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The Omaha Sunday Bee y .VOL. L NO. 3. Entend 8od-Clii Mattar May II. I9M. at Omaha P. 0. Under Act of March 3. i71. OMAHA SUNDAY MORNTNfi JULY 4 lQO By Mall (I v.ar). I.ild. 4th low, Dally and Sunday. $9: Daily Only. W: Huaday. 14. FIVE CENTS. SSTBIJlJ?JLHi,APv" UlUrtHA, OUliyAI tJULil 1, , Oallid 4th Zona (I yar). Dally and Sunday, I6; Dally Only. I2; Sunday Only. 15. f VJJillU. ca, BU'KHi, TK.N CK.NT& nil lift LL f r SEVEN ARE KILLED IN ' Many Injured When Minneap olis and St. Louis Passenger Train Crashes Through Bridge Near Humbolt, la. ENGINEER AND FIREMEN CRAWL FROM UNDER CAB .Relief Trains Sent to Scene, But Wire Troubles Prevent List of Dead and Injured Be ing Sent to Headquarters. Humboldt, la., July 3. Seven per sons were killed according to re ports received here when Minncapo , lis and St. I.ouis passenger train No. 1 went through the bridge six miles north pf here today. A number of persons were injured. Albert Lea, Minn., July 3. Infor mation of the wreck of the Minneap i olis and St. Louis .passenger train .was received at the local division offices of the road, but wire trouble prevented receipt of full details. Names of the persons killed and in jured could not be obtained. Engineer Murphy and his fireman, though carried into the stream with the engine, escaped without serious injury, crawling out from under the engine, which turned completely over. The mail car, directly behind the engine, was completely demolished, but first reports said tfye other c;frs were, not so badly damaged. A re lief train was sent from Fort Dodge, la., and a train was made up here to complete the train's schedule north. Virtual Agreement on German Reparation Reached by Allies Brussels, July 3. An agreement has virtually been reached by the allied premiers in conference here with Regard to the division of Ger man reparations on the basis of 52 per cent to France, 22 per cent to Great Britain, 10 per cent to Italy, 8 per cent to Belgium and 5 per cent to Serbia, it was stated here day. The remaining 3 per cent will bjr divided among the other allies, including Rumania, Portugal and Japan. Italy also will receive cer tain economic and financial advan tages. This tentative settlement was de clared to have been arrived at in a conference of the French, British, Italian and Belgian delegates. Word was received today that the German delegation to the Spa con ference would cross the frontier at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, reach ing Spa at 3 pi, m. Alleged Embezzler' . Wanted. His Wife to Have "Nice Things -, Chicago, July 3. -Declaring his peculation had been caused by a de sire tfo give his wife "nice things," Charles E. Brierly, formerly district sales manager for the Lipton Tea company here today confessed in a police station cell that he had em bezzled amounts from t'ue concern, which, it is believed, will total be tween $40,000 and $70,000. The defalcations covered a period ot two years. Brierly said he hid pone to New York several days ago to see Sir Thomas Lipton and ask leniency from him but that he had been "unable to go further than Sir Thomas' attorneys." Missouri After Scalps Of Two G. 0. P. Leaders St. Louis, July 3. The two com mittees appointed at the recent re publican mass meeting in Sedalia to demand the respective resignations of Jacob L. Bibler as national com mitteeman from Missouri, and of V. L. Cole as chairman of the repub lican state committee, met here to day to consider plans for effecting the dismissal of the two men. Ac tion against the two party leaders is being taken as a result of the dis tribution of pre-convention presi dential campaign funds in Missouri. Allied Conference Will Consider Polish Situation Brussels, July 3. The allied con ference in session here which has re ceived alarming news regarding the progress of the Russian bolsheviki in their offensive against Poland, will consider the military situation of the new republic, it was learned here to day. Marshal Foch, the allied com mander in chief, "and Field Marshal Wilson, head of the British general staff, have been ' consulted by the conferees on this subject Shoe Factories Close. Lynn, Mass., July 3. Shoe fac tories employing upwards of 4,000 persons shut down today for two weeks because of market conditions. The principal plants affected were thoie of A. II. Clavton anil com pany, and the A. E, Little company. IOWA WRECK Succeeds "Dad" Weaver As "Samson" of the Realm , of Ak-Sar-Ben Chas. R Gardner. iETARY of kukum Vice President of Security Motor Co. Named to Va cancy Caused by Death of "Dad" Weaver. Charles R. Gardner has been chosen as secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben, to succeed the late John D. Weaver, who filled the position for 14 years. This announcement was given out by E. Buckingham, president of the board of governors. The choice was made from a large list of applicants for the posi tion. , - "Charlie" Gardner has been an Ak-Sar-Ben booster for many years and is a man of large body and large, jovial, genial personality. Since 1908 he has been a "star" in tTie Ak-Sar-Ben "den" show, being a good .actor and singer. In this year's show he plays the role of "Father Time." He lives at 4619 Douglas street and is vice president of the Security Motor company, 2204 Farnam street, He is married and has three children. "I shall enter whole-heartedly into the duties of the position and expect to direct my attention at once to a systematic increase of the membership," said Mr. Gardner last evening when notified by The Bee that he had been appointed. Holdups Rob Booze Laravan or $100,000 Worth of Rare Liquor Paterson, N. J., July 3. Drivers of three motor trucks, bound to New York from Baltimore with 500 cases of whisky valued at $100, 000, reported to the police today that they had been held up on the Lincoln highway near here early this morning by three gunmen, who represented themselves as prohibi tion enforcement agents. Stopping the trucks and asking to see the federal parmit for transfer of liquor, the robbers are said sud denly to have leveled revolvers at the truckmen and ordered them from their seats. The quintet said they had been take on a two hours' motor ride and finally deposited in Paterson, while members di the gang made away with the liquor. Mrs. Rebecca Semple Dies At Home of Daughter Here Mrs. Rebecca Semple, 84 years old, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. John F. Harrold, 2208 North Forty-eighth street, Friday right. She is survived by one son, D. J. Semple, Palmer, Neb., three daughters, Mrs. J. Stevens, Pleas antville, la., Mrs. William Coryell, Harrisonville, Mo., and Mrs. John F. Harrold of' Omaha. The body will be taken to Olivet, la., for burial today. National Council May Control Polish Government Warsaw, July l.---(Bv The Asso ciated Press.) Control of the Polish government may be placed in the hands of a national count:' of de fense under the terms of proposals considered by a council of war and extraordinary session of the Diet to night. Extreme measures a-o Ce:med necessary to meet the critical situ ation caused by the bolshevik ad vance in Ukraine. Wife of Postal Telegraph Manager Dies at Home Here Mrs. Jennie G. Wolf, 41 years old, wife of John G. Wolf, manager of the Postal Telegraph company, died at her home, 1512 South Twenty-ninth street, Saturday. She has lived in Omaha 11 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, one of whom is in the navy. The body will be taken to Demotte, Ind., today for buria' GUIS. GIB ON A TOUR OF ALASKA Secretary of the Interior and Party to Make Study of Con ditions With a View to Coun try's Development. COMMITTEE OUTLINES PLAN OF PRECEDURE Lowering of Steamer Rates and Improved Transporta tion Facilities Hold an Im portant Place In Program. Washington, D. C, July 3. (Spe cial.) Secretary of the Interior John Barton Payne has made the development of Alaskan resources one of the chief purposes of his ad ministration. Secretary Payne has just left Washington on a month's trip to Alaska. He plans to leave Seattle on July 10. Accompanying him will be Dr. Alfred H. Brooks of the geo logical survey, who was chairman of an interdepartmental Alaskan ad visory committee appointed by Sec retary Payne in April, which recent ly made a report retommending va rious steps for the bettering or con ditions in Alaska, with a view to the development of large natural re sources. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who has been in attendance at the democratic convention in San Fran cisco, will join Secretary Payne and Dr. Brooks at Seattle and make the trip with them. Secretary Daniels is interested in the question of the development of coal resources of Alaska as a means of furnishing a supply for the navy: The party ex pects to return to Washington the first week in August. Other members of the Alaskan advisory committee, serving with Dr. Brooks, were H. Y. Saint of the shipping board; Otto Praeger, sec ond assistant postmaster general, and E. A. Sherman of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Plans for Development. The most important and urgent of the recommendations of the com mittee were the following: 1. Lowering of ocean freight and passenger rates and improvement of transportation and mail service through economies introduced ' by the combination of two existing steamship lines into one. Z. Concentration and co-ordina tion of federal control of Alaskan lands and resources by obtaining legislative authority for an Alaskan development board, and pending this by the appointment of an inter departmental Alaskan committee. 3. Co-ordination of federal road construction, and the development of a plan for a comprehensive sys tem of roads and trails to serve the entire territory; also the requesting of an aoorooriation of at least $1,000,000 for the inauguration of this system. 4. Investigation of the commer- (Contlnued on Page Three. Column Four.) Exchange Planned for Film Men Will be . Twelve Stories High A 12-story film exchange building to cost $300,000 will be built at the northwest corner of Eighteenth and Davenport streets by the American Securities company, according to S. Maclntyre of the Metro Pictures corporation. The building will house all film exchanges in the city. If work begins in two weeks, as contemplated, the building will be finished by the first of the year. Each film company has agreed to pay three months' rent in advance now and three more months on the day of completion of the building, according to Mr. Maclntyre. The building will be fireproof. Offices for two film companies will be on each floor. Avert Strike of 15,000 s- Electric Factory Workers Lynn, Mass., July 3. A general strike of the 15,000 employes of the General Electric company here, which had been voted by all craft unions in the plant, has been avoid ed by a settlement of differences, it was announced today. Under its terms the time study system, to which the operatives ob jected, will be continued, but with representatives of the employes 'holding watches alongside company representatives in timing opera tions. Italy Stands Firm for 20 Per Cent of Indemnity Brussels, July 3. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Italian delegates to the allied conference ' here are un derstood to be standing firmly for the payment to their country of 20 per cent of the indemnity to be paid by Germany. Belgian delegates are snowing great surprise that they should-.be required to make sacri fices for the sake of Italy, " 1 HARDING LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR HOME IN MARION Nominee Makes Trip by Auto mobiles Route Kept Secret to Avoid Big Crowds. Washington, July 3. Senator Harding left Washington todayby motor for his home town of Marion, O., where he plans to stay almost continuously until after the Novem ber elections. This will be his first visit there since his nomination as the republican presidential candidate, and his home folks have arranged a great homecoming celebration when he arrives Monday. Accompanied by Mrs. Harding, a secret service man and half a dozen newspaper correspondents, the sen ator left at l p. m. Before him was a run of approximately 410 miles with two overnight stops. This was believed to be the first long automobile journey ever under taken by a presidential candidate. Once clear of the city limits, the senator's car was speeded up, with the two machines bearing the cor respondents keeping close in the rear. The itinerary of the trip had been kept secret, as Senator and Mrs. Harding desired to avoid crowds and to get as much res tas possible be fore reaching Marion. While Mrs. Harding was waiting , for the senator to lock the house i before the start was made, she chatted with Harriet Jefferies, the negro cook at the Siamese legation next door. '"I hope you come back the first lady of the land," said the old negress. "If I don't it won't be my fault," answered Mrs. Harding. Bessie Wilson, Welfare' Worker, Is Secretly Wed to Omaha Lawyer Miss Bessie Wilson, executive secretary of the board of public welfare, and John C. Barrett, Oma ha attorney, were married in the Holy Angels' Catholic church by Rev. P. A. Flanagan. This romance was started when Mr. Barrett was legal adviser for the board of pub lic welfare several years ago. ,'. The bride is a daughter of Mr." and Mrs. "James A. Wilson. The bridegroom is past exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks and has been active in democratic politics. During her six years' service with the welfare board Mrs. Barrett heard many tales of marital discord, but this slant on life which she had during her day's work did net dis turb her natural optimism and cheery outlook on life. She kept her prospective marriage to herself and frequently she told city hall friends that she would not marry the best man she ever saw. News of her marriage was a com plete surprise to city hall folks. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett are honey mooning in the east. "Miss Wilson" Again Questioned in Effort To Solve Elwell Case New York, July 3. Efforts to solve the murder of Joseph Bpwne Elwell, whist expert, gravitated to day toward "Miss Wilson," sup posed owner of silk lingerie found m the dead man's bedroom. Her acquaintance with the sports man has six times caused her to be questioned by the district atlorney"s office. The latest interview was held in order that she .night 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." James Shevlin, supervising prohi bition enforcement agnt, expressed the belief that several busiMess men known in Wall street .vere connect ed with the "whisky ring" of which the murdered man is alleged to have been a member. . t , Omaha Boys Take1 First Place In Camp-Field Meet Camp Sheldon, Columbus, Neb., July 3. (Special Telegram.) The Tall Bull cottage, composed of eight Omaha boys, took first place in the field day at Y. M. C. A. camp yes terday. The Omaha boys who placed high were Delbert Pierce, Thomas Bowie, Ralph Erickson, Arthur Head, John Madgett, Ed ward Sterling and Ralph Young. Hervey Smith Cowan, noted lec turer and writer of books for boys, will be the principal speaker at a celebration at the camp Monday. Many of the boys received camp monograms for representing the highest in physical, social, mental and religious qualities. The Omaha boys leave for home this afternoon at 4 o'clock. American Relief Workers ' In Armenia Accounted For Washington, July 3. Four Amer ican relief workers in Armenia were accounted for in a dispatch from the American consulate in Constantinople to the State depart ment. They are Mary Super, Cath erine Bredemus and Alice Clark, who have arrived at Samsoun, on the Black sea, and Edith Cole, who has cached Hadji; ' VALEDICTCRY OF BRYAN IS S A 0 W. NT For First Time Since His Pre mier Nomination 24 Years Ago, Commoner Is Ousted As Party Leader. LOST IN EVERY FIGHT AFTER EPOCHAL SPEECH As Peerless Leader Watches Thousands Turn Convention Upside Down Tears of Emo tion Course Down His Cheeks. By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD. Written Expressly for tlie International News Service. San Francisco, July' 3. William J. Bryan is soon going to pack up with the rest of us and go home. What he ta"kes back with him will be mostly memories, i For the first time since that golden day when he hit the American peo ple right in the center of their imagi nations and as a silver tongued stranger won the nomination for the presidency, he has failed to dominate his party's convention. The years do strange things. To day that man who, five conventions ago, rose in all his youthful might and drew forth tributes that rocked the very United States, stood on the platform, a hale and smiling old man, no longer a politician but only a splendidly eloquent preacher. And when his sermon Ind ended his congregation rose and with an en thusiasm that came from the heart, spent a good half hour 'n cheering and singing and shouting, in show ing the hearty old man that the past was not forgotten. And he, who in other days had experienced all the thrills that can come to a man who has the adulation of the crowds, stood on the platform wiping the tears from !;is eyes with one hand and holding a great bouquet of flow ers in the other. - Heard His Valedictory. We had heard the valedictory of the great American whose salutatory of 1896 was still fresh in our minds. In spite of the little indeed, I may safely say, nothing that he gained in this convention, no nn here worked so har-d as Bryan. Al ways smiling and rejoicing in the conflict, he put in from 20 to 22 hours a day during convention week. I watched him purposely during the week to see what prodigies of work he might accomplish. He came to this convention to conquer Wilson. He goes, with Wilson unconquered. From the very first it was appar ent to everybody that Bryan would not be able to dictate to the party what candidate should be chosen. With his own state delegation di vided, he could not hope to dominate the nomination. ' He chose to put the battle on other grounds. There were few things beside the nomination that he could start a fight about. One of these was the dry planks; the other issues he chose were decidedly side issues. Was Indefatigable Worker. For hours and hours, after he rose at the St. Francis hotel early in the morning, he would meet with old friends and plan with them how to gain the goals he had set for him self. He never breakfasted alone. He had secured a place on the plat form committee and it was 'in the Continued on Page Three, Column Two. State Officers Answer Charge of Conspiracy New York, July 3. Counsel for District Attorney Swan and his as sistant, John T. Dooling, today filed in federal court an answer in the $1,000,000 damage suit begun against them by Gaston B,. Means, who charged them with conspiring to have him convicted of murder to discredit his testimony regarding the alleged last will of Mrs. A. Rob inson King, who in an early will left her millions to charity. The answer is a general denial of the conspiracy charges. Democratic Candidates To Observe July Fourth The Democratic Candidates' Or ganization of Douglas county will hold a patriotic celebrations in Hans com park Monday. James H. Crad dock is chairman in charge of ar rangements. Principal addresses will be given by John H. Morehead and Harry B. Fleharty. Mrs. Alice B. Abts will read the Declaration of Indepen dence. Father Flannagan's boys will sing "The Star Spangled Banner." and other musical selections are on the program. Pitboy's Income More London, July 3. "There are m&ny clergymen in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire whose incomes are less than the pitboys who attend their bible classes," the Bishop cf South well declares. Sugar Drops in Price. San Francisco, July 1. All sugar allotments placed on sale here today were, quoted at $22.75 a hundred-weight, refined drooped 2S cents since yesterday, 1 0maha Woman Named Member of Control Board of Nebraska Lincoln, July 3. (Special) Miss Katherine F. Worley of Omaha has been selected as, member of the board of control to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Peterson, who resigns because of business and other reasons. Miss Worley has been connected the part 15 years with the Universal Press Clippings bureau at Omaha as its manager, and had charge of the publicity work of the womans' crive in the Victory loan campaign. She is second vice president of the Omaha woman's club and chairman of its committee on Americaniza tion. LARGEST STILL EVER TAKEN IRE IS CONFISCATED Detectives Seize 25-Gailori Apparatus and Large Amount of Mash Alleged Oper ator Held. A 25-gallon still, said by police to be the largest ever found in Omaha, was seized by detectives yester day in a shack in the rear of 1947 South Fiftieth street. One gallon of peach whisky and 50 gallons of peach mash were also seized. Joseph Delarge of 1947 South Fif teenth street, was arrested and is held for investigation in connection with the still. Detectives yesterday arrested Joseph Bombar, 1404 North Sixteenth street, and Russell Miller, 1817 North Eighteenth street. Police say they stole canned goods from the Z. H. Reeder bakery at 1506 North Eighteenth street, to be used in the still. McAdoo Supporters Working Hard to Put Candidate Across Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, after a conference with his campaign managers following the convention recess, said: "I told you early this morning that McAdoo would not be nomi nated. He will not be. I told you that Governor Cox would not be nominated. He will not." "Will you?" he was asked. "I do not say so, but I hope to be. If I am not nominated, you can be assured that the nominee for president will be some one other than McAdoo or Cox." The Palmer headquarters was the mecca of party leaders during the recess. Many of McAdoo's friends called on Mr. Palmer. They sought vainly to get Pennsylvania's dele gates for McAdoo. They were told that it was impossible. rumor was in circulation that the McAdoo people had appealed to President Wilson for a word of encourage ment. xSome of Mr. Palmer's friends, with an air of confidence, said in this regard: "They will never get it." $50,000 in Liberty Bonds Stolen From Chicago Bank Chicago, Tulv 3. Discovery of th? theft of $50,000 worth of Liberty bonds and other negotiable govern ment securities from the Fort Dear born National bank of Chicago was announced today by detectives inves tigating the robbery, which occurred two months ago, and was kept se cret. The detectives admitted they have not been able to obtain a clue as to the thieves and term the robbery the cleanest job ever perpetrated in a Chicago bank. The Weather Fair and continued warm Sunday Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m... 74 6 a. m 13 1 a. m "8 8 a. m 80 9 a. m S3 10 a. m 84 11 a. m 87 Li noon IK i ! ' 3 p. 1 p. S p. p. 1 V. 01 m ns us 01 vt ...... .88 T GOVERNOR COX LEADING ON LATE BALLOTS-THREE CANDIDATES DEADLOCKED Franklin Roosevelt Mentioned as Vice Presidential Pos sibility Backers of Ohio Governor Confident of Victory Roll Call to Adjourn Convention Until 8 O'Clock in Evening Carries. Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3. Following an eight hour session, the national democratic convention adjourned at 5:30 p. m. until 8 o'clock this evening after 16 ballots had been taken in an unsuccessful attempt to nominate a presidential candidate. The vote on the motion to adjourn was 619 to 455 nays. Governor Cox of Ohio was ahead at the end of the 16th ballot with a total of 454 1-2 votes, McAdoo was second with 337 votes and Palmer was in third place with 164 1-2 votes. The Ballots McAdoo Palmer Cox 1st 266 256 134 2d 289 264 159 3d 3234 2524 177 4th ........335 254 178 5th 357 244 181 6th 368 265 195 7th 384 267 ft 295S 8th 380 262 S15 9th 386 257 321 10th 385 257 321 11th 380 255 332 13th 363 193 H 428 14th .... ,.355i4 182 44354 15th .......3446 167 46814 16th ...i.. .337 164IJ 4544 GENERAL GORGAS, FAMOUS ARMY HON, DEAD Conqueror of Yellow Fever "And Other Baffling. Plagues Expires Sunday Morn ing in London. London, Sunday, July 4. Major General William C. Gorgas, former, surgeon general of the United States army, died at an early hour this morning. Major General William C. Gor gas was considered one of the world's foremost authorities on mil itary medicince and surgery. He fought and defeated the malarial mosquito in Panama and thus made possible the building of that great waterway. Pie dislodged yellow fever from its century-old strong hold in Havana and under the di rection of the United States gov ernment and the Rockefeller foun dation supervised campaigns against that dread disease in Central Amer ica, Peru and Ecuador. He Wiped Out Plagues. In the last 10 years his services were sought to give battle to plagues in many parts of the world. When the typhus epidemic began in Serbia in the war an effort was made to have him undertake the campaign against it, but at thatLr,,i; . t r).i. time he was needed to direct thonl u. i 6 medical and surgical work for the American army in France. In the days of the old French company which attempted to build the canal, tropical diseases annually claimed one-fourth of all its work ers. The French were powerless before this pestilence. When Gen. Gorgas became gener al sanitary officer of the canal com mission, the annual death toll had been reduced, but it still was diffi cult tp obtain the vast army of workmen necessary and to care for those disabled by malaria, yellow fever and dysentery. Congress Promotes Him. Congress, in recognition of his achievement, made him a major gen eral and the world hailed him as one of the great men of medical science. His work in combatting yellow fever in Havana hegan when he went to Cuba with the rank of major in the Spanish war. Soon after the United States en tered the world war, General Gor p.is announced the organization of the extensive svstem devised for the "recinstrnrtion" for soldiers crip pVd in the war. General Garcas reached the age limit while still on duty in France in 1918 When the war was over he was retired from active service in the army. Subsequently in 1919 he was head of the vellow fever com mission organized by the Rocke filler Foundation and in that canac ity made an extensive tour of Cen tral and fonth America to direct the work of eradicating yellow fev er. Born in Alabama. General Gorgas was born in Mo bile, Ala., Oct. 3. 1854. the son of a confederate general. H e was graduated from the University of the South in 1875. He was ap pointed a surgeon in the United States Ahtiv in 1RR0. While in Lon don in Tune 1920 on his way to South Africa to again imnrove san itary conditions there, he was taken t' ad it was n"ioiiiced that he t"H nre-iouslv suffered a stroke of apoplexy , The democratic national conven tion took 16 ballots today in a lit tle less than six actual hours' time and failed up to that time to find a nominee or give any one of the three principal contenders a ma pority. Cox from a small begin ning, made steady accessions until he first displaced McAdoo as the leader and then next he reduced Mc Adoo's vote so that the president's son-in-law finally had less than the one-third vote power he had held at his highwater mark during the first 12 ballots. Enthusiastic over their prospects for nominating the governor of Ohio, the Cox people followed each substantial gain with a noisy and prolonged demonstra tion that stopped the balloting and filled the convention hall with a singing, shouting, scrimmaging throng. Cox Gains Steadily. The Cox accessions had been made steadily from some of the largest states and also from scat tered delegations. While the dem onstrations were going on the lead ers of the big delegations took ad vantage of the opportunity to do the usual conferring and make the usual attempts at trading. It was reported from the New York dele gation that Franklin Roosevelt was being brought out as a vice-pVesi-dential possibility. As an adminis tration man, those who proposed his name thought placing him on the ticket might draw some votes from the administration forces. There were reports also that Indiana would shift and add to the Cox strength and that South Carolina also, which had been held for Mc Adoo by a narrow margin under the unit rule, was preparing to shift. Sixteen ballots in the very nature of the thing, advanced the situation to the point where it seemed as if some thing would have to break one way or the other very soon. The Cox people were confident it would break their way and the McAdoo people still were declaring they held reserve strength. The convention went into the 15th ballot with an air of suppressed ex pectation. Leaders Hold Conference, Just before the 16th ballot start ed, Thomas E. Love of Texas, one of the McAdoo managers, approach ed the Palmer people asking a con ference to talk over some means of stemming the Cox tide and prevent ing his nomination. Love asked Vance McCormick of the Pennsyl vania A rcrn ti r,r anil P.nr.,.(.li... to go into the conference. The Palmer people meanwhile, were talking over pfans to attempt to secure an adjournment until tonight. There was no indication of whether others would agree to it The probabilities, were that it would go through. South Carolina continued to stick for McAdoo through the 16th de spite persistent reports of a break away. The platform officials joined in the conference to get an adjourn ment. The convention was getting tired and hungry. Senator Glass, cme of the administration leaders, talking to friends, said: "I can't go to Cox." Glass was asked what would be the case if this Cox got a major ity. "Champ Clark got a majority, responded Glass, "and every vote that he gets now comes harder." Talk Dark Horse. It was known there were many votes in the Palmer forces opposed (Continued on Pare Three, Column One.) Liquor Man Must Serve Sentence, Order of Court United States Disfrict Attorney Peterson received word from St. Paul, Minn., that the United States court of appeals upheld the decision of Federal Judge Munger in Lincoln in which Meyer Block, former wholesale liquor dealer in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced to six months in the Lancaster county jail for conspiracy. The' opinion handed down yesterdav waa made by United States Judge Trieber. Musicians Get Increase. Chicago, July 3. A. 50 per cent increase in pay was awarded the musicians in all downtown theaters today by the Theatrical Managers' association. Movie theaters will be without orchestral music after to morrow night, musicians declared, as the Allied Amusements associa tion refused to negotiate with the men.