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The ( imaha M< irning Dee ' Isiss perature. |ow Him; but If Baal, then follow _ . ..— . ■ i him.” And the people answered him CITY EDITION not • word— I Kings, xvilljl. _ _/ VOL. 54. NO. 23. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924. • TWO CENTS'* v-' Farmer Demanded _ . i t _ - Taps Sound for Son of U. S. Chief Calvin Coolidge, Jr., Laid to Rest in Crossroads Cem etery at Plymouth, Vt. Funeral Train Returns By PHILIP A. ORME, Cnl««nl Service Staff ( nireapoiident. On Board President's Special, July 10.—The good people of Northampton, Mass., came forth today to greet their fellow townsman, Calvin Coolidge, visiting home for the first time since he became president of the United States, and on the saddest errand that could recall him. He brought the body of his younger ■on, hla namesake, Calvin Coolidge. It-, for funeral services In the ivy mantled church where the boy learned his catechism. He heard that boy eulogized, lying ■llent In the coffin before the chan cel of the house of worship. He took him up again, figuratively, and bore, him 100 miles further north to an humble burying ground at Plymouth. Vt. He laid him to rest there In a plot where Coolldges of four genera tions sleep. Sincere Grief. Thus the narrative of this sad Journey must be simple. There has been neither ostentation nor siinu lated grief among the thousands who have stood, hats off, at the stations past which the presidential special whirled, or In the services at elm decked Northampton. As the people of Washington sin eerely mourned the swift and tragic death of 18 year-old Calvin. Jr , eo the people of the Green mountains etood and mourned. The president finds hie support In the wife who stood and mourned with him and the other eon, John, who stands quietly beside him In his sor row. The three awakened today In 1he private car "Avance,” to a pearly dawn and to the sight of bare-armed railway men and early factory hands flanking the station walks at Meriden and later at Hartford and Springfield, and Holyoke. Then the three-hour and 30-minute stop at Northampton from 7 a. m. to 10:80. Back to Old Home. The President and Mrs. Coolldge and John left their dead, rasketed and guarded by marines, In the private car and set out to gain con solation from the living. They went, unattended, to a two-story frame bouse In Mussasoit street. It was the 332.50-a-month home of the Coolidges before their elevation to the White House. A gaunt, unshaded affair It Is, and only one half of It theirs on leasehold. But there awaited them the father of the president, John Coolldge of Plymouth, and the mother of Mrs. Coolldge, Mrs. Andrew Goodhue, who has kept the hearth garnished and swept for them. There was a long communion be tween the old folks and the middle aged, reunited in common woe. Then back to the railroad station where the special atood on a siding. And a few minutes later, six uniformed men, the marine body bearers, placed the light grey, flower-decked casket In a hearse and It rolled slowly up Malr. street, followed by 20 automobiles oc cupied by members of the president’s cabinet and other special guests. Elms Wave Gently. The elms waved gently over the broad thoroughfare. Massed thou sands, practically the entire popula tion of Northampton, stood, solemn faced and voiceless as the cortege passed. An organ In St. Edwards church, peeled doloriously as the casket was carried to the chancel. Rev. Kenneth B. Wells spoke with emotion: "There Is some,thing pults triump hant about this life that has been taken away. It was moved still by the first enthusiasm, and it had Its beautiful visions, and Its consecra tions to the duty and honor. It was a straight, honorable young life, sweet ly natured and still an inhabitant of two worlds, the material and the spiritual. A high self respect kept him clean-minded and a home of (Teen to Pace Two, Column Slk.) We Have With Us Today George W. Craig. Chicago. Branch manager, the Asphalt assn elation. His complete name Is George Wash ington Craig, so baptised because he was born at Mount Vernon where his father was custodian of the grounds, the home of the first president of the United States. Mr. Craig was city engineer of Omaha before he went to Calgary to serve In a similar rapacity. He 1s now a resident of Chicago, being man ager of the mlddleweslern branch of the Asphalt association. He reports that during 1923 this country used 3,000,000 tops of asphalt, of which 1,250,000 tons were used for * highways and streets. Last'yeHr there was an Increase of 23 per cent In the use of asphalt, he slated Mr. Craig stated that the whole country ts alive to the Importance of substantial road ways and highways. Astor Girl to Many Into Russian Royalty Miss Alice Astor, daughter of Lady Rlbblesdale of England and the late John Jacob Astor. whose engagement to Prince Obolensky Neledlnsky Me letrky, has been announced In' London. France Continues Fight for Control D of Reparations L nwilling to Release Hold on Germany, Says MarDon ald. Who Wants Amer ican ton iflommission. By ROBERT .1 PREW, tTnlversst Service Staff Correspondent. I>ondon, July 10.—That French politicians are still fighting for con trol of reparations was mads clear by Premier MacDonald In a state ment In the house of commons today. The premier reported the results of his trip to raris, where he conferred with Premier llerriot, and it was made apparent that the crux of the Anglo-French dispute, which devel oped last week. Is France's unwilling ness to release Its stranglehold on Germany, which Its domination of the reparations commission confers on it. Premier MacDonald desired to de prive the reparations commission of all authority In reference to the en forcement of the Dawes plan, but In the conference with Premier Herrlot he shifted his position in order to keep Herrlot in office. However, he Insists that another member be added to the commission, preferably an American. Investors Want Security. "The experts’ report,” said the pre mier, "has as a foundation the rais ing of a loan of 40,000,000 pounds ($200,000,000). That cannot be done unless those willing to invest have some security that their Investment will not be destroyed by political or military action on the part of the governments, either allied or Ger man.’ MacDonald implied that the United States, which necessarily will have to supply the largest part pt the loan, would not Invest If the reparations commission acted as It has done In the past. “Therefore.” ho resumed, "we are trying to agree to add to the repara tions commission, when It deals with defalcations under the experts' re port, an American member who would look after the Interests of investors, or failing In that, appoint an Ameri can reparations agent general. "The British government wants this American to act as an arbitrator In the event of failure to get a unani mous decision from the reparations commission. The FYench have askd tlm to consldr this point." Premier MacDonald added that Herrlot again proposed that the I>on don conference this month deal with the Interallied Indebtedness, but he declined, although ho agreed that the French treasury may send an expert to London to confer with a British expert on this problem. The British premier also told Herrlot that he would not enter the military pact with France, but encouraged negotia tions on the subject of France'a ae curity through the medium of the league of nations disarmament con ference. MAN BITTEN BY TARANTULA SUES Meyer Linker sued the Glllnsky Fruit company for $2,000 In district court Thursday for Injuries to him self and tils business because he was bitten by a tarantula which leaped on him from a hunch of bananas which he bought from the defendant June 25. Married in Council Bluffs. The following neraon* obtained mar riHRH Hrenaca In Council Bluff* Tester day : f’barlea Schell. Council Rluffa ..24 Violet Ooldaberry. Council Rluffa ...19 Harold Perdu*. Council Rluffa .21 Ulndva Kuhn. Council Rluffa .19 doors* F>ufflH»J, Omaha. ... ........ 2”. Rina McCreary. Omaha .21 Rudolph Haaon. Omaha 2.; Minnie J.e* Davis. Houston. Texas .24 Crank Crederb k Hill. Omaha t-l Ethel Murphv. Omaha 1 * Edward » Krlega. Sioux City, la. ....11 Gladys Elva Beyer. Kingsley. la.21 Excavated Historical Society Research Work to Study Early Span ish Expedition Into Ne braska for Minerals. French Editor Gives Aid Columbus, Neb., July to.-—Ancient Spanish armor and military equip ment unearthed near Genoa, Neb., and the discovery of an historical manuscript by a French editor In French archives telling of a Spanish expedition up the Loup river valley in 1720, brought K. E. Blackman, curator for the Nebraska Historical society at Lincoln, to Columbus on his way to Geona on an expedition of exploration and excavation in the Loup river valley. Blackman, after a short visit with Capt. L. H. North, Columbus pioneer plainsman, left for Geona, declaring the purpose of the expedition was threefold. The first Is to find more of the Spanish relics, locate the place where they were found and excavate for more evidence of a Spanish military expedition. Blackman declared that In 1720 a Spanish expedition came from Santa Fe to the mouth of the Loup and went up the river some distance In search of lead, gold and silver. The central west at that time was con tested territory. .tiasMirpfl iiy uion. The French were friendly with the Otoe Indians. The Spanish expedi tion. arriving her* and thinking at the time they were with Pawnees, told the Indians that they would attack and kill the Otoes, the legend Is. The Otoe Indians agreed that It waa a good Idea for the Spanish to do It and said they would have a war dance. They told the Spanish that at the time of a war dance It waa con sidered polite to lay aside their arms and watch the dance. The Spanish did as they were requested, and the Otoes made short work of them. Such was the story. Blackman said told hy a manuscript written by one of the officers just before the ex pedition ended so disastrously. The manuscript finally found Its way to St. Bouts and was unearthed by a French editor. The finding of the manuscript and the military Spanish relics near Genoa thus became the inspiration for Blackman's expedition. Research of Pawnees. The second purpose of the expedi tion is to conduct a research Into the mound houses of the early Pawnees. Blackman says that on the E. J. Burkett farm, a mile and a half west of Genlo, the Pawnees had a mound town of 40 acres or more. Twenty-five years ago Blackman aaya he took many relics from these mounds and will now resume the search. The presence of the Pawnees In the Boirp river valley, Blackman de clares, Is believed to go back from A. D. 1541 to A. D. 1200. Coronado's men found the Pawnees In this sec tion In 1541. The Skeedee Indians came about 100 years before the Pawnees and when the pawnees ar •rived from the Brazos valley In Texas they absorbed the Skeedees. The third purpose of the expedition Is to find traces of early military operations along the Boup river val ley. __ DEATHS REVEAL PARALLEL LIVES Hastings, Neb., July 10.—An un usual story of parallel lives came to light today following the deaths of August Priebe and Heeman Schultz, life long friends and pioneer* of Adams county. The two men came to America from adjoining homes In Germany on the same ship, took homesteads side by side near Roseland, were married at about the same time, reared their families together, and both answered the last call on the same day. had the same disease, and were buried on the same day. But In death they lie separated. August Bribe was burled at Barkvlew, In Hastings, while his friend. Her man Schultz lies at Mount Bleaaant cemetery, near his old home. NATIONAL GUARD AFTER RECRUITS The Omaha battalion of the Nebras ka National guard la conducting an enlistment, campaign for 100 more men to Join their ranka for three years. They ere using a larRe.nrmy truck, which they take to a different place every day. The entnpnlgn slarted July 4 The number of men enlisted had reached 20 Wednesday morning. The drive will last two weeks, f'apt. .1. II. Mo Alpln Is conducting the campaign, assisted by Hergts. Beo Mangel end Norman Bltts and Corp. H. Hunt ington. State enenmpment will ho held July 20 to August 11 nt Ash land Dry Apcnl Killed. Meridian, Mlf*.. July 10.—Prohibi tion Agent 1 >. H. Cleveland wan shot to death end Sheriff N. K. Cano!<lay narrowly escaped Injury# today In a gun fight with alleged nioonwhlnern near here, according to word received at the sheriff i office. oos Bryan Wouldn’t Do as Stage a,l? If ears Skull Cap in House Scorns Silk Topjwr, hut Seldom Permits His Raid Pate to See the Light of Day— Doesn’t Smoke, hut Can Crack a Joke Anyway. By Associated Press. Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—Governor Charles W. Bryan, of Nebraska, "will tdd mid-western picturesqueness to the democratic tiket, according to Nebraska democrats, and his pres ence will balance the southeastern at mosphere presented by the presi dential nominee. They declare the governor to be of the virile type of composite type of plainsman." He is bald. But his shiny pate Is seldom seen. He wears his skull cap almost all the time, even in his private office. Strangers meet him there at a table desk littered with a foot-high stack of papers. In appearing at public meetings the governor years a black skull cap. "Brother Charlie" smokes no in verted pipe, he doesn’t smoke at all. He has a sense of humor. At a reception for the employes of the state house, he advised each lady he danced with that he was "trying to get around to dance with every lady here. If the party lasts long enough.” His daughter. Mary Louise, once had to run nearly a block to catch a trolley car. When told of the Inci dent Bryan Is said to have declared he was "glad some member ,of the Bryan family could run for something and get it.” At the employes' party the gover nor whistled the signals for a "square dance,” and his whistle was one that any "feller” would have been proud to trill. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, host and host-, ess for several functions at the colo nial style governor's mansion since his inauguration, are fitted to carry out all social obligations that come with the race and success of vice presidential nominees. Mrs. Bryan, who has been Interested in every po litical move of her husband, is accord ed the honor of being a "charming hostess” by persons who have visited her vhome. She said today she would not "go shopping immediately for a bunch of new gowns.” "You see, we just had a wedding here and I’m pretty well stocked up right now.” Peace Comes to Pioneer Society After Hot Fight ( harle* Unitt, New President, Pours Oil on Troubled Waters—Objectionable Minutes Deleted. Charles Unitt poured oil upon the troubled waters of the Pougias County Association of Nebraska Pio neer* at a meeting In the associa tion* rooms In the courthouse Thur* day afternoon. But not until after there had been some verbal pyrotechnics. For several months the association has been torn by Internal dissension, which started from the unauthorlxed solicitation of new members. Mr. Unitt was elected president Thursday to take the place of the late George Wilcox. Scarcely had he made a *peech of acceptance and announced a policy af "bringing back the original busl nes* and social features of friendli ness that have marked this organi sation," than George Armstrong leaped to his feet and declared there was something wrong with the April minutes. They were read and ad Justed. Minutes Start Uproar. Then the secretary. Miss Anna Bowman, read *he astonishing May minutes, which told of the preceding meeting In these words: "Scarcely had the secretary started reading the minutes when she was most unceremoniously Interrupted hy Ceorge Armstrong. Everybody be can making motions and lowering md opening the windows at signals trom others, whloh, added to the noise of the street, eausod pandemonium to arise and a court reporter could not 1 have separated the wheat from the chaff." President Unitt Immediately arose and declared: "The parts of those minutes which are full of malice will not be tolerated," Unitt Applies Blue Pencil. He crossed them out with a pencil snd the meeting voted unanimously to strike them out. Objection was made that Miss Bowman did not have (he minutes In a hook but only on sheet* of paper and she was ordered to keep them In a bound book here after. A committee Is to he appointed to meet with the president, secretary and treasurer and Iron out the new member difficulties which have spilt the association. FIRE DESTROYS GRAIN ELEVATOR Sperlnl Dispatch to The Omaha Iter. Wilcox, Neb., July 10.—The Nye SrhnelderJenks elevator at Sacra mento, Juat west of here, was totally destroyed by fire with a loss of about $12,000. The elevator was a .large frame structure with a 10,000 bushel capacity. Besides the elevator, 4,200 bushels of grain nml a box car full of gruln burned. The fire was caused hy lightning. It Is believed. There Is now no ele vator at the town, the Fnrmers’ ele vator having burned eight months ago. Wheat Fidtl Burns. Hastings, Neb., July 10.—Three acres of wheat with the grain In shocks In the midst of the stubble field burned here when sparks prob ably from a passing engine fell Into dry grass on land farmed by A. J. Mills, south of Ingleslde. Prompt action of the state hospital employes saved the great field of which the burned trart wn* a part. Chirago Bank Kohltrtl. Chicago, July io. Six mull held up nnil robbed the Prairie State bank of Oak I'nrk today The Imtik i nt | a busy atrret internee lion In the atlburh nnd the bandit* made tludi j attack from the rear, iiiehlng Id from the hark door. Their rnr "an left with engine running and daubed away a§ they leaped into it with tha loot, j Interstate River Compact Hearing .Dates Are Fixed Commissioner* Who Will Gather Data on Project to Meet at North Platte and Scottshluff. Denver, Colo., July 10.—Dates and location* for four hearings to ba held by the North Platte river commission. In an effort to gather data for the negotiation of an Interstata river compact, governing the uses of the waters of the North Platte river for Irrigation purposes In Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, were an ncunoed by Delph E. Carpenter, Colorado rivers compact commis sioner. The following hearings will be held as fellow's: North Platte, Neb., July 14. Bcottsbluff. Neb., July 15; Casper, Wyo., July IT, and Walden, Colo., July 19. Comprising the commission, ap pointed by the governors of the re spectlve etates an 1 by President Cool idge, are; It H. Willis, for Nebraska; Commie sioner Hopkins of Cheyenne, for Wyoming; Delph E. Carpenter, for Colorado, and Stephen B. Davis, gen eral solicitor for the Department of Commerce, representing the federal government. The need for a ninterstate treaty grew out of the conflicting claim* of the federal reclamation service and the several states regarding the right of use, recapture and resale of the water* of the river on Irrigation projects. SWITCH BLOWS; POWER SHUT OFF All electrical power In the city sup piled by the Nebraska Power company was off for half an hour Thursday afternoon at 4, when a IS,100-volt switch blew out In the power plant at Fourth and Jones streets. M. B. Tyson, employe, with gloves on his hands and a mask on his face, was nbout to enter the switch room at the time When he opened the door he saw a mighty flash and retreated His right hand was slight ly burned by the flash which Ignited th* switching apparatus. The fire department was called. The entire plant was shut down, bn cause the cause of the "short" was not known and orflclale were loath to tnko chances during repair work on tho switch. The blare was extinguished with only nominal damage. The switch was repaired w-lthln 40 minutee. STAY IS DENIED FOR DOOMED MAN Montreal, July 10.—Walter Muir’s' last legal chancd to escape death by hanging at Valley Field tomorrow for the murder of Ifrnrl Lavloletts was lost this afternoon when the rourt j of appeale refused to grant a stay of execution. Counsel for the defense had ayrued that evidence wns now available' which wns not offered when the first j unsuccessful appenl of the ease of! the young New Yorker wns made Samuel Gompers 111. Sow York, July 10.—Samuel Oompfrw. head of tho Arnerlron FW1 oration «»f Ijftbor, I* gravity ill «t tho Hotel Hholburno. Coney Inland, It wa* 1 oarno<l today, Oomporn wnt brought to (ho hotol yoatarday from tho 1/on of Hill hospital, whom ha had boon roouporatlna for soma wooks from a Konornl breakdown. Storm Sweeps Italy. Rome, July 10.—A severe storm swept throughout Italy today, dam aging ships In nearly ell the perl* and flooding the lower parta of Naples. In northern Italy hall damaged the crops, while a terrific cyclone swept Zgra, uprooting Use* and devastating vineyards. / Davis-Bryan Ticket 0. K., Party Says Weary Delegates Statter to Homes After Longest Dead loek in U. S. Political History. Nominee Assumes Helm B.v GEORGE R. HOLMES, International News Service Staff Cor rrepomlent. New York, July 10.—Davis and Bryan. After 16 days of bickering and quarreling, bitterness and hatred, the exhausted hosts of democracy dug their way out of the trenches of Madi son Square Garden this morning, grimy, tired, and fairly well united be hind this ticket. Their dissensions, they said, were left burled In those garden runways where they tolled and fought so long —longer than any other delegates to any other major political convention In the history of American politics. The Davis part of It took the 16 days. The Bryan part took but little more than 16 minutes. But, irrespective of the difference in time of accomplishment, demo cratic chieftains professed them selves equally satisfied today with both jobs. They were scattering to their long sought homes today to tell the rank and file all about it. John W. Davis, of West Virginia and New York, took charge of the democratic party today. He assumed the helm theoretically, at 3.26 Wed nesday afternoon. About 10 hours later, at 1 a m., this morning, he grabbed it physically with both hands and his first act was to name the man who Is his running mate—Gov. : Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. For 16 days, Davis had been read- j lng the uncomplimentary things said about lilm by that other Bryan oL Nebraska—William J. He had seen himself referred to as "'J. Pierpont Morgan's lawyer” and i "Wall street's candidate:” he had i heard of the dire predicitons being made by W, J. as to what would happen to him in the wide-open spaces of the great west If he were nom inated. And so. being nominated, his first act of leadership was to nsme on the ticket with him the brother of Wil liam. J. Today William Jennings Bryan was j "supporting the ticket.” Brother l harhe" Picked. The nomination- of "Broth*' Charlie" «ai accompliehed with little fuss or feathers. Along about 1 o'clock this morning, with the dele gates wobbling In their seats from weariness, the convention seemed headed for another fight. No one wanted It. hut no one seemed to be j able to stop It—that Is, no one but one, John W. Davis. A recess of one hour was proposed to give the leaders an opportunity to get together on a vice president. It had a familiar ring—that phrase "to give the leaders a chance to con fer." The home hungry delegates howled , It down. Ths “ayes" have It. calmly an nounced Congressman A W. Bark- ; ley of Kentucky, who was In the ' chair. And before the delegates could recover from thetr astonishment nt this piece of business the recess A-as actually on. Davis, accompanied by Gov, A1 Smith, George E. Brennan, Senator Thomas J. Walsh. E. T. Meredith. Frank K. Polk, Frank Hague, Tom Taggart and Joe Guffey, with a few others, slipped out the back way and [ crossed the street to the Manhattan club. Governor Smith led the way to the conference room on the top floor of \ the Manhattan club, where he had directed his own fight for the nom Inatton for two weary weeks. Davis asked Walsh to take the Job. ! The convention plainly wanted him. Had he not been fast of foot and faster of head tt would have been wished on him right after Davis' nomination. Walsh refused. He said he wanted t to stay tn the senate. Davis turned to Meredith The Iowan shook his head. "It's gotta he some one from the west." volunteered somebody. "How about Bryan—C. W , not W ! J T" asked the nominee There was a pause. Then the hap , pines* of the thought struck home An hour later, the thing was done On the show down. Governor Bryan got 7*9 votes, barely over two-thirds, MaJ. George I,. Berry, of Tennessee. !he "labor cnndldalc" *Uly; with a hundred other votes scattered be tween Bennet Clark of Missouri; Mrs r^roy Springe of South Carolina; Al vin Owsley, of Texas; Governor Sllser of New Jersey; MaJ. John F. Hylan. of New York, and Gov. J. M Davis, of Kansas. The convention wound up with the conventional love feast. Smith was there and spoke The convention had denied It to him a few daye before Davie was there end spoke for e united party. Cog was there and figuratively handed on the party standard. The only vacant seat at the feast bore the name card William G. Me Adoo. He remained In seclusion atop the Vanderbilt hotel He would see nobody, end he would make no slate mrnt on either nomination He will sail for Europe Saturday for a long vacation. * Wife Asks $200,000 in Annual Alimony _y Mrs Ida Symington, sued by hus band, Thomas H. Symington, mil lionaire inventor, for divorce, asked $200,000 yearly alimony, the largest amount in history ef the supreme court in New York. Davis to Make Intensive Tour of Speech Making Charles W. Bryan. Running Mate, ill Cover estern and Northwestern Sec tions in Campaign. By JAMES R NOIRSE. New York. July 10.—John TV. Davis, democratic nominee for the presidency, will make an Intensive campaign for election, Including a speech-making tour which will take him into practically every large city in the country. His running mate. Governor Charles TV. Bryan of Nebraska, will cover the western and northwestern sections of the country in a speaking tour, which will be devoted principally to appeals for the farmer vote, and also will make some speeches In the east. These plans, merely tentative so far, were announced today by the candidate* In an Informal conference with the press at the TValdorf Astoria. Davis also made the important an nouncement that he will resign Imme diately his partnership in the law firm which handles a great deal of busi ness for J. P. Morgan A Co., and other TV all street interests. "I expect to sever my connection with the firm at once," the nominee said. "If I didn't I expect my part ners would." he added laconically. Quiet on Politics. Davis came into the room alert and smiling He was dressed In a light gray suit, with a blue cravat and car ried a walking stick. Among the newspaper men present he recognized several whom he knew when he was in the attorney general’s department in Washington, whom he greeted cor dially. The candidate said he would answer any question except those of a politi cal nature, as he felt restrained from entering into any discussion of the political Issues at this time. The nomination had made It necessary for him to cancel his plans to sail on the Berengaria for England on Saturday, h* said, and to cancel also an en gagement to speak tonight before the Bar association In Philadelphia. Asked where he expected to receive the formal notification of his nomi nation from the committee appointed hv the convention for that purpose Davts said he did not know whether It would be at his home In Locust Valley, L. I.. or at Clarksburg, TV Va. Plans for the notification cere monies are In the hands of the com mittee. W. J. Pledge* Support. The candidate also said he had mad* no selection of a campaign manager, and had not consulted with the national committee as to the chairmanship. He will be prepared, he said, to make "a considerable num ber of speeches during ths campaign. Governor Bryan, who was picked personally by Pavla to be his run ning mats when the convention seemed to be utterly In the dark as to whom ehould be choeen, entered the room while Davis was talking with the newspapermen and was warmly greeted A little later, Wil liam Jennings Brysn. the governor’s brother, also came In and he assured them sgaln that he will eupport the ticket. The great departure of delegates ilternatee and convention visitor* be zan with the early morning trains Hotel lobbies, which have been the «-ene of busy conference* during the sst 15 day*, were emptied of their 'lock* of delegates Every treln car •led capacity load* to all points ot ■he compass and railway stations were thronged all day as the great 'ost of convention attendants turned Ihelr fsce* homeward. The Weather <----/: For f4 bour« ending ? p m .luljr 14 rtlflplUlliMi, Inrhea an<1 huu<1te*1’b« rotal. t» Total uncr Januaii I. 14 1?. lpflolancjr. 7fl Hourly Tcmprrat urr« * • w - - - * ’ \ v m M 1 4 • m 43 J i» to «| ? a. m* ..**.44 S j* m 4 4 I t t* ta rf 4 % 4 a m. .,.,?* 4 p. in M I® • W ..... ?i < f». , M II I in ? 4 T p m 4 j ll noon 14 I p m Hitchcock Bryan Pact Is Opposed Out State Democratic Leader* Insist Candidate Must Be in Touch With Agri cultural Situation. Many Names Mentioned Reports current In Omaha that Gov* ernor Charles W. Bryan had con# sented to throw his influence behind anyone chosen by Gilbert M. Hitch cock and Arthur Mullen to succeed him as a candidate for governor in' order to' placate Hitchcock and Mullen for the doublecross given them at New York aroused Instant resent ment among ou state democratic lead ers Thursday. The Hitchcock-Mullen, choice la reported to lie between Mayor James C. Dahlman and Citjr Commissioner John Hopkins. Democratic leaders outstate wern _ Insistent that a man truly representa tive of the farm sentiment should b* selected by the democratic state cen tral committee to succeed Governor Bryan. Among a dozen likely candi dates discussed by farm leaders not one mentioned either Hopkins or Dahlman as men who understood or sympathized with the problems of th# farmers. The fact that the outetate vote comprised approximately gg per cent of the total vote In Nebraska was another reason advanced for plac ing a farm leader, free of entangling Omaha alliances at the head of the state ticket. Norton Often Mentioned. J. N. Norton of Polk, former presi dent of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation and an unsuccessful can didate for tie democratic nomination against Governor Bryan three years ago, was the man named most fre quently as the ideal candidate. Wheth er Norton's selection would be plea* lrg to Hitchcock was questioned by politicians. Norton, in the race for the nomina tion three years ago, waa looked upon a« the winner up until the time that Hitchcock and Bryan began forming harmony clubs. Spreading of the harmony club propaganda undoubted ly defeated Norton, and Norton fol lowers always have been resentful of tactics pursued In the campaign. Mul len. however. prof*«sed to ha for Nor ton. although sincerity of his protesta tions waa doubted. Morehead May be Candidate. Another likely and well known can didate mentioned frequently was Con gressman John H Morehead of Falls City. Morehead admitted that since news of Governor Bryan's nomination as a vice presidential candidate reached Nebraska a number of friends had called, urging him to get inte the race. Morehead is known t" covet the honor of being the only man elected governor of Nebraska three terms. He undoubtedly would go into the fight and expend untold energy if he believed he had a remote chance t« win His one harrier is the enmity of Governor Bryan. Morehead de feated Bryan for the demoeratio nomination for governor in a hotly contested primary at a time whets the wet and dry fight was at its height. They exchanged heated words which neither have forgotten. Other* mentioned by far mleader* in the ranks of democracy as men suitable to fill the position are Di» trictJ udge Jefferson Broady of Lin coln; Fmll Plaoek, Wahoo, candidate for congress in the Fourth district; William Suhr. county attorney at Grand Island; Tom Allen. Lincoln, democratic state chairman and brother in-law of Governor Bryan and Kenneth McDonald of Bridgeport. Howard Manta Farmer. These are men endorse,! by various well Jynown Nebraska political lead ers In Interviews o nthe political sit uation in Nebraska following selec tion of Governor Bryan at New Torie which forces his withdrawal and leaves It up to th edemocratlc state committee to choose a successor. Even Congressman Edgar Howard* a Bryan follower since the memory of man. demurred guardedly against any Bryan Hitchcock Mullen tie-up on selection of a gubernatorial can didate. "M's need someone who under stand* the agricultural situation to b« our governor.” Howard said. Then he proved that his sense of humor was still in working order a* he drawled: “Maybe Charlie will change his mind and refuse to run " Judge 1 N Albert of Oolumbua was the one man who declined to state positively that a man who under stands the farmer* and who has lived among them is the candidate needed "The man heat qualified Is the best man for the Job," Judge Albert said. Grand island for 7uhr "I can't imagine the state commit tee choosing anyone excepting a dir* farmer or one who te In constant touch wtth the farmer." John JUnl* of Grand Island commented "Our choice In Grand Island is William Zuhr. our county attorney."* Clarence Harmon. Lincoln, rand, date for state auditor. I* out openly for John H Morehead for drat choice and Tom Allen for aecond. ' 1 am for Morehead because 1 know 1 the kind of governor he was. ' Har mon said "Tom Allen Is mv nest Chou'S. Both know what the farmer* want and need " "1 suppose our governor mil) hate iTurw te r««- t— i etwmi D-el %
