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FIFTEEN IN
SUNNING FOR
Unless Wilson Breaks Sphinx
like ' Silence Soon, Large
: Field Is Expected to Line Up
At Frisco Convention.
FOUR NAMES PROMINENT
AS DELEGATES ARRIVE
McAdoo, Palmer, Marshall and
Cox Mentioned as Most
Likely Winners Leaders
Uncertain How to Turn.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.
Intarnatldnal Nwh Service Staff ('orrf-
aiMo4nt. ,
San Francisco, . June 23. Unless
if-mething is forthcoming from the
White House which will change
plans now in the making, it is certain
that n6 less than 15 names will be
: presented to the democratic conven
tion here next week as possible re-
cypients tor nomination honors.
Aside from the name of Woodrow
Wilson, four names staad out pre
eminently today as the vanguard of
the delegates began to arrive. These
are William G. McAdoo, A. Mitchell
, Palmer, Vice President- Thomas R.
Marshall and Gov. James E. Cox
of Ohio.
Tin; continued silence from the
White House on the question of a
third term or on any particular can
didate is creating a situation akin to
that existing in Chicago right-tip un
till the Saturday upon which Sena
tor Harding was nominated. The
delegates .and political mentors al
ready here are uncertain which way
to turn for guidance or a fight.
Feel He Will Talk.
Thcreis a distinct feeling among
arrivals that the silence, from the
White House is soon to be broken
that the president will in a few days
cither nominate or eliminate him
self or else he will throw the tre
mendous weight of his support be
hind 'some one cf the IS men in the
striving. . " '
.National Chairman Homer Cuiu
mings is in daily coiniftunication
'with the White House. HeNjas in
stant access to Pennsylvania avenue
both by private telephone wire and
by telegraph. He .has talked this
week with Secretary Joseph Tu
multy and with others of the presi
dent's immediate family.' j
The results of these conversations
have been Vcarefullv withheld, If
NOMINATION
,,,Ufi:esidefit Wilson, has issued a
timers they have not been relayeu
here to any of his -numerous lieu
tenants on the ground. It is, how
ever inconceivable to many of the
delegates and politicians here that
President Wilson, the acknowledged
JcadeV of the party, will allow nearly
l.OOOl-uninstrticted delegates o go
into free and open convention with
out some vord as to how the White
HouseXstands.
HereVagain, it was pointed out to
day, tbA situation is siiiiilar to that
existing in Chicago. Everybody is
waiting; nitfvously foreword from "a
sick man"Vvho lays aKthe end of a
private liner.iany miles away from
the scene of f ction.
RumoVs Are Many.
- The uncertainty of the situation
has resultednn gfring San Francisco
a flock of rumors- which completely
overshadows the Chicago crop.
Pne of these current today was
t&at the president has decided to
pay a long standing debt and throw
the weight of administration support
behind' Champ Clark, as a recom
pense for Baltimore in 1912.
The former speaker heretofore
had been considered an outsider in
this race: The rumor is given sonie
credence by the presence here of
Benncrt E. Clark, the Missourian's
so:i. . . '
Another report current in the lob
hies, today was that both the Mc
Adoo and Palmer candidacies would
benefit by a White House declara
tion at the 11th hour.. So far. Homer
Cummings is the only man in San
Kr.mcisco oositivclv known "to have
conversed with the Xhftc House
and on all matters affecting the pres
ident he is mum.
. Fight Looms Imminent.
The' proposed tight between the
administration and anti-administration
forces is looming stronger as
convention time approaches. It is
expected to crystallize with the ar
rival of the New York, New Jersey,
Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts and
Ohio delegations and their big fol
lowing. ,'Hints ot a compromise already
are in, the air here. The one most
often heard is a situation which
would allow the president to write
the platform with complete en
dorsement of the league of nations
and the "antis" to nominate the can
didate unhampered by White House
dictation. , 1
Thirteenth Session of the
Baptist Conference Opens
Buffalo, N. Y., June 23. The 13th
meeting of the Northern Baptist
conference opened here today, D. C.
Shull of "Sioux City presiding.
How1 to raise the remaining $40,
000,000 of its $100,000,000 new world
movement fund and how the fund
is to, be administered for the ex
tension of educational, evangelistic,
Americanization and mission work
are questions that will occupy much
of the convention's time until ad
journment June 29.
(ew Civil Governor of
Barcelona Takes Office
Barcelona, Spain, June 23. Fed
erico de Carlos Bas, the new civil
governor of Barcelona, took over
the duties of his position today, re
ceiving authorities of 'the city.
JOHNSON NOTtf AST
DOWNATRESULTOF
G. 0. P. CONVENTION
Says He Had PeopTe With
Hirri, Although Unable to
Win Delegates.
SaCrSmento, Cal., June 23. Speak
ingr publicly for the first time sinec
the republican convention in Chi
cago, United States Senator Hiram
W. Johnson today told a tew hun
dred of his hme town people that
he was not downcast over the re
sult.
Senator Johnson passed through
Sacramento en route to his home in
San Francisco.
Overcome by the warmth of the
reception and the cries of "speech,"
Johnson stepped on to the platform
of his Pullman and told the crowd
how glad he was that California
and particularly his home city, gave
him such a tremendous vote at the
presidential primary election.
"Don'timagine I'm cast down by
the result of the convention," said
Senator Johnson. "I'm happier
than ever bcfore.I started the cam
paign on a shoestring and when I
got through I had the people of the
United btates with me, even though
I could not win a majority of the
delegates.
"I went into the fight in one fash
ion and came out in the same fash
ion. I made no compromises but
fought to the last ditch
"It doesn't make any difference if
a few politicians sitting in the
Blackstone hotel in Chicago said
'the people be damned,' for the time
is coming when the people will
come into their own.
"The future will find me as good
natured and as full of fight as ever,
and determined that in .tinie to come
the people shall rule, instead of a
few men and international bankers
sitting in New York.
Politics is behind me for the
time being. I won't discuss or deal
with them until I have had a little
enjoyment in dear old California."
Grover Johnson, the senator s
aged father, was the first to gret
himwhen he stepped from the train.
Gould Divorce Case
Up in First Chamber
Of Courts of France
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Paris,' June 23. The divorce case
of Frank Jay Gould against Edith
kellv Gould came 'up in the first
chamber of the French courts to
day. Former Premier Viviana rep
resenting Mr. Gould asked for an
absolute divorce on various
grounds.
Attorney iurtluts. in behalt ot
Mrs. Gouldr argued that the French
tribunals were incompetent to try'
the case wjiich,ht declared vas!
exclusively, the .'. province of , the
American courts. Prosecutor ot
the Republic Wattitihe will sum up
on June 29. i - r. v '
Frank lav Gould obtained a di
vorce from Edith Kelly Gould in
Paris in 1919. Mrs. Gould shortly
afterwards, instituted proceedings
to have the decree annulled, claim-
ine that the French courts had no
juridiction because she was a resi
dent of the United States. The
court overruled Mrs. Gould's plea
and sustained the decree granted
Mr. Gould. The latter is now at
tempting to have the decree made
absolute.
Rapid City Man Held '
For Plotting to1 Cteal
Lumberman's Daughter
Sioux Falls. S. D., June 23.- (Spe
cial Telegram. Postoffice Inspector
Batie, who has returned trom
Rapid City, announces that, he
caused the arrest ot tdward
Hanson, aged 23, of that city, on a
blackmail charge. He was held for
trial m the federal court m de
fault of $100 bond. He is in-the
Pennington county jail. Inspector
Batie has a written confession said
to have been made by Hanson.,
who was a helper at the Warren
Lamb Lumber Co. plant in Rapid
Citv.
The ' purported confession says
that on June 5 and June 15, mailed
letters to C. C. Warren, president
of the company,- each time demand
ing $1,200."
- In the first letter Hanson threJt
ened to burn Warren's home and
the lumber mills. .The second letter
threatened that unless the $1,200
demanded was left in the hollow of
a certain tree on the outskirts of
Rapid City, by a certain time, War
ren's d-year-old daughter would be
kidnapped and his home burned.
This alarmed Warren and he notified
the federal officers.
Lawyer and Banker Held
For Murder of Mine Official
Detroit, Mich., June 26.--Police
early today arrested Frank H. Do
haney, banker and lawyer, charging
him with the slaying of August
Dwyer, traveling auditor- of the
United Mine Workers -of America,
whese body was found in the office
of his brother, Dennis Dwyer, an at
torney, in a downtown office build
ing last night.
Dohaney, the last man-known to
have seen Dwyer, was placed under
arrest at his summer home at-Pine
Lake. He seemed dazed wlien ar
rested and his clothing bore blood
spots which he could give no co
herent account of. He Is in Receiv
ing hospital" guarded by detectives
and officers will take his statement
this afternoon. ,
Garretson of Tacoma
Chosen Head of Shriners
Portland, Ore, Tune 23. EHis
Lewis Garretson of Tacoma, deputy
imperial potentate of the Shrine, was
elevated today to the office of poten
tate at the annual imperial council
sessions" of that organization. W.
Frceland Kcndrick of Philadelphia
became past potentate,
T A Rd 19 ANY
HALL CHIEF
IS INDICTED
Charles Murphy Charged With
Attempt to Defraud U. S. by
False Tax Returns and Effort
To Intimidate Manufacturer.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT
' ATTORNEY ALSO NAMED
Action Grows Out of Alleged
Threats to Prosecute and
Expose Life of Louis Hertog,
Wealthy New; York Resident.
New York. June 23. Indictment
of Charles F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany hall, and five others on
charges of conspiracy to -defraud
the United States by falsifying in
come tax returns and attempted in
timidation of Louis N. Hartog, a
wealthy manufacturer, N through
criminal prosecution, was announced
here today. The indictments, which
were returned secretly' byMhe extra
ordinary grand jury yesterday,
came as a great surprise. Murphy
is now on his way to the democratic
national" convention at San Fran
cisco. Others indicted with Murphy were
Assistant District Attorney James
E. Smith, on of the central figures
in the "vice war" between the dis
trict attorney's office and the police
department; John A. McCarthy, for
mer business partner of John Mur
phy, .brother of the Tammany rail
leader; Arthur J. Baldwin, a lawyer:
Ernest B, Walden, vice president of
the Corn Products company and the
Corn .Products company itself. Bail
for each defendant was fixed at
$1,000.
Charged Against Murphy.
Murphy is charged with trying
to intimidate Hartog into settling
a $10,000,000 damage suit brought
against the Tammany leader after
the latter is' alleged to have with
drawn promised financial support in
a glucose; product firm in which
Hartog wa interested. The indict
ment alleges that Murphy threatened
to accuse Hartog of arson, to ex
pose to his wife alleged secret" re
lations with another woman, send
him to jail for' offenses he did not
commit arid ruin his business.
Hartog, the indictment sets forth.
procured a $7,000,00.0 'order for his
product from, the- British- govern
ment during, the war. He found dif
ficulty in acquiring the necessary
amount of glucose to complete the
order. He then enlisted the aid of
Murphy, through whose ' influence,
the indictment recites, the needed
ingredients were obtained from the
Corn Products compan-.
Disagree- Over Business.
Hartog . and Murphy later
dis
and agreed over business matters
Murphy sued Hartog to recover
$125,000 invested in the manufactur
er's company. Then Hartog sued
Murphy, the Lornx Products com
pany and Baldwin to recover $40,
000,000 profit he said he had lost
through withdrawal ot v Murphy s
pledged support, asserting he no
longer could get glucose from the
Corn Products company..
Hartog was summoned to Assist
ant District Attorney Smith's office
while these court actions were pend
ing. Hartog alleges Smith sum
moned him to fores him to pay Mur
phy his $125,000, but Smith claims
he issued the summons for Hartog
solelv in the interest of prosecution
of sugar profiteers. Hartog's brother
was fined $5,000 in tederad court tor
sugar -profiteering, but Smith gave
Hartoor himself a clean bill.
Estimated Big Profits.
The indictment sets forth that the
agreement between Murphy and
Hartoe shows an increase from
$10,000 to $1,000,000 in the capital
stock of Hartog's firm, the North
Kensington Refining company.
When Murphy and Hartog, it is al
leged, became jointly interested m
the business in April, 1918, profits
of the business subject to war tax
were estimated at $1, 000,000 a year.
The indictment charges that on
April 5, 1918, in order that Murphy
should obtain a larger income and
a quick return on his investment,
James E. Smith and others. unlaw
fully and corruptly combined to de
fraud the government of moneys due
it bv filing with the coleetor of
international revenue, misleading and
false entries as to- the records of
the business.
. The. name of James J. Hines,
democratic leader in the eleventh
assembly district, New York, was
among the witnesses listed in the
back of the indictment.
June 28 was set as the date for
pleading.
Condition of Former German
Empress Much Improved
Doom. Holland, June 23. The
condition of Jhe farmer German
empress was so improved this
morning that her eldest son. For
mer Crown Prince Frederick Wil
liam, will probably return to Wrie
rinfcen this afternoon. He was
celled here a day or two ago on
account of what was considered the
very serious illness of his mother.
Thf former mpress suffered a
severe attack on Monday, jyhich
greatly alarmed the attending 'phy
sician. She, rallied, however, but is
yet far from strong and is now in a
condition of inactive invalidism.
Montrose, Colo.. Gains but 10
1 Per Cent During Last Decade
Washington,' June 23. Montrose.
Colo., 581; increase, 327, or 10 per
cent. ' ' ,
Malone. X. Y., 7.556; increase.
1,089. or 10.8 per cent
CIGARETTES ARE
CONDEMNED BY
WOMAN'S CLUBS
Federation Disapproves of
Growing Fad Among
Fair Sex. s
Des Moines, la., June 23. Use of
cigareettes by women was con
demned by the General Federation
of Women's Clubs at the afternoon
session of the biennial convention.
Resolutions reciting that trie cigaret
habit apparently is increasing among
women and that the use of tobacco
is harmful to them were adopted.
Resolutions urging an educational
campaign against the use of cigar
ettes ,by men and asking state
authorities to prohibit the sale there
of to minors also were adopted.
Three invitations were extended
to the federation for the 1922 biennial.-
The Women's club of Shang
hai, China, asked the next biennial.
Hot Springs, Ark., extended an invi
tation, as did Chicago. The exec
utive board will decide the meeeting
place later. Salt Lake City, Utah,
asked the 1921 council meeting.
Resolutions passed asked that
congress bring the higher positions
in the federal government and bu
reau heads under thee civil service;
that state authorities be petitioned
to pass uniform marriage laws; that
newspapers be asked to omit de
tailed reports of -sensational trials;
and that the postal zoning, system
for magazines be abandoned. The
work of the Near East Relief com
mission was approved.
Efforts to. get through a resolu
tion asking congress to establish a
federal censorship of motion pic
ture films failed, because the ma
jority thought it. was 'Jnore o3
state question. J.
One Fireman Hurt
In Lincoln Fire; Loss
Placed at $250000
Lincoln, June 23. (Special.) It
is estimated that the loss occa
sioned by the fire which destroyed
the entire plant of the Western .Glass
and Paint company at midnight and
which was still burning this morn
ing will amaaint to $250,000, accord
ing to George Risdon, vice president
of the company.
It was the most spectacular fire
which' Lincoln has experienced in
10 yars and, the most difficult tr
handle because of the frequent ex
plosions whenever the fire would
strike the oil within the building.
The only injuries received by the
fire fighters was a broken arm sus
tained by Ed H. Wessel, who fell
from one of the fire trucks J on the,
way to the fire in trying ta ave a,
fellow fireman from falling from the1
truck. ' - ' ' '
By hard work trie buildings oc
cupied by the oMtor Inn, the Stand- '
ard Auto Tire company and the
Daily Star Publishing company were
saved, but the glass company's
building is a total loss, only a por
tion of the north wall standing.
Four Buildings Are
Destroyed by Fire
After Explosion
Baltimore, June 23. Fire starting
in a building at 37 Hbpkins place
caused a general alarm to be sent in
early today, spread to four adjacent
buildings, gave fire -fighters a hard
battle for several hoars and caused
a loss which may reach $1,000,000.
The building.. where the fire "started
was occupied by a number -of
wholesale clothing firms.
The fire followed a mysterious
explosion. A number of firemen
were overcome and received minor
injuries. It was the second dis
astrous fire in the wholesale district
within a space of ten hours, the first
blaze starting in the seven-story
Darby building at Baltimore and
Howard streets, causing a loss to
property and merchandise estimated
at $500,000.
"
Harvest Army to Get
Record Wase This Year
Kansas City, Mo., June 23. Th?
1920 harvest field laborer will not
only fie the highest paid, but also the
best fed, housed and "mothered" in
history. Civic and church organiza
tions throughout Oklahoma, Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska are planning
fo be "fathers and mothers" to the
soldiers of the harvest army.
Kansas wheat growers have set
the -pace in fixing a minimum wage
scale. The lowest figure to be paid
will he 0 cents an hour. It is ex
pected that a similar scale will be,
ndopted in the three other states.
Large tents will be erected, where
entertainment will be provided, sta
tionery supplied and buttons sewn
en by the "mothers."
Two Are Arrested for
Kentucky Bank Robbery
Cincinnati, O., June 23. John
Drennan, alias "Turk" Brennan alias
John Horn, Detroit, Toledo and East
Liverpool, Ohio, and George Brown,
Louisville, Ky., were arraigned be
fore United States Commissioner
Adlcr here today on a charge of hav
ings stolen' government property
from the Tobacco Growers Deposit
bank, Crittenden, KyrT last Friday
morning. They entered pleas of not
guilty and were held mJ$3,000 bond
each for preliminary examination
Juiyl. "
Texansto Cast 40 Votes,
' They Say, for McAdoo
Dallas, Tex., June 23. Declaring
their intention to cast Texas' 40
votes on the first ballot for .William
G ' MfAdoo for the presidential
nomination, the Texas delegates to
the democratic national convention
left here last midnight for "San Fran
cisco, The party, which includes six
women delegates, is traveling by
sped;-.! ti
MEREDITH
OR
OWEN WILL
SUIT BRYAN
f
Either Oklahoma ' Senator or
Secretary of Agriculture
Would Be Winning Candi
date, Commoner Declares.
m'adoo and wilson are
Eliminated, he thinks
Palmer Weak Because of
Profiteer Attack-.Failure,
While Cox Is Mentioned as
Compromise Nominee.
By The Associated Press.
Lincoln, Neb., June 23. Discuss
ing possible democratic candidates
for the presidency,- W. J. Bryan, in
an article in his newspaper, the
Commoner, published here, declares
that former Secretary of the Treas
ury William G. McAdoo is handi
capped as a candidate "by his close
relationship with the president,"
while President Wilson himself, he
says, "need not be considered." '
Asserting that Mr. McAdoo is also
handicapped by "his silence on the
peace treaty,"" Mr. Bryan declares
Mr. McAdoo is unable to call to his
support "those, to whom the presi
dent's candidacy" appealed with spe
cial force" and that he would "fur
nish an easy mark for all the presi
dent's enemies." The article says,
however, that Mr. McAdoo has con
siderable strength among wage earn
ers. Wilson and Hoover Out.
Referring to President Wilson,
Mr. Bryan says that "while vague
hints and suggestions have been
thrown out occasionally, n one
claiming to speak' for the president
or near enough to him to be assunjed
to express his wishes has announced
his candidacy."
Herbert Hoover is eliminated
from the list of candidates whom
Mr. Bryan considers "available,"
while Senator Owen of Oklahoma
and Secretary of Agriculture Mere
dith are described as being "among
the few available men thus far men
tioned." Toxoe available this year,
Mr. Bryan asserts, a candidate must
be known to be for woman suffrage,
f6r prohibition apd "against Wall
street." ' . ' .
As to. Attorney General Palmer,
Rruan cave hp.Antert thp rum.
naiirn .in a nosition "tn deal 8terrt1A
witU k nrnfiUnr anI art vi!Vretant
fjiihlic stood read v ' ta arinkttd. but
the profiteer seems to have things
all his own way and the attorney
general is now suffering from the
reaction."" He adds that the attorney
general is "unfortunate,' too, in hav
ing to espouse the ratification of the
treaty without reservations."
Cox Is Compromise.
Former' Speaker Clark of the
house of representatives is men
tioned as having his own state be
hind him, while opposition to Gov
ernor Edwards of New Jersey and
Governor Cox of Ohio is reiterated.
"Governor Cox's friends," the ar
ticle 'declares, v'will urge him as a
compromise between the wets of the
Edwards type, and the bone drys."'
Vice President Marshall is accused
of making "a feeble bid for the wet
vote."
"Judge Gerard's candidacy has
South Dakota's support and he has
many personal friends among other
delegates," Mr. Bryan says.
"Will Fight Profiteers.
Prediction was also made that the
democratic irational convention at
San Francisco will witness fights
"over'the peace treaty, the profiteer
and the liquor issue, in the article.
The chances are in favor of rati
fication of the treaty with reser
vations, "and against the profiteer
and the saloon." Mr. Bryan declares.
"The overwhelming opposition to
the policy of ratification without res
ervations as shown by the vote at
.. . , i .,1 ,
tne primaries, ne asserts, win
tfrobably defeat any effort to make
The article also says the demo
cratic platform is certain to. declare
against Universal compulsory mili
tary training,, that the convention
will have to deal with the subject of
"private monopoly." that the demo
cratic party will "insist upon the
toilers' right to equal treatment,"
and that woman suffrage -will be en
dorsed. '
Call On Transport Workers
Not to Aid the Foes of Soviets
Washington, June 23. A procla
mation issued by the "central execu
tive committee of the communist
party of America," copies of which
were received today by the Depart
ment of Justice, calls on all trans
port workers in America to refuse
to load and transport any materials
for Poland, Japan or any other
country "fighting soviet Russia."
The- proclamation has been cir
culated among transport workers in
New York, department officials said.
Moroccoans Stage Huge
Spanish Demonstration
Melilla, Morocco, June 23. Dem
onstrations favorable to Spain were
held here todav. there being present
the native chiefs who have recently y
subnuttd to Spanish authority. The
demonstration is regarded as of the
highest political importance for the
future of the Spanish zone in Mo
rocco. ' )
Yillistas Again Busy.
EI Paso, Tex.. June 23. Villistas
again have cut the railroad between
Jimenez and Parral, Chihuahua, ac
cording to information received
here. Several American mining
men en route to Parral have hern
forced, to wait at Jimenez for the
reopei$ug of the line, . .
Catholic Dignitaries of
Australia Visit Omaha
V $ HJ' ' ' ' f
Catholic dignitaries from Australia
)day. Left to right: Rt. Rev. Daniel J. Mannix, archbishop of Mel
bourne; Rev. James Aherhe, South Side, former schoolmate of the arch
bishop, and Rt. Rev. Daniel Foley, bishop of Ballaritt, Australia.
Omaha Catholics were hosts yes
terday to Rt. Rev. Daniel J. Mannix,
archbishop iof-the see of Melbourne,
Australia, and. his, party, which in
cludes Bishop Daniel Foley, and
Fthers Vaughan and Flannery, all
of Australia. -
The party dismounted from a
Burlington tfraiir from the west at
6:40 a. m. yesterday.
A mordent later Archbishop Man
nix was shaking handsf with Rev.
James Aherne, South Side priest,
former : schoolmate of '; the arch
bishop at Maynooth college, Ireland.
A delegation of Catholic clergy
and Knights of Columbus escorted
the party by automobile to Father
Ahernes home for breakfast. ;
Thj party: is' en route from Mel
bourne to Rome, where Archbishop
Mannix atic? Bishop Foley will make
-.. .1 r . Jr-
T ''' f A'
Extension or Hir
Mail Service. Before .
Winter Predicted
Completion of 'the ..transconti
nental air,-mail service, involving a
western extension from Omaha to
San Francisco, before snow flies,
was predicted by Maj. L. B. Lent,
general -superintendent of the air
mail servile, 'at a luncheon in his
honor at the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday. ' -
Maj. Lent promised the business
men attending, all members of the
aerial transportation committee of
the chamber, hat service on the
Omaha-Chicago division, would be
resumed within a week. The nec
essary planes and pilots will be
in service by that time, he predicted.
Others attending the luncheon
were C. F. Egge, superintendent of
the Minneapolis-St. Louis route,
and John L. Larsen, owner of the
all-metal 'monoplane that arrived
Tuesday. Considerable interest in
this crat7 was manifested by those
present. Mr. Larsen declared that
ships of his type,' involving deep
wing section and all-metal con
struction, .' will supplant present
types. '
Plan to Resume Auto
, v Racing Up Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs, Colo., June'23.
Automobile races for stock cars up
the motor highway of Pike's Teak,
suspended during, the war, will ' be
resumed this year if plans under
consideration bj. local business men
mature.
The Pike's Peak races have been
one of the most spectacular- events
in sporting annals oNhe west, and a
large entry list is expected from
manufacturers all over bite country.
It is expected the races will
conducted early in September, the
events being divided into classes of
different piston displacement. ' '
Plans are also being made to hav
motorcycle races included in the
program.
Formation of New German
' Cabinet Report in London
London, June 23. Formation of a
new German cabinet is reported in a
Berlin dispatch printed in a late eu. .
tion of the Times this morning, the
message saying new men have been
tound tor a couple of posts in the
ministry.
This cabinet is regarded as an
emergency one, the dispatch quo'es
the Tageblatt as saying. The Times'
correspondent asserts the new gov
ernment's prospect of remaining in
office depends upon the willingness
of the majority socialists to observe
"benevolent neutrality." ,
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visiting in Omaha Wednesday and
their quinquennial visit to Pope
Benedict XIV.
-. Archbishop Mahnjx visited with
Archbishop Harty yesterday. A
public reception at Creighton audi
torium was held last night. Mayor
Smith gave the welcoming ad
dress. Vocal selections by Mrs.
James H. Hanley and the Knights
ot Columbus quartet were- rendered.
Archbishop . Mannix gave the
principal address. Singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" will',con
cluded the program.
A banquet will be given at Hotel
Fontenellje , tonight . Invitations
have been extended to ' Protestant
ministers, cit yofficials and promi
nent business men.
From' Omaha. Archbishop Mannix
and his. party, will. go to Stv Louis
Bryan WillBe Jiasy
To-Gas," Kehtcky
Democrats . Declare
Patrick Henry Callahan, iiicharge
of a partyxif 18 delegates afid com
panions, was the only dry member
of the Kentucky democratic- national
convention delegation, -which passed
through Omaha yesterday morning.
United States Senators A. O. Stan
ley and J. C. W. Beckman were in
the parry.
Judge Fleming Gordon, one of the
leaders of the delegation, called at
tention to two other membersJosh
Griffith, former internal revenue
collector with a' record of bringing
in 1,000 moonshiners, and Miss
Laura Clay, daughter of Gen., Cas
sius' Clay, former minister to Rus
sia. ;
Judge Gordon did not anticipate
a deadlock at San Francisco, he
said, after explaining that the Ken
tuckians are for the league of na
tions and for Cox for president. He
believed W. J.. Bryan would be the
only man to make a "big noise" and
that he would be "gassed."
Luciano Radicia' Is
Cleared of Murder "
Of Joseph Marino
Luciano Rdicia, charged .with the
murder of Joseph Marino the night
of May 1, was found not guilty when
'the jury, returned a verdict at 9
o'clock last night.
At noon yesterday during the trial
Mrs. Elsa Ritzi.'a daughter of . the
defMidant, approached-Mrs. Marino,
widow of, the victim,, and said some
thing in Italian. ' The widow burst
into cries and shrieks that were
heard all over the court house. She
ehen fainted ' and was carried by
Deputy Sheriff Johnson and, others
into the sheriff's office, where she
vas resuscitated. This was the
sixth time Mrs. Marino fainted dur
ing the trial.
Arguments of counsel and the
charges of Judge Troup to the jury
took up yesterday afternoon's ses
sion before a court room even more
crowded than during, the taking of
testimony. , v
Many Persons Are Killed in
Food Riots at Wuerttemberg
Berlin, June 23v-SeveraI persons
J are reported to have been killed at
T T T, TIT . . -1 . ,
L.'im, wucruenioerg, in tne course
of riotous demonstrations against
the high cost of food. Similar de
monstrations are reported in other
parts of Germany. Many clashes
have occurred between the police
and the reichswehr on the one hand-
and the ' demonstrators on the
other.
Jenkins Wires That M'Adoo'
Name Will Go Before Demos
Kansas City, Mo., June 23. In a
telegram sent from Pueblo, Col.,
frdm the train bearing Missouri dele
gates "to the democratic national
convention. Burris A. Jenkins, Kan
sas City clergyman and publisher,
announced that he has definitely de
cided to place the name of W. G. jn ail brotherhoods also were plan
McAdoo before the convention. Uing to 4jet hers F' j . '
WILSON ASKS
WAGE BOARD
TO SPEED UP
President Sends Message to
Chicago Asking Committee
To Expedite Decision on
Railway Salary Question.
BROTHERHOuFcHIEF
ISSUES SHARP WARNING
Says Situation Will Become
. Worse Unless Settlement
Is Reached by Enw of Week
Men Tired of Waiting.
. -Washington, June 23 The rail
road labor board at Chicago has
been urgently requested ' by Presi
dent to expedite its wage dicision.
' The president's message resulted
from the general unrest-among rail
road workers over- the wage ques
tion and the walkoutof ' yardmen
and other employes at Philadelphia.
Baltimore and. other cities. Its text
was not made public but unofficially
it was described as being of a force
ful character. ,
Soon after the White -House announcement-
of the president's ac
tion, W. N. Doak, vice prerideut of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
I'li, issued a warning th?.t unless
..icre was a settlement of the now
ytar-old wage controversy by the
end of this week the situation prob
ably would be much worse than at
present. '
Blames Labor Board.
" The .-railroad labor board, Mr.
Doak said, "is wholly responsible
for the present had situation." He
added that the- chiefs of the railroad
brotherhoods desire th-; public to
know "that this much-heralded and
advocated method ot adjusting
questions of this character accord
in g tothe present indications, is a
ranW and hopeless failure."
At the sanifi time Secretary Wil
son of the Department of Labor,
declared in a formal statement that
while the labor board had had a big
tssk to perform it coulo "render no
better-public service, the existing
situation than by coming to a speed
ier determination of the questions at
issue before it"
Mr. Doak's statement said the rail
roadIabor organization had done
every thing reasonable to-keep trans
portation moving and that they were '
ow, considering means to .assist in
every-manner in preventing, work--me
from leaving the services of the,
roads, but that they knew full well'
that the men must be given "substan
tial pay increases before their efforts
could be successful
Denies Action Delayed.
. Secretary- Wilson in making pub
lic his statement denied the railroad .
strike had ben discussed at the meet
ing of the cabinet with president
Wilson yesterday, or that action on
the strike was delayed after he had
declared that the' situation was so
improved that steps by the govern
ment were unnecessary.
After the cabinet meeting Secre-1
tary Payne, who now is head of the"1
railroad administration, stated in the
presence of Secretary Wilson that
he had made a report to the presi-.
dent on the strike situation but that
f no action was taken after Secretary
vvusoif naa siatea tnai tne situation
was improving. '
Board Doing All Possible .
To Expedite Decision
Chicago, June 23. Everything
possible is being done to expedite
the decision o wage demands of
,-ailroad employes, the railway labor
board said today. The 'board late
today had r?t received Presideent
Wilson's message requesting an im
mediate decision, but after rcadinR
press dispatches from Washington
G. W. Hanger, public representa-,
tive on the board and chairman o '
its publicity committee, announced
that no statement would be made,
as it might be construed as an apol
ogy for delay and that the board;
had no apologies to make.
Public hearings were completed
only jtwo weeks ago, Mr. Hanger .
pointed lout, and the' board was now
devoting all its time to considera
tion of the schedules which must
be issued.
The decision will be forthcoming.
he said, "in a reasonable length of.
time. Members of, the board -previously
had indicated that the de
rision might be ready within 10
days or two weeks, certainly in less .
than a month. -
Decision, in Sight.
"We are working ceaselessly
toward a decision and it is now in
sight," said Judge Barton, chairman
of the board. '"We are giving our
best efforts to make it as early a
possible. We have a gigantic task,
as it involves the fixing of hundreds
of scales and tables. The job is
difficult and confusing."
The latest railroad strike, which
has 1rgely been confined to tne
cast, has spread to several middle
western towns. At Savannah, 111.,
50 switchmen on two roads quit '
work, while 65 men were reported
out in ihf Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy yards at Hannibal, Mo.
Eleven of 59 men who walked out .
at Burlington. Lv. Sunday, returned
today, it was said. ;
A mass meeting of "railway va
cationists" for Friday night was
called by . John Grtmau and Harold
E. Redd'- r leaders of two new
railroad v'-mis. The "vacationists"
have anno'nced that no wage dc
c'sion wi'l be acceptable that does
rot restore seniority rights.
Officers of the recognized rail-
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