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The 'Omaha .Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 14.
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STATIONED I
INDI
Three-Quarters of Battalion at
Jullunder Revolt After Re-
eeivlng News of Recent
Trouble in Ireland.
SOLDIERS AT SOLAN
ATTEMPT TO SEIZE ARMS
Guards Kill Two Men During
Uprising Officers ' Bteme
Sinn Fein Agitation for Out
breaks Among Men. ,""
London, July 4. Three-foarths of
a battalion of Irish Connatight
rangers stationed at Jullunder in the
Punkah, India, mutinied, following
the arrival of news of recent events
in Ireland, according to a dispatch
from Simla under date of July 2 to
Renter's Limited.
Upon receipt of the same news at
Solan, in the Sinjla hills, another de
tachment is reported to havev at
tempted to seize amis and ammuni
tion the dispatch says, adding that
guards killed two of the' men. and
wounded one.
The dispatch says that when tUc
last mail reached the troops they
became greatly excited and the de
cision to lay down their ajws soon
was reached. The troops expressed
regret that they were unable to serve
any longer and gave up their arms
and ammunition. Althouglr remain
ing entirely respectful to their offi
cers, the men explained their sympa
thies with their friends in Ireland.
The troops now are separated Hi
camp. under the strict guard of a
British regiment.
Following the drastic action of the
guards at Solan, the dispatch con
tinues, all is quiet there and reports
.from Jutogh, six miles from Simla,
say that the detachment there re
mained tranquil
According to the dispatch the of
ficers regard the whole affair as a
development of Sinn Fein agitation
and believe the prompt measures
taken to restore order will $pon
' caus the men to settle down. v'.
plan hearings-on
house situation
INn united states
Special Committee on Recon
struction to Visit All
Principal Cities.
v New York, July 4, Hearings will
ne held here this month to be,fol
. lowed by others throughout the
country, by the United States spcciaH
committee on" ' reconstruction and
. production' investigating the nation's
housing shortage.
In a statement issued here tonight.
Franklin T Miller, assistant to' the
committee declared that" co-ordination
of all available statistics and in
formation is being sought by the
committee, and the principal cities
from the Atlantic to the Facific are
to he visited.
"In an effort to avert a possible
housing panic in .the fall by immedi
ate though informal action. Senator
Calder of New York, chairman of
the committee, has had several con
ferences durine the oast . week with
prominent raihu executives and
transportation exDcrts, and has re
ceived assurances of co-operation,"
said Mr. Miller's statement in part.
"The committee is alive to the fact
that relief of the present housing
conditions must come about through
construction work started during
July, Agust and September and
that if the freight embargo against
building materials persists, relief for
the congested districts will not be
achieved during the present year.
ith benator Lalder on me com-
mittee are Senators Kcnyon, jowa;f
Edee. New Jerseyr WolCOtt, Uela-
ware, ana uay, Louisiana.
Begin Final Arguments
In Request 'for Boost
In Rail Freight Rates
Washington, July 4. Concluding
Uguments on the applications of the
railroads of the country for increased
freight rates to net an additional
billioa dollars revenue were begun
Saturday before the Interstate Com
mence commission by representative
shippers. -
Sliippcrr representatives generally
conceded the need for inifreascd reve
nues byovhich the roads might give
the adequate transportation service
needed, but differed as ,to methods
for providing the return. Increases
in passenger rates to equalize the
burden ecnerallv was advocated.
Some shippers protested against an
increase in iaics ca-uiim uu
percentage basis, V saying they pre
ferred flat increases. ;
Sir Herbert Samuel at Jaffa.
Jaffa", July 4. Sir Herbert Sam
uel, first British high commissioner-
IHiSII
A MUTINY
for Palestine, arrived here recently
' pud was gin a rousing reception.
He was welcomed by the mayor
and the head$. of the various com
munities, whfl presented fSir Her
bert with addresses of .welcome. A
salute of 31 guns was fired.
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Convention is
f C Al l TT
ui urn nens
Rooster, Dorothy Says
Delegates, Tired and Homesick, Mill Around in
Harem-Scarem Fashion Waiting for the Moses
Who Eventually Will Lead Way Out of Darkness
To Nomination.
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By DOROTHY DIX.
San Francisco, Cal., July 4. My
dear, isn't it queer? It gives you a
sort of sinking and gone feeling as
if you had suddenly lost everything
inside of youvfhat was sustaining
the kind of feeling that' you have
after you have been gorgeously sea
sick. You know when you find thit
the thing you have always thought
you wanted, you don't want at all
when you get it. Well, dear, that's
the way with me at this present
writing.
- Ever since I began to take 'an in
terest in politics, and found out that
they crown presidents every four
years, I've been lambasting political
bosses and saying things that I now
realize were cruel and unfeeling
about political steam rollers, and
shrieking my head off for a free and
untrammeled convention that could
exercise its own will, and telling 'em
what we women would do when we
got the vote and could show that
no man could I put his collar on us.
. Mob Without Leader.
All my political prayers ha,ve been
answered, and you should Aist see
.what a mess it makes. I'm in the
midst of a political convention that
hag not got a boss or a leader, and
that doesn't know which. way it is
Beaded, and so far as I can see is
likely to just go milling around and
around without getting anywhere
until after Harding is" elected next
November.
Did you ever watch a buuth of
chickens trying to get out of a bam
yard, the gate wide open but they
didn't see it, and they dash madly
around, cackling at the top of their
voices, and getting more and more
hysterical every montent until final
ly s6mc ipld rooster gives a loud
crow and marches sedately erut
through the doorway, with the bal
ance of them tagging at his heels
well you could not have found a bet
ter understudy of the chicken run
ning than. the. auditorium presented
PALMER STILL
CONFIDENT OF
FINAL VICTORY
Managers of Attorney General
Determined Not to Yield
To Other Candidate in
- Deadlock.
By, GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
Chirp to Tribune-Omaha B l,eaaed Wire.
J5an Franciscp, July 4. Attorney
General Mitchell Parmer still be
lieves that he and his supporters in
this 'jdemocratic national , convention
hold the ' balance of power in the
deadlock over the presidential nomi
nation. Vith no thought of compromising
now or of negotiating with any
other group, the Palmer campaign
managers conferred today and de
cided to hold tight their lines to
morrow and to urge Palmer as the
logical man for McAdoo and Cox
supporters ' to turn to.
The Palmer managers analyze
their position thus:
Palmer . represents all factions' in
the deadlock, his support embracing
delegates on all sides of the issues
in the convention.
Palmer has staunch friends from
Pennsylvania and ofher states, who
represent wet sentiment, and as
many more who are on the dry side
of the convention prohibition-argument.
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As to the other candidates in the
rTaHtnrL- th Palinpr manaffpri sav!
"McAdoo represents the dry ele-
mpn nf the rtrohibition controversy
prohibit
and the administration sdie of the
other issues exclusively, his chief ad
vocates being men affiliated with the
government.
Cox represents the wets and
forces opposed to the Wilson ad
ministration. In this situation, as they view it,
Mr. Palmer and his leaders insist
that Palmer holds the whip hand and
tliat he should be the last of the big
three to give in, if in fact it will ever
be necessary to surrender. '
In any event the present intention
of the attotaiey general is never to
surrender either to McAdoo or Cox.
If surrender must come it will be
agreed to only after some sort of
deal has been framed to utk over
a dark, horse. Who might be the
Palmer dark horse, his friendus will
not say. Their reason for silence
on trus subject if. of course, their
conviction that the time has ' not
come for them to talk compromise.
Dut&h Business Interests ,
' Approve Loan to Germany
J The Hague, . July 4. Although
some. uutcn mercantile interests en-
itvtile
tered strenuous objections, the sec
ond chamber of parliament by ac
clamation approved a government
loan to Germany amounting to 200,
000,000 guilders (normally about
$80,000,000). The ministers have
been assured that the allies will en
ter uo objections to the loa
LikeGano -
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witm
Saturday, only we didn't, have any
rooster to do the Moses act arid lead
us out of the political barnyard.
Delegates are Tired.
So from early morning until
nearly midniglu we just sat fast
arid stupidly voted 'for the same
favorite sons, even when we knew
there wasn't a ghost of a chance
to elect them, because there vyasn't
anybody to point the way to vic
tory, or to pick out for us some
body to rally around.
"Gosh lady," said a weary dele
gate to me as he leaned up against
the railing of the" press stand, ''why
don't somebody tell 'em -whete to
get off? I'll vote for anybody who
can win, . for I ant to go home.
I'm paying $12 a day for a room,
and there ain't $12 difference be
tween .any of them candidates."
"I left my baby at home, and if,
I don't get bach it will be too
late to put up .any strawberries,"
wailed a woman delegate, and
midst gobs of gloom so thick you
could cut them with a knife the
convention adjourned until Monday
to resume the leaderless fray.
.' : Bryan Is Active.
"Of course, underneath' it all, it's
a fight between the wets, who are
for,. Cox, and the administration
people, who are for McAdoo, and
Mr. Bryan, who is for Bryan, stand
ing by dropping bricks into the ma
chine every time it shows signs of
working, and Bryan is the greatest
living expert in the art of sabotage,"
say an old political reporter.
As for me, I don't know. I 'need
light and somebody lp point the way
to me, and.erect good reliable sign
boards alonfe the road to th polls.
But take it from me, dear, before I
go to another political convention
I am going to find out if itjs hand
picked and has a czar to run it, and
if the steam roller has 'been tested
out and found to be in good work
ing order, and if it isn't, I'm going
to stay at home.
McAdoo Apparently
Unconcerned About
Course.of Convention
Huntington, N. Y., July 4. Wil
liam Gibbs McAdoo tonight' ,:4-
parently was unconcerned with what
was goTifg on at the San Francisco
convention, He attended a Shake
spearian play at the Conkling . es
tafe ,and on -his return to his home
aain decline! to discuss politics for
publication. . ," .
During the afternoon ;:nd evening?
friends in New York kept him in
formed by telephone of the ballot-'
ing.. Other happenings at the con
vention were' supplied ty newspaper
men who .were invited by Mr. Mc
Adoo totca.
There were several callers dur
ing the afternoon among them By
ron R. Newton, collector of the
port of New York, and Mrs. New
ton. N.Oscr Price, a friend, re
mained at the McAdoo home all
day. ''v,. . ..
Mr. i McAdoo. got up about 9
o'clock this morning and after going
through- his personal correspon
dence, read -the platform, in the
morning newspapers'. His friends
say they have reason to assume he
is pleased witi the platform. Mr.
McAdoo, it is said, did not get news
oi" "the 'new ballots taken by t!..
convention last night until he read
the papers this moniing.
18 Killed; 100 Injured
- In Scranton Train Wreck
Scranton, Pa., July 4. In a col
lision between three ars on the
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley
railrcadrnear,. South Pittston sta
tion tonight, eighteen persons are
reported killed and 100 injured. The
accident occurred when h'ghtning
struck a telegraph poie along the
line of tJue track and the -rmle fell
over ofl, Ihe tracks in front of a car
bound for Scratou.
;A moment later "a limited car
Clashed into the rear of the car
that struck the pole, and a third car
telescoped tTie second car. Al! three
care were piled in a h?ap.
Maiy-of those killed and injured
had. attended the annual games of
the Caledonian clubs of Scranton
and Pittston at Valley View park
this afternoon. ' v
Physicians at the Pittston hospital
declared at .midnight that 18 amputa
tions of arms and legs of the in
jured, had been made at that-hour.
The surgeons also stated that there
were but few .slighjjy injured.
All of the dead and injured were
believed tOtbe from Pennsylvania.
Vice President and General Man
ager P. J. Murphy and other officials
olthe railroad company would give
out ho report n the accident.
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 an(L- Alice Clark,
who havey arrived at Samsoun, on
th Blaclsea. and Edith Cole, who
jhas reached Hadjinu.
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END OF
BALLOTING
None of Three Leading Candi
dates Have Necessary Two
Thirds Majority at Adjourn
ment Late Saturday Nighti
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WET FORCES STAND PAT
IN SUPPORT OF COX
Secretary Tumulty Issues
Statement Denying Presr
dent Wilson Is Throwing
Support to Any Candidate.
(hirago Trlbuiw-Omiiha Bee leased Wire.
Auditorium, San Francisco, July 4.
After 22 futile ballots attended by
complete failure of the diverse fac
tions to negotiate a compromise the
democratic national conventioif, in a
deadlock on the nomination of a
candidate for president, adjourned at
11:40 o'clock last night until 10
o'clock Monday norning.
The day of balloting was a desper
ate struggle, between the adminis
tration job holders endeavoring to
effect the nomination of William G.
McAdoo and the antiadministration
fcrces, led by George Brennan of
Illinois and Charles F. Murphy of
New York, directing a vigorous
drive' for the selection of Governor
Cox of Ohio. , '
In the 20 ballots taken during
the day the roll having been called
twice yesterday, none of the three
major candidates came within
shouting distance of the two-thirds
majority which is 728 votes. Mc
Adoo reached his peak with 395J-S
on the 21st ballot. Cox's high-water
mark was 468 on the 19th roll
call.-Attorney General Palmer shot
his bolt with 267 on the 7th. ballot
and thereafter declined.
Deadlock Unyielding.
Tfie unyielfling character of the
deadlock is shown, by the vote on
the ballots tonight after the conven
tion reassembled at"8 -o'clock ' fol
lowing a'two-hour recess in which
unsuccessful efforts were made to
select a compromise candidate. The
vote on the thre leading candidates
on these ballots were:
x McAdoo a. Palmer
Cox
442
458
468
456J-S
426,
430
17th
18th
19th
20th.
21st
22d
176
173;
179J4
178
144
...340J4
.myz
166JS
The two-thirds majority required
or nomination is 728 votes and a
imple majority 548.
At 10:20 the cicrk began to read j
NEAR
the jcsult of the 20th ballot. He
was "interrupted by a prolonged and
riotous demonstration when he an
nounced that McAdoo had rolled up
340 1-2 The figures indicated that
McAdoo, who had been losing, was
coming back and the McAdoo
boosters went wild with joy. A
parade of McAdoo delegations be
gan and there was every indication
that a concerted" effort was being
made to stampede the convention
to the president's . son-in-law.
The earlier part of the day had
witnessed a grcaf struggle between
the' McAdoo and anti-McAdoo
forces.
Wilson's Silence Adds td' ,
Confusion of Situation
Auditoriuni, San Francisco, July
4. The Cox, McAdoo and Palmer
forces and those hoping to develop a
dark horse spent the hours between
recess and reassembling at 8 p. m.
tonight in hurried conferences and
desperate efforts to line up a com
promise, ticket. Word from Wash
ington that President Wilson was
.pursuing a "hands off" policy added
to the confusion of the situation.
To every argument advanced for
some dark horse, objections were
heard in opposition. Those opposed
to Cox argued the Ohio governor
had reached' the maximum of his
strength and lost his opportunity
when the suspension of the balloting
was permitted for thjb recess. Mc
Adoo and Palmer forces were im
portuned by each other to find a way
to stop him.
Despite the statements of some
administration leaders that "it can
not go to Cox" the Cox forces
pointed out that the dark horse
movement had found no rallying
point and that Cox still remained a
potential force which from a small
number at'the start had taken the
lead in the balloting and nosed Mc
Adoo out of first place.
White House Statement
The statement as issued at the
White House said:
"When a. report was brought to
Secretary Tumulty's attention of
rumors being circulated in San Fran
cisco that the president had ex
pressed an opinion with reference to
a particular candidate he made the
following statement.
"'ThIV is news to me. I have dis
cussed all. phases of this convention
with the president and have been in
intimate touch with , him during its
caucus and I am positive that he has
not expressed an opinio to anyone
with reference to a particular candi
date for tile presidency, lt has al
ways been his policy to refraij from
taking any stand that might be con
strued as dictation.' " -
McAdoo supporters had a confer
(Continued on Tt Xnu, Column One.)
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Notes
'PANTS BURGLAR:
SHOT BY BARBER
EARLY SUNDAY
Alonzo Jackson, Negro, Al
leged to Have Robbed 50
Homes, Is in Jail '
Now. .- ,
OlcJnza Jackson,; negro, 16 years
old, who police say is the '"pants
burglar," was captured early yes
terday morning while, prowling in
the home of Samuel Jordan, 2408
North Twenty-fifth street, a barber.
The "pants ' burglanj' has , robbed
more than -50 homes during the, past
four months. '
' Jordan fired " two shots - with his
automatic pistol at 'Jackson; wound
ing him- slightly in the right leg
and left hip. He held the prowler
at' bay until the police arrived.
Jackson was booked on a charge
of burglary and locked up after his
wounds were dressed by a police
surgeon.
Jackson admitted to police he had
followed Jordan Miome after he saw
him display a roll of bills in a
downtown cafe.
Jordan said he became alarmed
when he noticed a man follow him
home. He placed an automatic pis
tol underneath his pilljow before he
retired.
The negrc gained entrance by, re
moving the screen from the dining
room window.
'.Jordan toldj police he was awak
ened by a noise shortly after 4:30.'
He said he seized the pistol and saw
a form crawling on the floor. He
waited a few seconds until- the thief
crawled near thc-4oot of the bed.
"I jumped up and fired two shots
at the man and then crept behind
the end of the bed. The man
screamed and I called the police,
who took him away."
O 7 All P"l 11
o-jear-uia um nas
Narrow Escape When
Bullet Enters Home
, Revolver, shots, believed to have
been fired by negro boys, who were
celebrating th Fourth of July, near
ly caused injury Saturday when one
of the shots went through a screen
door of tyie kitchen' at the home of
R. W. Hany, 1802 North Thirty-second
street, and another went through
a window at the home of R. B.
Wirak, 1816 North, Thirty-firstJ
street, a block away-
The .bullet which entered Hancy's
home narrowly missed Haney's 8-year-old
daughter, who was .lying
down in the room. The bullet which
entered Wirak's holne passed
through the room in which he and
his family were 'sitting,' lodging in
the floor. '
The police investigated the shoot
ing, but were unable to ascertain tjie
origin of the shots.
From the Convention
((iuaranteeeit Strictly t'liofflctal.)
K'upyriKht. 19-0, y Iho C'litrasn Tribune.)
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Whn the prttidtnt hears they arm trying to amtrtd
Some pottiblt combinations probably,
"Th' ONtf
wV ThiSh Town Sho
HARD T'PRONOUNCH
"Theft's a long, long trai a-winding."
Lt r i - : : r
BRITISH TROOPS
ARE REPULSED Bt
TURKISH FORCES
Attempt Jo Land Marines at
Mudania on Sea of Marmora
Unsuccessful.
Constantinople, July 4. Britiah
warships attempted to land marines
Friday at Mudania, on the Sea of
Marmora, but they were repulsed by
rapid fire guns widely 'scattered
along the coast. Evidently the guns
were placed since the British landr
ing on June 26.
The Greeks claim that the Turks
lost '2,500. men. including l,5(Mpris
oirers, in the lighting precedingShe
capture of Balikesri, aboutMOO miles
northeast of Smyrna, where the
Grcette say the Turkish population
welcomed them. u ' '
Apparently the Turkish national
ists are much discouraged by the
spcqdy advance of the, Greeks.
There are many indications that the
Turks are withdrawing -in the best
possible order toward the line, from
Brussa to Afiun Karahissar; in the
Mils and 'mountains, whence bandit
gangs can harass the enemy's ad
vance toward the Bagdad railway.
ItTs,. believod the nationalists lack
artillcr yana will rely on, guerrilla
warfare. ' v
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State Agents Will !
Do All They Can, to
Makejoday Bone Dry
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Lincoln, July 4. (Special.) Six
teen state agents have been scut out
into the' state in different places,
where celebrations will be held to
morrow for the purpose of gathering
in "'bootleggers who may attempt to
furnish glorification stuff with the
proper kick, lt is shown that the
stuff is being made and it is up to
the law. enforcement department to
discover the stills, two of . which
were located last week. one. in Gar
den county and the othernear Nio
brara. Mexican Dugouts pave in, .,
Burying 20 Persons
Mexico City, July 4. About 20
persons were buried alive when
dugouts at San Pedro De Los Tinos,
near here, caved in last night. Up
to 10 o'clock to'dav 10 ,1odics had
been recovered. The victims were
members of the third cavalry regi
ment and their families.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska generally fair
scattered thunder showers,
much change in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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"TROUBLE
CANDIDATES FOR7,
.SECOND PLAGE
HAVE HARD TIME
Delegates Refuse ta Tate
Aspirants for Second Place
On Ticket Seriously Be
, fore Nomination.
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
C'hieKO Tribune-Omaha, Bra Leased Wire.
San Francisco, July 4. Favor
ite ' son candidates for the demo
cratic vice- presidential nomination
here continue to have a hard time
getting delegates ' to give them a
hearing.. t ' . ;
. Whenever, a candidate for second
place sends 'his emissaries to a
neighboring delegation with' an at
peal for support, he usually gets
this message back:
"How do you get that way?. Wait
till we get a nominee for president
before vou worry us with second
place talk." v
California' democrats want repre
sentation on the ticket. They say
that-the democrats will have a good
chance to carry California with a
native son on the ticket and. Raker
is being groomed for the race. If
the prssidential nominee comes from
the widdle west California insists
that her claims be recognized for
the vice presidential place.
Raker, of course, is a dry. He is
a good strong administration man,
right on suffrage, strong in his war
recbrd, popular among the people
and pretty well known in the est
because of his long service in con
gress, where he has taken prominent
part in legislative affairs.
pf all the candidates mentioned
for the vice presidency, the man
talked about most in convention hall
lobbies is Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith of Iowa. His -friends- jay
he might consider second place if
he is not .nominated for president,
and they insist he still is a sizeable
dark horse for first honors, not
withstanding the secretary's declar
ation that he is not a candidate for
president. The" big leaders of flic
party like the way Meredith would
size up for vice president.
"Keep your eye on Career H. -Harrison
of "Chicago for second place"
is "frequently heard when available
vice presidential timber is casually
discussed. Notwithstanding that the
Illinois delegation is instructed for
James Hamilton Lcwts, therein
nothing to keep Illinois from having
another candidate if Lewis cannot be
put over.
And if Illinois does have
a second andidate, Carter Harrison
will be the man. Harrison would
not be a tall hard for the unterrified
democrats to take, his friends insist.
All the favorite sons from cast and
west have their second place boosters-busy.
Another boom hean) of
tonight was for Homer S. Cuni
mings of Connecticut, chairman rf
the national committee, whose key
fote speech stillines in the cats of
the delegates ' . .'
DELEGATES
LOOKING TO
WHITE HOUSE
All Ears Now Cocked Toward
Washington for Magic Word
Wilson Continues to Take
"hjands Off" Policy. ,
SEARCH FOR DARK HORSE
IS WITHOUT RESULTS
Convention Works Without
Guiding 'Hand of Bryan for
First Time .in 24 Years
Need MoSes to Lead Them.
Sai) Francisco, July 4. The day
of rest brought to the democratic na
tional convention no release from Its
22 ballots deadlock and no, promise
of relief tomorrow.
Fruitless search for a dark horse'
who could Win left the tired, muddled
and even exasperated "forces with
nothing more tangible than the like
lihood of a straight-out fight between
Cox and McAdoo and growing
hopes that a Moses would spring up
from somewhere to lead them out of
their wilderness.
All ears were cocked toward the
White House or the .magic word.
For tie first time in 24 years a
democratic condition was wdrking
without the guiding hand of Bryan
and for seven years without - the
word of Wilson.
There -was spirited guessing, de
duction and attempted conclusion at
what President Wilson might wish,
hope or acqufesc in, but apparent
ly nothing more.
Wilson Still Silent.
Senator Glass confirmed reports
that President Wilson was not tak
ing any hand in the situation. -
"The president has not commu
nicated with me regarding candi
dates," said Mr. Glass. "A report
that, in recent conversations, he
had indicated ' men whom he op
posed is not true. As the situation
!opks to me tonight each crowd
thinks their candidate can win, and
until some one is convinced othcr
wisethe deadlock will continue;"
The Cox people outw?rdly expect
to win tomorrow. The McAdoo
people having checked their down
ward slide, girded up for a new
drive to break the Cox column to
morrow. The Palmer pcoplcde
claring that neither Cox nor Mc
Adoo'. can have their votes, ex
pressed, hope for. themselves but
only indifferently.
Each of the three appears to have
a strangle hold on the other two.
McAdoo forces in "the. late Saturday
night balloting recovered one-third
veto power they had lest
Cox forces retained theirs stead
ily from the time they acquired it
in the fifth ballot, although their
margin fluctuated. Palmer forces
possessed it in fact, through state
delegations which, although held in
a block for McAdoo or Cox by the
unit rule, contained discordant jle
meifts which when released w,ou!d
become effective in adding to the
deadlocks
,
Neither Side Ready to
Consider Dark Horse
By-ARTtHUR SEARS HENNING.
t Itlraro Tribune-Omaha Bee Lemaed Wire.
San Francisco, July . 4. Though
fruitful of schemes and strategems
and fertile ki renewed hopes of all
factions, Sunday conferences of the
democratic leaders, lengthening into
all night councils, maneuvering and
dickering failed to give promise of
breaking the. deadlock on nomina
tion of a candidate for president un-
til after considerable further ballot
ing in the convention tomorrow.
None of the factions tonight had
reached the stage of willingness to
sit down with another and compro
mise on a candidate.' None is
ready to concede that it is time to
consider dark horses. If 'hat time
should be reached tomorrow or lat
er, the contending groups dividing
control of the convention will find
themselves pretty far apart on the
question of dark horse
The administration following dis
closes a marked preference for Am
bassador John W. Davis, while the
allied antiadministration and wet
forces are partial tq either Secretary
of .State. Colby cur Vice President
Marshall. National Chairman Homer
Cummings is popular in both camps,
and his friends think he has an ex
cellent chance if the nomination goes
to a dark horse.
More Ballots Necessary. 1
The negotiations of the leaders to
day had not proceeded far before it
.was apparent that no agreements
worth 'the name could be effected
until after further balloting. The
backers of each candidate were con
tending that he had not had a fair
chance to devetop full strength and
were dcnianding a further run in the
convention tomorrow.
The' McAdoo leaders consider
their cause immensely strengthened
f by what they regard as the essen
tial weakness of the rival candidates
in this convention. They cannot
conceive of the iioitination of Cox
by a convention that was only one
third wet in the platform fight or
the sefectiotfof Palmer with his coal
miners' strike injunction- record, by
a convention manifesting r.s it has
rh ifs platform a disposition to cater
to the labor vote. - .
Therfr--are in the McAdoo camp,
.(Continued on 1'nie TUree, Column Tbrttat