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The Omaha Daily Beb VOL. 49 NO. 309. Ilm u Smud-CltM Mttttr May 21. I MM. tt 0.h P, 0. Umit Aot ( Mare I. I7. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920. By Mall (I vwr). tmldt 4th Zont, Dallv Sunday. : Dally Only. M: Sunday. 14. TWO CENTS OtiTBir OMA.BA AVD CDtT! I'LL BLUFlfS. riYM CRM' Outilda 4th Zont (I y.r). Dally and Sunday, tio; uany oniy, 114 Sunday only, . ilia ,- CONVENTION IN TUMULT FOR 7 HGURS Coliseum Is Packed With Ora ; tory and Bedlamite Demon ' strations as Names of Big Three Placed in Nomination. GENERAL WOOD IS GIVEN BIGGEST DEMONSTRATION Auditoriu man Arena of Wav ing Arms, tossing Flags and Screaming Voices; Allen Opens Nominating Speeches. By ARTHUR M. EVANS. ' Chirac o Tribune-Omaha Bre Iaaed TVIr. Chicago, June 11. Seven hours, seven sweltering, screaming hours, packed with oratory and bedlamite demonstrations, were the curtain raiser for the balloting on the White House candidate, which the republi can convention started at 4:58 o'clock this afternoon. From 9 o'clock in the morning until 7 in the evening the Coliseum was packed with coatless, collarlesi spectators, who, upon adjournment, felt much like Shadrack and his two companions after testing the fiery J lurrrsce. It was the day of the "big wind" and it proved a sirocco. Orators of all types of voice, delivery and blandishment turned loose the hy drants of persuasion at the dele gates, while lip in the galleries and along the side aisles spectators in terjected themselves into the pro ceedings at every opportunity in the time-honored -custom. Strong Vocal Chords. The one impression one carried away on the, back of his eyes at nightfall was of an arena fjlled wirfi waving arms, tossing flags, scream ing voices, and the throngs are ready to report tomorrow when the ballot ing fs resumed." ' Th6 vocal apparatus of the party and its semiemotional side are in a fine, healthy state today. It cer tainly displayed no loss of expres sion. The balloting began at 4:58 p. m. and the four roll calls required ap proximately two hours 30 minute3 to a ballot. On the first roll call Alabama led off, splitting four ways between Wood, Lowden, Johnson and Har ding, as had been forecasted. Ari zona got the first big cheer from the Wood forces by voting solidly for the general. Arkansas was a 50-50 bust between Wood and Lowden. The Johnson crowd didn't get its opportunity to yell until California voted her 26. It was the turn of the Lowden people when Connecticut voted the solid strength of the state for Gov ernor Lowden. Georgia on Rampage. There was only a mild stir when Florida announced .a cut up votoi Georgia was on the rampage. ThQ poll of the delegati6n was demandtd on the first ballot, as it was on every other ballot, for the purpose, os tensibly, of locating the identity of the delegates who were voting for (Continued on Page 4, Col. One.) Seven Men of Eagle Boat Crew Missing When Craft Capsizes Philadelphia, June 11. Seven of the crew of Eagle Boat No. 25, which was struck by a squall and capsized in the Delaware river Fri day were unaccounted for Friday night and naval officials said their fate probably would not be Known until Saturday. It was at first re ported that five men had been caught in the engine room and drowned, but officials at the navy yard said this had not been con firmed and that it was possible some of the missing sailors had been picked up by small craft which aided in the rescue work. The little war craft carried a crew of seven officers and 51 men. Forty six of them were picked up by an excursion steamer, four by another boat and one man chiseled a hole in the side of the eagle boat while it was floating bottom up and swam ashore. 500 Students Attend Lake Geneva Conference Lake Geneva, Wis., June ll.-r-Five hundred representatives of middle western colleges today attended the opening sessions of the Lake Geneva Students' conference. The district represented comprises Ohio, In diana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wis consin, Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Delegates also reg istered from Peru, Chile, Brazil, China, Mexico, Armenia, Syria, Greece and Panama. To Form New Cabinet. London, June 11. President Ebert has asked Chancellor Mueller to form a new cabinet, according: to a Berlin dispatch to the London Times. The chancellor will try to secure the co-operation- of the inde pendent socialists in the new gov ernment,, it is stated, or otherwise will aDaanon in us- I abauuc Official Results of Ballots Wood I Lowden Johnson Coolidge .T Harding Sproul ...... y Poindexter . . Butler Hoover , Sutherland Pritchard Du Pont LaFollette Borah Warren Kncrx ' Watson Not voting BORAH REFUSES TO BACK EITHER LOWDEN OR WOOD Senator Says Nomination of Governor or General Will Be Issue of Corruption Of People. Chicago,' June 11. Senator Borah of Idaho one of Senator Johnson's most ardent supporters, announced tonight that he would not support either Lowden or Wood. "If either of them is nominated," he declared, "the issue before the American people will not be on the platform of the party it will be on the issue of the corruption of the American people." Senator Borah expressed ' his views at a public meeting of John son delegates. "We have reached a time when it is necessary to talk frankly, not only with reference to the situation in the convention here." Senator Borah said, "but also with refer ence to what the situation will be when ,we leave here with a candi date nominated and our platform in our pockets. I'm not here to gratify personal feeling for or against any candidate. Party Interests First. "From my standpoint, the inter ests of the republican party and of this country are superior to the right of any individual to hold of fice. Our first object is to nomi nate Hiram Johnson, because he holds the confidence of the Amer ican people. "I do not pretend to say that there are not other men who' could be electpd if nominated by the conven tion tomorrow morning. 'But I do say with all sincerety that either of the two candidates now leading before the convention will not re ceive, if nominated, hundreds of thousands of republican votes. "If either of the set who are leading candidates is nominated, the issue will be the corruption of the electoral. There is no way to avoid the issue. This cannot be blotted out or excused. I can take the rec ords of these two men and they are on file officially in Washington read them to an audience and leave it to them if these men should go into the election. For Clean Man. "Suppose I, got into that conven tion tomorrow and ask from the rostrum for Mr. Wood's representa tives to stand up and tell us what that nomination has cost? A doz en vpices from the audience told him fo "go to At." "Suppose I should ask the other gentleman to stand up," he contin ued, "and ask how much they have bid Against Wood for the primary. Rome was in precisely that situation before its end. "I have been a republican all my life. I even stayed with Mr. Taft in 1912 and that's going some. I am willing to support now any clean man and I will not support any man who is not clean." . Striking Electrical Linemen Explain Walkout A. G. Woodworth, chairman of a committee of the nine striking line men of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company, de clares that the facts of their strike were twisted in an announcement made by officials of the company. The men declare that the reason they quit was not because they were denied the right to go home for lunch. Their demands they say. is an in crease in pay from 72 to 87 cents an hour and nine hours' work, in cluding the four trips made daily from their shop to the work on which they are employed. They say that under present conditions they are forced to work 10 hours if the time used in going to and from work is included. Montezuma Man Is Shot In Political Argument Des Moines, la., June 11. -(Special Telegram.) In a political argu ment on the streets of Montezuma today between former State Repre sentative E. D. Rayburn and A. E. ("Dick") Morton a fight ensued re sulting in Morton being shot in the neck by Rayburn. The injury is reported as not serious. Morton was a candidate for member of the gard of supervisors in the recent warier 1st. 287Vi 211 12 133V2 29 64 V, 83 V2 20ya 69 7 17 24 7 24 2 1 .... 2d. 289i8 259i2 146 . 32 59 78i2 15 41 5V4 15 10 7 24 1 3d. 303 2821a 148 27 , 581a 79V 15 25 5ia 9 2 24 4th. 31412 289 140 25 61 12 79i2 15 20 5 3 2 22 2 2 2 4 DEATH OF WHIST EXPERT PUZZLE TO AUTHORITIES Police Unable to Solve Mys tery Surrounding Killing Of Joseph Elwell of New York. New York, June 11. Mystery deepened tonight in the death of Jo seph Bown Elwell, internationally known as an authority on whist and owner of a racing stable, who was found unconscious in his home early today with a bullet wound in his head. He died four hours later in a hospital. . The police admitted tonight it was one of the most baffling mysteries with which they have had to deal in a long time' In an effort to deter mine whether Elwell was murdered or committed suicide his associates in the social and club life of the city were closely , questioned by the police. The mystery wis intensified by failure of the police to find the weapon with which he had been shot. It became known tonight that Mr. Elwell dined on tfie"Ritz Carlton roof Thursday night with a party of friends. Leaving the hotel, the party went to a midnight theatrical per formance and about 2 o'clock this morning Mr. Elwell bade good-bye to his friends at Broadway and Forty-second street. Mr. Elwell strolled away and nothing more is known of his move ments until his housekeeper found him in the living room of his home at 8:30, seated in an arm chair fac ing the street window. A postman delivered mail at 7:30 a. m., which the police said was taken by Mr. Elwell. The circum stances indicate the shooting took place in the hours that elapsed be tween the mail delivery and the ar rival of his housekeeper. Mr. Elwell was alone in the 14 room house. His bed had not been touched and his evening dress clothes had been folded and placed on the back of a chair. An empty cartridge was found on the floor. The bullet, after passing through his head,""embedded itself in the wall. Mr. Elwell married Helen Derby in Brooklyn in 1900, but they have been legally separated for several years. She also was questioned to night by the police. ' Two Women in Fight, One Hubby Interferes, All Three Arrested People in the vicinity of Sixteenth and Grace streets saw a free fight between two women yesterday eve ning in one of the old-fashioned hair-pulling contests with bitting and kicking allowed. Then Fred Sutter, 1846 North Eighteenth street, husband of one of the combatants, tried to mediate, but his efforts were unsuccessful for he was caught in the midst of the battle when police arrived in riot formation. Mrs. Sutter, nee Miss Butler, has been receiving her gas bills for the last two years under the name of Butler and has been paying them regularly, according to police. A family feud existed between Mrs. Sutter and Mrs. W. Retnyski, 1848 North Sixteenth street, which reached the climax when the latter went to the gas company and gave the information that Mrs. Sutter was posing under a wrong name, according to Mrs. Sutter. Police arrested the three for fight ing and disturbing the peace. All were released on $10 bonds. The family feud will be aired in police court this morning. Sinn Fein and Labor Win in Council Election Dublin, June 11. The completed returns in the county council elec tions show a Sinn Fein victory great er than was expected. This was owing to a compact between the Sinn Feiners and labor not to op pose each other in Leinster, Mun ster and Cohnaught, while in Ulster there was a similar compact between the nationalists and Sinn Feiners to make common cause against the Carsonites. Out of 699 seats, the Sinn Feins as a distinct party, won 525, while the combined forces of. the binn Fein labor and nationalists captured 590 seats, i MANY READY TO TAKE EE PRESIDENCY Candidates for1 Second Place On Ticket Lining Up Forces For Strenuous Fight to Come Little Preference Shown. SENATOR KENYON, IOWA. AMONG POSSIBILIT.tS Considerable Talk of Giving Place to Man From Northern Tier of-Southern States in Hope to Break Solid South. By R. B. SMITH. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee lased Wire. Chicago, June 11. Vice presiden tial booms will soon have their in ning. With second place nomina tions likely to be in order soon, leaders and delegates appeared to be destitute of any definite preference, but there was something of a move ment afoot in behalf of Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. At the same time, Governor Allen of Kansas, Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, Senator Kenyon of Iowa and Governor'Morrow of Ken tucky were under consideration. Senator Harding, although one of the important contenders for the presidency, Mas never definitely an nounced that he would not accept second place. ;Ohio politicians think that state is back again in its old pivotal position, but they admit they are going to have a real fight on their hands to swing it for the repub lican party. Wilson carried the state by 90,000 majority four years ago. Senator Harding's name on the tick et, even in second place, thej be lieve, would strengthen the cause in Ohio and his friends are confident he could be induced to take the vice presidential nomination '"" .for "the good of the party." Much Uncertainty. The picking of a vice presidential nominee has been proceeding with an uncertainty second only to the selection of the head of the ticket. Leaders have given little thought to the second place for the reason that it is so largely dependant upon the character and geography of the first place selection. But there is a wealth of timber available and with the present awkward position of the government well in mind, the convention is likely to give some careful consideration to the picking of the vice president. Leaders are anxious that second place shall go to a man thoroughly equipped to step into the presidency at any time. Virtually all the leading contest ants for -first place have been sug gested for second ' place, but the suggestions usually come from the camps of their rivals. Nearly all the candidates have indicated a desire to have Hiram Johnson as their run-1 ning mate, but Senator Johnson has ? put his foot down on such proposals with a bang. Some leaders, how - ever, remain unconvinced that he could not be induced to accept the honor. Oregon for Lodge. Senator Lodge will be placed in nomination by the Oregon delega tion uner the laws of that state.' The senator, without his knowledge, was placed on the ticket for vice president in the Oregon primaries and won, and the law requires the delegation to present his name to the (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Red Cross Workers Under Fire in Bolshevik Lines Warsaw, June 11. Word has been received here that American Red Cross workers who strayed into the bolshevik lines near the Kiev bridge head recently were sub jected to shell fire. All in the party escaped injury. Medical supplies were being taken to the dressing stations when the shelling occurred. The party had made the trip the previous day, but during the night unknown to the Americans, the out posts were withdrawn a few kilo meters. They did not realize their position until the bolsheviki began firing. Nebraskans Leave Johnson Banner as Voting Continues Convention Hall, Chicago, June 11. (Special Telegram.) Cooper of Nebraska was the first of the Cornhusker delegates to "upset the dope" when on the first ballot he voted for Johnson when he had been counted in the rank of the Wood supporters. On the first ballot the Nebraskans cast 13 votes for Johnson and 3 for Wood. Dietz, Selleck and Ure cast the Wood votes. On the second ballot Richards and Cooper joined the Wood forces, making the vote: Johnson, 11; Wood, 5. Bergman, alternate for Burt Mapes, also changed his vote on the third ballot and made the Nebraska vote: Johnson, 10; Wood, 6. The fourth ballot was the same as the third . GfOOB LEABIQ6 LOUBEQ BY 25 VOTES ; BACKERS OF JOHHSOH WEAKENING; He Leads THREE PERSONS HELD FOR BEAT OF llfCEEELL Coroner's Jury Recommends That Manslaughter Charges Be Placed Against Siercks and Harbour. Three persons will be held to the grand jury as a result of the shoot ing of George Mikesell June 2. Mikesell, who died the next day 5n a Bluffs hospital, was an ex-convict and an alleged gunman The probe of his death, conducted I by Coroner Cutler, lasted a day and ! a half. After listening to testimony ot several witnesses the jury re turned the verdict that they could not determine who fired the fatal shot, but recommended that Mr. and Mrs. August Sierck and James L. Harbour be held upon charges of manslaughter. Their bonds were fixed at $2,000 each and were sup plied at once. The shooting occurred in the highway near Treynor following ,a dispute over payment of a bill for the keep of a horse which Mikesell had left on the Sierck farm. Mike sell's wife, who was the divorced wife of James L. Harbour, was with him at the time. Testimony of wit nesses was contradictory, placing the number of shots fired at from two to a dozen. ' Dr. Donald Macrae, who attended Mikesell when he was brought to the hospital and later performed an autopsy upon his dead body, testi fied that the man was struck by only two bullets. One inflicted a minor wound in his arm and the other lodged in his spine and caused his death.' . It was brought out that the latter bullet was fired apparently from the high-powered .25-20 rifle in the hands of August Sierck. It passed through Mikcsell's left arm and penetrated his side. Breaking off three ribs and fracturing a fourth, it lodged in his spine. Dr. Macrae testified that a bullet from Slcrck's gun could have had such an effect if fired at close range. Four Sailors on Transport End Life After Accident Washington, June 11. Four persons'-on board the army transport Mount Vernon committed suicide after one of the ship's propellers broke off the Virginia coast, accord ing to a radio dispatch received here today. Their names or the circum stances were not given. To Form New Cabinet. Rome, June 11. The newspapers announce today that former Pre mier Gioletti has been requested to form cabinet to succeed that of Franqesco Nitti, which resigned June 9. The Messaggero says it is informed that Signor Gioletti has accepted the taff , illllSllillll n ft Gsr flf EET!fJ6 ADJOUEHJS UIJTIL TODAY at the Start AMERICA BUYS TONS OF TENESUOAR Plenty Available for Commer cial Canners, Says Assist ant to Attorney Gen eral Palmer. Buenos Aires, June 11. The United States government has bought 14,000 tons of Argentine su gar. New York, June J I. Thirtv-four million pounds of sugar will be available for commercial canners and preserver during the five months from J-tine 1 to October 31, A. W. Riley, special assistant to At torney General Palmer, announced here today.. Assurances that the sugar will be provided were given, Mr. Riley said, by representatives of the leading refiners. Representatives of the canning and preserving industries told him, Mr. Riley said, that both industries were in a serious condition due to the threatened shortage of sugar. The refiners promised, he added, that the supply would be available at a reasonable price. They ex pressed willingness to fill the orders of I all essential industries, but de clared that the principal- qbsticle was lack of transportation. The 34,000,000 pounds will be di vided equally between the canners and preservers. Pastor Marries Couples Of Three Generations The Rev. G. G. Rice, aged Bluffs pastor of the Congregational church, has married the men of the Clausen family for three successive genera tions. He is nearly 101 years old. He married John Clausen and Miss Anna Beffery, 64 years ago. Twenty-four years ago he married their son, Fred Clausen, to Miss Ethel Goode. Thursday the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clausen was married by the pastor-centenarian to Miss Jes sie A. Morse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Morse. 3028 Avenue C. He was named after his grand father, John Clausen. The young couple will spend their honeymoon in Sioux City. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Fair and continued warm Saturday; Sunday ' partly cloudy; cooler in west portion. Iowa: Continued warm and gen erally fair Saturday and probably Sunday-. Hourly Temperatures: ( a. m a. m 7 a. m 74 T3 1 P. p. i p. P. P. t p. m DO m 81 m tt m tl m 91 m SI 5 8 a. m 79 a. rn 81 10 a. m SS 11 a. m. .87 7 p, t 12 noon aw....8t 1 I P. 2n . mmi.87 14,000 1 Leaders Assemble in Conferences to Line Up Delegations for Big Battle When Conven tion Reopens at 10 A. M.-Friends of Illinois; Governor Confident of Swinging Necessary; Number of Ballots to Put Candidate Across, By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 11. Reaching what appeared to be' a! deadlock on the fourth ballot tonight with Gen. Wood and Gov. Lowden running neck and neck, the republican convene tion adjourned until 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Wood was only 25 V2 votes ahead of Lowden and wai 178V2 votes short of a necessary majority when the big lead ers in the convention decided it would be futile to continue the balloting until opportunity had been offered for the con ferences, designed to bring about an agreement on a candi. date. When the convention adjourned, Wood and Lowden had gained steadily in the balloting, while Senator Johnson had begun to lose. The vote on the fourth and last ballot stood: Wood, 314V2 ; Lowden, 289; Johnson, 140y2 ' In the field of lesser contenders, Gov. Sproul of Penn sylvania had 79 Va votes and Senator Harding of Ohio 61 Va, The First Ballot Low States Wood. den. John, son. 3 26 Alabama 4 6 Arizona 6 Arkansas 6 6 California Colorado .... , 9 Connecticut Florida 4 2 14 254 9 Georgia 8 Idaho . .. 5 14 22 Illinois . Indiana . Iowa . . . Kansas . Kentucky 41 26 6 20 3 14 Louisiana 3 Maine .11 Maryland .16 Massachusetts 7 Michigan 30 Minnesota 19 3 2 2 2 Mississippi .... .... t'2 Missouri Al2 18 Montana 8 Nebraska 3 Nevada 2 New Hampshire ... 8 13 2 11 1a New Jersey 17 New Mexico o New York ........10 North Carolina 2 1 8 North Dakota 2 Ohio 9 Oklahoma V2 W2 Oregon 1 9 Rhode Island 10 South Carolina . 8 South Dakota ......10 Tennessee 20 Texas Utah 5 Virginia ........... 3 Vermont , . . . . 8 Wisconsin ... 1 Wyoming Dist of Columbia.. 2 Philippines 2 Porto Rico 1 ' 5 2 12 3 1 SCATTERING. Alabama Harding, 1 Arkansas Harding, 1. Colorado Harding, 1. Delaware Dupont, 6. f Florida Harding, 1. ' Idaho Borah, 2. Kentucky Coolidge, 1; Butler, 1; Harding, 2; Sproul, I. Louisiana Harding, 2; Sproul, 1; Poindexter, 1 ; Dupont, 1. Maine Hoover, 1. Mississippi Harding, Vt Sproul, 2. Missouri Harding, 5; Sproul, 2z2', Sutherland, 1. Nevada Hoover, yt. New York Butler, 68; Hoover, 3; Harding, 2; Poindexter, 1. North Carolina Pritchard, 21. Ohio Harding, 39. Pennsylvania Sproul, 76. South Carolina Harding, 1. Texas Harding, 5; Sproul, yt Warren, 1. Utah Harding, 1. Washington Poindexter, 14. West Virginia Sutherland, 16. Wisconsin Hoover, 1; LaFollette, 24. Alaska Poindexter, 2. Hawaii Poindexter, 2. Woman Is Held in Death Of Connecticut Physician Stonington, Conn., June 11. Dr. Herbert Tetlow, a retired physician, was shot and killed at his apart ment today under circumstances which caused the police to detain Mrs. Mabel Kenyon pending inves tigation. The woman admitted it was her pistol from which the shot was fired. She said the man had killed himself. The weapon was found in a bureau drawer at her home, where, she said, she had placed it after the shooting. Discover Bubonic Cases. Mexico City, June 11. Two proved cases of bubonic plague have been discovered in the republic of Salvador, the Mexican secretary of foreign affairs is quoted as saying by El Democrata. The Central American nations are declared to have a quarantine against Salvador. I Coolidee and Butler Lose. Governor Coolidge of Massa chusetts was beginning to loss strength and the support of Dr. But ler of New York was rapidly fading away as the New York delegation was beginning to split between Wood and Lowden. Late tonight the leaders began as sembling in conferences that con tinued well through the night in de liberation on the situation. The Wood and Lowden managers wera actively prosecuting negotiations in various quarters to add to tho strength of their respective candi dates when the calling of the roll is resumed at the convention to morrov morning. At midnight the Lowden camp was more confident than "ever that the Illinois candidate now has in sight the votes to effect his nomina tion early in the balloting tomor4 row. This confidence appeared to be founded chiefly on assurances of the delivery of a large proportion of the New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Indiana. Michigan and other large delegations to the governor, possibly on the first voto tomorrow morning. The switch to Lowden of a large number not only of Johnson, but of Wood delegates, was being claimed by the governor's repre sentatives as a result of the negoti ations of the night. Claim Gains for Wood. The managers of Gen. Wood, how ever, not only refused to conceda any weakening in thft support of their candidate, but asserted he would start the balloting today with, additional gains. They continued to predict the victory of the general. Niether Wood nor Lowden cama anywhere near the total vote pre dicted by their respective managers, but it was not until the fourth bal lot had registered only small gains for each of the two big rivals that the contending camps were willing to suspend voting for the night The first ballot produced the an ticipated lineup for each candidate forecast in the Tribune yesterday. Thereafter Wood gained only 27 votes before the convention . ad pourned, while Lowden gained 77 1-2 and Johnson 'lost 71-2. The anti (Contlnufd on Paga Two, Column Tom. Many Leaders Feel Time Ripe, to Spring Dark Horse Candidate By The Associated Tnmt. Chicago, June 11. At midnight the maneuvering and rnnfprr;,, among the convention leaders were at their highest and centered at ii conference at one of the downtown hotels where Senator Lodge, Sena tor Smoot, Senator Watson, former Senator M. Murrav Cran ?.n5t Borah and others were present. Other conferences were coin on at other hotels and various clubs. The Wood headquarters expressed satisfaction with the situation. Low den headquarters was predicting sufficient accessions tomorrow to start the governor toward the nec essary majority and it was known that compromise offers of various sorts were being carried to John son headquarters. , As the conferences were break ing up after midnight it was plain that many who participated felt that neither Lowden nor Wood would be the nominee and that con sideration of the dark horse list had been the chief subject of discus sion. Opinion was too divided for an agreement and few were confi dent of being able to center upon anyone before tomorrow. Harding. Knox, Hughes and Coolidge were said to be reearded bv most of ihi conferees as qualified. Freecl From Murder Count Keith T; Davidson. colored charged with the murder of William Brown, colored, at Twenty-sixth and N streets, April 10, was acquitted by a jury in District Judge Trouo'i court yesterday, . t . rr-' i?
