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VOTED STOCK
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Paul and Lloyd Skinner Return
To Treasury of Company
167,300 Shares Voted to
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CONSOLIDATED FIRM
DISSOLVED BY BOARD
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Stockholders in Skinner Com
pany May Exchange Hold
ings for Stock in Three
Original Companies.
Paul F. Skinner and his brother,
Lloyd Skinner, yesterday returned
to the treasury of the Skinner com
pany 167,300 shares of stock in the
Skinner company, voted to them at
a directors' meeting of the company
last December.
This immense block of stock,
slightly more than, one-half of the
total issue, has been the bone of
contention since the' company got'
into the courts following the oust
ing of R. C. Howe from the presi
dency and general managership of
the company two months ago. The
block of stock, at a valuation of $50
a share, is worth $8,350,000.
Stockholders declared that the
Skinner brothers took 103 shares of
stock in the Skinner company for
every share they owned in the three
former Skinner companies, while
other stockholders received only
two shares of Skinner company
stock for every share (owned in the
other companies.
Consolidation Dissolved.
The action took place following
a meeting of the boards of directors
of the Skinner company, Skinner
Manufacturing company, . Skinner
Baking company and Skinner Pack
ing company. The consolidation of
the assets and liabilities of the last
three named companies with the
Skinner company was dissolved. The
"S'fi'nner?'companysttmais in exist
ence, owning stock in the other
three companies.
Stockholders in the Skinner com
pany, who desire to exchange their
stock for stock formerly held in the
other three companies or any one of
them may do so
AH stock issued to R. C. Howe
was declared cancelled on the books.
Howe had returned 14,000 of the 15,
000 shares given him when he joined
the company last January. He still
iheld 1,000 shares.
Action was also taken to authorize
exchange by any stockholder of the
Skinner Packing company of pre
ferred for common stock. This
company has $2,500,000 worth of
common and $7,500,000 worth of
preferred stock, but voting power is
vested only in the common stock.
Under the new action taken yester
day, holders of preferred stock may
exchange each sixth share of pre
ferred for a share of common stock,
the offer holding good' until July. 15.
A meeting of stockholders of the
packing company was called for June
26 at 9 in the morning at the plant
in South Omaha, at which time the
affairs of the company are to he
thoroughly explained and discussed.
H. W. Churchill, who was chair
man of the stockholders' mass meet
ing, called by R. C. Howe in the
City auditorium- three weeks ago,
was present at the meetings of the
boards of directors of the various
companies yesterday. He is a
wealthy farmer, who has lived in
Clay county for 37 years, and is a
member of the Farmers' ur.ion. He
was added to the directorate of the
Skinner company following the Au
ditorium meeting. He has invested
$50,000 in the Skinner Packing com
pany. "I know," he said, "that the Skinner
brothers did not acquire a greater
property interest in the packing plant
than they were willing to pay for.
They have tried to control the com
pany in the interest of the real own
ers of the property.
Control Retained.
"I was present at all the meetings
of the company directors today and
am satisfied that the company Is in
good hands add will develop into a
profitable independent packing
plant if the stockholders will refuse
to be influenced by paid agitators,
who are trying to feather their own
nests, prevent an independent plant
from succeeding and throw the con
trol to the big packing interests."
Paul Skinner, chairman of the
board of directors of the Skinner
companv, declared last night that
relinquishment of the 167,300 shares
of stock does not mean relinquish
ment of control of the company.
"We wouldn't run the ris!. of the
big interests getting control of the
company," he said. "That would
be unjust to the small stockholders."
State P. E. 0. Convention
Meets in Fairmont Tuesday
Fairmont, Neb., June 12 (Spe
cial Telegram.)-.-The. state conven
tion of P. E. O. will open here
Tuesday evening. Over 150 dele
gates are expected. A banquet will
be given the state officers and other
prominent members of the state or
ganization. A reception .will be
held in the Methodist church. The
.nn,..nt;n rlneea. Thursdav. The
president of the chapter at Fairmont
Mica Vinnie Cuhbison.
1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. Sth. 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. 10th.
Wood .. 287 289V2 303 314 299 311V2 312 299 249 156
Lowden . 211 259 282V 289 303 311 311 307 121 11
Johnson . 133 146 148 140 133 110 99 87 82 80
Coolidge. 29 32 27 25 29 28 28 30 28 5
Harding . .64 59 58 61 78 89 105 133 374 692
Sproul... 83 78 79 79 82 77 76 75 78
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RAILROAD MAN'S
WIFE ADMITS SHE
WAS IN DEATH GAR
Mrs. Helen Swanback, 4305
South Twenty-Third Street,
Gives Version of Fatal
Auto Accident. ,
Mrs. Helen Swanback, 4305 South
Twenty-third street, was identified
Saturday as the woman who was
slightly hurt in the automobile
wreck which resulted in the death of
B. F. Hutchins, Omaha real estate
man, Friday morning.
Corrected details of the fatal acci
dent were given by Mrs. Swanback,
who admitted she was Hutchins'
companion in the car which turned
over on the road three miles east of
Fremont.
The reports from Fremont that the
accident was the fatal culmination cf
a night ride were denied by Mrs.
Swanback. She declared she and
Hutchins left Omaha at 5 a. m. Fri
day. The accident happened at 6:30
she said.
Riding in Back Seat.
"I was riding in the hack seat,"
said Mrs. Swanback. "Had I been
riding in the front seat with Mr.
Hutchins I, too, would have been
killed."
Hutchins was alone in the front
seat of the car, she said. She said
she made the engagement to take a
ride with Hutchins the day before.
No one else was in the car, she said.
She said that Hutchins had been
an acquaintance of the family for
eight or nine years and that he was
a friend of both hetself and her
husband, George Swanback, a
switchman for the Union Stock
Yards' company. ',' ' 7
Discredits First Report.
"Mr. Hutchins was not merely1 a
personal friend of mine," she said'
"He also was an old friend "of my
husband and has been at the house
many times." . . .
Mrs. Swamback characterized as
untrue a report from Fremont that
she said "she shouldn't have been
in the car," and "that her husband
would never find it out." -
"I did no talking at all at Fre'
mont," she said ,
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Senator Penrose Has
Relapse as Result - of .
His Strenuous Work
Philadelphia, June 12. The pro
longed strain of the republican con
vention' has .caused' a sudden turn
for the worse in the . condition of
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose, according to reports through
out the city this morning.
Color was given them by the an
nouncement that two of the sen
ator's physicians were in attendance
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at the senator's home today.
' At the Penrose residence all in
formation of a definite nature is be
ing withheld.
Calif Fruit Growers File
Protest On Freight Rates
Washington, June 12. The Cali
fornia Fruit Growers' exchange has
filed a complaint with the Interstate
Conmerce commission against prac
tically all the great railroads of
the country, alleging a combination
of commodity rates by which the
tariff on fruit shipments has been
increased from 300 to 2,800 per cent.
A, readjustment of rates is asked.
Landslide for Ohio Senator on
Tenth Ballot-Massachusetts
Governor Easy Second Winner
WARREN CAN DO
ANYTHING, SAYS
NOMINEE'S WIFE
Mrs. Harding Didn't Crave for
Husband's Nomination, But
Now She Wants Him
To Win.
By LEOLA ALLARD.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha) lire Leaned Wire.
Chicago, June 12. And a few
days ago she said it would be a
tragedy if he got it .
While the wives of other candi
dates hoped for the best, Mrs. War
ren Harding has been confiding to
her friends that she "wanted War
ren to win because he wants to, but
for no other reason," and now that
he has won, she is 'half happy and
half sad. Sad because the task
ahead of him is such a big one, one
so fraught with serious responsi
bility, but she says happily, "he is
the greatest man in the world, and
there is not anything he can't do."
"They told me in Washington,"
and Mrs. Harding laughed nervous
ly, that my husband should be able
to get anything he wants with that
smile of his and then he knows how
to differ with people without offend
ing them," she went on. "Oh, I
know you think I'm boasting, but
I have only had one fad, the only
fad I have had for the past 26 years,
and that is my husband.
It is old-fashioned I know, but
that is the way I feel about it."
Not Afraid of Reporters.
- Mrs. Harding is the only wife of
the various candidates who came
more than half way to meet news
paper reporters. Not that she
wanted to be talked about in print,
but she was not afraid of them. In
fact, she said the Washington news
paper women were all her friends,
because she always helped them by
giving them tips on stories when
ever she could.
"And not one of them ever be
trayed me," she added. "I love the
newspaper fraternity. I'll tell them
where to get a story and they d
get it and never mention me. I've
trusted them often and thev never
betrayed me."
Mrs. Harding had predicted that
Hiram Johnson would not bolt the
convention. She felt sure he
woOldri't, she said.
Being a senator s wife suited me
better," said Mrs. Harding. "It's a
quiet life, a pleasant one, and the
problems are not so huge. I liked it.
I really like it better than I'd like it
in the White House. Of course, I
haven't seven daughters, but even so,
that should not keep me out," and
again that charming laugh.
Mrs. Harding is what you would
call a very smart looking woman.
Her clothes were well thev eave
the impression of bhvk and white,
but her manners are so nleiinsr
and affability so marked, one for
gets to look at her clothes. She
is exquisitely groomed, and is the
chatty sort of woman who cm en
tertain you for an indefinite time
without saying anything unkind
about anybody. As a diplomat she
should do well as the chief exec
utive's wife.
Cordial to All.
When I met her she was trying
to get to a much needed luncheon,
and she was stopped an indefinite
number of timesby arrays of wom
en and men. She gave them each
a word, and made each one think
she rather stand and talk than eat,
but the inner woman called, and
she hadn't had food from early in
the morning until late this after
noon.
There was never a more cordial
woman m public lite than Mrs.
Harding, and it would be difficult
to imagine the White House making
any notable difference in the lady.
bhe is essentially kind, ana told
me with a tear in her eye:
"We haven t any children. I wish
we had."
She finished by saying, I m ot
no importance, don't say anything
about me, but tell everybody what
wonderful man my husband is.
I should know, having been mar
ried to him 26 years, and I am not
doing this for campaign purposes.
He is wonderful."
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Governor Lowden Releases All Delegates in Dramatic Session on '
Final Roll Call-Movement for Buckeye State Gains Momentum and
Vote of Pennsylvania Delegation Puts Harding Over the Top Vice
President Named on Final Ballot After Short Recess.
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Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado .
Connecticut
Delaware .
Florida . .
Georgia ........ 7
Idaho 3 2
Illinois '
Indiana 8
Iowa
Kansas 1
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 12
Maryland 10
Massachusetts ..17
Michigan 1
Minnesota 21
Mississippi . ... 2xi
Missouri .
Montana
Nebraska S
Nevada
New Hampshire 8
New Jersey IS
New Mexico ...
New York ...... 6 3
Low- Hard- John
Wood, den. ing. aon.
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North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island .
South Carolina
South Dakota .
Tennessee
Texas
Utah , 1
Vermont 8
Virginia 1
Washington .... 5
West Virgina ..
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alaska
Dist. of Columbia
Hawaii
Philippines 2
Porto Kico .
Necessary to nominate, 493.
Scathering.
Kansas Hoover, 1.
Massachusetts Coolidge, 1.
Nevada Hoover, y2.
New Jersey Hoover, 1.
New York Coolidge, 4; Lenroot,
1; Hoover, 4; Butler, 2.
Oklahoma Hays, 1.
Pennsylvania Knox, 1.
Washington Hoover, 1; Poindex
ter, 2.
Wisconsin Hoover, 1 ; LaFol
lette, 24. i
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Coliseum, Chicago, June 12. Senator Warren G. Hard
ing of Ohio was nominated for president today by the repub
lican national convention on the tenth ballot and Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts was nominated for vice
president.
In a dramatic session In which Governor Lowden of lilt
nois released all his friends and his delegates turned to Hard
ing in rapid succession, the Harding landslide which started
with a gentle movement early in the morning steadily and
surely grew and resisted all attempts of the Wood and Low
den people to check it if they had a disposition to do so.
Immediately after Senator Hardings' nomination was a
fact it was decided to attempt to have a brief recess on the '
floor with the delegates remaining so a choice could be de
cided on for second place and the business of the convention
ended tonight.
Senator Harding was in an ante
room nearby while the convention
was casting the ballots which made
him the republican nominee. For
some of the time he chatted there
with Governor Lowden, who had
given up the fight a few minutes be
fore. Mrs. Harding was with him.
Col. Procter, Gen. Wood's manager,
and others visited Senator Harding
and Governor Lowden while the
convention was noisily and anxious
ly making history only a short dis
tance away.
When the result was communi
cated to him by Charles B. Warren
of Michigan, Senator Harding left
for his hotel with Mrs. Harding and
announced that he would have . no
statement to make at the time.
It was just about the moment that
Governor Sproul, in person, in his
seat on the floor was casting 60
votes from Pennsylvania which ran
Harding's total over 520 and gave
him the nomination.
As the convention realized that a
nominee had been made, bedlam
cut loose and there was an unre
strained demonstration for several
minutes.
When quiet was restored, the
calling of the roll was continued.
Contrary to expectations, many of
the remaining states held their orig
inal formations giving comolimen
tary or farewell votes to favorite
sons or men whom they had been
supporting.
On an unofficial total Harding got
645 7-10 votes.
Then came a landslide?; of changes
in votes in which most of the dele
gations wanted to climb on the band
wagon, and threw in their entire
delegations for Harding.
While the balloting for vice presi
dent was being done, the suffra
gists were active. They unfurled
large yellow banner from a balcony
bearing an inscription demanding to
know "why does the republican
party block suffrage?" Within five
minutes after Senator Harding had ,
been nominated, the suffragists from
their headquarters across the street
were issuing statements announcing
that they proposed to center their
demands for action on the constitu
tional amendment upon the nominee.
Harding Gaining.
Senator Warren G. Harding of '
Ohio was riding the top wave to
ward the presidential nomination
when the convention late today
took a two-hour recess. During that
time the Wood and other forces
were working frantically to check
the Harding compromise move- 1
ment.
Wood and Lowden managers con
ferred on the question of pooling
thf.ir forces to. check the drift to
Harding and force a recess in the
balloting until Monday.
At the moment of recessing the
Harding tide was rising fast and
running from all directions. It had
climbed up to 133 - votes, and
what appeared to be a stampede to
Harding from various state delega
tions was being held in cheek by the
leaders, who wanted a recess for
conferences.
Beginning with last night's confer
ences of convention leaders who felt
some man must be found to break
the deadlock in which the votes for
Wood, Lowden and Johnson were
holding the convention, the . drift
toward Harding began running
strong and when the convention as
sembled today it was forecast that
a break to the Ohioan would come i
soon after the opening.
' Wyoming for Harding.
Beginning with 78 votes on the '
first ballot the fifth of the conven
tion the Harding accessions came :
along in small gains from the field
until Wyoming wa"s reached andcast
all six votes for him. Immediately
(Continued on Pace Two. Column One.)
Story of Harding's Life
Warren G. Harding, United
States senator from Ohio, was born
on his grandfather's farm, where his
father then resided, just outride the
village of Blooming Grove,. Morrow
county, O., November 2. 1865. He
was the eldest of eight children.
He is the son of Dr. George T.
Harding, who at the time of War
ren's birth was the village doctor.
In -those days no night was too
dark, no journey too long over al
most impassable roads for him to
go to alleviate the suffering of some
patient.
The Hardings were of colonial
stock, coming originally from Scot
land, settling in Connecticut, re
moving later to the Wyoming val
ley, Pennsylvania, where some of
them were massacred. Others
fought in the Revolutionary war.
Warren's mother. Phoebe Dicker
son, was descended from an old
time Holland Dutch family and thus
was blended the blood of the Hol
land Dutch with that of the hardy
Scotch.
The country roundabout where
the Hardings located was mostly
woodland. His grandfather owned
a small tract of land and was
neither better or worse off than his
neighbors. They were all engaged
in cutting away the timber and
transforming a primitive forest into
cultivated farms. And in those days
every child was expected to con
tribute his share of toil in overcom
ing the obstacles of nature in the
transforming process.
Acquired Habit of Industry. .
As Warren grew up he learned to
fell trees, chop wood, split rails,
plant and hoe corn and do all the
things incident to farm life. Those
were the days when farm 'labors
were performed by hand. In this
way young Harding acquired the
habit of industry.
However, it was not all toil for
young Harding. He attended the vil
lage school until 14 when he entered
Ohio General college at Iberia,
from which he was graduated. Dur
ing his college course he was editor
of the college paper where he first
displayed a "nose for news." Like all
boys of that day he was obliged to
work during vacations to pay for his
tuition. He cut corn, was an amateur
painter and drove a team in the
grading of the T. & O. C. railroad
which was being constructed
through that community.
At 17 he was teacntng school and
"tooting a horn" in the village brass
band.
One of his fellow musicians, who
is now at the head of a great manu
facturing plant and who has since sat
with him on various boards of di
rectors, recounts that the band once
took third prize in a tournament.
Learned Secrets of Printing.
At odd times Harding worked in
the little printing office in the village
nearby. He became a first-class com
positor and interested himself in
the mechanism of the entire plant.
When linotypes were introduced he
mastered the keyboard so that he
fiinally mastered the intimate work
ings of a newspaper office from the
editorial room to the press room.
A friend recalls an incident which
illustrates the "human" side of
Harding's character.
Entering the office of the Star,
one- New Year's morning he found
the senator making up the form and
performing all the duties of the fore
man who was busy elsewhere.
"What's the idea?" inquired the
friend.
"Well, you see," responded the
senator, "this is a holiday, and we
want to go to press early so that
the men may get home and pass the
day with their familiss, so I'm lend
ing a helping hand."
When the forms were made up
and the paper went to press the sen
ator and his friend adjourned to the
editorial room for a chat. Suddenly
the rumbling of the press ceased.
The inevitable which always haunts
a newspaper office in the rush hour
or on a holiday, had happened.
Springing from his chair the sen
ator rushed down to the press room.
His trained eye soon located the
trouble and it was not long before
the edition was again on its way.
This mastery of detail was an
early trait of the senator and has
followed him throughout his career.
"Star" Was His Idol
But to return to the Star. This
was the senator's idol. It was tho
pet of his youth and the pride of his
manhood. When he was 19, having
completed his college course, his
father, Dr. Harding, seeking a wider
field, removed to Marion, O., .the
county seat of an adjoining county,
where he still resides, and despite
his 76 years, is in active practice of
his profession.
The Star was a struggling daily
in a backward county seat of 4,000
inhabitants. Young Harding wanted
to own it, however, notwithstanding
the fact that it was difficult to tell
whether it was an asset or a liability.
His father having faith in the young
man and wishing to gratify his su
preme desire lent his credit in as
sisting in taking the plant over
the consideration being the assump
tpn of its indebtedness. The county
was democratic and this paper as
not even the official, organ of ' the
minority party.
With youthful enthusiam and the
inspiration of a young man who has
his foot on the first rung of the
ladder of his ambition, he bent his
energies to the task of making the
Star a power in the community.
He lived with it by day and
dreamed of it by night. Thorny was
the road and the greater share of the
time the coffers of the treasury were
depleted to the point of bank
ruptcy. The story of how it erew and
panded. ultimately taking over its
competitor, is too long to be writtea
Here. It was the old story of devo
tion, energy, resourcefulness and
determination.
The Star today is a prosperous,
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