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CARMEN ASK
Probe of Tramway Dispute
Enters New Field When Em
ployes Urge Commission to
Consider Pay, Then Prices.
BOARD WILL ANNOUNCE
DEFINITE POLICY TODAY
Hearing Bids Fair to Result
In Exhaustive Investigation
Into Economic Factors Which
May Have Weight in Award.
The state railway commission, act
ing as a tribuual in the wage con
troversy between union street car
.ntt aurl fhm flmalia anH ('mineil
.Bluffs Street Railway company, will
may enter the hearing.
When counsel for the union at
tempted to show the relative cost of
living and the salary drawn by Ar
thur H. Warren, motorman, the com
mission ruled that such evidence
should not be introduced.
After an impassioned plea by A.
H. Higolow, counsel for the union,
in which he declared "it was not the
duly of the commission to play Shy
lock," hut rather to fix a proper
standard of wages, and asserted the
"commission had no risht to class
human labor as a commodity," the
commission took the ruling under
consideration again.
Announces Decision Today.
A decision will be announced by
the commission this morning. In its
first ruling on the jurisdiction of the
controversy the commission assert
ed its intention of mt entering ex
tensively into the economic factors
of the dispute. There has been no
comprehensive decisions in the past
on which the commission may de
termine its action in this matter,
members said.
J. L. Webster, counsel for the
company, objected to entering the
testimony of Warren regardit his
expenses on the ground that "one
man may be more extravagant than
another?"
"If the cost of living is to be con
sidered the testimony of merchants
familiar with such matters, and gov
ernment statistics should be se
cured," said Mr. Webster. "Then a
general average might be secured.
During the morning sesston of the
hearing John A. Munroe, vice presi
.!... . Um .rtmrianv. said he drew
a salary of $4,000 a year and was at
his desk in the company offices about
five hours a day, part of wmcn ura;
he devoted to personal business.
Seeks to Show Salaries.
He could not estimate the exact
time he served the company, but de
nied that it was less than an hour a
day when questioned by union coun
sel and said he was available to the
company at all times he was pres-
CI1"I am trying to prove that the
company is paying salaries to some
stockholders who are doing little or
no work in lieu of dividends, ex
plained Mr. Bigclow when company
counsel's objections to his questions
were sustained. ,
Motorman Warren said he had
worked 28 davs in January for $149.
26 days in February for $1 Jo, f
davs in March for $121, 26 days in
April for $122 and 27 days m May
t'r $134. He laid off two days m
January when he was "gassed by
'car. but the company paid his full
time, he said.
He reports on his run at 4:21 p. m.
and is through work at 1:12 a. m.,
he said, but has experienced some
difficulty in getting off from work.
Prohibitionists Name
Candidate in Race for
Wisconsin Governor
Madison, Wis., June 16. Lewis A.
Willis. Milwaukee, was nominated
for governor Wednesday at the
sUte prohibition convention. Other
candidates endorsed were: Frank a.
Derrick, Brodhead, lieutenant gov
ernor: 1. A. Berg, Galesville, treasurer-
Mathew Nott, Neenah, attor
ney general; O. S. Ballinger. Bara-
DOO. secrcnij "
Budkner, Narrie. United States scn-
aThe platform declares foi strict
enforcement of the prohibiten laws,
a prohibition administration, suf
frage for women, larger income and
corporation taxes, government mar
keting and price regulation and
suppression of commercialized vice.
Chicago Gas Company Is
Granted Rate Increase
Chicago, June 16. The public
utilities commission granted the
People's Gas Light and Coke com
pany an increase of $1.15 per thous
and cubic feet for gas, with a min
imum charge of 60 cents. The pres
ent rate is 85 cents, The order o
the commission says it costs the
company 6.5 cents to make each
thousand feef of gas. and that the
loss of 11.5 per thousand tinder the
present rate amounts to $10,000 per
day.
Electrical Storms Delay
Telegraph Service in East
New York, June 16. Electrical
storms in the central states Wednes
iu ramrrl a tieurt of the vires of
the Western LTnion Telegraph com
pany and for several hours prevent
ed New York from receiving bass
.ball, racing and other telegraph re
ports, the company announced.
Seme. to a" cities in the east was
badly delayed.
TAMMANY HALL
SPECIAL ON WAY
TO SAN JFRANCISCO
Train Carrying 140 Passengers
Leaves New York for Demo
cratic Convention.
Chiracs Tribone-Omaha nee mm4 Wire.
New York, June lo. The Tam
many Hall special "train de luxe"
left the Grand Central station at
noon today on its 9,000-mile journey
to the convention in San Francisco
and return by way of Canada.
The train consisted of seven Pull
mans, one an observation car, of
luxurious appointments and carried
140 passengers, of whom 53 were
women. Thomas F. Smith, secre
tary of Tammany Hall, was in
charge of the party. Few delegates
were on the special, because is it will
leave San Francisco, returning on
June 30, it is not considered prob
able that the convention, which will
open on June 28, will be over then.
The train is scheduled to arrive in
San Francisco on June 26.
Thirty stops will be made, includ
ing Chicago, Kansas City, Denver,
Colorado Springs and Los Angeles,
on the way to tfce coast. The re
turn journey will be made with
stops at Portland. Seattle, Vancou
ver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal
and Quebec, arriving in New York
July 13.
Before the train pulled out, Mrs.
Smith said:
"There is not a man or woman on
board who does not believe in a
democratic victory next felt. No one
knowns what will be done at the
convention, but we do know that
the results will be more satisfying
than those obtained last week at
Chicago. That was a splendid op
portunity the republicans cave us
and we intend to take advantage
of it."
Nonpartisan League
Of Wisconsin to Back
La Follette 1 Ticket
Madison, Wis., June 16. Wiscon
sin Nonpartisan league convention
adjourned Wednesday afternoon,
after it had endorsed a La Follette
slate, headed by 'Attorney General
J. F. Blaine, for the state primary in
September.
The league also adopted a resolu
tion endorsing the stand on national
questions taken by Senator La Fol
lette. The plaitform adopted includes
planks for the initiative, referendum
and recall, immediate repeal of the
espionage and extradition acts,
scores the Esch-Cummins railroad
bill, leaves the subject of prohibi
tion to be handled bv referendum,
declares for public ownership of
railroads, utilities and packing
plants, for compulsory attendance
of. school children under 16 years
of age and urges the development
of co-operative trade and industry.
The convention decided to en
dorse the congressional candidates
in the fourth and fifth districts in
Milwaukee selected bv labor.
Headless Body of
Woman Found in Lake;
Police Are Mystified
St. Joseph, Mo., June 16. Author
ities have no clue to the identity
of the young woman whose headless
body was found today in a lake
here.
Th body was nude, bound with
wire clothes line and weighted with
iron bed rails. It is the theory of
the police that murder was com
mitted some distance from the lake
and that the body was taken there
to be disposed of. They also be
lieve that the slayers intended to
throw the body into the Missouri
river, but made a mistake as the
river is only 200 yards from the lake
at the point where the body was
found. ,
The police were informed that a
blood-stained automobile containing
stained clothing was found early this
week at Arniour Junction, Mo., 27
miles south of St. Joseph. It is
believed that this car may have had
some connection with the crinre.
Lifebelt Saves Man Who
Collapses From Heat
Sterling, 111., June 16. Overcome
by heat and collapsing into uncon
sciousness while working at the top
of a 75-foot mast, Carl Carlson of
Prophetstown owes his life to the
precaution of strapping himself se
curely to the work. Co-workers
were at a loss what to do to get the
helpless man from the top of the
mast, where he was hanging limp
and apparently lifeless. The fore
man of the linemen with a head line
man. Jack Upton, hurried to the
scene with a rope and tackle. Mr.
Upton climbed the mast, fastened
the rope about the body of the heat
victim and the limp form was low
ered in safety. Aside from being
very weak, Carlson was none the
worse for his unusual experience.
Investigate Overturning
Of United States Eagle Boat
Washington, June 16-Appoint-ment
of a court of inquiry to in
vestigate the overturning of the
United States navy Eagle boat No.
25 in the Delaware river near New
Castle, Del., was announced by the
Navy department. Members of the
court are Capt. O. G. Murfin, Capt.
C. E. Kempff, Commander A. J.
Cantry and Lieut. R. M. Rhuhry,
judge advocate. The inquiry will
be held at the Philadelphia navy
yard.
Indications are that as a result of
the inquiry Eagle boats which were
built at the Henry Ford plant will
no longer be used in deep water.
After Oil Concessions.
Mexico City, June 16. Baron Ta
rikiari, representing Japanese inter
ests, has arrived here, says El Uni
versal, to negotiate for petroleum
concessions in Lower California and
Sinaloa ttate.
LABOR CALLS
ON CONGRESS
FOR ACTION
Federation Demands Measures
To Check Profiteering
Backs Nonpartisan Political
Program of Gompers.
OPENS WAR ON KANSAS
INDUSTRIAL COURT PLAN
Recent Railroad Strike Is Con
demned as "Secessionist
Movement" to Discredit Rec
ognized Organizations.
Montreal, June 16. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor here to
day called upon congress to curb
profiteering, endorsed President
Samuel Gompers' nonpartisan po
litical program, approved the Irish
republic and requested withdrawal
of armed forces from Ireland.
The federation declared war on
the Kansas court of industrial re
lations and antistrike legislation
now before the legislatures in Colo
rado and Nebraska.
The recent railroad strike was
condemned by the federation as a
"secessionist movement" to dis
credit the Vecognized organizations
in the railway service. Any union
giving moral or financial aid to such
walkouts was threatened with rev
ocation of charter.
Congress was also urged by a
vote of the convention to enact leg
islation for fhe absolute exclusion
of Japanese and other Asiatic emi
grants and "picture brides."
Deny Race Discrimination.
A declaration was adopted to the
effect that the federation had never
countenanced discrimination be
cause of race, creed or color.
The federation instructed the ex
ecutive council to call a conference
of all the "interested international
unions" and immediately start a
.lew organizing campaign in the
steel industry. The work of the
national steel workers organizing
committee in organizing 300,500
steel workers was approved.
The cloth hat and cap makers' in
ternational union was ordered to re
linquish jurisdiction over the straw
hat workers by 1921, or forfeit
their charter. The jewelry workers
were also ordered to give up juris
diction over the metal polishers
within 90 days or have their char
ter revoked.
Mahone Exonerated.
W. D. Mahone, president of the
street car men's union, who was
charged by Detroit labor unions
with being "disloyal to labor" be
cause his adult children are stock
holders in a non-union tinshop, was
unanimously exonerated by the
federation.
The question whether the Ameri
can Federation of Labor should en
dorse government ownership or
government control of the railroads
provided spirited debate at the
close of the day's session. Final
actions will be taken tomorrow.
The federation condemned the
practice of strike breakers or strike
guards, in control of private indi
viduals or agencies, wearing the
(Continued on Tbk Two, Column Four.)
Authorities Seeking
Soldier as Slayer of
Army Officer's Wife
Rockford, 111., June 16. Private I
G. C. Peters is being sought by
camp authorities, suspected of hav
ing some knowledge of the killing
of Mrs. L. H. Moss, wife of Capt.
Moss, who died early Wednesday
morning after having been shot in
the back of the head while riding in
the rear seat of an automobile with
her husband and friends in the vi
cinity of Camp Grant Tuesday night.
Peters is one of five prisoners who
escaped Tuesday afternoon while
working on the camp agricultural
farm and is said to have threatened
to get even with Capt. Moss, his
commander. for having made
charges against him at three courts
martial. Sheriff Harry Baldwin and Camp
Intelligence Officer Robert B. Howie
recovered a car stolen from Davis
Junction Tuesday night at Kirkland
late Wednesday afternoon. A wom
an told the authorities of having
seen three soldiers abandon the car
about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning
and start single file in the direction
of the railroad station.
Arkansas Woman to Second
Nomination of Palmer
Little Rock, Ark.. June 16 It wis
announced here that Mrs. T. T. Cot
nam of Little Rock, one of the Ar
kansas delegates-at-large to the dem
ocratic national convention, has been
chosen to address the convention
seconding the nomination of At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
for "the presidential nomination.
Mrs. Cotnam is president of the Ar
kansas League of Women Voters
and has been in charge of the Pal
mer western headquarters for wom
en in Chicago.
Fire Destroys Court
House at Sedalia, Mo.
Sedalia, Mo., June 16. Fire
caused by the flame from a tinner's
torch broke out in the cupola of the
Pettis county court house here
Wednesday afternoon, destroying
that structure and damaging sever;:!
nearby buildings before it was
placed tinder control. Court records
in the vaults were saved. The court
house .'. erected in 1884 at a cost
of $100,000.
DRY FORCES WILL
ASK ADOPTION OF
PLANK AT FRISCO
Will Present Solid Front
Against Cox, Wayne
Wheeler Says.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Brr, Leased Wire.
Washington, June lo. The dem
ocratic convention at San Francisco
will be asked to adopt the same pro
hibition law enforcement plank
which was presented in Chicago,
Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun
sel of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, announced today. This
plank declared "for the effective en
forcement of the eighteenth amend
ment and laws enacted pursuant
thereto as. construed bv the supreme
court of the United States." This
plank was approved by the resolu
tions committee at the republican
convention but was lost from the
platform before it was presented to
the convention.
Mr. Wheeler declared that the
friends of law enforcement would
present a solid front against the
nomination of Governor Cox of
Ohio by the democratic convention.
"Governor Cox is the last hope of
the wets in their program for nulli
fication." said Mr. Wheeler. "Gov
ernor Cox's record makes him an
impossibility if national prohibition
is to be effectively sustained and en
forced. He has served the wets
long and faithfully. He championed
the license law of Ohio, tinder which
he had the appointing power of li
cense boards to build a strong polit
ical wet machine."
Interest in Elwell
Murder Centers on
theC
oman in
ase
New York, June 16. Investiga
tion of the murder of Joseph B. El
well, sportsman and whist player,
who was shot in his heme Friday,
centered Wednesday night upon
"the woman in the case."
In an effort to learn her identity,
Mrs. Marie Larsen, housekeeper for
Elwell, was taken to the district at
torney's office and questioned close
ly. Assistant District Attorney J.
T. Dooling said Mrs. Larsen told
him she had removed n negligee,
slippers and a boudoir cap from
Elwell's room after she found him
with a bullet wound through his
head and that she had hidden these
in a wash tub in the cellar.
According to Mr. Dooling, the
housekeeper said she did this "to
protect the woman."
He said Mrs. Larsen declared she
knew nothing about the woman ex
cept that she was about 25 years
old.
The police theory is that if the
woman who owned the negligee,
slippers and boudoir" cap passed the
night in the house and succeeded in
leaving before the murder was dis
covered, she may have knowledge of
the crime which is expected to solve
the mystery.
May Abrogate Number
Of Commercial Pacts
With Other Countries
Washington, June 16. Twenty
four commercial treaties with other
nations which are affected by a pro
vision in the new merchant marine
act are being closely examined by
the state department. Secretary of
State Colby said that many problems
of a serious nature are involved in
the matter. He indicated that it
might be necessary to abrogate some
of the treaties in their entirety.
Abrogation of these commercial
treaties will make it possible for
congress to impose discriminating
duties such as were provided in the
Underwood tariff law. The Under
wood tariff law provided that cus
toms on goods imported in Ameri
can ships should be 5 per cent low
er than the charges exacted on goods
brought in foreign vessels. This
section of the law was invalidated
by the supreme court which held
that the existence of treaties made
the granting of preferential duties
impossible.
Milwaukee Drenched Under
Heaviest Rain in History
Milwaukee. June 16. Milwaukee
suffered the heaviest rainfall in the
history of the weather bureau
Wednesday when 2.19 inches of rain
fell in a space of one hour and five
minutes. The western portion of
the city was under 10 feet of water
Wednesday night and efforts were
being made by the sheriff's force
to rescue residents from second
story windows. The east side of
the city was flooded in many por
tions and street car service was sus
pended for a time. Trains were
delayed for several hours due to
washouts.
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice
Today The Bee opens its annual
hot weather fund for supplying milk
and ice free to poor families where
there are babies and small children.
' The fight of many poor babies for
life during the sweltering days that
are coming will be a real fight witn
tragic end for some if help is not
given.
Many have given to this fund in
past summers. They are waiting to
continue their good work this year.
There is room for many others.
The Visiting Nurses draw upon the
fund wherever they find families
who need it. So every penny con
tributed actually goes to buy pure
milk and ice ta save little lives.
Can you imagine anything more
praiseworthy or sensible?
The need is pressing. Already a
number of calls have come to the
Visiting Nurse.
A large fund is not sought nor are
large contributions asked. Send or
bring any sum from 10 cents to $5
to The Bee office, ft will be
acknowledged in this column.
PLAN TO BRING
HARDING CLOSER
TO PROGRESSIVES
Prominent Members of Party
I Be Asked to Meet Re
publican Nominee in
Near Future.
Washington, June 16. Plans for
bringing Senator Harding, the re
publican presidential nominee, into
closer touch with party leaders, par
ticularly those of the progressive
wing, were discussed today at a
conference which the senator had
with Walter I". Brown of Toledo,
his floor manager at the Chicago
convention.
The conferences is understood to
have resulted in a decision to send
invitations at once to a number of
prominent progressives asking them
to meet with the republican nomi
nee to discuss the present situation
and the coming campaign. The list
of those to be invited will not be
made public at present.
Friends of Senator Harding said
tonight that the proposed confer
ences would be held before the nom
inee's formal notification which will
be some time after July 1$. The
senator, it was said, hopes to util
ize the views expressed by the party
leaders in the preparation of his
speech of acceptance. While some
of the meetings may be held before
Mr. Harding leaves Washington
Monday, the greater portion are ex
pected to take, place while he is
on his planned vacation.
The visit of Mr. Brown today was
regarded by political observers here
as significant. In 1912 he was
chairman of the Ohio state pro
gressive committee and was active
in the campaign for Theodore
Roosevelt. He was a delegate to
the recent Chicago convention, and
after the defeat in the state primary
of Harry M. Daugherty of Colum
bus, the senator's campaign-manager,
as a delegate-at.large, was se
lected as Mr. Harding's floor man
ager. Think Revenge Motive for
Kidnaping Coughlin Baby
Xorristown. Pa., June 16. Re
venge, not ransom, probably was
the motive for the kidnaping of
Blakeley Coughlin, the 13-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Coughlin, who was stolen from his
crib two weeks ago. according to
a statement by Maj. C. T. Larzelere,
attorney for "the family.
Developments Wednesday, Major
Larzelere said, have led the parents
of the missing child to abandon their
efforts to buy their baby's freedom
and turn again to the police for
aid. He was not at liberty to dis
close the nature of the develop
ments, the attorney declared.
Request Probe of Campaign
Expenditures in Missouri
St. Louis, June 16. W. L. Col",
chairman of the republican state
committee, announced that he ex
pected to call the committee to
gether in a few days with the re
quest that it take up the subject of
presidential campaign expenditures
in Missouri.
The committee at the same meet
ing, he said, should also investigate
the campaign expenditures of the
candidates for United States senator,
governor and other state candidates
to discover whether any of them
have expended money or made any
promises in violation of the state
corrupt practice act.
Pullman Employes Return.
St. Louis, June 16. The 800 strik
ers of the Pullman shops here re
turned to work Wednesday on in
structions from labor union officials.
The strike began a week ago when
the company refused to increase the
wiges of seven lad welders from
72 to 77 cents an hour.
Speaking of Vacations
Begin Arguments for
Appeals in Cases of
Alleged "Wobblies"
Chicago, June 16. Arguments for
appeals in the cases of William D.
Haywood and 93 other alleged mem
bers of the I. W. W., who were
sentenced to from 1 to 20 years each
in federal prison after being con
victed of violating the espionage
act. were begun Wednesday before
Judges Baker, Alschuler and Page
of the federal circuit court of ap
peals. George Vanderveer, counsel for
the defense, declared the indictments
were not specific and said charges
of overt acts were without founda
tion. He said that the indictments
charged the offenses were com
mitted between the passage of the
conscription law . of May 18, 1917,
and the time of registration on Jane
5, of the same year, but that it would
have been impossible to interfere
with the draft between thoses dates
because, until registration, no one
knew the identity of the men in the
draft.
Predict Hot Fight on
Bryan Bone Dry Plank
At Frisco Convention
French Lick, Ind., June 16. Dem
ocratic party leaders in conference
here on candidates and platform
planks to be presented to the na
tional convention In San Francisco
predicted that a hot skirmish would
result if William J. Bryan attempted
to insert a "bone dry" declaration in
the resolutions. As a retaliatory
move it was suggested that a "wet"'
plank might be offered for the con
vention's consideration.
The conference here will probably
end Friday and the leaders will move
on to Chicago, where they expect to
hold further sessions before leaving
for San Francisco.
The New York leaders have not
yet reached a decision on a candi
date to be favored by their support.
Governor Smith, it is said, will re
ceive the complimentary vote of the
New York delegates on the first bal
lot. G. 0. P. Committee Called
To Meet in Lincoln June 21
Lincoln, June 16. (Special.)
The republican state committee has
been called to meet in Lincoln June
21 at 1:30 p. m. to elect a chairman
and other officers.
The new committee consists of
66 members, double the number of
former years, women having been
given equal representation with the
men.
Several persons have been men
tioned for the chairmanship, among
them Charles A. McCloud of York,
N. P. McDonald of Kearney. A. J.
Weaver of Falls City, Frank P. Cor
nick of Lincoln, O. A. Speelman of
Pierce, II. E. Sackett of Beatrice
and George Williams of Albion.
Pensacola Starts Drive On
Rats to Stamp Out Plague
Pensacola. Fla., June 16. Pensa
cola started a rat killing drive today
with a view of stopping the spread of
what local physicians have pro
nounced bubonic plague. Two deaths
have occurred from the disease since
last Friday.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska Unsettled weather
Thursday and Friday; probably
showers. .Not much change in tem
perature. Iowa Fair Thursday; Friday un
settled, followed by showers; some
what warmer.
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PLAN TO SIMPLIFY
ORGANIZATION
Mrs. M. D. Cameron of Omaha
Takes Leading Part in Pre
liminary Work Governor
Welcomes Delegates.
By MYRTLE MASON.
The Bre'i Staff Correspondent.
Des Moines, la., June 16. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Even the auspicious
formal opening of the fifteenth bien
nial general Federation of Women's
clubs Wednesday evening at the
state capitol at Des Moines with ad
dresses from Governor W. L, Hard
ing of the state., and Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles federation president,
did not command more interest than
the real business of the dav.
"Business of the day means," a
council meeting at which reorgan
ization of the general federation
with a view to simplification of the
machinery, was the topic of discus
sion led by Mrs. Robert Burdette of
California, president.
Mrs. M. D. Cameron of Omaha
was one of the speakers; Mrs. John
Slaker of Hastings, state president,
another. Mrs. Cameron made the
point that state and national club
dues must be released.
The Nebraska delegates have not
yet committed themselves on the re
organization report though the ma
jority seemed to favor it.
Election of general federation of
ficers is a topic of great interest.
Miss Georgie Bacon of Massachu
setts and Mrs. Thomas Winter of
Minnesota are the two candidates.
The majority of Nebraska delegates
seem to favor the Minnesota candi
date. Informal conferences have be?n
going on all day and club women
have separated into the specialized
groups. Echoes of the Nebraska
league of women voters' convention
in Omaha are heard on every hand.
Mrs. Margaret Cams of New York
City, who attended, stays Nebraska
is further advanced in the league
work than any other state , with
which she is familiar.
Mrs. H. H. Wheeler savs it was
the best state convention of any
kind she has ever attended.
Mississippi Delegates
Directed to Vote as Unit
Jackson, Miss., June 16. The
democratic state convention
Wednesday selected four delegates-at-large
to the democratic national
crnvention at San Francisco, adopt
ed a rule requiring the delegation to
vote as a unit, but gave no instruc
tions as to candidates. The dele
gates, however, were instructed to
work for planks in the platform en
dorsing the administration of
President Wilson, his work in the
war, peace treaty and the league of
nations.
The delegates-at-large are Sena
tors John Sharp Williams and Pat
Harrison, Representative B. G.
Humphreys and J. A. Tully. Oscar
G. Johnson was chosen national
committeeman.
Inmate of Insane Asylum
Sole Heir to Big Fortune
Topcka, Kan., June 16. Pearl
Lash, an inmate of the state hospital
for the insane at Parsons, is sole
heir to a fortune estimated at from
$259,000 to $.VX),000. it was an
nounced by Malcolm Gray, secre
tary of the state board of adminis
tration, on his return from Illinois.
Iowa and Missouri, where he es
tablished the property rights of the
woman.
Kansas Wants Harvest Hands.
Topeka, Kan., June 16. With the
Kansas wheat crop started, the need
of Kansas for 50.000 harvest hands
was announced by J. C. MnhW.
secretary of the state board of agriculture.
COX CHOICE
OF ILLINOIS
DEMOCRATS
Leaders Think Record of Ohio
Governor qn Labor and Other
Issues Gives Him Advantage
Over Rest of Candidates.
DIVISION OF WILSON
FORCES LOOKED FOR
Part of Administration Men
Expected to Endorse McAdoo,
While Others Will Probably
Be for Attorney General.
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
I'hlraKO Trlhnnf-Omaha Bw Vemd ITIra.
Chicago, June 16. Gov. James M.
Con. of Ohio is developing as tl
teal choice of Illinois democrats wlv
will sit in the convention at i-a.
Francisco. As they view it, the elec
tion will hinge on industrial and
economic problems and the voters
r.ext summer and fall will be mote
concerned in high cost of living and
cognate questions than in the league
of nations.
Cox, according to the local talent,
not only has the advantage of stra
tegic geography, by living in the
same "pivotal" state as Senator
Harding, the G. O. P. nominee, but
his record on measures concerning
labor, the business of government
and social questions, gives him a
long edge on some of the other
democratic candidates. Word today
was that a similar view is taken
by some of the eastern party leaders,
who for the last few days have,
been communing with Pluto at
French Lick.
The Illinois delegation, on the sur
face, at least, is for Attorney Gen
eral Palmer. Shrewd observers say,
however, that this is with a view of
keeping Palmer in the race. It will
be nobody's romp at San Francisco.
The two-thirds rule will attend to
that. In republican conventions, the
nominees are picked by plain, un
varnished majority vote, but to make
democracy safe for the democratic
party, the winner needs to get two
thirds of the delegates' votes to land
on the ticket.
Split Looked For.
Although the administration is ex
pected to control the bulk of the
delegates, a split 1 looked for. part
of the administration men going to
William G. McAdoo, who will sup
posedly be the president's" choice,
and part following Palmer, who was
trotted out some months ago after
a dish of tea at the White house
with Mrs. Wilson and Secretary
Tumulty. So with a view of putting
a padlock on a possible deadlock,
the Illinois crowd will be with
Palmer. But Palmer is not strong
with labor, although labor is one
clement the party will make a
stronger bid for than ever, particu
larly since the American Federa
tion of Labor at Montreal has al
ready made an attack upon the re
publican platform.
The Illinois contingent in general
for weeks has taken the view that
Palmer will not be able to make
the-two-thirds hill. But if Palmer
should block the nomination of Mc
Adoo until after several ballots
have been taken without results, the
insiders figure the time will be ripe
for a drive to shove Cox over. One
problematical phase is how far this
(Continued nn Pare Two. Column Tn-o.)
Conditions Quiet
Following Lynching
Of Negroes at Duluth
. Du,"'h: .June 16.-With the depar
ture Wednesday night of the two
companies of national guardsmen
sent here for not duty, home guards
and naval militia took over patrol
of the district where Tuesday night
mob of 5,000 persons lynched
three negroes suspected of complic
ity in an attack on a white girl
Investigation of the rioting was
imfry to the convening here Thurs-
c ? s!.c,al rand jury- 11 a,s
was stated that Governor BurnquM
would institute a state inquiry.
there were no untoward demon
strations W ednesday and 13 negroes,
all roustabouts with a circus, that
appeared here Monday, were under
guard m the county jail, held in con
nection with the attack on the girl.
J he authorities do not expect fur
ther trouble.
Americans at Marash
Are Reported to Be Safe
Washington, June 16. Americans
at Marash, in Asiatic Turkey, are
safe and in no need of aid, accord
ing to news direct from Marash re
ceived at Constantinople bv mail
and transmitted to the State "depart
ment by cable. Funds necessary
for the American ' colony can he
obtained from the banks in Marash.
the advices said.
Foreigners at Baku are reported
to be still under detention by the
bolsheviki, but Americans there are
said to be unmolested. All efforts
to obtain the release of the for
eigners have been fruitless.
Gary Bank Votes Dividend
Of 14 Per Cent to Employes
Gary. Ind., Itme 16. Emnlove
of the First National bank of Gary
wranesaay were voted dividends of
14 per cent on their sajary. the same
rate as paid stockholders on earn
ings of their holdings. The local
bank is said to be the first in the
country to adopt this plan and di
rectors state that this will be the
policy in the future, with another
Hividerd for employes to be d
dared at the end of the year.
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