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The Omaha Daily Bee 4 VOL. 50 NO. 3. 0,4 M'CLOUD HEADS & 0. P. COMMITTEE York Man Elected at Lincoln Meeting by Almost Unani mous Vote. Following Effort By Omahan to tafeat Him. SENATOR H. E.SACKETT NAMED VICE CHAIRMAN Women Attend Conference for First Time and Will Be Given Equal Representation on Executive Committee. Lincoln, Neb., June 21. (Special Telegram.) Charles A. McCloud of 1 ork was elected chairman of the republican state committee at the meeting of the committee held at the Lindell hotel this afternoon aft er the state oJticers, upon request of the committee, had recommended the York man for the plr.ee. H was given authority 4o select his secretary and executive committee the latter to consist of one man and woman member from each congres S'onal district. No other candidate was proposed. hobert Smith of Omaha attempt ed to block the election of Mr. Mc Clond, insisting that' he would not be able to hold certain elements in line for the ticket. Vote Almost Unanimous. . C. N. McElfresh of Columbus sui ported the contention of Mr. Smith and said that there were 9Q0 members of the farmers organiza tion in Platte county who would not support the ticket of Mr. McCloud was chosen. George W. Sbreck of York. K. H. Rankin of Beaver Citv. A N. Dodson of ' Wilbur, O. G. Smith of Kearney and several oth ers spoke in favor of the election of McCloud and when th motion was put it was practically unani mous, but a very "few noes being heard. Omaha Woman Named. Senator II. E. Sackett, one of the leading progressives of the state', was made vice chairman and Mrs. Draper Smith of Omaha, second vice 'chairman. T. L. MatheWs of Fremont was elected treasurer. Fifty-six of the 6Q.membcrs of the committee were present either in person or by proxy, 15 of them be ing women. The women from Oiiiha were Mrs.. Draper " Smith, Mrs. William Berry. Mrs. John N. Baldwin, Mrs. F, V. Carmichacl and Mrs. Z. T: Lindsey. ; McAdoo Denies Rumor He Stepped Aside to Make Way for Wilson New York, June 21. William G. McAdoo, in a statement tonight, de clared his announcement that he would not permit his name to be presented as a candidate for - the democratic presidential .nomination had no relation to the political in terview with President Wilson, pub lished the day before. He declared he knew nothing of the interview until he saw it in print and that the president knew nothing of his with drawal until after notice of it had been published. A The statement follows: "In order to set at rest absurd minors and speculation which have been published to the effect that my letter of withdrawal had some rela tion to the president's World inter iew. or carried a concealed ..pur pose, I .wish to say, first, that I knew nothing whatever of the president's interview until , I saw it in the pa pers and, second, that the president knew nothing whatever of my letter of withdrawal until he saw it in the nil lie prints" Pair Hurt in Auto Wreck - Still in Criitcal Condition Robert C. Martin, vice president of the Mutual Live Stock Commis sion comoany, 630 Park avenue, and Madeline Nugent, 2023 North Twen tieth street, who were injured at Twcnety-sixth and Leavenworth streets Sunday night when the auto mobile in which they were riding collided with a street car,, still are in Nicholas Senn v hospital in critical condition, according to reports iv,, ceived from the hospjtal early this morning. There has oeen a slight improvement in the condition of Martin, it is said, while Miss Nu gent's condition remains about the same. Omaha Police Aid in Search For Girl Lured by Movies Police are seachiptjtor Buford Black, IS years old; daughter of Charles Black of Winner, S. D., who, it is believed, may be in Omaha on her way to Los Angeles. Cal., where she hoped to become a movie stat. The girl left Winner Sunday to vis it atthe Tiome of a cousin at Greg ory, S. D., according to her uncle, B. J. Barker, who came to Omaha yesterday to search for her. She did not arrive at her cousin's home and her parents became alarmed. Warrants on Profiteering Charge Out for Sugar Barons Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21. Warrants based upon complaints is sued at Pocatello, Idaho, recently charging Heber J. Grant, president, and sixt other officials of the Utah Idaho Sugar company with profited, ing in sugar were received here by United States District Attorney I. If. Evans , The Idaho charge declared the company sold at $23 a 100-pound sack of sugar which cost but $9.50 to produce , Fpt.r.d Sm-CUm Mitt.r Ma, 21. Omaha P. 0. Uuw Act l Mirth York Man Selected To Manage Nebraska Republican Campaign Charles A. McCloud. 'SUNFLOWER GIRL' OF NEBRASKA SEEKS DIVORCE Daughter of Former Lincoln Postmaster and Friend of W. J. Bryan Tells of , Chilled Love. , Cincinnati, O., June 21. (Special Telegram.) On allegations of ne glect, Mrs. Margery Foster, Hotel Sinton, formerly of Lincoln, Neb., sued for divorce from Attorney Amos Foster, of this city, in do mestic relations' court here today. The husband offers to pay his wife $75"7t month for the support of their child, 8 years old. The case is con tested particularly as to alimony. Mrs. Foster, who told the court she was a "brilliant writers a poet and a musician," said they ran away from Lincoln, Neb., to Covington, Ky., February 25, 1908, and were secretly., married. They separated one year ago. She alleged lhat although her husband's income was over $15,000 a year, she was left "in absolute want." She testified that Attorney Foster had appealed to her as an. "athletic hero."" He was a coach at the University of Cincinnati before he began the practice of law. She said her father was a post master in Lincoln, Neb., and an inti mate friend of William Jennings Bryan. They met when Foster coached the University of Nebraska foot ball team, she said. "I was known as the "Sunflower beauty of the state of Nebraska and was rated among Nebraska's most beautiful women," Mts. Foster testified. She said her parents op posed the marriage. Her troubles began shortly after the ceremony, she said. She alleged her husband did not "give me a smile" for years, She said stories related by her hus band were very "smutty" and ex-N tremely objectionable to her. She al leged that for six years her husband (Continued on Page Two, Column Six.) Strike Situation on Eastern Railroads Is Now Undetermined , - Philadelphia, June 21. Striking railroad employes claimed large ad ditions to their forces and complete tteup of the lines entering this city Within 24 hours. On the other hand railroad officials issued optimistic statements m contradiction to the strikers' claims. The strikers declare nearly 4000 men are out. The railroads reported marked improvement in the situa tion in the freight yards. In a statement the Pennsylvania railroad said in the three shifts to day only 1,101 failed to report . for work. Officails of the Reading claim only 400 of its men are out, while the Baltimore & Ohio reported a "negligible" number quit. Strike leaders denied the walkout was due to ..radicalism and misrep resentation. They declare the de lay of the railroad labor board in adjusting their grievances is the cause. "Elimination" Candidate Is Leading in Minnesota St. Paul, June 21. A close con test for the republican gubernatorial nomination was indicated in first returns from today's primary in Minnesota, while returns from the democratic contest were not suffici ent to judge its status accurately. One hundred sixty-four precincts out of 3,195 in the state gave J. A. O. Preus, "elimination" convention choice, 10,944 votes, "and Dr. Henrik Shipstcad, endorsed by the national Nonpartisan league, 9,293. Most of these precincts were in St. Paul and Minneapolis. - Premiers Will Demand ; German Disarmament Boulogne, June 21. The confer ence of the premiers will tonight or tomorrow send to Germany a letter demanding execution of the clauses of the peace treaty relating to dis armament. The letter is understood to refuse permission to Germany to maintain an army of 200,000. Former Empress HI. The Hague, June 21. The former German empress is reported in a tery serious condition and the for mer Crown Prince Frederick Will iam has been called to her bedside, I9M. at 3. II7. PAYNE SIDES WITH POSTAL EMPLOYES Secretary of Interior Will Ap peal to Cabinet to Prevent Retirement of Efficient Clerks Under Pension Law. 50 IN OMAHA ARE LISTED FOR SUMMARY DISMISSAL New Ruling May Be Made After Burleson Returns From Convention, Second Assistant Postmaster General Says. - Summary retirement of 50 Omaha postoffice and railway mail clerks, announced wtihout warning last week, is due to a conflict of legal nninions among office holders at Washington, according to informa tion received from the capital last night. I For years, civil service employes I of the government 'have sought to i procure the enactment of legislation .providing for a pension for disabled ! or superannuated government serv j ants. Surh a law was recently passed. Buf: just as Uncle Sam's faithful were breathing a sigh of re lief and showing a smile of hope, Postmaster General Burleson or dered that every man of retirement ape be separated from the service, whether disabled or not. ' The result is that many railway mail clerks and postoffice employes in Omaha are to suffer a loss of em ployment, een though they are well able to continue their duties despite their years. 1 Carry It to Cabinet. While Postmaster General Burle son has taken this drastic step. Sec retary of the Interior John Barton Payne, specially charged to enforce the nension aw. declares that there should be no wholesale pensioning of employes, but that only those un able to fulfill their duties should be pensioned. Edgar- C. Snyder. The Bee's staff correspondent at Washington, tele graphed last night as follows: "In contrast to the, action taken by the postmaster general, Secretary of the Interior Payne has given out the substance of a report, which he will make to the members of the cabinet when they all get together again after the ?an Francisco con vention, to the effect that heads of government departments shall de termine what employes, eligible for retirement, shall remain in the gov ernment service. "Secretary Payne is' quoted, 'It is necessary, I believe, to determine in each case whether the employe is disqualified by his, age. My re port recommends that each depart ment head be required to ascertain and certify whether the' person in question should be retained.' May Change Ruling. "It was upon a ruling by Attor ney General Palmer that Mr. Burle son issued his order. Second Assist ant Postmaster General Praeger said today that every man eligible for re tirement will be retired August 22, but that fcfter Postmaster General Burleson Teturns from the demo cratic pow-wow and has a change to confer with Secretary Payne, some new ruling may be made. "Under the act. Secretary Payne is authorized to make rules and regu lations for carrying out its pro visions and surprise is expressed that the postmaster general should have acted without consideration of Mr. Payne's views. "The object of the law, which has been in the process of making for nearly 15 years, was designed to give relief to the old and disabled em ployes of the government, but waT" not intended as a cold-blooded house-cleaning proposition." "Spare No One," Order Given Jury Probing Escape of Bergdoll Philadelphia, June 21. With in structions from Judge J. W. Thomp son to "probe deep and spare no one" a special grand jury began in vestigating to determine who was responsible for the escape of Grover C. Bergdoll, wealthy draft dodger, who eluded a military guard. Nearly a score of witnesses have been subpoenaed and a dozen have testified. As outlined by Judge Thompson the main purpose of the grand jury is to determine whether a conspiracy existed to free Bergdoll. Refuse Injunction to Stop Navy Seizing Oil Supplies Los Angeles, June 21. The appli cation ,of the General Petroleum company for an injunction restrain ing officers of the United States navy from seizing fuel oil stored by the company in- Los Angeles, was denied by Judge B. F. Bledsoe in United States district court today. Gen. Pershing Stoned By Natives at Panama City, Sailor Writes Tecumseh, Neb., June 21. (Spe cial.) Dewey Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. PT. Jones of Tecum seh, has completed a trip through the Panama canal on the U. S. S. 'Thornton. Jones is a sailor. He wrote , an interesting latter -home, and among other things said that General Pershing yas in Panama City in May and when he endeav ored to raake a public speech was stoned by natives and prevented frpm speaking. OMAHA; TUESDAY, TEMBLOR ROCKS MANY BUILDINGS IN LOS ANGELES Considerable Damage Done by Earthquake, in Southern California. Los Angeles. CaUJune 21. Eight business blocks in the town of Inglc wood, 10 miles southwest of this city, were partly destroyed and scores of dwelling houses damaged by an earthquake shock tonight at 6:47. The earthquake covered a district practically coextensive with Los An geles county, with Inglewood ap parently the center of the disturb ance. Numerous building in Los Angeles were slightly damaged. Long Beach, Kedondo Beach, San Pedro, Venice and Santa Monica also reported slight damage. i Two walls of an electric light and power station at Inglewood were shaken down and a motion picture theater, a, bank and a furniture store were damaged. The principal damage in Los An geles and other surrounding towns,- according to reports, was caused by the shaking down and breaking off of ornaments in homes. The portion of Los Angeles re ceiving the most severe shaking was the southwest residential section, whjch is that nearest Inglewood. In the business district of Los Angeles, the damage consisted largely of broken plate glass win dows. The Edison building, an 11 -story structure, and the Laughlin building, formerly separated by a few inches, were jammed together by the shock. FORMER WILSON MANAGER NOW IS AGAINST CHIEF Williams F. McCombs Attacks "Automatic" Assump tion of Authority. Chicago, June 21. William F. McCombs, chairman of the demo cratic national committee from 1912 to 1916 and manager of President Wilson's 1912 campaign, in. a state ment made tonight before leaving foi San Francisco, attacked what he characterized as the president's "au tocratic" assumption of authority. President Wilson, he said, has no more right to call himself leader of the democratic party, "a concep tion heretofore never entertained by any American, than has Chief Jus tice White, former Speaker Champ Clark; or Vice President Marshall. Predicts CwrWnT'Win. - Mr. McCombs announced arrange ments had been made to obtain for him a seat in the New York delega ticn if he decides to take the floor at San Francisco. The New York delegation,-he predicted, ,vi!I K,row its support to Governor Cox of Ohio, after casting a complimentary vote for Governor Smith. He addl ed that he believed a westerner, pos sibly from the Pacific slope, will be nominated vice president: His statement reads: "They tell me America has Fledged its word to Europe and that this word must be redeemed in the process of a national compaign. In my belief, America has pledged itself to nothing. One individual, speaking as such, permitted Eu rope to believe that he spoke .for America. But he had no authority to speak tor a nation, for in the last analysis he was nothing more than a seli-appomted emissary. Nevertheless, America is asked to validate this signature affixed abroad, a signature which appar ently was accepted in good faith by all the European peoples as abso lute. On Treaty Issue. lne president negotiates a treaty, but the senate may or may not concur by two-thirds majority. In this particular instance there has been no concurrence. "Other nations may want a league Of nations, and it may be that we do. But we do not warfit to commit ourselves to the league of nations as it was brought back from Paris. It is an international issue, but it is a highly debatable question as to what importance it should have in a national campaign, ultimately, .it is a question for the president and the senate to settle." - The statement declares for recon struction at home, improvement of railway and internal water way transportation and for solution of the high cost of living, "wholly apart from any international affiliations.' : Woman Asks Police to Aid In Search for Her Husband Believing that her husband, Ben Gilmore, either met with foul play or that he has disappeared with another woman, Mrs. Hazel Gilmore, 722 South Nineteenth street, yesterday asked the police to assist in finding him. He disappeared from home about two months ago, after going to Happy Hollow to work with a grading crew. He formerly was em ployed as a street car conductor. Mrs. Gilmore said that she was anxious to find her husband, in or der that she may procure money with which to support her two chil dren, Ross, 7 years old, and Dorothy, 5 years old: She has been forced to send the little girl to live with her grandmother at Shenandoah, la., be cause of her stringent circumstances and will have to send the boy also unless her husband is found, she said. Pullman Fare Increase Is Granted in Missouri Jefferson City, Mo., June 21. Increases in Pullman rates in Mis souri on four railroads were author ized by the Missouri public commis sion effective July 1. - The company was authorized to advance the minimum for berths from 75-cent to $2 and for Pullman seat from 25 cents to 59 cent. JUNE 22, 1920. MYSTERY MAN IS HELD BY SHERIFF IN BLUFFS JAIL Stranger Who Frightens Farmers Near Crescent Ar restedRefuses to An swer Any Questions. Sherfff Groneweg has a "mystery man'locked up in the county jail in Council Bluffs while making an ef fort to locate. .his friends. The man is believed 'mentally unbalanced and has been alarming-people in the vi cinity of the village of Crescent. Re ports are that he has been roaming the country north of Crescent. Yesterday he made the mistake of stopping an automobile and without invitation from the driver climbed in and took a seat beside him. He re fused to answer questions or utter a word. The driver took him i. Crescent and turned him over to Denver Hough, who brought him to Council Bluffs after communicating with Sheriff Groneweg. The man is about 30 years old, and as talkative as an oyster. It is be lieved that he is from Omaha. He had a hank book from the United States National bank, which showed that W. H. Anderson had been mak ing deposits' there for the last seven years. The last deposit was made last Friday. A purchase check issued by an Omaha grocer also was in his pock et. The bank officials say Anderson is a bank customer, but the mystery man makes no response when ques tioned. Omaha police department has been asked to help locate his friends. West Virginia Jury Will Probe Shooting , . At Matewanon May 19 Williamson, W. Va., June 2,1. Judge James Damron of the Mingo countycourt empanelled a special grand jury here to investigate the shooting at Malewan, W. Va.. May 19, in which Mayor C. C. Testfcr man, two other residents and seven detectives were killed and half a dozen other persons wounded. Twenty-four members of the state constabulary are on duty here and at Matewan. The troopers will guard all entrances to the court house. Judge Damron announced no one would be permitted to enter the grand jury room bearing arms. Under the judge's instructions the jury will investigate every phase of ihfc shooting, including eviction of, the miners, murder and conspiracy to murder, alleged offers of bribes and robbery of thr bodies of the de tectives. It was announced that 200 wit nesses will appear before the jury. They will be summoned in relays of 10 a day. "Mother" Jones addressed a meet ing of miners at Matewan tonight Pfinnsvlvania Democrats Start for San Francisco Pittsburgh, June 21. A special train -tarrying Pennsylvania's dele gates to the democratic national con vention left for San hrancisco. lne special in two section carried about 300 persons, including delegates, their families and friends. The train is due in San Francisco Thursday morning. General Gorges Recovering. London, June 21. The condition of Major General Wrilliam C. Gor gas, former surgeon general of the United States army, who has been Critically ill here, was satisfactory to his physicians this morning, it was announced bv Brigadier Gen eral Robert E. Noble, U S. A of General Gorgas' party. General Gorgas will be in the hospital at leas two -wk 1oncr it was addtd. By Mill (I nar). laildt 4th tuna. Dally and Sudy. 19: Dally Only. W: naa'ay, 14. Dutilda 4th Zaaa (I nar), Dally aaC Sunday. Sit: Dally Only. I2: Sua day Oaly. aW. Taking the Kid's : ; . T ; S Cf. MAYOR REFUSES EVEN TO CONSIDER ICE LAW REPEAL Wouldn't Change Ordinance if Every Person in Omaha Petitioned Him. Mayor Smith declined last night to accede to a request of T. P. Rey nclds, president of the Nebraska State Federation of Labor an a committee of the local teamsters' union to introduce an ordinance to prohibit delivery of ice on Sundays. Nearly two years ago the city council passed an ordinance at the request of the ice men who said they wanted to rest on- "Sunday . Last summer a repealing ordinance was passed at the request of the mayor. During the conference last night, Mr. Reynolds denied having uttered the statement ascribed to him! "How many names would you re quire on fL petition to induce you to introduce an ordinance now to pro hibit delivery of ice on Sunday? Mr. Reynolds asked the mayor last, night. i wouia not introduce sucn an ordinance if the petition contained the names of every man, woman and child in Omaha," the mayor re plied. AgedWoman Does Big Washing, Dies , While Taking Rest Mrs. Nora Fitzpatricky 75 years o!d( was found dead, in a rocking chair in her home, 1824 Fifth avenue, in Council Bluffs about 6:30 last night, by her son, Cornelius, who stopped to visit his mother on his way to work in Omaha. Cornelius Fitzpatrick is an employe of the Consolidated ticket offices. Heart failure, superinduced by over exertion, was , thought bv friends to have been the cause of death. Yesterday morning Mrs, Fitz patrick turned out her weekly wash ing and apparently was in her uslia! good health. Sbj: died while sitting down tor a few minutes rest. . She had been a resident of Coun cil Bluffs for many years, and lived alone in her neat little home. Rotarians Open Annual Meeting at Atlantic City Atlantic City, N. J.. June 21. The 11th annual convention of the In ternational Association of Rotary clubs was opened with nearly 4,000 delegates present. The gathering will be in session five days. The opening was marked by an inipressive pageant of nations, in ternational officers and overseas del egates being escorted to their places on the platform by ladies of the in ternational rotary in native cos tumes, boy scouts, sailors and com mitteemen. , During the past year the associa tion has increased from 450 to 000 clubs. Get Honorary Degrees. Williamstown, Mass., June 21. The .honoraYy degre of doctor of laws was conferred on Gen. J. J. Pershing. Rear Admiral William S. Sims and Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, St the com mencement exercises at Williams college. The Weather Forecast Nebraska Fair in east, unsettled in west portion Tuesday, Wednesday, probably unsettled, not much change in temperature Iowa Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday; not much change iri temperature Hourly Temperatures. S u in., m. . .& .62 .I4 .7 . '.I '.1 M K 40 ....'.7 67 7 . m. . 1 a. in. 9 a. m. 10 a. m. J I m. m. 1 noon r 1 p. . . t p. m.. . 3 p. m. . . 4 p. m. . . 5 p. m. . . . p. m. . . 1 p. m.. . U m.. . '. - TWO Bank WOMAN INJURED IN MOTOR CRASH; THREX JAILED Mrs. D. Miller, 1821 Daven port Street, Near Death In Hospital, Result of Night Joyride. Mrs. D. Miller, 1821 Davenport street, is in critical condition at the St. Joseph hospital and three other members of an auto party are under arrest as the result of an ac cident at Twenty-fourth and A kstreets late last night. Mrs.; Miller was riding in a rented automobile driven by George Ster ling. 1616 Webster street. With them were Mrs. Ben McCormick, 1821 Davenport street, and P. C. Cunningham, Califprnia hotel. They were driving south on Twenty-fourth street.. The driver lost control-of the machine,' which is said to have been, traveling at a high rate of speed, and the car, crashing over the curb', ran into a telegraph pole. Mrs. Miller was thrown from the machine, and was taken to the hos pital unconscious. Her right jaw was fractured, lier face and neck badly cut and it is thought that she may have suffered a fractured skull. Her condition is critical, it was stated at the hospital early " this morning. Sterling, whose temple was badly cut, was taken to the South Side police station, where his injury was attended. He is being held for in vestigation. Mrs. McCormick and Cunningham were . arrested at the hospital, where they had gone with Mrs. Miller. They are being held for investigation at the Central sta tion. While Mother Hunts In Woods Little Girl , Is Found in Streets While her mother and friends, as sisted by the police, were searching the woods a short distancei from her home at 2015 Martha street last night, Margaret Strong, 3 years old, was found at Thirteenth and Mason streets by Nicholas Ferzly, .1222 South Twelfth street. . f The little, girl, who has bright red hair, wandered away from home at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. $hc was not missed for some time, her mother thinking that she was playing near by. At 6 o'clock, as she did not re turn, her absence was reported to the police, and the search began. She was found about 2f) blocks from her home at 9:30 last night. She was standing on the street and cry ing, saying that she wanted to go home. Ferzly bought her some sup per and took her to the police sta tion, where she was identified. Nonpartisan League Grain Law Is Constitutional Pargo, N. D., June 21. North Da kota's grain grading law was held constitutional and not conflicting with the federal grain statute in a decision Jiandcd down by Judge C. F. Amidon in LTnited States district court. Slayer Lynched in Georgia. Savannah, Ga., June 21. Philip Gaithers, a negro, was lynched near Rincon, Ga., today, after he had confessed to the murder of Miss Anza Jordan, 17 years old, last week. Gaithers was arrested today tear Stilson, Ga.. on information furnished by another negro. Stewart Enters Race. Butte, Mont.. June 21. Governor Samuel V. Stewart's name as a dem ocratic candidate for vice president will be placed in nomination at the national convention in San Fran cisco by Senator T. T. Walsh of Montana, rPVTC OPTSlMt OViHA AND OMlS HOT BATTLE ON PLATFORM IS EXPECTED Three Big Issues Are Topicsof Discussion by Prospective Members of Resolutions Com mittee on Way to Frisco. LIQUOR, IRELAND AND PEACE TO BE CONTESTED Senator Glass Raps Repub lican Congress on Tax' Ques tion. But Refuses to Make Public His Stand on Platform. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. On Board Union Pacific Convrn- Ltion Special, Omaha, June 21. On? of the hottest platform battles in the history of the democratic party is destined to take place in the San Francisco convention, in the opinVn of prospective members of the reso lutions committee en route to the big conclave. Discussion today "revolved about these three issues: Three Big Issues. Peace President W'lson, de manding an acceptance of jiif plank endorsing the Wilson c jvenant without essential change, will be fought tooth and nail by the Fryan faction, the democratic senator who bolted the president and voted for the Lodge reservations, and by. other antiadministratiofi elements who would not bar .out" protective reservations, but would subordinate the league of nations Issje to the party 'policy on the cost of living, labor,1 trusts, "profiteering and other economic questions. Liquor The're is in prospect a three-cornered contest, with Bryan demanding a "dry" plank declaring for strict observance of the 18th amendment and Volstead act, with the "wets contending for k declara tion in favor of light wines aid beer, and with the administration and many of the practical politicians in the "wet1' and "dry" camps throw ing their weight irl favor of silence on the liquor question. May Battle on Floor. Ireland Delegates favoring the incorporation in the platform of a plank on the Irish question are di-. ' vided, the New York,' Illinois and some : other ."delegations "advocating an explicit expression for the cause of Irish independence while others would not go further than express- ' $ng sympathy for the aspirations of all "subject nations" for indepen dence, omitting specific mention of Ireland. So de'termined are' ' the opposing factions that the fighting is not likely to be confined to t resolutions committee. The preva lent opinion is that the commitife will accept the Wilson league of na tions plank, decree silence on . liquor and refrain from ;nentioning- Ireland specifically. Then the fat- k tions defeated in the committer will be at liberty to carry the strug gle to the floor of the convei tion where the spectacular battling witt take place. Senator Walsh -of Massachusetts. (Continued on Page Two, Cofnmn Four.) Girl Seriously Hurt When Car Goes Over 40-Foot Embankment - Wrestling with an unidentified man who tried to make love to bcr while the car was turning a curved leading to the, spring in Elwood ' park. Miss Lulu Scott, 21 years old. 316 South Twenty-sixth street, wait-:, ress at Hansen cafeteria, 2407 Far nara street, was Seriously ' injured yesterday morning when the driver r lost control of the car which dashed over the 40-foot embankment. She was taken Jo Central police . station, where her injuries were ' treated and then removed to St. : Joseph hospital. The driver of the; car escaped before police arrived. MissScott said she met her escort when she was going to 'work and accepted a ride. ' The car was stolen from M. J. Hy lan of the Ottiaha Hay company-. April 28. Charles E. Duff ie Elected N Head of Ad-Selling League Charles E. Duflie, secretary of the Corey and McKenzie Printing; company, was elected president of ' the Advertising Selling league at the final meeting of the year held at Ho tel Fontenelle last night. Fred Lar kin was elected vice president and Phi! Gilmore treasurer. Dean T. ' Smith was appointed secretary for the coming year. A new board of ' directors also was elected. The meeting was trfe lask of the regular sessions which will be held until the opening of the new yeart next September. Two outdoor meet ings will be held during the sum mer, cne being scheduled for July and the other for August. California Soldiers' Land Act h Unconstitutional San Francisco, jtine 2J. The state1 supreme court today declared un constitutional the state soldiers' land act of 1918, which provide for a $10,000,000 bond issue to purchase land for entry by men who served in the military forces during the war. The proposition was toMiave gone on " the ballot at the November election. Lowden Statement Coming. Chicago, June 21. Gov. Frank -O. Lowden of Illinois will announce in three or four days whether he will , be a candidate for renofnination. he said in a statement issued through , his secrtttj - . V