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CONTEST DN
"JIM" REED
AT FRISCO
Action of Fifth Missouri Dis
trict in Restoring Senator as
'Delegate, Expected to Start
Warm Battle.
y .
MAV establish status
OF WOMEN IN PARTY
Recommendations to Fix Def
inite Place of Suffragists in
Organization Are Taking
Concrete Form.
San Francisco, June 20. A con
test over the seating of United
States Senator James A. Reed of
Missouri as a delegate, and rec-
. 'nmmendations for a separate change
' ' . r
in party law so as to estaonsn nen
nitely the status of women in tilt
party organization probably will
come before the democratic national
committee at its meeting here next
Friday preparatory to the national
convention, party executives said
today.
It -a as also announced that At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmei
would leave Washington for San
Francisco tomorrow and that Unit
ed, Stites Senafor Carter Glass,
prospective chairman of the conven
tion resolutions committee, would
arrive iiere Wednesday. Gov. , Ed
ward I. Edwards of New Jersey
is expected to arrive Friday or Sat
urday. "" .. ... .
The Reed contest possibility de
veloped today when it was learnea
the senator had been restored as
a delegate at a convention of Fifth
Missouri congressional district del
egates yesterday.' after his name had
been thrown ouf arid his place de
clared vacant by a' state convention.
The question is one of jurisdiction
between, the state and district con
ventions. Contest ImporAnt.
Senator Reed's antagonism to cer
tain policies of the administration
will make any contest in his case
"cne of tremendous i importance, ac
cording to leaders here. There are
36 delegates from Missouri.
Until yesterday, the only contest
. - " t was that involving the 28
u., .cia delegates, whose adherence
is claimed both by Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer and by the fac
tion of the party headed by United
States Senator Hoke Smith and
Tom Watson. On the result of this
contest will atso,depend the right of
Clark Howell, 'oldest member in
point of service on the national com
mittee, to bt renamed to. that post.
Howell is for Palmer. The Smith
Watson faction is advancing W. C.
Verenn. who was named on the com
mittee by a state convention which
was bolted by the Palmer adherents,
who maintained that Howell shoul
continue. '
It was pointed out that Attorney
General Palmer, who is a member of
the national committee, could act as
his own counsel in this contest if he
cared to do so.
Acoustics of Hall Good.
The recommendations to establish
definitely the status of women .in
the party still were in a formative
stage today.
National Chairman Homer &.
Ciimmings. Vice-chairman J. Bruce
Kromtr, National Treasurer W. W.
,V-.rsh of lov.a and National Com
r.Mi:."0in:;n Norman E. Mack of New
York headed a party which tried
out the acoustics of the municipal
liiiditoriiim vesterday.' Today ney
uniKMi ucl the test had beensuc
ccssfnl in every way "and that an
nuncir.lors similar to those used at
the recent Chicago convention woutu
be used only for roll calls and other
routine. In view, of the improved
acoustics since the auditorium has
l -o'i prepared for the convention,
thev declared-, the formal speeches
could be heard without any , ampli
fying device being utilized.
Contest in Oregon.
Portland, Ore , June 20. There
will he a contest in the Oregon dele
gation to the democratic national
convention it became known today.
John L. Schuyleman of Portland
and R. R. Turner of Roseburg will
present rivaj claims for the seat to
which the late U.-i. rsaiawm ui
..,,fV. Folic o plected.
Schuyleman bases . his claim on
the fact that he received in the pri
mary the fifth highest, vote for dele
gate at large, with four to be elected.
Thedeath of Baldwin, he contends,
entitles him to the place. The dem
ocratic state central committee de
clined fo concede this claim and has
selected Butler as the fourth dele
gate at large.
Paris Artists Parade
v Streets Dressed t in
Overalls and Aprons
w York Time-Chlc;o Tribune Cable.
CewriKht. 1980.
Paris, June 20. The artisticvorld
of Paris amused.-itself today with
an overall parade. "Forty of the best
known Parisian-, potts, prose writers
and actresses invaded almost all of
the fashionable resorts clad in blue
jeans, and aprons, like plumbers and
icullry maids.
In the morning, they promenaded
in the famous Avenue'Des Acacias in
the Bois. lunched aft the Ermitage
restaurant, took tea' at Claridge
held a reception at the Maison Des
Journalistes, and from midnight till
2 in the morning, had a ball at Olym-
-fpia, at 'which only those wearing
blue jeans were admitted.
Although much - of today's per
formance wis only good feeling, it
il likely to have in effect in popu
iurizing these cheao summer suits. '
Police Chief Eating
Off Mantle, as Result
Of Bolt of Lightning
Chicago Tribaae-Oraaba Be Lcaueet Wire.
Clearfield, Pa., June 20. As the
result of a little experience with
lightning, Chief of Police McHenry
Is eating his meals from the mantle.
Caught in a sudden rainstorm
while near a Pennsylvania railroad
siding, the chief ran for shelter un
der a convenient box car. Shielded
from the downpour, he sat orNa rail
and yajted for the storm to pass.
A lightning-bolt struck a telephone
.wire, several hundred yards distant,
communicated to the rail, and a ball
of fire as big as a keg of beer shot
down the track. McHenry was
thrown unconscious into a field be
side the cr. The cool rain falling on
his face revived him and he made
his way home The seat of his
trousers was singed, but aside from
the necessity of spending most of
his time on his feet, Chief McHenry
is little the worse for his experience.
IWOlilGDlN
RACE RIOT OVER
BURNING OF FLAG
American Sailor Among Vic
tims of Outbreak in Chicago
"Black Belt" Negro Po
liceman Wounded.
Chioa.ro Tribune-Omaha Baa Itemed Wire.
Chicago, June 20. The burning
of an American flag started a race
riot on the South Side tonight that
in its first stages cost4he life of an
American' sailor and another white
man, the wounding .of a negro po
liceman, and serious - injuries to
Others.
The availabfe police of three sta
tions were rushed to the scene of
conflict Thirty-fifth street and
Prairie avenue. Chief of Police
Garrity left his office to take com
mand of the situation, and took
with him Chief of .Detectives
Mooneyand his rifle squad..
The policeman shot is James B.
Owens, negro, who was wounded
in the abdomen.
The rioting began with some 200
members of a negro society -who
planned to go back to Africa. TJiey
were on their way! to a meeting.
They paraded west in Thirty
fifth street, and built a bonfire in
the" middle of the street, in front
of a cafe. Into this some one
hurled an American flag.
The crowds gathered, negro and
white. There were threats and
jhouts, and the brandishing of guns.
Jackies Take Part.
Another flag went into the flames.
And then Policeman Owens and a
whitei)atrolman rushed up. The ne
groes crowded about, threatening,"
jeering, surrounding the two men.
A party of jackies pushed through
the crowd, indignant at the sight of
the burning flag. ' '
"I don't know just how it hap
pened," said James W. Osborne, a
spectator, "but suddenly Owens drew
his gun and there was a number of
shots. Then everybody scattered,
it seems except the members of the
negro society."
Nearby was an automobile filled
with rifles, it is. said. The negroes
made a dash to it and seized the
guns. ' ' N
The policeman fell at the first vol
ley. t The sailor dashed for protection
into the United -Cigar Stores shop
on the corner. He was unarmed
Three of the negroes, it is said, I
ran to the door of th shop, took
aim and fired.
The chauffeur of a- taxicab stand
ing on the" corner was fired upon by
another of the negro band. The
bullet missed him, went through the
windshield, and sent showers of
glass all over. . ' '
The other man killed -is Joseph
Hoyt, 59 years old. He was i the
clerk in the, United Cigars store.
He was killett in the same volley
tVt killed thtf bhiejackeet.
Ordered Out Reserves.
When Chief Garrity arrived . he
ordered out all the reserves , of
eight police stations, v
An investigation Avas begun im
medately. It was found that the
organization which burned the flag
composed of Abyssians. J hey
had with them on their parade their
own flag red, yellow and green
with a lion rampant on one side of
it.
The police that poured, into the
.territory had hard work to keep
the great crowds moving. Thou
sands of negro men and women
surged about the place where the
jacksy and the pther dead rrfen lay,
and about the Entertainers' cafe.
There were threats onall sides,
and sullen glances. The police
feared it would lead to a recurrence
of the race riots of last year with
theii' heavy toll of whiti and negro
dead.
Woman and Babe
Barely Escape Death
In Mystery Shooting
Police are- unable to explain the
origin of four shots which were fired
near the home of C. A. Krell, 2224
Lake street, late last night.
The shots were fired from a .32
caliber revolver, it was learned when
an examination revealed that one of
the bullets had lodged in the frame
of a bedroom window of Krell's
home. Mrs. Doris Vogelsberg. a
tfaughter of Krell's, her husband and
Clifton, their five-day-old son, were
in bed in the room. N
If the bulled which lodged inv the
window frame bad gone a few inches
to the right, it would have shattered
the pane and undoubtedly would
have struck either Mrs. Vogelsberg
or the baby. ' v
Police scoured the neightjrrhood
near the tionicbut were unable to
ascertain the origin of the shots.
FIVE KILLED
IN RIOTING
IN IRELAND
AbouKlOO Other Are Injured,
Many Seriously, Pur'ing
Fresh Clashes of National
ists and Unionists.
MILITARY CALLED OUT
TO QUELL OUTBREAK
Many Persons Suffering From
Minor Wounds Taken Home
Without Treatment Single
Shot Precipitates Trouble.
Londonderry, June 20. Five per
sons were killed, 10 others seriously
wounded, several of them probably
fatally, and about 100 others were
less seriously injured during a
period of rioting in this city Satur
day night. The fighting was accom
panied by several attempts at in
cendiarism, one of which resulted in
the burning of a large store.
The rioting was a continuation of
Friday night.-eVisorders when nation
alists and unionists engaged in
clashes for several hours and the
military had to be called out.
An unrecorded number of per
sons buffering from minor wounds
went home without receiving treat
ment. Among the wounded are sev
eral shipyard workers with bad
gunshot wounds.' .
The military,' fully equipped, had
taken positions at the head and foot
of Bridge street, which is the, na
tionalist, quarter, and on Fountain
street, the unionist quarter. An ar
mored car was . drafti up at Car
lisle road, between tnse localities.
Nevertheless another night of terror
followed.
Continuing Two Hours.
From shortly after 9 o'clock until
11 o'clock randemonium reigned. A
shot fired from que party into a
crowd of rival partisans developed
with ominous speed into violent riot
ing. The nationalists did not. seem to
be so well provided with weapons as
their opponents, but they maintained
a vigorous defense.
In the erly stage of the battle,
two men' were shot dead in Long
tower street and a number of per
sons, including a baby in arms, were
wounded. -' . , "- 1
In the midst of one melee a man
.who knotked down a small boy was
chased by an angry mob of men and
women. He sought shelter in the
City club and-insistent demands for
his rejection being ignored, the mob
stoned the club.
A large crowd assembled in the
nonresidential quarters in the cen
ter of the city where fierce fighting
also occurred. Two girls were among
the combatants here. Before the
mijitia arrived the mob flared to
greater intensity and the fire became
so hot that people were seen to be
crawling along the ground to. places
of safety.
Unionists Gain Control.
1 Gradually the unionists gained
control of the entire district in the
center of the city, chasine the na
tionalists into their own locality.-In
their retreat the latter fired into the
Masonic hall, the windows of which
were broken.
The unionists posted small groups
(Continued on Pag Two, Column Four.)
Sister Denies Report
Former Mrs. Astor Will
Take Up Life in Reno
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
New York, June p. Miss Cath
rine Force indignantly denied in
most emphatic terms today the re-;
port emanating .from Reno, Nev.,
that her sister, Mrs. Madeline Force-Astor-Dick,
had leased a house in
the Nevada city in the hope of es
tablishing a domicile in that state
'aitd was to take up her residence
Ithcre this week.
iaV
Absurd, ridiculous and malicious.
wci the way the sister of the widow
of CoK John Jacob Astor character
ized the f,tory. '"It is absolutely un
true and has not the slightest basis
of truth in it. Mr. and Mrs. Dick
at present are opt on their boat to
gether or they would deny the story
themselves.
"I have no idea who would. start
such a malicious story. There is
no one, to the best of my knowledge,
who would wish to do cither my sis
ter .or Mr. Dick any harm. There
is a possibility that the dispatch
from Reno relates to some' other
Mrs. William-K. Dick, although I
do not know of anyone else of the
same name."'
Ro)t Suggests Plan for
World Court of Justice
The Hague, June 20 Among
plans for the creation of an i inter
national court of justice suggested
to the commission of lurjsts now en
gaged in working ouf.the project is
one by Elihu Root, former American
secretaryof state, whfch provides
that one panel of nominees for places
on the court be chosen by the assem
bly of the league oK nations, in
which all the powers are repre
sented, and another panel by the
council of the league of nations," in
which only the great powers have
places. The judges thei would be
seated from the two panels. .
Begin Btra Session Today.
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Mexico City, June 20. Both
houses -of -congress will begin in
' "Mraoramary session on Monday
for .thc purpose of reorganizing.-.
Miss Margaret Wilstin
Forced to Borrow Dime
From Bus Conductor
New York, June 20. Miss Mar
garet Wilson, daughter of the' presi
dent,, discovered she was "broke"
while riding on a Fifth avenue bus
recently and borrowed 10 cents from
a conductor to pay her fare, accord
ing to the current issue of Bus Lines,
the bus company's periodical.
She mounted the bus and proffered
a coin to P. G. Lynch, the conductor
He looked at it and remarked:
"I'm sorry, Miss, but this is
penny, not a dime.""
The young woman searched her
purse and then, embarrassed,' said:
"I'm afraid 1 must get off, that
penny is all I have."
"Remain where you are," the con
ductor replied, who was unaware of
her identity. "I'll be glead to lend
you 10 centsT'
She accepted his offer and took his
name. A few days later he was sur
prised to receive a note written on
White House stationary and signed
"Margaret Woodrow Wilson,"
thanking him for his courtesy and
enclosing a dime.
EXPEGTARREST
OF WOMAN FOR
ELViELL MURDER
Chain of Evidence Tightening
Around One Responsible for
Death of New York
' Sportsman.
Chtcago Tribune-Oman lee Lead Wire.
New York, June 20. fhe arrest of
the girl who sent a" .45 calibre bui
let through the brain of "Joseph
Bowne Elwell, society man, and in
ternationally known as a brfdge
whist expert, is predicted withjn a
few hours.
The police have absolutely aban
doned the theory'' that the weapon
that snuffed out the life of the
wealthy man in his home a week ago
Friday wfs in the hands of a man.
According to a story told today by
one of the detectives familiar with
the case, every move made public by
the police for the last five nays has
been one of camouflage.
The police, so far Vis . lias been
made, have been" purposely working
away from the murderess in order
that the woman who they claim shot
Elwell would rest secure in the im
pression that the law's tentacles
were grappling in another direction.
The motive for the coldblooded
shooting of the popular manabout
town has been known to the police
for the last five days. It is, accord
ing to the plain clothes men, jeal
ousy. ' . ' ' ' 1 , ' ( ; , ."' '
The killing is the crime of a wom
an scorned, a woman so crazed with
love that she knowingly destroyed
the object of the affections when
she realized that she had been
brushed aside for another and nw
er conquest.
That is the theory the police, ac
cording to the detective, . have held
for the last five days. The clews
that lead detectives to Kentucky and
other states and toward men and
other women, have ben mere cur
tains hung infront of the .real
guilty woman in order that she
might bask in assumed safety, and
figure herself beyond all suspi
cion. i
"When an arrest is made," said the
detective, "we wish to have the links
of evidence so welded that nothing
can part them. . We are determined
not to have in the motive a weak
Ifnk that will part the chain.
"The woman in the case became
violently infatuated with the hand
some butterfly. He paid her marked
attention for a time. Then a new
interest came into his life. The old
love, if there had been such a thing
on his part, was forgotten. . He
turned to a young woman in New
York. The scorned woman followed
him here. She learned of Elwell's
attentions to his latest conquest. She
remonstrated with him. He laughed
it off.
"Then she learned that Elwell had
begged his wife to divorce, him that
he might marry the young New
YorkVoman, Desperate, the woman
shot him to ptcvent the woman at
the other point of the triangle from
having him. That's our story. That's
the theory on which the arrest will
be made."
Bolsheviki Assemble for Drive.
Warsaw, June 20. The bolsheviki
are reported to have assembled SO
divisions for the ' mid-summer drive
against Poland, which military ob
servers consider to be now infull
swing, the reds attacking at various
points along a 1,200 kilometer, front-
Life of Presidential
Nominee Far From
Flowery Bed of Ease
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee I-eaaed Wire.
Washington, June 20. Trials of a
presidential nominee have been
broug'.it home to Senator Harding
every day since he was nominated at
Chicago. Here are some that he
has had to contend with:
Having his negro cook interviewe3
as to what he has to eat;
' Having "Elder" John Sims', the
colored barber, who prayed for him,'
interviewed on the text of the
prayer;
Having a cigar named after him
without knowing its qu&lity;
Having to explain to prohibton
ists how he happened to own three
shares of brewery stock;
Havng to buy presents for chldrcn
named after him;
Having phtographers spoil your
drive on the golf links;
Having women reporters .write
Mr.s- "aramK ore- Tilea
Tg'oves when she came home after
the
iionn
laving
oniination;
g to act pleasant to the fel
low who always mij: "I iust want
ed to shake your haiu' '
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MAN UNO WOMAN
?i!!.f..W'r.?!l!
otnlUUdLT HUrkl
IN AUTO WRECK
Robert C. Martin 'and Made
line Nugent Dangerously
Injured When Car Hits
Street (Jar. .
- Madeline Nugent, 30.W . North
Twentieth street,, and Robert C.
Martin, vice president of the Mutual
Live Stock Commission company,
630 Park avenue, were seriouslyi in
jured at Twenty-sixth and LeaVefi
worth streetsabout 11:30 last night,
when the automobile In which they
were riding collided with a . west
bound Leavenworth street car.
Martin and - Miss Nugent were
driving east on Leavenworth street,
and the accident oceuring when
Martin turned his car to the left in
an attempt to pass an eastbound
street car,' according to witnesses.
His machine was traveling at a spe4
of about 35 miles an hoar, witnesses
said.
. Martin's car struck the front end
of a west-bound streef car, which
was just ahead of the east-bound!
car, throwing . him through the
windshield and against the street
car, it is said. . Miss Nugent. was
not thrown from the ' automobile
whicJi was an enclosed car, but was
badly injured from the force of the
collision and was severely cut by
the broken glass.
She was taken from the automo
bile in an unconscious condition by
B. Kruger of Hastings, Neb., and
rushed. to: the Nicholas Senn' hospi
tal. Her throat was badly cut, her
left Jeg was fractured and her right
hip was dislocated. It is also
thought that she may have suffered
concussion xof the brain. Her con
ditio is serious, but it was an
nounced, at the hospital early this
morning that, her 'injury probably
would not prove fatal.
v "Martin was taken to the hospital
in the police emergency cir. He 'suf
fered serious scalp wounds, internal
injuries'of the' chest and his tongue
was lacerated so badly that it was
necessary to . take several stitches.
His condition is not critical, it is
said. N
Man and Wife Are .
Arrested as Suspects
fc-$40D Robbery
Vic Fuller aud his wife, Clara,
2420 Cuming street, were arrested by
detectives yesterdayand- are beying
held by the police for investiga
tion. Thcir arrest was the result
of a complaint made by C. P. Jitfey
of Southwick, Wyo., who was ar
rested yesterday morning on a
charge of intoxication, a
Riley was confined.'to the city
jail after his arfest.. A short time
later, after the"vffecta of the, drinK
ing had worn ; away, he explained
to the police that ne had met Fuller
at Sixteenth and Douglas streets
yesterday morning and had been in
vited to Fuller's house. While
there he was fobbed of $4)0, he
said. t, - '' ' 0
Second Case of Plague
Discovered in Galveston
.
Galveston. Tex., June 20. A sec
ond case of bubonic plague has de
veloped here. Dr. W. F Fox of the
United States public! health service
announced:' 'The victim. ancsrcss is
under scrum and vaccine treatment.
The first victim, a 17-ycar-old boy,
died last Wcdcnsday v , ,
Long Distance Driving
(Copyright, 1930. ly th Chicago Tribune.)
Chicago an kills
FAMOUS" GANGSTER
WITH HIS OWN GUN
"Jimmy" Buttons Meets Fate
After Wounding Wife
Of Saloonkeeper.
Chiraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire.
" Chicago, June 20. "Jimmy" But
tons, gangster, maukiller and no
torious thug, thief and erook who
"has worried the police 'for years, is
no' longer "with us. 'He stepped
away last night when Stephen
Doniinick. a saloonkeeper "back of
the yards," wrested one of Buttons'
own pistols away from him and
killed him with it.
Buttons had just shot the wife
of the saloonkeeper in the face be
cause sUe advised him to go home
to his wwfe and 3-week-old baby
Before she could finish the, sen
tence, Buttons drew one of the pair
of revolvers he always carried and
shot her in the forefiead. She
crumpled at her husband's feet and
Dominick sprang over her ' and
tackled the killer. In the struggle
Buttons dropped the revolver with
which he had shot the woman, but
reached for the other one. Dom
inick, however, beat him. to it and
pumped two bullets into Buttons
at close range. He was a perfectly
good corpse when the' police ar
rived. MrSi Dominick was hur
ried to a hospital, but there is scant
chance for her recovery.
Buttons had a record of having
shot and killed two men in open
battle. Both his known victims
we're killed while he was holding
them up in the street and in. both
cases, although . the evidence was
clear, he was acquitted. .
Man Meetsx Slow Death
' Hanging From Roof of
One-Story Building
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 20. Hang
ing head downward from the edge
of a roof, on which he had been
working, Harry Dibblcr. of Wall, a
suburb, was found dead last evening.
Evidently the man had undergone a
slow and agonizmgy death,' with no
one to hear his cries for help.
Dibblcr had been engaged to com
plete the work of the .roof of a build
ing recently constructed near his
home. Indications were found that
he had lost his balance on the slop
ing roof and slid off. The building
was only one story high, and if Dib-
bler had fallen to the ground it was
unlikely that he would have been
injured seriously, but as he toppled
over the edge his foot caught in
some false work and he was held
fast, unable to extricate himselfand
drop to the ground or to swing him
self upward and grip the eaves. If
he shcnited for aid, nobody heard
him. When he did not appear at his
home at the close of the day a
search was made and the lifeless
body was found suspended. How
long it had been hanging thus, there
was nobody to say.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska Showers Monday;
Tuesday partly cloudy; not jnuch
change in temperature.
Iowa Showers Monday ', Tuesday
partly cloudy; not much change in
temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.'
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a. ni.
a. m.
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BAREFOOT THIEF
PLUNDERS TV0
HOMES SUNDAY
First Attempt to Rob Fails
When Father' and Son,
Heavily Armed, Chase
' Prowler. : '
A "barefoot" burglar made his
first appearance in "two Omaha
homes early yesterday morningand
was routed from both places.
The soxless thief was discovered
in the home of Dr. John R. Nilsson.
1325 North Thirty-third street.
shortly after 2:30 a. m., after he had
gained entrance by using a "jimmy"
on a dining-room window.
Dr. Nilsson, who, a few minutes
before had received a telephone call,
heard the window crash. He aroused
his son, John, a high school cadet.
The boy armed himself with his
army rifle and the doctor got r. re
volver. They advanced cautiously
down the stairs where the thief was
ransacking the house. He ran out
the kitchen door and made his es
cape in a waiting automobile which
was driven by an . accomplice.
Find Footprints.
Dr. Nilsson discovered an im
print of a bare foot 'below the win
dow' where the thief entered. The
burglar also had unloosened all of
the electric light bulbs on the first
floor to prevent being seen in case
he was discovered in the house.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Rich, 1132 North
Twentieth street, was called upon
by the "barefoot" burglar shortly
before 5 a. m. Sunday morning.
The thief was frightened awav by
Mrs. Rich's screams of "robber." He
carried away a pir of trnuers and
a blue shirt. The thief gained en
trance through a "front window.
The thief was in the act of loot
ing their bedroom when Mrs Rich
awokts Her husband chised the
thief from the house who escaped
in the darkness. .
Mrs. J. S. Lavat, .Fort Wavne. X.
Y., lost $2 and a railroad ticket to
Seattle while riding on avstreet car
near the Union depot, according to
a report to the police.
Steal Man's Watch.
Thieves mysteriously gained, en
trance to the room of John John
son. Fargo, N. D., in the' Palm hotel
"by unbolting the door and carried
away a gold watch valued at $40.
Boxcar thieves broke into a
freight car- near, the Chicago &
Northwestern freight depot, Fif
teenth and Webster streets, and
hauled away 19 automobile tires.
Burglars who attempted to enter
the grocery store of I. Cazala. 2702
South Tenth street, by sawing theW'P on the situation by friends of
iron Dars on a cenar window were
frightened away by pedestrians. The
thieves left an auger and a bolt
clipper behind.
Nebraska Democrats
To Leave Wednesday
For San Francisco
L.
Lincoln, Neb., June 20. The Ne
braska delegation to the democrat
ic national convention will leave
for San Francisco Wednesdav
morning. A carload will be made
up of those, delegates and alter
nates who are aligned with the
Bryan faction party in the state, to
gether with their friends. W. J.
Bryan, will join the party at Ogdcn.
Utah. Supporters or Senator G. M.
Hitchcock will occupy another coach
on the same train. The Nebraska
party expects to reach San Fran
cisco the evening of Friday, June 25.
PRESIDENT
SENDS PLANK
TO FRISCO
Senator Glass of Virginia to
Be Official Spokesman for
White House at Democratic
National Convention.
PRESENTS PEACE PACT
AS PARAMOUNT ISSUE
President Keeps Attitude'
Toward Nomination Secret
Condemns Reservations to
League's Cpvenant.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING,
Chlrnno Trlhiine-Omnha He leaaed Hire.
Chicago, June 20. While the po
litical breezes were wafting west
ward more straws indicating that
President Wilson is willing to run
for a third term in the White House,
United States Senator Glass of Vir
gfnia, fresh from a 40-niinute con
fcrence with the president Saturday
afternoon, passed through Chicago
tonight bearing the Wilson platform
to San Francisco.
' Senator Glass, wbo is slaicd for
chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, received from the president
his draft of the league ( of nations
and other planks the democratic na
tional convention will l e asked (re
incorporate in the platform. With
the president's parting instructions
as to the attitude Mr. Wilson de
sires all friends of the administra-
tion to take on the party issues,
Senator Glass goes to i the conven
tion as spokesman for., the White
House on. all platform questions at
least.
The Wilson platform presents the
peace treaty as the paramount issue
of the presidential election and con
tains a;,leagne of nations plank of
the president's authorship, denounc
ing "reservations which would im
pair" the "essential integrity" of the
covenant. The president's platform
contains no "wet" plank, no Irish
independence plank aad no plank
favoring a soldiers' bonus.
Keeps Attitude Secret.
If Mr. Wilson confided his a'tti-,,
tilde toward the nomination to Mr.
Glass, the senator is keeping it
secret. He admitted tonight that he
denied they had touched on' the
question of candidacies.- and pro
fessed to be as much at sea as any
one concerning the nomination. v
Senator Glass was accompanied by
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Joiiette Shouse, one of the original
McAdoo boomers, who also con
fessed himself "up in the air" on the
situation.
The only certainty, in the opinion
of Mr. Shouse and other McAdoo
boosters, is that the president's foii-in-law
is definitely out of the reckon
ing and will not be considered by the
convention. In this connection it
transpired that Daniel C. Roper, for
mer commissioner of internal rev
enue, who was going to the "con
vention to handle the democratic
job holder's forces in the interest of
McAdoo, cancellPd his reservations
in' San Francisco last Saturday. .
night, ' j
Speculation on the reason for Mc- '
Adoo's withdrawal was more ani-j
mated than ever following the' ar-
rival of Washington officials to
night. Some democratic leaders are
convinced that nothing could have
caused McAdoo to eliminate hirm
self save the desire of his father-in-law
to take the nomination for. a
third term. They viewed the act
of self abnegation a sure, sign that,
a dutiful son-in-law was clearing
the way for the convention to turn
to Mr. Wilson as the political savj-.
or of the democratic party.
Playing Politics.
to these leaders the failure of the
president to remove himself from"
consideration in his New Yorlt
World interview bulked large with
significance of Mr. Wilson's will
ingness to acceht rcnomination.
rheyUhink the president is plaving
masteVly politics to achieve cither?
rcnomination or a dramatic and im-1
pressive vindication at the hands of
his party. They foresee the con
vention deadlocked and turning in
stinctively to Wilson, whereupon
the president will either accept the
honor or decline it in a message to
the convention on the ground of
physical infirmity.
One of the significant bits of new
Drougnt irom Washington is that
the president had himself jhoto
graphed at the White House on Sat
urday in various poses, standing
and walking, to demonstrate his re
covery or pijysical vigor. This Jiv
tellisence was rmnmunir-itoH oe -j -
as
uit yicMucnc 10 men wno will e;
in control of large delegations in
the convention. It was accepted .11
further proof that the president is
looking tor renomination and wa (
pronounced particularly significant
by Washington officials who have
talked with Mr. Wilson within '.he
last fortnight and have been ' im
pressed with his belief that he has
practically recovered his physical
vigor. It has been known for some
time that Mr. Wilson considered
himself stronger than his physi
cians pronounced him and has been
restrained with difficulty from at-
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Wire Worm Is Damaging
Corn in Saunders County
GcoigeA. Olson of Wahoo was
a visitor at the local live stock ma'r
k.'t Saturday with a mixed load of
cnttlc and hogs, and lie told of the
'lew menace to eruwinu torn, the
i irc worm, which he said was caus"
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