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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-
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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.
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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,
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