnesota, will give an ad dress and Miss Edwards will sing, ac companied by I.Ion F. F. I.udolph of San Antonio. Appointment of rom mittees will conclude the morning session. The afternoon and evening will he devoted to entertainment. Lions will gather at the auditorium at 1:30 p. m., form into a parade and drive 1H A | Sar-Ben field, where they will witness th* races, which Include the $1,000 Lion’s club purse race. After the races the visitors will ride through the city to Krug park, where at * a western barbecue will be put on. There will be band con certs, amusements, swimming, stunts and dancing until toward midnight. Los Angeles, El Paso and Cedar Point, O., are after the next conven tion. Cedar Point is a lake resort near Sandusky, O. Toronto, Canada, Is also anxious to •ntertain the Lions, but not for two or three years. Tha presidential race Is hot. Dele gates on board a train speeding to ward Omaha telegraphed from Ot tumwa. Ia., the delegation aboard the special train has caucused and was for Krneat L. Kreamer of (Chicago for president of the international. The telegram from Alvin L. Wagner, chairman of the caucus, stated that the state represented on the train and backing Krearner were Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida, Con necticut, Wisconsin snd Pennsyl vania. Col. W. J. Higgins of San Antonio is a strong contender for the presi dency. Southwestern delegations sre boosting him. Harry A. Newman of Toronto. Canada, Is another aspirant and appears to have a big following. Col. Lewla C. Perry of Terrell. Tex., head of the Texas Military college and former district governor, I* out of the race because of illness. He underwent a second operation at Rochester, Minn., s few days ago. John S. Noel, president, arrived Mon day morning and opened offices at headquarters at the Fontenelle. He is not a candidate for reelection, as It has been the custom of Lions to elect a new president every year. Visitors Monday were loud !n their praisea for the attractive decoration of the Auditorium and expressed re gret that the storm Sunday night tore sway Lions decorations through out the city. Stricken in Thair. Atlantic, la. June 33.—Mrs. Mary Nissen, 43. died suddenly »t h»r home near Elkhorn, la., when sitting In a ehair. She had been slightly ill snd it was thought she was convalescing Husband and nine children survive. STORM LITTER COVERS STREETS (Continued From I’nsn One.) the glass and frame work. Thous ands of dollars damage was done to the plant* and to the flowers grow ing under the glass. Andrew Frederickson, 6202 North Forty second street, reported that he had had a perfectly good barn Sun day afternoon. Now, after the visi tation of the storm, lie has a nice assortment of kindling wood. The storm held the city in Its grip for less thsn an hour but, In that time, did several hours worth of damage. Scores of trees were blown down at Prospect Hill cemetery, tombstones were blown over snd drives torn up. Borne windows were blown out of homes A few suffered damaged roofs One of the freaks of the storm transformed a Ford touring car in which a party of four picnirkera were hurrying toward town on I,eav enwnrth street, Into anything but a pleasure vehicle. The wind blew the top right off the car. Roof Off House The damage to trees and property wks possibly heaviest In the north and west sections of the city. There was no loss of life. At Sixteenth street and the boulevard the roof was blown from a hduse. A tree fell across the front porch of a house near Nineteenth and Cor i by streets, blocking the front doog of the place. Chicago, June 21.—Si* death* a •core or more injured and crop and property damage that will range Into hundred* of thousands, were the known cost today of the violent storm* accompanied by electrical dis turbance* which atruck in the mid west Sunday. Three were dead in Chicago, two from lightning and a third, Michael Shagney, from a plunge of 11 store* when he attempted to close an office window while the storm was at ita Velght. Stanley Barilo, a caddy, was killed Vvhen lightning struck the tree under which he and several golfer* sought shelter, and Acting Fire Cap tain Timothy Murphy was struck drad by a holt while directing the fight on a city fire during the storm. Three wer* reported killed and 20 injured in a tornado which struck near Tracy, Minn. Crops, power and communication lines and buildings in the storm’s path suffered heavy damages as the vio lent gales, accompanied hv- a deluge of rain, moved eastward from the Dakotas into Minnesota. Krug park will be open as usual tonight, said James I-,. Baugh, as sistant manager, when asked regard ing reports the park had been dam aged by the storm. 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