The Omaha Daily Bee
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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
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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
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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
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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
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