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8 ARE LOST
IN TJESTERH
MAIDS
Deluge Causes Heavy Loss of
Life and Property in Portions
Of Nebraska, Wyoming and
South Dakota.
ALL BRIDGES SWEPTJJUT
ON NIOBRARA RIVER
Cloudburst at Hemingford
Washes Out Railroad Fill
Trains Tied Up as Track Is
Flooded Near Walthill.
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Section oi Nebraska, Wyoming
and South Dakota, referred to a few
years ago as the "Great American
Desert," are now suffering-fronv a
deluge that has taken a toll of eight
lives at Ardmore, S. D., miles of
railroad track and numerous
bridges.
A cloudburst near Heminford,
4 Neb., washed out an enrtre railroad
fill that .will necessitate a bridge
five spans long. Every bridge on
the Niobrara river for distance 8f
50 miles ,as washed out. Wind
and hat) damaged buildings, but
grain was not, far enough .along to
dc - injureq. i . v
Caught in Homes,
: At Ardmore, the flood ' caught
unsuspecting residents in their
homes, where eight were drowned.
In Wyoming. Burlington trains
were' from 10 to 12 hours late due to
Washouts and on some lines trains
were entirely suspended. Dele
gates returning to Cheyenne from
the State republican convention at
Sheridan were stormbound.
Trains between Lincoln and Siotrx
, City were completely tied up by the
t washing out of 7,000 feet of track
between Walthill and Winnebago.
Neb. .
. a.
Niobrara River Flooded. '
O'Neill. Neb., May 13. (Special.)
One of the . heaviest storms in
. : years visited the northern part of
llolt county Tuesday, the rainfall at
'several points exceeding three and
one-half inches. A heavy hailstorm
also7 occurred around Page, east of
O'Neill, doing considerable damage.
Heavy rains in the west have caused
m big iaise in the Niobrara river, not
Vffected fy the, wet season "nWeto
ftre tliis renjv,.; -,, ., . ,
Sidney Is Flooded '
Sidney.- Ncb..! May 13. (Special.)
On(i if die .hardest rains'in the
historlof this. .section of the coun
try fei here and flooded the low
ground , north of the U.. P, tracks
and formed a lake. The water ill
the street was three feet deep.
Corn Planting Delayed.
Fremont, Neb.. May . 13. (Spe
Ctl.) Tfce heaviest rainfall of the
,yeaf Carhe Ttesiay night, when
total precipitation amounted to 2.05
inches. Fields -in which plowing
had just begun are flooded, and the
corn plantmg, already delayed two
weeks, will be still further be-lated.
Fru.lt Trees Injured.
Table Rok, Neb., May 13. (Spe
cial.) An I'lectrical storm, accom
panied l5y ft heavy rain, hail and
wind, passed, ovr the country a
few miles northeast of here Tues-
- fliy evening- doing a large amount
- of damage." 'Thi gardens were
pounded- into tie earth and the
fruit prospects were grc-atly injured.
Cbudbur t at Cortland-
P .trice, Neu'y May 13. (Spe-J
cr i. ) Lortland, . JO miles .n9rtn ot
Be;-. trice; was .vi-hed by - a ' cloud
burst Tuesday,1 more than
Six Quarts Two Girls .
Featured Leet's Party,
Expense Account Shows
"QuaHs" Might Have Been MilW But They Cost $195
; t -Millionaire Said the Girls Were "Nice" Wants
Other Principal to Pay Half of Expense.
Details of a party, said to have
been, staged at the Hotel Henshaw
within the past two weeks, m which
wine, women and song figured ex
tensively, were laid bare in Municipal
Judge Baldwin's court yesterday
afternoon when "Billy" Leef, youth
ful Omaha millionaire sportsman,
offered testimony in his suit to col
lect $152,50 from Hugh Bennet, em
ployed by a local film exchange.
, "Bennet agreed to pay half the ex
penses of the party." Leet. testified.
"I put an itemized statement of hisrl
snare in his box at the Henshaw, but
he left for Des Moines'without pay
ing it." '
"Is this the itemized statement?"
inquired C. E, Walsh, counsel for
Bennet, producing a small card..
T Leet said it was. 1
; Six Quarts $195.
"Then I see you spent $90 for
three quarts and $105 for three more
quarts on that evening. It's item
ized right here, judge " Walsh de
clared, i,
"It might have been quarts of
milk,", protested: F. E. Sheehan,
counsel for Leet. '
"It might have been," mused the
judge, as he sniilingly inspected the
card.
. The card was itemized as follows:
Three quarts at $30, three quarts a"
$Ja; Wright s bill, $60; cafe charg,
550.
. "Some party," murmured the judge,
"and that only one-half of the bill,
isn t it.' -
It Was a Gocd Party.
"It was a .good party' said Leet.
"You see, there were two nice girls,
your honor I"
"Quite so, I see 1" agreed- his
honor. -- t -
The case was continued until May
22. Leet's testimony was taken yes
terday to enable him to leave tonight
for the Orient. m - .
"I don't care about the money,"
Leet declared, "but it was a gentle
men's agreement that Bennet should
pay. He went to Dm Moines a day
or two after the party, said he was
having trouble with his wife, but
that he would wire me the money. I
didn't see him again until a day or
so ago." "
Battle Centers on Trunk
Leet filed an affidavit, of' attach
ment under which Constable Zach
Ellis went to the Henshaw hotel and
took possession of Bennet's trunk.
Attorney Walsh filed a tootion yes
terday to have the "attachment re
leased, on the grounds that Leet's
allegations are untrue.
CAE) BANDIT
BEATEN BY
CP.'iUCTOR
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1
four
inches of water falling m a short
time. Some hait fsll, but no damage
resulted to crops.. 'More than an
inch of rain fell at this point, again
retarding farm workv "
Police Find Men in
Act of Looting Car; -Taken
in Gun Fight
Kansas City, Mo., 'May 13r
Three alleged box car bandits were
arrested by Kansas City, Kan., po
lice today, following a long motor
car chase and pistol battle, when the
police caught five men loading, a big
high powered car with goods being
taken from a box car in Armour
dale. .
The police, acting on a'tfp, dis
covered the men. and the chase be
pan. The five men flred a number
of shots at the police car, but no one
was injured. When their car ran
into a fence, they attempted to es
cape, but three were taken. . sTwo
escaped.
Over Score of Passengers
Hurt in Iowa Train Wreck
Lennrs, la., May 13. Over a
score of passengers were cut and
bruised in a - wreck of the west
bound Illinois Central passenger
train a mile east of here at 4 o'slock
Thursday afternoon. The accident
was caused by a spreading rail. The
mail and baggage car and two day
coaches were thrown down an em
bankment. Doctors were rushed to
" the scene and the more seriously in
jured were brought to a hospital
here None are said to be in a dan
gerous condition. '
. Urges Oregon Republicans
To Support Hiram Johnson
Washington, May 13. Senator
McNary, republican of Oregon, is
sued a statement urging Oregon
voters to support Senator Johnson
of California in the republican presi
dential primary.
.Senator Kenyon, republican of
Iowa, also issued a statement in be
half of Senator Johnson.
SENATE TO VOTE
TOMORROW UPON
KNOX PEACE PLAN
Leaders Strike Out Request to
President to Establish Com
mercial Relations With
Germany.
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Washington, May 13. The senate
agreed today to vote at 4 clock
next Saturday on the republican
peace resolution.
, '-The arrangement followed an im
portant revision of tne measure by
the republfcan leaders in striking out
the clause requesting the president
to negotiate a separate peacetreaty
with Germany in order to "establish
friendly relations and commercial w-
tercourse." .- . .
Adoption of the resolution is con
ceded by democratic opponents with
a veto bv President Wilson regarded
as equally certain. .
It proposes to repeal war declara
tions with both (Germany and Aus
tria, while the house measure dealt
with . Germany alone and differed
radically also in other respests.
Few Speeches, Planned.
General indisposition of senators
to discuss the resolution Ud to to
day's agreement for final action Sat
urday in which party leaders con
rtirrpd. Few more speeches are
planned and the resolution was laid!
aside today atter addresses in us
support by Senators Kellpeg of Min
nesota and LenroOt of Wisconsin,
republican members of the "mild
reservation" group in the treaty
fight. " '
Both senators criticised President
Wilson, charging him with delaying
neace bv his position on the treaty
and predicting republican success in
the November campaign if the treaty
issue were carried into the'eampaign.
as he had urged. -
King Opposes" President.
During the debate another demo
crat. Senator King of Utah, came out
in opposition to the president's posi
tion on the treaty issue. Mr. King,
who voted for some of the Lodge
reservations, expressed belief that
the San Francisco platform would
not follow the president's wishes.
Senator Pomerene. democrat.
Ohio, is the only speaker scheduled
tomorrow and the debate will be
closed by the party leaders for the
republicans and Senator Underwood
tor the democrats in opposition.
Western Representatives
Lose Grazing Land Fight
Washington, May 13. Western
members of the house lq5t their
fight against a legislative rider-: to
the agricultural appropriation bill,
which they skid would result in in
creased grazing fees on' forest re
serve lands. ' ,
By a vote of 148 to 134, the heuse
instructed its conferees on the bill
to insist on adoption of the original
house provision, eliminated by the
senate, which would direct the agri
cultural department to make an ap
praisement of the value of the pas
turage on the, national forests, the
basis of charges' for grazing per
German Throne to Be
Sold Under Hammer
In New York City
New York, May 13 The im
' perial German throne is to be
(sold here at auction. Household
effects of former Kuiser Wilhelm,
the former kaiserin and other
members of the. German imperial
German family "seized from the .
imperial palaces of Berlin and
Munich for unpaid bills after the .
emperor abdicated and went to
Holland, also will be sold under
the hammer here, May 22, one of
the city's largest art collectors
announced. The collection was re-,
cenjly brought here by the pur-chaser-
REPORTS OF DIG
IRISH REVOLT
i REACH LONDON
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Police Barracks and -Income
Tax Offices in Many Parts
Of Country Attacked
. By Mobs.
London, May 13. Reports" of an
unusual number of activities by
armed and' masked men in various
sections of Ireland were received in
London today. The reports began
trickling in early in the morning and
by noon had reached the proportions
of aft avalanche. As at Easter time,
many policy barracks .were at
tacked." ; .. .. . ' . -
Barracks' were attacked and ; a
large , .number of them were de
stroyed., " v - . ' - 1 ,
Most of the barracks were not oc
cupied by the regular police force,
which had been 'sent to the larger
centers.
Raid Tax Offices.
Income tax offices also were
again attacked.
Meanwhile Viscount French, the
viceroy, was in London for a con
ference, with Andrew Bonar Law,
the government leader in the House
of Commons, regarding the policy
to be pursued to restore order in
Ireland. ' .
Two mail cars and one mail train
were held up and .official papers
taken from them.
One man was killedy in the out
skirts of Dublin, where barracks
were urned. '
IPreacher Is Shot.
The Rev. T.-.G. Wilkinson, one of
the canons of the Down cathedral,
at Down . Patrick, was shot ' and
critically wounded 'while ""pursuing
raiders on the, street. r '
The houses of tvyo newspaper edi
tor were raided and one anti-Sinn
Fein editor was tarred and feathered.
Some of the police barracks de
stroyed were unoccupied and others
were inhabited only by the cusr
todians. '
The reports of the raiders' activi
ties have been pouring in all day
from numerous sections. 7
Virginia Bar Favors
Marshall's Nomination
'For Presidency of U. S.
1 - ' ' "
Richmond, Va., May 13. Vice
President Marshall,' speaking today
before the Virginia Bar association,
'declared that if national prohibition
had been considered by the senate
in secret session not 20 votes would
have been cast for it
Asserting that there should be less
tinkering with the constitution, the
vice president expressed the opinion
that constitutional amendments had
"brought a very large measure of
evil to the republic."
Mr. Marshall predicted that in the
future the country would be faced
by the question of government of
law or of men, declaring that onlv
two men Samuel Gompers - and
Judge1 Elbert H. Gary now are con
sulted on public issues. ,
By. a rising vote the association
f.ivoted the nomination of Mr. Mar
shall for the presidency.
Coroner's Jury Unable to
Fix Blame for Death of Man
Butte. Mont., May 13. The cor
oner's jury in the case of Thomas
Manning, believed to have been one
of IS strikers wounded in rioting
April 21 between officers and mine
guards and miners near the
Neversweat mine here, returned a
verdict reporting itself unable to fix
the responsibility for Manning's
death.
.1 .urn i , - f
Arrest Alleged Murderer.
Sioux City. Ia., May 13. Charles
Richardson, ( who. the police say. es
caped from 'the Kansas City jail in
1919 while being held under a 10
ycar sentence on a charge of killing
a policeman, was arrested here. '
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Harrington Takes Gun
Dnkkfln sin' TtAfjtnlif
nvisuci vii iwciuj
th Street Car and Turns
tm Over to Police.
tA
WOULDN'T STAN0 FOR
LOSS OF GOLD WATCH
Battle Ensues When Thief At
tempts to Make Haul Com
plete by Taking Timepiece
Given by Mother.
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Ten years ago Ed E. Harrington,
street car conductor, was admon
ished by his father never to let
a "cowardly highwayman" hold him
up. - f '
Ten years passed, but Harrington
did. not forget his father's ad
vice. , .
Wednesday" night when a lone
bandit flourished a revolver in his
face his father's advice rang in his
ears, he says and his Celtic' blood
leaped in his .veins at the thought
of a nand-tp-hand encounter. .
But let Harrington tell his own
story.- ' ' '
i "We left Kansas avenue, - going
south, at 11:23," began Harrington,
as he took a generous bite from a
solid plug of. tobacco. "T was in
side the car counting my fares when
my motorman stopped and let a man
on. I told the man to give me,his
fae, as we were going into the
Ames avenue barn,' but (instead he
shoved a big black gun in my face.
' : Sticks Up Hands.
"'Stick up your mits and give me
that money quick,'" the man or
dered. "I didn't intend to do it till I took
a squint at the muzzel of his artil
lery. It looked like a cannon. So
I did.
"He took the money, about $52;
then he started to take my watch.
That was too much. It was, m
mother's watch. She had given it
to me when I left home. I wouldn't
part with it for the world.
"So I took a chance and grabbed
the gun it was still pointed at my
right eye and grabbed the man
around the shoulder with my other
arm. , "2
Uses Bandit's Gun. v, ,
V "He'' dragged me jofLtlji T car.'but
when we landsd on the pavemeitf I
had the gun. He an. I called for
help and started after him. I caught
Up with hirn in about half a block
and hit him on the side of the head
with the gun.
"I didn't hit him vejy hard, but
his heard was hard and the gun
flew out of my hands. He got up
and began running again, but I
caught him. We had a fist fight
and say, I'm right there when it
comes to that! Used to have a fight
every day when I . was a kid in
Tabor, Ia. ' x'!
"I'd beat him up pretty bad when
my motorman got to the scene. We
dragged the victim back to the car
and started for the car barn, but we
still had to quiet him several times."
Tries to Kill Self. .
The bandit, who gave his name as
Henry Smitz, was taken to the city
jail in a semi-conscious condition.
During the night he attempted to
hang himself by strangling himself
(Continued on Ftga Two. Column Two.)
Bee Memorial Fund'
For Soldier Graves
Invites Liberality
"I appreciate very , much indeed
the interest you are taking and trust
that our American people are re
sponding most liberally," says
Henry F. Lehr of Albion, Neb., in
sending his contribution, to. The Bee
memorial fund.
The Omaha Bee in co-operation
with the Chicago Tribune and other
American newspapers is asking that
the ' American people raise a fund
for the decoration of the graves of
-Americans in' France on our Na
tional Memorial day. A maximum
limit of $5 has been placed on each
contribution.
Total amount, received, $243.00.
Amount previously acknowledged,
$228.00. -
Today'a contributor!:
Mr. Ada J. Morlcy, Arlington, Keby.II.0C
M. Shonsey, Clark, Neb .'. . 5.00
Mm. George Slden, Fremont 2.00
Anthonv Anderson. Fremont, Neb. . . . 2.00
Henry F. Lehf. Albion. Neb , 6.00
Indiana's "Big Four" Is
Instructed for Wood
Indianapolis, May 13. Indiana's
four delegates-at-large were in
structed to support Gen. Leonard
Wood for the presidential nomina
tion so long as he has a "clear andi
fair chance m the republican na
tional convention at Chicago ' next
month. 1 This action was taken by
the republican state convention her?
by a vote of 753 to 746. Noisy scenes
preceded the roll call and Chairman
New of the convention repeatedly
had to rap for order during the de
bate, v .
Joliet ; Convicts Fail to Get
Away After Binding Guard
Joliet HI., May 13. After binding
and gagging C. B. Robinson, super
intendent of the prison furniture de
partment, five convicts late yester
day afternoon made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape. One dressed in
Robinson's clothes, "driving Robin
son's, car with the other four hid
den in the rear of the machine drove
tq the main gate.' Just as the gates
were swinging open. Robinson, who
n.d worked loose his bonds, sounded
the alarm, .
Tightening Up
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MEXICAN REBELS
ARE CLOSING IN
ON CHIEF'S ARMY
Loyal Forces- Entrenched In
Hills Near Sai Marcos Be
4 lieved to Be Fighting a
Losing"" Battle.
Br The Antedated Free.
Mexican rebel forces'seem to be
rapidly closing in on President Car
ranza and all that remains of "his
army, entrenched in the hilly coun-.
try between San 'Marcos and Aoi-
zaco, 150 miles northwest of Vera
Crua. The stage for the final act
oi theama, of the revolutiou is. ap
parently being set and rebel chief
tains arc evidently determined to
capture the president, who fled from
his-capjtal last Friday.
General Trevjno, a. revolutionist,
has gone to Apizaco, state of Tlax
cala, for the purpose of protecting
the life pf Carranza if he is cap
tured. Dispatches .. appear to clear up
seme obscure details of. the flight of
Carranza and what threatens to be
his final stand. When, he left Mex
ico City, Carranza is alleged to have
taken with him government funds
amounting to 27,000,000 pesos. '
Escapes From Captors.
His trains were stopped between
Apam, state of Hidalgo, and
Apizaco, state of Tlaxcata. but the
president and the troops accompany
ing him in his hiRht made their wav
down the railroad for a distance of
approximately -35 miles before be
ing lialted by rebel forces coming
northward through the state of
Puebla. ' Dispatches declare the
treasure reported to have 4een taken
from Mexico City by Carranza has
been captured by the rebels.
rieoras Jegras and Matamoros,
two Mexican towns along the Mexi
can border, have gone over, to the
rebels without a struggle, the Car
ranza officials fleeing across the" in
ternational bocder and thus escaping"
capture. . f
uovernor de la Huerta of
Sonora, who has been named su
preme leader of the revolution, u
preparing to go to Mexico City to
take over control. Dispatches from
Vei a Cruz state that rebel leaders
hope to hold the presidential elec
tion late in July. For this purpose,
they deMi the appointment of a
provisional president who will give
assurance the election will be con
ducted fairly. ' f
Imperative Necessity
For Relief of Acute
Car Shortage Taken Up
Washington, May 13. Imperative
necessity for immediate action to
relieve the freight congestion on
American railroads to prevent se-.
rious curtailment of "production en
gaged the attention today of all gov
ernment agencies which deal with
the national arteries of transporta
tion. Reports from important ter
minals agreed that the situation
still threatened a slowing down of
industry. '
Shortage of cars was given by
most authorities as the principal
cause of the congestion, with lack of
adequate personnel and motive
power as important contributory
causes. The fact that the strike of,
railroad employes still was in
progress in some districts had de
picted train and yard crews at im
portant gateway connections.
. Ihe committee on car service of
the American Railroad association
estimated 235,000 cars tied .up or de--
layed m transit at this time.
Canadian Employes to Quit
Vancouver, B. C, May 43. A
general strike throughout Canada of
municipal employes appointed under
civil service examinations is threat
ened, an official ,high in the postal
service asserted" today. Reclassi
fied salary brovisions recently An
nounced by the civil service cojn
rm'ssion is objected to
G. 0. P. MUST BACK
LEAGUE COVENANT,
HOOVER DECLARES
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Applies to Request of Port
land Republican Club .
For Views.,
New York, May 13. Herbert
Hoover, replying by telegraph to the
request of the Hoover Republican
club of Portland, Ore., for his
'"views on various matters arising
in the Oregon primaries," declared
the republican party "must support
the league with reservations. It
mut not fall into the trap that
the president and Senator Johnson
'4-are enticing it into.
'ihe - president has declared,
Mr. Hoover said, "that the demo
cratic party must demand ' the aeV
ceptance of the league in full s
presented by him to the senate.
Senator Johnson, demands that the
. ' . i- t
repuoucan.' pany oppose inc league
altogether. Two more destructive
attitudes toward a great issue could
not be found. t
" "An emergency is created by this
alliance of destruction. The aspi
rations of the great majority of
our. people , w-iH be jthwarted by
either of' these extremes. This ma
jority is fixed in its determination
that the UnitedJStates. both for our
own protection -and lor the interest
ot the weitare pt the world, snau
join the league by ratifying the
Jreaty, which provides for substi
tution of methods of peace v for
methods' of war, but that we shall
do so only under- assurance of no
infringement of our constitution and
our traditions."
Women Have Narrow -Escape
' From Death
When Hit by Truck
Two women were struck by a
three, and one-half-ton truck at
Twenty-fourth and Harney strecti,
at '3:15 p. m., "yesterday.
Mrs. Gertrude , Penchansky, 50
years, old, 2015 iforth. Twentieth
street!, suffered wenched back and
contusions about Ihe legs.
Mrs. W. Swartz, 45 years old,
1524 North Nineteenth street, xtt
ccived a deep, gash jn the head and
cuts and scratches oh the hands.
Both women were taken to Wise
Memorial hospital where their1 in
juries were treated. Physicians
stated their injuries were not seri
ous. The women were walking along
Harney street, en route for a visit
with a friend, when a Drake Realty
Construction company truck, driven
by W. F. DaVis, 2606 South Twelfth
street, turned theorner.
The women became confused, wit
nesses say. and were struck by the
mecnine wnicn ran -up onio rne siae
walk, none of the wheels passing
over the victims, however.
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Farmer Confesses to
IVlurderof Eight Near
Turtle Lake, Apnl 22
Washburn, N. . D. May 13.
Henry Layer, a . farmer, has con
fessed to the killing of Jacob Wolf,
f T- f f I-!1J
ins wue ua live cnuaren ana a
ch.ore boy, Jake Hofer, on the Wolf
farm, three miles 1 west of Turtle
Lake,' N. D.. cm April 22, it was an
nounced here today by J. E-. Wil
liams, state's attorney for McLean
county. ' .
111 feeling ot long standing, cul
minating in a flttarrel Ovet injuries
administered to Layer's cattle by
Wolf's dog, was responsible for the
crime, according. to Mr. Williams'
version of the confession. . ,'
The Weather
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G0NVICTN0.2253,
DEBS, NOMINATED
BY SOCIALISTS
Federal Prisoner's Name to Go
On BaHots In November as
Party's Candidate for
President.
New -York, May jl3.-Eugeiie V.
Debs, federal convict No. 2253, was
dominated by acclamation for the
presidency of the. United States a
the socialist party's national conten
tion here today. i '
Cheer upon cheer greeted' the
naming -of the solialist leader, now
serving a 10-yea erilence in the
federal penitentiary at Attanta, Oa.,
for violation of 'the espionage act.
The din was continuous, as all those
who had been able to crowd their
way fnto the 'convention hall strained
forward, eyes bent on the platform,
where was set a life sized. portrait
of Debs, framed in black.
Predicti 2,000,000 Votes.
MorrV Hillquit, one-time candi
date for the New York mayoralty
arid chairman of the -convention's
platform committee, has . predicted
that the party in 1920 wjll poll from
2,000,000 to 3,000,000 votes.
In 1908, when Debs ran for the
presidency, he received 420,973 votes.
In 1912 he received 897,011.
Debs was nominated as "the Lin
coln of the Wabash" by Edward
Henry, a delegate . from . Indiana,
Debs' home state. '
In his .nomination speech Henry
described with such' effect a visit
which- he had paid Debs 'shortly af
ter the socialist leader entered ,the
penitentiary, that four of the dele
gates broke down and wepte
Senator Johnson (o
Tour Country at Once
In Presidential Race
New York, May" 13. Senator
Hiram W. Johnson will make a tour
of the large cities in the east and
middle west 'between now and the
date of the republican convention in
Chicago with a view to placing his
candidacy, for the republican presi
dential nomination before business
men, it was announced at Johnson
headquarters here today.
It was said the itinerary would in
clude New. York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Chicago.
Senator Johnson's speeches on
this tour, it was stated, would be
designed to counteract a flood of
literature disseminated among busi
ness men picturing him as an ex
treme radical. .
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Uses Wife's Picture
To Gather Dollars of
Love-Sick Iowa Man
Chlcr Trlbnne-Omahn Bee Leamd Wire.
Chicago, May 13 Of all marks,
the lovesick mark is the easiest,
take it from Charles Corroll, who
cashed in on his theory. He was
brought back from Detroit to"
answer to complaints filed by
Louis R. Niendorf of De Soto.
Ia., Tom E. Peak of Louisville,
"Ky., and others.
Corroll. who has an attractive
wife, used her pictures, the police
believe, to lure dollars from mat
rimonially inclined ' persons. He
watched with great avidity the
"wanted a wife" ad in the matri
monial journals and immediately
woutd send his wife's picture and'
ask for $10 or $15 "fee. expenses."
Mr. Niendorf of Iowa, after for
warding much money and getting
no wife, finally came in person to
see what was wrong. Postoflice
inspectors were finally put on the
case and trailed Corroll to De
troit. Mrs. Corrall was in court when
her husband was arraigned. She
wept copiously and denied any
knowledge of his activities.
BRYAN RAPS
COX AS M
CANDIDATE
Belittles- Edwards Race for
Rresidency as Absurd and
Says Liquor Traffic Would
Nominate Ohio Governor.'
CHAIRMAN CUMMINGS
ALSO ROUNDLY SCORED
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Says Man Selected to Sound
Keynote 1s Type Wanted by
Wall Street for Vice President
Explains Dinner Party.
,
Lincoln, Neb, May 13. (Special.)
W. . J. Bryan does not consider
Governor Cox of Ohio available as
a democratic candidate tor presi
dent. He believes that C6x is the,
man whom th wets plan to center
on .at the national convention and
that Edwards' candidacy .is a joke.
! "A drunken man in the last stagey
of delirium tremens would know
that Mr. Edwards has no chance,"
Mr. Bryan said here today. Refer
riiig to Governor Cox, he said: "He
has traded his birthright for a mesj
ot pottage. ' , . . i
. Says Cox Disgraces State. J
Governor Cox was elected, in 1918
by a- small majority, Mr. Bryan said,
and the county in which Cincinnati
is situated was responsible for the
electing vote. This vote, he said,,
was hi payment for keeping a pro
hibition "plank out of the democratic;
platform. Mr. Bryan said Governor;
Cox Refused to aid in obtaining pro
hibition and in 1919 did not oppose
the legislaturewhen they nullified all
the previous legislature had done in
the .dry cause.
"And now' after disgracing , bit '
state, he aspires to a position m
which he could disgrace a nation," '
Mr. Bryan said in speaking ofi-" '!
Ohio governor. "For years the i
engaged in the . liquor business li .
been the real anarchists of the cq
try, far more dangerous that , ths.,
professed, anarchists. Governor Cox
has become their candidate.
, Candidacy An Inault.
"His nomination would make this
democratic paty a leader in tne law
less "Clement bt the country and his
election, if such a thing were pos
sible, would turn the White House
over to those Who despise the govi..
eminent and hold the law in con- ' "
tempt'Thcre if no likelihood of his
being nominated and no chance o
his election if nominated. :
'But why;should any democrat be :
willing to - support a man whoea
nomination would insult the con
science of Mhe nation, for the
triumph of prohibition' is a triumph
of the nation's conscience? Why
should-any democrat be willing to
make the party the champion of a"
wicked traffic outlawed by 34 states ,
on their own accounts and endorsed
by 45"states (including every demo- -cratic
state) that joined in ratifying
the national prohibition , amend
ment? ', .
'Governor Cox is not among tho
availables this year."
Blames Wall Street Again.'
National Chairman Cummings and. .
the fact that he has been chosen by.
the party machine to make the key '
note speech is also made the sub-
ject of a caustic comment. . .
: "The selection of Chairman Cum--mings
to sound the keynote at the
democratic national convention is
worse than a comedji If is a tragedy.-
It is a melancholy beginning: -if
the democrats have any intention 7"
of making a campaign this year.- .
"If the democratic oartv is to bm
wrapped in wet shroud, locked
in a Wall street safe and buried jtf
sea, Cummins is just the person US -officiate.
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"But his selection is a serious
handicap if. the party proposes fu '
appeal to the progressive sentiment
of the country. Mr. Cummings Ss
a wet He hails from one of tlffc
thre states that did not ratify tie 1
proniDinon amendment, and has not
yet ratified the suffrage amendment.
Cummings a Reactionary." --V.
'His selection will give -offense
to every democrat state (for everjr
democratic state ha ratified thepro
hibition amendmnet) to the 34tate
that are dry by their own act and
the 45 states that have ratified.'
"He is a reactionary, Wall street's
choice for chairman and he is the
more unfit because he, was a pro
gressive and fell. He is just th;
kind of a man Wall street will want
for vice president if it can control
the convention. ,
"Do not the rank and file of the
party understand now why he'.at
tended the v Edwards coming-out
dinner andt was . then Himself ban
queted by the Wall street demo
crats. Hill the progressive demo-
rla n.t K . . . . 1 . 1 .
' ki uusy or iiavr tncy given
hope?" v.
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Unable Jo Get N ight Man, . . .
Paper .Changes to Evening
Red Bluff.; Cal., May Ii. Inability -to
obtain i Jmotype operator who
would workN nights has caused the
Red Bluff Sentinel to'change from
a morning to an afternoon newspa
per. In announcing the change the
management said that "if a man
could not be brought to the job, the
job should be taken to the man. .
.vn operator was obtained under the -new
arrangement. . ', ,
Special Court to Probe . I
" .'Cases of Irish in Jail
London, May t3. The British"
government has decided to create''
special judicial body to examine the -cases
of Irishmen who are under
arrest, it was announced in the
House of Commoiij joday by An
drew Bonar Law, the government,
leader. .,