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CITY EDITION V0L g4 N0 2? OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1924. *TWO CENTS1* 0Fi?.hc.*Dntd. »°wnwh«rp.luff* v -'
Simple Rites
Held for Son
of President
Funeral Services for Calvin
Coolidge, Jr., Take Place
in Historic East Room
of WhiteHouse.
High Officials Present
By HARRY WARD,
International News Service Staff Cor
respondent.
Washington July 9.—With simple
teeremonles no different than those
which would take place In any other
American home, except for the pres
ence of scores of government officials
end the diplomatic representatives of
foreign nations, the president and
Mrs. Coolidge this evening poured out
the grief of their hearts at the bier
of their youngest son, Calvin Cool
Jdge, jr.
In the historic, lilgh-ceilinged East
room, the White House, heavy with
the scent of lovely blossoms, express
ive of the sympathy of America and
the world for hts father and mother
In their bereavement, the funeral
(service took place at 4 o'clock.
All of the Invited guests were pres
ent, standing with bowed heads, when
^Irs. Coolidge, veiled and weeping
softly, entered, leaning heavily on
the arm of her husband. The presi
dent looked straight ahead, his lips
tight.
Tonight at 9 the 16-year-old son of
the president, whose death has sad
dened the national capital and called
forth deep grief and sympathy from
n whole nation, will begin the long
Journey, first to the scenes of his
childhood at Northampton, Mass.,
end then to the little hillside ceme
< tery among the rugged Vermont
hills, where he will sleep forever
among his ancestors.
Besides the president and Mrs.
Coolidge and their son, John, the
party will include such members of
1 he cabinet as desire to accompany
the body, J. Butler Wright, the act
ing secretary of slate; Col. C. O.
Sherrill, the president's chief military
aide; Capt. Adolphus Andrews, the
thief naval aide; Commander Joel E.
Boone and Maj. James F. Coupal, the
White House physicians who directed
the fight to save young Calvin's life;
the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the
president's pastor; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank W. Stearns of Boston. In
timate friends of the Coolidge family:
C. Baseom Slemp, the White House
secretary, and Edward R. Clark, the
president's private secretary in ad
dition to secret service operatives and
newspaper men.
There will also be a suuad of ma
rines under command of I.ieut. Edgar
Allen 1’oe, and a bugler from the
Marine band to sound taps over the
grave tomorrow afternoon at Plym
outh.
The funeral service at Northampton
tomorrow will be held at 10 a. m. at
the Edwards Congregational church,
in charge of Rev. Kenneth Walls,
Calvin's friend and pastor.
The party will then continue by
train to Ludlow, VI., where ailtomo
lillts will he waiting to continue the
journey to Plymouth, home of the
president's father and the hoy's
grandfather. Here young Calvin will
finally be laid to rest.
Arrangements have been made by
Secretary Weeks to have the roads
from Ludlow to Plymouth policed by
infantry, and mounted troops from
* Fort Ethan Allan, at Burlington, Vt.
The soldiers will constitute a guard
all along the route and keep the road
clear of all traffic for the funeral
party.
As soon as the services at the
Plymouth cemetery are completed, and
interment has taken place, the presi
dent anil Mrs. Coolidge will return
to Washington by train.
We Have ,
With Us
Today
F. Ij. Jordan,
Kansas City,
Assistant Manager of
U. S. Shipping Hoard.
Born in Dallas, Tex., in li>74, Mr.
Jordan attended school there and at
Annapolis. One of his first positions
was depth y clerk of the United
States district court. Filter he lived
in Mexico for It* years, where he
became well acquainted with many
of Mexico's foremost families.
When, during the revolutions,
Gustavo and Francisco Madero were
murdered. It was for him to break the
pews to the. Madero family at Parras.
He had hunted and fished with mem
bers of the Medero family Hcores of
times, and his grief, he says, was si
most as great as was the grief of
the family. Mr. Jordan hns con
ferred with the late General Villa,
snd ill telling of this conference em
phasized the desire of Villa to
protect Americans.
During the war, after having left
Mexico, Mr. Jordan was manager of
the United States War Trad# board
on the Mexican border. H# la in
Omaha now In hla official capacity
aidth th# IJ. Ft. shipping board. He
hopes to found a branch office of the
board here.
, Bank Bandit Shot
as He Flees From
Posse at Hooper
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
' Hooper, ?7eb., July 9.—George
Buckley, 28, Fremont, was shot and
seriously wounded at the city limits
here this morning by a posse of
citizens after he had attempted to rob
the First National bank. He was
taken to Fremont by Sheriff Cor.dit.
"X was all in and willing to take
a chance,” was Buckley’s explana
tion.
During the night Buckley effected
entrance to the bank through a win
dow and at 7:20 when Marvin C.
Fritz, bookkeeper, entered the bank
Buckley stepped from hiding.
"Hands up,” he ordered.
Ties Up Bookkeeper.
He ordered Fritz to unlock the
safe.
”1 don’t know the combination,”
Fritz replied.
Buckley led Fritz to a rear room
and tied his hands with wire.
“Now you say a word or try to get
loose and I’ll kill you,” Buckley said
as he departed to await another of
ficial who knew the combination.
In a few minutes W. F. Basler,
aged assistant cashier, entered the
bank. He received the same greeting
from Buckley. Basler, too, disclaimed
any knowledge of the combination
and Buckley pushed him toward the
rear room where he had left Fritz.
As Buckley entered the room he
saw Fritz’s coat tails disappear
through a wdndow. Fritz had worked
himself loose. The bookkeeper
rushed to the fire hall and began
ringing the fire bell, shouting as he
rang:
"Robbers at the bank.”
Quarry Returns Fire.
Meantime, Buckley had become
frightened. He, too, Jumped from the
window and ran up an alley and
across a bridge 80 rods from the town,
where there Is an old slaughter house.
Citizens with shotguns, rifles and
revolvers poured from their homes
and stores and gave chase to Buck
ley. They opened a heavy fire after
the fleeing Buckley while Buckley
would stop for an instant and return
their fire. ■>
At the slaughter house he gained
a short respite. The possemen, num
bering 100 or more, completely sur
rounded the slaughter house on three
sides. They had gained respect for
Buckley's gun and were hiding behind
trees and whatever natural breast
work they could find.
On the fourth side of the slaughter
house is an old lake. It was the one
side not guarded. Buckley made a
desperate effort to escape via the
lake.
Late to Work.
Suddenly possemen saw him dash
from the slaughter house in his
..tocklng feet. The shotgun of Lewis
Alberstedt barked. Buckley fell,
shot in the mouth. 1‘ossemen
sprang from their hiding places and
surrounded the wounded man.
Buckley did not get a cent from
the bank. Norman E. Shaffer, cash
ier, who knew the combination, was
late to work.
Hooper is 16 miles north of Fre
mont and is located in Dodge county.
The town is 36 miles northwest of
Omaha.
DEATH PLUNGE
HELD ACCIDENTAL
Kansas City, Mo., July fl.—Belief
that Miss Blanche Pearce, 27, of Madi
son, Kan., whose body was found at
the bottom of a freight elevator ahaft
In a downtown apartment hotel here
early Tuesday morning, met death
accidentally, was expressed by police
officials after an all day Investigation.
Miss Pearce plunged 10 stories down
the shaft after leaving a party in the
rooms of William Skiff and Peter
Scott, members of the Kansas City
American association baseball team.
Detectives assigned to the ense said
Indications were that Miss Pearce
opened the elevator door by mistake,
thinking It wns the door to the rear
steps.
An Inquest will he held Thursday
at which It la expected an effort will
he made to develop the circumstances
of the party preceding the fatal
plunge.
Meanwhile Skiff end Scott stand
Ind^lnltely suspended from the base
ball club.
MEXICAN ELECTION
STILL IN DOUBT
Mexico City, July P.—-The followers
of both Gen. Ellas Calles and Gen.
Angele Flore* continue to claim vic
tory for their respective leaders In
last Sunday's presidential election.
Official returns, however, ere still
lacking.
McAdoo Off to Europe.
New York, Jiilv 9.—Announcement
was made at the headquarters of Wil
liam G. McAdoo after the nomination
ot John W. Davie as the democratic
candidate for president that Mr. Mr
Adon would have no comment In
make and that he would sail for
Europe, probably tomorrow, with
Mrs, McAdoo.
Quake Reported.
Moscow, July 9—A violent earth
quake was reimrted from Tashkent
today
Democratic
Party Split
in Nebraska
Snubbing of Hitchcock by
Bryan Brothers Expected
to Bring Repudiation of
“Brother Charlie."’
Blocked Ex-Senator
The nomination of John W. Davis
of West Virginia by the democratic
national convention will probably have
a larger Influence on the political
situation in Omaha and Nebraska
than in any other state in the union.
The nomination of Davis carried
with it the complete repudiation of
William Jennings Bryan. In all prob
ability the Madison Square Garden
convention is the Inst national gather
ing of the party in which Bryan will
play anything like his old time role.
Omaha democrats look for the re
pudiation of William Jennings to be
transferred to his brother, Charlie,
in Nebraska. As ir. nil previous na
tional conventions, Bryan played a
double hand in Madison Square Gar
den. In the open he was for W. G.
McAdoo, but there was constantly in
his mind the hope that he might he
able to divert the nomination to the
governor of Nebraska. On this theory
alone do the Nebraska democrats ac
count for the Insistence with which
"Brother Charlie" kept his name be
fore the convention.
It is recalled that at a most impor
tant crisis in the convention. W. J.
Bryan spoke to the delegates snd
urged that, among others, they sup
port his brother for the nomination.
The booing and cat calls and the near
riot among the delegates which greet
ed this suggestion did not deter the
brothers Bryan from holding on to
the slim nnohor which they had In
the Nebraska delegation.
Stood in Hitchcock’s Way.
The final proof of W. J.’s double
hand came when he snubbed former
Senator Hitchcock.
Every action of the Brynn brothers
at the convention has the stamp of
the double-cross toward their ancient
enemies Hitchcock and Mullen Svith
whom they began to take political
naps in the same bed two years ago
when Hltchcock-Bryan combination
was necessary to elect "Brother Char
lie," to the governorship.
Word from New York Indicates that
at one stage of the proceedings
Bryan's influence was all that stood
in the nay of the selection of Mr.
Hitchcock as the party noblnee. W.
.1. vetoed the plan. He probably still
had in his mind the hope that ho
could swing the convention to Gover
nor Bryan.
Mr. Hitchcock stood solidly for Mc
Adoo. Bryan was for McAdoo, at
least professedly. Thus Hitchcock
and Bryan were together In the con
vention for the same candidate. But
when McAdWo quit and the chance
for Mr. Hitchcock came, Bryan's old
enmity came to the front and once
again ho blocked the former senator's
plans.
Bitter Fight Foreseen.
Omaha, democrats say that it is
now an “eye for an eye," among tin
old guard in Nebraska.
"Brothe Charlie,” avoided an open
rupture with the Hitchcock Mullen
fraction before the primary. Now,
however, there is a real way to get
even and many are reported to favor
that way. It is to go into the election
and vote for Adam McMullen
The tenacity with which "Brother
Charlie,’’ held on to his slipping dele
gation and his insistance that he was
the man for the Job meeame a joke
among politicians at Madison Square
Garden. This is evidenced by the
following telegram received by H I
Keefe, Walthlll, president of the Ne
braska Kami .Bureau federation, from
a friend In New York:
“Your governor, C. W. R , has two
votes and promises to release them
on the 200th ballot." __
Bryan1* Off Hand Wagon.
The tabulation of the 103d ballot,
which revealed the temjier of the con
vention, and which resulted In the no
mlnatlon of Davis on the next vote,
indicates that “Brother Charlie,” as
well as W. J., failed to get on the
band wakon.
The Nebraska vote was divided
among half a dozen candidates. The
final vote of tiie Nebraska delegation,
which, local democrats say, will not
do Nebraska any good In getting |hit - |
ronage should the democrats win.
| follows: Davis,1: Hull, 1, Smith, I:
Meradith, 6; Underwood, 2; Walsh, 5.
Thus, W. J. Bryan led his sup
porters Into a. blind alley, he snubbed
Mr. Hitchcock and laid the foun
dation for a campaign amonk Ne
braska democrats to put "Brother
Charlie" out of political power snd
Into th* discard, together with hi"
now repudiated brother, William Jen
nings.
Strainer Aground.
Mnrkinaw City. Mich July ^A
wireless report received heir tills
afternoon say* the passenger steamer
N.rth Amertran Is aground on Gray's
Reef at the western entrance of the
strait* Preparation* to aid the
steamer are being mode here The
North American Is downbound carry
ing 160 passenger!
Davis Prominent
During Regime of
S3N M103NM DOTH
an AiNn oos ivoi
-HOISIH 31*15 83N
»> » _ rn a _i » / i - a i t0 nft'
tional prominence during President
Wilson's administration, as solicitor
general of the United States and as
the American ambassador to Great
Britain. Appointed to the chief
diplomatic post upon the resignation
of the wartime ambassador, Walter
Hines I'ag". two months before the
armistice, Mr. Davis represented the
United States at the court of St.
.Tames for three years.
Born and reared in Clarkesburg,
W. Va., he was graduated from
Washington and Lee university at
tho age of 19, receiving his law de
gree three years later. He was ad
mitted to the bar of his state the
same year, 1895, hut returned to the
university to become professor of law
in 1896. He occupied that post two
years, then began the practice of
law in Clarkesburg.
Served in legislature.
Mr. Davis was elected to the West
Virginia house of delegates, the lower
house of the legislature, in 1899. He
served as a delegate to the national
democratic convention of 1904 in St.
Louis. In 1906 he was president of
the West Virginia Bar association.
In 1911 he was elected to the house
of representatives at Washington but
resigned In 1913 to accept the ap
pointment by President Wilson to
the office of solicitor general.
When chosen to succeed Mr. Page
at the American embassy in London,
Mr. Davis was in Berne. Switzerland,
as a member of the American dele
gation assign\l to negotiate with
Germany regnrmng the exchange and
treatment of prisoners of war. He
went back to Washington for a con
ference with the president before
taking up his work In London in
November, 1918, just as the war came
to an end.
Since his retirement ns ambassador
in 1921 he has practiced law in New
York city. Mr. Davis married Mins
Julia T McDonald in 1899. After her
death, he married Miss Ellen G. Bas
sel in 1912. He Is 61 years old.
GIRL WORKS AS
MAN FOR 7 YEARS
Marshalltown, la., July 9—Ruth
Bundy, 33, who for seven years has
masqueraded In men's clothing nnd
posed as a man, known ss Walter
Bundy, Is In the county jail today
following her arrest yesterday at
Rhodes, this county, charged with
threatening to commit a public of
fense.
Three years ago, at Rhodes, "Wal
ter" Bundy was married to Miss
Elizabeth West of Rhodes, and the j
wife claims that during the time they
liave lived together she never had
discovered her supposed husband's de '
i option. Members of Miss Bundy's,
family, however, sav they have been
aware of the deception.
During the seven years that she
has paraded as a man Miss Bundy
lias been employed ss a farm and
track laborer. It is said that men I
with whom she has worked never
have suspected her sex.
COUPLE MARRIED;
CHARGE DISMISSED
K|»erinl I)l«I>«tch to Th, Omnhs Br,.
Columbus, Neb., July ?—Cnrl
Crozler, former Duncan school
teacher and Victoria Stnrosclk, 1!<
year old Duncan girl, whose recent
dlsappenrnnee cntised her family con
slderalde anxiety before she was
found at Columbus hospital, were
married by County Judge Gibbon at
the hospital Monday.
Crozler admitted paternity of her
child, was released from custody and
declared he would make a home for
his wife and baby.
The case against him was dls
missed when he filed a signed state
nient In county court guaranteeing
to see the girl wife would receive
proper finanrlal support
DOCTOR FIELDS
k ASKS FOR PAROLE
ftpeelal Dispatch to Tho Omaha !!«*«•.
Lincoln. Nob., July P —Dr. Leslie
Fields, Omaha physician, ha* again
appeared before the etnie board of
pardon* and parole* unking for re
lease from the elate penitentiary,
where he Iih* been confined for more
jhnn two years. Ills wife and chil
then also appeared before the board
to urge hia release Div Fields is
serving from one to in years, charged
with performing a criminal nitration ;
irn Ruth Ayer. The alrl »ll^«i a* a
result of the operation. This make*
his third application before tin* Itoard.
Married in Counril bluffs.
The following person* ohtntn»d mar
ring* llctniaa In r»iunc|l Bluffs Yesterday:
Nnme and Address Ago
Perry Burl In a. Lincoln Nab .*i
Uantflva (iraham. I.lncoln, Neb .21
f.awrenro Koll, W alnut. Jn . .. . !2o
Kdlth Kerrhevall, Walnut, fa .i«
l W OI**n Omaha "•
I torn Mortenarn ninths >
Frank Brawn o 11 • . ..
Welt ha Nelson, Omaha . II
1 iayd Turn*-1 11 1 >« 1 v.»>
.lonfphlM't Hnili'-k Wnatun. Neb ....
pearl V«eet»er. Founcll Bluff* . 28
I'M It li .Mrlnloah, Fouroii Bluffs 14
W * H< liiMctlftK Omaha . . . 47
.leaal* ('lark. I.Tneoln, Nrh ........ ab
Clifford Bookei Omnlia .. 2*
F.th**| Morgan, Omaha .. . Sd
Fred Barn, Otnaha t3
Itnnel Colton. Council Bluff* in
Atnoe Wood. Fmrorla. JCnn... 29
Basel Heater, MImouiI % allay, la . 28
West Virginian Picked on 103d Ballot;
Walsh Declines Second Place on Ticket;
Owsley, Silzer, Berry, in Nomination
_ — .. .. ,
Opposition of Bryan and Mc
Adoo Fails to Stop Davis
in Final Drive to
Victory,
Madison Square Garden. New York,
July P.—John W. Davis of West Vir
ginia was nominated for president to
day by the democratic national con
vention after the 103d ballot.
The opposition of William Jennings
Bryan and the attempt of William
Gibbs McAdoo to deliver his strength
to Meredith failed to stop him.
Beginning with this morning's bal
Icting the movement to Davis gath
ered a momentum which could not
be retarded and gradually but surely
through the succeeding ballots the
votes flopped over into the John W
Davis column as state after state
either increased Its offering to him or
turned over Its whole quota.
Bryan's opposition to Davis was
swept away In the rain of Davis
votes which swept over the conven
tion. The attempt of the McAdoo
forces to make E. T. Meredith of
Iowa the heir to the McAdoo strength
commanded a following which made
only a had third and when the Davis
flood was rising so that all other
candidates were being swept before
:t Iowa, Meredith's home state, with
drew him from the contest and voted
for Davis.
Convention in Disorder.
Then scenes of disorder swept the
convention, as everybody clamored
for a chance to Join the winning
forces. When the furore was at its
height Thomas Taggart of Indiana
mounted a chair and moved the
nomination of Mr. Davis by acciama
tinn. The motion was carried with a
roar and Chairman Walsh shouted
into the din before him:
"The ehair declares the Hon. John
W. Davis the nominee of this con
vention."
Immediately the tired, worn and
weary convention which had been
struggling In the throes of a seem
ingly interminable deadlock for two
weeks—with the threat of going Into
a third—hroke loose In a demonstra
tion of Joy and relief.
Immediately all the state standards
which had previously been parading
for other candidates some of them in
the mldet of hard fought battlee of
partisan dispute—were carried into
the aisles of the convention hall i
while a swirling, perspiring hut happy
crowd of delegates followed In a pro
cession of joy and Jubilation.
Montana Standard I.a*t.
The Montana atandard was the
last one out but only because there
was a dispute there as to who should
have the honor of carrying it In the
proceaaion. The hands swung into
Dixie, "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic," "Maryland" and other
familiar alra which had been dinned
Into the ears of the convention In a \
ceaseless fusillade of music for the
laat two weeks.
Governor Ritehle himself led the
Maryland delegation In the procession
and fur a convention as prolonged
and hard fought as the present one
had been, the demonatratlon for
Davis wae a demonatratlon of unity
and good feeling and relief.
The Davis people, Jubilant after a ;
fight through two conventions to |
nominate their man, sent the leaders ]
of their delegation, headed by Mrs
Delta Jewell Brown to the platform
to review the procession.
They had worked hard to nomi
nate him In 8an Francisco four year*
ago and had failed: they had worked
hard here in New York and had suf
fered the discouragement of seeing
his chances drop to sinwt nothing
(Turn I'nif Mfirn, Column On*,)
INDEPENDENTS PUT
OMAHAN ON SLATE
Hr A«wht«l rrwn.
Indianapolis, July 9 —John 7,ahnd
nf Indianapolis was nominated for
president of tha United States on the
national Independent ticket here to
night, while Hoy M. Ilarrop of Oma
ha was rho«en ns the vice presidential
nominee.
r " s
Majority in Fremont
Liquor I.aw Violators,
Police Chief Is Told
v_/
Fremont, Neb., July 9—Chief of
Police Nagel disclosed nn unonymous
letter giving the startling inform*
Hon that the “majority of people In
Fremont nr« liquor law violator* "
i 'hlef Nagel 1* seeking to establish
the Identity of the writer in the hope
of getting valuable information.
The missive denounce* the chief
«- n "f»nl" and Insinuates that h* in
' crooked " It *Imo state* that every
one living on a certain Fremont
street I* polling liquor or otherwise
violating the prohibition law.
t’hief Nagel announces that he Is
anxious to stare s few raid* and if
the sender of the lettei will hut make
h complaint In the customary man
t er, lie promises action.
r
Nominee and His Pronouncement
“Liberal Principles Must and Will Prevail”
- - — -
Democratic Nominee for Pre»ident of the United State*.
New York. July 9.—The history of national conven
tions may be searched in vain for one which has ex
celled this in freedom or frankness of discussion, or
whose actions have been more clearly the result of the
assembled delegates. The resolution and endurance they
have exhibited is but proof of their sense of the solemn
responsibility to the country under which they acted and
of the supreme vitality of democracy.
I cannot but feel deeply sensible of the honor done
me by the convention and am even more conscious of
the weighty obligations that have fallen to me by its de
liberate and unanimous choice. Not least of these is the
duty to put before the country as clearly as my powers
permit the democratic creed and the democratic policy
as the convention has declared them. That this creed
and this policy will receive the militant support of all
those who call themselves by the democratic name I do
not doubt for an instant. 1 shall hope to rally to their
aid that great body of liberal, progressive and inde
pendent thought which believes that “progress is mo
tion, government is action,” which detests privilege in
whatever form and which does not wish the American
people or their government to stand still or retreat in
the midst of a changing world.
There can be no compromise with reaction. Liberal
principles must and will prevail. This is the mandate of
the hour and 1 shall obey it.
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DANCE IS PLANNED
FOR BRITISH TARS
Ban Francisco. July 9—This city's j
extensive program of entertainment
for the visiting Riittsh battleships
swung Into its so und day today with
one of the largest dances ever given j
In California, scheduled to take place
tonight when in.nan American and
British tars will he guests of the
municipality In the Auditorium
The tribute paid by Vice Admiral
Field of the British squadron to
President Coolldge at the height of
the Impressive services of welcome In
the city hall was still being discussed
today by leading dignitaries who were
guests of the city officials at the
ceremony.
"We of the British fleet want to
express our sincere sympathy with
your president In the loss of his son
We feel. In his great sorrow, that we
should not be enjoying this great
welcome without thinking of the toll ]
In hla heart," said Admiral Field.
Iowa DtacourM Vi rtU.
Shenandoah, la.. July 9 - Miss F.dna
William, an lows deaconess, wns
married In Philadelphia June S5 to
C. Samuel Nichols. She was reared
In Page county and attended the
DeHoonrs* school In Pea Moines, Inter
going to Mnmingslde college, Sioux
City, where she was graduated this
spring. Mr and Mrs. Nichols will
live at Browns Mills, N J
German Plea Denied.
Paris, July 9, Germany's request
that Intel allied military control of
her armaments cease on September
JO, was denied by the allied council
of ambassadors In a note handed to
the Herman ambassador laat evening
It waa announced today
1
EX-RAIL HEAD KILLS
WIFE, HANGS SELF
Michigan City July 9 —Senile de
mentia Is believed hr the authorities
t,» have caused Charles N. Wilcoxen.
S', former prfsiibnt of the Chicago
Lake Shore and South Fend Hallway
company operating between Chicago
and S<mth Bend, Ind to kill hi* wife.
TO. with an axe. a razor and potato
masher, and then hang himself at
their t/mg Poach, Ind , home Mon
day night. Mrs Wilcoxen » body lay
near a bed. her skull crushed and
her throat cut.
Her husband was banging by a
half Inch rope in a clothes closet, the
head nearly severed by the rope. A
blood stained axe. potato masher and
razor were found near the bodies
A daughter, Myra, of New York
su rvives.
Court Denies \pplicAtion
for Oil Company Receiver
New York. July 9 —Federal Judge
Knox today denied the application for
the appointment of a receiver for the
Middle States Oil corporation, made
In a suit brought by William H.
Shivers, a stockholder. The court
held, however, that Its setlon was
without prejudice for a further ap
plies tton
The Weather
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Meredith of Lovva Also Men*
tioned for Vice Presiden
tial Choice, to Refuse
If Selected.
Madison Square Garden
New York, July 9.—Senator
Walsh of Montana tonight
formally declined the vice
presidential nomination.
He made known his deci
sion in a letter which was
read to the democratic na
tional convention by Repre
sentative Barkley of Ken
tucky.
The letter said in part:
“Reflection has confirmed
me in the view that it would
be wise neither from a party
nor a personal point of view
to transfer me from the floor
to the chair of the presiding
office of the senate. Scarcely
less important for the wel
fare of the country than the
election of a democratic pres
ident is the control of the con
gress and particularly of the
senate by one party. Mv term
is expiring and my re-election
to the senate is reasonably
certain in view of the services
I have been able to render.
Some equally competent dem
ocrat can easily be found for
the exalted office to which
you would elevate me, whose
selection would involve no
sacrifice for the party as
would be entailed by my
nomination.
Mfitdilh \o( Candidate.
Madison Square Garden. New Tork,
July I*.—Farmer Sechetary of Agri
culture Meredith tonight authorised
The Associated Prese to nay that un
der no circumstance* would he accept
the democratic vice presidential nom
ination.
"I hope that my name will not be
presented." Mr. Meredith said. "If It.
•* presented and no one in the Iowa
delegation will get up and withdraw?
it. I will. It is not in the cards for
me to make this race."
Mr. Meredith made the statement
shortly before th ronvntion convened
.« he tttod in the entrance to the
hall. He said that he was looking for
some of the loaders to tell them that
he would not run.
Madison Square Garden, New Tork.
July 9.—Having John W. Davie of
West Virginia for the presidential
nominee after a 103 ballot contest, the
democratic national convention to
night turned to the selection of a.
vice presidential candidate, with th*
prospect that Senator Thoniae 1.
Walsh, of Montana, permanent eha.r
man of the convention would declin*
the honor.
chairman Walsh had the nomin
ation in his grasp at the close of tli*
afternoon of the convention when
practically every delegate on the floor
was on h:s feet demanding his nomin
ation by acclamation before th# con
vention recessed for the night session.
But he even ruled out of order th*
delegation who proposed it. declaring:
that the convention should have time
for reflection and deliberation Further!
than that. Senator Walsh actually]
adjourned the session when by *
heavev majority of noes. it was re
1 looted a motion to adn urn so that it
might remain and proceed to his nom
ination.
During the recess political ar l
ITnra to Paae -tirn, I ninmn Ptt.1
What the
Big Men
Say
"I'll support the ticket
—\V. -J. Bryan
• • •
"It w ould be hard to select from our
party t man who could more ably
present Its muse than John W.
I'.wis. He ts In the prime of life—he
is a high grade gentleman and one of
the really great lawyers of our coun
try. I shall be glad to give him my
sincere and constant support throuf%«
out the campaign "—Senator Ralston.
• • •
"After stress, strain and storm "
the democracy of the nation hs*
again shewn Its vitality and vigor by
nominating John \v Davis'—Joseph
P. Tumulty.
• • •
' I congratulate the democrats upon
the selection of John W Davit -a
; their presidential candidate"—Halted
I States Senator Heed Smoot
• • •
"I congratulate Mr. I>av«* on Ms
nomination"—WUIIam t. Mr \doe
• s e
"Sincere congratulation* Real
wishes for »ucre*». and my promise
of hesrtleat support "—Governor \l
Smith