-ggq The Omaha Morning . 5ee ”z:: I you must begin at the bottom—e*. CITY EDITION - "" .. ~ — ... ..— <*p‘ in swimming.—Selected. ^-/ VOL. 54. NO. 11. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924. *’ TWO CENTS" v-_/ [Smith Crowd Crashes Convention Gates !Means Fails n Attack )n Mellon nunRel for Sleuth Unable to Show That Secretary, Who Testifies, Implicated in R um Deals. [! Gutzon Borglum on Stand I - ft New York, June 28.—With Andrew jlMellon. secretary of the treasury, on ttie witness stsnd. summoned by the | defense in the trial of Gaston B. Means, former Department of Pustice agent, and his secretary, Elmer W. | Jarnecke, charged with violating the !lbition law. counsel for Means i failed In an attempt to show Means wls dismissed because he sed an illegal withdrawal of ky from a distillery in Pit ta li partly owned by Mr. Mellon, iretary Mellon admitted that he had owned an interest in the holt Distillery, hut said that his knowledge of Means’ investiga of the distillery had come when ead the testimony given before •enate committee. Mr. Mellon 1 that the distillery company had been liquidated and that ow had no connection with It. enles Forged Permit Charge, questions as to whether forged Its for withdrawal of 42.000 gal !o f whisky from the distillery been deposited for a man named man as tollateral for a loan the Mellon National bank of burgh, In which the secretary is ested, Mr. Mellon replied that was not true. inquired of Pittsburgh bankers," aid. "and was informed that no ky certificates were held as eol al for loan or otherwise in any s there, and no certificates had held for years." hen these forged permit* were le office of the Overholt Distil company?” asked Thomac B. >r. attorney for Means, understood so,” answered Mr. rman C. Todd, specitl deputy at •y general. Interposed many ob >ns when Felder sought to ques Recretary Mellon about his busi affairs. and Judge Wolverton to Felder: repeat what I told you yester that the governmenti s not on (, trial in this case.” Gutzon Borglum Testifies. Mr. Mellon testified that John W. ; Hubcard, New Jersey steel manufac j turer, had told him he had paid some ■ money for release of whisky, but had got neither the whisky nor the re , turn of the money. The matter was referred to Internal Revenue Com missioner Blain for investigation, the secretary said. Mr. Mellon told of a visit paid to i him by H. T>. Rcaife. Washington at 1 iorney and former Department of Jus | tice agent, w ho asked the secretary to [ assign him to investigate prohibition : affairs. Mr. Mellon said Scalfe would * not put his proposal in w riting and t that he later misrepresented the con versation. t Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, was called to testify as to the existence of I a letter, which Means said President Harding had written 1dm (Means) di tecting him to make a prohibition in quiry. Borglum was not allowed to answer. WOMAN DENIES , DRIVING BANDITS Chicago, June 28. — Margaret ™ P.vrnes, held by th» police as a pandit queen" today declared the * were all wrong. T.rgaret, according to the police, scied as chauffeur of a cgr for three young men who are alleged to have held up a drug store last week. Mtss Byrnes, with black bobbed hair and • big blue eyes, insists the police are mistaken. She says she operates a rooming house and that Louis Ber nardo, one of the suspects in the holdup, is a roomer at her house. "A bandit queen? Well, J should say not," laughed Miss Byrnes. ”1 know nothing of the rolbery.” We Have With Us Today Bob Simmons, Sivtli District Congressman. , Bob Simmons of Scottsbluff. Ne hraska's "baby" congressman from Nebraska's giant Sixth district, ar rived In Omaha from Washington by auto with his wife and two children, Buddie and Jean. They had been on the road for seven days. From Omaha, Simmons and hla family, will drive directly to Scotts bluff. Simmons will make his first speech In his campaign for re-elec tion at Kush villa on July 4. Kiminar -was successful In getting on the Irrigation committee of the 'ower house, a committeeship vary necessary In order to serve constltu i ii'^n Ills district successfully. He looked upon as one of the hard WfflKP Hoi king congressmen In Wash ^"Ington, his chief alma bping better ' Itig the irrigation condition* In his dist rlet. Ttls secretary, Bawrence Malone, will remain at the Washington office during the summer. Goulds Again Battling for Gold The legal war on executors of the *80,000,000 estate of the late Jay Gould renewed In New York has hopelessly tied up properties willed by George J. Gould to his second wife, Vera Sinclair Gould, and their three children, George J., jr., Jane and Baby Guinevere, shown above. She’s inno cent victim of bitter battle for millions. Youth on Trial for Life Tells of Suicide Pact Says Dead Sweetheart Was Determined to Take Life* Tried Drowning and Then Took Poison. Srottsbluff, Neb.. June 5«.—Peril Corbin took the witness stand in hi« own behalf late today in his trial for the murder of his sweetheart. Laura T>uff. and recited details of hi?5 friendship for the girl and of the “suicide pact" which resulted in her death and his present trial. The trial started Monday. Jle told of their engagement, of Ihe trouble in which they found them selves, and of the Kiri’s determination tc end her life. lie related the first attempt, when she tried to drown herself into Lake Minatare. and told rlf tails of the trip into the hills where both ate poisoned food In an effort to die together. Corbin's story was brought out by careful questioning of his attorney Details which socnied a* variance with his statement made th* day frd lowing the girl s death were explained by Corbin as due to his disturbed state at that time. The youth s testimony w as all of fered by the defense. Arguments of state and defense counsel followed and the case was expected to go to the Jury tonight or tomorrow* morn Irg. Convention Program of Democrats Today Convention railed to order by I’ermanent Chairman Walsh at I0:SO a. in., eastern daylight time. Invocation by Itev. Dwight W. Wylie. Central I* r e a li y t e r i a n rlinreli, New York. Continuation of roll call by •dates for nominations for candi dates for president. At least five more presidential nominations are expected. Resolution for the election of tlie national democratic committeemen and rmmnlltoewonirn, and provid intr for their tenure ol office. Re|v»rt of platform committee. Adjournment for the day. Legionnaire* to Meet. Bedford, I« , June 26.—American Legion annual Taylor county conven tion will be held at New Market July 3. Dan Stack of Ottumwa, past de partment commander and democratic candidate for United States senator, will be speaker of the day. Hebron Docket Short. Hebron, Neb., June 26.- June equity term of the district court will con vene next Monday, with Judge ft. D. Brown on the bench, only 3! canes are llHtc*il for trial this term, the shortest docket In several years. Fireeraeker Injure* Hoy. Morrowvllle, Kan., .lime ' The "III son of Neal Moore. Morrow villa butcher, will probably lose (he sight of one eve ns the result nf 1 he explosion of a large firecracker in the h.'inde of a boy companion here Wednesday. Woman Ousts Police Chief; Takes Charge Bcnttl#, Wash.. June 26.— Mr#. Henry Lande#. wife of the dean of science 1n the University of Washing ton. and acting mayor of Beattie in the absence nf Dr. Edwin J. Brown, mayor, at the democratic national convention in New York city, todav took personal charge of the police de partment. M re. Land** designated Police Capt Claude G, Bannick. formerly chief nf the department, to be her aide She gave Bannick the title of acting chief. Mr#. I^ande# yesterday removed William B. Severyns from the office of chief of police, after she had given 24 hour# to effect reforms in the citv and In his department and he defied her. She issued a proclamation today which stated that an emergency ex isted and that In this emergency “I, Mrs. Henry Landes, acting mayor, was put in charge of the depart ment.” In a dispatch published here today. Mayor Brown was repotted to have declared: “Severyns Is all right, and will he put hack just as soon as I can get home." MISTREATMENT OF AMERICANS DENIED Washington, June 2«—Report* of mistreatment of Americana tn Japan are entirely without foundation, the American aaaoclatlon at Yokohoma declared today In a cablegram to the Chamber of Commerce of the United State*. An Inquiry by conaular of ficial* into alleged caae* proved each of them erroneous, the dispatch said, adding that “even the most radical element” In Japan had declared pub licly against Interference with for eigners. The association called attention to press dispatches, printed In Japanese, relating to maltreatment of Japanese on the American west roast “In re taliation" for Incidents In Japan, hut asserted that official dental of these also had been tesucrd. REPUBLICAN PARTY AFTER SOLID SOUTH Washington, June 26 Republicans will direct an attack on ihe demo cratic solid south In the approaching congressional’ campaign, Representa tive Wood of Indiana, chairman of the republican congressional cam paign committee, said today after a call at the White House. The campaign In the south will be centered, be said, on Texas. Ala bnnia, Tennessee and North t'arollna. Married in Council Itluffn. TIip following porsons oMitnsd tnsr* rinse llConses In Count'll Bluffs yeatsrday: K I1 <*ollstiu»r, Omnhn 17 Kdlth Putlsr. oniutin 11 Perry Kins Trrumseb, Neb. .,,.,17 Mol hit Vtuimlo, (IrrMnn, Wh • • Kiln** Mather Omaha .......ft Alphri-tfa V|errfwesther, iiitmln . .... 1 a A tvs Whli- Omshn „,f4 tin 'el I .*»f f ii-s wolf Omaha .. . . . ?1 t'mnk by tie. Council ilhiffe..?4 Helen Hnrl.lt. Council bluff* ....21 Keren < 'hrl*f*n*rn. Mmaht ....,.,..51 [Kern Jacobean, Oiflltia .... t2 K l. Hlnsherg Kansu* l*i»v. Me 3t y*r* 7* vln Council FP tiffs 1| H T Ps*-* Kansas CMy, Me 44 Anns Cools. Kansas City. Mo ......... 3| Canadian Elected to Head Lions Harry A. *' ——" Toronto, Defeats u_ n Cl Fresidf e3N Delegates Start nome Canada was accorded the honor of the presidency of the International Lions clubs at the eighth annual con vention which closed late Thursday afternoon. Harry A. Newman, Tor onto, Ontario, is the new president. Cedar Point, O., won out over 1x38 Angeles for the 1925 convention in a close contest. Cedar Point polled 359 votes and Los Angeles 332. "This was the biggest and best con vention in the history of Lionlsm,” said retiring President John 8. Noel of Grand Rapids, Mich., as he thank ed the convention for a gold and diamond emblem presented to him for his services in the past year. The Lions emblem Joins a similar emblem given Mr. Noel after serving as grand exalted ruleV of the Elks. Committee Thanked. The convention called to the plat form J. Dean Ringer, president of the Omaha Lions club; Frank Myers, chairman of the general committee, and V. C. Hascall and Merle Taylor, vice chairman, and amid rousing cheers, the delegates gave a rising , vote of thanks to the local Lions and the city of Omaha for the hospitality ] and entertainment enjoyed here. This demonstration followed a resolution of . thaaks adopted with loud acclama tion earlier in the day. Mr. Ringer in turn said succesa of 1 the convention was due to th^" fact that members of the olub pitched in with hard work and had the co-oper ation of all other clubs in the city, the press and the public in general. He expressed the committee* ap preciation for assistance. Mr. Newman's election to the presidency came after it had been freely predicted that W. O. Higgins of San Antonio, Tex., would gain the honor. Mr. Higgins has for live years been president of the San An tonio club, the largest in the world Other O Hirers. Withdrawal of W. A. Westfall of | Mason City, la., simplified the presl- , dentlal race. The withdrawal was made without explanation. The vote kas 426 for Mr. Newman end 265 for Mr Higgins. Benjamin F. Jones of Newark. N. J.. stepped up from the office of sec ond vice president to that of first vice president without opposition. Mr. Westfall was chosen second vice president. Irving L. Camp of Johns town, Pa,, was elected third vice president. New directors are Dr. M. M. Nielson, Salt Ixike City: Fred ‘ N. Redheffer, Kansas City; Mason Forties, Duluth, and Thomas Halli burton, Macon, Ga. Mr. Halliburton will serve out the unexpired term of Mr. Newrnan, who was elected presi dent. On motion defeated candidates, all election were mad# unanimous. Ef forts were made to close the conven tion noon, but the chair ruled that the election could not he held until . the fixed hour, 2:30 p. m. Results were announced at 5 p. m. Many delegates took evening trains for their home. While motorists remained over until Friday morning last Frolic Yesterday. The nams of Earnest L. Kreamer of Chicago, proposed in a caucus held on a special train speeding to Omaha Monday wag not submitted for the {•residency. While waiting for election results to he announced, talented delegatee end visitors were heard for the last Uma, and stunts evoked the final laughter. J. Adam Bede, humorist end former congressman from Minne sota, kept the audience in continuous uproar during en address. He was scheduled to speak Tuesday but was delayed by railroad washouts. Miss Maf-y Stewart, former grand opera singer who accompanied the Han An tonio delegation, appeared again, as di<4 the singers of Pittsburgh, Mis souri, and California. Lieut. Col. Charles Graham of Ixjndon, Ont , told l,ow' he waa feted In France as "ex !f>rd mayor of London”. The host finally learned that It was Ixmdnn, Canada, and not the seat of the em pire. and what was worse, when a map was produced. Ixindon, Ontario, w*» not on the map. Reports Adopted. Fun snd frolic ouch *s this is en Jeved si few conventions marked the entire session. Songs came to a cl I - rnux at the closing hour when "Chief If. Rosroe Martin, cowboy song leader, called for "Adeline." Merle Smith of Kansas City was speaker of the Thursday forenecn. lie spoke on "Putting Pep Into file Ianal Club" and showed how dubs ran tnkr part In local activities and be bene fited thereby. Reports of committees were nnanl moualy adopted. The report on activities urged dubs to adopt sonic major activity amt suggested aid tic given blind, crippled and 'iindeinolir tailed children. No firlevances. The chairman of Iho committee on grievances came on the stage without a scrap of i^pcr. Ills report was atm pie: "No grievances." "Hokum." the city leveled by an earthquake in the burlesque at the Ak Sai Men den. was placed In nom Inatlon for tha 1926 convention. Senator Walsh Via Telephone -•■■■ ' 'r. . *.* mn 3*e* Senator Thomas .J. Walsh of Montana, permanent rhairman of the lemocratlr national convention, as he looked just before the big meet got inder way in Madison Square Garden. The photograph was transmitted ly phototelephony by the Bell svstern for distribution by International e computed hi dollars. V\ hat It ran do in the future If properly supported Is lie >oml human calculation. This is hut the problem of the hoard of governors. It is the prnldrm of every limnI1.111 who claims to have local pride ami a willingness to co operate In forward movements. Surely there are more than .I.IMMI men in Omaha who have enough pride III their city and enough love in their hearts tor Its greater ml v-1111(1110111, who will come across will* the evidence in the shape of an application for mrnihrrship in the world's greatest aggregation of city and commonwealth boost ers, Nk Xar llen ' V---p Kellogor Expected to Play Part of m Advisor at Meet Macdonald Expects No Change of l . S. Polirv in Prc miers' Conference on Dawes" Plan. • Bv ROBERT 4. PREW. f nii»r*al vrtki1 Staff .( wrrespondent. London, June —Ambassador Kellogg is awaiting Instructions from the State department regarding the part he |s to play in the London con ferelire on the Dane* report It is believed here that he will serve sole ly In an advisory capacity, reflecting! the views of th» administration re I garding the application of the terme: of the report Premier MacDonald has stated 1 privately that in attaching great im-: portance to American participation in j the conference he doee not expect any change in the policy of the I'nited States for the present. In the premier e view, frank and full co-op eratlon must come unsolicited from America and not as a result of Eu ropean Import unities. Premier MacDonald believes how ever, that the mere presence of Am bassador Kellogg and Col. James A. I.ogan will have a great moral ef feet, lie Is doubtful if the European experts would have been able to reach an agreement on reparations except for the presence of the Atner-1 leans, Dawes and Young Therefore, thinks the premier, it increases the | chances of suci e«s for the London I conference to have the American ob-1 servers sitting in FLOODS ENGULF ' RUSSIAN TOWNS Leningrad, Jun* 28.—Flood* In the Ijika Ladoga region hav# engulfed 81 village*. The water roae 14 feet, oaualng enormou* damage. Many live* are leported to h*\e been loat and many are homeless. Bond Issue for Filtration Plant Proposed at Beatrice Beatrice. Neb , June 28.—At a meet Ing of the city commissioners it was decided to hold a special election here August 5 or August 12 to vote on the proposition of installing n filtrn lion plant In the Blue river at this |H,in! The proposition . alls for a 870, 000 bond issue \ isitors "Drop in** Bedford. 1a . .Itirtr '.'c Mr. and Mr? Bam R xl^rr* of Dr? Mninea are ms jtitiE here with relative?, having "dropped in * by airplane. Mr. Rod* era i? a professional aviator. Hr wan forced down her* by plane trouble and hie propellor waa broken in landing when the machine tipped forward Monkey \ ictim of Flood. Atlantic, In., June — A carnival company that wha making a eland along the hank? of Indian creek at Audubon loat part of ita pnrnpher nulla yeaterday when the at ream over . spread ita banka amt went on a ram page. A lone nionkcv tied in a cage 1 trialled. Cross Burned ill Norfolk. Norfolk. Neb , June ?ti \ large crowd of Norfolk citizen? wltncaaed i he burning «»f a fiery erou*A here lf*at evening. The croon waa placet! near 1 he htiaineaa aeclicn of the city b\ unknown peraona Bo fur a a known •here la nn Ku King Klan organ uuttion here. p ~l • ~ Hirelings Crowd Oat Ticket Holders as Governor Presented Pandemonium Breaks Loose When Name Offered in Nomi nation—Roosevelt Cheered in Speech hv Delegates Admiring Pluck—MeAdoo Given Second Demonstration. 10 Candidates in Ring; Meet Recesses After Snarl By A«wl«t«d Pm«. New York, June 26.—In a seven-hour continuous ses sion today, always noisy and sometimes tumultuous, the democratic national convention advanced its work to a point where 10 candidates for the presidency had been placed in nomination. It witnessed two demonstrations of note—a renewed one for William G. MeAdoo, and a prolonged and original one for Governor Smith, and then it got tied up in a snarl over whether it would recess until 10:30 tomorrow morning. It decided to do the latter, after a roll call w’hich might in some sense be accounted a test of strength. Alternative Planks on League and Klan Offered Committee Lleven Platform Drafter? Un able to Rearh Agreement ; on Two Issues After 20 Hours. B» Associated Brew. N>w York, June 26.—After more - than 20 hours of deliberation, the 11 I men commissioned to draft a plat form for the democratic national con vention found themselves so far apart tonight on the Ku Klux Klan and the league of nations questions that majority and minority reports were made to the entire platform committee when it assembled to whip' the party declaration into shape. Reports coming from the room where the 11 committeemen labored were that there was a division of eight to three against denouncing the klan by name. Those holding out for mentioning the invisible empire as such were Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Joseph A Kellogg of New York Both Senator Walsh and Mr Baker were under Instructions from their "ate delegations to insist that the klan he named. Senator Walsh offer ed a plank to accomplish that end. hut his was onlv one of nearly doren that had been prepared All of these were placed before the entire com mittee. Threats Renewed Anti-klan leaders in the convention followed closely the battle in the com mittee and renewed their threats of s fight on the convention floor unless there was a clearcut declaration in the committee draft. They said they had been having informal polls of the delegations made and expressod con fidence that they could muster a maj ority in the convention. In the long hours of discussion In the subcommittee, Newton P Baker was reported to have conducted a single handed fight for a declaration for tile league of nations practically Identical with that adopted at San Francisco, four years ago. Aligned against him were William Jennings Brian and other "wheel horses" of the party who favored a very much modified expression. Committeemen, generally, looked witt> much favor upon the world peace and league plank submitted by Owen D. Toung of New Tork, formerly a member of the Dawes reparations committee, but eome ad ditions had been made to It by a com mittee of three A member of other league planks hsd been submitted and all of them were laid before the entire committee when It assembled early In the night. Agree on Other Blanks. Aside from the klan and league Issues, the subcommittee was In agreement on the remaining *2 or S3 planks In the platform. Neither the agricultural aid nor the railroad problems proved as difficult of soht tlon as some committeemen had anticipated Some ronunltteemen described the railroad plank as declaring for the repeal of the so-called rate making provision of the transportation sot: abolition of the railroad labor board and restoration lo stale commissions authority over rales on traffic with in the state* Ths agriculture plank dev lares for government stimulation of organisa tion of cooperative marketing or ganisations on a national scale; for revision of the tariff lo aid the farm er: for reduction of rail and water freight rates and establishment of an export marketing corporation or com mission and for obtaining for agricul ture equality with other industries. The Weather <_ Kor 24 hour* fiuling 7 i> m June ?€ I'i erlfxit atloti tr> hr* m hundred* of men and women wearing no delegate* badges ant decor*te< only wtth Snuih caa p* vn buttons