10
HARDING MAKES
FIRST 'CANNED'
CAMPAIGN TALK
Republican Nominee Dictates
Address to Phonograph
Urges Preservation of Amer
: icanism as First Duty.
Washington, June 30. Declaring
the nation "requires no council of
foreign powers to point the way of
Afnerican duty," Senator Harding,
i tpublican nominee for president, in
his first campaign speech Tuesday,
urged the preservation of American
ism as the first and highest en
deavor of all candidates of, the re
public. . The, candidate's first utterance of
the campaign was heard by no audi
ence, however, being made for a
phonograph record to be released on
the Fourth of July and to be used
throughout the campaign.
;. ,A copy of the senator's address
ws made public at hjs office and
with it a speech made last week by
Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts,
trie party's vice presidential nominee
for a similar purpose.
Senator Harding chose "Ameri
canism" as his subject, while Gov
ernor Coolidge spoke on "Law and
Order."
'.(America, Mr. Harding said, does
tint mean to hold aloof, chooses
no. isolation and shuns no duty, but.
he continued, "we arrogate to our
selves the keeping of the Ameri
can continent and every concept of
our moral obligation." The presi
eUfitial candidate added that "it is
very practical to make sure our own
house is in perfect order before we
attempt the miracle of old world
stabilization."
For Law and Order
In urging maintenance of law and
order, Governor Coolidge defined
the need of America as' "a broader,
firmer, deeper, faith in people a
faith that men desire to do right,
that the government is founded upon
a righteousness which will endure."
"The first flaming torch of Amer
icanism," said Senator Harding,
"was lighted in framing the federal
constitution in 1787. The Pilgrims
signed their simple and majestic
covenant a full century and a half
before, and set aflame their beacon
of liberty on the coast of Massachu
setts. Other pioneers of new
world freedom wore rearing their
ne standards of liberty from
Jamestown and Plymouth for five
generations before Lexington and
Coticord heralded a new era. It was
all Americanism in the destined re
sult, yet all of it lacked the soul of
nationality. In simple truth, there
was no thought of nationality in
the revolution for American inde
pendence. The colonists were resist
ing1 a wrong, and freedom was their
solace. Once it was achieved, na
tionality was the only agency suited
to its preservation."
"Americanism really began when,
robed in nationality, the American
republic began the blazed trial of
representative popular government.
Representative democracy was pro-"-"cidlmed
the safe agency of highest
human freedom. America headed
the forward procession of civil, hu
man and religious liberty, which ulti
mately will effect the liberation of all
mankind. The federal constitution
is the very ba.se of all Americanism,
the ark of the covenant of American
liberty, the very temple of equal
rights. The constitution does abide
and ever will so long as the repub
lic survives.
Vl.et us hesitate before we sur
render the nationality w.iich is the
very soul of highest Arri"ricanism.
This republic has never failed hu
manity nor endangered ivilization.
: Proud of War Record.
"We have been tardy sometimes,
like when we were proclaiming de
mocracy's neutrality while we ig
nored our national rights but the
ultimate and helpful pa't we played
in the great war will be the pride
of America so long as the world re
( c:.;$ the story.
' "iVVe do not mean to bold, aloof.
We'hoose no isolation. We shun
no ' duty. I like to re joice in an
American conscience, and ia a big
cooteption of our obligations to
I libdrty, justice and civilization. Aye,
and more, I like to think of Colum
! bia'S helping hand to new republics
! whfi are seeking the blessing por
j trajed in our example, Put have a
! confidence in our America that re
: quirts no council of foreign powers
to jjoint the way of American duty.
"Call it the selfishness of nation
ality if you will, I think it an in
spiration to patriotic devotion:
"To safeguard America first.
"To stabilize America first.
"To prosper America first.
' "To think of America first.
"To exalt America first.
"To live for and revere America
first.
"The first duty of a government
is to be true to itself," said Gov
ernor Coolidge. "This does not mean
perfection. It means a plan to
Strive for perfection. It means loy
alty to itself." The ideals of Amer
ica were set out in the Declaration
of Independence and adopted in the
constitution.' They did not rcpre
sf.lf perfection attained but perfec
ticJI Claimed. The fundamental prin
ciple was freedom. The fathers
kneW this was not yet apprehended.
They formed a government firm in
the faith that it was ever to press
forward to this high mark."
! Garbaae contractor Must
.Improve Service, Is Ukase
Ffclice Commissioner Ringer,
whose jurisdiction include? the city
garbage department, advised Harry
Pollack yesterday that there are too
rrjfiny complaints of neglected gar
bage being received at the health of
fice.! Mf. Pollack was grafted a con
tract by the city for the hauling and
disposal of garbage for a considera
tion' of $45,000 a year.
"There must be an improvement
in the garbage situation or some
thing is going to happen," said the
police commissioner.
I Steal Woman's Watch
Florence Frawley, 2610 H street.
reported to South Side police she
was fobbed of her watch valued at
$25 while on a southbound Q street
car; luesday night.
Charming Portrait
Of Mrs. Harding, Wife
Of G. 0. P. Candidate
:! Mm -: Ml :
Mrs. WARREN Q.
HARDINvj
NTt
A charming and exclusive portrait
of Mrs. Warr-n G. Harding, wife of
the republican nominee for presi
dent, made at her home in Wash
ington, D. C
Harding Is Pleased
A t Organization o f
G. 0. P. Club In Omaha
United States Senator Warren C.
Harding, republican presidential
nominee, is pleased over the or
ganization of a Harding and
Coolidge club in Omaha, the first
organization of the kind in the west.
Tlie senator's appreciation was ex
pressed in a letter received yester
day by Frank A. Sbotwell. F.x
cerpts from the communication fol
low :
"I appreciate more than I can tell
your telegram notifying me of the
Harding and Coolidge club, which
has been organized in Omaha.
"Won't you give my kindest re
gards to all the members and assure
them that at all times during the
campaign it will be a matter of pride
to me that I have such cordial sup
port from so many friends.
"It is most encouraging to read
that all of Nebraska is falling in line
tor the republican ticket. I think
we can safely appeal to the country
on the promise of restoring an ef
fective republican party in power."
Harding Is Certain
Winner, Says Omaha
Congressman Here
Harding is the best possible choice
the republicans could have made, and
is a sure winner. This is the word
brought to Omaha "by Congressman
Albert W. JeiTeris, who arrived here
Tuesday night from Washington to
spend the summer.
"Harding is most ably equipped
with experience and ability to take
up the reins of our government,"
said Mr. JefFeris. "Better still, he
is in fine physical condition. He is
a broad gauged man of the type wc
most need.
"Coolidge is also an excellent
choice, I believe. He is very popular
in Massachusetts and throughout
the east.
Fireworks Higher In Price,
But Business Is Rushing
Roman candles, skyrockets, fire
crackers, magic snakes, torpedoes
and caps are much higher in price
this year, but what does Omaha
care. The "glorious Fourth" will be
celebrated with as much noise as
ever, according to B. G. Rilz, owner
of the largest fireworks emporium in
Omaha, 1508 Harney street.
"I'rire doesn't cut any ice," said
Mr. Rilz. "Fireworks are about 25
per cent higher than last year be
cause of labor trouble and material."
All fireworks stores in Omaha are
doing rushing business now, the
noisy firecrackers and cap guns are
being sold in large numbers.
Omaha Coppers Asked to
Aid Police In Budapest
"It is a sad and frequent occur
rence that our fellow officers break
down under the burden and some of
them have sought solace in suicidical
death rather than continue to wit
ness indescribable suffering of their
families."
This is part of an appeal for aid
received yesterday by Chief of po
lice Marshal F.berstein from the
head of the Hungarian police force
of Budapest.
The letter appeals for clothing for
members of the Hungarian police
and their families. It states the
prices of clothing in Budapest are
"unbelievable."
Injured in Auto Accident.
Beatrice, Neb., June 30. (Spe
cial.) Word was received here yes
terday from Norfolk that Ora
Folden. formerly of that city, had
been seriotidy injured in an auto
accident. His collarbone was broken
in two places and his right leg
fractured. H is about 30 vears old
and has a wife and two cfiildren.
Johnson County Farmer Dies.
Beatrice, Neb., June 30. (Special)
Rudolph Badertsher, living near
Vesta, Johnson county, died yester
day morning at a local hospital,
aged 55 years. The deceased is
survived by a widow and a number
of children. The body was taken to
Vesta for burial.
FINAL MOVE MADE
TO TAKE OVER GAS
PLANT FORMALLY
Transfer of Bonds, Release of
Mortgage and Execution of
Other Transactions '
Complete.
The formal transfer of bonds, re
lease of a mortgage and the execu
tion of other transactions in connec
tion with the municipal ownership
of the gas plant were accomplished
yesterday in New York City by
W. G. Ure, city commissioner, and
W. C. Lambert, corporation counsc.
These officials went east last Sun
day, having shipped by express
$5,000,000 Omaha gas plant bonds
with which to make the purchase
The city's" representatives satisfied
the Farmers' Loan and Trust com
pany in the release of a mortgage
of $2,400,000 which was held against
fhe plant. The remainder of the
bonds were delivered to representa
tives of the United Gas Improve
ment company, according to infor
mation received by Mayor Smith
from Mr. Ure.
Assumes Legal Possession.
The purchase price represented
bv the bonds covers the appraised
valuat ion of $4,500,000, improve
ments made on the plant since June,
1018, supplies and materials on hand
and all accounts receivable.
Tomorrow the city will be in legal
possession of the gas plant, whose
management will be within the juris
diction of the Metropolitan Water
board, according to a law which au
thorized acquirement of the plant
by the city.
Quasi-Official Authority.
Since June 15 the water board has
been exercising a quasi-official au
thority over the gas plant, aS the in
ventory of supplies and materials and
also accounts receivable were as of
date of June 15, subject to read
justments for the period between
that date and July 1.
R. B. Howell, general manager of
the water plant, will be general man
ager of the gas plant. He is not
ready to announce who will be in
actual charge.
One "Miserable Man"
Stands Between Women
And Vote, States Suff
Youngstown, O., June 30.
"Women are not going to be the
same door mats their grandmothers
were!"
This assertion was made by Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren,
president of the Ohio Women's Suf
frage association, in an address
here.
"There has been a feeling among
women that political parties didn't
intend us to vote in 1920." Mrs. Up
ton continued.
"I trust political parties myself
more than men and more than many
women do, but the feeling insists
that the parties have not planned to
permit women to vote this fall.
"Daniels thinks we can have
North Carolina. The Vermont peo
ple are for us, all but the governor,
and he's an 'anti' and wet. Such
a miserable two-legged man is be
tween us and freedom." declared
Mrs. Upton, referring to the efforts
to have the Vermont legislature
meet in special session and be the
thirty-sixth final state to ratify
the federal suffrage amendment.
"If we could only take some kind
of an anti-toxin that would get the,
'old grandfather' attitude out of us
we would be better off."
Secret Service Operative
Finds Where Sing Sing Is
Ossining. N. Y., June 30. To a
Mr. Seward, secret service agent,
was handed in New York a letter,
the contents of which, it was
thought, might aid in running down
a criminal the Department of Jus
tice was seeking. The return ad
dress, marked on the back of the
letted red "354 Hunte street, Ossin
ing. The secret service man called at
that address and to his surprise
found it to be Sing Sing prison,
from whose 1,400 inmates he felt
sure he would not obtain the desired
information. Seward did not tell
the warden what was in the letter.
Whole Island Sleeps as
Sheep Make the Living
New York, June 30. There is no
high cost of living or other prob
lems on Easter Island, the eastern
most of the inhabited Polynesian
group, according to Professor Alan
son Bryon, zoologist and geologist
of Honolulu, who arrived from Val
paraiso by the Grace liner Santa Te
resa, after a stay in this isolated re
pository of mystery in the South
Sea, belonging to Chili, and 2,000
miles off her coast.
Sheep raising is the principal in
dustry and the sheep are the only
workers, the herders mprely looking
on and sleeping.
Succeed In Growing Jap
Walnut Tree In Colorado
Greeley, Colo., June 30. Author
ities at the State Teachers' college
in this city are meeting with consid
erable success in growing Japanese
walnut trees in this community The
fruit of the Japanese walnut resem
bles that of the English walnut, and
it has withstood severe cold and ex
treme drought. In five years the
Japanese walnut has developed into
a nut-bearing tree ten feet high. Ex
periments with the American chest
nut, shelfbark hickory nut and other
nut-bearing trees have been unsuc
cessful. Brakeman Dies From Injuries
Sustained Two Years Ago
Frank E. Alvord, 59 years old,
vaseran Union Pacific brakeman,
dtfd yesterday at his home, 2406
Poppleton avenue, as th result of
injuries sustained two years ago in
a fall from a train near Kearney,
Neb. He had been an employe of
the company for 39 years. His
widow, a son, A. J. Alvord of Drake
Court, ?nd a daughter. Mrs. loyce
Koch of Omaha, survive.
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, JULY t. 1920.
Illinois Woman Leads
Boosters for McAdoo;
Says Victory Certain
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CROWDS JAMMED
IN J AM RUSH AT
BRANDEIS STORE
15,000 Had Bought at Sale at
Noon, Owner Estimates
Three Carloads Offered.
George Brandeis was s hut out of
his store yesterday morning.
He tried three entrances and
found that each was blocked by
crowds eager to purchase their share
of the Australian jam for sale there.
He then joined the crowd and
gradually gained admittance.
"The jam proves that iam is popu
lar in Omaha," he remarked smil
ingly. "It was an orderly jam,
though, and when I assured the
people there was enough jam for
everybody there was no further
jamming."
15,000 Sales at Noon.
At noon Mr. Brandeis estimated
that more than 15,000 people had
purchased jam. It is the largest
crowd ever assembled at a sale in
Omaha, he said.
The sale was conducted in the
basement of the store. Crowds ex
tended from the jam counters up
the basement stairs the t-ntire length
of the street floors and out into the
street.
Thirty-six clerks, 10 department
managers, 24 doormen and Mr.
Brandeis were on hand to serve the
jam purchasers. Six exits, with a
cashier at each, were provided.
Thirty plain clothes men, employed
by the store, and several policemen
were also on hand.
Three Carloads Offered.
Three full carloads of the jam
weighing 248,140 pounds were
brought to Omaha by the Brandeis
stores and represented an invest
ment of $30,000 with no profit to the
store. It is said to be the last of
the United States government's sur
plus, and is manufactured with pure
cane sugar.
It is sold in eight-pound packages
of seven varieties, for $1.12 cents,
or for less than the price of sugar
alone. The shortage and high price
of sugar at the beginning of the
canning season is a reason for the
tremendous rush of purchasers, Mr.
Brandeis says. There should be six
pounds of jam for every family in
Omaha, according to Mr Brandeis.
Noblemen to Take Roomers
At $105 a Week Apiece
London, June 30. Any stranger
in London with nowhere to go, es
pecially if he be a Yank, can find
lodgings with a certain member of
the British nobility, who, to turn a
penny, offers to accommodate any
sightseeing guests at 25 guineas a
week at his home in Mayfair. Rough
ly, that's about $105 a week.
There are some 300 private hotels
who are catering to the American
tourist, and some 1,600 houses have
been offered to wealthy transients.
About 5,000 Americans are arriv
ing in England weekly.
Home Town Dressing Up
For Reception of Harding
Marion, O., June 30. Senator
Harding may not know his home
town when he arrives to receive the
acclaim of his old friends and neigh
bos at the home coming celebration
next Monday.
Practically every business block in
the city has been painted o.- is under
going repairs and city council has
paved the wav for many city im-
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, .Tune 30. (Rppclal Tele
gram.) A postofflre wan established at
Tershlnx. Ia., Marlon county, with James
Stanfllland an poatmaeter.
Postmasters appointed today were: W.
w. Wolf, vlc c. A. Godding. Gorman.
Potter county. South Dakota; B. W.
Hrady, vice Dennis C. Fowler, resigned.
Kden. Sweetwater county, Wyoming: Nina
P. Ripes, vire Jennie Noll, resigned. Val
ley New, Hand i-nuntv. South Dakota: .T.
I.. Johnson, vice T. .1. Johnson, resigned. :
Moore, Albany county. Wyoming. '
A civil service examination will he I
held on July ;4 for fouth-class post- I
masters at i roston. crowell. Staplehurst,
and Yutnn. Neb.
Fire In Swift Plant
Residents of the South Side be
lieved the entire packing plant of
Swift & Co. was on fire yesterday
when smoke and flames shot out of
the coal purveyor.
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uted to crossed electrical wires.
Arrest Negro Suspect
Hartley Bolds, negro. 5011 South
Twenty-sixth street, who was ar
rested Sunday night charged with
assaulting and robbing John Si
monds, Cudahy fireman, pf $100 in
front of his hbme, was discharged
in South Side police court yesterday
for insufficient evidence.
Held for High Court
Tgnatz Kuschzewski. 4426 South
Twenty-sixth street, was bound over
'o trial under $500 bond in South
Side police court vesterdav of
charge of stealing $52 worth of lumber-from
the J. B. Watkins Lumber
com nan v.
South Side
SKINNER POLICE
EXONERATED FOR
OUSTING LAWYER
Judge Fitzgerald Dismisses
Assault Charge by Crofoot
-Not Bona Fide Stock
holder, He Declares.
Judge. Ftizgerald yesterday dis
charged R. W. Whited, chief of the
Skinner company police, 2715 North
Twenty-sixth street, and William E.
Hoagland, 826 North Thirty-sixth
street, in South Side police court.
Whited and Hoagland were ar
rested last Saturday on a charge of
assault and battery on complaint of
L. F. Crofoot, attorney, whom they
ejected unceremoniously from a
meeting of Skinner stockholders in
the beef cooling room of the pack
ing plant.
The case was continued until
Wednesday last Monday.
Within the Law.
Judge Fitzgerald ruled that Cro
foot, who claimed to hold $40,000
worth of transferred Skinner stock,
did not hold this stock legally, and
inasmuch as the meeting Saturday
was private for bona fide stockhold
ers, the two Skinner policemen
were within the Irw when they
threw the attorney cut.
On the witness stand Monday
Whited admitted he willfully eject
ed Crofoot from the Saturday
meeting and had asked Hoagland to
assist him.
Accepted Lawyer's Defy.
He said he had orders to allow no
one to enter the meeting except
bona tide stockholders, and had
been told that Crofoot was not one
of these.
Crofoot told him there was no
one in the meeting big enough .to
put him out, Whittcd said, and he
demonstrated he was mistaken.
Man, Posing as Census
Taker, Assaults Girl
In Home On South Side
About 4:30 p. m. Tuesday a man
with a pad and pencil in his band
entered the home of L. C. Hull,
2617 Eighth street.
He represented himself to be a
census enumerator.
Mildred. 11-year-old daughter of
I.. C. Hull, was alone in the house.
The man attempted to assault her,
but was frightened from the house,
as she began to scream.
He was described to police by
the little girl as a man about 45
years old. dressed in a light suit,
and with little, black, beady eyes.
Police Hunt for Peeper;
Find Man Asleep In Yard
Residents at 3322 South Twenty
third street called police at 1 a. m.
yesterday reporting a man peeking
through the windows of their home.
Officers were dispatched from the
South Side station and scoured the
neighborhood.
They found Henry Peters. Man
chester, la., sleeping in a back yard
at Twenty-third street and Deer
Park boulevard about 2 a. m.
He was arrested for investigation.
Live Chickens Flat on
Surface of Swollen River
Oklahoma City, Okl., June 30.
Many unusual scenes wete wit
nessed during the recent high water
here. The most common was that
of chickens floating alive on the
surface of the swollen Canadian
river.
A huge tank was undermined by
the river and oil spreading over the
water sustained the weight of the
fowls.
Several barrels of oil were
"skimmed" from the flooded stream.
Cretonne Covered
Lawn and Porch
Cushions
Saturday's
Big Value at
79c
rilled with downy cotton,
t covered with very choice
; patterns in cretonne, and
made in both round and
X square shapes.
T Excellent for the porch,
$ lawn and automobile; just
the thing for picnics.
T As an added feature
t we offer
EXTRA HEAVY
I FELT BASE
Floor Covering
a Value-Givinff
59c
Price, sq. yd.
Choice patterns for bath
room, dining room and
kitchen.
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Oratory Flows Fast
At Demo Convention
Continued From Tug.' One.
now proceed to the nomination of
candidates for president of the
I nitcd States."
An expectant hush falls over the
assemblage as the roll fall of states
begins. Alabama passes. Arizona
yields to Oklahoma. The usual
cheer. Judge R. L. I.ufhorough of
Heaver, Okla., is introduced by the
i hair to nominate Senator Robert
L. Owen, the only Indian running
for the White House. A group in
one of the galleries rises brandish
ing its. arms and yelling: "Owen,
Owen. He's the boy who makes
them smile, he's been right for a
hell of a while. Owen, Owen."
"The Man Who."
J. G. Lufborough is addicted to
'The man who" habit. He says
Owen is the man who was master
builder of the federal reserve and
the farm loan act. Likewise a man
who has brought government closer
to the citizens.
"He is the man who can be relied
upon to faithfully execute the 18th
amendment," cries Judge Lufbor
ough. Feeble cheers at this. One
good feature of the speech is its
brevity. The band breaks into
"Yankee Doodle." Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and a few other groups
mount their chairs and shoot a rah
rah: "He can win; he will win;
O-win."
Governor Charles E. Brotigh of
Arkansas makes a seconding speech,
a florid one in which he compares
Owen with all statesmen from
Washington and Jefferson to Lin
coln, Roosevelt and McKinley. One
gern by Governor Brough is "He
(Owen) is loved by the Oriole of
the southland as the friend of na
ture." i3rough's best contribution is a
jest. "Arkansas is the only state
mentioned in the bible. It says,
'Noah looked out of the ark and
saw.' It brings down the house.
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll."
Susan W. Fitzgerald, a stately
loking alternate dclegate-at-large
from Boston takes the platform for
another seconding speech. Approba
tion is noisily registered by floors
and galleries. The strong lights
flash on, the movie cameras click,
the band master, a jovial soul, makes
the convention rock its sides by
plaving, "Oh, You Great Big Beau
tiful Doll."
The Bostonian makes a good im
pression with her speech, in fact it
is the best of the speeches of the
day, which is not saying much.
Here's a sample of what she says:
"Senator Owen's record will inspire
every democrat and offer hope to
every heart-sick republican."
Mrs. Fitzgerald ends in 10 min
utes; the nomination of Robert L.
Oven, the only Indian among the
candidates, has been completed.
A fat clerk with a thin voice re
sumes the roll. Arkansas yields to
South Dakota and U. S. G. Cherry
of Souix Falls takes ihi rostrum to
nominate James W. Gefard. former
ambassador to Germany. Fifteen
minutes suffices him. No seconding
speeches.
Nominate Cummings.
At 12:34 Connecticut nominates
Homer S. Cummings through John
S. Crosby of Hartford. He proves
to be a regular orator with a voice
as flexible as a lariat He coils
his left arm around the desk and in
reverberating tones tells the dele
gates of the rock-bound hilN of Con
necticut. He warms them up a minute later
by speaking of President Wilson.
"The great transcendent issue in the
campaign" he says, "will be whether
America shall hold fast to the sub
lime ideal by which his leadership
sanctified its sacrifice and raised it
as the hope of a despairing world.
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"Woodrow Wilson is everlasting
ly unconquerable in his grasp on
the truth that America belong to
the. world."
Crosby finishes by turning to' the
portrait of President Wilson hung
frcm the pipes of the organ. He
bows low at the remark that the
party is "dedicated to the spiritual
leadership of Woodrow Wilson."
Seconding speeches are made by
Mrs. Force Parker of Los Angeles
and Ira C. Rothbcrger.
Shallenberger Names Hitchcock.
Affairs are moving smoothly and
fast. At 1:06 Delaware yields to
Nebraska and former Governor A.
C. Shallenberger of that state nomi
l.ates Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock
as a man who conies from the west
and has the confidence of the east,
the great defender of Woodrow
Wilson in the senate of the United
States, Gilbert M. Hitchcock. The
Nebraska!) finishes in six minutes
which is the record so far for a
nominating speech.
Florida yields to Pentnylvania
and John H. Bigelow of Hazeltou,
Pa., is introduced to name Attor
nev General Palmer. It is now
1:15.
Mr. Bigelow starts in with Wil
liam Penn. Ben Franklin and the
Liberty bell and after 10 minutes
:peaks of the days when Charles
Schwab sought to keep the "Fight
ing Quaker" from goinjr to con
gress, but "labor arose in its-might
and swept him in." He dwells upon
radicalism and says Palmer was
one of labor's best friends for
purging it of dangerous elements."
He speaks of Palmer's campaign
jigainst the 'reds." At tlvs junc
ture a diversion is caused by a
Massachusetts delegate, Thomas A.
Niland of East Boston. He tries
to get in a question from the floor.
A Pennsylvania delegate brandishes
a cane in the front aisle and at
once 30 men are milling around,
'be impression is that some I. W
W. has got into the hall to kick
up a fuss. Some skeptics say it
is a "plant" bv the Palmer manag
ers. But no." the delegate simply
wants to ask about the price of
sugar. The chair and the gavel
suppress him and Mr. Bigelow re
sumes: "He stands four square with
that greatest apostle of democracy,
Woodrow Wilson."
Big Demonstration.
At 1:40 Bigelow finishes and at
once the first prolonged demonstra
tion starts. Pennsylvania and Geor
gia grab their standard'; and prance
into the hall followed by 'he Dis
trict of Columbia headed by John
E Laskey. district attorney at
Washington. The llliuMs standard
is trotted into the parade bv Charles
Kline, district attorney at Chicago,
who later turns it over to lames
M. Dailey. former county chairman
of Cook county.
The band at the kickoff has bro
ken out with "John Brown's Body."
It plays the chorus over and over
again while the dancing dervishes
in the aisles sing a chant of nine
words. "Palmer. Palmer, Palmer,
Pennsylvania, that grand old key
stone state."
Two o'clock and M'chnian gets
intc the parade led by Congressman
Doremns and a "yip" goes up.
For 38 minutes by the watch the
monotonous nine-word chant keeps
up. At 2:18 it subsides and Con
gressman Henry T. Rainey of Car
tollton, 111., seconds Palmer's nomi
nation in a trumpet speech. He
causes a little sensation by remark
ing: "Our candidate's private life is
pure and clean. Our candidate in
this particular cannot be assailed
from any direction. He has upheld
the law and be has kept the peace."
A few delegates applaud, the rest
nudge each other, and say "What
does he mean. He seems to be
taking a crack at somebody."
Mrs. Florence Cotnam of Arkan
sas seconds Palmer's "because be
believes what he says and does what
he believes without fear."
Mrs. George C. Ormsby of Ok
land does likewise because "We re-
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labor law and made it a reamy.
Porter Nominates Meredith.
Claud R. Porter of Iowa, mem
ber of the Federal Trade commis
sion, nominates Secretary of Agri
culture Meredith. It is 2:48 when
he starts and the delegates are 8ftj
ting hungry. He describes thrf 7
salubrious climate of Iowa and re
counts that the state produces great
men ami women, but Porter men
tions no name for a long, long time
and the delegates finally begin to
shout "name him, name him."
"All right, I'll tell you who he is,
says the orator at last. "He is a
man strong in body, a man who had
been honored by the president as
secretary of agriculture, a man who
is a genuine democrat, E. T. Mere
dith." , ,
Mrs. George Bass now ban tha T
gavel. The delegates fetch a cheer
as she thump the desk. Kentucky
yields to Ohio and a bunch of Cox
rooters in the gallery throw a few
raptures. James G. Johnson, judge
of Ohio supreme court, arises tc
make the nominating speech. The
judge packs more meat into his
sentences than most of the other?
have done, but makes it reasonably
brief. Eleven minutes is enough for
him and the moment he springs the
word "Cox" the big noise is oi
again.
Injunction Granted
Against Mortuary in
Residence District
Judge Sears in district court
granted a temporary restraining or
der yesterday against use of the
premises at 2101 California street as
an undertaking establishment.
The action was directed igains'
L. C. Moore and a Mr. Carlysle
whose first name was. not mentionec
in the petition.
The plaintiffs are Alice C. Allen
Anna Wineberg, Ruby Culbertson,
James L. Paxton. Fanny D Wake
ley and Samuel Nathan.
The case will be heard befort
Judge Sears Friday morning at 9.
Objections are made in the peti
tion to ambulances, funeral dirges,
autopsies, inquests and other activi
ties which it is alleged would be in
evidence if the premises should be
used as a mortuary.
The house was formerly owned
by T. C. Byrne and recently was
leased by Dr. J. C. Clarke to the
defendants.
Testifies Name on Second
King Will Not Genuine
Chicago, June 30. James B. For
gan, chairman of the board of di
dectors of the First National bank
of Chicago, testified today in cir
cuit court that the signature of
Byron L. Smith, late president of
the Northern Trust companv, on the
alleged second will of James C.
King, millionaire lumberman, was
not genuine. Mr. Forgan appeared
as a witness for the Northern Trust
company, trustees of the King estate
under the first will, which provided
for the maintenance of a home for
aged men.
Gaston B. Means and Mrs. Mary
C. Melvin. sister of King's deceased
second wife, seek to have the second
will probated
Commander of 34th
Division to Visit Omaha
Gen. A. J. Johnston, commander
of the Thirty-fourth division during
the world war, in which the old
Fifth and Sixth Nebraska regiments
served, will be in Omaha this
morning for 20 minutes en rdute to
the. Pacific coast on the Overland
Limited.
General Johnson yesterday tele
graphed T. A. Metcalfe he would be
glad to meet any Omaha men who
served under him at the Union depot
tomorrow morning.
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