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BRYAN PLUNGES
- INTO FIGHT ON
' HOPESOF WETS
Commoner Says Dry Plank or
JJtter Silence Will Be Fate
of Moist Delegates'
Agitation.
Chloaf a TrlbuM-Omaha Be Lmurd Wire.
San Francisco, June 26. Breath
iiig defiance of all and sundry "wets"
end ready to do battle to the last
.ditch for the adoption of a "dry"
platform and the nomination of a
"dry" ,. candidate, William J. Bryan
reached San Francisco last night.
Establishing himself at the St.
Francis hotel. Col. Bryan conducted
his fjrst reconnaissance ot the enemy
camp-of Demon Rum, whose bas
tions 'he discerned in the neighbor
hood of the Palace hotel, hcadquar-
Uts of National Chairman Cuni
mings, who is to be temporary and
perhaps permanent chairman of the
convention. Col. Bryan persists in
, sispjecting Mr. Cummings of giving
I jhcenemy aid and comfort, a cir
oumstancc that greatly grieves Mr.
' Cmnmings at times.
Distrusts Glass.
. Mr. -Bryan professed satisfaction
' with the results of his preliminary
examination of the scene of battle,
hut thought it a wise precaution to
nost none but blown in the bottle
kijjP'drys on guard. He evinced a lack
t T confidence in senator v.anrr
Glass for chairman of the resolu
tions committee, who, according to
the Bryan intelligence 'department,
had been detected during the day
fingering a plank not quite so dry as
it might be and thereupon put for
ward for that position Senator
Walsh of Montana. If he fails to
land Walsh in the chairmanship of
the platform committee, Mr. Bryan
will endeavor to have him made per
manent chairman of the convention
instead of Secretary of State Colby,
who feared that the ship workers
would mutiny without their beer, or
of the suspected secret friend of the
demon, Mr. Cummings.
Mc'JBryan is going to be the Ne
braska member of the committee on
'. resolutions and it is there that he
-wtH '"make his first fight against a
moist plank or a noncommittal plank
and in favor of an out-and-out dec
laration in support of prohibition.
He felt greatlv encouraged by con
fidential reports that the "wets" no
longer are pressing for a light wine
and beer plank.
Prediction Fulfilled.
"I said some time ago," remarked
Mr. Bryan, "that the "wets' would
r-alize before the convention met
that they had no chance of obtaining
a Vet' plank Apparently my pre
diction has been fulfilled. Now they
will be satisfied with platform silence
on the liquor issue. It looks like a
surrender in the face of fearful odds
against them. ....
"When the 'wets' launched' their
campaign to obtain a 'wet' platik
they were determined to impose
their will upon the convention if they
had a majority ot only ons yoii-,
ahough it would mean the rum of t.ie
democratic party, how mey arc
singing a different tune.
But 25 Days' Supply
Of Meat !n Storage,
According to Packers
" Chicago, June 26. There's barely
enough meat in cold storage ware
houses to supply the nation's nor
mal consumption 25 days, according
to a statement by the Institute of
Americaif Meat Packers.
"At no time within the last year
has the supply of stored meats and
lards. been sufficiently large, the
statement says. "At no time has
there been enough to supply the
country a month. It is therefore
necessary to put away an excess
stock at livestock marketing time
so the trade can be supplied dur
ing the months when- there is a
scarcity."?, .
Substantial decreases m holdings
of meat and lard for every month
sinte October, 1919, were indicated
b$ thg statement.
itope'ofc-Cheapcr Goods
; Yain, Says Bank Report
l Chicago, June 26. "Spiraling," de
fined by-the Seventh Federal Re
serve balc as "the devious, stealthy
padding of prices to the ultimate
consumer," has met a considerable
th hn.ird's monthly report.
made public tonight, said, as a re
sult of the policy of a progressive
advance in the official discount rate
and repression of inflational borrow-
" Other developments of the month
in the report included:
v "A slight curtailment in the lavish
expenditure on the part of the wage
earner.' ' ...
Quotation of 1921 merchandise at
25 to 30 per cent above the present
market, "indicating that the ex-
travagant hopes of cheaper goods
this fall are vain."
'English Labor Declines
To Join Internationale
Scarborough, England, June 26.
The labor party conference here de
clined today by a card vote of
2.940,000 to 225,000 to affiliate with
the Moscow ir.tcrnationale. The
conference also refused to secede
from the Geneva iuternationale, by
a vote of 1,010,000 0 516,000.
The conference by overwhelming
majority rejected prohibition resolu
tions, but favored local options.
The card vote against prohibition
for Great Britain was 2,600,000. The
vote in favor of the measure was
470,000.
p Missing Carranza Minister
Reported Safe On U. s. son
Mexico City, June 26. Louis
Cabrera, who was minister of finance
in .the cabinet of former President
cVrranza, is reported to have reached
V UfluCCJ, awes sou ana xo uc ai
Ar-tnt at Texas City, near Galves-
V ,on' t t
Movements of Louis Cabrera
since 'the' death of Venustiano Car
ranza have been shrouded with con
siderable 'mystery. Cabrera is said
to have large sums of money on de
posit in New York banking houses
end in Europe,
McAdoo Fails to Silence
Boom at Frisco; Majority
of Delegates Favor Him
Despite Declaration He Will Not Accept Nomination,
Leaders, Including Carter Glass, Openly Work
ing for Wilson's Son-in-Law Marshall May Be
' The Harding of Frisco.
By MARLEN El.. PEW,
International w SrrTlre Staff
Correspondent.
San Francisco, June 26. On the
eve of the national democratic con
vention painstaking survey of the ar
rived delegates,. , numbering more
than half of, the men and women who
will sit in ' the auditorium, reveals
the unmistakable fact that William
Gibbs McAdoo has failed signally
to eliminate himself from this race
and that, on the basis of "drafting"
without respect to his personal de
sires, he is the preferred ultimate
choice of the majority of delegates
here. . ,
That is the outstanding feature of
today's convention news, but it is
hedged about by many curious cir
cumstances which tend to qualify it
and to create a state of remarkable
uncertainty which makes prophesy
absurd.
None Has Majority.
to start todav.
with favorite sons compliments paid
off, there would be slim chance of
anything like an approach to a
choice on the basis of a majority
vote,' much less a two-thirds pre
dominance which is necessary for se
lection in a democratic convention,
according to the result of a canvass
cf delegates.
Delegates when approacfied aic
tound glowing with local pri'de ami
s'ate choice enthusiasm but when
the interviewer gets down to practi
cal politics and the interviewer sud
denly finds himself subject of an
interview and the question is:
"What do you hear of McAdoo?
He'll come through if we dratt him,
won't he? He is sincere but no man
can decline a presidential nomina
tion" and similar talk.
Very intimate friends of the lankv
var secretary of the treasury report
ing here tell in circumstantial detail
of his disposition to shrink from the
presidential spotlight and denounce
as "mean politics" the story that his
declination statement was a subtei
fuge intended to kill off ' crown
prince" slurs and make him not only
the choice but the demand of t.us
convention.
Still Boom Goes On.
But the gathering vanguard, head
ed by such men as Senator Carter
Glass, are not only discounting Mc
Adoo's pdblic statements, but are
actually openly booming his candi
dacy and the medicine is "taking
nicely," according to all surface evi
dences. Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer's boomers are the most active
t i.- P?lmr U surrounded.
iurccs ticit., u . .
He sweeps through the corridors ot
the Palace-hotel, shaking hands with
-it ..m.rC rnninirntini? on the vol
uminous amount of advertising the
Palmer boom has enjoyed, old-time
reporters seem to feel that it is not
good tor mucn strengin auci wn
ballots.
The Cox and Edwards enterprises
similarly appear to lack "pep," al
though the former is much dis
cussed. "Ohio will nominate Cox.
said former Governor James E.
Campbell, chairman of the Buckeye
delegation. "We will stand by the
president and the league, but we are
ready to accept constructive reser
vation. We will leave prohibition
alone."
There is a little Gerard talk.
James McGee, national committee
man from South Dakota, declares
his delegation is pledged for the
former ambassador and must carry
his name through- three ballots at
least.
May Be Demo Harding.
"The genial, humorous vice presi
dent, Thomas R. Marshall, -who. de
lights to talk of Thomas Jefferson
and a return to old-fashioned de
mocracy, is the center of a boom all
his own and quite spontaneous in its
nature. He does not attempt to
conceal his pleasure. Who knows
in the deep, dark hours oi some
night next week, or in the week
thereafter, with all of these dele
Rates homesick and broke and still
searching for votes to swell a two
thirds majority and break a dead
lock the name of Marshall of In
diana mav be the big flash over the
wires? The folks back home may
not have thought ot him in tnat
wise, but. it is not at all out of the
possible plays. ' .
And then mere s uavis, xne am-
kiclnr (n St Ijmf- COUrt. Olie
v w. j -
hears of him here as a dark horse
who would find favor in high mter-n.-itional
circles. At present the
pcssiblity seems remote.
iammany will support a - wei
nUffnrm - if- 'nni is .rennrted. dele
gates talking about "referndum" on
the olstead act.
Pennsylvania for Palmer.
Just which way Tammany will
jump on second choice is not voucn
hv the exnerienced delegates
from New York. It is declared 74
of Pennsylvania's 76 delegates are
pledged to Palmer. Palmer says so
himself.
The south appears strong for Mc
Adoo. Delegates from Tennessee,
North Caroliui, Alabama and Mis
sissippi say unqualifiedly they are
here for the former secretary and
no one else. Alabama's uninstructed
force reported 12 McAdoo, 3 Cox, 2
Palmer and 7 undecided. They all
said they would back up the presi
dent. .Cox was declared Tennessee's
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second choice. North Carolina's
compliment goes to Senator Furni
fold M. Simmons. "McAdoo senti
ment fs strong in our state," said
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi.
Delaware will not vote as a unrt and
almost every delegate has his own
man, according to former Senator
Willard Saulshury. Iowa's first bal
lot of 26 votes goes to Secretary of
Agriculture Meredith, who is not
without his friends here. If he fails
to show strength, the state's vote
will be divided among McAdoo, Cox
and Palmer.
Montana for McAdoo.
Montana's eight votes go to Gov
ernor Sam Stewart on the first bal
lot and then McAdoo gets them
"right through."
Nebraska is undecided, and the
first ballot may show it split four or
five ways.
West Virginia is, of course, solid
ly for Ambassador Davis.
Kentucky is instructed for Cox.
Nevada delegates say they are for
him. Texas has a unit rule and is
claimed for McAdoo, but to switch
to Cox if McAdoo fails.
Virginia is for Senator Carter
Glass, but he is for McAdoo.
"Kansas is for McAdoo," said Na
tional Commmitteenian Samuel B.
Amidon. ' "It is uninstructed but
means business in that direction.
We also have Palmer and Cox in
view aiid Chamo Clark is not out of
our minds or hearts. We are for
the president and will vote dry."
Cummings Gets Connecticut.
Connecticut will cast her ballots
for Homer Cummings for president,
according to Thomas J. Spellacy and
the delegation wants light wines and
beer plank, he says.
Illinois will give a considerable
part of its vote to McAdoo, accord
ing to Carter Harrison of that state.
Tlipm ilt he scattering support of
Cox and Palmer, a wet plank will
be urged and the league of nations
will be opposed, according to the
same authority.
Burris Jenkins of Kansas City,
says a majority of Missouri men will
vote for McAdoo and the delegation
is also split on a wet plank, but will
probably support the league of na
tions plank.
Porto Rico likes Carter Glass,
Alaska wants McAdoo, Hawaii will
give Cox 3 and Palmer on the first
ballot.
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For Food and Machinery
New York, June 26. A con
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signed today by Ludwig C. A. K.
Martens, unrecognized Russian so
viet "ambassador" here and Boyer,
Sloan & Co., Canadian and English
Manufacturers' agents, Montreal, for
several million dollars worth of
Canadian foodstuffs and machinery.
Special b-nking arrangements in
Canada and England already have
been made for handling this kind
of contract. Tlie Canadians propose
to follow somewhat the same meth
ods as adopted by Swedish mer
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QUIET DEATH OF
WET-DRY ISSUE
Former President Points Out
That Congress Has Power
To Fix Alcoholic Content
Of Beverages.
Chlrae-o Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 6. Former Presi
dent Taft slipped into town Friday,
remained long enough to drop a
chip of cheer for tlie, thirsty thou
sands, and slipped out again to make
a lecture tour in Minnesota.
Mr. Taft, although opining there
would be neither wet nor dry plank
in the democratic platform, ex
pressed the belief that "a reasonable
and common sense enforcement
legislation would in the near future,
make the wet and dry fight a quiet,
orderly and unobtrusive ccfrpse."
Intimating that personally, he did
,not have a high regard for the 18th
amendment "but since it's the law
I believe in obeying it to the letter"
Mr. Taft pointed out that congress
had the power to fix the alcoholic
content of beverages affected by the
amendment as well as to regulate
the use of intoxicants and punish
violations of the law.
"It is just as easy for congress
to say 2 per cent or 4' per cent or
any other reasonable per cent as fo
say 1-2 of 1 per cent. Congress
should and undoubtedly will be
fcuided by reason, tjommon sense
and the wishes of a majority of
the people. A drastic, unreason
able law defeats" its own purpose.
No doubt there are those who would
like to make the manufacture or
sale of whisky a capital crime. Such
a law would not be worth the time
it took to write it. The people would
rebel against it. And that is true
of any law bearing on the subject.
It, must be sane, sensible and in
harmony with the wishes of the
people." t
Canada Lends $25,000,000
To New National Railway
Ottawa, Out., June 26. A loan ot
$25,000,000 to the Grand Trunk rail
way system, recently taken over by
Canada as a government railway, i
provided for in the supplementary
estimates of $68,000,000, presented
today in the House of Commons.
This loan is to be made for better
ments of the road, or for deficits or
interest on funded indebtedness in
curred by the system or its sub
sidiaries, before March 8, 1920, when
the railroad was taken over by the
government.
Labor Leader Sentenced
To 25 Years for Murder
Chicago, June 26. Thomas Jak
ubowski, businessagent of the Hod
Carriers' union, last night was sen
tenced .to 25 years in the Joliet peni
tentiary for the murder. February
9, of Bernard J. O'Reilly, union
street car conductor. O'Reilly was
slain in an altercation over a union
card.
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Marry Her.
Xew York, June 26. The hunt for
the murderer of Joseph B. Elwell,
whist expert who was shot to death
in his home here two weeks ago,
centered tonight around one man
whose movements are under close
police scrutiny.
It was reported at the district at
torney's office that an arrest was
"not very far off."
According to the authorities the
suspected slayer was a friend of the
dead sportsman. He had been ques
tioned previously about his move
ments the night preceding the mur
der and concerning his relations with
Elwell. At that time it was said his
explanations were satisfactory.
"We are certain that Etwetl was
joined by ' some one whether man
or woman I cannot say in his
home early on the morning he was
found murdered. If a woman, it
was one of two persons. Mrs. Marie
Larsen, Elwell's housekeeper, knows
them both, and she call help us if
she will."
This was the summary of the sit
uation surrounding the investigation
as given by one official working on
the case tonight.
"Miss Wilson" Talks.
New information gleaned by the
authorities from "Miss Wilson," the
beautiful young society woman, who
was said .to have been one of El
v, ell's most intimate women friends,
was said to be to the effect that 'she
expected Elwell to marry her.
"It was our hope, Joe's and mine,
to be married eventually," "Miss
Wilson is said to have confided to
the investigators from the district at
torney's office. "Joe (Elwell) told
me a fortnight ago that he would
marry me if he could persuade his
wife to divorce him."
Offered Her $2,000.
Mrs. Helen Derby Elwelloues
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three different occasions had of
fered her $2,000 to divorce him. She
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The authorities, in their examination
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