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THE 'OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 7, 1920.
RAILROAD MEN
PREPARING FOR
ANOTHER FIGHT
Organized , Labor and Plumb
Plan League Will Endeavor
Again to Nation
alize Carriers.
c hi cco Trlbano-Omaha Bee iMued Wlra.
Washington, March 6. Now that
the railroads have been turned back
to private ownership in spite. of the
fight of organized labor and the
Plumb plan league to prevent this
consummation, organized labor-and
the leaguers who would nationalize
the railroads are accepting defeat
but preparing every day for another
battle.
The Plumb plan league, which has
been silent since congress passed
the railroad bill and the roads were
. returned, accepts the verdict tempo
rarily, but announces in a statement
today that it is girding for another
fray With the polls of the country
to be the battle ground.
"Undismayed . byr. its temporary
setbacft at, the hands of congress,
the statement says, "the Plumb Plan
league announces that it has just
.'started to fight and that it will con
tinue its ' agitation for ' industrial
democracy sin the operation of the
railroads until it becomes th$ settled
policy of the American people in
their treatment of the transportation
problem."
Say Congress Committed.
The league leaders who express
tne opinion of tfie reorganization on
what congress and the government
have done charpe that congress is
committed to privilege jna reaction
and predict that the railroad bill
will impose crushing burdens upon
the public and point out that the
problem must be solved by electing
a congress that will not be-pledged
to the interests of the privileged.
"When the people get through
paying the bill for this iniquity,"
the Plumb Plan leaguers declare,
"they will learn in several different
ways that their interests have been
betrayed. They already have lost
-millions of dollars, and they will
lose billions before they have liqui
dated this' experiment."
PORTUGAL SHUTS
UP ALL LICENSED
GAMINGHOUSES
Gambling Resorts Throughout
Country Are Closed by Gov
eminent Order.
She's Been Mother to 3,916 Yanks, and Gobs In Service,v
Believes Attitude-to Givilian Life Means. Good Citizens
Manager of C. of C. Em
ployment Bureau Has
Many Touching Sto-
riesto Tell. '
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A slim, dark-haired youth, clad in
soiled khaki, entered the Chamber
of Commerce, paused uncertainly,
then approached Mrs. Mabel Walk
er, manager of the Chamber of Com
merce Soldiers' and Sailors' Employ
ment bureau.
"Got any work this morning," he
mumbled, seating himself on the
nearest ' chair and producing a
cigaret. ,
"What can you do?" inquired
Mrs. Walker, briskly. "Do you know
any trade?"
"No;" draweld the youth, between
puffs at his cigaret, "but I want good
pay. V fought for my country and
I've got a living coming. Been 'out
of the army three months and
haven't got the right job yet.
Whatchngot!" ( .
Long Hours and No Pay.
"We have a job that will pay $100
a month to start with," began Mrs
ers" and "adventuresses," touts, and Walker. "It's a warehouse job with
tragedies - I chance for advance
"Nothm' dom'," interrupted the
youth, rising and walking away
By WILLIAM A. BENTLEY.
Chlcaftt TrlbaM-Omaha Bee InKd Wire.
Lisbon, March 6. Portugal has
closed the gambling houses through
out the country.
During the war, traders, industri
alists, and great land owners made
money. In the war's wake came cor
ruption, shameless profiteering and
a national fever of gambling. ' .
' Some ' persons recalling the
legends of Monte Carlo urged that
sanctioned gambling would attract
foreigners with money.
Under Antonio Paes liberty was
granted to gambling houses. The ef
fect was deplorable. War profits
and foreign capital were lavishly ex
pended in fitting up scores if night
clubs, luxurious casinos and gaming
houses not only in Lisbon and its
suburbs, but also at seaside resorts.
The gambling mania spread with, its
train of hush money, adventur
Urges Military Measures
To Expel Turks in Armenia
' Washington, March 6. Restora
tion of Armenia's political independ
ence by the allied nations is urged
in a resolution introduced by Sen
ator King, democrat, Utah, and re
ferred ito the foreign relations com
mittee. The resolution suggests that
military measures be taken to expel
armed Turks and Kurds from Ar
menia, and to protect the natives
from recurrence' of . the long-ou-tinued
massacres. . . 1
Be
f
en
Don't " stand idly - by
and permit them to take
away ALL of your
month' wages for a suit
of clothes or a 'dress. .
Speak up real 'spunky'
and say:
v "No, sir; I am going to
have Dreshers clean and
fix up. my old duds this
spring' v:'
Phone Tyler 343.
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tragedies.
Disregarded Laws.
Investments in houses of vice and
gambling were so profitable -that
though the law forbade such places,
successive governments shrank' with
dealing with the "vested interests"
backing such enterprises.
Proposals for regulation of these
places were before parliament, when
the scandals published in the news
papers directly challenged the
chamber of deputies on the con
tinued toleration of such conditions.
Premier Domingoes explained
that personally he opposed gam
bling, kut the complicated nature
of the question hitherto led to tol
eration.
In view of public opinion, the
government decided to enforce the
law closing gambling nouses
throughout the country.. T he
premier said he knew,it would re
sult in public disturbances, but he
felt the government had the power
to comply with the wishes ot tne
country. x
Contends Bgteenth
Amendment Annuls
All Conflicting Laws
.
Washington, March 6. Solicitor
General King, in a brief filed In sup
port of federal . court decrees
dismissing injunction proceedings
against the Volstead act in Massa
chusetts, contended that the loth
amendment annuls all conflicting
state And federal laws previously
passed. The amendment, the brief
added, does not take from the states
authority to enact similar enforce
ment legislation "except to the
extent that the conferring of a con
current power upon congress may be
a limitation.
, These contentions were designed
to refute arguments that the amend
ments operated to abolish all powers
which either congress or the states
had previously exercised over in
toxicating liquors.
Appeals in the case will be argued
Monday with the Rhode Island suit
and the . Kentucky distilleries case.
U. S. Agent Held for Selling,
Steamer Rugs to Himself
New York, March 6. William J.
Love, purchasing agent of the North
Atlantic division of the United
States Shipping board, has ben ar
rested on a charge of having sold
to himself valuaole steamer rugs
which the board had taken off Ger
man ships seized by the government.
Love, who also is secretary of the
firm of W. J. Love & Company, Inc.,
ship chandlers, of this city, was held
oh $2,500 bail after waiving prelim
inary examination.
Campaign on to Stabilize
Building Material Prices
Chicago, March 6. A campaign
has been begun among building ma
terial men to stabilize prices on all
materials used in home building for
at' least six montns. a, plea was
made also for stabilization of wages.
Only hy such means could the
housing problem be solved, said
Edward Hines, head of a lumber
company, who announced the move
ment. - .
"Long hours, no pay nothin doin'."
A moment later another young
man entered, stepped briskly up to
Mrs. Walker's desk and inquired if
there were a job open.
"I was just discharged," he ex
plained, "and I'd be glad to get any
kind of a job."
As he left the chamber five min
utes later, carrying a card entitling
him to the $100-a-month job with
long hours, Mrs. Walker smiled re
flectively. ' Close In Three Weeks.
"In three more weeks this bureau
will be closed," she announced, "and
I'm going to miss this work terribly.
You have just seen two men and
what the army did for each. Thank
goodness the first type is few and
far between."
"Then you think service in the
army and navy really helped the
men?" Mrs. Walker was asked.
"I believe that a large percentage
of the men who served with the
United States army or navy were
benefited in both a physical and
moral way. Their outlook was
broadened and the discipline was
good for them," replied Mrs.
Walker.
And Mrs. Walker, who in the ca-
Mrs. Mabel Walker, manager of the Chamber e f Commerce soldiers' and sailors' employment bureau,
ia the act of registering her first applicant, Hubert Ro usey, 3320 Fowler avenue, just discharged from the
army. 1
pacity of manager of the bureau has
placed 3,196 ex-service men in jobs
since the close of the war, should
know. She has studied the, tempera
ment of the men as they approached
her for positions, and is convinced
that their attitude toward1 the new
civilian life is of the sort which will
make them valuable citizens.
Moreover she is convinced that
there are just 3,916 real human in
terest, heart-throb stories in the
3,916 men who applied for jobs.
"I was never particularly inter
ested in psychology until I took
charge of the bureau," declared Mrs.
Walker. "Then I found that
psychology was a vefy necessary
science. " ' '
The Aristocrat From Boston.
"One of the firjt applicants was
an aristocratici"ybung second lieu
tenant from Boston. He wore a wrist
watch, carried a small cane, and
applied for a position' as general
manager of Something he wasn't
sure what. He even suggested that
if there was a shortage of bank
presidents he would' do very well.
"I assured him there were "plenty
of bank presidents in the city, and
he went away greatly disappointed.
A few weeks later he returned.'Tbis
time he wore dirty overalls and told
me he had a 'temporary job' hauling
coal."
Council Bluffs Private.
A direct antithesis to the tale of
the young BostNiian is related by
Mrs. Walker about a middle-aged
Council Bluffs man who had been a
private in the army. Thisnan came
to the bureau shortly after leaving
the army, admitted he lacked educa
tion, but said he had a wife and two
children to support, and must find
work.' He was given a job Mlcking.
Recently Mrs. Walker received a
letter from him telling her that he
had purchased a garage in a small
town in South Dakota and was
"doing nicely."
One of the most difficult "cases"
which Mrs. Walker has dealt' with
is that of what she calls her "detective-soldier.
The detective-soldier
fought the war at Camp Funs
ton: mostly in the guard house,
according to his tale, and his "de
tective instinct" was" simply not
appreciated in the army, he declared.
On the morning he applied at the
bureau for a job, he carried a large
bundle ot literature " which he
proudly displayed. It proved to be
the courses of three detective corre
spondence schools. Since then Mrs.
Walker has placed him in six jobs
and he has been "fired" six times.
Each employer explained that he
found too much wrong jyith their
organization. ,
A majority of the men applying
fcr jobs preferred outdoor work,
Mrs. Walker says. Of the men seek
ing jobs at the bureau only about
lO&were commissioned officers, and
thepercentage of sailors was very
small. Although a number of men
were placed on Nebraska farms, a
large majority of them found em
ployment in Omaha. "
The employment bureau was the
outgrowth of a bureau founded by
the chamber to secure women to fill
vacant positions during the war.
Mrs. Walker will remain with the
chamber as convention secretary
when the bureau is closed on
March 1. 7
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Former U.S. Agent Is
Arrested at San Diego
On Charge of Graft
CliM-aca Trlbjltie-Omaha Be Leaned Wire.
Chicago, March S. Joe "Cootie"
Peak, former jockey, former federal
agent and adventurer-at-large, was
arrested in San Diego, according to
information received at the federal
building. As long as he was an
agile "cootie" Uncle Sam was un
able to lay hands upon him. The
trouble began when saloon-keepers
'.ere told the federal officials they
had slipped Peak $4,700 to be used
in purchasing liquor for them.
lie was next heard trom in New
Orleans, where he started a riot in
a gambling house. Detectives
rushed south, but the "Cootie" was
too nimble. Cuba next sent -put a
call for help, as the "Cootie" was
stinging all and sundry on the
island. Detectives were alwavs
jump behind Peak, who flitted from
Cuba to San Antonio. Success made
him careless. In San Diego, under
an assumed name, opportunity came
o shoot up a cafe and he could not
resist the temptation." A govern
ment mileage book, knocked out his
subterfuge of an assumed name and
the heavy hand of the federal gov
ernment descended upon him.
H,e served in tne penitentiary ai
Atlanta. After he got out he was
accepted as an agent of the govern
ment in the narcotic division and
his work at first was highly satis
factorv. He .asked for and was
granted leave of absence and so
licited the bribe of $4,700 from Chi
cago saloon-keepers. This money
he presumably lost on the New Or
leans and Havana races.
Delay Withdrawal of
Japanese Troops Now
On Duty in Siberia
Washington, March 6. Announce
ment that Japan purposes to i with
draw her troops from Siberia ap
pears to have been at least prema
ture in the light of dispatches from
Tokio, which indicate that the whole
subject is under discussion in, the
diet Meantime the government is
refraining from any change in its
program, which contemplates the
maintenance of a considerable force
in eastern Siberia and the retention
of strategic railways.
The situation of Vladivostok,
where the local soviet government
is trying to establish relations with
the Moscow government, is believed
to threaten complications inasmuch
as the foreign military could be
maintained in the city only by some
form of. recognition of the local of
ficials. Such recognition is unlikely
to be extended by Japan in advance
of a general agreement to that effect
among the entente powers, it was
said.
Make Further Efforts
To Amend Court-Martial
Washington. March 6. Further
efforts to amend existing court-mar
tial regulations will be made next
week when the house takes up the
army reorganization bill. Repre
sentative Johnson, republican, South
Dakota, said.
The existing court-martial sys
tem is atrocious to the Prussian
degree." Johnson said. "It "subjects
every man in the army to the whim,
caprice or will of any officer.
Army Aviator Killed in r
' Attempt to Make Landing
Fred HrTJtley was instantly killed
and two privates injured, one prob
ably fatally, in, attempting to make
farced landing in an airman at
Aoache. Old, neat here. -- ,
HERE'S LANDLORD WHO IS NOT A1ROFITEER This man ought
to get a medal. He is George C. Kelly, the only non-prof iteering land
lord yet discovered. He owns an eight-family apartment in New
York and says it pays to give your tenants a square deal. Mr. Kelly
has persistently refused to raise the rents irk his house, even when
some of the tenants, most of whom have live in the house for 10
and 12 years, tried to raise their own rent. Mr. Kelly declares he
gets 12 per cent on his investment, which is enough. He 'is here shown
with some of the tenants' children. v v
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Janitor Hounds His
Wife; Accuses Her and
She Is Given Decree
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Georg C. Kelly- and tenarvfo child
British Psychists- .
to Probe Mystery of
"Haunted Slippers"
London. March 6. A pair oi;
"haunted" slippers which give the
wearer harrowing dreams, will be in
vestigated by the British Psychical
Research society at an early date. -
Mrs. Llara Swinton, a London
woman, bought the slippers, which
are crimson and have curled-up toes,
at a Caledonian, market. They are
obviously very old.
The first nmht I wore them, she
said. "I had a horrible dream. I
imagined I had committed murder
at a bazaar in some eastern city. I
fled in wild panic and the terror
finally awakened me. s
"On the second occasion the scene
was set in England. It appeared that
my father had warned me I would
be slain. Overpowered by dread fear,
I awoke.
"I have visited the east, but I did
not recognize the setting iojny first
dream."
Investigators who are not actually
subiect to dreams experienced sim
ilar results upon wearing the , slip-H
pers. Leading psychics here are con
vinced they are confronted with an
unprecedented case of eastern .mys
ticism. Some suggest the original
owner may have committed a crime
which is still haunting the slippers.
Swedish Cabinet Resigns..
Stockholm. Sweden, March 6.
The Swedish cabinent has resigned.
Premier Eden was asked by the
king to form a hew ministry. It
was expected the socialists would
form new government, with
Hjalmar. Branting, the socialist
leader, as premier. This is still pos
sible, as it may, prove difficult f6i
Premier Lden" to iorm a ' liberal J
cabinet. .-,
Bee Want Ads Produce-. Results.
Declares Question
Of Health Not Issue
In Deserter's Trial
New York, March 6. Liuctenant
Colonel Cresson, trial judge advo
cate, in outlining the government's
case against Grover , Cleveland
Bergdoll, wealthy young Philadel
phian being court-martialled on
Governor's island for evading the
draft, declared that the sole issue
is whether the accused is guilty "of
that most depicable crime of desert
ing his country in time of wan"
The question of Bergdoll's health,
mental or physical condition and
whether or not any attempts had
been made to corrupt officials in
his case, he added, have nothing
to do with the issue. .
The government will produce
documentary evidence, backed by
testimony of individuals, to show
that Bergdoll, not only failed to
report for military duty when
ordered and 4ras legally inducted
into the army, but "ran awjiy" with
the necessary intent to desert
Colonel Cresson stated.
Government failures to comply
with, the draft "regulations' .was
charged by Harry Weinberger,
counsel for defense.
School Officials Hear .
Address of Health Worker
E. E. ,Van Buskirk. representing
the United States Public Health de
partment, yesterday afternoon ad
dressed a group of city and school
officials and sociological workers
in the school assembly room In the
city hall. Mr. Van Buskirk is here
to make preliminary plans fpr an
Eastern Nebraska conference to be
held in Omaha next month, when
he will outline the government's
plan for teaching sex hygiene to
high school pnpils.
Fiancee of Angelus Casten Re
ceives Messages That Lead
To Belief He's Kidnaped.
Chicago. March 6. Angelus J
Casten, director of experimental
chemistry for the International Har
vester company and inventor of a
chemical propulsive agent for depth
bonTBTchargcs used by the govern-
liicm in me war againsi suumariucs,
is believed to have been kidnaped in
Detroit and'held for ransom. Casten
left Chicago Wednesday mornint
for Washington to collect royal
ties for the use of his invention.
First reports that all was not well
were received Thursday afternoon
by Miss Mabel Nielson, Casten's
fiancee, in the form of a telegram
from Detroit saying his body had
been, found there, explaining he had
been run over by a train. The tele
gram was signed "the identification
company of America.
Investigation proved there was
no such concern in Detroit. Late
last night Miss Nielsorr received a
postal card from Detroit, dated
Wednesday night, after tha tele'
gram announcing his death had been
sent. This led Jo the kijnaping
theory. Casten said he was leaving
Detroit.
After Casten's formula was de
livered in Washington r last July,
two secret service men guarded
him constantly.
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Nation Going Through
Epochal Period in
Aircraft History
New York. March 6. Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, chief of training
arid operations, of the army air ser
vice, speaking at the opening of the
National Aeronautical show here,
said that, this period in the nation's
aircraft development is epochal be
cause it marks the beginning of com
mercial and civil aviation "in a
class by itself.
"The problem of commercial avia
tion," said General Mitchell, "is 'how
may we utilize the air as a means of
transportation so that it niay be able
to compete with transportation on
the ground?' "This is the solution:
"By providing a ground organiza
tion of airdromes or landing fields,
aids to air navigators, fuel and spare
part stations throughout the coun
try; by improving motors, develop
ing engines more simple than tlie
internal combustion engine and "by
perfecting the existing engines. We
should improve the structure of the
airplane itself, so as to give greater
surety in arising from or land:ng
upon the ground and work out vari
ous safety devices for the protec
tion of aircraft navigators, passen
gers and freight."
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, March S. Stanley Plas
2ek, a janitor of a, flat building, sus
pected his wife of kissing the milk
man and gadding about at night, so
he went to a pawn shop and pur
chased a pair of handcuffs. He pro
posed to handcuff her up to the bed
at night, but she .pbt up such a fight
that he could not get the cuffs on
her. Then he installed a small elec
tric shock machine beside his bed
and connected it with push buttons
installed in two flats overlooking his
doop. By bribing the occupants ot
these flats they were to push the
buttons if they saw his wife going
nut Thiic lip'wac pnnt1r1 tn crn trt
slppn. rlntrhincr tfii Via n riles of the I
shock machine secure in the knowl-' penetrated his chest.
edge that if his wife left on a phil
landering tour he would be awak
ened. Judge Trude listened to all this
patiently. Then he called the drab,
faded-out washed-out and worn-out
wife to the stand. She said she cared
for their six children, fed the furnace
scrubbed the halls and woodwork,
swept, dusted, shoveled snow, did
the cooking and mending and wash
ing and that she had no time or in
clination to go anywhere after work
was done.
"Stay away from her and pay her
?15 a week, ordered the judge as
he turned his attention to the jeal
ous janitor. "
M'ADOO STILL
DETERMINED TO
DODGE SCRAMBLE
Declares Palmer's Open Can
didacy Will Not Force Him
Into Democratic Con
vention Contest.
Proprietor of joint
Is Killed In Battle
- With Federal Agents
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire,
Racine, Wis., March 6. In a raid
on a saloon last night by federal of
ficers and local police, one man was
killed and two injured in a gan bat
tle; Barney Sekat, aged SO years,
proprietor of the saloon, was killed.
Two bullets from officers' revolvers
penetrated his chest. Edward Piel.
detective of the Racine nolice de-H
partment was shot in the right hand,
a bullet from Sekat's revolver carry
ing away the little finger of Piel's
Federal Agents Swoop Down
On 20 Cafes; Five Men Held
New York, March 5. Internal
revenue agents, provided with search
warrants issued by United States
commissioners, raided 20 restaurants
and cafes, in Brooklyn late Saturday
in search Of liquor, rour proprietors
and a bartender were arested and
held in $1,000 bail each for examina
tion March 10. '
Walter R. Oetgen produced evi
dence that 10 gallons of sherry had
been reported to the authorities and
that he had a permit to keep it for
culinary purpescs. The application
for the permit was still pending, he
said. He was not arrested.
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Would Have U. S. Purchase
y All Bonded Liquor Stocks
Westerville. O., March 6. Pur
chase by the federal government of
all liquor -stocks in bond is urged
by the Anti-Saloon league in a
statement issued here at the league's
national headquarters by Ernest H.
Lherrington, secretary ot the
league's executive committee. The
statement says, in part:
The government of the United
States should purchase all whisky
at a price to be fixed by a federal
commission, which price would rep
resent the actual cost of producing
it. Upon purchasing the whisky the
government should convert it
promptly into denatured alcohol, for
Which there is an evenncreasing
demand. By such an arrangement
the distillers will get all they ac
tually -have invested in the whisky
and the , greatest temptation to
break the prohibitory law will be
removed.
Advise Against Paying
uaims ot luuiuw niui
Denver. Colo., March 6. Rejec
tion in entirely of the claims of the
Italian government for $51,000 aris
ing from 'loss of life in the Ludlow
strike in this state in 1914 was
recommended to Gov.-" Oliver H.
Shouo in a report submitted .today
by the Colorado legislature's board
of inquiry.
A copy of the report will be sent
to the State department at once.
?cveral . Italians were killed, by
troops. "J, ' ' ' y.
right hand. Bart Herzoe. Mil
waukee, a federal inspector, was in
jured in an attack made upon him
by Mike sekat, father of the saloon
keeper. The officers visited the saloon to
search for moonshine whisky.
When Herzog attempted to enter a
room on the second floor, Sekat
threatened to kill him. Herzog
called for help and was seized and
beaten by Mike Sekat When the
other three officers appeared Barney
Sekat began . firing, Thomas John
ston, a second federal officer, and
Detective Charles Yanney fired on
Barney Sekat, who fell to the floor
with two bullets in his chest. Much
moonshine liquor was found in the
place. '
International Congress of
Gregorian Chant Is Planned
New York, March 6. Plans are
announced for an international con
gress of Gregorian chant at St. I
Patrick s cathedral the first three
daysin Tune, which will be attended
by singers and music teachers from,
all parts of the United Mates,
Canada and abroad. ,
The chief director will be the
greatest authority on' Gregorian
chant, the Very Rev. Dom Moc-
quereau, prior ot the solesmes com
munity of Benedictine monks on the
Isle of Wight The grand organist
will be Joseph Bonnett. concert or
ganist of St. Eustace, Pans.
Would Establish Federal
Agencies to Sell Whisky
New York. March 6. Action to
ward the establishment of federal
agencies for selliiic whisky' on pre
scription was requested of United
States Senators Calder and wans
worth and all the Brooklyn con
gressfflen in letters sent them by
United States Attorney Ross of
Brooklvn. This action followed
complaints received by the district
attorney s office that druggists were
selling a poor grade of whisky at
high prices.
lohn v . Kramer, prohibition com
missioner, had informed mm, Mr.
Koss wrote, that he could not es
tablish such stations without statu
tory authority.
Chicaqo Police Arrest
Denver Man for Larceny
Chicago. March 6. Albert Hor-
wich of Denver, Colo, was arrested
here last night at the instance of
his former employer. Arnold Wolff,
a Denver pawnbroker, who charged
larceny by bailee. During the 20
years he was employed by Wolff,
detective! here said Horwich is al
leged to have secured $20,000 buy
ing jewelry and other articles from
Senvcr pawnbrokers and selling
em to his employer. . He will be
returned to Denver ? - ,
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee I.ef,i wirr.
Washington, March 6. William
C McAdoo is unalterable in his
decision to keep out of the demo
cratic scramble for the. presidential
nomination prior to the convention
at San Francisco in Tne.
Followipg dispaien of telegrams
to the chairman of the California
state committee to keep his name
off the primary ballot in that state,
Mr. McAdoo made it known
through friends here that Attorney
General Palmer's open candidacy
for the democratic nomination
would not force him into the con
vention contest. "
This does not mean that Mr. Mc
Adoo is not a presidential candidate.
Far from it. It means' that he is
a candidate, but that he prefers to
remain in the background until the
psychological moment, a moment
which will arrive at some time dur
ing the progress of the San Fran
cisco convention and not before.
Wires to Chairman.
To head off friends in California
as he didin Georgia, Mr. McAdoo
wired from New York to D. S.
Ewing, chairman of the democratic
state committee as follows:
"Thank you warmly for your tele
gram offering the services of the
democratic organization of Califor
nia in circulating petitions to enter
me in the primary of that state. Re
cently I stated to friends who
wished to enter me in the Georgia
primaries that I was strongly con
vinced that all delegates should, as
far as practicable, go to the national
convention uninstructed so that it
might have free conference of un
bound delegates who would strive
to do the best thing for the country
regardless of individual claims or
ambitions
"If we are to win in the next elec
tion, principles and service, not per
sonalities or expediences, must con
trol actions of the convention.
"I cannot therefore enter any pri
mary or seek to have any delegates
or delegations instructed for me. I
am not interested in the fortunes of
any individual, but I am eager to
join my party associates m every
form of patriotic effort to serve the
interests of our country, which in
the hearts of every virile American
must always transcend every other
consideration. ,
"Please therefore keep me out of
the California primaries, and convey
to the members of the committee
my" best wishes and sincere appre
ciation. I do not doubt the triumph
of. democracy in the cojning cam
paign if our constant guide and in
spiration is for service to country,
everything for service to selfish
interests, corporate 6r individual-nothing."
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