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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 6. 1920.
HARDING AND
COOLIDGE WIN
IN CONVENTION
landslide on Tenth Ballot for
Ohio Senator Bay State
; Governor Gets Second
- Place on First Ballot
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there were breaks to the Ohio sen
ator from many directions.
The results of the all-night con
ferences were plainly reflected in the
actions of the floor leaders and the
party chieftains on the platform.
There had been a large break in
the Johnson vote, led by Michigan,
and a new high water mark in the
Harding movement came at the end
of the eighth ballot when Missouri
after having cast its vote, asked
permission to change it. The state
chairman wanted to cast the state's
.vote as a block for the Ohio senator.
Immediately there was a call' for
recess, and former Governor Wil
lis of Ohio, one of the Harding lead
ers, placed the senator in nomina
tion. He was informed from the plat
form that the Ohio delegation had
agreed to the recess, but declared
lie, knew nothing of it, and went
tack to confer with his colleague.
Object to Recess.
The Ohioans came before the
platform in a body, and, raising their
: voices above the pandemonium
,Vhich was sweeping the hall, in
formed Chairman Lodge they did
not want an adjournment. They were
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confident they were at the psycho
logical moment to press the ballot
ing for their candidate.
' Finally Mr. Willis and Myron T
Srlerrick, another Harding delegate
Jwere lifted to the platform, where
there was a hurried conference, at
She-conclusion of which both men
Jdecjared they had agreed to the re-
,cei and Mr. Willis on leaving de
clared
"It's all settled; it will be Hard
ing "when we come back.
All the leaders hurried downtown
for-conferences. Evidently the de
fcelbpment threw a bomb into the
iWoad cimn. for the general's man
agers declared it would not be "all
pvef when the convention recon
vened and that Senator Harding
Jwould not be nominated.
Some of Senator Harding's man
ge.rs declared they had perfect evi
dence that Mr. Harding would be
named on the tenth ballot the sec
ond after the reconvennig.
! ;;j Confer With Johnson.
Representatives of Senator Hard
ing were in conference with Senator
Johnson and it was acknowledged
that: their effort was to induce the
California senator to accept a place
M 4ha unfit CMafrt,- Uirlinff
to "help party harmony.
When the balloting was resumed
after the recess the three leaders
stood:
Wood, 299.
towden, 307.
Harding, 133J4. ,
to 87.
The Harding forces returned to
the: hall confident and full of fight
and supplied with a fresh supply of
banners, streamers, portraits of the
senator and noise-making devices.
The atmosphere of the convention
wa surcharged with electricity.
Everybody knew-there was either
going to be a nomination or a fight
jto prevent one. Streets leading to
he : Coliseum were choked with
people, who were prepared to be
satisfied with hearing the news out
ride. Four- o'clock, the hour of recon
vening, passed by and the conven
jtioft was not in order. Conferences
downtown apparently were delaying
Arrival of leaders,
i Calls Move Bluff.
' Frank Knox, floor leader for
(Wood, said on entering the hall:
"They are trying to run a bluff on
jhs and they haven't the votes."
.' While the convention waited, a
fehower of Harding pictures, printed
pn postal cards, fluttered down from
khe skylights and girders of the
"puilding. . They fell everywhere
Imjongr the delegates and visitors,
i During the wait the Massachusetts
delegation caucused and decided to
take one vote from Wood and give
it to Harding on the ninth ballot,
The Wood votes were to be cast to
jCooljdge after three more ballots.
More than a half hour after the
dm;,' for meeting, the aisles were
packed with delegates constantly
eonierring ana the enort was being
pads by those opposed to Harding
to get an adjournment until .Mon
Iday. ; It was understood the Wood
managers were joining in the ad
journment movement
The galleries were loudly voicing
iheir impatience with the delays,
trie of "Lets go!" and "Start up!"
Were frequent
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: , Gas Meter Kills Soldier
v Weehawken, N. J., June 12. A
quarter-in-the-slot gas meter waajn
c.irectly responsible for the death of
ffhpmas Nowicki, 30 years old, me
rhahic, at his home, 32 West Nine
teenth street Weehawken. No
wicki saw service overseas with the
- 89th, division and was gassed. Since
his Return Nowicki had been sleep
ingwith the gas in his room lighted.
He did this as usual, but neglected
to see there was a quarter in the me-
" ter to keep the gas going.
Harry Nowicki, a brother, who
aleeps in the next room, noVknowing
that,, the gas had gone ou in the
other room, put a coin in the meter
and lighted the gas in his own room.
" The gas flowed'Trom the open jet in
his brother's room and he was found
dead. 'in bed. '
Grand Jury Will Investigate
. Escape of Slacker Bergdoll
I$rjadelphia, June 12. A special
federal grand jury to investigate
the (; escape of -Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll from his mother's home
: here on May 21 and to consider the
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casca oi an who naa a nana in tne
escape was empanelled yesterday
by Judge J. Whitaker Thompson in
the United States district court.
The grand jury was drawn at the
Request of United State District
Attorney McAvoy. The investiga
tion will begin June 2L ,
R. S. Trimble Elected
President of C. of C.
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R. S. Trimble.
At the first meeting of the new
board of directors of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, held yester
day, a new president and secretary
were elected, the former treasurer
was re-elected and a new executive
committee was .named to serve dur
ing the coming year.
Robert S. Trimble, chairman of
the executive committee last year,
was elected president of the cham-
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HARDING'S LIFE
STORY IS ONE OF
GREAT PROGRESS
Born on Farm, Senator Gradu
ated From College and Then
Became Newspaper -
Owner.
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monev-making plant and is not for
sale. Ht has the largest circulation
of any newspaper in any city of 30,
000 inhabitants in the middle west.
It has always been a "booster" and
never a "knocker."
After'Senator Harding had estab
lished the paper on a sound financial
basis he organized a stock company,
distributing shares to each of his
employes, and he and they still own
it.
Senator Hardine is closelv identi
fied with many large business enter
prises, since he took over the Star,
Marion has grown from a country
town ot 4,000 inhabitants to a flour
ishing manufacturing citv of 30.000.
and the senator has been a factor in
its industrial development.
He has been a "booster" for new
industries in a substantial way by
taking stock in these companies to
the limit of his financial ability and
af present he is a director in a bank,
several manufacturing plants and
other enterprises. He is a trustee of
Trinity Baptist church, of which he
is a member and regular attendant.
During the past 20 vears Senator
Harding has been three times
abroad, visiting most of the Euro
pean countries to study at close
range their systems of srovernment
and the economic v problems with.
wnicn tins country has to deal.
After his election to the United
States senate, and before taking his
seat, Senator Harding visited the
Hawaiian islands to get first hand
information upon the production and
distribution of sugar.
senator Hardine has twice repre
sented the Thirteenth senatorial dis
trict of Ohio in the state legislature,
served one term as lieutenant eov-
ernor, refusing to stand for re-election,
and he is now nearing the close
of his first term as United States
senator.
One of his first official acts uoon
reaching Washington was to spon
sor the bill for preparedness which
d the endorsement of Colonel
Roosevelt ind he was closelv as
sociated with the late president dur
ing its pendancy.
He was selected a chairman of
the national convention soon after
he entered the senate, without frac
tional strife.
As a public speaker he is calm. vt
forceful. He has a wide vocabu
lary and is quick at repartee.
Senator Harding was selected to
present the name of William
Howard Taft for renomination at
the-turbulent convention in Chicago
and was again selected to present
the keynote speech at the last na
tional convention.
Resembles McKinley. .
His friends point to the fact that
he resembles in many ways the late
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the Chamber of Commerce, was
elected to also fill the officfc of secre
tary. . V
Thomas A. Fry, for several terms
treasurer of the organization, was
again elected to the office.
The new directors, many of whom
had served many previous terms,
were elected last Wednesday. The
executive committee of 24 directors
will hold their first meeting Tues
day, at which a chairman will be
selected.
William McKinley. Both were of
Scottish descent. In presence and
manner of speech, in painstaking
JHastery of detail and tact in brine-
I ing opposing factions on a common
ground, mutual friends point out
the similarity.
In 1891 Senator Harding married
riorence .ruing, daughter of Amos
Kling, now deceased, who was one
of x the leading business men of
Marion. Mrs. Harding inherits the
business acumen of her father and
has been a wonderful helpmate in
business and political aspirations of
her husband. Mrs. Harding's am
bition is for the success of her hus-
-rland but she laughingly remarks
mat a man must be well fed and
well groomed if he would succeed.''
Ape Aboard Zoo Ship
Monkeys With Engine,
Then The Fun Begins
San Francisco, June 12. With an
orang-outang working the reverse
gear of its engines and the engine
crew taking pot shots at him; with
a monkey perched aloft monkeying
with the whistle, and with ' caged
tigers occasionally taking a bite out
of members of the crew, the voyage
of the Pacific Mail freighter Halea
kala across the Pacific from Calcut
ta was most lively.
When the freighter arrived, three
of the crew were in the sick bay suf
fering from monkey and tiger bites,
and a number of monkeys were
still adrift.
The bulkiest passenger, a 100-year-old
elephant, died on the voyage.
The body was weighted with iron,
but it failed to sink when heaved
over the side and now is a "dere
lict in mid-ocean, a possible men
ace to small craft.
Captain Thomas Fleming and
members of the crew arrived full
of appreciation of the difficulties that
beset Noah.
The orang-outang was the first
to start trouble. After an ape-hunt
in the engine room, the beast was
killed and the damage to the ma
chinery was averted. Ihen a mem
per or me crew monkeyed with a
monkey and the simpian's teeth tore
his arm open from shoulder to wrist.
George Creegen, while swabbing
aown, got too near the tiger s cages
and lost the seat of his pants and a
portion of his anatomy as the Royal
Bengal tagged him. Two other
members of the crew displayed sim
ilar forgetfulness and were off duty
for several days.
Runs Half Mile With Dead
Body of Son, Refusing Ride
New York, June 12. Heedless
of the offers of aid shouted in his
wake by sympathetic drivers and
chauffeurs, Samuel Krakauer ran
with the lifeless body of his 2-year-old
son, Simon, on his shoulder, all
the way from his home. No. 306
Delancey street, to Gouverneur
hospital, more than half a mile.
The little boy fell to his death from
a window of the family apartment on
the fourth floor. Krakauer picked
him up and started for the hospital.
Driver after driver offered him a
"lift" pn the way, but Krakauer
either old not hear the friendly calls
or was too agitated to. accept them.
When he reached the hospital Dr.
uxnoim said that death was instantaneous.
On our entire stock ef ladies' footwear, including whit oxford., 'in
Nile cloth, with Military h.el., did not end thu w.ek, but will be
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M a s s ac h u s e tts Governor
Climbed to High Honors
By Willingness to Work
Hero of Boston Strike Sponsored Many Laws Favor
able to Returned Soldiers Re-elected by Con-
stantiy increasing Majorities raiks Little and
Says Much Constituents Allege
"Do the dav's work."
To the casual worker those four
words are quite commonplace, but
when, with machine gun force, they
came from the lips of Governor Lai
vin Coolidge of Massachusetts they
carried a weight and significance
that will live long in the memory of
those who heard them uttered. In
fact, they later became the political
creed of the "law and order" gov
ernor. It might almost be said that
President Meiklejohn of ArAherst
college must have had that phrase
in mriid when, m conferring the de
gree of Doctor of Laws on the gov
ernor he complimented him on the
teaching of "adequate brevity."
Carrying this thought of "ade
quate brevity" to his conception of
the responsibility of citizenship the
governor sums the subject up in
these phrases:
Talks Little, Says Much.
"Office-holding is the incidental,
but the standard of citizenship is
the essential. Government' does rest
on the opinions of men. ' Its results
rest on their actions. This makes
every man a politician, whether he
will or no. This lays the burden
on us all."
Of Calvin Coolidge it is general
ly remarked throughout Massachu
setts that he talks little and says
much and that every word he says
or writes is understood by every
one. His style is clear, simple and
convincing. His capacity and liking
for hard work are characteristic of
his twenty years of progressive pub
lic service.
Governor Coolidge was born in
a typical American town Plymouth,
Vt. twelve miles from a railroad,
on July 4, loJ. His family was a
typical American family and be
hind him were generations of Mass
achusses ancestors who had served
their country in every emergency.
He was not brought up in proverty
but enjoyed the comforts of a farm
home, free from luxuries. Early in
life he learned the dignity and neces
sity of work.
An Industrious Student.
He was educated at Amherst col
lege. He was an able and indus
trious student. It was during his
college course that he began the
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conception of this intricate subject
then formed and since maintained
is that "there will come out of the
government exactly what is put into
it." He believes that "politics is the
process of action in public affairs."
At Amherst in his senior year
he won the first prize, a gold medal,
for the best essay on the principles
of the war for American independ
ence. This competition was open
to the undergraduates of all Amer
ican colleges.
After only 20 months' study of
law in the offices of Hammond and
Field in Northampton he was ad
mitted to the bar. He thereupon
opened an office in Northampton
and at once gained a rating as a
zealous, broadminded promoter of
the community's welfare.
Willingness To Work.
As a boy he had worked hard
on the farm. This capacity never
waned. His willingness to work
hard, his actual devotion to his du
ties as a lawyer in a small city where
reputation with one's fellow citizens
is pased on achievements, rather
man adjectives, fixed his status as
a member of the bar in whom were
combined ability, integrity, energy
and purpose.
Appointed by the supreme court
ra tin a vacancy caused by death,
he declined to accept his party's
nomination for election to succeed
himself and returned to the practice
of law.
Hard work was the; foundation of
his career. It developed another of
his well known slogans: "Duty is
noi collective; it is personal.
Made Citv Solicitor.
Calvin Coolidge entered politics
actively in his home town, North
ampton, in 1899, when he was elected
to tne city council. The next vear he
was made city solicitor and held that
ottice tor two years. He went to the
Massachusetts state legislature in
1907 and 1908. He left the legisla
ture to become mayor of Northamp
ton, noiaing that ottice two year
He was then elected a state senator
where he served four years, during
the last two of which he was presi
dent oi that Pody.
As mayor of Northampton he dis
played a natural graso of finance and
nis record shows that during a vt-
nod of high state taxes he reduced
the city tax over $90,000, and at the
same time increased the size and ef
ficiency of the police and fire depart
ments, raisea tne salaries ot school
teachers and for two years ran- the
city without issuing a single bond
tor borrowed money.
.During Cooltdsre s first term in the
legislature he was recognized as cap
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able of wielding much greater influ
ence than the average first year men.
He demonstrated his ability as a bill
drafter and came into prominence
through his fight against the so
called New'Tork theatrical trust.
Codes, Banking Laws.
. The second year of his legislative
career saw him a member of the
judiciary committee and the commit
tee on banks and banking, where he
was active in codifying the banking
laws and-in the redrafting of the
anti-discrimination laws,.
Familiarity with finance and bank
ing was gained through acting as
counsel and vice-president of the
Nonotuck Savings bank.
As chairman of the agricultural
committee of the state senate in 1912
Coolidge interested himself in the
protection of farmers who supplied
the state with milk. He was suc
cessful in having enacted laws to
this effect. Another of his accom
plishments during this year was an
extension of the work of the agri
cultural college. .
Faith in People. .
In 1913, as chairman of the com
mittee on railroads in -the state sen-
ate, he was directly responsible .for
tne passage ot the revised laws, the
most important piece of legislation
during that year.
Upon assuming the presidency of
the Massachusetts senate in 1914.
Senator Coolidge sounded the kev-
note of many of his later acts when
he said in his opening address:
We need a broader, firmer, deep
er faith in the people. A faith that
men desire to do right, that the
commonwealth is founded upon a
righteousness which will endure, a
reconsecrated faith that the final
approyal of the people is given, not
to demagogues, slavishly pandering
to the selfishness, merchandizing
with the clamor of the hour, but to
statesmen, ministering to their wel
fare, representing their deep, silent,
abiding convictions."
Firm and Dignified.
As president of the senate. Mr.
Coolidge was regarded as firm and
dignified. His rulings are said to
have always been based on the
"square deal" and he won and re
tained the respect and friendship of
the men who served with him in
that body, v It was said of him that
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Still Bats Thousand
In Suspender League
Uncle Joe still wears them. -Un
cle Joe Cannon is telling the guests
at a banquet that two toothpicks on
his trousers perform the services as
well as a button for the suspenders.
he was always master of every sit
uation tha.t he always led.
While lieutenant governor it was
openly commented by political
friends and foes alike that- he re
frained from playing politics. He
assumed the duties of the office as
a trust from the people. In the
Massachusetts Executive council he
was chairman of the finance com
mittee exercising oversight over ex
penditures of public money. As a
member of the committee on pub
lic .safety during the world war he
represented the taxpayers in the
scrutiny of expenditures.
As governor, Calvin Coolidge, if
one is to judge by the constantly in
creasing majorities he received in
each succeeding election, has ad
vanced rapidly in the estimation of
the people of the state. He was
elected in 1918 for his first term. His
re-election by an increased plurality
was practically conceded when the
police of Boston left their posts.
Defeats Police Union.
After a night of rioting the gov
ernor took command of the situation,,
restored order with state guards
men, destroyed every effort of the
police to win their places back, end
ed for all time the possibility of a
police union with an outside author
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Ycu do not need to spend more money to
dress successfully. You need help, that's alL
And if you come here we will help you select
apparel that will not only fit your purse and
.your figure, but that will also enthuse your
family and your friends as well as 'yourself.
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ity and faced the electorate on the
issue of law and order. -
He was re-elected by a plurality of
125,000.
In addition to settling the Boston
police strike Governor Coolidge as
sumes the full responsibility for hav
ing had enacted into law the follow
ing measures:
Establishing a 48-hour working
week for women and minors.
"Requiring that labor specifications
be furnished textile weavers.
Providing for two-platoon system
for firemen in such cities as accept
the act.
Providing for representation of
employes on directorates of manu
facturing corporations.
" Requiring posting of decrees of
minimum wage commission by em
ployers affected.
Increasing maximum weekly pay
ment under workmen's compensa
tion law from $14 to $16.
Minimum Scrub Wage.
Providing weekly payment of
compensation in cases of partial in
capacity. fixing minimum wage of scrub
women employed by state at 40
cents per hour.
Empowering insurance commis
sioner to require companies doing
business under .the workmen's com
pensation act to deposit with the
state treasurer cash to meet out
standing claims.
Providing all laborers, workmen
and mechanics in the emo ov of the
state with an annual vacation of not
less than 12 working davs.
The governor also claims credit
for the following provisions for
men who were in service during the
world war:
Providing $100 bonus for Mania.
chusetts war veterans.
Preference given in public em
ployment to veterans.
Provided a certificate or other
teltimonial to war veterans.
Created a soldiers' and sailors'
commission to find positions for
veterans.
Continued for two months after
death of veterans state aid for de
pendents of service men.
New Volunteer Militia.
Cities and towns be authorized to
appropriate money to welcome vet
erans home.
Signed an act authorizing the gov
ernor to proclaim a general holidav
for celebration of home-coming vet
erans. Created a new volunteer militia
force with Yankee division as basis.
Preserved standing in state em-
ployment system of service mem
bers. .
Appropriation made "for Yankee
division parade.
Provided free hawkers and oed-
lers' licenses for disabled veterans.
Preserved civil service ratings of
veterans.
Continued exemptions from poll
taxes of veterans while in service.
Granted special credit of 5 per cent
to veterans taking examinations for
plumbers licenses.
Approved an act outhormng cities
smocks, or tunics;
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nd towns to lease quarters for
American Legion posts.
Signed a bill authorizing the use
of state armories by war veterans.
Resume of Governor Coolidge's
public service:
Northampton city council, 1899.
Northampton's city solicitor, 1900,
1901.
State representative, 1907, 1908.
- Mayor of Northampton, 1910. 1911.
State senator 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915.
President of the senate, 1914, 1915.
Lieutenant governor, 1916, 1917,
1918.
uovcrnor, mo, iyiy,
Help Courting Along,
Advises Bishop,, and
Hit Divorce Courts
London, June 12. "We hive
made much of marriage, let us make
mort of courtship."
This was the recommendation of
an English prelate the bishop of
Truro-who suggests that the easy
tecourse to the divorce court may be
checked by sympathetic interest in
courtship.
"A marriage well made is at least
one step toward giving the divorce
court perpetual holiday," writes the
bishop in-his diocesan magazine.
"Help and sympathize with the
lads and lasses in the courting days;
set them-an example, and give them
sympathy in the difficult early days
of married life; win their confidence
and the future is bright with the
prcspect of a cleaner and puree,
England.
"In the past, by lack of sympathy,
we have lost the young by our heed
less laughter and depreciating lack
of interest; we have made them shy
of telling us their longings, their
friendships and'their courtings, and
terrible has the consequence been.
It is always better soundly to make
than strictly to prevent breaking."
Wife Left to Brother In
Will Ejectng Her Father
Montclair, N. J.. June 12. John
E. Leikauf, who died here at 167
Park street, virtually willed his wife
to his brother in the document just
filed. He provided that Mrs. Lulu
Leikauf, his widow, will lose the in
come from $40,000 if she marries
any one other than "my beloved
brother, George L. Leikauf." The
brother resides in the testator's
home.
But the widow's income is not to be
paid to her unless she excludes from
her residence her father. Ernest A.
Schmidt. If he resides with her or
has anything to do with her chil
dren the trust provision is revoked.
The testator was more kindly dis-
Eosed toward his mother-in-law.
he is to be cared for and have all
her wants satisfied from his estate.
Mrs. C. C. Pavev of Columbus.
O., is head of the Harding Wom
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