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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.
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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 ,
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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
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8 a. m 79
a. rn 81
10 a. m SS
11 a. m. .87
7 p,
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12 noon aw....8t
1 I P. 2n . mmi.87
14,000
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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,
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