THE BEE: UMAHA. MONDAY, JUNE 21. 1920.
WILSON SENDS
HIS PLATFORM
TO CONVENTION
Senator Glass to Be Official
Spokesman for White House
At the Democratic
- Powwow.
(Coatlntied From Pae One.)
tempting to demonstrate his belief
in his restored -powers in some
striking ,jwWtc;inatnfy'
,. Hold Different Opinion.
v 0the other hand .democratic
leaders who had talked' with Sen
ator QIass tonight were convinced
that the president has no thought
of accepting' a third-term nomina
tion: and said they would be greatly
surprised if the convention should
nameJkim. .They were not so sure
that, the convention would not of-
ter mm tne nomination. nut tney
were- certain -that- the president, in
view of his long illness, could Jiot
entertain the thought of seeking re
election. , t
According to -the view held iii
this quarter,- the withdrawal of Mc
Adoo, had nothing to-do with the
situation of the president and was
dictated purely by personal consid
erations. Mrs McAdoo is thought
to have persuader her husband to
retire from politics and the prespecf
of being assailed m the campaign as
the "crown prince" seeking per
petuation of the Wilson, "dynasty"
is bfclieyed to have i had something
to do with the decision.
Those who are convinced that
both' Wilson and McAdno are elimi
nated from consideration regard
Governor Cox as the' aspirant who
occupies the strongest position on
the eve of the assembling of the
convention. They are prepared to
see Cox develop a -majority of the
convention, but whether he can
win the requisite two-thirds ma
jority is the question being debated
last night.
Line Up For Coy
Antiadmiiiistration forces and the
"wet" forces generally arc lining up
for Cox, though he is not the only
string they have to their bow. The
Illinois democrats . favor Attorney
General." Palmer, as do many other
delegations who recognize ' Falmcr
as a. ."regular organization" man,
one vdio would not ignore the' or
ganization in patronage matters as
has been done to a great extent by
Wilson. These Palmer men also
have a friendly feelinfor Cox.,
If the nomination crrrtrifher Palmer
nor Cox should -prove feasible, Mur-.
phy, Taggar.t, the Illinois contingent
and affiliated elements'' of the con
vention will be inclined to line up for
either Champ Clark or Vice Presi
dent Marshall. Ambassador John
W. Davis is not looked upon with
favor by the anti-administration
folks who '.'.ink they perceive signs
that he is the da k horse favorite of
the administration crowd.
"In my opinion, Vice President
Marshall is the man on whom the
convention is destined to compro
mise,'' said former Senator Willard
Saulisbury of Delaware, who passed
through Chicago on his way to San
Francisco. "1 sincerely trust that
there will be no effort put through
by the administration to dominate
the convention."
Another eastern leader said he
thought that Marshal would be the
nolninee and he outlined a vision of
Woodrow Wilson making a su
preme sacrifice in the interest of
party victory by resigning the presi
dency on the score of ill health and
allowing Marshall to make the race
as a president, suekingij'to succeed
himself. ',
Separate Peace Disgrace.
The democratic senators are com
mended for standing with the presi
dent to prevent emasculation of the
treaty by the Lodge reservations
and against separate peace which,
the plank avers, would have dis
graced the nation in the eyes of the
world. Only by prompt ratification
of the treaty without reservations
"which would impair its essential in
tegrity" can the United States re
trieve its reputation among the pow
ers and recover the world leadership
established by President Wilson. "
' Senator Glass, who served a year
as secretary of the treasury, and be
fore that was chairman of the house
committee on banking and currency,
and as such, one of the principal
authors of the federal reserve act,
said that in addition to adopting ,a
strong league of nations plank , the
convention, in his opinion, would
assail with great vigor the record
of the republican congress on taic-i
ation and other economic issues.
"The present congress," he said,
"has failed to respond to the presi
dent's repeated demand that the ex
isting tax laws be revised. Existing
taxes were hastily devised under
pressure of imperative, necessity to
produce a given amount of revenue
for war purposes and their continu
ance in force in peace times can
only result in lasting injury to the
whole people, if, indeed, they do not
accomplish the complete throttling
of our economic life. The republic
ans denounced these war- tax laws
before the last election and they are
now afraid to revise them before the
coming election. They have not
made a single move in the direction
of revision. It is a case of slitcfr
political cowardice." ' -
Wets To Make Fight.
Senator .Glass does not believe
that a "wet" plank will be incor
porated in the platform. It is a
foregone conclusion, in the opinion
of most leaders, that the resolutions
committee will be "dry" and will re
port no "wet" plank. The "wets"
are determined, however, to carry
the fight to the floor of the conven
tion where, administration leaders
believe they will meet with defeat.
"There is a much more favorable
prospect of an Irish plank being in
corporated in the platform," said an
other senator, who will be a mem
ber of the resolutions committee.
"I understand that the president
has notcludedjarr Irish plank in
his recommendation but I think it
safe to assume that the resolutions
committee will approve a plank ex
pressing sympathy for the cause of
Irish independence."
An English inventor's attachment
for automatic pistols loads filled
magazines into the weapons as rap
idly as they are needed.
From Luxury to Prison
Over Card Table Route
W tSq TP1''
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. By MARGERY REX.'
Written Expressly for International News
Servlr. J
"' New Yorkv June 20. '.'Won't you
come into my parlor?' said the spi
cier to the fly "" " -i
Flies always accept the invitation
of the spider, who seems like such
a nice, good, friendly sort. And
flies don't know much about w;ebs
till their poor little feet get entan
gled. '
When the fly sits in the other fel
Jcrw's game he makes a mistake.
Such an error was that of Mrs. Eva
P.. Gleason when she decided to
play pokej... for aniusement and
profit the possibility of -which was
held. out ,td' her by those who invited
her to join their came.
Tuesday njght Mrs. .Gleason. sleptJ
comfortably-hi a-?lU-a-day room at
the Hotel Pennsylvania.
Wednesday night she found a cot
in jail less agreeable.
Blames One Woman.
To a certain day some months
ago, and to a certain woman, Mrs.
Gleaspn ascribes her descent from
the estate of a carefree young
woman to that of one with the law's
heavy touch on her slight shoulder.
In the West Side court, where
Mrs. Gleason was arraigned on
charges of the theft of $1,800 in
gems, preferred toy Mrs. Chester H.
Curry, she shook with sobs, drew
her heavy, tan polo coat close about
her and pulled her fox furs up to
hide her face from sight. Later she
consented to tell something of her
experiences with poker players.
"I have always played bridge,"
she stated, "but a certain woman
said shej, could tell me of a nice,
friendly little game that might be
'interesting.'
Then; Considers Poker. -.;
'T then considered joining these
women poker players.
Everyone warned me, but 1
wouldn't listen to good advice.
The game was fascinating, allur
ing. ." I couldn't stop after I began
it was irrisistiblc.
"I won marvelously at first. Be
ginners often do. They didn't like
that. If you keep on winning they
put you out. -They won't stand for
anyone taking their money away.
They want to get yours.
I was 'unusually lucky. they
want people with money .to come
in, and I had a goodncome, $1,000
a month. If I had ke'pt'on winning
SUCKER STATE
TO BE PEACEABLE
AT CONVENTION
'Illinois Delegation-Prepared to
Follow Lead on Any Project
At Democratic
- - : Meeting.:'.;
, . .By E. O, PHILIPS,; -. : :,.
t'l)icao Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
Chicago, June 20. Illinois will
star - as a' -peaceable party -at -San
Francisco.
; The'delegation is prepared -. to." go
along ' with any proposition or
project that becomes the action of
the-conysntiSjT. ..JtJVytll frfte .its' own
ideas both as to candidate and plat
form. There will be no disturbance
.rajsc.d by the 58 lllinaisans.if things
do not go to suit them.
This goes for the possibility of the
reripmirfation "of." Woodrow- "Wilson
for a third-term. The majority of
the delegation will go the limit in
arguing such a result, . but -it. it must
be, Illinois, just as it did at Balti
more, will be found in the Wilson
column.. . y"
The proposition goes for the plat
form. The delegation is substantial
ly solid for a light wine and beer
plank in the declaration of principles
and the state will be on record for
such a plank in the resolutions com
mittee. Congressman Adolph J.
Sabatlt,.one of the wet Readers on
the floor of the housed" will be the
Illinois member of the platform com
mittee. But if the majority of the
convention is dry, Illinois will agree.
AH of this was indicated sub
stantially tonight as George E. Bren
nan, chairman of the delegation, led
44 of the state's 58 delegates aboard
the de luxe special over the Rok
Island that is carrying the Brennan
I suppose they would finally have
put me out.
jealousy and Fear.
"But the fact of my arrest and
ciher occurrences leading, up to it
have a basis in the jealousy and fear
of a certain:- young, woman I have
known for a time. ( . :; -,
"This woman feared I would tell
a man she loves something about
her that -would make him leave her.
I had no intention of doing this, but
it is a fact that if you know some
thing unpleasant about a person
that man or woman thereupon be
comes your enemy. '
"Well, to go on, she is known to
r.ave said to people that she would
be able, if I talked about her, to re
ply concerning me: 'Why, that
woman has a jail record don't be
lieve her.' ; .
"This enemy of mine is backing
Mrs. Curry's charges against me.
Were it not for her urging the case
would "be dropped." .
Mrs. Gleason lifted her filmy veil
and threw it back over her smart
little hat and revealed the ravages
of a sleeploss night in jail. Her
cheeks were tear-stained, her eyes
hollow and dark. "
Many Shiny Autos.
Outside the door of the West
Fifty-fourth street police court
wood several shiny, nickel-trimmed
limousines. A creamy Pomeranian
toddled up and down beside. one
caf.
On the oaken benches within five
or six fashionably-dressed women
exchanged views on the forthcom
ing case of a former member of
their clique.
All wore the navy blue of the
present mode, several embellished
with slinky sable neckpieces. White
kid 16-biitton gloves were numerous.
On the other hand, Mrs. Gleason
seemed strangely out of place in a
poliac court. Her extremest of ex
treme French shoes, gaudy stock
ings, imported hat of great chic,
heavily embroidered tan coat with
navy serge cress beneath, respend
ent with red-beaded trimming, made
her appear more like a pretty girl
one might notice at a tea table or
matinee.
"I was a stranger," said Mrs.
Gleason. She forgot to add, in par
aphrase, "and they took me in."
One of the women mentioned as
frequenters of the card games, at
Mrs. Curry's and other houses is
the wife of a prominent actor.
party to the coast. Eight cars made
up the train, which rurrs through to
Frisco upon its own schedule. On
the train were 170 men and, women,
including all of the organization
leaders, delegates and alternates and
ward leaders. The Brennan special
will arrive in San Francisco Thurs
day evening.
Perfect harrrtony exists within the
delegation. There will be no at
tempt made to enforce the unit rule
on anybody, and delegates will be
free to vote on any proposition or
candidate as their inclination or
conscience may direct.
Former Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis, who carries the indorse
ment of the democratic State con
vention for the nomination for vice
president, departs for the" west to
morrow night. He will have the
cordial support of the delegation,
as a further development of the ha'r
mony program that was one of the
final political acts of Roger C. Sul
livan's promoting. '
President Huerta i -Of
Mexico Tells of
Break With Carranza
Mexico City; June 20r-Provisional
President De La Hurlet'a told the
story , of his break with Carranza
for the first time Saturday.. He told
newspaper men. that Carranza had
ordered his arrest, but that the offi
cer commissioned to apprehend hirh
refused to obey. v ..-..; -V
"I bore all these attacks patiently
in an effort to preserve peace," he
said, "but when Carranza ordered
Dieguez to attack., gonora with 20,
000 men what els could I do 'but
lead my Sonora troops and repel the
invaders." ':. -. ;;
He informed the correspondent
that the government Vbank, would
have control of the emission currency,-
but that all banks would be
welcome to do business with the re
public. . '
The president said he thought . the
good will-of foreign nations - was
more important now thin any problem.
POLITICAL FOES
SEE WAY TQ RUIN
"FRENCH TIGER"
Expect to Reveal Attitude
Toward Army of Orient and
Orders Halting Advance
On Budapest.
New York Tlme-rhloan Tribune Cable.
" Vopjrrlfht. 120.
Paris, June - 20.- Former Premier
,Clerhenceau's political enemies in
Paris, are exulting over what they
believe to be a definite opportunity
to ruin "The Tiger" at the end of
his long tareer. f
Andre Fijibourg, deputy 'secretary
of the chamber committee on foreign
relations, has notified Premier Mil
lerand and that he is going to inter
pellate on the eastern question and
all matters pertaining to it aince Oc
tober, 1918. - .
The chief purpose of this interpel
lation, according to the French press,
ir to bring to light M. Clemenceau s
attitude toward the army of the
orient and his orders to Gen. Fran
chet D'Esperey, halting the advance
of the French troops toward Buda
pest and Munich.
Politicians here declare that the
investigation may lead to. the indict
ment and trial - of M. Clemenceau
for placing England's interests above
those of France
Make Lefter Public.
Friday morning Le Matin printed
a letter from M. Clemenceau to the
general, made public by Paul Bena
zet of the chamber foreign com
mittee which they say is only one
of a number in a dossier which will
be published during the progress of
the inquiry. This letter ordered the
general to cease the march toward
Munich and changed the direction
toward Odessa, M.; Clemenceau ex
plained his( intentions of using the
army of 'the orient against the bol
shevikf The publication Of this letter was
followed by a leader in the Ceuvre,
headed: "Clemenceau Deserves Well
From England," charging that the
former premier- of France is play
ing England's' game throughout the
operations in the east and that the
English. objected' to a decision of the
war on the eastern theater, which
would put French troops into the!
enemy capitals during the negotia
tions of oeace. aiid that to prevent
this he stopped the march of the
victorious army toward Budapest
and Munich.
Press Bitter,
The attitude of the French press
toward Clemenceau is one more in
dication of the bitterness -of the
feeling that is rapidly growing up
between France and England on the
eastern question. M. Briand has
declared his intention of partaking
in the debate which will follow the
interpellation. His attitude is indi
cated by an article by Bure, former
chief of the cabinet, in this-morning's
Eclair. i
"After the breaking of the Bulga
rian front," he says, "most people
wondered why Gen D'Esperey
didn't make a move to his decisive
victory. One expected a march by
cur troops on Budapest, Munich
and Vienna. . We know today,
thanks to the,. letter published in Le
Matin, that it was Clemenceau who
prevented this. He ordered the
breaking up of the Army of the
Orient at a moment when the most
glorious hopes were entertainable.
"Clemenceau is not, perhaps, al
ways coherent in hia ideas, but he is
very tenacious in his hatred. The
Saloniki army was unbearable to
him, as it was Briand who consti
tuted it, despite Clemenceau's vehe
ment protest.
Supported Kitchener.
"When Lord Kitchener wanted
to recall the British troops belong
ing to it, M. Clemenceau support
ed him fully, even, it is said, serd
ing to London one of his friends
to change the opinion of Lloyd
GcOrge, who was preferring the ar
gument of Briand to those of Kit
chener. Very fortunately, Clem-n-ceau
failed in ,his attempt."
Gen. D'Esperey sacrificed his
army, which had coriijelled Luden
rlorff to asknowledge defeat and
thereafter was destined to work
exclusively for the greater glory
and profit of Englr.i.d. It is not
absurd to hold that all of our mis
fortunes at the peace conference
came from Clemenceau's cruel de
cision. It prevented the fu'lil!
ment of D'Esperey's plan, which
would have completely -altered, our
situation in relation to Germany.
Five Killed During
-Rioting in Ireland
(Continued from Page One.) .
at vantage points and kept up a
continuous fire. Here Edwin Price
was kille as he entered the door
way of the Diamond hotel, where he
lived. The bullet entered his abdo
men, pierced a two-inch door and
finally became embedded' in a wall.
Price served as an embulance
driver in the Uis.ter division through
out the war, having come from
America to enlist. He was waiting
an opportunity. to return to America.
- The military arrived in the center
of the city at about 11 o'clock and
an armored car moved to Bishops
gate, , whereupon , the rioting sub
sided; 'although occasional shots
were, still heard. . 4 ,'
- Tne "unionists left' the neighbor
hood iinginjr and cheering. ,
. . Disorders at Waterloo Place.
There were scenes of wild disor
der also in Waterloo place, a Prot
esant quarter,, where nationalists
for a couple 9f liours stopped and
examined all persons who attempt
ed to' pass. Many shos were fired
indiscriminately, and . several per
sons were injurtd. Automobiles
were also stopped) . the occupants
dragged from the cars and searched.
This rrfob wrecked a number of
shops and appropriated' their con
tents. Flames burst from the drap
ery store ofJames Moore, a union
ist. The fire brigade arrived with
a number of volunteers, some of
whom were, held up and relieved of
their, revolvers. . ,
The troftps were withdrawn from
the"streets at 4:30 Sunday morning.
After -their departure anothere man
was shot, -
W.C.T.U. Facing Big Job to
Kill Romance From World
Chicago Trlbune-Oniah Bee Iaaed Wire.
Chicago, June 20. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union was
instrumental in giving old John Bar-
I leycorn the knockout wallop; but,
according to two popular novelists,
a judge of the divorce courts, a min
ister, an actress and the clerk of the
marriage license bureau, it has its
hands full when it undertakes to
"elevate mating to a science instead
of an emotion."
The opinion of all is that romance
shall not perish from the earth.
"Why, it would put we novelists
out of business," indignantly asserted
Emerson Hough.
"No, no," he continued. "I think
this is just one more instance of the
current hysteria of America. Things
I cannot be changed by resolutions.
The process of natural selection ot
men and women contemplating
matrimony will continue to exist."
Henry Kitchell Webster was more
optimistic. We novelists need have
j no fear," he said. "It will take the
i W. C. T. U; much longer to extract
emotion and romance from mating
than it did for it to put John Barley
corn out of business."
"Just another manifestation of the
'fad habit,' " said Judge John F. Mc-
HUERTA PROGRAM
IS FRIENDLY TO
OTHERJATIONS
Mexican President Outlines
Plans Towards Foreign Coun
triesPetroleum Claims
Not' Retroactive.
Mexico City, June 19. Mexican
petroleum laws based upon Article
27 of the constitution, nationalizing
deposits of oil, which article will be
interpreted liberally, will not be re
troactive, declared Adolfo De La
Huerra.nrovisional president, to
foreign correspondents today. Scnor
De La Huerta spoke freely in dis
cussing problems before the coun
try, being host at a luncheon given
to the newspapermen.
The policy of friendship toward
foreign nations, especially the United
btates, . together with the assump
tion of all legally contracted debts
of the Mexican republic, is a part
of- the provisional president's pro
gram. During the two hours the presi
dent talked with the correspondents,
he answered a rapid fire of questions
with amazing frankness. Once he
had a sudden attack of illness and
was forced to cease speaking for
several moments. The attack which
alarmed the guests came when the
provisional president was talking of
the uprising against Carranza and
hlad. said. orders had been given Gen.
Jaun S. Torres, at Hermosillo, to ar
rest ;De La Huerta, but that when
the general arrived on the spot, he
refused -to obey - the - orders. The
provisional president refused to
leave the table because of his illness,
and in -a few minutes he resumed his
narrative of events. He did not
.throw any new light upon events at
tending the Sonora. revolt, which
spread to all parts of the republic
and finally resulted in the flight and
death of Carranza.
Evacfes Loan Issue.
Asked specifically what he meant
"by "debts legally contracted," the
president replied laughingly:
"Please do not confuse me with
the former president (Victoriano
Huerta) .'although our names are al
most alike."
' With regard to a Mexican foreign
loan, he evaded the issue by declar
ing: , . ,
' "These conversations with for
eign journalists are the first steps
which have been taken in this di
rection. "Mexico faces two problems at
present," he continued. "These are
the economic and military prob
lems. ' Mexico is more completely
pacified now than during the time
of Porforio Diaz. Villa, whose
status is that of a mere bandit, is
not a military problem. Airplanes
are being sent to locate Villa, who,
pursued relentlessly, soon will be
eliminated.
Will Organize Army.
"The organization of the army,
while difficult, will be accomplished
without delay under the leadership
of P. Elias Calles, the war minis
ter." -
Asked regarding censorship of
news dispatches, the president de
clared he had not been aware of
a censorship, and turning to the
chief of staff, Col. Ramirez, he or
dered that the censorship be abol
ished immediately. He explained
the censorship probably was left
over from the former administra
tion. Anti-Saloon League
Chief -Renews Attack
Against Governor Cox
Chicitfro Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, June 20. Wayne B.
Wheeler, of the Anti-Saloon league,
renewed his attacks upon Governor
Cox of Ohio today. Declaring he
cannot sidestep the charge that he
is the wet candidate. Mr. Wheeler
says that Governor Cox's record
shows him to be a "nullification
ist." "All of his friends admit that he
stands for a beer and wine amend
ment," said Mr. Wheeler. "This
is a direct attack upon the eight
eenth ' amendment. It tries to re
peal the amendment by the enact
ment of a law which prevents its
enforcefrnent. This is nullification,
pure and simple.
"Governor Cox's attitude for the
nullication of the eighteenth
amendment by a beer and wine pro
vision, is in direct conflict with
that of Andrew Jackson, who con
demned in the most violent terms
any officer or citizen who attempted
to nullify the federal law.
"Mr. Cox has been elected gover
nor of Ohio by deceiving the people
as to his attitude on this question."
Goorty, ' of the circuit court, who
has heard hundreds of divorce cases
during the past year. "I can only
think that a scientifically mated
couple would end up before'me in
the divorce court."
Dr. O. F. Jdrdan, fMistor")f the
Evanston Christian church, asserted
that there can be no mating vithout
emotion.
"Love is what counts after all,"
he said, "although, of course, the
study of sex hygiene is a good
thing." .... .;'
Amelia Bingham, the a'ctresS, who
has been married oh, so ; many
times threw up her hands. m dis
may. "Science-science ',' she cried.
"There ;is entirely to6 much
science and not enough emotion
why cant people be-natural they
are acting they, are acting,.. acting
all the time, repressing 'the'f emo
tions. What America needs.isto let
emotion rule for a while."
"Let em rave," said Louis C'Leg
nor, chief clerk of the marriage li
cense bureau.' "We're having the
biggest month in our history 3,200
licenses issued in the first IS days.
They talk science all they want to
we'll still be doing business at the
same old stand." .
VESSELS BRING
NEWS OF CLASH
IN FAR NORTH
Seventeen Reds Killed in Bat
tle With Natives of An.a
, dyr, Siberia, Last
January.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leaned Wlr.
Seattle, Wash.. June 20. A band
of nearly 100 outlaws who declared
themselves to be bolsheviki seized
trading posts at Anadyr, Siberia,
and confiscating supplies and stock,
brought down the wrath of tiie na
tives who organized, attacked and
drove off the reds after killing 17 of
their number, according to advice
orougnt to .Nome by the Russian
schooners Behring and Flyer today
and cabled to Seattle.
The outlaws are saicf to have been
led by Michael Mikoff, a former con
vict in the federal penitentiary at
McNeil Island, Puget soudn.
The trouble occurred during Janu
ary. The Flyer and Behring are the
first vessels out of the ice-bound
north this year.
The Swenson-Hibberd . trading
post was the scene of the- first at
tack by the bolshevik brigands. John
Lampe, custodian, protested and
asked for credential's showing the
men were representatives of the bol
shevik eovernment. Mnnn wie nm
duced. Lampe was made a prisoner
but later releaser) Ah nrm fnJ.
- - - - v. j
lowed. Supplies were carried away
ana natives, unable to object and fac
ing starvation, formed an 'attacking
organization and a hattlp fn1
Seventeen bodies wer.e dragged out
on tne ice by the natives, following
the engagement and abandoned. The
Kolchak governor and the radio op
erator at Anadvr -were renorted
killed. Their wives, residents of
Anadyr, were not molested. When
the Flyer and Behring left the na
tives were in control of the situation.
The Flyer brought" word that the
Amundsen expedition is hard and
fast in the ice midway between East
Cape and the Kolymar river, near
Chunal bav. in the samp nositinn it
was reported last March. Amundsen
intends going to .Nome during the
coming summer and thence coming
to the United States on his way
home. He and all his men arp re
ported as 1)eiug well.
LAUNCH IVjlOVE FOR
THOMPSON AS 3D
PARTY CANDIDATE
Society Headed by Negro Gets
Behind Boom of (Chicago
Mayor.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 20. A movement
to make Mayor Thompson the
"third party" candidate for presi
dent was launched today at a meet
ing held in Johnson's hall. At the
same time a three weeks' campaign
of open-air meeetings and moving
picture exhibitions was projected to
rally behind the mavor s candidacy
"the solid Irish and ' negro vote."j
Ihe National Council society, an!
organization of which Hugh Masoh,
colored, is president, and Patrick. H
O'Donnell is national counsellor
and orator, is the organization be
hind the Thompson candidacy.
About 50 negroes, men and women,
attended the meeetinsr. but the
principal speaker. Dr. R. D. Jonas
xA Washington, D. Q.,.was at white
man.
It was made clear that the move
ment to -back the mayor Was "non
political" and part of a general
campaign' to enforce the I3th, 14th
and 15th amendments and incident
ally to free. Ireland, Egypt, India
and the British possessions in Af
rica. ' .'..'"
AH speakers assured their audi
ence that they had good reasons
to believe that the mayor was favor
able ta their movement and at tnt
proper time, and with due urging,
would consent to become a candi
date, i .'.'..'";
It was also announced . that
"President" De Valera of the "Irish
Republic" was favorable to the
movement and that his friends would
support it. De Valera,. it was de
clared, had decided to stay' away
from San Francisco because he
couldn't trust the party in power"
and he was heartily in favor of the
third party, movement.
In eicht vears the nasoline indus
try in Pennsylvania has grown from
practically nothing to a great indus
try. The Keystone State now
stands iourth in the amount of pro
duction. In 1911 less than-7,500,000
gallons of gasoline was obtained
throusrh natural gas gasoline recov
ery plants, but in 1918 the figures
were almost 100 times as large.
Get Out the Old Spade:
You Have a Diamond Mine
Washington, June 20. Get out
the old spade and start digging in
the back yard !
Geologists of the United States
geological survey " have reported
tnat in their opinion there are un
discovered mines somewhere in the
United States. With the South
African mines on the decline, the
iworld is in need of hew bonanza
diamond fields to supply ' the de
mands of an enormous market.
TUROlENACE
IS CONSIDERED
BY PREMIERS
Lloyd George, Millerand and
Uenizelos Fear Serious
Developments in
Near East.
Hythe, England, June 20. While
the question of German reparations
was the ostensible reason for the
hurriedly arranged meeting here of
the French and British premiers,
the Associated Press is authorita
tively informed that the Turkish
situation thrust itself into the fore
front of their discussions today.
The experts on the indemnity, aft
eh long consideration of the matter,
were ready to present their advice
on this important subject. The
Greek premier, Venizetos, however,
who was anxious to safeguard the
Greek gains through the treaty, ap
peared, upon the scene last night.
He called on Lloyd George and
M. Millerand at this morning's con
ference, prepared to act in behalf
of the allies in repressing the ac
tivities of Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
Turkish nationalist leader.
It is learned that M. Venizelos
contended that the 10 Greek' divi
sions already in the Thrace and
Smyrna districts constitute the only
force immediately available for ef
fective operations against the Turks
but insisted that these operations
shall be confined to purely defen
sive measures. It is recalled that
the allies in asking the Gre'eks to
occupy Anatolia, exacted the prom
ise that they not operate beyond
the peace treaty boundaries.
New Conference Today.
It is understood that M. Venizelos
today met with allied refusal to as
sume any responsibility, should the
Greeks exceed this limitation, but
the refusal was softened by the as
surance that there was no intention
on the part of Great Britain or
France to advocate modification ot
the Turkish treaty.
Premier Venizelos will . proceed
with Premiers Lloyd George and
Millerand to Boulogne, where ihe
six-nation conference will begin to
morrow, j
Some light may be thrown on the
Persian negotiations at London at
the Boulogne conference. This is
indicated by the fact that Edward
F. Wise, who represents Great
Britain in the economic councils
dealing with M. Krassin, the bol
shevik minister of, trade and com
merce, wa present at the afternoon
conference-of the premiers. "
, In the. morning Premier Venizelos
had a conference with Field Marshal
Sir Henry H. Wilson, chief of the
British staff, and Marshal Foch. The
execution of the Turkish treaty was
discussed and it is believed tliat most
cf the proposals submitted by M.
Venizelos were approved.
An official statement issued this
evening disclosed that the discus
sions had to do entirely with Ger
many. The statement says that the
French government accepted the
suggestion of Great Britain that the
rate at which Germany was carry
ing out the clauses of the Versailles
treaty relating to disarmament was
profoundly unsatisfactory.
To Urge More Speed.
The two governments, therefore,
agreed to recommend to the inter-allied
confertnee at Boulogne that
British military advisers should be
instructed to submit proposals aim
ing at acceleration of the execution
of the clauses of the treaty dealing
with German armaments, men and
material.
Serious developments in the Near
East seem to be the occasion of
the hurried convention of the Hythe
conference with the Greek premier
M. Venizelos, according to some of
the London and Paris papers. It
is asserted that the British cabinet
has accepted the offer of M. Ven
izelos of the Greek army to assist
the British troops against Mustapha
Kcmal's nationalist forces, and it is
suggested that the Hythe confer
ence with the military experts is
for-arranging details of combined
operations. . '
The news from-Malta of the con
centration of a powerful British
fleet in these waters and the dis
patch of fresh reinforcements to
Constantinople appears to bear out
these statements.
Eight Arrested in Alleged v
Crap Game in Edwards Hc'.al
Eight men were arrested at the
Edwards hotel, Sixteenth and
Davenport streets late last night
when the police raided an alleged
crap game in the basement of the
hotel.
George F. Wiglee, clerk at the ho
tel, was charged with keeping a dis
orderly house. The others were
charged with being inmates. Those
arrested were W. C. Wendt, 3015
Jackson street; Henry Woltman,
1701 Davenport street; Ed Moore,
Edwards hotel; A. P. Davis, 1707
California street; F. Jureen and R.
H. Upach, 523 South Twenty-fifth
street, and Frank Dunlap, 623 Narth
Seventeenth street.
18-Year-0ld Boy Arrested
For Noisy Celebration
Alleged by the police to have been
a bit previous in his celebration of
the Fourth of July, Frank Kondas,
18 years old, 2043 Harney street, was
arrested by Detective George Sum
mitt last night charged with disor
derly conduct.
Kondas had just thrown a bunch
of lighed firecrackers into the street
at Thirteenth and Douglas when he
was arrested. Complaints had been
received by the police that boys had
been throwing liehted firerarkers at
ladies' feet.
WEAVER'S BODY
TO LIE IN STATE
AT ELKS HOME
Funeral Services for Secre
tary of Ak-Sar-Ben to Bo
Held Tuesday After- '
noon.
Fniferal services for J. I). Weaver,
secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben. for , 14
vears, who died early Sunday morn
ing, will be hold in the KIks club
rooms at 2 Tuesday afternoon. The
services will be conducted by the
Rev. T. H. Jenks and Chaplain
Brown. The body will lie in state
in the Elks cluf) rooms from 10 un
til 2 Tuesday.
Active members of the board of
governors of Ak-Sar-Ben will , act
as honorary pallbearers. Interment
will be in Forest Lawn ceinetwy.
Mr. Weaver, ior many yiars a
resident of Omaha, and for 194years
connected with the advertising de
partment "of The lice, died at 12:30
Sunday morning, the result of an
apopletic stroke last Tuesday noon
while he was taking lunch with Mrs.
Weaver at their home, 411 South
Thirty-third street.
Mr. Weaver, among friends, was
known as "Dad." For many years
he had been prominently identified
with various business interests in
Omaha. He always was a strong
booster for a better Omaha and was
a member of a number of the prin
cipal civic organizations.
He was born in ' Evansville, O.,
July 5, 1850. During the civil war
he tried to' enlist and when he failed
to pass the required examination he
enlisted in a drum corps and as
sisted in recruiting campaigns. Early
in his life Mr. Weaver took tip
newspaper work.
Had Paper In Peoria.
In 1876 he went to Peoria.
Charles T. Lambert, writing in a
Peoria newspaper last year, had the
following to say of Mr. Weaver
when he appeared in Peoria on his
first visit: "While Weaver was com
paratively young at that time on
the sunny side of 40 he was a rep
resentative of the old-time printer-editor-advertising
hustler class.
In the month of March in
1877 Buz Weaver again appeared in
Peoria. This time he was with S. R.
Henderson and J. W. Clifton, carry
ing a sack of assorted type. They
set up the cases in the second floor
of 108 North Adams street and on
April 7, 1877, the first number of the
Saturday Evening Call fluttered be
fore a ravenous public clamoring for
a new varicty of mental pabulum."
For a number of.years the Saturday
Evening Call grew and prospered,
but in 1881 Mr. Weaver left , the
paper. '
Thes pirit of determination with
which Mr. W'eaver'tackled all enter
prises always brought success. This
spirit of determination was cultivated
1 i i ,. ,
in ins eariy youui, wnen ne nearu
the first-call of love, as told in an
interview with Mr. W;eaver, pub
lished some time ago in The Bee:
"It was in the spring of 1876." he said
renminiscently." I was conducting a
newspaper in TerVe Haute, where
Louise and I kept company four
years.- She .was the best waltzcr that
side of Danville. HI. .
' Then He Tells Parents.
"On a bright Sunday afternoon in
early spring we were out. for a ride
in a phaeton when I just up and said,
'We have been going together for
quite a long time; don't you think we
ought to get married?'
" 'Pa and ma are agreeable,' she
replied. So we drove over to her
home and I was taken into the par
lor. Then I Said 'Louise
and I have decided to get married
soon. I talked with her parents just
as if I was going to sell advertising.
Well, we were married in her home
on April 13 and went to the Cen
tennial exposition in Philadelphia
for a trip."
While he never held public office
in Omaha. Mr. Weaver was a can
didate in 1912 for city commissioner.
He is survived by his widow and
two daughters, Mrs. R. E. Hayvvard
and Mrs. Guy Smith.
Hotel Proprietor Is
5 ho F in Protecting
Daughter From Guest
Thlrago Trilnine-Omuha Bee I.eaetl Wire.
White Hall, 111., June 20. William
Bowcn, proprietor of the Bowen ho
tel, was shot and instantly killed
today while in the aft of rescuing
his daughter from an attack by a
guest, John Caldwell, who turned
on Bowen and shot twice. Caldwell
came here from Ohio about a year
ago and is one of the committee rep
resenting the striking employes of
the White Hall Sewer Pipe and
Stone Ware company. He gave him
self up to City Marshal Coulee and
was taken to the county jail at Car
rollton. Coroner Carmody held an inqtieh
within two hours following the shoot
ing. The evidence showed that Cald
well had been attentive to Bowen's
daughter and was forcing his atten
tions by entering a room occupied
by her. Her cries attracted the at
tention of her lather, who forced an
entrance just as Caldwell drew a re
volver and fired twice. One ball
entered near the heart and the other
his right side. Bowen fell dead.
The Bowen fainib has resided here
for 14 years, and practically all this
time has been engaged in the hotel
business.
Little is known of Caldwell.
Five Members of Cabinet
Will Attend Convention
Washington, June 20. Five mem
bers of President Wilson's' cabinet
will be in attendance at the demo
cratic convention at San Francisco.
They are Secretary of State Colby,
Secretary of Agriculture "Meredith.
Attorney General Palmer, Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels and Post
master General Burleson.
Secretary of War Uakcr, Secre
tary of Interior Payne, Secretary of
the Treasury Houston and Secre
tary of Labor Wilson will remain
in Washington.
Secretary ' Colby is a delegate
from the District of Columbia, hi
selection having caused consider
able resentment among some of
the local democrats who thought
his ritizenshio here was open 10
question.
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