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HARDING TO
STAY ON JOB
AT CAPITAL
Republican Party Nominee
Abandons Vacation Program
- To Devote All His Time to
Planning for Campaign.
" POIN DEXTER AND MOORE
BACK NATIONAL TICKET
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Washington Senator Says
;jhere Is No Danger of In
, dependence of Country Be
ing Bartered Away.
thlco Tribune-Omaha Bee Ieaed Wire.
Washington. June 18. Senator
Warren G. Harding today aban
doned his' vacation program and de
cided to remain in Washington un
til about the middle of July, to de
vote himself whole-heartedly to
campaign planning and party unifi
cation. The senator made this announce
ment: "On account of my household
arrangements and the difficulty of
taking away the workihg establish
ment, such as I have had to create
here, I have decided to abandon my
vacation trip. T shall remain here
until I go to Marion for the formal
notification of my nomination, and
that I believe will be about July 15."
1 The republican nominee has been
giving considerable attention to the
' task of bringing the old Roosevelt
and progressive following into camp.
He has been meeting with gratifying
success and he expects to continue
J" his efforts in this direction next
week. . .
Poindextw Endorses licket.
The" most conspicuous develop
iiients in the way of reuniting the
' party today were declarations for
; Harding by Senator Poindexter of
Washington and Alex Moore of
. , Pittsburgh. ' Senator Poindexter
jVused to be the one real "bull moose
in the senate. More reeentlyhe has
; been campaigning for the republican
nomination for president. His, en
the Hardine-Coolidge
tiCKet was warm aim tmnuauo.iv.
In view of Senator Poindexter's "ir
reconcilability" on the treaty issue,
what he had to say on this issue
rHpd with soecial interest
"There will be no danger under
the administration of these men
Harding and Coolidge -of Ameri
can independence or. honor being
compromised or bartered away,
said Senator Poindexter. ' "They
can be depended upon to promote
the establishment of an internation
al court of conciliation, but at the
same time to protect this country
against the despotism of a super
government, backed tip by' the 'ma
jor forces of mankind," - whether
under the name of a league of na
tions or any other name. Thef ad
ministration can also be depended
upon to resume the policy which
distinguished this country before
the present administration, of pro
4.f;nr th lives and riehts of its
citizens wherever they might be, so
long as they conducted themselves!
honorably and according to the
Moore Strong For Harding.,
"A republican administration un
der this leadership can be depended
upon to restore to its fullest extent
that honor and respect which here
tofore was felt," throughout the
(Continued on Vug (two, Column Tom.)
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Authorities Probe
Mysterious Deaths
Of Two Harvard Men
Catnhridee. Mass.. Tune 19. The
sudden death of two Harvard uni
versity men, both residents of Fall
Tver and inseparable companions
and one an admitted suicide, , were
being investigated by the authorities
today. ...
Th Heaths occurred within a few
of each other.
' The last to succumb was Eugene
-D.,nh31 rnmmins. 23. a student at
the- Harvard dental school. He died
at Stillman infirmary after taking
poison with suicidal intent, accoru
inz to Doctor David Dow, medical
ing
examiner.
Cummins
suicide followed' the
death of his friend, Cyril B. Wilcox,
-a ?i a student in 'the Academic
course at Harvard. Young Wilcox's
t.n4v u-9 found in a cas-nlled room
at his home and, according. to the
medical examiner, his death was ac
cidental.
Five Railroad Men Found
Uuilty Under Levered
Los'Angeles, Cal., June 19. Five
cuilty, 12 not guilty anaya oisagrcc
' s to 14 was th report; re
Ktr the iurv hearing the case
of 31 railroad men tried m the
United States district court here oft
charges -of violation of the Lever
Jl thrmich alleged participation in
the switchmen's strike last April.
""-v-Tostpone Spa Conference
"Paris, June 19. The conference at
Spa between represenianves oi mc
allies and Germany, originally set
fro June 8, and later postponed un
til July 5, will not be held until July
JO, according to tht Echo dr Paris.
Pastors Plan
But Church
Summer Will "Not Be Cut
Many Omaha Clergymen Announce They Will Take
' 1 Rest During Hot Days; Substitutes Will Keep
Congregations Company; Some Districts Will
i . Combine in Union Services. v; '
Omaha churchgoers may well be
gin preparing their Palm Beaches
and other summery things m antici
pation of attending regular church
services throughout the summer
months. s ;
For while some Omaha pastors
plan to bask in cool sylvan vales
during the hot weeks, others assert
the intention ' of preaching their
regular two sermons each Sunday
despite the . heat. Moreover, most
vacancies left by pastors' on leave
vill be tilled by substitutes.
Combined services in open parks
will be held by some churches.
How Preachers Will Rest
Pastors who do not intend to take
vacations have chosen widely varied
locations and pastimes. Some plan
motoring, some camping, some fish
ing and others plan to attend chau
tauquas and conventions.
Rev. Howard C. Whitcomb of the
Calvary Baptist church will take a
camping trip ; through Yellowstone
park. ' ,
Rev: W. M. Jackson of the United
Presbyterian church has made no
definite plans for a vacation, but ex
pects to spend some time fishing.
Rev. Charles E. Cobbey of the
First Christian church .will motor
with his family to the Y. M. C. A.
camp at Estes park, Colorado, where
he will, attend chatauquas.
, He Has a Summer Home.
Rev. Frank G. Smith of the First
fVntral Consrreeational church will
hie himself to his summer home at
Crystal Lake, Mich, to join his fam
ilv which is alreadv there. , He will
CONGRESSMEN TO
TOUR NATIONAL
PARKS 12 WEEKS
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Committee Will Visit Ne
braska on Tour to Inspect -:
North Platte Reclama
tion Project.
Chicago, June 19.-Members of
the appropriations committee of the
house, headed' by Congressman
James W. Good of Iowa, and ac
companied by officials of the re
clamation and national park service,
will leave Chicago tonight on a tour
of national parks and reclamation
rn!it in the. west.
The party expects to be' gone 12
WeeKS. ims is mc mi nine i"
vears that members of the commit
tee have made a personal inspection
nf these districts.
The parks"and projects to be vis
ited are: . ,
Nebraska NortH Platte reclama
tion project v . V
Colorado Rocky Mountain Na
tional nark. '' r
Nevada Newianas projeci.
California Yosemite , National
park, Orland and Klamath projects.
Uregonrater iase par u
Columbia River highway.
Washington Mount Rainier park,
Yakima and Umatilla projects.
Idaho Boise and Minidoka
projects and Arrow Rock dam,;
Wyoming xenowsione par puu
Shoshpne project. j -
Montana Glacier park and Hunt
ley and Milk river projects.
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Prominent Yale and
Harvard Graduate Is
Found Shot to Death
Port Chester, N. Y.,AJune 19.
Henry Humphrey Parsons, Yale
graduate of 1913 and a former Har
vard law student, was found dead
Fridav in the bath room of the
home of Arthur Hogan, a friend, at
Purchase, near here. He had been
shot through -tht head and a revol
ver from which one shot had been
fired lay near the body.
While the nolice declared their
belief that Parsons had killed him
self, bruises on the body which
seemed .. ot to have been self-in-
flirtpn and a blood stained handker
chief found in the room brought
further investigation,
Parsons was employed by a JNew
York law firm. He was of inde
oendent means, according to a
member of the firm.
Carload of Alleged Reds
Deported From New York
Uew York, June" 19. A""carload of
aliens' listed as undesirables and
Smarchists, Recently arrived from
Oregon, California, Idaho and Illi
nois, were deported on outgoing ves:
sels here today. About 40 more from
the same territory are to go next
week, it was stated at Ellis Island.
Maine Delegation on Way.
Boston, June 19. TheMaine del
egation to the democratic national
convention at. San Francisco left
here' today. The party numbered
20. The Massachusetts delegation
will leave in three parties during the
next day ot
Vacations '
Services in
leavefin about two weeks and will
attencrhe International Council of
Congregational Churches in Boston
as a national delegate, on June 29,
before going to the lake. Fishing
will occupy much of his time, ac
cording to members of his congrega
tion. ' "
Rev. T. Delman Kuvkendall, pastor,
of the"? Plymouth Congregational
church and church editor of Ihe
Bee, will spend his vacation in Min
nesota. Robert F. Leavens, minister of the
First Unitarian church, will go on a
camping trip in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, starting in Au
gust. Shorter and less formal serv
ices will be held at his church dur
ing his absence.
Bishops Without Plans.
Bishop Homer C. Stunts will
probably take a vacation, but has
made no definite plans. Rev. Titus
Lowe will also take a vacation, but,
like Bishop Stuntz, has made no
plans. V
Rev. O. D. Baltzly of the Kountze
Memorial Lutheran church will
leave in about 10 days few Winona
lake. He will attend the general
conference of ministers of the
United States during his vacation
also. No evening services will be
held at his church during July and
August.
Rev. Lloyd B. Holsapple, pastor of
the St. Barnabas Presbyterian
rhttrrh. will attend the reunion of the
class of 190S at Yale. Morning
services will be held beginning at
(Continued on Pae Two. Colnmn Two.)
LONDONDERRY IS
QUIET AFTER A
NIGHT OLTERROR
Nationalists and Unionists
Spend Night In Pitched Bat
tle In Which Many Are
Wounded.
Londonderry, IrelandJune 19.
This city spent another night of ter
ror last night as a result of violent
oistol and rifle fiehting between na
tionalists and unionists. There was
a two-hour pitched battle . at the
river side. Comparative Quiet was
finally restored by the soldiery.
Many of the unionists engaged in
the hostilities were ex-soldiers.
The small police force was power
less and the military ultimately had
to, be called out. Comparatively
tranquil conditions were restored by
midnight, although firing continued
several hours more. -
The reports received by the au
thorities during the morning showed
that several men had been wounded.
, Dunne the fray, armed parties of
both factions controlled large areas
in various parts of the city. Ihese
parties stopped all pedestrians,
whom they searched tor arms. -
Londonderry was the scene oi
violent rioting on Saturday night,
May IS, unionists and nationalists
clashing for hours. A policeman
was killed bv the rioters and many
persons were wounded. The rioting
was renewed on sunoay, ana nun-
dreds of troops had to be brought to
the scene. It was not until well in
to the week that the city was fully
quieted down. " " ' -
Gompers Will Take Stump
. Against Republican Party
Montreal, June 19. Samuel Gom
pers, who 'as re-elected president
of the Anferican Federation of La
bor, intends to take the stump in the
national political campaign against
Senator Harding, the republican
presidential nominee, R was learned
today.
Senator Harding i on labor's
"blacklist" and Governor Coolidge
of Massachusetts, the republican
vice presidential nominee, is said to
be equally as objectionable to labor
because of the Boston policemen's
strike. . :
There is no father in most of the
homes where The Bee's fund goes
to help the babes and small chil
dren.
One home where it i-i helping now
has nine children. The mother takes
in washing. Father is dead. The
etrttiro'lii nf thaf little .mnthr-i fl
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monument to the greatness of moth
ers. . .
Scores of little babies are , now
drinking pure health-giving milk
paid for by subscribers to liie Bee's
fund. Are you a subscriber r
If you can help, just send yours to
The Bee office. Put it in an en
velope and address it or else -bring
it to the othce yourseit.
Thi hahirs are. waiting for it. i
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ASK ADVANCE
RULINGS ON
TRUST ACTS
Business Interests Begin Agi
tation for Government Bu
reau to Tell How to Keep
From Violating Laws.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
TOUCHES ON SUBJECT
Member of Trade Commission
Admits His Department Is
Gifted, But May Fail When it
Comes to Clairvoyance.
CMcaco Trlbnne-Omaha lie Leased Wire.
. . , ,V . t- t t in
Wasnington, u. u., junc i.
CSnecial.1 Aeitation for legislation
"to provide machinery through which
business men mav have official as
sistance in determining the legality
of a contemplated .course of conduct
is gaining momentum.
New interest has been aroused in
the subject as a result of the inclu
sion in the republican platform of a
plank recommending legislation
making possible advance rulings on
the question of anti-trust law viola
tions
' The republican platform had the
following to say upon this point:
"We approve in general the exist
ing federal legislation against mo
nopoly ana combinations in restraint
of trade, but since the known cer
tainty of a law js safest of all, we
advocate such amendment as will
provide American business men with
better means of determining in ad
vance whether a proposed combina
tion is or is not unlawful.
To Reduce Prosecutions.
The question has come up for dis
cussion intermittently before con
gressional . committees and at
hearings before .the federal trade
commission. ' Business men have
made vigorous protests because of
proceedings brought against them by
the Department of Justice. or , the
federal trade commission for viola
tions of thejggnti-trust or federal
trade commission acts in cases where
thev suDoosed they were acting en
tirely within the law. There has been
no way in which advance . rulings
could be obtained.
Tust how provision can be made
for satisfactory advance rulings by
such a body as the federal trade
commission is a perplexing problem
W. B. Colver. a member of the com
mission, who has given the question
considerable thought, says that a
ruling in advance is an impossibility
in most instances, tie points out
that no man can say what his con
duct is going to be for the next year
or tor the next montn. runner-
more, Mr. Colver says, it is impos
sible in advance to tell what ettect
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.')
Johnson Breaks Long
Silence, but Only to
Comment onWeather
Chicago Tribone-Omalis Bee Leafed Wire.
Chicago, June 19. Senator Hi
ram Johnson, after-24 hours' so
journ near the scene of his recent
defeat for the. republican nomina
tion, continued his silence today on
the outcome of the republican con
vention. The senator took, an early
mArning stroll o" Michigan boule
vard when a reporter met him al
most under the spot where the big
"Hiram Johnson ( for President"
sign had been hanging during the
convention week.
'Too bad we couldn t have had
this delightfully cool weather for
the convention," said the senator.
"Are you saying anything yet
about the nomination of Harding,
and your attitude toward the tick
et?" the senator was asked.
"Not a thing, was the reply.
At that moment Harold L. Ickes
of Chicago, a Lowden supporter,
and one of the republican progres
sives, came aloncr. Senator jonn-
son erabbed Ickes arm and the
two walked back to the Blackstone.
Later Mr. Ickes said there was no
nolitical significance in his talk
with the California senator.
Weis Exonerated of Part
In Death of Student
Hanover. N.H.. June 19. Erin
T. Weis of Hull. Ala., had no con
nection whatever with the shooting
affair at Dartmouth last Wednesday.
Through a confusion of names it was
stated in the press dispatches that
Mr. Weis had been detained, as a
witness. The man detained ; was
Crile Nicely Wise of Akron, O. Mr,
Weis had not the remotest connec
tion either with the tragedy or the
whisky smuggling which led up
to it.
Nominee's Wife Approves
Harding Campaign Picture
Chieatrn. Tune 19. Mrs. Warren
G. Hardine has personally approved
the picture of Senator Harding
which will be used by the republican
national committee in the coming
ramoaiffn. '
Five thousand lithographs bearing
the picture chosen by the senator's
wife as his best likeness are being
printed. Distribution will start
Monday,
' Passing Show of 1920 1
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REDUCE RANK OF
39 OFFICERS IN
REGULAR ARMY
Men Carrying Title of Major
and Brigadier .Generals Hit
. By War Department
- i ; Order.-
Washington, June " 19. Under a
War department order, 23 officers
holding , the emergency rank of
major general, are reduced to
brigadier generals or colonels, and
16 officers now brigadier generals,
are reduced, to ranks ranging from,
major to colonel. c'
Prominent in the list of major
generals reduced are Clarence R.
Edwards, who commanded the New
England National Guard division
overseas, and who is now com
mander of the northeastern depart
ment at Boston, and Henry T. Allen,
commander of the American forces
in Uermany, wno revert 10 men
rank of brigadier generals.
Others reduced to brigadiers are
Major Generals Omar Bundy, who
commanded a fighting division m
France, and who is now in charge
at Camp Lee, Va.; Charles T. Meno
her, director of the air service;
William S: Graves, who commanded
the American forces in Siberia:
William M. Wright, acting chief ot
staff in the absence of Gen. March
fn Europe, and Samuel D. Sturgis,
commanding at Camn Sherman, O.
Mai. Gen. Tames W. McAndrew,
director general of the war staff col
lege, .also becomes a brigadier, as do
Maj. Gens. Jonn ciaaie, command
ing at Camp Custeti, Mich; W. C.
Kennedy, commanding in Panama;
H. C. Hale, commanding at Camp
Dix, N. J.; David , C. Shanks, com
manding at "Camp Gordon, Ga.;
George W- ,Kead, commanding ai
Camp Jacksdn.'.S. C, and George
Bell, jr., commanding at Camp
Grant, 111. i
Ma . Gen. Henry T. McCain, for
mer adjutant general and now in
command at Camp Devena, Mass.,
reverts to his - prewar rank as
colonel in the adjutant general's de
partment. Maj. Gen. William J.
Snow, chief, of field artillery, is re
rfiired to colonel in that branch,
while Maj. Gen. Grote Hutcheson,
who during the war commanded tne
embarkation camp at Newport
News, Va., and. who now is in charge
at Camp Meade, Md., becomes a
colonel of cavalry.
Among the brigadiers reduced are
William W. Harts who commanded
the Paris' district during the war, and
who becomes a colonelof engineers;
Marlborough Churchill, director of
military intelligence, who reverts to
his rank of major in the field ar
tillery, and Fox Connor, who was
Gen. Pershing'i chief of staff and
who now becomes a colonel.
Two Vermont, Cities Show '
, Decrease In Last Decade
Washington, . June 19. New
Haven, Conn.,, 162,500; Increase 28,
785, or 21.5 P" cent. (
Jefferson City, Mo., 14,067; in
crease 2,217, or 18.7 per cent.
Barre, Vt., 10,008; decrease 726, or
6.8 per cent
Montpelier, Vt., 7,125; decrease
231, or 9.3 per cent.
Annapolis, Md., 11,214; increase
2,605 30.3 pej cent.
Posse Unsuccessful !
In Search for Store
Robbers at Louisville
Plattsmouth, Nb., June 19. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Sheriff C. E. Quirt
ton headed a posse thatsearched un
successfully all day for fcurglars that
robbed the F. H. Nichols store at
Louisville Friday night. Over $500
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packed in suitcases in which they
were carried away. A small amount
of money was also taken.
Members of a train crew reported
seeing three suspicious characters
along the raliroad track and Sheriff
Quinton is of the optnion they are
the men who robbed the store.
This is the third time the Nichols
store has been robbed in the past
year and the third robbery in Louis
ville in the past six months. , On the
last attempt to rob this store Post
master Ossenkop engdged in, a re
volve rduel with the bandits and
succeeded in wounding two of the
three members of the gang, who are
now serving sentences in the peni
tentiary. '
Ten days ago a stone quarry was
robbed of dynamite and police-qre
of the opinion it was used" to blow
the safe in hte Louisville postoffice.
The elass around the door of the
postoffice wa3 cut, but apparently
the burglars were tnghtened away.
Anthrax Kills $2,000
Worth of Live Stock
On Gage County Farm
Beatrice, Neb., June 19. (Special.)
Anthrax has appeared at the farm
of Frank Grabowski, five miles
southwest of Beatrice, where it has
wiped out $2,000 worth of stock dur
ing the past week. This is believed
to b the first' appearance of the dis
ease in this locality of the state for
30 years. Mr. . Grabowski lost 70
head of hogs from the disease, and
it then attacked his ' horses, cattle
and chickens. Animals afflicted with
the scourge died soon after being
taken sick.
Dr. W. T. Spencer, state veter
inarian, and Dr. W. C. Hays, also a
state official, visited the Grabowski
farm and performed post mortems
on some of the animals, pronouncing
the disease anthrax. Steps have
been taken to prevetn the scourge
from spreading.
Geneva Camp Fire Girls
Will Camp Near Crete, Neb.
Geneva, Neb., June 19. (Special.)
Seven members of Camp Haloah,
under guardianship of liss Beatrice
Taborsky, left for Crete for a week's
outing at the interstate meeting of
Camp Fire Girls of Americas, The
following , girls are of the party:
Misses Frances Fiegenbaum. Ethel
Ford, Rose Peterson, Marian Peter
son, Virginia Bumgardner, Lticile
Nicholson and Fay Page. All of tje
girls were at the carnp IKst year and
expect to take advanced honors in
many departments of outdoor sports
this year.
The Weather
Forecast
Partly cloudy Sunday, not much
change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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TURKISH UNREST
NOW THREATENS
PEACE OF WORLO
Lloyd George and Miilerand
Will Confer Today in Effort
To prevent Spread
Of Revolt.
London, June 19. A conference
between Premier Lloyd George and
Premier Miilerand of France has.
hppn arrano-pd for this afternoons
and Sunday at Hythe, which was
the scene of the notable conference
between the two prime ministers in
May over the German indemnity
terms.
The Hythe meeting is preliminary
to the -conference at Boulogne on
Monday, at which France, Great
Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium and
Greece will be represented.
Great interest' is being taken here
in the meeting at Boulogne.
Newspapers remark the state of
the world is more perilous than it
was two years ago.
The Turkish nationalist situation
in Anatolia amounts, according to
several estimates, to the outbreak
oft a new war. Mustapha Pasha,
leader of the nationalists, is said to
be in complete control of Anatolia
with the exception of a small area
held by the British. His forces
4 comprise 37,000 fighting men, who
are well equipped and have abundant
available reinforcements.
What remains of the Turkish
government is declared to be help
less. Additional anxiety has been
caused by the belief that Mustapha
Kemal is acting in accord with the
Russian bolshevik government.
Electrocution of
Grammer and Cole fs
Now Set for July 9
Lincoln, Neb., June 19. (Special.)
The supreme court today denied
the application of Allen Vincent
Grammer, sentenced to death for
the murder of, his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Lulu Vogt, in Howard coun
ty, for a trial by jury as to his in
sanity. I
In addition to denying the ap
plication which came as an appeal
from Howard county, the court re
fuses to suspend the sentenced as
prayed for. This means that unless
the courts further intervene Gram
mer and his companion, Cole, will
die in the electric chair July 9.
$100,000 Verdict Rendered
Against Clothing Workers
Rochester, N. Y., June 19. Jus
tire Adolph . J. Rodenbeck today
handed down a decision sustaining
the; Michaels Stern Clothing com
pany of this city in its suit against
the 'Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of American for a permanent in
junction and $100,000 damages.
Afghan Troops Mobilize"
To, Start WarOn British
London, June 19. A wireless dis
patch from Moscow today declares
that Afghan troops are concentrating
at the Indian-Afghan trontier nv
order to attack the British in India,
PRESIDENT
MAY ASK FOR
THIRD TERM
Intention to Make Race. Is
Indicated by Withdrawal J
Ex-Secretary of Treasury in
Opinion of Leaders.
BLOODLESS VICTORY
FOR TAMMANY HALL
Boss Murphy and Governor
Smith Reach Chicago Primed
To Fight Nomination, But
Meet Agreeable Surprise.
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Chicago Trlbnne-Omaha B LaaMd Wtr.
Chicago, June 19. Charles F.
Murphy, boss of Tammany hall, and
Governor Alfred E. Smith, Tam
rany's complimentary candidate for
the democratic presidential nomina
tion, arrived in Chicago this morn
ing to be pleasantly disappointed.
I They had left French Lick Springs, ,
Ind., all keyed up lor a fight to pre
vent the nomination of William G.
McAdoo at San Francisco.
The first thine they learned on
reaching Chicago was that the fight
was oft, because Mr. McAdoo had
said he would accept the nomination
under no circumstances and that his
decision was irrevocable.
This action' by the former secre
tary of the treasury, whose nomi- s,
nation Tammany did not favor, left
Mr. Murphy with a bloodless vic
tory before he was even half way
to the scene of the projected en
counter. He did not say much
about it. ,
, Points to Wilson,
i "I said to Mr. Murphy and the
goverrior," said M. J. Brennan, aft
er an informal conference at the
Blackstone hotel, "that McAdoo's
withdrawal looked to me like a cer
tain indication that President WiH
son would like the nomination him
self." -
"What did Governor Smith and ,
Murphy say to that?"
"Well, I did not hear either of
them contradict me," said Brennan. '
"Do you really believe President
Wilson is a candidate?" Mr. Bren
nan was asked.
"I do not think then Is any doubt
about it," he -replied. "But I do
doubt the advisability of nominating
Mr. Wilson because of his unfortu
nate physical condition. It is prac
tically assured that the democrats
at San rrancisco will adopt a piat
forrti endorsing a league of nationsV'.
with reservations that do not.de' .
stroy the vitality of the league cove- .
nant. Mr. Wilson is the logical can
didate to run on such a platform.
But he is not a well man and' there '
are a number of able candidates."
Favor Governor Cox
Mr. Murphy would not discuss
politics for publication. . Neither
would Governor Smith, but they let
it be known that they looked favor
ably on the candidacy of Governor
James M. Cox of Ohio.
No formal conferences with the
leaders of the Illinois delegation
were held, but in the conference
with Mr. Brennan, Governor Smith
(Contlnotd on Pag Two, Coloma lire.)
Probe Activities of
I. W. W. in Connection
With' Harbor Strikes
Washington, June ,19. Activities
of the I. W. W. in connection with
the Philadelphia and New York har
bor strikes were under investigation
today by the Department of Justice.
The longshoremen strongly oppose
any I. W. W. part in their labor dis
putes, according to department offi
cial1?. Pamphlets and bulletins printed
by the marine transport workers in
dustrial union at Philadelphia urging ,
continuation of the harbor strike
have reached the department along
with reports that I. W. W. emissaries
would continue their publication in
New York.
Alien members of the I. W. W., ac
cording to the department's interpre
tation of the- new alien exclusion law,
could be deported for unlawful par
ticipation in strikes. The depart
ment also holds that advocacy of sa
botage by an organization renders
alien members liable to deportation.
Editor of Fourth Estate
Dies After Long Illness
New York, June 10. Edwin J.
Heath, managing editor of the
Fourth Estate, and a well known "
newspaper man of New York and
Boston, died last night at his home
in Richmond Hills, it was announced
today. He had been ill several
months. He was born in Jaffrey,
N. H., December 22, 1864. His
body will be . interred there.
Starts "Barefoot Children"
Movement to Lower Shoes
East Orange, N. J., June 19.-vMA
bafefoot children" movement was
started here by Charles R. Steele, a
New York insurance broker, who
hopes to help bring down the price
of shoes. Dr. Edwin C. Broome, su
perintendent of schools, said he fa
vored the plan, , '
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