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The Omaha Daily Bee V VOL. 50 NO. 13. IMer n Sacond-Claia Mittir May a, IMS. it Omaha P. 0. Ufldaf Att of Mirctl J. 1179. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1920. Br Mall (I ear, I mid, 4tl Zona. Oally and Sunday. 19: Dally Only. M: liawdat. $1. OvtiMa 4th Zona (I year). Oally and Sunday, lit: Daily Oaly. 112: Sunday Only. IS. TWO CENTS 01 T8U OMAHA AND IWN. C1L liLrFKS. JTIVB CENTS. JV MM (Inr , .v . .T ' aY.J BANKS AIDED STOCK FRAUD IS CHARGE Organizers and Salesmen of Missouri Valley Cattle Loan Company Operated Swindle Game, Petition Declares. CONSPIRACY TO BILK FARMERS IS ALLEGED Prominent Bankers and Ranch men Acted as 'Bird Dogs' and 'Pointers' in Skin Game, Ac cording to Plaintiffs. An involuntary petition in. bank ruptcy, filed yesterday afternoon in United States court, 'against the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan- Co., alleges amoi.g other things that the company conceived forj fraudu lent purposes aud that the receiver ship proceedings 6f this week were irregular. The petition was signed by Nosh J. Peterson, G. S. Satterfiold. L. G. Fuller, W. II. Brook, Fred V. Me Nally, Floyd Davidson and Thomas M. Anderson. The petitioners set forth in lengthy detail the circum stances of their stock subscriptions ' to the company. Mr. Peterson al leges that he was induced by W. B. Johnson to subscribe f,or $10, 000 worth of the stock, paying $2, 251.60 in cash and taking up nr.tes for $2,500 each given by W. H. Brook. L. G. Fuller and L. A. Rob erts. Mr. Alexander relates that he also subscribed for $10,000, paying half in cash and giving a note for the balance. " Claim VVholesale Fraud. . The petitioners allege that "the company was conceived in fraud and from its very inception was a stock-selling scheme by which the present officers and agents and orig inal promoters conspired to defraud . farmers, ranchmen and others, by selling stock upon the representa tion that the company was being organized to do- a legitimate loan business, while in fact the said cor poration was organized for the pur pose of defrauding people out of their money . by selling worthless stock." It further is alleged that "some banks and some stockmen ard cat . tie men acted ' as 'bird dogs,' or 'pointers,' to point out prospective subscribers, and a specific allega tion is made that E. Smith, cashier of the Nisha Valley bank of River on,Ia., acted as one of the. 'bird ilogs' aud that his bank was one of .he bird flog banks.' " Collusion Is Charged. In connection with the appoint ment of C. E. Burnham and, Joseph B. Fradenburg as receivers this vcek, and alleged irregularities of those receivership proceedings, it is alleged in the petition that there was collusion between the follow ing: E. Smith, C. A. Sunderland, C. E. Burnham, G. D. Butterfield, F. M. Currie, R. S. Johnson, G. C. Junkin. V. W. Giddings, C. B. Gano, P. E. McKillip, L. D. Ohman. W. H. Graver, McNish Cattle Loan Co.. Jesse C. McNish, R. W. Mc Grcw. Richard M. D. Childs, Pal mer W. Wharton and C. H. Kel- "Another allegation is that the 'stock-selling promoters represented to prospective subscribers that the company would pay 32 per cent on common stock in 1919 and 8 per cent on preferred stock and that the notes given by subscribers never would have to be paid, because div idends would meet those obliga tions. G. P. North of Cherokee, la., and M. L. Donovan of Omaha were the attorneys who filed the petition. About Transfer of Notes. The petition further alleges that the officers of the company wrong fully assigned and transferred vari ous, notes and mortgages in the sum of $47,000. and it is also al leged that there are other creditors to the extent of $100,000. C. A. Sunderland and E. Smith are charged with having sent cir culars to stock subscribers with in tent to defraud. Reference is made in the petition tc a contract with the McNish Cat tle Loan Co. for a tract of land, and another reference is made to the pavment of $1,000 a month to C. E. "Burnham, G. D. Butterfield and F. V. Currie. ' The names of the tock promot ers are given as follows: J. J. Rcadv, Huntley, W. B.. Johnson and B. W. Giddings. Turkish Nationalists , Admit Success of Greeks Constantinople. July 2. Official statements issued by the Turkish na rionalist headquarters of Mustapha Kemal Pasha under date of June 24, 25 and 26, received here by courier, admit successes by the Greeks in the center of their drive eastward into Anatolia. - The statement, however, claims success for the Turks in the Berg I'ama area and north of Smyrna and declare that the Turks are in general control of the Greek advance. ' The nationalists say -that there was ab solute, quiet on the entire - front on Jvtufli ' - v , ,1 -.- - WOMAN MEMBER OF STATE BOARD RESIGNS JULY I Mrs. A. G. Peterson Asks to Be Relieved Poor Health" Said to Be Cause. t Lincoln, July 2. (Special.)--Mrs. A. G. Peterson, who has been a member of the board of control since July 1, last year, has resigned. it being understood that her health will not permit her to stay longer. It is expected that another woman will be named in her place. In her resignation Mrs. Peterson says: '"It is with a feeling of keen re gret that 1 hnd it necessary to ask you to accept my resignation as a member of Board ot Lomrriis- isioners of State Institutions. "The reason for this request ' is entirely a personal one, conditions having arisen which make the ac tion unavoidable. "I would appreciate . being re leased by - Juby 1. It has been a great privilege to have served the state in this capacity, and an in spiration to have worked with the other members of the board." ', Hold Aged Woman as Possible Kidnaper of Blakeley Coughlin San Franciseo, July 2. An elderly woman, giving the name of Mrs. William G. Owens of Santa Bar bara, Cal., was detained by the po lice as she was about to board a southbound train with a baby today, in the belief that she might be the abductor of Blakeley Coughlin, the Philadelphia boy who was .stolen from his frib on June 2. She maintained that she was given the baby to keep by a Margaret Wil son, a theatrical woman of Santa Barbara, and the police placed some credence in her story. The woman and child will be held until all information concerning the Coughlin baby has been checked up, the police announced, but they said this was a precaution only. The b;.by is about 19 months old, ac cording to available records, while the Coughlin child was said to be 13 months. 27500 Freight Cars To Be Shipped West To Transport Grain Chicago, July 2. Chicago railroads today received notice from the Inter state - Commerce commission that 27,750 empty grain cars had been or dered delivered to the western roads by the eastern lines. Of this number the first deliveries will be 1,800 to the' Santa Fe, 1,200 to the Soo line, 300 to the Wabash, 300 to the Chicago Great Western, 300 to the Chicago & Northwestern, and 1,200 to the Rock Island system. It was also announced that deliver ies of grain cars would be made to the Northern Pacific, Great North ern and Union Pacific roads. The large allotments to the Rock Island and Santa Fe will help relieve the situation in the two big gram states at this time, Iov;a and Kan sas, officials said. Plan Centralization of Osteopathic Activities Chicago, July 2. Plans for cen tralizing osteopathic activities were made today at the closing session of the American Osteopathic as ociation 1 sociation' convention. Dr. W. Z. Gravett of Dayton, O., was elected secretary and treasurer for five years. He will establish offices in Chicago. Previously the office had been separate, with election for one year. The board of trustees will de cide on the time and place for the next convention. ". Cotton Crop of 1 1 ,450,000 Bales Forecast for 1920 Washngton, July 2. A cotton crop of. 11,450.000 bales was forecast to day by the Department of Agricul ture, basing its estimate on the con dition of the crop June 25, which was 70.7 per cent of a normal, and the area in cultivation on that date, which was announced as 35.504.000 acres, 6 ..;'v , IN LtAD FOR Strong Disposition Among the Delegates in Favor of For mer Cabinet Member Rather Than Hold Convention Over. OPPOSITION CONFIDENT THEY CAN CHECK BOOM Meeting Now 36 Hours Behind Schedule Many Members Have Pullman Reservations For Saturday Night Trains. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee, leaned Wire. Auditorium, San Francisco, July 2. The democratic national conven tion tonight reached the stage of bal loting on the nomination for presi dent, with William G. McAdoo far in the lead of the field of aspirants and his opposition disorganized, but striving to unite upon a candidate capable of defeating the former sec retary of the treasury. Time is now working powerfully in favor of the president's son-in-law. As a result of the protracted platform fight the proceedings of the convention are now 36 hours be hind schedule. Most of the delegates have Pullman reservations for de parture tomorrow night. If McAdui is nominated they will not miss their trains,. If McAdoo is eliminated or a deadlock produced the delegates would be held over Sunday, as in Baltimore in 1912. In view of the inability of the Mc Adoo opposition up to date to unite upon a candidate, thee is an evident disposition among many delegates to desert the allies and plump for the president's son-in-law in prefer ence to missing their homebound trains tomorrow night. ' Opponents Confident. After all the conferring and gum shoeing and dickering of the last 48 hours the anti-McAdoo men, led by Brennan of Illinois, Murphy of New York, Nugent of New Jersey and I.ynch of Minnesota, approached the first roll call with confidence they could halt the former secretary tne treasury well snort ot tne requisite two-thirds majority. They (Continued on Page Two. Column Four.) "Miss Wilson" Again Questioned in Effort To Solve Elwell Case New York, July 2. Efforts to solve the murder of Joseph Bowne Elwell, whist expert, gravitated to day toward "Miss Wilson," sup posed owner of silk lingerie found in the dead man3 bedroom. Her acquaintance with the sports man has six times caused her to be questioned by the district aUorney"s office. The latest interview was held in order that she might be con fronted with a cablegram quoting Anna Kane, Elwell's former house keeper, now in Ireland, as stating that "Miss Wilson" had "threatened to shoot Elwell if he deserted her again." following the examination Dis trict Attorney Swann said "Miss Wilson" had "denied categorically that she had uttered any threat against the life of Elwell." lames shevlin. suoervisir-g prohi bition enforcement agent, expressed the belief that several business men known in Wall street were connect ed with the "whisky ring" of which the murdered man is alleged to have been a member. Divorced Wife of Wealthy Chicago Man Driving Taxi Chicaco. Tulv 2. Mrs. Belle Gaertner, divorced wife of William H. Gaertner. wealthy manufacturer, today started work as a taxi driver in the "loop district. "When our decree was signed re cently I found I had $3,000 and my car," she explained. "I decided im- mediatelv to convert the car into a public cab and run it myself." Mrs. Gaertner is wearing a trim green riding habit for her work. Horse Falls Into Deep Ditch Children Ask Firemen Aid in Rescue Many and varied are the re quests that come to the fire chief, but a brand new one was added to the calendar Thursday evening when three children asked help of firemen in extricating the family horse from a hole into which he had fallen. Three small children of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hixon, 1423 Ellison avenue, were in charge of "Old Dobbin" when the accident oc curred. Seated in an old spring wagon, they were enjoying an evening ride when the horse, hind feet first, sank almost .ievhis neck in deep hole. iflJyi The accident occurred J' enteenth and Sprague slreets where grass had grown over an old sewer inlet. Firemen rescued the horse, which, like the three children, was birfly scared, but not jnju; J NOMINATION Bryan Once More Wins Great Ovation By the Magic Power of His Oratory jgSft4' , , M- miff; - v 'feSfe6f ffl JF. Tils'- M. MkM w m&p k , SIR ROBT. BORDEN, HEAD OF CANADIAN CABINET, TO RESIGN Great Leader Announces With drawal From public Life After 24 Years' Service. Ottawa, Out., July 2. Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, definite ly announced his retirement from public life at a general caucus of unionists here last night and his de cision was regretfully accepted by the caucus. No definite appoint ment of a successor has been made. A canvass of the caucus showed that sentiment strongly favored Ar thur Meighan, minister of the inte rior, as Sir Robert's successor. He represents in parliament the district of Portage la Prairie," Man., and is the youngest member of the government, being 44 years old. Another possible leader men tioned is Sir Henry Drayton, minis ter of finance, who for "many years was chairman of the board of rail way commerce of Canada. The political career of Sir Robert Borden began in 1896 when he en tered, the house of comrhons as a conservative member from Halifax. Later he became leader of the con servatives in the Canadian parlia ment, and in 1911 succeeded Sir Wilfried Laurier as premier. As a colonial representative at the peace conference, - Sir Robert early declared himself in favor of a league of nations. N. W. Rowell, president of the privy council, also has tendered his resignation from the' ministry. The choice of a new name for the party provided discussion as did the premier's retirement. Many party titles were suggested. The caucus finally agreed on "national, liberal and conservative . rarty," which was sponsored by J. A. Cal der, minister of immigration and colonization. It will be commonly known as the national party. Sir Robert has promised to re tain his scat in the house and to support his successor io the best of his ability. A significant fact also is that prior to the general caucus the lib eral unionists held a gathering in camera and decided to stand by any man chosen by the larger gath ering, also to agree to the fusion of the liberal and conservative identities. Seat of Stutz Motor Co. Official Sold for $98,000 New. York, July Z. Allan A. Ryan, chairman of the Stutz Motor Car company recently expelled from the New York Stock exchange after the controversy which fol lowed 'the alleged coiner in Stutz ftock last March, was notified to day by the board of governors that his seat had been sold for $98,000. Belgian Suffs Lose Brussels, July 2. A bill granting suffrage to the women of Belgium was defeated by a vote of 8 to 74 v chamK.- 0f- Deputies here LEAGUE PLANK GIVEN ROUSING DEMONSTRATION Carter Glass Reads Demo Platform to Convention Delegates Show Strain Of Long Sessions. By ARTHUR M. EVANS. Chicago Trtbune-Omalia Bee Leased Wire. Auditorium. San Francsco, July 2. The clock hands are pointing to 10:35 when the convention is called to order. Same -old crowds 'but quieter and a trifle sleepy. Prayer and the national anthem. Without further ado. Carter Glass of Virginia is recognized to present the report of the platform com mittee, Glass is going to read every word of it himself. At 10:45 he makes his 'start. At the first men tion of Woodrow Wilson the con vention applauds. "The democratic party favors the league of nations," reads Glass. The delegates interrupt by getting to their feet and ripping loose with full lung powet while the band -plays "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." Another brief demonstration comes when Glass reads, "We endorse the president's views of our international obligations." Glass reads with great deliberation. He masticates every phrase to get its flavor. At 11:45 Glass is still reading. Most of the delegates have read the digests of the various planks in the newspapers. Glass developes aJ. crack in his voice and apologizes, ''Let somebody read who can read," roars a Florida delegate. But nay, Glass merely slips himself another throat lozenge and hoarsely crdaks on his way. At 11:52 the woman suffrage plank pets a demonstration. A parade ot the state standards passes through the aisles, although most of the del egates remain in their places, stand ing up and shouting. The band and (Continued on 1'nge Tivn, Column Fire.) Girl Given 10 Years for Murder of Stepfather St. Louis. July 2. Ursula Brod crick. 16 years old, exonorated slay er of her father in 1916, today was sentenced to 10 years in the peniten tiary for the killing of her step father, Joseph Woodlock, in April of 1919. She filed noticf of appeal, and was released on $10,000 bail pending a hearing. on the appeal. She hap maintained she shot Woodlock in defense of her honor. Mexican Secretary of War Oders Gonzales Executed Mexico City. . July 2. Gen. . Fran cisco Gonzales, former govemqr of j the state of I amauhpas, captured at Santa Engracia by Gen. Arnulfo R. Gomez, lias been ordered , exe cuted by Gen. P. Elias Callcs. sic retary pf wat " f STEAMSHIP HELD IN QUARANTINE AT RY. PORT Charge Violation of Rules by Letting Passengers Embark Without Examination. New York, July 2. Alleged to have violated health regulations at Cherbourg by pernitting 193 steerage passengers to embark without being subjected to rigid physical examination, the steamship Olympic, with 2,205 p.issengers aboard, was detained at quarantine today when it arrived here from Southampton and Cherbourge Agents provided small err. ft to take ashore today first and second cabin passengers. The 1,122 steer age passengers will be removed to morrow to one of the government quarantine stations. The ship will be thoroughly fumigated before docking. The. New York symphony orches tra, returning on the Olympic, was greeted at quarantine by the mayor's committee aboard a police 1 oat. The Olympic, the first of the great' Atlantic passenger steam ships to be equipped with oil burn ers, made a highly successful voyage after their installation, according to the commander. ' Including the Olympic, six trans atlantic liners arrived here today with 7,912 passengers, one of the largest totals since 1914. The pas senger list of the Olympic was the longest since the early days of the war when tourists 1 were rushing home from Europe. Steerage passengers on the Dante Alighieri also were detained in Quarantine for observation, Lecause, seme came from districts where ty phus prevails. Suffs Thank Harding for Urging Vermont to Ratify St. Albans, Vt.. July 2. Taking notice of press reports that Gover nor Clement will call the Vermont legislature in special session to make possible ratification of the woman suffrage amendment, the Vermont Equal Suffrage association today sent to Senator Warren G. Harding, republican candidate for president a telegram saying: "Extremely gratified at the happy outcome of your conference with Governor Clement." A somewhat similar message was sent to Chairman Will H. Hays of the republican national committee in appreciation of, his good offices in the matter. The Weather Forecast. . Saturday fair; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m,. A a. m T a. m. ....... . H a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m., .. . . . . 11 a. m AT .M .13 .80 .Hi .84 .61 1 p. m.. 2 n. m.. S p. m.. 4 p. m.. 5 p. .m. A n. m. . , ...S7 . ...X ,...! , . . .OS .... ...t 7 p. m .00 X't noon ( p, ni,. .,,:,..,. Si NEBRAS AN SNOWED UNDER BY 929 1-2 T0 155 1-2 AFTER STIRRING PLEA TO MEETING Ballot Shows Overwhelming Majority Against Proposal to Pledge Party for Strict Enforcement of Volstead Enforcement Act Commoner Sways Delegates by Eloquent Speech in Favor of Plank. BULLETIN. San Francisco, July 2. 7:30 P. M. The platform waa adopted as reported by the committee. San Francisco. Julv 2. I to write a bonedry plank into wnvciiuuii BuuwiiiK mm uimer on a rou can wnicn IOlIOwea a dramatic debate. The Bryan prohibition plank rejected by the conven tion was as follows: "We heartily congratulate the democratic party on its splendid leadership in the submission and ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution, and we pledge the party to the effective enforcement of present enforcement law, honestly and in good faith, without any increase in the alcoholic content of permitted beverages and without any weakening of, any other of its provisions." Vote on Bryan's Bone Dry Plank The vote on plank follows: Bryan's bone dry veas. 8. navs. 16. Alabama, 24; Arizona, 0; yeas, 0; n-ivs, 6. Arkansas, 18; nays, IS. California, 26; yeas, 7; nays, 18; absent, 1. Qjlorado, 12; nays, 17. Connecticut, 14; nays, 14. Delaware, 6; nays, 6. Florida, 12; nays, 12. Georgia, 28; nays, 28. Idaho, 8; yeas, 8. Illinois, 58; yeas, 5; nays. 53. Indiana, 30; nays, 30 Kansas, 20; yeas, 20. Kentucky, 26; yeas, 2; nays, 24. Louisiana, 20; nays, 20. Minnesota, 24; 1 absent; yeas, 5; nays 18. Mississippi, 20; nays. 20. Montana, 8; yeas, 3; nays, 5. ' Maine, 12; nays, 12. Maryland, 16; nays, 16. Massachusetts, 36; yeas, 2; nays, 34. Michigan, 30; yeas, 7; nays, 23. Nevada, 6; nays, 6. Nebraska, 16; yeas, 10; nays, 6. 1 New Hampshire, 8; yeas, 1; nays, 7. New Jersey, 28; nays, 28. New Mexico, 6; nays, 6. New York, 90; yeas, 3; nays. 87. North Carolina. 24: veas. 24 navs. 24. Ohio, 38; yeas, 2; nays, 46. North Dakota, 10; yeas, 5; nays, 5. Oklahoma, 20, yeas, 20. Oregon, 10; yeas, 2; nays, 8. Pennsylvania. 75: vears. 7: navs. 67. One not voting. . Rhode Island, 10; nays 10. South Carolina, 18; nays, 18. i South Dakota, -0; yeas, 4; nays, 6. ' , Tennessee, 24; nays, 24. Texas, 40; nays, 40. Utah, 8; yeas, 2; nays, 6. Vermont, 8; nays, 8. Virginia. 24: veas 1 1-2: navs. 221-2. Washington. 14: veas. 81-2: navs. 3 1 West Virginia, 16; yeas, 2; nays, 14. Wisconsin, 26; yeas. 4; nays, 22. Wyoming, 6; nays, 6. Alaska, 6; yeas, 2; nays, 4. District of Columbia, 6; nays, 6. Hawaii, 6; nays, 6. Philippines, 6; nays, 6. Porto Rico, 6; nays, 6. Canal Zone, 2; nays, 2. Iowa, 26; yeas, 5; nays, 20. One not voting. Missouri, 36; yeas, 9 1-2; navs, 25 1-2. - Total yeas, 155 1-2; nays, 929 1-2. Nonpartisan Governor Is Elected in North Dakota' Fargo, N. D.. July 2. With the gubernatorial contest virtually con ceded a nonpartisan victory, interest in Wednesday's primary election turned today to the contest for the United States senatorial nomina tion on the' republican ticket. The early lead established by Senator A.. J. Gronna was dwindling somewhat at noon, his total of 738 out of 2,064 precincts in the state being 20,823 as against the 18,724 polled by Dr. E. F. Ladd. the league candidate. Predictions today by the Fargo Forum which has supported the candidacy of William Langer for governor, placed the estimated ma jority of Governor Lynn J. Frazier, the league choice at from 5,000 to 7,500. Langer had a lead of 1,602 votes in 1.622 precincts, but the miss ing precincts were recognized as Frazier strongholds almost entirely. Skeleton of Woman Found In Rear of Former Saloon Kansas City, July 2. A wine case containing a woman's bones, was found today buried beneath 12 feet of earth in the rear of what was formerly a saloon. The bones an- peared to be those of a young woman, as the skull showed two rows of perfect teeth. The police are attempting to con nect the finding of the bones with the disappearance 26 years ago of Miss Maude Belle Bonesteel, daugh ter of a Kansas City physician, W. J. Rrvan losf Viis fio-hf tndav the democratic platform, the i' 1 he official rpsn t was 0?Oi.i iiivas io 133 year. That finished Brvan's hnne-drv plank and the convention turned to ine next amendment to the platform, which was the plank offered by Rep resentative Hobson of Alabama. Bryan, with one of his old-time speeches in support of a bone-dry plank, turned the convention almost upside down with the magnetism and force of his oratory and started one of the greatest and noisiest demon strations the assembly had yet seen. When Bryan had concluded his re ply to the advocates of a wet plank the demonstration cut loose on the " floor, and wholly unaided by the band or the organ or any of the . -other demonstrations going, it pro ceeded spontaneously and resisted all efforts to get the convention back to order. Bryan, standing smiling in the limelight at the edge of the speak ers' platform,, and witth tears of , emotion coursing down his.-chee' reviewed a procession of prohibitiW " enthusiasts who tore up state stand ards and started a moving column of delegates about the hall. There was more than one fight over whether a state standard should go in the demonstration. Fight For Standard. "A particularly spectacuhr battlt raged around possession of the Cali fornia standard where, when Mrs, Georgia C. Ormsby of Oakland at tempted to carry the standard intc the demonstration a number of men attempted to prevent it. Among them was an assistant sergeant-at-arms. Francis J. Heney pounced on the man and threw him into the crowd. All that remained of the standard when the wreckage was cleared away was a tattered part of the pasteboard top which once had borne the letters of the state name. Alabama's standard suffered a similar fate and the bits were tri umphantly borne about the hall by the prohibition forces. During the demonstration some one bore the standard of Bryan's home state to the platform aud, reaching out, Bryan lifted it high above the rest while the crowd roared. Finally after the crowd had been quieted Chairman Robinson recog nized Senator Glass. The Bourke Cockran amendment was lost bv a vote fnnoffirian rf 726 against and 356 for. Little Reduction in Production of Coal Despite Mine Strike Williamson, W. Va., July 2. Mediators of the Department of La bor, following conferences with mine operators and union officials, left for Washington today to pre sent their reports to the federal an- thorities. The results of the con ferences were not made public Few operations in the immediate district have been reported closed on account of the strike order effec tive Tuesday midnight. Production for the first day of the strike was 70 per cent of the average, accord ing to loading reports of the Norfolk & Western railroad which handles all the coal in this vicinity. Opef-'' ators claim there is always a falling ' o'f m production for the first few days of each month, as many min ers voluntarily take a short vaca tion at this time. Liberal Candidate Elected President of Santiago Santiago, July 1. A computation of the vote for members of the elec toral college cast at the presidential election last Friday, given out by the ministry of the interior today, shows Arturo Alessandri, candidate of the allied liberals, leadmg with 173 voles in the college as against 169 for Luis Barros Borgono, he nomi. nee of the moderate liberals, or lib eral union. (The complete electoral college has a. total of 354 members.). The liberal 'unionists carried Valpa raiso, while the allied liberals won in Santiago. Two departments which return 12 presidential electors still- are to b heard from, . ' . . ; A