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GIRL'S DYING
WORDS MAY
SAVE FATHER
Mrs. Fred Bozlemann Takes
Stand as Witness in Defense
Of W Husband, Charged
With Murder of Daughter.
DEATH CAME FEW DAYS
BEFORE WEDDING DATE
Mother Tells Jury of Death
bed Statement Which Exon
erates Father; No Trace of
Poison in Stomach.
Hebron, Neb.. June 28. (Special
Telegram.) "I did not take poison
and no one gave me anything."
Those were the last words uttered
by Frieda Bozleman, 19-year-old
girl of Stoddard, who died last Mon
day just two days before the date
set for her wedding, according to
the testimony of her mother, Mrs.
Fred Bozlemann, at the inquest be
ing conducted here. The girl's fa
ther, who was known to be opposed
to the wedding of his daughter to
W. T. Butzke. 22 vears old, a teacher
hi the Lutheran school in Chester, i
is held in jail pending tne outcome
of the inquest. The inquest, bei
conducted by the county attorney,
recessed late this afternoon until to
morrow morning.
The mother of the dead girl, two
young brothers and a sister of the
girl were the principal witnesses at
the afternoon session. Mrs. Bozle
mann was dressed in black with a
heavy mourner's veil, concealing the
tears which streamed down her
cheeks as she told between sobs of
the circumstances surrounding the
tragic death of her young daughter.
Mrs. Bozlemann admitted that her
husband was determined to prevent
the marriage of Frieda to young Mr.
Butzke. "But I am confident," she
testified, "that he did not give her
poison while they were riding Mon
day evening.
The Girl's Last Words. .
rtI did not take ooison and no one
gave me-anything." were the - last
words spoken by Frieda before she
slipped quietly intoj the valley and
shadow,' the grief-itricken mother
testified. N
A report from the chemists of the
Omaha Medical college who exam
ined the stomach for possible traces
of poison was read just before the
rlose of the inatiest today. The re
port failed to indicate that death was.
caused ly poison.
While it has not been brought i0ut
in the testimony thus far introduced,
it is generally understood among
her friends-that Frieda had been
for a week or njore before her death
taking a patented headache tablet.
Some believe that she mifiht have
taken ail overdose of the drug, re
sulting in hcr death.
The testimony of the two-' broth
ers, Henry, 17,' Elmer, 15, and the
one sister, Marie, 13, was unim
portant so far as haviirg any 'direct
bearing on the circumstances sur
rounding their sisWs death.
"Fred Is Killing Frieda."
Dr Arthur Rollcs and his wile
vere the first persons to reach the
Bozlemann home, following the
sudden illness of the girl, the doc
tor testified. He said that when he
reached the home the girl was suf
fering from convulsions.
That the threats made against his
daughter were . uppermost m the
inind of Mrs. Bozlemann at the
time she was riding with her father
was shown by the testimony of a
neighbor woman. She testified
that when Mrs. Bozleman first
heard the screams of her daughter
she called to her, "Gcf a car and
come quick. Fred is killing Frieda
The witness testified that Mrs
r,.im.n hMrd the screams ot
her daughter, while she was at least
, nuarter of a mHefrom her home.
a quarter of a
A. tt,A niArninfl
session ot tne
iiquest there was open talk of vio
lence toward Bozlemann. However,
the high Reeling naa suiniur..
iuL ,i..irmnipnt; in the ,at-
i. tuL fl.velrmmpnts ill the ,a
lowing i"v r-. - . .
tcrnoon. The testimony given b
Mrs. Bozlemann carried great
Mrs. Bozlemann carn:u
. weight and, officials say, responsibl
for quieting the reports of violence
. Fref Bozleman, her father, wa
ence.
as
iA Saturday night charged
with the murder of his daughter, and
. js now in the, Hebron jail.
The father was not m the court
room during the morning session of
the inqtfest because ot the intense
feeling which has appeared against
' 'm' Takes Girl for Ride.
It appeared during the testimony
offered that the father had taken
the girl for a ride in their buggy
early in the evening of last Monday
and that when they returned to their
home, the girl was seized with con
vulsions and died soon after.
All indications pointed toward
poisoning and a post mortem was
, held over the body by doctors of
Hebron and Deshler, which disclosed
further evidences of poison. v
. W. H. Becker. Lutheran preacher
it Stoddard, was the chief witness
tf the morning and testified to be
,ng present at the time when the
jirl died.
. Efforts of the county attorney to
get him to tell ot having asked the
girl who gave her poison, or how
she came to be poisoned, failed, be
cause the preacher confined his con
versation with the dyinsr- girl to
questions concerning religion and of
tpintual natur
Pictures of the Opening
Sent to Newspapers
In Fast Army Airplane
San Francisco," June 28. Pho
tographs of the opening of the
democratic national convention
for middlewest newspapers were
dispatched from here at 2 p. m.
today in an army airplane to catch
the Overland Limited train at
Reno. The train left here this
morning at 9 o'clock. The air
plane was furnished by thev army
recruiting service and was piloted
by Maj. Carl S, Spatz, one of
the transcontinental flyers in the
army endurance tests last fall.
All arrangements for the trip
were made by the army recruit
ing service.
"Flying time" between Reno
and San Francisco- has been set
by army authorities at one hour
and 45 minutes.
UNREST SPIRIT
GROWS IN ITALY;
MANY RED FLAGS
Suspect Deep Scheme to
Overturn Social Order
Throughout the
Country.
Rome, June 28. Reports of dis
orders in widely separated parts of
Italy appear to corroborate the im
pression that th?y are a part of a
deep scheme to overturn social or
der throughout the entire country.
Unemployment is the alleged reason
for strikes now in progress and for
rioting. ,.
At Cadore, Venetia, red flags have
been hoisted above municipal build
ings. Telegraph lines have been cut
and roads blocked -with trees at
Lbzzo, Callazo and Domegge. Car
bineer in armored cars have dis
persed rioters at Bribasso. At Ron
cole an aqueduct has been cut.
Soldiers' Attacked.
Discontent has burst out violently
at Pibmbino and soldiers and police
have been attacked with revolvers
and hand grenades and have replied
with machine guri' fire. Many on
each side have been killed ahd
wounded. ,
Further disturbances in and
atcund Ancona are reported in dis
patches from that city today. Anar
chists believed to possess a machine
gun are concentrating around the
labor bureau there. Three have
been killed in encounters with po
licemen. Reinforcements were met
with shots from neighboring houses
and. it is said, women participated
in. the fighting.
' Destroyer Arrives. ,
' Tfoo trains were attached near
Borgaccio. On one train eight pas
sengers were wounded and five sub
sequently died. The other train was
carrying police, of whom one was
killed and four wounded. A de
stioyer has arrived at Ancona with
reinforcements for the troop there.
' Brescia, Italy, June 28. Socialists
and popularists have clashed at Rez
rato. One policeman was killed arid
it is believed there were other vic
tims. Pisa, Italy, June 28. Barracks
were attacked here yesterday, but the
assailants were repulsed. Two riot
ers were killed and many arrested.
There were a number of casualties
among police and soldiers.
. '
Troops Patrol Streets
Of Santiago, Chile, to
Prevent Election Riot
Santiago, Chile, June 28. Troops
were patrolling the streets here to
night to prevent possible clashes re
sulting from the excitement whicn
attended the election of a new
.Chilean president. Rumors were
current that a general strike was
about to be called, but there was no
confirmation. '
Chief of tire Cabinet Pugaborne
gave the following statement to the
Associated Press:
"The country has been agitated
by an electoral struggle which has
been extraordinarily active, but has
been conducted with perfect legali
ty. Public order has been maintain
ed in all parts of the republic. Up
to 6 o'clock this evening the result
of the voting is unknown."
First Oklahoma Wheat
Of Year Is Sold for $2.82
Fort Worth. Tex., June 28. The
first car of Oklahoma's new wheat
crop arrived here this morning and
brought $2.82 "a bushel. It was
bought by a Fort .Worth" firm and
immediately shipped to New Or
leans for export. Local grain deal
ers say most of th'e Texas and Ok
lahoma wheat crop this year will be
sent tp New Orleans and Galveston
for export. -
Greeks Land Force On South.
Coast of Sea of Marmora
' London, June 28. The Greek
have landed a force at .Pandemia,
on the south coast of the sea of
Marmora, according to a dispatch
to the Evening News today from
Constantinople. This ' force is in
tended to operate southward against
tH- nationalist forces of Mustopha
flKcmal Fashg, northeast of Smyrna,
II
OF DEMOCRAT
KEYNOTER
National Chairman Cummings
Opens Convention WUh Old
Fashioned Rip-Roaring As
sault on Republican Congress.
WILSON AND HIS RECORD
FRAMEWORK OF ADDRESS
Meeting on Tiptoe From Start
And Every Mention of Presi
dent Signal for Demonstra
tionsLeague Big' Issue.
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Chloao Trlbune-Omnha Bee Leased H ire.
San Francisco, June 28. As offi
cial "keynoter" Homer Cummings,
national chairman of the democratic
party, started the democratic con
vention on its way today by an old
fashioned, rip-roaring attack upon
the republicans. For two hours the
donkey planted its heels on the ribs
of the G. O. P. elephant while the
enraptured delegates and galleries
made the welkin ring with shouts
and cheers.
Woodrow Wilson's seven years'
record in peace and war years, the
treaty and the league of nations,
forrried the framework of the "bell
ringing" address and every sentence
of praise for the democrats wa.s fol
lowed by a paragraph walloping the
republicans. On the league of na
tions three sentences epitomize the
'keynoting" of Mr. Cummings:
Must Protect League.
"We will not submit to the re
pudiation of the peace treaty or to
any process by which it is whittled
down to the vanishing point."
And again:
"It is "not reservations that the
president stands against, but nulli
fication." ,
And again:
"The trouble with the treaty of
peace1 is that it was negotiated by a
democratic president."
Two sentence's typifying Mr. Cum
mings' onslaught upon the republi-,
cans were: '
"No blacker crime against civiliza
tion has coiled the pages of our his
tory than the senate's defeat of the
peace treaty.
"The 'old guard" sold the honor
of America for the privilege of nom
inating a reactionary for president."
Demonstrations Feature Day.
Demonstrations for President Wil
son of varied lengths punctuated the
opening session. Every mention of
the president's name brought the
delegates to their feet cheering and
waving their hands. And just before
recessing the conclave sent a mes
sage to the While honse" congratu
lating the president on his seven
years of service. v
From the start the democrats were
on their toes. An hour before open-'
ing time they began drifting into the
wonderful hall, which is part of San
Francisco's civic center, a hall such
as no other national convention has
had for its meeting place. Every
body seemed happy likewise pros
perous. Eight years in office has-brought
about a perceptible change in the
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Five.)
Says Governments of,
America and Poland
Have Same Principles
Y Milwaukee, June zts. roiish and
American lirotherhood will prove
enduring, because both nations are
founded on the same principles of
liberty, it was declared today by
Prince Casimer Lubomirski, Polish
minister to the United States, who
addressed a gathering of more than
16.000 Milwaukee Poles. '
Conditions in Poland are improv
ing, he said, and predicted that un
der the new cabinet formed by Pre
mier Grabski, which he character
ized as 9 cabinet "of experts, the
country could look forward to an
era of progress in every line.
Senator Lcnroot of Wisconsin de
clared that America rejoiced that in
the war to protect its own liberty,
it won freedom for others, and that
of all the liberated pepples Poland
should appeal to America the most.
Kansas City Star Announces
Subscription Rate Increase
Kansas City. Mo., June 28. The
Kansas City Star today announced
an increase in subscription rates in
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa frdm
15 to 20 cents a week. Elsewhere
the rate will be 30 cents a week.
Local rates are unchanged. Ad
vancing cosjts in production mater
ials, especially newsprint, was given
as the catise of the increase.
North Caroline Governor
Wants Suffrage Ratified
Raleigh, N. C, June 28. Replying
to a message received from presi
dent Vilson last Thursday regarding
the ratification of the Anthony suff
rage amendment, Governor. BickcH
reiterated his purpose of advising the
coming special session of the North
Carolina legislature to - promptly
. tS aaiendmeat, :
u.u.r.
SAY ANTHRACITE
OPERATORS ARE
PROFITEERING
Former War Labor Secretary
Asserts Net Profits Increas- -4
ed 90 Per Cent In Four
Years.
Scranton, Pa., June 28. Charges of
profiteering and monopolistic con
trol in the anthracite' coal industry
were made before the anthracite
coal commission today by W. Jett
Lauck, former secretary of the war
labor board, and now consulting
economist of the United Mine Work
ers Ji America.
Mr. Lauck appeared in hearings on
demands. of the anthracite workers
for wage increases that will bring
their earnings to a" level with those
of the bituminous workers, with a
minimum wage of $6 a day.
"A survey of the anthracite in
dustry," said Mr. Lauck, "shows an
increase in net profits of the princi
pal operators for the period of 1916
1918 over 1912-1914 of nearly 90 per
cent as compared witlj and in pro
duction during this period of less
than 12 per cent. In case of seven
representative mining companies
there was an increase in net profits
of 69.7 per cent."
Trial of "Big Tim '
Murphy for Murder
Of Enright Begins
Chicago, June 28. "Big Tim"
Murphy, Chicago labor leader; Mike
Corrozzo and Vincenro Cosmano.
jointly charged with murder, today
were brought before Judge Joseph
Sabath to face trial for their alleged
connection with the death of
Maurice "Moss" Enright last Feb
ruary. Enright was killed as the result
of a dispute over the leadership of
the Street Sweepers' union, it is
charged.
Kansas Wheat Harvest Will
Be in Full Swing This Week
Topeka, Kan., June 28. The har
vest is booming and this week will
see binding in eastern Kansas and
heading in the more central wheat
belt in full swing, said the weekly
crop report issued by the State De
partment of Agriculture. The re
port says there seems to be no great
shortage of harvest hands in any lo
cality, while a, few counties show
more men on hind than ay needed.
American Aviator Held
In Moxico at U. S. Consulate
Brownsville, Tex.. June 28 Lieut,
Stanley M. Ames, American aviator,
who made a forced landing in Mex
ico 35 miles south of the border
Sunday, while lost in a rainstorm,
will be held by Mexican authorities
in Matamoros, pending instructions
from "higher officials." Meantime
he will have the..' dom of the
Mexican town an'1 fac a guest at
the United St? ulate.
Premat. .dJoiTof
Fourth Cause of Girl's Death
Moline, 111., June 28. In prema
ture . celebration of the Fourth of
July, Thais Jeivii'ch, 6 years old,
was burned to death here when a(
chaser ignited her drcs
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J f IwonJeff AeYt
M eeMrougA tits?)
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Mysterious Bottle
Disappoints Thirsty
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Crowds on Farnam
Time: The hottest hour yesterday
afternoon.
Place: Fourteenth and Farnam
streets.
Participants: At least 100 thirsty
pedestrians' and Traffic Officer
.Farmer : I
Act 1. A "pint bottle, containing
dark liquid, 'drops from a passing
automobile.
Act 2. Several pedestrians and
Officer Farmer rush fpjrward. The
bottle is reached first by Officer
Farmer, who elevates it in one "hand
and inspects it.
Act. 3 The bottle slips from the
officer's hands and falls to the pave
ment. At least 100 pedestrians emit
disappointed sighs - and move on
ward. CAR CRASHES INTO
RAILING ,F BRIDGE;
DRIVER ARRESTED
Four Bluffs Men, Said to Have
Been Intoxicated, Have
Narrow Escape.
Four Council Bluffs men, driving
across the Douglas street bridge,
narrowly escaped death early Mon
day morning when the driver of the
automobile in which they were riding
vlost control of the machine and it
crashed through the railing at the
north side of the bridge.
The men, who were Birney Ma
loney, 1034 Fourth avenue; Harry
Hall, 1523 avenue C; Roy Williams,
753 Myster street and John Nelson,
823 avenue C, were arrested, charged
with intoxication. Maloney, the
driver of the car, and Hall are also
held for investigation.
The men were driving east when
the accident occurred. The car
crashed through the railing of the
bridge, mashing tne front of the
machine If it had gone a few feet
farther, the men would have been
hurled into the river, according to
the police. The machine did not be
long to any of the men, the, police
say. I
Oklahoma City Increases
42 Per Cent In Population
L Washington, June 28. Oklahoma
City. Okl., 91,258; increase, 27,053,
or 42.1 per cent.
Walla Walla, Wash.. 15,503; de
crease, 3,861, or 19.9 per cent.
State of Delaware, 223,003; in
crease, 20,681, or 10.2 per cent.
Newcastle county, Delaware, in
eluding Wilmington, 148,239; in
crease, 25,051, or 20.3 per cent.
Germany 3,000,000 Tons
Behind In Coal Contract
Paris, June 28. Germany is 3,000,
000 tons in arrears of her engage
ments concerning the delivery of
coal, in execution of the treaty of
Versailles, according to . an inter
view with Louis Loucheur printed
today in the Tetit Parisicne. He
says it is necessary to grant a large
amount of coal monthly to indus
trial reconstruction.
De Valera at Frisco.
San Francisco, June 28. Eamons
De Valera, "president of the Irish
republic," arrived here tonight for
lii figh: on behalf of the inchiMon
in the democratic platform of a plank
for recognition of the independence
of Ireland,
:
SENATOR OWEN
HURLS BROADSIDE
AGAINST M'ADOO
j
Terms His - Procedure "Atro
cious and Declares it "Shows
Him to Be' Insincere
With People.
By CHAS. H. WHITE.
San Francisco'. June 28. Charac
terizing the actions of Secretary
McAdoo as "hide and seek" methods
in seeking the democratic nomina
tion for president, Senator Robert
Owen of Oklahoma, also a candi
date, declared just before the con
vention opened today the secretary's
procedure was "atrocious" and
showed him to' be "insincere with the
people of the United States."
Senator Owen was the guest of
the Women Statesv Democratic club
of California at breakfast. The Ok
lahoma candidate was outspoken in
his stand on the "wet" question and
deplored the fact that it had become
as issue which, as he said, was an
effort to split the party. "I am dry,"
he said, "dry as a bone. I am for
upholding the constitution of the
United States and its laws. If they
want liquor, whyt don't they go out
and fight the prohibition party in
stead of making issues in the pary?"
"Would you favor light wines or
beer," he was asked. "Hell no,"
was the determined reply. "I am
bone dry a person can go out and
load up on wineand beer and get as
drunk as a boiled owl." Senator
Owen induldged in forceful ar
raignment of the sugar profiteering
and other monopolies the former of
which he accused of extending the
price to- 25 cents the pound, whereas
he said the commodity should sell
for 5 cents. He accused the
profiteers of having "stolen four
t'.fths of the sugar supply."
"The republican party is broker,
down," said Senator Owen. "Broken
down from wthin by those who seek
special concessions and place a
higher value on money than they do
on life. l
Women are to be our saviors in
this battle women first because they
value human life, because they arc
wives and mothers because they
have children and ' understand the
home and are concerned with life
and living and cost. Women think
i:i terms of human lives." ,
Pelaz Denies Rumors That
His Force Holds Oil District
Mexico Cify, June 28. Gen. Man
ucXrelaz, who has been virtually in
dependent ruler of the state of Ta
maulipas, declared false rumors that
his forces were holding the gulf pe
troleum district. These forces, he
said, were being partly disbanded
and the principal officers transferred.
icn. Pelaz declared his relations
with the war department were en
tirely amicable and expressed the be
lief that the government probabK
would assign him to the Tampico
military sector.
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FAVORITE SPHINXLIKE AS
HIS BOOM FOR PRESIDENT
IS
Son-in-Law of Nation's Chief Far in Lead for Honors
With Outcome Unknown Until Bryan and Old
Guardsmen Announce Definite Choice Tieup of
Ancient Enemies Would Elect Dark Hore.
By The Associated Press. '
New York, June 28. William G. McAdoo would neither
affirm nor deny that he wouJd accept the presidential nomi
nation if tendered him by the democratic conventTjwi. Early in
the day, it was said at his office that he might comment an the
statement by Thomas B. Love, national committeeman from
Texas, that Mr. McAdoo would not refuse the nomination.
He left his office for the day, however, with out having made
any statement.
Bryan to Fight the
McAdoo Boom to Last
Ditch, Says ' Her dman
San Francisco, June 28. -William
Jennings Bryan will fight to
the- end against the nominatiQ of
William Gibbs McAdoo, accord
ing to .Lee Herdman of Omaha,
Neb., a close friend of Mr. Bryan.
Herdman, today, .following a con
ference .with Bryan, stated he was
in a position to "positively de
clare that Mr. Bryan will oppose
the nomination of McAdoo to the
emd."
"Mr. Bryan takes the position
that' Mr. McAdoo is really a can
didate without making any dec
larations," said Herdman. "He
feels McAdoo should have an
nounced his position on the
-great issues that are before the
convention and does not feel the
party can afford to nominate a
man who has not let his attitude
be known on problems confront
ing the party."
58,000 Rail Men v
, In East Threaten
To Walk Out Soon
Philadelphia, June 28.tt-Ah ultima
tum outlining demands of employes
of the Pennsylvania railroad, affili
ated with the American Federation
of Labor was issued last night by
Harry S. Jeffery, chairman of the ad
visory board, Philadelphia and Cam
den federation. In the event that
the demands for reinstatement of
foremen affiliated with the federa
tion are not met before 11 Tuesday
inorning, Jeffery declared he would
call a strike of federation members
throughout the entire eastern region
of the Pennsylvania railroad. He
said 58,000 men would answer the
strike call.
Harding, Refreshed by Rest,
Returns to Washington
Raritan, N. J., June 28. Refreshed
and invigorated by his first period of
relaxation in several months, Sena
tor W. G. Harding, republican presi
dential nominee, had before him a
quiet and uneventful program today
at the country home of Senator J.
L. Frelinghuysen, where he and Mrs.
Harding are guests.
The only event planned for the
day was a golf marsh with Senators
Frelinghuysen, Hale of Maine and
Kellogg of Minnesota. The nominee
expected to leave late this afternoon
for Washington, arriving there at
midnight. I
The senator spent Sunday attend
ing church, automobile riding in the
afternoon and resting quietly in the
evening..
Havana Police Station
Damaged by Bomb Explosion
s Havana, June 28. Downtown Ha
vana was shaken at midnight Sun
day night by the explosion of two
bombs in apertures in the walls of
the second precinct police station.
One man was injured, by fling
debris. Police officials found in the
wall of the police station another
bomb that had failed to explode.
I I
GAINING MOMENTUM
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
CliloBito Tribune-Omaha Bee Iucd Wire.
San Francisco, June 28. At the
close of the first day of the demo-
cratic convention William G. Mc
Adoo is so far in the lead for the
nomination for president that the
prospect at this hour is distinctly
the choice of either McAdoo or a
dark horse.
The big question of jthe moment
is whether the dwindling forces op
posed to McAdoo will be able to
hold sufficient strength intact after
the balloting begins to deprive the
president's son-in-law of the two
thirds majority requisite for the
i nomination. If the avowed enemies
of McAdoo realize theexpectations
they are f eiterating toifht the will
be able to block indefinitely the nam
ing of the former secretary of the
treasury and to open the gate to the
dark, horse paddock.
Bryan Unknown Factor.
In speculation upon the'probabie
fate ot the movement to halt Mc
Adoo the position to be adopted by
William J. Bryan is a big and an
unknown factor. Will he oppose
McAdoo? Will he join his ancient
enemies in the democratic old guard -to
thwart McAdoo's victory '
If Bryan, who is suspected of if
hankeriag for a fourth nomination. .
should fight McAdoo, the 'Com
moner is likely to. prove the big ob-"-stacle
in the path of the president's
son-jn-law. For the New York, New
Jersey, New England, Indiana, Illi
nois and other old guardsmen can
not be relied upon to go into the
last ditch against McAdoo if by so
doing they risk loss of reserve seats
on the band wagon of the winner.
Tammany and some other old guard ,
aggregations already have betrayed
some signs of nervousness over the .
possible cost in the way of patron-
age of too inveterate an antagon
ism of McAdoo, in the event of his
nomination and election.
Old Guard Unstable.
The democratic, like republican,
old guard dearly loves a winner, par
ticularly a winner under obligation
to its grand marshals for his nomina
tion, and if McAdoo should get
perilously close to a two-thirds ma
jority some of the leaders who are
doing their utmost to beat him now
would be the first to start a stam-V
pede in his favor, tingling the while
with the most pleasurable sensatif)ns
of expected reward for turning de-'
feat into victory.
Of course, in the case of McAdoo, . (
there is not a great deal of optimism "v
among the old guardsmen as to the
prospects of reward.' There are,' for -example,
the Illinois friends of the
late Roger Sullivan, who hav not,
forgotten how he started the Wilson
band wagon at Baltimore in 1912,
only to find himself completely
ignored after -te election in the "
distribution of Illinois patronage.
McAdoo proved as cold as his
father-in-law in respect to the in-
(Contlnupd on rie Two, Column One.)
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Baptists Urge Peace
Treaty Be Ratified
With Reservations
Buffalo,- N. Y., June 28. The
Northern Baptist convention adopted
resolutions urging President Wil
son and the sefiate to ratify the
treaty of Versailles, "with suitable
reservations," a the earliest possi
ble moment and pledging the Bap
tists to support strict enforcement
of federal prohibition laws.
Balloting for officers for the en
suing year began this afternoon. The
only opposition to the report of the
nominating committee was a move
from the floor to substitute the'
name of Rev. James A. Francis of
Los Angles for that of Rev. J. W.
Brougher, also of California.
Mr. Brougher performed the mar
riage ceremony for Douglas Fair
banks and Mary Pickford and siice
coming here as a delegate to the
convention has made a public ad
dress, in which he emphasized his
belief that it was not contrary to
church law to marry divorced per
son!". - '
The other officers on the ticket
who were unopposed, include: Sec
ond vice president, Mrs. M, G. Ed
mands, California, and treasurer
Frank I. Miner, Iowa.
First Official Meeting of
League Set for November
Geneva, Switzerland, June 28.
The first official meeting of the
league of nations-will he held here
next .Wvenibcr, according to infor
mation eceivfd from the principal
allied capital? " "
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