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he Omaha,;- Daily Beb r,' VOL. 49 NO. 311. tatanc u OmiJCIlM MtHtr Mu . IIM. It Oaiht p. 0. UMer Art of Mtnh . IVt. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1920. By Mall (I Mir). I mid 4th Ztnt. Dally Suaday. M: Dally Oaly. M: Sdty. $4. Outiltt 4la loaa (I yaarl. Dally Suaday. til: Dally Oaly. 112: Suaday Oaly. St. TWO CENTS OCTBlDr OMAHA AND OlUN ul bluffs, rni llSTS. WOOD DEFEAT EXPLAINED BY BUTLER Says New York Delegation - Chief Factor in Preventing Sale of Presidential Nomina tion to Highest Bidder. INSIDE POUTIci oF BALLOTING REVEALED Charges Motley Group of Stock Gamblers, Promoters, Etc., Sought to Buy Honor Sorry Their Act Defeated Wood. New York, June 14. Charges that "a motley group of stock gamblers, oil and mining promoters, munition makers and other like persons seizea on so good a man as General Wood and with reckless audacity started -put to buy for him the presidential nomination were made m a state . ment given out tonight by Nicholas Murray Butler, an unsuccessful re publican candidate. "It was because of genuipe sorrow - lo me as to many others of General Wood's personal friends," he said, "to see him put in this unhappy po sition. There was nothing to do to save the republican party but to de feat the band of men behind him . with their, bank accounts. This meant we had to defeat General Wood. Prevent Sale of Honor. . "The forces defeated in their in solent attempt to buy the nomina tion represent all that is worse in American business and American po litical life. It is really too bad they hit upon General Wood as their choice. They should have found some one to support for whom the country has less respect and less re gard. "The chief task of the convention was to prevent the sale of presi- dential nominations at auction to trie, highest bidder. Had this not been doHe the party faced not only cer tain defeat but crushing dishonor. The 68 New York delegates who voted for me on the first ballot were the chief factor in stopping the Hin denburg drive to overwhelm the con vention by the power of-unlimited money and by strong army methods. , and preferential primaries." Butler Votes Count. ... 'The story of New York's 68 votes for Butler shows, the statement said, how General Wood was defeated. It jWintj out that the first ballot gave general Wood a substantial lead and .ttiaf-the''first tttfcrthmfcfrerwaVto' bring the vote of his nearest rivai, .. Governor Lowaen, ar ieasi up i Wood's vote." . Owing to local and state compli cations, the statement explains, there were few sources from which new Lowden strength could be drawn so "'early. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio could not help, it - added, because the release of dele tgates in those states probably would " give Wood more votes than Lowden. B ' "It was dearlv necessary, there- iore,H the statement continued, "for New York to become the Belgium (Continued m rase Two, Column 81) Bubonic Plague Has Appe )eared in Florida; 23 Die at Vera Cruz Pensacola, Fla., June 14. It is re . ported the bubonic plague has ap peared in Pensacola. Following the death of George Gardina, a clerk in . a store here, of what the state la boratory considered to have been a " case of bubonic plague, a clean up " campaign will be inaugurated in the : city today and warfare will begin 'on rats. Dr. Williams of the i United States hospital at New Or leans will take charge of the cam- 1 ..Washington, June 1 14. Bubonic "plague has spread to Tampico, cen- - ter of American oil activity in Mex ico, and -the American sanitary commission has called upon the - American consul there for aid in combatting the epidemic, the State department announced toaay. a supply of vaccine and serum will be rushed to Tampico from Vera Cruz or New Orleans. . Twentv-three deaths have result- , ed from tne plague ai vera ruz. I Japan Would Discuss r . Shantung With China ;, ' Tokio, June 14. Japan has sent - another Shantung note to China. , Taking China"s contention that it is unable to enter negotiations for the " return of Shantung because it lg,s nor signea inc jjch-c iimij, 'ears j ":. t !,, riv " ''Ynt w h Tar prior oromised to accept any arrangemei.i 4 . . Japan later might make with Ger many. By the peace treaty Japan inherits the German rights in Shantung, therefore, the note says, although China has not signed the treaty, the only way to accomplish restoration for which Japan is anxious is through direct negotiations between the Japanese and Chinese, govern ments. The note expresses willing ness to enter discussions at any time China is ready. Income Payments Due Today Will Yield $750,000,090 Washington, June 14. Second in stallments of income and excess profits taxes for 1919, due tomor row, will' yield the government $750,000,000, it was estimated today -by the bureau of internal revenue. -' Collections of income and excess profits taxes during March aggre- gated nearly. -$919,000,000, . 1 . Politicians Fear Power , Of Women Voters' League, National Leaders Assert "They Don't Know Where We're Going to Line Up And They Are Afraid We Won't Stay Put," Mrs. George Gellhorn Says in Address to Nebraska MembersTo Elect Officers Today. That the League of Women Voters is proving more or less of a nuisance to the two political parties, whose . leaders are regarding the growth of the organization with con siderable show of uneasiness, was the opinion expressed by Mrs. George Gellhorn of St. Louis at the after noon's session yesterday of the Ne braska League of Women Voters' first convention in the Blackstone hotel. Mrs. Gellhorn is the director for this region of the League of Women Voters. "Neither political party is exactly enthusiastic about us," said Mrs. Gellhorn, "and that's putting it as strongly as my regard for the Eng lish language will let me," she added with a laugh. Don't Like Machines. ' "They don't know where we're go ing to line up and they're not sure we'll stay put after we do get lined up," she continued. "However, we want to go into the political parties we object to ma chinery, but we approve of organiza tion. "If standing for that sort of thing gets us kicked oat of the parties very well. Stay in your party as long as it will let you and when you get kicked out come back to the League of Women Voters and start all over again. "I believe our political experiment will prove a national asset." Mrs. Richard Edwards of Peru, Ind., national treasurer of the league, gave some practical instructions for financing the new body. "Let us have dignified financing," was her plea. "The time has come for a parting of the ways from the old fashioned humiliating methods of raising money to ' newer, better ways." She advised the paying of small dues, a question which had not yet been decided by the convention. Go to Wyoming Meeting. Miss Mary McDowell of Chicago, chairman of the committee of women in industry, and Miss Edna Bullock, librarian of the legislative reference bureau of Lincoln, who were to have spoken yesterday afternoon, will speak this afternoon instead. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, national MRS. CARUSO IS BREAKING UNDER t V Attempt on Noted Tenor's life Climaxes Series of Rob beries at Home. East Hampton, N. Y., June 14. Mrs. Enrico Caruso admitted today in a cable message to her husband that she is beginning to feel the strain of the melodramatic incidents which recently have been crowded into her life. First, the $500,000 jewel robbery here; then veiled threats of kidnap ing her daughter; third, explosion of a bomb yesterday in the National theater in Havana, where her hus band was giving a farewell per formance these have served to draw "even tighter the taut nerves of the tenor's wife. Theft of high proof whiskies, rare wines and brandies from the Caruso cellar also was reported today. Mystery shrouds the robbery, but it is understood to have occurred recently. Two men are suspected of the robbery of jewels valued at $500000 from Caruso's country home, Dis trict Attorney Young announced to Gay. He declined to give the names cf the suspects, but announced he would conduct a "John Doe" in quiry into the theft Friday or Satur day. . Frank Ferraro, the Caruso butler, and George Fitzgerald, the chauf feur, were questionad for nine hours by detectives .today, but they held to their original stories. Fizgerald has engaged counsel. Private detectives who have been digging up all available hiding places on the 100-acre estate, an nounced they had found no clue. Five additional detectives have been assigned to help them. Massachusetts Senator Not After National Office Washington, June 14. Senator Walsh, democrat, of Massachusetts, in a formal statement announced he did not "purpose to accept any nom ination for a national office." "Several newspaper reports to day," said his statement, "have mentionea my name as a canaiudic i fr the vice president, running on it,. J the democratic ticket with McAdoo, or Cox, or on an independent ticket with La Follette or Johnson, or some other candidate. "I wish to state I have not even considered the possibility of such candidacies and that I have not been offered nor do I propose to accept any nomination for a national of fice." , State to Probe Ousting Of Nonpartisan.Speakers Topeka, Kan., Tune 14. Gov. Henry J. Allen directed Attorney General R. J. Hopkins to investi gate charges made by J. O. Stevic. state manager of the Nonpartisan league, ' and Walter M. Mills , of North Dakot, aa lecturer for the league, that they were not afforded proper protection two weeks ago when they were said to have been prevented by a crowd from speaking in Ellinwood. Kan., and later es corted f rojn, town chairman; Mrs. Solon Jacobs, secre tary; Mrs. James Paige, director of the fifth region, and Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, magazine correspond ent, left last night for the regional meeting in Great Falls, Wyo. To Elect Officers Today. Election of regional directors and directors-at-large will be held today at the Blackstone hMel. Each congressional district in the state will elect one director, and four directors-at-large will be chosen from over the state. Nominations for regional directors were made by congressional caucuses Monday af ternoon, with the exception of fourth district. Two nominees were named from each district as follows: First district, Mrs. E. M. Syfert and Mrs. C. W. Johannes, both of Omaha; Second district. Miss Alice Howell and Miss Sarah Muir of Lin coln; Third, Miss Emma Meservey, Fremont, and Mrs. P. I. Reilley, Mc Cook; Mrs. C. G. Ryan, Grand Island; Sixth, Miss Lucy Clark, Chadron, Mrs. George Frater, North Platte. Here Is Committee. The four directors-at-large will be chosen from eight names, which will be presented by the nominating com mittee named by Mrs. Charles Diet rich Monday afternoon. The com mittee personnel is: Mesdames C. G. Ryan, Grand Island; Mrs. E. L. Hartley, Lincoln; Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha; Mrs. E. F. White, Chadron; Mrs. Myrtle Masqn, Oma ha. ' - The resolutions committe't is com posed of Mesdames J. W. Babcock, Hastings; H. H. Wheeler, Lincoln, and James Richardson, Omaha. Mrs. Frank Harrison of, Lincoln is chairman of elections. When all 10 of the directors are chosen, they will organize them selves into body choosing their own chairman. x May Elect Mrs. Dietrich. It seems to be the consensus of opinion that Mrs. Charles Dietrich of Hastings, now president of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage associa tion, will be made one of the directors-at-large, and chosen, chairman (Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.) URGE MARSHALL AND. WET PLANK Tammany Hall Leaders Stop At French Lick Springs to Confer With Taggart. By GRAFTON WILCOX. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 14. Thomas .R. Marshall of .Indiana, vice president of the United States, was discussed here today by delegates en route to the San Francisco convention as a formidable candidate for the demo cratic presidential nomination on an anti-administra:Ion . platform which would incorporate these salient features: Ratification of a treaty of peace with reasonable reservations for safeguarding-American right, not adhering .strictly to the Wilson in terpretations and approaching the Lodge reservations. Amendment of the Volstead pro hibition enforcement act giving power to the states to establish an alcoholic content limitation in the manufacture of light wines and beer. . . . Expression of sympathy for the friends of Ireland in the United States who are seeking to aid the cause of the freedom of Ireland and the establishment of an Irish re public. Marshall's name was being men tioned here as a strong possibility notwithstanding tha general impres sion that William G. McAdoo, choice of Wilson and the adminisrta tion forces, is to fight it out for the nomination against Governor Cox of Ohio, the latten appealing, prin cipally on a prohibition liberaliza tion issue. Tonight at French Lick, Ind., Charles F. Murphy, leader for Tam many hall, and Governor Smith of New York were in conference with Thomas T. Taggart with respect to Marshall's candidacy. Advance guard delegates from Tammany, who stopped in Chicago, let drop hints that Tammany might be for Marshall and cut away from both McAdoo and Cox, if Marshall could be induced to come out on a straight forward anti-Wilson league, moist and Irish sympathy platform. - Norman E. Mack, national com mitteeman from New York, said to day that he believed the democrats could overcome Bryan on the pro- niDiuon question. Seventh Letter Received From Coughlin Kidnaper Norristown, Pa., June 14. A letter was received today by the parents of 13-month-old Blakley Coughlin, kidnapped June 2, which George Coughlin, the father, said he believes is from the abductor. The letter is signed "The Crank" and de mands $12,000 ransom. It is the seventh letter, apparently from the same source, and the writer used the appelation giverl him by Mr. Coughlin when the first letter was received. ' . . Ella Eaton Kellogg Dies. Battle Creek, Mich., June 14. Mrs." Ella. Eaton Kellogg, well known as a writer of magazine arti cles on child welfare and domestic science, died here after a long ill- v ... ... ...... .. .. .;; MAIL ORDER PARTY TOTS LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin Senator Far in Lead In Referendum Vote for Standard Bearer - Being Taken by Committee of 48. UNIQUE CAMPAIGN IS WAGED BY USE OF MAILS Disgruntled Members of Other Parties and Farm and Labor Vote Expected to Unite Wisconsin Senator Popular. By PHILLIP KINSLEY. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 14. Senator Robert M. La Follette is far in the lead in a icferendum vote which is being ta ken among the members of the com mittee of 4S political party, which will hold its national convention here July 10. The labor party, which will hold a convention beginning July 11, may unite with the committee of 48 on presidential ticket and plat foi m. Senators Johnson and Botah have been urged to come into this party and even today there was activity among members who want to put one of them up for presidential can didate. But the leaders .f the or ganization do not expect either Johnson or Borah' to bolt the repub lican party, and are turning to La Follette as the one man whose na tional reputation and sympathies fit him to be their standard bearer. Wisconsin Delegates Firm. Senator La Follette is in a hos pital recuperating from an. opera tion. He is certain of complete re covery of health, his friends here say. They figure that the action of the republican convention on plat form and nominee will be hard for him to swallow. Those who attend ed the convention recalled how the name of La Follette was hissed and booed whenever his 24 delegates cast their ballots for him. And they always did. They never wavered. They had no second choice. It was strange to see this state held in the hands of a sick man. Then there was the treatment of the Wisconsin minority- report on plat form.. When Delegate Gross arose to read it there was a roar of disap proval. When he advocated abolish ment of the ito'ck yards, the laying rif farvee ur.a!th in' nfrtfirtffinn in iilrtv'noinw"lifctron of. federal judges by the people, and denounced the espionage act, he was met with the biggest "No!" that the conven tion could utter. Committee Is Unique. The committee of 48 is counting on the La Follette republicans, on the rank and file on the Nonpartisan league membership, on labor, on farmers, on the exploited "white collar boys" everywhere. The campaign committee has been (Continued on Tone Two. Column Two.) Seek Owner of Silk Undergarment as Clue. To .Elwell Murderer New York, June 14. Either jealousy over a woman or venge ance for heavy losses sustained at cards, furnished the motive for the murder Friday morning of Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy turfman find "whist wizard," according to the police who were fluctuating between these theories in the effort to solve the crime. Clues point to the woman theory, say most of the detectives on the case. They claimed this theory was strengthened when it was learned that Elwell's housekeeper had found in his bedroom a woman's silk uridergament. This garment is re ported to belong to a society woman. Conviction that the husband of this woman, an ex-army man, killed the whist expert, was expressed by some detectives. The size of the bullet, and the fact that it had a steel jacket point to the fact that a government automatic pistol was used, they said. Freedom for Ireland Be Cry of Boston Delegates Boston, June 14. Fourteen of the delegates from this state to the democratic national convention left tonight for San Francisco by way of Montreal and Vancouver. "We are going unpledged," said one of their number, Daniel H. Coakley of this city. "We are not interested in any candidates; we are not interested in platforms; we are not interested in anything but free dom for Ireland." The main party of delegates and alternates will leave Sundav. Methodist Centenary Fund in Excess of Quota New York, June 14. Subscrip tions to the centenary conserva tion committee of the Methodist Episcopal church exceeded the quotas for the various areas by more than $1,250,000, according to figures made public by the centenary offi cials. The total quota was $113, 824,459 and the subscriptions were $115,003,375. The subscriptions for a five-year period of the principal areas include Denver. $1,640,000; Portland, $2,386,315; San Francisco, $4,460,378. Allen Enters Race. Topeka, Kan., June 14. Governor Henry J. Allen filed his petition for renominartbn on the republican ticket at the August primaries 1,000 BANKERS EXPECTED TODAY FOR CONVENTION First Business Session Will Be Held This Afternoon Out-of-State Financiers To Speak. About 200 members of the . Ne braska Bankers' association have ar rived in Omaha from different parts of the state for the twenty-third an nual convention of ! the association which ,will be .held, here today and tomorrow. It ilJ!rIive4tht J.000 convention. . ; About 15 former presidents of the association attended the ex-presi dents' dinner at the Fontenelle last night. -The dinner was followed by a meeting of the executive council of the association. Reports of the different commit tees were read at the meeting last night and final plans for the conven tion were made. The first business session of the association will be held this afternoon. The forenoon vHl be devoted to completion of tht registration of members. S. K. Warrick of 5cottsbIuff aim William G. Edens of Chicago, ill be the principal speakers at the meet ing this afternoon. Following the business meeting members of the association will . be conducted through the Iten Biscuit plant and the Sprague Tire and Rubber com pany plant. Speakers at the Wednesday busi ness sessions will be R. F. McNally of St. Louis, John J. Arnold of San Prancisco. A. J. Weaver ot rails City, J. J. Earley of Valley City, N. D., and Attorney General Clarence A. Davis. The Ak-Sar-Ben show, an ath letic program at Fort Omaha, theater and card parties, and dances are fea tures, of entertainment which have been arranged. Two Killed and Two Wounded in FeudTight Between Virginians Bristol, Va., June 1. Feud spirit between the Fee and Berry families of Esserville, near here, found ex pression in a pistol fight in the streets of the town. Robert Fee and George Polly, the latter a member of the Berry faction, are dead; De witt Fee and a baby are seriously wounded and Tom and George Berry are slightly wounded Reports of the struggle said the trouble was started early last week by the Fet brothers holding up and disarming a deputy sheriff, a mem ber of the Berry family. The Berrys promptly armed themselves. Meeting on the streets of Esser ville, George and Tom Berry, father and son. respectively, and Polly, opened fire, the reports state, on Robert and Dewitt Fee. The two brothers returned the fire. During the fight a baby belonging to a dis interested miner was hit by a stray bullet while lying in its crib. Girl Driver of Death Car Held on Criminal Charge St. Louis, Mo., June 14. A coro ner's jury which held an inquest into the killing of Oliver Hagerty, a Forest Park guard, by an automobile driven by Miss Margaret Lawrence, 16, of Columbia, Tenn., this morning held Miss Lawrence for the grand jury on the charge of criminal care lessness, under which a penitentiary sentence may be imposed upon a ver dict of guilty. Waterpower Action Today. Washington June 14. At the White house it was said announce ment would be made Tuesday as to President Wilson's action on the waterpower bit- See Who's Driving NATIONAL SUGAR COMMITTEE FOR CANNING SEASON Special Assistant to Attorney General to Have Charge Of Distribution. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, June 14. Formation of a national sugar distribution com mittee was announced by A. VV. Riley, special assistant to the attor ney general. Mr. Riley said that the committee would - include refiners, importers, representatives of indus tries dependent upon . sugar, and wholesale grocers. ' . The committee is expected to be ready-to; function within the 'next wo weeks. supply of lugar, Mr.. Riley said that he would urge an embargo upon sugar exports. . The sugar distribution committer will devote itself especially to ou viding . a sufficient quantity 1 for thf canning season, there will be a preferential distribution based otfthe essential character of the' industries and other consumers. While the scheme of distribution will be on a voluntary basis, Mr. Riley pointed out that license pow ers under the food control act are vested in the attorney general by executive order and that this author ity can be used if necessary. He said that it was planned to continue the sugar distribution committee for an indefinite period. Republican Women Are Discouraged, Says Mary Garrett Hay By LEOLA ALLARD. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 14. The women of the republican party are disgruntled. After the convention they went home "thoroughly discouraged" as Mary Garrett Hay put it. Mrs. Fletcher Dodyns said: - "The democrats always do more for the women than the republicans. They will at their convention." Miss Hay raised her eyebrows and said: "Its a great chance for the demo crats. Undoubtedly they will take it. I believe they will give the woty en a big chance at San Francisco." And the democrats, wily flirts, have already offered three women of the national republican committee a big salary and a free rein if they will come over and work with them. One of the women is a Miss Collier, who is on the staff of "Life," another is Mrs. Mary Jester Allen of Wyom ing, who is working with the repub lican women's national organiza tion." First Ship Is Kept From Nome by Solid Ice Barrier i Seattle, Wash., June 14. A wire less message from the .teamship Victoria reported" the vessel standing eff and on within sight of Nome, but blocked from land by a great ice bcrrier. The Victoria, which sailed from Seattle June 4, arrived 20 miles from Nome Sunday, accompa nied by the coast guard cutter Bear. The vessel has 500 passengers and 1,800 tons of fresh provisions aboard. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Probably'' showers Tuesday and Wednesday, partly cloudy; not much change in tempera ture. Iowa: Unsettled weather Tuesday and Wednesday Vith probably local thunder showers; not much changa in temperature. r Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m l a. m 7 a. m 8 a. m .A a. m , in a. in 11 a. m 13 noon j.i... TS I 1 p. m H'l M t p. m, 1)0 W 3 p. m 01 SO 4 p. m !)! SI 5 p. m.... DO S3 p. m KS HA T p. m Ml) .89 I 8 p. U,.,Uf.Miil ; 4 i SALARIES PAID ' GAR OFFICIALS MAY BE PROBED Rail Commission May Enter h Into Thorough Investigation Of Assets of Tramway . Company. . Alleged enormous salaries paid to officials of the Omaha' & Council Bluffs Street Railway company may be inquired into, by, the State Rail way commission, it - was indicated yesterday afternoon at, the hearing The eomnany declares it is fihan cially unable to pay more than the present schedule of wages: .The commission yesterday determined it has power "to receive, evidence with reference to the present revenues and operating expenses and general financial condition of the company." Employes claim that salaries as high as $20,000 a year are paiid to high officials. They also point to the fact that the company is now paying 10 per cent dividends on its preferred stock, half of this being deferred cumulative dividends. President Ben Short of the car men's union was on the stand all yesterday afternoon in the federal court room where the hearing is be ing held. He declared that the company, be cause of low wages ind undesir able working conditions, is short handed and that, because- of this, men have to work long hours and, therefore, are not up to high physi cal standard. He said this jeopar dize the safety of the public. President Short, who is a motor man, testified that he starts his daily work at 5:08 in the morning and finishes at 6:03 in the evening with several hours off duty in mict day. He earns $5.48 per day. The men yesterday filed a reply to the company's answer to the union's complaint. The reply as serts that street car service has been impaired and reiterates that a ma jority of the employes favor a strike if wages and working conditions are-not adjusted. It also denies that wages of Omaha carmen compare favorable whh those of carmen in other cities. Hearings will continue this morn ing in the federal building. Shippers Continue Talk Against Increased Rates Washington, June 14. Western shippers continued today to present arguments to the Interstate Com merce commission against the granting of the demands of the rail roads for increased freight rates to yield them an additional $1,000,000, 000 in revenue. H. W. Prickett, manager of the traffic bureau of Salt Lake City, Utah, told the commission that the western transcontinental lines wer : the least in need of increased rev enues. Plots to Assassinate Lenine And Other Reds Uncovered London, June 14. An "anarchist conspiracy" against the soviet gov ernment is reported from Moscow, says an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Berlin, dated Sunday. The plan was to murder Premier Lenine and M. Bucharin, president of the third international, during the May day celebration. When this plan failed, the date of the murders was set for June 21, according to the Berlin account. Live Stock Men to Meet. Chicago. June 14. A three-day meeting of the National Live Stock Exchange will open here Wednes day, Delegates are expected from all large market cities. Among speakers will be Thomas E. Wilson, president of the Institute of Amer ican Meat Packers, 1 PRESIDENT TO BE CHOSEN IN FARJfEST Republican Leaders Planning For Desperate Fighting In Territory From the Missis sissippi to the Pacific Coast. TICKET SATISFACTORY TO CONSERVATIVE EAST Efforts Will Be Made to Break Solid South No Campaign Contribution in Excess of $1,000 Will Be Accepted. By ARTHUR SEARS HiNNING. Chicago Trlhune-Omaha nee Leaaed Wire. Chicago, June, 14. National Chair- man Will Hays today inaugurated the republican campaign o elect Harding and Coolidge at a confer ence with national committeemen firm the western half of the coun try. The greatest enthusiasm for the ticket named by the convention was manifested by those representatives of territory which is conspicuously progressive and was the stronghold of the bull moose party. Chairman Hays was assured by every commit teeman present that Harding and , Coolidge would be popular in the , great agricultural constituencies and . that with, comparatively fw excep tions progressive republicans could be relied .upon not only to support, but to take their coats off for the " ticket. ' Conference Was Important. Mr. Hays' conference with the western party leaders assumed un usual importance because it is fore seen that the territory west of the Mississippi is going to be the big battle ground of the presidential election. The conservative republican tick- -et places the democrats, at a disad vantage in the conservative east to begin with. Pennsylvania and New ' England are regarded as absolutely safe for the republican ticket. There -doubtless will be a fight in New Ycrk and New Jersey. The repub licans -vy il 1 - invade the south,' confi dent of capturing Kentucky and rea- ' sonably hopeful of North Carolina. . There will be a spectacular struggle in Ohio, if the democrats should ; place Governor Cox on their ticket. Bflt in the far' west there will be a 1 far flung battleline stretching from the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean a tremendous effort to hold the western republican state earned by President Wilson in 1916 on the "he- kept-us-out-of-war" issue Fight For Progressives. While appeal to this territory with the argument that republicans are obstructing consummation of the , president's sure panacea for war the democrats will set their caps for the progressive vote by attacking the re publican ticket as reactionary. It would occasion no surprise if Presi dent Wilson should make a concrete . bid for progressive support by in sisting that his secretary of state, Bainbridge Colby, former bull moos er, be nominated for vice president at San Francisco. Progressive republican senators who are intimately acquainted with . Harding are of the opinion that the candidate will quickly disabuse the minds of western progressives of any idea that he is a reactionary. They say that the publication of his record in the senate will go a., long way in this direction and that Harding's utterances in the cam paign will do the rest. They havo excellent reason to believe from the attitude of the farmers toward the rise of radicalism in this ' country that conservatism is going to appeal . strongly to the progressive west in this campaign, particularly in view of the socialistic trend of the demo cratic party under the influence of Wilson and Bryan. May Move Headquarters. With the west the big' battle ground, there is a strong movement for the establishment of the main republican headquarters in Chicago instead of New York. Clarence Miller, secretary of the national (Continued on Pago Two, Column Four Many Federal Employes To Be Retired August 20 Washington. June 14. Betwrcn 4.000 and 5,000 federal employes eligible for retirement on pension will be formally notified within a week of the automatic termination August 20 of their active service. The recently enacted retirement act pro vides, retirement must take place 90 days from its signature and that em ployes coming under the statute must be notified 60 days ahead. The retirement age is 70 for clerical workers and for mechanics. It is estimated that in the District of Co lumbia alone 1,600 government em ployes will be retired. Washington Correspondent Of Bee Visiting in Omaha Edgar C. Snyder, Washington cor respondent of The Bee, is in Omaha for a brief visit, following attendance at the republican national conven tion .at Chicago. He will return to Washington Thursday. Kills Self With Shotgun. Olathe, Kan., June 14. Decidinf to "end it all," Scott Ruddy, wealthy 72-ycar-old bachelor, secured a load ed shotgun, placed its muiale arjainst his left breast and pulled the trigger with his toe. Worry over poor health ,is believed tc have been responsible for Ruddy's act. He owned one of the finest farms Johnson county, II ...... 'i il an