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z^ni The ( imaha V i irning ' iee ™ooc"-™”*t - does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the union.—Rufus - ...... / VOL. 54. NO. 10. OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1924. * TWO CENTS'* °fi:.h*c:00i c.M.Siuft,L l _ k 1 ■1. . ■ .— - —» Democrats Stage Fist Fights Over Klan __ ft ___ - U. S. to Join Dawes Plan Conference Ambassador Kellogg Instructed to Attend Pre mier's Parley at In vitation of England. Logan to Assist in Meet ■Washington, June 25.—Ambassador Kellogg at London was instructed to day to attend the forthcoming pre miers’ conference to discuss execution of the Dawes’ plan. His appointment was announced in a White House statement which said -■» that Mr. Kellogg would attend the It conference "foi the purpose of deal ing with euch matters as affect the in tertsts of the United States and other wise for purpose* of Information.” V. S. Receives Invitation. This action was determined upon after the State department had been advised by the ambassador that an In vitation for the United States to parti cipate had been handed the American embassy in London. The White House sftatement declared that it was "the deeire of the administration that the Dawes plan should be put into effect as speedily as possible.” Col. James A. Logan, who has been American observer with the repara tion commission at Paris, also will go to London to assist the ambassador at the conference. Text of Statement, Ambassador Kellogg forwarded to the State department the text of the invitation and later Secretary Hughes conferred at length with Presidcst Coolidge. The statement then was given out at the White House. It follows: "It is the desire of the administra tion that the Dawes plan should be put into effect as speedily as pos sible. This is the first essential step to economic recovery abroad in which tills country is vitally Interested. It is with this view that in response to the Invitation extended by Prime Minister MacDonald, instructions have been given to Ambassador Kel logg to attend the conference In Lon don on July iij, for the purpose of t dealing with such matters as affect tile interests of the United States, and otherwise for purposes of informa tion. Colonel Logan will go to Lon don to assist tiie ambassador.” IOWA DELEGATION WAIVES UNIT RULE New York, June 25.—The Iowa delegation, which is under the unit rule, today unanimously voted to waive the unit rule in the event there I is any voting on a Ku Klux Iilaii plank in the democratic platform. ' E. T. Meredith, former secretar> of agriculture, and chairman of the | delegation, said he regarded the kian issue as religious, not political and that no one should be bound to vote In a manner contrary to the dictates of his conscience. We Have With Us Today, L. D. Henderson, Commissioner of Education, Alaska. Up where it's night all winter, Mr. Henderson has charge of the territor ial schools, 78 in number, with 200 teachers. It gets 30 and 40 degrees ^ below zero and the teachers have to Wrap up like the Eskimos In picture books, but they teach just the same. Mr. Henderson slopped at the Omaha oBard of Education office Wednesday en route to the National Education association meeting in AVashington, D. C., which starts Sun day. He will spend the summer studying educational work in Colum bia university. The main trouble he finds In Alaska Is the lack of transportation facili ties, said Hr Henderson. Another great problem is the Indian. Although the federal government provides schools for the Indians, lt« Is neces sary to take a great many in who live near the territorial schools. The schools which he has under his supervision Include 18 high schools The teachers are mostly women. It's harder to get efficient male teachers, who will go up there," said Mr. Henderson. Heir to Earldom Is Sailor on U. S. Cutter »i • ■ ■ "i Though he's heir to the earldom of Westmoreland, one of the oldest of English houses, the Hon. John Ne ville Burg-Apton Villiere Farrow holystones decks on board the U? S. coast guard cutter Shawnee. When not salloring the young nobleman associates with San Fran cisco's Blue Bookltes. i Boys Trapped in Second Franks Ransom Scheme Sister of Slain Lad Threat ened Unless $8,000 Paid; Bogus Money Package Leads to Capture. Chicago, June 24.—Three boys were trapped tonight when they went to collect $S,000 they had demanded from Jacob Franks as extortion. They had treatened to kidnap Josephine Franks. Josephine Franks is a sister of little Robert Franks, kidnaped and slain by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The youths arrested tonight are about 17, school boys. Mr. Franks, father of Josephine, received a letter telling him to drive his car to a depot with the money. He called police. Chief of Detectives Hughes suggested a bogus package he made up and carried by Mr. Franks to the spot indicated. By Associated Press. Chicago, June 24.—Detectives ami postal authorities who spent the day investigating threatening letters re cently sent to wealthy Chicageontt were undecided tonight whether the missives were the w-ork of cranks with a perverted sense of humor, or a band of extortionists bent on capi talizing the recent kidnaping and slaying of Robert Franks to frighten wealthy persons into meeting their demands. One of the letters was received by KdWard Hines, wealthy lumberman, from a man who signed the missive "Farewell" and called upon the re cipient to bury $20,000 under an ash pile at a designated point before July 8 or forfeit his life. Ttie writer rep resented himself as suffering from tuberculosis and with less than two months to live, which lie said lie ex pected to make as easy for himself as possible. Numerous warnings were interspersed with bits of poetry and philosophic musings. Another letter, neatly typewritten, was received by Dr. Homer S. War ren, the writers signing themselves "The Red Peppers' and demanding $5,000 under threat of "exposure." Dr. Warren told police that he had deposited a decoy package and had received a second threatening letter as a result. Kvidence that a woman also received one of the letters was found by police in the personal column of a newspaper which a few days ago carried a note addressed to "The Red Peppers" and signed "Mrs. N,” in which the writer asked more time to meet the requests made. Po lice are trying to find Mrs. N. The police expressed the opinion that ail notes have been written by the same person of persons. Topping Machines Used to Harvest Grass Seend Clarlnda, la., June 25.—The Page county crop of blue grass seed Is be ing harvested with topping machines. Klght of these huge rollers are now in operation on the W. K. Anderson farm north of Clarlnda, heading the 400 acres of bluegrass. The seed is sacked directly from the machines and removed by trucks. Government Sues 30 Big Oil Firms Violation of Sherman Anti Trust Act Charged— Standard Defendant as Alleged Fixer. Omaha Company Named By H. K. REYNOLDS. International New* Service Staff Corre spondent. Washington, June 25.—In a gigan tic effort to break the alleged control of the Standard Oil company over gasoline and oil prices in the United Stales, the federal government today charged 80 of the country's great oil companies with violation of the Sherman anti trust law and asked the district court at Chicago to enjoin them from further violations. The suits were filed under the di rection of Attorney General Harlan F. Stone on the basis of an Investi gation conducted by the federal trade commission. The litigation thus started by the government Is regarded by officials of the Department of Justice as among the most Important that has been undertaken during the past quarter of a century. Standard Oil Named The companies named In the bill Include the Standard Oil of Indiana, Standard of New Jersey. Standard of California, Standard of Kansas, Standard of Louisiana, Standard of New Y’ork, Standard of Ohio, the Texas company, the American Refin ing company, the Aetna Refining company and 20 other great oil com panies. In explanation of the government’s legal assault on the various Standard Oil companies, which were dissolved several years ago by the United States courts, the Department of Justice is sued the following official statement: "In bringing this suit Attorney General Stone, charging that all these great companies have combined to control the production of gasoline by a pooling of associated patent rights in violation of the Sherman anti trust act, names as the primary defendant in the conspiracy to or ganize and maintain the unlawful combination, the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana, Standard fill Com pany of New Jersey, Standard Devel opment company, Texas company and the Gasoline Products company. "In substance, the petition filed by the attorney general alleges that, due to the Increased demand for gasoline resulting from the great increase in the use of automobiles, manufactur ers of gasoline now utilize processes for cracking gasoline which Increases the yield from a given amount cf stock from 50 to 100 per cent over the old methods of dlstllaton. The process Is described ss the subjecting of the residue after distillation to high temperatures and super atmo spheric pressure that effects the de composition of molecules of the heavier hydrocarbons, gas, oil and so forth. Into the molecules of the lighter hydrocarbons known as gasoline. Patents Pooled. ( laltn. "The attorney general charges that the disclosure of this process was made In patents issued 60 years ago, and long since expired, and that while there now are no valid patents covering broadly the basic features (Turn to tVjgp Five, i oliutin Hi*.) Bloomfield to Hold Big Celebration on the Fourth Bloomfield. Neb., June 25.—All pre Itmlnarlea for the big celebration to be staged here on the Fourth of July under the auspices of the Bloom field Concert hand have been com pleted. The program will include exercises at the city park In the fore noon, ball game, races and sports in the afternoon and a grand ball in the evening. A feature of the after noon program will be a hose race h< tween two teams picked from the Bloomfield volunteer fire department, one captained by II. H. Haasman and the other by Taylor Mefford. The boys' Ixirid will play during the dny and will give a concert In the evening Griswold Churches Protest Against Movies on Sunday Atlantic, la., June 25. .Speculation Is rife as to the probable move to bo made at Orlswold, la., against Sunday movies. The city council some weeks ago granted the proprietor of the Strand theater permission to opernte on Sunday. Churches Immediately registered a protest. There Is talk of asking the district court for a restraining order. Enid and Husband Set Sail for Rome Enid Bennett, screen star, sailed on the Leviathan from New York with her husband, Fred Nlblo, movie direc tor. They're going to Rome. 242.013.000 Yen Asked for Quake Repairs in Japan Imperial Diet Meets to Con sider Budget — Record Membership in New Lower House. By Associated Frees. Tokto. June 25.—The imperial diet met in extraordinary session this morning, the chief business being to deal with the supplementary budget for the fiscal year 1924-25, This ap propriates 242,013,000 yen, principally for earthquake reconstruction work, according to the figures of the finance department. The supplementary budget, added to the regular working estimates of 1.347.173.000 yen. announced by the finance department at the opening of the fiscal year. April 1. 1924, makes % total appropriation for the year of 1.589.186.000 yen. The home office and department of -ommunlcatlons together claim two thirds of the supplementary apprnprl Jtions, their share being allotted to the rebuilding of roads, government offices, postolfires. telephone snd tel*, graph lines, temples and shrines. The war office asks for 12,213,000 yen and the navy department 7,787,000 yen. The supplementary budget does not contain all the appropriations to he asked of this session of the diet. The navy department, for Instance, will ask approval of a continuing pro gram of reconstruction, principally for the Yokoknshima naval base, to cover several years, and to cost 92, 000,000 yen. The new house of representatives, as a result of the general election of May 10, contains more new members than any house since the Inaugura tion of the national parliament 34 years ago. Nearly half the member ship of 464, or 218, are holding seats In the diet for the first time. Only 53 members of the new house sat In the one dissolved on January 31. The remainder, 193, -have been In parlia ment before, but not In the last diet. Married in Council Bluffs. The following persons obtained mar riage licenses In Council Bluff* yesterday. Past P Nuarky, Omaha .29 Helen C. A mberson. Superior. Neb. . 21 Merry P'leeker. Manhattan. Kan 27 Dorothy Janet Blossom. Council Bluffs 18 Edward S Terry. Omaha . . 28 Ida J. Mayo. Fort Worth. Tew .... 24 D. M Downs, Nsola. Is . 21 Jst Thrush. Cornell Bluffa ... 21 Clark F Wooldridge. Sidney Neb .. 2.1 Klsie Renmnder, Madison. Neb.23 Key Schad. Olhlnn. Nsh ... 21 I. aura Witt. Albion. Neb. 19 Michael F May, Omaha . . 47 Anna Fischer. Omaha . 4; Edmund Mathlesen. Council Bluffs 2* Helen Knudscu. Council Bluffs .21 Clarence Howard Bowers. Omaha . ... 21 Gladys Ferns McFarlend. Omaha •. 21 John W Prague. Jr . Council Bluffs . 22 Ktnma I Kellogg. Council Bluffs ... 18 William O Kleck. Flattsmouth. Neb . . 21 Bora A Lloyd, Plnttamouth Neb. . 21 Krneat Herman Knehel, Norfolk. Neb . 2? Kina Katherine B. Raise. Norfolk. Nett 18 Wallace R York. Fasraguet, la .4 Blanche A Kernerllng, P'arrngut, la 21 Rudolph Fnsilk, Omaha .... IJ Freda Kne». <*maha 18 J C Anderson, Connell Bluffs ...... 21 Dorin B Kosch, Council Bluffs . 21 R. I> Zenrlan, Springfield, Neb. .... 27 Thelma Blodgett, Springfield. Neb 18 J. P7 Plerlnger Hastings, Neb .... 21 Flora Moulds. Hastings. Neb. '1 O. K Hayss. Griswold, la 2'J Dorothy Kennedy, CouneR Bluffs .... 1* Charles B Williams. Omaha . 1ft Gladys «Martln, Omaha 24 Lions Hear Pleading of LL\ cj 1 *>cna -I xi W'lV, id Boy Will Buy Braille Magazine for Every Sightless Child in United States and Canada. Convention Climax Today Hushed as never before In solemn moments at the Lions International convention, the gathering listened in tently while a 10-year-old blind boy. Edward Kuncel, 4018 South Seven' teenth street, Omaha, read with his Anger tips a plea for a magazine for the blind children of America. Clear ly and deliberately as sny orator of the convention, little Edward deliv ered his message. He and other blind children will receive an answer to their plea. Fol lowing the boy’s dramatic appear ance, the convention adopted a reso lution urging every Lions district In the United States and Canada to sub scribe for the Braille Junior Maga zine and send It free to every blind child In the district, as was first tJone by the Lions of Cincinnati, and then by the Lions of Ohio' and later In other Llona districts. The blind boy orator was brought on the stage by N. C. Abbot, for many years superintendent of the state school for the blind at Nebraska City. His mother, Mrs. Gus Kuncel, was in the audience. Child Welfare Program, Only one copy of the Braille Junior magazine has been received at the state school, Mr. Abbott said, after the boy's talk. The blind children take turns In reading this one copy aloud to the rest. Edward asked that the last copy be given him. After his talk at the convention, the request was granted, and he carried away the precious magazine printed in rt»lsed letters. Other recommendations of the child welfare resolution, reported by Judge Hubert Utterbaek of Des Moines and idopted by the convention, urges upon all Lions child welfare work vnd a survey, endorsement of the Boy Seouts. Girl Scouts. Y. M. C. A.. Y W. C. A.. Campfire Girls and Amcr lean Junior Red Cross; urged Lions to be big brothers to handicapped boys and girls, to hack the child labor imendment to the U S. Constitution; to observe Father and Son week and Roys’ Week, and to hold a series of iratorlal contests by children on good citizenship Candidates File. The convention will reach a climax Thursday with the election of officers md the selection of the 1925 meeting place. Campaigns for candidates and cities have been waged all week. Nu merous nominations are expected on the floor of the convention, probably •>f 'dark horses,” Inaddltlon to the list of candidates filed with the nom Inatlng committee when It adjourned it 4:10 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Candidates filed with the commit tee are: President—William A. Westfall, Ninth district, Mason City, la, and r^>l. W. O. Higgins, Second, San An tcnlo, Texas. First \ Ice president—Benjamin Tones, Fourteenth, Newark, N. J. Second vice 'president—Irving L. ?ump, Fourteenth, Johnstown, Pa. Third vice president—Judge Wil liam V. Gregory, Twelfth, Louisville. Ky Directors, three to be elected for lb res years—Mason Forbes. Fifth. Duluth; Fred N. RedhefTer. Twenty rourth, Kansas City; J. A. Holmes, Twenty seventh. Madison, Wis ; Earle W Hodges. Seventh, Little Rock, Ark.; Dr. M. M. Nielson. Twenty dghth, Salt I.ake City; Thomas Halil urton. Thirty fourth. Macon, Gs ; Thomas B. Lee. Twentieth, Niagara, N. A., and James II Readlo, Twenty third and Thirty third. Providence, R. I. Fight for Convention City. Nominations will be made In the frrenoon, but the election will not be held until Just Iwfore adjournment it .1 o'clock In the afternoon. Nom inating speeches are limited to three minutes, ami seconding s|>eeches to :ine minute Candidates expected to 9e nominated on the floor are Harry A. Newman, Toronto, Can., and Earnest L. Kreamer of Chicago. Illinois Is said to have withdrawn from the Kreamer race, being satis fled with haclng International head quarters In Chicago. Huge banners hung In the conven tion hall tell the story of the conven tlon city campaign "All Ohio, 1926, (Turn to rage Fire. Column Three.) Put the “Go” in I Goodfellowship i Ak-Sar-Ben Has created good fellowship throughout the west. It has brought Omaha and its natural trade territory into closer business and friendly relations. J. Dean Ringer, president •if the Omaha Lions Club, says; “One begins to fully ap preciate what Ak-Sar-Ben means and really it when a big convention like that of the Lions is entertained in Omaha. It it the great moving spirit in good fellowship and friend ly rivalry. It is the enthus iasm of Ak-Sar-Ben that keeps things going. Membership in Ak-Sar-Ben should be deemed a pleasure and a privilege— a pleasure because of the friendship made and enthua iaam aroused; a privilege be cause it enables one to work intelligently and co-operative ly for Omaha aad the west." McAdoo Forces Still Confident of Vote Outcome No Significance Attached hv Manager to Anti-Klan Demonstration on Con vention Floor. / __ Now York, June 25.—Nomination of William G. McAdoo by the end of the week Is the objective of his support ers. Balloting at the democratic con vention, they predict will begin Friday. After today’s session, a dozen or more of McAdoo's advisers wont into conference with him to canvass the situation and perfect piana for the battle of ballots afterwards. David Ladd Rockwell, his campaign mana ger, declared he was convinced the convention was in no mood for a dead lock stretching into next week and that every effort would be made by the McAdoo forces to wind things up, at least so far as the presidential nomination is concerned by Saturday. (laim Reserve Strength. Continuing to express confidence as to the outcome. Mr. Rockwell said the McAdoo lines not only had been held Intact, despite reports from rival ramps to the contrary, but that the candidate had a reserve strength that would surprise his opponents. Mr. Rockwell declined to make any prediction as to the strength McAdoo would poll on the first hallots. or a* to how many ballots would be re quired to name a candidate. Apparently confident that McAdoo early will roll up a majority and of the opinion that If this occurs, many delegates will conclude that a pro tracted deadlock can be avoided only I If McAdoo Is named, his managers I seemed convinced it would be good strategy to press the issue at thg out set. Developments Encouraging. developments during 'he day, It was declared at McAdoo headquar ters. were encouraging from every angle. The demonstration given the randtdate at the convention after he had been placed tn nomination ap peared to please his lleuteant* Then, too. they said, reports reaching them from various delegation* indicated that all is well, although some of the faithful had been uneasy earlier in the day on account of the activity of the enemy in attempting to make in road* In the McAdoo ranks. No significance, at least with re ran! to Mr. McAdoo'a candidacy, was attached by Mr Rockwell to the anti klan demonstration on the conven tion floor. The charge was made by him, however, that some leaders in the party, among them tJeorge E. flrennan. democrat^ national commit t^sman from Illinois, was seeking to stir up a row over the klan issue in the hope* of embarrassing Mr., Mc Adoo. Ord to Have Fair. Ord, Neb , June 25.—lamp Valley Agricultural association will hold a fair In Ord this year, opening on August 2S. differences with the county board over assistant have been adjusted and the fair will be held as usual. Tromble to Speak. Columbus. Neb. June 2f>—John Tromble. president of the Kansas Farmers' fnlon. will speak at Platte Center Friday evening. June if. The meeting la under auspices of the Nominating Speech Denouncing Order Precipitates Brawl Delegations Launch Parade as Anti-K. K.K. Demonstration Sweeps Convention Hall—Personal Encounters Follow When Number of States Refuse to Join Marchers. McAdoo, Robinson, Underwood Names Presented New York, June 25.—The deep currents of democratic rivalry and dissension burst their dykes today in Madison Square Garden and engulfed the party’s national conven tion with a billowing wave of confusion and disorder. The Ku Klux Klan issue, brought at last to the open floor of the convention, set off an anti-klan demonstration that swept the great hall like a tornado and led" to several fist fights among delegates, but apparently brought the question no nearer a solution. Reaching the stage of receiving nominations for the presidency, the convention also was shown, in an hour’s demonstration for William G. McAdoo, visible proof of the organized and driving power of the forces that are at work to influence the selection of a nominee. -—- --a Man Near Death From Accidental Rifle Discharge Little Hope Held for Recovery of Young Bridegroom at Fairhury—Bullet Under Heart. gpeelst Dlapstrb to The Omaha Bee Fairbury. Neb.. June 25.—Hiratn Jurgena. 27. a bridegroom of two weeks' duration, accidentally shot himself today. He is unconscious and little hope is held for bis recovery. Jurgena is a butcher and the acci dent occurred in a slaughter house where the young man had gone to butcher a cow. The animal had been run Into a chute and Jurgena had walked onto the platform preparatory to shooting It. The rifle was kept In a corner on the floor and It Is believed that In someway It was dis charged when Jurgena reached fcr it The bullet entered the left side directly under the heart. Jurgena Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jurgena. living on a farm near Powell. Neb. His bride was Miss I-etha Smith and they had just set tied In a new home at Fairbury. MIDLAND FUND REACHES $314,521 Fremont. Neb., June 25.—Midland '•"liege officials announced today that the total thus far obtained In the ap peal for 1500.000 has reached $314,521 with reports from various precincts yet to come in. Dr. O. H Pannkoke. director of the appeal, and President J. F. Kruc cer are in Kansas at present working with the local committees in winding up the campaign in that territory. De lays caused by continued rainstorms upset the plans of the campaign and as a result the appeal will be carried on for a brief period. The Fremont drive for H00 000 has passed the 175.000 mark and with a number of pledges to be renewed, tbe worker^ sre confident of consul erable success. H. V. Grothe. in charge of the alumni campaign, reports that about 75 per cent of the 160.000 has already been secured And as yet. he stated, a great number of former students have not been approached. Rerkle<*g Driver Jailed. Clarinda. la . June 25.—Glen Burge was arrested for reckless driving fol lowing collision with a truck of the A. A. Berry Poultry company. He was lined 125 and being unable to pay cash Is serving 10 days in Jail. The Weather Vs ----, For 54 hour* undine 7 p m . Juna 15 11 • 4 Precipitation, Inch** »nd hundredth* Total. T. Total ainca January 1. 14 7* e*ce*a. .14. Hourly Temperature* 9 a trv .49 1pm .71 « a m. ...... 49 1 P m .tr 7 a m.91 1 p m.7S * *• ro.93 4 p. m.T* * a m. ...... 49 5 P ..74 19 a m 9* 4pm .73 11 a m. 49 7 pm .7] It noon .79 9 p. m .99 The name or liovernor ai amitn will be presented tomorrow, and hi# campaign organization was preparing tonight a convention floor parade de signed to outlast and outdo that ac corded today to his leading rival. Nominating speeches for all tha other candidates are expected to conclude tomorrow night, but there will be no balloting before Friday or Saturday. Organization Perfected. Moving swiftly through it# routine preliminaries, the convention today perfected Its permanent organization, accorded two prolonged demonstra tions to It# permanent chairman, Walsh of Montana, the Teapot Dome prosecutor, and disposed of all Its duties except adoption of tha party platform and selection of tha nomi nees. i ne Kian ana otner aeoatea suojrcx* tonight held In contlnuoua session a platform sub committee appointed to comb over a vast collection of sug gestions and advice and weld what la found acceptable Into a declaration of principles on which the whole party can stand united. Convention officials hope the plat form will be ready for submission by Friday morning. Under the rules. It must be adopted by the convention before voting begins on presidential candidates, and if no prolonged floor fight develops on the controverted planks, It ia possible the first roll call* on presidential candidates will bo reached before adjournment Friday night Twenty to Be Presented. In all. about twenty candidates are to be formally presented to the con vention and only three of ths nomi nating speeches were heard today. Alabama, heading the roll of ths states, placed In nomination Senator Oscar W. Underwood. Arizona had no nomination to present, and Arkan sas presented the name of Senator Joseph T. Robinson. California's nom ination of Mr. McAdoo Vnd the dem onstration in his behalf brought the day's proceedings to a close When the convention reconvenes tomorrow morning. Colorado will nominate Gov ernor W. E. Sweet and then, when the name of Connecticut is called, its delegation will yield to New York for presentation of the name of Governov Smith. It was denunciation of the klan by Forney Johnsavn of Birmingham in . his speech nominating Senator Un derwood, that threw the convention into its first open manifestation of disagreement. Throughout his pre convention campaign, the Alabama senator has waged unrelenting war i n the klan. and since he rams to New York he has made public th* anti , Ian plank he would like to see in the platform. Mr. Johnson read the vigorous phrases of this plsnk to the convsn non and its response was as prompt as it was dramatic Tear Mags front Malls. Sending up a shout that came as from a single throat, the delegations from several antiklan states poured into ths aisles to begin a parade around the hall. Gathering momentum as tlnv went, they tore from th* walls and railings clusters of Amer ican flags to carrj aloft tn their militancy, and took up for thgir marching songs. ' The Star Spangled Banner" and "My Country 'Tla of Thee " It was SO minutes before order could be restored. A number of states refused en nisase to join In the demonstration and In two or three delegations where sentiment was divided, there were flat fights between delegate* who Bought (Tara to race Mr*, Colama Owl JOE ELLEN--A STORY OF BROADWAY—By Alexander Black PART ONE. The Spouting Devil. I. A* for Jo Ellen, if you had been In search of her you might have missed her altogether. The grass had been precocious that year. Where It squirmed In the hot wind, and espe '•tally where the clover and wild car 4* rot apattered the slope, a slender fig a ure was easily Immersed. " The girl sprawled with her feet toward the river. She had been In the shade of the maple when she flung herself backward. Now the sun bAd crept to her neck. Presently It would pry open her eyes Her hare leg* glistened In the light. One of them carried a pais red scratch run ning diagonally upward from the ankle. Before that, she had eat peering at the water and at the purple sllhou ette of the other aide. A tugboat and a long airing of bargee had been cutting a line through the glittering apage. A freight train droned by, allowing only the roofs of the cars arid the high windows of the caboose. The tracks would blister your feet If you had your shoes off. If you were further down the hill you could see the tracks shining like slits of river. Probably the telegraph wires were Just hr hot It was a wonder the sorrows could stand on them as they did. Ths shadow of the Faltsadsa looked coo!. Very likely It wasn't. When you got nnywhere It only proved to he hot In another way. Even the water acemed to simmer Put the river was cool. It would be s great day to fall In. Thought of falling In brought about a glance at the allp of a dress she more and a meditative movement of one hand. The fingers advanced to a torn place In the hem, then reviewed the line of the scratch on the leg Experimental wriggling of her Ioch resulted In the detachment of one canvas allpper. She pushed the slip per through the grass with her pink heel, etared again at the Palteados and pulled oS her pap, the GAP tha long peak which she liked to wear In the aim. Hair was a nuisance In such weath er. She plunged a hard Into tho moss of Its colls. Sticky. If only It could he cropped—not merely bohhed. hut cropped rloee like a boy'a. Shire glcd. A lot of red hair could be sold lo somebody. You could buy aotne thing with the money. When ehe tweaked the knot the mass leaped like a name. Her shoul ders winced at the hot tickle of It. In an airplane the whole thing would aland etrnlght out On some days it would he blown gorgeously If you stood on the very top of the Fall aadaa, facing that other way. wbert I you could off ifile lb! well • . She dropped hack ward and the grans seamed to flow over har with out dimming the ruddy flash. Against this daub of color the warm white ness of her face and neok showed sharply. She looked Into tha leaves overhead with wide, clear eyes. The glint of green and mauve between the lashes might have been borrowed from the setting or might hs\a be longed to them When the lids came dmvn. the laeh lines were deeply curved There was a moist glow In the hollow ai her throat and In the prophecy of the hrensts that rose and fell In a steady, participating tran quillity. 11 (mm* If*ub, a bony, long limbed woman, with a scuttling stride that never appeared to he affected hy foot way or weather, turned out of the lower road. She was whistling a wheeay not# and folding the end# of v newspaper that wrapped a bundle •he carried under an arm Her wiry brown hair glistened at her temples Having subdued the paper, she drew the back of her hand under her chin nml glanced at the wet knuckles with >ut losing the pucker of her lips *he rubbed the knuckle# over her skirt at the hip and awutig up the slope When there was need to dodge an obstacle she khovved an extraor dtnarv nlmbleneas Something lank ly girlish appeared In her movements H was a bare foot Uiat caugbl l»er 4 glance. . When she saw that It was Joe Ellen Rower, she halted and faced the flgure in the grasa without suspending the breathy tune or seeming definitely to focus her look. Casually ahe noticed the detached allpper, the hat, the hair gleaming through the green, the creeping tn tensity of the sun. She became rath er intent at last In w-alchtng the gift's bosom rise and fall The in l terest of this seemed to grow upon her. She censed whistling and her Inky eyes acquired a look of being fascinated, or of being held bv some extraordinary thought New that she had censed whistling her lips had a loose plainness They hnu. apart while the »too4 Uieit, as |Uli as out —--I 'f tha trar*. atarlng at tha aun tinted throat and ahouldar* of the 11th* young body, at th* ona apet In th* sultry aoana that movad. It wa» a* if hara th* hlllald* hr*ath*d. and H "■'* a a If th* hill wok* up whan Jo* Ellen a rvra opened wtd* Emma Trauh hltnkad "Your unola'a homa." aha aaid. Jo Elian vawnad, gatharad haraolf into th* ahade. and hagwn t'.iaaingt with har hair "What of tt*" "Slok." aald Emma Trauh. Joa Elian'* hrow* gwva a parplarad twltoh. " Stok*" "H« look* had." added Emma Trauh Thereafter *h» resumed har (Tara «« r**» Teals a, J t